Somewhere in New Jersey

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

The Titans' arrival is silent and swift, determined and precise. Before the shadow of the jet falls over the state line, Nightwing is relaying the plan to the rest of the team.

"Starfire, flank the building and come around from the rear. Hit it hard, make sure they can't get out. Robin, hit the power on that place. Don't wait, Wonder Girl and Nightstar - get inside and do what you do best. Kid Flash, Jesse, you're looking for anything in there while they're being kept busy that can give us an edge on this damned virus. Omen, keep tabs on any magic users in there. Flamebird, Speedy, follow me in after the heavy hitters do their thing. We're on cleanup."

He pauses to check the instrumentation. "And whoever finds Light... make sure you hurt him."

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[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

There are about three times as many S.T.A.R. Labs outposts that are not known to the general public as there are known. This particular one, in a remote area of upstate New Jersey that was once an F.B.I. research center, is one of those outposts.

Their specialty? Pharmaceutical and disease research.

And Degeneration Y has had these scientists working for the last 18 hours or so. Straight.

Nerves are raw, on edge. They haven't had TIME to watch television.

Still, they keep working...

[delphic-child.livejournal.com]

Acknowledged.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

Starfire barely says a word as she flies out of the jet to follow Nightwing's orders.

This for my son. This for all the children, you bastard.

The starbolts fly. Her aim is true.

[monstersociety.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, a mile away in a nondescrpit hotel room that will look like the Sex Pistols armed with a tornado hit it when the maid comes the next day, Psimon focuses the new found hybrid he power at his disposal along with years of hatred at coming so close to crushing this team. His thoughts aren't even words, just anger, hate, and barely contained euphoria. It will feel so good and right for the Titans to attack this place. It is such a good way to take their fear and inaction regarding their whelps away.

He's only a little disappointed that the Titan leader overseeing his last...misstep...seems off-world. The JSA's little Frankenstien is here however and very frightened...very directionless...

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[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

Scientists inside have been scrambling and feeding their link ups between the JLA Watchtower and other specialized labs all over the world frantically trying whatever they can to disassemble this chimera and kill it. When the perimeter alerts go off and security sees the Titans they think nothing of it. It's a superhero team coming to help obviously and their minds are too wrapped up in children, nieces, nephews, loved ones, and the suffering of the world at large. Someone must have just told the team this lab was here.

That's why when the alien on blows a hole in the side of the lab's facade the shock and scrambling gives way to snapped tempers and lots of bullets.

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

Pandimonium reigns. They've read about things like this. Heroes going mad.

"Mayday...To whoever is listening at the JLA...Help...Help...We are being attacked!"

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"This is Blue Beetle - we're sending a team right away. What's going on there?"

[monstersociety.livejournal.com]

Psimon smiles gleefully. The fight has been joined. Within the Titan's minds he finds an old weapon that he hones against new fears. There's always been a generation gap between the mentors and students...A certain mistrust that comes with age and compounded by disagreements and distance both real and perceived.

To the Titans...The JLA are coming in again...Interfering with lethal misunderstanding and self-righteousness again and this time it will cost them their family - their children...

To the JLA...The Titans are young and headstrong...less experienced...less cognizant of the big picture involved...They are endangering the world yet again with their recklessness and their battle makes no sense...

They need to be stopped!

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

What could have driven the Titans over the edge so quickly? They had to be stopped.

Using the Watchtower's teleporter she appears above the scene to survey it first before diving in head first.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

Starfire is screaming in Tamaranean as she continues to lay down suppressing fire with her starbolts.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/]

Superman arrives in the vicinity and sees utter chaos below. He scans quickly to try and find Nightwing, or Cyborg, someone he can find out what's going on from.

[jessequick.livejournal.com]

First to greet him is a blur of white, gold and red, blonde hair tousled by the speed of motion, eyes behind the goggles narrowed. The Fastest Woman Alive comes up short in front of Superman, hovering a few feet above the ground, wary.

[damage-granted.livejournal.com]

The fight between Jesse Quick and Superman had moved far too fast for Damage to actually keep an eye on what was going on, red, yellow, and blue blurs darting around the laboratory, blazing a trail of destruction throughout the S.T.A.R. facility. Of course, he'd also been a bit distracted by the fact that the security forces were shooting at him.

However, he'd seen and heard Jesse hit the ground, then watched as she didn't get up. As if he really needed anything else to be angry about, now Superman has put one of his teammates on the floor. Grabbing one of the guards by the throat, Damage tosses the unfortunate man into a group of his compatriots.

Think we can't handle this, like we're just incompetent kids. They're not going to stop me from figuring out who did this to Lian!

Damage turns toward Superman, stretching out his arms, palms outward, the bluish-white power aura burning brightly, having crept up to his shoulders. Without any further warning, a wide blast of explosive energy tearing from his hands, aimed directly at the Man of Steel.

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

Using the Watchtower's teleporter systems, Blue Beetle is quickly on the scene, looking around for the rampaging Titans, and monitoring a variety of sensory equipment built into the robotic avatar.

[mari-grayson.livejournal.com]

Nightstar catches a glimpse of blue and wheels quickly. "What are you doing here?" she demands.

[fleet-feet.livejournal.com]

The TITANS are attacking STAR Labs? What the hell is going on?

Wally's a Titan forever and one of the big-name Leaguers. So he races to the scene, hoping he can figure out what the hell is going on - maybe he can play peacemaker.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

And from every TV screen he passes, there's a vaugely familar voice...

"Please, heroes. I know the pain of losing a child and family...Please spare us from this..." A brunette pleads from the screen - her make-up running down her face. Looking at her makes the Flash's head hurt and impulses of how to solve the crisis flood his mind. After more sobs the woman finishes, "I know too well what it's like to lose your family."

[sexy-huntress.livejournal.com]

Huntress materializes on the rooftop, bo staff in hand. That's the Titans' jet alright, is her first thought as she looks up at the hulk that casts an ominous shadow over her. Her gaze drops to the roof access door that's open and banging steadily against the stiff breeze.

She sets off at a run.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bird_of_flame_/]

Flamebird is watching.

There is an accuity to her normally scattered, or at least multi-tasking mind. And right now it is to hurt the people who are hurting us. The people who have hurt us before.

The shadows near that door have an occupant. Waiting.

[connor-hawke.livejournal.com]

He doesn't have the adverse reaction his dad has to transporters, but it still disorients him for a moment. He ducks down a hallway.

Damn it! They're always so governed by their passions. All of them. If they just stopped to think for three seconds and let us handle it...

[speedy-mia.livejournal.com]

He finds Speedy crouched at a corner making pincushins out of the limbs of any personal that step into view.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_darkknight_/]

The call to the JLA about the Titans isn't something that Batman answers directly or even acknowledges: as one might anticipate, he simply acts. Using the Watchtower's teleporter (and a newly designed method to work its controls remotely), the Dark Knight has arrived at the lab with but one thought on his mind: to get to the bottom of this.

Thus, while the more visible members of the Justice League are moving in to take control of the situation, Batman is covertly entering the labs to find that situation's root cause and eliminate it. It's how he works.

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

The number of people who can approach the Dark Knight without making a sound can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Shadows move.

[jla-villains.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, Marcia has a small news crew from a local TV station with her. It was an easy sell for the station to have someone in her offices standing by in case "the big bad guy," chose to send something else. He wouldn't of course. The film crew was for this...

"Oh my God!" she shrieks and points to the brawl. "What in His name are they doing?!"

Like good little trained monkeys, cameras focus on the fight in short order.

[katavatar.livejournal.com]

Hawkman soars over the chaos, trying to analyze what's going on, and hoping to pinpoint a way to put an end to it.

His jaw is clenched tight, and he's also looking for places to intercede to give his teammates an edge...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wondergirl_/]

Wonder Girl's doing what she's doing best - and that's rough housing the guards, tearing things apart and just looking for Light.

It's too bad her lasso doesn't force people to tell the truth. It would've been a nifty power.

But Cassie likes the powers the lasso already has just fine.

May Zeus protect anyone who comes in his daughter's way.

[delphic-child.livejournal.com]

She watches. She does not see.

She listens. She does not hear.

Augmented anger and distrust shelter her senses. Mystical mirrors of blood and paint disguise the truth. That which is light. That which is dark. To her, there is no distinction. Nightwing said to follow. So she does. There is no question of his authority.

A deception does she face.

[monstersociety.livejournal.com]

When the radio gives a burst of static during a familar song, there's a jaring effect. There's a blip in the routine of what should be next in the sequence. That's what she feels and the static feels pervasive, evil, and smiling.

[gar-logan.livejournal.com]

Having already knocked away two guards in gorilla form, he shifts shape into a rhinoceros, charging the personnel, plowing through any remaining armed guards still firing at the others as they continue their hunt, crushing the metal underfoot.

They picked a bad day to piss off an animal shifter.

[mari-mccabe.livejournal.com]

It's odd.

A lot of these Titans have been heroes longer than Vixen herself has been in this game.

Not that it should matter in the least.

She's channelling the powers of a bloodhound, running swiftly, following the scent of the one she knows is called Beast Boy.

[jla-extras.livejournal.com]

Omen has won her battle, but not the war (http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/1030356.html?thread=28993236#t28993236). Rage and agression from so many familar minds continues to build on itself like and avalanche. The telepath is winded from her battle while many lay wounded, some critically.

And the building is on fire.