Hidden in Plain sight

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"You see that, folks! The new hero of the people, known as Raiden, rips off General Secretary Teng's head and body to reveal that there's a little alien inside! A teen less than twenty years old was able to figure out that an alien has infiltrated our highest governmental officials, BUT the Justice League CAN'T!" spoke the figure on the TV, known as Gordon Godfrey.

"I know what you're thinking, Gordon has lost his mind, how many times has he run that clip? The eight billionth time? THAT's because I'M TRYING to wake you UP! Turn and look at the person next to you. How can you be sure that he or she is human? When is the Justice League going to find a way to scan for these aliens? Who are they trying to protect? I mean, sure, Superman and The Manhunter from Mars are on the side of the angels, but how many aliens are out there? Are they all as good as them? What is the League hiding? How do we know that Amazonians are human? Are Atlanteans from space? Icon? Hawkman?

GPS News WILL NOT REST until we expose the League for its true colors."

*Boing* The TV was shut off immediately as Batman said, "He's here." 

"Recognized, Raiden B-10."

Raiden looked around to see many members of the League, such as Atom, Batman, and the one giving the briefing, Green Lantern John.

"The big guy is Lobo, a bounty hunter. He's dangerous, but he's not likely to return, especially due to Raiden's effort. However, this little guy is worse. Kroloteans always travel in packs," said John.

"I believe our friend here, Adam Strange, is the man who developed the Zeta tubes, and he knows more about them," spoke Martian Manhunter as he introduced the blonde scientist.

"Well, it's a little involved. I might need some visual aid," spoke Adam, to which Manhunter responded by linking his mind with all the others.

"Well, I guess I'm going to sit this one out," said Raiden as he looked at them communicate in their minds.

"I apologize, Raiden. I hadn't considered your situation," said Manhunter, to which Raiden simply waved his hands as he said, "It's okay, Nightwing will brief me later."

After a while, John said, "This fits the Kroloteans alright. Their entire culture revolves around stolen tech."

"While I was on Ran, I was given this item. It detects Zeta tube usages on Earth, the stolen ones. It exposes all the Krolotean locations," said Adam as he displayed a small globe with multiple highlighted locations.

"I'm ordering an attack on all those locations. We'll take them down. Another group of Leaguers will go with Adam here to Ran. We'll cut the Kroloteans at the source," spoke Atom as he ordered the plan, to which both Raiden and Adam said, "That might be a problem." The two looked at each other, but Raiden stayed silent as he nudged Adam to speak. "I don't know why, but humans are persona non grata on Ran's side of the galaxy. In fact, these six Leaguers are all wanted," Adam then displayed the pictures of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern John, Hawkwoman, and Martian Manhunter.

"What!" said John in shock, to which Nightwing spoke, "Batman! It's the missing sixteen hours."

"Agreed, five years ago, Vandal Savage took complete mental control of the Justice League members, and these exact six were missing for sixteen hours," John placed his hand on his chin as he said, "It never even occurred to us that he sent us to space," to which Atom said, "Doesn't matter, we can send other members," said Atom. This made Raiden speak as he said, "That won't work. I don't know the exact details, but apparently you guys attacked some planet and started declaring that you are the Justice League of Earth and the universe should beware. Savage set you up pretty nicely because ever since then, all League members are on watch. If any member steps on Ran, multiple galaxy police forces are going to strike, and even bounty hunters like Lobo will show up. and you'll jeopardize Earth's safety"

"Wait! Not all of us are League members. I can send a squad from the team. That won't cause any intergalactic incident," said Nightwing, to which Atom nodded his head and said, "Do it."

"Are you going to join us, Raiden?" asked Nightwing.

"On Ran? Nope, I really don't want to go back to space at the moment. As for the Kroloteans, I'd be happy to help, but after this, I'm taking a month off for myself!. I really want to experience no fighting for a while, just me and the girls."

"I understand. Okay, me and Wondergirl are Alpha squad. We are going to Philadelphia. Batgirl, Bumblebee, you take Wolf. You're Beta. Assignment: Vladivostok. Robin, Lagoon, Beetle, you guys are Gamma. Take the bio-chip and head to New Orleans. As for you, Raiden, I'm assuming you'll go alone. Should I call you Delta? I mean, you did quit the team?" Raiden simply shrugged and said, "I don't care, where do I go?" Nightwing nodded and said, "Your assignment: Cape Town, South Africa."

Everyone started to take off for their missions, as did Raiden.

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January 4th, 21:22, Cape Town

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"Delta, how is it going?" spoke a voice on the comms. It belonged to Malcolm Duncan, the team's current mission operative.

"Nothing much, I've just arrived at the location. Looks like some sort of farm," spoke Raiden in response as he surveyed the area around him. There was a small shed at the edge, probably some place used to store tools and such. "The Zeta tube signal is close to you. There should be some sort of small building close to you," spoke Mal. "Ah, I see, then I see it. I'll be going in. Thanks, Mal."

Raiden closed the comms as he said, "ekam em elbisivnI," to which his body went completely transparent as he closed in on the shed. Opening the door, Raiden looked around and found nothing. "Did Mal get the location wrong? Or…Wait," said Raiden as he wiped some hay stacks from the ground to find a small door. 'This is interesting, why would there be a basement door in a random shed?'

Raiden went down the basement door and there he found his surprise: a full-on base of the Kroloteans. He could see hundreds of them all working on different things. They were fixing their ships in a super-fast manner, almost like they were panicking and trying to escape. 'This is odd, why is an invading force panicking like this? I mean, sure, we've exposed them, but…are they really that afraid of Earth?'

Raiden kept his invisible form as he sneaked closer to what he had assumed was their leader's office. Finding the

 right moment, he entered without making any sound, courtesy of sound cancellation magic, and started.

"Evacuation is going smoothly here," spoke the leader as he looked at the screen that showed other leaders like him, all Kroloteans. 'Glad I still have that language translator we stole from the Citadel.'

"Other bases have been exposed and are under attack by the Justice League bastards! Be careful of intruders!" spoke the voice on the screen, to which the leader responded, "This is all due to the competitor exposing us! Damn it!"

*BOOM* "What! There are intruders in our base. I'll take my leave, hurry up and fix the ships of sector 3," spoke the voice as it shut down communications.

"Load up all the hostages on board. All the other bases have been invaded. Our location may be exposed," screamed the leader at his subordinates. 'Hostages….are they experimenting on civilians?' thought Raiden. He bided his time, awaiting for the Kroloteans to reveal the location of the civilians for him. After a while, a few Kroloteans came out from under the base, pushing the hostages in a cage with wheels.

"It's time. Throne of Heroes." 'I'm Okada Izo from Tosa. You might know me by the name Man-Slayer Izo. What? I'm an assassin? Don't get the wrong idea, my class is Man-Slayer.' Raiden's appearance was revealed behind the leader as a sword cleanly cut his head. 'Too bad, Izo, we're Alien-Slayers today.'

The Kroloteans were in shock as Raiden, with incredible speed, started to slice through their ranks one by one, shocking them. He jumped towards the ones pushing the hostage cage and sliced them first. The Kroloteans quickly recovered as they activated their spider-like robots and started shooting at Raiden.

Raiden drew their attention away from the hostage cage and started running at them, dodging all their lasers and slicing through most of them. He jumped at the first spider robot and lunged his sword deep inside the pod, injuring the driver. 'AHAHAHAHA THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE MASTER! KILL KILL KILL!' Raiden side-stepped another robot trying to hit him as he jumped towards it as well, injuring the other driver. From one robot to another, Raiden quickly ended their attacks. 'Can't do That, I want to lay low for a while, killing them will only cause me trouble'

"I don't have anything against you, but a job's a job. Divine...punishment!!! Ohhhhhh!!! Settlement Sword." Raiden used Okada's Noble Phantasm as he sliced the last robot in three. With this, the entire base was cleared out. He then walked towards the Zeta tube and cut it. He quickly reverted back to his normal appearance.

"Mal, I'm done here. I've completely finished this base. However, I have some hostages to be saved," spoke Raiden through the comms as he walked towards the cage and broke the door open. "You're free now." The people inside looked regular; they were shocked to see Raiden, who had just wreaked havoc on the base, but then they started to thank him.

"Raiden, we'll send someone for the hostages. Quickly head to the nearest tube and support the Gamma squad, they might be in trouble." Hearing Mal's words, Raiden said, "Sure, I'll head out then. Listen up, head to the surface. The police are going to come soon and take you back home," as he quickly guided them out and ran towards the nearest Zeta tube.

Raiden reached New Orleans quickly. As soon as he reached there, he heard an explosion. The base was destroyed by Team Gamma. He then used a floating spell as he flew to the river nearby and watched as Robin, Lagoon Boy, and Beetle emerged from the water with many other civilians and smiled. "Looks like you guys didn't need backup."

Quickly behind him, many members of the League all emerged, clearly all with the mission to support Gamma, but it was clearly unnecessary.

Nightwing smiled at the Gamma Trio as he said, "Good job, guys."

To which Lagoon Boy screamed, "GAMMA RULES!" excited by the battle he just had.

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