<em>RING! RING!</em><br/>“Master Bruce it is Master Richard again on the phone for you, he sounds deeply concerned”<br/>“. . .”<br/>“Master Bruce if I may, He is deeply concerned for you, we all are, but ever since the death of Master Jason… Its been two months sir. This is not something you can simply brood away as usual. You need friends, companions to confide in. If not Master Richard or myself, why not Superman?”<br/>“. . .”<br/>“Suit yourself. But some food for thought, it is not necessarily weakness if you have a shoulder to lean on.”<br/><br/>There in the dark of his cave, Bruce Wayne sits, accompanied by the glow of the one large screen, and many other smaller screens of the Bat-computer. Each screen monitoring something else. While the screens were lively and animated, the man in the seat in front of them and the gigantic keyboard, better labeled a control panel, was silent. His mind though, was constantly working. There was a reason the likes of Ra’s al Ghul and Commissioner Gordon regarded him as the worlds greatest detective. Even now, his mind raced with a million thoughts.<br/><br/><em>”My Soldier.. Jason. Can I afford anyone close again? The one person that trusted me most, I let him down. Some how, that stings far more harsh than even the thought of failing the City. That Laugh, it wont stop. I know hes there in Arkham, endlessly laughing. He knows he got me, giving me a fate worse than death.”<br/><br/>“Alfred has said from the get go since it happened, I should reach out to people, not blame myself..but how can I? My greatest failure, my partner, my soldier..my fault. All this on what seems to be a new age dawning. I thought Superman would be the end all be all, but over time his existence seems to have given way to the rise of super humans, and not all of them good.”<br/><br/>“Over the years, we suddenly come to know we are not alone in the universe, with the emergence of Superman. Everyone loves him. Somehow, Many still see my acts as criminal, but him? He’s as good as a God in the eyes of the people of metropolis and the world alike. Not long after we saw the emergence of what is another would-be hero, though not much is known about him, outside the fact that he seems to use green light energy of some kind, and he can go into space. Only occasional sightings of him. Then we learn that the Atlantis of myth is very much real, then fast forward to just over a month ago, we learn that amazons do infact exist. Are my allies really among these people?”<br/><br/>“The Amazonian ambassador is set to speak with several key leaders in Central City, which itself seems to have buzzing rumors of a scarlet speedster. Some kind of blur. If anyone sees it, its gone in a flash. Is this yet another alien? A metahuman? More importantly, whose side is it on? A more pressing matter though is at hand. Intelligence I’ve gathered indicates there will be an attempt on Princess Diana’s life . While the Amazonians seem very ready for combat, she may not see an assassination coming. The League of Assassins seems to have no hand in this, but I have been tipped off that there was once Assassin that I am all too familiar with that recently somehow escaped Blackgate. I wont let a life fall out of my hands again. I will stop this, at all cost. An old friend of mine is also going to be doing a show at the time in Central City. Zatanna Zatara. She has some renown for her own heroics with her magic, but I’d rather just let the show go on, than ask her for help and risk her getting hurt. Deathstroke is an old adversary, and one of the deadliest assassins on this planet. I must stop him, because if he succeeds, who knows what the consequences will be?" </em>