"Thank you all for coming," said Xander as he looked at the heroes gathered in his fathers' fortress.
"Not like we had much of a choice," grumbled Stargirl.
"Okay, so I was a bit heavy handed with you, sorry about that," said Xander with a sheepish look on his face.
"You threatened to tell my mom," growled Stargirl.
"I said I was sorry," said Xander.
"Can we please get back on track here children?" asked Batman.
"Okay, I'll get to the point, I think we need to reform the Society," said Xander. This announcement received several cries that questioned his sanity, but Xander didn't mind, he had expected that reaction.
"Explain. Now," rumbled Batman after the room had quieted.
"I think the Joker was just the beginning," said Xander. "Don't ask me why but the events of the last few months seem just too similar to when the original heroes first appeared for me to ignore."
"Do you have facts to support your theory?" asked Wonder Woman.
"Not really," said Xander with a shrug.
"Then I don't see why we are wasting our time here," said Batman as he started to get up.
"No, we're not," said Giles, in the guise of Dr. Fate. "I believe we have all felt the same feeling as Superman here to some extent."
"Feelings are hardly enough to base a decision like this on," said Batman.
"Then lets look at how we all met," said Xander as he thought of some ground to help convince the others this was a good idea. "Nine costumed heroes, coming together after all this time. What are the chances of that?"
"This was a special situation," said Wonder Woman. "It was obvious that the person wielding the power of the Green Lantern had ill intent. The world was in danger and we came together to save it. Now, however, it is no longer in peril, so we no longer have to associate with each other, simple as that."
"If there is one thing I've learned through experience and my fathers' memories, it's that the world is always in danger of being destroyed," said Xander in an almost haunted tone. "The only thing that was different about Gotham was that it was public, and right now my gut is telling me that all the dangers that the world likes to ignore are going to become much more public."
"And you think reforming the Justice Society of America will stop it from happening?" asked Flash.
"No, I think reforming something similar to the JSA will let us do better when the situations arise," said Xander. "Two hundred and twelve people died, and four hundred seventy five were seriously injured. I don't know about you, but I think that number would have been significantly lower if we had been used to working together as a team, and if we had a system in place to alert all of us when something like this happens."
"This is no longer the second world war. If individuals with powers like ourselves swear allegiance to any one country there will be immediate reprisals," said Wonder Woman.
"So we don't swear to serve only one country," said Xander with a shrug. "It's a big world out there, and I'm sure that there will be super powered individuals from other countries that may want to join later on."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" asked the Flash. "All that may do is unite the world against us."
"If that happens, I will be the first one to officially dissolve the team," said Xander.
"And unofficially?" asked Batman.
"Unofficially, we would meet once or twice a month to talk to each other to make sure everything is going okay," said Xander with a shrug.
"To what end?" asked Wonder Woman.
"To make sure none of us go off the deep end," said Xander in a serious tone. "We are in a line of work that produces more stress than any other job on the planet. I have all of my fathers memories, and I know how much easer things were once he could talk to the people in the Society about the stuff he was facing."
"Your concerned about one of us turning bad or something?" asked Stargirl.
"Not really, but I think the chances of that decrease to zero if we have each other to talk to," said Xander.
"But if one of us goes bad, they would know everything about us, they could kill us," said Flash in a nervous tone.
"This is where the trust comes in," said Xander. "I'll admit it's a risk, but trust always is."
"Never trusted someone with my life before," said Stargirl.
"It isn't that hard when you're trusting good people," said Giles.
"Listen, I know this is hard, but you should know I wouldn't ask you to do something I wouldn't be willing to do first, so let me start. I have three names: Jo-El, son of Kal-El, Joel Kent, and Alexander Harris. But you guys can just call me Xander when we're alone in here."
"Why all the names?" asked the Flash.
"The first is my Kryptonion name, a way to honor my fathers' world. The second name is the name my parents decided they would use for the every day world, and it's just my Kryptonion name mashed together. Alexander Harris is the name the people that raised me gave me after my parents died," said Xander in a sad tone as he thought of his parents deaths.
"I'd like to ask how you're still so young if you're Superman's kid, but I think it's my turn," said the Flash as he removed his stylized motorcycle helmet. "My name is Bart Allen. Running fast is common in my family, but I can outrun both my parents."
"Courtney Whitmore," said Stargirl. "I figured out that an old guy my mom was forcing me to look over was Starman back in the Second World War. Apparently that impressed him enough to give me his rod when the Joker attacked Gotham."
"Bruce Wayne Jr." said Batman in a tone that said he wasn't going to say anything more.
"Stephanie," said Wonder Woman in a similar tone.
"Rupert Giles," said Giles as he took off the helmet of Fate. "I have the unfortunate luck to be the Librarian at the school Xander attends. If his head gets too big I will happily share embarrassing stories from a time before his powers manifested."
"Ignore the man behind the helmet, there are no stories," said Xander in an overly worried tone.
"Okay we're all introduced as friends, now what?" asked Batman.