My name is David Callahan. And I am one of the Man of Steel on Earth. For five years, I've been a hero in the shadows as The Blur. Until recently I decided to come out of the shadows and reveal myself to the world.
Now I protect San Francisco with the help of my best friend Overwatch and sometimes other heroes.
To the outside world I'm an ordinary high school reporter, but secretly I'm on a covert team called Young Justice, who fight crime and other stuff.
Did I forget to mention, that I'm on another team, we call ourselves The Avengers! I don't how I can managed my life, but I know I can handle it because I am Ultraman!
San Francisco:
October 16, 16:01 EDT
A large space ship headed towards earth, looming over the planet. Hal Jordon and John Stewart flew out of earth's orbit to face them. Batman, driving a spacecraft, flew behind them.
"Deploying camera sensor units." Batman says two cameras were sent away from the spacecraft, the cameras watching everything.
The two Green Lanterns flew in front of the alien space ship.
"Attention, you have entered the boundaries of earth's space. Disengage all weapons and engines. This is your final warning." John Stewart said, his voice traveling towards the ship.
A beam ejected outwards, and the two Green Lanterns put up shields. They were quickly broken and through the beams, you could see their skeletons right before they completely disappeared.
Batman flew forward, pressing buttons. "Code Red: Full offensive deploy."
A hatch opened in the bottom of the ship and Captain Atom, Martian Manhunter, Superman, and Captain Marvel flew out to meet the ship.
The beam shot outwards again. The four dodged, and the Batman's ship flew out of the way. Superman and Martian Manhunter were the first two hit, followed by Captain Atom and Captain Marvel.
Before the beam could hit Batman's ship, he ejected in an escape pod. His pod floated as a ship from the opponent flew up to meet him.
A beam from the bigger ship destroyed Batman and his escape pod.
Mount Justice:
October 16, 16:05 EDT
An incoming message came into the Cave, right as they saw Batman's ship blown to appeared on the screened.
"Tornado... Did you-" Zatara ask on the screen.
"Yes Zatara, we saw. Celestial defenses have failed. Initiate all terrestrial measures." Red Tornado said, cutting Zatara off.
Young Justice stood behind their "den mother", and there was a certain sadness to the air.
"Affirmative, see you in the field." Zatara said to Red Tornado, before exiting the chat.
Red Tornado turned to the teens. "I must join the League. We will protect the planet at all costs, but should we fail, the responsibility falls to you."
Aqualad looked at his other teammates: Ultraman, Superboy, Kid Flash, Knight, Wolf, Knight, Wonder Girl, Artemis, Robin, and Miss Martian.
"We stand ready." Aqualad told the android.
Intro Now!
Woooaaah!
Five teen walking forward from a facility that's exploding. Then the screen fades away.
We walk alone
In the unknown
A crest can be shown. Zooming out the camera can see Ultraman using his Heat Vision blasting something.
We live to win another victory
In the sky the camera can see Wondergirl fly in the air with her lasso of truth.
We are the young
Superboy's crest can be shown. Looking up the camera see Superboy's face right with his face expression as always.
Dying sons
And R can be seen as Robin jump down to a rooftop. And with him facing left he has his eyes narrow.
We live to change the face of history
Kid Flash was facing left with his eyes narrow while he put on his goggles.
So be afraid
Aqualad grab his water bearers and light up. The he looks up right with his eyes narrow.
It's the price we pay
The camera can see Miss Martians eyes red a little bit. The flies up right with her hands out.
The only easy day was yesterday
Artemis is facing right with eyes aiming something with her bow and arrow. Then see that your in front of her, as the three arrows came at the camera.
So hear our voice,
We have a choice,
It's time to face it
We can see Batman, Black Canary, and Red Tornado giving the team a mission.
We are one
We are one
We are one
A map is shown around the world as a scanner is scanning everything.
We will stand together
An explosion came as Superboy's jump out of it.
Number one
Number one
Miss Martian made something blow up in front of her while flying.
The chosen ones
Kid Flash is running and dodging shots that was coming at him as he runs into a building.
We are one
We are one
Robin and Superboy's are behind a crate. While someone is shooting at them. Robin soon throws something at them.
We will fight forever
An explosion came as Young Justice stands in front of it with a pose.
We are one and we won't tire
Young Justice Heroes
Soon as Red Tornado left, Young Justice turned on the TV to watch the fight. Iris West-Allen was on, otherwise known as Kid Flash's aunt. Behind her, chaos was ensured throughout Central City.
"This is Iris West-Allen, reporting live. The extraterrestrials have brought their relentless global attack to Central City." Iris West told the viewers watching the new.
A beam crumbled an ark made of rock to pieces, and more sent civilians to the next world. Just as another was about to hit her, Flash ran by and got her away.
More came for the cameraman.
"Tropsnart siht namaremac ot ytefas!" A man shouted.
In a flash, the cameraman was standing by Zatara, the one who had saved him. Flash ran up, and put Iris down.
"You should both be safe here, at least for now." Zatara said to them.
Iris looked at them. "Thank you... Flash, and Zatara."
Flash put a hand on Iris's shoulder before running off. Zatara said another spell, and took off with the speedster.
Iris watched them go, and turned to the cameraman. "Danny, you ok?"
The cameraman gave Iris a thumbs-up.
"As you can see, the Justice League is attempting to hold the line." Iris informed.
Flash and Zatara went to help civilians on a roof, but they were all blasted. The cameraman pointed the camera back to her stunned face.
"No..." Iris says sadly as she watch her secret husband and friend get killed.
She didn't notice the alien ships coming towards her.
"Iris, Iris get out of there!" Cat Grant shouted but it was too late.
The line went dead. She sat back down, trying to hide her pain.
"I'm sorry, but we're experiencing technical difficulties from our Central City feed. We take you now to a devastated Taipei, where another League contingent is having a bit more luck." Cat said sullenly.
Video feed went to the attack on Taipei, where many Leaguers were fighting. The Hawks, Black Canary, and Green Arrow were fighting with all their might. Even they didn't stand a chance.
The video feed went back to Cat Grant. "Ladies and gentlemen, we just lost Black Canary, Green Arrow, and the Hawks. Other heroes reported dead or missing include Batman, Icon, Atom, and Aquaman."
Wonder Woman used her Lasso of Truth to send one ship crashing into another.
"Wonder Woman, above you!" Red Tornado warned.
The Amazonian put her hands up to block the beam, but it was useless as she disappear. Red Tornado flew out of the way as the biggest ship, the Mother-Ship, landed on what was Smallville.
Red Tornado threw tornadoes at the large ship, trying to do some damage to it. He manage to do some damage to them.
"Red Tornado to Cave." He said into the comms, knowing that the younger heroes were watching him on the Cave's monitors, "I fear that I am all that remains of the League."
"RT, look out!" The android turned at Robin's warning, but was too late to avoid a blast of energy that wiped him from existence.
Ultraman sighed and looked down. "They're gone."
Conner cracked his knuckles and stepped forwards "Then what are we waiting for, a theme song?"
Aqualad quickly intervened, "A strategy, it's been made tragically clear that going head to head with them is not an option."
Ultraman placed a hand on his forehead and dragged it down his scalp and through his hair, "Than I guess we make a strategy. Where are the aliens now?"
Robin pulled up a large holo-map that displayed the extra-terrestrial's location as small red dots on the holographic globe, "Here."
Artemis lifted an eyebrow and squinted.
"This one get lost?" She asked pointing at the red-dot that was isolated in the North Pole
Robin look confused at that place. "That's nowhere near Superman's Fortress of Solitude."
Ultraman eyes look widen even though you can't see it through his sunglasses. "That's my fortress!"
Wonder Girl turn to him with disbelief. You have a Fortress of Solitude?"
Robin turned to Ultraman. "Your Fortress power source must've attracted the aliens attention. At least enough to send a scout ship to investigate."
"We will target this lone ship." Aqualad said.
"Yeah, break it down. Build more. Hit those ugly aliens with their own mojo!" kid Flash says as he punch his knuckles together.
Artemis punched Kid Flash.
"Ow!" Artemis bent down close to him. "Martian and Kryptonians in the house."
Kid Flash looked at the three who were staring at him. "Uh... Not that all aliens are automatically ugly."
"Smooth." Wondergirl commented.
Ultraman's Fortress of Solitude:
October 16, 17:32 EDT
Outside of a large mountain covered in ice and snow was massive two doors with the ever famous 'S' symbol engraved into it.
Directly in front of this door floated a small ship with an 'antenna' like device sprouting from its hull and wings spreading out to the side, it largely resembled a piranha.
At the moment Young Justice were wearing they're polar stealth suits. Polar stealth is an alteration of members' uniforms, enabling them to perform covert missions in cold conditions.
All variations of the snow suits are colored white and light blue, to blend into snowy environments.
Artemis snuck behind a snow covered rock, clad in all white, including her bow. Miss Martian flew above the ship in camouflage mode and tore off part of the ship.
"Communications disabled." She told the team.
The ship fell to the ground with a loud crash.
"Repulsions disabled." She said also.
Artemis shot a foaming arrow over part of the ship, covering their view of the landscape.
The ship started firing the beam in the direction of Artemis. The archer got lucky. She was almost barbequed.
"And E.T.'s are sealed inside!" She announced, not telling anyone she was three inches from becoming French fries.
Aqualad, who was also dressed in white, sprung up from the ice the ship was on, and landed on the top. The ray pointed at him, but Wolf and Knight jumped at it and swung it away before it could hit him.
Wolf and Knight let go, and landed on the ground as Ultraman, Wonder Girl, and Superboy, dressed in white, Robin and Kid Flash came running/jumping up.
Ultraman and Superboy began to hold the atena in place to keep it from shooting everywhere.
Robin landed on the top and brought up his computer. "Identifying weapon structural stress points and links to the ship. Here, here, and here."
Miss Martian used her telepathy to break off the beam. Superboy and Ultraman started ripping the ray off, and didn't notice two charge starting up, right next to they're leg.
However, Knight and Wolf did though with their Super hearing. The large beasts jumped up, pushed Superboy and Ultraman out of the way, and took the lone beam that struck him.
Superboy and Ultraman somersaulted and turned around. They're furry best friend was gone. Miss Martian was staring at the spot Wolf and Knight was in just a moment ago.
"Wolf..." Wondergirl mentally mumbled at seeing the Team's pets die.
"There was no indication of feedback..." Robin examined his wrist computer. "Gah...I'm sorry guys..."
"...Can't do anything for him now." Superboy rationalized.
"Lets just get that cannon hooked up to the Bioship." Ultraman says to Miss Martian.
Superboy and Ultraman ripped the weapon from the ship.
"Let's go." He said, finally ripping the ray off completely and the Bio-ship flew up in camouflage mode.
Superboy and Ultraman jumped on with the ray, and placed the end of it near the back of the ship.
Miss Martian placed her hands on the ship, and it started to morph with the ray. "Re-routing systems to immigrate into ship's biometrics. I'll need to de-camouflage for a few minutes."
Kid Flash and Robin hid behind one of the wings as it appeared again.
"We may not have a few minutes." Robin said, watching as two more ships flew up.
They were heading straight for Young Justice.
"Miss Martian, open fire!" Aqualad shouted to her.
"Can't! Weapons system is offline to incorporate the new canon! And that's not fully immigrated either!" The Martian said urgently.
"Got you covered! Get inside! I'm almost there!" Artemis shouted, ready to shoot three arrows at the ships. Artemis shot at the ships and the archer ran for the cover of the ship.
The three arrows hit the ships and sent them out of the sky. One of the two was completely destroyed. The other slid closer and closer. It pointed its ray at her.
"Artemis, behind you!" Miss Martian tries to warn her.
Artemis turned around and got ready to shoot, but the beam struck first, and she disappeared.
"ARTEMIS!" Miss Martian and Wonder Girl screamed.
"Artemis!" Kid Flash yelled.
Aqualad got out his water bearers. "Get inside! All of you! Ultraman I need a grand slam."
"On it." Ultraman says as he does smashed the ice ground into pieces.
Aqualad then use his water powers to strike the enemy's ship destroying it, making it land in the water. Where it starts to short stir cut.
"They're dead! Every single alien! If it's the last thing I do!" The speedster yelled.
They all got in the ship silently. They were floating above clouds, Miss Martian driving the Bio-ship. Everyone else was quiet the only sounds were the whir of the Bio-ship, Miss Martian and Wonder Girl crying.
Kid Flash started beating on the table in front of him, screaming.
"There will be time to mourn later. Now we have a job to do." Aqualad say.
"Aqualad's right we need to defend the earth, and ensure Artemis's sacrifice was not in vain." Ultraman said.
The others looked at them sadly, but with understanding.
"Back to the Cave?" Wonder Girl asked.
"The Hall of Justice. The human race must know that there's still heroes defending them. There is still hope." Aqualad answered.
General Eiling directed his tanks at the ships covering the open sky. A ripped and torn American flag flew above them, still showing they would not back down.
"Now! Open fire!" General Eiling shouted to his soldiers.
The tanks released their projectiles. Soldiers shot guns, and rocket launchers at the on-coming ship. The enemies shot a beam, and destroyed some of their weapons.
General Eiling and some of his soldiers were about to retreat when the Bio-ship, in camouflage mode, flew up behind the three ships.
A hatch opened up, and Superboy and Ultraman jumped out. Superboy crashed into one ship, taking out one gun punched into the ship; the impacts making it fall out of the sky.
Ultraman did the same thing and used his Heat Vision to fry everything on the ship. The Bio-ship shot the last spacecraft with the ray, testing it out. It worked perfectly, and the ship disappeared.
The ship Superboy punched out of the sky stopped right in front of General Eiling and some of his soldiers.
Superboy jumped off, and stood in front of the General, showing his 'S' Shield. Ultraman jumps down landed next to him gracefully, showing his 'S' shield as well.
The Bio-ship landed next to them, and the others came out. Wondergirl was immediately at Ultraman's side.
The soldiers around them started cheering, happy with the small victory.
One soldier began to lit up like a Christmas tree, "See? I told you Superman wouldn't abandon us!"
"I don't know. He looks kind of young. Where's the cape?" Another asked.
Superboy turned to the two soldiers talking. "I'm not Superman."
"Superman didn't abandon anyone; he was killed in battle by the aliens. He was one of the first to give his life. This is Superboy." Ultraman says as Aqualad approached the man as some soldiers began grieving in silence over the loss of their hero.
"General Wade Eiling United States Air Force!" The man introduced himself while saluting.
"Aqualad: Justice League." Aqualad told the general.
"We'll help you salvage as many of the alien's canons as possible. Then we start taking back what is ours." Aqualad said determinedly.
People were stationed outside the Hall of Justice, while Young Justice headed inside. The Young Justice looked at the broken statues of their mentors.
"I can't believe they're really gone." The Boy Wonder mumbled.
"Me neither." Wonder Girl says to him. "It sounds impossible."
Miss Martian floated towards her uncle's head, landed, and started crying. They were surprised when she floated away, and lifted the rock up and a figure laid under it.
"Uncle J'onn!" Miss Martian exclaimed and flew forward happily to help him up.
Ultraman stopped her. "M'gann, check his mind. Make sure he is not someone is disguised."
Martian Manhunter got up, painfully grabbing his head.
"It's him! He's real! And he's alive!" Megan informed excitedly.
Everyone else had doubts though.
"But we saw you get disintegrated. You and Superman and everyone!" Superboy said, obviously suspicious.
Miss Martian helped her uncle stand.
"Yes, I remember." He said. "But I cannot remember how I survived. Or how I arrived here."
Miss Martian thought of a quick excuse. "Maybe you were density shifting, and the beam passed right through you!"
Robin got a smile. "Scrambling your brains along the way!"
"My mind is clouded. I feel certain that I had something important to tell you." Martian Manhunter informed.
Kid Flash hit his head. "Hello Wally! Come on!" Kid Flash said and he and Robin went outside to the Bio-ship, and Robin scanned the canon. Kid Flash was ecstatic.
"I knew it! Look! It's giving off Zeta-Beams! The same stuff that powers out Zeta-Tubes! This thing doesn't disintegrate! It teleports! Artemis is alive!" The speedster said.
Robin was skeptical. "Maybe, but-"
"No maybes! They're all alive!" Kid Flash says excitedly.
Miss Martian shared Kid Flash's joy. "That must've been what you wanted to tell us!"
Martian Manhunter grabbed his head, and tried to remember. Aqualad, Superboy, Wonder Girl, and Ultraman shared Robin's skepticism.
"I'm not sure that's not what you wanted to tell us." Ultraman says, as he look at the Martian Manhunter.
"We're on our way!" Aqualad shouted.
"Negative, we can't win this! Miss Martian, camo the Bio-ship-" Robin didn't get to finish the sentence, as the Bio-ship was hit.
Both Martian Manhunter and Megan fell back in pain.
"M'gann!" Superboy exclaimed and rushed forward.
He held her to him, and found that she was crying. "That didn't feel like..."
"We're falling back!" Robin says as he, Kid Flash, General Eiling, and his soldiers entered the Hall of Justice.
"We're trapped!" Eiling said, seeing the closed doors. It opened up.
Aqualad looked at the general. "Maybe not."
Ultraman saw the look on his face and knows what he is thinking.
They all entered the hall, and soldiers set up a perimeter. Young Justice and a few injured ran behind.
"We can all Zeta to the Cave." Ultraman instructed, and looked to Martian Manhunter. "Can you give us grant access to the Cave?"
Martian Manhunter looked at Ultraman seriously, still leaning against Miss Martian. "I can only authorize one at a time."
Aqualad pointed to the tubes. "Send the soldiers first."
General Eiling spoke up next. "Delay that! You seven are assets we cannot afford to lose!"
Martian Manhunter looked at Aqualad, and the Atlantean nodded. A green beam came out and scanned the Martian. "Override: Martian Manhunter 07."
Recognized Access granted
The tubes started up, and the beam scanned each person.
Robin B-01
Kid Flash B-03
Wondergirl B-04
"Miss Martian, I want you right behind J'onn." Ultraman said, not taking his eyes off the door. "You know Martian physiology, and he might need help."
"Got it," Miss Martian said, leading J'onn to the teleporter.
Miss Martian B-06
A moment later, the older Martian was gone, followed by the younger one.
"Your turn, Conner," Ultraman said.
Superboy nodded and began heading to the teleporter, but just before he got there, the door blew inwards, and two alien ships forced their way through.
The clone looked ready to fight, but Ken held out his hand to stop him.
"Just go! I'll be right behind you!" Ultraman told his cousin.
"You and Aqualad can't take those things on your own!" Superboy protested.
Ultraman gave a sad smile, then sucker-punched his cousin, knocking him onto the teleporter.
Just as Superboy began to disappear, he heard his cousin's last words.
"If Nichole's still alive... take care of my sister, okay?" Ultraman says.
After Superboy was gone, Ultraman was about to fight with Aqualad. But Aqualad stopped him and says something to you.
"Your their leader now. You, Wondergirl, and Superboy are our powerhouse to help save the world. And most of all they need you more than me." Aqualad says as he throw Ultraman in the teleporters, before the Kryptonians can do anything.
Ultraman B-07
Aqualad then smashed the teleporters controls so that Young Justice couldn't be followed, then glared at the alien ships.
"Come and get some." Aqualad glared as he jump up in the air with his water bearers.
Ultraman teleported into the Cave on his back, much to the confusion of the others.
"Where's Aqualad?" Wondergirl asked; when she saw the devastated look on the kryptonian's face, she felt a sinking sensation in her stomach.
"He... he didn't make it. Hey told me we were the only one can save the Earth." Ultraman said quietly.
Everyone began to grief on their leaders death.
Kid Flash angrily punched a wall, while Robin shook his head, as if in denial. Wonder Girl is trying the hardest to fight back tears as she was leaning on Ultraman's shoulders for support.
Miss Martian stepped away from her uncle to gently hug Superboy, her tears staining his shirt. J'onn's head was bowed in muted grief.
The remaining heroes allowed themselves a few minutes to process what had happened before moving on.
"As of now, I am in command." Ultraman said quietly, if firmly, "Robin, you're now second-in-command again."
Robin nodded as Wonder Girl is stop tearing up. Ultraman brought up a holographic screen of the main alien vessel, which looked like a mass of black vines clumped together, along with the red bulges that looked like misshapen eyes.
"If the aliens are really using Zeta-powered weapons to teleport their victims—" Ultraman tries to say.
"Which they are!" Kid Flash cut in. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the teammates had trouble believing that that was true.
"—Then they would be held in the main ship." Ultraman continued as he accessed what was left of Earth's satellite-network. "At the moment, it's sitting on top of what used to be Smallville, Kansas."
Robin looked over at J'onn. "This ringing any bells?"
The Martian Manhunter sighed. "No, I'm sorry."
Ultraman only shrugged; anything J'onn could remember would be a bonus, but likely wouldn't affect his overall plan.
"We'll work out the details once we arrive, but I've got a basic plan already. One squad will infiltrate the main vessel to disable it, and hopefully, the rest of the invading force. Superboy and Wonder Girl: you two will need to create a diversion—"
"NO!" Miss Martian interrupted shrilly, then turned to the two heroes. "He's sacrificing you two! Aqualad would never do that!"
"You're right." Ultraman said, her cold voice tinted with anger. "Aqualad would sacrifice himself before anyone else, and he did. Superboy and Wondergirl abilities make them noticed, and would likely be seen as a greater threat."
"Hey, worst-case scenario is that they get teleported," Kid Flash said, trying to calm Miss Martian down, "We'll just free him, and Artemis, and Ken, and everyone else who got caught."
Miss Martian still looked outraged; Ultraman sighed. "You two don't have to do this, but it's our best shot."
Superboy gave his girlfriend a hug. "It's okay, M'gann. It's what Superman would do."
Wonder Girl stood up, still shaken, but resolved. "I'll always trust, no matter what."
Young Justice had teleported to Kansas, but in order to avoid detection, they arrived well short of their destination, then made the rest of the journey on foot.
Now, they were in a hill overlooking the remains of the town. More importantly, it overlooked the giant vessel that sat on top of it.
Not taking his eyes off of the massive ship, Ultraman gently nudged Miss Martian. "Keep an eye on your uncle. He's still a little... off."
Miss Martian nodded, then walked over to J'onn.
Ultraman looked at the two Martians. "First squad, deploy!"
The green-skinned duo took to the air and activated their camouflage-modes. The plan required them to infiltrate the vessel first.
After they passed by the ship's cannons, J'onn made both himself and Miss Martian intangible and pulled her through the hull of the ship.
Miss Martian took a moment to shake off the unsettling feeling of having someone else make her intangible, then opened up the psychic link.
"We're in position." she reported, then opened up another, private link to Superboy. "Be careful, Conner. I love you."
Outside, Superboy smiled a little, but then got his game-face on when Ultraman turned to him. "Second squad, go!"
With an angry yell, Superboy jumped half a mile and landed on the ship; with a grunt, he ripped a cannon off its mounting and threw it at another, destroying both.
Wonder Girl was there a few seconds later; she began to smash thing as well as using lasso to throw the the ships into each other.
Wonder Girl and Superboy soon ripped off one piece of the ship.
"Careful, don't disconnect the power source!" Robin told the two.
They did as they was told. "Alright you glorified trespassers, you wanna see how a real alien fights!?" Superboy ask angrily.
The gun powered up, and started blasting other guns. Ships started deploying from the ship, and they readied himself.
"Now or never!" Wonder Girl shouted.
Ultraman, with Robin on his back, and Kid Flash used their Super Speed to get on the ship with out being detected. They then hid themselves behind some machines as a few more ships flew by.
Robin peaked out from behind the machine. "Way is clear, go!"
Robin, Ultraman, and Kid Flash ran again as they hid behind another pillar as another ship flew by, and then two guns came out of the roof.
Ultraman used his Heat Vision at one, and the other was taken out by Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian, who flew up behind them. Ultraman motioned for them to follow and they were on the move again.
Miss Martian then stumbled, and Kid Flash was instantly at her side.
"You okay?" he asked.
Miss Martian shook her head. "Wonder Girl..."
"Wonder Girl's gone." Superboy said tersely. "It's just me now."
"Cassie..." Ultraman says as he realize that he loves her then began to shake his head.
"Come on." Ultraman said, now struggling with grief and guilt, "Let's get this done."
Now, as they headed down a dark, cramped corridor, Miss Martian have stumbled again, only for the former to be caught by J'onn, while the latter was caught by Robin.
Miss Martian groaned and held her head.
"Don't tell me..." Robin said, fearing the worst. "Superboy?"
A tear-blinded Miss Martian nodded lean forward by her uncle. As they moved, Kid Flash tried to console her.
"It's okay." He said. "We'll find him with Artemis, I know it."
"No." Martian Manhunter said, his tone resolved. "My mind is clearer now. The disintegration beam is exactly that. There is no detention facility, no prisoners to rescue. Our mission holds no purpose."
Kid Flash grabbed the taller being by the shoulders. "No, you're wrong! The Zeta-radiation proves she's alive, she's—"
Smack!
Kid Flash reeled from the punch Robin hit his jaw with. "Stop it, KF!I've been scanning for League and Team signals since we got inside. They're not here. Artemis is gone, and so is everyone else."
Kid Flash looked away, down hearted, and Robin continued. "But our mission still holds purpose; to destroy this Mother Ship."
Martian Manhunter helped his niece up, and Robin walked away, followed by Martian Manhunter.
Miss Martian placed a hand on Kid Flash's shoulder, and then ran off. The speedster growled and took off after them. The five ran into another chamber and saw the power source. Robin looked up something on the computer.
"This is the power core. Blow this and the Mother Ship blows." The Boy Wonder informed and rushed forward.
He got to the closest walkway he could. The power core started pulling him in and he couldn't stop it. Kid Flash ran forward and grabbed his hand before they were both pulled towards the light.
Robin grabbed his grappling hook and was able to get it hooked on a piece of metal surrounding the yellow sphere. Now, Robin and Kid Flash were just hanging around.
A robot saw the two teammates and got ready to fire, but Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian took it out. Ultraman jumps down as Miss Martian use her telekinesis to grabbed Robin's grappling hook, easily putting Robin and Kid Flash next to Ultraman
Robin took the bombs that were hanging on his chest off, and placed them on the core.
"You two knew. You knew from the beginning why we were really here." Kid Flash said wondrously.
Robin's computer showed a timer. "Four minutes, let's go."
The bombs blinked, and the five headed out. The doors closed before they could escape though.
"Perfect..." Kid Flash said, and they heard robots coming up behind them.
They started shooting and Robin and Kid Flash hid behind a machine, while MArtian Manhunter, Miss Martian, and Ultraman took the other side..
"Sixteen seconds and counting. Manhunter, take Miss Martian and go. Ultraman, you go with them." Robin said.
"If you think I'm going to-"
"Don't worry, we'll follow as soon as we blow those doors." Robin told him.
Martian Manhunter help turn Miss Martian and Ultraman into density shipting and they went through the floor.
Martian Manhunter brought Miss Martian and Ultraman out from the ground where they had been hiding. Just then Martian Manhunter body was covered burn marks and was slowly dying.
"Uncle J'onn." Miss Martian says as she runs to his side.
"Don't... Don't tell me the mission was a success. The price was too high..." Miss Martian said, closing her own eyes, ready to start sobbing.
Then, a shadow consumed them. Another Mother Ship had was above it and was ten time bigger than the last one..
Miss Martian started repeating 'no', and Ultraman was in too much shock to do anything. Ultraman turned to her friend.
"No... We- we have to get out of here!" Miss Martian stuttered as she turned around and attempted to fly away when Ultraman grabbed her by the wrist pulling her into a hug.
"I'm so sorry." Ultraman muttered into Miss Martian's ear as he plunged his fist into her abdomen causing her to gasp intensely before...
Mount Justice:
October 16, 16:21 EDT
M'gann's eyes snapped open, she wasn't dead or in the middle of a destroyed corn field outside of Smallville, she was in the middle of the Cave laying on a bed of some sort.
She sat up slowly and watched as Artemis, Aqualad, Conner, Wally, Cassie, and Ultraman slowly sat up groaning and holding their heads as they did.
Captain Marvel was holding Artemis, while Red Tornado was holding on Wally, and Wonder Woman was holding on Cassie. Wolf and Knight went to their masters sides as Ultraman and superboy began to hug them.
Batman caught J'onn as he stood to his feet; it seemed he had been laying on the floor but was too weak to stand on his own.
"You're all alive!" M'gann said happily.
"What happened in there?" Batman asked Martian Manhunter.
The Martian was holding his head. "The exercise... it all went wrong."
All the kids were confused.
"Exercise?" Cassie asked.
Batman looked at him. "Try to remember. What you experienced was a training exercise. Manhunter psychically linked the six of you within an artificial reality. You all knew this going in. What you didn't know was that it was a train for failure exercise. No matter what the Team accomplished, the scenario was designed to grow worse. Still, you were aware nothing was real, including the deaths of the entire Justice League and Artemis."
Ultraman then began to hug Knight closer. "Which is exactly why none of us mourned or even cared about their deaths, because we all knew it wasn't real."
M'gann was on the verge of tears as everyone looked at her.
"I-I'm so sorry." She said.
"This isn't her fault! Why didn't you stop the exercise?" Superboy questioned.
Martian Manhunter's face was hard. "We tried, but M'gann had a death grip on the scenario. Even Artemis, who should've awakened upon her death, was so convinced she had passed, slipped into a coma.
Martian Manhunter continue. "I realized I would have to rip control from Miss Martian's subconscious from within. But upon entering the reality, I was overwhelmed by your collective emotion. There was too much noise to think clearly, to remember why I was there. The deaths of Aqualad, Wonder Girl, and Superboy helped, but only when the Mother Ship exploded and Robin and Kid Flash were silenced, did my mind clear enough to remember my true purpose: to shock Megan out of the exercise before your comas became permanent. But before I could I too was destroyed but, not before sending a telepathic message to the only person left who has an good influence over M'gann to successfully shock her from the situation. Ultraman."
"So then Ultraman shocked M'gann and we're all safe?" Conner questioned.
"Simply put, yes. But to shock her psyche enough to force the simulations end, Ultraman had to do the unthinkable and strike M'gann with enough force to end her life. Committing such an act in a world that seemed indistinguishable from reality can be traumatizing even for the average person, but for someone like Ultraman who has never killed anyone before, it can be emotionally shattering."
Ultraman said nothing; he didn't turn around or even glance behind him. He simply continued to walk down to the Zeta Tubes with Knight by his side.
All the kids were in shock still.
"My apologies. I had no idea a training exercise could be so dangerous. So damaging." Martian Manhunter said sincerely.
Captain Marvel walked over to Megan, and hugged her as she started crying.
Martian Manhunter started walking away, but he collapsed. Batman caught him, and Red Tornado was next to them in an instant.
"As bad as all that?" Batman asked.
"Perhaps worse." Martian Manhunter said.
"Yet this is not what troubles you." Red Tornado said.
Batman helped Martian Manhunter up. "Make no mistake, my niece's untrained and cannot be held responsible for this; for our debacle."
Batman gave Martian Manhunter a look. "No one blames her, but clearly we underestimated her abilities."
Martian Manhunter looked away. "You understated. In terms of raw power, she has the strongest telepathic mind I have ever encountered. Stronger, by far, than mine."