METROPOLIS, October 1, 08:08 EDT
As the citizens of Metropolis go about their daily business, a giant plant bursts through the ground, causing chaos by seeding vines to crush cars and throw others. Meanwhile, a group of seven villains oversees the attack from their secret headquarters and deems the test a success. Then Count Vertigo announces it's time for the Injustice League to "step out into the light".
MOUNT JUSTICE October 1, 18:00 EDT
Alex is in the training room working out to build endurance to help in future fights, and in the center, Kaldur and Robin are amidst a training session in their civilian clothes as Captain Marvel, who's eating a candy bar, and Zatara, their "den mother" of the week, supervise. Megan and Connor arrive together, with the wolf following behind.
"You know they're a couple, right?" Robin tells Kaldur
"I believe I knew before they did."
"Do we tell them?" Robin asks, pointing at Artemis and Wally.
"Not if you want Wally to be pissed off at you and deny liking Artemis, and Artemis to shoot you full of arrows." Alex tells the two to walk over to them.
"Right, it's not our place." Kaldur says this as Wally and Artemis arrive in front of the trio.
"So, if Zatara is our weekly babysitter, why is he still here?" Wally asked, pointing at the two adults. "And why is he eating my snacks?"
"The Capitan is a nice guy, and you should treat him like one of the team." Alex tells him
"Why would I?" Before Wally could finish, the computer sounded out, "Recognized, Batman Zero Two." and Batman walks in after teleporting in.
"Computer, national news." Batman says, leading everyone to look on as images of giant plants attacking Metropolis and heroes saving people and fighting the plants appear.
"Should we get out there?" Robin asked
"No. The league will soon have the situation under control. That's not why I'm here." He tells the team. "According to your intel, Sportsmaster supplied Cadmus' Blockbuster formula to Kobra.
"Then the Brain got some and upgraded the wolves and used the collars from Belle Reve Penitentiary to control them." Megan adds
"So then the plants were treated with Kobra-Venom." Alex asks
"I had Green Lantern run a spot analysis. The vine's cellulose does contain trace amounts of a Kobra Venom variant."
"These cannot be coincidences." Kaldur says
"Yes, and the conclusion is that the supervillains are working together and are most likely behind the plant attacks." Batman tells them. "It's now clear our enemies have formed some kind of secret society of supervillains."
"The attack on Metropolis is only the beginning."
"You've got that right." Robin says pulling up screens shows other cities getting attacked, like Gotham, Paris, and Star City, before someone started cutting in to the satellite signal.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled mayhem... to bring you this important announcement... from the Injustice League, ha-ha-ha." The villain Joker appears on the screen, then turns the camera to the whole Injustice League, showing Black Adam, Watan, Atomic Skull, the Ultra-Huminite, and Poison Ivy, with Count Vertigo talking next.
"We are responsible for the attacks on your cities."
"If you wish to save them, a ransom of 10 billion American dollars is required."
"Delivery instructions have been sent to the United Nations."
"There is no time limit, but the longer your governments wait, the more we get to have our jollies." The Joker finishes laughing at the camera.
"That's a lot of heavy hitters." Robin says, looking at the image of the Justice League. "Probably behind nearly everything and everyone we've faced."
"There's your secret society." Wally says
"Not so secret anymore." Artemis adds
"Perhaps, after India, they realized we would deduce the truth and saw no point in hiding any longer." Kaldur tells the team.
"But that doesn't make sense; look at the Injustice members; none of them have the connection to do all of that even together." Alex says, "And where is the brain? Why is he not there?"
"What are you thinking, Alex?" Kardur asked
"I think there's someone else behind this." Alex tells them
"That may be, but for now, the mission is." Batman says
Batman consigns the team to find the plants' central control system, while the Justice League fights the plants. Zatara performs a locator spell to pinpoint Wotan's mystical energies. The team heads out to the Louisiana bayou while Batman, Zatara, and Captain Marvel go fend off the plants.
Gotham City, October 1, 19:49 EDT
While Batman dumps a chemical concoction onto the plants, Captain Marvel uproots one and hurls it into the sun, and Zatara casts an incineration spell. Suddenly, an array of spores explodes and releases Joker venom, killing three firefighters on the spot.
At the Injustice League headquarters, the Joker juggles the plants simultaneously with cybernetic controls, while Wotan and Atomic Skull maintain and boost the power of the plant antenna. Suddenly, Count Vertigo detects incoming intruders.
BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW, October 1, 18:52 CDT
Aboard the Bio-ship, the team is getting ready for the mission when Kid Flash asks what's in the duffle bag next to Aqualad.
"Plan B, in case things go wrong." Aqualad tells him
"On that note, I'm going to increase our chances." Alex says he's going to them one by one and putting two kanji marks on them. "Wolf Healing and Combustion."
"Aqualad gave you super strength and telekinesis, Robin super speed, and strengthened your body."
"Kid Flash has super strength and has strengthened your body; Superboy has levitation and thermal vision."
"Miss Martian, you have super speed and have strengthened your body; Artemis has super speed and invisibility."
"The marks will last two hours, so hopefully they will be done by then."
"Thank you, Alex. This will help our chances." Aqualad says when Miss Martian suddenly grasps her head.
"What's wrong?"
"dizzy"
"Martians get air sick?" Robin asked
"Not me, her."
"I feel fine." Artemis says
"Not you, the Bio-ship; she's dizzy from trying to protect us." Before she can finish outside, Count Vertigo is sending a psychic wave of vertigo at the Bio-ship.
"There it is, Adam. Go!" Black Atom fly's up and grabs and throws the bio-ship into the swamp below.
In the bio-ship, the team is groaning from the rough landing. As Black Atom lands on the ship and rips a hole in the side, Superboy rushes to him and punches him flying, and he proceeds to fly after him, shooting heat beams at him.
In the ship " No. No way I'm nearly drowning three missions in a row." Artemis yells, taking out rebreathers for her and Kid Flash, who's a little shocked and grateful.
"Megan, we need to get out. Open a hatch." Aqualad tells Miss Martian to get focused.
"Right." She then opened a hatch, and everyone swam out, reaching land. Miss Martian looked at the bioship.
"She's in shock; she'll need time to recover." She tells the team as Superboy crashes next to them and Count Vertigo ambushes them with a Vertigo wave that affects everyone but Akuma, who speeds forward to knock him down. Only for Black Atom to punch him away.
"Miss Martian, Robin disappear." Aqualad says over the mental connection, "We will keep them busy. You two fulfill the mission objective." Hey say as the rest of the team attacks.
At the same time, Paris, October 2, 01:55 CEST
The Martian Manhunter and Aquaman fight a plant clutched to the Eiffel Tower and extricate a group of civilians trapped inside.
Taipei, October 2, 07:56 NST
The Flash and Blue Devil try to fend off a plant coiled around a power plant. When it destroys a reactor, unleashing radiation, Captain Atom steps in and absorbs it.
STAR CITY October 1, 16:57 PDT
Red Arrow, Green Arrow, and Black Canary repel a plant attack on a bridge, trying to protect a school bus. From afar, the Joker takes sadistic delight in the terror he is causing. He grabs the bus and throws it into the river, but Guy Gardner snatches it in time.
Back with the team, Superboy, Wolf, and Kid Flash are fighting Black Atom. While Count Vertigo is knocked out and his vertigo head gear is broken by Akuma. Leaving Aqualad, Artemis, and Akuma (the A-Team) fighting a newly arrived Ultra-Huminite and Atomic Skull.
Black Atom is having a tough time fighting Superboy, who is flying after him and shooting heat beams at him in the air. When Atom lands, Kid Flash runs at him and, with super speed, sends out super-strength hits by the dozens. When he's knocked back, Wolf jumps from behind, sends a fire attack at him, and bites him, with no end coming soon.
Artemis, invisibly running around Ultra-Humidite, shoots at where the arrows are coming from, only for another to come from somewhere else. Atomic Skull is fighting Aqualad, who's in the water and sending pillars of water at him, while Akuma is trying to get close to hit him. But Atomic Skull hits Akuma hard enough that he needs to heal after every hit that lands.
It all comes to an end when Wotan arrives and, using magic, forces Artemis to be reviled, with Huminite quickly finding her and exploding the ground to knock her down, taking her hostage, and forcing everyone else to surrender. With Wotan making solid magic chains to hold the team. With Vertigo knocked out, Black Atom realizes there are two missing.
Back with Robin and Miss Martian, they find the villain's base and see the towering plant in the center that's acting as an antenna for the ones around the world.
"The rest of the team is captured, Robin. Should we..." Miss Martian asked:
"Sorry, that's not the gig. This is." Robin says, pointing at the domed base.
"Well, hello." Suddenly, Poison Ivy from behind them says she is using her power to try to tangle the pair up, only for them to speed around them, escaping while she goes after them.
Meanwhile, the Joker continues his remote control attack while the Leaguers do all they can to deflect the plants. In Gotham, Zatara encloses a plant in a mystic bubble, and Plastic Man assists. Back in Paris, a Martian manhunter tears through a vine, and another lashes a helicopter out of control, knocking two occupants out of the aircraft. Rocket catches them, and Icon secures the helicopter.
In the trees, Miss Martian is fighting Ivy when the team traps in chains are flying over her head. Miss Martian is connected to the bio-ship witch, which flies over, hitting Wotan and freeing the team. With everyone distracted, Robin sneaked on to the antenna, planting explosives all around it. A now-awake Vertigo yells "Where's Robin".
"My Baby!" Ivy yells, turning to the plant, only for it to explode. Seeing Robin on the roof, she yells, making a vine shoot out at him, only for him to dodge.
on the roof Joker Arrives "Children? Children foiled our plan?"
"Inconceivable. Unacceptable. Retributionable!"
"That last one might not be a word. So sue me."
Vertigo's pissed off and extremely angry and yells, "Kill them. Kill them all."
Everyone starts fighting and is evenly matched until Wotan levitates up and fires energy at the team, taking most down. When Miss Martian is hit, she lands next to Aqualad, and seeing no way to beat Wotan's magic, Aqualad turns to Miss Martian.
"It's time for plan B." He tells her, with her nodding and signaling the bio-ship to come over them and drop down the duffle bag.
Opening the duffle bag to revile the helmet of fate. Lifting it over his head, Wotan is surprised. Kid Flash says don't before getting hit by Atom. In no time, Aqualad puts on the helmet and becomes Dr. Fate.
"Wotan, you are mine." Dr. Fate says he's shooting a beam at him.
With Wotan out of the way, Robin takes down the Joker as his daggers slightly cut Robin's strengthened body.
With Miss Martian distracting Ivy Kid Flash, Flash runs in and rips part of Vertigo's cape, and Artemis becomes visible, giving the two a flying kick and knocking them down.
With them down, Artemis goes over to Kid Flash and uses the piece of cape to make a sling for the arm that Atom punched and hurt.
"Thank you." Kid Flash says he's looking at her.
Wotan and Dr. Fates fight was going back and forth when Zatara attacked Wotan. With that, the rest of the Justice League showed up, surrounding the Injustice Group. Seeing a chance, they surrender.
"It's over." Batman tells them
"There will be another day." Vertigo says
"Another day? Another day?!" The Joker screams, "There won't be another day! Not for any of us! Ha-ha-ha." Still connected to the plant, he makes vines rise from the swamp and spawns Joker Venom pods to pop, releasing deadly gas onto everyone.
"Fear not." Dr. Fate says, "Fate has intervened." He uses magic to absorb the gas, saving everyone.
Later, with the villains settled, the team is looking at Dr. Fate, or Aqualad, who's trapped in the helmet.
"What were you thinking? How could you let him put on the helmet?" Kid Flash yells
"Nabu will never release him now."
"Kaldur will be trapped inside Doctor Fate forever." Kid Flash says he is looking down, but then Dr. Fate takes off the helmet, and Aqualad returns to normal. "Nabu, let you go."
"He almost did not."
"But your friend Kent was most helpful. He says, "Hello."
"We're done here. The supervillains' secret society has been neutralized." Batman says
"As for your performance..."
"It was satisfactory." end the debriefing, and everyone heads home.
At an undisclosed location, Vandal Savage conveys to his associates his satisfaction with the plant creatures' potential as weapons. He goes on to say that since the Injustice League was a successful scapegoat to throw the heroes off track, they can keep working in secrecy, as shadows still conceal their light.