Chapter Two- "Wow, a blitz attack?"

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The Watchtower, September 17, 2017, 7:45 PM EST

Claire was standing in the Watch Tower, which was the Justice League's headquarters in space. She was wearing what looked like a simpler version of Wonder Woman's uniform, with the red armor that Bart always said looked like a glorified leotard, a blue armored skirt, and black combat boots with silver gauntlets around her forearms. She was standing shoulder to shoulder with Connor, watching Bart and his Hispanic friend wearing a blue armored suit, Jamie Reyes aka Blue Beetle, bicker back and forth about Chicken Whizees, one of Bart's favorite snacks.

"Dude, I don't understand why you won't try one!" Bart huffed.

Blue Beetle rolled his eyes. "Because, Bart, I've eaten wayyy too many of them in my life. I can't stand them anymore." he paused, before glaring at the Beetle on his back. "No! I'm not going to kill him!"

Bart sighed and popped a chicken whizee into his mouth. "You know," he said with a mouthful of chips. "That Beetle is really murderous."

Blue Beetle sighed. "Yeah, I know."

After school, Claire was supposed to go to to Darcy's house to tutor her friend in algebra. However, she'd received a call from Connor, her older brother. As she waited for Batman to begin, she thought back to a conversation from earlier.

"Hey, Claire." her brother had began. "Batman says that we have a mission. Something about Cheetah and Killer Frost working together."

Claire nodded even though she was aware that Connor wouldn't see it. "Got it." she'd responded. "I'm on my way."

"See you then." Conner had replied, before hanging up.

"Alright, team." the deep, gravelly voice of Batman broke through her thoughts. She straightened up and began to pay attention.

Batman typed something on a keypad and pulled up a holographic image of a cheetah-spotted woman and a pale woman with white hair. "We've had reports of Cheetah and Killer Frost wrecking havoc in that city that used to be Benghazi, in Libya."

"Used to be?" a muscular man with a red suit with a lightning bolt on his chest frowned in confusion.

"Yeah," The third Robin that had spiky black hair, unlike the Robin that had helped rescue Claire six years ago, answered, turning to look at Shazam. "Not long after the attack on a top-secret American compound was attack in 2012, ISIS totally took over Benghazi. It's considered a failed state now." Shazam nodded.

Batman gave the two the infamous Bat-Glare, before continuing. "They're murdering any people that they deem as weak. Women, children, sick people."

Claire clenched her fist in anger. She despised Cheetah with a burning passion after she'd tried to take Claire's little brother, Enrique, on a family vacation to St. Louis, Missouri.

"Robin, Claire, Superboy, Aqualad, and Zatanna, and Batgirl," Batman said. "You six head over there and put a stop to them."

"Wait," Bart interrupted. "Only six? This is Cheetah and Killer Frost we're talking about here! We need to-" he broke off as Batman glared at him, and the speedster shrank back in fear. "Uh..." he stuttered. "Nevermind!"

Batman nodded, and as Claire and the rest of her group walked towards the Bio-Ship, she heard Martian Manhunter whisper something about a bridge.

A bridge? Claire thought with a frown. What's that all about?

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Somewhere Over The Atlantic, September 17, 2017, 8:03 PM EST

"Okay," Zatanna huffed. "But I still cannot understand how you don't like One Tree Hill!"

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