Previously: Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Batman and Green Lantern are locked in battle against swarms of Parademons, while Superman and Martian Manhunter fought Darkseid. Darkseid revealed his true power and in doing so, defeated Martian Manhunter and left Superman at his mercy.


Superman struggled to remove Darkseid's foot off his chest, his strength failing him after all the punishment he has taken this entire night; from the mental torture he experienced and later fought away to the prolonged battle against Darkseid, he still wanted to win this fight, however he was not even close this time.

"You still continue to struggle, Superman?" Darkseid asked mockingly. He drove his foot further into Superman's chest, making Superman grunt in pain.

"You fail to listen to the words of Darkseid. Resistance is futile."

"I think I've had enough of you." Following the remark, bullets and missiles rained down from the sky towards the New God, hitting the New God with low to no effect. Green Lantern hovered over him, continuing to press the attack.

"The Lantern," Darkseid remarked. "I will make sure your light is extinguished. Then I will take the entire Emotional Spectrum for myself."

"I don't know whatever the hell you're talking about," Green Lantern replied. "But there's only one Lantern Corps, and that's the Green Lanterns."

"Do you truly believe your own Corps is the only one that exists?" Darkseid asked, smiling. "I ripped the last Green Lantern to shreds after giving him this information." The New God's eyes glowed a bright crimson red. "But you were not as proficient as him; unlike you, he didn't have fear in his eyes before he died. You are only worthy of the Omega Sanction."

"I'm not going to let up," Green Lantern said. "Do your worst!" The Emerald Knight's eyes glowed a bright green, as he formed a construct of a mech battle suit. The hands of the battle suit formed miniguns, firing numerous rounds towards the New God. Darkseid merely smiled and jumped towards Green Lantern, throwing a punch straight at the battle suit construct's chest that sent Green Lantern's construct flying with Darkseid in tow.

The Flash ran after Green Lantern and saw in the sky a green battle suit construct flying back where he ran from, followed by Darkseid which threw another punch and that sent the construct flying further. He looked forward and saw two bodies, one Superman who laid down on his back and another trying to stand, Martian Manhunter. Flash ran towards the Martian Manhunter and helped him stand.

"Easy, easy," Flash said, helping Martian Manhunter on his feet.

"Darkseid's been holding back the entire time," Martian Manhunter said despairingly. "Superman and I, we won't be enough."

"GL's giving us enough time to start Batman's plan," Flash replied. "Wonder Woman and Aquaman are there too, it's not over yet." Flash looked at Superman who laid down on the asphalt road, and saw Batman glide off a building and land on the ground, walking towards Superman and holding out his hand.

"You look like you've been through hell," Batman said. Superman grabbed Batman's hand, helping him stand.

"Where's Darkseid, I have to-" Superman doubled over, holding his left hand over his stomach and Batman helped him stay on his feet.

"You're not doing anything until you're rested," Batman said adamantly. "We need you at full strength and right now, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Green Lantern are giving us the distraction we need to make sure we stop the terraforming process in Gotham."

"How are we going to do that? I couldn't stop him with J'onn," Superman replied.

"If we can't defeat him at his full strength, we're going to use the United Mother Box to create a Boom Tube and send him back to Apokolips," Batman said. "We need to reconfigure the Mother Box by modifying the frequency at which the Mother Box is emanating. We can probably reverse the terraforming as well." Flash ran with Martian Manhunter in tow, feeling slightly more recovered than before.

"I don't think I can do it," Flash stated. "When I was trying to modify the frequency using my Speed Force energy, it drained my speed. I don't think I can do it without me disconnecting from the Speed Force completely."

"We can use Green Lantern's ring to provide the energy that it absorbs," Batman replied.

"The Mother Boxes are sentient," Martian Manhunter said. "I can feel them telepathically. Their ability to terraform the world is attributed to Darkseid's ability to manipulate minds of hosts. I can use my telepathy to aid them."

"We need to get back to the fight," Superman said, finally being able to stand on his own. "The world's in our hands now."

"We do this, we do this together," Flash replied.

Darkseid threw the mech construct towards the ground, slamming with the asphalt road and making debris flare upwards. When the debris dust cleared, Green Lantern was on the ground, clutching his stomach. Darkseid landed on the ground in front of him, the united Mother Box emanating on a building ruin behind him. Green Lantern created a construct of an RPG and fired it at the New God, hitting him in the chest. Darkseid barely flinched.

"Pitiful human," Darkseid said, walking towards him. "Did you really think that your power ring could take on a god?"

"W-worth a try… You glorified piece of walking rock," Green Lantern replied, firing more RPG rounds towards Darkseid, which Darkseid took as if it was just water being splashed on him, the New God walking towards Green Lantern.

"You are now worthy of being given a slow death," Darkseid said, standing over Green Lantern. "I will put your hand with your ring still attached in my throne room, along with your head on a pike."

"Not so fast, big guy!" The Flash was standing on the ruin where the Mother Box was. Darkseid turned around to see the Scarlet Speedster standing next to the device responsible for the terraforming of Gotham into a second a Apokolips. The Flash's arms began to vibrate, phasing through the Mother Box's outer body and began to vibrate at a frequency completely opposite to the Mother Box's frequency, attempting to separate them.

"You dare disrupt the inevitable?!" Darkseid asked, rage evident in his calm tone. Darkseid was about to jump towards the Flash when a glowing yellow rope caught itself around Darkseid's neck and pulled him back. Darkseid turned to see Wonder Woman pulling him back.

"You! You dare resist-"

"Hold him there, Wonder Woman!" a voice said. Followed by the voice, a red and blue blur slammed into Darkseid's chest, followed by devastatingly powerful punches to the New God's left and right cheek. The figure revealed itself to be Superman, now throwing punches at Darkseid with reckless abandon. Darkseid blocked one of Superman's punches by grabbing the Man of Steel's left fist, then headbutting him, sending Superman flying back a bit but ultimately recovering quickly. Martian Manhunter followed behind Superman, releasing heat vision from his eyes which Darkseid countered with his omega beams. Superman released heat vision of his own, the two aliens clashing with the God of Darkness.

"Green Lantern, before long, Flash will require the energy from your power ring to ensure he isn't drained of his speed. You need to be there before that happens," Martian Manhunter telepathically communicated to the Emerald Knight. Green Lantern heard this and nodded, flying towards Flash. Wonder Woman, meanwhile, pulled the New God back even further, making Darkseid lose his footing slightly and put his Omega Beams out of trajectory. Darkseid, enraged, grabbed the lasso and pulled it towards him, immediately turning and slamming his right fist into Wonder Woman's abdomen, sending her flying. He turned and both Superman and Martian Manhunter flew towards him, trying to knock him back. Darkseid pushed with his own strength, suspending the two in midair.

Green Lantern landed next to Flash, his green ring glowing brightly in the red horizon.

"Hey, Flash," Green Lantern said, smiling. "You look like you could use a hand."

"You joke right now?" Flash asked with the same smile, whilst keeping his focus on the Mother Boxes.

"I wasn't the one who called the biggest threat on Earth 'big guy'," Green Lantern replied. Batman glided over them and landed on the ground.

"Focus," Batman said strictly. "Once Flash begins to have Speed Force energy drained from him, you need to put as much of your Power Ring energy into the Mother Box as possible."

"I can try it, but my ring's power isn't bottomless," Green Lantern replied, pointing his ring at the Mother Box. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm calling in the Batmobile," Batman said, using the interface on his wrist. "You're going to need a little bit more backup." As if on cue, the Batmobile drove by Batman, and he jumped in. Immediately, the Batmobile began to transform into its battle mode, uncovering a machine gun and explosive cannon on its roof.

"Batmobile? Lame name, but damned if I have one of those," Green Lantern said out loud.

"Focus, GL," Flash said, lightning emanating out of his body and beginning to absorb into the Mother Box, clashing with the energy within that's responsible for its activation.

"Gotcha," Green Lantern replied, forming a dome over them and then firing a continuous blast into the Mother Box, supplementing the Speed Force energy that The Flash has. Suddenly, Darkseid's voice rocked the landscape, his voice enraged and booming.

"Parademons! Take the Mother Box for your lord!"

Swarms of Parademons began to blot out the red sky like clouds, flying towards Batman, Flash and Green Lantern. Batman began firing at the oncoming Parademon swarms, felling a number of the Parademons but not enough to shift the tides. Aquaman jumped on top of the Batmobile, fighting numerous Parademons who reached the ground at once, his trident slashing and slicing with relative ease.

"So, this is the plan?" Aquaman asked. "Where's Superman, the Martian and Diana?"

"Fighting Darkseid as we speak. Go and help them, Lantern and I have this," Batman replied, the window of his Batmobile raised.

"I'll go then; I have a score to settle with Darkseid," Aquaman said, jumping up high into the other battlefield.

"Lantern, can you still make constructs?" Batman asked.

"I can, but I'm rapidly running out of charge," Green Lantern replied. He then formed a turret construct over the dome, firing explosive rounds towards the Parademon hordes, felling some of them.

Superman and Martian Manhunter were knocked back due to Darkseid's recent attack, the New God hovering in front of them after doing so. Aquaman and Wonder Woman landed beside Superman and Martian Manhunter respectively, ready to face him.

"You've brought allies, Kryptonian," Darkseid said, his eyes glowing crimson red. "But it will not save you, nor will it save this world."

"Save it Darkseid," Superman replied. "We'll fight until we can no longer fight. All of us will."

"Good," Darkseid said, smiling. "I will mount your heads on my wall as trophies."

"How long do we need to distract him?" Wonder Woman asked.

"Until we get the signal from Flash," Martian Manhunter replied.

"Sounds fine by me," Aquaman interjected. Superman flew towards Darkseid, throwing a punch towards Darkseid's left cheek that the New God caught. Aquaman jumped over them, throwing his trident at Darkseid's right eye that Darkseid blocked. Martian Manhunter followed immediately after, throwing a punch from the New God's left side that finally connected with Darkseid's right cheek, sending Darkseid off balance. Wonder Woman slid past Darkseid and threw continuous punches at Darkseid's back, making the New God fall forward. Aquaman jammed his trident into Darkseid's right knee forcing him to kneel, allowing for Superman and Martian Manhunter to throw punches at the New God's face. Darkseid grunted in pain as he was being used as nothing but a punching bag and being thrown off balance.

"Enough," Darkseid said, catching Martian Manhunter's punch. Suddenly, Martian Manhunter began to clutch his head in agony.

"M'yriah!" Martian Manhunter shouted as he fell to the ground. Superman looked to his pain-riddled friend and threw another punch towards Darkseid's forehead, which the New God caught with little effort, then proceeding to headbutt the Kryptonian. Superman immediately recovered and sent an uppercut straight into Darkseid's chin. Darkseid barely flinched and grabbed Superman's torso with a single hand.

"Flash, we need that frequency reversal now!" Superman exclaimed. Martian Manhunter flew in and slammed his shoulder into Darkseid's chest, forcing Darkseid to let go of the Kryptonian.

"I've almost got it!" Flash said, yellow lightning courtesy of his use of the Speed Force emanating from his body alongside Green Lantern's power ring energy; suddenly the Mother Boxes began to separate slightly.

"It's working!" Flash exclaimed. "I need someone to separate the Mother Boxes at the right moment; once I do this we can use Martian Manhunter's telepathy to use them to create a mother box back to Apokolips."

Aquaman jabbed the blunt end of his trident into Darkseid's right cheek, with Wonder Woman following suit and throwing a punch at Darkseid's abdomen. Superman used his heat vision straight after, the beam hitting Darkseid's chest and forcing him backwards.

"J'onn, go," Superman said. "I have to keep Darkseid at bay." Martian Manhunter nodded and flew towards Green Lantern and Flash.

Martian Manhunter landed in front of Green Lantern and Flash after going through a swarm of Parademons with ease. Batman and Green Lantern were still united in their defense, and the yellow lightning emanating from the Flash were taking out many at a time as well.

"What do I need to do?" Martian Manhunter asked.

"I've barely separated them, so the Unity process is restarted; you have to telepathically suggest it to create a Boom Tube and reverse the process when the Unity is restored," Flash replied.

"I've got it," Martian Manhunter said. "Begin to take out your hands, Flash, you and Green Lantern are needed; I can keep them separated with my telekinesis." Flash stopped channeling the Speed Force and Green Lantern stopped channeling his Power Ring energy into the Mother Boxes.

"Are you sure we can leave this to you?" Green Lantern asked.

"Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman will not be enough to stop Darkseid's advance and Batman won't be enough to defend me from the oncoming Parademon swarms. This requires my entire focus," Martian Manhunter replied. "You are both needed for this final battle." Flash and Green Lantern nodded, the Scarlet Speedster zooming off towards Batman and creating vortices with his hands directed at the Parademons. Green Lantern created a construct of a train and directed it at the Parademon swarms, slamming it into the swarms and felling some more. Green Lantern then flew up and towards the fight between Darkseid and Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman, firing cannon round constructs at the New God.

Martian Manhunter was deep in concentration as he attempted to telepathically communicate with the Mother Box, attempting to rewrite its code to reverse the terraforming process.

"What is your true purpose?" Martian Manhunter telepathically communicated to the Mother Box. The Mother Box communicated back in a 'ping' noise, which Martian Manhunter understood despite the differences in language.

"I will rewrite your sentience to reverse the terraforming process, please cooperate," Martian Manhunter said. The Martian created a psionic tether which attached to the three Mother Boxes' sentience, trying to control it. Within moments, a boom tube opened to Apokolips, and at the same time the terraforming began to reverse. Darkseid turned to see Martian Manhunter attempting to reverse the terraforming process and the New God's eyes glowed red with rage. Immediately, he slammed Aquaman into the ground and then clapped his hands together, creating a sonic boom that sent Superman and Wonder Woman flying.

"Insects, you all continue to writhe and resist me," Darkseid shouted. "Once I finish you all, I will put you in eternal torture, and put your heads on a pike in my throne room!" Darkseid ran towards Green Lantern, Flash and Batman. Green Lantern created three wall constructs to attempt to block his advance, while Superman, Aquaman and Wonder Woman landed next to the other three.

"You have to push him into the boom tube," Martian Manhunter telepathically communicated to the six heroes in the battlefield. "Once it closes I can reverse the terraforming process with ease." The six heroes watched Darkseid break through the walls and nodded, with Superman flying towards the New God and threw a punch that connected with Darkseid's right cheek. Green Lantern created constructs of ballistic missiles that he threw into Darkseid's chest, exploding on impact and knocking Darkseid back. Wonder Woman equipped her lasso and flung it around Darkseid's legs, pulling it and tying Darkseid's legs together. Darkseid, however, began to hover and grabbed the lasso, pulling it towards him and slamming his shoulder into Wonder Woman's abdomen.

"Your resistance is futile," Darkseid said. "I will now begin your journey-"

"I've had enough of you!" Superman said, throwing a punch that connected with Darkseid's left cheek that sent him flying towards the Boom Tube, landing on the ground short of it. Superman's eyes turned red and he released his heat vision, making Darkseid block it with his right forearm. Wonder Woman and Aquaman joined Superman, with Wonder Woman jamming her sword into Darkseid's calf and Aquaman jamming the opposite end of his trident into Darkseid's knee, forcing the New God on one knee. Green Lantern immediately followed afterwards, creating a construct of a ten ton weight strapped to a chain on Darkseid's neck, forcing Darkseid into the boom tube.

"No! I will not be denied!" Darkseid shouted. "I swear-"

"Not today, Darkseid! Not ever!" Superman replied, flying towards the New God after the other heroes cleared out and threw a punch that connected with Darkseid's chest, knocking him into the Boom Tube and on the other side.

"J'onn! Close it, now!" Batman said, standing next to Martian Manhunter.

"I have it," Martian Manhunter said, amplifying the psionic tether on the Mother Boxes and forcing the boom tube that Darkseid went through close. At the same time, the red skies cleared to show the dark night sky, the moon shining brightly. Parademons began to retreat into boom tubes across the city, the once chaotic city becoming quiet again. Batman looked at the destruction the battle in the East End caused and Superman walked behind him and put his hand on his shoulder.

"I'm not very used to saying thank you, but... Thank you," Batman said, turning to Superman and the other five heroes. "To all of you, for making sure Gotham's destruction didn't spread anywhere else."

"We'll be here to help, Batman," Superman replied. "In fact, we should form our own group.

"Like, a league of justice?" Flash said, scratching his head. Green Lantern chuckled at the remark.

"I have a Space Sector to protect, I don't have time for the Super Seven or whatever you want to call us," Green Lantern declared.

"You should reconsider," Martian Manhunter said, holding the separated Mother Boxes on his arms. "There will be threats like Darkseid that will come to Earth, and its evident that the world will need us more than ever. It's going to take more than just the seven of us individually to defeat a world-ending threat like him again."

"I agree," Wonder Woman said. "The world needs to know we're willing to fight for their safety, and I'm sure there will be other heroes who will look to a group to rally behind."

"Diana's right," Aquaman followed. "This would be a good opportunity to let the people of the world know that it is under our watchful eyes." Green Lantern finally conceded and shrugged. Batman's expression stayed stoic.

"Gotham's under my jurisdiction, and as such will require most of my time, considering the damage that was done to this part of the city," Batman said. "I will be part time, only."

"So, then its settled," Superman said. "The Justice League. That's who we will be."


Author's Note: And so concludes Justice League: Unity! I will be creating an epilogue chapter in this story before marking it as complete, so stay tuned! Please don't forget to leave a review if you like it!