At the Daily Bugle headquarters J. Jonah Jameson was getting ready for the biggest scoop and breakthrough his website would have in a long time; he had invited over Dr Helga Jace who had agreed to collaborate on the story and evidence he had. She was a STAR Labs scientist who worked with ARGUS and was the leading expert on Metahumans in this world and had even worked with the government of the country of Markovia; it was her who helped turned the Prince Brion Markov into the country's premiere superhero Geo-Force.
He was meeting with his main editor an African American man by the name of Robbie Robertson, "Jonah, are you sure you want to go through with this? You don't even know your first source; by your own admission you got this evidence when you literally just found it on the desk. It was a miracle you found someone to go with what was on it." Robbie was telling him but Jameson was brushing off his concerns. "Plus if it is true, it will be dangerous to report on this..." Robbie said but Jameson interrupted him.
"Bernstein and Woodard knew it was dangerous when they were reporting on their stories but they did so because it was something that the public needed to know. I know this will attract powerful people against us but we have the evidence and the facts and this is a story that the public needs to know! Let's see them come after us after the facts are all made public." Jameson replied and Robbie just sighed.
It was a week since Kara had started Midtown as Kara Danvers; Peter and Stephanie happily greeted her as they spotted her being dropped off by the Danvers. She was in a pair of blue jeans, a red top and a pair of glasses that she said uses the same special kind of lenses that her cousin uses in his civilian identity. Peter couldn't help but find how much of an attractive nerd she looked but Stephanie had replied that he was the same.
Peter had become red as both of his girls laugh at the comment.
The final school bell rings as the students were going outside and was happily walking out with his arms on the shoulders of Kara and Stephanie; they were being quiet about their relationship but didn't stop whispers and talks of how nerdy Puny Parker had hit the jackpot. It annoyed him to be honest.
Stephanie was showing on her phone the latest children's saftey PSA by the superhero Captain Atom; a man in a silver containment suit with a red atom signal on his suit and somehow his hair was shown and his mouths and eyes moved in the suit. It showed two stupid kids going near a cut power line but then Captain Atom flew in and saved them. He began a lecture about going near power lines and how you should notify an authority figure. He finished by flying off and stating
"And remember; be a hero by remembering you're not!"
The trio had laughed at how stupid, cheesy and all around silly it was; apparently the other Captain Atom PSAs were around the same. It reminded Peter of the PSA school videos that the school shows off starring Captain America.
"My Aunt May and my Uncle Ben told me that when they were in college; they were all four protesting and marching against nuclear power. I would how they would have felt about this at the time; a hero with similar powers." Peter muttered to more of their laughter.
They suddenly noticed several people in black and white costumes with different royal like clothing over it and weapons; they looked like they were patterned by a deck of cards. "The royal Flush Gang; basically a team of criminal mercenaries." Stephanie explained to Peter as they all ran to find hiding spots quickly get changed into their Superhero suits.
They got back only to find someone had already beat them to it; there was Wind Dragon using his wind powers against one, Shifter becoming a bear to take down some more, Downpour using water powers to against them and Tye Longshadow using his size changing powers to take down the rest once they had gotten tired.
"Oh, it's those guys..." Peter muttered as Kara gave a look which Peter and Stephanie had also done underneath their masks. These Superpowered teens were a recent new team called the Ultimen who were seen fighting villains in National City and working with the local hero there the Guardian.
Soon after the Royal Flush Gang were defeated there were the students swarming them for autographs with reporters coming by; "Fear not ladies and gentleman; no matter the city or the villain the Ultimen will step up and show that the next generation of Superheroes has a bright future!" Wind Dragon stated overdramatically with a cocky smile acting as the Ultimen's leader.
Peter, Stephanie and Kara let out groans and thought about how painfully cheesy the speech seemed coming from him, Superman and Captain America could make themselves be taking seriously when making a similar speech but this kid can't.
The Ultimen noticed them and went over, "Supergirl, I am a huge fan of your cousin and it's nice to see you too Spoiler. Spider-Man, I heard about how you acted as the local hero here in your Earth and I think it's cool how you three took down the Revengers!" Tye said who had shrunk back down to normal size and went and shook their hands.
"Sorry that we got here first but you three also shows the older generation that we are the next generation; if you decide to join up we would be honored to have you three join us in the Ultimen." Wind Dragon told them and they gave a quick thanks.
Then the three left them and Kara suggested they could go to the Watchtower and they embraced before teleporting. They got there and a voice said "looks like you had to deal with the Ultimen up close."
"Absolutely, Wind Dragon's speech was actually the second stupid cheesy thing I had to experience as before we were being shown one of those PSAs by Captain Atom. 'Be a hero by remembering you're not?' How are you expected to retain your dignity after that..." Peter replied before pausing and all blood draining from his face to be looking up at a stern Captain Atom with his arms crossed.
Peter then began mumbling an apology and gave a wave to him; Captain Atom brushed him off and said "just to let you know son; I hate the PSAs myself but my superiors in the military told me it was good for PR and they tested well in focus groups." He then walked off as Stephanie and Kara asked if he was alright.
They then noticed someone walking towards them and Kara happily greeted Maxima with a kiss and a hug. "That's Maxima?" Peter asked Stephanie and she gave a nod; Kara had told him of her alien princess girlfriend who was oddly okay with her girlfriend asking a boy she likes out.
"Peter, this is Maxima and Maxima this is Peter." Kara stated softly to keep their identities secret as Peter shook her hands giving a warm smile underneath his mask. Maxima returned his smile with a terrifying one.
"Kara speaks highly off yours and I just think it would be prudent to give you this warning; Kara can take care of herself but if you break her heart then it will not be just her that you have to deal with." Maxima warned him as Peter looked terrified and Kara chided her for scaring her boyfriend.
Then came someone on the monitors shouting saying that something of interest was coming from the Daily Bugle just now; "What has Jameson posted so worth the attention of the Justice League? Is he claiming HYDRA and the Nazis won the War and the Allies had to change things with a Cosmic Cube? Because that would be stupid..." Peter muttered as they all watched from the monitors...
James Olsen was meeting with Martin Stein at the National City Cadmus Labs building; they were watching a televised press conference of James in full Guardian suit giving interviews to the CatCo Worldwide Media reporters along with the Ultimen by his side at the podium. "Your students the Ultimen really made short work off the Royal Flush Gang exactly as predicted Agent Olsen. You have trained them well." Stein told James and James just sighed.
"Did Agent Waller really have to set up the Royal Flush Gang in New York II just to show them off? When I agreed to let ARGUS turn me into a Superhero, I didn't think I would be involved with engineered stunts like this..." James muttered disapprovingly, Waller had hired the Royal Flush Gang to attack the area outside Midtown in New York II and sent the Ultimen to defeat them.
The Ultimen didn't know about this plan and were just told that they had gotten word that they were heading there.
"I admit shady things have to be done to help gain the public trust and to better protect them; we don't have to like it but there are necessary evils." Stein told them as they then started watching the internet news feed for New York II. Oddly enough they had exploded to the most recent story from their Daily Bugle website.
They opened it up and saw the video had Jameson joined by Dr Helga Jace. They started watching the video:
"Folks, I have quite a doozy story for you and I doubt you will be prepared or ready for it but please bare with me. I found the evidence and I have collaborated it with my special guest here today Dr Helga Jace. Now this Earth like the one our great New York; this one is filled with so called Heroes and Villains. No shortage of Superhumans... Sorry 'Metahumans'... Created by accidents but what if I told you these so called accidents were not accidents but engineered by the US Government! I am here to tell you ladies and gentleman; that after Superman the US Government here wanted to control the new Hero world that would come forth and purposefully created Heroes and the Villains that would fight them! In fact Dr Jace here can state that she helped create the Justice League member called Firestorm!"
"Does this crackpot really think anyone will believe this junk? Sure I know ARGUS has their experiments but that most of the Metahuman population were created by the government? Plus how did he rope Dr Jace into this conspiracy theory of his Dr Stein? I mean is he saying the accident wasn't one?" scoffed James as he then had someone entered the door stating that Agent Waller wanted to see them ASAP. James totally missed the panicked look of horror on Stein's face.
Got this done before the latest season of Death Battle debuts later today with Static V Miles; mainly because I like him more and I think he is more powerful I think I will have to be rooting for Static. Plus this storyline is based on Doomsday Clock. Speaking of Static; the reason why Juice isnt here with the Ultimen this story is that I want Static to exist in this universe and Juice would be too much like him.