[h3]Gotham….[/h3]

He ran through the city with the super steroid Venom coursing through his veins. Bricks fell from the edges of buildings as his giant feet took him from rooftop to rooftop. Once upon a time the behemoth broke the Batman. Now, weeks after an alien monster broke the Batman as well as his car, Bane has taken up the mask and cowl. Several of Batman’s longtime foes have been defeated and thrown into GCPD holding cells, including the Scarecrow, Scarface, and the Riddler. Police officers refusing to work with Bane were also thrown into the cells. His goons were wearing the colors of Batman’s sidekicks, and ‘patrolling’ the slums of Gotham. The city had seen better days. 

[h3]Metropolis….[/h3]

Black Lightning greeted the heroes who returned to Outreach: 1. Several of the Supermen had personal quarters in the HQ, which made life much easier for some of them. Not everyone could work a day job and pay bills. Super-hero’ing was all that some of them had. Obsidian carried both halves of the android Red Tornado’s body with shadow constructs and Jefferson smirked. Tornado was always getting ripped to pieces. In a few days he’d be repaired and good as new. Longshadow approached the entrance and had an upset look on his face. 

“What’s the matter, Tye?” Lightning asked putting his hand on the young man’s shoulder as he tried to just walk on by. 

“Grodd got away… and Congorilla still doesn’t know where his wife and kid are being held. It just feels like no matter what we do… we’ll never be able to replace Superman…” Longshadow responded with his head down looking at the ground beneath them. 

“Only six people lost their lives in Central City today, and you guys saved the Flash. It would have been a lot worse without the Supermen.” Black Lightning said, merely stating the facts. 

“Yeah, I guess so… Grodd disappeared after putting the Flash’s lightning or whatever in a bottle.” Longshadow continued walking through the lobby of the HQ with the more experienced hero. 

“The Flash calls it the Speed Force. I’m sure whatever Grodd wanted it for, it couldn’t have been good…” Lightning continued as they both walked towards the elevators. 

“Nightwing had some theories. How’d the radio station thing go?” Tye asked as they both entered the elevator after the laughing Heckler stepped out talking to himself.