Author's note: Sorry the beginning was so slow... I hate to say it, but it won't pick up for a little bit. Fortunately, I been writing up a storm and I already have six chapters finished, and a seventh well on it's way. I'll try to make the chapters a bit longer as I go, but the first few might be a bit short and slow. Just for the record, I'm setting this right after the last episode of Justice League unlimited, but the story will probably contain some content from comics/ movies. I may even throw in a Marvel guy or two... Just because. But more on that later. The next few chapters will be up soon, as soon as I can come up with some decent titles, all reviews would be appreciated, just so I know that people are reading. Thanks in advance- iDemon101

Batman stepped out of the Justice League headquarters interrogation room to face Superman, The Flash Wonder Woman, and J'onn J'onzz the Martian Manhunter.

"They're all claiming that they don't know where Luthor's hiding. We'll have to keep searching for him on our own. He's got to be near Metropopolis; there's no way that he'd go on the move with the whole world on the lookout for him."

Wonder Woman interjected; "We should keep trying to crack them. I could use my lasso of truth, or J'onn could try to scan their minds-"

"If Batman couldn't get an answer, then neither will anybody else." Interjected Superman. "We don't have any time to waste. Lex Luthor is a dangerous man, and we can't let him loose for too long without running the risk of another serious catastrophe."

"What's the worst that he could do?" asked the Flash. "Brainiac's gone forever, his assets and property have been confiscated, he's lost control of his company, and he still doesn't have any superpowers. He's like a declawed kitten. I mean, sure, he's a bad guy, but at this point he seems like a pretty harmless one."

Superman smashed his fist into the wall, leaving a large dent. "NEVER underestimate Lex Luthor. You should know that by now. Time and time again, he's proven that he's capable of rising to power from nothing. It would be nice if we could trust him to lie back and wait for us to get to him, but that won't happen. He's just the wrong combination of greedy and stubborn."

"Okay, fine, just calm down, Big Blue... I'll get on that then..." And in the blink of an eye, The Flash had vanished in a blur of red."

"Did anybody else notice that he wasn't headed toward the teleporters?" Asked Wonder Woman.

"He was going to the kitchens," said the Martian.

Batman shook his head as he walked away. "Typical," he muttered to himself.

-Later-

The original seven members of the Justice League gathered in the conference room to determine the league's next course of action.

"We've lost too many league members recently. Darkseid's attacks have left many of our allies too weak to fight." Superman stated. "Not to mention that Government suspicion is up again. Darkseid was our enemy, but they still associate him with us. Not that they're wrong. Darkseid only attacked because of me. I don't think that they'll allow us to continue our operations as normal."

"That may not be an issue," Batman said. " We can win them over easily enough with a sign of goodwill. I say that we temporarily disband the league for now. We can regroup later, but for now, there shouldn't be many problems. With most of our more resilient enemies behind bars, and most of our teammates injured, it wouldn't hurt to cut back on league membership for a little while. By my calculations that we would do fine to cut back on league membership by about eighty percent."

"Your reasoning is sound. We shall put it to a vote. All in favor?"

In response to the the Martian's call, the heroes raised their hands. Only Shayera Hol, the former Hawkgirl, refrained. She bit her lip and looked at the table.

"Shayera, are you opposed to the motion?"

"I don't know... It doesn't seem right. I don't know if we should let our defenses down like this just yet. I think that we should stay prepared. Anything could happen, and we should be prepared for anything that could happen. It's impossible to say who's out there, and when they could strike. We shouldn't hand out opportunities for them."

Green Lantern interjected; "Nonsense, we could handle most threats when there were only seven of us. And even then we didn't use the whole team. While there's no question that the world needs a Justice League, there's no need for an organization of this size. We're too big. Most of our member just end up sitting on their asses half the time anyway. We can't even keep track of ourselves anymore. We should be able to keep a select few guys to keep on patrol, and be fine in the end."

J'onn cut in before further arguing could begin. "Then the motion will carry. We shall begin with the selection processes tomorrow."

Wonder Woman approached Batman as he made his way to the teleporter pads. At first, he didn't seem to notice, but as soon as she started to speak, he interrupted by saying "Make it fast. I have work in Gotham tonight, and I have important business tomorrow."

Wonder Woman ignored his course attitude, and proceeded with her question. "You are sure about this, right Bruce? It seems like a bit of a step backwards if you ask me."

"Don't call me that. And it's a calculated risk. We'll be sacrificing some brute force, but we can pick up the slack and it might get the government opposers off our backs. Not to mention that John is right. The league's needed to downsize for a long time. We have no use for all the people we have here. For every Superman, we have three Booster Golds and an Elastic Man."

"Wonder Woman laughed. "I should have expected as much from you, Bruce," she said, earning herself a glare. " You truly are the most antisocial creature on the planet. Why don't you try making a few friends. Maybe hit the town every now and then?" She shot him a very mildly hopeful look. "You might enjoy yourself."

"I doubt it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have business to attend to. J'onn, send me home." With a flash of blue light, he was gone.

"Don't mind him, Diana." Said Superman, appearing behind him from out of nowhere. "He's just got a lot on his plate. The word on the street is that there's been a mass break from Arkham. The Joker was one of the escapees."

"Then why hasn't he asked for the League's help in recapturing them? We could have them off the streets again in a matter of hours!"

Superman laughed heartily. "You know Bruce. He'd much rather do it on his own. But I'm sure that he'll be able to handle it. He always does, after all."

Wonder Woman sighed to herself. "I certainly hope you're right."