Chapter 43.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will cover the final battle against Alice and Bane, so I hope you're all excited for it. It will also have 3 ending scenes as well.
I forgot to mention last chapter but the Batman on screen who was killed was the one from the Arkham video games.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters and elements you see in this fic. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
On with the show.
SupergodzillaSailorCosmos: Thanks for the review. No I like NolanVerse Selina and Bruce too much to let them die.
the mysterious Mr.E: Thanks for the review. Actually Earth-99 Batman was from 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' which is what I did.
Aragorn II Elessar: Thanks for the review. I agree on Earth-99 Batman. Poor Liam indeed. I will not kill off NolanVerse Bruce and Selina as yes, they both deserve happy endings. I wanted NolanVerse Bruce to put the cowl on one last time and help out. Actually the Batman killer goes by many names. His 2 most popular ones are 'The Phantom' and 'The Minuteman'. Yes Alice and Bane are out to kill. Enjoy the chapter.
Liam's POV.
Following the incident with Earth-99 Batman and the killer who called himself 'The Minuteman', I was now in serous trouble.
When I returned, Kate looked stressed.
It turned out that Alice had escaped from Arkham Asylum and had recruited the terrorist known only as Bane.
Together, they destroyed several buildings and killed dozens of people.
"What do we do now?" Luke Fox asked.
"We find those two, and we end them. Kate, I know you don't want to kill, but there is no other way. Don't hold back" I told her.
Kate looked at me with a determined look in my eyes.
"Let's finish this" she declared.
I nodded and took off my jacket.
My ribs still ached from being pummeled by Earth-99 Batman.
Kate garbed herself in her Batwoman suit and together, we made our way to a football stadium where Alice and Bane were.
The only problem was that the entire stadium was surrounded by dozens of soldiers that would know we were coming.
I had secretly contacted Bruce to ask for his help and he said he was on his way with 'the cavalry'.
Currently, Kate and I were hidden on top a rooftop, eyeing out several Wonderland Gang members.
I drew a Batarang and hurled it, knocking out 2 guards.
Together, the two of us made our way through the buildings, knocking out any guards we came across.
"5 guards, 12.00" Kate said.
"On it" I replied.
I used a grappling hook to swing down and knock out the guards with swift punches.
Nice part was that none of them were very skilled.
I gave Kate a thumbs-up.
We then made our way into the stadium which held several craters from where bombs went off.
"This doesn't feel right" I muttered to myself.
I was right, because I was punched so hard, I was sent flying at least 5 meters away.
When I looked up, I saw a large, heavily built man with a gas mask on, glaring at me.
"You're Bane?" I grunted.
"Yes I am Liam. And you're not going to pass" Bane chuckled.
I got to my feet and sent several punches at Bane's face.
To my complete shock and horror, he barely reacted.
"Nice try boy, but I don't feel pain anymore" Bane said and punched me so hard, I was sure he gave me a headache.
I tried to kick him, but Bane grabbed me and bashed my head against the ground, dazing me.
I rolled away as fast as I could and got to my feet.
But by the time I did, Bane was already on me, punching me in the exact same spots Earth-99 Batman had done only hours prior.
I screamed as I felt him completely shatter one rib.
I now felt like was choking from lack of air.
I fell to one knee in response.
I saw Kate and Alice fighting and the two were evenly matched for some time.
Bane picked me up and head-butted me multiple times, dazing me.
He then threw me half a mile away where I lay there, battered and damaged.
I really hoped that back-up came quickly because this was pissing me off.
Bane walked up and stomped my arm, causing me to scream as my arm broke.
Great, as if I didn't have enough problems.
I got back up, now a whole lot more injured than I was before.
I punched him in the throat and he staggered back.
Bane retaliated by punching me in the face and then grabbing and breaking my leg.
Okay what the hell?
I screamed as now I had only one leg and one arm left.
How the hell was I supposed to fight now?
That was when a Batarang sliced Bane.
I turned to see Bruce-1, Batman, Dr Bright and Bruce-2005 standing there.
"Ah wonderful! The Bat finally returns. And with allies as well" Bane said gleefully.
He charged them now.
Batman leapt out of the way and Bruce-1 was tackled.
He tried to throw Bane off but the larger man wasn't having any of that.
Bruce-2005 glared at bane and threw a Batarang that struck Bane in the back of the head, causing him to drop Bruce-1.
Might I mention it was very hard to stand with only one leg?
Dr Bright ran over to help me stand and I sent him a grateful smile.
Bane grabbed Batman and slammed his head to the ground repeatedly, dazing him.
"Batman. Today this ends!" Bane declared.
"You're right Bane. It does!" Bruce-1 glared and kicked Bane multiple times in the chest, staggering him.
Bruce-2005 ran to aid me and help me stand.
"Come on Liam, let's get you out of here" he told me.
"No, you must not" a new, deep voice said from behind me.
Bruce-2005 and I both turned to face a man with a large golden helmet on his head and a blue cape flowing behind him.
"Who the hell are you?" I demanded.
"I am Doctor Fate. And Fate has decreed that you will fight today" the man said and an ankh appeared next to me.
Almost imeadelty, my leg, arm and ribs healed and I was back to normal.
Dr Fate nodded and vanished into a portal.
I nodded to Bruce-2005 and ran up behind Bane, kicking him in the back.
The larger man stumbled forward, and turned to glare at me.
"Insect!" he snarled, picking me up and slamming me to the ground.
Bruce-1 kicked Bane backwards and was punched in the head.
High above, I saw Dr Fate watching us.
I ducked under a punch from bane and kicked him in the ribs.
Bruce-2005 seemed to be struggling but that might have something to do with the fact that he was out of commission for 5 years.
Batman fired a grappling hook to avoid being hit.
I saw Kate and Alice grappling one another old school.
Funny how there fight started off as an epic ninja showdown and then devolved into an old fashioned bar-brawl.
Bane threw Batman into me, knocking us both down.
I had absolutely no idea where the hell Dr Bright went.
I was kicked hard in the head by Bane and I swear, I got a bigger headache.
This motherfucker was seriously pissing me off.
I got back up and pulled Bane into a strong head-lock.
Bane roared and attempted to throw me off, but I was having none of it.
Bane eventually threw me off and hit me hard several times.
I staggered backwards and then Bane picked me up, and slammed my spine onto his knee, breaking my back.
I lay there, battered and injured, when I noticed an ankh appear right next to me.
I barely had any time to react as I vanished.
When I reappeared, I was next to Fate and Bright.
"What's going on?" I demanded.
"We watch this fight" Bright shrugged.
I looked down and saw Batman gain the upper hand on Bane and brutally pummel him backwards.
Bane grabbed Batman and viciously head-butted him, causing Batman to stagger.
Bruce-2005 leapt and kicked Bane in the chest as Bruce-1 sent a Batarang that delivered a powerful electrical shock.
Kate had managed to gain the upper hand on Alice and stabbed her in the throat.
Blood bubbled from the open wound as Alice fell over and died.
Finally, that chick was annoying me.
Kate then moved to attack Bane, throwing a Batarang.
Bruce-2005 ducked under a strike as Selina moved into action, wrapping him with her rope.
Bane roared and broke it, elbowing her in a rotary motion.
Bright chuckled as Kate head-locked him.
Fate simply watched with indifference.
I stared in horror as Bane lured over Bruce-2005, ready to deliver the killing blow.
And that was when Fate moved into action.
An ankh symbol appeared next to Bane.
"Fate has decreed you will die today" he said and Bane vanished.
Fate then made the 3 of us appear to the others.
"Fate" Bruce-1 greeted.
"You know this guy?" Kate asked.
"He is a powerful being who is aiding us in combating the Anti-Monitor, Chaos King and the Scarlet King" Batman said.
"Liam, are you okay?" Bruce-1 asked me urgently.
"He will be fine in a few months. Bane broke his back" Fate interjected.
This whole conundrum was finally over at last.
Later.
Following the battle, I had been returned to my body and promptly hospitalized.
I had also happened to be paralyzed.
It hurt like hell though, which was very bad.
I had also suffered massive internal damage from being pummeled by Bane.
Batwoman had been pronounced as a hero while Dr Bright returned to Earth-2008.
When I asked where Bane went, Fate just chuckled.
"He met the king" was all he said.
Weather that meant Chaos King, the Scarlet King or some other king, I don't know.
The doctors said that it would take at least 6 months to heal from my injury.
Which was quite long I might add.
But for now, all was well.
Earth-1. Outside Gotham City. No One's POV.
For a special time, 3 individuals from alternate Earths were gathered.
The first was the Joker of Earth-1.
He had been resurrected by the Monitor as part of a test for Batman. He just didn't know that.
The other two were the Jokers of Earth-2005 and Earth-1992.
"Well my friends, it is time we wreck bloody havoc on Gotham. With Liam in hospital for 6 months and Batwoman being near incompetent, this will be easy for us" Joker-1 exclaimed.
"Indeed. Let is wreck havoc" Joker-1992 said with an evil grin.
Joker-2005 threw his head back and laughed.
And without knowing why, every resident in Gotham City shuddered.
Earth-1933. South Pacific. No One's POV.
Bane was super-enraged at this point and he was gonna kill that Fate guy.
He wound up on some tropical island and a cave.
But the cave held multiple paintings that depicted giant monsters.
One was a massive 3 headed dragon.
Another was a moth with a massive wingspan.
And the final two paintings held a massive lizard and an enormous ape locked in tight combat.
Bane exited the cave, disturbed by the images when he felt a massive shadow above him.
Bane turned upwards to see the same ape from before glaring at him.
Bane barely had time to react, before the ape crushed him with his foot.
The ape then let out a massive roar that shook the jungle.
The Scarlet King's Realm. No One's POV.
Jeser, the Prince of Many Faces, was sweating.
He despised everything and everyone in the room, most specifically his master.
The Scarlet King was sitting on a massive, iron throne with several chains in each of his hands.
Bound to those chains were several girls who were whimpering.
Jeser was one of the smarter gods. He was once proud, ruling over a few dozen worlds before the Scarlet King came.
Instead of putting up a fight, Jeser bowed down, recognizing that nothing good would come from resisting one who was more powerful than him.
"Are you sure they will come master?" Jeser asked.
The Scarlet King did not answer him; he just stared dead-ahead.
Then, Jeser heard a deep voice speak.
"Insect" it said.
Standing in the middle of the room were 3 individuals.
"Brothers Death, you come once more" the Scarlet King replied.
"You know what day it is?" All-Death asked.
"Yes. The day I begun my ascension" the King replied.
Jeser watched uncertainly while Moloch the Horned One reached for his sword.
"The day of your birth. The day you took your first victims. Your brothers and sisters still scream for you in our halls" Great-Death spoke.
"They shall scream louder when your halls are mine. I will make sure of it" The Scarlet King said.
Then, All-Death laughed and Jeser shuddered at it.
"Ah earthworm. You burrow in your dirt, you eat the other tiny creatures that live in it and think yourself the master of all creation" All-Death mocked.
The Scarlet King seethed at that.
He imeadelty grabbed one of the bound women at his feet and crushed her throat, killing her.
Jeser jumped back in shock and even Moloch looked stunned.
"You call me that? See how many souls I deliver into your halls" The King replied.
"Indeed. No other being has delivered so many souls into our halls. You have filled them to the point where even our sister and your mother cannot contain them" Small-Death replied.
"Continue on your current path and you will join them. We will show you what will happen if you continue on this path" Great-Death spoke.
The 3 Brothers conjured up a screen and Jeser, the Scarlet King and Moloch all watched with interest.
It showed the Prime-Multiverse and hundreds of Earths that resided within it.
Jeser resisted the urge to scoff.
The majority of its heroes he considered to be no threat to him at all.
A handful provided nuisance value.
But there were a few who could fight him.
It showed the City of the Gods burning and Jeser felt pleasure at that.
Then a hellish realm was shown as a portal to the City opened up.
The realm was littered with millions of dead bodies and the air was choked with ash and dust.
A man that Jeser recognized as Prince Charming emerged, with a determined look on his face.
Then it showed Moloch fighting against someone he recognized as the Tony Stark aka Iron Man of Earth-8096.
God but Jeser absolutely despised that Earth.
Then there was a flurry of images that showed death and destruction and heroes fighting against the King's forces.
It panned to show his master facing the Bruce Wayne of Earth-2005.
All-Death then shut off the screen.
"So you see? Change your path and none of that has to happen. We have special place in our halls for you. And as for the heroes that will remain permently dead after that battle; well Nalia has decreed they will forever dwell in mansions of glory and endless delight" All-Death said.
The King was silent for a moment and then he glared at them.
"You think you are so tough. But I will show you and my dear mother that it is not so" he snarled.
The 3 Brothers sighed and disappeared into the shadows.
Jeser turned to face his master.
The Scarlet King did not respond.
And Chapter 43 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
To address one of the lines, yes; I do plan for some of the characters in this series to die permently. You will see who, but I will confirm that NolanVerse Batman and Selina will remain very much alive as out of most of the heroes in this series, they deserve there happy ending the most.
So now Alice is finally dead and Bane is also dead, while Liam's back is broken.
Now to address the 3 scenes:
A future arc will have the 3 Jokers teaming up. I know that in the cannon Arrowverse, Batman is supposed to have killed Joker, but I find that to be utter BS and more Batman hate-fest. So picture Earth-1 Joker being played by Joaquin Phoenix.
The other 2 Jokers were the DCAU and NolanVerse versions.
And now the MonsterVerse has officially entered the series after its two cameos in Chapters 1 and 5 of 'A Legend Never Dies'.
Kind of ironic that Bane crushed Liam's back and 2 minutes later he gets crushed by Kong. Fitting ending don't you think?
As for the 3rd scene, consider it a taste of what's to come. I know that the Scarlet King and the women part was violent but the Scarlet King is super sadistic and puts every other villain to shame.
And now the 3 Brothers Death have been introduced.
Next chapter will see Jason meeting Lucifer, the Dark Avengers and Nalia, and I am very excited about that arc.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you think of this chapter.
Arrowverse Fan 217 Out.