Chapter 14.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
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This chapter will expand on those dreams that Jason has been having since Chapter 9. I was originally going to do it at the end of the Discovery arc, but I decided to shift my plans up a bit. This chapter will lay some more groundwork for what is to come down the road.
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Jason's POV.
So following the whole framing shit and meeting the organization known as S.W.O.R.D., I began having dreams.
The same dreams about a version of Oliver Queen who looked exactly like Clint Barton.
So the being known as the Phantom Stranger came to me in my dreams.
"Follow me, quickly" Stranger urged.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"I'll explain once we arrive. The battle is about to begin" Stranger said.
I followed him to the edge of a rooftop.
Down below, I could clearly see this Earth's version of Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow, drawing his bow back.
Next to him was Earth-96 Logan.
"You ready for this bub?" Logan-96 asked.
"Never been more. Let's just hope we can survive this thing" Oliver-96 replied grimly.
Logan-96 snorted.
It was quite curious watching these two interact.
A massive tidal wave of darkness flew towards the city and I sucked in a breath.
Man this was not good.
"Nyarlathotep, YOU HAVE FAILED THIS CITY!" Oliver-96 roared and loosed an arrow that multiplied into a hundred arrows that struck dead on.
I paled as I remembered fighting Nyarlathotep in the World Beyond.
Unless this Earth had a version of John Constantine with them, they were doomed.
A blur flew past Oliver-96 as Superman-96 flew at super speed to smash his fists into the darkness.
Nyarlathotep howled and swatted Superman-96 aside.
Someone landed next to Oliver-96 and I recognized her as Earth-96's version of Sara Lance aka White Canary.
Someone in a wheel chair rolled up next to them at the same time.
"Who is he?" I asked.
"This Earth's version of Charles Xavier aka Professor X" Stranger revealed.
"Can you stop him now Charles?" Sara-96 asked.
Charles-96 shook his head.
"He is too strong for me alone at this point. If Impossible Man were here, we could have stopped him together" Charles-96 said.
A silver shape flew past them and fired a cannon blast at Nyarlathotep.
When he stopped flying, he looked exactly like Prince T'Challa of Wakanda, except he looked half robotic.
"He is Victor Stone aka Cyborg" Stranger said.
"Who are these people?" I asked him.
"They are the Earth-96 Justice League" Stranger said.
Justice League?
That was as cool as the Avengers.
A man dressed in a star spangled outfit landed on the ground.
It was Captain America.
When he pulled his mask back, he had the same face as Barry Allen.
Wow, okay this Earth is full of surprises.
"Cap, this guy's too powerful, there's no way we can beat him" Sara-96 reported grimly.
"There's always a way" Steve-96 replied.
An orange blur moved and sped around Nyarlathotep until he was reduced to his humanoid form.
I had no idea who he was.
I guessed he was Earth-96 Barry Allen.
He had blonde hair and wore a bright red suit.
"He's Barry Allen correct?" I asked.
Stranger nodded in reply.
"What, you guys gonna stand there all day, or are you going to fight this guy?" Barry-96 asked before speeding back into the fight.
Oliver-96 chuckled before firing a grappling hook arrow and jumping into the fray where Victor-96, Barry-96 and Clark-96 were fighting Nyarlathotep.
I'll admit, these guys put up one hell of a fight.
Clark-96 smashed his fists into the Outer God, causing him to stumble back.
But something was off here.
Nyarlathotep seemed much slower and weaker than when I fought him.
"Why does he seem weaker?" I asked Stranger.
"Because he is. All of his siblings and family have been slaughtered" Stranger said.
That made me pale considerably.
According to Cassilda, all Great Old Ones and Outer Gods were unkillable, even by magic.
So anyone who could kill them was someone who needed to be feared.
"Who killed them?" I asked.
"The infinite darkness whose name I do not know, and other deities" Stranger said.
This infinite darkness seems to be popping up quite a lot these days.
Clark-96 smashed his fists into Nyarlathotep who blasted him back.
Barry-96 ran in and landed a punch to his jaw, before being slammed to the ground.
Logan-96 roared and leapt, stabbing Nyarlathotep in the side.
The Outer God roared and punched him into a building.
"This guy still hits hard" I noted.
Stranger chuckled in reply.
"Indeed he does. But so do they" he pointed out.
Sara-96 leapt into battle using her staff to smack Nyarlathotep.
A burst of electricity emerged from it as well and the Outer God howled in pain.
Steve-96 threw his shield which smacked Nyarlathotep in the head and caused a large wound to emerge on his head.
But to my shock, it did not heal.
I remembered fighting him, and how every time I harmed him, his wounds kept healing.
Oliver-96 fired an enchanted arrow that caused Nyarlathotep to roar in pain.
I heard a massive howl and turned to see a massive tidal wave hurtle into the city.
A handsome dark-haired man was riding a massive armoured shark.
"Who the hell is he?" I asked.
"He is Namor, the Sub-Mariner" Stranger said.
This was one guy I had never heard of.
"FOR ATLANTIS!" Namor-96 bellowed and hurled his trident at Nyarlathotep.
It impaled the Outer God in the chest, causing blood to pour uncontrollably from it.
I gaped at that.
These heroes were wiping the floor with Nyarlathotep who happened to be one of the most powerful entities in the Multiverse like he was nothing.
Logan-96 jumped back up and rammed his claws into Nyarlathotep's back.
Victor-96 fired a shot directly into his face which brought him to his knees.
Charles-96 rolled his wheelchair up to Nyarlathotep and pressed his fingers to the Outer God's temple.
Clark-96 flew back down and grabbed Nyarlathotep.
"Come on Charles" Sara-96 yelled.
Charles-96 grunted as he attempted to do whatever he was trying to do to Nyarlathotep.
Eventually Nyarlathotep let out an earth-shattering roar and collapsed backwards.
"We did it" Oliver-96 said in relief.
I also smiled.
These heroes could definitely be valuable in defeating the Anti-Monitor.
But all of a sudden, the ground rumbled.
A portal opened up a few feet away from the heroes and a man dressed in a dark cloak walked out.
"No, no, no, it can't be" Stranger said in horror.
"Who the hell are you?" Oliver-96 asked.
"I am Jeser" the being replied.
"What do you want?" Sara-96 snarled.
"I am merely here to kill Nyarlathotep, the fake god over here. And then to destroy this world of course" Jeser replied giving a malicious smile that sent shivers down my spine.
"Yeah not going to happen" Clark-96 said and flew at super speed towards Jeser.
To my shock, Jeser swatted him away like he was a fly.
Jeser then moved forward and picked up Nyarlathotep by the throat.
"Now fake god, you will see why the awesome power of Jeser is to be feared" he laughed and crushed Nyarlathotep to dust.
"What the hell happened to him?" I asked.
"He is gone" Stranger replied in a sombre voice.
"Like temporary?" I asked.
Stranger shook his head.
"No, like permanently dead" he replied.
That like nothing else today, made me turn as white as a sheet.
I would seriously hate to fight this guy.
Barry-96 sped at Jeser, only to get telekinetically stopped and thrown into a building.
Namor-96 hurled his trident at Jeser who caught it inches before his face and shattered it with a single squeeze.
"Who is this Jeser?" I asked Phantom Stranger.
"He is known as the Prince of Many Faces. He was once a proud god who came into the service of the Scarlet King" Stranger said.
This was the second time I had heard the name Scarlet King.
Clearly he was a big deal.
I was distracted from asking further questions by a large explosion.
I turned to see that Oliver-96 and Sara-96 had engaged Jeser.
He had a cocky smirk on his face as he backhanded Sara-96 across the street.
Victor-96 fired a canon shot at him which Jeser nimbly dodged and he replied with a blast of energy that sent Victor-96 sprawling.
Clark-96 grabbed Jeser and flew across the city, slamming Jeser across it.
When he stopped dragging Jeser, the dude looked amused.
"Ah pathetic mortal. You think you have power. You don't have power. This is true power" Jeser mocked.
He then punched Clark-96 so hard, he went flying and destroyed about a dozen buildings in the process.
Clark-96 groaned and staggered to his feet.
Jeser calmly approached him.
Clark-96 then smashed a nearby car in half and prepared to use them as boxing gloves.
The two powerhouses charged at each other and Clark-96 smashed him with the cars.
When he ran out of car, he sent a barehanded punch at Jeser's face.
"Is that all you've got?" Jeser taunted.
He then kicked Clark-96 off and I winced.
He was definitely gonna feel that one in the morning, if there was a morning.
Clark-96 flew forward and smashed his fists into Jeser's face.
Jeser laughed and punched him away.
A roar was heard and Logan-96 leapt onto the scene, slashing at Jeser.
Jeser picked Logan-96 up and slammed him to the ground.
"What are you animal?" he asked.
"I'm the Uncanny Wolverine" Logan-96 replied and stabbed Jeser in the arm.
Jeser then replied by kicking Logan-96 into a pile of rubble.
Oliver-96 loosed an explosive arrow which Jeser stopped telekinetically.
He then sent Oliver-96 flying.
Clark-96 grabbed Jeser and put him into a head-lock.
A crackle of thunder was heard and a dark haired man dressed in Asgardian battle armour that I recognized as probably Thor flew down and hurled his hammer which struck Jeser dead on in the face.
Clark-96 was unaffected by the blast but still went flying.
The same couldn't be said for Jeser.
His face looked like a pancake now.
Jeser let out a roar of rage and morphed his face back.
"The Crimson King will consume your essences" he snarled.
Barry-96 sped into the area with Oliver-96, Sara-96 and Charles-96 while Namor-96 and Victor-96 arrived as well.
"I'd like to see him try" Barry-96 snorted.
Thor-96 threw Mjølnir at Jeser but he was prepared and dodged out of the way, the impact forming a massive crater.
"Is that all you have Thunder God?" Jeser taunted.
He then sent a titanic blast of energy that practically broke the city.
I had to shield my eyes from the light.
When I could see again, a massive 20 block crater was formed and all the heroes were lying in it.
Only Clark-96 and Thor-96 were still standing.
"Fight me hand to hand foul demon!" Thor-96 bellowed.
He hurled Mjølnir away and landed on the ground.
Jeser smirked and ran to engage Thor-96.
The two exchanged powerful blows but it was clear that Jeser was toying with him.
Jeser grabbed Thor-96 and pulled him into a vicious head-butt.
Thor-96 staggered back and punched Jeser in the face.
Jeser replied by elbowing Thor-96 in a rotary motion.
I winced.
This was a bad fight.
Thor-96 kneed Jeser in the abdomen and headbutted him.
Jeser staggered back as Clark-96 moved into action, firing heat-vision at Jeser.
The Prince of Many Faces roared in pain and smacked Clark-96 aside.
He then turned to face Thor-96.
"This is not over. The children of the Crimson King will slaughter you Thunder God!" Jeser declared and teleported away in a dark cloud.
The world then twisted and faded, until Stranger and I were standing in a dark world with a podium.
I turned to face Stranger after the world/dream faded.
"What was that?" I asked in horror.
"That is what has happened right at this very moment. You have seen why beings like Jeser are not too messed with" Stranger informed me.
"Who are these children?" I asked.
"I do not know myself. Only the Queen Mother knows and she lies at the centre of all creation" Stranger said.
I nodded.
"What now?" I asked.
"Now you must confront your current enemy Gabriel Lorca. And hopefully not die" he said.
I nodded.
Time to win this war, before the next one begins.
And Chapter 14 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
I hope you all enjoyed the fight scenes.
The reason Jason paled was because the Lovecraftian deities are said to literally unkillable. You can dispel them for a short period of time, but inevitably they come back. So anyone who can permanently kill them is a big deal.
Now Jeser is a character from the SCP Foundation. As is the Scarlet King. And the SCP Foundation Mythos will play an integral role in the Final Crisis.
Now here are my casting choices for the Earth-96 characters:
Mark Strong as Charles Xavier/Professor X.
Chadwick Boseman as Victor Stone/Cyborg.
Grant Gustin as Steve Rodgers/Captain America.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Barry Allen/The Flash.
Henry Cavill as Namor the Sub-Mariner.
Tom Welling as Thor Odinson.
Now some of you may be wondering why Jeser managed to curb-stomp all the heroes.
It is because Jeser has Hyperverse level power and is not as powerful as the Scarlet King, but is more powerful than most Marvel and DC heroes.
Now, next chapter will have S.W.O.R.D. meet the crew of the USS Discovery.
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