Justice Battalion battle against Parasite. The latter had bashed every member of the team back, but was quickly confronted by Captain Atom. Blue Beetle decked in the sideline, blasting a blue toned blast, clashing on Parasite's hip, shoving him metres away, dropping his latches with Captain Atom in the process.
Peacemaker, Judomaster, Thunderbolt, Question and Alloy attempted to lunge at Parasite, whom rapidly begins to get very annoyed. He begged the Justice Battalion to spare him, as he doesn't wish to have a death sentence. Nobody showed their care, they were eager to finish him off. Notably Magog was very eager to end him.
Parasite rotated to his left, registering Captain Atom charging at him at full speed. He glimpsed his right, realising the others are bulldozing him at the same pace. Nightshade was visibly seen under Parasite's eyes as well, radiating a blast misty strike down on him. Whilst Magog stood to witness Parasite befall in the rightful course of justice.
Seeing the Justice Battalion not refraining themselves from about to grant a deal on his life, enraged him. He was atomically through with begging, his anger outstretched in climax. He spins to confront Captain Atom, whom neared his end. Parasite instantly grabs him. With no remorse and filled with rage, he ripped Captain Atom's body in a disorganised half, releasing out a greater outburst of radiation, sprawling everywhere. Not just this place, not even just this city; it affected the nation wide-spread.
It's exploding radiation straightforwardly obliterates the Question, Peacemaker, Thunderbolt, Nightshade and Alloy. Magog dashed back, shocked at the outburst of Captain Atom's nuclear force zapping everywhere, unrestrained. He was horrified at what Parasite had done, the latter who also subsequently strewed into blown-off patterns.
All Magog would see now is the nuking's wall-letter enveloping everything it crawls.
5 minutes earlier...
The Artics
Fortress of Solitude
Mia took Barry to Superman's place as the latter's resources are more advanced, unbroken, and stabilised. Albeit some of S.T.A.R. Labs' equipment was displaced in the Fortress of Solitude's lab, as it involves issuing on the networking of the multiverse.
Flash began speed-buttoning on the laptop's keypad, going through every universe that exists in this multiverse. Barry dotted on each one, marking the following as not the right universe seeming to fit where Mia inhabits on.
"Well anything?", Mia questioned.
"Everything is so shedding. According to these patterns, you're from this universe. It's all the same. Nothing has changed", Flash addresses.
"Are you certain? Because there is a me that exists in this timeline, and she died", Mia regarded. Latter had disclosed Barry that her double died a decade ago, which also caused Kara and Oliver to leave this century.
"No. The scans indicate you're in the right place", said Barry.
"Where does that lead between me and that other me?", Mia asked.
Barry thought about it, reflecting back to the times when he encountered time remnants such as Eobard and his duplicate. Also the anachronisms that he once heard the Legends had fought consistently, to thrive maintenance in the timeline's structure.
"This could be sketchy but perhaps you could either be a time remnant or an anachronism", Barry assumes. Then a different thought was uprising on him. "Have you fought any speedsters before?".
Mia nodded, in a horizontal format. "Not one I can remember", said the latter.
Seconds afterwards, Mia overhears normal thuds directing their way.
"She's not a duplicate, not a time remnant, and she is not a specially a time anachronism", a voice proclaimed. A voice familiar to Mia, but unknown to Barry.
It came from the entry door, which slid open. Mia and Barry noted it was Superman that entered into the lab.
"I've seen her internal organs; they're in the correct arrangement", Kal explained.
Barry's attention wasn't attended on who Mia is, his attention was focused on Superman. "Superman?", Barry exclaimed, drawn on Superman's face, recognising it from 10 years ago. "Is that you?".
Superman questioningly scowls, with a trivial glance at the Flash. Mia noticed her uncle's expression, so she stepped in front of Flash, casually.
"I brought him here", Mia addressed.
Kal knew why Mia brought Barry. He once heard S.T.A.R. Labs was in ruins after the Flash's identity was revealed to the world. Barry's home was also decimated, which led to killing a few of Barry's loved ones. In this case, Kal knew Mia required his resources to safely support with Barry researching on a case regarding her livelihood. "Once your done, you know where the exit is", Kal declared, glaring at Barry, whom replied with a trifling nod.
With no words to proceed with, Kal rotates to his opposite direction, about to leave the lab. Then the ground shook, rendering everyone to slip. Barry's legs, Mia's legs, and Kal's legs; they all quivered, responding to the ground's cold impulses. They were staggered, soon losing their balance entirely, dropping on their feet. Kal gazed, turning to the coming droid he called upon. "Kelex? What's going on out there?".
Kelex addresses an enormous explosion that irradiates around the whole globe, dropping all three of them to drop into their stationary phased faces, shocked of what had come to occur.
Kal-El, Mia and Barry went to the monitors, activating a map, outlining the worldwide, where signatures of radiation spreads all around the Earth.
"Who would do such a thing?", Mia questioned.
"Not who", Kal-El announced. "What caused it?". Latter clicked on an open tab, in which it features a diagram; outlining the body part features of a figure displayed in front of them, as well as an imaged featured line cut on the displayed body's torso.
"Captain Atom?", Barry exclaimed, recognising the structure of the body displayed. He doesn't believe he would bring about a erupting nuclear burst in his own planet.
"Caption Atom? Ray?", Mia questioned, never heard of someone who fitted this term in their description.
"No. He's different. He's like a bag, capable of bringing out radiation; even the red son", the Flash explained, seeing Mia motioned an understanding expression. Barry turned his gaze to the screens. "He wouldn't simply nuke the whole world; doesn't sound like him".
"You're right; because Atom's body was somehow ripped apart", said Kal.
"By what?", Barry asked, with a scared tone on his face.
"Parasite. Apparently the Justice Battalion fought him...". Kal states the exact coordinates of where they recently battled in, which was where the outburst was designated outwards. Mia heard from Kal the existences of this league, which happened to be founded by Magog, whom was their leader.
"Those bastards don't have any sensitivity or thought of what Parasite holds", Barry commented.
"Seems we can't do anything for them anymore. They're dead. All of them. Except Magog", Superman addressed, looking on the screen status of any heartbeat signs located in the specified area.
Then a beeping alarm hones their senses, as Kal promptly turned on news. The news channel displayed breaking news, about the dissolution of food as it was carefully examined as being poisonous, including fruits and drinks, even water. Wasn't just food production. Most of the human population are suffering from skin fragmented rashes, that are quickly killing them.
"Oh no", Barry exclaimed. He then spun to Kal and Mia. "We have to help them!".
"Go ahead. You're overdue your time in here", Kal said, turning around to leave the monitors room.
Barry was about to remark on his actions, but was held back by Mia. She gestures the speedster to move out as it'd be preferable she should talk to him.
Mia entered inside a private room, the same room she last went in to speak to Kal. The same room Kal-El inhabits in.
Closing the door behind her, she stepped forward. She stares, centrally locked on Superman. The latter sat on a chair, keeping his head lowered, while his hands are battling by its entwine connection.
"Tried contacting your mother. I think she's still mad at me", said Kal. Mia was confused at what Kal was talking about. "Your brother. He was one of them that was the victim of the Joker's mass terrain; a practical joke launched on Daily Planet. Kara blamed me for failing to save William. She was right, I did fail to save them. They're were important people. Good people in that balled tower. Mr. White. Jimmy. Lois. Even my own son, and Oliver's: William".
"Leaving yourself in the dark; refraining to put on the cape isn't what Lois would want you to do. If she did happen to witness it, she would be very disappointed", Mia declared.
"Then what I can I do?! Huh?! I failed to save them! You should blame me for not saving your brother!", Kal shouted, as he straightly shot his head upright aimed at Mia. His voice then smooths, realising how far he crossed. "I was a failure". He plummeted his head down, showing himself as shame.
Mia recomposed herself slowly. She re-breathes, taking a shard of calming down. "In a timeline I recognised. It was way different from this timeline. Despite both timelines sharing the same chaos. Major difference directs on the timeline I underwent. I saw pain, tragedy, destruction, even human broken down. I saw my dad die. That hurt my severely, broken. Then I watched how my mom became a dictator; launching a worldwide spread in overtaking numerous universes. She subjected herself as a royalty of the goddess of the multiverse", she explained. Shocked Kal when he learns Mia's erased timeline had Kara become insanely a ruler. "If I lost William; failed to save him, I wouldn't pad my ass on a saddling chair. I'd stand upright and horse my ass forward; to honour him, all of the people who died. In your mind, the one thing you should be thinking about is what you would like to do: either stay another decade in this fortress of tranquil peace and harmony, developing your own suffer, or reawaken the hero that the world looked up to for decades. It's your choice".
Those are the only choices set in Kal's mind. One of them will lead to greater openings; a new light. He raised his eyes, sharply appointed to Mia, whom awaited his decision, as she appears to be prepared for what Kal is about to decide, even the choice of persisting to stay isolated. She rises no emotions on her glaring eyes. Her attention was fixing this world.