In Universe 1…
"For someone who only has about ninety minutes left before everything goes to shit, the guy's doing pretty well." Rick noted, "We have a Sixty-Eight percent chance that this timeline won't happen."
"What was it when we sent him back?" Kitty asked.
"Thirty-Five percent." Rick answered.
"We nearly doubled our chances of this world never happening?" Kitty asked, "That's impressive."
"What's even more impressive is that the number is still going up." Rick said, "While you were talking, we got up to Sixty-Nine percent."
"I wonder how he's doing it…" Kitty wondered aloud.
Meanwhile, in Universe A…
"Look, on the chance that the results get reversed for this matchup, how do you think your fans would react, thinking that you deserve to win on the basis that you're you?"
Batman scratched his chin for a moment, "Hmm…"
"Think about it. If you were to go rogue, Spider-Man's abilities are the best option of countering yours, and he won't even have to dig into your files to figure out how to counter you." Mewtwo tried for it, hoping that the idea would be sufficient enough to sway the Dark Knight's opinion.
"It's not like they'd actually do something like that though." He finally answered, "I think you're being too paranoid."
"I think you're not being paranoid enough." Mewtwo shot back, "Aren't you the guy who has like, twenty plans should Superman go rogue?"
"It's Twenty-Six, actually." Batman clarified, "And I'd appreciate it if you didn't try that card on me. The hosts would have to come up with some pathetic excuse to make me realistically overtake Parker's durability. But, I'll reconsider my opinion about it if it's that big of a deal for you." He left the room.
Mewtwo did the psychic equivalent of a sigh, and rubbed his temples.
"Told you it wouldn't work. The guy's a stick-in-the-mud, almost as big as Cyclops if that's even possible." Deadpool offered.
"Hey, at least you had him questioning his opinion. When you said that they might reverse results for Scout, he got all giddy. And not in a cute way…" Pinkie shuddered.
"At least he didn't laugh off the idea that the fight he would've been in might end up being reversed like Flashy." Deadpool offered, "I mean, do you really think that Quicksilver could actually beat Flash in a race, let alone a fight?"
"But that makes eleven people who don't care, ten that are against the idea, and four people who would want reversed results." Mewtwo pointed out, "It's not exactly reassuring."
"Nobody ever said that it would be easy." Deadpool offered, "Now c'mon, let's get you some food."
"You won't be able to help anyone if you're hungry." Pinkie pointed out.
Meanwhile, in Universe 1…
"I got you Rogue." X-23 rushed over to the striped mutant after managing to get away from the fight while the remaining Turtles and Kombatants were still holding off Thanoseid, She looked at Rogue's hands and used what she knew about the human anatomy to figure out how to reset them back in place, "This might hurt a bit-"
"AUGH!" Rogue screeched in pain as Laura reset her bones back in place.
"I had to get adamantium coated on my bones without anesthetic." Laura shot back at her wounded friend, "The least you could do is try to not do that while I'm trying to make sure these things heal right."
"Sorry," Rogue gasped through her tears and grit teeth, "I'm just not used to thIS!" she squealed a bit as a jolt of pain registered and made her lower legs curl up.
"Careful!" X-23 snapped, "I can't reset these properly if you keep doing that!"
Meanwhile, Leonardo and Raphael were trying to keep Thanoseid busy. Their brothers had already fallen victim to Thanoseid's Titan beams, and were trying for the armor.
Iron Man was attacking from a distance, using his repulsors to hit Thanoseid from afar without hitting the two remaining turtle brothers.
"Cap, how are you with the Doombringer situation?" he asked.
"We have it contained." Cap replied over the communication device, "Anything you need us to do?"
"We might need your help later, but we have most of it covered. Vegeta's still trying to get back up."
"Yeah, but because he didn't get any actual healing done, it's taking longer than usual." Trunks added over the comm lines.
"We already lost kids to this monster." Batman growled, "We aren't letting him win."
Leo flipped over the bodies of Ash, Tai, Pikachu, and Toph.
"He didn't even leave bodies for some of them." Cloud hissed, "We aren't letting him win at any cost."
"AUGH! LEO!" Raphael called for his brother before being enveloped in a red energy.
"NO!"
It was too late. The Cool but Crude turtle was nothing but ash in the wind.
"My brothers…" Leonardo collapsed to the ground, "I couldn't save…" he couldn't finish his sentence.
Cloud placed a hand on the grieving turtle's shoulder, "Leo, I know what it feels like to lose someone close to you but you can't-"
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" Leonardo charged forward, tears in his eyes as well as a vengence.
"LEO, NO!" Iron Man tried to save him but it was too late. Thanoseid had grabbed Leo but the head and squeezed. Hard.
The sickening squelch was audible enough that even most of those that weren't present for the visual had shuddered.
"Your 'most ninja fighting team' has fallen. Who is next?" Thanoseid taunted.
"We are!" Thanoseid turned around to see X-23, Wonder Woman, and Rogue all waiting there, "Ready for round two?" Diana challenged.
Thanoseid's only response was a sinister smirk.
"You're welcome to try."
"Atrocitus, NO!" Sinestro had looked on as Atrocitus tried to spray the master of darkness with his corrosive blood, only for it to fail as Aku simply shifted his body to create a hole for it to miss.
"So much for your hellish hate." Aku taunted, placing two fingers on Atrocitus' ring and slowly pulling until-
"AUUUGGGHHH!" Atrocitus' body had not survived the resulting burning that his body was subjected to from the removal of the ring without Saint Walker's power to quell the effects.
Yet another Lantern had fallen. Only a wounded Saint Walker, Hal Jordan, and Sinestro remained.
"You won't make us lose hope just - urgh!" Saint Walker struggled, "just- just yet Aku! We're still standing. And as long as we're still around, there's always hope!" He was determined.
"Let's do it!" Hal and Saint Walker combined their beam attacks into one focused blast that looked like it was doing some damage to the Dark Master.
Sinestro maneuvered to get into position. His power wouldn't be able to contribute much to the attack, but his power could contribute to keeping Aku contained.
He summoned a nightmarish cage and forced it over the being's body, leaving enough room for Hal and Saint Walker's blast to get through.
"This is our power combined, Aku!" Sinestro growled, "You have but one chance to surrender!"
"I… Shall… NOT!" Aku broke free of the cage and the blast lost connection. He turned to Hal and stretched his arm out to impale him with his sharp claws.
*SPLORTCH!*
Hal looked at his body and found no damage. Breathing a sigh of relief, however, was out of the question as he looked as to who was impaled.
"Keep… Hope alive Jordan…" Saint Walker coughed up blood, "Keep… It… ali…" he could not finish his sentence as the last of his power gave out, and the ring fell from its bearer.
"First the Violet one," Aku listed, "Then the compassionate one, then the one who was greedy, then the angry one." He laughed, "And now, him. It's a shame that you lanterns die this easily, or I might have a sense of satisfaction- GRAH!"
Sinestro's fist construct had cut Aku off, "HAL! Get your head back in the fight or leave. I don't care which." He snarled, "But this one is mine."
A few minutes later…
"How cute!" Aku taunted, "That traitor to your corps was the last to fall before you. People do tend to die around you, don't they?"
"Shut up…" Hal was taking cover behind some debris. His ring was low on power, and his lantern power battery was a few ways away.
It was strange though. The ring started losing power at a faster pace after his friends had fallen in battle.
"Now come on out and die like the rest!" Aku demanded, tearing up the ground.
"Got a few more shots left in this thing." Hal noted, "Just got to get to my lantern, and I can-"
"Found you!" Aku was right up in Hal's face, and was positioned so that it was almost as if he was planning to eat the Lantern, "Now be a good little pathetic waste of skin, and either die or bow to me!"
"Like hell that's happening." Hal growled back.
*BLZZT!*
He charged up for one last blast and used it to disorient Aku. "GRAH! Miserable wretch!"
Hal started sprinting to his power battery, and was reciting the Green Lantern Oath to get his charge, "In brightest day, in blackest night…"
"The world will fall by my hand!" Aku bellowed, finally getting his vision back, "And I'll keep you alive long enough to see that it will be because of your failure!"
"No evil shall escape my sight, let those that worship evil's might…" Hal was almost there. Just a few more meters!
"And deep down, you will know that it was because of your fears!" Aku launched his arm towards Hal as he neared his power battery.
"Beware my power…" Hal managed to slide to not only avoid Aku's arm, but to get his hand in the charging port for the ring to recharge.
Aku launched his other hand at Hal, grabbing him, and trapping him in his hand.
"HA HA HA HA HA!" Aku was laughing like a madman. Believing he had won.
A green light started to send cracks throughout Aku's transformed hand. The orb shape it was in started to become misshapen and more cracks started to appear, "What?-"
"GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!" Hal burst out of his prison, but there was an anomaly in his appearance. Instead of being completely green, there was only small stripes of it on his suit. Similarly, his ring was also not completely green as well.
"You might be able to take over you Black Lantern reject," He glared, "But that doesn't mean that I'm just going to give up. That's not how we operate around- huh?"
A blue lantern power battery appeared in front of Hal.
"Hal Jordan. You have displayed exceptional abilities in inspiring and holding onto hope in the face of adversity. Place your ring in the battery, and recite the Blue Lantern Oath to fulfil your destiny."
The voice sounded familiar, yet like a stranger. But it was trustworthy enough considering that Aku was about to launch yet another attack on Hal.
"In fearful day, in raging night; with strong hearts full, our souls ignite; when all seems lost in the war of light, look to the stars; for hope burns bright!"
"Not today, Aku!"
A flash of blue energy had enveloped Hal, and a new voice had cried out in defiance as a shield of blue energy had stopped Aku's attack cold.
"What?"
"Saint Walker?" Hal looked surprised. His friend was nowhere to be seen, but he could hear him fine. He looked down and saw that some more color had been added to his suit. It was now both green and blue.
"Hello Hal." the voice of Saint Walker greeted, "It appears that we have a bond now. What's say we use it to defeat him?"
"I like it, but we're going to need some more power." Hal cited.
"Larfleeze's ring would let him summon fallen foes, perhaps it would allow for any power you gain to summon your allies as well."
"I had to give an inspiring speech about hope to summon your power battery though." Hal pointed out, "How do I summon the Orange one?"
"Larfleeze's original encounter with it involved him looking for treasure before the ring corrupted him." Saint Walker noted, "But, greed does not necessarily have to be a bad thing. I believe some people wished to have power to do good with it, try focussing on that."
Hal started focusing on how badly he needed the other Lanterns to beat Aku. It was exceptionally difficult considering that he also had to dodge Aku's attacks while doing it, but it was what he had to do.
"I'll cover you!" Saint Walker's voice replied.
"How?"
Hal's question was answered as blue energy was summoned from his ring and created a flight suit, "I will pilot it. You keep concentrating!"
Hal kept looking back on all the times he wished he had something. A toy plane he saw in a window once. Those flying lessons after he saw an airplane for the first time up close. His mother's approval at him enlisting in the air force-
An orange glow interrupted his thoughts.
"Just recite the oath and get it over with." the voice replied.
"A lot snarkier than the last one." Hal muttered, "This power is mine, this is my light. Be it in bright of day, or black of night. I lay claim to all that falls within my sight. To take what I want, That is my right!" he recited, adding more color to his suit and ring.
"I hate it when people use that oath." Larfleeze said, his apparition appearing as well as Saint Walkers, in their respective colors, "It just makes me feel like mine is inadequate."
"You're more eloquent that I remember." Hal said.
"Side-effect of being dead I guess." Larfleeze shrugged, "That power does some crazy stuff to your head. You're lucky that I'm here to keep it in check."
More apparitions appeared, creating several new beings that swarmed Aku and kept him busy.
"I would recommend either Atrocitus or Indigo-1's power batteries next." Saint Walker advised, blasting at Aku with his blue light.
X: Damn. I gotta cut this one sort a bit. This is the biggest storyline I got, and I can't make the chapters bigger than I make the Goku-Superman chapters. Next part will be this finishing up.