The Witch's Mirror #1

[Batman]

Time Line: 2012, between episodes [2] and [3] Rated PG-13

The Justice League Mini-series Story #5:
The Witch's Mirror #1


Batman: Gateway City, Boston, City Park. The summer air was stale and smelling of rotten beacon, cooked flesh that had sat for an indescribable amount of time. The detectives examined the corpse and raised an eye brow.- “Jesus, what the hell happened to her?” –The detectives leaned down and looked at the corpse.- “Some kind of…Spartan armor or something…You know from Lord of the Rings or something?” “I don’t watch movies…Let’s see if she’s got any ID…” –They reached down with gloved hands and found no signs of anything, her golden helmet was from ancient Greece, red feathers coating the very top of the armor on a fin, finely placed together.- <c>

Batman: “I don’t believe it, this armor is…almost 100% authentic in its making.” –The men grabbed the sword and examined it.- “Hey, you notice something else about her body?” “What’s that?” “I know you’re small guy compared to your wife but…This lady towers over Melissa any day…She’s what would you say; 6, maybe 6’2” in height? Weighed probably 140 150?” –The Detectives would nod.- “She’s one hell of a woman…” “Christ, she’s an amazon.”–One detective lifted the amazons skirt armor to see her underwear.- “Hmm…No sign of rape or struggle. What the hell happened to her?“ <c>

Batman: –The amazon’s body was that of Themyscira, her outfit was that of a messenger except her satchel had gone missing and the detectives didn’t know any better. Her body was drained of its bodily fluids; she was nothing but skin and bones, with some muscles hanging off her exposed flesh. She had recently died within the past 2 hours.<C>

Batman: -Gotham City, 30 minutes later…The thug ran across the street quickly, rushing through the alleyway, his satchel bobbing side to side on him, he stopped swiftly as a truck blown out its horn towards him. He swallowed his heart that jumped into his throat. He began running towards another alley when suddenly a large shadow over casts him and suddenly Batman landed on the man glide kicking him into a dumpster the satchel…*SNAP!* and collapsed onto the floor making a loud clank.- The thug cowered and quickly began running away, when suddenly a Bola device wrapped around the thugs legs causing him to trip and smash into the ground. Batman glared at the man, before grabbing the satchel to see a rod. <c>

Batman: -The rod was gold with green opals etched into it in long diamond shapes. It appeared like a scepter of some kind. Batman would begin walking towards the thug. – “This is the third artifact like this I’ve seen in the past week…What makes these so special?” –The man groaned and Batman stomped his foot against the thugs face pressing him against the alley concrete.- “Please, don’t talk…if you’re done eating solid food…” “Alright! Alright! It’s-…” –Suddenly the thug turned into a pig. Batman took a step back.- “What the?” –Batman looked around narrowing his eyes, he looked at the pig run away, Batman pursued the pig when it was immediately smashed by a truck, <c>

Batman: a horn roaring through the city streets as blood splattered all over the side walk and street. Batman narrowed his eyes and then looked to the gold rod, it would glow lightly offering Batman a warm feeling, and he waited a moment before spotting a dark haired woman wearing a business suit standing in front of Boston University, surrounded by young adults. Batman narrowed his eyes at the image before it suddenly disappeared. Batman placed his hand against his helmet.- “Ace, prepare the jet, I’m going to Boston…”

Wonder Woman: Doctor Diana Prince had taken up residence in Gateway City as a professor at Boston University. No one had any inkling that she might be the mysterious Amazon who had been spotted saving the unsuspecting victims throughout the city, the Princess of Themyscira. Diana was a common enough name. She had taken a page from Clark Kent's disguise book; always wearing her dark hair in a bun and wearing glasses, speaking with a meek voice and feigning a shy demeanour had everyone fooled. Long sleeves, even in the height of summer, kept her bracers hidden, for she never left without them. A reminder of her power and her limitations. She spoke to her students after class, speaking this week on the women of Sparta. "But weren't all women in Ancient Greece thought of as chattel?"

Wonder Woman: Diana shook her head, thinking how did this girl really think things were any different now than then. "No," she said with a soft smile. "While Gorgo and Helen are most often remembered for being movie characters, they were both very strong women, a queen and a princess, of Sparta herself. The line from that movie "Because Spartan women give birth to real men," was actually attributed to Gorgo, who was often questioned regarding her participation in politics of her father and her husband." She wore a dark blue pencil skirt and a white, long sleeve blouse, her jacket folded over her arm. She looked casual, calm and confident, but nothing like the righteous Amazon on the cover of the student paper ; she didn't think of herself as hiding, so much as blending in. <c>

Wonder Woman: She was, after all, behind enemy lines. <e>

Batman: -A dean would begin approaching Diana alongside a tall dark haired man wearing a business suit.- “Excuse me, Professor Diana? This man would like to speak with you. If you have a moment.” –Bruce Wayne stood next to Dean Shaw, the elderly looking woman wore her red short sleeve blouse with her business dress. Bruce was wearing dress pants with a short sleeved white business shirt and a bright pink tie. Bruce smiled as his eyes were covered by a pair of sunglasses to block out the setting sun.-

Wonder Woman: She smiled a wide smile at Bruce, tilting her head to the side. "Mister Wayne," she extended her right hand, brushing a piece of hair from her eyes with her left. "Whatever has brought you from Gotham to Gateway?" she asked. They had never "interacted" but Bruce had been a big help in setting up the identity of Diana Prince and in getting her the job with the university, just as much as Clark had, even if she had never been in a social situation with the dapper businessman, or had even met him face to face outside of his mask. He was handsome; she knew that from the newspapers and constant television activities, which she did not approve of, but never the less she realized how important the misdirection was. Still... "It must be very important to pull yourself away fro

Wonder Woman: Gotham to the drudgery of academia." <e>

Batman: -Bruce smiled at her and shook her hands. – “I’ve read some of your lectures…You’re very much an advocate for women’s rights. Not that I think it’s unnecessary, but I think some take it to extremes…” –Bruce looked to the Dean and smiled.- “Thank you for your help.” –She smiled and began walking away; Bruce looked to Diana’s students before looking back at her. He crossed his arms and said.- “You’re an expert or professor in what *exactly* Diana?” –Bruce gestured to the cement path way leading to the university front statue. Bruce’s blue eyes examined her, showing signs of boldness and fearlessness.-

Wonder Woman: "Extremes to the oppressor might not look the same from the side of the oppressed, Mister Wayne," she spoke with a seldom heard defiance in her voice. Her students looked between the two; while they might make a striking couple, both tall, statuesque, dark hair and blue eyes, it seemed the personalities were opposed. "Doctor Prince," she corrected him as she remained relaxed in her posture, squaring only her shoulders. "I am a doctor in ancient Greek history, with a masters in anthropology. And what, exactly, are you an expert in? Aside from being in the tabloid spot lights with an ever changing, endless train of young women?" She quirked an eyebrow over the rim of her dark rimmed, oval shaped glasses. "Did you come here with a purpose? Or are you just here to recruit Freshmen to your fantasies?"

Batman: -He listened to her tone and was taken back some by her. He would grow a bit in frustration and say.- “Oh, of course, because that’s when men do…We prey on young women who are utterly defenseless and can’t make their own choice. Or wait are you a college liberal type who don’t like me because I’m a business man? Looks like I’m screwed either way with you…And for the record, that wasn’t a sexual advance on you, I meant, there’s no way to make you happy. Just in case you decide to file sexual harassment against me and have me marked as a sex offender…” –He sighed.- “Look, the reason I’m here is because of this...” <c>

Batman: –Bruce reached into his jacket and held out a photo of an ancient tablet showing a rod held by a group of tan skinned people presenting the rod to a pillow with a white striped feline looking tail above it. The photo would seem cut off from the full picture.- “That rod…Do you know anything about it? Any sort of…hallucinations or…anything like that?”

Wonder Woman: She smiled coyly as he got defensive and shook her head. "Only men who have something to hide have reason to fear the truth," she said. As he took out the photo she blinked, trying not to act to surprised. She nodded. "Yes, but I think this is better discussed in my office, Mister Wayne," she said, taking the picture from him and leading the way into the building. "Are you always so defensive?" She smiled over her shoulder. She led them into her office and shut the door. "Clark taught me how to use a computer, you know," she said. "You could have just emailed me the image. It's a ceremonial staff from an offshoot cult, it was used by one of their priestesses to invoke "visions."" She handed him back the photo. "How do you know about it?" <C>

Wonder Woman: No need to hide; they were both heroes and he knew her secret as she knew his. She was more confident in private, more herself. <E>

Batman: “I found it in Gotham, a thug was carrying it in a bag…Say, you said it’s a ceremonial staff. Is there any chance there’s more than one? Maybe a set of them? Anyway, the rod…or…staff sent me an image of you. Practically telling me where you were. But the strangest thing happened,” –Bruce leaned over the desk to look into her face, un-intimidated by her and with a flirtation smirk before going sober and saying.- “The man carrying was about to tell me all about it and suddenly he became a pig and ran off. Before I could catch him he was struck by a truck and splattered across the street. Which also lead you to be my only-…”<c>

Batman: –Three knocks would occur at the door and two figures stood outside the blurry glass window. Bruce looked at his watch and stood up straight stepping in front of Diana’s desk.- “A little late for guests, expecting someone?” -Bruce seemed ready for combat as his posture was that of strength with his shoulders straight and chest puffed forward. And balled his fists.-

Wonder Woman: "No, I'm not," she said with a cautious tone. She was painfully aware of his posture, even if he seemed to be unconscious of it. She didn't need his protection, and if this involved who she thought it might he was in fact the one who needed her protection. She shifted her weight and the one figure knocked again. "Doctor Prince?" The voice called from the outside as Diana squared her shoulders and went forward to answer, twisting the knob with one hand, her other hand ready to deflect an attack.

Batman: “Detective Allen Bogart, this is Detective Mcafferty…” –The two detectives were shorter than Diana only by a couple of inches. They looked at Bruce as Bruce stepped up behind Diana.- “Oh, sorry for intruding on you and your boyfriend Doctor, but we have a few questions to ask you, very important.” –The detectives walked into the room and placed a rag on her desk, unfolding the rag she would see a Themyscira short sword.- “We’ve sent pictures of this to the world leading expert and historian on Ancient societies dating during the Roman, Greek, and medieval era, whatever you guys do…His immediate reply is that this was a fake and because the symbols on it aren’t seen or referenced in any other literature currently known.” <c>

Batman: -Bruce looked at it and didn’t seem to infer anything as he looked at it with no reaction.-

Wonder Woman: She hid the horror at the sight of the sword as it was laid out on her desk. She blinked and took a deep breath. "It's from an Amazon," she said, picking up a pen and gesturing to the symbol of Aphrodite on the hilt. "Male warriors carved the mark of Ares into their weapons; the Amazons were patroned by Aphrodite and paid her homage as such." The detectives nodded. "Where did you find this? It looks... New?" Diana felt sick in her stomach. It was Persephone's; one of their fastest messengers. If her Mother had sent here, there was a message Diana desperately needed to hear. Like all Amazons, Persephone would give up her breath, her life, before giving up her sword.

Batman: -The detectives seemed impressed by her reaction.- “An amazon? Thought they died out in the 1920’s down in South America.” –Bruce then chimed in.- “Guys, I’d hate to intrude but, we’re in the middle of something…” –The men looked at Bruce with a glare.- “We’re investigating in a murder, what could possibly be more important than that?” –Bruce suddenly sunk into his playboy personality and adjusted his collar coming up with an idea.- “Uhh-…Daughter trouble…” –The detectives blinked at Bruce.- “Please sir, we’ll only be a minute. We found this on a body wearing a full costume, looks brand spanking new as well. I’d like to show you pictures but, the body isn’t a pretty sight. Her bodily fluids were sucked right out of her. Poof! Gone.” <c>

Batman: -Bruce then said.- “Where was the body found?” –The Detectives looked at Bruce, viewing him more as a nuisance now more than anything. Bogart would say.- “We’re the detectives, don’t you worry about it.” –Bruce crossed his arms.- ‘Your accent sounds fake, anyway.'

Wonder Woman: "Not as in from the Amazon," she said shaking her head. "The lost Island of Themyscira, Paradise Island." Diana went to her shelves and pulled a book down, opening it to where the story begins. "It is said that after their rape at the hands of Jason and Hercules, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena and Hestia granted the Amazons a safe haven, an island of their own where no men could step foot," she closed the book. "But that's just a fairy tale," one of the detectives said. "And yet you have a dead Amazon in your morgue," she said <c>

Wonder Woman: "Thank you for your time, Doctor," the second detective said in a calmer tone. Both making an effort to ignore the playboy in the corner. "Here is my card, may we contact you if we need further information?" "Of course Detective," she said, slipping her own card out of her skirt pocket. The detectives left and Diana couldn't help but smirk. "Daughter issues?" She asked Bruce <e>

Batman: -Bruce rolled his eyes.- “I was going to say divorce but, I don’t think they would believe it with how you are…” –Bruce paused and then said.- “Besides I could’ve just made up name if they asked.- “Barbara, Cassandra, or Stephanie…Some common little girl’s name, they might not know I don’t have kids. Anyway, about this rod is it a part of a set or perhaps duplicates?” –Bruce leaned against her table looking at her, completely brushing off the detectives and their case.-

Wonder Woman: "I think it's bigger than that, Bruce," she said, lowering her voice. "That sword belonged to one of my Sisters; a messenger." She paused, shaking her head. "The staff was used by Circe, a powerful witch and enemy of the Amazons. She was banished centuries ago. It would not surprise me to learn she was behind my sister's death." She shook her head once again. "You said he turned into a pig?" She took a seat behind her desk, looking at Bruce. She hadn't had much exposure to him, and she was starting to see why. Clark must have anticipated the personality clash between them.

Batman: -Bruce raised his eye brow.- “Circe? Don’t get illusive with me, Diana. Are we talking a witch with frog potions or are we dealing with a God?” –Bruce’s voice growling as he wanted to get to the point. Depending on her answer he would follow up and say.- “When was the last time anyone saw her?” –Bruce paused and thought for a moment before saying.- “Do you think-…Maybe the old gods set something in motion bigger than life?”

Wonder Woman: "Don't try to threaten or intimidate me, rat boy," she growled as he got aggressive. He was used to being able to intimidate people, but Diana didn't roll over. "She's a sorceress, not a God, but she calls on their powers," Diana said. "She's an alleged consort of Ares, but that stands to be proven; he tends to prefer warriors to witches." She closed the book and looked up at him. "She was banished millenia ago for betraying my Mother," Diana spoke softly as she leaned back in the chair, her eyes cold. "She is very powerful, but ... I don't know. She should not have been able to break the binds. And if she has..." She hesitated. "It's my fight. I'm the one she's after, I am sure. There is a chance the Old Ones have unsettled the balance. If she were freed, she'd be after me for revenge."

Batman: “We need to call Doctor Fate…Get his input.” –Bruce pulled out his phone and attached a communication device for the Justice League.- “Batman to-...WOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHHHH ZZzz…ZZZZZzzzz.“ –Bruce pressed buttons on the device, but nothing happened.- “Something is stopping the signal…Looks like we’re on our own. I left the rod in my car. Should we go and investigate your sister’s death? There might be clues at the scene.”

Wonder Woman: She nodded. "That very well could be the witch's workings," she said, standing up. "Persephone was a messenger," Diana admitted as she walked to the door. "If she was here, she was coming with word from the Queen for me. Perhaps Mother knows Circe is loose?" She looked Bruce over. "I assume you brought a change of clothes?" She quirked an eyebrow, sliding a hand into her briefcase and pulling out her tiara, placing it low on her brow and pulling her hair from it's bun. She folded her glasses and set them on her desk.

Batman: -Bruce nodded to her words.- “Of course, I even have a motorcycle and plane if you want to give either a test ride…Got a car?” –Bruce said leaving her office and making his way to the campus parking lot towards a Black Camaro, he slipped into the driver seat and adjusted the driver seat, slipping back into reach into the cramped back space to grab his suit from a black bag, immediately undressing out of the business suit and into he batsuit.-

Wonder Woman: Did he really just ask if she needed a ride? She was hovering when he asked and she couldn't help but laugh. "No thanks," she said with a smirk. "I can handle my own transportation needs." Her fingers deftly unbuttoned the blouse, revealing the red and gold bustier. She slid out of her pencil skirt and tucked her clothes away in a closet, a short, blue feathered leather skirt with white stars round her waist. She slipped into the red and white boots and was out the window. Graceful, quiet and quick, just the way she always did it. She could see Bruce getting into the Camero. She'd be on the scene before he got his knickers on. Diana flew towards the core where the detectives had found Persephone. She had been so close, and likely terrified. What kind of threat would have pushed the Amazons

Wonder Woman: to risk the dangers of Man's World for an outcast such as herself. All Diana could think of was that her mother was in dire trouble and Circe was at the bottom of it.

Batman: -The scene of the corpse still smelled terrible, the grassy scenery had green plants, bushes, and trees. The body, however, marked an area of brown, red, and yellow colors in the plant life. The very resting place of the body there would be signs of unnoticeable to a typical person or investigator. A tree branch was damaged by what appeared to be lightning

[Batman]

-The Central city police department had phones ringing constantly off the hooks when the police captain called out- “Get Detective Allen up here, we got a body found in a sewage pipe, cause of death undetermined.” –The shout out was spoken as police officers scrambled. A television nearby would speak.- “FBI agents are beginning to investigate 2 murders Gotham city and Gateway city, where the victims are rumored to have all of their body fluids sucked out of them, leaving the victims with nothing but skin, muscle, and bone…Neighbors and conspiracy theorists believe vamp-…“ –When Allen arrived the Chief said to Barry.- “Barry get down to Walnut street, at the edge there’s a body for you to ID. Get on it.” –At the scene there were four police officers in uniform along with three paramedics. The body was an old man who was left with to smell like rotten bacon and appeared with nothing but skin and bones. The body was obviously covered in sewage. <c>

-Another note about the body was that it smelled as if it were 3 days old but, its appearance was less than 30 minutes. The officers looked over the body clearly disgusted by the scene, as they couldn’t find any marks or punctures in the body to indicate how its body fluids were sucked completely out of its being.-

The Flash: Barry couldn't say he was a fan of the forensic part of the job. Dead bodies and all. Something about the smell.. Regardless of his personal thoughts of the matter. "Alright, Chief." Barry Allen took his time getting grabbing his few items he would have needed. This of course was one of the hardest things about being the man secretly known as the Flash. Being slow. It was needed, to keep up the facade of keeping his hero identity out of the publics eye. If anyone came up, and accused him of being the Flash, people who knew him, would joke and shut down the idea. Barry of course showed up later on scene than the other officers. But no jokes were made. Most of the cops were somewhat shaken by the discovery of the body. Completely dry.. no blood, and a stench of age riddled within the air. One would have thought the body looked kind of... microwaved... Barry thought to himself. "Well, I don't know what you're all standing there for. -c

The Flash: "I'm certain you've gotten all the crime scene photos. Get this body shipped out, so an autopsy can be preformed and he can be identified." The officers did as they were instructed, and began to move out. Slowly, Barry walked around the area of which the body was lain. He took a few key notes. "Dry as a bone.." Barry had hoped someone would set forward, with maybe an eye witness account. Or say the man was a crazy mad scientist, trying to build a microwave emitter, something that wouldn't be cause for giant alarm. But he was having that gut feeling of this was not one of those cases."
The Flash: ^ no final ")*

Wonder Woman: Diana was still concerned; if Bruce really had one of Circe's scepters, and the witch was at large once again, there was no end to the trouble that could come from that. Add to that the death of Persephone, her Sister who had come to Man's World with a message from the Queen, no doubt killed by the witch. What was the woman getting at? Diana sighed and shook her head. The photos of Persephone's dehydrated husk haunted her all last night, and now it seemed a second body had been found. Luckily enough this one wasn't dressed in what the newspapers had falsely described as "Ancient Roman Armour." And they wonder why higher forms of life shield themselves from them? She hadn't heard back from Bruce yet with regards to anything his computers could tell him, and she doubted she would. Since being cast off the island, she couldn't return and draw the sorceress' fire away from the innocent civilians, she had to stay and make the stand here. <c>

Wonder Woman: Currently, Diana was watching the sun rise in her armour, standing atop one of the taller buildings, a municipal court house. From the ground she wouldn't be noticed, but she doubted Circe would be on the ground. She wanted to stop this before it got further out of hand. "Batman," she said over a bluetooth communications device the Justice Leaguers were all issued. "Any development on the second body?" She was aware that the best forensic investigator in the area was being brought in, Detective Barry Allen, and perhaps he could shed some light on the situation, since the locals seemed so clueless. <e>

-The time in Gateway city was night fall, as Central city was two hours behind. The Justice League communication devices were still malfunctioning and refused to work, as Diana waited patient for Batman to arrive, Batman would swing and land on the rooftop nearby Wonder Woman.- “It appears Circe’s has been busy…Museums all across the East coast have had mirrors glass windows smashed and signs of forced entry. News and radio stations appear completely shut down…” –Batman’s voice was deep and spoke with a growl, his defined chin expressing no emotion, almost like a human imitating a robot. Batman would then pull out his cryptographer and examine the clock on the device.- “I’m past my check point…I have someone I want you to meet…She’s from Gotham. She’s an excellent detective and a good fighter…I told her if I didn’t communicate with her 30 minutes ago, make her way up here and find me. She’ll be checking the police scanners, but they are malfunctioning…” <c>

-Batman looked around and spotted a flood light.- “I have an idea…Can you fly us to that flood light on that building?” –Meanwhile in Central city, two men dressed in business suits approached the murder scene.- “Hello officers, I’m Agent Brown, this is Agent Walker…We’re going to need all of your information on this case, top secret Government stuff. You know the drill.” –One of the officers would say.- “Is this about that stuff happening out in Gateway and Gotham cities?” –The Agents nodded.- “We think there’s a connection, nothing I can say more. It’s above your pay grade. If you gentlemen could clear the area please.” –At a distance a woman standing at 5’6, wearing a business suit, brown hair, and blue eye shadow, she watched Barry; if Barry decided to challenge the agents she watched, if he chose to leave she would approach him once the agents were out of sight.- <c>

“Hello, Barry Allen, pleasure to meet you in person, I’m Agent Chelsea, FBI. I wanted to ask you a few questions about the body you just examined.”

BlackCanary: Black Canary looks at her communicator and sure enough it was still working funny, even her police scanner wasn't working right. She has been concerned about the reports, and is looking forward to see what she cand do to help. At least she was able to get one message earlier from batman, and as usual he had back up plan so they could meet up. She smirks. "Plan B, it is then." She rides into town, her blonde hair blowing in the wind as she circles about the down town area, looking for a hint of the dark knight. Feeling like a tourist as she sees the sights, looking about. She laughs softly to herself.

The Flash: Barry Allen was no stranger to the men in the business suits. Thankful, however it wasn't the CIA. Barry had yet to meet that organization, but had heard nothing good on the group. "Well, Agent Brown Walker." Barry's voice was riddled with abit of distain. Not that Barry was completely against authority, he just wasn't a fan of men walking on his crime scene, and demanding answers for questions they didn't even know. "I know about as much as you do at this point. I've just gotten on scene." With his comment, Barry walked away from the men, and returned back to the scene. The young woman would then make her approach. With Barry kneeling, and examining the body, he had a hand over his mouth. A habit he'd built up from the dealing of bodies, which if pressed he'd pass off as the sewer smell. Finally a light hand was pressed to his shoulder, and a soft voice filled his ears. This caught him offguard for a moment. Barry Allen rose to his feet, and extended a hand polietely when the -c

The Flash: female introduced herself. -"Excuse me, Barry Allen? It's a pleasure to meet you in person. I'm Agent Chelsea."- "Nice to meet you, Agent Chelsea. What can I do for you?" Barry polietely responded. The man was a sweetheart at heart, and no matter how upset he would get at something, never would he take any sort of rage or anguish out on a woman. -"Well, I'd like to ask you a couple basic questions, if you don't mind. How long has he been deceased for? What do you think happened?"- Barry polietely responded to the brunette, turning his focus from her to the scene once more. "Well, the body isn't fresh, despite how he looks. From what I can tell, he's been dead for 3 days now. Although, if it wasn't for the sewer. I think this is about as close to the modern age mummy as we can get. It's like he was evaporated from the inside.. I really don't think he had some sort of accident with a mutant paper towel." That last part. Was he flirting with the woman? He didn't intend to.. -c

The Flash: but it was pretty clearly a lame joke. <e>

Wonder Woman: The Amazon looked impassively as Batman showed up, appearing almost out of nowhere. She wasn't impressed by his trickery, even though it was good. She kept her eyes focussed on the setting sun and blinked slowly as he spoke. He mentioned the spot light across the block and she nodded, looking him up and down as if to find an "appropriate" place to touch him. She was wary of Wayne's reputation; it proceeded him and she wasn't entirely sure it was all an act. She had heard he had gone "soft" on crime with regards to a certain cat burglar. Her feet left the ground and she hovered around behind him, settling for putting an arm under each of his. She roughly forced the cape out of the way and found a hand hold in the molded carbon fiber and kevlar of his suit. The distance was short, and while Diana was secure in her grip and her abilities, Bruce might not feel the same, with nothing beneath him and being forced to trust a woman he barely knew to not let go.

Agent Chelsea’s eyes would light up as Barry made a joke; she chuckled politely and tapped his hand as if trying tell him to stop kidding with a playful gesture.- “A final question for you, Detective Allen.” –She cleared her throat before handing him a piece of paper.- “My plane is leaving for Gateway city, I have the permission to have you as my lead scientist for this case. You seem to know everything about it.” –Barry would see there were two phone numbers on the piece of paper, one stated “Cell phone” and the other stating “Home phone.”- “I’m afraid the pay is still the same, but recognition does go towards your next promotion…What do you say?” –Meanwhile in Gateway City, Batman concentrated on the flood light, feeling Diana misbalancing him, he would question.- “Are you alright? It feels shaky for a lift. Something you should have no problem doing.”<c>

-As his feet touched down Batman went to the glass of the flood light and unfolded a large Batarang that he attached to the light. He reached behind the light and turned it to face a tall black building, suddenly a Bat symbol lit up the building on two sides and strangely enough, it reflected onto two more buildings. Batman looked to Wonder Woman.- “Now Black Canary can find us…” –Batman walked towards the edge of the roof to look over the city, he kneeled and examined the people.- “Strange…No one seems affected or aware of the technology black out…Something is wrong or it’s just this city…”

BlackCanary: She looks up and sees the light on the buildingwith the clear emblem of a bat in it, she smirks. The bat signal, she is being called by the bat signal, she smirks. She notices two more building with the symbol.Canary reved her engine and sped toward the builidings, she drives around figuring it out, realizing one building has mirrored windows, she drives to the building best suited for projecting the light and she parks in a nearby alley and works her way up the fire escape, surprised to see Wonder Woman with Batman. She hadn't met that many other heros, but kept up on what she heard through her contacts and sources. She strides across the rooftop smiling, "Hey. You rang? How can I help?" she flexes her hands a little, looking like she is ready for a fight.

Wonder Woman: "I'm fine," she said with a short tone in her voice. He was so arrogant, even as Batman. She could only wonder how conceited he truly was as the billionaire playboy. "Do you always have to talk?" she asked, purposely letting him drop a few inches to the ground. She watched him fold out the bat shape and place it on the light. "Really? Isn't that taking the Bat-theme just a little too far, don't cha think?" she raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms over her chest. Her eyes fell to the blonde woman who appeared at the side of the building, climbing up the fire escape. Diana eyed her skeptically, having seen few examples of how women in man's world were treated and thought of, and how they treated each other and thought of themselves. This one looked like she might actually be able to handle herself if push came to shove. She seemed confident, perhaps a little too much so. Her assumption, and Batman's assumption, that this person could help was almost comical to Diana. <c>

Wonder Woman: Circe was a powerful sorceress; she knew only of a handful of people in their "league" who might be able to assist her, this woman did not look like one of them. Never the less, one extra amateur making things hectic for Circe's minions would make things easier on Diana. She could use this one to draw out more of the sorceress' followers, perhaps. None of this registered on the Amazon's face; she simply nodded at the new comer. <e>

-Chelsea would snicker.- “Oh you’re too cute, we don’t use public transportation with the FBI…” –When Barry arrived at the airport it was a private jet housing an entire FBI team of people rushing about with papers and laptops, everything seemed in order and working properly until a suddenly explosion occurred right outside the plane’s wing. An alarm would sound and the agents would begin shuffling calmly, making sure they were seated properly. Agent Chelsea spoke with a commanding voice.- “We’re under attack…Captain what is it?” Captain: “It’s…some kind of tank on the air strip…” –Chelsea would growl.- “Get us airborne, if we land we’ll be kill for sure! Call out to airport security, get a hold of the National Guard.” –The tank was a modernized hybrid of a German made panzer and leopard tank, as the vehicle swiftly began moving to pursue the jet flying above, it rapidly released explosive shells. <c>

-Batman ignored Diana’s comments about the bat theme, obviously and when he saw Black Canary, despite holding her in high regard Batman gave her no sign of emotion.- “Black Canary…We’re-…” –Batman looked to the sky to see explosions going off above the city.- “Something is launching artillery rounds above the city.” –Batman looked to Diana.- “We’ll be right behind you.” –Batman pulled off his belt his cryptographer, kneeling down he activated the batwing’s computer and commanded the Batwing to intercept Black Canary and Batman. It was then a loud explosion was heard over the city. Inside the plane the cockpit would explode and the jet would begin ripping apart agents began flying rapidly towards the ground flying towards the rooftops of the city.-

BlackCanary: Canary glances over Wonder Women as she is being looked over, she shrugs it off, not caring what the Amazon could be thinking while staring at her so. She turns to Batman, ready to find out more about the situation. Turning her head to see what is going on as she hears the explosions and sees the attack. She nods to Diana confirming what Batman was planning and climbs into the batwing with practiced ease, ready to find out what was going on, as it takes off. She gasps seeing the passing jet's cockpit explode and it tearing apart. She looks down at the city figuring out where it would land. "If you need help moving falling jet debris let me know." her voice grim, feeling bad for the town.

The Flash: "I take it that's not a friend of yours?" He tried to remain humored. Although he was the Flash, he couldn't give away his cover. Thankfully, Agent Chelsea had already had them covered. Before the impact of the anti-air shell had destroyed the cockpit of the jet, she had returned to Barry, with a parachute. "I think it might be safe if we had a coupl-" She was cut off by the large explosion as the plane was ripped into pieces. Not even his super speed really prepared him for the feeling of being sucked out of a jet, and free falling. As he, and other various agents fell from the sky, he was fortunate enough to have the woman in the parachute Agent Chelsea behind him without his knowledge. With abit of a scream at first, and preparing to start to rotate himself, suddenly he felt two arms and her familar voice behind him. -"Gotcha!" She exclaimed some, as she held onto the man tightly. "Pull the ripcord, and hang onto me!" She shouted at him, as they still fell at -c

The Flash: speeds no ordinary human was used to. Barry did as she asked, and pulled the chute. He held on tightly, and soon they were afloat, safe.. ish, free floating down to the ground. "I don't think this is worth a promotion, unless health benefits are involved. And life insurance.." Barry nervously joked. They were still very far up in the sky, so there was time to save the men that fell. That is if they didn't have chutes like they did. If not.. Well, Barry didn't want to watch men fall to their deaths, so he looked away. Which so happened to end up being against Agents Chelsea's shoulder.

Wonder Woman: Before they had even fully heard the explosion Diana was in the air and by the time Bruce had spoken she was gone. She took off towards the plane, catching and dropping them as gently as she could onto building tops, avoiding going all the way to the ground to save the seconds it would take to climb back up. The bigger danger was the falling fuselage; it loomed over the few who were lucky enough to have parachutes and with all of the salvageable lives saved and most casualties averted, Diana's attention went straight to the plane. She shot in front of Barry and Chelsea, loosing her lasso as she went, readying it to wrap around the front end of the plane. She got her grip and was careful not to pull too hard, lest she rip the thin skin of the carrier any further. The golden rope wrapped around her arm as she slowed it's decent. By the time Batman had caught up, she was lowering the plane's front and middle section, the only part that remained even remotely intact, to the ground. <c>

Wonder Woman: "I've got this, you go on and find what did this in the first place!" she ordered. Not asked. Ordered. The Amazon, used to heading up an army of immortal warriors, was in war mode. Insubordination was not an option. <e>

-As the Batwing took to the skies Batman looked over the navigation controls and just for the vain attempt, he checked communication systems but, they were still not functioning properly. The radar scanners made it equally difficult to figure out where the shots were coming from. It was then a building next to the Batwing would shatter and explode as the batwing flew past and narrowly dodged the shell. The batwing would stumble from the shockwave, but when it regained control it would tail spin to face the Leopard tank’s direction. A building or two remained between both vehicles, but their line of site would become clear as the batwing flew sideways using its hover jets to do so. Black Canary had specific controls over ground based missiles or rockets, if she used them she would see that she had remote navigation with them only having a maximum of 6 missiles, however, Batman would fire rockets and forward Vulcan cannons that seemed to bounce off the armor, <c>

the rockets would explode in a condensed area. Civilian’s in the area fled screaming for their lives, as the Batwing barely dodged another shell blasting into the building behind it, the Batwing sunk into cover.- ‘I didn’t expect to be fighting tanks when I signed on for this job.’ –It was then Batman noticed something strange once more. A rooftop above the batwing would have men dressed in black military uniforms with rocket launchers, they began firing, but the missiles flew in various directions causing explosions surrounding them. Batman growled as he felt debris smashing into the Batwing causing gravity to push it down. Batman growled at Black Canary.- “Use your voice!” –Batman opened the cockpit allowing Dinah to either jump out of the Batwing or climb into the building or simply use her voice.-

Black Canary: Canary can't help but be impressed watching Wonder Woman deftly rescuing people and taking care of the debris. She frowns as the Amazon orders them about, finding it rude and arrogant. But this was no time to pick a fight, people were in danger, and they did needed to find out what was going on and stop it, she nods to Wonder Woman determined as the Batwing speeds away. As they neared the tank, Canary did look at the missle controls she had in front of her and fired one, smiling as she started to use the guidance system for them, although she didn't seem to have any better luck than Batman did with his missles. She looks about as she hears and sees blasts about them, chucks of broken building hitting and rocking the Batwing.

Black Canary: She growls softly as she also notices the militants firing and destroying the building and seeing the civilians run in panic, some getting hurt. As Batman guides her and opens the cockpit, she nods and undoes her saftey harness and stands up, holding on to the harness to keep her in the aircraft. Looking at the men furious. Making a stance to support herself in the moving and rocking Batwing. She takes a deep breath and focuses on the men on the roof and lets out a keening screech at them. The rooftop starting to crack with the impact of sonic voice, knocking men down as they clutch at their ears, losing their consciousness. The missle launnchers are blown out of their hands.

Black Canary: She hangs on as the Batwing gets closer, ready to jump out and run down the wing to get to the rooftop, if batman gets close enough. But staying ready if he had other plans.

Wonder Woman: Diana untangled the lasso with a flick of her wrist and was up and way before the gathering news crews were able to get more than a blurry photograph; she had no desire of becoming tabloid fodder like some of the other heroes seemed to become. She was already being critqued in the media for her choice of clothing, as if her armour was immodest. She pushed those thoughts out of her head as she followed after the Batwing only to be pushed backwards mid air by the force of the Canary Cry. She adjusted herself and flew upwards, over the shockwave and further away from the scream. "That's some voice your friend has, Batman," she said ina dry tone into her headset. "I've got the tanks." She charged down towards the remaining tank, not even hesitating as she blew through the bottom, taking out one of the treds entirely. The beast lurched to the left and Diana came to rest on the top, her hands making short work of the hermetically sealed hatch. She ripped it clean off and hauled out the pilot <e

“Be careful…Babe.” –Batman said towards Black Canary with a flat and uninterested tone of voice, keeping up the friendly and flirty relationship they had. Batman flew the Batwing close enough that Black Canary could jump off, and as she did so, he would simply make a mental note of her position and be wary not to forget about her. Diana spoke and jumped into action disabling the tank, inside was actually a crew of six men sub machineguns at her after she pulled out the pilot, they fired rapidly at her attempting to stop her from taking them away.- Batman simply hovered above allowing the Batwing’s presence be known as people in the area watched in fear. Batman set the Batwing to hover and then jumped out of the vehicle to glide towards the tank. Landing Batman said to Diana.- “I want to interrogate them.” –He said with a flat tone, as the sound of gunfire seemed simple enough to handle. <c>

-Agent Chelsea would comment.- “Wow, look at them go. That’s something you don’t see every day…A man in…what is that, a rubber suit? And who is she supposed to be? They can’t just come in here and start firing missiles and smashing buildings!” –Agent Chelsea began walking towards Wonder Woman and Batman.- “What are you two doing?”

BlackCanary: She smirks as he gets the Batwing close to the building and the flirty add on of 'Babe', she smirks. "Aw, now where is the fun in that? See you later hun" she lets go of the harness and runs down the wing, jumping onto the building. She dashes across the building kicking away any weapons which are too close and starts fighting any of the men who start to stir, giving round house kicks and throws taking the few stagglers out. She smiles and collects the weapons, taking out the ammo. Watching the batwing and wonderwoman from a distance.

The Flash: "I believe that's Batman. He's a out of his usual area, though." He commented to Barry was so thankful the hero and heroines had shown up. He could have hugged and kissed them all for that. The loss of life was so miniscule compared to what it could have been. Since Chelsea had grabbed him, and stopped his change into the Flash, he had already built up a tremendous amount of guilt over it. Though they walked toward the pair, Barry was near her. "May I suggest just talking.. and not being aggressive towards them?" Barry muttered toward Agent Chelsea. "They did just save the lives of about 70 agents, ontop of that.. I hear that Batman fellow is not known for his polietness towards authority." Standing, near face to face with a man he'd read about in various papers. And a woman, she seemed to be Diana.. the one called Wonder Woman. Not that he was a fan-boy or anything, but he was excited to meet the pair as the Flash. But here, as Barry Allen, he stood infront of the two. <e>

Wonder Woman: Diana turned, dropping the tank's pilot to her feet as her hands became a veritable blur, bullets deflecting every which way around her as she moved. When the magazines were spent the stunned men just blinked at the smirking Amazon. "My turn," she said, once again using her lasso to loop all six men together, their guns falling from their hands as they were tugged into a tight pile. "Nuh uh," she said, putting a foot against the pilot's back and forcing him back onto his stomach. He had been trying to crawl towards a relinquished Glock on the ground. Batman came up to her and she barely awknowledged him, merely nodding towards the group as he asked for an interrogation. "You're theatrics aside, your best bet to get the truth is right now," she said, forgoing an explaination on the traits of her lasso. Somethings are better kept secret, especially when dealing with someone like Batman. She didn't fully trust him; something said to run away as far as he was concerned. <c>

Wonder Woman: It was more than the overly flirtatious and flamboyant alter ego. It was more than an affinity for theives in black leather. Something told Diana that, unlike Clark, Bruce Wayne didn't trust her, which automatically made him untrustworthy in her eyes. <c>

Wonder Woman: She turned towards the Detective and nodded, speaking to the female agent, "Are you and your friend alright?" she said, her voice rather methodical and almost cold. Her eyes, however, were friendly towards the other woman. "Yes, thank you," Chelsea responded. "My name is Age-." She stopped as Diana shook her head. "Please, you are stepping into matters you do not fully understand," Diana spoke in a very formal manner, if not a little brash and rude. "We're the government," the FBI agent continued to protest. "And in a democracy, that means nothing," Diana countered. "The enemy you are about to fight is unlike anything you have ever faced before. It would waste fewer lives if you allowed us to handle it." Her attention went back to the group of men groaning under the strains of her lasso, trying to cut it with what she would consider a "child's knife," small bladed boot knives. She pursed her lips and shook her head, tugging on the rope, pulling the whole lot over onto their sides. <e>

-Batman listened briefly to the conversation between Wonder Woman and Agent Chelsea, Batman looking to Barry with a dark glare as if subtly telling Barry ‘You don’t want to mess with me.’ Batman grabbed a Nazi by the throat and gently applying pressure as he asked.- “Who sent you?”–Agent Chelsea grabbed her radio and began clicking it.- “Units converge on Batman and Wonder Woman, hold your first.” –The Nazi would mumble.- “<Baron Blitzkrieg>” –Batman paused to translate, remembering his knowledge of German, Batman then spoke in German.- “<Who is Baron Blitzkrieg?>” “<I don’t know, he is Baron Blitzkrieg. “> -Batman growled at punched the Nazi in the face causing him to scream in agony.- “<I’m telling the truth!>” –Batman then growled.- “<Do you have any idea how many bones you have left that I can break?>” “<Please! No, I Don’t! Hail United States! Mercy!>” <c>

“<Talk! What does he do?>” “<We serve him. He told us to shoot down the plane and to kill Batman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash.>” –Batman looked around to see if anyone else understands what the Nazi just said also admittedly, Batman looked to Diana.- “Keep your hears open…We’re expecting the Flash to be here.” –Batman turned to look at the Nazi’s again.- “<Where is your base?>” –The nazi men shook their heads.- “<We don’t know. None of us do. We wake up and sleep with no memories except our mission. Do you have any idea what it’s like? Not remember family? We only have each other and a profound love for our Father. Hail Hitler!>” “<And what about the families of the people you just killed? Did you think about them?>”–Batman took a few steps back and said to Diana.- “They’re lying…I can’t interrogate them hard in open public like this…We need to go someplace alone with them.”

BlackCanary: Black Canary looks at the men, realizing by their uniforms they are Nazis. Shegoes through the men's pockets and examines them carefully, looking for hints as to their ages and origins, although most of them look to be in their 20s and 30s. She notices they all have wet boots and pant legs, she sniffs a leg and curls up her nose in disgust, sewer water. These men had traveled through the city via sewage system, she went down the many stairs and found the open access grate into the sewer. (c)

BlackCanary: She tries to use her communicator to tell her findings and smiles finding it works. "Hey Batman, I learned a little about our new friends. Seems like they are using the sewers to get about the city, I'm tempted to go down and see if I can find where their base of operations are located. Should I go? Do we need to regroup?"

The Flash: With a nudge to Agent Chelsea. "I.. I can't be here for this.." He took a few steps away, from her, and was seen running away. Agent Chelsea was forced to stay on scene, and tried to instruct a few agents to follow Barry, but he disappeared quickly. Barry Allen quickly changed out into his Flash costume, a few miles away from the scene. His clothes had been in the plane, and now more than likely were incinerated. Not that it mattered. His super hero costume laid shrunken down in size. With it exposed, he was able to bring it back to normal size, and change into it in miliseconds. Once changed out, he waited a couple minutes, if only to throw off the worlds greatest detective. Once ten minutes had passed, which the Flash took as a oppertunity to learn the streets of Gateway city at a leisure pace. Satisfied enough time had passed, Barry Allen returned to the scene of the plane shooting down. Running up between both Agent Chelsea, and Batman, he stood and looked at them both.

The Flash: "Hey.. heard the news that a plane had been shot down on the radio.. I'm here to help." The Flash held his hands on his sides. Batman was a touch intimidating, but he wasn't scared of the man. Infact, he trusted he was on the side of good. Knowing nothing of alter egos. Then again, there was the very beautiful dark haired beauty near him. One he knew as Wonder Woman. As for details, he knew next to nothing about her. Suddenly, the Flash noticed several guns trained on him. "Gentlemen.. and ladies.. I just want you to know, that you're wasting your time.. By the time you pull the trigger, your gun will not have any bullets." He was somewhat arrogant about it, but truthful. Noticing one agents pull on his trigger intensifying, the Flash took off, and true to his word not only removed the clip from his gun, but removed the bullet out of the chamber.


Wonder Woman: "They are telling the truth," Diana said in a no nonsense tone, narrowing her eyes at Batman. He was a pig, she had decided. She didn't want to give away her secret as far as the lasso went, who knows when she might need to use it against the arrogant Gothamite. She shook her head. "You will do no such thing," she said, clearly trying to wrestle control away from the dark clad man. She squared her shoulders, tipping her chin up and looking him square in the eye. He was welcomed to try to forcably take the men from her, but he would fail. For all his gadgets, armour and gizmos, he was only human and she was far from it. With the grace of the Gods she knew they were speaking the truth. <"You speak the truth,"> she said to the man who had spilled his guts, the pilot loose to tell lies, but held under her foot easily enough. <"You will go to prison. You will be punished for the deaths you have caused today and the destruction,"> she was about to relinquish custody over to the Agents <c>

Wonder Woman: when the Flash showed up. She was surprised by the pure, unadulterated speed of the red blur in front of her. He disarmed the one guard who had given him a threat, without harming him. She let a small smile play on her pink lips; he was a refreshing change from the Dark Knight at her side. He was as fast as Hermes, with a quick wit of the Messenger God as well. <e>

-Dinah would discover relics dating back to 1935, additionally she would find a gold pin inside each of their pockets, and the pin was of a pig’s side profile. Batman squared his shoulders against Wonder Woman glaring at her, his bold blue eyes displaying to her that he wasn’t afraid, in their moment of tension the Flash arrived along with Gateway city police cars and helicopters surrounded the scene. Batman looked at the Flash almost disappointed.- “Found the Flash…” –Agent Chelsea would smirk somewhat amused as she aimed her gun at Batman and took a step back. From the three heroes They would begin to hear over a loud speaker from a helicopter.- “Vigilantes, lie down on the ground and put your hands on your head.” –Batman would then say to Black Canary.- “Go ahead without us Canary…We’ll be a moment.” –Batman had chosen to ignore the Flash’s quick speed of disarming a FBI Agent. As he felt himself fighting 3 battles and he was diverting resources. They were tearing each other apart.- <c>

-Batman’s sapphire eyes returned to Diana.- “I’m not done talking to you about this…” –Batman turned his back to the Flash and Wonder Woman to face the Police cars and men aiming their weapons. It was then suddenly a woman dressed in a purple bikini appeared, long silky cloth draped from her wrists, shoulders, hips, and biceps that reached the floor. Horns protruding from her long dark purple hair seemed to appear intimidating. - “Wonder Woman… You-…Look different, Hippolyta. Long time and not so much as a word to your sister…”

BlackCanary: Dinah sits at the opening of the sewer, thinking about her findings. How could these men have such old items on them, their IDs said they were born in the early nineteen hundreds, and much of the items looked new for period items. Could they really be from the past, stranger things have happened. She looks at the pins, not sure what they mean, but knowing she would have to look it up later. From Batman's short message, it sounded like he was in the middle of something, so she kept her details to herself for now. She dropped into the sewer. She made a face of being in the muck, up to her knees, but trudged on, seeing footprints and trodded garbage, finding a very weak trail. It was a long route, taking her quite some time. The trail seemed to end by a ladder, she stopped and waited to hear from Batman or the others for a moment, if not she would call them.

The Flash: The Flash began to shake his head some. "What are you gonna shoot at us? Your imagination?" If you blinked, you would have missed it. The Flash went into hyperspeed, and emptied each cops gun, emptied the chamber of the gun, and removed the clip, creating a pile of them. He didn't take all of their bullets, or clips though. Although, he hoped they would stop being silly about it, and let them pass. If not, well. In a second, he could do it all again. There was several sounds of a few cops now dry firing their guns. With a dusting off of his hands, at a job well done. He turned his focus to the odd woman approaching the group. "Well.. this is just silly.. I've heard the saying, you are what you eat, but this is abit too much." He joked again. He spoke outloud, the woman herself would have heard him. Wonder Woman and Batman as well. Well, it appeared he had emptied the guns on all the officers, except for Agent Chelsea herself. Perhaps in fear, or never having seen something like it –c

The Flash: before, she began to empty her clip of bullets at the woman that approached all in vain. Before any re-procussions could come her way, since clearly her bullets were unaffective, Flash picked the young agent up, and ran her high speed out of dangers way. Infact, to a rooftop, being nice enough to let her watch what was happening. "Okay, now.. you sit this one out, short-stuff. I'll be back for you." And in a Flash, he ran off once more, finding himself in the middle of the 3, surrounded by cops, some of which were still reloading their weapons if they hadn't run off yet. <e>

Wonder Woman: "You do not get to tell me what to do," she hissed to Batman. "I take orders from no ma-" her voice was cut off as the sorceress appeared. She spoke, clearly mistaking Diana for her mother; the two were very similar in appearance and this wasn't the first time the mistake had been made. While her Mother had always told her she was sculpted from clay by Hippolyta's own hands, there had been speculation as to how true a statement that was. There were rumours perhaps she was prodgeny of the Gods, either Ares or Hades. Either way, Diana denied her dynastic father, be he real or rumour. She fully accepted her mother's version of the story without question. "Circe," she said coldly. Rather than correct her, Diana raised her chin; better for the people of Man's World to think her Hippolyta, the Queen, rather than Diana, the Princess. Clearly the messenge Persephone had been carrying hadn't made it to Circe; a small grace, Diana thought. <c>

Wonder Woman: She looked at the Flash, who was much more of a Jokester than she had thought; could he really be taken seriously? she thought to herself. She ignored the shennanigans and shook her head, turning back to the purple haired witch. "What is it you are after, witch?" she spoke in her same, cold commanding tone, edging in front of Batman out of understanding of Circe's powers, something he didn't know, he couldn't know. <e>

-Dinah would hear chanting and roaring in the faint distance.- “…Tonight we will become victorious! Tonight we will march in the name of the Fuhrer and we will crush this new American administration. This…*New* world! They will see America lay broken! They will see this… Super-Man in shackles! And they will see Wonder Woman beside him!” –The Nazi’s would cheer.- “Hail the Fuhrer! Hail the Fuhrer!” –Meanwhile Circe’s would grin eyes over the Flash and Batman. She made her way over to a building, in fact the building Black Canary was in. Batman would subtly approach regardless of Diana’s attempt to shield him. Circe’s back was to all of them exposing the back side of her thong and curves.-“What I am after is none of your concern, know that I’ve become truly more powerful than the last time we met…I’ll tell you what, sister…Fight me here and now, and I’ll let these rodents mourn your death before forcing them to worship me.”<c>

–She snickered turning to face Diana; suddenly her arms began to spark with lightning. Electrical beams began to pulse from the ground directly into her arms as her eyes began to glow a burning pink color, her hair began to lift as wind built up around her.-

Black Canary: Hearing the chanting and noise she pauses, being careful to not make any noise. Her jaw drops hearing the plans of the nazis and their view of this 'new' world. Some part of her telling her this is really not good. She decides to see if she can peek at the group and goes up the ladder, carefully pushing up the grate enough that she can see what is going on. Just to get a feel for these nazis and what they are doing, their weapons and their numbers. If she can't see them she will proceed on going up, looking for them.

Batman: -the sewers would actually go straight, or left, the immediate left is where she heard the chanting from. If she proceeded she would discover a metal ventilation grate blocking off a warehouse sized room with at least 60 men shouting but, it was muffled to the outside world. Immediately to the right of the grate was a small crawl space with a wooden floor that would lean into the room with all of the men.

Black Canary: She follows the sounds of the chanting and voices, coming to the grate and the opening. She watches them from a distance, not wanting to put herself into too great of a risk, unless something sparks her interest to go into the room with them.

Batman: -The Nazi's held automatic assault rifles such as AK-47's, their armor was lined with kevlar vests. The men would then speak.- "When Circe defeats The Justice League, the world will be ours and she will lead us into dominion! I want every man begin assembling to move out. We need to assemble that staff!"

Black Canary: She notes that their gear is definetly ore modern, and bites her lip considering what they are planning. She backs up down the tunnel so she isn't caught as they mobilize. She ends up turning going down the tunnel she hasn'te explored yet. Figuring the staff is some important item to them, she decides to see if she can find it with anything else she can learn.