Meanwhile with Sombra...
Hank was still bowing behind the man as he looked out into the fiery pits all around him.
"To think that all this was made possible when that Doomsday weapon obliterated your primitive spacecraft," Sombra remarked as he looked all around. "I plucked your lifeless corpse from the void, and handed you a chance for glory."
"Yes, Your Grace." Hank replied.
"And all because a Kryptonian failed you." Sombra then continued.
Hank looked very angered and seething with rage as he stayed on the ground. "Even in death, he will pay for his crimes." he then stated firmly.
"To capture glory, Henshaw, you must first understand that sorrow, rage, and the thirst for vengeance, are essential parts of the equation." Sombra advised.
"Sir!" A male voice called out.
Hank's eyes grew wide before Cyborg Superman was back in the world he was as the cyborg and faced the followers in a bit of annoyance. "What now?"
Lois soon walked between the two followers as she came to see Cyborg Superman.
"Leave us." Cyborg Superman demanded to the two followers.
The two followers soon followed orders as they left the room.
"Dr. Frankenstein," Lois soon greeted. "Or is it his monster? So easy to get mixed up."
"Frankenstein wanted to play God," Cyborg Superman scoffed. "Do I look like I'm playing?"
"You're gonna lose... Hank." Lois told him.
"Hank Henshaw is dead, just like your knight in shining blue tights," Cyborg Superman said before charging at her before grabbing her by her throat and lifted her up. "Of all the things I learned on your balcony that night, I think the most important was the true nature of your relationship with Superman. A relationship that I'm afraid is going to meet a tragic end."
Lois grunted and struggled, only for a red flash to go off.
"Alert! Watchtower detecting an incoming ballistic rocket of Kryptonian origin," The computer alerted. "Enlarging view."
Suddenly, the spaceship was shown with the real Superman inside, back from the dead, much to Lois's shock before Cyborg Superman dropped her and held his head.
"No! No! No!" Hank cried out to Sombra as he held his head.
"So my doomsday weapon fails and the Kryptonian still lives." Sombra said.
"Get out of my head!" Cyborg Superman replied.
Lois began to look concerned as Cyborg Superman appeared to be having some sort of meltdown.
"Yes! I shall enjoy killing the Man of Steel all over again," Sombra grinned darkly. "This time, with my bare hands."
"No!" Hank told him in frustration as he held his head while down on his knees. "Superman is mine to destroy!"
"We disagree. Now open the gates, prepare for my arrival." Sombra told him.
Cyborg Superman soon had a glowing red hand as he then grabbed the S on his chest and ripped it off. Another motherbox was shown as Cyborg Superman was forced to reach for it.
"NOOOO!" The man screamed as Sombra narrowed his eyes while they flashed a brighter red.
Before long, Cyborg Superman put his glowing red hand on the motherbox, causing the Apokalips devices to activate and for the followers to float up into the sky. The protesting crowd soon seemed to quiet down from that.
"What the hell?" Bibbo muttered.
"Guys...?" Thunder Boy spoke from a window. "Something weird is going on."
"What's happening?" Bat-Mite asked.
"Come see for yourself." Thunder Boy replied.
Bat-Mite came beside him as the others also came by with Sabrina in her own superhero costume, known as Mystica, as they looked out the windows from the Watchtower to see the floating followers of Cyborg Superman. The followers hovered together in the air before a jolt of red electricity was shared between them all.
"This might be what is going to open the gate from Apokalips to Earth." Mystica said.
"If you're right, I'm very scared." Mo replied.
Thunder Boy decided to try to soothe Mo since Atticus wasn't there to do it.
"Oh, you're so sweet." Mo smiled at that.
The followers soon began to scream as the electricity hit them as a ring was soon in the sky that began to glow and open up while the people on the ground looked horrified and nervous. Soon enough, the gate was shown as Sombra's army was shown on the other side.
"...Dear mother of Adam West." Bat-Mite gulped as his face paled.
Lex soon brought out the motherbox and began to activate it.
"FOR APOKALIPS!" Sombra commanded to his army with an evil smile as the army came in to attack.
"Oh, boy," Bat-Mite said. "This is bad."
"We have to find the motherbox Cyborg Superman has, it's the only way to close that gate." Mo said.
"Hmm... Think... Think..." Lady Gothika paused to herself.
Meanwhile...
"No! Not yet!" Cyborg Superman cried out as he rushed over to see the army coming towards the city. "Not now!"
"My God!" Lois gasped out of fear before she soon thought of something and had a bit of a cocky smirk. "I thought Superman was yours."
Cyborg Superman turned around in a bit of an annoyed rage.
"You just gonna hand him to Sombra? Wow." Lois continued as she still smirked.
Cyborg Superman glared at Lois before he looked at the gate before he decided to put a stop to Sombra's invasion. He soon let out a pained roar as he grabbed onto a screw on his head and began to unscrew it and pull it off which made a blood-like substance splash onto the floor. He soon began to grab the motherbox as he seemed to be in a great deal of pain. Lois began to look horrified at that as she stood in the corner of the room. Once the motherbox was ripped out, Cyborg Superman then stomped on it instantly, crushing nearly in half.
And where that caused the followers to separate which also caused the gate to close.
This also seemed to make the ring disappear and something bad happened, at least for Sombra, who saw this. "WHAT?!" he then growled before snarling as he knew who was responsible for that. "HENSHAW!"
"That seemed too easy..." Thunder Boy commented.
"Yeah, even if someone used magic like I do, I doubt it could've been that simple." Mystica added.
"There must be some sort of angle." Lady Gothika added as Bat-Mite nodded.
Back with Lois and Cyborg Superman...
"Now that they've been cut-off from Sombra, the Cyborg Corps is mine to control," Cyborg Superman said before he turned at Lois, sounding more like a robot as he looked beyond angry. "And I've just ordered them to destroy Superman's precious Metropolis."
The followers soon went off to follow orders.
Lex soon saw that and tried to work on the motherbox, but it seemed to be stalling on him. "Aw, come on!" he then complained.
"This is it!" Bibbo soon called out from the crowd and tossed a stone.
One of the flying followers got hit by that while the others kept swarming in.
"Let's light 'em up!" Bibbo then told the crowd.
The crowd jeered in response as they decided to swarm in to protect their home.
Superboy and Superman were seen arriving in the city.
"I've sacrificed everything now just to kill him," Cyborg Superman smiled sadistically at Lois, coming towards her. "But not before I've made him watch as I tear you limb-from-limb. Even he can't save you."
Lois whimpered as she felt very scared while backing up into the wall. However, before Cyborg Superman could get any further, Superman's ship suddenly crashed into the room, luckily not hitting Lois.
"You okay?" Superboy asked Lois as he flew inside.
"Superboy..." Lois said softly in relief.
"I brought some back-up." Superboy smiled.
The ship hatch soon opened up as Superman stepped out and looked around before he saw Lois. Lois looked wide-eyed as she couldn't believe that it was really him.
Meanwhile...
"Omigosh, omigosh, omigosh, I know I can't use my magic to meddle in mortals' lives, but I gotta do something, those kids have really grown on me, especially Sabrina," Drell panicked as he watched the whole thing through his crystal ball as he grabbed onto his hair. "I have to do something!"
"They're just mortals," A witch named Della told him. "You're too important and powerful to care about their lives."
"I may be powerful and important, but those kids are my responsibility." Drell told her.
"You shouldn't have to worry about them," Della replied as she tried to hypnotize him with her necklace. "What have they done for you?"
"...What have they done for me...?" Drell asked, coming into a trance.
Skippy knocked on the door as he came in with a small smile before gasping and cupping his mouth as he saw Della with Drell.
"You're as weak as those puny mortals if you think you need to care about them," Della smirked fiendishly. "After all, your dear old friend is long gone and what was he worth? Just a puny Wiccan who fell in love with a puny mermaid."
"Yes, what was he-" Drell started before breaking free. "Hey! He's not long gone and he's a not a puny Wiccan and Emily isn't a puny mermaid!"
Della growled a bit.
"I'm sorry, Della, but I have to go now," Drell said, trying to be patient with his guest as he got up and went out the door, passing by Skippy. "Sorry, Skip, I gotta go."
Skippy smiled and nodded before glaring at Della, wagging his finger and shaking his head like he was scolding a child.
"So close." Della glared.
Skippy clicked his tongue as he tutted at her.
"You stay out of this if you know what's good for you," Della glared at him. "This Council deserves more than a tyrant in charge. Things were so much better when my sister Spella had a chance. Those children are making Drell soft is what they are!"
Skippy shook his head in disagreement.
"You would defend him, you're a spineless coward," Della glared. "What's he ever done for you? Just tell me."
Skippy opened his mouth, but then closed it with a firm look.
"Yeah, I thought so..." Della shook her head. "What a disgrace!"
"I gotta help those kids!" Drell cried out as he went out the door and ended up in the Spellman house, but it was empty for the night. "Hilda? Zelda? ...Sabrina? Anybody?!" Drell soon brought out his crystal ball to help him find out where everyone was. He shook it a bit as he found Hilda and Zelda in the protesting crowd, then looked over some more and found Sabrina with her friends in the Watchtower. "Good... You're alive..." he then said in relief for all of them. His crystal ball then showed of what else was going on outside the Watchtower.
The followers were soon attacking and fighting some people who tried to fight back to protect their home, but it seemed nearly impossible.
Lex tried to work his motherbox, but it seemed difficult. "Aw, come on! What am I doing wrong?" he complained before he soon had some company. For once, he looked and felt scared as the followers came to take care of him next.
"Excuse me?" Steel's voice called before the two looked to see him with Conner. "Mind if we kick your ass?"
"Mind if we join in?" A female voice asked.
Steel and Conner turned around, but acted quickly before the followers could hit them as they hit first. Three girls were shown who looked like ordinary civilians, especially with their clothes. One girl had red hair with a red bow in her hair with pink eyes, another girl had blonde hair in pigtails with baby blue eyes, and the final girl, who looked more like a boy, had short black hair with green eyes.
"You could, but I'd hate for three innocent kids to get hurt." Conner smirked.
"Innocent kids?" The redheaded girl smirked. "All right, girls, let's show 'em!" she then began to call out as she transformed into a pink super-suit as she called out, "Hyper Blossom!"
"Rolling Bubbles!" The blonde girl added as she transformed into a blue super-suit.
"Powered Buttercup!" The black-haired girl concluded as she transformed into a green super-suit.
"Never mind what I just said." Conner said.
"That's right!" Buttercup glared. "You wanna see a cute little girl? Well, I'll show you!"
"...You're a girl?" Conner asked.
"Why, I oughta-" Buttercup growled at that.
Conner soon looked over at Lex with a hopeful grin. Lex simply glanced at him and kept working on the motherbox now that there were no distractions.
"You're welcome." Conner scoffed before he went back to fighting with Steel and the new girls.
"He's not much of a talker is he?" Buttercup asked him while fighting the followers.
"He's certainly something." Conner rolled her eyes as he fought beside her.
Bubbles and Blossom did whatever they could to help out as they proved to be a lot more than ordinary young girls. These girls were in fact super, but more on that later...
Meanwhile...
"Superboy?" Lois called.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Superboy soon announced through a crystal megaphone for Lois as he smiled oh-so happily before he turned around as Superman jumped out of his ship. "The Man of Steel returns!"
Lois soon looked surprised to see Superman and where so were Thunder Boy and the others as they came in. Superman gave a small smile at Lois before looking over.
"Whoa..." Thunder Boy smiled as he saw Superman.
Lois soon dropped down and came towards Superman to reunite with him happily
"Is that really him?" Mystica asked.
"It is!" Superboy beamed, though he had tears in his eyes.
"Aw, come on, don't cry." Lady Gothika told him.
"It's okay," Superboy smiled tearfully. "I'm just so happy!"
"The napkin at Bibbo's, what was your last secret?" Lois asked Superman.
Superman looked soft before answering her sincerely. "I love you."
"Aww~" Bat-Mite and Thunder Boy gushed from that.
"Clark, I love-" Lois smiled at the Man of Steel.
Suddenly, she was interrupted as the spaceship began to move as Cyborg Superman stood up to show that he was still alive. "Sorry to interrupt this tender moment." he said to them.
"Should have know that wouldn't keep him down." Superboy said.
Superboy's friends soon got into fighting stances together, even Sabrina AKA Mystica.
"Hank, you have to stop this," Superman tried to warn his cyborg counterpart. "Sombra is-"
"No longer your biggest problem!" Cyborg Superman glared as he threw the spaceship out at them.
Superboy soon made a giant crystal hand to stop the spaceship from crashing into them.
"How'd you do that?" Bat-Mite asked. "That's new."
"I just found out about it myself," Superboy replied. "I did the same earlier to the Eradicator."
"It sure was something." Superdog said to Thunder Mutt as he saw it himself.
Cyborg Superman then took that time to grab Lois and fly away with her.
"He sure is being grabby." Thunder Boy said.
"Stay here," Cyborg Superman glared as he forced Lois against the wall and chained one of her wrists up to keep her from escaping. "I'll take care of you later."
"Over my dead body." Superman glared as he came to fight his cyborg counterpart.
"Whoof... I hope you don't regret those words again." Bat-Mite winced.
"So should we involve ourselves in this fight?" Thunder Boy asked the others.
"We could... Or we could help out at the Watchtower..." Bat-Mite replied.
"Phew... That's a toughie..." Mystica frowned. "I guess we could go there since this is Superman's fight."
"She does have a point." Thunder Mutt nodded.
"Cousin." Thunder Boy called.
"*sigh* Yes...?" Mystica sighed.
"Join hands with me," Thunder Boy smiled at her as he held out her hands. "I'll take us back to the Watchtower."
"You mean outside?" Mystica asked.
"Yes!" Thunder Boy replied. "Now take my hands! We need our combined magic since you're a half-witch and I'm a young warlock."
"Well, all right." Mystica sighed before she took hands with her future cousin due to Hilda and Drell's relationship.
Thunder Boy nodded firmly before closing his eyes which made Mystica do the same. "'We don't wish to let this town tremble in fear and cower, Take me and my friends to the Justice League Watchtower'!" he then recited.
Suddenly, the young heroes and heroines teleported away as Cyborg Superman and Superman began to fight each other.
"It isn't too late, there's always a way out." Superman told Cyborg Superman.
"How about for my wife?" Cyborg Superman retorted as he soon grabbed Superman by his throat and got himself free. "Was there a way out for her?" he then asked as he began to punch Superman right in the face which made some blood fly out.
Superman soon put a stop to that as he began to punch him back. Cyborg Superman soon caught his fist and bent it back. Superman grunted and groaned in great pain from that before he fell to his knees on the floor. Cyborg Superman grinned as he then grabbed Superman and tossed him aside against the ceiling and the wall where he crashed and landed hard on the floor.
"Is this what Terri would want?" Superman soon called out with a groan.
"Don't say her name!" Cyborg Superman glared as he charged at Superman who luckily got out of the way as his cyborg counterpart bashed into the wall and looked very furious. "You're not allowed to say her name! SHE'S DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!" He soon saw that he couldn't see Superman in the room anymore.
Little did he know, Superman was hiding away and getting ready to fight back when the time was right.
"She was always apprehensive in space," Cyborg Superman continued as he walked and looked around for his opponent. "She tried to hide it, but I knew. I told her she'd be okay. We all would. We had Superman. Until we didn't. Until my ship and my crew were debris. AND YOU WEREN'T EVEN DEAD YET!" he then added, in an almost whiney voice before he came crashing down. "Just too busy."
Once he crashed down, Superman soon shot Cyborg Superman with his weapon. Cyborg Superman soon shot the weapon with laser eyes which made it explode and Superman cry out as that hurt him. Superman soon flew away and Cyborg Superman had a deep cut on his metal body which quickly rewired itself as if nothing happened.
Superman then ran off only for Cyborg Superman to fly in through the floor and punched Superman away into the wall instantly before he could even have a chance to react. Lois looked surprised at how Superman wasn't using his powers to fight back. Cyborg Superman soon grabbed Superman and threw him out onto the floor. Superman glared as he took out a ray gun and had a clear shot until Cyborg Superman moved it and it shot against the wall and ceiling, breaking them apart.
After that, Cyborg Superman whacked the ray gun right out of his hand and grabbed Superman by his throat. "All you hear today is, 'How do we live in a world without Superman?' 'What's gonna happen to Superboy?' Well, some of us already had to," he then snapped as he choked his opponent. "Some of us watched as everything we had, everything we loved, was lost."
"Oh, give it a rest!" Lois's voice snapped.
"Huh?" Cyborg Superman blinked as he looked back at Lois.
"This isn't about your wife and you know it," Lois glared from where she stood. "It's about you. You let Sombra turn you into this."
"Superman turned me into this!" Cyborg Superman told her before glaring at Superman. "Sombra only build me and taught me how wield my hatred as a weapon. Just like he'd done with..."
"Doomsday." Superman guessed.
"That beast was only a mindless assassin while I was set for a singular purpose: destroy the remains of Superman, his good name," Cyborg Superman told him before facing Lois. "It was the best revenge I could hope for. Until now, but he does still have one ace up his sleeve. His control over his nephew, I believe you both know him."
"He wouldn't..." Superman gasped.
"Oh, I believe that he would." Cyborg Superman replied darkly.
Superman and Lois looked concerned for Superboy as Cyborg Superman smirked at their fear.