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Team Arrow, Team Flash, Supergirl, the Legends, the Justice League, Birds of Prey, the Outsiders and the others were heading down the corridor before they entered another chamber as most of them stared in shock and groaned.
"You must be kidding." Slade muttered.
"Oh, come on. Haven't we put you all down already?" Kara grumbled.
"But you'll know soon enough what death feels like." Billy Wintergreen said.
"This time, you're going to lose." Reign sneered.
Team Arrow, Team Flash, Team Supergirl, the Legends, the Outsiders, the Birds of Prey and Justice League prepared themselves as they faced off the villains.
"You've come a long way, Slade." Billy said as he and Slade crossed their swords.
"And you're still the backstabbing bastard I remember." Slade sneered as he and Billy clashed their blades before Isabel Rochev jumped in, kicking Slade as he stumbled back.
"You're on their side now? I thought you wanted to destroy Oliver." Isabel said.
"That was the Mirakuru. I see that you're a bitch even without it." Slade growled, blocking Isabel's and Billy's strikes before Nightwing joined in, engaging Isabel, while Slade continued fighting with Billy.
It was obvious however that despite having the Mirakuru in her system, Isabel lacked the fighting skills Nightwing had. Nightwing managed to disarm her of her swords before shocking her with his batons in the head
"I've heard what happened to you. Pity you didn't accept Fyers's offer, we could've worked together." Billy said as Slade dodged his sword.
"I'd rather die with honor than live without it." Slade snarled before kicking Billy in the leg. Slade grabbed him by his head and, he drove his sword through Billy's eye, just like when he killed him the first time.
Isabel recovered and roared, rushing at Nightwing, but he dodged and hit her in the leg as she fell on her knees. As Isabel was about to attack again, Slade grabbed her from behind by the back of her head. "Even without Mirakuru, you're still a bitch. I regret ever asking for your help."
Isabel screamed, trying to struggle out but Slade plunged his sword through her heart before he pulled the blade and let her go as Isabel fell down, dead.
Oliver, Laurel, Sara, Thea, Tommy, Nyssa, Dinah, Rene, Rory, Roy, Curtis, Henry, Helena, Tatsu and Barbara were going down another corridor before facing off with Malcolm, the Longbow Hunters, Edward Fyers and his mercenaries, David Cain, Konstantin Kovar, China White and Sean Sonus.
"Aren't you supposed to be dead?" Dinah demanded.
"As I once told Mr. Queen, nothing ever really dies." Konstantin Kovar said.
Grodd roared, attempting to mind-control Caitlin, who smirked, using the mental inhibitors. "Sorry. That's not going to work on us anymore." She said.
Wally and Jesse rushed at Grodd, sending him down to the ground with supersonic punches towards his chest as Grodd crashed to a wall, knocked out. But the speedsters had no time to relax because they had to dodge the lightning strikes Mark Mardon, the Weather Wizard, was throwing down on them from above.
"You want lightning? I'll show you lightning." Jesse sneered before she spun around and then she threw lightning, sending Mardon to the ground upon the impact and knocking him out.
Curtis threw T-Spheres, while Nyssa, Roy and Thea fired arrows at the mercenaries. Oliver and Tommy engaged Malcolm, while the rest engaged the Longbow Hunters, Cain, Kovar and China White.
Sonus attempted to induce vertigo but one of the T-Spheres hit him in the head, dazing him. Dinah then hit him in the face with her staff. "That's for Vince, you bastard." She grabbed Sonus in chokehold before snapping his neck.
Silencer attempted to press her muter but Sara kicked her back before she got a chance. Sara blocked her knife with her baton as they exchanged blows. Silencer kicked Sara back and scratched her across her cheek but Laurel knocked Silencer back before wrapping her legs around Silencer and knocking her down. As Silencer got up, Laurel poked her in the throat as she gagged before Sara got behind Silencer and snapped her neck.
Rene dodged Red's darts as Rory wrapped his rags around her, sending her flying towards Roy, who slammed her to the ground with his metal arm and drove an arrow into her heart.
Thea and Nyssa dodged as Bear attacked with his shield. Nyssa blocked the shield with her sword before Thea pulled out an arrow and cut Bear in the leg and he fell to his knees. Thea disarmed him of his shield before Nyssa stabbed him in the heart and he fell back, dead.
Tatsu and Barbara exchanged blows with China White as Tatsu blocked White's knives with her katana. Barbara disarmed White of one of her knives and kicked her back before Tatsu sliced White's throat as White gagged.
"That was for kidnapping me." Tatsu said before she swung her sword again and White's head rolled down on the ground as body toppled. "And that one's for my family."
Helena dodged as Kovar rushed at her. Kovar briefly traded blows with Curtis, pinning him to the wall and grabbing him by his throat and choking him before Rene and Henry shot him from behind, bullets spraying on Kovar's back as he fell down, dead. Cain fired back as Rene and Henry dodged before Helena engaged him. Cain slammed Helena to the floor but Curtis threw a T-Sphere as it hit Cain in the head, dazing him before Helena shot him in the heart with her crossbow.
Malcolm blocked Tommy's and Oliver's attacks with his bow and sword.
"I would've been proud of you two. But you both have turned your backs on me." Malcolm sneered.
"You've become a monster. Mom would be ashamed of you, just as I am." Tommy growled.
Malcolm ducked as Tommy attempted to cut his head off before Oliver attacked with his bow and Malcolm raised his own bow to block. He managed to hold his own against them briefly as he punched Tommy, who staggered. Malcolm blocked Oliver's attack again and pushed him back before he threw a pair of knives but Oliver and Tommy dodged.
As Malcolm attempted to attack again, Oliver punched Malcolm and stabbed him in the leg with an arrow as Malcolm fell on his knees. "That's for planting the bomb on the Gambit and my parents!"
Tommy stabbed Malcolm in the abdomen with his sword as Malcolm stilled. "That's for me and the innocent people in the Glades!"
Oliver punched Malcolm before stabbing him in the other leg with another arrow. "This one's for Sara!" He stabbed Malcolm with another arrow in the chest. "And this one's for Thea!"
"And this is for Laurel!" Tommy shouted as he drove his arrow through Malcolm's heart.
"You… two… are… just… like… me…" Malcolm whispered hoarsely as he fell back, laughing.
"No. We're nothing like you. All we did, was stopping you because you're a monster and we did what had to be done. We'll never be like you, Malcolm." Oliver sneered and on hearing that, Malcolm's smirk vanished as he coughed up blood, losing whatever little satisfaction he could have as he laid down on the ground with one last cough, his glassy eyes staring without seeing.
Fyers's men were being shot down before he also was shot down as well.
Alex exchanged blows with Tommy Elliot, also known as 'Hush' and to her surprise, he was able to hold his own against her. Hush slammed Alex against a glass table as it crashed. Alex picked a glass shard and stabbed him in the leg as Hush groaned before she punched him in the face, making him stagger.
Alex got up as they traded blows again before Hush grabbed her by her neck and blocked her punch before headbutting her and dazing her. Alex fell on her knees as he started to choke her before Lisa tackled Hush, causing for him to let Alex go. Before Hush could recover, Lisa shot him and he fell down, dead.
"You OK?" Lisa asked as she helped Alex on her feet.
"I'm fine. Thanks." Alex nodded.
Cyborg was running down another corridor with Red Hood as they shot down Carrie Cutter, Brick and Victor Zsasz before they had to face a cyborg, who seemed similar to Cyborg.
"What the hell are you? Some kind of freaky mirror reflection?" Cyborg quipped.
"Call me Grid. I am your vast memory and intellect, Victor Stone. Liberated from the weaknesses of flesh and emotion." Grid said before he charged his weapons.
"Apparently liberated from my good looks and charm, too." Cyborg chuckled as he eyed Grid, both of them circling each other. "So, 'Grid', is this mirror match as weird for you as it is for me?"
"I am your perfected self. You are obsolete." Grid said. Cyborg and Jason dodged as Grid fired lasers. Jason attempted to shoot Grid but Grid was unfazed. "Bullets? How crude." He pulled out a missile and fired and Jason ducked but was sent flying away by the explosion.
"Oh. That hurt." Jason groaned.
Cyborg fired a pulse cannon but Grid dodged before firing some explosives that Cyborg barely managed to destroy.
Jason then threw some device onto Grid's chest as he electrocuted. "EMP. That should slow you down."
Cyborg then fired his pulse cannon, shooting Grid's head off as Grid fell back. "Not so perfect after all."
In the meantime, Steve, Rip, Ray, Snart, Mick and Jax managed to take down the remaining mercenaries and Talons.
"All clear here." Rip said.
Suddenly, then they had to dodge as they heard gunshots and spotted a man on the rooftop, aiming at them with a sniper rifle.
"Lawton." Steve realized.
Nora Darhk attempted to use her magic but Constantine and Zatanna conjured some shields before Rachel flew towards Nora.
"You don't have to do this." Rachel reasoned.
"Yes, I do!" Nora said.
"This is dark magic, not you!" Rachel pleaded before their magic clashed but Nora found herself quickly overpowered before she was pushed back. Rachel then neared her and drained all magic from her and Nora found herself powerless. "Sorry about this."
Nora vanished in a purple glow of light.
"I think we'll take care of her." Zatanna said.
Diana and Artemis kicked King Shark back before Diana stabbed him in the heart, while Ralph grabbed Shadow Thief and threw her to the wall, knocking her out.
Caitlin was facing off with Earth-2 Killer Frost as their ice beams crossed.
"You think you're better than me?" Frost gloated. "Look at yourself. You're pathetic."
"Still better than being a monster." Caitlin sneered.
Firestorm blasted Deathstorm towards Killer Frost, knocking them both down. As they both recovered, Green Lantern restrained them by creating an energy ball, trapping them before he slammed them to the ground. As they both got up, Caitlin fired icicles, killing the doppelgangers of herself and her fiancé.
"That's creepy." Hal said.
"Tell me about it." Caitlin nodded.
They switched cover, barely managing to avoid Lawton's bullets as he fired from his rifle. Rip then fired from his gun as the platform on which Lawton was, collapsed and Lawton jumped down, dropping his rifle and they dodged as Lawton fired from his wrist guns. Snart went out, freezing the bullets Lawton fired before a hole appeared in Lawton's forehead as Steve fired from his rifle.
"Who's the deadliest shot now, son of a bitch?" Steve sneered.
Sam Scudder attempted to grab Mick but Snart froze the mirror in which Scudder was, forcing him to jump out before Mick smashed his face onto the mirror, knocking him out.
"That's seven years bad luck, Mick." Snart said.
"Luck's never been on my side." Mick said.
Mercer threw his gadgets but he was surprised that none of them were working.
"You know, Mr. Mercer, the thing about gadgets is that they can be hacked." Brainy quipped. "Surrender, you cannot win."
"Or what?" Mercer gloated. "We're not done playing games."
"I think I will beat you in this game. With physics." Brainy said.
Mercer attacked but Brainy lazily dodged his punches, predicting all his attacks, as if this was just a dance for Brainy as he was analyzing Mercer's fighting style. Brainy blocked Mercer's punch before punching him in the face and then slamming his ears, dazing him. Mercer attempted for a wild haymaker but Brainy blocked with his elbow before punching him in the gut and elbowing him in the jaw and punching him in the ribs and kicking him in the chest as Mercer fell back.
"Diagnosis: Jaw fractured, ears ringing, ribs cracked. Weeks of recovery." Brainy quipped.
Reign slammed Kara to the ground before Astra punched Reign away. "You alright?" She helped Kara on her feet.
"Why?" Kara demanded.
"This wasn't me. But that giant ape. I'm sorry." Astra said.
Kara nodded, realizing her aunt had been mind-controlled. "Apologies later, we need to help my friends."
They faced Non, who glared. "You're betraying us?"
"No. I'm just staying true to my path, husband." Astra sneered as they flew at each other, trading blows.
Reign attacked Kara before Reign could land another hit, Clark grabbed her from behind and punched her away.
"Kal." Kara whispered as she helped her get up.
"You're making one hell of a noise. All that damage destroyed my cell. I managed to break loose." Clark said.
Reign flew at them again but Kara dodged before Clark hit her in the face and they flew up. Reign elbowed Clark before dodging as Kara flew towards her and their heat vision beams crossed before canceling their beams and Clark and Kara dodged as Reign fired again and the beams hit Non, sending him flying back.
Astra flew down as she faced Non. "It doesn't have to be this way, husband." She pleaded.
"Too late to go back now." Non said as he picked a sword and was about to stab her before Artemis fired an arrow right between his eyes and he fell down, dead.
Kara dodged Reign's poisonous claws before Reign unleashed her sonic scream, sending Kara flying back. Reign was about to finish her off before, to their surprise, from above flew down Conner, who slammed Reign to the ground. He grabbed her in chokehold before Kara got up and neared Reign, burning into her forehead heat vision beams and Reign fell down, dead as she stared at Conner.
Kara eyed Conner warily. "Conner… is it—"
"It's me, Kara. It really is me." Conner assured her as she and Clark hugged him in relief, laughing before Barry joined in.
"It's good to see you back, buddy." Barry laughed before they pulled away. "Wait, how… how did you find us?"
Suddenly, a man with a golden helmet with a blue armor and a golden cloak appeared out of nowhere in a golden glow of light.
"Who are you?" Kara demanded.
"Call me 'Doctor Fate.'" Fate introduced himself as he turned to Conner. "I've seen an age of injustice. I've come to help you beat it. You must face some losses and tragedies for what's to come. Be careful."
Doctor Fate then teleported himself, leaving them all perplexed.
"What was that?" Diana wondered.
"I don't know." Barry said.
They entered another area as they faced Metallo, Livewire, Silver Banshee, Hank Henshaw, also known as Cyborg Superman, the Joker, Giganta, Vandal Savage, Tarantula and the U-Foes.
Silver Banshee and Black Siren clashed their sonic screams but Black Siren blasted her back, knocking her out.
Giganta enlarged herself, about to attack them before Clark punched her away as she staggered before Kara hit her in the stomach as Giganta knelt. Conner then flew down from above, slamming her face to the ground as Giganta reduced herself, knocked out before he flew at Henshaw and they exchanged blows before Conner grabbed Henshaw by his arms as Henshaw groaned in pain.
"That's impossible, I'm stronger than—"
"There's always someone stronger." Conner said, roaring before he grabbed Henshaw by his head, ripping it off, blood spilling from Henshaw's shoulders and sparking from his neck and head and eyes as body toppled.
Vandal Savage and Tarantula held their own against Tim, Sara, Laurel, Dick and Mari as they threw knives, while they dodged as they barely scratched them. Savage threw another knife but then, a man and a woman in golden armor flew in, holding maces.
"Get away from our friends." Kendra said.
"You're going down, once and for all, Hath-Set." Carter sneered.
Savage engaged them as he attacked with the Staff of Horus, while blocking the attacks of the others. Carter swung his mace and disarmed Savage of the Staff before Kendra slammed her mace into Savage's face, sending him flying back. Savage got up and pulled out a blaster as Kendra and Carter flew up and dodged the shots before Tim threw a batarang that embedded itself into Savage's back and exploded, forcing him to drop his blaster.
Kendra flew at Savage, slamming him to the ground, saying the same words she had told him the last time she killed him. "Goodbye… my love." She pulled out the dagger with which she had killed him the last time and then stabbed him in the heart as Savage fell back, dead.
Dick blocked Tarantula's blows as he grabbed her arms. "Don't make me hurt you, Catalina."
"Too late for that, Dick." Tarantula said as she kicked him back. As she was about to attack again, Tim wrapped his legs around her, knocking her down. As she was about to get up, Mari punched her in the face as she went down.
The Joker rushed onto a catwalk as Batman started to chase him. Batman threw a bola as the Joker fell down before he slipped as Batman caught him, while the Joker laughed.
"Seems like old times, right, Bats?" The Joker smirked. "You, me, and a vat of chemicals?"
"You're slipping, Joker." Batman said as the Joker seemed to be giving it.
"Alright, Bats, you win." The Joker grabbed Batman's hand but then it was revealed that in his hand was a joy-buzzer, forcing Batman to let him go as the Joker fell to his demise, cackling mercilessly until he was impaled onto a pole. Batman sighed and felt guilty for letting his nemesis die before Selina approached him and held his shoulder in comfort.
Metallo attacked, firing from his kryptonite heart but Green Lantern blocked it before blasting his head off.
Vector fired his lasers as they dodged before Black Siren unleashed her Siren Cry, sending him flying back. Vector fired another laser but Donna absorbed it with her bracelets before she threw her lasso and pulled, while Diana jumped in and stabbed Vector in the heart.
Vapor flew towards them as they were about to inhale her before Wally created a tornado, sending her flying back. Vapor returned to her normal form before Wally knocked her out.
X-Ray fired a laser but Diana absorbed him with her bracelets and the blast she sent from them knocked him back as he was knocked out. Ironclad flew down, trying to crush them before Diana jumped up and knocked him down.
They entered another area but suddenly, white flash of lightning, knocked most of them down.
"Savitar." Barry realized.
"In the flesh." Savitar gloated, wearing his armor.
"You, working with Lex? How the mighty have fallen." Kara snorted.
Barry, Jesse and Wally engaged Savitar and Clark, Kara and Conner were about to help before heat vision beams knocked them both down as they looked up to see two people in black suits, their faces the same as Kara's and Clark's.
"What the hell—"
"A clone. Must suck, does it?" Lex gloated over the P.A.
"Why do this?" Clark demanded.
"To see who's better, Clark." Lex said.
Barry, Wally and Jesse engaged Savitar, while Clark, Kara, Conner and those, who were strong enough, engaged Clark's and Kara's clones.
Clark and Kara blasted the clones back with heat visions before Diana and Artemis charged forward, trading blows with the clones. The clones slid down before Diana and Artemis could strike them down and they punched the Amazons away. Arthur lunged at them with his trident but Kara's clone caught it before throwing him away.
Savitar chased Wally and Jesse, knocking them down before Barry phased into the suit, forcing Savitar off. Savitar glared as Barry pulled a blade. "Last time I didn't do it. I regret that now."
"You kill me, you become me, either way, I live! Do it!" Savitar yelled crazily.
"No. Like I told you, I'll never let the pain, the darkness… determine who I am. And if I would kill you, it would be because you're a monster that had to be stopped whatever the cost. I'll never be like you." Barry said.
The smile vanished off Savitar's face before Barry stabbed him in the heart. Savitar gagged, blood filling his mouth before he disappeared, evaporating, with Savitar armor as Barry panted out.
Victor attempted to blast Clark's clone but he was unfazed as Donna threw a lasso. The clone caught it before Carter flew in, knocking him back, while Kendra slammed her mace onto Kara's clone.
As the clones got up, Clark's clone grabbed Firestorm and threw him away, forcing Jax and Stein to separate themselves.
"Guess we'll have to do this the hard way." Oliver fired arrows that exploded with red sun radiation but it didn't faze them. "What the hell?"
Clark's clone flew at Oliver before Black Siren unleashed her Cry, sending him flying back. Alex fired kryptonite bullets at Kara's clone but she was unfazed.
"That's not possible." Alex whispered.
Kara's clone rushed at Alex and threw her away, sending her crashing against some equipment.
"Alex!" Kara exclaimed.
Curtis threw his T-Spheres but Clark's clone crushed them before he grabbed Curtis by his throat and snapped his neck.
"No!" Rene cried out.
Clark tackled the clone but the clone slammed Clark to the ground. Kara rushed at the clone but Kara's clone punched her hard in the chest, breaking her breastbone and Kara fell back before they heard her heart slowly stop beating.
Roaring in rage, Clark grabbed both clones and slammed them to the ceiling before throwing them both down.
As the clones got up, Firestorm threw fireballs, Mick fired from his flamethrower, Snart fired from his Cold Gun, Black Siren unleashed her Siren Cry, Conner and Clark used heat vision, Nia fired energy blasts, Amaya used her totem, while Rachel used her magic and Green Lantern used his ring as Artemis fired from the bow of Ra, the barrage of energy becoming too much as the clones were burned into ashes.
"Kara!" Barry knelt towards her, trying to resuscitate her. Barry charged his hands with lightning, jolting Kara's heart. "Kara, come on, wake up." It seemed like an eternity to Barry but it was few minutes as he was breathing into Kara's mouth, chest pressuring her chest and jolting her heart. "One, two, three, four, five, six…"
After a moment, Kara took a breath as she came to. "What… what the…" She turned in shock at the sight of her sister. "Alex. Alex!" She exclaimed, trying to help Alex out from the rubble as she was coughing out blood. "Hang on, it's going to be OK. Rachel." She turned to her. "Can you…"
Rachel knelt down, trying to heal Alex's wound but she panted out. "I… I can't. I… think I've exhausted myself."
"Alex, come on, we're going to get you out of here." Barry assured her before Kara X-rayed her injuries, realizing she was not going to make it as she was bleeding internally.
"Stay strong, OK?" Alex smiled weakly, holding her wound. "Look after each other. Promise me."
"We will. But you need to hold on…" Kara said as Alex was closing her eyes. "Alex, no, no, come on! Alex…" Alex tilted her head as Kara broke down in tears, while Barry held a comforting hand on her shoulder as the atmosphere turned solemn.
Then, they heard hands clap as they turned around.
"Bravo. Bravo." Talia said.
"It was you…" Oliver whispered as they glared.
"You helped Lex learn everything about us." Bruce said. "Why help him?"
"There's only one currency that matters. Power. And things must be in balance." Talia said. "Yin and Yang. Good and evil. You represent good. I now see what I represent. I helped Lex study you all, we've been observing you for years."
"So, that's why you decide to hurt our friends? Our families? Alongside with innocent people?" Laurel demanded.
"'Innocent' is a strong word to throw around." Talia said. "I knew it was unlikely we could kill you. Even though we should try."
"Why play this game? What was the point of all this?!" Arthur demanded.
"To force you to be better. To test your limits. You've bested your enemies. I'm impressed. But it's not over yet." Talia reached for her sword. "I challenge you, Bruce. You and me."
They all stared before Batman got up. "I accept, Talia."
Talia threw towards Bruce the sword. "To the death."
"To the death." Bruce said.
Bruce and Talia lunged at each other, exchanging sword strikes. Those experienced in sword combat were able to tell what was going on, to everyone else it was all just a blur of movements, flashes of steel and sparks flying. Talia ducked before Bruce scratched her in the abdomen.
"You don't hold back anymore. That's good." Talia said. "But I thought you didn't kill."
"You can't kill what's dead already." Bruce sneered as Talia glared before they resumed their duel. Talia pushed Bruce back, sending him stumbling back before their swords crossed, trying to push each other back. Bruce ducked as she aimed at his head before kicking her back as Talia staggered.
"We both know this ends in one way. But are you willing to do what needs to be done?" Talia gloated.
"Find out." Bruce sneered.
Talia attacked before Bruce dodged and broke the blade of her sword. Bruce then slammed her to the ground, his blade to her neck. "Kill me. Do it. Kill me!" She urged.
Bruce stared before getting up. "I won't kill you…" He got up as Talia glared. "But I don't have to save you."
Talia's smile vanished off her face before Selina picked Bruce's sword and she finished Talia off as she gulped before she slumped back, blood filling her mouth.
Suddenly, Lex flew in, firing heat vision beams, much to their surprise.
"Well, here we are." Lex said.
"You've hurt enough people." Barry said.
"I know. You see me as the villain but you should know that everything I've done, was only because it had to be done. To test you. To push you to be better." Lex said.
"What are you talking about?" Oliver demanded.
"Let me show you." Lex smirked.
"Lesson number one: Never trust the bad guy." Hal quipped. He fired from his ring but Lex created an energy shield.
"That's why he was experimenting on me and stole the Alpha/Omega and Project: Amazo." Kara realized.
"He's duplicating our powers." Barry realized.
Lex ran in superspeed as Barry, Wally and Jesse started to chase him but he summoned a tornado and threw them back. Diana threw a lasso but Lex caught it and attempted to pull her as the ground under her cracked. Hal fired from his ring but Lex created an energy shield before blasting them back.
Caitlin threw icicles but Lex created a wall of fire, melting them as he shielded himself, while the rest started shooting at him. Kendra and Carter flew at Lex with their maces but Lex again created a tornado and blew them both away. Rachel fired a ball of magic but Lex shielded himself again.
"I'm stronger than anyone of you now!"
"You may have our powers but who's to say you don't have our weaknesses?" Bruce realized as an idea hit him and Oliver.
Everyone started shooting at Lex as Black Siren unleashed her Siren Cry but he phased through the beams, Siren Cry and bullets with Barry's phasing power before Oliver fired an arrow that exploded with red sun radiation, while Clark and Kara used freeze breaths, weakening Lex before Henry loaded his rifle with kryptonite bullets as Lex screamed as they hit him. Lex attempted to run with Barry's speed but Caitlin summoned a blizzard, slowing him down, while Snart fired from his cold beam, knocking him down.
"It's one thing to have our powers, it's another to know how to use them or to know their weaknesses." Barry said.
"Besides, gluttony is unhealthy." Clark said.
"Lex Luthor, you have failed humanity!" Oliver shouted, notching an arrow.
"Perhaps. But now I see I was wrong." Lex said calmly, getting up. It surprised them that after all that damage he had endured, he was still standing, while they prepared their weapons at him.
"Every string you pulled, every button you pushed over the years, it was all just so we could face all our enemies?" Barry demanded.
"I used to think that it was our families that made us who we are. Then I hoped that it was our friends…" Lex trailed off. "But if you look at history, the great men and women in the world have always been defined by their enemies."
"That's why you recruited them all? To test us?" Diana demanded.
"To see if I could be better." Lex said. His hands still glowed but he could not use his powers anymore. "But I suppose that deep down I've always known I'd never stood a chance."
"It wasn't a competition." Clark protested.
"Of course it wasn't. You're simply better than anyone of us." Lex said as he pointed at the beaten villains.
"And that always killed you." Kara realized, looking at him sadly.
"No." Lex shook his head. "I've studied all of you for years." He glanced at Bruce, Oliver, Diana and the rest. "What killed me was that you didn't even want it. You fought it, you hid from it! I would've taken it, relished it, embraced it." He spread his hands around. "You were meant to be gods… heroes… yet you hide in plain sight, denying to yourselves who you are… so focused on being human, you can't even see the real threat."
"What are you talking about?" Bruce demanded.
"This is bigger than you and I. Petty rivalries. They're waiting in the dark, asleep and they've awoken." Lex said, laughing before he passed out.
"Who's awoken? Lex. Lex!" Bruce grabbed him by his shirt. "Who has awoken?!"
In case you have no idea who the U-Foes are, they have appeared before in my story "Merlyn's Redemption" and yeah, I know they are from Marvel technically but in my defense, I was trying to come up with some creative ideas and it's not the first time some Marvel character made a cameo in DC Comics story.
And I've been thinking about what to do with the Joker but with what's been going on with other villains, I wasn't sure what to do and he's always liked to screw with Batman on some psychological level, goading him into killing the Joker. This way, Batman would feel like he might as well did kill him.
And, well, can't win a war without some casualties, that's all I can say about Alex's and Curtis's deaths.
Hope you've again enjoyed the fight scenes since it was a bit difficult and challenging to deal with so many characters, heroes and villains alike. If there is any villain I have forgotten about, let's just say they got caught later in the aftermath as they tried to run off and put into prison, or sent back into their times were they belong, OK?
And we're nearing the end of the story, with the concluding epilogue.
So, what do you guys think?
Please review and let me know if you have been enjoying this and want for me to continue.