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New Allies, chapter 3

"Are we synchronized?" Batman asked. "Timing is critical. If one of the groups is able to alert the others, it could result in a disaster."

"Stealth teams will have a two-minute head start," Nightwing reminded everyone. "After that, everyone will move in."

"The JSA is ready," Mr. Terrific reported.

"The Titans are ready to go," Cyborg said.

"Outsiders are good to go," Nightwing confirmed.

"The JLA is ready," Batman said. "Stealth teams, move out."

Robin knew that Camouflage could actually blend into his surroundings from his file, but was surprised at how seamlessly he was able to do it. Surprised, and a little jealous, too. Their com-link was quiet enough that you'd have to be right on top of them to hear it. This was useful because Camouflage could offer a report on whether it was clear or not, and once, Delphi gave them a warning.

The idea was to get a mini-computer hooked up directly to the power plant's main computer. From there, Technician could override any attempts to cause a meltdown via his powers.

Of course, the theoretical and actual tended to diverge in direct proportion with how serious a situation was.

H.I.V.E. had their patrols a lot more alert than was estimated, making Robin and Camouflage's progress a lot slower than they had hoped. They were only able to just get into the control room as the rest of their teams moved in.

Superboy smashed through a group of H.I.V.E. soldiers. He turned to face a second group, but they were all sprawled on the ground, unconscious. Takedown stood over them and wasn't even breathing heavily.

"Pretty impressive," Kon complimented him.

"They were easy," Takedown replied. "Let's continue on to the mission objective."

"You should meet my brother," Kon told him. "I think you'd get along."

"That would be Match, right? I am disappointed he was not here. He was an operative for your Western governments, no? I would have liked to test my skills against him."

"I really don't think that it's a good idea to pick fights with him. He can be kind of scary when he's fighting."

Camouflage made a dash for the control panel and slapped the mini-computer on it before those in the room were able to react. As he and Robin fought those stationed there, Robin saw all the screens relating to the reactors lock down. He smiled. Technician had pulled it off.

Robin dragged his attention back to the fight and delivered an uppercut to a guard before he got a shot off at Camouflage. The odds weren't good, but he had faced worse, and won, by himself.

"This is the JLA," Batman said. "We've secured our plant. What's everyone's status?"

"We've taken care of ours," Nightwing reported.

"It was easy," said Mr. Terrific.

"We're mopping up a few stray H.I.V.E. agents, but we've got the controls held down," Cyborg said. "Everything went smoothly."

"Excellent," the End said. "When the opposition has been neutralized, my team will withdraw."

"You're not going to wait for the authorities?" Batman asked.

"We're an organization that works from behind the scenes. To receive public recognition would be detrimental. However, it has been a pleasure working with all of you. Should the need arise again, I won't hesitate to contact you."

"How do we contact you?" Oracle asked. "Through your secondary systems that you gave me access?"

"Oh, no, we've already abandoned that," the End informed them. "You may do with that what you wish."

After the four agents had left, and the teams turned over the H.I.V.E. agents to the authorities, they all met in Titan's Tower.

"Do you have any recordings of everything they did?" Batman asked.

"I do," Cyborg said. "I'll give you a copy."

"They seemed okay to me," Wonder Girl said. "Why are you so worried about them?"

"It's because we don't know anything about them," Kon said. "We don't know their organization's purpose or methods. They were allies this time, but that could have been because they're rivals of the H.I.V.E. I hope that's not the case, but we do need to keep the possibility in mind."

Batman looked at Kon. "I'm impressed. I didn't think that would have occurred to you."

"I've already had my run-in with the Groups. I've learned to not be completely trusting of those I don't really know. They don't seem like bad guys, but it's too early to tell."

The End sighed. The operation had been a complete success, but it was far too early to have revealed the organization's existence to the heroes; they'd want to verify the goals and intentions of the nascent organization and that would be tedious and distracting.

The End removed the voice modulator that allowed him to sound like an older British woman. It was unfortunate that such a deception was needed, but using his regular voice would have been too dangerous. Choosing a voice that was far from his regular one would help keep his identity secret.

Takedown's comments during the mission were worrying. He was caught up in the East versus West mindset that still pervaded. Overall, he was pleased with the team's performance, but they needed a handler to focus them a bit more. Fortunately, he had a candidate.

Match leaned back in his chair. There were a few details to finish up before he flew back to the Kent's farm. Fortunately, he'd have enough time to do them before the next opening in satellite coverage occurred.

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That's the end of New Allies! I hope you enjoyed it, and any and all comments are welcome!

This was a very short story, but I wanted to work on a little bit of the set up for future stories. I also thought that it was time for an action story, so this fit.