[b]"we should head to the cave and begin planning for Darkseid as soon as possible."[/b]

"I've got a better place to plan the defense." said Batman, then tapped his earpiece.  "Mr. Terrific, Energize."  The group was surrounded in energy, several people at a time, and they disappeared from the street.  They appeared in a room with dozens of people running around, carrying boxes or tools.  "Welcome to the Watchtower." said Batman once everyone was aboard.  "We're in the middle of repairs after taking some hits in a meteor storm.  If you have any suggestions for upgrades, though, notify Mr. Terrific.  He's in charge of the repairs."

"Actually," said Crimson, "I think the first thing we need to do is get the binary fusion cannon online."

"I'll rig it to be able to fire multiple times before shutting down too," said GL Junior.

"The cannon might be a problem." said Batman.

[hr]

Mentalist landed in the new Legion headquarters that was almost up to its former glory, including being able to function as a starship.  "Who is this?" asked Luthor, wearing his battle armor.

"Hello, Father." said Mentalist, "Good to see you.  Now, if you don't mind, Darkseid will attack in three days so we don't have time to talk about how bad of a father you were.  Right now we need to get this ship up and running, upgrade it with future tech, and insure that every ship Lexcorp and it's allies and subsidiaries can manage to get off the ground is ready to evacuate as many people as possible should we fail to stop him."

"You're from the Future, I'd say about two decades." said Luthor, nodding.  He then looked at his allies.  "Well, what are you waiting for?  Get this ship ready for takeoff."  The others left to get to work.  "So, tell me about this future tech."

"Ever here of a graviton beam cannon?" Mentalist asked.  "This ship won't be able to power it a full power, but I think I know someone who can get us another ship that can."[@Revans Exile]  He went to a console and sent out a signal on a frequency that wouldn't be used by humans for another decade, using a private encryption key from the future his father had given him.  'Red X' is all it said.