Okay, everyone, this is my Justice League story, and it is what you could call the "first season" of my Justice League: Legacy series. This is a completely original idea, though some of the characters' descriptions are found within the DCAU and other series such as Young Justice. I also imagine some of the voices in this story to be those of their actors either from the DCAU or the other DC animated series. Have a great time reading this, and God bless!


CHAPTER ONE: WATCHTOWER

Batman was waiting for them. New recruits were coming to join the Justice League. The new recruits he knew included Supergirl, Superman's cousin, Dick Grayson, his first sidekick, also known as Nightwing, and Wonder Girl, Wonder Woman's sidekick.

Teleporters were bringing every one of them from Earth. Batman just hoped nothing went wrong during the next few days of training. He and Superman had learned of a new team of villains coming after them, and they knew to be cautious and to not underestimate the team.

The first teleportation device began to whirr, allowing Batman to know it was working.

A flash of light entered the tube, and when it cleared, Batman saw Supergirl standing there, wearing her blue-and-red costume complete with a long-sleeved top that exposed her midriff and a miniskirt, as well as knee-high red boots. She left the tube and came to stand next to Batman.

"Good day," she greeted. "How're things going in Gotham?"

"Good," he replied briskly. "Your cousin is in the control room. He said he wants to speak with you."

"I'll just remain here for now," Supergirl told him. "Cassie and I spoke about meeting each other here last night." Batman knew she was talking about Wonder Girl. "By the way," she continued, "is there a reason you allowed your first sidekick to join the team but not Barbara? She deserves to be a part of this team, you know."

"She's already spoken to me about it," Batman told her. "But I'll tell you what I told her. She can't be on this team because she's needed in Gotham. If she joined, her father might begin to wonder where she might have gone."

"Oh Batman," Supergirl teased. "Sometimes, you just need to lighten up."

The teleporters whirred again, and this time Nightwing, wearing street clothes and in the civilian guise of Dick Grayson, with a duffel bag hanging on his shoulder, appeared, as did Wonder Girl in her civilian guise of Cassie Sandmark.

"Hey Batman," Dick called to him, smirking. "I see you're still not smiling. How're things going for you?"

"Good," Batman replied to him.

Dick looked to Supergirl and smiled. "I can see he's still quite salty," he said to her. She just giggled.

Batman saw Cassie make her way to a place behind him. Turning around, he found her hugging Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman saw Batman and smiled at him. She saw Dick and Supergirl, returning the same smile to them.

Batman was about to speak when he heard the teleporters whirring again.

He whirled around, not knowing the reason behind the teleporters working again.

Wonder Woman walked over to him. "Did you know anything about this?" Batman asked her.

"Sort of," was all she said.

There was the flash of light, and when it cleared, Batman saw Barbara Gordon standing there, smiling brightly.

"What in the name of God is she doing here?" Dick whispered behind.

Batman's expression became that of surprise. Barbara was one of Batman's sidekicks, Batgirl. To see her in the Watchtower caused him to think.

Her long red flowed on her shoulders and her back. A duffel bag hung over her left shoulder, and a purse over her right. Her baby-blue eyes sparkled. She wore a night-black shirt and a dark blue skirt.

As she came out of the teleporter, she flashed a smile at Batman.

"Miss me?" she asked.

"What are you doing here?" Batman asked her.

"I was told by a specific someone that I could join the Justice League," she explained. "And don't worry about Tim. He's coming, too, but probably not until tonight. You know, he's wondering about what he should pack."

She walked over to Supergirl and hugged her. Ever since the Bat-family had teamed up with Superman and Supergirl against the Joker, Scarecrow, Lex Luthor, and Metallo, the two of them had become great friends.

As the girls left, Batman turned to Wonder Woman. "Did you have something to do with this?" he asked.

"Yes," she replied. "But I wasn't the only one."

"Who else was in on this?" he demanded.

"Superman and the Flash," she replied. "Just deal with it. Besides, you know you like it. She was so excited when she found she could join! You should be so happy for her!"

Batman remained silent and turned away.

Meanwhile Barbara was unpacking her duffel bag into her dressers in her room. She'd learned from Superman that she would be sharing the room with Supergirl and Cassie Sandmark, who she later found out from Wonder Woman to be Wonder Girl.

"So how does it feel?" Supergirl asked her. "To be part of the Justice League, I mean." She was smiling brightly.

"Great," Barbara replied. "Do you know if we have any missions to do or something like that? I would love to just hang out with you soon."

"There'll be plenty of time for that," Supergirl told her. "We'll probably just be training for a small while, and then when we're ready, we'll be able to go on our own adventures. It'll be so fun! And yeah, let's talk about all that's happened tonight. We might have dinner or something, so it'd be the best time then."

Barbara was about to open her mouth again, but then there was a knock on the metallic door that acted as both the entrance and the exit for the room. Barbara knew only she, Supergirl, and the other girl, Cassie, could get into the room, as they'd been given the keycards ahead of time by Wonder Woman and Superman.

Barbara opened the doors and found Superman standing there.

He was smiling at them in a very mild-mannered way.

"Hello, ladies," he greeted. "How did Bruce take it when you appeared, Barbara?"

"He didn't take it the best," Barbara replied. "I will probably be taking a lot from him in a few minutes. But I don't care too much. Since you gave me and okay, and since Wonder Woman did it, as well, not of it is my fault. Of course, none of it is your fault, either."

"I understand," Superman said. "I'll talk to him…" Someone cleared their throat behind him, cutting him off. Superman turned around to see Batman. "…Later," he finished.

"I need to speak with Barbara," Batman told him. He looked to her. "Meet me in the control room. You'll know where it is."

As he walked off, Cassie came into their line of vision. Wonder Woman stood next to her.

"Excuse me, is this room 212B?" she asked. "I'm sorry, I'm nervous, and I get lost a little too easily." She laughed nervously.

"Yes, this is the right room," Wonder Woman told her. "Barbara, if you wish, I can take you to the control room."

"I'll come, too," Superman said. He looked to Supergirl. "I'll be back soon, Kara."

Barbara, Superman, and Wonder Woman left the room, leaving Kara and Cassie.

As they made their way to the control room, Wonder Woman put her hand on Barbara's shoulder.

"Don't worry, Barbara," she assured. "You've done nothing wrong."

"I know," Barbara admitted. "If you ask me, this is the perfect time for something like this. Now we'll all be able to be more of a family."

When they reached the control room and entered, Batman and Dick were waiting on them. Dick flashed a smile at Barbara, but she could tell he was still surprised at the fact she'd come without telling him.

After the doors closed, Batman looked to her.

"What are you doing here?" he asked solemnly.

"I was told I could come," she replied. "Superman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash said I could. And as I said before, Tim is coming tonight. The city can do without us for one night, if you ask me. None of our enemies are around, Bruce. Joker and Scarecrow have pretty much gone off the map."

"It doesn't matter…" Batman began, but he was cut off by Barbara.

"Yes, you're wondering about my dad! I'm 21 years old now, Bruce! You can't keep me stuck there in Gotham forever! I love it there, but I wanted to do something new, and this came to mind!" Barbara explained. "I should be allowed! I mean, Dick was allowed by you! Why shouldn't I?"

Batman opened his mouth, but he was cut off by Wonder Woman.

"She's right, Bruce," Wonder Woman told him. "She is able to be here. She has proven herself worthy, if you ask me."

"I agree," Superman said. "Let her stay at least for the training. If she hasn't proven herself worthy to you then, then you can decide. What do you say to that, Barbara?"

"I think it's fine," Barbara said. "Just deal with it, Bruce. We're a team. No, we're more than just a team. Me, you, Dick, Tim…we're much more than just a team…we're a family. If you can't accept that, then something's wrong with you."

Batman finally nodded. "Fine," he said. "We'll see."

Then he walked out of the room, leaving the others to watch and wonder.

An hour later, Barbara found herself in her room. She took her Batgirl costume out of her duffel bag and laid it on her bed.

She surveyed it and noticed the tear in the left arm.

She still remembered where the tear had come from.

During the last fight against Scarecrow, he'd injected her with his fear toxin.

However, she'd taken the antidote beforehand. In anger, he had started beating her, but he was stopped by the timely arrival of Batman and Robin. In the process, the tear had formed. Not

That had been about six months ago, and after the event she had taken some time off from being Batgirl so that she could recover both physically and metally from the traumatizing event.

While it was unknown if Scarecrow was even still alive, Joker, Harley, Bane, and a few other major enemies of the Bat-Family had gone missing, and without their presence in Gotham, Barbara was sure something had to be up.

The door opened, and Kara entered. She gave a smile to Barbara.

The two had become the best of friends after teaming up and constantly talked to one another on the phone.

But now, it seemed they would be able to talk to one another much more frequently.

"Hey," Kara greeted. "How's everything going?"

"Good," Barbara replied. "Of course, Bruce is still quite angry at me for coming here. I think he should be happy I'm trying something new. I know my dad wouldn't be the happiest if he knew what I've been doing for the past five years, but I just wanted to become Batgirl, and now I'm here at this place. I want to be able to be my own kind of person. And plus, my father doesn't check on me too much anymore. He knows I'm a grown woman, and that I can make my own decisions. And we have service even up here in space, it seems, so I can call him." She laughed at the last part.

"I agree with you, Barbara," Kara told her. "I know Bruce will come around soon. You just need to keep hoping that things will turn around. I don't have much experience on this sort of matter, but ah well, I can try to help one of my greatest friends, now can't I?" She looked behind Barbara and saw her costume, as well as the tear. "What happened to your costume?"

"A fight with Scarecrow about six months ago," Barbara answered. "I was being beaten, but not severely. He'd just caught me off-guard, and one of the claw-like syringes he has on his left hand ripped it. But I'm okay. I took a bit of a break from being Batgirl after that, and even when I resumed, I kept forgetting to repair it even though it desperately needed to be. But other than all of that, I feel good in spite of what happened."

"That's good. I know what it feels like to be beaten. You remember Metallo, of course. Before we met you guys—at least, before I met you guys—I had infiltrated Lexcorp. Metallo had been hired by Lex Luthor, and unfortunately, he found me. He beat me until I was bleeding, actually. But he was stopped by Luthor, who wanted me alive."

"That's got to hurt," Barbara said. "How did Clark find you?"

"He's the one who sent me to Lexcorp, but he hadn't known Lex would be there, and he definitely didn't know Metallo would be there. He came and found me being held in a red sun radiation cell. He was able to rip out the source of the red sun radiation and stop it so he could rescue me. After that, we found ourselves cornered by Metallo, but Lois Lane found us and saved us. As you can remember, she gets herself into trouble quite a bit. But she saved us that day, and both Superman and I are in her debt for that."

"What about Lex? How'd you stop him?" Barbara asked.

"He…escaped before we could get to him," Kara said solemnly. "We haven't seen him since."

Barbara thought something sounded similar.

She started thinking, and suddenly her eyes widened.

"We need to find Superman," she said. "There is a possibility that I know what could be happening."

Barbara ran out of the room. She turned back to Kara.

"Do you know where your cousin is?" she asked.

Kara shrugged. "I'm not sure. He was in the control room, but I don't know if he's there now."

They went down a few halls before finally finding Superman talking to the Flash.

When he saw them, a serious expression developed upon his face.

"What is it?" he asked.

"We need to talk to you guys," Kara said. "It has something to do with Lex Luthor."

Superman looked back to the Flash. "I'll resume speaking with you later," he said.

Flash nodded and then smiled at the girls.

As they left, Superman turned to Barbara.

"How do you know something is wrong?" he asked.

"I'm just that sort of a person," Barbara replied. "I've been able to tell when something is wrong and when someone might be in trouble. A lot of this stuff happens to me, and I hate it a lot. But I have a feeling now about Lex Luthor. Kara told me about your last fight with him and Metallo, and when she told me that he'd escaped, I began to wonder."

"What exactly do you mean?" Superman asked.

"What if he went somewhere else that's not in Metropolis? What if he went to some sort of hideout?" Barbara suggested.

Superman's eyes widened. "So you're saying he might have joined with some team to take the Justice League down?" he asked.

"Possibly," Barbara answered. "That's just my guess. If you can, please ask Bruce about it. I wish I could be a little more sure, but it's kind of hard in a time like this, if you know what I mean. I have a lot on my mind right now."

"I understand," Superman told her. He looked over to Supergirl, who seemed to be thinking about something. "Kara, what is it? What's on your mind?"

"Something just feels real weird," she said. "And it all comes back to what Barbara just said. You see, just before I was teleported up here to the Watchtower, this sickening feeling suddenly came over me, and at first I didn't understand it. But now that I think of it, it seems real familiar…and in a bad way."

"What did it feel like?" Barbara asked.

"It felt…like Kryptonite."