Justice for All
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Leon/Crisis and Farrah/Persiana. L1701E owns Kid Razor and Sonic Blue.
Chapter 12: The Stuff of Legends Part 2
Anti-Monitor Fortress, Antimatter Universe, Earth 3…
General Grodd ordered,
"ATTACK!"
The heroes of the Anti-matter Universe, led by the ape rebel General Grodd and the Enigma, the positive matter's Riddler, were launching whey they knew to be a wasted effort on the Anti-monitor's fortress. Brainiac, in a new armored body, said,
"The troop levels are rising fast, General. Zazzala cannot keep sending her drones to counter the troop surge."
Gentleman Grundy, who was revived by Grodd's Freedom Fighters, proclaimed,
"This shall be our finest hour."
He smashed through several shadow demons; beings cloaked in black that teleported through shadows.
Watching this unfold, the Crime Syndikate of Amerika, and the Conglomerate were above the fortress, near the Anti-monitor. The anti-matter being said,
"This weapon is on the verge of completion. I just need a few more minutes."
Johnny Quick clapped excitedly,
"I can't wait! We'll be the only ones in all of existence baby!"
Superwoman rolled her eyes,
"Sometimes, I wish you would be wiped out of existence."
The anti-matter speedster grinned,
"Come on, babe. Don't you want to date the soon-to-be Fastest-Man-Alive?"
"I think that honor goes to me, Jack."
The Flash smirked as he leaned up from the wall,
"Seriously, you get your speed from drugs? Dude, don't you know drugs are bad for you?"
Before Johnny could respond, Flash sped up to him and pilfered all of the drugs that gave Johnny his speed. Johnny groaned,
"NO! I'll get you for that, Flash!"
The two speedsters then went at it. Ultraman glowered,
"If Flash is here-."
Before he could finish the sentence, Superman came barreling in, ready to hit Ultraman when Blue Beetle shouted,
"Wait!"
Everyone froze in their tracks. The insect hero said,
"If we touch our anti-matter selves, we'll destroy this reality!"
Ice looked at Frostbite and kicked her in the face. Blue Beetle blinked,
"Well, it is just a theory."
The battle began…
Meanwhile, onboard the Watchtower…
A large, cylindrical object had been teleported into one of the quarters on board the Watchtower. Nick Fury was standing near it, fiddling with a control panel attached to the cylinder. He said,
"I hope this works."
He pressed the sequence and the cylinder lid hissed open. The figure in the cylinder was cryogenically frozen, kept alive. Fury saw him open his eyes and said,
"How are you doing?"
The figure said,
"Nick? What's going on? What happened?"
The former head of SHIELD explained,
"Long story short, we're gonna need you for something. Crisis is-."
The figure was surprised,
"Crisis is here?"
Fury said,
"We're in an alternate reality. Osborn has teamed up with this guy Luthor and the two are bringing in as many villains as they can to stop us. Osborn even has his own Avengers, former villains given badges."
The figure said,
"So, registration still exists in my world, then, doesn't it?"
Nick nodded,
"We're working on that. In the meantime, get dressed."
He placed a duffel bag down,
"I think you'll have everything here you need."
The man with the eye-patch turned to go to the door when the figure asked him,
"How will everyone take this?"
Fury turned back and smirked,
"I think they'll be happy to see you. As for what I told you…Leon and I did what he had to do to save you and America. To be honest, I put him up to it. You want to hate him, be my guest. Right now, he's trying to save his parents. Osborn has them and T'challa."
The figure nodded,
"I understand. Thanks, Nick."
Fury nodded,
"Anytime."
He exited the room and walked back to the control room. Hippolyta was the first to greet him,
"Will he be ready?"
The SHIELD agent nodded,
"Yeah, he will be."
The queen nodded, then commented,
"For what it is worth, Colonel; I do not like the way you do these things. There is no honor or valor in it."
Fury pulled out a cigar and smoked it,
"Lady, I don't do this for honor or glory, or any sorta recognition. I do it because it has to be done. If it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, so freakin' what?"
Hippolyta sniffed and shook her head, saying,
"You are just as bad as Heracles' men."
Hercules shouted,
"Hey!"
Luke Cage grunted,
"So, you got another recruit to join up with your sick little cause, right?"
Fury shook his head,
"Not exactly. Though we haven't seen eye to eye on a lot of things, he understands how and why I work the way I do."
Falcon asked,
"And, who might that be?"
Fury answered, saying as he puffed his cigar,
"The one guy that all of you know truly well…Steve Rogers."
Next Chapter:
Steve Rogers is alive? Plus, how will the Justice League handle their battle against the Anti-monitor? Stay tuned, fellow readers!
