Shane certainly hadn't just dropped everything and run off on vacation.
He still had plenty to do, starting with a trip back to the Teen Titans' base.
Apparently, after relations between the Teen Titans and the Justice League soured, morale throughout the Justice League had started to crumble.
Strictly speaking, after all, the Teen Titans were the people the Justice League's core members regarded as their future successors.
It was like a father and son falling out. The old father's life would become consumed by misery and headaches, leaving him unable to focus properly on his work.
That wouldn't do. If Darkseid actually arrived, Shane still wanted the heavy hitters to stand in front and take the brunt for him.
He also needed to find time to visit the Olympian Realm, even though he strongly suspected some of the gods were moles secretly in contact with Apokolips, and Zeus was very likely still scheming to obtain Shane's bloodline.
But favors were favors, and grudges were grudges.
Vundabar, who hailed from Apokolips, had ambushed Shane to enable the Dark Lord's successful arrival.
And the Olympian gods, who already bore old grudges against the New Gods, had stepped in to save Shane once, hoping to prevent Apokolips from achieving any of its goals.
Their motives might not have been particularly noble, but as someone who had benefited, he still owed them the proper courtesy.
Along the way, Shane and Rachel discussed the matter a little. "At first, I was very suspicious of Hermes, but judging by how he intervened at the end to interfere with Vundabar's escape, he might not be the mole I thought he was."
"Could it be one of your old acquaintances?"
"You mean Ares and Er... is?"
Shane hesitated slightly when mentioning Eris, but fortunately, Rachel didn't notice