Chapter 15

Kid Flash rushed beside the truck at the speed of light. Above her head, Wondergirl flew into the sky above said truck. She still looked a bit miffed at Kid Flash from earlier, but thankfully the two of them did not run into any trouble. Kid Flash hoped that in time, Wondergirl would get over their little argument, although given what happened, it would be a long road.

A loud whoosh over Kid Flash's head caused her to almost jump up, and stagger in mid-air. She followed the progress of several flying objects blasting off over her head. Flying monkeys by the looks of things and Whitney raised her eyebrow when they crossed the sky high above her.

"Donna, heads up!"

Donna looked up just in time to see one of the monkeys clipping her to the side. The Amazon Princess grabbed the monkey and hurled it down onto the top of the roof of the truck that she was guarding.

"And to think, these are only my second least favorite monkey in the world."

Two of them dove towards the back of the truck. Kid Flash zipped into position and rocked them with a punch. She nailed the monkeys with a furious rapid fire series of punches. The monkeys staggered back, almost cracking.

"Guess, there's no place like home," Kid Flash said. "Maybe they're after some ruby slippers?"

Donna did not even blink or even acknowledge what Whitney was saying. The Amazon just dove onto the top of the truck and one of the flying monkey androids dive bombed her. The fierce Amazon wrapped her lasso around the android and gave it a pull before smashing it down onto the top of the truck. Donna breathed in heavily.

With vicious assaults, Donna sprung up and kicked one of the monkeys halfway across the sky. The monkey skidded to a stop and landed on the ground.

"Well, I guess we're not in Kansas anymore."

Donna barely acknowledged Whitney's quip, only grabbing onto one of the monkeys and swinging it around by the legs and smashing it down into the other flying monkeys. Explosive parts reigned all over the sky.

Suddenly, the monkeys circled Donna and another group moved in. One of them fired a beam of light into the back of the truck. Whitney rushed to try and catch back up, however the beam of energy cut through the air and nailed her down onto the ground.

"Wait, the monkeys aren't attacking us now...they're after what's on the back of the truck and that's….."

It did not take rocket science. Wondergirl's lasso wrapped around one of the monkeys who took off and took her off coarse. The robotic creation zipped through the air and took Wondergirl on an endless ride, until snapping the lasso forward and sending her hurling halfway across the way. The Amazon Princess skidded to a stop and landed extremely hard on the ground.

Or would if Kid Flash did not catch her. Wondergirl just flipped out of her arms, just in time for the monkeys to grab the crate in the back of the truck. They sped off, with Wondergirl tearing off after them in hot pursuit.

"Great, good for waiting for back up," Whitney commented. "So, did any of your trucks get nabbed?"

"Miss Martian and I are fine, we're moving along," Aquagirl said. "And neither of the League trucks were attacked, but Robin, Nightwing, and Superboy are being attacked."

Kid Flash wondered if she should back them up or if she could go after Wondergirl who had flown off into parts unknown to go after these flying monkeys. The Princess did not make things exactly too easy.

In the shadows, a weedy looking gentleman clasped his hands together and watched how one of the groups of flying monkeys moved off, carrying the crate containing one part of his amazing android and the second group was about ready to get it. He clasped his hands together.

"We're not in Kansas anymore, indeed," he said in a low voice. "Which is poetic irony, given that you have to cross into Kansas to find your way to Star Labs. But, irony is the lowest form of wit."

The man cleared his throat and looked out.

"The League thought that they could trick me, by not following the two trucks and instead making me think that they would never risk their brat sidekicks with such an important mission. But I, Professor Anthony Ivo, is always one step ahead of them."

Nightwing flipped herself high into the air, not missing a step. Always comfortable in the air, Nightwing bounced from monkey to monkey. She knocked one of the monkeys down and back with a vicious zip kick and sent it flying. She looked out of the corner of her eye, and noticed that Robin smashed one of them with her staff. The older crime fighter smiled, flashing a smile at the younger one.

"Nice one."

"No time to pat ourselves on the back," Robin said.

"Would have liked to have heat vision right now."

Harry immobilized two of Monkeys and smashed them together. The problem was they were pretty quick and it was hard to fire off a magical attack. He suspected that whoever designed those things, designed them to….and he dodged a beam of light. Picking up his thought process, Harry figured out that they were designed to deal with people like Flash. Harry twisted his head around and noticed that they were on the back of the truck now, with one small group just circling around Robin and Nightwing, blocking their mouth.

"They're avoiding contact," Harry murmured to himself. "So, why are they….oh of course. Honestly Harry, that's what they're doing."

"Honestly Harry?" Whitney chimed in through the comm link. "Is that your version of 'Hello Megan'?"

"Just a flicker," Harry said in an absent minded voice as he ran his hand through one of the monkeys when it dove down to him. "But that's not the point...the point is…."

"Those damn flying monkeys got one of the parts of the android," Kid Flash said. "And that's not all, Wondergirl is being wonderfully stubborn and went off on her own...and now…."

The truck blew off of the road. Harry ran in and pulled the driver out of harm's way. That left the monkeys into position to grab the crate and zip out, firing a grenade down on the street which Superboy was barely able to pull Nightwing and Robin out of the way of.

"I hate it when that happens," Robin grumbled.

"They got the other part," Harry said. "And now if they combine them….he's done it, hasn't he?"

"What?" Whitney asked.

"Oh ,you've caught on, haven't you?" Nightwing asked. "Everything is going according to Batman's plan."

Robin's eyebrow raised. She was not surprised, although a little bit miffed that she did not get let on to the plan, whatever it is. The time for deciding that was later.

"I've got a tracker on one of them," Harry said. "We should be able to follow them, at a safe distance."

"Very nice," Nightwing commented to herself.

"I'll meet you halfway….Donna's slipped away," Whitney commented.

"I'll get her as well."

One could see the utter joy flashing through the eyes of Professor Anthony Ivo. Once again, AMAZO, the android which almost took down the Justice League, was in his possession. He would be several steps ahead of the competition, especially once the League had been taken down, this time for good. He knew what had to be done to fix the various flaws within the androids.

"It should be done in a matter of minutes," Ivo commented to himself. "Ready, set…."

Wondergirl smashed her way through the windows and knocked the monkeys askew when she jumped down onto the ground.

"There was a door," Ivo said in a casual voice. "Oh, and an Amazon….I should be terrified, being a man. Because I know how your type are."

The eyes of the younger Amazon Princess turned to Ivo, blazing with fire. The Amazon balled her fists up.

"I'm shutting you down," Donna said.

"Oh, I'm terrified," Ivo commented. "But, there's just one problem."

AMAZO kicked back on line and turned his attention to Donna. Wondergirl charges the android, only to block her attack with one swift punch.

"Wonder Woman," the android droned.

A series of swift and brutal attacks knocked Wondergirl down. Wondergirl tried to rise up to her feet, but AMAZO stomped her into the ground, the brutal print of his foot smashing down onto her lower back. Donna struggled underneath him, squirming and trying to force her way to a standing position.

AMAZO hoisted up Wondergirl by the ponytail and hurled her against the wall. Wondregirl ducked and rolled. She withdrew her sword, but AMAZO blocked it and disarmed her with efficiency. AMAZO grabbed her and slammed her against the wall. The impact caused the wind to be knocked completely out of the Amazon Princess. AMAZO plunged her hard into the wall and yanked her away before slamming her down face first.

"All of the powers of Wonder Woman," Ivo said with an amused expression. "And you, if anything, are just a cheap imitation of something greater."

Donna struggled to rise to her feet, despite being bruised, battered, and unable to hold herself up completely. She collapsed to her knees and AMAZO kicked her in the ribs. It was unfortunately true, AMAZO had all of Diana's skills and Donna had been unable to defeat Diana in a fight.

Rage filled Donna as she tried to take the android down. The android blocked her assault, picked up Donna around her waist and snapped her back.

"No matter how much anger is inside of you, my dear little misandrist, surely you must understand how this is cheap…."

"I'LL SHOW YOU!"

Donna lassoed the Android. Unfortunately, this proved to be a mistake as a pulse of energy channeled through the lasso and send Donna crumpling down to the ground. AMAZO hoisted Donna up by her ponytail and swung her around, smashing her against the wall. Over and over again, with Donna grimacing every time she bounced across the wall.

"Why don't you give Wondergirl some air?"

AMAZO obeyed the directive of its master and hurled Donna directly through the window. The Amazon Princess flew several hundred feet and landed on the ground.

Through blurred vision, Donna noticed that AMAZO flew high into the air. AMAZO came this close to crushing Donna's skull.

A blur came out and scooped up Donna off of the ground. The next thing she knew, Kid Flash had her out of harm's way.

"It likely has your mentor's powers as well," Wondergirl said with a grimace.

Kid Flash nodded grimly. However, the android was not coming in their direction.

"Let's go after it," Wondergirl told her.

"It beat the Le...you know something, why do I even argue?" Kid Flash asked.

Wondergirl bolted off once again, but the android and it's creator was already gone. However, in the distance, they could see a speck and they were heading somewhere, but where, it was the question.

"The tracker is moving pretty fast," Harry commented.

Nightwing and Robin rode behind Harry, their motorcycles moving at top speed. He could see some kind of trail left on the ground and in the air, but it was completely erratic. One thing that could not lie was the tracker. Which was now moving pretty far North.

"They must have assembled the android by now," Robin said.

"There's no must of, they did," Kid Flash commented. "That thing almost flattened Wondergirl. Thankfully I got there just in time...but….that's not the main problem. You know who is behind this? Anthony Ivo."

"I thought Ivo was dead," Robin said.

"Obviously he got better," Nightwing said. "He's always been a tricky one, and now he's a couple steps ahead of us….where did you say he was going?"

"Looks like he's on his way to Gotham," Kid Flash said.

Where they were, it was not very far from Gotham. They would just need to take the backroad and turn into the interstate...which was going to be a lot trickier said than done.

"I really don't know what his plan is," Kid Flash said. "Have any of you heard from any members of the League?"

"No," Harry said shortly. "I'm thinking that they got their trucks to their destination without incident. Apparently, Batman wanted to flush out the culprit."

"Maybe we should wait for backup," Miss Martian suggested.

"Who knows what Ivo will do with that android," Nightwing suggested. "Batman and the others will get there when they can. For right now...we need to press forward...we'll meet Wondergirl and Kid Flash in Gotham...where about in Gotham?"

There was a long pause as it appeared for a second that Kid Flash had lost the trail, which would have put them several steps behind where they needed to be.

"Well, looks like they're heading towards Gotham Private Academy," Kid Flash said.

"Hang tight, we'll be there," Harry said.

"Miss Martian and I will be getting there as soon as we can," Aquagirl said. "But, it's going to be a pain because we're a bit further out….I've sent a beacon to the League."

Harry had found it very curious they had not heard of any League members, but never the less, he, Robin, and Nightwing were getting pretty close to Gotham, and would be able to assist Kid Flash and Wondergirl the moment that they got there.

First, Kid Flash and Wondergirl arrived at Gotham Private Academy. Already, things were much too quiet for Whitney's tastes, but she did not want to voice that just yet, not wanting to invoke the law of murphy. She edged a little bit closer to the entrance.

Coming around the corner, went AMAZO, and a super fast punch sent Kid Flash flying. Wondergirl looked up just in time to see AMAZO coming right at her.

AMAZO's super speed was amazing, and as they suspected, it was taken from the Flash. The speeding android rushed at Wondergirl with a force and almost knocked her down to the ground.

"Black Canary."

A canary cry sent Wondergirl flying and breaking through the trophy case. Kid Flash got to her feet and rushed the android. The sonic attack caused her to get knocked completely off balance and fall flat onto her face onto the ground.

In the hallway, Ivo watched with a smile.His android's decimation of the team members would lure the League there. It was pathetic how they hid behind childhood.

Wondergirl grabbed ahold one of of the trophies, the name "Rebecca Grayson" etched on it. She swung the trophy hard, but it barely did any good. A roundhouse kick knocked both Wondergirl and Kid Flash in the face.

Suddenly, from the skies, Harry dropped down. Robin and Nightwing hurled grenades and covered the entire hallway with smoke and blocked AMAZO's field of vision. This allowed Harry to spear the android through the walls leading into the gym area.

Nightwing looked upon the pieces of the broken trophy, that Wondergirl used to try and take down AMAZO. She scooped it up.

"I never liked that ugly thing anyway," she casually remarked.

The others slipped into the gym, where Harry was face to face with the android.

"Superwoman," the android declared.

Glowing eyes flashed to life with AMAZO blasting Superboy in the chest with intense heat vision. It burned his shirt completely off.

"And yet, his pants remain," Nightwing murmured to herself. "But, thanks for giving yourself Kryptonian powers...makes my life a lot easier."

Nightwing hurled a grenade into the air and it caused red solar radiation to bombard AMAZO, to weaken it.

"Martian Manhunter."

The android slipped underneath the floor and came up to throw Nightwing and Robin into the bleachers. On the top, Ivo got a good seat and looked down. He looked amused.

"You would think you would have had your fill of androids after fighting a lesser model a few weeks back," Ivo commented. "But, I guess that you haven't…."

Harry made a lunge for Ivo. However, the android pulled him down underneath the ground. The struggle started underneath the android's attack.Harry punched out from underneath the ground and came back up.

"Surely, you must know, Superboy, or is it Superman...well it doesn't matter...because you'll be Deadman soon."

"That name's already been taken," Nightwing said. "And it's not fitting."

Nightwing hurled a flash grenade into the air and this time she released a fireball which caused AMAZO to instinctfully flinch.

"Wait, do you have weapons that counter all of the Justice League's powers?" Kid Flash asked.

"Not all," Nightwing said. "Most."

"Flash."

The android picked up momentum, tearing through the gym like a tornado. Kid Flash grabbed onto AMAZO's ankles which proved to be a folly when AMAZO tore up across the gym, as fast as it's legs could carry itself. AMAZO snapped off an attack and caused Kid Flash to flip over, almost landing flat onto her face.

The speedster ducked around, at least until it ran into an explosive mine. Wondergirl dove off of the basketball hoop and drove down an elbow down to the point of the attack.

"Wonder Woman."

The speed and agility of the AMAZO knocked Wondergirl off of the hoop and sent her crashing down to the ground. Wondergirl breathed heavily when the android tried to take her from behind.

Harry jumped onto it's shoulders in an attempt to blind the android's assault.

"Martian Manhunter."

It slipped through the ground and left Harry standing. The android popped back to the ground.

"Black Canary."

A canary cry echoed and caused Harry to be pinned back against the wall. He struggled to break free, and managed to bring the wall down, causing debris to fly everywhere. He dodged a second Canary Cry, and released a pulse of energy, striking the android in the voice box.

"Oh, that was a dirty trick," Ivo said. "Magic, the cheapest form of combat...repairing vocal control now."

The android's voice box had been repaired, only for an arrow to come in through the window and nail the android right across the back of the neck.

Seizing his chance, Harry helped Whitney to her feet.

"I need you to get us into Flashtime, now!" Harry yelled.

"But….how do you...I've never been able…."

"I know you're capable of doing so because I believe that you can do it!" Harry yelled to her. "So, do it!"

"I believe you can too!" Donna yelled. "Quickly, before the android goes back online."

She grabbed Donna and Harry, who grabbed Helena and Nightwing respectfully. A blast of light sent Nightwing and the four team members into some kind of hyper space field, which caused everything to slow down around them. Rips of light rippled around to them.

"Get them out of it and I'm going to let it copy me," Harry said.

"Are you insane?" Kid Flash asked. "That will cause it to be invincible if it has your...powers on top of anything."

"I have a plan," Harry said. "Trust me."

"Well, he knows what he's doing," Nightwing responded.

They zipped out of way and time unfroze, leaving Harry standing in the center of the room, face to face with AMAZO.

"You know, you're missing one component," Harry said taunting the android. "Magic. If you had that, you would be unstoppable."

"Stop, android, I know what he's doing!" Ivo yelled.

However, AMAZO had slowly begun to evolve beyond its own creator and realized that if it had the ability to override Ivo's commands more frequently, then it could be invincible. It moved towards the Superboy and scanned him carefully.

"Error, unknown lifeform….unable to process…"

Kid Flash bolted in from behind and vibrated her hand through the androids chest, just as Donna came down from the heavens and smashed its head in, and Helena detonated an explosive charge. The combined force sent the android blowing to smithereens, and several dozen parts, as opposed to the two.

"That doesn't matter….I'll just build another one," Ivo commented. "And now I'm going to…."

Whitney yanked his remote control away before he could call his flying army and smashed it. Helena grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and hurled him down the steps to cause Ivo to land.

"Lights out," Nightwing told him with a curb stomp driven down to the back of the head.

The dust cleared and the android had been defeated. Donna walked over and picked up the arrow.

"Okay, I might have overreacted earlier," Donna said in a sheepish voice.

"Yeah, I might need to be a little bit careful with my words," Whitney said. "And just because I can run fast, does not mean that I can talk before I'm able to properly think it out."

"So, sorry?" Donna asked.

"Yeah, me too," Whitney said.

"Friends?" Donna asked.

"Friends," Whitney said.

The two bumped fists with a smile on their face.

"Souvenir?" Donna asked holding out the arrow.

"Don't mind if I do," Whitney said with a big grin.

Harry looked on at them with an approving nod and a smile and the League was on their way there, just barely missing the excitement.

The Team met, with Harry, much to the chagrin of certain members of the team, having put a shirt back on. Mareena, Helena, Megan, Whitney, and Donna joined them, along with Nightwing, or Rebecca Grayson, as she had been known in her civilian life.

"You'll be happy to know that AMAZO's safe and secure," Nightwing said. "And Ivo's locked up in Belle Reve where he belongs."

"It's a shame that we didn't get in on much of the action," Mareena said.

"I'm sure you'll make up for it later," Harry told her and Mareena just smiled at him in response.

They both figured about as much. Batman turned up to meet them.

"Today was a successful mission," Batman said. "But, you should know that personal differences should be ironed out before they become a liability."

Whitney and Donna responded with a nod. They had finally came to terms with each other. Rebecca responded with a smile and turned her attention to Helena.

"Better be heading back," Rebecca said. "This is the longest that I've left my team to their own devices and….well, it might not end well."

"So, if you ever need help, we'll be there," Helena said. "To return the favor."

"I think you'll do well on your own without me, but I'll keep that in mind," Rebecca said. "It was nice meeting you all...and if you're ever on the West Coast, look us up. You can't miss us. It's the tower with the Big T on the top of it."

She gave Harry a long look, as if to hint that she would be talking to him real soon. Harry watched her leave, his eyes moving towards the first Robin's shapely ass. It was hard to miss.

Helena just gave him a side long look. Somehow, she was not surprised. Perhaps it was a good idea that there were very few eligible men left, because between Rebecca and Harry, there would be no good women to be had.

Black Canary, Wonder Woman, and Green Arrow all stepped into the cave.

"Okay, this is great, the entire team is back together," Whitney said. "And look, Speedy's watching out for us. Isn't that great?"

Helena eyed the arrow for a second and so did Green Arrow by the looks of things. Neither really had the heart to burst Whitney's bubble.

"So, do you still want that private lesson?" Black Canary asked Harry.

"Private lessons?" Green Arrow asked.

Batman cleared his throat, figuring that certain members of the League needed to learn the same lesson.

"You and I need to talk," Batman said. "I could use your help for something."

"Oh, of course," Green Arrow commented, staring at Superboy when he left.

"Let it die," Batman said.

"What are you talking about?" Green Arrow asked.

"You know what I'm talking about," Batman replied.

Green Arrow and Batman left the League and the other members of the Team and the League decided to filter out.

"He's not going to be a problem, is he?" Harry asked Dinah.

"No," Dinah promptly answered. "He's not."

Sometime later, Dinah and Harry circled each other. Dinah stripped out of her jacket, wearing her one piece outfit and fishnets, which was a distraction that Harry appreciated. The two them had the entire cave to themselves and plenty of room to spar.

Harry wondered what the hell happened in Shanghai, but he knew better than to ask, because Karen gave him the heads up. The two moved towards each other, with them trying to grapple.

"See, it's all about timing," Dinah told him. "When you have the opportunity, to take it. When you miss the opportunity, all is lost."

The two of them move closer to each other, with Dinah blocking Harry's assault and then pushing him down to the ground.

"A good counter is better than a good move," Dinah said. "Punch me in the face."

Harry did not bother to hold back because he was confident in Dinah's ability to counter anything. She blocked his arm and pushed him down onto the ground. She held him into a straight armbar and tried to bend it back. Harry pulled himself back up, with Dinah straddling his arm. Her breasts brushed into his face for the briefest moment.

Intentional or otherwise, Harry did not know. She pulled herself up and moved to take Harry down. She moved to grab his leg, but accidentally on purpose grabbed Harry's crotch. She turned around and wrapped her fishnet clad legs around Harry's waist, before putting him in a full nelson.

"It's all about disabling your opponent," Black Canary said. "And understanding the advantage that you have over them…."

The two struggle, with Harry pinning Black Canary down onto the ground. She closed her eyes.

"I know where this is heading," Dinah said. "We should...go out on a date before we…."

"A date?" Harry asked.

"It's been a while since I've had a chance to go out on a Saturday night," Black Canary told him.

"You do realize…."

"That you're sleeping with several other women?" Dinah asked.

"Yes," Harry said. "I thought that…."

"Oh, that's not the reason that I broke up with him," Dinah said. "Although dishonesty was part of it...and the other part….I might tell you about if I'm in a good enough mood."

"Seriously?" Harry asked.

"Mmm, seriously," Dinah said. "But….I don't deny that I thought about how I would do things differently...but maybe we were doomed. Besides, he's been happily married four times...and happily divorced three times...and to the same women. That's...I don't even know why I'm even bringing this up."

Dinah breathed in and brushed Harry's hair away. They were so close, their faces.

"You're honest though, and besides, Karen just won't shut up about you," Dinah said with a smile. "And I think that it's time for me to move on with my life...after what happened in Shanghai."

This was the perfect opening to ask, but Harry knew better than to do so. At least until he and Dinah had a closer relationship that just was not raw physical attraction, which was there in spades. He realized that Dinah had his shirt almost off before she froze.

"Saturday, then," Dinah said.

"Saturday."

Dinah could not resist kissing him and Harry could not resist kissing her back. Her soft hair brushed against his neck and those legs, they always drove Harry crazy and now they almost wrapped around their waist. The only barrier for them to have each other utterly was closing.

Dinah pulled away from Harry and left him hanging. Harry appreciated watching Dinah leave.

"See you on Saturday, honey," Dinah said with a smile as she slipped her jacket back on.

Harry found himself a bit stiff, and not just because of the sparring session. Older women, they were a treat, and also a torment.

He would be counting down days to Saturday, and the second of his dream women. Literally, thanks to the simulation.