The New Adventures Of The Justice League
Chapter 7: LexCorp
Using the information Captain Marvel had given him it didn't take Batman long to not only retrieve the information that he needed but to also call an emergency meeting.
"This better be good," Hawkgirl grunted as she entered the meeting room and sat down.
"Why?" Flash asked as he zoomed in and took a seat next to the Martian Manhunter. "I mean, it's not like you actually have anything that you have to do. You live at the Watchtower for crying out loud."
Hawkgirl raised her mace threateningly. "Wallace West," she growled through gritted teeth.
"Calm down, Shayera," Green Lantern chided as he walked in, followed by Superman and Wonder Woman. "Killing Flash isn't going to accomplish anything."
"It'll make my life easier," Shayera countered.
"She does have a good point," Superman admitted much to Flash's dismay.
Batman cleared his throat and waited for everyone to turn their attention to him before continuing. "I believe I have located the general area of Cadmus. Using some information that Captain Marvel gave me I began looking into the deaths of several Americans in that area and I began to notice a pattern. Three scientists, all of whom were in the top of their field, were recently found dead."
"Then who is the fourth man?" Wonder Woman asked, inclining her head towards the screen where the pictures of four men were.
Batman scowled then said, "His name is Dudley H. Dudley. He's a former con artist who recently took a job as a janitor for the African branch of LexCorp. According to Captain Marvel he was the janitor for Cadmus and a friend of the good captain's."
"Well at least that explains how he knew about Cadmus," J'onn commented.
"But why didn't he just come out and say that?" John Stewart was puzzled.
Batman shrugged. "I honestly don't know," he admitted. "He might have thought that we would suspect him of working for Cadmus and setting a trap for us."
"Yeah, right," Flash snorted. "Like that would ever work."
"It might," Superman replied evenly. "It just depends on who they were trying to trick."
"Hey," Flash began.
"Getting back to topic," Batman interrupted. "I did some more investigating and LexCorp owns a warehouse in the same area as where the bodies were found. Granted it's owned through several shell corporations but you get the picture."
"LexCorp?" Superman straightened.
"Weren't you paying attention?" Hawkgirl demanded.
Superman just ignored her. "Lex Luthor is behind this," he muttered. "I should have known that it would be him."
Flash groaned and leaned back in his chair. "This is going to take a while isn't it?"
"You just had to bring up LexCorp didn't you?" John sighed heavily, glaring at Batman.
"Why is bringing up Lex Luthor bad?" Wonder Woman asked in a whisper.
"Because Lex Luthor and Superman are mortal enemies," Hawkgirl explained. "They hate each other."
"Oh," Wonder Woman nodded in understanding.
Superman was now pacing back and forth, muttering under his breath about how he was going to destroy Lex Luthor.
"Whenever he stops then we can head to Africa and start a real investigation into Cadmus," Batman said.
"Why don't we just load him into the plane and let him complain on the way there?" Flash suggested.
"Great idea," Hawkgirl leapt to her feet. "Dibs on piloting!" she flew out of the room at top speed.
"No fair," John stated as he followed her out of the room.
"How do we ever get anything done?" Batman sighed as he shook his head in dismay.
"Isn't Captain Marvel going to come with us?" Wonder Woman asked in confusion as she stood up.
Batman shrugged. "I don't know," he admitted. "He said he would show up if we needed him. So let's go and see if he shows up."
It didn't take long to convince Superman to get on the plane and it took even less time for them to arrive in Africa. Two hours later they landed in one of Africa's many desert areas, Superman leading them down the ramp and off the plane.
"Well we're here, Batman," Wonder Woman sighed. "What now?"
"According to my GPS the warehouse owned by LexCorp is less than four miles from here in that direction," Batman pointed straight ahead.
Superman frowned and used his super vision to scope out the surrounding land while Green Lantern created binoculars to do the same. "I can't see anything," Superman confessed. "If Lex Luthor is behind this then no doubt he used lead to camouflage the place."
"I could make out a wall," Green Lantern said. "And I thought I could see a building just beyond it but that was about it."
"Want me to do some recon?" Flash asked eagerly.
"No," Batman said. "I think we should stick together. Something tells me that we need to hurry so I'll need one of you to carry me."
They all stared at Batman in shock.
"What?" he said defensively. "It's the most logical way to get there faster."
"Okay," Wonder Woman said slowly as she picked up Batman and they took off.
The seven members of the Justice League were quiet as they flew/raced across the desert. Somehow, each of them knew that what they would find at their destination would change not only their lives but the world as they knew it, forever.
A/N: Sorry about how the chapter ended but I couldn't think of a better way to do so. Captain Marvel, Lex Luthor, Vandal Savage and Thaddeus Sivana will show up in the next chapter. I promise. Please read and let me know what you think!
