The "World of Heroes" DC RPG Season IV

[Franklin Richards]

I see Jordan and Arrow finally clear a rooftop just as my ring picks up his signal. Black Canary. That explains it.

"Wait," I say, turning to her, "aren't you dead?"

Then I notice the blood draining from her neck and see that the cloth she holds to it is doing nothing to stop the loss.

"Well, you will be if that bleeding keeps up." I create a bandage around the wound and stick it to her skin. It will temporarily staunch the bleeding until the wound can be properly stitched. Something I am not aobut to do with my ring without her permission.

I walk over to her. "Better?"


"One side, Sinestro."

Hal Jordan could taste the bile in his mouth everytime he said that name.

Within seconds Black Canary was encased in one of the Regeneration Tanks that Hal had used earlier on Wonder Woman and himself. Dinah floated in the restorative liquid with a breathing aparatus on her face.

"Don't worry, Dinah. We can hear you from in there. I'm sure Green Arrow has a few things to say. In the meantime. Ring. Scan subspace for The Martian Manhunter's lifesigns. DNA. Electrochemical signature. Anything."



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[twylight]

I see Jordan and Arrow finally clear a rooftop just as my ring picks up his signal. Black Canary. That explains it.

"Wait," I say, turning to her, "aren't you dead?"

Then I notice the blood draining from her neck and see that the cloth she holds to it is doing nothing to stop the loss.

"Well, you will be if that bleeding keeps up." I create a bandage around the wound and stick it to her skin. It will temporarily staunch the bleeding until the wound can be properly stitched. Something I am not aobut to do with my ring without her permission.

I walk over to her. "Better?"

Dinah looks down, to avoid eye contact, something she hadn't done in a while.
"Fate was to cruel to release me." SHe said softly to him as he creates a bandage around her neck.

"Yes, thank you, very much." She says before her eyes harden.

She never got to say anything else before Hal scooped her up in a regeneration Tank.


"One side, Sinestro."

Hal Jordan could taste the bile in his mouth everytime he said that name.

Within seconds Black Canary was encased in one of the Regeneration Tanks that Hal had used earlier on Wonder Woman and himself. Dinah floated in the restorative liquid with a breathing aparatus on her face.

"Don't worry, Dinah. We can hear you from in there. I'm sure Green Arrow has a few things to say. In the meantime. Ring. Scan subspace for The Martian Manhunter's lifesigns. DNA. Electrochemical signature. Anything."


Her eyes sparked with frustration and anger.
"Damn it Hal, I'm not a child anymore." She said banging a fist against the green colored tank before feeling her skin heal. She relaxed slightly hating the feel of being caged, memories she'd tried to fight down for months coming to the surface.

"Fine. What's the situation in the rest of Metropolis, how many more villians need to be stopped?"


OOC: Frankie can you let her out next turn? Thanks...also I want arrows. :cmad: :oldrazz:

[wiegeabo]

As Jordan shoves me out of the way, I cross my arms and scowl at him. "We really must do something about that memory of yours. Perhaps I could scan your brain?" I suggest, enjoying how much that would annoy him.

Dinah looks down, to avoid eye contact, something she hadn't done in a while.
"Fate was to cruel to release me." SHe said softly to him as he creates a bandage around her neck.

What could she mean by that?

"Yes, thank you, very much." She says before her eyes harden.
"What's the situation in the rest of Metropolis, how many more villians need to be stopped?"

"That is a question I have been trying to get answered for some time. Apparently we are caught between two armies fighting, one side with powers, the other side highly trained and armed. And a virus is ripping through the population and has killed...," my ring reports to me, "...gods...over 600,000 people. At this rate...the city will be empty in two or three days. Maybe less."

[Nightwing]

"Ring. Track audio signal and take us there."

*WORKING* *AUDIO SIGNATURE IDENTIFIED AND LOCATED* *RELOCATING*

Just then my ring relayed another message.



"Attention heroes. This is Green Lantern. Green Arrow and myself are heading to Black Canary's location. Just an update. Feel free to join us at these coordinates, Batman."

Hal and Ollie streaked a few blocks away and there she was. Dinah.


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I hear Hal responding to Bruce's message. I recieved it too. I just didn't feel like responding back. And God forbid, he'd know why. After he'd hear her name. Dinah.

We continue to fly, minutes passing. Passing a few blocks, and turning in various corners. Hal was able to track down Dinah's cry in seconds. When we finally get to her, I start seeing blood spots on the ground. Only to look up and see her holding her neck. Then look beside her, and see Sine tending the wound.

I turn over to Hal.

"Drop me down."

Like with Sinestro before, I look at my feet and the field is released. Hal drops me down, and I begin free falling in mid air. It wasn't that high, so this time I was able to land on my feet. I see her compresing her neck, looking as if the pain didn't bug her. At a girl. I run beside her and tear off a piece of my suit. Taking that piece into a more bandage type cloth.

Within seconds Black Canary was encased in one of the Regeneration Tanks that Hal had used earlier on Wonder Woman and himself. Dinah floated in the restorative liquid with a breathing aparatus on her face.

"Don't worry, Dinah. We can hear you from in there. I'm sure Green Arrow has a few things to say. In the meantime. Ring. Scan subspace for The Martian Manhunter's lifesigns. DNA. Electrochemical signature. Anything."

Suddenly I'm back in one of Hal's tanks, and Dinah is next to me. Back on her feet. My voice is all shaken up, as her presence is once again beside me. She was still...so damn beautiful.

"D...Dinah. How is this happening? How are you a...alive?"

Even after what was happening, all the destruction, I still hoped to get an answer. I was confused, but seeing her right there put that confusion away. I clenched my bow, as we kept moving. And to my suprise, she turned around.

[Franklin Richards]

"You point that ring anywhere in my direction, Sinestro and I'll drop you."

Hal Jordan continued scanning subspace for J'onn.

"I'm picking up something that could be J'onn but I'm having trouble locking on. Which usually means one thing. The Phantom Zone."

"Yes, thank you, very much." She says before her eyes harden.
"What's the situation in the rest of Metropolis, how many more villians need to be stopped?"

"That is a question I have been trying to get answered for some time. Apparently we are caught between two armies fighting, one side with powers, the other side highly trained and armed. And a virus is ripping through the population and has killed...," my ring reports to me, "...gods...over 600,000 people. At this rate...the city will be empty in two or three days. Maybe less."

Ollie was in the tank. The wounds had closed over nicely. Hal noticed she was carrying a quiver. Hal dropped the regeneration tank that Black Canary was in.
"When did you start using arrows?"

Hal filled her quiver with a variety of Green Arrow's old trick arrows.



"Batman is on his way. If anyone can get a handle on this virus thing, he can. We should be able to handle any super baddies in the area. I'm going to continue to scan for J'onn. He might be in trouble."


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[twylight]

I hear Hal responding to Bruce's message. I recieved it too. I just didn't feel like responding back. And God forbid, he'd know why. After he'd hear her name. Dinah.

We continue to fly, minutes passing. Passing a few blocks, and turning in various corners. Hal was able to track down Dinah's cry in seconds. When we finally get to her, I start seeing blood spots on the ground. Only to look up and see her holding her neck. Then look beside her, and see Sine tending the wound.

I turn over to Hal.

"Drop me down."

Like with Sinestro before, I look at my feet and the field is released. Hal drops me down, and I begin free falling in mid air. It wasn't that high, so this time I was able to land on my feet. I see her compresing her neck, looking as if the pain didn't bug her. At a girl. I run beside her and tear off a piece of my suit. Taking that piece into a more bandage type cloth.

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Suddenly I'm back in one of Hal's tanks, and Dinah is next to me. Back on her feet. My voice is all shaken up, as her presence is once again beside me. She was still...so damn beautiful.

"D...Dinah. How is this happening? How are you a...alive?"

Even after what was happening, all the destruction, I still hoped to get an answer. I was confused, but seeing her right there put that confusion away. I clenched my bow, as we kept moving. And to my suprise, she turned around.

She forced a smile, it was so different to see him, knowing he had all the emotions she'd had when he'd come back.
"I don't know Ollie." she lied, not wanting to go into it now. She promised herself she'd tell him all of it just....not now...






Hal dropped the regeneration tank that Black Canary was in. The wounds had closed over nicely. Hal noticed she was carrying a quiver.

"When did you start using arrows?"

Hal filled her quiver with a variety of Green Arrow's old trick arrows.

She nodded thanks.

"When I started using these." She held up her gun before twirling it and holstering it again, managing a wink at Roy.

She pulled out an buzz saw arrow from her quiver and raised an eyebrow, looking at Sinestro.

"Batman is on his way. If anyone can get a handle on this virus thing, he can. We should be able to handle any super baddies in the area. I'm going to continue to scan for J'onn. He might be in trouble."

"What caused this virus? Does anyone know?"

[wiegeabo]

"You point that ring anywhere in my direction, Sinestro and I'll drop you."


"You can try, Jordan. But trying is all you would be able to do."


I turn back to the Canary. "I certainly do not know what caused this virus, but it is obviously artificial. I was able to eliminate from an infected girl."

[Batman]

His finger moved. Then his hand. Eventually, His eyes found their way to an opening. Dick looked around, sprawled on the street, at the damage done to it. He didn't remember, at first. It was like waking up from a bad dream, and coming back into it. Then, feeling at his ears, he pulled back his hand and looked at the blood from them.

"Dinah..."

Nightwing immediatley stumbled up.

Dinah... How could she have returned? He had watched her die. He was the reason she had died. Now she was back, no questions asked? Dick wasn't about to let that happen. Walking forward, Nightwing stumbled into a car. The force of the scream had taken alot more out of him than he had realised.

He put his hand to his forehead, trying to regain control. But he was still dizzy as hell. This would take a few minutes...

Nightwing opened his eyes, hearing something beside him. It was faint sound... But with a flash of light... it became apparent. Nightwing watched as the Martian Manhunter appeared before him. Looking tired. But more importantly... Looking angry...

Nightwing stumbled up, trying to regain his footing.

"J-J'onn... What.... what happened? You look like someone just ki... kicked you in the nads...", Nightwing said, wiping more blood from his ears.

[Batman]

EDIT: Double Post

[Green Lantern]

She forced a smile, it was so different to see him, knowing he had all the emotions she'd had when he'd come back.
"I don't know Ollie." she lied, not wanting to go into it now. She promised herself she'd tell him all of it just....not now...




She nodded thanks.

"When I started using these." She held up her gun before twirling it and holstering it again, managing a wink at Roy.

She pulled out an buzz saw arrow from her quiver and raised an eyebrow, looking at Sinestro.

"Batman is on his way. If anyone can get a handle on this virus thing, he can. We should be able to handle any super baddies in the area. I'm going to continue to scan for J'onn. He might be in trouble."

"What caused this virus? Does anyone know?""Huh, thats funny... I remember a certain someone telling me to ditch the six shooters... *coughdinahcough* God Dinah, we all missed you. Wait til Lian sees you. She took it hard.... but then we all did. I'm sure I didn't make you proud."

Roy sheepishly looked away as he thought of the downward spiral his life had taken when he had found out that Dinah had...

[trustyside-kick]

Jason's dialouge
Jason's thoughts
Narration

Jason Todd- 'Many live that diserve death'
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15 Minutes Later- The Clock Tower
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Jason pulls up to the Clock Tower wearing a mask of confusion.

"What?"

But...from the distance it didn't look anything like this! What happened?

Jason walks up to the door and sees that there is no handle, not much of a door left either; just boards piled up and nailed in partially sealing the entrance shut. He attempts to pull the top board but it appears to be nailed really tight. He starts walking back towards his bike and trips on some rubble. He hops on his bike, turns it on and throttles up heading towards the door of the Clock Tower and knocks it down. He enters the Clock Tower entrances and is in complete awe.

How long was this place abandoned? It looks nearly completely destroyed! What happened?

He begins to walk up the spiraling staircase that leads to the top of the Clock tower. As he walks he step he takes creates a low creaking noise.

"I swear if I fall from this height...well...I cannot do much if I do but that will suck."

Jason continues to walk up the stairs and approaches the top. He approaches the door that leads into Oracle's Command Center. A water drop hits Jason's head and he looks up.

Holy crap...I did not notice there wasn't even a roof outside! But wait...that would mean...

"BABS!"

Jason tackles down the door and enters the room where the computers once were.

What? Nothing here? But...what about Babs? Is she ok? My god...what happened while I was gone? This place just...

A thought hits Jason. He quickly scans the room.

"Babs would have had an escape plan...a way to get out even from this height."

Jason spots a hole in the wall next to the face of the Clock Tower itself. He punches the wall and more light is revealed. He continues to hit the wall revealing the escape route.

"Stairs...leading down...towards the bushes?"

Jason takes the stairs down and is relieved when they are made out of some metal and not wood. He finally reaches the ground and pushes a few bushes aside. Infront of him is a damaged motorcycle.

Babs would not only have one motorcycle...she must have gotten to saftey...but where would she go--

Suddenly it hits Jason and he runs over to his motorcycle and takes out his bag. He opens it and starts searching for something.

Come on come on come on! Where is it! Ah!

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Hmm...I wonder what has become of Gordon's place...

Jason puts the map back into his bag, zips it up and hops onto his bike.
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5 Minutes Later- Gordon's Apartment
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Looks like Gordon is home. But I don't see any bike...how long ago was the attack on the Clock Tower?

Jason peaks into the window. James Gordon lies on the couch and the TV is on.

Looks like Gordon is asleep...that's good. I wouldn't want to have to go hurt 'ol Jimbo there.

Jason goes around the corner and parks his bike in the alley by the fire-escape stairs. He then jumps onto the nearby dumpster and from there jumps for the stairs. He lands and starts climbing up the fire-escape.

Now...where was Bab's old room again? Was it on the top floor? Or the second to top? One way to find out...

Jason stops at the second to top floor and looks into the window.

Let's see...some shoes...a little TV...bed...oh...a cigar...gotta be Jimbo's.

Jason continues to climb the stairs and stops at the top floor window and enters the bedroom.

Ok ok...now if I know Babs like I think I do...she would not risk the chance of losing all that data incase the Clock Tower ever became vulnerable...so where would she hide the data?

Jason starts looking through the desk and finds nothing. He looks through the drawers of the night-stand and he notices that the top drawer has a hidden compartment on the side. He pulls out the compartment and finds a key.

Rather small key...for...a briefcase? Or perhaps...

Jason scans the room and opens the closet.

Where would see keep one of her laptops...ah.

Jason finds a box appearently full of pictures and papers.

Looks like this is her college stuff...I wonder.

Jason takes out a peculiar looking package in the box and opens it. Inside is a small, slim briefcase.

Found it! Now where did I put that key.

Jason unlocks the case, opens it, and takes out a small silver laptop. Jason turns on the laptop and begins searching through the files. He stumbles across one called 'Spring-Break Party photos'.

Yea...right...like she would have time for parties as Batgirl...or even as Oracle.

Jason double clicks it and the folder is full of documents.

"Wow. She has dirt on everything."

Jason takes out a gig-stick from his pocket and plugs it into the USB port on the side of the laptop. He then begins to copy and paste the files to his gig stick. Once the files are done being copied and pasted, he opens a few files and stumbles across a peculiar file on superheroes.

"Woah."

Steel...Superboy...wait...woah...Superman?

Jason double clicks the file and a bar pops up.

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"Password required."

Password eh? Hmm, let's see...

Jason tries Batgirl, Oracle, Bruce, Wayne, Batman, Robin, Dick, Nightwing, etc. and all possible passwords fail.

"Acess Denied."

Hmm...I wonder...

Jason attempts again with a different password.

"PixieBoots. Access Granted."

"Haha, and Babs use to always deny having any affection for Dick."

The file on Superman pops up but to Jason's surprise still has many restrictions on it.

Yea yea...Weak to Kryptonite...came from an unknown planet called Krypton...come on! I could have read an article that could tell me mor--

Jason pauses. He begins to read a seperate paragraph about something that was not to his knowledge.

"What? Huh? The hel--"

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Jason doesn't say a word...too many are flying through his head.

WHAT? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? SHE KNEW ABOUT THIS? BRUCE KNEW ABOUT THIS? AND THEY DIDN'T TELL ME?! HOW COULD THEY KEEP THIS FROM ME...FROM OTHERS?

Jason continues to read more and more about the event. He then looks back at the picture of Superman from the profile.

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"That is so...so...out of character...so--there were other things he could have done to stop--"

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"UN-ACCEPTABLE!"

Jason's scream wakes up James Gordon from the couch and he starts running up the stairs. Jason hears the footsteps, removes his gig stick from the computer, turns off the computer, picks up his helmet, and exits out the window. Gordon knocks the door open with a bat in his hand.

"WHO'S THERE!"

Gordon looks arounded the room and finds the laptop on the bed. He scratches his head in confusion, puts the laptop back into Barbara's closet, and walks out of the bedroom. On the roof Jason sits in the rain with his arms on his knees like a lost child.

"How...how could he..."
Jason's dialouge
Jason's thoughts
Narration

Jason Todd- 'Some die that diserve life'
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"...how could he? HOW?"

A flash of light lights up the sky as thunder roars and Jason stands up. He slips his Red Hood helmet back on and turns around staring at the moonlight.

"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends."

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One...perhaps the guy did know what he was talking about after all. However, not even he would understand what I am about to do now. I idolized the man, looked up to him...almost as much as I did Bruce. And he does this?

"And then he parades around as the symbol of hope? Hope for a better tomorrow!? What about those kryptonian's he killed? WHAT ABOUT THEIR TOMORROW?!"

Jason takes a deep breath and tries to remain calm. But as his next set of words slip...he finds trouble remaining traquil.

"Even...even if they posed that much of a huge threat...he...he could have found another way..."

I mean how many times has Batman put Joker in Arkham rather than end his life? What makes Superman's murder more justifiable than if Batman were to kill Joker? After all the Joker has done?

"I WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED SAVING THEN! I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LAYING THERE, TAKING HITS FROM THE JOKER WHILE MY OWN MOTHER WHO BETRAYED ME WATCHED!"

And this happened be-before I was killed...before th-that incident...and...and Bruce knew. Would he have killed the Joker if he got to me in time?

A tear runs down Jason's face through the helmet and down his neck.

"H-how could he keep this from me and always teach me not to re-resolve to th-those type of methods?"

Again...Jason tries to calm down; hoping to keep his sanity intact. Jason runs over to the edge of the building, slides down a pole, and hops on his bike.

"Time to visit my old friend Paulie."

[SuperFerret]

His finger moved. Then his hand. Eventually, His eyes found their way to an opening. Dick looked around, sprawled on the street, at the damage done to it. He didn't remember, at first. It was like waking up from a bad dream, and coming back into it. Then, feeling at his ears, he pulled back his hand and looked at the blood from them.

"Dinah..."

Nightwing immediatley stumbled up.

Dinah... How could she have returned? He had watched her die. He was the reason she had died. Now she was back, no questions asked? Dick wasn't about to let that happen. Walking forward, Nightwing stumbled into a car. The force of the scream had taken alot more out of him than he had realised.

He put his hand to his forehead, trying to regain control. But he was still dizzy as hell. This would take a few minutes...

Nightwing opened his eyes, hearing something beside him. It was faint sound... But with a flash of light... it became apparent. Nightwing watched as the Martian Manhunter appeared before him. Looking tired. But more importantly... Looking angry...

Nightwing stumbled up, trying to regain his footing.

"J-J'onn... What.... what happened? You look like someone just ki... kicked you in the nads...", Nightwing said, wiping more blood from his ears.

"Had I the exposed gonads to be kicked in, I'm sure that Prometheus would have done so."

I put out my arm, helping Nightwing to his feet. I see the blood on him. "Are you ok?"

[Franklin Richards]

"Bingo. J'onn is back on earth. DNA signatures indicate that Nightwing is with him."

Hal switched his ring to comm mode.

"J'onn. Nightwing. We are assembling at my location. Wonder Woman, 2814.4, Speedy, Black Canary, Green Arrow, and Sinestro are all here. Rally here ASAP. Jordan out."

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[Batman]

"Had I the exposed gonads to be kicked in, I'm sure that Prometheus would have done so."

I put out my arm, helping Nightwing to his feet. I see the blood on him. "Are you ok?"

Nightwing shrugs.

"Dandy. Nothing like withstanding a sonic scream big enough to make a second Grand Canyon...", Dick responds, as J'onn helps him to his feet.

"We need to get to the others. Fast. Try to locate them if you can. Our mystery woman isn't so mysterious anymore.", Nightwing says. "Ready to welcome back Dinah Lance from the dead?"

[SuperFerret]

Nightwing shrugs.

"Dandy. Nothing like withstanding a sonic scream big enough to make a second Grand Canyon...", Dick responds, as J'onn helps him to his feet.

"We need to get to the others. Fast. Try to locate them if you can. Our mystery woman isn't so mysterious anymore.", Nightwing says. "Ready to welcome back Dinah Lance from the dead?"

"I knew who she was from the moment I first saw her."

Dick gives me a puzzled look. I smile and tap the side of my head.

"Telepath, remember?"

I receive Hal's message and nod. "Look's like they've found us."

I grab Nightwing and fly us to the others.

[Nightwing]

She forced a smile, it was so different to see him, knowing he had all the emotions she'd had when he'd come back.
"I don't know Ollie." she lied, not wanting to go into it now. She promised herself she'd tell him all of it just....not now...

Dinah gave me a smile, then a puzzled look. She turned her head away, then looked back at me. She looked confused, and suddenly I was glad I wasn't the only one. I could tell she didn't want to talk. If there was anyone who knew that something was bothering her, it was me.

I smiled back and nodded. I knew it wasn't the time to play "catch up", but still...The missing part of my life was back, and I didn't have a clue as to how.

I lower my head, as we continue passing through the streets. So many questions already filling up my thoughts.

[MST3K 4ever]

Lex proofreads his prepared speech.

Perfect...nothing like a little bit of Martydom to end one's legacy. If this works...the world will be singing my praises forever and one certain alien and his allies will be cursing the day they ever put on a mask. And if it fails...I sill get the White House.

He smiles and lights up a cigar.

[Spike_x1]

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"We're not getting anywhere, are we, ya big purple-people-eater?" Rudy looked over his shoulder to spot another Riot standing out from the crowd, clinging to the one remaining wall of a building.

"I have no business with you anyway, Riot," said Jones. "You never served the Unity, and there's no way you've got a bomb rigged on ya. Leave this fight. Nothing's in it for either of us."

The single Riot sprang off of the wall and did an amazing summersault in the air with his inhuman agility... before falling to the ground in a scattered heap of bones at the Parasite's feet.

Another full group of Riots seemed to come out of nowhere on Rudy's left, and another group on his right. "Leave? And miss all this fun?" asked one of the many hundreds of Riots, "Nope."This was like Zoom all over again. When the Parasite fought Hunter Zolomon last year, he found that he could absorb the kinetic energy of Zoom's movements easily enough, but he couldn't tap into his actual power. Both Zoom and Riot's abilities were based on being displaced from the normal timestream, and that seemed to be beyond the Parasite's power to mimic. This truly was the definition of a stalemate. If one were to look down on the scene from a bird's eye view, they would see hundreds of thousands of Riots swarming the area, literally blanketing the streets, the buildings, the vehicles, everything! And all of them were converging on the towering purple behemoth in the center of the phalanx, converging on their own instantaneous death.

But they wouldn't stop coming. Wouldn't stop multiplying.

Just as the Parasite began to fear that this battle could very well go on for centuries, he heard it. The Riots heard it too. They all looked toward the direction where the rumbling was coming from. It felt like an earthquake, but the Parasite recognized it from years before. But you're supposed to be...

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Screaming with effort, the Parasite erected a force field around him as blistering dust, rubble, cars, and shrapnel were launched in his direction from the force of the Canary's cry. Rudy watched through the field as all of the Riots were sent sprawling away. The Parasite didn't give a rat's ass where they ended up, as long as it was away from him. After a few seconds, the sound died down and Jones cautiously lowered the force field.

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"Phew," sighed the Parasite. "I guess that broad's back from the dead. We should start a club. 'The Death-Cheaters,' or something like that."

An energy blast startled him as it struck the ground under his feet, causing it to explode and send Rudy flying through the air and land in a pile of smoldering bricks.

"She's not the only one who has returned to the game, Jones."

The Parasite looked up and saw the villainess known as Hi-Tech stalking towards him.

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[Charlie No-One]

(IC: Batgirl)

Midway City, Michigan

I look down at the twin’s dead bodies. As a child, this was an…un…fortunate occurrence. It happened day in and day out with my father, but these murders were different. Something strange was going on and I do not like it. Using my communicator, I call the police and leave. The last thing I need is to be blamed for murders I didn’t do.

My apartment is a mess. I quickly grab my suitcase and duffel bag from the closet. If I am going to go to Bludhaven, I am going to need food and clothes. A dead city, one with a criminal that is expecting me, isn’t going to...uh…offer much. Running into the bathroom, I grab the remaining numbers of my shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, that string you use for your teeth, combs, and about everything else you would need to clean yourself with. I…um…what’s the word…bombard? Bombard. I bombard my room, filling my suitcase with all the clothes that can be fit into it. I walk back into my now empty closet. Using my suitcase as a…stair, I yank down a first aid kit and put it in the duffel bag with my other toiletries. Then comes the biggest part of my life. I step off the suit case and kneel down. Feeling around the hard wood floor, I pound down onto a lose plank. The dark chipping wood lifts up revealing a medium-sized-silver-coated case. I pop the lid. Batarangs, earcoms, grapple refills, cuffs, tracers, and two emergency flares fill the small handheld. These are my tools of survival, something I am so used to, that it was like breathing.

Later

After shedding my costume, and sleeping for a few hours, I call the airport.

“Uh, yes, I would like to buy some tickets to…” I wince on what I am about to say, “…Bludhaven?...Yes, I know the city is dead “**** hole” and it would be a waste of my time and energy to go there….Really? You have a flight? Thanks”

I drop my cellphone on my bed. There is a one way flight to Bludhaven at seven o’clock tonight. The man said that I could get off at the airport there while the plane takes a routine maintenance break. Good. I have a way in.

[Batman]

"I knew who she was from the moment I first saw her."

Dick gives me a puzzled look. I smile and tap the side of my head.

"Telepath, remember?"

I receive Hal's message and nod. "Look's like they've found us."

I grab Nightwing and fly us to the others.

Nightwing braces himself as they hit the air. He was used to this, truthfully... catching rides with people like Diana and Superman all the time during League missions. He looked around at Metropolis, as they flew.

"Holy Demolition...", He whispered to himself, as he looked at the damage.

Dinah was back, sure. But there was still alot she had to answer for, it seemed. Partially destroying Metropolis, drugging Killer Croc, taking seige over Gotham City...

Yeah. Dinah was back. Dick just didn't know whether he should be happy because of it, even if she did save him. Twice.

Nightwing looked down, seeing the glow of Hal's ring. He looked at J'onn.

"I think that's our dropoff.", He mentioned, even though J'onn had probably known.

As they decended among the gathered heroes... Dinah Lance included... Nightwing paused, being let down by J'onn.

"...Okay. I've got a million questions. I... I don't know where to begin... so I'll just start with... What the ****?"

[Spike_x1]

"Ugh. More of these metal bastards," the Parasite groaned to himself as Hi-Tech approached him. "What do I gotta do to make you people F**K OFF?!"

Jones leapt back to his feet and reached underneath of the rubble and sunk his claws into the remaining pavement below. Ripping a chunk the size of a small parking lot from the ground, he swung the massive piece of pavement at Hi-Tech. The impact sent her careening out of control, her voice buzzing obscenities at him.

Looking down at the remainder of the crumbling concrete in his hands, Rudy was bemused and pleasantly surprised at how easily he had pimp-slapped Hi-Tech. "Heh."

With a renewed smile on his face, the Parasite took flight and hovered over to where Hi-Tech had landed. Sparks were spilling from her mouth and one of her arms was missing. "You didn't really think this through, did'ja, girlie?" Rudy's eyes glowed with black light and Hi-Tech's immobile body began to float at the Parasite's command.

"Para-- <SIZZLE> --you were supposed to be an easy target. <CRACK> Why can't--"

"Because I'm in the big leagues, sweetheart," said Rudy, cutting off the cyborg's speech. She had obviously underestimated the amount of power backing the Parasite in this battle, thinking that just because she was made of metal, that she'd be an automatic threat to him. But Hi-Tech didn't have the Parasite's current level of superstrength, or his invulnerability. The only outstanding ability that she had was the power to absorb and control machines, which wasn't exactly an advantage in the current settings. "And you?"

The power of Blackrock leeched into Hi-Tech's inner workings and began to tear her apart from the inside out. She screamed in pain, even as her audio output was burned away. Within seconds, the villainess was reduced to scrap metal and the Parasite simply let the pieces of her fall to the ground. "You're just a piece of rustbucket turd who followed John Corben through Europe, enforcing the Unity's rule."

"I don't know if I should be glad that you killed her off, freak," said a voice from up on one of the very few remaining rooftops, "or jealous that you got to nail that b**ch and I didn't."

Jones looked up in the direction of the voice. He saw the barrel of a gun sticking out from over the parapet of a crumbling hotel rooftop. He began to float higher in the air until he could see who was on the other end of the gun.

"Bloodsport."

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Alex Trent, better known as the fanatically racist villain named Bloodsport, lay on the hotel's roof with his white costume torn up and bloodstained. Trent had obviously seen his share of fighting today.

"Lemme guess," Rudy put a finger to his lip in mock concentration. "You tried to pick another fight with John Henry Irons, didn't you, ya crazy nazi prick?"

Bloodsport scoffed and turned his head away, wordlessly confirming the Parasite's suspicion. "I guess Steel kicked your ass again, just like after the Jailer's breakout a couple months ago."

"I gave that darkie a helluva fight!" exclaimed Bloodsport defensively. "Punched a few good holes in that tin can he wears, that's for damn sure!"

Jones' smile faded, replaced by a sneer. "Y'know Trent, I'm by no means a good guy, so take my opinion of you for whatever little it's worth, but people like you make even me sick."

Rudy raised his hand and aimed a nuclear blast at Bloodsport's face. The explosion hit Trent point blank in the nose, vaporizing him and the hotel he was perched on. "F**kin' nazi psycho." Rudy shook his head and then proceeded on with his day.

[twylight]

"Huh, thats funny... I remember a certain someone telling me to ditch the six shooters... *coughdinahcough* God Dinah, we all missed you. Wait til Lian sees you. She took it hard.... but then we all did. I'm sure I didn't make you proud."

Roy sheepishly looked away as he thought of the downward spiral his life had taken when he had found out that Dinah had...



Dinah patted Roy on the shoulder.

"People change their minds." She said a bittersweet smile passing over her face as he mentioned Lian.

"Hopefully we'll all be able to get together and exchange notes." she said glancing at Ollie before seeing J'onn and Dick in the distance.

She smiled broadly.
"I am so glad he's safe."

[Green Lantern]

Dinah patted Roy on the shoulder.

"People change their minds." She said a bittersweet smile passing over her face as he mentioned Lian.

"Hopefully we'll all be able to get together and exchange notes." she said glancing at Ollie before seeing J'onn and Dick in the distance.

She smiled broadly.
"I am so glad he's safe.""I personally think he's getting soft... You have to save him every time, he couldn't save himself if he was trapped in a paper bag anymore..." Roy said, loud enough that he knew Dick could hear it.

"Say Dinah, know what that scream reminded me of? The wild nights that I couldn't sleep thanks to you and Ollie here... if ONLY I'd had a video camera back then... I'd be a billionaire."

[twylight]

"I personally think he's getting soft... You have to save him every time, he couldn't save himself if he was trapped in a paper bag anymore..." Roy said, loud enough that he knew Dick could hear it.

"Say Dinah, know what that scream reminded me of? The wild nights that I couldn't sleep thanks to you and Ollie here... if ONLY I'd had a video camera back then... I'd be a billionaire."


Dinah looked at Roy with mock shock.

"If you'd had a video camera back then you'd be dead." She said before dropping next to Ollie.

"He was in the next room?" She asked

[Green Lantern]

Dinah looked at Roy with mock shock.

"If you'd had a video camera back then you'd be dead." She said before dropping next to Ollie.

"He was in the next room?" She asked"Only sometimes.... why would I have needed a video camera if I wasn't in the Same room? I couldn't sleep, and it was obvious that you too wouldn't pay enough attention to hear the door open...."

Roy quickly backed out of striking distance as he said this.

[Batman]

Nightwing sighs. It didn't seem like anyone was going to be answering anything. Especially coming from him. ...I need a vacation. Seriously.

"I personally think he's getting soft... You have to save him every time, he couldn't save himself if he was trapped in a paper bag anymore..."

Dick looks at Roy, with a smirk, after that comment.

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"Yeah, that really hurts coming from the guy who just about got his ass kicked by Captain Cold."

[twylight]

"Only sometimes.... why would I have needed a video camera if I wasn't in the Same room? I couldn't sleep, and it was obvious that you too wouldn't pay enough attention to hear the door open...."

Roy quickly backed out of striking distance as he said this.


Dinah scooped up a stone and threw it at him, before turning to Ollie, the tenseion drained from her for the most part as she shoved past memories aside if only for a slipt second.

"No wonder he's such a man ****."

[Green Lantern]

Nightwing sighs. It didn't seem like anyone was going to be answering anything. Especially coming from him. ...I need a vacation. Seriously.



Dick looks at Roy, with a smirk, after that comment.

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"Yeah, that really hurts coming from the guy who just about got his ass kicked by Captain Cold.""Who knocked Cold out? Me. What took Trickster out? Her."

Roy pointed at the Canary.

[Batman]

"Who knocked Cold out? Me. What took Trickster out? Her."

Roy pointed at the Canary.


"He would've made an icecicle out of you before that, had I not intervened."

Nightwing's smirk grew wider.

"And besides... I was about to get killed by a guy in a giant robot suit that would give Supes a run for his money. You were about to get killed by... a guy in a parka."

[Green Lantern]

"He would've made an icecicle out of you before that, had I not intervened."

Nightwing's smirk grew wider.

"And besides... I was about to get killed by a guy in a giant robot suit that would give Supes a run for his money. You were about to get killed by... a guy in a parka.""And how many times have you almost been killed by... say a fat midget in a tux? Or how bout that guy with the fetish for the number two? The crossdresser with green hair? Another midget who thinks hes in Alice in Wonderland? Your villains make Tom Cruise look sane and smart."

[Batman]

"And how many times have you almost been killed by... say a fat midget in a tux? Or how bout that guy with the fetish for the number two? The crossdresser with green hair? Another midget who thinks hes in Alice in Wonderland? Your villains make Tom Cruise look sane and smart."

"Yeah, and every freakin' one of them ended up on the America's Most Wanted list at some point. How many of your rogues made that list? Oh, wait... I forgot. 'The Rainbow Archer'...", Nightwing responded, with a grin.

[Green Lantern]

"Yeah, and every freakin' one of them ended up on the America's Most Wanted list at some point. How many of your rogues made that list? Oh, wait... I forgot. 'The Rainbow Archer'...", Nightwing responded, with a grin."Uh... Merlyn? Ya know the number two guy on INTERPOL's most wanted list? Right behind our buddy Slade? Yeah... top that. And about the Rainbow Archer? Hows about the 10-Eyed Man, huh? And don't even play stupid Kory told me that he gave you a run for your money once."

[twylight]

Dinah stepped in between Dick and Roy.

"Boys! we've got bigger fish to fry than each other. I did not endure two seperate lives for this."

[Green Lantern]

Dinah scooped up a stone and threw it at him, before turning to Ollie, the tenseion drained from her for the most part as she shoved past memories aside if only for a slipt second.

"No wonder he's such a man ****.""OW! That stings!"

Dinah stepped in between Dick and Roy.

"Boys! we've got bigger fish to fry than each other. I did not endure two seperate lives for this." "And she saves your ass again mullethead. Wait a sec... two lives? Am I missin somethin? And you look a little younger Dinah... Like you're our age..."

Roy looked at her with a befuddled look in his eye.

[wiegeabo]

My impatience gets the better of me and two hands extend from my ring grabbing eavh of the bickering children by the front of their uniforms and pinning the in the air against opposite walls.

"Are you two pretending to be idiots, or are you just that way naturally? Canary is right. Six hundred thousdan people are dead! Six. Hundred. Thousand! More are dying every second. And I doubt the war for this city is over. Yet you two bicker about who has the more dangerous villains?"

I shake my head and let them drop to the ground. "If you're the next generation of heroes I might as well switch sides again. This planet would be mine soon enough that way."

[Batman]

"Uh... Merlyn? Ya know the number two guy on INTERPOL's most wanted list? Right behind our buddy Slade? Yeah... top that. And about the Rainbow Archer? Hows about the 10-Eyed Man, huh? And don't even play stupid Kory told me that he gave you a run for your money once."

"Pfft. For every 10-Eyed Man there's... what's his name? "The Roper"? Yeah, I think. Couldn't really tell past his piece of crap costume. At least ole' Tenny didn't wear a skirt.", Dick quipped.

Dinah stepped in between Dick and Roy.

"Boys! we've got bigger fish to fry than each other. I did not endure two seperate lives for this."

"... two... seperate lives? The hell? Okay, hold it. Hold it right there. Just... what is going on? How are you alive?! I... you... You died! Saving me! I saw it!"

[Batman]

My impatience gets the better of me and two hands extend from my ring grabbing eavh of the bickering children by the front of their uniforms and pinning the in the air against opposite walls.

"Are you two pretending to be idiots, or are you just that way naturally? Canary is right. Six hundred thousdan people are dead! Six. Hundred. Thousand! More are dying every second. And I doubt the war for this city is over. Yet you two bicker about who has the more dangerous villains?"

I shake my head and let them drop to the ground. "If you're the next generation of heroes I might as well switch sides again. This planet would be mine soon enough that way."

"..."

"AND YET NO ONE SAYS WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON!?!?!?"

[Green Lantern]

My impatience gets the better of me and two hands extend from my ring grabbing eavh of the bickering children by the front of their uniforms and pinning the in the air against opposite walls.

"Are you two pretending to be idiots, or are you just that way naturally? Canary is right. Six hundred thousdan people are dead! Six. Hundred. Thousand! More are dying every second. And I doubt the war for this city is over. Yet you two bicker about who has the more dangerous villains?"

I shake my head and let them drop to the ground. "If you're the next generation of heroes I might as well switch sides again. This planet would be mine soon enough that way.""Calm down Sinestro.... Its doing things like this that keeps us in this game. Me and Dick, we're just humans. No special rings. No super powers. Our ability to look at the lighter side of things, keeps us from feeling completely and utterly useless in a world full of powered beings. If we didn't do this, we'd no doubt either end up with the barrel of shotgun in our mouths, or even worse, we could end up cold, dark and broody like his mentor."

[Batman]

"Calm down Sinestro.... Its doing things like this that keeps us in this game. Me and Dick, we're just humans. No special rings. No super powers. Our ability to look at the lighter side of things, keeps us from feeling completely and utterly useless in a world full of powered beings. If we didn't do this, we'd no doubt either end up with the barrel of shotgun in our mouths, or even worse, we could end up cold, dark and broody like his mentor."

"Speaking of which... Anyone know where that certain mentor is? He'd know alot more about the enemy we're facing if it's still who I think it is. Not to mention Superman. He knows the city better than anyone."

[twylight]

"OW! That stings!"

"And she saves your ass again mullethead. Wait a sec... two lives? Am I missin somethin? And you look a little younger Dinah... Like you're our age..."

Roy looked at her with a befuddled look in his eye.



Dinah stared at him for a minute, her eyes growing dark again as a weight again decended onto her shoulders.
"I have 'de-aged' a bit."


"... two... seperate lives? The hell? Okay, hold it. Hold it right there. Just... what is going on? How are you alive?! I... you... You died! Saving me! I saw it!"

Dinah shook her head.
"I didn't die. it's a long story and one left till later."

My impatience gets the better of me and two hands extend from my ring grabbing eavh of the bickering children by the front of their uniforms and pinning the in the air against opposite walls.

"Are you two pretending to be idiots, or are you just that way naturally? Canary is right. Six hundred thousdan people are dead! Six. Hundred. Thousand! More are dying every second. And I doubt the war for this city is over. Yet you two bicker about who has the more dangerous villains?"

I shake my head and let them drop to the ground. "If you're the next generation of heroes I might as well switch sides again. This planet would be mine soon enough that way."


Dinah raised her eyebrow at Sinestro and let Roy answer him, before putting her hand on Roys shoulder, a little irked that he was inches taller than her.

"Still, Sinestro isn't used to the bantering ways of graduated Teen Titans, speaking of which.."

Dinah looked around.

"My sources say they're here but where are they?" She tilted her head and listened to the near silence of the area of Metropolis they were in.

[wiegeabo]

Dinah raised her eyebrow at Sinestro and let Roy answer him, before putting her hand on Roys shoulder, a little irked that he was inches taller than her.

"Still, Sinestro isn't used to the bantering ways of graduated Teen Titans, speaking of which.."

Dinah looked around.

"My sources say they're here but where are they?" She tilted her head and listened to the near silence of the area of Metropolis they were in.

Crossing my arms over my chest, I consider her words. "I believe it is more in the nature of your species. Jordan infected the Corps. with the same boisterousness. Rayner as well," I say, looking at them. "Stewart, at least, seems to have some measure of control. And do not get me started on Gardner..."

I look at the group we have assembled. It is an impressive one. Wonder Woman, the Martian, Jordan, Rayner, myself, the Canary, the Arrow, his protege, and that of the Bat. With the Bat on his way and Superman and the Titan's somewhere in the city.

This is more like it.

"Yeah, Guy is...unique," Rayner says, smiling. "But you've got to admit, he sure kepps the other Lanterns on their toes." Then alook crosses his face. "Wait a minute. Speaking of lanterns..." he looks right at me, "where the hell'd you get a green lantern from?"

I flinch inwardly. I knew recharging infront of them may bring up this question.

[SuperFerret]

I stand silently, watching the banter between the others. An itching loneliness bothered me as I watched the interaction. They were close friends, family. I, for all the years I've been here on Earth, will ever be the outsider, even amoungst my surrogate family.

A large explosion catches my attention suddenly.

"Nevermind the Titans. We need to investigate that explosion."

[Franklin Richards]

Hal Jordan created an individual sky cycle for all the non flliers.

"That should hold you for about twelve hours. Sinestro, while we're investigating the explosion. Why don't we try to set a trap. If the villains in this town aren't aware that you switched sides, why not send up a message in the sky telling them to rally to our position. Tell them they are to meet here for a 'final battle' or something. We might be able to take out a few of the idiots. If not all of them. As for now, we'll follow J'onn's lead."

Hal powered up and shot ten feet into the air.

"Come on, ladies. We have a city to save."

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[twylight]

Hal Jordan created an individual sky cycle for all the non flliers.

"That should hold you for about twelve hours. Sinestro, while we're investigating the explosion. Why don't we try to set a trap. If the villains in this town aren't aware that you switched sides, why not send up a message in the sky telling them to rally to our position. Tell them they are to meet here for a 'final battle' or something. We might be able to take out a few of the idiots. If not all of them. As for now, we'll follow J'onn's lead."

Hal powered up and shot ten feet into the air.

"Come on, ladies. We have a city to save."

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Dinah jumps lightly on the sky cycle sitting sideways, very lady-like. She sits that way for a re minutes before something mentally reminds her wehre she is and she slings her leg over it.

"Please, don't call use the term 'lady' so loosely Hal."

[Batman]

Dinah jumps lightly on the sky cycle sitting sideways, very lady-like. She sits that way for a re minutes before something mentally reminds her wehre she is and she slings her leg over it.

"Please, don't call use the term 'lady' so loosely Hal."

Nightwing ran forward, clipping his esrcima sticks to the back of his costume, before peforming a flip, and landing on the cycle. Assuming his position not far from where Dinah was, but on the other side, Nightwing smirked at Hal.

"Yeah, ya hypocrite.", He joked, even though Hal was already well on his way towards the explosion.

[Franklin Richards]

"Yeah, ya hypocrite.", He joked, even though Hal was already well on his way towards the explosion.

The skycycle transmitted a message.

"I can still hear you, you know."

That Dick.

Hal couldn't help but smile.


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[Electro UK]

I can't stand it any longer. Look at me, hiding away in an alley, trying to stay as far away from the world as possible. But what can I do? The Doc said she couldn't help me... but then the Doc was only one brain. And probably not the brightest brain in Gotham at that. Surely there's someone out there who can help me.

I get to my feet, wiping the blood away from my lips. The Doc must've gone wrong somewhere, I can be healed, I have to be healed. I can't stand being like this any longer, eating human flesh... hiding away. I'll hit the museums, labratories, take scientists. They'll cure my condition... or I'll feed on them. I dig my claws into the side of a building and climb up it.

The Gotham Museum of Science isn't far from here. I bet the Biology section has loads of nerds that can help me out. I start to hop across rooftops, making my way to the museum. I just want to be me again. Go back to how things were before. Not this man eating crazy form. Let's just hope I don't get Batman or someone interrupting my plans.

[Nightwing]

"Hopefully we'll all be able to get together and exchange notes."

"I...."

I'm suddenly cut off when I hear something from Roy. Which, of course, catches my attention. I turn away from Dinah, and turn my focus toward him.

"Say Dinah, know what that scream reminded me of? The wild nights that I couldn't sleep thanks to you and Ollie here... if ONLY I'd had a video camera back then... I'd be a billionaire."

I swear, the kid could never, I mean never for once say how he felt about certain situations. Sure, I've always let them slide throughout the years. But, no, not with this one. This one just pissed me off. Especially with having Dinah back with us, and he says crap like that. I felt like letting go just one last time, but.....

I give him a dead eye look.

"You're lucky you didn't have a camera back then. Or that roof I put over your head would've been gone by the time you could say, "the wind died down!" Like the the time you pretended to score a bullseye. Remember that one, Speedy?"

I tilt my hat forward then reveal a smile. Which Roy ends up seeing, and I'm glad he did. Taking him under my wing. One of the best years of my entire career. That, and my days with Dinah. Which after she died, were gone. Well in this case, alteast I thought they were.

Suddenly I'm drawn into that one memory.

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And then pulled back, when I hear Dinah say.

"He was in the next room?"

I turn to her and pause. Looking into her eyes like that after a few seconds, can make a man like myself go mad. And if those seconds continue, and eventually turn into minutes, she could always pull the truth right outta ya. Before we all thought she was gone, I had never once tried to to lie to her. And I sure as well wasn't going to start now. Not after she was back with all of us.

I lower my head, then look back at her.

"Dinah..uh..some of the walls at the house were kind of hollow... And I'm guessing the ones to Roy's room were as well..."

I look over to Roy, and see him keeping himself from laughing. I hope he knew I still didn't forget for those damn glue arrows.

But then, after all the fun and games was over, two things she said made my jaw drop a little bit.

One being: "I have 'de-aged' a bit."

And two: "I didn't die. it's a long story and one left till later."

What it the high hell was going on? I couldn't help but force myself to open my mouth and talk about this now. But I didn't to put any pressure on her by giving the rest of us some answers. Not when there were people dying. I did promise myself though that I'd talk to her. All of this, just felt so surreal...

[Speedball]

"Welcome, Superman! Welcome to your death!"
A beam of fire lanced from Gog's staff and struck Superman in the chest. Kal-El gasped as he was knocked out of the air into the massive crater Gog had created. Smoke rose from the shield on his chest, and he heard Gog's footsteps as the massive man walked over to him.
"Today is a great day indeed! Do you know what today is, man of steel?"
A boot to Superman's stomach drove the rest of his air out and sent him careening into the side of the crater. He impacted at such speed that the wall of the crater cracked and splintered when he hit it.
"Today is the day you die. The day I prevail over the greatest evil the world has ever known! Records already exist of this day, and you do not live to see its end. Are you ready for that final journey Superman? The long sleep that, I can assure you, you will not awake from. Not this time."
Gog poised his staff over Superman's head. He could feel the heat from the weapon's tip as a massive charge built within it.

"I don't think so, Gog."

He spun around, and grabbed the staff with both hands. With one pull, it was out of Gog's grasp. Superman flung it into a nearby wall, where it embedded itself.

"Fine then, Kryptonian. Killing you with my hands was always preferable, if not as convenient." Gog struck Superman with a mighty, two-fisted hammer blow that smashed Superman into the ground. He did it again, and again, each blow ringing out with the sound of thunder. Superman was forced to the ground, but before a sixth blow could hit, he rolled over and caught Gog's fists. A flash of red from Superman's eyes knocked Gog away from him. Gog, still knocked off balance from the blast of heat vision, was an easy target for Superman as he slammed into the golden-armor around the man's chest, driving him into the rocky wall with a crash. Gog, recovering his senses, glared at Superman and tried to grab his throat. Superman casually knocked Gog's hands away.

"No more games."

He grabbed Gog's right leg and hauled him up by it. The motion wasn't even visible to Gog.

"You ever wonder what a hand that can level a mountain can do to a kneecap?"

With his free hand, Superman punched Gog's exposed knee. With X-Ray vision, he could see bones around the knee turn to dust, tendons of great strength tore and blood began filling Gog's shattered knee. Superman let go, and Gog dropped to the ground.

"Y-you can't d-do this," hissed Gog as he attempted to get up.
"How about the arm, Gog? I can shatter asteroids, if I want to, but I've always been curious as to what happens when I really cut loose on psychopaths like you. You've found me on a day when I'm eager to find out."

Superman's eyes glowed red, and Gog couldn't see the Man of Steel's pupils at all. Superman grabbed Gog's left arm, and with a move of striking similarity and brutality, broke Gog's arm at the elbow. There was a sickening crunch as he did so, and finally the pain overwhelmed Gog. The villain screamed out in pain.

"I'm making an example of you. I'm going to break you, piece by piece, and throw you to the armies waging war on my city. I'm not going to die today, and I'm not going to die at your hands."

Gog watched as Superman freed his staff from the crater wall. He watched still as Superman held the staff in both hands, and snapped it like a twig. There was a small explosion that lit up the area, and then nothing. Superman threw the broken staff at Gog's feet. He then lifted the helpless villain above his head. "It's over, Gog."

He brought Gog down across his knee, shattering Gog's spinal cord. A wordless gasp escaped Gog's lips, and then he passed into unconsciousness. Superman looked at the fallen villain, and the red glow in his eyes faded.

"You call me a devil. Thank whatever gods you pray to that I'm not as evil as you think I am."

Superman picked Gog up, and floated out of the crater. He flew, slowly and visibly, to the heart of the battle that raged in Hob's Bay. Several villains looked to the sky, and he could hear whsipers of shock at Superman carrying the broken body of Gog. He landed in the midst of the battle, Ra's Al Ghul's army on one side and Luthor's convicts on the other. He threw Gog to the ground, and many backed away at the broken, twisted body of the powerful villain.

"You all can see what I did to Gog. He'll live life as a vegetable, and he will never threaten anyone again. I didn't give him the choice I'm giving you. Leave my city or his fate is yours, and you won't even see me coming."

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I didn't realize how far from the Titan's I got. I thought it was about 5 or 6 blocks, maybe I'm going around in circles? I guess I should have studied the Metropolis maps better like Bruce told me too.
What in the hell is that noise? It sounds like a...riot?
I head toward the screams and hollers. What is happening to this city?
Suddenly the shouts stop, I finally arrive at the battle.
I see Superman, some gold guy in his arms. He lands, but I can't see him over the crowds heads'.

I shove my way toward Superman as he says
"You all can see what I did to Gog. He'll live life as a vegetable, and he will never threaten anyone again. I didn't give him the choice I'm giving you. Leave my city or his fate is yours, and you won't even see me coming."

The whole crowd has come to a stop and left a 20 foot radius around Superman and the golden man. I see his body has been twisted and broken, bruises covering the areas left un-armored. It's quite obvious that it was Superman who did...

"Superman!!! What have you done?!"

[Purple Man]

I didn't realize how far from the Titan's I got. I thought it was about 5 or 6 blocks, maybe I'm going around in circles? I guess I should have studied the Metropolis maps better like Bruce told me too.
What in the hell is that noise? It sounds like a...riot?
I head toward the screams and hollers. What is happening to this city?
Suddenly the shouts stop, I finally arrive at the battle.
I see Superman, some gold guy in his arms. He lands, but I can't see him over the crowds heads'.

I shove my way toward Superman as he says
"You all can see what I did to Gog. He'll live life as a vegetable, and he will never threaten anyone again. I didn't give him the choice I'm giving you. Leave my city or his fate is yours, and you won't even see me coming."

The whole crowd has come to a stop and left a 20 foot radius around Superman and the golden man. I see his body has been twisted and broken, bruises covering the areas left un-armored. It's quite obvious that it was Superman who did...

"Superman!!! What have you done?!"

Still groggy from the kryptonite, Conner needed a moment to comprehend what Robin was saying, and another moment to believe he wasn't imagining what he saw.

"W-what is going on?..."

Standing at the edge of the crater, Superboy took a step off, not knowing if his powers had kicked back in, he left is fate up to fate and found himself hovering above the ground close to Superman and Gog, though he visibly kept his distance.

"Can't be...can't be the real Superman.."

[Trigger]

I didn't realize how far from the Titan's I got. I thought it was about 5 or 6 blocks, maybe I'm going around in circles? I guess I should have studied the Metropolis maps better like Bruce told me too.
What in the hell is that noise? It sounds like a...riot?
I head toward the screams and hollers. What is happening to this city?
Suddenly the shouts stop, I finally arrive at the battle.
I see Superman, some gold guy in his arms. He lands, but I can't see him over the crowds heads'.

I shove my way toward Superman as he says
"You all can see what I did to Gog. He'll live life as a vegetable, and he will never threaten anyone again. I didn't give him the choice I'm giving you. Leave my city or his fate is yours, and you won't even see me coming."

The whole crowd has come to a stop and left a 20 foot radius around Superman and the golden man. I see his body has been twisted and broken, bruises covering the areas left un-armored. It's quite obvious that it was Superman who did...

"Superman!!! What have you done?!"

Rose made her to way Robin and cocked her head to the side. A smile showing her mild amusement crept across her face. When the lines of good and evil began to blur, there would be less attention on her recent activites...

"He grew a pair. I'm surprised it took him this long. If my city was in chaos and constantly under attack, I'd make every god**** criminal a vegetable. Besides, it's not like Batman hasn't done a few dirty deeds."

[trustyside-kick]

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Jason's thoughts
Narration

Jason Todd- 'Some die that diserve life'
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"...how could he? HOW?"

A flash of light lights up the sky as thunder roars and Jason stands up. He slips his Red Hood helmet back on and turns around staring at the moonlight.

"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends."

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One...perhaps the guy did know what he was talking about after all. However, not even he would understand what I am about to do now. I idolized the man, looked up to him...almost as much as I did Bruce. And he does this?

"And then he parades around as the symbol of hope? Hope for a better tomorrow!? What about those kryptonian's he killed? WHAT ABOUT THEIR TOMORROW?!"

Jason takes a deep breath and tries to remain calm. But as his next set of words slip...he finds trouble remaining traquil.

"Even...even if they posed that much of a huge threat...he...he could have found another way..."

I mean how many times has Batman put Joker in Arkham rather than end his life? What makes Superman's murder more justifiable than if Batman were to kill Joker? After all the Joker has done?

"I WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED SAVING THEN! I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LAYING THERE, TAKING HITS FROM THE JOKER WHILE MY OWN MOTHER WHO BETRAYED ME WATCHED!"

And this happened be-before I was killed...before th-that incident...and...and Bruce knew. Would he have killed the Joker if he got to me in time?

A tear runs down Jason's face through the helmet and down his neck.

"H-how could he keep this from me and always teach me not to re-resolve to th-those type of methods?"

Again...Jason tries to calm down; hoping to keep his sanity intact. Jason runs over to the edge of the building, slides down a pole, and hops on his bike.

"Time to visit my old friend Paulie."
Jason's dialouge
Jason's thoughts
Narration

Jason Todd- 'Some die that diserve life'
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Back in the day I used to work for various gang leaders trying to gain some street credit; but at the end of the day, all I cared about was screwing those son's a *****es over. It wasn't so easy trying to keep myself "invisible" from Bruce either. A few times I almost had a few encounters but I always managed to get away and he would take out the little fishies. Paulie...he was one of those little fishies every now and then. He would always tell me that The Batman had fangs and big huge eyes and jaws that would mock even Killer Croc himself; I would always laugh. Who woulda known Bruce's lil crusade to cause fear in others was actually that effective?

On Jason's right he passes the One Gotham Center and enters the freeway.

For a good amount of time I was working for Black Mask; man I couldn't stand him. While he was more professional than some of my former employers he was one that I most wanted to ice. Probably the only reason why I stuck with him for so long was the fact that I got to work alone.

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I was known as The Enforcer and I would handle his more special operations: assassinations, aggressive negotiations, assassinations, aggressive persuasion...and did I mention assassinations? Paulie would be the guy I went to whenever I needed new gear or background information on my targets. Then I would head out and accomplish my mission; simple as that. Sometimes if felt good when my targets were the people who really diserved it; reminded me of old times.

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Gotta hand it to Paulie though...Black Mask never knew it but he was working for multiple crime-lords leaking information here and there. My plan was to use that in my favor until she came into the picture. But I left Black Mask's organization before she started to really get her fame in the Gotham Underworld. That vixen with...with the voice of a bird. Can't deny that she wasn't attractive...and that hair? Oh man ain't nothing sexier than a brunette.

Jason exits the freeway and passes the Gotham Superior Courthouse on his left.

Even though she soon took over I know for a fact that Paulie would be too smart to just close his operations. Afterall, why would she target him in the first place? Paulie didn't do stuff like those other jerks did. He didn't sell drugs to kids or drugs for that matter. He didn't deal in prositutions or whore houses. Hell, he don't even curse...the man is a saint compared to most dealers of the underworld. The only reason I could see her attacking or approaching him would be for information. Paulie and I developed a mutual friendship even when I ended my operations with the Black Mask; but he never knew my name though...no one knew my name. Paulie just calls me JT; ironic, right? He has been giving me new gears and gadgets ever since.

Jason pulls up to a club.

"The Gotham City Gentlemen's club."

I wonder if Paulie will recognize me with this new get up and all. He may have given me gear but the helmet is my own design. Maybe I can have a little fun with this and get a laugh.

Jason smirks.

[Speedball]

Rose made her to way Robin and cocked her head to the side. A smile showing her mild amusement crept across her face. When the lines of good and evil began to blur, there would be less attention on her recent activites...

"He grew a pair. I'm surprised it took him this long. If my city was in chaos and constantly under attack, I'd make every god**** criminal a vegetable. Besides, it's not like Batman hasn't done a few dirty deeds."
"But this isn't like him. He is suppossed to protect people, even those who want to hurt him. Superman, you've taken it too far."

[Trigger]

"But this isn't like him. He is suppossed to protect people, even those who want to hurt him. Superman, you've taken it too far."

"Heh, all I'm hearing is a lot of blah, blah, and a side of blah. He is protecting people, and doing a good job of it. Gog isn't the kind of guy you throw in jail and release years later for good behavior. He's a monster, a villain, and had Superman not killed him, he'd be killing civilians.

Besides, you talk as if Batman hasn't had a few casualties in his time. Do the words Jason and Todd mean anything to you, or does being the current Robin make it easier to ignore that? Play with your gadgets all you want, but leave the real work to the people who aren't all about swinging around in their custom made tights."

Rose pushed her platinum blonde hair over her left ear and then walked over to the two S-shields and Gog. He looked very pathetic up close. Is that how she looked to Slade when the Shade killed her? Rose grimaced at the thought.

[SuperFerret]

Hal Jordan created an individual sky cycle for all the non flliers.

"That should hold you for about twelve hours. Sinestro, while we're investigating the explosion. Why don't we try to set a trap. If the villains in this town aren't aware that you switched sides, why not send up a message in the sky telling them to rally to our position. Tell them they are to meet here for a 'final battle' or something. We might be able to take out a few of the idiots. If not all of them. As for now, we'll follow J'onn's lead."

Hal powered up and shot ten feet into the air.

"Come on, ladies. We have a city to save."

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I take off, Hal and the rest following closely. I telepathically scan the area ahead of us, it was desolate. Where hundreds of individual minds should have been, only a single on remained. I stop in mid-air, when I realize who the mind was.

"Nobody go any further!" I call out, my voice ringing out over the now silent city.

I send a telepathic message to all of the others.

~Rudy Jones, the Parasite was responsible for that explosion, and he is the only survivor in that immediate area. We will need strategy to defeat him. I am setting up a telepathic web between our minds, allowing us to communicate without his knowledge. Jones has trouble absorbing kinetic energy, so hit-and-run tactics are best, but it is imperative that the human members of the League stay out of his reach; he can kill you with a mere thought. Cold-based attacks are equally, if not more affective, as their low temperatures slow and/or halt the molecular movement necessary to produce energy. Remember this, and good luck all. We've regained one of our number, I am sure no one else wants to lose another friend.~

I begin moving again, gaining speed rapidly as I approach Jones' location. I concentrate, altering my molecular structure, both making myself greater in density and lowering my body temperature to the point where it is nearly biologically impossible to survive. I only hope and pray that this will protect me in part from the Parasite's powers, as I am the only one in Metropolis (aside from Clark, whom I haven't seen since he flew off to confront Luthor) capable of taking Jones out.

And I do so with extreme predjudice. Flying invisible, at a speed nearing 200mph, I slam into the Parasite while simultaneously assaulting his psyche with a telepathic dart.

[trustyside-kick]

Jason's dialouge
Jason's thoughts
Narration

Jason Todd- 'Some die that diserve life'
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Back in the day I used to work for various gang leaders trying to gain some street credit; but at the end of the day, all I cared about was screwing those son's a *****es over. It wasn't so easy trying to keep myself "invisible" from Bruce either. A few times I almost had a few encounters but I always managed to get away and he would take out the little fishies. Paulie...he was one of those little fishies every now and then. He would always tell me that The Batman had fangs and big huge eyes and jaws that would mock even Killer Croc himself; I would always laugh. Who woulda known Bruce's lil crusade to cause fear in others was actually that effective?

On Jason's right he passes the One Gotham Center and enters the freeway.

For a good amount of time I was working for Black Mask; man I couldn't stand him. While he was more professional than some of my former employers he was one that I most wanted to ice. Probably the only reason why I stuck with him for so long was the fact that I got to work alone.

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I was known as The Enforcer and I would handle his more special operations: assassinations, aggressive negotiations, assassinations, aggressive persuasion...and did I mention assassinations? Paulie would be the guy I went to whenever I needed new gear or background information on my targets. Then I would head out and accomplish my mission; simple as that. Sometimes if felt good when my targets were the people who really diserved it; reminded me of old times.

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Gotta hand it to Paulie though...Black Mask never knew it but he was working for multiple crime-lords leaking information here and there. My plan was to use that in my favor until she came into the picture. But I left Black Mask's organization before she started to really get her fame in the Gotham Underworld. That vixen with...with the voice of a bird. Can't deny that she wasn't attractive...and that hair? Oh man ain't nothing sexier than a brunette.

Jason exits the freeway and passes the Gotham Superior Courthouse on his left.

Even though she soon took over I know for a fact that Paulie would be too smart to just close his operations. Afterall, why would she target him in the first place? Paulie didn't do stuff like those other jerks did. He didn't sell drugs to kids or drugs for that matter. He didn't deal in prositutions or whore houses. Hell, he don't even curse...the man is a saint compared to most dealers of the underworld. The only reason I could see her attacking or approaching him would be for information. Paulie and I developed a mutual friendship even when I ended my operations with the Black Mask; but he never knew my name though...no one knew my name. Paulie just calls me JT; ironic, right? He has been giving me new gears and gadgets ever since.

Jason pulls up to a club.

"The Gotham City Gentlemen's club."

I wonder if Paulie will recognize me with this new get up and all. He may have given me gear but the helmet is my own design. Maybe I can have a little fun with this and get a laugh.

Jason smirks.
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Jason's thoughts
Paulie's dialogue
Gangsters dialogue
Narration

Jason Todd- 'Old faces'
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No point in walking in through the front door. Not only would I draw attention to myself but people would probably alert "the boys" upstairs. Plus...where would be my fun?

Jason hops off his bike and walks into the alley beside The Gotham City Genlemen's club. He climbs up a pipe and onto the roof. He spots a helicopter on the helipad a few feet infront of him.

Huh...that is new...is that...Paulie's?

Jason picks the lock to the door and walks down the stairs into a balcony overlooking the club. He scans the room.

Nope...none in here have guns on them except for maybe the bartender. Those musician's ain't half bad either. I see Paulie has done well with the place trying to make it look more legit.

He walks further down the balcony along the walkway and spots a door infront of him labeled "Janitor's Closet".

"My ass..."

He picks the lock and opens the door. Inside he sees something far from what you would see in a Janitor's closet.

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"Mr. Lipet, your shipment should be arriving sometime within the next two days. Ms. Wallace, yours arrived just earlier this morning and is in the back. In a minute Lipps here will show you the way."

"And what about my shipment? I told you how important it was that I recieve that special order ASAP."

"Yes, I remember you saying that Mr. Task. However, we had a little run in with the police on one of the cargo ships containing your shipment. We are doing our best to retrieve those back."

Huh? Mr. Task?

"Okay Paulie. As long as I recieve it by the 8th. That is the latest I can wait for it."

Paulie's cell phone rings.

I remember that sonuva...

"Hold on, let me get this real quick...I understand Mr. Nero. I have one of my best guys working on tha--"

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"AND WHAT IS THIS ****?"

Crap...what did I just do? Damnit...I-I cannot believe I let Task get to me like that! Come on! Say something...don't just stand there like an idiot!

"Whoops, my bad?"

"Your what? That's it...Lipps, ice him."

Oh crap...of all things that slips out?

"My pleasure."

"Woah woah woah. Paulie Paulie Paulie. You don't remember me?"

Jason removes his helmet.

"Yea? So what? Am I supposed to be impre--J--JT? You sonuva...you almost gave me a heart attack there! What you need man? It has been a while eh?"

"Yup. Sure has been a while Paulie. Sorry about that..."

"Fuhgeddaboudit man. Just let me finish up my meeting here and I'll be right with you. In the mean time you can go check out the bar and--"

"Woah woah woah...how are you going to just act like everything okay? HE JUST SHOT AT US!"

"Me and JT go way back...and don't raise your voice...you are lucky he meant to miss. He and I go way back."
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Paulie has his guests escorted out through the back door leading to the rooftop. The helicopter takes off and Paulie and Jason remain in the room.

"Okay...now I was only putting on an act before...but what the hell was that about earlier? The shooting and all."

"I saw someone I didn't like."

"So you were trying to hit us? But you missed!"

"I let my anger take over. Sorry man...I planned on doing something as a joke but nothing like that."

"What he do to you man?"

"Not what he did to me...to someone."

"Alright alright...touchy subject. So...what can I do for you man?"

"I need stuff...and a lot of it."

"Ey, you name it you got it. Who is your target this time?"

Jason doesn't say a word. Instead, he walks over to the table and takes out his kris dagger. He starts engraving an \S/ into the table.

"WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? BIG BOY BLUE? I think you might want to think it over here JT. This guy...few...things can hurt him. You think I got that kind of stuff?"

"Actually I am well aware that you wouldn't have that kind of stuff. But if anyone would know about shipments of it...it would be you. Plus, there actually could be some things that you do have that will still be of use to me."

"Eh...JT...I don't know about that. Me leaking that kind of information could lead up to a lot of bad things. I mean, I don't want no war with anybody."

"Paulie...come on...I will provide you protection if anything were to come to that and you know it. But...were any of those clients of yours from before one of the people you are talking about?"

"Yup...and aren't you lucky. He is probably one of the meanest scum in Gotham. I'm afraid to even deal with the guy...and you want me to leak information on his shipments? Too risky man."

"And this would be?"

Jason let's out a smirk.

Will be just like old times. Sure hurting people isn't always a good thing...but that changes when the person diserves it. It also depends on the type of way you hurt them.

"Laurence Task."

Jason's smirk dissapears.

This one definetly diserves it.

"I think I can handle it."

Jason pulls a newspaper out of his pocket and throws it onto the table near Paulie.

"Read."

Paulie begins to read the paper and gives an expression of shock. The paper reads 'Booster Gold...Dead or Alive?'.

[MST3K 4ever]

Lex lights up a cigar and watches the smoke.

Maybe Superman was right. Maybe I could've done more...made the antidote public...gone Public with what was going on with Ras "Stealing" the virus.

He takes a long drag and blows out the smoke.

Nah, if the antidote didn't work it was better I pay the price...and telling the people about Ras would've incited a panic unlike anything we've ever seen.

He takes another drag and blows out the smoke.

Yes I think the people would buy that...even if they don't that's what they're getting. Besides once this is over Superman and his comrades will be viewed as the greatest threat this planet as ever known

Lex puts his hands behind his head and continues enjoying his Cuban Cigar.

[LibrarianThorne]

"Heh, all I'm hearing is a lot of blah, blah, and a side of blah. He is protecting people, and doing a good job of it. Gog isn't the kind of guy you throw in jail and release years later for good behavior. He's a monster, a villain, and had Superman not killed him, he'd be killing civilians.

Besides, you talk as if Batman hasn't had a few casualties in his time. Do the words Jason and Todd mean anything to you, or does being the current Robin make it easier to ignore that? Play with your gadgets all you want, but leave the real work to the people who aren't all about swinging around in their custom made tights."

Rose pushed her platinum blonde hair over her left ear and then walked over to the two S-shields and Gog. He looked very pathetic up close. Is that how she looked to Slade when the Shade killed her? Rose grimaced at the thought.



He heard them speaking. Robin and Superboy's voices he knew, but the girl's was new. He couldn't spare a glance behind him, not with so many murders' eyes trained on him. Gog drooled, his spittle pooling on the street, mixing with blood leaking from his broken limbs.

Many of the combatants looked at Superman, then at Gog, then finally at each other. One rogue, someone Superman was not familiar with, spoke first.
"Luthor doesn't pay us enough for this. If he's gonna do that to all of us, I'm done." The costume looked familiar, if just for a moment. The Rainbow Raider, Superman thought suddenly.

A few, then a dozen, then dozens of villains began walking away. The army of assassins slinked away, retreating and obviously awaiting further instruction form Al Ghul, wherever the Demon's Head was. Superman relaxed, and picked up Gog's body. Then did he turn around and address the Titans.

"I'm sorry all of you had to see that. And Robin is right, what I did was wrong. It was also the only way to stop the madness that's destroying my city. Something each of you will learn, in time, is that the hard choice and the right choice are often the same choice. I may not know all of you, but if you're with Robin and Superboy then that says all I need to know."

He floated up in the sky, slowly. "I'm taking Gog to a hospital now. The rest of you need to find the League. I lost track of them in the middle of the chaos, but Superboy should be able to help you get to them."

Superman knew that his words would be of little or no comfort to the young Titans, but he couldn't waste any more time. Gog would die if he didn't recieve medical care. He shot off, a streak of red into the hazy, smoke-riddled afternoon sky of Metropolis.

[Franklin Richards]

I take off, Hal and the rest following closely. I telepathically scan the area ahead of us, it was desolate. Where hundreds of individual minds should have been, only a single on remained. I stop in mid-air, when I realize who the mind was.

"Nobody go any further!" I call out, my voice ringing out over the now silent city.

I send a telepathic message to all of the others.

~Rudy Jones, the Parasite was responsible for that explosion, and he is the only survivor in that immediate area. We will need strategy to defeat him. I am setting up a telepathic web between our minds, allowing us to communicate without his knowledge. Jones has trouble absorbing kinetic energy, so hit-and-run tactics are best, but it is imperative that the human members of the League stay out of his reach; he can kill you with a mere thought. Cold-based attacks are equally, if not more affective, as their low temperatures slow and/or halt the molecular movement necessary to produce energy. Remember this, and good luck all. We've regained one of our number, I am sure no one else wants to lose another friend.~

I begin moving again, gaining speed rapidly as I approach Jones' location. I concentrate, altering my molecular structure, both making myself greater in density and lowering my body temperature to the point where it is nearly biologically impossible to survive. I only hope and pray that this will protect me in part from the Parasite's powers, as I am the only one in Metropolis (aside from Clark, whom I haven't seen since he flew off to confront Luthor) capable of taking Jones out.

And I do so with extreme predjudice. Flying invisible, at a speed nearing 200mph, I slam into the Parasite while simultaneously assaulting his psyche with a telepathic dart.


"Cold eh? I'll be right back."

Hal streaked at his top atmospheric speed due north.


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"Cold eh? I'll be right back."

Hal streaked at his top atmospheric speed due north.


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Now, where is he going?

I chase after the Manhunter, even though I can no longer see him. But what I do see is the Parasite's body jerk from an impact and him crashing to the ground.

"Best not to lose this chance." While floating in the air I grab my ring arm with my other hand and fire a beam at the Parasite below. A beam of gold energy, with another helix of energy spinning around it, hits the ground and begins freezing it solid.

I change my aim, making sure that the ground below is thouroghly covered. A quick scan tells me no civilains are in the way, so I keep freezing the ground. Layer upon layer of ice and slush builds up. Before long, the gold energy has condensed the moisture in the air into a blanket of cold three stories thick.

I wipe my hands together, quite pleased with myself, knowing that I've subdued the Parasite with far less. "That should take care of the problem."

[Purple Man]

He heard them speaking. Robin and Superboy's voices he knew, but the girl's was new. He couldn't spare a glance behind him, not with so many murders' eyes trained on him. Gog drooled, his spittle pooling on the street, mixing with blood leaking from his broken limbs.

Many of the combatants looked at Superman, then at Gog, then finally at each other. One rogue, someone Superman was not familiar with, spoke first.
"Luthor doesn't pay us enough for this. If he's gonna do that to all of us, I'm done." The costume looked familiar, if just for a moment. The Rainbow Raider, Superman thought suddenly.

A few, then a dozen, then dozens of villains began walking away. The army of assassins slinked away, retreating and obviously awaiting further instruction form Al Ghul, wherever the Demon's Head was. Superman relaxed, and picked up Gog's body. Then did he turn around and address the Titans.

"I'm sorry all of you had to see that. And Robin is right, what I did was wrong. It was also the only way to stop the madness that's destroying my city. Something each of you will learn, in time, is that the hard choice and the right choice are often the same choice. I may not know all of you, but if you're with Robin and Superboy then that says all I need to know."

He floated up in the sky, slowly. "I'm taking Gog to a hospital now. The rest of you need to find the League. I lost track of them in the middle of the chaos, but Superboy should be able to help you get to them."

Superman knew that his words would be of little or no comfort to the young Titans, but he couldn't waste any more time. Gog would die if he didn't recieve medical care. He shot off, a streak of red into the hazy, smoke-riddled afternoon sky of Metropolis.

"You're not Superman!" Conner shouted at the man of steel, though Clark probably wouldn't hear him after leaving behind the sound barrier.

"I never should have went to the future. Everything is going so wrong." Whether it was the after effects of the Kryptonite poisoning or his own wounded psyche, Superboy was holding his forhead as he floated back to the rim of the crater, joining Tim and Rose. "Says he has to get Gog to a hospital.." Conner scoffed. "Should have just killed him instead of turning the guy into a vegetable."

[Spike_x1]

Now, where is he going?

I chase after the Manhunter, even though I can no longer see him. But what I do see is the Parasite's body jerk from an impact and him crashing to the ground.

"Best not to lose this chance." While floating in the air I grab my ring arm with my other hand and fire a beam at the Parasite below. A beam of gold energy, with another helix of energy spinning around it, hits the ground and begins freezing it solid.

I change my aim, making sure that the ground below is thouroghly covered. A quick scan tells me no civilains are in the way, so I keep freezing the ground. Layer upon layer of ice and slush builds up. Before long, the gold energy has condensed the moisture in the air into a blanket of cold three stories thick.

I wipe my hands together, quite pleased with myself, knowing that I've subdued the Parasite with far less. "That should take care of the problem."Sinestro turned around, ready to fly back to his teammates, when he was surprised by the impact of the Parasite's uppercut as the monster burst free from the icy surface of the street below. "Yeah right." Rudy smiled as he watched Sinestro tumble through the air. "Y'think a little freezer burn's gonna be anywhere near enough to take me down? Not today. Not with the concentrated and combined power of the Blackrock protecting me, the nuclear energy of Neutron flowing through me, and the strength of thousands and thousands of Riots backing me."

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"Today isn't gonna be your day."

[Trigger]

"You're not Superman!" Conner shouted at the man of steel, though Clark probably wouldn't hear him after leaving behind the sound barrier.

"I never should have went to the future. Everything is going so wrong." Whether it was the after effects of the Kryptonite poisoning or his own wounded psyche, Superboy was holding his forhead as he floated back to the rim of the crater, joining Tim and Rose. "Says he has to get Gog to a hospital.." Conner scoffed. "Should have just killed him instead of turning the guy into a vegetable."

Rose refrained from taunting the kid. He already looked pretty beat up and she didn't want to end up a vegetable. Rose patted him on the shoulder and tried her best to lighten up the situation.

"Well, he wasn't a genius anyway. Chances are that his IQ has actually increased after becoming a vegetable!"

Robin and Super-Boy didn't laugh. Instead the just stared at her. She pushed her white blonde back behind her ears again and looked up at the sky. If her only teacher hadn't been Slade, would this have been a bigger blow to her? After all, considering what Deathstroke has carried out, this was nothing. At least he was alive. And with all body parts intact.

"So....where would you be if you were a bunch of bruised super-heroes?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

Kyle reached out and formed a giant baseball bat with his ring. Swinging it with all his might and willpower, he clubbed Parasite across the head.

"Yeah, yeah, I've heard it all before. 'I'm invinsible, you can't stop me. Blah blah blah. The world is mine.' And yet, at the end of the day, you all still go crying home to mamma afetr we've spanked your sorry little a$$es."

[Spike_x1]

Rudy's smile grew wider as the emerald bat shattered across his head. He turned to look Rayner in the eyes and grabbed his throat in one clawed hand and the Green Lantern's right hand in his other hand. "Sure I am, kiddo."

As he began to tap into the power of Rayner's ring, the Parasite could sense the energy of the other Leaguers coming up behind him and prepared himself.

[Franklin Richards]

Hal Jordan swooped in over Metropolis. The sweat on his brow was apparent. But that wasn't what caught the attention of the casual viewer. A massive iceberg the size of the Titanic that was being held by a pair of gigantic emerald icetongs was. 2814.1 closed in on the battle scene and with one exhausting move the 46,368 tons of mass crashed onto Parasite.


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THWOOM!!!


"Sorry I didn't bring a cocktail to go along with it."


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[SuperFerret]

An immense shadow fell over the Parasite, Sinestro, Kyle and myself. I turn and look to the sky.

"H'ronmeer."

Hal Jordan swooped in over Metropolis. The sweat on his brow was apparent. But that wasn't what caught the attention of the casual viewer. A massive iceberg the size of the Titanic that was being held by a pair of gigantic emerald icetongs was. 2814.4 closed in on the battle scene and with one exhausting move the 46,368 tons of mass crashed onto Parasite.


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THWOOM!!!


"Sorry I didn't bring a cocktail to go along with it."


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Before the crushing weight of the iceberg came down upon us, I grabbed both Kyle (regrettfully, by the hair) and Sinestro, and made all of us intangible, allowing the iceberg pass through us.

Once this is over, I will have a talk with Jordan.

[Charlie No-One]

(IC: Batgirl)

Midway City, Michigan

The airport is cold and not very crowded. I’m glad Bruce gave me those… fologenic…no…holographic projectors before I left. My suitcases got through security fine. I step next to a window waiting for my flight to be called. Midway is a site with a heart and their own warriors. They do not me, a little girl lost in someone else’s image. I place my hand on the cold plate of glass blocking me from the outside. With in a few hours, I might die. Some unknown threat is taunting me. I am about to take a…risk and go into a city that might have something that can end me. The loud speaker booms across the airport, cutting off my thoughts.

My flight is boarding. I give my ticket to the person behind the desk and step onto the flight bridge. As I walk onto the plane, I look around. I am the first one on. I remember a scene I saw in a movie not too long ago. It had something to do with snakes…on a plane? I’m not sure, but I remember one of the characters being first aboard…then he died. I sit down in my seat and look down at the floor. No snakes. That doesn’t mean no death. Looking out of the small port window, I see the bridge starting to retract.

“The other flyers cancelled their flight when they heard we were stopping in Bludhaven. I am afraid it was too late to late to revoke the flight all together so you’re lucky, I guess. If there is anything you need, please call,” said the stewardess from behind me. I shake my head. Something is strange is happening, and I can’t put my finger on what.

Minutes later we start a rough start towards Bludhaven. I try and force myself not fall asleep. I haven’t slept very well the last few weeks. Something about the city not trusting me made me feel…guilty. Against my wishes, my eyes snap shut.

[twylight]

Dinah watched the scene as it unfolded in the distance, from where she stood on a rooftop. below her the side of the building was sheared off, revealing the floors, like so many layers of cake.

She brushed her hair behind her ear, as a breeze picked it up, and looked up into the blue sky, her eyes far and away. Cake...she turned her back on the heroic scene and walked away. She didn't belong here. She glanced at Roy, Dick and Ollie, none of them did. They were the detail minded of the group, they saw the real people. She shot out an arrow and swung to the street below, landing next to an injured woman. Gently placing her hand on the womans neck she checked for a pulse as the woman turned her head towards Dinah and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the pain in them Dinah smiled gently.

They saw the real people through the fight.

[LibrarianThorne]

He flew over fires, through massive holes in buildings that pierced the sky. A city of ruins was being made, again, and he couldn't stop it. Finally, he came uipon the embattled Metropolis General Hospital, and landed lightly. He looked down, and saw that Gog's eyes were lucid, and in them Superman saw a smug sense of satisfaction.

Superman did his best to ignore the look on Gog's face as he strode through the doors. The lobby was full of injured, everything from minor cuts and bruises to broken bones. A head nurse stopped when she saw Superman. She took one look at Gog, then ran around the nurses' station and produced a gurney. Superman placed the crippled villain on the gurney, saying "Keep him restrained. I injured him severely, but I don't know how quickly he can heal it, if at all."

The nurse looked at him with something like shock, and he couldn't meet her gaze. "I... have to go now."

He shot out the revolving doors and into the sky, making a beeline for the Daily Planet. To his left, he saw the golden figure of Sinestro launching a beam downwards, but at what Superman couldn't see. Half a second later, Superman was hovering three miles from the Daily Planet building. His X-Ray vision confirmed what he already knew. The sewage lines underneath the street were lined with lead. He had no way of knowing what was in the facility besides the cure he needed. He then began spinning at a fantastic rate, until his colors were a swirl of violet to any onlookers, and tunneled into the facility Luthor had told him about.

It had to end, he knew, and soon.

[Speedball]

Hal Jordan swooped in over Metropolis. The sweat on his brow was apparent. But that wasn't what caught the attention of the casual viewer. A massive iceberg the size of the Titanic that was being held by a pair of gigantic emerald icetongs was. 2814.1 closed in on the battle scene and with one exhausting move the 46,368 tons of mass crashed onto Parasite.


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THWOOM!!!


"Sorry I didn't bring a cocktail to go along with it."


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As I and the Titans stand there contemplating what we had just seen, another crazy sight appears in the skies above Metropolis.
"Is anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?"

I pull out my binoculars and see a GL holding up the iceberg. What is he about to do with a giant...
Never mind.
He lets it drop to the ground. I can't see it shatter, but I know people have to be hurt.
"What in the hell is going on in everyone's mind?! Come on Titans, Let's go help the people who might be trapped in those buildings!!!"

[Spider-Man9X17]

Kyle kicked himself mentally as J'onn pulled him out of harms way.

"Stupid, Kyle! Stupid rookie mistake. Keep your feelings in check. These b@$t@rds'll pay soon enough."

"I, uh, I don't know why I did that," he said outloud to J'onn and Sinestro. "I'll be more careful next time."

[SuperFerret]

Kyle kicked himself mentally as J'onn pulled him out of harms way.

"Stupid, Kyle! Stupid rookie mistake. Keep your feelings in check. These b@$t@rds'll pay soon enough."

"I, uh, I don't know why I did that," he said outloud to J'onn and Sinestro. "I'll be more careful next time."

"Less talk, more fight." I say quickly, charging at the Parasite and clubbing him across the face. Normally, getting within Jone's reach is a very bad idea, but we need to finish this fast before he has a chance to react.

[wiegeabo]

Using my ring to maintain my intangibility, I shoot up through the mass of ice and emerge from the top. I see Jordan floating there, smiling, proud of himself.

"I think I understand your plan. Go for overkill," I say to him sarcastically. That's when I hear a loud creaking and cracking of ground.

Looking down I see that several city blocks are now burried under ice and the ice expanding as it settles, gobbling up more ground as it does so. Large cracks spread out from under the ice as the streets and sewers below begin to collapse under the weight they weren't designed to hold.

I extend a giant wall around the ice to contain it, while lifting it slightly to ease the pressue on the ground, without giving Parasite a way to easily escape. "Dammit Jordan! Did the Guardians remove your common sense while they were wiping out your memory. Someone check and see if the Parasite is dead," I shout to the others, unable to take a moment to scan for myself. "If he is, fine. If he isn't, make him that way."

[Green Lantern]

Dinah watched the scene as it unfolded in the distance, from where she stood on a rooftop. below her the side of the building was sheared off, revealing the floors, like so many layers of cake.

She brushed her hair behind her ear, as a breeze picked it up, and looked up into the blue sky, her eyes far and away. Cake...she turned her back on the heroic scene and walked away. She didn't belong here. She glanced at Roy, Dick and Ollie, none of them did. They were the detail minded of the group, they saw the real people. She shot out an arrow and swung to the street below, landing next to an injured woman. Gently placing her hand on the womans neck she checked for a pulse as the woman turned her head towards Dinah and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the pain in them Dinah smiled gently.

They saw the real people through the fight.Following Dinah's lead Roy ran accross the street to a building that looked like it was about ready to collapse. "Ya comin, Disco Stu?"

He ran into the building and stopped dead in his tracks with what he saw.

Dozens of people scattered around in the derelect warehouse. Some passed out, some freaking out, and some dead. Many had needles in their arms, and even more were passing around pipes with meth and crack. Roy's face went pale as flashbacks started to hit.

[Batman]

Following Dinah's lead Roy ran accross the street to a building that looked like it was about ready to collapse. "Ya comin, Disco Stu?"

He ran into the building and stopped dead in his tracks with what he saw.

Dozens of people scattered around in the derelect warehouse. Some passed out, some freaking out, and some dead. Many had needles in their arms, and even more were passing around pipes with meth and crack. Roy's face went pale as flashbacks started to hit.


Dick, however, was already two steps ahead.

Flipping over Roy's head, Nightwing threw one of his escrima sticks at one of the pipes, shattering it. Catching it in his hand, He turned to the people in the warehouse that were still concious, and gritted his teeth.

"Leave."

They simply stared at him, for a moment.

"NOW!"

They scattered like ants, running past Dick and Roy and out of the building, twirling his stick, Nightwing turned back to his partner.

"You'll never believe who I took that que from.", Nightwing said with a smirk, still not seeing Roy's expression.

"Alright, now that we've got them out of the way, we need to get these people out of-", Nightwing said, before seeing Roy's face.

"Whoah. Roy, dude... You look like you just saw a ghost. Or a really pissed off Donna. You okay?"

[Green Lantern]

Dick, however, was already two steps ahead.

Flipping over Roy's head, Nightwing threw one of his escrima sticks at one of the pipes, shattering it. Catching it in his hand, He turned to the people in the warehouse that were still concious, and gritted his teeth.

"Leave."

They simply stared at him, for a moment.

"NOW!"

They scattered like ants, running past Dick and Roy and out of the building, twirling his stick, Nightwing turned back to his partner.

"You'll never believe who I took that que from.", Nightwing said with a smirk, still not seeing Roy's expression.

"Alright, now that we've got them out of the way, we need to get these people out of-", Nightwing said, before seeing Roy's face.

"Whoah. Roy, dude... You look like you just saw a ghost. Or a really pissed off Donna. You okay?"

Roy's mind was cluttered with visions from his own past as a user. Vivid memories of that first rush as the heroin had hit his system. He remembered the pain that came before the high, after he jammed a needle into his arm. He remembered the longing while in withdrawal needing to find more to hit. He'd never advanced past the alcohol, marijuana and heroin, but he undoubtedly would have if not for Hal, Dinah and his friends in the Titans. He painfully shook off the memories as he looked at Dick.

"Huh? Oh... yeah, right. Donna. Gotcha."

[Batman]

Roy's mind was cluttered with visions from his own past as a user. Vivid memories of that first rush as the heroin had hit his system. He remembered the pain that came before the high, after he jammed a needle into his arm. He remembered the longing while in withdrawal needing to find more to hit. He'd never advanced past the alcohol, marijuana and heroin, but he undoubtedly would have if not for Hal, Dinah and his friends in the Titans. He painfully shook off the memories as he looked at Dick.

"Huh? Oh... yeah, right. Donna. Gotcha."

Nightwing stared, for a moment, dumbfounded. Something had seriously troubled him, in that moment.

"Um... Yeah. Look, man, I know when something's got you by the arrows, and..."

Nightwing looked up, seeing the roof begin to crack.

"DAMN IT! Come on, Maid Marian! Let's hustle! We've got lives to save, here!", Nightwing yelled, running to some of the unconcious bodies on the floor.

[Green Lantern]

Nightwing stared, for a moment, dumbfounded. Something had seriously troubled him, in that moment.

"Um... Yeah. Look, man, I know when something's got you by the arrows, and..."

Nightwing looked up, seeing the roof begin to crack.

"DAMN IT! Come on, Maid Marian! Let's hustle! We've got lives to save, here!", Nightwing yelled, running to some of the unconcious bodies on the floor.Roy shook the cobwebs out of his head and ran to the nearest limp body. Knowing full well that several of these people may already be dead from overdosing. Like my old buddy Marco, now that was the first reality check.. Roy felt their necks for a pulse first. That first body he had came to was already cold, and still had a needle in his arm. "GOD F**KING DAMMIT!" Roy kicked the body and moved to the next. This one was breathing, albeit irregularly. He threw the guy over his shoulder and moved to a young teenaged girl. Her body was spasming from the drugs she had been abusing and he threw her over the other one as she vomited behind his back.

"Lets go Tinkerbell, gotta get these folks outta here. I think there are four more alive, the rest have ODed."

[Franklin Richards]

They've changed. There's fear in their eyes. The trust is gone. Something has scared them. Something big.

Hal Jordan watched as J'onn phased the Rookie and Sinestro. He saw Dinah, Speedy, Ollie, and Dick take care of the civilians. He observed Sinestro subsequently maintain the integrity of the iceberg. Although he assumed the Rookie would have taken care of that. He observed all these things. But for some reason his allies seemed suprised. As if they had lost all their training. Their discipline. Their teamwork. As if their unspoken bond had deteriorated. There was something in their eyes allright...


"Fear."


"Dammit Jordan! Did the Guardians remove your common sense while they were wiping out your memory. Someone check and see if the Parasite is dead,"

"If he is, fine. If he isn't, make him that way."


Hal scanned for life signs.


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[Trigger]

As I and the Titans stand there contemplating what we had just seen, another crazy sight appears in the skies above Metropolis.
"Is anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?"

I pull out my binoculars and see a GL holding up the iceberg. What is he about to do with a giant...
Never mind.
He lets it drop to the ground. I can't see it shatter, but I know people have to be hurt.
"What in the hell is going on in everyone's mind?! Come on Titans, Let's go help the people who might be trapped in those buildings!!!"

"Geez, aren't these guys supposed to be pros?! We didn't take out any buildings while we were fighting Toyman. You'd think these guys would be a little more cautious." Rose exclaimed as she followed behind Robin.

[Spike_x1]

The Parasite was laughing as the energy flowed from the Green Lantern's ring into his own body, but the grin washed away as a giant shadow loomed over them and Rudy looked up.Hal Jordan swooped in over Metropolis. The sweat on his brow was apparent. But that wasn't what caught the attention of the casual viewer. A massive iceberg the size of the Titanic that was being held by a pair of gigantic emerald icetongs was. 2814.1 closed in on the battle scene and with one exhausting move the 46,368 tons of mass crashed onto Parasite.


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THWOOM!!!


"Sorry I didn't bring a cocktail to go along with it."


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As the heroes put distance between themselves and Rudy, while making their bodies intangible at the same time, the Parasite braced for the iceberg's impact by creating a thick force field around himself.

The noise created was a deafening roar, but was partially muted through the Parasite's barrier, but Rudy could make out the noise of something else."Less talk, more fight." I say quickly, charging at the Parasite and clubbing him across the face. Normally, getting within Jone's reach is a very bad idea, but we need to finish this fast before he has a chance to react.Rudy was taken aback by the Martian's surprise attack, phasing right through his force field. With his concentration broken, the field collapsed and crushing ice began to fill in the void it left behind. Movement was hindered slightly from the pressure of the ice around them, but not by much with his current level of strength. "So it's a fight you want, eh Marvin?" The Parasite cocked his fist back. "Then let's boogie!"

Moments later, a green and blue blur burst free from the wall of the iceberg, steaming as it made contact with the warmer air outside. The Parasite slowly emerged behind J'onn J'onzz, chuckling. "Now where are those pipsqueaks with the decoder rings?"

[Franklin Richards]

"Now where are those pipsqueaks with the decoder rings?"

"Blast! He's still up. Guess I'll just have to get something colder."

Hal rocketed straight up. A green light flashed in the distance as he passed through the upper atmosphere.

A vacuum is the coldest thing there is. Let's see how Mohammed likes it when the mountain is brought to him.


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[wiegeabo]

As I float there, barely holding the mountain of ice together, I watch as the Manhunter explodes from the ice at high speed. Following behind him is the damned Parasite!

Parasite floats for a second before turning and focusing on me with an evil grin. I look up to see the last speck of green as Jordan goes where ever he is going. I look around and see no sign of Rayner of the Manhunter. I look down at the ice, knowing that if I release the wall to fight, it will pour out and demolish the surrounding blocks where people still are. The Parasite continues to float there, looking at me as if I was nothing more than a meal.

"...I'm fraked..."

[Purple Man]

"Geez, aren't these guys supposed to be pros?! We didn't take out any buildings while we were fighting Toyman. You'd think these guys would be a little more cautious." Rose exclaimed as she followed behind Robin.

"We got lucky. Those jets robo-Batman downed could have taken out half a city block. Anyways the stakes are usually higher with the adults. When was the last time you fought against Ras' Al Ghul or Lex Luthor?" Conner looked over his shoulder at Rose, with a facial expression showing how sick he was of her attitude.

"Oh, that's right. You're more likely to work with them than against them." Without giving the Ravager another glance, he shot skyward, disappearing into the clouds.

Up in the sky where no one could see or hear him, Conner bathed in the sunlight, letting it recharge his cells as he cussed and swore at the terrible day he was having. Of course in a world with super people, someone could hear him. Maybe not the man of steel, but the mutt of steel, who got distracted on his way to Metropolis because he felt tempted to chase a cat named Streaky up a tree, uproot the tree and bring it to his master.

"Krypto..." Conner was not impressed by the super dog as he took the tree from the canines powerful jaws. The terrified cat was still alive so he slowly dropped back towards the ground, Krypto circling as they descended.

"I got us a new team mate." Superboy would float infront of Robin and Ravager, dropping the tree to the side with one hand as he grabbed Kryptos collar with the other, restraining him from chasing the fleeing feline.

"You can learn from this one, Rose. He knows how to keep his mouth shut."

"Arf!" Replied the super powered pooch.

"Shut up, Krypto."

[Franklin Richards]

Hal soared back to Metropolis. A giant sphere following him. As he returned to the battleground he noticed Sinestro holding the iceberg together.

Sinestro protecting the innocent. And placing himself in a vulnerable position to do it. What is he planning? This can't be genuine concern. No time for that now.

Hal manipulated the sphere he was hauling. Within seconds it absorbed Parasite into it. Hal redoubled his efforts to strengthen the sphere. The vacuum within assaulted Parasite's body.

"I hear you don't like the cold. It's very cold in space. Oh by the way. Can you breathe in a vacuum?"


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[Spike_x1]

The Parasite casually poked the inside of his bubble. Who does this schmuck think he is? Rudy removed his finger from the green sphere and pressed his face against it instead, making a funny face by inflating his cheeks and crossing his eyes as he absorbed the emerald energy. In seconds, he had absorbed enough to weaken the force field and gleefully smash his head through it. "Maybe you didn't get the memo, Jordan, but Green Lantern force fields taste a little bit like lime." This jerk actually tried to trap him in a bubble made of energy?!

Rudy reached up and tore away what remained of the bubble around his neck until he created a big enough hole to fly out through. He zoomed right at Jordan with his fist balled up and charged with a nuclear strike. "And just for the record," thunder crashed as the explosion rang out from the Green Lantern's face, "I don't even have to breathe in the first place, sucker."

[Batman]

Roy shook the cobwebs out of his head and ran to the nearest limp body. Knowing full well that several of these people may already be dead from overdosing. Like my old buddy Marco, now that was the first reality check.. Roy felt their necks for a pulse first. That first body he had came to was already cold, and still had a needle in his arm. "GOD F**KING DAMMIT!" Roy kicked the body and moved to the next. This one was breathing, albeit irregularly. He threw the guy over his shoulder and moved to a young teenaged girl. Her body was spasming from the drugs she had been abusing and he threw her over the other one as she vomited behind his back.

"Lets go Tinkerbell, gotta get these folks outta here. I think there are four more alive, the rest have ODed."


Nightwing grabbed one of the other teenaged girls, and another guy on the ground, throwing them both over his shoulders. He looked back, for a second.

ODed? He hasn't used that term since...

Nightwing looked down, feeling something under his foot. Lifting it, he saw the needle on the ground. Dick's eyes widened.

Oh god... That's why he looked so-

Nightwing looked up, seeing the roof again.

No time to worry about that now! RUN, DAMN IT!, Dick screamed at himself, as he and Arsenal rushed out of the building.

How could I have not picked up on that sooner...?

[Trigger]

"We got lucky. Those jets robo-Batman downed could have taken out half a city block. Anyways the stakes are usually higher with the adults. When was the last time you fought against Ras' Al Ghul or Lex Luthor?" Conner looked over his shoulder at Rose, with a facial expression showing how sick he was of her attitude.

"Oh, that's right. You're more likely to work with them than against them." Without giving the Ravager another glance, he shot skyward, disappearing into the clouds.

Rosed glared at Superboy. Did he think he was being clever?

Up in the sky where no one could see or hear him, Conner bathed in the sunlight, letting it recharge his cells as he cussed and swore at the terrible day he was having. Of course in a world with super people, someone could hear him. Maybe not the man of steel, but the mutt of steel, who got distracted on his way to Metropolis because he felt tempted to chase a cat named Streaky up a tree, uproot the tree and bring it to his master.

"Krypto..." Conner was not impressed by the super dog as he took the tree from the canines powerful jaws. The terrified cat was still alive so he slowly dropped back towards the ground, Krypto circling as they descended.

"I got us a new team mate." Superboy would float infront of Robin and Ravager, dropping the tree to the side with one hand as he grabbed Kryptos collar with the other, restraining him from chasing the fleeing feline.

"You can learn from this one, Rose. He knows how to keep his mouth shut."

"Arf!" Replied the super powered pooch.

"Shut up, Krypto."

"Oh yeah, I could learn so much from Kent family. How to let a city get demolished, how to merclessly beat under-powered enemies, the art of being a sissy and retreating into the future-"

Rose looked at Kyrpto.

"And apparently how to sniff my ass."

Rose pushed her hair back so that both of her eyes could be seen while she approached Conner. Kyrpto barked at her, but she didn't flinch.

"Toss your little petty jokes at me all you want. Maybe Deathstroke wasn't a perfect man, but he was more than responsible than Stuper-Dork. He's never let down the people close to him, and he's never kept promises he couldn't keep.

I may have done some ad stuff in the past, but I assure you, that was the old Rose. The Rose that was too weak to stand on her own feet, the Rose who was too pathetic to take out a PMS-ing alien. I've changed, I've grown. And this time-"

Rose pulled out a small green object from a pocket below her thigh. She tossed it in the air and played with it alittle; just long enough for it to bother Conner. She then put it back in her pocket and smiled.

"I'm ready."

[Green Lantern]

Nightwing grabbed one of the other teenaged girls, and another guy on the ground, throwing them both over his shoulders. He looked back, for a second.

ODed? He hasn't used that term since...

Nightwing looked down, feeling something under his foot. Lifting it, he saw the needle on the ground. Dick's eyes widened.

Oh god... That's why he looked so-

Nightwing looked up, seeing the roof again.

No time to worry about that now! RUN, DAMN IT!, Dick screamed at himself, as he and Arsenal rushed out of the building.

How could I have not picked up on that sooner...?As they ran, Roy shifted the girl onto his other shoulder and picked up the last two unconcious bodies. When they got outside, Roy threw them off onto the sidewalk, and collapsed into a heap himself. He wiped the sweat from his brow, and zoned off into the distance. "You know Dick, these people would have probably been better off if we had left them..."

[Batman]

As they ran, Roy shifted the girl onto his other shoulder and picked up the last two unconcious bodies. When they got outside, Roy threw them off onto the sidewalk, and collapsed into a heap himself. He wiped the sweat from his brow, and zoned off into the distance. "You know Dick, these people would have probably been better off if we had left them..."

Nightwing gave Roy a stern look.

"Don't. Just... don't. I don't want to hear it.", Nightwing said, looking at the building as it began to level, a block away from them. "I'll never believe that."


Robin stood, assembled with the Teen Titans in Titans Tower. Minus one... One person Robin had considered a friend. They called him Speedy. But now, he had a new name, in Robin's eyes. "Junkie".

"What do we do now?", Garth asked. "He's our friend... And he's going through something none of us could even begin to understand."

"I... I just can't believe it...", Donna said, with obvious hurt in her voice.

"I... wow. I just... Roy? Our Roy? I just... I mean, what...?", Wally asked, at a faster pace than everyone else, but considerably slow, for him.

Robin stayed silent, arms folded. It was a trait he had picked up from Bruce. A trait he was beginning to hate.

"Hello? Guys? What are we going to do, here?", Garth asked again.

"Nothing."

Everyone turned to Robin, dumbfounded.

"We're going to do nothing. He's on his own.", Robin said, bitterly.

"Dick, how can you say that?", Donna asked.

Robin narrowed his eyes.

"Because he's better off dead than he is now.", Robin said, with more hatred for himself in his statement than Roy.


Nightwing looked back, seeing that the building was now completely down.

"Never again."

[Green Lantern]

Nightwing gave Roy a stern look.

"Don't. Just... don't. I don't want to hear it.", Nightwing said, looking at the building as it began to level, a block away from them. "I'll never believe that."

Nightwing looked back, seeing that the building was now completely down.

"Never again."Roy stood up and moved right in front of Dick. "You think I want to believe it? I have no choice, I lived it. Society doesn't want these people. Society won't help them. And at this point these kids are in no shape to help themselves. Hell, I was this far gone once. You know the real reason I have the tattoos on my arms, Dick?" Roy pointed at the tribal tattoos on his arms."Its not just because I'm proud of my heritage, its more to cover the needle scars in my arms. To make my self forget that part of my life. But I can't do that. Every time I walk down the street, I see someone as bad off or worse than I had been. If not for Dinah and Hal, I'd be dead right now. Even my best friends didn't return my calls for weeks after I'd gone clean. Their life is hell, and as much as I hate to say it, if they don't get their fixes, it will just get worse. Our best option is to try to get them to detox, and then find this source. It's gotta be a big one with how many dead overdosers were in that building, and when we find this source, that scum lord is gonna wish he was a junkie. I say we get the most coherrant of these people to talk. And only one person can do that better than you, so what do you say pal? You with me on this one?"

[wiegeabo]

The Parasite casually poked the inside of his bubble. Who does this schmuck think he is? Rudy removed his finger from the green sphere and pressed his face against it instead, making a funny face by inflating his cheeks and crossing his eyes as he absorbed the emerald energy. In seconds, he had absorbed enough to weaken the force field and gleefully smash his head through it. "Maybe you didn't get the memo, Jordan, but Green Lantern force fields taste a little bit like lime." This jerk actually tried to trap him in a bubble made of energy?!

Rudy reached up and tore away what remained of the bubble around his neck until he created a big enough hole to fly out through. He zoomed right at Jordan with his fist balled up and charged with a nuclear strike. "And just for the record," thunder crashed as the explosion rang out from the Green Lantern's face, "I don't even have to breathe in the first place, sucker."
Out of nowhere Jordan returns, only to be sent flying from the Parasite's attack. I can't help holding this ice in place.

So I better stop.

Using all my will, I yank on the mass and lift it into the air, forming gold rockets beneath it to help me lift it faster. "RRRAAAAAHHAHHHHGHGH!!!!!" I yell as I pull and spin the mass upwards. The look on the Parasite's face is worth the strain as he sees the mass of ice slam into him and send him flying out over the city.

Without breaking my concentration, I launch the ice upwards into the sky create a massive sound generator under the block. Waves of sounds energy pummel the ice, hitting the proper frequency to generate a sympathetic vibration, shattering it into countless pieces. The snow slowly drifts down over the city. With the cloud cover, it'll be snowing for hours. But I dare not waste a second thinking about it.

I tear through the atmosphere back to the city, chasing after the Parasite's energy signature. A massively powerful energy signature. No wonder the cold didn't work. It would have taken years of exposure to slow him down.

Knowing I can't directly fight the Parasite, a grab the flagpole of a building I pass and use my ring to sharpen one end. In no time I've caught back up to the Parasite. Before he can regain his senses I spear him through the chest with the pole, driving him down, and pinning him to the ground.

"What the hells is wrong with you?" I shout from a safe distance. "We've got more important matters than having to deal with you again. Hundreds of thousands of people are dying in this city as we speak. I thought you went against Unity to save lives. I thought you had decided to change." I twist the pole in his body, not sure if it hurts him, and not really caring.

"So...have you?"

[twylight]

Dinah looked as Roy and Dick raced into the building across the street. Before surveying the street, seeing no one else she leaned over and gently put the woman's arm around her shoulders.

"My family..."

"Shh....don't worry about them right now." Dinah said as she helped her down the street and rested her against a building before checking her over once more. Her medically training picking up several broken bones in the leg's and arms and internal bleeding. The woman's head was bleeding from a large gash and with the amount of blood she'd lost and the distance to the nearest hospital Dinah knew there was no saving her.

Dinah turned as Dick and Roy rushed out of the building and set their own human burdens on the ground. In the distance the sound of the crashing building caused Dinah to start as memories of the last building she'd heard collapsed came fresh to her mind. Dinah lifted the woman up gently once again and took her across the street resting her against a nearby building near Dick and Roy. Dinah brushed a black strand of hair from her face and glanced at the two boys, or men they now were. They seemed to be deeply in thought and Roy's mind seemed to be somewhere else entirely. Dinah turned back to the woman and smiled again pulling out a small needle of morphine. Experience had taught her to be prepared.

"This will help a little with the pain until we can get you to a hospital." She said softly before gently squeezing the womans hand and walking toward the two men. Hard to realize they were men they'd never been to much younger than herself, yet Roy and his friends she'd always seen as children. She knelt down next to one of the people Roy had pulled out, catching a glimpse of herself in a piece of shattered glass. Her youthful features seemed foreign to the age she was, or used to be. She pulled her mask, dangling around her neck, closer to her face as if to hid it, before focusing on the young man in front of her. She checked his pulse before noticing a band of red around the mans left arm, she touched her fingers to his forearm noticing tiny marks. Dinah's forehead furrowed and she checked the young teenage girl next to him.

She stood up slowly, there wasn't anything wrong with them that a detox wouldn't help, she turned and looked back at the woman she'd brought. There was a slight smile on the womans face and her eyes were closed. Dinah sighed and closed her eyes as the sounds of battle echoed through the distance.

[Batman]

Roy stood up and moved right in front of Dick. "You think I want to believe it? I have no choice, I lived it. Society doesn't want these people. Society won't help them. And at this point these kids are in no shape to help themselves. Hell, I was this far gone once. You know the real reason I have the tattoos on my arms, Dick?" Roy pointed at the tribal tattoos on his arms."Its not just because I'm proud of my heritage, its more to cover the needle scars in my arms. To make my self forget that part of my life. But I can't do that. Every time I walk down the street, I see someone as bad off or worse than I had been. If not for Dinah and Hal, I'd be dead right now. Even my best friends didn't return my calls for weeks after I'd gone clean. Their life is hell, and as much as I hate to say it, if they don't get their fixes, it will just get worse. Our best option is to try to get them to detox, and then find this source. It's gotta be a big one with how many dead overdosers were in that building, and when we find this source, that scum lord is gonna wish he was a junkie. I say we get the most coherrant of these people to talk. And only one person can do that better than you, so what do you say pal? You with me on this one?"

Nightwing stayed silent, for a moment.

His point wasn't that these people weren't better off. It was that Roy, above all, had shown him that anyone could overcome that lifestyle. He had been an inspiration, and as much as Dick traded blows with him from time to time, Dick had the most respect for him of all the former Titans.

Taking down a drug ring, right now, didn't seem like it needed to be their priority. But at the same time... Looking at all of the suffering around them... and looking at the scale of the situation that they should've been focusing on... Dick and Roy were more than a little out of their league. This, however, was something they could handle.

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"Aren't I always?", Nightwing finally said, before walking past Dinah.

For once, he had gone out of his way to ignore her. There were still some bitter feelings. No matter who she was or how she had come back, she had still done some questionable acts, and right now, Dick just didn't want to deal with it. There were important matters to deal with.

Kneeling down to one of them, Nightwing narrowed his eyes to the point that his lenses only showed in the darkness, eclipsing his face.

"Who runs the show?", Nightwing asked.

The nearly dozed junkie looked up at him, like he was seeing stars.

"Bu... Blu..."

Nightwing leaned closer, his anger apparent now.

"Who runs the show?", Nightwing asked, with a little more force.

"... Dunn... o... B... Bludhav... We all came from Blu... Bludha..."

Nightwing's eyes widened, hearing something familiar in his broken speech.

"Bludhaven? Did you just say Bludhaven?", Nightwing asked.

The druggie could only nod, he was so out of it. Nightwing backed away from him, with the reality of it sinking in as he gritted his teeth, leaning against the back wall of a nearby building.

Bludhaven. His city. A city he had dedicated the past few months to rebuilding, after hundreds of innocent lives had been taken by The Joker. Now... they had to deal with this? Nightwing spun, and slammed his fist into the wall. Not on his watch. A drug ring in his city was not going to be tolerated.

Nightwing walked back over to Roy, breathing heavily as he rubbed his fist from the impact it had made from the wall.

"You asked me if I was with you? My answer still stands. Let's take these guys down. And hard."

[twylight]

Nightwing stayed silent, for a moment.

His point wasn't that these people weren't better off. It was that Roy, above all, had shown him that anyone could overcome that lifestyle. He had been an inspiration, and as much as Dick traded blows with him from time to time, Dick had the most respect for him of all the former Titans.

Taking down a drug ring, right now, didn't seem like it needed to be their priority. But at the same time... Looking at all of the suffering around them... and looking at the scale of the situation that they should've been focusing on... Dick and Roy were more than a little out of their league. This, however, was something they could handle.

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"Aren't I always?", Nightwing finally said, before walking past Dinah.

For once, he had gone out of his way to ignore her. There were still some bitter feelings. No matter who she was or how she had come back, she had still done some questionable acts, and right now, Dick just didn't want to deal with it. There were important matters to deal with.

Kneeling down to one of them, Nightwing narrowed his eyes to the point that his lenses only showed in the darkness, eclipsing his face.

"Who runs the show?", Nightwing asked.

The nearly dozed junkie looked up at him, like he was seeing stars.

"Bu... Blu..."

Nightwing leaned closer, his anger apparent now.

"Who runs the show?", Nightwing asked, with a little more force.

"... Dunn... o... B... Bludhav... We all came from Blu... Bludha..."

Nightwing's eyes widened, hearing something familiar in his broken speech.

"Bludhaven? Did you just say Bludhaven?", Nightwing asked.

The druggie could only nod, he was so out of it. Nightwing backed away from him, with the reality of it sinking in as he gritted his teeth, leaning against the back wall of a nearby building.

Bludhaven. His city. A city he had dedicated the past few months to rebuilding, after hundreds of innocent lives had been taken by The Joker. Now... they had to deal with this? Nightwing spun, and slammed his fist into the wall. Not on his watch. A drug ring in his city was not going to be tolerated.

Nightwing walked back over to Roy, breathing heavily as he rubbed his fist from the impact it had made from the wall.

"You asked me if I was with you? My answer still stands. Let's take these guys down. And hard."

Dinah turned her head, her eyes following Dick as he walked past her her to a nearby junkie. So that was what it was all about. She looked at Roy, his face serious, it was personal, she should know. She looked down remembering his struggle. Even if Roy and Ollie denied it, it was very much a father/son relationship. Roy was Ollie's first and he was so unprepared for being any type of a father figure. She glanced at the other adopted son as he grilled the junkie. His own father figure had forced him off to find his own way. Dinah thought of her own mother who'd shuned her for her choices.

She quietly took out her cell phone and pushed a button.

"Yes, can you doctors and nurses."

"It's all over the news and you aren't exactly in a position to do that. Plus most of them aren't going to want to leave they just got back to their own homes."

"Remind them who's paying them."

Silence enveloped the other end.

"There's a plane at the airport I can have there by midnight." Ricky said with a sigh.

Dinah smiled.
"That's all I ask." She shut her phone and stared at the brick wall in front of her as she listened to ***** voice, full of resolve.

"You asked me if I was with you? My answer still stands. Let's take these guys down. And hard."

"Let's get them to a hospital first." she said to the wall before turning to look at them. One in red and the other in blue and black. A slight pain went through her heart at the sight of them. What life did either of them have? They never had childhood they had training and she'd always been so blinded by her own childhood she'd never even seen it.

"There are a lot more people in this city who need help. Plan your vendetta's after this is over." she said as she picked up the young girl.

[Speedball]

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Rosed glared at Superboy. Did he think he was being clever?

[/color]

"Oh yeah, I could learn so much from Kent family. How to let a city get demolished, how to merclessly beat under-powered enemies, the art of being a sissy and retreating into the future-"

Rose looked at Kyrpto.

"And apparently how to sniff my ass."

Rose pushed her hair back so that both of her eyes could be seen while she approached Conner. Kyrpto barked at her, but she didn't flinch.

"Toss your little petty jokes at me all you want. Maybe Deathstroke wasn't a perfect man, but he was more than responsible than Stuper-Dork. He's never let down the people close to him, and he's never kept promises he couldn't keep.

I may have done some ad stuff in the past, but I assure you, that was the old Rose. The Rose that was too weak to stand on her own feet, the Rose who was too pathetic to take out a PMS-ing alien. I've changed, I've grown. And this time-"

Rose pulled out a small green object from a pocket below her thigh. She tossed it in the air and played with it alittle; just long enough for it to bother Conner. She then put it back in her pocket and smiled.

"I'm ready."

"Good, 'Cause were here."
We finally arrive at the site where the iceberg landed, but there's no ice and there are almost no people. The few people that do stand out are Green, Yellow and Purple.
"Wow! Two GL's, Sinestro, and the Martian Manhunter. Let's go see if we can help them fight Parasite."
Not sure how much help Rose and I will be though. Whatever...We've faced worse things.

[Batman]

Dinah turned her head, her eyes following Dick as he walked past her her to a nearby junkie. So that was what it was all about. She looked at Roy, his face serious, it was personal, she should know. She looked down remembering his struggle. Even if Roy and Ollie denied it, it was very much a father/son relationship. Roy was Ollie's first and he was so unprepared for being any type of a father figure. She glanced at the other adopted son as he grilled the junkie. His own father figure had forced him off to find his own way. Dinah thought of her own mother who'd shuned her for her choices.

She quietly took out her cell phone and pushed a button.

"Yes, can you doctors and nurses."

"It's all over the news and you aren't exactly in a position to do that. Plus most of them aren't going to want to leave they just got back to their own homes."

"Remind them who's paying them."

Silence enveloped the other end.

"There's a plane at the airport I can have there by midnight." Ricky said with a sigh.

Dinah smiled.
"That's all I ask." She shut her phone and stared at the brick wall in front of her as she listened to ***** voice, full of resolve.

"You asked me if I was with you? My answer still stands. Let's take these guys down. And hard."

"Let's get them to a hospital first." she said to the wall before turning to look at them. One in red and the other in blue and black. A slight pain went through her heart at the sight of them. What life did either of them have? They never had childhood they had training and she'd always been so blinded by her own childhood she'd never even seen it.

"There are a lot more people in this city who need help. Plan your vendetta's after this is over." she said as she picked up the young girl.

Nightwing looked at her. His expression... well, wasn't an expression. It was just a blank stare. How Dinah could go back to all of this in such a short amount of time was beyond him, especially considering what they had went through for two straight weeks.

He almost grew angry, with that comment. Sure, she could say that now. But where were any of them when Bludhaven was destroyed? Where were the fallen heroes that would rise again when his city needed it? He got nothing in return. He didn't even get his shot at The Joker, because of Batman's over-obsessive personal vendetta against him...

Dick paused. No... Wait. That was it. That was why he should listen to her. If Dick was going to let what happened, and what was happening to Bludhaven affect him to the point of obsession... He'd become exactly like Bruce. Batman... a man who, for all the good he had done, was the last person Dick wanted to turn out to be, even though he had already partially went there.

Nightwing turned to Roy.

"She's right. We'll tackle it later.", Dick stated, before rushing past her, and scooping up another one of the nearly ODed girls in his arms.

"You still got that skybike that Hal gave you? We'll need transportation.", He asked Dinah.

[Green Lantern]

Nightwing stayed silent, for a moment.

His point wasn't that these people weren't better off. It was that Roy, above all, had shown him that anyone could overcome that lifestyle. He had been an inspiration, and as much as Dick traded blows with him from time to time, Dick had the most respect for him of all the former Titans.

Taking down a drug ring, right now, didn't seem like it needed to be their priority. But at the same time... Looking at all of the suffering around them... and looking at the scale of the situation that they should've been focusing on... Dick and Roy were more than a little out of their league. This, however, was something they could handle.

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"Aren't I always?", Nightwing finally said, before walking past Dinah.

For once, he had gone out of his way to ignore her. There were still some bitter feelings. No matter who she was or how she had come back, she had still done some questionable acts, and right now, Dick just didn't want to deal with it. There were important matters to deal with.

Kneeling down to one of them, Nightwing narrowed his eyes to the point that his lenses only showed in the darkness, eclipsing his face.

"Who runs the show?", Nightwing asked.

The nearly dozed junkie looked up at him, like he was seeing stars.

"Bu... Blu..."

Nightwing leaned closer, his anger apparent now.

"Who runs the show?", Nightwing asked, with a little more force.

"... Dunn... o... B... Bludhav... We all came from Blu... Bludha..."

Nightwing's eyes widened, hearing something familiar in his broken speech.

"Bludhaven? Did you just say Bludhaven?", Nightwing asked.

The druggie could only nod, he was so out of it. Nightwing backed away from him, with the reality of it sinking in as he gritted his teeth, leaning against the back wall of a nearby building.

Bludhaven. His city. A city he had dedicated the past few months to rebuilding, after hundreds of innocent lives had been taken by The Joker. Now... they had to deal with this? Nightwing spun, and slammed his fist into the wall. Not on his watch. A drug ring in his city was not going to be tolerated.

Nightwing walked back over to Roy, breathing heavily as he rubbed his fist from the impact it had made from the wall.

"You asked me if I was with you? My answer still stands. Let's take these guys down. And hard."
Dinah turned her head, her eyes following Dick as he walked past her her to a nearby junkie. So that was what it was all about. She looked at Roy, his face serious, it was personal, she should know. She looked down remembering his struggle. Even if Roy and Ollie denied it, it was very much a father/son relationship. Roy was Ollie's first and he was so unprepared for being any type of a father figure. She glanced at the other adopted son as he grilled the junkie. His own father figure had forced him off to find his own way. Dinah thought of her own mother who'd shuned her for her choices.

She quietly took out her cell phone and pushed a button.

"Yes, can you doctors and nurses."

"It's all over the news and you aren't exactly in a position to do that. Plus most of them aren't going to want to leave they just got back to their own homes."

"Remind them who's paying them."

Silence enveloped the other end.

"There's a plane at the airport I can have there by midnight." Ricky said with a sigh.

Dinah smiled.
"That's all I ask." She shut her phone and stared at the brick wall in front of her as she listened to ***** voice, full of resolve.

"You asked me if I was with you? My answer still stands. Let's take these guys down. And hard."

"Let's get them to a hospital first." she said to the wall before turning to look at them. One in red and the other in blue and black. A slight pain went through her heart at the sight of them. What life did either of them have? They never had childhood they had training and she'd always been so blinded by her own childhood she'd never even seen it.

"There are a lot more people in this city who need help. Plan your vendetta's after this is over." she said as she picked up the young girl.
Nightwing looked at her. His expression... well, wasn't an expression. It was just a blank stare. How Dinah could go back to all of this in such a short amount of time was beyond him, especially considering what they had went through for two straight weeks.

He almost grew angry, with that comment. Sure, she could say that now. But where were any of them when Bludhaven was destroyed? Where were the fallen heroes that would rise again when his city needed it? He got nothing in return. He didn't even get his shot at The Joker, because of Batman's over-obsessive personal vendetta against him...

Dick paused. No... Wait. That was it. That was why he should listen to her. If Dick was going to let what happened, and what was happening to Bludhaven affect him to the point of obsession... He'd become exactly like Bruce. Batman... a man who, for all the good he had done, was the last person Dick wanted to turn out to be, even though he had already partially went there.

Nightwing turned to Roy.

"She's right. We'll tackle it later.", Dick stated, before rushing past her, and scooping up another one of the nearly ODed girls in his arms.

"You still got that skybike that Hal gave you? We'll need transportation.", He asked Dinah.

"No, you guys are right. This is my personal vendetta, and as much as I want to just beat the piss out of the druglord responsible, it can wait. First things we need to get these poor bastards somewhere where they won't hurt themselves when they can't get their fix. Preferably detox over a hospital. The ones that were bad off enough to get to a hospital were already dead inside. The rest of them will be fine, they'll just be hunched over the nearest toilet, and be complete asses for the next few days. Right, Dinah?"

She's the one that had to deal with me praying to the porcelain god and calling her every foul name I could think of when I went cold turkey, and yet she still stands by my side when I need it. I owe everything to her, and she expects nothing.

[Franklin Richards]

Out of nowhere Jordan returns, only to be sent flying from the Parasite's attack. I can't help holding this ice in place.

So I better stop.

Using all my will, I yank on the mass and lift it into the air, forming gold rockets beneath it to help me lift it faster. "RRRAAAAAHHAHHHHGHGH!!!!!" I yell as I pull and spin the mass upwards. The look on the Parasite's face is worth the strain as he sees the mass of ice slam into him and send him flying out over the city.

Without breaking my concentration, I launch the ice upwards into the sky create a massive sound generator under the block. Waves of sounds energy pummel the ice, hitting the proper frequency to generate a sympathetic vibration, shattering it into countless pieces. The snow slowly drifts down over the city. With the cloud cover, it'll be snowing for hours. But I dare not waste a second thinking about it.

I tear through the atmosphere back to the city, chasing after the Parasite's energy signature. A massively powerful energy signature. No wonder the cold didn't work. It would have taken years of exposure to slow him down.

Knowing I can't directly fight the Parasite, a grab the flagpole of a building I pass and use my ring to sharpen one end. In no time I've caught back up to the Parasite. Before he can regain his senses I spear him through the chest with the pole, driving him down, and pinning him to the ground.

"What the hells is wrong with you?" I shout from a safe distance. "We've got more important matters than having to deal with you again. Hundreds of thousands of people are dying in this city as we speak. I thought you went against Unity to save lives. I thought you had decided to change." I twist the pole in his body, not sure if it hurts him, and not really caring.

"So...have you?"



Well that hurt.

"Ring. Stitch me up."

Sinestro seems to have the idea. Considering I've frozen him as much as I can. The snow is a nice touch though.

Hal Jordan's ring lashed out and grabbed a girder. The green energy transformed into a rail gun. The rail gun fired the girder at Parasite with the power of meteorite striking.

CHOOM!

The girder lodged itself into Parasite's torso right next to Sinestro's spear.

"Answer him, Parasite. There are alot more girders where that came from."

Begrudgingly Hal Jordan gave Sinestro a wink.


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[twylight]

Nightwing looked at her. His expression... well, wasn't an expression. It was just a blank stare. How Dinah could go back to all of this in such a short amount of time was beyond him, especially considering what they had went through for two straight weeks.

He almost grew angry, with that comment. Sure, she could say that now. But where were any of them when Bludhaven was destroyed? Where were the fallen heroes that would rise again when his city needed it? He got nothing in return. He didn't even get his shot at The Joker, because of Batman's over-obsessive personal vendetta against him...

Dick paused. No... Wait. That was it. That was why he should listen to her. If Dick was going to let what happened, and what was happening to Bludhaven affect him to the point of obsession... He'd become exactly like Bruce. Batman... a man who, for all the good he had done, was the last person Dick wanted to turn out to be, even though he had already partially went there.

Nightwing turned to Roy.

"She's right. We'll tackle it later.", Dick stated, before rushing past her, and scooping up another one of the nearly ODed girls in his arms.

"You still got that skybike that Hal gave you? We'll need transportation.", He asked Dinah.


Dinah nodded.
"Yes, I left it a block up when we went to the roof. What about yours?" she said.

"No, you guys are right. This is my personal vendetta, and as much as I want to just beat the piss out of the druglord responsible, it can wait. First things we need to get these poor bastards somewhere where they won't hurt themselves when they can't get their fix. Preferably detox over a hospital. The ones that were bad off enough to get to a hospital were already dead inside. The rest of them will be fine, they'll just be hunched over the nearest toilet, and be complete asses for the next few days. Right, Dinah?"



"Hmm..I pity their nurses." She said lightly as she smiled at Roy. Her face went serious as the sound of distant battle rang in the air. The still and silent air of Metropolis a barrier seperating the non-powered heroes from the powered. The ground shivered to prove the point.

"Let's go." She said. as she walked off down the street.

[Spike_x1]

Out of nowhere Jordan returns, only to be sent flying from the Parasite's attack. I can't help holding this ice in place.

So I better stop.

Using all my will, I yank on the mass and lift it into the air, forming gold rockets beneath it to help me lift it faster. "RRRAAAAAHHAHHHHGHGH!!!!!" I yell as I pull and spin the mass upwards. The look on the Parasite's face is worth the strain as he sees the mass of ice slam into him and send him flying out over the city.

Without breaking my concentration, I launch the ice upwards into the sky create a massive sound generator under the block. Waves of sounds energy pummel the ice, hitting the proper frequency to generate a sympathetic vibration, shattering it into countless pieces. The snow slowly drifts down over the city. With the cloud cover, it'll be snowing for hours. But I dare not waste a second thinking about it.

I tear through the atmosphere back to the city, chasing after the Parasite's energy signature. A massively powerful energy signature. No wonder the cold didn't work. It would have taken years of exposure to slow him down.

Knowing I can't directly fight the Parasite, a grab the flagpole of a building I pass and use my ring to sharpen one end. In no time I've caught back up to the Parasite. Before he can regain his senses I spear him through the chest with the pole, driving him down, and pinning him to the ground.

"What the hells is wrong with you?" I shout from a safe distance. "We've got more important matters than having to deal with you again. Hundreds of thousands of people are dying in this city as we speak. I thought you went against Unity to save lives. I thought you had decided to change." I twist the pole in his body, not sure if it hurts him, and not really caring.

"So...have you?"Well that hurt.

"Ring. Stitch me up."

Sinestro seems to have the idea. Considering I've frozen him as much as I can. The snow is a nice touch though.

Hal Jordan's ring lashed out and grabbed a girder. The green energy transformed into a rail gun. The rail gun fired the girder at Parasite with the power of meteorite striking.

CHOOM!

The girder lodged itself into Parasite's torso right next to Sinestro's spear.

"Answer him, Parasite. There are alot more girders where that came from."

Begrudgingly Hal Jordan gave Sinestro a wink.


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He snarled as he grabbed the flagpole that Sinestro had used, crumpling it like tin foil. "I killed the Unity because it betrayed me! It made me into it's personal puppet, and now I'm killing anyone else who followed that freakshow's rules!" He roared as he ripped the last of the flagpole from his chest and grabbed the girder that Jordan had launched into him, twisting it painfully free from his muscle and bone where it had lodged itself. He took to the skies again, holding the girder in one hand. His grin had vanished. "And I'll kill anyone who gets in my way!"

Suddenly the girder was thrown from the Parasite's hand, spinning like a massive horizontal batton as it flew toward Sinestro's head.

[wiegeabo]

Yeah, way to add insult to injury Jordan, thought Rudy as a second metal spear was shoved through his chest. Last time I checked, the good guys didn't go around needlessly impaling the bad guys and then winking about it to their buddies. The metal shoved through the Parasite's chest wasn't life threatening to him in the least, but it still hurt immensely.

He snarled as he grabbed the flagpole that Sinestro had used, crumpling it like tin foil. "I killed the Unity because it betrayed me! It made me into it's personal puppet, and now I'm killing anyone else who followed that freakshow's rules!" He roared as he ripped the last of the flagpole from his chest and grabbed the girder that Jordan had launched into him, twisting it painfully free from his muscle and bone where it had lodged itself. He took to the skies again, holding the girder in one hand. His grin had vanished. "And I'll kill anyone who gets in my way!"

Suddenly the girder was thrown from the Parasite's hand, spinning like a massive horizontal batton as it flew toward Sinestro's head.

I fly backwards, creating a giant buzzsaw with my ring. It slie the girder neatly in two, and the twin section zip past either side of me. "I think..." I say, spinning around and grabbing the two pieces with large metal claws. In one fluid motion I spin back, bringing my arm, and the two beams, above my head, and point my ring hand at the Parasite, snapping the two beams together, smashing the creature between them with a solid clang. The Parasite is no longer visible between the girders.

"...there's been enough killing."

[Purple Man]

[/color]

Rosed glared at Superboy. Did he think he was being clever?

[/color]

"Oh yeah, I could learn so much from Kent family. How to let a city get demolished, how to merclessly beat under-powered enemies, the art of being a sissy and retreating into the future-"

Rose looked at Kyrpto.

"And apparently how to sniff my ass."

Rose pushed her hair back so that both of her eyes could be seen while she approached Conner. Kyrpto barked at her, but she didn't flinch.

"Toss your little petty jokes at me all you want. Maybe Deathstroke wasn't a perfect man, but he was more than responsible than Stuper-Dork. He's never let down the people close to him, and he's never kept promises he couldn't keep.

I may have done some ad stuff in the past, but I assure you, that was the old Rose. The Rose that was too weak to stand on her own feet, the Rose who was too pathetic to take out a PMS-ing alien. I've changed, I've grown. And this time-"

Rose pulled out a small green object from a pocket below her thigh. She tossed it in the air and played with it alittle; just long enough for it to bother Conner. She then put it back in her pocket and smiled.

"I'm ready."

"You bi-" Conner was cut off by Kryptos frantic barking as the powerful pooch snapped his jaws inches from Roses' face. Conner couldn't let the dog bite her face off as much as he wanted to as he held the flying dog back by his collar. Maybe Kryptos' dog breath would kill her for him.



"Good, 'Cause were here."
We finally arrive at the site where the iceberg landed, but there's no ice and there are almost no people. The few people that do stand out are Green, Yellow and Purple.
"Wow! Two GL's, Sinestro, and the Martian Manhunter. Let's go see if we can help them fight Parasite."
Not sure how much help Rose and I will be though. Whatever...We've faced worse things.

Pulling his dog back, Krypto and Kon-El both had flaming red eyes. "When this is over...I'll show you why Slade never messes with Superman."

"Any plan, Robin, or should I just fly in fists first like I usually do?"

[Speedball]

Pulling his dog back, Krypto and Kon-El both had flaming red eyes. "When this is over...I'll show you why Slade never messes with Superman."

"Any plan, Robin, or should I just fly in fists first like I usually do?"

"We could send Krypto in first. Let him have some fun, hopefully confusing Parasite. Then you can go all fist of fury on him.
Considering his abilities, Rose and I should try to stay away from him.
So Rose, ready to start shooting things?"

[SuperFerret]

I'm dazed by the force of the Parasite's attack, but luckily, I'm quickly forgotten in th chaos, so before I stand I telepathically scan the area.

Hal (who's growing more and more reckless here) and Sinestro (who's trying to reason with Jones) are having a sort of stand-off with the Parasite, while the Titans look on, making their own plan of attack. Meanwhile, the other, lower-powered Leaguers gathered the injured civilians and ushered them to safety. I sense alot of anger among them.

But, first things first. A quick telepathic message to the Titans.

~Teen Titans! Heed my words, the Parasite is a much more dangerous foe than any you have ever faced. I implore you to not engage him in combat, rather to help Black Canary, Nightwing and Arsenal with the recovery effort.~

Hopefully they listen to me.

[MST3K 4ever]

Luthor hears the battle raging outside his office windows.

He looks at the picture of his daughter and just stares at it.

Suddenly the picture comes to life.

She asks, "Daddy why did those people have to die?"

Lex blinks and shakes his head.

Lena asks again, "Why did they have to die daddy?Why?"

Lex says, "Well Lena sometimes things happen in the world that none of us can fully understand. In order for a beautiful garden to grow sometimes there has to be some pruning. This was all going to be for you Lena...you were the heir to the Luthor empi...legacy. You were going to ensure the survival of the Luthor Legacy for the next generation. You would've been a queen...a ruler in this world. I am so sorry that you never got to see that dream come to life."

Lena says, "But daddy I never wanted to be a queen or any of that stuff. I just wanted to be your little princess."

Lex grabs the picture crying saying, "And you were my darling. You were my princess and so much more and I loved you more than anything else in this world."

The Picture is now silent and Lex says, "Lena? Lena talk to me....LENA!!!!"

He shakes his head and slams the picture to the ground. SMASH!

The frame is now shattered and the picture is torn. Lex is shaking.

Oh what have I done? What's happening to me? An attack of conscince...that has to be it.

He looks around his darkened office.

Well I can't have that.
He pulls a gun out of desk and loads it with one bullet.

Soon my dear...I will see you again.

He puts the gun to his head and pulls the hammer back. Lex fires the gun at the ceiling.

No! I have come so far and I will go on. I will see this through.

[Speedball]

I'm dazed by the force of the Parasite's attack, but luckily, I'm quickly forgotten in th chaos, so before I stand I telepathically scan the area.

Hal (who's growing more and more reckless here) and Sinestro (who's trying to reason with Jones) are having a sort of stand-off with the Parasite, while the Titans look on, making their own plan of attack. Meanwhile, the other, lower-powered Leaguers gathered the injured civilians and ushered them to safety. I sense alot of anger among them.

But, first things first. A quick telepathic message to the Titans.

~Teen Titans! Heed my words, the Parasite is a much more dangerous foe than any you have ever faced. I implore you to not engage him in combat, rather to help Black Canary, Nightwing and Arsenal with the recovery effort.~

Hopefully they listen to me.

~Will do Jonn. He looks different than the files on the Batcave. Did he absorb...~
I remember something he just said. Black Canary?
~Will you tell the others that were meeting up with them please?~

"You heard him guys, lets go help those people!!!"

[SuperFerret]

~Will do Jonn. He looks different than the files on the Batcave. Did he absorb...~
I remember something he just said. Black Canary?
~Will you tell the others that were meeting up with them please?~

"You heard him guys, lets go help those people!!!"


I nod, and reach out to the Canary's mind, seeing as how she's assumed control of the situation.

~Dinah, this is J'onn. I'm sending the Titans to you to aid in getting the wounded to safety. Good luck.~

[trustyside-kick]

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No point in walking in through the front door. Not only would I draw attention to myself but people would probably alert "the boys" upstairs. Plus...where would be my fun?

Jason hops off his bike and walks into the alley beside The Gotham City Genlemen's club. He climbs up a pipe and onto the roof. He spots a helicopter on the helipad a few feet infront of him.

Huh...that is new...is that...Paulie's?

Jason picks the lock to the door and walks down the stairs into a balcony overlooking the club. He scans the room.

Nope...none in here have guns on them except for maybe the bartender. Those musician's ain't half bad either. I see Paulie has done well with the place trying to make it look more legit.

He walks further down the balcony along the walkway and spots a door infront of him labeled "Janitor's Closet".

"My ass..."

He picks the lock and opens the door. Inside he sees something far from what you would see in a Janitor's closet.

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"Mr. Lipet, your shipment should be arriving sometime within the next two days. Ms. Wallace, yours arrived just earlier this morning and is in the back. In a minute Lipps here will show you the way."

"And what about my shipment? I told you how important it was that I recieve that special order ASAP."

"Yes, I remember you saying that Mr. Task. However, we had a little run in with the police on one of the cargo ships containing your shipment. We are doing our best to retrieve those back."

Huh? Mr. Task?

"Okay Paulie. As long as I recieve it by the 8th. That is the latest I can wait for it."

Paulie's cell phone rings.

I remember that sonuva...

"Hold on, let me get this real quick...I understand Mr. Nero. I have one of my best guys working on tha--"

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"AND WHAT IS THIS ****?"

Crap...what did I just do? Damnit...I-I cannot believe I let Task get to me like that! Come on! Say something...don't just stand there like an idiot!

"Whoops, my bad?"

"Your what? That's it...Lipps, ice him."

Oh crap...of all things that slips out?

"My pleasure."

"Woah woah woah. Paulie Paulie Paulie. You don't remember me?"

Jason removes his helmet.

"Yea? So what? Am I supposed to be impre--J--JT? You sonuva...you almost gave me a heart attack there! What you need man? It has been a while eh?"

"Yup. Sure has been a while Paulie. Sorry about that..."

"Fuhgeddaboudit man. Just let me finish up my meeting here and I'll be right with you. In the mean time you can go check out the bar and--"

"Woah woah woah...how are you going to just act like everything okay? HE JUST SHOT AT US!"

"Me and JT go way back...and don't raise your voice...you are lucky he meant to miss. He and I go way back."
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Paulie has his guests escorted out through the back door leading to the rooftop. The helicopter takes off and Paulie and Jason remain in the room.

"Okay...now I was only putting on an act before...but what the hell was that about earlier? The shooting and all."

"I saw someone I didn't like."

"So you were trying to hit us? But you missed!"

"I let my anger take over. Sorry man...I planned on doing something as a joke but nothing like that."

"What he do to you man?"

"Not what he did to me...to someone."

"Alright alright...touchy subject. So...what can I do for you man?"

"I need stuff...and a lot of it."

"Ey, you name it you got it. Who is your target this time?"

Jason doesn't say a word. Instead, he walks over to the table and takes out his kris dagger. He starts engraving an \S/ into the table.

"WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? BIG BOY BLUE? I think you might want to think it over here JT. This guy...few...things can hurt him. You think I got that kind of stuff?"

"Actually I am well aware that you wouldn't have that kind of stuff. But if anyone would know about shipments of it...it would be you. Plus, there actually could be some things that you do have that will still be of use to me."

"Eh...JT...I don't know about that. Me leaking that kind of information could lead up to a lot of bad things. I mean, I don't want no war with anybody."

"Paulie...come on...I will provide you protection if anything were to come to that and you know it. But...were any of those clients of yours from before one of the people you are talking about?"

"Yup...and aren't you lucky. He is probably one of the meanest scum in Gotham. I'm afraid to even deal with the guy...and you want me to leak information on his shipments? Too risky man."

"And this would be?"

Jason let's out a smirk.

Will be just like old times. Sure hurting people isn't always a good thing...but that changes when the person diserves it. It also depends on the type of way you hurt them.

"Laurence Task."

Jason's smirk dissapears.

This one definetly diserves it.

"I think I can handle it."

Jason pulls a newspaper out of his pocket and throws it onto the table near Paulie.

"Read."

Paulie begins to read the paper and gives an expression of shock. The paper reads 'Booster Gold...Dead or Alive?'.
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"Witnesses say that Booster Gold was rushed to a hospital in Star City where he was immediately rushed into the emergency room. Witnesses also say that the man who dropped him off appeared to be the villain Sinestro. Whether or not Sinestro was involved in Booster Gold's injuries has yet to be revealed. He appeared to have a few broken bones and cut marks on his hand and other parts of his body. Some witnesses believe that Sinestro did not injure Booster Gold for the fact that he brought him into the hospital; not exactly a trait of a villain. Has Sinestro turned sides? Not enough information to back that idea up just like there is not enough information about this case with the hero Booster Gold."

Paulie looks back at Jason.

"Y-y-you did that to Booster? You beat the living **** outta him man!"

"He had it coming. You don't run around playing hero if you don't got what it takes."

Paulie just stares at me...can't say I wasn't uncomfortable. He has never looked at me this way. I know Paulie doesn't exactly know me but how could he judge me like that?

"You pratically killed the guy..."

"Yea well now you know I will have your protection well in hand incase Task finds out you squealed."

There he goes again...giving me that uncomfortable stare. My god...what am I becoming? I never thought Paulie of all people would look at me like some villain. I know I said he is a saint compared to some of the other people in the underworld but he still ain't a saint. Paulie does have a backbone of his own you know.

"Okay."

"Alright, perfect. So I will provide you with protection and power while you provide me with information and equipment. Sound good?"

Paulie looks off to the side.

"Paulie, you awake? I said sound good?"

"Huh? Oh--yea--sure."

I don't get it. I've wacked a trillion of guys before and all of a sudden this one makes me bad? I've spilt blood after blood and now he finally has some kind of a problem with it? BOOSTER GOLD WAS A FRAUD.

"Come on man...cheer up! It will be like old times. You got nothing to worry about."

"Yea...except for your temper..."

"What?"

"Nothing...You said I had some stuff you would still want to use right? Are you sure? I mean they won't do much to him you know."

"Well I will need them for before I go after him anyway. Plus, you are wrong...they will be useful for him. Believe me."

Paulie smirks a bit. That's what I'm talking about. That is the Paulie I know. Time to get to business.

"Okay, so what's the information on his shipment...or is it shipments?"

"Shipments...3 of them. They will most likely all be heavily guarded. I am guessing you are going to want Big Bertha huh?"

"Actually, I want to save her for later. Besides, if Task has become as big and bad as you say he has...I am sure he would probably get a little overconfident and cocky. Not saying he will just leave everything un-guarded...but I doubt I would have needed Big Bertha for this anyway. The rest of the stuff still in the back? Or have you actually decided to be smarter and less obvious?"

"JT, prepared to be amazed. Business has been good lately."

I expect for Paulie just to walk to the back and just have a crapload of more arsenal than usual. Instead, he walks over to some painting and presses some button on the side of it. What do I see? Half of the entire room rotates and re-shapes. To my left I see nothing but arsenal.

"I like what you've done with the place."

"You have no idea."

[Purple Man]

~Will do Jonn. He looks different than the files on the Batcave. Did he absorb...~
I remember something he just said. Black Canary?
~Will you tell the others that were meeting up with them please?~

"You heard him guys, lets go help those people!!!"


"Damn." The heat disappeared from Conners' eyes.

"I guess I can't argue with the green guy." Letting go of Kryptos collar, the dog circled around his masters head as Superboy reached out and grabbed Rose and Tim by the hands.

"Don't get the wrong idea." Lifting up into the air, he took the other Titans with him. Was Rose a Titan already? Did he miss that part of history already? What he learned in the thiryfirst century about the present was in the form of ancient history. The records probably weren't exact, but he knew of some things. Big things, before they would happen days, months, years, decades, centuries from now.

"Now we just need to find Canary." Superboy scanned the area, still working on controlling his vision based powers.

[Trigger]

"Hey!"

"Don't get the wrong idea." Lifting up into the air, he took the other Titans with him. Was Rose a Titan already? Did he miss that part of history already? What he learned in the thiryfirst century about the present was in the form of ancient history. The records probably weren't exact, but he knew of some things. Big things, before they would happen days, months, years, decades, centuries from now.

"Now we just need to find Canary." Superboy scanned the area, still working on controlling his vision based powers.

Rose didn't feel like protesting. If the Boy of Steel wanted to fly them around then he was free to do so. Being a Titan felt right. Despite the volitile reaction Conner had, she didn't feel as lonely. There was a sense of security even in this situation. Besides, Conner was sorta cute....

[Spike_x1]

I fly backwards, creating a giant buzzsaw with my ring. It slie the girder neatly in two, and the twin section zip past either side of me. "I think..." I say, spinning around and grabbing the two pieces with large metal claws. In one fluid motion I spin back, bringing my arm, and the two beams, above my head, and point my ring hand at the Parasite, snapping the two beams together, smashing the creature between them with a solid clang. The Parasite is no longer visible between the girders.

"...there's been enough killing."The two pieces of the girder slowly began to bend and protrude outward, creaking loudly. Suddenly the metal exploded into thousands of shards resulting from a small nuclear detonation between them. The Parasite was left in the place of the two beams, glowing with yellow and orange energy. "There's always room for one more."

In a blur, Rudy had flown to Sinestro, kneeing him once in the chest and delivering a sharp left hook to his temple. "Both Blackrock and Neutron were equal, or at least pretty damn close, to Superman's level of strength. And now they're both fueling me. Add to that about a zillion Riots that I dusted. Not much by themselves, but they add up pretty friggin' fast." He shot another punch, this time an uppercut, to Sinestro's chin. "Now, do ya really think that your willpower can even begin to compete with that?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"I think your question is backwards."

Kyle blasted the asphalt behind the Parasite. He couldn't use his ring directly on the scum, but he could use it on things around him.

The asphalt folded up into a huge wall, slamming into Rudy and the exploding into a thousand different pieces, pelting the villian like some demonic rainstorm.

"Do you have enough power to compete with our willpower? Because I haven't met anyone yet who does."

[Franklin Richards]

Hal loaded three more girders into his railgun.

CHOOM!
CHOOM!
CHOOM!

"You should listen to the Rookie, Parasite. He's way ahead of you."

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[wiegeabo]

It takes a few seconds to recover my senses. By the time I do, I've already fallen most of they way to the ground and strike it, hard.

I sit up, shaking the webs out of my head and see Rayner and Jordan teaming up against Parasite. I flashback to the old days of the Corp. When thousands of us would work together in orderly harmony to fight universal terrors. I can't help but smile and long for a return to those days.

Finally, we are beginning to work as a team. And it feels good. My spirits are lifted with the thought that this new Justice League may just work after all.

"This is how it should be," I say to myself, smiling. I bend my knees and launch myself back into the fight.

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[twylight]

I nod, and reach out to the Canary's mind, seeing as how she's assumed control of the situation.

~Dinah, this is J'onn. I'm sending the Titans to you to aid in getting the wounded to safety. Good luck.~

Dinah nodded as she placed the woman on the glowing green 'skybike' as Hal called it. She shook her head, still the same Hal as always. She was the one who'd changed.

J'onns voice came through her head and gave her a start.

~Yes, of course. However next time please warn me before popping up.~ she said slightly icy. The last thing she needed right now was someone she'd worked with and respected knowing what had happened to her.
No one should know that. Ever.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"OK, this rookie stuff is getting on my nerves."

Kyle reached out and grabbed two nearby streetlights with giant green fists. He pulled them free of the ground and wires, and bent them around the Parasite, immobilizing his legs and arms. It wasn't a permanent solution, but it didn't matter. Kyle had been away from the Earth and the League for so long, he almost forgot what it meant to be a member.

He didn't have to always be the one to save the day. He was powerful, very powerful. He still felt Ion inside of him sometimes. But he wasn't a God. He wasn't invinsible.

Nobody was perfect, and that's what teams were for. Everybody had something different to offer. They, by themselves, probably weren't going to beat the Parasite. But that was OK, he realized. They still had gifts, and they still had a job. They needed to slow him down, distract him, tire him out and wait for re-enforcements. So what if he couldn't brag about single handedly beating some supervillian. That wasn't what the job was about, what the ring was about.

Kyle smiled, reaching out once again with the green fists and oulling free another lampost. A hardlight green batting helmet appeared on his head.

"Jordan, you're a baseball fan. Let's see what kinda arm you've got," he goaded, hunkering down in a batting stance.

[Franklin Richards]

"OK, this rookie stuff is getting on my nerves."

Kyle reached out and grabbed two nearby streetlights with giant green fists. He pulled them free of the ground and wires, and bent them around the Parasite, immobilizing his legs and arms. It wasn't a permanent solution, but it didn't matter. Kyle had been away from the Earth and the League for so long, he almost forgot what it meant to be a member.

He didn't have to always be the one to save the day. He was powerful, very powerful. He still felt Ion inside of him sometimes. But he wasn't a God. He wasn't invinsible.

Nobody was perfect, and that's what teams were for. Everybody had something different to offer. They, by themselves, probably weren't going to beat the Parasite. But that was OK, he realized. They still had gifts, and they still had a job. They needed to slow him down, distract him, tire him out and wait for re-enforcements. So what if he couldn't brag about single handedly beating some supervillian. That wasn't what the job was about, what the ring was about.

Kyle smiled, reaching out once again with the green fists and oulling free another lampost. A hardlight green batting helmet appeared on his head.

"Jordan, you're a baseball fan. Let's see what kinda arm you've got," he goaded, hunkering down in a batting stance.



"I'm warning you. My breaking ball is legendary. Just ask Wally."

An emerald cap appeared on Hal's head. Another beam whipped out and a pair of hands grabbed Parasite by the girders lodged in his torso. In a flash Parasite was hurdling towards Kyle with great speed.


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[Spider-Man9X17]

Kyle swung away, putting all his might into it. The streetlight connected around Rudy's shoulder and neck area, bending on impact and sending the Parasite halfway back to Hal.

"Anyway you look at it, I'd say that was a HomeRun swing."

[SuperFerret]

Dinah nodded as she placed the woman on the glowing green 'skybike' as Hal called it. She shook her head, still the same Hal as always. She was the one who'd changed.

J'onns voice came through her head and gave her a start.

~Yes, of course. However next time please warn me before popping up.~ she said slightly icy. The last thing she needed right now was someone she'd worked with and respected knowing what had happened to her.
No one should know that. Ever.

~My apologies Dinah. However, any warning I might be able to give would likewise startle you as much as my original message has.~

Her tone of thought was tense, and her words sharp. She attempted to hide it, but it's difficult to be decieving through telepathy, even I have trouble with it. Something has happened to her, of that I am sure. I could scan her mind quickly and find it to satisfy my curiousity, but that would violate my personal code of ethics. Plus, Dinah is a dear friend, when she's ready to talk about it, I'll be ready to listen. But enough, wondering about things I won't know until later, we still have a supervillain to stop.

As I look over, Kyle and Hal were attacking Parasite, imitating a game of baseball while doing so. Sometimes I think I'll never understand humans. I fly over to Sinestro, hovering beside him.

"Do they know that that won't stop him?"

[wiegeabo]

~My apologies Dinah. However, any warning I might be able to give would likewise startle you as much as my original message has.~

Her tone of thought was tense, and her words sharp. She attempted to hide it, but it's difficult to be decieving through telepathy, even I have trouble with it. Something has happened to her, of that I am sure. I could scan her mind quickly and find it to satisfy my curiousity, but that would violate my personal code of ethics. Plus, Dinah is a dear friend, when she's ready to talk about it, I'll be ready to listen. But enough, wondering about things I won't know until later, we still have a supervillain to stop.

As I look over, Kyle and Hal were attacking Parasite, imitating a game of baseball while doing so. Sometimes I think I'll never understand humans. I fly over to Sinestro, hovering beside him.

"Do they know that that won't stop him?"

"I'm not sure they care. And right now, I'm not sure I care either." Working with a team again, to bring order, just felt...right. And I was enjoying that feeling.

But there are too many lives on the line for me to selfishly worry about how I am feeling. Did I just think that? I have changed! I put those thoughts out of my head as well. Time for that later.

"They can keep him distracted, but we need to find a way to either put the Parasite down, or convince him to leave. And I do not think leaving will be an option. He has become mad with the idea of killing anyone who worked for Unity, and I doubt anthing we say will make him cease his attacks. So how do we put him down? Cold isn't working. He's become far too powerful."

Than something occurs to me. "I have an idea, but I'm not sure if it will work. If it does, I'll probably be able to hurt him, maybe even weaken him. But you'll need to help keep him occupied for a couple of minutes. I'll need a bit of time to...prepare."

[Spike_x1]

The Parasite looked around him as he was knocked back and forth between opponents. He looked down at his 'restraints.' A couple of street lights? Seriously, are they kidding?

He effortlessly tore away the lamp posts around him as if they were tissue paper. As he was being flung back towards Jordan, the Parasite boosted his already high speed until he was traveling three times the speed of sound, and stuck his feet out, striking the Green Lantern in the solar plexus.

"Let's see how you like having a huge stick of metal ripping open your guts!" Rudy painfully tore away the girders in his flesh and swung them as hard as he could at Jordan, catching him directly in the ribs and cracking through his body's energy shield. The Parasite was disappointed as he watched Jordan tumble away over the skyline, knowing that the jerk's force field had automatically taken the brunt of the blow. Rudy shrugged off the disappointment. "Now where'd the Martian get off to?"

Jones finally spotted the green fella floating alongside his old buddy, Sinestro. "There y'are." He shot himself towards the aliens while firing concentrated blasts of energy at both of them. "C'mon Snacky! Bring it!"

[wiegeabo]

I had wanted a couple of minutes, but it looks like I don't get it.

I put myself between the Parasites blast and the Martian and counter with a blast from my ring. But as the Parasite bares down on us, the collision between the two energies gets closer and closer to me. Sweat beads on my forhead. Time is running out, but it turns out it was all the time I needed as my ring completes the scan.

"Something...you should know," I say to the Parasite with effort. "Lately, I've become fairly good...at draining energy myself!" With that, I let the Parasite energy hit me. Specifically, it hits my ring.

The blast threatens to overwelm me, but I will my ring to absorb, to take it all in. And it does. The blast goes right into my ring, and I can't help but smile. "It's not as pure as lantern energy," I say as I rocket to meet the shocked Parasite, "but it will do." I pull back my fist, the beam still flowing into my ring, and drive it into the Parasite jaw.

Even I am shocked when a massive amount of power flows directly into my ring when it makes contact with the Parasite's flesh. Parasite goes rocketing off while I float there. Must have pulled power straight from his body! I hope it fraking hurt!

I check my ring's charge. "Only three-quarters full." I look off to where the Parasite flew. "Looks like I need some more."

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[twylight]

~My apologies Dinah. However, any warning I might be able to give would likewise startle you as much as my original message has.~

Her tone of thought was tense, and her words sharp. She attempted to hide it, but it's difficult to be decieving through telepathy, even I have trouble with it. Something has happened to her, of that I am sure. I could scan her mind quickly and find it to satisfy my curiousity, but that would violate my personal code of ethics. Plus, Dinah is a dear friend, when she's ready to talk about it, I'll be ready to listen. But enough, wondering about things I won't know until later, we still have a supervillain to stop.

As I look over, Kyle and Hal were attacking Parasite, imitating a game of baseball while doing so. Sometimes I think I'll never understand humans. I fly over to Sinestro, hovering beside him.

"Do they know that that won't stop him?"

J'onns soft but true reply caused Dinah to pause. She'd tried so hard to push everything remotely related to what she'd been before away that she hadn't thought of how her words and actions would impact others. Especially someone as kind as J'onn.

~ I'm sorry for being sharp. Please tell the Titans to meet us at the hospital~ Dinah said as she pulled up outside of it and hopped off her skybike. The crowds were thick around the hospital, little groupings of people as police siren's rang through the air and whistles pierced it. Voices called out information through bullhorns as military and medical helicopters flew overhead. New's station vans were parked along the sides of the crowd filled streets. Dinah picked up the woman she'd laid on her bike and
pushed her way through the crowd to a nearby police officer.

"Excuse me?" He turned and catching sight of the injored person she held quickly escorted her a clear walkway of police tape to the hospital door.

"Here you go ma'am check her in with ER."

Dinah nodded and walked through the doors meeting another sight. Military beds lay all over and wounded people lay on the waiting room chairs as nurses and doctors raced around from patient to patient. A DOctor rushed to her side and pulled the eyelids of the woman open.

"Here...lay her down over here..."

Dinah lay her down on a military mat and straightened up spying an MP in the corner she walked up to him.

"I'd like to see the commanding officer." She said. He took in her outfit and the glowing green and yellow arrows in her quiver.

"I'm sorry only-"

Dinah stepped closer, her small height hardly bringing her to his shoulder.

"I am a member of the Justice League of America and I want to see your commanding officer." She demanded.

[LibrarianThorne]

Red emergency lights were flashing as Superman emerged into a cold steel hallway. Warning klaxons blared, but oddly he couldn't hear the heartbeats of any guards.

Why would Luthor have a system like this if there aren't any guards?

He would think on this later. He was confronted by a large lead door. Next to the door was what appeared to be a retinal scanner. Superman regarded the scanner for a moment, then simply punched his hand through the door and ripped it away. Warning klaxons continued to blare. He walked into another ahllway, but to his left he saw a fligth of stairs descending into the depths of the facility. According to Luthor, the cure wouldn't be down there, and Superman didn't have time to investigate.

He came to another lead door, and that's when he heard the noise. Footsteps, loud and ringing. Fast, too. Much faster than any human. Superman turned, and his eyes were my by a wall of gray. He looked up, and saw the bony, craggy face that still haunted his dreams. A living reminder of his greatest failure. Red eyes glared down at him through bony, cage like protrusions, and Superman could only utter its name.

"Doomsday."

[Spike_x1]

I had wanted a couple of minutes, but it looks like I don't get it.

I put myself between the Parasites blast and the Martian and counter with a blast from my ring. But as the Parasite bares down on us, the collision between the two energies gets closer and closer to me. Sweat beads on my forhead. Time is running out, but it turns out it was all the time I needed as my ring completes the scan.

"Something...you should know," I say to the Parasite with effort. "Lately, I've become fairly good...at draining energy myself!" With that, I let the Parasite energy hit me. Specifically, it hits my ring.

The blast threatens to overwelm me, but I will my ring to absorb, to take it all in. And it does. The blast goes right into my ring, and I can't help but smile. "It's not as pure as lantern energy," I say as I rocket to meet the shocked Parasite, "but it will do." I pull back my fist, the beam still flowing into my ring, and drive it into the Parasite jaw.

Even I am shocked when a massive amount of power flows directly into my ring when it makes contact with the Parasite's flesh. Parasite goes rocketing off while I float there. Must have pulled power straight from his body! I hope it fraking hurt!

I check my ring's charge. "Only three-quarters full." I look off to where the Parasite flew. "Looks like I need some more."

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Then he sensed it; almost like a strong scent blowing towards him, Rudy could feel the presence of his attacker approaching for another assault. He looked to the sky and saw a yellow streak of light zipping closer and closer to his location. With startling speed, Sinestro had already appeared in front of the Parasite, flashing a knowing smile.

"So you have learned a few new tricks, eh?" The Parasite twisted his neck, making a disgusting sounding crack, and snarled. "You and me. Right now." Jones pulled his clawed hand back and charged at Sinestro. "Let's just see who's better at draining energy!"

Sinestro met the Parasite's palm with his ring hand. Raw energy bristled and crackled between the two powerhouses as Jones grasped the alien's fist in his hand and the two fought for control of one another's power.

[wiegeabo]

The Parasite slams into me, grabbing my ring hand with his while I grab his other hand in mind. But his momentum pushes me backwards. He quickly pushes both of us out of the park, my feet tearing twin ditches in the ground as I try to resist while simultaneously keeping him from draining my ring as I try to drain him.

We're in the middle of a neighborhood before I can bring us to a stop. There, in the middle of the street, we struggle. Without my ring, he would easily overpower and kill me, but I'm using his own energy to maintain my field and fight against him, while he also tries draining my ring and pulls the energy I steal from him out of my field. His natural absorbsion power against my indominatable willpower. We're stalemated.

But he does have one advantage. He can absorb as much energy as he wants, but my ring cannot. Eventually, it will overload. And when that happens, well, I don't like to think about those things. But for now, the tug of war continues. He gets an edge and drains half of my power, but then I reassert my will and nearly fill my ring up.

In fact, I go too far and get close to what I feared, overloading the ring. I have to dissapate the energy. Wait, that's brilliant! If I continuously release the energy I drain, I'll be able to keeping weakening Parastie! I know I'll never drain him completely, but every little bit will help.

So that's what I start to do. I can't afford to waste concentration on making my ring disapate energy in any particular way, so I just have it to randomly get rid of energy any safe way it can, allowing me to focus my willpower on the fight. And that is what my ring does. It carries out various scans, expends energy in the form of light and harmless blasts. The area is lit up like a beacon for all to see, and still my ring keeps finding ways to waste energy.

And I can tell it is working. One random scan reports that Parasite's energy level has dropped slightly. Good. Now the question is how long I can keep this up. Another scan comes back...and the result shocks me. The neighborhood is not abadnoned!

I risk willing my ring to repeat the scan for more information. that effort gives Parasite a slight edge, but only for a moment. Dammit! In a house to the side of us, five faint lifesigns register. And they are getting weaker. No doubt the virus.

I can't just leave them there. Parasite may drain them for more power. Or our fight may kill them. Or the virus may finish the job. But, at least, I can stop that last possibility.

I close my eyes and concentrate, no longer expending energy, I drain all that I can. My ring quikly fills up with power, pushing its limits. Parasite smiles for a moment as my field begins to fail and he gets an edge, but the smile turns to shock when he realizes what I am doing and tries to counter.

My eyes snap open. "Too late!" I put everything I have into a blast. The Parasite's hand is blown off, freeing my ring hand. I create a wall between us and hit Parasite with it, pushing him down the street into an empty house, collapsing it on him.

But I spend no time enjoying my small victory. I turn and run into the inhabited house, blowing off the door to get inside. Five people lay on furniture and the floor, the virus ravaging their bodies. Logic says I should start with the strongest, that they have the best chance of survival...

...Dammit! "To hells with logic!" I kneel by the weakest one, a child, another infected child, and begin the healing scan. The virus fights again, just like before, but I work fast. I feel a presence behind me, standing in the doorway.

"If you want to kill me, just wait a couple of minutes. I'll be done soon," I say to Parasite. I finish with the first child, my ring drained by a couple of percentage points killing this resistant virus. I move on to the next person. "Perhaps you do not know, but a virus is killing this city. A man-made virus. You may want to kill any followers of Unity, but these people...are innocents. They didn't choose to follow Unity, they were forced to. Hells," I say, standing to treat the next person, sparing a glance at Parasite, "even I turned Unity's offer down! So at least give me a chance to save them, get them someplace safe. Then we can continue fighting, if you really want to."

[Speedball]

"Damn." The heat disappeared from Conners' eyes.

"I guess I can't argue with the green guy." Letting go of Kryptos collar, the dog circled around his masters head as Superboy reached out and grabbed Rose and Tim by the hands.

"Don't get the wrong idea." Lifting up into the air, he took the other Titans with him. Was Rose a Titan already? Did he miss that part of history already? What he learned in the thiryfirst century about the present was in the form of ancient history. The records probably weren't exact, but he knew of some things. Big things, before they would happen days, months, years, decades, centuries from now.

"Now we just need to find Canary." Superboy scanned the area, still working on controlling his vision based powers.

We fly around for a few minutes. I hate "armpitting" more than anything. It just makes you feel inferior. I'd rather be running. But Hey, It's the fastest mode of trasportation we have.
We come close to a Hospital, It looks like a convention of injured people down there. I see a bike with no wheels on the ground near the Hospital. A hoverbike, that has to be Black Canary's.
I don't understand it. I thought she was dead, I also thought Pamela Isley was dead too, but that proved to be incorrect as well. All of these people are coming back from the dead as the world slips further and further in chaos, It's kind of Ironic actually.
"She must be inside, set us down near the entrance."

[Spike_x1]

Rudy stood in the doorway, watching his old friend actually do some good with his life. "I..."

These people were just like him. Manipulated out of their very souls and free will by a being who, even after its death, was still hounding him, haunting him whenever he closed his eyes.

"We'll finish this some other time." Jones turned and walked out of the doorway, breaking into a running start before taking off into flight.

He was several kilometres away when he stopped in midair. "God," Rudy clutched the sides of his head, trying to shake away his thoughts, "I just don't... what am I..." The Parasite remained floating in place, trying to piece together his train of thought and where he stood, and if one were to look very closely, they would see a small tear coming down from his eye.

[LibrarianThorne]

The monster was as fast as ever, gripping Superman's head and ramming it into the steel wall. The monster's arm was a gray blur as it smashed the Man of Steel's faece into the wall that it dented and began crumpling under the force of the attack. As he drew Superman back in preparation for another swing, Superman countered by kicking the monster in the stomach. Surprisingly, it let go of him and doubled over in pain. Superman stood quickly, and pressed his attack, swinging a powerful punch into Doomsday's chest. Superman was shocked when his hand came back covered in Doomsday's black blood. His blow had left a large hole in the creature's chest.

That was when he noticed the Omega symbol stamped into the monstrosity's forehead.

An Apokoliptian clone! Of course!

A backhanded blow sent Doomsday sprawling, unconscious, into the wall. The entire hallway shuddered with the impact, and Superman looked around cautiously. If he wasn't careful, he could collapse an entire section of the city.

He spared a glance at the unconscious, still form of Doomsday. He just didn't have time to put the monster down permanently, not now. He flew ahead, using his heat vision to melt the four lead doors that barred him from his ultimate goal: a massive laboratory. Machines of every size and description filled the room, itself much larger than Superman had expected. He flew slowly around the room, and finally found vials containing a clear liquid. They sat upon a cold steel table, and next to that was the body of a scientist. A quick X-ray scan confirmed Superman's fears: the man was dead, and he had no identification on him. The Man of Steel sighed, and examined the vials. Each one was labled similarly, with the words "GS Cure- Final." He took three of the vials and placed them into a pocket on his cape, next to the glasses he wore as Clark Kent.

Satisfied, Superman flew out the way he had come. He had the cure, now all he had to do was get it to the Fortress of Solitude.

[Franklin Richards]

Hal staggered to his feet.

"Anyone get the number of that truck?"

Green Lantern was two blocks away from where the initial battle had begun. Parasite's blow had sent him sprawling. Only his ring's automatic defenses had saved his life. He spit one of his teeth onto the ground. That's when a wave of nausea washed over him. He felt very weak. That's when he noticed the marks on his hand.

"Oh no. The virus must have..."

Hal fell back to the ground.

"Mayday. This is Hal. I must have... The virus. I'm..."

Hal Jordan. Green Lantern of sector 2814 fell unconscious.


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[Green Lantern]

J'onns soft but true reply caused Dinah to pause. She'd tried so hard to push everything remotely related to what she'd been before away that she hadn't thought of how her words and actions would impact others. Especially someone as kind as J'onn.

~ I'm sorry for being sharp. Please tell the Titans to meet us at the hospital~ Dinah said as she pulled up outside of it and hopped off her skybike. The crowds were thick around the hospital, little groupings of people as police siren's rang through the air and whistles pierced it. Voices called out information through bullhorns as military and medical helicopters flew overhead. New's station vans were parked along the sides of the crowd filled streets. Dinah picked up the woman she'd laid on her bike and
pushed her way through the crowd to a nearby police officer.

"Excuse me?" He turned and catching sight of the injored person she held quickly escorted her a clear walkway of police tape to the hospital door.

"Here you go ma'am check her in with ER."

Dinah nodded and walked through the doors meeting another sight. Military beds lay all over and wounded people lay on the waiting room chairs as nurses and doctors raced around from patient to patient. A DOctor rushed to her side and pulled the eyelids of the woman open.

"Here...lay her down over here..."

Dinah lay her down on a military mat and straightened up spying an MP in the corner she walked up to him.

"I'd like to see the commanding officer." She said. He took in her outfit and the glowing green and yellow arrows in her quiver.

"I'm sorry only-"

Dinah stepped closer, her small height hardly bringing her to his shoulder.

"I am a member of the Justice League of America and I want to see your commanding officer." She demanded.When they got to the hospital Roy grabbed four unoccupied stretchers and loaded his junkies on them. He grabbed the nearest intern.

"Which way to your detox?"

"Uh... its in the East wing... but its kinda full..."

"Do I look like I CARE? Do these people look like they care? NO, they f**king need help."

"Jesus man, calm down. Hey wait a sec... you're that Speedy kid right? Green Arrow's sidekick?"

Roy just stood there. He rolled his eyes before his mouth opened.

"No. I used to be that kid Speedy. And I was Green Arrow's PARTNER not his sidekick. And yes, the reason I'm so goddamned pent up about these folks is that I'm a f**king recovered needle stabbing heroin fiend myself. Any OTHER questions?"

"You used to be a junkie? I didn't know that, I just looked up to you because I love archery..."

"...you never read the tabloids?"

"Never believed em anyway.. If I believed them than Wonder Woman is some dude named Clark Kent in drag... Anyway, I'm sure they can clear room for your guys in there, keep up the good fight uh..."

"I go by Arsenal now. But unlike most of my buddies, I don't have a secret identity, you can call me Roy"

"Well, yeah keep up the good fight Roy, and hope you keep the habit licked. I gotta run, this goddamned fights keeping us all here on OT."

"Thanks for everything..." Roy looks at the kid's nametag, "Bill. Good luck to you too."

Roy pulled his gurneys towards the East wing, feeling slightly better about himself.

[Purple Man]

We fly around for a few minutes. I hate "armpitting" more than anything. It just makes you feel inferior. I'd rather be running. But Hey, It's the fastest mode of trasportation we have.
We come close to a Hospital, It looks like a convention of injured people down there. I see a bike with no wheels on the ground near the Hospital. A hoverbike, that has to be Black Canary's.
I don't understand it. I thought she was dead, I also thought Pamela Isley was dead too, but that proved to be incorrect as well. All of these people are coming back from the dead as the world slips further and further in chaos, It's kind of Ironic actually.
"She must be inside, set us down near the entrance."


"Next ride, I charge. I'm Superboy not Supertaxi." With Krypto following close behind, Conner lowered Rose and Tim close to the Canarys' green ride. Staying a couple feet in the air, he stared at the entrance to the hospital. Cadmus had given him a bad impression of doctor types.

"And I thought we were the Teen Titans, not the Teen Nursemaids...Spend a little time in the thirtieth century and you miss so much."

[wiegeabo]

After the Parasite thankfully, and surprisingly, leaves, I finish curing the last of the people. A quick scan informs me that their vital signs are very week, but stable. I create five hopital beds complete with diagnostic equipment and lift the five into the air.

I make our way to a hospital, one ravaged by what has torn through the city. I lower myself to front entrance where, even there, chaos reigns. A doctor looks up to see us land.

"More?" he asks, clearly tired.

"Yes, but they only need rest and treatment. They no longer have the virus."

Two more heads snap up at that comment. "Wait, no longer have the virus?" one of them asks.

"Yes, I removed it from them."

Another doctor rushes up and grabs my arm. "The rest! Can you cure the rest!?!"

I look around, tired eyes meeting my own. I can see the desparation in them. And I know that if I give them the wrong answer, I can break what is left of their spirits. So I choose my words carefully.

"I can, but not alone. It would take too much energy and time. But there are ...friends...I can call upon. If the fighting is over, they may be able to help until a cure is found."

"But you said you could cure them!" a nurse says, her voice breaking under strain.

"No, I didn't. I can remove the virus, kill it. But I have not been able to develop a cure that can be used to treat the masses. I can only heal one at a time. That is why I need help."

"Then hurry," the first doctor says to me. "We've held the line this long, we can hold it a little longer." The other hospital staff nod in agreement.

"I will," I say simply. Then I rise into the air, ready to rejoin the fight and end it.

All I have to do is teach the Lanterns how to remove the...


"Mayday. This is Hal. I must have... The virus. I'm..."


"...Dammit to all Hells!!!" I shout into the air.

I quickly scan the city, looking for Lantern energy. I detect two sources, one moving, one not. Which means the first is Rayner, the second...

I take off after the second signal. It takes me a minute to find him, laying on the ground, the virus obviously working on his system.

I land next to him and kneel down. "Always did have great timing, Jordan." For a brief moment, I realize that I could finally kill him now and finish off my greatest ene...I shake my head. No. Maybe that was true, at one time. But not now.

I start a ring scan and begin the healing process. Again the damned virus seems to fight my efforts. Who could have built such a resilient thing? But a bit of time and energy later, and I have it defeated. Jordan still looks sick, but at least he is no longer in any danger.

"Wake up Jordan." Nothing. I sigh. Fine. "Rayner," I begin transmitting, "regroup at my location if you can. I have treated Jordan for the virus, but I need to show both of you how to eliminate it for yourselves. We need to start helping these people, and only those of us with rings seem to be able to do anything. Hells, see if you can contact Stewart. We need all the help we can get."

I sit there a moment after closing the transmission. All the help we can get. I sigh, hoping to have stayed off their radar for a little longer. But the situation is more important than just what I want. So, I point my ring to the sky and send out a transmission...

"This is Sinestro...of Earth, contacting...The Guardians of the Universe. We need...help." I go on to describe the current situation, and how ring users can cure the disease. "Jordan, Rayner, and I will not be enough. We could use every Lantern you can spare. Preferably those with medical knowledge."

I end the transmission, not knowing what the Guardians will do. But I cannot worry about them now.

"Wake up Jordan!" I say, louder. Nothing. I slap him across the face. "I said WAKE UP Lantern. That's an order!"

[SuperFerret]

Rudy stood in the doorway, watching his old friend actually do some good with his life. "I..."

These people were just like him. Manipulated out of their very souls and free will by a being who, even after its death, was still hounding him, haunting him whenever he closed his eyes.

"We'll finish this some other time." Jones turned and walked out of the doorway, breaking into a running start before taking off into flight.

He was several kilometres away when he stopped in midair. "God," Rudy clutched the sides of his head, trying to shake away his thoughts, "I just don't... what am I..." The Parasite remained floating in place, trying to piece together his train of thought and where he stood, and if one were to look very closely, they would see a small tear coming down from his eye.

I appear in front of the Parasite, my arms folded across my chest. I had followed him and Sinestro, staying invisible waiting for a moment to step in. This was that moment, but it was not the one I expected. The Parasite, Rudy Jones, was in a state of personal turmoil, over his responsibility in the matters effecting Metropolis.

"Parasite." I say, my voice even and authoritive, "I do not wish to fight you at the current moment, merely to discuss certain matters with you. However, if you do not comply, I will be forced to take you down. Hard."

[Franklin Richards]

"Wake up Jordan!" I say, louder. Nothing. I slap him across the face. "I said WAKE UP Lantern. That's an order!"



I'm back in training. Sinestro and I are going through his regiment. He's a strict instructor but I'd never respect him if he wasn't. But there is relief in the darkness. If I wake up... only pain. But my mentor is calling me. I've got to get back to my training. I will be a Green Lantern. Abin Sur trusted me. He believed in me. I won't fail. I will wake up. I am Green Lantern and I won't let anyone down again. Abin Sur. Barry. Ollie. Wally. Roy. Carol. Sinestro.


Dad.


My eyes open. The pain is there again. But also...

Courage.


I see Sinestro standing over me.


"Yes, sir."


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[wiegeabo]

"Yes, sir."

I flashback to the time the Guardian's assigned Jordan to me. It was my duty to teach him how to be a Lantern. And I did. I taught what it takes too be best...

...and then he betrayed me.

I snap back. No, I betrayed the Corps. I brought about the wrong kind of order, and then brought about chaos. But now, I'm learning what the right kind of order is. And I will bring it the the universe.

"Sir, eh? Just like the old days. I can get used to that." I stand up and extend my hand down to him. "Feel like rejoining the fight?"

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[Speedball]

"Next ride, I charge. I'm Superboy not Supertaxi." With Krypto following close behind, Conner lowered Rose and Tim close to the Canarys' green ride. Staying a couple feet in the air, he stared at the entrance to the hospital. Cadmus had given him a bad impression of doctor types.

"And I thought we were the Teen Titans, not the Teen Nursemaids...Spend a little time in the thirtieth century and you miss so much."

"Yep, The Teen Nursemaids. Looks like Greg Focker isn't the only male nurse now. And you have one superpower that can actually help you further your new budding career, Mr. Laser Eyes."

We step inside the entrance. It's an even bigger mess in here than outside because of the limited space. A woman in tights shouldn't be too hard to find. Right?
Krypto enters with us, not good.

"Krypto, you need to stay outside."

He doesn't listen and continues to float in behind us. Do I have to speak in Kryptonian or something?

"Superboy, can you tell Krypto to stay outside?"

I don't think that dog likes me very much.

[Franklin Richards]

I flashback to the time the Guardian's assigned Jordan to me. It was my duty to teach him how to be a Lantern. And I did. I taught what it takes too be best...

...and then he betrayed me.

I snap back. No, I betrayed the Corps. I brought about the wrong kind of order, and then brought about chaos. But now, I'm learning what the right kind of order is. And I will bring it the the universe.

"Sir, eh? Just like the old days. I can get used to that." I stand up and extend my hand down to him. "Feel like rejoining the fight?"

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Maybe it time. Maybe it's time to forgive. The Guardian's know I'm not perfect.


Maybe it's time to trust.


Hal Jordan grabbed Sinestro's hand and stood up.

"Let's do it. But first..."

Hal Jordan summoned his lantern from a wormhole. He grasped it and held it in between Sinestro and himself. He removed his ring and held it in his palm.

"Sinestro of the planet Korugar. As a duely designated officer of the Green Lantern Corp. I hereby give you the field promotion of Green Lantern and all the responsibilites that it entails."

The Lantern and The Ring vibrated and duplicated. The ring attached itself to Sinestro and the Qwardian ring separated from the Korugarian and fell to the ground. Sinestro was enshrouded with the regalia of a Green Lantern. He glowed with an emerald energy field.

Hal Jordan stepped forward and grasped Sinestro's hand.


"I might lose my ring for this, but I really don't care. Welcome back."


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[Spider-Man9X17]

Kyle stood up, dusting himself off. Mangled street lights and spots of blood littered the crater in the middle of the street. Everyone else was gone.

"Kyle Rayner to the JLA," he spoke into his ring. "Anybody who can here this transmission, I've been separated from my group. Parasite is gone, but I believe this situation is long from secure. Immediate assistance requested."

[wiegeabo]

"Sinestro of the planet Korugar. As a duely designated officer of the Green Lantern Corp. I hereby give you the field promotion of Green Lantern and all the responsibilites that it entails."

The Lantern and The Ring vibrated and duplicated. The ring attached itself to Sinestro and the Qwardian ring separated from the Korugarian and fell to the ground. Sinestro was enshrouded with the regalia of a Green Lantern. He glowed with an emerald energy field.

Hal Jordan stepped forward and grasped Sinestro's hand.


"I might lose my ring for this, but I really don't care. Welcome back."


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Yes! YES! I can feel the pure Lantern energy coursing through the ring. I can hear the ring Intelligence responding to me. I rise into the air, once again a Lantern. The emerald energy coursing around me in the all-too familiar protective aura. It feels so right, so good. I am a Lantern again!

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"...no." I lower myself back to the ground. The thoughtfullness on my face countering the surprise on Jordan's. "I want this. I really do. But...not yet. I haven't proven myself." I take off the ring, the green field fading, and extend my hand. My yellow ring comes back to life and puts itself back on my finger. The Qwardian yellow field reasserting itself around my body. "You may feel I deserve this. Hells, even the Guardians might. But I...do not. Until I have proven to myself that I can be a Lantern again...I cannot accept this."

I offer the ring back to Jordan. "But keep that ring ready. Because I will earn it. I will bring order to the universe. I will be a Lantern again."

I exhale heavily. It was not an easy decision, not even close to being easy. What I have been searching for was finally in my grasp...and I couldn't take it. Not yet at least. "For now, we have a city to save. And a virus to stop. And I can teach you how."

[Purple Man]

"Yep, The Teen Nursemaids. Looks like Greg Focker isn't the only male nurse now. And you have one superpower that can actually help you further your new budding career, Mr. Laser Eyes."

We step inside the entrance. It's an even bigger mess in here than outside because of the limited space. A woman in tights shouldn't be too hard to find. Right?
Krypto enters with us, not good.

"Krypto, you need to stay outside."

He doesn't listen and continues to float in behind us. Do I have to speak in Kryptonian or something?

"Superboy, can you tell Krypto to stay outside?"

I don't think that dog likes me very much.

"That's, Dr.Lazer Eyes to you, buddy." Conner grinned as he grabbed Krypto by the collar and started speaking to the dog in a strange tongue. "*Come on, Krypto. Outside, or you get put back in your dog house of solitude.*"

Drooping his ears, and tucking his tail between his legs, Krypto let himself be led outside. His masters eyes went wide after exiting the hospital. Something he had not noticed from the air, but could plainly see with the help of some x-ray vision. A building down the street was on the verge of collapse. Probably damaged during the chaos that had unfolded. A few tenants were still inside, oblivious to the danger.

Without another thought or a signal to his partners, Superboy shot down the street faster than a speeding bullet.

* translated from Kryptonian

[LibrarianThorne]

Kyle stood up, dusting himself off. Mangled street lights and spots of blood littered the crater in the middle of the street. Everyone else was gone.

"Kyle Rayner to the JLA," he spoke into his ring. "Anybody who can here this transmission, I've been separated from my group. Parasite is gone, but I believe this situation is long from secure. Immediate assistance requested."

He was thirteen thousand feet above Metropolis when he heard the call. One name was enough to give him pause.

Parasite.

He turned his eyes toward his battered city, peering through the smoke and devastation. It took him a second to find Rudy Jones. He was floating, facing the Martian Manhunter. Superman's eyes widened in shock when he saw his old friend staring down the Parasite.

My God. If Parasite absorbs J'onn...

He began flying downwards, accelerating to ever more fantastic speeds, when he suddenly stopped.

Damn! The vials will shatter the second I go supersonic. I can't afford to make that mistake. Got find some solution, and I have to find it-

It was then that he spotted Sinestro and Hal Jordan. A plan formed in his head. In three picoseconds, he'd analyzed the plan and weighed other options. Another five nanoseconds and he'd decided on his course of action.

He flew as fast as he dared down into the city, and within a few seconds' time stood next to Hal and Sinestro. He fished the vials out of his cape, and held them in his hand as he addressed the two heroes.

"Gentlemen, I'm sorry I couldn't help earlier, but what I hold in my hands is the reason why. This is the cure to the disease that's killing my city, but it's too slow. It takes days to counteract the virus, and we don't have that kind of time. If you can take it to my Fortress of Solitude, the machines there can replicate and refine this cure. I can't take it there at speed, the vials will shatter when I go supersonic, if not earlier. But your rings can shield it, and you can take it to the Fortress much faster than I. That leaves myself and the rest of the League to finish off the Parasite. How does that sound to you, Hal? Sinestro?"

[Franklin Richards]

I offer the ring back to Jordan. "But keep that ring ready. Because I will earn it. I will bring order to the universe. I will be a Lantern again."

I exhale heavily. It was not an easy decision, not even close to being easy. What I have been searching for was finally in my grasp...and I couldn't take it. Not yet at least. "For now, we have a city to save. And a virus to stop. And I can teach you how."


"As you wish."

Hal Jordan places the ring and the lantern in a wormhole.

"Gentlemen, I'm sorry I couldn't help earlier, but what I hold in my hands is the reason why. This is the cure to the disease that's killing my city, but it's too slow. It takes days to counteract the virus, and we don't have that kind of time. If you can take it to my Fortress of Solitude, the machines there can replicate and refine this cure. I can't take it there at speed, the vials will shatter when I go supersonic, if not earlier. But your rings can shield it, and you can take it to the Fortress much faster than I. That leaves myself and the rest of the League to finish off the Parasite. How does that sound to you, Hal? Sinestro?"

I barely have time to react to Sinestro when Clark appears.


"Superman. Sinestro can assist you. I don't know if he knows where your Fortress is but I do. I'll take the cure. I'll bring the cure. You can trust me."

Hal Jordan retrieves the vials from Clark Kent.

"I will save your city. Even if I couldn't save my own."

Hal looks Clark in the eyes.

"Count on it."


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[Spike_x1]

I appear in front of the Parasite, my arms folded across my chest. I had followed him and Sinestro, staying invisible waiting for a moment to step in. This was that moment, but it was not the one I expected. The Parasite, Rudy Jones, was in a state of personal turmoil, over his responsibility in the matters effecting Metropolis.

"Parasite." I say, my voice even and authoritive, "I do not wish to fight you at the current moment, merely to discuss certain matters with you. However, if you do not comply, I will be forced to take you down. Hard."Rudy looked up, his tears evaporating instantly, replaced by flaring anger in his eyes. "We've got nothing to discuss." His voice wavered in his personal rage. Rage towards himself, towards the heroes, towards the whole world. They were all puppets in the great scheme of things, but Rudy Jones was going to cut his strings by any means necessary.

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He lunged at the Martian with blinding speed, howling with rage.

[Speedball]

"That's, Dr.Lazer Eyes to you, buddy." Conner grinned as he grabbed Krypto by the collar and started speaking to the dog in a strange tongue. "*Come on, Krypto. Outside, or you get put back in your dog house of solitude.*"

Drooping his ears, and tucking his tail between his legs, Krypto let himself be led outside. His masters eyes went wide after exiting the hospital. Something he had not noticed from the air, but could plainly see with the help of some x-ray vision. A building down the street was on the verge of collapse. Probably damaged during the chaos that had unfolded. A few tenants were still inside, oblivious to the danger.

Without another thought or a signal to his partners, Superboy shot down the street faster than a speeding bullet.

* translated from Kryptonian

"Where does he think he is go- COUGH COUGH!!!"
Ugghh...I don't feel so good.
"Rose, I think I'm gonna ne-"
I fall to the ground and blackout before I can finish my sentence.

[Trigger]

"Where does he think he is go- COUGH COUGH!!!"
Ugghh...I don't feel so good.
"Rose, I think I'm gonna ne-"
I fall to the ground and blackout before I can finish my sentence.

Rose looked at the Boy Wonder in amusement. Was he dead? Did he finally kick the bucket? Was her greatest dream realized? Was there a God? Rose nudgded Robin in the ribs with the heel of her boot.

"Oooooh"

Robin let out a series of small coughs and then rolled on to his side.

"Pathetic."

Perhaps another day. She stretched her limbs a bit and then headed down the block after Super-Boy. A certain itch in the back of her head told her to follow him.

[Purple Man]

Rose looked at the Boy Wonder in amusement. Was he dead? Did he finally kick the bucket? Was her greatest dream realized? Was there a God? Rose nudgded Robin in the ribs with the heel of her boot.

"Oooooh"

Robin let out a series of small coughs and then rolled on to his side.

"Pathetic."

Perhaps another day. She stretched her limbs a bit and then headed down the block after Super-Boy. A certain itch in the back of her head told her to follow him.

The building, a not so abandoned apartment complex was on the verge of collapse, with only a struggling Superboy holding it together. With the weight of the building on his shoulders, Conner was holding onto a corner of the shaky building, his tacticle telekinesis preventing any more supports from giving out.

Something was inside Superboy, he could feel it making his powers go haywire. Conner could hear Krypto ten stories up as the dog of steel saved a litter of puppies that was left in a box. The rest of the survivors were an inch away from going up in flames when their would be saviors heat vision suddenly kicked in and burned a hole through the floor, just missing a gas main. The threat of exploding was halted as Kon-Els' vision went x-ray and microscopic, he could see right through his foot, down to the little cells. He wasn't a biologist, but he could see that something was definitly wrong with him.

If all his other powers were unexpectently turning on and off, how much longer could he last before his telekinesis gave out and the building would come crashing down on him?

[Speedball]

"Where does he think he is go- COUGH COUGH!!!"
Ugghh...I don't feel so good.
"Rose, I think I'm gonna ne-"
I fall to the ground and blackout before I can finish my sentence.

I wake up, lying on the ground. My vision is blurred, all I see are bright lights. I try to stand up, but my knees give way half way up. I sit on the ground, trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I'm sweating buckets, and I feel like I could drink the Mediterranean I'm so thirsty. I see all of these people rushing by, but none of them stop to help me. The one person I expected to help me isn't here. Where is Rose?
GOD!!! My Heart!!! It hurts like hell!!! Am I having heart atta-

[SuperFerret]

Rudy looked up, his tears evaporating instantly, replaced by flaring anger in his eyes. "We've got nothing to discuss." His voice wavered in his personal rage. Rage towards himself, towards the heroes, towards the whole world. They were all puppets in the great scheme of things, but Rudy Jones was going to cut his strings by any means necessary.

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He lunged at the Martian with blinding speed, howling with rage.

I do not flinch as he attacks, I only sigh as I go intangible, allowing him to pass through me.

"I guess the time for words has passed..."

I shift my physical form, making myself larger, denser and covering my body with thousands of tiny spines capable of administering small amounts of anasthetic toxins. I spin, catching Jones with a backhand across the skull.

"... and the time for actions is just beginning."

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[wiegeabo]

"As you wish."

Hal Jordan places the ring and the lantern in a wormhole.



I barely have time to react to Sinestro when Clark appears.


"Superman. Sinestro can assist you. I don't know if he knows where your Fortress is but I do. I'll take the cure. I'll bring the cure. You can trust me."

Hal Jordan retrieves the vials from Clark Kent.

"I will save your city. Even if I couldn't save my own."

Hal looks Clark in the eyes.

"Count on it."


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His city? Is he starting to remember? Good.

"Wait a moment Jordan." I start scanning the vials with my ring. "Since I have already been able to stop the virus, I may be able to adapt my ring to mimic the cure, providing the immune system...," my ring signals success. I smile at the others, "...with a vaccine."

Superman and Jordan just look at me. "Do not be so relieved. I cannot deliver the cure en masse. The healing scan is intensive, draining a surprising amount of power while the virus fights attempts to stop it. I can cure, but only one person at a time. But they will be immune from reinfection, and it may be possible for the doctors to use them to spread the cure. We can fight the virus on two fronts, Jordan in your fortress creating a mass cure, Rayner, myself, and any help the Guardians send treating the people here."

[Spike_x1]

I do not flinch as he attacks, I only sigh as I go intangible, allowing him to pass through me.

"I guess the time for words has passed..."

I shift my physical form, making myself larger, denser and covering my body with thousands of tiny spines capable of administering small amounts of anasthetic toxins. I spin, catching Jones with a backhand across the skull.

"... and the time for actions is just beginning."

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Jones spun around, grabbing J'onn's spiked wrist and throat, and began to feel his Martian lifeforce transferring into him. "Maybe you missed the briefing, Sport, but my body only processes energy nowadays. Poisons are the way of the dinosaurs."

[Charlie No-One]

(IC: Batgirl)

A Few Miles Above Bludhaven

SMACK! The staff smacks into my face. Falling back, I curl my head, sending my body into a flip. I land on my feet. Kicking high, my boot smashes against my offender’s rough, calloused head. His body slants to the side, releasing him of his balance. The man drops his staff. An advantage. I spin my body, raising my foot one more time to add another blow. The attacker regains his composure from the last kick and moves his gloved hand about. His arms move so quickly, I don’t notice what is about to happen next. My foot is snatched out of the air, pulling my body from beneath me. I cry in pain as my back cracks against the cold and merciless ground. Not giving me a moment, my opponents fist strikes my face. Not once, but multiple times. Backwards and forwards, I am losing conscious. I am not sure how long my body can take the abuse. He dips down, taking back his staff. SNAP! It glides into my ribs. Above all the other pain, I fill my rib cage snapping in two. This is too much. I am having trouble breathing. The broken bones might be cutting me somewhere. Finally, I give in. Slashing my hand downward, I…uh…signal that I have given up.



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“Weak,” my father says, dropping the staff onto my body.

“You are weak and pitiful. You will never make me proud,”

My eyes swell with tears. I was so easily defeated and now my own father won’t even help me. I close my eyes…

“Excuse…me….Excuse me!” A voice shouts into my ear. Opening my eyes, I look about my surroundings. The airport! I think I was…dream…dreaming?

“Sorry to wake you, but the plane will be landing in a few minutes,” says the stewardess. I look at her square in the eyes. She is familiar…how do I know her? Her voice sounds fake…that doesn’t make sense…her accent sounds fake. Every other word sounds like it could be French and those eyes, where have I seen her? Breaking contact, I glance out the window. We are not about to land. We are far from it. I look back at the stewardess and then it hits me. One of the twins did not die that night. They couldn’t have because one of them is standing right in front of me. She is the smaller one, the one with dark red hair, except now she has a black wig. She hired someone to kill her sister. She made it look like she died. Why didn’t I check her body? Why didn’t I notice who she was earlier? I was distracted. Father was right; I’m weak. The girl must know that I have…discovered her. Her eyes dart around as she moves her left hand behind her. I unbuckle my seat belt, disobeying, an action I wasn’t used to doing until recently, the sign above my seat. The twin pulls out a gun from behind her.

“I know who you are Batgirl. Madame Rouge told me,” No ****. “She wants you to be her new apprentice but what about me? What will I become? **** on the sidewalk. That is what. I’ll tell her you shot yourself out of guilt. Guilt caused by the “death” of me…SMACK,” The girl talks way too much. By the time she said “told” I was already moving into position. By the time she said “guilt”, my hand was raised above my head. By the time she said “me”, she was experiencing the start of a headache. She moves her small fingers over the trigger of the gun that is aimed at my head. If that bullet hits me, I am dead. If it misses me, it will hit the plane. Then we will both die. BOOM! The gun fires. An explosion of smoke and flames launches out of the gun, followed by a small bullet. The bullet flies past my head and into the plane. Damn. The wall starts cracking. Air is being pushed out of the plane. The pressure is dropping. I grab onto the chair; the wind pushing me towards the new window. I grab the small plastic grapple hook with my left hand. I am so glad it got through security. I tighten my grip on the chair with only on arm. Soon, the small bullet hole…what did Robin say that word was…expands into a large gap in the plane’s coach section. I shoot my safety line towards the chair behind the girl. It clicks through the plastic tray in the back of the seat. The twin is having troubles finding something to hold on to. I glance at her; pulling myself closer to the grapple point.

The air is getting stronger. It is pushing us further towards the hole. My grasp on the chair is getting weaker. I finally release it, letting myself fly backwards towards the threat; the only thing keeping me in place is the line. The remaining Double Dare stumbles and…instantly…flies past me. Like the speeding bullet that caused this problem, I grab her arm. With the tug of the pressure and the pull of her arm as I yanked it, it snaps out of place. Crying in pain her wig falls back. She looks up at me. Her dark eyes stare at me straight on. They are filled with hate and anger. The pupils grow smaller. The woman drops the gun. Her hands are very sweaty…it’s getting harder to hold on. She looks at me again. The eyes are now blank with no signs of emotion. I saw this part before. Many of the poor victims my father killed had this look before they die. It is acceptance. She lets her hand go limb. I am the only person pushing commitment in this life-death relationship. I try holding on harder, but that is no use. Her fingers curl inward; hand slipping through mine. She falls without a scream, red dark hair fluttering back. I uh…clench my eyes shut. This is another life lost; another life that could have been saved. I turn my body, but not my head. My hands act on their own and clutch the grapple line. Finally, I turn my head, letting the shock of her death exit my body. I’m going to make it out alive. I pull myself up the grapple, stopping a few feet behind the cockpit. Climbing up onto the seats, I crawl, hardly moving against the current of air, up to the front of the cabin. On the count of three, I will let go of the grapple line. This should work as I have planned. 1. I prepare my body. 2. I prepare my mind. 3. I let go. The wind throws my body to the left. The cockpit flies by. I reach out…willing myself to grab the handle of the door. Oh god, I’m going to miss it. Come on, Cass! REACH! I feel it! I did it! I have the door. Above the roar of the air of the cabin, I scream a command.

“OPEN THE DOOR! NOW!” I get no reply. I have no choice but to...I think…bluff.

“OPEN THE DOOR OR I WILL BLOW IT DOWN AND YOU AND I WILL DIE! OPEN THE DOOR!” I press myself and hear the click of the lock. The door opens a crack. I slip my body into the crack, separating me from the pressure. The pilot yanks me into the cockpit. Slamming the door, the rush of air stops. Disoriented, I look up at him.

“You better land this plane in Bludhaven or I will snap your neck. You can’t shoot me. I know you wouldn’t risk your life to kill me. You also can not beat me, so I suggest you do as I say,”

[Batman]

Nightwing layed the two he had carried off onto stretchers, leaving them to to the coming EMT's who rushed out to get them inside. He stood, watching this. It was all a grim reminder for where the world was heading to. And he knew it, firsthand. Before all of this started, beginning with the happenings in Gotham... Dick had spent his nights tirelessly searching for survivors of The Joker's attacked. Needless to say, there were few. But he never quit. Not until Gotham needed him again.

Now Metropolis was going through hell too. The city protected by Superman was going through hell. If that wasn't any indication of the world's current state, he didn't know what was. Sure, Dick was used to the more grim parts of life. He spent half of his teenage years in a Cave. But it should've been better, by now. All of the efforts of his peers... Batman, Superman, The JLA... Hell, even Dinah... all of their efforts should've shown results by now.

Dick began to wonder, as more bodies started to pile up... Would it ever show? Would all the work ever pay off? And even a better question... was it still even being done? Nightwing had been in Metropolis for hours, aswell as other heroes... Yet neither Superman or Batman had been heard from in recent hours. Batman, more particularly. Dick wondered if Bruce was up there, in the shadows, making some all saving plan to save everyone the way he felt it needed to be done.

Or maybe... He wasn't. Maybe he just wasn't. Maybe all of this death wouldn't be halted by the ones Nightwing felt he could depend on.

Nightwing rubbed some sweat from his brow. Huh. Weird. I mean, I know I'm an active guy... but... I really haven't done that much in the past hour..

Dick paused, noticing something. He stared at his hand. Not because something was wrong with it... but because it was blurry. His vision was blurry. That wasn't right...

"What... the hell...?", Nightwing breathed, before finally collapsing onto the street.

Those people that Nightwing depended on? He needed them now more than ever. Because now... Dick Grayson was fighting for his life.

[wiegeabo]

There is no more time to lose. "Jordan, you're ring." He looks at me with a question. I sigh and point my ring at his. A quick flash of light later, "There, your ring now knows how to fight the virus. Hopefully it will help you develop a widespread treatment. And now...we need to go."

I nod to Jordan and Superman, then take off into the air, aiming for the center of the city.

I send out a signal. "This is Sinestro. I have a cure. Who needs assistance?"

[Franklin Richards]

"On my way."


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[MST3K 4ever]

Lex hears from the streets what is basically silence.

Superman must've succeeded in his mission with the Cure. Which means soon the league or Ras or a combination will be here to deal with me.

Lex presses several buttons on his keyboard.

Excellent.

[SuperFerret]

The Parasite felt something digging into his flesh once again. But if the Martian was solid enough to do that, then he'd be solid enough to be...

Jones spun around, grabbing J'onn's spiked wrist and throat, and began to feel his Martian lifeforce transferring into him. "Maybe you missed the briefing, Sport, but my body only processes energy nowadays. Poisons are the way of the dinosaurs."

"Aaaarrghhh!!"

Pain shoots through my body like a raging inferno, almost breaking my concentration. I lash out wildly, unrelentingly, striking the Parasite repeatedly with blows that would destroy entire city blocks, attempting to break his hold on me.

[Speedball]

I wake up, lying on the ground. My vision is blurred, all I see are bright lights. I try to stand up, but my knees give way half way up. I sit on the ground, trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I'm sweating buckets, and I feel like I could drink the Mediterranean I'm so thirsty. I see all of these people rushing by, but none of them stop to help me. The one person I expected to help me isn't here. Where is Rose?
GOD!!! My Heart!!! It hurts like hell!!! Am I having heart atta-

I'm convulsing on the floor, this is not fun. Then it stops. It was only a minor heart attack, but that doesn't mean I won't have another one. I lie there on the floor, I'm not even going to try to get up. I see feet on the floor, not sure if they are doctors, or just random people. They're distant though, about 10 feet away. Good, I'm not sure if this virus is contagious through the air, or by touch, or something else. I need to contact someone before I have another attack.
I reach down to my belt and take out my communicator. I set it to all frequencies, I don't care who gets it, I need help, and Rose might need help too.
-Anyone, Please! I need help! Somebody please resp-
Crap, here we go again.

[wiegeabo]

Before I am very far into the city, my ring picks up a signal on all channels.


-Anyone, Please! I need help! Somebody please resp-
My eyes go wide. I quickly focus on the signal and track it. If we fall, then the city is lost. In only a few seconds I am over the location where the signal was sent. It takes another few precious seconds to find who sent it.

Robin! The protege of the Bat. Two doctors close in on him, ready to help, but I put a cone around him. It keeps the doctors out, and the infection in. As I land, I've already begun the healing process. "Stay back, he is infected with the virus."

"Obviously. So's half the city!" One doctor says.

"Actually, it is quite likely closer to eighty percent." The doctors faces turn white at the number. My ring tells me the task is complete, and a scan confirms the virus has been eliminated from the boy. His immune system already beginning to respond to the artificial vaccine construct. "It appears the first test of the cure is successful."

"You...you've got a cure?" the other doctor says.

I look at him. "Now I do."

[Speedball]

Before I am very far into the city, my ring picks up a signal on all channels.


My eyes go wide. I quickly focus on the signal and track it. If we fall, then the city is lost. In only a few seconds I am over the location where the signal was sent. It takes another few precious seconds to find who sent it.

Robin! The protege of the Bat. Two doctors close in on him, ready to help, but I put a cone around him. It keeps the doctors out, and the infection in. As I land, I've already begun the healing process. "Stay back, he is infected with the virus."

"Obviously. So's half the city!" One doctor says.

"Actually, it is quite likely closer to eighty percent." The doctors faces turn white at the number. My ring tells me the task is complete, and a scan confirms the virus has been eliminated from the boy. His immune system already beginning to respond to the artificial vaccine construct. "It appears the first test of the cure is successful."

"You...you've got a cure?" the other doctor says.

I look at him. "Now I do."

I wake up, a man with a reddish face and yellow aura standing above me. My vision is still kind of blurry, but it's pretty obvious who it is. One of the doctors next to him brings me a wheel chair and the other helps me into it.
I look up into Sinestro's face. I guess he has changed, and thank God he has, or else Bat's would have to find a new Robin.
"Thank you. Find Ravager and Superboy, I'm pretty sure they are infected too."
The doctor's begin to wheel me deeper into the hospital. One of them tells me "We're gonna do some test, just to make sure your heart is ok."
"Sure. Just hurry, I need to get back out there."

[LibrarianThorne]

Superman took off after Sinestro and Hal Jordan, easily catching up with the two ringbearers.

"Sinestro, that cure has to reach the Fortress. I should have said something earlier," said Superman, his voice taking on a tone of grief. "Lois has the disease. The only thing keeping her alive right now is a temporal stasis field in the Fortress. Please, as soon as you can, take the cure to her. I've got to deal with the Parasite."

His face grew serious, and he gave a curt nod to Sinestro and Hal before rocketing upwards. In six seconds, he found himself floating above the Earth. He looked downwards at the blue globe he had protected for so long, been a part of for so long. As he looked down, in his mind's eye he could see the faces of all those that had come to depend on him and look to him as a sign of hope.

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I don't know if I can do what needs to be done. Rudy Jo- No. I can't even call him that any more. He's the Parasite, and if I don't stop him now I'll be responsible for every murder he commits. Everyone that he kills will be on my head.

Everyone.

He murdered the mother of his child. He kidnapped Lois, and eventually killed her. No prison on Earth can hold him. He's a danger to everyone and everything I care about.

He killed Lois.

I can't do it. I can't- No. Not now. What I can't do is afford this doubt. He was human once, but he's a soulless monster now. He's going to kill and keep killing and if I don't stop him now, no one will. No one else can stop him.

It's up to me.

Superman spared a glance at the arctic north, and with his X-Ray vision peered through the walls of his fortress at his wife. Her eyes were closed, and three robots were monitoring her vitals.

Lois. I'm sorry.

His vision snapped back to the cold of space around him. Superman extended his hands in front of him, and began flying around the world.

[wiegeabo]

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[Franklin Richards]

Faster, Jordan. Faster.


BOOM!!!


Mach 9.


BOOM!!!


Mach 10.


Can't go faster or I'll rip the atmosphere. Come on.

COME ON!

Hal Jordan streaked across the frozen tundra. Over the horizon he saw the Kryptonian architecture. Hal formed a giant key the size of an airplane with his ring. He shoved it into the giant keyhole and the door slid open. Hal raced into the Fortress and was greeted by a trio of androids.

"You. C3PO. Take me to Lois and use the contents of these vials to replicate a cure for a mass population. NOW!"

The lead droid lead Hal Jordan to a stasis chamber where Lois was being held. The automaton then retrieved the vials from the Green Lantern and proceeded to a medical bay.

Hal stared at Lois.

Lois Lane. One of the finest women --- one of the finest people he had ever known. So full of spirit. So full of life. It seemed as if she was hanging on by sheer will alone. What a fine Green Lantern she would've made.

"This had better work."

Hal put all of his will into his healing scan. He sensed the virus coursing through her body. With one herculean push, he willed the virus gone.

And it was.

Lois Lane's eyes slowly opened.

"Y- you? Where--- where's Clark?"

"Doing what he always does. Giving hope to millions."

"Can I tell you something?"

"Of course."

"You just became my second favorite hero."

Hal Jordan couldn't help but tear up.

You know. Occasionally. Just Occasionally. It's all worth it.


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[Spike_x1]

"Aaaarrghhh!!"

Pain shoots through my body like a raging inferno, almost breaking my concentration. I lash out wildly, unrelentingly, striking the Parasite repeatedly with blows that would destroy entire city blocks, attempting to break his hold on me.The Parasite struggled to maintain his grip, but one of the alien's blows struck him on the inside of his elbow, causing his arm to involuntarily pull back, releasing his foe.

Ballsy bastard.

A wide, concentrated beam of Martian Vision poured from Rudy's eyes at J'onn J'onzz. The Parasite flew in circles around the Martian, sustaining the beam. Finally, he decided to resume his draining of the alien and flew in close to grab him. He dug his claws into the stunned head of his opponent and could again feel every one of his senses and abilities being enhanced.

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But the Martian Manhunter seemed to gain a sudden second wind and phased out of the Parasite's grip. Before Rudy could react, he was headbutted in the face, forcing him to recoil while his foe retreated to a safe distance several meters away. The telepathic conversation exchanged between the two was not one that should be repeated in front of children or the elderly.

With a roar, both of them braced for the worst and propelled themselves at each other, morphing and shifting into otherworldly monsters, slashing and gouging at the other.

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[Green Lantern]

Nightwing layed the two he had carried off onto stretchers, leaving them to to the coming EMT's who rushed out to get them inside. He stood, watching this. It was all a grim reminder for where the world was heading to. And he knew it, firsthand. Before all of this started, beginning with the happenings in Gotham... Dick had spent his nights tirelessly searching for survivors of The Joker's attacked. Needless to say, there were few. But he never quit. Not until Gotham needed him again.

Now Metropolis was going through hell too. The city protected by Superman was going through hell. If that wasn't any indication of the world's current state, he didn't know what was. Sure, Dick was used to the more grim parts of life. He spent half of his teenage years in a Cave. But it should've been better, by now. All of the efforts of his peers... Batman, Superman, The JLA... Hell, even Dinah... all of their efforts should've shown results by now.

Dick began to wonder, as more bodies started to pile up... Would it ever show? Would all the work ever pay off? And even a better question... was it still even being done? Nightwing had been in Metropolis for hours, aswell as other heroes... Yet neither Superman or Batman had been heard from in recent hours. Batman, more particularly. Dick wondered if Bruce was up there, in the shadows, making some all saving plan to save everyone the way he felt it needed to be done.

Or maybe... He wasn't. Maybe he just wasn't. Maybe all of this death wouldn't be halted by the ones Nightwing felt he could depend on.

Nightwing rubbed some sweat from his brow. Huh. Weird. I mean, I know I'm an active guy... but... I really haven't done that much in the past hour..

Dick paused, noticing something. He stared at his hand. Not because something was wrong with it... but because it was blurry. His vision was blurry. That wasn't right...

"What... the hell...?", Nightwing breathed, before finally collapsing onto the street.

Those people that Nightwing depended on? He needed them now more than ever. Because now... Dick Grayson was fighting for his life.As Arsenal left the very full detox wing, his thoughts fluttered. If only we could do something... anything... to get all the drugs away from the people. But no, they'd find their fix and others fixes somehow or another. I doubt the streets will ever be completely clean..

As he headed back onto the street his mind snapped to attention as he saw his best friend fall to a heap on the ground. Roy's heart started racing, and beads of sweat formed at his brow. "DI... NIGHTWING!" Roy ran to his friend, and got on his com. Holy crap, my heart's beating like Neil Peart's drums... I haven't felt like this since I was on the smack... feel like I'm gonna puke... "This is Roy, I need help at the hospital... so does... Nightwin..." Roy fell the the ground clutching his chest, right next to his longtime pal and teammate.

[wiegeabo]

"This is Roy, I need help at the hospital... so does... Nightwin..."


Hells, they're dropping like Bogox fireflies after mating!

Once again I lock onto a signal and trace it back to its source. And once again it leads me to a hospital. But this time I see two costumes lying on the ground. The other Bat protege and his friend.

Which one to heal first? A quick scan tells me the young Bat is in more dire need, so I encompass him in light. The curing process begins.

"I will get to you in a second," I tell the other one. "Just hold on for a few moments more."

[Batman]

Nightwing is staring death in it's face. And it has two.

Harvey Dent opens fire upon him, among a gravesite. Among them sit the graves of heroes. Bullets bounce off the names engraved onto them as Nightwing only catches glimpses.

"Dinah Lance."

"Oliver Queen."

"Diana Prince."

"Victor Stone."

"Kori Anders."

"Roy Harper."

"Donna Troy."

"Kyle Rayner."

"Rachel Roth."

"Wally West."

"Karen Starr."

"Clark Kent."

"Barbara Gordon."

The last, Two-Face himself stands on, laughing... cackling as Nightwing sees the name on it. "Bruce Wayne."

Nightwing grits his teeth, taking out his escrima sticks. All of them are scattered in pairs. Doubles. Twos. Like Two-Face would want. He leaps into the air, dodging gunfire as he passes the various graves of his friends... His heroes. All of the people that made his life worth living.

"You're weak, Kid! Weak! You always were! Always the pretender!", Two-Face screams, as Nightwing spins, connecting one of his sticks with one of Harvey's pistols, knocking the barrel off.

"You're wrong, Harvey! Dead wrong! I'M STILL STANDING!!!", Nightwing yells, as he kicks Dent across the face. Two-Face turns his head back around, immediatley, catching Dick off guard as he grabs him by the throat.

"You're not gonna be, after we're through with you!", Two-Face yells, putting the other pistol to Nightwing's temple. Nightwing's eyes widen as he looks back, seeing a new grave rise from the ground.

Thunder flashes, revealing the name: "Richard Grayson."

Nightwing turns, staring at Two-Face. Harvey laughs. "Some hero you turned out to be. All of you. Nothing but wastes of time. You're all worthless!"

And that's when Dick snaps. Grabbing Harvey's arm, Nightwing twists it with newfound strength. Harvey screams, as Nightwing shoots his knee up, driving it into Harvey's back as Dick pulls him closer.

"NO!!!", Nightwing yells. "THEY'RE HEROES! THEY ALL ARE! THEY'RE BETTER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE! BETTER THAN ANYONE WILL EVER BE!", He continues, before calming. "And I shouldn't have doubted them."

Spinning, Nightwing yells, tossing Dent into the grave that reads his own name, shattering it on impact. He breathes, letting the air hit his face as the thunder reveals a new sight: The graves are gone. Nightwing smiles. The age of heroes hasn't concluded yet. And hopefully... it never will.


Dick's eyes burst open, as he wakes up in a yellow glow. His chest is on fire. His heart beats into his eardrums. He can barely breathe. All he can see are multiple colors of purple and blue, as he hears something.

"-old on for a few moments more."

He stirs, biting his lip as the pain continues... and then... slowly, but surely... fades. Nightwing gasps as the pain leaves his body entirely. Finally, he manages to pull himself halfway up, breathing heavily as he weakly looks up at Sinestro.

"Th... there anything that ring of your's can't do...?", He says, catching a second wind.

He looks over, seeing Roy next to him, unconcious. His eyes widen.

"Roy? ROY! Speak to me! Make fun of my old costume! Brag about how much more ass you've gotten than me! SOMETHING!!!"

[Green Lantern]

Roy Harper had been in this position many times before. Most often after a bad heroin trip, one that likely was close to a death by overdose. He was in what appeared to be a tunnel, the walls were swirling with colors every so often a face would appear. It was faces he knew, but demonically twisted.

The first face to show up had green flames around his eyes, and a pointy yellow beard protruding from his chin.

“You’re a lousy junkie—No better than the rest of the sniveling punks!”

That face swirled out of existence and another demonic face faded in, this time with a face only a Kiss fan could like, and a mullet straight from the eighties.

"With our powers and abilities, it was hard growing up for all of us. I stuck it through-- but you... you dropped out... you drugged out."

The faces kept swirling in and out, berating the life he lived. There was Dinah, and Hal. Bruce and Jade. Kory and Vic. Gar and Garth. Wally... and Donna. After Donna's demon had faded out, a white light appeared down the tunnel. Roy started walking towards it.

[Spike_x1]

With a roar, both the Parasite and the Martian Manhunter braced for the worst and propelled themselves at each other, morphing and shifting into otherworldly monsters, slashing and gouging at the other.

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But one of them was quickly gaining the upper hand.

The Parasite could see J'onn J'onzz's speed start to diminish and could feel the force of his punches become softer. He grabbed the Martian's head in both hands and screamed a telepathic blast into his alien mind.

~We are puppets! And I am the only one who can see the strings and cut you all loose! Even if it kills me, you, and everyone else on this godforsaken mudball to do it!~

Both warriors slowly melted back into their public faces as the Parasite dug his claws, both mentally and physically, into his enemy's thoughts.

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Just as he began to feel the life wash out of J'onn's body, the Parasite heard a noise far off in the distance. It sounded like an incoming missile, or...

[wiegeabo]

"Roy? ROY! Speak to me! Make fun of my old costume! Brag about how much more ass you've gotten than me! SOMETHING!!!"

I effortlessly shift the ray from Nightwing to Arsenal, and begin the curing process all over again. For some reason, even as I make the virus fade into oblivion, his vital signs continue to fade.

"Something is wrong." Nightwing looks up at me in horror. "I have almost finished healing him, but he continues to fade." I speed up my work. But then it happens...

...his heart stops!

"FRAK!!!" I shout. "You are not going that easily! Keep talking to him, do not let him give up!" With the virus destroyed, I drop my field and create a gold gurney upon which Arsenal lays. Constructs of diagnostic equipment spring up only to show no activity. A bag appears over his mouth, pumping air into his lungs. "CLEAR!!!" I yell as two large paddles form and place themselves on his chest. A bolt of energy pusles into Arsenal's body, which lurches into the air.

Nothing.

"CLEAR!" Another pulse, another lurch, and more nothing.

"CLEAR!" Another pulse, another lurch, and more nothing.

"CLEAR!" Another pulse, another lurch, and a beep...

and another beep...

and another beep...

And then a steady rhythm.

I allow the bag and paddles to fade away. The equipment beeps along smoothly, his vitals all returning to normal.

I let out a breath I didn't realize I had been holding. "Too close."

[LibrarianThorne]

They had both impaled and disemboweled the other after just a few short moments of fighting. Both men had extensive combat experience and the power to back up that experience.

But one of them was quickly gaining the upper hand.

The Parasite could see J'onn J'onzz's speed start to diminish and could feel the force of his punches become softer. He grabbed the Martian's head in both hands and screamed a telepathic blast into his alien mind.

~We are puppets! And I am the only one who can see the strings and cut you all loose! Even if it kills me, you, and everyone else on this godforsaken mudball to do it!~

Both warriors slowly melted back into their public faces as the Parasite dug his claws, both mentally and physically, into his enemy's thoughts.

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Just as he began to feel the life wash out of J'onn's body, the Parasite heard a noise far off in the distance. It sounded like an incoming missile, or...

He circled the globe, faster and faster. He went from a man to a blur of colors, red, yellow, and blue. He moved so fast that the colors blurred together into a shocking violet. Then he plunged into Earth's atmosphere.

He would get one shot at stopping the Parasite, and it would be his best. He circled the globe in one minute. Then thirty seconds. Faster and faster, until the colors looked like nothing more than a streak of fire in the sky, accompanied with a roar that shook buildings to their foundation and sounded like armageddon horn itself. He flew through the streets of Metropolis, pushing his senses to their limit to be able to even percieve anything at this speed.

The Parasite didn't get hit by Superman, not at first. The first impact was a force of wind, four hundred miles an hour, that slammed into the Parasite like a hammer. Then came the fire, friction-heat, backed by a force that Rudy Jones knew too well. The comet-like figure of Superman drove into the Parasite and the duo streaked across the Metropolis sky. A storm followed in their wake, remnants of the destruction of Metropolis followed in Superman's wake like onlookers realizing a race had moved beyond them. Glass windows shattered from the sound, and were caught up in the wake of Superman's mere movement.

Thirteen nanoseconds later, Superman drove Parasite into a forest thirty miles from Metropolis. A great trench was dug by the impact, no less than eight miles long. The heat given off by Superman set nearby trees ablaze, and before long the fire began spreading. Superman stopped and quickly rose outside of the Parasite's absorption field. Ten miles away, he saw it. It rose to a point twenty five thousand, one hundred five feet from the ground. Mount Swan. Superman looked down at the Parasite, red energy leaking from his eyes as he did so.

"This is it, Rudy. Our swan song. I can't send you back to jail, because the system can't hold you. I can't let you go free, because you'll just keep killing. I've tried everything else, and I'm finally going to do it. You're going to die Parasite, and no force on heaven or Earth will save you."

He flew to the mountain, and his eyes shot out a beam of brightest red. A gigantic beam of heat, hot enough to melt titanium, speared the mountain. It swept back and forth, burning the rock to molten streams where it impacted. It sliced through the mountain itself, and into the gap flew Superman. The mountain, millions of years old, seemed to shudder. Beneath it, hands pressed against the mountain, was a figure in red and blue. Slowly, the mountain rose into the sky. Twenty thousand feet of rock gripped by hands of steel. A massive shadow fell across the forest as the sun was obscured. Superman flew above the Parasite. Shock was written on Jones' face.

"Goodbye."

The sound of the mountain slamming back down to Earth could be heard and even felt by the denizens of Metropolis. A wave of sound buffeted the city, before the ground itself began shaking with the sheer force of the impact. Streets split and cracked as the ground underneath them shifted, and already damaged structures crashed to the ground. The force of the impact registered on every single seismic scale around the world. Tremors were felt as far away as Keystone city. In an instant, an entire forest was gone as the mountain of rock buried it. To many in Metropolis proper, it seemed as though Armageddon itself had finally come to the City of Tomorrow.

[Spider-Man9X17]

Kyle tapped his foot on the ground. He couldn't just leave, could heBut why not. There was nothing left here. Just an empty crater where there once once several city blocks. Blocks with family homes, school, stores, playgrounds...

He pushed the thoughts from his mind, willing himself up anohter comm.

"Kyle to JLA. C'mon, guys and gals. Where the hell is everyone?"

[wiegeabo]

"Kyle to JLA. C'mon, guys and gals. Where the hell is everyone?"

Rayner!

"Rayner, lock onto my signal and meet me quickly. We have a cure! One we can spread using our rings. Jordan is working on a widescale version, but once I show your ring how to do it, we can start treating the people now."

[Batman]

I effortlessly shift the ray from Nightwing to Arsenal, and begin the curing process all over again. For some reason, even as I make the virus fade into oblivion, his vital signs continue to fade.

"Something is wrong." Nightwing looks up at me in horror. "I have almost finished healing him, but he continues to fade." I speed up my work. But then it happens...

...his heart stops!

"FRAK!!!" I shout. "You are not going that easily! Keep talking to him, do not let him give up!" With the virus destroyed, I drop my field and create a gold gurney upon which Arsenal lays. Constructs of diagnostic equipment spring up only to show no activity. A bag appears over his mouth, pumping air into his lungs. "CLEAR!!!" I yell as two large paddles form and place themselves on his chest. A bolt of energy pusles into Arsenal's body, which lurches into the air.

Nothing.

"CLEAR!" Another pulse, another lurch, and more nothing.

"CLEAR!" Another pulse, another lurch, and more nothing.

"CLEAR!" Another pulse, another lurch, and a beep...

and another beep...

and another beep...

And then a steady rhythm.

I allow the bag and paddles to fade away. The equipment beeps along smoothly, his vitals all returning to normal.

I let out a breath I didn't realize I had been holding. "Too close."


Nightwing breathes a sigh of relief. For a split second... He had actually thought he was going to have to bury his best friend. And after the past year, before the JLA's disbanding... Dick had just about enough of doing that.

Thank God.

Looking up, Nightwing heard the message from Kyle. Good. More reinforcements. And more people to get that cure that Sinestro has spread across the city...

Nightwing looked back at Roy as he began to come back to life.

"Welcome back, man. You missed one hell of a party."

[Green Lantern]

Nightwing breathes a sigh of relief. For a split second... He had actually thought he was going to have to bury his best friend. And after the past year, before the JLA's disbanding... Dick had just about enough of doing that.

Thank God.

Looking up, Nightwing heard the message from Kyle. Good. More reinforcements. And more people to get that cure that Sinestro has spread across the city...

Nightwing looked back at Roy as he began to come back to life.

"Welcome back, man. You missed one hell of a party."*cough* "Anyone get the liscence plate of that truck?"

Roy looked at Dick...

"Dude, that was wierd... it was like a dream... you were there... and Ollie, and Dinah too.. Heck I think even Auntie Emm was there. Not you though Pinkie. Dick, you realize how creepy you as Demon are? It was effed up man. What the hell happened there? I saw you drop, and the next thing I know I'm waking up on the hard concrete sidewalk. What the f**k?"

[Batman]

*cough* "Anyone get the liscence plate of that truck?"

Roy looked at Dick...

"Dude, that was wierd... it was like a dream... you were there... and Ollie, and Dinah too.. Heck I think even Auntie Emm was there. Not you though Pinkie. Dick, you realize how creepy you as Demon are? It was effed up man. What the hell happened there? I saw you drop, and the next thing I know I'm waking up on the hard concrete sidewalk. What the f**k?"


Nightwing looked away, particularly not wanting to mention his own hallucination, during his time in cardiac arrest.

"I think you and I just experienced what all of Metropolis has been going through. And if that's the case...", Nightwing said, offering a hand. "We need to do everything in our power to prevent it from continuing."

[wiegeabo]

*cough* "Anyone get the liscence plate of that truck?"

Roy looked at Dick...

"Dude, that was wierd... it was like a dream... you were there... and Ollie, and Dinah too.. Heck I think even Auntie Emm was there. Not you though Pinkie. Dick, you realize how creepy you as Demon are? It was effed up man. What the hell happened there? I saw you drop, and the next thing I know I'm waking up on the hard concrete sidewalk. What the f**k?"


"The virus ravaging this city is widespread. And now it is finally infecting us. I just cured Robin and Jordan. As of now, Jordan is working at Superman's Fortress on a cure that can be distributed to the city en masse. For now, my ring is the only treatment, but I can only save one person at a time."

I look around, smoke filling the air mixed with the last of the snow from Jordan's unsuccessful attack on Parasite. But the oddest thing is the silence. There is no sounds, not even from the hospital behind us. I raise my hand in the air and make a comprehensive scan, a yellow light flashing out the the entire city. There is now hiding the disbelief on my face. "800,000," I say, solemnly. "Over 800,000 dead. And climbing."

The others cannot believe it either. "With the exception of the Parasite, I think the war is over. But the city is dying. It is likely that the others are suffering the way you did. We need to group them together so I can cure them or protect them from infection."

That is when my ring warns me just before the street beneath us rises up slightly before settling down. A seismic tremor? In Metropolis? Soon a rumble stirs up the wind, becoming a deafening roar for a moment, blowing harshly. I protect us within a dome while the air settles down as if nothing happened.

"Not good."

[SuperFerret]

Kyle tapped his foot on the ground. He couldn't just leave, could heBut why not. There was nothing left here. Just an empty crater where there once once several city blocks. Blocks with family homes, school, stores, playgrounds...

He pushed the thoughts from his mind, willing himself up anohter comm.

"Kyle to JLA. C'mon, guys and gals. Where the hell is everyone?"

I hear Kyle's message from my place on the ground where the Parasite dropped me. I struggle to breathe, to stand, to respond, both audibly and telepathically, but.....


............

[Spider-Man9X17]

"The virus ravaging this city is widespread. And now it is finally infecting us. I just cured Robin and Jordan. As of now, Jordan is working at Superman's Fortress on a cure that can be distributed to the city en masse. For now, my ring is the only treatment, but I can only save one person at a time."

I look around, smoke filling the air mixed with the last of the snow from Jordan's unsuccessful attack on Parasite. But the oddest thing is the silence. There is no sounds, not even from the hospital behind us. I raise my hand in the air and make a comprehensive scan, a yellow light flashing out the the entire city. There is now hiding the disbelief on my face. "800,000," I say, solemnly. "Over 800,000 dead. And climbing."

The others cannot believe it either. "With the exception of the Parasite, I think the war is over. But the city is dying. It is likely that the others are suffering the way you did. We need to group them together so I can cure them or protect them from infection."

That is when my ring warns me just before the street beneath us rises up slightly before settling down. A seismic tremor? In Metropolis? Soon a rumble stirs up the wind, becoming a deafening roar for a moment, blowing harshly. I protect us within a dome while the air settles down as if nothing happened.

"Not good."

Kyle reached out with his ring, creating a shield in front of him just in time to deflect the brunt of the shockwave.

"What in God's name..."

He picked up speed and made it to Sinestro's location in record time. Obviously, they had felt the wave as well.

Looking around, one would have sworm that a very major, yet very short earthquake had hit the city.

"But that doesn't make sense," he said outloud to himself. "Metropolis doesn't sit on an major faults..."

He looked up, now addredding the larger group.

"Bomb?"

[The Question]

Moments ago.....

"Listen. Bruce. I know things are bad right now, but I need to get back to Hub. If it hadn't been such a big emergency, I wouldn't have left in the first place."

"Fair enough, good luck."

He gets in that weirt jet of his, rises into the sky, and blasts off.



It takes me about three minutes to realize that I don't have a ride, and Hub is over four states away.

"****!"

[wiegeabo]

Kyle reached out with his ring, creating a shield in front of him just in time to deflect the brunt of the shockwave.

"What in God's name..."

He picked up speed and made it to Sinestro's location in record time. Obviously, they had felt the wave as well.

Looking around, one would have sworm that a very major, yet very short earthquake had hit the city.

"But that doesn't make sense," he said outloud to himself. "Metropolis doesn't sit on an major faults..."

He looked up, now addredding the larger group.

"Bomb?"

"I honestly do not know." A scan in the direction reveals no information. "No energy discharge, explosive residues, radiological fallout, or chemical contamination. But I am not sure if we can concern ourselves with it now. Let me see your ring Rayner."

A quick flash of yellow light, and it is done. "You should now know everything you need to cure people of the virus. Unfortunately you won't be able to cure more than one at a time, but the hospitals might be able to use their blood to develop a vaccine. At least until Jordan arrives."

"Now, does anyone know where the others are?" I ask the three of them.

[Speedball]

The doctors run a few test on me. They take my blood pressure, and test my heart rate. They say I check out fine, and if the heart attacks had been any more serious, there could have been brain damage or worse.
I jump off the table in the examining room and exit. The hospital is still a mess, but it has calmed down a bit since Sinestro healed the people inside.
Who knew a guy with that kind of name could be such a great person? Maybe we should call him Oxymoron Name Man from now on.
I check in at the front desk, the nurse slightly startled to see a Superhero standing to the other side.

"Hi. Can you tell me if you've seen a young woman in a costume or Superboy around?"
"Sorry, Robin, right? I haven't seen them."
It's been at least thirty minutes since Conner zoomed out of here, I guess Rose went to help them. I'll have to talk to her about why she didn't help me. Whatever happened to them, I'm sure they can handle themselves. I still need to meet up with Black Canary. Now if I was an incredibly attractive blond female in fishnet stockings, where would I-

WHAT THE HELL!!! Why is the ground shaking?! I don't remember reading about any faultlines under Metropolis in the Batcave.
"EVERYONE TRY TO GET IN A DOOR-"
Before I can even finish my sentence the tremors stop. The children around the room are crying, most are comforted by their mothers or fathers.
That was no normal earthquake, that felt like something hitting the ground HARD. All of the windows have shattered, at least all of the un-reinforced ones have. I need to find Black Canary NOW. I run back to the nurse at the counter.
"Have you at least seen Black Canary?"
"Umm...Yeah, She came in here, but I don't know where she went."
"Thanks, I'll look around."
I rush off. At least I know she is somewhere in the area.

[Franklin Richards]

"Green Lantern. The antidote is prepared. Two delivery systems have also been constructed. The first stage is a solution that will be administered into the water supply of the city. Despite the delution the antidote will be 33.3 percent effective. The next stage will be these 55 air distributors. The distributors will release the antidote in a gaseous state. They must be placed evenly throughout the city at symetrical intervals. The final stage is a series of nanites that we have synthesized. Nanites are microscopic robots that will fight the virus at the cellular level. However, Green Lantern, we do not have an effective delivery system to distribute the nanites systematically throughout the populace."

Lois placed a hand on Hal's shoulder.

"What are you going to do?"

"Don't worry about the nanites. This little piece of jewelry on my hand will be the delivery system."


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[twylight]

He looked at the picture of the blonde woman on the card before looking DInah up and down.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry I..."


Dinah glared.
"You doubt it's me?"

His eyes opened wide.
"No! No, no..it's just the JLA has disbanded and the military cooper-"

Dinah tapped a manicured fingernail against the card.
"Do you see an expiration date on this?"

He shook his head.
"No, Ma'am."

"Good, then tell me where your commanding officer is. And stop calling me 'ma'am'." Dinah said.

"Yes M-, yes. The temporary command is based - " A loud explosion echoed through the walls and the MP's radio crackled to life.

"It's a few blocks over." He said before rushing away. Dinah turned and surveyed the hospital before grabbing a passing Doctor

“Can you give me a quick run down of what’s going on?”

The doctor stopped and turned Dinah drew her hand back noticing the doctors pale face.

“Some kind of a virus…it’s hampering our rescue efforts..” The doctor trailed off before collapsing. Dinah caught him as he fell forward onto her.

She glanced around as several other people did as well. Something was happening..a virus?

She pulled out her cell phone and a needle quickly extracting some blood as she dialed.

“What have you heard about a virus?” She demanded as soon as she heard a familiar ‘click’ on the other end. Dinah walked quickly down the hallway before finding a door marked ‘LAB’ on it and pushing her way in setting up a slide of blood.

“Virus…We’re getting transmissions from the military about some kind of a virus in Metropolis. It’s patchy though very few military personnel got into Metropolis before Zatanna set up a shield around the city.”

Dinah looked trough the microscope, the phone balanced on her shoulder, if people were coming down with it quickly like she’d seen in the waiting room. It was effecting them at different intervals and that meant she could have minutes or hours before it effected her. She stared at the anomalies in the blood.

“What is it?”

“Nothing good. It’s effecting the white blood cells and seems to be feeding off of the decay…” she trailed off as she thought for a moment.

“I’ve got nothing about a cure..though a Green Lantern was picked up over Canada.”

…The fortress….Clark had the antidote, why else would a GL be there. Wonder who it was…she shook her head she didn’t have time for that. She turned around and banged into a table vials of blood flying through the air and shattering all over. She caught herself on the table as her phone fell.

“Hello?”

She tried to lower herself to the floor, misjudging and falling hard. No...she didn’t misjudge…she blinked as white spots appeared in front of her eyes, symptoms of dehydration. Was that one of the symptoms of the virus?

“Are you alright?!”

Ricky…she grabbed for the phone missing it.

“Ricky?” she called.

“You’re gonna be….a..l…r..i..g..”

“..more practice.” Dinah looked up into the smiling face of a young woman about her age. Her strawberry blonde hair curling at her shoulders, a red hood pushed back and baggy around her neck as she reached a red gloved hand out.

“Bea- Red? What are you..?”

“We trained you for this. We gave you everything. You’ll pull through.”

Dinah shook her head and closed her eyes, her face suddenly looking like the 25 years it was.

“No..”

“What?” Ricky asked his voice filtering through the phone.

Dinah opened her eyes suddenly aware of where she was, a hospital lab, blood and broken glass surrounded her on the floor as bright spots danced in front of her eyes. The woman was gone.

~Fa-Dinah…~

Dinah clutched her hands to her ears.

“No….not now..”

~Com’ on girl. Pull yerself t’gether. Ya gotta trust me~ a soft female southern drawl said.

Dinah looked down at the phone as Ricky’s voice filtered through, the call time..had it really been that long? Dinah reached her arm up and pulled herself up from the floor, leaning over the table as pain shot through her chest.

~Stop bein’ so gawd darn stubb’rn~

“Go away Saff. This isn’t your world.”

~Yer still mah friend though~

Dinah moaned as she leaned over the table, the glass crunching under her as she gasped for breath, she slowly slid her hand down to her belt and pulled out a tiny satchel.

“This doesn’t mean anything.”

~Lik’ anythin’ evah did with ya, yer like Mid-~ The southern drawl cut off.

“Don’t-don’t…don’t talk about him.” Dinah gasped as she dumped the single content of the satchel out, it clanged onto the metal table. It shimmered navy blue in the light, it’s jewel tone glowing with internal sparkles. Dinah picked it up, it’s round form cold in her hands and weakly placed it on her finger.

~Bettah, oh sugah ya’ve got a bad case of somethin’~

“Thanks…”
~ One moment~

The air around Dinah shimmered for a second, with a sapphire blue gleam before intensifying and solidifying in a jewel covered halo around her. Dinah gave a few gasped breaths as the pain quickened before dissipating and her sight cleared. She took several breathes.

“Thanks Saff.”

~ Don’t mention it, now about yer friends~

“Yes..find them please, if the virus got me then it must have gotten them.”

~They’ll well in hand Ah took th’ liberty of taken a lil’ information offa one of the Green Lantern’ rings~

Dinah opened the door and rushed down the hallway stopping in the lobby as people displayed the same symptoms she had.

“Saff.” Dinah said simply.

~On it~ The shimmering blue field around Dinah expanded taking in the whole room in a jewel toned shimmering mass, it pulsated with sparkles as it worked healing the people in immediate need.

~There are to many Ah can't do them all at once.~

A drop of sweat appeared on Dinah's forehead.
"Do your best."

~Ah get the feelin' ya don't want the others ta know 'bout me~

"Ah-I don't." Dinah said as she focused.

~25% so far~

"Hurry."

[LibrarianThorne]

He looked down at the scene of destruction. The mountain had shattered as soon as he'd let go, and now the massive remains created a vast dead zone where Elliot's Forest once stood. Craggy boulders sat like tombstones underneath a cloud of dust that rested hazily over the scene. He tried scanning through the mountainous debris, but lead deposits kept him from seeing anything more than a few feet down.

He clenched his teeth. This was the point of no return. He'd just killed another sentient being, and the devastation from his act would be lasting. Around the edges of the debris field, Superman saw the great cracks in the Earth itself.

His shoulders slumped, and he rubbed his forehead. There'd be no way he could justify this to the other members of the League, much less Bruce. He could only hope that his sacrifice, a betrayal of everything he stood for, had saved lives. Somewhere in the back of his mind, though, he knew that killing the Parasite would only make things that much harder for him.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"I honestly do not know." A scan in the direction reveals no information. "No energy discharge, explosive residues, radiological fallout, or chemical contamination. But I am not sure if we can concern ourselves with it now. Let me see your ring Rayner."

A quick flash of yellow light, and it is done. "You should now know everything you need to cure people of the virus. Unfortunately you won't be able to cure more than one at a time, but the hospitals might be able to use their blood to develop a vaccine. At least until Jordan arrives."

"Now, does anyone know where the others are?" I ask the three of them.

"We all got scattered after J'onn and the Parasite took off. You're the first to answer my calls."

[Speedball]

... ~On it~ The shimmering blue field around Dinah expanded taking in the whole room in a jewel toned shimmering mass, it pulsated with sparkles as it worked healing the people in immediate need.

~There are to many Ah can't do them all at once.~

A drop of sweat appeared on Dinah's forehead.
"Do your best."

~Ah get the feelin' ya don't want the others ta know 'bout me~

"Ah-I don't." Dinah said as she focused.

~25% so far~

"Hurry."

I've searched the whole place, and no sign of her.

I ran into a MP in one of the hallways. The virus was beginning to take it's toll on the poor man. I feel so bad being one of the few who aren't affected (or at least not anymore).

He tells me that he just had a conversation with her, and that she headed down the hallway toward the lobby not long ago. I must have missed her, which was kind of weird, maybe I went the opposite way...Whatever, I need to find her. If the virus has gotten this far into the hospital, she might be infected too.
I head back toward the lobby. I see a shimmering blue light through the round window toward the top of the swinging ER doors. I open them and--

"WOAH!"

The room is surrounded by blue light, eminating from B.C. I don't remember this as one of her powers, but then again, She did come back from the dead. Maybe this was something she brought back with her? I look at the people in the room, they look, well...

I can't really explain it, but they look healthy. They must have been cured , even the nurse at the front desk looks better. When I talked to her earlier, she looked like she was about to pass out.

I think I better not bother her, it looks like whatever she's doing is taking a toll on her. Don't wanna screw up something good, now do we?

[twylight]

I've searched the whole place, and no sign of her.

I ran into a MP in one of the hallways. The virus was beginning to take it's toll on the poor man. I feel so bad being one of the few who aren't affected (or at least not anymore).

He tells me that he just had a conversation with her, and that she headed down the hallway toward the lobby not long ago. I must have missed her, which was kind of weird, maybe I went the opposite way...Whatever, I need to find her. If the virus has gotten this far into the hospital, she might be infected too.
I head back toward the lobby. I see a shimmering blue light through the round window toward the top of the swinging ER doors. I open them and--

"WOAH!"

The room is surrounded by blue light, eminating from B.C. I don't remember this as one of her powers, but then again, She did come back from the dead. Maybe this was something she brought back with her? I look at the people in the room, they look, well...

I can't really explain it, but they look healthy. They must have been cured , even the nurse at the front desk looks better. When I talked to her earlier, she looked like she was about to pass out.

I think I better not bother her, it looks like whatever she's doing is taking a toll on her. Don't wanna screw up something good, now do we?



~97% We've got company. Friend a' yours~

"Not now Saffire." Dinah said gasping

~ 100%~ The room shimmered for a moment before the jewel toned blue energy retracetd back into the ring, keeping thin layer over Dinah.

~ Ah thought we train'd ya better than that.~

"All of it Saffire..."

~ It might still be lethal ta ya.~

"At least bring the intensity down, I don't want to have to explain you right now."

The energy seemingly faded from Dinah as she turned and looked at Tim.

"Where are the others and what's the status of the antidote?" She asked quickly as she turned and walked towards the outside door.

[Franklin Richards]

Hal rocketed past Zatanna's field. He entered Metropolis carrying a bundle of gear in an emerald sphere.

"Hal Jordan here. I have the means to stop the virus. I need a team to treat the water supply. I also need a team to distribute these 55 air dispensers evenly throughout the city. Also if all the Green Lanterns and Sinestro will rendezvous with me we can release a series of nanites into the city's atmosphere. I am going to start the nanite treatment now. Contact me as soon as possible. Jordan out."

Hal began spreading nanites in the immediate vicinity with his ring. The microscopic robots already started to seek out the injured and sick.

Am I crazy, or did a mountain just spring up in that forest?


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[Green Lantern]

Nightwing looked away, particularly not wanting to mention his own hallucination, during his time in cardiac arrest.

"I think you and I just experienced what all of Metropolis has been going through. And if that's the case...", Nightwing said, offering a hand. "We need to do everything in our power to prevent it from continuing." When Nightwing said this, Roy's thoughts went in one direction. If its effecting all the heroes helping out.... oh no... DINAH! I am NOT losing her again. Not yet, and not for a long damn time. AND definitely not before Lian sees her. God, I've been away for awhile... Jessie probably hates me. I'll call her when this thing calms down. But first things first.

"Hey Legs, you coming? We'd better check on the one person in this building who has better gams than you did back then."

Roy hauled up the set of stairs and through the door heading in the direction Dinah did when they got there.


"Where are the others and what's the status of the antidote?" She asked quickly as she turned and walked towards the outside door.

And Roy ran smack into her. "Oh thank god. You're alright. Funny you should ask bout an antidote... sounds like the Lanterns are taking care of it. Sinestro saved my ass, and Dick's too. Who'd have put money on that one way back when? Eh? Did it hit you yet?"

[twylight]

Hal rocketed past Zatanna's field. He entered Metropolis carrying a bundle of gear in an emerald sphere.

"Hal Jordan here. I have the means to stop the virus. I need a team to treat the water supply. I also need a team to distribute these 55 air dispensers evenly throughout the city. Also if all the Green Lanterns and Sinestro will rendezvous with me we can release a series of nanites into the city's atmosphere. I am going to start the nanite treatment now. Contact me as soon as possible. Jordan out."

Hal began spreading nanites in the immediate vicinity with his ring. The microscopic robots already started to seek out the injured and sick.

Am I crazy, or did a mountain just spring up in that forest?


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When Nightwing said this, Roy's thoughts went in one direction. If its effecting all the heroes helping out.... oh no... DINAH! I am NOT losing her again. Not yet, and not for a long damn time. AND definitely not before Lian sees her. God, I've been away for awhile... Jessie probably hates me. I'll call her when this thing calms down. But first things first.

"Hey Legs, you coming? We'd better check on the one person in this building who has better gams than you did back then."

Roy hauled up the set of stairs and through the door heading in the direction Dinah did when they got there.


"Where are the others and what's the status of the antidote?" She asked quickly as she turned and walked towards the outside door.

And Roy ran smack into her. "Oh thank god. You're alright. Funny you should ask bout an antidote... sounds like the Lanterns are taking care of it. Sinestro saved my ass, and Dick's too. Who'd have put money on that one way back when? Eh? Did it hit you yet?"


~ He's a handsome one.~

"Not a word."

Roy grabbed her by the shoulders and helped her balence, not that she needed it but the act of him doing it almost made her smile. He had missed her..

"Yes, we've already had it here...Robin...get the Titans together and get to work on the Water works of Metropolis. Dick, Roy get to work on the air dispensers. J'onn make sure Hal get's th - J'onn?" Dinah stopped realizing the absence of J'onn.

"Saff, search for J'onn Jonnz and tell Hal to drop the air dispansers off at the hospital."

~ Yes.~

~ J'onn Jonnz, found He's unconcious and a mite beaten up if ya ask me but he's alive.~

"Take me to him."

Dinah went for the door before stopping and looking at the boys in the room. SHe was so connected to them in one way or another. Roy was like a son and a younger brother, Dick was a friend and Tim..he had so much to learn and so much he'd already learned.

"Let's go boys." she said before turning and racing down the stairs.

[Green Lantern]

~ He's a handsome one.~

"Not a word."

Roy grabbed her by the shoulders and helped her balence, not that she needed it but the act of him doing it almost made her smile. He had missed her..

"Yes, we've already had it here...Robin...get the Titans together and get to work on the Water works of Metropolis. Dick, Roy get to work on the air dispensers. J'onn make sure Hal get's th - J'onn?" Dinah stopped realizing the absence of J'onn.

"Saff, search for J'onn Jonnz and tell Hal to drop the air dispansers off at the hospital."

~ Yes.~

~ J'onn Jonnz, found He's unconcious and a mite beaten up if ya ask me but he's alive.~

"Take me to him."

Dinah went for the door before stopping and looking at the boys in the room. SHe was so connected to them in one way or another. Roy was like a son and a younger brother, Dick was a friend and Tim..he had so much to learn and so much he'd already learned.

"Let's go boys." she said before turning and racing down the stairs.Uh... who's she talkin too? "Dinah, who's Saph? Wait... Carol? Jebus, are all of the geezer's rogues going clean?"

Roy turned back around and followed Dinah back out the building and down the stairs.

[Franklin Richards]

"Dahlin'. I have a message for you from Dinah."

"Roger that. Go ahead."

"Pretty Bird wants ya ta bring the virus gear over to the hospital she's located at."

Hal began to scan the city. Black Canary's emblem appeared above a hospital on the Northeast side.

"On my way. By the way, who is this?"

"A friend, sugah. A friend."

Hal raced to the hospital. He landed near the emergency entrance and deposited the gear near the door.

Hal began distributing more nanites into the air and waited for Dinah.


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[Apprentice]

I hear Kyle's message from my place on the ground where the Parasite dropped me. I struggle to breathe, to stand, to respond, both audibly and telepathically, but.....

Diana hauled herself to her feet, grunting in pain as she rose. Her ebony tresses, matted and soaked with sweat, slumped lifelessly, their dim 'glow' matching the dullness of her usually vibrant eyes. Metropolis was crumbling around her, and she could do nothing. The ninja that had felled her was near...she could almost feel him, slipping from shadow to shadow. Gripping her lasso, she tensed, alert and ready to strike.

And strike she did, twisting and clipping the ninja's jaw with her fist as he leapt at her from behind. As she struck, she simultaneously deflected a desperate lunge from his sword with a gauntlet. He fell, and she effortlessly pressed the flat of the blade against her knee, snapping it neatly in two. She had lost count of the villainous beings she had encountered, and even with her unbeatable stamina, she was beginning to tire.

Life as a princess weakened me far more than I thought.

That was when a distant, pained groan reached her ears. Spinning, she ascended into the air and shot over the rooftops, her swift eyes roving across the area to find...

"J'onn!" She dove towards the fallen Martian kneeling beside him and pulling him gently onto her lap, being sure to support his neck. "J'onn, what happened? Are you okay?"

[twylight]

Uh... who's she talkin too? "Dinah, who's Saph? Wait... Carol? Jebus, are all of the geezer's rogues going clean?"

Roy turned back around and followed Dinah back out the building and down the stairs.



Dinah jogged down the stairs. Darn it..she'd forgotten she was talking aloud.

"No, Saffire is entirely different from Star Sapphire. She's a friend from where I've been."

Dinah pushed through the sagging bodies in the hospital ER entrance and walked out into the bright sunlight. Hal was already there and a large amount of equipment lay on the ground.

"Hal." she said simply.

[wiegeabo]

Hal rocketed past Zatanna's field. He entered Metropolis carrying a bundle of gear in an emerald sphere.

"Hal Jordan here. I have the means to stop the virus. I need a team to treat the water supply. I also need a team to distribute these 55 air dispensers evenly throughout the city. Also if all the Green Lanterns and Sinestro will rendezvous with me we can release a series of nanites into the city's atmosphere. I am going to start the nanite treatment now. Contact me as soon as possible. Jordan out."

Hal began spreading nanites in the immediate vicinity with his ring. The microscopic robots already started to seek out the injured and sick.

Am I crazy, or did a mountain just spring up in that forest?


"Excellent." But, as I am about to rise into the air and bring the others with me, Jordan conveniently arrives at the hospital. And as he does so, the Canary walks out of the hospital to greet him.

"What is the grand plan Jordan?"

[Franklin Richards]

"Good to see ya, Pretty Bird. Sinestro. All the equipment for the water and air stages are here. I'll leave them in your capable hands, Dinah. Sinestro, we've gotta rendezvous with the other Ring Slingers and get these nanites dispersed.

Hal touches Sinestro's ring with his own.

"I've just transfered about a third of the nanites I have to your ring. All we need to do is spread them around the city. They will do the rest."


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[Batman]

Uh... who's she talkin too? "Dinah, who's Saph? Wait... Carol? Jebus, are all of the geezer's rogues going clean?"

Roy turned back around and followed Dinah back out the building and down the stairs.


Dick followed, keeping up as Roy and Dinah rushed out of the building. Yeah... That is kind of getting annoying. What's next? "Mongul: Earth's Savior!"? You can't even tell which side anyone is on anymore!

As they exited, Nightwing shielded his eyes from the sunlight. Usually, He'd be sleeping at this hour, after a long night of work. But looking at the determination on Dinah and Roy's faces, he had a feeling he wasn't going to get the chance for quite awhile longer.

He turned to Roy, as Hal descended from the sky.

"You know, I've never asked them what they do with those rings on their off hours.", Nightwing said with a smirk, trying his best to hide his exhausted state.

[Spike_x1]

He looked down at the scene of destruction. The mountain had shattered as soon as he'd let go, and now the massive remains created a vast dead zone where Elliot's Forest once stood. Craggy boulders sat like tombstones underneath a cloud of dust that rested hazily over the scene. He tried scanning through the mountainous debris, but lead deposits kept him from seeing anything more than a few feet down.

He clenched his teeth. This was the point of no return. He'd just killed another sentient being, and the devastation from his act would be lasting. Around the edges of the debris field, Superman saw the great cracks in the Earth itself.

His shoulders slumped, and he rubbed his forehead. There'd be no way he could justify this to the other members of the League, much less Bruce. He could only hope that his sacrifice, a betrayal of everything he stood for, had saved lives. Somewhere in the back of his mind, though, he knew that killing the Parasite would only make things that much harder for him.Silence filled the air. None of the remaining animals in the area were making any noise, frightened to death in their shelters. The only noise that could be heard for miles was the wind settling the dust and the heavy breathing of a super man.

Another noise began to flow through the trees; a noise so small that only one with Kryptonian ears could make it out. Pebbles were stirring and shaking in the remains of Mount Swan. Then a scream was let loose. It was a monstrous roar of both pain and inhuman rage, not solely aimed at the Man of Steel. It was for the world and everyone beyond.

The boulders and rocks exploded, rocketing into the sky in gigantic arcs, melting from the heat of the air's friction. In the epicenter of the blast stood a being with energy and fury boiling from his body.

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A whisper in Kryptonian tongue escaped Raymond Jones' lips, "Do you think that killing me would have mattered at all, Clark?" A roaring thunder sounded as the Parasite shot himself at Superman. He slashed his claws across his enemy's face, howling his anguish at him. "Have you any idea of what I learned when I killed the Unity?!"

Superman's knuckles struck the Parasite's jaw mercilessly, but monster's attack pressed on. The two flew, passed the speed of sound, out of the forest and straight into a highway overpass that lead back into the city. The concrete and pavement only gave them a slight pause, but it was enough to provoke the Parasite to steer both of them back into the ground, plowing another trench for miles.

Telepathy gleaned from the Martian Manhunter reinforced Jones' words more than speech could ever do, ~None of our actions were our own, Clark! The Unity was using us all from the very beginning! It made us do things, things that never should have been done, and now we're all paying the price! I'm going to finish what I started when I killed it!~

[wiegeabo]

"Good to see ya, Pretty Bird. Sinestro. All the equipment for the water and air stages are here. I'll leave them in your capable hands, Dinah. Sinestro, we've gotta rendezvous with the other Ring Slingers and get these nanites dispersed.

Hal touches Sinestro's ring with his own.

"I've just transfered about a third of the nanites I have to your ring. All we need to do is spread them around the city. They will do the rest."


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"Nanites should be very effective." I scan the nanites in my ring and store their design. One never knows when that may come in useful.

"Other then Rayner here, no other Lanterns have shown up. Although I do not think any others except Stewart are on this world."

I rise high into the air, ready to spread the cure faster then I had been able. That is when I notice a massive amount of mountain and debris covering a vast stretch just outside of the city. And a lone blue-red figure floating over it. That explains the windstorm.

"Does anyone know anything about this?" I say, projecting an image of what I am seeing down to those below. A moment later, a chunk of the mountain explodes and a purple streak collides with the red-blue figure, all projected for the others to see as well. "Not good. We have to move, now, if we are going to be of any help!"

[Franklin Richards]

"It looks like someone may have trumped my iceberg with a mountain. The only one I can think of who has the power to do that is Superman. Maybe J'onn."

Hal walked over to Kyle Rayner and transfered another third of the nanites to his ring.

"You're all set to go, Rookie. The three of us should be able to instigate a successful dispersal pattern. In conjuction with the air and water antidotes we should be able to stop this virus in it's tracks."

Hal floated a few feet above the group.

"Let's go people. Metropolis needs us."

Hal began to fly away. He hesitated for a moment.

"Oh and Nightwing. Two words. Dry Cleaning"

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[twylight]

"Good to see ya, Pretty Bird. Sinestro. All the equipment for the water and air stages are here. I'll leave them in your capable hands, Dinah. Sinestro, we've gotta rendezvous with the other Ring Slingers and get these nanites dispersed.

Hal touches Sinestro's ring with his own.

"I've just transfered about a third of the nanites I have to your ring. All we need to do is spread them around the city. They will do the rest."


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Dinah shook her head.

"You're on your own. I'm not a 'ring-slinger' Hal." She said.

"Other then Rayner here, no other Lanterns have shown up. Although I do not think any others except Stewart are on this world."

~ Fa-Dinah...~

"Stop it.." Dinah gritted her teeth as she spoke lowly.

~ Ah've let you have your fun for nearabouts a year, ya owe me a little exitement.~


Dinah watched as Sinestro projected the scene from above.

"Not good. We have to move, now, if we are going to be of any help!"

Dinah felt a cold feeling go up and down her body and she shivered with the sheer force of what was happening above she was no longer distant from the fight. She watched as the sheer impossibility of a man floating in the air, his red cape behind him as his shoulders slumped forward, the other a purple monster barrelling into him. She felt as if she was suddenly in a dream she could not wake up from.


~ Familiar isn't it?~

Dinah put her chin up as the Green Lanterns flew away.

She turned to Dick and Roy.
"You two treat the water." She brought her index finger up as Roy opened his mouth.

"I may be younger than you now, but do as I say. I'll take the air dispensers."

~ Way ta go girl!~ A flow of sapphire blue energy swept up the air dispensers as Dinah rose into the air, feeling conspicious as she floated in the air over Dick and Roy.

"I'll meet you all back here when your finished. Be careful, there might still be some straglers around." she said refering to the villain army, before she turned and flew over the skyline.

[wiegeabo]

~ Way ta go girl!~ A flow of sapphire blue energy swept up the air dispensers as Dinah rose into the air, feeling conspicious as she floated in the air over Dick and Roy.

"I'll meet you all back here when your finished. Be careful, there might still be some straglers around." she said refering to the villain army, before she turned and flew over the skyline.

Odd, I don't remember her being able to do that? Of course, coming back from the dead can do strange things to people.

I signal Jordan and Rayner. "I'll take this section of city," I point. "Let's rendezvous here when finished, and if necessary, we will tackle Parasite and whoever else still wants to fight together. Agreed?"

[Spider-Man9X17]

"It looks like someone may have trumped my iceberg with a mountain. The only one I can think of who has the power to do that is Superman. Maybe J'onn."

Hal walked over to Kyle Rayner and transfered another third of the nanites to his ring.

"You're all set to go, Rookie. The three of us should be able to instigate a successful dispersal pattern. In conjuction with the air and water antidotes we should be able to stop this virus in it's tracks."

Hal floated a few feet above the group.

"Let's go people. Metropolis needs us."

Hal began to fly away. He hesitated for a moment.

"Oh and Nightwing. Two words. Dry Cleaning"

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"I'M NOT A ROOKIE! I HELPED SAVE YOUR LIFE! I SAVED THE CORP! I'M THE TORCH BEARER FOR GOD'S SAKE!"

Kyle looked around at the astonished heroes.

"Sorry,ummm, I had to get that off my chest. That's more me being mad at the Guardians, anyway. Stupid elves. Shall we?"

Kyle powered up and began his ascent.

[twylight]

~ 53~

"I didn't want it to be like this."

~52, somethings can't be helped~

Dinah flew over the practically decimated city, ignoring the battle sounds in the distance as it rolled like constant thunder over the city. In the streets below things had slowed, sirens of ambulances and police cars rang out but didn't move as their drivers and personnel were overcome with the virus.

"No, I mean, you weren't supposed to be needed. Everything was supposed to be the same."

~ 48. You expected that afta all that's happened to you?~ Saffire continued with her countdown as she planted the air dispensers all over the city.

Dinah bit back tears as they came to her eyes.

"No..I mean..." her voice caught a bit.

"They don't look at me the same, I'm not the same. not even my own body. My memories are all jumbled, I'm like two seperate parts of myself."

Saffires quiet countdown stopped for a moment as silence overwhelmed the two of them.

~Ah am so sorry~

Dinah shook her head.
"Don't be, you had nothing to do with it." she said as anger and sorrow filled her.

~43, No, but Ah-~

"I said stop." Dinah said instating silence between the two as she mentally pushed away Saffire, the ring sighed.

~ 38, Yer just like him in so many ways.~ she commented before silently counting the rest off.

[Speedball]

~ He's a handsome one.~

"Not a word."

Roy grabbed her by the shoulders and helped her balence, not that she needed it but the act of him doing it almost made her smile. He had missed her..

"Yes, we've already had it here...Robin...get the Titans together and get to work on the Water works of Metropolis. Dick, Roy get to work on the air dispensers. J'onn make sure Hal get's th - J'onn?" Dinah stopped realizing the absence of J'onn.

"Saff, search for J'onn Jonnz and tell Hal to drop the air dispansers off at the hospital."

~ Yes.~

~ J'onn Jonnz, found He's unconcious and a mite beaten up if ya ask me but he's alive.~

"Take me to him."

Dinah went for the door before stopping and looking at the boys in the room. SHe was so connected to them in one way or another. Roy was like a son and a younger brother, Dick was a friend and Tim..he had so much to learn and so much he'd already learned.

"Let's go boys." she said before turning and racing down the stairs.

That's great Dinah, but how do I find the Titans.
They both ran off, not even a "see ya in a bit".

I head outside and WOW! That sun is bright. Was I really inside the hospital that long? And there go Dinah, Hal and the crew.
At least Roy and Dick have the antidote needed, or at least I hope they do. No to find the Titans
Hm...

Lets try this, see if it gets the Titans to respond. I pull my communicator out of my belt...

Wait...

Does Rose even have a communicator? Let's see if picked one up before she left.
"To all Titans in the Metropolis vicinity, please rendezvous at my coordinates, we need to get to the Water Works."

No response. I sit on the hospital steps for, oh, I don't know, Fifteen minutes. I get a response, but it's not who I expect.

"Yeah, what?"

"Who is this?"

"Herald, who are you?"

"Robin. Where are you? I thought you worked out of L.A.?"

"I do, but that doesn't matter. Isn't Robin evil? Are you a new one?"

"No, not evil, at least not anymore. How are you going to get here?"Stupid past!

"Getting to people is my speciality." Yes, he says it exactly like Obi-Wan.

A portal opens about 7 feet away from me. On the other side stands Mal Duncan, trumpet in hand. After he passes through, it closes.
"You're shorter than I expected." Another Star Wars reference.

"So what do you need me for?"

"We need to get the antidote of the virus that's going around into the water supply. It dehydrates the body, so the logical choice to get the antidote out and into people is through the water supply."

"Ok, so let's go."

"Right! Hey Roy! Dick! Let's go. I managed to get us some quick transportation. One of you does have the antidote?"

[SuperFerret]

Diana hauled herself to her feet, grunting in pain as she rose. Her ebony tresses, matted and soaked with sweat, slumped lifelessly, their dim 'glow' matching the dullness of her usually vibrant eyes. Metropolis was crumbling around her, and she could do nothing. The ninja that had felled her was near...she could almost feel him, slipping from shadow to shadow. Gripping her lasso, she tensed, alert and ready to strike.

And strike she did, twisting and clipping the ninja's jaw with her fist as he leapt at her from behind. As she struck, she simultaneously deflected a desperate lunge from his sword with a gauntlet. He fell, and she effortlessly pressed the flat of the blade against her knee, snapping it neatly in two. She had lost count of the villainous beings she had encountered, and even with her unbeatable stamina, she was beginning to tire.

Life as a princess weakened me far more than I thought.

That was when a distant, pained groan reached her ears. Spinning, she ascended into the air and shot over the rooftops, her swift eyes roving across the area to find...

"J'onn!" She dove towards the fallen Martian kneeling beside him and pulling him gently onto her lap, being sure to support his neck. "J'onn, what happened? Are you okay?"

I awake, my vision blurry, and I hear a familiar voice as though through water.

"J'onn, what happened? Are you okay?"

Diana.

I sit up, shaking my head to clear it.

"I..." I begin, "I'll survive."

"Where are the others?"

[Apprentice]

Relief surged through Diana as J'onn awoke, groggily informing her of his state and asking about the status of the others. The Amazonian princess' face darkened at the sudden realisation that she hadn't made contact with her friends since being separated from Hal during the Maxima incident. She began to massage her temple in a vain attempt to soothe her throbbing head.

"I don't know," she admitted. "The last person I saw was Hal, and we were separated whilst we fought Barrage and Maxima. It's good to see you all again, but under such circumstances..." She paused to brace J'onn with an arm around his shoulders and motioned for him to stand with her. "Can you use your telepathy to find the others? We should link up with anyone else we can and form a united front."

[SuperFerret]

Relief surged through Diana as J'onn awoke, groggily informing her of his state and asking about the status of the others. The Amazonian princess' face darkened at the sudden realisation that she hadn't made contact with her friends since being separated from Hal during the Maxima incident. She began to massage her temple in a vain attempt to soothe her throbbing head.

"I don't know," she admitted. "The last person I saw was Hal, and we were separated whilst we fought Barrage and Maxima. It's good to see you all again, but under such circumstances..." She paused to brace J'onn with an arm around his shoulders and motioned for him to stand with her. "Can you use your telepathy to find the others? We should link up with anyone else we can and form a united front."

"My telepathy is... muted... at the moment, resulting from my battle with the Parasite. I will most likely need to rest before I am at my full potential, but given our current situation, rest will have to wait."

Once we are both on our feet, I make an attempt to levitate off the ground. I do, which fills me with relief, I can still fly.

"If we are to find the others, I think the most reasonable place to start is the hospital. The last time I saw the others, they were searching for the sick and bringing them there."

[Green Lantern]

Dinah shook her head.

"You're on your own. I'm not a 'ring-slinger' Hal." She said.

"Other then Rayner here, no other Lanterns have shown up. Although I do not think any others except Stewart are on this world."

~ Fa-Dinah...~

"Stop it.." Dinah gritted her teeth as she spoke lowly.

~ Ah've let you have your fun for nearabouts a year, ya owe me a little exitement.~


Dinah watched as Sinestro projected the scene from above.

"Not good. We have to move, now, if we are going to be of any help!"

Dinah felt a cold feeling go up and down her body and she shivered with the sheer force of what was happening above she was no longer distant from the fight. She watched as the sheer impossibility of a man floating in the air, his red cape behind him as his shoulders slumped forward, the other a purple monster barrelling into him. She felt as if she was suddenly in a dream she could not wake up from.


~ Familiar isn't it?~

Dinah put her chin up as the Green Lanterns flew away.

She turned to Dick and Roy.
"You two treat the water." She brought her index finger up as Roy opened his mouth.

"I may be younger than you now, but do as I say. I'll take the air dispensers."

~ Way ta go girl!~ A flow of sapphire blue energy swept up the air dispensers as Dinah rose into the air, feeling conspicious as she floated in the air over Dick and Roy.

"I'll meet you all back here when your finished. Be careful, there might still be some straglers around." she said refering to the villain army, before she turned and flew over the skyline."You know, I've never asked them what they do with those rings on their off hours."

"From what Ollie has told me some of the stuff Hal's done with that ring makes the Green Arrow series of pornos look tame. And I'm talkin the Vixen one and the Dinah ones... I don't wanna see any of Hal's work..."


"Right! Hey Roy! Dick! Let's go. I managed to get us some quick transportation. One of you does have the antidote?"

"Mal? Hey man, long time no see. Hey you still able to ferry people around? We could use a quick trip to the waste water treatment plant."

[trustyside-kick]

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Jason Todd- 'Old faces'
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"Witnesses say that Booster Gold was rushed to a hospital in Star City where he was immediately rushed into the emergency room. Witnesses also say that the man who dropped him off appeared to be the villain Sinestro. Whether or not Sinestro was involved in Booster Gold's injuries has yet to be revealed. He appeared to have a few broken bones and cut marks on his hand and other parts of his body. Some witnesses believe that Sinestro did not injure Booster Gold for the fact that he brought him into the hospital; not exactly a trait of a villain. Has Sinestro turned sides? Not enough information to back that idea up just like there is not enough information about this case with the hero Booster Gold."

Paulie looks back at Jason.

"Y-y-you did that to Booster? You beat the living **** outta him man!"

"He had it coming. You don't run around playing hero if you don't got what it takes."

Paulie just stares at me...can't say I wasn't uncomfortable. He has never looked at me this way. I know Paulie doesn't exactly know me but how could he judge me like that?

"You pratically killed the guy..."

"Yea well now you know I will have your protection well in hand incase Task finds out you squealed."

There he goes again...giving me that uncomfortable stare. My god...what am I becoming? I never thought Paulie of all people would look at me like some villain. I know I said he is a saint compared to some of the other people in the underworld but he still ain't a saint. Paulie does have a backbone of his own you know.

"Okay."

"Alright, perfect. So I will provide you with protection and power while you provide me with information and equipment. Sound good?"

Paulie looks off to the side.

"Paulie, you awake? I said sound good?"

"Huh? Oh--yea--sure."

I don't get it. I've wacked a trillion of guys before and all of a sudden this one makes me bad? I've spilt blood after blood and now he finally has some kind of a problem with it? BOOSTER GOLD WAS A FRAUD.

"Come on man...cheer up! It will be like old times. You got nothing to worry about."

"Yea...except for your temper..."

"What?"

"Nothing...You said I had some stuff you would still want to use right? Are you sure? I mean they won't do much to him you know."

"Well I will need them for before I go after him anyway. Plus, you are wrong...they will be useful for him. Believe me."

Paulie smirks a bit. That's what I'm talking about. That is the Paulie I know. Time to get to business.

"Okay, so what's the information on his shipment...or is it shipments?"

"Shipments...3 of them. They will most likely all be heavily guarded. I am guessing you are going to want Big Bertha huh?"

"Actually, I want to save her for later. Besides, if Task has become as big and bad as you say he has...I am sure he would probably get a little overconfident and cocky. Not saying he will just leave everything un-guarded...but I doubt I would have needed Big Bertha for this anyway. The rest of the stuff still in the back? Or have you actually decided to be smarter and less obvious?"

"JT, prepared to be amazed. Business has been good lately."

I expect for Paulie just to walk to the back and just have a crapload of more arsenal than usual. Instead, he walks over to some painting and presses some button on the side of it. What do I see? Half of the entire room rotates and re-shapes. To my left I see nothing but arsenal.

"I like what you've done with the place."

"You have no idea." Jason's dialouge
Jason's thoughts
Paulie's dialogue
Narration

Jason Todd- 'Old faces'
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The word arsenal appears in various forms in Romanic languages, i.e. Italian arzanale, Spanish arsenal, etc.; Italian also has arzana and darsena, and Spanish a longer form atarazanal. The word is of Arabic origin, being a corruption of daras-sina'ah, house of trade or manufacture, dar, house, al, the, and sina'ah, trade, manufacture. Such guesses as arx navalis, naval citadel, arx senatus, have been discounted.

Enlarge Cannons and mortars of Napoleon's Army exhibited along the wall of the Kremlin Arsenal. For the rest of Early Modern Europe, the Arsenal was the Venetian Arsenal. A first-class arsenal, which can renew the materiel and equipment of a large army, embraces a gun factory, carriage factory, laboratory and small-arms ammunition factory, small-arms factory, harness, saddlery and tent factories, and a powder factory; in addition it must possess great store-houses. Paulie practially fit all of that in his backroom of the Gotham Gentlemen's Club. He was right, I did have no idea.

"Let's see what we go here...Anti-tank rifles."

"Yup."

"Designed to penetrate the armour of vehicles, mainly tanks. You know the usefulness of rifles for this purpose ran from the introduction of tanks into WWII? And they were rendered obsolete. So what use do I have of this Paulie? Vehicle armour eventually became too thick to be penetrated by rigid projectiles from rifles that could be carried by a single soldier, and anti-tank rifles were replaced with shaped charge weapons."

"Well lucky for me...my other clients aren't as educated in guns as you are. You always fascinate me with that knowledge of yours JT."

"Yea well let's hope Big Bertha won't be the only thing I end up taking from your collection."

"Yea but you forget the fact that you might need some of my stuff to use against Task if he becomes aware of our plans."

"If he becomes aware? Oh...he is going to become aware all right. I am going to walk up to him and tell him what we are doing and then I'm going to kill him. Savvy?"

"Always the jokester JT."

"Who said I was joking?"

I smirk a little bit. Although...I am going to eventually approach Task...and then he is going to pay for what he has done.

"Fine...I'll take an anti-tank rifle. Gimme a good deal on the rounds though. I'll wire you the money when I can."

"No need to JT. If you are going to take down Task eventually like you say you will...that is payment enough. I hate that scum."

"Well then...let's continue shall we? Okay let's see...ah...you got a few recoilless rifles here I see."

"That is what those were? Heh, I'm lucky you are here to tell me that. I was sweating when thinking of what I was going to tell my other buyers. So you want a few?"

"Yea, gimme two of those and a few rounds...and oh...how could I forget. PLEASE tell me you have the crates."

"Oh yea...I always have the crates. But you sure you wanna waste them on Task and his men?"

"Nah, that will be for Big Blue."

Paulie gives me a wierd look like if I were dumb. Of course anyone would give me that look. But no one knows what is going on in this mind of mine...sometimes I surprise myself too...deception is a powerful agent; that is how Bruce says it. Boy will Big Blue be decieved.

"Don't worry about it...have I ever been wrong about a hit? Have I ever planned my options and scenarios poorly?"

Paulie's face restores to his smile he had before. I know what I'm doing.

"Allright...let's wrap this up so I can make preparations and plan out this job. Just gimme some of those semi-automatics and automatics and a few of those flashbangs and grenades and we will call it a night."

"If you want you can stay here JT. That way you can have plenty of workspace and all and not have to worry about being interrupted. I got no more deals for the night. Plus, perhaps you could find some more use for my other stuff here. Heck, with all this at your disposal you could plan the Task shipment and Superman hit in one night and be fully prepared."

Jason sits down on the couch.

"Thanks Paulie...for letting me stay and all...and I'll take your other idea under consideration...but I wanna make sure Task gets hurt...professionally, emotionally, and physically. Not sure if I will have time to plan both hits now."

Jason smirks a bit.

[Speedball]

"You know, I've never asked them what they do with those rings on their off hours."

"From what Ollie has told me some of the stuff Hal's done with that ring makes the Green Arrow series of pornos look tame. And I'm talkin the Vixen one and the Dinah ones... I don't wanna see any of Hal's work..."


"Right! Hey Roy! Dick! Let's go. I managed to get us some quick transportation. One of you does have the antidote?"

"Mal? Hey man, long time no see. Hey you still able to ferry people around? We could use a quick trip to the waste water treatment plant."


"Hey Roy. Hey Dick. Yep, that's what I'm here for."

He puts his trumpet to his lips and opens up a portal to the water treatment plant. That's one useful power. It seems even better than flying...
NAH! Nothings better than flying.

"Do you want me to go with you guys? I've kind of got to get back to L.A."

"Wait! You need to be cured before you leave. Would one of you do the honors please?"

[Batman]

"Hey Roy. Hey Dick. Yep, that's what I'm here for."

He puts his trumpet to his lips and opens up a portal to the water treatment plant. That's one useful power. It seems even better than flying...
NAH! Nothings better than flying.

"Do you want me to go with you guys? I've kind of got to get back to L.A."

"Wait! You need to be cured before you leave. Would one of you do the honors please?"



Nightwing shook his head.

"Don't worry about it, Mal. You don't have any of the symptoms... You're not sweating, having a heart attack, or imagining your worst enemy in a field of graves with everyone you knew and loved printed on them. You're fine.", He said, before turning to Tim and Roy. "Well Maid Merrian and Tiny Tim... ready to save the world again?", Nightwing said, with another smirk.

He then paused, and turned to Roy.

"Don't even comment on the fact that my last statement rhymed.", Dick said, with a more serious look.

[Speedball]

Nightwing shook his head.

"Don't worry about it, Mal. You don't have any of the symptoms... You're not sweating, having a heart attack, or imagining your worst enemy in a field of graves with everyone you knew and loved printed on them. You're fine.", He said, before turning to Tim and Roy. "Well Maid Merrian and Tiny Tim... ready to save the world again?", Nightwing said, with another smirk.

He then paused, and turned to Roy.

"Don't even comment on the fact that my last statement rhymed.", Dick said, with a more serious look.

"I'll hold the portal open back here until the three of you are through, then I'll head home. Good Luck."

"Thanks Mal."

I step through the portal to the Plant. It's deserted, but something feels...off. It's too quiet, even through the hum of machinery, it's WAY too quiet.

[Green Lantern]

Nightwing shook his head.

"Don't worry about it, Mal. You don't have any of the symptoms... You're not sweating, having a heart attack, or imagining your worst enemy in a field of graves with everyone you knew and loved printed on them. You're fine.", He said, before turning to Tim and Roy. "Well Maid Merrian and Tiny Tim... ready to save the world again?", Nightwing said, with another smirk.

He then paused, and turned to Roy.

"Don't even comment on the fact that my last statement rhymed.", Dick said, with a more serious look."Better to be the hot fox, than to be the funky rhyming rooster. Hats off to you, Mr. Alan-A-Dale."
"I'll hold the portal open back here until the three of you are through, then I'll head home. Good Luck."

"Thanks Mal."

I step through the portal to the Plant. It's deserted, but something feels...off. It's too quiet, even through the hum of machinery, it's WAY too quiet.

"...man, I haven't heard silence this awkward since the last time Dinah caught Ollie cheating on her..."

[Batman]

"...man, I haven't heard silence this awkward since the last time Dinah caught Ollie cheating on her..."



"And I haven't heard it since the last time you and Donna were in the same bedroom."

[Speedball]

Roy and Dick step through, and find the silence very creepy as well.
I wave to Mal as the portal closes behind us.

"And I haven't heard it since the last time you and Donna were in the same bedroom."

"OHH!!! OWNED!"
Did I just say owned? I need to lay off of the Warcraft.

"So...Where to now?"

[Green Lantern]

"And I haven't heard it since the last time you and Donna were in the same bedroom.""...and when is the last time you had an Amazonian goddess share YOUR bed?"

[Batman]

"...and when is the last time you had an Amazonian goddess share YOUR bed?"

"Actually... me and Donna sorta got friendly at one point, and... well I'll save the details for another time."

"So...Where to now?"


"Straight ahead. We need to find someplace to hook these bad boys up...", Nightwing said, walking forward.

[Speedball]

"...and when is the last time you had an Amazonian goddess share YOUR bed?"

"Last night, you?"

[Green Lantern]

"Actually... me and Donna sorta got friendly at one point, and... well I'll save the details for another time."



"Straight ahead. We need to find someplace to hook these bad boys up...", Nightwing said, walking forward."Remember, I told you we laughed at the proficiency of your use of your 'wing dings' She said that her lasso pleasured her better than you."


"Last night, you?""You have no room to talk, bird boy. You're emulating a guy that ran around in hot pants, and pixie boots. Granted, it appears you have better fashion sense, but bad tastes in legacies to follow... Mia, on the other hand..."

[Batman]

"Remember, I told you we laughed at the proficiency of your use of your 'wing dings' She said that her lasso pleasured her better than you."


"That's odd, considering you just asked me when the last time I had an amazonian goddess in my bed was. As if you didn't know it happened at all.", Nightwing said, looking around for any pipes that could be used to aid them in activating the generators.

[Speedball]

"You have no room to talk, bird boy. You're emulating a guy that ran around in hot pants, and pixie boots. Granted, it appears you have better fashion sense, but bad tastes in legacies to follow... Mia, on the other hand..."

"When I took the "oath", I told Bruce that I refuse to even look at the hotpants and pixie boots. C'mon Dick, who desingned that costume? Elton John?

"Straight ahead. We need to find someplace to hook these bad boys up...", Nightwing said, walking forward.

"Good. But why is this place abandoned? Shouldn't there at least be some security around here?"

[Batman]

"When I took the "oath", I told Bruce that I refuse to even look at the hotpants and pixie boots. C'mon Dick, who desingned that costume? Elton John?



"I seem to recall you having little trouble wearing it when you first became Robin."

"Good. But why is this place abandoned? Shouldn't there at least be some security around here?"

"During a city-wide crisis, it's doubtful."

[Green Lantern]

"That's odd, considering you just asked me when the last time I had an amazonian goddess in my bed was. As if you didn't know it happened at all.", Nightwing said, looking around for any pipes that could be used to aid them in activating the generators."It was when you were 14, and we were on a break, remember? Thats what ten years ago?"

As Roy walked looking for the water main, he started humming and then started singing.

"Robin Hood and Little John
Walkin' through the forest
Laughin' back and forth
At what the other'ne has to say
Reminiscin', This-'n'-thattin'
Havin' such a good time
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day

Never ever thinkin' there was danger in the water
They were drinkin', they just guzzled it down
Never dreamin' that a schemin' sherrif and his posse
Was a-watchin' them an' gatherin' around

Robin Hood and Little John
Runnin' through the forest
Jumpin' fences, dodgin' trees
An' tryin' to get away
Contemplatin' nothin'
But escape an' fin'lly makin' it
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day"

[Batman]

"It was when you were 14, and we were on a break, remember? Thats what ten years ago?"

As Roy walked looking for the water main, he started humming and then started singing.

"Robin Hood and Little John
Walkin' through the forest
Laughin' back and forth
At what the other'ne has to say
Reminiscin', This-'n'-thattin'
Havin' such a good time
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day

Never ever thinkin' there was danger in the water
They were drinkin', they just guzzled it down
Never dreamin' that a schemin' sherrif and his posse
Was a-watchin' them an' gatherin' around

Robin Hood and Little John
Runnin' through the forest
Jumpin' fences, dodgin' trees
An' tryin' to get away
Contemplatin' nothin'
But escape an' fin'lly makin' it
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day
Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day"

Dick finally turned to Roy, annoyed.

"You got any shutting Roy's face arrows in that quiver of yours? God knows you have every other kind in existence..."

[Green Lantern]

Dick finally turned to Roy, annoyed.

"You got any shutting Roy's face arrows in that quiver of yours? God knows you have every other kind in existence...""Nah, Ollie tried to make one, years ago... but it never worked quite right.

Every town
Has its ups and down
Sometime ups
Outnumber the downs

But not in Nottingham
I'm inclined to believe
If we were so down
We'd up and leave

We'd up and fly if we had wings for flyin'
Can't you see the tears we're cryin'?
Can't there be some happiness for me?
Not in Nottingham"

[Speedball]

I get a little ahead of the other two. Hearing them bicker is kind of relieving actually. To know that even during a time of a chaos, two of the bravest people on the face of planet can have a sense of humor, is quite amazing.

Now where is that wa...
It's funny that once you begin thinking about something you're looking for, you find it.
"FOUND IT!"

[Batman]

"Nah, Ollie tried to make one, years ago... but it never worked quite right.

Every town
Has its ups and down
Sometime ups
Outnumber the downs

But not in Nottingham
I'm inclined to believe
If we were so down
We'd up and leave

We'd up and fly if we had wings for flyin'
Can't you see the tears we're cryin'?
Can't there be some happiness for me?
Not in Nottingham"

Dick grimaced.

"Jesus, then at least hand me an earplug arrow before you sing again..."

[Green Lantern]

Dick grimaced.

"Jesus, then at least hand me an earplug arrow before you sing again...""Oh fine ol' Bushel Briches... just remember, faint hearts never won fair ladies."

"FOUND IT!"

Roy ran to where Tim was standing. "Good lets get this cranked up so we can go watch the action."

[Franklin Richards]

"Ring Slingers. 50 percent of my sector has been saturated with nanites. What's your status?"


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[Batman]

"Oh fine ol' Bushel Briches... just remember, faint hearts never won fair ladies."

"FOUND IT!"

Roy ran to where Tim was standing. "Good lets get this cranked up so we can go watch the action."


"I hear ya. Hey, we should get Kyle to morph us up some popcorn, while I'm thinking about it...", Nightwing said, stepping forward with his generator, latching it onto the pipe. Securing it, Nightwing pointed towards the other one.

"Get yours on there and we should be ready to head out."

[Green Lantern]

Roy went to the other main and twisted his antidote generator onto it. He twisted and could hear the sound of running water. "Alrighty guys, lets go veiw the fireworks show, eh?"

[wiegeabo]

"Ring Slingers. 50 percent of my sector has been saturated with nanites. What's your status?"


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"53 percent, Jordan. You seem to be falling behind."

No matter what side I find myself on, taunting Jordan is always...fun.

[Spider-Man9X17]

"53 percent, Jordan. You seem to be falling behind."

No matter what side I find myself on, taunting Jordan is always...fun.

"60 percent. You both suck, old men," Kyle goaded gleefully.

[wiegeabo]

"60 percent. You both suck, old men," Kyle goaded gleefully.

I pass over a full hospital, spending a few extra seconds to ensure the nanites are throughly entrenched.

"62 percent. This 'old man' is going to show you how it should be done, 'Rookie'."

[Spider-Man9X17]

I pass over a full hospital, spending a few extra seconds to ensure the nanites are throughly entrenched.

"62 percent. This 'old man' is going to show you how it should be done, 'Rookie'."

Oh, now it was on. Sinestro had called him out, Kyle was going to deliver.

He floated over a packed fallout shelter. Standing room only. He bathed the building in a light green glow, giving it several second to soak in before retracting it.

"And that gives me 75 percent. If you boys want, I can pick up some of your load when I'm done."

Some might have seen this displaying of joking and horsing around as bad taste, especially considering the situation. For Kyle, it was the only way to get through these tragedies without going completely insane.

[Franklin Richards]

"Not necessary. 95 percent. Not bad for a fossil eh?"


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[Green Lantern]

"Not necessary. 95 percent. Not bad for a fossil eh?"


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[Franklin Richards]

"Wow. And all you two had to do was stay in one place. Nice."

Kids.


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[Green Lantern]

"Wow. And all you two had to do was stay in one place. Nice."

Kids.


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Fogies.

[wiegeabo]

Oh, now it was on. Sinestro had called him out, Kyle was going to deliver.

He floated over a packed fallout shelter. Standing room only. He bathed the building in a light green glow, giving it several second to soak in before retracting it.

"And that gives me 75 percent. If you boys want, I can pick up some of your load when I'm done."

Some might have seen this displaying of joking and horsing around as bad taste, especially considering the situation. For Kyle, it was the only way to get through these tragedies without going completely insane.

Good, he can learn. "I was once one of the greatest trainers in the Corp," I say to Rayner, "Perhaps even greater the Kilowog. Once we finish, I'll be more than happy to show you a few things."

"Oh, by the way, 82 percent."

"Not necessary. 95 percent. Not bad for a fossil eh?"

Dammit! But I am not really angry, I actually smile. A real challenge. "Don't not rest on your laurels, Jordan. I will surpass you soon enough."

"Hey Sinatra! Dick and I have you all beat. Ours is ALL dispersed. Anyone drinking water will be cured now."

"It took the three of you long enough. Especially for such a simple task."

[Spider-Man9X17]

"Done! Amatuers."

[wiegeabo]

"Done! Amatuers."

I float over my section of the city, arms crossed, a very pleased smile on my face.

"It is about time."

[Franklin Richards]

"Nice work, Rook. Nice work, Sinestro. Looks like I'm buyin' the first round."

I know he doesn't like it when I call him that. But it sure is fun.


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[Batman]

"It took the three of you long enough. Especially for such a simple task."

Dick immediatley grew something he hadn't in quite some time: Angry.

"Yeah, criticising us for a job already done is going to do alot of good, Sinestro.", Nightwing responded, his anger apparent in his voice. "Not all of us have your goddamned resources. Some of us have a hard time doing some of your 'simple' tasks. So back the hell off.", He finished.

Nightwing stopped. What the hell was he doing? Sinestro had proven himself to be a hero already, time and time again apparentally. Sure, Sinestro's comment was uncalled for. But so was his.

"I...", He blurted out, before sighing to himself. The situation with Bludhaven was pounding at him more and more by the moments. "I... Sorry. That was uncalled for.", He said, looking away from his teammates in shame.

He was already taking this way too seriously.

[Green Lantern]

Roy turned off his communicator for a second.

"Way to get on Pinky's nerves man... You realize he could vaporize us with a THOUGHT, right? Then again common sense was never your strong suit."

[twylight]

~ 0, Chatter folk ain't they?~

"They're the best Saff." Dinah tilted her head as she heard Roy's voice singing the more than familier Disney song. She shook her head, remembering rainy days watching it.

"If only the Teen Titans back then knew.." she said a smile playing on her face.

~ Knew what?~

"Nothing..just a memory." Dinah said alighting down on the Water Plant and walking through the side door, she spied the boys on the main platform and was silent as Dick snapped back at Sinestro.

~Intense~

Dinah shook her head, normally she'd rake in to him but what right did she have? Everyone was entitled to a breakdown, some more wrongly than others. The memory of Harley Quinns blood on her hands coiled in her mind ready to spring. No, Dick was understandably stressed and to have a powered ex-villain belittle him like that was even more than a man like Dick could handle to some point.
She took a breathe and called across to them in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"I have to agree with Dick on the earplugs Roy, and remind me not to invite you to Karaoke night."