Welcome back to The Injustice Wars. Last time, Blaze explained to Batman the whole deal with why she has Superman's cape, and confirmed with John Stewart that Hal is picking up Brainiac for transport to Oa. Meanwhile, the Regime is scheming, with Wonder Woman having Cyborg pull Doomsday from the Phantom Zone, before calling Blaze to set up a meeting before Brainiac is sent off, claiming something has changed within her after working with Blaze. Blaze is dubious, but agrees to the meeting. But before we handle them, there's somebody else we haven't talked about since Brainiac was bested. What's Darkblood up to after being betrayed like this? Read on to discover...

(Our scene resumes back in The Nameless City, where Enchantress is catching Darkblood up on what happened leading up to Brainiac being beaten.)

Darkblood: Okay, let me run through this again, just to make sure I know the aftermath correctly. Superman snapped out of the High Councilor mode he was in for the past few years and crushed the Helm of Fate, depriving us of one of our sorcerers.

Enchantress: Unfortunately.

Darkblood: Then Brainiac retreated to his bridge and deployed the final step of his collection process, a series of bomb ships designed to achieve total atmospheric ignition and scorch this planet barren.

Enchantress: That much I figure you saw.

Darkblood: I did see the ships moving into play. But the Coluan was foolish enough to activate them?

Enchantress: That... wasn't Brainiac. I tried to pull us out of there at that point, but...

Darkblood: (Sighs as he realizes) It was Horror-Show, wasn't it?

Enchantress: Unfortunately.

Darkblood: Should have figured he'd be a problem in that sort of situation. Giving him a way to exterminate all life on Earth.

Enchantress: Honest question, do you think it would have killed him too? Had he been on the surface when those things went off?

Darkblood: Not sure. But we're getting a tad off topic, are we not?

Enchantress: Fair enough.

Darkblood: But he was stopped when the caped clod pirated Brainiac's system and sent the bombs into space?

Enchantress: Exactly.

Darkblood: And then Superman destroyed Horror-Show at the cost of his own life with aid of the jackal?

Enchantress: Pretty much.

Darkblood: If he's got that much power, I definitely need to keep trying to get him to my side.

Enchantress: Definitely.

Darkblood: So, now we're officially down the ghoul and Doctor Fate as Brainiac has been bested.

Enchantress: Sadly.

(Darkblood ponders this for a moment, remembers something, and then with a sigh of relief)

Darkblood: It's a good thing I already got what I needed from that traitorous ghoul.

Enchantress: (A bit confused) What?

Darkblood: (Realizing Enchantress doesn't know) Ah, I forgot, I haven't told you. Probably because I didn't want to worry you.

Enchantress: Well if your intent was not to worry me, it's kind of failing, because now I'm really getting concerned.

Darkblood: No matter, for I shall tell you all. Come with me.

(With that, Darkblood leads Enchantress into a section of The Nameless City cut off from everyone else, and in it appears to be a scientific setup, with some kind of large... device... in the center, next to a lectern with a book seemingly written in blood the Venus di Milo of all things)

Enchantress: (Noticing the statue) So that's where you put that thing after you stopped using it for a blowup doll.

Darkblood: I did not use the statue for a blowup doll. Though that takes the cake for the most disturbing scuttlebutt I've ever heard from this faction. Who started that story?

Enchantress: Vermillion I think.

Darkblood: Remind me to get a few lashes in on him for that.

Enchantress: That aside, what the heck am I looking at here?

Darkblood: My contingency plan.

Enchantress: In case of what?

Darkblood: In case I end up being defeated.

Enchantress: Why in Hell would you need to worry about that?! You're practically a god!

Darkblood: And that exact type of thinking is what lead to Malefor's defeat. I refuse to fall for the same trap.

Enchantress: (About to object, but realizing that makes sense) Honestly, probably a good idea. So... what exactly is it?

Darkblood: A means to return should I fall. (Gestures to the book, marked as "The Flow of the Blood of Darkness" on the cover) This book contains exact instructions on what will be necessary to restore me.

Enchantress: (Opens the book and reviews a few pages) Then why are they all written like the works of Nostradamus?

Darkblood: I want the fewest amount of people possible to know this, else someone tries to pervert the project. You're one of only three beings who can read it.

Enchantress: Wait, three? Presuming you're one of them, who's the third?

Darkblood: (Points to the central device) That.

Enchantress: Trying to build a new Brother Eye?

Darkblood: No, it's what's inside that matters. Once every general joined my faction, I siphoned a portion of their power, and fed it into this. I call it "Project Exitium"

Enchantress: Got a nice ring to it.

Darkblood: It will only activate if I don't deactivate the system every 48 hours. But should that happen, I will return. I will become... inevitable.

Enchantress: Very nice...

(And as the two villains look on at Darkblood's failsafe plan, our tale ends for today)

And that looks like a good place to end for now. Those who've read either Null's "A Dragon's Quest" or my "Dragon's Quest: Age of Miracles" will probably know exactly what, or rather whom Project Exitium is. I just had to establish it's origins as well as why Darkblood won't seek too much revenge for Horror-Show's death. He already got what he wanted out of him. Anyways, next time, the heroes and the Regime are about to meet. So be sure to tune in for that! Same time... same channel!