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Hey everyone, sorry this is so late. Between mid-year exams, finishing a Cert 4, organising and attending graduation for said Cert 4, work and upcoming school holidays. I have just been run off my feet and found very little time to write.
Anyway one more part of this arc to go...although it really is just a lead into the next one.
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The League headed back to Clark's apartment, Batman had agreed to come with them. Not to watch the movie but just so he would be there when Professor Hamilton called with more information regarding the break-in. However, on their way back they were distracted by a bank robbery since the entire League was there, it did not take long to deal with the robbers and they arrived back the Clarks apartment just after 2 pm.
Green Lantern Flash and Superman had finally decided on what they were going to watch and settled Ghostbusters that Professor Hamilton suggested. Fortunately, Clark had a copy of the films on DVD.
Once they got back to the apartment Green Lantern found the DVD and set it up while Flash and Superman used their enhanced speed to get the snacks and drinks out. However just as they were sitting down they got a call to deal with a prison break on Strykers Island; Metropolis's main Prison.
This irritated Flash and he muttered under his breath about losing valuable movie watching time all the way to Strykers Island. As the League was flying over Metropolis dock Alucard suddenly stopped and landed on top of a storage unit near the sea.
"What are you doing?"
"I think I will wait here," Alucard said.
"What Why?" Superman asked.
Alucard looked over at the ocean staring intently at the water.
"There may be a chance that some prisoners have already escaped the island," Alucard claimed "if that is the case they will be on their way
"That won't be a problem. Superman, Lantern, and J'onn could easily lift the boats out of the water," Batman pointed out.
"Not to mention I can run out to the boats and bring all the escapees bank in under a second," Flash stated "and Shayera can pick them off the deck,"
"Right, there is no need for you to stay behind," Hawkgirl agreed.
"None the less I will...just encase," Alucard insisted.
Superman looked out towards the Prison, using his enhanced vision he could see that thankfully none of the prisoners had made it out on a boat yet.
"But all the inmates are still on the Island," Superman claimed "I can see them from here,"
"What if a few disguise themselves as guards...or women?"(1) Alucard asked "and they slip away while you are subduing the rest?"
J'onn raised an eyebrow at this.
"That is very unlikely to happen," he commented.
"We really don't have time for this," Batman hissed angrily.
Since the League did not have time to argue they left Alucard on the docks and headed to the Prison Island without him.
Alucard waited at the Docks for the League to return, fortunately, none of the inmates had escaped the island. It took a good two hours to thwart the Prison break and ensure that all inmates were accounted for and order was restored. On the way back however a large fleet of ships appeared above the earth and several hundred fighters of various different races emerged from them. All of them were wearing read armour and with the same symbol and had a red glow around them.
"Oh come on," Flash shouted in annoyance "is the whole universe against us having a day off?"
"What are those?" Alucard asked in concern.
"Red Lanterns, a whole fleet of them," Green Lantern responded in a serious tone.
"What is Red Lanterns?" Hawkgirl asked.
"Another Lantern Corps," Green Lantern explained "Except they are powered by Rage instead of Will. They also have all my powers and can vomit their own blood that acts like fire and will disintegrate anything it touches,"
"That is both incredibly unhealthy and disgusting," Alucard stated.
"This will not be easy," J'onn stated.
"It wouldn't be any fun if it was," Hawkgirl smirked as she tapped her mace in her hand eagerly.
"Oh and one more thing. If a red ring appears in front of you...don't take it," Green Lantern warned.
The League and Alucard flew straight towards the invading army, as they were fighting several dozen red strikes of light flew out of the main ship. They bypassed the League and Superman looked up at them; using his enhanced vision he was able to identify what the lights were.
"Rings...John, there are red rings flying out of the main ship," Superman yelled.
"They're not here to invade but recruiting," Green Lantern realised.
"Shouldn't we be stopping that?" Flash asked.
"You can't, once a power ring senses someone to wield it, the ring won't stop until it's found whoever or whatever the host is," Green Lantern claimed "Just focus on getting to the main ship if we can get that one to retreat the rest will follow,"
The League all nodded in agreement and focused their efforts on dealing with the ships while doing their best to minimize the damage to the city below. Finally, after breaking through the line, the League was able to get into the main ship; they were met with more Red Lantern troops.
"Why is there never a Blue Lantern around when you need one?" Green Lantern muttered in annoyance, as he engaged the troops.
It took just over two hours to deal with the Red Lanterns but they finally retreated after Superman and Green Lantern double teamed Atrocities; the leader of the Red Lantern Corps and forced him and his fleet of earth. Once they were gone the League focused on helping Metropolis emergency services and clearing the damage done to the city by the invasion.
Alucards coat and cape had been completely ripped and looked like a he had tangled with a very angry mother bear. Even though his cloths were barely holding together he assured the rest of the League that he would use magic to repair them later.
When they finally returned to Clark's apartment it was close to nine o'clock at night. Unfortunately, it had suffered some minor damage from the invasion and Superman was quick to fix the place up and tidy up the place; it only took him a minute to do and when he was done the reporters' home looked good as new.
"Right we've dealt with a break-in, a prison break, an invading alien army and the clean-up of sans invading are. Can we please start the movie now?" Flash begged.
"Just put it on," Batman sighed.
Flash did just that and as soon as the League was sitting comfortably the movie started; however, they only got about five minutes in before the entire room minus Alucard and Batman were asleep. Batman stood up and walked out to the Balcony; Alucard muted the movie and followed him.
"Are you leaving?" Alucard asked.
"Yes," Batman responded.
"What about Metropolis? Does it not need defending?"
"I have better things to do than worry about Superman's city," Batman huffed.
"Then who will defend it?" Alucard asked "Superman is asleep,"
Batman turned to look at Alucard.
"Don't worry, he has robots on stand by for when he's unavailable," Batman assured.
"Robots?" Alucard asked confused.
"Automated machines, that are programmed to carry out tasks without ever needing to eat or sleep," Batman tried "Superman has some on standby at all times. Odds are a few of them are already out on patrol,"
"Oh...I think my father had some of those," Alucard said.
"Really? A Vampire with Robots?" Batman asked, he clearly did not believe him.
Yes, they were empty soulless suits of Armor that were animated by magic...they guarded certain parts of the castle and were as skilled as any knight but much more difficult to defeat or sneak past," Alucard claimed.
"I don't think it's the same," Batman said, "Besides would they still work after 500yrs?"
Alucard crossed his arms and closed his eyes; he remembered that he, Trevor and Sypha destroyed more than a few of the Sentinels when laying siege to Draculas Army.
"Hmm...it is true that most were destroyed..." Alucard agreed and he opened his eyes again "but not all. There may be a few dormant ones that in the castle that survived...perhaps I should see if I can find and revive them,"
"Isn't your castle at the bottom of the ocean? Who would you be guarding against anyway?" Batman asked "The Atlanteans don't go near you and there aren't that many who could survive the dive down to the castle,"
"Fair point," Alucard agreed.
"What about you? Are you going back to your castle or staying?"
"I think I will stay," Alucard said and turned back to the rest of the Justice League "Just encase something else happens,"
"Suit yourself. Tell Superman next time we'll try this again next week on the Watchtower," Batman said. He launched his Grapple Gun and headed off into the night.
Alucard watched him go and walked back inside the apartment, closing the balcony doors and pulling the curtains shut and turning off all the lights. He wandered around and found Clark's bedroom; his vampire eyes could see just as well in the dark as they could during the day.
He pulled the blanket off the bed. He took it back and used it to cover half Superman, J'onn and Flash who were on the couch; he then headed back into the bedroom and found a spare blanket and used it to cover John and Hawkgirl. The two were next to each other and when Alucard placed the blanket on them Hawkgirl moved closer to John without waking up.
Alucard smiled, turned off the Tv and the movie, having been shown earlier in the day how they worked. He made his way over to the fridge and took out a bag of blood from the cooler that Green Lantern had brought and sat back down with the League taking small and silent sips from the bag.
Athens, Greece
Wonder Woman sat on a beach overlooking the ocean. Next to her was an old ancient Greek building that had survived the test of time. She was not in her traditional battle outfit, instead, she was wearing a pale blue sweater and three quarter length pants. Her hair was tied back up in ponytail; she still wore her metal braces.
Alucard had given Diana some money for her day in Greece, so she could afford to explore some tourist spots and buy a meal. There was also enough for some cloths that would allow her to blend in.
She was watching the waves and the gulls soar across the sky when she felt a dark presence loom behind her.
"You're late," Diana said, without turning around.
"My apologies," Alucard responded and he walked up to stand next to her.
He looked up the temple to her.
"Which temple is this?" he asked.
"The Shine of the Amazons," Diana answered. (2)
"Oh…did your people build it?"
"Yes, in ancient times when the fire inside is lit, it signifies war," Diana explained "it was used to warn both Man and Amazons alike of approaching danger that neither of us can fight alone,"
"Are you not gods though?"
"Only mother is," Diana claimed "It was her duty to light the fire as a warning. But that was before we Amazons became secluded,"
"Hmm..." Alucard responded.
He wandered inside and looked at the large unlit beacon. Diana followed him, curious as to why Alucards cloths looked like a bear had used him as a scratching post. She watched him leaning against one of the pillars.
"Has the shrine ever been lit?" Alucard asked.
"Twice, the first was against an invading army of demons from a distant world beyond the stars," Diana answered.
"And the second time?"
"I'd…rather not say," Diana claimed "But it has not been lit since,"
Alucard shrugged and continued to examine the shrine curiously.
"So I was expecting you to come and get me last night. Did something happen?" she asked.
"There was a break in at Star Labs...the League was called in to lend assistance," Alucard answered as he studied the beacon.
"Surely that would not have taken all day?"
"It didn't...however the other incidents did,"
"Other incidents?" Diana asked worriedly "What happened? Is everyone alright?"
Alucard looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"After the League had finished at Star labs we headed back to watch the movie with Batman in tow...however on the way back there was a prison break at Metropolis prison and then the earth was attacked by Red Lanterns,"
"Red Lanterns? What are Red Lanterns?" Dianna asked.
"From what I understand they are like the Green Lanterns and have similar abilities...only their rings are powered by Rage instead of Will," Alucard explained.
"I see...did they do that?" Diana asked and pointed to the holes in Alucard's torn clothes.
"Yes, one of their members was a cat...it was a very troublesome opponent,"
"You got into a fight with a cat?" Diana asked. She was doing her best not to laugh.
Alucard crossed his arms and gave Diana a flat looked.
"It was a very angry cat," He defended.
"So did you end up watching a movie at all?"
"No, by the time we got back to the apartment...it was well into the night and everyone but myself and Batman fell asleep as soon as they sat down," Alucard claimed "I stayed with the League all night,"
"Did you sleep with them too?" Diana asked.
"I cannot sleep at night," Alucard stated "Besides I have slept enough lifetimes away as it is,"
"Right,"
They stayed there on the cliff watching the
"We are going to try again next week...watch a movie that is. This time at the WatchTower," Alucard stated, he then looked up at her "You should join us,"
"No thanks, there are other parts of Greece I would like to see,"
"Very well," Alucard said.
"The others, were they hurt in the attacks?" Diana asked.
"A few scrapes...but nothing serious," Alucard replied, "Why does the well-being of the Justice League concern you?"
"Because they are my friends," Diana answered
"Interesting," Alucard said thoughtfully.
"What is?"
"That it was your choice to distance yourself from the League...yet the first sign of trouble you are eager to ascertain they're safety,"
"Are you saying that I should not care whether they get hurt or not?"
"Hardly. If you are so connected for their well-being...would it not be easier to return to their side?"
"Is this some sort of ploy to get me to go back?" Diana demanded.
"Nothing of the sort...I am merely stating facts," Alucard claimed.
"If I go back I will have to watch them die," Diana claimed "and I can't do that,"
"Then don't watch,"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"They will die anyway...eventually," Alucard pointed out "whether it is of old age, sickness or in battle...each of member of League will die,"
"Then what would be the point of going back,"
"To make sure it doesn't happen...to ensure they live to fight another day and live to see retirement," Alucard answered "or at least long enough to for you to build up enough happy memories that will bring you comfort at the time of their passing,"
"Will that help?"
"Yes…as will the knowledge that they lived a full life," Alucard assured, "Now shall we return to the castle?"
Watchtower, 1 week later
The week past fairly quickly, everyone was surprised that Batman had suggested a second attempt at watching movies, only this time he insisted it be held on the watchtower. The rest of the League agreed and it was decided that they would watch Ghostbusters as they started it last week and didn't finish it.
Batman provided a Tv that would hook up to a laptop to run the film off, Alucard was very surprised to see the laptop as he thought all computers were big like the ones on the Watchtower. He set it all up a few days in advance to make sure it didn't interfere with the Watchtowers main systems.
Like last week Flash had brought a large number of snacks and other goodies to eat, Superman and Green Lantern had rearranged the furniture in the tower so there would be enough chairs and J'onn had set the monitors in the satellite to keep an eye on earth so they would know if anything happened.
He also kept his telepathic senses open encase another army showed up to invade.
The biggest surprise of all was when Alucard appeared on the Watchtower on Saturday morning he was not alone. When he walked into the room that Batman had set up for the viewing; Superman, Flash, J'onn, Hawkgirl and Green Lantern were already there.
They were sitting on the sofa and chairs that had been moved into the room and there was a coffee table in front of them with the food and drink on it. They looked up as Alucard walked in and stared as Wonder Woman was with him.
She stopped as she was completely aware that everyone was looking at her.
"Um…Hi…can I watch too?" Wonder Woman asked nervously.
"Sure, you can sit next to me," Flash answered eagerly and patted the seat.
He was sitting next to Hawkgirl on a two-person sofa, he moved over to make room for Diana by moving closer to Hawkgirl. Wonder Woman walked over and sat down next to him. Flash starched out both his arms around both girls shoulders.
"I have two gorgeous strong women sitting next to me and a whole days' worth of movies to watch. What could be better?" Flash said happily.
"Take it off or I'll break it off," Hawkgirl threatened.
"Come on Shy, you know you love me," Flash grinned.
Hawkgirl grabbed her mace that was resting by the chair and it lit up with energy in her hands.
"Okay okay," Flash said and removed his arms, raising his hands in surrender.
Wonder Woman chuckled at this.
"Diana, are you doing okay?" Superman asked.
"Yes, I am. I apologise if I caused any worry," Wonder Woman said sincerely.
"As long as your okay," Green Lantern said.
"So can we expect you back on
"I would like to come back…if it's alright with the team," Diana said.
"I don't think you'll hear any arguments," Superman assured, "will you be returning to live up here too?"
"Yes, I think I have imposed on Alucard long enough," Wonder Woman answered.
"Well, I for one am glad your back. the boys have been rowdy and I could use a hand getting them back in line," Hawkgirl joked.
"Well I can't leave you to deal with them alone," Wonder Woman agreed.
"Now there is the Warrior Princess I know and love," Hawkgirl declared.
"What are we watching?" Wonder woman asked.
"Ghostbusters," Green lantern answered "We started it last week but all fell asleep halfway through,"
"Actually…It was the first five minutes," Alucard spoke up.
"Alucard told me all about what happened last week, I heard you had to fight off an alien invasion," Wonder Woman said, "do you think that will happen again this week?"
"Who knows, the day only just started after all," Superman shrugged "I for one hope it doesn't,"
"If not you can always punch Flash if he gets annoying," Shyera said lightheartedly "it's just as satisfying as punching an invading army,"
"Hey," Flash whined.
"I will keep that in mind," Wonder Woman agreed.
"Where is Batman?" Alucard asked.
"He's doing some last minute system adjustments in the monitor womb, he'll be here soon," Superman claimed "we'll start when he gets here,"
Batman arrived a few minutes later, he walked in and stopped when he saw Wonder Woman sitting with Flash and Hawkgirl. She looked up at him and gave him a smile.
"Hello Batman," She greeted.
"Hey Bats, great news. Dianas going to be rejoining the team again," Flash announced happily.
"Welcome back," Batman grunted as he walked past her and sat down in an open chair.
"Alright, time to start the show," Flash said as the opening credits rolled on the screen.
(1) In the middle ages, it was an effective way to escape prison by putting on a guards uniform and walking out. this is still popular in modern culture and crime dramas today.
In 1715 a man named Willam Maxwell was imprisoned in the Tower of London and sentenced to die for Treason (most likely by hanging) however he escaped the gallows when his wife and 2 daughters and a few other female servants came to see him one last time before the execution date. They dressed him in drag and when the family left, the guard didn't notice that there was one extra womon in the group.
When the alarm was raised Willam and his family walked right out because the guards were looking for a man and were not detaining the women. William fled to Rome where he started a new life and was joined by his wife and Daughters a year later after they had been cleared of any suspension of the escape.
Once word of this event spread many men who were in prison often escaped by dressing up as women. Since at the time, it was believed that Women were not as smart as men and could never plan something or be capable of doing something like a prison escape.
Here is a timeline of the events that happen on the Movie Day. This was made to show just how busy the League was on what was supposed to be their day off and why they were so exhausted at the end of it.
(2) The Shine of the Amazons was used in the 2018 Justice League film. Hippolyta lit the waring fire with an enchanted arrow to warn Diana of the coming danger posed by Steppenwolf. Diana refers to Steppenwolf first invasion of earth as the first time the Warning fire was lit.
Movie day timeline
Meet at Clark's apartment: 10 am
Flash, Superman, and Green Lantern argue over movies: 10 am - 11 am
Travel to and from Star Labs: 15min
Star labs break-in: 11:15am - 1:45 pm
Return to Clark's apartment: 2 pm
Travel to and from Strykers Island: 20min
Strykers Island Prison Break: 2:20pm - 4:20pm
Red Lantern Invasion 4:30pm-6pm
Assist cleanup and emergency services 6pm-8: 40 pm
Return To Clarks apartment: 8:50pm
Movie starts: 8:55pm
League falls asleep due to a busy day... 9:05 pm
Batman leaves: 9:07 pm