The doors led them all out to the main area of the Orbiter... and there Bruce Banner, Power Girl, Arion, Captain Atom and Ray found themselves staring at a most disconcerting sight...

The Monitor, the supremely powerful being who had summoned and trained them all, was crying. He heard them approach and rose, tears streaming down his face as he turned. He spoke only two words but those words were enough to send despair into all of their hearts.

"We failed."

They all gasped and Kara found herself shivering and Captain Atom seemed close to tears.

Bruce Banner spoke up quietly.

"What happened? The figures and calculations were exact."

"There was interference from outside. From Someone. It is time you knew the rest of the story..."

They all sat in the chairs near him and listened as he spoke quietly.

"The Crisis began over a year ago now and My orbiter awoke me, as I told you. What I didn't tell you is that Other Powers also contacted me. This threat, whatever caused it, was being caused by someone, some being, somewhere... And it was a threat to Us all.

Magicians, Gods, Other beings like my self, and some other, more esoteric powers, all of us got together and planned this out. We selected you all for the reasons I told you. Your magic and power ratios were exactly what was needed. And the plan was working... until someone or something interfered. And it was thrown off. Instead of just a few universes being united, all of them were. The entire Omniverse was united as one Universe, one existence, even other times and dimensions were brought to the Present time. And nothing is right. The disasters are still happening. And they may never stop.

There is a chance. If enough beings of power and objects of power can be united, maybe.... just maybe the world can be stabilized, but there are no guarantees. And the world is already descended to chaos."

There was silence and then the others shared looks of fear, astonishment and pain. Their last chance had succeeded... but it had failed. They tried to settle and regain their peace, but it was at that moment that the Orbiter seemed to shift and shudder. Then alarms shrieked. The Monitor turned to the controls and shouted out as he flipped switches.

"We are under attack!"

The viewscreens showed a barrage of energy shooting against the Orbiter's fields as they flickered and vanished and the next blast caused an explosion that shook the entire satellite.

"We must evacuate! Harbinger! You are needed!"

A strange, glowing woman appeared before The Monitor, taking in the situation.

"I understand. Plan beta, Sir?"

"Yes, Harbinger. deliver them to the target sites. Carry them safely then go on to Pariah. He will need you."

Her lips seemed to shiver and then she nodded. She turned to the others and even as they watched, she multiplied. She became two, then four, then six women, all identical. Each one stepped forward and grabbed one of the heroes. Before anyone could say anything, they vanished, shooting off toward Earth. The sixth Harbinger vanished as well.

Monitor grimaced as the ship shuddered again. He pulled levers and shook as the ship did. This was bad. Their enemy had never struck so openly before and his power level was immense. In fact... his eyes widened and he reached for a lever.

There was an explosion in the room and Monitor screamed, falling.

Moments later, there was a larger explosion that unleashed a cloud of energy like the sun, and when it was gone, where the Orbiter had sailed, nothing more existed...