Justice League: Watched Tower

[Black Canary]

Black Canary: Everyone in the world knows about the Watch Tower. The Watch Tower is the command center, resource
station, base, training facility, and hub for the Justice League.
It has it's own dedicated support staff that runs the basic operations and supports the Justice League.

Solar Corridors - The large solar panels on either side of the sattelite that provide the main source of energy for the Tower. With corridors down the middle of them to allow people to manually adjust the solar panels or take space walks to specific sections of the panels to make repairs.

It features 32 floors. (from top to bottom)
Communications Array - The top 3 floors are attenae, sattelite dishes, and a long range space telescope. as well as the encrypted networ to communicate with the Justice League Earpieces.
Observation Deck - a large glass enclosed roome that allows spectacular views of earth and the rest of our solar system.
Control Room and Monitor Womb - 3 floors of communications, auxillary controls for engineering, and access to The BRAIN. There is a monitor room that constantly streams updates and information for all to see.
Hall of Justice - The large meeting room for all matters of discussion and council for the leage to take place in. It also has serperate rooms for private councils, and meeting rooms. It also has the grand hall for welcoming guests that come up from the Teleporation and Shuttle Bay Floors.
Shuttle bay - a floor that allows access to docking ports for incoming shuttles. It also houses the Javelins and other spacecraft the League uses.
Teleportation - a floor that seperately houses the teleportation equipment and main teleportation pads. There are two auxilarrly teleportation pads hooked up to this floor. One in the Control Room and one in Engineering.
The BRAIN - 3 floors that house a series of servers that processes and monitors all of the worlds crime and news databases as well as the Justice League's own secure database, using the communications array to pinpoint crimes in progress to aid the Justice league in their investigations.
Reserach and Medical Labs - a Floor that houses both the medical labs/hospital of the Justice League as well as labs for research and analysis.
Armory - a floor which houses all of the weapons of the watch tower.
Gymnasium/Sauna/Pool - a series of gymnasiums, fitness rooms, Pool, and saunas for the heroes to exercise and train.
Training - A floor of combat rooms, simulators, and obstical courses for the heroes to train in.
Cafeteria and Recreation - A floor that houses the cafeteria as well lots spaces to relax talk, and play games.
Living Quarters - 8 floors of personal rooms for personal and the league to live in when they are at the watch tower. The top floor is reserved for guests.
Security - a highly secure floor that cannot be accessed by teleportation which houses a security team, and a series of high security prision cells designed to hold the most dangerous people in the universe.
Engineering - the last floor before Systems It houses the systems and controls for all of station's engineering and systems.
Systems - 4 floors which make up guts of the Watch tower, the turbines, engines, air systems, waste processing, and water systems.

There are stairways that run from to bottom. the only ones not connected and need to be entered by seperate doors are from the communicatons array to the observation deck and engineering to the Systems floors.
Main Elevators - 3 main elevators that take people from Observation Deck down to Security.
Engineering elevators - 2 elevators from Engineering to the Systems floors.

The Watch Tower hovers over the earth monitoring all the crime and international crisises all over the world. Everything was about as one expected, everythign you see on the news and a lot more that often goes unnoticed. With no warning, red lights flash and alerts appear on every screen, 'Alpha Alert'.
An 'Alpha Alert' has never been reported before. A crisis that requires all heroes to report to the Watchtower. The Control Rooms, BRAIN, and telporter systems syncrhonize to track all of the heroes and start beaming them all onto the Watch Tower. Announcements to go the Hall of Justice are heard over the loud speakers, along with messages for the Watch Tower staff to report to their stations.
It isn't clear yet what is triggering the Alpha Alert, but apparently the system would debrief everyone in the Hall of Justice.

Green Lantern: Rolling his head and cracking his neck, Hal lifted his head up off of the couch and looked around. "What...
is... that... BEEPING!?" Another groan slipped out as he started slapping his hand around his pockets before he ended up
rolling off of the couch, 'WHOA!" and onto the floor. A loud thud shot through the room as his body hit the floor and another
groan came from the man. Finally reaching into his jacket pocket, Hal pulled out the card and stared at it. "Oh... that...."
Inhaling deeply, he pushed himself up from the floor and wiped the sleep from his eyes. *Four hours of sleep... after a twenty
four hour day... and I might be headed for another one. Wonderful...* Yawning, the Ring on his middle right finger glowed
brightly and a line of green, glowing energy surrounded his the tip of his head and shot down, covering him in his Green Lantern
uniform. *I need coffee.* He gave a shake of his head and darted out of his apartment, surrounding in a field of energy that let
him -
Green Lantern: both phase through the ceiling as well as keep him invisible from sight. The trip up to the Watchtower was
made quickly, but as he made his wya to the command deck, the Lantern also had a quick detour by the cafeteria from a
pick-me-up cup of java. The doors slid open as he walked in, taking a long sip of the drink while his gaze flicked around,
"Alright, so what's the big emergency? Alien ship appearing? Terrorists holding up the Federal Reserve? That Luthor guy that's
always on T.V. found a way to make his hair grow back?"

Oracle: Fall in Gotham always seemed more eerie than anywhere else. The orange Christmas lights rimming windows and
porches, pumpkins set out and jack-o-lanterns aglow, Halloween decor starting up already as fall settled in. Barbara had left
the window cracked to let in the chilly air and sat in her chair at the counter, sipping from her tea as it warmed her under her
hoodie. The taste of the honey she’d added flavored each sip and she leaned back as she enjoyed it. This time of the year
always brought out more crime, the rates exponentially higher than the rest of the year, especially near the full moon of the
month. Yet, tonight she wasn’t soley stuck with the chatter and crackle of the scanner. It had been decently quiet tonight, a
couple of muggings and a break in or two, all well handled. However, in mid-sip, it all changed.
Oracle: The Batcomputer screamed loudly at her from across the studio-like apartment in the clock tower. Her blue eyes
snapped to the set up of eight monitors lined up, red flashing as the alert went off continuously. Oracle made her way to the
desk and sifted her eyes through the information. An alert, not just any alert, it was from the Brain, the Justice League’s Watch
Tower computer. Really, she wasn’t supposed to have access, she wasn’t affiliated with the Justice League in any other way
than that her mentor was a part of it. But Barbara had always been too inquisitve for her own good, and the things Batman dealt
with involving the Justice League could lead him to great danger. She didn’t want to miss a second if something happened and
he went missing, or worse.
Oracle: She slipped her feed to the Brain on screen and connected herself to a situation that may or may not require her
assistance.(e)

Wonder Woman: Diana's head perked up, her eyes opening. She hadn't been sleeping, but meditating, praying to the
Goddesses and the Lord of Olympus. Something had felt... off... the last few days. She had been hiding it from everyone,
Dinah, Donna, Hal... She felt guilty doing that, but something told her this wasn't to be shared. Never the less, the feeling was
to be left alone for the time being as something more important required her attention, and the attention of everyone else.
Hopefully the meeting would pick up quick enough Hal wouldn't be able to ask why she had been avoiding him. The
teleportation technology still made her feel a little sick, but seeing as she was still not entirely convinced she was fully space
safe, it seemed like the best idea. The dizzying tingles hit her body and she felt reality shift and in a few short seconds she
was aboard the Watchtower. All around her alarms blared and lights flashed, people quickly walked, not ran, from terminal to
terminal, and Diana headed
Wonder Woman: straight for the central Hall for her debriefing. An alert of this magnitude had never been called before, and
given some of the things they had dealt with, that said a lot. -e-

The large display screens turned from showing the Watch Tower default screen to a recording. It showed an outside view of the Watchtower. A voice could be heard.
"Hello Justice league." said a familiar voice to some. "To all of the diffent ilks of heroes, researchers, staff, and janitors. I wanted to give you a courtesy announcement! I am the Riddler. And you are all part of a new game. The Watchtower's systems are mine. It took me awhile to get pass all your security systems, but with my genius, it was mere child's play. You will find that all of the security systems have been turned on. What does that mean? It means every floor is locked off from the others and the Elevators are shutdown. You can use the stairs, but the doors leading from them require you to answer a riddle.
Note, if you can phase through walls or leave the watch station, that's against the rules! The weapons array on the watchtower has been activated without the saftey proticals. So you will be fired upon and if it misses you it will hit the Watch Tower and could kill your friends. So please follow the rules.
And just to make sure you aren't lonely, I have unlocked all the cells in your Security Sector. Don't worry, they have been given some of the answers so they can go between the floors. I hope you find them before they destroy everything. Before I let you go. I have a riddle for you.

What is so fragile that saying it's name breaks it?

And then the feed disolved into static before turning off.

Oracle would suddenly see the answer to the riddle. Her connection was cut off. Doing a search on her systems, she would find that all communications to and from the watch tower had been shut off. Silence.

Green Lantern: Hal's eyes flicked over to Diana when he saw her enter the room. He opened his mouth to speak but the
sudden darkness that overtook the room shut out any chance of his ability to say anythin. The setting made him immediately
think that ol dark and gloom was going to come striding in, bark orders like a chihuahua with a bit pull voice communicator, and
then stride out. A sigh touched his lips as he sat back and took another drink from his cup, the warm liquid heating his insides
as the cafeen finally started to do its job and kick in. When the voice came, the Lantern tilted his head to the side, listening as
each word made his face grow harder and sterner. Fuly awake now, Hal's hold on his cup's handle was tight as his Ring
started to glow a bit as his willpower and emotions began to flow. "Bastard..." he muttered to himself. standing up as he
started to head for the door right before the riddle came. "You've... got to be kidding me. Silence? That's the best you've got."

Oracle: Riddler’s voice cut through her headset and she immediately paused, listening carefully to his every word. Edward
Nigma had a habit of hiding clues in everything he said, even when he wasn’t speaking an actual riddle. That had always been
his way, everything was a riddle even when it wasn’t. After listening to his words for a moment, she went into diving into the
connection she had. She needed to see who was there, needed to see if the Justice League members were indeed aboard the
tower. But before she could get anywhere, she hit a wall. Someone had shut down every link to outside eyes prying in on the
tower’s security, the cameras, the motion sensors, the activation for even the ventilation system, all kept behind a thick wall.
And before she could tap into it, his riddle rang out clear and in her mind, she answered just as his action did. Silence. The
feed halted, silenced. The link she had forged with the Brain was gone, completely obliterated. He’d not only shut her out, he’d
cut
Oracle: the cord she’d had to it.

Her teeth clenched and she set up another attempt to reconnect, once the call was sent out, the network trying to find the
Brain and make it respond, she turned to another monitor. Everything involving the internet usually brought it back to an IP
address. She needed it. Where was Edward Nigma? Most likely in Gotham, but hacking into the tower might mean he would
take extra precautions to hide himself further and perhaps out of Batman’s jurisdiction. As that search ran, she connected with
her link into Gotham’s power supply plant. If Nigma was using a high frequency generator or alternated electronics, it was
possible she could find him like a glowing bulb amongst a field of Christmas lights.(e)

Wonder Woman: Dinah and Hal were already assembled by the time she got to the room, and it was with an awkward gance
that she looked at Hal and tried to avoid Dinah's questions about if everything was going okay. Diana might be the only person
assembled who was -relieved- when the villain known as the Riddler took control of the meeting. If nothing else, it would distract
from the fact that she had been withdrawing from her friends. She looked at Hal as he got the first clue but her attention was
drawn else where, at first attributing the screams to the escaped prisoners, but none of them would be breaking -in- through the
hull. "We have a breach! Hull has been breached! Repeat!" then static. Her eyes looked to Hal, hoping he'd have some clue as
to what was going on, but her vision was cut short by the lights going out, only the green glow from the Lantern power ring. Or
at least, for a few moments it was the only one, before a bright, purpleish pink glow came from down the hall. "Great Gaea,
What
Wonder Woman: is..---!?" Her words were cut short as the pink gem shot through the darkness, hitting Diana between the
eyes, right centre where the red gem of her tiara was, knocking the Amazon backwards, dazed for a moment. -e-

Dinah wathced the feed and frowned. "Great, we're stuck in here." she smirked at Hal. "At least you got that one figured out, I imagine it has something to do with comms." she then heard an intercom report get cut short and several loud sounds. she hoped that the defense system wouldn't target them. and then there was a bright light about diana. it was pink and bright and... "What on earth?" she stood up. "Um are you okay Diana?"

She waited for a response, but she couldn't wait, she had to see what was going on.
she tried to access the computer in the hall and was shut out. "I can't talk to anyone there..." she tapped her ear piece and only those in the room she was in could hear her. "Yeah, this is a mess." she tried the elevator even though the message said it would be out. "Okay I"m going downstairs, we have to make sure we know who is in the prison cells and try to get them undercontrol, the security team could be in trouble down there." she opened the door and started to go downstairs.

Meanwhile Oracle's attempt panned out, looking at the power grid for Gotham, she found a bunker, a closed subway station that was sucking in a lot of power. apparently all of Nigma's tools and protections was taking up a lot of energy.Knowing this, she could narrow down the IP addresses for that area and if she contacted it she would encounter a hefty firewall. her screens started to blacken out, one after another. it was attacking her systems! or at least trying to make her focus on him. a green message appeared in the middle of one of them.

I lose a head in the morning.
But get it back at night.
What am I?

Green Lantern: "No..." he whispered as that horror from his past suddenly appeared through the wall and struck her, "no no
no..." It couldn't. Not Diana. Not her. Carol had suffered through this hell before... and now it had come for Diana. His insides
wrenched like they were thrown into a blender that was but on puree and a sickness punched so hard at his gut that he felt like
he could vomit. "Dinah... Dinah run right now...." His Power Ring began to glow brightly, aura surrounding his body causing
him to shine like a bright, green beacon in the darkness. "Get out of here!" he shouted again while his eyes, hidden behind the
white of his mask, fixed themselves on Wonder Woman as she stood dazed. It was here again for him.. like some bad
nightmare that you could never escape. That still haunted you no matter how old you got. Like some sick demented sin that
you could never run from.

Oracle: She watched the massive power emitting from the undergound tunnel in Gotham. “Gotcha.” The redhead patched
through to find out which breaker ti was connected to just as her screens blackened out. Barbara sucked in a breath, he was
hacking her! She wished him luck, no one had hacked her systems properly in quite a long time, and Nigma wasn’t as good as
she was with computers. However, that didn’t mean he couldn’t slow her down or distract her. And she was sure the riddle
popping up on her screen was just that, a distraction. Oracle pulled up a seperate laptop and worked through there as she
killed his connection to her system and they rebooted to redirect and set up a new firewall or two. From Oracle with love, she
sent the response to his riddle. “Pillow.” One word, it would show across all his screens...then blank out his view of whatever he
was working on. She hadn’t fully hacked his firewall yet, but she could at least distract on her own. And the man couldn’t
possibly resist a
Oracle: riddle.

“What always runs, but never walks? Often murmurs, never talks? Has a bed but never sleeps? Has a mouth, but never eats?”
With the riddle sent, she pushed deeper into his firewalls and finding the breaker his IP address was connected to. She’d need
someone on the ground to get to him while they matched wits. She put a finger to her headset and connected to Dinah’s link.
“Canary.” Nothing. The link wasn’t even open. So he was blocking her from that, which mean that Dinah was most likely on the
tower. No feet on the ground from her for now. Barbara got to work connecting to what she could of the tower, finding the Brain
shut down. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t bring up feed of her own if she could get passed his riddles. (e)

Wonder Woman: The pink flash of light consumed Diana as she laid on the floor, covering her in an opac, blinding light for a
few moments. When the light faded her red, white and blue armour was replaced with Star Sapphire colours, an even skimpier
outfit, a high white colour and bright pink fabric covering her arms, breasts, the golden W remaining across her chest and hips.
"Nnng," she said, her head tilting to the side then back straight as the Amazon pushed herself into a seated position.
Something felt... different. Inspite of the danger, she seemed extremly... distracted. There was something else, something
more important even than her friends being in danger and the fate of thousands, if not millions, of lives below. Not to mention
the countless billions in the galaxy who might suffer if Hal wasn't able to get to them. Hal... her eyes focussed on him.
The Clown He is my least favorite anyway. Not even killing him fixed things.

Dinah looked at hal as she actually saw him get scared for the first time she could remember, she heard tales about a bad ex-girl friend, but... but it couldn't be a glowing stone right? she looked at Diana worried, seeing her engulfed in light. she hoped what ever was goign on, would be okay. she was strong and strong willed, she hoped the gods were watching over her. she knew she was needed elsewhere and Hal wanted her out of there! so she did as he said and ran. going towards the stairs, she had to fix the watch tower anyhow, and stop some escaped villains.

Meanwhile in a little fortress built in an abandoned subway station a thin figure in a green jacket was grinning like mad as he saw his automated systems block an intruder. Somebody trying to hack his system, not today! And then he saw it. someone was hacking him! he typed furiously to stop it. but he was too late. he got the answer to his own riddle and then a new one.
He huffed at it. "Everyone knows the answer to that one is River!" he typed it in. only to encounter...
"Minesweeper! why am I stuck in minesweeper!" Edward screeched as he started to solve the puzzle, grinning at his own brilliance.
Barb would then find that with him distracted he wouldn't be able to use his counter measures to stop her from hacking his computer. once again, his own dependency on himself was his weakness.
Oracle would find she now had a connection to the Watch Tower! she could access the comms the security cameras, but none of the internal systems yet. She saw a comms communication to the Brain and it was offline, if it was turned on it would automatically start checking and starting up more systesm in the watch tower.

Dinah started to run down flight after flight of stairs, she did need to get her daily workout! but wasn't planning on this. she could easily be found by her comm and the cameras.

Oracle: Oracle smirked at her computer, Nigma was easily planned for. He wasn’t the Joker, predictably unpredictable, and his
faults were his skills. Give a man a quiz and he’ll need to solve it, give him a series of them with riddles involved to earn back
his firewall while she hacked it? And he’d be too slow to catch up to her. He might have been good with riddles, but she was
better with technology. She took the time to hack into his system behind the curtain, finding the link to the Brain. From what
she had, she couldn’t bring the Brain back up just yet, but she could get some things up and running and control them herself.
Oracle transferred the power to do so into her system and set up yet another firewall. Getting hacked was a surefire way to
piss her off.
Oracle: Once she had control, Barbara turned up the lights and brought up the security cameras as she tried Dinah’s comm
again, releasing the communications bar. “Canary, Oracle here, come in.”(e)

Nigma got through mindsweeper to get another riddle, then he got pong! he frowned. "I was never good at this stupid game, it is all eye-hand coordination, no mind work needed!"
She was able to slowly get certain parts of the BRAIN back up, slowly getting parts of it running. But she was able to get into a few systems that the Riddler had been using. One being cameras and another, comms in the watch tower!
Dinah grins as she answers her earpiece, hearing the redhead's voice. "Barb! thank god, I was afraid no body would be able to hear us. I'm sure you know what is going on. I"m trying to get down to the Security floor to put some villians back in their pens. Can you access the cameras down there? I want to know what I'm in for."

Barb would see all of the guards knocked out in the guard station. one of the cells was open and she saw something move. looking at it she saw a shadow, but that was all.

[Black Canary]

Batman: The lighting inside the cockpit was dark blue, instruments and consoles would glow highlighting the area around
the passengers. The main pilot was Batman, full reading and load of the small fighter crafts systems, narrowly smaller than
a javelin; the bat spacecraft was capable of flight as far as Pluto if it was necessary. Three passenger seats behind the pilot
designed in a diamond formation within the steel frame. The Dark Knight’s grip held the steering column while to his right
flank; Black Bat sat operating tactical systems. She would find the weapons systems were activated and had this
spacecrafts stealth field not be activated they would likely be attacked and going in hard. The turrets and weaponry on the
station seemed to patrol searching for approaching vessels, but Enigma wouldn’t anticipate Batman’s contingency plans.
The watchtower’s sensors wouldn’t recognize the Bat Spacecraft as a foreign object or an approaching craft but <c>
Batman: Instead the Watchtower would read the spacecraft as a subsystem apart of its matrix. A ghost protocol that no
one in the Justice League knew about except J’onn. The weapons would not target the spacecraft allowing them to approach
and get closer. Managing the operations console would be Red Hood, allowing him to monitor and locate personnel on board
the Watchtower, he also had insight to the ships systems for how they were operating under their current conditions. He
would be able to spot potential advantages and disadvantages to the situation while also accessing schematics to the
Watchtower’s layout. While both Black Bat and Red Hood could observe intimate details of the Watchtower, their tasks
were different. <c>
Batman: ‘I usually wouldn’t take this approach, but I need a team that is good at this kind of work. After shutting down a
League of Assassins operation, it’s on to another case. Riddler has taken the watchtower hostage and I need people that
are *loud* and *captivating* but, not *reckless* or *skill-less* Red Hood is agile and noticeable, he’s unique appearance
makes him unmistakeable and an easy target for the Riddler that won’t be able to resist. Black Bat carries the stealth
capabilities of Talia Al Ghul, the agility of Catwoman, and the combat prowess of her mother, and the tactical capability of
my training. If she wants the Riddler to see her, it’s by her own design. The plan is simple…’ <c>
Batman: ‘Infiltrate the Watchtower through spacecraft, space-walk into an external maintenance hatch that I will override.
Red Hood’s job is to provide cover for Black Bat and I as we deactivate the sensor relay. Black Bat’s concern are hostage
control. If necessary Black Bat and Red Hood would break off from me and secure and protect any hostages while I continue
shutting down the transmitting antennae receiving the Riddler’s signal. Plan B (Optional) shut down the main computer and
do a hard reset on the Watchtower systems. The problem with plan B, the mainframe is the most secured location on the
entire watchtower…getting there without the Riddler knowing is next to improbable...but not *impossible.*’ Batman looked
over his shoulder and spoke in a soft tone, but a hint of a grumpy attitude polishing them. <c>
Batman: “We’re almost there. Get ready for docking on the hull of the Watchtower.” The jet flew towards the upper antennae
sector where the docking clamps on the bottom of the vessel rose and attached themselves to the hull . Batman was
wearing a reinforced Batsuit with a composite helmet and sun-visor that wrapped around his head. His body was bulky as
the suit held oxygen and a jetpack should he need them. His arms held grappling hook attachments within the forearms
along with batarangs. Underneath he wore his regular Batsuit. His boots had a magnetic grip that would allow him to attach
to the Watchtower and begin walking. His left wrist had a computer console that allowed him to operate his internal systems
of the space suit. Upon Red Hood and Black Bat’s queue, Batman would open the cockpit and climb out onto the hull of the
station. He ignored and dismiss the sight of beautiful stars, the radiant shine of the sun that - without his visor would blind
him if he stared at it.<c>

Batman: He began walking towards the maintenance hatch; kneeling beside it he began using his Cryptographic sequencer
to change the settings on the door. The systems would modify it so that the system inside would not notice any changes to
its settings. The Riddler would see that everything was status quo and that his *prisoners* had no hope of rescue or
attempts at escape. Except he knew Batman was coming, eventually the Dark Knight would not let the Riddler go
unchallenged.

Green Lantern: His fingers tightened into a fist as he sent the ram away, flying straight for the woman as his aura went
brighter. It took everything he had to look at the eyes of the woman before him, even clad in the garb of the Sapphire, and
recognize her as his enemy. "You won't have her," he shouted at the cosmic jewel, the true enemy in this and Diana just a..
a proxy by which it would fight him. Ring glowing brightly, as he dropped in close with a knee on the floor. Experience
wouldn't matter here. The Star Sapphire had complete control and it knew how to use its powers, the lack of knowledge she
had irrelevent. A quick blast from his right would shoot up towards her face, lighting up the darkened room, while he used
the moment to shift his weight onto his left hand and foot, bring his right leg around to try and sweep the legs out from under
Wonder Woman. Wouldn't mean much to someone that could fly, but it would get her in the air at which point his body
would turn to face her's
Green Lantern: with his right fist aimed at her body. Another beam would shoot out, this one's end quickly streatching out
into a solide pain of "steel" to attempt to push her back against the wall or ceiling, whichever positioning allowed. If it did,
the corners would break away from the main construct and shift into shackles that drill constructs would bolt down.
Wonder Woman: The sweep kick at her feet was as ineffective as Hal had thought it would be, but it did the trick. Diana
took to the air, flying under her power, or rather the Star Sapphire was. "Why do you fight this, Hal Jordan?" she called, her
voice taunting him in a manner. Diana's form bent as his right fist shot a beam, impacting with her gut. There was a sound
as the air rushed out of her lungs as the physical form shot back, impacting with the wall. She slid down to the ground for a
moment then looked at Hal with harsh eyes, narrowed as they pinned the lantern with their stare. "You know this is what
you want. You're going to enjoy this," she pushed into a crouch, then pushed her legs against the wall, shooting her body
towards Hal. "Stop fighting it and just give in to love!" Before she could get far the shackles would break from the construct,
wrapping her wrists and ankles. She struggled against them, thrashing with a nearly feral growl.

Canary kept going down flight upont flight of stairs. she tapped her earpiece. "Canary checking in... I just had a good cardio workout and am almost down to the Security floor. All appears quiet and undisturbed on the residential floors above. Crap..." she said as she got to the landing for Security. "The door to the security room is gone! Torn off it's hinges. The edges of the door seem to have been torn and peeled back like something forced it's way through!" she dashed inside, she grimaced at the scene before her. "Six security officers dead." she checked the bodies. "One appears to have been sufficated or choked. A few cut in half... and two appeare to have been crushed, there is a lot of damage in here. Some of the computers seem to have been shorted out, the other cracked and crusehd from something bashing them. Perhaps by one of the guard's bodies being beatten agaisnt it... the weapons locker is open and the weapons are destroyed. The cells are open and empty. I think what ever was in here went down toward the systems levels to damage them like the security room and... what the...?!" the was a scuffeling sound, with canary grunting, and her audio went dead.

Green Lantern: Now was his chance. His just had to take it and that he did. Flying straight for Diana's form, a crowbar
formed in his hands as his planted his right knee on her chest and pushed hdown ont it. "Just a bit more,'he whispered,
more to himself than anything, and he placed the flat end at the edge of the jewel and then pushed, the construct adapting
its shape to get between the jewel and her skin. The constructs shined brighter with his aura as Hal worked to pry the Star
Sapphire from Diana's forehead, "Let. Her. GO!" White covered fingers griped the solidified light energy as his heart raced in
his chest. It would be stupid to look a gift horse in the mouth and the Sapphire had let itself and its host get pinned and
trapped, perfectly set up for him to try this. Now, the matter was getting her free. Right hand resting on the back of the
crowbar, he pushed it in while the left continued the downward pressure so that it would snap free at the first moment it was
able. Containing it
Green Lantern: could come after he managed to get it. Just one step at a time.
Red Hood: A flight into space would be something out of reach for most people, however for the Batfamily it was a bit
different. One particular member had not thought there would come a day he would be sitting in the cramped ship, listening
to the engines roar and letting his gaze wander over the different monitors all outlining the famous Watch Tower. How long
ago was it that he would have been arrested or attacked the moment he tried to get his hands on the information? The bad
boy days of the Red Hood were (mostly) cast behind him, focusing instead on redeeming himself and working with the
estranged little family. Speaking of, his attention would shift enough to set masked hues upon a figure in black, the bulky
suit she wore hiding away most everything about her; but Red Hood knew that Black Bat was there, a constant reminder that
if he acted out too far he would be pulled back – a collar and leash given willingly. -c
Red Hood: c- Finally his attention would set upon the man at the helm, so to speak, of the ship – the pilot and
ex-father-figure known as Batman. Weight shifts in the large space suit that hid his own figure – the brown leather jacket
and black suit of armor hid away the red logo and proof of his return settled upon his chest. Guns and gadgets, though
nothing as fancy as the two Bats, rested on his figure; a few grappling tools, some explosives and throwing knives, as well
as the sheathed All-Blades that had been brought 'just in case' he needed to defend himself hand-to-hand. “Bats, I'm not
seeing anyone in this part of the hull. If we hammer ourselves in we'll be out of the way, though it looks like the nearest
hostages will be above us. The prison looks like it's been opened up, a fuckin' hayday for the criminals you all keep.” The
location of the stealth aircraft was a prime spot to force their way in, and Hood was looking forward to getting into the Tower
where he didn't have to be -c
Red Hood: c- cramped with the Batman. Once landed Red Hood would pile out of the aircraft, landing and allowing the
magnetic boots borrowed to do their job in keeping him to the metal. Eyes swept around for any fire coming down upon
them, resting slowly on the figure that was working with him. She was still upset over one of his family feuds, Hood knew it
but could do little to address it right then – Cassandra Cain, the woman under the Black Bat, would have to come after they
both survived the current mission. Swinging attention back he would work his way toward Batman, offering a signal toward
Black Bat to follow up, as well as to stay on the lead (point man's) man's opposite side. This way when Batman got the
hatch open, they could both swing down and provide cover (if he allowed them) down either side of the halls, while he entered
in right after and closed the hatch. Once inside it would be up to Batman to call the shots.-e
Villainess: (Update Group1. Villainess, Batman, Black Bat, Black Canary, Red Hood, Livewire)
Wonder Woman: "NO!" she shouted, her voice echoing and booming, normally able to carry with very little effort, but
enhanced by the sapphire, it seemed to echo in the hall, bouncing off the hard surfaces of the metal walls. The Star
Sapphire would not be leaving its host easily, especially one that Jordan desired as much as he wanted, and indeed loved,
Diana. Her eyes narrowed and her muscles tensed, bouyed by her new connection with the jewel, there wasn't much room
for Diana's untested strength to go as far as she had thought, but the construct began to give way under her pull. If she could
distract Jordan, force him to split his concentration, he would be forced to divert energy that was required to keep her bound.
A blast eminated from her body, the aura glowing brighter until a shockwave seemed to wash out from her. The wave itself
didn't do any damage to the outter hull, but the large pieces of equipment it tossed around did, and one of the glass
observation windows developed a hairline crack.
Wonder Woman: "Why do you fight me!?" she cried out, hissing and still straining against her restraints. She would be
ready, soon as he gave an inch she'd break free. -e-

Livewire: There was something to be said for how utterly boring space was, especially when you were locked inside of a
cell, on something like a space station without the ability to even light up a light bulb. The lights went off, and she’d have no
choice to sleep and of course no one thought to soundproof the cells near her and what was worse…she was constantly
coated in silicon dust. How was a woman to use her charms if she looked like she had decided to be a ghost for Halloween?
Not that there was anyone to charm -there-. “99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beeeer. Take one down pass it
around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall.” It was the eighty second time she had gotten from ninety-nine to zero that day and
somewhere around thirty was when an odd sound caught her attention. Laying on her bed, the woman arched her back and
looked upside down towards the door to her cell as it swung open. “…” Was it possible to hallucinate from boredom? -
Livewire: Carefully she rolled over and stood, then silently she moved to look out of the door and twisted her lips into a
smirk as she watched as the guards were taken out and no one was coming to save them. “Hey, hey.” A hand moved out to
catch the arm of something that looked like a giant splotch of ink that was slinking by and her fingers went through the
substance. “Ugh.” Jerking her hand back she looked as she saw the black of her glove before her iridescent eyes turning
back to the shapely blob. “Do you mind?” Gesturing to herself she didn’t exactly wait for a response as she lunged into the
blackish blob and broke out from the other side, most of the dust having being rubbed off of her skin. There was no looking
that gift horse in the mouth and Livewire gave a quick salute and a charming grin as electricity rolled over her saluting hand
before it was jumping up from her fingertips to the nearest light in the ceiling and breaking through. -
Livewire: In a flash the woman was gone without a word of thanks. “Power source~ power source~” The annoying singsong
voice of the meta-human came over the communication system as she traveled in search of the generators, and then she
cackled it echoing down the halls hauntingly. -e-


Batman's cryptographic sequencer was able to update and interface well with the Watch Tower, they did have the same operating system and Batman's counter measures built into them. He would be able to open the maintenace hatch with no problems. The Watch Tower's commuincations array would be before them. the security defenses on, but not doing anything, no threats detected. They would be able to hear Canary's messages on their comm's. And it was probably a good bet that the Riddler was listening in on her too. The main computer control's display panel would be black and green. with the words with the following on it:
"Of the king I am blue,
of the peasant I am red,
of the frog I am cold,
of the dog I'm hot instead.

What am I?"

Meanwhile Dinah would find a black slick substance wrapped about her, it was as strong as steel and wrapped about her mouth like duct tape. "Hello darling." said a purring voice. a black head with a white circle for a face streched to look over Dinah's head to face her. "I was hoping someone would join us for the party down here. We could use hostages. Canary would try strike and find her hands sticking and gettng sucked into the creature. "I'm sorry, that doesn't work on me... but nice try." said the voice with a smile in it.

Inque made a sound as if there was a bad taste in her mouth. shivered as she thought about the electric gal, she didn't know her name, static shock, elctra-girl or something... had jumped through her to get off a layer of silcone that was on her and she could still taste it within herself. But she reeked of electricty and it stung a bit so she let her go. usually she would let most people die for doing such a thing with her! But this space station was their playground now, so why not let her have fun. she told her to go play downstairs, grinning hearing livewire play with the comm's system. coiling more about the blonde, her new plaything.

Batman: -The steel doors of the watchtower would open and Batman would release the magnetic grip of his boots and
slowly begin to float while his hands gripped each side of the door and tugged to pull himself into the hatch. A maintenance
shaft with bars of metal shaped in a matrix that was supporting the corridor. Batman wouldn’t have his communicator active
or on the same band as Black Canary’s communication; as it would be traceable by The Riddler. Batman needed to be
undetected and carried on as such, however; not without his resources…Batman allowed the communication to be picked
up by a modified satellite that would relay to a station in Gotham that would feed into Batman’s communicator. A different
signal and a disguised frequency. <c>
Batman: He slipped down the corridor and into a magnetically sealed door; a bulkhead airlock. The shaft was as narrow as
an elevator shaft capable of holding 2 people. Red Hood and Black Bat would have to follow single file. Promptly he opened
the airlock and slipped into it, he waited for both of them to enter it with him for him to close it and seal the door. Once done
he immediately began taking off his spacesuit and kept his outfit prepared. Batman armed his cryptographic sequencer and
picked up the Justice League communicator signal frequency. It would be but a moment after Red Hood and Black Bat were
ready that Batman would open the airlock into the watchtower. “I tapped into the radio frequency, the Cryptographic
sequencer will patch all of us through to monitor Justice League communications. “<c>
Batman: Adjusting the Cryptographic Sequencers settings, he attempted to login to the main computer when the riddle
appeared. Batman narrowed his eyes and closed the device to place it on his belt. He lead the way into the hallway,
watching for armed turrets or security systems but, that would be difficult to be sure. Batman stopped outside an elevator
shaft and attached a device to the door to pry it open. He looked to Red Hood and Black Bat. “Black Canary in down in the
security. Both of you climb down to the security block and find out what happened. I’ll take care of the Riddler. Keep in
touch...” Batman turned and began walking down the hall allowing his cape to wrap around his body. It was obvious to Black
Bat and Red Hood - Batman wanted to be ‘found’ by the Riddler.

Green Lantern: The wave might have not caused damage backward, but it did forward. The shockwave struck Hal square
in his front and sent him, the Lantern barely manging to get a shield up, reeling backwards through the ceiling of the room
and then, by proxy, the floor of whatever was ahead of him. Two more walls and floors his body was sent through but he
burst through the last and his body struck the wall of a hallway before he dropped like a sack to the floor. His uniform was
torn along the right arm, the back was in tatters, and the right leg had a long gash along his thigh. In his thought to get a
shield, Hal had dropped everything, even his aura, with his entire focus on the construct that took the brunt of the damage.
Blood began to seep out from the multitiude of minor wounds while a trickle of blood made its way down the side of his head
from the back. He groaned and planted his right hand on the floor, pushing himself up to his hands and knees with a shake
of his head to follow...-c-
The Shade has left [DCU] Tokyo, Japan
Green Lantern: and then immediately regreted. Hearing what he thought to be footsteps, Green Lantern lifted his ring up
and shined a light down the hall, the beam cascading across it to rest... on Batman. "I'd... go the other way if I was you..."
he whispered. His thoughts went to what had just happened and Riddler's terms. What kind of pain were the workers
suffering because the Star Sapphire had blasted him through the station? And those they had here.. who were they hurting
now? Hal's stomach felt like it had twisted itself into a knot light a rag being wrung of water. *I gotta stop it.. gott
get...Diana free...*


Wonder Woman: "Sacrificing yourself for love is noble, but useless," she shouted, finally breaking free of the construct as
he let his guard drop in order to bring up a life saving defense. With her body no longer restrained she took off after him, her
form shooting through the holes his had made ahead of her, a streak of violet light following her as the body of the
possessed Amazon glowed a light pink. "You desire this; just give in. Why do you fight so hard against something you
want?" her voice called as she came steam rolling in, aiming to wrap Hal at the waist and tackle him. She was moving at top
speed, meaning the human arrivals would see a pink blur and little else. If she was able to wrap Hal at the waist, the
shimmering aura wouldn't slow or halt, but rather keep going, plowing him through several more walls before bursting through
an exterior hull and shooting out into the dark depths of space.
Villainess is going to post after wonder woman.
Villainess: As warnings of hull breach go off the access to that floor and any of the rooms that had a hole in them due to
star saphire Diana went through would start to seal shut, saving those in other cooridors, as well as boxing a few people in.
Fortunately the riddler left the saftey back up systems on. Although it would trap those near the breach inside. <e>
Oliver has entered [DCU] Tokyo, Japan
Black Bat: She silently followed Batman's footsteps and peered at Jason in the midst of his statement. She took note of
the analysis and observed the taller male in front of her pry open the elevator entrance. Her movement's been restricted
though languid and fluid in posture. The usual noises of one's presence was sheathed and pupils were constantly scanning
the setting. Her pupil had dilated upon light hitting twin hazels but that didn't deteriorate what some might call paranoia in
certain situations. In this case, it was a necessity. The man's orders had her halting -- immobile while she peered back and
forth between the two male. "Do you want us to get the hostages or go down?" She questioned, impassively though there
was a concerning strain. Perhaps Bruce didn't here Jason? What she did do was plaster her palm along the edge and
calculate the voluminous distance. This shouldn't be difficult. It was the lack of detection that'd be a little ways more
challenging. {c}
Black Bat: She began stripping the heavy space-suit off and randomly tossed the garment over her shoulder. Gripping her
batrope, she unraveled it before taking a moment for preparation. Black Bat skillfully leaped off the edge and used
dexterous hands to catch herself against the wall as well as hook her elongated equipment against the sturdy, man-made
dent and pole. The other hand rested along the grappling gun in case they were heading towards the top floor instead.
Cassandra's gaze lowered down towards the device Batman opened earlier. She had just enough time to read half of it, but
she didn't address it. "I'll keep contact." {e}

Green Lantern: There was no time to stand and he needed more time to get his bearings before he tried to get fist to fist as
she wanted. As his Power Ring began to glow, a large net formed over the hole, sealing itself on the sides as the Sapphire
came from him. Pulling away, it enveloped her body before hurling her down the hall the opposite way from where he and
Batman were. Groaning, he slowly rose to his feet, "I'm telling you Bats... run..." Hal felt his body start to give and his left
hand lashed out and caught his weight on the wall. It was hard to put his all into this Each thing he did save for tearing that
damned jewel off of Diana ran the risk of hurting her.. but if he -didn't- then she would be trapped in its hold. He inhaled
deeply, holding the air in for a moment, before he hovered after the Star Sapphire. He knew she'd be free by now, but he
was ready for round 2.
Red Hood: Single file worked well enough for Red Hood, though he would always seem to pick taking up the rear – he was
the bulkiest after Batman, and under his attire was the armor he knew and trusted, not to mention he had the best chance
of defending himself or moving in the space suit should it come to that. Thus he was a good shield, and a way to watch both
woman and Bat's backs. Once inside, however, it would be time to lose the thick suit that kept him from moving – a fact
Hood was thankful for. First came the helmet, revealing a mask covered in that trademark crimson. The suit was pulled
away slowly after, revealing the red logo as well as the fact he had his weapons at his hips, as well as the thickness in the
brown jacket – another sign that he had extra weapons on him. “Take it you want to leave the fuckers where they sit, and
focus on gathering people?” Hood didn't expect an answer, he was already moving toward the elevator shaft after Black Bat.
-c
Red Hood: c- “We'll keep in touch, papa Bat.” Red Hood was Red Hood, and he had to be a little snippy and have a
smartass remark of some sort or it wouldn't feel right. Letting Black Bat take point he would eye up the elevator rope, before
leaping. Hands would close on the built-in cable, his body twisting around it as muscles clamped down. This way he could
slide down the middle while Black Bat seemed to favor going down the wall. “Let's go, Shadow Bat...We got a Black Bird to
go save.” It would be time to head down and try and get a hold of Black Canary, to meet up and see what could be done to
get them out of this place – or at least what they needed to go do to help Batman deal with whatever he wanted to find him.
Wonder Woman: The Star Sapphire was feeding off Diana's love, growing stronger as time ticked on, and encouraged by
Jordan's feelings for the Amazon it was nearly unstoppable. Getting the gem off her forehead was really the only option, but
he'd have to get close enough to her to do that, and she was making it hard to get within arm's reach. Or at least, to do so
without the risk of severe and grevious sexual assault. The net worked to catch her for a moment, but she would be able to
redouble her efforts. A glowing construct sword formed in her hand, slashing through the net. "Just give in. You want it. Give
me what I want... What you want... Don't you think I would be a good mother?"
The Shade has entered [DCU] Tokyo, Japan
Livewire: It wasn’t hard to feel her way to the generators of the Watch Tower and as she materialized in the room she
floated above them, hands on her hips as her body reformed from the pure energy she had turned into. Whistling lowly her
iridescent blue eyes scanned over the generators and then she floated downward, fingers outstretching as lightning arched
from them to the generator and the lights in the Watch Tower began to flicker like a strobe. “Oh baby, I’m ready to feel your
juice!” The arcing lines of electricity changed directions, moving outwards from her body as the lights went off, the sound of
every system in the station powering down could be heard including life support and artificial gravity, plunging them into the
darkness only space could manage.

The hull breach sealed easily with Hal's construct, saving those in the cooridors attached to it.

"Well, well, well..." said a voice over the intercom in the cooridor Batman was in. "It looks like someone gave me a riddle to solve, what a lovely gift! What do you get when airlocks open by themselves? a computer terminal in and then a closed elevator shaft opens? Wait a moment... I know this one! A cheater! Elevators are off limits. And It appears my favorite cheater has been lurking about using his little hacks to fool the system, until he decided to get my attention." gun turrents came out of their hidden secure places about doors. "I'm glad you are here to see this. Like you, some of your friends don't know how to play the game." His voice could then be heard on the entire intercom system. "Looks like someone broke a rule, they have gone through several floors without using staircases... so, let's see here... I'm going to give everyone in residence floors a riddle, something they will find they now lack!

I touch your face,
I'm in your words,
I'm lack of space,
and beloved by birds.

What am I?"
The life support systems wound down on those floors as the ventation suddenly closed and the fans shut off.

Then there was a crash as glowing green and pink entered the hallway. the guns swiveled to face the two then went back towards Batman.

"What on earth?" said the confused voice of the riddler. His little death trap had two brawling energy signatures in it. Not believing what the cameras told him. "You don't need my help destroying this place do you Batman? I... then... and we..." his voice started to break up as the lights started to flicker and strobe all over the watch tower.

And then all went black, darker than the darkest room, the darkest night, dark as space. and suddenly everyone felt the reassuring grasp of gravity let go of them, caushing everyone and everything float. The riddler's punishment having little meaning as systems shut down due to power loss. slowly little hums and blinking dim lights came on as back up batteries and their lighting systems flickered on, leaving everything in dim light and shadows. Entire sections were still blacked out.

Batman: Batman had a clandestine nature and even amongst allies he kept true to this, but the words of Red Hood
prompted a reaction that he would usually leave the two to venture out and figure the situation. Batman liked giving ‘specifics’
but sometimes you don’t have them and you can’t give them out without knowledge. He wouldn’t tell them anymore than
they already knew because - well frankly there was nothing left for Batman to teach Black Bat or Red Hood…all he could do
was provide them experience and challenges. This challenge? They would have to figure out for their own. They knew
hostages were on board, Black Canary is in trouble, and there are already victims to an unknown murderer. No one was
more of an expert on the situation they were entering than the two entering that situation. <c>
Batman: In a few minutes Red Hood and Black Bat would know more about the situation below than Batman could
anticipate in 5 minutes, for that reason he was extremely vague and didn’t give those details. It was better if they went in
guarded and prepared for anything rather than specifics. Looking over his shoulder Batman would state. “Mind your
language, Jason. You’re a guest here. Continue your mission, both of you. Find out what happened to Black Canary.” He
turned and continued down the corridor. It would be only a few moments later that a blast of emerald light slammed into the
hall ahead before the light came to him. Batman narrowed his eyes at the bright light but, continued his approach to hear
Lantern’s warning. He stared at him. “I don’t have time for this.” <c>
Batman: -Batman continued past Green Lantern, clearly not wanting to waste time. Lantern had his job to do, and Batman
wasn’t going to tell him ‘it’s dangerous.’ Batman knew the risk he was getting into by boarding a space station controlled by
a maniac. Batman continued down the hall where the Riddler cornered him. Batman stared at the guns, unafraid and took
the moment to jab at Riddler. “Killing me would remove your only challenge, Riddler. I know somewhere in your mind you’re
wondering... “Can he figure this out?” despite the fact you doubt it.” Batman paused for a dramatic affect. “Then
again…you’ve made those same calculations before.” -A mocking statement, taunting and haunting Riddler - reminding him
of his past failures before the power shut off to the Watchtower. He tapped his communications to the Bat Family. “Report.”

[Black Canary]

Red Hood: There would be no real way to know if Red Hood had heard Batman's comment on watching his
language in the Tower since the wayward Bat was already zooming down the elevator shaft toward the floors below.
From time to time the man would jump off of the cable to grab another, trying to give his gloved hands a break from
the friction - no point in letting himself get hurt after all. Black Bat? She had become like the shadow and Hood had
no idea where she was, but figured that the Shadow Bat was doing what was expected of her. Reaching the floor he
hoped was the right one, Hood would push off of the cable and land in a roll, coming up in a slight crouch to allow
himself to look around. Ears were trained to try and listen for anything; a drip of water, a spark, a shift of gears. If it
would alert him that an attack was coming the ex-Robin would be ready to respond to it. Soon enough Batman's
voice teased his ear from under the crimson hood that was his trademark. -c
Red Hood: c- "Red Hood, not sure where Black Bat went, but I'm working toward the security room." It was a brief
report, Red Hood's voice kept low as he moved to stand, guiding his way further in to see what may await him. His
partner, he figured, woudl be dancing around somewhere, perhaps to provide backup.

The riddler stood up abruptly knocking down his chair as he heard Batman respond to him. "Damnit!" he said to himself. although he moved away from his mic, his voice could be heard, only bits and pieces coming through as he mumbled to himself. "Batman! Always Batman... he is the only one who stands a chance... he is the only one who actually challenges me... but no.. no I'm smarter... I can beat... and he thinks... he thinks that he can taunt me and he thinks I doubt! I don't doubt... I don't... and as the last mocking statment came through to the riddler. A dozen error messages went off. "Disconnected! How am I disconnected. I stopped that hacker from getting in... and.. this makes no sense! It as if all the power and communications went down! I... Batman... what did he do?!" he slumped over his keyboard trying to figure out his newest riddle, did Batman really shut down the power on the Watch Tower to stop him?

The rest of the station was too silent and dark. Except for a battle between green and pink flashes of light.

the blonde struggled in the darkness... there were flickering lights from the back up generator's lights, and even in that light, it was still dark. feeling something strong like steel and stickier than glue clinging to her. she couldn't speak just huff in the darkness. <c>

Jason could hear a dripping sound about him, further down on the floor where he could smell blood of the dead security guards, something was moving down there. Although somethign much louder was down below. he heard a low gruttal sound screaming in range with sounds like cement blocks rubbing against each other. Followed by crashes as sounds of metal tore and scraped before a large crashing sound was heard. something was destroying the systems in the guts of the Watch Tower and by the sounds of it, it was doing a good job.


Wonder Woman: The Star Sapphire was feeding off Diana's love, growing stronger as time ticked on, and
encouraged by Jordan's feelings for the Amazon it was nearly unstoppable. Getting the gem off her forehead was
really the only option, unless he was willing to eliminate her entirely, but he'd have to get close enough to her to do
that, and she was making it hard to get within arm's reach. Or at least, to do so without the risk of severe and
grevious sexual assault. The net worked to catch her for a moment, but she would be able to redouble her efforts. A
glowing construct sword formed in her hand, slashing through the net. "Just give in. You want it. Give me what I
want... What you want... Don't you think I would be a good mother?" She held the sword in her right hand stepping
forward slowly. So long as Batman didn't stop, slow down or look at Diana she wouldn't take him as a threat and the
mortal would survive. If he did any of those things, she would take it as a challenge, and Star Sapphire
Wonder Woman: would not allow any one to stand in the way of her and her goal. -e-

Deathstroke: Glared down at his target, a cold stare from the assassin as he heard the Riddler chirping in his ear,
not specifically at him but if it wasn’t takeing Batman out then the Riddler was wasting his money on Slade. His
headset went dead As he dropped the ground behind Batman. “Been a while Batman.” He already had his short
swords in his grip looking towards his main target. Slade was confident he didn’t even register Batman as a threat.
He glared at Batman, he thought to himself back to their first encounter, and each encounter after that. He could
over power Batman, out maneuver him and out speed him. Slade made mental notes of the surroundings where he
could move to how he should best attack, plotting out his next 20 moves before speaking Slade’s thought process
wasn’t as simple as it seemed. The Dark was Batman’s element. Slade was always more for putting on a show.
*128 points of attack, 37 rebound points, 3 second jump to each point, 10 grenades,-c-
Deathstroke: Unknown weapons in the utility belt, atleast half a dozen batarangs, points of weakness, neck,
mouth eyes, cape, chest, legs Short range attack compiled with medium range attack. Structure weaknesses last
resort. * Slade thought in less than time it took for him blink.
Batman awakens from death and time traveling Darkseid.
Black Canary welcome back bruce.

Green Lantern: Hal took off after Batman. *What the hell is he thinking trying to go straight towards the Star
Sapphire?! On Diana's body or not... there's not going to be any influence from her. Despite what it sounds like, the
jewel's just using her.* Aura eveloping his body, the Lantern quickly came face to face with SS, hovering a few feet
off of the ground with both hands clenched into fists. "Where's Batman? What did you do with him?"

Wonder Woman: "Oh, don't worry about him," she said, her voice Diana's but the tone something far more
sinister. Diana's body, possessed by the Star Sapphire, shot forward. "Just give me what I want, what -you- want
and what Diana wants! Make love to me and sire the child who will rule Earth! It is Diana's destiny to spread love
across the planet; why do you hold her back?" she asked, slashing at Lantern in an attempt to drive him back
without actually attacking him. Killing him was a last resort, ideally she would convince him to see things her way
and the Earth would be perfected, then saved in that perfection.

Green Lantern: Flying backwards from Diana, his Ring glowed and a scimitar formed in his hand, the generic kind
seen in pirate hands in movies, and brought it around to clash with the Sapphire's. The Violet and Green energy
sparked out, lighting up the dark corridor. "Diana doesn't want this! She knows it might be impossible, but she
wants humanity to learn on its own! To grow from itself and not be forced into anything!" His eyes and brows
narrowed and furrowed respectively as, from the Ring, a construct hand shot around to push her hand back and
away, the fingers wrapping around her forearm and holding on tightly. Hal quickly brought his free hand up, energy
glowing around it, and tried to catch the Sapphire on the chin with an uppercut. The scimitar disappeared and his
right fist would punch forward, and quick blinding flash of light erupting from the center. Hal then shot forward
through the air to drive his knee up into her stomach, before he turned and 8 chains shot out of his ring, the
Green Lantern: links trying to wrap around her body save for the head. Hal put thought out of his mind and
just..acted. He couldn't hurt her anymore and let himself think of it.

Wonder Woman: "She - " Star Sapphire was too focussed, too caught up in what she was trying to accomplish to
notice the multipronged attack. The scimitar was caught on the sword, sparks showering around them, setting off a
colourful display, lighting the walls in violet and green light, shadowing the faces of the combatants in their multi
hued reflections. The moment of balance hung until things started to tip in Lantern's favour; first the uppercut to the
jaw, then the kick to the guts. Air rushed from Diana's lungs, as powerful as the Star Sapphire and Diana's own
Amazon physiology was it was a matter of Hal's will to succeed. The chains wrapped her prone body and the
possessed Amazon hissed, her eyes narrowing. "You're only hurting yourself! And Diana. Just give us what we
want! Everyone will be happy!" she cried out, struggling against the chains. Her body twitched, trying to test the
strengths of the bonds, shaking and violently twitching.

Batman: Batman’s voice spoke in a grumpy tone in response to Red Hood. “Keep me posted. Find Canary…” It
was then Deathstroke’s footsteps were heard and he turned around to narrow his eyes upon Deathstroke.
Immediately his cape fell around his shoulders and those hands went to his utility belt reaching for batarangs and
snapflashes. “Slade…” He wasn’t surprised by Deathstroke’s appearance; the antennae relay room was only a few
feet from where they stood in the hallway; the open space would give the Dark Knight a better chance of survival.
The Dark Knight spoke with a deep tone with no sign of fear. “Stand down, Slade…or I won’t go easy on you.” That
was a threat that Batman truly believed in, his determination focused on defeating Deathstroke rather than dropping
weapons and allowing a contract killer to win. <c>
Batman: Most likely Deathstroke would rebuttal with a smartass comment or perhaps tell Batman how much ‘out
of his league’ he is, and upon that moment Batman wouldn’t waste any more time. Batman’s left hand shot out an
over the shoulder throw of explosive batarangs aimed to strike Deathstroke’s left thigh, knee, and shin; if they
landed they would attach to his armor before exploding and most likely throwing the man backwards. As a follow
up, Batman would drop a snapflash underneath himself before throwing two more at Deathstroke’s next location;
presuming he would attempt to dodge the batarangs. ‘I have to corner him, limit where he can move and put him
down early. Don’t give him a chance to drag this out.’ If Deathstroke didn’t dodge the batarangs, then the two
remaining snapflashes would land next to whatever wall, Deathstroke was thrown against to further detonate and
throw him around by the explosions.

Batman: Batman’s voice spoke in a grumpy tone in response to Red Hood. “Keep me posted. Find Canary…” It
was then Deathstroke’s footsteps were heard and he turned around to narrow his eyes upon Deathstroke.
Immediately his cape fell around his shoulders and those hands went to his utility belt reaching for batarangs and
snapflashes. “Slade…” He wasn’t surprised by Deathstroke’s appearance; the antennae relay room was only a few
feet from where they stood in the hallway; the open space would give the Dark Knight a better chance of survival.
The Dark Knight spoke with a deep tone with no sign of fear. “Stand down, Slade…or I won’t go easy on you.” That
was a threat that Batman truly believed in, his determination focused on defeating Deathstroke rather than dropping
weapons and allowing a contract killer to win. <c>
Batman: Most likely Deathstroke would rebuttal with a smartass comment or perhaps tell Batman how much ‘out
of his league’ he is, and upon that moment Batman wouldn’t waste any more time. Batman’s left hand shot out an
over the shoulder throw of explosive batarangs aimed to strike Deathstroke’s left thigh, knee, and shin; if they
landed they would attach to his armor before exploding and most likely throwing the man backwards. As a follow
up, Batman would drop a snapflash underneath himself before throwing two more at Deathstroke’s next location;
presuming he would attempt to dodge the batarangs. ‘I have to corner him, limit where he can move and put him
down early. Don’t give him a chance to drag this out.’ If Deathstroke didn’t dodge the batarangs, then the two
remaining snapflashes would land next to whatever wall, Deathstroke was thrown against to further detonate and
throw him around by the explosions.

Wonder Woman: She tried to fight it, her body trying to thrash against the bonds, but it was turning out to be
useless. The more Star Sapphire struggled, the tighter the chains got. The pressure of Hal's knee against her chest
ached, and were she simply mortal, without the Amazon body or the power of the Star Sapphire she would have
been surely crushed. The jewel began to losen, but not quickly, and not without a lot of effort, and a very painful
sounding scream. "NO! HAL! IT HURTS!!!" the screaching sound of Diana's voice, racked with pain and suffering,
even if it wasn't Diana behind the words, would echo in Hal's ears.

Batman: Batman would start to move almost immediately after Deathstroke did, taking a defensive maneuver as he
backwards towards the computer; only for Deathstroke to beat him to it, as Slade’s boots landed on it, Batman
dove to get away from him; as Deathstroke lunged; he would be able to spot the snapflash on the floor primed and
exploding even while Batman was “in the way” the explosive would likely throw The Terminator back while propelling
Batman forward and into a tumble. Tumbling forward the Dark Knight came into a kneeling position and then moved
to quick draw his grapnel gun and shoots it towards Deathstroke’s collar. “You mean like this?!” His feral voice
growled out while using the direction he was facing, he stood up and moved forward to yank Deathstroke towards
Batman, this would likely stagger Deathstroke for all but half a second, it would be at this point Batman would leap
to get closer to Deathstroke;. <c>
Batman: Swinging a low kick to disarm Deathstroke’s right, if Deathstroke was on the ground. If Deathstroke
wasn’t on the ground, Batman wouldn’t kick, rather throw a right hook aiming to bash Deathstroke’s face while
Batman’s left arm prepared to block Deathstroke’s forearms swinging his swords.
Green Lantern: He couldn't let the sound of her screams reach him. He had to keep it from his mind. Had to,
even as the sound echoed within his mind, he had to resist listening. Hal's hold on the jewel tightened as he felt it
start to give. *Don't think...Don't listen. Just pull.* The hold the jewel always had on Carol was firm, but this... this
felt like he was about to rip his own arm off trying to get her free. He held on though, soon the jewel completely in
his hand and the energy ties to Diana the only thing holding it on to her. "Let her go you bitch!" he shouted and
with one enourmous tug, Hal turning his own power on himself to increase his strength, he yanked it free from Diana.

Wonder Woman: The screams became more desperate, more hollow and pain filled, with each fraction of an inch
Hal managed to work the gem off her forehead. Slowly, the stone was being forced to release Diana. When he was
finally able to turn his strength inwards, focus on his self and truly drown her out, that he was able to pull the stone
free. The pink faded and her costume returned to her Amazon armour. Amid the sirens and screams, the chaos
going on around her, Diana was frozen. A deep, unnerving feeling filled her as she looked around at the broken
fixtures. "..." She blinked and looked at Hal, her eyes almost impossibly large, resembling a child more than the
warrior he knew, with an innocent and baffled wonderment on her expression.

Deathstroke: Slade was indeed launched into the air by the snap flash. While heading into the air, he reached into
his belt to grab something with his right hand. While the grappling hook was headed for his collar bone, Slade was
pulled towards Batman recalculating for his landing hehit the ground, instantly rolling to get to his feet, swinging the
sword in his right hand, but not at Batman to cut the cable connected to the grappling hook, so he let Batman get
his kick in. As the foot connected with his side Slade’s arm snaked around dropping the sword for a moment, rolling
towards Bruce’s knee. Bringing his Elbow into Bruce’s knee and applied pressure there with the rest of his body to
take the Batman off his feet. Using his Leg he kicked the sword laying on the ground away from the bat, the
pressure was easily enough to snap a weaker man’s limb like a twig.

Batman: His teeth were clutched and as Deathstroke came tumbling towards him, the caped crusader crossed his
arms, reinforcing his arms at the forearms - the purpose of this was to directly meet and block Deathstroke’s elbow
swing; the strike against his arms would still have force that forced Batman to back up and as he did such Batman
would attempt to pound his left knuckle into Deathstroke’s head, swinging at Deathstroke’s right side, likely his
blind spot wouldn’t catch the movement given their close proximity. Batman would follow up the punch to
Deathstroke’s head with a right elbow strike of his own to Deathstroke’s left side temple, allowing him to feel a
clash of titanium against his helmet along with Batman’s strength and brute force behind the swing. A snarl would
escape Batman’s mouth and nose indicating vigor and perhaps rage.

Deathstroke: Slade took the punch as he couldn’t see it, However the elbow to his left side Slade had full view of
taking the advantage, he would block with his left arm. Snaking his arm around to Batman’s right around his arm
and locking it in place using his body and arm strength however there was a flaw to this he couldn’t see anything on
the right. He could apply pressure to the arm all he wanted he could even break it with easy but he didn’t know what
Batman had planned. Nor could he see what Batman would be reaching for. Slade’s right hand shot up slamming a
flash bang grenade to the side of Batman’s face Smoke, Diamond dust, and a light bright enough to blind anyone in
the room. Was slammed into the left side of Batman’s face. Only for Slade to push off the ground releasing the bat
and flipping backwards in the same instant the grenade went off. Slade would land on the terminal again waiting for
the smoke to clear.
Green Lantern: His hair was matted along the sides where the blood had dripped, his costume torn up, and his
body sore, but when we saw Diana return to normal all of that left him. Hal immediately wrapped his arms around
the Amazon, clutching her to his body as his fingers clenched tight around the jewel. He didn't, or couldn't, cry but
his lips jammed themselves against her, more out of his mind's need and desire to accept that she had really
returned. That the jewel was really in his hand and that he wasn't trapped in some sort of mental lock that made
him think this was real. The Lantern's heart thundered in his chest, hitting against his ribcage so hard it felt as if it
would break through his chest, but that only made him hold her that much tighter. Only when his lungs were on fire
for more air did he break away from the kiss, his forehead touching against her's as he whispered, "I love you
Diana..."

Green Lantern: The had faded away as he had grabbed her, so she could likely feel the beat of his heart agaisnt
her breast.
Wonder Woman: The kiss was as disorienting as everything else was. She was still waking up from the mind
altering effects of the jewel. She wasn't in possession of herself, she knew that much, but it was starting to become
clear that the damage done to the Watch Tower, as well as what was done to Hal, was at her hand. This was
something that broke Diana's heart. That said, the kiss stalled the processing of what was going on, her lips melting
against Hal's as those curious, blue eyes closed for a moment. When he broke the kiss, Diana's body, still rigid,
refusing to melt and form against his, moved back. "I... I can't... Hal..." she looked at the devistation around her, her
expression turning to one of worry. "I'm sorry. I love you, but..." Diana turned away from him, breaking out of his grip
and disappearing. She had done something terrible and she wasn't even sure what had happened. Her head was
swimming, and as much as she knew Hal wanted to help, there was something screaming inside of her to
Wonder Woman: get away, to go home, back to the island. Now. -e-

Batman: “AAARRGGGHHH!!” The blast was not expected and threw Batman backwards, despite the pain Batman
would rough through it as he stumbled and threw down his own smoke pellet while clutching his face; the images of
the moment prior kept running through his head….Deathstroke’s arm locked Batman in place and allowed for an
unknown object to catch him on the right side, the initial hit caused Batman’s eyes to close, but behind protective
transparent lenses the light was still significantly enough to break through his closed eyelids which told Batman it
was a flash bang and a very powerful one. His instincts kicked in immediately and forced him to drop the smoke
pellet for shelter. He held his head as the sensation and feeling of unpleasantness surged within him. <c>
Batman: “AAARRGGGHHH!!” The blast was not expected and threw Batman backwards, despite the pain Batman
would rough through it as he stumbled and threw down his own smoke pellet while clutching his face; the images of
the moment prior kept running through his head….Deathstroke’s arm locked Batman in place and allowed for an
unknown object to catch him on the right side, the initial hit caused Batman’s eyes to close, but behind protective
transparent lenses the light was still significantly enough to break through his closed eyelids which told Batman it
was a flash bang and a very powerful one. His instincts kicked in immediately and forced him to drop the smoke
pellet for shelter. He held his head as the sensation and feeling of unpleasantness surged within him. <c>
Batman: A throbbing pain and a shiver plagued him as his body struggled between shock and arrhythmia. He
tapped the side of his mask and caused the mouth guard to drop, from his cheeks two sliding pieces slipped down
in front of his chin and mouth sealing his cowl completely. The sound? It didn’t affect him; the cowl’s internal sound
dampening immediately adjusted to the loud blast turning it into a muffle that wasn’t even a concern. Immediately
his ears came back and allowed Batman to hear his own actions and become familiar with what he was doing.
Opening his eyes his detective vision came online and white lenses dropped over the transparent lenses. Clutching
his teeth Batman kept his sights on Deathstroke, not quite ready to engage him so soon, but kept himself ready for
defense.