The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Almighty, Miracle, Balance, and Anti-thesis appeared in Metropolis. Instantly, the sky became blood red, and all the buildings became frozen. The temperature dropped dramatically as the most powerful angels arrived on the scene. Metropolis and its people were now trapped under this dome.
"Good grief," Zatanna winced. "I figured they'd be back and even set traps for them, but this is a bit much."
Almighty took a throne for himself, like a boss, in one of the frozen skyscrapers with Anti-thesis by his side. "Two thousand years ago, we took names, kicked ass, and then left this world. The humans became complacent not sensing the invisible empire around them."
Balance approached Zatanna with zero fear of her in another building. "We had no need to break through your defenses. The Seventh dimension exists all around you, beyond time, imagination, and instinct."
"Thanks for the info. It would seem you're quite capable," Zatanna remarked.
"Balance, the third Horseman of the Apocalypse," Balance introduced himself.
"Zatanna Zatara. And why should I be paid this visit?" she asked.
"I came here because you're a magic user and could give us trouble," Balance admitted.
"How impatient of you. Don't you want to savor a long-drawn-out battle," Zatanna mocked.
"Almighty is an angel of peace. He believes the shorter the battle, the better it is. I'm to annihilate the enemy instantly," Balance revealed and then stepped toward her. He was immediately blocked by a magical energy forcefield. "What is this?" he wondered.
"It's a barrier that temporarily blocks angelic powers," Zatanna told him.
"Do you come up with this on your own or are you lending yourself over to Lucifer's power?" Balance asked calmly.
"It's my own trick, child's play really. I created this spell after the last battle. With all the angelic energy you gave out, you were practically begging for a countermeasure," Zatanna said, pleased with herself.
Heat was blocked by police officers and armed civilians in a city square from moving further. "Don't let them through!" the police captain told his men. Heat blasted them all with fire. "Idiots, we're way past whether we're getting through or not," Heat mocked. "Find new targets," he ordered his angelic soldiers. They immediately scattered to go on a killing spree.
The flames suddenly dissipated as it was revealed the police and civilians had been protected by an ice wall. "You're right. It may be too late to stop you guys from getting through, but your flames stop here," Killer Frost told him.
"Oh? It seems like we're a good match!" Heat said enthusiastically.
"It would seem so," Killer Frost agreed.
An explosion of fire and ice ripped through the city. "Flimsy ice," Heat mocked. "Stop this resistance and beg for mercy."
Killer Frost created a shield of ice in front of her to defend herself. Heat fired on the shield multiple times without effect. "I mixed the ash with my ice creating a multi-vacuum-layered wall of ice," she said proud of herself. "Over the years, my powers have waned. The amount of ice I can produce has drastically been reduced. To compensate, I trained myself to fight with less ice, but it seems to be just enough for you."
"Oh, really?" Heat doubted.
Killer Frost parted her ice shield to give her a clear shot and then fired a torrent of ice at him. Heat was slammed by the ice into a building.
Beastboy was slammed against a wall by Killer's metal tentacles while in the form of a gorilla. "Where is your leader they call Dick?" Killer demanded.
"No idea, man," Beastboy said painfully.
"I'll ask another way," Killer said and then turned Beastboy around. He then fired a tentacle through his back. Killer then revealed a Gatling gun right arm ready to fire.
"Oh, shit," Beastboy realized.
Killer blasted Beastboy with hundreds of bullets within a few seconds but then his gun got hit by a white beam. Killer turned to see Raven on the roof a skyscraper nearby. Killer's bullets had turned white and were now harmlessly floating in the air. Raven dramatically let the bullets fall to the ground one by one. Raven was dressed in white robes, a change from decades ago.
"What's with that appearance?" Killer asked.
"You're surprised? I adopted the white many years ago. I now have complete control over my emotions and powers," she revealed.
"You perfected your demon hybrid physiology in such a short time?" Killer asked incredulously.
"You consider decades to be a short time?" Raven scoffed.
"Yeah," Killer confirmed.
Raven dropped down and blasted Killer to the gut creating an explosion of dust and smoke.
At STAR Labs, Cyborg was busy at work trying to figure out a countermeasure for the angels. Deathdealer casually strolled into the lab and finally gained Cyborg's attention. "What the fuck?" he wondered. "How did you get in here?"
"Are you intelligent in name only? I've been here the entire time. I was here before STAR Labs was even built and I exist after it is long gone. Time and place have no meaning for me," Deathdealer replied.
"Another dimension, existing in two different time periods at once, two dimensions existing at the same exact time. Sounds absurd, but I actually don't mind absurdity," Cyborg allowed.
"From your appearance, I gather that," Deathdealer mocked.
"I spent all day trying to ensure none of you were able to enter," Cyborg said disappointedly.
"It was super-easy, barely an inconvenience," Deathdealer shrugged. "Still, you'll take too much time. To kill you would require too many scenarios," he yawned. "You've no doubt uploaded your consciousness into multiple hard drives and have multiple suited bodies. Even if I kill your organic tissue, you'll still be around in one form or another. I'm fatally bad at this tech stuff. You, go fight someone else. See-ya."
Deathdealer then walked off. "Yeah, sure, I need more time to analyze your angelic energy anyway," Cyborg said awkwardly.
"How scary," Deathdealer rolled his eyes. "You better cook up something good."
Cyborg then got an update on his computer screen showing Raven battling Killer. "It would seem Raven is kicking ass on your man."
"As predicted by Almighty. You know what that means, right? If it's predicted, that means you're still fucked, right?" Deathdealer mocked. "Your father and mother belong with us. They pray for you. For their sake, I'm not going to kill you. Just don't drink the water," Deathdealer said sympathetically.
"I got bottled water," Cyborg assured him.
"Good...good. And, Victor, a soul is complete even if the body is...your kind of fucked up," Deathdealer told him and then walked off.
Killer Frost noticed the battle between Raven and Killer in the distance. The whole city was shaking. "Hey, you're not giving me the cold shoulder, are you?" Heat asked. "We're just feeling each other out, after all." The ice around him collapsed and melted. "It's too bad you're old and frigid. I'd love to fight you in your prime."
Killer Frost immediately sent ice shards his way that vaporized before they even hit Heat. "It's not going to reach me, bitch," Heat said as steam appeared all around him.
Killer Frost quickly created an ice shield around herself. "That isn't going to work. With one index finger, I'll finish you," Heat said as he charged up his index finger. He then fired at the ice shield, eventually penetrating it, and blasting a hole through Killer Frost's chest.
Raven evaded one of Killer's tentacles and then took control of his body with telekinesis. She then slammed him into a frozen building. Killer emerged unscathed like a machine. "Does he even breathe?" Raven wondered.
Killer fired a few dozen small missile canisters from all around his body in every direction toward Raven. She escaped the explosions only to get pieced through her arm by Killer's tentacle. The missiles had merely been a ruse to direct her into his path. Killer was now on her. He fired a beam through his facemask hitting her at point-blank range.
The midair explosion could be seen by Zatanna and Balance. "Are the other league members able to use this spell as well?" Balance asked curiously.
"No," Zatanna admitted.
"Perhaps you should have taught the basics of the spell, so everyone could use it," Balance critiqued. "At the very least, this would actually be a battle instead of a one-sided execution."
"Yeah, maybe," Zatanna frowned.
Killer Frost retreated with an ice block inside her right lung to prevent further bleeding. Heat went after her blasting away her ice walls as she retreated. An ice fog then appeared all around Heat. He merely stomped the ground vaporizing the fog around him. Killer Frost was there right in front of him. "You'd think you would hide while I was in the fog or come up with a plan," he said unimpressed.
"There was no time, but I did set up a trap," Killer Frost said as a pillar of ice entrapped Heat. The pillar went as high as a skyscraper trapping Heat inside. Heat immediately blasted the pillar apart. "You've got to be fucking kidding me," Killer Frost said dismayed.
"I know, right?" Heat grinned. "Since you've been such a good sport, I'll give you two fingers this time." Heat used his index and middle finger to swipe at Killer Frost creating two red-hot stripes across her chest, dropping her.
Explode was a female angel with an explosive temper. She led a squad of female angels around Metropolis looking for opponents to fight. With her were Thunderbolt, Zombie, Glutton, and Power. Explode a ranted a good while about the sins of mankind when she realized her girls had ditched her. "Where the fuck is everyone? Have I been talking only to myself?"
Explode let loose an explosion that destroyed several city blocks. "How dare you ditch your leader. I'll turn this whole place into a wasteland. Fuck you, guys!" Explode said irate. She then noticed a woman wearing a gold helmet appear before her. "Who the fuck are you supposed to be?"
"Dr. Fate, the fifth," she replied. "Notice anything wrong?"
Explode suddenly sensed something was off about her sense of orientation. What was up was now down, what was right was now left. "I am tripping balls," she realized.
"I have reversed everything, even your hearing," Dr. Fate told her. "I'm not a fan of fighting women. I hope you'll forgive me."
"Good thing I don't need to be able to aim with my ability," Explode smirked and then created massive explosions all around her forcing Dr. Fate to retreat.
"Why don't you call your friends?" Dr. Fate taunted as she reappeared on the scene.
"I'm going to blow that helmet off with your head still in it," Explode said angrily.
"No matter how much you try," Dr. Fate said as Fate symbols appeared all around them.
Almighty was chilling on his throne with Anti-thesis at his side. "It's time," he said finally. Several angels powered up to their original forms sprouting wings and halos around their heads. As they powered up, energy pillars in the shape of crosses appeared all over the city.
"From here on out, it's woe time," Almighty declared.
Explode fired off some shots from her wings hitting Dr. Fate directly and nearly taking her out completely. "Up, down, left, right, inverted, who gives a shit? It's so beneath me. You may have mastered the third dimension and some aspects of the fourth dimension but that's nothing compared to the seventh dimension. At the end of the day, everything around me goes boom to kingdom come," Explode mocked.
Dr. Fate was on the ground in a crater dumbfounded by the hits. Explode showered the area with firepower to finish her off. When the smoke cleared, Guardian was there protected by his armor. Explode targeted them both and fired multiple shots. Guardian stood his ground taking the blast to shield Dr. Fate. When the smoke cleared, Guardian's armor was fucked up.
"That wasn't enough to kill you, but your armor has seen better days," Explode mocked. Guardian stood his ground even as his armor was smoking and busted up. Explode then turned serious. "You're throwing your life away. And for what? You'll go to hell if you lose. Shouldn't you be fighting to keep that from happening?"
"I'm not throwing it away, just putting it on the line. There's no greater love than laying down one's life for their friends," Guardian said to her. "That is my decision!" Explode looked genuinely shocked but then smiled as if pleased. She fired a single shot that blasted through Guardian's chest and out the other side, dropping him. "No, it's too soon. I need just a little longer. I won't let my heart give out."
Explode dropped to the ground and found Dr. Fate missing, having teleported away into another dimension. "The fuck did she go," she said peeved. She then focused on Guardian and took his helmet off. He was fatally wounded and about to die. Explode knelt down and placed the seal on his forehead. She then walked off and met up with her girls.
"Where the fuck have you all been? I had to fight these fools all by myself," she raged at them.
Zatanna and Balance watched the battle unfold. "Your side is losing," Balance informed her.
"Yeah," Zatanna agreed.
Balance then casually swiped at the forcefield shattering it. Zatanna immediately put up a new shield, but this was one different with hexagon shapes rather than a solid wall. "The hexagon shapes indicate to me that it's weaker than the last barrier, but I sense a trap."
"Well...no shit," Zatanna frowned.
"I'm going to have to get all sorts of violent now," Balance said calmly. As he was about to shatter this barrier, he stopped. "Apologies, I have orders to return."
"When can I expect your return visit?" Zatanna rolled her eyes.
"When I'm ordered to," Balance shrugged.
"I'll make some tea for next time," Zatanna said chipperly.
"Some bullshit," Balance muttered as he left having wasted his time with Zatanna.
Nightwing, Batwoman, and Spoiler attempted to take down Superstar only to get their asses decisively handed to them and off-screen no less. Superstar considered going after another opponent when Nightwing threw a roped Batarang around his ankle. "Hold up, you think this is over just because you knocked us out?" Nightwing challenged.
"Yeah," Superstar said obviously.
Superstar pulled the rope, gave Nightwing a falcon punch to the gut, and then placed his boot on his head. Before he could give the fatal blow, he was interrupted by Aquaman. "All that training for nothing. How pathetic," Aquaman chided Nightwing.
"I know, right?" Superstar agreed. "Are you a friend of his?"
"I'm an Atlantean," he explained.
"Splendid. I'm going to beat your ass next," Superstar said joyfully.
"You have two Atlanteans now," Tempest said as he showed up.
"Nice! Come at me then," Superstar said enthusiastically. Aquaman, the son of the original, and Tempest circled Superstar looking for an opening. Superstar suddenly leaped up and gave Aquaman a double kick. Aquaman blocked Superstar and kept him still.
"You're saying this attack beat Dick?" Aquaman asked unimpressed.
"Yeah," Superstar grinned.
Aquaman gave Superstar a punch to the gut making him fall to his knees. "Hurts, doesn't it, asshole?" Aquaman said as he picked Superstar off the ground. "Excuse me as I fist you."
"The fuck?" Superstar wondered.
Aquaman punched Superstar to the gut several times in quick succession. His last punch sent Superstar through a building. "Beating up on a weak-ass angel makes me feel like I'm the bad guy. But then I remember how these assholes poisoned the oceans and destroyed Atlantis so fuck'em."
"That's not it. You need to get rid of his...fans," Nightwing gasped.
The two Atlanteans quickly found themselves in a stadium of light where tens of thousands of souls were cheering for Superstar to get back into the fight. The stadium was translucent ghost-like superimposed onto the wrecked city. The two Atlanteans and Superstar now appeared to be in a ghost arena. All the fans were one-sided cheering only Superstar.
Motivated by the support of so many virtuous souls, Superstar got back to his feet. He punched Aquaman through a skyscraper and then punched Tempest down the street with heavy blows. "I am Superstar, unapologetically ultra-masculine, super-straight, and a card-carrying member of the patriarchy!" The ghost crowd cheered wildly for him.
"This is bullshit that he gets the home-turf advantage," Aquaman said resentfully. He went for an attack only to get kneed hard to the gut in mid-air. Superstar then headbutted him. Aquaman punched back only for Superstar to block it. Aquaman continued to punch at Superstar relentlessly, but this time Superstar was able to block them all. Superstar broke Aquaman's arm and then arm-chopped him to the ground. Superstar then ruthlessly landed his knee into Aquaman's back killing him instantly.
Superstar then noticed Tempest using a shell flute. The music was absolutely horrible. The ghost crowd booed him obnoxiously. Tempest kept going feeling he was having an effect. Eventually, the ghost crowd faded away not wanting to hear any more. Tempest then put Superstar inside a water bubble to drown him. Utilizing his own trident, he fired on the bubble creating an orb of fire and water. The water became instant steam.
"Now, I'm going to play my flute until you beg to surrender," Tempest said to him.
"Yeah, no," Superstar said as he fired a beam from his wrestling helmet through Tempest's chest. There was now a star-shaped hole in Tempest's torso. "The villain shall die by the hero's beam of light."
Tempest fell to the ground dead. Superstar was about to incinerate the body when the beam was deflected by Wondergirl's shield. "And who are you?" Superstar demanded.
"A villain," Wondergirl smirked.
"Well, aren't you a naughty girl? Feel free to use any naughty tricks on me," Superstar allowed.
"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind," Wondergirl rolled her eyes.
The ghost stadium then reappeared surrounding them both with tens of thousands of cheering souls. "Feminism," Wondergirl said to the crowd. The crowd immediately booed her and then disappeared.
"That was naughty, you, bitch!" Superstar pointed at her.
"Didn't you know? Villains are naughty, after all," Wondergirl reminded him.
"Fair point," Superstar allowed.
Wondergirl slashed Superstar to the midsection with her sword giving him a deep cut. Superstar quickly regenerated the wound. The ghost-like stadium then reappeared with cheering fans. Superstar bulked up shredding his uniform.
"Time to die, villain," Superstar said as he punched Wondergirl through several buildings. Superstar followed up with his attacks punching Wondergirl non-stop in the air. "I'm going to turn you to dust!"
Superstar then powered up with wings sprouting from his back and a halo around his head. The ghost stadium cheered repeatedly, "Superstar! Superstar!" He fired a star beam down to the ground creating a star-shaped crater in the city.
Wondergirl emerged from the flames and the smoke a little ruffled. "At this moment, my soul is burning up in flames with a sense of justice to defeat you!" Superstar shouted. Wondergirl whipped her lasso, tied it around Superstar's boot, and whipped him into a building. "How dare you! You are so dead! I don't even care about justice or evil anymore!" Superstar said outraged.
Wondergirl met Superstar in the air and sliced him through the gut with her sword. She twisted her blade to give maximum damage. The god-killing sword glowed gold as it burned the angel from the inside. Superstar then turned into fire and faded away. For the first time since the battle began, an angel had been defeated.
Balance and Anti-thesis went to the angelic HQ to deal with two prisoners: Blue Beetle and Arsenal. They had been captured and were under heavy guard by angelic soldiers.
"The defeated shall face justice," Balance said to them as he drew his sword.
"No blade is going to get through my armor," Blue Beetle said confidently.
Balance tried anyway and slashed at Blue Beetle's neck. To the surprise of all, the sword failed to cut through. "You were fortunate to have had the blade blocked by your weird-ass alien armor. Do you know why they say I carry a set of scales with me? Why do they often call me Fortune? I balance the scales of fortune and misfortune in the universe. In fortune and misfortune, there is grace, a gift. The wise know how to use the graces they are given to serve the living. Jaime Reyes, you saved many lives. You gave food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, healed the sick, visited the imprisoned, sheltered the homeless, clothed the naked, and fought for true justice all your life. However, I have one thing against you that overshadows all of your good deeds. When your uncle called Batman a fascist, you did not rebuke him," Balance said.
"Seriously?" Blue Beetle wondered.
"No, not really. You're actually guilty of being a nominal cultural cafeteria Catholic and helping your family violate immigration laws. Also, you committed grave sexual depravity by using your alien symbiote as a sex toy," Balance accused. "The same fortune you received when I failed to cut you will be removed with the same amount of misfortune."
Blue Beetle simply stared at Balance with horrified orange alien eyes. "Can you see the scales?" Balance asked as floating scales appeared in front of him. The scales tilted against him. Suddenly, Blue Beetle had a deep slash across his chest. The alien symbiote withdrew the Blue Beetle suit and attempted to disconnect from the mortally wounded Jaime, but it was too late.
Balance then sliced into Arsenal splashing the walls with blood and killing him instantly. Balance took a knee before the dying Jaime. "The scales are not in your favor, but it's not too late to balance them," he said.
Jaime struggled to speak, his throat and lungs slashed through. Balance took his hand. "Squeeze my hand if you're sorry for all of your sins." Jaime squeezed his hand as he became deathly pale. The symbiote continued to struggle to exit his body to survive. The scales tilted ever so slightly and then in Jaime's favor. Balance then beheaded Jaime immediately to secure the save.
Balance then eyed Anti-thesis. "You look confused. All those who are given a soul by our Lord will have to give an account upon death. All knowledge and skills their souls possessed become part of heaven's own power. But each soul does not become absorbed into the Lord but remains an individual and carries its personality eternally albeit purged of sinful instincts and desires."
"I am aware of all of this. I was simply confused as to why you gave one of them the opportunity to repent," Anti-thesis replied.
"Rest assured, my brother, his fortune will be someone else's...misfortune," Balance replied.
Metropolis suddenly shook with a powerful earthquake. A large plateau perfectly square arose from the ground and reached several stories tall. On the top of the plateau were Superman, Jay, and the angel, Visionary. "I've set the stage for you. After all, you are the mighty Lucifer, albeit in this very mortal body," Visionary said courteously. "And you are the false prophet," he said of Jay.
"A gay prophet, perhaps," Jay allowed.
"I'm my own man. What is this? Some kind of illusion or trick?" Superman asked Visionary.
"No, I have the power to change reality, itself. I think you're lucky to fight me because I believe I am the strongest of the angels," Visionary said confidently.
"Is that so?" Superman doubted and then fired heat vision across Visionary's torso to cut him in half. The beam hit Visionary but didn't penetrate his skin.
"See what I did just now. I made my skin far stronger than steel," Visionary explained.
Superman fired with even greater intensity past the melting point of steel and actually cut Visionary's flesh for a brief moment. Visionary fell to a knee as he lost a significant amount of blood. "You should have just said so. My heat vision is hotter than the melting point of any metal. Let me tell you something, angel. There's nothing in your imagination I can't fight through. Do you know why? Because I'm Superman," Superman told him off.
As the battle continued, civilians down below cheered for Superman. "You hear that? The people love me and hate you," Superman said to Visionary.
"For whoever does not hate his mother and father, his brother and sister, cannot be a follower of me," Visionary smirked.
"That's really anti-social and fucked up," Superman critiqued.
"It is only because you have a pathetic understanding of the word 'hate'. It has always been understood to be 'less love' relative to a greater love. In this sense, whatever you do not love the most, you hate relatively speaking. Therefore, I hate you and all of humanity relative to my love for the Lord. If you do not hate, you have never loved. If you love, you're a hater, by definition," Visionary replied.
"Then, I hate you," Superman said resolved. "And I love my husband," he said as he gave Jay an adoring look.
"I know you do," Visionary smirked amused. "Understand that I love the both of you, even now, but I hate you both relative to the Lord and the task He has given me. Do you know understand how I can love and hate you at the same time?"
"No," Superman said argumentatively.
"Well, it would seem that despite your Kryptonian intellectual gifts, you're about as sharp as a marble," Visionary mocked as he materialized a marble in his hand.
"There's plenty of smart people down there that think I can beat your ass," Superman retorted.
"They're free to imagine that," Visionary said dismissively and then healed his wounds instantly.
"You can heal your wounds?" Superman questioned.
"Well...no shit," Visionary said obviously. "Come at me, Morning Star so I can humble your ass again." Lava then erupted from the plateau and went straight for them.
"Jay, move your ass!" Superman said alarmed as Jay remained sitting in place.
"Don't be too hard on him, pun intended. His bones are now made of cookies," Visionary grinned.
Superman blasted the lava away with his super-breath and then rushed Visionary. He immediately found himself inside a floating cube of water over the plateau. At the same time, the plateau opened a crack sending Jay helplessly to the bottom. "How absurd of me. Kryptonians don't need to breathe, do they?" Visionary realized his mistake.
Visionary sent Superman and the body of water inside the crack of the plateau and then closed it up. "Except no. I want you to live with plenty of water, slowly wasting away due to starvation inside the rock. Now die a slow death."
To his surprise, Superman burst through the rock to the top of the plateau with Jay in his arms. Visionary brought up a metal bar from the plateau to defend himself against Superman's punch. "It seems Jay's bones are back to normal. You were so desperate to beat me that you lost focus on Jay," Superman mocked.
"I keep forgetting there's no substance on the periodic table you can't punch through," Visionary said lazily as Superman punched through the metal bar. Superman then slammed his foot down on the ground causing one side to collapse.
"Take cover down below," Superman said to Jay.
"Right," Jay said and then went down the slope of the broken side.
"Now that I'm no longer distracted, I can fight you at full power," Superman said to him.
"Fight? Seriously?" Visionary mocked.
Superman flew at Visionary only to get hit from all sides by curved rock pillars. He quickly became encased in rock. Superman burst through the rock with relative ease. Visionary summoned dozens of automatic rifles and fired non-stop on Superman. The bullets merely bounced off him. Visionary then fired grenades from several of the rifles. As they hit Superman, they exploded harmlessly. Superman fired a heat vision on the last grenade causing it to explode near Visionary's face.
"What is this feeling? Is it that I hate this man or is it that I love beating his ass?" Visionary wondered.
Superman flew up to slam down on Visionary. In response, Visionary created a metal shield around him. Superman tore through the dome and sliced deep into Visionary's torso with heat vision. "There's nothing I can't fight through," Superman told him.
Visionary merely smirked as a giant metal hand slammed Superman deep into the plateau. Superman tore through the rock and fired heat vision across Visionary's torso with multiple swipes. Visionary merely healed his injuries within seconds. "There's no way you win, Superman. So long as I believe I can win, you're fucked."
Superman punched Visionary to the head without result. "You cannot hurt me so long as I do not imagine it," Visionary told him. "Behold, the end of your city." Superman looked up and saw a giant meteorite suddenly materialize in the sky. It was already hot in the atmosphere. "Even if you kill me, the meteor is already reality. It won't go away. There's nothing you can do about it."
"I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters. With her, the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries. Fallen is Metropolis the Great! She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries," Visionary said of the city.
Visionary then turned to the people of the city with a voice that all could hear. "Come out of her, my people so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will receive any of her plagues, for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. Give back to her as she has given, pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup. Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave. Therefore, in one day, her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning, and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her."
"Come on, man. It's not as bad as Gotham," Superman pointed out.
Visionary gave him a long hard look and then nodded. "That's fair." Nonetheless, he created a portal to outer space. Superman was sucked into unknown space and then the portal immediately closed. Visionary then eyed the meteorite falling into the bay creating a massive nuclear-sized explosion that rattled the city and sent tsunami waves through the streets.
"With such violence, the great city of Metropolis will be thrown down, never to be found again. The music of the harpists and musicians, pipers, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again. The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world's important people. By your magic spell, all the nations were led astray. In her was found the blood of the prophets and of God's holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth," Visionary declared.
The city began to sink into the bay as if it were a sinking ship. Visionary then opened a portal and brought Superman back to Metropolis. "It's only right you see the destruction of your beloved city," he said to Superman.
Superman's eyes were bloodshot, and his skin was pale from the cold of space. As he was half-human, he could survive the vacuum of space but only painfully. He watched in frustration and horror as the city was sinking and collapsing from the bay one block at a time.
"Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for true and just are His judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants," Visionary said pleased.