Earth was in utter chaos. The mighty Regime was on the brink of defeat. But not by the Society, Brainiac, or the Insurgency, but by villains they had never faced. It had been 3 years since Brainiac's invasion, and Superman had broken free of the Phantom Zone. And now, here he was, on his knees. "You…. criminal." He moaned. "I am the god here! I decide who lives and dies!" "No." The voice said. In front of him, Kal saw a purple faced titan, the same size as Darkseid, with a golden glove containing six colorful stones. "You are no god." As Superman looked around, he saw Regime soldiers getting killed by many unknown criminals, like a black ooze monster, and Cyborg was fighting a menacing looking robot… and losing. Damian was deflecting bullets from a red-skulled Nazi, but there were too many and was shot. Then, Black Adam fell. Then Diana. Superman tried to kill them, but he was too weak. Then, the purple titan lunged at him, and beat him with his bare hands again and again. Finally, he punched Clark so hard in the chest that he damaged his heart. "This world has fallen into chaos." The being said. "Now, to properly complete the Merge." As he and the others teleported away, the last thing Superman saw before screaming "NO!" in rage and agony was a giant purple man smashing the Earth with both hands. This wasn't the Earth that the group was supposed to head to. Now, with the distraction dealt with, it was time to complete their goal.