(Rated I for Immature)
Apokolips War
Planet Earth was in ruins by the forces of Darkseid. The oceans were poisonously acidic having a sick green color. The atmosphere was considerably cooler creating larger ice caps. As a result, the land began to emerge that had previously been underwater. Coastal cities were now cut off from the ocean. The major capitals of the world were gutted by Darkseid's Paradooms. They were larger than Parademons and more aggressive. The skies of Earth were constantly being patrolled by them. The Earth's human, animal, and plant populations had been decimated. The Justice League had been thoroughly defeated.
Kara, Mon, and Brainiac 5 met at an abandoned pub in London. "This Earth is a real shit-hole," Kara said pleased.
"What's so good about that?" Mon asked as he drank down a whiskey bottle.
"Her instructions were for me to find Earths that were in great need of Supergirl's heroism," Brainiac 5 reminded him.
"There's no limit to your ego, is there? How many Earths are we going to save?" Mon asked.
"Quit your bitching. This is another chance for you to kill Darkseid," Kara said.
"I can't beat him. I'm not strong enough," Mon said filled with self-pity, and then began to cry.
"This is painful to watch, so I'm going to leave. Barney, let's go find some interesting survivors," Kara said leaving Mon behind.
"As you wish," Brainiac 5 said joining her.
Mon continued to drink for a good hour before he was interrupted by a middle-aged man with dark hair and green eyes and a purple-haired girl. They both eyed Mon as he continued drinking what was left of the pub's stock. "We need him," the man said to the girl.
Mon obnoxiously burped in their general direction. "We're doomed," the girl realized.
"Mon-El, is it? We're glad we found you," the man said to him.
"Find your own pub. This one is taken," Mon told them off. "In fact, the whole city is mine."
"Mon, it's me. It's Clark Kent," he said revealing himself. "You knew me as Superman."
"You look fucked up," Mon remarked as he stumbled over to him. He stared at Clark's green eyes and green colored veins on his face.
Mon decided to test his strength by giving him a good punch to the face. Clark gave out a cry as he fell to the floor. He quickly got back up and punched Mon back. "I didn't even feel that," Mon insulted and then punched Clark again.
"We're not here to fight," Raven said to him.
Parademons then broke through the pub. "No, but they are," Mon smirked.
Raven powered up her hands only to fall to her knees in pain. A Parademon bitch-slapped her to the floor. Clark broke a chair over a Parademon without result. Two Parademons grabbed a hold of Clark with the intention of ripping him to pieces. Mon then understood the connection between Clark's green eyes and his weakness. He fired energy bursts from his hands blasting the two Parademons back.
A Parademon swung at Mon only to get punch all the way through. The injured Parademon swung his fists down on Mon missing and hitting the bar. "My beer!" Mon realized as his pitcher nearly toppled over from the vibration. Mon quickly drank it down and then blasted a Parademon's head off. Mon then blasted another Parademon to ash.
"Now, I'm sober again," Mon muttered as his energy had burned away all the alcohol in his system. "Gift from Darkseid or lamest tattoo ever?" Mon asked of Clark as he saw his Superman crest on his bare chest.
"Liquid Kryptonite, to keep me from ever being a threat," Clark explained.
"Glad I don't have any weaknesses like that," Mon smirked.
"Wait, you're a Daxamite. You can't be around lead," Clark said confused.
"I'm not from your universe. In my universe, I am a Jin-Saiyan and no Kryptonite nor lead can stop me," Mon said proudly.
Clark merely stared at him. "What's her deal?" Mon asked him.
"She's cursed with the power of her demonic father, Trigon. It gives her extraordinary power but at the risk of releasing Trigon onto the universe destroying all life. He's contained in this fragile and quite exposed ruby stone on her forehead," Clark explained.
"Well, okay then," Mon said thoroughly amused.
Mon knelt down to the struggling Raven. "Stop it," she shook her head.
"I will exact my vengeance upon you, ungrateful bitch of a daughter, and you will know I am the Lord!" the red crystal declared.
"And I thought my family was fucked up," Mon mused.
"That's what she hears all the time," Clark said sympathetically. Mon then walked off. "Hey, where are you going?"
"Going on an enthusiastic walk," Mon said vaguely.
"I told you he would be a waste of time. All cowards are," Raven said as she got back to her feet.
"What the fuck did I just hear?" Mon turned back to them.
"Just hear us out," Clark said to him.
"More Parademons will be back. I would get moving if I were you," Mon invited.
The three of them walked around London until they reached the old clocktower that had crashed on the ground. "Look, are you going to help us or not?" Raven asked impatiently.
"You remind me of my own daughter, that self-righteous moralizing," Mon mused. "So, what went wrong with your assault on Darkseid?" Mon asked curiously.
"Our transport ships were overwhelmed by Paradooms. Upon crash landing on the surface, we were surrounded by them. Many of us fell, some of us were left alive. Darkseid had plans for them. Only Shazam escaped," Clark recalled.
"A few days later, Darkseid sent his Paradooms to Earth. We didn't have a chance," Raven said.
"Does it hurt?" Mon asked Clark mockingly.
"Even without his powers, he's still fighting," Raven told him off. "You couldn't be bothered."
"Don't compare me to your weak-ass Daxamite Mon-El of this universe," Mon shot back. "What do you need from me?"
"We need you to locate Damien Wayne," Clark said.
"Really?" Mon scoffed. He put two fingers to his forehead and sensed for the few survivors left on the planet. He then located him in India. "Got him. Everyone hold hands."
Clark and Raven obliged him. The three of them suddenly disappeared from London and reappeared in India. They were immediately surrounded by ninjas. "Infidels have breached our sanctuary. Slay them," Shiva ordered her men.
"Yeah, no," Mon said creating an air shockwave that blasted them to their feet. Mon then took down each ninja individually without difficulty. Their swords and knives shattered upon hitting his skin. Mon playfully punched them all down.
Shiva then tried to slice Mon through. Mon grabbed her wrists and lifted her off the ground. Shiva continued fighting, kicking him to the head several times. "You can't be serious," Mon rolled his eyes as he was kicked several more times.
Some of the recovered ninjas placed swords on the necks of Raven and Clark giving Mon pause. "Enough!" Damien said now wearing ninja armor. Mon dropped Shiva's ass to the ground. "I'll let you all live...for now," he said to them.
Mon scoffed at that. "Whatever."
The group went to sleep inside the ninja fortress. Raven immediately started having nightmares of Trigon. "Is there any way to cure her?" Damien wondered.
"Yeah, sure, let Trigon escape and she'll be fine," Mon said nonchalantly.
"How about a solution that doesn't destroy all life in the universe?" Damien asked.
"Trigon ain't shit against...," Mon said and then stopped himself. "I mean, he's not all-powerful."
"Let's go. I want to continue to guilt-trip you on your epic failure," Damien said to Clark. "Steal anything and I'll cut your hands off," Damien said to Mon.
"As if?" Mon scoffed. "Do you have a battery?"
"No," Damien replied confused by the question.
"Then, I'm not interested in any of your shit," Mon said dismissively.
Damien explained the assault on Titan tower. The Teen Titans were quickly overwhelmed and killed off except Damien who managed to escape with Dick Grayson's body. Damien then used the Lazarus pit to resurrect Dick only for it to go badly. Dick was now clinically insane in a straight jacket in a cell.
"That is one fucked-up story," Mon remarked.
"It's my responsibility to save Batman...or kill him. He would want that. But the only way to Apokalips is through Lex-Tower. How do you expect to do that?" Damien asked Clark.
"Too easy," Mon said.
Mon instantly transported himself, Clark, Raven, Damien, and Shiva to Stryker's Island. Damien was now in his old Robin costume. Raven started throwing up from the trip. "Lois said she was negotiating with their leader. She's a people person," Clark said as they came to the entrance of a prison fortress.
Mon forced the door open for them. "I'm sure the situation is well at hand," Clark said optimistically.
Inside, the prisoners had taken over. In the center square was a boxing ring where the prisoners cheered as two women fought. Lois gave Harley a clean uppercut. "Nice hook. Where did you learn that?" Harley asked.
"I'm an army brat," she said.
"Well, no shit but no one out-brats me," Harley said to her.
The two fought evenly in the ring with punches and kicks. Despite all the damage Lois put on Harley, it didn't seem to make a difference. Harley then took the fight seriously putting Lois's arm behind her back and then pinched her neck. Lois fell to the canvas passed out.
Captain Boomerang entered the ring and took the mic. "And still the undisputed champion, Harley Quinn," he raised her arm. "Have I mentioned I'm quite experienced down-under," he said to her.
"All the time. The Australian jokes are getting old," Harley told him off as she kicked him out of the ring.
Harley then pulled Lois to her feet. "Scum of the Earth, we're going to storm Lex Tower and give that bald traitor a giant wedgy!" Harley declared with enthusiastic applause from the crowd.
Harley jumped out of the ring and met up with King Shark, a humanoid with a literal shark-head. "That's my girl," Mon rolled his eyes.
"You and Harley? Gross," Raven said immaturely.
"Do I look Insane to you?" Mon asked her.
"Is that a trick question?" she wondered.
Damien walked up to Harley. "How did Amanda Waller make a lunatic like you head of squad?" he asked her.
"Easy, she died. I always fail upwards," Harley laughed.
"King Shark is a shark," King Shark chuckled with her.
"Let's go rob from the rich, so we can sell to the poor," Harley said enthusiastically.
"Give to the poor," Lois corrected.
"Wat?" Harley thought she misheard.
"Do you have somewhere private?" Lois asked.
"Coming onto me strong, Lois. I like that," Harley said licking her lips.
"No, I need you to see this," Lois said taking out a tablet.
"I'll watch whatever silly youtube video you have there but you have to agree to get drunk as fuck with me," Harley said.
"No, I won't let you," Raven said as she struggled to control Trigon.
"Why the fuck not?" Harley asked referring to her drinking.
"I think I need a minute," Raven said to the group.
"I think you need more than that, girl," Harley mocked.
"Is there a place where she can rest?" Damien asked.
"Oh, is that what the kids call it these days?" Harley mocked. "Look, Cheetah will show you the way," she said finally.
Harley then led Lois, Clark, and Mon to the warden's office. At her side was King Shark. Lois proceeded to give a power-point presentation on the situation. "Darkseid's machines have come online in the Congo, China, and off the coast of England," Lois said.
"Sounds completely random and without a point," Harley said unimpressed. "Don't they look like phallic shapes to you?" she asked King Shark.
"King Shark is a shark," he agreed.
"Moving along, they send Earth's magma to Darkseid's base," Lois continued.
"So, we destroy them," Harley said obviously.
"That's a temporary solution. We need to blow up Apokalips," Lois said super-serious.
"Damn girl, I didn't know mass genocide was in you," Harley mocked.
"These slaves of Darkseid aren't real people," Lois said defensively.
"Yeah, but blowing up Apokalips will send planetary debris onto the planet New Genesis killing all life there as well. Apokalips is part of a binary planetary system, didn't you know?" Harley said.
"Wait, how could you know that?" Clark asked suspiciously.
Harley eyed Clark wondering just how weak he had become with the liquid Kryptonite. Harley got rid of her pigtails, burned away her make-up off, and looked directly at Clark. "My God, it's you, Kara," Clark realized.
"No, duh," Kara rolled her eyes.
"I saw Kara defeated by Parademons. I saw her die," Clark said hauntedly.
"Yeah, that was your Kara. Mon and I are from Earth-38 and we're ready to rumble with Darkseid," Kara said enthusiastically.
"You knew this whole time?" Lois accused Mon.
"It was your dumbass idea to waste time in India to retrieve a brat and a ninja woman," Mon said dismissively.
"I don't think we're all on the same page. The Earth and the universe are at stake here. This is super-serious," Clark said to them.
Kara barked out a laugh. "I'm sorry. You have to see it from our perspective. We've been hopping from one universe to the next fixing your Justice League fuck-ups. I don't have to be here. I'm not getting paid to do this. I'm a volunteer," Kara told him off.
"Okay, you do intend to play to win, right?" Lois asked skeptically.
"Fuck yeah. Continue with your brilliant plan," Kara said condescendingly.
"We send strike teams to the three towers forcing Apokolips to send in reinforcements. While Apokalips is relatively undefended, we send another team to Lex Corp. tower where they will use a portal machine to arrive on Apokalips and knock out his power generator destroying the planet," Lois said.
"Holy fuck, I wish it were that easy," Kara said amused.
Lois sighed. "You got a better idea?"
"Perhaps you're not accounting for Darkseid himself," Kara said obviously.
"I have a source in Lex Corp Tower that says he is currently going to Oa to conquer it," Lois said.
"I bet it's Lex Luthor. It's Lex, isn't it?" Kara guessed.
"Yes," Lois admitted.
"Can we trust this Lex Luthor?" Mon asked.
"Fuck, I don't even know if I trust our own Lex Luthor," Kara smiled.
"At this rate, the molten core will be gone in a week. When that happens, it's game over," Lois said super-serious. "I know this plan sounds insane, but we're out of time."
"I like your plan but it sucks so let me do it," Kara said to her.
Kara, appearing as Harley, and her Suicide Squad composed of King Shark, Captain Boomerang, Cheetah, Bane, and Black Manta stormed the gates of Lex Corp Tower and engaged in a firefight with Lex's human security forces. A second armored vehicle was composed of Clark, Lois, Mon, Raven, Damien, and Shiva. They all fought the guards in their own style. Kara went about smashing heads with her giant mallet. The guards were dead soon after learning she was bulletproof.
King Shark bit heads off, Bane crushed fools, Captain Boomerang threw razor-sharp boomerangs, Black Manta fired laser beams from his helmet. Cheetah being completely naked and without armor was shot several times taking her down.
"No, not Cheetah!" Kara said mournfully.
"Shame, I would have loved to have a threesome with her," Mon said.
"I know, right. There's just something about fur I can't deny, man or woman," Kara said.
Shiva then got shot in the head randomly. "Well...shit," Kara realized.
"We're sitting ducks here," Captain Boomerang noted.
"The portal gate is one floor up, no stairs," Lois said looking at her tablet.
"Let's keep moving," Clark said.
"You said this would be hard. It's not hard," Mon said to Kara.
"How about you talk more about the mission and less about your dick," Kara suggested.
King Shark charged the door when it suddenly exploded knocking him to the floor. "King Shark is a shark," he grumbled.
As the smoke cleared, Lex Luthor in his mech suit was revealed. "I'm afraid you don't have the proper clearance," he said dryly.
Damien leaped up for an attack with his sword. "Wouldn't do that if I were you," Kara advised. Damien got the shock of his life as he tried to stab through the metal. Lex then threw Damien aside.
"Damien!" Raven shouted as she went berserk.
"Oh, shit," Kara realized as Raven created a raven construct and began beating the shit out of Lex's suit. Lex was finally exposed and then lifted into the air by a giant purple hand.
"No one will mourn you!" Raven said to Lex.
"We kind of need him alive," Kara said to her.
"Raven, no, stay in control," Clark told her.
Raven then released Lex. "I swear, you guys are all extremely unprofessional and emotionally unstable. Coming from me, you're all fucked," Kara chided.
"Can everyone stop killing Luthor? We need him," Clark reminded everyone.
"Stinkin collaborator," Damien accused.
"Please, the battle was over. I had to make a choice. I've been helping Lois ever since," Lex admitted.
"He's a traitor. He'll switch sides when it suits him," Damien warned.
"You need me and you don't have a lot of time," Lex said as he got up.
Lex led the team into his lab. Clark was fitted with a mech suit to increase his strength again. "My finest work. It's enthused with Kryptonite rounds and missiles," Lex said pleased with himself.
Damien got himself a Kryptonite sword from the armory. Lex then showed them the portal gate to Apokalips.
"We'll hold this end," Lois said to Clark as Lex charged up the portal gate. "Someone has to make sure the portal stays closed."
"I love you, Lois Lane," Clark said heartfelt.
"I know," Lois said giving him a kiss.
A beam suddenly hit the portal gate destroying it. Scraps of metal went everywhere. Another beam hit the control panel destroying it. Everyone eyed Mon. "What the fuck?" Lois wondered.
"I don't need a portal gate to get to Apokalips. I have instant transmission," Mon revealed.
"Then, why are we here?" Clark asked outraged.
"To save Lex, of course. He's my best buddy," Kara said giving Lex a fist bump he didn't return. "And to keep any of those Parademons or dooms from coming in."
"The plan was to lure all the Parademons to Earth to render Apokalips defenseless," Lois said.
"Err...Darkseid isn't going to be stupid enough to send all of his Parademons to any one planet. He has plenty of reserves that will destroy this little band you got here. Secondly, if you lure Parademons to Earth they're going to kill a lot of people while they're here including what's left of the Justice League. Thirdly, using this portal gate will immediately alert Darkseid of our intention ruining our element of surprise, and fourthly I can take whatever Darkseid can throw at me," Kara explained.
"Unless he has Kryptonite weapons," Lois brought up.
"In which case, Mon can blow up the planet. He doesn't have any weaknesses," Kara said. "I'm sure as hell not bringing Miss Liability here that could release her demon father at any moment, a weak-ass Superman, and a Robin reject."
"Darkseid is going to Oa first. If you intercept him...," Lois argued.
"Nah, I'd rather kill two birds with one stone," Kara rejected.
"You're insane, Kara," Clark said stunned.
"No, I'm a volunteer. I don't have to even be here," Kara said. "Be thankful I'm helping you people at all and not getting you all killed which is what would have happened if we followed Lois's so-called plan."
"King Shark is a shark," King Shark said as he joined them.
"Why does he get to go?" Damien asked.
King Shark morphed into Brainiac 5. "Shall we go?" he asked in his normal voice dumbfounding the others.
Kara tapped her chest creating a Supergirl uniform around her body. "Now, we can go," she said.
Mon then instantly transported all three of them to Apokolips.
The three appeared on a landing platform. In front of them was a bridge that led to the capital building. It was night with furnaces glowing in the distance. Brainiac 5 cloaked himself as Mon and Kara nonchalantly walked together. As they walked across the bridge, water sprung out between the cracks and rose up into a plume. The water solidified into icicles and then shot towards them. As they hit the bridge they created a fog.
Kara used her X-ray vision through the fog and stopped walking. A team of former Justice League members approached. Mera's left side of her face, her arms, and torso were robotic. Her legs were gone replaced with a robotic snake tail. She held a trident in her right hand.
Behind them was J'onn with robot eyes, electrodes on his scalp, and a metal plate on the left side of his head. His left arm was robotic, his legs were gone replaced with four robotic insect-looking legs, and a robotic tail behind him. J'onn morphed his right arm into a dragon's head that roared at them.
Hawkman landed looking completely robotic except for his right eye. Starfire also landed looking robotic except for the upper right side of her face and red hair. The four of them surrounded Kara and Mon ready to battle. Finally, Wonder Woman landed with her sword out. Her body was covered in armor making it difficult to know where flesh ended and the machine began. Her face and black hair were largely intact except for her left eye.
"I want to say I'm sorry I wasn't here...to save all of your asses when you needed me," Kara smirked.
Wonder Woman charged forward with her sword slamming it against Mon's chest. He went down to the bridge floor a distance away. Kara fired heat vision on Wonder Woman but it was deflected by her blade. "I don't fancy the new look but whom I to judge?" Kara said to her.
Wonder Woman charged forward with her sword. Kara lazily avoided her strikes. Mon blasted off J'onn's dragon arm and then shielded himself as Starfire fired down on him. J'onn quickly regenerated his arm and was back in the fight Mon fired continuously on Starfire forcing her to dodge him in the air. She then realized she was surrounded by floating energy orbs. Mon clasped his hands as the orbs all came together in one spot. Starfire created a green energy field around herself as the orbs hit her from all directions.
Mon then avoided a strike from Mera's trident, disarmed her, and then used it to keep Hawkman at bay as he repeatedly tried to bite at him like a rabid animal. Mon blasted Hawkman away from him but got coiled up by Mera's snake tail. Mera then formed icicles in the air to throw down on him. Mon rolled out of her tail, took the end, and slammed Mera repeatedly against the bridge floor. Mon then powered up an orb in his right hand.
Hawkman flew in distracting Mon allowing Mera to escape. Mon took hold of Hawkman and threw him into Mera. Kara continued to fire heat vision at Wonder Woman while avoiding her kicks and strikes. Wonder Woman slammed her sword down at Kara but was blocked by her arm.
"You might be a challenge, after all," Kara smirked.
Kara quickly disarmed Wonder Woman and then fought her hand-to-hand. Mon fought off Mera and Hawkman at the same time as Starfire rained down green beams upon him. Kara took hold of Wonder Woman and slammed her to the bridge floor. Wonder Woman quickly recovered and threw her shield at Kara. To her surprise, Kara caught the shield and threw it aside. Wonder Woman took back her sword and charged Kara missing her a few times. Kara kicked her away but Wonder Woman swiped at her face.
Kara backed away and felt blood on her face. "Damn," she realized she had been cut. The wound healed instantly. In retaliation, Kara increased her speed and power as she punched Wonder Woman several times in quick succession. Kara landed nearly stomping on Wonder Woman's back. With her sword, she sliced forward for a killer strike. Kara caught her sword in her hands, twisted it out of her hands, and then sliced Wonder Woman through her torso. Wonder Woman began to shut down as she coughed up blood and oil.
Kara stared Wonder Woman down. "And so it ends for you. I regret nothing," Kara said as she kicked Wonder Woman off the bridge. She fell into a fiery furnace and disappeared in the flames.
Kara then eyed Mon fighting Mera, J'onn, Hawkman, and Starfire all at the same time. "Can you hurry it up?" she asked impatiently.
Mon went Super Insane glowing intensely with golden light. In a flash, he punched Starfire into the air. Mon then powered up a beam attack. "Emak, Emak, Ha!" he fired. The beam overwhelmed Starfire incinerating her. Mon then cast fire down on the bridge distracting J'onn. Hawkman came in for an attack with his mace. Mon punched through his gut and then lit him up blasting him to nothing. Mon then fired two discs at J'onn and Mera. The discs sliced them both in half at their midsections separating them from their robotic appendages. Mon then pointed his hands in opposite directions and fired at the same time. The beams hit Mera and J'onn at the same time destroying them both.
Mon then powered down and approached Kara. "You okay?" he asked.
Kara gave him an odd look and then went forward into the capitol building. Kara fired heat vision at a door and entered a large room hosting several magnetic rings dancing around a floating treadmill. Kara recognized the red blur on the treadmill as the Flash. He looked thin, tired, and disheveled from years of captivity. Attached to the back of his head was an electrical cable forcing him to keep going. Kara eyed the cable connected directly to his brain with her X-ray vision.
"Free him," Kara ordered Mon.
He obliged grabbing a hold of the rings. The machine broke down and collapsed in a heap. Flash fell to the floor exhausted. Kara fired a heat vision beam slicing the cable off from his head. "Barry, you've looked better."
Flash laughed weakly. "I was made to replace one of his fusion reactors. Make me stop. You got to make me stop," he said as his body shook uncontrollably.
Brainiac 5 then decloaked in the room and placed a device on Flash's forehead. "Well?" Kara asked impatiently.
"He caused this invasion to happen by going back in time and saving his mother," Brainiac 5 said as he went through his memories.
"This bullshit again," Kara shook her head dismayed.
"How does keeping my mother alive...cause a Galactic warlord to invade Earth?" Flash asked them.
"It would be beyond your comprehension to understand," Brainiac 5 said gently.
"If he goes back in time, it could retroactively stop us from killing Darkseid," Kara figured.
"Assuming you are successful. Your record with him has been spotty," Brainiac 5 pointed out.
"But if he does come back, the galaxy and all of its civilizations will be threatened once more," Kara said.
"A reasonable theory," Brainiac 5 allowed.
Mon suddenly fired on Flash incinerating him. "Are we done debating?" he asked them.
Kara and Brainiac 5 frowned at him but continued walking inside the structure. As they walked, the walls fired on them from all sides. Brainiac 5 cloaked himself once more. Kara then flashed the walls as she went Prime disabling the lasers. Mon then blasted the doors open allowing them to enter a new chamber. In the back was Cyborg with his limbs disassembled connected to a mainframe. Brainiac 5 decloaked and examined him.
"None can resist Darkseid. Lord Darkseid is the source of all," Cyborg said to them.
"Oh, really?" Kara doubted.
"Lord Darkseid has ordered you be taken alive so he can personally oversee your punishment," Cyborg said.
"I'm shaking," Kara mocked.
Brainiac 5 extended cables and connected to Cyborg's brain freeing him. Mon then went over to him to pull him off the wall. "Stop, I'm fully integrated. There's not enough of me to ever leave this place," Cyborg said.
"If we had disconnected him earlier, it would have freed the Justice League members," Brainiac 5 said.
"Well...shit," Kara muttered.
"You killed them all," Cyborg realized horrified.
"Look, they wouldn't have wanted to live like that anyway," Kara excused. "Now, where's Batman?"
"I'm here," Batman replied from the back with Darkseid next to him. "And with his lord and master."
"Ha! Gaaayyy!" Kara mocked.
"You!" Mon shouted at Darkseid and then went Super Insane. He rushed Darkseid only to have his fist cupped midair. Darkseid sliced off Mon's armor around his right arm and torso with his omega beams. He then punched him to the floor.
"I knew you would come eventually, Mon-El, but I didn't expect you to rise from the dead, Kara Zor-El," Batman said.
"Did you miss me, hubby?" Kara mocked.
"You dare call me that? Our marriage was a sham. Now that my eyes have been opened by Lord Darkseid, I see that you were never my wife. Only an embarrassment," Batman said to her.
Both Darkseid and Mon gave WTF looks. "Shucks, Bruce, you're breaking my heart," Kara said wiping away a tear.
Darkseid sat on his throne. "Why is the bitch still alive? Correct this, Batman."
"Chair, attack Alpha Red," Batman ordered his throne chair.
"You must be joking," Kara said as the chair started firing at her from the air. Kara fired on the chair blasting it to pieces.
Batman emerged from the smoke with a Kryptonite sword and Kryonite knuckles. "Holy shit!" Kara realized as she got cut on her arm. Kara disarmed Batman of the sword but got punched to the face hard. Batman pummelled Kara with his knuckles to the face and gut. Kara fell to the floor weakened.
"In the past, I let you win. This time, I won't hold back," Batman told her.
"He's just a man, what the fuck?" Kara muttered as she got back to her feet.
Batman fired two Kryptonite bladed Batarangs at Kara slicing into her arms. Batman then punched her to the face and kicked her away. Kara fought back with punches of her own but was blocked each time. Batman then headbutted her hard. Batman kneed her to the gut twice and punched her to the jaw. Kara fell to the floor hurt.
Kara focused on Batman firing heat vision at him. Batman used a projectile cable gun to rise above the beam just in time. Batman then swung down nearly hitting Kara as he dropped down. Kryptonite cables were then thrown around Kara's arms pinning them to her side. Batman then punched her several times to the face until she fell to the floor.
Batman retrieved his Kryptonite sword and stabbed Kara through her right leg. "Mother-fucker," Kara spat.
"Finish her," Darkseid ordered him. "Finish her and take your rightful place at my side."
Batman hesitated as he had the Kryptonite sword at her throat. Kara blasted his right hand off sending the sword across the room. Batman fell to the floor with a cry of pain. "Good...your hate has made you powerful," Darkseid sensed. "Now, fulfill your destiny and take his place at my side."
Kara looked at the stump that was Batman's arm and then rubbed her belly. "Never. I'll never give in to you, Darkseid. You failed, your highness. I am a Kryptonian like my father before me."
"So be it, Kryptonian," Darkseid sneered. He got off his throne and walked towards her. "If you cannot be turned, you will be destroyed."
Darkseid fired omega beams blasting Kara to the floor. Batman got back up and went to Darkseid's side. "Young fool, only now do you understand," Darkseid said as he fired another beam at her.
"Your feeble skills are no match for the power of Darkseid. You will pay the price for your lack of vision," Darkseid said as he blasted her again.
Darkseid continued to blast her in a continuous stream of red energy. Kara shook painfully as she glowed bright red. "Bruce, please!" she pleaded.
"Now, young Zor-El, you will die," Darkseid said to her and fired once more with his maximum power.
Batman eyed Darkseid and then back to Kara screaming and then back to Darkseid. Suddenly, he snapped and shoved the Kryptonite sword into Darkseid's eye. "You dare!" Darkseid shouted backing away in pain.
Kara gave Batman a look of wonder. With his left hand, he helped her back up. Furious, Darkseid pulled the sword out of his eye and fired omega beams at them. Kara got in front of Batman and absorbed the beam. Kara went Prime and blocked the omega beam with her hand.
"What is this? What have you done, Kryptonian?" Darkseid demanded of her as he stopped firing.
"Just giving Batman a sweet redemption arc," Kara smirked.
Darkseid glared at her. "No matter," he said and then fired at her with omega beams. Kara blocked him with her own heat vision. The beams met in the middle and then Kara quickly overpowered him. Darkseid was blasted back to his throne shattering it.
"So, you're a so-called new god," Kara mocked. "I'm unimpressed."
Darkseid leaped up and the fight was on as both traded blows. Darkseid threw Kara to the floor and fired on her barely missing. Kara avoided his fire and punched him hard to the torso, blasted him with heat vision, and then slammed him to the floor. As Darkseid got back up, Kara slammed his face back down with her boot.
"I think I have softened him up enough," Kara said to Mon.
"You almost had me concerned the way he was eyeing you," Mon smirked.
"Just power up already," Kara shook her head.
Mon tensed up as he powered up to Super Insane 4. The entire building began to shake. Cyborg's eye noted Mon's power level dramatically rising. Mon gave a scream as he ascended. Kara stared at Mon completely aroused by this form, the very form that had managed to impregnate her after several years of trying.
Kara lifted her boot of Darkseid as she gave Mon his turn. Mon punched Darkseid out of the building and into the open air. Mon and Darkseid traded blows in the air until Mon kicked him back into the throne room. Mon instantly appeared in the throne room, grabbed Darkseid by the throat, and punched him repeatedly to the head.
"You took everything from me!" he said referring to Darkseid destroying his home planet in his own universe. "Now, I'm going to make you pay," he said as he continued punching.
Darkseid blasted Mon to the face forcing him back. "Monkey, please. You will do nothing but die."
Mon placed his thumbs on Darkseid's eyes and pushed in. Mon then slammed Darkseid to the floor several times while keeping a firm grip inside his eyes. Darkseid cried out in pain as he was thrown to the floor. Mon then flew at him punching him across the room. Darkseid punched him back against the wall and then down to the floor. Darkseid was about to slam down on Mon when he got blasted into the ceiling.
Kara and Brainiac 5 watched passively as the two continued to fight. "It's time," Kara said.
Brainiac 5 turned to Cyborg still on the wall. "Bring back all Parademons to Apokalips from wherever they are."
"Message sent," Cyborg said.
Brainiac 5 then blasted Cyborg to the chest destroying his heart, killing him. "Was that really necessary?" Kara asked still watching the fight in the air.
"Yes, in case of Cyborg losing control of himself and sending them away," Brainiac 5 said.
Mon and Darkseid wrestled for control in the air. "You've got spirit, Daxamite," Darkseid complimented.
"I'm no damn Daxamite. I'm...Insane!" he shouted.
"Clearly," Darkseid grinned as he was about to incinerate Mon.
A red beam blasted Darkseid off of Mon into a large pillar. "You ready to get served, new god," Kara mocked. Darkseid and Kara hit at the fist creating a shockwave in the air. Kara manhandled Darkseid with quick punches to his torso that cracked his armor.
Portals opened up all over Apokalips as Parademons and Paradooms flooded in. In quick order, the entire Parademon/doom population was back on Apokalips. Mon, back to his normal foom, frowned as he saw Kara playfully punch Darkseid around.
"I'm still not there yet, am I?" he realized.
"No," Brainiac 5 said flatly. "Your strength is formidable but your true talent is the instant transmission. You are faster than my processing power ever could, faster than Kara could ever train to be. You are the space gem as Kara is the power gem."
"I suppose you're right. Let's get out of here," Mon said satisfied with his duel. "Alright, Bats, time to go."
"I'm staying," he said. "I want to see the end."
"Well, okay then," Mon allowed.
"Take this, so as to observe the final moment," Brainiac 5 handed him a recording device.
Mon then instantly transported himself and Brainiac 5 off the planet and back to Earth. Kara noticed Mon leaving and powered up to Prime 5. Darkseid was blinded by the intense light. Kara cocked her fist back and then punched him right through. Darkseid was instantly incinerated.
Kara then dropped down to the surface still white-hot. The metal floor vaporized under her feet leaving red-hot rock under her. The Parademons and Paradooms automatically swarmed towards her. Kara let loose all of her power in an instant causing a heat wave that covered the surface of the entire planet. Batman was vaporized within a fraction of a second. The surface of the planet was now molten rock. The cities stretching across the entire surface were wiped clean, the population down to zero. Kara remained standing on the surface as lava flowed around her.
Kara then powered down and flew straight for New Genesis to give them the good news. Mon and Brainiac 5 instantly appeared at Kara's side. Upon arriving at the capital, Izaya, the Highfather, approached all three in the capital square. Lines of people showed up to see the award ceremony.
"No words can express my gratitude to you three," Izaya said to her. "Accept this as a token of our gratitude," he said as he placed a medal around her neck.
"I will honor it always," Kara said to him.
He then did the same with Mon and Brainiac 5. The three then turned to the crowd and gave a little bow to the cheering crowd.
Kara, Mon, and Brainiac 5 returned to Earth with mixed news. "I got some good news and some bad news. The good news is Darkseid is dead and Apokalips is scorched. We got all of his minions from across the galaxy and roasted them all. The bad news is that several Justice League members died...but not in vain," Kara said to the group.
Damien looked down conflicted in his feelings over Batman's death. Clark sighed, grieved that Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Starfire, Mera, J'onn, Flash, and Cyborg were all gone. Brainiac 5 then went over to Clark. "I can remove the Kryptonite from your system."
"I don't think I deserve my strength back," he said depressed.
"Your strength isn't for you, it's for them," Brainiac 5 said referring to the crowd. "Power is a grace, not earned, but given for a purpose."
Clark nodded accepting of his help. "Well, I think it's time we got back to our own Earth. Those video games won't play themselves," Kara said to Mon.
Mon looked away grieved. "How quickly did you defeat him...when you tried?" he asked.
"Fraction of a second, why?" Kara asked.
Mon took a deep breath. "It's hard for me to accept you winning my battles for me. It's not the Insane way."
Kara touched her stomach. "You're right, Mon. Whatever happens from this time forth, all of my villains are yours to kill or you'll die trying."
"You really mean that?" Mon asked hopefully.
"I do," Kara said sincerely more concerned for her pregnancy than Mon's Insane pride.
"Let's go home," Mon said finally.
Kara opened a portal and the two stepped through having saved another Earth.