One Year Later
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana, Leon/Crisis, and Bast.
Chapter 39: The True Mind
Deadpool was in a sealed room with Wonder Woman and some of the other heroes as well. Green Arrow asked,
"What's going on?"
Black Canary shook her head,
"We were on our way out when the alarm went off."
Deadpool said excitedly,
"How can you not know what's been going on? Where have you been for the last few chapters, huh? All of Watchtower is filled with highly toxic nerve gas. It's the author's lame excuse for killing off most, if not all, the civilians that the Watchtower employs!"
He then blinked, adding,
"Wow, the funeral costs are going to be expensive. Can you imagine all the traffic jams that'll be caused by the funeral procession? And the food? A lot of grieving families are going to be stuffing their faces to try and forget the pain and-."
Wonder Woman grabbed the wise-cracking mercenary and said threateningly,
"Be. Quiet."
Deadpool tilted his head slightly,
"You know, you're cute when you're angry."
Hippolyta groaned,
"For the love of the gods, I shall kill him myself."
Wade laughed,
"Hah! Nothing can kill me! Not unless readership goes down and people want me killed off. But, who would want that? I'm Deadpool, the saving grace for this and any other fic involving me in it."
He then said,
"Unless their Cable/Deadpool pair-ups. I totally do not swing that way. Or, any other slash fics that I see. Read my lips; there is nothing going on between me and Bob. He's my minion and that's that!"
Ollie held his head, trying to drown out a headache,
"And Crisis is teamed up with this guy."
Deadpool cleared his throat and said in a dramatic announcing voice,
"And now, we go back to Superman and Crisis, who are now attempting to fight Mister Mind inside Mr. Terrific's body!"
Canary was about to say something, but Ollie shook his head,
"Don't go there, Lady Bird. Just don't go there."
Meanwhile…
Superman and Crisis were trying to find a way to get Mister Mind out of Mr. Terrific's head. The possessed genius launched the T-Spheres at the two powerhouses. The Man of Steel cut through one with his heat vision,
"We've got to get him away from the control panel."
Crisis used his lightsaber and cut through the T-Sphere,
"I'm going for it."
He sped his way to Mr. Terrific and back-handed him away from the control panel. Mr. Terrific hit the seal and fell down. Superman checked him,
"He's dead. You killed him."
Leon shook his head,
"Now really is not the time for ethics, Superman. Mister Mind overrode the orbital controls to Watchtower. He's sending it to Earth."
The Kryptonian hero was stunned,
"What? How?"
Crisis looked at Superman,
"I have a feeling Terrific was already dead and Mind only used his body. We can't be bogged down on some moral debate right now. Right now, we need Watchtower evacuated before we hit the ocean."
It was around this time J'onn J'onzz was recovering as he held his head,
"What happened?"
Leon said,
"Watchtower was attacked with nerve gas, and most of the crew is dead. Most of the heroes managed to get to sealed rooms, but right now, Watchtower is crashing into the ocean."
The Martian Manhunter nodded,
"I see. Superman, we must get everyone out of here before there is any more loss of life."
Superman nodded,
"All right. J'onn, head to the auxiliary control room and see if you can flood the vents. Maybe, we can burn the gas out as we're crashing. I'll head outside and guide the Watchtower so that it doesn't go into a city."
As the two were leaving, Crisis asked,
"Hey!"
The two founders turned and the red-eyed commando asked,
"What am I supposed to do?"
The reporter looked at him,
"Make sure I don't crash this thing into the ocean. You'll have to guide me in."
Leon nodded,
"Right. I can use my ear piece. It's tapped into your frequency."
Clark was about to say something, but was grabbed by J'onn and phased through the gas. Leon shook his head,
"I hope this works."
He sat at the control panel, trying to figure out the readings.
Outside the Watchtower, Superman was able to get to the exterior of the massive station and began pushing on the metallic exterior. At this point, the station was already entering the outer atmosphere and was becoming red hot. Superman could feel his flesh burning, ready to be seared off of his bones as he pushed harder and harder against the crippled Watchtower.
As he was doing this, J'onn managed to make his way through the gas, as it seemed to be ineffective against Martians. He found the emergency air duct controls and began flooding the gas outside of the station.
In a few seconds, the gas had slipped out long enough for there to be breathable air and the sealed doors opened. Diana ordered,
"Get to the Javelins and get off this station. I'm going to help Superman guide this thing in!"
Hippolyta wanted to beckon her daughter to be cautious, but there was a look in Diana's eyes that said the princess was going to be all right. She quickly made her way, with Captain America to a Javelin shuttle.
Crisis radioed in to Superman,
"O-K, Superman. We're over the ocean now. Just ease off and this thing will land in the ocean safely."
Deadpool's voice came on the ear piece,
"Aw, and here I was thinking that the Watchtower was going to crash into Metropolis, killing thousands of people. You know what, Mr. Author Man, you suck!"
Leon and Clark both blinked at that and the red-eyed commando shook his head,
"And people say my girlfriend is crazy."
If one were to look up at the sky at this point, they would see a flaming object crashing into a deserted part of the ocean, the white hot metal of the once proud and great Justice League Watchtower now no more than a hunk of scrap metal, ripe for plundering of any super villain foolish enough to try and take it.
The end of the Watchtower era had finally come…
Next Chapter:
As the League attempts to rebuild from the ashes of the Satellite Era, the Howling Commandos are making friends with strange bedfellows. Don't miss the exciting conclusion next time!
Deadpool walks out,
"Hey! You're going to be finishing this up next chapter! Dude, don't you know how many story holes you have to fill? What about Barry Allen? Is he coming back? And the Red Skull? And, what about the mysterious vision Crisis had when he got captured? And Talia's baby? What about that? Have you forgotten that? Huh? How can you possibly end it all in one chapter? Huh? Tell me how!"
Quiet, Wilson! I'll think of something.
Deadpool rolled his eyes,
"Oh, yeah. You'll think of something. You also forgot about Persiana's babies? What the hell? Whose are they? Are they Leon's or not?"
I'm saving that for a surprise, Deadpool. Now, shut up and let me work!
The insane author goes to a desk and begins playing with a race car,
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!
Wade squealed,
"Can I play too? Can I?"
Superman walks out,
"I still don't get how these morons have fans. What is the appeal? Huh? What is it?"
Superman then gets hit over the head with a mallet, getting knocked out by the insane author and Deadpool.