270 Chapter 265: Bait Part 5

Robin's bold statement led to collective looks of surprise from all his teammates. The first one to speak up was Aqualad, who narrowed his eyes at Robin and crossed his arms before questioning, "You want to hide a matter of this caliber away from the League? You're joking, right?" 

Seeing Aqualad's serious expression, Robin let out a sigh and also crossed his arms. "Look, I'm not saying we don't tell them. I'm just saying we send the message and go there for reconnaissance. Just in case they are not able to make an in time. You heard Green Arrow; we're on a tight time limit, and if we don't act quickly, lives may be lost." 

Robin's argument did carry some sense to it, although still not enough to justify them leaving without informing the Senior Justice League. So, Aqualad only shook his head and said, "No, we must inform Batman, Martian Manhunter or Superman first. Megan, can you reach out to your uncle? He's usually in charge of the senior comms and should be the quickest to reach. As we await the reply, we'll get ready in case we're given permission to go check it out. If not, then we stay put." 

At that, Robin let out a sigh and looked visibly annoyed by this turn of events, but he himself couldn't argue with Aqualad's logic. Deep down, he knew that Aqualad was right, but thinking that the particular foe who took his friend from him may be there made Robin want to get there all the quicker.

Meanwhile, at the location Green Arrow had supposedly given to the Junior Justice League, a strange scene was taking place. At the harbor, a large set of containers could be seen getting offloaded from a midsized cargo carrier. The people offloading these containers were armed to the teeth, some among them looking like meta humans, with one particular gigantic one standing out. 

As the scene occurred, a figure watched from a bit further away, cloaked in special gear. This person was the real Green Arrow, minus his trademark uniform, instead donning formal attire that suited the current situation he was in. 'Arias's info was spot on at least. How does the League not know this is going on? The government has to be in on this; otherwise, it just doesn't make sense.' 

As Green Arrow was watching, something suddenly occurred. A loud boom echoed on the sea, sending a few surrounding containers flying along with the unsuspecting individuals that were guarding them. Green Arrow was immediately surprised by this action but didn't move yet and instead looked through the binoculars he was holding, focused on where the shockwave had originated. 

There, on the edge of the harbor, he could see a strange sort of portal opening, right at the center of the commotion, its color being all white with strange patterns emanating out of it, making it look like a sort of tube. 

'A boom tube!' It was something Green Arrow recognized all too well from humanity's recent brush with apokoliptians. A sense of urgency immediately arose within Oliver, but he didn't act out immediately. 'I need to contact the League. This is too big.' 

Having initially planned to sort out the situation himself, this new variable led Oliver, who had told himself he wouldn't involve the League, to actually try to contact them. However, as he tried to do so, he found he could get no signal at all on the miniature screened device he was currently holding. 'Damn, something's interfering. This is bad.' 

Feeling the dire set of circumstances pending, Oliver felt he had reason to be concerned. But unable to get a signal, he knew he could only act alone. With that in mind, he adjusted his binoculars again and focused on the boom tube that had just opened. 

There, he could see a figure casually walk out, alone, dressed in unique metallic attire that hid the humanoid individual's face. Although it was his first time seeing this, Green Arrow knew the individual's image well because of Superman's description of the person responsible for killing Green Lantern and Kid Flash. 'It matches Superman's description, it's him...'

As this figure, Arias in disguise, sprang out, the few individuals that weren't blown away by his initial arrival now began to scramble towards their firearms and shoot inhis direction. However, their bullets only ricocheted off his armor. 

Then, the largest individual present, who had seemed to be overlooking the entire operation, began to charge toward the newly appeared being. However, upon reaching and aiming to throw a punch, the daunting Arias swatted him away by backhanding his face. 

This sent the behemoth of a man crashing through several containers on the left-hand side at a speed so frightening that by the time it was over, the behemoth's once firm and unshaken looking figure now looked like piles of destroyed flesh. 

Those who witnessed this either continued to shoot in a panicked manner, while some smartly chose to retreat. Nevertheless, as they tried to do so, they felt their entire bodies frozen in place before they got elevated and drifted over toward Arias, all while yelling hysterically.

"No! Look I surrender, please put me down!"

"What the fuck is this thing!?"

The protests soon came to an abrupt end when their heads collectively burst before the force holding them up in the air dropped them down like sacks of meat. 

In that short amount of time, everyone at the scene was dead. Green Arrow, who observed from afar, was simply shocked by the sight and he was about to make a speedy retreat when suddenly, from his binoculars, he could see Arias turned his head in his direction.