After the tragic death of Spiderman, Flash and Thawn returned to Central City with the remains of Cyborg Superman for Caitlin and Jay to study. Then at 9:00 P.M. in the night in Quicksilver's room... Pietro twisted and turned in bed struggling to find a comfortable position to sleep. Unaware that the Shadow thief had snuck in to steal the power stone from Star-labs, the thief melted into shadow and snuck out of the room and into the main hallway where Vibe was walking past, assuming that Vibe wouldn't detect his presence he carried on.
However the outcome was totally different, Vibe halted in his tracks as he got a vision of the Shadow thief. He chuckled "You really didn't think you'd sneak past me did you...thief in the shadows"
Shadow thief materialized and made a face "Did you just quote Smaug form The Hobbit?"
"Problem?" Vibe smirked as he let loose a vibration wave but it only went through the thief as though he were shadow. Cisco frowned "Wait...what?"
The Shadow thief melted into shadow again,but Vibe knew he was coming from behind and tried to punch him as he formed but it was like trying to punch a ghost, it went right through him. Vibe tried another punch but the Shadow thief caught his fist and knocked him out, The thief swiped his access card and locked Cisco in the janitor's closet. Melting into pure shadow again he proceeded into the main vault and swiped the access card in the vault that contained the silver sphere,
"Access Granted: Cisco Ramon" said the computer and the vault opened with a faint hiss and a little smoke. The Shadow thief swiped the orb and placed it in a bag he got and melted into shadow, he then tried to escape through Quicksilver's room but he accidentally bumped into a table and smashed a vase hence waking the silver haired speedster up. "WHO'S THERE?!" Pietro demanded.
'two out in one night? Eh why not? It's not like he can touch me' he thought as he replied and emerged from the Shadows "Just your friendly neighborhood Shadow-thief!". Pietro didn't ask any questions he just rushed in, and as the thief predicted, Pietro went right through him and into the wall at top speed
"DUMBASS!" Laughed the thief, then a shuriken like object crashed into Pietro's room. "Oh jeez not now!" he scrowled as a caped crusader landed in Pietro's room, Damian Wayne's Batman was here.
"Batman! Don't you ever stay dead!" Screamed the Thief as he lunged at Damian, he dodged and threw a small E.M.P down at the floor, which released an electro-charge that fried the Thief's Shadow morphing systems.
"Ah Crap!" he screamed as Damian side kicked the Thief to a now conscious Pietro who speed-slammed the thief onto the ground. A second later Barry, Jay and Bart sped into the room
"What happened here?!" Barry asked as he turned to Damian "Bats? You're alive?" he asked in shock. The Shadow-thief lunged at Batman who grappled him and slammed him onto a nearby table
"Sure fights like him" Jay commented.
The Thief's systems came back online and he melted away, but not before Damian planted a micro-tracker on him before letting him get away.
"NO!" Pietro shouted
"Relax...i placed a micro-tracker on him" Damian explained as he handed a Bat-G.P.S to Barry
"You'll know where to find me if you need answers" Damian said as he smoke-bombed away.
"Flash?" Jay questioned
"Go see what the Thief took and who he may have assaulted, i want a full report by the time i get back" Barry said as he followed the tracker to an abandoned factory near the edge of Central City and near the boarder of Star-city.
Barry looked around for guards but they were already taken out, someone was here before him, according to Barry's forensic skills he deducted that these men were murdered by bullets, and the wounds were fresh. Just about a minute ago, Shadow thief would've taken an alternate route or a secret passage to get in. But this guy just came through the window.
Suspecting a trap, Barry phased through the door and found a trip wire on the door. Judging by how it looked, it was set up recently...clearly this mystery hero/villain didn't want to take any chances. Barry did a quick run down on people who's use these kinds of equipment, people he'd know anyways..
1) Deadshot
2) Winter Soldier
3) Black-spider
4)Cable
5) Deadpool
6) Rocket raccoon
He progressed further, still thinking about the list when, he felt something being swung at him. Time slowed as Barry moved away, and he saw that the object was a sword. The figure veered right and pointed a gun at the Flash, and that's when he saw his mystery man "Deathstroke" said Barry and Slade put his pistol back in its' holster.
"Flash"
"how strange running into you here" Flash said "What are you doing here?"
"I got word that the infinity gauntlet's been taken from Azarath and is here" Slade explained
"And how would you know that?"Barry asked
"Waller duh" Deathstroke explained as he went back to where he was, a vantage point that surveyed the entire ground floor and that's when Flash spotted the Gauntlet in the midst of a ton of Hydra soldier.
"Oh shit" Barry muttered
"Waller said it's real and wanted it for herself or as she puts it ' For A.R.G.U.S and the government' so just to check up on this I went to Ras in his Swiss hideout to confirm Waller's suspicion."
"What did Ras say?"
"Says it's a fake, no one form our world except Raven could travel to Azarath...unless she broke bad" Slade smirked "But then again...there's always Trigon and his minions"
While scouting, Barry spotted some major villains like, Mongul's Champion, Atrocious, Arnim Zola and Snake-bite. Then a moment later, a purple colored portal opened and out came a ghostly red figure.
"That's one of Trigon's demons!" Deathstroke exclaimed quietly as to not give their presence away
"So the infinity gauntlet may be real" Barry mumbled. It didn't take the demon long enough to detect the intruders, it chuckled and Zola inquired why
"Vhats so funny?"
"those idiots thought that they could hide" as the demon faintly gestured to the vantage point which hid Slade and Barry. Zola got the hint and took control of the mechanism that kept it upright and tilted it, forcing the whole ramp to fall rapidly. Barry and Slade fell to the ground and alerted everyone, Slade got to his feet while Barry was on his knees trying to get up.
Zola didn't know who they were and decided to make a record of them before annihilating them "Wha are you?" he asked
Snake-bite noticed their guests and hissed in pleasure "Slade and Flash! What a surprise!"
"Snake-bite, pleasure" Slade smirked sarcastically under his mask as he withdrew his pistols, Barry made it to his feet and lightning surged around him. The Hydra goons pointed their weapons at the two meta-humans and Zola laughed hysterically. "You two kinder canto hope to withstand our entire Hydra army"
"What army?" Barry smirked as he vanished from Zola's sight in an instant, when he reappeared, the entire Hydra army had been beaten. Zola was in total shock, he'd faced a speedster before, whizzer to be accurate, but never before had he seen anyone go this fast.
The demon huffed and went back into the portal taking the Gauntlet with him, leaving only Slade, Barry, Snake-bite, Zola, the Champion and Atrocious and the Shadow-thief as he emerged from behind, increasing the enemy numbers
"Whats' say you take the ones with powers and I'll take on the T.V, Snake and Thief?"
"Sounds like a plan"
The two allies charged into the heated battle against all odds...
Deathstroke vs Arnim Zola, Snake-bite and Shadow-thief
Slade cracked his head side ways and sprayed all three villains with bullets, Snake-bite slithered away while the Thief melted into shadow leaving only Zola who was too slow to move, two bullets hit that T.V face of his and cracked the screen. Deathstroke holstered the pistols and unsheathed his sword, he charged towards Zola, paying careful attention to the shadows as the thief may just pop out of no where. Slade spun like a shuriken on target, Zola raised his hands to block the attack put the promethium alloyed blade just sliced through Zola's mechanical arms like a knife through butter. That was when Snake-bite made his move and shoved Slade away with his massive tail into some boxes. Zola and Snake-bit waited for Slade to make his move but there was silence.
"Huh...i don't know vhat you ver so worried about..."
Then a shot rang out that pierced Zola's T.V screen's central processor and C.P.U
"GAH!" Zola screamed as he deactivated with a loud whistle, his robot body slammed to the ground with a loud boom.
Snake-bite spotted Slade playing sniper behind one of the pillars and motioned the Shadow thief to smoke him out, he was prepared for this. During his mission breifing with Waller he was warned that the Shadow-thief may make an appearance. So on point with Batman's analysis, she issued him one short rang E.M.P in which Slade planted on a wall next to him.
The Thief sprung from the shadows and Slade activated the E.M.P which completely fried his systems, Slade just slammed the rear end of his rifle on the Thief's face 6 times before punching him out cold.
"Right then...only Snake-bite's left"
Slade cautiously moved out with his rifle ready to fire at a moments notice, he checked the corners but found nothing, he eased up only a small bit and Snake-bite came from the back and had Slade in his coils. He lifted the Super-soldier to his face so he could see his face as he witnessed his last moments, Slade came prepared. He unsheathed a small hunting knife coated with the antidote to the Snake-bite poison and stabbed his foe with it.
The snake's eyes widened as he gasped and he let Slade fall from his coils. "What's the matter Snake...feeling groggy?"
The antidote was like poison for Snake-bite, as it clashed with the venom in his veins. His blood became toxic and he died on the spot.
Slade slung his Rifle over his shoulder and went to look for a vantage point in which he could play sniper to help Barry.
THE FLASH AND DEATHSTROKE VS MONGUL'S CHAMPION AND ATROCIOUS
Barry ran circles around Atrocious, who tried to kill Barry with constructs that varied from anvils to average sized submarines, but Barry just phased through them and used a sonic punch on the Red lantern, taking him out. The champion tried to help but he was left unprotected from Slade's bullet and fell dead on that spot.
The two Metas met outside and the shook hands
"Thanks for your help Slade" Barry thanked
"Anytime kid" Slade smirked as a chopper landed behind them, Amanda Waller came out and questioned them
"Well Slade?"
"The Gauntlet was real, Trigon's in this as well" he answered
"Damn it!" Waller cursed under her breath. She smiled again and said "Well your ride's here to take you back Slade"
Slade nodded and bid the Flash a final goodbye as he and Amanda Waller got into the chopper and flew off while the Flash zoomed back to S.T.A.R Labs to get much needed rest.
Meanwhile in a disclosed location...
The demon from the factory encounter appeared before a throne with the gauntlet, along with a silver orb. "I still think that this should've gone to Darkseid" it said as he handed them to a towering figure. Who slipped it into his right hand, he took the silver orb and placed the Power-stone on it along with the Mind-stone from the prototype Gauntlet.
The figure loomed forward and revealed himself "No need...I will dispose of the speedsters MYSELF!"
The demon bowed "As you wish...lord Mongul"