Plot
Somewhere, The Scarecrow finds himself seated on a chair in an empty room, with only the memory of an explosion as he was being taken to Arkham Asylum. He is greeted by a strange man in a purple suit, who explains that he engineered the escape, and that he intends to keep looking out for Crane - if he will agree to answer his call without question. He promises that by joining him, Crane will experience fear such as he never has before - and that, after all, is what Crane desires most.
Meanwhile, at A.R.G.U.S., Green Arrow has returned from his last mission with grave injuries. Before passing out, he had mentioned that the group he had managed to infiltrate on his mission called themselves the Secret Society. Amanda Waller commands Steve Trevor to have the new Justice League of America track down and dismantle this Secret Society, despite his concerns that he has not even begun training them. Waller responds that this mission will be their training. When he questions her judgment, sending an inexperienced team after a group they know virtually nothing about, she responds that the world has changed since she was a field agent, and gives him just 15 minutes to prepare his team for their press conference, and another 15 minutes to brief them on their mission.