Slickboy444: Yep Peter has finally caught a break but you know how that will turn out later. True Kara is a lot like MJ maybe that's one of the reasons he fell for her. Yeah the people at Cadmus are cold but not entirely evil. The plan will unfold now.
Aaron: Thanks I wanted to show what a normal date would be like. Yeah that was sad what Waller did and you know that Doc Ock and the Justice Lords will cause nothing but trouble.
Uncanny R-Man: Yeah no one likes Cadmus, yeah that is a nice mental image of Kara, I'm glad you loved that part with Peter and that guy. Brutal is right with the Justice Lords are involved.
Worker72: I just said that Brainiac wouldn't show up in this fic, no Hamilton will not tell them, and I'm not reforming the Justice Lords. Metallo won't show up in this fic again sorry.
SpartanCommander: Well Doc Ock will be very persuasive and yeah he will have a backup plan. I knew that he could do that already I've seen him do that a few times.
Laser Crusader: I update that fic more cause with Slickboy444 writing half of a chapter it's just easier and more fun to write that one. All Luthor knows is that he wants revenge against either one or more members of the League and he's fine with that.
WelshSpiderMike: Yep it should be and I've been meaning to ask since you don't have an e-mail address I'll use this. Did you stop writing?
Dr.Doom: Yes I said it before that Cadmus will be the major villains in the sequel.
Sean Malloy-1: She and Superman can control their hearing, and I got the double disk DVD.
Duke Devlin: Yeah that's what I think Waller is too, but sorry no rescue for the Ultimen I mean they can't find out about this anyway. I'm glad you liked that date I thought that bit at the bar would be funny to add in there. Yep I like to surprise people and who better to take on the League then them?
X-Over: Camdus won't be a big threat in this in fact this fic is starting to get close to the end. Your answers about Cadmus and Peter will be answered at the end.
Jonsphantom: I think you're forgetting the Justice Lords had their powers taken away so when they were returned to their world the people wouldn't fear them anymore. You'll see how it all changed.
Multifan: Yeah Peter and Waller may cross paths later but not in this fic. Glad you liked the pranks, and yeah that bit at the bar I just had to do. Actually Doc Ock is smarter then to go head on against Kara/Donna but you'll see what I mean later. I'm not sure not all heroes are in the League so maybe Batman wants them as free agents to help guard Gotham while he's out.
Doza: Yeah Doc Ock from the Ultimate comics or regular ones is evil.
And thanks to everyone else as well I would respond to more but I have to limit myself to responses.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE SPIDER
CHAPTER 30: EVIL PLANS IN MOTION
Doctor Octopus had spent the last week on the dimensional machine and finally got it ready. He also received a few new photos of Mr. Parker having dinner with that same blond. Apparently they had gone to a club well how nice for him, at least for the moment. He had also gathered up a nice amount of data on other heroes he was going into this well informed plus he had reviewed everything that he could of the Justice Lords as well.
Now after putting the finishing touches on a remote based on technology recovered from a Boom Tube one of the devices used by Apokolips to travel the galaxy. With a little redesigning it would interact with the machine enabling him to open the portal from anywhere in the other world. He was lucky that Intergang still had the plans for this. Luthor of course was now staying clear as Octavius had made sure any and all traces that Luthor was involved was gone at least that which he couldn't explain away.
He activated the machine and smiled seeing the portal open up in what looked like Metropolis only from the readings said it was another version. He quickly stepped through it and felt like his entire being was shifted. It was still a 'bumpy' ride but not as bad as his first time through this process. He hid his arms under his trench coat. He knew that they hated being kept under like this but it was necessary.
He told them with the mental link that he shared that they would get the change to come out and play. But first he had things to take care off. He walked the city as no one had noticed a man just appear out of nowhere. But then again if anyone had they most likely would have just thought they hadn't noticed him or just shrugged it off. 'Such was the feeble mind of the mundane,' He thought to himself.
He walked by a store with TVs in the window and saw a few things, it all looked the same to him but then again he was looking at the news channels. So far there weren't any references to the Justice League of the Justice Lords at this time. Usually they would have said something about them at least once.
He walked on and bought a newspaper from a corner stand. Thankfully the currency he had on him matched this world's and he looked through it. It was pretty tame by his standards. Usually he was used to reading about some kind of mutant trouble or villain or something along those lines but this was pretty tame. Sure there was crime and natural disasters but no heroes to save the day and no villains making trouble it seemed.
But then again the Justice Lords from what he had heard were very brutal so it stood to reason that they were very efficient in dealing with the criminal element. He deiced to head to the main library for some research, mainly the news archives. He was there for hours looking up the history over the last year or so. He was amazed at just what the Lords had done as they had practically ruled this world. The criminals had all been 'reformed' as it was called. But they really had been lobotomized by Superman.
Apparently it was a long and very tightly gripped rule too. They killed President Luthor, the irony of it all not lost on him, and then had taken over not only the United States government but pressured all the world under their thumb. There had been riots and of course protests but they were silenced in efficient manners. He took a moment to think on this, so this was what SHIELD feared he guessed, a world where beings of power decided to use it to control the world. The fact that it had been the 'heroes' who had done it was very interesting.
It truly was evidence how the life of one man can make events spire into a new direction. Like how the first world war started by a simple assassination, Hitler, Napoleon, and many others. The death of Flash seemed to have galvanized them in a way he never would have thought. It was most interesting.
He read on and later that day he found out how the Watchtower was put out of commission, all the statues and praises of the Justice Lords were taken down, and the Lords themselves were put into prison for their actions against the world. It seemed they had lost more then just their powers and many of the charges he guessed were true against them but he also knew one of the real reasons. Even without powers the world still feared them and wanted them safely put away where they could keep an eye on them. This was when he had learned about The Cell, the prison where they were kept.
He smiled as he read on, and found out where it was. The thing about prisons was that they were designed to keep people in not keep people out so breaking them out of prison would surely be a simple manner. He rose up from his chair after making note of where the The Cell was located and smiled to himself.
"I believe it's time for them to have a visitor, don't you think so?" He asked his 'friends' and they had to agree with him.
-Maximum Security Prison, The Cell-
The Cell as it was called was created for just one purpose, to hold the five members of the team that the world had feared for so long. The Justice Lords, although Batman was still at large he hadn't been seen since the Lords were sent back to their world without any powers. The people realized that for the first time the ones that had brutally taken their freedom had no longer any powers left and defenseless were easy pickings.
They had been arrested and taken into custody at once and had been put up on crimes ranging from assaults, treason, crimes against humanity and many other civic violations. The once heroes and rulers of this world were now criminals. It hadn't been easy at first since they had been split up but then they had made many enemies, many people had either been imprisoned unfairly or had family members imprisoned or harmed even killed.
All of them had endured beatings, John had been stabbed in the back from a prisoner that had a brother die from troops that John had once commanded to put down a riot. A few of the prisoners and even guards had tried to sexual assault them from time to time. Given what they had been hatred from them was everywhere. Word of this of course got out and so The Cell was built to hold them all.
It was a large open area with tables, chairs and a TV screen. They weren't allowed to leave it though. They each had rooms connecting to the main room with guards on catwalks overhead with assault rifles with orders to shoot to kill if they tried to escape. There was only one say in and out of the lower level.
Superman was in his orange prison clothing laying on his cot. The past year hadn't been easy for any or them he knew and he hated how the people they had served and protected had just turned on them after all they had done. Lois had only visited him once to tell him that she was sorry about what happened. And also that she was seeing another man. That hurt worst of all to him, even more so then his parents never seeing him once, that Lois the one person he loved and had hoped that she above all others would stand by him.
But he had been betrayed again. Over the last year all of them were more hardened and their attitude more darker. They had given the world paradise and safety and the world turned on them as soon as they were helpless. It sickened him to no end to think about that. Plus prison life before the Cell was even harsher, John still carried a scar on his back and they all carried some type of scares both physical and emotional from their lives.
Diana had been taken out of solitary when they moved in here after killing one of the guards that was part of a group that attacked her in her cell. Instead of having their usual fun they had put her in the hospital before she was placed in a dark cell for a few months. At least here nothing like that happened, although she hadn't spoken in over a week. J'onn also had been harmed, mainly one thing that had happened was they had found out his fear from fire, and had used that to terrorize him to no end. Shayera had gone through similar in fact she had been brought in a broken wing. At least John and her had each other to deal with this. Their cells were reinforced, soundproof and the front slid closed with this new glass that could tint when you wanted it too for privacy.
He was envious of those two since they rarely spent a night alone. The only one not here was Bruce and that was because at first they had thought he was working on a way to get them out and return their powers. Yes he had put a hand in stopping them but they all had thought he wouldn't let them rot here. But the news had shown a lot of Bruce Wayne in the public and nothing of Batman. Superman knew by now what Bruce was doing, he quit being Batman and was trying to 'make amends' or whatever Bruce was thinking.
Personally he didn't know why he was doing this but they all knew by now they had to write Bruce off. Diana took that hard but she got over it. They all agreed that though telling the world who Batman was would be nice Superman wanted to do it personally. Besides with all of Bruce's wealth and connections they knew he could arrange to disappear or get off lighter since he had quit the team long ago and wasn't as guilty of as many crimes.
Although when they did get out of here one of the first things Superman wanted to do was to visit his old 'friend' Bruce and show that he didn't take kindly to betrayal. He saw Diana walk in and sit down, "You've been in here for a few hours now Kal, what's on your mind?"
He looked up at the ceiling, since Clark Kent was pretty much 'dead' now when not called Superman he went by his Kryptonian name Kal-El or Kal for short. "Just the usual Diana, just the usual."
She sat there and looked at him, "You can't keep this up you know."
"I can do what I want, we're powerless, caged like animals and treated like scum!" He snapped at her, "All we had was taken from us and all we ever did was for the people."
Diana glared at him, "Just because we occasionally share a bed now doesn't give you the right to talk to me like that."
He sighed, for the last few weeks they had been sharing the night together now and then. Both of them no longer had the people they cared about and no matter who they were they still had needs. It was just out of connivance, there was no emotional attachment just two people helping each other with their physical needs.
"You're right I'm sorry Diana…"
She sighed and nodded her head this life was hard on all of them that was true and she understood. Before they could start up another conversation the alarms sounded, "What in Hera's name is that?"
All of the Justice Lords came into the open area and saw the guards talking into mikes and all of them looked like something was very wrong. The Cell was part of a main prison so it could have been part of a riot or escape attempt. But those were rare things now a days. Then the heavy door on the lower lever had a dent all of a sudden then two then three and a loud tarring sound was heard.
"Some one is trying to force their way in," J'onn surprised.
"But who? All the villains are gone, and all the others that stood against us too," John asked him, sadly some of those had been fellow heroes who tried to stand against them.
The metal door was torn open as two lone slender metallic tentacles shot out fast and gripped the catwalk and ripped it out of the wall. The guards fell from their spots onto the ground below. Some of them breaking arms a few their necks. They saw a man walk in with dark small glasses on his face, short brown hair in a brown trench coat with some type of harness with four of those arms connected to it.
"What does a man need to get visitation rights around here?" He smiled and one of the guards who was still on the catwalk through luck grabbed his gun and took aim. Doc Ock smiled at one of his arms, "Take him out please." Without hesitation the arm speed through the air and punched right through the guard killing him.
Superman stood in front of the man, "If you're here for some type of revenge we won't go down easy."
Doc Ock just laughed, "Oh please if I wanted you all dead you would be dead, no I'm here to offer you a deal."
"What kind of deal?" Shayera Hol asked him, she wasn't sure what to make of him.
"The best kind, you see I'm not from this world," He told them and all of them knew what he was talking about, they could never forget how they had tried to help that other world like their own but had lost everything they had in the process.
"You're from that other world," Superman stated to him it wasn't a question.
"Yes and no. My name is Doctor Octavius or Dr. Octopus as other like to call me, and I did travel from that world I'm not from it," He explained to the fallen heroes, "You see I came from one similar yet very different from that one and this one. Now I won't get into more details since we don't have the time for it so I must make this quick."
"I used to be a brilliant scientist until an accident did this to me," He pulled his shades and they saw his ruined eyes and put them back down, "I also formed a link with my metallic arms, not these ones the originals were sadly…destroyed…" His voice carried much regret over that, seeing Fury dump his precious arms into that molten steel killing them.
"So I've made new ones, now I was only after my rightful vengeance when they stopped me. I mean look at what happened to me? Can you honestly say that if someone wronged you in such a way that you wouldn't want revenge?" he could see the effect his carefully chosen words were having. They knew all too well and he played on that.
"Well now that I see I got your attention the man I was after was an evil man but safe because of the law, well you know how it goes. I go to jail and branded a villain for just trying to kill a man that needed to be killed," He could see the understanding in their eyes at this point although he did leave a few things out like all the other people he harmed and killed but they didn't need to know that.
"Well I was pulled out of my world into yours, I found out how to do it but there's a problem. I can't have a normal life there because somehow my greatest enemy is not only there too but also is part of the League."
"So you figure the best way to go up against the League is to fight fire with fire," John spoke up to him.
"Exactly but it's not as easy as you think there are a lot more of them now, but that's besides the point."
"Look in case you haven't noticed we no longer have out powers so what good are we to you?" Shayera told him sternly as more guards were heard coming from down the halls.
"Well that's easy…I managed to remake the device that took your powers and I know how to reverse it," He grinned at the shocked expressions on their face and he knew that he had them now. He was offering them a way to regain everything they had lost, "Here's the deal, you help me to take down the League and my greatest of enemies and in return I'll give you your powers back and the chance for revenge. Against the League and you can return to this world and do what you will again."
They all silently looked at each other they all had thought of what they would do once they had regained their powers and now they had a chance for it. There was no discussion, because there was no need for it. Superman stepped forward and looked at him dead seriously, "We're in."
Doc Ock smiled and pulled out the small device for the portal, "Excellent," He activated it and a vortex opened up, "Just step on through but I warn you it's a bit bumpy but it's better then staying here." They jumped through it one by one, Doctor Octopus being the final one to enter it as it closed behind him.
By the time the guards showed up all they saw was massive destruction and bodies everywhere but worse was that the worst and most feared prisoners the world ever had were nowhere in sight. They all just stood for a moment as the implications of loosing them started to sink in and only one of them spoke allowed what they were thinking. "…Oh my God…They've escaped…"
NEXT UP CHAPTER 31: RETURN OF THE JUSTICE LORDS