Superman, The Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Cyborg all rush to Doctor Magala's lab.
"Wh- what are you doing soldier?" General Eiling asks inside the lab.
"It's major, you said so yourself, Major Force." Clifford Zmeck, now transformed into Major Force, says.
"And I don't take orders from you anymore." Major Force says as he raises his arm and shoots another beam of energy from his hand.
Just before it hits the general, Superman swoops in and moves him out of harm's way.
"Superman!" General Eiling exclaims.
"You're going down." The Flash says to Major Force.
"Flash wait-" Cyborg begins.
Cyborg starts to scan Major Force.
"His suit is imperfect. It's leaking radiation. At this distance we're safe, but get too close…" Cyborg explains.
"I got it." Flash says.
"You two go work crowd control, get everyone out of the area, J'onn and I will take care of this." Superman says.
Cyborg and The Flash speed off to make sure the surrounding area is secure.
"Always wanted to try my luck against the boy scout. You don't know how much the general had me study ways of taking you out." Major Force says.
"And what about me?" J'onn asks.
Major Force smirks, he raises his arm. The beam of energy at the tip of his hand turns to fire, he launches it right at Martian Manhunter.
"Ahh!" J'onn yells as he falls to the ground.
"J'onn!" Superman exclaims.
As Superman is distracted, Major Force flies forward and punches Superman in the face. The punch rattles Superman, but he's able to recover. Major Force charges forward again for another blow, but Superman blocks it and punches Major Force back. Superman had to be careful. He was pulling his punches, he wanted to make sure he didn't rupture Major Forces suit.
Major Force charges up for another attack. This time the energy from his hands glows red. He blasted it right at Superman. In a brilliant beam of red flashing light, Superman falls to the ground with a thud.
"Like I said, I know all about you Superman. Including your weakness to red solar rays. Solar rays I can now emit from my body." Major Force explains.
Major Force's hands glow red again as he begins punching on Superman. Superman wasn't sure what to do. He was on the defensive, but still had plenty of strength. But if he hit Major Force just right, he could theoretically bust his suit and cause a nuclear explosion. While he thought of what his next move should be, Major Force continues to whale on him while weakening him with the red solar rays.
"Truthfully, I thought you'd be more of a challenge." Major Force says.
"Then how about you step up to me." A voice says.
Major Force looks up just as he is shoulder tackled by Captain Atom.
"Captain." Superman says weakly. His strength was somewhat drained by Major Force's attack.
"Imposter!" Major Force yells out at the sight of Captain Atom.
Major Force blasts a beam of energy at Captain Atom. Captain Atom holds out his hand and absorbs the shot. The Captain then looks at his hand.
"I didn't even know I could do that." Captain Atom says.
"GRRR!" Major Force growls as he charges forward.
Captain Atom flies upward. He was a bit unsteady, still getting use to his new powers. Major Force flies upwards as well, and he grabs hold of Captain Atom. He begins to hurl Captain Atom back to the ground. Nathanial starts to have flash backs again. The day of Luthor's invasion of Washington. The robot landing on his jet and him ejecting, hurling towards the ground. Major Force smashes Captain Atom into the ground. He then begins punching at the Captain just as he did with Superman.
Nathanial can't react. In his head, he is back to that day, hiding out in Washington until it was all over. He was powerless then. But he isn't powerless now. Captain Atom charges up and blasts Major Force off of him. Major Force stammers backwards. Captain Atom charges and punches Major Force again. He then blasts him with an energy beam, tearing Major Forces containment suit.
"You idiot!" Major Force exclaims.
Superman and Martian Manhunter arrive at their location.
"His suit is damaged!" J'onn says.
"It could take out the whole city." Superman says.
"Wait- I can do this." Captain Atom says.
Captain Atom reaches forward and begins to absorb the energy leaking out of Major Force's suit.
"AHHHH!" Major Force yells as his body begins to fail him.
Major Force's body begins to tear apart.
"He's not going to make it!" J'onn yells out.
"Yes he is." Superman says.
"Come on, do it." Superman then says, under his breath.
Major Force's body then blows apart, but instead of exploding, the explosion becomes contained as Captain Atom absorbs all the energy. The captain then falls to his knees. Superman comes over to him.
"Congratulations Captain, you did it." Superman says.
The Flash and Cyborg join them at the scene.
"Sensors indicate that all of the radiation has been contained." Cyborg says.
"Then… it's over?" The Flash asks.
"There's still one loose end." Superman says.
The team heads back to Doctor Magala's lab and find General Eiling.
"So, you stopped him." General Eiling says.
"I think the Supreme Court would like to have a word with you." The Flash says.
The next day, Lois breaks the story for the Daily Planet. It tells all about Doctor Magala's experiments and now former general Wade Eiling's involvement. The article caps off by introducing the newest member of the Justice League: Captain Atom.
Nathanial reads the paper inside the Hall of Justice. Superman approaches him.
"I know this can't be easy for you." Superman says.
Nathanial looks down at his hands.
"I felt like a shell in my own body for so long. All I ever wanted to do was protect others, but I've felt so powerless for the past couple of years. Now, I feel like I've found something to fight for." Captain Atom says.
"That's a good spirit to have Captain. Welcome to the League." Superman says with a smile.
Wade Eiling was sentenced to Belle Reve penitentiary. The prison was rather new, but had racked up quite a few super villains over the past couple of years. Eiling was sent to meet with Warden Amanda Waller.
"What am I doing here. I don't belong here." Eiling says.
"You're a brilliant tactician Wade, it was I who requested you come here." Amanda says.
"Why?" Eiling asks.
A guard sticks a needle into Eiling's neck.
"Ahh!" Eiling yells out.
"Welcome to Task Force X." Amanda Waller says.
