Our Darkest Hour
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Chapter 11: Filling the Void
The entity known as Void was observing from a seemingly different dimension the battle on Earth and, as it did so, knew that there would be no way of winning unless this thing came into view at full power. The formless evil-incarnate was lulling Scar, his undead ally, into a trap; if she killed Grim Reaper to unleash the Void, she would be the one getting possessed and not Grim Reaper. Of course, by then, Scar would have completely absorbed all of Reaper's powers, and make the process much more simple.
Then, a disembodied voice seemed to penetrate the darkness,
"You will not succeed, Void."
Void could not tell where that voice was coming from, but, suffice to say, that it was enough to turn his attention away from Earth,
"You underestimate me. I am Void, perpetual in existence."
The voice continued,
"You are not perpetual. You are an intrusion."
Void countered,
"I am death, such as it was and ever shall be."
The voice responded,
"No, you are not. You will fail. You will cease to be."
Then, the voice mysteriously cut out. Void seemingly ignored it and made its way to Earth.
On Earth…
Doom blasted several of the Black Lanterns away,
"No! You shall never take what belongs to Doom!"
Leon shrugged,
"Well, at least he's pointed in the right direction."
Sinestro folded his arms,
"Away from us is as good a direction as any."
But, the armored despot then turned and faced Scarecrow, who had come on the scene. He raised his hand,
"You! Give me your power, for I am Doom!"
The deranged psychiatrist could feel his newfound power diminishing from his ring. Crisis shook his head,
"Oh, that's not good."
Without thinking, the red-eyed soldier rocketed his way as fast as he could and slammed a hard kick into the armored villain. Though that broke the hold off of Scarecrow, Doom then turned his sights onto Crisis,
"How dare you interfere with what is mine!"
He channeled orange energy and, in moments, several constructs of those the ring had destroyed and absorbed were coming forth. One of them was Mongol, and he grappled Crisis tightly. Persiana and Wonder Woman stepped in and blasted the grip off the energy construct. Doom only stood even with more resolve,
"No! This is for the glory of Doom!"
As he was about to launch a salvo of orange energy, Grim Reaper came from behind and slammed the scythe into Doom. The undead villain hit the orange aura, but it was enough to break Doom's concentration and turn his attention back to the undead villain. He shouted,
"No! You won't take what's mine! Mine!"
He blasted Grim Reaper with one of the energy constructs. Grim Reaper used his scythe to attempt a defense against the attack, but more and more orange energy constructs, as well as Doom's own power, were making it near to impossible.
It was, at that moment, Scar hovered near the Reaper, who had fallen down,
"He is too much for you. Allow me."
With a mysterious hum, Scar was generating black energy and blasted it with amazing force at Doom. The shock sent Doom flying through several buildings across Metropolis. Sinestro commented,
"This undead Guardian is more powerful than we realized."
Then, Scar looked at Sinestro and shook her head,
"You truly have no idea the power of death, creature. It matters not, for, as this fight continues, the true nature of death is coming."
Suddenly, there were screams coming from all around the League and the other ring users. Dawn Granger, the Titans East heroine Dove, was clearing the way, walking in front of the other Titans teams. As she did, Black Lantern members were getting disintegrated, being unable to scan her emotional spectrum. Dawn was unwaveringly calm as she seemed to epitomize her form as the avatar of order. Kid Devil was right behind her, though he was a bit nervous about his girlfriend being so readily a willing target,
"You sure about this?"
Dawn nodded,
"I am. Do not fret; these beings are of an unnatural world. They are not supposed to be, and the order shall be fulfilled."
Of course, her expression was slightly monotone, which caused Kid Devil to light up with compassion, and, to a lesser extent, fear. This led to many of the Black Lanterns to attack him, but, as they closed in, Dove stepped in front of him and took the full force of the attacks. This led them to attempt to touch Dove, but she felt no pain. They, themselves, however, ceased to be.
Captain America and his team were now heading to the front lines as well, having handled the threat in Africa and were now converging on Scar and Grim Reaper. Deadpool, still a Black Lantern, shouted,
"Hey! Don't forget about us!"
He, along with Satana, War Machine, and the other Howling Commando members that were still Black Lanterns, formed a final ring of protection around the two leading Black Lantern members. Reaper raised his scythe for an attack.
Suddenly, a black tendril shot from Scar. Reaper looked back,
"What are you doing?"
Scar did not speak a word, but, instead, shot a second inky black tendril at Reaper. Then, the former Lethal Legion leader felt his essence disappear and Scar felt power awaken within her. Deadpool clapped his hands excitedly,
"Yeah! Now the real fun begins!"
Superman looked at what was happening,
"What's going on? Why did she just attack him like that?"
A booming voice said,
"Because I told her to, human."
In a moment, several more tendrils sprouted from behind Scar's back and, Scar moaned and wailed ghastly. A dark light shone forth and Dove said,
"This is the source of the Black Lantern Corps. This is the chaotic entity."
The undead succubus grinned evilly,
"Well, what are we waiting-?"
Just then, the black tendrils shot into all the remaining Black Lantern Corps members and, as the heroes watched, they saw all of them get absorbed. Scar then glared and spoke with what sounded like to be two voices,
"We are Void! We are death incarnate!"
Next Chapter:
The heroes and the Lanterns do everything they can to combat this new threat. Will it be enough? Stay tuned, fellow readers!