Disclaimer: As always ladies and gentlemen, I do not own Ben 10 nor do I own Justice League or Justice League Unlimited. None of the characters belong to me. They belong to their respective owners.

Author's Note: Before you read, I wrote this from like...8PM to like 7:48 AM. So give me a break please.

I am obligated to point this out:

-Italics are thoughts.

-Bold Italics are J'onn's mental connection.

Chapter 1: Duty Always Calls

The large orange body of a dinosaur-like alien crashed down onto the pavement with a bang, creating a small crater where he landed. The disgruntled form of Humungousaur stood up with a huff, shaking his head of gravel. He let out a snarl, roaring as he charged with all his might before jumping high up into the air, bending his legs as he slammed onto the ground a few feet from his intended target. Vilgax stood proudly in front of him, a slight smirk on his lips as he gripped his flame covered sword firmly in his right hand, "So Ben Tennyson, it seems that I have finally won, do you not think so?" he pointed his blade behind him, indicating towards the burning and utterly decimated town of Bellwood.

"Your friends, your family, and even your accursed grandfather.. All dead at my hands. Though I suppose...you did cost me my fleet. I never expected the Osmosian to detonate my ship's core, effectively destroying my whole fleet surrounding it. My only consolation is that he died with it." his smirk grew visibly bigger when Humungousaur's hands balled up into fists. Just as he was about to make his charge, a certain red headed half-Anodite did a front flip over him, slamming her hands together to form a purple sphere and fire a blast of mana straight into Vilgax's stomach. He flew back into a burning house, the structure of the house crashing down on top of him. Gwen stood up straight, her ponytail flapping around slightly as she wiped her tears on the sleeve of her red sweater. Her eyes briefly went towards the sky where she had seen the exploding ship, the loss of Kevin burning hot in her chest once again as she fought the torrent of tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

Ben looked down at Gwen with understanding, his fists balling up once more. He snarled as he started to grow into his full size, his scales becoming thicker and his spikes protruding from his spine. He let out a mighty roar as he charged towards the house just as Vilgax cleared the rubble on top of himself. He crashed into Vilgax with all his might, his fists slamming down onto the squid-like face with fury over and over again. He snarled and growled loud with each blow, the images of the broken and lifeless bodies of his friends and family flashing through his mind. With every image he slammed his fists down harder and harder. Uncle Frank, Aunt Natalie, Ken, Mom, Dad, Grandpa Max...Julie. With the last image he slammed both his fists down onto Vilgax, enough to create a crater where the house used to be and a shock wave sent a tremor through the ground. He stood up straight and let out a mighty roar and slammed his hand onto the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, four spikes coming out of it as a blue glow enveloped his body.

The body of Humungousaur changed slowly with the blue glow, his skin turning green, while silver spikes protruded from his head. Downward pointing black spikes also formed on both sides of his face. A dark blue spiked shell formed on his back along with a spiked chest and torso as his tail became a blue spiked mace. He roared with ferocity as he pointed his fists at Vilgax, four-barreled missile launchers forming where his hands used to be and firing barrage after barrage of missiles into Vilgax.

As the smoke cleared Vilgax laid in a mess of rubble, groaning slightly before sitting up, pointing a glare at the Ultimate Humungousaur, "I must admit that I am slightly weak after such an prolonged battle with you. But no matter, I have acquired a special weapon for you." Vilgax smirked as he reached behind himself and pulled out what looked like a giant cylinder, the middle splitting open to show a variety of buttons and a timer screen, "A Kronotron grenade, made from a fairly new mineral...but I hear it reaches for miles, not even I know the extent of it's destructive power. Would you like to find out with me?"

Humungousaur's eyes widened slightly but he did not back down, his arms still pointed at Vilgax with determination. Just as Vilgax was about to speak again, Gwen jumped from behind Humungousaur and sent another blast of mana into Vilgax's face, throwing him backwards. The grenade flew from his hand and dropped onto the ground hard, red electricity sparking here and there as it beeped rapidly. Humungousaur's deep rumbling voice called out in alarm, "Gwen!"

Gwen's eyes turned wide as she shot her mana out towards the grenade, her purple mana wrapping around the cylinder in an attempt to throw it before it exploded. She gasped, realizing she was too late as a burst of red light expanded out in the shape of a dome from within her mana. With her mana interfering with the energy, the red light turned purple, engulfing both herself and Ben in the blast, causing both teens to scream out in fear. As the blast cleared, a crater about a half mile in diameter stood where they were, devoid of anything or anyone.

Metropolis

Ben let out a slight moan, gently moving his head from side to side. His head was pounding like someone had used a jackhammer to ram into his skull. His body ached everywhere and any attempt at moving his joints sent jolts of pain all throughout his body. He regretted trying to open his eyes because the light that invaded his vision sent another spike of pain through his skull. He let out another drawn out groan, keeping absolutely still. On the bright side...he was not dead. Or at least, he hoped he wasn't, because he was almost a hundred percent sure that the dead did not feel any pain.

He took a deep breath before letting it out slowly, trying to calm his nerves and his beating heart. In and out. In and out. In and out. He felt his mind calm down and the pain all over his body seemed to be reduced to angry thuds. Slowly, very slowly he opened his eyes, his vision filling up with the cloudless blue sky above him. Well that was...nice?

"Ben...?" he heard a soft voice to his right, his head turning. Slowly approaching him, gripping her left side, was Gwen. Her red sweater and white shirt were tattered and her stockings were ripped here and there. Her legs were wobbling and he feared she might collapse at any moment. With great strain, he forced his body into action, lifting himself up into a sitting position. He was pleased to feel his body not ache with too much pain so he attempted to stand, slowly. His head felt heavy and he wished he could just collapse on the floor and sleep but he fought the urge fiercely.

"Gwen..." he got to his feet and after a few seconds of letting the pounding in his head to stop, he took steps towards her. When they finally met in the middle, he grasped her arms then finally managed to get them around her waist, pulling her close into a hug. They both let out a sigh, supporting each other while leaning against one another, letting their bodies just relax for a moment.

After a few minutes of holding one another, Gwen finally pulled back, her hands gripping his arms firmly, "Are you okay?"

Ben looked at her for a few moments before looking down, shutting his eyes tight to fight the tears that threatened to come out of his eyes, "No...no I'm not alright... Gwen...we lost everything. Everyone... We lost out parents...we lost our friends...hell, we even lost Grandpa!" he couldn't help raising his voice, his own hands grasping her wrists hard. A sob finally left his lips, his knees weakening as he dropped down onto the ground.

Gwen dropped to her knees as well, moving her arms around his torso to hold him close as her own tears started to fall, "I know Ben... I...I know. I'm sorry...I just..." Gwen placed her face onto his shoulder, her wet tears falling onto his green jacket.

Ben let his tears fall as he wrapped his own arms around Gwen's waist, holding her close as he cried into her torn black sweater, his hands grabbing a fist full of the soft fabric, "I couldn't protect them Gwen...I completely fell for Vilgax's stupid trap and he led me away..."

Gwen shook her head, her ponytail flapping wildly behind her, "No Ben...we all fell for it. Me...you...Kevin... We had all fallen for his stupid trick... I was so worried about everyone that I let Kevin go alone in the Rust Bucket and I...I..." she let out another sob. If only she had gone with him...maybe she could have put a shield around them and escaped the explosion...

They stayed like that for what felt like ages, holding each other in comfort before Ben pulled away, wiping his face with the sleeve of his jacket. He took a few deep breaths again, calming his racing mind. Gwen knelt in front of him, leaning back on her feet as she watched him cautiously as he calmed his nerves. She then took her time to look around, her gaze falling on the lights of the buildings surrounding them, "Where are we...? This is definitely not Bellwood... Look at the buildings around us." Gwen pointed her finger towards the skyscrapers surrounding them. They appeared to be in a park of some sort, trees all around them and a running path to their right.

Ben stood up, feeling his strength slowly coming back to him as he looked towards the city, noticing the very alien-looking space ships hovering above the city "Yeah...and those ships don't look like Vilgax's drop ships, so whats going on?" he held his hand out to Gwen who took it gratefully and stood up. She closed her eyes, letting the life mana all around them slowly replenish her.

Gwen opened her eyes as she heard approaching footsteps. She turned just as Ben stepped up besides her, her eyes widening slightly as muscular men dressed in red and gold armor ran up to them armed with various different weapons. From spears, axes, maces, and large hammers to laser rifles, the winged men surrounded both of them, ready to attack. What surprised Ben wasn't the fact that the men wore strange armor or even the fact that they were armed. It was the fact that each and every one of them had wings protruding from their backs. Dark gray wings that were as tall as the men themselves hung from their backs. Some were even flying in the air, flapping a few feet above them.

The one who seemed to be in charge stepped forward, gripping his ax with two hands, "Who are you? We picked up a large energy signal from this area..." He seemed to take in the appearance of both the teens before gesturing to his men. Four of the soldiers stepped forward, pointing their sparking spears at the two, "You will both be taken in for questioning. Put your hands up and surrender or suffer the consequences."

Ben and Gwen looked at each other in confusion. Before Ben could decide to transform and attack these people, Gwen stepped forward, ever the diplomat, "'I'm sorry, me and my cousin here were out for a stroll in the park when we were knocked down by something. We are a bit lost in memory and location. Who are you people?"

The man in front, presumably the captain, narrowed his eyes at the two suspiciously, "We are the Thanagarian military force and we currently occupy this planet for its own safety." At the word 'occupy' both Gwen and Ben looked at each other with raised eyebrows.

"Where have I heard that before..." Ben muttered under his breath as he glared at the captain addressing them, "I think we've heard enough. It's hero time!" Ben brought his left arm up, pulling the sleeve of his green jacket back to reveal the green gauntlet like device covering his wrist and slightly up his forearm. The Ultimatrix glowed with the familiar green light as he tapped the small button near the bottom of the dial, a hologram of an alien popping up. He cycled through the various aliens he had collected over the years for a few moments before slamming his hand down onto the watch. A green flash of light overtook his body, forcing the Thanagarian soldiers to shield their eyes for a few moments.

Ben felt the familiar sensation of his skeletal structure morphing and the metamorphosis of his body as he stepped into the shoes of another species.

"Big Chill." An eerily haunting voice spoke in a low, calm tone. When the Thanagarians unshielded their eyes, in place of the boy they had been attempting to arrest, stood a humanoid, blue moth-like alien. Four large wings protruded from it's back while it's antenna curved upwards from the top of it's shoulder blades. It's green bug-like eyes watched the Hawkmen with a bit of amusement, their faces awestruck as they stared at the blue creature.

"Whats wrong, guys? I said Big Chill...not freeze." the Hawkmen quickly recovered from their shock and raised their weapons to attack. Big Chill only needed that moment of hesitation to take a deep breath and blow out a chilly mist. As the white mist made contact with all the Hawkmen, they were immediately encased in ice, frozen solid. At the same time, Gwen surrounded her fists with mana, swinging her arms out to send balls of purple mana out towards the Hawkmen floating in the air. It was over in moments, all of the Hawkmen on the ground frozen solid while the few in the air were blasted out of the sky and into the ground.

Big Chill landed down next to Gwen, his wings folding around himself like a big blue hooded poncho. His black, pointed fingers waved at the frozen Hawkmen, looking at Gwen with what seemed like a raised eyebrow from his bug-like face, "Well... I think it is safe to assume that they are not a friendly alien force. We just went from one bad situation to another... Oh well, I was looking for a good excuse to vent some frustration." there was a hard tone in the haunting voice coming out of his seemingly unmoving mouth.

Gwen looked around, rubbing her arms to try and warm herself up from the cold temperature Big Chill's breath made around her, "Yeah...and I think I know where we should start next." she pointed upwards, towards a silver ship flying over the city, "That one looks different from the others, so I am guessing it's pretty important."

Big Chill merely smirked at her in response.

Thanagarian Prison Ship Above the Skies of Metropolis

The Justice League sat defeated in their individual cells made for their specific powers. Superman, the one known as the Man of Steel had his arms tied up on both sides, red sun radiation heavily showering down on him. On the left side of the Man of Steel, was the Martian Manhunter known as J'onn Jonzz, his arms and legs shackling him in midair with his stomach parallel to the ground. A force field surrounded his body, preventing him from phasing or even using his telepathy. To his left was Flash, known as the Fastest Man Alive, pressed heavily onto the floor by a gravitational pad, unable to move even a muscle. Next to him, knelt down with his hands behind his back with a triple lock reinforced shackle covering every inch of his hands, was Batman; known as the World's Greatest Detective. To his left was Wonder Woman, the Amazon Princess, tied to a pillar with her own indestructible lasso. Her usually well kept hair was slightly disheveled. In the last cell of the row of trapped heroes was John Stewart, one of the Green Lanterns of Earth. Stripped of his power ring, his usual emerald green eyes were now dark brown, his hands shackled together in front of him as he leaned back in his small cell.

He gritted his teeth, trying desperately not to feel the pang of hurt in his chest. Hawkgirl, she had betrayed them and played him for a fool, learning about all their weaknesses and exploiting it to break down the earth's mightiest defenders easily.

Each hero contemplated many things in their imprisonment, but most of all, they thought of the traitor that used and abused the friendship and comradery they all shared. Just as a hopeless and depressing atmosphere settled around the heroes, the ship suddenly shook under them.

All their heads, with the exception of Flash, rose in curiosity. Just as Flash was about to ask what happened, a voice crackled over the intercom, panic in the man's voice, "Intruders have entered the ship. They are in hall D6 and are currently heading towards D7. All troops stop them, stop them now!"

Right as the voice ended, the doors to the cell block exploded and flew across the hall with two Hawkmen planted firmly against them. A long purple blast with claws at the end, almost similar to a Lantern's ring blast, retracted back towards the door. Each of the heroes who could move, walked to the edge of the cell, trying to glimpse who was fighting the Thanagarians.

A seemingly calm and echoing voice like a phantom drifted from the doorway, "Well... This isn't the bridge but it looks like we found the holding room..." the few heroes who could see the door blinked, the image of a giant blue moth-like man was the last thing they expected to see.

"Well if they have a prison, and if we are correct to assume that they are the hostile occupying aliens, then anyone in here are probably our allies." a girl with luscious red hair pulled back in a ponytail stepped through the broken doorway, her emerald eyes darting around the room before landing on the few occupied cells. She didn't blink at the outrageous garments the people were wearing or even seemed surprised at J'onn's appearance, "Yeah, these guys are definitely heavy hitters, I mean look at the amount of security they went through to lock these guys up... Ben incoming!"

Gwen dodged to the side as bolts of laser fire rained down on her before she swiped her hand, a trail of purple mana shooting out small blasts of mana into the Hawkmen in the air, knocking them down. Big Chill merely turned intangible as the bolts of laser went right through him, "These guys need to...chill." Big Chill then flew up into the air, his wings unwrapping from his body. He took a deep breath and let it out, the white mist instantly freezing a few Hawkmen who came through a door on the far side of the hallway.

Inside the control room a few feet above the ground, one of the Hawkmen gripped the intercom and spoke urgently into it, "Intruders are now in cell block seven, we need back up now!" he then flew down with his ax and swung at Big Chill who turned intangible, letting the Hawkman pass right through him before breathing out a chilly breath onto him, freezing him solid.

Big Chill then tilted his head, slowly lowering himself down onto the floor in front of one of the cells. He stared at the man inside, watching him for a few minutes. The man was dressed like what was a bat, his whole attire either black or gray with the exception of the yellow utility belt around his waist. A black symbol of a bat was on his chest as he seemed to glare at Big Chill, scrutinizing him up and down. Big Chill finally spoke, his hand waving behind him, "So...from what I can tell these bird people are occupying the Earth with hostile goals and you guys are the good guys who got captured. Please tell me I'm right because I really don't want to find out I attacked the wrong guys like Manny and Helen..."

Batman stayed silent, watching Big Chill with what seemed like mild curiosity and a bit of disbelief. Then, John spoke up from one cell down, "You mean you don't know us? Where have you been living all your life, in a cave? We are the Justice League, we protect the Earth and send criminals to jail. Even if you have not heard of the rest of us, you must know Superman or Batman."

Big Chill looked down at John, although he couldn't quite tell, Big Chill had a very confused look on his face. Before he could speak though, laser fire erupted around him and only because Gwen threw up a shield in front of him was he saved from being stunned, or worse. Making a quick decision, Big Chill rammed his hand into the control panel and disabled the force field keeping Batman in. Batman got up quickly and got out of the cell, nodding his head slightly at Big Chill, "Oh let me get that for you..." Big Chill quickly took a breath and breathed out onto the shackles, freezing them solid.

As he waited for the darkly dressed man to express his gratitude, he failed to see the Hawkman sneaking up behind him with an mace. Batman quickly pushed Big Chill out of the way and slammed his frozen shackles down onto the Hawkman's head, effectively shattering them. Batman rubbed his wrists before moving past him, "You're welcome."

"Thanks..." Big Chill said grudgingly at Batman, who pointedly ignored him as he turned towards the cell with Wonder Woman in it. He then slammed his fist into the control panel, shouting at Big Chill, "Free the others, now!"

Big Chill jolted back before quickly turning and moved towards the closest cell. He slammed his hand into the control and turned off the force field before moving inside and destroying another set of controls. What seemed like a gravity generator turned off as a man dressed in a full red body suit got up, shaking his head. He had a yellow lightning bolt on his chest and he smiled as he got up, "Ugh... Feels like I just ran a marathon on Jupiter..." Big Chill raised what seemed like an eyebrow. Jupiter was a gas planet, so how would he run on it?

"Thanks man." the red-clad hero smiled and seemed to stretch his body for a few moments before suddenly zipping away at an amazing speed. Whoa...he's even faster than XLR8 or even Fasttrack! The man zipped to one of the fallen Hawkmen and seemed to dig around the man's belt before producing a set of keys. Grinning like a child, he zipped towards the other cells, unlocking the force fields then the shackles holding his fellow heroes. By now the other heroes were sprung from their cells and fighting back with weapons taken from the fallen Hawkmen.

All hell had broken loose. With all of the heroes freed from their cells, Hawkmen poured in by the dozens. Frozen Hawkmen were all over the place and fighting ensued throughout the hallway of the cell block.

As Big Chill flew around freezing and punching Hawkmen here and there, he couldn't help noticing the other heroes fighting. Four of them seemed to have their own unique super powers, from flying around, super speed, super strength, to even shooting laser beams from their eyes. Yup, these were definitely not your typical humans.

As he was musing about these super powered beings, he noticed a large bird man flying up with a large cannon like rifle, pointing the cannon at the woman dressed in a red, white, and blue leotard. Flying fast towards the woman, Big Chill slammed his hand onto the Ultimatrix dial on his chest, a flash of green light filling the room as he landed on the ground.

"Chromastone!" in the place of Big Chill stood a thin, one-eyed alien with a purple body with various pink crystals aligned all over his body. Several dark lines and spots dotted his entire body and his hands and face seemed to be made of magenta. Six magenta shards protruded from his back, two on his chest, and one on the top of his head that resembled a horn. His face consisted of a mouth and one large green eye at the center.

A few members of the league look at the new creature in shock, their mouths slightly ajar at the instant transformation.

Chromastone smirked at the large bird man with the laser cannon, tapping the center of his chest, "Hit the large silicon based life form and you win a colorful prize, birdie." The Thanagarian solider snarled and aimed the cannon right at him, pulling the trigger as a straight yellow beam fired into him for a good ten seconds. Wonder Woman let out a loud gasp, moving forward in an attempt to pull him out of the way of the blast but surprised to see that instead of being disintegrated like the Thanagarian hoped, Chromastone seemed to spread his hands outwards, absorbing the laser into himself. A wave of rainbow colored energy flowed visibly through his body before he pointed his hand at the Thanagarian, his own wave of powerful rainbow colored light exploding from his hands and across the hall.

The Thanagarian soldier barely had enough time to dodge as the beam ripped through the hull of the ship and created a rather large opening in the wall. Immediately, the air started to get sucked out, pulling any unprepared Thanagarians out with a scream while the Justice League braced themselves. Gwen had somehow made it behind Chromastone, her arms wrapping around his form with a death grip, "This ship is going to go down, we need to get out of here now Ben!"

Not needing to be told twice, Chromastone immediately slapped the Ultimatrix dial on his chest, "Big Chill!" He took off into the air, one hand wrapping around Gwen's waist and made for the opening. He turned around, looking down at the other heroes, "Abandon ship!"

Superman, after feeling the much needed rays of the sun, took to the air with Batman hanging onto his back and his hands grabbing Flash. Wonder Woman scooped both Green Lantern and the weakened alien form of J'onn before lifting off into the air. Everyone quickly maneuvered out of the ship and into the sky as the ship fell behind them into the ocean.

As Big Chill flew in the air with a firm grip on Gwen he turned to look at Batman who was still glaring at him, "So...nice planet you got here. Do the bird people come with it or can I request them to be taken back to their owners?"

Flash, who was hanging below Superman looked up at Big Chill with a grin, "Oh he's going to be so much fun..."

On the Streets of Metropolis

The Justice League, plus two, ducked away from the large display mirror of the clothing store they were currently hiding in. The swishing of the Thanagarian wings passed by as another patrol made it's way through the streets. Green Lantern turned to Superman, "That X-Ray vision working yet?"

Superman looked upwards at the ceiling then the walls, nodding slightly, "Just enough to see Hawk soldiers still patrolling the skies..."

J'onn, still in his natural alien form, looked out towards the streets, "They'll have the whole city looking for us by now."

Immediately afterward, Flash spoke up with a slight smile, his hands on his hips, "Who knows, maybe they'll get tired and go home." At that comment every eye landed on him, some eyebrows raised and two glaring. He shrunk a bit, "Yeah I know... But a little optimism at a time like this couldn't hurt." Superman then turned his attention on the plus two standing a little away from the group. Gwen with her arms crossed and Big Chill staring at the group with interest.

"I'm sorry, we were not properly introduced. With all the fighting going on, I don't think we had the time for pleasantries. I'm Superman and this is the Justice League. That's Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, J'onn Jonzz, and Flash." Superman held his hand out to Big Chill who took hold of the hand carefully, shaking it.

Big Chill seemed to snort when he took back his hand, looking at Superman with what seemed like amusement, "The Justice League? Really? Why, was the Justice Friends taken?" Flash zipped up to Big Chill, poking his chest lightly, "Oh yeah tough guy, then what was your super fighting force called, huh?"

Big Chill suddenly looked down, kicking his feet slightly, "Th-The Plumbers..." At that, Flash laughed, his hand moving onto the side of his head, "The Plumbers!? Seriously? Ha! I'd take Justice League over the Plumbers any day!"

Just as the two seemed to be on the verge of starting a debate, Green Lantern pushed his hand out, "Look, we appreciate the help. But who are you two? We've never met any superheroes who can do what you two displayed. And the Plumbers? We've never heard of them either. And despite all the help you two gave us, we are not in any position to trust more strangers..."

Big Chill glared at Green Lantern. Just as he was about to open his mouth and tell him off, Gwen stepped forth, holding her hand up to Big Chill. She turned to Green Lantern, giving him a small smile, "I'm sorry, we are actually in...a sort of a situation ourselves. We are unfamiliar with this...Earth. Or more specifically this dimension I assume."

At that, Wonder Woman stepped forth, tilting her head, "What do you mean 'this dimension'? Are you saying that you and your friend here are not from this realm?"

Just as Gwen was about to answer, a large voice boomed from outside as a searchlight shined into one section of the clothing store, "This is the voice of the Thanagarian occupational authority. Your so called 'Justice League' and two other convicts are in violation of our martial law. They are to be considered an enemy, and dealt with on sight. Any person found aiding or harboring them will be summarily punished."

Big Chill looked at Flash who in turn slumped his shoulders slightly, "Still think they'll just go home?" Flash gave him a dirty look before Batman suddenly stepped forth.

"For the time being, we're going to have to go underground."

Wonder Woman raised her hand slightly, looking at Batman, "How exactly do we hide when the entire planet is out looking for us?"

Big Chill raised his hand as well, "Especially when most of you are dressed so flashy you'd stand out less if you were wearing Sumo Slammer costumes at a renaissance fair." when everyone gave him funny looks his eyes widened slightly, "Please tell me you guys have heard of Sumo Slammer. Even adults have heard of the franchise, it's famous!" when no one said anything his shoulders drooped and looked like he was about to cry.

J'onn, ignoring most of Big Chill's rant, stepped towards a rack of brown trench coats and gently gripped the sleeve of one, speaking in his usual calm tone as he slowly morphed into a thin middle aged man dressed in gray slacks, sleek black dress shoes, a red button up shirt, and a long brown trench coat similar to the one he touched, "Both of them are correct. They are looking for the Justice League, without our costumes, we are merely ordinary citizens."

Flash immediately shot his arms up, waving his hands rapidly, "Now hold on a second here. What about the whole secret identity thing? I mean, I guess I could stretch it and say I trust you guys enough to reveal my secret identity, but what about them?" he pointed his thumb at Big Chill and Gwen, "I mean, we just met them and we don't know a single thing about them. Can we really trust them with our secret identities?"

At that comment Big Chill's eyes narrowed as he crossed his arms, "Oh yeah, we must be so untrustworthy. I mean it's not like we beat up a bunch of violent, well armed Hawk people then rescued your sorry confined as-" just as he was about to finish his sentence, Gwen shot her hand up over his mouth, "What he is trying to say is, we either earned your trust by now, or we don't. Besides... I don't exactly have a secret identity. You've all seen my face clearly."

Each member of the Justice League exchanged glances with one another, silently contemplating with one another. Big Chill stepped forward, his patience having run out, "Look, we didn't ask to be here. Hell, we didn't ask to become heroes again. The last thing we wanted was to be thrown into another battle, especially after...after..." he seemed to lose his steam, his shoulders slumping as his eyes dropped. Gwen looked away, her right hand coming up to grip her left arm. The sudden somber mood that fell over both of them created a slightly awkward atmosphere.

Letting out a slight sigh Big Chill stepped forth, his hand moving up to his Ultimatrix dial and twisted it slightly to the left, a bright green flash blinding the heroes for a second. In the place of Big Chill stood an eighteen year old boy with bright emerald eyes and a crop of brown hair. He wore a black sleeveless t-shirt, dark blue jeans, black tennis shoes, and a green jacket with a large white stripe trailing down the left side with a black circle near his heart, a white number ten inscribed on it with two white stripes circling around the top of his left forearm. He crossed his arms, which slightly pulled up the sleeve of his left arm revealing a green gauntlet like device trailing up his wrist, "My name is Ben Tennyson, now you know my 'secret identity' so there is no problem is there?"

There was stunned silence for a few moment from five of the members before Green Lantern spoke up, "You're both just kids, you're telling me that we were saved by a bunch of kids?" his hand shot out to wave rapidly at Gwen and Ben.

"Hey! We're both eighteen!"

"Green eyes...Gwen and Ben... Are you two siblings?" Flash was gripping his chin with one hand, the other one pointing at the two teens in question.

"No, he's my cousin. Our dads are...were siblings." Gwen looked away again, fighting the images of her deceased father and uncle from her mind. She couldn't break down right now, could she?

None of the heroes missed the past tense Gwen had changed to and didn't really know what to say. Whatever happened must have happened recently and they were in no hurry to get the two teens to talk about it.

Before anyone could speak though, Batman suddenly stepped forth, "We can all talk about trust, our past, and whatever information we want to share on a later date. Right now, we don't have time for this. I don't know about trust, but I know that they have fought alongside us against the Thanagarians. 'The enemy of my enemy, is my friend.'" with that, Batman pointed his finger at Flash, "Barry Allen." he then pointed his thumb at Superman, "Clark Kent." finally he reached up and yanked his cowl from his face, revealing his well kept dark hair, handsome face, and piercing blue eyes, "Bruce Wayne."

Everyone paused for a few moments before Flash's wide eyes turned back to normal, his shoulders drooping a bit, "Show off..." he reached up and pulled his own cowl off, his messy blonde hair sticking up slightly as he smiled a bit at everyone.

Wonder Woman reached up and ruffled Barry's blonde hair, smiling at him warmly, "Blonde hair? I always expected you to have red hair." Barry gave her a funny look before being hit in the face with a pair of slacks by Batman as he sternly told him to change. Everyone separated to go find some new clothes except Ben and J'onn, who had their own clothes or had already morphed into their own.

After a few minutes of picking out clothes that suited their tastes and dressing up, everyone was in their civilian clothing. Superman wore a blue suit over a white dress shirt and a red tie, a pair of fake glasses worn over his eyes. Wonder Woman wore a light blue blouse with purple jeans, looking herself over in the mirror as she tied her long black hair in a ponytail. Green Lantern wore a blue beanie on his head, light brown slacks, a black shirt, and a brown zip up hoodie. Flash wore simple black jeans, tennis shoes, a white shirt, and a light tan jacket. Bruce had on a fancy brown turtleneck, brown dress pants, sleek black shoes, and a fancy black leather jacket. Gwen had changed out of her tattered clothes and into a familiar outfit, black jeans with a red button up shirt worn under a black vest. Her hair was still tied back in a pony tail and she wore a white scarf around the bottom half of her face, effectively hiding it from any Thanagarian that might recognize her, without suspicion.

As they all exited into the alleyway on the other side of the building from where they entered, Bruce stood guard, glancing around the corner for a patrol. He turned back and nodded to the group, indicating the coast was clear. Green Lantern spoke up with his militaristic voice, "We need to split up, they'll be looking for eight of us. Not pairs."

"A rendezvous point?"

"We're about thirty miles from Gotham City, we can regroup at my house there. But try and keep a low profile." Bruce then glanced at Ben and Gwen, "Assuming your story is true, you both wouldn't know where to go. Me and Diana will take the kids. We'll pose as a family making our way out of the city." Ben glared at Bruce but was pointedly ignored as he continued, "John and Barry travel together. J'onn and Clark, use Clark's reporter cover if you have to, but get out of the city. Don't stir up trouble." he practically growled the last sentence before moving out from the corner, Diana, Ben, and Gwen close behind.

As they left, Barry let out a slight sigh, "Thirty miles through Hawk infested territory... No problem." Bruce repressed an urge to sigh before falling in step besides Diana who was walking next to Gwen. The older Amazon looked down at the red haired girl with a gentle smile, "My name is Diana, princess of the Amazons. I apologize for not introducing myself earlier. My identity is no secret from the world."

Gwen perked up with a bit of interest at the introduction, as did Ben, "You're a real princess?" Diana nodded, smiling slightly at Gwen's enthusiasm.

Ben had his hands in his pockets as he spoke up from behind them, "We've met...certain princesses but not really any human...ones. In our world there really aren't that many human royalty on the planet."

Diana nodded while Bruce stored every little bit of information in the back of his mind for later. These two might have saved them and indeed seemed like heroes, but he knew looks could be deceiving. He might have been called paranoid a lot of times by his fellow heroes, but it was with good reason. If he had been a little more cautious about Hawkgirl, he could possibly have stopped this invasion before it happened. He was careless to put down so much of his guard just because they had worked together on many occasions.

Aboard the Thanagarian Mothership

Paran Dul, the Thanagarian female soldier in charge of the construction of the shield generator, or what the Thanagarians claimed it to be, was speaking with her current commander and much admired leader, Hro Talak, "The construction proceeds as scheduled. We have added humans to the work force."

"Are they of any use?"

"They have no technical expertise to speak of, but they can lift and carry as well as any animal. We should complete the project by the target date."

Shayera Hol, formally known as Hawkgirl of the Justice League, walked over next to Talak, her betrothed and commander. She eyed Paran carefully, noting with distaste the way she addressed the humans of the Earth as mere animals and not people. When did she start to view other races as more, rather than less like her people usually did?

She was brought out of her thoughts as Talak suddenly spoke, his eyes ablaze, "Be aware that the Justice League has escaped. Stand ready for an attack." Shayera glanced at her betrothed, a bit startled at the determination and eagerness in his voice.

Paran merely looked indifferent as she looked at her commander, "Let them come, it will only be suicide."

Talak's eyes narrowed as he looked at Paran, "No, there were two who were with them that not even Shayera recognized. Two who were able to get past all our defenses and free the Justice League easily. Be ready for anything Paran, double your defenses and make sure nothing delays your progress. Am I understood?" Paran nodded, briefly glancing at Shayera, with no doubt thinking that the former special ops spy couldn't have possibly missed something so important as two powerful enemies, before the screen cut off.

Shayera had to admit that even she was surprised when she received the report about how the Justice League escaped and reviewed the video footage of the prison ship. She didn't recognize the girl shooting blasts of purple energy out of her hands like Green Lantern did nor did she recognize the blue moth-like creature that seemingly transformed into a crystal-like creature that could absorb and redirect energy. Did it make a difference? She hoped not but she couldn't help feeling that nagging in the back of her head that told her these two were different, and most definitely dangerous. She looked towards Talak, voicing her concern, "Humans working as slaves?"

Talak looked at her and spoke with that tone that she did not like, as if he were speaking just to appease her, "Unfortunate, but necessary. We are on an unforgiving schedule. And if we are going to finish the hyperspace bypass in time..."

Shayera frowned, stepping forward immediately, "Bypass? I thought we were building a force shield!" she had not heard of this, no one had told her that they were building a hyperspace bypass. That would mean...

"That was merely the cover story." Talak spoke as if it were obvious, looking at Shayera as if she should have known the whole time.

Shayera glared at him, "So when were you going to tell me your real plans? Or didn't you think you could trust me?" both of them stood at a stand off, looking into each others eyes for a minute or so before finally Talak turned away, putting a hand on Shayera's shoulder, "Come."

Talak led her to the main computer, typing into the console as the screen came to life, showing her the familiar diagram of the Gordanian system, "For decades, the Gordanian homeworld has been protected behind an impregnable defensive line. But this chain of hyperspace bypasses, will allow our armadas to jump behind their defenses and make a direct assault on the heart of their empire. Earth is the last link in that chain, once that chain is completed we can attack and wipe out the Gordanian threat forever!"

Of course Shayera saw the success in the plan and couldn't find any fault in it for their victory. The one thing that she did see as a problem, was the consequence of such an action, "But if you open a hole in hyperspace, it will destroy this entire planet!"

"Sadly yes." Talak's voice seemed a bit worn out as he turned to look at Shayera with those battle aged eyes, eyes that told her that this war needed to end, one way another. Forever the military leader of the Thanagarian forces, he did what was best for his people and his people alone and Shayera used to love that about him. But now as he spoke all she could only feel the horror of the plan he had laid out to her, for both the Earth and for Talak, "For Thanagar to live, Earth...must die."

Streets of Metropolis

As Bruce, Diana, Gwen, and Ben made their way through the streets of Metropolis and towards the train station, they did their best to seem like a 'family'. Gwen stood close to Diana, attempting a bit of small talk here and there as they passed Thanagarian patrols, or avoided them to be more precise. This left Bruce and Ben to walk side by side silently, both looking strangely like a brooding father and son.

They were almost at the station when some commotion caught their attention. Two Thanagarian soldiers were hassling a couple about their identifications when one of the soldiers grabbed her purse and yanked it from her arm, earning a yelp from the frightened woman. Feeling some righteous anger, her boyfriend immediately stepped up and grabbed the Thanagarian's arm, shouting at him to leave her alone. This earned him a fist to the face, which sent him down onto his back and his head onto the pavement. When the man didn't get back up, his girlfriend immediately fell to her knees, cradling his head in her lap as she looked at him with fright and concern.

Ben's hands balled up into fists and just as he was about to move forward, he saw Diana move first, anger on her face. Before she could do anything though, Bruce abruptly caught her arm and pulled her back, "Diana, no." he spoke sharply, glaring at the Thanagarians.

"You would stand here and do nothing?"

"We can't risk a confrontation here."

Suddenly the four looked up as they heard the shouting of some teenagers on the roof. Oh this will definitely end very badly. Very, very badly. Ben looked up as a blonde haired teen and his slightly chubby friend yelled from the roof, "Hey bird heads, go back to where you came from, get off of our planet!" then to add more oil to the fire, they threw what looked like a brick at the Thanagarians.

Ignoring how they could fly, or how they were heavily armed, or how they were occupying the entire planet, Ben felt a tiny bit impressed by the teen's protest. This however, quickly died when the Thanagarian soldier pulled out a laser rifle and fired a single shot at the roof. The roof burst and multiple chunks of concrete fell down towards the couple who were being harassed by the Thanagarians. On instinct, Gwen shot her hands out, purple mana surrounding her hands as a large tendril of mana shot out towards the couple and covered them in a force shield. The heavy rocks bounced off the mana shield, the Thanagarians staring at Gwen in shock for a few moments before Bruce suddenly kicked off and rammed his foot into one of the soldiers, pushing him into his partner and slammed both of them into an ally.

From across the street, some more Thanagarian soldiers turned and pointed at them, "Over there, it's the Justice League!" Ben was about to lift his sleeve and transform when Bruce abruptly grabbed his wrist and yanked him forward while Diana grabbed Gwen's hand and ran with her.

"So much for blending in." Bruce rounded the corner with Ben, soon followed by Diana before she suddenly stopped. She grabbed a nearby light pole and ripped it off it's hinges, earning a whistle from Ben as she swung it around like a baseball bat, smashing the Thanagarian patrol that was following them. More rounded a corner, shooting laser bolts at them before they quickly started to run down the street.

As they ran further along the street, a man in a red turban ran out of his store, waving at them and pointing inside of his restaurant, "In here!" when they all hesitated for a moment he ushered them inside, "Please, hurry!"

He quickly shut the door and pushed the four of them deeper into the restaurant, earning looks of fear and hope from the other customers. Bruce spoke up quickly, glancing at the owner, "We can't stay here. If they find you helping us..."

The man merely grabbed Bruce and Diana's arm and seated them at a couple's table near the back while a woman came out and grabbed Ben and Gwen, leading them into the kitchen and then into a back room. She put her finger to her lips as she grabbed a blue veil and quickly shut the door. She moved out and quickly wrapped it around Diana's hair, hoping to god that it would be enough to fool the Thanagarian patrol.

Three Thanagarian soldiers slammed open the doors, entering the restaurant with scowls on their faces. Diana immediately wrapped her arms around Bruce's neck, his eyes widening for a split second as Diana's firm yet surprisingly soft lips pressed against his own. She tasted sweet, like a natural flower.

The soldiers looked around as the owner approached them, the lead soldier glancing down at the owner, "We're looking for a dark haired man and woman and two children."

"I apologize but there are no families here, only couples..." the owner turned, holding his right hand out to indicate to the filled up restaurant filled with many dark haired couples, all looking at the soldiers with wary expressions.

The lead soldier glanced around before focusing on the two in the back engaged in kissing one another feverishly before looking at the owner, "Has anyone entered here recently?" the owner promptly told him no before the soldier pointed at the two in the back, "What about those two?"

The owner, with a surprising amount of deception managed a smile, "Ah-ha, the love birds? Been here for hours. Regulars at this restaurant, I believe they even have plans for marriage in the near future, no children as of yet." he even managed a slight nonchalant tone as he waved his hand at the soldier.

The Thanagarian regarded the restaurant for a few moments before turning around and indicating to his fellow soldiers, "Lets move on."

Diana and Bruce glanced at the retreating Thanagarians with their lips still locked in a kiss before abruptly splitting apart. Diana looked at Bruce a bit bashfully through her lashes, a slight smile on her lips, "Sorry..."

In return, Bruce did that unconscious raising of his left eyebrow as a cocky smile formed on his lips, "Don't be." As Bruce Wayne, the facade of being a billionaire playboy always came to him naturally and he had to admit. He didn't mind Diana's lips on his own.

As soon as they thought the coast was absolutely clear, they got up from their table and made their way to the back and into the kitchen. Ben and Gwen had already come out of the back room and were waiting by the back door. Diana smiled at the two, thanking Hera that they did not see her and Bruce's little act as she opened the door. Gwen and Ben soon followed her.

Before Bruce exited he turned and gave the owner a slight nod. He made note of the street and the name of the restaurant, so that when this was all over, he could properly thank the owner with funding from an anonymous donor.

Gotham City: Wayne Manor

After catching a train ride to Gotham city without further incidents, Bruce seemed to relax just a little bit as they traversed through the dark streets of Gotham. With Hawkmen at every corner, even the criminals that used to run rampant around Gotham seemed to be keeping low or went underground. As they walked more and more towards the outskirts of Gotham, Ben wondered where exactly Bruce's house was when they came upon the grand Wayne manor. Bruce pulled out what looked like a small remote and opened the front gates, not bothering to close them as he knew more company was coming.

As they all walked up the long driveway towards the front doors, Ben's mouth had fallen open as he looked around the huge estate, "This is your house? How big is this place? How can you afford this?"

Bruce looked back at Ben and cocked an eyebrow but said nothing else as they reached the front doors. He pressed the doorbell and a few moments later, a balding elder man opened the door. He had a small mustache under his nose and was actually wearing a butler uniform. He bowed all proper to them before turning to Bruce, "Master Bruce, so good to see you. When I heard that the Thanagarians had captured the Justice League, I had feared the worst for you."

Bruce merely nodded at the man before gesturing to him, "This is Alfred, my butler, cook, driver, and care taker." he then gestured to the group, "This is Diana, Gwen, and Ben."

Alfred bowed his head at the three before moving out of the way, extending his arm to the inside, "Welcome, would you all like some refreshments? I was in the middle of making Master Bruce's meal in case he returned to the mansion. And on the off chance he was bringing company, I had made several dishes."

At that moment, Ben's stomach growled as he scratched his head with a slight blush on his cheeks, "Sorry...it must have been at least a day since I last ate... Not to mention with all this activity going on I really need something to replenish some energy."

Diana smiled at Ben, as did Gwen as she started to walk inside after Bruce, "We're all hungry, I know I am too. It'd be nice to relax for a few minutes, we haven't had a time to think properly ever since we got to...this place."

Ben nodded as he entered, Alfred closing the door behind him as he entered. Alfred smiled a knowing smile before leading the three towards the dining room while Bruce immediately went for the grandfather clock, "Dinner then. I assume more guests are coming and it will take time."

Six Hours Later

If seeing the mansion made Ben's eyes bug out, they practically popped out and his jaw almost fell off when he entered the secret door behind the grandfather clock and walked down the stairs to a freaken secret cave under the mansion.

Gwen was equally awed as she glanced around the dark cave, which was surprisingly clean and tidy. She glanced at Alfred who had come down with tea, and was currently pouring it in little tea cups, "You clean this whole mansion and this cave? I hope Mister Wayne is paying a considerable amount of overtime, Mister Alfred." the old butler merely smiled politely at Gwen before handing her a cup of tea before moving back upstairs.

Ben on the other hand, was looking at Batman's different display of weapons and costumes of villains he had defeated through his crime fighting career. He was especially interested in the large freeze ray he had in a glass case.

As everyone else was settling into his used-to-be secret Batcave, Bruce was typing away furiously on his supercomputer, pulling up files on multiple subjects. He was looking up the reactions of different countries around the world, how the UN was doing, the military responses, civilian responses, and last but not least, any report on if any of the other members of the League were recaptured.

"How does it look?" Diana had walked up behind him, staring at the various reports on his supercomputer's screen. He didn't answer her, letting the reports speak for themselves as he set his jaw, glaring at the computer screen. Suddenly, he heard footsteps and turned, Clark and J'onn moving down the steps towards them.

Good. That only meant John and Barry were missing. Since there was no report on anyone from the League being captured or fighting, besides the small report on him and Diana, no one seemed to have stirred up any trouble.

Bruce turned his chair fully around as Ben and Gwen joined their little group near the computer, his eyes looking over the pair carefully. They did have many similarities, for instance the emerald color of their eyes. While it wasn't glowing and unnatural like John's eyes were when he was the Green Lantern, they had a unique color to them. The girl was obviously fit and trained in some form of martial arts, the way she stood guarded when enemies were nearby indicated her training as well as the muscles she had on her slim frame.

The boy on the other hand, while he did seem to be trained in fighting hand to hand, his did not seem as disciplined. Perhaps basic combat training from someone, someone who was experienced in militaristic combat? He was fit, perhaps from actively exercising or sports. He was not like his cousin, who had a more disciplined and proper training but trained none the less. Both were obviously experienced fighters, at the ripe age of eighteen. He briefly wondered what sort of childhood they had to be so...experienced.

But it was their eyes that made him pause. Their eyes were filled with pain and suffering. The same sort of suffering he thought he could glimpse when he looked himself in the mirror. The pain of losing everything in one fell swoop, at too young an age. Both their eyes were filled with pain and he did notice that neither of them let each other out of their sights for too long. He noticed how they each looked for one another every few minutes, as if reassuring themselves that the other was still around.

He was brought out of his thoughts by Alfred's voice echoing in the cave, "Your guests have arrived sir." Bruce nodded at Alfred before looking at the two who entered, "You're late."

"Nice to see you too..."

Barry ignored Bruce in favor of looking towards his collection of 'souvenirs'. He pointed to one in particular, the giant figure of a tyrannosaurus, "Hey! That's a giant dinosaur!"

Alfred walked up behind Barry, his face completely serious as he spoke, though the sarcasm wasn't missed, "And I thought Batman was the detective."

As Barry rejoined the group near the supercomputer, J'onn spoke up, "We were just speculating why the Thanagarians are really here."

"Obviously not to protect us." Clark crossed his arms, leaning back against the computer console.

"But if the Gordanians are not actually anywhere near Earth, why do they need to build that force field?" Diana pointedly looked at Bruce.

Bruce shook his head, "If it is a force field."

John raised an eyebrow, "Then what is it?"

"I can tell you." a voice suddenly rang out through the cave from the darkness. Everyone immediately tensed up, turning towards the voice with wide eyes. Shayera Hol emerged from the shadows in her full Thanagarian gear but with no mace, no weapon.

Clark immediately came forward, anger apparent on his face as he yanked his glasses off, "You've got a lot of nerve showing up here."

Diana stomped forward, her face scrunching up slightly, "We should thank you, it saves us having to hunt you down!" Diana clenched her fists, moving forward threateningly.

Before Diana could even reach Shayera, a bright green flash filled the room, "Diamondhead!" a figure jumped over everyone's head and slammed down in front of Shayera. Before she could react, a pale green crystal hand shot out and grabbed her throat, lifting her into the air. A large man-like creature made entirely of pale green crystals stood in front of the League. His lower body, torso, and the top of his head consisted of indigo crystals which had black lines and dots all over it. There were six crystal shards on his back and he also had two more crystals on the front of his chest. He had the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest and wore a uniform which was black on the right half and white on the left, covering him from his shoulders all the way down to his feet.

His sharp head was glaring up at the traitorous Hawkgirl as his other hand was pointed at her face, a sharp crystal growing out from the top of his fist and moving slowly towards her face, "Give me one good reason I shouldn't break you right now."

Shayera gasped for breath, her hands gripping Diamondhead's arm fiercely as she managed to choke out, "I didn't...come here to fight. I came to...help!"

Barry glared at Shayera before sneering at her as he spoke, "Hawk people all over the planet. Martial law? Us getting chased around like dogs. I don't think we can take much more of your help." he crossed his arms, watching her carefully.

Diamondhead considered her for a few moments, looking into her eyes. There was no deceit there but with the invasion, his confusion on how everyone knew her, and the way she was dressed, he wasn't sure what to think. He felt a hand on his arm and turned to see Gwen looking at him, nodding a bit to encourage him to let go.

He looked down at her for a few moments before loosening his grip, dropping the Hawkwoman onto her feet as she took a deep breath, coughing slightly. He moved away but kept a close eye on her, crossing his arms as he spoke, "One wrong move lady and you have more holes than Flash's sense of humor."

Barry said a small 'Hey!' before Shayera continued to speak, moving towards Bruce after glancing at Diamondhead warily, "It's worse than you all think... Their building a hyperspace bypass. When it's activated, it'll destroy the planet and everything on it."

She reached into a small pouch on her hip, which prompted Diamondhead to raise his hand. When he saw that all she was doing was pulling out what looked like a purple and red cassette tape, he lowered his arm, "Here, this has all the information on the project."

Her and Bruce stared at each other for a few moments, the scowl never leaving his face as he considered her. Shayera spoke up with a bit of remorse, not expecting to be forgiven but wanting to explain, "Believe me; I didn't know the magnitude of Talak's plans."

Bruce and everyone around her watched Shayera for a few tense moments before Bruce reached up and snatched the cassette away, "We'll check it out. There's the door." he turned away from her, heading to his supercomputer and sitting down.

Without so much as a glance towards her, the other members of the League turned their backs on her and walked towards the computer. Gwen turned to join the others and Diamondhead was about to join her when he heard Shayera speak up, "Aren't you going to turn your back on me too?"

Diamondhead turned back and saw that John was standing behind her with his arms crossed, glaring at her, "Last time I let my guard down, you sucker punched me."

"It wasn't personal."

"Keep telling yourself that."

"I did what I thought was right then. And that's what I am doing right now." she stepped up to John and held her hand out to him. Diamondhead couldn't quite see what she was holding but John did have a look of surprise on his face. Before Diamondhead could decide whether she was threatening John or not, John himself reached out and took whatever she was holding. Then she abruptly spread her wing and took off into the darkness.

Diamondhead looked back at John and was surprised to see him holding what looked like a big green ring in between his fingers. Er...she didn't just propose or something to him right? He thought that for a brief moment before he saw John slip the ring onto his right middle finger. A sudden green glow surrounded John's entire body before his clothes turned into the green and black costume he was wearing the first time they met.

Diamondhead then pressed the Ultimatrix dial on his chest and changed back to normal, watching Green Lantern as he floated over, "I have to admit, that was pretty cool. That ring of yours is the source of your power huh?" Green Lantern merely nodded at Ben before they both joined the others at the supercomputer.

As Ben approached the screen, he saw what seemed like a very real simulation of what would happen to Earth if the hyperspace bypass succeeded in activating. A large pillar of light seemed to cut through the Earth and then from one end, a wave of crackling white electricity seemed to spread all across the planet before it imploded in on itself from two sides before finally exploding.

Bruce watched with careful calculation, his hands grasped together as he spoke, "Ingenious."

"Yeah. I'm impressed." Clark once again took off his glasses as he glanced down at Bruce, "Lets go wreck it."

"How?" Green Lantern crossed his arms, looking at Clark, "It's behind a force field."

"A force field controlled from the command ship." Bruce yanked his chair forward, his fingers dancing across the keyboard with practiced ease. A diagram of a Thanagarian ship popped up onto the large computer screen, a red flashing light appearing in the interior design of the ship, "Go shut it down. I'll take care of the generator."

Barry crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow at Bruce, "That thing's the size of a city, what are you going to do? Throw a batarang at it?"

Bruce faced them, a completely serious expression on his face, "Something like that." everyone's eyes turned to the giant computer screen as it suddenly started to flash red, the words 'Intruder Alert' appearing in giant bold letters across the screen.

"They must have tracked where we were when Shayera came to warn us. All of you, suit up. We'll have company in about eight minutes." Bruce got up and immediately headed for his spare suit while the others quickly changed.

To Be Continued

Author's Note: Yes, if you are reading a story like this then you must be familiar with the most popular story under this subject. I was inspired to write this by reading The Incredible Muffin's story Ben Unlimited. And I guess that means also sandman7734's story. I did make a few changes, like Gwen being there and Ben being less aggressive or given less roles. It will happen again and I just wanted to write something like this too. Don't be too harsh. It's my first time writing something like this and I didn't expect it to be so much work. I hope you enjoyed it. And I loved the Supergirl X Ben pairing The Incredible Muffin did a fantastic job portraying so I'm keeping that. No idea about Gwen though...