WORDS AND ARMORS PART 2.

Shayera had eaten a little after the little fight she had with her fellow Rangers. She had not had a chance to eat since Barry had an accident, then Barry ran to the bathroom with her following him, and finally, the battle against Joker. They all had suffered damage to their pride, but they were recovering. Even Major Wayne had asked them to give him his Morphos to make his modifications.

Shayera came to the track to run, but did not see Barry. She looked around, but saw nothing. Shayera used her sharp hearing and heard a ragged breath. She walked very quietly, but Barry noticed and started running.

"Barry, wait!" Shayera shouted. "I just want to talk with you! I do not want to hurt you! I'm not angry!"

"That's not true!" Barry yelled. "I know that when you are angry you also scream! Also, when you do not sleep, you scream!"

"I'm not mad, Barry. I just want to talk with you." Barry hesitated a few moments, but wanted to reconcile with his friend. So he approached with slow and short steps. Shayera stood still, did not want to scare him away. When Barry reached her, Shayera moved her arms up, Barry responded by giving her a friendly hug. They were happy to be friends again, but they had to talk about their problems.

"I'm sorry I beat you down like that, Shay." Barry spoke first. "I did not want to…"

"Barry," Shayera interrupted. "First you have to tell me what is affecting you."

Barry pulled away from his embrace and turned around, took a deep breath and sighed slowly. Barry was a very sociable and cheerful guy, but very shy when it came to personal issues.

"As you know, everyone made fun of me," Barry began. "Especially in that place where I grew up. There was no peace anywhere and I cried all that time. But, when I run on the track to run, everyone stopped mocking and admired me. But, I fell once in a race and everything was over, since everyone made fun of me. Then, I saw the Justice League recruitment announcement, and I saw that it was my opportunity. Once I arrived, they were ridiculing me, because of my clumsiness, but I decided that if I wanted to do it right, I should not cry. I should not cry, I must be strong for me and for my reputation. I'm sorry I made you that, Shay."

"Do not apologize, Barry," Shayera said in a sad, thoughtful voice. "It's my fault, Barry." He turned around. "It's just that ... I try to be stronger than Diana in combat, and you beat me. How can I be better than Diana if I lose against you or against John?"

"Rangers," Major Wayne said over the loudspeaker. "To the lab."

"Come on, Barry," said Shayera. Before he could run, Barry took her by the wrist.

"Wait, Shay," Barry said. "You're as strong as Diana, and I'm sure you can be more skilled than her."

"Same you. You are the best man I know, even more than Kal."

"Let's go."

XXX

In J'onn's lab, the Rangers saw how Major Wayne and J'onn were talking in whispers near a briefcase. They wondered if it was an improvement or something bad that the commander was going to give them.

"Rangers," Major Wayne spoke. "As you know, they have had trouble neutralizing the criminals they have fought against, but the Joker has armor that resists attacks, so an accurate hit with his swords would not harm him. So this new weapon, is to neutralize criminals in a faster way. J'onn. "

"Rangers," J'onn said. "This is the supercannon." He opened the briefcase and pulled out a large gray and metallic cannon, and as in all the Rangers uniforms and vehicles, it had the Justice League logo: a JL enclosed in a circle. "This cannon needs five of them to be able to fix the objective. The red Ranger is the one that must fire the cannon. However, it should only be used when the criminal is already at his fixed and weakened goal. Also, the cannon has been added into your Morphos, it can use it whenever you want."

J'onn handed them their Morphos and the Rangers checked it. They saw how the cannon was and its symbol added to the numeric keypad.

"Last note: everyone must press the button to bring out the cannon." J'onn said. The alarm sounded. Everyone ran to the conference room, leaving the cannon in the lab.

"The Joker came back," Major Wayne said. "He's on the east side of the city. Stop him at all costs."

While they were in the vehicles, Diana noticed the change in the face of Shayera and Barry, so she decided to talk.

"You apparently solved all the problems with Barry," Diana said smiling.

"Yes. Everything is fine. "Shayera said very calmly

"If we have the help of the gods, we can defeat the Joker." Diana said thoughtfully.

"If the Joker can not handle Barry, he will not be able to join us, Diana." Shayera said very convincingly. This gave Diana hope, although she did not like it that she had no respect for the Greek gods, to whom she worshiped.

XXX

In a parking lot in the east mall of the city, a couple of women were putting the bags of their many purchases from the mall in the trunk. The purchases had gone very well, which was very good for them. They were not high society women, but they liked to buy expensive things to look good, but at least there were good offers these days.

"I love that mall," said one of the two women. "It had wonderful offers."

"Yes." The other woman replied. "Then we will buy shoes and save more."

"Save more?" Said the Joker, who suddenly appeared, which caused the two women to recoil. "Consimistas, you would buy all the shopping centers to feel happy."

The women shouted and got stuck in the luggage rack due to the great electric shock that caused the Joker's armor.

"Oh, yes!" The Joker said. "I'm the best." Another adult was walking down the street staring at his cell phone. He wore glasses and was thin, but he expected to be promoted soon to his job.

"Oh, please," said the Joker. "You like to be over-exploited, so if you were a janitor you would still be happy." The employee shot out and his cell phone slammed into a wall, disintegrating into a thousand pieces. The Joker did not stop laughing.

"Hey!" Diana shouted. "Have you ever been called an abuser?"

"Oh, I've been told better things," the Joker said in a tender but malign voice.

"Ready!" Kal asked.

"Ready!" They all said in unison.

"Justice League, activate." They all said in unison. "We are the Justice League Rangers, and we never let any criminal get away with it."

"Rather, they let everyone boo," the Joker said with a certain anger in his voice.

"Your trick will not work," Diana said.

"Yes. We are ready, and nothing will affect us. "John said.

The Joker ran to John and spoke again.

"Lamebotas," the Joker said to John. This offended John, but the electric shock was not as strong as the one he gave him the first time.

"John!" Kal shouted.

"Do not let it affect you," Diana said.

"Go away, cowards," the Joker said. "I know all your weaknesses. And I have a pending issue with the yellow Ranger."

"Who? Me? "Barry asked.

"If you mess with one, you mess with everyone, Joker," Diana said.

"Then I need a distraction," the Joker said. "Robots Jokers, attack."

Dozens of robots with the same look of the Joker appeared suddenly after the Joker threw purple grenades into the air.

It was time for combat. Shayera used her sword to hit the robots, while John used grenades against them, much like a sword he created with his mind; Kal used his strong fists as well as a pistol, meanwhile Diana used a long sword and Barry used his sword against the Joker. The training with Major Wayne was paying off. Barry was fighting the Joker, but he dodged all the blows Barry was throwing at him.

"Your turn, talkative," Barry said confidently as he attacked the Joker. "Nothing you say will hurt me."

"Wimpy, useless, clown, wimp, exaggerated, mediocre." The Joker said all this while dodging all Barry's sword strokes.

"I told you that nothing will hurt me," Barry said before giving another speed attack on the Joker. The Joker fell, but he got up again.

"Oh, yeah?" Asked a Joker now furious. Well your parents would be disappointed in you." Barry did not move, but he did not get shot either.

"I already have you," the Joker said as the smile returned to his face. Shayera had finished knocking down all the robots, and saw Barry being dominated by a smiling Joker.

"You lose strength, yellow Ranger," the Joker said. "You can not beat me anymore."

"Hey, do you need help?" Shayera asked.

"Yes, please Shay." Barry said.

"Get away, little flower," the Joker said. "Get away and I'll blow you up later."

Barry gave him a quick blow, which Shayera took advantage of to electrocute the armor. Barry took something out of his pocket and entangled it around the Joker's jaw.

"Adhesive tape." Barry said smiling. Shayera was also smiling. "I do not go out without it."

"Well done, Barry." Kal said on foot for the other Rangers.

"It's time to shut this clown's mouth," John said.

"I agree," Diana said.

"Time to use the supercannon," said Kal. "Use your Morphos, Ay!"

Although the Joker had his mouth covered with duct tape, his armor had pistols, which he used against the Rangers causing small explosions around him. You could even see from his look that he was happy. Kal, fed up with the Joker, used his heat vision against the Joker's pistols.

"You and me, Diana!" Kal ordered.

"Sure!" Diana shouted. The two Rangers jumped and punched the Joker hard, damaging his armor a bit and sending him flying a few meters.

"Super cannon." All the Rangers said. "Target ready." The Joker signaled that he was surrendering.

"Fire!" Everyone shouted in unison.

A large ball of fire shot out at the Joker, who tried to block it, but ended up in a huge explosion that destroyed the armor, while the Rangers turned around to look great with the explosion. When the Rangers approached, they handcuffed him and took him away, this time on his own to the base but not before saying "You're under arrested."

XXX

After the congratulations of the commander and J'onn for an excellent job against the Joker, the Rangers were in the entertainment room. Diana and Shayera were about to play a little foosball while Kal was surveying the videos to see the brown haired woman he saved hours earlier, John was playing with a green ball, but Barry was lying in the chair with a bag of ice on his head , since he had suffered headaches after the battle against the Joker, which meant that the Joker hurt Barry a lot, even if the Joker thought otherwise.

Diana pressed the button for the soccer balls to come out, but ice cubes came out to waterfalls. Diana backed away, but Shayera could not help smiling, but Kal and John were laughing out loud.

"Even though I'm having headaches, I do not forget a good joke." Barry said lying down before laughing as he put the ice pack over his eyes again.

Diana took some ice cubes and put them on Barry's neck, who jumped and got up jumping out of the sudden cold. Everyone laughed, even Shayera. Barry went back to bed and waited for the laughter to stop. After a while, everyone left on their own in different ways, although Shayera accompanied Barry, since he wanted to take care of him in case the headaches returned.

Kal and Diana were walking down the hall. They were close to separating when Kal spoke.

"What did the Joker tell you, Diana?" Diana looked serious.

"That I was just a pretty face, and that's why everyone loves me."

"That's not true, Diana. Everyone wants you for something. I value you as a companion and as a friend."

"Thanks Kal. I still value you as a friend. See you later."

What they both said was true. The two were valued as friends and companions, and nothing more. However, Diana lied to Kal about what the Joker told her, mostly because she did not want to tell him about her problem that she wanted to avoid, no one, at least not for now. She went back to her room to rest.

J'onn was in his laboratory, making reports of the mission and the new improvements he wanted to create for the armament for the soldiers and the Rangers. All his investigation was interrupted when Kal entered.

"Hello, J'onn." Kal greeted.

"Hello, Kal." J'onn replied. "How can I help you?"

"I need the city security videos of the battle against the Joker." Kal insisted. "I must verify something."

"No problem, Kal." They watched the videos for a few minutes until they reached the part where Kal saved the brunette girl.

"There, stop," Kal ordered. "Can you investigate who she is?"

"What for?" J'onn asked very confused.

"I want to investigate and see if she has some very important information." J'onn typed something on his Tablet and the information Kal wanted appeared.

"It looks like she's called Lois Lane. She works in the Gotham City Journal and is one year younger than you. You should go for she when you are at your job or she will tell you that you are a stalker." J'onn printed a sheet of paper and gave it to Kal. The sheet had the information of Lois.

"Thanks, J'onn. I appreciate this. I'll question her tomorrow. "Kal said. Kal left, but J'onn shook his head.

"This is going to be interesting." J'onn thought. "Our red Ranger is in love."

XXX

In his cell, the Joker was sitting in the dark. They had turned off the lights an hour ago in prison, but the Joker always stayed awake for a long time. He had been thoughtful about his defeat at the hands of the new Power Rangers of Gotham City. He had faced other Power Rangers in the past, but now he wanted revenge against these Rangers. Despite being defeated, he always had a new plan in mind, like the one he had now.

"Power Rangers, you have not seen the last of the Joker!" The Joker yelled, then released a maniacal laugh. Literally, the Rangers had not seen the last of the Joker.

Note: obviously, this is not the last we will see of the Joker, so his next strokes against the Justice League will come later. Diana, like Kal, John and Major Wayne have issues to attend to, but those will be seen in later chapters. Also, I'm working on mysterious Island.

NEXT: MANY HISTORIES, ONE REAL HISTORY.