Kadzait: You spoke your mind a lot in the this chapter and the last one.
I noticed that too.
Kadzait: I WOULD HOPE SO! *face-palm*
Ch.11: Revelation
Metropolis: October 1, 08:08EDT
It was a peaceful day in the big city of Metropolis. People were driving to work, some were walking their dogs, others were taking their kids to school…
This is the part where everything seems peaceful but ya'll know I'm just pulling your leg, just like every other time I start out a chapter. Ha ha! It's fun being me!... Most of the time.
So as I was saying, everyone was enjoying the fairly peaceful day when (Emphasis on the when because we all know I'm going to be evil to you guys.) a giant plant monster came out of the ground, scaring the crap out of a woman walking her dog. The little rat just barked at the plant before running off, totally leaving his owner in the dust. (Good for nothing little rat dog.)
The woman was obviously petrified but didn't think about running away. (Idiot.) Officials came to take it down. (Yeah right. Good for nothing weed. They don't go away so easily as you expect. You pluck, five minutes later, it's back!) The buds on the plant opened up and started throwing cars and such into buildings, destroying public property. (NOT THE ONLY GOOD PIZZA PLACE! CRAP!)
One of the buds tried to eat the woman who was walking her dog. She finally grew a brain and ran away. The plant's bud got stuck to the ground, and more or less, came crashing down. (Jeez, a lot of stupid people and things are out today. Don't you agree?)
Bayou Bartholomew: October 1, 08:10CDT
"Lovely, our test was a complete success. We may proceed as planned." A women said, looking at the monitor where it was playing the plant's destruction.
"Agreed, but we have operated in shadows for too long. Time for the Injustice League to step into the light." Count Vertigo (Vampire Wannabe, he and Vlad would make great friends.) said, stepping into the light (literally) overdramatically. The Joker, Poison Ivy, Wotan, Atomic Skull, Ultra-Humanite, and Black Atom stood around him, watching the screen intently.
"Admit it, you can't turn away." Joker said in a stalker-ish fashion, and started laughing like a creep. (He and I would make great friends. We could go on a double date with the vampire twins!)
Mount Justice: October 1, 18:13EDT
Kaldur and Robin continued to spar, gaining and losing points as they attacked and dodged. Captain Marvel, Danny, and Zatara watched, the Captain snacking on Wally's snacks. The spar ended with a tie, as Wolf, Superboy, and Megan entered the room. The two walked by, speaking in low whispers.
Danny walked up to stand by Robin and Kaldur. The Boy Wonder bent over near Kaldur.
"You know they're a couple, right?" He whispered. Danny was silently chuckling.
"I believe I knew before they did." Kaldur whispered back.
Danny snorted. "I think everybody, but Wally, did." Danny said and continued to chuckle. The three turned around and spotted Wally and Artemis walking up.
"Do we tell them?" Danny asked amused.
"It is not our place." Kaldur said, but looks said he really wanted to.
"So, if Zatara's our babysitter for the week, then why is he still here? And why is he eating me snacks?!" Wally yelled.
Danny smirked. "For your last question, I showed him where your secret stash is, though not so secret anymore."
Wally looked at him murderously.
Danny remained smirking. "Hey, can't hide anything from a guy who can walk through walls."
"Recognized. Batman; 02."
"Computer, national news."
(Thanks for the greeting.)
Immediately, the news came on with Cat Grant. She seemed worried over something.
"The initial attack was short lived, but Metropolis was only granted a short reprieve."
Footage of the plant monster came on, showing them the prowess of the stupid plant. It destroyed buildings, nearly killing people. Thankfully, Superman came in and saved the day.
"And despite the intervention of Superman and the Justice League, there seems to be no end in sight."
Footage of other members of the League came on: Hawkwoman, Hal Jordan, etc.
"Should we get out there?" Robin asked.
Batman turned to the waiting teens. "No. The League will soon have the situation under control. That's not why I'm here. According to your Intel, Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus the Blockbuster formula to Kobra." Batman started out, but was interrupted by Wally after this. "Who combined it with Bane's Venom to create Kobra-Venom."
"Which the Brain used to create his animal army." Robin continued.
"And upgrade Wolf." Superboy said, petting his best friend affectionately.
"The Brain also used inhibitor collars, like the one at Belle Reve Penitentiary." Megan continued.
"Batman, is it possible that the plant thingy's are on Kobra-Venom too?" Artemis asked.
"I had Green Lantern (Which one? There's three!) run a spot analysis." The Dark Knight informed. A keyboard appeared at Batman's fingers. "The vine's cellulous does contain trace amounts of a Kobra-Venom variant." Batman informed, showing a picture of the cells.
"These can't be coincidences. Un-related criminals co-operating with one another world-wide." Danny said, looking over Robin's shoulder as he typed something on his computer.
"Exactly. It's now clear our enemies have formed some kind of.. Secret society of super villains. The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning." Batman said.
"You got that right." Robin and Danny said, giving each other a glance in annoyance, before Robin brought up more screens by the Metropolis one.
"Plant creatures have sprouted in Gotham City, Paris, Star City, Taipei-" Robin was cut off when all the screens went to static. Batman immediately turned around to address the problem.
"Dude!" Wally said, as Robin started typing furiously.
"It's not him, Wally. Someone's cutting the satellite signal, all satellite signals, which means we're all screwed." Danny said, dread in his voice.
He should be scared, because the Joker appeared on the screens. The clown knocked on the lens.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem to bring you this important announcement." The Joker said and, near the end, brought out his knife, which put Danny on edge, even if it was over a screen. Joker pushed the screen to face the rest of the Injustice League, which stood in a valley of darkness. "From the Injustice League…" Joker said and started laughing his white powdered butt off.
Count Vertigo stood at the front of the group. "We are responsible for the attacks on your cities. If you wish to save them, a ransom of ten billion American dollars is required. Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations. There is no time limit. But, the longer your governments wait…" Count Vertigo trailed off.
Joker's hands appeared on the screen, and turned the camera back to him with his smug smile. "The more we get to have our… jollies."
Joker laughed some more before the screen turned to static again.
Batman pressed his com. "Roger that Aquaman, the U.N. will prepare the ransom as a fallback, but it won't come to that."
Robin continued typing on his computer. Danny, as usual, looked over his shoulder. The Boy Wonder was able to back up the screen back to the screen shot of the Injustice League.
"Count Vertigo, the Joker, Poison Ivy, Ultra-Humanite, Atomic Skull, Black Atom, Wotan Seven! Heavy hitters." Robin said, a box appearing around the people's heads when named them.
"Probably behind everything and everyone we faced." Danny said, grimacing.
"There's your secret society." Wally said.
"Not so secret anymore." Artemis commented.
"Perhaps, after India, they realized we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding any longer." Kaldur suggested.
Wally smiled. "Yeah, that was their mistake! Right now, I say we go kick some plant creature butt!"
(Do the killer sunflowers (Oh yeah, real scary.) even have butts to kick?)
"The Justice League will handle the plants." Batman said, breaking the mood. (Killjoy.) "I have a different job for this team."
Wally was bummed. "Ah man."
Artemis hit him, and Danny gave him a glare. Batman either didn't notice (which I'm sure he did) or didn't react to the sadness filling Wally's voice. "With the plants attacking so many locations simultaneously, there must be a central control system. Your mission is to destroy it."
Zatara stepped forward. "You realize what you're really asking them to do." The magician said.
Batman stayed firm. "They're ready."
Wally was as confused as ever. "Ready? Ready for what?"
Artemis punched him again, Danny silently thanking the archer.
"Ow! Would you cut that-"
"Hello Wally! If the big guns are fighting plants, who do you think we'll be fighting?" Artemis questioned.
Wally remained oblivious. "I don't know! I guess we'll-"
Artemis pointed to the screen with the picture on it, and he gasped.
"Oh…"
Danny face-palmed. "The desire to cry is very powerful right now."
"Well Batman, I trust you're correct." Zatara said.
"I can trust you can locate the enemy." Batman said back.
Zatara nodded. "Indeed, Wotan's involvements are just sorcery. He's part of how the plants are controlled."
The magician turned to the Boy Wonder. "Robin, if you could provide a holo-map, I can search for signs of concentrated sorcery activity."
A 3D globe came up, and Zatara stretched his hands towards it.
"Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros."
A red dot appeared on the map.
"There. That is where you will find the Injustice League central control system." Zatara said.
"Coordinates locked in: the Louisiana Bayou." Robin said, and everyone turned to Kaldur.
"We are on our way."
The kids ran off, and Captain Marvel ran with them.
"Captain Marvel."
The red clad man turned around to face Batman.
"For this plan to succeed, the entire Justice League must be seen fighting the plant creatures. You, Zatara, and I are needed elsewhere." Batman said.
Gotham City: October 1, 19:48EDT
Batman flew towards the killer sunflower in the Bat-plane. He pressed one of his many buttons, and a concoction of some sort was dumped onto the plant. Captain Marvel then grabbed it, flew up into space, and hurled it towards the sun.
Batman continued to dump the chemicals on the plant. Zatara floated in on an orange bubble, and flew a little closer to the creature.
"Erif, kees tuo siht larutannu erutaerc!"
Immediately, the sunflower burst into flames. Spores grew from the plant and released a thick smoke. The firefighters started running away, but they were all caught up in the gas. They walked out coughing, which turned into laughing. They all dropped to the ground with insane smiles, tears of pain coming from their eyes, and laughing like there was no tomorrow, which, in their case, was true. They soon became quiet and still, dead or in a deep coma.
Bayou Bartholomew: October 1, 19:12CDT
Joker laughed as he watched the dead civilians.
"Kobra-Venom's got nothing on good old Joker-Venom!" The mad-man said. (Ah man, my ears are bleeding from bad-puns.)
"Both work well in concert." Count Vertigo commented with a smug smile.
Poison Ivy was bent over her little demon plant, and started petting it. "Yes, but we're putting considerable strain on my baby."
The plant around her turned green, yellow circuit looking designs on it. Ultra-Humanite walked up, and pressed something on a little PDA. More designs appeared on the little demon, I mean, the baby.
Wotan floated up and lifted his arms. "Valetudo ut sero! We will keep her healthy and safe, Ivy. But she requires more power, Skull!" (Are we seriously calling the plant a she?)
Atomic Skull released a beam, which made the entire plant green and healthy, sprouting more buds as he did.
Count Vertigo smiled, and closed his eyes. "Stunning what a little teamwork can accomplish." (Why didn't the heroes think of that? They only got the Team, and the Justice League, but nothing stands a chance against you and your team Vampire Wannabe, I mean Count Vertigo!)
The alarm went off suddenly.
"Intruder alert!" Vertigo said, alarmed. (Bad pun, I know.)
Bayou Bartholomew: October 1, 18:52CDT
The Bio-ship silently flew over the bayou, in camouflage mode. On the inside, the teens and their pet sat quietly in preparation. Danny was more nervous though. His leg was bobbing up and down. Not a good sign.
"What's in the duffel?" Kid Flash asked Aqualad, pointing to a duffel bag next to his seat.
"Plan B." Aqualad informed.
Megan suddenly groaned.
"You alright?" Superboy asked worriedly.
Megan grabbed her head. "Dizzy."
Robin was confused. "Martians get air-sick?"
Wally spoke up next. "She does look a bit greener than usual."
Danny face-palmed, his leg still bobbing. "I can't believe he just said that." He mumbled.
"Not me, her." Megan said, answering the unasked question.
"I feel fine." Artemis said.
"Not 'her' you, the Bio-ship. She's trying to shield us but…"
Suddenly Danny began to squint. "I get what you mean, Megan."
Everyone looked at him.
"You ok?" Robin asked.
Danny nodded. "There are psychic waves that no person should be able hear, you just feel it, but somehow I can. If I was outside, my ears would literally be bleeding. Stupid ghost senses."
The Bio-ship started spinning out of control, and the camouflage mode came down. Count Vertigo stood on a rock with Black Atom next to him.
"There it is, Atom! Go!" Count Vertigo exclaimed. Black Atom jumped after the Bio-ship. He punched the bottom, sending the Bio-ship flying into the bayou. Everyone held on for dear life.
Everyone was getting up when vines started wrapping around the Bio-ship, rattling it and the people inside. It started to drag the teen's ship down. Black Atom ripped a hole in the top, and that made Megan's head pound. "He's hurting her."
Superboy immediately jumped at the villain, and sent him into the forest with one punch. The damage was done though.
Water spilled into the Bio-ship, flooding it.
"No, no way I'm nearly drowning three missions in a row." Artemis said, as Aqualad, Robin, and Danny dove under the water, the human with a re-breather. Artemis got out her own, and gave an extra to Kid Flash.
"Wow, uh, thanks." He said, taking it.
"M'gann, we need to get out. Open a hatch!" Superboy said, gently grabbing Megan's arm, which was clutching her head. The Martian face-palmed.
"Hello Megan! Of course!" She made gills and dove under the water. She opened a hole in the bottom.
"Out, everyone out!" Aqualad commanded, and swam out, followed by the others and Wolf. They swam underwater to the shore. Superboy and Wolf were the only ones who were panting, but they easily shook it off and everyone hid, and watched the Bio-ship. It was finally brought completely under the water.
"She's in shock. She'll need time to recover." Megan informed, but everyone was sent to the ground as the psychic waves kicked in again.
"Vertigo." Kid Flash said to the man standing above them, the waves stopping.
"That's Count Vertigo to you peasant."
(Last time I checked, a count isn't very high in rank either. He's almost a peasant himself, so he should shut up.)
Superboy tried charging at the vampire wannabe, but Black Atom punched him down. He was back, and with revenge. One punch, and Superboy was down for the count. Black Atom glared at him.
Aqualad got up next, and used his water bearers to send Count Vertigo flying.
"Robin, Danny, Miss Martian, disappear. We will keep them busy. You three fill the mission objective." Aqualad ordered.
Robin slipped into the shadows, Megan went into camouflage mode, and Danny turned invisible.
Aqualad was punched from behind, but Wolf lunged forward and bit Black Atom's shoulder. The villain threw Wolf off him and at Artemis and Kid Flash.
Paris: October 2, 01:55CEST
The plant creature had spiraled up the Eiffel Tower, and was attacking the city there. Martian Manhunter, carrying Aquaman, flew towards the landmark. The Martian dropped the Atlantean on the killer sunflower and Aquaman started ripping limbs from the plant. Martian Manhunter made himself translucent, and phased himself into the tower. Aquaman ripped another limb off, and civilians stood there gratefully. He grabbed some of the civilian's arms, when Martian Manhunter flew out with a few more.
Taipei: October 2, 07:56NST
Flash ran by, using himself to cut off limbs from the plants body that had wrapped itself around a power plant. The hero went through them like a hot knife through butter. Blue Devil appeared behind, and stuck his trident in the ground, power pulsed from the three spokes.A golden blast was sent forth, and it instantly cut one limb apart. The part of the plant wrapped around the other part of the power plant, crushed it, sending it into millions of tiny pieces. There was an explosion, and Flash and Blue Devil just looked at the mess with open mouths. How were they going to take care of that?
Thankfully, Captain Atom flew into the smoke, and started absorbing the kinetic energy from the explosion. The power he possessed pulsed around him and he flew off to use his newly gained strength on some more killer sunflowers.
Star City: October 1, 16:57PDT
In Star City, the plant was wrapped around a bridge, and was easily making it unstable and was crumbling it to pieces in some places. Red Arrow and Green Arrow shot their explosives arrows and blew up the plant. A school bus had vines wrapped around it, and the kids were screaming. Black Canary ran to the front and used her Canary Cry to rip the vines to shreds. Just as she finished, another vine smacked her off the bus and to the ground.
"Poor heroes, nothing they do is quite enough." Joker said as he watched the screen. "Ain't it grand!"
(I'm not the only one who wants to punch him right?)
Joker laughed in delight.
(I mean, seriously? No one wants to lay one on him?)
"And impressive, how you simultaneously juggle multiple scenarios." Poison Ivy said, lying next to her little dem-baby. (I caught myself.) Joker looked at her.
"I've had practice… juggling my multiple personalities." Joker laughed again, and bent down to look at Star City's account. "School's out!"
One of the buds grabbed the bus. Black Canary stood up and the two Arrows stood behind her, bows drawn and ready to release. They shot, but the explosions had no effect what's-so-ever on the plant. The plants threw the bus over the side of the bridge.
The three heroes looked over the side, and saw that Guy Gardener, a new Green Lantern, had caught the bus with his ring. He saluted to the heroes watching from the bridge.
Bayou Bartholomew: October 1, 19:23
Black Atom threw Superboy near Wolf, Artemis, Kid Flash, and Aqualad.
"Three are missing." Count Vertigo said, angry.
Robin walked through the middle of the bayou, looking at his computer as he walked. He could feel Danny watching invisibly over his shoulder, like always. Megan floated above him, higher than Danny.
"I've lost contact with Aqualad, and the others. Should we-"
"Sorry, that's not the gig. This is." Robin cut off Megan, and moved some vines aside to reveal the Injustice League headquarters.
"The Injustice League central control system." Danny looked at it, semi-impressed.
"For villains, it's not bad, especially for wannabes, but I've seen better." Danny commented. Robin nodded.
"Yeah, and it looks like that plant is acting as an antenna to control the other plants world-wide." Robin explained.
"I didn't think of that Robin. How do you do it?"
Robin wanted to smack Danny for his sarcastic monologue.
Then they were encased in vines, all except Danny since he was invisible, not camouflage.
"Well hello." Poison Ivy said, watching them. Ultra-Humanite walked up behind her with a gun, which he pointed at the two teens stuck in the plants. (What's with the over-sized monkeys having weapons all the time?!)
"And goodbye." Poison Ivy said under her breath, as Ultra-Humanite pointed. He was about to shoot when he felt something jerk it down and blast the vines. Robin and Megan started running/flying.
Poison Ivy watched the boy. "Sorry Boy Wonder, but I'm putting an end to your little recon-e-sense mission.
Vines were thrown at him from the ground, and Robin successfully dodged all of them.
Megan was flying away from Ultra-Humanite, the monkey shooting at her. She went into camouflage mode to try and hide.
On the inside of the base, Atomic Skull continued to power the plant. Joker was enjoying the power he was given. "With so much power at my fingertips, some might call me a control freak… Others, just a freak… Either works for me." He started laughing again, and watched Gotham City.
Batman was firing at the plant with his Bat-wing when the stupid plant destroyed it. Batman used his gliding feature, and his grappling gun to get him to safety.
Zatara floated over the plant in his little bubble.
"Niatnoc eht erutaerc!"
An orange bubble, exactly like Zatara's, except a heck a lot bigger, appeared around the plant, cutting off limbs and encasing the stupid plant. The limbs on the ground continued to move and smacked one civilian away like he was nothing. He landed on a trampoline that happened to be the new hero, Plastic Man. Why he would choose to call himself that is still unknown, but the hero gave the idiot a thumbs-up, before stretching off to the plant.
Joker watched another screen and saw Martian Manhunter working as hard as he can. A vine knocked a helicopter sending the pilot out. Another new partner flew down, and caught the man. Her name being Rocket. Her mentor, Icon, grabbed the helicopter, saving it from certain death.
In the bayou though, Aqualad was just waking up in a mystic cage.
"They awaken. Your sentience will hold them?" Count Vertigo said to Wotan, Black Atom flying under the mystic cage, carrying them.
"The cage is impenetrable, even the Superboy has no chance of escaping." Wotan said, smugly. (I can totally wipe it off if I want.)
"You are not the only one trained in the Mystic Arts, Wotan!" Aqualad said, and grabbed the bars. His tattoos came alive, and he tried with all his might to break the bars, but only managed in succeeding to hurt himself further.
Wotan looked at him, still smug. "Please Atlantean, do not pretend you are in my league."
Elsewhere, Robin ran down a fallen tree, and jumped to another as Poison Ivy sent it upwards. He had to jump off to avoid being crushed by the second as Poison Ivy did the same to it. Robin crashed to the ground, and slowly got up. The vines got ready to give him the killing blow.
Danny flew in, and disintegrated them with his ecto-blast.
Poison Ivy growled. "You little brat!"
Danny smirked, still invisible. "Says the person throwing a tantrum at having her pathetic little plants destroyed! I mean, seriously? You against my power? Please!"
Poison Ivy growled. Too bad he was right.
"Robin, Danny, she's made contact!" Megan shouted in their heads.
"Artemis?" Robin asked, and if anyone saw, they would've seen Danny face-palm.
"No." Megan answered. They saw Wotan fly above the clearing with the cage, and Danny was about to attack, but the Bio-ship flew by and knocked him out of the sky, destroying the cage.
Black Atom flew down and caught Count Vertigo. "Not me! Stop those delinquents!" The count shouted. (Ungrateful jerk.)
Danny was able to catch Artemis and Kid Flash, the ones that wouldn't have survived the fall, and dropped them off on the ground, in the mud, and raced back to help Robin in their plan.
Ultra-Humanite stood in the mud too, his gun ready to be fired.
Superboy stood up.
"I hate monkeys."
The Kryptonian and the wolf lunged forward with hatred in their eyes.
Aqualad and Artemis were met with Poison Ivy and her freakish plants. Aqualad and Artemis tried to grab their weapons of choice, but they were gone.
"Uh, I feel naked… and not in a fun way." Artemis complained. Poison Ivy sent her little demons at Aqualad, who had a determined face.
"We will make our own fun, as we have been taught. Maneuver seven." Aqualad said and dodged another plant before getting ready. Artemis ran over to him, and placed her foot in his open hands.
Aqualad launched Artemis into the air. The archer flipped, and kicked Poison Ivy in the face.
Kid Flash was met with Count Vertigo and Black Atom. He ran towards them, and Vertigo released his psychic waves. Kid Flash slowed down, and pretty much came to a stop in front of the villains. Black Atom easily punched him away. Surprisingly, Megan caught him.
"Where is Robin and the Ghost Boy?" Vertigo questioned.
The vampire wannabe looked around. Wolf and Superboy were attacking Ultra-Humanite with a vengeance. Artemis and Aqualad were kicking Poison Ivy's butt. Megan was helping Kid Flash up.
Poison Ivy noticed something though. "My baby!"
Her demon was covered in bat-a-rangs. An ecto-blast came out of nowhere and struck the plant, setting all of the explosives off, and catching their hideout on fire. Robin and Danny stood within the mess just fine, and untouched. Both of them were smirking with their arms crossed.
"Timber." They both said.
Poison Ivy, not taking the "loss" well, grew more vines and sent them towards the two. Danny took the front, and released a shield on them, instantly disintegrating. A blast sent him out of the sky, and Robin jumped away.
Joker and Atomic Skull stood on the roof as well.
"Children…" Joker said, not too happy anymore. "Children foiled our plan."
Atomic Skull sent a beam at Robin, who dodged. The skull0dude ran after him.
"Inconceivable. Unacceptable. Retributional!... That last one might not be a word, so sue me." Joker said and ran off, suppressing a laugh for once.
Count Vertigo stood with Poison Ivy and Black Atom, his minions- I mean, his loving teammates -behind him.
"Kill them. Kill them all."
Poison Ivy and Black Atom ran forward, ready to do just that.
Robin helped Danny stand up from the mud. The two split though, when Atomic Skull tried to fry them.
Ultra-Humanite crept forward, when Black Atom sent Superboy to the ground. Wolf lunged at the over-sized monkey.
Artemis fell to the ground as Count Vertigo shot psychic waves at her.
"Leave her alone." Kid Flash said, but the moment was ruined when Atomic Skull blasted him in the back.
"Enough!" Wotan shouted, but a bat-a-rang blew up in his face. Robin's moment was shattered when he saw Wotan in a protective bubble. Wotan sent lightning at Robin, Aqualad, Artemis, Kid Flash, Superboy, Danny, Wolf, and Megan. Aqualad and Danny seemed to be the only ones OK with the lighting, Aqualad doing better than Danny though.
Megan landed by Aqualad, and the Atlantean took the shocking pulse from hurting her, and let the bolts strike his hands.
"Plan B." He said.
Megan nodded, and the Bio-ship flew towards them. A hole opened up, and the duffel bag came out, and landed in Aqualad's now preoccupied hand. He unzipped it and held up Nabu's Helmet.
Wotan released his hold on the lightning.
"The Helmet of Fate!" He said. Danny looked at it hard.
"No, Aqualad! Don't!" Kid Flash screamed, but Black Atom punched him away. Superboy punched him back.
Aqualad put on the Helmet, transforming himself into Dr. Fate, who lifted himself up into the air. Everyone was momentarily blinded when Danny's head band flashed, transforming him into Natick, Lord of Order.
The two Lord's floated beside each other. Kid Flash looked at Aqualad's back sadly, holding his wrist. "Ah dude…"
The two Lords of Order flew up to meet the Lord of Chaos.
"Wotan, you are ours." Nabu said.
Natick smirked. "Get ready for a serious butt-whoopin'."
Wotan sent a blast forward, but the Order Lord's sent their own, Dr. Fate's coming from his shield on his chest, and Natick sending his own made of pure gold. The two blasts easily dissipated Wotan's beam, and knocked him out of the sky, and into the dome. Gold chains appeared around the Chaos Lord.
Joker stepped loudly into the mud near Robin, who looked up at his villain. Joker smiled at him creepily. "Wonder Boy, you are mine." Joker said in some freaky voice, and laughed, taking out his knife. Robin dodged each swipe and flipped away. Joker continued to smile at him. "I've always wanted to carve this bird." Joker ran forward with two knives now.
"Solvo quod reverto!" The chains around Wotan undid themselves, and flew towards Dr. Fate and Natick. The two made one big ankh shield in front of them. The Lord of Chaos floated into the air again.
"Wotan has prepared for your return, Doctor. Though I'm a little surprised about you Natick. Should've known. Fulmina venite!" Wotan said. Lightning struck the shield and broke it, but it only struck Dr. Fate, who fell out of the sky.
Natick threw his hands to the air. "Spirit, bind!"
In a flash of light, Natick had become the white and silver eagle with the Neolithic Triple Spiral Symbol. He launched himself at Wotan with a CAW. Wotan did not expect Dr. Fate to regain his bearings as quickly as he did, because both Lords of Order were upon him.
Megan dodged the vines that came at her, even in camouflage mode.
"I can't see you, Martian, but perhaps I'll hear you scream." Poison Ivy said, angrily, still upset over her "loss".
Count Vertigo walked up next to her. "Then perhaps I can be of some assistance."
The count released his psychic waves, and Megan was revealed. She clutched her head in pain, and dropped out of the sky. At the same time, Kid Flash ran by, ripping Vertigo's cloak. The count only had enough time to look up, as Artemis kicked him across the face, and knock him into Poison Ivy.
Kid Flash ran behind a tree, and Artemis ran up to him, grabbing the piece of cloth Kid Flash had stolen from Vertigo.
"Hey, that's my souvenir!" He complained.
She rolled her eyes. "Hold still."
Using the cloth, she made Kid Flash a makeshift cast for his arm. He didn't have time to thank her, as Wolf was thrown into her.
"Artemis!" Kid Flash yelled and barely dodged as Ultra-Humanite tried to punch his head. He ran away, and the monkey followed.
Wotan threw blast after blast at Natick and Dr. Fate.
"Surrender sorcerer! You cannot hope to defeat two Lords of Order!" Dr. Fate shouted, and he and Natick threw two blasts at Wotan. A golden light encased Wotan, and he teleported behind Dr. Fate. He threw a blast, and it hit Dr. Fate. Natick, still as the eagle, flew up next to him.
"I can defeat you both and I will!"
"Ekirts natoW nwod!"
Another blast hit Wotan, and sent him flying. More light encased Danny, and he changed back to his true form. They watched as Zatara, the Hawks, Captain Marvel, and Martian Manhunter flew down to meet them.
"Not tonight Wotan!" Zatara exclaimed.
The distraction gave Superboy enough time to punch Ultra-Humanite out of the game. A bat-a-rang flew out of nowhere and hit one of the knives out of Joker's hands. Robin looked up with a smile and saw Batman, Aquaman, Superman, John Stewart, Green Arrow, and Black Canary descending the sky on a platform.
All the villains backed into a circle, surrounded by the heroes that easily outnumbered them.
"It's over." Batman said. The villains shared a look before putting their hands up in surrender.
"There will be another day." Vertigo vowed.
"Another day?"
Everyone turned to the Joker.
"Another day!? There won't be another day! Not for any of us!" Joker yelled lifted his fingers, and started wiggling them, using the power glove for the plant. Vines came up from the water and exploded, releasing the Joker's gas.
"Joker-Venom spores, don't breathe!" Batman ran forward, and knocked Joker out with one punch. Just as certain doom was about to overcome villains and heroes alike, Dr. Fate and Natick rose into the air.
"Fear not!" Dr. Fate held up and ankh, and the Ring of Thirteen Symbols appeared. The Joker-Venom retreated from the air and into the symbols.
When the gas was gone, the two let go of their shields.
"Fate has intervened!"
Natick, behind Dr. Fate some, rolled his eyes. "Drama Queen..."
The villains and the heroes stared at the two Lords, one mentor's eye lingering on one of his protégés. The Lord of Order whose power ruled over his Totems flew in front Dr. Fate.
"Let the boy go, Nabu. Our job has been done." Natick said.
Kid Flash was livid. "What were you thinking!? How could you let him put on the Helmet!? Nabu will never release him now. Kaldur will be trapped inside Dr. Fate forever." Kid Flash said sadly.
Natick's gaze fell to him. "Boy, we'll see about that."
Kid Flash looked at him skeptically, but Natick placed a hand on his head. The Lords floated to the ground, almost instinctively. Then, Natick stepped aside to let everyone watch as Dr. Fate turned back to Aqualad.
Kid Flash rushed forward. "Nabu let you go?"
Aqualad didn't smile. "He almost did not." Now he smiled. "But your friend Kent and Natick was most helpful. Kent says hello."
Kid Flash remained smiling, and then it turned to Natick. "Thanks Natick."
The Lord nodded. "It was not just I, Danny also pleaded with me."
Kid Flash and everyone was confused, including Aqualad.
Natick smiled at their confusion. "That is not meant for people of this world to understand. Even some Lords do not understand."
Everyone just let the matter drop.
Natick lifted into the air, and flew up to Batman. As he landed, a light overtook him and Danny stood back in his glory. Batman gave him a rare smile. "You never cease to amaze me."
Danny smiled cheekily, and Robin walked up next to him with his own smile.
"Nice form, by the way."
Robin smiled at his mentors compliment, but the Dark Knight's face turned passive again when he spoke to everyone.
"We're done here. The super villain's society has been neutralized. As for your performance…"
All the kids waited in anticipation.
"It was satisfactory."
All the kids shared relieved looks. "Now let's head back."
Everyone started preparing for the trip back. Danny got Batman's attention by tapping his arm. His mentor and adopted father looked down at him.
"Can I fly back?" He asked.
"No."
Danny pouted. "But I still have a ton of adrenaline left in me. I want to get it out with peaceful flight. Besides, I'll probably go haywire when we get home if I don't."
Batman sighed, and rubbed his face. Only Danny had the power to make excuses in a matter of seconds, he thought to himself.
"Fine, but if you're not home by midnight, I'm going to come look for you and drag your sorry butt back to the cave." The Caped Crusader threatened.
Danny smiled. "Don't worry, Batsy! I'll be home by ten! I promise! See ya!"
And with that, Danny shot into the air and headed home. Batman shook his head. Only him…
Hours later…
"Hey Bats, has Danny gotten home yet? He said he'd be back by now." Robin said to his mentor, who was typing nervously in his seat on the computer.
"No. I'm trying to track him, but he lost his tracking device." Batman said.
Robin grew just as worried, if not more, than his mentor. "What about the other four?"
Batman continued to type. "Gone."
Robin twitched. "You think he's ok?"
Batman didn't answer.
On a highway heading to Nevada…
Danny kicked on the doors and walls of the truck he was in. All he managed was to burn himself with the ecto-ranium walls. He continued his pounding, kicking, and punching to try and get out.
If only they hadn't taken his tracking devices and his phone which had Batman, Robin, and Alfred on speed dial, and a few other heroes that were even closer to where he was.
"Quiet back there, you worthless scum!"
Danny screamed as he was shot with a blast, the hit making his slam into the back of the truck. He fell to the ground with a dull thump.
He just couldn't do it. If only he had gotten the tracking device implanted in his head like Robin, but his stupid fear of infirmaries, med bays, and hospitals alike stopped him from achieving that goal.
Danny sniffed, ashamed of himself. He wished that Batman had stopped him from taking off and traveling alone. He wished someone would've stopped him. He wished he stopped himself! A few stray tears fell out of his eyes.
"Don't worry, Bats! I'll be home by ten! I promise! See ya!"
Danny's head shot up. Yeah, that's right. He promised. And he was going to do his best to keep it.
Danny got up determinedly, and faced the back of the truck. He concentrated. He had been working on this move for a while now, and now would be a great time to master it.
Danny closed his eyes and let the cold feeling envelope his body. He gathered ice in one hand, and an ecto-blast in the other. His eyes shot open. They were a blinding blue-green. He shot his two powers at the door, the two powers becoming one. The beam hit the door with a fury. It creaked and groaned, and Danny threw more power into it. Finally, the door blasted off.
Danny panted, and flew out. Immediately, the blasts were upon him. He dodged them as best as he could, and was doing fairly well, but another come out of nowhere and hit him strait in the back. He screamed and fell out of the sky. He made a crater in the road from where he landed.
The G.I.W. agents were upon him, and beat him with metal bats infused with ecto-ranium. The bats burned everywhere they hit, and Danny was soon on the verge of unconsciousness. They dragged him to the back of a spare truck and non-too-gently drug him in. They put chains on his wrists that hung from the ceiling made of, you guessed it, ecto-ranium and made sure his skin was touching them before leaving.
Danny bit back a scream, and felt blood start to dribble out of his mouth. The pain was intense on his wrists, and the pressure from hanging on the ceiling was too much, but that's not what made his heart ache.
I failed Bruce. I failed Dick. I failed everyone… Even myself.
Tears poured out of Danny's eyes, and blood started to trickle down his arms, but Danny didn't notice.
I'm sorry, Bruce. I'm so sorry…
Kadzait: You are one of the cruelest writers I have ever had the misfortune to meet, you know that, right?
YUP. You guys are probably dying right now.
Kadzait: DANNY'S DYING RIGHT NOW!
Oh he'll be fine.
Kadzait: Fine FINE!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN FINE?! HE JUST GOT CAPTURED BY THE G.I.W.?! HE'S NOT GONNA BE FINE, HE'S GONNA DIE!
Drama queen.
Kadzait: EXCUSE ME?!
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Reviews:
Sina Xiel: Hahaha! Come on, when things are wrong with him, it makes everything much more interesting! XD Yeah. Real creative Supes. Cat would've been a better name.
KuriMaster13: Thanks and very true. Very very true. :D
DannyPhantom619: Hahahaha! I find it ironic too! XD And, oh my gosh, that would be hilarious! I'm so doing that!
Guest(1): YES! EXACTLY! IT'S SO FRIKKIN TRUE! *grabs bazooka* KILL THEM ALL! (Kadzait: You need to chill. Here, take these meds. Me: I don't to. Kadzait: TAKE THE MEDS! Me: NEVER! Both: *grabs pointy weapons* Kadzait: *stashes pills in gun* PREPARE TO TAKE MEDS! Me: HOW BOUT NO?!)
ThePurpleSuperCow: You wouldn't BELIEVE how many people already have told me to do that! And I am so doing it because it would be SO FUNNY! XD
Masterjohn125: Aw, thanks dude! And sometime in the distant future (meaning many, many chapters from now unless I find a spot to put them in) there will be an entire chapter dedicated to meeting Danny's allies and enemies and another one where they get lost in the Ghost Zone. That last one is purely Danny and Robin's fault. XD
Supaherolena02: Yeah, took me a few more hours than normal because I spent the night at my Grammy's (we had a blast) and didn't bring my USB and I also hadn't uploaded Alpha Male yet either. So when I finally got it on Doc Manager after going home and finishing school, it needed to be edited and I had to edit it and I edited The Abused chapter first and I had to write responses to all the reviews and let's just say it was a pain. XD And his Totems didn't come out cause I was giving it a rest for a chapter or two. :D And come on, who doesn't love Trigger Happy Danny? It's frikkin awesome! XDDD
IWasNeverReal: Hahaha! I'm glad you love how Danny acted in this chapter! And the reference. Aw, the reference. XD And you found out who was messing with our Danny in this chappie (I'm so mean...)! And seriously, would you wanna comfort your puking sibling? Seriously? For all we know, Robin might be a mercy puker! And you've told me I'm an epic writer before but every time you say it it makes me feel happy! XDD
Guest(2): Hahaha! Yes, yes he is! Captain Marvel is the best kid/adult superhero ever! XD
LeanneKS: I'm so glad you loved the chapter! I try! :D And I had hoped the time thing didn't bother anyone! And you really meant the Clockwork's Apprentice thing? Dude, I love you. And anyone can be good at something if they try hard enough. Looking back at my old stories makes me cry because they SUCK. Nothing flowed! And you aren't the only one to notice the similarities between Wulf and Wolf! XD They will meet each other one day! And, oh my gosh, THAT IS SO TRUE! Superman must really suck at relationships then! XDDD
Em: Yes, I do care about you very much! You're one of my favorite viewers! I'm glad you liked the change! Hahahaha! Yes! Super-Martian is very real in the story! And no, no they don't. It just got worse too. And COME ON, who doesn't hug Danny after reading this!? Superboy can wait! Megan can hug him! Danny needs love! And thanks for the hug! *hugs back* XDDD
GreenDrkness: Come on, who doesn't love Danny angst? It's just so amazing. XD And I will keep on the writes. :D
Azorawing: Hahahahaha, I hope this chapter confirms your theory on the GIW. :D
Hitmoi-tama: Woo! Graphic stuff! XD And you're right... IT'S A HUGE PLOT SPILL! *dies* And I love unstable Danny! That's why there is unstable Danny in this! XD
Lee: I try to be hilarious. :D And I shall keep up the awesome writing.
TomgirlBre: Hahahaha! I totally do that to when I'm not beating the crap out of him with the angst stick! And I'm sorry for hurting your feelers. :D
BringbackDannyPhantom: It'll be awhile cause if Danny gives his ID away, he kinda gives away Robin and Batman's IDs as well. And that would be bad. XD
Glad you all loved! Hehehe!