Barbara walked into the room containing the auxiliary mainframe of the Bat Computer. She moved to the control panel at the centre of the room, placing her hand on the biometric scanner. The room lit up blue as several touch screen interfaces throughout the room came online. She moved to the primary one, pressing a few controls.
"Please present voice print for authentication." Came a mechanical voice.
"Barbara Gordon." Barbara said "Authorisation: Bird of Prey."
"Voice authorisation accepted." The mechanical voice said "Welcome, Miss Gordon."
Barbara pressed several commands on the screen, before a pedestal came out of the floor. After a moment, it opened, revealing a metal box. Barbara picked it up, looking inside to find a metal bangle with a glowing blue rock set into it around the object. As she picked it up, the image of Bruce came up on the monitor.
"Emergency protocol one. Subject: Clark Kent. Known aliases: Superman, Kal-El." Bruce began the presentation with "Clark is arguably the most Human of the League. However, this perception makes it easy to forget he is possibly the most powerful man on the planet. After much research, I managed to find a variation on Kryptonite that only dulls his abilities, with greater efficacy than a red solar projector. Without them, dealing with Superman becomes as easy as dealing with a street brawler. If this option fails, emergency protocol one A is to be enacted. Green Kryptonite will potentially kill Superman, which is why it's use to restrain him until Gold Kryptonite can be used to remove his abilities. Permanently."
Barbara looked at the screen, pressing another control. Once again, Bruce came up on the monitor with another pedestal rising from the floor, as Bruce came up on the monitor once again.
"Emergency protocol two. Subject: Diana of Themiscyra. Known aliases: Wonder Woman, Diana Prince." Bruce began once more "Diana is as deadly as she is beautiful. Her abilities, coupled with her fierce determination, makes her an enemy who may even be able to defeat Superman. However, this determination could be her downfall. A specially modified version of Jonathan Crane's fear toxin is in this gas grenade, which will cause her to hallucinate an enemy that is a perfect match for her. It will last until she is rendered unconscious. Caution should be taken to ensure she is not a threat to those around her when this protocol is used."
"Bruce, what are you thinking..." Barbara said to herself as she turned and walked out "Shut down mainframe access. Authorisation: Bird of Prey."
The room darkened back to it's initial red lighting as she moved to the door. As she got into the main chamber, the batwing came flying in, Bruce exiting the craft as it landed.
"Did you get it?" Bruce asked, his cape retracting into the back plate of his suit as he moved down the steps, before noting the container in her hands "Thank you."
"Don't mention it." Barbara said, handing him the container "Why do you have plans for beating the Justice League?"
"You can never be too prepared. I began working on Clark's when Superman first appeared, and went from there." He replied "After the Power Girl incident, and today's events, I think my actions are justified."
"I wonder if they'd feel that way." Barbara pondered, Bruce glowering in response "Relax, I'm not going to tell them. Can you quit the whole Bat glare please?"
"Sorry." Bruce said, moving back to the batwing as he pressed two fingers to his ear "Batman to Justice League. Begin the operation. I want Superman and the Kryptonians in Metropolis within the hour. Get me Commissioner Gordon on the line."
...
Lois slowly backed into the corner of the alleyway in Metropolis. Overhead, a number of figures were flying. She'd had Jimmy hide but, simply put, to do so herself wasn't in her nature. She was the girl who'd gone out to explore the various military bases her Father had been assigned to in her childhood.
Right now, however, she regretted it, as the red haired Kryptonian woman advanced on her, her eyes glowing red.
"I am Astra, loyal follower of General Zod." The woman said "I wish to see what I am capable of here, and you will help me."
The woman's eyes got brighter for a moment before she screamed in pain. Sticking out of her chest was a glowing green arrowhead. After a moment, a man in a green leather suit with a bow in hand descended from the rooftop above. He moved over to the woman's body, pulling the arrow out.
"Kryptonite arrow. A literal Green Arrow." He quipped "Are you alright, Miss Lane?"
"You killed her..." Lois replied "Why would you do that?"
"Sucker for a damsel in distress." He quipped again, pausing "Fine, Batman sent me."
"Bruce?" She asked "Did he say anything about Clark?"
"Who's Clark?" The man asked, before his eyes widened "Wait, Bruce? Wayne? Seriously? That's tall, dark and brooding?"
"...I didn't say that." Lois said, before pointing behind Green Arrow "Behind you!"
He turned round, ducking and rolling just in time to avoid a punch thrown by a large behemoth of a man. The man groaned in pain, eying up the arrow before his eyes glowed red, the green arrowhead shattering into several charred pieces.
"Got another one of those?" Lois asked.
"Nope, one shot wonder." He replied "Miss Lane, I suggest you run."
Lois began to object before a figure descended from the roof, wearing a black bodysuit, a glowing red bird on his chest. He pulled a pair of sticks from his back, striking the large man over and over again.
"I've got it from here, Ollie." He said with a grin, the large man swinging and hitting him flying into a wall "Okay, that one hurt... He's tough even without super powers..."
"Nightwing, heads up!" Green Arrow said, firing an arrow with three prongs on it, each sparking with electricity, embedding itself in the large man and shocking him, taking him to the floor "Two down."
"Only half a dozen more to go... And Batman's the only other person with Kryptonite weapons." Nightwing said "You must be Lois. Nightwing, I'm a friend of Batman's."
"He has friends?" She quipped, Nightwing stifling a laugh "Wow, you've got a sense of humour. You sure you know him?"
Nightwing grinned before putting two fingers to his ear.
"Yeah, I've got Lois. She's fine." He said "I'll have Ollie take her to the secure bunker."
"Secure bunker?" Lois asked "What's that?"
"Something for code red situations." Green Arrow said "You know the situation?"
"Not to be discussed in front of her." Nightwing said, nodding at Lois "Sorry."
"So Clark's involved?" She asked, cocking an eyebrow as she folded her arms over her chest "What's happened to him?"
"He's rogue." Nightwing replied "Batman has a plan, and that's all I can say. Don't know who's listening."
Before Lois could question him further, Nightwing pulled a grapnel from his belt, firing it and propelling himself to the rooftop above. Lois looked at Green Arrow.
"Come on." He said "Let's get you off the streets."
...
Bruce flew over Metropolis in the Batwing. He had a plan, but it would need some work. He pressed the control on his console to put it in hover mode, before ejecting out of the jet. He glided to the Metropolis PD building below, Lieutenant Turpin waiting on the roof for him.
"Gordon called." Turpin said "Said to co-operate anyway we can with you. After Parasite and Joker last year, I figure we might as well."
"Thanks." Batman said, moving over to a floodlight "May I?"
"Be my guest." Turpin said, Bruce editing the angle of the light before powering it on "I see what you did there..."
The light beam went up into the sky, hitting the Batwing and creating a silhouette in the sky of a bat.
"Now what?" Turpin asked.
"Now we wait." Bruce growled.
"For what?" Turpin said.
"Superman." Bruce said coolly.
...
Clark flew over Metropolis. He could see the bait; Bruce had left his jet parked exactly where he needed to in order to create a bat signal. He was calling Clark his way. Bruce had always been reckless, but Clark had never realised he was stupid too.
As he neared the Metropolis PD building, a wall of green line separated Clark from the Kryptonians behind him. Clark looked up, Kyle hovering above him, projecting a forcefield, all around the Kryptonians.
"Sorry, Kyle." Clark said, his eyes glowing red "But I have my orders."
"And I have mine." Kyle replied, pressing two fingers to his ear "J'onn, now!"
Clark looked around for a moment, before J'onn flew into him at high speeds, taking Clark to the rooftop of the Metropolis PD building, before speeding off, phasing through the forcefield.
"Superman!" Clark heard yelled, looking up to see Bruce stood there, the bat emblem on his chest glowing red, his cape retracted into his back plate and a black mouthpiece over the bottom half of his face "Surrender, let us help you!"
"I don't need your help, Batman."Clark said with a smirk, firing a blast of heat vision at Bruce's chest, destroying the red solar generator "Whoops, I broke your toy."
"Break this one." Bruce said, dropping a smoke bomb, Clark speeding through it to be greeted by a blue glow, Bruce's armour in it's standard configuration "Blue Kryptonite. Disables a Kryptonians powers. With this, you're just a man."
Bruce slapped a metal bangle on Clark's wrist, a mechanical lock being heard clicking into place. As it did, Clark swung for Bruce, who caught his attack, grabbing Clark's arm and throwing him across the rooftop.
"We've done this before!" Bruce said "You can't beat me without your powers!"
"I can try!" Clark said, picking himself up and charging at Bruce.
...
Diana grappled with a large Kryptonian man, hurling her through a building before flying after her. Above, Donna was waiting to smack the woman back down to Earth. As she did, there was a pair of red beams colliding above her, Kara and a brown haired Kryptonian woman both firing their heat vision at one another.
Below them, Cyborg was firing his sonic cannon to disorient one of the Kryptonians, while Dick charged the man, his chest emblem glowing red as he struck the man with his escrima sticks. As he did, a trio of Kryptonians were sucked into and pulled down by a red and yellow cyclone. After a moment, Barry and Jesse slowed to a stop, facing down the Kryptonians.
"Hit them hard, hit them fast." Barry said with a small smirk.
"Try to keep up." Jesse quipped back, speeding towards the Kryptonians, hitting them with a barrage of punches.
Jesse sped around the Kryptonians, hitting them in sequence. As she did, one lashed out, sending her flying into a wall, knocked out. Barry sped in, creating a vortex. As he did, he dropped an object he'd borrowed from Bruce; Kryptonite.
"Let's see how you like this without your powers." He said, speeding up, before slowing down and beginning to fight all three, hitting them faster than they could follow, knocking them out in quick succession "How's everyone else doing?"
In response to his question, the large Kryptonian was slammed into the ground by Diana, whilst the one Dick and Cyborg were working on got tossed on top by J'onn. Dick looked at Diana's opponent.
"Hopefully he stays down this time." He quipped "Me and Oliver kind of already fought him once..."
"He'll stay down." Donna assured him "We need to get Jesse out of here for medical attention."
As she spoke, a large dust cloud hit, the group looking over to see Kara being choked from behind by the woman she was battling. The woman looked up and smirked at the group.
"Surrender or she dies!" The woman yelled, Barry going to make a move "Are you fast enough to reach me before I can break her neck?"
Barry stood, frozen in place. The woman pressed a control on her wrist with one finger.
"This is Faora." She said "I've dealt with the problem and have Kara Zor-El. What should I do with her?"
"Execute her." Came the voice of a man "She has no further use for us."
"Very well." Faora said, moments before a large green object impacted her, separating her and Kara as Kyle descended, the large green refrigerator he'd created disappearing.
"Women and refrigerators don't mix." He quipped, before creating a large baseball bat "Batter up!"
The bat swung at Faora, sending her flying. As she landed, Diana's golden lasso was wrapped around her, holding her in place. Dick pressed two fingers to his ear.
"Bruce, we've dealt with them." He said "How're things going up there?"
...
"Superman's putting up a fight." Bruce replied, as Clark dashed him, taking him nearly to the edge of the building "I'm hitting the trigger."
He pressed a control on his belt. As he did, he removed the belt, throwing it on the floor before a wave of electricity firing out from it, taking both men to the floor and disabling the lit up sections of Bruce's suit. After a moment, they both stood up.
"Bruce?" Clark asked "What's going on? Where am I?"
"Metropolis." Bruce relied "Damn, this thing's heavy without the mechanical assisters. That heat blast you gave me hasn't helped."
"What?" Clark asked as Bruce picked his belt back up, pressing a control on it, the device on Clark's wrist detaching, Bruce taking it and putting it back in the compartment on his belt it had came from "Bruce, what happened?"
"Zod and BRAINIAC dosed you with a nano-tech solution, made you loyal to Zod. To be honest, I wasn't sure the EMP would destroy it." Bruce said pausing "But that gives me an idea to deal with BRAINIAC..."
"Which is?" Clark asked.
"It worked on his nanobots, if I can get close enough to his primary avatar," Bruce began "it might work on his program, allow Oracle to upload a virus to wipe him out."
"And then we can deal with Zod." Clark said "It's time to end this."
...
So, this is part two of three of this story arc. Next, Clark and Bruce will go toe to toe with Zod and BRAINIAC. R&R, please, no flames. B.