I had to edit this because I used Metropolis a few times when it was supposed to be destroyed and I'm sorry for the mess up.
Before I start I wanted to explain why I'm posting another ongoing story while I still have the other two to finish. It's because I've been watching Comicstorian's videos and whenever I try to right for the YJ fanfic I want to write my own version of Injustice, and I can't even begin to create a Naruto story when the only story I can think of is DC.
I hope that be writing this chapter I can get back to the other two and continue the 3 series.
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My Injustice Universe is different from the one of DC so keep that in mind when reading, although it will have a lot of similarities, especially at the start.
A massive nuclear explosion obliterates Metropolis, leaving only the most distant buildings standing, the mushroom cloud rising into the sky. The Justice League trying desperately to help everyone as they panicked.
"…lois…" Superman floating above the city mumbles as he stares at Lois's body. Tears running down his cheeks as he grieved the death of the love of his life, horrified with himself as a result of his action which led to her death.
It didn't take long for him to reach the bottom of the crater, where Wonder Woman approached him.
Without saying a word Superman hands Lois's body to Wonder Woman and he takes off at top speed, heading toward the other League members. "Where is he?!" Superman demands.
"Batman took him to Gotham, he's questioning him now" Green Lantern (Hal) informs him.
Again, without saying anything Superman flies off, heading directly to Gotham.
…Gotham Police Station
"Why? Why'd you do it Joker?" Batman asked, his hands on the table as he leaned over, looking down on the pale faced clown.
"Because I was bored. Me and you, we have fun but I got bored of always, loosing. What'd you think he'll become if I put him through what happened to you? You became a ball of angst but Superman is different, a god who has deluded himself into thinking he's a man. What will he turn into?" Batman grabbed him by his collar and pulled him over the table.
"Even for you Joker some things can't be corrupted."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Joker started to laugh, refusing to answer anything else when suddenly.
*CRASH*
He comes through the wall, tossing the table that was between and his target at the wall shattering it. Batman blocks his path, "Superman! Stop, I'll handle this" he pleads with his friend, but just like the table Superman tosses him aside, careful not to harm his friend.
"The big blue boy himself" the Joker laughs maniacally as Superman grabs him by his collar. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA-" his laughing is cut short when Superman pushes his hand through his chest horrifying Batman as he watches the lifeless body of the Joker hit the ground.
"Wha-What have you done?" Batman asks with terror in his eyes.
…Fortress of Solitude
Sitting alone several days later Superman was grieving for the loss of his wife, his arm still stained with the blood of the Joker. Floating in the air were several screens each showing the news. With his disappearance and the destruction of Metropolis the world was in chaos.
"What has the world come to?" he asks himself, studying the screens. "How do I stop this?" he had lost faith in himself after Lois died because he fell for the Jokers tricks.
"No more"
…Bialya, the city of Gared
A little girl was running through the war-torn streets, tears running down her cheeks. She was running past the broken buildings, destroyed by the tanks that were several dozen metres away.
*KRAKOOM*
Suddenly Superman comes crashing down onto the tanks tearing them apart, then using his speed stops a shell that was fired at the girl with his bare hands. "Are you okay?" the girl smiles back at him, relieved that she was safe. Everyone felt that way, all the civilians stopped running as Superman tore each of the tanks apart and broke the guns that the soldiers were using.
"Don't worry, I'll stop this war" he takes off landing on the outside the door to the safehouse the president was hiding inside.
The guards aimed their guns at Superman, but their bullets deflect off his invulnerable skin and then with a single clap of his hands they were all thrown backward.
He grabs the president by his jacket and takes off, "I want a word."
He takes him down into the city and drops him in front of the citizens. "These are the people you're supposed to protect."
"No… please you can't do this" he pleaded.
"Actually, I just realised that I can, I understand that now" as he pushed him into the dirt, leaving him to the people Wonder Woman landed next to him.
"Superman, there are cameras" she pointed to the people as they held up cameras.
"Good"
"Are you planning on addressing the world?"
"Yes"
"Then not now" she puts her hand on his chest and stops him. "The world will hear you, but not here, not in the middle of all this looking like that. First wash, clean of the dirt, scorch marks and the shrapnel then shave."
"You're right" he rubs the beard.
"Good, I'll call a press conference when you're ready at the UN."
He flies off, but she doesn't while watching him leave she mutters something, "and when you do I'll finally get to hear you say what I've been waiting to hear for years."
…New York
Several hours had passed since Superman decided to address everyone, he had taken that time to get everything in order and talk to his parents, telling them what he was planning to do.
Superman was standing behind a podium, Wonder Woman behind him. A crowd of reporters in front of them and several cameras set up around them.
"I'm sorry… we failed you, but that won't happen again. My name… my real name is Clark Kent, for years I've been a reporter at the Daily Planet. I've spent too much of my time writing about the evil in the world, and as a hero I've spent too much of my time reacting to the evil that already exists when I should've been preventing it in the first place." He paused for a moment and took a deep breath, Wonder Woman touched his back reassuring him.
"What happened three days ago, a failure that cannot be repeated. Monster can no longer roam freely among us, early today I stopped this man." Wonder Woman threw the president onto the stage, in front of the podium in full view of the cameras.
"This man, who was supposed to protect his people turned his weapons against them. He is a criminal and should've been stopped sooner, but as a result of his country's independence we were unable to involve ourselves because of the diplomatic implications. He will be tried as a criminal and to all those that would do the same with their power will suffer the same fate, I don't care about your lands, titles or beliefs. I don't care about your petty squabbles. I don't care if you're a madman or a terrorist, a king or a president. You have no right to take the lives of the innocent. I am calling for an immediate worldwide ceasefire, an end to all war and if you do not comply I will stop you."
He glared at the camera in front of him, the camera that was currently streaming all around the world.
He then left with Wonder Woman.
…Smallville
Martha and Jonathan Kent were getting ready for bed. Jonathan in the bed while Martha finished brushing her teeth. "We need to talk to him before he takes this whole thing too far" Jonathan stated as he switched off the TV and slipped under the sheets along with his wife.
"I know"
While they were talking, outside in the fields there was a team of heavily armed special ops soldiers waiting for their next order. "Move toward the house" a voice ordered over the mic. They complied and moved forward, two of them approaching the front door while other groups moved to windows, the barn and the back door.
They burst inside, half of them heading upstairs while the other swept the bottom floor. "Hey!" Jonathan yelled as one of them dragged Martha from the bed, he lunged forward punching one of them in the face before tackling the one holding Martha to the ground.
"Martha run!" he yelled, she hesitated but then ran, Jonathan stopping them from following her.
She burst through the door, "CLARK!" she yelled just before a soldier tackled her, hitting her with a stun gun and knocking her out.
One of the soldiers removed his mask, revealing that he was in fact Mirror Master.
They took the two unconscious parents into the mirror world, Mirror master leaving behind a match to set the house on fire.
…
Superman arrived too late to save his parents or the house. He rushed inside the house and blew out the fire with a single blow. "Ma!?… Pa!?" he called out, already knowing that they weren't there.
He scanned the room for any clues, then the whole house making sure not to miss anything. "Nothing, not even tracks, it's like they disappeared." He noticed one of the mirrors on the floor, usually it was in the other room, above the fireplace but for some reason it was in the kitchen, two rooms from the fireplace.
His eyes suddenly widened. "Mirror Master!"
…Watchtower
The Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Nightwing, Shazam, Starfire and Wonder Girl were standing in front of Wonder Woman as she asked them for their help. "I know that you've all suffered, we all had loved ones in New York and some heroes that should be standing here with us that we will never see again." Starfire and Wonder Girl lowered their eyes. But Superman hasn't been mourning. He's been fighting. He suffered a tragedy and has been working to make sure that it can never happen again. However, in response to his actions his parents have been taken, he thinks by Mirror Master, but we can't know for sure."
"They're probably going to use them for leverage" Cyborg added.
"Yes, and that's why…"
"You don't need to finish that Diana. This world has been saved dozens of times by Superman, even before the League was made he was fighting massive threats that threatened the Earth. He's saved me more times than I can count. I-We owe him this much, and more. We'll do everything we can to help" Cyborg stated, everyone nodding in agreement.
"Thank you" Wonder Woman thanked them.
"Where do we start?" Hal asked.
"We need to track down the Rogues, if it was Mirror Master then they probably know where he is" Cyborg accessed the computer. "Flash, go find Cold, find out anything you can. Hawkman and Hawkgirl you're on Weather Wizard. I'll go talk to Captain Boomerang. Shazam, Grodd might know something so you can find him see what he knows." He brought up another panel and the teleporter began to light up "I'll send you all to Central City."
Those that had been given a target stepped into the teleporter, but Cyborg stopped before entering "Find Raven, she'll be key if we want to prevent him from escaping when we do find him." Then he entered the teleporter.
…Central City
The Flash found Cold in seconds, crashing through the door he dodged the blasts from Cold's gun and vibrated his hand, cutting the gun in half. "Talk Cold, where is he?" he demanded to know.
"Like I'm gonna tell you Flash."
"You have no weapon, what're you gonna do?"
"About that, I got an upgrade" suddenly ice spread over his arms and he blast Flash with it directly. "A gift from a friend."
"Sounds like an interesting friend, you'll have to tell me about them later, but right now the only thing I want to know is where Mirror Master is."
They started to fight. To prevent the Flash from getting close he froze the area in front of him so that the Flash couldn't get traction.
But while they fought, elsewhere in the city Cyborg was entering an abandoned subway tunnel, he had manged to track Captain Boomerang there and when he scanned the area he detected the criminal crouched behind a pile of rubble. "I know you're there."
"We'll shit" Boomerang complained, stepping out of his hiding place and into view.
Without hesitation he threw one of his boomerangs at Cyborg, which exploded when it hit him.
Both of them used ranged attacks, Cyborg using his cannon while Captain Boomerang threw his boomerangs.
The others were in fights as well, but the first to win theirs was Shazam, his incredible powers made it impossible for the Gorilla to fight back. "Tell me!" he grabbed hold of Grodd, wrapping one arm around his neck and choking him.
'I don't know human" although he was talking to Shazam psychically it was still obvious that he was struggling. Shazam knew that he was telling the truth and dropped him, letting the massive ape run while he contacted the others.
"Grodd didn't know anything, did any of you find anything?" he asked.
"No" Cyborg responded, holding Captain Boomerang by the throat with one hand.
"No" Hawkgirl responded a second later, her spouse tying Weather Wizard while she spoke.
The only one who didn't respond immediately was Flash, as his battle with Cold was reaching its end. He ran up the wall and down behind Cold, hitting him and knocking him over the ice that he had made, then he went back to the other side and began circling the rogue, hitting him several times every second making it impossible to fight back.
When it was over Cold was on the ground, tied up. "Where is he?"
"Alright… fine… he's probably at the bar, World's End in Keystone, but you might have a fight on your hands if you go there."
"Good to know." He let Cold go and raced to Keystone contacting the others while he ran.
…World's End, Keystone
The bar was filled with supervillains, among them was Mirror Master, sitting with Heatwave. When Wonder Woman and Hal walked in everyone froze, turning to face the two heroes. "What the hell are you doin here!?" Heatwave asked, bending the fire from a match he was holding into two balls of fire in either hand.
"Great, he has powers now too" the Flash complained as he stepped inside with the others.
"We don't want any trouble, just you" Wonder Woman pointed at Mirror Master.
He immediately lunged toward the mirror that was behind the bar, he made it into the mirror but was immediately thrown out by Raven, "How?!" he asked, stunned.
"There isn't a dimension that exists where you can hide from me."
Heatwave suddenly blast Raven with his fire, forcing her to let go of Mirror Master. But this was a bad move, the villains all left, to escape the possible explosion. Hal made a construct, a hammer and used it to knock Heatwave into the wall then create a hand to hold him.
Wonder Woman tied Mirror Master up with her lasso. "Where are they?" she asked, the lasso began to glow, and he struggled against it.
"Bolivia… Salar De Uyuni" he struggled against the lasso but its magic was too strong and he gave her the answer she was looking for.
"Thank you" she hit him in the stomach, then dropped him. "Superman, we found them. Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia." She contacted Superman.
…Batcave
While Superman freed his parents, Batman was sitting in his cave, Robin and Nightwing sparring while he analysed all the news footage.
"UNF!" Robin was knocked onto his back when Nightwing swept him off his feet.
"You need to watch your legs, that's where you leave yourself open the most." He put his staff on a bench and began unfastening his bracers. "You always aim for the killing blow, which I'm trying not to take it personally, but its not all about the vital areas, aiming for the legs and arms can also be effective, immobilise your opponent and taking them down becomes a lot easier."
"I'm just trying to be effective."
"True, but if you do succeed you might be killing someone who deserves a second chance. Those second chances are harder if they end up seriously injured or dead."
While Nightwing checked his phone, Damian threw the baton he was using at Nightwing's head.
"That's not very sporting" Superman smiled as he caught the baton.
"Wha…?"
"Superman? What're you doing here?" Nightwing asked.
"Is he here?"
"Yeah, he's on the computer, doing his usual news thing. Brooding even more than usual."
"Alright, I'll go talk to him."
Robin stopped Superman before he could walk down the stairs to Batman. "I just wanted to say thanks, this place, Gotham, it feels much safer now that the Joker is gone." Nightwing's eyes narrowed as he heard what Robin said.
"Dick, could you take Damian somewhere, me and Bruce need to have a chat?"
"Sure… but is everything okay?" he asked, slightly concerned.
"It will be."
He walked down the metal stairs. Batman closed all the windows he had open in a hurry, preventing Superman from seeing them.
"Where were you? I asked for help, everyone else was there but not you. Not my best friend, why not?"
"I was dealing with something important."
"What more important than my parents?! You of all people should know…!" he yelled angrily.
"You need to stop Clark" he cut Clark short.
"Stop what? Stop helping. Stop bringing dictators to justice, stop saving lives?" he spoke more quietly, trying not to be too threatening.
"You're scaring them, all of them, soon you'll be no better than the criminals that you stop."
"I'll never be like them" he said angrily. "Besides they need to be scared, to scared to pull the trigger, too scared to hurt one another. You taught me that" this shocked Bruce with his comment.
"Clark… I"
"You'd do the same thing is you were in my position… if you could do what I can."
"You killed someone Clark!"
"I did! But you didn't, every time that madman lived, every time you let that madman live you condemned innocent people to die. It was one death to save millions, we should've done it sooner!"
"It always starts with one!" he turned his head so that he was no longer looking at Superman. "Justification is always how it starts. But after you justify it once you can do it again, and again. It becomes easy, the line between right and wrong blur."
"That won't happen" Superman assured him before leaving. Batman watched him leave then when he was sure that he was gone he brought up another set of windows, files on possible allies. Catwoman, Huntress, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, The Atom, Captain Atom, Aquaman.
"What is that sir?" Alfred asked as he entered.
"A list. As much as I want to believe Superman can change I need to prepare for the worst, that includes gathering people to help me. Alfred, I need you to take sensitive supplies from the cave and the mansion to the backup cave."
"Right away master Bruce."
…Batcave 2.0
Batman was inside his new cave, somewhere in Gotham with Alfred and Nightwing. There were several dozen crates yet to be unpacked and it didn't look complete in any sense. There was only one vehicle there, the batplane, an older model that he hadn't used in years.
"Moring Bruce" Lucius Fox enters. He was pushing a large metal container.
"Lucius, it's good to see you" Nightwing greeted him warmly.
"It's good to see you too. I've finished the new suit, but do you have any idea who's going to wear it?"
"Not yet, I'll decide that later. For now, we need to focus on getting everyone and everything together."
Lucius immediately started working, setting up the tech in the cave while Nightwing sorted through the weapons they had. Alfred made a manifest of everything they had.
While they set up the new cave Superman and those aligned with him had been cracking down on war, they even took the nuclear weapons that each country had, storing them somewhere else. Whenever one country tried to attack another they were there to stop them. Some agreed with what they were doing, actually the majority did, but some had already realised what was happening.
…Gotham
"Tonight, on Gotham 2, our continued coverage of a nation divided. While our poles suggest that most of Gotham supports Superman's drastic changed there are plenty that are against it" Julie Chandler, a news reporter stated as she appeared on the news.
"Tonight, we are joined by our guest, Doctor William Miles, a more vocal opponent to Superman's changes. Thank you for being here…" she turned to face a man cloaked in shadow, expecting the lights to turn on, puzzled when they didn't she turned to the camera "I'm sorry, we seem to be experiencing some issues with the lights."
"I… I'm so sorry… I couldn't" a strange voice came from the shadow. Julie turned horrified by who emerged, Two-Face. In one hand was a gun and in the other, was a coin.
He flipped the coin, catching it and closing his hand around it. Aiming the gun at them he stared at his hand. "I tried to stay away… but the coin, it wouldn't let me… I had to come here… I had to do this."
Julie's brother, Chandler tried to shield his sister as Two-Face opened his hand, but before he could see the coin it disappeared. "What?" he cried out in despair, desperate for the answer "Tell me!"
The gun in his hand began to melt, he dropped the gun and backed away as he spotted the familiar red cape and 'S' shield, Superman had arrived and standing beside him was the Flash, holding the coin.
"Good… you can… you can tell me the answer, what did it say?" he asked desperately.
"No" Superman slapped him into the wall, before he could get to his feet the Flash took him away.
"Superman! Thank you… I thought we were…"
"It's okay" he put his hand on Julie's shoulder. "I'm glad your both okay, but I need to-"
"Wait!"
"Julie, he said he had to go."
"I know, but I just want to ask a few questions. As a journalist I'm sure you understand, I want to better inform the public."
"We've met before, haven't we?"
"Yes, at the Pulitzers, you were… well, Clark Kent was nominated. You were good but your wife she was better."
"Yes, she was, she teased me about it for weeks after she won."
"Did she know?"
"That I was Superman. Yes, I told her before we were married."
"Do you think that she would approve of your… more proactive role with the world that you've undertaken?"
"Yes. Or at least I hope so. In a way I'm doing this for her… so that what happened to her never happens again, but also something she said to me before she died, her last words. Save the World. And that's what I plan on doing."
"It's been widely reported that after the explosion you killed the Joker, is that true or false?"
"It's true."
"I doubt there's anyone alive that disagrees with that choice. That you did the wrong thing."
"I wish that was true, but there are still those that disagree with what I did and defend those psychopaths. It's why I'm in Gotham today, there's something wrong with this city. They're like a sickness. These sick and twisted individuals whom have hurt your city time and time again, they cannot be allowed to do so anymore. Their illness can no longer be an excuse for these terrible acts, you deserve to know that you can be safe, that they can't hurt you again."
…Batcave
While he was giving his speech, Batman was listening in the original Batcave. "Get the plane ready" he instructed Nightwing.
"Why? Where are we going?" Robin asked.
"I know why he's in Gotham."
…Gotham 2 Studio
"One of these madmen left a permanent scar on this world, because he couldn't be contained, because they thought it was a better idea to treat him. No more. Me and my fellow members of the League have decided that it is better to take them away from you, away from Gotham so that they can't hurt you again."
…Batcave
"My god" Nightwing suddenly realised what Superman was planning and they all sprinted to the plane.
"What? What's happening?" Robin asked, following them.
"They're going to Arkham" Nightwing answered him.
Robin stopped and folded his arms. "So what?"
"We don't have time for this Damian. We need to go, now" Batman opened the cockpit and climbed inside.
"Sure, okay, I'll get in as long as we're helping Superman rather than going to stop him."
"We need to leave, now" Batman ordered him.
"Have you even considered that you might be wrong, even for a second?" he paused, noting the expression on his father's face. Scoffing he stood firm, refusing to get in the plane.
The plane left without him.
…Gotham 2
While they were arguing Superman ended his speech. "I promise that I'll make it, so they can never hurt you again" before departing.
"Thank you, Superman" Chandler muttered as he watched the hero fly away.
…Arkham Asylum
"Thank you for returning Mr Dent, we appreciate this Superman" one of the doctors thanked Superman, as he and Diana escorted Dent to his room. "He's at a very important stage in his treatment that-"
"You misunderstand Doctor, we're not returning him. The League has lost faith in this facility and we have come to take the inmates to a new facility, one more equipped to hold them" Wonder Woman interrupted.
"You don't get to decide that; your powers don't mean that you can make those kinds of choices."
"Your right doctor they don't" Wonder Woman and Superman turned to see Batman and Nightwing, Batman was the one who spoke.
"Well, you were right. He's exactly where you said he would be" Wonder Woman turned to someone standing behind Superman, obscured by Superman's large figure.
"Standing with the monsters. However, with only two of them they shouldn't pose any threat."
"Damian… no" Nightwing muttered, both he and Batman were stunned.