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Chapter Twenty-two: Crisis Resolved

After teleporting of the safety dome created by the Green Lantern, Valen along with Rex and Billy found themselves out in the middle of the field surrounded by the harsh elements of the storm. The three were in close proximity of the battle between the Demons Brothers Three and Superman and Flash.

Abnegazar was taking Superman on his own while Ghast and Rath took on Flash.

Unfortunately, the two superheroes didn't look like they were doing too well.

As Flash rushed head on to fight Ghast, the demon clapped his hands together sending sonic waves in his direction that were strong enough to send Flash flying back. He land on the ground with a loud thud and seizing the opportunity, Rath immobilized the speedster by first knocking him. He then pinned him down with large pieces of twisted scrap metal tied around his hands, legs, and torso.

Superman at first was dealing heavy blows, left and right to Abnegazar. Little did he know though that the demon was allowing him to toss him around like a rag doll.

Awaiting his opening, Abnegazar withstands Superman's powerful fists. Sensing that he was letting up on his assault, Abnegazar grabs one of his fists and throws Superman back. As he was flailing backwards, Abnegazar grabs the hero and sends a high energy electrical shock through his body.

"Flash! Superman! Oh no, we gotta help them," Billy helplessly cried out as he watched the downfall of his favorite heroes.

"What do you suggest?" Rex asked aloud.

"Ok, I've gotta a plan but we're going to have to move fast. Billy, you're going to have to free Flash and get Superman up while Rex and I distract them," Valen orders.

"You guys are taking them on your own?" Billy asks incredulously. "But you won't stand a chance. If they took a couple of the greatest superheroes of all time down, what makes you think you'd handle them?"

"I don't…" Valen confesses. "That's why I said we're going to have to move fast."

Just as the Demon Brothers Three were about to close in on Superman and Flash, Valen signaled Rex and Billy to ready themselves. Picking up a boulder, he hurls it towards the opposing trio, trying to divert their attention.

"Hey uglies, come and get us," Valen instigates trouble.

Finally catching their eye, the demons run to attack Valen and Rex. Billy takes the opportunity to teleport himself to where Flash was tied up.

"Psssttt," Billy says as he tries to untangle the scrap metal from his hands, "Uhh…Flash, you need to get up now. Please!" A soft groan can be heard coming from the fallen speedster.

"Uh wha-, what happened?" Flash asks in a daze, forgetting the last few moments of the fight at hand. "What's going on?"

"Basically, my friends are about to be beat to a pulp if you and Superman don't get up," Billy frantically explains as he tries to undo the strong metal bondages around Flash's body.

Meanwhile, Valen and Rex were doing their best to avoid being pummeled by Ghast and Rath. Abnegazar stood behind, waiting for his brothers to finish the job.

Rex stayed airborne as Ghast threw large boulders or parts of steel structures at him. He was able to dodge them due to his fast reflexes. As he got closer, Rex tackled Ghast and held on to him as they rose in altitude.

"W-What are you doing?! Put me down this instance!" Ghast ordered.

"Oh, alright then," Rex remarks, "Whatever you say…"

With that he drops Ghast from at least 150 feet in the air, the demon screaming and flailing his arms around the entire fall down.

Valen was struggling in his fight with Rath. He was surrounded by a thick, shroud of dark mist and he wasn't able to see anything more than three feet away from him. He wasn't even sure of his surroundings, wondering if he was still even on the field. Valen warily took some steps back as he heard a low chuckling coming from all around him. As he continued to step back, he felt himself bump against something. Jumpy, he quickly turns around only to realize that it was a car. He checks his surroundings and realizes that he was in the parking lot. A plan concocted in his mind as he waited for Rath to reveal himself. He closed his eyes and tried to put his super hearing into use.

"What's wrong boy?" Rath projects his voice, taunting him. "You wouldn't break down crying on me like your little friend now, would you?" The demon referred to his previous fight with Ophelia.

Hearing how he took advantage of Ophelia made Valen's blood boil. He clenched his fists and concentrated even harder.

"Come now, boy, you shouldn't have a hard time finding me."

'I just did…' Valen thought confidently.

Making a 90 degrees rotation to his left, he grabs the car and takes a deep inhale of air through his nostrils. He blows it out through his mouth, exhaling a strong gust of wind that blew all of the dark mist away.

Once the mist cleared, Rath got a view of Valen within 10 feet of him, holding a car in his hands. "This is for Phee!" Valen yells defiantly as he swings the car, hitting him square in the chest.

Abnegazar was shocked to see his brothers defeated, even in their powered state.

"It's over Abnegazar," Valen states as he and Rex make their way on the field.

Turning around to make a run for it, he bumps into Flash and Billy. "The kid's right, Abne- Abnaca- Abnegaz- whatever," Flash says seriously, despite his little blunder.

From behind Flash, Abnegazar can see Superman holding Rath and Ghast in each hand. Superman dumps his brothers on him. Infuriated that he lost this battle, Abnegzar snarls, "This won't be the last you see of us, I promise you that!"

With a loud clap of thunder and a large bolt of lightening shooting down, the three demons disappeared with a cloud of dark smoke. Once they were gone, the storm left as quickly as it came and the barrier vanished.

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Lois stood anxiously at the sidelines, wondering what was taking them so long to get out. She wasn't even concerned about writing the story that she had promised White. The details were the same-there wasn't much to be said and at lot of things were unknown at the time. She knew though that she'd be able to get the real details from Clark though.

Standing beside her was Diana, who had arrived with Alfred a few minutes after Clark's rescue team went in. It turned out that Bruce had his hands tied down at a meeting, which was why he couldn't come. But apparently, he had informed Dick and sent him instead. Diana was trying to discreetly talk to Donna, Kara, and Shayera to get some information. However, she couldn't get much out of them because they were too preoccupied with their duties on crowd patrol.

Diana and Lois understood their duties; however, they were beginning to lose their patience. Knowing that their children were in there made them edgy.

Suddenly the barrier went down and Superman with the rest of his rescue team stepped forward along with all of the teens.

A loud cheer went up from the crowd as Justice League members tried to keep reporters from overwhelming Superman with questions. Shayera looked over her shoulder and one large teen with a welding mask and wings caught her eye. When he took off the mask briefly, she was utterly speechless when she saw that it was her own son.

Sensing her distress, Supergirl decides that it was time for them to leave before any of the teens recognized them.

"Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl…time for us to leave."

Shayera takes one last look at her son and nodded her head mutely.

Feeling eyes bore into his back, Rex quickly puts on his welding mask again and flies back over the school to fetch his trench coat before rejoining the group.

The three had teleported themselves back up to the Watchtower. The rest of the league members tried to disperse the crowd. Superman answered a few of the reporter's questions to pacify them and get them to leave.

As the crowd cleared up, Evangelia was able to see her mother and Grandpa Alfred standing next to the limousine. She ran up to them held on to them in a tight embrace. Seeing his mother next to Auntie Di, Valen gives her a tight hug as well, happy to be able to see her after the entire ordeal.

"Kids, we're taking you back to our home," Diana declares. "I've contacted your parents and they'll pick you up there."

"Uh, hold on Auntie Di, I want to talk to Superman first," Valen says as he pulls out of his mother's grasp. "Valen, wait-" she calls out, sensing that this conversation wouldn't turn out well.

Valen runs up to Superman, feeling good that he had helped him out. "Superman, wait up!" he calls out. Superman stops dead in his tracks, not bothering to face the boy.

"Superman, I just want to say how cool it was working with you and-"

"We're not a team," Superman replied coldly, cutting him off.

"What?" Valen asks, taken back by the hero's response.

"I said that we're not a team. I wouldn't want to work with anyone who runs in without a plan and drags his friends into danger…"

"I just saved your life!" Valen cried out in anger. "Civilized people say thank you and show some gratitude-"

"You do this every time, running in with a half-baked scheme with your friends tagging along…"

Superman's words and stern tone sounded familiar to him. It almost reminds him of his very own father. Another detail catches Valen's attention.

"Wait, how do you know what I've done?"

Without another word, Superman takes off leaving a very confused and angry Valen behind.

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