Assassin's Creed: Justice War

Chapter 13: Revelations

Metropolis; October 1st, 08:08 EDT No One's Pov

The bustling city moves the same as always, choppers can be heard flying over the high-rise buildings, cars move down the road through the busy traffic, and people walk down the sidewalks. A woman walking her dog stops when the ground starts shaking under her feet, the ground suddenly splits before her, and her dog barks as a plant rises up and grows larger.

Panic is quick to ensue in the area, people run, whether it's from buildings or their cars as the plant extends as high as the buildings and as wide as the road at its base. Suddenly three red spikes come out, opening to form gigantic flowers that quickly grab a police car and throw it into a building. Another follows quickly. The third flower goes after the woman still at its base but slams into the concrete as she runs away. It pulls harshly on the concrete, but instead of it pulling up, the plant falls down.

The plant is so massive that it stretches almost a full city block, and as the view gets further away, the source of the insight is shown to be a magic mirror.

"Lovely. Our test is a complete success." a woman's voice says smoothly. "We may proceed as planned."

"Agreed." an all too familiar male voice says through his Latvian accent. "But we've operated in shadow for too long." Count Vertigo, dressed in his regal apparel steps out of the shadows. "Time for the InJustice League to step into the light."

Beside Vertigo are six more people, some more recognizable than others.

"Admit it, you can't turn away." the Joker, though seeming calmer for a moment given his pressed deep purple suit, a green striped top with a pale orange collar, and a bright purple tie he then starts his familiar, terrifying laugh.

Behind his left shoulder is a zombie pilot- Atomic Skull- his uniform a faded green and his helmet having bright yellow accents, then a white gorilla- Ultra Humanite- with similar set up to Mallah, even with him is Poison Ivy, her skin almost as pale as the Joker's, and vines crawling up her arms and shoulders, up and on her right is a man with pointed ears, the same lightning bolt as Captain Marvel on his black suit, and a gold tie-off sash on his waist- Black Adam- highest and almost directly behind the Gorilla is a man with pointed dark hair, white pale skin, a red suit and an ornate black cape, Wotan.

Mount Justice; October 1st, 18:13 EDT

Derek and Robin were currently sparring in the training area. As Derek threw a right hook Robin ducked under it and tried to elbow Derek in the gut- only for the assassin's arm to deflect the offending elbow. They had been in a stalemate with each other for the last ten minutes. While Robin had been trained by the Batman, Derek had been training as an Assassin his entire life, making them equally matched.

Derek aimed a roundhouse kick at the younger boy's side, only for Robin to roll under his leg. The two of them turned to face each other, bodies tense, only to relax as the lights of the training room dimmed and Connor, Megan and Wolf walked in.

"Nice match, you almost had me earlier with that hold of yours." Derek complimented Robin. Out of all of the team members Robin was the one Derek got along the best with. Perhaps it was because they were two of the only non-super powered members on the team besides Artemis. Derek got along with Artemis, but he found her to be closed off from the rest of the team. Not that he could say he didn't do the same thing, he had told the team little about his past.

"Thanks, you were pretty good their too, we should spar more often." Robin grinned. Kaldur, who had been observing the match along with Zatara and Capitan Marvel, walked over to join the conversation.

"You do know they're a couple, right?" Robin asked in an undertone, looking over at Connor and Megan.

Kaldur smiled softly. "I believe I knew before they did."