Disclaimer: I do not own Justice League Unlimited, Prototype, or any of their affilliates. Though I do hear them In my head sometimes.

'Thinking'

"Speaking"

Telepathy

Radio/Communications

He never thought his life would come to this. A few weeks ago he was Alex Mercer, one of the most brilliant scientists in Gentek, the company that was at the forefront of genetics. Now he was piloting a helicopter carrying a nuclear device in order to save a city from a virus he had both created and unleashed.

"Come on", he hissed between clenched teeth. He wanted to make sure New York was out of the blast zone before he dropped the bomb. He also wanted to have enough time to get away, but he didn't have much faith he would. 'Just as well' he thought, 'everybody would be better off without me'. He was disgusted with what his former self had done, by releasing the virus out of spite. But even worse was what he had done. In his search for answers he had unknowingly unleashed an even greater evil, one which threatened the entire world. He could barely stand himself and if he had to die to atone for his sins he was fully prepared to.

He looked around and estimated that New York was now out of the range of the blast and the resulting nuclear fallout. He released the cables and took off as fast as the chopper would go. Suddenly he heard a deafening explosion. He didn't look back but he could see the light coming from behind. It looked like the rising sun. The helicopter started to shake violently as the blast wave came closer and the cockpit grew hotter by the second.

When the the light grew so bright his eyes started to burn, and the chopper felt like it was about to be ripped apart, time seemed to slow down and he looked back on the memories of his original life. He was in a lab with his lover, Karen Parker, sharing a quick kiss in between experiments. Karen, who had betrayed him, and who he in turn had killed.

He was on a stage giving a speech at his graduation and as he finished, and everybody started celebrating, he saw his sister in the front row quietly clapping and looking at him with pride in her eyes. Dana, who had come to his aid when he needed it, despite their distance, and who was now in a coma with no guarantee of waking up.

He was demonstrating to the higher ups, including his boss Raymond McMullen, the effectiveness of the blacklight virus. McMullen, who even at the end had managed to spite Alex by killing himself and denying his secrets from being known.

All these memories and more flew through his head until, for one moment, everything froze. He became acutely aware of everything, from the heat on his face, to the feel of the seat, to the coiled muscles of his body. And in the next moment all he saw was white fire.

Bruce Wayne had to hold back a sigh as he surveyed the work being done on the Watchtower. Cadmus had not held back and the attack by the Ultimen had done a real number on the space station. Thankfully they had been able to push them back and even managed to capture one of the invaders.

Thinking on the clone of Supergirl he wondered how she and Clark were holding up now that things were settling down. Although he hadn't brought it up he knew Clark was deeply shaken and hurt by Dr Hamilton's betrayal. That a man he trusted and considered an ally had violated his trust and the trust of a loved one so thoroughly, no matter how supposedly noble his intentions were, would affect anyone.

Bruce guiltily wondered what Clark would think if he knew he had entertained similar thoughts and plans.

Before he could dwell on these dark thoughts a distraction came in the form of Kara herself.

"Hey Bruce, J'onn sent me. He wants an update on how things are going up here.", she said.

Bruce felt a bit of annoyance at her using his name so openly and familiarly. "There's not too much to report. Though the damage is extensive most of the repairs shouldn't be too much trouble.", he said. "The only problem area is the vault. Tell J'onn we need to form a team before going in there and assessing the damage."

"What for?", Kara asked. "It's not as if any of that stuff is still a threat."

"There is quite a few dangerous items in there.", Bruce said. His eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly as he added, "Considering we all almost died at the hands of Brainiac I'm not taking any chances."

"Okay sure. I'll get someone to tell J'onn and the others so we can get on that." she replied.

Kara turned to walk away but Bruce was mildly curious as to why she wasn't going herself. Though he had an idea why.

"Where are you off to?", he asked.

"Oh. The medical wing.". she said nonchalantly. "I gotta check up on..."

"She's not awake yet."

Bruce expected her to deny it but she merely deflated and gave him a sheepish grin. His hard stare wiped that off her face immediately.

"Look I know what Clark said..."

"If you think we'll let you be alone with her you're as crazy as Question", Bruce replied.

"Hey I take that as a compliment!", she said. "Look i know it doesn't make sense to you guys but I NEED to speak to her. She was in my head. She did things. She's practically me. I need to talk to her.

"Like I said you are not gonna be alone with her.", Bruce said. "Someone else has to be with you. Preferably two people."

"Oh.", Kara stated mildly confused. "That was...surprisingly easy."

Bruce narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't be so shocked. I AM very understanding after all."

Kara chuckled as she walked away. Bruce turned back to oversee some more of the repairs as he mentally went over the people who should help in the vault as well as who should accompany Kara.

He still wasn't sure about where everything would go from here but he felt assured that when the next crisis happened they would be prepared.

Author's Note

Well my first story seems to be off to a good start. I've gotten one review which is one more than I thought I'd get, so my thanks to Mr. dekonfrost, you sir are a saint.

Now you may have noticed that there wasn't much of Mercer in this chapter. Well that's gonna be the case for the first few chapters so don't worry about Zeus, he'll have his chance to shine.

So if you read this story and liked it then come on back now you hear. I've more in store dudes.

-updated 10/7/2015-

Hey guys it's been awhile. I know I know this is not exactly a new chapter. But while writing new stuff I find myself being held back by my earlier rougher first chapters. In order to better fit where this story will go I need to rewrite some stuff so expect some updated old chapters in the next few weeks or months.

The biggest change so far is I'm changing the setup for how the two universes meet. So this is laying the groundwork.

Take care

-updated 4/29/2020