At an undisclosed location

Vandal Savage had decided to call a meeting with his "associates" as he had dubbed them. Like-minded people all there for different things but whomall wanted the same goal: The Earth to evolve naturally throughcrime and corruption.

Something that The Justice League hindered.

Although, he had no means of calculating the time, he had guessed they'd been arguing for hours and in circles. The end goal was simple enough, to put an end to the justice league and the kids, but the means to accomplish those goals had not been established yet or were changing, so to speak…

"Why can't we just simply starro-tech the Justice League?" Klarion asked angrily. He too was getting annoyed by the brats' interference, but he did not understand what was so wrong about his extremely easy plan. But noooooo, Vandy and the rest of his merry band had decided they wanted something that would cause 'minimal interference'.

"The young heroes have interfered far more then we should have allowed. I fear if weproceed, the children might be able to knock them out of it." Ocean-Master replied. He hated the fact that his brother was ruling the seven seas when he should be the rightful king. He never understood why mother and father did not see his academic accomplishments and only saw Arthur's brute strength… Strength may be handy in war against other dwellers but when there is war within your people, a mind is required.

Queen Bee spoke up in her low drawl, "Correct me if I am wrong gentleman, but was there not a kidnapping plan for one of the sidekicks to be replaced by a clone?"

She raised a finger to her chin as she continued, "Now Lex… I believe that was your plan?" The dictator of Biyalia teased and smirked. Lex gave a small eye roll, almost narrowing them. Now he didn't normally react like this but considering her recent behaviour... he thought someone had to do it and why not him?

"Queen Bee… that plan is six years old, please do try to keep up. And secondly, it failed." Lex said tiredlybut feigning respect. Two things he could always recognizewere greatness and where things would profit him. Queen Bee fit both of those criteria.

Unfortunately, being the dictator of a nation and the only female on this board of directors gave her quite an ego. Lex himself didn't hate the ego, no; he hated the fact that it was being used at inappropriate times…

Queen Bee still continued her smug look: "Oh I know it failed… I thought you needed another reminder." Now Lex did narrow his eyes.

"Your majesty" Lex said, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "If you can do a better cloning project, than by all means go for it." Lex drenched that last part in the charm that was present towards public appearances.

Vandal immediately recognized the friction building up between the ruler and the CEO, but he wasn't going to let it ruin his work. Not when he was very close. He had waited centuries for Earth to take its place in the centre of the cosmos. The rightful place. And he was not going to allow a silly argument ruin it.

Glaring at Lex, Queen Bee attempted to shoot back a snide remark: "I don't know what-

"Enough" Vandal cut her off before things could escalate. His voice was chillingly coldand commanded immediate respect.

Ra's al Ghul raised an eyebrow in hidden awe. He may not have always agreed with Savage but it was moments like these where he was reminded why Savage was "leader" so to speak. Even though they all had equal status.

Ocean Master was surprised as well. If there was one man on the planet that could get two people to shut up without raising his voice: It was Savage.

"Let's not start dwelling on failures of the past and let us not fall into the horrible cliché that villains can't work together. We have been doing fine for eight years… Let's not break that peace?" Vandal offeredlightly. But here was a hint of malice.

Lex nodded while Bee huffed slightly. Vandal decided not to press it further. He continued: "Now, The Brain has an interesting proposal…"

"Merci Monsieur, now we all understand that ze kids have interfered for too long? But in order to break the kids, you need to break one of them and to zu dis… We need to break one or ALL of those pesky Justice Leaguers…" The Brain said. Each Light member, even Klarion, seemed to seriously be considering the offer.

"So, we're going to choose one of their sidekicks and starro-tech them instead to perform our bidding." Vandal finished his partner's proposal. He leteach of The Light members mull over things in their heads, especially at how their plans were hitting dead ends or having to be constantly modified because those brats decided to show up.

"But kidnapping seems so cliché and besides… who are we going to kidnap?" Klarion asked tiredly. Kidnapping doesn't really work if the individual belonged to a team or some people who would care if they disappeared. Vandal seemed to have read his thoughts.

"Kidnapping wouldn't be the only factor…well multiple kidnappings…" Vandal hinted slightly. The witch boy rubbed his hands together and grinned wickedly. The fun was about to begin!

Queen Bee was to first to speak up. "If we were to consider this Vandal, careful planning would be needed… But Isupposethose can be ironed out later. Let's look at the team shall we?"

Soon images of The Team came up on their holographic screen, allowing The Light to discuss and analyse each member.

Various images and videos came up, including but not limited to: Kid Flash and Flash fighting various Rogues; Aquaman and Aqualad with their fight against Killer Frost; Artemis and Green Arrow in STAR city; Batman and Robin's multiple heroic endeavours in Gotham; The Martians fight against some robots and finally Superman and Superboy saving a bus.

The Light believed that they were working together, but Lex was somehow sure that they weren't.

Ra's al Ghul gave the first insight: "What about Superboy? He is strong and easily angered which makes him easily influenced" Ra's had been alive for many centuries to know what anger and strength can turn a man into… Lex rubbed his temples.

"No, the boy is too angered" Lex countered. He knew his son and Superman didn't have the easiest relationship and by careful wording: that could be Lex's advantage. But Match had proved what Superboy could potentially do to them, should their plan be revealed.

"What about the Martian girl? P'Simon said that she has a strong telepathic mind which could be useful." Vandal offered. Now it was Queen Bee's turn to counter the young sidekicks.

"No, P'Simon also said that her mind is too strong and she cannot control here telepathy. She could turn on us before any of us or she could even blink…" Bee responded dryly.

Sure she had valuable blackmail material on the Martian but considering that P'Simon was lying catatonic in a hospital, she wasn't going to risk it…

"What about the Atlantean?" The Brain offered.

"He is strong minded and has lead this… team out of much darker situations… Us kidnapping him would not have any effects as his mind is clearly trained to take on worse…" Ocean Master replied.

Although, he did not think highly of his brother, he had to admit his protégé could and had handled worse. Nothing was worse than getting your heart stomped over.

"Plus it's Aquaman… Everybody knows he's like the lamest Justice League member there is." Klarion sneered. This remark got quite a chuckle out of Lex and Ocean-Master.

"What about the archer girl?" Lex offered.

"Nope, Cheshire already said that the Archer Girl is of limits." Vandal countered. He hated taking orders from under lackeys as he called them but allies should not be lost.

"Archer boy, then?" Klarion asked.

"Cheshire said the exact same thing with the Archer boy" The Brain said. Queen Bee laughed a little.

"Cheshire's situation with Red Arrow reminds me of Firestorm and Killer Frost back in the early days…"

"What is up with Cheshire and the Archers?" Klarion asked. Where were the ruthlessness and the fun that Vandal had offered him?

"Since when do we take orders from Cheshire?" Lex asked. He did not want to get bossed around by employees who were taking his money.

"We don't. However, we don't want to lose any of our allies and my League of Shadow members as you know are excellent allies." Ra's Al Ghul replied. He could not bear any more negativity towards his League. He had trained them well enough to know the consequences of love.

Vandal Savage sighed. They really weren't going anywhere with this and by the looks of things… Starro-teching the whole of the so-called Earth's saviours by another attempted clone project was the only option looking clear right now… He really didn't want to go down that route, considering the last clone… Malfunctioned so to speak…

Klarion eyes lit up: "What about the boy wonder? He'll be perfect, Batman will be upset and search for the boy making the Justice League have no leadership and fall!"

"No, him and the Atlantean are too well trained. He faces the Joker every other day, gets kidnapped and most likely tortured by some crazy Gotham so-called villain, making it difficult to corner him… He is a bat after all…" Ra's Al Ghul smiled slightly. He knew Bruce had trained Robin and Ra's had trained Bruce.

"Ok, fine what about the newbie?" Ocean-Master asked. This instantly earned looks of disapproval of his fellow teammates. He glared slightly. He got enough disapproval in Atlantis, thank you very much…

"She is a newbie after all so I doubt she'll have anything we can use." Lex responded. He was not going to spend his money on some investment that hadn't gained enough market value.

"Ok, what about magician girl" Queen Bee suggested.

"NO!" Klarion exclaimed. Vandal understood the witch boy's horrified response

"She is good but young with some sort of connections with Dr Fate, who almost took Klarion out last time. So no." Vandal replied instead of Klarion.

Now it was the witch boy's turn to close his eyes and rub his forehead: "Ok so we've got, too angered, too strong minded, too tough, too off-limits, too well trained, too new and too connected! You're not leaving a lot of options!" Klarion said.

Vandal nodded in agreement. Lex once again smiled. Vandal had recognized that smile. It was a classic Lex Luther smile that said, 'I have found a new way to profit me'.

"There is however one option left, Kid Flash." Lex said proudly. Unfortunately, judging by his associates confused, tired and 'are-you-kidding-me' looks, more explanation was warranted…

"Flash boy, seriously? I would take archer girl instead of him, any day!" Klarion complained. Sure he may have defeated him once but that was Nabu, the old geezer!

Lex ignored his comment and continued on: "He may not seem ideal, but the encounter that he is present at, seem to make him the goofy one of the group and also gullible." Lex had done some research on all the sidekicks, but Kid Flash interested him the most.

Especially why the Justice League would want an impulsive, bratty teenager who Lex was sure that he was going to die tripping over his own feet or crashing into a wall… Or something ridiculous to that extent…

Queen Bee had begun to understand Lex's point: "And besides The Flash has the least intimidating villains to handle… They're all just a bunch of bank robbers and petty thieves. So he doesn't have any experience, or is off limits or a strong mind." Bee said, building on from her previous point.

"Leading from that point, the worst Kid Flash has probably gone up against is Professor Zoom and kidnapping is not his style…" Ocean-Master added on. A point was now forming in his head.

"Yeah… I think we are all forgetting the main reason we are here… He's the sidekick of the Flash, the Flash! I doubt him being upset would 'crumble' the Justice League!" Klarion argued. Unlike his associates, Lex's initial point was not beginning to be clear in his head. But what could Klarion do? His mind was nothing but Chaos!

"Yes, but from my observations from the press conferences the Justice League holds, the Flash seems to be the least "stiff" from the likes of Batman, Wonder Woman and Captain Atom, so to say. " Lex argued back. He had done quite some research on The Flash and Kid Flash. Like he said, he always researched a potential investment…

"So, if the League's nicest guy is down with the blues, the stiffs of the Justice League will break into battle themselves without any of us lifting a major finger and then we will strike?" Ocean-Master questioned. This seemed to have earned some nods from the rest.

Ra's Al Ghul frowned slightly: "A plan like this could be risky… Multiple variables need to be considered and what parameters will be placed to break the boy down?"

Lex smiled once again. He seemed to be doing a lot of that since his plan of Kid Flash was introduced.

"The plan… Ra's… Just leave that to me…" Lex mysteriously whispered. The Demon's head seemed to be satisfied with the CEO's answer.

"It's perfect and I might be able to bring the chaos!" Klarion jeered. Perhaps Kid Flash wasn't so useless after all…

"Gents" Vandal glanced towards Queen Bee "and lady, I believe that concludes today's meeting." and with that, each member signed off, leaving behind blank screens.