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With things escalating, Batman found for once in a long time he was stumped on who or what the true threat here was. Though Furious' threats were deemed extreme, even for him, he couldn't deny Lex's genius and how much of an asset he'd probably be. It seemed to to be that everyone was getting off track by this strange individual. 'Drake Rayner'. He was already tapping into an old Justice League server, the exact one that held the cloaking mechanisms for the Watchtower. On the side he kept a fresh file specifically for the man. Too much was happening at once for him to register it all fully, his only priority was getting to the Watchtower before everyone else continued to make irrational decisions.

Batman looked up from his gauntlet. He had noticed the movement of S.W.A.T. coming in and expected it. They had enough fire power on his side for him not to worry as much, and that was when it all escalated further. The teams, on the ground and up unleashed their weapons on one side of the group specifically near Lex and Drake. Almost instantaneously he ducked for cover behind a ruined car. "It's down! The cloak is down!" He shouted over the gun fire, he doubted any of them could hear him.

As the champions of Earth gathered atop the daily planet , rallying to the greatest among them, they were all but unaware that from deep orbit they were being watched. Every single moment was being recorded and captured by a satellite probe that had been deployed by Mongul hours earlier upon his arrival. Once the images were processed, they were than instantly sent back even further out to the great battle station itself, directly to the command bridge.

“Target sighted, Images confirm that it is Superman, Lord Mongul….”One of the command drones chimed, tapping at several keys on the console. A second later, an enlarged image of the alien known as Superman . The object of Mongul’s hatred was atop a large building, surrounded by several other humans, all of whom were dressed as intricately as he was. “How do you wish to proceed Lord?”

Mongul hummed, cupping and scratching at his chin in though. Yes, this was all going as planned. All of the Earth’s precious heroes gathered in one place. At least the ones that could make any difference. Now he wouldn’t have to waste the time and resources to hunt them down individually. Of course, if they thought he had any intention of holding up to his deadline…well that was just not going to happen. It wasn’t worth the risk of giving them the chance to come up with some sort of plan to counter attack. Mongul rose to his feet, hands folded behind his back. “Activate the long range teleporters, target Superman, destination the Arena. I would have him grovel at my feet helpless, and hearing the roar of the crowd, while his world burns. Open communications across all of War World.”
On every channel across the station, Mongul’s voice emanated from every speaker, every radio, and every monitor.” Citizens…Soldiers…Gladiators…the time for war is now. We are to commence planet fall in less than thirty minutes. Show the weaklings of this world no mercy. Give them no quarter. The punishment for those that would defy my will is utter annihilation. Superman, the Justice League, they shall fall beneath our wrath. Courage, valor, and obedience shall be rewarded to all of those who return. Spoils of war shall be kept to those that have earned them. The time for war is now.” His voice quickly cut off, and a chorus of cheers , jeers, and calls of blood and battle could be heard through the length and width of the entire planetoid.

“That should take care of any nuisances for now. I do not want any intrusions between the Kryptonian and I.” With that he turned about and made his way towards the great Arena. His vengeance would soon be at hand, and he would savor every single moment .

Meanwhile on the planet Earth, as the gathered heroes attempted to sort everything amongst themselves, the Man of Steel would start to feel a strange disconnection with the Atmosphere around him. As powerful forces brought about by the advanced technology of War World, started to pull apart at his body structure, disassembling his atoms piece by piece, causing him to fade away from atop the daily Planet and pulling said atoms towards War World, where they would be reassembled and reconstructed perfectly, as though nothing had happened it all. It was a painless process, and could only be described as an out of body experience. Superman, once fully teleported through thousands of miles of empty space, find himself at the base of War World’s arena, before a gathered crowd of thousands.

Upon their arrival to the sea of strobing and pulsating red and blue lights flooding the area, Canary couldn't believe what they were seeing. She wondered what triggered the situation to escalate from a normal conversation, to traveling with some alien technology to arriving on scene to a fight, where innocents could get hurt from shrapnel. Mouthing the words, ...what in the..!?. Never really saying anything out loud, as she sat there stunned. Anyone on the ground level could hear the repetitive shots being fired high in the sky. "I agree...I th---" Never being able to finish her statement, as it seemed the sounds of gunfire got a little too close for comfort!!!

"s**t! Whoever started that fight, needs to realize that there's a bigger fish to fry then petty indifference!" Canary sounded quite annoyed with the situation they were all placed into. This fiasco had escalated into a s**t storm! Noticing the camera crews for several news stations were video taping from the ground, undoubtedly as well as from the air with the present events unfolding. Someone would have hell to pay later, for starting this crap!

quick timing allowed drake to activate the suits armor to bounce off a few bullets, however it didnt fully stop the shock coming from lex. the suit was drained and that took the bulk of the shock but drake was still electrocuted, his knees hit the floor and he got a bit dizzy "geez that was a shocker" he stupidly said as he hit the floor. he looked up and caught a glimpse of a woman with wings yelling in the middle of it, his only reply in the state he was in was "funny i always thought angels were not gonna be around when i went down." it was too fast to react too but after that drake was hit with an ice beam that froze everything but his head. superman was zapped away right in front of all of them, time was running out and it was going fast and with no power in the suit, not much conscience left, and no way to move drake decided the situation was out of his hands "if i die just make sure john Constantine stays away from my body, id rather stay dead" he closed his eyes and just knocked out, hed rather be unconscious then keep talking like a moron

Lex Luthor let out a quick grin then turned back to a serious and stern expression when Drake Rayner hit the ground unconscious. “Excellent work. Continue to take care of this matter, be sure he arrives and stays in police custody. I’m sure the British Consulate is getting to get involved in this. I might need you later on, but stay with him for now.”


“Don’t worry. I’m not letting this two bit punk out of my sights”, Captain Cold replied back to him.He said to Captain Cold, as the lightly tapped the unconscious body of Drake Rayner with his boot and began speaking out loud. “Well it appears you’ve just strained relations with the United States and the UK. Homeland Security, NSA, and the Pentagon are going to have a field day with you.” Speaking to Drake Rayner as if the unconscious alleged British spy could hear him. By the time already MPD SWAT had stopped firing due to Luthor taking Drake Rayner down and had surrounded him in a tight circle with their guns still pointing at him despite the fact he was unconscious and frozen.

The MPD Helicopters began to land on the roof, and pulled out a gurney for Drake Rayner. One of the MPD Officers approached Luthor and shook hands with him, thanking him for ending a conflict without any further bloodshed. The MPD SWAT teams on the roof began to depart as they climbed back into their helicopters taking Drake Rayner way with them back to MPD HQ. Captain Cold also accompanying them standing guard over Rayner’s unconscious body. The SWAT teams on the ground stayed incase any more rioting should occur. The roof topside teams departed with some of the news helicopters following them. The Daily Planet’s own News Chopper stayed but kept some distance between themselves and the individuals that had gathered.

Luthor walked away with his hands behind his back with his chest out, being confident after besting a Lantern with words, and dealing with a public menace.


As he walked towards the Green Mist, and the other female with wings known as Valkyrie. “Excuse me, were you saying something? I wasn’t listening. You see, I was actually dealing with a public menace and a threat while you did nothing.” He said with an arrogant, authorative, and smug tone with a hint of sarcasm before turning towards the Green Mist and the others.


“Obviously this Mongul has what he wants, that being Superman. What would be is goal on Earth? Other than making Superman suffer because Superman values this planet so much.” Stopping for a moment he activated he holographic display in his gauntlet that gave a map of the Earth, the moon, and whatever vessel Mongul was arriving in. “Does anyone know the defense capabilities, or anything for that matter any intel regarding what Mongul is arriving in? Honestly, I have very little information on this Mongul alien. My first concern would if he were to approach Earth close enough, if the size and mass of whatever he was arriving were determined could disrupt Earth’s rotation, and the tidal forces. Much like how the moon effects things on here on Earth. You’re going to need two teams at least, one on Earth to defend any forces Mongul will send in. The other team would rescue Superman, and eliminate Mongul. Martian Manhunter would be ideal choice to lead the team, taking the fight to Mongul. It is also possible, depending on what we’re going up against; I could use my satellite network against him. It would at least buy time.”

Hearing Luthor acting as if he was gloating did not even affect Furious for they had other problems. He lowered the shield's around everyone and then spoke directly to Luthor "This Drake person is your problem and not ours Lex, He came after you for a reason of course and this just turned into a rescue mission. As I said before, If you come with us then you are taking your orders from us. We don't follow you. You can do whatever you wish with your networks or whatever, but I have different methods of dealing with this. Right now the place we need to go to is the Watch Tower, as it has the technology we need to help us in this. We have lots of intel on Mongul from past missions, also My Ring can give me any info that I need on that battle ship He has unless he has upgraded it some since we last confronted him years ago. The thing is Mongul is a despotic tyrant, he rules his people with an iron hand and they suffer constantly for it and all he cares about is conquering worlds and kidnapping it's powerful beings for his war games. The guy is demented. Besides I had already made the choice to split up into two teams, so you are telling me nothing that I do not know. You are not the only tactician present here. Besides all your arrogant bravado is starting to bore me, So I suggest You stay on Earth with a team to help defend it in case of an attack, We are going to formulate a plan to rescue Superman. Since Mr. Terrific is not around at the moment, we are going to need The Red Tornado to run the bird's nest on the watch Tower and man the defenses. Once Mongul sees the Watch Tower go online and come out of stealth mode, I am very sure He may attempt to attack it but we will be ready for him.As for him approaching the Earth any closer, not sure if he would do that It would would ruin his plans, I don't think he wants to destroy a planet he has always desired to conquer but he could do it as a last ditch effort if he starts to lose. So perhaps you satellite network can buy us some time until we can get on that base of his.He most likely took Superman just to humiliate him and defeat him in those gladiatorial war games he is known for having.A being like Mongul desires combat and power above all else, and he is very powerful, they say his strength even rivals The New God Darkseid..another thing that is known about him is that he was once a member of The Sinestro Corps, not too sure if still has a Yellow power ring but if he does, its going to add to his capabilities. We need to use stealth in this endeavor a head on attack would be useless unless it is only for distraction. Point is we need to gain access to War World."

Furious started clapping his hands while laughing"Bravo Bravo Lex! Wow, You really think I am gonna fall for this false concern you are displaying? And an Idiot, That's like the pot calling the kettle black..The real idiot here is yourself for even believing that you have turned over a new leaf. All this fake morality speech B.s you are trying to display is really hilarious Lex. I didn't know you were such a bad comedian. But just for your information I have changed since these past years. When you stare into the abyss too long, you find it staring back at you and you do not like the things you have seen or how it has changed you..See, I have many people to protect, not use and manipulate like you would. Law and Order, morals and rules do not apply when faced with extinction of the human race. You do whatever you have to do to save those you love and care about. Ask The Batman, I am sure he agrees with My logic. We didn't ask to be heroes, we chose to be for the sole reason that we know we have a higher purpose in life, not for selfish gain. Have you ever cared about anyone besides yourself Lex? Think of all the things you have done Lex, why would anyone even trust you. You haven't proven anything to anyone here, but using your hubris by telling us we need you. Why? Why would we need you? You think just because you did one good deed awhile ago in stopping the Crime Syndicate when they invaded is suppose to erase all the bad you have done in the past? Nope! I don't think so. Now until you give me a reason to trust you then things will continue as is.and for your information, I don't respect you either and never have until you have given me a reason to. As for you cracks about hocus pocus, street thug or whatever, be glad that I don't deal with you like a common street thug because trust me, You wouldn't want to see how a Jamaican thug fights. Those weak insults are what I would expect from a 10yr old kid on a playground trying to prove to himself that he is more than what he is. Actually kind of reminds me of Sinestro when you talk, he always thought that petty insults were the way to bring a man down to his level but as you can probably tell Lex, I have thicker skin than that. Face facts Lex, You are a rich man's son who has used his influence and wealth to get what he wants.Hell, you damn near own Metropolis everyone knows that but what you forget is that I too am a rich man's son but Only I was raised differently and put on a different path to use my powers and skills for good, not to manipulate others to get what he wants. It's funny how you claim to respect Superman when in the past He has always been The Alien to you. You were jealous when he first arrived and are still jealous of him for what he can do and you dream of having his power. How many times have you tried to kill him and failed? Far as I am concerned, I believe you think this is the perfect opportunity for you to be rid of him. So if you really want to help, Then prove Me wrong and do something to really help and not for your own selfish reasons. Do something for once Lex and prove to us all that we can trust you. Now I am finished with this conversation as I have a comrade to rescue and instead of standing here going back and forth with you." He then turned to his team mates and said "I am very sure the local authorities can handle what is going on in the city. We have something much more dangerous to confront.We need to stop Mongul at all cost! We have a job to do and we need to get to it now. Batman, We need to move fast, we can remote control and start the teleporters and reach the Watch Tower." Furious then turned back towards Lex Luthor "I am going to go out on a limb here and say this...perhaps it would be best for you accompany us to the tower instead. We will need all the help we can muster."