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Synopsis

Metallic hands dragged across the surface of the large metal pylon. With a sudden twist, the metallic device started to twist and expand, glowing a dark blue and letting out a faint hum. The skull faced drone watched as the column began to take up more and more space within the sewer tunnel, expanding slowly. It's lens recorded everything, sending a signal to it's fellow drones that were similarly spread through out the city of Metropolis. It's companions were carrying out similar task, setting up pylons in a scheme that would soon reveal itself to the world above.

For now the drone waited , standing by until it's companions completed their task. Occasionally a coded pulse would chime inside of it's skull, alerting it that another Pylon had been set in place. Once all twelve were in place, the machine would send a coded signal to it's master and creator who waited patiently within the outer atmosphere, ready to exact it's plan upon the planet.

Superman surveys Flash noticing slight change in certain mannerisms but he figures it's just Barry being Barry. A smile continues to show on his face as more and more people crowd to take pictures of the heroes. Two members of the Justice League in broad daylight was unheard of. "It seems we've made quite the crowd gather here today. If we intend to continue conversation, I'd suggest a different venue." Superman says, as he begins to float up some. He gives a farewell to the crowd as they do the same, talking to Flash while he runs alongside Superman flying. "What brought on the outfit change?" he asks, making general conversation while truly being curious over the armored rendition suit Flash dawned.

Aside from the man in the bat suit sat none other than the woman of wonder. Diana had been called up for a few months to the spacial Watch Tower as she would strengthen the group in numbers and her own abilities, but all in all it was to protect the mass population the resided on the planet.
She began to speak soon after Bruce. "It would seem it was an allied force against us, but...the attacks are too scattered to pin point the reason behind that sudden outburst of attack. Placing her elbow on the long and sturdy desk infront of her, Diana began pondering plausibilities as the the root cause of the random destruction.
A message? To whom? Why? These questions were among the hundreds that they were all wondering. The Amazon soon enough leaned back on the seat and placed both elbows on the chair's arm rests--only this time, her right hand served as a post for her chin.

He was hoping that he wouldn’t be questioned by the outfit he wore so soon. Thinking of something that didn’t seem like a complete lie, he spoke while he ran alongside Superman. ”Just wanted to test out a new suit to make sure that it could keep up with me. You know?” Hopefully that was a good enough reason for Clark to believe him. As they moved to a location where they wouldn’t be crowded by civilians, he asked. ”Where are we headed?” At this very second he knew he was interfering with the timeline just by talking to Superman, with that thought in mind he wondered where his past self was at.

It seemed as though it was a mere blink of an eye that things began to go from possible analysis of an attack to the actual front of battle. Diana accompanied both Hal and Bruce, but she herself wasn't at all surprised by the surprised attack on Brainiac's behalf.
It was't the sort of 'month' break that the supers ever got. They had to take down a rival or at most incarcerate them in order to retrieve plausible answers. A rather interesting and foreseen process that took place after they defeated the foe, whomever it may be.
Sure enough, the Amazonian new the man of steel could handle himself, but when matters came down to it--he would need help and as for the team, Bruce was in right to unite them to form an alliance among the powered people to bring justice to the innocent.

She spoke soon after Bruce with a nod. "I'll be taking the west side of the city, as most as I can---and probably the north."
It would be seconds or minutes later that Diana had flown into the western most side of Metropolis. There hovering, pedestrians and people in their cars would take a brief first look, but the Amazonian took no second chance as she gestured and spoke to the people to clear the city. She'd be in different streets every three to four minutes shouting to the people below to exit as smoothly as they could. It wasn't every day that the Princess of Themyscira came down to the city of Tomorrow, but if it meant saving those who needed her help, she made nothing against it.
Aside from the sight of the warrior, the sky had a massive aircraft that was likely to have a memory in those sum of people who had probably seen Brainiac and the Man of Steel fight previously--or not.
Her hearing much enhanced, could hear the Kryptonian even from the mere chance of stepping into and being transported to his city. "Is her honestly going to sacrifice himself? Do we have any further details as to why the inflamed head is here?" It wasn't like Diana to blurt out a crack at the villain, but if it made the mood slightly more settling, she took a jab at it.
Now position her lasso in her hands, her sword stood mounted on her back with the shield she had always treasured, the Amazon was prepared for almost anything.

"Kryptonian."

Brainiac's voice boomed,emanating from every corner of the skull ship, spreading to every corner of the entrapped city for all of its inhabitants to hear. The skull ship continued to hover there, it's glowing emerald eyes seeming to glare at the hero that prostrated itself before it, begging for some form of mercy from the the true master within. The city beneath remained silent, waiting to see what would happen.

"I have long out grown the concept of vendettas." Brainiac stated. He personally did not care about the Kryptonian in any meaningful way. Nor did he hold any kind of grudge. To be honest, he was beyond nearly every kind of emotion, save for curiosity. Superman was nothing more than an annoying gnat that had impeded his quest for knowledge.

"Understand that this city that you have chosen to dwell is by far the most advanced of your adopted planet and therefore holds the most promise in terms of knowledge...." Two dozen panels along the sides of the ship started to slide open as Brainiac spoke. Metropolis, the city of tomorrow would make a perfect addition to his collection. It's diverse populace held within themselves the capability of advancing to the pinnacle of their race.

"What happens next is not personal." With that eerie statement, dozens of pods started to fire outwards from Brainiac's ship. Jettisoning out from the panels that had opened previously. The pods shot out towards random directions all over the city, slamming into the ground with explosive destructive force. The pods afterwards started to burst apart, several drones emerging from each of them. The drones scanned their environment, observing the onlookers that had gathered around them. Pacification was always an important step any harvesting. Culling a third of the populace would suffice and any thoughts of resistance would be promptly crushed. With that in mind, the drones started to open fire on anyone that that they could, blast of violet energy emitting from hands and mouths.

"Just keep running, Maria!" Called a worried father to his daughter.

She was no younger than fifteen, doing her best to get away from the destruction and commotion that now riddled the city. Her father was close behind motivating her to keep going forward and to never look back, no matter what. With all of the hustle they put in, one would think they would have made it to safety and out of sight. The tall framed drones appeared in front of the daughter and father, as if seemingly out of nowhere. Their violet eyes and glowing hands frightened the small family that weren't ready to die, not yet. Just as they were ready to fire, two sharp black projectiles flew through the sky, penetrating their metals arms with a satisfying buzz of electricity. Almost immediately after, Batman came crashing down on the ground delivering a series of quick blows back and forth between the two drones. The shape blades on his vambraces shredded through the drones like a hot knife to butter. In a few moments, the drones crumpled in a metal heap on the ground. He wouldn't wait to acquire the thanks for saving the two and kept on his way to dismantle more of Brainiac's forces.

"We need to break down as many of Brainiac's drones as we possibly can. They're blowing through the bystanders. Priority One: Keep them safe." He deduced taking down Brainiac, the source, would leave the drones in a defenseless and un-operable state. He was beginning to wonder what was taking Superman so long to start plowing through Brainiac's ship, nonetheless, that wasn't his fight. Batman would reach behind himself, taking another full set of batarangs, one gripped between each finger, and launching them towards a bigger group of drones. He came at them at a full sprint, jumping high into the air as he leaped into a front flip over the group but not before gripping hard along the shoulders of one of the drones, using the momentum to toss it forward. Moving forward, Batman pulled his cape up over his eyes as an explosion (from the batarangs) of orange and red filled the dimly lit Metropolis streets, blowing his cape back in a billowing fashion.