Chapter 10

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Captain Cold was irritated that he played such a minor role. He was the leader of the Rogues, a respected villain, and a fearless combatant. He ran the Rogues far before he accepted the offer to induct them into the organization. He had created and led the most coordinated team of villains to exist. Yet Professor Zoom, in an outrageous move, belittled him by appointing the Top to be initiated into the Rogues without his approval. He realized that the Top was the perfect choice to become a Rogue but he still should have been notified first. His team had just recruited a promising lord of the ocean to become the Legion of Doom's Elite members. How did they achieve such a high goal? The reason was because they were respected for what they could do as a team. He realized that Professor Zoom always utilized the Rogues as tools for his own purposes. He would plan to overthrow his leadership. It would take months but he could start a rebellion amongst the organization. He had a new agenda starting now.

The first meeting between the Legion of Doom's Elite members was about to take place. "Thank you all for showing up in such short notice, especially Ocean Master." said Grodd. Doctor Sivana commented "It was mandatory rather than a courtesy so there is no need to thank us. The only ones online are Calculator and Ocean Master. Everyone else is physically here." Grodd smiled and said "Moving on, Vandal Savage and his team have done an admirable job recruiting Atomic Skull, Bizarro, Bloodsport, Brick, Count Vertigo, Doctor Light, Doctor Polaris, Evil Star, Gambler, Goldface, Hector Hammond, Hellgrammite, Icicle, Javelin, Kryptonite Man, Livewire, Major Disaster, Major Force, Metallo, Neutron, Parasite, Prankster, Puppeteer, Silver Banshee, Sinestro, Sonar, Sportsmaster, Star Sapphire, Tattooed Man, and Toyman. Splendid work, my friend." "I would like to hear our numbers before making any decisions." commented Vandal Savage. Grodd said "Ocean Master had given me a report before the meeting started. He has recruited Charybdis, Devil Ray, Eel, Fisherman, Human Flying Fish, Marine Marauder, and the Shark. Officially, there are ninety-two members of the society. Of course, this is only the initial response."

Doctor Psycho said "If I may, I suggest that we break out the Cadre from Stryker's Island Penitentiary. They're small-time villains working as a unit that have potential. There are also several other prospects." Calculator said "I agree. Currently, those future recruits in the prison are Amos Fortune, Dr. Destiny, Lady Lunar, Nightfall, Puzzler, Rampage, Queen Bee, Ultra-Humanite, and Volcana." Doctor Sivana asked "How about the Extremists? They're a great team to manipulate and use. Isn't Lex Luthor also there too?" Vandal Savage said "The problem with the Extremists is that those fellows cannot be controlled. Unlike the Cadre, these people have their own twisted agenda. They're unprofess-" Grodd interrupted "In all due respect, you have not seen what they can do. Their methods are unordinary but they finish the job. As repelling as it may seem, they are not amateurs. I believe we should take a vote on this. I vote Yay."

Ocean Master then expressed his opinion. "Agreed. I vote Yay because I've also heard that each member of the team is a powerhouse, in their own right." Calculator argued "Look, I agree that the Extremists would be a useful bunch. I'm just unsure of how they'd fit in. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and vote Yay." Vandal Savage suddenly said "I've already explained my position. I vote Nay." Doctor Sivana stated "I'm voting Yay. Though they don't have much potential, they have experience." Grodd interrupted and said "That is 4 to 1, Vandal. A majority, already. We're recruiting the Extremists after we bust them all out. I think we can all agree that Lex Luthor should not be in our society until his sanity returns. Am I correct?" Everyone shook their heads because the genius's antics with Braniac had not gone unnoticed. Grodd then said "My picks for busting the villains out are Bizarro, Cyborgirl, Doctor Light, Doctor Polaris, Giganta, Kryptonite Man, Major Force, Mr. Freeze, and the Penguin. Any objections?" Everybody else shook their heads. Doctor Sivana laughed. "The teleporters are ready, personally created by me. I've created hundreds of trigger devices that will open a portal back to our headquarters. T.O. Morrow's design was so outdated. What about that other organization?" Grodd smiled "They will be working with our society. They're very resourceful and not to be underestimated. Calculator, call up all the people I mentioned to alert them of our plans. Then, you'll tap in to Stryker's Island's security cameras to monitor their success. Doctor Sivana, you're going to have them teleported here. Afterwards, you'll teleport them close to Stryker's Island. You'll also be in charge of teleporting them back. Doctor Psycho, brief all of them on the mission, then choose one of them to be in charge. This meeting is adjourned."

Hourman knew he was facing some serious killers here. He injected Miraclo via a button on the wrist of his gauntlet. He grunted through his teeth as it worked through his system. He watched as Bane leapt from a building to face him. Bane turned on his wrist device so that the Venom would start pumping. Hourman cracked his neck but Bane followed suit. As they both squared off against each other, Bane threw a punch at his stomach. He then gripped Hourman's face, raised his knee, and threw the man's face into Bane's knee. Hourman stumbled back and threw a punch at Bane's face but he grasped his arm and threw him into another building. Hourman broke through the windows and onto the office floor. His vision was blurry and his entire body ached. He wouldn't last much longer if Bane kept beating him like this. He stood up as he saw Bane leaping through the broken windows. "Now it's my turn." muttered Hourman. He deflected a punch from the villain and kicked him in the stomach. As Bane staggered back, Hourman threw a punch into his face, three punches into the stomach, then an uppercut. Bane, barely conscious, threw a punch at his face, drawing blood. He then clutched his face and smashed the villain's head into a wall. Unconscious, Bane's knees buckled and he fell to the floor. Hourman nearly collapsed to the floor himself. Tired and worn out, he felt like he had been fighting for his life. Suddenly, he found himself looking at Black Spider as he was kicked in the face.

Meanwhile, Dr. Light found herself a female assassin named Prudence shooting at her with two automatic revolvers. She instantly phased through the bullets. After phasing through them, she created a shield, then blasted at Prudence twice from behind the shield into unconsciousness. She yelled 'Ittai nani ga!" Suddenly a knife embedded itself into the edge of her shield. She looked around. She couldn't identify the bladethrower. Suddenly an explosive knife nearly took her face off if she hadn't moved behind the shield. She saw a strange-looking assassin and blasted at him. The killer did a back flip, evading the intital blast, and threw several knives at Dr. Light. The hero barely had time to phase through them before she lost concentration and screamed. Her shield construct was gone and she fell to the ground. Her mind felt like it would explode. "They call me Feedback." said several normal-looking men with a gun. All of them looked exactly the same. Brutale also got closer with several different shapes of knives.

Ice was fighting for her life. When she had gone to find a villain, she had found a weird man wearing pink with a lovely motorcycle. She was about to freeze him with her abilities only for a chain whip to entangle her arm, pulling her forward to the man. "What a lovely young lady! I'll enjoy eating your face." said Flamingo. She froze the entire whip, the motorcycle, and Flamingo with it. She then tried to untangle the whip from her arm. She heard a strange noise behind her. As she turned to look, Copperhead suddenly leapt at her, trying to choking her to death. She struggled against his grip because he was a contortionist. As he was about to bite her, she froze him. She then created an icy forcefield quickly. One second later, a rocket exploded, dispersing all the ice. A bullet nearly killed her if she had not sent forward tons of ice to freeze Gunhawk and Gunbunny. She found himself looking at a young man in a suit of armor. As she was about to freeze him, the man blast her all the way across the room. "Deadline." said the man as she struggled to rise.

Vibe suddenly threw a villain named Discord into the wall with his sonic waves. He was suddenly punched in the face. He fell to the ground from a legsweep. Then, someone put their foot on his chest. "Slingshot." answered the villain. He put a gun to his head and was about to shoot Vibe in the head when he blasted him unconscious with the sonic waves. Suddenly, he saw snipers above him. Three of them, he blasted the bullets away but someone else blasted them first. Suddenly a rocket exploded only a few feet away from him, nearly knocking him unconscious. He attempted to stand up but suddenly fell to the ground from a kick from behind him. He looked around. Who the hell was it? Suddenly, he was shot several times in the stomach. It was the KGBeast.

Aboard the Justice League Watchtower, Superman had recovered from his breakdown. J'onn had given him a counseling session. He had been told this was an one-time event. His stress had built up to a point of desperation years ago. Ever since he became Superman, he bore responsibility of countless lives but he had failed before. He knew total failure was his greatest fear. He had nearly failed thousands of times leading to the breaking point today when he nearly did so again. He knew it was out of his usual confident character but that was simply an image to those around him. He was human enough to have such fears.

"So what's going on right now?" asked Superman. J'onn answered "Aztek, Green Lantern, and Vigilante were investigating the facility's disappearance. Online documents state that it never existed. The team called for backup but we had nobody available. I tried to check in with them but they never replied. I personally believe they have been captured. We are calmly resolving the situation by attempting to track the comlink and go to that location. Unfortunately, the perpetrators were intelligent enough to cause them to go offline. Mr. Terrific is doing the best he can to track them." Superman asked "Why wasn't their backup?" J'onn said "I sent the remaining members to Batman. Based on news reports, tens of Gotham assassins are attempting to kill Batman for unknown reasons. The Justice League is facing off with them but it is difficult due to their superior numbers. Now, several other League members got back a little while ago from that mission to take on the Fire-Trolls and work out something with the Lava Lord. But Aztek, Green Lantern, and Vigilante were not heard from again. Shayera is in the training room by herself. Diana is in the kitchen, chatting with others." Superman suddenly noticed a new alert on the board "Look, Stryker's Island is being broken into. Let's go right now." J'onn spoke through the microphone. "All available Justice Leaguers head to the teleporters now!"

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