The following morning, the group reconvened in the Batcave to finalize their plan to take down Zod and get everyone back where they belong.

"Ok, let's go over this one more time," Bart began, "I just want to make sure everybody knows their part."

Thomas acknowledged Bart's idea as he explained, "We'll all be equipped with comms to communicate with each other during the battle," he passed them around before continuing. "Kara will summon Zod to a location outside of the city to lessen the chance of innocent casualties. Once he arrives with his army, Barry and I will join and try to broker peace which we all know won't happen. After the fighting begins, Bart and Bruce'll enter the scene. From a distance, Haisley will control my drones to take out as many of Zod's soldiers as possible. The drones will fail at some point and she'll get in on the action. Barry, Bart, and Kara will use their collective speed to get Zod's crystal and destroy it. Understood?" he looked at each member of the team.

"Makes perfect sense to me," Haisley replied as the rest of the group nodded. She glanced at Kara, "I guess you're up," she added as she wished her new friend luck.

Kara disappeared leaving the others to wait for her signal to move to the next phase of the plan.

"Thomas and Barry, you're up!" Kara's voice came in through their comms.

Barry nodded as he grabbed Thomas and flashed him to the meeting location. Once they were gone, the others left the Batcave and got into their respective positions.

"Be careful," Bruce whispered to Haisley before he left her with her tablet and rooftop full of drones.

She gave him a playful wink, "You too, old man," causing him to roll his eyes.

The peace talks went as well as could be expected. Haisley waited until she saw Bruce and Bart enter the scene before she launched the drones. She used the single tablet to control the many tiny machines sending them smashing into Zod's soldiers while the others worked on the speed of the confusion plan.

Haisley kept an eye on the others while she was controlling the drones and things were not looking great down below.

Barry and Bart were running circles around Zod but each time one tried to make a move, he was able to thwart them.

Haisley was able to watch both the drones and her team until she noticed Bruce get a hold of Zod's power source. Her breath was caught in her chest as she watched the two men struggle for control of the item. Zod was much stronger than Bruce.

Zod turned his lightning cipher until the point was inches away from Bruce's chest causing her to look away and focus on her task. She couldn't afford to let them fail for her own selfishness.

She risked glancing down again after taking down another soldier just in time to see Kara intervene and separate Bruce and Zod allowing Haisley to take a deep breath.

Kara was able to wrestle the item away from Zod but it was dropped in the process causing a mad dash among all parties involved to grab it.

Haisley didn't notice that one of Zod's soldiers had found her position until he had her in the air with his hand wrapped around her throat.

"How dare you try and interfere with the great work of General Zod," the soldier chastized as he stepped forward until she was over the edge of the building. "Good luck, little bat," he mocked her as he let her go.

Haisley tried to use her grappling hook but it wouldn't launch. She inhaled sharply as she braced herself for impact with the ground below.

The crash never came, though. Instead, she found herself in Bruce's arms. He'd used his own grappling hook to get to her before anything bad could happen.

He lowered them both to the ground where he placed his hand gently on her cheek, even with all the chaos going on around them, "I thought I told you to be safe."

"I tried," she replied innocently. "Should we get back into it?" she asked with a playful wink before she got on her tiptoes and stole a kiss.

"We might as well," he responded as the couple jumped back into action, fighting hand to hand along with Thomas while Barry, Bart, and Kara used their speed to race for the lightning cipher.

"I've got it!" Barry yelled suddenly causing Bart to prepare to throw lightning at it while Kara and the others held back Zod and his minions.

"Hurry!" Haisley screamed out as she took a hit to the back of her knees dropping her to the ground, instantly. She was back up in less than a second continuing the battle as she hoped whatever the two Flashs were up to was going to work.

Bart threw a lightning bolt at Barry, more specifically the cipher causing it to shatter into a million pieces.

Kara flew into action and grasped the pieces speeding them across multiple different Earths while Zod crumbled under Thomas' latest strike.

The soldiers stopped their attacks once they saw their leader fall.

"I can't believe the plan worked," Bart stated as he and Barry moved to join Bruce, Haisley, and Thomas where they stood over Zod.

Bruce's lips curled into a cocky half grin, "A well-executed plan will never let you down even against the evilest villains."

Kara returned a few moments later ready to take Zod back to her Earth where he would face the judgment of his people. "Thank you for your help with him," she stated, gratefully.

"No, thank you for coming to help," Barry responded, "This entire thing is all my fault."

Thomas glanced at Barry, "We all make mistakes, kid. Don't beat yourself up too much. However, now that this is over, I can go back to being Bruce and you can bring these two back to their home," he gestured toward Bruce and Haisley.

Haisley smiled, "I'm happy to go back home. Thomas, you may want to look for a Batgirl for yourself. This crime-fighting lifestyle can get lonely," she added as she felt Bruce's arm wrap around her waist, pulling her close against his strong body.

"I prefer to work alone," Thomas stated, "However, I'll take your suggestion under advisement."

"Bart, you can get yourself home, right?" Barry began as he looked at his new group of friends that he would probably never see again.

Bart nodded as he waved to everyone before disappearing casing Kara to do the same, taking Zod and his remaining soldiers with her.

"Are you two ready to go?" Barry asked as he turned away from Thomas to face Bruce and Haisley.

The couple nodded as they waved to Thomas before Barry zoomed them back to their Earth. The room stopped spinning and they were back in their Batcave but Barry was nowhere to be seen.

"It's certainly good to be back," Bruce stated as he started taking off his suit, "I really never believed I'd see this place or you again after what Reverb did," he lamented.

Haisley followed his lead as she began removing her own suit and changing into her training sweats, "The past three months were the worst of my life. But, that's over now and you're back. However, I have a question for you?" she teased as she moved closer to him, wrapping her arms around him from behind. He was shirtless as he'd only been able to pull on his sweatpants. She loved the feel of his warm skin against her.

"What's your question, kid?" he replied as he pulled out of her grasp so he could turn around and face her, pulling her back into his embrace.

She placed a gentle kiss on his chest before she continued, "Are you sure retirement is what you want? Fighting crime alone for the past three months was pretty terrible. It's not that I can't handle it but I don't want to do it without you by side," she added while wearing an innocent expression, one she knew he found extremely adorable.

Bruce leaned down and took her lips with his own, the kiss laced with passion before he released her and stared into her blue eyes. "Retirement is something that I once wanted. But, after what we've been through over the past two days, I don't think it is anymore. I'm still Batman, babe."

His reply caused her to let out a squeal of excitement. "Now, that that's settled," she began before moving her lips to his ear so she could whisper, "Why don't you take me upstairs so we can get back to our regular training sessions."

Haisley's inquiry caused Bruce to let out a soft chuckle before he scooped her into his arms, bridal style, "There's nothing on this or any other Earth I'd rather do more."

The End