In Metropolis, the city is quiet. In the air, the Justice League are patrolling the area. Superman looks around the place for any criminal actively. So far, nothing is going on.
Superman: So far, no criminal actively is happening. The city has been quiet since.
Hawkgirl: Maybe it's time for us to take a rest.
Green Lantern: We can't. We have to make sure that the city is well protected.
Diana: But look around. I don't see any criminals.
Hawkgirl: She's right. It's been quiet for a while. I wonder why there hasn't been any trouble.
Just then, they all hear gunfire somewhere in the city. They all fly to the area where the gunfire are at. They all see a bunch of thugs with guns running away. They see Batman and Flash chasing after them.
J'ohn: It seems Batman and Flash has found trouble.
Superman: Then we'd better help out.
They all fly down and follow the thugs. The thugs see them, and continue running. They come around a corner and run into an empty space between the buildings. The league is about to get them, but then, a bunch of people wearing masks on their faces pop out of the ground with weapons, and they open fire on the thugs. The thugs all groan and scream as they get shot. The league all stop as they watch this in shock. They shoot down the last thug before he could try to run from the gunfire. The innocent people around see them, and look at them. The people's guns are smoking from the gunfire. Then, one of the men stands up and holds up his gun in the air.
Man: Wolverines!
The innocent people all cheer at them, yelling their name. The Wolverines all smile at the innocent people, knowing they have brought down more thugs. They turn and leave. The league all land and watch them.
Hawkgirl: Wait. The Wolverines? The heroes of World War 3?
Green Lantern: Oh, yeah. I heard of them. They all stopped North Korea and Russian from completely taking over the country.
Batman watches the Wolverines walking to their vehicles. He and the league follow them as the team gets in the vehicles. The leader walks to the driver's seat. But before he could get in his car, he sees the Justice League.
Man: What's up?
Superman: So, you're the Wolverines. You're still active after the end of World War 3.
Man: Yeah. And now, we're fighting crime. We're stopping criminals the old way.
As he talks to them, he looks at Diana and Hawkgirl. They both look at him, and stare at his green eyes. They both think they see some pain, and sadness in his eyes. He walks to them. They all look at each other. He looks down, and sees some flowers. He kneels down and picks them up. He hands them to the girls. They both look at the flowers, and smile. They take it, knowing he's being nice to them. They could tell that he's smiling too under his mask. He nods at them, and walks back to the car. Batman frowns at him. He steps forward, and grabs his shoulder.
Man: Don't touch me, Bats.
Batman: You didn't have to kill them. The war is over. It's time for you to end the program.
The man frowns at him. He brushes off his hand, and walks to the door. He opens the door, and gets in. He closes the door. He starts the car, and the car drives off with the other cars. The league watches them leave.
Green Lantern: Why did you do that? It looks like you made him mad.
Batman: Those men needed to put in jail, not killed.
Diana: Well, it's not up to you, Batman. It looks like they're making their only choices. But I agree. Maybe we should go talk to them.
Superman: Good idea. But let's not cause a fight. That's the last thing we need right now.
They nod, but Batman just frowns at this. They all follow the vehicles. In the vehicles, the Wolverines take off their masks. Most of them are young people, and some are older than them. One of them is John. He looks ahead as he continue driving. The vehicles come to a hidden tunnel underneath an old abandoned building. The heroes arrive, and they see the vehicles going inside the tunnel. They fly to the building to see if they can see them in there. Diana peaks through a window. She signals her teammates to come forth. They all look through the window, and they see a lot of equipment, computers, workout stuff, beds, boxes, weapons, ammo, some TVs, video game systems, food, and water.
Flash: Whoa. Looks like these people have been living here for a while.
J'ohn: Yes. This must be one of their hideouts.
Batman then sees the people coming in the room. He then sees John. He recognizes him.
Batman: Wait a minute. That's John Helsing. One of the leaders of the Wolverines. He's also a United States Marine.
Diana sees John, and she blushes lightly as she sees his handsome face. Hawkgirl also blushes too. Knowing who they are, the League then heads back to the Watchtower in space. In the hideout, John and the team walk in the room. They leave the vehicles in the garage down in the tunnel. John sits down on a chair by a TV. He turns on the TV. As he does, a News comes on. It's a beautiful longed black haired woman.
Woman on TV: This is Lois Lane in downtown Metropolis. Another bank robbery has happened just today. And once again, the Wolverine army has struck again. Although we have the Justice League, we also have the Wolverines still watching our country from evil. People can sleep quietly and safe, knowing the Wolverines are watching over us. This is Lois Lane from downtown Metropolis.
John smiles at this. He then turns on a radio, and rock music plays. All of the Wolverines in the room all laugh and cheer as they hear the music. He gets up from the chair, and walks into a room as he picks up a soda.
Meanwhile, with the Justice League, they're in their watchtower, in their briefing room. They're all sitting down on chairs, looking at Superman and Batman as Batman looks at some files. The rest of the league look at the files too.
Batman: About two years ago, during World War 3 when North Korea and Russia attacked, a group of young people and United States Marine soldiers form up a group of insurgents who called themselves the Wolverines. They really made messes of the Koreans and Russians' plans. Lieutenant-Colonel John Helsing and his team joined up with the Wolverines during the invasion. They used brutal and lethal force on the enemy. They lost some of their teammates during the battles.
Just then, images of John show up on the monitors. Everyone looks at them.
Batman: (Points at a monitor) That's Helsing right there in Afghanistan. I think he was a Lieutenant at the time.
Superman: (Looks at the files) Five tours in Afghanistan. Iraq, Pakistan, Uganda. Three purple hearts, two silver stars, and the congressional Medal of Honor. Jeez. This man is a hero.
Batman: Well, I think legend might be a better description, Superman. Well, now we can add aiding insurgents to his list of accolades.
Green Lantern: Batman, John Helsing is a man of honor. Just like his father.
Diana: (Looks at him) His father?
Green Lantern: Yes. His father's name was Peter Helsing. He was a General a long time ago. He and his wife died in an accident about five years ago. After they died, John took control of his company and military base.
Diana and Hawkgirl look at the files. They see a picture of John and his friends. They smile as they see they're all happy. Then, they find a newspaper file that shows about John's family dying in an accident. They both feel really bad for him for some reason. It's almost like their hearts are telling them to feel for him.
Back at the hideout, John is siting down on a chair by his desk. He has a camera pointing at himself. He looks at it as he records himself.
John: (Sighs) After almost a year of fighting the Koreans and Russians in the third war, The United States barely escaped from being controlled by them. They were reckless, and brutal. They barely took prisoners during their invasion. They had only one thing in their minds. To enslave us. When we barely escaped from being captured or killed, we decided to form up a group to fight them, known as the Wolverines. And we've been hoping to live another day as we fight back. They call me the Warrior prophet, thinking I'm God's loyal servant. No, I'm more. I promised my parents I'd take care of my brothers and sisters. And I kept that promise. I prayed to the lord to forgive me for letting some of my friends die during the third war. I never forgotten their names.
He gets up from the chair, and walks to a wall. He turns on a monitor. On the monitor, it shows a rock. With names on it. He sighs as he looks at the rock. He sits down on another chair by the monitor. He looks at the rock, and sees the names on it. "Jed Eckert, Danny Jackson, Julie Goodyear, Greg Goodyear, Sgt Hodges, Daryl Jenkins, Arturo Mondragon, Tom Eckert, Ward Helsing, and Yuri Reznov." John sighs in sadly. World War 3 has cost him good friends. He would honor them forever, and make sure that they would be remember as heroes. Just then, his siblings come in the room. He turns around, and sees them. He smiles at them, and they smile back.
John: Grayson. Marty. Grace. Ryann.
Grayson: John. We're really making progress here. The country is getting cleared from the filth of the criminal life. Pretty soon, it will all be gone. And then the country will be free of it.
Ryann: Yeah. (Walks to John, and hugs him)
He hugs her back. Marty then looks at one of the monitors in the room to detect something outside the lair.
Marty: Nothing outside, bro. Everything is clear.
John: Good. Come on, let's get some shuteye now.
They all walk out of the room to go to their bedrooms to sleep. John turns off the lights in the room and leaves the monitors on. John walks into his bedroom. He changes clothes, and gets on his bed. He covers himself up with the blanket, and sleeps. As he sleeps, someone comes into the room. It's a young blue-haired woman. She sees John sleeping on his bed. She smiles at him, and walks to the bed. She lays down beside him, wraps her arm around him, and sleeps with him.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I had to do some changes in this, so review for me. Thank you.