Heedless
Lois Lane, reporting for the Inquisitor (newspaper):
Lex Luthor's dealings with the Justice League were becoming more and more
intense. The League was growing into a threat that seemed to be
beyond his control. Unable to subdue them with his 'Legion of Doom', a
group rumored to be a vicious gang of metahuman assassins, Lex is now said
to have fallen back onto his ties to power in Washington. Allegedly, he used those ties to influence the government to take four Justice League members into custody.
It is also said that several government agencies, including the FBI, decided that
they would acquiesce to Lex's demands because of fears concerning the extent
of Lex's grasp into their secretive worlds.
When news of this policy change reached the press there was a public
uproar. Widespread protests erupted condemning the FBI and
supporting the Justice League.
Fearing a loss of political support, Congress chose to pass a resolution
to prevent government agencies from arresting any additional members
of the League without the explicit consent of the Supreme Court. In addition,
Congress advocated the immediate release of the League members already
taken into custody.
It is rumored that, in response, Lex sent his Legion into FBI
headquarters where his operatives transferred the League members to a
secret compound beneath Metropolis. In the meantime Lex's political
operatives were reportedly working around the clock in an effort to change the
minds of influential politicians in Washington.
In the wake of this alleged kidnapping Congress is said to be now debating what part the
government will play in securing the release of Metropolis's finest.
Over the past year the Justice League has garnered widespread
popular support for their role in bringing back order to our city.
Although there is support for a rescue it's rumored that
Congress, not wanting to drag themselves into what they perceive as mostly
a war among metahumans, will agree that the best course of action will be to pardon
metahuman prisoners who had proven themselves to be faithful to the
League by turning themselves over to authorities.
It's rumored that Lex has had much success in swaying votes in
Washington, yet the widespread protests concern many politicians.
It's believed that Congress will ultimately decide that they are obligated to
support the release of the metahuman prisoners.
The most notable of these metahumans are Arthur Curry and Victor Stone,
former members of the 'Agents of Justice' gang, and also Kevin
Grady, a former member of the terrorist group 'Hand of Vengeance' who has
since become more commonly known as the first metahuman to successfully
petition the League for membership.
In this eleventh hour the prisoners desperately await news of a presidential
pardon. In the meantime, it's said that politicians are making a last minute attempt
to sway the president's decision to free the three prisoners.
Although the prisoners' initial number is small, the government hopes that more
metahumans will come out to support the League, just as the general
population is doing. However, at this time many metahumans are more
skeptical than ever of the government, mainly because of the rumored deal
made by Lex Luthor to have the League members taken into custody.
However, one metahuman calling herself Black Canary has worked selflessly to
rally support for the three metahuman prisoners. Black Canary, also a former member
of the Agents of Justice gang, has long been a fervent supporter of the League, and
was said to be deeply saddened by their imprisonment. It's reported that she
speaks openly of a dream she had the night of the arrest in which she saw an
eagle soaring over Metropolis, the dream that has since convinced her to
join the cause of the three metahuman prisoners.
Along side Black Canary are other former members of 'Agents of Justice'
including Green Arrow and another metahuman calling herself the Huntress.
Reportedly they have since become close friends.