Blackhawk Island

[overcame_fear]

It's been a long, hard fight, but the heroes of Earth have rallied against the alien invasion, and step-by-hardfought-step, they've been liberating their home.

Hal, for one, has really had enough of yellow eyebeams.

But there's no time for that now. The Justice League is needed out at Blackhawk Island, and that's exactly where they're going.

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[raptorcanaria]

Bathed in the green of Hal's ring, Dinah won't say she isn't glad for the respite. She's lost track of how many straight hours she's been fighting, but every muscle in her body is reminding her that it's been too long. Still, it would be nice if this respite had come from victory, rather than Snapper calling into their communicators that they were in even worse trouble than a full-on large scale invasion.

She'll take small victories, however. Like seeing the entire Justice Society waiting for them on the island. Her mother's broken arm is in a sling, and Charlie's broken goggles have left him completely blind, but they're OK. And Fate, of course, is working hard at keeping the captured aliens contained.

"Answer me this," her Mom is saying as they arrive, "even if we do manage to capture all the aliens, what will we do with them?"

[overcame_fear]

A damn good question, Hal thinks when he hears her say it. It's been in the back of his mind for a while now. How could it not be, considering he's a Green Lantern, and spends so much of his time arresting alien felons? But even Oa doesn't usually have as many perps to deal with at once as Earth's heroes are coping with now.

But Snapper's news is even worse than what he expected. Bad enough to have this Vandal Savage causing trouble, but that he would have a weapon that could do as much damage to the Justice League as the aliens....

"That's all we need," Aquaman says, echoing Hal's thoughts. "A loose cannon gunning for us."

[raptorcanaria]

And of all people Vandal Savage. He used to fight the Justice Society, and he's showing no sign of tiring. J'Onn suggests, wisely, that it'd be best to find him before he finds them. But...

"Too late. Was someone mentioning a weapon."

The flash in which Savage appears is bright and white, just two feet above the ground, leveling a giant silver gun at them. There's no time to be worried, though, because immediately Hal has him in green chains.

"Did you really think we'd let you get this close without taking you down?"

"No," Savage remarks. "Which is wh I took precautions."

As he speaks, his face morphs, seems to melt, and Dinah gasps, out of pure surprise.

"Clayface?"

Didn't they take him down last month? Prisons these days.

[overcame_fear]

Savage's voice continues to speak. "Much to his discomfort, yes. Call it a bold new experiment in neural implants. I've seized the poor brute's mind, allowing me remote control over his shapes and his senses."

Savage goes on to describe his 'gift' to them, the Appellaxian weapon, which he describes as a broadcast device keyed to their own brainwaves, and which Savage has modified and amplified so that, when turned on, it will "turn their minds into gravel."