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Not many reviews last time. Not one of my bests chapters I admit but I was hoping for more feedback. Anyway this one is much better and the Avengers kick even more butt than before, enjoy.
"I am most displeased with the course of events that transpired yesterday. I made it clear to you that those two shipments were crucial to the advancement of my plans. You assured me that there was nothing to worry about and that they were well guarded. You were wrong." Said Braniac.
"I truly believed that they were. I increased security to that effect even hiring criminals of a supernatural nature." Said Amanda Waller.
"Obviously they were not suffient enough. Both shipments were taken down by an unknown group who call themselves the Avengers. Made up of mostly teens whom were not considered a threat to my plans before now. That evaluation has proved incorrect. I was given incomplete data about these children. As such the Justice League is no longer our only major opponent. Actions must be taken to deal with this new group as well."
"Is it your wish that they be destroyed?" Asked Amanda simply.
"I do not have the necessary data to conclude that as the most logical course of action to take at this time. Though they have interfered in two of our missions they show no signs of knowing of Cadmus's existence. They appear to simply stop what they perceive as a crime in general, preferably small ones. They also lack the ethics problem that the Justice League has. At the same time they wish to work with the governments of the world and not separate from them. This may be of use to me. Because of my involvement with various governments through Cadmus the Avengers actions could be steered to benefit my causes. For now I will do nothing and wait for this press conference to learn more of their intentions.
"A wise decision my lord. However due to the disruption of our plans do you wish for the countdown to continue? Without the weapons and the plutonium it would make the End Game harder to accomplish." Said Amanda.
"The countdown will be suspended and our plans will have to be delayed. I am not pleased with this but it is the most logical course of action." Said Braniac.
"As you wish."
"Moving to another matter the dimensional portal is complete. Give the order for your team to transport to the site. They have their lists and know who they are to retrieve. Make sure they are not to deviate from the list in anyway. Also that once the portal opens it will close behind them and open again in twelve hours. That is all the time they have to acquire their targets." Said Braniac.
"I will make sure that they are aware of this. 12 Hours should be plenty of time for them to accomplish their objectives." Said Amanda.
"Good, I will reestablish contact when they return. Failure is not an option, there has been more than enough of that. Continue to serve me well Ms. Waller. And you will be generously rewarded." Said Braniac.
"The greatest reward is to serve you my lord." Said Amanda bowing.
Braniac said nothing else and his image disappeared from the screen. The screen then rolled back up into the ceiling and the lights came back on. Amanda turned and left out of the room. As she walked down the hall her thoughts ran over the conversation she just had. She too was upset at what had happen yesterday. The Avengers presented yet another problem for Cadmus. These costume superhero's should stop interfering and let the government protect its own people as they were elected to do. But as her lord had pointed out these Avengers wanted to work with the government. Perhaps a way could be made t get them to join Cadmus without them even knowing it. These Avengers had already proven their skills in taking down two of their operations. Cadmus might be able to gain more form this development than they had lost.
She wondered if she should bring the idea in front of the remaining council members. She knew that General Ross would say no right off. He made no secret of his supreme dislike of anybody who worked outside the law. While this was an admirable trait when dealing with the Justice League it could be a drawback in discussing the Avengers. All in all she decided she would do like Braniac and wait for their press conference. It was not like there weren't other things that had to be discussed. She stopped in front of a door and waited for the scans to be completed. She walked inside and gave the other council members a short nod before seating herself at the head of the table.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. As I'm sure you have heard two of our shipments were stopped by a new group who call themselves the Avengers. Also in doing so Akbar was unfortunally killed in battle. Many witnesses saw his body incinerated in flames to verify this. While his is a tragic lost to us as a council member and weapon dealers we will continue with everyday actions. Also Ms. Fields isn't present as she is overseeing the test of the now completed space units. It is my understanding that all tests should be completed within three days. This works well with our schedule and the presence of the Justice League will soon be at an end."
"About damn time I would say. Those so called hero's in space have held power for far too long. Once their gone we can bring this world back to order. As far as Akbar there are others means to get what he delivered to us. Our silent friend here knows a lot of them." Said General Ross to the woman no one was allowed to name.
"Indeed I do general, and I will more than happy to accommodate Cadmus on whatever it needs. But since I will be handling the deals myself I require three times the amount Akbar was paid for his services." Said the unknown woman.
"That is upsurd, why should we pay such a price? The benefits you receive from being on this Council should be more than payment enough. Also it is not like you actually need the money." Said the Secretary of State.
"The weapons I will deliver will be of finer quality and be far better protected than those of Akbar. Also I will have to go through several back channels so the request is not traced back to me. You know that my anonymity is one of the key points I made in joining Cadmus. If you cannot accept this I will have to withdraw myself from this organization and take all my suppliers with me. I trust that none of you wish that." Said the woman.
"Certainly not, whatever price you have will be met. On to other business professor Burke, are your duplicates ready for transfer. I need them to leave for their interdimesional trip as soon as possible." Said Amanda.
"All the tests I have one have proven positive. They are battle ready and completely loyal to Cadmus. The others are nearly completed as well." Said Professor Burke.
"What is the time table for them?" Asked Amanda.
"For the strike force they should all be completed within a week. For the New Ultramen about 5 days."
"Acceptable, any success in breaking into the Watchtower computers Mr. Russo." Said Amanda.
"Not as of yet. Whoever designed their systems is smart and has created several strong firewalls. Also because I have to hack without them knowing about it the process takes longer. Still, I believe that I can crack the code within a week." Said Kevin Russo.
"I certainly hope so; it would make the battle easier. Now if there are no more major issues there are just a few details I would like to go over and then all of us can leave and return to our regular jobs." Said Amanda.
Back at the Watchtower the Justice League was looking over the information they had downloaded from Cadmus's base. Their technicians were having very little success decoding any of the computes information however.
"I'm truly sorry but these are some major encryptions. I don't know who designed it but whoever it was I have never seen anything like it before. Every time I break one code another five show up to take its place. It could take weeks to break it down if I ever do at all." Said the Tech in frustration.
"There is no way that we can wait that long. Cadmus is on the fast track and up to something really big. W don't know when but what we do know is that it will take affect long before a few weeks. W need answers now damnit!" Said Wildcat.
"Calm down Wildcat, we all are doing the best we can. Don't take your anger out on Henry it's not his fault." Said Black Canary grabbing Wildcat's arm.
Wildcat looked at her before letting out a calming breath. He then turned his attention back to Henry the technician.
"I'm sorry Henry; I know it's not your fault. Cadmus just has me so frustrated with their tactics. I hate sitting around not knowing what is going to happen next." Said Wildcat in apology.
"It's alright; I think the pressure is getting to us all. I won't stop trying to break the encryption. I may not be a super hero but I don't condone the actions Cadmus has taken against you. They are showing no respect for human life in trying to take you down. They claim to want to save humanity but don't care how many humans die in their process. They are nothing more then power hungry vultures who don't want their power taken away. It is my duty to do everything possible to stop their uncontrolled rampage. I will crack this system no matter what." Said Henry in a strong voice.
J'onn put a hand on Henry's shoulder.
"Very well said my friend and we all appreciate your support for us. We too have our flaws but Cadmus has gone too far. I hate fighting the people we are sworn to protect but they leave us no choice. I only hope the truly innocent suffer no more than they already have from this secret war." Said J'onn
"The sooner we take down Cadmus the less innocents who will suffer in the cross fire. By their past actions I'm starting to think they aren't just going to stop with taking down the Justice League." Said Dr. Fate.
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Green Arrow.
"Well just look at what we do know. We know that Cadmus is shipping in large shipments of weapons to arm their troops. We know about them trying to obtain plutonium to power either some strong machines are make powerful weapons. We know that they are making cloned hero's of their own to defeat us. We now know that there are some very smart and influential people on their council. Lastly we know that Cadmus is willingly to do anything to accomplish their goals." Said Dr. Fate.
"I'm still not seeing where you are going with this doc." Said Wildcat.
"My point is even if Cadmus succeeded in taking us down to you think they would just stop there? That they would just decommission all the clones and transfer the men. That they would dissemble all their machines and power cores. That such powerful people would disband after accumulating such power working together? Are we truly to believe that Cadmus will shut down all operations once the Justice league is defeated? I for one gentlemen do not think that is the case."
"I think that I see where you are going with this. You are saying that people with such power would be hesitate to forfeit it once their original mission was done. After all, with the Justice League gone there would be no other major power to stand against them. They could go after other groups that they perceive as a threat and claim that they are only protecting the Earth. After all, who would accuse such influential people of lying?" Said J'onn.
"Yeah, or maybe that has been there plan all along. They just used us for a reason to form Cadmus. After all eventually they will have to go public. They will want to take full responsibility for stopping the power mad Justice League. They will be the new world hero's and beyond reproach. Damn, those Cadmus folks sure are a tricky bunch." Said Wildcat.
"Remember my friends, right now this is all conjecture. It could be true that Cadmus actually considers us a threat to the planet and want to stop us. Personally I doubt it but all things are possible." Said Dr. Fate.
"Whatever their true intentions may be we will not sacrifice ourselves for them. This is our lives they are trying to take. In any law us retailing is self defense. We are doing what we must to survive." Said Green Arrow.
"We all agree on that. Another topic we should discuss is the barrels and drums of gas and oil found at the base. From what we can determine it was a supply base and would need those items to fuel Cadmus machines. But the amount of drums they had would fuel the worlds armies 10 times over. Not even their planes and helicopters need that much. Why would they need such as excess of both?" Said J'onn.
"That is strange; nothing we have seen from Cadmus so far would need so much fuel. It's scary to think that they have machines or weapons that we haven't even seen yet." Said Black Canary.
"With the people running that place that wouldn't surprise me. Which gives me an idea. The council member Ms. Fields is a NASA Engineer correct? Well I have crunched some numbers and the only vehicles or machines I could come up with that would need that much fuel are space shuttles and rockets." Said Steel.
There was silence for a moment as the others thought about this. Finally J'onn broke it.
"Are you suggesting that-
"That Cadmus is setting its sights higher than just the planet. I believe that they plan to take their war to space, primarily the Watchtower." Finished Steel.
"That's crazy; they would never stand a chance. Since its upgrades the Watchtower is a battle fortress! This baby is so armed we could decimate a legion of ships. Not to mention are shields. Cadmus would have to be off their rocker to attempt such a suicide mission." Said Wildcat.
"In case you have forgotten they would do such a thing. Don't forget they sent a suicide squad inside the watchtower to get a weapon we had and also almost sending our core to a meltdown. Not to mention they were successful and all escaped with the exception of one. I was there during that so don't say what lengths Cadmus won't go to. I have seen first hand that they have no limits." Said Captain Atom.
"Captain Atom is right. Cadmus attacked us once they will do it again. We have increased security since the last invasion but noting is impenetrable. If they truly plan to attack the Watchtower we must not be caught unaware. The information in those codes may hold the information we need. Do your best Henry to get it out." Said J'onn.
"I will, but I could use some help. What about those two guys from the Avengers, the ones into computers and gadgets." Said Henry.
"I think you mean Gear and Cyborg." Suggested Green Arrow.
"Yeah those two, they may be young but they definitely know what they are doing around a computer. With their help I might be able to break this code faster." Said Henry.
"Unfortunally they as well as the rest of the Avengers are already engaged in other activities." Said J'onn.
"Like what?" Asked Steel.
"They are starting their campaign to win over the people. As you know their press conference is scheduled three days from now and they want to make an impression before then." Answered J'onn.
"When you say impression" Started Wildcat.
"I mean that today they are beginning their assault on the criminal world. They have spread themselves throughout the globe using the very talents of Gear and Cyborg that Henry just suggested." Said J'onn.
"How exactly are they using their talents?" Asked Dr. Fate.
"They have broken into several computer databases from police and government officials. There are tons of crimes that nothing is ever done with either because people are over worked, don't care, or too many legalities and politics involved. Captain America means to back up with that he said yesterday with actions. No crime is too small and no criminal to powerful for them to take on." Said J'onn
"As I recall from that interview he gave he means to accomplish this goal by whatever means possible. Whether the law permits it or not. This is not the way the original plan was formed. His intentions may be noble but he could cause more harm than good as a results of his tactics." Said Captain Atom.
"Personally I think we should let Captain America handle it whatever way he sees fit. I may be bias since he saved my life but the man had proven he knows how to win wars. Not just what he did here but by also what he did in the past in his own dimension. Face it, how strong and knowledgeable we are we just don't know how to handle a situation like this, he does. So lets let him do the job we gave him and trust his judgment." Said Black Canary.
"Canary is right; the man has earned this chance. Hell, he and Spiderman have done more damage to Cadmus in a week then we have in months. I think that deserves trust from us that they know what they are doing." Said Wildcat.
"I see no point in continuing this conversation as the decision has already been made. We chose this man to lead a new younger group and that is exactly what he has done. His methods are his own as we gave him no restrictions to go by. Whether that was a mistake or not is irrelevant. We all have chosen a path and must now stay on it. Only the future will tell if our course of actions were truly the right ones. We will either be led to prosperity, or total destruction." Said Dr. Fate.
As those words the others remained silent heeding what was just spoken.
New York City, New York
"Let's step it up people we are one a schedule here. Remember that none of you go home until you're done cooking the crack. I don't care if you got parents or kids waiting for you. Your asses don't leave this building until you're done." Said the large man walking around making sure that no one was slacking off.
There were dozens of people inside the warehouse. Several had on white masks and aprons as they concentrated on making the drugs pure. There were also a half dozen men armed with shoulder rifles. They were to make sure none of the workers slacked off or tried to steal any of the product. If any did so they were to be shot on sight, to send a message to the others that such tactics would not be tolerated. The guards were also there to make sure no one busted in and tried to take their stash. They were assisted in this job by two guards guarding the outside door and another three keeping lookout on the streets .
The man who was currently running the show and giving all the orders was named Terrance Mullan. Or as every one else called him T- Smack. Mostly because he had been doing the stuff since he was eight. Good drug dealers never did their own product so T-Smack was not a big player. But he was muscular and mean as hell and was given control of this operation by his handlers the Raze. The Raze ran much of the drugs through New York and received very little trouble from the cops. Mostly because they either paid them off or killed those stupid enough to get involved in their operations. Also they were in the ghetto so the cops didn't care to risk their lives on a place that was scum infested anyway. The arrangement worked out quite nicely for all those involved. They had no idea that the arrangement was about to come to an end.
One of guards down the street keeping watch heard a sound behind him. Before he could turned around a cold hand was rapped around his mouth and he felt himself lifted off the ground. He then felt his back slammed into brick and he closed his eyes briefly. He forced his eyes open through the pain and saw a blue eye in the shadows holding him. Before he knew it the shadow punched him in the gut and the air went out of him and he went limp. She shadow caught the gun and released the man to fall to the ground. He sneered at the man in the darkness and then left.
The other guards on the street met similar fates and their unconscious forms were thrown into trash cans.
The guards guarding the door thought they heard something and decided to check with their surveillance team. However as they tried to contact them by radio they got no response from all three. The two guards became worried and started to contact those inside. However they were prevented from doing this by two large arms wrapping around their bodies. The guards struggled to move but were completely trapped between two large hands. They then saw two forms come out of the shadows and their eyes widened.
"Can't have you warning the others inside." Said Rubberband Man keeping a strong grip on the two.
"Yeah, and your watchers can't help you as they are taking a nap." Added Cyborg with his blue eye glowing in the dark making him seem all the more eerie.
Before the guards could scream Rubberband man turned them upside down and dropped them on their heads. The fall didn't kill them but it would keep them out of commission for a while.
"These guys make me sick. Flooding the streets with their poison not caring what they do to their own community" Said Cyborg.
"The police aren't much better by letting it go on when they know it is happening. Hopefully someone inside will know which law officials are on the take so we can take them down to." Said Rubberband Man.
"That is the only thing keeping me back from going all out on the punks inside. That and there may be some actual innocent people inside working because they aren't given another choice. I hope Cap is right and we can really give good honest people more choices to choose from than stuff like this." Said Cyborg.
"The way he described it I believe we can. But for now we got business to do." Said Rubberband man tensing up to charge in.
"Your right, lets get this over with." Said Cyborg charging up his cannon.
They both nodded to each other and Cyborg busted down the door with his sonic cannon. The duo charged in even before all the splinters fell and went to work.
Detroit, Michigan
A town known so much for producing cars it should come to no surprise that they had just as many chop shops. The current chop shop that Static was floating above averaged about 6 cars a day. According to the information Gear had got off the computers the police were to busy to track down where so many cars disappeared to. Although if they really looked the a cars wouldn't be hard to spot as the place left its garage opened and any idiot could see the stolen cars inside. The crooks obviously thought no one cared to track them down. Well he was about to prove them wrong. Satisfied that security was mostly non exsistant he flew into the garage and over the criminals heads.
"You guys really shouldn't leave the door open. Someone could walk right in and steal something. But maybe you aren't worried about that since all this stuff is already stolen." He said smiling at them.
The workers got over their shock and raised their tools demanding that he come down and fight like a man. Static shrugged and floated down to the ground and put away his disc.
"Okay I did what you asked, now let's see what you got. But I got to warn you, air or land you guys don't stand a chance." Said Static.
They only grew angrier at his words and charged toward him. One swung a crowbar at his head. Static grabbed it and send a shock through it that went that into the man and sent him flying backwards. Another two came at him with giant wrenches. He ripped the wrenches out their hands with his electricity and used them to knock the two guys out. More tried to charge him but with metal tools and gear all over the place he had an arsenal to throw at them. Hammers, screws, pipes, tire rims, and other various metal things were thrown at them stopping the mob in its tracks.
They soon realized they were out of their league and ran to find safety and escape. But Static wouldn't let them go so easily and used his electricity to lift a hollow out car only leaving the metal outside. He then brought it down on a group of men trapping them inside by electronically sealing the locks.
Static then felt an impact in his left shoulder. It staggered him for a moment before he regained his balance. He looked up and saw a man with a shotgun not to fat from him. Static cursed himself for getting cocky and was thankful his electric shield around his body protected him.
The man cocked the gun to fire again but this time Static wouldn't give him the chance. He shot an electric blast sending the man into the wall behind him. The shot gun fell from his hands and he slid to the ground and did not rise. Static saw his stomach rise and fall and knew he wasn't dead. Static then shook his head and went to find the phone in this place and call the police.
Salt Lake City, Utah
"Your two weeks behind on your rent and you been warned. Without our protection a lot of bad things could happen to this store." The man said as he snapped his fingers.
One of the guys behind him smashed the freezer glass doors and the cold air starting to float out.
"You see what I mean; accidents could happen at any time." Said the leader of the gang. Him and his crew owned the block making all the local business pay them protection money to stay in business, But by taking 70 percent of the profits the people would soon be out of business anyway and it made it hard to pay and have enough for themselves.
"We just can't give you anymore. We have barely enough money to eat and not any to pay our electric or heating bill. Me and my wife must bundle other the covers next to each other just to survive." Said the old man hugging his wife to him. They had owned this mom and pop store for 40 years. But now without being able to pay these men they were about to lose it.
"Like I give a damn about some problems of some old geezers. You're going to die soon anyway and the sooner the better. You are taking up space for young people like me who really need to move. Now either pay up or say goodbye to the store." Said the leader.
"NO!" Yelled the wife as she cried harder and grabbed her husband in a tight hug.
"So be it, trash the place boys." Said the leader.
"I got a better idea, how about I trash you losers instead." Came a new voice.
The gang looked around but couldn't see anyone.
"Up here genusises, man no wonder you guys aren't in school. Your combined brainpower wouldn't be enough to turn a hamster wheel." Said the voice.
The gang members looked up and saw a man in red and blue spandex clinging to the walls on his hands and feet.
"Just who are you suppose to be freak." Said one of the gang members.
"What you don't know me, I'm insulted. then again not being known by a bunch of nobody's like you is no big loss." Said Spiderman.
"Why you-" Started the leader only to have his mouth webbed shut.
"Please I can't take anymore of your bad grammar. Let's just move on to the ass kicking shall we? I don't want to waste more time on you Grease movie rejects than I have to." Said Spiderman dropping to the floor.
The gang members immediately attacked with one swinging a bat at his head. Spiderman didn't waste the effort dodging and simply smashed the bat into pieces with his fist. The gang member swinging the bat was hit with some splinters and fell to the ground grabbing his face in pain. Another gang member swung his knife at Spiderman's stomach while another brought a crowbar down on his back. Spiderman neatly cart wheeled aside avoiding both weapons. As a result the one swinging the crowbar hit the knife wielders hand causing him to drop the knife. He grabbed his hand in pain and fell to one knee. Meanwhile while the one with the crowbar was looking at him Spiderman took advantage by planting a foot to the side of his head sending him flying. Spiderman then bent down and crashed the heads together of the downed gang members and they hit the floor out like a light.
Spiderman's spider sense went off and he ducked just in time as a bullet went over his head. He then turned and webbed the gun in the leaders hand and pulled it to him. The gang leader looked at his hand in shock as his weapon was now gone. Spiderman waited for him to look at him before crushing the gun in his fist. The gang leader gave a short yell before running out the store.
He got to his car only to stop when he noticed the hood of his car had been torn off. He also saw the two men he left in it slumped in their seats motionless.
"Your boys weren't much of a challenge, hopefully you will do better." Said a female voice.
The gang leader turned to the side and saw a woman in pink and purple costume holding a car engine in her hand. His eyes then wondered to his cars hood and saw a big whole in it. The car engine came from his car!
"You pulled out my engine!" He said in utter disbelieve.
"Yeah, but if you want it back so much catch." She said throwing the engine at him.
He had only time to raise his hands as the motor hit him in his chest. The force of the throw and weight from the engine sent him falling backwards to the ground with the engine landing on his chest. The breath was knocked out of him and he struggled to breath.
"You forget that everyone is not as strong as us Shebang." Said Spiderman coming out just in time to see the leader be crushed by the engine.
"No I didn't, just figured that guy deserved it for what he and his friends were trying to do. Are the elderly folks alright?" She asked.
"Besides shaking from fear I think they will be fine. I hope the others are having as mush success as us."
Brazil, South America
"You cannot take our land. Your government has deeded it to us and sworn it will take no trees from it. You must abide by the laws of your own people." Said the Native Chief.
A group of natives who lived in the forest stood defiant in front of the bulldozers and men with vast machinery at their command. They had followed the governments laws even though they themselves didn't agree with it. They had petitioned for this land and the government had granted it to them. Now these men with strange chlothing and helmets were trying to take it away from them. They knew this wasn't right and would not let their land they had fought so hard for be destroyed.
"We don't care about any papers you got that say you own this land. We are being payed big bucks to tear this place down and start putting up buildings. You Indians need to stop living in the past. The times of living in the jungle and off the land are over. Step aside and make way for the future." Said the Forman of the demolition group.
"By destroying this land of its trees and animals you would also destroy our future. We cannot allow this and will stop you." Said the Chief as his people yelled their agreement and raised their primitive bows, rifles, and knives.
The demolitions team all laughed out loud at them.
"You won't be able to stop us with those antiques. Even your guns come from the civil war era and can't shoot more than once at a time before needing to be reloaded. Now move aside or be forced aside." Said the Forman raising his hand. The bulldozers roared to life and the chainsaws shook in the men's hands. Also men with laser rifles and torches came to the front of them all aiming right at the people who stood between them and profit.
"This is your last chance." Yelled the Forman over the loud sounds of the machines.
The Chief, men, women, and children walked forward and raised their weapons.
"You shall not pass!" Yelled the chief as his people stood ready to fight.
The Forman shook his head and waved his hand forward. The demolition team knew the signal and marched forward with their machines and weapons. Just as the two sides were about to clash an arrow flew from the forest and hit one of the bulldozers. On impact the entire front half was frozen in ice. The driver himself was spared but could not get the bulldozer to move because its front two wheels were frozen in ice.
"What the hell is going on here?" Yelled the driver.
Both sides looked at him and were shocked at what they saw. They had no idea how that happen. Before either side could say anything green lights came from above. Four laser rifles were destroyed before the soldiers knew what was happening. The others raised their weapons to the sky looking for a target. But they were blown off their feet as two more arrows came from the forest and exploded right in front of them. The force of the explosion knocked them off their feet as well as some of the men with the torches.
The Forman was furious by this attack from this unknown enemy.
"Show yourself you cowards, stop hiding in the forest." He yelled in rage as well as a trace of fear.
Suddenly Speedy came jumping from branch to branch until all could seed him. He stood on the farthest branch in the open and looked down.
"You call me a coward? You're the one attacking these people with your big machines and weapons. I'm only evening up the playing field. As is my friend in the sky there." Speedy said pointed up.
The Forman looked up and saw Starfire hovering overhead with her hands and eyes glowing green.
"You will stop this at once. I and my friends will not allow you to take these good peoples homes." She said.
The Forman stood staring before finally clearing his head.
"You two are out of your league. You have no idea who I work for and he will make sure you pay for interfering in his business." He yelled.
"We'll get his name from you later. For now you and your men better surrender before the three of us get serious." Said Speedy.
"Three, I only see two of you." Said the Forman.
"Oh that's right; I forgot to introduce our friend. Yo Beast Boy, come out and meet the nice dirt bags." Said Speedy.
Suddenly the ground shook and the forest itself seemed to move. Tress were waving and a roar was heard inside the jungle. A face was put to the roar as a giant green T-Rex made its appearance coming out the jungle. It looked down at the demolition men and roared again right in their faces.
There was no bluster from the Forman this time as her looked at the giant beast in terror. It was only when his he noticed his pants were wet that he broke from his trance.
"Everybody get the hell out of here." He yelled turning his own bulldozer around and driving it away from the forest.
The didn't need to hear that order as they dropped their weapons, chain saws, and torches and ran for their lives. Beast Boy ran after them as Speedy used his freeze arrows to stop the fire from spreading from the dropped torches. He then jumped from the tree and walked toward the Chief and his people.
"Sorry if we gave you a bit of a scare but we needed the element of surprise. I hope you all are alright." Said Speedy.
"We are young man, and it is thanks to you and your friends. We cannot begin to show our gratitude for what you have done for us this day. You have not only saved our homes but also our way of live." Said the Chief.
"No thanks are necessary that is what we do. Give help to those who the world largely ignores." Said Speedy.
They talked for a while longer before Beast Boy and Starfire returned. Except now Beast Boy was his regular self and Starfire had a passenger who didn't look at all pleased to be there.
"I was just telling your friend how grateful we are for all your help. Might I have the honor of knowing your names as well?" Said the Chief.
"They call me Beast Boy; I was the dinosaur you saw earlier."
"My name is Starfire and helping you was our pleasure. I have brought back their leader so he may apologize for any pain he might have caused you." Starfire said holding the Forman in front of her.
The Forman hesitated for a moment before realizing he was completely surrounded and had no hope of escaping on his own.
"I apologize for the trouble I caused you and your people Chief. I have nothing but respect for you and your people. I was only following orders, surly you can understand that." Said the Forman in his best sincere voice, although not quite pulling it off.
"I can, I can also tell the difference between a lie and the truth. Your words ring false and your apology hollow. I wish nothing to do with you than to be out of my sight and you and your men never return to take what is ours."
Before the Forman could respond he was interrupted by Speedy.
"Even if he promises someone else will take his place. If you really want this stopped Chief we have to talk to the man paying these guys bills. That is where you come in Mr. Forman." He said.
The Forman gulped.
"You are going to tell us everything you know about your employer. What companies he owns, where he lives, favorite restaurant, everything we want to know. If you don't a lot worse is going to happen to you then simply peeing in your pants." Said Speedy with an edge in his voice.
The Forman nodded quickly with fear in his eyes.
Nigeria, Africa
"Thank you so much for freeing us. We would have died if we had to stay in those mines longer." Came the heartfelt plea of the once miner slave.
He among many had been forced to work in the caves mining for diamonds. All the men of families were sent there if they could not afford their rent. They were forced to work long hours with very few breaks and even fewer food. They were constantly whipped and beaten if they were slack in their duties. They were saved when Captain America, Raven, and Aqualad appeared on the scene.
Captain American had taken the whips away and nearly whipped the wielders themselves in anger over the way they treated their fellow man. Raven had used her mind to break the miners arms and leg chains allowing them to fight back against their oppressors. Aqualad helped in the fighting until everyone one was free of the cave. He then used the ocean water near by to flood the cave making sure it could never be used again.
"No need to thank me and my team for doing what was right. That in itself is its own reward." Said Captain America.
The man nodded to him and he and hid former workers walked off to rejoin the families they had been so long without. Raven and Aqualad walked over to Captain America watching the free men walk off into the sunset.
"But what will they do now? They still need a way to support their families. Not to mention this countries government won't arrest these men who enslaved them since they were following the law. Just how much good did we really do?" Asked Aqualad.
Captain America took a breath before answering.
"We all knew this wouldn't be easy once we started. Those like others society has left on their own do need support. That support has to come from us. That's why our actions leading up to the press conference are so important. We have to show the world that we can really make a difference. In doing so we can get sponsors to help us in our cause. The money we get from them we will use to house, feed, and cloth the poor. We will also use their influence to make governments make fair laws for all. It will be difficult, but it can be done." Said Captain America.
"Humans are very greedy; they will be hesitate to spend their money to help others they consider less than themselves. This goal of equality of yours may be more than this world is ready for." Said Raven.
"Are you saying it is impossible, I refuse to believe that." Said Captain America.
"Not impossible, just very far out of reach. Anyway I have agreed to follow you and will continue to do so. Only the future will tell if ours goals will come to pass." Said Raven.
"Yes the future, that is where the answer will come. However until then we will give the future a push in the right direction." He said turning away as the others followed him to their transportation.
All over the world the Avengers were successful in their missions. Robin hunted down a stolen car on his motor cycle. Bumble Bee, Mas and Minos took down an illegal gambling ring. While Gear continued to break in criminal databases telling them where to go.
But not only good deeds transpired this day. While the Avengers were making a name for themselves the Red Skull was settling in his new home. Mr. Richardson mansion was huge and was pleasing to his taste. The moment he moved in he ordered his computer equipment and weaponry brought there. He also let his captains live there with him so they would be close by if he needed to give them an order. They were currently setting everything up. Red Skull paid them no attention as he typed away on his computer. He knew nothing about the Avengers and what they were doing as he was to concentrated on his own goals. Once he found what he wanted he ordered two of his captains to his office.
"I want you both to gather some men and prepare to fly out in the morning. Ricky, you and your crew are heading to the Midwest to pick us some new recruits and talk to a man about a certain gas. Nick, you and your men are heading to the Northeast to an insane asylum. There you will liberate a man who has a gas as well. I will go into more details when you reach your destinations. Call me once your missions are complete and I will arrange travel back, dismissed." The Red Skull said.
The two Captains nodded and left the Red Skull's office without a word. Once the door was closed they started talking to each other.
"What the hell is with all this gas?" Asked Ricky.
"I don't know, but what he wants he gets. Let's go get the men together." Nick replied.
Back in his office the Red Skull looked at his laptop and the information on it. He smiled and leaned back in his chair.
"Soon, soon I will be ready to strike." He said to himself and closed his eyes to take a short nap.
TBC
Hoped you enjoyed. The next chapter duplicates of the Justice League will go to Spiderman's world. This is your last chance make suggestions on who you want brought over.