The Finale Part I

Here it is. The first part of the finale. I'm sorry if the first one might be a little slow but trust me, you'll be in for another guest star and a big surprise in the next chapter. But trust me...even he can't...oh whoopsie, going too far. And originally, Shayera was only supposed to fight in the final battle but I just threw in something for all you Shayera fans out there (you know who you are). But the fight was a bit last minute so I'm sorry if it's subpar and seems completely random. After much agonizing waiting and an annoying bug in my computer, I give you the beginning of the end.

"So this is it, huh?" Shayera asked, holding up a purple spherical machine, glinting in the fluorescent lights floating above. "Doesn't look so hot."

"There's more to it then just its looks you know," the scientist said, sounding almost insulted. "That machine holds a lot of power. It's the only thing that can break down the project's structure."

"We must get going Shayera, we don't have much time untill the rift closes," Dr. Fate spoke calmly, gesturing toward the door. The man snatched the machine away from Shayera, following closely behind Dr. Fate. Just as Dr. Fate was opening the door, a loud knock came from the front doors on the other side of the room.

"Dr. Solaris, we've come for you! Open up now or we'll be forced to enter!" a voice shouted from behind the door.

"Who's that?" Shayera inquired, eyeing the man suspiciously.

With a sheepish grin, Dr. Solaris replied, "Well, creating all these inventions are very costly and I have been running a bit high in debt…"

"I don't believe this," Shayera whispered to herself, removing her mace from her waist. "Dr. Fate, you take him and get out of here, I'll buy you some time."

"Are you sure Shayera?" Dr. Fate questioned with much uncertainty. "This could be dangerous. We don't know how powerful these people are."

"I'm a superhero, it comes with the territory," Shayera answered with a smug smile. Dr. Fate nodded and he quickly went out the door, Dr. Solaris trailing quickly behind him. "Alright, let's see what's behind door #1."

"That's it we're coming in!" the voice yelled and then, the door burst open and two men, one clad in red equipment and the other in blue. "Wait a second…you're not Solaris," the man in blue said, observing the Thanagarian carefully.

"Glad you noticed," Shayera said sarcastically, twirling her mace around gracefully.

"Where's Solaris?" the man in red questioned. "What have you done?" The man now had a gun mounted on his wrist aimed directly at Shayera. "Answer me now."

"Sorry, can't tell you that," Shayera responded easily.

"Is that so? Well If you won't tell me," the man in red said before firing at Shayera. Shayera blocked the blasts with her mace, moving swiftly through the tables. The man in blue began firing as well, and Shayera quickly took the air, her mace blocking as many blasts as possible. "What the he…" Shayera swooped in and delivered a powerful knee to the man's stomach, sending him sprawling. Next she swung her mace around, the spiked weapon making direct contact with the other's cheek.

"This lady's good," the man in blue muttered, getting up from the floor. "But not good enough." The man pulled out a small plasma pistol, firing it directly at Shayera's head. Shayera easily ducked the shot, performing a sweeping kick as she did. The man jumped over it, shooting more bullets at Shayera as he did but she easily rolled away from them. As she did, she readied her mace and threw it straight at the man's chin, knocking him to the wall.

Picking herself up, she got up and ran for her mace. She stopped just feet from her mace, stopping just in front of where a bullet shot hit the floor. Shayera quickly took cover behind an overturned table, the rain of bullets pounding the table hard.

"You can't hide forever," the man in red whispered, slowly approaching the smoking table. Shayera had to think fast. She was without her weapon and a man with an arsenal of guns was getting closer. She looked at the space around, a small silver object catching her eye. It was shaped like a canteen, the entire body shining like silver. There was also a ring embedded in the top.

"This better be a flash grenade," Shayera muttered, grabbing the small object. She pulled the ring and a hissing sound emerged from it. She threw it over the table and waied for some sort of sound. Much to her relief, it was a loud BANG and there was a brilliant white flash and a scream. "Good." Shayera jumped over the table leaping at the two enemies before her.

With her enemies incapacitated, Shayera ran for her mace and began gliding toward her two enemies. Shayera slammed her mace into the helmet of the red mercenary, knocking him to the floor. The other quickly recovered though, the dizziness subsiding. He drew a gun and began shooting at Shayera close range. Shayera quickly blocked each one, the bolts flying everywhere as they ricocheted off her mace.

"Annoying bird," the man murmured, ducking to avoid one of the blasts that headed toward him. He pulled out another gun and began firing. The quick shots were two much and one grazed her arm, leaving a moderate burn.

"Ah!" Shayera screamed, clutching her arm, accidentally dropping her mace to the floor. The mercenary took no hesitation and began firing but Shayera, not a moment too soon, jumped away, grabbing her mace in one sweeping motion. She back flipped several feet, gracefully dodging all the blasts that came her way. Stopping as soon as the man ceased fire, her foot landed on top of a strange blue gun, with a transparent container showing several small silver balls.

"Hah, what they expect that thing to do? My armor can't be pierced" the blue armored man asked, trying hard not to fall into a fit of laughter.

Shayera took aim at the man's chest, closing one eye. "Don't know, but I'm hoping it'll hurt," Shayera pulled the trigger and one of the balls flew out at the man who, being confident that the shot would do nothing, let it come at him. The moment the ball came in contact, a surge of electrical energy coursed through the man, shattering his armor and knocking him to the floor, unconscious. Shayera stared at her newly found weapon and quickly put it at her waist. "I'll save this for later."

Shayera ran for the door, the portal in sight. She flew as fast as she could, gasping in shock as she saw the portal begin to closer. "Come on wings," Shayera urged, flapping them once to increase her overall speed. The portal had become so thin that she knew she would barely be able to fit. Thinner and thinner and Shayera finally reached the portal, folding her wings close so that they would not be severed if the portal got to narrow. Shayera jumped through, landing into the Interdimensional Coucil ,where Dr. Fate and Solaris were waiting.

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Wonder Woman quickly ripped open the door, revealing the large channeling chamber, The column with energy was glowing weaker by the second. The two other heroes rushed in, going down the large stairway to rendevous with J'onn and Green Arrow.

"How much time?" Batman asked as he heard the loud movement of the creatures getting closer.

"Just a few more minutes," J'onn answered, pulling out a large energy container as the lights began to dim. "Can you hold them off?"

"Not a problem," Flash assured with a thumbs up as the creatures burst through the door. And to his displeasure, there were dozens of them. Well...maybe a little problem..."

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Captain Atom reeled in pain, falling to the floor weakly as the energy surrounding him disappeared. Green Lantern and Captain Marvel fell too, exhausted from the fighting. The creature however, was unharmed and appeared as if it had never fought at all. It floated above them menacingly as Supergirl came down with them. Fire was lying several feet away, her energy absorbed.

"We can't beat that thing, it's unstoppable," Green Lantern panted, his ring beginning to lose its strength. He had exhausted it to the point that he could no longer sustain his green aura. Without it, a single strike could kill him.

"We have to hold out until Dr. Fate shows up. Then we can beat it," Supergirl said, checking the wound on her arm.

"And how long will that be?" Green Lantern asked, feeling wary. "The way this battle is going, we won't be able to last another ten minutes. I mean, that thing is getting stronger! It won't be long before another one of us gets drained"

"I know but we can't give up! We have to..." Captain Marvel began to cheer but he was cut off by a bolt of fire that headed their way. The heroes scrambled to avoid it, doing so just in the nick of time. They looked up to see the monster preparing to attack again.

Being ruthless as it was, the creature was about to shoot right at them, prompting the others to take battle stances. Just as it was about to launch at the heroes, a voice called from above.

"Hey, ugly! Over here!" Shayera's voice shouted, attracting the attention of the grey monstrosity that had torn up half of Metropolis.

Salvation was here at last.