-Elsewhere in the Multi-Verse: Metropolis-

"Seems our boss has introduced himself." Cyborg said as he and Superman's second in command, Diana stood in front of the transporters screen, allowing them to watch everything that was happening in the reality Superman had chosen to introduce himself too.

"It seems he is also making friends." Diana noted as she zoomed the screen in on the weirdly dressed people behind him at the news conference. "Those are the heroes of that world?" Diana asked Cyborg.

"From what we gathered it seems so." Cyborg answered.

"Kal took over an army with him, but I still don't understand why he ordered us to stay behind." Diana said in an almost offended tone.

"Don't take it personally, Superman said he had a mission for us–"

"What kind of mission?" Diana asked Cyborg. In response, Cyborg projected an image from his glowing red eye, and it showed a familiar purple and gold dressed girl in a wanted poster.

"Batgirl!" Diana hissed.

"More specifically Barbara Gordon." Cyborg added.

"Any relation to former Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon?" Diana asked.

"His daughter." Cyborg answered simply as he powered down the wanted poster. "Superman wants her to be brought before–"

"It would be easier if we just killed her on sight." Diana scoffed.

"Boss wants information from her. Like if she had help for example." Cyborg said simply.

-Gotham City-

Inside an abandoned clock tower in downtown Gotham, Barbara could be found dawned in her Batgirl attire, waiting for someone, and needless to say, she was on edge. She was standing in the clock tower a few hours earlier when she had received a strange encoded message wanting to meet her at a location of her choosing, and she had chosen this building since she had often eluded the police by hiding here, and now she was here waiting for her contact to arrive.

"Nice place, do you pay to live here?" an older male voice called out from behind her, snapping her out of her thoughts, and she whipped around with a batarang in her right hand, but lowered it upon seeing a familiar eye patch wearing man. "You're quick to the draw." the man said in an approving tone.

"What are you doing here, Deathstroke?" Batgirl asked in a suspicious tone.

"Easy Barbara, I'm not here to fight." Deathstroke said in a smooth tone. "Believe me if I was, you'd be dead already." Deathstroke said smoothly.

"That's not exactly filling me with confidence." Batgirl said cautiously.

"I know. But I'm here to help." Deathstroke replied.

"Why would I want help from a murderer?! You're a monster!" Batgirl hissed.

"As are you, just a different breed." Deathstroke said.

"You dare -" Batgirl started to say.

"As much as I'd love to get into this moral argument with you, there are more pressing matters to attend to. Mainly one big blue despot." Deathstroke interjected.

"And how do you plan on taking him down? Batman couldn't do it!" Batgirl scoffed.

"I'm not Batman, which is all the better as I don't play by his rules." Deathstroke said.

"Those rules are there for a reason." Batgirl argued.

"And look where that got him." Deathstroke said.

Batgirl's free hand clenched into a fist.

"But we're wasting time here. It's time to formulate a plan to bring down Superman." Deathstroke said.

"How? Last I checked my allies are scattered or under his control! I'm going to need some serious firepower for that." Batgirl said.

"Is a Kryptonian on our side good enough?" Deathstroke asked.

Batgirl was quiet for a few moments then spoke up," Supergirl?"

"Correct. I have a plan to break her out of her prison." Deathstroke replied.

"How? Last I checked, her cousin had some serious defenses to guard her prison. He still hasn't done that sickening Brainiac control thing he did to Batman. Besides, who's to stop him from coming there and stopping us?" Batgirl replied.

"Well for one, the word is that he's gone. As in, not in this Multi-Verse at the moment. He and a considerable number of his forces have left," Deathstroke explained.

"H-How?" Batgirl asked.

"Apparently they found some way to travel through dimensions...or Multi-Verses...not sure what the word is for it. But regardless, it's an opening, well almost. Wonder Woman remains here in command with Cyborg as her second." Deathstroke answered.

"Even so, I don't know if even Supergirl can bring down Superman and his regime," Batgirl replied.

"True, but that's why we're gonna be busy with building our own army here...and see if we can follow Superman through the wormhole to wherever he went. But before we break out Supergirl, we're gonna need more help in case the Wonder Woman and Cyborg show up...which is almost a certainty." Deathstroke said.

"I see...but let me clear: I don't trust or like you Deathstroke -"Batgirl hissed.

"Oh please, yes we all have done things that others won't like, but even I'm not a fan of authoritarian, tyrannical powers. I'm a mercenary, not an idiot. Are we doing this or not?" Deathstroke growled.

Batgirl wasn't sure what to do, her mind and heart racing. But then she lowered her batarang.

OK...let's get started." Batgirl answered with a sigh as she held out her right hand for a handshake, which Deathstroke shook.

To be Continued...

Sorry about the shorter chapter length, but we felt this was an appropriate place to end.