Chapter 57: The End Is Nigh: Part 1
Authors Note: Okay, I know I said I would make an injustice fic but I need to know what your characters are going to be. Will they be good or evil and why so send me a pm Daniel I already got yours and everyone else just let me know. And thank you all for your reviews made me really happy.
Oh and if anyone contacts me again demanding me to update soon, I'll kill off your character go ahead Daniel say something funny. :)
Disclaimer: In soviet Russia Batman owns you.
(Shadow Warriors H.Q)
Shadow was standing in the war room in front of holograms of Batman the guardian of Gotham, Superman the voice of the Justice League and Aqualad voice of the Young Justice League.
"So, Deathstroke plans to attack Gotham in order to collect souls for Trigon's awakening." Aqualad stated. Shadow nodded.
"Yes, by using these soul collectors he will absorb any dark souls from criminal bodies and transfer their energy to Trigon." Shadow said. "The only question is how much does Trigon need?"
"I don't understand," Superman said. "He needs darks souls and to get them he needs to kill criminals. Why not just destroy Gotham with a nuke?"
"Shadow said that he needs dark souls, regular souls would probably interfere with the mix and weaken the energy of the collectors." Batman suggested.
"Agreed, positive influence mixed with negative influence isn't good, they'll probably weaken the energy they need for Trigons seal." Shadow said.
"I see so he's planning on using you guys to take the souls individually." Superman mused then looked to Shadow. "Shadow, when the time comes you need to tell your team to keep the casualties at a low."
"If we do that then we won't find the collectors," Shadow snapped. "My newest member Mystico can sense souls drifting around. She can also see them if she focuses, she'll definitely notice someone is around and that's when we take the bastards down and destroy the collectors." This surprised both Aqualad and Superman.
"You're going to use human souls as bait?" Aqualad snapped. Shadow gave him a grim look.
"They are criminals first of all, second I am doing this so Trigon doesn't awake from wherever the hell he is." Shadow grunted while glaring at the two.
"It could be our only chance to find and destroy any more collators Slade might have acquired." Batman said from the sidelines. Shadow couldn't believe that Batman was actually agreeing to his plan. "And don't worry I'll be working with Shadow personally to make sure he doesn't stray too far." Shadow slammed his fist on the console for that.
"You three act like I don't have a god damn say in this." Shadow snarled. "You forget I'm the leader of my team and that I make the decisions for my team. I am not your dog who obeys your orders just because you tug on my leash!"
"But we are the ones who have been turning a blind eye to your escapades." Superman said in a low voice. "Like with Hush and Kinsley also your recent trip down in Mexico."
"Don't. Break. Our. Truce." Shadow said through his teeth.
"So far the only one breaking it is you." Superman stated. "Your body count has increased incredibly since our last meeting."
"And crime has also gone down incredibly since our last meeting." Shadow shot back.
"And there's also that situation with Marcas…" Superman said, but was cut off by Shadow.
"He's my man, my partner and I'll take care of it me, not you!" Shadow screamed remembering how this was how they treated him when he was a member of the team.
"I said the same thing once." Superman sighed. "Just watch your back."
"You too, over and out." Shadow said clicking a few buttons. Batman had a concerned look on his face and reached a hand out.
"Shadow, wa-communications disabled."
"Assholes." Shadow sighed as he stormed out of the war room.
Once he was out he was greeted by Mark Kyle and Hilary Shenk.
"Hey boss." Mark greeted. "Everyone is in the living quarters just like you asked."
"And Marcas?" Jayden asked taking off his glasses and mask.
"He's sleeping like a baby guess manslaughter takes it out of you." Hilary grunted.
"Let's go." Jayden ordered as the three made their way to the living area. Everyone was sitting down at the couch or grabbing a bite in the kitchen when he arrived.
"Jayden, what's this all about?" Zack asked letting out a yawn.
"Yeah and why isn't Marcas here with us?" Jenny asked sitting between Sarah and Ally.
"Because we're here to talk about him." Flynn said standing next to Jayden.
"What, why?" Ally said getting up from her seat.
"Relax I'm just giving you guys a heads up." Jayden reassured as his girlfriend sat down. "Now, we know Marcas has been acting a little strange since Mexico."
"A little?" Blaze snapped. "I don't think I've seen him blink once."
"Yeah, and he was off his rocker when he mutilated those mercs at the hospital." Sam threw in.
"Not to mention destroying our stereo beforehand." Thomas said while fixing the smashed stereo.
"And interrupted our party." Maria snapped while muttering something dark in Spanish.
"Okay, yes thank you I know!" Jayden snapped.
"Look, we need to keep an eye on him, not just for him but for us." Jayden said getting a few stares from the group.
"What do you mean us, what's going on?" Max asked.
"The Justice League is on edge about us enough as it is." Jayden warned. "And Marcas losing his cool isn't going to help us anymore if he keeps going crazy. I don't really want the Justice League and their little kids kicking down our door so we need to step lightly."
"Agreed, we have enough problems with Slade and Trigon as it is." Jason grunted.
"Don't forget Cyrus." Theresa growled. Sam raised an eyebrow at her.
"I've take it you've haven't?" He chuckled, her response was her eyes glowing red. "Hey take it easy. She's right though we need to find out what his motive is too."
"Another time, let's just go to bed." Jayden sighed.
He didn't hear any arguments that time as everyone made off to their rooms. Jayden went to grab a drink when he felt Ally's soft hand stop him from reaching the booze. He looked into her dark blue eyes and melted from the inside.
"You don't need that." She smiled. "C'mon." She said taking his hand and leading him to their rooms.
(!)
"Are you sure?" Slade asked the dark image on his computer monitor.
"Yes Slade." The figure said. "Also, take Rage and Nightmare with you."
"You mean Tasha and Andrei?" Slade asked. "You think that will break him enough for me to kill him?"
"Yes, Red Saber." He ordered. Saber walked up to the monitor and bowed his head. "You will lead the strike on Gotham. Is everything set in motion?"
"Yes sir, waiting on your command." Red said calmly. The figure took a puff of his cigar and chuckled.
"Good, Slade your mission is simple." He said in a low tone. "Kill Marcas Valitov."
"And what about the Justice League?" Slade asked.
"I already have things in place. I look forward hearing from you." And just like that the figure signed off, leaving Slade to his planning.
(!)
The next morning Marcas was firing rounds off in the training room all holographic forms of Deathstroke. He fired machineguns and shotguns but the only guns he wanted to use were his signature desert eagles.
Red fired his last round straight between Slade's eyes and discharged his empty clip when he felt a presence behind him. He knew Sam was down here making a sword for himself along with Kris who was making arrows then there was Ronin in the Virtual Reality room honing his stealth skills. He ignored whoever it was behind him when a clip was handed to him.
"Give this a few rounds." Red turned to see Flynn standing behind him with an eagle clip.
Marcas took the clip and loaded it into his gun and started up the program again. When Slade popped up he wasted no time firing a round into his head, but when he hit him a small explosion erupted in the middle of the gun range.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at what had just happened. Marcas stood there wide eyed while Flynn stood there grinning.
"What the hell was that?" Marcas asked as he took out the clip and checked the bullet. It had a shiny steel colored shell and a red bullet and in the center was a small slit that showed a clear liquid inside.
"Nitroglycerine, a small drop but enough to take out a mech." Flynn gloated. "Jayden and I designed them."
"Thanks." Marcas mumbled as he grabbed a regular clip and continued firing.
"Listen Marcas, today Jayden is taking us through a walk in the woods." Flynn started. "We're going to a small water spring a mile outside the mansion. It's just a little R&R but we really want you to come with us."
"Maybe." Marcas muttered never taking his red eyes off the gun range.
"Whatever dude, sit here and be alone." Flynn said as he and the rest of the team left the lone Russian to his thoughts.
Outside Jayden and Ally were leading the team through the woods. It was a beautiful spring day and the sun was shining bright. Everyone was having fun along the way. Max and Hilary would scale the trees and run from branch to branch to see who was stealthier while Sarah whistled bird calls making the birds sing throughout the woods.
Maria was talking to Blaze and Zack about how to dance while Jenny hopped on Theresa's back and forced her to give her a piggyback ride. Everyone was having fun except Marcas.
While he admit to himself that being with his friends felt better than sitting alone in a dark room by himself he still felt dreadful inside. Some wounds in life may mend for some people, but the things Marcas has been through he can't just say the past is in the past and move on.
He missed his friends Tasha and Andrei. They were his best friends when they were locked up in that facility together. Andrei was his brother and Tasha was his wife. They were all going to run away together and be happy, but it was a pipe dream.
His only dream was to impale Slade Wilsons head on a pike.
When they got to the falls everyone either set up a picnic or jumped in the water. Thomas had a built in stereo in his armor and when asked about where he had room for it he said.
"I was meant to replace Batman remember, I make room for it." He stated smugly earning a laugh from everyone.
Marcas was a mess and he knew it. His heart ached from his loss and his blood was pumping fast due to his anxiety for Slade. He hated how everyone was so happy and carefree even after their own personal hell.
Blaze's parents were murdered in front of him on his birthday no less and made into a freak like Marcas. Yet there he was salsa dancing with Maria whose father was killed and village was enslaved no more than a week ago.
Sam and Kris had finally patched things up along with Flynn and Hilary. Hell, Max had his girlfriend Kei who was planning on seeing tonight was happier than him.
Why though, Marcas asked himself. That's when the Questions voice rang through his ears. That is the question. But he knew the answer it was because they killed the men and women who wronged them. They made them all pay and this is why they were happy. Marcas wasn't going to let Slade control him anymore. Slade would die by his hands and Marcas would finally be able to let go.
Marcas looked back over to Ally and Jayden dancing together. They were looking into each other's eyes with passion and love. The same he and Tasha used to have. Marcas was feeling uneasy. He felt like collapsing on the ground and sobbing like a newborn infant. He had to leave, he really didn't want to but he had to be alone.
He got up and ran away ignoring any calls made out to him. When he got back to the mansion he used the boom tube in the mansion to take him back to the penthouse. He grabbed his jacket and his wallet and took off for the rest of the day.
(!)
The warriors were quite on the way back to the mansion. They were all said to see Marcas just run off like that. They knew he was distraught by Slade and that he wanted nothing more than to avenge his friend's death. And did Jayden tell him to do, calm down and relax.
They didn't relax when they stormed Kinsley's tower and killed Damian Cole and Kinsley himself. They didn't have a picnic before going up against Hush and Ace. Jayden felt like shit at the moment for being a terrible leader.
"C'mon man, you just wanted him to let off some steam." Jason said. "Even you couldn't have known how personal this was too him."
"He dreamt of this moment for god knows how long and instead of helping him we goofed off." Jayden grunted as he stormed through the doors. "I should have helped him."
"We needed a break, even heroes get tired." Mark said. "We can only fight for so long before the fight is kicked out of us. We all have to come up for air every now and then."
"Not for Marcas, he wants Slade badly." Max stated while sitting on the couch. "You think he's feeling stressed or tired, no. He had Slade in Mexico and he isn't ready to throw in the towel yet Hell, he's probably never felt so eager to fight before in his life."
"But we're his friends," Sarah said standing in the middle of the group. "We just want to make sure he's healthy both physically and mentally."
"He doesn't see it that way, and now who knows where he is." Sam said while turning on the T.V. His eye's widened when he saw a news report coming from Australia. "Hey guys check this out."
Everyone looked over at the T.V. to see images of ships and boats being blown up by advanced looking submarines while Aqualad, Beast Boy and Lagoon Boy fighting off Black Mantas men.
"What the hell?" Jayden said out loud. "Why is Black Manta attacking Sydney, it makes no sense."
Just then a report came in saying there was an attack on New York, then Metropolis. It was devastating all Justice League and young members were all fighting to protect the cities.
"This is a nightmare." Zack exclaimed. Kris shook her head.
"No, it's a diversion." She explained. Jayden had a grim look on his face as he turned the T.V off.
"She's right, with all that's going on now. There isn't anyone willing to back us now." Jayden said. "I want everyone armed and geared up in ten minutes. We're going to Gotham."
"What about Marcas?" Ally asked while everyone was rushing to their stations. Jayden gave her a distant stare.
"If he's willing to fight for us, he'll make it." Jayden said reassuring his girlfriend. Just before they could gear up a crash broke through the door as a big figure wearing black body armor and a metal hokey masked walked in with a dark haired girl wearing a white red striped masked and a dark green kimono was slung over his shoulder.
"Jayden!" A gruff voice shouted.
"What happened to Cheshire Sports Master?" Jayden asked motioning for Apollo to help Cheshire as her father set her on the table.
"Slade happened." The old merc grunted as he grabbed Jayden by the collar of his shirt. "She was doing that recon mission for you and was made!" He screamed as he slammed Jayden against the wall. Ally and a few others went to help but Jayden motioned them with a free hand to stop.
"Don't worry my team medic is on the job." Jayden reassured the brute. "Cheshire will be up and about in a matter of minutes. "Right Apollo?"
"Yes." Apollo said through her modulator. "She suffered a concussion from an explosion, but it wasn't enough to kill her. She will be up momentarily."
"See nothing to worry about." Jayden reassured.
"You're lucky, otherwise I would break you in half." Sports Master snarled through his mask. Jayden responded with a grin as he pressed the barrel of his berretta beneath his chin.
"Yeah, I'm lucky." Jayden gloated.
Sports Master let out a low growl and set Jayden down. Just then Cheshire jumped up from her weakened state and looked over at Jayden with pleading eyes.
"J-Jayden." She grunted while being restrained by Apollo. "Slade is going to release the prisoners and the lunatics from Blackgate and Arkham. He's going to turn Gotham into a warzone."
Jayden along with the rest of his team panicked as he felt his power of leadership kick in.
"I want everyone to move it double time!" Jayden shouted. "Reaper contact Batman and let him know what Slade plan is, Thanatos prep the Raven for takeoff. Hitgirl, Whisper, Surge and Dusk grab all of our guns and ammo and load them up, double time people let's go!"
(!)
In the halls of both Arkham and Blackgate the security guards were opening cells one by one and hacking the doors to open and any restrains to unlock. The lunatics and prisoners all ran out of their cells cheering and screaming while Red Saber stood at the top of Wayne Tower ginning.
"It begins here." He chuckled to himself as he pressed a few buttons on his communicator. "Do it." Just then explosions were erupting from all over Gotham. Trains, planes, roads, boats and any other passage for leaving Gotham were now blocked off.
"Slade, I did my part now the rest is up to you." Red grinned.
"Understood, Marcas has just made it home.
As hell broke out in Gotham Marcas, who was now drunk to the point of liver failure was just getting back to the mansion. He crawled into bed wondering how he managed to work the boom tube while avoiding sending himself into deep space. Also, where all his friends had gone.
This was a new low for Marcas as he buried his face into his pillow. After he had left his friends he went to a crummy bar drank a gallon of booze and thrown out by the ninety pound woman who owned the bar.
As he fell into a fitful sleep a couple of Stryker's pulled out and twenty of Slade's best men pulled out and into the mansion. Slade himself stood there with a victorious grin on his face as he put his mask on. Soon Tasha and Andrei walked up behind him, both grinning madly.
"It ends here Red Crosshairs, for you and the Shadow Warriors."
Cliffhanger, suffer you fools suffer. Mwahahahahahaha!
P.S I was joking about killing your characters off. ;)