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Flash groaned slightly as he came too, only his face didn't seem to hurt. The pain in his back had moved to his left side, although that could be a broken rib. Luthor and his gang had started off just punching Flash, but then Grodd had moved on to electrocuting Flash with a tazer, rigged at a higher setting.
He had eventually passed out with pain, but had heard the threat to use 'other' means. He silently hopped he could hold up mentally, as he knew he would never tell them what they wanted to know.
Lifting his head he noticed that there was little noise in the room and only one person sat at the table. She flicked back long hair and plucked a pencil from behind her ear. Looked down at the sheets spread on the table and the calculator in front of her. He could only see her back, but noticed the gloved left hand.
She mumbled something and opened a large tomb in front of her, ran a finger across some writing and then jotted something down. Flash glanced around the large room and figured no one else was here.
"So," He croaked, clearing his throat, "Why do they follow you if you're the younger?" He said the first thing that came to his jumbled mind. Hoping that she might slip up and tell him something important.
"'Cause I'm Death! Death is stronger." She said simply, still looking at the book in front of her.
"Actually I'd say Plague is stronger, illness leads to death...that type of thing." Flash coughed, trying to glimpse the books title. Death chuckled to herself, her shoulders shaking slightly.
"Not that type of strong. I am the one that gives them the power...it's very complex and I don't have time." She answered, glancing at him over her shoulder.
"Well I've got time." He muttered, glancing round again. She turned in her chair, resting her arm on the back and put her chin in her hand. Flash squirmed slightly under her gaze. She opened her mouth to speak.
"Mommy!" She twisted back round as her face lit up. "Muerte!" She answered, pulling a Laptop across the table. A Boy appeared on the screen, no more that seven or eight.
"Morning Mommy! How are you?" The boy cried waving wildly from the screen.
"I'm fine honey! It's actually nighttime here. How are you? You're not causing trouble I hope!" She raised her eyebrow and looked at the young boy.
"No Mommy. I doing Okay, Mr Fridren said we're going camping." The boy bounced with joy and Death's smile widened.
"No taking your friends souls again!" Death warned. "You remember the trouble Mommy had last time." The boy nodded glumly then looked up at a noise.
"I have to go now Mommy. When will you be back?" Muerte asked Death.
"In a few days Son. Mommy just has to finish up here and she'll be home!" she smiled sadly.
"Promise?" Muerte asked, crossing his arms. Death laughed with shining eyes.
"I promise love!" She smiled.
"Okay. Bye Mommy!" And the screen clicked off.
"Bye love!" Death whispered to the blank screen. She pushed her self from the table and stood up; placing a picture on the table she kissed her fingers and touched the picture. "You behave yourself." She mumbled softly. Her son's face smiled out from the frame.
"You would leave him your own son to come and do this?" Wally cried, pulling slightly on the chain. Death whipped her head round and growled at Flash.
"It's my job!" She said through gritted teeth.
"Is he bothering you?" Star Sapphire asked from the open doorway. "Want me to take care of him for you?"
"Please." Death nodded meeting the women halfway across the room. She pattered Star Sapphire's shoulder and walked out the closing door. "Night!" She added before she walked through.
Star Sapphire pointed her ring at him and blasted him with full force, Death smiled, closing her eyes at the sound of tortured screams from beyond the closed door as she headed for her room.
John wandered around the tower for a while; looking for nothing in particular he eventually looked up and found he was in the evidence room. Batman had suggested they have one as a record of the villains they had caught.
He looked at some of the cases with objects in. Photos and magical objects were scattered about with labels saying when they were collected and who they belonged to along with photos of the thief.
He sighed when he came to the latest case. Inside it were objects from the last invasion. Hawk like masks stared back at The Green Lantern and he opened the case, at the very end was a newspaper clipping portraying The Justice League minus Shayera. The title exclaimed 'Member Abandons League'. Those words had sealed the fate on Earth. No one wanted Hawk Girl to come back, but somewhere in John's heart, he knew he wanted her back. Hell, he had her here he just couldn't come up with the balls to tell her how he felt.
Retreating back into his mind he left the room and wandered the lone hallways up to the member's rooms. He passed his own and went to the next door. Wally's room, after the incident no one had any secret identities anymore.
He pushed the button for the door and saw Clark sitting on Wally's bed. Clark looked up at John and moved down the bed slightly, to make room for John. John nodded and sat down, looking at his hands and he sighed deeply.
"What have we decided to do?" John asked.
"Bruce is still looking through the footage, he's convinced there's a clue there somewhere." He answered. John shook his head.
"He'll find one, he always does." Trying to convince himself more than Clark. Clark just nodded. The two sat in silence as they looked at the framed photos scattered around the room. Some showed pictures of a group of children in front of a building called the Central City Orphanage. Other photos showed The Justice League grouped together in front of the Javelin, Wally stood with a wide grin with his arm thrown over John's shoulder. Everyone was smiling, including Bruce.
They both sighed again as there thoughts turned to what was happening to their friend right now.
Diana walked into the monitor room and winced as she heard the haunting screams that replayed from the large screen. Batman rewound the picture to just before the blade entered Flash's shoulder. Wally's eyes were wide, but not in fear...she tried to place it. Pleading. She thought back to what he said to anger Death. 'We promised we would do what we could to protect the people...no matter what!" He really meant it. Was he really willing to die for the world?
Of course! She thought. In that position we all would, I could never live with the guilt. But we can't condemn him yet, we have to try and find them, somehow!
Batman typed something into the computer and zoomed in on the blade. He cleared the picture, trying to catch the reflection of the camera.
Diana moved to stand behind him as the image became clearer. She growled deep in her throat as she recognised the man operating the camera.
"Joker!" Batman said, checking his emotions. However Diana noticed that his hands had balled into fists. She stretched out a hand to comfort him. He looked between their hands and her face.
"I need to find some of Jokers hench men." Batman said standing up and heading out the room.
Diana sighed as she watched him go. He hid his emotions well, but not good enough.
"I'll come with you." She told him, walking up to him.
"No, you keep going through that and see if there's anything else." He said turning to her.
"No. You're angry, you'll seriously hurt someone if you go alone." She explained, walking past him to the bay. He gave in and followed seeing no point for argument.
"I'll tell J'ohn to continue then." He said, heading to the infirmary as Diana went to wait by the Bat mobile.
"Here let me take a look at that." Shayera said, reaching for J'ohn's head.
He bent slightly as she pulled him to the light and set about working on his wound. She let go when she was finished and set about cleaning the infirmary.
"I'm sure he'll be Okay." J'ohn said after a few minutes silence. He smiled at her as she looked up.
"He's strong." She agreed, sitting down on one of the beds. J'ohn sat stood beside her and looked at her.
"And he'll come round eventually." He added then turned to see Batman who had just come into the room.
"Could you continue to look over the footage? I think I know someone who might be involved." J'ohn nodded.
"Who?" Shayera asked.
"Joker." He said blankly. "Diana is coming too." He added. They both nodded and went down to watch it together. Sitting in the chair Shayera played the footage from the beginning, slowing it to watch the surroundings for clues.
"How do you know?" she asked casually while zooming in on some graffiti in the background.
"Because he still loves you, why would he be so angry if he didn't?" She smothered a laugh as she found a reason as to why he was anger at his teammate.
"Wait!" She stopped at one point where Death had introduced her brothers. She paused the picture on one of Plague, he had his arms folded but one hand was half lifted as he gestured, his head turned to someone in the shadows.
She zoomed in one the line between shadow and light and could just make out the outline of a face. Changing the colour she picked up on different shades that reviled the face of the shadow.
"Luthor!" She cried out. J'ohn reached out to Batman with his mind and told him what had been found.
Seems she isn't so good after all. Two slip-ups! Batman answered as he approached Earth. We'll look into it. He ended. Luthor and Joker. No doubt the Injustice Gang.
(Muerte means Death in Spanish.) I'm on a roll, hope you like! continue reviewing please!