"Remember how you had us all fooled with that apple cider? Making us think it was champagne?" Gordon muses as I down another glass of gin...my fourth.

 

"Made up for lost time I guess." I hear him mutter.

 

"Spoken to Dick lately?" Gordon asks, I give him the obvious answer of: "Not in years you know that..." 

 

"Damn shame...with what happened to Jason and all." He says.

I stand up, reach over to shake his hand, "Lets call it a night, Jim." 

 

 

I am Bruce Wayne...JUST Bruce Wayne now, and as we part ways Jim squeezes my shoulder and chuckles to me "You just need a woman." 

 

While in my gut the creature snarls and writhes and tells me what i need.

 

I'm learning to hate, this city has given up, like the whole WORLD seems to have. I'll feel better in the morning I always tell myself that. Its the night, when the city's smells call out to him, though I lie between silk sheets in a million dollar mansion miles away.

 

When a police siren wakes me and for a moment in the night, I forget its all over.

 

But if it was revenge Batman was after, he's taken it..forty years since he was born.

 

Born here...I realize I've wandered back to the place where it all happened....he's taken me to Crime Alley again.

I am Bruce Wayne, JUST Bruce Wayne....a man ten years dead.

Edited July 24, 201411 yr by Zachy1993

Sora laughed at the prospect of the ring needing to recharge. After the keyblades were formed, he nodded. "Looks the same. You could've fooled me.""I don't think the heartless will be fooled by a blunt metal object." Riku said."It's mean and its green. Just like Goofy!" Lea joked.Riku looked at the man who introduced himself as Green Arrow. "I remember you. There was an older Oliver that helped us take down a bad Clark. You still had great marksmanship after all those years." Lea groaned at J'onn missing the expression. Finding themselves in a snowy construct, they follwed after Diana. The trio greeted Clark as he showed them a weird crystal that projected Clark's father. As the Jor-El explained the backstory of Superman, Riku finally stepped up, agreeing. "It's true, we've seen the world struggle, and fall. But we know you'll be there to save us when it counts, Clark."

Oliver smiled at Riku, "Thanks, I try."----

 

That was when they heard the loud sound of the door to the Fortress being smashed open, Clark looked over and saw black clad figures with a Kryptonian symbol on their armor, their supposed leader wore something akin to a gas mask. The others had what appeared to be some sort of translucent matter on their faces that acted as their mask."Who are you and what are you doing here!?" Clark demanded."A friend of your father's, I've come to reclaim something of mine." A strangely familiar voice came from the leader of the group.Clark realized who this figure was, "You're....General Zod." 

 

"Very good observation, now...as I said....I've come to reclaim what is rightfully mine. Don't make the same mistake your father made, Kal....it didn't end well for him." 

 

Clark looked General Zod over once...before his eyes widened a bit. "I..remember....you killed him didn't you?" 

 

Zod could be heard sighing inside the helmet, "Regretfully yes...he was my closest friend..but given the choice to do it all over again...I would change nothing." Batman's eyes narrowed in his cowl.

That was when they heard the helicopters and military radio chatter from above the fortress. "Wha-" Flash said.

 

"We went to your foster home first, I'm afraid things didn't go so well for your hometown here...which is why the pitiful Earth military appears to have followed us." Signalling a big brutish man to his left, wearing a similar mask, the man leaped through the ceiling and the radio chatter could be heard."Mayday, mayday we're going down!" The helicopter crashed through the icy ceiling and came down in narrowly missing the group. A group of military men rushed inside the fortress, aiming their weapons at the black dressed Kryptonians.The female Kryptonian was signalled by Zod, "Faora!" "Yes sir!" she rushed the military group as their bullets bounced off her, punching and throwing the men with surprising speed and strength.

 

"NO!" Superman zoomed to Faora, the JL right behind him, but she merely dodged his punch easily and began taunting him. "You are so weak, son of El...you are...unsure of yourself." 

 

Diana took a swing with her sword at Faora's head, only for the blade to be caught and her to get a punch to the face which sent her crashing into the wall.

 

Flash attempted to speed attack Zod, but he found himself slammed to the ground in a crater.

 

Martian Manhunter transformed into a gigantic beast unknown to Earth and wrapped a tentacle around Faora but found himself flipped overhead and returned to his normal form as he hit the ground.Green Arrow nodded to Hal and Bats, Oliver and Bats taking Faora and Hal taking Zod.Hal formed a construct of a military tank and it fired upon Zod point blank range.

 

When the smoke cleared, Zod leaped upon the Green Lantern and smashed him into a wall, punching him repeatedly.Superman yelled and went to attack Faora, but found every attack he made expertly blocked and countered."The fact that you and your friends possess a sense of morality, and we do not...gives us an evolutionary advantage." "Arrow, we have to get Zod off of Hal!" Bats called out to Oliver."No, ya think!? But I'm a little busy here!" Oliver called over as he began to fight the big brutish Kryptonian, then was lifted up by his throat and stabbed an arrow into the Kryptonian's eyesocket. "AARGh!" the Kryptonian cried out in pain releasing Oliver. 

Bats charged Zod and threw out a batarang connected to a cable that wrapped itself around Zod's ankles, tripping him. "You shouldn't underestimate this planet!" Bats growled as he pulled Zod by the cable.

Edited March 1, 201510 yr by Zachy1993

Lea scowled at the enemies, watching as Faora and Zod effortlessly defeated the Justice League. Igniting his keyblade, he sent out multiple flame waves at the enemy while charging toward the brutish Kryptonian, jumping into the air and letting out a flurry of blows before landing on ground with a sweep. Riku held his keyblade, taking in the sight of Faora. "You're quite a strong woman. Faora, was it?" Charging toward her, he brandished his woman, skillfully slashing at the woman while Sora dashed for Faora from behind with Oathkeeper, lashing out with sideways hits while white orbs attacked as well. Leaping into the air together, they attacked side-by-side continuously in perfect synchronization.

Faora and Non's armor began to crack before breaking off in several places as they were sent flying into a nearby wall. 

Zod roared and went to attack Riku and Sora, but was punched by Clark and sent flying backwards.

 

However Faora and Non stood back up and Faora felt tiny pin pricks on her skin, turning towards Colonel Hardy she smirked as his bullets had no effect and approached him wielding a kryptonian knife.The injured Hardy reached into a backpack in the wreckage of the helicopter and the combat knife shone as he readied himself for an attack.

 

"Faora! Lets go!" Zod called to his comrade as they flew off out of the hole the helicopter made.

Faora tucked the blade away and smiled at Hardy eerily, "See you later, little man." She flew off with Zod and Non and disappeared into the horizon.

The trio watched as their enemy retreated. Helping the rest of the Justice League to their feet, Lea scowled. "Damn, they're pretty strong. And I'm sure they'll be back. Any ideas on what to do, Bats?"

 

"That was a close one." Sora told Hardy, slightly healing him what the amount of magic he had left.