Meanwhile, back in the Cave...

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Dawn has come and gone, midmorning approaches, and Bruce is still reviewing what he might have missed during his visit to Metropolis, City of Tomorrow and Too Many Damned Glowing Things, to investigate the real estate that local business man/tycoon/slimebag Max Shreck is considering purchasing.

Yes, he should be in bed by now. He should be getting food. He should be doing something other than what he is doing now, which is going over data he recorded in Metropolis and reviewing an eye on the police reports as well. Price of taking time away from his patrols to try to contain Gotham scum within the city limits.

And his coffee's cold. Damn it.

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At least Wally gave him a little more detail about what he was seeing. "Three other cities are being hit with duplicates too. Heading to the Watchtower to coordinate. No version of Superman yet. If you see one, call me. You need help handling what you have now?"

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Oh god, a worldbeater of some kind. Did NOT need this today.

"Jay and I are doing the best we can."

POW! Whooosh!

"I'm not seeing a huge variety - we've got Mid-Nites, Huntresses, " and women I'm sleeping with "Flamebirds and I'm trying to nail down a Jesse Quick."

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"Nothing you can't handle." Wait, was that Batman showing faith in Flash? Seriously? "Will be on standby. Need backup, contact Oracle or me. Batman out."

He looks reluctantly in Alfred's direction, says only, "Sorry, old friend," and opens the direct line to the brain center of the League. "Oracle."

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"Here, Batman."

She's busy. Very busy right now but not so busy as she doesn't have a few moments for him.

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"Need a direct teleport to the Watchtower soon as you can manage it and direct computer feed of everything you're getting. See if I can shift some weight off you, quarterback our counterassaults while you deal with the rest."

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"Teleport in two minutes on my mark."

There is a brief pause as she does something else for a brief moment, sending out information and tracking where she can. "Mark. The uplink to the Watchtower has been established."

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"Roger that. Any new flare-ups in other cities, I want to know immediately. Going to coordinate with the other three cities ASAP. Teleport when ready. Batman out."

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"Acknowledged."

Oracle takes the representation of Batman on her console and moves it to the side, establishing links from her information to it and then linking it to the Watchtower link.

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"Alfred," says Batman in the seconds before the teleport is activated, "thanks for the sandwiches. I'll get the soup la..."

And he's gone.