Preface: Welcome to my long awaited crossover series "When Worlds and Dangers Collide". It is a crossover featuring Defenders of the Earth and Batman in general. As far as the latter, it is a mix of Batman: the Animated Series/The New Batman Adventures, Young Justice, and some of the DC comics as a whole.
As for the timeline regarding Defenders of the Earth, it's set during the fifth season arc of Defenders Chronicles: Highlander which means the final episode of the DoE series had passed.
There are also additional members of the Bat Family who haven't appeared in in the DCAU who will be present such as Orphan/Cassandra Cain, Spoiler/Stephanie Brown, The Signal/Duke Thomas, Red Hood/Jason Todd, Batwoman/Kate Kane, and Damian Wayne, as the last two will appear later in the series and you'll see the rest starting the first chapter.
Before I start this series, like many fans of Batman, I was saddened to hear the tragic death of Kevin Conroy, known as the iconic voice of Batman, who passed away on 11 November 2022. He was beloved by fans of the show, and he will be missed by one and all.
Disclaimer: Batman: the Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Young Justice and all characters and properties belong to DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation. Defenders of the Earth, Flash Gordon, the Phantom, Ming the Merciless, Mandrake the Magician, Lothar and all other characters and properties belong to Marvel, Stan Lee, King Features Entertainment, Hearst Entertainment, Alex Raymond, Lee Falk and Mill Creek Entertainment. The characters April Gordon, Amy O' Connor, Cathleen O' Connor and Shelia Oceanna Dewindt belong to fellow DoE fan Marzena and if you wish to use any of the characters, ask her first. If any new characters that have never appeared in either franchise show up, I'll give you a disclaimer for them.
When Worlds and Dangers Collide
Chapter One. Prelude to a Collision
"Are you okay?" Mandrake asked.
Lothar sighed as he faced his close friend, "Yeah. I just had Cathleen on my mind lately."
"I myself," Mandrake nodded in agreement, "but at first, I thought I was just reflecting on old times."
"Which have been long gone," Lothar crossed his arms, "I have a feeling she's trying to reach us but I don't know what she wants."
"We're too old to be playing these type of games," the magician couldn't help but to blurt out, "she can't send a letter to tell us something, yet she shows up in our dreams, trying to tell us something."
"Like sending us a cryptic message."
"Exactly."
The two men looked around in silence. It had been nearly a month since they have moved into Gotham after Ming sent an attack on their old base in Central City and destroyed the old base. The new base was a pretty good work in progress and pretty soon things would be up and running and Monitor 2 would be much like the old Monitor.
"How's LJ doing?" Mandrake asked, breaking the silence.
"He's holding," Lothar answered, "he ended his relationship with his ex girlfriend Kate just last week and my son is doing his best to keep it together."
"LJ will find someone again soon," Mandrake assured his partner.
"I know," Lothar nodded in agreement, "it's going to take some time though."
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LJ looked outside as he was sitting outside at the balcony. Ever since he moved to Gotham, he tried a long distance relationship with his then girlfriend Kate. He tried to make it work, really he did, but in the end, it didn't work out and the relationship ended a week ago.
"Hey, you okay?" Rick asked, calling from behind.
LJ turned around to see his best friend nearby and gave out a small smile, "Yeah, I'm fine. How are things with you and Jedda?"
"Great," Rick answered, "but you shouldn't hide your disappointment with Kate. It's okay to share your feelings to your friends."
"I know," LJ nodded, "but I prefer not to think about it even as it has been a week since we broke up."
"It's not really healthy to bottle your feelings inside either," Jedda chimed in as she walked in the area.
"I know," LJ stood up and faced his friends, "I'm sorry. I am bummed that things didn't work out between me and Kate. She couldn't handle a long distance relationship like I had hoped."
"Not everyone can handle a long distance relationship," Jedda stated.
"And I'm sure you'll find someone again," Rick assured his best friend, "you're too good of a person not too."
LJ smirked, "I suppose you're right. Thanks."
The trio looked on as the sun started to set on another day in Gotham.
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Nightwing looked up and took a deep breath. He looked on as he was patrolling on the streets with Batman and Orphan.
Reflecting on the past four years, he could remember being a part and leading his own super hero team, the Titans, along with Robin being on with the Young Justice team as well. That worked out for awhile, until a dark time in his life which he was convinced he wasn't exactly cut out to branch out on his own, at least not for a long time.
During that time, Batman made a lot of changes with his team roster as well. With the additions of Orphan, Spoiler, and a surprise, Red Hood, as well as some upgrades, or downgrades, depending on how one would look at the situation in which Barbara Gordon endured.
A few years ago, the Joker shot and paralyzed her from the waist down to try and drive her father insane and try to get to Batman as well, but of course, that failed for the Joker, as the Commissioner remained sane and Barbara would change from being Batgirl, to becoming Oracle, helping the Bat Family out, even in a wheelchair.
"I still can't believe Nightwing didn't take on the Condiment King last week," Orphan spoke up, pulling him from his thoughts, "you know, when he said he would."
"You should have taken on the case," Nightwing muttered before speaking up, "Give me a break! In case you haven't noticed, it took me three weeks to get the mustard smell out of my suit when I did take him on last time."
"Invalid reason," Batman replied, "and because you bailed, I had to take on the Condiment King myself."
"Relax you guys," Oracle spoke through the comms, "I told you he had some business in Bludhaven he had to attend to at the last minute which was why he didn't take on the case."
"Uh uh, sure." Batman nodded, unconvinced by the statement.
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"Oh please," Red Hood chided in curiosity, "do tell us more."
"That night," Robin explained, "there wasn't much of the big names showing up at the city such as the Joker or Two Face, so essentially, we had to deal with some second rate villains."
"I took on the Kite Man so that I wouldn't have to deal with the Condiment King," Spoiler added, "while Robin here took on the Baffler."
"Baffler?" Red Hood quipped, "Such as the Riddler knock off?"
"Exactly." Robin nodded, "And we had no problems with our opponents."
"Albeit Kite Man tried making a pass at me once again," Spoiler chimed in, "I knew that would happen."
"Anyway," Robin continued, "it was down to Nightwing and Orphan to take on the Condiment King."
"Dick tried to beg Cass to take on the case," Spoiler added, "convincing her that she owed him, but she wouldn't do it, and after a brief staring contest, Nightwing said he'd take on the case."
"Yet, he bailed!" Orphan chimed in.
"Guys enough!" Oracle spoke up, "There's action on both ends! Group One, a couple of muggers are attacking a woman at the alley close to you guys, and Group Two, a couple of thieves are taking off with jewelry where you are at.
"Here we go!" Red Hood exclaimed. He, Spoiler and Robin made their way and advanced towards the two crooks holding bags of jewelry in their hands.
Red Hood used his guns to scare the thieves enough to drop the bags from their hands, Spoiler beat and knocked down the crooks before they could get away and Robin tied them together.
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"Hero time!" Nightwing exclaimed before he, Batman and Orphan made their way to the alleyway where two men were cornering a woman, who was cowering in fear.
Batman's presence alone made the two muggers run away from their intended victim, Nightwing managed to stun the muggers with his escrima sticks and Orphan managed to knock them out.
"That takes care of that." Nightwing stated as his group made sure the woman was safe.
"Well done, team," Oracle told the two groups, "My father has been informed about the two criminals and they will be taken into custody."
"I believe it's time to turn in for the night." Batman told the team.
"Sounds like a plan." Spoiler nodded in agreement.
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Amy knew she was dreaming when she looked around her surroundings. She suspected that her mother was here just as she was for the past several weeks now. It didn't seem real as her mother appeared before her, and she hadn't seen her mother in years.
"Mandrake the Magician," she said to her, "Mandrake the Magician."
"What do you mean?" Amy asked, "Mom, where are you?"
"Mandrake the Magician," was all her mother said before she vanished.
"Mom, wait!" Amy called out.
The next thing she knew, Amy woke up in cold sweat, and found herself asleep on the couch. She was sleeping at a friend's house after leaving her foster family's home after all the years of mistreatment they put her through. The foster parents had only kept her all this time before the day prior, because of the money. They never shown any love for her and the last straw was when the alcoholic deadbeat foster father Boyd hit her and forbade her from going to a game at school she had long awaited to take a part of, and for no reason too.
It was around the same time Amy was getting the dreams of her mother mentioning Mandrake the Magician. She looked up his name and found he was currently residing in a city called Gotham after his old home was destroyed in Central City. She was wanting to find answers and find out why her mother was mentioning his name in her dreams.
Amy confided in one of her friends named Savanna and she agreed to get her a bus ticket so she could travel across the country to find the answers she was looking for.
Author's Note: I want to clarify something. Amy O' Connor has the same name as Amy Brennan Thomas, Joe's daughter, so I can let you guys know, same name, different Amy. The Highlander cast will either be mentioned or someone from Highlander will make a cameo of some sort. So, there's something to look forward to.