After playing the game, I just had to write this story. I'll be making some references to the prequel comics as well. I've also posted this story on Ao3.

Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story.

Chapter 1

Lois Lane pushed her way through the crowd gathered at the edge of Metropolis Park. "Lois Lane. Daily Planet." she said as she advanced.

When she got to the front, other reporters were already there. In the distance she saw Superman. Next to him, a bomb crew was hauling away a large container.

As he walked toward the barricade, the reporters started taking photos and asking questions.

"Superman! What happened?"

"The Joker was going to set off a bomb that would've leveled Metropolis. Batman was already here fighting him and stopped the bomb from detonating."

"Where are they now?"

"In route to Arkham Asylum."

He briefly met her gaze. To the other people standing there, it appeared that Superman was simply looking into the crowd. However, Lois knew that he was in fact silently communicating to her.

Wait.

She turned and headed back to their apartment. It wasn't long after she sat on the couch that Clark walked in.

"Hi Smallville."

"Hello Lois." He stayed standing.

"What happened?" she asked.

"While Joker and Batman were fighting, they suddenly disappeared. Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and Aquaman have disappeared as well."

"Any leads?"

"The only thing we know for sure is that there was some strange energy signature recorded before they disappeared. Flash and Cyborg are at the Watchtower trying to figure out what happened to them."

"Ah, so you want to keep this quiet."

"At least for the time being. The rest of the Justice League doesn't want to take any chances of what possible consequences there would be if it was widely known that a few members of the League just suddenly disappeared without any kind of explanation."

"At least Gotham will be a little more peaceful for the time being without Joker around." she said as she stood up. Walking over to him, she kissed him on the lips. "They'll be fine. They haven't continuously helped save the world for nothing."

He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Have I ever told you how lucky I am to have you?"

"Maybe once or twice." He laughed and then pressed his lips to hers. They stayed like for a few moments before he pulled away. Lois remembered a time when Clark had apologized over and over again for his occasional long periods away. For making her wait. She had known and understood what she was getting into when she agreed to date him and proved that when she married him.

With one last kiss, he left.

It was time she left, too. Now that she didn't have to worry about meeting a deadline for an article, she could run a few errands.

Grabbing her keys and purse, she went outside.

As she locked the door, a blue light enveloped her to the point where she had to close her eyes due to the brightness.

"What the…?"

There was a brilliant flash.

Her body jerked, causing her to stumble a few steps. Slowly opening her eyes, she blinked a few times. Quickly looking around, she saw that she was in an alley. Her hand went to her side. No purse. "It must have dropped before… whatever it was… happened."

Hearing the sound of a vehicle, she hid behind a dumpster and peeked around the side.

A high tech military van sped by, followed by a jeep that had soldiers wearing gas masks and carrying guns.

When the noise faded away, she stood up and slowly approached the edge of the alley. Her reporter instincts kicked in.

Start from the obvious and work your way up.

It was too quiet. No pedestrians were in sight. That was an explanation for the soldiers.

Looking both ways, she ran across the street and hid in a small alcove between two buildings. "Good thing I wore my flats today." She thought.

From her new position, she saw posters sporadically hung up. On them were a red, black, and yellow symbol and text that read "The Regime Watches." Where ever she was at seemed to be some kind of police state.

She moved up the street until she came to an infinity fountain. In front of it was a large plaque that read, "To the millions that lost their lives because of a mistake. Never again." Although she had no idea what the plaque was referring to, it was only right to pay her respects.

She was startled at the sound of a voice. While trying to piece together her location, she had missed the loudspeakers playing government propaganda on repeat.

"High Councilor Superman knows what's best for you."

She froze. Did she hear correctly? She stared at the loudspeaker closet to her.

"High Councilor Superman knows what's best for you."

Tearing her gaze away, her eyes fell onto another sign that sat a short distance from the fountain.

Metropolis Memorial

"This is Metropolis?" she said out loud. Was she in the future? No, this had to be something else. A dream. A nightmare.

"Don't move!" She turned around and was met by a soldier pointing a gun at her. Another two were standing behind him. "You should know better than to be out after curfew."

"Curfew?" Even though it felt like much longer, it only took her a few seconds to regain her focus. The discovery from not even three minutes ago was pushed to the back of her mind. For the moment. She raised her eyebrows. Judging by their attitude, there wasn't any possible excuse she could use. "You're pointing a gun at me because I'm out past my bedtime?" A shot was fired by her foot, causing her to cry out in surprise.

"You're coming with us." Two men grabbed her arms.

"Let go of me!" she cried as she struggled.

"Further resistance and you'll be shot."

She opened her mouth to call for Superman, but paused. If she called him, what would she see?

"No talking either." She was hit in her stomach with the butt of the gun. She groaned in pain before everything went black.