And Injustice For All 2
Chapter 9: The Person in Charge
"They say that battle changes you. It makes you stronger, more ferocious. A monster in the night,watching, learning, hunting. Each time I enter the pit I emerge reborn, put the devil in the other side and I will show up, evolved, adapted and prepared to fight."
-Ra's al Ghul
Secret location deep underground
"Quinn!"
"Floyd."
"You hit me with a bat."
"Yes."
"You knocked unconscious in the field!"
"You may not know it, owning to your headache, you're shouting."
"Stand down or I'll stand you down permanently," said Fake Batman. "You're too much effort."
"You're the worst Batman ever!"
"If it were up to me, you'd be a smoking headless corpse on the floor."
"Wait? If it was up to you? I thought you were running the show. Are you just a little vat lackey?"
"Yes, I guess it's time to meet the person in charge."
In the next scene, we see a man in a green suit-like outfit. This is Ra's al Ghul. We see Vixen (Mari McCabe) Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley) we see Damien Wayne, his mother, Talia al Ghul, his sister , Athanasia, Cheetah (Barbara Ann Minerva) and some guy in blue and white.
"Humanity is a cancer. We consume and we poison. And we're doomed. There's no coming back. 400 parts per million in atmospheric carbon. We've passed the tipping point. Humanity lit a fuse that can no longer be snuffed out. The greed, the selfish, short-sighted stupidity. It's too late. For the human race. For so many other creatures. 10,000 species are disappearing every year. I have lived many lifetimes, reborn in the Lazarus Out. I've witnessed us destroyed over time. But I will do what I can. Humanity is a cancer. And we will cut the worst of it to save the world."
"Did you like practice that speech in the mirror?" asked an unimpressed Harley. "We're there other drafts? Any that were a bit less heavy-handed? Because you might want to try them on the next person. Red? (Referring to Poison Ivy) Did they get you too?"
"No, I'm here for the green," Ivy replied. You need to listen."
*I did listen. The not-so-subtle subtext is he wants my help I kill a lot of people."
"You have a bomb in your brain, Harley, which they can set off any time. It's not like you have a choice."
*I have a choice."
"You do, but your daughter would miss you."
Wait, Harley has a daughter?
"Be very, very careful."
"Lucy, yes? She like putting tutus on you cars."
"She doesn't know I'm her mother."
"She does now."
"Harley?"
Harley looked in shock as she sees a young girl. She's a redhead with one ponytail on the left. She wears a denim jacket covering a black shirt with a panda bear logo with a x on its left eye.
"Oh you... Lucy, cover your ears. Auntie Harley is about to say some bad words. Okay, you cock sucking bastard! You wanna do this? You wanna use a kid as ransom to go with your bad-guy-from-the-wrong-future-timeline goatee?"
"I don't want to, but I will do what it takes. I will kill her if you're not cooperative."
"No, you won't."
"You know my mind?"
"I'm not a mind reader, but I am a psychiatrist and killing her would be insane. Also, it wouldn't get you what you want. You kill her and a I sure as shit won't help you. And you have some heroes besides you who've clearly bought what you're selling. You hurt her and they'll be far less inclined to follow you dystopian lead."
"We're not creating a dystopia, quite the opposite."
"Really? To me, it sounds like you're talking about genocide."
"You should know. I know you and The Joker did. Metropolis. Four million people. What was your concern for humanity that day."
"Come closer. I don't want Lucy to hear this.
Headbutt by Harley!
"Harley!" Ivy tried to restrain Harley
"Grandfather!"
"I HOPE YOU HAVE A LITTLE LAZARUS PIT MOUTHWASH TO REBIRTH THOSE TEETH, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!"
Athanasia grabbed Harley by the throat and pulled a gun on her. "You dare!"
"I don't know who you are, but you're scaring the kid. This isn't the first gun that was pulled on me today and it won't be my last. But lower it before I really get creative. You wouldn't like it when I get creative. You will be the arts and crafts project of nightmares."
"Athanasia, stop!" Ivy used her vines to disarm Athanasia.
"Kill her!"
Ivy shielded herself and Harley as a grenade was fired with a series of bullets following up.
"Thanks, Red."
"I need you to be open-minded. I need you to stop letting devotion cloud your judgement. You are the poster child for blind, misplaced loyalty."
"No argument there."
"But when they stop shooting, I need you you to listen to Ra's. He's not wrong, Harley."
"This is stupid," said Fake Batman. I can destroy her right now."
"No! Leave her alone!" Yelled Lucy.
*Sorry, kid. But your mom's in trouble. She's wrong in the head. Remove the head, remind the trouble."
"Wait. It's all right. Ivy, let me speak with her."
Ivy lowered her fine shield.
"Here, please. Take your daughter. I approached this... badly. I know what I would do to any who would threaten my daughter, my grandchildren. I know you're angry. I know you're guilty. I have been guilty of so much, I gave many lifetimes full of regrets."
"I..."
"You what?"
"It wasn't supposed to work. We were going up against Superman. He was supposed to save the day. I wanted to save..."
"He didn't save Metropolis, miss Quinzel. He didn't save his wife and child and he can't save you from what you did. But you can have a second chance. I am the demon reborn. And you too can reborn. You can be the Phoenix. You can rise from the ashes you reduced Metropolis to. The Earth is under attack. It will be destroyed unless we act. The "villains" are greedy, short-sighted, uncaring men and women of wealth and power. Corporations and governments destroying the earth go their own short-term gain, feeding the already overpopulated cities with filth. They will fall. We will bring them down. You can be a part of that."
"It's not too late, Harley."
"Help us punish those who stole the future from your daughter."
