The TARDIS spun through the Time Vortex as usual. Inside, the Doctor checked the console, pondering what she found. “Amy swore up and down she was transported to another universe,” she muttered. “So why…?” The Doctor scratched her head. “Maybe she was mistaken?”
“Who was mistaken?” asked Amy as she and Lurra Rus entered the console room.
“…Amy, are you sure you said you were taken to another universe?” asked the Doctor.
“Yeah, why?”
“Because I’m not seeing any disappearances in history concerning you, just mere transports through time.”
“Are you sure, Doctor? Because I can remember one adventure where I had to fill in for someone in the fight against a really nasty guy after the Chaos Emeralds.”
“Do you remember the nasty guy’s name?” asked the Doctor.
“Yeah. His name was Darkseid.” The Doctor goggled.
“Darkseid?! Ruler of Apokolips?!” she asked.
“Yeah. You know him?” quizzed Amy. The Doctor keyed in several search words for the TARDIS computers, then got the results.
“…Amy, you and your friends weren’t transported to another universe during that incident,” she finally said. “Merely to the past.”
“What?! Seriously?!” asked Amy. “You mean I could chat with Wonder Woman again?!”
“Yes, you could. …Want to?”
“Yeah!” Amy turned to Lurra Rus. “Lurra, you’re gonna love the Justice League!”
“I would like to see more friends of yours, Amy,” replied Lurra Rus.
“That settles it, then!” declared the Doctor. “Let me just set the coordinates to the Watchtower and…” The TARDIS was then set on course!
The Watchtower, the base of operations for the Justice League, a group of superheroes that watched over all of Earth. In front of a big bank of monitor screens, a man in a red and blue suit with a diamond pattern on his chest that evoked a red S over a yellow background and a red cape was watching intently. In his usual civilian disguise, he was Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a newspaper known as the Daily Planet. Right now, in his current costume, he was the Kryptonian survivor known as Superman. “You know, it’s that kind of brooding that spreads the rumor that you have a crush on Batman,” said a woman’s voice. Superman heard someone walk into the monitor room. He knew it was a woman in a red and gold outfit with a starred tiara and silver bracelets and armed with a gold lasso.
“Very funny, Diana,” he retorted, using the woman’s civilian name. He turned to see that the woman’s raven hair was wavy instead of straight and she wore a blue skirt with white stars on it. “…Nostalgia?” he asked.
“Just wanted to wear the skirt again,” replied the woman, Wonder Woman. “So, any threats you could find, Batman Junior?”
“Cut that out!” he said. “And to answer your question, it’s the sudden lack of intelligence on six specific threats.” He pulled up dossiers of six threats the Justice League faced.
“Lack of intelligence? They can’t just vanish like that!” argued Wonder Woman. “Does Bruce know?”
“We both spotted this at the same time,” replied Superman.
“And that’s a cause for concern, Diana,” came a third, raspy voice. Superman and Wonder Woman were startled, then Wonder Woman turned on the speaker, a man dressed in black with a bat motif to his cape and cowl.
“Okay, my creeping up on Clark was an accident!” she hissed at the new man, Batman. “YOU did that on purpose, Bruce!”
“You two were late for the meeting,” replied Batman. Superman face-palmed.
“Crap, I forgot it was today!” he groaned. “Come on, you two.” As they headed off, a strange noise filled their ears.
“…Boys,” said Wonder Woman.
“It can’t be!” breathed Superman.
“There’s only one machine I know that makes that sound,” remarked Batman. The noise ended in a thud and alarms blared.
“Intruder Alert!” warned the computer. “Blue box in hangar bay 2!”
“Come on!” called Superman. He leapt out of his seat and flew down the hall with Wonder Woman flying after him and carrying Batman.
“Diana!” protested Batman. The three then made their way to the hangar and found a familiar blue box.
“Great Rao!” swore Superman. “It’s a…it’s a TARDIS! It’s…THE TARDIS!”
“Does that…mean anything?” asked Wonder Woman as she set Batman down.
“The Doctor is here for some reason,” replied Batman. “Computer, cancel intruder alert. The box belongs to a friend.” Superman flew towards the TARDIS and accidentally tackled the two people coming out. He goggled as he recognized one of them!
“AMY ROSE?!” he yelped.
“Superman!” replied Amy.
“Amy?!” asked Wonder Woman.
“DIANA!” called Amy. The two hugged each other.
“It’s great to see you!” cheered Wonder Woman. “Trying out the goth thing like Batman and Shadow?”
“I’M NOT GOTH!” protested Batman.
“Of course you aren’t,” replied Amy. “Oh, this is my friend, Lurra Rus!”
“H-Hello!” gulped Lurra Rus. Superman ran his eyes up and down Lurra Rus.
“…You’re an actual Twi’lek,” he said.
“Y-Yes,” replied Lurra. “Earthers have heard of us?”
“We thought we created your people for the Star Wars franchise,” explained Batman.
“I can assure you, we’re real, Mister…” answered Lurra Rus.
“That’s Batman,” replied Amy. “AKA, Billionaire Playboy Bruce Wayne. The lady is Wonder Woman, AKA, Diana, Princess of the Amazons of Themyscira, and the big blue boy scout that tackled us is Superman, AKA, Mild-mannered reporter, Clark Kent.”
“Charmed,” said Lurra Rus.
“Amy, can you clear something up?” asked Superman. “I could have sworn this was a TARDIS. THE TARDIS. The only TARDIS the Kryptonian Archives ever talked about.”
“Is there someone called the Doctor in there?” asked Batman.
“Yeah! She’s just inside!” replied Amy.
“No, she’s not,” corrected the Doctor. “She’s coming out.” She saw the three superheroes. “Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman! What an honor!”
“…You’re wearing your old face, Doctor,” remarked Batman.
“…N-No I’m not,” replied the Doctor. “You mean this isn’t our second meeting and I changed my face?”
“…My second meeting with you must have been with your future,” guessed Batman.
“Well, that’s time travel for you,” sighed the Doctor.
“Doctor, you and your friends might be able to help us,” said Superman.
“Oh?” asked the Doctor.
“We’ll explain more at the meeting,” said Wonder Woman.
The Doctor and her friends were led to a conference room. Already there were the remaining founders of the Justice League; Green Lantern, AKA Hal Jordan, the Flash, AKA Barry Allen, and Martian Manhunter, AKA J’onn J’onzz. The Doctor was naturally surprised to see Martian Manhunter. “Forgive me for pointing this out, but I thought-.”
“I’m the last of those Martians,” replied Martian Manhunter. “I believe you understand, Last of the Time Lords.” The Doctor said nothing. Lurra Rus arched an eyebrow.
“I thought she wasn’t-,” she whispered to Amy.
“I doubt that feeling goes away,” replied Amy.
“Here’s what we’ve got so far,” said Green Lantern as he used his ring to project holograms of news articles. “Six of our greatest enemies had suddenly vanished. Amy would know a few of them.” The holograms then changed into a bald man in a suit. “Lex Luthor, owner of LexCorp, vanished ten days ago.” Amy flinched when the hologram changed into a man in a cheap suit and with clown makeup. “The Joker, anarchist, disappeared a day after Lex.” The hologram changed to a woman with cheetah features, “Cheetah, On/Off ally, vanished two days after the Joker.” The hologram changed again, this time into a gorilla wearing armor. “Gorilla Grodd, tyrant of Gorilla City, vanished a day after Cheetah.” The hologram then became a man wearing a suit similar to Green Lantern’s but the symbol was different. “Sinestro, leader of the Sinestro Corps, also known as the Yellow Lanterns, vanished right in front of my eyes during a fight with him a day after Gorilla Grodd.” The hologram changed for the last time, this time into another Martian of Martian Manhunter’s type. “And D’kay D’Razz, the last female Martian, unethical scientist, vanished two days after Sinestro.”
“Sounds to me like someone is gathering them,” mused the Doctor. “But who?” At that moment, an alert came through. Batman checked it out.
“It’s the UN!” he said. He pulled up the video where Lois Lane, Superman’s girlfriend, was reporting.
“This is Lois Lane, reporting live from the UN!” she said. “Six of our planet’s most heinous villains have kidnapped the delegates of the UN and are holding them ransom! I just received word that there’s footage of Lex Luthor outlining the terms of their return!” By then, Lex Luthor appeared on screen.
“Greetings, my friends,” he said. “Rest assured, all the delegates will be returned, but there IS a bit of quid pro quo involved. I would advise all nations to disband the Justice League as their presence is a threat to proper security. I didn’t wish to go this far, but the laissez-faire approach that Earth as a whole has become too prevalent. Please understand that I have no choice.” The video ended.
“…Just when I thought his demands were for forty cakes to be delivered to him,” muttered the Flash.