New Justice: Journey of the League

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Family Bonds

-Abut 2 Years Ago-

She climbed up the building dressed in her leather outfit as she stopped. Standing in front of her on top of the building was Batman.

"Hey Bats," Catwoman, also known as Selina Kyle, spoke. "Ready to kill off the Catwoman and make me an honest woman? In more ways than one…"

While they had started off as enemies, the two couldn't deny an attraction for each other. Catwoman had helped the Batman more than once and both had discovered each other true identities. To get married and get out of the life though they had to fake Catwoman's death. Selina had been resistant but had come around; she wouldn't need this identity anymore.

"Not yet," Bruce said, darkly. "I need your help one more time and I need you as Catwoman for it."

"Meow," Selina joked. "What do you need?"

"You might have heard Green Arrow, Arsenal, and Speedy over in Starling have died," Bruce said. "Murdered, and the Justice League is not making headways in discovering who did it. We need an ear in the darker side. Do you have any connections in Starling?"

"A few," Selina said. "I could put out feelers. Say I want to know how someone killed members of the Justice League to use against you. See if anyone is talking."

"Good," Bruce said. "Call me when you know anything." Selina gave a nod, knowing she was going to go. "Selina." Bruce had paused, taking her arm. "Be careful." Bruce kissed Selina and then put a piece of paper in her hand.

"What's this?" Selina asked.

"Emergency numbers," Bruce said. "Don't call them unless you can't get me and its needed." Bruce gave a smirk and took out one of his batgrip and swung away, leaving Selina standing alone.

She unfolded the piece of paper. "Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman… ah boring… oh, the Flash," Selina said going down the list. It wasn't every member of the Justice League. – only about 10 of the 30 members. "Must impress Bruce more than you know, kid." Selena folded the paper and tucked it safely away.

….

It was a day later Selina was in her apartment, on her phone.

"Bruce, I put some feelers out in Starling and came back empty. Still, I could get something but so far seems no one knows how Team Arrow was kill," Selina spoke, taking a remote and turning on the TV. "Call me back to let me know what…" She paused. The TV was on a Justice League's news conference, but Wonder Woman and Superman were leading it.

Not Batman

"We can confirm Batman, Batgirl, and Nightwing are dead," Wonder Woman was saying. "At the moment we're assuming by the same person who killed Green Arrow, Arsenal, and Speedy. At this time, we have no further information." Selina dropped her cellphone and sat down, shocked. "I will be taking over leadership of the Justice League with Superman as my second." Wonder Woman had continued.

Selina tuned out as questions were asked of the two.

"Bruce…" Selina whispered, picking up the cellphone and hanging it up. She took out the list Bruce gave her, looking at her cellphone, but she wondered what the point was. None of the other League members knew her. They had no reason to trust her and she had no information for them.

"Bruce," Selina said again, looking out the window. She had lost her chance. At a new life, and a new beginning. She crumbled up the piece of paper and threw it in a waste bin as she turned, but paused, thinking it over. She picked up the paper and then put it in a draw.

-Present Day-

"This… Catwoman," Tommy said, pushing his chair back from the computer. He was in the Batcave which he had taken over from Batman now. It was still called that in honor of the former member but was all his – at the blessing of Alfred, of course.

"If I wasn't pregnant, I would take her, easily," Sara said putting a hand on her stomach. She and Tommy had talked about having a family but having to sit back and not do anything was killing Sara – she knew she couldn't help, physically, but it was going to be a long few months.

"Ms. Kyle giving you problems?" Alfred said coming in. The pair turning to him. He had a tray of snacks. "For you Mrs. Lance-Queen." Sara had kept her maiden name and added Queen onto it, Tommy's last name.

"Thank you," Sara said. Since she had moved to Gotham to be with Tommy, their living situation had changed; both had been looking into their own houses but with their superhero lives taking place in the Batcave, the two had ended up moving into the Wayne Guesthouse, much to Laurel amusement given Sara's start in the Queen Guesthouse. And while Alfred was technically master of the house, he seemed to enjoy serving them – without them even asking. And when they told him they were expecting he had been overjoyed. Sara knew it was nice for him, having a family again in the form of Tommy and herself, so she was never going to question the man.

"Kyle?" Tommy asked.

"Catwoman," Alfred said. "Her name is Selina Kyle." The two stared at him.

"You know Catwoman's real name?" Sara asked as she started eating the snacks Alfred had brought.

"Of course, I should know Master Bruce's fiancée name, after all," Alfred said making the pair share a glance. Alfred sighed. "Master Bruce fell in love with Catwoman and she with him. They were about ready for her to give up her thief life and Bruce was going to marry her. Then he died and everything was left to me. If she had asked I would have taken care of her but she never did. She disappeared for a long time – long enough for the world to move on – but then reappeared in the thieving life."

"Right," Sara stated, not sure how to take this.

"I need to go out. There's this new kid trying to be a hero around the city. Had to bail him out. Calling himself Sideways," Tommy said, rolling his eyes.

"Be nicer to him than the wannabe Speedy," Sara pointed out, remembering the last time someone wanted to be a hero in Tommy's neighborhood. Tommy just gave her a look at this.

"Mr. Queen, one moment," Alfred said, moving aside. "Now that Ms. Garrick is back, have you talked to her about the project?"

"Not yet," Tommy said. "I asked Supergirl to let me do it, but they have been a little… well, they just got engaged. It felt like it could wait."

"Ms. Lane gave the okay for part 1, but now that the Flash is back, she as leader of the Justice League needs sign off on the next part," Alfred insisted.

"I know," Tommy said with a nod. "I asked her if I could talk to her tomorrow morning. She told me to come by her work. I'll talk to her then."

Alfred gave a nod as Tommy took his weapons and headed out of the Batcave.

-New Justice-

Tommy was patrolling the city when he heard Sara on the com.

"Silent alarm at that high-end jewelry store. Wow, this thing has crazy security on it too," Sara told him. "I'll give you…" Sara paused. "Forget the store; The Mayor's being attacked. Cheetah, Dark Archer, and Shellcase. The Injustice Alliance."

"On it," Tommy said, heading towards the Mayor's event and getting there just in time to knock an arrow from Dark Archer that would have killed him off-course. "Well, hello you three. So sorry but the Mayor is not taking appointments today," Tommy announced to the three in a growling voice, making all look to him; only Cheetah's face could be seen though.

"We'll take you," Cheetah snarled, running at Tommy. Tommy was ready to dodge though, when a kid appeared out of a portal and threw a knife at Cheetah. The knife missed its mark but grazed her, pissing Cheetah off and making Cheetah divert towards the kid who teleported away.

Tommy wanted to help the kid but was distracted by Shellcase and Dark Archer; Tommy fighting them two-on-one before managing to get a rope around Shellcase.

"It's over!" Tommy growled, now having Dark Archer in an armlock. "The Mayor is gone and you're…" he paused as he had taken off Dark Archer's mask while having him caught. "Dad…?" It was a whisper as he let go Malcolm Merlyn in shock. His biological father was supposed to be long dead.

"Tommy," Malcolm said his voice barely above a whisper too, although he couldn't see Tommy's face he heard the whisper.

But as that was when Shellcase escaped from his holding, causing Tommy to have to dodge from his attack he launched at Black Arrow.

"Time to go!" Shellcase called to the two; Cheetah was still chasing after the teleporter, who's portal lights had distracted Tommy.

"We did it!" The teleporter said, the three Injustice members having left. The kid seemed happy, even if he was injured slightly.

"Sideways, I told you this past month to stop," Tommy sighed, not in the mood to deal with him. The teenager had appeared a month ago in the cities, trying to be a hero and joining Tommy and Sara, before she was on the bench, in their missions.

"Go home." Tommy left before Sideways could comment.

-New Justice-

Dark Archer, Cheetah, and Shellcase met up with Killer Frost and Harley Quinn in their secret location in Gotham. Soon, the familiar sight of Catwoman entered the room.

"So, we helped you hit that jewelry store without Black Arrow annoying you," Killer Frost said. "Will you help us?"

"A deal is a deal," Catwoman nodded. "When do we hit Arkham?"

"Tomorrow night," Harley confirmed. "We'll get Mr. J out."

"We do need a distraction for Black Arrow," Killer Frost added.

"I'll handle that," Malcolm Merlyn said with a smirk, Shellcase giving him a look but not commenting on that.

-New Justice-

"I'm so glad you're back Rae," Carter was saying; Rae had just made everyone in the Grant household breakfast – Adam and Annie had come over for breakfast that day as well.

"You've said," Rae said. "Where's Penny though?" She hadn't wanted to ask this the day she came back, but now the absence of Joel's mother couldn't be ignored.

"Oh, dad put her in a care home," Carter stated simply. "She's better off there – good care and we can visit her when needed."

"Good," Rae nodded, glad she wasn't going to be poked or prodded by the woman – or run out of the kitchen by her. "Now, I got something for you," she moved the conversation along. Carter was simply staring at her, which she didn't mind – she knew he loved the glow she gave off as a meta human; Rae was fast though as she ran out and returned with a Black Labrador in her arms. She had had some paperwork and other equipment with her too.

"What are you holding?" Carter asked. He could see Rae arms around something but not what was in it.

"It's a dog," Dawn said.

"Um… Rain?" Cat said, not sure where this was going.

"Kara has been training this one since I got stuck in the speed force. She's a good choice," Rae said putting the dog on the floor. "Ember, meet your new master." Ember, the dog, gave a bark at that.

"You're giving me a dog?" Carter asked as the adults in the room looked at each other.

"A Kryptonian seeing eye dog. Much better than any other seeing eye dog you could get," Rae said with a smile.

"Rain, that's not necessary," Cat began.

"Yeah, I don't think we need a Kryptonian dog," Joel pointed out.

"I'm sorry, raise your hand if you have not been kidnapped or held hostage by a super villain," Rae pointed out, and put her own hand up in the air but no one else could.

"She has a good point Kitty," Annie spoke as Dawn went to pet Ember.

"And the dog is so cute," Adam added in.

Cat and Joel looked at each other at this though, still unsure.

"Laurel and Kara took care of all the paperwork. She's an official seeing eye dog. Got everything you need here to let her in places and stuff," Rae said, pointing at the other paperwork she had put on the table. The two had pulled some strings others would not have access to. "And she's good at it – naturally smarter than any human dog, and can protect you when I'm not here, finally." Cat bit her lip and Joel put a hand behind his head, looking concerned though. "Let me put it this way. You're taking this seeing eye dog, or I'll put my keys on the counter right now."

"What?" Joel asked.

"I'm not letting you get held hostage again because I work here, and now I don't need the job. I mean, I like the job, but for money, Kara's got my back. So, it's either you take a seeing eye and guard dog for Carter here or I'm walking out," Rae said simply, and Clarky gave a bark. He had been sleeping on the side with a toy but looked up at the new dog in the penthouse. Ember gave him a bark as well.

"Then I guess the decision is made," Cat said with a nod. "Ember, you better be a good dog." Ember gave a bark as if responding with 'of course'.

Rae gave a smirk of victory. She might be an employee here but them knowing she was the Flash had given her a little bit of power over them. "Oh, by the way a friend is going to be stopping by," Rae said, just remembering as there was a knock at the door. "And… that might be him. Tommy, door is not locked!"

The door opened and Tommy waked in, dressed in normal attire.

"Tommy, this is Cat Grant, Annie Gant, Joel Foster, Dawn, Carter, and Adam. Everyone, this is Tommy Queen." Tommy gave a wave.

"Which one are you?" Cat asked. Tommy raised an eyebrow. "You have to be in the Justice League," she confirmed.

"They know?" Tommy asked, turning to Rae who gave a nod as she took a seat.

"He does not have powers," Annie said instantly. "I don't get that vibe from him."

"So that eliminates a lot of possibilities," Cat said. "I'm guessing… Black Arrow." Tommy's mouth dropped open as Rae laughed.

"Carter, are we sure your mom and aunt don't have powers? They are way too good at this," Rae complained, and Carter laughed, his hands still on Ember, smiling.

"Come on, we need to get out. Let's get Ember in this," Joel said, taking the seeing dog equipment and putting it on Ember who waited patiently and then gave the handle to Carter. "This is a first, so let's see how you do being guided…" Joel seemed nervous; Carter had no training on this at all.

"Don't worry, dad," Carter said with a smile. "I actually know the basics from school," his specialist school was for blind kids, and plenty of them did have seeing-eye-dogs, but none Kryptonian, obviously.

"So, Tommy," Rae said, turning her attention away from the family. "What was so important it could not wait until later?"

"Um…." Tommy pausing. "Before that… can I ask you a personal question about the Reverse Flash?" Everyone had been heading out but when those words left Tommy's mouth everyone headed right back to a seat to listen. Rae tried not to laugh at this move of the Grant family.

"You know, it's been like 9 years since then," Rae commented now, not thinking.

"Hasn't even been two," Tommy corrected, and Rae paused realizing she did it again.

"Speed Force Jetlag… okay ask away," Rae said with a shrug.

"What did you feel when you found out who he was?" Tommy asked.

"Betrayed," Rae said without thinking. "Angry… sad, guilty." It may have felt like 9 years to her, but it still felt like yesterday too. "It was like a flood of emotions. None of them good."

"Come on, just tell us who he was," Adam spoke up, and Rae gave him a look which caused him to shut his mouth. She had never revealed the real identity of the Reverse Flash outside of the Justice League, after all.

"Why do you ask?" Rae asked.

"You remember the Dark Archer?" Tommy asked, knowing she must have known him from their battle with the League of Assassins just before she was taken by the speed force.

"Former member of the League of Assassins, currently in the Injustice Alliance, yes," Rae confirmed from the top of her head.

"There's an Injustice Alliance?" Cat asked, now wondering if this was a thing she should know about… or write about.

"They attacked the Mayor of Gotham yesterday and… well … I saw his face." Tommy took a breath now. "It's my dad. Dark Archer is my father."

"Robert Queen is alive?!" Rae asked, shocked. "Did anyone die in that shipwreck?"

"No, not Robert," Tommy said. "My biological dad. Malcolm Merlyn."

"Oh," Rae said. "I forget you were adopted sometimes." Rae put a hand on Tommy back. "Hey, there's nothing worse than your Scooby Doo moment being ruined by the villain being a family member. Being someone, you love. But sometimes family fails you. And when that happens, you have to make new family."

"Is that what you did?" Tommy asked.

"It took me a lot of time," Rae said. "Rebuilt one by one. I made myself a new family – and got myself new cousins: Prime, Karry, and SuperEarth Barry are the cousin to me my real cousin could never be. Karry Barry is the big brother I always wanted, there for me no matter what; SuperEarth Barry is the trainee, the way me and Barry should have been when he got powers; and Prime Barry ended up being the one who could pull me out of the fire when I needed it and vice versa." Rae smiled as she thought of the Barrys. "But Tommy, you have it a lot easier than me. You have your family."

"I know… the Justice League," Tommy said with a smile.

"Not just us, what's your last name?" Rae asked.

"Queen," Tommy said.

"Moriah and Robert Queen loved you so much they brought you into their family and made you their son. Your brother was Oliver, your sister is, and was Thea. You have a sister-in-law in Laurel and a nephew in Arthur. And let's not forget you're married and have a kid on the way," Rae said with a smile. "This isn't the end for you. Be the hero. He's the villain. You don't need him." Tommy smiled at this as he hugged Rae.

"Your cousin was the Reverse Flash?" Joel spoke up at that, causing Rae to pause at the revelation. "I… shook his hand."

"Not the same Barry you shook hands with," Rae said.

"This is a lot to digest," Cat spoke up.

"But… we need to go," Annie stated, to a nod from all as the Grant/Foster family started getting up.

"So, this is not what you wanted from me. What else is up?" Rae asked.

"Oh yeah, do you know how the Justice League made money?" Tommy asked.

"I don't know. We had billionaires on the team. They took care of it," Rae said a shrug.

"Did she say billionaires?" Annie asked as they were about to leave. Joel was already out with Adam, Dawn, Carter, and Ember.

"Yep," Cat said to her sister and the two turned around and leaned against the wall, to listen to the rest of the conversation. Rae gave her boss a look but shook her head, indicating for Tommy to go on.

"Well, what they did is sort of make the Justice League a living business," Tommy went on. "They copyrighted all the rights to the Justice League and all the members symbols and names. Alfred continued it from the Batcomputer, so we had all the new members as well. A percentage of earnings come to us, which pays for all our bases and is very healthy budget."

"What?" Rae asked, shocked at this explanation.

"Justice League gets money whenever anything about the Justice League or one of its members sells," Annie clarified for Rae.

Tommy nodded at Annie. "In simple terms, yes," he said. "There's even a fund for members in case a member ends up in financial difficulties."

"Useful. Okay, but why are we talking about this?" Rae asked, not sure why this was coming about. All she knew is the Justice League made money and that was all she cared about, although as their leader, she should pay more attention to things like this.

"Well, the Justice League can open up their own businesses, but the structure needs to be upheld. The leader of the Justice League needs to sign off on it. While you were gone, Kara was able to sign off on something, but we need to continue and need your permission to use the money," Tommy said.

"Okay…?" Rae asked.

"They are planning on opening up some type of business and need you to say yes," Cat summarized, wishing she could print this in her magazine but knew it was off limits.

"What are you planning?" Rae asked.

"We bought Samsins," Tommy stated, surprising Rae

"That Amusement Park? The one where I defeated Weather Wizard, and the Justice League closed it down? Where we defeated Barry and Savitar, and where we fought the League of Assassins? That Samsins?" Rae asked.

"The very one," Tommy said. "We got more use out of it than anyone else, so we're planning on making it a Justice League museum." Tommy took out large pieces of paper from a bag he had on him. "This is it currently; every building and ride need to be taken down. Years of not being used or cared for made them useless, not to mention damage from all the fights you talked about." Tommy moved another piece of paper to Rae. "And these are our current plans. An overview."

"And Kara and Laurel are okay with this? Wouldn't it be competing with the Sanctuary and the Island and the Village?" Rae asked.

"Village?" Tommy asked. "What Village?"

"Kryptonian and Daxamite Village…. which doesn't exist," Rae realized again as she said it. "That was just the speed force wasn't it?" Tommy nodded. "Is the Kryptonian Theme Park Island open yet?"

"Opening this summer," Annie interjected. "Already booked up for the first two months."

"Anyway," Tommy said, wanting to get this back on track. "While it would be some competition for the Island, probably less for the Sanctuary since the sanctuary is animals, but Kara and Laurel were on board when I came up with this. Mainly because of this," Tommy took another piece of paper. "This building is going to be the Hall of the Lost. For members who have died. We'll put their outfits there or replicas if the originals are lost or destroyed, along with weapons, video of their deaths and missions. There will also be a room for people who should have been members but died beforehand – including your dad." Rae looked at the paper blankly, wondering what that would be like.

"We also have a current-members building where replicas of current members costumes will be," Tommy was flipping through plans, a little concerned Rae was not showing any emotions. He was expecting to see something either positive of negative from her at least. "Oh, a vehicle room where transportation of the league will be. Alfred even agreed to let the batmobile go here. Oh, and this…"

Tommy put another paper out in front. "This is the only ride we have planned so far, but there is a lot more space than what we have planned. This one is like Soaring or Flight of Passage in Disney, according to Winn. The ride moves with a movie, making the riders feel like they are moving. In this case, the movies will be battle videos taken from your goggles." Rae raised an eyebrow. "Every battle you were ever in since you started is saved in Justice League systems. We'll edit them for length and to make sure no secret identities are revealed. We call this Running with the Flash…. and you hate it, don't you?"

"No," Rae said, shaking her head. "I think it's very nice to honor our fallen members in this way. Museums will be made eventually for us, I believe. Why don't we start it off? Although, I will lose my favorite battle area." Rae gave a laugh at the joke. "What do you need from me?"

"Well, I'll be overseeing the destruction of the current buildings and the construction of the new structures," Tommy said, being in engineering himself. "But we need money to hire crews and get equipment. The type of money needed needs the leader to authorize it."

"Meet me at Watchtower later and I'll do whatever you need," Rae said, and Tommy smiled.

"Thank you," Tommy said, going to pack his stuff. "By the way did you know Batman was engaged to Catwoman?"

"Catwoman? Oh… so that was the girl he mentioned," Rae said with a shrug, causing Tommy to chuckle.

"Yeah. Anyway, I better get back to Gotham before Sideways gets himself killed," Tommy said.

"Who's Sideways?" Rae asked.

"Just a new hero wannabe who wants to be my sidekick," Tommy said with an eyeroll.

"Hey," Rae called out to him as he headed for the door. "I know you didn't ask for my advice but the last person who wanted to be your sidekick ended up in a body bag when you didn't let them in. Just remember that before you do it again."

"Sara said similar," Tommy paused at the wise words from Rae before heading out.

"A guy named Alfred using the Batcomputer and having the Batmobile? The name sounds familiar," Annie stated.

"Alfred… that's the guy who inherited everything from Bruce Wayne. His butler," Cat remembered. "Meaning Bruce Wayne was Batman." Rae gave her boss a look as Cat got up. "I got to go to work. And maybe have an article ready to print for when the Justice League announces their museum…" Cat left and Annie said goodbye to Rae before heading out as well, Joel and the kids having left, already, not waiting for the women.

-New Justice-

Rae and Clarky came into Watchtower that night. Tommy was sitting there, waiting.

"I got it all set up," Tommy said instantly, extremely keen. "Just need you to finish it."

Rae had gone over to the computer and looked it over before approving of it at the click of a button

"You're all set," Rae said, turning the chair. "By the way, you might consider putting in a place with some of our most fearsome villains. We still have Savitar's suit around here somewhere… and both of Barry's suits."

"That's not a bad idea," Tommy nodded. "We'll add it to the plans. Now… oh, we have an alert… in Gotham." Tommy turned to the computer. The alert having been sent to Watchtower by Sara since Tommy was here. "It's dad… I mean, Malcolm Merlyn," a video had appeared of Dark Archer – and he had hostages in what seemed to be a mall. It was only him and no other members of the Injustice Alliance though.

"Want a hand?" Rae asked.

"No… and yes," Tommy said, confusing Rae. "I don't want you to take him out, but I want you there."

Rae gave a nod, taking the shrunken helmet and her goggles out of her pocket then summoning her speed force outfit. She put the helmet and goggles on. Clarky barked and Rae changed him into his outfit.

"Lead the way," Rae said as they opened the zap tunnel for Tommy. She could be there in a matter of seconds, but she would let Tommy get there first.

-New Justice-

Tommy jumped into the mall from the roof, breaking the glass as he lowered himself down to the ground on a wire connected to an arrow.

Malcolm Merlyn had a kid in his arm, a knife to the kid neck. "Let him go!" Tommy shouted, as he felt the familiar rush of air and spark of lighting that was Rae running in; Clarky not far behind her. Rae was clearly moving people out, but she stopped after a second. Malcolm had not taken too many people hostage and they were safely gone. Now there was just Tommy, her, Clarky, Malcolm, the kid Malcolm was holding, and the kids mom, who Rae had got to a safe distance and reassured her.

"Oh, but he reminds me so much of you as a kid," Malcolm said to Tommy. "See…"

"How would you know?" Tommy said. "You're not my father!"

"Oh, but I am," Malcolm said. "And there's more of me in you than I thought. But you're fighting for the wrong side son. Come and join us."

"No," Tommy said. "You were once my father, but you gave up that right when you faked your death and joined the League of Assassins!"

"I needed to concentrate to gain power; I didn't need a family. Now I see I was wrong – with you by my side we could have led the League of Assassins together! It's not too late. We can start again with the Injustice Alliance," Malcolm said.

"That's what you want. To make a new League of Assassins," Tommy realized. "Well, it doesn't include me. I am not your son anymore. My father might be dead, but he's the one who raised me. My family is them! My family is the Amazonians who made me one of them. My family is the Justice League who took me in and you're not a part of any of those groups."

Rae gave a smile. Tommy had taken her advice to heart.

That was when she noticed a portal opening and another hero come out.

"Sideway!," Rae said running off after the kid, "not this one." She put an arm on him, to stop him. "This is Black Arrow's villain." Sideways seemed stunned the Flash was directing him but gave a nod.

"If you won't join me, then that makes you my enemy," Malcolm said.

"Then I am your enemy," Tommy said.

"Shame. I guess this discussion is over. I'll go, but I'm taking this one with me," Malcolm said, and secured his captive in one arm and used a grappling device to shoot himself up through the same hole Tommy made in the glass. Tommy followed in a matter of seconds though.

"Should we go now?" Sideways asked.

"Possibly," Rae said, still letting Tommy handle it. It was one captive and one villain.

"Flash?" It was Alfred voice in Rae's ear. "I see you with Black Arrow. There's a problem over at Arkham Asylum."

"The place you put the criminally insane?" Rae asked.

"The patients are out of their cells," Alfred said.

"Alert the rest of the League," Rae said, turning her eyes to Sideways. "There's a breakout of Arkham. If you want to help, you can come with me. But you have to do exactly what I say!"

"Yes ma'am," Sideways said seeming excited.

"Just one more thing," Rae sped to the distraught mother, who had just seen her kid be taken by Dark Archer.

"Don't worry, ma'am, your child will be rescued," she told the woman, before turning to give Sideways a nod and ran off with Clarky following her and Sideways creating his own portal.

-New Justice-

When Rae arrived on the scene of Arkham Asylum, it was a madhouse. Many doctors and nurses were hiding as patients were going crazy; Clarky gave a growl as he jumped on a patient who had a pipe and was attacking a nurse.

"Whoa," Sideways said, appearing from a portal.

"Sideways, stick with Superdog – he can knock out the patients then and you use your portals to put them back into one of their padded cells!" Rae ordered, figuring that was the safest move for the young hero as she shared a nod with Kara in her Supergirl outfit, who was already here. "I'm going to head deeper in," Rae had never been here, but she knew from computers and Batman back in the day the most dangerous were kept deeper in. "Who else is coming?"

Rae was asking into her coms as she left Sideways with Superdog. "Red Tornado is on his way – as well as Valor and the Green Lanterns," Alfred stated back. "No words from some of them… oh Stopwatch just responded. Will be coming. Don't know if he will get there in time."

"Tell them I'm going in deep," Rae said as she continued to run, taking out people as she did. She stopped for a moment as she looked around, only to have to dodge a blast from a cold gun in a moment. "Well, I got to tell you Captain Cold has a better gun." Rae smirked at the woman; she didn't know who this was as she took off her helmet. "Now, put the gun down and get back into your cell and…" The woman shot again, and Rae blocked it with the helmet. "Okay, the hard way."

Rae ran around the woman, avoiding the cold shots, she waiting for a good shot. Finally, she tossed her helmet at the woman's hand holding the gun. The helmet hit her with superspeed, making her yell out as she dropped the gun. Rae ran over kicked the gun with her foot and then punched the woman out. "And that's how we do it…" Rae went to look at the name on her outfit. "Nora Fries… Nora, seriously?" Rae looked around as she noticed plant life moving.

"Crap, Poison Ivy," Rae said, knowing this meta. She had helped the first Batgirl take down Poison Ivy at one point back in the day. Rae put her helmet back on and grabbed the freeze gun, knowing it would do a lot against Poison Ivy plants.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are…?" Rae walked around and felt a figure behind her. She turned with speed and was ready to attack but didn't have to. Kara appeared behind Poison Ivy and punched her. "Freeze breath!"

Kara quickly started blowing her freeze breath out as Rae used the freeze gun. The cold knocking out Poison Ivy. "Thanks for joining me, sweetie," Rae said.

"The entire league is almost here. This should be over in a few," Kara confirmed. "Let's continue." Rae gave a smirk and pecked Kara's lips as the two went off to capture more escapees.

-New Justice-

Tommy swung through the city, using his arrows as he followed Malcolm Merlyn, who stayed ahead of him as he got to the top of a very large skyscraper, still under construction.

Malcolm tied a rope to the end and then let go of the kid; the kid's foot connected to the other end of the rope and he hung in the air by the ankle.

"So, here's the thing. You can stop me or save the boy," Malcolm announced when Tommy had got to him, taking his knife to the end of the rope. "You can't do both." Malcolm went to cut the rope as Tommy let the arrow go; Malcolm cut the rope at the same time the arrow hit he hands. He screamed out but Tommy didn't wait to see what happened – the kid was falling to his death.

Tommy jumped down after the kid, loading a new arrow with a wire to it so he could swing and, at the last second, caught the kid before he hit the group.

"Hey, hey… it's okay," Tommy said, once he put the kid safely on the ground on his own two feet. "You're safe now." The kid was crying, and Tommy looked around to the police who had shown. "Get him to his parents. They're at the mall." Tommy looked up, but Malcolm Merlyn was gone.

Tommy sighed as he jumped up and started heading to Arkham Asylum, where he knew the big fight was going on.

When he got to Arkham, Rae and Kara were standing in the front. Other League members were there as well. It seemed the battle was done.

"A little too late, Black Arrow," Rae said with a small smile. "We got this handled." Tommy sighed but was relieved. "What about Dark Archer?"

"He got away," Tommy said.

"Flash?" It was the warden of Arkham. "All prisoners, but one, are accounted for. The Joker is missing."

"Well, that one is slippery. Any idea how they got out?" Rae asked.

"Let out," the warden stated, turning the pad he was holding around to Rae. It showed Catwoman, Killer Frost, Harley Quinn, Shellcase, and Cheetah attacking the Asylum before security footage cut out.

"Thank you," Rae said with a nod. "Seems Catwoman joined the Injustice Alliance."

"And broke out a new member," Kara added.

"We'll deal with it another day," Rae said. "Hey, Black Arrow. The kid did good." Rae nodded her head overs to Sideways who was standing there, waiting. Clarky was by Rae's side and the newbie hero didn't seem to know what to do.

Tommy remembered Rae words earlier in the day and nodded.

"Sideways!" Tommy yelled at the kid. "You want to be hero? You want to fight besides me?"

"More than anything," Sideways said.

"Okay, I'll give you a shot, but you have to do everything I say, and you need training. It won't be easy. Think you're up for it?" Tommy asked.

"Yes," Sideways said, standing up tall at this.

"Fine, tomorrow we'll meet – I think you know where," Tommy said, with a small smirk. "for now, though, go home." Sideways left at this, and not too soon, so did the rest of League.

-New Justice-

Tommy walked into the Wayne Guest House. Sara was sitting there now.

"Hey," Tommy said, smiling at his wife as he sat. Sara kissed his cheek.

"Malcolm Merlyn is Dark Archer," Sara said, and Tommy should have expected she knew. The conversation between him and Malcolm were on the coms after all. "I guess Malcolm is off the list of boy's names…" Tommy had to give a smile at that. "Hey, it's all alright though."

"I know," Tommy said. "Rae said something to me today that made sense. When family fails us, we make new family." Tommy put a hand around Sara as he brought her closer. "You're my family. Our baby is my family. Moira is my mom; Robert my dad. I don't need him." Tommy kissed Sara and Sara smiled.

-New Justice-

Rae was back at the Sanctuary, sitting in her home with Kara. They smiled as they ate – Lois having taken care of dinner for everyone.

"So… it's been some day," Rae said as the two recounted.

"Yeah," Kara said. "But we still have one thing to talk about." Rae raised an eyebrow. "Our wedding. Invites. Lois got a couple of samples. We need to pick."

Rae smiled as she thought about this – very happy to plan their wedding.

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