Location: Justice League Base. Unknown location.
Time: Invasion Day +6 hours.
Poor Barry. He was browbeaten into accepting the simple name Justice League because we were busy, probably why the original was called the Justice League of America. No one had time to debate the last part, such as the aliens, the king of an undersea nation and the princess of the amazons.
I admit a smile at his grasping at straws, because he had already been thinking of the name long before any of the rest of us and still made such an obvious blunder. Speedsters have far too much time on their hands, apparently.
Which leaves me with Gunnr, the scowling Batman and Wonder Woman. Our location was unknown to me, since Flash brought me here faster than I could see. I was in Gotham, I found checking my positioning using the magnetic field of the Earth. Of course. It was somewhere Batman used as a safe location.
The flight of stairs lead upward and into a sewer of all places.
"Really?" I asked annoyed at the odour. "A bunker in the sewers under Gotham?"
"It has been removed from all civic maps and was built in the forties with the looming threat of nuclear war and forgotten." Batman remarked as we travelled to an exit. "It seemed secure enough to allow us to meet without being bombed all clustered together."
"Are you going to complain if I kill these invaders?" I asked.
"No. I will attempt to avoid killing them, but you are under no obligations. This is war and the niceties of civilisation are the first thing to go. I would ask you to at least behave by the laws as stated in the Geneva Conventions."
"Fine, but we have no idea yet whether we are dealing with clone armies bred for war or a more conventional army." I pointed out.
"No, I have identified some nineteen individuals within the foot soldiers with no more than a passing resemblance. If they were clones they would be uniform to a much higher degree." Batman replied.
We reached an outflow pipe that opened onto the bay.
"Gather around. I'll pick up the both of you in the barrier with me." I explained. "Also knowing our direction would help."
"Into the thick of things." Diana replied. "This city is still under assault, we will clear it first."
"The others have already reached New York and begun their attack." Gunnr pointed out.
Batman held a finger to his ear and listened. "I can confirm that."
"I am not named Gunnr because I like war, I connected to the Concept of War on a fundamental level. All Valkyries are to a degree." My divine bodyguard explained. "This includes sight of battles from beginning to end and being present there at all times. When we involve ourselves this changes the outcome of the vision, of course. For example My Lord, you died if I did not intervene. It also means that this battle was from that moment outside my precognition. But the next battle that follows is not."
Diana's eyes boggled. "That isn't how Gudra and her fellow Valkyries were or we would have lost the war!"
"Pfft. Those were Valkyries in name only. Summoned by the Spear of Destiny? Constructs of that Nazi madman's imagination brought to life that imitated us. The Spear is inherently not of Norse origin, it is close to The Presence: an aspect of the creator god of Christians." Gunnr scoffed. "I am Gunnr, of the Eminent Six. I am the Valkyrie of War, right hand of Odin himself."
"Ladies… to business, yes?" I asked.
"Of course." Diana nodded stiffly.
Gunnr smiled, stroking the head of her wolf steed. "I am ready. Let us enter battle once more!"
"Let's get going, time is crucial now." Batman adds.
"Okay. Do you have any way to contact the other team?" I asked.
"I have given both The Flash and Superman a comlink. A friend is keeping us updated on the situation." Hmm. Alfred or Lucius Fox? I'd bet Fox.
"Okay, every one I'll move us to a forward location." I envelop the human and the probable nascent-titan inside a barrier and move into the Gotham skyline.
Somewhere the city is burning. Not that it looks any different from regular Gotham.
"Take us the Gotham PD building. Wonder Woman and I can help best by coordinating with the police force." Batman points out.
Diana nods. "Yes, we will join them and push the invaders back."
"If My Lord is needed, I will bring it to his attention. Meanwhile we shall purge the skies of all who oppose us." Gunnr announced.
"I have another comlink, but I believe your magnetic field will severely reduce its effective range." Batman added.
"Ping it, right now." He held it out and transmitted to it, tapping at his ear.
"I know the frequency now. If you need a lift ping twice, air support ping thrice." I grinned. "If it's an emergency ping once."
Batman nodded tersely as I set down on the building and a man who I suspect is Commissioner Gordon is waiting, with a few officers.
"Got your message Batman. We don't have much that'll stop these bad guys." Gordon greets us.
"Detective Gordon. The four of us are here to help." I nod as he looks us over.
"Old Gotham is a mess and half the Narrows is burning out of control, at least the gang problem is actually working in our favour for once. Too many armed thugs for the blue space invaders to deal with quickly." Gordon explained. "Some of the more 'civilised' groups like the Mob are reaching out to us to join forces. In this case I actually agree with 'em. We're banding together as many as we can. Crime doesn't matter so much when you have a ray gun aimed at your head. So I've ordered an amnesty for the moment. I had to do it in lieu of the Mayor and Commissioner who can't be found."
Batman held a hand to his ear and made a transmission back to the Batcave under his breath, I think. "Give us the details to the nearest hot spots and we'll be there. My transport arrives in five minutes."
"I have the skies. See you soon." I pointed out, before rising swiftly, as Gordon took a drag on his cigarette, watching in mild, bemused awe. Moments later, alien ships rained down over the city in pieces.
On the ground below some people fled in terror or cowered in fear, one in particular cavorted with glee on the streets.
"Such an amazing sight! All these people just losing their minds!" The Joker chortled, before raising a pistol and blasting the nearest blue thing. Unfortunately it was a police officer. "Oopsie! That was a mistake, but you'll forgive me won't you?" He crooned as he walked over to the police woman pleading for help, unable to breathe she clawed at the air. "Aw, you're no fun. Tata." He blew her brains out. Then began to skip down the street. "This is the life!" He exclaimed with a laugh.