White House
Superman marched down the halls of the white house, a man on a mission... a mission of vengenance. As the elite of the secret service fired round after round at the man of steel in a futile effort to halt his movements. He stood confidently in the centre of the all as he raised his hand to his earpiece to check on the status of his team.
"Almost there, what about you two?" He asks in a calm voice
Batman had just finished punching out another agent before responding to his comrades question, though he knew he wouldn't wait. He gave a simple response of "Coming" before bolting down another one of the structures long hallways.
Elsewhere the fiery amazon princess was busy deflecting bullets with her unbreakable bracelets as she was surrounded by agents. After deflecting the last of the inbound rounds she acknowledged the previous transmissions "I'll catch up in minute, wait for me" before finally knocking out the last two remaining agents by introducing their heads to each other.
Superman on the other, continued to walk down the long hall, past the paints of the previous presidents, often colliding with those of the secret service who were either too slow or stupid to get out if his way.
Finally there was one last agent, set up as the last line of defence for president Luthor, he continued to fire round after round, his resolve weakening as he saw the casing crumple on Supermans chest before dropping to the ground. His last move was to throw a grenade, he pulled the pin an threw it has hard as he could only to see Superman grab it in his hand. As it exploded the agent saw nothing, no fear, no pain and the explosion had not even slowed him down.
Over his comm link Superman heard the pleas of Diana call out to him "Superman wait for me"
"We have waited too long as it is" was his only response.
Presidents office
In the presidents office, Lex Luthor was gathering up several documents. Documents that if found could implicate him in several illegal activities. Such as selling classified weapons to known terrorists, human experiments, torture of prisoners of war and finally the papers which showed that he ordered the execution of several civilians.
"Such short sightedness, they couldn't see the bigger picture, no imagionation instead they would rather fight."
As if on cue the doors of the office imploded, making way for the man of tomorrow, "Even this wasn't enough for you was it?" he asks as his arms stretch out to empathize the power of the position which Luthor held within his office. "You had to have it all, now we are on the brink of a war which could destroy the whole planet"
"An I let it get this far because of the law, because of the will of the people" Supermans voice dripped with disgust at his own in action towards his bitter nemesis
"Haha! The people, this is all their fault" retorted Lex "An now there are all going to burn for it, BURN!!"
"You are nothing but a mad dog now, aren't you?" questioned the Man of Steel
"Ooh!! A threat? But this old dog still as a few teeth" responded Luthor as he pulled out the top draw on the right side of his desk. Opening it just enough to show his nemesis the mechanical device with the red button which would launch every nuclear missile that America had at its disposal to countries such as Japan, France, Ireland etc...
The Man of Steel knew that if Luthor was given the chance to press that button then thousands if not millions of people would die and plunge the survivors into a new world war that in the end know one would win.
"There are at least 6 different ways I can stop you right now"
"But they all involve the use of deadly force don't they? An you don't do that!" Luthor smiled sickeningly at his adversary "No, you need me. After all you wouldn't be much of a hero without a villan. An you do love being the hero don't you? The cheering fans, the swooning women and children wearing every last piece of your merchandise. You love it soo much that you have become my most reliable accomplice."
"Accomplice!? What are you?" Superman was in shock as to how he, the man who had time and time again foiled each an everyone of his adversary's plots
"You could have crushed me anytime you wanted, an it wasn't the law or the will of the people that stopped you, it was your ego. Being a hero was too important to you, you are as much responsible for this as I am. So ahead, fix it somehow, put me on trial, lock me up, but I'll beat it an then we will back to this all over again"
After hearing Lexs words, Kal-El turned to his left, lowering his head as the processed what had been said, then responded by saying;
"Your right... I did love being a hero, but if this is where is leads..... then I am done with it!" He raised his head, turning to the left to face Luthor as his eyes glowed red with the power of heat vision
Outside the office, the caped crusader knocks out two more armoured agents, before being jumped by a third, he government trained, suppose to be the best, obviously they haven't seen my list of teachers he thinks before punching the man in the jaw and then kicking him off. From the corner of his left eye he finds an outstretched hand, with those metallic bracelets. He accept the gesture as Diana helps him to his feet.
"Thanks" is all he says before something else grabs his attention, as a detective he knows that his senses are his best tools when it comes to forensics, at this moment his sense of smell has detected something burning "Do you smeel something?" He asks Diana
Diana turns her head to the same direct of her teammate, inhaling deeply she recognises the all to familiar smell, her eyes widen upon realisation as to what the smell is. Without hesitation she takes of the presidents office, not realising that Batman is close on her heels.
As the enter the office they are greeted by a horrific sight of not only a dead Luthor but one who has been mutilated and burnt beyond recognition.
"Hera!" called out Wonder Woman
"Well, it had to be done" Batman says in a voice so calm you would think he had just woken up
It took every once of strength she had to look away from the presidents corpse, before finally noticing Superman standing over at one of the windows looking at the white house lawn. She cautiously walked over, placing her left hand on his right shoulder, let him know of her presence. Before asking
"Are you ok?"
"I am great" He replied, a triumphant smile on his face.