Chapter 4
Summary AU!: Eighteen years ago, the wolf goddess, Lupa, adopted the demititan son of Atlas. Out of the five years, she adopted the clone of Superman. She raised the two as her own, turning them into something more. Something the world needs now more than never.
Tartarus.
That's where Atsáli thought he was. He's heard stories of The Pit from the immortals he's encountered over the years, and this place almost matched the description.
A bloody red sky covered the land with ash and brimstone polluting the air. His enhanced hearing picked up the sound of slaves crying depair or begging for freedom.
Some even begged for death.
'Yup, just like The Pit' the gladiator thought as he, along with his team, hid behind a corridor.
The Batman motioned for him and Flash to clear the halls for any parademons. Meanwhile, he and Cyborg were locating Superman.
A squad of parademons were approach them. And with there numbers, he wouldn't be surprised if they were caught. He nudges the speedster to be ready to attack, who nods in return. He could've sworn he saw electricity shine in his eyes.
Transforming his watch to a shield, he gives the corridor one last look before throwing it. The defense weapon ricocheted off the right side of the wall to the left.
The parademons all looked to both sides of the wall. It all happened so fast, they were easily distracted. As soon as the shield was caught Atsáli rushed into the fray.
He shield bashes two into the others while spinning around and hooking a kick to another's jaw, completely separating it from the owner's skill.
Flash zooms in and lands 15 blows on two demons in less than a second. He vibrates his hand so fast, he stabs it into another parademons chest, killing it on the spot.
Even when his hand stopped vibrating, the speedster couldn't stop his hand from shaking. Taking another creatures life, even when your at war, was something the Flash will never get used to.
A parademon tries to claw at the traumatized speedster, but a blast of cold wind knocks the monster off course. The Flash reacted and landed a six hit combo in a millisecond, rendering it unconscious.
He took a small breath before turning to face an irritated, breathless, young man.
"This is a battle field" Atsáli panted, "I need you to be ready to fight at all times. I refuse to die in this hellhole because of a cowardly soldier"
The speedster lowered his gaze as the young warrior marched down the hall. Cyborg pats him on the shoulder, giving him support.
Meanwhile, Batman narrows his eyes at the young man as he decapitates the two demons from earlier.
'No doubt about it. The hair, the eyes. The strength and the speed. And not to mention the super breath proves he's Kryptonian. He's not as powerful as Clark...wait, he couldn't be-!'
*PING!*
"Got him" Cyborg says, bringing Batman out of his inner thoughts. The Dark Knight looked at the holographic map that showed a four way corridor. Each with there own squad guarding a door.
"Shit" the cyborg cursed, "which one do is he in?"
Using his detective skills, Batman remembered all the rooms he checked earlier had atleast five demons guarding one. Batman counted six at each one.
Except for one.
One was missing and he doubt these creatures got bathroom breaks.
"He's in the fourth" Batman says as he makes his way towards the Man of Steel. Cyborg was about to question him but remembered something.
He's Batman.
Atsáli sees him walking by and follows after him.
Darkseid smiled as he saw more civilians were swooped up by his parademons.
More toys for Desa'ad to play with' the grey god thought as he blew up another building with his Omega Beams.
As he flew away from the destruction, he felt a presence behind him. A presence that reminded him of the Kryptonian.
He slowly turned around to greet a young boy standing before him. The flames casted a glare from behind him, making his fierce eyes even more intense. It was almost amusing.
Almost.
"Oh yeah" Viribus began, "you really are the Devil"
"Your quieter than I thought" Viribus says as he walks towards him, "I heard you were quite the bragger of titles"
"Guys like you are everywhere these days" he continued, "guys that think they can control the world, because they're all powerful. Hell...my power comes from one of those guys"
Darkseid raised a stony eyebrow. The way this boy spoke and carried himself reminds him of a warrior of the old.
"...Who are you, ant?"
"Me?" Viribus asked before responding, "I'm Viribus, son of Atlas, Titan of Strength and Endurance. And we're here to stop you?"
"We?"
As if on cue, Wonder Woman wrapped her lasso around his body. The dark being was stunned for a second, before struggling to break free. But Shazam was already behind him.
With a grunt, the man child hefted Darkseid into the air and screamed, "SHAZAM!"
A massive bolt of lightning struck the dark god in the chest, making him scream in pain.
"SHAZAM!"
Another bolt of lightning strikes him again. Viribus' ADHD mind couldn't belp but think, 'Huh, and they say lightning doesn't strike twice'
Darkseid growls in anger and uses his Omega Beams to blast Wonder Woman and Shazam away. Free from godly object, Darkseid rushes at the demititan with a colossal fist cocked back.
Viribus simply sidesteps the attack and grabs the giants forearm. With a twist and a shout, Darkseid was thrown onto the street. The force created a massive crater, and buildings crumbled into dust.
Darkseid growls as he rose to his feet, while Viribus backflips away. Parademons began to close in on him, but a green fly swatter knocked them away.
The Emerald Knight and the demititan glanced at each other before going back to there own battles. Viribus raised his arms to block a haymaker that made his feet sink into the ground.
The demititan grits his teeth as he pushes the arm away and lands a jab-cross into Darkseid's unprotected gut. The two hits cracked the armor significantly while knocking the grey giant off balance.
His arms tingled from the feed back he recieved from hitting that armor. His arms haven't vibrated this hard since the time he beaten a drakon to death with his bare hands when he was 13.
Viribus grinned at the feeling.
Wonder Woman lands by his side, sword drawn and at the ready. The two glance at each other and nod. With a war cry, the demititan and the demigoddess charged forward with Wonder Woman taking the lead.
Wonder Woman slashes her sword at Darkseid's right side, while Viribus lashed a roundhouse kick to his left.
Darkseid blocked both attacks with his forearms, the force knocking him off balance. With a growl, he blasts the demititan away with his Omega Beams before engaging with the Amazonian princess.
She dodges Darkseid's massive swings before swinging her sword at his face. He dodges at the last minute, earning a cut on his cheek before knocking her away.
Viribus follows up and lands a right cross to the face, but Darkseid grabs the him by his torso and smashes him onto the ground.
Viribus coughs out saliva but quickly wrenches himself free and grabs a nearby bumper of a car and whacks him across the face. But Darkseid laughs it off, his eyes glowing red.
Viribus' grey eyes widened and quickly threw his arms in front of himself to block Darkseid's Omega Beams. His celestial bronze arm bands began to heat up exponentially under the lasers.
He was trying to torture him. But he won't get a peep out the son of Atlas.
Darkseid was so focused on torturing the proud demititan, he hardly noticed a golden lasso wrapped around his neck until it yanked him back.
The dark being let out a strangled cry as Wonder Woman tightened her hold on him, while standing on his shoulders.
Darkseid tries to blast her off with his Omega Beams, but the warrior princes blocks them with her arm bands. With a shout, she powers through the optic blasts and stabs her sword into his left eye.
Darkseid screams in pain and throws her off of him and into a building. Viribus rises to his feet and jumps away from the warlord.
He lands through the hole Wonder Woman was thrown through and lands near her.
"Nice job" he comments as he sticks out a hand, "one more to go"
Wonder Woman grips his arm and lifts herself up. She groans as she rubs her side, "It won't be easy now"
"You make it sound like it was suppose to be to begin with" the demititan says as he unfassened his melted armbands.
Wonder Woman summons a new sword, "He's more dangerous now that he's wounded"
"Don't worry" Viribus says as he gently placed the armbands on the ground, "so am I"
The Amazon glances at the new scars on Viribus' arms then looks at the grin on his face.
"Are you and your brother really the sons of Atlas?"
"I'm the demititan, my brother...he's something more"
"Whose his parent?"
Viribus looks at Diana and says, "Duck"
Duck? She's never heard of a god named Du-!
Viribus pulled Diana out the way just in time to avoid an Omega Beam. Darkseid smashes through the building seconds later and grips the two by there torsos.
"Not again" Viribus grunts before he and the Amazon was thrown through the building.