Earth-96283, New York City
Peter Parker was not having a good day. Then again, few days were good ones when you were Spider-Man. By all estimates, Spider-Man should have been having a good day. Thanks to him, crime had been at an all time low. But having to bury your best friend and lose the woman you love because of your actions was a tough pill to swallow. From the outside looking in, one could say that Peter was a fool giving up a great life with a wonderful woman. But in Peter Parker's mind, he was protecting her from himself.
He didn't trust himself anymore, not after what the symbiote made him do. It didn't matter if Mary Jane forgave him or not. He'd hurt her. He'd hurt Harry. That alien abomination would have never made its way to Eddie Brock if he hadn't put it on first. And Eddie never would have killed Harry. But really, Harry's death was on Peter's hands. And so was the pain he'd caused Mary Jane. So for her sake, he ended things between them. He even gave Aunt May back her wedding ring.
Now Peter only had his photographer job at the Daily Bugle and being Spider-Man in his life now. It's for the best, he told himself, This city needs Spider-Man more than it needs Peter Parker. As if to emphasize his point, an explosion sounded off in the financial district. Spider-Man swung over to investigate. Sure enough, one of the banks was being robbed by a large man wearing a gunmetal grey suit with large protruding horns. Of course, Spider-Man thought to himself, It had to be Rhino.
Said supervillain was currently in a standoff with the NYPD. "You coppers better get out of my way!", he shouted, "Or I'll give you a taste of the Rhino's horn!" Before he could charge, however, Spider-Man landed on a nearby wall and quiped, "Now now, Rhino. You won't make any friends with that kind of attitude." The Rhino growled out furiously, "Why don't you come down here and I'll show you my attitude!" But just as he was about to bring his fists down to smash the wall, a dark shadow fell over the financial district.
The sky began to turn purple and several portals of dark energy materialized. From them, fell hordes of black insect-like creatures with glowing yellow eyes. As soon as they landed, they started attacking the officers of the NYPD. Each time the creatures touched one of them, the police officers disappeared in flashes of light. Several of them assaulted the Rhino too. Spider-Man tried to use his webbing to pull them off of the officers, but the creatures grabbed his webline and pulled him towards them. As darkness surrounded him, he screamed at the top of his lungs, "MARY JANE!"
Earth-167, Smallville
Clark Kent was having a good day. Ever since he relinquished his Kryptonian powers to his birth father, Jor-El, life had worked out pretty well. Blessed with a beautiful wife, Lois Lane, who was at work now doing her reporting job for the Daily Planet, and two girls, the former Superman had decided to take the day off to take care of his sick daughter, Lana. The two of them were now watching Lois' report on the Justice League fighting the supervillain known as Psimon.
At the moment, Green Arrow, the Martian Manhunter, Batman, the Red Tornado, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Cyborg, Black Canary, Zatanna, and Booster Gold were all present to stop the telekinetic madman. A part of Clark felt like he should be there with them. But then he looked down at his sleeping daughter and remembered that this is where he belonged.
Clark saw Psimon go down, thanks to a boxing glove arrow. Nice shot, Oliver, Clark mused to himself. Suddenly, in the skies above Metropolis, the skies began to turn purple and portals of dark energy were formed. From them, fell hordes of black insect-like creatures with glowing yellow eyes. Immediately they started attacking the Justice League.
"Ladies and gentleman, I can't believe what I'm seeing!", exclaimed Lois, "Strange creatures have appeared from the sky and are now attacking our heroes! If this is our last broadcast, I want to say Clark, girls, I love you all so mu-" The signal cut out before she could finish. "LOIS!", Clark yelled in panic, "LOIS!" Suddenly, the skies over Smallville turned purple as well.
Looking out the house window, Clark could see the hordes of those dark creatures approaching the farm at incredible speed. Without even thinking, Clark threw himself over his sleeping daughter to shield her from the oncoming swarm. Even if he didn't have his powers, he would still protect what was left of his family.
Earth-Prime, Central City
The heroes of Earth were overwhelmed. It all started when Barry Allen a.k.a. the Flash had gotten a call from his friends at S.T.A.R. Labs, fellow metahumans Fransisco "Cisco" Ramon a.k.a. Vibe and Dr. Caitlin Snow a.k.a. Frost, had informed him that the rest of their superhero posse had gathered to fight off an extraterrestrial disturbance in Gardner Fox Square.
The Scarlet Speedster was making his way there now and, when he arrived, he saw the square looked like a warzone. Superman, Supergirl, the Martian Manhunter, Black Lightning, Batwoman, White Canary, the Atom and the Elongated Man were doing their best to fight of these dark monsters. Black Canary, Constantine, Huntress, Vixen, Kid Flash, Speedy, and so many others were disappearing one by one as the creatures assaulted them.
Soon enough a portal of vibrational energy appeared and out stepped Vibe and Frost. They immediately joined the fray, but the sheer number of these monsters was enough to overwhelm them all. "How do we stop these things?!", exclaimed Flash. "I have absolutely no idea!", exclaimed an exhausted Vibe. "I do", a deep voice behind them said.
Everyone turned around and saw Oliver Queen, former Green Arrow and now the Spectre, standing there with his hands reached out to them. "Take my hands, and each other's, if you want to live." Not needing to be told twice, they did as the Spectre said and they all disappeared in a flash of light.
Earth-2005, Gotham City
From his perch atop the Gotham Life Building, John Blake, known to the rest of Gotham as the Batman, could see all over the city. Ever since Bruce Wayne's sacrifice to save the city from being destroyed by Bane and the League of Shadows, John did everything he could to live up to the mantle of the Dark Knight. He'd made plenty of enemies in his career so far, but plenty of allies as well.
Chief among these was Commissioner James Gordon's daughter Barbara. Since he took her under his wing and trained her to be a crimefighter, she had taken up the moniker of Batgirl. Together, they had brought to justice the likes of the Penguin, the Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc and Clayface. However, their greatest challenge came in the form of Barbara's own brother, James Jr., who had taken up Harvey Dent's persona of Two-Face following a mental breakdown.
It was times like those that John had to wonder what Bruce would have done in that kind of situation. In addition to patrolling, he like to come up to buildings like this to get away from the world and its problems. However, Batman's watch was soon interrupted by the sky changing to a menacing shade of purple. He immediately activated his communicator and said, "Batgirl, meet me on the east end of Gotham. It's going to be one of THOSE nights."
Earth-6217, Philadelphia
Billy Batson and his foster siblings were all playing a game of Cards Against Humanity, when they saw the skies outside their bedroom window turn a dark purple. Freddie broke the silence with a declaration of, "Oh shit."
Earth-TRN414, New York City
Deadpool was calmly eating a chimichanga on top of a bridge, when the sky above turned purple and creatures started to fall out of portals. "Well that's going to be a pain in the ass", he said to himself.
Earth-66, Gotham City
"Holy dark creatures of death, Batman!", exclaimed Robin, as he and his partner were surrounded, "How can we possibly stop these things! They're tearing Gotham City apart!" The Caped Crusader gave a knowing look to the Boy Wonder and replied, "If this is to be our last caper, old chum, then let's go down swinging the hammers of justice!"