Universes Reverse

Chapter One: Peace…or is it?

"Looks like a quiet day for the Justice League." Super Girl commented and she and Green Arrow strolled along the hallway that showed a side view of Earth. "There have been no reports of villain sightings, and the only calls we get in are natural disasters that can be easily remedied."

The verdant archer glanced over at her, "Don't be too sure kid," he soon replied, "You may never know when another perilous mission might come up. To be honest, I think this is the quiet before the storm."

The young teenaged girl then stared at him, "Do you always have to ruin the moment, Green Arrow?"

"I am just saying it is bound to happen. And besides we wouldn't have this job if there were no possible threats."

"I know, but it is nice not be to rushing in and out of the Watch Tower after some crazy and dangerous bad guys." The young super heroine then noticed the older justice league member glaring at her.

"Not that I am scared or anything," she tried to clarify. "But I enjoy the peace and quiet for a change."

Both exchanged smiles.

"I only wish Clark was here."

"Kara, it's one of your cousin's few times a year to get away to his Fortress of Solitude. You should know he needs it after all that has transpired this past year."

"Yes, yes I know," Superman's young cousin replied, "he's been a busy man, and he deserves it. But I will be glad when he gets back."

Both of them turned to stare out the window looking at the planet the Watch Tower protected.

Earth, for once is not jumping with excitement. Kara thought, Let's hope it stays that way for little while longer.

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That can't be right. Making sure his terminology was correct, Batman typed the term into the database again, rephrasing it in the hopes for better results. Still the same answer appeared on the screen 'No sources available for this information.' Agitated, the Dark Knight decisively chose another database.

Once again busy typing away at the keyboard; Batman then scrolled down the screen to find the search engine he was looking for. His intense concentration deterred him from hearing the raven-haired Amazon entering. She walked till she was directly behind where was he sitting and after waiting several seconds spoke; "Looks like you are still keeping busy."

Without removing his face from his work the Dark Knight soon replied asking, "Diana, have you ever heard of knocking?"

"No one ever can ever sneak up on you can they?" Wonder Woman said, smiling.

"It's really quite elementary," Batman bluntly explained, "I saw your reflection on the computer monitor."

The Amazon princess was surprised, "With the way you were concentrating, I thought you wouldn't notice anything else around you."

He finally found the database he was looking for and clicked on it. The Dark Knight imputed his inquiry and pressed search. However, he was greeted with a 'Sorry the information you are searching is either not available or doesn't exist' notice. He muttered under breathe as he went back to try it once more for the fourth time. The Amazon soon noticed the look of frustration and concern on his face.

"Bruce, are you okay?" she soon asked.

There was no respond, as if he did not hear. Batman began to viciously type again. But before he could finish he felt a firm yet gentle hand reach out and touch his right shoulder. Wonder Woman's voice spoke again, "Please tell me what's bothering you."

Still having his eyes on the monitor Bruce finally answered, "I've been researching."

"Researching what?"

"For the past couple of months I have been keeping a close eye on companies of questionable interests and reputations."

Wonder Woman's eyebrows rose. "What companies?"

"Ones that have been known to involve themselves in illegal activities."

"Bruce, you're not telling me you have been you have spying on Cadmus and LexCorp?"

"I wouldn't call it that." Batman replied as he began typed on the keyboard once again. "I rather call it keeping tabs."

"Well whatever you call it, do you think that it is necessary?" Wonder Woman questioned. "How long have you been 'keeping tabs'?"

"Yes and eight months." he answered. "Cadmus has been clean as far as I can tell, and LexCorp should be except for one thing."

"And what is that?"

The Dark Knight then brought up a list on the screen and began to scroll down. After going down about a hundred listings he found and highlighted the one he was looking for.

"Six months ago LexCorp formed a partnership with a company under the title of MRD. There is some kind of project going between them."

"I don't see a problem with that." the Amazon princess responded.

"However, the description of this project is very vague and brief only saying it was exploring the forces of electro-magnetism, and light wave manipulation."

"Bruce," said Wonder Woman, "what are you getting at?"

Batman finally turned from the computer screen and stared directly at her. "After seeing there was not much information about this activity I attempted to find out more about MRD."

He paused.

"And?" the raven-haired Amazon urged.

"Nothing. Most of the search engines say there is no such company. And if there is there they either have nothing to with the area of business of LexCorp, or have no association with them."

"It just might be a division under them or some government agency that does want to be known to the public for security reasons."

"I have links the most top secret files of the U.S. government I have found no organization with that name. And I can't believe this MRD could be a division of LexCorp because it would have stated it as such. Something strange is going on."

"Bruce, don't you think you are taking this too far?"

"Don't you think you are taking this too lightly, Diana?"

"Bruce, look. You are treading on dangerous ground when you are accusing a company of something you can't prove. Besides it could be nothing."

"What about the business last year when Luthor and Cadmus joined forces, that made the people doubt our integrity, and nearly destroyed the league? You call that nothing?"

Diana was rendered silent. She was unable to answer. But she glared at Bruce with a very demanding stare.

A third persona sudden appeared in the room with a little rush of wind. Yes it was the lightning fast hero himself, the Flash.

"Hey Wonder Woman, Bats," he soon said. "J'onn asked us if we all could go to the teleportation bay immediately."

Then the speed demon, noticing the tension between his two other teammates, awkwardly asked, "Umm, did I interrupt something?"

"No." Batman bluntly replied as he shut his computer system down. He then stalked out the room without as much as a glance at either of them.

Soon as he was out of the sight of the doorway, Wonder Woman then walked out leaving Flash alone and confused.

"Okay?" he said to himself aloud. "Awkward."

He then walked out of the room himself and shutting the door behind him, the Scarlet Speedster with an instant rush of speed headed for the teleportation bay.