Hey guys, I wanted to thank you all for the responses that I was given on the last chapter. I would like to point out that though this is the justice league from the comics, the appearance of the leaguer's is based on the actors that are playing the roles in the new movies. Like Henry Cavill Superman, Ben Affleck Batman, Gal Gadot Wonder woman etc. Just so you know.
Watch Tower: Med-Bay
Kal lay unconscious strapped down to the bed with Diana's lasso, with Dr Light and the Atom trying to find out everything they could about him. The seven founding members stood outside in the corridor looking through an observation window as a handful of the other members dealt with the damage that Kal inflected. Batman turned to see Diana behind them leaning against the wall "are you alright?" He asked as the others turned to see themselves.
"I'm fine" Diana said dismissively as she walked forward to the window to join them but couldn't help but wince and limp slightly.
As soon as she limped Cyborg quickly moved to help her along to the window "he injured you" Arthur observed.
"so. He's very strong then" Barry said as Hal tapped on the glass.
The Atom and Dr Light looked them through the window. Hal pushed a small button on the bottom left of the window that acts as a microphone between the rooms "so what can you guys tell us?" He asked.
Ray and Light looked at each other before Ray turned back to them with a disappointed look on his face "yeah, we know nothing" Ray simply said.
The seven all looked at each other confused "how is that possible? we have some of the most advanced technology on earth" Cyborg said.
The Atom sighed as he looked back over to Kal "and with all that, we can't even get him out of that suit of his"
"who the hell is this guy?" Barry asked unable to believe what he was hearing.
"well that's the question of the day, isn't it" Zatanna said as she walked down the corridor towards the group "the repairs in the hanger are nearly complete and you were right Bats, those beams that shot from his eyes went right through the metal. Thank god that he didn't hit the hanger door otherwise he would have breached them and shot us out into space"
"the metal in that hanger was a combination hardened Tungsten and Titanium" Batman pointed out.
"wait" Hal said "if those beams melted right through won't that mean that they were..."
"over four thousand degrees Celsius" J'onn informed the group "excuse me" he said as he phased through the wall and observation window into Kal's room.
"what are you doing J'onn?" Diana asked through the small microphone.
"I will enter his mind while he remains in an unconscious state and try to communicate with, learn as much as I can and try to calm him down before he wakes up again" J'onn said as he grabbed a chair and dragged it to end of the bed where Kal's head rested "please continue to try and learn everything you can in case I fail, I felt it before, his mind is very complex" he finished as he placed his hands on either side of Kal's head and his eyes glowed red as he entered his mind.
"so what do we do now?" Hal asked.
"I think it would be best to continue to search his ship for answers, there must be something in there that can help us find out who he is" Arthur suggested.
"I agree" Batman agreed before he looked at Hal "though I would like you to take the scans and images your ring took of the ship to Oa and see what you can find out"
"yeah sure thing, I'll be back as soon as I can" Hal said before leaving the others alone.
"you sure you're ok Diana?" Cyborg asked.
"I'm fine Victor, don't worry" she said giving him a smile. Over the years Diana and Victor have developed a brother, sister relationship "besides, I'm going to have to give a statement to the president about all of this. The last thing we need is for him to think where keeping secrets from him" she said before walking away still with a slight limp.
"don't you want to have a look of that sword of his first though" Barry quickly said that made her stop in her tracks.
She turned around slowly to face the others "Barry, I really have to..." She started hesitatingly.
"I know. I just thought since you we all know about your love of that type of weaponry. Not to mention that you once told me and a lot of us that 'you can learn a lot about a people from the weapons they use'" Barry quoted from Diana herself.
Diana tried to resist the urge to look at that sword more closely and deal with the more official business first but she couldn't, that sword matched the beauty of her own. A small smirk appeared on her mouth as she looked back at Barry "dam you Allen" Diana growled as she walked past the group and headed to the armory where they took it to.
Zatanna looked through the observation window and looked at Kal as he lay on the table "I've got to admit, I know he's an alien and if what happened in the hanger is any indication, very dangerous but dam, he's hot" she said ignoring the looks that the other are giving her "ok fine. Professional. Maybe I should go in there, Magic might have a different effect on him"
Bruce sighed before nodding, as much as he wanted her to stay away from him after that comment he had to admit, magic might be useful in this situation. Zatanna gave him a mischievous grin before heading into the room. Ever since her father died Bruce made sure he'd look after her, even when she'd grown up he'd still do it.
"well, if there's nothing else I'll go and oversee the search of the ship" Cyborg said before heading to the main hanger.
"I must return to Atlantis, let me know if you need me" Arthur said heading to the teleporter.
"and I'll take Diana's place and let the president know what's happened" Bruce said heading to the communication's room leaving Barry alone.
Barry clapped his hands together as he stood alone in the hallway "well... I've got stuff to do to" he said to himself before leaving.
Watch Tower: Armory
Wonder Woman
It was no secret that there were a lot of members in the league that had a fondness for weapons. There was Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Blue Beetle etc. While it was true that there were many who used members, in fact it was rare to find a leaguer that didn't use weapons and just relied on their abilities. Not many of the league found weapons really that intriguing but for those that did, they managed to find themselves in the armory ogling at Kal's sword and for good reason.
(N:A if you go on google images and type in 'Sword Of The Ancient Tongues' you'll find images of the sword but I want you to think of instead the Skyrim logo in the hilt, it's the 'S' symbol)
Currently, the sword was being scanned by Red Tornado as it was being watched very closely by Green Arrow, Black Canary and John Steward "ok, I know swords are more Diana's territory. But wouldn't mind taking a few rounds with that" Dinah said as she waited eagerly for the scanning to end so she could give it a few swings.
"I wonder if it's stronger then Diana's, it certainly looks like it" Oliver said.
"I can't believe Diana's not here, though I guess she's probably in a meeting with the other big six about are new guest" John added.
"scan's complete" Tornado said "as predicted it's made of some unknown material, though I am not detecting any type of radiation or substance that courses harm to humans unless it has magical properties" he informed the others "so until we know for certain that is not the case no-one is to physically touch it" he finished as he grabbed the sword and placed it in an open glass container. With him being a machine the chances of him being affected buy it were very low.
"then perhaps it's best I take the sword" Wonder Woman said as she entered the room.
"with all due respect Wonder Woman, what will handing the weapon into your custody achieve?" Tornado asked.
"I plan to take it to Themyscira, there's no-one who knows about swords and magical properties like they do. I'll take the sword to are blacksmith Pallas" Diana said as she crossed her arms.
"wouldn't it be better if you stayed here in case he wakes up" Dinah argued.
"Yeah, I mean you are our heaviest hitter, next to Manhunter" Oliver agreed.
"I trust you all to handle yourselves in case something happens when he wakes up, but J'onn's in his mind now trying to get some sort of connection with him. Besides" Diana said as she looked at the sword closely "how can I pass at the opportunity to get closer to that" she finished.
Tornado considered the options at hand, he walked over to the far side of the room and picked up a long briefcase and walked back over to the group. He opened the case and picked up the sword and placed it inside "This should provide you protection from any magical properties that the weapon may have" Tornado said handing the case over to her "though it goes without saying that the weapon is not yours to keep, once you find what you need, you should bring it back" he advised.
"of course, Red Tornado" Diana said before she grabbed the case and turned around heading for the exit.
Themyscira
It didn't take long for Diana to take the Javelin and head to Themyscira, no more than five minutes later she was landing in near the shore, after the jet landed Diana took flight and headed for the palace carrying the case. She could have gone straight to the forges but her mother might know something that could help.
Queen Hippolyta sat in the senate trying to end a debate that has been going on for over a year now, whether or not Themyscira should open itself to the Man's world or not. Given the importance of the debate, nearly everyone was in the senate building giving their options. Some think they should take the chance based on what Diana has been telling them and some scout missions to see if it's changed, and some think it's too much of a risk, saying that men haven't change and never will. General Philippus sat on her queens right and Donna, her daughter sat on her left.
"we have no reason to return to the man's world, we are completely self-sufficient. What would be the point of returning?" Artemis said angrily.
"it would show that we are no longer scarred by the monstrous acts Hercules and his men did to us, it shows we can overcome anything" Mala argued
"have you overcome it?" Artemis counted "because you know that as soon as we show ourselves to the outside world, men will be on this island none stop. They'll want to turn this place into a personal get away for themselves, and they'll no doubt try and bring themselves upon us when we least expect it. Are you willing to risk it" she finished.
Mala stopped her argument as she looked back to Artemis, she couldn't counter it "sorry Artemis but agree with Mala" Donna said speaking her opinion "I'm going to start living at the embassy permanently because I've seen Man's world up close and there are so many wonders that could benefit us like so much, it's so cool there" she stated.
Hippolyta rolled her eyes at her daughters in-formalness in such an important meeting. Before anyone else could say a word, the senate doors opened and Dianan stepped inside "mother a need your help with..." Diana started but stopped when she saw the number of people in the room.
"Diana" Donna said as she got from her chair and met her sister in the center of the room for a strong embrace "how are you? How's Steve?" She asked raising an eyebrow to her sister.
Diana couldn't help but sigh slightly at Donna's questions, she was always so eager to learn about her love life "he's fine" Diana said quickly noticing the angry glare she received from a number of amazons, especially Artemis.
Hippolyta stepped forward to greet her daughter "Diana, so good to see again" she said but stopped when she notices the long case in Diana's hand "what brings you here daughter?" She asked before turning around and re-taking her seat.
Diana stepped forward and stood in front of her mother while Donna re-took her seat on her left "mother there has been an a new and possibly dangerous development with the League" Diana stated.
Many members of the senate looked at each other confused, they may not trust all members of the league but there was no doubt of their strength "what kind of development Diana?" Hippolyta asked slightly concerned, due to Diana's own stubbiness there is not much she considers dangerous.
"several hours during a league meeting, our sensors picked up and alien object heading towards earth, upon closer inspection we found that it was a ship. In that ship, we found a man" Diana started noticing the mumbling and whispers that spread around the room at the mention of a man "he was locked away, asleep for an unknown amount of time. Once we woke him up, he saw us and started to cry out in pain. In his panic I tried to help him but that only seemed to make it worse, he lashed out in confusion and managed to hit me in the hip and it hurt, bruised my leg" she continued, Diana noticed the concerned look on her family's face's. It takes a lot of strength injure someone blessed by the gods "after he knocked me away he ran, we found him but not before he shot beams of energy out of his eyes and passed out from the pain" she explained.
"that is very concerning Diana" Philippus said "but if he is currently unconscious then why are you here and what is in that strange container?" She asked.
"I must speak with Pallas" Diana said earning an eye brow to raise on her mother's face "he had a weapon with him and due to the safety of the league I need to be sure that it has no magical properties that could be dangerous to my comrades" she stated.
"Very well, Pallas!" Hippolyta called out to the senate room. Quickly Pallas made her way to Diana.
"what would you have me check for a magical enchantment, your majesty?" Pallas asked respectfully.
"this" Diana said as she held the case in both hands and opened it reveling Kal's sword.
"oh my" Pallas said as she looked over the weapon "it's a beautiful blade Princess, whoever this man is he has good taste in design"
"focus Pallas" Hippolyta said "we must continue with our meeting soon"
"of course, apologies your majesty" Pallas said as she placed her hands just above the blade. Pallas frowned in confusion "princess, forgive me. I can feel something, though I don't think I can tell what it is" she explained stepping back "that's all I can tell you without my tools but if you allow me a few hours to study the sword, I might be able to tell you more"
"I can't, I want to be there if he wakes up in case he panics again. Do you think it could be dangerous?" Diana asked.
"I don't think so but I can't say for certain" Pallas admitted.
"do you mind" Diana asked as she turned to case around and handed it to Pallas. Pallas took the case without question. Diana took a deep breath before she slowly reached with her right hand and grabbed the handle of the blade, she waited for a moment to see if there was a reaction but nothing happened.
'must not be dangerous then' Diana thought to herself as she lifted the sword out of the case and held it outward giving everyone view of it.
"that is a nice sword" Philippus admitted.
"amen" Donna agreed.
"how does it feel Diana?" Hippolyta asked curious to know herself.
"light" Diana replied as she took a defensive stance and began to swing to sword with a couple of skillful swings and turns "it works well" Diana said as she stopped and looked at the sword, without really thinking she grabbed the hilt with both hands.
As she did, the sword let out a small pulse and the hilt began to glow red "AAAAHHHHH!" Diana shouted in pain as she dropped the sword in pain, the sword landed blade first and imbedded its self in the ground.
"Diana" both Hippolyta and Donna said as they rushed forward to her and Diana held her hands close and looked closely at them.
Most members of the senate began to get up from their seats and get closer to see what was happening "what was that?" Artemis asked as she took a step closer towards Diana.
Donna grabbed Diana's hands and looked at them closer. Diana groaned as she opened her palms reviling blood "it burnt you" Donna gasped as she looked at Diana's hands.
"well, I know what I'm asking this man when he wakes up" Diana said as all eyes turned to the sword imbedded in the ground.
Watch Tower Med-Bay
Martian Manhunter and Zatanna
Zatanna had entered the room and walked over to Kal as he lay unmoving on the bed, she could see in the corner of her eyes that the big seven where all going in separate directions "what are you doing here Zatanna?" J'onn asked as his eyes went back to their normal state.
Zatanna shrugged "well, I figured I could try and help understand him better if I try and use magic, who knows? It might affect him better then these instruments"
"well, I would love the help" Ray said as he and Dr Light continued to try and find out everything they can.
"what are you doing anyway?" Zatanna asked "I thought you were trying to get into his head"
"I am but that's proven to be... difficult. He has the strongest mental barriers I've ever encountered. Right now I'm just trying to poke a hole in the barriers, just a way in so I can try and speak with him" J'onn explained "and now that he is unconscious, it will be easier because he won't be able to resist" he explained.
"wait, if he has those strong barriers then how where you able to knock him out when he was in the hanger?" Zatanna asked as she prepared her spell to help see inside his body.
"I wasn't the cause of him losing consciences. When I placed my hand on his head, that was me trying to explain to him that we weren't a threat. And I was only able to do that because he was in great turmoil over everything that was happening to him, he was in shock and in turn his mind was in chaos, unable to defend itself from me" J'onn explained "but even then, I was only able to gather a basic understanding of his language before his metal barriers repaired themselves from the shock and locked me out, then he just past out from either pain, shock, fear. I can only guess" J'onn finished.
"so, we know that this guy is strong if he is able to knock Diana off her feet and injure her. We know he has some sort of energy projectile he can shoot from his eyes. We know that he has powerful psychic blocks. And we know that his skin is very durable to have broken apart everything we used to try and get under it" Ray said as he and Light continued to work.
"Ok J'onn, I'll leave you to it" Zatanna said "let's see if magic has any effect on him" she said before J'onn nodded back to her trying to enter his mind again.
"niks eht htaeneb si tahw laever" Zatanna spoke. As soon as she did a bright light appeared over Kal's body. Ray and Light both winced at the light trying to block it out, the light faded and it was as if the Kal's chest and stomach had become transparent.
"wow, ok" Ray said as he and Light got closer and started to right done what they were seeing "Ok, let's see what we've got here" he said listing off what he was seeing "wow, very human. Lungs, Lever, stomach, wait..."
"are they what I think they are?" Light said as she starred at Kal's chest.
"Yeah" Ray answered "two hearts. Looks like their ten centimeters apart, located on the either side of his lungs located near the center of his chest then his sides" they finished before Zatanna's spell wore off.
"Sorry guys, that's all I got for now. It's up to J'onn now" she finished as she panted from exhaustion.
Kal's Mind
J'onn was mentally standing in Kal's mind, the only think he could see was darkness and a large brick wall in front of him. He kept on trying to find ways through it, over and over again but nothing worked. It was literally trying to break a wall down with your bare hands. J'onn was a strong telepath, there was no doubt about that but these barriers where really strong but he did observe that they weren't natural, he took the time to train his mind against telepathic attack 'what reason could he have to train himself this thoroughly' J'onn thought to himself.
He continued his assault trying to get a figure through the walls of his mind, trying everything he could think of. Until he had a new thought, in his unconscious state Kal wasn't able to fight J'onn's attack himself so right now it was like his mind was being automated. Defending itself naturally so J'onn thought that maybe if he spoke to Kal's mind using the basic understanding of the Kryptonian language he acquired, thinking that if his mind felt something familiar it wouldn't defend itself as strongly, true if Kal was conscious he would be able to tell that it was a trick but that wasn't the case here.
J'onn made his way close to the wall and began to whisper Kryptonian words to it and it was working, he could feel the barrier weakening and he took his chance. In one quick monition he slammed his entire body on the wall breaking through it.
J'onn landed on what felt like a metal floors. He looked up to the sight of people walking past him, all carrying weapons and armor, it didn't take long for him to realize that they were soldiers. J'onn tried to find out where he was and he guessed that he was in Kal's memories. J'onn stood up looked more closely at his surroundings 'maybe a I tight of bunker or military facility' he thought to himself as he started to walk down the corridor he was in. He looked at the faces of all the people he could see, they looked human but he knew that wasn't the case but he looked in their eyes, they looked defeated. Like they knew they were going to their deaths.
J'onn reached what looked like a large hanger where a lot of people where gathering, he stepped inside and saw a large group of people standing in front of a ship entrance ramp. As J'onn approached he could hear someone speaking in the kryptonian language but thankfully J'onn new what he was being said.
"and when the day is done you will see the same look of fear in eyes of the Scar" he heard a man shout, J'onn walked through the people standing in front of him. With this being a memory, he was simply spectator. He reached the front of the group and stopped when he saw the man who was speaking. It was Kal holding the sword he was found with ""take all that you hold dear and stand together because in this moment. WE FACE THE MONSTERS THAT ARE AT OUR DOOR AND BRING THE FIGHT TO THEM, TODAY WE TELL THOSE SCAR BASTERDS WE ARE BRINGING THE APOCALYPES TO THEM!"
"OORAH, OORAH, OORAH" J'onn saw everyone chanting as they waved their fists in the air, it was then that he realized that it was a rally. He was giving them hope for whatever was about to happen next.
J'onn looked at Kal as he walked backwards into the ship, but when the ships door closed. Everyone froze, these where Kal's memories, now that he was out of view he didn't know what they were doing so they just froze and everything faded to darkness. J'onn stopped for a moment trying to gather his thoughts but he never got the chance as the darkness changed again. But this time he knew where he was, this was the room where they found Kal in the pod talking to what looked like some type of A.I. J'onn walked forward as Kal started to get into the pod "activating ship wide Cryogenic suspension" J'onn heard a voice say.
"sleep well old friend" Kal said as the pod door closed.
"and you as well master" the A.I said before everything faded to darkness once again.
But nothing else happened after, there was no other memory. J'onn guessed that this is the last thing Kal remembers "I know you, don't I?" A voice spoke from behind J'onn. He quickly turned around and saw Kal standing behind him "you where there when a I woke up" Kal said stepping closer towards him.
"yes" J'onn replied "I am J'onn J'onzz, I'm a friend" he said making it clear that he was not a threat.
"I am Kal-El, what happened?" Kal asked.
"when you awoke from your slumber, you had a bad reaction to waking up" J'onn explained.
Kal winced as the darkness around them began to change, flashes of images from the Watch Tower started to flash, Kal running away from everything the pain "yes, I remember know" Kal said "what is that language you are speaking?" Kal asked.
"it is a very popular one from the planet Earth, the planet that the station we are both on orbits and the birth place of the human race. Here" J'onn said as he walked forward to Kal and placed both his hands on his head "I will give you an understanding of the language" he explained as he gave Kal his knowledge of the language.
Kal was grateful for his assistance but he stopped himself from responding and turned around as he remembered why he was in this situation. They were all dead, he was alone in the whole universe "what will you do with now?" Kal asked.
J'onn could feel the shift in emotion in Kal's body "we'll make sure you're not a threat and if that is the case try and help you go home"
"there is no helping me get home" Kal said.
j'onn tried not to pry, he'll leave that to Batman for later. Then let us help you with what you need, we are very interested in you based on what you can do" he finished placed a hand on Kal's shoulder.
"I think I'd like to wake up now" Kal stated turning back at J'onn.
J'onn nodded before turning around and walking away before fading into nothing.
Watch Tower: Med-Bay
J'onn eyes returned to their normal state and he stood up looking over Kal's body "Hey, J'onn" Zatanna said walking over next to him "do you get through to him?" She asked.
"yes, I did" J'onn said as he looked up to her "Zatanna, would please help me undo lasso?" He asked as he looked to Kal's hands that where bind together.
"oh, why?" Zatanna asked as she and J'onn both began to untie his hands.
"he is about to wake up and I don't want him to feel any more of a prisoner then he might already feel" J'onn explained as they freed Kal's hands from.
Before Zatanna could replay Kal winced and slightly turned his head. Ray and Light both froze as they looked at Kal. Zatanna took a step back quietly readying herself for another bad reaction. Kal's eyes opened and he took a deep breath, his body shot upwards to a sitting position. J'onn placed a hand on Kal's back and another on his arm.
Kal winced as he began to hear everything that was happening around him and started to see through all the solid objects. But now that Kal has spoken with J'onn he has gotten over the shock of waking up he wasn't pancaking now and could think, he was bred to be a fighter, trained his entire life master his senses. Kal brought his hand up to his face and could see through it. Kal closed his eyes and closed his hand making a fist trying to black out everything and focus and what was around him now.
Kal opened his eyes and he can see his hand and everything around him but he couldn't see through anything and he could hear was in this room and nothing more. He had it under control for now "are you all right Kal?" J'onn asked.
Kal took a deep breath before turning to face J'onn "I... I am well for now J'onn" Kal responded before turning his head to look at the others in the room.
Ok guys. I hope you enjoyed this chapter I know there are some things that are different like the Two hearts thing, I didn't have any real reason for that I just thought that it would make things more interesting. If there are any questions please send me a message and I will get back to you.
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