Quick Authors Notes- I just wanted to say that I am not really happy with the way this chapter turned out, and it might be updated later on. I also want to thank everyone for the reviews so far, keep on reading everyone!
Chapter Eight: The Light Extinguished
"Help! Someone please help!" A woman screamed from the streets below. Superman flew down and landed in front of her, standing tall of powerful.
"What's the problem, ma'am?" He asked darkly.
"Oh, Superman! Thank goodness! My kitty, Mr. Mittens, he's stuck up in that tree and-" Before she could get the rest out, Superman fired dual beams of laser vision in the tree, setting the treetop ablaze and charring everything. The cat fell to the ground, little more than charcoal now.
"He's out." Superman said.
"M- Mr. Mittens!" The woman cried, tears streaming down her face. "How could you! You monster!" She shouted to Superman. Superman lifted her up and slammed her against the tree.
"Listen lady, I'm not the damned fire department okay! I am superhero, I do jobs that regular people can't, because I'm better then them, got it? Anyone with half a brain could have gotten the stupid cat out the tree! Clearly, you don't apply! So the next time you have a problem with a stupid cat, call the fire department or something, because they actually care! They don't have anything better to do! But you know what lady, I do!" Superman screamed into her face, causing the woman to cry harder.
"Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok!" The woman said between sobs. Superman dropped her on the ground and began to walk away, but suddenly a large, neon green bubble appeared around his head, instantly beginning to suffocate him.
"I can't let you leave, Clark." Green Lantern's voice called out from behind.
"Get out of here while you still have a chance, John!" Superman called from inside the bubble. In response, GL only constricted the bubble even further, suffocating Superman even more. "Your funeral." Superman smiled with the last of his air.
Then he fired a powerful beam of heat vision that caused the bubble to explode from the inside! Instantly, Superman flew backward to pound his opponent. Green Lantern put up a wall of energy just in time, and Superman's fist made contact with it instead. Superman got angry and began hitting harder, smashing through the wall. This began a series of repetition, Green Lantern put up a new wall as Superman destroyed an old on, and Superman continued to destroy them. The whole time the two of them were backing up swiftly.
"You can't keep this up forever John!" Superman yelled.
"What the hell happened to you Clark? What finally put you over the deep end?" GL demanded, then he was finally struck by a punch that sent him sailing up into the air.
He eventually caught himself and began levitating. He created a massive boxing glove out of the emerald energy, and punched the oncoming Superman hard. Superman flew into the top of a nearby building, caving in a section of windows. Superman crawled out of the rubble and cracked his knuckles.
"Oh, I don't know, a little of everything I guess. Stress, anger, fear, maybe even a hint of jealously, it all came together and made me want to kill. And you know what, I like it. Hell, I love it!" Superman called.
"This can't be right, something has to be messing with his head… but it doesn't matter right now. I have to stop it, no matter what it is." Green Lantern said to himself.
"You know John, I think Shayera might be starting to get ideas too. I thought about killing her today, but for now I still need her. She's so easy to control, but you know all about that, don't you?" Superman mocked. That made GL angry.
"Stay away from her!" Green Lantern roared, creating an energy cannon with his ring and blasting toward Superman. Superman easily dodged and flew around back. Green Lantern created a series of energy arrows that rained down toward Superman, but he blew them all off course with super breath and kept moving forward. GL put up an energy armor just as he was struck in the face, sending him flying. He eventually recuperated after soaring for about a mile.
"If it weren't for this armor, that punch would have killed me instantly. He means business." Green Lantern said to himself.
Superman began soaring in super fast circles around Green Lantern, firing off bursts of heat vision, all of them blocked with the emerald energy. Green Lantern then went in with his armor still in tact and struck Superman hard, doing some damage. A fist fight broke out between the two, they punched the crap out of each other until they couldn't see straight. But GL's armor was quickly breaking down. He sent a surprise energy blast that blew Superman back. He then made a giant energy hammer and swung it downward, sending Superman flying straight down into the concrete below. Green Lantern then formed a giant green buzz saw, and hurled the spinning weapon down at Superman. It sliced the killer's arm, but he continued to move in mercilessly. Green Lantern had had enough. He channeled all of the ring's remaining energy into one, final blast. But as the blast was charging up, it was struck by a beam of heat vision, destroying the neon green weapon! There was a massive green explosion that nearly severed Green Lantern's arm. Superman appeared behind him and wrapped his arm hard around his throat, choking him.
"I could kill you, but I might need some leverage against Shayera later on. So for now, I'll have to settle for torture." Superman smiled, and then flew off into the night with the now unconscious Green Lantern slung over his shoulder.