Hey everyone back from holiday and am here with another chapter. Before I begin I'd like to say because I'm from England some of the words are a bit different. Mainly because all the speech has American words I.e Vacation. And everywhere else has English. I.e holiday. Just thought I clarify.

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Alfred looked over at Bruce watching his parents grave. It had been twenty minutes since the former vigilante decided to take an early retirement. He hadn't moved, nor spoken since then. Eventually Alfred had to intervene and walked towards his broken friend.

"Scarecrow's drug showed me my biggest fear." Bruce whispered.

"And what was that Master Wayne?" Alfred responded. Despite being so close, not even Alfred knew all his boss's secrets.

"I saw what my parents would think of me if they could see the monster I've become. I'm not a hero Alfred, just a man trying to stop two bullets." The butler had never seen his friend in such a terrible state.

"Do you know what my biggest fear was?" Bruce shook his head. "Bruce, I always feared you'd become what you've fought against. Why you walk that abyss every night, but you haven't fallen in and I've never been prouder. And I know that your parents would feel the exact same way. Your friends are still downstairs trying to stop scarecrow. If you are willing to join them they would deeply appreciate it." Alfred walked away, leaving the billionaire to himself. The two gravestones still haunted his inner thoughts. As Bruce continued to watch he remembered the day his father rescued him from batcave. Including what his father told him as they were pulled up.

"Bruce there will be times when you hit rock bottom. When you believe your fighting against the world and losing. Just remember that Wayne's never stay down, we rise."

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Barry, Diana, Dick and Alfred all stood in the cave, discussing their next move. The four allies pondered while looking at previous evidence.

"So if this machine is that dangerous we have to do something." Diana spoke up.

"Well where do we start?" Barry asked. "We have no clues as to the whereabouts of this scarecrow."

"Actually we do!" Bruce called out walking down the straits, making everyone smile.

"So does this mean your back?" Robin asked.

"Not fully, Bane could have escaped with the others much earlier but chose to wait for me. That means scarecrow wanted me out of the picture. So we'll let him make his move." Bruce walked over to the computer. Computer analyse my blood with the ones from that truck heist a couple of days ago." Bruce's computer displayed the results, which confused the others. With the exception of Flash.

"So what does that mean?" Diana asked.

"It means that scarecrow also attacked the truck. Which is how he was able to purchase all those mercenaries." Barry responded.

"That's not all, I recognised the compound being used. There was only one man who had access to that formula." Bruce stated, before putting Jonathan Crane's information on screen. "Doctor Jonathan Crane, works at Wayne enterprises, currently on leave due to mental health issues."

"So you think he's working for scarecrow?" Dick questioned his adoptive father.

"I think he is scarecrow, it would explain how Bane managed to steal the Cloudburst. And it also means that he can weaponise the machine." The mood around the room soon turned back to dismay. No one wanted to think of the consequences if scarecrow released it.

"So what do you want us to do?" Bruce turned back to see the three heroes staring at him. "Diana, take this to Bulma." He threw a memory stick at her. "This has the formula for the anti toxin. Can you get her to mass produce the compound?"

"Yes." Diana answered. Bruce then turned to Barry.

"Flash, Crane used to live in central city, can you find any files on him?" Bruce asked.

"You bet!" Barry responded as he and Diana left the cave. Batman finally turned to his sidekick.

"You and me are going to wait until we have Crane's location." Robin looked down in disappointment. "Don't worry you'll get out there again. When your trying to escape from you situation, always remain patient."

"Who taught you that?" The boy wonder asked.

"An old friend." The two hugged it out as Bruce said two words he rarely ever spoke. "Thank you." Dick looked in utter shock.

"Alfred, did you hear that?" The boy yelled.

"Already recorded Master Dick." Alfred replied.

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The next day Hal walked towards Ferris aircraft, every step he became more nervous however. It had been over two months since he had spoken with Carol. How would she react with him back? How was he going to explain that he couldn't stay long? Should he even tell her about the ring? All these questions kept racing through his mind. Carol was an amazing women, but how could he maintain a relationship from different planets? The doors to the airfield's entrance opened up. Hal walked through practically shaking with nerves. Soon as he entered Hal was greeted by Carl Ferris.

"Hal? You know you're still suspended right?" He said.

"Yeah I know Carl, only came here to see Carol." Hal defended himself.

"You know Carol was very upset when you left on your little vacation. If you don't mind me asking, there isn't anything going on between yourselves?" Hal was taken aback by Carl's comment, but managed to keep his cool.

"Sir I'm not sure what you're implying, but me and Carol are just good friends. I know your rules about coworkers having romantic relationships." Both of them stood there for a few seconds when Carl laughed, breaking the ice.

"That's good to know, my daughter doesn't need that kind of distraction in her life. Carol's in the main bunker, checking over our new prototype jet." The two parted, with Hal making his way towards the main bunker. He had made this trip thousands of times. Yet after being on Oa for so long this suddenly felt more alien than the green lantern world. Eventually he made his way into the main bunker where he spotted Carol working. When they locked eyes she walked towards him in a hurry. Hal put his arms out for a hug but was met with a slap.

"Why did you leave?" She asked.

"I'm sorry ok, I just needed some time to sort out my life." Hal replied.

"So your back for good now?"

"Of course I am." Hal hated having to lie, but it wasn't the right time. The two kissed, wanting to make up for lost time. "So anything interesting happened while I was gone?"

"Actually yes." The two pilots walked over to a plane Hal had never seen before. "Remember the prototype you did that ridiculous stunt with? Well this is the updated version. More efficient engine, tougher exterior and a better radar as well. I just got to test this yesterday.

"Jealous" They both laughed the green lantern continued to look at this marvel of engineering. However Hal couldn't shake off the feeling of guilt. That no matter how much he loved her, they couldn't keep their relationship going. "Listen Carol, I..." The pilot was stopped however by a group of soldiers. At least they thought the men and women were soldiers.

"Hello lovebirds, sorry but we're gonna have to cut your little tour short." The leader joked, forcing Hal and Carol to raise their hands up. Hal knew he could take these guys out no problem, but the pilot couldn't let Carol know his secret. So he decided to comply with the leader's order. "Excellent choice." While the mercenaries loaded up the jet, Carol and Hal were held at gunpoint. Carol was shaking in her boots, but Hal only stared. There was no fear, or even any emotion at all. The mercenaries continued to load the plane onto their truck. Though the mood between them all was frosty at best.

"What do you think of the boss's plan?" One asked.

"It's crazy. Trying to cover the world with that toxin? Don't you think it's something straight out of a comic book."

"Hey, remember we have guests!" The leader shouted. Everyone went back to their jobs, silent as mice. Eventually they managed to load the jet onto a truck. Where it was covered with a giant sheet. The leader smiled, as he got into his car with half of the mercenaries. "Oh and kill them both." With lightning fast reflexes the green lantern used his ring to hit the gunman on the head. The leader and his men entered into their car and drove off in a hurry. Petrified the others fired upon both pilots, only saved by Hal creating a brick wall.

When they ran out of bullets the green lantern created a boomerang knocking them all out. However the last henchman pulled out a grenade before being hit. Standing next to the jet meant that the entire aircraft went up in flames. Hal saw this and created another wall shielding them from the upcoming blast. Smoke engulfed the area, causing the sprinklers to activate. Carol stared at her boyfriend in utter disbelief.

"Anything else you want to tell me?" She asked.

"I think your dad might be on to us." Hal joked.

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Gohan hated his studies, in fact he loathed it. His mother forced him to study almost every second. However there was only so many times he could read 'Of Mice And Men'. The boy had fought multiple aliens including the self proclaimed 'Strongest in the entire universe'. Yet studying for hours on end was the most challenging thing in his life so far. The son of Goku was interrupted as his mother entered the room.

"Gohan dear, I have to go visit your grandfathers. I will be home to cook dinner." Chi Chi explained.

"O.K love you mum." The half Saiyan responded, as his mother left their home. Gohan sat down and continued his studies. The boredom became more irritating with every passing minute.

"Hi Gohan." A voice called out. The young boy looked around to see his Kryptonian friend standing in the window.

"Kara? What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Well I was a bit sick of helping my cousin's mum out with her farm. And since I haven't seen you in two months. Well I'm here so..."

"Kara I'm glad you came, but I've got so much work to do. I have to finish of this book first, then a test on Algebra..." Kara interrupted him with a snoring sound.

"Come on do you actually like doing all this homework?" Gohan wanted to answer with his head. However he ended up answering using his heart.

"No." The Kryptonian smiled back.

"Exactly, you should be out there doing what ever that big brain of yours want's." The half Saiyan couldn't argue with that. Maybe it was time to break his mother's rules.

"Alright, where to?"

"I know just the place"

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Scarecrow sat opposite his henchmen, only half of them returned without the jet. The cold stare behind the scarecrow mask terrified even the most hardened of mercenaries.

"So let me get this straight. I sent you off to complete a task so facile even chimpanzee's could complete it. And what materialises? Failure!" Crane whispered. The slow, muffled voice was too chilling for the henchmen and women. "Let me ask you something. Do you think that I will just accept your mistakes?" The leader of the merc's stood up in defence.

"Sir, it honestly was not our fault. Some guy came and create these green things." He said. Causing scarecrow to look round in uneasiness.

"Are you saying he created green constructs?"

"Er, yeah constructs. So you see, we couldn't have defeated him." Scarecrow turned around to plan his next course of action. "So are we good?" Crane smiled, though he still wasn't looking at his henchmen.

"Yes I believe we are." The mercenary let off a sigh of relief. However it was short lived as Crane turned around and gassed him. He fell to the floor and started to see his worst fear. The walls all around started to close in, his breathing became heavier. Soon they were right up against him, making it difficult to breathe. While this was going on though Crane stood admiring the view. To him seeing someone in this sate was a piece of art.

"Claustrophobia is such a common fear amongst the human race, yet no less deadly." He turned to the rest of his henchmen. "One of you record what happens here. We are making a slight alteration to the plan."

So I hoped you enjoyed.

Reviews:

Dark Flacon:

1: Yeah I guess.

2: Confirmed Scarecrow won't get a ring. There is a very good reason though which will be explained.

3: Thanks

X3runner:

1: It would be similar to the gas in 'plan to eradicate the Super Saiyans'.

2: Yeah as I planned this Saga out it just fell into place so well.

AvatarHiccup: Yeah I've always written short chapters (just the way I like it.) I'm not going to go into the power levels debate. It's a pointless argument that honestly shouldn't matter in a story like this.

Dragondave45:

1: Not decided

2 & 5: um I'm not sure if you skipped some chapters but both those questions have been answered already.

3 & 4: No spoilers.

Guest: Thanks

Jalen Johnson: Thank you so much.

H0ckeybeast88: Thanks