Wonder Woman's gladius was inches from Cheetah's neck before a pistol shot knocked it out of her hand. Harley was the one who shot the gun.

"Hey, Wonder Bread! You heard the other guys, no killing!" Harley said.

"You would get in my way, clown? How much blood is on your hands?" WOnder Woman asked.

"Buckets full, hon. All because i was tryin hard to impress the wong guy." Harley said.

Wonder Woman tossed cheetah aside and ran for Harley as she fired her pistols, but Wonder Woman deflected with her bracelets before stabbing Harley in the chest.

"Harley!" Hope shouted.

As Diana was to finish her, Supergirl punched her away. She then ran to Harley. "You're losing too much blood. This is gonna hurt."

"Even better." Harley said before Supergirl used her heat vision on the wound sealing it.

"What are you doing?!" Wonder Woman said.

"The right thing, Diana." Hope said.

"Harley is too unstable, she could revert at any time. We need to fix this, now." Wonder Woman said.

"As in Kill her?" Supergirl asked.

"Thats right Kara. Wonder Woman and Black Adam have been lying to you this whole time. Its not Batman who's at fault here, its the Regime. And uh… not to spoil anything or whatever… but Superman killed the Joker." Cat Noir said dropping down.

"He's telling the truth. The Regime isn't as pure as they have told you. He's no better than General Zod." Hope said.

"I cant believe this…" Supergirl said.

"Believe it, sister." Cat Noir said. "Sorry to rain on this parade, Wonder Woman."

"Why you sly little…!" WOnder Woman said charging, but cat noir had her right where he wanted him.

"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir said rusting the supports on the glass and steel right above the Amazon and trapping her underneath it, knocking her unconscious.

"Nice move." Jellal said.

"Takes practice." Cat Noir said as his Miraculous started beeping. "Whoop… gotta cut out for a bit. You know how it is with me." he said leaving the scene.

Hope then turned to supergirl.

"Everywhere i went, people were afraid of this…" Supergirl said pointing to the S emblem on her chest. "Now i know why. I cant believe Kal would go this far."

"Not easy to keep yourself contained when Joker kills your family." Hope said.

"So what do i do now? The universe fears this symbol." Supergirl said.

"Maybe right now. But there is a way you can give it the meaning it had before again." Hope said.

"What are you suggesting?" Jellal said.

"Isnt it obvious? She can join me and my team. My Squad is all about giving the universes hope when they need it. Its not just about me bringing a beacon of hope to those who need it, but all of the people on my team. I learned that not to long ago myself, and Karas not the only one trying to owe up to mistakes." Hope said.

"Hope, you've owned up enough. You confronted your family, you stopped Laserman...you helped defeat Lucius." Erza said.

"Someone i freed years ago." Hope said. "So whaddya say, Kara? Wanna have a chance to give Hope?" Hope asked.

"I'll take you up on that offer. But wed have to run it by Batman first, and were still in the middle of a crisis." Supergirl said.

"We can get to that later. Right now, let's regroup. Hopefully, we won't get too torn up around you figuring out the truth." Hope said.

Later…

"We've finished evacuating Gotham and Metropolis, but Brainiac's is still coming closer to collecting the cities. He's already done it to Atlantis and Coast City. And there's no telling when Kandaq is next." Hope said.

"The Rock of Eternity's magic conceals it from prying eyes. But i do not expect Irene nor Brainiac to be fooled for long." Black Adam said.

"Don't underestimate Irene." Brandish said. "Magic like that won't fool her from the start."

"If Irene is as strong as Brandish and Spectra say she is, a head on confrontation with her wont work at all." Catwoman said.

"Agreed. We need to rethink our strategy with her." Batman said.

"I will go and face her." Erza said. "If she is the strongest among the army, then I stand some chance of stopping her."

"I'll go too. For support." Wendy said.

"Don't forget, we still need to take out Zeref sometime soon." Blue Beetle said. "I know everything there is to know about him, and i say there's no possible way of defeating him."

"Killing him is out of the question too, since natsu kicks the bucket when he goes." Hope said.

"Actually….I have been working on a plan." Mavis said. "One that could stop Zeref for good. But one thing we would need is that book. END."

Zexi looked surprised before he pulled out said book from a bag nearby.

"Uh...Zexi? Where in the hell did you get that?" Hope asked.

"I picked it up from the battlefield after that assault on Zeref in Glenwood. It's important...so I collected it." Zexi said.

"You idiot! You should've told us you had it from the start!" Nami said strangling Zexi.

"No. What he did was good. That book is crucial to the plan." Mavis said. "For now, Kandaq should be the main focus."

"And taking down Brainiac's shields. We tried attacking the Skull Ship with Superman out in front, but Brainiac was too quick on the draw with those shields. They blast our punches right back at us." Natsu said. "And then Superman got vaporized."

"We would have to hit that shield with a very precise and powerful blow to disable them." Erza said.

"We need something very powerful to do that. I could try Fairy Glitter, but that's also a physical punch. No telling what would happen if i let it loose on those shields." Cana said.

"There is one way to stop them. Using the magic from the Rock of Eternity as well as an artifact to channel it, such as the Trident of Atlantis." Mavis said.

"Then we should leave it to Black Adam and Aquaman then, and Wendy and Erza will go with them." Kenshin said.

"An excellent idea. That way i can defend Kandaq from Irene myself." Black Adam said.

"Oh...you can't defend Kandaq from me." a voice echoed in his thoughts.

"What in the name of…?!" Aquaman said.

"Was that Irene?! I felt her inside my head!" Blue Beetle said.

"It's one of her enchantments." Brandish said.

"Anyway...you cannot defend Kandaq from me...because I have already claimed it." Irene said as she was shown sitting in the wizard's seat.

"Wow, shes quick." Natsu said.

"We gotta get over there." Blue Beetle said.

"Go ahead and come. I'll be waiting." Irene said as her voice vanished.

"I'll go too." Sectonia said. "If Irene will be there, so will Grodd...and so will Vera."

"Ah, right. We cannot deny the possibility that Grodd will take over her mind now that she's captured. I'll go too." Teba said.

"Let's not waste time. For all we know, Brainiac is already on his way to collect that city." Erza said.

In Kandaq, Irene waited patiently before Grodd came beside her.

"So...Brainiac is supporting you even though you reject the planet you were born on?" Irene asked.

"Screw this planet. My alliance is to Brainiac." Grodd said.

"So you say." Irene said smirking. "As for me, I actually look forward to all of them arriving. There is one among them who is without a doubt wanting to face me. She just doesn't know it yet. Erza."

"Tell me, why interested in her? What sort of relation could you have with her that she doesn't know?" Grodd demanded.

"Simple really. She is my daughter." Irene said.