Author Notes: I'm feeling a lot better from my surgery. Well here is the next chapter. Hope you all enjoy it.
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Guest chapter 3 . 10/19/16: A fight between Amanda and Wonder Woman for Danny. . . .That is an amazing idea. I think I'm might steal it.
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Speaking = I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!
Thoughts = The volcano is starting to make more sense to me now.
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Other Languages = You're officially the worst Chief of Police ever!
Altered Fates Chapter 4: The Reporter
==============================Earlier in the Day==============================
Iris West-Allen was not in a good mood. In fact, she wanted to pull out her hair in frustration. She was on a special assignment in Washington D.C. The report was of the "humanities" kind. It was basically just a feel good report. Some people would consider the assignment not news worthy.
Iris was not one of those people. In fact, she liked the assignment. It was a nice change of pace from what she usually reported.
"Hey Iris!"
Her frustration had more to do with WHO she was on with. Iris released a groan as she looked at Hal Stewart, her cameraman and the man child that was shouting her name . . . . even though she was only a few feet away from him. He stood a full head shorter than her. She hated that he had red hair because, even thought it was brownish and not even the same color as her's, he would constantly bring up that they both had red hair. He was also fat and on the greasy side.
But his physical appearance wasn't the reason Iris didn't like him. Looks didn't matter to her.
Personality, on the other hand, was important.
And let's just say that Hal's personality was . . . . unpleasant was putting it nicely.
"Hey red-head buddy." Iris mentally groaned. "I was thinking," Hal said as he lowered his camera from his shoulder. "After work, I'm having a party at my house. . . It's going to be off the hook or whatever." He was trying to sound cool, but he just came off as desperate. "You should come over." The way he was looking at Iris made her think he was creepy. "I've got a DJ. Made a gallon of dip. Rented a bouncy house and a clown." He looked so excited, especially when mentioning the bouncy house and clown. "I also hired a wedding photographer." Iris was just looking at him, stunned, unable to comprehend the stupidity she was witnessing. "That's just in case we are like something crazy happens and we wanted a picture of it." He stared at her so intensely that it was disturbing. "Like maybe we should have this like forever. Like a memory. You know?"
Iris raised an eyebrow at him. "Doesn't he live in a single room apartment? There wouldn't be enough room inside for . . . practically any of that, let alone a party. And a wedding photographer. That's creepy. It's like the guy is suggesting something."
"It's going to be sick," Hal said, not noticing the way Iris was looking at him. It was a mixture of pity and uneasy with a sprinkling of I don't want anything to do with you on top.
"I don't really feel up to being around a bunch of people." Iris was trying to let him down easy. "I want to see Wally after spending any time with this guy." She wanted the comfort of her husband. Barry's arms wrapped around her would make her feel better and forget about this weirdo. Even though this guy made her uncomfortable, she had never complained to her boss or asked for them not to be paired together. But after the way he was looking at her today, Iris was really contemplating doing just that the next time she saw her boss.
"That's the best part," Hal whispered. "It's going to be just you and me." His tone was suggestive as he stared at her. Iris felt like he was undressing her with his eyes.
"But after all this," Iris glared heatedly at Hal, "I'm going to talk to my boss and Barry."
"No thanks Hal," Iris spit out in anger. "I have a husband." She held up the hand with her wedding band in Hal's face so that the ring was clearly in view. "I don't think it would be appropriate for us to hang out alone together." As she lowered her hand, Iris thought "Plus I don't want to be alone with you." She had the distinct feeling that Hal would try something if it was just the two of them in private.
A smirk came Hal's face. "What Barry doesn't know isn't his business."
Controlling the disgust and anger she felt, Iris said "Let's just get to work."
"And hopefully I don't have to see you again," Iris thought as she got her microphone and got ready to give her report.
"Okay," Hal said dejectedly. "No problem." He placed his camera on his shoulder before whispering "It's not like I went to any trouble or anything." The angered look on his voice said otherwise. After a moment, his voice grew in volume and became excited as he said "Maybe another time?"
The question was purposely left unanswered as Iris tried to put a professional air to her voice. "Just start the camera." But her disgust wasn't very well hidden this time.
Finally gaining some sense, Hal shut up. He gave Iris a silent countdown with his fingers and pointing at her when they started rolling.
"I'm Iris West-Allen and I'm reporting live from Washington DC to inform you abou. . . . ."
The topic of Iris's report was never revealed as a distant explosion went off. The ground shook, causing the reporter to stumble and her cameraman to fall onto his behind. Somehow he managed to keep the video camera on his shoulder, rolling, and on target.
"What like was that?," shouted Hal in clear panic. He got to his feet, then fearfully looked around. "We should get out of here."
"No. We should see if anyone needs help." Looking at him, Iris saw that the camera was still rolling. "And seeing as we're still live, I think we might as well do our jobs and report what's happening."
"I . . I . .don't t-think . . . we like should," Hal said stuttered as his teeth chattered.
A crossed look came to Iris's face. "If you're too scared to go, I'll go by myself." Before Hal could say anything else, Iris started walking away from him and in the direction of the explosion. Honestly, she didn't care if he came or not. Her boss would understand if they stopped reporting.
After a moment of hesitation, Hal shouted "Wait for me!"
Eventually they came upon a shocking scene. Several Justice League members were fighting something and they didn't seem to be doing so well.
"Hal get ready," Iris said. The man did his job and aimed the camera at her. He was able to get a good shot of her with the fighting in the background. Say what you might about his personality, but he was a good camera-man and knew how to do his job.
"Probably the only reason he still has the job," Iris thought before starting to report. "I'm Iris West-Allen and behind me," she gestured towards the fighting, "the Justice League is currently engaged against an unknown adversary." She looked to the fighting and gasped. The thing they were fighting was throwing their own powers and abilities back at them. "It seems that their opponent can use their powers as his own."
The reporter and camera-man were silent as they filmed the battle. As the fight went on, it didn't look good for the Justice League members. It seemed like all of their attacks did no damage at all. After some time, they lost sight of the fight as it traveled across the city.
"Let's go to one of the roof tops," Iris said. "Maybe we can find the fight again from up there." She headed to a building with Hal right on her heels. They made their way to the roof top and looked around. They didn't recapture the fight between the Justice League and the android.
But they did find the android and an unknown cloaked figure engaged in battle. Without prompting, Hal aimed the camera at the action.
"It seems that someone new has taken up the fight," Iris said to the camera. "And shockingly . . ." the camera caught sight of the cloaked figure blasting the android across a street. The camera zoomed in and saw that the android was damaged. " . . . whoever they are . . . . they are doing a lot more damage to this villain than the Justice League were." The camera zoomed in on the him, but Hal couldn't catch a look at the person's face, it was blocked by the cloak's hood. "Who is this mysterious cloaked figure?"
Again the battle left their sight of view. The hiatus in seeing the fight lasted much longer then the first time.
"Maybe it's all over," Hal wondered aloud.
Iris didn't reply. Since she was married to the Flash, she knew that a fight like this wouldn't end that easily or that shortly. Iris decided to move somewhere else to try to relocate the fight. Before the reporter could decide where to head, a loud piercing scream rang out. Hal and Iris had to cover their ears. When it stopped, a whistling sound could be heard as something shot through the air. Next thing the two knew, something had slammed and crashed through the rooftop, creating a large hole. They stared at the hole in shock. Hal had somehow been able to keep the camera rolling and aimed at what was happening, giving the audience at home a good show of everything. It wasn't that he did this consciously, the act was practically instinctual by now from all his time being a camera-man.
Whatever had created the hole, started to climb out. Slowly it was revealed to be the android. He was facing away from them and Iris was counting her lucky stars for that. "If that thing doesn't notice us, maybe we can sneak away without getting hurt."
Of course that plan was foiled by Hal. Upon seeing the deadly machine, he released a high pitched shriek.
The android's head immediately shot in their direction. He just looked at them for a moment before he accessed Green Arrow's abilities. He quickly aimed two arrows at Iris and Hal.
"W-w-w-wa-wa WAIT!?" Hal waived his free hand (he was still holding the camera and recording) in front of him. "Please don't kill me. I just some nobody that doesn't matter."
Iris glared at Hal's display of cowardice and stupidity. "Even when begging for his life, he's an idiot. He just told the rampaging monster that he wasn't important enough to keep alive." Worriedly, she turned back to the android and looked at his emotionless face. "But something tells me that begging would never have worked anyway." She had no idea what to do. She was no Lois Lane, getting into dangerous situations on an almost daily basis. It did happen occasionally, but not to the extent that having a weapon pointed at her didn't effect her. In fact, the situation was making her mind go blank.
Mercilessly, the android shot the two arrows. The sharp tipped projectiles sailed through the air. Hal screamed. A tear ran down Iris's cheek as flashes of her family ran through her mind. "I just wish I had the chance to say goodbye."
Before the arrows hit the two, the projectiles stopped in midair only a few feet away from their targets. If that wasn't stunning enough, before their shocked eyes, the arrows turned around and shot back at their owner. The android dodged to the right. He was able to avoid one arrow, but he received the other to his left shoulder. The arrow was moving so fast that it cut through the metal like butter and came out the other side before continuing on and flying out of view.
"Are you two alright?"
Hal and Iris both screamed at the voice that came from behind them. Turning around as fast as they could, Hal stumbled and almost fell down, they saw the cloaked figure standing there. His hood was down and they (plus the camera) caught complete view of his face.
"He . . I think it is a he . . . is just a child," Iris thought. She took in his appearance. "He looks unhealthy and hurt. He shouldn't be fighting a monster like this."
"Sorry about scaring you," Phantom said, breaking Iris out of her thoughts. "I didn't mean to." He looked sheepish, but the small smile on his face showed that he found something funny about scaring them a bit.
"It's no problem," Iris said. She felt a lot better and at ease with the superhero there, even though they were so young. "I'm Iris and thank you so much for the save." She knew from talking with Barry that when he saved someone and they didn't thank him, as rare as that was, it made him feel unappreciated and she didn't want to make the child feel like that. "I've never seen you before. Are you new?" Getting a confused look from him, Iris continued. "Have you been a hero long or is this your debut?"
A dark look flashed across Phantom's face. "I'm no hero," he whispered. The look was gone before Iris could question it. "I'm not new to this either, been doing this for a bit. . . . . and the name's . .. . Phantom." Normally, he wouldn't have been this open, but to be honest part of it was because she thanked him. Not a lot of people did that since they saw him as just a ghost. The other main reason was that she kind of reminded him of his big sister. Just remembering her caused sadness to wash over him as dark and painful thoughts fill his mind.
"What are you two doing?!" Hal shouted, drawing Phantom out of his dark thoughts as he flinched back. Hal didn't notice, but Iris did and shot him a glare. "Don't just stand there talking. Get us out of here. That thing is going to kill us."
"Oh," Phantom said in an oblivious way, as if he didn't get why the cameraman was upset. "We're not in danger right now."
"What?!" Hal had a stunned look on his face, not believing that Phantom didn't seem to be taking their safety too seriously.
Iris didn't understand what Phantom was talking about either, but she had a feeling that he had the situation taken care of.
Instead of saying anything to explain himself, Phantom pointed off to where the android was. The reporter and camera-man were surprised to see a duplicate Phantom facing off against the android.
The android shot an arrow at the duplicate Phantom. The ghost didn't even try to dodge. Before hitting, it opened up and released a bola. The cable wrapped around Phantom, pinning his arms to his sides.
Looking at the bola, Phantom raised an eyebrow. "You really think this is going to work?" He than turned intangible and the bola simply fell through him.
Turning away from the fight, Iris looked at the Phantom next to her. "How are you . . .?"
"In two places at once?" Phantom had a small happy look on his face. He had been trying to preform duplication for a long time and it never seemed to work right, that is until now. "It's duplication."
"So who is the original?," Iris questioned.
A thinking look came to Phantom's face. "That's hard to explain . . . .. ." He thought for a moment. He didn't have this ability long, but duplicating didn't feel like there was a real one and a copy. It felt more like there were now two equal Phantoms and he could shift his focus from one to the other if he wanted to. He had a feeling if something happened to the one he was focused in, he would shift to the other. It was hard to explain or for him to even understand since he was so new to the ability. "But put simply, he," the teen pointed at the Phantom facing off against the android, "can be considered the real one."
One more arrow was shot at the "real" Phantom. This time it released a cloud of smoke, covering the area. Phantom prepared for an attack when he heard "Access: Batman."
"That's not good," Phantom said. He knew that Batman was used to fighting against super powered individuals with just his tools.
Batarangs flew through the clouded air. The ghost had just enough time to move slightly out of the way, but one of the weapons were able to scratch his left forearm. It left a large gash that oozed green glowing ectoplasm. Phantom grabbed at the wound and hissed in pain. "This is deep." The green blood dripped through his fingers.
Thinking fast, Phantom curled up into a ball and formed a green sphere around himself. Throwing out his arms and legs, the sphere pushed outward and cleared away the smoke so that he could see the android. But not surprisingly, the android wasn't in view.
"I think it's time I go you two out of here," the Phantom with Iris and Hal said. He then floated up and put a hand on their shoulders. They became weightless and floated a few feet above the ground.
Just then the android appeared behind the "real" Phantom. He had been using the Martian Manhunter's camouflage. "Access: Hawk-Woman." He swung his silver mace, aiming at Phantom's left side.
Hearing the android speak, the ghost quickly went intangible to dodge.
But it didn't work.
The mace hit Phantom even though he was intangible. He released a scream as it broke a few of his ribs and electrocuted him. He was thrown to the side and rolled a couple of times before coming to a stop on his side.
The other Phantom immediately dissolved into green smoke, causing Hal and Iris to fall to the ground. They turned back to the fight just in time to see that Phantom getting to his hands and knees before vomiting a gush of green blood. The android walked up and kicked Phantom in the stomach, causing him to fall to his side and release a gagging cough.
Iris was horrified as the android proceed to beat Phantom. Attacks rained down on the ghost. When he tried to go intangible to sink through the roof, the android hit him with the mace, canceling out the power and ending his escape attempt.
As the puddle of ectoplasm grew, Iris turned to Hal and said "We have to do something."
"Yeah," Hal said. Iris felt a little respect grow for the camera-man. "We got to get out of here." Only for that respect to drop even lower than before.
Choosing to ignore how much she wanted to kick Hal in the balls, Iris decided she had to do something to distract the android. "Just long enough for Phantom to get away." Thinking of what she could do, she realized that the only thing she could really do was throw something at the android. She looked around, but there wasn't anything around her to grab and throw. That is when Hal's whining drew her attention to him. "That's it."
Grabbing the camera, Iris pulled it from Hal's shoulder despite his protests. She then throw it at the android.
The camera flew through the air and flipped end over end. Just before it landed, the android stopped attacking and turned slightly to look over his shoulder. For just a moment, the android and camera were perfectly aligned so that just before the collision, the viewers back home go a close up of the android's face. The camera hit and smashed to pieces, but left no damage to his face.
Turning fully to look at Iris and Hal, the android gave them his full attention for just a moment before deeming them not a threat and turning back around. . . . . only to see that Phantom was gone. The only thing left of the ghost was a pool of his green blood.
The android immediately turned back around towards Iris and Hal. Though he was unable to feel emotions, what he did next gave the impression that he was pissed. "Access: Superman." His eyes glowed a bright red as he prepared to vaporize the two humans. The glow was so bright that it was clear that the android planned on leaving nothing behind of them. The two beams of heat were shot and headed straight towards his targets.
Moments before they were killed, Iris felt something grab her ankle and pull downward. Iris found herself falling downward before landing on a hard surface. The landing hurt and it took her a moment to clear her head. Looking around, she saw that she was now inside the building she had just been on the roof of. They were in a long hallway. Across from her was a dazed looking Hal. His position told her that he had landed on his head. But what immediately drew her attention was that Phantom was laying against her side. With his eyes closed, he was panting and looked like he was going pass out. That was when she felt something wet seeping through her clothes. Without thinking, she put her hand to the wet spot which happened to be where Phantom was leaning against her. When her hand touched him, Phantom released a whimper of pain. She pulled her hand away and looked at it. Her hand was covered in a slightly glowing green substance.
"His blood," Iris though in shock. She was paralyzed for a moment before more of Phantom's pained whimpers got her going again. She slowly sat up and gently moved Phantom onto his back. She saw that most of the damage was done to his left side. She didn't knew what to do, but knowing they had to get out of there, Iris gently shook Phantom. "You have to get up." A loud crash was heard from above them. With a bit of desperation sinking into her voice, Iris said "The android is coming Phantom."
To Iris's relief, Phantom started to move. He released a grown as he sat up. Turning toward her, he said "Are you alright?"
Iris was shocked. She looked at Phantom's face and saw that the left side was swollen. His left eye had swollen shut. Green blood was oozing down his cheek. "Here he is, beaten and in server pain, and Phantom is worried about my well being. . . He truly is a hero."
"I'm fine Phantom," Iris said. She started to get up, but a sharp pain in her ankle caused her to fall back down.
"You're hurt," Phantom said and just from his voice, Iris could tell he blamed himself.
Putting a hand on his shoulder, Iris said "I am." Phantom looked away guilty. She made him look at her. The shame was clear in his green eye. "But I'm alive because of you." She could see that his guilt had decreased, but was still there. She would have given him a hug, but decided against it. "A hug would probably really hurt him right now."
Before they could say anything else, a loud crash drew their attention down the hallway. Floating under a new hole in the ceiling was the android.
With the threat back and two injured civilians there, Phantom got up as fast as he could and took a battle stance. He swayed a little, but placed himself between the two humans and the android. Seeing Phantom, the android shot straight at his target. The ghost did the same in the hope that he could get the android away from Iris and Hal. They collided and the android immediately punched Phantom on the left side, right where a few of his broken rips where. Phantom gritted his teeth to suppress his scream of pain as a drop of ectoplasm run down from the corner of his mouth. Phantom shot an ecto-beam from his right eye at the android's chest, pushing him away. The android went flying through the wall behind him, landing somewhere outside. Phantom cast a look back at Iris before shooting after the android.
"I have to be careful," Phantom thought. "Now that he knows that I'm injured," he held his left side as he coughed up a little ectoplasm, "he is going to be aiming for my weak-spot."
Out of nowhere, android flew up and tried to punch Phantom. The ghost went intangible, causing the android to fly through him. Once he was all the way through and behind the ghost, Phantom turned around and shot a double handed blast at the android's back. The android was thrown to the ground and skidded across the ground. Phantom was hot on his trail, raining down ecto-blasts as he went.
The android dodged as many of the attacks as he could. When Phantom was close enough, the android said "Access: Black Canary." He then quickly released his sonic attack. The attack caught Phantom head on, throwing him back and to the ground. When Phantom landed, he didn't get up. He had final reached the end of his rope. The android accessed Hawk-Woman's abilities and slowly walked up to the ghostly teen.
Phantom started to come around. When he saw the android approaching, he slowly struggled to get up. But his movements were slow and unsteady. It was clear that he wouldn't be putting up much of a fight, if any.
By the time the android was withing grabbing distance, Phantom had gotten to his feet. He looked up at the android. "I'm almost out of energy. I barely have enough to stay ghost." He felt hopeless and resigned himself to whatever the android had planned for him. "It can't be that bad." A memory of a white lab and his screams echoed though his mind. A dull ache came from his chest. "It can't be worst than that."
Just as the android was reaching out to grab Phantom, an image of Wonder Woman laying on the ground unmoving came to his mind. "NO!" The defeated look left his face. "I may not have much energy, but I'm going to use it for one more attack."
"Hey ugly," Phantom said. The android stopped moving and looked at Phantom's face. "You showed me your scream." He strengthened his stance. "Let me show you my," he took a deep breath and released it as he shouted "WAIL!"
And Phantom truly did wail.
The word "wail" was drawn out until it lost all definition as an actual word and was replaced by an ungodly sound. The most accurate way to describe the sound was the wails of the dead. Visible green waves of sound left Phantom's mouth. All the glass in the area shattered. Small things in the attacks path were picked up and thrown through the air. Larger and heavier things were slowly pushed across the ground. Cracks formed in buildings and along the ground.
All of this power and force was aimed, point blank, at the android.
The damage the android already had worsened. Cracks started to spider out from them. Pieces of his armor started to fly off. The force of the attack was slowly pushing the android backward.
No longer able to hold the attack, Phantom ended his scream and fell to his knees. He had barely kept himself from falling over. He felt and saw a ring of light form around his waist. Gritting his teeth, Phantom was able to hold back his transformation to human through sheer will alone. "That's it. I'm officially done. I can barely stay ghost, let alone fight. I don't think I can stand up if I tried. Hopefully that was enough to take that thing down."
Slowly and tiredly, Phantom looked up and his hope was torn in half. The android was still standing, but the good thing was that he was heavily damaged. All over his body, large portions of his armored skin were gone, showing his metal skeleton underneath. His wings were gone, torn off from the Wail. The metal skin on the right side of his face was completely gone. The right eye was dangling from the socket by a few wires. His left arm was hanging limply by his side. All the armor around his left shoulder and the top part of his arm was gone. He was still holding on to his mace with his right hand.
The android stood there for a moment as he received new orders from his creator. If he was able to feel, the android would have smirked evilly. It seemed that Professor Ivo decided he no longer needed an alive subject to examine.
Shakily, the android took a step in Phantom's direction. His body jerked and twitched, making it seem like he barely had control of his body. He took another step and stumbled. He didn't fall, but the jerk to his body caused his left arm to fall out of place. The limb held on for a few moments by a couple of wires before falling to the ground. That didn't stop the android. He just continued on, limping towards Phantom, with his mace dragging across the ground, making an ominous scrapping sound and creating a small spark.
Phantom could do nothing, but watch as the android advanced towards him. "There is nothing I can do. I'm completely drained." A small smile came to his face as he took in all the damage the android sustained. "At least he is so damaged, practically anyone could take him out." Phantom closed his eyes as the android's shadow fell over him. He knew his time was about to come. The android then raised his mace high above Phantom.
Just as the android started to bring his weapon downward, Phantom thought "I hope I get to see my loved ones on the other side."
"NO," could be heard shouted. A golden lasso flew through the air and wrapped around the mace, right where the ball met the stick. The lasso was strongly pulled back and since the mace had a strap wrapped around his wrist, the android was taken with it. The android turned while in the air to face his attacker, only to hear a shout before a fist met his face. The punch was so strong and the android was so damaged that his head simply flew off.
There was a clang as the headless android fell to ground. For a moment, silence engulfed the area. It was broken by the sound of footsteps.
"Danny, are you alright?"
Phantom slowly opened his eye and looked up. Standing before him was Wonder Woman, looking injured and tired. Phantom couldn't see it, but she wasn't the only one there. Flash, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Hawk-Woman, Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, and Green Arrow were standing in a circle around the ghostly kid. They had all finally overcome their various predicaments (which varied from being unconscious to being trapped) and had regrouped. They had seen the last bit of the fight and Batman had them surround Phantom. They didn't question him, assuming that the dark knight was being his paranoid self.
"You're alive?," Phantom got out before loosing consciousness and falling over onto his side.
"Danny!" Wonder Woman rushed forward and picked the teen up bridle style. She looked worriedly down at him before turning towards the other heroes. "We have to help him."
Superman moved and calmly put a hand on her shoulder. "Diane." There was a sad tone to his voice. "I can't hear his heartbeat."
"No. You're wrong. We just have to . . ." Wonder Woman trailed off as the reality of the situation dawned on her. She couldn't feel Danny breathing. She looked down at his unmoving form in her arms and a tear left her eye. "He died helping us." She looked at Superman as more tears ran down her cheeks. "He saved my life and I could do nothing to help him."
Superman didn't know what to say. What do you say to one of the toughest woman on the planet when they are crying. It wasn't like he could tell her it would be okay. That would be a total lie. She was currently holding a dead child, who had saved all of their lives, so it obviously wasn't going to be okay.
Before Superman could find anything to say, something surprising happened. A ring of light formed around Phantom's waist and traveled along his body. When it disappeared, Wonder Woman was no longer holding Phantom and in his place was Danny. She smiled seeing Danny take in a breath, but it instantly disappeared when he started to hack up blood. Some of the red liquid landed on her chest. The feeling of it against her skin horrified Wonder Woman.
"I have to get Danny to a hospital," Wonder Women said. Just as she was going to take off towards the closest hospital, a hand on her shoulder stopped her.
"You can't take him to a normal hospital," J'onn J'onzz said. "He clearly isn't exactly a human. I know from experience that humans are only trained to take care of normal humans." It didn't show on his face, but he mentally shivered at the memory of the time a human tried to treat him. "He needs someone used to dealing with unusual physiology."
"I know," Flash said drawing everyone's attention. "Let's take him to," he quickly looked around to make sure no civilians were around to overhear, "the Watchtower."
"Cyborg is already there and he has the experience needed to help," J'onn said. He was speaking the truth. With his ability to access and download any information, Cyborg had helped many of the Justice League's members with an unusual physiology when they got hurt. It helped that he could run simulations on how chemicals and medicine would affect different organisms.
"Absolutely not," Batman said in a stern tone. "No unauthorized persons are allowed on the station."
Many of the heroes wanted to protest. Wonder Woman was the one with the most anger in her eyes. The only reason she wasn't all up in Batman's face was because she was holding Danny. The dark knight was lucky amazons didn't have heat-vision for if she did, let's just say that there would be one less bat in the world.
Sensing the building tension, J'onn decided to intervene before a fight could break out. "We could take Danny to Mount Justice." Wonder Woman stopped glaring at Batman and turned to the martian. "The cave has a med-lab just as advanced as the Watchtower's and Cyborg could be there waiting for us."
They all looked at Batman and when he didn't voice any objections, Wonder Woman said "Then what are we waiting for." Before anymore words could be exchanged, she took off into the air, heading for the Hall of Justice and help for Danny.