Author's notes: Chapter for Easter, good time, don't you think?
This chapter is sharing it's ''screentime'' between Alola and Kalos Regions, with there being a battle between Superman and a Nightmare Batman. As for Batman himself, he is getting news about his future.
Also, it seems DC is going to give us a version of what happened on Superman's Earth in this story in upcoming DCEASED miniseries by Tom Taylor.
Replies to Reviews:
-Spider-Man999: Those Pokémon are dead for good. The way how they were killed, there is no way to bring them back. There has to be weight and stakes in what the bad guys do to keep their threat serious and not as an annoying joke.
-Guest: Character wise, I hope the final scene doesn't cut itself too short and a goodbye in the end won't seem out of character.
-Sailor Dragonball 87: I need to stop calling it a throned headband. Last weeks Batman Who Laughs issue 4 had it described as visor.
-Cylon One: I know. I need to bring up my A-material now that we are closing in on the climax battle soon. Unlike with Dark Nights METAL's final issue, I have more freedom in having what I can and don't need to worry about an editor to cut scenes to make a comic book issue's length.
Chapter 17: End of Hurting
Alola Region – Ultra Guardians' base under the Alolan Pokémon School
''Superman is trying to slow down the sinking we saw from the Forge at the bottom of the Dark Multiverse. Thomas Jr, that guy who moved next door from Professor Kukui's, is somewhere out there with Brock and all my other friends. And I really need to get the Metal in this armor to them, because it's supposed to be the only thing that can hurt those Dark Knights that are pulling out world down to the Forge.''
Ash took a deep breath while recapping everything that he knew about the current situation to Lana, Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles, Mallow and, on the communication screen of the base, Lusamine, Professor Kukui, Professor Burnet, Wicke and Faba at the Aether Foundation.
''What can we do then?'' Kiawe asked, standing in front as leader of the Ultra Guardians.
''Superman needs help pushing our world from sinking to the Forge,'' Ash said continuing in hurried pace. ''He said he's strong enough to lift planets, but the nature of the Dark Multiverse could have weakened our world enough to make it too fragile to just push it out. He needs help keeping the lift stable. Pokémon that are strong and can fly like him.''
''None of us has any Pokémon like that,'' Mallow pointed out. ''Even our ride Pokémon can't do what you're asking.''
''What about Nebby?'' Ash asked, referring to the Cosmog he had taken care of with his classmates and raised all the way into Solgaleo. ''And Lunala, Necrozma, Naganadel or all those Ultra Beasts we have caught over the course of last year?''
''Those Ultra Beasts are released into the Ultra Space and should be out of reach to us now,'' Lusamine spoke from the adults' end on the screen at the Aether Foundation. ''Even if we were able to bring Ultra Beast back to our world, they wouldn't be the same beings we came across.''
''That is not entirely true,'' Faba brought up. ''Wicke and I have been updating the Ultra Balls' capturing softwares to include something akin to a communicative tracking system. That could make us capable of calling to those Ultra Beasts we have captured and released back to the Ultra Space.''
''Why did you create that system in the first place?'' Lusamine asked with hostility in her voice like he authority had been questioned.
''What does that matter now!? Have you seen what is happening outside?!'' Ash yelled reminding of the urgency. ''Our world is sinking down through the Dark Multiverse and towards the World Forge as we speak. Superman can slow it down, but he can't do it alone, so if you can get Pokémon and Ultra Beasts to help him, THEN SEND THEM TO HELP HIM!''
''Do it but know you will be facing performance review after this is done,'' Lusamine told Faba in a threatening tone, before turning to Kukui and Burnet. ''Where is Superman now?''
''Molayne has re-purposed the Hokulani Observatory's telescope to scan our surroundings here Alola to look for him,'' Professor Kukui said with his phone up. ''Once Superman begins to push our world from sinking down, we should all feel it when the planet shakes changing it direction and because of that we should be watching as it happens as well as know where to send our help for him.''
''Okay, good,'' Ash said putting the Nth Metal helmet on his head. ''If you can carry it out over here, I need to go get this Metal to Brock, Thomas Jr and everyone else in-''
BRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!
The planet shook in strong quake like it had been caught from falling at a great speed. Ash's speech was cit by it and now everyone was looking at Kukui and his phone at the screen. Kukui was also looking at his phone like it was going to reveal a great secret to him and then said:
''Superman is pushing us up at the summit of Lanakila Mountain. Molayne will be sending us visual.''
''Okay, Ash, we'll take care of it here,'' Kiawe said turning to Ash while the visual from Mt Lanakila was being brought up. ''We will help Superman while you get that Metal to where it's needed.''
''You are still one of the Ultra Guardians, Ash, so you can use the Garchomp we gave you as your Ride Pokémon to get where you need to go,'' Lusamine also told from the screen when the footage of Superman was finally brought up. ''After this situation is done, we need to ask him about his-''
BOOM!
The footage was indeed showing Superman as he was pushing the world up from the mountain top, but as soon as it was shown to the people at the Aether Foundation and to the Ultra Guardians, something happened. A portal opened above Superman. Not an Ultra Wormhole, but a Boom Tube.
And from the Boom Tube charged the same monster that everyone on Alola had seen when this all begun. The very same monster they knew had destroyed Pallet Town, charging into Superman and knocking him down from the mountain.
Kalos Region – Above Anistar City
Mega Rayquaza charged in the sky above the Eastern Kalos. There were multiple other Pokémon flying out there, reacting to the unfamiliar and uncomfortable phenomenon of the world being taken out from it's place, but Rayquaza was focused on the mission it was carrying out. Carrying the very important people working on saving the world from the brink it was hanging on.
''Go do a reconnaissance round at Sinnoh while I'm down there,'' Batman told Zinnia as he begun to get ready to jump. ''Just observe, do not engage to anything you come across and whatever you do, do not respond if you hear my voice over there.''
''Pika piika,'' Pikachu also told Zinnia while taking strong grip of Batman's cape. ''Pikkapi pikaa pi, chuu pika chuu!''
''What was that?'' Zinnia asked.
''He said not to be fooled by the other versions of me you might come across,'' Batman said placing his hand on Zinnia's shoulder to make sure she paid attention. ''I'm not there, I will be here where you'll be leaving me. Do you understand?''
''I understand, Senpai,'' Zinnia said nodding her head, while also throwing her eyes around. ''Go, look and come back to pick you up. I can do that.''
''Good,'' Batman told her as he turned away from her and looked at the gigantic Sundial. ''I really hope I don't have to break that thing apart.''
With that, Batman jumped off Mega Rayquaza and begun to free fall down towards the Sundial. Unlike what he had expected, the Sundial was large transparent rock formation rising out of the water at the end of a manmade bridge leading up to it on the northwest side of the city. That made it noticeably isolated from the otherwise populated areas while not being too far from them, but also made it be located at a dead end, where Batman could have ended up being trapped in.
FOOM!
Batman spread his cape out and begun to glide around the sundial to see it better and if anyone was hiding behind it on the side facing away from the city.
FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
A beam of fire was fired at them as soon as Batman had flown on the other side of the Sundial and the evasive maneuvers cost him the air under his cape. This forced Batman to free fall again and barely fall down in that angle, that he just barely managed to get a hold of the manmade bridge leading to the Sundial.
''Fire, that means water, Greninja!'' Batman yelled climbing onto the bridge and threw a Pokéball releasing his Water Type. ''Respond to fire with Water Shuriken!''
Greninja charged at the source of the fire while Batman grabbled himself and Pikachu up on the Sundial's rock formations.
''Pikachu,'' Batman told Pikachu as he focused himself onto the sundial, ''look for the card, I'll help Greninja.''
''Pika!'' Pikachu responded with Batman turning to focus on Greninja's opponent.
''That is a Blaziken, like May's, so it's a Fire/Fighting Type?'' Batman said looking down from the Sundial, where Greninja had made its opponent move their fight to the bridge leading back to Anistar City. ''Fighting type… GRENINJA, USE AERIAL ACE!''
Greninja jumped at the order given and charged at the Blaziken to perform Aerial Ace, a Flying Type move against a Fighting Type. The Blaziken retreated from the attacks, recognizing to be weak against them, but still battle ready to take if it had to. From his vantage point, Batman observed, not realizing that he was involved in a Pokémon battle and had to think like a Pokémon Trainer. But then he saw that the Blaziken opposing his team was radiating with a noticeable glow, a realization hit him.
''It's going to Mega Evolve,'' Batman grunted under his breath, knowing he only had a Mega Stone for Sceptile, which as a Grass Type was weak against fire. ''But if it's going to do that, someone here must have Key Stone. That Blaziken's trainer…''
There! At the end of the bridge. There was someone standing and yelling orders to Blaziken. So far that Batman couldn't hear them, but enough to locate where they were and calculate the distance from himself.
''Greninja, keep spamming Water Shuriken and Aerial Ace!'' Batman yelled as he jumped off the Sundial and dove into free fall enough to get wind under his cape to be able to glide under the bridge far enough.
When he had flown far enough, Batman moved out from under the bridge and used the grabble boost to get himself over the bridge and momentarily appear above Blaziken's trainer, in an attempt to intimidate them with his scare tactics.
But now that Batman had made it this close to his opponent, he could see it was a man wearing red, white and yellow in his costume that resembled his own batsuit. It was clearly a vigilante costume with it's own mask and cape, but not any variation of the batsuit, so this man was not another version of him from the Dark Multiverse.
That however did not stop Batman from doing a landing attack on the vigilante trainer and restraining him.
''Recall your Pokémon and I will do the same,'' Batman told the vigilante trainer while pushing his weight onto his back from his foot. ''This is your world and I'm trying to help saving it. Understand that and I'll let you up.''
''Pikkapi!'' Pikachu yelled, drawing attention and showing he was standing on the bridge now, standing between Blaziken and Greninja. ''Pika piika chu, piikaa chuu!''
''Dee de denne!'' chirpy voice answered to Pikachu from behind Batman, making him turn to face it's source.
''That's Ash's Pikachu and Greninja,'' a blond boy in a blue jumpsuit with glasses claimed, while a little girl next to him, carrying a small Pokémon, yelled at Batman: ''Why do you have Ash's Pokémon with you!?''
Alola Region
James quietly reached consciousness in the class room of the Alolan Pokémon School. He had been left to rest on some desks, which left his back with some what uncomfortable pains.
''Hmm, no Twerp or Superman…?'' James muttered getting up and looking around. ''Wait, are we not at the Forge anymore?''
James limped his way across the classroom and to the window.
''Oh, Alola, when did we get ba-''
Looking up in the sky, James saw the colorless void he had seen at the Forge and in the sky where Sun or Moon would have been during the day or night, he saw the Forge.
''We never did get back,'' James said with his head down. ''They made us go down and now-
BRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!
The entire world shook, causing James to snap and up look around to see the Pokémon react to the nature to what was happening and what happened. When James tried to see better what was happening, he could just barely tell that the something was happening on the other islands and-
BOOM!
''What did I miss when was out?'' James asked out loud when something sounded like it exploded two islands to the East from Melemele. ''TWERP! SUPERMAN! SANDMAN! WHAT IS GOING ON!?''
Only answers James got when the fountain at the school grounds opened and six Ride Pokémon flew out of it with the Twerps James knew from Alola. They split into two teams of three when they got high enough into the air, one half going to the East and the other half going towards Poni Island in the West.
- Ula'ula Island's Haina Desert
Superman forced his way out of sands he had been thrown into from the mountain. He had been so focused on spreading his grip on the mountain, and by that extent to the planet, that he had not focused enough on his surroundings and had been sucker punched out. And it must have been something strong, considering it had brought him down from up there.
Once Superman had gotten himself back on his feet, he immediately begun to scan the area surrounding him, to see what had hit him. In the inner sandstorm of the canyon, Superman could recognize lifeforms he knew to be Pokémon now, but none of them seemed to be big, heavy or strong enough to have attacked him. Those Pokémon didn't even seem hostile at the sight of him, but then, obscured by the sandstorm, Superman saw a familiar figure walking towards him.
''… Batman?'' Superman said as a question when he recognized the long-eared features of the figure approaching him.
''Superman!?'' the figure answered back in a familiar voice. ''Thank God!''
''Your vitals…'' Superman said focusing his X-Ray vision to see the figure better. ''Bruce, It's really you.''
''Yes, and I know what needs to happen!'' The figure confirmed as it kept approaching Superman, like the sandstorm wasn't affecting it.
''You do…?'' Superman asked trying to focus his vision to get a better look at the figure of Batman when
Krak!
''What?!''
KRAK!
''Same thing as always with YOU,'' the figure of Batman spoke with a warping voice as it begun to turn.
KRAK!
''LESS TALKING!'' the figure roared now charging at Superman. ''MORE PUNCHING!''
KRA-BOOOM!
This time Superman was ready to receive the incoming attack and raised both of his hands to intercept the large fist, causing a sound wave that broke the sandstorm and let Superman see his opponent with normal vision.
''Doomsday!?'' Superman breathed out at the sight of the monster he was facing. ''No, what-''
''NO, KENT, IT'S STILL ME!'' Doomsday Monster, the Devastator, roared at Superman and
THOMB!
left hooked him to the abdomen while Superman was busy holding back his right fist. ''YOU SAID YOU NEVER UNDERSTOOD, CLARK, HOW EVERYONE THOUGHT I COULD BEAT YOU IN A FIGHT!''
THAK!
''YOU COULD HAVE SPLIT ME IN HALF WITH A LOOK!'' Devastator yelled grabbing Superman with both hands and
CRUTCH!
brought his face against his knee with sharp bone structures coming out. Then-
''FREEZE ME WITH A BREATH!''
grabbed Superman by his legs and hit against the rocks.
''OR BREAK MY BONES WITH A TOUCH!'' Devastator yelled now closing his fist on Superman's head and beat it against the rocks, which broke on impact. ''BUT INSTEAD YOU CUT MY ARM OFF, THIS VERY ARM I'M BEATING YOU UP NOW!''
''Turtonator, Shell Smash!''
Large red Pokémon landed onto Devastator with it's shell first, catching the monster off guard and made it let go of Superman. Then-
''Brionne, Hydro Vortex!''
came water, a large body of it swirling at the monster and separating it away from Superman as it was now trapped inside the body quickly moving water currents. But through it's monstrous power, Devastator spit out green gas from it's mouth, infecting the water it was trapped in and turned it into nourishment for itself.
''KENT!'' Devastator roared as it had absorbed its nourishment and charged at Superman, trying to recover from the beating.
''Tsareena, Trop Kick!''
A Grass Type Pokémon came at the Devastator and landed it's feet first on the monster's face. This only caused the monster to stop only to see what it was facing. Three Pokémon; a sea lion, big fire tortoise and plant humanoid that reminded this monster of Poison Ivy's creations.
Devastator growled under it's deep breath charged at the Turtonator, having identified it as the strongest of the bunch and grabbed the Pokémon by it's shell, then-
CRASH!
brought the shell down on it's sharp knee, fracturing it and causing more than enough damage to incapacitate the Pokémon.
''Turtunator!''
''Brione, Aquajet!''
Devastator heard the shouts from above and reacted accordingly by throwing the Fire Pokémon at the Water Type Attack ordered to come at it. While the trainers above tried to yell counter measure orders to their friendly fire, Devastator charged now at the Grass Type Pokémon Tsareena, which even when trying to avoid and dodge the Doomsday Monster's attacks, it got caught. Devastator turned to the Water Pokémon Brione with Tsareena in it's grasp, raised it's hand up like using a bug swatter and beat both Pokémon out of commission with a few quick and critical attacks.
With Turtonator, Brione and Tsareena incapacitated by the Devastator, the trainers above quickly recalled them to their Pokéballs, doing so drew attention to themselves and helped the Devastator locate them in air.
GRR-HUMB!
Devastator jumped up into the air, at the direction where the red recalling Pokéball lasers had been shot from and crash landed onto three Ride Pokémon carrying the trainers who had sent their Pokémon to fight it. They all crashed onto the rocky walls and landed on a cliff side, unable to respond to the attacks on them in time.
''YOU ARE WEAK ON YOUR OWN WITHOUT POKÉMON,'' Devastator growled at the trainers Kiawe, Lana and Mallow as green smoke came out of the monster's mouth. ''I CAN MAKE YOU STRONGER, LIKE I SHOULD HAVE DONE IN MY WORLD!''
Devastator drew breath and then blew out a strong exhale of Doomsday Virus at the Pokémon Trainers. At the humans who were most exposable to the Doomsday Virus that this Nightmare Batman had created back in his world to be used against Superman. There it had been too late to spread the virus to use it to save anyone, but now these three would be the first to be infected and they would spread the Doomsday Virus, creating the-
SMACK-THOOM!
Superman flew in punching Devastator with speed and strength powerful enough to make the Doomsday Monster be thrown over Kiawe, Lana and Mallow at the cliffside. Then
FHZOOOF!
the Man of Steel used his Freeze Breath to freeze the Doomsday Virus' gas form into ice, grabbed it in it's solid form and threw it as far away in the sky and off planet.
TSAAAHP!
''After everything you have done, after everyone you have hurt, EVERYONE YOU HAVE KILLED,'' Supeman hissed before yelling in outrage at Devastator, with his eyes burning red from using Heat Vision to push the monster back, ''WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I WOULD LET YOU HURT THEM!?''
''CLARK-''
''Kiawe, Lana, Mallow, get out of here!'' Superman yelled firing a full blast of his Heat Vision at Devastator. ''Go get those Ultra Beasts and let me handle this!''
FLASH!
Blinding flash of light, like that of the Sun, flared up above the desert. This distracted everyone, drawing their attention to the Great Lion Pokémon, Solgaleo, radiating this glow of Sunlight. On the Lion, there was an obscure figure with features reassembling the Batman's long ears.
''Praise the Sun, Devastator,'' the person on the Solgaleo spoke as Superman rose up in the air to absorb that Sunlight, ''because it's going to set for you now.''
Kalos Region – Anistar City Sundial Bridge
''Why do you have Ash's Pokémon with you!?''
Batman rose up with his foot still keeping the vigilante trainer on the ground. Pikachu and Greninja were on the side leading to the Sundial while on the other side there were two obvious civilians. When Batman turned to look at them, he saw young teenaged boy and his younger sister, whom he had a distant but recent memory of. Remembering where he was in, Kalos Region, and who he knew from Kalos, Serena, Batman focused on those two subjects and what he had learned about them during his time in this world and zeroed in on a photograph he had seen enough times.
''Clemont,'' Batman said pointing at the brother and then at the sister, ''and Bonnie.''
''Huh!?''Clemont, the brother, reacted while Bonnie, the sister, flinched silently. ''Who are you and why do you-''
''-know your names?'' Batman responded finishing the question. ''We have a friend in common. A friend who told me about you two.''
Snap!
Batman snapped his fingers at Pikachu, giving it a summoning gesture to come to him.
''To your first question about Ash Ketchum's Pokémon,'' Batman said unmasking himself as Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and put the hat Pikachu had been carrying on his head, ''with him dead, I am the closest thing to him now, so his Pokémon follow me.''
''So it is true,'' voice of an old and wise woman spoke. ''You are him.''
''Olympia,'' Clemont said turning to the woman appearing behind him and Bonnie, ''do you know who he is?''
Olympia, as Clemont had named her, was an older woman, close to same age or older than Bruce was. She was wearing black skintight dress with a white cloak which inside looked like night sky with stars. Her hair was purple and twirled around to the back of her head.
''His name is Bruce Wayne, son of Thomas and Martha Wayne, father of Ibn al Xu'ffasch better known as Damian Wayne,'' Olympia answered walking past the brother and sister as she approached Bruce on the bridge. ''I am Olympia, the Psychic Type Gym Leader of Anistar City and understand you are here for this.''
'This' that Olympia was presenting to Bruce was another Mega Stone.
''Depends,'' Bruce said taking Ash's hat off his head and gave it back to Pikachu before pulling his back on him. ''If that Mega Stone used to be one of the Batman Who Laughs' metal cards, then yes, that is what I am here for.''
''Indeed, it was in a form of a metallic card when it was discovered from the Sundial,'' Olympia spoke holding the Mega Stone between herself and Batman. ''It wasn't until the Great Noise of Barbatos was released to pull our world into this Abyss, before it changed it's shape.''
''What do you know about Barbatos?'' Batman asked when Olympia brought the Ancient Dragon up.
''Only what the visions have told me,'' Olympia spoke with authority in her voice theatrical voice. ''Before this Mega Stone was discovered, I glimpsed a vision of the future where the Great Noise pull the world from it's place and towards the bottom of the Abyss. Noise, that would have moved through local tuning forks and we realized too late that the Sundial was one of them.''
Pretty much like Barry said and Owlman understood, Batman thought in his head.
''What else did your visions tell you?'' Batman asked with his hands crossed. ''Besides who I was and that I was coming here?''
''I'm letting you take the Mega Stone as I have seen you have the means and willpower to use it,'' Olympia said extending her hand towards Batman so he would take the Mega Stone. ''But it is not the only thing you must take with you from here.''
As Batman took the Mega Stone, Olympia took a step aside and let Clemont and Bonnie to walk ahead so they could come to talk to Batman next.
''Can you take your foot of our Dad's back and let him get back up?'' Bonnie asked looking up at Batman while pointing down at their feet.
Batman looked down at the vigilante trainer he had almost forgotten about and stepped off him, while also kneeling to reach his hand out to help the vigilante trainer up on his feet.
''Why did you two bring children into this conflict?'' Batman asked Olympia and the vigilante trainer once they were all standing. ''Let alone you your own children?!''
''Clemont is the Gym Leader from Lumiose City and his sister is with him because I asked both of them to bring something to this meeting,'' Olympia answered pointing to an Arabic themed bottle Clemont was carrying. ''As for Maren, or Blaziken Mask as he prefers to be called when in costume-''
''I suited up after the Great Noise pulled our world into this darkness and followed my kids when they were called here,'' the vigilante trainer spoke explaining himself. ''I was standing by the Gym in the city when I saw you falling from the sky and… reacted.''
''I see,'' Batman muttered before turning his attention to the bottle Clemont was carrying. ''So what it this thing you brought here? How is it supposed to help help me against Barbatos and my nightmares?''
When Batman brought attention to the bottle, Clemont took the cork of it releasing blue light and purple smoke. Like genie from a lamp, a beam shot itself out of the bottle spinning around in the air as childish and mischivious voice called out
''Alléhooparing!''
before setting itself before Batman and Pikachu on his shoulder in the form of a light purple and red Pokémon with curved horns, golden rings and green mischievous eye on a face grinning at them.
''Ashkan, Pikkan, were you surprised!?''
Alola Region -
With Solgaleo recharging Superman's solar powered cells, Devastator knew the Man of Steel was now stronger than he had been before and jumped up into the air to charge at him again. Not just with his fist and bone structures first but also with mouth of the monster open ready to breath the Doomsday Virus at Superman. The Kryptonite in the virus had killed Superman back in Devastator's world and this would have been no different-
TSHOOOOOOF!
Not only Solgaleo, but also Lunala had been brought to face off against Devastator and the Moongeist Beam was fired from the sky at the Doomsday Monster, making it get pushed off course.
''Superman, that monster get's it's strength from something it's wearing!'' Superman heard Ash's voice, not yelling but talking with enough volume that his hearing would pick it up. ''Remove the source of it's power and wear it down to turn it back from that form!''
THOOOM!
Faster than a speeding bullet, Superman flew at Devastator while he was still in the air from Lunala's Moongeist Beam and
KA-BOOM!
used a powerful punch to send him flying up high in the air. And then
THOOM-KA-BOOM!
again and
THOOM-KA-BOOM!
again. Superman was not holding back his power against this monster and kept punching Devastator to every direction possible before flying after and doing the same thing again and again, without giving the monster a chance to recover. Eventually Superman did change his attack strategy and took a hold of the Devastator from behind and lunged them both into a freefall down back to Haina Desert. But even this short break from the beatdown was enough for the Devastator recover and time an airborn sommersault to turn them around before impact and land on the monster's feet, softening the landing just enough.
Superman backed away from Devastator, who was ready to retaliate from the beatdown it had gotten, when-
''SNORLAX, ICE PUNCH!''
''SNORLAX!'' Devastator was attacked again by a similar sized Normal Type Pokémon with freezing punches.
''FOLLOWED BY BODYSLAM!''
''SNOR!'' Snorlax roared now letting it's full body weight fall onto Devastator and made it get buried under the large Normal Type. ''SNORLAX!''
Snorlax's body shook and was bunged, but it didn't move from Devastator's attampts. Eventually Snorlax was recalled to it's Pokéball and revealed what Devastator had been reduced into under it. What had just been a huge hulking monster with bone structures coming out of it's body was now just man in a black suit with yellow lines, it's own unique Bat-symbol and mask that cover his entire head.
''It's over now,'' Ash's voice said as Devastator's human form turned to get up and saw him, Batman themed Nth Metal armor and all, with the rest of Ultra Guardians and Alola's Legendary Pokémon standing in a circle around him and Superman floating in the air over him, holding his utility belt that held the Doomsday Virus in it in his hands. ''You lost.''
Devastator's human form moved to a position in on a one knee and he was breathing heavily, like a wounded animal ran into a corner and ready to attack again.
''That's enough, Bruce,'' Superman said with heavy weight in his voice as he looked down at the man in Batman costume. ''You won't get to hurt these people anymore.''
''You talk about hurt?'' Devastator's human form spoke slowly reaching to rip off his mask to talk, or rather rant, to Superman as a Bruce Wayne. ''We spent WEEKS trying to reach out to you because WE BELIEVED IN YOU! YOU WERE THE BEST OF US! THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US AND YOU- you killed everyone, not just heroes and villains, but even your own wife!''
Superman flinched to the screaming face of his old friend as all the other Ultra Guardians, except for Ash, and they looked now at Superman because of this Bruce Wayne's accusations. Understandbaly as they had jut met these two men and did not understand the context of what Devastator's human form was yelling. Now when he was also unmasked, it was visible that this Bruce Wayne was also crying tears of betrayeal while pointing his shaking finger of accuation at the S-shield on Superman's chest.
''Do YOU have any idea how much it HURT after you tell yourself for weeks 'It's still him', 'He would never really do this' or 'I know we can save him' and then you killed Lois?'' this Bruce Wayne spit out at Superman's face. ''Everyone you killed until that point were on me, because I had held back trying to understand how and why you had become everything you had stood against. And I could have stopped you. I could have released my Doomsday Virus to spread body to body and TURN THE ENTIRE WORLD, that you turned your back to, AGAINST YOU, CLARK!''
''AND WHAT ABOUT YOU!?'' Ash yelled at this Bruce Wayne and pulled his attention briefly away from Superman. ''YOU DESTROYED PALLET TOWN, KILLED EVERYONE KNEW GROWING UP AND THEN DESTROYED THE HOSPITAL MY MOM WAS BEING KEPT AFTER SHE BARELY SURVIVED YOUR FIRST RAMPAGE! WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS HAVE KILLED IN THIS WORLD!?''
''And our Pokémon!'' Kiawe spoke up joining in and released his wounded Turtunator with Mallow and Lana also showing their Tsareena and Brione. ''You didn't just push them away, you made sure they stayed down and even tried to infect us to be like you!''
''The way I see it, you are the biggest monster here,'' Lana told this Bruce Wayne in deeply grim voice.
''And everything you have said is nothing but ramblings from a mad man,'' Mallow added while holding her Tsareena to help it stand.
''No, he has one point against me that is right,'' Superman said pulling his suit's collar and showed this everyone the faint but visible bite mark scars on his neck. ''This is where Killer Croc bit me when I had come help you control the riot at Arkham in early days of the Plague that devoured my world. Croc and Amygadala were both infected, turning and devouring more and more of the asylum's inhabitants, who also were spreading the Plague outside of Arkham. If I had stayed on Earth, eventually I would have also succumbed to the Plague and become infected, so I had to leave and go to the Sun to let the Sunlight burn the infection from my body. I stayed in there for a week to keep myself from becoming infected and all I could do was listen to the Plague devouring my world until I could no longer hear anyone's heart, your or Lois', beating anymore.''
Superman spoke with heavy gravity in his words and the failure he had committed was visible on his face as he did. He didn't cry, but he might as well had been from the way how the voice came out of his mouth. From what Superman had told, it had given the Ultra Guardians insight about him as well as had this Bruce Wayne's rant given about him.
''Your Superman turned his back to the world and because I was forced, so did I to mine,'' Superman said looking at this Bruce Wayne with contempt and shook his head. ''I never learned what happened to my Bruce while I was in the Sun or how he eventually perished during the Plague. If you used to be anything like the man he was, then you have my sympathy for everything you went through in your world.''
Devastator's human form didn't react other than looking back at Superman with a sour face. It was unknown what was going through his mind from Superman's words or from what Ash, Kiawe, Mallow and Lana had told him. Then Superman's eyes flared up ready to use his Heat Vision and he flinched back.
''However, for everything you have done here in this world,'' Superman said lifting this Bruce Wayne's utility belt up and used his Heat Vision to destroy it, ''no one here will ever forgive you.''
With the remaining Doomsday Virus in the utility belt burned away, Superman turned away towards Mount Lanakila and said,
''Goodbye, Bruce.''
before raising up into the air and begun to fly back to what he had originally been doing.
The Ultra Guardians looked after him as he left, except for Ash who was still focused on this Bruce Wayne. Perhaps realizing he had been defeated, Devastator's human form raised his hands up and put them behind his head, like a suspect not resisting arrest would have done with police officers, and-
''Goodbye, Clark.''
CRACK!
Superman had not even gotten to fly above the rocky hills surrounding Haina Desert when he heard the cracking sound, followed by screams of witnessing a life ending as another heart stopped beating. He stopped flying and looked back to see the body of Devastator's human form laying on the sands with his head twisted out of it's place with Ash and the Ultra Guardians standing around it not knowing how to deal with it.
Kalos Region
''What the hell is this?'' Batman asked turning away from the strange ring Pokémon.
''It's Hoopa, Ashkan,'' the Pokémon happily declared floating in front of Batman's line of sight. ''Pikkan isis the same, but you have grown big, Ashkan!''
''Hoopa can recognize him as Ash?'' Clemont and Bonnie stood looking in disbelief.
''I'm not Ash,'' Batman said pulling his mask off again and looked at Olympia. ''Ash was the reborn persona of a version of me who died at a- Why do I need this Pokémon!? I already have a balanced team of six.''
''I have looked into your future and by that extent to the future of our world,'' Olympia responded with serious tone. ''You need this this Pokémon's ability to create portals when you face off against Barbatos' favorite Knight.''
''You mean the Batman Who Laughs?'' Bruce asked.
''You will confront him, attack him, try to save those he has held hostage, but he will best you at every turn,'' Olympia spoke telling what Bruce had planned to do. ''Even as we speak, he has not hesitated to kill people and Pokémon standing on his way and before he kills you, he will remind you about his superiority over you. That is why you will need Hoopa in order to bring you your final ally outside this world to fight with you against him.''
Bruce closed his eyes to try think and process what Olympia had told him. He had only come here for a Mega Stone and now he was also given a Pokémon that he needed to bring in someone from outside. Final ally-
''Portals? This Pokémon can create portals outside of this world?'' Bruce asked as Hoopa took it's rings, shook them in the air until they turned into portals that it used to pull… donuts out of and offered them to Bruce and Pikachu.
''Okay, I see,'' Bruce said taking a donut and turned to look at the ocean.
Zinnia was coming back on Rayquaza, meaning it was time to move.
''Hoopa, the left shoulder is yours,'' Bruce said pulling his mask on, recalling Greninja and took out the grabbling gun, firing it up at Rayquaza. ''Thank you for your cooperation. Let's hope we see again.''
Up in the air, Rayquaza caught the line from the grabble and pulled Batman, Pikachu and Hoopa up on it's back along with Zinnia. Due to Batman's presence with the Key Stone back on it, Rayquaza activated Dragon Ascend and Mega Evolved into Mega Rayquaza to fly faster again.
''Who is that, by the way?'' Blaziken Mask asked Olympia when Batman was gone. ''That final ally, does he know who's help he needs?''
''Final, as in the last person he would ever ask for help,'' Olympia answered as she closed her eyes and turned to walk back to Anistar City. ''Enemy of his enemy, and because he is fighting himself, his enemy.
Author's notes: Bringing Hoopa into this was actually a last minute addition. I was thinking about different ways of how the confrontation in Kalos would happen, would it be all the Gym Leaders or just those few i ended up using. Clemont and Bonnie were a no-brainer to have in a small cameo and I had referenced their father's hero identity Blaziken Mask in a previous chapter so he could have been there too. Olympia, however, I saw it best to have her as a Psychic user to see the future, as shown in the XY and XY&Z anime, and tell Batman what was coming when he would return to face his nightmares. Back to Hoopa, I had for a longer time planned to use Dialga and Palkia to do what Hoopa will do, but considering what Merciless is doing to them now, they would not have the strength for it, so now we have Hoopa in this.
When it comes to Devastator's final moments, I wanted to bring up some more personality out of him to have him not seem like a one dimensional villain. Also, if this was an anime, his and Superman's final conversation would probably, at least in my opinion, had an emotional musical score.
Happy Easter.