Post by lizity on Feb 12, 2012 17:31:48 GMT -5
The idea that evil triumphs over good was always one that worried the world at large but with figures like those that consisted of the JLA and their friends it was something that people just didn’t think would ever happen but things are rarely that simple. Things changed in 2010 when Batman was injured in a battle with Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke. Bruce lived but spent the remainder of his life in a wheelchair. That was the first victory out of many to come at the hands of Wilson.
Batman didn’t disappear though, the mantle taken up by Dick Grayson to show the world that the hope that Batman had created in Gotham wasn’t dead. Gotham continued on its path for four years before Wilson showed back up and murdered Bruce Wayne with a sniper bullet to the head. Many said it was a cowards way of doing things, they were outraged as they mourned the death of their friend and colleague.
The death of Bruce was the turning point for the villains of the world.
Unknown to the heroes of the world that went back to fighting the fights that they’d always been fighting another force had come into the world. Villains changed and the heroes started to notice it. They became more organized, working together in pairs that normally wouldn’t have had anything to do with each other. Everyone knew that something was happening but despite their best efforts no one knew what was coming.
The next blow came in the middle of 2014 when Luthor reveled a way to stop the mounting global warming issue. The world at large took the idea with open arms and the compound was released into the atmosphere. The compound did exactly as it was promised it would do, repairing thin places that scientists had worried about for years. The secondary effect was felt shortly after the release of the compound when all the Kyrptonians lost their powers. J’onn J’onzz found the cause of the power loss in that blue kryptonite was mixed with the compound. Unfortunately he could not find a way to remove it and the JLA is left without some of its most powerful members.
While the JLA was trying to find a way to return the Kryptonian’s powers Slade Wilson put together a group of assassins with the skills and abilities that would best suit his needs. This group started to move through the world, isolating and murdering the heroes they found, the first of which was Dick Grayson, the new Batman. Though it was only he and Slade that fought, Dick was dealt a fatal blow and thought dead. J’onn received a vision from an unknown source telepathically showing him the future of the world and that Dick would be needed. J’onn went down to earth and took Dick back up to watch tower, healing him though some of the damage was beyond a quick heal. Dick’s body had to slowly heal on its own and J’onn placed him in cryogenic freeze, making sure that the computers and systems had their own generators so that he could survive for many years in the cast that they were cut off from Watchtower as his vision showed.
While Slade and his team were running around the world tracking heroes the Rogues waged war against the Flashes. In an effort to save Keystone and Central Cities from destruction from bombs, all the speedsters working together harnessed the power of the speed force into phasing the cities out of reality which it would stay for the next twenty years, untouched by the rest of the world, cut off from communications and help.
In less than a year the assassins managed to cut down the JLA to just a few of the core members. The difficult choice was made to send a number of heroes into hide with the children of the dead and some of the living so that the next generation could be preserved and the rest continued to try to oppose the growing power of the villains in the world. By the end of 2015 all the worlds best known heroes were either killed or had gone into hiding to preserve what little of their history and heritage they could for a time when they could stand up and take the world back. The choice was made with heavy hearts and consciences. During this time J’onn shut down Watchtower on the moon and destroyed all but one teleporter to the station which was located in the Batcave under the guard of Helena Bertinelli-Wayne.
Through everything that happened Lex Luthor used the deaths of the heroes to propel himself into public favor as he spoke out about the events as they happened. He was elected into office during all the events. Through the years of his office he made great steps into improving life in the US and fixing many environmental issues and working toward peace with countries that had previously been at odds with the US. At the end of his second term the law that prevented him from running again was over thrown and he was put back into office when running again. So far he has been reelected for the past twenty years and still heads as president over the US.
Without heroes to stop the villains of the world they prospered and eventually found that without heroes to fight against they had little to do. Some settled into lives of business, controlling their territories with iron fists. Others fought against each other, looking for the conflicts that they’d once had when heroes and the JLA opposed them.
Black Adam returned to his home country of Kahndaq. The continued war in the middle east enraged him and with his powers and no one to step in and stop him he went to war against all those that threaten the peace of the places he’d once called home. He expanded the empire of Kahndaq across whole of the Middle East and much of northern Africa where he still rules as Emperor of his lands. The rest of Europe continues on though the threat of Adam on their boarders is not forgotten. They strive to maintain peace with him.
With the fall of heroes the US takes heavy rises in crime rates across the country. Though the police fight to keep down crime there is much that they can’t fight against. Supervillain’s that didn’t retire fine their way into public offices, running cities as their own private territories. Part of the reason that Luthor was continually voted back into office was his actions in stepping in to remove some of the villains at key times from their offices. Luther to present day continues to head the council of villains that still meets though not as regularly as they once had.
The one city that remained somewhat untouched was Metropolis. The city continues to stand as a shining beacon for the way that the country wishes their cities could be. Luthor keeps Metropolis as his own city still even though he spends much of his time in Washington DC. Gotham on the other hand quickly fell to the mob and the villains that had always made their home there. Two Face rose to the top of the pack and became the most powerful figure in the city, taking over most of the mob. The mayors in office generally were owned by some mob family or another and the police department fell to the same. The police have been bought and owned by the mob for over fifteen years now. Hope in the city has long since been lost.
People haven’t forgotten about the days when heroes kept the world safe from the biggest threats the world had to offer. Though they’re not talked about often in public there are still many who pass on stories of the JLA to their children who’ve grown into adults now. The children of the JLA have also grown into adults and many look to reclaiming the mantles that their parents lost to death or were forced to lay down to save the next generation. Even those that held no relations to the JLA look to taking up old names to bring back hope to the people of the world. Their emergence is slow and careful but whispers of old names are starting to flow through the lips and hearts of their home cities.
Who will the next generation of heroes be?
((Feel free to post updates on your characters under this post))
Batman didn’t disappear though, the mantle taken up by Dick Grayson to show the world that the hope that Batman had created in Gotham wasn’t dead. Gotham continued on its path for four years before Wilson showed back up and murdered Bruce Wayne with a sniper bullet to the head. Many said it was a cowards way of doing things, they were outraged as they mourned the death of their friend and colleague.
The death of Bruce was the turning point for the villains of the world.
Unknown to the heroes of the world that went back to fighting the fights that they’d always been fighting another force had come into the world. Villains changed and the heroes started to notice it. They became more organized, working together in pairs that normally wouldn’t have had anything to do with each other. Everyone knew that something was happening but despite their best efforts no one knew what was coming.
The next blow came in the middle of 2014 when Luthor reveled a way to stop the mounting global warming issue. The world at large took the idea with open arms and the compound was released into the atmosphere. The compound did exactly as it was promised it would do, repairing thin places that scientists had worried about for years. The secondary effect was felt shortly after the release of the compound when all the Kyrptonians lost their powers. J’onn J’onzz found the cause of the power loss in that blue kryptonite was mixed with the compound. Unfortunately he could not find a way to remove it and the JLA is left without some of its most powerful members.
While the JLA was trying to find a way to return the Kryptonian’s powers Slade Wilson put together a group of assassins with the skills and abilities that would best suit his needs. This group started to move through the world, isolating and murdering the heroes they found, the first of which was Dick Grayson, the new Batman. Though it was only he and Slade that fought, Dick was dealt a fatal blow and thought dead. J’onn received a vision from an unknown source telepathically showing him the future of the world and that Dick would be needed. J’onn went down to earth and took Dick back up to watch tower, healing him though some of the damage was beyond a quick heal. Dick’s body had to slowly heal on its own and J’onn placed him in cryogenic freeze, making sure that the computers and systems had their own generators so that he could survive for many years in the cast that they were cut off from Watchtower as his vision showed.
While Slade and his team were running around the world tracking heroes the Rogues waged war against the Flashes. In an effort to save Keystone and Central Cities from destruction from bombs, all the speedsters working together harnessed the power of the speed force into phasing the cities out of reality which it would stay for the next twenty years, untouched by the rest of the world, cut off from communications and help.
In less than a year the assassins managed to cut down the JLA to just a few of the core members. The difficult choice was made to send a number of heroes into hide with the children of the dead and some of the living so that the next generation could be preserved and the rest continued to try to oppose the growing power of the villains in the world. By the end of 2015 all the worlds best known heroes were either killed or had gone into hiding to preserve what little of their history and heritage they could for a time when they could stand up and take the world back. The choice was made with heavy hearts and consciences. During this time J’onn shut down Watchtower on the moon and destroyed all but one teleporter to the station which was located in the Batcave under the guard of Helena Bertinelli-Wayne.
Through everything that happened Lex Luthor used the deaths of the heroes to propel himself into public favor as he spoke out about the events as they happened. He was elected into office during all the events. Through the years of his office he made great steps into improving life in the US and fixing many environmental issues and working toward peace with countries that had previously been at odds with the US. At the end of his second term the law that prevented him from running again was over thrown and he was put back into office when running again. So far he has been reelected for the past twenty years and still heads as president over the US.
Without heroes to stop the villains of the world they prospered and eventually found that without heroes to fight against they had little to do. Some settled into lives of business, controlling their territories with iron fists. Others fought against each other, looking for the conflicts that they’d once had when heroes and the JLA opposed them.
Black Adam returned to his home country of Kahndaq. The continued war in the middle east enraged him and with his powers and no one to step in and stop him he went to war against all those that threaten the peace of the places he’d once called home. He expanded the empire of Kahndaq across whole of the Middle East and much of northern Africa where he still rules as Emperor of his lands. The rest of Europe continues on though the threat of Adam on their boarders is not forgotten. They strive to maintain peace with him.
With the fall of heroes the US takes heavy rises in crime rates across the country. Though the police fight to keep down crime there is much that they can’t fight against. Supervillain’s that didn’t retire fine their way into public offices, running cities as their own private territories. Part of the reason that Luthor was continually voted back into office was his actions in stepping in to remove some of the villains at key times from their offices. Luther to present day continues to head the council of villains that still meets though not as regularly as they once had.
The one city that remained somewhat untouched was Metropolis. The city continues to stand as a shining beacon for the way that the country wishes their cities could be. Luthor keeps Metropolis as his own city still even though he spends much of his time in Washington DC. Gotham on the other hand quickly fell to the mob and the villains that had always made their home there. Two Face rose to the top of the pack and became the most powerful figure in the city, taking over most of the mob. The mayors in office generally were owned by some mob family or another and the police department fell to the same. The police have been bought and owned by the mob for over fifteen years now. Hope in the city has long since been lost.
People haven’t forgotten about the days when heroes kept the world safe from the biggest threats the world had to offer. Though they’re not talked about often in public there are still many who pass on stories of the JLA to their children who’ve grown into adults now. The children of the JLA have also grown into adults and many look to reclaiming the mantles that their parents lost to death or were forced to lay down to save the next generation. Even those that held no relations to the JLA look to taking up old names to bring back hope to the people of the world. Their emergence is slow and careful but whispers of old names are starting to flow through the lips and hearts of their home cities.
Who will the next generation of heroes be?
((Feel free to post updates on your characters under this post))