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As she appeared before him from a distance taking her time to walk towards him. He sniffed the air and smells coming from her. She smelled sweet and tasty in a way, though he ignored his base desires and smiled in the darkness. His face never shown and remained in silhouette. His voice was like honeyed venom..smooth and terrifying at the same time. he studied her curves and mannerisms and the way she spoke and he watched her mouth. Words were very important to his kind,and should never be taken lightly. As she spoke explaining about some device this primitive world used to usher in the invited.His purple within green eyes twinkled..they were quite strange to look at if she could see them. Like stars within stars that held long dark secrets that only the bravest or most foolish dared to seek. When she finally did reach him by the gates. he did a slight nod of his head towards her, adopting some of the customs of this lower dimension. After her small explanation and her introduction towards him. he smiled again that sick twisted yet menacing smile and the words poured out like honey
"Well now, i had not realized that such creatures of this realm could be as breathtaking as you, death waifs all about thee. I like that. You possess a power that seems familiar to me from long ago, I believe I have met your kind before, most likely on a previous jaunt to this place, many millennia ago That was a time when the stars seemed young and quite different than they are now...but still there is something utterly strange about this place it's not like I remembered when my kind walked its shores before.

Well let me get to the point of my visit..You see I arrived here many many moons past. A certain astral phenomenon opened a doorway to your dimension which allowed My kind to squeeze through. Oh we did meet some resistance which i shall get to soon..fortunately of my kind, i was the only one to escape to this world. I stayed hidden for a time learning as much as i could about this place You know? It's the smells that delight me. Out there are many terrified souls who have no idea what is out there in the abyss. Well After a time i discovered something that hasn't been seen for quite sometime. It was lost to my brethren long long ago, before pre-Atlantis. It has popped up in one form or another I am sure, but always a facade and copy, never the true one. That was until a certain mystic of your world came across it. I have been told it was passed down through his bloodline, forever hidden and protected from discovery, however, he made a grave mistake and revealed it's power that i could trace.I couldn't retrieve the item myself for it was protected by very powerful and ancient Divine powers. Ones who I would not want to draw their attention to my presence at that time. A great battle ensued and I would have claimed what was mine had it not been for more of this mystics meddling friends and an ancient wizard known as Shazam. Well the item is lost to me again and the battle temporarily lost. I decided to lay low for a time, as this same mystic seemed to vanish from this dimension, or maybe he was just being protected from my power to sense him..anyway it was until i sensed his power once more enter this dimension did I know that he finally returned.In fact, I know he has returned!The One known as The Green Mist! He is a very Powerful sorcerer one not to be taken lightly and he also does possesses a strange glowing ring. Now I have seen others of these many colored lightsmith's with these powers over emotions since my time here. i even considered absconding one for study myself but this particular ring of his is quite different. There are none like it. It contains a power as old as this dimension. I am not even sure if he is really even aware what he has there. He also has something else within him, his bloodline! Something that could be very useful to my kind. Which is also something I shall not get into at the moment.

So what I am asking you is this..Join with me, lets create a cabal. Help me gain what I seek and I shall make it possible for you to gain true power beyond your wildest imaginations. At this current juncture, this world is ripe for the taking. I have long watched, and the heroes of this world are confused and disjointed. We could play the puppet masters and pull the strings, set one against another. Their trust in each other is thin, they can be broken but first I need a few more people of your talents. This is only time I will offer, as i have come to find evil in mortal hearts is everywhere and can be nurtured and shaped. If you join me and my cause, i shall give you the things i believe you want..absolute destruction and mayhem..and perhaps some of my pretty pets to study and play with....Well what say you child?"

He listened as she hummed and it sounded musical, it had been awhile since he came across something so lovely yet still with the faint smell of death about her..He grinned and nodded at her when she replied and smiled even wider looking all the more sinister. What she didn't realize was that she was dealing with an entity older than this universe, something from beyond. he did tend to talk down to the lesser beings he met in his travels, or took advantage of most..like the unwise practitioner of the arts who foolishly opens a portal to the Far Realms in an attempt to seek powers that should not be tampered with, only to lose their mortal soul and have it devoured by concepts which they truly did not comprehend. Yes this one was proud and she was special. He could already sense she was some form of lich or something along those lines, but that was not important. he had met many liches, even some among his own kind, and no one really ever cheated death..there was truly only one way to really cheat death and maybe at some point he would show her but for now..He required an ally...Someone he could mold into a fearsome and powerful foe to the heroes if she was the type who would seek the proper tutelage. He needed to remember that most mortals have never seen what he saw his long lived life, nor have they served a power greater than the lower dimensions in which they dwelt. So he smiled once more and then spoke
"My Apologies, My many years of solitude and not dealing with your kind for millennia has made me quite thick skinned and i forget that words can be quite powerful and can hurt some in many different ways"
He figured that at sometime, somewhere in this woman's life someone made a grave mistake of hurting her, something he did not want to do to a potential ally. There was much work to be done and he needed allies. This dimension had powerful magic practitioners, and if they united they could discover secrets to stop his masters return and he did not want that. besides he had all the time in the world to bring his plan to reality
"Of course I shall be more careful in how I address a creature as lovely as thee..My My My..quite a lovely creature you are. In time I shall reveal more to you but I have other matters to attend to, and a few more to recruit. Once this Dark Cabal is complete. then all will be revealed and not until then. So I suggest you get ready to make this world run blood red. Good Evening My Dear."
And as fast as he appeared, the darkness swallowed his form and he was suddenly gone, untraceable and no where to be seen, but a voice whispered on the wind, gently saying to her
"I shall be in touch madame..."

Melissa began to feel antsy as she waited, throwing the occasional glance to the tracker for any trace of signal. Nothing yet. She would need to upgrade everything later. It was so out of date, she was surprised anything here really worked.


Now was her chance. Valkyrie grinned and immediately took it, hurrying through the portal before it could close. Before her appeared the familiar friends she'd gone so long without! How long had it truly been? Could she even comprehend all that she had missed while she was gone?!

The loneliness and extreme anxiety she endured was worth it for her cause. She absolutely believed that, but 6 years without a true friend she could trust weighed heavily on her mind. Here they were, well... some of them... She suspected some explaining would be necessary later, but here they were! That alone was exciting.

"Boy am I glad to see you guys! Oh my gosh! It's been ages," she gleamed, breathing a sigh of relief. "I could cry, but there's no time... When I can, I'll have to explain where I've been! How are you all?! I haven't spoken to anyone I could really call a friend before today in the longest time!"

She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly,"Kay... Sorry... calming down..."

Various new agencies were covering the rioting and other events both in the air and on the ground in Metropolis. Namely, Metropolis’s own Daily Planet, had reporters and news crews everywhere they could spare. One of the Daily Planet’s new chopper pilots spotted something in the distance. Something red, and blue.“Is that who I think it is?” The pilot shouted towards the camera man on board the helicopter. “Go! Go that way! We have to get total coverage” As they began to get closer, they began to realize their guesses and assumptions were true. Superman had returned to Metropolis! “Quick! Radio back at the station! Tell them we’ve got a live feed! The ratings will be through the roof. Not to mention our paychecks!” Then back at the Daily Planet, word had arrived from the news chopper crew that Superman was spotted. The Daily Planet’s own Cat Grant took to the airwaves.


“This is Cat Grant with Daily Planet live. We are continuing our live coverage of the mass rioting of across Metropolis, and the threats issued by the individual that has identified himself as Mongul. We are getting increasing reports of…I’m sorry folks please stand by, we’re going to take you live to our new chopper.” Then Superman and all the other heroes were now on camera. “Its Superman! This is amazing folks! Superman has return to Metropolis!”

Meanwhile back at LexCorp Tower, Lex Luthor and Captain Cold were still dealing with their own problems:


“I guess the late great, Ian Flemming, was lying in his James Bond novels all these years? Where is the classic British finesse, ingenuity, cunning, sophistication, style, taste, humility and subtly that I’ve always heard about? Oh and above all manners and respect. You must be really be horrible at your job, going for a frontal assault. Or a damn amateur. That or your alleged organization you work for is the most obscure and horrible intelligence agency on this planet, and puts very little investment in their pawns. After all, all spies are pawns. I also venture no matter where you’re from, the youth of this new generation is all the same, self-entitled, arrogant, and disrespectful from sea to shining sea.”

Luthor then pointed at the intrude with his index finger “The only a** I see in this room is you. What’s next? I suppose you’re going to take one of those annoying selfies your generation fancies doing so much. I wouldn’t worry, or bother with it. Because I’m not going to give you a chance.” He said to intruder with a degree of mockery.


Then suddenly Captain Cold chimed in with his own remarks, “Lex is right. You must be stupid as hell coming here, guns a blazing. Even I would think twice coming in here if I wasn’t on his payroll. But its your funeral kid.” Cocking his head to one side giving a grin towards the intruder, Cold looked down the sights of his cold gun, and got a bead on the intruder, and began to fire multiple shots at the intruder.

At that time, Luthor raised up his gauntlet and his holographic interface, and started giving out commands that we also communicated through LexCorp Tower’s PA system. “Attention all personnel! This is Lex Luthor, intruder alert! Repeat, Intruder alert! Intruder is armed and hostile! All security personnel to the hobby ground floor! Weapons free! Repeat, weapons free! The use of lethal force is authorized. Alert command override: cyanide, cauterize, suppress, dispose.” Now numerous security detachments would be rushing there way towards the lobby where Luthor and Captain Cold were. The code command overrides allowed security to walk freely the general areas and corridors of LexCorp Tower, due to ID Card scanners. But it also did other things as well. It gave authorization of all automated defense systems and emplacements all across LexCorp Tower to open fire on the intruder! Including the robotic secretary, as she started launching rockets towards him out of her arm.


As soon as Luthor finished broadcasting, the automated turrets and gun emplacements began opening fire on the intruder, firing all matter of projectiles, bullets, and energy weapons. Then Luthor himself, raised up his arms as the energy emitters in the palms of his hands in his gauntlets began to open through the apertures and a high pitched hum could be heard indicating the emitters were primed and ready. Luthor gritted his teeth, with a stern expression on his face as he also opened fire, sending energy blasts and beams towards the intruder.

While he was attacking the intruder, he was contacted by LexCorp security, plus an automated alert notification in his power armor was going off. “Mr. Luthor, this is LexCorp Security hub. I’m not sure if you are aware of it already. Sending it to you now”. Soon on the armors holographic projector began showing a news broadcast, from the Daily Planet showing the numerous heroes that have gathered there, some for other reason, some for the rioting.

Luthor then ceased firing at the intruder and shouted out to Captain Cold, “This is all on you now! I’ve got bigger fish to fry” as he pointed his index finger towards him. Then in a moment, the repulsors in his boots were activated as he began to take flight towards one of the exits. One of the automatic security doors open, as Luthor made his away towards it, and flew through the door way. He scanned the horizon, as his armor’s heads up display zeroed in on the news helicopters and flew towards them at high speed. As he gained altitude, he turned for a moment looking back at LexCorp Tower, as he noticed his high-level security personnel repealing down various floors of the building down towards the ground floor to the lobby to combat the intruder. In the sky, if anyone noticed or was watching, Luthor appeared as a green blur ever coming closer and closer quickly towards the heroes that gathered in Metropolis.


In a matter of minutes Luthor landed with a impact kneeling down with his right gauntlet to the ground, dust surrounding him. He raised up, straight and upright with his arms crossed glaring at both Superman, and the Green Lantern that called himself the Green Mist. Landing nearby them. Not saying a single word to any of them, or any of the other heroes that gathered at least for the moment.

And the news and the media were all still there. Watching them all. Waiting for what would happen next.

“Oh please, spare me your petty judgments. I guess some of you aren’t here to play nice, despite the fact people are watching.” He said pointing to the Daily Planet News Helicopter. “You’d think I would start a fight with all of you on camera as the world is going to hell? On camera for that matter? Please, stop embarrassing yourself.” Turning his attention away from the unknown female hero he had no knowledge about, then refocusing on the Green Lantern known as Green Mist, “Don’t act like your surprised Lantern, you’re not being exactly subtle. Gathering a taskforce amidst rioting? You’d know somebody would notice. Perhaps you wanted to? The bigger question is why are you here? I know the obvious already. Like I’ve already said, the world is going to hell. So all of you finally come out of hiding due to a planet wide crisis. Quite different from the last planet wide crisis if I call correctly, where some of you ran. That aside, I’ve come here with one purpose. I’ve come to join you. You know as well as I do, you need my help. I’m not speaking out of turn when I say that, that is a known fact.”

Meanwhile, outside at LexCorp Tower:

“Dammit! That son of a—“ Captain Cold shouted out as the intruder speeded away from LexCorp Tower, as some of the LexCorp Security forces finally hit the ground and had their weapons drawn firing on the intruder’s getaway car. Cold approached one of the guards “Drop your gear, I need some of it. Also radio the security hub, tell them to contact MPD that we’ve had a break in with an armed intruder. Give them a vehicle description. We’re going in pursuit. Get the Humvees, and get me a damn helicopter!” Cold began making modifications and repairs to his Cold Gun to get it in working order. Then from behind LexCorp Tower and the parking garages, armored black military style Humvees with the LexCorp Logo on the doors began speeding away in pursuit of the intruder in his getaway vehicle. Soon afterwards, Metropolis police patrol cars arrived on scene at LexCorp Tower and a few others began following the LexCorp Humvees in the high-speed pursuit, with their light bars flashing brightly red and blue, with their sirens at full blast.

A few moments later, a commercial LexCorp Helicopter could be seen flying around LexCorp Tower, only to descend to the ground nearby Captain Cold. He climbed up inside as helicopter began to gain altitude. Cold strapped himself in the cargo section near by one of the doors, for easy excess to open and fire upon the intruder. He also placed on a radio headset so he could communicate with the pilot in the cockpit, and LexCorp Security Forces. Inside the cockpit the helicopter pilot began receiving messages from Metropolis PD, and turned his radio frequency to the police scanner that the MPD used to coordinate efforts with LexCorp Security. “Attention, LexCorp Security! This is Maggie Sawyer, MPD Special Crimes Unit. We’re sparing any additional units we can, at this time. Most of our units are deployed trying to squelch any additional rioting in Metropolis.” Then on the police scanner the radio chatter began, “Attention all available units, coordinate with LexCorp Security efforts to apprehend a suspect in relation to the break in at LexCorp Tower. Suspect is of British nationality, and is armed and dangerous. Suspect uses concealed weapons, use deadly force if necessary.” Suspect was last spotted leaving LexCorp Tower, heading towards the Daily Planet.” Soon afterwards the Helicopter caring Captain Cold made away with haste towards the Daily Planet.

Back on the ground, both LexCorp Security and MPD spotted the intruder’s getaway vehicle, and began to attempt to match its speed in attempts to box the car in. Over one of the MPD’s patrol cars, one of the police officers began barking orders at the car in pursuit “This is Metropolis PD! Pull over, turn off and exit your vehicle, come out with your hands up and face the ground! Now!”

“Is that what you tell yourself at night to rest easy? That colossal conceit? Do you say that to yourself because your psyche is so fragile, if you admitted the truth it would break you? I see that reality has completely escaped you. Quite frankly, I have no idea what you’re talking about to come to those false assumptions and accusations that you're coming up with. As I recall I remember an organization called the Crime Syndicate that came to invade our planet from a different Earth, the Justice League being the first casualty of that invasion that made swift work of most of you from the inside out. I suppose you’re right, ran wouldn’t be the right choice of words. Hid under the bed like scared children would be the right choice. So heroic, just like the Battle of the Alamo. Now, a few of you did join my little coalition and rid of that scourge, which I’m thankful and they have my gratitude. Those that survived the initial attacks had the courage to stand up to the Syndicate even after being severely defeated once before. Others like Black Manta, Captain Cold, Black Adam, and even Sinestro put their differences aside against those that joined us from the League remnants. All of them stood against all odds. I...we... didn’t save the world for personal gain. It was for humanity, and our given right to exist and have free will. You and I both know there would be nothing but global enslavement if somebody didn’t stand up to the Syndicate. And that was ME! Me and everyone else I could muster! I did it because it was the right thing to do. It was the right thing anyone would had done! What happened afterwards, was all on Waller. All I did was introduce Ms. Waller to several people in Congress. Waller’s and the Congress choices are their own. Perhaps if the League defeated the Syndicate in the first place, we wouldn't have this Registration Act?”

“Secondly, my grievances have always been with Superman. Not a man welding a ring from a Cracker Jack Box, or the League. True, the League has been a positive force in the world, and I will admit that. But you lack accountability, which I agree with Waller on. I recall once Wonder Woman causing 2 billion dollars in London alone on one of her crusades. Obviously A.R.G.U.S and Steve Trevor did a good job of being accountable. ” He said the last statement sarcastically. “That and some of you desperately, have something to hide behind those masks and capes. I wear none of those things. Hence why I signed that little act that Waller helped made into law. Its all about transparency.” He said pausing for a moment talking in all seriousness.

“But after the Crime Syndicate invaded I came to a conclusion. Superman wasn’t humanity’s biggest threat after all. There are bigger threats out there, and that is worth fight against. Humanity is worth fighting for. What you’re lacking is exactly why the League was defeated. You lack tactics. Sure, you have the Batman who is a good tactician, but obviously that wasn’t enough against the Syndicate. If that wasn't good enough then, it isn't good enough now. It is true you have the brawn and power, but you’re lacking thought behind it. Also due to your defeat by the Syndicate, your popularity amongst the people and the world governments is at an all time low. Save for a few of you that helped defeat the Crime Syndicate. But I could help with that. You need Lex Luthor. As far as leading the League goes, that matters not. I have no other motive, or angle other than I want to help and preserve humanity. If Wonder Woman were here, you’d know I speak the truth.”

Then his face returned to being serious and stern and pointed his finger at the Green Lantern and looked him straight in the eye “And if you have a problem with me Lantern, and want to solve that problem, and a fight is what you’re looking for, I will be happy to oblige you here and now. In front of all these people, and the ones watching at home watching on the news. But quite frankly, time is a valuable resource we’re lacking for that. Which would be very unwise. For you at least, perhaps for even more? There are other more peaceful methods to solving our differences, but perhaps you’re not aware of them? Also,I think it goes without saying that we have bigger fish to fry?”