A League Beyond Legends

Part 1: Welcome to the Justice League

Chapter Start

…Three weeks ago…

"So…" Superman said, addressing the rest of the table. "Who'd like to start?"

…Now…

Metropolis. The city of tomorrow. A model of technological and economic development for the rest of the world to follow.

Proof that nothing is ever without its share of problems, as the doors to the downtown section of S.T.A.R Labs blew open with a fiery explosion, scattering bits of metal and soot along the street as passerby's quickly made themselves scarce.

"I could have simply re-opened the doors." The orange-clad villain known as The Key pointed out as he and his fellow criminals exited the building.

"Where's the fun in that?" Volcana smirked, her hands still a slightly red glow after causing the explosion. "Besides, it's not like they didn't already know we were in there." She said, commenting on the approaching sound of police sirens.

The man right behind them gave an annoyed sigh and pushed himself past them as the cop car came into view. "See, this is why I hate working with non-Rogues." Captain Cold said as he pointed his gun forward. A vortex of cold energy blasted out from its barrel and striking the cars in the distance, large chunks of ice building up with each second of contact with the beam. Cold aimed and sprayed his signature weapon across the open street, forming a think wall of ice from one building to another, blocking the street. Any cars that'd managed to get past where the wall was before it fully formed simply sat stalled on the road, the police inside unable to get out due to the tremendous ice surrounding the entirety of the car's exterior. "No professionalism." Cold said simply once he'd finished his attack and held his gun back up.

A shot rang out and the Captain soon found himself wide-eyed as sitting inches before his blue visor as a single small bullet, rotating in place in the air.

"Hey, Mr. Professional…" The metallically clad Doctor Polaris called from behind, his gloved hand raised in the air and glowing with a shifting blue energy, clearly showing he was the one controlling the bullet. Raising his hand higher the midair bullet followed its direction and with it the group of villains could now see the heavily armored S.W.A.T officers being lifted from the rooftops across the street by the same power. As the officers flailed and struggled as the hung in the air, their weapons being unable to fire as Polaris would not allow the triggers to be pulled, they soon found themselves joined by five or six of the police cars, both from behind the ice wall and those frozen before it. Polaris's hand clenched slightly little by little as the officers felt their belts and armor start to constrict around them and cut off their breaths. And with a solid swipe downwards with his palm, the doctor sent them all crashing down into the down below, the cars making loudest sounds as they struck to hard streets. "…You missed a few." He finished with a serious but just slightly smug tone in his voice.

Captain Cold blinked in stunned silence for a moment, very well aware of how close he'd nearly come to his end. Though having to be saved by someone as arrogant and pompous as Doctor Polaris left something of a bad taste in his mouth, an emotion he conveyed quite well as he glared sharply at the other villain.

"Doctor Polaris." Said a deep voice from behind the two, bringing both of them, as well as the rest of the group to attention.

From the doorway of S.T.A.R Labs emerged two women. The first of which was the most notable, being a literal giant of a woman, having to practically crawl out of the doorway in order to get outside, carrying a computer console about the size of an armored car under her arm. The second was the far more normal looking of the entire group, being a dark-haired Asian woman in a black trench coat and a red wrap-around shirt. In one hand she held a large red jewel, nearly as large as her head, and in the other she held a white and very round cat, which she cradled very gently in her arm.

"While I'm sure Mr. Snart is quite glad to not have his grey matter staining the back of his hood, yours and Giganta's purpose in this endeavor is for heavy lifting, not pointless boasting."

The most interesting thing that one could notice, had any pedestrians been foolish enough to stuck around after the doors blew off, was that the voice did not come for either of the two women, but rather from the cat.

Polaris gave the cat a small look of contempt but pushed it aside, raising his hand up to command the many various machines out of the building to float above them. "Probably would be a bit faster if more people pitched in with this." He commented, his eyes gesturing at Key, Volcana, and Cold before looking back at the woman carrying the villainous White Kitty.

"They already have their jobs." The feline replied pointedly. "And Shiva is…more here to act as a secret weapon than something I intend to use." He added, though with a bit more care and caution in his words than he used with the others.

"Doubt that secret weapon of yours is going to be of much use when HE gets here." Giganta commented as she towered over the others.

"Do not take me for a fool, Giganta." White Kitty warned evenly. "I planned this heist perfectly down to the last letter. Superman is off dealing with a crisis in Japan. By the time he's finished we'll be long gone with our prizes."

"Assuming our ride gets here soon." Volcana pointed out.

"He'll be here. Just focus on taking care of any police or special forces whom attempt to stop us before then." He reminded them, pointing his paw towards the rooftops.

Following his orders, Volcana, Key, and Captain Cold stood nearly back to back with each other as they watched the streets and buildings from their respective points of view, each being capable of long-ranged assaults, thus why the cat had brought them along. And while they did that, White Kitty gleefully fawned over his ill-gotten gains.

"Ah, how I missed the feeling of the Cat's Eye Jewel between my paws." He said delightfully as he took the gem from Shiva's over arm and held it close to his soft, furry stomach. "I honestly wasn't sure if I'd ever see it again. When that festering ape Grodd made the scene the humans were quick to hide it away, fearing he might attempt a similar scheme as I once attempted. But once Luthor shot the brute off into space they thought that now it might be safe enough to study, perhaps use it find a more permanent way of overcoming hypnotic trances. They may have succeeded too…had I not been waiting all these years for the jewel to finally resurface! Now, with the Cat's Eye Jewel back in my possession, I can rebuild my Hypnotic Modulator and finally put cat-kind as the rightful rulers of this planet! With me! White Kitty! As its one true rule-Where did the gem go?" He quickly said as the jewel suddenly vanished from his grasp, not even the blink of an eye to separate when it was there and when it was not.

"Monologuing? Really?" Said a voice that suddenly got the attention of the entire group. All heads turned to the street where, tossing the Cat's Eye Jewel up and down in his hand, was none other than the scarlet-clad speedster himself, The Flash. "See, I always thought you guys saved that stuff for when the heroes arrive, like you practiced it all night just for us. I'm actually starting to feel a little less important in this relationship now that I know the truth."

Cold gave a grit of his teeth, though it was more out of annoyance than any real anger. "Flash. I told you he'd somehow get mixed up in this. Always does whenever I try to do anything." He said to White Kitty.

"Indeed you did." The cat replied with a simple tone. "Kill him."

The words did not even have to finish leaving his mouth before the street lit up with freeze and energy blasts. Unfortunately, as quick on the draw as they were, the Flash was simply untouchable, sidestepping their attacks with ease and standing in place just long enough so that the villains could see each time that they'd missed him, a common bit of well-deserved cockiness from the hero.

With Volcana packing the most literal firepower Flash decided to focus on her first before she could cause any more damage to the street and, more importantly, any of the surrounding cops that Cold and Polaris had already seen to. Dodging past one of her molten bursts of flame, hot enough to melt clean through the pavement where it struck and go straight down to the sewers, Flash ran in circles around the orange haired woman, round and round until his speed created a mini vacuum in the small space around her. The flames that emanated from her hands found themselves quickly snuffed out as the oxygen that fueled them was taken away. As the villain felt her breath get shorter and shorter she panicked and attempted to transform the entirety of her body into flame as a way to fight back. However, the mere attempt at doing so burned away what little oxygen she had left and caused her immediately black out.

Flash caught the unconscious Volcana with his free arm just before she hit the ground. "Fire villains, am I right?" He quipped. "They never seem to see that trick com-WHOA!" Flash yelled as he leapt back, out of the way of the large steel girder Doctor Polaris sent crashing down at him, along with several long sticks of rebar, the evil doctor clearly not caring what could happen to his fellow teammate so long as he got Flash down with her.

"Hold on just a sec, hot stuff." Flash said as he ran and set Volcana down on the other end of the street before running back into the fray. He effortlessly ducked and weaved between the incoming energy blasts and bits of metal that continued to get sent his way, though unfortunately was not able to yet get close enough to take out any of the villains quite yet, as Captain Cold turned his freeze gun on the street, covering the entire surrounding area with smooth flat ice. Flash, having fought Cold enough times in the past to know how much friction and thus speed he'd lose if he attempted to run on Cold's ice, had no choice but to go around where the villains stood, running sideways across the building as he attempted to get close.

Doctor Polaris, in counter to this, used his ferrokinetic abilities to send all the nearby metal within S.T.A.R Labs through the front wall and form a barrier to block the Flash's path. It took him less than a second to clear his way past the sudden wall but as soon as he made his way over he found himself face-to-giant open hand with Giganta, now having used her powers to enlarge herself to nearly twice the size of the lab building. Dodging between her fingers (now about the size of his own body) Flash ran up the side of her arm, though that of course did not stop any of the others in the group from still firing at him.

"You know, with all the effort you guys went through to get this, you'd think you'd be a little more careful trying to get it back." Flash commented as he ran. "Unless of course this this is a lot more durable than it looks." He said, holding it up to his face. "In which case…" Using Giganta's arm as a ramp Flash went flying off the edge of the woman's shoulder. He proceeded to spin himself while in midair at great speed until he resembled a red tornado and launched the jewel from his hand like a discus.

With no time to react, the high speed projectile struck Polaris hard in the face, knocking him instantly back and down to the ground. As his face convulsed with pain, along with his nose being surely broken, his concentration broke and all the metal kept suspended in the air by his powers, including the many bits of pilfered technology, quickly came crashing down to the ground.

"No!" White Kitty cried out from Lady Shiva's arms as tech shattered upon contact with the ground, making all of it worthless to him now. All this was made even worse as the Flash simply sped past them as soon as he landed to grab the jewel again before any of them could.

"So glad that worked. Did not want to have to pay for shattering an ancient and priceless artifact…again." He said to himself. The Flash then turned to face the villains, spinning the jewel on his finger as he did so. "So…that's two down. Who's up for lucky number three?"

Flash quickly sidestepped as purple fire blast at him from behind. He cracked a smile and went fist first as he spun around to retaliate. However, his punch found itself connecting with nothing, though that isn't to say that there was nothing there. Or, in this case, no one.

Flash found the jewel suddenly taken from his hand as a completely white figure proceeded to walk directly through his body. Flash felt a coldness unlike any he'd ever known, completely different from any he'd felt in the past when dealing with Captain Cold or the like, before he was then shot in the back by the same purple flames he'd so easily avoided before.

Flash tumbled down the street for a bit due to the impact before he managed to stop himself. He managed to pick himself up well enough to get on his hands and knees, but taking such an unexpected attack at such a close range certainly left him a little worse for wear. Though now at least he was able to see what hit him.

"Ah. Our ride has finally arrived." White Kitty commented with a smile. "Flash, I do believe you know of our friend here, the Gentleman Ghost."

The white clad English phantasm with the invisible face gave a tip of his hat to the speedster before handing the jewel over to White Kitty. "Apologies for the delay but you have no idea how strict the Underworld has become lately. Took me forever to smuggle her out of Death's Domain without the queen's forces finding out about it." The ghost explained and snapped his fingers. A neigh was heard, followed by the rhythmic trot of hooves on cement and soon a skeletal horse emerged from the distance, pulling along a white carriage behind it. "Still, I'd say my arrival was well timed nonetheless."

"Indeed. Though if you'd arrived a tad sooner we might have managed to save more of our cargo." White Kitty pointed out, his gaze sifting in annoyance over to the many bits of broken technologies. "Oh well. The jewel is the only thing of any true importance. We have that so I suggest we make haste."

"What about Flash?" Captain Cold asked.

White Kitty thought it over for a minute. "Well…I suppose this is a rare opportunity. And there's no need to risk him somehow managing to chase us down… Finish him off, and be quick about it."

"With pleasure." Doctor Polaris snarled as he finally managed to get up, his nose still dripping with blood from the jewel striking him earlier. By his command the many bits of scattered metal around them floated upwards and began to mold a refine themselves until they formed sharpened points, each pointing at the Flash.

"I'll make sure he doesn't get out of your way, Doc." Captain Cold said with sinister smirk, pointing his gun at the hero.

He nearly even managed to pull the trigger.

Nearly.

Would have if his gun hadn't suddenly found itself yanked from his hand, along Key's key gun and all of the metal bits Polaris was commanding All yanked away by what appeared to be…electricity?

The weapons floated above them in almost a cloud of electricity, along with the man controlling it. He wore a long black and blue jacket with a yellow interior, along with a black undershirt with a golden lightning bolt in its center. He also wore a white mask with blue goggles around his face. Secret identity and all. And a cocky smile that could almost match the Flash's.

"Now, now. If you can't play nice with your toys, I'm going to have to take them away." Static remarked.

"Virgil. Easily." Green Lantern said, being the first to speak. "Kid's more than proved himself over the years. Even pulled our butts out of the fire a few times."

"Will he have the time for us?" Wonder Woman asked. "He's already right in the middle of collage and working to protect his own city."

"Home life taking priority is something we've all dealt with before." He pointed out, giving a small nod of his head to Batman, whom sat across from him. "It's a completely understandable position. But be it full-time or part-time, Static's earned a place with us. I'd like to keep him up as a nomination."

The metal that Static controlled wrapped itself around the guns, forming tight cocoon around them. He would have sent the buddle flying across the city to take the items out of the fight but Doctor Polaris raised his glowing blue hand to prevent it.

"You think you can match me in a battle of metal control, boy?" He challenged as their abilities fought over the ball of metal.

"Don't have to." Static smiled, looking behind Polaris. Polaris was about to question what the hero meant but was quick to find out, as he found a golden lasso suddenly fall over his head and constrict around his arms and waist.

"Wonder Woman!" Giganta yelled out in fear as she pointed to the sky, though not that she needed to, for who else could it have been? By the lasso's pull Polaris was sent flying back as the airborne Amazon spun him in the air, using his weight and her own great strength to strike Giganta across the face with his body, knocking the magnetic master out instantly whilst toppling the giant, her back crashing down onto the street with a thunderous boom that shook the city for several blocks.

"I don't want this battle to go the same as all our others have, Giganta." Wonder Woman warned as she floated over the tumbled giant, pulling her lasso back up to her hands from where Polaris's body laid unconscious. "Surrender now and I won't hurt you any further."

Giganta rubbed her aching head and for a moment even looked like she was considering the Amazon's offer of peace. But her true nature got the better of her and she lunged forward to attack. Wonder Woman's smaller size and far greater speed made it easy for her to avoid Giganta's initial swipe as she flew around her arm.

"Have it your way." She said, clenching her hand up into a fist before striking upwards at the villain's, her titanic strength knocking the giant's head back. This attack left her stunned and gave the Amazon the chance to do the same across her cheek, with the same, very painful success.

At the same time a single metal mace was thrown down from the sky, striking the ground before the ghostly carriage with enough tremendous force as to leave a small crater. The skeletal horse instantly went up on its hind legs, neighing loudly with the impact having greatly spooked the spectral creature. And as soon as its front hooves touched back down on the ground it took off like shot.

"No! Come back!" The Gentleman Ghost called after it in panic, though it was too far gone for his words to have any sway over the creature. He gritted his rotten teeth in anger (though not that anyone could tell) when a quick shadow suddenly flew over him.

Shayera Hol, the hero formerly known as Hawkgirl (a name which she has many good reasons for not wanting people to call her by anymore) touched down next to the Flash, her large wings kicking up dirt and dust as she landed.

"For the record, this is why we keep asking you to not just run ahead all the time." She said as she helped Flash up.

"Hey, come on. What's the point of being the fastest man alive if you never get the chance to call someone slowpoke?" Flash responded jestfully. "Speaking of which…" Flash darted from beside the hawk, landing a single punch each across the jaws of both Key and Cold. "Slowpoke." He called her, smiling with his arms folded as the two villains hit the ground.

Shayera stared at him for a moment but even in her annoyance at his usual antics she had to crack at least something of a smile. Taking the smile of his hard-to-impress friend as something of a personal victory, Flash ran off to collect the bodies of Volcana and Polaris so that Static could cling them to the street to make sure they couldn't get away went they wake up.

While he did that, Shayera heard the slight but familiar sound of metal scrapping across stone. "You really want to make this harder on yourself, Craddock?" She said, her steel gaze turning over to see the Gentleman Ghost, in the act of picking up her mace from where she'd thrown it down. The ghost pointed his cane at the hero, purple flame emanating at its tip. His voice had a touch of nervousness to it, though he did his best to suppress by reminding himself he had nothing to fear.

"Thanagarian Nth metal." He commented as he held his mace up in his other hand. "One of the few substances of the mortal world that can cause me harm. My horse was certainly right to fear facing its strike, though I don't believe you'll find it of much use to you if you don't actually have the weapon in your hands. And certainly not when you're a pile of spectral ash."

He then felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Hm?" He said as he turned to see what it was.

And immediately found a white fist connecting with the center of his face. The moment of impact caused his outfit to turn from white to black and his rotting flesh to become visible just for a second before he returned to normal and fell to the ground.

"You know, maybe instead of a monocle you should have just worn glasses. Won't have been allowed to hit you then." Quipped the man who'd stuck him. His costume consisted of a significant amount of white, with lines stretching down his leggings to connect with his boots and along his arms to connect with his gloves, as well as sporting a long white cape a shade almost identical to his hair color. The vastness of this one color seemed to perfectly complement the green of his scouter shades and the black that made up his chest, with his own logo, a speeding D, slapped right in the center.

"Flash…" Shayera said, addressing the speedster. "Are you sure about your nomination?"

"What's the problem with him?" He asked honestly. "He brings a pretty good variety of powers to the table, some of which even we can't do. Plus, he's already saved the world once. Isn't that like an automatic registration for a group like us?"

"I'm not denying he's done some pretty impressive things over the years. It's just…"

"It's just the fact his identity is widely known to the public." Batman finished for her. "Not just in Amity Park but across the planet. There's a good chance that one of our enemies will try to hit him on a personal level just to gain access to the League."

"Hey now, that's not fair." Flash argued. "Diana's identity is known just as widely and that's never caused us any problems."

"Diana works as an ambassador between the governments of Earth and Themyscira." Martian Manhunter defended for her. "Hiding her true identity would hinder that process and likely cause more problems that it would prevent."

"Having literal gods watching out for you tends not to hurt either. "Wonder Woman commented with a smile.

Superman then spoke up. "In defense of Flash's argument, most of the candidates we've all put forward have public identities. True, most of them are not as widely known outside of their own home cities, but I agree that's not fair to single out Danny when that's very well something that could happen to any of them."

"And, given how well they've managed to work with the law without the need to hide behind a secret identity, that level of public trust is certainly something that could benefit the League." Wonder Woman pointed out.

Flash smiled proudly, happy to see most of other seven were warming up to the idea. "See? You're getting worried over nothing. Besides, I was younger than Danny was when we both started out and I turned out fine."

That was when the rest of the table went a bit quiet and exchanged looks with each other.

"Oh, ha ha." Flash said sarcastically.

"I believe this is yours." Danny said as he held the mace out to Shayera, which the hawk gladly accepted, enjoying the familiar feeling of the cold metal in her palm once again.

"Nice pick-up there, kid." She complimented. "Last newbie I worked just kind of sat there waiting for me to do something, Craddock being one of my usual enemies and all."

"No problem. This one was more tailor-made for my powers anyway." Danny said, not wanting to get a swelled head around such a big hero. He then nearly gave a jump as Giganta's foot slammed down near them, the giant doing her best to keep herself from falling over from Wonder Woman's continuous assaults. "Uh…does she need any help?" Danny asked as he watched Diana's fist knock Giganta's massive head completely to one-side.

"Not usually." Shayera just said casually as her wings stretched out and she flew upwards.

"Oh. Um. Okay then." Said Danny, flying up after her, not quite knowing what else he should be doing in this case.

Meanwhile, just at the edge of where all the fighting as taking place, White Kitty held the Cat's Eye Jewel tightly in his paws as he fearfully watched his forces get taken apart one after another.

"Assassin! Get me out of here!" He yelled at Lady Shiva. By his command she gave a nod and leapt up the side of a nearby building, holding White Kitty by one-arm. The moment her feet touched the wall she bounced from it to the wall of its neighboring building, going back and forth between the two as she made her way upwards.

With one final backflip, Lady Shiva landed on top of the roof.

And found a single man standing in wait for her.

Among all the heroes and villains taking part in the fight this day, this man was the most normal looking of the bunch, wearing a simple karate gi and sandals. His most noticeable features were the single shoulder pad on his left arm and the katana kept sheathed at his waist. By the look of him it also seemed that he may be the oldest among his group of fellow heroes, certainly older than Static and Danny.

"I do apologize." The man said politely. "But I'm afraid that I cannot allow either of you to escape."

"I'm still a bit worried." Wonder Woman said. "True these kids have been active for a while now but most of them have only just reached adulthood. It might be wise for us to consider reaching out to some with more experience. Some with even more than us."

"Thus the reasoning behind your nomination." Batman asked.

Wonder Woman gave a nod. "Even among the Amazons we had stories of this man. A great warrior from a fallen kingdom who traveled the world, gaining the skills and strength necessary to vanquish a great evil. Aku was a being of darkness even the Gods feared and it was only through the efforts of this one man that his evil did not spread further."

"At least that's what the history books say." Batman pointed out, remaining skeptical. "All we know, truly know, about this man is what thousand-year-old documents tell us and what he himself has claimed to have happened."

"You may have a point there." Green Lantern said. "But then again it's been well over ten years since this Jack guy came to our time and all he's done in that time was become a schoolteacher. It doesn't seem like he's up to anything."

"We've dealt with beings like Vandal Savage, Chronos, and Metron." Batman pointed out. "Beings whose plans stretch out for centuries because they either can afford to wait that long or because they know what will happen. Waiting ten years would mean nothing to men like them."

"That is assuming Jack is a man like them." Wonder Woman retorted. "And that's what a lasso of truth and a watchful eye are for."

Jack stood silently, arms out and legs spread in a fighting stance. Lady's Shiva's eyes dilated slightly as she recognized the stance as one of the many she'd learned over the years and knew the moves that would flow from it.

"We don't have time for this." White Kitty said with great irritation. "Kill him quickly before one of the heroes than can fly spot us!"

With speed that was almost inhuman, Shiva struck, her hand going straight for the warrior's throat. However, to her apparent surprise, he moved just as quickly, grabbing her arm and pulling her in further than she'd wanted, using his free hand in an attempt to strike her chest with his palm. Shiva countered this by quickly jumping up and throwing her knees above her head. Not only did this block Jack's attack but forced him to release her arm to defend himself or else be kicked hard enough in the face to break his neck.

Shiva's feet were caught by Jack's hands and he threw them before his face. She attempted to chop at his midsection with her free hand but Jack used his own knee to block it. With impressive strength for only being on one leg, Jack jumped up slightly to kick her in the waist. Using her legs to spring her backwards and out of Jack's grasp, Shiva avoided Jack's kick to just barely miss her.

Shiva rolled a few times in the air before she landed back on her feet, both her and Jack now standing exactly back where they'd started.

"Your initial attack…" Jack said calmly. "Had you managed to land it where you were aiming for on my throat, you would have instantly cut off my breath and forced me to choke. I then would have been helpless to whatever you would do next. With skill as great as yours, you likely would have succeeded, had you not been fighting with a handicap." He said, looking at the cat in her arm.

Shiva did not take her eyes off of Jack as she stood silently. White Kitty looked back and forth between the two with worry, noticing the shifts in the assassin's eyes that Jack's words had caused. "This is not good. She's starting to fight my control!"

"Shiva! Put me down and finish him! Now!" White Kitty barked.

The woman gave no hesitation as she let the cat slip from her arm, not even making any such motions as to soften his landing as he touched down on the roof.

As soon as the feline had managed to move out of the way (or more rolled out of the way, given his difficulty in carrying the jewel by himself), Jack and Shiva lunged at each other.

As Jack had had no doubts about before, the woman known as Shiva was an incredibly dangerous opponent, even more so now that she was unencumbered. Her strikes were swift and incredibly precise. Each chop or kick aimed at another pressure point on his body that could instantly cripple him or do far worse. It was only his own knowledge of the same points that helped him avoid this, though that didn't make this fight any easier. Each blow he blocked was still aided by great force. Force of which his body could only take so much of, which he supposed was the idea. She'd either kill him outright or wear him down and kill him then, her technique utilizing her greater nimbleness, one of the few advantages she held over the samurai, to brush his attacks to the side before they hit her, striking at his leg or forearm to push the attack away.

Despite fighting such a dangerous foe, or perhaps even because he was fighting such a dangerous foe, Jack couldn't help but feel some great admiration for his opponent and disappointment that they should find themselves on opposite sides in battle. In blow for blow they countered each other perfectly, her being one of the few people he'd ever met with skill great as his own.

Had the battle continued on longer, no doubt she may have even proved skill greater than his own, had she not fallen for the trap he'd laid at the beginning of their battle.

Shiva's sharpened hand went straight for his eyes. Jack countered swiftly by using his palm to push her hand to the right past his head, but this attack proved to be own a diversion.

Quickly reaching down towards his waist with her other hand, Shiva took hold of the hilt of Jack's katana, unsheathing the weapon in the blink of an eye before slashing it across his throat.

In any other fight this would have been the move that finished her opponent, thus why for a brief second Lady Shiva let her guard down and herself wide open.

Jack, with his head noticeably not separated from the rest of his body, took hold of his opponent by her neck and waist, giving himself the proper leverage as he flipped her over his body and slammed her down, face-first, into the floor, knocking her out cold.

His enemy defeated, Jack took in a deep breath before releasing it, his heart still slighlt pounding in his ears after such a hard-fought battle. He then reached down to pick up his sword from where she'd dropped it.

"My apologies for the deception." He said to the unconscious Shiva as he sheathed the blade. "My family's sword cannot be used to harm an innocent or be used to take a life unjustly, thus why I did not draw it in our battle. Even an assassin should not feel the blade's edge when being forced to fight against their will."

His eyes then turned to White Kitty, whom gave a frightened yowl and immediately took off running, as fast as his small legs could take him as he tried to keep hold of the jewel with one paw.

Exercising muscles he hadn't used in years, White Kitty leapt across the rooftop to the next building over, only to suddenly find himself caught in midair by a strong metallic hand stretching up from the street below.

With kitty in tow the arm receded back down to its owner, a tall orange haired man in a white lab coat and glasses so thick and clean White Kitty could see his perfect reflection in them.

It being very clear to him that the cyborg's grip on him was too strong for him to break out of, White Kitty used the one option he had left, and started to purr. And rub his jaw and cheek against the man's robotic hand. And fwip his tail back and forth into front of the man's face. All while the slits in his eyes stared directly into the man's.

In response to this, the man simply plucked the Cat's Eye Jewel from the cat's grasp with his free hand.

"I'm hooked up to the internet. You'll find I'm quite immune to the cuteness of cats." The man said simply, his voice giving a small robotic echo as he spoke.

"Speaking of a watchful eye…" Martian Manhunter spoke up. "There is a rather unorthodox choice I'd like to add in. Someone Batman and I have been keeping an eye on since he first came to our attention a few years ago."

"Came to your attention how?" Shayera asked.

"He attempted to remotely hack the JLU Watchtower." Batman answered.

"You're kidding me, right?" Green Lantern asked.

"After he successfully hacked into Cadmus." Martain Manhunter continued.

"Which he only found out about after he hacked into the Pentagon and downloaded everything they had." Batman finished.

"And you want to put someone like that on the team because…?" Flash asked.

"Because it's been months and they still don't know that it happened." Batman stated. "We only know about it because Mr. Terrific and Batgirl were able to trace his path and even then it took us weeks before we even got a name and face. That level of cyber infiltration, along with his extensive knowhow with robotics, is a factor we've been sorely lacking in since Steel left the team to take care of his family."

"That still doesn't answer the question, Bruce." Wonder Woman pointed out.

Superman already knew the answer to that one, knowing his friend too well. "You want to make sure Dexter is someone working on our side rather than against us."

"With someone of his intellect and shaky history? Yes." Batman said simply.

"And you don't think who he's married to already shows whose side he's on?" Superman questioned.

"Not as much as you do."

His plan having fallen completely apart, White Kitty hissed loudly at Dexter and attempted to claw at his face. But Dexter simply held the feline out a little further and then zapped him with a few volts from one of his arms, causing him to quickly submit.

Dexter looked over to the other rooftop, where Jack stood smiling at him.

"…Please don't tell my wife I just tased a cat." He said.

"Did she and her sisters not fight that very same cat when they were younger?" Jack pointed out.

"Somehow I doubt that will make things any less awkward." Dexter commented as he held White Kitty under his arm. Gripping onto the side of the building, Dexter leapt off, his arm slowly stretching to help him descend down the building. His former teacher however simply leapt off the building and landing in a crouching position before standing up normally, like he didn't just jump off a several story high building while holding Shiva in his arms.

The two men walked the others of their group, whom had all gathered near the head of the unconscious Giganta, whose massive fame was laid out across the entire street.

"Someday, I hope you will take me up on my offer, Giganta." Wonder Woman said, small hints of sadness and pity in her voice as Giganta's beaten body shrank back down to its normal human size. "Flash. Shayera. Danny. Go see to the officers Cold and Polaris attacked. I imagine they'll need to get taken to the hospital as soon as possible."

"On it." Flash said, giving a thumbs up before speeding over to grab some of the many police officers off the street and rushing them off into the distance. Shayera meanwhile using her mace to smash the doors open on the iced over cars and help the officers get out of them while Danny simply phased through the cars.

After Volcana was moved over to where the other villains were gathered, Static continued in his process of using his powers to cling them to the wall. Jack and Dexter were about to do the same with their captured villains but Wonder Woman raised her hand, signaling for them to wait as she landed next to them.

Taking out her lasso, Diana wrapped it around Shiva's arms, giving it a tug to help tighten it. As the golden rope glowed, Shiva's head stirred and she gave a pained groan as she started to wake up.

"What…where…?" She said as she slowly opened her eyes, only for them to pop wide open as she saw the people she was surrounded by. "…Okay…what happened and why is my jacket covered in cat fur?"

White Kitty gave a nervous glance sideways as he tried to avoid looking in the assassin's direction.

"It appears my hypothesis was correct." Dexter commented, straightening his glasses. "Cadmus files put this type of simple theft work outside of Lady Shiva's usual M.O, suggesting there was some sort of mind control at work. A theory that was nearly confirmed when my optics detected a low hypnotic pulse as White Kitty attempted to sway me the same way."

Shiva gave an icy glare at White Kitty and if the feline could physically sweat he'd be giving off buckets worth in his fear.

"Do you think he used the same hypnosis on the other criminals as well?" Wonder Woman asked.

"Possibly a few hypnotic suggestions thrown the way of some of the bigger criminals like Doctor Polaris and Volcana to make them more agreeable, but more likely he gained their allegiances through simple promises of money rather than full mind control, something he does not have the capability for on his own." Dexter said, giving him his best explanation of the scenario.

Taking a moment away from putting the fear of God in White Kitty, Shiva asked "So since you know that I'm innocent, I can assume I'm free to go?"

"An assassin wanted worldwide is hardly innocent, no matter whose pawn they suddenly find themselves as." Wonder Woman replied, holding her hand up to show that she still held the lasso that bound the woman. "I'm sure you'll exercise all your usual tricks of getting out of the legal system, but that doesn't mean we have to make it easy for you."

Shiva's face contorted into a frown but she hung her head in acceptance, knowing even she couldn't break the bonds of the Amazon's lasso. She turned her head to Jack. "You can put me down know."

"Of course." Jack said politely, slowly placing her back down onto her feet. Once he was done, he said "I do hope that perhaps this experience will allow you to reflect on past transgressions and change your ways for the better."

"Unlikely." Shiva said simply with a shrug of her shoulders. "That said, my face hurts quite a bit and given the few things I can recall at the moment, I'm guessing you were the one to do that. So I'm certain we will meet again for a rematch, under hopefully better conditions. After all, I do have a reputation to uphold."

She gave him a smile and Jack smiled back. Jack gave a respectful bow to the woman and surprisingly, she gave one back before Wonder Woman lead her away towards the rest of the criminals.

Still holding White kitty under his arm (the villain now having great regret over pissing off one of the world's deadliest assassins), Dexter's eyes gave a quick flash of light.

"Hm."

"What is it?" Jack asked.

"Nothing. Just an update on the situation in Tokyo." Dexter explained.

"Anything bad?"

"Nothing they can't handle."

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Japan:

It happened just barely an hour ago. Almost like a scene from one of classic movies that'd taken place in this very city.

People passing by on the bridges started to slow as on the ocean they saw several large spikes start to emerge from the water, each being nearly the size and length of a building once fully above. They moved towards the city at great speed, as the beast they were connected to swam under the waves.

It came up from the docks first, its massive orange frame ripping through the wood and ships like tissue paper. The surviving dock workers who look back to remember this day will recall one thing first before any other: its eyes. Its many horrible eyes.

Second would likely be its roar, heard clearly despite the many screams from the city.

Fully emerged from the water it stood taller than most of the buildings that surrounded it and its frame so wide it couldn't fit between any of the buildings, even on the widest street. Not that it tried to, choosing instead to simply force its way though and knock down whatever happened to be in its way. Its long spiked tail waved simply back and forth as the creature stomped its way into the city, crashing into many vehicles and buildings the rest of the monster had missed.

With its fin-like arms and scaly and spiked exterior, along with its very round physique, the creature bore a great resemblance to the Diodon holocanthus, or the Balloon fish if you will. Only with the obvious difference of being much, much larger (that and having feet to stand on).

Why this strange creature had chosen to suddenly attack this city, no one could say, and in truth the creature didn't seem to have a true motive, simply tearing its way through the buildings it came across with no seeming rhyme or reason for any of it. It stomped its way through the streets as the citizens ran screaming in terror. The Japanese Air Force as called in to deal with the monster but they quickly discovered their rounds had no effect on it, simply bouncing off the creature's thick hide. In fact, the Giant Fishballoon Monster might not have even have noticed them had the noise of their planes not seemed to annoy it, causing it to flail its fins around in the air to smack them out of the sky and into the now fiery earth below. Once the noise had been silenced the creature simply continued back on its path of destruction.

And then things got worse.

From space an unidentified object crashed down into the heart of the city, the shockwave echoing throughout the land and instantly catching the attention of the monster.

From the fiery crater of which it'd created upon impact, a giant robot, the likes of which the world had hoped to never see again, emerged. Its outer shell was completely red and black in color and its most outstanding feature was easily its head. A giant mechanical skull completely encased in the flames that continuously erupted from within its body. It had no hands but in their place were two weapons that made it far more dangerous.

Upon the sight of this other massive creature in what the Fishballoon Monster had deemed as its territory, the creature let loose a deafening roar that shattered every window for several blocked. The robot gave a roar of its own but it was much more one-note and hollow than the fish's had been, indicating even more its lack of being a living creature.

The robot raised both its arms at the creature, the holes in their centers glowing only for a second before they unleashed two powerful blasts of pure radiation and concussive force at the monster.

Upon impact the Fishballoon Monster was sent flying back, toppling several buildings as went. The blasts were not enough to break through the creature's hide, but they were certainly enough to tick it off.

Once it managed to get back to its feet, the creature gave another roar at its enemy before sucking in a great deal of air. With every bit of air it took in the creature's size increased, until it'd now roughly doubled in size and stood a full head (relatively) over the robot.

The robot fired its energy blasts again at the monster and once again it took the full brunt of the attack. This time however the creature was just simply pushed back by the power against it and was otherwise unharmed.

Once the energy attack ended, the Fishballoon Monster let loose its own energy attack from its mouth against the robot. It was a much shorter burst than the robot's had been but it was certainly powerful enough to cause it to stumble back a steps upon striking it. The robot took a moment to adjust itself after being hit so unexpectedly, but after that it simply looked back up at the creature and gave the same hollow roar as before.

The Fishballoon Monster roared back and the two titans charged at each other.

As soon as they clashed the fish was the first to make its strike. With its sharp teeth and wide jaws, it bit down on the robot's head and right shoulder. It held on tightly but could not break through the metallic armor. The robot roared and the flames expelling from its body amped up, increasing their heat and power and forcing the creature to release it before it choked on the flames.

The robot swung its mighty arm and struck the fish across the face before doing the same with its other arm. It then pressed the tips of its arms against the monster's belly and fired. The force yet again knocked the creature back and down. And due to taking the impact at such a short range, some of the creature's stored air was lost, causing its size to decrease slightly.

The robot did not let up, walking over to where the Fishballoon monster had fallen and stomping on its chest. It them pointed its arms at it again and unleashed its power, this time with no where the creature could escape to.

The robot's downward blasts rocked the entire city and the Fishballoon Monster roars of pain and rage could be heard for miles. This was not the end for the creature, however, as its fins grabbed the robot's leg and flipped it on its back, causing its blasts to sail upwards away from the creature, cutting through several buildings before reaching the sky.

The Fishballon's body was slightly blackened but it still managed to stand, proving the toughness of its hide. The monster then grabbed the robot's leg again, using it to start spinning the robot in a circle a few times before letting it go and letting it fly. The toss sent the robot through several more buildings as its body skipped along the ground, carving through the streets as it went. The Fishballon Monster then sucked in more air until its body became much more rounded in shape. It held its legs and tail in close to its body as it curled up into a ball, lurching itself forward as it rolled at its enemy.

The monster's body smashed into the robot at high speed, the robot's open frame being the only thing that prevented it from simply being run over. The giant metal man dug its feet into the ground to gain leverage while the rolling monster continuously pushed and scraped against it with its heavily spiked body. The robot raised its arms up and brought them both crashing down onto the creature, pushing it slightly into the ground and halting its spin. The robot did this again, pushing it down even further. The robot did it once more, the impact sending dust flying across the city. Even on this last hit though, the monster still did not release any of the air it had trapped inside, and there was a reason for that.

The creature had held its breath in order to build up pressure within its body and with the robot's final hit, that pressure reached its critical point, causing the spikes that covered the monster's hide exploding outward and across the entire city. Most of the spike struck the robot, as it was its most immediate target. The spike could not break through its body and simply bounced off but those that struck its head knocked it off balance and temporarily blinding it as they struck the openings that made up its eye sockets.

The rest of the spikes however went across the city, the massive javelins impaling buildings and streets and signs as they spread out away from the fighting monsters. Those whom had thought themselves safe while being away from the monsters or even just thinking themselves with time to get away now found themselves fleeing even faster from their homes and workplaces as death rained from above. A woman and her child watched in horror out the window as the building across from theirs tumbled to the ground as one of the spikes took out the bottom floor.

The woman then held her child's face into her chest so that the girl wouldn't have to watch any more, as she saw another spike that was headed straight for them, too fast for them to get out of the building in time.

The woman clamped her eyes shut and waited for the end to come.

…But it never did.

She heard no shattering of glass or concrete like she thought she would. Instead there was simply…nothing.

The woman hesitantly reopened her eyes, seeing the building surrounding her still intact, and outside the window, there was someone she knew, in so far as there was no one on the planet who didn't know this man. From his bright blue outfit to his flowing bright red cape to his most recognizable trait of all, the red and yellow "S" shaped shield that was displayed proudly across his chest. There was no mistaking this man for any other.

"Superman!" The woman exclaimed, nearly crying in relief at the sight of him as she saw the flying man had caught the spike, several times larger than his own body, before it'd struck the building.

The child she held in her arms quickly turned her head in excitement at the mention of his name. Superman gave a quick smile to the child, letting her know that things were going to be alright, before quickly focusing on the task at hand.

Gripping hard on the spike with both hands, Superman threw it forward to the sky, striking another of the flying spikes and destroying them both before they could do any more harm. Thrusting his body forward with his fists held in front of him, the last son of Krypton streaked through the sky of Japan, throwing himself through spike after spike as he prevented them from hitting anything below. His eyes blazed bright red as his heat vision stretched across the city, taking down as many spikes as he could that were too far out of his reach.

From down below he could hear the people of Tokyo cheering his name as they watched him, giving the man of steel some relief at there still being plenty of people alive in the city, even among all the destruction.

Still, as he usually had to do in these situations, he had to do his best to tune it out, not being able to risk the distraction.

Superman placed his fingers to his ear, activating his comlink device as he flew. "GL, what's your status?"

"Not great." The Green Lantern of Earth said strenuously as the emerald energy poured out from his ring to form a massive shield that covered a full block of the city, protecting the people below from the falling rubble of the buildings. "Been trying to separate the big guys but they seem a lot more interested in fighting each other than dealing with us, which would be such a bad thing if they weren't doing it right in the middle of a city!"

"How's your partner holding up?" Superman asked.

"She-" A loud booming noise cut off John Stewart and seconds later an object from the sky crashed down next to him. Looking down into the small crater it made John could see it was a woman.

…Or at least something that was meant to resemble a woman. While the singular colors of blue and white would make one tilt their head, from a distance she looked like any other person, sporting a simple but pleasing look of a tank top, a miniskirt, and knee socks, along with pigtails that would make anyone else look younger than they really were. But upon closer inspection it would be made very clear that this woman was not human, but a robot. With her "pigtails" being small rocket thrusters and her apparent clothing just being blue armor plating that provided her extra protection, though the joints of her shoulders and knees were still left exposed.

"Jenny!" The Green Lantern called out, running in close to help her, his energy construct finally being allowed to fade as the rubble had stopped falling. "You all right, kid?"

The robotic girl rubbed her soot covered head. "Yeah…I think so. I tried to get in close to pop the Fishballoon but even my drill couldn't break through its skin. And then when it saw me it just smacked me away."

"But seriously, Shayera." Flash readdressed the former Hawkgirl. "What about your nomination? She's never had a secret identity and Skyway Patrol is on her butt constantly."

"True, but half the time she's not even dealing with threats from Earth." She countered. "The biggest personal hits she's taken have been from people who'll just as likely take down the Earth along with dealing with her."

"You are referring to the Cluster and its fallen queen?" The Martian Manhunter asked.

Shayera nodded. "I've told you before that the Green Lantern Corps rarely, if ever, reached out as far as Thanagar. Whenever Vexus and her forces tried to invade us, we had no one to turn to for help other than ourselves and we barely held our own most of the time. Even the Gordanians were rumored to call off their assaults against our planet if they heard the Cluster were in the area. Not only did Jenny and her mother take Vexus down, they helped establish a new ruling monarchy on Cluster Prime and got them to permanently end their invasions of other worlds. If anyone deserves a spot on the new team, it's her."

The robotic girl known as XJ-9 (though she prefers Jenny) got back on her feet, her titanium body being slightly scratched up and dirty from the impact but otherwise unharmed. Green Lantern looked upwards towards where the two monsters were still fighting, the Fishballoon having regrown the spikes along its back and tail. The blows the two creatures landed on each other were like thunder in the way that they echoed across the city, with neither seeming to gain an advantage for long against the other.

"If we don't take out one of these things soon there's not going to be a city left for the survivors to come back to." He said, pressing his comlink to speak to Superman. "We need those carbon rods!"

"They'll be here soon. We just have to hold down the fort for a little…" He suddenly trailed off.

"Superman?"

"Off in the distance. I just heard the sound barrier break. Three times." He explained. Though the lantern could not see it, Superman was smiling. "We've got our back-up."

From three different points on the horizon, three different flying objects blazed their way into the city, each with their own distinct trail of pink, blue, and green following behind them. The objects joined together as they travelled in one path across the sky, flying at unimaginable speed towards the dueling giants. And once they got in close enough, the three objects slammed themselves upwards into the Fishballoon Monster body, sending the behemoth flying back over the city's skyline and above the buildings until it came crashing back down into the bay area from which it first emerged.

What had caused such a powerful blow that even the two monsters had not managed to deal to each other? Upon closer inspection the people of the city could see that it was three women, all of whom floated in the air as they moved themselves out of the very confused robot's view.

The women were dressed quite distinctly from each other, but the different overall color schemes of their outfits were the most immediate difference.

One was a short haired brunette woman with a very stern and serious face. She wore a green fighter's outfit with black shorts and a white bandana across her forehead.

Another was almost a stark contrast to the other, being a blond haired woman with very long pigtail, tied at both ends of her head with blue bows. She had a very kind and happy, almost energetic, smile across her face and wore a blue and white sleeveless dress that almost made her look like a pop singer.

The third was possibly the most normally dressed out the group, wearing a very professional looking pink suit and skirt combination, with a white undershirt and black tie and a long white lab coat. Her most outstanding physical feature was easily her long orange hair, stretching all the way down past her waist and the big red bow that sat atop her head. She was also holding in her arms several large metallic rods.

The two other women flew off towards the monster while the long haired one flew quickly towards Green Lantern and Jenny.

"These three have been on the table for a while." Superman said.

"And there's a reason for that." Batman reminded him.

"They do have quite a bit of experience at this." Wonder Woman pointed out.

"Kind of hard not to." Flash commented. "They've been at this…what? Since they were ten? Eight?"

"Literally since they were born." Green Lantern answered.

"Time spent on the job does not immediately equate to experience." Batman pointed out.

"Can't believe I'm saying this but I have to agree with Batman on this." Shayera said. "For most of these girls' time as heroes they were kids. Yes, they've saved their city a fair number of times, the world even once or twice, but they've also showed their youth and recklessness quite a number of times over the years. They've only reached adulthood in the past few years. Are we sure they're ready for something like this?"

"They did save the entirety of existence from the threat of Dr. X." The Martian Manhunter commented. "They did what we were helpless to do at the time and are still highly regarded as heroes for it."

"Mind you he was going after them specifically." Green Lantern pointed out.

"One could say the same about Brainiac and Darkseid in how we've saved the world after they've come after us." Wonder Woman retorted.

"That still doesn't answer the question." Shayera said. "Are we sure they're ready for this?"

"If we give them the chance then maybe they can prove they are." Flash suggested pointedly. "We're just sitting here speculating on these three without actually taking the time to actually know them.

"This is something we can't afford to play loosely with." Batman said. "Though it's better than it once was, most of Earth's governments still see the League as a super powered and free-roaming army. One with no official jurisdiction and that answers to no one. And now we're talking about adding three of possibly the most powerful beings on the planet into an already volatile roster. No matter what side of the law they've found themselves on in the past, right or wrong, and no matter how much good they've done in spite of that, all the pressure is going to be placed on them. If they mess up, people will come after the League and use them as example of why we need to be reined in."

"You want to veto them because of what some people who want us gone anyway might do to the League?" Flash said. "You of all people?"

"The League will likely be able to handle it." Superman said. "We're worried about what these people will do to the Powerpuffs in the crossfire."

Blossom handed off the carbon rods to Green Lantern. "Sorry we couldn't get here sooner." She said.

"You got here. That's all that matters." He said as the energy from his ring took hold of the rods. He then looked over at the Fishballoon Monster in the bay. "You said you've fought a creature like that before?"

"Once or twice, though it's been a while." Blossom answered honestly.

The Lantern nodded. "I'll leave it to you three. Jenny and I are better protected against radiation so we'll handle Brimstone. Superman's taking care of the collateral damage at the moment, so you shouldn't need to worry about holding back too much. Just make sure to take it down as quickly as possible."

Blossom gave a quick nod in understanding before rushing off to join her sisters. John turned to Jenny. "You ready for this, kid?" He asked her.

The robot girl smiled cockily at him as a pair of flight wings extended from her back and the rocket thrusters that made her pigtails lit up. "Try and keep up." She said as she blasted off towards the flaming giant.

The Lantern couldn't help but give a sideways grin. "No wonder Shayera likes her." He commented as he few off after her.

Meanwhile, at the JLU Watchtower:

The red pupil-less eyes of J'onn J'onzz, better known to the world as the Martian Manhunter, kept watch over the Watchtower's monitors, viewing the three simultaneous battles on the Earth below. The situation in Metropolis was all but dealt with at the moment so his attention was more focused on Japan.

"The Powerpuff's plan. It is a simple one but seems to be working." He commented to the one other person in the room, the cowl-clad dark knight of Gotham, the Batman. "These creatures seem determined to destroy each other. By forcing the Fishballoon Monster into the bay, Brimstone is making its way out of the city to go after it. This should minimize any further damage to Tokyo."

"There's still the problem of taking them down before the situation gets out of control again, something that'd be difficult for even the entire league to do if it was there." Batman commented, keeping his eyes on his own screen of the battles.

"Are you saying they can't do pull it off?"

"I'm saying that I hope their brilliant ideas are not limited to that one if they want to beat these things." Batman replied evenly.

"Agreed."

Several feet below the central hub in which the two stood, three others stood nearby the transporter deck, watching the battle below on a large monitor of their own. The largest of the three was a massive black and purple spider, nearly three times the size of a full grown man. In one of his many arms he held the leash that connected to a small pinkish colored dog with black ears and atop the spider's black sat a small black haired girl in a white dress, who couldn't have been more than three or four years old.

"See, Mimi, there's your momma." The spider known as Jeff said happily, pointing at the pink colored line as it zoomed around the Fishballoon Monster along with her sisters. "She'll be done with that thing in no time at this rate. Shame it has to be done so violently, though…"

The small girl said nothing in response to her nanny, simply sitting with her arms folded across the top of the spider's head as she continued to stare at the screen.

Back in Tokyo:

Bubble's fist struck against the side of the monster's face, with seemingly no damage being caused. "Was this thing always so tough?" She asked, trying to make her voice heard over the creature's roar.

"I think it's different one of the same species." Blossom said as she avoided the creature's tail swings. "One that's going to take a lot more than a sharp sign to pop."

"We don't need anything sharp." Buttercup called out. "We just need to hit it in its weakest points." The green Powerpuff then flew around to behind the creature before striking with full force at the back of its knee. The monster howled with pain as its legs buckled, temporally unable to support its own weight, and it collapsed into the water, sending a torrent of water splashing straight upwards.

"Nice one!" Bubbles said happily.

Buttercup smirked proudly. "Sensei Jack knows his stuff. This thing's not beaten yet but for now it won't be marching back into the city."

"We should try and disable it's eyes next." Blossom stated. "Not permanently but maybe we can cause it to retreat back to its home out of fear."

"Uh…girls?" Bubbles said, trying to get her sisters' attention. "Is it getting bigger again?"

The other two looked and indeed the creature's mass was starting to expand again, only this time instead of air it was sucking in water from the sea, as evidenced by the vortex swirling into its mouth and the sharply receding sea-level at the coast. Once the Fishballoon Monster had taken in its fill it'd grown to twice its previous and already massive size. The drawback of growing so much was that the creature's mobility had become virtually non-existent, unable to move its fins or legs any longer. But due to the Powerpuff's pervious attack, that really didn't matter anymore.

From the monster's mouth the water exploded outwards like a fire hose, with thousands upon thousands tons' worth of water spraying out to attack the three women. Buttercup found herself to be the first struck by the attack, with her and the water cutting through the tops of skyscrapers like they were made of butter as she was sent flying back. The other two found it easier to dodge the blasts once it hit a constant speed and Buttercup was quick to fly back into the fray. However, once the monster realized that its blasts were no longer going to hit their targets, it instead aimed downwards at the sea, kicking off a massive tidal wave.

The women found it easy enough to break their way through the wave, despite its pressure, but quickly came to the realization that the wave's intention was not just to get them, but the city and the Brimstone robot as well.

Blossom turned, ready to bolt back into the city in order to somehow stop the wave from flooding the land while her sisters kept dealing with the beast. But just before she went she saw the wave start to suddenly slow in its tracks as it started to quickly freeze over. From the distance she could make out the small blue blur that was Superman, using his artic breath to stop the wave. She breathed a sigh of relief, though it was a small one. She had her own similar ability to his that she'd thought about using to contain the creature, but had quickly dismissed it. With the monster's titanic strength, it was doubtful that the ice would manage to hold it for long. The way this battle was going it seemed that they were running out of options fast.

Once the Fishballoon's stored water ran out, it simply shoved its face back down under and started to drain it again, keeping its spiked exterior pointed outwards to protect itself.

Buttercup flew up to Blossom. "Brimstone's getting closer. Maybe we can get Balloon Boy here to hit it with a direct assault from its water blasts. That could shut down the robot and free up the others to help us." She suggested.

"No!" Blossom quickly yelled. "If we do that it could create a cloud of radioactive steam that would cover the whole city!"

"Well then, what do we do?!" Buttercup yelled back.

Blossom had no answer yet to give back, her wide pink eyes scanning around the entire area for something that might give her an answer, while the creature's expanding frame constantly reminded her of the ticking clock.

She then looked back at the frozen wave. And lightbulb went off in her head.

Blossom clicked the comlink in her ear. "Superman. We need your help. I have an idea."

Without even needing to exchange words, Jenny had understood the Green Lantern's plan. She was to serve as a distraction for Brimstone, keep the radioactive metal man aiming his blasts up high and away from the city, while he got in close enough to insert the carbon rods into the small hole in the robot's chest just below its head. From what she'd been lead to believe, even one of the rods should be enough to distill the radiation in the robot's core and shut it down.

But actually getting it in was easier said than done.

John had faced this very machine before and it'd nearly killed him. This time he believed himself more ready for it. With a ring that could travel past the stars he was more than fast enough to avoid any lingering blasts that the robot sent his way while Jenny did her thing, transforming her hands into large spiked fists or her arms into a variety of laser weapons, always keeping her aim at its head and never using the same assault twice. Once John got close enough for him to feel the robot's intense heat even through his body shield, by the power of his ring he sent three of the several rods at the opening.

And then they were suddenly bounced back by a quick burst of energy from inside the opening, lasting only seconds but enough to push them away.

"What the-?!" The Lantern cried out before the area around the opening started to move and Brimstone's chest started to open up. The newly exposed area was too bright for John to see what was inside, though he didn't need to in order to now that the now increasing brightness was a bad thing.

From the opening a torrent of blinding white energy came flooding out, the beam easily as wide as the robot's full chest. Though he froze for a second from the unexpectedness, the Green Lantern was quick to bolt back and out of the beam's way, taking the remaining carbon rods with him as he did.

The beam followed closely as it could behind his trail, the massive energy output cutting through the street and buildings as it went. All the damage that could have followed in casing the Lantern was thankfully avoided in thanks to Jenny's interference, swapping her hands out for two very impressively sized mallets, which she proceeded to slam on both sides of Brimstone's head with. The beam near instantly cut off as the robot's head rang out like a bell, not even dented.

Still, it was an impressive move on Jenny's part, though not one she'd be able to repeat any time soon, as the heat surrounding the robot's skull was enough to cause the metal of Jenny's hammers to start to drip, causing her to quickly swap back to her regular hands.

"Could that thing always do that?" She asked John while they had a minute to breathe.

"No." He answered, his voice very understandably angry and bitter. "Someone's been upgrading this thing!"

The robot's openings closed up as it regained its senses and Brimstone raised its head again to face the heroes. John and Jenny readied themselves for what was to come. With all the energy its last attack put out, it was reasonable to assume it couldn't use all three of its attacks at once without severely draining itself, meaning it was likely to attack with its arms again.

Thus it was quite concerning for the two when it didn't do that. It just continued to stand in place, looking at the two while doing nothing.

"Hey…" Jenny said, trying to get the Lantern's attention. "…Do you hear some kind of humming sound?"

From what he knew about the girl's many different abilities, John knew she had some form of enhanced hearing, so she likely was picking up on something out of his range. But slowly the humming noise started to grow louder and louder, until even he could hear it. And it was coming from within Brimstone.

He nearly yelled for his partner to get down but it was too late. A pulse of some sort burst from Brimstone's body and spread out across the city. Green Lantern tensed himself, his body shield ready for whatever it was he just got hit with.

But a second later and he realized that he was not the one effected by the pulse but the entire city, as starting from the pulse's epicenter lights began to shut off all over Tokyo, including those of the buildings, signs, and cars.

"An EMP?" He quickly surmised. His eyes then went wide and he turned just in time to see Jenny falling to the ground, eyes solid black and disabled as the rest of the city.

The Green Lantern reacted fast, his ring blasting to the ground below her to form a large bedspread and mattress to break her fall, not knowing how much damage she could sustain while shut down. She hit the bed hard, her deceptively thin body weighing several hundred pounds, but the construct held and she bounced just slightly on it before her body came to rest.

It was at that moment that a large shadow fell over the Lantern and he didn't even have to turn to know that it was one of the massive arms of Brimstone swinging down at him. The thousand tons of metal struck him and the Lantern hit the ground straight below him with enough force that it would have broken every bone in his body were it not from his ring's protection.

John did his best to stand from where he'd landed, barely paying attention to the clattering of the carbon rods as they fell behind him next to Jenny, him no longer having the concentration to keep them floating. Brimstone then took a step forward to him and pointed both its arms at the two heroes. The ends of its blasters glowed brightly for the second before they fired, and John threw his ring hand forward to meet it, creating a large green brick wall before him and Jenny to take the blast.

Hal would have thought fast, thinking of something last minute to get him and Jenny out of the way before counterattacking. Kyle would have thrown something creative and unexpected at the robot. Guy probably would have just fired back and turned this into a beam struggle.

But this? This was where John showed what made him a great Lantern of his own.

Little known fact, one often overlooked by his exceptional time in the Marines, but in his daytime job, John is an architect. A man wishing the build things up after so long of needing to tear things down. And it is that part of the man that is John Stewart that gives him one of his greatest strengths as a Green Lantern.

His constructs, like everything he makes, are always strong. And they always stand.

Even in the face of this nuclear bomb turned into a focused weapon, that carved the street and buildings around him until they were nothing but dust and sand, his wall stands.

Jenny's eyes light back up during the violent clash, this not being the first EMP she'd encountered in her life. Thanks to the emergency procedures her mother installed, it'd only taken Jenny's body a few seconds to reroute its functions properly and get her back online.

She stood up slowly, seeing the back of the Green Lantern as his wall continuously pushed back against the blinding wave of power. She took a step forward, wanting to help him in some way, and her foot hit one of the carbon rods, bring it back to her attention.

She tried to think of a way to still win this. Shutting Brimstone down was the only way to beat it but how could they possibly get the rods into its core? The old way in was now being protected and neither of them were strong enough to break through its armor. There were no other openings they could use.

"Or is there…?" Jenny soon thought to herself, looking up at the robot's arms.

Finally, Brimstone's attack ended, the robot allowing time for the smoke to clear so that it could see if its quarries had been destroyed yet. From where the blasts had struck still stood the Green Lantern, panting and sweating heavily, but alive and untouched, even as his wall faded. Brimstone showed no true reaction to this, simply raising its arms up again to fire once more. John grimaced, the pain in his ring hand feeling like it was enough to break it. He didn't trust his chances of being able to survive a head-on blast like that again so he prepared himself to grab Jenny and run.

But just at that moment, the robotic girl flew past him, carrying the bundle of carbon rods in her arms.

"Jenny! Wait!" He called out after her but she was too far gone as she flew upwards as fast as she could go, straight up into the glowing barrel Brimstone's right arm.

Brimstone did not react like anything was wrong, as his weapons fired as they normally would, causing Green Lantern to quickly fly out of their way.

But soon the blast from the robot's right arm started to flicker for a few seconds before it finally died out. Smoke soon followed as it started to pour out the barrel and the arm suddenly went limp at the robot's side. Large sparks and several small explosions started to trail up the arm and Brimstone finally gave a reaction with it hollow roar, its mind unable to understand what was happening to it.

The blasts from its other arm soon cut off as well, as the series of explosions reached the robot's chest. Brimstone roared several more times as its left arm tried banging against its chest, doing probably as close to panicking as it was capable of, before one more explosion at its center finally caused all of its motion to cease. The flames that covered its skull like head flickered out before being snuffed in a large cloud of smoke. Brimstone fell to its knees before finally its body completely collapsed to the ground, at last defeated.

Green Lantern dove right down to the robot's fallen head. "Kid?! KID!" The energy from his ring formed several large drills, the Lantern's panicked mind hoping to somehow break through Brimstone's remains to get her out.

But thankfully he did not have to attempt such a feat, as from the space between the nuclear monstrosity's shoulder and head, a small white robotic hand stretched out, grasping at the sides of the armor to pull its owner back out. John's drills dissipated as he rushed over to help her.

Pulling her to freedom, he could see that she was heavily damaged. Both of her legs were missing below the knees, as well as the entirety of her other arm and one of her pigtails. Other parts of her were either partially melted or severely blackened.

Jenny's face, one of the few parts of her that was still mostly intact, asked with a weak smile "So…how'd my first JLU mission go?"

Green Lantern said nothing at first, never comfortable with ever seeing one of his allies in such shape, but gave her a sincere smile back, figuring she needed one. "A few more heart attacks like that and you'll catch up to Flash's number." He told her. "That's my way of saying don't do that again."

"No objection on my end." Jenny said.

John nodded and the energy from his ring covered her body, helping him to keep her remaining form in one piece until she could get her much needed repairs.

The Fishballoon Monster's innards filled to their maximum occupancy with seawater and the beast rose back up, determined to wipe out the three tiny pests that continued to get in its way. Its first target was already decided, as the blue one started to unleash some sort of ultrasonic screeching attack from her mouth. Even from behind the creature's protection of steel-like scales and several layers of muscle and fat, the monster's brain still felt like it was about to explode from the attack's intensity as the sound cut to its core.

Bubbles did as her sister had instructed, getting the monster's attention and getting it to turn towards her and away from the city, just in case her plan didn't fully work out as intentioned. Her voice started to give out after a bit and she decided to cut off the attack, Bubbles not able to keep the Sonics up for too long without risking great damage to her vocal cords. Thankfully though it was enough and everyone was now in position as the monster's body swelled up just slightly more as it prepared to fire.

It was a plan that never could have worked if it had been just one or two of them. But with four of the literally strongest beings on the planet? They had the power to move worlds. One simple water spout was nothing.

The Fishballoon unleashed its destructive torrent of pressurized water, aiming straight for Bubbles and paying no mind to the others. And in response, the three Powerpuffs, along with their called-in ally of Superman, all slammed their respective hands together with enough strength and speed to create a massive thunderclap; a centralized explosion of force strong enough to push back winds, upturn cars, knock over buildings, and in this case with the four of them combined, strong enough to knock the Fishballoon's waters right back at it.

This was part one of Blossom's plan. For the next part she only needed the abilities of herself and the man of steel. Knocking the monster's attack back upon itself would only last a second before its blast would continue as before, but thankfully the two were more than fast enough. They each unleashed their own respective artic breaths against the Fishballoon Monster, air from within lungs spacious enough to hold hurricanes freezing the beast from both the outside and within, now that its maw was left wide open enough for them to target the water it'd stored.

As the waters and waves surrounding the creature froze over and stopped, so too did the many eyed monster as its heart started to still and its movements slowed to a pause.

Seconds later, the entire bay area of Tokyo was a massive iceberg, and in its center was a thoroughly frozen and unmoving Fishballoon Monster, with the four heroes floating above it.

"…So what now?" Buttercup asked. "Do we each break off a piece?"

"The ice should hold until I can get in contact with Aquaman." Superman explained, waving off her more…aggressive suggestion. "He's dealt with sea creatures of this size and bigger. He'll know what to do with it and how to keep it away from the surface. Still…it would be a good idea to move it away from the city just in case."

"We can help with that." Bubbles volunteered enthusiastically, causing Superman to smile and Buttercup to roll her eyes slightly. Blossom however gave her watch an anxious look.

"Uh…actually, Superman…" She said hesitantly. "I really need to go pick up Mimi. It's past her bedtime and she and Jeff get really worried when I'm…well, when I'm-"

"Blossom. It's fine." Superman said, raising his hand and still smiling in a calming manner. "The main threats have been dealt with and other members of the League are on their way to help with the clean-up. You can go."

Blossom gave a very happy smile but quickly worked to suppress it, trying to look more professional. "Thank you for understanding." She said, giving a small bow of her head before taking off.

…Moments later, back at the Watchtower…

After a long moment of white light and Blossom's atoms realigned to place the Powerpuff leader onto the transporter. Most would feel a sense of queasiness after being beamed over a hundred thousand miles in particle form but Blossom seemed fairly unfazed by the experience, casually placing back on her wide, full circle glasses as she looked around at the technological pad.

"I wonder if Dexter and I could build anything like this back home?" She wondered quietly to herself, looking all around the large device before being startled by the dark figure she now noticed standing next to the transporter, having not made any noise even after she'd arrived. "Oh! Batman! Sorry. I didn't realize you were waiting." She quickly apologized to the Dark Knight as she quickly walked off the pad. "Are…are you on your way to Tokyo?"

"No." Batman said simply as he walked past her. "Something's come up in Gotham that requires my attention."

"Oh. Is there anything that maybe my sisters and I could do to-"

"No."

"Oh."

Blossom said nothing more, the man's tone making it clear he was not interested in any help. But, to something of her surprise, right as she turned to walk away, Batman said to her "You all did well, today. We never had any doubts about any of you being capable enough to handle threats. But how well you all will work together as a team of your own, without any League veterans, still remains to be seen. And if its anything like with ours, you'll find the experience more difficult than any monster." And on that last note, the transporter caused his body to glow brightly and he was beamed back down to Earth.

"O…kay…" Blossom said with some confusion. "I know he's one of the original seven, but that guy makes me feel uneasy."

But the Powerpuff shrugged it off and a happier expression returned to her face as she saw the giant spider scurrying towards her, the pink dog of Courage following closely behind.

"We just watched it all on the monitors, Blossom. You three were wonderful out there!" Jeff joyfully said to her, bringing a smile to her face.

"Thank you, Jeff. To be honest I-…" Something then immediately came to her notice. "Jeff…where's Mimi?"

"Mimi? What are you talking about? She's right-" Jeff then cut himself off as two of his many limbs felt the now empty space above his back. "…Oh dear…"

…In the JLU control room…

The Martian Manhunter continued to punch in coordinates for the transporter, using the Watchtower as a midpoint for League members before he sent them to help down in Tokyo, though certain members like The Flash would get there by their own power. The Martian then took notice of someone standing in the doorway behind him.

He turned his head and saw a small girl in a long white dress and long black hair. Her eyes had a slight red hue and she was holding in one of her arms a stuffed purple octopus with a top hat. J'onn recognized the girl as Blossom's daughter, Mimi, whom she'd brought onboard before departing for her mission.

"Hello, young one." The Martian said kindly. "Did you get lost?" J'onn took a step forward to the girl and felt a strange softness under his foot. He looked down and in place of the grey metal floors of the Watchtower, it was red sand.

Looking up his eyes went wide as he saw that the Watchtower walls no longer surrounded him, replaced by a vast red landscape of mountains and sands underneath an orange tinted sky.

"Mars?" J'onn breathed out in stunned amazement, it having been so long since he'd last seen his old homeworld. As he tried to steady himself from the sudden shock of the situation, he realized that he no longer was in his heroic persona, having reverted back to his natural Martian form.

He then felt the presence of another in his mind and it became clear that it was Mimi who was causing him to see all this, as even among the scenery of another world, she still looked at him calmly.

"Are you…like me?" Her voice asked inside his head. It was a voice that certainly matched her age and though it spoke as calmly as her features, J'onn could feel a great sense of longing behind them.

"Mimi?" Said a voice from outside and suddenly J'onn found himself back on the Watchtower and in his more humanoid form. He fell slightly back on the control panel as he steadied himself, having been caught off guard by what he now realized had been the young girl connecting to his mind and going in deeper than she likely meant to. A second later and Blossom entered the room, her having been the voice that ended the vision. "There you are." She said, exhaling in relief.

"Momma!" The young Mimi ran up to her before Blossom picked her up and hugged her. Blossom then took notice of J'onn.

"I'm sorry, Mr…uh…Manhunter. Mimi wasn't bothering you, was she?" She apologized as she held her daughter in her arms.

"No. No, it's alright." J'onn said, standing back up as he'd mostly recomposed himself. "I…I do not think she meant any harm by it." He commented as he rubbed his head. "My apologies. I did not realize your daughter was a telepath."

"Oh!" Blossom said with surprise, though that surprise then quickly turned to a subtle worry. "Yeah…that's…that's not something a lot of people know about." She said, noticeably avoiding his eyes as she looked off to the side. She was quiet for a minute before she spoke again. "I'm sorry, but we really have to get going. Say goodbye to the nice man, Mimi."

To her mother's knowledge, Mimi seemed to have said nothing as they both left the room to return home. But as Mimi sat gazing over her mother's shoulder, J'onn heard her voice once again in his mind, doing exactly as Blossom had asked.

J'onn needed a minute to sit down.

Mini-Epilogue:

…Three weeks ago…

Beauty can reside even in the most unlikely of places, and one would be hard-pressed to find a greater example of that saying than the lair of the villain known as Chase Young. For though its outward appearance is covered by dark mountains and the still partially active remains of a volcano, inside is a shining palace of beauty and elegance rarely seen in the world outside. Overflowing with a large series of staircases, open rooms, and pools of water, the whole area glowed with a blue and shining white light that filled the air with a sense of tranquility and calmness.

Hardly the place one would expect to house two of the world's most dangerous villains, nor the evils that were soon to arrive.

Wuya, the ancient witch of the Heylin side, sat with her feet dipped in the pool while her partner in evil, Chase, sat meditating nearby on a rock.

For the third time in three minute she gave a heavy and deliberate sigh.

"If you're bored you could always go outside and find something to do." Chase finally replied to her, not bothering to open his eyes as he talked.

"I'd go outside if I had an actual goal I wanted to accomplish, like in the old days." Wuya responded. "Hasn't been a Shen Gong Wu activation in years and it's driving me insane!"

"No Wu have been activated because they've all been found already." Chase pointed out to her. "Perhaps your time would be better spent if you did revolve all your plans around such trinkets."

"I used to not need to. Remember?" Wuya said as she slipped her feet out of the pool and walked towards Chase. "And you know as well as I do that it could be that way again." Wuya slid her finger seductively under his chin. "Think of how much grander our plans could be if you simply undid the magics that you used to bind my powers."

Chase finally did open his eyes to her and even gave her a smirk. "Sorry. But I don't find your sighs THAT annoying."

"Heh. We'll see." She commented with a smile as she walked back to the pool, putting a deliberate sway in her hips as she went. Though Chase would never admit it, he liked having her around. Not only was she a worthy ally but she kept him sharp too, as one wrong move around her could lead to her betraying him at a crucial moment or her abilities getting fully restored and no longer needing him. It'd developed into something of a game between them, one they'd both grown quite good at.

Before she got back in again, Wuya looked and saw that there was some strange green and red object laying inside the pool.

"What in the-?" Wuya's words were interrupted as the object suddenly burst out from under the water.

It revealed itself to be a small green man, about the size of a child, being suspended upwards by four long metal spider-like appendages sprouting from the pack on its back. Its head was large in comparison to the rest of its body and contained two wide ruby colored eyes and a pair of antenna atop its head. The creature also appeared to be wearing some sort of uniform: a red tunic-like garment with a pink collar and sleeves, complete with black boots and gloves.

It was also very, very loud.

"Puny Earthling woman and slightly more armored woman! Down on your knees and kneel! Kneel before the might of ZIMMMMMM!"

The creature's mechanical limps scurried him out of the pool as he approached the two. In retaliation, Wuya simply swiped her foot underneath two of the legs, tripping it up long enough for her to leap up and kick the creature across the room and into a wall.

Walking casual over to it, Wuya picked up the creature, its metal limps now bent with some of them stuck in the wall. She proceeded to poke the small being while it struggled angrily against her grasp.

"Well, whatever it is, it's squishy." Wuya commented to Chase, clearly not taking the little green man very seriously. "Perhaps he'll make a nice chew toy for the cats."

Chase seemed to be ignoring her at first, his eyes slowly shifting their gaze to the side of the room. He then leapt up, throwing his fist forward in a strike that hit nothing but air as he stopped.

But Chase could feel it. The grip of another's hand around his wrist.

"I'm impressed." Said a male voice from the nothingness before him. "There aren't many whom can detect my presence without the need of some, let's say, specialized equipment."

The man the voice came from made himself visible, his black glove keeping its tight hold on Chase's gauntlet. The man floated just slight above the ground, his white cape with a red interior flapping behind him in spite of the lack of a breeze. His skin had an inhuman sky blue coloring and fangs that were noticeably vampiric in appearance as the man smiled with a devilish grin.

Chase, to his credit, was not all that impressed. "You've made a foolish mistake in attacking me here." The villain stated calmly, recognizing the man for what he was. "I've fought the likes of ghosts and specters before. You will be no different than any of the others I've destroyed."

The ghost gave a chuckle at his words. "No, no, my friend. You misunderstand, though I can't hardly fault you for being so defensive against invaders in your lovely home. Please, allow me to explain." He said, releasing his grip on Chase. "My name is Vlad Plasmius. The green one over there is named Zim (though I'm sure you've already gleamed that for yourself). We're not here to fight you, but rather extend to you both an…invitation of sorts."

"An invitation to what?" Chase asked impatiently.

For what Chase could tell, Vlad deliberately paused before answering him, for dramatic effect.

"To the destruction of the Justice League." The ghost answered with a wicked smile. "As well as all the rest of Earth's heroes."

Chase and the ghost stood in silence for a solid minute as the weight of those words filled the room.

Finally, Chase crossed his arms. "I'm listening.

Chapter End

Author's notes: Holy crap, that was way longer than I thought it was going to be! I don't know whether to apologize or congratulate you all for making it through that mess.

So this is something I'll be working on every now and then along with my other stories, though I imagine Grim Tales: Complex will get more of my attention as I'm already a few chapters in and really want to add a few more, as I've been falling behind with how far along I've wanted the story to be.

To add some context, this story takes place long after the events of the Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi (by Bleedman and Griddles) and sometime before the events of Grim Tales From Down Below, thus why all the characters are older and the presence of a very young Mimi. This also takes place just a few years after the end of Justice League Unlimited, though I am going to be throwing in an occasional mixture of DC comics universe history as well. One example of this is that Hal Jordan was still Green Lantern and Barry Allen was still the Flash, but it is still the John Stewart Green Lantern and the Wally West Flash that helped form THIS Justice League, as in the show's continuity. These changes and add-ins shouldn't change much about the characters themselves or the continuity of the show.

Anyway, the new team of heroes brought into the League by the original seven are the Powerpuff Girl, Dexter, Samurai Jack, XJ-9/Jenny, Danny Phantom, and Static. All the characters look like they did in the flashback Grim Tales page: Fallen Heroes, with the exception of Static, whom has the same costume as he did in his TV series, only now a bit older, and Danny, whose costume is based on the one from the web comic Danny Phantom R (because I think it looks freaking amazing), which I highly recommend others to check out if they ever get the time.

And don't worry that any of your favorite cartoon may not have been put on the team, as the PPGD universe is made up of a lot of shows, so it is very likely that several other characters from different shows are going to pop up throughout the story.

Not much to say right now except that there will be a big bad villain that the Justice League, both members old and new, will have to deal with and there will be plenty of hints and foreshadowing about the dark future to come for these characters i.e Grim Tales.

Hope to see you then!

Questions to ponder: None at the moment since this is the first chapter but there will be plenty to come.