Okay here is the first chapter of Land of Heroes. I was expecting some more feedback. However, this isn't my usual type of story, so I'm not that surprised about it. Anyway here is my reaction to some reviews.
Edboy4926-Thank you for the positive feedback. I've read plenty of reaction stories where the world ended due to pollution. I decided to take my own spin on the whole thing. I look forward to giving you more. AS for the Death battle thing, well how are they supposed to watch an internet show back in the middle ages? Plus, I know next to nothing about "Game of Thrones". I appreciate the input though. If you have anymore, let me know. My idea however is, when I reach the end of the current chapters the league winds up watching Death Battle.
Wyvern97-Thank you for your input. I'll admit I probably should have done some more interaction with the first chapter. I will attempt to do better this chapter. Constructive criticism in welcome in the future.
Chapter 2: Spartan Vs DC: Round 1…Fight!
The league sat back as they watched the next segment start. They were still a little bit annoyed with what the scarlet speedster had done, but they had managed to put it away for now. They focused on the screen and watched things go.
UNSC Frigate Forward Unto Dawn, in high orbit over "Earth".
Commander Miranda Keyes of the UNSC Frigate Forward Unto Dawn, was currently in the cafeteria of the ship, nursing a cup of coffee, she had yet to take a drink, her mind still reeling from the fact that she, the Master Chief, and their A.I companions were sent to an alternate reality where super powered people existed, she had Cortana and Redeeming collect all pertaining information of this Earth and its inhabitants, and from their they could determine a course of action.
John said, "That's a smart move. They have no idea where they are and to run in foolhardy and half-cocked would be a serious problem."
The others all nodded. In an unexpected situation it was always best to analyze the situation. Many of them had learned this first hand through their many adventures in their respective hero careers.
John had gone and checked the sections of the ships that were rattled by the brief yet intense battle with the fleet, so far there were no NEW complications, so she thanked her lucky stars they had at least a way to move about in this universe.
That was also a good move. They were already in a huge amount of trouble going on with the group being stranded in somewhat unfamiliar territory. The last thing they needed was for something else to go horribly wrong.
"Commander?" the voice of the Spartan broke her from musings.
"Hey Chief, have a seat, I could use the company." She said to him.
He did as asked and sat across from her, luckily the benches handled the weight of the new armor much better than its predecessor.
"How is the ship?" she asked.
"All seems well, the Engineers and constructors made sure of that." He replied.
"That's a load off, so what do you make of our quaint little situation here?" she asked as she finally decided to have a drink of her coffee.
"Bleaggh! Cold, how does she drink it like that?" she thought.
Flash agreed with the woman and said, "Yeah, who drinks their coffee cold? I prefer mine nice and hot…and with 37 sugars."
The other nodded and agreed. Coffee was best served hot. Diana remembered drinking hers when it got too cold and immediately disliked the taste.
"I must admit the idea that we are in this reality with "unique" beings is…distressing but I am dealing as best as possible Ms. Keyes." He replied to her question.
"I see and do you believe we will find a way home?" she continued.
"If you had asked me that before the war, I would have said no, but after everything I have faced, seen and heard, I believe the odds are in our favor." He replied while giving her a Spartan smile.
J'onn said, "There is no doubt this soldier has experienced a great deal in his life. If dimensional travel does not rattle him, I highly doubt anything here will."
The others agreed. They had all seen so much stuff that they were rarely shocked by anything anymore. At this point, a zombie man wielding a machete would barely even cause them to raise an eyebrow. Bruce idly wondered how Alfred would react to some of the stuff they were seeing. Probably have a heart attack or deem himself crazy.
"I'll take your word for it, me being brought back from the dead serves a good example that anything is possible." Returning the smile.
"Commander, Chief we have the data ready." Cortana spoke through the PA system.
"Well let's see what we are up against Chief." She said to him, getting a nod as they headed toward the bridge.
There they met with Cortana in the Holopad and Redeeming floating next to her.
"Good you're here; we found a lot of information some of which will frankly blow you away." She said to them.
"All right, Cortana, Redeeming what can you tell us of this Earth."
"All right, let's start with the obvious, as we entered slipspace one of the super carriers fired their primary weapon at us, we suspect the combination of the Black Hole and the energy beam acting in conjunction with the portal shot us into a completely different reality, we have as of yet to determine a means to duplicate the conditions involved much less how to return to our home reality, therefore we have focused on learning about what we are dealing with in this one, let's start off with the following." She said as holo emitters showed the previously shown beings.
"Before we do, where did you obtain the information? And can it be traced?" John asked, as the last thing they needed was for their presence to be noticed.
"We obtained from several high level organizations, their systems suggested high level of technology, if Cortana had not been upgraded and I had not aided her, she most definitely had left a trace, the organizations we hacked were from hidden government facilities under the name of Cadmus with detailed information on these "metahumans" as they call them, we also found much information in the databases of S.T.A.R labs, Wayne enterprises and Luthorcorp." The monitor spoke.
Batman made a mental note to add some more security and firewalls to the tower, the bat cave, and to Wayne Industries. There was no way he was letting anyone get their hands on any of the data in his systems, especially…certain projects.
"Why would there be a secret government organization spying on them? And those two organization Wayne and Luthor sound more like private companies." the commander asked.
"From what I understand, Cadmus was created after an incident involving the one called Superman, after he was mind controlled on turning against the planet, he broke free but the government secretly funded its creation to make sure they had a defense against him and others, Luthorcorp has investigated the meta gene and secretly experimented on humans with, and Wayne enterprises is possibly connected to one of the heroes."
Everyone slowly turned to Batman. Now he was really wanting to add more security to his company. Everyone mentally shuddered at the thought of Cadmus, especially the person in charge of it: Waller. They hadn't seen her in quite some time and it made them wonder what the manipulative woman had cooked up now.
Superman hung his head at the thought of what he considered his biggest failure. He still held a deep resentment for himself for that day, and he especially held a great deal of resentment towards Darkseid and his homeplanet Apokalips. He was calmed down Diana placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Now as the information suggests this world, is home to beings often referred to as Meta humans, now depending on their alignment, they either used their abilities, natural or superhuman, for either selfless acts of heroism, vicious criminal intent or remain neutral." She spoke.
"Wait, what do you mean natural? Don't all of them have powers?" Miranda asked the artificial woman.
"Negative, some are humans who have trained their bodies to peak efficiency, many to the point they can rival a pre augmented Spartan." She said and showed images of such people such as a man in bat themed suit battling men and woman of obvious superhuman appearance, another showed one dressed in a green ensemble that resembled something out of Robin Hood firing modified arrows, there was another that had a man in chainmail armor wearing a helmet which was black on one side orange on the other, and a pale faced man in a purple suit laughing maniacally while he murdered innocent people.
The heroes quickly recognized Batman, Green Arrow, and Deathstroke. Batman had been wondering about the super assassin's location as he was one of the few people who could match him in combat.
"Impressive." Said John upon hearing that, the commander silently agreed.
"Indeed, these humans also have access to high level technology of both human or alien origin, and yes there are alien species here, I shall cover that part soon enough." She spoke as to forestall the questioning in regards to that fact as she showed of an armored figure in gold and red fighting with someone in a crimson red suit.
The league had some trouble recognizing these two. Were they heroes who didn't exist yet or just under the radar (I personally think this might have been a mix up from the Marvel version of this story.)
"Some of this technology could rival the UNSC in certain places; However this world is still not yet reached the level of space colonization we have achieved."
"Why is that Cortana?" John asked.
"It is possible any tech developed would be too costly, too dangerous or too advanced for the stage humanity finds itself in, another possibility is the threat of other worldly beings taken a less than positive liking to them, and sadly that has been proven true." She said before continuing.
The league was surprised at the term "colonization". Could they really go to other planets and colonize them? J'onn thought about what technology like that could do for Mars. He would be extremely glad to see his home planet alive and thriving again like it had so many years ago.
However, he remembered what they said about the cost and danger and realized that it was true. Many species were not fond of earth, believing it to be below their notice. Plus, the amount of money to do so was probably astronomical!
Still it was nice to dream.
"Now from the information gathered the super powered set of humans either gets their abilities by some random accident, are subject to experimentation of both the legal and illegal kind, or born with it, those born either have a metahuman parent which transfers a certain set of powers to the offspring whether they awaken or not differs on the circumstances." Again images came forth showing men running at high speeds all wearing red in one variation or another with a lightning bolt insignia, two women one firing ice the other green fire, a pale woman launching electrical attacks at police, a violet and gray skinned man draining people of energy.
The league was quick to recognize the members of the Flash Family, Ice and Fire, Live Wire, and Parasite. They remembered how many of these people got their abilities through experimentation or complete accident.
"As you can see not all use their abilities for the betterment of humanity but for more lucrative or more vindictive or lucrative reasons."
"Guess humanity will always be its first and foremost worst enemy." Miranda said sadly.
Many league members nodded in understanding at the woman's words. If some other force didn't destroy them, then human greed, hatred, corruption, or something along those lines will come along.
"Now not all those working to save or destroy the world are of human in origin, some are either alien, artificial and get this supernatural." She said with a smirk.
"Now is not the time to joke Cortana." John spoke.
This got the groups attention. They knew about magic, having fought alongside magic users, and been on the receiving end of it. Superman especially seeing as it was one of his few weaknesses.
"I'm afraid she is not as we had tripled checked; there are indeed beings down there that wield this…magic as it is called." Images showed a man wearing a golden helmet and blue and yellow uniform coming out of an Ankh, a woman one would commonly find at a Las Vegas casino magic act was battling against a large pale man in tattered rags launching bolts of energy at him.
The league recognized Doctor Fate and Zatanna, though they were rather surprised that the one they were seeing here was older. Maybe the world they were watching was parallel to their own.
"You have got to be shitting me." Miranda said as she viewed the evidence.
"What about the others you mentioned?" John said as he wanted to avoid the headache of trying to reason the existence of the supernatural on this world.
"Yes in this reality there are apparently several fully functional sentient androids and cyborgs both good and evil." She said with a bit of smile, while she was curious about this interesting development, since androids did not even exist in their reality, for this point she showed images of a black man with advanced looking prosthetics fighting alongside teenagers in colorful costumes, beings that were clearly robotic in nature with periodic symbols and one with a yellow arrow symbol pointing down using red tornados to help people.
The league was able to recognize Cyborg and Red Tornado. However, the group of robots with periodic symbols caught them off guard. Batman made a mental note to double check for something along those lines.
"What of the aliens on the planet?" Miranda spoke as she was curious in that regard, for one thing if this world indeed has an awareness of life outside the solar system then she needed to know on whose side they were on.
"Well in this reality there is a police force if you will that keeps the peace throughout various sectors in the universe, they are called the Green Lantern Corp." She said as it showed several species of aliens all wearing a uniform of green, black and white in different variations conforming to their unique bodies but all wore the same symbol of a green lantern.
Lantern recognized his fellow lanterns and mentally wondered what would happen if John became Lantern.
"Not much data can be found on them or why they do this willingly, but from eyewitness testimonies, interviews and other these beings are carefully selected to wield what is called a power ring, this ring provides a variety of abilities, and is dependent on the will of the user who with a mere thought can produce a variety of weapons, heal wounded, travel through the vastness of space without the need of a vehicle and so forth." She said as she showed them images of them doing so.
"Incredible, are there any Earthlings in their ranks?" He asks.
"Yes there are four confirmed Earthmen within the Corps, only one Green Lantern is currently on Earth, the other three are outside the solar system or at least that is what the data suggests." Images of an African American with typical military haircut in his variation of the uniform.
"This organization must have enemies?" Commander Keyes asked.
"Yes it does, this is it foremost, an alien by the name of Sinestro a former Green Lantern who abused his power, he wields a yellow power ring that is fueled by the fear that he creates, he shows no remorse for the lives he destroys and is constantly trying to kill the green lanterns, especially those of Earth as it was one of them that caused his downfall in the organization." Images showed a red skinned man with pitch black eyes, in a black and blue suit.
Lantern clenched his fist at the mention of his old enemy and how many friends he had lost to the Sinestro Corp.
"And then there is this man, he apparently sets the standard that most aspire to be." Cortana said as she showed the image of a man with a red cape, boots and trunks, blue form fitting suit, yellow belt around his waist, and an "S" insignia on his chest of red and yellow.
"This is Superman, the last known survivor of the planet Krypton."
"Last? What happened to it?" John asked.
"According to an interview he gave, his planet suffered from seismic instability that tore it in two, his father their greatest scientific mind, created a vessel to carry him to safety, speculation leads many to believe he was found and raised on Earth, he confirms that under a yellow sun he has unknown amount of strength, near invulnerability, super speed, see through many substances, hear at great distances and fire devastating heat beams from his eyes and freeze objects with his breath as well as self-propelled flight, these great powers earned him his namesake, uses it to protect the Earth." She said as images showed him using his abilities to save many lives and fight terrible foes.
"My god, he is that powerful and doesn't try to conquer the planet? Whoever found must have really made an impact on his life." Miranda Thought.
Superman smiled at the memory of the two who had raised him. He actually began to wonder what he would have been like if he hadn't been raised by the Kent family. The others did as well and wondered what the changes to his personality would have been.
"You said that this Cadmus, was formed when he was turned against the planet, that must mean he has powerful enemies and weaknesses." John said.
"Yes the one responsible for brainwashing him was this…"man" if it can be called that." The next image showed a being with darkened skin, almost as if he was a statue, he was black and gray clothing, the mere image of him showed he had no love for life only its conquest.
"This is Darkside, unquestioned ruler of the planet Apokalips, he has conquered several planets to be placed under his brand of order, he has his sights set on earth, but the protection of his primary enemies of New Genesis, prevents any and all attempts, that doesn't mean he has tried more subtle methods, like attempting to fake a natural disaster or other, he has been a thorn in the side of Superman for many years, culminating in his last action, making him attack his adopted planet, it took much time for him to regain the peoples trust, and for the most port, publicly at least, he has succeeded, however he has never forgotten what he made him do, and trust me you do not want to get on this man's bad side." She finished.
"His known weaknesses are irradiated fragments of his home planet called Kryptonite, these fragments act as slow acting poison to him and slowly weakens him to the point he can be wounded and perhaps even killed, also under a red sun his powers slowly leave him, he is also vulnerable to the supernatural." Redeeming Bias added.
Superman remembered the times that Kryptonite had been turned into weapons to be used against him. Despite being given a special suit to prevent it, he still ran into the substance more times than he would like to count.
"All right, hopefully we won't ever have to face this man if he is ever swayed again, what about the humans who take up this profession?"
"Here we have a man who is in many ways Superman's counterpart, the man known as Batman." Images now showed the previously shown man in a bat suit.
"He is for all intents and purposes a non-powered human with access to high level technology, Cadmus suspects he is one of the elite of the city but does not have any hard evidence but I digress, he uses these technologies plus his high level training and intellect to safeguard Gotham city sister city to Metropolis where Superman is based, however this city seems filled to the brim with corruption and criminal activities, the only reason it is still standing is because he wages his war against them, he is not alone in this as he has at his back young men and women who help him." Images showed a red headed girl in a similar suit as his, a boy in green and red attire a young man in a black from fitting suit with a blue bird design on the front.
Batman was able to recognize Batgirl and Nightwing. He made a mental note to check up on them when this whole thing is over.
"He has several high powered foes that he has faced in his long career, but the one that stands out the most is the man known only as the Joker." Images now showed a man in a purple suit, his face was deathly white, sickly green hair, blood red lips, and a shark like green that showed a dark sense of humor.
"He has murdered many innocent and guilty people, all to get a laugh, there is no real reasoning for why does it, he simply does, his traps may seem ridiculous but their results are deadly, his preferred method to kill is by infecting people with a chemical known as SmileX, derived from his own blood, it causes the victim to literally laugh themselves to death, a grisly grin his calling card."
"And they haven't put him down! What is wrong with these people?" Commander Keyes said with disgust.
Batman mentally narrowed his eyes. If they killed their enemies, they would be no better than them. Plus, the Joker seemed to have a good team of lawyers that got him out of the death sentence. That and the fact that his mental insanity seemed to keep him from being killed.
John agreed should this man come within reach of them he would not hesitate to pull the trigger, regardless of the consequences.
"From Central city we have the Flash, fastest man alive, and trust me he lives up to the reputation as he can out run Superman, the origins of his powers is unknown however he was not the first man to carry that name as during WWII there was another as he other masked men fought against the Axis forces, so in essence he is a legacy, he is quite loved by the citizens as he not only fights criminals but does public services, he even painted a 60-year-old woman's fence when she asked."
"You're kidding? He went out of his way for that?" Keyes said not out of malice but actual surprise and curiosity.
"His personality shows that though he comes off as a bit immature, but he cares quite a deal for his city's citizens and they reciprocate."
Flash smiled to himself. He always made sure to help out everyone he could with his powers. Even the smallest things. It's part of the main thing that made him so popular in his hometown.
"Have they had any contact with one another during their careers?" John asked.
"Superman and Batman have on occasion been seen together when there is a threat in their city's that comes from the other's, Flash once for the benefit of charity raced the "man of steel" and ended up thwarting a weather dominating criminal, when a new green lantern appeared he was aided by the kriptonian, batman was once reported helping Green Arrow against the criminal who was poisoning Gotham's water system, that is all that is known, the only known groups that are currently working with one another is one made up of young teenagers and adults called the Teen Titans and one known as the Doom Patrol, but the adults have no key group affiliation."
The league remembered how the Teen Titans disbanded shortly before the new young justice team formed. Apparently looks and age weren't the only thing that was different from their world. Batman made a mental note to look into this situation.
"Well those are the highlights for now, me and Redeeming shall continue to compile all information, in the meantime I think we should set you two up for the long haul while we are here." Cortana said with a look that John just knew was going to cause him no end of grief.
"Oh what did you have in mind?" The Commander asked not knowing she was about to set up for trouble.
"This is going to be good," Flash said with a smirk.
"Well first off you two need to get out of the ship, it is not healthy for you to be cooped up here, I know this isn´t our Earth but that doesn´t mean you shouldn´t enjoy it, I mean let´s face it when was the last time you guys had shore leave?"
"I suppose there is no harm in that, what do you think Chief?" the daughter of Dr. Halsey asked the Spartan.
"I have no qualms except about leaving the armor and encounters with the less savory characters in this world." He replied in an even tone, though his partner knew where he was coming from in regards to the armor and the necessity for safety in regards to the hostiles of this world.
Lantern said, "He sounds like a soldier who is unwilling to leave his uniform."
He had heard about certain soldiers becoming a bit paranoid after the war, but he hadn't seen it before.
"Chief no offense, but I think you need to mingle with non-Spartan personal more, I know you and the others have trouble staying away from the MJOLNIR for extended periods of time, but it is for the best, besides I think you look good with a tan am I right Commander?" Cortana asked her leader with a wink in the eye.
The league recognized the name of the armor from the mythology as Thor's magical hammer. Was it named that for how tough it was or because only John could wear it? Batman began to wonder if he could add such a function to some of his devices.
"Oh no, I'm not getting involved in a lovers' quarrel, you two figure it out." Miranda said with a smile as Cortana pouted and John just slightly slumped, causing her to give off a small laugh at their reactions.
This brought a few laughs to the group. It was kind of funny to see the normally stoic soldier upset.
"All right but we need a way to figure out how to get the armor to me should I encounter any hostiles, and given the way they act in this world there is a good possibility for it." He replied.
"All right, I think I have a way but we have to work on the math first, right now we need to secure you two new identities, a base of operations as well as some income, luckily I have a plan." She said in a way that had in no shape or form the possibility of mischief.
"She has that look again." The Spartan thought glumly.
Two weeks later on the outskirts of Metropolis.
John was currently driving into the city in a modified Warthog, in this case the civilian 2553 model that Cortana had built using Forerunner matter replicators, constructors and Huragok, he could see as he passed other cars on the road that he was getting quite the attention, he would have frown at this but he knew deep down that if he was going to drive from the house to the city he would do it in something he felt comfortable with, it may not be the military version but that didn´t mean he wasn´t happy with the results, the Commander agreed as she too had taken the vehicle out for a spin and was very pleased, saying she was hoping to get one once the war was over, it was painted jet black and as an added necessity doors were added, of course whenever asked where he got it he just said he built it from scratch.
The league understood the response. Flash smiled as he remembered a van he had set aside in case of a sudden need to party.
However, there were certain add-ons that you would not find in every civilian vehicle, such as a powerful GPS tracking system hook up to the Dawn as well as an array of satellites they released to keep an eye on things, holographic communications display, voice activated starter, a hidden compartment where he kept some personal weaponry, cloaking field generator, and voice activated shields, and was powered by hydrogen fuel cells, making it the cleanest most advanced vehicle on the planet.
Batman nodded in approval at this, except for the weapons. He understood what it meant to be prepared. It had managed to keep him alive through many different situations.
Cortana had procured funds by "borrowing" them from several criminal and terrorist organizations who would not miss them, she also made sure to alert the agency responsible to future activities they took, just because this was not their Earth meant they were not still bound to defend it from all threats, so once they were secured financially, she and Redeeming gave them alternate identities, a simply thing when one has an advanced technological marvel and cunning mind to help, since computers governed all aspects of life in this era, they simply created an iron clad trail, thus John Mendez Halsey and Miranda Keyes Halsey were born, so to speak, on paper they were half siblings, same mother different father, with they being orphaned in tragic events and finding each other through a government sponsored welfare center, Cortana originally thought to make them husband and wife but Keyes was not amused by the idea.
The group was surprised as her way of getting money, but they could understand.
Her words were "No offense Chief, but you just aren´t my type."
The group chuckled at Keyes words.
He and the Commander lived in a two story colonial house in the less business filled districts, it was a quiet community, and despite the looks he received because of his pale complexion, having spent many years in the armor that he wore proudly into battle, he was never bothered many just assumed he was an albino or he was some sort of hermit, although many women gave him plenty of looks when he walked the streets, and why would they not? Despite his skin tone he had rugged handsome features thanks to years of training and constant combat, the nano colony in his blood also helped maintain his body in perfect working condition, his body showed strength, power and confidence in the way he moved, he had warm brown eyes that conveyed a story to all those who looked into them, one of pain, tragedy, pride and determination, this always got a laugh from Cortana and Miranda as they could see that he was oblivious to the way women reacted to his mere presence, the joke because of the side effect of his augmentations reduced his sexual drive, thus all attempt to gain his attention simply were politely ignored.
"Lucky," Flash muttered to himself as he saw the various girls going after John.
The thing about his sex drive being reduced however got their attention. Just what had this man gone through before coming there.
Superman turned towards Batman and said, "Looks like you may end up having competition for most eligible bachelor, Bruce."
The dark knight just sent a light glare towards his friend before turning back to the screen.
This was not his first visit into the city as he and Commander Keyes both had come to familiarize themselves with the environment, and were impressed as the city of tomorrow as it was dubbed, was clean, safe and had was abundant in activity sure there was the occasional criminal who thought they could evade the watchful eyes of the cities guardians, but still they enjoyed the peace, that did not mean they did not though of returning home but their only hope was to find a way back, and for that they may require external help, however they had yet to come up with a solution for contact with the heroes, ironically they had yet to see Superman in action.
John was currently heading through the entry into the large cityscape when he felt a tingle in his ear, which meant the Commander or Cortana wished to speak to him, it was ingenious really, by using the colony as a two-way communication relay, one concentrated to his ears the other to his voice box, he could communicate with them from anywhere without fear of being tracked.
"Hey John, have you made it to the store yet?" The voice of Cortana spoke.
"I'm close now; I'm just crossing through the business district, why? Is there something you need or just checking up on me?" he asked with a bit of an amused smile on his face.
"A little of both really, the Commander asked me to remind you to bring some milk and eggs, and that there is reports that a Solomon Grundy was sighted entering the city." She informed him.
"For some reason," Superman said, "I am not surprised. Just when you get used to peace another problem pops up."
Everyone nodded as they were very familiar with this.
"Thanks for the update Cortana, anything else I should know?" he asked as he stopped at an inter section on West and Madison.
"You will be glad to know, that several of your admirers have asked your "sister" for advice on how to court you." She replied and through her voice could tell she was very amused with the situation.
"And what did she say?" He asked both curious and a slightly annoyed, though maintaining that calm he exhibited in battle.
"Get you nice and loaded and have their wicked way with you." The sound of her laughter could be heard through the link.
The league, saved for a certain member, all laughed at the joke. But in all seriousness, that would be most likely the best way to do so.
"How did Maria - 062 deal with all this?" The Spartan asked himself at hearing the Commander's rather "unique" response.
The group was beginning to wonder who Maria was? Based on the number they guess she must have been a fellow soldier of someone.
"I'm glad you find this amusing, now if you'll excuse me I have some shopping to do, 117 out." He said to his partner.
"Have a good day, Chief, and watch out for the ladies, they may take her advice." She replied before cutting communications with her getting on last laugh.
John continued through the road, he rather enjoyed the calm, shame it did not last.
"CRASH!"
"SKREECH!"
The sound of something heavy and metallic crashing filled the air, as a MCPD car suddenly landed upside down some 10 feet in front of him, thankfully it was empty, he got out to see if anyone else was hurt, but besides getting a scare the people nobody was injured, so with that down he went back to his own vehicle and pulled it into reverse and headed to an abandoned, once parked he tapped a few keystrokes and activated the display and in a few seconds Cortana appeared followed by the image of a worried Commander Keyes, she was right in assuming such a stance because they agreed only to activate such a setting in case of emergencies, this clearly was such an occasion.
"What the matter Chief?" The Commander asked.
"A police car just landed ten feet from my own; I need to know what is going on Cortana." He said in tone she recognized as him in a soldier mentality.
"On it Chief, satellites are coming online."
"…"
"Got it, seems Grundy did come to the city and he is not alone I see several men and women some infiltration clothes, they appear to be robbing the first National Bank, they must have him as muscle in case Superman shows, and there he is right on que, he seems to have everything under...oh no!"
"What's wrong?" John asked.
"The android Metallo is there and he is blasting him with kryptonite! And Grundy is pummeling him." She finished with worry.
Superman's eyes widened when he heard that. Superman had never fought a team up Grundy and Metallo before, but he could tell that with a mix of their abilities, that being Metallo's kryptonite core and Grundy's strength, they would make a very deadly pair.
"What is your order's Ma'am?" He spoke to his commanding officer.
"We can't ignore this Chief, suit up an engage the hostiles, they are not alive according to files so you can go heavy but still try not to drag this out, we can't risk alienating ourselves to the locals, however leave a message on them." She ordered.
"Understood, Cortana send it down, along with the usual package." He spoke to the artificial woman.
"All right tracking your signal, locked on, no witnesses and I will see you there." She said as her image flickered out and soon he stepped away from the Hog, and was bathed in a blue light that levitated him of the ground a few inches.
This was the answer to how to get his armor to him wherever he was, the colony acted as a powerful beacon that showed his exact location on the planet, and using the newly created teleport pads Redeeming had built, he could have the armor on in less than a minute and as well as delivering his weaponry to him, ammunitions, medical supplies and other standard issue equipment were already inserted into his flatspace storage modules.
Once the light faded John was in his armor and booting up all the systems, next to him was a weapon cases he opened as his armor showed everything was in the green, another light appeared only smaller and localized near the entry port in his helmet, the feeling of ice water in his body told him his partner was already there.
Flash whistled and said, "Wow that looked really cool."
The other all agreed.
"Ahh I missed being inside your head John." Cortana said in an amused tone despite the serious situation.
"Glad to have you back Cortana, give me the info on this guys, while I load up." He mentally said to her.
"All right the big guy is a zombie normally seen in Gotham, he is as big as a Brute and just as stupid and dangerous, he can lift up to 70 to 80 tons so I suggest you refrain from getting to close unless absolutely necessary, he doesn't possess great speed or agility so you have that advantage on him use it."
"Metallo was once a man named John Corbin, a mercenary who sold his services to the highest bidder, he contracted a virus that was slowly killing him, and underwent a procedure that placed his mind inside an android body powered by kryptonite, the metal that is his namesake is virtually indestructible, he has strength and agility so be careful around him"
"Let's do it, activating thrusters." He thought as he secured all his weapons on his body, which consisted of his ever present MA5C assault rifle loaded with AP rounds, a pair of M6 Magnums, Shotgun loaded with Shredders, and a compliment of Frag, incendiary, EMP and sonic grenades, and some TTR Rounds, and for close combat a custom made gravity hammer, tailored for his size, it was by far equal to the weapon Barbarus used when they fought.
From the back of his legs two small engines appeared and slowly began to hum as they came on line and slowly began to push him off the ground, using the nacelles on his back he turned to face the Hog and sent the command to have it cloaked from view, once the vehicle faded from sight he quickly back off.
"Let's go be heroes John." She said somewhat exited at the thought.
"Lift off!" he commanded and shot off the ground with a boom that set off car alarms and rattled windows.
"Looks like we finally get to see what the soldier can do," Lantern said.
Many of the league members were starting to get excited as they were hoping to see what this super soldier could do.
Before the imminent arrival of the Spartan.
Superman was on his day off from the Daily Planet, so he went out patrolling the city when his super hearing allowed him to hear radio chatter about a robbery at the first national bank, he assumed once more that it was another criminal who thought they could get lucky and he would not know, but he always knew it was one of his burdens to hear so many cries for help and not being able to choose who would need it more, what made this case serious was the appearance of Solomon Grundy.
"They must be calling on outside help now, I am going to have a talk with Bruce about this, he doesn't like it when MY enemies come into HIS city but I have to deal with his." He thought as he used his speed and flight arrive on the scene where Metropolis finest were pinned down by gunfire and the undead creature throwing debris at them.
"GRUNDY CRUSH YOU!" It yelled.
"It never ends." He thought as he went high speed at the monster.
"WHAM!" "UGH!"
Grundy cried out as the man of steel gave a powerful right straight punch at the large zombie knocking him down and causing the firefight to stop and look at him with relief and dread.
"What are you doing here Grundy?" he said as he floated above his opponent.
"GRUNDY GET PAID TO COME, BEAT YOU GET PAID MORE!" he suddenly yelled as he got up quickly and rushed the alien.
"Again I am not surprised," Superman said.
This was followed by the rest of the group of heroes. If there was one thing they had learned it was that many criminals were motivated by money.
Superman beat him to the punch literally as he landed quickly and ducked under a right hook and delivered a right uppercut to Grundy's face and left hook to the body, both blows giving off booms, testament to strength used to hurt the creature.
Flash cheered at the sight of his friend beating on grundy.
"Grundy can match my strength but not my speed I just have to end quic…" "ARRRG!" he suddenly screamed out as a green and white beam of energy struck his unprotected back.
"Well, isn't this an unpleasant surprise." A British voice spoke behind the downed hero.
"T-that voice…" he managed to get out.
"That's right; it's your old friend Metallo, back to dish out some punishment Superman." The artificial man said with malice.
"Now then Grundy do be a good man and stand him up I want him to see this coming." Metallo continued as uncovered his chest and opened his compartment to reveal the fragment of green meteor rock, while Grundy grabbed the hero by the neck.
The fact that Metallo was calling the shots was not a surprise to the group of heroes. Grundy was known to be pretty stupid, and wasn't one for coming up with genius plans. It was also not a surprise for Metallo to team up with another villain, as even with his kryptonite core, he couldn't last long against superman.
"Agh!" Superman yelled as its effects took hold, he tried to muster the strength to get free.
"Back off!" a deep voice spoke as the sound of jets came.
"HUH?" Grundy managed to get out before he was suddenly hit by a large metal object.
"WHAM!" "UGH!"
"And the Spartan makes his entrance," Flash said with a smirk.
The object turned out to be a large man in armor, but not the one we know, as this man was covered in grey metal.
"Wait…who is that guy?" Lantern asked, feeling a sense of familiarity.
Superman answered, "His name is Steel. He's a hero like us. While he doesn't have powers he has special high tech armor and hammer."
After a moment, they remembered there being a Steel on the register for the league. They now prepared to see what this guy can really do.
"Steel!" Metallo said with scorn as he remembered the last time they fought closing his chest as a precaution.
"And don't forget me!" a very female voice said.
"Who…!" he never finished as a delicate hand deliver a devastating punch that made him land in a Mercedez with a loud crunch.
"It's Supergirl!" One of the police said.
"The one and only!" said a young adolescent girl with long blond hair dressed in a T-shirt with the same S as Superman's, short skirt red boots and small red cape.
Superman quickly noticed that his cousin was wearing her old costume. Something the rest of the league members noticed. Apparently, the events taking place were apparently happening sometime in the past. The question was how far back was it?
"I'll fix that!" Metallo screamed as he tried to use his eye beam to weaken her, she saw in time to dodge having heard of his abilities from her cousin.
John Henry Irons AKA Steel was battling the walking Deadman the loud blows being heard as he beat him hammer and metal encased fist.
"GRR, GRUNDY GROW TIRED OF METAL MAN!" The creature yelled.
"You're tired I have deal with smell." He replied as he lifted his arms and fire heated bolts at him, burrowing deep within.
Flash yelled, "Burn!"
He held up a hand and Lantern high fived him.
"ARRG! GRUNDY NO LIKE HEAT!" Grundy screamed at the pain.
"You aren't going to like the taste of my hammer either!" he said as he raised it to deliver a vicious blow.
Unfortunately, Grundy bared with the pain enough to give a backhand to the armored hero that launched him directly into Supergirl.
"Got you!" Metallo said as he unleashes a full blast from his eyes.
"Aaah!"
"Supergirl!" Superman yells as he tries to tackle the machine.
"GRUNDY NO THINKS SO." The walking dead man says he grabs the man of steel and punches him directly into the path of the beams.
"Yaargh!"
"Superman, hold on I'm…guh!" Steel was saying before the foot of Grundy on his back keeps him down.
"GRUNDY DEAL WITH YOU LATER." He said while smiling at the hero's misfortune.
"Don't just stand there gawking they need help, open fire!" one of the higher ranking ones says as all police take out their weapons and fire at the villain duo.
"Oh, so now they decide to start firing," Lantern said, with a roll of his eyes.
There were times when he thought that the police just sat back and watched things happen and only came in when the fighting was over. If he remembered correctly, one time there was an office who tried to take credit for stopping a villain, but he was called out and humiliated because of his attempt to garner fame for himself.
Sadly, there standard issue weapons have no effect worse yet the other henchmen return fire, wounding and killing some of the police, things seem bleak until…
"SHRROOOM!" the roar of engines more powerful than what Steel had used break through the sound of bullets fire.
"What now!" Metallo says in frustration.
His answer comes when a hailstorm of bullets crashes into Grundy and pierces his body, it doesn't kill him but it does hurt him.
"ARRG! WHERE IS THAT FROM!" He yells as he covers his face with his arms.
The answer comes when an object lands in front of the police.
"What is that?" one asks the question on everyone's mind.
There before the is an armored giant of a man, at least seven feet tall they guess, the armor was military green and black, they see a strange hammer on its back along with a futuristic Shotgun, some handguns of an unknown design and assault rifle that makes them wonder where they can get one, standing before them all was the UNSC's premier soldier, Master Chief Petty Officer John – 117.
"Nice entrance," Batman said, getting a looks from the rest of the group. They had to admit though, that it was pretty impressive.
"Who the devil are you!" Metallo says to the tall armored figure.
"Someone who will deal with the two of you." John replies calmly as he keeps hold of his rifle on his right, and reaches for the hammer on his left, grabbing it by the middle and sending a signal that activates it, making it hum with unknown power.
"What makes you think that little hammer will hurt ME? I am indestructible." Metallo boasts.
"The problem with metal bodies is they are susceptible to magnetic forces." He says as he sends signal through the armor to the hammer and hums as the settings is reached and invisible magnetic energies coalesce around the metal being.
"W-what is h-happening, I…I can't…urg…move." He says as he struggles.
"Super hammer. Nice," Flash said.
This brought a look to Batman's face, glad to see that John was more than just a simple fighter. He also began to wonder if he could use something like that against Mr. Freeze for his battle suit, or Bane to keep him from reaching his venom system.
"Lose the rock." The Spartan says before forcing the compartment close, and given the aliens a breather.
"Damn you, release me!"
"As you wish." John replied as he pulled back the hammer than swung left hard, resulting in Metallo crashing in to Grundy freeing Steel as well.
"That looks like it hurt," Flash said, as he saw the two villains crash into each other.
Both ended on the left side walk.
"Were going to lose our meal ticket shoot that guy!" one of the robbers yelled as all pointed their weapon's and fired.
To everyone's shock he was encased in a golden glow as the bullets hit the shields, barely affecting them.
"You may want to shoot back John, I doubt there are going to let up soon, just let them live or else we risk pissing off our possible way back home." Cortana spoke.
He agreed and activating his special X – ray vision mode he found the vulnerable spots through their cover, switched his rifle into manual and fire at their knees and shoulders nowhere near arteries but not painless either.
The league rose up when John pointed his gun at the group of henchmen, but they sighed in relief when they saw that he had aimed at various nonlethal areas. However, they had a feeling that the line would be crossed later on. He was a soldier after all.
"John, watch your 6 clock!" Cortana warned as she saw the undead criminal barrel down to him.
"GRUNDY WILL CRUSH YOU!"
John dropped his rifle and rolled forward, it was crushed under the strength of the fists of the monster with a double handed hammer blow.
"Now I'm upset." He says in calm tone in contradiction to his earlier statement and takes the shotgun from his back, armed with 8 gauge shredders.
"He clearly holds his weapon in high regards," J'onn said.
Lantern nodded and said, "It makes sense. Back when I was in the marines, your weapon was usually the only thing, combined with training that kept you from going six feet under."
Diana nodded. Her training and weapons, when she used them, had saved her from various moments that had nearly killed them. Batman remembered the times that his gadgets and detective skills had kept him from getting killed, especially at the hands of a certain clown.
The others remembered how their powers kept them from getting killed. They were drawn from their thoughts by the sound of Grundy letting out a cry of pain.
What follows next is a demonstration of not to destroy a Spartans weapon.
John starts by firing at Grundy's left Knee cap, the shredders living to their names as the pierce deep into the muscle and bone.
Batman's eyes widened and said, "Those are shredders!"
Everyone turned to Batman, surprised at his outburst.
Seeing their surprised expressions, he explained, "Shredders are a special type of shotgun ammo. The ammo type is so dangerous that they have been banned to the point that they are nearly extinct."
Batman remembered that he had almost been killed by a thug wielding that type of ammo. He also remembered how said thug had been an enforcer of one of the many Gotham mob bosses. The thug had left a man who refused to pay protection money strung up with several shotgun blasts to the chest. It was that damage that allow him to solved the murder and had been one of the few cases in his early career that churned his stomach.
"YAAARRRRG!" He screams as the pain hits, but doesn't stop there.
John shoots the other knee, ducks a wild swing and shoots his right shoulder, then the left systematically decimating him as bellows in pain, he should consider himself lucky he has not struck center mass.
"That will be enough of that!" Metallo suddenly yells as he rushes the Spartan.
John rolls right and fires the last remaining shells at him; they only bounce of the metal.
"Is that the best you can do?" he mocks.
John straps the shotgun to his back with a loud clank and reaches in his rucksack for two special objects; he keeps them behind his back and quickly launches them and the villains.
Metallo grabs his and sees a grenade of unknown design.
The other falls near Grundy and three seconds later it detonates in a fiery storm, while Metallo's silently goes off, and sparks shoot out of his body, being that he was not prepared for a modified EMP grenade and Grundy did not expect to get a face full of Napalm.
"PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!"
"WHAM!"
Was the last he said as he gets hit with the Gravity hammer in the face straight into a fire hydrant with enough force to tip it over and release the contents that give him relief, the results were obvious as patches of skin were missing along his body, still all the damage he took finally knocked him out.
That will definitely leave a mark." Cortana said in humor.
J'onn wince slightly at the sight of the fire, but got over it and said, "He is definitely leaving an impression on them isn't he?"
Flash said, "Yeah, if I learned a guy was willing to do that to someone in a fight, I'd swear of crime and get a new career."
The rest of the league were shocked at the man's brutality. There was no doubt the man was used to fighting for his life, but it was still a little difficult for them to watch.
"Good thing he is already dead then." John replied as he turned and holstered the hammer, and headed towards Metallo who is frozen in place, his eyes the only movement he can achieve as he tracks the Spartan, John walks up and pries open his chest and pulls out the rock making the light in his eyes fade, he then places it in his sack where it is kept in flatspace thus shielding the radiation, with that done he walks towards the heroes.
Kara struggles to get up as she is still weak, the sun is healing her and her cousin but long exposure takes its toll on them, that's when she is suddenly picked up by the Spartan bridal style, much to the surprise of everyone, and her slightly as evidenced by the redness in her cheeks.
If you looked you could see Superman's eyes twitching at the sight of his cousin's counterpart blushing at being in the arms of the Spartan.
"Are you all right?" He asks her
"Um, Y-yeah, I'm getting there." She says as his visor reflects her face, still he nods and takes her to a bench that survived the altercation.
He then returns for Superman and places his arm around his shoulder and heads towards Kara, it is strange sight for her as Superman is not a small man of stature yet he is dwarf by this armored figure.
As he places him next to her Steel joins them and asks the questions on their minds
"Who are you?"
"You may call me Spartan – 117." Was the reply.
"Are you military?" Clark asks.
"In a manner of speaking." Was the vague response.
"What is that supposed to mean? You either are or you're not." Kara said a little miffed at the subterfuge.
"I cannot go into details right now, but I am not your enemy, now I must check on the officers who were wounded." He says as he heads towards the police who see him and reach for their weapons.
"Dang," Flash said, "I can only imagine how a conversation between him and Bats would go."
He chuckled a bit as he said this. As he chuckled, however, Batman got up, walked over the scarlet speedster, and then slapped him over the back of the head, Gibbs style, before sitting back down.
"I mean you no harm, please allow me to help." He says to them his tone given away no intention to do otherwise, so they accept but keep watch.
John begins checking those worse off, and gives the UNSC version of morphine, it was non-addictive and fast acting as the wounded could vouch, he then added biofoam to clean and seal the wounds, and finally sterilized bandages, he repeated this several times, the dead were placed aside so they could be taken, he lamented he could not arrive sooner to help.
The league smiled sadly at that. While the dead were bad, they knew that it came with the territory. It also showed a bit of character for John. He truly was a hero.
He hears the cries of the henchmen and walks towards them switching the ammunition for a tranquilizer in his M6, of course the heroes think he is about to kill them.
"Wait! Don't kill them!" Superman says as he stands with a bit of a sway until he stabilizes himself.
"It was not my intention, despite my profession I am not cold blooded murderer, this is a paralytic bullet observe." He says as he takes aim and shoots one of the men in the arm with the effect taken effect.
"Incredible." He says as there is no current thing within military or police forces.
Batman observed this with a critical eye. He remembered how he had originally used guns in his early career, mostly as an intimidation tactic. He only stopped because it made him more likely to be shot at. He wondered if he should start again, this time using paralytic or shock bullets.
He also wondered if he should run this by Jason.
Once John is done he walks to center of the street and activates his thrusters.
"Wait!" Steel shouts but cannot reach him as he flies off, leaving the three wondering who he was and where did he come from.
"Cortana can you patch me through to the Commander?"
"Done."
"Chief I take it your first heroic experience was successful?" She asked, though here tone made it seems more like a fact.
"Affirmative, targets were contained and made contact with subjects Superman, Supergirl and Steel." He spoke to her.
"Anyone in the media see you?" She asked.
"No Commander."
"Very well come on back to base."
"Will do once I resupply Commander, unless you wish to go out for dinner."
"Why Chief, are you asking me out?" she asked with humor.
"No Commander, UNSC regulations state that…"
"I'm kidding Chief, remember you aren't my type, we really must work on your humor, what has Cortana been teaching you?" she asked humorlessly.
Lantern nodded at the Spartan following protocol like he was.
Flash then said, "Dang, and I thought bats could be a stick in the mud."
The scarlet speedster's hands quickly flew to the back of his head. When no strike came he glanced at Batman who simply had a slightly annoyed look on his face.
"Not my fault he's a stick in the mud, I have little to work with him." She said in a childish tone.
"Ladies, I am right here you know." He said with no malice intended.
"Right anyway, go get the groceries and will still go out, in honor of your first victory, pizza sounds good?" she asked.
"That will be fine Commander, anything else?"
"Yes bring me a box of three musketeer's bars, please." She said to the Spartan.
"What happen to the one you got last week?" Cortana asked.
"I ate them as I watch this Soap on TV; Michael was leaving Jennifer for Linda, while she was seeing…" at that point John tuned out both the A.I and his commanding officer.
'Good call,' every male thought. They had all been on the receiving end of a woman talking about a soap opera at one time. In all honesty, it made absolutely no sense to them.
"I will never understand what is so great of Soap Operas." He thought to himself as he flew to his vehicle.
"HELP…ME…THEY…ARE…COMING." A voice spoke in his head.
"What!"
"John? What's wrong?" Cortana asked as she heard the thought.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what? John what is it?"
"…Nothing, it must have been my imagination."
"You sure big guy?"
"Yeah, let's not keep the Commander waiting."
"Okay if you're sure."
"Was it my imagination? Or am I losing it?" he thought as headed for his vehicle.
Everyone's eyes widened at the familiar scene. Something they had all felt so long ago. The day they met john, the invaders, the day they formed the league. While this shocked them beyond believe they were at least glad to know that they had a time line.
In Gotham City, under Wayne Manor…
In this dreary and imposing cave lights shine revealing vehicles and objects of diverse backgrounds and similar themes, in the center in front of a large monitor that shows the battle that took place in Metropolis, the outline of a figure could be seen, the shape is that of a bat.
There is suddenly a sound of wind blurring and where once empty space was now stands a man in bright colors that are contrasts to the darkness that permeates in the cave.
"You're late." The figure says to the man of steel in a cold tone.
"Just because I am faster than a bullet doesn't mean I always arrive in time Bruce." Clark said to the man in humor knowing that once the suit was on Bruce Wayne billionaire playboy is gone and only Batman remains, he often wondered where one ended and the other began, it was something that plague him enough as he was raised Clark Kent but born Kal – El, he in fact appreciated he was level headed enough to know the difference, Bruce sometimes blurred the line but his circumstances did give him some leeway, so he never commented on that.
"I have been reviewing the videos and evidence collected from the scene and found some…discrepancies." The Dark Knight spoke as he headed to the crime lab he set up.
"What kind?" Superman asked as he approached his colleague.
"Metallo's circuitry was short circuited by a localized EMP pulse, the video surveillance shows he pulled out two objects from his back, grenades of unknown design and make, that should not have been possible given Corbin's advanced body, and the chemicals taken from Grundy's wounds came back positive for Napalm only from the traces found this was a highly more volatile formula." Batman said.
"Dang Bruce," superman said, "I haven't seen you this focused on something unless the Joker or some planetary threat has been involved."
Batman nodded and he understood why his counterpart was being so observant. He didn't like not being in the know. If something strange happened or if a new player came in to things, he wanted to be the first to know almost immediately.
As for the weapons, Batman was thinking of building a similar EMP if the device had blueprints for it. It would definitely come in handy, especially against some of his more technologically focused enemies.
The thought of napalm grenade got their attention and made mental notes to see just what else the man had up his sleeve.
"But…that's impossible; I have come up against many types of hand held incendiary explosives and not once have I seen Napalm in one." Superman replied a bit worried about the implications.
"Neither have I yet here we are, the bullets taken out of Grundy's body also shows something that troubles me, take a look at the bullets on the table, on the right is a bullet from Grundy and the left is a bullet of the same design, caliber, materials and metallurgy, unused."
Superman stepped up and using his vision he saw what Bruce was getting at.
"The one on the right has less flaws despite it being used." He replied in awe.
"Exactly my theory leads me to believe that had it not been used it would have none whatsoever." Batman said and on where to look closely they could see he was not liking this.
"But how is that possible? No matter how good the maker there is always intrinsic flaws to be found." Clark said in utter confusion.
They league guessed that this was most likely due to the Spartan's advanced technology. A perfect bullet meant that there wasn't a chance of bursting or fragmenting, meaning it could less accidental damage and go deeper.
"That's not all; the videos showed me something that I had not picked up on at first until I noticed him putting the kryptonite in his pack." The detective said as he led the man of steel to the monitors.
"Notice how the man places the rock inside his pack, it is a good size one, enough to power Metallo and harm you, yet afterwards as he is taking out medical supplies from it, he never struggles to find the right one, never maneuvers his hands to avoid the rock, that pack is too small to not allow such freedom of movement, and those medical supplies of his the sedative was a derivative of morphine according to toxicology reports, but created in such a way that there is no addictive or negative side effects, the foam acts as both a sealant and cleanser, there is no such thing currently under works that would explain their existence, this man has in his hands technology that is too advanced for our standards." Batman spoke in a tone that held no room for argument.
That really got everyone's attention. A product like that would be a huge boon to the medical world. Morphine, while a good pain killer was known for being addictive and ruining people's lives. They would definitely make sure to find the formula for the stuff in the device, if possible.
"I agree, that armor was more advanced than Steel's or STRIPE's', John told me that the level of energy to power personal shields would require something as close to nuclear reactor, but he did have them and for some reason it has to have more than it lets on, for one thing it must have X – ray vision capabilities, he targeted the criminals and shot precisely into areas that would disable them without them being visible." Superman spoke.
"I have checked every military contract and PMC on record and some that aren't, no one has tech like that and no one has any plans that even come close to it."
"It's frustrating you isn't it?" Superman asked.
"The lack of anything that tells us what his intentions are does, he clearly has no issues with using advanced weaponry against his opponents, and the only thing I saw that was not of the lethal variety was the tranquilizers and the EMP, everything else is designed to kill, the only thing that stopped him was himself, and that may have been only because of your presence." The Batman said to him.
"No I don't think that might even have stopped him."
"What do you mean?"
"I was too weak to use my vision to see his face, but I could hear his heartbeat through the fight, it never changed, he never showed fear, no hesitation not even when Grundy smashed his rifle or when he shot Corbin and did nothing to hurt him, and that tells me that not even if he would face me would he show intimidation, heck I don't even you could get a reaction out of him."
The league understood Superman's counterpart. This was definitely the mindset of a veteran soldier, who would kill given the first chance he gets if it means survival or doing his duty. The fact that he thought that he couldn't stop them really made them nervous, however. It took a lot of courage, or stupidity to face down Superman and not flinch.
That comment struck the man, many who had dealt with him always felt intimidated by his presence, the only one who did not have any reason to be was the man before him, and in truth he agreed with Kent's assessment, this Spartan as he calls himself, showed a resolve that could match his.
"We must stay on guard if he shows up again, there are too many unknowns to draw conclusions." He finally said
"Agreed, but I'm worried someone else will take an interest in him, his technology and weapons presents an opportunity like no other."
Batman nodded at that, and turned to look at the screen that showed the Spartan, two questions coming to mind and not leaving.
"Who are you? And where did you come from?"
The answers would come sooner then they think.
The "Back" and "Continue" image appeared again. The league sat back and look at each other.
"So what do you think?" Flash asked, breaking their silence.
Diana answered, "This Spartan is definitely a warrior born. Whoever training him, definitely trained him to be an honorable warrior. His self-restraint was also commendable."
Lantern nodded and said, "The man is definitely someone who would be the military poster boy. Strength, skill, calm in the face of danger. If it wasn't for his potential to kill people, I'd have recommended him for the lantern corps.
Batman said, "His technology is incredibly advanced and he shows skills that far exceed the normal man. I can't tell if it is all the armor, those nanobots, or if it is him at some level."
J'onn continued, "What has my attention is that this is taking place before the league was formed. I believe there is a chance that he may become a founder, alongside us."
Flash said, "Well, I would definitely want the guy on my team. The guy is a human tank! He's a bit of stick in the mud and way too serious, but he just needs to get out a bit. Sort of like bats."
Batman gave a light glare towards the scarlet speedster, but said nothing.
Superman said, "I think we should check out a least, one more part, then we can call it a night."
Batman reached over and hit continue. Then they sat back to watch things unfold.
Cut! Okay, the next one will be the last addition for a little bit. I'll try to update my other stories soon after the third chapter goes up. I tried to put in a few more comments or thoughts by the league, as was suggested by my very few commenters. If you have any suggestions for the future, please let me know.
Also Death Battle, if you want to see someone watch it, please drop a comment on who you want to see. Thank you.