Flashes of light appeared all over the world. People look up into the sky, pointing, mouth a gap. Some decide to take pictures. Several large and weird looking ships hovered over the skies. Mass hysteria followed. While all of the computers came back on there are whispers. The words may be different, but the sentiment in general was the same.
"Is this the end of the world?"
Many people wondered what would happen next. Various military's from around the world tried to get their weapons systems back on line. Yet the defenses had been jammed. The swirling vortex in the sky caused people to whisper, and take notice of what was going down in the world. Time ticked by, as they waited for the next move.
The next move as it turned out was several beams of light erupting down from the skies above. Pods dropped to the ground, twisted abominations. The sky was blocked off, where no one could even see the sun. Data was collected on these primitive creatures, by the hive mind below.
The collective breath of every single person was held as they waited for what happened next.
"Prepare construction of solar shield."
The sun was being blocked out. The very element giving life to so much was not visible any more. The pods moved down. Several tanks rolled in, but despite a valiant struggle, the fight was lost. The beams cut through the tanks like a hot knife through butter. The occupants scattered. The situation was the same around the world. Some armies achieved marginally better results than others, but the desperation felt was mostly the same.
Panic erupted, but some held out hope for a hero or heroes. In the darkest day there was hope, and in that hope there would dawn a brand new light. All would not be lost until the final battle. Humanity would not suffer at these invaders. Not without one last strong fight, one last push to preserve Earth.
The news stations around the world reported on each depressing issue. The false hope and then the doom brought to the planet when the latest attempt for a defense had been crushed. As forces mobilized to the central command of the Invasion, in downtown London, everyone held their breath.
Time almost stood still, and everyone sat on pins and needles as they waited for the other shoe to drop. All people could do now is watch, and hope everything turned out for the better.
The good news was Brainiac had been evicted from Hogwarts, and defeated, apparently once and for all. The menace that caused so many worlds to be destroyed had been dangerous, but it had a fundamental flaw that when exploited lead to its ultimate defeat.
The bad news is the school was no longer fit for habitation. It resembled the same ruins that any unsuspecting Muggles would have seen. One Amazonian witch, One Kryptonian witch, and one wizard could see it as clear as day.
Kara, Harry, and Hermione watched the ships over Scotland from the abandoned grounds.
"Somehow, I didn't think we would be out of the woods that easily," said Harry, finally breaking the silence.
"Always the pessimist aren't we?" asked Hermione.
"He's actually got a good reason to be pessimistic this time," said Kara. "We had a hard enough time fighting a dozen of those things at the Ministry. Now there are ships coming in by the boatload. Full scale Invasion, the end of the world as we know it type event."
The dark haired girl remained thoughtful.
"They have to have weaknesses," pondered Hermione.
"Yeah, they do," agreed Harry. "Sunlight hurt those ones at the Ministry. Of course, we kind of caught them off guard last time. Doubt that same trick would work twice."
"Worth a shot, isn't it?" asked Hermione.
"Well given the alternate is the end of the world as we know it, I should hope so," said Kara, as the three made their way towards Hogsmeade.
"I'm trying to get some news in, now we can pick up information," said Harry in a lowered tone of voice. The two girls waited, and then Harry turned to give them the bad news."Yeah, it's about as bad as we thought. The ships are popping in everywhere, around the world. Every major city, many minor ones, it's going to be the end of everything before too long."
"Understatement of the century," said Hermione. "So we just look for the main ship, and take it out. The problem is it should be the most heavily guarded."
Kara shook her head. Hermione looked at her, eyes widened in confusion.
"What do you mean, no?"
"Well just think about it from the perspective of an invading army," explained Kara. "Putting all of your resources towards one ship is going to spread the rest of the invasion thin. Plus it serves as one big beacon that's the ship. Any defenders would target that point, and weaken the net you have over the rest of the invading forces."
"Good point, it would be a huge hole in the defenses," said Hermione, eyes fixed on the sky. She studied the situation. "Every single one of those ships, none of them appear to be any more special than the other. Of course the chances of them being close to Hogsmeade, and us just stumbling upon them, slim to nothing."
Harry's ears perked up, as he heard a shopkeeper whisper to a gathered group of witches and wizards.
"Just be glad you're in Hogsmeade, and not in Diagon Alley. There's been looting, and then Death Eaters just showed up a few minutes ago. I guess You-Know-Who has come out of hiding or something."
Kara, Harry, and Hermione all exchanged a worried look. This matter complicated an already delicate situation.
"Seems like Brainiac set up a diversion of some sort to keep whatever's left of the Ministry off of him," said Harry.
"Yeah, and if they're attacking Diagon Alley…could mean trouble," said Hermione.
"Yeah, but the real question is, should we get involved?" asked Harry.
"Well they might be a little nuisance, and would get in our way when dealing with the Imperium," said Kara, as her eyes looked up into Harry's and he got where she was coming from. "Better we take care of them once and for all."
Harry remained thoughtful.
"Okay, but we're going to need a few extra wands depending on how many Death Eaters there are," said Harry, as he moved over to send a message. Kara and Hermione waited for Harry to return. "Okay, ready to go?"
They nodded in affirmation, and it was time deal with what remained of Voldemort's Death Eaters. The stakes had been never higher, but the three super powered teenagers were confident in that they could handle anything that were thrown at them.
The humming of alien ships could be heard. Seven figures walked towards each other. Some knew each other quite well, others had been barely acquainted. Yet, all had been brought here for a common purpose. The human race was in peril, and the world's fate hinged on their ability to work together.
"You know, I think I might have seen this movie before," said Flash. "I think it might have been named after a holiday, or something, not quite ringing a bell."
He got six looks at this comment, and the silence occurred for a moment.
J'onn broke the silence. "I'm sure you were wondering why I called you here."
"Yeah, an explanation would be nice right about now," said Wonder Woman, folding her arms, as she peered at the Martian.
"Normally, I don't listen to the voices in my head, "commented the Flash. "But you made a pretty convincing argument."
"Just give us the information we need," said Green Lantern, as he stood, arms folded and a humorless expression on his face.
"Very well then," said J'onn, as he took a deep breath to launch into the same story that he told Kara and Harry when the couple rescued him.
The entire group listened. The moment the Martian Manhunter concluded his story, Batman was already hard at work with data.
"The Invasion is worldwide," summarized Batman. "Some of the points are at the expected locations, but others are random. Yet the biggest manifestation is over London."
"They were building something in the Ministry of Magic?" asked Superman, and J'onn nodded in affirmation. "It must have been a magical hybrid with technology. Arcane mentioned one time that crossing magic with technology is unstable."
"It's a fundamental law of the universe," added Green Lantern. "Magic and technology is a very dangerous mixture, and that's why many advanced civilizations have outlawed the practice of sorcery."
"It's because the proper shielding cannot mesh well with advanced technology," said J'onn. "There are ways, but it would sacrifice the power and output of the equipment."
Batman just half listened to the conversation. He tried to get a fix on where the biggest signal was coming from. It was a delicate process, given he was dealing with the unknown.
"Any luck?" asked Superman.
"Hey, earth to bats, is anyone in there?" asked Flash, waving his hand around Batman's face, but Batman grabbed his wrist.
"Don't do that again," growled Batman, as he made a few more calibrations.
Needless to say, Flash learned his lesson at one Batman look.
"Can you actually find out what they're building?" asked Superman.
"We'll know it in a minute," said Batman in a patient voice.
Hawkgirl's eyes darted up to the ship hovering above them.
"Yeah, and while you're tracking that down, there's an Invasion going on around us," said Hawkgirl. "If we don't have a plan, I vote for just smashing everything to pieces."
"That might not be the worst idea," said Wonder Woman.
"It's not that simple,' said the Martian Manhunter in a soothing voice. "We smash one or two ships, but it barely puts a dent in their invading forces. We need a more cerebral attack."
"Cerebral…yeah what he said," said Flash slowly.
"Yes, think and not come up with snappy one liners, "said Green Lantern in a short voice.
"Dude, remove the stick from…"
"Any luck?" asked Superman, breaking up the impending fight.
"Yes, they're moving something big," said Batman. "Without knowing the general area of the Ministry, it's hard to really tell. But all of the other invasions are feints. Not to underestimate the real danger, but it's all a smokescreen for the real target. The real attacking force is located here in London."
The entire group of heroes moved over. What they could see was alarming enough. However, what they were unable to see, that was an entire matter entirely. They waited for someone to break the uncomfortable silence. Superman was the man who decided to take that inevitable task.
"I suggest it might be a good idea to divide and conquer. Go in and disable the ships, until we find the big one. The mothership has to be the most protected, so look for that."
Batman shook his head.
"What do you mean no?" asked Superman.
"Think about it logically," said Batman in a low voice. "You put all of your resources on one ship. They spread too thin. You also put one big target on it. Therefore, anyone who wants to attack it, you give them a big directional arrow."
"Wow, that made sense even for me," said Flash nodding his head.
The rest of the group nodded as well.
"Yes, the Imperium would think like that," agreed Martian Manhunter. "Finding the main ship would not be the easiest endeavor in the world."
"So, it's just a guessing game now?" asked Hawkgirl.
"I guess we better get going," said Wonder Woman. "The more we sit around and talk and actually not do anything, the longer they have to play."
"It's all about strategy, princess," said Green Lantern in an exasperated voice. "I can tell you're relatively new to this."
"Yeah, well sometimes you just got to go in, and do what you need to do," said Flash. "The more we talk, the more the bad guys have time to play."
"Yeah, but there are times where strategy is more important than brute force," said Superman.
There was a brief pause, as the Dark Knight slowly turned his head to the Man of Steel.
"Your cousin's been drilling that in your head, hasn't she?" asked Batman in undertone, and Superman nodded. "Yeah, I thought so. I don't know what she's done to get through to you, but good for her."
"So let's do this then," said Hawkgirl.
"Agreed, here's what I suggest we do," said The Martian Manhunter in a soft, but commanding tone.
The league of seven moved over and listened to the plan. There was look of skepticism on their faces of many of the League members, until the plan was completely hashed out and properly explained. Then there was a length amount of silence, before it was broken by the Flash.
"I have to say that plan actually is better than anything that I can come up with."
"Yes, it should work," said Batman. "Based on the data that I have…"
"Yeah, let's just go with it, and start smashing anything that looks at us," said Hawkgirl.
A ship hovering above them unloaded several of the white creatures. They turned their attention, speaking in low tones.
"Yeah, I'm not bi-lingual, but I'm pretty sure they just said they're going to eat us," said Flash as he looked at the invading aliens.
"Close enough," said Martian Manhunter, as he turned to face his enemies.
The two sides stood poised for battle.
"Let's not give them a chance," said Wonder Woman, the first to engage in an attack.
Loud explosions ran in the air, as Batman gave them a smokescreen, allowing them to divide and conquer.
Several civilians screamed in terror, as the Death Eaters strolled around Diagon Alley. The shop owners had long since cleared out, the ones that survived the initial attack on the alley in Gringotts. The looting had taken place, and while there was not much left, people still fought over bread crumbs like starving rodents.
"Hey, let's hold it up!" shouted one of the Death Eaters. "I need to loot my wife a present, or I'll be sleeping on the couch."
"The Dark Lord wants us to remind these Mudbloods and blood traitors we exist, and that's all you can think about?" said one of the Death Eaters, disgusted. A helpless little kitten scrambled out of the way, and thankfully avoided anything bad happening due to the bickering Death Eaters.
"Yeah, so Yaxley says," said another Death Eater. "And you would be inclined to believe him, why?"
"I don't know, is it because your brain cells range in the single digits?"
All of the Death Eaters snapped their heads over and looked up. The robed men and woman had fixed their gaze towards a dark haired young man with green eyes flying above them. They all were caught off guard, and remained slack jawed. Their mouths hung open, eyes glazed over.
"I think that's Harry Potter," whispered one of the Death Eaters.
"Don't be ridiculous," said another Death Eater. "Harry Potter wears glasses, has a lighting bolt scar, is a lot scrawnier, and he doesn't fly without a broom."
Harry just whistled and enjoyed the spectacle for a moment. As the Death Eaters argued amongst themselves, Kara and Hermione were able to sprint the remaining civilians out of harm's way.
"Yeah, take your time, I've got all of the time in the world," said Harry. "I'm not sure you actually noticed, but there's an alien invasion going on above us. And you look like the type they'd eat."
"Alien invasion, you believe that crap!" laughed one of the Death Eaters. "The Ministry was just peddling that bullshit as an excuse to make it look like they were actually not failing."
"Well there's someone behind you," said Harry, as Kara just floated behind the Death Eaters, a smile on her face.
The Death Eaters laughed sadistic and cruel. None of them even entertained the possibility of looking over their shoulders. Some of them held their wands, to try and intimidate their prey. One of the Death Eaters spoke up.
"Do you think we're going to fall for that?"
Harry snapped his fingers, and Kara used her super breath to blow all of the Death Eaters off balance. A large gust of wind caused the Death Eaters to fall ass over tea kettle onto their backs. The dark witches and wizards tried to struggle up to their feet, but Kara blew a sheet of ice on the ground with her ice breath.
"Now!" yelled Harry, and Sirius, Remus, and Tonks all popped out, nailing the Death Eaters with hexes.
They all screamed, as they slipped around on the ice. One of the Death Eaters had been dropped, breaking his neck as he slipped on the ice. Several of the Death Eaters did have the coordination to stand on their feet. One raised his wand, but a blast of heat vision caused his wand to burst into flames and burn his hand. He screamed, as Harry hexed him through a shop window. The broken glass cut into the back of his neck, causing it to be sliced.
"Stupid blood traitors I…"
A super punch knocked the Death Eater in the face, and knocked his mask off.
"You Death Eaters talk too much," said Kara, as she disarmed several of them.
"Who is this girl?" demanded one of the Death Eaters, but Hermione caught him with a well-placed curse, shattering his vertebrae.
"Well it's not like you're living long enough to find out," said Hermione. With precision, she conjured flaming daggers to slice through another pair of Death Eaters.
"Yeah, without their half-blood master, they have no guidance," said Sirius, as he took one of them out. Remus and Tonks took out more Death Eaters.
"Do you dare mock the Dark Lord?" asked one of the Death Eaters, but Harry took him out, causing his head to snap back.
"Yeah, we dare," said Harry. "By the way, your master's been dead for about four months, thought you'd like to know before we kill the rest of you."
"You can't kill us," stammered one of the Death Eaters, fearful. "The Ministry won't stand to it…"
"AVADA…" started one of the Death Eaters pointing his wand at Harry, but Kara nailed him with magically enhanced heat vision to the chest. The Death Eater combusted in fire, and shrieked absolutely insane with the pain before he dropped to the ground.
Murderers deserved only the same mercy they were given.
"The Dark Lord can't be dead," said one of the Death Eaters, but he looked at his forearm, his mark was now gone. "No…please…I was under the Imperius Curse. I can pay you money."
The Death Eater cracked down to the ground.
"I have money, I don't need yours," said Harry coldly, as he put his arm around Kara's waist, as she dropped down.
"Did we get them all?" asked Hermione, and Kara scanned the debris with her X-Ray vision.
There was a body lurking.
"There's one hiding back there," said Kara.
"Let's find out who it is," said Remus, as he blasted it. Dolohov sat, his wand broken, his hands burned.
"This one's mine!" yelled Hermione as she rushed forward.
"No, please!" yelled Dolohov. "You can't kill me, Mudblood, I'm…"
Hermione shot the same spell Dolohov used on her. Only this time, Dolohov was ripped apart by the sheer force. The Death Eater screamed, blood spilling from his mouth. He spasmed as Hermione looked at him.
"By the way, I could kill you," said Hermione, as the life faded from his eyes. "How do you like to have your organs rearranged? I could have turned your blood into mud, but I haven't learned that particular transfiguration. So…I would say better luck next time, but since you're dead, I guess not."
Tonks blinked, as she looked at Hermione.
"I wouldn't want to get on her bad side," whispered Tonks.
"I concur," said Remus with a slight smile. "Actually with all three of them, their bad side isn't a fun place to be."
"You understand Moony old boy," said Sirius in undertone.
The entire group sighed, as the broken battered bodies of the remaining Death Eaters. All perished, some rather messily.
"You know who wasn't out here," said Harry. "Malfoy and Snape."
"Cowards, both of them," said Sirius. "They're both hiding in their holes."
"I wonder if either noticed their dark marks going blank when Brainiac was shut down," said Kara, as she joined Harry in making sure there were not any more surprises hiding in Diagon Alley.
Much like Hogwarts, Diagon Alley was not fit for any habitation. A thousand year magical civilization had fallen, corruption and greed of the government finally caught up to anyone.
"So saved the world, wiped out most of the Death Eaters, "said Harry, ticking them off on his fingers. "We've got to save the world one more time."
"Harry!" yelled Kara. "The data Brainiac had, you don't suppose he has a way to shut down the Imperium for good."
"I wouldn't be surprised," said Harry with a smile, as he gave her a light kiss. "Brilliant of you to download that before you completely shut him down."
"Well, it could have come in handy anyway," said Kara with a pleased smirk. "I just didn't think it would be this soon."
"You four see if you can help out," said Harry, as Hermione, Tonks, Sirius, and Remus nodded.
"What about you two?" asked Tonks.
"Going to save the world, and figure out a way to shut the Invasion down," said Kara, as she and Harry popped back to the Patronus Incorporated Headquarters in Metropolis.
The invading forces cut through the smoke. Two Batarangs whirled through the air, and stuck in one of the pods. An explosion ranged out, wounding it. A green fist manifested in the air, and smashed through the attackers. At the speed of light, Flash cleared out several of the invading pods.
"Why can't harmless, fluffy alien bunnies ever invade?" asked Flash, as he toppled more of them. "I mean it's always world domination this or that, or eating humanity or dominating the world while eating humanity."
Flash shrugged and Superman looked at him, shaking his head.
"Yeah, we couldn't be that lucky," said Superman, as he evaded the attacks, before he used his heat vision to cut through the pods. The aliens evacuated, and Hawkgirl smashed down onto them with a wild swing of her mace.
Sparks flew to signify another downed enemy.
Wonder Woman jumped up, and knocked them back. Batman swung off the building with his grappling hook, as the police evacuated civilians off of the street. Green Lantern blocked three of the invaders with a shield construct. Superman flew forward, and toppled them all. The Martian Manhunter went intangible, and dropped down. He came out from underneath them, and knocked them high into the air.
Superman and the Flash both went at the pods at super speed.
Hawkgirl swung, and cracked the invaders. Batman dropped ice pellets, and froze them. He threw a device at one of the invaders, who caught it. The creatures advanced on him, but Batman tapped it, activating a sonar pulse. A swarm of bats flew down, and it was a distraction allowing Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to move in for a more direct attack.
"This is just one small pocket of invaders, there are more throughout the world," said Martian Manhunter. "Unless we find the Imperium's main ship, it is all for nothing."
"Can't you just read their minds or something?" asked Flash.
"In theory, yes," said the Martian Manhunter, and the Flash just stopped.
"Okay, then," said Flash.
"But given the fact they took my race's powers, it's not an easy endeavor," said the Martian Manhunter, as he dodged the fire cannons. "And they know all about my weaknesses, and they'll find out yours too if you give them a chance."
More uncomfortable silence as the group tried to regain their bearings.
"Let's not then," said Batman, before he aimed a grapple, and pulled a large gargoyle onto one of the pods. It crushed the pod immediately, and the battle continued.
Superman was overwhelmed by the attackers, but Hawkgirl and Green Lantern rushed in to make the save. A high impact ring construct and a mace attack caused them to scatter. This allowed Superman the room to breathe.
"They might have already found mine, if they're blocking the sun," breathed Superman. "I'm running on reserves."
"Then you better get creative with what you have," said Batman gruffly.
Wonder Woman slid underneath the attack, and smashed the legs of the pods together. A loud crack echoed, as more poured out of the ships.
"Look!" yelled Flash, as he pointed to a large ship hovering high above the air.
"That's the Imperium's ship," said the Martian Manhunter grimly.
"Yeah off to the side, away from everything," said Flash. "Just letting the minions do all the dirty work."
"Well that part never changes," said Green Lantern, deflecting more attacks and shooting impact blows. "Just focus on dividing these forces, and taking them out. If they make a huge mistake, we can take them."
"Will it really be that easy?" asked Hawkgirl.
"There's only one way to find out," said Superman, but he looked over to see what Batman had to say.
Batman was not there.
Everyone looked around, and noticed that Batman had already snuck halfway up to the ship. The Dark Knight scaled the building, in his attempt to reach his target. He placed an explosive device, and tried to detonate it, but his technology was fried immediately.
'Impossible, the EMP shielding should have held up,' thought Batman. "Well that explains what they're building.'
A beam fired up, and Batman swung down, narrowly avoiding it. The rope snapped but his descent was slowed enough. This allowed Superman to swoop in and catch him before he fell to the ground.
"I thought you needed to conserve your strength," said Batman, breaking the silence.
"You're welcome," replied Superman, as he set Batman down on the ground.
Four new arrivals joined the assembled heroes.
"Donna, there you are!" yelled Wonder Woman.
Hermione decided to cut off the call for explanations.
"Yeah, we can do reunions later, Diana," said Hermione in an undertone, as she looked up in the air at the ships. "This might be a lot worse than we thought."
"Where's Arcane and Supergirl?" asked Batman.
His look signified that he required explanations now rather than later.
"They're around somewhere," said Sirius in an evasive voice.
"Oh, they're just finding out a way to save us all," added Tonks. "Just we got to keep these guys busy until they're done."
"Well, that's what we've been kind of doing," said Flash.
"I trust you've been staying out of trouble," said Tonks with a smile.
"Trouble me, you're the one who gets in trouble," said Flash.
Batman cleared his throat to break up this little interplay.
"Yeah, as charming as this reunion is, we do have an alien invasion going on," said Superman, before he moved over to Hermione, whispering so only she could hear. "What are Harry and Kara doing?"
"Well as I told you, they're trying to figure out a way to deal with them," said Hermione. "They dealt with Brainiac, and now it's down to them once again. Brainiac might have had information to defeat them."
Superman nodded. He understood, as the ships circled around to send more attackers down.
"They're vulnerable to sunlight!" called Hermione.
"Well that explains the entire blocking out the sun thing," said Flash, but Hermione waved her wand. Sirius, Tonks, and Remus copied her movements.
A blinding flash of simulated yellow sunlight backed off the invading forces. They smoked in the sunlight, and it proceeded to give Superman an added boost of power. He zoomed forward, and crashed into them.
"Okay, keep it up, they're retreating, let's see how much time we can buy!" shouted Superman, as they all nodded. Batman used a mirror to reflect the simulated sunlight spells directly at one of the ships, causing the invaders to retreat.
"There's a chance that they will all come here to shut us down," said the Martian Manhunter.
"Good, it will be a lot easier to deal with them," said Batman, and surprisingly he got no protests.
The battle continued to rage on, but the simulated sunlight only wounded the creatures. It was nearly not powerful enough to shut them down.
'What did those two do differently to destroy them,' thought Hermione, frustrated as her most powerful spell only slightly wounded them.
"Actually the scorched look is an improvement for these things, wouldn't you think?" asked Sirius.
"Well they can't get any worse," said Flash. "Well I suppose that they could, but…"
A blast of energy shot him and knocked the wind out of the Flash. He waved off the help, taking a deep breath to regain his bearings. More ships appeared above London as they began to fire. Energy ripped through the air, as the attack raged on.
"They're getting sloppy," said Batman, as Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern helped deflect the blasts. Superman picked up one of the downed ships to block the attack.
"Still dangerous though," said Flash. He started to spin his arms at super speed like a windmill to reflect the debris back at the ships. Green Lantern created a ramp construct, allowing him to run up, and take out one of the ships.
"Just keep fighting, buy a little more time," breathed Hermione.
"How much time?" asked Sirius.
"If she'd knew, she'd tell you," said Remus, as more simulated yellow sunlight shot out, but they were getting fatigued.
It was powerful magic, and while they were capable, it was rather draining. It was not unlike running a marathon.
The waiting game had continued.
Metropolis was one of the targeted cities, as people inside the city stayed glued to their radios. The latest news buzzed over the airwaves, as breath was held in and people listened. All hoped for some good news, because all of the bad news offset it.
"Despite the grim situation, we urge the citizens of the world not to panic. Our defense missile computers have currently been locked out, but there is no reason to believe that any enemy is currently in control of them. Police and military personnel are working to bring this invasion down to a manageable level. The best you can do as civilians can do is to stay off the street. Stay inside your homes, with your families. Do not make this a hostage crisis. Do not give any reason for the invading forces to grab you."
There was one building that could not be penetrated despite the best efforts of the invaders. Most of that had to do with the fact the building remained invisible. Thanks to the built in security within the building, the Patronus Incorporated office building in Metropolis went into stealth mode.
The two owners returned. Kara and Harry looked somber and scarily focused. Those who remained in the building reflected their expressions. The echoes of radio chatter, and the images on the television networks painted a rather grim picture.
"We're running out of time," summarized the news caster. "There's no hope, all may be lost. Say goodbye to your family and friends, before the end comes."
"No, there's always hope," argued Kara, trying to remain optimistic. "As long as there's breath in anyone, as long as there's one person willing to fight, it's not lost."
"And there are two people at least," said Harry. She nodded in agreement, before he added as an afterthought. "Many more actually."
The assembled heroes in London had begun to hold down the fort. Yet, there was only so much time that could be bought. The invading ships moved away from Metropolis.
They reached the main computer, a combination of Earth and Kryptonian technology. Kara took out the disc. A focused expression contorted onto her face, as Harry grabbed her hand encouragingly. She pressed a button and popped open the disc drive.
"Brainiac's got to have something on how to shut these guys down for good," said Kara, as she shifted through all of the files, but the information was vast. "He's not going to make a deal with someone, not without some kind of failsafe."
Kara grew frustrated at her inability to find anything. Harry placed a hand on her arm.
"If anyone can find it, it's you," said Harry, with an encouraging smile, and Kara was inspired. She shifted through the information. Clicking through the files, she searched through every single bit of data present.
Time stood still. More news came out describing the events, with the situation seeming more depressing. Kara and Harry blocked out those thoughts of hopelessness and fear.
"Look, scroll back just a little bit," said Harry, and Kara paused. "I think that's your information."
Kara looked at it, and smiled. Sure enough Harry had managed to point her in the right direction. She continued to look through it.
"Brainiac had schematics on these guys, and a detailed way on how to beat them," said Kara. "Along with absorbing the information they had, before he moved on."
"And now, we can use his plan to take them down," said Harry. "The problem is getting in close enough to implement it."
Kara and Harry looked at each other with calculating smiles. Ideas brewed in their head, but they had to get something ready.
They just hoped Earth could hold on long enough for them to do their work. Even if they could work faster than most, it was still a delicate process.