And Injustice For All 3
Chapter 9: The Invasion
Luthor Wayne Climate Research Station
Inside the station, a woman was working on something when a man in a red shirt came by.
"Need a hand, Dr. Randall?"
"I don't know, Barry. The SAT links's out. Internet and phones are down. Maybe this old ham can help us. You fitting in ok? People treating you well?"
"Let's just say people aren't thrilled to live close to The Flash, convicted Regime criminal."
"Pardoned criminal. Give it time. They'll come around."
Dr. Randall activates the radio. "L-W base, are you there?"
"Dr. Randall? Thank God! Our comms are down everywhere! These ships show up, dropping a robot army on the city, killing everyone! I'm not sure how long..." There was a cutoff.
"How fast can you get to Metropolis?"
"My pardon agreement was pretty clear on "no powers."
"You think that matters when aliens are invading? You helped tear down the Regime. That's why Mr. Wayne asked me to take you on. If Batman thinks you deserve a second chance, who are you to argue?"
Barry stood up, realizing that Dr. Randall was right. Barry suited up and raced to Metropolis as The Flash.
At Metropolis, The citizens were being placed in a pile by the manhunters. One of them was going to kill a citizen until The Flash destroyed it. He took out all of them.
In Brainiac's ship, Brainiac's was watching through a hologram the action taking place. Gorilla Gross approaches.
"As predicted, Barry Allen returns to action."
"The task force is ready," said Grodd. "They'll enjoy this."
As The Flash was running toward the Daily Planet, Deadshot was his bullet into the chamber of his title. It comes customized with a telescopic sight, giving him wind and range display. It also comes with a suppressor. He was aiming for one of the Flash's legs. He fired, a spent casing drops to the ground as the bullet exits the suppressor attached to the gun's bullet. Don't ask me what kind of gun it is cause even I don't know, but for the sake of it, I will see it as a mix of a ArmaLite AR-10T, a Heckler & Koch G28 and a SIG SG550. The bullet connected to the back of The Flash's leg, causing him to fall down. As he slowly recovered, he sees Captain Cold walking toward him with his Cold gun.
"Nice aim, Deadshot."
"Just get the job done."
"That knee ain't healing at super fast absolute zero."
Cold shot a ice projectile at Barry's wounded knee.
"For God's sake, cold, look around!"
"Yeah, crazy day. Kinda when Superman went nuts, and you went along with them."
"Punish me later. We have to help these innocent people!"
"The same "innocent people" who cheered when Superman executed my friends, my sister?!"
"I'm sorry, Cold, but you never hurt civilians. You're better than that."
The Flash tried to tackle him but got thrown on the other side.
"Once upon a time, I was..."
They fight. Even with a bullet wound to his knee, Barry was able to take Cold down.
"I guess we both let each other down."
Meanwhile, Catwoman and several gorillas were escorting Harley Quinn. Harley looked to see a ship in the air. Catwoman halted the gorillas. She used it as a diversion, taking out her Kat klaws and cut down Harley's shackles. Harley grabbed a bone and swiped it at the gorillas. Catwoman whipped one of them by tripping them up. Harley was doing some "brain bashing." Once the gorillas were disposed of...
"Thanks Kitty. I was hoping you was Bruce's mole."
"For all the good it did, Geoff never trusted me to share the whole "alien invasion" plan."
"We gotta help Ollie and Dinah."
"We will. But first, we need to get back to Gotham, if there's anything left of it."
Back to Metropolis, The Flash, having recovered from the bullet wound, sees a few manhunters.
"Running a little slow, Flash."
Deadshot.
"Retirement will do that to you."
Deadshot fired his wrist guns, but The Flash matrixed himself, making the bullets miss. He ran behind Deadshot.
"What's with you, Lawton? You should be fighting this invasion!"
"I fight for coin, not cause."
"Coins will be useless without an Earth."
"Got no choice. Gross put a nano-explosive in my head. His paw's on the trigger."
Deadshot ejected a knife from his suit's hand and stabbed both him and The Flash, forcing him to release Deadshot.
"So whether I like it or not, I gotta do Grodd's dirty work."
As they battle, Floyd Lawton, aka Deadshot was right. He had no choice but to serve Grodd or risk losing his head from the nano-explosive. I can understand why Deadshot does what he does, and even though he claims he's got nothing to live for, he has his daughter. Flash can feel sympathy for Deadshot, but he defeats him in combat. Deadshot has the ability to change different ammunition, From explosive, to incendiary, to poison rounds. He reminds me of Deathstroke, but Deathstroke uses a sword along with a AR-15 type assault rifle with a built-in grenade launcher and dual wield two Beretta 92FS pistols.
"I know. It's just business."
Suddenly, Barry was "kicked" away from Lawton at super speed. As he recovered, he found himself outside. He sees a man in yellow. This is Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom, aka Reverse Flash.
"Grodd said you couldn't resist a good crisis."
"Eobard Thawne? You don't belong here..."
"And miss the return of Barry Allen?"
At super speed, Eobard punched Barry in the face, then punched him again, then kicked him down. Both Flashes make a run across the city at super speed. Somewhere else, a windmill was picking up speed as both Flashes zoom across what appears to be a countryside with a corn field. The Flash was ahead with Reverse Flash following, zooming across the highway, in a busy commute at rush hour. They were heading towards Gotham City by the Wayne Memorial Bridge. Reverse Flash was closing in, ready to grab the Flash, but The Flash dodged an incoming city bus and kept going, dodging cars and entering a tunnel. Reverse Flash was again closing in. Reverse Flash jumped over a garbage truck and continued on. Finally, both Flashes fight each other while dodging the clogged up traffic. After trading blows for a few moments, they continued running through more oncoming traffic until Reverse Flash punched The Flash in the back of his head, causing him to slide in front of the movie theater, the same place Batman fought Cyborg earlier in this story. Flash get punched again.
"I ran a long way from the future to hurt you, Barry, but this timeline? It's all wrong."
"So go back to your own time, "Reverse Flash."
Eobard kicked him in the ribs.
"You think I haven't tried?! Your Regime buddies killed one of my ancestors and now I'm trapped in a paradox! I can never go home... but at least I CAN HURT YOU!"
Both Flashes fight. Reverse Flash in Injustice 2 has the same moveset as The Flash, so it seems they are equal despite their differences, but The Flash was able to beat him. Reverse Flash escapes.
"Dunno how many more reunions I can take..."
"Guess I'll come back later." Appearing behind Barry is Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern.
"Hal? No, not today."
"Nice to see you too, Barry."
"Who's dead hand did you pry that ring from?"
"You know it doesn't work that way. The ring chose me."
"Even after you bailed on the Guardians to join the Sinestro Corps?"
"The Guardians locked me up, but they also trained me to overcome my fears. I earned the second chance they gave me."
"The Guardians made a mistake!"
Even though Hal got a second chance, Barry wasn't convinced, and after a short battle...
"You were holding back, weren't you?"
Barry grabbed Hal's hand and pulled him up.
"I told you. I'm trying to make things right. I betrayed my Corps, my planet and my friends. And that's the worst part."
"All day I've been reminded of how I failed as a hero. How hard it's gonna be to regain people's trust. Guess we're both on that path."
"We have a long way to go, Barry. It'll be easier if we're together."
Although Barry was skeptical at first, he shook Hal's hand.
In a hideout somewhere...
"We need help, don't we?" Asked The Flash.
"Not his," Batman replied, referring to Green Lantern.
"You gave me a second chance."
"Because you got head straight and help take down Clark. If he was still in charge, he'd still be wearing yellow."
A crate above them fell but Hal used his ring to create a hand that caught it.
"I'm not that guy anymore. Look, I get why you don't trust me, but you should trust the Guardians. This ring means something. They put me through Hell to get it back."
Batman and Flash were still skeptical. Hal walks away.
"Fine. I've got my orders. Just thought it'd help if we cooperate."
Batman remembered what Lucius told him about widening his circle of trust.
"Lantern. Maybe it's time I widen my circle of trust." Hal walked back toward them.
"What can I do?"
"You're going to Atlantis. Our circle of trust needs Aquaman and his Marines."
"You think he'll help? He's been off-radar since the Regime fell" said Flash.
"Uh... he didn't like getting roped into the Regime by Superman. He sure won't be happy to see me."
"Get used to that."