So we enter the beginning stages of Darksied's invasion of Earth. Hulk, Flash, GW, and BC won't meet the rest of the Future Justice League until the next chapter when the invasion really begins.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Marvel or DC character mentioned or used in this story.
Chapter 10: Meeting up and fighting it out…
Star City Docks 2:22 AM July 14th
Green Arrow and Black Canary didn't have too much trouble finding the alien based on Barry's description and the fact it didn't seem to be bothering so much for stealth at the moment which was alarming to both of them as they both realized that the invasion is likely soon and the scouts are now rushing to get everything ready. After finding it trying to place some kind of device on a wall Arrow shot an explosive arrow at the box which slightly wounded the alien who in turn started fleeing with the two vigilantes in pursuit and struggling to keep up even on the Ducati.
"CANT THIS THING GO ANY FASTER?" Black Canary yelled over the roar of the bike's engine and the wind.
"I'M GIVING IT EVRYTHING IT HAS!" Green Arrow yelled back as he sped past numerous cars while trying to keep the flying golden armored alien in sight.
Green Arrow and Black Canary have been following the unknown alien for almost 12 city blocks before they finally got their break.
A large green figure landed not too far ahead of the two vigilantes before leaping towards the flying golden alien and latching on and causing both to fall into an empty looking park with a small jungle gym and pond not too far away. The impact they two made created a small crater and caused the entire pond to ripple and startling a small group of geese who flew off in fright.
"SHIT!" Oliver yelled as he applied the brakes to his custom bike to keep from speeding past the now partially destroyed park "… Was that Bruce?"
Black Canary hopped of the bike along with Arrow and made their way towards the crater that was made by the falling alien and presumably Banner.
"I think it might have been…" Canary trailed off as a red blur appeared next to her
"Whoa! Did you guys just see that?! He just leapt into the air and body slammed that thing into the ground!" The Flash said as he still had bits of electricity sparking around him
"Flash, was that Banner?" Green Arrow asked as he notched an explosive arrow and aimed it towards the crater.
"What? Oh yeah that was Hulk. Man for such a big guy he can really move when he has to" The fastest man alive said before the three vigilantes saw a golden figure flung from the crater and into the jungle gym
(BANG) (CRASH)!
The sound of foreign metal hitting the play set made an eerie ringing sound in the small park. The golden alien stood up with a large fist looking impression in its chest beneath what looked like the Greek symbol omega, that seemed to have caused it some major pain as what looked like fire and what passes for blood to the alien slowly dripped out of its razor sharp teeth filled mouth.
It stood at a little over 6'4' and had its eyes covered by what looked like a golden visor. Its skin had odd bluish green markings on it and bits of electricity sparking around its damaged armor. The alien saw the three small people staring at it and let out a hiss
"FOR DARKSEID!" the alien yelled out before leaping towards the green, red and black clad heroes
Green Arrow aimed for the open mouth and shot his high ex arrow just as the alien covered half the distance. The arrow struck the open maw of the golden alien just as what looked like fire was coming out and caused a large and violent fiery explosion causing Flash to create a small whirlwind to snuff out the flames before it could spread.
At that moment a large green figure emerged from the crater and approached the three heroes. Green Arrow and Black Canary were both taken back on just how massive and powerful the Hulk looked in person. Seeing him in a slightly blurred video was one thing but in real life it was something else entirely.
'And Waller thinks she might be able to contain this guy?' Oliver thought with dread at trying to restrain this emerald behemoth.
The Hulk looked towards the charred remains of the alien before pounding his chest and letting out a short roar of triumph.
"Damn, and here I thought Slade was terrifying" Green Arrow said aloud as he placed his bow on his back and tried to appear as non-threatening as possible.
"I know isn't he awesome! I can't wait to tell the guys back home about this" Flash said as he zoomed over to Hulk and held out his hand in a high five motion "Give me five big guy!"
The Hulk looked at his hand then Flash's before slowly raising it and tapping the scarlet speedster's as gently as possible "HULK DO GOOD?"
"Hell yeah you did!" Flash said before slowly shaking his hand since it felt like he just slapped the Terminator.
Black Canary made her way over to the ten foot tall emerald mass of muscle and smiled "Me and Arrow could barely keep up with that thing, nice work" she then gave a light slap on the Hulk's forearm who grunted in reply
Green Arrow made his way to what was left of the dead alien to see if he could find anything of salvage that could possibly help him and his allies. Before he could get a proper look a bright green light lit up the whole area catching him and the other three by surprise.
"Wow and here I thought I was green" came the voice that created the green light.
Oliver groaned in annoyance as he recognized the voice to possibly his least favorite fellow green colored hero… Green Lantern aka Hal Jordan.
Green Lantern was so much as a super hero name but more of the name of an interstellar 'cop' who along with several thousand others keep watch over sectors of space under the protection of the 'Guardians of Oa'. They are given highly advance rings with almost unnatural abilities that allow Green Lanterns to use 'Will Power' to fight against injustice, crime, evil and all of that jazz.
There was more to it but Oliver drowned out Hal's boasting after the first few sentences as he went on about hot alien women and other trivial things that the emerald archer could care less about at the time.
"…Hal how nice to see you again" Oliver said while trying to keep 'some' annoyance out of his voice and failing.
The glowing green space cop with a domino mask looked towards Green Arrow and smiled "Olly my favorite little green archer how's it hanging?"
As Hal landed he saw Black Canary who had removed her coat because of the heat in the causing the man to adopt a 'charming smile' and approached the blonde bombshell with a hint of swagger
"Hello cutie my name is Green –"
Black Canary had interrupted the glowing man "I already have my eyes on someone and they pull green off a lot better than you can"
Lantern's eyes widened at being rejected so quickly "W-what? Who?"
Hal heard a deep grunt behind him as he saw that the area around him seemed a bit darker and that he was now in something's shadow. He turned around and saw something that nearly gave him a heart attack. The figure was green and wearing purple pants and was heavily muscled and staring down Lantern as if he was the bane of its existence.
"…"
"… Wow you are really, really, tall"
The green giant narrowed his eyes before looking to the blonde he was trying to flirt with "HULK SMASH GLOW STICK MAN?"
Hal felt his bones vibrate at how deep the green guy's voice was and he felt his heart skip a beat at the 'Smash glow stick man'.
"No big guy but if he doesn't behave you can sit on him" Black Canary said as she walked around the still frozen Green Lantern and leaned against the Hulk "Sorry hun but like I said, I already have my eyes set on someone…"
"No that's fine that's totally alright!" Green Lantern said quickly as he realized that Canary was referring to the mountain of muscle in front of him.
Green Arrow and Flash were watching the scene and both couldn't help but laugh at Jordan having a miniature heart attack because of the terrifying 10 ft plus figure in front of him.
"What's wrong Hal? I thought you once said that you're the most powerful man on Earth?" Flash said as he struggled not to laugh too loud.
That comment seemed to anger the Hulk as he let out a deep growl at the now shaking Hal Jordan who looked towards the Flash with a mix of anger and fear
"Barry! Shut. Up!"
Dinah chuckled before saying "Hulk can you be a dear and fill that hole up so no kids fall in it later please"
The Hulk looked towards the hole he made when he and the golden alien landed in it. Seeing how close it was to the play set hulk went about filling it back up while Canary made her way to the three other men.
"Alright Hal what do you want?" Oliver asked as he folded his arms and looked at the slightly more put together Green Lantern now that the Hulk was further away.
"I found some unknown alien trying to plant something over in Coast City but it blew up before I could stop it. So I took it's fancy looking box after being unable to find anything else and was planning on heading over to Metropolis to see if Superman would know anything" Hal said as he crossed his arms and had the alien device that also matched Barry's description float next to him in a green ball of energy.
Flash spoke up next while looking at the alien device that appeared to be made out of the same metal as the armor on the alien and had a red button in the center "Why would you think Superman would know anything?"
"He's an alien and he has access to tech that might know what these things are because my Ring's got nothing on them. I may be Green Lantern of sector 2184 but I'm not that far up the food chain to know what's possibly classified info… no matter how much I want to be" Hal responded
Flash nodded at the answer before Oliver asked his own "And why did you come here first?"
"I was passing by when my Ring picked up police chatter talking about an alien matching the description of the one I met earlier and decided to try and capture this one to see if he might know anything until you guys and your friend over there blew him up" Green Lantern gestured to Oliver's bow and the approaching Hulk.
"So what do we do now?" Black Canary asked the assembled group of men while the Hulk stood behind her and towered over everyone by a good four feet.
"Well I'm still heading to Metropolis to see if Superman has anything on these guys or not" Lantern said as a green aura encircled him as he and the alien device where about to leave
"What if he doesn't want to talk?" Flash asked
Hal held up his Ringed hand "Then I'll make him if I have to. I'm not going to let him endanger the planet and possibly this whole sector because he feels entitled to some kind of mysterious alien tech"
Oliver pinched the bridge of his noise "I'll come too but mainly to keep you from doing something stupid"
Flash nodded in agreement "Same, beside I want to see if the guys at S.T.A.R. labs have found anything yet on what I brought them"
Hal looked towards Black Canary and Hulk "You two want to come too?"
Black Canary tapped her chin for a moment before shrugging "Might as well"
"HULK SMASH BLUE CAPE MAN IF BLUE CAPE MAN WITH SHINY ALEINS!" Hulk stated as he cracked his knuckles together that made a thunderous sound when they cracked.
"Something tells me that I don't want to be on his bad side" Hal said as he made a platform for him and the heroes who couldn't fly. The Hulk looked hesitant to step on and turned to Green Lantern
"DROP HULK AND HULK'S FRIENDS… HULK DROPS YOU" Hulk said in a rather dark voice that took everyone in the crowd by surprise.
Lantern paled and nodded vigorously and reinforced the platform just to be safe… and added hand rails
"Don't worry I'm sure he was just kidding…" Flash said even though he had to admit that the Hulk had a pretty dark tone in his deep voice
"Let's just get going…" Hal said as he rose into the air with the platform and alien device right next to him and headed for Metropolis.
The flight to Metropolis didn't take long for the three green heroes, scarlet speedster and the black clad martial artist. While Black Canary was looking down at the 'City of Tomorrow' she saw something jumping across the rooftops.
"Guys I see someone running around on the rooftops down there" Black Canary pointed down to the dark looking figure
Flash stood next to her and used a pair of built in binoculars to zoom in on the figure "… Okay let's see who we have down there… Oh it's Batman cool!"
"Batman? What's he doing in Metropolis?" Green Lantern asked as he began his decent to the slowing figure who seemed to have spot the approaching Green Lantern and his group.
"Probably the same reason we are Hal" Oliver said as he drew his bow and an arrow, just incase
The Hulk not like the speed they were going decided to meet them there. He made his way to the edge and without stopping fell off the platform much to the surprise of the others
"He jumped I didn't drop him!" Hal shouted
The Hulk fell almost eighty feet and landed on the building that the figure revealed to be Batman was causing the entire 200 foot tall apartment to shake slightly.
Hulk stood up and looked around the almost empty rooftop before setting his sights on Batman who had several batarangs out and was in a crouching position. Hulk growled at Batman's threatening posture which caused the man to tense up even more.
"No Hulk Batman good… kind of" Black Canary said as the rest of the group landed on the rooftop. She quickly hopped off the fading green platform of will power and wandered over to Hulk "Hulk Batman is good, no punching"
Hulk looked at Canary before dropping his stance but gave Batman another growl in warning.
Green Arrow stood next to Batman "You're welcome by the way for saving you from ending up a bloody stain on the ground by the way under no circumstances make him any angrier then he already is, trust me"
Batman looked towards Green Arrow with a blank face but keeping in mind Arrow's advice in regarding the large green figure of muscle not too far away. "What are you all doing here?"
"Same reason you're here" Green Lantern said as he folded his arms and observed the Gotham Vigilante with the strange alien device in a glowing orb next to him "So what can you do besides dressing up like you're on your way to a comic-con convention?"
"Lantern behave" Flash scolded his friend before appearing in front of Batman in the blink of an eye "Hi I'm Flash by the way, fastest man alive!"
It took all of Batman's training and will power not to flinch when the Flash appeared in front of him "…"
Flash frowned at seeing that Batman wasn't responding "Oh well that's okay. So you here about aliens attacking your city and are here to see if Superman knows?"
Batman responded then "Yes, I take it others have appeared in your cities as well?"
Black Canary nodded "Yep, we're facing down an alien invasion that will make the War of the Worlds look like a back yard water balloon fight in comparison"
Batman nodded at the information he received before looking towards Green Arrow "Anything else?"
Green Arrow thought about it before answering "They might have something that can take Superman or someone. They wouldn't bother with this planet unless they were certain they could deal with him"
Batman frowned "That's not encouraging. Superman's power levels are quite… unsettling as it is"
"Yeah but we got something I doubt the golden cousins of the Predator will be prepared for" Flash said as he gestured to the Hulk who was looking around the city with curiosity
Batman studied the large man not 12 feet from him "Him?"
Green Arrow threw his two cents in "Trust me, he's a lot stronger than he looks… tougher too"
Hulk all of sudden let out a growl that caught the attention of the other heroes who looked in the direction that Hulk was staring and saw two figures flying. One looked male and had a cape and chasing the other one who was larger and had wings.
"That must be Superman and it looks like he's chasing one of the aliens" Black Canary said as she struggled to see what was happening.
"Should we help?" Flash said before Green Lantern took off "Wait! Lantern…. Crap"
"Is he always like this?" Batman asked as he saw Green Lantern take off after Superman and the alien
"No, he's usually worse, let's go get him before he does something dumber than usual" Arrow said before he shot a trip line to a nearby building and swinging off after the flying metas followed quickly by Batman who used some sort of grappling device
Flash, Black Canary and Hulk remained standing on the roof top watching everyone take off.
"It's at times like these where I question if I should get a jet pack at least. I mean running really fast is great and all but sometimes flying seems so fun. It would also help with some of the guys I have to face on a regular basis" Barry said before looking towards Black Canary "Need a lift?"
Black Canary smirked "Nah I have my own right big guy?"
Hulk looked towards the blonde woman before grabbing her and Flash and leaping after the heroes
"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THIS IS AWESOME" Flash yelled as he held on to the Hulk
"I CAN DEFINETLY GET USE TO THIS!" Black Canary shouted back as the Hulk jumped across buildings to keep up with the rest of the group.
After almost a minute they landed in what looked like some kind of construction site with Batman and Green Arrow in a green box.
"Uhh where's Superman and Lantern?" Flash asked as he looked towards the building that had what looked like green flashes of light, explosions and red lasers going off inside
"Where do ya think?" Green Arrow growled out as he punched the wall just as Green Lantern came shooting out right through the green construct and into Hulk who were both sent flying into a nearby tanker attached to a semi that blew up.
(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)!
Black Canary and Flash both ducked in cover when Lantern came soaring towards them while Batman and Green Arrow were freed. Batman saw the alien device that Green Lantern dropped and picked it up while Green Arrow picked up his bow and drew an arrow and looked around the area for hostiles.
Before anyone could move a red and blue blur knocked Green Arrow out of the way and pinned Batman to a nearby brick wall.
The figure was 6'3' to Batman's 6'2' and had a red cape with a black stylized 'S' on it. The figure also had red boots and was wearing a blue suit that covered the entire man's body with a red S on the chest in what looked like a shield shape with a yellow background.
Batman had the wind knocked out of him and felt someone grab the front on his cape. He looked up to see it was Superman himself!
"So, what can you do?" Superman asked with a smirk as he held Batman's cape
Batman used a batarang to cut part of the cape being held and rolled away past Superman who was watching with an amused smirk.
Green Arrow who recovered saw his chance and shot a flash bang arrow at Superman just as Batman threw several smoke grenades around Superman.
The two met and created a smoky blinding flash just as Arrow and Batman met behind a piece of what was once part of a building. Batman looked over towards the smoke cloud while Arrow notched another arrow this time with high ex.
"Think that will slow him down?" the emerald archer asked
Batman simply shook his head before Superman spoke up "I can still see you both"
A shadow was seen flying towards Arrow and Batman's position before zooming in front of them faster than they would prefer. Batman immediately shot off a bat claw towards a nearby ledge to gain some distance while Green Arrow rolled away and tried to find a place where he can better take aim at Superman.
Superman quickly used his super speed to knock Arrow down and quickly zoomed over and caught the flying grappling hook before it could get far much to Batman's surprise if the widening of his cowls lenses were any indication.
Superman smirked at Batman and crushed the grappling hook and floated towards the vigilante
"The creature I was fighting earlier had one of those boxes you have their"
Batman threw several batarangs at Superman as he vaulted over the small wall of building materials.
Superman simply knocked several of the batarangs away and caught the final one with his pointer finger and thumb. Before he could say anything it started beeping catching his attention. The beeping increased before exploding allowing Batman to use this opportunity to shoot off another bat claw to get some distance between him and the super powered alien until he could come up with a plan.
Superman walked out of the explosion with no harm "He blew up, so I'll ask you"
Superman's eyes turned red before he shot off his heat vision at the viewpoint that Batman just landed on causing him to fall. Batman rolled with the landing and came up with a Taser in hand and shot it at Superman. Superman looked unimpressed with what Batman did and simply pulled the taser off before he resumed his approach.
Before he could get far however a red blur zoomed by and nailed Superman in the face who was sent flying into a nearby wall of bricks and concrete.
The Flash then appeared next to Batman clutching his hand "Ouch! Maybe I should have used the hand that wasn't still sore from high fiving the Hulk earlier."
"Took you long enough. Where's Black Canary and Green Arrow?" Batman asked before he and Flash were forced to dodge twin beams of heat vision shot at them by an annoyed Superman.
"BC went to see if our big guy and Lantern are alright while Arrow finds a vantage point he can use" Flash said as he zig zagged past Superman's attack
Batman nodded in acceptance while he threw a device at Superman's feet that activated and emanated some kind of sonic attack. It seemed to have bother Superman slightly before he stepped on it and used his super speed to knock Flash away into a nearby concrete mixer before zooming towards Batman with his fist raised.
It took all of Batman's skill to dodge the punched the destroyed the wall behind him. Batman tried to back away but Superman appeared next to him and grabbed the alien device. Batman not letting go unleashed a kick to the alien's neck that to a regular man would have cracked his skull open or possibly break his neck.
Superman didn't even seem fazed before he used a palm attack to send Batman flying towards another brick wall. He heard something flying towards him and caught an arrow out of the air and tossed it back towards where the green archer likely was. Green Arrow seeing his ice arrow coming back at him cursed before jumping away from his hiding spot.
Batman meanwhile collided with the tall brick wall that was knocked over from the force of collision and knocking the wind out of Batman. Before he could collapse to the ground Superman grabbed him by the neck and lifted him several inches in the air.
"What are these boxes for?" the man of tomorrow demanded
Batman's response was a simple "Ugh"
Superman's eyes narrowed "Talk while you still can!"
Batman out of the corner of his eye saw something big and green emerge from the still flaming wreck of the truck and couldn't help but smirk "You made him angry"
Superman frowned at the answer before a roar nearly shattered his eardrums and caused him to wince in pain
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Superman looked towards the source and saw the Hulk looking towards him and Batman "BLUE S MAN HURT HULKS FRIEND! HULK SMASH BLUE S MAN!"
"Oh another 'strong guy'" Superman said with a roll of his eyes before tossing Batman away and dropping the alien box device
Hulk growled at how unafraid the blue man was of him and with his rage rising to dangerous levels Hulk charged with the intent of making the blue man eat his cape and then some.
Superman still had that smirk on his face as the Hulk closed in and raised his fist. Sadly Superman made the mistake of assuming that Hulk's hand would break or barely faze him… what he didn't expect was the punch to actual hurt and send him flying out of the construction site and into a nearby office building with enough force to shatter all of the windows for over 7 stories.
Hulk grinned at his accomplishment before turning to Batman who was picking up the alien device.
Batman noticed the large green man looking at him and turned to address him "While I appreciate the help, I think you just help escalate this entire situation"
Hulk grunted "THEN HULK SMASH S MAN UNTIL S MAN STOPS"
"I don't think this city will appreciate that, not that I could stop you even if I wanted…" Batman said before Superman landed before him and Hulk with an angry expression and what looked like a bruise on his face.
Batman couldn't help the small smile from forming as it looked like the pretty boy wasn't used to facing people on his level of strength or very well close to it
"That actually hurt…" Superman started off before Green Lantern appeared behind him
"Round two fly boy!" Green Lantern shouted before created numerous chains attached to large energy constructs of what looked like cement and they all slammed into Superman sending him into several walls and into a parked truck attached to an RV.
"On second thought, he's going to escalate this situation" Batman said as he and Hulk watched Superman getting attacked by Green Lantern. Batman turned to Hulk "Go and check on the rest while I try to stop these two"
Hulk looked unsure before looking towards Batman's left for several seconds and nodding and headed towards Flash looked to still be down with both Green Arrow and Black Canary heading to the same place.
Batman then looked back towards Superman who was now 'tied' up in green chains with Green Lantern hovering over him.
"Hmm maybe I should have kept the big guy close" Batman thought aloud
And scene.
So most of the league as 'met up superhero style' which in comic book reader talk means, they met and fought and next chapter will become allies.
So yeah we got a sneak peek at Hulk vs Superman which will come later and trust me the way it will happen will be a first and the fight will be brutal…
And most of the fight scene was from the one between Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman in Justice League War with some obvious differences.
Tune in next chapter as the last 5 members of my Justice League show up and the invasion officially begins with the first wave of Darksied's forces…