Author's notes: Well, at least this website is able to show how many people have been reading your stories. That gave me enough reason to write on. I don't usually beg for reviews, but I like reading about what my readers liked and disliked, so I can have it fixed or explained in the future chapters. Either way, be happy I wrote this.

On positive side, Matt Ryan's John Constantine, who I have been channeling here in these stories, is coming back from being cancelled in Arrow. I hope Stephen Amell will also grow a beard so he will look like Oliver Queen is supposed to look as Green Arrow.

I have been meaning to fix my profile's cast list, but haven't found time for that. Either way, the Secretary General, who has been acting suspiciously in the story is played by Peter Dinklage.

Superior Being

London, back of a van

''Alright, listen up!''

Task Force X was black ops team put together by the American government and it's members mostly consisted captured super criminals. These super criminals were put in a situation where their skills were put to good use in exchange for reduced prison sentence. Fresh air and proper exercise in exchange for doing the kind of work meant for expendable soldiers with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Well, nothing but their heads, which were carrying tracking chips meant to monitor them and that would explode if they were caught during the mission or tried to escape.

While in the official terms this group was called the Task Force X, the conditions faced by it's convict members had made themselves call themselves the Suicide Squad.

''The compound of the Ministry is underground and it's layout is mostly unknown. The only areas that we actually do know, are here,'' Colonel Rick Flag said showing a holographic map to the members of the Suicide Squad.

All but two of them were in their usual uniforms. ''This hallway consists fireplaces connected to their floo network, otherwise called their employees' entrance and at this end, the elevators for the visitors. Tattooed Man and Enchantress will be entering the compound from there, with Black Spider who willuse his infiltration skills to move undetected to this area. This is where they control their floo network and once he gets there, he will allow access to the rest of you to get in.''

''Through their public toilets,'' Captain Boomerang said shaking his head. ''That place's architect must have been bonkers.''

''It's not the first sewer we have been forced to crawl through,'' Deadshot pointed out. ''This is just another mission.''

''Once everyone has made it inside, keep a low profile and stick to your covers in case someone takes interest to you,'' Flag continued focusing the map's specific area. ''The intel we got from Professor Stein's alternate is supposed to lead you to this area, after which you'll be stepping onto uncharted territory. Somewhere out there, you are supposed to find where they are holding their most secured magical artefacts. Enchantress should be able to feel their presence and lead you towards it.''

''Did Professor Stein's alternate tell you what artefacts he connected when he shut their magic off las time?'' civil suited June Moone asked. ''It would make the job easier if I knew what I'm supposed to look for.''

''Unfortunately no, Stein only said he found connection when he was Deathstorm and worked with it,'' Flag said turning to look at Moone. ''You need to do what he did the hard way in order to find it. After that's done and you have the intel on how to turn their magic off, get back outside and make your way towards Thames. I will be waiting for you all there with the extraction sub.''

''Mr J and I once had a submarine I named Gunther,'' Harley Quinn said first happy and then turned angry. ''And then B-man had to ram it onto the rocks, poor Gunther…''

''Gunther is a stupid name to be given to a submarine,'' Captain Boomerang spit out. ''No offence, Harley, but how long did you even think about it's name?''

''Did any of you actually listen to the mission briefing?!'' colonel Flag asked.

''They go through elevators, we take the toilets to fireplaces,'' Deadshot said listing it all out. ''She leads us to their OFF-switch for magic, we take it and get out.''

''And you know what happens if you fail?'' colonel Flag asked knowing they knew.

''Boom,'' Captain Boomerang said making a hand gesture imitating explosion next to his head. ''Something like that?''

''You have three hours,'' colonel Flag said opening the van's backdoors and pointed it with his thumb. ''Get to work!''

New York

''Superman!''

The hearing at the United Nations was at another recess and so far it didn't look very good for the wizards side of things. And from the point of view of Lex Luthor this seemed to originate from knowledge the Secretary General couldn't have possibly known. Knowledge that seemed to be received from personal knowledge, yet the Secretary General was, when interviewed for Daily Planet a week before the hearing, revealed to be one of ''the muggle people'' just as Luthor was and yet he had brought up events over the last few decades that only someone who had close relations with the wizarding community would have only slightly been aware of.

No matter what rivalries Lex had with Superman, his respect for Harry Potter had made Lex think of him as an equal and these suspicions about Secretary General's unknown motives had to be shared with them.

''Superman, Potter, a word please?'' Lex said approaching Superman and Harry outside the hall.

''Having been enjoying the show, Luthor?'' Superman said with his hands crossed and not looking at Lex.

''As much as seeing you squirm is entertaining, I noticed something in I that is disturbing,'' Lex said showing Harry, who was paying attention to him, his phone which was showing the interview on the Secretary General on Daily Planet's website. ''Particularly, the fact that the Secretary General that is handling your hearing seems like a different person than the one I read about on Daily Planet.''

''Written by Lois Lane,'' Harry read from the byline on who wrote the interview, which was what caught Superman's attention. ''You're right, this says he is a muggle with no magical relations and so best person to judge this hearing as a neutral party.''

''As neutral as bribed politicians or people with hidden agendas,'' Lex said. ''Then there's also blackmailing.''

''Takes one to know one,'' Superman said glaring at Lex. ''You are speaking from experience?''

''I don't care what differences you to might have between yourselves, but this hearing is about deciding the fate of my future, my friends' and my family's future!'' Harry told very firmly at the two rivals arguing with each other. ''I don't want to think what might happen if this hearing goes under, so it better not also be under a threat of someone sabotaging it!''

Superman and Luthor were silent for a while before, begrudgingly, nodding in unison.

''So, what are we going to do, confront the Secretary General and ask what he is doing?'' Superman asked with his hands crossed. ''If he is planning to throw this hearing against your favor, what would be the first step in exposing him?''

''You have connections in the Daily Planet,'' Lex pointed out to Superman. ''Start by going to ask Lane about her meeting with the Secretary General. Ask her if she has been following this hearing and seem what I saw.''

Superman didn't respond to that with words, but by looking through the walls outside to the horde of reporters waiting to hear word from inside the United Nations. Then he turned his head around to different directions before saying:

''I think I just found her here.''

Gotham City, Founder's Island Bridge

''What the hell do you mean he has gone to Hell?!''

After throwing Professor Pyg to GCPD, Nightwing and Red Hood had taken some time off to explain Catwoman, who had followed them with her usual curiosity and kept on asking, what had happened to Batman.

''He went to Apokolips to get Robin's remains back after they were stolen there by one of those outed magic people who was somehow brainwashed to serving Darkseid,'' Red Hood said quickly throwing her the short version. ''Also something about the Bleed. Can we go back to work now?''

''We should get back, there are still more criminals on the loose and they might pick up that Batman isn't here soon,'' Nightwing said turning away to look at the city.

''Right, let me know when you have drawn straws on who gets to wear his cowl,'' Catwoman said in a bitter voice. ''How can you two and maybe even his other students be just okay with him possibly gone?''

''How well do you think you know him?'' Red Hood asked arming himself with his grabble gun and a firearm. ''This is what he trained us for, all the way back from when we wore Rs on our chests. We thought, or at least I did, that he trained us to replace him when the time was right, but-''

''What he means is Batman wanted us to be the best that we could be and continue his work in case he doesn't come back,'' Nightwing said cutting Red Hood's sentence. ''He's gone to do what felt was right, but he wasn't drag us to a certain death with him.''

''You would have followed him there either way,'' Catwoman said shaking her head and extended her whip. ''If you had means to make sure he gets back from there in one piece, you would do it. Because I know you would.''

Catwoman jumped off the bridge and used her whip to swing her fall towards other rooftops near the bridge, leaving Nightwing and Red Hood alone to look where to go next.

''Oracle, any more alarms going on somewhere we don't know?'' Nightwing asked with his hand on his ear.

''No, it's a little calmer right now so we could regroup at the Clocktower,'' Oracle's voice said. ''Black Bat and Red Robin are already on the way. I have been thinking about what we should do now.''

London, Ministry of Magic

''Abel Tarrant and June Moone, were here to see your experts.''

Three people entered a phone booth, two people came out first while the third one slipped out unnoticed as hidden from view by one's 3 dimensional tattoos creating shadows for him to hide. The two people walked slowly towards the Atrium with wands built in A.R.G.U.S' Black Room by Doctor Thirteen. There was no line to have them examined, but they had to buy time for the third passenger to infiltrate the security room for the employees' entrance.

''How many do you think we can take out if were caught?'' Abel asked looking at their surroundings.

''Take the closest ones, I'll handle the rest of the room,'' June answered. ''Once Spider gets the others inside, the numbers won't matter anymore.''

Moving in shadows behind the better light areas, Black Spider moved through the route he had been directed to go and made his way into the security room where watchmen were looking over the employees' entrance.

Two knifes thrown into two watchmen's backs and neck snapped on the third one.

''This is Black Spider, I have taken over security room.''

''Deadshot responding, I'm moving to the latrines with Boomerang. Harley's occupying the ladies' room.''

''CAN I GET SOME PRIVACY HERE!?''

''I thought we were supposed to keep low profile. Why are we in uniform?''

''Shut the hell up! Get to those toilets and keep your weapons armed!''

''EWWWW!''

''Bugger…''

''Here goes nothing-''

FLUSSSSSHHHHHH!

BRRUMMM!

Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and Harley Quinn were shot out of the fireplaces and, of course because of their uniforms, were notice immediately by the ministry workers and the aurors at the scene. They drew out their wand right away to apprehend the villains, who responded to the threat by gunfire, blocked by Protego spells, and by exploding boomerangs that flew past and behind their covers.

BOOM!

CRACK!

POW!

SWING!

Those who managed to get clear from the explosion were beaten and knocked out by Harley Quinn's baseball bat. Also present Tattooed Man expanded the use of his tattoos to clear out more of the present ministry workers and aurors until

TSAAAAP!

June Moone allowed herself to transform in Enchantress and used her magic to stop everyone's, but the villains', brains from getting any oxygen and had them incapacitated.

''Did we have a license to kill on this mission?'' Captain Boomerang asked rearming himself with more sharp boomerangs. ''The body count just passed couple a dozens and it hasn't even been ten minutes in.''

''Spider, how's the surveillance?'' Deadshot asked touching his earpiece.

''Non-existent, they use present people's memories according to this work manual. In case of incidents like this, they review their people's memories and use them to figure out what happened.''

''Right, incapacitate everyone you come across to and if they see you, kill them,'' Colonel Flag's voice spoke in everyone's earpiece. ''This can look like a random super villain attack, but nothing can tie it back to you or A.R.G.U.S.''

''Copy that,'' Deadshot spoke to his earpiece. ''Spider, regroup with us at that chasm. The faster get this job done, the quicker we get out of here before they get reinforcements.''

''See you there.''

United States,

between A.R.G.U.S headquarters and the current location of House of Mystery

''Hey!'' Ginny Weasley/Potter called out approaching Chas Chandler leaning to taxicab near the House of Mystery. ''Were you… John's friends?''

''I'm Chas,'' Chas said extending his arm for a hand shake. ''And yes, I have known John for years. He saved mine and my daughter's live once.''

''I… suppose that counts as vouching,'' Ginny said shaking hands with Chas. ''I'm Ginny, Ron's sister.''

''Pleasure to meet you,'' Chas said. ''Are your niece and nephew alright?''

''I asked one of their security personal to watch over them for a few minutes,'' Ginny said looking over Chas' shoulder towards the House of Mystery. ''Is Ron inside there with John?''

''John said he would be picking up some equipment for a ritual to go to Apokolips,'' Chas answered turning to look at the house as well. ''Although… that was half an hour ago.''

Both Chas and Ginny hurried to the entrance doors of the House of Mystery and knocked onto the door.

''John? John! Are you still in there!?'' Chas called out while knocking to the door.

''Ron! RON! It's Ginny!'' Ginny called out looking through the windows and then pulled out her wand. ''Alohomora!''

The door didn't open to the spell, but did move a little for Chas to get his foot between it and pull the door open.

''John!'' Chas yelled again as he and Ginny stepped inside the lobby. ''Something happened here.''

''What do you mean?'' Ginny asked as Chas noticed something on the floor. ''What's that?''

''Something that doesn't belong into John's wardrobe,'' Chas said picking up a purple bowler hat. ''Someone got here when they were here and-''

POKS!

''Clumsy me,'' a purple suited short man said appearing out of thin air and grabbed the bowler hat from Chas' hands, ''forgot my hat. Toodles!'

POKS!

And the short man in a purple suit was gone, leaving Chas and Ginny to wonder what had just happened.

United Nations

Lois Lane was a Pulitzer prize winning reporter sent to cover the ongoing hearing of the wizarding community by the Daily Planet. She had been able to use her connections and skills to get the intel she had been reviewing and sending it to the Planet via e-mail. Now during recess, she had been scouring for anyone who had been inside the hall and get any bit of usable information out of them. Of course being of the PRESS, those people had been trying to avoid her, but on good times people had been coming to her.

''Ms Lane,'' Harry Potter called out to Lois, followed by the two most unlikely people to be seen together, Superman and Lex Luthor. ''We need your help!''

''You, as in you wizards, or as in you three?'' Lois asked, maintaining her cover of not knowing Superman that intimately.

''Both, we think this hearing is being sabotaged,'' Luthor said, with Superman nodding.

''What?'' Lois asked surprised and interested. ''By who?''

''The Secretary General himself,'' Superman said, making Lois even more interested. ''Luthor noticed that he was asking questions he couldn't possibly have known as a muggle.''

''And you think that means..?'' Lois asked suspiciously.

''You interviewed the man a week ago and compared to your interview on the Daily Planet, he seems like a completely different man,'' Luthor said explaining their point. ''You have a reputation of going far lengths for your stories, so would I be wrong if I said you have been following the hearing in the shadows?''

Lois didn't answer to this right away, just looked at Luthor like he had insulted her.

''Lois,'' Superman said in a comfortable voice, ''people's lives are at stake here. If this hearing is being sabotaged and it goes under, it could affect everyone's lives radically. If you can look at the Secretary General and see he is not the man you interviewed, you would be making this hearing go more justified.''

Lois gestured Superman, Harry and Luthor to follow her to a table on the lobby and pulled up her laptop.

''I have been able to record some of the hearing and now that you mentioned it, the Secretary General has been acting a little too weird,'' Lois said opening her laptop and brought up some video feed and writings from her interview a week ago. ''He has been more aggressive than when I last saw him and I think you noticed him grinning after you had a hard time explaining his accusations?''

''I did,'' Luthor said.

''But,'' Harry said looking into the interview on the laptop, it's written part, ''here he is saying something about just being factual and not making it into a guilt trip for us. He is literally eating his words.''

''Unless were right and it's not even him,'' Superman said and suddenly

-tt-

silence fell to the lobby. He couldn't hear anyone speaking anymore and looking around, it looked like the time had stopped moving.

''Lois?'' Superman said turning to her, but she had frozen in time as well. ''Harry? Luthor?''

CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!

''Good, good, good, BAD! BAD! BAD!''

Superman turned around to the direction of the voice and there he saw it, the answer to everything. Why could have the Secretary General been acting out of character, because he wasn't the Secretary General. Someone else was impersonating him.

''This is what happens when you have too many friends besides me, THEY HELP YOU CHEAT!'' familiar menace said floating in the air above Superman. ''I was actually wondering how long it would take for you to notice. And now I'll never know!''

''Have you been leading this hearing from the beginning or after Power Ring attacked here?'' Superman asked angered and annoyed at the same time.

''Does it matter? This has been the most fun I have had so far when playing with you!'' the imp in a purple suit said. ''The stakes have never been this high, now that we brought in these other people's affairs. Oh, and speaking of other people-''

Snap!

''Let's bring them to the party too!''

Superman turned back to look at Lois, Harry and Luthor, who had been released from being frozen.

''Mr Luthor, congratulations for noticing my trick,'' the imp said as he pulled out mallet, ''AND I SHOULD SPANK YOU FOR ALMOST RUINING MY FUN!''

''What in Merlin's name is that?!'' Harry said surprised and confused looking at the imp that almost looked like the Secretary General.

''Why yes, Superman, why don't you introduce them you 5th Dimensional playmate?'' the imp said making a formal stature in air and created a cigar into his mouth from thin air. ''This superior being known as-''

''Mr Mxyzptlk,'' Superman spit out of his mouth in anger and annoyance, looking up to the menacing imp that had caused him time and time again annoyance.

And now, was definitely the worst possible time to be harassed by him.

Author's Notes: Writing Suicide Squad was so thrilling. Usually when I have written this, it has been ''they are heroes, they don't kill'' but now got to write about villains shooting people up with guns, blowing them up by boomerangs, slicing with sharp 3D tattoos, suffocating brains' oxygen supply with magic and throwing knifes in people's backs. David Ayer must be having fun directing the Suicide Squad movie.

And like with Outsiders Beyond Good and Evil, I will jump back and forth with each next chapter taking place in Prime-Earth and that other Earth that Apokolips is currently attempting to devour.