THE MASTERMIND

[Nanda Parbat] [Meeting day] [Main hall]

Bruce took his seat as the Demon Head of the League. The main group leaders of the assassins, or Ghuls, were present in the hall. Everyone seemed a bit restless since a new era of League was about to come after Ra's al Ghul's death. Talia and Diana stood on Bruce's left and right. As for Nyssa, she stood near the entrance, looking over the meeting.

Ubu, Ra's old right hand was also present at the meeting. Since it was an honorable duel, the assassins kept their honor and accepted Bruce Wayne as their new head.

"Well, now that everyone's here, shall we begin?" Bruce sat straight, crossing his arms in front, looking at everyone in the room with an indifferent attitude. "Do you know why we are here today?" He continued, "It was because a particular madman decided to mess with someone he shouldn't have and he paid the price in full... With his life. Now, as the new leader of the League, I'll make certain changes."

Thus, the new League of Assassins formed under Bruce's hand, and its main principles would always be, 'No more unnecessary bloodshed.'

Bruce scrapped Ra's old rules and introduced new ones.

None of the assassins were to complete their old missions they were assigned to by Ra's. No more unnecessary bloodshed. No more using orphans as Ghuls. No one against their will is to be forced to join the League. No more manipulating innocent people using their weaknesses and turning them into the League's puppets. No more blackmail. No more causing destruction to innocent people or using mass slaughter in the name of true justice or balance.

The new recruitment process would be straightforward. They will target people who have no reason to live, metahumans who are hiding in fear of hurting others, and metahumans who want to do some good in the world, but fear society. The broken war veterans, who were discharged due to injuries. The veterans, who were discarded by the government after they used them for their own gain. The people who tried to do some good but were suppressed by the higher society. Then, there are those rare lunatics who want to fight for just adrenaline rush.

With the new medicines and technology that Pamela and he made, Bruce can use them to heal those broken people and give them another fighting chance. A new chance to do something new, something greater than themselves. For most war veterans, this is an opportunity for a second chance at life. For the Metahuman, they will finally have a place where they are accepted without any discrimination.

Thanks to his knowledge of Marvel World, Bruce decided to create a place for Metahumans just like how Professor X created a place for Mutants. He thought, no, hoped, he could do it better with his team's help.

Bruce also allowed the assassins to choose between their usual assassin life or a normal life. In case anyone wished for a normal life, he would offer them a job and a new life out of this assassin's world. But if they were to expose his identity to anyone, death would be the last thing they'd experience. And Bruce knew all too well that they all understood the consequences...

For their first mission, Bruce ordered Nyssa to lead the assassins to Gotham and Metropolis and use his new serum to cure the Metahumans and those who don't want to get cured, Nyssa was to offer them a chance to join the League, but even after that if they decline, the assassins were to forcefully inject them and if they resist and attack, the assassins were to kill them on the spot. Bruce will supply them with suits that will help them face those metahumans.

Next, Bruce put Ubu and the Seven Men of Death after A.R.G.U.S. and the reigning government. After Waller's death, they assigned Cisco Ramon to the director's position at A.R.G.U.S. Cisco was supposed to be Flash's ally, but since Bruce has changed multiple events so far, things are developing pretty fast and some unknown events like Cisco being a bad guy may happen without his knowledge.

Since Ramon was just new in his director position, Bruce ordered them to keep an eye on him for now and slowly infiltrate A.R.G.U.S. His plan was to free some metahumans who were unstable and were being kept in captivity by the government. He'll teach them how to control their power, then help them in training and offer them a life they choose.

The meeting lasted hours...

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Later that noon...

Bruce's new room...

"You are going back?" Talia pushed Bruce's shoulders back on the bed as she saddled him, "I... I mean, this soon? I want you to stay here for a few more days..." She pouted cutely, she was a bit disappointed as she wanted to enjoy the first days of her relationship with him for a longer time.

"Afraid not," Bruce smiled lightly as he caressed her right cheek lovingly, pushing her curls behind her ear. "I can't let Thawne destroy my city, you know that." He pulled her face closer to himself and kissed her soft, seductive lips gently, "If things go according to plan, I'll be able to take care of that freak and then we can spend some quality time together. Would you like that?"

"I'm holding you onto your word, my dearest," she hugged him lovingly.

In reply, Bruce only smiled and hugged her back.

They lay on the bed in each other's embrace, lost in time, exchanging soft, sensual kisses while lovingly running their hands around one another. They both let their minds fly through space and time.

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Bruce's ship flew down in the large courtyard. Diana bid her farewell to Talia and Nyssa for their hospitality and she gave that look to Talia for messing with her that night. But somewhere in her heart, Diana was glad that she got to share her feelings with Bruce. Then, there was that other part where she was jealous as fuck after learning Talia went ahead of her and chose Bruce as her man. She went inside the ship first.

Bruce pulled Talia close and kissed her in front of everyone, letting them know that she was his woman and it was also a warning for them to not see her with weird looks unless they wanted to die.

"I'll take you to your first real date after all this is over. So, just wait for me a bit," He gently squeezed Talia's cheeks.

"I'll be looking forward to it..." Talia said softly and pressed her red lipstick-marked lips on his lips, leaving another mark. "And Bruce, if you get into trouble, always know that we are there around you all the time. The League will always be around you and your loved ones. No one will be able to hurt them, that I swear on my life."

"Talia, thanks for everything."

Talia gently let his hand go and watched as Bruce disappeared inside the ship, then it took flight. She could still feel Bruce's lips on her, her insides throbbed with love and joy.

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Meanwhile at Thawne's lair...

"Argggg!" Thawne grabbed his head as a splitting headache struck. He could feel his entire brain tearing, every particle vibrating like the high voltage of a Taser.

'WHAT'S GOING ON!' Eobard couldn't comprehend the changes occurring in his mind. The future he knows is getting all jumbled up in his memories. It was a mess. He quickly took out a glowing headphone-like device and placed it on his head. Soon, he could feel a small amount of relief.

"Gideon, show me the new prediction. My plan... Will it be successful?" He asked in desperation.

The humanoid face of the AI emerged from his wristband.

"Negative," The AI pulled up a newspaper image and placed it in front of Thawne, "Nuclear Fission on Metropolis stopped by Sophia Wayne."

"Sophia Wayne?!" He was stunned for a moment because it was the first time he'd heard this name. "What if I get rid of her?"

"It is impossible to kill her. If you kill her, I predict your original plans will no longer be successful. You will die," Gideon pulled up another part of the newspaper headlines.

"Mass murderer metahuman Speedster, Eobard Thawne aka Reverse Flash, dies at the hands of Batman."

"How is this even possible? Why can't I kill Bruce Wayne?" He screamed as he noticed that his arms were fading slightly, "I'm reaching my limit. I need to succeed before those time-wraiths find me. Show me all the events that are going to create chaos in the coming days."

The AI pulled up multiple events before his eyes.

Thawne continued to swipe through them until one new event caught his eye.

"What are my chances if I use these two clowns to create chaos big enough to create an neverending war? Will it be enough to kill Batman?" He asked while his eyes were glued to the pictures of Joker and Harley.

The news says that those two clowns tried to create a conflict between Atlanteans and humans which was easily foiled by the Justice League as they stopped them before they could poison the water with a newly developed synthetic material.

"What if Joker succeeds? What if a nuclear explosion occurs alongside the poisoning event?" He asked with a sinister smile.

"94.33%" The AI answered after calculating all the possibilities of these events. It pulled up a blinking and incomplete newspaper page.

'Batman is Missing in Action after the end of the Atlantean war. Peace has been restored, but at what cost?"

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