Land of Heroes: DC Style comes from Harbinger of Kaos. I just write the reactions, and I still down own any of the characters.

Hope you're ready. Things are about to get crazy as the league learns of the mysterious Spartan's true origins.

Chapter 7: Revealed to the world

The founding members of the league, plus Green Arrow, entered the chamber and prepared the device to continue viewing the alternate world with the man who would become known as the Spartan. After getting comfortable, with Flash bringing in a bag of popcorn, they hit the button.

Cue Justice League intro.

"Uh, what's going on?" Flash asked, as he looked as the music started.

As the sun rises over the horizon 8 figures can be seen walking forward in confident powerful stride, the JUSTICE LEAGUE is seen in bold lettering.

"Oh my god," Arrow said, "It's like an intro to a cartoon or a TV show."

Batman said, "It's not that surprising. In one of the worlds I saw in my analysis we, all of us, were considered characters of fiction. Including books, movies, cartoons, and comics."

Batman suppressed the urge to shudder as he also found that the fans also wrote their own versions of some of their adventures, or drew art. Some of which was very explicit and could make even him cringe.

A figure shrouded in darkness hurling a bat shaped object at an unknown foe, a woman in patriotic colors deflecting bullets, a man surrounded by emerald green energy holding a lantern of the same color soon showing a glowing ring.

"Well, there's Batman, Diana, and GL," Flash said.

A man in a cape smashing his way through a wall and taking to the sky, a dragon like figure coiling and changing into a man with a cape and red eyes, a red and yellow streak racing into the unknown.

"There's Supes, J'onn, and Flash," Arrow said.

A woman with wings soaring through the sky, an armored figure with a golden visor holding a hammer in his arms numerous enemies to his back, he charges them weapon held high.

"Then Shayera and the Spartan," Lantern said.

All eight together watching over a cliff.

End Intro.

"I wonder if I ever make it into the intro?" Arrow asked, wondering hwo the imagery would have changed if he were included.

J'onn said, "This introduction only went with the founding members because we were the only members of the league at the time. It would most likely change to include other members in the future, or at the very least, shots of them, because there are so many."

This was met with nods from the group.

John and, by extension Cortana, was currently on board the Watchtower along with J'onn, Hawkgirl and Flash, two months had passed since his induction into the group, and he was currently overseeing the most recent modifications done to the installation, which was the reinforcement of the outer shell using the hull plating used on the Dawn, again a combination of Forerunner metals and Titanium A.

It wasn't the only modification the station underwent; they gave them medical supplies, such as polypseudomorphine and biofoam, these two items garnered Batman's attention, the first for having all the properties of regular morphine without the addiction, the second for being a powerful disinfectant and sealant, he had asked if he could take some samples saying people could benefit from them, himself included given his run-ins with unique beings.

"Something tells me you already added some of these to your repertoire," Superman said.

Batman didn't answer, but one glance at him was all that Superman needed to know that he did.

Superman also knew that the new technology was doing wonders in the medical world, not just from his super hearing, but also because he was given the assignment by his boss to interview Bruce Wayne over the advances in medicine.

They thought it over and agreed that it was one of the many things mankind could benefit from; they also had better medical equipment installed including a flash clone facility in case of organ transplants of the loss of limbs, the heroes asked if it was necessary what with the revelation that a clone was used to ensure the John be declared dead to the world, he explained that the facilities had safety protocols that ensured under no circumstances a full clone can be made.

The next upgrade they gave was security; in this case they had a series of sentinels added.

They had the typical beam weapons that according to the threat level they would either stun or wound but not kill, at the insistence of the others, Cortana also added her own brand of firewalls onto the computer systems.

"You know we probably could add some new firewalls to the system in case we ever get hit by Braniac again," Superman said, "I don't like the idea of him crawling around in our systems."

Flash said, "Isn't Braniac supposed to be dead?"

Superman answered, "There are a lot of people we know who should be dead."

J'onn said, "He has you there."

For the maintenance of the station and the vehicles they brought over some Huragok, constructors and newly built Strato-sentinels, they oversaw that any problem with the structure or the electric and electronic was dealt with, the Huragok seemed to enjoy the change of scenery, of course the others where surprise by the creatures.

Flashback:

They had just finished demonstrating the Dawn's ability to use slipspace and where heading to the mess hall to eat when one of the Huragok doing a maintenance check appeared, as a naturally curious creature it floated towards them.

"What is that?" Flash asks as he spots the creature heading towards them.

"That is a Huragok or Engineer as we call them." John replied as he and the others walked towards it.

"Is it dangerous?" Wonder Woman asks.

After seeing some looks towards her, Diana said, "Oh, don't' tell me that you wouldn't wonder if something was dangerous, especially after just getting through an alien invasion.

"Oh no, they are actually peace-loving beings, in fact out of the whole Covenant they had no hostility towards humans and on occasion help repair our vehicles." Miranda replies.

"The only case were one actually killed was in defense of a Grunt it befriended and then kept alive at great personal risk." Cortana adds.

"Wow, sounds like an alien guard dog and IT department mixed up into one," Lantern said, rubbing his chin, "Those things would become very handy in fighting situations."

"What purpose did they serve?" J'onn asks as he senses no hostility only open curiosity.

"Well the first thing you must understand about them is that they are actually organic but artificial in nature and they are the only other legacy of the Forerunners as they created them."

"So, their robots?" Hawkgirl says as the creature studies her mace.

"More like androids I'd say, they feel and express themselves in ways we have never really understood, their sole purpose in life is to study, build and fix things, they actually feel happy for doing it, so long as they can fix something they don't care who they help so long as they do." John says.

"As long as they aren't like Ivo's android, I don't think I have a problem with it," Flash said, remembering the powerful machine that almost took down the league single handedly.

"In one case a Huragok tried to befriend humans by building a vehicle for them from raw parts, unfortunately the Brutes saw it and liked it and ended up turning into a weapon, it is also the first time it showed irritation as it had not intended for that to happen." Cortana spoke.

"For some reason," Superman said, "I am not surprised. That's like taking away a kid's toy and turning it into a weapon."

Flash joked, "Isn't that how Toyman got his schtick?"

"Did it attack them?" Superman asks as images of that particular race showed they were always violent.

"No it just left the area, however the Brutes had a habit of using them as bombers until the Prophets put a stop to that, Huragok held a special place in the Covenant as they could detect Forerunner artifacts and get them up and running."

"Can it demonstrate its abilities?" Batman asks.

"Sure do you happen to have something you would like to repair or have calibrated?" John asks.

Batman pulls out his descriptor from his belt; he had been meaning to upgrade it.

"Too busy practicing his brooding glare no doubt," Arrow muttered to Flash.

This would earn them another slap to the back of the head from the hero they were joking about.

John takes the device and shows it to the creature, it studies it and gives of a chirp before it takes the device and dissembles and reassembles it in a matter of seconds, much to the astonishment of the heroes, Superman and Flash the only ones who could follow the movements.

"Now watch this," John says as he smashes the device.

He does a series of hand signs and the Huragok chirps and proceeds to repair the device in the exact same speed.

Batman takes the device and finds it in perfect working order.

"Okay, does anyone know where we can get one of those because it would certainly make getting maintenance around here easy," Flash said.

"Maybe we should consider hiring a maintenance team," Superman said, "It could come in handy."

Batman responded, "It would also put some people at risk, as well as us in case someone infiltrated the tower."

End Flashback:

John taught them how to communicate with the creatures just as he and Miranda had been by Redeeming, Cortana simply talked to them through the tones they used, which were quite pleasing to hear.

The Javelins were next as they were given enhanced armor plating, navigational software, short and long-range communications, a holopad and memory banks for Cortana to use, fusion reactors used on the Longswords and adapted for them, they left the FTL drive alone for the moment as Redeeming would look into making a miniature Slipspace drive.

They would have used the Pelicans but military looks and weapons may give of the wrong message, still they kept one on board for emergencies, John and Miranda making sure all of them were familiar with the inner workings of them.

"Good call not using the military jet," Lantern said, "Someone probably thought we were forming an army of metahumans as opposed to a team of heroes."

"That's a rather scary thought," J'onn said, "A huge group of metahumans under the command of a madman."

Everyone shuddered at the thought of that.

All in all, he was quite satisfied with what they had contributed, of course there were some issues that needed addressing first, namely helping Diana get immersed into society, a new base of operations for him and his group and finally presenting the League to the world.

Flashback…

"So, Diana, where do you plan to stay while you help out here?" Miranda asks the Amazon as they enjoy their meal.

"I haven't thought of that, I suppose the watchtowers facilities would suffice." The Amazon replies.

"And they did," Diana said, "Though, I did still mingle amongst man's world in civilian clothing."

"That won't do, Diana you want to experience all there is to man's world, right?" Cortana asks.

"Yes, I do."

Arrow turned towards the princess of the amazons and asked, "Why didn't you? You wanted to interact with man's world, so why did you stay up here."

Diana answered, "I had no money, and nowhere to go. I decided it would be best to stay up here."

This was met with a few nods, an understanding one from J'onn. He had decided to stay up on the Watchtower as he himself did not truly belong on Earth, plus his appearance and lack of knowledge on Earth's mannerisms would have made things incredibly awkward.

"Then you need to get down there and mingle, you too John." Cortana spoke to them.

"Why me?" he asks.

"John all you do all day is go out for supplies and sit and train, you need to mingle with the people, if one day, should we ever return to our reality, find ourselves with the fact that the UNSC no longer needs us what will you do?" She spoke making the other look at him for his answer.

John was quiet at that as he pondered the answer.

"I don't know, retire I suppose or wait in cryo sleep for when I am needed." He replies.

"You see, we need to find you something your good at, outside of the military that works in favor of your unique skills." The A.I spoke in a tone that said she was not budging on this.

Lantern said, "Yeah, that always was a problem. Some of the army men find it hard to return to civilian life after being in war. Some of them can find it nearly impossible."

Batman said, "it's going to be harder for him. With his enhanced abilities and powers, he could have some difficulty getting a job, especially if it involves a physical screening"

"I agree with her Chief, you have given so much to the protection of humanity to just wind up in some desk job or worse cryo facility, you deserve to live the life you were denied." Keyes says to which the others agreed as the fact that he was willing to go into cryonics labs was nor acceptable to them.

"Well what do you suggest I do?" he asks now that the subject has been broached.

"Well what works in favor of a soldier? John, your Ex-military, what did you do before joining the Lanterns?" Superman asks the Lantern.

"Well, I did work in architecture for a while before I was called up, personally I liked to use my hands, feel useful." Stewart replies.

"You were an architect?" Wonder Woman asked Lantern, this bit of information, surprising her.

Lantern shrugged and said, "Like I said, I like to work with my hands, and it lets me feel useful."

"I don't think that works that well for him, sure he can work as construction worker, but it lacks something." Flash adds.

"How about joining the police or firefighters, they could use someone of your skills." Superman ventures.

"No they would discover his enhancements when he needs to get a physical, people would ask questions." Batman supplies.

"I got it! You can work as a private detective; you just fill out some forms, get an office and deal with easy stuff like finding pets or stuff like that, Diana could be your secretary or partner, no one would suspect you two to being Wonder Woman or the Spartan because it would so obvious." Flash speaks out.

"A private detective," Flash said, "It looks like he is trying to steal your thing, Bats."

"Hmm, yeah, that could work, you do have necessary qualities for one, you can track anyone, conceal yourself, you're good at figuring things out, your augmentations give you physical advantages over most criminals not of the super variety, plus with Diana backing you up and our tech we could do some real good out there." Cortana says as she likes the idea more and more.

"All right, I could give it a shot, what about you Diana?" he asks the heroine.

"It does sound interesting, but where would we establish this…detective agency?" she asks.

"Well we are currently based in Metropolis, but frankly only criminals of the powered variety appear there, and with Superman and his group there that would be counterproductive, we need a place where we can get plenty of action yet also plenty of diversity for Wonder Woman." Miranda speaks.

"You could go too New York, it has all you need plus no one is based there so you could do some good in both your personas." Stewart answers.

"I have a distinct feeling that the crime rate in New York is about to drop by a significant amount," J'onn said.

Batman said, "Yes, but it could also draw in some attention from other more powerful villains, which could lead to another mess of trouble."

"He is right; it's got plenty of people to blend in, lots of different ethnic groups, crime that needs fighting and people who need help." Flash ads to GL´s suggestion.

"All right we'll move our base there, are there any objections?" he asks Diana.

"No I think this will be quite interesting." She replied with a smile at the prospect.

End Flashback…

Soon as that was agreed as well as the modifications they would make to the station they adjourned, Diana stayed with them for the duration of the move which led to some rather…interesting incidents, she and Miranda connected well enough just as she did with Cortana.

The Commander bought her some clothes to wear after Cortana scanned her for her measurements, they tried to get him to pick them up, but he wasn´t about to fall for that one again.

The last time that occurred, he was on his way to the mall for the regular pick up of supplies, food primarily, then came the communications that the Commander needed…female hygiene products and undergarments.

There was a moment of silence from the group, Flash and Arrow had to stifle their laughs. Batman looked impassive, but you could make out a faint glimmer of amusement in his eyes. Superman and Lantern refused to do anything so as not to give Flash any ammo against them. J'onn said nothing as he didn't really understand the reasoning, given Martians didn't typically wear clothes on his planet. Diana…kept impassive.

If any of his fellow Spartans had seen his face they would have died laughing, still he did as asked, the first items got him some looks of pity from some men while some women thought it was both funny and endearing, which led to attraction, let´s face it any man willing to do that is a keeper in their eyes.

The other item was the real problem mostly because the store clerks wanted to model the items for it, and the single women wanted his male opinion, now if he were a normal male he would of taken it, thankfully, in his view at least, he was not a normal male, he politely said no, paid and left, much to their disappointment.

"Lucky bastard," Flash and Arrow muttered.

Lantern said, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have a girlfriend?"

He endured many days of laughter after that, he and Diana did not get what the humor was in his odd trip, but then again he was still operating as usual and she did not have an understanding of current society's stereotypes.

Soon they travelled to the Big Apple; using their funds they bought two high rise apartments one next to the other, the location and height allowed for quick exits, Batman was kind enough to provide identification papers for the Amazon, now formally known as Diana Prince.

The detective agency was soon set up in Manhattan area, and John and the others taught her how to work there and act in the city.

Cortana explained to her the basics of what they would be doing depending on the jobs they would receive, from finding pets to solving crimes, in the latter cases they would likely work with the police but in such a way as to not compromise their identities, and how to search through computer files and file archives.

Miranda showed her around the city, and Amazon princess admitted to finding it fascinating though on occasion daunting, there were many cultures here; some blending with American society, others staying true to their roots and showing them to the public.

Despite her conservative clothing she had garnered many looks from men and some women also, the women she had no problem with as she had spent some "quality" time with some of her sister amazons, the men however where a different story.

Nobody said anything. There were multipole thoughts going through everyone's heads. Diana looked slightly mortified at that sensitive information being made known. The men in the room had multiple images going through their heads, but didn't let the woman in the room know that for they all really wanted to keep their heads.

Some asked her kindly is she was single and interested in going out, others gave credence to her trainer's words of men's base instincts, those were taught what happens when an Amazon says no it REALLY means no, they weren´t killed but they would never bear children again or stop speaking as if they were on helium.

"You actually had to do that, didn't you," Batman said.

Diana said, "Ask me no questions, and I will tell you no lies."

The Spartan taught her covert tactics, new forms of tracking down a culprit through methods of both this time and his reality, he taught her how to drive namely the Hog and a modified Mongoose, she really enjoyed those lessons in particular, then there were the firearms training.

She was hesitant at that as she thought it meant she was to kill their enemies, yes, she was trained a warrior but she had never taken a life, he however explained that it was a means of protection, yes, she could end a life with them but only if she chooses too.

Diana cocked her head to the side. She had always found herself preferring the use of old fashioned medieval weapons and her fists, as opposed to guns. She idly wondered if she should start adding those to her repertoire. It would make certain fights easier if she could injure her foe from a distance.

He had taken many lives, both human and not, because of the situation he found himself in but never took any joy or pleasure from, those that did were monsters in his mind.

As John taught her she took in his treatment of her as an equal, she found she liked that, he didn't step in unless the situation called for it, he asked for her opinion on subjects, and he listened to her if she found and alternative solution to a problem.

Diana in turn helped him adapted to living a life away from that of warrior, it wasn´t easy for neither of them as several problems came in the form of her inexperience with the outside world and his upbringing, luckily, she had the aid of Cortana and Miranda as they too wanted to help the Spartan.

He was puzzled by her actions yet he did not spurn them, it did confuse him why she tried to do so, she said it was her way of repaying the favor for his lessons, still if it help it better adapt who was he to criticize.

Another facet of their lives were their heroic personas, at first the citizens were surprised by their appearance, the media that covered the efforts of the League as they did cleanup what was left of the invaders, focused on them as no one knew where they came from, now here they were defended this city with their unique methods.

Wonder Woman was as powerful as Superman and showed that she was one woman who was anything but weak, many women found her to a good role model and inspiration to their daughters.

Diana smiled at this. She was proud of her ability to inspire people and how she managed to do so with an entire generation.

Superman had a similar feeling as he was described a good man by a lot of people. Some were inspired by his courage, and never giving up in the face of trouble.

Flash was considered an inspiration as well. Given how he sometimes went out of his way to help others was able to teach people that you are never too busy to gout out and do the right thing.

Finally, Batman was considered an inspiration to some as well, though you probably wouldn't guess it. He showed the world, time and time again, that anyone can do great things, even when all the odds are against them.

John proved to be a force to be reckoned with, seeing as he responded with quick, and at often times brutal efficiency, minor criminals were found beaten up, begging to be put to jail, major criminals were heavily wounded, not enough to kill them but enough to show the seedy members of the underworld that this man would put them down hard if they crossed him.

"Dang," Flash said, "I think I know what would happen if Bats ever stopped holding back."

Batman didn't' answer, but he did flashback to a world where he was considered a fugitive against the government for not following through with what they wanted and continuing to act as a vigilante. He had retired for a while, but returned, fighting more viciously than ever, even crippling someone.

When they were seen together, the public was in awe of them John was military precision; Wonder Woman was spontaneous and unpredictable passion, his hard and unyielding courage meshed well with her compassionate and kind spirit.

Many speculated as to where they came from, why they chose New York for their base of operations, did they know each other outside of their heroic personae, some thought they were a couple, and others, colleagues fighting for the same goal.

After a month and a half had passed, and both of them had made their presence felt, the day came when League announced its presence and its attention.

Flashback…

The feel in the assembly hall of the UN was tense, representatives of both the worlds governments and the media were anxious as Superman had ask for them to come to address rumors regarding the planet's line of defense.

"Oh, I remember this," Flash said, "This was back after the Watchtower got put up and we formed the league. A lot of people were not very trusting of the idea. Then again, super powered individuals who could take on an army that the entire Earth couldn't defeat grouping together was abound to make someone feel…nervous."

Superman said, "Considering that our group is composed of some of the strongest beings on the planet, I don't blame them."

The doors soon open and all turned to look, many gasped at the sight there stood the men and woman who had driven off the alien invaders one month ago.

They made their way towards the podium, Superman in the lead, followed by the Dark Knight, many surprised by his appearance before them, next was the current Green Lantern assigned to this sector of space, the speedster smiling and waving to all, Hawkgirl mace tied to her waist earning a bit of nervous glances, the Martian J'onn J'onzz, Wonder Woman the proud warrior and princess she was, and finally the Spartan, his gravity hammer to his back.

"Smile Chief, you're on camera." Cortana jokes.

"Very funny Cortana." He sends back.

"Heh, remember the last time we were at a big conference?" she asks.

"Cairo station, me, Johnson and Commander Keyes were awarded for our actions on Halo 04." He remembered fondly as he thought of his deceased friend.

"Remember what Johnson said?"

"People need heroes to give them hope."

"Right, and that's is what they do, look at the people Chief…" she says as he does from the confines of the helmet"…look at the awe they inspire, the smiles they bring, you did that in our world, now you're doing it here as well." She finishes.

After hearing that Lantern nodded, knowing that hope was sometimes the only thing that kept people going.

This also made John wonder something. Aside from the green lanterns, the Spartan would probably also be recruited by the Blue Lanterns given that he seemed to inspire hope in the people. He could also be of use the yellow lanterns, or the sinestro corps as he also inspired fear in his enemies.

"I simply do my duty to the best of my ability Cortana, I need not be honored for that." He replies.

"And it is that attitude that makes you one of them John, your methods may differ, but you are a hero, to me, Commander Keyes and the members of the UNSC." She replies with a smile he can feel.

Soon all eight reach the steps and Superman steps forward, to the chairwoman of the council.

"Madam, if I may be allowed to address the council."

"Of course, Superman." She replied as she back away for the man to speak.

"Ladies and Gentleman of the world, some time ago this world was threatened by an alien race, to my shame I was manipulated into weakening our defensive capabilities, and our first warning system was disabled, however it was thanks to this man…"

He holds out his hand towards J'onn.

"…That I and others were able to learn of their intentions, their plans and their weaknesses, he brought us together to defend this world, and together we drove them off" He pauses as he let that thought sink in.

"As I told my companions, I once believed I could defend this world, I was wrong but fate brought us together for a purpose, and I believe that purpose is for the eight of us too unite our strength and courage in defending this world I call home, people of the world, I give you the Justice League." He ended causing a standing ovation by all that grew as he presented the members.

"J'onn Jonzz" he spoke as the Martian step up and bowed his head in greeting.

"Batman." The man simply acknowledging the crowd with his gaze.

"The Flash." "Hey everybody, great to be here I mean it!" he yells and waves at the crowd.

"Green Lantern." Who nods his head.

"Hawk girl." She extends her wings and gives a wave.

"Wonder Woman." Who gives the traditional salute, right hand in a fist over her heart.

"And Spartan-117." John stands at attention and salutes as if in the presence of a superior officer.

"A soldier at heart," Arrow said, seeing that.

"Does anyone else have a sudden sense of nostalgia?" Flash asked.

"I know there will be questions, so we will try to answer as best we can." The man of steel says to the mass of questions.

"I have one for the Spartan." A three-star general in the back speaks; he was bald and had a thin mustache.

Superman steps back to allow John to speak.

"Sir." He salutes giving the man the respect his station demands.

The general returns the salute.

"The name is General Wade Eiling, where are you from soldier?" he asks.

"I figured Eiling wouldn't want to know about the soldier in our group," Superman said.

He was not too fond the general. He had been overly suspicious of many metahuman who didn't have anything to do with the, especially after the incident where Superman got brainwashed by Darkseid.

"Believe it or not I come from an alternate reality sir, one where there are no superheroes or villains, and before anyone asks I am human and the year there is 2553."

"You must be joking; such a thing cannot be possible." One of the members speaks.

"We have corroborated his story, and he is not lying." Superman spoke.

"You say you are from Earth?" another asks.

"No, I am human, but I was not born on Earth, in my time humanity colonized many worlds as they ventured out into space."

That garnered much attention.

"Is there any technologies you may share with us?"

"He probably would, but not anything that could be used to cause destruction," Lantern said.

"Given how we are doing the same thing, I wouldn't be surprised," J'onn said.

"I am currently working with the league to review what might be safe for this world, however I say this now, I will not give weapon schematics to any nation." He raises his hand in order to prevent protest.

"In this world there exist men and women who would use them to bring untold pain and suffering upon the innocent citizens of the world, I was trained to prevent that, this may not be my Earth, but I shall defend it with my life, I consider myself lucky and thankful that the League has given me an opportunity to do just that, while I search for a means to return to my world." He finished.

"Excuse me, Angela Chen, Metropolis News Network, your first appearance there showed you favored a rather extreme way of dealing with criminal elements, a trait you carried over to New York, how does the rest of the League feel in regards to that?" Lois Lane's rival asks.

"Isn't that the girl who kept trying to one-up Lois?" Flash asked, with a raised eyebrow.

Superman answered, "Yeah. She has a habit of asking questions that can cause some serious problems if someone didn't stop her."

Flash quickly steps in to field that one.

"Let me answer that one Spartan." The man in red says as the Spartan does that.

"Listen guys, I know he may seem harsh but from what he has shown us, he is limiting himself, why? Because we asked him too, that should be the first sign that he's an ok guy, now there may come a time he may have to cross that line to save one of us or an innocent, but only as a last resort." He says as he lets that sink in.

"Now the rest of us don't do that, and we hope we can help him prevent that, I have seen what he has faced and it was not pretty I'll tell you that, but it showed me that if the chips are down and my back is to a corner I can count on him to bail me and my friends out, and you can quote me on that." He finishes receiving and applause.

"Wow…way to go Wally," Flash said, nodding at his ward's counterpart for helping the Spartan in a difficult position.

"When in doubt, work the crowed," Lantern said, "At least we know that Wally is better at some things, as opposed to his processor."

"Yeah," Flash said, then realized what was said and yelled, "Hey!"

The others chuckled, except Batman, for obvious reasons.

"Thank you, Flash, I hope to be worthy of your trust, however I serve warning to those who would test me, don't because I can and will do so if you harm anyone just to see how far I will go." He replied.

"I have a question for Wonder Woman, Miss you and the Spartan are relatively new to us, now the Spartan has answered where he is from, but what of you?" a man in the back.

Diana steps up as John and Flash move in with the others.

"I am an Amazon from Themyscira, when J'onn sent out a call for help, I answered it, I could not sit idle while the world burned all around me and my people, the world has change since my time, but my new allies have aided to understand it, I shall defend it with pride and honor." She replies with conviction.

End flashback…

From there questions ranged from where they operated from, if they had planned to include other members, what were to be their objectives.

In the month that followed they had tackled many superhuman threats, mostly in groups of three or four, still they made their mark, people felt safe knowing they were around looking out for them.

"How are things going John?" Keyes asks over the private comm. as she was currently working with Diana on a case, a theft of stolen technology from a private computer firm who wanted their property back, the police had no leads and the company heads were starting to grow impatient, hence they were hired.

"Why would someone steal computer parts?" Wonder Woman asked, "Money and rare items I can understand, but such technology could be easily made with the right skills."

Batman answered, "Sometimes people want the newest technology available, but they don't have the skill, money, or patience to get it, so they normally steal it."

"Fine, the final modifications are coming along nicely, and all is quiet, Superman is dealing with an Earthquake, Batman is in Gotham, Stewart is visiting his hometown, and I and the others are monitoring for any trouble." He replies.

"Let me know if that changes, in the meantime, Cortana?"

"Yes Commander?"

"I need you to check the police databases for any other thefts similar to the one we got, this smells like a professional's work, and something tells there is more to this than it seems." The Commander spoke.

"On it, I'll send the information to you as soon as I can." The A.I replied.

"Thanks, I'll see guys later; hopefully we won't have to deal with any world crisis for now." She spoke not knowing that trouble was brewing elsewhere.

Ajuris 5…

On this distant planet many alien races can be seen arguing and shouting with one another.

"Order! Order! We will have Order!" one shouts at the crowds who continue to bicker.

"SILENCE!" a booming voice yells from the giant oval screen quieting the masses.

"THIS HIGH TRIBUNAL IS NOW CONVENED." A machine-like face appears soon joined by to others

"Oh great, this again," Lantern mumbled, the memory of the manhunters and their mission against the guardians ran through his mind.

This was met with similar feelings from the rest of the league, easily recognizing the trial where Lantern had been framed by the

"What is this?" Arrow asked, not in the know.

"Watch and you'll find out," Lantern said.

"NEVER BEFORE HAVE SO MANY PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND COME TOGETHER IN PURSUIT OF A SINGLE GOAL" The center face speaks, followed by a female voice on its left.

"BUT NEVER BEFORE HAS THERE BEEN A CRIME SO HEINOUS, SO VAST THAT IT HAD THE POWER TO UNITE US ALL GRIEF AND REVULSION." She says in a somber tone.

"WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO SEEK JUSTICE." The one on the right adds as an alien with formal clothing approaches the jurors.

"WHERE IS THE ACCUSED?" Left questioned.

"Unfortunately, he is still at large." The "prosecutor" motions to an empty elevated circle.

There look at one another, the left one speaks.

"MANHUNTER´S STEP FORWARD!" He commands.

8 robots, appearing to be 7 and a half feet tall, in red and blue, activate their batons and march forward, their heavy footsteps echoing in the expansive coliseum.

"What are those?" Lantern asked.

Lantern sighed and said, "A bad piece of history. The manhunters were robotic guardians They were supposed to keep the peace, but were shut down after they took their duties a bit too far."

"THIS IS NO ORDANARY CRIMINAL, FINDING HIM AND BRINGING HIM BACK WILL MOST CERTAINLY INVOLVE GREAT PERIL, ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT?"

"No man escapes the Manhunter´s." The leading robot speaks, its face blue with what would be considered a scar on his face under his right red eye, a trait found in the others as well.

"No man escapes the Manhunters!" The others repeat with determination.

"Show us an image of the accused." The lead one says.

"He is a native of the planet Earth…" He activates a projector showing an image of John Stewart "The Green Lantern, known as John Stewart."

Arrow was quiet and said, "Okay, I have a feeling nobody is going to answer me, so I'll ask anyway…what the actual hell!?"

Lantern said, "It's a long story that I think they are going to explain."

Detroit, Michigan…

The now unknowingly hunted Green Lantern walks through his old neighborhood, dressed in black shoes, gray dress pants, light yellow sweater and a black trench coat, sunglasses hide the emerald glow his power ring grants him, he passes by an old diner, the patrons attention on a basketball game with the local team scoring and exciting them.

"Heh, that used to be me playing for them, and then watching, cheering for them." He thinks to himself.

He continues his stroll until he reaches the local market, one look through the mirror and he sees the man getting robbed, no gun in sight but by the look on the owners face there is one.

"Damn punks" he thinks in anger, yet already waiting for the opportunity to step in.

It comes when the would-be robber runs out and gets into his escape vehicle, Stewart calmly walks into the middle of the street and extends is right hand, the one with his ring on, the energy shoots out and grabs hold of the wheels, inside the robber pushes the metal hard enough to put his foot through it.

Before he can do anything further the car is lifted up and slammed downed hard repeatedly, he stumbles out, clearly disoriented, and things got worse for him when he is encompassed in green energy field.

The shop keep runs out to see what the commotion is about and soon is showered in his hard-earned money as the thug is being shook down then unceremoniously dropped onto the concrete.

"Nice," Flash said, "Thought I'm surprised you didn't' go all Lantern on him. That is your neighborhood."

Lantern said, "Not everything has to involve me suiting up."

The Green Lantern continues on, ignoring the owner until reaching a familiar basketball court he catches a ball heading for the street.

"Yo! A little help! Over Here" a boy standing from the free throw line says.

Stewart tries to score a shot from the entrance…and fall a little short, much to the boy´s annoyance.

"Must be losing my touch." He thinks.

"Time was, you could´ve made that shot with your eyes closed." A man´s voice calls out to him, a very familiar voice; he turns to look and smiles with warmth.

"Mr. McGee?" He asks happily surprised by the encounter.

"An old teacher of yours?" Diana asked, quirking an eyebrow.

Lantern nodded and said, "He used to be my teacher back when I was a kid."

"You´re not in my history class anymore John, call me Harold." He says as he shakes his old student´s hand.

"Guess my games a little rusty." He replies.

"Well I guess Chris can give you some pointers, he´s my grandson." The kindly old man states proudly as his nephew join them.

"Grandson?" he asks in surprise.

"You´ve been away a long time John." He says as he leads the two away.

"Maybe too long." Stewart says out loud.

"The dangers of being sent to another country and then to other plants," Lantern said, "You never really know just what can change while you are gone."

This though caused Diana to wonder if anything has changed on her home island of Themiscyra.

Back at the watch tower…

Flash was snacking on some popcorn while Hawkgirl was overlooking some last-minute adjustment to the power relays.

"Back on Thanagar, you were a cop huh?" Flash asks in a seemingly interested tone.

"Detective."

"What´s it like there?" he continues.

"Same as anywhere I suppose." She replies as she closes the hatch before continuing "There are criminals and we catch them." She finishes by looking at him.

"Where is he going with this?" she thinks.

"So what do you do when you are not catching criminals? When you aren´t at work?" he asks, pretty much making his intentions known.

"Really, Wally?" Flash asked, "Even I knew not to flirt with a woman who carries and electrified mace on her hip and has a hair trigger temper."

Lantern said, "Well, you did teach the boy."

This time it was Lantern to get the Gibb slap from Flash.

"Oh please tell me he isn´t…" she thinks while she verbally responds "What about it?"

"Well…is there a…Hawkboy?" He asks with a slight eyebrow raise.

She would have answered Hawkman, but at that point J´onn and the Spartan walked in and she took that as her cue as she gave a neutral smile.

"I´ll be doing maintenance." She says as she walks away.

"But the Hura…" John tries to say before being cut off by his partner.

"Don´t bother John, that´s a woman´s way for leaving for a good reason." She says sagely.

"Yeah, I'm kind of glad she left," Flash said, "the last thing I want to see is my partner getting his head caved in because he didn't know when to stop."

"How would you know?" he asks her.

"Memories from Dr. Halsey when she was dating Captain Keyes." She replies.

"I see." Was his only response to that comment.

Flash soon joined them while watching her walk away, or more to say at a certain part her sway as she walked.

J´onn turning to him, his face devoid of emotion while John remained quiet.

"What? Don´t you ever get lonely?" Flash unknowingly asks.

"More than you can imagine." He replies in an even tone, a hint of sadness there.

"Idiot/idiot" both Spartan and A.I say simultaneously.

"Idiot," everyone said at the same time, with an additional facepalm from Flash.

"Sorry, I didn´t mean to…" His apology cut off by the alarm.

"It´s an incursion!" J´onn says as he and John move towards the windows, soon joined by flash.

"Over there!" Cortana yells as she sees through the MJOLNIR´s optics three streaks heading fast.

Soon they could see robotic beings head for the Earth.

"More like an invasion!" Flash yells.

"Can Redeeming have the Dawn intercept?" He asks out loud as the other two heroes look for confirmation.

"…"

"Negative, their moving in too fast and are too small, it would take time to calibrate missiles for them." She replied out loud.

"How do you think things would have changed if the Manhunters had been destroyed before they reached earth?" Flash asked.

Lantern shrugged and said, "They would probably have just sent more in greater numbers, so I don't think that much would have changed."

"Damn it, we´ll have to go down there." John says to the other two.

"I´ll notify the others." J´onn says evenly as turns to do just that while Flash races off to tell Hawkgirl.

With Miranda and Wonder Woman…

Miranda and Diana were currently driving towards the NYPD 6th precinct to research any other crimes involving high level tech when the Hog´s communicator goes off.

"Keyes here."

"Commander we a priority one situation, three unknown bogies have entered Earth´s air space, they appear to be humanoid machines, Cortana calculates there heading to be Detroit, I and the others are mobilizing to intercept and determine nature." John said over the line.

Both women look at one another.

"Understood Chief, you have my authorization to retaliate if they prove hostile, I will wait for pick up and head for the Dawn." She replied.

"I shall attempt to join you as soon as possible Chief." Diana speaks at the comm.

"Understood, J´onn has contacted the others, let´s hope these guys are friendly, Sierra-117 out."

"Sierra-117?" Arrow asked confused.

"Another codename maybe?" J'onn asked.

"Why did they choose a girl's name?" Flash asked, very confused.

Keyes soon locates an alley way for Diana to do her thing.

The amazon soon twirls in place an in a flash of light she is in uniform.

"Be careful out there and watch each other's backs." Keyes says to her friend.

"We will, Miranda count on it." The Amazon princess replies before flying off.

Back in the Watchtower´s hanger bay…

All three heroes were on board prepping for takeoff waiting for the Spartan to appear.

"Just us huh?" Flash asks as he straps himself in.

"Wonder Woman is on route, Superman is dealing with the Earthquake, and Batman is now on standby in case things turn unpleasant." J´onn replies as he starts up the engines.

"Typical." Hawkgirl says clearly not surprised by the Dark Knights actions.

Batman didn't' say anything in terms of the potential insult, and just continued to watch.

All turn as the door hisses and in comes the Spartan sporting a very long and strange weapon in his hands, thighs and back.

"What are those!" Hawkgirl asks in curiosity.

"Modified type 50 – SRS, M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle, type-25 carbine´s and my gravity hammer." He replied in a casual voice as he took his seat. "It will be good to test out the new heat dispersing alloys and coolants on the SRS in a combat situation." Cortana sends to him, to which he silently agrees. "Dude, we have got to talk." Flash said as he eyed the man´s hardware. Soon the Javelin powered up and blasted from the hanger.

"The guy looks like he is about to go to war," Arrow said.

Flash answered, "Trust me, if my memory serves me right, we are going to be glad that he has all that hardware."

Back in Detroit…

Stewart was currently with his old mentor while the man´s grandson was getting his hair cut, said boy wanted to emulate the Lantern´s unique hairstyle but his grandfather would have none of that.

John found that amusing while they talked but deep down he was distracted by something, Harold call it on him, but got no answer.

Outside the Manhunters had arrived, and marched with precision as they began their search for the Lantern, many civilians shock and frightened by the mechanical men.

However they were soon stopped by the arrival of the league, Cortana leaving a copy of herself to guide the transport.

"Stop!" the Martian ordered, the machines doing so.

The Spartan gazed at the machines, and tightened his grip on the energy rifle.

"I got a bad feeling about them."

"Is it because of the fact that their bigger than you? Or because they seem like their looking for trouble?" Cortana asks though no humor can be heard in her voice as she too shared her protector´s discomfort for the beings.

"I think anyone would be intimidated by huge robot men with weapons," Arrow said, "Who wouldn't?"

"What do you want here?" He asks the lead machine.

"John Stewart, the Green Lantern." It replied.

"What for?" Flash asks worried for their fellow member.

"That is not your concern." It replies in a derogatory manner and moved forward.

That of course did not sit well with Hawkgirl as she strode right up to the machine mace in hand.

"Wanna bet?" she said in defiance as she look it in the way, only to duck as it swipe at her.

She rears back for a shot at its head, only for her arms to be grabbed by the behemoth and flung like a ragdoll.

"Wow, nothing like Thanagarian temperament to start a fight," Lantern said, remembering the time Hawk Girl had lost her temper.

"Everyone get out of here NOW!" John yells as he aims the rifle at the machines while Flash runs towards winged woman with all his speed to ensure she doesn´t become a permanent fixture on a car or truck.

He manages to catch her just before she hits the trailer.

"Aren't going to thank me?" he asks with a cocky smirk.

"Fight now, flirt later," Flash said, sounding somewhat annoyed.

"Now you know how we feel," Diana said with a small smile.

"Down boy." She replies with a smirk of her own.

John fires at the robot on the right, sending two beams of light at it; the machine raises its baton and deflects one of the blasts upwards, but the other strikes at its shoulder pushing it aside, all three turned to look at the damaged, revealing melted armor and some exposed circuitry.

The Martian uses that moment of distraction to attack the leader of the group.

However the machine is not easily caught off guard as he lazily raises its arm and sends an electrical charge at the man's chest, and then all three turn their batons into staff's, all turning them to maximum charge.

J'onn makes another try for the leader and this time is blasted a fair distance away.

J'onn put his hand to his chest as he felt some phantom pain at the memory of the electrocution and the blasts.

The Spartan fires again only all three dodge the blast than give him a look before raising their staff's.

"I think you just got their attention John." Cortana speaks as she does not like the looks he's getting.

"Destroy him." The lead machine speaks as all three raise their baton at him.

All three fired at him and John evades the first two of the beams but a third catches him square in the chest, his shield flaring in response.

"I don't think his armor would hold up very well against those blasts," Batman examined.

"Yeah, but from what we've seen, he's fought a lot worse and shrugged it off."

"Careful John those beams pack some punch." The A.I says as she notices the energy bar drop a bit.

He tries to get another shot in, but his weapon is shot out of his hands.

Hawkgirl arrives at that moment to try to attack from the rear, but they sense her and blasts just as they did to the Martian.

John now switches to the Carbine's sending superheated spikes at the machines, the machine on the left spins its staff as if a propeller, only its surrounded by energy and deflects them.

Flash makes a try to blind side them but their advanced sensors follow his movements and step back and uses his staff to clothesline him.

"CLANG!"

"Ugh, why do I feel like a hockey puck?" he says as Hawkgirl checks if he is okay.

Meanwhile John is pinned down behind a blown up car.

"This is going well." He says sarcastically.

"Raarg…arg!" Hawkgirl screams in pain as another attack is denied; only this time they plan to finish her off.

"Back off!" a familiar voice yells before smashing into the robot into the wall.

Superman is revealed and just as he is about to see if it's down when he is struck from behind by a massive beam of blue energy.

Superman skids back and the giant increases the power, Superman uses as much strength as he can to push through.

"Hey tin man!" The Spartan yells at the machine as he jumps of a car with a large black rifle on his shoulder that is powering up.

The Manhunter turns only to see a large beam hit it square in the chest.

The result being a massive hole in the robot, which looks down to see it before blowing up.

"Dang," Flash said, "What is that? I don't think he had that during his fight with the aliens."

Batman pressed a few buttons otn eh device and a holographic screen rose up from it.

"It's called the Spartan Laser," Batman said, "It focuses a powerful energy blast capable of destroying large foes and vehicles. It requires a few seconds to charge, but other than that, it seems like a powerful tool."

Arrow said, "Laser pointer of death, got it."

This explosion grabs the attention of those in the Barber shop, John decides to investigate and transforms into his suit, much to the awe of those there.

"Nice work Spartan." Superman said to the soldier.

"We thought you busy with an Earthquake?" Flash asks as he joins the two glad that one of the metal menaces is down.

"It was only a 4.0." he says as it was no big deal.

"Only you big guy." Cortana said.

"Yeah, only Superman can make a level four earthquake seem like an everyday chore," Flash said.

"You mind telling me what's going on?" the man of steel asks.

"I wish I…" he never finishes as all three are hit by one of the robots.

"ARRG!"

It is so focused on them it doesn't see J'onn lift a car and smash him with it.

He slowly walks forward to check on his friends when Flash gives a warning.

"J'onn!" who looks behind him to see the robot pick up the wreckage and throw it at him, he dodges but the machine then fires some energy igniting the fuel tank, Superman manages to catch the burning vehicle and withstands the explosion.

Soon the heroes stand on one side while the remaining robots stand on the other, Superman readies his heat vision while John powers up his Spartan Laser, the robots respond in kind, but before they collide…

"STOP!" Stewart yells as both powers collide into a wall of green light.

"Better late than never." Flash comments believing the scales have tipped in their favor.

The Lantern ignored the comment and walked towards the robots.

"Something's wrong." The Spartan spoke as he watched the former marine's attitude towards the hostiles.

"You are the Green Lantern known as John Stewart? " asked the leader of the robots.

"I am." He replies.

"Your ring." It orders as it holds out its hand.

John does so reluctantly much to the shock of the heroes.

"Wait, are you really going with these guys?" Arrow asked, "You trying to clear your name?"

Lantern said, "Don't interrupt and you'll figure it out."

"John!" Superman.

"What are you doing!" Flash.

"What is the meaning of this marine?" the Spartan asks though his ton clearly says it is not meant to be a question.

"Stay out of this!" He yells to them.

"You will come with us." Intones of the robots as he cuffs him.

Soon the three are engulfed in a yellow circle, Cortana recognizes as a matter transporter.

"Redeeming, track that energy signature!" she speaks as they trio fades.

At that moment Wonder Woman arrives and sees the devastation.

"Curses! I arrived too late." She thinks.

"Wonder Woman." John greets her.

"I'm sorry I arrived late, I had to prevent a bank robbery in New Jersey." She says as she bows her head in shame.

"Easy, you couldn't have known how this would have gone down, I suggest we see if there any casualties among the populace then regroup o the Watchtower." He spoke.

"At least he is understanding," Diana said.

"Agreed, right now this people may need help, will fill you in on what happened Wonder Woman." The man of steel says and the others soon go into action.

"John check the remains of that machine you destroyed, it may provide some clue on what's going on." Cortana says to her Spartan.

At Ajuris 5…

Stewart and the Manhunters soon arrived on the planet where the trial would be held, upon arrival he heard the yell and screams for his death, he did nothing to defend himself.

"Welcome to Ajuris 5 John Stewart, don't expect your stay to be a pleasant one." One of the machines spoke.

From the way the people desired to see his head on a pike, it was a guarantee.

Soon he reached the entrance, and there stood several Lanterns he knew and they did not look happy with him.

"He was one of the best of us for sure but now…" the small round alien said.

Stewart was brought before his peers.

"Gallius…" he said to the small one "Arkus…" to the feral looking one "Killowog." To the large muscular one "Good to see you." He said in the face of his allies, or once allies as their response pretty much confirmed his worst fears.

"Wish I could say the same, Stewart." Arkus spoke.

"You're a disgrace to the Corp." Gallius spoke in distain for him.

"Get me o…"

"Hold it!" A voice spoke.

Everyone turned to look and saw three more lanterns appear, the remaining Earth lanterns.

"Hal, Kyle, Guy what are you doing here?" He asks as the other terran lanterns appear.

"Okay, they weren't there when this went down," John said, shocked at the seeing his fellow earthling lanterns appearing there.

Batman said, "it looks like more differentces than just the Spartan.

"So those guys just turned on you?" Arrow asked, "You really need to find some better friends."

John sighed and said, "My crime was pretty big, and in the weight of overbearing evidence against me, even I didn't have a lot of faith in myself."

J'onn said, "I believe that they may also make good members for the league, if we need them."

Lantern said, "Kyle and Hal, yes, but I have some reservations about Guy."

"What? And leave you to the wolves?" Hal Jordan, a tall man of brown hair, his uniform green except on certain sections with white gloves and boots, says to the man.

"That isn't how we operate John." Kyle Rayner, a black hair youth, his uniform similar to that of John, except the insignia was different.

"We ain't like these backstabbers, Stewart, we earthmen stick together." Guy Gardner says he is an auburn-haired man in a bowl cut; he wears a vest as his uniform with the insignia and black pants with white gloves and boots.

"I don't see a problem with Guy," J'onn said, "Aside from a slightly abrasive personality, he seems okay."

"Watch it Gardner! Or I'll make sure you stay in solitaire confinement for a month." Arkus growls.

"You and what army, flee breath!" the hotheaded man says.

"Yeah," Lantern said, "He also has a penchant for starting fight, and some of us usually need to go in there and clean up the messes he makes."

"Enough, this is neither the time nor the place, John we haven't been able to find out what happened, were hoping you can tell us." Jordan says to his friend.

"Forget about me Jordan, I'm a disgrace, get me out of here." Stewart says dejectedly.

"Dammit Stewart, we…oof!" Gardner never finishes as a Manhunter stands in his way.

"There shall be no further talking with the prisoner."

"Listen here you over grown rust bucket! That's my friend you have there and if you don't let me talk to him, you'll find out what it feels like to be inside a black hole!" the smaller man yells at the machine.

"Yeah...maybe keeping him out of the league would be a good idea," Flash said.

This was meth with mumbles of agreement form the other members.

It narrows its eyes and tightens its grip on its staff; another however places a hand on his shoulder and shakes its head, both soon walk away.

"Why that…!"

"Cool it Guy, we won't help John by joining him in prison, we need to find out what really happened." Kyle says.

"Fine, but if that thing so much as looks at me again, it's scrap." He replies as he and the other go in to be seated.

Back on Earth…

"So, let me get this straight, he just hands over his ring, tells you to back off and goes with the nice psychotic robots?" Commandeer asks John.

All except Batman were on board the Watchtower, more precisely the map room.

J´onn was using his telepathy to locate the missing Lantern, while they others waited.

"Yes, it was as if he knew why they had come for him." He replied.

"Cortana what can you tell us from the remains?" she asked her avatar.

"Well, whoever made them made them to last, the metallurgy is quite impressive, they have a very creative threat assessment program, and they appear to be designed with taking high powered targets in mind, hence why you all had trouble with them." She replied.

"I found him." All eyes turn towards him.

"And…?" Hawkgirl asks as she is starting to feel impatient.

"I sense turmoil, a heavy heart,"

"I could´ve told you that." Flashs rebuttes.

"He is looking at stars." The Martian says.

"But which stars?" Superman asks as he walks over to the hologram projector, activating it, the others soon join him.

"There, that´s where he is." J´onn says as he locates a familiar cluster, the screen showing Ajuris 5.

"Okay we know where he is, let´s go get him." Flash says impatiently.

"Wait we can´t all go, someone has to stay here, remember we can´t leave the world unguarded." Miranda spoke.

"Didn't Batman stay behind for this?" Flash asked, trying to remember what happened during this mission.

"Yeah, I'm kind of glad that he did," Flash said, "No offense."

Batman said, "It's fine, someone needed to stay behind…and I hadn't gotten to making my space survival system yet."

"You decided to tag along?" Hawkgirl asks.

"You may need the Dawn, and before you say it, I would rather be there and not be needed then needed and not be there." She said cutting off any complaints.

"All right, you take us two thirds of the way, we leave in the Javelin and you follow, things get dicey we call for back up, agreed?" Superman asks.

"Agreed, now who stays?" She asks.

"I and Cortana will remain behind." John says to all.

"As will I then, my strength may be needed here." Wonder Woman ads.

"All right, inform Batman of the plan, hopefully we can resolve this soon." The Man of steel speaks as he and the others head to the Javelin bay.

Soon both the Spartan and the Amazon can see the Dawn going into slipspace in search of their comrade.

"Will they be alright?" she asks.

"We can only hope for the best Diana, nothing more, it´s in their hands now." He replies.

"May the gods bring you fortune my friends." She silently prays.

"Well guys, what do we do now?" Cortana asks.

"We could finish the case we got?" Diana asks.

"About that, I sent some info to Batman, he said he had some information for us regarding that, said he wanted to meet us." She replied.

"We should see him then." John spoke.

"I´ll stay here and monitor the skies." She spoke.

"You sure?" John asks.

"I´ll be fine big guy, no you two go out play and be back before dinner." She said in a motherly voice.

"I swear you talk to Flash too much." The Spartan says as he heads to the Pelican.

"Tell us something we don't already know," Lantern said, crossing his arms.

"Yet you still care." She replies, which warms Diana heart at seeing them interact.

Inside the Batcave, hours later…

Inside one of the most secret locations in the world, Batman and his partners Robin and Batgirl stood watching as their leader worked away on the computer.

"So which Robin is that?" Flash asked, "The first, second, or third?"

Batman examined and said, "I think it might be the second. It' shard to tell from here as he looks slightly different, and both have worked with Batgirl."

Lantern then asked, "Speaking of sidekicks how is Speedy doing?"

Arrow answered, "He's trying to do his own thing now. Last I heard he started calling himself Arsenal."

"What do you think he´s working on?" Robin asks.

"No clue, but he´ll let us know eventually, like always." She replies.

However, they are both soon treated to the sound of the hanger opening, which I odd because the jet is still inside.

They are then shocked to see a plane fly in, military by the looks of it, it hovers over the empty landing site and lands with a heavy thunk.

Batman calmly stands and heads over to it, his partners behind him.

The Spartan (armed) and Wonder Woman step out and greet them.

"Oh my god! It´s Wonder Woman and Spartan-117" Robin says in excitement at meeting two members of the Justice League.

Batman resisted the urge to roll his eyes at his ward being a fanboy around his guests.

"Must you bring a gun everywhere you go?" The Dark Knight asks as he sees he is carrying his MA5C.

"Yes, got your message, would have come sooner but we had to deal with some…unpleasantness." John says in a neutral tone.

"I heard, let´s hope we won´t be needed." He replies then turns and heads to the computer once more; ignoring the looks the two give him for allowing the man to come in armed.

"What have you found out about the thefts?" The Amazon asks.

"Nothing about the perpetrators but the items seem to indicate that it is not random." He replies as he sits and brings up images of the items.

"What do you mean? Is there a pattern?" John asks.

"Yes, most of them are used in some form or another in robotics; however, these items combine seems to be for something specific, something that has never been seen before." He says as the images combine to form a chip of some kind.

"Hmm, could it be used for some kind of weapon?"

"Possibly but I can´t say for sure, we would need the help of an expert in the field."

"Can this computer hook up with the Watchtower?" John asks.

"Yes, the lines are secure, why?"

"Cortana is currently watching for threats, she can provide us with the data we need." He replies.

"Am I the only one thinking that we should get an AI to work with the tower?" Flash asked.

Batman and Superman, in a rare moment of agreement, both immediately said, "No."

Flash looked surprised, but then remembered their own encoutners with AIs and decided to not mention it again.

"I see, all right activating uplink."

"What´s the situation guys?" she asks over the line.

"Need some info regarding experts in robotics in regards to this." Batman says as he sends her the information.

"…okay, nifty little piece of hardware if incomplete, one second…"

"Okay your best bet is in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the laboratories of a Dr. William Magnus, he is considered the foremost expert." She replies.

"Professor Magnus?" Batman asked, out loud.

"Who?" Flash asked.

Batman answered, "A few years ago, Professor Magnus was said to be the top scientist in the world of robotics, especially with artificial intelligence."

Flash said, "Well, it isn't the first time that we've gone to outside sources for help."

"Thank you Cortana, looks like the two of are heading to New Jersey." The Spartan says to his team mate.

"Three of us, you may have need of my skills." Batman says as he gets up.

The other two nod.

"You two contact Nightwing, telling him I will be gone for a while, keep watch over the city." He orders in his dark voice.

"Oh, so it is the second Robin," Flash said.

"No sweat, things have been dull lately anyhow." Robin says with no concern.

Batman gives him a look.

"Will make sure everything is okay when you come back." Barbara asks.

He nods and leaves with the others on board the vessel.

Two teams off into the unknown, what they find their will open the doors to knew sights and intrigue.

The section ended and the othr one began loading.

"So, it looks like the Spartan is having more of an effect onthings then we thought," Lantern said, "By the way, I didn't think that this happened while we were gone."

Batman explained, "Because it didn't. Me, Batgirl, Robin, and Nightwing managed to stop the thieves when they were in Gotham. By my guess, this is happening because we didn't and there is going to be something else."

Arrow said, "Okay, I might as well ask, what exactly are you in trouble for. It sounds like you did more than just offend an alien by shaking his hand. What happened?"

Flash said, "Hey, no spoilers."

Arrow didn't say anything, but just sat back as the next segment loaded.

Cut! Okay, there we go, to the few people who seem to be reading this. Thankfully, there was very little to edit as I only found an inconsistency in the reactions by adding Shayera who is not in there at the time.

Anyway, criticism welcome, flames ignored.