Darkseid as the most powerful New god in their universe could sense the other gods and was sure some of them could also sense him.
Before the attack on Almerac he felt a new presence join their ranks but didn't know who as the mother box was also clueless. Focusing on the other human during the invasion, he knew what he sensed came from him. Did it mean he was a god? Just like the other one on earth whom he now knew as the fabled god of Thunder. The said Thor still too young to get his attention. He had instructed his son to investigate and the human with the lantern will have to be put down.
They stood, bowed and walked out when his father returned to his original position watching over apokolips while looking into the vast space.
"You sure it was this one?" Tony asked looking around the building that was currently under renovation.
"I'm sure. This is the bank. More like was the bank." They walked around at what seemed to be an abandoned construction site.
They were very quick and thorough to scrub a place this big to perfection. It had to be team.
"I don't think this building will be completed anytime soon." Tony remarked in his ironman suit scanning around. "And I doubt we will find anything here. It's too clean" Jarvis couldn't scan fingerprints on anything around.
"I'll have to ask batman for it. Something tells me it's the only other way taking into account how paranoid he is." He also knew such information batman would keep in his batcave which no one had ever scene.
Tony had been bored when he got Clints request for back up and decided to see what he was upto thus decided to ignore the follow up information indicating the back up request was cancelled.
Clint explained to him what happened and they decided to look into it together while Steve went back to the watchtower.
That's how they tracked down the building and according to the police reports he could access, this was a scene of a small bank robbery that was swiftly handled by the police apprehending everyone.
The prisoners were abducted during transportation and their whereabouts currently unknown. Clint knew they were dead.
"Let's head up. I got an alert for an emergency meeting some hours ago." Tony suggested since they hit a dead end. He contacted the watched and they teleported out.
Themyscira
Outside the throne room was a queue of sisters who were waiting to seek counsel from their queen. Hippolyta had been sitting on the throne for 3 hours listening and giving out advice she had given for over a thousand years. Most problems tended to circulate among her sisters in that a different sister would ask it every other time.
The current sister was confiding in"her about her desire to visit mans world even though she knew it was highly frowned upon.
Her movements started slowing down to a standstill as all others inside the room. Hippolyta was on alert having seen such occurrences before.
"That's an interesting desire." The voice prompted Hippolyta to stand up from her throne and kneel before the Queen of Olympus, the goddess Hera whose arrival lit up the room with a bright white light for some seconds.
"Queen Mother!" she bowed. The Queen of Olympus has graced them with her presence.
It was an honour.
"You may rise, Hippolyta." She instructed the queen then gestured to the woman who was frozen in time as well as her question. "How will you advice her?"
Hyppolyta looked to the woman in question. She was roughly the same age as Diana but too young to be in the same bracket as Phylipus and her. By the looks of it she was a warrior and was getting curious of the challenge that lay beyond the barrier.
"I will tell her what I think of mans world." Was her bold reply. Nothing good ever came from mans world despite all the efforts her daughter was putting to help them.
She was hoping the next two months to be done and over with so that her youngest daughter could return home, where she belonged and was wanted.
"I know you will" Hera smiled at the woman who not too long ago stepped up to the mantle. "Zeus inquires about the new justice league members." She informed her what brought her to the island. Her husband had ordered her to make contact after him being startled. Thor couldn't be the reason for this because he was still too young.
"Whatever I know I heard from my daughter and have seen on their news channels" Hippolyta didn't know enough about them to develop an opinion of her own but trusted Diana's. She had no doubt Cate would return with more news of them.
"And what does your daughter think?" Hera asked. The princess should be the one to have the most accurate information given how close to them she was.
"She trusts them. They helped stop that monster" her tone was that of a proud mother after learning that the god killing monster was stopped.
"I see." Hera began walking to the entrance and Hyppolyta following close behind.
The sudden arrival of these heroes was gaining the attention of every god and it was only a matter of time before they found their way to earth in search of the powers responsible for that. The multiverse theory and existence was something every god knew about but none had the power to actually cross all the dimensions necessary to reach other universes. Only celestials had that power and no one had ever seen one. They were mere myths.
The two stood overlooking Themyscira.
The sun was shining providing the necessary nutrients to the plants in the vast lands her sisters were tilling and preparing for the harvest season. They could see her sisters conducting their daily activities ranging from trading in the market to sparring in the training grounds. The distant sound of metal swords clashing could be heard. Sentinels could be seen flying over the magical forest bordering their farmlands.
The waves crashed onto the sandy shores while the cool breeze from the ocean maintained a cool temperature on the mainland despite the hot sun shining over head. Themyscira was a very beautiful place.
"Zeus has ordered an audience with the princess." Hera informed Hyppolyta. "As soon as possible." This confused the other queen.
"I shall send word to the embassy for her return." Hyppolyta received and acknowledged the order. Zeus never got involved in earths matters even when Darkseid had invaded the first time so this must be important.
"No! My husband requires information which can be easily collected. You will be the one to enter mans world then report back to Olympus with your findings." Hyppolytas eyebrow furrowed and looked at the queen.
"It seems fitting to provide advice on something you have experienced, is it not?" Hera answered sensing her hesitation.
"Yes it is." Hyppolyta conceded looking back at frozen the woman who had been confiding in her.
"Very well. We shall be waiting for you." Hera vanished in a blinding white light and the sisters around them became mobile again. The one next to the throne wondering where the queen vanished to.
Themyscira embassy (The Island and Mans world had different time zones)
"I loved it." Cate smiled over her slice of pizza. They were on the couch in their nightdresses talking and the watchtower happened to be mentioned.
Diana smiled at her sisters enthusiasm, "They are great friends and team mates." Every hero in the watchtower had gained her respect. She has been on a mission with almost every hero there.
"What did you guys discuss in the meeting?" Cate asked what she wanted to find out ever since they got home. In her group of friends and amongst the other members of the league, she noted how everyone kept asking each other if they knew what the meeting was about and Kara of course refused to eaves drop for them using her hearing.
"It must have been important to take that much time" cate added trying to coax her sister.
"We were taking about doomsday and what the guardians have found out about it" Diana answered her. It was true so it counted as an answer.
"So what will they do?" She asked.
"They are studying it to identify its weakness before it wakes up. They guardians have access to technology needed to do that." Another advantage was they are able to contain it if it regains consciousness before they were through.
"Don't worry about it. You should be focused on exploring mans world before you run out of time." Diana intended to divert her attention from league matters.
"Okaaay." She answered forgetting the whole thing. Diana wasn't going to tell her anything and she didn't know how to lie either. Her sisters thought her contact with the laso had a hand in that.
"So do you think mother will allow Kara to visit me?" Cate asked taking a bite of her pizza. Having met Kara and becoming friends, she didn't want to lose contact with her.
Diana knew that her sister had become fast friends with Clarks cousin after they met up when volunteering. She hoped that her mother would consider allowing that since Kara was a woman and there was no law against women stepping foot. Though they will have to ask her and the senate.
"Maybe. I'm sure that men are the not allowed but can't say for certain about women." She answered and her sister seemed to consider it.
"I know that I can convince her and maybe the senate." Cate expression was that of determination. "Kara can also fly in on her own, she doesn't have to bother the sisters by using the portal every time." She reasoned. They will have to accept her on the island she vowed.
Diana smiled biting into her own pizza. Cate was addicted to these ever since she tasted them.
"So you and the batman, huh?" Diana chocked on her pizza and coughed lightly at her sisters statement and tone. Leave it to adults to gossip like a bunch of children when confined in a tight space that was their watchtower. The cafeteria was the start to 90% of the rumors circulating in the tower.
"What?" She finally coughed out
"I heard you are dating him." Cate replied. It was among the stories she had the heroines discuss in low tones. "I don't mind if it's true. I won't tell mother."
"You won't tell her because there is nothing to tell" Diana spoke up finally relaxing. "He is my friend and colleague. You should not be listening to gossip passed around the watchtower. They are very misleading." Plus they went on a date one time that happened to be witnessed by Barry and Oliver Queen who coincidentally goes to the same members only elite restaurant as Bruce Wayne. Those two couldn't keep their mouths shut for all the money in the world
"Sure" Cate agreed knowing she won't get an answer out of her sister. At Themyscira her sisters were dating so she wasn't surprised if Diana began dating out here.
She was still apprehensive to the whole idea of dating men. Given that some were more pleasing to look at than others made her understand why she chose him. At the watchtower she saw him when he was walking to the infirmary. He was in his prime and at the peak of his physical condition only surpassed by a few males in the league.
"Good. So what are your plans? You'll be here for the next month too." Diana asked intending to bring up another topic.
Cate seemed to be thinking about it.
"During the coming days I may be called in for duty anytime and…" Diana continued but was interrupted
"Kara will be my guide when I am not in the embassy. She insisted." Cate told her. As a founding member she knew her sister was busy and would not be around every time and she was okay with that. "I may even accompany her to school.
"Oh, if it's any consolation to you, I knew you two would get along fine." Diana revealed putting her arm around cate and bringing her close while the watch the movie playing.
"Yeah right" was her retort. "Have you talked to mother?"
"No, I haven't." Since they departed a couple of days ago their mother had not attempted to contact her through her sisters which was odd since she always wanted to know whatever she did. "She's probably giving you time to adapt before she checks in."
"Maybe." "Can I go to the watchtower with Kara?" She asked. If she was free to visit anytime then she hangout with Sara there and get to know the heroes.
"I'll talk to them." She promised taking to the idea. Cate would not be confined to the embassy but can spend some time getting to know the other heroes. It would also be away of making sure she practiced and tuned her battle skills.
The Batcave
"Breakfast is served, master Wayne." Alfred announced entering the batcave balancing a tray on his palm.
Bruce who was dozing off in his chair infront of the huge monitor straightened up and started scanning through what he was doing.
It had been a tiring night. He ended up staying at the infermary waiting for Dick to get out of surgery and after making sure he was okay he went to the warehouse then back to the batcave and started his investigations.
The warehouse was spotless and all evidence of the bloodshed gone. Professional cleaning up job was his thought and Only a handle full of people were capable of having the huge number of muscle that was guarding Dick.
Focusing the investigation on the warehouse itself, he discovered it was a property belonging to CADMUS. HER
He was currently attempting to track her location.
Amander Waller was a very powerful person and her location was known to a handful of people. He was currently monitoring some members of Cadmus.
"Thank you Alfred" Bruce was great full to his friend.
"How is young master Dick?" Alfred asked. He hadn't called the watchtower to speak with the Doctor.
"He's resting and still under observation. He was pretty beat up." Bruce answered getting angry at the thought of what he went through. It should have been me.
"He is a fighter just like his teacher" Alfred reassured him looking at the screen where there was a picture of Amander Waller.
"Locating her will not be easy." He stated. Alfred was aware most of the things going on with the justice league as the founding members were a frequent visitor of the batcave. He knew all about Amander Waller head of CADMUS.
"I know it will take sometime but I will find her." Bruce vowed. He won't mind asking Clark or Ben for help when he failed.
That watch of his could probably be able to bypass Cadmus firewalls. He thought. Alfred gave a nod believing to his declaration to find the woman.
"I'm going to prepare something for Miss Kyle." He announced turning and walking out.
Bruce perked up at that announcement. Selina found out his real identity when they ended up in one of his apartments in Gotham after having hunting her down most of the night to recover the precious jewel she stole. He ended up giving her a second chance and returned the jewel to the museum. That was one of a handful of thoughts that brought a smile to his face. All the adrenaline and years of casual flirting between them during his rendezvous as batman clouded his judgements and he did what anyone would do in that moment.
Alfred found out about it when Selina brought over the short he wore under his whole batman suit. Since then she would come over although rarely to the Batcave to spar and tease Bruce with the occasional make out when he succumbed to the sexual tension between them. That was one of the things that put a strain on him and his supposed relationship with Diana.
"Thank you Alfred."