In the city of Metropolis, its protector Superman was standing on the roof of the Daily Planet on the phone with his wife.
"Don't worry Lois, I'll be home before you know it. Bye." He told her hanging up. He was about to fly away to meet her and their son (Jon) until a voice caught his attention.
"So you're him, the Man of Steel." Said a red haired man stepping out of the shadows. "Now I know you have somewhere to be, but I was hoping that I would have a chance to test your skill."
"Really?" said Man of Steel asked crossing his arms. "And you are?"
"Sirzechs Lucifer, leader of the Four Great Satans. I just wanted to see if what these mortals are right about you being as powerful as they say you are."
"Is that right now?" Clark asked raising an eyebrow. He looked around and saw that his home city was busy and filled with people like it normally is. The last thing either one want was more damage and innocent lives put at risk. With a sigh, Superman made a decision: "Okay, I'll humor you. Under one condition."
"Name it."
"We fight somewhere way less populated than here. Deal?"
"Deal." Sirzechs answered with a smirk. In an instant, Superman took off flying in top speed with the Crimson Satan following behind him. They both stopped, now floating on top of a deserted island far away from Metropolis (or really any city in that manner) with Sirzechs already being impressed by his opponent's speed.
"Let's make this quick, I promised my family that I'll be home soon." Clark said getting into a fighting position, with Sirzechs chuckling in response.
"Believe me. I know the feeling." He replied.
RAISE SOME HELL!
ENGAGE!
Sirzechs starts things off with a quick punch but Superman just as quickly caught it and delivered his own punch sending Sirzechs crashing into the ground below. "Wow, I actually felt that." The Leader of the Four Great Satans stated getting back off the ground. "But now it's my turn." He then used his wings to fly again this time speeding towards The Man of Steel and landing a solid punch before the superhero can even react.
Sirzechs then locked Superman in a series of kicks and punches, then finishes by shooting a beam of energy knocking The Last Son of Krypton away.
Superman retaliates by shooting lasers of his own from his eyes hitting The Crimson Satan directly in the face. Sirzechs was then greeted with an uppercut sending him higher up in the air, but managed to stop and regain his bearings.
He then teleports away surprising his opponent and appears behind him kicking him in the back and then engulfing Superman with fire. Normally Kal El wouldn't really feeling anything from fire since he is nearly indestructible. However, since Sirzechs was using magic, he actually did feel a burning sensation from the flames, it hurt, but it wasn't even to kill him immediately.
Superman then took a deep breath and blow sending a freezing wind sending the flames back to his opponent who after that was left with some ice covering some parts of his body including his wings. With is wings frozen in place, Sirzechs then fell down almost crashed into the island again until he freed himself flexing his wings. Now back over being at the same spot across from the Man of Steel, Sirzechs just stood there doing seemingly nothing confusing his opponent.
He then decided to use his magic to attack Superman mentally to read his thoughts and use them against him, but became even more surprising to feel some strong resistance from the Kryptonian. Sirzech was then knocked back onto the ground a second time and just standing a few feet away from the Man of Steel.
"So he saw through that trick, this man is defintely full of surprises." Sirzechs thought to himself. He then gets into a fighting stance as Superman goes in for another punch but Sirzechs proves that he has superior fighting capabilities with every hit, dodge and parry. Eventually knocking the Kryptonian into the sand.
Having enough, Superman felt like he should end the fight already. So he vibrate his body to the speed of light confusing the Crimson Satan who (less than a second) was hit by the Infinite Mass Punch which completely destroyed the large island they were just standing on.
KO!
Sirzechs woke up in a hospital room back in Metropolis to see his opponent sitting in a chair across from him glad to see he was alright. "How long was I out?"
"About four hours, I brought you here to get some help before I went back home. Glad to see your alright." Clark said with a friendly smile.
"Thanks," Sirzechs stated still feeling a little sore from the fight. "I guess it's true what they say, you really are a god among men."
"I'm just a man Sirzechs. Nothing more, nothing less." Superman corrected. Admittedly, The Leader of the Four Great Satans was quite pleased with the Man of Steel's humble nature. They both turned to see a woman with silver hair and eyes walk through the door with an unamused look on her face which made Sirzechs grow pale. The reason why? It's his wife: Grayfia.
"Well? Aren't you going to ask how I found you?" She asked. Sirzechs then relaxed thinking that he has the perfect answer to her question.
"Is it because my good looks are hard to miss?" He asked with a smirk, causing Grayfia to facepalm. Trying to break some awkwardness, Clark spoke up.
"I take it you're his wife."
"Unfortunately, yes." Grayfia stated, she then took a good look at Clark. "And I take it you're the one who put him in this bed in the first place?"
"Well, yes…" Clark stayed rather awkwardly. "I tried end our little fight quickly by using a trick that I almost forgot about. Sorry about that."
"Don't be, I have a feeling that Sirzechs started it." Grayfia said with a sigh. "So… Can either one of you tell me what that trick was to the put my husband in this position? And maybe what lead up to that."
"Well…" Clark began to explain.
THIS MELEE'S WINNER IS… SUPERMAN!
BONUS BATTLE!
Back in the Injustice Universe…
Inside the Fortress of Solitude, a man wearing a suit that heavy resembled a bat was thrown into wall. The only thing more painful than the impact itself was the fact that it was his former friend Superman fighting him. The one getting hurt was the one, but for a while was not the only, Batman.
The Man of Steel stared down at the Dark Knight with the clear intention of killing him while hovering in mid-air. More was he a great protector of his planet, this Superman was a sadistic tyrant Hellbent on ruling the world he once kept safe. "I told you I would be back Bruce." He said in monotone voice.
"I'll admit, I didn't think would be this soon." Bruce corrected struggling to get back up. Clark grabbed him by the neck, but was shot in the face with laser beams by her blonde headed cousin Kara (nicknamed: Supergirl) forcing the other kryptonian to let go saving the Dark Knight. Kara then quickly flew over to her cousin for a punch to the face but Clark knocks her back with one hit.
"Don't Clark! She's your family!" Bruce said in a paniced tone.
"She made her choice. Much like the fool who killed Diana." Superman stated. "And now he's in two pieces because of that. And you better believe that I'll continue to enforce Justice with or without the Regime." He was about freeze Batman solid with his Artic Breath but was interrupted once again, this time by being zapped by a some electricity that forced him to take a knee after screaming in pain. He looked behind him to see the source was none other then Sirzechs Lucifer glaring back at him.
"You have a lot of nerve trespassing into me AND attacking me." Superman stated crossing his arms.
"But oppressing the people you swore to protect is perfectly okay?" Sirzechs ask sarcastically clearly unamused. With Superman already being annoyed, he then charged towards Sirzechs with a punch, but is surprised to see the Crimson Satan actually catch the fist in his hand and retaliate by punching the Man of Steel in the face instead. Clark was even more surprised feeling the punch sting as has place is hand on his swore cheek (quit snickering).
"Wow, that actually hurt." He said some what impressed. "Tell me, what do you plan to do with me?"
Sirzech smirks knowing that he'll probably enjoy what's going to happen next a little more than he should. "Isn't it obvious?" He asked getting into a fitting position. "If not, I'll give you a hint: you won't live to Rule this planet anymore."
"NO!" Kara panicked was about to step in until Bruce restrained her.
"Kara stop! We don't know what this man is capable of!"
"But we can't just let him kill Kal!"
"I'm sorry, but if the Phantom Zone can't stop him, then nothing will, the device I built was the only thing stopping from coming back with any of his powers. Now that's gone. Besides, we need to prepare ourselves incase Clark does win this fight. I'm sorry Kara, but your cousin has been dead long before you have even made it to this planet, if there was any way I could fix that then I would, but for now, we need to get somewhere safe." Batman explained as Kara stayed quiet, not sure on how to process everything her human said to her. She did aleast agree to get somewhere safe while two men were getting ready to fight it out, she then grabbed Batman and took off to the Batcave as fast she could.
"So it's true, you were once a great hero before all of this." Sirzechs said showing that he was also listening to The Dark Knight's words. "How tragic."
"I am still a hero FYI." Clark said finally getting into a fighting position.
"Yes, keep telling yourself that."
ROUND 2!
FIGHT!
Clark started off shooting his heat vision which Sirzechs dodges and (with another solid punch) knocks the Man of Steel into one of the statues of his parents breaking the face and falling back to the same spot where he was just hovering.
Superman then delivered a fast flying kick to the face knocking Sirzechs in to a wall. The Crimson Satan then got back up and knee'd Superman in the stomach then follow it with a head butt finishing it up with a kick to the stomach this time knocking his opponent to the ground.
Despite still feeling the beating he just received, the Man of Steel shot up from the ground with an uppercut knocking Sirzechs into the air and falls back on the ground landing flat on his back. The two got up with Clark clenching his stomach and Sirzechs clenching his jaw both groaning at the same time.
"Impressive." Clark said getting over the pain. "So what are you exactly? I think it's pretty obivious that you're not human if you can hurt me even without the help of magic."
Sirzechs smirked. "The question you should be asking is "Who am I?" not "What?""
Superman raised an eyebrow in response. "Okay then, who are you?"
"Simple…" Sirzechs chuckled and then his wings appeared on his back and quickly flew over to the Man of Steel grabbing his neck. "I'm Satan." He then carried Superman in the the air, then just as quick shot back down slamming the Kryptonian into the ground finishing it off by throwing him into a wall.
The Man of Steel then got back up again, that fired another shot of Laser Vision, with Sirzechs simply moving out of the way. Sirzechs then rushed over to the Kryptonian, and then said Kryptonian than let out an Arctic Breath which Sirzech quickly uses one his wings a shield to protect himself from the freezing wind.
When the Crimson Satan felt the wind finally stop Superman then shot up and grabbed his opponent by the waist and took to the sky. He then pushed the demon away and delivered a powerful punch to the face knocking Sirzechs away and continues to attack the Crimson Satan before he could recover in mid-air.
However, Sirzech catches a punch with his hand and kicks Superman in the face knocking him back a few feet. The two stood there hovering high in the sky, Sirzech began to look around, making sure no other living being around. Thankfully, it was just the two fighters.
"Something bothering you?" The Man of Steel asked somewhat actually curious. Sirzechs just smirked in response.
"I was just hoping your "friends" really were far away from here for what happens next."
Superman then looked slightly surprised to see a red and black sphere appear in Sirzechs's hand while Sirzechs himself had a confident smile on his face.
"What is that?" Kal El asked not sure on what to think.
"Ruin the Extinct…" Sirzechs said, then the Sphere instantly grew larger engulfing the Tyant of Tomorrow causing to him to panic.
"NOOOO-" But then, Superman's screams of agony went silent as everything became dark and empty.
KO!
Back over in Gotham City, Batman finished up with the weapon he was planning to use for Clark before he escaped with Kara stood by the entrance of the subway anticipating her cusion's return. They both became alert when they both heard foot steps walking towards them with Kara getting into a fighting stance and Batman grabbing the Kryptonite Weapon aiming at the source causing the intruder to stop. "Brother Eye! Activate the Emergancy Lights!" Batman ordered.
"Activating Emergancy Lights." The AI system confirmed and the whole abaddon subway was flooded with lighted revealing the intruder to be Sirzechs and not Kal El, causing the two heroes' eyes to go wide in surpise.
"You. you won?" Kara said in complete shock.
"Yes, and I'm sorry about your cousin." Sirzech answered with resmorse. "Believe me, if there was another way I could use to stop him I would have done it. But letting him live puts this whole planet at risk with or without the help The Regime."
"Is there… any thing left of him? A price of his suit? His cape?" Kara asked getting emotional. Sirzechs sadly shock his head proving that Ruin the Extinct comepletely erased the Kryptonian. Kara than began sobbing as Bruce come over and pulled Kara into a huge to try and comfort the female kryptonian. While the Crimson Satan did feel pretty guilty taking away a member of the girl's family, in the end it had to be done.
As Kara finished shedding a few tears, Bruce then looked back at Sirzechs as he began to speak. "Right now my only regret regarding Clark is not saying good-bye, but I need to know why I should trust that would ever you did to him won't happen to anyone else."
"Simple, I came for Superman and only Superman, I have no other reason to use such power here. If it's any comfort to either of you, I do not plan on staying here or even coming back."
The Dark Knight then thought about it for amount, while this man does seem to still have whatever moral code he had intact, he still didn't know who this man was. So Bruce decided: "I'll need you to explain to me just who exactly who you are. Then we'll talk about wether or not we can trust you really won't use any leathful force again."
"Seems reasonable enough." Sirzechs stated.
"what your name?" Kara asked the red haired demon.
"Sirzechs Gremory, I also go by Lucifer." Sirzechs answered somewhat proud.
"Not a very comforting nick-name." Bruce responds.
"I've been told that before, and it's really more of a title than a name."
"So I see."
THIS MELEE'S WINNER IS… SIRZECHS!
Special thanks to my friend Blackwolf249 for requesting this battle. And I really, REALLY, hope this was worth the wait because I tried to make both versions in this chapter as believable as possible, wether if that worked or not is completely up to you guys. It might be another while before I get back to writing the Power of Two since I'm still feeling somewhat homesick with me now living here in Taiwan, but on the bright side I have some brand new stories planned as well as some new Match-Ups for OMM coming along the way. Thanks for sticking with me, and Until Next Time…