Inside the Conference room
"I believe personal introductions have been made amongst ourselves.." Batman stopped to look at his audience consisting of the Avengers and the Justice league and Ben.
"I believe so" responded Captain America who was standing beside him.
"Then it's time to officially introduce ourselves, Justice league members will start." "Batman," pointing to himself. "Superman" "Wonderwoman" "J'onn" "Green lantern" "Green arrow" "Cyborg" "Shazam" each of them identifying themselves with a nod.
"Captain America" "Iron man" "Thor" "Black Widow" "Wanda" "The Hulk…the big green guy" everyone except The Avengers, Ben, Batman and Superman was surprised at that. "Hawkeye" the Avengers introduced themselves.
"How did you-?" Batman began questioning but was cut short by a cough resonating from Ben.
"Ben..if you must know" Ben mummured his ego a little bruised that he was forgotten. "What? Afraid you're old news?" Green lantern goaded.
Smirking at him, "Nope, it's not my style being insecure."
Low chuckles could be heard from around the table. Green lantern narrowed his eyes at Ben who didn't show a hint of fear at Green lanterns clenched fists. Everyone in the room knew Green lantern had a problem with Ben the moment his ring was challenged as the most powerful device in the universe by Ben's watch. It was the Guardians duty to regulate weapons and technology productions in all sectors and they were involved in any weapon or technology that would potentially lead to mass extinction. So until he was counseled by the Guardians themselves he doubted everyone of Ben's revelations. I can conjure up anything I damn want with this ring, I'd be damned if that piece of watch is more powerful than the Green lanterns ring. Hal thought.
Batman continued before the two could start taunting each other. "Tell us what happened before you were transported to this world."
"We were in our headquarters when a bright light engulfed us. The next thing we know is we woke up in the port." Cap summarized for his teammates.
"I'll need more details than that." Batman insisted looking at Cap who just stared back at him. It was all he remembered considering he was the first one to wake up and the last to be absorbed by the light.
"This could help." Iron man said projecting a video on the conference table. Everyone watched keenly. It was the first time the Avengers were seeing this video from the looks they were throwing at Iron man.
"Jarvis finished processing the recorvered footage from the Avengers tower some minutes ago before he was out of range of My network." He explained looking at the video.
The video showed the Avengers relaxing with some champagne and drinks laughing at something said by Thor, when the lights started flickering and the video getting distorted abit. The white light materialized in the middle of them. They could faintly see something inside the blinding light. Hawkeye and Natasha being nearest to the light were sucked in first. Immediately Banner saw this, he changed into the Hulk and jumped into it after them. Wanda tried creating a shield around herself with her magic but was just as easily sucked in, the light easily decimating her magic shield. Iron man activated all his propulsion systems attempting to fly away but he was just as easily sucked in. Thor span his hammer flying up with the might of Miljonir but the lights force was greater than Miljonir which lead to Thor being sucked in. Cap held onto one of the tower pillars with all the strength the super soldier serum could grant him. The pull however threatened to dismember Caps arms thus he let go falling into the light which then dissipated making the room look normal as if nothing happened.
"Who's that?" Black widow and Batman asked at the same time pointing to a dark corner of the room with a humanoid figure blending in with the darkness.
"I don't know. This is the best Jarvis could get out of all the recovered videos." Iron mansaid looking at the others while the video was in a loop in the hologram.
"I can help with that if you send me the files." Ben suggested looking at Iron man
"I'm sorry but your computer skills can't compare to Jarvis." Iron man said annoyed at the suggestion he could do better than him. "Or does that watch have a computer alien too!?" He added skeptically watching Ben. The others just following the banter between the two seeing where this will lead.
Batman didn't want to intervene since he knew that Ben would no doubt prove Iron man wrong and that was something not even him could pass up on. Something about Iron man just ticked him off.
"I actually do have an alien that does that sort of thing but it won't be necessary at the moment. Trixx could perfectly handle it." Ben answered Iron man. Trixx had long since retrieved the video from the database copies she had secured from Iron man. When Tony brought it up Ben had mentally commanded Trixx to bring it up and repair it to the best of her abilities. The files retrieved was so damaged that Ben understood why Jarvis managed to recover only a small segment and in 144p quality. Trixx was currently processing the repair which was at 70% to completion. Ben asked for the files from Iron man so that he wouldn't flip out when he suddenly had his encrypted file on the matter. He didn't want any distrust to develop among them.
"Who the hell is Trixx!? Aren't you a little too young to be doing stuff?" Iron man couldn't help himself from taking a dig at him. Call it the childishness in him that Miss Pepper has been trying to get rid of for many years now. Thinking of Pepper made him frown a bit but no one saw because of his suits faceplate.
"Don't tell me you believe you're the only one with Jarvis" Ben smirked at the look on the Avengers faces. "So just send the file to the league server and I'll retrieve it from there." Ben added.
Knocking himself out of his stupor, "Nothing's as good as Jarvis but go ahead" Tony responded before uploading the file to the conference table which was just a big touch screen connected to the Watchtowers systems. Tony knew that no AI was as good as Jarvis. He knew Ben's watch had some kind of computer that helps him transform and store aliens DNA but didn't think much of it.
Ben retrieved the file but instead displayed the one Trixx was almost done repairing. The others watched intrigued as random lines of code was seen on the screen before Processing 96% was displayed by Trixx. She had just added her own lines of codes and protocols to the firewalls of the watchtower to alert her if any intrusions were attempted and then displayed the repairing process. Ben requested her to develop some form of advanced anti virus for them since an organization for good should not be hacked so easily as he had done. The others watched the screen as the process completed. Cyborg didn't detect anything abnormal since Trixx had earlier adapted to his coding language thus could easily manipulate his systems. That was what made Trixx and Azmuth special, they were both extremely smart and Trixx could adapt to any computing language, whether superior or inferior to her. The video started playing..
The same things happened from Iron mans video but this one was more clearer and they could see the portal in the blinding light. They could also see the light extend to trap each of them then reel them in. The figure in the darkness was seen to be a male with a bearded face, slightly masculine physique. The face couldn't be seen clearly and after a few minutes of standing in the darkness, the figure dissappeared then the room arranged itself removing any indication of the event.
"Interesting. It seems your departure was a secret and planned" Batman pointed out still looking at the footage which was on a loop.
"How did you do that?" Banner asked Ben clearly confused since he really didn't move or have a computer with him to clean the footage up much less access it.
Breaking out of their trances, the Avengers and some of the Justice league looked towards Ben. Batman grinned at Iron man who stayed still not uttering a word. If anyone would look at him they would think it was merely an empty Halloween costume.
"I cleaned it up, well… Trixx did it. She's my AI." Ben clarified.
"It's based in the watch." Batman told them, tired of the game Ben was playing with them.
"If it's based in the watch, how do you access it?" Green lantern asked Ben.
"That's for me to know and you to find out." Ben grinned.
"Ben!" Wonderwoman admonished seemingly tired of the game as well.
"You're lucky I have a hard time saying no to beautiful ladies." Ben smiled at Wonderwoman who in astonishment only felt a slight irritation like she always did at being called beautiful by other men and world leaders who would ogle her like a piece of meat unlike the other time when she was flustered. I wonder why she thought.
"My mind interfaced with the watch's Quantum computer and Trixx is its AI." Ben replied being as brief as possible.
"Did you say Quantum?" "Did you say your mind?" Tony and Banner asked respectively.
"Woah" Green lantern commented understanding the implication.
"So are you like Cyborg?" Shazam asked his gamer mind intrigued at the implication.
"No, we are not the same. My brain is the only thing Trixx interfaced with and nothing else." Ben replied looking at Shazam. He had noted his silence ever since meeting the league. He wasn't in any database that Trixx obtained, only in snapshots and videos civilians took of his rescue operations and that made Ben slightly curious about him. The league files didn't have anything concrete about him apart from being given the powers of many gods and his name. He had wondered how he ended up joining the league. Watching closely he noticed Black widow also checking out Shazam. It seems she had picked up on his silence too.
"That's why I couldn't hack your watch." Tony stated as a matter of fact. "And that's why you are able to overide my codes multiple times, something no computer on earth can do." Added Cyborg his mechanical eye glowing red scanning Ben again, this time taking into account everything he knew about him and his watch. True to his words, he could see minute electrical signals and components in Ben's brain.
"Is your watch connected with you down to a molecular level?" Banner asked unexpectedly surprising Ben with the question. No one ever asked him that, it was either how many aliens do you have or how powerful is your watch, mostly those kind of questions.
"To remove it, I would have to be reduced down to my last atom." Ben replied actually impressed by Banner.
"Something you conveniently forgot to mention." Glared Black widow.
"Hey… You didn't ask… He asked" Ben shrugged a response.
"Does that mean you can see things like Cyborg or a robot?" Shazam asked.
"Yes, if I choose so." Ben replied vaguely.
"Wow! How much can-" the Flash started asking but was interrupted by Batman.
"How did you get here? And why weren't we alerted to your arrival like the Avengers?" Batman asked Ben. He mentally slapped himself for not thinking about it sooner. Ben had to have come from a high powered portal like the Avengers.
Ben instructed Trixx to trim their video and project it to them. The others watched Ben walk in the streets greeting and taking selfies with his fans then a Girl Scout selling cookies stopped him and asked him to make a purchase. While Ben was grabbing cash from his back pocket the girl waved her hand and a portal opened swallowing Ben with the Omnitrix systems temporarily getting glitchy.
"My arrival in this earth happened at the same time the Avengers appeared thus the earths satellites concentrated at the port and didn't notice my arrival in the Amazon forest." Ben answered Batman.
"You arrived in the Amazon forest?" J'onn asked Ben. "So that's why I sensed a disturbance in the forest." He added knowing he had assumed the feeling for later until they had dealt with the Avengers at that time.
"Yeah, met a very welcoming guy there. You people really know how to welcome guests." His sarcastic tone was noted.
Batman looked alarmed for a moment turning his attention to Ben, "You met Swampthing." It was a statement more than a question.
"So that's his name." Ben said deep in thought. Immediately Ben heard his name Trixx pulled up the file on Swampthing available in the watchtower database while Ben quickly perused through it
"What did he want." Batman stated again.
"Just to kill me..I kind of destroyed some vegetation when I popped up." Ben shrugged and responded.
"Why didn't he?" Thor asked curious about the creature that protects the vegetation.
"I regrew the whole 100m wide clearing of burnt trees." Ben answered looking at Thor.
Sample is ready Trixx informed Ben of the Arsgadian sample recently acquired.
Good Ben thought.
"What do you mean you regrew it?" Superman asked.
"I have an alien form that's somehow similar to Swampthing." Ben replied knowing it would be enough but by the confused looks of the Avengers he continued.
"It can manipulate vegetation of any kind in the universe and apparently multiverse."
"Daaamn Hal, I was wrong. That is one cool watch." The flash quipped.
"Shut up" Hal mummured. Batman was silent. Thinking. He had seen first hand how powerful Swampthing was by manipulating the green in vegetation yet Ben had one alien in so many sentient aliens with powers similar to Swampthing. How powerful is that watch he wondered looking at it on Ben's arm.
Sensing the sudden silence in the room, he disengaged Trixx's HUD and saw all of them looking at his watch already knowing what they were thinking.
"Yeah..there's only one in existence and you'll get used to it with time." He said to no one in particular making them to snap out of their thoughts.
"We need to figure out what is going on. All of this cant be a coincidence." Batman said looking at Cap. "We need to work together if we are ever going to get you back to your home planet."
"I agree, we'll share any Intel gathered between our groups." Black widow responded standing up from her seat moving to the front. Batman watched her coming up, each step calculated and with a poise of elegance with a hint of danger.
Looking at Cap, "As our guests, we'd like to extend an invitation to the Avengers to stay in the Watchtower and provide you with the necessary papers to use during your stay in this earth." Batman offered Cap.
"We're greatfull for the offer-" Cap started turning down Batmans offer but was interrupted by Wonderwoman. "Please, we insist."
"You want to keep an eye on us. Not so subtle, don't you think?" Black widow smirked at Batman.
"Subtlety is not our best suit." Responded batman narrowing his eyes at her.
"It won't be a problem. We'll just get a few of our belongings from our base. Just to be clear, we can return to our base anytime we want or better yet go anywhere." Black widow stated waiting for anyone specifically Batman to disagree.
"What's going on?" Green arrow asked the flash in hushed tones.
"I think we've just witnessed Batman flirting." Flash responded equally confused.
"It seems the news of your arrival has found its way to the other leaguers. I think we should put their minds at ease." Superman explained while tapping his ear indicating he was listening to something.
"They started pouring in one hour ago." Ben spoke up bringing up the CCTV feed of the hall next to the teleporters to the conference table projector.
"I see no reason why not since we will be staying here temporarily." Hawkeye responded standing up. He hated formal meetings where one sits for long periods of time. He liked it better when he was on his feet moving about.
"Follow me." Superman gestured to them moving out the door heading for the balcony overlooking the hall.
"I'm in need of a hot shower right about now." Wanda mummured to Black widow while following superman. Since arriving in this earth they all showered with cold water they trapped from the rain in the Amazon. They had furnished the cave to the best of their abilities but at the end it was still a cave in the jungle but the watchtower would be different. She hoped.
"You and me both." She whispered back.
"When will they arm wrestle?" Shazam asked Cyborg.
"I don't know. Don't push it." Cyborg responded warily hoping that superman won't hear their discussion.
"Why don't you ask them?" Iron man asked walking behind them. "Are you that eager to loose your money?" asked Thor overhearing the conversation.
Looking at Thor, "I may be many things Thor, but a loser isn't one of them." Iron man smugly replied.
Ben couldn't get in on the conversation because he was walking upfront with Cap and superman.
"I'm so going to Vegas after this whole thing blows over with the prize money." Green arrow commented already dreaming of the perfect vacation spot. Lots of criminals to take down while also loosing a tone of money at the casinos. Not to mention the ladies…
"That's nothing. I'm going to a planet with sandy beaches and and sceneries to die for." Green lantern responded.
"I believe that's not all there is to that sentence." Wonderwoman smirked at him.
Grinning, "There are also babes hotter than this months Victoria secret magazine cover." Green lantern added making everyone sigh bringing an end to that discussion.
The Avengers and Ben saw the heroes gathered below in groups deep in discussion. Those that noticed their arrival were curiously eyeing them up then alerting their comrades of their presence.
Superman began introducing them.
Ben looked at the group of heroes and couldn't help but be amazed at their organization and just how many people had abilities in this earth. He spotted Batman talking to a group of heroines in a corner. This earth has no shortage of beautiful ladies. He thought to himself. The aforementioned members of the league are Black canary, Vixen, Zatana, Huntress and Supergirl. They have been classified as temporary members of the league and don't have permanent quarters in the watchtower. They are from a mission assigned by Batman. Trixx spoke up to Ben while showing him the necessary files on the female heroes. Ben scrolled through them while superman started their introductions. Does that make superman and Supergirl related or married? He asked Trixx after reading their files noticing that minute detail missing. They are related. Cousins. Supergirl arrived years after Supermans arrival having being stuck in a black hole for that long. Supergirl is from Kryptons sister planet ARGO that was shortly attacked by a being known as Brainiac after her departure. Trixx summarised for Ben. He attempted accessing the CCTV cameras next to the group to get a good look at the group Batman chose to personally go and explain to them whatever was happening. He couldn't see or hear anything clearly. The Camera was too far from the group in the corner. Interesting, he thought while making a mental note to introduce himself to them.
The other members of the Avengers were equally amazed at how many heroes they had who were currently in groups listening attentively to what superman asked. Cap noticed majority of the heroes slightly relax when Superman showed signs that they were not a threat by introducing themselves. Cap's many years of experience dealing with diplomatic issues noted how superman knew how to play the game. Every word that came out of his mouth seemed to have a calming effect on the heroes. Maybe they just respect him that much, he thought to himself.
"I bet they don't have that many villains." Iron man whispered to Thor after scanning the hall full of super heroes. "How do you figure?" Thor asked him trying his best to whisper, something he wasn't used to.
"Everyone's playing for the good team." He gestured to the crowd under them implying they would easily outnumber their enemies.
Thor looked down and around nodding seemingly agreeing with Tony's observation.
"Keep quiet" Black widow reprimanded the two heroes who stayed quiet the rest of the meeting.
The other founding league members stood behind the Avengers and Ben out of the spotlight watching what was happening.
"How can a god be scared of her?" Shazam whispered having witnessed what just went down. "I know right..! She doesn't even have powers." Green lantern pointed out the obvious.
"Are you not wary of Batman? Does he have any abilities?" J'onn questioned raising an eyebrow at them.
"That's different. He's BATMAN." Flash stressed out the last word. Everyone was afraid if not weary of Batman. Most of them speculated it's because of his mysterious personality. Ever since joining the league none of them have ever seen or heard him laugh, it was usually a smirk or a small smile which only Diana and Superman on rare occasions were lucky enough to be on the receiving end of it.
"She's Black widow." Hawkeye vaguely replied to the Flash having overheard the conversation. "Why do you think she's called that, Flash?" Hawkeye stressed his name and then to his satisfaction each of them turned to stare at Black widow, Hawkeyes hidden meaning sinking in.
"How is she a superhero?" Wonderwoman asked what they were all thinking about but uncertain to ask.
"We all have a past" was all Hawkeye said before turning to listen to what superman was saying.
"Their world seems pretty awesome." Green arrow commented to himself but everyone heard him.
Looking up, the ladies watched as Superman was introducing the group he had called the Avengers. "Daamn…I meant what I said.." Black canary turned to talk to the ladies before looking up at Captain America. "Let me have a crack at him." She mummured while biting her lips sexily at Cap who was focusing on what superman was saying to notice her among the heroes.
"Gross" chocked out Supergirl. "Is there anyone you wont ogle!?" Vixen rolled her eyes at her friends behavior.
"Batman" she replied nonetheless. She was forced to explain when Batman turned to look at her. "I don't want to be pummeled into the ground" she put her hands up referring to the way Wonderwoman bumped Blackwidow into the container at the port.
Sighing, batman turned and disappeared around the corner. "Was it something I said?" Black canary asked the others who just looked at her shocked at their teammates behavior. "Superman said his name was Captain America, the leader of the group." Zatana spoke up. "I won't mind him being the captain of my-" she was cut short by Supergirls loud shriek.
"SHUT UP!" Which immediately turned all heads to her direction and finding her covering her mouth turning a bright shade of pink disbelieving that she just shouted when her cousin was addressing them.
The Avengers, Ben and superman traced the outburst to Supergirl who by the way she was turning a shade of red and covering her mouth was more embarrassed than any of them.
"I'm sorry" Supergirl apologized but didn't fail to see Black canary struggling to hold back her laughter. Vixen was chuckling. Only Huntress and Zatanna managed to maintain their professionalism at that point.
"As I was saying.." Superman continued when the attention was back on him. "They are our guests and you will see them out and about in the watchtower. They are not our enemies, miscommunication was the cause for the incident at the port. I believe you will respect and cooperate with them as you would any other league members…"
Supergirl glared at Black canary who had a mischievous smile while pretending to listen to what was being said. She had been planning for a long time on getting back at Supergirl for disclosing her actual age to the league founders when she had contracted a viral flu and was forced to quarantine in the medical bay. Sure it was understandable they needed that information in conjunction with others to safely calculate the correct doses of the vaccines they had at hand. how do you like being the center of attention now Black canary thought finally looking up at Supergirls narrowed eyes. Supergirl was the only one who knew her age since she accidentally picked up her Voters registration card from the floor in the cafeteria. Even though she healed from the ordeal it was still uneasy for her that Batman, Superman, Cyborg and J'onn knew her age.
Superman gave Captain America and Ben the chance to address the heroes but only Captain America accepted the offer. Ben refusing because he was never really good with public speaking. Back home Grandpa Max and Gwen did all the talking while him and Kevin preferred the smashing part of the gig. It was easier that way.
"My name is Captain America and these are my team mates, Ben, Iron man, Black widow, Thor, Wanda and Hawkeye." He said pointing to each of them.
"I know most of you have questions and we would be happy to answer all of them during our stay here. I know we will get along and do great work together. Thank you for your hospitality." Cap kept it brief and to the point before retreating back allowing superman to resume talking. After a few words Superman came to the conclusion of his speech.
Superman having finished addressing the league members, he dismissed the crowd of heroes. Some went to fill in their reports while others teleported away to wherever they usually go when not in the watchtower.
"I hate you." Supergirl told Black canary after they were dismissed. "No you don't" Black canary gave her the most innocent smile she could master.
"What's wrong with the two of you!?" Huntress chided. "If I'm placed on monitor duty because of you I will murder you in your sleep." Narrowing her eyes at them angrily.
Monitor duty was not her favorite hobby and everyone did it, temporary members included.
"Easy there tigress. No one's getting monitor duty form that little outburst. I believe superman heard what she said." Vixen said pointing to Black canary.
"I don't see what you're all worried about. Monitor duty is okay for me." Zatana commented. "Sitting around all day isn't that bad." She added.
"That's because you haven't been on one with Glowy over there." Black canary replied pointing to Hal while cringing at the thought of it. Green lantern has always been the flirt of the league. He had hit on every female super hero at one point from the time they joined, especially when the said female was on monitor duty with him.
"As a matter of fact, I have, but he behaves ever since I turned him into a frog." Zatana replied chuckling a bit at the memory.
"Now that is a story I'd love to hear about." They all looked to the side to see where the new voice originated from.