Justice League Watchtower, April 10 2036, 7:27 AM
Sirens rung as the League, Titans and Team were sent onto high alert. So far today reports came in that all the Titans were either captured or in critical after an explosion at Titans Tower. The cause was still unknown but eyewitnesses said they saw Talon and Cardinal leaving the seen. In the infirmary there was little room for the injured that they set up blankets on the floor. One causality, Cassandra Sandsmark. The Amazon. She had tried to evacuate her friends when the sixth floor came down on her. Tim sat in the infirmary with Dick logging the injured and wondering how they could possibly come back from this.
Half the team was captured, ten in twenty. Rush, Cosmo, Nightshade, Kid Martian, Surge, Speedy, Marine, Batgirl, Impulse and Supergirl. All taken, what remains of the team were sent to the Watchtower for their own safety. The nine who remained stood in the common room ready to deploy to action. Red Hood and Green Lanterns Kyle Rayner and Jessica Cruz stood by with them. The team was split in two, Alpha Squad was Velocity, Wonder Girl, Black Arrow, Hawkgirl and Tempest. Robin, would lead Beta Squad, Icarus, Blue Beetle and Inferno. Red Hood would accompany Alpha and the lanterns would join Beta when time to deploy hit. A third of the League was stretched out looking for the team and another third of missing leaguers.
The doors to the main hall opened and Red Robin, Cyborg, Tigress, Super Woman, Red Devil and Damian Wayne re-suited as Nightwing walked in followed by Red Arrow aka Roy Harper, The Flash/Wally West, Aquaman/Kaldur'ahm, Miss Martian, Donna Tory the Wonder Woman, Connor Kent Superman, and last to walk in was The Batman Dick Grayson. The seven stormed in and stood in a line in front of the team and remaining Leaguers. To rally the troops. Superman stood to the center, Batman on the left, Wonder Woman on the right. Flash and Aquaman went to Donna's side while Arrow and Martian went to Dick's. Tigress walked over to Flash's right and Cyborg over to Arrow's left. The faces of the League stood there, ready finally as the team they once were, and as their mentors. Their legacy.
"I know it looks bleak as of late," Wonder Woman started, she paused giving Batman the floor. Dick nodded and spoke almost as if it was rehearsed.
"We've suffered a great loss last night, we lost Cassandra, a great friend and teammate," Dick said, giving a sympathetic look to Donna. In the audience Dylan wrapped a comforting arm around Yesenia, she grabbed his hand and smiled softly, not looking into his eyes. Wally was next to speak.
"But we can't falter now, now more than ever, we've ignored it for far too long and now we do something about it today." He said, quaking at his words. He shot a sorrow full look to his wife on his right, then to Nate and Bart who stood in the back of the crowd. Roy cleared his throat and spoke next.
"Vandal started this war with our predecessors, but dammit we're ending it," He glanced to the original Roy's arm and furrowed his brow, "No more bloodshed, no more science experiments out of us, we're done," He finished boldly and Aquaman picked the torch up and spoke loudly and clearly.
"Death will no more plague this league of extraordinary individuals, my mentor helped build it, I won't let a single one of his sacrifices go in vain, or any other of our fallen." Artemis spoke next.
"My blood runs deep with regret, pain, and hate, but I stand here to say we choose our destinies, and now I choose not to fall," She looked straight to Inferno and the boy who stood behind him. Silvercut who volunteered to help the League in any way he could.
Victor was next, "It time we stop being told we can't, not by them, but by ourselves, together we have no limits to what we can do,"
Lastly was Connor, "We've come from the blood of them, we wear their names, and are their legacy, here we stand to end Vandal's light, our fight ends here, today, let it go down in the history books that we vanquished the old, and replaced it with a New Light." He crossed his arms and pressed his eyebrows close together. The room was silent for a half a second, then a clap was heard. Jason Todd stood from his seat clapping his hands loudly, and the rest of the heroes followed.
"Everyone calm down, there are four Light strong holds we hit, there are about thirty-five of us her right now, we are severely out numbered and out gunned but if we play this right we can beat Vandal before midnight falls," Red Robin said shutting everyone up. He pulled up a large screen in which he sorted everyone onto teams, first team to deploy was Beta Squad. As they were preparing Dick and Artemis walked over to Silvercut who was working on the computer, Dick placed a suitcase in front of him, he glanced at it curiously.
"I can't say I understand how a kid like you fell in with The Light, but I admire what you've done to help us in recent days, I've convinced Waller to place you under the same bargain as Bryce, I've been looking for someone to use this, since I was fourteen," Dick said, he opened the case and inside lied the Red X suit, Trent look up at Dick then Artemis. His blue eyes filled with confusion.
"We found the perfect person to wear it, the team voted they want you to accompany Beta, now suit up Red X," Artemis said, Trent furrowed his brow and snapped the suitcase closed, picked it up and ran to the changing room to get rid of Silvercut once and for all.
The Beta squad stood at the Zeta Tube, ready to mobilize. Only waiting on Silvercut, Rui was growing impatient. She tapped her foot on the ground to the beat of 'Pop goes the Weasel" while whistling the tune to herself. Which was starting to annoy Icarus, Travis wanted to slap her but didn't want to cause any trouble.
"What's taking Silvercut so long?" Rui asked, mainly in Bryce's direction. He shrugged then the two were turned around when they heard his voice.
"Who's Silvercut?" He asked sarcastically, Rui rolled her eyes as Robin gave a nod to Red Robin.
"Extraction team is ago!" She announced and with that they walked through the portal. For possibly the last time.
*Robin, C19, Blue Beetle, C14, Icarus, C22, Inferno, C23, Red X, C24*
