Chapter 1: Downfall

Authors Note: Okay at a fans request I finally started on my latest story. Injustice Gods Among Us. For character descriptions go to my homepage and for more info read the Shadow Warriors. Here is the first chapter enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Injustice just some of my oc's


"We walk many different roads, but we walk them under the same sky. As we look up at the sky we look down at ourselves wondering what we would have done differently in the next life."

Jayden Wayne.

Metropolis was gone, nothing but a smoldering pile of rubble and ash. Millions of souls were lost in a single moment including…her. I rushed to where they were keeping…him!

Him, the main source of my pain. He murdered millions of innocent people including the love of my life and our unborn child. His laughs echo throughout the hall. He killed, no slaughtered an entire city with a nuke he inexplicably acquired and they still haven't killed him!

No more, I'm tired of this good guy crap. He dies today, by my hand!

I rushed through the building they were hiding him in and took down everyone in my path. One by one they all fell and hit the ground. I now stood before the red door and with one mighty punch I knocked the door off the hinges and into the wall of the interrogation room. When I got there three pairs of eyes were now staring at me,

Him, being Joker the monster who had now taken everything from me, Batman, the thorn in my side since the day I had met him and the man of steel himself superman. I knew why he was here and that's why I knew Batman wouldn't stop me this time. His blue eyes glared at me as he knew what I knew.

"Shadow, you shouldn't be here." Batman growled at me. "I'm handling this."

"No, not anymore." I snarled. Soon his eyes looked over at me and he grinned. Goddammit I hate this man.

"Well look who showed up." Joker chuckled. "Are you and Batman gonna have another duel to the beaten and broken. Come now Shadow you already lost your girl, do you really want to end the day with your ass kicked."

Before I could lunge at him Superman grabbed him by his neck and slammed him against the wall sending a shockwave through the building.

"He wasn't the only one!" He shouted to his face. "You drugged me. Made me…Lois…my son…!" He started to look distraught. I know the feeling my wife and daughter, gone forever. I was done there is nothing that can fix me now. That didn't stop the clown from getting in another joke.

"First Krypton then Metropolis." He chuckled. "People you love tend to blow up don't they?"

Superman was ready to smash his face, but of course Batman stopped him and he only smashed his fist into the wall next to the clowns head.

"Dammit, he is not getting out of this again Bruce!" I shouted at Batman as we glared at one another. "I will kill you if you get in my way!"

Superman cut us off when he threw the clown into the wall and smashed the table beneath him. The clown let out a groan but as always quickly got back to his feet and into his chair.

"You two thought you could have a family?" He asked rhetorically. "That locking me up will magically reform me. And they'll be safe. So big so dumb…" He let out another chuckle as he looked up at Superman. "Now run along so I can break out of here. I've got lots of planning to do to top this."

"No more!" I shouted. Superman had the same idea and grabbed him by his throat again and lifted him off his feet. Batman of course decided he was being too rough and decided to intervene. Like I said, no more.

"That's enough." Batman said as he advanced on Superman.

"I couldn't agree more!" My face lit up from my Adonis power as I used my energy to seize Batman's body and suspend him in midair before sending him into the wall knocking him down.

Superman looked down at him before back at Joker who was still laughing. No more no more, NO MORE!

"I know it's soon, but do you two think you'll ever love again?" He asked as his eyes turned to me. "I know it's hard, but one day you actually might want to stop placing that curse on your loved ones. I mean Jason was murdered, by me and Barbra was crippled, by me again and now your wife and daughter were murdered by who you may ask?"

My face lit up and Superman's eye burned red as Joker's grin grew wider.

"Maybe you two won't kill your next family!"

Superman's hand ripped through his chest while my sword swiped through that sick bastard's neck. And he still managed to let out a final laugh right before he died. As he lay there broken and decapitated Superman and I both looked at each other and we knew.

This was only the beginning to something larger.

Something greater.

Alexandra, Shauna…I'm sorry.

Elsewhere

All hell was breaking loose on earth. Crime lords and evil doers from all over were attacking the Justice League and the Shadow Warriors.

Superman was in the sky battling it out with Ares the Olympic god of war. The two were tangled in a tug of war over Ares's massive sword. Superman was about to win when Ares used his magic to teleport behind Superman and knocked him back. Superman quickly charged up his heat vision and shot at Ares and destroyed his sword.

While this was happening Green Lantern was chasing after Sinestro while Captain Marvel and Hawkgirl were playing Ping-Pong with Black Adam.

Superman eventually got the better of the fight and sent Ares crashing on top of a building. Wonder Woman and Aquaman quickly ran over and restrained him as the man of steel lowered down to them.

"Wonder Woman, Aquaman." He greeted. "Let's wrap this up. I've gotta get back to the Watch Tower."

"Before Luthor throws something else at us…" Wonder Woman stated. And sure enough she was right as Shadow leader of the Shadow Warriors and son of Batman was thrown at their feet.

"Too late." Shadow grunted looking torn up.

Everyone looked over and saw the silver hulking horror stand over them. He let out a battle cry as Superman narrowed his eyes.

"Doomsday." He growled.

He quickly flew towards him with both fist held out ready to strike, but Doomsday swatted him away as if he were a fly. Both Aquaman and Wonder Woman shook their heads.

"It should have been a combined assault." Wonder Woman stated.

"Clark sometimes forgets he can't do everything himself." Aquaman joked.

"Yeah, well then what are we waiting for?" Shadow grunted while drawing his sword and the three charged at Doomsday.

Up at the Watch Tower Cyborg had been fighting Luther who was decked out in his enhanced suit. Cyborg fired his cannon at him, but Luther blocked with his shield and fired back hitting him in his chest. Cyborg was temporarily stunned and Luther took this opportunity to destroy Nightwing who was losing his fight with Bane. Nightwing was close to death until Raven blocked the missiles with her magic.

Solomon Grundy who had Cyborg in a bone crushing grip was close to breaking him when Raven redirected the missiles towards the zombie. Cyborg broke free and tackled the Zombie into the ground.

"You're interrupting tonight's entertainment, Raven." The mad man snickered.

"I detest violence Luthor." The dark witch said. "But I'm even less fond of you."

Just then Nightwing was thrown to the ground by Catwoman and Luthor took another shot at Raven, who disappeared before the beam hit her.

That's when the warriors stepped in.

Red Crosshairs engaged Bane and sent a haymaker to the giants face knocking him on his ass. Dusk kicked back Catwoman and Thanatos fought Luthor.

"You Warriors can never just mind your own business can you?" Luthor snarled.

"Wouldn't be real good at our jobs if we just let you win all the time." Thanatos snickered as he fired his energy gun at him.

Solomon Grundy threw Cyborg at Dusk and knocked him out as he, Red Nightwing engaged Catwoman and Bane.

"Thought you would have had this mess cleaned up by now?" Nightwing joked.

"Name's Cyborg not miracle worker." He grunted.

"You're a problem solver though." Red chuckled as he aimed his dessert eagles at the two villains. Nightwing quickly put in a call for Batman.

"Nightwing to Batman, you there?" Nightwing called. "We could use your help."

Batman was currently driving his Batmobile to Arkham Asylum to see if their favorite patient was still in his cell.

"After I check out Arkham." The Dark Knight informed. "Have to make sure Luthor didn't bust him out."

"He'll keep we're getting our butts handed to us up here." Nightwing grunted.

"What are you talking about I'm handling things fine up here." Dusk gloated before a loud crash was heard.

"Dusk just got thrown by Grundy." Nightwing sneered. "It's pretty bad."

"Be there soon Dick." Batman informed.

Batman made it to the Asylum and saw that one of Shadow's jet bikes was parked there as well. He must have wanted to make sure he was locked up too.

A security guard escorted Batman to Joker's cell. He was about to open it for him when Batman put a hand on his wrist stopping him from unlocking the door. The guard looked down to see a wire at the base of the door. Batman pulled out a small nitrogen canister and sprayed the wire turning it into ice before breaking it and safely walking in to see a very large bomb planted in his cell.

"How the hell did he do this?" The guard asked.

"He didn't the real trap…"

He never got to finish as he quickly stepped in front of the guard and swatted oncoming throwing stars away with his cape. Batman looked over at the assailant to see that it was Deathstroke the terminator and King Leonae who had the blades on his mechanized arms drawn.

"Is behind us." Batman finished.

"You're so clever." Slade muttered as he swung his serrated sword around.

"But not clever enough boyo." Leonae chuckled.

Slade and Leonae both attacked with their blades as Batman effortlessly blocked them. Leonae was about to attack his ribs when an iron fist collided with his face. Batman took this distraction to disarm Deathstroke and kick him back.

Batman looked over to see Leonae's attacker to be Gauntlet the demigod of volcanoes and welding.

Gauntlet: Part 1

"Hidey-Ho Neighborino's," Gauntlet chuckled. "These two giving you trouble bats?"

"Quiet, what are you doing here?" Batman asked.

"Shadow got held up with Doomsday so he sent me to take care of the clown." Gauntlet said. "He was gone before I got here though." He nodded as he looked over at the two assassins.

"You two are Luthor's pets now?" Batman asked.

"His moneys green." Leonae snickered as he flexed his arms out.

"And as a bonus I get to kill Batman." Deathstroke snickered.

The four engaged in battle as Gauntlet attacked Leonae. Leonae brought his claw down on Gauntlet, who blocked with his arm and pushed him back. He then pulled out his chain whip and slapped it across Leonae's face.

Leonae fell back a bit and fired a ball of dark matter at the boy and knocked him back. Gauntlet pulled out his magnum and fired a slug right towards his face, but the assassin blocked with his robotic arms and was knocked back.

Leonae let out a snarl and charged up all his dark matter as Gauntlet charged up his fire energy.

"This is getting repetitive isn't it?" Gauntlet snickered.

"Just like the old days huh boyo?" Leonae chuckled.

The two let out a loud battle cry and charged towards each other. They both raised their fist and collided with one another, but in the end Leonae was down and Gauntlet was still standing. He looked over to see that Batman had defeated Deathstroke and gave him the thumbs up.

"No bonus for Deathstroke and no money for you…boyo!" Gauntlet chuckled as he handcuffed Leonae with Thanatos's special cuffs and walked out with Batman.

"Batman to Watch Tower, report." Batman informed only to hear static. "Nightwing?"

Back with Doomsday Hawkgirl went to smash her mace into his head, but the monster grabbed her wrist before she could hit him. She tried to break away but his strength was too much for her. On a nearby building Surge fired a bolt of electricity at him and he let her go for a moment before Green Lantern locked a vive around his neck.

With a powerful throw he sent the monster towards Wonder Woman who clenched her fist together and smashed them down on his head and towards the street.

Captain Marvel finished off his opponent Adam with a bolt of lightning and stunned the sorcerer reverting him back to normal as Doomsday crashed down on him. The two went falling as Artemis fired an airbag for Adam allowing him to land safely while Doomsday crashed.

She smiled smugly at her work as Green Arrow came up behind her.

"You're good kid, I'm surprised you saved him." He chuckled.

"Just because we're Warriors doesn't mean we're killers." Artemis said. "Besides he can't talk if he's a road waffle."

Flash and Zoom quickly ran in to assist ho they could.

"What was that?" Flash asked.

"Thunder of the Gods, Flash, thunder of the gods." Arrow mused.

"What does that make us?" Flash asked as Doomsday got to his feet.

The two heroes and their semi counterparts were about to attack when Superman flew in out of nowhere and finished what he started earlier. The four just rolled their eyes in annoyance.

"The poor slobs who clean up the mess." Arrow grunted.

Back at the Watch Tower Dusk was currently strangling Bane with his tonfa while Nightwing attacked Bane's stomach. The giant was about to fall until he flipped Dusk over his shoulder and swung him into Nightwing and knocked the two out.

Raven was firing her spells at Catwoman who acrobatically flipped away only to meet Red Crosshairs fist. She was sent flying to the ground but Red soon joined her as Grundy swung his massive fist into the side of his head.

Luthor finished off Thanatos with his missiles as he looked over the anarchy.

"Now, if there are no further interruptions." Luthor mused as two boom tubes opened up. Both Batman and Gauntlet walked in looking at the evil genius.

"Took me almost two minutes to break your encryption." Batman stated. "Nice work."

"Now let's see how long it will take to kick your ass." Gauntlet said while holding his fist up. Before he could fight him someone rolled in front of his feet covered in cuts.

"Phoenix!" Gauntlet shouted as he aided his young friend.

"Aw poor birdy." Gauntlet snarled when he heard that voice. It was the voice of Phoenix's clone.

"Frost!" Gauntlet snarled.

The clone let out a dark chuckle as he clenched his fist and ice spike slowly broke out through his skin.

"Long time no see." He said. "You look a little tense, maybe you should chill."

"Leave the lame ass puns to me ice cube." Gauntlet shouted.

He quickly charged at the young clone and sent his fist into his jaw. Frost staggered back and fired a few ice spikes at the demigod. Gauntlet blocked with his armored hands and fired a fire ball at him.

Frost quickly put up an ice wall and blocked the attack only to see Gauntlet running straight toward him. Frost quickly iced the floor making the demigod slip and fall on his ass. He quickly got to his feet only for Frost to send a barrage of ice punches his way. The cold hard fist knocked the wind out of Gauntlet as another one met his face.

Gauntlet fell back, his vision blurred when he saw Frost coming at him with and ice sword he just constructed. Gauntlet acted fast and pulled his chain whip out and swung it across his blade and shattering it to pieces. He swung around again and landed a hit across his head knocking him on the ground and down for the count.

"You need to lighten up." Gauntlet joked. "That's how you do a pun."

Gauntlet looked over to see that Batman kicked Bane's ass and was now looking down at him with a curious look in his eye.

"Bane, Catwoman, Grundy…" He said out loud and looked towards Luthor. "You're all alone Luthor."

"Geniuses often are." He said without a care.

"Psychopaths like you…" Batman snarled, advancing on the mech.

"You hero types are all alike." He stated. "Even less opposing up close up."

"You're testing my patience." Batman snarled as he pulled out a Batarang.

"And I'm not a hero." Gauntlet snapped aiming his magnum at Luthor.

Batman and Gauntlet unleashed a barrage of exploding Batarangs and fire bolts until Luthor finally put his suit into gear and got close enough to knock Batman to the ground with his metal fist.

Gauntlet quickly rolled out of the way and raised his fist.

"C'mon cue ball, let's see if you're as bad as you say you are." Gauntlet said in a low tone.

Gauntlet was immediately shot by Luthor's pulse beam and knocked onto the ground. He was down for a moment but seeing Luthor giant robotic foot come down towards his head, quickly got his ass into gear.

He rolled out of the way with Luthor barley missing his head and quickly got to his feet. Gauntlet sent his fist into Luthor's abdomen and then his chest but he wasn't doing enough damage. Luthour casually swatted him away and sent him to the rground as he readied his missiles again. Gauntlet pulled out his magnum only charging his power up a little more this time and fired two fire bolts at his missile launchers. He destroyed them both and quickly dived in and sent his fist into his face and knocked him down.

"You're done asshole." Gauntlet snarled as Batman walked up next to him with a device in his hand.

"Try this on, Genius." Batman chuckled while Cyborg and Thanatos picked Luthor up.

Batman attached it to Luthor's right shoulder and let out a few sparks disabling his suit.

"And that's that." Gauntlet joked.

Batman and Superman were talking about sending Doomsday into deep space while the warriors escorted the villains out of the tower when an alarm went off.

"What's that?" Catwoman asked as Red pushed her in the portal.

"It's the 'none of your damn business' alarm." Cyborg snorted.

Cyborg pulled up a map that narrowed down to metropolis and brought of Harley Quinn and Joker's profiles. This caused Luthor to laugh.

"I can see the headlines: Justice League Fails; Clown kills millions." He laughed. Everyone's eyes winded at this discovery,

"You gave him a nuke?" Batman asked in sheer horror.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?" Gauntlet snapped.

"Most of the League dies…and Superman's beloved city is vaporized." Luthor explained. "I console the masses by offering to rebuild it. In my image, of cour."

Nightwing heard enough and smacked his stick into his right temple.

"He was done." Nightwing said.

"This is Batman. Code Red everyone to these coordinates now!" Batman shouted in his ear piece.

"Shadow, are you getting this?" Gauntlet asked in his head set.

"Yes, get your asses down here NOW!" Shadow shouted.

Gauntlet didn't waste any time as he ran into Raven's portal and back down to earth. This was going to be bad if he failed.

Gauntlet and Batman arrived to see Joker holding a detonator and they both started to panic.

"Don't do it!" Gauntlet shouted. "If you do, eight million people die!"

"Eight million and three, including us." Joker quipped. "I'd rather it was just me and bats but you Shadow Warriors always get involved don't you?"

"Don't do it!" Batman shouted.

"What do you say, one last dance?" He said as his thumb slowly went towards the trigger.

Batman and Gauntlet rushed towards him but they weren't the only ones.

Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Surge and Mystico had the skies. Zoom and Flash had the ground. Lantern, Artemis, Arrow and Aquaman were flying together thanks to Lanterns ring. And Batgirl along with Breeze, Ronin, Apollo and Shadow sped off on their bikes. They were all so close when a few of the heroes started to glow blue.

Shadow looked over and saw Batgirl and Breeze slowly fade away as he reached his hand out towards Ally. Before he could grab her, she along with Batgirl disappeared.

When Shadow, Mystico, Flash and Hawgirl arrived everyone they were with was gone without a trace.