Here it is! The chapter most of you have been waiting for! Enjoy, my young padawans...

October 16

Addie P.O.V

"Attention: You have entered the boundaries of Earth space. Disengage all weapons and is your final warning," Green Lantern Gardner states at the alien spacecraft, Green Lantern: Jordan, and Batman by his side.

The ship's circular spot lights up as if it were charging, then, it shoots at both of the Lanterns.

I look over to Nash, who watches in horror as the beam cracks through their defenses, and they are disintegrated.

I grip his hand in comfort, but I can't tear my eyes away from the scene just outside of our atmosphere.

"Code red! Full offensive deploy!" Batman's voice says over the video.

We soon see Superman, Captain Marvel, Captain Atom, and Martian Manhunter appear on the screen, flying towards the ship.

The ship charges again and shoots, but the four disperse. Batman in his ship veer out of it's wake.

The Leaguers, however, didn't realize that the beams were not stationary.

It spread out in two directions. One plucked off Superman and Marvel, while the other took out Atom, and Martian Manhunter.

We see the ship Batman was operating get blown to scrap, but a small part of it had broken off with him inside of it.

'Was I just worried?' I ask myself.

Just as we all thought the Dark Knight had survived the ordeal alone, a scout ship comes from the mothership -along with countless others- and it decimates Batman.

The signal turns to snow, just as a separate holo-screen pops up,with Zatara's face on it.

"Tornado, did you-" He begins.

"Yes, Zatara, we saw. Celestial defenses have failed. Initiate all terrestrial measures," Red Tornado orders.

"Affirmative. See you in the field," Zatara states, the transmission ending.

"I must join the League. We will protect the planet at all costs. But should we fail, the responsibility falls to you," Red Tornado says, turning to face us.

"We stand ready," Kaldur says, placing on his game face.

"This is Iris West-Allen reporting live," A woman with green eyes, and bright red hair is on the screen. "The extraterrestrials have brought their relentless global attack to Central City."

I have to look away. I can't bear the thought of losing so many people...

"You should both be safe here. At least for now," I hear Zatara affirm.

"Thank you, Flash. And Zatara. Denny, you OK? As you can see, the Justice League is attempting to hold the line," She reports.

There are sounds of explosions, the screaming.

"Iris! Iris, get out of there! I'm sorry, we're experiencing technical difficulties from our Central City feed. We take you now to a devastated Taipei, where another League contingent is having a bit more luck. Ladies and gentlemen, we've lost Black Canary, Green Arrow, and the Hawks. Other heroes reported dead or missing include Batman, Ikonn, Atom, and Aquaman," I hear Cat Grant report.

Nash nudges my shoulder, and I see that the screen has shifted to Smallville, where I see Wonder Woman kicking some alien be-hind.

She uses her lasso to swing around a scout ship into a bunch more, making them explode on contact.

"Yeah! Show 'em what we Amazonians are made of Wonder Woman!" I cheer at the screen.

Everyone turns to give me a strange look.

"Excuse me if that's good news that she's destroying a few ships!" I defend.

"Wonder Woman, above you!" I hear Red Tornado shout.

I see her look up as a shadow is cast upon her.

Within seconds, we see her get disintegrated.

"No… NO! MOM! NO!" I scream at the screen.

Nash holds my arms to stop me from going out there and taking the aliens on one by one.

"Red Tornado to cave. I fear I am all that remains of the League-" His transmission gets cut off as he is… offlined.

"R.T!" Robin yells.

"We are Earth's heroes now," Kaldur states sadly after a brief moment of silence.

"So what are we waiting for, a theme song?" Conner asks, putting his game face on too.

"A strategy. Earth's weapons are ineffective. And it has been made tragically clear a direct attack will not succeed," Kaldur says going into battle mode.

"Checking satellite imagery. Here's where the aliens are now," Robin says, pulling up a large screen of the globe. Red dots representing the alien forces are everywhere.

"This these two get lost?" Conner asks pointing at two red dots. One in the Arctic, and the other one in the middle of the…

"That's Superman's fortress of solitude. The other one? I'm not-"

"Paradise Island," I inform, seeing no reason to hide it's location anymore. "But why they're there make no sense to me..."

"Themyscira?" Kaldur asks. "It's in the -"

"Superman has a fortress of solitude?" Conner asks in disbelief.

"Its power source must have attracted the aliens attention, at least enough to send a scout ship to investigate," Robin informs.

"Must be some fortress," Conner says turning to storm off to the Bioship.

"Connor…" M'gann tries to comfort.

"No, it's okay. I guess there's a lot about Superman I'll never know," Conner states quickly. "Uh, you know, now."

"We will target this lone ship," Kaldur issues.

"Yeah, break it down, build more, hit those ugly aliens with their own mojo!" Wally says.

"Martian and Kryptonian in the house," Artemis says, smacking Wally.

"Not that all aliens are automatically ugly!" He tries to defend.

'Does he still not know that they're together?' I wonder, wiping away my tears.

"Wait! Kaldur! Paradise Island! They need me to be there!" I say.

"Go. If you find a way to take down these ships, then call us immediately. Understood?" He asks.

"Yes," I say.

"I'm going with her," Nash states.

"Nash, boy's aren't allowed on Paradise Island," I say.

"Then I'll stay just off the shore line," He states. "I'm not letting you go out there alone."

"Fine," I reluctantly give in.

"We need to stop at my place first. Get my lantern. And...dad's…" He says. "My ring won't charge back up without it, and I have a feeling that this will take more than a few hours."

"Kaldur?" I ask for his opinion.

"Agreed. Get what you need. Then straight to Themyscira," He orders. "Move out!"

"We'll Zeta to my apartment, grab the lanterns; then get to the furthest Zeta in the U.S, closest to Paradise. Got it?" Nash asks.

"Let's move," I state walking over to the Zeta tubes.

"Recognized: Wonderbat- B-00; Kid Lantern- G-03."


As we arrive at Nash's apartment, we are required to hide from many alien scout ships.

We eventually make it to Nash's apartment building, and I can feel a sense of dread as he opens the door, and walks into Hal's room to grab his father's lantern.

He walks back out slowly, then walks into his room to get his lantern.

The lanterns' look almost exactly like the emblem on Nash's chest, but in 3-D, and they seem to have a pulse. That's the difference between Nash's lantern, and his fathers'.

Nash's lantern was glowing with willpower, while Hal's was… turned off, I believe would be the correct way of describing it.

I reach my hands out, offering to carry one.

He gives me a shocked, and saddened look, just before handing me his lantern, keeping Hal's close to his chest.

"We need to go, Nash," I say softly.

"I know…" He replies, walking out of the room, shutting the door behind him softly, as though he were going to disturb someone's sleep.

I place my hand on his cheek, making him look at me.

"We will Avenge him. All of them. I promise," I tell him.

"I just wish I could give them proper burials on Oa…" He says, looking back down.

"I understand," I say, taking his hand. "We must hurry, Nash."

He takes a deep breath, nods, then flies outside.


Miami, Florida

As soon as we arrive in the closest Zeta tube to Paradise Island, we are forced to make haste.

The Zeta tube we had arrived in was blown to smithereens as soon as we exited from it.

"Addie! You go! I'll keep out watch!" Nash says from beside me.

"Nash!" I yell.

"The Amazons don't need me, Addie. They need you more! You are their princess after all," He smiles.

"They won't follow us all the way out here is one of their ships is already there," I say. "We shouldn't see much action until we get there."

"Right," Nash says, flying up next to me. "Addie… I know that this is probably the worst timing, but you need to know this before something bad happens to me. I've been madly in-"

"I love you too," I interrupt.

He gives me a stunned expression.

"After what happened last week… What Zatara said… what you said… I-I just realized how much you did truly mean to me…"

"That's… huh… Well, my Uncle Kilo sure will be happy," Nash smiles.

We fly in silence over the ocean.


As we reach Paradise Island, I see that there is fire everywhere. The forest, the stadiums, the temples, everything.

"I'll stay off the Island," Nash says. "Put these in a tree or something."

He hands me the Lanterns'.

"Nash…" I say. "Are you sure?"

"Like I said last time, Princess," He says. "I've got your six."

I smile fondly at him.

"Great Hera, I love you," I say, pecking his cheek.

"Guardians of the Universe, I can't tell you how much you mean to me right now, Adeline," He says, taking me by the back of the neck and placing a chaste kiss on my forehead.

I take off soon after, placing the lantern's on a branch in a nearby tree.

After accomplishing this, I fly into the heart of Paradise, only to find it in ruins.

"No…" I whisper in shock.

Troya...Hippolyta… my auntie, and grandmother… gone… Everyone, just… gone

"Adeline…" I hear a hoarse whisper escape my grandmother's lips.

"Grandmama!" I shout, falling beside her. "I'm here."

"H-He's… very han-handsome...indeed…" She says.

"Nash? Are you talking about Nash?" I ask, tears streaking down my face.

"Ye-yes… my small love… but a darkness l-lurks within…" She prophesizes. "He wishes th-the best… bu-but he would bring the wo-worst to… to love you…"

"Grandmama…" I whisper. "I swear… I will avenge the Amazons. These aliens will not live to see the next chariot of Apollon cross the sky."

"A-As long as you keep your faith high… may the guidance of Hermes… be ever with you…" My grandmother whispers.

I see her last breath escape her lips.

"...No…" I cry.

A shadow is cast over me.

I look up, and see the alien ship that has killed my family.

"...YOU…" I growl. "You. Are. MINE."

I fly at the ship with full force. Swinging my lasso around it, throwing columns at its underside, slamming it into as many things as possible, until I run out of steam to keep me going.

I fall against a broken column, looking straight into the beam of the ship.

'I accept my fate, Hades of the Underworld,' I pray.

"In blackest day, in brightest night, beware your fears made into light. Let those who try to stop what's right, burn like my power Sinestro's might!" I hear Nash yell.

I open my eyes, and I see that Nash didn't just grab his lantern from his room.

He took Sinestro's Yellow Lantern ring as well.

"...Nash...no… don't give in…" I pant.

"I'm sorry, Addie," He says, his usually green...everything now an eerie yellow.. "But I'm not as strong as my dad was. This is the only way I can protect you!"

The ship turns on Nash, seeing him as the bigger threat.

"NASH LOOK OUT!" I scream as the ship starts shooting at him.

Nash begins to block the shots with the fear ring.

He throws things at the ship. They seem like some form of alien blasts, and objects, but I can't tell.

But I can tell when Nash screams, that he's gone too.

'I love you Nash… I love you so much Richard, and Jason… Haneul, I suppose you could be a lot worse... ' I stare into the center of the blaster about to shoot at me. 'Merciful Minerva, guide me.'


"You're all alive!" M'gann yells.

"What happened in there?" I hear Batman ask.

I open my eyes to see everyone in the cave.

In our Civvies.

...Alive...

"The exercise, it all went wrong," Martian Manhunter says, holding his head.

"Exercise?"

"Try to remember. What you experienced was a training exercise. Manhunter psychically linked the six of you within an artificial reality. You all knew this going in. What you didn't know was that it was a train for failure exercise. No matter what the team accomplished, the scenario was designed to grow worse. Still, you were aware nothing was real, including the deaths of the entire Justice League," Batman explains.

"That is why you hardly grieved even when Wolf was disintegrated before your eyes. But all that changed when Artemis died. Though consciously Miss Martian knew it was not real, her subconscious mind could not make that distinction. She forgot it was only an exercise and her subconscious took control, making all of you forget, too," Martian explains.

"I-I'm so sorry," M'gann says, beginning to cry.

"This isn't her fault! Why didn't you stop the exercise?" Conner defends, rubbing Wolf.

"We tried. But M'gann had a death grip on the scenario. Even Artemis, who should have awakened upon her death, was so convinced she had passed she slipped into a coma. I realized I would have to rest control from Miss Martian's subconscious from within. But upon entering the reality, I was overwhelmed by your collective emotion. There was too much noise to think clearly, to remember why I was there. The deaths of Aqualad and Superboy helped. But only when the mothership exploded and Robin and Kid Flash were silenced did my mind clear enough to remember my true purpose- to shock M'gann out of the exercise before your comas became permanent. My apologies. I had no idea a training exercise could be so dangerous. So damaging." Martian Manhunter explains.

We all move to comfort M'gann, but she falls into Captain Marvel's arms first.

I hold her around Marvel's arms, and I try soothing her.

"Shhhh…" I whisper. " M'gann, it's okay… we're okay… you're okay… We don't blame you. Not even for a second…"

She doesn't answer.

She just cries into Marvel's arms.

'She's not going to be left alone,' I decided. 'Not tonight.'


"Addie," Nash's voice calls to me as I wait for M'gann. "I...I didn't want you to see that part of me…"

'He means the part where he turned from willpower to fear…' I think.

"I won't tell anyone…" I say, not looking at him.

"I don't care who you tell, Addie…" He says. "I just need to know if you're okay."

"No…" I say. "I watched everyone die, Nash. I'm not okay."

"I-I...I'm not sure what to say…" He admits.

"How about 'I'll never pull something that stupid ever again'? Or, 'I'm such an Idion'? Or, how about telling me that you'll never put that stupid ring on again!" I give him options.

"Will an 'I'm sorry ' suffice?" He asks, turning me around to face him.

"For now...I suppose…" I say, falling into his arms. "Don't you ever die for me again. You hear?"

I feel him chuckle, then kiss the top of my head.

"I can't promise that, Princess…" He states lovingly, wrapping his arms around me.

"You better," I say, wrapping my arms around him too. "Or next time, I'm gonna bring you back from the dead and kill you again."

"Guardians, do I love you," He murmurs into my hair after a moment.


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.L: Yes. Yes I do. But I feel like if Batman and WW were to get together, it wouldn't be because he asked he out, or confessed his love or some crap. I feel like it would be WW that would make him ask he out, but he wouldn't realize that's that she did until she walked away. Lol

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