Gotham
Batman ducked behind a parked car to avoid Banes projectile which totaled the whole car forcing batman to use his grappling hook and land on one of the buildings.
Nightwing was five minutes out with the sedative that could put Bane down temporarily while the police secured him for transport.
Aiming for the tube that feeds Bane his venom, batman threw three batarangs which to his surprise were all blocked by Banes quick reflexes.
"How do you like my new upgrade?" Bane taunted flexing his bulging muscles waiting for batman to come out and play a little.
Batman was running out of gadgets to use against him. The upgraded serum Bane used made him more resilient than usual, and this one seemed to last a lifetime.
I have to find his new supplier before this situation gets out of hand Batman thought as he imagined what the jokers laughing gas would be capable of if banes new additive was added to it.
"I've seen better." Came a feminine voice behind Bane who turned around to face the owner.
Black widow was watching Batman fight for sometime now and she was impressed. The only other person she had ever seen fight swiftly like that was Captain America, The winter soldier, King T'chaka and Task master. They could all adapt a new fighting style in an instant whenever necessary and that kind of technique took lots and lots and lots of training accompanied with self discipline. This huge guy though, needed to relax a little bit.
"Good! Now I can crush your girlfriend while you hide away and watch." Bane roared and charged at her.
Black widow waited until Ben was close enough and did a flip before landing behind Bane again then firing one dart at Bane which lodged in his back instantly slowing him down to his knees which then gave out leaving him passed out on the ground.
"I was wondering when you would come out." Batman voiced from beside her. He had noticed her presence in the shadows and thought she was there for observation purposes alone.
Black widow raised an eyebrow at him, "To come rescue you of course." She smirked at his narrowed eyes at her.
He looked down at Bane, "He's using a new strain of venom. I just finished developing tranquilizers capable of knocking him out for a few minutes enough to disarm and secure him. I'm tracking his new supplier."
"Don't worry about him getting up anytime soon. If a few can slow down the Hulk..he'll be out for sometime." Black widow explained.
Interesting, I'll have to analyze it..batman thought as he went to pick up the dart from Banes back only to be pushed away from it by a kick to his side. Reaching for his batarang, he looked around trying to identify the threat only to see black widow smirking at him and going for the dart obviously are of his plan.
He gripped and flung the batarang with precision which knocked the dart out of her reach then jumped for it. A kick connected with his chest again but the Kevlar took the brunt of it dragging him back abit. She picked up the dart and placed it into one of her pockets then raised up her arms and gestured to batman taunting him to try his best.
Batman narrowed his eyes at her and gave a small smile, "Have it your way" he said before throwing two smoke pellets on the ground blinding Black widow and him disappearing.
"Shit" black widow cursed as she covered her nose as she searched for batman.
"That's about right" she heard his voice behind her but turned a second too late.
Batmans palm connected with her forehead pushing her a few steps back and loosing her balance a little making her shake her head a little.
"Is that all you've got?" She asked before attacking Batman. She hadn't had a good workout or fight for so long that she couldn't resist the temptation and also she might study his moves a bit.
Batman saw the attack coming a mile away and blocked some of them while others went cleanly through his defenses making him grunt a little bit…
Black widow threw an uppercut which never connected because she was tackled away from batman by Nightwing who was already on a fight with her which wasn't favoring him so well since they both thought the other was a villain.
Batman cursed that he forgot Nightwing was supposed to rendezvous with him and now he was fighting with Black widow. Miscommunication on my part, again he groaned.
"Nightwing! Stand down!" He ordered his sidekick/partner.
Nightwing stepped back gladly catching his breadth. This lady was now among the people who Nightwing knew he wouldn't have won this fight against if Batman didn't help.
"You know this crazy lady!?" Nightwing asked unbelievably. "She tried to stab me!" Nightwing complained.
"It's not like you attacked me or anything.." Black widow shrugged placing her twin guns back in their holsters.
"You were going to shoot me! She was going to shoot me" Nightwing looked at Batman who just gave Black widow an are you serious look to which she just smiled at them.
"Restrain Bane then take him to Arkham." Batman ordered Nightwing before pressing a button on his utility belt. The batjet flew into the alley. It's black exterior blending in with the darkness and the body design futuristic, cutting through air maximizing speed. The engine produced nothing but a humming sound, the jet practically made for stealth. It came to a stop infront of them opening up the top for batman to jump in which he did.
"You coming?" He voiced out already pressing buttons in the jet. Black widow simply jumped into the passenger seat before speeding off.
"Seriously!" Nightwing exclaimed.
I thought no one flew the batjet except you he thought angrily at being left behind for clean up duty.
"Okay…I'll just-" he turned around preparing to pick up Bane but he was gone.
Looking around for him, "What the hell-" he was cut off by a dart pricking his neck then immediately falling down unconscious.
An unknown figure dragged both him and Bane away.
Kent farm
Kara did her best to avoid her cousin after the fundraiser. Usually going to the town library to study for something or teaming up with Huntress in one of her missions.
She was preparing her take away lunch before heading to the library and later patrol around the world for a bit. She had already packed some fruits and now was fixing her sandwiches.
"It's good to know you eat…with you being too busy and all.." Clark announced coming to the kitchen already dressed ready for work. He also carried a small backpack of clothes indicating he was returning to his studio apartment in the city.
"Good morning Clark, I'm running kinda late.." Kara said hurriedly packing up the half finished sandwiches.
"I'm sure you can spare a few seconds for your dear old cousin.." Clark smiled at his cousin who unwillingly sat back down on the kitchen stool.
"Look Clark, I didn't know he was going to kiss me..! I just wanted to turn down his help! He just did it. The jerk stole my first kiss away from me…" Kara started rambling getting angry by the second. Clark let her ramble it all out otherwise an unwilling participant (mostly villains) would be the ones getting it in form of violence.
"The nerve of him! But again he kind of helped me so…but I-" Kara stopped talking, embarrassment creeping up when she noticed Clark staring at her.
"Sorry about that..a lot on my mind." She apologized to Clark.
"Thank you. For what you said to Lois. We got back together that night." Clark smiled at her. After finishing his work, he had joined their group where the two of them had talked and kissed it out.
She was so happy she hugged him. "I knew it! You two were made for each other" she grinned at him.
"And as for Ben, don't worry about him. I'll deal with him." Clark told her making her frown. Though he knew that Ben was only trying to help, he couldn't let him get away with embarrassing his cousin like that. He would only talk to him.
"I didn't say you should go and break him Clark! In fact don't do anything. I'm a big girl and I can stand up for myself. Besides, I am the second strongest person in earth." She half announced victoriously.
"There is a time when I wouldn't have doubted that statement." Clark told her looking sad. Everything had changed so quickly in a short amount of time. They were also searching for answers. He had remembered that the rest of the league wasn't really much in the know of anything at all but Supergirl was highly ranked thus she'll soon find out.
"Are you talking about the green guy? He had the element of surprise. You could have totally taken him down." Kara said sounding sure of herself.
"Not him…Ben." He admitted. "Looks can be deceiving." Clark finished before his pager sounded. Looking at it, he wished Kara a good day and flew off heading to work before Kara could ask anything more.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kara wondered flying off to the library.
Watchtower
Booster gold was on monitor duty when a huge meteor appeared out of nowhere its trajectory being the Earth. Watchtower alarms were blazing everywhere with the heroes on board moving to booster gold to figure out what was happening.
They saw the meteor had quickly breached the earths atmosphere and landed somewhere outside of Metropolis. Every television channel displayed the breaking news to the citizens while military helicopters were dispatched to the crater created by the meteor. Circling around the crater, soldiers descended from the choppers via ropes and proceeded to scout out the meteor which turned out to be some kind of pod.
The Justice League and Lex Luthor had tapped into the secure military channel feed streaming to the Oval Office.
"Set up a perimeter." Instructed the first soldier who was the team leader.
He peeked into the pod not being able to see anything inside. The small glass used for observation showed nothing but that the interior was made up of a rocky surface.
"This is bravo 1, there's nothing in the pod but stones." The leader spoke into his earpiece. "Preparing for transport." He continued turning to face his men who were cautiously pointing at something behind him.
Turning around, he saw two red eyes looking at him from inside the pod. No sooner had he started backing away than the pods door came flying off from being forced open crashing into him sending him flying into a tree branch which impaled him through his Kevlar plated chest killing him instantly.
His team opened fire at the beast unleashed from the pod but they merely bounced off him before it killing each one of them.
"We're so fucked!" The last soldier whose feed was still live was heard saying and seen running to their helicopter while gun fire, the roaring sound of the beast and the screams from his team mates filled the air then the screams stopped but loud thumping could be heard getting closer to him. The chopper had landed to transport the pod to a secure military baze.
The Justice league members present and the various relevant government officials and Lex luthor saw the soldier pick up a laser guided shoulder rocket launcher with a Wayne tech tag on it then shouted to the pilot who was already taking off "FASTER!" before facing the charging monster looking up at the ascending chopper.
"I'm gonna fuck you up." He said encouraging himself.
He visibly tensed at what he saw heading for him. A huge monstrous being with white hair, red eyes, grey skin and bone protrusions all over his body.
"Fuck you" the soldier shouted before a rocket was launched and an explosion threw him away and the feed ended.
Everyone watching remained glued to the screen wondering what they had seen.
Apokolips.
"Sire, the weapon has made contact with the earthlings." Steppenwolf informed Darkseid in his throne room bringing up a hologram showing the creature killing the soldiers
"Once it destroys the Justice League, you know what to do!" Darkseid stated refocusing his attention on their ultimate weapon causing mass destruction.