And Injustice For All 2
Chapter 48: Thinking Smaller
Gorilla City
"The readings aren't exact, Solovar," said Ra's. "But it's certainly over a hundred thousand."
"Even with Batman's forces in the way, it's making astounding progress."
Vixen was disgusted. She followed Damian and Animal Man.
"I am not standing by while a genocide is taking place," said Vixen. We have to stop this."
"We're not going to attack blindly Ra's and Solovar."
"No, we need to be smarter," Animal Man agreed.
"There's nothing smart about this..."
Fake Batman points his Heckler & Koch UMP45s at them.
"It's a mystery...
The Microverse
"How can we understand the universe if we can't understand its smallest components? It's incredible," said Ryan Choi, the new Atom.
"People are always looking to the stars, Dr. Choi," said Ray Palmer, the original Atom. "Always wanting to expand. But look what happens when we contract. Atoms. Photons. Quarks. Look at all there is to discover. It's highly plausible that we barely scratched the surface. I truly believe there could be whole universes waiting for us at a subatomic level. Where do you think it ends?"
"Why would it end?"
"Exactly. This why I wanted to show you this. I think you could see things I haven't, simply by thinking smaller. We're noy just scientists, Ryan. We are more like explorer beyond that."
Ray's comm was beeping. "Unlocking the secrets of the universe will have to wait."
"Why?"
"There's trouble."
Delhi
Black Adam tried his lightning on Amazon. The Atom arrived.
"Batman. Where do you need me?"
"The Android appears to have the powers of every Justice League member. It's fast, strong, invulnerable."
Hmm. I'll need to take a closer look, see if I can take it down from the inside."
Atom shrunk at a subatomic level and made his way into Amazo from the nose.
"I'm in."
"What do you see?"
"The brain... I've never seen anything like it. I'm used to looking at inner workings, but this isn't operating like any computer I've seen. I don't think it's even a binary system. Ternary? Quinary? This is far behind us. There's no way any scientist could have built this. Not yet. I think whoever made this repurposed alien technology. There are parts I recognize, but I think they're being used to harness, and to cage, whatever this is."
"Can you destroy it?"
"I don't know where to start... I'm not alone..."
"Atom?"
"There's something in here with me! Nanites!"
Nanites are like mechanical spiders of some sort.
"They knew I was coming... Have to get smaller. They..."
A nanite cut off his left leg by half.
"Ray!"
Gorilla City
Vixen was about to attack, but Damian stopped her.
"Don't be an idiot. You can't possibly support this. My grandfather was right about the world, but what he's doing is wrong. Innocent people are dying. Is that what you want?"
"No, I... I only want the guilty to suffer."
"Of course, because you're not a dick. And you're not Batman. You're not afraid to do what needs to be done. You are so much better than Batman. Take off the mask and help us."
He did so, revealing to be Jason Todd, who would be known in Injustice 2 as Red Hood.
