It's back. Yep, finally, we'll see the rest of the story for Injustice: Dragons Among Us. Sorry it took so long to get back to this, I was working on the ending of the story. Thankfully, I think I have it ready to go now.
Cynder's Log
Well that was an eventful battle, if I do say so myself. Now that we're all back at Insurgency HQ, I tell the others about our upcoming meeting with Superman.
Batman: You've got to be crazy. I'm saying it now, you're as mad as the Joker!
Cynder: Bruce, I'm really getting tired of this. We're not asking for your approval anymore. Just know that Barry will probably be here within a matter of…
And before I can even finish my sentence, I feel a breeze on the back of my neck as Flash arrives.
Cynder: seconds. (To Flash) Good to see you, Barry.
Flash: And I'm glad to see you guys are actually willing to talk with Superman. (Noticing Bruce) Rather than just plot a coup without so much as an attempt at diplomacy.
Batman: I tried diplomacy five years ago, look at where it got us.
Cynder: Regardless of whatever happened, we're still glad to see you.
Ember: Yeah, and sorry about the black eye.
Flash: Not the first one I've gotten, nor the last.
Cynder: So, where are we meeting?
Flash: Ferris Aircraft.
Terrador: Hopefully Cyborg and Raven aren't torturing anyone there this time.
Flash: That was highly irregular on their part anyways.
And with that, we're off to meet with Superman. But I get this sneaking suspicion that Batman has plans to interfere.
Batman: (Aside) No chance I'm letting you ruin our last hope to take down the Regime. (Throws a tracker onto Cynder's back)
Flame's Log
Okay, no need to be nervous, you're just meeting with Superman. You know, one of the most powerful beings in the galaxy who has effectively taken over the world at this point. How bad could it go?
Just as we arrive at Ferris Aircraft, I see we aren't just meeting with Superman. Sinestro, Black Adam, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Raven, Hal Jordan, Hawkgirl, Solomon Grundy, and Shazam are all there too!
Cynder: Superman.
Superman: Cynder. (With a slight smile) Glad to see you could make it.
Superman: (Noticing Cynder just brought her friends) Where's the rest of the Insurgency?
Cynder: Lex is fixing his armor, Deathstroke is I don't know where, and you know how Bruce is.
Shazam: I bet he's still paranoid as ever.
Flame: Exactly.
Superman: So, time to make an announcement. I've told everyone here about disbanding the Regime, but we've yet to take a vote on the issue.
Wonder Woman: Clark, you'd have to be crazy to disband the Regime now. By continuing this way, we have eliminated crime in this world. This is the only way to keep peace.
Cynder: (Seeing the way Wonder Woman is talking) Now I see why the Regime still exists. It's not because of Superman, it's because of you! You've corrupted the very base of all of this!
Wonder Woman: Watch your mouth, dragon.
Shazam: She can't help if she's right!
And that's when I hear the sound of about a thousand rifles being prepped to fire and pointed in our direction.
Superman: Sinestro, what's going on?
Sinestro: A precautionary measure, High Councilor, nothing more.
The tension could be cut with a knife right about now. But that's when I see Superman is, of all things, looking around like he's hearing something none of us can.
Superman: Does anyone else hear beeping?
Beeping? I don't hear any beeping. Then I remember, Superman has heightened senses, he can hear things we can't. And apparently after looking around, he seems to think it's coming from Cynder, judging by how he picks her up by the bracelet on her neck.
Cynder: Hey! What are you doing?!
That's when Superman rips something off of Cynder's back, something disturbingly bat-shaped.
Superman: One of Batman's tracking devices?! He's been tracking you all along!
Flash: I swear, that was not there when I picked them up!
Superman: Batman's clever, he probably slipped this on you when you got out of Stryker's.
Cynder: At this rate, nothing would surprise me.
Superman: (Putting Cynder on the ground) You somehow let him track you this whole time!
Wonder Woman: Now I see why you're here, you were trying to gather all of us into one place for some Bat-trap.
Cynder: Yep. You're definitely the one perpetuating the Regime.
Wonder Woman: This is an act of treason!
Sinestro: Firing Squad, take aim!
Flash: Not so fast!
It seems Flash is on our side now, as he's running around the entire group of soldiers taking every gun and somehow neatly putting them in a bin in a matter of seconds.
Flash: Let's not be too hasty here.
Superman: You're deserting me, Barry?
Flash: I can't keep up this illusion of support. And I know you can't either. You regretted this Regime since day one, but Diana has been convincing you to keep it running for years!
Wonder Woman: Enough, Barry. You know the price of treason.
Shazam: And you should know when something has gone too far! Yet you ignore it in this case!
Wonder Woman: Et tu, Billy?!
And thus begins a huge three person argument between Flash, Wonder Woman and Shazam, with the other Regime members joining in for good measure, mostly on Diana's side. And Superman appears to barely be able to process it, trying to grapple this argument, the tracking device on Cynder and the fact that Lex has been part of the Insurgency the whole time. He looks like he's about to break, and that's just about what happened next.
Superman: Enough!
Apparently, Superman's powers are more emotionally linked than even he probably realized, as during that, his heat vision went off, and lasered Shazam through the eyes. While everyone else stood in shock at what had just happened, I went over to check Shazam's pulse. As I suspected, it didn't end well.
Flame: He's dead.
The look on Superman's face was one of sheer terror at his own actions. It's as if even he couldn't believe it! He had just killed Billy Batson, a child. Unintentional or not, the sheer look of horror on his face proved to Cynder, and to every one of us, that the old Clark was still there. But he only stood there for a few seconds, before he just retreated, presumably to the Fortress of Solitude.
Wonder Woman: (To Cynder) Now look what you've done!
Cynder: What we've done?!
Wonder Woman: This act proves it, you are enemies to the Regime. (To Flash) And you had best reconsider your act of desertion.
Flash: I've had plenty of time to consider it, and all I can say is I wish I'd left sooner.
Wonder Woman: You dare betray us?
Flash: I dare.
Cynder: And we're standing with Barry.
Wonder Woman: Considering we can't risk destroying this place. You can leave for now. But be warned, if you ever show your face again, you will be crushed.
Well that meeting could have gone better. Now almost all of the Regime is against us, and Superman is scarred for life even more than he already was. And worst of all, they just left Shazam lying there.
Ignitus: (Picking up Shazam's corpse and putting it on his back) You deserve a hero's burial, Billy.
Cynder: He'll get it in a moment. I've got a bone to pick with Batman.
Flash: Whatever your planning, count me in.
So now we're flying back to Insurgency HQ with Flash running along with us. Based on the look in Cynder's eyes, I don't think Batman's going to like us by the time this ends either.
Well that meeting could have gone better. So now Superman is isolating himself, Flash has joined Cynder and company, and now the Regime is declaring war on them. Talk about bad business. Now I know I didn't adapt a single battle from Chapter 10 of the story mode, but I don't care. This is my story, not theirs. So what's going to happen next? Tune in next time to find out.
