Oa, The Positive Matter Universe
Ganthet: John Stewart Diggle. This universal Crisis has brought about a crisis among the Guardians. The second time brother has fought brother over the issue of the controlling of evil. We need to find this evil and eliminate it. We now offer you the ring of power - will you accept it?
Diggle: I've heard about this before. This Crisis has already claimed many lives and corrupted so many others. So yeah, I'll take it. No evil shall escape this Green Lantern's sight.
Ganthet: Now swear to me your allegiance, John Stewart.
Diggle: In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, No Evil Shall Escape My Sight, Let Those Who Worship Evil's Might, Beware My Power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!
Ganthet: Now go! Enter the Anti-Matter Universe! Your mission is one of vengeance!
Brainiac's Ship, the Positive Matter Universe
Kendra: So what do we do now?
Rip: We find the next most powerful being.
Carter: Oh no..
Rip: Oh yes.. the Lord of Apokolips himself.
The Antimatter Universe
The Earth shudders and screams as it is removed from its orbital nest and brought here to this burning cosmic Hell. Here to this place of death. The planet Earth, shielded from the rest of the Antimatter Universe by an impenetrable force field, not to keep the Anti-Monitor out, but to keep the heroes trapped within.
Anti-Monitor: Since my birth billions of years ago, I have not known defeat. A thousand universes before yours perished, but you refer to die. I was to enlarge an Antimatter universe, to replace all others. A thousand meaningless victories before you resisted my efforts to destroy you. One universe, protected by one small and seemingly insignificant little world. A token force of humans succeed where untold power has failed. I offer you my congratulations. Your persistance, your will to live is astonishing. But it changes nothing. Your world must die as your Flash died. And with its death, there will be none who can prevent my universe from replacing your own.
Wally: You murdered Barry!
Anti-Monitor: My warriors stain your world with blood. They are everywhere and they cannot be stopped! Hear the death knell, humans. It is the last sound you shall ever hear.
[Clark flies up to converse with the other two Supermen]
Clark: He's gone and the sky's have turned black. But what did he mean his warriors are already here?
Clark (E-96): Great Scott! Use your telescopic vision.. look at the cities. Any city! The screams. Why do I have super-hearing? It is too much to bear! We have to do something to stop the Anti-Monitor before he gets his way.
Clark (E-167): Believe me, I want to, more than I've ever wanted anything in the past.
[Harbinger appears]
Harbinger: Wait!
Clark: You again?
Harbinger: There is no time for discussion, Superman. It is time to attack!
The DEO
Kara: How is Lex a hero? What is happening?
J'onn: There are many things we'll have to figure out.
[Harbinger appears]
Harbinger: It is time.
The Darkness is everywhere. So rich. So cold. Immutable. Then the light comes. Piercing through like the spiderwbbing shatter of glass. The darkness is alive! It is the same across the world...
Seattle
The Green Arrows battle alongside the Canarys. The Shadow Demons are everywhere. Blue Devil and Katana take them on. The heroes of Earth have banded together.
Bludhaven
Their infinite powers dwarfed only by their infinite courage. The sides are drawn. The battle is on. Nightwing and his brothers, Red Hood and Red Robin battle the Shadow Demons until the end.
Freeland
The balance lies more than the fate of a single planet called Earth. The battle between matter and antimatter. Black Lightning and Cyborg fight the Shadow Demons alongside Peacemaker and Technocrat.
China
The Earth, fighting for remaining life in the positive matter universe, finds this a war without boundaries. A war fought everywhere at once. Yao Fei and the rest of the Great 10 lead the fight in China.
Russia
Politics mean nothing to the Shadow Demons. Pozhar and the one called Negative Woman most work with their American counterparts Firestorm and Negative Man to defeat this horrible threat.
Markovia
Geo-Force returns to find his homeland of Markovia under seige. His Earth-born powers repel the invaders.
Brazil
In South America, Fire and the Shazam Family work to save Brazil.
The Rock of Eternity
Dr. Mist: Why did you summon me here, Phantom Stranger?
Phantom Stranger: For your power, Dr. Mist. Your power and mine are needed. To summon the essence of the still comatose Spectre. To bring forth his infinite energies. And use them to save the universe.
Dr. Mist: He resists.
Phantom Stranger: We have no choice. We must succeed.
Dr. Mist: They are ready.
Phantom Stranger: The Demons must be kept at bay while the other heroes pierce the barrier between us and the Anti-Monitor.
Harbinger: For years, the Monitor recorded and observed information on all of you. He needed to know your powers and abilities. I was his assistant and know much of what he knew. You may not be as powerful as some others, but your abilities are needed now. We cannot allow personal grievances to interfere with our mission. Jon Kent, are you ready?
Jon: As ready as I can be. Pariah, you will lead us to the Anti-Monitor. Once we pierce the barrier..
Hal (Jordan): Alan Scott is with the sorcerers in Dr. Fate's tower. While we go after the Monitor, they'll go after the Demons.
Jon: Then all's ready. I'll summon the antimatter with me. When my Dad saved me from Argo's destruction, he didn't know how useful it would be. He's Earth's greatest hero. It is in his name I do this now.
[The barrier is pierced]
Apokolips, the Fourth World
[Rip Hunter and his Forgotten Heroes arrive]
Rip: Do you smell it? This world stings of decay.
Kendra: Where are we?
Amaya: I don't like this place?
[Darkseid enters]
Darkseid: Welcome, my friends, to Apokolips. I am its master, Darkseid.
National City
Lana: This is Lana Lang for WGBS News. Earth's greates heroes have teamed up to repel the demonic invaders. Lois?
Human Bomb: My explosions aren't doing anything to stop 'em!
Kelly: Keep trying, Bomb. Something's gotta work.
James: Hold it, Kelly. There's a kid over there!
Kelly: James, we can't save ever..
James: But we gotta try! We've always fought our wars differently. Nothing's changed after all these years.
Lois: Lana, I'm on the almost abandoned streets, observing this war as it escalates before our very eyes. Wait a moment, Lana, something is happening..
James: There you go, kid. Now go find a place to hide and don't come out until this thing is over.
Kelly: James! Oh my, God, behind you- JAMES!
James: [Screams]
[James dies at the hands of a Shadow Demon]
Lois: Oh my God.
Kelly: JAMES!
Lois: It appears that one of the Guardians, the one who was presumed to retired months ago was saving the life of a child. Now he's dead. Gone, as if he never existed. It's horrible, Lana, it's horrible.
Lana: Please give us a moment to collect ourselves. What's happening makes objective reporting impossible.
Salem
Lana: While speaking with the Vixen, we have learned that many of the heroes have already made their way to battle the enemy they call the Anti-Monitor. We offer them prayers for their success.
Ted (Grant): They're gonna need more than prayers, eh?
Dr. Fate: At this point, all pleas for success are welcome.
Dr. Mist: If all is ready, we must proceed.
Wildcat listens, but hears nothing. The mystics make no sound. For the incantation they make is a silent one. Each calling on their own power, summoning their own beliefs. And acting as the nexus, the link between all are Constantine and Green Lantern.
Anti-Matter Universe, Qward
Clark (E-96): We've made it this far, now what?
Diana (E-76): That's up to Pariah. He has the power to focus on 'evil' and bring us to the source.
Clark: Then let's get on with it.
Pariah: I can't. I sense evil. All around us. There is no singular point to concentrate on.
Clark (E-167): I'm not going to sit around here and wait. I want to find the Anti-Monitor, now!
Wally: So do I, Superman, just as much as you do.
Hal: What is he doing here?
Wally: The Anti-Monitor killed Barry Allen. That makes it my business. Maybe Harbinger excluded me from this group because I lacked the neccesary powers. But that wasn't good enough for me. I was coming and nobody was gonna stop me. I felt like I had to join you guys.
[Speed force crackles]
Barry: Wally?
[Speed force crackles, Barry disappears]
Shazam: He's gone. I thought he died?
Nathaniel (Adams): I thought the Batman saw the Flash's image too. Flash was moving through time. His image must have faded in and out as he did.
Wally: He's gone. I know he was. He died at the Battle at the Dawn of Time. But before then.. he said that his death was already...
Psycho-Pirate: C'mon, Flash.. You promised you'd save me... You promised you would... You promised... You're one of the good guys. Good guys never lie. I'm scared, Flash. So frightened. He's going to kill me unless...Don't just sit there.. Help me! Save me! I told you I was sorry for hurting you before.. But save me now! Save me now!
Wally: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, n..
[Wally hits the Psycho-Pirate]
Wally: Get your goddamned hands away from that suit! Let it go you maniac!
The Ray: Flash, stop. Leave the Psycho-Pirate alone. The guy seems to have frickin' lost it.
Kara: That's.. that's Barry's uniform isn't it?
Wally: My God...Barry died twice.
Pariah: Hurry! I feel an overpowering concentration of evil directly ahead of us! Hurry before it's too late!
Anti-Monitor: You whimpering fool. It is already too late. From the moment you stepped on Qward, you sealed your own fates. This is the day the universe dies.
Chicago
Green Arrow (E-167): Peacemaker! They're all over me, help!
[E-167 Ollie dies]
Peacemaker: I can't, Green Arrow. There's too many of them. He's dead.
[His gun explodes]
Peacemaker: Ah, shit, my gun exploded!
Starman (Knight): Starfire, I think I've stopped the demon, you catch the Peacemaker!
Starfire: No problem, Starman.
Georgia
Chas: Hurry, Zed! Get out of here while you can!
Zed: This is gonna be harder than I thought, but we must prevail!
Gotham
Brie: Clayface, do something!
Matt: I can't even move, Bandit!
[Clayface and Bug-Eyed Bandit die]
Salem, Dr. Fate's Tower
Listen, but you will not hear the dark rythmic chant that fills the somber room. Steel wills locked in concentration. Powers long dormant ignite with arcane life. Outside, in the dark comes the brightest of lights. The glow surrounds the tower, waiting for the words to ignite this great force. It appears, and it spreads. Slithering outward, toward the Shadow Demons. This energy is the collective force of many sorcerers. The screams begin as power electrifies the air. The Shadow Demons scream as the magic cuts through them.
Tawny Young: Reports are coming in from everywhere!
Lois: Something is drawing the Shadow Demons away from us!
Iris: As impossible as the may seem, it truly appears as if they are being sucked into some sort of vortex.
The powers assembled continue their enchantment. Thousands upon thousands of the demons are sucked away, until they are all in space, sealed by pyro-sorcery. They are gone.. but their deeds are not undone. Lives have been lost. But many more have been saved.
Wildcat: Bless my sould, it worked! We've still got a fighting chance!
Anti-Matter Universe, Qward
Clark: Timing is crucial. The magicians must've accoplished their goal. My most powerful blows don't even make him blink. This must be a coordinated effort.
Clark (E-96) - We're not doin' any damage, but that's not our job. We're supposed to distract him. We're cerainly doing that.
Nathaniel: Does this thing have any weak spots?
Dr. Light: What are we waiting for, Harbinger? We're all anxious to begin.
Jon: All is in position.
Harbinger: Mobius is feeding on that star to give him power. Dr. Light, the Monitor selected you for a purpose we're about to see fulfilled. You're power is to absorb solar energy and convert it for use. We're between a binary star. One should provide the power for what we need to do.
Dr. Light: You want me to absorb a sun's energy? I'm not sure if I can. But I have more power than I believed possible and in this case, I must use it for the greater good! Once, I would have told you to go to Hell before giving you my help. But I'm no longer that person. I'll do what must be done.
[Dr. Light begins absorbing energy]
Anti-Monitor: What is happening? My power is being drained?
Jax: It's working, keep it up!
Harbinger: It's now Jon's turn. He must succeed.
Jon: He's turning towards us.
Shade: Ignore him, Jonathan. I am ready when you are.
Jon: I look at him and I am afraid. That can't stop me now.
Shade: Like Ms. Park stated, I have to do this.
Jon: Dr. Light's absorbing the energy from that star to weaken the Anti-Monitor. I'm attacking directly, using my power to drain his antimatter energy. But this won't be enough. everything else must work as well.
Anti-Monitor: I have told you time and time again that I cannot be destroyed! YOU WILL DIE AND THEN YOUR VERY UNIVERSE WILL FOLLOW YOU INTO OBLIVION! I WILL TOLERATE NO FURTHER DEFEATS!
Jon: I can feel his resistance. The force of it..
Pariah: Ready, Shade?
Shade: I am as ready as I could possile be for this multiversal tomfoolery.
Dr. Light: Please hurry! The pain is overwhelming! I can't keep absorbing all this energy!
Harbinger: He's staggering. The drain on his power must be terrible! This time, we didn't just attack with a massive display of force. We had a plan and it's working! Keep it up! We can't falter for even a moment!
At once, Firestorm, the Ray, all three Wonder Women and Supermen, Supergirl, Dr. Light, Captain Atom, the Shade, Green Lantern and the Martian Manhunter attack! And now he falls.
Pariah: He's falling, Dr. Light. DO IT NOW!
Dr. Light [Screams]
[Dr. Light releases the full force of her power]
For just a moment, the Anti-Monitor explodes with light. Organs burning through armor and flesh. He is slammed, his body smashing through the rock as if it was water.
{Wonder Woman of E-167 disappears as Dr. Light's powers fade]
Psycho-Pirate: He's dead. Oh what joy!
Nathaniel: He's dead. So what now?
Jax: So fast. Hell, if my knees weren't still knocking, I would say I was almost disappointed.
Clark: I know, I was expecting more satisfaction.
Diana: Clark. Your son is summoning us.
Jon: With the power I absorbed, I can open a portal between universes. But only for a short time.
[Jon opens a portal and heroes start going through]
Hal: Wait! Something's hapenning to the Demons!
Clark: They're being drawn toward the planetoid!
Clark (E-167): That's where the Anti-Monitor is!
Clark (E-96): I don't like this!
Jax: Oh no.. don't tell me there's bad news..
Wally: The planet's shaking.
Jax: I said don't tell me bad news.
Psycho-Pirate: You said you saved me! You lied, Flash, you lied!
[It rises]
Anti-Monitor: FOOLS! I HAVE ABSORBED THE POWER OF MY SHADOW DEMONS! I AM ONCE AGAIN INDESTRUCTABLE!
Pariah: We must rush through the portal!
Diana: We have to stop him!
Anti-Monitor: I CANNOT BE STOPPED HUMAN. I NO LONGER CARE ABOUT YOUR POINTLESS WORLD. BUT YOU HUMANS WHO HAVE THWARTED MY EVERY PLAN.. I SHALL DESTROY YOU!
[Anti-Monitor fires a beam of Anti-Matter at Diana]
Pariah: WONDER WOMAN!
Clark: Great Krypton! He's killed her! I don't even care about my life. I just care about stopping him.
Jax: I managed to save the Flash and the Pirate just as the Anti-Monitor's blast hit. Only they're not in the best of shape. And certainly not ready to take on Godzilla's bigger brother. I'll fly 'em back to the universe and then come back to lend an atomically-powered hand.
Clark: NO! Stay there! I'll handle this myself!
Diana (E-76): Not as long as I'm here.
[Clark (E-96) knocks them out of the way]
Clark: What?
Clark (E-96): Both of you can forget it. Sorry, but this is the only way. You people have too much to live for. I don't. Not any longer. In our reborn universe, my Krypton didn't exist. That means I don't exist. And I don't want to. Not without the woman I love. Take them back to Earth and stay there! I know what needs to be done. Do what I say, and no arguments.
Clark: Everyone says he was the first true hero. Now I know why. He's the most incredible man I've ever known.
Diana (E-76): I'll pray for you Superman, I really will.
Anti-Monitor: YOU STAYED BEHIND KRYPTONIAN? THEN YOU ARE THE GREATEST FOOL I HAVE EVER KNOWN.
Clark (E-96): Ugly, you may be right. But someone had to stay behind and clean up the garbage. I guess I was elected.
Anti-Monitor: THEN YOU WILL DIE! AND I WILL BE YOUR [Screams]
Clark (E-96): Our plan worked. The sorcerers changed the Shadow Demons. instead of empowering him, they're eating him from the inside. The last blow sent him reeling. But he's still too strong.
Jon: I can't a hold a breach open forever, Superman.
Clark (E-167): It's ok, kid. I'm staying here.
Jon: Something's happening.
Jon's eyes open, not realising someone else is also seeing through. The one called Superman, of Earth-167 is blown back by the Anti-Monitor.
Apokolips, the 4th World
Darkseid: Superman possesses power beyond comprehension. But even he is not mighty enough to defeat the Anti-Monitor alone. You Humans were "right" to come to me.
Carter: How can you see into the Antimatter universe?
Darkseid: Your "Jon Kent" is currently acting as a conduit between universes. My science allows me to see through his eyes.
Antimatter Universe, Qward
Clark (E-167): Superman, I'm here to help!
Anti-Monitor: YOU CANNOT HELP ANYONE! YOU CAN ONLY DIE!
[Mobius Blasts Superman (E-167)]
Clark (E-96): The blast didn't kill him. Anti-Monitor's weakening! I've got to keep up the preassure. And..
[Picks up to asteroids]
Clark (E-96): Smashing these asteroids into him is the best way I know how!
The Anti-Monitor is flung backward through space, hurtling for more than two million miles, before coming to a painful, body wrenching stop.
Clark (E-96): Long ago, i vowed never to take a life. But in this case, it's the only way. I'll live with myself for doing this. But the Anti-Monitor must be destroyed. That's it.. he's not getting up and I'm not sensing any heartbeat. You ok, pal?
Clark (E-167): You were incredible out there. Really incredible. I can't believe I'm still alive.
Clark (E-96): Thank Heaven you are. Now let's return to Jon and figure out what to do next.
Anti-Monitor: NOOOOO! I AM NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET! YOU MUST DIE! I MUST KILL YOU! I MUST ABSORB ALL THE ENERGY MY UNIVERSE PROVIDES AND.. I MUST KILL YOU EVEN IF I MUST DIE MYSELF.. I CANNOT.. LET YOU... LIVE... ANOTHER MOMENT! DIE! DIE! DIE!
Apokolips, The Fourth World
Darkseid: They can't squirm free. He's trapped them. I cannot allow him his victory. Should I allow him to live, Apokolips may be his next target. Thus, let him suffer the wrath of Darkseid.
The power pulses outward through the conduit that is Jonathan Samuel Kent. When it strikes the Anti-Monitor, it's effect is complete devestation! And he screams!
Kendra: You did it!
Carter: My god! Nothing seemed to stop him!
Rip: Lord Darkseid, we owe you our gratitude.
Darkseid: You owe me nothing, but one day you will "pay." Today, Apokolips and Earth faced a mutual threat. "Cooperation" was neccesary for survival. but I assure you, next time we meet, it will likely be as enemies.
Antimatter Unviverse, Qward
Clark (E-167): Any chance of reopening the portal?
Jon: To Earth, yes. But I warn you that if you return, it may result in your erasure.
[The voice once more shouts]
Anti-Monitor: SUPERMAN.
Clark (E-167): I can't believe this.
Anti-Monitor: SUPERMAN! I WILL NOT DIE UNTIL YOU DIE WITH ME!
Clark (E-96): His body is destroyed but he still comes back! He's a fireball, a living, killing fireball! No more. Nothing matters. I want to see him destroyed]
[Clark (E-96) starts whaling on the Anti-Monitor]
Clark (E-96): I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!
[Anti-Monitor explodes and releases]
Clark (E-96): He's exploded. Fallen back into the sun. Not even he could survive that last punch. Jon, you still have a life. A future. A family. Go back to Earth and enjoy it. For me and the other Superman, it's over. We just have to wait until time resets. We fought the good fight. We succeeded. I only wish Lois was here to see this.
Jon: She is alive, Superman. Alive and safe.
Clark (E-96): What are you talking about. She seized to be when Earth-96 was..
[Jon opens a portal]
Lois (E-96): Clark?
Clark (E-96): Lois?
Jon: I knew how the universe would be reborn. i couldn't let you, of all heroes, suffer that loss.
Lois (E-96): I was inside him, Clark. In a place that was so.. beautiful.
Clark (E-96): I never thought I'd see you again.
Jon: I cannot take the three of you back to Earth. But I am a tunnel to other places as well. Enter me.
Clark (E-96): We can be together, always.
Lois (E-96): I want to be wherever you are.
Clark (E-167): I'll go to. better to go into the unknown then to die here in the abyss.
Jon: Don't worry. Where your going, there is only peace. Ever lasting peace.
[They enter the portal and it shuts behind them[
Jon: Well, I guess that just leaves me. Time to go home.
[Jon opens a portal back to Earth]
Jon: That was a fight.