Chapter 12 – The Arrival
Today was a big day. Darkseid's ship was within one day of reaching Earth. All the heroes were discussing their game plan in their respected hide out/base of operations. The vigilantes at S.T.A.R. Labs in Central City, and the heroes who signed at the DEO.
All were discussing the problem at hand. If Darkseid attacks, it could mean extinction on a global scale.
"How do I look?" asked Barry as he walked into the cortex. Barry was wearing battle armor, with a full helmet that has a heads up display, protective plating against temperatures reaching up 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, a strap going across his chest with sticky grenades, bullet proof armor, a shield(Similar to Guardians shield), and a retractable sword(Similar to the Dishonored video game sword).
"You look great. Like a warrior." Kara said. She was now a full nine months pregnant expecting any day now.
Barry's suit was a dark maroon red, with a lightning bolt painted on his chest, and lightning bolts painted on the sides of the helmet.
Clark was wearing his usual get up but with more armor plating, and a kryptonite defense shield so kryptonite won't affect him. Oliver, Roy, and Laurel were wearing their usual outfits but with more protections. Dig was just carrying around an M4A1 assault rifle with armor piercing rounds.
"You guys ready to move?" Dig asked as he loaded his M4.
"Yeah, let's get this over with." Barry said as he took of his helmet.
"I love you, be safe." Kara said getting on her tippy toes to give Barry a kiss, which he immediately returned and deepened.
"Don't worry," He said as he pulled back, "I'll come back to my two girls."
"What makes you say the baby's a girl?" Kara asked. They hadn't talked about the baby's gender at all. They talked about names, but not what they thought the gender was going to be.
"I don't know, I just have a feeling. I love you, I'll come back to you two." Barry said as all the others left to get ready. They were getting ready to meet with those who signed.
As they arrived, they could see the surprised looks on everyone's faces. None of the ones who signed expected to see the armor the vigilantes where wearing.
"Where's Kara?" Alex asked, she was in her Green Lantern uniform.
"She isn't coming to this." Barry said as he took of his helmet.
"We need to talk about the nature of this threat. If we fail to work together that could mean the end of the world. And I do not want to lose another home." J'onn said.
"I agree with J'onn" Oliver said, "If we want to survive, we all need to work together."
"Wally, Jesse," Barry said addressing them, "I don't think you two should be a part of this."
"Why not? We can take care of ourselves." Wally said angrily.
"Because you two are just kids. You aren't even out of college yet. What would Joe say? I know I don't talk to her anymore, but what would Iris say?" Barry asked, "If something happens to you two, that's on me. You haven't even had your powers for that long. This will be the hardest challenge any of us have ever face. You two aren't ready." Barry was sticking very firmly. He promised Iris after they got their powers that he would protect them, he still intended to keep that promise.
"I agree with Barry." J'onn said. "You two will sit this one out."
Wally and Jesse were not happy about it, but they would follow their orders.
The heroes spent the entire day training.
"We should get some rest." Oliver said.
"I agree. We should be well rested before our fight with Darkseid, he will not be an easy opponent." Superman said.
The next day, as the heroes put on their armor and got their gear ready, Darkseid arrived.
"This is it. If we lose, the world ends. We only have one chance." Oliver said as they we getting ready to confront Darkseid, who was walking out of his ship as his para-demons flew out.
"It's been an honor to sever, and know all of you." Barry said as he pulled out his sword.
Diggle cocked his M4 and said "Let's get this party started."
The heroes started to fight the para-demons as Darkseid just sat back and watched. Barry did not hesitate to cut the para-demons in half and kill them. And neither did anyone else. Barry was running a lot faster than normal also, he knew he was. He just didn't know how fast.
"Enough games. My patience is growing thin." Darkseid said as he walked forward, towards the heroes. They had killed off hundreds of the para-demons and had been fighting for some time.
Superman flew as fast as he could toward Darkseid, and Darkseid just swatted him away like it was nothing. Heat vision than shot from Darkseid's eyes and the beams started to move, so that they would hit Superman.
"Clark!" Kara yelled. She was watching the whole thing unfold from her and Barry's home in Central City.
"Your most powerful weapon couldn't stop me, what makes you think you can?" Darkseid asked looking right at Oliver.
"I'm stubborn like that." Oliver said as he fired multiple explosive arrows. Darkseid stood there, like nothing was happening.
Diggle and Roy began to shot at him. Yet, Darkseid was not moving.
Cisco was about to shoot of his vibrations when Barry said "Cisco, get them out of here!"
"What? Why?" Cisco was confused. Why would Barry want to do this without Team Arrow?
"They aren't doing much if any damage. They could get killed. Get yourself and them out of here!" Barry yelled. Cisco didn't want to, but he did. He also got Clarks unconscious body and got him to safety.
"Just me and you speedy" Alex said as she landed next to Barry. She was using her Green Lantern power ring.
"Aw, a Green Lantern. I haven't killed one of you in years. Might as well get back to it." Darkseid said.
He fired a continues beam at Alex, which she tried to block, but it was too much for her. Alex was starting to get burned and she felt her right arm break.
Then the pain stopped. She noticed Barry got her out of there. He set her down and ran right back.
"Now you are a mystery. I have fought Kryptonian, Green Lanterns, and other species and people with extraordinary abilities, but none like you." Darkseid said as his eyes lit up.
Kara could see Barry's eyes light up, but it wasn't his usual yellow lightning. The lightning looked… blue.
Then, an explosion. And Barry was gone. Oliver fell to the ground, thinking that Barry had just died. But a blue streak of lightning then hit Darkseid across the face. And then it did it again and again and again.
Darkseid started to swing his fists, but he kept missing. Darkseid yelled in frustration. Barry than punched him in the face and Darkseid fell to the ground.
"You think you are all powerful? I disagree. You are a coward." Barry said as he was going to hit Darkseid again, but Darkseid grabbed Barry by the throat.
Darkseid was going to punch Barry to death with his free hand. He started to punch Barry, and Barry couldn't do anything. Darkseid punched Barry in his helmet and cracked the visor bad. He was about to punch Barry again, but as he was about to swing, he couldn't move his arm.
"What the?" Darkseid saw his arm had a chain that was on fire around his arm.
The man holding the chain was a young man. His name was Robbie Reyes.
Darkseid dropped Barry and was walking towards Robbie. He backed handed Robbie and Robbie went flying about fifty feet. He should have died. Darkseid was turning around to finish off Barry when Robbie yelled "Hey!".
Darkseid turned back around to face Robbie. Robbie said "It's time to pay for your sins." As his skull caught fire and he became the Ghost Rider.
Robbie and Darkseid fought for a couple of minutes, when Robbie got the upper hand and penance stared Darkseid. But it had no effect on him. Darkseid threw Robbie and said "No one can beat me! I am all powerful!"
"Then I will take you some where you can't hurt anyone!" Barry yelled as he grabbed Darkseid. Barry and Darkseid disappeared.
When they stopped, Darkseid looked around. It looked like Earth, but what happened to Earth? Everything was in despair and it looked like the planet had been abandoned.
"Where are we!" Darkseid yelled.
"Somewhere where you won't be able to hurt anyone, ever again." Barry said as he disappeared again.
Barry reappeared in front of all the heroes. "Where did you go?" Oliver asked.
"I took Darkseid to the end of time. He will never be able to hurt anyone ever again." Barry said.
Kara walked up and hugged Barry. His battle suit was falling apart. "I'm so happy you are ok." Kara said trying her best to not cry. She was failing miserably.
The next day
The heroes were having a party at the DEO. The news was on and there was cake, beer, chips, and all kind of other stuff. This was a big win for the heroes. Then also had something else to celebrate.
"President Donald J. Trump has disbanded the Vigilante Registration Act. The heroes of this world will no longer be government controlled…" The news man said. He also talked about other things but no one really cared.
Everyone was having a good time, talking about everything and nothing. Until Kara screamed.
"Kara! Are you ok?!" Barry asked rushing towards her with his new speed. He was now able to travel at light speed.
"My water just broke." Kara said barely above a whisper.
Barry rushed her to the hospital. Seven hours later, the heroes were all ably to meet the new addition to their family.
"What is it?" Alex asked as she walked into Kara and Barry's room.
"She's a girl." Barry said with a huge smile on his face.
"What's her name?" asked Oliver.
"Nora. Nora Alura Allen." Kara said as she just looked down at her child.
Nora had dark brunette hair, like her father, and piercing blue eyes, like her mother.
This was by far the happiest day of all the heroes lives.
So that concludes 'Heroes No More'. I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'm going to take a break for a little while before I start the spin off story. Until the next one, peace.