Young Justice: Apocalypse
Season 3
Episode 7
Author James the Lesser
I do not own any characters DC does.
Of course a show as awesome as YJ was canceled. We gotta have moar Ben and Ash and other horrible shows instead of some thing awesome.
Gotham
June 2nd
Power Girl smashes through the wall of an abandoned office building. "Did you think you could hide from my xray vision?"
Her target, Two Face, holds a gun on her. "It would be foolish to say yes now, wouldn't it?" He motions the gun at her and his body guard, Fire Fly, steps out.
"Don't make me burn you!" He punches his fists together creating a spark of flame between them.
Power Girl smiles before laughing. "I am Kryptonian. Go ahead, shoot me."
Two Face lowers the gun. "What do you want?"
"An army. A threat is coming and while the other heroes scramble I am busy making an army. Poison Ivy and Captain Boomerang have already joined." She floats closer to Two Face. "But they don't have henchmen. You do."
"Like I would surrender to you? The World League can go jump off a bridge."
"I thought you would say that." She smacks Fire Fly out of the way before grabbing Two Face by his very nice, expensive, stylish suit. "Join me or become No Face."
"You wouldn't." He takes a coin out of his pocket. "Heads I join, tails I don't." He flips the coin up in the air.
When the coin lands it is tails up. "I guess I don't joi-,"
Two Face is stopped short as Power Girl grabs him by the head and twists.
Fire Fly gives out a school girl squeal as the head falls on the floor next to him. "I'll join! I surrender, what ever."
She reaches down and lifts him off the floor as easily as one would pick up a piece of paper. "Good." She kisses him on the forehead of his metal helmet. "Be a good boy and tell his boys they are now mine. Any who wish to leave," She picks up the head by the hair. "Will join him." She hands him the head and he holds it out at arms length.
"Yes Ma'am."
Unknown
Unknown
Klarion looks down upon a woman. Her skin is grey and cracked. Her eyes are a deep black that absorb the light around them. Her head is bald of hair.
She has a thin black shirt that reveals her arms. The left arm is bare but the right one reveals a metal cuff covered in demonic scripture.
Her legs are covered with what appears to be dark leather made from human skin. Her feet are bare and show damage from a fire.
Klarion smiles as he pets his cat. "Black Beetle, take my newest warrior to the Mortal Realm and see if she is worth keeping around."
"Are you sure Master Klarion?"
"Yes." A Portal open. "See if she lives up to her name."
Black Beetle grabs the woman by the arm. "Come, now."
The woman is silent as she is lead through the portal.
Ian, Knightmare, is training with his boyfriend using regular fencing swords. "You'll have to do better than that, Johnathon." Ian parry's a strike and jabs him on the chest.
"I'm not suped up with nanotech."
Ian has to dodge a strike and slashes back barely catching Johnathon on the arm.
The two continue when a portal opens above them.
Ian backs away. "Johnathon, run."
Black Beetle and the woman drop through the portal.
Before Johnathon can escape, Black Beetle grabs him and puts a blade to his throat. "I offer you a deal. Fight Lady Death and win, I let your friend here go. Fight Lady Death and lose, the last thing you see before you die is his head becoming strangers with his body."
"Lady Death?" Ian looks over at the woman.
Despite her pale, grey, cracked skin and change of clothing, he recognizes her. "Wonder Woman?"
Her response is a scream that sends chills through Ian's body. Her tongue had been ripped out, not that it was needed as the earlier damage from outer space had left her incapable of speech. Just the scream.
She takes a step towards Ian as she pulls out a sword.
Ian closes his eyes. A few seconds later the helmet appears over his head magically. Soon the shield and sword appear in his hands. "You have chosen a poor foe, Black Beetle. I am a master of the sword."
Lady Death screams as she leaps at Knightmare. He blocks her sword with his shield before kicking her back. "I will not kill you Wonder Woman." He blocks her attack again. "I can however cripple you."
Lady Death's attacks are easily blocked with his shield but she is able to parry any of his attempts to strike back. "She still has the skill and strength of an Amazon, fool." Black Beetle shakes Johnathon violently. "Kill her or let her kill you. Only one saves this man."
"What about option three?"
Black Beetle looks up in time to see Power Girl. She fires a laser at him and hits him on the face.
"Aaaa!" He lets Johnathon go as he grabs at his face.
Johnathon runs and sees Shadow Dragon. "Help him!"
"I'm sure Ian can take care of himself." Shadow Dragon grabs Johnathon and takes off.
Knightmare kicks at Lady Death again. "I'm sorry." He blocks her sword with his shield, pushes her hard with it knocking her off balance, and stabs her in the stomach.
When he pulls his sword out there is no blood and Lady Death gives no sign of being hurt. "Maybe I am the one who will be sorry."
She screams and gets him on the helm. It protects him from the sword but his head is still rattled by the blow.
Power Girl grabs Black Beetle by the neck with both hands. "I'll rip your head off!" She squeezes and starts to pull.
"Foolish meatbag. I am here merely to watch, not interfere." His blade slashes at her but does no damage.
"I'm no meatbag. I'm Kryptonian."
The blade glows with magic. "You are still weak." She backs off before the blade can cut her in half.
Knightmare is being beaten back towards a wall by Lady Death. "I'm sure the magiks they have used on you makes you much harder to kill than normal." He had cut her twice more with no effect. "I will not kill you. You are a hero!" He starts to glow starting at the helm and moving down his body.
Lady Death screams and throws down the sword.
Knightmare sheaths his sword. "Do you surrender?"
Her only response is to scream and punch him in the chest.
The magic aura protects him.
Power Girl dodges Black Beetle's attack before flying closer to Knightmare. "I don't have a sword. Switch partners."
He simply nods as he turns his back on Lady Death.
Power Girl is hit by Lady Death and smirks. "I'm sorry Wonder Woman." She too had recognized Lady Death when she arrived. "I saw what he did to you. I know you won't die, easily." Power Girl grabs Lady Death by both arms and looks at them. "I wonder..." She uses her eye lasers to cut off the arm that had the metal cuff attached.
Her skin starts to lighten and smooth out. Her wounds start to bleed.
Power Girl uses her eye lasers but to try and burn the wounds closed.
Knightmare laughs as he fights Black Beetle. "You killed Kid Flash and Yellow Mamba! I will avenge them. I will send you to Hell."
"I was not ordered to kill you, she was. If I had been given the order, you would already be dead."
Knightmare continues his attack. "To Hell with you!"
Black Beetle blocks the attack. "Master Klarion would just retrieve me." Black Beetle strikes at Knightmare who uses his sword to block it. Sparks fly between the two. "Who would retrieve you?"
"No one will retrieve me. I am the one chosen to represent the honor of the Knights of the Realm!" He pushes Black Beetle away.
"You are a meatbag!" He slashes at Knightmare's head but misses. "A skilled meatbag. One I will kill, one day."
Knightmare flourishes with the sword as the magic aura covers him completely. "The only thing I say to death is," He strikes Black Beetle across the chest. "Not," He strikes again. "Today!" Excalibur spears Black Beetle through the chest.
"I see." Black Beetle steps backwards until the blade is out of his chest.
He turns and sees Lady Death, Wonder Woman, on the floor missing her right arm. "She has failed." A portal opens and Black Beetle steps through it.
Soon the Flash appears. "Sorry, was at work, had to clock out for..." He sees Wonder Woman. "No!" He is a blur as he runs to her. "What happened?"
Power Girl picks up the severed arm. "She was being controlled with the cuff. I cut it off."
Flash grimaces a little. "How did you know?"
"I didn't." She drops the arm. "She needs to get to the hospital. Knightmare and I hurt her, a lot." Blood covered Wonder Woman and the floor around her. Power Girl sealed the wounds as best she could.
"I've contacted the others. First one that can carry her will be the one who,"
Before Flash can finish, Superman flies through the ceiling. "Diana!" He picks her up and takes off back through the hole.
Gotham
June 6th
Bruce Wayne is on the phone with the President. "I'm sorry Luthor. I am no longer your pawn."
"You will regret this. Klarion is going to destroy the planet. I am working on stopping him. This, distraction, you've created is slowing me down. You should have been a good little clone and kept up the facade I created."
"You're a monster. I don't work with monsters, I fight them."
"Do you really think you are Batman now? I wondered how much the Justice League had tampered with you."
"I will never be Bruce Wayne no matter how much I learn. I can however be Batman." Bruce slams the phone down hanging up on Luthor. "I am still amazed how quickly he recovered."
Before
Luthor is on camera. "The Justice League has several psychic powered members. How easy would it be for them to warp the mind of Bruce Wayne? They also have shape shifters. How do we know they didn't kill Bruce Wayne and replace them? We will see exactly what kind of proof he has of any thing. For all we know the Justice League has been hacking my accounts and draining funds to what ever they wanted. They have declared me their enemy for years. This may very well be an elaborate ruse of theirs to destroy me."
Now
Dick Grayson sits on the corner of the desk. "He is Lex Luthor." He puts his domino mask on. "Are you coming?"
"I don't need you to babysit me, Nightwing. I am Batman."
"I just want to make sure you can handle yourself. Having the memories and being the memories are two different things." He stands up. "I was Batman for years and never really became him."
Watchtower
June 14th
Deadpool is sitting on the floor across from Raven. Both are in a secured area of the Watchtower. They were guests but very dangerous and not yet trusted. He is passing the time by flipping a coin over and over again. Raven sits cross legged across from him. "Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why are you flipping a coin?"
"Because I am counting. In my dimension coins tend to land heads up."
"And?"
"Here it is almost even. Ten thousand six hundred and ninety four heads, ten thousand six hundred and fifty two tails."
"You have too much time on your hands."
Deadpool smiles under his mask. "You watched me flip a coin twenty one thousand three hundred and forty six times." Maybe she likes us! I highly doubt it. You don't know.
"I have been meditating while waiting for Dr. Fate and Zatanna."
"Shiny headed dude and the girl in the sexy tux deal?"
She narrows her eyes at him as she recognizes where his eye line was going to. "Yes." She starts to glow. "I've killed people for less." A magical energy forms over her chest and changes her outfit to cover herself better.
"I can't die."
"I've heard about your regeneration, it won't matter with me."
He starts to laugh. "Not just because of my crazy regen abilities but because Thanos and I got in a fight over death." Raven raises an eyebrow. "She was my girlfriend but Thanos wanted to bang her like a drum so he made me immortal. Prick."
Raven's eyes glow and she tries to contact his mind but hits a barrier.
He wags his finger at her. "Ah, ah, ah, do not pass. Trespassers will be left a little less sane than before."
"You are well and truly insane."
"No I'm not. Crazy people don't know they're crazy. I know I'm crazy so that means I'm not crazy." I don't think that's how it works."I'm pretty sure it is." She can't hear me."But I can."
Raven is about to make another comment when the door opens and Zatanna walks in. "Raven, Wade, how are you today?"
Deadpool leaps up from the floor. "Great!"
Raven is calm as she stands up. "Any word?"
Zatanna walks past Deadpool and gets close to Raven so she can whisper. "The amulet you gave us is powerful. How did you get it?"
"I stole it. Will you arrest me for that?"
Zatanna pulls away. "No, you're fine."
Raven motions around her. "Fine?"
Zatanna sighs. "I'm sorry. I trust you but the others don't." She turns to Deadpool. "At least you have company."
Raven's face almost cracks a smile before going back to her usual somber look. "Yes, company. An insane, idiot, pervert."
"Hey! I'm not insane!"
Both girls turn away from him. "Elbbub tnelis" An energy bubble forms around the two so they can talk in private.
Across the Watchtower, Aqualad, Miss Martian, Cyborg, and Nightwing meet with Dr. Fate in the Prison Chamber.
Over a dozen villains are trapped in stasis. They stand in front of Vandal Savage. "Luthor told me that Vandal controlled Klarion through a ring." Cyborg looks at Vandal's hands. "One he seems to have lost."
Nightwing taps on the glass of the stasis chamber. "What else did Luthor tell you?"
"Klarion made it, easy, for you to capture the other members of the Light. Using his powers of chaos to twist the chances in to your favor."
"Why would he do that?"
"At least with Vandal, it was to remove some one who could control him. We suspect the same is true about Ra's Al Ghul. The rest... Chaos. Remove them for the sake of removing them."
Dr. Fate places a hand on a control panel. "If Vandal Savage knows any thing that may be useful in fighting Klarion, it is imperative we release him."
"For a few minutes." Miss Martian had been there when they captured Vandal. She couldn't remember the ring.
"Of course." Dr. Fate types in a code and soon the stasis doors open.
Aqualad, Nightwing, and Miss Martian prepare for a fight.
Vandal Savage opens his eyes and sees the heroes. "Ah, am I needed? Has Klarion made his move?" He looks himself over, smooths a wrinkle on his shirt, and smiles.
Dr. Fate is the only one who remains calm. "He is planning on his move. We need to stop him."
Savage looks down at his hand and sees the ring is missing. "Why should I bother helping you? You have thwarted my plans for years and then locked me up! How long has it been?"
"Less than a day for a man as old as you."
"I am but a child to an Agent of Order as yourself." Savage stares at the other three. "Calm yourselves. If I wanted to fight I would. Unlike you however," He flicks a piece of lint off his shirtsleeve. "I know when a cause is lost. However much it infuriates me to say but I was thoroughly taken, if by surprise, and lost."
Dr. Fate nods towards him. "Then help us now. If Klarion creates another Chaos Lord it will destroy all of Earth. A man immortal will be quite lonely on an empty rock."
"Is that his plan?" Vandal chuckles. "I'm sure he has the Joker by now."
This time Nightwing is the one to answer. "Yes. Any idea of the Joker was kidnapped or if he is going along with this plan?"
"Both, most likely. I knew there was a reason why Klarion voted for including the Joker in our plans." Savage looks around. "My throat is dry, may I have a tea?"
Nightwing cracks a smile. "Sure. If you remain civilized we will too."
"I created civilization. Two sugars please. Any thing not iced would be most appreciated."
Nightwing makes sure to look at Miss Martian before leaving. "Ah, a psychic message? Alert you if I dare try any thing while you are gone?"
"Yes."
"I am glad you did not lie. Be civil with me and I will be as such with you."
Nightwing walks away.
Wonder Woman is struggling with her new mechanical arm. She was still wrapped up with bandages in several places and attempting to ignore the pain from her wounds. She sees Nightwing and signs at him as best she can.
"Hey Diana. Feeling better?" She shrugs her shoulders. "It's just good to have you back." He looks at her mechanical arm. "Looks better than the one Cyborg has." She smiles in response.
The mechanical arm was no where near as good as some thing Lex Corp could make but no Justice League member would dare go to Luthor for help.
Star City
June 16th
Deadshot is running as Power Girl flies overhead. "Do you really think you can outrun me?" She flies down and grabs him by the arm before lifting him in the air. "I grow bored with playing with you."
Deadshot twists and grabs a gun from his waistband. "Shut it, slag!" He shoots her point blank range in the stomach. The bullet does nothing.
Power Girl rolls her eyes. "I'm, Krypt, To, Ni, An!" She throws him high in the air.
To his credit he doesn't scream. Instead he pulls out a grenade and throws it at her. She catches it with one hand and crushes it before it explodes.
As he falls she flies up towards him. "Two choices, join me or die." She reaches him and starts to fly down with him.
"What?!"
"Join me, and my army, in stopping a new threat or splat all over the ground." She flies down, upside down, as he fell the same way.
"You wouldn't dare. You're a hero."
"I'm pissed, I'm deadly, and I'm ready. I'm not so sure about the hero part." She looks down at the ground as it came closer and closer. "You only have a few more seconds."
"What do I get if I join?"
"You get to live."
He looks at the ground, now passing the tops of buildings. "I'd love to see if you would let me hit but in this case I'd rather not call your bluff and lose." He holds his hand out and she shakes it before stopping herself and him just a few feet above the street pavement.
Batcave
June 17th
Batman, Robin, and Batgirl go over what they found of Two Face. "With his death and Ivy's disappearance I suspect we have another vigilante on the loose. One who isn't inclined to let them live."
"Who? Who would be out there that we don't know about?" Robin had been sent to investigate the damaged building and found the body. He still felt sick when he thought about it.
Batman clicks a couple things on the computer and an image of a Green Lantern ring appears. "After Black Beetle killed him, Jon Stewart's ring flew off and no one knows who has it now. It would take great strength to rip a head off. Some thing a ring would have little trouble with."
"Why would the ring choose some one like this?"
"Why I have other ideas of who it is, Barb." Batman clicks again and a picture of Power Girl appears?
"What? She's one of us."
"Is she? I have witnesses placing her in the city multiple times. I had Nightwing ask Cyborg and he says they have no idea why she was here." He clicks a few more times and footage from a news camera set up outside the news building to catch live weather video comes up. "There she is, leaving the same district as Two Face was found in."
Batgirl feels a little sick. "I, I've been with her. We hung out a few times. She's not capable of this. She's being set up."
"Then go to her. Pretend you want in on this and if it isn't her then there will be nothing to get in on."
"She's innocent and if I ask her if I can join in I will be accusing her of being a monster."
"And?"
She sighs. "Some thing Dick would never have me do. Why he was never really Batman, as Jason would put it."
Metropolis
June 21st
Power Girl flies in to a warehouse with Harley Quinn clinging on. "Put me down!"
Power Girl flings her to the floor. "There."
Harley gets up and dusts her plaid school girl skirt off. "Why I oughta,"
"Calm down Harley." Poison Ivy steps out from the shadows.
"Ivy!" Harley runs over throwing her arms around Ivy in a great hug. "I heards you been turned to fertilizer!"
"I wasn't." Ivy hugs Harley back before the two break their embrace. "Our friend here has a question to ask you."
"Friend? Friends with a super meddler?" Ivy nods. "What?"
"Trust her. She means well."
Harley turns around and glares at Power Girl. "What is it?"
"You control the Jokers while the Joker is gone, right?" She nods. "Good. I am building an army. While you have no powers you have charisma, influence, and a gang. Some one is going to destroy Earth. The heroes are working together but ignore people like you or Ivy."
"You acts like you aren't a hero."
"A hero doesn't kill, usually." Power Girl smirks evilly. "But Two Face and Metallo found out the hard way I'm not so hero like any more."
Harley walks over to Power Girl and gets in her face. "Why should I join you?"
Before Power Girl can respond with a threat, Ivy speaks. "Klarion has Joker."
"Puddin? That's where he's been?" She looks Power Girl in the eye. "I'm in!" She does some mock punches. "Let me at em!"
Ivy smiles. "See Power Girl? I told you my friend would be a worthy ally."
Power Girl nods before flying out of the warehouse.
She never saw Batgirl who had tracked her to the warehouse.
Batgirl had waited for Power Girl to fly away before sneaking to the warehouse and looking in. "Well, at least Poison Ivy is alive." She hadn't been there to hear Power Girl's threat to Harley. "This isn't proof she killed Two Face. Just that, what? She's making friends with the bad guys? She might have the right idea. The bad guys have just as much to lose if the planet is destroyed."
White House
June 28th
Luthor watches a video screen of two Weapon X warriors battling each other. "Very good. When Klarion strikes I want these with me."
"You, Sir?" The screen cuts over to a scientist in a white lab coat.
"Yes. My suit is ready, correct?"
"Yes Sir. The Mass Effect Gun works like a charm." The screen cuts to a large green mechanical suit.
The right arm has a six barreled gun attached to it. It winds up and a few seconds later fires a tiny pellet smaller than a grain of sand. But the size did not matter. It was super charged and created a tiny black hole that left a hole the size of a basketball on the steel wall it was fired at.
"Very good. When Klarion strikes I will not cower in fear. I will be out there killing any demons and monsters he throws at me." Luthor smiles wickedly. "And if a hero or two gets in my way, so be it." The screen cuts to black.
Unknown
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Raven floats through a portal. "Master Klarion, are you ready?"
"Soon Raven. As long as your ruse has not been discovered."
"I gave them the amulet. Zatanna knows it holds a great power. She does not know that you control it."
Klarion smiles wickedly. "Perfect! I'll destroy the Watchtower crippling their ability to move about the planet. Isolating them will weaken them." He starts to laugh and soon is joined in by the Joker.
A/N So it is all coming together. The heroes work on stopping Klarion. Some in more extreme ways than others. I liked having Poison Ivy request Harley Quinn join Power Girl's army. The history they have(Confirmed by creator) just made it feel right. And the introduction of Luthor's mechanical suit. Wonder Woman is back, if still hurt, and Black Beetle... Held back. Hoped I made it clear that he had been given orders not to kill, this time. Just observe. So much going on to keep track of! This is all leading up to some thing huge, major. I've had the idea for a long time and why I titled the season as I did. I just know once I do it...