Corrupting Influence
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana and Leon/Crisis.
Chapter 14: Brazilian Brawl Part 4
Libra was buried underneath some rubble as he slowly got to his feet. He held his head, feeling an intense headache from the fall. He had a gash through his costume, and he was bleeding. However, the villain from Apokolips was not to be outdone. He then watched the battle between the Mockeries and the combined might of the Justice League and the Howling Commandos…
Fury looked at Batman,
"Got a plan for this?"
The corrupted Superman flew fast, not holding his attack back as he punched his pure counterpart hard. The true Superman felt the blow, and Dark Superman was about to launch another attack when Crisis stabbed him in the back with his light saber. The Mockery looked down, but then felt a kick to his head as he rocketed back down to the ground. Leon shook his head,
"Just what we need; more clones."
Zaladin channeled some sort of magic through his scythe and launched a dark energy beam at Troia. Troia deflected the attack with her bracelets and tried to counter with a dazzling beam of light. However, Zaladin merely deflected it with his scythe. The younger Amazon warrior was getting frustrated; it could turn into a stand-off.
Deadpool cried out,
"Not if I can help it! There's not going to be a stand-off while I'm around!"
He jumped into the fray, hacking and slashing his way to the scythe-wielding member of Axis America. Of course, Deadpool had to cut through numerous, now deceased Intergang cultists.
Mantis cackled maniacally,
"You won't last! Not against the combined might of my Mockeries! This planet is mine! Mine!"
The psychotic New God launched a beam of anti-matter, creating a large shockwave. The blast threw many of the League members and members of the Howling Commandos in all different directions. Big Barda and Orion looked up just to see their dark counterparts coming at them and barely blocked their attacks. The Dark Warrior Mockery growled inhumanly and, charging up her weapon with dark light, unleashed powerful blow to Barda. Barda got thrown through a wall, and into one of the neighborhoods on the surface.
Orion charged in, roaring furiously into battle. He began pummeling his dark counterpart, beating him repeatedly in the hopes the dark creature would submit. But, as the Mockery was going to be beaten, Dark Thanagarian swooped down and hit the son of Darkseid with its mace. Mantis laughed,
"Hah! The son of Darkseid will be slain by my hands!"
He flew down and towered over Orion, pointing his hand charged with anti-matter,
"Beg for mercy, whelp!"
The real Hawkgirl then suddenly swooped down and slammed her mace right on top of Mantis' head. Hawkman followed suit with his own mace attack, which sent the mad New God flying away. Orion looked at the two mace fighters and rubbed his jaw,
"I had him, you know."
Hawkman grinned,
"Yes, I could see that. You were lulling him into a false sense of security."
The Dog of War growled something fierce under his breath.
Fury fired an automatic rifle at the now undead cultists,
"This is getting out of hand! Somebody has to get to Zaladin and shut off that magic!"
Satana grinned,
"Got it!"
She channeled a hellfire bolt and hurled it at Zaladin. However, the cloak around the scythe wielding Axis America member began to envelop around him and deflected the blast at Dark Lantern. Dark Lantern had his back to the blast when he got hit, incinerating him instantly. Hal looked down at the red-headed sorceress and shrugged,
"Hey, a win's a win in my book."
He turned and saw the Martian Manhunter in a locked struggle with the Mockery Dark Martian. Unleashing a dazzling beam of emerald light, Hal hit the dark alien with the beam and it ripped apart the Dark Martian. The Dark Martian turned and went straight for the Air Force pilot. In an act of desperation, Hal encircled a barrier of green flames around himself. Oddly enough, the Dark Martin froze in what amounted to be sheer terror and backed away. This was an opening as Fire saw it and fired a blast of fire, reducing the Dark Martian Mockery to cinders. Hal shouted,
"Hey, guys! These things have weaknesses! It's like fighting us!"
Batman pulled out a piece of Kryptonite upon hearing this and began to approach Dark Superman. The Mockery of the Man of Steel turned and began to be repulsed away by the Kryptonite. The Dark Knight then said,
"Wonder Woman, he's vulnerable now!"
The Amazon warrior swooped down and ensnared the Mockery with her lasso. The Mockery of Superman began struggling to get out of his entanglement, but it was to no avail. Finally, after having absorbed enough radiation from the Kryptonite, the dark clone of Superman seemed to disappear.
Mantis was furious. His creations, his army, were being decimated. He roared at the top of his lungs,
"NO! I WILL DEFEAT YOU, JUSTICE LEAGUE!"
He channeled a blast of anti-matter at Superman, in the hopes of being legendary in his own mind. But, just as he was about to launch the attack, Martian Manhunter reached into his mind and delivered a strong, psychic probe, attempting to short out the insane New God's mind. Mantis was knocked unconscious.
Persiana ducked and kicked another undead cultist and was about to leap at another one when, suddenly, a large portal opened. Barda narrowed her eyes,
"It's a Boom Tube."
The Boom Tube appeared Mantis, Zaladin, and some of the Intergang cultists disappeared through it. Hal scratched his head,
"Uh, does anybody know what just happened?"
Leon looked around,
"It appears someone rescued them."
Barda folded her arms,
"Or Mantis retreated. He always was a coward."
Deadpool sheathed his swords,
"Hah! The universe was saved today! By me, Marvel's Greatest Property!"
He stood stoically atop a mound of corpses belonging to the cultists. Batman narrowed his eyes,
"There's still the rest of Intergang to deal with."
The detective then looked down at the piece of paper and said,
"I need to take care of something."
Superman turned and asked,
"What is it?"
Fury shrugged,
"I wouldn't worry about it, Boy Scout. Right now, we gotta run. I'm sure you can clean up the mess."
Satana said in a mockingly appalled voice,
"You mean, we're going to leave them to clean up our mess? Nicholas Fury, I'm stunned!"
J'onn added,
"She is right. You could give us a broom to sweep this all under the rug."
Everyone turned to the green-skinned Martian hero. J'onn blinked,
"Was that an appropriate joke?"
The white-haired feline acrobat grinned,
"Good one."
Next Chapter:
As the League and Commandos continue to hunt down the rest of the Intergang cult, one League member loses their life! Stay tuned, fellow readers!