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Suddenly he felt it, a tingling feeling all above his skin. He knew the feeling, it was associated with magical transportation, as had occurred to him a few times in his life. Goku watched as his hands and body slowly turned transparent before darkness consumed him as he fell unconscious.

Goku knew he was in a different dimension, a different world, one that was like his in some ways and different in others, well knowing was a tad bit over the top, more like he had a building suspicion of being in a different world. The arrival had been eerily like waking from a dream, one minute you are asleep in a bed before waking up in some alleyway.

Wherever it was Goku had arrived at was the middle of the day as the sun was high up in the middle of the sky, however strangely the moon was surprisingly in front of the sun, blocking out a large chunk of the sunlight from reaching the earth. What a strange sight indeed, then again maybe it was normal. Shrugging, he cast out his sensing ability however it proved fruitless with no common Ki signatures, not like he had expected any to begin with.

However, what caught his attention had been the large cluster of powerful Ki signatures located in one area above the clouds in the sky and they had an aura of evil intent with some more concentrated with it than others. A few other energy signatures scattered over the world captured his attention and although they were not as high like the tainted ones, his curiosity made him want to check the higher signatures first.

He flared his Ki, causing an aura to encompass his frame and light up the dark alleyway whilst creating small winds that rippled and disturbed the surroundings. He prepared for take-off before realizing he could travel the distance in an instance. Goku rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish grin, before he pressed his index finger to his forehead and concentrated on the highest energy reading, and with an audible 'Shwing' he was gone.

Up above the cloud cover of Earth, stood or levitated the base of operations for the nefarious, scandalous and downright despicable 'Crime Syndicate'. The group was well known for orchestrating crimes in America and all over the entire world unopposed.

The society was compromised of Ultraman, a kryptonian and leader of the society who was clad in a blue spandex suit, gold wrist and ankle braces and a red cape to complete the look. Cruel intent was within his icy blue eyes, yet his features could be described as 'handsome'.

Next in command was Superwoman, the Queen of Amazonia, a title she had won after defeating Olympia, the former queen in battle. Manipulative as she was beautiful, she was aware of her sexual allure, a trait that had led many unsuspecting victims to an early grave. She was clad in a black corset, with black finger less gloves, thigh length boots and choker all complete with gold trimmings.

Johnny Quick was next in command after the Queen of Amazonia. He was a speedster and boastful of being the quickest in the world. Johnny was clad in a yellow jumpsuit, accompanied by red trainers and gloves. Most of his facial features were hidden behind glasses and a cowl.

Seated opposite to Johnny was Owl-man, a specimen with the most brilliant mind in the group and the tactician behind their nefarious plans. He was dressed in his metal like suit resembling an owl that kept all his features bar his lower facial ones hidden.

Last of all was a male dressed in what appeared to be a dark green body suit with white gloves and a green mask covering his eyes. On his ring finger was a green ring with an aura of power surrounding it. Another notable feature was his receding widows' peek and black hair.

They were seated in the main conference room, discussing their latest nefarious plan. "Come to order, we must first discuss who we are sending up to replace J'arkus." inquired their leader, Ultra Man. He stood up from his perch at the head of the table to address his underlings.

"Well, there are no managerial talents in his organization."replied Owl-man, before adding a suggestion "It would be best if we dissolve it and split up the territory."

"Well it seems to me you have already helped yourself to the Martians crew, you had a whole bunch of them this morning." added Johnny Quick with his arms crossed behind his head while leaning on his chair's backrest, eyes trained on the grey cowl of Owlman.

"They had to be associated with one of the family heads, unless you wanted some of them?" retorted Owlman dryly.

"No, we can horse trade for manpower at any time. What about the turf?" questioned the green clad Power Ring as he looked towards his leader for an answer.

"I'm with Owlman, we can divide his man and turf between the five of us." added Superwoman, cutting into the conversation.

Power Ring threw a glare in her direction, "Who died and made you the boss?" he snapped irritably.

"You want to arm wrestle for it?" challenged Super Woman with a smirk, lifting her right arm and placing it on the table in front of her green clad teammate.

"Enough, we can work out the details later, but for now Owlman can keep J'edd J'arkus's guys." concluded Ultraman, cutting in to resolve the problem. Taking a seat at the head of the table he focused his eyesight towards Owlman once more.

"Haha, from what I heard you could have used a few dozen more?" taunted the speedster with his distinct London twang, breaking the silence.

"Luthor's new Justice League is not to be underestimated." came the dry retort from Owlman, not even giving Johnny the satisfaction of instigating a rise from him.

"Yeah, but neither are we, they'll fold." added Power Ring while glancing towards Owlman,

"Or we'll fold them." continued Ultraman, butting in once more to resolve the discussion with his authority.

Owlman stood in preparation to talk once more when suddenly the security alarms started blaring, with red lights flashing on and off, illuminating the room and everyone with an electric red hue.

"What's going on!?" questioned Ultraman, having to raise his voice above the noise of the alarm. "Thomas?"

"It appears we have an intruder in the landing bay." commented Owlman, falling silent to rapidly press a few sequential buttons on his wrist.

A video image of the landing bay was projected. They were all shocked and wondering just how someone had managed to land in the docking bay without a ship.

The first to stand was Ultraman "Let's go and meet our guest." he stated a sinister smile making its presence known as he put emphasis on the last part. They all regrouped and exited the conference and made their way towards the landing bay.

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