New Justice: Journey of the League
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Note: For those who remember, a while ago in Karry I messed up Amaya and Mari's family tree; this was mainly due to a confusion between Legends of Tomorrow and the Vixen anime series, so to make the family tree clear, here it is for the Millma Verse:
Amaya married Rex Tyler/Hourman and had two daughters – an unnamed older daughter and a young daughter named Esi (like from Legends of Tomorrow). Esi was the one given the Spirit Totem from Amaya. The unnamed older daughter had Tantu while Esi had Kuasa and Mari.
I hope that clears everything.
Totems and Amazonians
-A Long Time Ago-
"Are you sure about this Amaya?" Rex Tyler asked his wife as they put the last Totem in the box. Since leaving the Justice Society, Amaya had decided to find all the Totems of Zambezi and now was putting them in boxes that would contain their powers. "Don't they need bearers?"
"Their lineages are dead," Amaya answered. "There are no more blood bearers to give them to, and while the Totems can choose… the chaos they can cause in this world to those who do not deserve to use them…" Amaya's hand went to the box with the Death Totem in. Each small box had different designs, linked to their containing Totem. "This Totem was with its rightful family and they lost control; it destroyed the entire village. Every single one of these Totems can do the same. The boxes are enchanted to contain their power, so no one will be able to find them with spells. It will unfortunately also stop the Totems from reaching out to true bearers, but if the price to protect the worlds and the Totems are for them to remain dormant, then so be it." Amaya put the Totems away as she stepped out.
"Okay," Rex nodded, deciding not to question his wife as they closed the door of the storage unit. They put a lock on the door.
"It will be up to my line to protect all the Totems now," Amaya said with an assuring nod.
"Our line," Rex corrected her, and Amaya had to smile.
"Which brings up a topic," Amaya said with a smile, turning to her husband. "I'm pregnant."
"Really?" Rex asked as Amaya nodded. A smile came onto Rex's face as he hugged his wife and kissed her.
-Present Day-
Kara and Rae were peacefully sleeping when a familiar voice woke them up.
"Come on you two; I need a word!"
"Gypsy," Rae groaned, rolling over. "You're getting bad habits from Frankie." Rae yawned as Kara rolled over, figuring this was for Rae. Rae sat up and Clarky, who had been at the end of the bed, jumped forward to get pets.
"Sorry," Gypsy said. "But this is kind of important." Rae waited signaling for Gypsy to continue. "Remember Amazonian Earth?"
"No," Rae retorted quickly as she pet her dog.
"The world where you and Kara were raised by Diana on her island? Kara was with Mon and you with that Imra chick. They helped with the Nazis," Gypsy reminded her.
"Oh yeah," Rae said with a nod. "Sorry, that was a long time ago for me… but the me who hated Barry," Rae heard Kara give a chuckle at that.
"Well I tend to hang out on that world from time to time – don't tell Frankie; he's still a little nuts about…" Rae laughed, cutting Gypsy off. "But anyway, do you remember you said you owe them one?"
"Yeah," Rae said with a nod, now remembering her multiverse debts. Karry was always on her mind. The debt she could never repay and the world didn't seem to want a repayment. They were her family now after all, but there were those five other worlds who had helped come to defeat Nazis: Lantern, Different Power, Basic, Survivor, and Amazonian. The world Gypsy was on about. "Are they calling it in?"
"Well… they have not specifically asked me to ask you, but I think you can help," Gypsy said.
"Gypsy, if the world doesn't ask, I can't," Rae said, knowing butting into other worlds business was not right. Hell, it was how Hero Earth had gotten the Nazis here in the first place.
"Look, can you just come and see the problem?" Gypsy asked.
"Fine, but if they tell us to go, we go," Rae said, summoning her speed force suit and grabbing her helmet and goggles. Clarky gave a bark and Rae transferred him into his outfit.
"Need me to come?" Kara asked.
"No, I need you to stay here for the Justice League," Rae said hearing familiar footsteps. "Chris!" The door opened at that. Chris was still in his pajamas, apparently having been heading downstairs to eat. "Want to come world hopping with me and Gypsy again?"
"Yeah," Chris said, running out and returning the black and red Kryptonian armor that made up his own Super suit.
"Okay, let's go," Rae said, and Gypsy opened the portal. The four left and after the portal was gone, Kara sat up and chuckled. Deciding to get ready for the day herself.
-New Justice-
"Your grandma had a lot of junk," Buddy Baker, otherwise known as Animal Man, stated as he looked through the paperwork. "I mean, we have been at this for months now!"
"We kind of got a little sidetracked," Tantu said, herself looking through a chest of her grandmother's herself. "She had a lot of memories." Tantu held the photo she found.
"And a storage unit," Buddy pointed out "finding the pay for it though..."
"I already paid that for the next few months," Tantu stated, knowing what was in that unit. "And switched the name on it to mine."
"You know what's in there?" Buddy asked.
"Grandma made sure me and Mari knew," Tantu muttered, knowing the responsibility was on her now as she put her hand on the Spirit Totem. She wasn't just protecting one Totem after all. "We need…" there was a knock on the door, making Tantu and Buddy pause. No one ever came around here.
Tantu moved to the window and looked out.
"Oh crap," Tantu said, recognizing the woman outside, but not the male with her.
"I see you!" The woman said as Tantu went and opened the door.
"Kuasa," Tantu said, standing in the doorway, not letting the older dark-skinned woman with extremely short hair enter.
"Tantu," Kuasa said. "This is my husband Nuraka Keehan." The man was white and had dark hair which stuck up in Mohawk form.
"My boyfriend, Buddy," Tantu said as Buddy came up. "What are you doing here?"
"I just found out both my grandmother and sister were dead," Kuasa said. "And I couldn't not show up." Tantu could feel Buddy's shock.
"There's a reason you didn't know," Tantu stated, still not moving from the door. "Although Mari's death was pretty public – I'm surprised you didn't realize."
"May I come in and talk with you?" Kuasa asked. "It's personal; family."
Tantu moved aside and let Kuasa through the door, closing the door behind her but not letting Kuasa or this Nuraka move further into the room. Tantu crossed her arms. "What do you want?"
"Is that how you treat family?" Kuasa said.
"After what you tried to do to Mari," Tantu said. "You're lucky I'm not using the Totem against you."
"Hey…" Nuraka started, but Kuasa put a hand on his stomach, pushing him back.
"I regret mine and Mari's conflict and trying to steal the Totem from her. I have come to realize mine being abandoned wasn't yours, Mari, or our grandmother's, fault. You thought I was dead. The fault lies solely with our mothers, who are long dead," Kuasa explained. "Me and you are the last of our family. The last bloodline of the six Totem bearers. The last two."
"You know," Tantu said, getting it right away.
"That our grandmother and grandfather found all the Totems? Yes," Kuasa said. Buddy and Nuraka were remaining quiet but staring at each other, seeming ready to fight it out if their girls said they could. "And it seems only logical I should have one."
"None of those Totems are meant for you," Tantu pointed out.
"I am from a bloodline meant to wield a Totem," Kuasa protested.
"Our bloodline is meant for the Spirit Totem only, which is now bonded to me," Tantu pointed out. "The other Totems do not belong to us to wield. They get to choose new bloodlines. Besides, these Totems have to be wielded by righteous warriors and we both know that's not you."
"Now you listen…" Kuasa took an aggressive step forward.
"You really want to do this?" Tantu groaned, touching her Totem and summoning the spirit of a bear. Buddy got the message and his eyes glowed; his body physically changed, becoming more animal-like himself.
Kuasa took a step back and looked at her husband, who nodded.
"This is not over," Kuasa said as they both headed for the door.
"Tantu, what…?" Buddy now asked, becoming more of a man again, but Tantu put a finger over her mouth to quieten her boyfriend. She then went to the window and looked out, watching as Kuasa and Nuraka went into a car and left.
"They're gone," Tantu said. "But she's not going to let this go. And she'll figure out they are in the storage unit."
"Whoa, wait, what's going on?" Buddy asked as Tantu ran to a drawer for a key. "Slow down and let me know."
"My Totem is one of six mystic Totems," Tantu explained. "One given to a family in each of the six villages – all the villages are now destroyed and the other five bloodlines dead, as well. My grandma found all the Totems and hid them away so they could do no harm. She instructed me and Mari, it was our job to protect them as well. Kuasa cannot get them. She might be my cousin, but she's not like us. She'll use it for no good."
"She put five magic Totems in a storage unit?" Buddy asked.
"They are locked away and in special boxes that block their magic," Tantu defended. "But we… no we're too obvious. It will take Kuasa time to find the unit. The five Totems need to be moved now. Not by us. We need help. We need to go to Watchtower."
Tantu was already running for the door. "Okay," Buddy sighed, deciding to follow his girlfriend.
….
Once away from the house, Kuasa's practically hissed to her: "I told you she would not give them to us!"
"We had to try to get it peacefully," Kuasa pointed out.
"Well, it's a good thing for you I had other arrangements," Nuraka pointed out. "Have you heard tell of the Injustice Alliance?"
"Cat Grant reported about that, I believe. A team up of super villains," Kuasa said. "What of it?"
"I contacted them," Nuraka said. "And they are willing to help us get the missing Totems."
"For what exactly?" Kuasa asked.
"We join them," Nuraka said. "And help them with their missions. It's a win-win. We get the Totems and working with them we can end up getting some cash as well." Kuasa bit her lip. "I know you have your doubts, but this is good for both of us. And you'll never get the Totems any other way."
"Okay," Kuasa finally said with a nod. "But no one hurts my cousin."
"I'm sure we can work that into the deal," Nuraka said. "And I believe they already have a lead on where it could be. Did you know your grandma had a storage unit?" Kuasa raised an eyebrow. Maybe this Injustice Alliance would work.
-New Justice-
Rae, Chris, Clarky, and Gypsy appeared in a building on Amazonian Earth.
Rae could hear talking near them, in a room and guessed this was where Amazonian forces were. Gypsy went in first and Rae followed. Inside the room was Kara, Clark – the same way he looked on Alien; Mon, Imra, and Rae's own alternate Rachel.
"What are you doing here?" Rachel asked, looking at Rae who took off her helmet at that.
"Gypsy thought you might want to call in that favor I owe you," Rae said.
"I don't think…"
"Rachel," a voice cut Rae's alternate and Rae turned. Walking in from another door was none other than Diana! Rae had seen alternates of Diana before; had fought besides them but had never really interacted with them at all. "I think we should hear them out. She does owe you."
"It can't hurt," Imra said, putting an arm around Rachel. Rae chose to ignore it. While she was used to worlds where she and Kara were not together, usually because she did not exist, it was weird to think her and Kara were sisters on this world.
"Diana," Rae said with a smile.
"That is unusual," Diana said making Rae raise an eyebrow. "To hear your voice calling me anything but mom."
"Oh," Rae said. "On my world my aunt and uncle stepped up. But we did know each other. You were like a big sister to me until the day you died." Diana gave a smile and nod at that.
"Bet you and your cousin get along," Kara said, giving her Rachel a look.
"Let's not get into that," Rae said as she saw Chris give a smirk and even Gypsy hide her laugh. "So, what's the issue?"
Mon pushed a button and photos came across a screen behind them.
"For the last few weeks ports and ships have been attacked by an unknown crew of men. They are super and we're having problems tracking them." Clark stated for the group, clearly the leader here.
"Hold it," Chris said, and Mon pushed a button and the photos stopped. "Is that Timeos?"
"It is," Rae said. Since Rae got back, Timeos was a regular around the Sanctuary. "And that's Nisos!" Rae pointed at the younger male near Timeos. "Got a better picture of that one?" Rae asked, pointing.
Mon switched photos.
"Yes, that is Jace," Rae said with a nod. "And that's… um… I can't remember a name. Something with an A."
"You know them?" Imra asked.
"Yeah," Rae said. "The Herculeans, of the island of Herculea. They have another name though." Rae turned to look at Diana as she said it. "The Sons of Themyscira."
"There are no males on Themyscira," Rachel said, right away.
"No," Diana said with a nod. "Males are not allowed to live on Themyscira by the laws of Hera. So, when we have a male we bring them to the world of men and give them to their fathers or set them up. We assume they get our powers or at least some, but they all found each other."
"On our world Zeus made them their own island," Rae said. "And brought them all to it. But they aren't…. they are our allies. They helped us recently in a war. Good men."
"Clearly not here," Imra said darkly.
"Show the places they have hit ," Rachel said. "On a map." Mon pushed a couple of button and map showed. The places the males had hit being placed on the map one by one in the order they had hit. "I never realized." Rachel stated once the dots were done. "But the way they are heading…. They are going right for Themyscira."
"Really?" Rae asked looking at the map herself.
"They want us," Diana said, ignoring Rae's really. "We can't let them get there. I can get to the females. Get our armies to this Island right here." Diana pointed at the map. "Cut them off."
"I'll be there too," Rachel said. "Themyscira is my home. And they will have a problem with me." Rachel gave a smirk as she summoned her own outfit – a similar color scheme with red and blue, but also different to Rae's. She had a yellow lightning bolt across the stomach and a helmet much different to the one Rae used.
"Me as well," Kara said, summoning her own outfit – much like Kara's of other worlds but more in line to Amazonian armor.
"I think we're all in," Clark said to a nod from Mon and Imra.
"You know, we could use Weather Witch. I know they are new but on an island…" Kara started
"If we use Weather Witch, we need to use Tachyon – and he might be able to run now but he still sucks. Not up to this level," Rachel said, and there was a chuckle and a nod of agreement.
"Then let's go," Diana said.
"Diana," Rae said, stopping them. "There's something you should know…" Diana raised an eyebrow. "This Jace… he's your brother; your twin brother."
Diana seemed shocked for a moment. "If he attacks my island then I will defend," Diana decided, and the group started moving out leaving Rae, Gypsy, Chris, and Clarky behind. Clarky barking.
"Are we going to help?" Gypsy asked.
"They didn't ask," Rae said, still looking at the map on the screen.
"So… are we going home?" Chris asked.
Rae didn't say anything as she continued to look at the map and the photos. "There's something wrong here," Rae said.
"We're not going home," Chris smirked as Clarky barked.
"We're not taking sides in their fight," Rae said, pointing at Gypsy and Chris. "But I need to get a clear picture of this. We need to talk to someone, not them."
"Who exactly?" Gypsy asked.
"Nisos and Donna," Rae said, making Gypsy and Chris look at each other. "They are the young ones. They can sometimes think away from the group. Gypsy, take us somewhere close to where the fight is going to happen." Gypsy gave a nod and opened a portal.
-New Justice-
Tantu came through the zap tunnel and into Watchtower. Adam and Winn were by the computers, busy. They were looking at each other every once in a while. Jessica Cruz was hanging out and so was Thea.
"Aren't there three Green Lanterns?" Thea was asking when Tantu and Buddy came in. "Why are you the one always around?"
"That ain't any of your business," Jessica retorted.
"Beat you," Adam said after a moment.
"Two out of three," Winn said.
"And are you two seriously using our Justice League systems to play videogames?" Jessica asked making the two spin back around, embarrassed. "You could do that at home."
"And where is your third nerd?" Thea asked, shaking off Jessica's attitude and question.
"Not a clue," Winn stated.
"We thought he was with Caitlin but she's busy with family," Adam added. "I don't think he and Caitlin are doing so well."
"Oh, boo-hoo," Jessica rolled her eyes, not caring as Thea glowered at the Green Lantern.
"Hey," Tantu said, realizing they were being ignored. "You four… actually, we need one more." That turned the group attention to Tantu. "Anyone else here?"
"I think Aqualad is in the room with the giant statue of Jay," Adam said.
"Is it me or is that room creepy?" Winn asked.
"Don't say that in front of the Flash," Adam chuckled.
"Get him," Tantu instructed, surprising the group on her authority.
Adam gave him a look and then pushed a button. "Aqualad, come up to the main room," he said into the speaker, and soon Aqualad was up and in the room. Adam pointed at Tantu with a shrug, indicating she was the one who needed him.
"What's going on?" Thea had to ask.
"I need you five to go to my grandmother's storage unit and take the five Totems and bring them here," Tantu said. The small group looked at one another, confused, and then back at Tantu and Buddy. "Okay, look my Totem is one of six." Tantu explained. "I have the other five in storage, and they are in danger from my cousin, Mari's big sister. They need moving, but if me or Buddy, go we'd be too obvious. Please... I'm going to try to distract my cousin while you do this."
"Did Rae say okay to you hiding Totems here?" Winn asked, getting that this was where Tantu wanted to put them.
"These Totems can destroy Central-National if they fall into the wrong hands," Tantu pointed out.
"Why did you say Central-National?" Winn asked, sitting up straight.
"Because the storage unit is in Central-National," Tantu said.
"Wait, seriously?" Buddy said, obviously not knowing this information himself. "Amaya lived nowhere near Central-National."
"She used to, and thought it was better to keep them in a booby-trapped unit then moving them when she moved," Tantu voiced. "But not the point. Please." Tantu held out the key to the storage locker and a piece of paper. "Everything you need to know to get them."
There was silence for a moment. "Okay," Aqualad finally said, grabbing the piece of paper and key. Winn and Adam got up as well as Jessica. Thea gave a nod. "Let's go. But you're the one telling Rae." Aqualad pointed at Tantu and the five left.
Tantu gave a smile.
"Now comes the hard part," Buddy said. "Distracting Kuasa and Nuraka."
"Shouldn't be hard," Tantu disagreed. "Let's just go home first."
-New Justice-
Gypsy had brought Rae, Clarky, and Chris to an Island not far from where the female planned to fight the male Amazonians.
"The females are ready," Gypsy said. "And the males are heading this way." They had been waiting for the right moment.
"Okay Chris, the females will know your symbol and trust it. You can try to get Donna. Don't be too obvious," Rae said and Chris gave a salute and flew off. "Gypsy, get Nisos. And get him quietly."
Gypsy gave a nod as she left but was back first with the young male who didn't seem too happy. He broke from Gypsy's hold instantly and held his sword to her, but Clarky growled and lit up his eyes.
"I'd put that down," Rae said, stepping forward. "We're more powerful than you."
Chris returned at that moment with a struggling Donna.
"So, this is the female play," Nisos realized, eyeing Donna more than the others.
"I'm not with the females or the males," Rae brought attention back to her.
"Wait, Rachel?" Donna said as Chris put her down. "What are… but you were…"
"I'm not your Rachel. I'm from a different world," Rae said. "Call me Rae. And I want a word with both of you." Rae looked between the two; Donna seemed calm, but Nisos still seemed on edge. "Donna, can you explain to Nisos why males are not allowed to live on Themyscira?"
"Hera," Donna said instantly. "She made that law. If we tried to keep a male she would attack and take that male out – moving the males away from the island is the only way they can live."
"That doesn't explain why you attacked us!" Nisos said. "Our Island is destroyed. Our wives and children… what you see is all that is left!"
"What are you talking about? What island?" Donna asked. "I'd never attack you or your children."
"You and your allies in the outer world did…" Nisos scolded.
"Wait," Rae said, stopping Nisos. "None of them knew about Herculea until I told them, not even an hour ago. And they wouldn't attack you. But someone did… someone who blamed it on them." It was starting to make sense to Rae, but she didn't know who. If she wanted the males to stop this attack, she needed a who.
"Who would benefit from war?" Gypsy asked the question out loud for Rae.
"Ares," Donna and Nisos both said together.
"But Diana defeated him," Donna added in.
"Defeated?" Rae said, remembering clearly her Diana talking about Ares. She always used the word kill. "She said defeat, not kill?" Donna nodded. "I got to…." Rae paused, seeing both Donna and Nisos hands on their sword.
She ran, grabbing them and then used her speed to toss them into the ocean as far as she could. "Go fetch, you two." Clarky barked. "Not you. You, with me. You two make sure they don't kill each other," Rae yelled at Gypsy and Chris to stay, and her dog to follow as she ran. Clarky flying behind her.
….
Diana waited in the front with her mother. "We're going to need to have a word about this twin brother thing," Diana told her, surprising her mother.
"When this is over," was the answer as the males came to shore. Clark and Kara had used their freeze breath to direct the males to here.
Kara landing next to Rachel, who was standing by Diana. Clark came up next to them. "So, this is where you want to fight," the male leader, Jace, said aiming his sword at them. The females taking theirs ready to battle.
Before they could move a speedster ran between them, kicking up dirt. After a second, when the dirt was high, she punched the sand below her feet. The vibration from the punch shaking the ground like an Earthquake, causing some people to lose their footing. The sand she had kicked up disappeared to reveal Rae there, her dog besides her, speed force electricity sparking around her and in her eyes.
"You will listen to me!" She called out and her voice was vibrating in a way that changed it and made it louder. Clarky, not to be outdone, gave a loud growl.
"Okay that was impressive," Rachel said. She hadn't lost her footing, but she could admire her alternate's power.
Rae turned to the men who seemed in shock. "I am not here to fight you. I have something important to say and if after I am done you still want to fight then I will step out of your way," she stated.
"They abandoned you," Rae now pointed her finger back at the females behind her. "I can't even picture what that must be like."
"I can," Rachel said, suddenly taking a step forward; thinking she might have something in common with these males. "It sucks. You feel sad, angry… wondering what the hell you as a baby could have done. Sometimes you think it's your fault. That if you had been different, it would have never happened."
"Thank you," Rae said with a nod to her alternate. "And you have a right to feel all that. You have a right to hate them. But they did not destroy your island. They did not even know about it and if they did they wouldn't have attacked it. You're going after the wrong people."
"Then who did?" Jace asked, seeming to be in disbelief.
"The person who can answer that by answering one simple question is Diana," Rae turned around to face the shocked Amazonian. "Did you kill or defeat Ares?"
"Ares?" Diana asked shocked. "I… oh… defeated him."
"So, he is still alive?" Rae asked.
"He was powerless. I tossed him into hell. He's not getting out," Diana said.
"Actually," a new voice spoke, and eyes turned to a tall, thin man who had seemed to appear on the beach from nowhere, "you may need to check your facts."
"Ares!" Diana growled, stepping forward between Rae and Rachel who were the closest to the man. Her sword out already.
"Been a while, little sister," Ares said.
-New Justice-
Aqualad, Adam, Winn, Jessica, and Thea walked into the storage center and noticed the crowds and TV cameras not far off.
"What is going on?" Jessica asked.
"Hey it's Storage Wars!" Winn said and eyes turned to him. "Mon… he like the shows."
"Where is your boyfriend?" Adam asked.
"Doing something with his antiques," Winn said with a shrug.
"More importantly, it's a hot day. Why did you change into jeans, a hoodie, and sunglasses?" Jessica asked, giving Winn a look.
"To be incognito," Winn said. "We're doing this on the down-low, remember?"
"That looks more suspicious than if we had worn our outfits," Jessica hissed.
"Let's go," Aqualad cut off, as he went to open the unit.
Winn held out his hands and froze the nearby TV show and the crew. "Might as well," Winn said with a smirk
They opened Amaya's the storage unit; Aqualad and Thea carefully navigating around the booby traps Amaya had set up long ago.
"Trip wire with a gun," Thea said, impressed once passed them all and Aqualad was putting a combination into a safe.
"She had a lot of junk," Jessica said.
"This is exhausting," Winn added, the power to freeze the nearby show draining him.
"Oh, just give him a Totems and let him go," Jessica said.
"If I leave, the TV crew will be unfrozen," Winn said.
"You're the only one concerned about the TV show? No one knows where this is. No one is going to attack us," Jessica said.
"Here," Thea said passing over a black box, knowing what was inside as the instructions Tantu had given them earlier stated. "The Death Totem. Take it and go, Winn." Winn took the box with one hand, putting it in his hoody and keeping his other hand to keep the TV show crew frozen until he was out of the way.
Once he was gone everyone unfroze.
"Jessica, take the Earth Totem. Adam take the Fire," Aqualad said, handing out the Totem boxes. "I got the Water."
"Guess that leaves me with the Air," Thea said, taking the Air Totem box. "Let's go."
"I don't think you should…" a new voice spoke. It was Killer Frost, Harley Quinn, Joker, Blackfire, Malcolm Merlyn, and Shellcase. "Hand them over, nice and easy."
An arrow came out of the unit, right at them, and Thea sped out, making sure to skip the booby traps. She was completely in her Red Arrow outfit.
"You didn't have that on you!" Adam said stunned to see her in her outfit.
"Technology from my Earth. I'll show you later," Thea said as she started to fight Malcolm Merlyn and Shellcase together. Aqualad came out himself, having been wearing his outfit under his clothes and took on Harley and Joker right away.
Adam dodged an attacked from Killer Frost by shrinking and went into the unit, taking out his shrunken outfit and getting it on with one easy step, the Atom unshrinking to all. Jessica seemed to also have her outfit on underneath as she was a fully Green Lantern, although her powers might allow her to summon an energy suit.
Meanwhile, the cast and crew of Storage Wars and anyone buying had run, but the cameramen seemed to be staying, filming them.
Adam made sure to slam the locker door as he flew into the air, Blackfire on his trail.
"What's going on?" Winn asked in their ears.
"Where are you?" Adam asked.
"Back at Watchtower," Winn said. "I had no problems."
"The minute you left, the Injustice Alliance attacked us," Jessica stayed.
"Told you keeping the crew frozen was a good idea," Winn said, realizing he must have frozen the Injustice Alliance as well without knowing.
"Not helpful, dude," Adam said.
…
Meanwhile, Tantu and Buddy were in their own outfits, not too far from their home.
"I knew you would be around," Tantu said, when Kuasa made herself known.
"And I knew you would come back here," Kuasa said.
"They're not here," Tantu said.
"No," Kuasa said. "I am sure you sent your friends in the Justice League to get them- a storage unit in Central-National." Tantu and Buddy paused at that. "See, I have friends too."
That was when Tantu heard Winn get onto her earpiece, and the conversation about the Injustice Alliance.
"You're working with the Alliance!" Tantu said, shocked.
"We are," Nuraka said. "And those Totems will be ours."
"No, they won't," Tantu said, looking at Buddy and the two both used the power of the eagle to fly away. "Stopwatch, what's going on?"
"Death Totem is safely in Watchtower with me," Winn said. "Each of the other four all have a Totem though. Atom is battling Blackfire. Green Lantern is fighting with Killer Frost, who can make ice bridges by the way. Red Arrow is being doubled-teamed by Dark Archer and Shellcase. While Aqualad is fighting Joker and Harley Quinn."
"They need to get to a zap tunnel and out now!" Buddy insisted.
"No," Winn said instantly. "Do you know what happened to that zap tunnel we took Starfire through? Rae had me, Adam, and Jess disassemble it completely. If we lead an enemy to our zap tunnels we have to get rid of them and Rae is the only one who can make that call."
"Then what would you suggest?" Tantu asked.
"Handoffs," Winn said. "Getting other members of the Justice League nearby in citizen outfit. Get the Totems to them secretly."
"Sounds good to me," Atom said.
…
Atom was flying close by, shooting out at Blackfire and trying to dodge her own shots back. Jessica was flying near him, with Killer Frost on her trail; the Green Lantern using her ring to create shields to block the icicles Killer Frost was sending.
"Damn it, Atom!" Jessica yelled when one of Blackfire shots, meant for Atom hit into her instead. The Earth Totem box fell out of her hand at this; Jessica went to use her ring to grab hold of it but Killer Frost caught it first. "Killer Frost got the Earth Totem! Going to try to get it back."
"Atom, get to STAR Labs," Winn said. "Jess is there with his mom. They've got a plan for the handoff."
"On it," Atom said, flying towards STAR Labs. He saw Jess and HP there but didn't go right for them, trusting his League member as he fought off Blackfire.
That's when smoke covered them and Atom knew that was Jess. The new upgrade to his suit let him see through the smoke and easily hand the Fire Totem box off to Jess as Blackfire could not see. The two going into STAR Labs as Atom continued fighting, moving away from STAR.
"Give me the Totem," Blackfire said, once they were away.
"Sorry, I don't have it," Atom said holding out both hands as he flew. Blackfire was able to see the one with the Totem box in it previously was empty. She yelled out as she flew away from Atom.
…
Thea was still by the storage lockers fighting the former League of Assassins members.
"Thea, Red Tornado is on his way to create a distraction," Winn said. "Mon is at the entrance of the facility. Ready for a handoff."
"Got it," Thea said as she fought. She held off the two long enough for Red Tornado to appear, knocking the two League members with his wind tornados; Thea ran towards the entrance, looking for Mon. Noticing him in a crowd of onlookers.
Thea ran and quickly bumped into him. "Sorry sir," Thea said with a small wink as she secretly did the handoff with Mon. Mon gave a nod to her as he hid the Totem box in his backpack as Thea continued to run. Malcolm Merlyn was soon on her trail as Shellcase threw weapons at Red Tornado.
"Hand it over!" Malcolm said.
"Hand what over?" Thea asked with a smirk and Malcolm noticed the Totem's box was gone.
"Clever," Malcolm said looking around but not knowing where it went. He went to help Shellcase and get away.
…
"Aqualad, Black Arrow and his sidekick Sideways are there," Winn said. Aqualad was using water from a fire hydrant to fight off Harley and Joker with their insane, but effective, weapons. "Sideways is about to jump in and help. When he does, try to get the Water Totem to Tommy."
Sideways, in his outfit, came running in using his vibrations at the two – but Joker had threw out an exploding pie at the same time. The two attacks collided, causing a large explosion that threw both Sideways and Aqualad off their feet. Harley Quinn coming up fast and grabbing the box with the Water Totem from Aqualad.
"No!" Sideways shouted, using a portal he could create to try and block Harley, but was surprised when Harley and Joker used some type of jetpack to take into the air. An arrow went at them from Thea, who had run over, but it missed.
"Atom, Green Lantern, anyone who can take to the air, can you get them?" Aqualad asked, looking up as the two escaped with the totem.
"I chased Killer Frost all the way to National before losing her," Jessica said. "No way I would get there in time."
"I'm too far out," Adam said.
"Good news; Death, Air, and Fire Totem are here already," Winn said. "Tantu and Buddy just came in too. Everyone should come back."
"Someone guard the locker!" It was Tantu on the speaker.
"I will," Red Tornado offered, and everyone turned and went to find a zap tunnel.
-New Justice-
Back on Amazonian, Diana stood with the sword in her hand looking at the God of War before her.
"How…?" Was all Diana said.
"How? How did I get back after you threw me literally into hell?" Ares asked. "Is that what you mean?" Ares took a step forward. "Oh, I thought I was done but little by little I gained back power and broke free. I was hoping for wars to become just as powerful, even more, than before, but the wars nowadays… cold wars… technological wars… pressing a button from thousands of miles away and bombing someone. It's not as good. I needed a good old-fashioned fight. Two armies fighting one another to make myself all power. And who better than the male Amazonian against the female? So, I destroyed their island and made sure all the strong ones survived. They already hate you. It didn't take much for them to target you."
The males were already turning, pointing their weapons at Ares. "And it would have worked perfectly if not for you," Ares said pointing at Rae. "You're not even of this world! Why are you interfering?"
"Normally I don't but I owe this world a favor," Rae said with a shrug and smirk. Not afraid of the god.
"That favor will kill you," Ares said.
"No, it won't," Diana said. "Attack Ares!" Diana shouted at the females.
"Join them," Jace ordered his men, and the female and male Amazonian jumped the god at the same time.
Rachel and Kara moved too.
"No," Diana said, holding out a hand to her daughters. "This is not your fight. Any of your fight. Leave this to us." Diana didn't wait for another moment before jumping into the battle with her sisters and brothers. Rachel and Kara seemed upset, even ready to jump in, but Clark put his arms around Kara. Mon coming up as well.
"Don't you even think about it," Rae said, to her counterpart running in front of her. Clarky coming up next to his mistress. "Diana's right. This fight is not for us." Imra put an arm around her girlfriend as the group of non-Amazonians watched.
The fight didn't take that long, even though it seemed to take forever at the same time. Ares might have been not at full-power, but the man was powerful, regardless – throwing off the Amazonians, injuring them. It was Jace and Diana who fought the best; the pair working side by side was something to behold. They seemed to meld together in the fight. Easily working off each other.
"You need to take the killing blow. It's your destiny!" Jace said. He knew too that Diana was the only one who could do it; Jace summoned lightning to attack as Diana moved with her sword and strength.
The siblings had Ares on the floor; weakened again beyond his limits.
"You won't kill me, sister!" Ares said. "You don't have…" Whatever Ares was about to say was cut off as Diana put a sword right through his head; the god weakened enough from the fight that it killed him.
"I never make the same mistake twice," Diana said as she took the sword out of the god and then turned to Jace. "Brother, you know you're my twin?" Jace gave a nod. "I am sorry for your island."
"You didn't do it," Jace said.
"If I had killed Ares when I had the shot all those years ago it would have never happened," Diana said, breathing heavily from the fight but sad too. "We worked well together." Diana held out a hand to Jace, but the man didn't take it.
"I can't," Jace said. "We were wrong to come after you. We were wrong to attack those ports thinking they helped you, but… you are still the ones who left us."
"Fair enough," Diana said, putting her hand down. "But Jace, I am not our mother." Jace gave a nod.
"Someday maybe, but now," Jace paused looking back at his men. "For now, we need to find a new life. A new place for us. Away from you. Men!"
"Where's Nisos?" It was Timeos who asked.
"Hey, Donna's missing too," it was a female Amazonian who mentioned this.
"That's my fault," Rae said, raising a hand and eyes turned to her. "Well.. I…" the sounds of swords clashing cut off as Donna and Nisos came onto the island, fighting, followed by Chris and Gypsy trying to split them up. "Clarky!" Rae pointed at the fighting as Clark raised an eyebrow. The dog running up and grabbing Nisos' shirt and dragging him back as Connor got a hold of Donna.
"Nisos, it's over," Jace said. "The female did not attack us. Ares did, and we just killed him." Nisos stopped struggling as he went to join the other males.
"Ares?" Nisos looked to the body still on the beach and nodded.
"Come," Jace instructed, as he led the male Amazonins, who slowly left. No one speaking as they did.
With the males out of sight, it was Kara who spoke to Rae, "I think the debt you owe us is paid in full."
"Yeah, we punched a few Nazis for you," Mon said. "You just stopped us from making Ares all powerful. I think that's a fair trade."
"I want to race you," Rachel couldn't stop herself, and Rae giggled. "Someday..."
"Well, you know where to find me," Rae said, finding this version of her a little less annoying than the others. She still wasn't too fond of her alternates anyway.
"Diana." Rae turned to her. "It was good to see you."
Diana gave a nod and then hugged Rae, to her surprise. "I felt you needed that," Diana whispered to Rae before they parted, and Rae gave a smirk.
"Gypsy, bring us home," Rae said. Gypsy gave a nod as she opened a portal them back to the Sanctuary.
-New Justice-
Once back home, Gypsy left to find Frankie while Chris grabbed leftovers to eat and Rae and Clarky went to go find Kara.
"Kara!" Rae called out, finally finding her in an enclosure. "…always by the Natus."
"Just got here actually," Kara corrected. "I always have to check them up." Kara took her fiancée into a hug. "Did you help them?"
"Debt repaid in full," Rae said with a nod and kissed Kara. "You know it's been a long time since we had a date night?"
"I like the sound of this," Kara said with a smirk. "Lois can cook for Chris and the kids tonight. We can go out."
Rae was about to say something, but then both her and Kara's communicator went off. Both grabbing theirs. "I think date night is on hold…" Rae said as Clarky gave a small bark. "Come on boy," Rae and Kara turned to had to Watchtower.
…
Once in Watchtower, Rae looked around at the group within.
"What happened?" Rae asked.
Adam, Winn, Jessica, Thea, and Aqualad nodded to Tantu.
"This is on me," Tantu confirmed. "I was the one who asked for help. I didn't think she would join the Injustice Alliance… I am so sorry I should…"
"What?" Rae asked, looking to Kara.
"My cousin… the Injustice Alliance," Tantu sighed, shaking her head, but Rae stepped forward.
"Tantu, we're a family here," Rae said. "Never be afraid to ask for help and never apologize when things go wrong because of it." Rae put a hand on Tantu and brought her into a hug. "We have your back. Now tell me what happened," Rae asked kindly.
"My grandmother," Tantu began, "she knew the dangers of the Totems of Zambezi, so she kept them safe. Locked in boxes in a storage locker. With her death and Mari's, my cousin, Kuasa came looking for them," she glanced to Buddy at this, and he nodded to continue. "I told her no, but it seemed she and her husband had other plans as they teamed up with the Injustice Alliance to get the Totems from me – from us. They have all but three now; and my own, of course," she put a hand on her own Totem, securely around her neck.
"Mari's big sister causing trouble again." Rae concluded, sighing. "I remember when that's all Mari would complain about," Rae said. "Good job everyone getting the Totems here though. Now we need to get everything else out of that locker… everyone saw us in there." Her alert had told her of the filming. "Bring it all to Homebase and nerds, I don't want anything connected to Tantu or Amaya. Hack into computer, break into their offices, I don't care. Erase whose name is on the locker – and fast." There was no movement for a minute. "That was an order. Move it, now!"
"Yes sir," the nerd said together, turning to the computers as everyone else went to head back to the locker to grab stuff and transfer everything to Homebase.
"If this gets done fast, we can still do date night," Kara said, and Rae smirked.
"Fast is what I am about," Rae smirked as they both went out to help get this done.
-New Justice-
Later that night, Tantu was in Homebase, looking through all the stuff. The Justice League got it here in record time and the nerds had done their part to protect Amaya and Tantu's identity – now, all the news knew was that the Justice League had used the locker and now not. "Looks like we have more junk to go through," Buddy said, walking in.
"None of this is junk," Tantu pointed out. "It's the history of my people."
"Okay," Buddy said with a nod. "What's wrong?" He sat down next to Tantu, who had the boxes with the three Totems by her.
"Was my grandmother wrong all those years ago?" Tantu asked. "If these Totems had chosen new bearers, new families to protect them, we might not be down two. Maybe protecting them by hiding them, even from choosing new people, was the wrong move. Maybe they should belong to someone who is not me… they are not my destiny, just like they are not Kuasa or her husband's destiny."
"What would need to happen for the Totems to choose?" Buddy asked.
"They would need to be taken out of these boxes," Tantu said. "And then, when the chosen person gets near them, they will call out."
"How about," Buddy started, seeing Tantu was conflicted, "we get the two missing Totems back and then figure out what to do with all of them." Tantu gave a small smile and nod before kissing Buddy. "And let's go home."
"Sounds good," Tantu said moving to follow Buddy out.
-New Justice-
Kuasa and Nuraka made their way to the Injustice Alliance headquarters. It took them some time to get there.
"There you are," it was Louise Lincoln, otherwise known as Killer Frost. She handed the two boxes over. "We only got two."
"Water and Earth," Kuasa said, recognizing them.
"I was hoping for Death or Fire, but Earth will do," Nuraka said, taking the Totem from the box and putting it around his neck.
"Water is good," Kuasa said, taking the other Totem.
"And this distraction of the Justice League allowed Catwoman to rob a bank and Toymaker to kill someone without interference," Killer Frost added. "So far you're both good addition to the team." Nuraka gave a smirk but Kuasa bit her lip as the topic moved onto their next plans.
She wondered if the Totems were worth joining these people, but now she had no choice. She had already chosen.
Post Chapter Note: And that was another long one. This season seems to be full of long chapters, it's weird. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.
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