Darkseid returned to Apokolips satisfied that Bane would do what he needed him to do.

Remembering that only hunger dogs were available at this version of Apokolips; he resigned himself to the task of gathering weapons to provide Bane, similar to how he'd armed Intergang in the past.

Aquaman took a little time to check out the old JLA headquarters and wool gather a bit. There were a lot of memories of the early days of the JLA wrapped up inthat cave. He wondered at the motivation of the mysterious entity that brought them to this strange version of Earth and why the original headquarters was here but not the satellite.

He shrugged it off as something Batman was better equipped to solve and decided to go to the harbor to watch for trouble.

The Flash took some time from patroling to recharge and relax with Iris.

Most of the citizens of the city had appeared including the curator of the Flash museum, Dexter Myles. Curiously there was no sign of Wally West or his family other then his home and Keystone City wasn't duplicated either.

The citizens had rallied and called out their police and national guard troops to set up a perimeter guard to protect the city which would free the Flash to help Batman try to sort out what was going on.

When morning came, Barry intended to begin a superspeed reconnoiter mission of this world and see what he might find out.

Bane relaxed at his base with another workout before he turned in to rest.

He thought about being approached by Darkseid. Weighing pros and cons.

As far as he knew; Superman wasn't here and he didn't think that even with the Flash along, the three heroes that were there would be a match for the power of Darkseid. It would be only an act of self preservation to side with Darkseid. He owed Batman nothing.

One must side with the winning team or be devoured!

He would wait to see what develops before he shared his decision with the Bat. Likely Darkseid would destroy the Batman and it would all be moot.

Batman and Alfred returned to the manor after the surveillance devices were in place. Tomorrow he'd have Barry do the same for Happy Harbor along with a teleportation device so he could get there quickly.

He decided he'd store the extra Batmobile at the JLA headquarters so that he could use it there.

He wondered about Darkseid. Other then the encounter with the Flash, they'd heard nothing. Perhaps he was preoccupied with other things and wouldn't be their problem. At least until Superman showed up hopefully.

He didn't want to sleep but knew even he'd need to recharge or things could be worse. Better to take advantage of the loll before the storm to recharge and be ready for the worst.

Darkseid brooded through the night. He rarely needed rest and was disturbed by the recent events.

He was one of the most powerful beings he knew and yet he was feeling like a pawn.

Along with himself, Batman, Aquaman and the Flash and an enemy of Batman called Bane were brought to this place. Why them? Who could be powerful enough to uproot Great Darkseid from his home and plant him in some alternate universe?

He was irked but also intrigued. It was a personal challenge for him to find and confront the perpetrator that dared to toy with Darkseid; but for now he'd play his game, intending to draw the entity out for a confrontation at the first chance.

In the meantime he'd work with what he had. According to the tablets, he had to meet someone at mid morning.

Aquaman didn't have to wait long for trouble. As he coursed the waters of the harbor he saw pirate ships approaching the small community.

He blinked a few times. These were Long John Silver style pirate ships and they were sailing into the harbor with the obvious intention of an invasion.

Aquaman shook his head a few times in disbelief and sprang into action.

While the pirates were readying their cannons to fire volleys into the town Aquaman punched holes in the bottom of the ships. Before the pirates could get their attack properly under way they found themselves sinking.

Aquaman punched enough holes in the ships that there was no chance to save them from sinking. As the larcenous sailors began abandoning ship scores of dolphins that had been summoned surrounded the floundering pirates and deftly disarmed any that tried to stab them with their swords.

Eventually members of the Coast Guard that was stationed at Happy Harbor came out and began retrieving the soggy felons and wondered where they might lock them all up at.

On the other hand the pirates were dumbfounded by the boats that came out to rescue them and some were so terrified they tried to break the dolphin cordon that blocked them in.

The Coast Guard complained to Aquaman that they had no place to incarcerate all these pirates. Aquaman called in some humpback whales and had the pirates get on their backs so the whales could whisk the pirates to an island where Aquaman would be able to deal with them at his leisure.

Day 4:

Barry Allen woke in the morning and ate breakfast with Iris. After a shower he dressed and set out to do some exploring, initially deciding to give a thorough investigation of the area surrounding Central City.

He found a curious mix of fantasy and history. He saw that there were many villages that conssted of native americans living much like they did (or would have lived) if there was no encroachment of the white man.

In other areas, he found medieval castles and structures and saw both human (white) settlements and nonhuman creatures invarious areas that seemed to have thriving communities of their own.

Nobody seemed to have firearms but there was a distinct sense that magic was prevalent everywhere. There were a lot of bows and swords in sight.

Flash thought that this would be a very good place for the Phantom Stranger or Zatanna to be.

Bane began his day in anticipation. He expected another visit fom Darkseid today at a warehouse to receive some promised weaponry and needed to be there when the drop occured.

Once he had that, there would be no doubt about his chances of ruling this version of Gotham City.

Batman began his day contacting Aquaman and the Flash. Aquaman reported about the pirate attack and the Flash promised to go there soon to install surveillance equipment to help them protect the community.

The three briefly discussed the fact that no one new showed up the day before, causing them to wonder if there weren't going to be any new arrivals and if they shouldn't concentrate more on finding some way to return everyone home.

Nobody had any plausible ideas to resolve things so they each signed off.

Batman ate and thought about Bane and Darkseid.

Sinestro flew through space. As usual, he was plotting. His grudge against the Green Lantern Corp continued to fester and he was thinking about his current plans to bring them down.

The sector of space he was travelling through was particularly barren and he began woolgathering, a sort of interstellar version of white line fever.

As he hurtled through space a rift in reality occurred directly in his path.

Because Sinestro was preoccupied, he didn't notice until it was too late. In a blink he was through the rift.

Sinestro sailed over Gotham Beach but his momentum was so great that he was well out over the ocean before he realised what happened.

Once it dawned on him that he was not where he should be he was livid.

He halted immediately and took stock of his situation. Angrily he retraced his trajectory, which took him back to Gotham City.

In a rage he lashed out. There were a few high rise apartments near the beach and he fired with his ring and razed them. Careless of the screams of the occupants as the buildings collapsed upon them he glared around and saw a few Gotham citizens that on the beach itself that were cowering in horror. Contemptuously, he slew them all.

Still angry, he glared around and after his ring reported that his location was Gotham City and that he'd just slaughtered several citizens of Batman's home a malicious smile creased his face.

Assuming he'd been transported to the Earth he knew, he decided he'd find Hal Jordan's home town and do more damage.

He quickly rushed to the location Coast City was supposed to be but drew up short when he found nothing but coastline where the city should be.

Perplexed and growing angrier, he shot off into space, intent on going to Korugar to regroup.

Batman saw Sinestro devastate the apartment complexes and the few beach bums with shock and rage. Neither Bane or Darkseid had stooped that low.

Batman cursed himself for his complacence. He'd grown lethargic thinking that there would be no new arrivals since none occurred the day before.

Now one of the worst villains the JLA had ever encountered had wiped out several Gotham City lives and he witnessed it.

Now Sinestro was here. Really bad news.

Batman seethed. His job was to protect the innocent. This time he'd failed spectacularly.

He contacted Aquaman and the Flash. With the arrival of Sinestro the cards seemed stacked heavily against them.

Bane met with Darkseid in the abandoned warehouse theyed agreed on.

They were alone, as Bane hadn't found anyone he found worthy to be his second yet.

Darkseid was even more impressive in his actual guise. He'd arrived inside the warehouse via boom tube and therefore didn't need the image inducer.

Bane was even more impressed with Darkseid's actual visage and knew that if he were to cross this guy, the consequences would be dire.

Bane studied the sophisticated weaponry that Darkseid had provided.

Bane cursed the limited education he'd received at the Santa Prisca prison.

Because of it, he would waste precious time trying to fathom the applications of each weapon until he felt comfortable distributing what he needed to parcell out.

After hearing about Sinestro, Aquaman felt a burning need to check on Atlantis and then join Batman and the Flash.

He left Happy Harbor to set up their own system of protection and swam off.