Shadow of Zero

Chapter 3

Watchtower: Earth's atmosphere

The meeting room where the founding members of the league reunited was a place few had ever seen; even honorary members of the Justice League can't take the honor of having been allowed into it.

Here the founding members of the Justice League made decisions that could change the fate of the world.

Here they had made decisions that few would ever hear about and even fewer would know what pushed them into making said decision.

The room was nothing remarkable, a normal meeting room with a large window, with the exception that the window overlooked earth from space.

The watchtower was their base, a giant space station from where they couldn't be attacked and they could deploy emergency help to any place on the earth.

Superman walked into the meeting room, he was dressed in his usual red and blue outfit, the "S" on his chest visible even in the darkness of the room

Superman's eyes turned white as he scanned the room whit his x-ray vision, making sure there were no hidden cameras or any other sort of bug.

When he was satisfied he flipped the lights on as he entered, Superman had been the first to receive Batman's message and if you can travel at supersonic speed, arriving late was never a problem.

Clark walked to the massive window that overlooked earth, his adoptive planet: Earth.

He smiled as he watched how the sun started to shine in North America

"Mom and Dad will wake up soon" he muttered to himself as he remembered how his parents always got up with the sun.

Something Superman had always complained back when he was at the farm.

When he had moved to Metropolis things had changed, he didn't have to wake up at 5AM to feed the chickens any longer, something he had surprisingly found himself missing. Now he woke up a little bit late and he got to his job at 8AM sharp.

He smiled as he remembered how Lois complained that he always woke up before her. And today was no exception.

He had left a note on the side of his bed explaining his girlfriend the situation. He was going to get an earful after this.

He shook his head, clearing his mind from distractions. He had to focus on the matter at hand.

Superman had known this was something serious the moment Bruce had called the meeting.

Founding members only (obviously he wouldn't be in this room if Batman decided to make a public announcement) he had said; it was also top secret because Bruce refused to tell him what was going on, no matter how sure Superman was that no one could hack into their communications.

But that was Batman for you, a paranoid who always had a plan B and contingency plans for everything…and everyone.

But Clark trusted Bruce with his life and even if they had their disagreement on the past he knew that he wouldn't call out of nowhere just to complain about the budget (something he did a lot)

After all, Batman was not one to call meetings he downright hated them and he wasn't afraid to let Superman know.

"I don't have the time nor the patience to stay in a room with all of you discussing things you can handle, call me only if it's necessary" he had grumpily said one time as he exited a particularly boring meeting.

He heard someone approaching and was surprised to see Wonder Woman entering the room.

She had a frown on her face, her displeasure of having to be up so early showing. She gave a half wave to Clark as she sat on a chair feeling miserable.

"Good Morning Diana, how are you doing this fine day?" he told her cheerily knowing it would get under her skin.

The Amazonian glared at him "Can it Clark, it's too early and I haven't even had my coffee yet, I swear if it wasn't Bruce…" she grumbled the last part but Superman quite honestly knew what she was saying.

Calling a meeting so early was weird, but Bruce could go days without sleeping, so for the dark knight this was a normal stroll on the park.

Clark snorted at the idea, yeah like the Batman would ever let himself be dragged to a park.

The door opened once more revealing other two members, Hal Jordan and Wally West AKA Green Lantern guardian of the universe and The Flash the fastest man alive.

Flash smiled and zoomed to the chair next to Diana, he smiled flirtatiously "Hey babe, how have you been doing?"

Diana glared at him "If you don't move away from me I will rip your head off and shove it up…" Flash disappeared and was now on the chair farthest away from Diana as possible.

"Jesus babe, no need to get graphic" he fake pouted.

Hal Jordan chuckled and took a seat next to Wally; he nodded at Superman who was still standing.

"What does the bat-freak want?" Green Lantern asked.

"Beats me, but he sounded worried" Wally said with a shrug.

"Yeah right, that would be the day" Hal muttered under his breath.

"I don't think that man has felt an emotion in ages, I pity his butler he has to deal with his emotional constipation twenty four seven" Hal said referring to his gloomy comrade, Wally chuckled at the joke.

Diana on the other hand frowned "Bruce might be cold and distant but he honestly cares, he just doesn't know how to show it because of his upbringing" she told them.

Wally smirked and raised an eyebrow at Diana

"Are you just saying that because you have a major crush on him or do you have proof?"

Diana blushed heavily but managed to recover quickly "Both actually"

"Man what do girls see in that guy? I swear more than half of the female population on the league wants his baterang" Hal told them as he started to play with his power ring.

"Hal…" Superman threatened, warning his friend.

"Sorry supes, I didn't mean to get graphic" he told the man of steel jokingly.

"Do you really have evidence?" the flash said as he continued the conversation, looking at Wonder Woman with curiosity.

"Yes, why is it so important to you?" Wonder Woman told him, annoyed at his behavior; was it really that hard to believe that Bruce was human?

"Well, there is this poll going around…" Flash told them as he rubbed his neck.

"Yes?" Diana prompted him to continue.

"If Batman is a robot or not and I… maybe have voted on the first one" the Flash received unimpressed looks from his comrades.

"No ok but hear me out" he said as he tried to explain his theory "he never sleeps, always manages to solve any mystery with little to no effort, he can take more damage than your average human and I have never seen him show any romantic interest in any human being" he smiled as he finished his theory.

"What about Catwoman?" the green Lantern asked.

Diana smiled as the smirk on her friend's face faded.

"He could be faking it…" Flash tried but was interrupted by Superman.

"Batman is human, trust me I have seen him at his worst, he is as human as anyone else on the planet" he told them as he remembered Bruce lying down on medical bed after Bane had snapped his back in two.

"And as for my evidence" Diana told Wally with a smirk "I was informed by Zatanna that Bruce is indeed human, they have been friends since childhood"

"Wait hold on a sec" Hal told them as he shook his head in confusion "Are you telling me, bright, happy, sexy magician Zatanna Zatara one of the most powerful magicians on earth is friends with dark and brooding Batman, who despises magic?"

Wonder Woman nodded "Best friends even"

Green Lantern shook his head annoyed while Flash smiled "It looks like you have competition Diana"

"Batman is not interested on Zatanna" Diana told him as she rolled her eyes

"But can you say the same thing for her?" Green Lantern asked with a grin.

Diana frowned "Well…"

"Glad my love life is regular topic on these meetings" Batman announced out of the blue making everyone jump in fright.

"JESUS CHRIST YOU NEARLY GAVE ME A HEAR ATTACK?!" Green Lantern yelled at the cape crusader.

To the untrained eye Batman still remained serious, but his mouth curved slightly upwards.

"Sorry to call this meeting so early but this topic is of most importance" he told them as he connected a memory into the computer, not turning to look at his friends that were still recovering from the jump scare that he gave them.

"Bruce… how long have you been standing there" Superman asked as he approached his best friend.

"Long enough to know that Zatanna and I are in a relationship and that I'm a robot" he told him with a humorless tone.

Wonder Woman blushed while Flash paled. He swallowed a large gulp and made his way next to the Batman "Hey Bats…." He told the dark knight.

When he didn't respond Wally felt like he was going to end up at Arkham "IreallydidntmeanwahtisaiditonlywasastupidpollandImsorry" he told him at super speed making Hal roll his eyes.

"Don't worry Flash it doesn't matter I have know of your little poll for a long time" he told him as he watched Wally stumble trying to make a coherent word.

Batman spoke into his earpiece "Where are you?" he asked in a hushed tone while Flash still tried to apologize to him.

"We will be there in a second I have just finished putting the eye patch on him as you requested, he is rather calm" The Martian Man Hunter told him.

"Good get here quick" he told him as he hanged up.

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Lelouch frowned as he touched the eye patch on his eye, bothersome but not impossible to live with. He had granted their request because he understood why they were afraid.

A man who could control you to do his every whim with only having to do direct eye contact with you? A scary thing indeed

But a part of him was smiling with sadistic glee, if this powerful heroes feared him even thought they have fazed people like him. Then the emperor was in a lot of trouble.

Because as far as he knew he was the only one with a power like this.

He looked outside the window and marbled at the beauty that the earth had from this view.

He wondered how his world would look from this point.

"It would look the same" he told himself.

Even thought Britannia would like to believe otherwise, they didn't look any different from space.

The continents would always look the same, they haven't changed since Napoleon's time and they wouldn't change for other thousands of years, it's the people that inhabit them that make the change.

Lelouch watched as night fell on Japan.

Nunnally will be alone this night, he realized.

With no idea why her big brother had disappeared except a vague message he had given to Shirley, with only their maid Sayoko as her moral support.

They had been separated for the first time since they were exiled to Japan.

No matter how tired he had felt or how sad he was, Lelouch had always gone to her room to wish her good night, telling her that he would always be right beside her.

Not once had he forgotten.

But now with this crazy situation going on he couldn't.

He knew that his little sister would get worried and if he didn't show up she would inform Milly, who would have to tell the authorities sooner or later, news of his disappearance would spread like wildfire.

And his face showed up in a police poster, he was done for.

Some royal will notice the similarity with late Prince Lelouch Vi Britannia who was last sighted in Area 11 and would inform the member of the royal family who replaced Clovis.

They would search for him and his last know home.

Ashford Academy.

And then… they will find Nunnally, his poor sister would be thrown back into the pit of snakes that called themselves the royal family.

Alone in a world that she couldn't possibly defend herself against.

A world of lies and backstabbing.

In the best scenario she would be married off to some stuck up noble, a tool for the emperor to gain more power.

The worst scenario… she would be tortured about his whereabouts and then executed because the emperor deemed her weak.

"No! I will not let that happen" he mentally screamed.

He would get back and when he did he would bring Britannia and his father down.

For his sister he would create a new world.

A kinder world

"Nunnally please don't worry I'll be back soon" Lelouch said out loud as he put a hand on the window.

He felt a hand on his shoulder "They're ready for you" the Martian informed him.

Lelouch nodded and followed the Martian, his eyes wandering ever so often looking for interesting machinery.

He was in awe of the technology this world possessed.

Teleporters, giant space stations, robots far more advanced than Knightmares, you name it.

He was mentally taking notes of the ones he knew he could try to reproduce.

They kept walking for a while until the path started to be narrowed down and there was only one room left on the far end of the corridor.

The white walls and small door gave a menacing aura to the hallway.

"Intimidating; no fool in their right mind would interrupt them here" Lelouch thought, as they approached the door

They stopped at the door and the Martian walked up to an eye scanner, his red pupils were quickly recognized and they were allowed inside.

As they entered the room Lelouch had to raise an unimpressed eyebrow at the heroes of this world.

Why were they all wearing spandex?

He looked to his left and saw a woman who was wearing nothing but a swimsuit. Granted it complimented her… large assets but it was inappropriate, not wanting to disrespect the lady he looked away blushing.

"Thank you all for joining, please take a seat" Batman said as the justice League sat down and watched the dark knight expectantly.

"I know you all have questions, they will be answered as we go, only ask if necessary" Batman told them sternly.

Lelouch was reminded of Cornelia, his big half-sister.

She was part of the military and always talked with that stern tone, unless she was dealing with Nunnally, himself or… Euphemia.

Lelouch missed Euphemia, she was the person he loved the most (besides Nunnally of course) he sometimes wondered how much had she changed since he last saw her.

Had she been corrupted by the Royal Family? Had her heart blackened like theirs?

It was a possibility, but for all he knew he had been the one who had changed for the worst.

Euphemia abhorred violence and here he was planning a rebellion to destroy his homeland.

Lelouch frowned "I'll focus on that later, first the meeting and getting back home then I can focus on my moral choices" he mentally scolded himself.

He looked up and saw Batman explain how he had come across him and Mr. Freeze, how he had seen him use his power on two guards on how he took him to "the Bat cave".

Lelouch snorted at the name.

"I proceeded to do a full body scan when he started to talk gibberish, trying to identify what was wrong with him" he paused "Turns out I found out something more interesting" Batman said as he displayed on the large screen the readings he had obtained.

"He had remaining energy from a Boom Tube" the whole room erupted into chaos.

"WHAT?!"-"what is he doing here?"-"Batman are you nuts?!" where some of the shouts Lelouch managed to understand.

Batman slammed a fist on the table "Enough! Let me finish" the other members agreed and Batman let out a sigh.

"Thank you, I interrogated him, he honestly doesn't know how he got here…" he was interrupted by the one wearing a green costume. Lelouch mentally called him grasshopper.

"How can we possibly trust him, he probably comes from apocalypse for God's sake!" Green Lantern argued.

"I had my doubts as well so I called the John to make a full memory scan" Batman said, as the room focus shifted to the alien.

"It's true, his mind cannot lie, his story is checks out" The Martian said calmly "But I would prefer if the man himself explained his backstory, if he wants of course" the Martian said as he looked at Lelouch expectantly.

Lelouch sighed and nodded, he turned to look at the other members of the League before he started.

"My name is Lelouch Vi Britannia, prince of Britannia or well I used to be, some time ago my mother was murdered in our own house for reasons unknown by me, my father the emperor of the Britannian Empire grew enraged at me when I asked an audience with him to discuss the reason why my mother's murder wasn't been investigated, he told me it was old news"

Lelouch frowned hatefully but continued his story "when I in my anger gave up my claim to the throne, the throne that my siblings would kill and backstab each other for, he banished me and my sister to the former Japan" he paused for dramatic effect.

"Former Japan?" the Flash asked confused.

Lelouch nodded at the red wearing super hero "Yes, Britannia has this policy that all those who are weaker than them should be crushed, so they conquer other nations that they deem… weak" Lelouch nearly spat the word.

"When they invaded Japan me and my sister managed to escape the bloody battle and when Japan lost the war it was transformed into area eleven and all the former inhabitants have been living under Britannia's boot"

"By the gods" Wonder Woman said as she shook her head, an empire that thrived on war that sounded like something Ares would plan.

"Has no one tried to push them back" Superman asked concerned for the wellbeing of the people on Japan.

"Small resistance groups have appeared here and there but they are either crushed or ignored because to them they're just a small nuisance" Lelouch responded.

Superman shook his head in understanding.

"Well that was until I arrived" he said as the whole room looked at him in shock.

"I was dragged into a battle between a small resistance group and the Royal guard, you see the resistance group had stolen what they believed at the moment was poisonous gas, the army in panic ordered a massacre against the Japanese just to cover their mistake, I accidently opened up the container that supposedly contained the toxic gas but it turned out to be something…different" he said as he remembered the green haired woman.

"It turn out it was a woman, I don't know her name but just as I was about to be executed she saved me and granted me a power, the power to make everyone obey me, all I have to do is look at someone with this eye" he said as he tapped his eye patch, Lelouch smiled in delight as some of the members shivered.

"I managed to turn the tables and defeat the Royal Guard and kill their leader, Clovis" his stomach flipped inside him, but he managed to suppress the emotion.

"After that I escaped from the war zone and made my way back home, but then I passed out and woke up in the city that your friend was in" he said as he gestured towards Batman.

"I know I'm in no position to ask but… could you please send me back to my world, my sister needs me and the resistance as well" he said hopefully.

Batman nodded at him "I have the readings I can send you back"

Lelouch smiled and the other members nodded in agreement, but Superman shook his head.

"Wait something doesn't ad up, how did he travel through a boom tube" he asked as he stood up "The only being that we know that possess this technology is Darkseid" he said as he looked at his friends as the gears in their head started to turn.

"I'm sorry but who is this Darkseid?" Lelouch asked all the other members of the league except Batman and Superman looked around awkwardly.

Batman typed some words in the computer and Lelouch was greeted to the picture of a monster. He was a giant, tall as a two store building; his skin was sickly grey color, like a corpse.

In the picture he was destroying a skyscraper with a beam of red light that originated from his eyes.

Superman clenched his fist as he started to explain to Lelouch what this monster was.

"Darkseid is a being that has existed as long as the universe itself, he travels around the universe with the only purpose of conquering planets and enslaving them, he doesn't care if it's from this universe or another one he only cares about the resources that the planets have to offer" Superman said in disgust.

"he needs it if he plans to search the entire universe for the artifact that he has been looking for all this time, what it is we don't know but he has been conquering planets across the *multiverse searching for it and as far as we know he hasn't lost any battle except one" Superman said grimly.

Lelouch mouth hanged open as he stared at the being, his mind was already making lines and theories and they all led to one thing.

"My world… might be next!?" he said in horror as he stood from the chair.

"It would explain how you teleported here, the effects of his imminent arrival are felt years before he appears" Green Lantern said sadly as he remembered all the reports of the planets they had lost.

Darkseid took his time to arrive but when he did it was devastating.

"Years? That means I have time to prepare! He has lost once then he will lose again!" Lelouch said as he looked at the members of the table with pleading eyes

"Please send me back I will need time to rally all the people I can to defend my planet" Superman shook his head

"You can stop someone like him with numbers, or firepower"

"THEN HOW!?" Lelouch yelled in desperation, he refused to give up, he would not let Nunnally and the rest of the people he actually cared about die just because he gave up.

"He… was defeated by me, but I nearly lost" Superman said as he recalled the horrible days of the invasion, the entire Justice League had been defeated and only he remained.

He for the first time in his life let himself loose.

Superman always held back, to him the entire world was like it was made out of cardboard, if he hit something he was sure it was going to snap in two.

But he was consumed by grief, anger and despair.

And when he was blinded by rage he took on the monster.

Superman had won, but not without a great cost.

The battle between the two titans of power had destroyed an entire city, now there was only one huge crater to remember that tragic day.

"Lelouch Vi Britannia, we'll send you back to your planet" Batman said out of the blue, making everyone turn to look back at him.

"But we're going with you" Lelouch smiled in relief, he was going home but stopped when he thought about the terms of the contract.

"Why would you risk yourself for a world that isn't yours?" Lelouch asked him

"Because we will not let any other world to be destroyed by Darkseid if we can prevent and when Superman defeated him he made the promise that he would come back once he had obtained the artifact he was looking for" Batman said.

Lelouch scratched his chin in thought then smiled "Ah! This artifact will grant him even more power and you want him to prevent him from getting it because he will come back to your world and attempt to conquer it once more"

Batman nodded

"So you will search my planet for this artifact before Darkseid arrives… makes sense to me, it's of benefit to both of our interests and I don't see any harm of you coming along" Lelouch said to Batman.

"You're impressive for your age, normal kids would be more worried about their school work or if their crush likes them back" Green Lantern complimented him as he stood up from his chair, stretching his muscles.

"Most kids aren't like me" Lelouch replied with a calm tone.

"Where are you going lantern we haven't finished" Superman said as he watched his friend make his way to the door.

"I have to pack, duh" he said with a smirk.

"Negative, you will stay here with Flash and Martian Man Hunter; it would look to suspicious if all the founding members disappeared" Batman told him with a frown.

"Oh come on bats…" Flash groaned in annoyance.

"Wonder Woman, Batman and I will go, we leave at mid day the sooner we leave the sooner we get back, meeting adjourned" Superman said abruptly cutting him off and with that he walked out of the room.

Green Lantern and Flash quickly followed and lastly Wonder Woman left.

She waved at the only three people on the room before she closed the door.

"Lovely bunch" Lelouch remarked as he stood up from the chair.

"You get used to it, I have to prepare everything for the multidimensional jump John will keep you company" Batman said as he retrieved the memory card he had attached to the computer and left the room as well.

Lelouch nodded and turned to his new green friend.

"Do you play chess?"

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Superman shook his head as he hung up the phone, Lois was not happy with him.

"Trouble in paradise?" said Batman from behind him.

Used to his friend's insistence on sneaking up on people he didn't even turn to scold him.

"Yes, Lois is mad at me for not telling her sooner" Superman said with a sad sigh.

"What about you, who is going to cover Gotham while you're gone?" Superman asked

"Batgirl, Black-bat, Red Robin and Spoiler will take care of it and if they need help they'll call Nightwing" Batman told him as he started to prepare the portal.

"You're letting your kids take care of Gotham?!" Superman asked surprised.

"Yes, I trust them and I have confidence in the skills they have" Batman told him as if was the most obvious thing on the world.

"Never pictured you to be a proud dad" Superman smiled as Batman glared at him.

"That's not what I…"-"Bat-dad is coming for the criminals of Gotham followed by his kids, fear him for he is the night and if you talk bad about his kids fear him more for he is Bat-dad"

Batman looked at him unimpressed "Are you done?"

Superman nodded happily

"Good, then call the others were leaving soon"

Superman was about to turn and leave but stopped.

"Bruce what if it is there?" Superman whispered only loud enough for Batman to hear.

"What?" Batman asked confused

"You know the artifact Darkseid is looking for?" Superman clarified still in a hushed tone.

"We destroy it, we can't let Darkseid have it; for the sake of the multiverse we must find first" Batman replied in a cold tone.

"I have a feeling this might be the planet" Superman said with confidence.

"I also believe that; the power The Prince has it's not from his world" Batman finished preparing the portal he nodded at Superman as a confirmation and without another word Superman left to search for the others.

It took them a half hour to have everything set and done, Superman Batman and Wonder Woman now stood in their civilian personas.

Lelouch smiled at the choice of their clothing, not too much and not too little. They would blend perfectly they looked like middle class Britannian citizens. Not royalty but still in control of stuff.

Lelouch shook hands with The Martian Man Hunter "It was a pleasure to play chess with you; I have to admit I almost thought you would win"

The Martian smiled at the praise "The pleasure was all mine, it was a pleasure to meet you.

"Likewise if we ever cross paths one more time I would like to play again with you" Lelouch replied.

He then walked up to the remaining three members of the League.

"Are you ready?" Wonder Woman asked kindly as she smiled at the teen.

Lelouch nodded and returned the smile "Yes, I'm eager to return home" he replied.

"Prince Lelouch we're about to activate the portal, please close your eyes until you know it's safe" Batman told him

"How do I know when is safe, and don't call me prince" Lelouch said.

"You'll know… trust me" was the only answer he got from the dark knight.

"Preparing Countdown" said the artificial voice of the machine was about to step in.

It looked like a giant circular dome; the inside was sickly hospital white and there was nothing remarkable about it except some weird pillars that surrounded the entire dome.

"3"

The pillars started to shake and spin

"2"

The entire room started to be bombarded with lights of different colors, Lelouch looked at his hand was surprised to see it was started to look translucid. He was hit suddenly by the realization of how similar this looked to the contract he had made with that woman back at the ghetto.

"1"

Lelouch closed his eyes and soon enough he felt himself falling into an abyss, his head started to scream in agony as it was bombarded with images and things he didn't understand.

"EUPHEMIA!" he heard someone yelling to his left as the bloody form of his beloved half-sister hit the floor.

He saw himself being shot and captured taken hostage and returned to the emperor.

He now watched himself being crowned emperor "All hail Lelouch Vi Britannia, 99th emperor of the holy Britannian Empire.

"Lelouch, you monster how could you!?" he heard Nunnally cry in fear and horror.

"No… this can't be true" Lelouch muttered in confusion, his future?

"You can't change who you are" a voice he didn't recognize said, it sounded dark and menacing.

"Nor the events that you have seen, you will always be destined to be Lelouch the Demon Emperor, the monster that will kill thousands"

Lelouch gasped in shock, his whole body felt numb.

"You can try, but it won't matter in the end, you are just a harbinger of dead and suffering, hurting all those who are close to you" Lelouch felt himself fall hard against the ground.

He groaned in pain as his eyes readjusted at the darkness.

He felt a soft hand on his shoulder "Are you all right?" Wonder Woman asked.

He managed to nod and with a lot of effort he pushed himself to a kneeling position.

His eyes widened as he recognized Ashford academy, he wanted to run to his sister's room and hug her until she couldn't breathe.

But right now he had a mission; he turned to his comrades in crime.

"I can let you stay with me for one night, but no more than that it would look to suspicious, I will buy you a house in the outskirts of town, a nice quiet place where you can do your investigation without being disturbed" he said as he motioned them to follow him.

"Please be quiet I would prefer if we don't alert any guards" he said softly as they walked around the empty hallways of his school slash home.

Batman walked without making a sound, his years of practice made this effortless to him. Superman just kind of floated millimeters above the ground, while Wonder Woman had to take off her high heels.

"Not good for infiltration missions" she muttered to her companions as she walked barefooted.

They kept walking until they arrived at Lelouch's dorm room. He quickly patted his pockets hoping to find his keys.

"Please don't tell me I lost them, now of all days" he said in annoyance.

He finally found them on his breast pocket, with a sigh of relief he unlocked the door. He walked into the room, his eyes softening at the sight of his sanctuary.

Lelouch's mind finally relaxed a little, he was back home.

His peace was quickly interrupted by the sound of something flying towards his direction, he heard the sound of a metal clashing against a wall and he quickly recognized who it was.

"Wait Sayoko don't do anything, it's me Lelouch!" he yelled at the ninja that was hidden in the shadows.

The lights of the room were quickly turned back on and the surprised face of his friend and ally appeared.

"Master Lelouch?" she asked in surprise.

"Yes Sayoko it's me" he replied calmly.

His maid tackled him into a hug.

"We thought you were dead" she said as she buried her face into his chest.

Lelouch smiled and hugged her back, allowing himself this small moment.

"No, dead won't take me away that easy" he said as he put a hand on her shoulder.

She nodded and looked at his companions.

"What are you?" she asked in a threatening tone to Superman.

He smiled and stretched his hand.

"Well my name is Clark Kent…"he started but was interrupted by Sayoko who was shaking her head in disbelief.

"I threw a knife at your heart, I know I didn't fail, explain to me why are you alive" she gave them a glare.

"Wait Sayoko, they are here because they saved me" Lelouch intervened before things got to out of hand

"They saved you?" the ninja asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, they saved me from the ghetto" he said lying trough his teeth, hoping Sayoko would buy it.

"You were at the ghetto?!" she asked surprised at her master's reckless behavior.

"Not by choice, I was kidnapped and taken there, I was there when the army attacked" Lelouch said hoping that was enough for Sayoko.

"That's how you lost your eye?" She said as she raised her hand towards his eye patch.

Crap he had forgotten to take it off "It was signed off, its fine but I can't see with it, I will see a doctor later" he said as he touched it.

Sayoko nodded and turned around "I will be preparing the guest room for your guests, I suppose they will be staying the night, I highly advice you to go and see your sister, she has been worried sick" she said as she left.

Lelouch let out a sigh and turned towards the League "Get settled in and try to sleep, tomorrow we will take care of business and you can searching for…it"

Wonder Woman nodded and patted Superman on the chest "Please let's go I could use a nap after waken so early today" superman nodded and let her lead the way.

Batman had stayed behind

"You guys are acting calm, with the whole travelling to another dimension thing" Lelouch remarked as Bruce sat down and grabbed the nearest newspaper.

"We have done it in the past, thank you for not telling by the way, it's best if we keep this between us" he said as he read through the newspaper quickly, taking in every bit of information that might be useful.

"You said you where the one that killed the other Prince right" Bruce said as he stopped at a certain page.

"Yes, why do you ask?" Lelouch responded confused.

Bruce handed him the newspaper.

"It looks like they blamed someone else they don't know that you did it" Bruce said.

But Lelouch didn't respond because he was in shock.

Staring right back at him was the face of his oldest friend and one he had thought dead: Suzaku

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Lex Luthor was staring out of the window, a big smile plastered on his face, he had just gotten off the phone with the witch boy.

"Did you manage to intercept anything?" Luthor had asked

"Yes, I have already sent the things that you asked for, I'm not one to brag but it was my best performance yet" the voice on the other side of the line replied in its cold and ominous tone.

"At first I didn't understand why you wanted me to show him that, but it scared him to the bone, his spirit has been shaken"

Luthor smiled at that "Do you have a direct reading on him?"

"No he slipped through my grasp as they traveled dimensions" the voice said in annoyance.

"But you can tell me where he is right?" Luthor asked impatiently.

"Yes, I'll send you the information later, but what are you planning to do with this information Luthor?" the voice asked curiously.

Luthor smirked "Oh, I just plan to send someone to say hello for me that's all"

"You plan to break him out of Arkham?"

"No, thank god he has already broken out, I just have to find him and he will be on his way" Luthor replied.

"Be careful with him, no one knows how his mind works, not even me"

"No need to worry, I have everything covered; send me the coordinates as soon as you can" he said as he terminated the call.

Now Luthor watched as the city bellow him moved.

An imperfect machine to Luthor's eyes, he wanted more.

Humanity was becoming rotten and impossible to cure, they needed to be clenched and only the strongest ones should inherit earth.

People with vision, people with power, people like him.

And thanks to his new "friend" he could do that.

"Just wait Superman" Luthor said with a smirk "I will tear your precious Metropolis to shreds"

A/N:

Not so sure with this chapter, but it had to be done in order to continue the plot forward. The events of Code Geass will take place next chapter, the rescue and all that good stuff, I'm really excited.

The events will be mostly the same, but Lelouch will questions his actions more thanks to the voice that he heard (cookie to anyone that knows who he is) why didn't he tell the Justice League about the voice you ask? Because Lelouch doesn't trust so easily, he might be kind towards others but he always doubts their motives.

Well that's all for now, please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions please don't be shy and share them.

See you next time!