My Father's Shadow
AN: Wow, Hawkgirl is a naughty girl. Poor John all alone again..or does he get together with another girl? Geez, I am way off on my series. I will just have to wing it till I can catch up. If I get anything wrong, then tell me so I can correct it.
Chapter Two: Solar Flares
In the Watch Tower, the members of the League stood around in the control room. Batman and Wonder Woman walked through casually, surprised that everyone was in a trance like state. They all watched the screen in front of them as Vixen and Superman stood just below the screen, typing away on the computers. Small pop ups on the bigger screen came out, showing magnified images of the sun. On the side, bars of charts and scans quickly came and disappeared as new charts came up. The couple looked at each other and then looked back up at the screen. Trying to figure out what they were actually seeing. They spotted Flash and J'Onn and waltzed their way over to them at the corner of the room.
"What's going on?" Wonder Woman whispered to Flash as to not want to disturb the eery silent room. The Flash and J'Onn acknowledged their presents and smiled at the couple. Flash leaned in with his arms folded across his chest.
"Solar Flares. They just started to come out of no where."
"Solar Flares?" She asked looking from J'Onn to Batman.
" Bursts of flames that come from the sun." Batman said nonchalantly, but from his eyes, he was peaked with interest. "They only appear every 50 to 100 years." he finished, his eyes still on the screen.
Wonder Woman glanced from Batman's gaze to the screen. Her eye brow arched as she placed her hands on her hips. Not understanding what was so damn important about the sun. She watched a little more before turning about to Batman.
"Okay, I'm missing something." She said with an annoyed tone. Before anyone could explain what was going on, Superman called the attention to everyone.
"We have to separate into teams. I will assign each team where they need to go. I want Super Girl, Bat Girl, Aquaman, and a few of the other junior level members to stay at the tower. You are to guard this place, while we go down to Earth. If there is any trouble, you are on your own. Do you understand me?" He asked the group that already started to form. The nodded their heads.
Superman started to group the other members of the Justice League. The only ones left were Batman, J'Onn, Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and himself. Obviously they were going to be grouped together as usual. Wonder Woman looked about still not sure what was going on. Why was everyone acting as if they were preparing for a war? Superman made his way over to the others.
"We have to leave immediately. I'm not sure how much time we have or how long we are going to be without communication." All but Wonder Woman nodded. She threw her hands up in the air.
"What is going on!" She almost yelled out in frustration. It was then that the men noticed her presence and acknowledged that she really didn't know what was going on. Superman motioned to the sun.
"Solar Flares." He began. "They are extremely powerful. Ever 50 to 100 years the sun has, what we call a "storm" on its surface. Pressure from inside the sun makes it's way up and burst. The radiation and energy released from the flares will affect Earth."
"Meaning no power for some time." Green Lantern added in.
"We have to have someone up here while the power is out..." interrupted Batman. "Just in case."
"And we have to be on Earth, because if our power goes out, we won't be able to get to Earth." Superman finished.
"..meaning the bad guys come out to play while the super heros are away.." said Flash.
Wonder Woman took time to register the information before the shock hit her. Earth, as well as the Justice League, would be defenseless until this whole thing blows over. The world could go into complete chaos. Her eyes got wide and her mouth shaped into an 'o'. The men nodded as they realized that she had caught onto what they were so worried about. She walked passed the men and they watched her go. When she reached the doorway, she turned around, pulling her arms in the air as to ask a question.
"What are you waiting for, we got a planet to protect?" She asked before walking out of the main control room. The men took glances from each other. Then they all looked at Batman. Flash motioned to follow her.
"You first, Bats. It's your future wife after all." He said with a smirk on his face. Batman scolded him and stalked off, the others following behind, trying to suppress their snickers.