And Injustice For All 2

Chapter 73: Do the Work

The White House

Dinah and Ollie went to the White House, only to see bodies on the floor.

"Is she...?"

"No," Ollie said. "She's just out. Incapacitated. They all are."

"We need to get to the president."

They reached the president, but they were suddenly ambushed.

"If you hurt them, there will be trouble. That chair doesn't belong to you."

It was Lucy, Harley's daughter. Along with the children of Black Lightning.

"Ok, Lucy. Kids. I'm gonna need the country back now. Anissa, I heard a rumble."

"It was just a little one, dad."

"I said no powers inside. If you knock the White House down, the tax papers won't be footing the bill. ItllI come out your allowance. Mrs. Landingham, the kids will to fight the forces of darkness somewhere else now."

"Mr. President, you're needed in the situation room."

",What an I looking at, Chairman Lane?"

"Mr. President, this is satellite imagery from 15 minutes ago."

"WereW worried about people walking through a jungle?"

"They're not people, they're apes. We believe this dead one on the mountain top was a sentry.

"For what?"

"Our satrllite has trouble piercing several locations. But according to our best Intel... Gorilla City. We think this is a beginning of a coup, Mr. President."

Gorilla City

Solovar and his son was sleeping until Grodd called the child through telepathy.

"Child. Come to me. Quietly, and then we will wake your father."

Situation Room

"We presume, based on Solovar's appearance with Ra's Al Ghul at the Atlantis talks, that they are working together out of Gorilla City. We understand there is a cease-fire and a diplomatic solution, but..."

"Can we get a warning to them?"

"Possibly. But do you really want to? This is our chance to take a threat to America and the entire world off the board. And all we have to do is nothing. Do you really want to sound the alarm for a man who murdered thousands? A man who kidnapped your children?"

"(Sigh) No I don't. Monitor the situation."

A few minutes later...

"What was that about?" Asked Dinah.

"Nothing. False alarm."

"They called you to the situation room for a false alarm?" Ollie asked.

"Don't worry about it. Where are the kids?"

"Saving the out on the lawn," said Dinah.

"Look at them. Those kids grow up to be heroes one day."

"No."

"Jefferson?" Dinah was concerned.

"I don't want them to... They shouldn't have to be heroes. They're children. It's our job to protect them, give them opportunities. They should not bear the same burden as we do or deal with mistakes. We have to be better. They shouldn't be punished for our incompetence. We do the work, the dirty work, the hard work. We act like adults. We make a world they don't have to save."