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The area began to thin in one section of Metropolis. He could spot helicopters, deep into the sky beginning to pounce on whatever was out there. That seemed to be a point of interest. The armored man dressed in black looked to his comrades from behind. Oliver seemed to be lagging behind. He knew of his perceptive instinct, he should be able to find out where to go if he followed the commotion. "Change of plans, unexpected circumstances put us in Metropolis. It can't be helped. There's another team here in the city, regrouping with them will give us enough numbers to push for an edge against Mongul. First priority, finding it." With that he set off on his own, the others were clearly capable of following if need be.

Grappling up into the sky, he latched onto a helicopter that swooped in low. It reeled the line in, propelling him forward. He clung to the bottom, clutching tight. Batman had a sky view of the city. His light cape blew violently in the upper wind. More and more MPD helicopters piled onto the scene. What was happening? When choosing his suit, he wanted something that appeared more stealthy, that showed a sense of fear. He always wondered why others took to more colorful options. To each their own. He could spot from a mile away a green figure and one with a billowing red cape. Even a flurry of others, though he'd have to get closer to notice. He kicked off from the helicopter falling, and fast. He gripped the sides of his cape getting ready to open it up while he made a smooth descent into the crowd.

The winded pounded against his cape, waiting for it to settle. The crowd and the main contenders were coming into full view. Old and new faces revealed themselves to him. The League was uniting once more. Batman went in hard, slamming onto the ground, his fist colliding with the pavement. There was no need to purposely dramatize the situation by waiting any longer to stand up, it was already clear that the unification of central hero powers would cause an uproar.

Seeing the arrival of The Batman, assured Furious that everything was going to be alright. He had known Batman for quite sometime and He was one of the few League members who Furious trusted with no hesitation what so ever. He walked over to him and reach out a hand to shake his and said
"Thanks for finding us Batman, I wasn't so sure where you were. The situation we face is dire and I am positive you are very aware of what is going on. If you remember When we shut down the Watch Tower, we set protocols in place to prevent it from ever being discovered or entered to protect it's secrets. The Watch Tower should be directly in orbit over metropolis in stealth mode. I have already removed the arcane wards that helped to keep it hidden. We just need you to activate and remove the security tech protocols and we will then be able to see it and use the teleporters to gain access to it...but from you can see we have another issue with Lex Luthor being here demanding that we need his help. I will follow your lead in dealing with this however you decide."

Canary looked past Batman as he soon took to the air, scanning the vicinity. There appeared to be a little more activity happening here, than back home. Some might consider that a blessing in disguise. However, she knew it was just the calm before the storm. They needed to be on guard, for someone could take advantage of their time away from home. Turning to glance over at Ray Palmer, whom also took the cue to take to the air. She couldn't help but notice that Oliver had not joined them still. Reaching up to a communication device located along an ear bud, opening up a channel that was between Oliver and herself only. "Oliver? Is everything alright?" Canary knew that Oliver could take care of himself, but the fact of his not showing up from transportation in this 'boom tube technology' worried her. At first she heard nothing but static, as she waited patiently for Oliver's response. Hoping that he too, would appear from the point of origin that Batman, herself and Ray Palmer had arrived promptly at.

Sara smiled before responding, "Oh, you know me, just wanted to make sure you're alright." She was legitimately concerned, after all he had been through...what they had both been through, before returning back home. Sara felt a closer connection to Oliver, more than what others could openly admit. With life altering events, that had a hand in redirecting their every day normal lives. Sara had a strong sense, that only they had a close connection with one another. Unlike no other.
Feeling his presence beside her, she turned her head and smiled. "Welcome, you haven't missed anything." Nodding her head in the direction of where Batman and the Atom were. "They just headed off, to that location over there, to greet and meet with some caped figures. Since you're here, I say we go meet with them and see what the plan is." She paused slightly, "Apparently this 'boom tube' technology? Didn't exactly take us to where we were supposed to be? According to Batman, unexpected circumstances put us in Metropolis. As to what reference he was making, I know not."

drake saw the heat behind him and needed a level head, with the clash playing loudly and the engine roaring under the pressure of the petal all that was needed was a cigarette. those in fact came standard issue in all of his suits, he lit one and it was like the world stood still, he took in and let out a deep breath of pleasure. the road was stretched out before him and he had a plan set in motion. the car was classic of course an aston martin DB5 1963, a personal bond favorite, it had all the trimmings of a spy car and most importantly it was to drakes specifications. "modern with a sexy old fashioned look" he liked to say, mostly because the only part of the car that was still from 1963 was the outside. the only thing he needed to do was make it to the planet and speak to the actual heroes being that his first method of deception had failed, whatever he told luthor would have to be explained. luckily the traffic wasn't half bad so the plan was easy, go fast, pop off some fireworks, and make it up from there. "sod off ya cheeky bastards!" he said through a speaker as everything began to level out, he sped through the streets dodging traffic and prepped the weapons to fire "right then what can i stir up?" he pressed a button and a machine gun turret popped from the roof,it fired rubberized rounds that liquefied on contact into an extremely sticky substance. he fried them at the cop car wheels to stop their approach non violently, once they were dealt with it was just lex corp. "right then, time to start the party" the gun swapped out for a rocket launcher, it fired 3 rounds, two of which hit the front few Humvees and one that missed the helicopter completely, targeting system was shotty but nothings ever that easy. with the humvees now sitting in the street, the rockets in tact, drake pressed a button on the gear shift that caused them to let out emp blast to disable the rest. the car was well out of juice and drake had only one trick up his sleeve, lucky his location was right where he wanted. he hit the big red button and his seat hit the middle of the car, he grabbed his gear the top opened and like that he was shot out of the car, the auto drive kicked in and it headed off to a safe place for repairs and recharges. so there he was flying though the air when the jets on the seat cut off "for f*&#$ sake man" he yelled out being only halfway up the building, "spy training you dumb b*****d" he thought to himself. opportunity knocked as the lex corp helicopter was above him, he unhooked himself and pulled a small grappling hook from his jacket, fired it and snared himself right on to the helicopter he swung up and met eye contact with cold, he shot him a quick wink and then landed on the roof where everyone was standing. he stood up, fixed his jacket, and approached everyone slowly "and they said america wouldn't be any fun, what'd i miss then lads?"

Seeing Kiga arrive Furious smiled wide as he knew Kiga was someone who although a bit unorthodox but was very powerful and not many people were aware of what he could do, but Furious knew, from the many secret outer space missions they had teamed-up on in the past. Smiling Furious said "Nice to have you here Kiga, it's been quite some time since we last spoke. I take it you are more than ready to go into battle?"

Then Furious turned as he saw a new but vaguely looking familiar face, not knowing who this person was or why he looked familiar,nor why they arrived in such a manner. Furious did not like working with people who He did not know...Besides this person looked like someone fresh out of high-school. He seemed a bit arrogant with his arrival, and he noted how the Kid looked over at Lex Luthor. Furious strode forth a few feet away from the new guy and looked him over for a moment and then looked back at Lex Luthor while saying 'Now who the heck is this kid? He one of yours Lex? He then paused shaking his head smirking and looked the kid over once more and said "Sorry Kid but I don't know who you are or what you want here but this is a certified Justice League operation. and I do not remember you having any ties to any of us. So I think you had better explain why you are here?"

Superman simply listen to both Lex and Furious argue over their own opinions and facts about the past. He didn't think it was appropriate or a good way to waste valuable time by joining in, there were bigger things to worry about. As they finished up, Clark was surprised to see his old friends make an amazing unexpected appearance.

"Glad to see the team reuniting, I'm sure there are many others operating in different parts of the world, but this group would do for now. Batman, whenever you are ready... get us to the watchtower, this much exposure to the media isn't a good idea at this time. We need to quickly start coming up with a plan and strategy to prevent Mongul from accomplishing his mission here on Earth." He turned to face Lex, "You can come, but only because we need to talk." Superman's face was dead serious as he's been wanting to speak to Lex since the last time they saw each other.

The Green Lantern known as The Green Mist had done exactly what Luthor wanted him to do. The lantern had lost his cool, and issued a vague threat of murder against him? And the other league members doing nothing, or saying nothing about his remarks? Perhaps after all the Justice League wasn’t any more different from the Crime Syndicate. At least the Crime Syndicate was honest in what they were going to do, which was death, enslavement, punishment, and absolute rule. Perhaps the League was nothing but glorified butchers and murderers? Save for Batman and Superman to Luthor’s own knowledge. But deceiving people that these were do gooders that were once on a pedestal and were basically worshipped as gods? But were murderers and thugs? This was a case of the pot calling the kettle black. This lantern put up a false facade himself. The more important underlining factor of it pleased Lutho. He now had information he didn’t have before, and knew now how to make the lantern loose his cool. A critical error on the Lantern’s behalf. Luthor only chuckled at the Green Lantern before speaking “Turn my bone marrow into jelly? I thought the great and almighty Justice League was above making veiled threats, and above even the possibility of taking a life of another. A common thug does that. Lantern, I’ve had plenty of people threaten to do horrible things to me over the years. Mark my words when I say, forgive…perhaps, but never forget” He gloated at the Lantern then only smiled when the lantern uttered the word ‘truce’ “Ah reasoning, I’m glad you see it my—“

Luthor’s attention darted over the building’s edge when he heard more helicopters, police sirens, close to the building, where he saw a car being pursued by both LexCorp Security and the Metropolis Police Department. Immediately one of the other news helicopters broke away from the gathering of heroes to see what the commotion was about, and started filming it on live tv. The press simply ate this action up with this car chase. Gazing down and out, Luthor witnessed the sight of this car opening fire on one of the MPD’s Patrol Cars. Then rockets being fired at his company’s vehicles. Was this the same intruder that wrecked up the lobby of LexCorp Tower, making outrageous demands? In this town of Metropolis, chances are it probably was. Turning back towards the Green Lantern as his remark about being ‘one of his’
“You actually think I would fire on the Metropolis Police Department, and my own people? For no reason at all!?” he blurted out turning his head slightly but in a fast motion at the Green Lantern before he continued watching the vehicle LexCorp Security and the MPD were pursuing. At last, he finally saw the individual abandoning his vehicle, then doing a clever trick with what appeared to be some form of grappling hook only to land on the building roof, and acting like an arrogant entitled millennial that he was, and acted like he belonged there amongst all that had gathered.

“This man is lying. This man broke into my building while on lockdown due to the broadcasts by this…Mongul. He destroyed well over 2,000 dollars worth of equipment, property, and endangered the lives of my employees, because he wanted my research. I refused of couse, since I will not negotiate with terrorists such as him. I asked him kindly to leave, and he refused and threw a fit like many of his generation do when they do not get what they want. The damage alone already makes him a felon by the penal code. You just saw him fire upon Metropolis’s finest men and women in uniform. Causing collateral damage, And presumably within reasonable doubt, killed my employees in getting here while they pursued him. If you think I’m lying, I have video evidence of what happened at LexCorp, and all of you just saw what he did. Batman can even review it if you don’t believe me. Like I said, if Wonder Woman were here, you’d know the truth.”

Now turning glaring at the intruder that basically committed huge acts of violence against him, and law enforcement, he pointed at Superman with his index finger and spoke only briefly to him “We’ll finish this conversation later. If no one is going to do anything about this man, then I will!"


Then, the police helicopters arrived, deploying SWAT units as the repealed from the helicopters on the ground floor of the building. A few more police helicopters also deployed SWAT teams on the roof in the corners of the opposite side where everyone had gathered. Guns drawn pointed at the one that called himself Drake Rayner, crouching down getting walking getting into firing positions and places to duck and cover such as pipes and exterior ventilation ducts that lead to the inside. They even moved between the heroes that were just standing there talking. One of the MPD SWAT officers barked out at the heroes “Help, or move out of the way, we’ve got a job to do!” Luthor looked above and saw the lone LexCorp helicopter which was carrying Captain Cold inside it. Both Cold and Luthor made eye contact where they both nodded to each other. The nodding being apart of some sort of signal between the two.



Turning away from Superman, and walking briskly towards man that had been terrorizing him “You’re under arrest, for reckless endangerment, attempted murder, property damage, and resisting arrest!” raising up his right arm, as he pointed his gauntlet towards Drake Rayner, and the apertures in the palms of his gauntlets opened ready to fire. But at that same time, MPD SWAT had the entire building surrounded and one of the teams on the roof made their move. One of the SWAT Units, with a group of four, outflanked Lex Luthor made his own move. “Open fire!” Then the SWAT Units began to fire upon Drake Rayner when they were in range, using all sorts of various automatic weapons, firing at fast rates sending hot bullet casings all over the place as the air around everyone began to smell from the gun powder.

Luthor shouted out “Cease fire! Cease fire!” out twice to the SWAT teams opening fire, while waving his arms around to get their attention. It only helped marginally, as some continued to fire at Drake Rayner. That was when Luthor flew into action. Using all the repulsors in his power armor, he darted away in a dash slightly hovering above ground towards his intended target at high speed. He got into the crossfire of one of the SWAT team groups. The sound of bullets hitting and bouncing off his armor did not fret him, it was what this alleged spy was going to do next since he proved himself to be dangerous. He also thought if the police killed this individual, he could lose a potential bargaining chip he could use somehow, someway for future use. After he was done dashing through the air within firing range, he turned and raised his arms out with his gauntlets pointed at Drake and fired. But he didn’t fire energy blasts at his opponent. Electricity arcs began to shoot, flow, flare out of the repulsor emitters in his gauntlets, heading towards him. Hoping to knockout the alleged spy that had become a thorn in his side.


But a frontal assault wasn’t the only thing Luthor had in mind. The exchange from Luthor and Cold was a signal for Captain Cold to do something. On the LexCorp Helicopter up above, Captain Cold swung open the loading door as he leaned out with his Cold gun, and began to fire an absolute zero beam towards Drake Rayner.

This action to cause the press that had gathered there to become excited and caused a frenzy amongst themselves considering close proximity to the Daily Planet to get the best picture and coverage, and made for polarizing television coverage. And all of it immediately went to the airwaves, which caused Cat Grant’s proverbial stock go up in this crisis as the news flooded in.