The Product of the Red Sands

The Man of Steel and the Ambassador of Truth sat on the ledge of a rooftop with takeout boxes of Chinese noodles in their hands. Eating their meals gifted to them, for defeating Giganta in the midst of Metropolis, by a local vender. Despite the man wishing to give Clark and Diana the noodles for free, the Boyscout insisted he still paid for the two. The heroes discussed Wonder Woman's distrust towards Batman, and her other teammates. Realizing she maybe has been too judgmental towards the Bat, she reconsidered her attitude towards him. Meanwhile in the Watchtower, Green Lantern made his return, immediately heading with Flash into the cafeteria to chat about what he's been up to during his leave. The reasoning in the first place for it was his wish to learn how to balance his actual life with all of his other responsibilities. Despite him not being an active member of the League as of lately, he has been needed by the Green Lantern Corps often, leading to his temporary leave. Barry consumed a tower of hamburgers while attempting to listen intently to the Lantern's storytelling. With the word of the Emerald Guardian's arrival, the Amazonian and Superman teleported to the Watchtower to greet their teammate. With such a joyous feeling in the air, it was abrupt when Clark took a few steps back and forced his eyes shut while tears streamed through them. He informed his friends that he had received a vision of millions of lives coming to an end within moments. With this, the feeling of fear, and desperation.. though, these were not his own feelings or memories. Someone was in need of help; someone similar to him in a way. He informed his friends of this, and told them what he could infer from these feelings and visions. With them agreeing on needing to help whoever this was, Clark opened up a map of the world, tapping on where he felt was most accurate according to the location of this stranger. With the coordinates automatically plugging themselves in, the League members stepped onto the teleportation pad. As Batman stepped outside of the meeting room and saw what was happening, he decided after learning what they were trying to attempt, monitoring the mission would be the most beneficial, so he came along as well. After their sudden arrival, they realized they were inside an isolated C.A.D.M.U.S base.. this would be much more difficult than had been assumed at first. As the fighting began, Diana leapt ahead, attempting to push forwards. Clark and Bruce worked together to take out many guards patrolling the area. At this point, all eyes were on the Justice League. Hal and Barry were teaming up as well, utilizing their abilities and covering for each other. As more and more guards were taken out, the more the League managed to push ahead multiple times, finally reaching the entrance of the holding area to this stranger in need. Batman remained unseen, heading for the control box which contained major functions contributing to the power. If that was taken down, the electricity just might give out, freeing the stranger who was being bound by a machine. The two heroes quickly noticed Captain Atom's presence, and Clark saw this as a surprise. He knew the stranger was being guarded, but not by Captain Atom. Trying to reason with the other superhuman, Diana entered and did her best to speak with him as well. Atom gave them one last chance, and attacked. Bruce finally reached the control box, shutting down the power linked to the machine holding J'onn. With Clark taking on the military's hand, Diana approached the Martian, assisting him. Wrapping her Lasso around his and her wrist, they now were able to communicate verbally. The princess helped him out as Superman finally began to get through to Atom. Outside while all this happened, Barry and Hal were holding off the guards, keeping them out of the room. Adams paused his attack, reconsidering what he was doing, and who he sided with, allowing Superman and the others to flee. However, being so damaged from the fight, this decision wasn't much in his choice. Throughout the duration of this, a scientist in Denver, Colorado, had been working for the past few years to communicate with life on Mars. Every attempt had been a fail, but he knew he was getting incredibly close. During one of these tries to contact any life on the planet, he accidentally teleported some of it into his lab. With the surprise and fear of the mere sight of the creature, the elderly man suffered from a fatal heart attack and died. This Martian was J'onn J'onzz, and he immediately was confused as to where he was, who the man was in front of him, and how he got there. Finding a way out of the lab, he flew towards downtown Denver, trying to get a better idea of what life he was surrounded by. Almost immediately being located by a police officer, they began to draw their weapons on him. Using telepathy to communicate with them, J'onn startled them, causing them to take open fire. Alerting other officers on what happened, the chief of their department contacted the military, bringing in their big guns. Shortly after, Captain Atom arrived, battling J'onn and subdoing him under the orders he was given. The Martian was then taken to an isolated C.A.D.M.U.S base out-of-state.

With the word of the Emerald Guardian's arrival, the Amazonian and Superman teleported to the Watchtower to greet their teammate. With such a joyous feeling in the air, it was abrupt when Clark took a few steps back and forced his eyes shut while tears streamed through them. He informed his friends that he had received a vision of millions of lives coming to an end within moments. With this, the feeling of fear, and desperation.. though, these were not his own feelings or memories. Someone was in need of help; someone similar to him in a way. He informed his friends of this, and told them what he could infer from these feelings and visions. With them agreeing on needing to help whoever this was, Clark opened up a map of the world, tapping on where he felt was most accurate according to the location of this stranger. With the coordinates automatically plugging themselves in, the League members stepped onto the teleportation pad. As Batman stepped outside of the meeting room and saw what was happening, he decided after learning what they were trying to attempt, monitoring the mission would be the most beneficial, so he came along as well. After their sudden arrival, they realized they were inside an isolated C.A.D.M.U.S base.. this would be much more difficult than had been assumed at first. As the fighting began, Diana leapt ahead, attempting to push forwards. Clark and Bruce worked together to take out many guards patrolling the area. At this point, all eyes were on the Justice League.