The Avengers Meet the Justice League
Chapter 3
Superman speed up chasing after Lex with the Justice League close in toe, but not with him. Johnn (Martian Manhunter) had told Superman to wait for them, but he didn't want to lose Lex. The last time they had faced Lex he had almost defeated the whole Justice League, with the help of Brainac, and would have had Flash not separated Brainac from Lex. Flash's actions had cost him though, almost taking his life from going too fast. Just that memory alone made Superman speed up faster.
Lex turned a sharp corner, and Superman made a quick turn. Lex kept at I, fling as fast as his new suit could go. 'Just keep coming Superman, you're falling right into my trap,' Lex thought as he turned another shape corner. Lex made a final turn and came to a dead end. Lex could have flown up and made his escape but he didn't want to escape.
"You're trapped Luthor! Just give up and come quietly. You have nowhere else to go!" Lex just laughed sat him.
"You think I'm trapped, ha! I'm not trapped, you are the one that is trapped because you have fallen into my trap."
"What are you…" Superman started to say and then two large green beams of light shot out of each of his hands and Superman let out a cry of pain.
"You think yourself a god among us, but I'm here to show you that even gods can die. You will not win this time alien!"
"My…My team will com…You…You will…Will not win," Superman grunted in pain.
"I don't have to win, by the time your team arrives, you will be dead. You'll see," Lex stated as he hit Superman with another beam causing Superman to fall to the ground. This time Superman was not getting back up, "these beams are not just any old beams, I believe you know what Kryptonite is," Lex said with a laugh as he sent another blast at Superman and smiled, satisfied, at the cry of pain Superman let out.
His smile only widened when he was, out of the corner of his eye, the Justice League approaching. He turned his head to face their direction, not lowering his hands he had facing Superman, and gave them a big smirk before turning back to face Superman.
"Bear witness, Justice League, for today is a historic day. I want you to know that with all your power you have, none of you could save the strongest one of all of you." Lex said with a smile as he shot more beams at Superman.
He smirked as the group stopped in horror to see the pain their friend was in. Lex laughed as he shot a big grin at them, but more specifically at Flash. "And the only one of you that is fast enough to save him can't because of risking his own life." Lex let off an evil laugh and shot another green light, hitting him square in the chest causing Superman to fly up and then land with a heavy thud again. Flash looked at his friend with concern and then poised to run. He looked back at his other friends with a sigh.
"I have to do this, it's the only way to save him."
"N…No," Superman said weakly as he barley lifted his head up. "You…You can't…You…You'll d…die…Ah!" He yelled as another beam hit him.
"I have to! I can't just sit by and watch him kill you!" Flash said preparing to run but Batman grabbed Flash's arm. "Hey Bats, let me…" But then Flash stopped and looked where Lex was.
There was now a bright light shining where he was and everyone had to shield their eyes from it. When the bright light subsided, everyone looked around, but Lex was gone.
"The members of the Justice League all ran up to Superman to check on him, but Batman walked up to where Lex had been. It seemed odd to him that just the other day Joker and Harley had disappeared in a flash of bright light, and now Luthor as well. There was no way this was a freak occurrence, so they had to be connected. He thought a little more on this as he walked up to check on Superman, who was still in pain, but slowly recovering.
