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A/N: For those that may not know, I just found out last week that PSN has the 1st half of Outsiders ($19.99 for SD and $24.99 for HD) so if it's on there/Xbox for outside the US you could watch it there. And for the price, I don't know if it's counting the 2nd half as for the previous seasons, the price is similar/the same. And it's also on YouTube as well.
Also, there was/is a bug that has the site not giving e-mail alerts for uploading Ch.'s so if it seems like I haven't updated in a while, just check my profile, I will always try for a once a week/every other week update for at least a couple of my stories.
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Chapter IV: Princes All.
Last Time.
"Yeah, it was a big weekend for them."
"But we did need that. What with what was going on lately."
Naruto sighed at that as after stopping an invasion by a race called the Reach 2 years ago, due to 6 Leaguers who were controlled by a man named Vandal Savage to attack another planet getting other race's interested in Earth. Or more specifically, anyone from Earth who has a Meta-Gene.
The Meta-Gene is a genetic marker in certain humans that allows them to endure catastrophic physical trauma by developing new abilities IE. superpowers. Shortly after the world learned about the Meta-Gene, Meta-human trafficking has become a global pandemic and meta-humans are being used as weapons of mass destruction by not only every country on Earth but other planets.
And the newest Secretary-General, Lex Luthor made sure several resolutions were passed that obstructed the Justice League and heavily curtailed other heroics. Even for humanitarian missions, making it so that the League would need approval from the U.N., a lengthy process that could cost lives.
'I wouldn't be surprised if anyone in the League quits due to that.' Naruto thought before going to the living room to watch TV with everyone still up.
Now.
Rann July 16, 00:16 UTC.
A battle raged on an alien planet as ships let out aliens with sharp teeth and gold armor with wings and spears.
These are Parademons, the main foot soldiers of Apokolips.
Another figure was forced out with a chip on its neck revealing it is mostly half-transparent with a reddish hue and black streaks with arms that stretch below its knees, and its heart is visible through its body.
As it landed, it created a crater and had fire fall off it burning a Rannian soldier. It then pushed itself up having what looked like lava coming off its hands and started to attack as a Rannian female with a slender body attacked with a rifle. She has pale yellow skin and blue lips.
She is wearing a purple jacket with black pants and knee-high boots as well as a purple helmet with a visor.
This is Alanna, a Rannian woman.
Beside her is a Caucasian man in a red outfit with a hood and white jet pack.
This is Adam Strange, a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs.
The creature then looked to see a man lifted a large tree as he flew in the air.
He is a tall, muscular Caucasian male with blue eyes and short black hair with a curl over his forehead. He's wearing a slightly dark blue uniform with a red-and-yellow 'S' shield on his chest, a red belt, red boots, and a red cape.
This is Superman real name Clark Kent/Kal-El, A superhero from the planet Krypton and a founding member of the League.
He then threw the tree at a group of Parademons before a young woman shot ice at every Parademon that flew at her.
She is a Caucasian woman with short white hair wearing a light blue and white costume with a white cape that's blue on the inside with holes revealing her shoulders.
This is Ice, a superheroine with the League and partner to Fire.
"Ice! Look out!" Wonder Woman yelled as she flew seeing the creature charge at Ice who turned to make a wall.
The wall started melting before black/blue lightning hit through it.
"No worries, Ice! I got you covered!"
Ice looked over her shoulder and saw a man.
He's an African-American man with black hair and beard. He's wearing a black and blue unitard with lightning motifs, blue sleeves, black pants, and black shoes. And orange visors to protect his eyes.
This is Black Lightning real name Jefferson Pierce, a superhero and member of the Justice League.
"Lightning! Don't let that thing touch you!" Wonder Woman yelled as she kicked a Parademon away.
"I kinda figured! Don't worry, I'll just zap ugly to dreamland for awhile!" Throwing his hands out, Lightning had low powered volts of lightning hit the creature who just brushed it off.
The creature grabbed it's chest and started screaming with a little girls voice as it walked over, fell to its knees and turned black.
"What...? What just happened?" Lightning asked as Superman floated down.
"I… I don't hear a heartbeat."
"No, no, no! There wasn't enough juice to kill anything! It cannot be dead!" Black Lightning said kneeling down at the creature as Wonder Woman, Adam, and Alanna, Ice, a Martian, and John Stewart in his costume walked over. (1.)
John's costume is mostly black, except for green parts on his wrists and on his shoulders and upper chest. He also has the Green Lantern Corps symbol on his chest.
The Martian is tall and bald. His face is oddly proportioned, with heavy brows, thick lips and red eyes.
His costume is primarily black, with red accents, and a large red belt and X-shaped straps across his chest. He has a blue cape that is fastened by gold clips.
This is Martian Manhunter real name J'onn J'onzz, A.K.A. John Jones. He is a founding member of the Justice League and is Miss Martian's mentor and uncle.
"She." Alanna corrected as she scanned the body with a handheld computer. "It is a she, or was. Scan indicates heart failure. And I'm reading approximate age, 14 Earth years."
"Earth years?!" Black Lightning asked shocked as he glanced over.
"Yes, (Sigh) I'm sorry. But this was a human girl. A child, from Earth." Alanna finished as the League looked down at the body.
Star City July 19, 18:15 PDT.
A man in a mask ran in an alleyway holding a purse. He panted before he started going through it, not noticing a shimmer behind him.
Kage appeared with a half mask and a pair of blue tinted visor glasses on for his camo to cover his face before speaking.
"Looking for lipstick?"
The man gasped before turning to run away. And had two red arrows open up with wire to wrap around his arms and legs.
"Great job," Naruto said looking over his shoulder and saw a teenaged girl standing behind him holding a red compound bow.
She is a Caucasian girl with blonde hair pulled into a ponytail and brown eyes.
She is in a red and black costume. She has a red mask that extends from her hair to her cheeks with a chin strap. Her suit is red from the neck down to her stomach and is black on the sides, stomach and inside her pants and red from the knees down.
Her sleeves are red to her upper arms and black to her wrists with red elbow pads and a hole inside the upper arm portion.
She has a red arrow on her chest and on each shoulder with red/black gloves and shoes. She also has grey pouches on her waist and a matching quiver.
This is Arrowette, real name Cissie King-Jones, Naruto's protégé and member of the Team. (2.)
"Thanks."
"I mean it, you did a really good job," Naruto said before she shot an arrow up to the roof and revealed it was still attached to her bow via wire before being pulled up.
Naruto sighed before following by running up the wall. "What's wrong, Arrowette?"
"(Sigh) It's nothing."
"You're my protégé, I know when there's something bothering you. Now, what's wrong?"
Arrowette turned to her mentor and crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm quitting the Team."
Gotham City July 21, 14:04 EDT.
"Hold still, Xiang," Naruto said to his daughter as he placed her in a shopping cart kids seat and buckled her in.
Xiang just bounced in her seat and smiled up at her father. "Dada."
Naruto smiled as he placed tote bags on the bottom of the cart as he walked inside a grocery store. Artemis, Paula, Talia having one with a baby seat on it, and Dinah walked in behind him as they got groceries for the week.
When going down an aisle, Xiang smiled as Naruto put several cans in the cart as she reached up. Naruto smiled as he reached down to his bags and pulled out a small bunny plushie and gave it to her. Artemis put several boxed items in as they walked down the aisles before checking items off of the list on her phone.
After filling up the cart, they went to a check out line as the others went to the ones beside them before getting in their cars and left.
Gotham City July 22, 20:33 EDT.
Naruto wearing a jean button shirt and black cargo pants put Xiang in a high chair as he and Artemis sat in a family restaurant as a clone of him with different hairstyles and missing his whiskers sat with each wife around the restaurant.
"Hold still," Naruto said hooking his daughter in as she bounced in her seat.
He then sat back in the booth as Artemis picked up a menu wearing a dark green dress shirt and skirt. "What are you ordering?"
"Something light," Artemis replied as Naruto rolled his eyes.
"You don't need to do that you know, all the training and exercise we do will burn anything off."
"Well, not all of us can eat a large meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and not gain anything due to not only a high metabolism but has a being that increases said metabolism."
'She's got you there.'
'Shut it!' Naruto mentally said to the voice that spoke up before they ordered their food.
The Watchtower July 27, 19:57 EDT.
"Excellent work Alpha Squad." Miss Martian said to the Team of seven teens/young heroes now having bleached white skin, bald and grey lips.
Beside her is Superboy wearing a black version of his shirt, and fingerless gloves standing beside a woman with tan skin, black hair reaching mid back, blue eyes, and two whisker marks on her cheeks.
She is wearing a black sleeveless top and matching pants that have star's decorating them, and silver star earrings and bracelets.
This is Troia, one of Naruto's and Wonder Woman's twin genetic daughters who are Naruto's oldest and is first to use the code name Wonder Girl.
She looked to the team as Miss Martian brought up a holo-screen and keyboard.
The first is in a blue insect-themed full-body armored suit.
This is Blue Beetle.
Beside him is a Caucasian teenager with a slim physical build, brown hair and green eyes behind red goggles. He's wearing a yellow suit with a lightning bolt logo on his chest and is red and black on his arms and legs with yellow gloves.
This is Kid Flash real name Bart Allen, a speedster from the future and is the grandson to the current Flash who took the mantle of Kid Flash after the previous Wally West gave his life to save the Earth.
Beside him is a girl with long brown hair pulled in a ponytail, brown eyes and has freckles. She is wearing a grey hooded vest, long-sleeved shirt with a black '13' inside a circle on the left shoulder and black pants with gloves.
This is Thirteen, real name Traci Thurston, Zatanna's protégé.
Beside her is Arrowette as they made the back row.
In front on the left is an African-American teenager with black dreads and the sides of his head shaved.
He's wearing a black hoodie with a yellow lightning bolt in a circle on the chest as well as two yellow lines on the sleeves, blue fingerless gloves, grey jeans, and blue sneakers.
This is Static, real name Virgil Hawkins, Black Lightning's protégé and a teen who was captured by the Reach and gained lightning powers in 2016 before joining the Team.
Beside him is a girl with a slender yet muscular build with blue eyes and blonde hair with unkempt bangs. Her hair is long, running down her back, and she has a black headband. She's wearing a black sleeveless top with two stylized golden W's on it. She has red pants with two white stripes on the sides, and blue shoes.
Like Troia and Wonder Woman, she has two silver bracelets and silver star earrings, and a golden lasso that hangs at her waist.
This is Wonder Girl, real name Cassandra 'Cassie' Sandsmark, Wonder Woman's protégé.
Beside her holding her hand is a young teenage male with a muscular build and short black hair.
He's wearing a red and black suit with long sleeves and a stylized yellow "R" symbol on the left side of his chest. He also has red and black gloves and a cape that's black on the outside and yellow on the inside, with a jagged pattern at the end and a hood that's pulled up. He's also wearing a black domino mask.
This is Robin, real name Tim Drake, the third teen who's taken the mantle of Robin and is one of Batman's protégés.
And beside him is a teen girl wearing a purple full body suit that's dark purple on the chest and stomach with a purple hooded cape and a mask that covers everything but her short blonde hair and green eyes.
This is Argent, one of Batman's protégés. (3.)
"Textbook op truly. Gamma… You can learn something from Alpha." Miss Martian said walking in front of a holo-keyboard.
"Recognized: Steel, 39. Black Lightning, 24." (4.)
Miss Martian looked over her shoulder and saw three tunnels as one lit up and Black Lightning wearing a coat, white shirt and jeans clothes along with another man walked in.
Steel is wearing steel armor, with Superman's and Superboy's shield forged on it, red cape and is holding a steel sledgehammer.
"Where are they?" Jefferson asked, hands in his coat pocket.
"Waiting in the conference room, most of them anyways." Miss Martian said having the two walk to the side to a door that opened up.
"Why isn't Lightning in costume?" Wonder Girl asked Static who stayed quiet.
"That's everyone but the League's fearless leader." Kid Flash said before the tunnel lit up.
"Recognized: Aquaman, 28."
The light died down revealing an Atlantean with light blond hair and the bottom of his head shaved, deep brown skin, pale green eyes, high cheekbones, and a lean build. He also has webbed hands and feet.
He's wearing armor that's gold on the shoulder and covers his neck but has three slits on each side to allow his gills to breathe underwater, and orange on the chest down, It's also leaving the bottom of his upper arms bare revealing black tattoos wrapped around them. He as a stylized 'A' on it at the waist acting like a belt buckle and black pants with fins on the calves.
He's also barefoot and as a pack on his back with two handles sticking out of it.
This is Aquaman real name Kaldur'ahm, the former protégé to the original Aquaman, King of Atlantis who retired to focus on his kingdom and raising his son. And is also a founding member to the Team and current co-leader to the League.
"They're uh… They're all waiting for you." Superboy said as he, Troia, and Miss Martian walked up.
"I am not looking forward to this," Aquaman said as he walked forward. "M'gann… As leader of the Team, you are invited to observe."
"Do I want to observe?"
"Probably not, but please come. I believe I could use the moral support."
"You have that Kaldur." Miss Martian said before walking in and saw the large room with a large U-shaped table in a sunken part of the middle of the room that has most of the League who are on Earth on it.
The ones who couldn't make it are in the room via holograms at the end.
Miss Martian noticed the seats at the bend are empty as are a couple of seats on the edges.
She saw Kage sitting on the side to her left with his sunglasses hanging off his shirt and sitting with a man on his right and Dinah on his left in her costume.
She's wearing a black, one-piece bustier-leotard combination showing her cleavage with a zipper going from her chest to her crotch. She also has gray stockings with seams up the front and back, black, heavy, calf-length boots, black fingerless gloves that go past the elbow to the biceps, a blue jacket, and her black choker.
The man is wearing a golden helmet that covers the entirety of his head, excluding his ears and is wearing a long, high collared cape, fastened with two large buttons. Beneath is a blue shirt with a golden oval set in the chest. He also dons a large golden belt with a circle in the center, and deep blue pants with golden boots.
This is Doctor Fate, a Lord of Order who uses the helmet to bond with a human so he can be in the world, using the body of Zatanna's father, Giovanni Zatara.
Beside Canary is a man who has blond hair, a blond mustache and beard. His costume is mostly green. He's wearing a green sleeveless full body suit that's dark green on the chest to the inside of is legs with a hood. He's wearing shoulder length gloves with black fingers and knuckles with rectangle holes on the underside with a matching quiver on his back and pouches on his waist.
This is Green Arrow.
Beside him is a young, muscular, black-haired Caucasian man with blue eyes. His costume is mostly red with gold accents like his thunderbolt logo, sash, and boots. He also has a white and gold cape over one shoulder.
This is Shazam, formerly Captain Marvel real name Billy Batson, a superhero who is a teen who when he calls upon his powers, changes into a full grown man.
Beside him is his twin sister, Sgt. Marvel formally Mary Marvel, real name Mary Batson who is also a teen girl, who changes into a young woman when calling her powers. She is a former member of the Team wearing a similar costume with it being a red shirt and skirt and red and white boots with a white hooded cape.
Sitting beside her is Steel. On the other side of the table, Jefferson sat on the end by the bend.
Beside him is a tall red robot with no ears or nose. His mouth and eye sockets are black giving him the appearance of an emotionless robot. He has a yellow T symbol on his chest and a yellow arrow on his forehead. He also wears a blue cape.
This is Red Tornado a robot who was built in 1949 and was a member of the Justice Society of America and now a member of the League.
Sitting beside him is a man wearing a dark gray costume with the symbol of a bat spread over the chest, black trunks, gloves with fins on the outer side, boots and a black cape with a unique pattern at the end. He's also wearing a black cowl designed with bat ears.
This is Batman real name Bruce Wayne, a founding member of the League.
Beside him is Zatanna in her costume.
She is wearing a white shirt revealing her cleavage, bow tie, and gloves, a black blazer, black mini-shorts with gray stockings and black boots reaching midway up her calves.
Beside her is an African American woman with short spiky black hair. She's wearing a form-fitting blue shirt that includes a partial hood that covers her cheeks and forehead. Over this, she has brown coveralls and a belt, which is red and has three blue glowing circles on it. The belt is kept in place by black straps on her thighs.
She is also wearing black knee-pads. She has three silver hoop earrings on her right ear and two on her left ear.
This is Rocket, real name Raquel Ervin, a superheroine, partner and former protégé of Icon. She is also a former member of the Team.
And beside her is a woman with orange skin, green eyes, and long waist length red hair. She's wearing a purple top showing the cleavage of her double D-cup breasts, mini-skirt and thigh high boots.
This is Starfire, real name Koriand'r. A former member of the team and is a Tamaranean.
Naruto then looked to the holograms at the end of the table.
The first is a Caucasian male with short black hair. He's wearing large black tinted goggles. He's wearing a sleeveless red and black full bodysuit with a yellow band around his waist.
This is Plastic Man.
Beside him is an Asian woman with black hair pulled in a ponytail with bangs framing her face. And purple lipstick. She's wearing a white mask that just covers her forehead down to her cheeks with a red circle on it. She's also wearing a red and black full body suit with holes under her elbows, and white armor protecting her upper arms with red circles on them.
And she has a red sash around her waist with a katana on her back and a tanto on her lower back.
This is Katana.
Beside her, is a Caucasian man wearing a full-body suit that is all red, but has two small yellow lightning bolts across the waist and wrists. He also has the yellow lightning bolt logo on his chest and boots.
This is the Flash real name Barry Allen a founding member of the Justice League.
Beside him is an African-American man wearing a black and red full body suit covering everything but his face.
This is Hardware.
And finally, beside him is a woman with a slender toned build wearing a form-fitting black suit with a red bat symbol on it and a cowl leaving her long red hair free.
This is Batwoman, real name Kate Kaine.
"I hereby call this emergency meeting of the League to order," Aquaman said walking forward to the bend as holograms of statistics and Wonder Woman appeared by him. "I see that all the Leaguers stationed here on Earth are present. Either in person or via hologram. So let's get right to it." He finished before gesturing to Wonder Woman who was standing to is left.
"My Co-Chair has urgent news from the heroes she is leading on our various missions in space."
Wonder Woman placed her hands on her hips as more holograms appeared.
"Alright, we have confirmation. meta-human trafficking on Earth has spilled out into the Galaxy. On multiple worlds, Earth's meta-humans are being deployed by the enemy of mass destruction. Among other things, their presence in space is undermining our efforts to build both Earth's and the League's reputations after our trial on the planet Rimbor."
"Oh yeah, not to mention they're kids and teens who are also dying due to either our enemies using a kill phrase or by their bodies not being able to handle their powers," Naruto said looking at his wife.
"I'm-I'm sorry Naruto, I didn't mean to-!"
"I know Diana, but you need to remember, these meta's are not warriors, they're not the enemy. They are kids being forced to fight against their will with control chips. We need to know how this happened and how it was able to get by us."
"Here on Earth, our ongoing struggle with the meta-human trafficking has-!" Aquaman was then interrupted by Green Arrow.
"Struggled?! Try disaster!"
"Teens and even kids are being abducted at an unprecedented scale. They're tested for the meta-gene, and if they test positive, they're used as guinea pigs to create new meta-humans." Canary picked up after the archer.
"And even if they test negative, they're still rarely seen again." Arrow finished as Batman crossed his arms.
"Meta-humans are being treated as the next exploitable resource. By first world countries, third world countries, rogue nations, corporations. It's a global pandemic." Batman said looking down.
"And globally, we are faced with obstacles at every turn," Aquaman said before a hologram of a man came up in between the table. "United Nations Secretary-General Lex Luthor is using our U.N. charter to place more, and more restrictions on the League."
Lex Luthor is a tall Caucasian man. He is bald, has green eyes and high cheekbones. He's wearing a black suit with a white undershirt and a purple tie.
"That's because he's with the Light and is doing this to make things easier for them," Naruto said leaning his chair back. "Only ones who are able to do their missions is the Team. We still can't tie anything to Lex or we wouldn't be in this mess."
"He's hamstrung us!" Green Arrow shouted as he banged his fist on the table. "I mean come on when that tsunami hit Rhelasia we couldn't even go in on a humanitarian mission!"
"We've become removed. Distant from the people the League was created to serve." Jefferson said after looking down.
"Not by choice," Canary said before Batman looked up to them.
"Perhaps it's time to acknowledge… that the League has outlived its usefulness on Earth."
"Batman…"
"That's overstating things, don't you think?" Wonder Woman asked.
"No, I don't. And I'm offering an alternative."
"If your alternative is to disband the League… I think you're forgetting the good we do." Aquaman said having Batman look to him.
"Did, past tense."
"Present tense. The League has its difficulties, I acknowledge that. But we still have a positive impact. And we are an important symbol for truth and justice Worldwide."
"Symbols are great, Kaldur..." Green Arrow said before Batman spoke.
"But all that matters is the mission. And if the U.N is a roadblock to that mission, then we remove it, by removing the League."
"Bruce, please." Wonder Woman said as she stared at the bat-themed hero.
"You are a founding member!"
"I'm sorry," Batman said before standing. "But I hereby tender my resignation to the Justice League."
"So do I," Arrow said standing as Katana, Plastic Man, hardware, and Batwoman had Resign come up before them before disappearing.
Flash just looked at where they were before blinking.
"This was a plan," Canary said standing up. "You, Batman, and the others, you arranged this in advance."
"You should come too, Dinah, think of all the good we can do," Arrow said having her scoff.
"You knew I wouldn't be apart of blindsiding Kaldur or Naruto."
"I don't care if you go," Naruto said standing up as well. "I don't blame them for doing it as well. This way the League won't be looked down if they're caught or anything."
"But-!"
"But nothing! I understand why they are doing this. I was a ninja before coming here, you think everything we did was by the book? No, half the stuff we are tasked to do is at the very least seen as unlawful by the other nations. One village sabotages mine so they can make getting missions easier for them, they will do it. But to my village, it's an act of war if they're caught, same for us."
Canary just sat down and crossed her arms under her bust. "If you're leaving then leave."
"That directed at me or him?" Naruto asked pointing at himself and Arrow. "Because I'm not quitting, but I know Arrowette is. I'm just going to say goodbye." Naruto said walking out as Jefferson was resigning too.
"I can't do this anymore, I'm sorry." He said looking down at his hands having Aquaman nod.
"I understand."
"Hey, I thought the room brightened up," Naruto said to Miss Martian who looked to him.
"Was that a bald joke?"
"No, I was talking about your personality. But I'll be sure to file that one away."
"You know my husband would never joke about my head."
"Sounds like a nice guy, I'll have to meet him sometime," Naruto said walking out before hearing Wonder Woman speak just as the door closed.
"You mean disown them." She said after Aquaman spoke up to give a press conference so the League won't be held accountable for the ones who resigned.
"It's time," Batman said getting Robin and Argent to leave
"Recognized: Green Arrow, 08. Robin, B21. Argent, B29."
"Cissie." Arrowette walked to her mentor who smiled under his mask. "You be careful. And listen to the others."
"I know, I won't let you down."
"You never will as long as you help others and do the right thing." He finished before looking over to Batman who was asking Jefferson to join up with him.
"I don't trust you. Not after what you pulled that day. I want nothing to do with 'Batman Incorporated'." Jefferson said walking to Static as Batman turned to leave.
"Recognized: Batman 01. Arrowette, B28."
"I think Dick had the right idea," Aquaman said standing beside Naruto as Miss Martian, Superboy, and Troia walked up to them while Jefferson left after saying goodbye to Static.
"Recognized: Black Lightning, 24."
Moscow July 28, 03:03 MSK.
(A/N: Other languages will be Underline.)
In a warehouse, a young man was beating up thugs with eskrima sticks.
He is Caucasian with short black hair going just past his ears and blue eyes. He's roughly the same height as Batman and as well-muscled. He's wearing a black stealth suit with a mask that covers the bottom part of his face hanging off his ears.
This is Nightwing, real name, Dick Grayson. Batman's first protégé and first to use the code name, Robin.
He flipped the last man o the ground and puts his sticks on his back.
"(Sigh) Intel was on the money, Oracle."
"Of course." He heard a female voice in an earpiece as he looked at the crates and meta boxes.
Going to a metal box, he saw two tubes with a tar-like substance on the floor before opening a window on a box.
And saw two teens inside before breaking the locks on all the boxes and had the teens and kids run out.
"You're free, go!" He yelled in Russian before turning to the pods. "It's definitely a meta-human trafficking lab."
"But is it Bedlam?" Oracle asked as Nightwing crouched down and used a small digital analyzer to pick up the tar as his eyes glowed blue and his vision came up. Showing a blue circle with a bird logo on it and a purple eye circle underneath his logo.
"I see pods full of black goo."
"Sounds like a match. Bedlam uses a substance called 'Tar' as a catalyst for turning meta-gene positive kids into full-on meta-humans… Assuming they survive the process."
"Then let's shut them down!" Nightwing said as he stood up and threw several glowing shurikens around the room as the men got up.
They saw the now beeping shurikens and ran outside just as they exploded.
BOOM!
Across the road, Nightwing stood on the edge of the building rooftop as he looked at the fire.
"Nightwing?! Nightwing, do you read?!"
"Worried about me?"
"Worried you didn't get a sample of the tar before you blew the place."
"Way ahead of you. Sending data now." Nightwing said looking at the Tar and scanned it with his vision.
"Got it! Running analysis. OK, this is crash! A solid lead to the source of the Tar and hopefully Bedlam central." Oracle said as the data on the tar came up in his vision on a small screen.
"Spill."
"Tar contains a clay found only in one place. Markovia." Oracle said as three screens came up in his vision. One was of Markovia's flag, the second a satellite view of the country, and finally, one with information about the country.
Nightwing pulled his mask off as his vision turned off. "Then Markovia, here we come."
Markovburg July 28, 08:59 EEST.
"This is Cat Grant reporting live for G.B.S. from the Markovian royal palace." said a woman sitting outside in front of a camera.
Cat Grant is a Caucasian woman with blue eyes and layered blond hair with center-parted bangs. She's wearing a business casual dress including a pink fitted jacket and a white placket without visible fastenings. She's also wearing a matching knee-length skirt and high heels. She also has small, square ear studs.
"Markovia's King Viktor Markov and Queen Ilona Delamb-Markov are about to hold a press conference on this the 2nd anniversary of the abduction of their daughter, Princess Tara. No ransom demand was ever made, and she vanished without a trace." She then turned to her left where a teen boy was sitting beside her.
He has short light brown hair with mutton chops and blue eyes. He's wearing a long coat with a sweater vest underneath and a blue dress shirt under that.
This is Brion Markov, the younger Prince of Markovia.
"This is Tara's older brother, Prince Brion Markov. Prince Brion, you just returned to Markovia after studying abroad for the last two years."
"Yes, after my sister was taken, I felt the need to get away. To expand my knowledge, and bring that knowledge back, to serve Markovia." He explained as Cat nodded.
"To serve, but not to rule. You have a twin brother?"
"Fraternal twin, yes."
"Right. And Crown Prince Gregor is her to the throne because he was born 16 minutes before you. How does it feel to be just 16 minutes away from the crown?" She asked, and before Brion could answer, someone else spoke up.
"Excuse me, we are ready to begin."
A man came up and gave Cat a tablet as a video came up of a man in front of the palace with a podium and other reporters.
He has brown hair graying at the temples with a mustache wearing a red military uniform with a blue sash
"You're looking at the Queen's brother Baron Fredrick Delamb. Head of Markovia's security forces."
"Ladies and gentlemen. The King and Queen of Markovia." Fredrick took a step away showing the King and Queen walking down the hall from the Palace.
Viktor is wearing a red dress shirt and black pants with white gloves. He is balding with brown hair and has a mustache with mutton chops.
Ilona is wearing a white dress and has short blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Thank you, everyone," Viktor said raising his left hand. "We'll try and keep this brief. There has been much debate both internationally and here in Markovia, about what to do with Quraci refugees. Following the invasion of Qurac by the rogue State of Bialya.
"So we will make our position perfectly clear," Ilona spoke up after her husband. "Markovia will not turn its back to the desperate people fleeing tyranny."
"Quraci's are welcomed in Markovia." Viktor finished after Ilona
"But that is not why we are here today."
"Children all over the world and teens are being abducted."
"The way our daughter was abducted." Ilona looked down at that before looking back up to the crowd as her husband spoke after her.
"Meta-human trafficking is an international scourge. Today, we pledge all of Markovia's resources to see that scourge ended!"
Inside the mansion, Brion walked up to a woman who was watching from a floor above.
She is a slender woman with green eyes and brown hair, tied in a ponytail. She's wearing glasses and a doctor's coat over a purple dress and heels.
This is Dr. Helga Jace, the Royal Family doctor.
"Dr. Jace."
Helga looked to Brion and bowed. "Prince Brion."
"Did the results come back?"
"I told you. I'm not comfortable with this. I'm your family's physician. Not some kind of mad scientist." She replied looking out the window.
"Please Doctor. Did the results come back, or not?"
"Yes… And yes, you tested positive for the meta-gene."
"Which means Tara-"
"Most likely tested positive as well." Helga interrupted Brion.
"Which explains why she was taken."
"Which might explain. Might. Even if your theory is correct, how does that help? These traffickers obviously have meta-humans working for them. How does anyone without his or her own meta abilities fight such people?" Helga asked having the prince sigh.
"Maybe he can't… But maybe… Does Markovia have the technology to create its own meta-humans?"
"To what end, Brion? To fight meta-fire with meta-fire?"
"Please answer the question, it could be of life or death importance. To all of us!"
"I don't know the answer. But, I'll try to find out." Helga said before bringing up her cell phone.
Brion smiled as he placed his hands on her shoulder and kissed her forehead. "Thank you. I don't know what the Markov Family would do without you." He said before leaving.
Gotham City July 29, 10:16 EDT.
"Bruce did it last night. Walked out with Kate, Tim, Arrow, Plas and the rest." Oracle said to Dick who was sitting in a car in front of Naruto's hotel wearing a black jacket with blue patches on the shoulders, black shirt, and jeans.
"Can't worry about that right now. What do you have?"
"Right. Two leads. First: A children's hospital in Markovburg is using way more electricity than normal." She replied as Dick brought up his vision screen and brought the buttons on the right up by using his finger.
Then brought up the hospital and its information in three separate screens. "A children's hospital would make a great front. And a great source of test subjects. (Sigh) And secondly?"
A picture of a man with short brown hair, glasses and a mustache in a doctors coat came up as well as his information.
Simon Ecks, MD. Ph.D.
"Dr. Simon Ecks, world-class geneticists. Currently underemployed at the hospital. You're going to need back-up. I've run an analysis and-!"
"Way ahead of you." Dick interrupted as he looked to the hotel.
Inside the penthouse, Naruto dropped a bowl in front of his oldest son. "Eat your cereal, Damian," Naruto said ruffling his sons head as Talia breastfed her daughter on the couch in the living room.
"Yeah, dad."
Lian was humming as she sat in a booster seat beside Quentin with a spoon before Naruto placed two bowls down for her and Quentin.
"Yay!"
Naruto smiled as he pats Lian's and Quentin's heads while they leaned forward to eat. He looked to see Stephanie feeding Brucely as Artemis wearing a jersey and black pants fed Xiang a bottle of breast milk.
"Coffee?" Naruto asked his roommate who nodded.
Knock-Knock-Knock!
Naruto walked to the door and opened it to see Dick.
"Hello, Naruto."
"Hello, Dick, who're you recruiting this time?"
Markovburg July 29, 03:00 EEST.
A teenage girl in the palace held a silver tray against her chest hid from guards paroled the halls.
She has a slim frame, and olive colored skin with brown eyes and is wearing a brown hijab. She is wearing dress clothes with a metal patch over her left breast.
As the guards left, she quickly walked to a door with a keypad lock before putting the code in and as soon as she opened the door, a tall olive-skinned teenage boy quickly got in wearing brown/tan clothes for the dessert and shoulder-length gloves with a dagger on his hip.
He then quickly sped down the hall revealing he has super speed before a rag was placed over the girl's mouth knocking her out. Henchy then pushed the door fully opened as he dragged the girl out before hearing screaming, men yelling, and finally a gunshot.
Bang!
"The King and Queen have been assassinated!"
Happy Harbor July 29, 10:16 EDT.
Dick drove through the woods on a paved road before hearing Oracle.
"The assassinations of the King and Queen of Markovia change mission parameters. The pre-coronation reception tomorrow night is the last best shot at getting the intel we need. But with tightening security, you'll need a couple of more friends."
She finished as he came up to a large yard with apple trees and a two-storied house with a garage that has a guest room on top of it.
Inside the house, Conner was talking to Donna in the kitchen as her twin, who has shoulder length hair wearing a black shirt and blue jeans was washing dishes wearing black jeans and a red shirt.
(Snore!)
Meg looked to her left in the living room to see a large white wolf sleeping on the floor. He has areas of muscle exposed by torn skin, on the insides of his legs.
This is Wolf, Conner's pet he got in 2010 on a mission who was enhanced with Kobra-Venom by a villain called the Brain that made him stronger to the point that he could go toe-to-toe with Conner when he was being controlled.
"It's hard to explain."
"Take your time," Donna said drinking hot tea before grabbing Conner's hand.
"It's Clark, Kal-El, Superman. He's been off in space for so long, I… I feel more of a-"
"Need?"
"Burden. More of a burden here on Earth to you know, step up."
"You'll do what you need to do Conner, I feel the same with mom away too. Just take it one day at a time."
Wolf suddenly sat up revealing his yellow eyes as he looked to the door just as a knocking sound was heard. Conner got up and opened the door showing Dick was waiting.
"Hey, stranger."
"Hey Donna, Meg."
"Hey, bird boy," Meg said not looking over her shoulder.
"I need to borrow your guy here." He said ignoring Meg. "There's a meta-human trafficking site in Markovia we can shut down. It'll only take a day. In, out. No muss, no fuss."
Conner looked to his girlfriends and Wolf before looking back to Dick. "OK."
"Perfect! Oh, as a reminder. This is a non-super suit op."
"I never wear a super suit," Conner said before Dick tapped the shield on his gray shirt.
"Sorry pal, this counts. I'll send you some dark wear via Zeta-Tube. I'll text you the time, place, all that. Sorry to recruit and run, but I got one more stop to make so… Bye." Dick said before leaving.
"Bye Dick."
"By bird boy!"
"See you soon."
As Dick got in his car, heard two loud squeals of joy.
Markovburg July 29, 11:07 EEST.
Brion was watching an earlier interview of his uncle with his brother Gregor.
Gregor has dark brown hair and is wearing a grey suit.
"Oh, I can hear you trembling in your living room now." Said the reporter as he was the only one on screen.
He is a Caucasian male, with blond hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a blue suit and tie combination.
This is G. Gordon Godfrey, a GBS pundit, the host of The G. Gordon Godfrey Show, and widely known for his stance against the Justice League and its alien members.
"'But G. Gordon, martial law, isn't that a bit extreme?' But martial law was invented for a reason, my friends." He said as Fredrick came up and took half the screen. "Isn't that right Baron?"
"I'm afraid that is exactly right, G. Gordon. My sister and brother-in-law were assassinated by a Quraci meta-human. We need to vet every Quraci in the country for meta-human powers. And that cannot be done without giving the Markovia's patriotic security forces the authority to get the job done!"
"Well of course not. Now, what about the throne?" Gordon asked Fredrick. "Next in line is your nephew, Prince Gregor. Correct?"
"Indeed. But Gregor is only 17. So until he comes of age next year, I will be acting as his Regent."
Brion paused the video and looked to his brother before speaking in Latvian. (5.)
"I don't know if we can trust him, Gregor."
"I don't, Brion."
"And we should postpone your coronation until after the funeral," Brion said as Gregor took several steps to the door before stopping.
"That we cannot do. Markovia needs a king." Gregor said before leaving as Brion pulled his cell phone out and called a number.
"Markovia needs a king… And a hero." He said before the phone was answered and he spoke in English. "Hello, Dr. Jace?"
Metropolis July 29, 22:16 EDT.
Jefferson was in his ex-wife's house kissing his two daughter's head goodnight before walking down the steps.
"Thanks for letting me see them, Lynn."
Lynn is an African-American woman with brown hair pulled into a ponytail wearing a blue button shirt over a black shirt and jeans.
"Of course Jeff, you're their father."
"I've given it up Lynn. The life, all of it."
"Mm-hmm. I've heard that one before." She said with skepticism in her voice.
"Seriously."
"Jeff, I'm the sister of a Green Lantern, and the ex-wife of Black Lightning. I know how all this quitting the life thing goes. You mean it now, but sticking to it is something else."
"Trust me, it'll stick. I got no choice now." Jeff then walked outside and saw Dick was waiting for him. "No forget it, don't even start."
"It's an entire meta-human trafficking syndicate we can take down in one night. When it's all over, we go our separate ways."
"I can't," Jeff said while walking down the street.
"I know what happened on Rann, Jeff. But we can make sure something like that doesn't happen again."
"You're not hearing me. I'm not saying I won't. I'm saying I can't!" Jeff turned and raised his hand having small bolts of his lightning cover it before dissipating. "My powers, they're not working. I'm useless. Broken, I can't-!"
"I came for the man, not the powers. You're still a hero. And I still need you for this. Midnight at the Centennial Park Zeta-Tube. We'll wait five minutes." Dick said as Jeff walked away.
"I won't be there."
"I heard that. Doesn't sound promising." Oracle said as Dick sighed.
"No, it doesn't." He replied before turning around to walk to the park.
"We're running out of time."
Metropolis July 30, 00:00 EDT.
Dick sat on a bench as a tunnel under a bridge in the Centennial Park lit up. "Recognized: Black Bat, B09. Kage, 17."
Naruto wearing jeans and a red shirt with a duffel bag walked out with Stephanie wearing a yellow shirt, black pants and also with a duffel bag saw Dick waiting for them. (6.)
They heard an engine roar before looking up to see Conner on a large red and black flight-capable motorized tricycle with a very large hollow tire in the back and two slightly smaller tires on the front.
This is the New Genesphere, affectionately known by the Team as Sphere and Super-Cycle, She is an extraterrestrial artifact from the world of New Genesis.
"Hey, Sphere," Naruto said patting Sphere on the front having her beep several times.
"This all of us?" Conner asked looking at the trio.
"No."
They looked to the top of the bridge to see Jefferson with a duffel bag as well before jumping down.
Everyone smiled as he walked over. "Don't give me that look. One mission only, agreed?"
"Agreed. Let's go." Dick said as they got on Sphere and flew through the Zeta-Tunnel.
"Recognized."
To Be Continued.
A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.
Beta: Jebest4781, Chaos-PSD.
Number 6 is a slight spoiler for the story so if you don't want to be spoiled, stop reading after 5.
1. Since there are three Green Lanterns on Earth so far. When they share a scene with another G.L. I'll use their real name so you know who to picture when they're speaking. Same for when they first come in a scene, I'll use their real name at first.
2. I had Naruto take Green Arrow's place in Insecurity and the little girl who saw them save her father was Arrowette so to keep with my continuity she became Naruto's protégé. Just wanted to put that here in case you think I'm dumping on/bashing/hate Green Arrow. Due to having Naruto have Artemis as a partner (Not a protégé) getting Dinah and Naruto arguing with him after bringing Red on the Team.
I had Green Arrow think he was a higher authority then Naruto with him being in the League and Naruto wasn't due to being under 18 for the 1st season. But I had the public acknowledge him as a founding member/a part of it even due to that. I don't hate Green Arrow, Green Arrow is my 2nd favorite hero from DC behind Batman.
3. An O.C. to take Spoiler's canon place. I might have to do that with Mary's, Starfire's, and Blackfire's canon selves if they come in as at first I was going to use Cassandra Cain but she's in the show, then I thought of Bluebird but then she came up in the show so yeah, for the heroes we brought in/brought in early like with Mary and Donna.
(It was said by creators that they were apart of the Team during the 1st time-skip between season 1 and 2) we'll probably be using an O.C.
4. I had Naruto take Dr. Fate's canon 17 spot, and Star took 30 and Mary took 33 so canon 18-29 are one more up while 30-33 are 2 up and 33-current is 3 up… If I'm getting it right, if not I'll let you know in a later A/N in another Ch.
5. I'm not sure if it's this continuity's language for Markovia but I read it was for a Y.J. one at least. If it isn't I'll fix it later. (If it was fixed, then for those that read after I had the 1st language as Latvian.)
6. Naruto will be helping each Team (Nightwing's and Batman's) but will not quit the League but for the non-dangerous missions, he'll use a clone while staying in the shadows/do recon so he won't be found out. And also, for helping Batman and the dark wear missions like the one that Nightwing and the others are going to do in Markovia, Naruto won't use jutsu as not to be found out.
Also, for those who are wondering, the reason why I didn't say the real name for several of the heroes. That's due to them not being up on their Y.J. wiki page, even Plastic Man's says his name has yet to be confirmed in Universe, so I'm just covering bases in case they have a slightly different name due to copyright, or like with most heroes, they may have multiple people who took the mantle so I'm just waiting for their real names to come up in the show/confirmed who they are.
Nothing else to say.
Talk To You Later,
Lone Wolf Out.