The Forgotten Earth, the Justice League Awakens!

Earth.

While Link was away, the blue planet seemed to have changed little. The sun still rose, and people still went about their lives.

But for some who lived in the shadows, everything had changed.

The Justice League Watchtower.

Once the seat of Earth's greatest defenders, this temple floating in silent orbit now felt heavy with gloom.

In the command center, Batman, Bruce Wayne, stood before a massive holographic screen. Complex data and energy spectra raced across it: trace readings from the Boom Tube Link had used to leave.

Ever since Link had defeated and imprisoned him in utterly humiliating fashion, Batman had become almost obsessive. Using what access he had left, he analyzed everything he could about Link day and night, searching for the slightest weakness in powers he could not understand.

His eyes were bloodshot, blue-black stubble covered his chin, and exhaustion had hollowed out his face. Yet behind his tactical mask, his gaze was sharper than ever, like a lone wolf driven into a corner.

Superman's death. The Justice League's defeat. Earth ruled by a tyrant. Each was a poisoned thorn lodged deep in his soul.

Not far behind him, Wonder Woman, Diana Prince, had just finished training. She had fought the highest-grade Combat Robots barehanded. Machines built from alloys strong enough to tear tanks apart had been smashed into scrap beneath her blows, each one charged with Olympian Power.

But there was no joy in her victory, only worry she could not shake.

She could sense an unprecedented silence among the gods of Mount Olympus. It was not indifference. It was... fear. Even her once-arrogant father, Zeus, seemed afraid of the "New God" called Link.

The absence of The Flash, Barry Allen, and Cyborg, Victor, made the team feel more incomplete still.

Fortunately, they were not