Chapter 14.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will cover the battle against Ra's and the Lovecraftian monsters.
Also note, all chapters featuring major battles or crossovers will be in third person POV as I don't feel like doing everyone's POV.
And I have officially decided to do my version of the Black Widow film. After rewatching the trailer, it made me decide to do it in the sequel.
As for the MCU Phase 4, I am super hyped to go see Black Widow and Dr Strange In The Multiverse of Madness.
I may potentially go see The Eternals and Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in the cinemas if there trailers are awesome.
And Spider Man 3 and Thor: Love and Thunder. I am not interested due to the fact that the MCU writers keep sacrificing there characters to prop up these stupid plot lines. But if you are looking forward to them, then power to you.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed and favirouted this fic so far.
On with the show.
No One's POV.
Oliver, Team Arrow and all there allies were in an ARGUS plane heading for Nanda Parbat.
"So how many guys can we expect?" McGarett asked.
"Unknown. Any where between a handful to hundreds" Oliver replied.
McGarett nodded as he his AK-74 assault rifle.
Oliver picked that moment to hand them there comm links.
"All right guys, listen up. Here are your earbuds for encrypted communication" he said handing one to each of them.
"We're here" the pilot said as the plane began its slow dissent down.
The plane landed and they exited.
"All right remember guys, stay sharp. We get in, we find Jason, we kill Ra's, we get out" Oliver instructed.
McGarett, Lawton and Shaw readied there guns as they moved.
Roy, Merlyn and Oliver had notched arrows to there bows while Diggle took out a pistol.
Sara had armed herself with a Bo staff.
Slade and Constantine were armed with swords.
Turner put on his metal claws.
All of them silently approached the entrance to Nanda Parbat.
They were in multiple groups; Oliver, Merlyn, Roy and Diggle, Slade, Constantine, Sara and Turner and Lawton, Shaw and McGarett.
"Approach on my signal" Oliver ordered.
Two League members exited the entrance and walked down.
Oliver and Roy loosed arrows that took them out.
Oliver gave the signal to move forward.
"There they are! Don't let them enter!" a League member shouted from the rooftop only to get shot down by McGarett.
But it was too late.
A horn blew and over fifty League members came rushing out.
McGarett, Shaw and Lawton took down the majority of them using there guns while Constantine chanted.
A ball of fire materialized and steadily grew bigger.
He blew the ball at two assassins and it instantly set them on fire.
Oliver, Roy and Merlyn fired a continuous barrage of arrows that took down numerous assassins.
Slade marched forward, his armour easily deflecting arrows shot at him. He got close to an assassin and drew his sword and slashed the mans throat.
Turner jumped up from behind a rock and stabbed an assassin in the chest with his claws.
More assassins came rushing through only for Shaw, Oliver, Diggle, McGarett and Lawton to mow them down.
An assassin attempted to sneak up on Shaw but Shaw sensed him and spun around and kicked him before finishing him off with a bullet to eye.
Merlyn sprung out from behind a rock and used his sword to cut the last visible assassins head clean off.
Everybody waited in anticipation for more assassins to come out, but all was quiet.
"All right everyone, roll forward on my signal" Oliver ordered.
Oliver moved forward cautiously and slowly approached, with Diggle and Sara behind him.
Lawton used his cybernetic eye to sweep the perimeter.
He found nothing.
Lawton then moved behind Merlyn as Turner cautiously moved forward as well.
Roy and Constantine came last.
They entered Nanda Parbat while on the look out for enemies.
"Anything Lawton?" Oliver quietly asked.
"Nothing. Coast is clear" came the reply.
"Follow me" Oliver ordered.
The group moved further into Nanda Parbat, as they saw that the place was carved into the mountain, with hundreds of torches on the rocks surrounding them. There were lots of twisting hallways and corridors. It was beautiful but all were growing more and more worried as there were no assassins.
"Why is it so quiet?" Slade asked in concern.
"Could be a trap" Sara said.
"Yeah I think that seems pretty obvious to me mate" Shaw said sarcastically.
But still no one came.
"Where could Jason be Sara?" Oliver asked her.
"He would be in the dungeons probably. If not…there's only one other place he would be" Sara said, her eyes narrowing.
"Which is?" McGarett asked.
"Let's not talk about that yet. Let's check the dungeons first" Sara said, evading the question.
Oliver frowned but with a shrug, he followed Sara.
The team turned corners left and right, before finding the door that lead to the dungeons.
There was an opening that allowed the prison guard to look in.
"McGarett, Shaw, Diggle, take the right, Turner, Roy, Merlyn take the left. Constantine, Sara, Lawton you guys follow me. We need to split up and search properly" Oliver ordered.
Everybody went there separate ways and began searching each cell.
"Uh, there's no one here" McGarett said in confusion.
"Where else could he be?" Shaw wondered out loud.
"Uh guys, this is the only thing we found in one of the cells" Turner said as he pulled out a watch from his pocket and showing it to everyone.
Oliver's eyes narrowed.
The watch was Jason's.
"I recognize that. That's Jason's" he said.
"Could he still be alive somehow?" Roy asked.
"There is only one other place he could be" Sara said.
She looked at everyone.
"Follow me" Sara said and turned around before walking out of the dungeons.
The rest of the team followed her.
"Be careful. Watch out for any people or traps" Sara warned.
They walked across an intricate path of corridors and hallways until they entered a deep chamber.
"Well we certainly entered sci-fi land" Diggle muttered as he noticed the Twin Swords of Blood and Death as well as the Soul Stone.
They walked towards the end of the chamber where the Gateway was open and shimmering.
"What the hell is that?" Roy asked, with a half measure of fascination and half measure of trepidation.
"The Gateway. It is basically a portal leading to an alternate dimension. If Jason is anywhere else, he would be in there. If we want to find Jason, then we probably have to go in there to check" Sara said.
"How dangerous is it?" Turner asked.
"Depends. It can be either paradise or hell. There are creatures that will rip you to pieces if they see you" Merlyn said casually.
Oliver and Sara glared at him.
"Okay…So what's the paradise part?" Turner asked.
"Well there are lush forests and beautiful birds in the sky. And the people there are friendly" Merlyn replied.
"I might be tempted to cross over, if there are any pretty ladies" Turner said with a naughty glint in his eye.
"Well aren't we lucky to have you on our team" Merlyn said with an undertone of sarcasm.
"Enough!" Oliver snapped, "Let's get going" he ordered and one by one, they jumped through the Gateway.
There was a blinding light, which caused them all to shield there eyes from the pain.
When they opened there eyes, they were in a forest.
"We're here" Sara said in a low voice.
Oliver notched an arrow to his bow.
"All right everyone. Stay sharp and keep a look out" he ordered as he walked forward.
"All right, where to Sara?" he asked.
"Straight ahead" was the reply.
They moved across the forest, there weapons at the ready.
"Why is it so quiet?" Shaw asked in concern.
Suddenly Constantine dropped to one knee, clutching his head as if he was in pain.
Everyone turned to face him and Oliver rushed to his side.
"Constantine what's wrong?" he asked, concerned.
"A great evil is approaching" Constantine said in between breaths.
"What great evil? You mean Ra's?" McGarett asked.
"Worse than that. It is Nyarlathotep. I can sense him closing in" Constantine said in a panic.
"Who is Nyarlathotep?" Lawton asked.
"A terrible evil. He has many names and a thousand different forms all of which induce madness to anyone who sees it" he replied.
Everyone except for Sara and Merlyn exchanged shocked glances.
"Well that doesn't sound too good" McGarett said in a hesitant voice.
"You think?" Shaw replied sarcastically.
"Where is he?" Oliver asked.
"Close by. I can't detect where exactly he is, only that he is approaching. We must find Jason" he warned.
Suddenly an explosion was heard in the distance.
A large pillar of smoke rose in the distance.
"The Dunlossburg is under attack!" Sara said in horror.
"What the hell is a Dunlossburg?" Oliver asked.
"The greatest and most heavily fortified city in this world. It is protected by heavy enchantments. Jason will most likely be there" she replied.
"Cool, so we got nothing to worry about then" Diggle said.
"Oh I wouldn't say that Dig. There are creatures such as Nyarlathotep who can easily wipe out the city with a mere thought" she warned.
"I would like to meet this Nyarlathotep. He sounds like a bitch" Shaw said.
Everybody laughed as the tension eased a little bit.
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go kick some ass!" Oliver said and the team began running out of the forest.
They sprinted clear of the forest, with Oliver, Sara and Shaw in the lead, Diggle, Roy, Merlyn and Turner following and Constantine, McGarett, Slade and Lawton at the back.
The Dunlossburg was smoking and there was yelling in the distance.
After sprinting across the plane, the team entered the city through the already broken down gates.
Inside was chaos.
The League were busy fighting Cassilda and her fellow warriors known as the Order.
The Order currently had the advantage with there superhuman strength, but the League had numbers.
Oliver could make out Nyssa as one of the figures fighting the League.
Team Arrow and there allies charged and collided with the League.
Shaw, McGarett and Lawton open fired with there guns.
Slade drew his sword and twirled before slashing an assassin, opening his throat.
Turner leapt at another assassin and impaled him with his claws.
Merlyn, Oliver and Roy fired arrows that took down multiple League members.
Constantine chanted and summoned massive tendrils of energy that grabbed a few League members and sucked them into the ground.
"Oliver!" Jason shouted and Oliver turned to face him.
"Jason. Thank god you're alive. I've been looking for you for two days. I thought you were dead" Oliver said to him.
"Really? Two days. It's been seven months for me and man did I miss you" Jason replied.
"Hey idiots, we're in the middle of a fight here!" Shaw yelled at them.
"We'll talk later" Oliver said before they turned and sprinted back into battle.
Soon, the fight spilled out of the city and onto the Battleground.
Oliver fired an arrow that hit an assassin in the eye.
McGarett fired his guns at the League that took down 3 while Diggle used an assault rifle and pecked off the ones that caused the most harm.
While all the chaos was going on, Merlyn snuck up behind Lawton and stabbed him in the back.
Lawton fell to the ground, yelling in pain.
"Man down! Man down!" yelled Merlyn as he leaned over and started to suffocate Lawton.
By the time Sara arrived, Lawton was already dead.
"I didn't get to him in time" Merlyn said.
Sara looked at him suspiciously and said, "I don't know what game you're playing Merlyn, but I have my eye on you".
"I don't know what you're talking about Sara, I'm just here to help" Merlyn said with a smirk on his face as he rushed off back into the fray.
They carried on fighting the League and Merlyn started inching closer to his next target which happened to be Turner.
Screaming a battle cry he ran up to where Turner was fighting an assassin, and rammed his sword right through Turner's side, but not in any fatal spots.
"Traitor!" yelled Oliver who spotted him.
"I warned you Merlyn!" he yelled, aiming an arrow at Merlyn.
"Well Oliver, you truly are stupid. Did you really think I was going to help you out of the goodness of my heart? The plan was to kill Ra's, Nyssa, Jason and all of you and then I gain control of the League" Merlyn laughed.
Oliver loosed the arrow at Merlyn who cut it in half with his sword.
Cassilda raced to Turner's side and began chanting as green mist flowed out of her hand and into Turner's wound.
The wound slowly healed until only a feint scar remained.
Merlyn stepped forward to face Oliver but Shaw stepped in his way.
"Go Oliver, I'll handle him" Shaw said.
Merlyn yanked a knife out and threw it at Shaw, disarming him of his gun.
"Handle me?" Merlyn laughed at Shaw.
Shaw then charged and threw a punch at Merlyn and the two began fighting.
The ground suddenly began shaking as hundreds of tons of dirt got thrown in the air.
Giant blob like creatures with hundreds of eyes and multiple tentacles emerged out of the ground.
They were the Shoggoths.
Everyone imiadetley stopped fighting and turned around, and bolted in the opposite direction.
"The Shoggoths? Run!" Cassilda yelled.
Giant mosquito/lobster creatures called Mi-Go's flew in the sky and flew down, picking up League and Order members and eating them whole.
From the tree line burst the Night Gaunts by the hundreds.
The League members suddenly collapsed to there knees as black mist flowed from there heads.
When the League members looked up, they stared in horror.
"What have we done?" one asked.
Realising they had no choice, Team Arrow, the League and the Order formed a line together to fight the new enemies.
Nyarlathotep strode calmly in the distance with Damon by his side.
Constantine summoned fireballs in his hands and hurled them which incinerated several Night Gaunts.
Slade fought against a Shoggoth and tried cutting it with his sword.
The Shoggoth in turn smacked him with a tentacle and sent him flying.
Battle raged all over the Battleground.
Cassilda grabbed a Mi-Go and ripped it in half.
A Shoggoth moved across the plain, crushing several Order members.
Zane was among those killed.
McGarett was beginning to get overwhelmed by the Mi-Go's and Jason leapt to his aid, using his sword to cut them in half.
The blade had been enchanted to kill any magical being.
Cassilda and Sara were cornered and fought back to back against a group of Night Gaunts.
"Good to see you again Cassilda" Sara greeted.
"You too Sara" Cassilda replied as Diggle fired his assault rifle.
Roy and Turner were fighting at the tree line but the wave of enemies seemed to be endless.
That and Nyarlathotep and Damon seemed to be approaching faster.
Constantine created a tide of water that swept a group of Mi-Go's and Night Gaunts away.
Slade had recovered from being smacked with the tentacle and was fighting a pair of Night Gaunts.
His armour protected him from most forms of damage as he used his sword to slice there limbs off.
Meanwhile the fight between Shaw and Merlyn had taken them into the forest where the two adversaries's traded vicious blows.
Merlyn and Shaw circled each other as Shaw sent a jab at Merlyn's face.
Merlyn countered with a kick to his leg but Shaw leapt backwards and replied with a punch to his chest.
Meanwhile McGarett had been cornered by the Gateway, not far from Shaw and Merlyn's fight.
He was currently attempting to fight off over a dozen Mi-Go's.
He didn't see the Gateway was open thanks to the world's magic going haywire and he fell into a barren, volcanic wasteland.
He staggered to his feet, only to get tackled by a large Chimera type beast except its body was covered in molten lava type skin.
"You've got to be kidding me" McGarett groaned and got up as the Chimera charged at him.
The man and beast fought and clawed at each other although the creature had the upper hand in the fight.
He grabbed the creature and tried to break its jaw but the creature turned and clamped its jaws around McGarett's throat.
He yelled and attempted to pry it off of his body.
But the beast was much stronger and heavier than he was and nearly ripped his throat out.
McGarett's guns were nowhere near him right now and he had run out of bullets on his rifle a while ago.
He began applying punches to the creature's body which caused it to let go.
McGarett rolled for a few metres and stumbled to his feet.
The creature was up on its feet and it rushed him.
This time though, McGarett was ready and yanked a knife out of its sheath and stabbing it through its throat and up into its brain.
The beast went slack and he let it drop to the ground.
McGarett stumbled through the portal and dropped to his knees, rolling to his back.
He was exhausted from the fight.
Meanwhile Shaw was still fighting Merlyn and both were evenly matched.
Merlyn had punched Shaw in the face which stunned him.
Shaw stumbled back which gave Merlyn all the time needed for him to kick Shaw in the chest sending him flying backwards.
Shaw stumbled to his feet and threw a right hook that landed and Merlyn was stumbled back.
Shaw ran up on top of a nearby rock before leaping and drop-kicking Merlyn in the face which sent him flying.
Both combatants were covered in blood from there fight.
Merlyn got up and tackled Shaw as both fell into the Gateway which had changed once again.
They landed in a grassy world with tall mountains surrounding them.
The two of them got up and continued fighting.
Merlyn flip-kicked Shaw which sent him to the ground.
Shaw spat out a tooth and stumbled to his feet.
He got into a fighting stance and sent a kick at Merlyn.
Merlyn dodged it easily and roundhouse kicked Shaw in hid side.
Shaw stumbled back and spun around, kicked Merlyn in the face.
Merlyn hit the ground hard and rolled to his feet.
"I must admit Deckard Shaw, you fight well. But that wont help you for long" Merlyn grunted.
"You talk too much Merlyn. Are we gonna chit-chatting like two old ladies in the afternoon or are we going to finish this?" Shaw asked.
"I'm gonna enjoy killing you" Merlyn taunted and threw a punch but Shaw easily blocked and pushed Merlyn back.
Shaw threw a punch but Merlyn crouched and punched Shaw in the face.
Shaw stumbled and managed to kick Merlyn in the chest.
Merlyn attempted to hit Shaw in his chest.
Shaw blocked Merlyn's attack and jumped, kicking him in the chest.
As Merlyn staggered back, Shaw leapt forward and tried to land punches at Merlyn's face but he blocked and landed two hard strikes to Shaw's face.
The two rushed each other again and Shaw grabbed Merlyn and slammed his face into a nearby boulder 3 times before letting go.
Merlyn stumbled back, dazed.
Angered that this wasn't going according to plan, and in a daze, Merlyn attacked wildly, landing a solid punch to Shaw's face, which caused the latter to spit out blood.
Merlyn ran at Shaw and pinned him to the boulder before Shaw kicked him in the chest and head-butted him.
Merlyn stumbled back and rushed, flipping Shaw to the ground and getting Shaw in a chokehold.
Merlyn drew a knife and stabbed Shaw in the side causing the latter to yell in pain.
Shaw managed another head-butt and Merlyn let go.
Shaw got on top of Merlyn and decided to not hold back at all.
He slammed a series of brutal punches to Merlyn's face causing it to bleed even more then it was.
He then flipped Merlyn over and got him in a chokehold as Merlyn grunted, trying to struggle out of Shaw's hold.
"Give my regards to Satan asshole" Shaw said as he roared and gathering enough strength, he pulled as there was a loud 'crack' and Merlyn went limp.
Shaw sighed in relief and stumbled back to the Gateway.
He was bloodied and injured from the fight with Merlyn but he hoped he could still fight.
Meanwhile, Slade and Turner were fighting back to back against the endless hordes of Mi-Go's, Shoggoths and Night Gaunts.
Turner stabbed a Mi-Go through the chest while Slade hacked the limbs off a Night Gaunt.
The Shoggoths were causing the main problem on the battlefield as they moved, crushing any League and Order members they encountered.
"Guys, they have a weakness. There is a spot behind them. A sphere. Pierce it and they die" Cassilda yelled.
"I'm on it" Turner yelled back.
He ran up to a series of rocks and waited for a Shoggoth to approach.
He saw his opportunity as a Shoggoth came close to the rocks.
With a roar, Turner leapt at the Shoggoth and impaled the sphere with his claws.
The Shoggoth shrieked in pain and attempted to dislodge Turner but he stayed on and stabbed the sphere repeatedly with his claws.
The Shoggoth toppled forward to the ground and lay still, dead.
Seeing this, The League and Order attacked the Shoggoths, striking them in there spheres.
Slade fought against multiple Mi-Go's and was winning, twirling his sword as he cut them down.
"You will die! Great Nyarlathotep will have your head!" one of them shrieked.
"Not today" Slade shot back as he took out a handgun and shot it down.
McGarett had recovered himself and was using his pistol to shoot down any Night Gaunts and Mi-Go's nearby.
Diggle was using his assault rifle to fight the Shoggoths while Roy fired arrow after arrow.
Jason was using his sword to slash and hack at a superhuman speed.
Nyssa had run out of arrows and was duel wielding her bow and sword together.
Cassilda was unleashing telekinetic blasts of energy that sent any enemies flying.
Nyarlathotep and Damon were on the top of the hill and were approaching fast.
Suddenly, a loud song began playing in the air.
"Who ordered the band?" Shaw asked.
Constantine froze in terror.
"The music of the spheres" he whispered in horror.
A large rusty brown entity with a single eye appeared in the sky, singing.
"Who's Ghroth, and why are you looking even more pasty than usual?" Shaw asked.
"He is a being who is known as the doom of worlds" Constantine said.
Suddenly the trees began shaking extremely violently as one of the Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath burst out of the forest.
They called her "The black goat of the woods with a thousand young".
"Oh bollocks" Constantine cursed before he created miniature tornadoes in his hands.
"I'll deal with it!" Cassilda yelled as she leapt to engage the spawn of the Outer God.
Nyarlathotep and Damon were now at the bottom of the hill.
Constantine suddenly went into a deep trance.
A voice said to him, "My child. It is I, Azathoth. There are many battles still to come. So I am going to help you out. Go forth and face my son Nyarlathotep, and I will give you what you need to defeat him" the voice said.
Constantine suddenly felt a massive power surge inside him.
"Thank you" replied.
He left the deep trance state and turned to face Nyarlathotep.
"Oh no mate. You're not getting past me" Constantine said with a determination he did not feel.
"Foolish mortal, I am the Crawling Chaos, The Dweller in Darkness, The Crawling Mist, the God of a Thousand Forms. You cannot stand against me" Nyarlathotep laughed.
"Yeah, watch me. On with the show" Constantine said before he sent a fireball at the Outer God.
Nyarlathotep easily turned the fireball to water.
"Nice try John Constantine, but the end is here" Damon stepped forward and laughed.
Slade ran up beside Constantine all of a sudden.
"There's no giving up to guys like you!" Slade roared as he engaged Damon in battle who had also drawn his sword.
The two of them fought as a whirlwind, both trying to slash at each other but both combatants blocked each other's strikes.
Constantine telekinetically ripped a chunk of earth and threw it at Nyarlathotep who easily destroyed it with a single punch.
"You will experience my true form and will suffer madness" Nyarlathotep laughed before changing.
Constantine suddenly began chanting in a long lost language as Nyarlathotep changed into one of his forms, a tall being that had 3 legs, with a tentacle for a face and a large gaping maw with rows of teeth.
When Nyarlathotep opened his eyes, Constantine was looking at Nyarlathotep while smirking.
"How are you not suffering from madness yet?" Nyarlathotep questioned in confusion and fear.
"I am more powerful then you give me credit for Nyarlathotep" Constantine smirked.
He then set his hands on fire and sent twin bursts of flame while chanting.
The flames hit Nyarlathotep and began burning his form.
"Impossible! I am immortal. How are you doing this!?" Nyarlathotep shouted as he burnt.
"I merely drew power from Azathoth, the Blind Idiot God himself, to send you back to the Void" Constantine said as he kept chanting.
"NOOOO!" Nyarlathotep shouted as he burnt away.
The last sliver of his essence briefly floated in the air before Constantine dispersed it with a telekinetic blast.
"Dude, if you are this powerful then why are we even here? Just destroy everyone and let's go have a couple of beers" McGarett said in annoyance.
"It was a one time thing mate" Constantine replied.
Cassilda came out of the forest carrying a goat hoof.
Constantine guessed that she had beaten the Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath.
Meanwhile Slade was still fighting Damon.
Jason had gone to aid Oliver and Shaw, Turner, Diggle, Roy and McGarett were fighting against the last few Night Gaunts and Mi-Go's.
The Shoggoths were all dead.
Damon lunged forward with his sword in a desperate attack.
Slade parried and sent a reverse cut that slashed Damon across the cheek, causing him to stumble.
Taking advantage of the situation, Slade leapt forward and plunged his sword into Damon's chest.
Damon spat out blood and Slade pulled his sword out and spun around, decapitating Damon.
Damon's corpse fell to the ground, and spurted blood from the place where his head used to be.
By now the armies of Night Gaunts and Mi-Go's were destroyed.
The Battleground was littered with bodies, most of them Mi-Go's and Night Gaunts but there were also bodies of League and Order members with the occasional Shoggoth here and there.
Nyssa and Cassilda were walking together, both of them covered in blood and grime, and Cassilda's arm was hanging at a weird angle.
Turner, Diggle and Constantine had no visible injuries on them and Roy had a small cut on his face that was bleeding.
McGarett seemed to just be exhausted.
Shaw was in the worst condition overall, his face was bloodied and the stab wound in his side was bleeding.
Meanwhile Jason and Oliver had run into the woods to engage Ra's Al Ghul who Jason had spotted earlier.
Ra's was calmly standing in the woods, waiting for them.
"Ah Jason Stark. I see you have betrayed me?" Ra's said sarcastically.
"Yeah. Of course I betrayed you. You're the bad guy. What were you expecting?" Jason replied equally sarcastically.
Oliver removed his mask and hood and moved to stand on Ra's left.
"You cannot defeat me even if you both tried. Many greater men have tried and failed to do so" Ra's said, not arrogantly just as a matter of fact.
"Yeah, first time for everything" Jason said.
Oliver drew an arrow from his quiver and fired it at Ra's.
Ra's drew his sword with lighting speed and cut it in half.
Jason took the opportunity of this distraction to attack Ra's.
Ra's spun around and effortlessly parried all of his attacks before kicking Jason in the chest.
Jason stumbled back slightly.
Oliver leapt and tried to kick Ra's in a rotary motion only for Ra's to slice Oliver across his arm.
Jason leapt and then slashed and stabbed at superhuman speed but Ra's countered all of his attacks before slashing with his own sword.
Jason barely managed to not get cut and jumped back to avoid it.
Oliver fired an arrow that caught Ra's in the arm.
Jason took advantage of the distraction to aim for a decapitation blow.
Ra's raised his sword to block it and countered with a blinding whirlwind of slashes.
Jason used the Mirakuru in his system to move out of the way before cutting at Ra's stomach.
Oliver and Jason attacked simultansuly and backed Ra's towards a rock.
Jason leapt forward and over Ra's head, using his own sword to cleave Ra's blade in two when he attempted to block him.
Ra's looked startled at this.
Oliver fired 3 arrows into Ra's chest.
Ra's stared at the arrows before Jason turned back and spun around, stabbing Ra's in the heart.
Ra's fell to his knees.
Jason walked around to stand beside Oliver.
"We can defeat you Ra's. Because you may believe in heirs, but we believe in family. You may have all the power in the world. We have heart" Jason declared.
Jason then uttered an ancient League prayer in Arabic.
In English it translated as:
Forgive and have mercy upon him,
Excuse him and pardon him,
Make honourable his reception,
Protect him from the punishment of the grave,
And the torment of the fire.
Ra's smiled softly at Jason before taking the Ring of the Demon off his finger and pushing it into Jason's hand.
"I will let you choose the next Ra's Al Ghul, Jason. Well boy, you got your revenge. I'll see in hell" Ra's said before toppling to the ground, dying.
"I'll bring the beers" Jason quipped back, sarcastically.
"Laugh now boy. You're time is coming" Ra's said with his last breath.
"Good work Jason. He was evil but he was a formidable foe" said Oliver.
Together they turned and headed back to the rest of the team.
The battle was over.
For now…
Afterwards.
The aftermath of the battle had been difficult.
Zane and Lei had both been killed in the battle.
The remaining League and Order members had carried the bodies of there dead back to the Dunlossburg for burial.
Jason had presented the Ring of the Demon to Nyssa and pronounced her to be the next Ra's Al Ghul.
Cassilda had used her magic to heal most of the injuries of the wounded.
Constantine entered the deep trance state again.
"Well done John Constantine. You have defeated my son and I praise you for that. I must warn you about the great enemies that will come including my great-great grandson Cthulhu. I have two things to say to you. Help Jason Stark wherever you can. And seek out Yelena Belova. She will be vital to you on your journey" Azathoth said and with that, Constantine came fully awake.
Slowly he rose from the ground and headed back into the Dunlossburg, a frown creasing his brow.
He was exhausted from the battle.
And the thought of that worse was yet to come was daunting.
But for now, the only thing he could do was rest and build up his strength so that he could be as ready as possible.
And then he would seek out Yelena Belova whoever that was.
In the meantime, the rest of the team had gone to a bar in Starling City to drown out there sorrows from the funeral.
The atmosphere was sombre.
Everyone was nursing there own drink and each one was deep in there own personal thoughts.
"Here's to Zane, Lei, Floyd Lawton and all those who died. There will be a hero's party in Valhalla tonight" said Oliver, raising his glass, toasting the fallen.
Gradually, the conversation turned to other things.
Jason explained what had happened to him two days ago (Seven months for him).
Suddenly time froze and everyone except for Jason, Constantine and Cassilda froze in time.
A portal appeared in the bar and Mar Novu aka the Monitor walked out.
Jason looked surprised to see him.
"Jason, its time" Novu said to him.
"Now?" Jason asked.
Novu nodded.
"I thought I had more time" he muttered.
"Can we have a few minutes to say goodbye?" Cassilda asked Novu.
He nodded.
Walking up to Jason, she gave him a tight hug.
"Be careful Jay. And try to come back in one piece" she said to him.
"I'll be waiting for you" she said.
Constantine extended his hand to Jason.
"I'll be seeing you soon Jason. And if you need my help, just say nunc autum venit 3 times and I will help you as soon as possible" Constantine said to Jason.
"Thanks you guys. Thank you for everything. Tell the others that I am grateful for there help. Cassilda, I promise to come back. And Constantine thank you. Tell Oliver not to worry. I'll be seeing you around" Jason said to both of them.
Jason stood next to Novu as he made a portal erupted around them and they disappeared.
Everything in the world turned back to the way it was.
"Where's Jason?" asked Oliver, looking around confused at the sudden disappearance of him.
"It has begun Oliver" Constantine replied.
And Chapter 14 is done. I hope you guys enjoyed it.
Boy but this was the longest chapter in this story.
RIP Zane, Lei and Floyd Lawton. They died as heroes.
Now for the Lovecraftian monsters:
The Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath are pitch black monstrosities that have ropy tentacles, stand as tall as a tree and have goat legs. They are the spawn of the Outer God Shub-Niggurath.
"The Blind Idiot God", Azathoth is basically a sentient singularity, sitting at the very centre of the universe. Azathoth lies in an eternal slumber protected by his children the Outer Gods. They sing to keep him asleep. For if he were to awaken, the entire universe would instantly fade into nothingness. I am making him a good guy in this trilogy.
I originally considered keeping Malcolm Merlyn alive for my version of Arrow S5E23 Lian Yu. But I realised that I could simply have another Arrowverse, MCU or OC character take his place.
Now to address the fate of the other characters:
Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke will play an important role in this trilogy and will appear in my versions of Crisis on Earth X, Endgame and Crisis on Infinite Earths. He will even show up again in a few chapters.
I currently have no plans to incorporate Bronze Tiger in any future story arcs but he may potentially show up in my version of Elseworlds.
Deckard Shaw will be a frequent recurring character in this trilogy and will appear in my versions of Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw, Endgame and Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Steve McGarett will also appear in my version of Crisis on Infinite Earths and will play a small role in my version of Infinity War.
John Constantine will also be a frequent recurring character and will play a pivotal role in this trilogy.
And I left a reference to Yelena Belova who is going to appear in Black Widow. She will play a vital role in my version of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Now next chapter, will move onto the main stage of the story and you will also meet Jason's new team.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
Arrowverse Fan 217 Out.