Author's notes: And this is another chapter mostly focused on Ron and John Constantine. Batman is also in it and a mysterious figure who did something bad.

Anyway, now we are on Apokolips.

Planetfall

Apokolips

Hellbat armored Batman soared through the air over the large God planet. The altitude was high, as he was flying over the top of the firepits and their pillars of fire.

At first glance, Batman thought the God planet to be abandoned as there seemed to be little to no one to be seen, but as he soared to a lower altitude, Batman could see the tormented slaves of Apokolips working on machinery that looked like it was… opening up the planet. There were cracks on the God planet's surface and as Batman flew above one of the cracks on a safe altitude, he saw what he had already deduced.

Darkseid was indeed aware of the multiverse and had not attacked Batman's Earth for this reason, because he was busy attacking another. Between the crack Batman could see that Apokolips had been opened in that fashion that the God planet could literally swallow this unfortunate, alternate Earth. Apokolips was right now in the middle of devouring a different version of Earth and Batman was standing to witness it.

''GAAAH!''

A power spike on Hellbat armor's systems brought Batman's mind back to focus. Landing to a proper hiding place, Batman checked the Hellbat armor's power levels to make sure how much time he had before it would start to leech out it's energies from its wearer.

There was no time to go find a way to help the other Earth. As much as Batman hated to admit it, he had just enough time to go and find Damian from Darkseid's palace.

House of Mystery

Ron had not wasted a moment when he accepted to join Constantine on their way to Apokolips. He had not known the man for a long time, but had made the impression that Constantine knew what he was doing and for Hermione, Ron was ready to go Hell and back to get her better. Even in Constantine's company.

''You can still stay back, mate,'' John said as they walked back inside the House of Mystery. ''We might not be coming back from this and it ain't right for those kids to grow up with both of their folks gone.''

''Strength in numbers, together you live and alone you die,'' Ron said bluntly. ''Which is why we should have taken Question and Phantom Stranger with us-''

''No,'' John said as he walked ahead. ''Due to Hermione's situation with both Anti-Life and membership in the Trinity of Sin, those two need to stay close to her in case ANYTHING happens.''

''Such as?'' Ron asked.

''She gets loose or Waller sends someone to do testings to benefit the American government,'' John said as they had walked through the lobby and towards more doors. ''I don't have time for changing rooms, we need to pick something up and then get going.''

''What do we need?'' Ron asked.

''Tools for a ritual to get us to Apokolips,'' John said taking a hold of the door handle and opened it to a library. ''Yes! Keep this door open, I don't wanna close it and open it to another room than the lobby.''

''What else are we taking? Guns?''

''Hah, good one,'' John said as he took a bag and started to fill it. ''But no, we're both warlocks so we should both have our self-defense tactics handy. Which reminds me… you know the oldest secret about magic?''

''I take it's something even Hogwarts doesn't know,'' Ron said leaning to the open door.

''Nope, if it was, Voldemort wouldn't have had any cause hate the common people,'' John said with a smug smile. ''You know why there are muggleborns? It's because when it comes to magic, any cunt can do it.''

Ron was silent for a few seconds before he asked: ''What?''

''I didn't go to any magic schools to hone my skills and knowledge. I was born to a family in Liverpool, or…'' John scratched his head as he paused and then resumed explaining. ''My mum died giving birth to me, leaving me just to live with a bastard of a father who reminded me of that every night, especially after he returned from a pub.''

''Oh,'' Ron said.

He had not expected that, but hearing it did explain some things about Constantine's attitude. ''That's sad to hear, but-''

''I have taught myself spells and different rituals trying to find a way to communicate with my mum,'' John continued and finished packing. ''So far it's been just demons and different types of fallen angels and other celestials that you've met today too. My point is, you can use magic without you wand, so if you lose it, just roll with it and you'll be fine.''

Constantine shut the bag and turned to walk towards Ron, who stopped leaning at the door.

''I'd advise you to practice it a bit before we open the gates of Hell and- OY!''

Constantine beamed at the door which was now closing. Run turned around as Constantine ran past him and as the door closed shut, they saw a silhouette of a dark figure standing there, turning it's hand as if it was slamming the door on them and

SLAM!

''Bloody Hell!'' John grunted punching the door. ''This bloody house has shifting rooms and if that isn't the lobby on that other side-''

''Did you see that too?'' Ron asked as Constantine took a hold of the handle. ''There was someone out there.''

''If it's Father Time or Doctor Occult playing practical jokes at a time like this, they are way past being sore losers,'' John said twisting the handle and opened the doors, to the lobby. ''Well, this was a pleasant surprise. Saved some time.''

''Um, John,'' Ron said noticing something on the windows and moved closer to look at it, ''wasn't it cloudy when we came in here?''

Constantine noticed it too and rushed to look out the window. It had been cloudy just a few minutes ago when they entered the House of Mystery and looking outside, the skies were red. Chas and his taxicab were also nowhere in sight. As they stepped outside, both Ron and Constantine saw the surrounding landscape also having turned to an apocalyptic scenery with destroyed buildings and cracks in the sky.

'What the hell happened out here?!'' Ron said as the first thing that came to his mind looking at the devastation.

''Ummm,'' John muttered putting a cigarette in his mouth, ''that didn't look like Father Time or Doctor Occult. It was too...''

''The DA coin doesn't work, John'' Ron said checking it and drew out his wand. ''Point me.''

''Pfffft,'' John grunted waving his hand before kneeling lower and touched the ground, muttering something in Latin before turning back to English. ''Holland, are you there? Oy, Swamp Thing!''

Constantine rose back to his feet shaking his head and lit the cigarette before saying:

''I can't reach the Swamp Thing. That means either that the Green is gone or that it's Avatar is killed.''

SWOOOSH!

Batman flew around Apokolips towards Darkseid's palace. The firepower defending it seemed minimal due to most of the warships targeting the Earth the God planet was currently devouring. It did still press heavily on Batman's mind that he was letting this alternate Earth and whatever possible survivors there could still be down there. But he was not here for them, he was here to bring his son's remains back home and the Hellbat armor's power sources…

NO! Batman had sworn on that he would always preserve life. He would have to find a way to find Damian's remains and help the people down there. Doing one could lead to making the other.

''Direct all power to boots' rocket boosters.''

CRAAAAAAASSSHHH!

Batman flew through window holes in a wing of the palace. A wing that was connected to one of the machines that were closing the God planet on the unlucky Earth. There were Parademons, but after quickly redirecting the power supply, Batman was able to deal with them by parrying their attacks and beating them up. Then he turned to the one in charge of the operation, the one they had called Glorious Godfrey.

''HOW DO I TURN THESE ENGINES OFFLINE!?'' Batman yelled at Godfrey as he grabbed him by the collar.

''Mortal, you are among Gods here,'' Godfrey spit back at Batman. ''Besides, your world is already too far gone, Apokolips is upon it and-''

SMACK!

PUNCH!

TWITCH!

''UUUHHHHH!''

''TELL ME!'' Batman yelled at Godfrey after punching him a couple of times and twisting both of his shoulders out of their places.

''The slaves are operating them as the parts of the engines!'' Godfrey yelled in pain. ''I can tell them to stop closing Apokolips on that planet and turn to opening it.''

''Do it!'' Batman told Godfrey as he

TWITCH!

''AAHH-AAAHH!''

relocated the other shoulder and put him onto his console to send orders to change the closing of Apokolips to opening it again. ''NOW!''

In a place called…

SWOOSH!

''What the bloody hell just happened!?''

In a split of a second, both Ron and Constantine had been swiped off their feet and in a disorienting feeling of motion sickness, they had been pulled from where they had been standing to somewhere unknown and away from House of Mystery.

Thankfully, Ron had been accustomed to this due to his training in apparating and recovered from it a little faster. Fast enough to see what and who had brought them there and as his wand was already drawn

''PETRIFICUS TOTALIS!''

cast a spell on it to stop it on it's track so both he and Constantine could question it.

''Good, good, Ronnie,'' John said still recovering from his head spinning. ''You could have done it without your wanker stick too, but good work either way. Hoof, now let's see…''

Ron glared at Constantine mildly bothered, but followed him to the person he had petrified. It was a man in a red and blue skintight suit, not unfamiliar to people who knew of superheroes, but the costume itself was unfamiliar with a silver lightning and helmet, similar to-

''Johnny Quick?'' Ron said seeing resemblance in this man's costume to that of speedster from Crime Syndicate. ''Did we end up on Crime Syndicate's Earth?''

Constantine gestured his hand, reducing the spell's effect to just below his pelvis.

''What are you doing!?'' the man asked in panic, able to move just his upper body but no his legs. ''I need to get back out there! There are still more people!''

''No, this isn't that villain version of Flash, mate,'' John said nodding his head. ''That one would have spitted at our faces. Listen, mate. Ronnie and I didn't see the world ending half an hour ago. So, mind you if you answer some questions about what we have missed and we give you back the use of our legs. Question one, where are we?''

''Atom's Heaven, our last safe place from Apokolips'' was the answer of this this version of Flash.

''Apokolips is attacking us?'' Ron asked surprised and hopeful hearing that name.

''Them, not us,'' John said glaring at a corner as he figured out somethings. ''This is a parallel version of Earth, and not our one. House of Mystery, or that bastard who slammed the door on us, got us transported here.''

''Can I go save more people now!?'' this Flash asked them.

''One more question, are there other people we can ask more questions from?'' Ron asked pointing his wand at this Flash's legs.

''Yes, over there!'' this Flash answered pointing at a direction, where they did hear voices.

''Go,'' Ron said waving his wand and

SWOOSH!

that version of Flash ran away. Ron and Constantine exchanged glances and walked to where they had been pointed to go, soon finding in better light a large underground cave filled with people.

''We are not in Kansas anymore,'' Ron said shaking his head as Constantine took another cigarette. ''Spare one for me too?''

Author's notes: Are you familiar with a comic book writer Tom Taylor? He was the one who was writing Injustice Gods Among Us comic Year 1, Year 2 and half of Year 3. He also wrote DC Comics' New 52's series Earth-2 and Earth-2:World's End. Those two series co-existed and were published at the same time as Robin Rises OMEGA was published. And have now made them co-exist in this story.

So, Batman is now on Apokolips multitasking on getting Damian's remains back to Earth and stopping Apokolips from consuming this alternate Earth. You may ask why I have brought in this alternate Earth and I answer, I managed to connect Earth-3 to not just Crime Syndicate and Harry Potter, but also Doctor Who, so- too many spoilers. Wait! How many still cares about this?

And Ron and Constantine are on that alternate Earth that is being consumed by Apokolips. Go and wonder, how will they get out off this one and how did they end up there.

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