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"Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero"- Ethen Winters.
Logan placed his hands on her shoulders to calm her, but it wasn't easy because he was angry as well, so were Ethen and Jason, and their father.
"We are going to go and get our uncle back." Logan said. "But-" Superman started to say but Ethen interrupted him. "You might be the man of Steel and you might be the strongest hero and being on this planet, but-"
"Probably in the whole galaxy." Ryan added. Ethen glared at him and Ryan sank lower in to John's arms.
"But we need answers… This woman has lied to us our whole lives and she has betrayed the only man who truly loved her. You can't stop us…"
"He can stop us." Ryan said again. Ethen glared at him again. "Ryan…" Logan whispered and Ryan looked up at him and Logan shook his head. "Sorry." Ryan whispered.
"Let us help at least." Wonder Woman said standing up next to Superman. "I know what how they are feeling, Kal… Remember when my mother lied to me about how I was born…" Wonder Woman placed a hand on Superman's shoulder. Diana aka Wonder Woman found out that her mother Hippolyta didn't form her out of clay and the gods gave her life… Diana is the daughter of Zeus, King of the gods. He only gets in contact with her when he wants something from her, and he doesn't come himself he sends Hermes, her half-brother. And it took Diana a long time to forgive her mother for lying to her. Some of her siblings like Hercules and Hermes treat her like family. Diana was trained by her mother and then had further training with her other brother Ares, the god of war… But Diana had the Justice League who are also her friends, right behind her. It's thanks to them she got the courage to talk to her mother. And she found it in her heart to forgive her mother.
Raine watched her, her head tilted and then after a minute she turned to her father and said in a question, "Dad?" John nodded. "You won't interfere?" John asked Superman. "Unless you ask for help…" Superman replied.
"We're not use to being in the back seat." Flash said. "I want Batman." Raine said which caused everyone to gasp. "To fight with us." She added looking at the Dark Knight himself who nodded. "What about Ryan?" John asked.
"I'll take him back to the Watch Tower." Black Canary said. John nodded and placed Ryan in her awaiting arms. "Come back safe Daddy…" Ryan said. "I will buddy." John replied kissing his head gently. Raine did the same. "Love you Rai."
"Love you more." She replied. And then they were gone.
John walked in to the hospital with his children right behind him. "I'll go and check the security cameras." John said and went inside. Just as he left Batman landed right next Logan. People nearby gasped in shock and surprise. They don't normally see the Batman in broad daylight. Batman looked at the ground and saw blood. "Blood." He whispered causing the Winters siblings to swing around at attention.
Batman scanned the traces of blood and did a DNA scan on it. "The Identity of the blood sample came back as Unknown." Alfred said in his ear piece a few minutes later. "But it is not Ian Winter's blood." Alfred replied. "It's not your Uncles. It looks like he put up a fight."
Just then John came out. "They won't let me see the security footage." He growled. "Wait here." Batman walked right in to the hospital and the nurse at the front desk screamed. "Security footage, now." He ordered. The nurse nodded and got the security guard. "I told him, that he is not allowed to see the footage, even if he is a doctor."
"No, it's not Dr Winters…" The nurse said. "Who is it?" The security guard asked as he stepped in to the entrance and he skidded to a halt when he saw Batman. "The footage. Now." Batman repeated in a no joking tone… "Right away." The security guard said and he led Batman to security office. Batman downloaded the footage and left the hospital without a word.
When Batman left the hospital he heard the siblings and their father arguing. "No, no, no, no, not happening." Logan said.
"Why not?" Raine asked.
"I'm putting you in harm's way." Logan snapped. "How else are we going to get her to come out?" Ethen said.
"What is the plan?" Batman asked making everyone jump out of their skins. "Raine wants to be used as bait to bring our so called mother out… Which is stupid and Ethen agrees with her." Jason growled.
"That was after I suggested being the bait." John said.
"No." Batman said getting the grabble gun out.
"Wait a second Batman, it might work, how else will they get answers?" Superman said in his earpiece.
"No." Batman repeated.
"Why not?" Raine asked. He didn't want her to get hurt for reasons he didn't want to admit… "Fine, but at the first sign of danger Superman we step in, alright?" Batman wasn't in the mood to argue.
"We need to go to Metropolis. Lex Luthor…" Jason sighed in defeat. "We can't just stampede in to the building…" Ethen said.
"He is right, we have to plan this carefully. They might be expecting us to do just that." J'onn said through thought.
"I have a plan, I'm going to bug his home and office…" Batman said.
"How are you going to do that?" John asked. "I'll figure it out. But for now, let's go back to the Tower." With a sigh the Winters family followed the Dark knight back to the Watch Tower. They were greeted by Ryan, tackling Logan to the floor. "OOMPH! Ryan, we weren't gone that long." Logan groaned. Logan looked up at Batman as a thought came to him.
"Lex Luthor had offered me a positon in his company about two weeks ago… I was going to refuse him, but he persisted so I told him I would think about it. I could ring him and make an appointment with him… I could say that I just have some questions… Raine could come with me."
Batman nodded. "That might work. Ring him."
Logan did just that. "Lex Corp, Lorena speaking." a female voice answered. "Hi, my name is Logan Winters…" Logan said. "Ahh, yes, Mr Luthor has been expecting you to call. Would you like to make an appointment with him?" Lorena asked.
"Please, today if possible." Logan replied. "Just let me check his schedule… Is four o'clock alright with you?"
"Perfect I'll be there." Logan said and then with a good bye he hung up. "Okay, as Logan goes in, Superman you wait outside and when you see the woman… we strike." Batman said. Everyone nodded. "And we don't kill." Batman added.
"Luthor tried to kill her… Do you think that is a good idea, taking her with you?" Wonder Woman asked.
"He won't try anything in his own building." Batman said.
At four o'clock that afternoon. Superman, Raine, who decided not to go with Logan, and Ethen, Jason, Flash and Wonder Woman and John were waiting on the roof top of the next building while Logan went in. Batman disappeared as they landed back to earth from the Watch Tower. But fifteen minutes after Logan went in a limo stopped just outside the building and Bruce Wayne stepped out.
"What the?" Superman whispered. "What is he doing?" He asked himself.
"When Lex Luthor tried to persuade Logan to join Lex Corp, Bruce wasn't happy…" Jason didn't need to go on.
Just then Superman saw a woman behind the door of Lex Luthor's desk, it was Raine's mother. Superman turned to John who had special glasses on that helped him see through walls. "Is that her?" He asked. John nodded. "That's her."
"I am quite happy in Wayne Enterprises. Nothing you can say can change my mind, Mr Luthor, not matter how much you offer." Logan said when Lex Luthor finished talking about the position he was offering. Which was the boss in engineering.
"You are a happy in the basement of Wayne Enterprises?" Luthor asked raising his eyebrows.
"I like fixing things and making things, I need the space to work. And Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne are the best bosses I could ask for. And Wayne Enterprises actually cares for its employees…
"Logan, she is on the other side of the door behind Luthor." Superman warned him through the earpiece.
"And… I remember what you tried to do to my sister." Logan was getting angry. Bruce played his part by pretending he didn't know what happened.
"Mr Luthor, nearly killed my sister, he used her as bait to trap Superman." Logan explained, his power was rising. "That can't be true can it Luthor?" Bruce asked. "No, it is a complete lie." Luthor lied.
"I'm so sorry Luthor, let me go and call the police and they can take Logan away…" Bruce raced out of the office and the building. Just as Superman and Raine snuck in through an open window.
There Raine and her mother stood face to face for the first time in over five years. The memories of them together were a lie. Elena's love for her children was a lie, she only had children to gain more power. Their uncle entered their minds gave them happy memories… Memories of Elena loving her family and that she and John had been missing for a year, not five years and Ian whipped himself from their memories… But when Ryan read their father's mind it all came flooding back. Raine saw her mother stab her father in the chest…
Raine closed her eyes and when she opened them again they were white and electric currents went up her arm. Elena screamed bloody murder causing Luthor to jump out of his desk and head towards the door behind him. But Logan teleported from his spot to block the door. Logan glared at Luthor who glared back.
"You picked the wrong family to mess with." Batman appeared behind Luthor causing him to swing around with a fist ready. Batman blocked it, caught the other arm and Logan kicked Luthor's feet from under him, causing the billionaire to fall to the ground.
"Stay down. The police are on their way. I'm not surprise that Elena convinced the police to let you go." Batman growled.
"Oh and for the record, Bruce Wayne can out bid you, he is a multi-billionaire, and you're just a billionaire. And the Wayne family worked hard to get where they are now, and they did it legally, not like you." Logan snarled before punching him, knocking Lex Luthor out.
"LEX! HELP ME!" Elena screamed and the door burst open, but it wasn't Luthor, it was Batman and Logan. Batman plopped Luthor to her feet. "He's a little busy Mother." Logan spat the word mother. And he teleported to his sister's side just as Ethen and Jason showed up and all powered up.
"You want power? You got it." Jason growled.
John was behind the door of Luthor's office. He had a fire ball in each hand. The receptionist was shaking and crying in fear. "I won't hurt you." He said and he nodded to the door behind him and she bolted out of the building.
Elena swung around and held up her hand and Batman went flying, breaking the door behind him. He flipped and landed safely on his feet. He let her run past him but she stopped short when she saw John.
"No, you're dead… I killed you." She screamed. "I let you think you killed me. Ian has the power to heal, and he gave you the thought that I was dead. And he whipped my memory of himself and my children out of my mind to protect me and my children. But now I'm here for my brother…" John's powers were growing with the anger… "WHERE IS IAN?" His voice thundered throughout the building…
I'm going to leave it at that…
What will John do? He is beyond angry… And just how powerful are the Winters?
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