AN: I'm back. And already have ten pages worth of bits and pieces to go through. It's all fun and games until ya gotta blast teenagers into space. But ya'll don't want to hear me flap my chops. Ya want the action. And God so do I.
This chapter has been edited by a wild Tanuki. Please feed it the proper fruits and berries.
Thanks Tanuki!
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Dakota Bruder: I give nothing away! But sorry for missing a few. I mean it goes without saying Doctor Fate is fortune. For your suggestion of Sly Cooper I sadly must decline this one friend. While I enjoy the games, I don't feel the passion and drive to make a fic crossover for it. Like you said though, anyone out there is free to have a shot at it.
Regarding the Riddler, yes I can confirm his palace will be mostly held back by his puzzles. But like in the games the PTs will be lured into playing his game. His palace will probably be the most drawn out to all the puzzles and riddles. But I'll be sure to make it interesting.
With Phantom Striker please avoid spoilers in reviews for the foreseeable future. I have to play the game before theorising about it. But I'll get back to you when I finish it.
Faightan Gaims: Welcome to the fic friend~! I always love comments that really get into what they're writing so no sweat. Regarding your question, yes Superman would know Bat-mite's origins due to his fights with Mr. Mxyzptlk. But that's exactly why he's not going to know about Bat-mite's true identity anytime soon. He can theorize sure, even ask the imp himself during his next trick in Metropolis. But I think we can all assume the other imp is fully on board with this war. Bat-mite and Mr. M have teamed up plenty in the past, and with what's about to go down, let's just say he'll be fully on board with Bat-mite's plan.
Warning: planning takes forever. Especially when so much can go wrong at any moment. *sigh* Y'all remember when a chapter was only 9k words long? Lmao you remember when after two chapters at least a day pasted? May 30th is eternal ain't it?
And now for the comprehensive top to bottom of the Watchtower Layout and what it does. For you and for me ;3
World building for the win. (btw for the more nerdy of ya. I'm going off mostly the Lunar base diagram. Ya know….cause it was the only full diagram I could find)
Solar Tower: Converts sunlight to power for Watchtower's operating system.
Flight Deck: Controls all entryways and airlocks. The main terminal has all of the League's files.
Observation Deck: For tours mostly. Offers big widows to see Earth. On upper floors there are long range scanners to pick up any threats.
Power Annex: Distributes power evenly throughout the tower. A massive fusion cell designed by Firestorm. Scientists must keep constant upkeep.
Extra Storage
Hangar A Shipping:
Hydroponic Forest/ CO2 scrubbers: A mini biome forest that provides the air for the satellite, Co2 scrubbers suck in CO2 from all parts of the ship to the trees.
Repair
Armory/HR
Med Bay: Nurses and Doctors with band aids
Hall of Justice: Where the League talks about things
Living/ Guest Quarters:
Hangar B Shipping:
Central Hub: Trophy room
Galley: Kitchen and Cafeteria
Recreational Facilities: Pool, gym, training rooms
Hangar C
Monitor Womb
Meta Containment
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May 30th, Midday
Watchtower Hangar C (The Cage)
Shipping
The grand Watchtower satellite orbited around Earth. It slowly moved around the massive blue orb as a watcher over the people who lived on it. Ships and crew move to and fro from the hangars.
But today wouldn't be a carefree day...even as the bright white clouds lightly moved over the planet. The world was as calm as it could be...inside, all members were on high alert.
Stephen Hills walked his rounds as a shuttle was guided out the main exit port. The airlock closed behind the opening to space, and the shuttle started its travel back to Earth. Crew members roamed throughout the building, all having different purposes for upkeep, surveillance, or in Stephen's case, security.
The application process wasn't easy. Batman's training regimen was notoriously difficult. You'd have an easier time joining a special op group in the army. Stephen would know...he went through both. Just like the army, the Justice League recruits and trains for many fields. Space travel was less of a hassle and turning more into a necessity as the years went by.
The kitchen now had chefs and the halls had maintenance workers for the robots that cleaned the place.
Everyone had the same reason to join as him really. After multiple alien invasions, you start wanting to help the only people who can fight them instead of standing there, gawking like a fish out of water.
Plus...the view was nice. The lunch rooms had a beautiful view of the planet they protect. Seeing it all spin, the beautiful blue shining as clouds swirl around it...made you realize how small you are. And how much you had to fight to survive.
With that, Stephen held his weapon a little tighter. It was top notch incapacitater, with various settings for any situation. 'Shoot to capture' was the motto Batman hammered into you during all those training exercises. Which suited Stephen fine, he didn't need to have anymore nightmares of what happened back on dirt. Then again, space is a scary place with God knows what out there.
"System check." A deep voice bellowed. Everyone knew who it was. With Batman currently in the meta containment segment questioning Wonder Woman.
The whole Watchtower did a complete and borderline obsessive system check.
"Solar Tower operational. Clear." A scientist rang, the security giving a thumbs up.
"Flight Bridge fully operational. All view ports and external panels showed no signs of damage. All air ports are fully operational. Transporters all online. Clear." Cyborg added as he typed into the main terminal, organizing the thousands of files he had to go through.
"Observation Deck clear. Space looking beautiful as always." Booster Gold boasted as he charmed the diplomats on board as they all ate up the view, all asking questions about Skeets and what the future brings. With the higher security Batman put into place though, he'd have to cut the tour short.
"Power Annex at max efficiency. Clear." Firestorm noted as he floated looking at the massive fusion cell he had a massive part in creating.
"Hangar A Shipping all clear" A231 confirmed, watching a shuttle take off.
"Hydroponic Forest clear. CO2 scrubbers fully operational. Oxygen levels normal." A scientist remarked as he took a deep breath just to show off.
"Armory is clear. All weapons accounted for." Head Commander Medina Werner examined. The stern woman stood as she looked over the massive stock of weaponry.
"Repairs Clear. All drones and bots are fully functioning, or broken and accounted for. Clear." Steel grunted as he tinkered with a bot.
"Med Bay Clear. Doctors and Nurses all accounted for." B567 said as he watched a doctor talk to Captain Atom about his health as best as he could. More on controlling the radiation the hero gave off and the harm it can give to others.
"Hangar B Shipping all clear." B145 disclosed.
"Hall of Justice clear." Green Arrow said simply as he and Black Canary sat sipping coffee together.
"Living and guest quarters are clear. All current crew and visitors accounted for. All recreational rooms clear as well." B231 said as he saw Aquaman walk out of the pool area.
"Central hub clear." B527 said. He then kindly reprimanded a more curious politician trying to touch one of the many trophies the central hub had on display.
"Galley Clear. Today's lunch is pizza." B329 returned, relaying the words of the main chef.
"Aw man. The pizza here is shit." A voice complained.
"Commander finds the man who broke roll call and reprimand him." Batman ordered.
"Affirmative." Werner answered.
"H-hey...I didn't know this thing was on! The pizza tastes great Batman I swear!" the guy sweated.
"Crew number C235, report to HR. Continue roll call. " the commander said coldly.
"Hangar C Shipping is all clear." Stephen snorted as he tried to hold in his laughter.
"Meta containment clear. All inmates in their cells and docile." C764 grunted as he passed by the multiple dangerous metas in their cages.
"Monitor Womb clear. Current super, Martian Manhunter." J'onn J'onzz called.
"All surveillance operational and seeing no signs of intrusion." A crew member said.
"Long range scanners are not picking up anything out of the ordinary. Clear." A crew member stationed in the Observation Deck said.
"All members of JLA are showing vital signs. No signals are concerning enough to send support. Martian Manhunter gives all clear and all systems go." Martian Manhunter said.
"Affirmative. System Check complete. Commander Medina Werner gives an all clear and all systems go." Werner said.
"I'm sorry, ok! These things are so complex! I promise, it won't happen again!" C235 said to a bunch of teasing guards.
"*sigh* C235 just turned it off and report to HR. Clearly, you need a full rundown of comm training." Werner said, pinching her brow.
"AH! Why didn't you assholes tell me!? God damn fucki- *Static*" C235 fumbled with his comm until it went offline.
Stephen laughed at the guy who fucked up his comm. The newer guys take a while to get used to the fancy gadgets they are equipped with. When Batman's on board random checks become the standard, the regularly scheduled thirty minute cycle added on to it makes everyone on edge. But hey, Stephen would do the same if he went through half of what Bats went through.
Stephen was surprised the multiple governments funding this place didn't do constant checks as well. Two hundred billion dollars is a huge investment. Then again, Bruce Wayne gave ninety percent of that little price tag, and he never came aboard until the yearly meeting of new recruits. Stephen wished he could be as carefree as that guy. All the money and women he was surrounded with wouldn't hurt either.
Stephen's thoughts were interrupted when he heard a strange noise behind a big pile of organized boxes.
No one was supposed to be there today…
Stephen narrowed his eyes.
"This is S103 in Hangar C. Heard a noise over in my storage area. All schedules were met today. Going to check it out." Stephen made sure to set his gun to ammo that would taze a normal human as he walked over slowly.
"Affirmative. You have five minutes to give an all clear." Werner said.
More than enough time. It was probably a wrench or something. But when Batman was on board, you fucking check.
Stephen looked behind the big pile of boxes. He did the textbook checking procedure for Batman's training order. Every square inch looked over. Over the boxes, under, 360 turn, up, down, check the perimeter again for any possible hiding spots, open the boxes. Nothing…
"This is S103 in Hanger C giving the all clear." Stephen said, shrugging.
The moment he raised his finger off the speaker button, arms wrapped tightly around his neck. Stephen started to gag and tried to yell out, but a rag was put over his mouth...chloroform.
"Affirmative. All clear." The commander said.
Stephen tried to grunt, trying to see his enemy before the blackness consumed him.
No such luck. He passed out.
The Phantom Star pulled Stephen gently and quietly pulled to a hiding place. They had little time. She crawled, patiently waiting for the cameras to turn. She and her sisters took out as many guards as they could. Why get into a fire fight when you can just stealthily take out your enemies?
This was the first stage of the plan. All hangars, or entry points properly compromised for them to use. The teams made up of all Phantom Thieves, the Assassins or Amazons properly trained in the art of this kind of stealth. All voices recorded to properly throw off system checks. All comms stolen from the guards, as well as their uniforms.
The Phantom Star changed her clothing to the more advanced uniform the League gave to their guards. Each was adjustable in size and came with multiple gadgets to pacify enemies.
The Phantom Star took off her mask for another. Talia put on the man's helmet, nose scrunching in disgust as how the man's breath stuck to the inners of it. But she needed it, even without the disguise aspect the masks were designed for short outer space travel. Should the worst case scenario occur, the Phantom Stars could breath easily.
Talia walked up to the terminal. Selina and White Rabbit taking care of the other two hangars. Each had a flash drive, containing a homemade virus Alibaba cooked up. Discrete, subtle, and loops last 30 minutes on the camera. They now had 30 minutes give or take. Depending on Batman's suspicion.
"Apple." Selina said.
"Berry," White said.
"Orange," Taila said.
Portals opened in each hagar bringing in more and more Amazons. Some angels joined in for support as fighters, healers, or teleport openers. Every knocked out body was teleported to a safe location on Earth should a worse case scenario occur.
"Phase One is a go. All main entryways have been blocked off. Wish the teleporter could be turned off though...Bats is too paranoid." Oracle huffed
"Wouldn't be Bruce without constant backups. As soon as Team Power hacks the Field Deck, they'll be offline...well most of them." Nightwing said.
"We are prepared for company. It's not an issue." Joker said as he pulled on his glove.
Each group was uneven for three hangers. So with Hangar C being the closest to the meta containment cells, more people were given to properly deal with the fight that was to come there. Each was assigned 17 assassins, 32 Amazons led by one of the generals or Donna, and 32 Angels led by Uriel,Rapheal, or Zuariel.
Team Power and Justice had three Phantom Thieves and two Titans. Cage would be the most large as the amount was needed for the multiple hallways full of guards. While Crow and Noir backed Joker up, four Titans were with him as well.
Joker motioned for his group to split up. While all entryways to the Watchtower were now blocked, there were still plenty of crew members and guards within the area who could check in on the shipping docks. And there were multiple hallways and rooms that worked to make the docks run, all having people walk in the open.
A total of five hallways were needed to be cleared. The Titans and Phantom Thieves split up in groups of two with the expanded Phantom Stars giving backup.
Nightwing and Starfire took Hall C-1. The floors were open and not offering much stealth. The halls were simple in design as well, being mostly plain while with the occasional Justice League emblem being smacked onto a wall.
Hall C-1 though, was mostly where the accounting and inventory people worked. Nightwing narrowed his eyes as he listened to a couple of guards mutter on about some office gossip. They were both hiding behind a corner stuck as the guards blocked the way forward.
Starfire put a hand on his shoulder and smiled. She floated up to the ceiling and carefully scaled across it. She was careful to be quiet, with the halls being very minimalistic, a single out of place sound could alert the two guards.
She went until she was right above them and quickly flew downwards and knocked the two's heads together.
"What was that?" A crew member in his office said. Starfire was quick to lift the two guards and give them to the Phantom Stars for teleporting.
Nightwing got on one knee and pulled out some marbles out of his utility belt. He rolled them to wear and he predicted the crew member would walk.
"Wuaaahh!" The man fell hard, the fall having the desired effect of knocking him out.
"George?" a woman called out in confusion.. As she walked out, Starfire was already above her office door hugging the wall. She pulled out the chloroform the Thieves provided and pushed the woman to the wall and knocked her out. As the woman struggled, Star gave an apologetic smile.
Nightwing silently motioned the Phantom Stars behind him to follow. Each room was checked and any person inside them was knocked out.
Nightwing snuck into the head of accounting. CA001 typed on his computer, confirming the cancelling of all deliveries for the rest of the day. Nightwing smirked at that, one less thing for him to do.
Bruce's paranoia was working against him.
The moment CA001 clicked send, Nightwing put him into a choke hole.
"Shhh…. Easy." Nightwing shushed.
The man passed out and Nightwing gently set him to the ground. Nightwing then sat in the man's chair and typed into his computer. He put in the proper commands and verification for a shift change.
Starfire waited for the guards to leave and motioned for the Phantom Stars to stand at the position. They would play the part and take out any stragglers as well as the rest of the guards coming through for lunch.
"Hall C-1 secure." Starfire said.
"Understood." Oracle chimed.
In Hall C-2 Talia went to work. While there was a main hub for all surveillance in Hangar A, there were a multitude of other rooms for it. She waited for all the guards to go to lunch and for those under her command to replace them. Once the room was clear, she gave the word.
"Now." Talia whispered.
In an instant the dozen of unknowing workers were knocked out by the Phantom Stars. They were all dragged to the angels for teleporting, while Talia worked to make sure all cameras were properly hacked for Oracle to control.
"Hall C-2 is clear." Talia said.
With that, the entire operation became easier. C-3 and C-4 were both for storage space and ship holding.
In C-3 Noir and Lavenza simply put the whole room to sleep. Lavenza noted that more than anything the storage was for food and water. She supposed it made sense, but she was expecting a more militant outlook for storage sense
That outlook was more for C-4. Or as the guards called it...C-4.
Donna and Raven both make quick work of all in the room, Raven using the massive battleships for cover.
Once the room was clear, Raven looked at Donna.
"Why don't we put these out of commission while we're at it. We all know that Batman can control these remotely." Raven said.
"No. A single error would trigger an alarm to the Armory and Repair rooms in A. We can't risk that. Even if they get off the ground we can take them on later." Donna said.
"I...I really don't want it to come to that." Raven shivered. The plans that came with failure were not pretty, but Joker was sure to comfort her in that no one would die. That's what these beginning phases were supposed to prevent.
"We're all clear on our end. All the hungry guards have been taken out." Nightwing called in their comm.
"We're all good here too. All rooms are clear." Noir chimed in.
"All cameras are looping. Beloved will not catch any suspicion." Talia said coldly.
"Joker, what is your status?" Nightwing asked.
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Crow shot three crew members out cold. He snatched one of the guard's weapons long ago, it being much easier than using choke holds.
Joker followed suit. Though their hall was much more populated, they were making quick work of it. Groups of people were being taken out without so much of a peep. If the guns were meant to pacify, why not take advantage of that?
"There are another dozen or so left in this room, Trickster. A 'break room' I believe you called it." Zauriel called into his ward's mind.
"Got a room of them up ahead. You ready?" Joker asked Crow.
"Let's get this over with." Crow fumed.
"Remember. Leave one. We need just one." Joker said.
"Yes I remember, idiot. Shall we continue?" Crow huffed.
Joker had the disguised Phantom Stars flank all entrances to the room. With all guards around them being taken out, they could go all out.
"Three...Two...One...GO!" Joker commanded his group.
To the shock of the people in the room, a sudden war was brought upon them. Screams of terror and confusion rang through them all as they were all taken out. Crow took the opportunity to take out by the throat as a Phantom Star tied him up.
"Clear" Another Phantom Star said.
"H-hey...please...don't kill me.." The man begged.
"Do you see the weapons we are holding sir?" Joker asked, holding up one of the guns he snatched from a guard.
The man took note of it, his panic filled mind acknowledging the fact that the weapons were all set to stun. He relaxed but only a little.
"These people are not dead. Far from it my friend. We do not not want to kill anyone on this satellite." Joker said.
"T-then...what do you want? Please...these people have families" the man said, anger rising.
"Then they will see them shortly I'm sure. Hugging their husbands, wives, sons, and/or daughters in relief. Because like I said, we won't kill them. What's your name?" Joker asked.
"What I-"
"Sir, I want your name not the nuclear codes." Joker rolled his eyes.
"J-Jim"
"Jim, how would you like to be famous?" Joker asked.
"E-excuse me?"
"You see Jim, with everyone here in this Watchtower soon to be sleeping like babies, I need a guy to tell the cops what went down. What truly went down. And how despite everything that will happen today, we did not take a single soul's life. Can you do that for me Jim?" Joker asked.
Jim took in the glares of all the women who walked around him. How they all gave his fellow crew to these people with wings and drag them through portals to God knows where.
"Who are you? Where are you taking them?" Jim asked.
"Name is Joker, no relation to the other one, promise. We are teleporting your crew to a nice and open warehouse in Gotham. There, the police will be notified within two to four hours and find you all within that time frame. All alive, all accounted for. There will be others like you, kept awake so multiple witnesses can confirm what you saw. Easy right? Can you do that for me?" Joker asked.
"I...The League will stop you. There's no way you'll manage to get away with all this!" Jim said.
"Either way you have nothing to worry about. Either the police find you, or one of the many heroes down there will. I will not take hostages if captured, nor will any of the others. Question is, can you tell the truth? Can I trust you to not lie to the press or the courts should we be captured?" Joker pressed.
"I'll tell them I was bound and gagged by an insane group of what are you, sixteen year olds?" Jim asked, scowling.
"But~?" Joker smirked.
"Y-you...didn't kill anyone...t-that I will say." Jim admitted.
"Glad we could meet a compromise Jim. See you on the news~." Joker took out a card and taped it to the ropes tying Jim. Duct tape was put over Jim's mouth, and his feet were tied together. He was then thrown through the portal.
Jim grunted as he landed in the warehouse, he took note of the already massive piles of sleeping crew here. The muffles of others like him rang in his ears. Even if he found them, he doubted they could work together to free each other. Both of his hands were bound tight, and duct tape covered what little of his fingers he could move.
With no other option left but to try and fail at screaming for help, he looked down at the card Joker taped to him, trying to read it.
We steal hearts, not stop them.
-The Phantom Thieves
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Joker watched as the last portal to the warehouse closed.
"All clear. All ships have sailed?" Joker asked.
"Confirmed." Queen said.
"Confirmed." Selina added.
"Phase one confirmed complete. Next phase is a confirmed go." Oracle said as she typed.
With that a portion of Team Power split in two. Mona, Selina and Panther all went up with Beast Boy, and Wonder Girl went up to the extra storage room, heading for the field deck.
As they cleared that out the rest of Team Power went downstairs to take care of the Hydroponic Forest.
Entering the massive biome, Raphael flew above the guards, invisible to their eyes. He scouted the area to count the number of scientists and guards in the area.
"Hold sisters. Do not strike just yet." Phillipus said to her Amazons. While the more stealth based Amazons went up with the assassins, the more bloodthirsty came down with her.
All the people in this team were hand selected for their fighting power. The Armory and Repairs section of the Watchtower was just below. There would be a battle on par to what awaits Team Cage.
"This bastard better hurry up. I'm hungry." Croc growled as he hid in some bushes.
"Easy Waylon, ya promised not to eat anyone here. I'll give ya all the raw meat you can stomach if we get this place clear with no one dyin'." Skull chided.
Croc growled at that, but submitted.
"Fine." Waylon huffed.
Wonder Girl shook her head at the two. She still couldn't grasp how Skull of all people dragged Croc into this. Guy wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. But as long as no one was ripped apart and swallowed she didn't need to question it.
Raphael swooped down to the group, the muscular angel silent in his approach.
"So? What'd ya see?" Skull asked.
"Forty mortals. Half of them have weaponry." Raphael said.
"Ok. Are we clear of cameras?" Wonder Girl asked.
"While these so-called 'cameras' are plentiful throughout the room, the forest offers plenty of cover. We are clear to commence." Raphael said.
"Amazons at the ready." Philipus signaled her troops to prepare themselves.
"Right, remember everyone, don't show yourselves." Wonder Girl reminded them.
"Yeah, yeah…" Croc grumbled.
"Three...two...one...let's wreck them." Skull ordered.
The team split up to properly deal with the numbers in the room.
Phillipus instructed her sisters to get into multiple hiding places. As random passersby came, they disappeared silently into the bushes.
She took the chance to take out three guards with minimal noise, slamming two heads together and kicking another in the face to prevent a cry for help then shooting him with his own weapon to pacify.
Wonder Girl kept flight, hiding in the massive foliage and waited for the right moment. She unhooked her lasso and prepared a proper charge to taze the large group coming to her.
Unlike Diana's lasso of truth, and Donna's lasso of persuasion, her lasso had the power of lighting. A present from her estranged father Zeus for her fourteenth birthday.
Once the group of four passed, she wrapped the rope around them and pulled.
ZAPPP!
All four were instantly unconscious. Wonder Girl smirked and pulled them into the bushes for transport.
Croc was having the same luck but with much less subtlety. He used his animal instincts to prowl upon his prey, the massive amounts of brush and leaves acting as his camouflage. A simple snapped twig was often all that was needed for a guard to be suspicious and check for the source of the sound. With Croc's strength, a simple slap to the face was enough to knock these meat sacs out. He ignored the growling of his stomach, with what happened earlier today he knew Skull would make good on his promise. He licked his chops at the thought of all the raw meat that awaited him. He looked back at the people he took out, the massive pile was starting to be too obvious.
Skull, taking out as many as he could, stumbled upon a small office building. He avoided all detection as he looked inside the window. It was a lab of sorts filled with scientists doing god knows what. He would never know, nor really care.
He tried to rack his brain on how to lead the group of nerds out. While he wasn't the brightest of the Phantom Thieves, the year made stealth and silence almost second nature. He just held all the yells and screams of joy he wanted to make inside his head. Though at times it still managed to slip out, he was proud of how much progress he made.
"Aw shit, a fuse box! Nice!" He screamed internally in joy.
He easily pulled the heavily locked panel of his hinges. The complex circuitry and tech stared back at him. He sweated for a moment then remembered his powers. He laid a hand on the wires and all that other fancy stuff and sent a quick jolt to the system.
The whole office went dark, much to the confusion of the scientists inside. Two of the five inside walked out to the fuse box.
"The hell? What managed to do this?" one scientist asked, confused.
He never got his answer as both of the two were pulled into the bushes. The scuffle managed to bring out the rest of the group, which were also quickly picked off by a quick blast of electricity. The soft shock stunning them and Skull doing the rest to knock them out.
"My section's clear. How are you guys doin'?" Skull asked.
"All good." Wonder Girl chimed as motioned to Rapheal to teleport her crew count away.
"These guys are nothing." Croc grunted as he cracked his knuckles.
"One moment." Phillipus said.
She watched as one crew member murmured awake. A quick kick to the head stopped that.
"All clear." She gave a thumbs up.
"Beast Boy, how are things on your end?" Wonder Girl asked as she landed on the ground.
"Storage is huge but has little guards to worry about. Mona said to wait for us to get to the Power Annex to continue." Beast Boy said as he choked out a man in his snake form.
"Understood. Awaiting orders." Wonder Girl signed off.
"*sigh* I hate waiting." Skull whined.
"Would you prefer to let all the alarms go off because of a little impatience?" Phillipus scoffed.
"Jeez, I didn't say that." Skull huffed.
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May 30th, Midday
Watchtower Hangar B
While Team Power and Cage finished up their second phase of the plan, Team Justice was having a hard time getting through theirs. While the shipping hangar itself was not much of a problem, the sheer amount of people outside of it was.
The center hangar of the satellite was the most populated due to its more accommodating nature. The Living Quarters, Recreational Facilities, Central Hub and Galley were all rather close to one another. Not to mention without the innocents to account for, the League members were more likely to be walking these floors to raise the morale of the tourists.
Queen took a deep breath as she saw the mass of people in her way to the Living Quarters, that wasn't what worried her though, from the comms they snatched from the guards, Green Arrow and Black Canary both were in the Hall of Justice. That would be a hurdle for sure.
But luckily plans were in store should a situation like this occur.
"Ok Wallace, you and Uriel scout downstairs past the Hall of out as many as you can, but discreetly, got it? " Queen commanded.
"Please just call me Wally. You make me feel like I should be with Gromit rather than have superspeed." Kid Flash whined.
"Right, sorry. I didn't want to come on too informal." Queen cringed.
"Why don't we just take Black and Green down, not like they have any outstanding powers or anything. I bet you could take both of them down with your Checkmate spell." White Rabbit proposed.
"No, both are monitored in the Womb in Hangar C. Should their vitals change at all, Batman will instantly want to know why. We station a few disguised Phantom Stars to watch their movements while we empty out the lower floors." Queen ordered.
"Kid Flash, Uriel go on ahead. Do not be spotted." Queen said sternly.
"They'll never see me coming." Kid Flash smirked as he disappeared in a blur of yellow and red.
"I will not fail." Uriel bowed before leaving, walking through the halls where not one soul could detect him.
"Terra, White, Violet go up to Med Bay and get everyone up there out. Captain Atom is apparently getting a checkup of sorts, so watch out for him. Please do not engage in any League Members White, we need this phase to go smoothly so no one dies." Queen begged.
"Yeah, yeah. Not like I'm taking on fricken Radioactive Man. Dude can take punches from Superman." White huffed as she followed Violet and Terra.
"Ok, the rest of you ready?" Queen asked.
"Always, little lady." Constantine said as he lit a cigarette.
"Thy enemies shall fall beneath us." Etrigan smiled wickedly.
"My soldiers are at your call." Antiope grunted.
"Your orders will be followed to my fullest capabilities, Queen." Fox said.
"Let's go then." Queen said as she moved from her position.
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Kid Flash dashed through the multiple floors of the Watchtower. As he did he took care to carefully take out the civilians and crew. He carefully made it past the Hall of Justice and went down to the Living Quarters. He took a moment to catch his breath, a nanosecond to anyone else. He adjusted his red shades and got back to it.
A yellow blur was barely seen in the hallways, multiple civilians and crew disappearing in front of the other, but before they could react they too disappeared.
There was the issue of Aquaman walking around in the halls, but Kid Flash managed to hide and wait him out until he went into his room. The boy made sure to keep his footsteps fast enough so even Aquaman's super senses couldn't pick him up.
Luckily, Uriel confirmed no other League members were in this part of the tower, so Kid Flash could speed away at ease. Soon hundreds of people were knocked out and taken to the warehouse. All seeing nothing but a yellow blur, and only feeling a gust of wind.
He sped through the multiple more rooms, hair blowing back from the wind until Uriel appeared out of nowhere making him stop.
"There is a room up ahead with a dozen or so left. This will clear the last floor of the Living Quarters." Uriel told him.
"Cool." Kid Flash gave a thumbs up.
He looked into the room filled with people talking and conversing with one another. He narrowed his eyes, he would have to really push his speeds so no one sees him and has time to react.
Kid Flash got into the starting position and took a deep breath.
The world came to a stop as he blasted off. The talking in the room slowed to a crawl then to absolutely frozen expressions.
Two diplomats were sitting closer to the door, Kid Flash gently flicked their foreheads, at this speed it would feel like a punch to the face, the very spot Flash taught him knocked out guys safely. The two disappeared out the room for transport.
A group of four were walking out of the door, they would quickly catch on to something being wrong, as the Phantom Stars have not replaced their positions. Wally dashed into a bedroom and stole a blanket. He flicked all of their foreheads and wrapped them in the blanket tightly before speeding off.
Two guards stood by a water machine, one held a cup of water. Wally appeared, taking the water out of the guards hand and drank it. Maintaining this speed was difficult, Flash made it look so easy.
Wally crushed the water cup and threw it into the trash, taking the guards out and speeding away with them in tow.
There were only four people left for him to take care of. They were far apart from each other so Wally ran back for another blanket and did his method again.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Wally thought to himself.
With the room now clear, Kid Flash stopped and put his hands to his knees and took a moment to catch his breath, keeping that constant speed took a lot on a guy's metabolism.
"Shit…*pants* I need a burger or something. Living Quarters clear guys. Now Imma run to the Galley to get some grub." Kid Flash panted.
"Hold the position for now Wally. If you are tired, we need to take out the Galley together. If Green Lantern spots you it'll all be for nothing." Queen said.
"Finnne...I'm going to empty out this water machine though." Wally sighed.
Queen looked at Antiope.
"General, make sure Aquaman is distracted should things go south. Hold him as long as you can. Same with Green Arrow and Black Canary." Queen said.
"Understood. Sisters, come with me." Antiope ordered, the rest of the disguised Phantom Stars followed her. This left only the angels for support.
"Let's go." Queen commanded, leading the rest of Team Justice downstairs.
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May 30th, Midday
Watchtower Hangar B
Med Bay
Violet snuck through the halls of the med bay. The multiple rooms were filled with various equipment for any injuries the League might sustain. If she remembers right, there was even a secret med kit filled with kryptonite shaped medical tools somewhere here. Those were just rumors of rumors though.
She, Terra, and White Rabbit split up to take on the multiple halls of this area. They didn't need many, while populated this place was mostly where doctors and nurses worked. With the sheer number of League members who had advanced healing, or straight up pain endurance, doctors were not needed often.
This suited Violet greatly, as there were few patients to account for and none were in critical condition. Though the mostly glass doors and airlocks primed for lockdown should a patient be a host of new deadly disease, both could be used as a substitute for her capture.
Using her agility, Violet crawled through the halls. She managed to pick up one of the pacifier guns to aid in a quiet take down. She also managed to obtain multiple sleep vials from her past palaces. She managed to take out around ten people with the weapon alone, making sure to hide the bodies in safe areas for the angels to get.
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Terra was not having a lot of luck. While trained in combat to fight without powers, it was still quite a challenge to not have a single pebble within a hundred miles. The most she got was some little mud stains from boots and that was all the way back at the shipping hangar.
But she knew the basics of stealth, at least enough to get out of the classes Nightwing and Red Robin always taught at the tower. Either that or they didn't trust her knowing their tactics.
"Shit. Should have figured something was off about that." Terra grumbled to herself.
She took out as many as she could, but the number was still in the single digits. The problem was the doctors constantly talked to each other and called to confirm this or that. She sighed, this will be hard.
She heard someone coming towards her, no, two people in a conversation. She quickly found a locker and managed to squeeze herself in and close it. She had to play the waiting game so she tried to get comfortable.
"I'm sorry Doc, I'm doin' my best." A deep voice said sincerely.
"I know Mr. Adams, but your levels must be better withheld. We wouldn't want everyone in the facility to catch cancer would we?" The doctor said.
It was Captain Atom, Terra started to sweat profusely. If he found her, this whole thing would fall apart because of her. The Titans would finally give up on her and allow Crow to kill her.
"Shit, shit, SHIT! Please don't see me. Pretty please!" Terra covered her mouth should an involuntary sound escape her.
Then the hero and doctor made her worst nightmare come true. They stopped in front of her hiding place.
"I'll work on my armor to better shield it. But it will take time." The Captain apologized.
"Just be sure it can't rupture. Such a thing could cause your body to turn into a literal atom bomb." The doctor sighed.
"I...of course." Captain Atom shivered at the thought.
He sensed something off as well, like someone was watching them. As the doctor continued walking he stayed and looked around him.
This caused a panic attack in Terra's mind.
"Mr. Adams? You are clear to leave the bay. Just make sure you take my words to heart. " The doctor said.
With that Adams turned away from his looking, and nodded. Something wasn't right...but he'll come back and confirm, just to be sure.
The large glowing man moved away from Terra's locker, and left the Med Bay. Terra let out a large sigh of relief. She waited for the halls to clear and got back to work.
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Meanwhile, White Rabbit was having a far more numerous body count. She just didn't bother counting. The only thing on her mind was how nice the weaponry the guards seem to have. She was fully armed to the teeth now with pacifying weapons. She should have worn a costume with more pockets.
Her method was specialists first. Any doctors or nurses relegated to a certain area would be wiped out cleanly and she'd move on to the next. The MRIs, the X-rays, ect.
They only had one or two guards if they were lucky. It was a simple takedown of the guards, and shot the nerds into a deep sleep, only taking breaks to make sure her gun still had a good charge, now she was in front of the head surgeon's office.
"Four guards? Fancy." White smirked.
She hid behind the corner and thought for a moment. One of the staff she took out recently had a thick Russian accent, maybe if she faked it enough.
"Hey guys, could you please help us lift some things over here?" White asked, putting on her best Russian.
It seemed to have worked as two of the guards sighed and came to her. She quickly knocked them out with kicks and punches. Before the other two guards could react, she quickly rolled around the corner, and shot them unconscious.
"What is going on out there?" The surgeon barked out.
White pistol whipped him, falling down cold like a sack of rocks.
White Rabbit smirked as she sat in his chair and typed into his computer. She pulled up all the medical files she could, trying to find some weakness they didn't know about one of the Leaguers.
"Arrow's arm was broken last year eh? Interesting. Oh~ Lantern took a hard hit to the chest by Sinestro huh? Poor guy~" She practically purred.
"Joker. I've got some good gossip." White called.
"Lay it on me." Joker practically smirked through the comm.
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May 30th, Midday
Watchtower Hangar B
Central Hub
Queen managed to get her time past Balck Canary and Green Arrow. While the disguises the Phantom Stars wore would work for a time being on the two heroes, it was only a matter of time before one of them got suspicious.
"Joker, Selina, we have reached the Central Hub. We can take as many out as we can but I'm afraid with the current circumstances, it is only a matter of time before we are found out." Queen sighed as she took out a diplomat just inches away from a guard's gaze.
The Central Hub was much like a museum in it's layout. But it was a museum designed so any thieves or intruders could be seen at any moment. The only thing covering the floors were big glass cases containing trophies, the only covers were small tables that tourists sat at to admire the attractions.
"Understood. Commence Operation Smoke and Mirror." Joker ordered.
Queen sweated at that, Constantine stepped from behind her and took a puff of smoke.
"We gotta save them all, love. This is the quickest way to do so." Constantine cracked his knuckles.
"I just wish we could have gotten a bit further. Maybe with you and Kid Flash we could-"
"We right now have most of the Justice League flanked. Green and Black will be distracted, Aquaman too, Firestorm will have to take his eyes off the fusion cell at some point. Not to mention, Captain Atom is on to us all. We need to strike before it all crumbles." Constantine pressed.
Queen sighed but put a determined face on. The plan has changed albeit slightly. Now more aggressive and less subtle methods were allowed.
"Go on all of ya. Me and Etrigan will take this spot." Constantine ordered.
With that Queen reluctantly guided Fox, Kid Flash, and Uriel downstairs, careful not to be spotted by the mass of people in the huge public area.
"Ya ready ya slimy bastard?" Constantine asked as fixed his coat.
Etrigan just growled in response to that. Constantine snapped his fingers and both turned invisible and got to work.
This was inevitable to happen, even the looping of footage would be too suspicious for this amount of people. They couldn't account for random curiosity in the exhibits.
The both of them use sleep spells and portals to deposit massive amounts of people in the warehouse.
As Constantine and Etrigan worked to be as subtle as possible, eventually the cameras will catch up to the suspicious disappearance of all in the hub.
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May 30th, Midday
Watchtower Hangar A
Extra Storage
Mona smirked as the angels dragged the last of the crew out of the area. This way is just too easy. His team was wreaking this amateurs! Now they just had to make it through the Power Annex and bypass Firestorm. Mona didn't really know much about him or his powers, the little they managed to dig up from the Titans and the web didn't provide much.
"Guess he's more of a behind the scenes kinda guy." Mona figured.
The scientists were more or less easy to do away with. Beast Boy and Selina were naturals in stealth. Panther was mostly using her new trait to great effect.
For bigger groups, she turned into a puff of smoke and used her newer sleeping spell to take them all out. Beast Boy has also taken to sneaking as a fly around the area and turning back into human form to take out guards.
Selina was in charge of taking down security cams and trying to distract Firestorm. Any wrong move and he would be alerted. He simply had to turn around at this point to be suspicious, as the scientist he works with on a daily basis have been taken out.
"Beast Boy, Selina go on up and take out the upstairs. We need people up there once the volcano head turns. I'll follow once we are sure this room is clear. " Mona whispered.
"Got it." Beast Boy chimed.
"Say safe kittens." Selina said as she walked away.
"No, Mona, go with them now." Panther said suddenly.
"What are you talking about? I won't leave you with a Leaguer and a dozen people left." Mona hissed.
"I can take them easy Mona. Stop treating me like I'm made of glass. They won't even see me." Panther chided.
"Lady Ann I won't-"
"Go already!" Panther commanded.
Mona sighed and went off to follow the rest of the team. Panther calmed herself and prepared her attacking strategy for Firestorm. She was the most equipped to take him down as discussed in the plan. She wouldn't let the team down.
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Selina and Beast Boy were soon joined by Mona. The three working their way up to the Observation Deck.
"How are you going to take care of those tourists? Booster Gold is stupid but not, THAT stupid." Selina asked.
"Just *sigh* leave it to me. Just move up to the long range scanners. If this is going where I think it is, we'll need them out of the picture." Mona ordered.
"Careful dude. Booster Gold's robot buddy, Skeets, can sense a threat a mile away." Beast Boy warned.
"I'll keep that in mind. Now go!" Mona commanded.
With that Mona was left alone with a room full of civilians watched carefully by a Leaguer. Only a few Phantom Stars stayed with him to offer support.
"Ok, ok...I can do this. It'll be easy. At least I can take out three of them without being spotted." Mona looked at the large group of people.
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Meanwhile, Selina and Beast Boy rushed to the Scanner room, there were no Leaguers in this room so the clearing out of guards and crew were pretty straight forward. The key was Selina carefully uploading the virus to the computers. This took some hacking skills of her own as the computers were well encrypted. As any enemy would come to this place first to take down. The key was, they weren't going to turn them off...not yet.
"Virus secure. All clear to move to the Flight Deck." Oracle chimed.
"Good. At least one of us doesn't have to stay to watch over this." Selina nodded.
Beast Boy was silent at that, more pressing things coming to his mind.
"What's the matter, kid? You were all energy up to this point." Selina asked.
"Oh...uh, it's just...My best friend is upstairs guarding the terminal. I don't want to fight him or anything. I managed to put it to the back of my skull until now...but he's right upstairs. How can I convince him that this is the best way to save the world?" Beast Boy asked, ears going down in worry.
"Look...I have no idea. But take it from a woman who was stubborn to a fault not a couple weeks ago. Sometimes the only way people see things right is when it's bashed across their heads. Does that help, sweetie?" Selina asked.
"Uh, not really?" Beast boy said confused.
"Sorry hun...I'm still getting used to giving...positive advice." Selina admitted.
Beast Boy shrugged it off. It's not like he really expected good life advice from Catwoman. Lady was a real flip flopper in terms of morality before the Phantom Thieves helped her.
But that didn't ease the anxiety of facing his best friend and trying to convince him to leave what he worked so hard for. Becoming part of the Founder's was a big accomplishment for any League member, let alone Titan. And while titles never mattered to Cy, Beast Boy knew it was what the title meant.
The title of making decisions for the rest of them to follow when things get too complicated. Beast Boy just hoped his friend would make the right choice.
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May 30th, Midday
Watchtower Hangar B
Galley
Queen ordered Kid Flash and Uriel to take care of the downstairs recreational facilities. The only level left to worry about under her team other than the gally.
"Are you sure? Green Lantern can pack a punch when he wants to." Kid Flash asked.
"While that is true, we need to clear out as many as possible before they spot us. As soon as you clear up downstairs, come back for support. We will take on as many as possible in the meantime." Queen said.
"Alright. Be back in a flash!" Kid Flash quipped before zooming out of sight, already stealing and eating a buttload of food to re-energize. Uriel followed after word.
"Let us begin." Fox said as he snuck to the kitchen area.
Queen quickly followed, watching Fox draw his sword making sure he was using the blunt side of it.
Fox and Queen, despite their differences, worked very well together. Fox was eccentric, but very obedient and accurate with the incapacitaters he stole off guards.
"Commence operation Freezer Burn." Queen ordered.
"Understood." Fox nodded.
Fox put his hand to the floor and focused. Slowly the entire floor was covered in ice. As the chiefs slid off their footing Queen and Fox were quick to take them all out, making as much noise as possible to attract more guards.
The risk of Green Lantern hearing the sounds and investigating were high as well, but he was so deep in thought about everything going on he didn't hear it.
"Check on that." B775 said.
A guard complied and was quick to be subdued by the two. The duo took out twenty people so far and counting. While it was only a matter of time for them to get Green Lantern's attention.
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Watchtower Hangar C
Monitor Womb
Joker put a hand on Noir's shoulder. Until the alarms were raised she would be on her own. She had one thing to do: get the camera watching Wonder Woman under Oracle's control.
Only she could go any further. This was due to the fact they were lucky that Martian Manhunter was extremely at odds with his own emotions. Would they have striked at any other moment he would have sensed them ages ago. Raven was doing a mind read spell that was subtle enough to go unnoticed. Just one to tell the radius that they could close in before the martian senses them despite his inner conflict.
"We'll give support the moment you call for it, Noir. Just make sure above all else, you hack that camera." Joker said.
"I will do my best." Noir promised.
With that, she quickly snuck around the guards in front of her path, taking down as little as possible. The finding of hiding places would take too long, so she put most of the guards in any empty room and locked it behind her.
The sealth took a long time for Noir, as being alone meant having to be more careful. Sometimes, she had to stay in one spot for minutes at a time, waiting for the guards and crew to move from their paths.
Then there was the matter of the Monitor Womb….
It was a huge multi floored room filled with people on computers all talking to each other. A huge space of the Watchtower that took the entire circular shape of the outside for maximum space. And now with Martian Manhunter being so close, taking down a single guard could trigger his notice.
What Noir learned in the sewer battle with her powers was that telepaths could not read her mind. But, that didn't mean they wouldn't notice the internal shock that came with surprising a person and knocking them out.
The entrances were all surrounded by guards. Noir had to fall back on the tight and claustrophobic vents that surrounded the whole satellite. They were designed to be next to impossible to squeeze through but Noir managed to do so.
But even with all said and done, Batman was paranoid as always with everything. The vents had triggers for any blockage, and Noir was doing just that.
"Better be safe than sorry." Noir reached to her ear and pressed on her comm twice.
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Watchtower Hanger C
Meta Containment
Batman stood as he glared at Diana when a small alert came up in his comm. Every little alert came to him, from small to big. The vents...a blockage?
Those were common, from dust build up to an opening not working properly. But the paranoid in him was running rabid.
"System Check." Batman ordered.
What happened next was a standard all clear. Cyborg told him he'll look into the vent, but everything else was fine.
"A little too fine for my taste." The general in his mind growled. Random checks never went well more than twice in a row. A slip up, no matter how minor, will occur within a certain timeframe. It was bound to happen with everyone on board so on edge.
The nervousness of the crew and guards were present. But every word spoken was familiar in tone from the last, every sentence, every word...every breath…
"Oracle analyzes the last two system checks to pick up any similarities. Or rather, any differences." Batman ordered.
"Huh, why?" Oracle asked.
"Just humor me." Batman pressed.
"*Sigh* You are too on edge Bruce...but, ok. If it'll make you calm down." Oracle huffed.
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Watchtower Hangar C
Just above Monitor Womb
"He's onto us." Crow hissed.
"It's only a matter of minutes before this whole place is on lockdown." Nightwing warned.
Joker narrowed his eyes, they were already on thin enough ice with everything on Hangar B.
"Selina, Beast Boy what's your status?" Joker asked.
"Currently enroute to Field Deck, two floors out." Selina answered.
"Mona."
"This robot is on to me I can tell. Gold is ignoring his warnings though, I can take maybe one more before the group notices." The cat mewled.
"Panther."
"In position for Firestorm. All others are taken down." Panther chimed.
"Skull."
"Any further in we raise the alarms. Phantom Stars and Croc are getting antsy. We're all ready to wreak shit." Skull impatiently said.
"White."
"Bright and Blue is on his way. He can be stalled by our guards but...We can only do that for so long.
"John."
"We're being careful kids, but people are starting to look around." Constantine huffed.
"Kid Flash."
"The pool is closed, but some people are still doing the final sets in the gym." Wally said.
"Queen."
"We're making a lot of noise. It's only a matter of time before Lantern hears something." Queen said.
The beeping of his comm confirmed Noir was having trouble as well. Subtlety was only getting them so far. Around seventy percent of all crew and tourists were now out cold in the warehouse by his calculations. The Armory and Meta Containment holding the most forces now.
"Joker?" Donna asked.
Joker took a moment to weigh his options until finally he spoke…
"Commence Operation Flashbang." Joker ordered.
Raven was nervous at that. It wasn't the worst contingency Joker had under his gloves, but it was still only a few steps behind the worst case scenario.
"Alright, commencing in three...two…" Futaba counted.
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Watchtower Hangar C
Monitor Womb
"Scanners are down." A crew member called.
"How many?" Martian Manhunter asked.
"A-all of them." the crew member sweated.
"A431 please explain the meaning of this." Commander Werner called through her comm.
Silence was the answer.
"A431 or anyone else present in the scanner room please respond." Werner commanded.
Nothing….
"Booster Gold, check scanners. We have suspicious behavior." Martian Manhunter called.
"Roger, I'll have the guards escort the tour to B." Booster Gold foolishly said. The only guards in his sight were the Amazons that supported Mona's area. The tour was quickly and quietly taken care of while Mona followed the man from the future.
"Some guy from the future, he'll never see me coming!" Mona purred as he followed from a distance.
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Batman narrowed his eyes at the news.
"Minutes after... They hear us. Someone is hearing us." The general said paranoid.
"Priority B lockdown, full scans for any intruders, full count of all alive onboard." Batman ordered.
"Understood. All commanders of your posts please commence a full sweep of your area with a full roll call for crew and visitors." Werner ordered.
The minutes that passed were filled with silence. Batman wouldn't stand for it.
"Oracle, tell me good news." Batman demanded.
"..." Oracle was silent.
"TALK TO ME BARBARA!" Batman roared.
"One hundred percent match in similarity...T-the second system check was recorded." Oracle admitted.
"DAMN IT! Commander, Priority A Lockdown, get as many people to safe places as possible. Set Incapacitators to stun until given intel on what we are dealing with." Batman hissed.
"Yes sir, All guards Code: Lock and Load. I repeat, lock and load." Werner said as the Armory was fully sealed from the outside corridors. Little did they know Phantom Stars had already infiltrated with Philipus in command.
"Cameras are picking up multiple civilians missing! What the hell?! They are just disappearing!" A crew member yelled.
"Full Lockdown on Hangar B. Green Arrow, Black Canary, Aquaman, investigate."
"Understood. Wha- hey guys put those things down~" Green Arrow tried.
"Hands up. We are only here for Diana!" A feminine voice yelled.
A sharp shriek was filling the comms. Black Canary had made first contact.
"Damn it! Dinah, you should have let them talk more!" Green Arrow yelled, as he pulled out his arrows.
"We all know what this is, Arrow. Batman, the guards are compromised!" Black Canary let out another canary cry as they were attacked.
"Can you confirm the group?" Captain Atom asked as he stormed faster to the Med Bay.
"Amazons! Gotta be! I know this kind of fighting everywhere!" Green Arrow confirmed.
Batman narrowed his eyes at that.
"J'onn, call in Flash and Superman. This is now a full scale battle." Batman hissed.
"I am trying but both are currently unavailable. Should I alert those who are not Founders as well?" Manhunter asked.
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Batman and Diana both turned their heads to hear a battle rage on in the distant halls.
"PERIMETER BREACH! PERIMETER ARGGG!" C239 screamed as he was taken out.
"Honey~ I'm home~" Joker said in Batman's ear.
"Any available." Batman grunted to J'onn before storming towards the sounds of chaos.
"You're wrong about all of this Bruce. Will you truly start an all out war with mere children?" Diana asked, coldly.
"I will do anything other than make their hearts stop beating." Batman growled as he started to go full sprint.
But he wouldn't run fast enough, as the flashbang was having its intended effect on the rest of the tower.
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Observation Deck
"Sir, I'm telling you, those guards did not match their intended guard numbers. Those civilians are not safe." Skeets tried as it floated around Booster Gold in concern.
"And I'm telling you, it must be an error or something. I don't remember anything of note happening today in terms of history." Booster Gold shrugged off.
"That's because YOU NEVER PAYED ATTENTION TO YOUR HISTORY CLASS!" Skeet roared as it's LED display turned red in anger.
"Shuddup! I got this. Cause I'm…" Booster Gold hinted.
"*sigh* Because you're Booster Gold." Skeet would roll its eyes if it had any.
Booster Gold gave his signature smile and thumbs up to Skeets. His teeth shined in the most heroic way imaginable, he winked to his robotic ally.
"Damn right." Booster Gold put his thumb to his chest arrogantly. He walked into the scanner room with the bot. The room was completely empty of life.
Booster Gold's face lost it's humor at this. He should have listened to Skeets.
"Where is everybody?" He asked to Skeets
"Only one lifeform is close to our proximity." Skeets told Booster Gold.
"What where?" Gold asked looking all around
A sudden tornado struck the two to a wall with great force
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"OOF!" Booster immediately got up and brushed himself off.
Mona jumped from his hiding place.
"SURRENDER! Or face the might of the mighty MONA!" Mona yelled.
"The hell? What are you a possum?" Booster Gold asked, stupidly.
"Sir, the data banks show that-"
"A POSSUM?! HOW DARE YOU?!" Mona hissed. The cat ran towards him sending hurricanes of force towards the man, destroying the room in the process.
"Shields up." Booster Gold said simply, a gold aura surrounded him, making all the wind simply go around him, the force of the blasts not moving him an inch.
Mona backed away to reanalyze his strategy, he narrowed his eyes in thought of how to take down the shields.
"Now, Skeets give me the rundown." Booster Gold said.
"This creature is part of a notable group of this time period called 'The Phantom Thieves'. Which are noted to have attacked the Watchtower today." Skeets said.
"Successfully." Skeets warned into Booster's comm.
"What?" Booster asked shocked.
"Defeating them here, would cause a time anomaly. Do not engage." Skeets advised.
"We have to fight him bud, think of all the sponsorships we could get for taking them down!" Booster whined.
"Sir...you do not want to see the destruction that could come if they are put down. It is of massive importance that they win this fight." Skeets warned.
Gold narrowed his eyes at that. He could not recall such an event going down at this time. The time cop knew an attack like this would be more noted in history if Skeets is right. So...why were the Phantom Thieves erased from his high school's history books?
"Alright whatever you are." Booster Gold charged up his wrist blasters.
"Sir…" Skeets warned.
"Shh...Skeets I ain't that dumb to wreck the timeline." Booster Gold whispered.
"You finally finished talking to your roomba, blondie? History speaking good for me? I shouldn't be surprised." Mona puffed up his chest.
"Skeets, help distract." Booster whispered.
"Yes sir." Skeets chimed.
Booster then fired dozens of energy blasts towards the cat. Mona dodged them all at ease.
"Man, your aiming systems suck blondie! You must be pretty low on the totem pole too, I never even heard of you before today!" Mona smugly taunted as the room was further destroyed by his wind blasts.
"I'm the greatest hero you never heard of. Comes with the gig." Booster Gold smirked, playing the fool once more to keep his cards in check.
All the while he signaled Skeets to support, but prioritize on finding everything the bot could on this group that the higher ups in the future seemed to want to keep hush hush.
To think four hundred years into the future, the government still keeps things from this time period classified.
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Watchtower Hangar B
Guest Quarters
Aquaman heard the news on his comm. He immediately grabbed his trident and bursted through his door. The hallways were completely empty, not a word from any crew or civilian. But due to his enhanced senses he heard the hushed footsteps coming towards him. The little quiet breaths all sounded female in pitch. Arthur narrowed his eyes and got into a fighting stance.
"Come out Amazons. Such stealth won't work on me." He growled as firmly gripped his trident.
Suddenly 15 women all attacked him at once, all dressed in guard uniforms and drawing either incapacitators set to meta or short sharp knives.
"TAKE HIM DOWN!" Antiope yelled.
Aquaman let out a battle cry as he fought all fifteen women single handedly. Their punches were strong and brutal, but so were his. Arthur spun his Trident around him to block as many blows as he could. He smashed one through a wall, knocking her out.
"Some of these women are clearly not Amazons. They go down too easy. The Assassins with Talia then…" Arthur supposed.
With that he held back his punches just a bit more, he wouldn't want to accidentally kill these women. His endurance would hold him for the time being as he evaluated which ones were mortal.
But their swords were sharp, and his patience was wearing thin. He channeled his trident to channel it's stored electricity and let out an aerial attack on all surrounding women. The extreme blast at least knocked out the mortals as at least half the women were still standing. The shrugging off of the attack was proof that.
"Stand down." Arthur warned.
"Release our Princess." Antiope hissed.
"Like I have any control over that, fool. She made her choice, let her honor it." Arthur hissed.
"There is no honor in being falsely locked away, you dullard. You all seek to throw away the key to a woman who helped build this ENTIRE ORGANIZATION?! HAVE YOU NO SHAME?!" Antiope roared as the Amazons all started attacking the man again.
"Do not judge me woman. My entire culture hasn't decided to follow a simple boy. Mine hasn't sold their souls to the new demonic overlord. Your pride blinds you from the truth. Your gods have been corrupted." Arthur spat.
That statement increased their ferocity tenfold. They were going for blood now, the harsh ganging up was brutal but Aquaman could last these hypocrites.
"Heads up." a voice said.
An arrow flew into the group and exploded making the Amazons step a few feet back from the King.
"Sorry to cut in ladies. We were just wondering if you would suddenly realize how much you all fucked up with all this." Green Arrow taunted as Black Canary followed.
"What did you do to our-"
"Your sisters are all down, as will you if you don't stand down now." Black Canary hissed.
"I'd rather be disemboweled." Antiope growled.
"You all just proved Bat's paranoia with all this. Your little leader only solidified his title of a terrorist with all this. Hope it is worth it." Black Canary chided.
"Joker heard your little decision, girl. You would lock him up just like our Princess given the chance. What would you have him do? WHAT WOULD HAVE US DO WITH SUCH LACK OF RESPECT FOR OUR DIANA?!" Antiope scorned.
"Give him up. That's what you should do. Ya don't think serving the newest demonic lackey is a major red flag? I actually would've considered his point without that little number." Green Arrow criticized.
"ENOUGH! You threw out debate when you locked my niece away. Close your mouths and fight!" Antiope threw her guard helmet to the ground and crushed it with her boot.
"You must be Antiope. Diana speaks so fondly of you. I take it this just confirms literally all of Themyscira is now run by Sataneal?" Canary raised an eyebrow in judgement.
"Every Amazon on Earth will heed the Trickster's call after this. He didn't even blink, DIDN'T EVEN STUTTER at our commands to let Diana free! What have you done for her? The so called 'friends' she exiled herself for? You make me sick." Antiope reloaded her incapacitator and started shooting with wild accuracy.
The rest of the Amazons followed suit, all charging for the hero's throats.
"DO NOT KILL THEM SISTERS! We will prove the Trickster better than these traitors. By day's end they will be terrorists not us!" Antiope roared.
"Yeah, that'll happen." Green Arrow scoffed, he pulled multiple arrows and started taking on random Amazons.
"Mera is going to be annoyed that I'll be home even later than promised." Aquaman sighed as he fought fiercely with the Amazons.
"I swear to God, you'll have to hold me back from Batman after all this is over." Canary hissed as she took a deep breath and let out a loud canary cry, the force taking down multiple Amazons.
The three heroes entered a fierce battle for the control of the Watchtower. On all floors the battle was being raged. The infiltration is a complete success…
But will the Phantom Thieves be able to complete the main objective?
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AN: TwT. Sorry folks. We had to cut this thing in half due to the sheer mass of it. Part 1 of 3 is quickly becoming more. And a 25k chapter released like mid March didn't sound ideal. We'll be back to it shortly.
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