Author's notes: I need to get a life. I said I'd go on a hiatus, because I had important stuff to do, but weak social life gave me time to write this, almost exclusive Villains' Chapter. Abandon all hope.
This World Is Ours!
LexCorp Towers, Metropolis
Lex Luthor was going down the elevator to see a person who had made an attempt on his life almost two decades ago. Two people had followed Lena from Britain that night and Lex had killed his sister's murderer, but the other one he had kept in check. That man, or wizard as Lex decided to call him now, was taken to hospital and been healed under medically induced coma. Coma that he still was in after being relocated to the underground levels of the building with all other projects and now it was time to bring the wizard out of his coma and have a little talk.
And there the wizard was, laying in bed with straps keeping him from moving. The drugs keeping him in coma had already begun to wear of as the wizard was moving his head and tasting the air with his dry lips. The doctors gave him water before Lex asked them to give him the room.
''Remember me?'' Lex asked the wizard came to.
''You're the mudblood's muggle-brother…'' the wizard spoke trying to gather his strength, ''the Dark Lord will…''
''That is Mr Luthor to you and which Dark Lord are you referring to?'' Lex told the wizard before asking the sarcastic question. ''Darkseid? Skeletor? Lord Death-Man? All those have come, and they have gone. So if your 'Dark Lord' is among them, he must be…''
Lex waved his fingers in the air symbolizing fleeing or passing while grinning victoriously to the wizard.
''No,'' the wizard said shocked and shook his head.
''Yes,'' Lex said leaning to the rail of the hospital bed. ''And even if your 'Dark Lord' were to be coming back, I would only find out about it in papers or tv, after the Justice League has taken him down.''
''What?''
''But they are not important,'' Lex said pulling out the old photograph from Lena's old letters. ''I came to ask you, about him.''
Lex had drawn a red circle on the picture to point the person he was talking about. The wizard leaned towards it to be sure and mouthed:
''Potter…''
''Yes, I know his name,'' Lex said in calm tone, but sounding impatient. ''But can you tell me who is?''
TSAAAP!
Before the wizard got a chance to say anything, all the lights and electricity went out. Emergency lights immediately went on, but then they went off too. Pulling out his cell phone, Lex tried to get atleast some light. What the screen on his phone provided him was red light and with black font the words:
THIS WORLD IS OURS!
''What is this?'' the wizard demanded to know, with his voice sounding stronger now. ''MUGGLE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!''
''Ms Graves!'' Lex called out to the intercom on the wall. ''Ms Graves, can you hear me!?''
''This world is ours,'' was the only response Lex got from the intercom. ''This world is ours!''
''Luthor!'' the wizard yelled as Lex attempted to call the elevator. ''Luthor! What is happening!?''
''Shut up!'' Luthor said pulling the elevator doors open and then turned back to the wizard, showing it a wand. ''Tell me everything you know about Harry Potter and will help you get out of here.''
In every Ministry of Magic on the planet, the workers had noticed that all technology around the globe had been turning itselfs off and begun to repeat the same message over and over again. The message was only four words: This world is ours. But who was the message referring to? Few years ago this same thing had happened with the Kryptonian invasion, but then it ad just come and gone. Now it had been happening for several minutes.
And it seemed to contaging to magic as well. One by one, the connection between the Ministries had begun to decline and when attempting to call the other Ministries again after the connection had broken, all that came through was the same message: This world is ours.
When only one Ministry was left, panic begun to grow. If all those other Ministries had fallen this easily at this speed, how long would it take until it happened to the last one. And the last one was in London, where majority of Aurors had been sent away to Cardiff. There was very little security left there, when balls of green fire made their way through the floo network, even if it had been closed. Two figures emerged from the fire and attacked what was left of the Aurors. They weren't killed straight away, no, they mortally wounded to a state where they would have died if not getting any medical attention.
''And now let's dry down this last place!'' the figure in red and black with flames coming from his head and face looking like a skull declared as his hands begun to glow.
''H-hurry, De-Deathstorm,'' the other figure in green and black asked in shaking voice while pointing his green glowing hand at the people watching them. ''They are advancing.''
''Grow a pair, Power Ring'' Deathstorm told his partner as he absorbed energy from the air to himself. ''Yes, that is all I need to shut it all down.''
''Deathstorm?'' Power Ring asked turning away from the ministry workers for a second and the workers took this opportunity to oppose their attackers. ''DON'T SHOOT AT ME!''
''They can't, you idiot,'' Deathstorm said pointing at the workers pointing their wands at them, but not firing any spells. ''We are done here. Let's go- Oh wait!''
''What now!?'' Power Ring asked cowardly, when Deathstorm delayed their departure. ''I want to go now!''
''Just leaving something behind,'' Deathstorm replied gleefully as his hand glowed again. ''Just so they don't forget it. Now we can go.''
Power Ring and Deathstorm left through a hole they blew to the ceiling and left the morbidly wounded Aurors to the mercy of Ministry workers who wands had stopped working and who had no medical knowledge.
''That is who Harry Potter is,'' the wizard told Luthor. ''Will you now let me go?''
''Yes, thank you,'' Lex said pleased knowing who Potter was and opened the straps. ''But I'm curious, where are you-''
''CRUSIO!'' the wizard yelled after snatching the wand Lex had shown him, but nothing happened. ''What? Stupify. Levicorpus! WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!''
The wand didn't work. Nothing came out of it at first, but then as he kept trying to produce any spell, a voice begun to tell the same message as the intercom:
''This world is ours!''
''What happened to this wand?'' the wizard asked.
''The same thing that happened to my phone, electricity, and I assume, all technology,'' Lex said, smiling as he found the irony in the situation. ''We are both just muggles now.''
''DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT!'' the wizard shouted at Lex, ignoring that his wand didn't work, but was reminded when Lex pulled a gun at him.
''Yes, I would dare to say that,'' Lex said pulling a gun and put it on the wizard's forehead. ''But seeing as this weapon works on it's own mechanics and my finger's movements, I'm the boss now. Understood?''
The wizard didn't look like he understood, so Lex fired a shot to the mattress of the bed, showing how his weapon worked before putting it back on the wizard's forehead.
''See that bullet hole?'' Lex asked tauntingly. ''Now imagine the same thing happening to your head.''
Iron Heights Prison
All across the country, every super-villain prison was being busted open and the inmates were taking all advantage from it. Arkham Asylum was busted open and most of the guards taken hostage by the inmates. Blackgate Prison had been set on fire as their prisoners had been rioting for the lost electricity. Striker's Island had been isolated from the mainland with no one getting in or out. Iron Heights had already been attempted to be broken into by the Rogues, but they were stopped by someone moving as fast as the Flash.
''No way that was the Flash,'' Captain Cold said lowering his goggles from his eyes.
''You think!?'' Heatwave asked sarcastically pointing at the twisted fences and inside out turned remains of guards. ''Flash doesn't do this to guards.''
''It wasn't the Flash,'' Mirror Master said picking up silver tokens from the ground. ''That guy noticed us and left us these invitations.''
''Right, Scudder,'' a voice said and someone speeded in front of the Rogues. It definitely wasn't the Flash, didn't look like him, had his colors, but was not the Flash and he had a tiny babe in red and blue on his shoulder. ''Rhode Island, Rogues, be there!''
Then not-Flash and his accomplish speeded away.
With the stairs locked, Lex and the wizard had to climb their way up through the elevator shaft. The wizard was still weak from the coma as he hadn't used his muscles in years. Lex had still ordered him to climb ahead in gun point. If there were any nasty surprises waiting, they wouldn't be Lex's problem.
''How did you keep me in a coma?'' the wizard asked climbing.
''Ever since you and your friend killed my sister,'' Lex answered climbing with one hand and pointing his gun with the other. ''Should be about 2o years, give or take.''
''20 years?'' the wizard repeated and stopped climbing.
''Keep moving,'' Lex told the wizard who turned to look down on him.
''You had me in a coma, FOR 20 YEARS!?''
CRAAAAASSHHHH!
Something, or someone, flew through the walls with a huge impact, that cut the ladders and made the wizard fall down the shaft for not having a good grip on. Lex, however, managed to keep his hold onto the ladders, even when they begun to twist and fall to the exit hole where that something had flown out. Lex dropped to the floor of one of his research labs and saw the figure that had flown there. It looked disturbingly familiar.
''Superman?''
Belle Reve, Louisiana
''In the files provided to us by the Justice League,'' Amanda Waller told prisoner known only as 'Doctor John Noble' and 'the Valeyard', ''you organized inter-dimensional kidnappings, built a machine to kill people and spread world destroying substance to everyone of those dimensions you planned the kidnappings.''
''It was for her,'' Valeyard, tied to a straight jacket and sitting in a corner of cell, said looking at the ceiling. ''I did it all for her.''
''Yes, ms Rose Tyler,'' Waller read from a folder. ''You tried to keep her alive by sacrificing 12 men and one 12 year old boy, with other countless people on the side.''
''They were all evil,'' Valeyard shook his head. ''THEY WERE ALL EVIL AND THAT BOY WOULD HAVE GROWN TO BE LIKE THEM AS WELL! I WAS DOING THOSE WORLD'S A FAVOR!''
''After you destroyed ours.''
TSAAAAAP!
All the lights in Belle Reve went off as those words were spoken and in that darkness, only light were two sources of white, owl-like eyes. Then the security monitors begun to shine red, dimmed light with words THIS WORLD IS OURS on every screen. And in that light, Amanda Waller and Valeyard saw the guards beaten to death and a tall, owl-like figure standing over their corpses with a woman carrying a dirty yellow glowing rope.
''What the-'' Waller was about to ask, before she was pushed to the ground and kicked to the corner by the woman.
''Hello, Valeyard,'' Superwoman said stepping to the cell's glass door and punched it to shatters.
''Remember us?'' Owlman asked stepping in and grabbed a hold of Valeyard's collar.
''You murderers!'' Valeyard hissed at Owlman. ''You had my Rose killed, Batman!''
SMACK!
''I take that as a yes,'' Owlman said after punching Valeyard out cold and threw him to Superwoman. ''Your lasso better have him fixed by the time we address this world.''
SNAP!
Superwoman flexed her barbwire rope while smiling lady-smugly at Owlman before tying Valeyard with it and begun to carry hm with ease.
''Don't worry,'' Superwoman told Owlman with a soft, sweet voice as she followed him out. ''No one can resist it.''
The contents inside this research lab had samples from all around the world, but the ones this figure was after, were from the alien invasion where Superman's people had been trying to terraform Earth to their home planet. Pieces of Earth that had been turned into the same substance as the planet Superman was from and air samples from the suits they had been using to survive Earth's atmosphere.
And this figure, dressed as Superman, was consuming all he could. He breathed the air samples and he took the ground samples, that after years had begun to glow green, and smelted it with his heat vision. As with the air samples, the fumes from the smelted ground samples were inhaled by this figure by his nostrils as if they were drugs to him. The rush made him roar in high and as he turned around, Lex Luthor saw this was not Superman. Besides that the tests had indicated these samples to hurt Superman and not strengthen him, the symbol in this man's chest was not S, but a U.
Having received his fix, this figure flew away through the roof leaving Lex even more confused at what was happening and who the hell was that. But the exit to the staircase was open in the research labs, so Lex managed to climb his way higher and outside that way. And even in the hallways the monitors and tv-screens were telling the same thing:
THIS WORLD IS OURS!
After climbing to the entrance hole where not-Superman had flown into the building, Lex saw that everyone of his workers had fled, possibly to nearby police stations as their phones couldn't call 911.
''Transmission starting in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6-''
That countdown was coming from all the screens and Lex's phone now. It looked like whoever was planning their world domination, were now ready to address their subjects. Lex, sat to a nearby chair and pulled out his phone, ready to see what ever was coming.
''-5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Have a nice day.''
Happy Harbor, Rhode Island
In the feet of the Justice League Watchtower, all the self-labeled super-criminals had gathered around the formerly orbital headquarters of this worlds heroes. Some of them had already been free and some of them had been busted out of their imprisonment, but all of them had been given an invitation to come here. Everyone was there from Gotham's crazies to Metropolis' science criminals and Central City Rogues, with even international mercenaries like Deathstroke the Terminator and Black Manta and hyper-intelligent Gorilla Grodd were present. Even in the short period of time that they all had been there, rumors about the Joker's invisible presence had begun to rise.
''He is probably wearing someone else's face,'' Penguin suggested as someone looking like Superman flew over them and landed in front them on one of the Watchtower's entrance pedestals with people looking like the Justice League. ''What?''
''Welcome, everyone!'' not-Superman said addressing the crowds of super-villains. ''We are the Crime Syndicate and the Justice League is dead!''
''Hell yes, they are!''
''I am Ultraman,'' not-Superman continued extending is arms to his colleagues. ''With me are Owlman, Superwoman, Power Ring, Johnny Quick, Atomica and Deathstorm. We have come here, to your world, because our world no longer exists. It was destroyed by this man!''
Superwoman and Owlman dragged out a man in a damaged blue suit and brown overcoat and Ultraman lifted him up in the air by his neck.
''This man, Doctor John ''Valeyard'' Noble, unleashed unstoppable machines of mass destruction on us in our world, but they didn't just attack us. They attacked everyone and they spread out faster than we were able to hunt them. So we had to unleash all out power to stop them at the cost of everyone in our world,'' Ultraman told the crowds showing Valeyard to them before throwing him down. ''THIS MAN CAUSED THE DEATH OF EVERYONE IN OUR WORLD! OUR FRIENDS AND OUR ENEMIES, ALL BECAUSE OF A WOMAN!''
''Okay, what is this show supposed to be?!'' criminal Monocle asked out loud helping Valeyard up. '''Justice League is dead' my ass! They're not dead! They're right there in different costum-''
TZAAAHP!
Ultraman's response to Monocle's slander was a fast, pinpoint accurately aimed heat slash that burned the criminal to ashes floating in the wind.
''That is not Superman,'' Copperhead noted from the showing of lethal force. ''And those people are not the Justice League.''
''Let me be absolutely clear,'' Ultraman said, with his eyes still glowing red, ''THIS WORLD IS OURS! WE ARE YOUR NEW LEADERS! YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES! JOIN IN WITH THE SYNDICATE AND MAY LIVE! OR DISOBEY OUR RULE AND DIE!''
Ultraman was silent for a few seconds while Johnny Quick ran and collected Valeyard from the crowd.
''Is that clear!?'' Ultraman hissed to the criminals. ''If you want more proof, we have more proof.''
Owlman, Johnny Quick and Deathstorm rised up above their heads three noticeable objects, before throwing them down to the criminals to collect.
''Aquaman's trident!''
''IT IS MINE!'' Black Manta called out grabbing his nemesis' weapon.
''Wonder Woman's lasso!''
''That's mine!'' Cheetah screamed beaming at the golden rope.
''Superman's cape!''
''GIVE IT TO ME!'' many criminals screamed their lungs out as they lunged to fight for the red piece of clothing.
''Your enthusiasm tells you are with us!'' Ultraman spoke floating over the criminals. ''ARE YOU!?''
The whole crowd cheered, some in fear and some in joy. After having cheered long enough, Ultraman rised his arm to silence them and gave the Owlman and Superwoman their turn to speak.
''To further demonstrate our power to you, we have brought in a man who foolishly allied himself with our enemies,'' Owlman said dragging a red haired man in a ruggy suit to be better seen. He was tied by his hands and wrists by Superwoman's lasso.
''Identify yourself to these people,'' Superwoman told the man by pulling her lasso and made him straighten up. ''My lasso compels you to do everything I say, so identify yourself.''
''Auror… Ronald Bilius… Weasley,'' the man spoke compelled by the lasso. ''Second in Command of the Auror Office in London's Ministry of Magic.''
''Magic exists, ladies and gentlemen, but we have shut it down,'' Deathstorm spoke floating up and showed energy running and glowing in his hands. ''Auror Weasley was one of those people who had wielded himself with this power, but it is no more.''
''Auror Weasley has a family of brothers and a sister. His parents are old, his wife and friends, even his children, we know about them all,'' Owlman spoke as everyone could see the concern on Weasley's face. ''They are weak without this power to harness and we can kill them if we want to.''
''No… NO!'' Weasley begged. ''Hurt me, not them!''
''Let this man be an example for you all,'' Ultraman spoke regaining his authority as Superwoman pulled Weasley off the stage. ''Defy us any way possible and we won't just kill you. WE WILL TAKE EVERYTHING YOU HOLD CLOSE TO YOU!''
''When we called you all here, you were given silver tokens,'' Owlman spoke bringing the criminals attention to their tokens. ''Keep them and go home. We will contact you all for further instructions through them.''
''Aertenum Malus,'' Ultraman said pointing their people to leave. ''Forever evil- Aaaah!''
Rays of sunlight had begun to shine from the horizon and it made Ultraman pull himself to the cover of shade.
''The Sun, I had already forgotten how much it stings,'' Ultraman muttered under his breath before ascending up in the air and begun to fly.
The transmission ended and Lex Luthor looked up. Inter-dimensional invasion. Of course this had something to do with that bleeding crack in the sky in Cardiff. Before getting back up on his feet, Lex felt as if the gravity had shaken and when it begun to get darker, he saw more bad news.
''This IS a job for Superman,'' Lex said disbelieved to even say that as he saw the Moon being pushed to block the Sun and making a permanent, forced eclipse. ''SO WHERE THE HELL IS HE!?''
Earth-3
Harry Potter woke up to see the sky burning red and himself in ruins of what looked like Cardiff Bay. He got up as fast as he could and saw Superman laying nearby as well.
''Superman!?'' Harry yelled running to his friends unconscious body. ''Clark, wake up! Clark! Renneverte!''
Nothing came from Harry's wand, but Superman showed signs of life and sat up to see the surroundings.
''A red Sun,'' Superman said looking up and looked his arm. ''Few hours and my powers stop working.''
''There is no magic either,'' Harry said helping Superman on his feet and showed his wand had no power. ''Where the hell are we?''
Author's notes: Fancast anyone as who you like, I try working on my life outside this website until I resume posting more. But this is what has happened now. Magic is shut down. Criminals have been united to work for the Crime Syndicate as the heroes have been 'killed'. And Superman is trapped in Earth-3 with Harry Potter, with no magic and a red Sun.
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