Batman v Superwoman
Dawn of Justice
(Note: I was going to sit on this a little longer, but given today I felt like it should be done. Here's to 80 years of Superman, 1000 issues of Action Comics, and to the future of the big blue boy scout. For the occasion the next chapter of the story for you all to enjoy. We are reaching the end people, the pieces are falling into place and Lex's plan is about to reach it's crescendo. Enjoy.) :)
Chapter 13
Lexcorp, Metropolis
Police surround the headquarters, where the firemen are trying to put out the fire on the entry post and EMTs take out the injured. Lex arrives in a motorcycle, walks past the corridor filled with bullet shells. He walks calmly to his lab where sees that the glovebox has been smashed opened, and inside was a batarang. A small smile grew on his face as he touched the box.
"The Dark Knight makes his move. Once he's ready, the Goddess will foolishly face the mortal expecting a game. But will realize she walked into a war." Lex whispered with a sinister grin
The Batcave
Alfred sat at the computer with a worried expression on his face drumming his fingers nervously along the table. He looked up at the computer screen that was fuzzy with the words 'Feed Lost'. He tapped the mouse multiple times going through different screens that all said the same thing.
"Come on where are you?" Alfred said worried
Then his attention was caught by the roar of an engine making him stand up and run to the source. In the main area of the cave the Batmobile was now parked and Batman with his cowl removed pulled out a metal case from the car.
"Master Bruce I lost your feed after you left the Lexcorp building, what happened?" Alfred asked worried
"I got it Alfred." Bruce said ignoring the question and walking past him with the case
"You didn't answer my question!" Alfred said annoyed
"I need you to leave Alfred." Bruce said placing the case on a table
"What?!" Alfred said confused
"I need to focus and prepare." Bruce said as he began removing parts of his suit
"Bruce, I need to step in. This is a mistake." Alfred said walking towards him
"I don't want to hear this." Bruce growled
"No you are going to hear this! All this anger pointed at Superwoman is unreasonable. Metropolis, the Capitol none of that was her was her fault and blaming her for it is just ignorant!" Alfred argued
"PEOPLE ARE DEAD ALFRED! EVERYWHERE SHE GOES DEATH FOLLOWS, METROPOLIS, AFRICA, THE CAPITOL IT'S ALL THEM SAME!" Bruce yelled
"Metropolis and the Capitol were out of her control and we don't even know what happened in Africa." Alfred said
"That's not the point! What's next, what'll be the next Metropolis? How many more people will die as long as she's around? I'm going to do what I've should've been doing long ago and stop this threat before it grows and becomes worse. I let the worst of the worst persist, allowing them to continue to bring pain and suffering to all around them, now I'm taking the initiative." Bruce growled focusing on the case
"You damn well know she's not like those criminals you fight, and she is certainly not like that Madman. She is trying to do good." Alfred said trying to reason with Bruce
"And's she's failing! Alfred this needs to be done." Bruce said
"Bruce, I'm begging you. You fought against going down this path for so long, please don't do this. Think of what this will do to you. What would your parents think…..? What would Claire think?" Alfred said sadly
"I'm doing this to protect people like Claire and make sure that another child's family is destroyed! She is a kind and loving person the world needs more people like her. But it also needs men like me to do these things so they don't have to. Alfred, just go I need to work." Bruce said placing his hands on the table
"Master Bruce please." Alfred pleaded
"GO!" Bruce yelled not turning to face Alfred
Alfred flinched with a sad expression and then turned away to exit the cave.
"Alfred…. Wait." Bruce said making Alfred stopped
Alfred turned around and his eyes widened as he saw Bruce holding out Claire's necklace.
"I…. want you to return this to Claire." Bruce said softly placing the necklace in his hand
"I-is this why the feed….?" Alfred asked shocked
"Al….. Please promise me you will." Bruce asked almost desperately
"Don't you think you should return it to her?" Alfred asked
"She….. Deserves better than me." Bruce said sadly walking away
Alfred continued to frown and exited the cave turning back to see Bruce opening thee case and a green light coming from it. Alfred made his way upstairs just in time to hear the answering machine shut off. Alfred walked to the machine and turned it on placing the necklace on the table.
"You have one new message." The machine said
"B-Bruce…it's me Claire." Claire said on the answering machine surprising Alfred
"Y-yeah this is probably a surprise to-sniff-you. Bu-but I-I…." Claire said sniffling and between sobs which made Alfred worried
"Something happened Bruce, something bad. I-don't want to-sob-talk to my friends or family right now. But, I need to talk to someone, so I called you…. Because I'm-sniff-not really sure what we are." Claire said jokingly but still sad
"I-if your there Bruce, can…. Can you please pick up? I-sniff-I don't know what I'm doing. I feel like I trying to fix something, but every day it breaks apart into more pieces." Claire cried
"I'm…. questioning on whether I'm doing the right thing… Don't bother calling back, I'm probably not gonna pick up. I guess….. I'm going alone." Claire said as she hung up the phone Alfred reached for the phone but slowly moved back looking at the phone.
Elsewhere
Claire looked at her phone and pocketed it with a sigh, taking a moment to wipe the tears from her eyes. She was in a snowy forested landscape wearing a jacket, boots, and snowcap. Claire looked up at the mountain that stood before and then walked towards it. Claire walked passing by a father and his son.
"Miss, you can't go that way it's dangerous. Miss, Miss!" the man yelled but Claire ignored him and continued to walk
"Father why is the way that lady is going dangerous?" the son asked
"People only travel that path…. When they wish to die." The father said as Claire disappeared into the snowy landscape
Washington DC, Hospital
Jimmy groaned as he picked himself up from his hospital bed to face the doctor that stood before him with a clipboard.
"You are one lucky son of a bitch you know that?" the doctor said
"I do know that, and don't call my mother a bitch. Superwoman saved my ass again." Jimmy said rolling his shoulder
"Still I can't believe that Keefe guy blew himself up. And why didn't Superwoman see it isn't that her thing?" The doctor said
"Neither can I….. There's something off about this." Jimmy said
"Whatever, you have a few cracked ribs. It's nothing serious but you do need to stay in bed for a while. Also you were holding onto this for dear life, figured you'd want it back" The doctor said handing Jimmy his messenger bag
Jimmy took the bag looking at it. He groaned as he checked through the bag, but then he saw the folder. His eyes widened as he remembered the moment right before the explosion. He pulled it out and opened it. Inside was a series of files and one tape recording. Jimmy looked through the documents his eyes widening as he read through them.
"I need to go!" Jimmy said putting the documents in the folder and jumping out of the bed and unattaching himself to the machines that surrounded
"What the hell are you doing, you need to rest!?" the doctor said
"No what I need are my pants and a trip back to Metropolis. Send the bill to the Daily Planet at Metropolis and give me some painkillers. Also can I use your phone?" Jimmy said rushed
Metropolis
Lois walked down the street late at night holding her phone tapping away at it trying to reach Claire only for it to say 'Cannot reach'.
"Come on Smallville, where are you?" Lois said worried
Just then her phone rang showing a number she did not recognize.
"Lois Lane." Lois said answering the phone
"Lois it's me Jimmy, where are you?" Jimmy said from the other end
"Jimmy, you're okay! I'm in Metropolis…. And are you chewing something." Lois said happily then concerned
"Painkillers, It's the only way I can numb the pain in my sides." Jimmy said sounding slightly crazy
"Okay not where I was expecting this conversation to go. I saw the explosion and Superwoman pull you out of the building while I was on the plane." Lois said worried
"I'm fine Lois, but you need to listen to me. This whole thing is Bullshit!" Jimmy said
"What?" Lois said confused
"The Africa Incident, the explosion, this whole thing was setup to make Superwoman look bad. I got a folder at the Capitol from Senator Finch before the explosion. I think she wanted me to run this story after the trail or was expecting you and gave it to me as backup, I don't know. All that matters is that Lex is behind this." Jimmy said
"Lex Luthor?" Lois said confused
"Just think about it Lois, it all makes sense. That Bullet you got in Africa when we came here nobody was able to trace it, but that was the clue. Lexcorp is a big enough company to pay mercenaries to attack and African village and arm them with untraceable bullets." Jimmy said
"It does make sense, but we can't run a story without any solid…." Lois said but was cut off
"Proof? Kahina Ziri was lying. She confessed to Senator Finch that she was hired by Lex Luthor to spread a fake sob story and rile up the public, I have the confession on a flash drive. Not only that but Ms. Ziri was able to get a photo of one of the mercenaries from Africa it's the dickhead who broke my Camera. Ziri did this in hopes of getting protection, but as we know she died, Lex must've found out somehow." Jimmy said
"So what is Keefe an actor too?" Lois asked
"No, I don't think he knew his part in Luthor's game. I was right next to him Lois, he wasn't planning on dying his chair was set to explode. The Senator apparently didn't trust Luthor either and did her own little investigation, turns out Lex was the one supporting him. Not only that, but apparently Luthor approached her with a request to bring some foreign object to the country she refused. Then that object mysteriously vanished from the site it was at." Jimmy continued
"I can agree with that Keefe thing, I just was at his apartment. Before the Trial he went the grocery store, enough to last a month. What man buys groceries when he plans on dying the next day?" Lois said
"Great! Also since I appear to have all the luck during the explosion a fragment from the chair flew at me and embedded in my laptop. I bet if I get this thing checked out it'll come out a lead. The one thing Superwoman has trouble seeing and hearing from. Lois I need you to compile everything we got from our bullet investigation and get started on this story. I'm gonna board the first Airplane I can to Metropolis so we can bring him down, get Claire on this to we need the whole gang." Jimmy said
"I….. Haven't been able to reach Claire." Lois said sadly
"Well keep trying and tell her I'm okay and will see her soon. We need to have the planet run this as fast as possible." Jimmy said
"Look at you taking the lead, your becoming quite the reporter." Lois said with a smile
"Well you did give me my shot. There's just one thing I don't understand, it say Lex was trying to get the government to approve of his 'Superwoman Deterrent', but this doesn't make sense if he's trying to scare them to approving of it. I mean if this was to scare them why would he take that thing from the site anyway if he could just wait. And why'd he'd choose Wallace Keefe to be his bomb and do the Africa Incident. All this stuff to turn the world on Superwoman is kinda superfluous. I mean it feels like all the negative backlash against her was a byproduct for him. It's almost like he was trying to rile someone else up, get someone else's attention." Jimmy said in deep thought
"We'll figure this out together, just be careful." Lois said
"I know we will. And Lois, one more thing. I want you to look into Wayne Enterprise and the supposed checks Wayne sent Keefe. Keefe said they stopped coming two months in, and I'm just gonna take Claire's words on the guy at face value and say that he's not the type to do that." Jimmy said
"I can do that." Lois said confidently
"Good, see ya soon. There's a lot more in here I need to read through." Jimmy said as he hung up
Lois smiled looking at the phone, but then frowned as she looked to the sky.
"Where are you?" Lois whispered
Mountains, the Next Day
Claire had been hiking all night and into the morning, not that she noticed. She looked miserable and lifeless as she walked up the mountain. Looking as she did such a hike would've been a difficult feat, but was nothing to her. She didn't know why she was climbing the mountain she didn't even know its name, figured she just wanted to walk. She didn't know why she didn't just fly, figured she wasn't in the right mood to use her powers. She continued to walk until she came onto a flat area of mountain and as she stepped onto the area she saw something that would've surprised many. Her Father Johnathan Kent was there stacking up rocks looking just like he was working on the farm without a care in the world. John turned to face his daughter and smiled looking at her with kind grey eyes. For anyone they would immediately question the fact that they are seeing their dead father, but Claire didn't really care. She returned the smile and walked forward.
"Hi Daddy." She said quietly sitting down on a rock
"Hey Sweetie, you don't look so good." John said as he stopped his stacking and walked towards her.
"I don't feel too good, I'm having a really bad time." Claire said removing her hat
"You know you can talk to me Claire." John said sitting next to her
"I feel like I'm more trouble than help. I put on that suit to be a beacon hope, and instead I became a magnet for disaster and death. I can't fix everything I…. I think I made a horrible mistake doing this." Claire said sadly. John looked at his daughter taking in her words and looking out at the landscape
"Something, isn't it? Reminds me of home when I was little." John said gesturing to the land outward making Claire raise her head
"I used to live near a hill like that one all downhill from here. Down to the flood plain. The farm right at the foot of it." John continued
"I remember one season the water came in bad. I couldn't have been more than 12 at the time. My dad took out the shovels and we went at it all night. We worked until I think I fainted. But we managed to stop the water. We saved the farm. Your grandma baked me a cake. She said I was a hero." John said with a smile as Claire looked at him. Then his smile turned into a frown.
"Later that day we found out. We blocked the water, alright, we sent it upstream. Towards a farm not too far from ours going right into their barn. While I was eating my hero cake, their horses were drowning. I used to hear them wailing in my sleep." John said sadly still looking out
"Did the nightmares ever stop?" Claire asked
"Not for a while. I volunteered to help at the farm with their new horses, they let me though I could feel their anger towards me. Over time I did good work and I felt that anger subside and our families became close friends. The Missus of once basked me a pie as thanks for all the help. They forgave me, but I still had trouble forgiving myself. No they stopped when I met your mother. She gave me faith that there is good in this world." John said with a smile looking towards her daughter
"You have a lot of powers, but seeing the future isn't one of them. You can't stop every bad things from happening, and sometimes they will happen because you did something. But that shouldn't stop you from doing anything. Sometimes all we can do is help fix what was broken when the bad happened and try to do better next time. People get angry but they can also forgive, especially when they see you trying to help. They might get caught up in the moment and have their anger blind, but given time they'll calm down and see the truth of the matter. That you're just a person and a person can only do so much. You can do a lot dear, but not everything." John said with a smile putting a hand on his daughters shoulder. Claire smiled lowering her head again
"I miss you Claire" John said
"I miss you to Pa." Claire said with a small sob looking next to her to find nothing there.
She sighed as she stood up looking up to the rest of the mountain she had to climb. She sighed again turned around and made her way back down the mountain.
Batcave
Bruce roared as he lifted the weight over his head and then threw it to the ground breathing hard. He had been working all night and he was ready. He walked to a table where there was the blueprints of a building. He looked to the side and saw what looked like a grenade launcher with multiple shells, he looked to the other and saw the armor he's been working. Finally he walked forward past the table to a podium where there was a spear. The Staff was metal while the tip was made of a strange green material it gave off an unearthly glow. He dragged his finger along the edge cutting it and letting the blood drip down it. He narrowed his eyes at it and took it in his hand.
The sun was setting in Gotham as the Batmobile roared down the street at high speeds heading for the dock. Unbeknownst to the driver he was being watched by a drone and the drone was transmitting to Lex Luthor. Lex sat in his chair as he watched the car speed down the street. Lex picked up a phone and with a single button made a call.
"The Knight has begun to prep for battle, it's time to bring his opponent out for the fight. You know what to do, and make sure you get that insurance." Lex said with a wicked grin
Smallville
Martha Kent left the dinner worried as she walked into an alley. After what she saw on TV she knew her daughter was hurting, but couldn't reach her. She tried her apartment, Lois, the planet nothing. She couldn't imagine what her daughter was going through at the moment. But she trusted that she would sort it out and if she needed help she would come.
Martha walked down the alley only to be assaulted by headlights blinding her. Her eyes took a moment to adjust to see a black SUV in front of her and three large men stepping out of it.
"Martha Kent?" one of the men said as Martha looked at them confused
"You audience has been requested" the man said sending a shiver down her spine as she stepped back
She was getting ready to run when another man appeared behind her and slapped a cloth over her mouth. Martha tried to scream and struggle but found her strength waning and eventually everything went dark.
Washington DC, Subway
Jimmy walked through the underground looking at the plane tickets to Metropolis. After the explosion at the Capitol he managed to get one for tonight and was more than ready to come home. He looked over the documents all day and got the metal checked out confirming it was lead. He knew Lois did her part and soon Lex's treachery would be all over the front page news and on every TV. Jimmy came to a corner but dropped his tickets, bending over to pick them up he looked past the corner. And there he saw him, the man from Africa mopping the floor. Jimmy's eyes widened and quickly hid behind the corner as he cursed under his breath.
"Dammit is Luthor after me? Should I try and back track, no if he's here that has to mean the exits are blocked." Jimmy thought panicked
He then looked up at a Train schedule, it said the Train he needed would be coming in 2 minutes. Jimmy knew what he had to do taking a deep breath and tried to calm himself. Gathering his strength he walked towards the man with a calm stride. Once Jimmy was close enough to the man.
"Hey dude, how was Africa?" Jimmy said with a smile as the man glared at him
The man then dropped the mop and tried to pull something out only for Jimmy using his one arm and swing his messenger bag at his face. With his laptop still inside the blow was effective knocking the man down and then Jimmy ran.
"THAT WAS FOR MY CAMERA ASSHOLE!" Jimmy yelled as he ran
Jimmy continued to run jumping over a turnstile and towards the empty Train. He slid in and turned around to see the man along with two others chasing after him. Luckily the door closed before they could reach it, the man slammed his fist on the door glaring at Jimmy. Jimmy gave him a confident grin and then flipped him off as the Train rolled away. But Jimmy knew he wasn't going to be safe for long he sat on the train and pulled out the files. Placing them face down he began to take pictures of every single document he could. He then placed them onto an email and addressed it to Lois with the message 'RUN WHAT YOU CAN!'. He tried to send it but because he was underground it didn't work.
"Come on Damn 4G!" Jimmy cursed
He then looked at the flash drive and picked it up. The most important piece visual and vocal evidence that Lex was behind this. Looking at the drive he swallowed a lump in his throat and then swallowed the flash drive.
"God-gag-I hope this works like it does in the movies." Jimmy said gag as the Train came to a stop
Jimmy got off and hid, the two men from before ran into the station and on the Train looking for him. Jimmy walked as calmly as possible to get away from them, his eyes on his phone constantly hitting send to send the email. Finally he got a few bars of connection and the Email was sent. Jimmy let out a sigh of relief, then a cloth was slapped over his mouth. He tried to scream and fight slamming his attackers back against the wall and slamming his one elbow into his side, but with each second he got weaker until all was black.
Mountains
Claire made it back to ground level and walked into a village. She walked down the street and pulled out her phone, no calls could get through because of where she was but she received enough before then from Lois and Ma.
"I should call them, tell them I'm okay." Claire said looking at her phone before she could do anything it rang showing a number she didn't recognize. Surprised she answered
"Hello this is Claire Kent speaking." Claire said politely
"Claire Kent, alright this is the GCPD. You have been requested to come to the GCPD morgue." A man on the other end said
"Th-the morgue? Why…?" Claire asked worry filling her heart
"It was at the request of the Selby Family." The man said
Claire's eyes widened as she hung up and took off towards the sky
Gotham City, GCPD
The moon was high as clouds began to gather Claire running into the GCPD building still in her hiking clothes. She ran to the front desk.
"Is the Selby family here?!" She asked panicked scaring the person who sat there
"Basement, take the stairs at the end of the hall." The man said and Claire took off
She made her ways down the stairs hearing crying and going through a pair of doors. In what was a waiting room Ms. Selby sat crying into her hand her younger daughter trying to comfort her. Mr. Selby stood near a wall his own tears falling from his face. He turned his head to see Claire and was surprised.
"What happened?" Claire asked
"C-Claire what are….?" Mr. Selby said but was cut off when the doors to another room opened
"Ms. Kent if you would come in here." The mortician said pointing to her
Claire so caught up in the moment ran to him leaving Mr. Selby
"Please tell me what's going on!" Claire said sounding more worried
"Please this way." He said ushering her in the doors closing behind them leaving the Selby's behind
The walked into the Morgue and towards a table where there was a body covered by a sheet.
"You were close to the family right, we were told to inform you of Robert's death" the mortician said
Claire was immediately blown back by what he said, all his words keeping her on edge. "W-what? How?!" she stammered
"Killed in prison, stabbed to death." He said simply
"But wasn't he being kept in a minimum security prison weren't the guards watching?!" Claire said getting more upset
"He was moved to Blackgate when evidence came up that he was a part of a human trafficking ring. It didn't help that he had this on him." He said as he pulled back the cover revealing the dead body
Claire gasped covering her mouth and examining the body. It had multiple stab wounds to the side and one to the neck. But what drew her eye was the Bat symbol branded on his chest.
"That brand leads to death at black gate. It's a damn shame." He said shaking his head as Claire's shaky hands touched the symbol tracing the outline
"So many mothers lose their kids like that around here, you kind become desensitized." He said as he walked away to exit the room leaving Claire with the body just staring at it.
"With these bodied piling up you'd think people will finally say enough." He said as he left
Claire turned and using her X-Ray saw the still crying Ms. Selby. She was helped up and brought up the Stairs her family trying to consul her. Claire then looked at the body sadness in her eyes.
"You didn't deserve this." Claire whispered tear welling up
Gotham City Docks
Batman stood atop an abandoned building decked out in his full armor. He threw some test punches and kicks to make sure he was moving properly. They were slower than usual, but the point of this suit was to take blows and give him the edge he needed. He was ready everything was in place and he was prepared to end this threat. He walked towards a giant spotlight on the roof. He knew she would see it, she see's everything apparently. He grabbed the switch hesitating for a moment, his mind going back to Alfred.
"What would your parents think…..? What would Claire think?" Alfred said sadly in his memories as images of Claire's smiling face appeared in his head
He grit he teeth, knowing what he was about to do. But this wasn't a person, it was a flying monster. Something that wasn't human, it destroyed and would continue to do so. It didn't know pain, suffering, loss, or love. It wasn't human and it must be destroyed.
"The world we be a better place without her. A safer place….. For people like Claire." Batman said sadly to reassure himself
He then pulled the lever and a light shined into the sky
GCPD
Claire continued to stare at the body grief and pity filling her as she wondered what the Selby's were going through. Two sons gone, not only that how would they support themselves. As her mind raced thinking of ways to help them her eyes wandered to a window and widened. In the sky a Bat symbol was shined on the gathering clouds. She stared at the symbol and then her eyes wandered down to the body to see the same symbol on Robert's chest. How many people did he brand, did he know about the killing that happened because of it, did he even care. No he didn't, to him criminals were less than people, he didn't think about the families they may have, or the reasons they did what they did.
Claire's fist clenched as her anger began to rise. Though it wasn't just from this moment everything from the past few days and even beyond came boiling. The Africa Incident, The explosion, the angry people, The Black Zero Event, and finally Batman. All her anger was starting to come out and she focused it on one singular entity. Something for her to vent her frustrations out on, in the guise of a good doing.
"This is the Bat's final night." Claire growled as she marched out of the morgue
She passed the mortician who didn't give him second thought. The mortician watched her go up the Stairs and once she was out of view he pulled out a phone.
"Yeah I did….. Yes she looks angry…..happy to be of assistance as long as I get my money." The mortician said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a Bat shaped brander.
Claire marched out of the GCPD and into an alley. Thunder cracked and rain began to fall as she stood in the alley looking at the Bat in the sky. Her eyes narrowed at it as she reached for her jacket. And with one motion ripped it off revealing her Superwoman suit. Not caring she tossed the ruined clothes onto the Alley floor. She stood in the rain looking at the symbol anger flowing inside her, her fist clenching. She then bit her bottom lip trying to gather her thoughts.
"Don't be like him. Do this right way Claire, bring him in." Claire thought trying to calm herself as she looked at the symbol
"He's calling me out, looking for a fight. Well I am going to bring him in, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't give him what he wants" Superwoman said with a growl as she took off to the sky
Metropolis
Lex sat in his office looking out the window with a grin on his face as he looked at the Bat Signal over Gotham.
"Tonight we have the fight you've all been waiting for. Black and Blue. Fight night! The greatest gladiator match in the history of the world. Goddess versus Man. Day versus Night. Daughter of Krypton versus Bat of Gotham!" Lex narrated to himself as he turned to a screen showing Batman standing in front of the abandoned building
"The lady in Blue is confident tonight folks, she thinks her opponent is going to be a cakewalk. But what she doesn't know is that our challenger is ready for war with some tricks up his sleeve. And if she doesn't bring her A game…. She won't walk out of the ring alive" Lex said as his grin grew
Lois arrived at her desk at the Daily Planet with a worried expression. She still hasn't been able to reach Claire and now she can't reach Jimmy. She turned on her emails and found one from Jimmy titled 'RUN WHAT YOU CAN!' she opened it a found the documents he took photos of. This worrying her more she quickly saved them to her personal drive.
"Hey check it out." Jenny said looking out the window getting everyone's attention
Lois stood up and saw it a bat against the rainy clouds on the other side of the bay. She didn't know why but she was getting a bad feeling in her gut, super bad. And she felt Claire was gonna be right in the middle of it.
"PERRY I'M GONNA NEED A HELICOPTER!" Lois yelled as she stood up
(Note: This is the biggest deviation I'm taking from the story. Lex wanted to make Superwoman look bad, but also get Batman angry enough to fight her. While also breaking down Superwoman to the point where she will confront him without thinking it through. Both are at their emotional lows and are not thinking clearly. Lex knows that when Superwoman faces Batman she's expecting a farce, but Batman is ready for war. The next chapter is the big battle which will also play out very differently, expect a lot of action and a lot of outbursts. Going to the end now things are following the story, but it's gonna be my way now. :D Still 80 years of this guy, I was a fan when I was little, but it wasn't until I watched Man of Steel did my interest get peaked. Now I can't get enough of him. I look forward to all his new adventure on and off the page. And I hope I'm doing him justice with this story. Thank you for all your support, if you like what you have read please leave a review I'll reply ASAP.)