[IC] DC Universe: Crisis of a new Era

[TheUnknowable]

Alasand'r landed and took out the recording devices that he was wearing over his eyes. He put them in a case that downloaded the data into the computer, then removed them and put them back over his eyes. He was about to take off his armor when he heard a knock on the door. Alasand'r waited a few seconds and, when he realized the servant wasn't going to get it, he flew over and landed, opening the door. He saw a young blonde woman standing there in a blue and red outfit. Knowing that he would have to speak to her, he grabbed her and quickly kissed her. "I like the outfit" he said, pointing to the woman's skirt. "I assume that you are supposed to look like the Super Girl." He used his wrist computer to scan the woman, and saw that she was half Coluan. "But she was fully Kryptonian, not half Coluan, so you aren't her."

[Winter]

Delilah raised an eyebrow as the one who introduced himself as Nightwing flew away, leaving her with as little information as possible. "A warehouse in Gotham..." she repeated as he flew away. She slid the key into the ignition of her bike before she shook her head, "Because there's not a thousand warehouses in Gotham..." she said to herself as she put her leg over the seat, mounting the bike as her heel kicked down on the gear pedal as she pulled in the clutch, moving into first gear. She rev'd the bike a few times before she put on her helmet, taking off down the street a minute latter as she thought deeply on the vague proposition given from Nightwing. "Could be worth it the effort" she thought to herself as she skidded around a corner, sliding into third gear as she headed home for now.

[StarBoi]

Juliet turned her head to glance at Graviton. "Oh, hello" However worried she was about her beloved "uncle", it would have to wait so she could talk to this superhero she had never seen before and figure out what was going on. "Yes, it was unnaturally violent, the sign of a super... or a villain. I came here to see if the popular civilian, Bruce Wayne was alright in his mansion. You must know how the villains of Gotham can be. But, I'm not even sure Mr. Wayne is here at the moment... maybe its for the better" After saying her piece. Supergirl turned her attention back to the door, she was surprised when the door opened and the who opened it wasn't Bruce or his servant. It was even more shocking when the young man who came to the door locked lips with her out of no where and began speaking to her as if he hadn't even done it. For a moment, she simply stared at him, her lips had never met any one else's before. It felt amazing, even if it had been a stranger that had kissed her. Logic kicked in and she placed her hand on her hip with a slight smirk on her face. "I am Supergirl, half Coluan or not, Supergirl was my mother and I have taken her place. You must be Tamaranean, am I right? Where is Bruce Wayne or his family? You must be friendly or they wouldn't have allowed you in, am I right?"

[mattmanganon]

-several hours prior-

As the Invisible Jet hovered low in the sky, Batwoman jumped out and descended towards the ground, slowly thanks to her cape, landing, the cowl landed around her body, hiding the rest of her body from view. She looked up at the large, gray house. The one she had grown up in and the one she had vowed not to return to until she had made amends for ridding the world of one of its greatest guardians, but it seemed as though that ultimately futile action of self-loathing was going to have to be put on the backburner. Walking towards the house, she walked up the steps and rand the doorbell. The door was answered by a tall gentleman in a butlers outfit. "Alfred?" she asked. "I thought you'd retired..." she said, slowly.

"Indeed, Alfred Pennyworth is retired. I am his replacement." he said, opening the door wide enough for her to enter. She looked around and saw him disappear from view.

"A Hologram?" she asked.

"Correcty, madam. I am the Advanced Life Form Reading Educated Device." At that point, the hologram appeared in front of her, once again. "I have been programmed with a number of appearances to make guests more comfortable." it said, changing between several different appearances before settling back on his first form.

"Wow, somebody really wanted your acronym to spell A.L.F.R.E.D."

"Indeed. And I have been alerted to your coming. I am afraid that Master Damien is not here at the moment." it said, before the hologram disappeared. "Your room is just as you left it, albeit, a lot more tidy.

"Sorry..." she said, whilst walking through the giant mansion and into the parlour. She sat in a large wingback chair by the fire-place and took her mask off, putting it down on a small table, next to her. As she did so, the fire exploded into life and she nearly flinched. At that point, an Alfred Hologram walked towards her with a cup of tea in his hands. He then handed it to her. She took it and sipped from it, before the hologram sat down in another chair across the small table from her. Hera looked down at the cup and a second later, came to the realization that Holograms can't carry anything, as they are made entirely of light. "Alfred?" she asked.

"It may have been 4 years since I retired, but I still remember how you take your tea. Earl Grey, a tea-spoon of cream and a squeezed slice of lemon... Your mother used to drink it that way too... Except when she was pregnant... Then she took hers with brown sauce..." he shook his head in disgust. He smiled on her with his old eyes.

"So, what brings you back from Malta?" she asked.

"House sitting. With this family's penchant for dressing up in spandex, this place sees less and less usage. If it weren't for me and that infernal contraption, it would have fallen to pieces years ago." he laughed, before coughing a little. "I assume you are back for-"

"Mother is missing, i heard... Where is father?" she asked. He looked into the fire and sighed.

"Mas-... Bruce is not here... Damien has kept me abreast of the situation, but I have sworn an oath to secrecy. One of the many things one gets used to within these walls. Mark my words, Master Hera, were my pension plan not in the 6 figures, I would have written a tell-all book by now. and gotten it into the 8 figures" he smiled.

"Father wouldn't have had it any other way." She said, before finishing her tea. Alfred looked her up and down.

"No need to inhale it." he chuckled. He then picked up her mask and looked it over. "Still using it, I see?"

"No need to trade up." she replied. "Works as well as the day I first wore it. Even with all of the boot-marks in it, sorry." He looked it over several times before slipping it over his own eyes, holding it up.

"I suppose it's too late for me to jump on the bat bandwagon then?" he asked.

"I don't know." she smiled back "Bat-Butler has a nice ring to it." She quickly killed her smile and returned to looking at the fire place.

"She does love you, you know, even if you are not willing to see or admit it..." he said. At that point, she got up and snatched her mask from the old mans hands before walking away. He managed to hobble after her the best he could, as she reached the front door, a hologram appeared and the door opened, the A.L.F.R.E.D. mimicing its actions to the automatic door opening system, she looked into the friendly A.I.'s face and stopped, before she turned around.

"I'm... I'm sorry." she said.

"I know... Another thing I have learned about this family is that, when it comes to parents... There is no shortage of issues." She threw her arms around the old man and hugged him.

"Thanks for being here."

"We will always be here." said the hologram.

"And I will too... If not in body, then in spirit." he said. He reached to her hands and grabbed the mask, slipping it over her face. "Be the Bat you were always meant to be. And give the rapscallions responsible for Damiens secrecy a good kicking for me." he said. As she turned around, she saw the hologram stood in front of the door.

"I hope you do not mind, but I took the liberty of uploading a few files to the computer of your jet. You should be able to link to the house at will, now." he said, then stepped aside to allow her to walk off. Walking out, she approached a zipline to the Invisible Jet before being rappelled into it and it shot away.

[Eviledd1984]

Nicholas was currently busy with his experiment a drugged up thug that belonged to Penguin judging by his clothes,"Wakey wakey eggs and bacey" The young man said slapping the thug on the face who started to shriek at the top of his lungs trying move around but wasn't going far since he was stuck to the chair by some rope tying him to the said chair."Where the the hell am i....ah get the maggots off of me..." The thug said yelling and moving around but was promptly smacked in the face by Nichloas turning around to his workbench putting on his late father's syringe claws finally digging them into the man's flesh injecting him with his improved version of the fear gas,"Shut and if you behave then i might let you go..." He said before he hear something going under his doorway.

He smacked the man once more before turning around and heading to the doorway reading the note under his door studying and questioning if he should go or that it might be a trap by his enemies,"Mhm if i go then it could be a trap and my new toy might escape....but if i don't go then....mhm this might be a good time to show off my new fear gas..." He said now putting the note away and walking to his closet putting on his new scarecrow costume and the new Scarecrow mask that looked like a sack but was made of something to protect his face and has a breather and voice changer to make him even more frightening.He turned to the thug smiling under the mask before letting him go bringing him along until they reached the ground floor and Nicholas threw him into a back alley and left to the warehouse where the note said to go.

[TheUnknowable]

"I am Supergirl, half Coluan or not, Supergirl was my mother and I have taken her place. You must be Tamaranean, am I right? Where is Bruce Wayne or his family? You must be friendly or they wouldn't have allowed you in, am I right?"

When the woman before him explained that she had taken her mother's position and title, he relaxed. He hadn't known that guardian positions on this world were hereditary, but it made sense considering how few humans had abilities which put them on par with the rest of the galaxy. "Yes, I'm Tamaranian, or rather half Tamaranian, half Coluan." he responded. "My name is Alas'ander." He wasn't sure how much the two of them were supposed to know about the secret lives of the family that lived here, so he used the cover story they had come up with. "As Wayne Enterprises has some of the most advanced technology on this world, I came to this world to try and sell them alien technology. Few companies on this world have the ability to properly reproduce and market the technology, but I was certain that Wayne Enterprises could do so. When I arrived, however, I found that Mr. Wayne had left, leaving his son in charge of the mansion. He was kind enough to allow me to stay until his father returns, as I have nowhere else to stay on this planet, and, at the time, none of the local currency."
Not wishing to answer any further questions, though, he decided to to leave. He stepped outside and closed the door behind himself. "If you'll excuse me, though, I was hoping to tour your planet tonight." He floated off of the ground. "If there are no further questions, I'll leave for Paris. I hear they have good food there and wish to try some of it with what currency I've been able to earn so far."

[Eviledd1984]

Nicholas was making his way to the warehouse keeping to the shadows for the time being since he didn't want to be seen by the civilians,Once he got near the warehouse he sighed looking at the note in his pocket that had became tattered and crumbled up before taking the side entrance and crouching on the walkway to see if anyone else comes and if they are supers or not.

[StarBoi]

It was somewhat of a surprise to her that he was half-Coluan, like her, she wondered about his parentage. Supergirl tried to hide her eye roll when Alas'ander spouted his cover up story on his business with the Waynes. It was also somewhat of a concern to her that Bruce Wayne was seemingly, M.I.A. It wasn't like him to just disappear without telling someone. Maybe a little, but still, she hadn't heard from him in a long time and now his son was watching over the mansion while he was gone, he wouldn't leave reckless, brooding Damien in charge would he? While she pondered this Alas'ander spoke about leaving and floated up, talking about how he was going to see Paris and such. "No. Don't go" Her feet lifted off the ground and she flew up so she was face to face with him, leaning forward so she could get a closer look at him. "Do you know anything about this?" In her hand she still held the note she had found earlier in Metropolis, it had been lift for her by someone in Gotham, was it Damien or Bruce... or someone else. "Where is Damien Wayne, if I may ask? You should know since you are staying with him."

[TheMM00s3]

Danny showed up at a warehouse near the harbor and stood, looking at it with slight confusions, "Let me get this straight... Batman, the richest person in all of Gotham, sent me to this dump... to ask for help?" He sighed a little, "Damn, I was hoping for some nice wine and couches." Danny walked in looking around. Didn't seem like a lot of people had shown up yet, so he was early apparently. He quickly noticed the presence of a man knelt on a walkway, as if to survey the area and see who arrived. Deathstroke looked over at him and gave out a small chuckle, "Is that what you call hiding? My dead grandmother could hide better than you." Danny crossed his arms and stood in a loose stance, "Nice get up by the way, I like the scary edge you got. Why don't you come to my birthday party? You'd be a good clown." He mocked playfully. He wasn't trying to be rude, but his sarcastic tone didn't help with making that point.

[Eviledd1984]

Nicholas looked down at the man dressed as Deathstroke with a inquisitive look on his face but Danny could not see this,"Deathstroke?You do not sound like Slade?Then who are you?" Nicholas asked slowly moving down the walkway to the ladder that lead down the ground floor.Once he got down he stood for a moment watching him and studying him wanting to figure out what he is all about and how he thinks,"Then i am guessing you were sent here like me with the Batman am i correct?Strange as he had conflicts with my and probably your predecessor..." Nicholas said now walking until he was a few feet away form Danny.

[TheMM00s3]

When the man approached him Danny nodded a little, "Well aren't you quite the detective." He jested. "As for who I am, I think the suit would be counter intuitive if I wanted people to know that don't you think?" The boy walked past Nicholas, patting him on the shoulder as he did, "So, do you know what the big man in black wanted?" He surveyed the warehouse as he spoke, "Seems like an odd place for someone like The Bat to set up a meeting." Danny once again crossed his arms, but this time brought a hand up to his head, his chin resting on his thumb and his index finger placed on the face plate of his helmet, where his nose would be.

[Eviledd1984]

TheMM00s3 said
When the man approached him Danny nodded a little, "Well aren't you quite the detective." He jested. "As for who I am, I think the suit would be counter intuitive if I wanted people to know that don't you think?" The boy walked past Nicholas, patting him on the shoulder as he did, "So, do you know what the big man in black wanted?" He surveyed the warehouse as he spoke, "Seems like an odd place for someone like The Bat to set up a meeting." Danny once again crossed his arms, but this time brought a hand up to his head, his chin resting on his thumb and his index finger placed on the face plate of his helmet, where his nose would be.

"I do not know but i would be weary of this encounter that this maybe a trap for us...I would not put it pasted the flying rodent..." Nicholas said looking at where he patted his shoulders taking a moment to look at him then at the main entrance of the warehouse,The tall lanky man moved to the one of the windows to check if there were police cars or snipers on the buildings but could not find any that he could see."Nothing...so far what is that rodent planning..." The young man said to himself before moving away form the window and moving near Danny.

[Keyblade87]

Timothy landed at the entrance to the Warehouse and upon seeing the two in the warehouse speaking he stepped calmly from the entryway.
"Gentlemen I promise you everything will be explained soon Just be paitent we're waiting on Batman to arrive as well as a few others." he said Grinning and looking at the pair.
"So I hadn't known Slade had a successor" he added still grinning but now turning to the man in the half orange mask.

[Eviledd1984]

Keyblade87 said
Timothy landed at the entrance to the Warehouse and upon seeing the two in the warehouse speaking he stepped calmly from the entryway."Gentlemen I promise you everything will be explained soon Just be patient we're waiting on Batman to arrive as well as a few others." he said Grinning and looking at the pair."So I hadn't known Slade had a successor" he added still grinning but now turning to the man in the half orange mask.

"I see and i wonder why the Batman would want his former adversaries in the same place and for help of all things..." Nicholas said looking at him studying him folding his arms under his chest,"Unless i am right and this is a trap..." He added watching Timothy.

[Keyblade87]

Tim chuckled and smiled. "I can assure you this is no trap but everything will be explained soon." He said looking to the doors of the warehouse.

[TheUnknowable]

Xikari chan said
It was somewhat of a surprise to her that he was half-Coluan, like her, she wondered about his parentage. Supergirl tried to hide her eye roll when Alas'ander spouted his cover up story on his business with the Waynes. It was also somewhat of a concern to her that Bruce Wayne was seemingly, M.I.A. It wasn't like him to just disappear without telling someone. Maybe a little, but still, she hadn't heard from him in a long time and now his son was watching over the mansion while he was gone, he wouldn't leave reckless, brooding Damien in charge would he? While she pondered this Alas'ander spoke about leaving and floated up, talking about how he was going to see Paris and such. "No. Don't go" Her feet lifted off the ground and she flew up so she was face to face with him, leaning forward so she could get a closer look at him. "Do you know anything about this?" In her hand she still held the note she had found earlier in Metropolis, it had been lift for her by someone in Gotham, was it Damien or Bruce... or someone else. "Where is Damien Wayne, if I may ask? You should know since you are staying with him."

"He's is probably in the house." replied Alas'andr, still unsure if she was aware of his cousin and Damien's secret crime-fighting identities. "I didn't see him when I was in there, though, so I'm not sure where he is. As for the note, I suggest we follow its instructions. I was also given one by Nightwing,and I doubt it is a trap. He appears to just be recruiting powerful people on this planet to deal with the rampant criminal activity by people of enhanced abilities. In fact, if you wish, I will travel to the meeting place with you, in case it is a trap."

[Konica]

Keyblade87 said
Tim chuckled and smiled. "I can assure you this is no trap but everything will be explained soon." He said looking to the doors of the warehouse.

"But that's what you'd say if this were a trap. So how do we know what you say is the truth, or part of the trap?" Ivy said, finally making her not-so-grand entrance. She nonchalantly strolled in the warehouse doors, this time wearing a ridiculous skirt with striped stockings, a jacket one size too big for her, and an absurdly large pink revolver in one hand. Her face was covered in makeup not dissimilar to Harley Quinn's. "I didn't realize the freak show was in town heheh" she chuckled as she eyed everyone's silly looking costumes. "Now how much longer until we start this little, errr, group therapy session?"

[Eviledd1984]

"Mhm my prediction could possibly be right I know the Bat..." Nicholas said turning to face Ivy with a annoyed look on his face but could not be seen,"Ivy..." He said calmly knowing full well who she was since they had a few encounters together most of them not very good.He turned to face her his hands to his waist but quickly moved to his sides,His eyes watching her though his faces mask a old looking sack but had the best technology inside of the mask and his big scarecrow like outfit on his tall lanky body.

[TheMM00s3]

Danny had been quietly listening to the altercations taking place, "You guys are WHY to paroniod for your good. Makes me think why you two are curious of that possibility..." He paused, placing his hand to his chin in a thinking manner, "Well, I know one thing," He spoke once more, "If I get killed, I'll know someone wasn't on my side.... But than again, I'd be dead..." He shrugged leaning up against a near by crate. Deathstroke turned his full attention to Ivy, "Hm, seems like you've had better days." He chuckles to him self as he mocked the woman's appearance. "And I though 'Mr Potato Sack' over here had problems." He chuckled again as he gestured at Scarecrow.

[Eviledd1984]

"Potato sack...?A childish name wouldn't you say for someone who looks like a giant orange and a walking target..." Scarecrow said calmly his hands twitching a little wanting to ready to his claws for his new fear gas that he was working on.