A/N-Hehehe? Okay, I know, I am a jerk. Please have mercy?
Chapter 47- Alike
Wonder Woman
Diana charged, slicing apart the incoming parademons with vigour, tossing a few backwards with her lasso for Hal and Karen to barrel through. Barry was hard at work getting people to safety away from the gigantic towers that were gradually rising above the ground, thousands of demons flying through them.
She yelled out, taking to the skies, ramming straight through the center of the cloud of swarming beasts. She made it halfway before they hit her with a torrent of blasts and energy, and she fell to the ground, cracking the pavement.
She saw a shadow flutter over her and grab her wrists, grappling her to the rooftop of a building. She groaned, and stood up. Batman shook his head, motioning towards Victor, who was roaring in anger, the demonic hybrid of man and machine. He was tearing the demons apart with his bare hands, using his six mechanical arms like a whirlwind of fists. "There are too many of them just to barrel through, Diana. We need to formulate a plan of attack before Darkseid makes an appearance."
She nodded grimly, glancing at her teammates on the ground beneath them. Barry, getting people to safety as fast as he could, Hal and Karen leading the power play upfront, and Victor, on the ground, a hulking mass of rage. They were working, but not together. She opened her mouth to yell out when a portal opened above the tallest of the terraforming skyscrapers. The dreadlocked colossus they had fought before was hovering above it on what appeared to be some sort of space chopper motorcycle. She gripped her sword tightly, her eyes narrowing to slits, but before she could move, the bounty hunter Lobo was gone, and a whoosh of wind went through the air.
She looked up in the sky, and saw a streaking blur, slowly dimming. Is that Lobo? Or is it a bird? A Plane?
She squinted, and saw a small streak of red, pushing the Main Man into the outer edges of the atmosphere. No...its-
Batman grabbed her arm, and pushed her aside, as a battalion of parademons landed on the roof. She ducked for cover, and watched the Dark Knight do what he did best. He was like a knife in the dark, a shadow of fear that even the demons from hell feared. The beasts were wailing, glancing around, never expecting where he would attack. But when he did, they were down in seconds. The explosion of a batarang made his cape move behind him as he walked over to her.
Touching his earpiece, he signalled to the team. "Regroup"
Within moments, they were all on the roof, looking for Batman's instructions. Victor had a vengeful look on his face, one thirsting for blood. Poor guy...he needs his revenge. He deserves it. It's the least we can do for him. She glanced at him, and felt a tingle run down her spine, ice cold. He looked like the demons...Even scarier. It was unnerving. Hal opened his mouth to say something, but the sky split and a massive portal peeled open, thousands upon thousands of Parademons flying through. This is it...he's here.
She saw Karen glance at her nervously, and clutch Hal's hand, who was equally nervous. She saw Barry and Victor nod at each other reassuringly and she looked over at Batman, who's eyes were nothing but slits. He wasn't looking towards her, but she knew that he could sense her glances. She tensed, waiting for the wave to hit.
The last thing she felt before passing out was a burst of fire, and a swarm of demons above her...and someone yelling out her name as they snatched her from the roof.
Green Lantern
He flew after the swarm of demons that had taken Diana, yelling out in anger. The portal was overhead, with a black mass streaming out of it, and as Hal neared it, his eyes widened in shock.
There must have been atleast fifty thousand...It was suicide to go after her. Without Karen's help. With her, I could barrel through this.
He flew back down, firing a missile from his ring, clearing him a path. The five of them on the roof could barely hold back the massive flow of beasts, and even at maximum power, his ring wasn't strong enough to hold them all back. He created a temporary shield around him and Batman.
"We have to go after her!"
The Caped Crusader strode over to him and shook his head.
"Lantern, No."
"Then get out of my way, Batman."
"There are too many of them, you idiot."
"I can handle this. Get out of my way!"
He took down the shield, but Batman clasped his arm.
"You're going to die."
"Then I die!"
"What are you trying to prove?"
"I'm not trying to prove anything, you phenomenal douchebag. Don't act like you know me. You don't. You don't know what she means to us."
"We're just somewhat...alike."
"We're nothing alike."
"We are fighting alongside a half alien, an amazon, a cyborg and a speedster. As far as I can tell, Hal, you and I are the only normal one's here."
"Who said you could call me by my name?"
Batman stepped forward, and Hal flinched, barely maintaining the shield around the them. His eyes widened as the Dark Knight lowered his cowl, to reveal the face of Gothamite asshole number one...Bruce Wayne.
"You...you son of a bitch." Denial was the first phase, but it wasn't possible for him to be someone else. Hal couldnt come to grips with the fact that the arrogant prick he had wanted to punch for YEARS was actually the most feared and respected vigilante in the world.
Bruce smirked, and put the cowl backwards, tying his cape around his waist. "Lower your shields, we have to do this quietly" Hal, still dumbstruck, didnt notice that he had spoken, and blinked a few times. And suddenly...everything fell into place. He cares for her...Diana...He cares enough about her to reveal his identity to me, just for my help...We are very alike. We both care about the same girl, though I differently than he does. Maybe its time for me to let go...
He momentarily glanced at Karen, and smiled as she ferociously punched through a parademon's skull. Quickly lowering the shield, he nodded, following Bruce down the building. An abandoned jacket lying on the pavement was tattered and torn, but still, the Gothamite picked it up and put it on, as well as a cap. He pulled off the ring and kept it in the pocket of Hal's jeans, whispering. "Keep it safely, you're going to need it where we're going."
"Where are we going?"
Bruce whistled, a sharp noise ringing through the night, attracting two burly parademons, which proceeded to pick the two of them up. "Oh..."
Hal looked down towards their teammates on the rooftop, and saw Karen spot them up in the air. She cried out, and flew towards them as fast as she could. Oh no...
Bruce and his demon went through the main portal, but Hal's wailed out to several hundred others, who were heading straight for Supergirl. She roared and used her heat vision, tinged blue with the intensity, to cut them all in half, as she approached the portal with blistering speeds.
There was a rush of wind as she stopped midair, eyes widening in fear. From the portal above Metropolis, was emerging the Lord Of Apokolips...Darkseid himself.
A/N- Can't promise quick updates, but this is going to be finished, do not worry.
I did say I would update frequently, but that didnt happen...So...sorry?
One promise I WILL keep is that this is DEFINITELY going to have that little complete icon someday. This, and my other story, which people have gone rabidly, batshit crazy over. So if you read both of them, then you're in luck, because there WILL be an update coming...
Soon...(S-fully?)
(If you didnt get that, on my world, It means hope-fully)
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