Author's Note: This is something I got started on last week. I hope you think it's good.
War of the Light
Chapter One
Domination
For years they had been waiting for this, plotting and planning every minute. Every minuet detail has come down to this moment. For years they have operated under the radar, evading detection at every which turn. No one knew of their existence, even when it seemed like their plans had been exposed to the world. Their true motives remained hidden. Like shadows encompassing the light. Now after all these years of hiding, their plans have finally come to fruition, the Light has finally gained enough power to take over the world.
By manipulating various heads of state into their secretive employ the Light has effectively gained a foothold on every nation and every continent of the planet. The Light of course would not reveal themselves until it was too late as such when they bartered the UN to draft a peace treaty ending all conflicts worldwide. With the UN under their secretive command they were finally able to make their true presence known and appointing themselves the rulers of the world. Which the League didn't know about until it was too late. Each member of the Light was given sovereign command over one of the seven continents. Lex Luthor took control of North America, while the Brain heralded Europe, Ra's al Ghul ruled over the Middle East extending into China. Vandal Savage was in command of Russia and Southern Asia; Klarion the Witch Boy was given Oceania to mess around with, Queen Bea took control of Africa, while Ocean Master ruled over Central and South America choosing to stay near the Kingdom of Atlantis to torment it's people. There were only two safe havens left in the world Greenland and Antarctica, which many fled to when they had the chance. The Light chose to tolerate this, as they had no real interest in either landmass and thought they would give them a sporting chance. But in truth had actually condemned themselves to a cold and unrelenting artic abyss. To further subjugate the free will of the people the Light had created a secret layer of the Internet called the Outernet that allowed them to control and monitor the web itself. With further suppression being laid down by the Light's secret police that would drag anyone out onto the street and away for questioning.
With the Light in control of the world's governments it seemed as though the League was powerless to stop them. But this didn't stop them from trying. Much like the now revealed Secret Society of Super-Villains, the League has been building up its roster into a virtual army of superhumans, whereas the Light has answered this drafting every supervillain on the planet into an Injustice League Unlimited of sorts. And it seems now that we are on the very precedence of a global war.
Whereas the Light as recruited as many supervillains as it could. There were those that didn't side completely with the New Order or it's ideology and had actually defected to the League to serve their own interests. The most noted of which and perhaps one of the first to secede was Captain Cold, who justified his turn saying he didn't believe in true evil only shades of it. The rest of the Rouges however were more reluctant to join, seeing as they could now get away with anything. Their opinion started to turn however when Cold froze and shattered Captain Boomerang's hand scaring his teammates as well as the League. While a horrified Boomerang looked back at his stump of a wrist. And convinced the others to join at gunpoint. Cold then requested that they fix Captain Boomerang's hand, to which Zatara obliged giving him back his natural human hand.
Down on Earth tensions were rising as the world's governments and its people were now trying to launch an assault against the Light. After spending decades under the heel of previous regimes, having attained freedom prior to the Light's takeover, many in the Arabic world were outraged and took to the streets once again.
In one country a mob of freedom fighters numbering in the thousands launched an impromptu strike on the area's secret police. Police opened fire as protesters threw a large volley of rocks at the armored officers. A civilian sniper station above opened fire on the unsuspecting officers while those down on the frontlines ran roughshod using submachine guns against the police. Both sides took casualties early on as several secret police officers were felled in the resulting gunfire by civilians. The overhead fire subsided as protesters overrun the regimes with a young man carrying the flag of his nation into battle. Police attempted to fight back hitting a woman and two men. The officer responsible for their deaths fell on his back and was staked in the chest by the man with the flag, killing him. Police were driven further back by the oncoming rioters, felling several of them in cold blood but were quickly overwhelmed.
In England a similar conflict had boiled over as British protesters attacked the secret police there. The flag of their nation showing allegiance to the Brain had changed from it's traditional white to a black background with St. George's Cross as it's banner while the police battled protesters. While those fighting for their freedom rallied behind the more familiar Union Jack, which had likewise been stained black by the Light. What the rioters wielded was the true blue article. On a rooftop overlooking the battlefield stood the city's most prominent guardian. A man covered in gray plate armor, and a silted metal visor shielding his eyes, and two metal points connected to the back of said visor with a long dark cape, and golden belt looked down on the battlefield. And was joined by a young teenage girl in a bizarre costume that consisted of a yellow tunic with baggy sleeves, a green and black vest, with black tight fitting pants with red stripes running up to her thighs, red beret with a green feather, and black domino mask with long orange hair. With a coat of arms insignia of a shield and two crossed hammers on her chest. They were London's defenders and were among a new generation of heroes to oppose the Light. The Knight and Squire.
Knight and Squire stood on the edge of the rooftop, Knight with his foot slight elevated. While Squire bent over slightly looking at the battle below.
"So ya think we should join em? Cuz it looks like they could use a hand." Squire suggested.
Her mentor didn't say anything and merely jumped off the ledge to the streets below holding out his cape.
"I guess that works too." Squire mentioned still on the rooftop. The Knight fell several stories before landing on the roof of a car crushing it on impact as the battle went on around him.
The masked hero looked to his right and saw a secret police member about to execute a pinned down woman with his pistol. A line wrapped around the masked policeman's wrist as he looked up and saw the Knight fly towards him and punch him out. The woman looked on in terror as the policeman's helmet flew off while the officer hit the pavement on his back. As the chaos continued around him the hero looked back at the downed woman.
"Are you all right?" he asked. The startled woman nodded silently as he turned away from her.
"Good, get someplace safe." He ordered and raced off.
From the rooftop the Squire soon joined her master leaping from the rooftop in a swan dive before making contact with the wall and began running down it toward the crowd below. The Squire then vaulted off a lamp pole mounted to the wall and flew over the battlefield landing on top a car on the other side of the street. A ways up the street the Knight fought his way through the Brain's secret police knocking each of them out with a single punch as he fought his way forward. The Squire caught sight of one of them aiming at him from behind with a rifle.
"Knight look out!" she yelled aiming her slingshot at the policeman and hitting him in the face with a metal ball. The policeman's gun discharged hitting Knight in his shoulderblade but did no real damage because of his armor. Ricochet however hit another officer in the visor who was right next to the Knight and went down in an instant.
Another police officer grabbed Squire by the shoulders and tore her off the roof of the car. The Knight turned around to save her but was hit in the back of the neck with a rifle butt. Squire struggled with the policeman on her back and kicked him between the legs leveling him. Another officer grabbed her leg and dragged her across on her back, the Squire went for her slingshot again and hit him in the face, and swept his legs out from under him. Squire went for another metal sphere from her tool belt and aimed back in the Knight's direction where they were beating on him.
A smoke bomb went off around the Knight and the attacking officers disorienting them enough for Knight to turn the tables on them and took care of them in short order. Another officer grabbed Squire from behind holding both her arms. The young girl head butted the officer before and heeled him in the crotch. The Squire then spun around and took aim at several other officers knocking them back with an explosive sphere, before turning and covering two others with a super glue one. Another officer finally had enough and hit her across the face with the butt of his rifle knocking her out.
From the other side of the battlefield Knight yelled with other officers holding him down and fired a throwing star at the offender. The shuriken struck the officer's neck that was about to execute the downed Squire before tumbling to the ground.
Across Europe similar incidents erupted as people fought to take back their countries from the tyrants. In France a trio of superheroes were helping battle the secret police going by the names of the Musketeer, Chevalier and a female vigilante called Crimson Fox on the rooftops. While down on the streets a young man in a dark blue t-shirt, black pants and a full-face mask battled other with martial arts. The young man in question seemed to have a large bat symbol across his chest and was keeping the officers at bay with a flurry of kicks knocking one of the officers away as he glared at the others in a crouched down stance.
The police officers turned their guns on the assailant and fired as he took off leaping on a park bench before vaulting onto the base of a statue 12 feet off the ground. And quickly darted around the other side of the statue as police unloaded on him with bullets chewing away at the granite behind him.
On the otherside of the world however in Oceania Klarion has taken a more hands on approach and is instead attacking the people of one of the tiny island nations under his command. Letting his chaos magic run rampant as islanders ran for their lives while Klarion laughed manically as black lightning flew overhead. The Witch Boy then took to the skies hovering high above the small island nation turning his sights on a neighboring island and fired a blast of energy at it, engulfing the nearby island in a flash of light.
Across the continent in Arabia, Ra's al Ghul watched the uprising from his palace stronghold in a room full of monitors. At Belle Reve Prison in Louisiana, Icicle Jr. was forced to fend for his life in the midst of a prison riot. Worse yet he was forced to defend himself as his father Icicle Sr. looked on. The young metahuman was already in his powered up state as he fought his dad's larger lackeys and was losing…badly. The young Icicle threw a punch but was backhanded across the face by the woman with the rose vine tattoo and sent him spiraling to the ground.
"This is your punishment for failing me son." Icicle Sr. said leaning against a wall.
The woman grabbed the younger by his shirt and lifted him off the ground, while gripping his leg and held him overhead threatening to rip him apart. Icicle Jr. groaned as she pulled on his leg, Cam responded and fired ice shards in her face in retaliation. And was promptly dropped as he fled. Back in Micronesia the Bioship arrived in camouflage mode above Klarion's attack with Kid Flash standing by the hatch as it opened.
"You guys go help the others. Klarion is mine." He said in a serious tone and leaped out surprising his teammates.
"Wait dude your tether!" Robin yelled from his seat.
"Won't need it." he said as he dropped in headfirst over Klarion.
The Witch Boy was oblivious to his presence causing havoc as KF flipped over and yelled grabbing his attention. The Witch Boy looked up at the last minute as Wally drove his heel into the back of Klarion's head catching him completely off guard. Klarion yelled as he crashed headfirst on the beach with an explosion of sand.
"Booya." KF said softly and landed in a palm tree and slid down the trunk to where the Witch Boy lay. Klarion made a fist as he picked his face out of the sand and shot the speedster and angry look.
"Remember me?" Wally said cryptically.
"Remember you? I've never seen you before in my life!" he snarled.
"Who in blazes are you?" Klarion added as he got up.
"Your going to pay for what you did to Kent Nelson." He said never breaking his tone. Klarion bristled at him enraged.
"That old fossil? What does he…your him! You're the brat that took away my helmet!" screeched Klarion.
"Damn straight." He answered in a low voice and raced towards him. Klarion blasted him with a dark force bolt but had no effect on him as he rushed forward.
"That's not possible!" he yelled and was punched in the face by Wally.
"Insulated costume, it's totally possible." Wally stated. Klarion blasted him a second time from the ground that bounced off his chest as he raced towards him. And continued blasting him to ill effect as Kid Flash grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and threw him.
The villain landed on his feet and kept blasting at him as KF rushed forward kneeing him in the stomach, an elbow to the nose and punched his left cheek in swift order. The villain groaned receiving each hit was knocked to the ground once more. Wally grabbed his ankle and threw Klarion into a tree as the villain screamed hitting it with his back sideways. The wizard crashed to the dirt once again at the base of the tree as KF looked on.
"Come on Klarion, I thought you were a Lord of Chaos? I wouldn't think they'd let a brat like you be in the Secret Society let alone rule your own little continent. Then again it's not surprising they let you have the smallest piece." Kid Flash taunted never breaking his serious demeanor enraging Klarion. A demonic scowl appeared on his face.
"You think I'm nothing? Have you forgotten what I did to Dr. Fate? What I'm about to do to you?" he yelled firing a full powered blast of red energy. KF got down as the beam flew overhead.
A second blade of energy sliced through the sand towards the speedster, KF raced around the attack towards Klarion. But the Witch Boy countered with the same attack just as Wally closed in and blasted him back. KF backflipped and recovered sliding back on his feet as Klarion surged with energy.
"Still think you what it takes to challenge me?" Klarion growled
"Why don't you blast me again and find out you little brat?" Kid replied seriously. The Witch Boy roared and fired his strongest blast at Kid Flash.
The blast hit triggering an explosion sending Kid Flash into the air. A billow of smoke hid him from sight as he reappeared a second later overhead to Klarion's shock with a dropkick to his chest. Klarion retaliated with another short-range blast knocking Wally back into a tree snapping it in half before he hit the ground and was pinned down with a continuous blast. Klarion grinned evilly as he advanced towards the down hero who was in agony. The Witch Boy chuckled, as he got closer.
"Give up Kid Lame, your nothing without Nabu's power. You were never even a match for me to start with." Klarion stated.
"That's pretty tough talk for someone getting their butt handed to them earlier." Kid countered. Klarion narrowed his eyes and pumped out a higher dosage causing Wally even more pain. His evil smile widened as he did in the hero.
Wally vibrated his hands at supersonic speed and slammed them against them as a tidal wave of sand and soil flew at Klarion throwing him off guard. The sand and silica covered the Witch Boy disrupting his attack and concentration as he shielded his eyes. In the next instant Wally appeared before him and threw his hardest punch at Klarion's gut and was pummeling him at superspeed with a barrage of punches to his head and chest from which there was no escape. The speed of his attacks increased as Wally poured it on beating the boy senseless, and with a well-placed jab sent Klarion flying into the air and on his back. Klarion growled shielding his face in the bend of his arm muttering incoherently.
Klarion unfurled his arm staring daggers at Kid Flash before getting up.
"Argh! You're going to pay for that!" Klarion yelled as Kid rushed at him and punted Klarion like a football.
The Witch Boy screamed as he flew into the night sky from Wally's superpowered kick. The Witch Boy fought to correct himself and stopped himself in flight enraged at the young speedster. His body crackled with an aura of dark energy as his eyes turned black and his pupils into tiny red dots. And let out a demonic yell as he summoned his power into a dark energy ball, seeking to destroy the entire island. Kid glared at Klarion from the ground as he saw Klarion power up and hold the massive energy ball over his head. Wally scoffed as he shifted his weight into a counter attack.
"Playtime's over Klarion." he said and spun his body around rapidly creating a small cyclone of dust and sand. Launching himself into the air at Klarion.
"Die Flash!" Klarion yelled and hurled the massive ball at his nemesis.
Kid Flash spiraled upward towards the aggressor catching Klarion off guard. As Wally neared closer and swatted the energy sphere aside. The black and purple sphere crashed into the ocean and exploded as Wally flew at him with a war cry, startling Klarion and punched him as hard as he could in the face. The impact rippled over the boy wizard's face in slow motion knocking him to the side, before time sped up and Wally nailed him with a devestating roundhouse kick to the back of his head and sent him crashing into the shoreline. A massive deluge of water erupted from where he hit and came down as rain on the island. And leaving a massive crater on the edge of the island where Klarion lay and had already struggled to get up. Kid Flash spiraled down through the air and slammed into Klarion's back spinning at superspeed using himself as a drill. Klarion yelled in pain as he ripped through the back of his suit blazer. In the next instant Wally kicked him in the side and skipped violently across the water on his side before sinking under the tide. Wally watched from the shoreline as the reign of Klarion seeming ended.
Underneath the ocean as he sank toward the bottom, a red and black aura appeared and teleported the boy wizard to saftey. Back on dry land Kid turned his attention to Klarion's orange tabby and familar Teekl giving it a murderous look. Teekl hissed arching it's back and teleported out as well. The frightened and newly liberated islanders gathered around Kid Flash as he looked to where Klarion vanished.
"That's one down, five more to go." he said with a partial sigh of relief.
Author's Note: All right so I didnt really know where I was going with this. I kind of feel like it's nothing but meaningless violence, no real plot. lol. I dont know. Why dont you tell me what you think, and if you'd like to read more? Honestly I've wanted to write a Kid Flash/Klarion rematch scene for a long time and this was my first time writing the Witch Boy. And to give Kid Flash a kickass fight scene, kind of show how he can utilize his superspeed powers. Let me know what you think,
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Green Gallant.
