The Final Offer, Gotham. Present

From the hands of Somalian Pirates, to the Flippers of the Penguin. Final Offer forever rest in the Old Gotham Harbour

Beneath the hull coated by enamel rusts, past the dreary unilluminated hallways and the stench of piss, dried alcohol, and cockroaches. A square room, dimly lit by a sole lightbulb dangling in the centre. A worn wooden table shared by four chairs, each occupied. Pair of playing cards in their hands, with more lined and decked besides significant amount of money on the table

The first of the four, a large man build like a swelling brick, positively dumb both in looks and character, yet apparently dumb-er at playing his cards evidenced by the lack of money on his sides compared to the other participants. His burly hands bears the scars of electrocution injury, along with several Lichtenberg figure marks on his perpetually angry face. The brute is losing the game that much is certain

The second, to his left is a woman. Lean build, focused, and straight posture. Charming in her own way with black crop top under same color jacket. The crew signature bowler hat on her side of the table, along with significantly more money from the prior. She is currently has a winning cards in her hand, and no pressure dent her perfect expressionless poker—and most of the time—face

Third was a young kid by the room standard, though no less stands out. Youthful man with attractive looks, if not for the severe burn marks that scorch all over his body, parts of him still covered in bandages. He was the youngest of the four, but far from being the fool of the group. Even as he acting doubles as the dealer, gadgets of varying shapes and models strap to his hand. Information across the internet, various secure private data, manipulated. All flow seamlessly come and go. A legacy to earn and legacy to make of his namesake

The last one is a blonde female scientist, hair tied to ponytail. Beautiful, alluring, dangerous. A lab coat, glasses, with polish nail and intoxicating perfume of questionable properties when inhaled. She had the most cash in her pot, and confident it will increase by the next one

They are the last of the Penguin's high ranks, their honor guard so to speak. The mercenary Lester 'Electrocutioner' Buchinsky, The Blacksun hacker and Penguin's own son Ethan Cobblepot. The bodyguard and loyal chauffeur known only as Lark, and Linda 'Fright' Friitawa, the second fear gas expert in Gotham

And they all love their jobs

"Fold" Said the teen as he drops his hand on the table. His eyes focus differently off from the game however as it splits equally at his numerous devices, the one with soy market stock on display seems to be taken priority over the game

"Bah! You millenials and your toys. It'll make you weak, and meek muscled!". The eastern European mercs grunted in thick accent disagreement. "I call"

"Raise" said Lark, nothing to add

"Call" Ply the scientist, her tone elegant and simultaneously insulting. She took a glance at the young Cobblepot. "For once, the moron's right boss. You need to put down the tablets a little more, maybe not all six of them need your attentions"

Ethan still stares at the display, all six now processing corrupted data, the stock price fluctuated in response. "Relax, I know what I'm doing". The stock rises, and his grin turn into a genuine smile as he just scores one point nine million dollar richer in seconds. "Also, didn't I tell you not to call me boss anymore. Ethan's fine, Boss belongs to mister Doe now"

Lark still stay silent, so Electrocutioner sound his thoughts. "Doe… Hah! I think our boss – pathetic! He plays too safe!" He threw his remaining money forward. "Unlike brave Me! All in!"

The remarks make Lark to speak up. "Questioning leadership is treason" She added, cold glance stares into the mercenary. "also, Call"

"Really? I think he is doing a great job. Considering what we had''. Snapped the scientist as she pushed the amount of money enough to match the pot. "Call too"

Ethan, finally shuts down his device as he deals the last card. The conversation took too interesting of a turn for him. "I think he's doing a tremendous job in father's absence, like a natural"

Buchinsky—the mercenary defilberator, is not convinced. "That - a - bad joke. Bastard will get me killed. Suicidal job every single fucking day!" He revealed his hand, simple lining numbers with the table. "Haha straight–seven high!"

The chauffeur disagrees. "He do fine" before revealing her cards. "Flush"

Buchinsky slam his head at the loss of the month salary

Fright revealed her own lower ranked flush, and retreat back into the argument. "He does that to you only. But not to anyone else. He's actually take good care of the crew by Gotham standard—though quite idealistic for the job perhaps. Remember that kid Richard? When he knew we still employed an underage as our runner, he snapped and fired him, not before giving the kid fifty thousand dollar for his school and college tuition"

The Penguin son franticly jumps in. "Oh. Oh, and that time when our guys got caught in a crossfire when Poison Ivy lashed out because a big fire nearly burns gotham botany, and we send people to fix the power infrastructure"

Linda is enjoying this. "And when Two Face try to move in on our claims at the harbor, and we send people to push him out?"

"And when he told us to kidnapped a politician who escaped jail after crashing and killed Eddy's son? Y'know... Eddy. the old janitor for Iceberg Lounge" said Ethan enthusiastically

"I liked him when he does the small things. Like groceries, and morning coffee" added Lark, to everyone's surprise.

"I thought that was you Butch?". As Fright ask the questions, that is when she realised the frustrated expression of the mercenary

"THAT. WAS. ALL. ME!" He lashes out, his hands nearly break the ageing wooden table, cards flew as high as the lamp. "He told me to fix the damn greenhouse like I'm some Electrician! Ordered me to beat Two Face off the docks when he got Crocs! Make me kidnapped the damned politician alone against goddamn ARGUS guards! And I bought your goddamn grocery every. single. day! The damn tuition money is even mine when I failed some of those missions!"

Ethan shoot back. "Well. You still get paid for it"

"Not - The Point - Kid!"

As the yelling picks up from there, only the chauffeur stop paying attention to the drama, even if she was winning the now irrelevant card game. She looks at the cold steel ceiling. John Doe is definitely different, more so than Penguin would that much is certain for everyone. The moment he arrives everything seems... warmer; the crew, the strict discipline atmosphere of the group, even the ship and herself if one would believe it. Rare smile formed—one she would need to forced for her incarcerated boss—from her lips, wondering when will her esteemed leader came back

Better be alive boss

John Doe is going to die

He just cooked a Justice League member into a battered charring husk, and helped indirectly putting bullets through his gut. That is not before tricking another hero of the league by blinding him using hypnosis. Of course the act while miraculous it works in the first place—cost him an injury worse than the one he suffered from his initiation to the Penguin's crew. Now, the guilt-ridden criminal is limping his way through the hallways; with broken bones, possibly moved spine, black eye and mentally scarred for Superheroes. If it is not the wounds that kills him, it would either be the another Justice League beating him to a coma, or Intergang looking for retribution for him grilling their leader

Or Batman

Well Batman doesn't kill, but still

One way or another, John is pretty much dead man walking... or limping

At the very least, the method of his demise might be worth it. For what he discovers when he walks through the door and arrived at the station

"This is Wonder Woman, I've secured the tram station"

"Copy Wonder Woman. This is Batman, can you confirm visual on Flash? We lost contact with him"

"You told him to after the one who defeated Green Lantern"

"I know"

"Hey! I'm Not defeated! There's no defeat going on"

"Batman, he's one of yours. Is he a problem?"

"He shouldn't be"

"Then I am afraid you were wrong Batman, looks like he is. I see him, and no signs of Flash"

'Death by snu snu' is the words John Doe —too exhausted to function properly but not for perversion—brain came up with when he arrived. The term is something Hellanikos would wet-dream of, the words itself might or might not exist in this universe, and everything about those words had something to do with the goddess standing before him

The woman is more of a world wonder than a figure. She is substantially more gorgeous than anything John could ever imagined up close, in mind, or on monitor as he jerks off. The beauty to envy Aphrodite, and the strength to match Heracles. Fierce yet elegant, powerful and imposing but compassionate beyond no other mortals. She is Diana of Themyscira, Princess of the Amazon, she is Wonder Woman

And he is a hobbling bad guy with taser glove and a gun that shoots kite

The Princess noticed John the moment he walks through the door, thought the villain seems to have been dazed by a mysterious curse at the sight of her, a curse that—Diana observed, plagued man's world severely whenever she walks through the door

"Wipe that smirks of your face, villain" She warns. Diana reminds herself that the man before her has just defeated both the Flash and Green Lantern. In all of Diana's training as an Amazon warriors, underestimating an enemy is the one mistake that cannot be afforded. Even if experienced observation tells the Princess that the man before her is as skilled as a handicapped helot tied to a mule chariot. "Where's Flash?"

That question wake John up from his fantasy, the brain who was just 3 minutes in of a porn video jumpstart in a heartbeat at survival instinct sudden demand for a lie

"He is... Fried?"

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"Free! I said Free! Did I said fried? I meant free! Free... for the day! yeah that's what He said. He said he is going home now, attending to her wife in labor... yeah". It was futile attempt of a save, but only after he speaks John finally noticed the environment he is in. It was the previous tram station with new addition of unconscious villains scattered all around the heroine, varying in size, power, and origins, all down on the ground

"You've been busy"

"Save the jest for the prison". Muttered the Amazon, she stance herself for combat. If what he revealed is true, then he is a more dangerous opponent than she thought of him to be capable of defeating the Flash.

John's face is painted with unbelievable 'are you for real?' expression. He just survived two Justice League, somehow, and he cannot do a third one let alone the warrior princess Wonder Woman herself, regardless of the saying third time is not the charm, even the first one is far from charm. Besides John had never been keen on hurting woman, he suffers multiple sleepless night and spontaneous headbutt to the table every time he remembers what he did to the (assassin) girl at the harbor

"Look, I know I'm asking the impossible here, but what does it take for you to just… let me get on the tube-train-thingy and I promise that you will never see me again?" Asked John, acting as diplomatic as he can, which is not very convincing

Diana catch that. "You make a terrible diplomats" The reply followed the war cry of her charge. The Amazon lunge forward, try to test her adversary's mettle

John tried to monkey flip her

It is a wrestling move, a pro wrestling move. He saw it multiple times on TV, even several times in video games and comic books if he remembers right. It involves the skilled martial artist defender—him—dropping down back first to the floor, raising his knees, legs, and arms, then use the opponent's momentum to toss them behind in one swipe motion.

Desperate logic make John thought a Pro Wrestling move would work on the decades trained Amazonian warrior, world foremost superheroine and one of the greatest hand to hand combatant. The 'Element of surprise' is the argument he goes with

John get the first part right, he drop on his back

The leg part did not move an inch

There is just barely enough stamina to breath

"TIMEOUT! TIMEOUT! TIMEOUUT!" Screams John in panic, tapping the princess waist armor repeatedly. The amazon princess caught him in an armbar, stretching the already browbeaten pain another level. As much as John Doe blissful brain contend with just having a skin to skin contact with the most popular heroine in the world, the other part still function enough to remember survival. "Actually no, I love thighs. No I'm dying. GAVE UP! I GAVE UUUP!"

Diana still not convinced. 'This is the man who defeat Hal and Barry?' She thought. She proceed to grab her lasso, turn John around on his stomach, and tied his wrists, flinging questions in the meantime

It glows faintly "The Lasso of Hestia compels you to tell the truth" She announced, demanding. "Which master did you serve!"

John cried, he need to find the two word. "I serve Penguin!"

"You serve a flightless bird?"

"No! I mean yes! wait?" Diana push a joint. "Argh! Penguin the Gotham mob boss! I'm his momentarily replacement"

Wonder Woman recognizes this Penguin. Still, she maintains the hold proceed to give more questions. It is not that the physical intimidation needed when you have a magic Lasso that makes someone to tell the truth every time, but deep down she is just enjoy doing it

"Is there more that comes with you?" She asked

"I don't- I don't think so"

"Then how come did you defeated Flash! And a Green Lantern!"

"Y–YouTube videos!"

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. . .

. . .

"What?"

The claw came barely an inch off Diana's neck, close enough to feel the air scrape her skin. If not for the harsh training, and years of experience against each other, she would be mortally wounded, if not dead.

But Diana knew her too well, Wonder Woman knew the Cheetah too well

The Amazon leapt off to John dismay, Lasso of Hestia still bound the near faint crook, and move herself back in combat stance facing against the hunter. "Minerva, I thought I already take care of you"

"Diana, you left me back there" She growled, feral and finesse in every aspect. Her fur was almost golden, predator eyes glancing at every muse movement and her opponent's breath. She looked at John. "I see you've met my supper"

"Excuse me what?"

"You shall harm no one Minerva, not while I'm here to stops you" Proclaimed the Amazon

John blinked. "Eh? Oh. OH yeah I see, good plan, go team Wonder Woman"

"Enough talk, I'm thirsty-For Amazon's blood!". She prowls her opponent, then lunge, at least it appears like that, as she moves too fast for John to follow. Wonder Woman bracelet block every strike, but no counter attack, not enough time, or room, or chance given by the hunter

Diana can only block so much before a strike got in. The claws find its mark on the legs, the arm, abdomen, eve one to her cheek. Red splatter of Amazonian's blood spew off the claw, deep scratches make appearances time and time again on Diana's body.

The Cheetah almost had Wonder Woman near the end, when she tired her enough to find herself in the Amazons blind spot, a weakness Diana's convinced only the Minerva alone knew throughout their rivalry. The Cheetah threw her all, lunge in split seconds, vitals locked by the feline eyes.

The daughter of Zeus however, too experienced by this deadly dance she repeats too many times, and expected clearly the hunter's strike. She counters by fully commit to her instinct, and drove the feline pass her, dodging the strike and send one of her own, a powerful kick square to Cheetah's abdomen. She tried to follow up by crashing an elbow down to the back of the head, it hits, but near to no damage inflicted as the predator anticipated the move and lunge her upper body down in advance. Front claws dig deep on the ground, she used her acrobatic trait and grab Diana's head with her legs, muscles strained as she uses the momentum to throw the Princess off across the room

John (happily) serves as the landing cushion once again

Both the princess and the crook thrown to the concrete walls, John laid at the bottom, hand still tied to the magic Lasso. "How is it going over there"

"Shut up" Wonder Woman answered grudgingly. She grabbed the Lasso and it untied John swiftly. Before charging the female villain with it

The fighting turns less tactical, and more brute force versus finesse agility, not that they lacked the opposites. With the Lasso of Hestia equipped, The Cheetah cannot strike as repetitive as previously, as the Olympian Relic enables Diana to lock her for good should she caught her even once. Knowing this Wonder Woman press her own offensive, the Lasso increased her range spectacularly thus enables her preferred aggressive approach

It reaches what appears to be a stalemate, every time Diana seems to corner her opponent, the villain would pass through her zone and reset the fight. And every time the Hunter finds an opening, the Amazon would spring a trap and counter move and force the Cheetah to retreat at safe distance

But deep down, Diana of Themyscira are content. A combat to test her skills as a warrior, as an amazon, as a superheroine. Competitive does not begin to describe it

John Doe on the other hand, is free. The automatic tram that would carried him to freedom is right before him, and the princess is none the wiser. As much as he loved to stay and watch the "catfight"

I'm Running out of tricks

Gotham General Hospital, VVIP suite, 4 months before the meeting

"How are you doing mister Cobblepo-"

"Please, call me Ethan. Cobblepot is my father's, and I'm not worthy enough to warrant that name"

"You held him in such high regard. Well… Ethan. I'm afraid I'm here for bad news, to inform you of the lawsuit. Your company, Vicform?"

"Oh… I see, how much do they charge me?"

"Let's see… Kirov Airship takes 5 billio—wait! This is our project plan next month, sorry. Ah here it is. *ahem* We starts with Burnside damage reparation… one point seven million dollars. Breach of client privacy and contract agreement around five million and rising, oh and also lawsuit from your shareholders somewhere within seven to thirty million"

"I can't believe I said this, but I don't think I have the money to pay for any of that. I poured everything to my… Blacksun project. If not for that wretched Batgirl I would be…"

"Still at odds with your father, most likely"

"She scars me!"

"No, that's your Blacksun vector suit malfunctioning don't put blame on the pretty lady. Well regardless, the total cost would be… zero dollars"

"What?"

"Well apparently the state legislators here still owe Mister Cobblepot some campaign money and they will be working on the internet privacy part of the law until further notice, Friitawa has… unfinished business with some of Burnside neighborhood council and leading figure. Also, all the shareholders lawsuit has been dropped, might have something to do with them finding out the identity of your incarcerated father"

"I-I don't know what to say"

"Trust me I might be new 'round here, but if lawsuit actually works in this city, we wouldn't have people like Two Face and your father running around telling people what to do, No offense"

"None taken. Still, I would feel bad if I can't do anything. Is there anything I can do to repay you?"

"Well, if you must…. You are some sort of a tech giz? is that the correct word? giz?"

"I... think. I've been helping upgrading my father's business after he took me under his wing. He is in serious need of an upgrade "

"No, I'm not talking nor interested about cyber security. I'm talking about your suit"

"It's fried, might be somewhere on GCPD evidence room"

"Let me rephrase that. I'm interested on its capability. The one where you… what says here… mind control bunch of people to assault your father"

"Oh… that app"

"An app?"

"Well a program, same thing really. My proudest creation, so by mining data throughout my app and all available online —unsurprisingly easy— I could induce some sort of a controllable trance as long as the person have a phone with my apps installed and have been exposed to it to a certain amount of time, and of course requires a Wi-Fi signal"

"But the app. Don't you… lose it?"

"And the suit too, all gone along with Vicform. Man, I look cool in that costume. If I may ask why do you need a mind control devi-"

"Let's not bother with the details"

"Well if you really need something, I could give you a VR device"

"Why do I need an Oculus? I can't play monsters hunters with it"

"Err… no. It's something similar to a mind control, but rather than time consuming complicated pseudo trance control of the person, it focuses on the person's sensory—senses if you will. It makes every touch, smell, taste, and of course visual appears to be real even if it is completely artificial. Through several methods, hallucinogenic gas, low induced frequency into the brain through the ears amongst other things. Only works on one person though"

"That is… Isn't that too much, it's the kind of thing I expect a first type of Kardashev scale civilization would have. Not a kid with daddy issues who can make computers says Hello Worlds"

"I AM a genius so to speak, with some insight from Fright of course. Her psychology approach is helpful in developing this device. Size of a bottle cap, attachable like any other bug, and expensive to make"

"This universe makes no sense"

"I'm sorry?"

"Nothing. I still failed to see what I can do with this portable VR fridge magnet"

"Well the sensation is so real you can make any desire you want to-"

"I take ten"

"I… only developed one. Though while there some pre-coded stuff already installed; like sensation of being in space or the sea, make every furniture appeared to made out of chocolate. I could code you whatever you want"

"Anything I wanted... Well let's keep this between you and me, Ethan and John. I wanted… uhh… every female —how should I say this— superhero… and villains… err well you know. Do stuff. Manly needs… stuff"

"Uhm sure, I think the Calculator sells the necessary psychological dossier to make that happens. If what I heard about him is true

"Deal"

"One last thing, it is voice activated, so one might have safe words for solo use. We haven't decided on the words, and it needs to be two words to avoid incidental activation"

"Just type something simple or stupid, plenty of stupid things in two words; like Maroon Five, and tik tok. Maybe a name like that actor barnacle cucumber, or food like pineapple pizza. Iphone users, or Fortnite Two. Disney Star Wars or Self-Insert fanfic wait that's three words, anti-Vaccination that's two, right? YouTube Videos?! That's plenty of stupid things right there"

"This is Batman, we are almost done here, though we lost nearly half of the Society members along with the crystal. Fighting still continued outside to the surface. Prioritized rescuing civilian caught in the crossfire"

"Hawkgirl reporting here on the southern skyline, we have several flyers trying to make a break for it, in pursuit"

"This is Red Tornado, requesting support in Metropolis Park. Me and the Doom Patrol are out of our elements fighting demons and magicians"

"Supergirl here with Aquaman on the bay area, we located Luthor underwater tunnel. We have one active tram on the move"

"Wonder Woman here at the station, currently *ugh* preoccupied at the underground station. Batman, your man is on that train"

"On my way to pursuit"

"No Green Lantern, let Aquaman take care of anything underwater. Everyone stays focused and don't make hasty mistakes, Batman out"

Hal Jordan of Earth is having a bad day

He was looking forward to the operation, sudden as it may, not every day he gets to frontline a slugfest against the entire roster of supervillains. Most of the time its dealing with space warlord like Ragnar or another Sinestro Corps member doing illegal stuff in the galaxy. Moments like this were rather precious to him

But when everything seems to be going his way at first. That stupid crook came

The guy seems insignificant, look unimportant, and turns out to be a real nobody. But somehow, he uses Hal's own power - the lantern ring - against him

Who does that? Wait pretty much half of my rosters does that

Throughout Hal Jordan space police career, he has experienced many things the universe had to offer; befriending a living planet, possessed by Parallax, heck one point he even saw the creation of the universe. But losing to a crook from Gotham?

If a simple crook like him is enough to put Hal down, imagine a whole city full of it

Damn Batman, mad respect

His opinion of the Gotham thug however takes the worst downward spiral

"Flash? Barry!" He scurried away to his friends' side, badly wounded does not even describe him. The speedster is unconscious, his body fried, and blood from several gunshots pool the concrete floor. "Barry, stay with me buddy! You've been through worse than this man, c'mon!"

The lantern check for a pulse, and he got one, barely. He presses his communicator "This is Green Lantern, requesting immediate medical assistance to my position!"

That is when Hal noticed another body slumped several meters next to him. A man in a suit, also badly fried, smokes coming out from this one. 'Manheim? He takes down his own colleague?'

His thoughts were interrupted by an intercom. "Hal, this is Diana, I'm just past the Hall. In the Station"

He saw the door, and hears Diana is struggling on the other side. Looking to his downed friend, Hal decided to rendezvous with the Princess. He constructs a field all around the Flash's body, then bring him to the exit

He passed the door, and saw Wonder Woman

"Err… Diana? what are you doing?"

Game of Throne seventh season is airing

Arthur Curry is angry for missing it

Several hours before, The king just returned to Atlantis from the surface convenient store (He still can't convinced Mera Atlantis needs a 'surface world arsenal of plastic trash') with a bag of popcorn. Smuggling it past his royal marine guard (popcorn is classified as contraband in Atlantis) to his room. And like a kid who sneaks chocolate to his bedroom past bedtime, quietly turns on a water based visor-projector, Atlantis equivalent of a tv, discreetly lower the volume, and change the surface channel of HBO (thanks Cyborg) to catch a long awaited segment where Daenerys about to meet the King in the North just when the Justice League communicator beeping tirelessly

"Just one episode… for Poseidon's sake, one episode on air, that is all the King of Atlantis ask!"

And now here he is, atop his friend, a giant Great White. Dozens of villain that had become his stress ball now shore up on Metropolis bay, screaming Dothraki war cry as he doing it. Despite Supergirl best attempt to calm him

"This is Green Lantern, the Flash and Wonder Woman are compromised. The culprit's on the tram"

And he just found his next stress ball

He made it, John Doe of Crime Alley, second of Penguin, master of perversion, is out of the chaotic basement

The hidden underground hyperloop tram would take John Doe outside the same way he arrived, underwater tube that leads to a phony barge miles off metropolis shore. If he maintains his current luck, the Intergang yacht still parks there. That is how John came, along with the other unpleasant cabin member

'it is all behind, you made it' he gave himself a mental pat in the back, the thought of what he needs to get through to be here almost makes him shred his tears

The overjoyed criminal then noticed a panel the side of his seat, he must have missed it while riding with the homicidal passenger before. He continued to tinker with it until a holographic screen with amenities and features not unlike most airliner planes would had, granted far advanced

"Let's see what we have here"

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"Err… anything else?"

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"Where's the download button… There, save it for later. Now I still need movie for the ride"

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"I'm... just gonna watch Jaws" John opted to choose the classic, thought the last one is almost enticing

He put down the console and wait for the movie to start as the tram finally past the sewers and into the deep blue of Metropolis Bay. As the open sea replaced the dark tunnel outside his window, John mind wandered about when he thought of Ethan VR toys that had just saved his life

'When I asked him to include female heroes and villains, I didn't mean the whole hazard personalities along with it. I want fantasy Virtual Reality with them not combat training VR?!'. John taken back when the speakers blast the thriller movie classic theme, along with the massive shark coming straight at him from the windows panel

Huh, quite realistic

The Shark teeth pierce the tube tunnel

"Aquaman this is Supergirl, I heard a girl screams from your position"

Tunnel Breach

Tunnel Breach

The tram speaker blaring in repeat. The Shark Bite does not come deep enough to pierce right into the tram, and thus it keeps moving. The Shark however shadow it from the sides

A Massive Great White shark is following him

'It's looking at me' John worried, he just skipped multiple heartbeat and now on the floor, with all too familiar sweating and short breath

Then he noticed there is a person riding the shark

The person noticed him as well

He knew him of course, the Justice League member 'mermaid man… wait that's SpongeBob. Aquaman'. The shark riders start yelling at John, one hand holding a trident point at him, then erratic hand figures. Given the glass panel, and the fact that he is underwater, John has no idea what he is saying. But he makes the best of the sign language.

Something, something, me, stops, by the god, why, something, something, eating popcorn?

The massive Shark bump to the tunnel again, the tram shakes

Tunnel Collapse Imminent

Beginning immediate safety protocol

Please put on your seatbelt

John look around for the speaker, that is when he felt the Tram is slowing

"What safety protocol!" He yells to no one

Automatic tube collapse engaged

'WHAT!'

The tube tunnels the tram currently in collapse on itself. The tram slides through and now is on open water, without any tunnel panel between them and the water. John is thrown all around the cabin along the process

Floater Engaged

A loud air flow funnel sounds filled the cabin, followed by multiple large orange floater surrounding bottom parts of the tram. John adrenaline pumped again as it began a fast ascends to the surface

John tried his best to recover. He looks past the windows again, and almost fainted back to the floor second time when he sees the shark rushing towards him

"No. no. don't. nononono no NOOOWATAAFFUKAMLBJKERMAMAAA—"

This time the teeth pierce through the tram hull, rows of serrated teeth planting itself to metal plate and translucent panel, the whole thing shakes violently at the crash. Several of the floater bag gave out in burst of bubbles. While John have a clear view of its massive mouth, void barely three meters away from his face

Aquaman and his Great White proceed to give the now regretful Penguin stand-in a terrible first view ride around the bay. John sounds ecstatic from his screaming

Kara Zor-El was having a class when the summons starts

Never far from metropolis (thanks cousin Kal), she was one of the first to arrive on the site. In the prior planning she was partnered with Aquaman and several others to partake in stopping any villains escape into the open waters, a villain trick that surprisingly happens more often than most people would think

Even before the brawl starts en masse, Aquaman already beached several advanced submarines playing harbor all around the bay. Some of them were advanced enough even Kara cannot see them clearly with his vision from the sky. Amongst them were belong to infamous rogue organizations, from terrorist like Spyral and Leviathan to colorful themed Royal Flush Gang

At the present, Kara is overseeing her part of the sky. She just finished wrapping a fight with her so called nemesis Reactron when Aquaman hailed her

"Kara, I have another one coming up" He said in his usual deep commanding voice. "But gave me some time with this one before you take him. Whoever this guy is, he force his way through Hal, Barry, and Diana to get here"

Kara could not even scarcely believe what she just heard. 'Green Lantern, The Flash, and Wonder Woman? How many people can slip off three Justice League'

A loud splash came off the bay. The hyperloop train appeared on the surface, supported by several ragged floaters that barely hold themselves together. Shark teeth marks adorned several parts of the hull, water seeping in to sink the cabin

Arthur Curry, the Aquaman—leapt off the surface, he stood tall above the tram. Neptune's Trident—the symbol of Atlantis royalty—in hand, with his signature orange Atlantean scale armor. The protector of the sea noticed a possible hatch on top side of the hull before prying it open to reveal the sinking cabin

Inside, a young man is having a meltdown for the fourth time today

"Up you rascal!" He shouts, seemingly fall on deaf ears. The young man was wet from the sinking tram, and appears to be in more than distressed when Arthur yanked him outside. A loud thunk sound when he landed

Arthur heard him muttering words. "Shark…" He said, breathing is uneven. "Shark… Shark…"

'I might have scared him too much' thought the Atlantean. "I assume Bruce is too much for you?"

"Shark… Bruce?" John speaks like a toddler

"Yeah Bruce, that's the Shark name, Bruce*

John seems bit relieved by the knowledge, having his future nightmare a name helps somehow. He gaze at the sea, then finally looks at the hero that fishes him out to the surface. "I forgot that you're Aquaman, of course he had name"

"Don't get too cocky" Arthur turn John around, not before putting his most intimidating face. He grabs the young villain by his collar. "What did you do to Wonder Woman?"

When he heard that someone got to Diana, Arthur knew something is amiss. The warrior princess could take care a hundred of the man in front of him on daily basis

Looking dumb is John best answer. Granted, Aquaman threatens to throw him back to the sea, circling giant fins helps encourage his threats. Image of twenty plus feet shark gnarling his body finally make him speaks up "I may or may not put something in her clothes while she got me in an armbar"

Arthur send a haymaker hook to John face for good measure. Thought far from being his first hit, it still irritated John enough as he gave 'now you've done it' look his fourth Justice League encounter. Aquaman answers by leaning him closer to the water.

"I might be Penguin's but I'm not too fond of the water" John jokes before alerted by the Giant fin as it is making a turn. "Especially a shark infested one!"

"Then tell me clearly, what exactly did you do to her?" Shouts Aquaman, he was never known for being the most patience of heroes

John look at the water, the giant shark, then back to the king of Atlantis. He grabbed Aquaman own armor collar.

"Know what your majesty? Go fuck yourself"

"You dare!"

"No, of course not. I'm afraid" John snapped back, before activating a part of his gauntlet. Fear gas sprayed right into Aquaman's face

"So, do you"

6 days prior, Fright's Laboratory, Burnside

"I've heard you kidnapped several homeless people for your experiments again?"

"That may or may not be true"

"Then would you explain the screaming voice from behind that room. I thought I already told you to stop experimenting Miss Friitawa. Extreme actions call for extreme reaction, I don't want Batgirl or any kind of bats chasing us again"

"I be more careful"

"That's not… I- Forget it. Just pointing out there's another way to visit your beloved Doctor Crane than getting arrested and sent to Arkham"

"You are such a funny man sir"

"An improvement from Penguin I hope"

"Improvement on heights, nothing more"

"Heyy what do you know, Fright got jokes. Drop the research on boogeyman fart and I'll take you to dinner, there is this Italian restaurant I've been dying to try. Of course, we need to kill a few Falcone to get reservation"

"Tempting. But I'm afraid to disappoint you sir. I don't go out with men years younger than me"

"Damn shame"

"Speaking of my research, I'm afraid your request for 'avian specific acrophobia gas' to use against —and I quote 'the damn pigeons' aren't viable"

"Why? It's expensive?"

"It is - to put it in the nicest term possible - stupid, your other request on the other hand is near completion. 'Distinct phobia-inducing fear gas for specific power of meta-human'. Quite a request. Thought on progress wise we only just reached experimenting phase with one type. Aquaphobia, fear of water"

"Experimenting, on fish?"

"On the aforementioned homeless person"

"I see… so my hands not exactly clean on this human experiments"

"Like I said, I be more careful"

"Guess patented fear gas an upgrade from pepper spray"

Something is wrong, Arthur Curry knew it

The moment he opened his eyes, his gaze wasn't fixated on the escapee thug, but on the ocean. The vast, endless, blue ocean that is his home, his kingdom, his responsibility.

His fear?

Anxiety attack. Heartbeat increased exponentially, shortness of breath, involuntary shaking, all symptoms of hyperventilation, dilated pupils, too focused on point ignoring the peripheral vision. At this point subject are in the state of 'fight-or-flight', epinephrine flooded the body

The water, do not look at the water

"What. DID. You. DO?!"

John easily freed his shirt. "Makes us even, that Shark scratch scuba diving from my bucket list". He then positioned himself behind the half-functioning superhero, it reminds him of Green Lantern previously

Aquaman on the other hand cannot think straight, cannot think of anything at all. Every train of thought stops when he thought of the water, everything leads to water, his wife, his home. 'Water is enemy' are the melody his pounding heart plays. He wanted to say something, anything, by now even his mouth gave out

"I just wanted to say, I have no beef with you". Said John. By now he noticed the big scary fin is nowhere seen, possibly gone since Aquaman is in no position to tell it what to do. This makes his fourth Justice League today, four more than he ever wanted. "I've never used plastic straw since my high school year"

Aquaman short, heavy, and rapid breathing is the only activity out of his mouth

John is far from proud of it, and furthermore for believing it. But he decided he needs to get out of this city at all cost, the day have been crazy enough he actually misses Gotham, something he never thought possible. One way or another this day just got to end

I might just go straight back to being homeless than another day of this shit

He returns to his current situation, a big-league superhero barely moving in front of him. He proceeded to place his hand on the stationary fish whisperer back, before whispered four words to his ears.

"Long live the king"

Either that or this is Sparta

John Doe just pushed a 'Hydrophobic' Aquaman out to the sea. A drowning King of The sea is the strangest thought he ever had

"That's makes four" he said with a shred of evil pride, another feather to his unholy cap. All good then gone when he noticed he is still in the middle of a sinking train. The nearest coast is back to Metropolis, and the escape barge far on the horizon. Also there is Shark

"Now how do I get out of the wate—"

Something fast flew through John's vision, and missiles headfirst into the sea

Supergirl arrived at the scene, a barely floating tram with a single person above. She recognized the person the one. She however did not see Aquaman anywhere near, only his trident dropped on the hull. Not until she used her X-ray vision

Aquaman?

She had been playing heroes for quite a while now, she knew what a drowning human looks like. She however - for reasons obvious - never seen Atlantian in such a predicament. Let alone their King of the seven sea

Without hesitation, she flew right to the water. If her X-Ray vision can't pinpoint Aquaman, then her super hearing would. His heartbeat is clearly indicating him panicking, the thought of King of Atlantis was helpless in the water distraught her so much, the fact that someone deliberately doing this to him is much more

She found the King barely conscious, arms and legs futilely fighting the water. Is like the water is not water, rather than a fire that he desperately tried to get away from. She grabs Aquaman and flew just as fast to the surface

Above the waterline, she immediately scans his vitals. A clear sign of uncooperative mind and body shows all around the bloodstream, heartbeat, lung breathing, and even eye movements. "What did he do to you?"

Kara presses her communicator. "This is Supergirl, do we have any psychics in the area?"

"This is Martian Manhunter, I am outside Lexcorp tower. Do you need assis-". Kara appeared right before him. "- tance"

J'onn knew something was wrong, the moment he saw a hyperventilating Aquaman and Kara's distraught face

"What's wrong with Arthur?" he asked

Kara lay Aquaman down. J'onn sat pass her. "I don't know, when I found him, he seems to be drowning. It's like he has been drugged, or something. Like he is-"

"- Afraid" cut J'onn. He knew these symptoms, they faced this before. The memories of them coating him with magnesium nanites, so every second he exposed to air, he burned. They blinded the Green Lantern Kyle Reyner with post hypnotic suggestions. They gave Aquaman fear gas that makes him afraid of water. "I know what to do, you go and catch the perpetrators, and be careful"

Kara just nodded, and flew upwards

Martian Manhunter proceed to use his telekinesis, and calm Arthur mind just like before. 'Batman's Agamemnon contingency. Someone's out there exploits our power again, just like Ra's Al Ghul'

John didn't really know what is happening

One moment he was skinny-dipping the water, testing the sea for any giant sharks

Next thing he knew, he was flying high speed in the air, air barely got in for him to scream

Whoever it was tossed him to a flat skyscraper rooftop. John mind barely put together what had happened when he finally had solid ground again.

"Does it kill you to ask first?!"

"That be a mercy considered what you just did" Answered a young girl voice

"Wait what?" The Evil Justice League subdue-er sounds befuddled. "Wait hang on, who are-"

The moment he laid his eyes on her, He knew her well

"-You…"

Supergirl

It's Supergirl

Supergirl, cousin of Kal-El

That Supergirl

At this very moment, John knew super gorgeous is one of her power. That is the only explanation. "I-I just wanted to say Melissa Benoist do you no justice in some… aspects"

"Uhm… Thanks?" She was bewildered by what she just heard, even if she also had no idea what he meant by that. Regardless, it somehow takes her emotion to a more grounded level. Her frustration before somehow magically diminished by this villain… compliment

That is when she gets lucid view of her adversary

He is young, daresay even near her age that much she is confident. His hair was ruffled, and bruises visible on his face, his tattered suit were adorned with a black pouch bag, and everything but the out of place gauntlet on his right arm seems normal.

With X-Ray vision, the view gets no better. Multiple fracture from a femur and his left-hand ulna. The ribs were also not undamaged. Two of his joints are out of positions, and a broken nose to finish all up

Though she can't see through his pouch bag for some reason

And John felt naked for some reason as well. "Um… can I go now? please?"

Kara snapped back, regardless of his injuries she cannot just leaves him here and let him get away. He defeated four Justice League members. Her first thought would be bringing him to the Watchtower containment so the other leaguer could question him, but the young man before him clearly needs a medical

'Maybe I should just drop him to a patrol car somewhere' she compromised

John on the other hand still takes in the view, that along with the situation he is in. He sees skylines of skyscrapers, Daily Mail is visible from his position, along with several fighting taking place on the skyline. He looks back to his rescuer slash captor. It reminded him of the city. The Fictional City, he is in

Metropolis, the City of Tomorrow

"Now what?" asked

Kara were again surprised by his question, more so by his composure when asking. "Oh, well let's see. I could take you to the prison, or… yeah that's it"

John smiled at her honesty, he had a measure, of course he did. He just used his game plan against the Lantern, the Speedster, and the Amazon warrior. of course, Kryptonian is top of the list. He had a game plan for this, that much is clear

He just cannot do it anymore

Whether it is the inevitability of another hero appears after this one. Or the fact his Kryptonian countermeasures include an ounce of grinded Kryptonite Lark gave him to go along with fear gas is too much to use against the young girl. A girl who could lift the building he is on maybe but a young girl nonetheless. John will not do it, he just can't

It has been a good run, given the circumstances

John Doe, the upstanding criminal, looks to the distance, the sun is still high above him. The day is far from over

He walked to a nearby ledge, and sat down. "I gave up"

"Huh?"

"I. gave. up."

Supergirl did not expect the situation. "Are you trying to tricked me?"

John just let out a sigh. He muffled around his gauntlet, before it drops to the ground. "There" he exclaimed, before continued gazing into the distance. "Just… make it quick"

Kara Zor-El is floating there befuddled, curious, surprised. She came here preparing a fight for her life, to subdue the villain who had defeated The greatest of Green Lantern, The fastest man alive, The warrior princess of the Amazon, and the King of Atlantis.

Supergirl is here to fight

Then she lets out a chuckle. "You make it sound like I'm going to kill you"

"Shut it" John snapped, he noticed the change of his captors' attitude. The tense in the air change at the drop of a hat. John seemed happy at his current predicament, even in the hopelessness of it, at the very least he get to see Supergirl smile

And it somewhat enough. "Well… I'm waiting"

Kara Zor-El is Supergirl

She had been playing heroes for quite a while now, she knew what a villain looks like.

The man before him is not one

"Move aside" Kara asked, before she flew down. all around her the fighting died down. Through her vision and super-hearing she knew villains are rounded up one by one. The one before her is one of the last. And she sat down next to him

This is not what John expected when he gave himself up. But he is too much of a sport to spoil the fun, and just smiled more. He looks to the concrete skyline of Metropolis. "Quite a city you have here"

"Yeah". Answered Supergirl, her legs playing back and forth off the ledge. "Funny, when you can fly every day, you sometimes forget about the view"

"Really? You don't notice this?" His arms pointed out to the whole scenery. "At the very least, you must have remembered your first time flying?"

"Oh. Yeah. One of my best memories" The thought is nice

For what about a good minute (thought seemed more in both of their minds), they just sat there, taken in the scenery of Metropolis. For that brief moment, the costume they wore does not seem to exist

"You have Supervision, right?" asked John

"Yep"

The dead-down criminal point to one of the fighting that takes place on the skyline. "Who's that?"

Kara squinted her eyes, mostly out of habitual reflex and not out of necessity. "That's… Jessic- I mean Green Lantern, another Green Lantern. Fighting… Bat...Man…? Oh wait Man-bat that's the one! The giant bat creature thing"

John pointed another brawl in another part of the city, this one near the top of Daily Mail building. "What about that one?"

"Oh that… that's my cousin, Superman. Fighting Despero I think. Yeah I recognized his ugly face anywhere"

"Wow, he just punches that dude through a building!"

"These things tend to happen here". Kara looks at the young man, who seems to be genuinely amazed by her cousin action. "What about you?"

"Huh?"

"You just defeated four Justice League members, how did you do that?" Clarify the young super heroine.

"Are you interrogating me young lady? Normally in this situation I would asked for a lawyer before answering any questions" Dropped John. Kara seems to be rather annoyed when he called him 'young lady'. "But if you must know… let's just say YouTube videos. And luck, lots of luck"

Kara is not satisfied. "Okay then, keep your secrets. Don't blame me if Batman shows up in your cell one night"

"Heh, at that point I already accepted my fate" In months of John time here in this universe, this is the first time he felt happy, genuinely happy. The thought of the last several months, his arrival on the streets, his homeless day, that night at the harbor, and his reluctant ties to his companions in Penguin's crew is creeping up to him. He gazed at the young girl, at Supergirl, his captors where many have failed. "Let's go, if the jury is bribe-able we could go for another sightseeing maybe… a year from now"

Supergirl laughed heartily at the joke, before answering John gaze with her own. "Yeah… Let's"

Author's note: I forgot John meant to have powers. Hopefully he won't need it

You might notice the declining quality of each chapter... actually they all sucks. But by fanfictiondotnet standards, thanks y'all for giving me confidence

In all seriousness. This Metropolis 'Arc' is taking too long. I wanted him to do the second part of the synopsis already. Freeloading at Wayne Manor.

Kicking half of Justice League ass is too much I know

Which is why I'm gonna kill John next chapter