Chapter 48: Sending The Message
(A week or so later, GBS Station)
G. Gordon is preparing his show for it's about to go on air. Those in the control room are preparing to bring stuff on air. They then turned around, and their eyes widened in shock.
'Another great day, another day to ruin those who stand against us.' Godfrey chuckled in his mind.
"And we're on in 3…2…1!" One of the crew said.
Gordon grinned into the camera.
"Hello everyone and welcome back! Today we…" Gordon started to say.
"Umm…sir…we have a problem…your live recording isn't being shown. You're not on the air currently." One of crew said.
"What are you talking about?" Gordon grunted.
"The guys in the control room…they want us to come in there. They say we're broadcasting something different." The same crew member replied.
They all hurried into the control room to see a recording being played. Three figures, males each about the same height are on screen. One is wearing a black, gray, and blue outfit somewhat similar to Batman's uniform stands in the middle. The one on his left wears a red helmet with eye holes in the shape similar to the other's mask. He wears fitted body armor and a biker jacket. On the right of the one in the middle is the darkest of the group. Part of his face is shown, the lower part with facial hair that looked it took about a few weeks to grow. But the cloaked part displayed a pair of glowing deep emerald green eyes. He wore a dark hood with a black leather jacket. But the background was blank.
"What is this?! Stop this now!"
"I-I can't sir! He hacked the system! It won't stop until the recording is finished!" One of the men replied.
Gordon frowned angrily then shouted in spite.
"Don't tell me…it's broadcasting to…?" Gordon grunted.
The same man looked at him with a grim look.
"Great…JUST GREAT!" Gordon screamed with irritation.
Across the country on every television, computer, news screen, and phone displays the image of those three.
"We have a message for everyone: Things are about to change. The government has not been telling who the actual truth. They may themselves might not be fully aware, but that is highly unlikely at this point in time now." Nightwing stated.
"Shut this off!" Gordon growled.
"I'm trying to! But he messed it the broadcasting system!" Another man said.
"Over the past several years, an organization that have been behind the scenes has secretly controlled the changes that our society has endured. They have caused many of the deaths and orchestrated much of the chaos the world has been plagued by. They are called: The Light. They've been experimenting in several areas: bioengineering, chemical manipulation, genetics, and other scientific fields. They've been manipulating them in order to advance their own agenda to strengthen their position in this world and develop this sick survival of the fittest goal for humanity & themselves to be the eventual rulers of the cosmos." Nightwing continued.
(The White House, the Oval Office)
The president, Luthor, some of their employees, and Superman & his squad are watching this on a pull down screen.
"They're at the GBS Station! Or at least some of them! Flash you're with me, Captain Atom and Plastic Man stay here!" Superman stated.
"Hold on…let's watch this. Maybe we can learn something about these rebels." The president ordered.
The Boy Scouts nodded, and Luthor did his best to hide his frown.
"The Light was created as a response to the former Justice League, for they believe that because of the League preventing crime, tragedy, and chaos they were causing humanity not to evolve in order to adapt to such events. They developed methods and created plans to have humanity evolve on a more accelerated schedule. This has led to their alliance with a certain organization we all know too well: The Reach." Red Hood stated.
(An unknown location)
Batman, Green Lantern, and Red Tornado are watching the broadcast closely.
"Any definite signs to where they could've recorded this?" Batman asked.
"Negative, they've taken extreme precautions to assure there was no ways to detect the origin of this recording." Red Tornado replied as he systematically checked the video.
"Great…" Batman grunted.
"The team seems to upped their game. Nicely done." Lantern chuckled.
Batman glared at him.
"The Light's most secret experimentation was into their military experimentation with animal genetics to create an army of super soldiers with the abilities of the animal kingdom. I was their first experiment. They injected me with their first experimental serum. I was a failure, so they tried to learn from my newly developed genetic code in order to create a purer strain to make their army. This series of actions is called: The Chimera Project. I was the bastard Chimera, the first failure. Now they have the serum they desire and they will create their army if they haven't already done so. I know all of you hate me and would far prefer me to see me dead in a gutter. But if they are allowed to achieve their goals, an untold amount of innocent will die. The streets will run red with blood, the screams & cries of the dying & fearful will fill the skies. The Earth and countless planets will be ravaged in their conquest to take over the cosmos." Dark Beast added.
(An unknown location)
The remaining members of the Light and their followers are watching the screen.
"We can't let them do this! This is bad! We've always worked in secret! Being in the public's eye won't be beneficial!" Ra's growled.
"You worry to mon ami (my friend). Who will believe the merdes peu (little shits)?" The Brain responded.
"The League of Shadows have survived for centuries because we've remained in secret. The Light has as well, but this is the opposite of secret." Ra's responded.
"To those who've remained neutral to the chaos and decided to stay out of the matter because of the government's threats we call on you now. The Light is bringing death & destruction to all those who oppose them. We need your help to defeat them. Remember all that you once stood for: peace, equality, honor, duty, respect, and justice. Let those ideals guide you to the defeat of those who wish to rule our world & the cosmos with an iron fist. They do not care for innocent lives, or any truly noble ideals to fuel the fire which gives their machine its power in act their plans. This world needs you, the cosmos need you, and we need you." Nightwing stated.
(GBS Station)
"Have you found a way to shut this down!" Gordon snarled.
"No sir! We can't do anything!" One of them men replied.
Gordon's eye twitched with annoyance.
"And to the Light...regardless of what follows, whether if we stand united or are divided…there is one thing we promise you: We're coming for you." Nightwing, Red Hood, and Dark Beast said in unison.
The screen then cut to black.
To be continued…
