Happy 2nd of May Everyone! Zdala here and I come baring a new story for all those DC fans out there! I hope you're ready for a new exciting adventure, straight from my wacky, colorful but delicate mind. I've been brainstorming this story for a while and I thought that it was time to put it out in the open.
Here we go, cue the music, lights and lets get ready for the first Chapter of my fanfiction! :)
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Chapter 1: Dreams in Darkness
'Nothing can stop the will of Darkseid.'
That damned statement. Uttered from the mouth of one who met his demise at the hands of Darkseid. The above statement served as a reminder to the superhero community to always be vigilant when facing this unholy threat. By hearing this statement many times they prepared themselves to prove all the historians wrong. They prepared themselves to stop his will.
How foolish they had been.
-Earth-
-5 Years Ago-
Beastboy screamed out in sheer agony as he was once again hurdled through a single brick building structure. He tried to scream for help but could only taste his own blood. The flames of destruction danced around him, while his eyes peered into the red oblivion laced sky.
His bones cried out painfully as he tried to move, but to no avail. Tears welled up in Beastboy's ducts as his eyes soon narrowed to the body of Starfire which was just laying a few feet from him. The Tamarian had been severed in half after trying to confront Granny Goodness in order to save him.
He still remembered the screams of Starfire as he watched her blood spill and the light in her eyes leave the mortal world. She was always a beacon of light for the Titans, and seeing her snuffed out by such evil made Beastboy even more rageful then he had previously been.
Not that rage was going to do him any good anyway.
On the contrary, rage was absolutely useless to him at this point. He had propelled his rage far enough into battle with the Justice League and the Titans, only to be cut down like trees in the forest.
This had been the fated battle that they each prepared for, ever since Highfather warned them that Darkseid's forces were coming. Apparently the Lord of Apokolips had discovered something new, something powerful that would bring him closer to obtaining the Anti-Life Equation. With this knowledge in hand, he attacked earth with every possible weapon he could throw at them.
Slaughtering a few hundred thousand Parademons was no trouble. It was taking down Darkseid that proved to be the most effective challenge. The Heroes stood valiantly against the New God for several days, but in the end even they could not permanently take him down.
Metropolis had been ground zero for the chaos. Trillions were killed during the battle and mostly everything had been wiped off of the map. Now they were facing they're final doomsday, with Superman and a few other heroes still fighting the good fight in hopes of overturning this hopeless situation.
While they may have continued to fight, Beastboy himself knew that he was done for. He could have sworn he morphed into every beast of the animal kingdom at least once. Not that it did him any good however, cause now he was down permanently, too damaged to keep resisting.
"He's over here!"
Beastboy's heart slammed against his chest as he heard the voice of Lashina fill his ear drums. His eyes narrowed scardly as he heard the footsteps of her, Stompa and Mad Harriet approach him. In the background he could still see a weakened Superman try and take on Darkseid in order to save him.
"Ooh, lookie what we have here!" Mad Harriet giggled. "A hurt little doggy."
"This is the one they call Changling right?" Lashina questioned.
"Nah he's the Beastkid or something!" Stompa answered.
"Well whatever he is Darkseid wants him alongside the others!"
"Grab him then!"
As Mad Harriet made a move to grab Beastboy, the Titan found himself irnoring the pain he was feeling as he suddenly morphed into a tiger. With this miraculous transformation, he slashed Mad Harriet back knocking her away from him before turning his too the duo.
Lashina cooed. "Oooh the Beastkid likes to play rough does he?"
"It's Beastboy Bitch!" He screamed and tried to slash the other two. His advances, however, were stopped by Stompa who grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and slammed him in the dirt. What was to follow was Lashina wrapping her whip around Beastboy's neck and electrifying him several times.
The heroes body tensed up as it tried to brave the electric power coursing through his veins. Although he was being slowly tortured into submission, Garfield's mind wasn't focused on the pain, instead his eyes pierced down toward another part of the battlefield.
In his vision he could clearly make out Parademons carrying a few dozen people. The three most noticeable people were his comrades, Robin, Raven & Cyborg. Robin and Raven were barley conscious as they struggled to keep the Parademons away from them, while Cyborg, who was only a severed robotic head kept calling out Beastboy's name to save them.
"Stand aside Lashina!"
The gravelly, deep and evil voice of Lashina's master addressed her as he took several steps forward toward them. Lashina soon stopped her attack, allowing her master to come through. He walked past his trio of female furies until he was standing over Beastboy's body.
"No!" Beastboy's cried softly as Darkeid stood over him. He found himself staring deep into the New God's eyes which were laced with the red power of his omega beams. The God chuckled slightly to himself as he watched Beastboy body tense up from the fear of him.
"You cannot stop the will of Darkseid!" Darkseid calmly murmured as his eyes grew brighter.
"No, noooooo!" Beastboy screamed out as Darkseid's Omega Beams started to come closer toward him.
-End of Dream Sequence-
-New Metropolis-
-Highfathers Palace-
The Terror of seeing the Omega Beams, was enough to shake Garfield Logan awake from his nightmare. The Teen's forehead was drenched in sweat while his heart refused to calm down from reliving the tragedy all over again.
"Another Nightmare." Garfield huffed. In the darkness of his room on New Metropolis, he sat upright on his kingsize bed. How he dreaded going to sleep every night since five years ago. Everytime he tried to rest, he was bombarded with the reminder that Darkseid could return any moment. Had it not been for Highfather and the New Genesis refugees, they surely would have been decimated.
Needless to say, knowing that he was alive did nothing to ease Garfield's conscious. His days and his nights always turned to the friends who were captured, and those that were killed on the spot. He dare not try to process what Darkseid could be doing to them over the time they were trapped on Apokolpis. To keep himself functioning and sane he must remember the reason he was still there, he had to remember why fate spared him alongside the others.
The longer he kept to his thoughts, the longer he realized he would never be able to get back to sleep. Without really thinking, the EX-Titan grabbed a small flat mechanical device he had on his to an earthly tablet, the small device recorded events and listings that went on throughout New Metropolis.
Garfield bit his lip hard as he slowly swiped through the files, until he found his destination. The same file that he had accessed over five hundred times.
The File Recorded the following transcript.
File Number# 4540
Scribe: Lyria
Casualties of Apokolips War
Flash [Alias Barry Allen] Status- Deceased
Supergirl[Alias Kara Kent] Status- Deceased
Aquaman [Alias Aurthur Curry] Status- Deceased
Martian Manhunter [Alias Jo'nn Jonz] Status- Deceased
Green Arrow [Alias Oliver Queen] Status- Deceased
Zatanna [Alias Zatanna Zatarra ] Status- Deceased
Stargirl[Alias Courtney Witmore] Status- Deceased
Starfire[Alias Kori ] Status- Deceased
Gypsy [Alias Cindy Reynolds] Status- Deceased
Steel [Alias Hank Heywood the 3rd] Status- Deceased
Captain Marvel [Alias Billy Batson] Status- Deceased
DR Light [Alias Kimiyo Hoshi] Status- Deceased
Jesse Quick [Alias Jesse Chambers ] Status- Deceased
Hawkgirl [Alias Sheyra Hol] Status- Deceased
Green Lantern #01 [Alias John Stewart ] Status- Deceased
Green Lantern #02 [Alias Kyle Rainer] Status- Deceased
Green Lantern #03 [Alias Guy Gardener] Status- Deceased
Green Lantern #04 [Alias Hal Jordan] Status- Deceased
Plastic Man [Alias Patrick O'Brien ] Status- Deceased
Batwoman [Alias Kate Kane] Status- Critical Conditon
Huntress [Alias Helena Bertinelli] Status- Deceased
Fire [Alias Beatriz De Coza] Status- Deceased
Wondergirl [Alias Cassie Sandsmark] Status- Deceased
Batman[Alias Bruce Wayne] Status- Captured
Robin [Alias Dick Grayson] Status- Captured
Raven [Alias Rachel Roth] Status- Captured
Cyborg [Alias Victor Stone] Status- Captured
Aqualad [Alias Garth ] Status- Captured
Jinx [Alias None ] Status- Captured
Speedy [Alias Roy Harper] Status- Captured
Blue Beetle [Alias Jamie Reyes] Status- Captured
Wildebeest [Alias Jim Cummings] Status- Captured
Hotspot [Alias Isaiah Crockett] Status- Captured
Kid Flash [Alias Wally West] Status- Captured
Black Canary [Alias Dinah Lance] Status- Captured
Fire Storm [Alias Diana Prince] Status- Captured
Wonder Woman [Alias Diana Prince] Status- MIA
"Damnit!" Garfield cursed as he slammed the tech against the wall. All those people being slain by Darkseid, the memories haunted him every night. The Good Guys were always supposed to win, yet they had suffered so much during that war against Darkseid. What was even worse was they had not finished counting the bodies. Highfather's people once told him they would take eons to identify the death toll which probably reached into the zillions by now.
"Garfield-." He heard a voice call out to him as the doors to his room soon opened up. Standing at the entrance was a twenty-two-year-old African American female, with a slender body, chocolate eyes and long silky black hair which was pulled into a ponytail. This woman was Ryan Wilder, a close personal friend of Kate Kane & Bruce Wayne as well as one of the few survivors from the massacre.
Since the foundation of New Metropolis, Ryan had been recruited by Highfather as head of his medic staff. Ryan's main job was to watch over Superman, Beastboy and the few other superheroes that remained.
"You had the dream again didn't you?" She asked softly as she sat down next to him and began to rub his back in comfort.
"Everytime I close my eyes Ryan I see it over and over again, it's like I just can't think of anything else!"
"As Kate told me, war is hell." She replied. "What you've been through, nobody should ever have to go through in there lifetime!"
"We wouldn't have had to go through it if it weren't for him!" Garfield stated with a blank look on his face. Ryan recognized this look many times throughout Garfield's days here on New Metropolis. Whenever he throughout too much or got tired of the memories haunting him, his mind would wander off into dangerous territory.
Gone were the days of Beastboy the comedic genius with a heart of Gold. Sitting before her was a battle worn Garfield Logan who had one goal in his entire mind. She knew he had this goal ever since he recovered from being almost disintegrated by the omega beams.
Deep down all that Garfield had left was this single goal.
Deep down he knew he had to kill him.
Deep down he knew Darkseid must die.
-Outside-
While darkness covered the outside of the streets of New Metropolis, a lone figure stands upon a rooftop looking at the window where Garfield's room is. The figure is dressed in a motorcycle outfit combined with a helmet. In his hand he carried a small circular device that resembled a stopwatch.
"Do you read me Granny?" He called out as he put the device closer to his helmet. "This is Sparrow Granny!"
"Ah yes dearie, Granny reads you perfectly!" She cackled in delight. "How is our victim MR Logan doing?"
"Coming unravelled at the seams at we speak, I won't have a problem in capturing him tomorrow."
"Marvelous Kitten, and as per Darkseid's orders you are also to destroy Highfather's idiotic little eyesore of a palace!"
"With pleasure Granny!"
"Thank you my darling!" With that the communication was shut off leaving the figure to once again stalk Garfield from the distance that he was at. He wasn't sure why Lord Darkseid wanted this little runt so bad, but he couldn't argue with him. Whatever the master wanted he would get. He would deliver this Garfield Logan to him and soon Highfather and the rest of the earthlings would fall beneath his boot.
The will of Darkseid would be done, this he swore on his very life.
End of Chapter 1
So it is with great pleasure that we ado to our very first chapter! I want to thank everyone for making this chapter possible. I know alot of questions must be coarsing throughout your brain but stay tuned as everything will be answered shortly. Also if you guys are in the mood for another good reading, please feel free to check out my profile as well as the stories I have underneath.
Chapter 2 will be up soon so until then stay cool, calm, collected and stay true to they own self!
Catcha Later!
Arigato!
Z