Author's notes: If there are New 52 comics readers among you, you might recognize some elements in Batman's debriefing and our mystery characters. Also, the connection to Hereafter is coming. That scene that ties these two stories together.

And yes, I know. That is a lame title.

What's Coming?

Justice League Watchtower,

22 300 miles above the Earth's orbit

''Thank you all for coming.''

Batman had called out every Justice League member to an emergency meeting about what had happened in Gotham City at Wayne Tower. Every member Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Cyborg, Aquaman and magical liaison Zatanna were there, with the newest add-ins Firestorm, Element Woman and the Atom. Only ones who weren't there were the Green Lanterns, who were all off planet. The core members were sitting in a large round table with holographic projectors in the middle.

''As I told you in the dossiers sent to you, the incident at Wayne Tower needs to be taken as a serious threat,'' Batman said bringing holographic image of the Death Eater's remains over the table. ''After Gotham's Zero Year in '97, scouting teams of these people were sent in Gotham by a man named Tom Riddle-''

''Also known as Lord Voldemort,'' Superman said cutting Batman's narration. '' Yes, I know who that is and those foot soldiers are called Death Eaters. Voldemort was killed in '98 by the Spectre and Doctor Fate. Death Eaters went underground after that.''

''Until this one tried attack Bruce Wayne,'' Batman said taking his presentation back. ''Not to mention someone had attempted to upgrade it by gene splicing.''

''Splicing?'' the Flash said surprised. ''What kind of splicing?''

''After this Death Eater was taken to GCPD Morgue, the autopsy revealed that he had been through an operation to have his blood mixed with a serum used by Mr. Freeze to put his wife in suspended animation,'' Batman continued focusing the holograms to show chemical pattern of the serum and something that looked like tooth filling. ''This Death Eater was one of those that I took out years ago and threw to Blackgate Prison. During their captivity they were given psychological evaluations and transferred to Arkham Asylum. And that is where I suspect they were taken to be spliced with the Talons.''

''Okay,'' the Flash said trying to sound like he understood what Batman was talking about. ''And what are Talons?''

''Beware the Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch, behind granite and lime,'' Zatanna said telling an old nursery rhyme. ''They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed, speak not a whispered word about them, or they'll send The Talon for your head. Everyone who has grown up in Gotham know that.''

''Thank you,'' Batman said glancing at her before moving on and brought a hologram of a Talon next to the Death Eater. ''The Court of Owls was an Illuminati in Gotham. Secret and old organization that predates the Death Eater's cult with a century or more. The Talons are assassins made immortal with the serum I mentioned earlier, but was some years ago perfected by Mr. Freeze. The Death Eater that attacked Bruce Wayne was augmented with the Talons's fighting abilities and pain durability. Only thing it lacked was the ability to survive it's fall.''

''That would conclude that 's version of the serum wasn't used in creating this hybrid,'' Cyborg said concluding from this fact.

''Okay, sorry if I was slow,'' the Flash said before getting up and ran around the table looking and learning about the holograms. ''Up to speed, so if someone was trying to splice the abilities of these two as one, what was this one at first and what was it turned into?''

''The first Death Eaters that came to Gotham were practically harmless without their magic wands,'' Batman answered focusing the differences and similarities of the Death Eater and the Talon. ''Someone has attempted to fix this flaw by augmenting them with the Talon's capabilities. Since Riddle is dead, it is vital finding out who made this hybrid, why and if there are more of them.''

''I know the people who fought Voldemort in '98,'' Superman said. ''Have you considered what they could know about the hybrids?''

''Enlighten me about those people you know first,'' Batman said, but it could be heard under his voice that he was demanding Superman to tell him.

After Superman had told about his side of Batman's and Zatanna's adventure in London's Ministry of Magic, it was agreed that he would go to inform/confront the Ministry's people about the Death Eaters while the rest of the League stood by and waited for the results in the Watchtower.

London, Britain

''Six, two, four, four, two,'' Clark Kent dialed to the phone in the red phone booth and waited for the female voice to ask him the questions.

''Oy! Mate! Hold 'at phone booth!''

Before the voice could ask Clark the questions, a blond man in bleached trench coat, white shirt and a dark red tie forced his way into the phone booth with Clark and grabbed the phone just as Clark's hearing could hear the voice beginning it's inquiry.

''Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state you name and business.''

''John Constantine, the bloody bringer Job Mail that your security force has to hear out and,'' the blond man turned to give Clark the phone, before noticing the Daily Planet PRESS-pass in his jacket, ''a Clark Kent, some reporter by the looks of it. That whot you are, 'ight?''

''Yes,'' Clark said annoyed by the blond man and reached to talk to the phone. ''I'm here to meet Harry Potter, the Head of the Auror Office.''

''Thank you,'' the female voice said in the other end. ''Please take your name tag and put it on your robes.''

Two name tag came out of the coin slot as the booth begun to descend underground. Looking at his name tag saying Clark Kent, Journalist, Clark shook his head. He was supposed to have come here incognito and or maybe as Superman, but not as himself to throw his identity out like this. And that was all thanks to this-

''Bloody mailman!'' Constantine said reading his tag, which said John Constantine, Mailman. ''This is bonkers! Do I even look like a bloody mailman? Borrow me a pen.''

Clark didn't know what to think about this man. Last time he had been in Britain, Clark had been mostly surrounded by Harry, Ron and Hermione and none of them or anyone they knew used this kind of language or behaved this annoyingly. Constantine's attitude showed another side of itself when Clark handed him a pen and saw him change Mailman to Exorcist.

''Thanks, mate,'' Constantine said returning the pen back to Clark and put his name tag on his coat as the voice from the phone continued:

''Visitors of Ministry of Magic, you are required to present your wands to be registered at the security desk, located in at the back of the atrium.''

''Sorry, luv, don't use those,'' Constantine said as the elevator doors opened to the Atrium. ''Makes me look like a wanker.''

SWOOSH!

Finally getting out of the elevator, Clark speeded out and away from Constantine and the wand registration people. Using his speed Clark moved from one hiding place to another and to the map that showed where every Ministry workers's office was.

''Bingo!'' Clark said noticing the spot in the map that said ''Head of the Auror Office''.

Harry Potter sat in his office reviewing some paperwork. It had been unpleasantly calm for some time that wanting action seemed selfish for someone who had lived through too much of it in his school years.

KLOP! KLOP! KLOP!

The sound of knocking in his office's window made the Head Auror turn around and see a man floating outside over the chasm on the other side.

''Hey, nice office,'' floating Clark Kent said greeting Harry. ''Mind letting me in before someone sees me?''

''Sure,'' Harry said confused at Clark's sudden appearance and let him in. ''What's with the sudden visiting?''

''I thought you'd know,'' Clark said showing Harry a muggle newspaper of Daily Planet with a picture of a well dressed man. ''Your office is supposed to know when some thing like this happened.''

Harry took the newspaper and read the front page headline:

''Bruce Wayne's survival in free fall assault,'' Harry read from the title before moving on to the article. ''The billionaire CEO of Wayne Enterprises has had some many life threatening events from crooked business partners to jealous ex-girlfriends, but now he has had his closest near death experience. At 5 pm in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne had his first free fall experience without the use of a parachute or a bungee rope.''

''Okay, it focuses more on Wayne,'' Clark said noticing Harry's uninterest in the article, ''but short version is, Bruce Wayne was assaulted in his office at Wayne Tower and thrown out of it's windows by a Death Eater. Wayne also survived narrowly dodging a Killing Curse.''

''Death Eater?'' Harry repeated surprised. ''Killing Curse? But we would know about that! If there was magic or unforgivable curses used, it would be reported to the local office of the Ministry.''

''That's what I thought too,'' Clark said taking the newspaper back, ''but there is more. Batman was also fighting them back in '97 when we fought Voldemort and knows about them. The Death Eater, that attacked Bruce Wayne, died falling with him. Wayne was narrowly saved by Wonder Woman. But when Batman conducted autopsy on that Death Eater, he found traces of gene splicing.''

Harry looked at Clark understanding what he was telling him was important, but the muggle terms about science made it difficult.

''Harry, someone tried to upgrade that Death Eater's capabilities by giving him fighting abilities and tolerance to pain similar to the Talons of the Court of Owls,'' Clark said telling Harry about things he had hard time to comprehend. ''That someone or someones are somewhere out there and attempting to combine magic and muggle science.''

''Okay, that I understood,'' Harry said. ''That would mean either a muggle has learnt about magic's existance and is using it for their gain or a wizard is abusing both magic and muggle science.''

''Justice League is expecting your office to cooperate with us,'' Clark said removing his glasses. ''We need to pool our efforts to find the person, or persons, doing it before their threat becomes worse. What do you say?''

In the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic, elderly man in a suit stepped out of the phone booth elevator and pushed his walking stick on his name tag. He didn't need it actually need it and no one would ever realize he was ever there.

''I have stepped into the Ministry, my dear,'' the old man said tapping his ear and begun to move. ''Are you in your position?''

''I am, and you can drop the 'kind grandfather' act,'' his female companion's voice answered in his ear. ''How much longer?''

''That brute should be there in five minutes, if we timed everything correctly,'' the old man said coming to the map of the Ministry. ''Once he get's there, make sure the Justice League has their hands full with him while I work on my end here.''

''I have sabotaged some of their wiring in their systems, so they won't know when the Czarnian arrives,'' the voice in his ear said. ''I'd feel bad for the Cyborg, but worse will be coming for him, so I don't see why I should.''

''Make sure that won't stand out once the Watchtower is destroyed,'' the old man said smacking his walking stick on the map where it said 'Department of Mysteries' and notice the blond man in bleached trench-coat moving towards the elevators. ''I'm moving for the box. And making sure the scapegoat will be there for the big bang.''

Author's notes: So this chapter was more of a filler with expositions. I know, boring right? Well, there should be more action in the next chapter, IF THERE WILL BE PEOPLE TO READ AND REVIEW IT!

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