November 18

Justice League Watchtower

Superman

Flying into the airlock, Clark looked to see who was here. Bruce, Diana, Flash, Arrow, Hawkman and J'onn, were. Also here were the people they had brought along. Next to bruce was a woman in a top hat, and a magician's outfit. Next to Diana was a woman, who had a strange suit on. Standing next to Hawkman was a woman who looked quite similar to him. Arrow was talking with a blonde woman who was wearing very little on her, she had a corset and a jacket on over it, and she was wearing nylons and boots. But Flash and J'onn were alone. So that left Arthur and Hal, and the rest of the new potential members. As the chamber he was in pressurised he stepped in. All the new people onboard looked at him, and the expressions on their faces were one of shock. The woman with hawk wings walked up to him first. She extended her hand, and Clark reciprocated.

"It's an honor to meet you Superman."

"It's nice to meet you too…" He lead on. He wasn't sure who this person was.

"Hawkwoman."

"Hawkwoman? Nice to meet you."

"I've heard so much about you, I'm sorry." SHe said cracking a smile.

"Really like what?"

"Ohh. Well, it's a long story, but do you remember Jay Garrick?"

"Yes!" Clark said. Nobody had seen Jay in over a year, he wanted to know if he was ok. "Do you know what happened to him?"

"Yes. About a year ago, Jay landed back on my Earth."

"Your what?" It was DIana this time. Everyone except for Hawkman seemed surprised by this. He just had a grin on.

"I'm not from here. I come from an Earth where everything is quite different. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, you're all dead, you died years ago. I could tell you all everything that's different between my earth and yours, but we would be here all day. But suffice to say, yesterday, your Hawkman found himself on my Earth. I decided to come back with him. He asked me if I wanted to join you all, and I figured why not."

"Well it's very nice to meet you Hawkwoman." She smiled and bowed out, rejoining everyone else in the party. Clark walked over to Bruce, who had left the main room, and retreated into the observation room. He was looking down on the Earth.

"So." Bruce said first. "Who'd you find?"

"I found a guy. He'll be up here later."

"Who'd you find?" Bruce asked.

"You'll meet him when he gets here."

Bruce shot him a look. "How do you plan on getting him here?"

"The teleporter."

"Has he ever been in one before?" Bruce was not a fan of the teleporter. He was always worried that it would mess up, and that it relied too much on tech. Funny coming from a man who had a tech company worth billions. Then again, he used pretty simple tech, and a teleporter was anything but simple, so Clark saw his point there.

"He said he'll be fine. Besides, Most of the rest need to get up here somehow."
"You see that woman outside with the magician's outfit?" Bruce pointed. "Her name is Zatanna Zatara. She's a magician."

"Like card tricks?"

"Like bending reality. Teleportation, spells, charms, all the sort. All she has to do is speak backwards."

"Really. And you mean to tell me she is 'magic'" Clark said with air quotes.

"I'm not much of a believer in it either, but when you see what she can do, you'll believe."

"I'll believe it when pigs fly. Nothing in the universe can't be explained. Everything, at its most base level is some form of science. Magic isn't real."

"Thats a good way for a man who falls to the ground when he is touched by magic to explain it." Bruce said. Clark didn't need x-ray vision to know he was grinning. He just rolled his eyes.

"Umm Superman?" Clark turned. It was Arrow.

"What's going on?"

"Aquaman is here with his wife."

"He has a wife?" Bruce said. Apparently he didn't know everything.

"Yeah. And she doesn't seem to happy to be here." Arrow said as he left. CLark followed, and he saw Arthur, and his wife. Like Arrow had said, she looked bored by all of this, and looked like she didn't want to be here. He walked up to greet Arthur.

"Nice to see you again Aquaman."

"To you too Superman. I'd like you all to meet my wife, Mera."

"Mera. Nice to meet you." Flash said as he extended his hand to meet her. Mera's response was… cold to say the least. Her arms remained crossed, and her face much as if to say 'are you serious with this?' After a second, Flash retracted his hand. Mera walked away for a second, and Clark looked to talk with Arthur.

"She was not keen on joining let me tell you." Arthur said.

"How'd you convince her then?" Clark asked back. Arthur turned to him and smiled.

"Marriage is compromises. We talked for awhile, and she agreed." Arthur said, quite unconvincingly

"So how big of a diamond did you give her?" Clark asked. Arthur never could lie. He turned to him, and Arthur's smile turned to a frown.

"I don't want to talk about it." Arthur said walking away. The teleporter console started to beep, meaning someone else was coming in. Clark looked to see where it was from. San Diego. Perfect, Animal Man was coming.

One flash later, and there he was. Orange suit with a deep blue 'A' on his chest, and a pair of goggles on his blonde head. Clark smiled, remembering the other day when he met him.

Yesterday

The week wasn't what Clark had envisioned ot to be. Several meetings had failed to garner any interest with potential members. He had gone to England to talk to Godiva, the young woman whose hair had the properties of steel and she could manipulate it. He had gone to Russia to see if anyone in Russia's new Red Rocket program was interested. He had been to London to talk to John Constantine who simply laughed him out of the room. The Louisiana Bayou to talk to The Swamp Thing, and that had gone so well, Clark nearly go his ass handed to him on a silver platter by simply offering up the idea. Nothing he had tried seemed to work.

So now here he was in San Diego. On the job for the Planet, watching the Zoo's newest attraction, Lion's who had come over from Africa. Clark was watching, but he wasn't particularly interested. Until a yell split the silence. Looking into the cage, a young girl had fallen into.

"Mommy!" SHe yelled. The Lions, slowly began to prowl over to her. Clark looked around, there were too many people around, and he couldn't see anywhere to get into the suit. But damnit, something had to be done. He made his way over to the girl.

But as he got there, he saw the problem had resolved itself. A man, in Orange and Blue was in the exhibit. He put his hands up, and the Lions sat, like obedient dogs. He turned to the girl, and picked her up. He started to walk up the wall, like a spider. In all the things Clark had seen the last two years, this one was up there in the strangeness factor.

The man came back up to the other side, and the girls parents were there to receive her. The man gave her back, with a big smile on his face.

"Eve, why did you do that? What were you thinking?" Her mother scolded her.

"I couldn't see mommy, So i reached up, and I got bumped in."

"Oh Eve, don't you ever scare me like that again." The mother cried as she held her child tight. She looked up at the man who had just saved her daughter.

"Thank you Animal Man."

"Don't mention it." He smiles as he begins to fly away. He does so with no visible effort. Clark looks, and all the attention seems to be on Animal Man, so he speeds out, and gets changed. Activating his suit, Clark flies up, looking for the man. But even with telescopic vision, It's not easy. Clark flies himself to a high point, and waits.

Around an hour later, He hears the name Animal Man. It's two miles out, and using x-rays, it's coming from the bank. Clark quickly took off, and a moment later, he was there.

The bank had several squad cars surrounding it, and Animal man had just waked inside. Clark began to follow him in, and two officers went to stop him, until they saw who it was. They parted a way in and CLark followed closely behind.

Three men were up front, with another at the front of the vault, and another inside. All the men were shaking, looking quite nervous.

"Hey guys. Look, let's do this the easy way, please. I have a lot to do today."

"Y-you stay back."

"Only warning. Put the guns down and go outside to the nice officers waiting out there."

One man fired, and Before Clark could react, Animal Man had a bullet in his shoulder. He grabbed it, looking like he was in some pain. Clark rushed to the side, and the men's expressions went from one of fear, to one that a person has when they see death. Two dropped their guns. Clark used his heat vision to melt the gun into slag, forcing the man to drop it. Clark went to attend Animal Man's wound, but came upon a surprise. The bullet had gone through, and the wound was healing instantly.

"Worms are pretty cool creatures ya know? They heal crazy fast." Clarks jaw hung open.

"Can we talk after, I have somewhere to be in about two hours. This will just take a second." Animal Man continued.

"By all means." Clark said.

The first thing he did, was jump high. On the way back down, he kicked the man in the chest back into the one who was next to the vault. Turning right to face another man, he put two fingers up to his mouth, and fired off a sharp sonic blast. That was three of five. Another man ran up towards him, he swung a fist and before he was able to hit or miss, he stopped. He fell to the ground covering his nose. Clark picked up… A skunk? Who was this guy?

Walking into the vault, Animal man came out as the other guy just gave up. The cops came in behind Clark, and began to cuff the robbers. Animal Man shook one of their hands and walked out, Clark following behind. They flew up somewhere private and began to talk.

"So… Animal Man." Clark started.

"Yup that's me! So what brings you down to San Diego Superman?"

"I was in the neighborhood. I came to see the zoo, and here I am. Heard there was a problem, came to see If I could help, but I guess I didn't realize things were pretty secure here. Nice work inside."

"Really? You think so?" He asked, a big smile on his face.

"Yeah. You looked really good. Which is why I have a question for you."

"Shoot."

"The Justice League is looking for members, and I was curious if you would like to join. " For a moment, Animal Man was very quiet. He looked around for a second. He lifted his goggles and looked back at Clark.

"Can I show you something Superman?"

"Of course." Animal Man lead the way. They flew towards the suburbs, and landed infront of a small house.

"You can see inside right?"

"Yeah."

"Look inside." Using the X-rays, he saw a Woman and a young boy. They were sitting at dinner.

"I have a family Superman. I'd Love to join, but I'm not to sure how. I can't just leave my family. And I have a responsibility to San Diego." Clark took a breath. He reached into one of the pouches on his belt. He pulled out a teleportation transponder. A small device that could teleport you to the Watchtower. He gave it to Animal Man.

"I understand. It's an offer that will stand. If you think you should join, press this button, and you'll get teleported up to the watchtower."

"Thank you Superman."

"Just remember Animal Man. If you need help, don't be afraid to ask. The league is there for those who need help. We're like a family." Animal Man looked guilty, almost like he was lying in his reasoning. He looked back at Superman.

"Thanks Superman."

"You're welcome. See you around A-Man."

"You too S-Man." And then Clark flew away.
-AN-

Hey All. So I know very little on Animal Man, if anyone could give me a suggestion on where to read for him I'd greatly appreciate it. That and Doom Patrol. I sorta need some good stories for them for a future story.

What I do know of Animal Man is he can copy the ability of any animal whose ever lived on Earth, and he is the Avatar of the Red. But not much else. Also I know he has a daughter, but I sorta think she hasn't been born yet in this universe.

Any comments, questions or Ideas, feel free to message me, I'll get back to you ASAP. Next chapter will be out soon. Thanks for reading, Have a Great Day!