banshee was twirling another tomahawk in her hand as she stared at the league members.
"banshee. you know why I am here."
"of course i know you're here" she said a scottish accent present."I have dirt on everyone. but the card you showed me has more meaning to that. So..."
"last name broze,caroline,last name west,wally and last name dusk,Abigail"
"what do you want with them?"
"answers"
"they claimed santuary"
"where?"
banshee gave a look."nowhere"
"what do yo-"clark said but was cut off by a whistle. banshee's eyes widened as her back arched. she turned to face the window revealing to the league members her back was stabbed with a knife. then she fell out of the open window.
they ran to the edge expecting a body but there was nothing."there." diana pointed at figure running away. clark and diana changed into their uniforms and chased after the running away. suddenly the figure flew.
bruce now batman chased after the flying figure."martian manhunter to justice league." their comms said.
suddenly the figure faded into dark shadows making the heroes halt.
"yes martian manhunter."
"an explosion was heard in a warehouse in metropolis."
"on our way. get the team there to meet us.
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earlier...
"we're here"rue said as they watched the scene before them. two guards were at the entrance.
"clockwork" she said as clockwork raised a tranq gun and shot the two guards.
"hurry" they tied up,gagged and dragged the guards near a dumpster.
"we are ready to breach."
rue placed a round bomb on the door.
"the bomb makes them blind temporarily.so make it fast"
soon enough the bomb detonated and their entered. wally kicked one and punched another in the face. clockwork shooting with dual stun pistols and rue was beating them with folding escrima sticks.
"there." clockwork began hacking the computer.
suddenly an explosion rang out and alarms were blaring.
"you will not stop us" a man came oit pointing a gun a us.
clockwork finished hacking and started going near the two when they the click.
"I am not afraid to shoot." he said holding the gun scared.
before anyone could blink wally ran and disarmed the man. it startled the man so it made him run to the edge of the warehouse.
the fire escalated but the chased after him. before he could run to the exit. wally blocked him. he tried to run to the other direction but was stopped by rue kicking him to the ground.
"who gave you the tech."
"I-I-I cant"
"a name we need a name."
"they will kill me."
"not if we kill you first." wally knew they were bluffing but the man took it seriously.
"okay okay...his name is-aaggrhhhhh" the man cut himself off as he howled in pain. suddenly he combusted and a larger explosion rang out. wally stumbled trying to pick himself up. his ears were ringing.
abigail dragged him to where rue was. she was trying to talk to him.but he could not hear her. he focused on the burning body infront of him. he felt numb.
suddenly the door he was guarding earlier busted open. the league and the team stared at the massacre infront of them
a burning body and two fugitives in the justice league's eyes.
he stood up slightly dizzy but he pulled himself together.
"elysium" rue said and siddenly they teleported back to the compound.
"wally" he heard abigail said before he passed out.
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wally woke up with a jump.but someone pushed him down.
"calm down. you need to relax. your heart is moving so fast its flat-lining."he looked at the japanese girl infront of him.
"jonathan.keep him calm. i have to get gatekeeper"she stated as she ran out the room and this man named jonathan entered.
"calm down. you were exhausted.here" he passed a tray of food to him. and large amounts of food."your metabolism is moving so fast it barely notices some of the drugs. so you need to eat."
soon gatekeeper and glitch entered the room."wally..."glitch said with worry.
"what happened to the tech?"he said a little drowsy.
"destroyed in a fire.we are still checking but the chemicals that caused the explosion made the warehouse and everything in it gone."gatekeeper explained as jonathan took his tray and left.
"and the man we cornered." he said suddenly feeling sick.
"he took what remains were spotted and we are analyzing what caused the combustion."
wally could not help but look down.gatekeeper noticed it."caroline if you dont mind"
she understood before leaving the two alone.
"it's not your fault. whoever did this...the one who made the man combust...its not you so dont beat yourself up."
"how do you get used to it. that numb feeling. like you knew you could try but you just stand there...watching it unfold..knowing.knowing it was your decision it the beginning. how do you cope with sending your men to a place where death can get you"
gatekeeper sighed and sat at the edge of the bed."you dont."she stared at him with a sad smile."i was a war veteran. they made me join this super soldier program...i rose the ranks until I had to send men of my own."
she looked out the window,showing the view of the meadows and from a distance the small town. there were even tall buildings. it might even be mistaken for a city.
"the first time i lost one...one who forced himself to go to the line of fire to save innocents...i felt numb. but i learned to cope."
"how?"
" I think of them as heroes in their own story. they do what they need to be down because some of us are forced into the warzone."
she stood up."we found the next detail on the reach. Once your ready...I want you to be apart of it."
she left but wally could not help but let a tear down wondering if that man had a family. he has one but they think hes a goner. did the league tell them?would they cope?
but he could not stop his thoughts from going from going back to that warehouse.he clenched his fist.
I will fight. i wont let the reach take my family again.'