Chapter 60: You'll see soon enough

As I surveyed the room- There was only one option, that Bishop had for help…

The cafeteria was crumbling around us. Everything was broken, or burning. Juggernaut, and the diamond-woman, were still fighting us, but I had Barry, and both "John's", still available too… Kind of.

Barry was still down, from his diamond-crusted fist to the face, and John's cross-gun does nothing to this diamond-woman…

BANG!

… As I was saying, John's cross-gun does nothing to either the diamond-woman, or Juggernaut. Whom, speaking of which, was proving to be too much for even J'onn to handle…

If John's overpowered holy-gun can't stop those two- What am I, and my standard issue M1911, going to do? But I also can't move Bishop by myself, not with her injuries…

Just then, Barry started getting up on his feet-

"Barry," I called, "Barry! Get over here!"

I was suddenly hit by a rush of wind, as Barry had flashed over! "Officer, I- What's Bishop's condition?"

"She's not going to make it- if we don't get her out of here now, Barry."

"To where, though?"

"I d-... Listen. Get her to the hospital. There's a nurse there. She'll know… Then get back here!"

"Officer-"

"Go, Barry!"

… Within a flash, Barry had removed Bishop from her position against the table, and they both had disappeared…

Back to the fight-

John had taken a position and was trying to do what he could against the remaining two Marauders. J'onn was using his telepathy to hold back the enemies, but they were somehow strong enough to resist J'onn powers, almost completely...

"I can't hold them for much longer." J'onn warned.

"Then don't hold'em, mate! End'em!"

BLAST!

… OH… MY… ERU…

Laser beam eyes… Not kidding… Two red beams, burst from J'onn's eyes, and immediately shattered the upper torso of Juggernaut!

"Yes, mate! Bloody Apocalypse! Where's that been this whole time!?"

J'onn then tried to turn his death stare towards the diamond-woman… The laser beams ricocheted off of her, and sent the beams flying across the room!

"J'onn, stop!" I yelled.

When J'onn ended his sight guided death beams, a new voice could be heard laughing by the main door..

"Pity that we never got a sample from you, Dr. Jones," the voice taunted… It was Dr. Morbius.

He emerged from the shadows of the broken doors, and he was holding a gun that I had never seen before. It was similar to the gun that Egghead had used at the Outpost… but it didn't seem to be made to shoot those little disks? This looked like it didn't use bullets at all?

Dr. Morbius then activated the weapon. A blue light surged from the handle of the weapon, out to the tip of the barrel. The light glowed with an intensity known only to one thing… Something that by now, I knew all too well… The Cosmic Cube.

But… quantum-powered, Cosmic Cube tech? There's no way, right?

BLAST!

...This time J'onn didn't blast his lasers into the chest of our enemies. No. This blast proved my fear had been realized…

A charge of blue energy released from Dr. Morbius's weapon! It had hit J'onn directly in his chest, and just like I had seen with both Phill, and Bucky… J'onn was instantly entombed in a cloud of blue energy, and then vanished…

"You see, Officer… Constantine, there is no purpose in opposing us. You two have shown yourselves to be resourceful… Dare I say, you both have potential," Dr. Morbius said next.

"You go straight to Apocalypse, you f-" John began, before being interrupted,

"Hold your tongue, fool! The SSR is about to be no more! A seed has been planted… You cannot stop it's growth… The SSR proved to be quite fertile soil, indeed… But now it is time to break out of the soil, and up into the light of day…"

As Dr. Morbius continued his villainous monologue, I noticed John moving slowly off to the side of the cafeteria. He was moving towards a pile of debris that was gathered on the floor near him? I gave him a subtle look, to try and see what he was doing, but he just smiled at me?

He had that look...

I looked down at his profile, towards his hands… He was holding something... Dragon's Breath… That crazy, son of a…

"We have a video showing The Flash killing SSR Agent Coulson, at the PalmerPym Tech facility… Before showing it was The Flash that blew the facility up!"

"What are you talking about!?" I demanded.

"You'll see soon enough, Officer. Well… Maybe, after all, you will not see it for yourself!"

… then pointed his weapon towards me!...

"Hey, Doctor!" John then yelled, "Catch!... Officer, Cover!"

BOOM!

John had tossed the Dragon's Breath grenade towards Dr. Morbius! I dove behind a small pile of nearby debris, and I prayed to Eru that I somehow didn't perish in the ensuing blaze…

…

"You can look up now, Officer," a woman's voice said.

… The diamond-woman?...

"Why? Why did you save me?" I asked the diamond-woman. She was now standing over me; as if she had been covering me from the flames of John's grenade.

"My name is Emma Frost. I am not a clone.."

… She was smiling at me? At this point though, I'm still certain that she has saved me- so that she can end me herself...

"I am an X-Men. I infiltrated the Marauders several months ago, on orders of Professor Xavier. He told me that you would come back. I knew it was you the moment that you ran into the cafeteria."

"What are you talking about!?" I interjected to ask. "You're an X-Men!?"

"Go now, Officer!... Constantine! Go on!... You have to get to the central control room!"

… John emerged from the pile of debris he had taken cover behind, and he ran over to join myself, and this, Emma Frost… But when a section of roofing fell down, that was close to all of us, Emma seemed to disappear...

So John and I exited the cafeteria, to make our way towards the central control room, we walked past the charred, smoldering remains of Dr. Morbius. His body was almost unrecognizable. The weapon he had used- was damaged almost completely. The sight made me feel that If that was the last of Dr. Morbius, and his Marauders, then we've won, right? We saved the base!

…

We reached the central control room, and we rushed through the door…

"Don't take another step closer! And keep your hands where I can see them!"

"Clint!? What are you doing, mate!?"

… Clint was holding The Batman at bow-point…

"Listen, everyone needs to just take a seat at the table," a new voice then said, from behind one of the chairs sitting around the table.

"Rick!? What's going on here?" I demanded.

"Listen, Officer, just take a seat." Rick said, while pointing to a vacant chair. He then motioned over towards another chair and said, " John, please."

We all sat down at the table in the central control room. Clint ushered The Batman to a seat as well. Next, entering through the door, another, familiar voice began to speak-

"Now, I know you all have your questions… and probably, rightly so… But there's still one question that I would like to know…"

It was General Fury? And with him was Phil, and Private Stewart… Both were in bad shape; bloodied and bruised. General Fury was smiling, and on his hand… The Lantern Ring.