Once again, I am writing with no internet so is chapter will not be based in any of the normal episodes, sorry. This chapter will bring some serious development though, this chapter will be the clash of two beings of monstrous power. Doomsday has returned and Superman is off world for a mission with the League. The duty falls to Grim, but he could barely fight off Superman, Doomsday has killed Superman before... So let's just get to the exciting chapter I have waiting for y'all.
Grim was relaxing in the park by lying on the ground with his arms crossed under his head as he snored away the day. His sleep was interrupted when a loud buzzing rang in the ear that he kept a League Com.
"Hello? You have reached Goliath. Leave your message after the tone. Beeeep." He said in a bored voice.
"Grim! This is Lantern! You need to evacuate Jump City pronto!" John Stuart said over the Com.
"What? Is there an asteroid heading for it or something?" Grim asked as he jumped to his feet and began to run into the city.
"It's worse, Doomsday has returned and is on route to Jump from space." Said John.
"Got it! See ya later John!" Grim turned off his Com and broke into City hall and marched to the mayor, through all of the guards that tried to hold him back.
"Goliath!? What is the meaning of this?" Asked the Mayor, a bald old man with a large mustache that drooped below his chin.
"I've got news from the Justice League, you need to evacuate the City." Said Grim.
"What!? Whatever for?" Asked the Mayor.
"Doomsday is going to crash land here. Just give the order." Grim said and turned to leave the building while he pulled out his Titans Communicator.
"Cyborg! Get to the Titans mainframe and execute Code G! Now!" Said Grim as he ran through the city where people were beginning to fall into a panic.
"Alright!" Said Cyborg back in the tower.
"What's going on? What is Code G?" Asked Robin.
"I created a special evacuation plan in the event of a monster going berserk in the City, I proposed the plan to the city council through an alias and they agreed." Said Grim as the City began to shake.
Cameras began to rise from the ground in the form of black floating probes with cameras on the tops, speakers rose on poles for every block of the city. Outside in the ocean waves began to crash and a large black form began to rise behind Titans Tower.
The form was a massive diamond that was huge enough to easily house the entire City, the bottom of the diamond was solid black and the top was made of glass. Bridges rose from the water, leading from the city to the diamond which had one massive square hole in the front.
Grim pulled out a microphone and began to speak as cameras flew to him and his face began to appear on TVs, computers, screens of all shapes and sizes.
"Jump City! Remain calm! Evacuate quickly but calmly to the Goliath Protection Diamond to ensure your safety! Please! Bring everyone you see! Civilians, Heroes, Villains, dogs, cats... Bring every living creature you can find!" Grim said frantically.
"Doomsday is coming to Jump! Put aside your grudges and fears so everyone can survive! Villains, you are free to hide in the Diamond, now is not the time to debate over good and Evil." Said Grim as Cops, The Titans, and others began to direct everyone to the Diamond.
In a mere hour nearly all of the inhabitants of Jump were on the Diamond, which had a park on the inside with screens everywhere that showed footage of the City that was nearly empty.
Grim stood by the entrance to the Diamond as the last person was ushered in. He was about to enter as well when the door slammed shut suddenly and the bridges began to retract, bringing him with them.
"What is this!?" He yelled and he heard a call from a nearby public phone. He picked it up and answered it.
"Well, Goliath, looks like you're own design has been turned against you. Have fun with Doomsday as we watch from safety... Monster." Said the familiar voice of the Mayor.
"Damn it! How am I going to..." He began as he saw the ball of fire that was descending towards the City.
For the first time since he had been transformed into Goliath Grim felt true unadulterated fear. He could almost fell the evil radiating off the blazing ball that he knew was Doomsday. He began to shake with fear as the ball drew close and impacted the ground nearby.
The earth heaved with the impact and a crater was formed where Doomsday landed. Grim stood frozen with fear as he saw Doomsday stand up and breathe out and his eyes searched around, looking for his prey. But with Superman gone Grim knew he would go on a rampage that would destroy the world.
Doomsday spotted Grim and began to bellow a roar that was more monstrous than any that Grim had ever uttered. Grim took a shaking step back and fell backwards onto his butt. Doomsday roared and began to stomp towards the frozen Goliath.
Grim snapped out of it by slamming his fist into his own face, to knock him self into action. He stood to his full height and glanced backwards at the Diamond.
"Not even my protections will work against him. I'm the only thing standing between Doomsday and my friends." He said and he cracked his neck and raised his fists.
Doomsday bellowed and was suddenly at Grim and punching him away, hurtling across the street and into a solid stone wall. Grim stopped and roared in pain as he coughed up his molten blood.
Grim fell to his knees as he felt his damaged ribs. He coughed up more blood and stood once more as Doomsday leaped at him to punch him once more.
Grim ducked and swung a fist upwards to crack against Doomsday's jaw. He flew back and rolled to stand up with no injuries.
All the while the fight was beginning the populace of Jump was watching from inside the Diamond. Cameras zoomed in on the Hero and Villain as they battled and they heard Grim's yells of agony and the monstrous roars of Doomsday.
"Friend Grim! We have to help him!" Said Starfire.
"We can't do anything Star, Grim is the only one who can survive a punch from Doomsday." Said Robin.
"Damn it!" Cursed Cyborg.
Some people covered their eyes to avoid seeing the terrible sight of what was previously their greatest fear getting pounded and broken, some watched with determination to see their resident monster turn things around like he always did.
Grim roared and punched Doomsday and slammed him into the ground, he began a barrage of punches that sunk Doomsday further into the ground with each punch. People began to cheer as Doomsday stopped moving, until a foot slammed into Grim to sending him into the air where Doomsday grabbed him and slammed him into the ground.
Grim dragged his body from the crater to avoid a punch from Doomsday that let out a bloodcurdling roar. Grim stood shakily to his feet with one eye sealed shut. People gasped when they saw the extent of his damage.
Grim had never had his armor pierced before, guns ricocheted off him, magic annoyed him, energy reflected off him, and he overpowered all super strength villains... But now his armor skin was in shambles. Fissures ran across the entirety of his body, neon steaming blood flowed from each crack, his face was nearly indistinguishable from the cracks.
Grim roared and struggled to lift his arms. Doomsday slammed his fist into his stomach and Grim coughed up blood. Doomsday punched him again and more blood fired from his mouth. Finally Doomsday brought up two fists and slammed them onto Grim's back and he dropped lifeless let to the ground, pooling in his own blood.
Doomsday snarled and turned his attention towards the floating diamond. He began to march and people began to despair. Then, one Charley Leynes began to chant.
"Go-li-ath! Go-li-ath! Go-li-ath!" He began to chant and nearby a woman began to chant as well.
Cole William began to chant just as Charley was and slowly but surely people began to join in. The Titans joined, Civilians joined... Until it was a deafening roar.
Through microphones scattered through the diamond the chant was sent through the speakers in the city.
"GO-LI-ATH! GO-LI-ATH! GO-LI-ATH! GO-LI-ATH!" The city shook with the sound and Doomsday roared and spun to find the source of the noise.
On the ground Grim twitched a single finger.
The chant continued and eventually one more party began to join in. The villains raised their voices in chant as well. Villains that Grim had beaten now cheered for him to get up, villains who hated him needed him.
Another finger twitched but his eyes remained closed.
Finally, a figure stepped forwards and took hold of a mic. Jinx slowly lifted it to her lips, tears ran from her face and her voice caught in her throat. She sniffed once and let out a scream.
"GRIM! GET UP! YOU NEVER LOSE! PLEASE! SAVE US!" She screamed with tears running down her face and at that moment Grim's eyes snapped opened and his brow face contorted in a mixture of pain, rage, and the need for him to get up. His eyes blazed the brightest that had ever been, visibly heating up the air around them and red light surged within him.
He took a shaky stance and grit his teeth as he felt his bones snap back into place. His body was now alight with red glowing ember. He unhinged his jaw and gave a roar of defiance. His skin began to heal and reform back into the armor of before and his body began to bulk up.
In seconds he now stood as a hulking mass not unlike Doomsday. He opened his mouth and his voice came out deeper and darker than ever before. His voice felt as if it came from the earth itself.
"Jinx, Robin, Raven, Star, Cy, Beastboy... Charley, Cole... I hear you. You need me... Hrrragh..." He shook his head and stomped towards Doomsday.
"DOOMSDAY!" He roared and the monster turned and snarled at him. Grim slammed his fist across Doomsday's jaw, cracking off some spikes.
"YOU CAME INTO MY CITY!" Grim roared, grabbed Doomsday's shoulder and head butting him.
"YOU THREATENED MY HOME!" He grabbed a fist from Doomsday and punched it, breaking it.
"AND WORST OF ALL... YOU MADE HER CRY!" Grim was losing it. He was delving into the madness of pure rage.
"SHE'S CRYING! WHY ARE YOU CRYING JINX!? WHO MADE YOU CRY!?" He demanded as he clutched his head.
"JINX! YOU HURT MY JINX!" He roared.
He unhinged his jaw once more and the single loudest bellow he had ever released echoed from his jaws. He had completely lost it.
He fell to all fours and saliva mixed with blood dripped from his mouth and he engaged Doomsday once more.
Doomsday's arm had already healed and he was in a rage as well. The two met and visible shockwaves appears at every point they contacted. Grim punched Doomsday's face left, then right, then left again. Doomsday head butted Grim and punched him in the stomach. Grim rose and threw all his weight into a punch to Doomsday's knee, sending him down to one leg.
Grim brought both fists upwards and smashed Doomsday's jaw upwards before punching him in the throat. Doomsday choked and clutched his throat before grabbing Grim's arm and swinging him around and into the ground.
Doomsday was quickly on top of Grim and punching him into the ground, digging a deep pit with Grim's body.
The people of Jump looked in horror at what they saw before them. This was no longer a fight between Hero and Villain. This was a fight between two monsters, nothing more, nothing less.
The roars of the two monsters echoed across the water to reach the Diamond even without the footage they were already getting.
Grim caught a fist in his mouth and tossed Doomsday out of the pit and jumped after him. Doomsday and Grim locked together as they grabbed each other's hands and began a power match. The two monsters were equal in strength and ferocity, neither backing down. Grim had an upper hand though.
He opened his mouth and molten fury began to glow writhing his maw, fire began to build and it shot out, burning Doomsday and blinding him.
Grim used the chance to break the contest of power and he slammed his forehead into Doomsday and choke slammed Doomsday into the ground.
Doomsday was up quickly and a powerful punch sent Grim sliding back several yards. The two monsters looked at each other once more and both snarled. It was time for the end of this fight. Grim's armor was cracked and falling apart and Doomsday was bruised, bleeding, and most of his spikes where broken in places.
The both roared and ran at each other with full speed and both lifted one arm back as they jumped. They collided with a mighty explosion of dust and debris and all was silent. The monster roars that had filled the air for so long were now nowhere to be heard. The Diamond opened up and The Titans accompanied by Jinx made their way to where the dust cloud still hung.
"Grim... Are you there?" Asked Beastboy.
A form rose in the dust cloud, a shadow of a large creature that turned to begin stomping towards the group.
"Titans, get ready." Said Robin.
The sound of heavy stomping feet was the only sound for several moments... Until out stomped a beaten and broken Grim, returned to normal size.
He stomped slowly and silently to stand in front of Jinx. His injuries had healed enough to where he was no longer bleeding but he was still covered in cracks.
Jinx looked up to see him breaking into his usual grin for a moment. She smiled and wiped a tear and was about to hug him when a horrible creaking sound began to fill the air.
Grim toppled over with a solid crash and he closed his eyes... And his heavy breathing began to slow until it was hardly there... Jinx gasped and put her head against his chest and heard the still loud but quieter than normal heartbeat.
"Get some rest big guy. You saved me." She said and she kissed his forehead as the Titans retrieved him. For now he was rendered immobile, but he would recover. Superman arrived later that day to collect Doomsday's body and Batman coordinated the repairs for the City as the league apologized to the Titans for not being able to send help. The People of Jump did not know of the recovering state of Grim so they erected a Statue of him in the Park. The statue was carved out of Onyx and showed Grim as he was when friendly, waving with a big smile on his face. People would pass by and look in aw of Jump City's Jolly Black Giant.
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Whew boy this one was a doozy. I really really wanted a fight between Doomsday and Grim. I might have made it happen too early but whatevs, It'll be fine. Just to note: Grim is not stronger than Doomsday technically, he went into a berserker adrenaline fueled state, a state some people can go into that removes their physical limits. Normally he would have easily been killed by Doomsday. Tell me what you guys thought down below.