As haven and shaera stayed in mid-air, they stared at each other wanting to know who and what they are. Of course the two had already gave their own names to one another, bit it didn't mean they were trusting each other right out of the blue.
The two of them opened their mouth to speak at once, unfortunately for shaera, she was beaten when haven spoke up first before she could even utter a single sentence.
"Who really are you?" Haven said asking out of curiosity with one hand wrapped around a parademon's kneck.
"Who I am, is of no concerns of yours child. Besides, aren't you supposed to be at bed now." Quipped shaera as she clocked one parademon away with her mace.
"You'll have to forgive me, I wasn't being sarcastic. I was just asking a genuine question wing lady, or are you okay with just your name." Replied haven smirking underneath his mask.
"Like I said, my name is shaera. And I highly doubt that grey is even your real name, kid!" Hawkwoman told haven slightly bothered by the term bird lady.
"Obviously grey isn't my actual name, it's what I call myself. Like that superman guy and his custome friends." Responded haven who pointed at where superman and three others are seen glancing up at the two of them.
"I'm heading down to meet them kid. Care to join?" Says shaera as she looked at grey.
"I'm afraid not, there's something wrong close by. I'll be around when yall need me, see ya lady!" Said haven who flew off into a different direction then her and the other heroes.
♤♤♤♤♤Hawkwoman P.O.V.♡♡♡♡♡
As she slowly made land, she made sure to keep her eyes on the four heroes. Once she does, saera strolled towards batman and superman who walked forth to meet her with two others behind them.
"Who are you? And where is your friend going?" Asked batman who had already started questioning Hawkwoman indiscriminately.
Bothered by the batman's demanding behavior on her, shaera responded back with an attitude of her own. "I Am Hawkwoman. And that so called child you assumed is my friend, well he's not a colleague of mine at all, nor is he a friend."
"Grey is it." Superman spoke looking at Hawkwoman for he had heard them from afar, all thanks to a certain power of his. "You'll have to forgive me for my intrusion, one of my abilities is being able to hear from very far place."
Shaera stayed in place as she thought of the man of tomorrow to be a creep for doing that, but as she thought about, she concluded that the man hadn't done anything that serious to make her dislike him. "Yes, the kid calls himself grey... And aside from who he is, I wanna know how we can deal with these creatures of apocalypse!?" Says Hawkwoman as she brought her mace up and smashes a crawling parademon's head to mush.
Batman being the sole leader of his group sauntered forward and stood beside superman and her. And as shaera was about to ask what he's got, the flash appeared from her right with green lantern.
"I've got the chance to tell you my name!" Flash said smiling but was thwarted from a simple glare of the dark knight. "Nevermind, I'll introduce myself to you later. Carry on batman!"
Now that they have an extra hand in their group, batman glanced at each of the heroes around him. Of course he understood that they weren't the only ones, as he saw that one woman who claimed to be from an island, and second, the kid that he saw helping Hawkwoman earlier.
With this, he and the remaining heroes near him was sorting out a plan of defense. For everywhere they look at in the sky, they could see numerous parademons flying off into where they go.
"They aren't killing any of the people? Why?" Said green lantern confounded by the odd intention of the flying monsters.
"My guess is that they are up to something that we have no clue about." Replied flash adding his two cent in on his friend's question.
"Well since they aren't killing any civilians, it makes things for us to be slightly better then we thought." Commented shaera as she stared up at the various amount of monsters swarming the sky with their numbers.
Superman when hearing that statement coming out of Hawkwoman's mouth shot her a look for her disregard for the life of the innocence. "It does not mean we shouldn't care for them, they deserve to live."
Shaera glances at the man of steel in response to his comment of what she said about the people. "I'm not saying it out of disregard for their life, I'm saying it because it gives us less trouble. So don't take me so different then half the monstrous humans that are living around earth, blueman."
"I don't think we should be fighting each other at this time of the day guys." Flash spoke up who pointed at afar to the middle of the ocean.
"I don't see anything, what is it?" Green lantern said asking his friend wondering what it is Barry's got that he didn't.
Superman unclasped his arms and took three steps forth to where the ocean is. "There's something underneath the waters, it looks like some sort of building. But that's strange?"
"What's strange?" Batman Inquired as he was quite curious what superman found.
Zooming in with his sight, superman could perceive what was appearing underneath twenty feet of the ocean. "It looks like a circular portal. I believe that these monsters are trying to bring a building out of their portals, a large one at that."
"What do you mean a portal, you think they're trying to enter it?" Flash asked freely.
"Yes, it's pretty damn obvious flash." Green lantern spoke out in his friend's incredulous comment on the matter. "Where else do you think they're taking the people to."
"Why is there a giant fin in the ocean!?" Hawkwoman pointed out whereas everyone stared at where she and batman were staring at.
Superman after using his x ray vision was surprised to see that it was a shark, no a giant one at that. "Have you all heard of megalodon's." Superman Uttered as he received credulous looks from the other heroes.
"Isn't that like a prehistoric sea animal?" Green lantern said replying to superman's whimsical comment about a long dead shark.
"That sea animal is heading towards us!" Hawkwoman stated as she pointed at the gigantic fin heading towards their position.
Green lantern's ring flared slightly in a bright light preparing to form a giant cannon with his power ring. "A Giant harpoon will do the trick!"
However before he started with his foolish decision, green lantern was evantually halted from doing so by batman who put his hands up. "Hold up, there's someone!"
Staring at the dark knight confusingly. Green lantern saw as he slipped his own miniature binocular into his belt. "There's someone ontop of that shark."
After the batman had spoken he and everyone felt a rush of wind and all saw flash reappearing in the same spot he was in a second ago. "Batman's right, there is someone on that giant shark. He looks pretty Friendly!" Barry Allen informed them in a bright mood.
As the speedster finished speaking, a good numbers of parademons heading for them were closing in at a fast rate. Unfortunately for the monsters, the megalodon, or shark that is suddenly leaped up from underneath the water's with its jaw wide opened, and once it came close, the mouth immediately clamped shut chomping down on the flocks of parademons while returning to the ocean.
And while doing so, the person riding the giant shark jumped towards the land where the five heroes stood as they were at awe of what they've just seen.
Shaera batman and superman, and that of both Green lantern and flash stood in place as they watched the newly arriving man dressed in golden scale green outfit approaching them.
"Who is he?" Uttered green lantern.
"He's aquaman, currently lives in amnesty bay in a small coastal town of the state of Maine." Batman spoke in response to green lantern's question.
Green lantern glanced at the dark knight in question to his words. "How do you even know where he lives... Do you study everyone with unnatural abilities?" Hal Jordan says unsure of the bat's ability to find out about anybody info.
"No, I don't. At least not the ones I have no clue of." Replied batman for he had already started one for each and everyone standing around him, especially for that grey person that helped Hawkwoman earlier. "Besides, I've already met with aquaman last year during my trip to the state of maine."
"Batman, my friend it is good to see you again!" Aquaman spoke in greetings to the dark knight.
"Aquaman, good to see you again." Batman Replied pleased to see the ocean man once again after their first encounter since last year. "But, as good as it is to see you here. Why have you come?"
"The ocean, it was attacked by one of these monsters. My home, Atlantis has fought hard against an army of them and done well at that. However, some of my people had lost their life defending our ocean home... The reason why I've come here is because one of this beings led me here, you can guess the rest." Aquaman answered still effected by the loss that Atlantis had dealt with.
"Apologies for your loss aquaman. But I appreciate you for coming here, we need as many helping hand as we could." Superman spoke somehow saddened by his statement for he fully understood what the man meant by the word lost.
"It is of no problem superman of metropolis city. My people can now deal with these mongrels fairly easily... However, I wouldn't say so for the people living around earth." Replied Arthur curry aware that not only his home was dealing with the parademons attack, but that of the entire world.
Green lantern picked up on the an army of parademons heading towards the city of metropolis. And in an immediate act, he willed multiple green forms of miniguns around him and the heroes.
"As great as it is to stand around and talk with you all, we might have a problem!" Sputtered out green lantern as he willed all of his construct mini-guns to fire at the incoming parademons.
Gritting his teeth in annoyance, aquaman slammed his trident down and willed multiple sharks and a few megalodons to chomp onto the flying monsters from the bottom of the water. "I've done the best I can to slow those creatures down, any plan of defends people!?" Said Arthur as he grabbed an incoming parademon by its kneck and threw it at Hawkwoman who brought her mace down on its head.
Grey P.O.V.
After taking out a few parademons, grey, or haven had flew from one monster to another freeing their victims from their grasp while leaving the civilians in a building.
"Wait where are you going?" A woman said asking as she stared up at the hooded masked figure of haven.
"I'm going to take care of something. You and the others needs to stay hiddened inside the building. Go! Now while you all still have the chance!"
The lady along with the other freed people without wanting to be taken once again adhere to the unknown hero's words and quickly made their way into the doors. And the last person, the woman that haven saved stared up at his dwindling form as she watched him fly off.
And as haven, or grey that is dissappeared from sight, she looked down at her right arm and rolls it up. Hiddened within her long sleeve shirt was a watch with three inch screen.
"This is agent Kayla, Can anyone hear me?" Spoke the woman as she walked towards the door to joined the fearful civilians.
"This is agent vayna, I read you agent Kayla. What you got for us?" Responded a man from the other side.
"I've found where the boy is." Answered Kayla with a smirk across her face.
"Good, I need you to remained in metropolis for the time being. I and the others are having trouble dealing with this damn monsters! We'll hit you up once everything calms down! Callop out!" Replied the man as he and a few people can be heard letting out gun shots at the parademon's.
"Copy that sir." Answered agent Kayla as she closes the door after one last person entered.
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Meanwhile, after haven had left the civilian in the building, he continues on his path until he arrived on a certain building, one that a loved one of his was staying in.
However, as hopeful as he was, haven was evantually halted in his flight when he came across a news helicopter flashing it's light at him nearly blinding him on the spot.
Covering his face from the imperative blinding light, haven avoided it and darted away from it and flew off and around two building's all the while entering the one building through the window.
Inside this building was his mother. He didn't wish to lose her and haven wanted to make sure she was alright as he walked around looking for her. All the while as people, such as doctors, police officers and emergency workers were all doing their best in trying to lower the panicking civilians.
Sadly, they couldn't do the same for some civilians who were in a state of panick and dreaded fear due to the ongoing actions of the invading monsters that are currently terrorizing the city of metropolis.
With what he was seeing, haven felt a sudden Urged of sadness for those around the building. It was something like this that he didn't like. Having powers was amazing, but knowing he can't be anywhere at once, haven did the best he can to help those in need.
However, there was one thing that his mother taught him. That which is if he can't do everything, then the best thing he can do was to be there for the people and become something that makes them feel safe... Sadly, he wasn't on their home. For the real world was not very fond of unnatural beings such as him, but on the island home of his, the people there didn't care of who he is. As back home, he was seen as a hero who would put down anyone that threatens their land with unintentional act of violence, but here, things were different.
"Excuse me sir!" Spoke haven as he tapped one doctor on the shoulder.
The woman pulled down her mask to take a deep breathe from having to talk underneath it with difficulty. "Yes, how may I help you!" The lady said sounding in discontent.
"I'm looking for my mother-" Said haven only to reprimand himself for his stupidity and spoke once more in correction of his mistake. "I'm mean I'm looking for a woman named Rosery'n Lawven. Have you seen her?"
Sighing to herself deeply, the doctor wiped a smudged of a small blood off of her forehead. "I'm sorry I don't know where she is. But I can tell you that the last place I've seen her was in the fifth floor, perhaps you can find her there."
Glad to hear his answer from the woman, haven quickly shook her hand lightly and made way to the fifth floor in a rush before she could even blink twice.
Once haven arrived in the fifth floor, he went around looking for his mother in hopes that she was actually here. And as he went on to finding her, he evantually saw her speaking with an officer.
"Mom!" Haven let out as he walked towards rosery'n.
Unkbeknown for haven, as he continues towards his mother, he notices a dark silhouette appearing behind the window closed six feet away from where his mom was speaking with a cop.
His heartbeat began pumping slightly faster then normal, eyes widened for fear of what was about to happen. "Move away from the window!" Shouted haven just in time for the parademons to bust through the walls with the window shattering upon their arrival.
Luckily his mother had seen him arrive but was saved when the cop she was speaking with had grabbed a hold of her as they then threw themselves down onto the ground to their right.
A few moments later the two got a hold of their bearings and slowly turned around on their backs to the sounds of screechings as if someone was in a scuffle... From where they are they could see clouds of smokes dispersing every once in a while from each sounds of punches that the masked individual gave the intruding monsters.
The cop beside rosery'n quickly pulls out his handgun and pointed it at the back of one parademon, sadly for him it changes when one swift punch from haven pierces right through the monster's right shoulder taking its whole arm off. The parademon roars out loud in pure agony of what had been done to it, after it does so, it looks at the masked grey in anger and attempted to swipe down at him. Then in a simple move, grey easily shoves it aside and returned the favor with a swipe of his hand, where it came close to its kneck decapitating it.
Those of the cops, fire fighters and emergency workers stood there in place, shocked, some in awe of what they had just witnessed. Hell, some of them, a group of teenage high schoolers and college kids had not long since recorded the previous scene that had transpired. Unfortunately as wholesome as the scene was before them, more of the other parademon's appears out as while flapping their wings, gliding twelve feet in the air out from the destroyed wall.
"Mom, stay here!" Grey said with a gesture as he gradually floated up in the air and slowly floated out into the opening.
Rosery'n sees this and in an attempt stumbled forward only to pumped into a solid wall as if it wasn't there. "Haven! What is the meaning of this!?... Please be careful son!"
The police, officer xayen of a south Korean descent pulled her back, preventing her from going any further.
Angried from being held off by the cop, rosery'n pulled the officer arms off of her and strolled toward where she and everyone was watching her son preparing himself to face the parademons. She tried to reach forward testing the golden like energy wall that seems to have prevented anyone from going past it.
Meanwhile, as grey floated six feet away from the parademon's, he watches them glancing at one another and then back to him. He was still bothered by the fact that he didn't even get the chance to speak with his mother, but knowing her, she'd wanted him to do what's best. And by best, he knows what must be done first, which was to clear this infestation of flying monsters from the face of the earth.
He had no need to concern himself with everyone inside the hospital building, for he had conjured a dome of golden energy covering the entire building from head to toe. With this single ability of his, grey can have it keep anything or anyone from outside going through it as long as he wills it.
Not wasting any moment later, haven, or grey that is brought his arm up at the approaching parademons and shot an energy attack that in which instantly expanded out at a decent size as it erases them from sight in a show of crackling lightning of blue and golden light.
From his left side, he saw an unknown building that wasn't there earlier had long since appeared after he had heard a loud boom when the ocean bursted up at a height of seven hundred feet.
"What is this?" Uttered grey wondering what it is of this building is for. But as he proceeds to watch, he then let out an exasperated huff where he watched numerous parademons, or to be exact, multiple armies of them at a fast pace towards the city of metropolis.
"Grey!" A Familiar voice said speaking out to haven. "Stay safe, and make sure to beat those bastards!"
Looking at his mother, haven shot her a nod of his head and darted off into the last place he met with that wing woman.
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Not long after he fled off to find the other heroes, grey had to continue in doing so until he found them as soon his eyes lands on them... But just as he was about head down to meet the heroes a portal suddenly materializes a few yards away from where the groups of heroes stood.
As he remained up in the air, grey interested by what else was about to happen continued observing the scene as not even moments later, four large beings exited the portal, though these beings were humanoids. Bodies resembling that of humans, bearing with themselves gladiator armors of their own. Though that weren't what made them intimidated to the eyes of anyone that lays eyes on them, as behind the newly arrived individuals walked out an enormous figure of unsightly features with his arms behind his back... The skin of the being was of a char-coal black and gey, eyes as red as the cape of the man of tomorrow.
Slowly as grey flew down to where the other heroes are, he couldn't help but notice two new individuals, of course except for the Hawkwoman, or shaera... A Man who seems to be of college years in age looks at him and gave grey a nod with a carefree smile. The woman next to superman and batman sees grey and assumed he was just some random kid pretending to be someone else, but she was of course mistaken when she and the heroes saw him flying down to them.
"Sorry I'm late, I had to go check in on my mother." Spoke grey in a thun flat tone of his voice as he was also aware of the stares poking him from behind his head.
Before grey could get questioned by batman, he, as well as the groups of heroes were cutt off by the giant in grey and black skin color.
"I am wrath, I am death incarnate, I am DARKSEID!"
Just as the being now known to the heroes as Darkseid, he then forced pushed everyone and everything around him that when occurred, it pushes the unsuspecting heroes further back in a strong gust of wind causing nearly all of them to be blinded from all the dusts and debris flying off along with them. Luckily for all of them, green lantern conjured up a green wall protecting them from the action of the giant's move.
After what felt like an hour of a hurricane, the being now known as Darkseid ceased his first first attack and reached forth with his arms commanding all of his armies to attack the city of metropolis.
"This isn't good, there's too many of them, it'll take at least days for us to bring down this many flying monsters!" Spoke the hero known as captain marvel.
Wiping her mouth of the dust, wonder woman just stared at the form of Darkseid happy to have found someone worthy of her attack. However, before she could speak, green lantern suddenly dissipated his wall and clenches his hands into fist.
"Don't you worry folks!" Uttered Hal Jordan as his power ring brightens. "Green lantern's got this!"
"Wait, green lantern, don-
Flash curses at himself for his friend's dull-witted decision in heading toward what obviously was the boss of all these beings attacking earth.
However, one certain Amazonian smiled at herself as she readies to fly off to join the green lantern without adhering to the words of batman. "I Too will join the man of green, stay back and fight the flying monsters of jades if you wish!"
Knowing that the idiots wouldn't fair so well against someone like Darkseid, grey levitated off the ground and darted towards the towering figure of apocalypse.
"Hey, golem freak, why don't you eat some!" Uttered green lantern as he wills a giant green fist with one arm and brings it down hard on Darkseid head.
As great as his will was, green lantern widens his eyes in shock as Darkseid head shatters his fist green fist upon contact. Then in response, Darkseid brought both arms up as it glowed red and slams the ground creating crater making any humans lose balance if they were near it. However, the green clad hero didn't stop there as he conjured another attack and shot giant boulders at his target. Surprised by what came next, green lantern saw how uncaring Darkseid was who just grabbed one of its own minions and threw them at the green boulder killing them in return.
"Bastard doesn't even care for his own!" Uttered Hal Jordan as he conjured multiple catapult around the area who all targeted Darkseid.
But just as he was about to set them on the giant, Darkseid simply rushes at him in a quick pace and sent a straight punch to his gut. When upon contact, green lantern felt how nearly all air within his lungs exited him from one punch. With this secone attack, Darkseid grabbed him by the kneck and was closing in on sending another hit that'll send him flying, luckily for him, wonder woman flew from uptop and struck the lord of apokalypse across the left side of his face.
Darkseid while still holding onto the green lantern headbutted wonder woman making her grunt in pain, this mistake brought an opening to the dark lord and was about to blast her with his omega beams, but then he was intervened when another figure showed up and connected his own punch on his chest.
Letting out an anger of clear hatred, the darklord was already starting to get annoyed and let go of his captive... Then after he went to grab the small form of grey only to roar out in agony when wonderwoman deepened her sword into his back, she did not stop there and proceeded to push it down on his back
"Wow, she's good!" Uttered grey impressed by the woman's ferocity.
Not stopping in his tracks, grey resumed in his attacks as he can pick up on the sounds of others behind him... as he came close to the dark lord, grey quickly up dodging a hit from the giant and sent one straight overhead kick down on his head and made another move in which he spun around again and slammed the bottom flat side of his boots on darkseid's abdomen. Joining them on the attack, Darkseid not wanting any more pest to annoy him brought one arm up and blocked strike from Hawkwoman, this caused the darklord to leave an opening for captain marvel who appeared from his right with electricity swarming both hands. With this attack the kid turned hero focused all of the electricity around one arm and struck the lord of apokalypse in the same spot that grey had cracked with his kick.
Angered by the pests, the giant kicks both grey and Hawkwoman away from him in pure strength. Superman seeing this immediately covered for them as he flew at Darkseid and rocked the giant with one two and three hits to the center of his chest armor... But as powerful as his hits were, Darkseid recovered out of hate overpowering the heroes, afterwards he grabs ahold of Superman by the head with both his palms and pulls the kryptonian down where the farm boy's head met his knee.
Green lantern being the first to get up after being shoved aside by the dark lord conjured drills around both arms and dashes right at the back of darkseid's leg and struck him in the back where the center of his kneecap is. Darkseid let out an angried roar for having to be brought down one leg by an imbecile of a green lantern. Ignoring the punches from the flash, Darkseid simply turns around to hit the lantern. However, grey who grab Hawkwoman threw her as she had told him to. When she reaches the giant, shaera'w mace began surrounding itself with electricity and with a powerful swing of her weapon truck's the darklord in such a strong attack that one of his tooth cracks earning him a furious roar. As the giant was about to strike down on the wing woman, green lantern continued in his attacks once again. But instead of the legs, he wills a hammer and swings from the side and struck the giant to where his injured knee is.
The dark lord was starting to get really furious from the many of the heroes attacking him at once. His rage began ascending higher then before, he knew one other attack that he knows will make at least one or three of these insect to get off his back. But by doing that he would have to use an attack that'll for sure do the job for him.
"Enough!" Uttered the dark lord.
With a simple elbow to the green lantern's face, it send the hero flying back crashing through a building. Then after that, he turns around and instantly strikes superman across the face, following with a lower punch to the man of steel's gut. Superman spits out his own saliva from the surprising hit, but curses at himself internally when he tilted his head upward to see a giant fist coming right at him.
As the darklord's fist connected with superman's head, the punch sent the caped hero flying upward straight passing by a thirty story building.
"Superman!" Shouts wonderwoman who flew at Darkseid in spite of what happened.
Flying beside the Amazonian, captain marvel joined her along with lightning exiting his eyes showing one of his powers. Wonderwoman with her sword in hand she pointed the straight edge of it at the giant's chest. The darklord believing he had it under control had his eyes glowed red and was about to shoot it at the heroes, sadly for him, Hawkwoman, cyborg and aquaman rushed him from the side and in a coherent attack made the giant change his targets.
And quickly making way through them with a stomp to the Atlantian that brought him down, then he then veered his head at the other two and smacks the unexperienced cyborg aside. Hawkwoman being the only one left dodged a straight hook as she flew around him and struck the darklord by the head. Taking the upfront attack on purpose, Darkseid reaches for her wings and pulls her back down and slams her against upon impact with captain marvel. Wonderwoman who was next to them showed up after marvel and swiftly cuts one strike down on his chest which her attack was meant for his head.
Darkseid with a simple hit to the Amazonian's abdomen sent wonderwoman crashing down on the ground where she has had to use her feet to slow herself down while having to ignore the aching pain she received from the punch.
Then just as the darklord was near to eliminating them, grey appeard from underneath him and sent a kick to the chin that caused the giant to take three steps back as he stumbled. Slowly losing his patience, Darkseid immediately focused his head as his eyes glowed an even brighter red whereas he aims for grey and wonderwoman who stood next to him.
"Die you scums of an insect. My omega beams will erase you all from sight!" Spoke the dark lord as he shoots it at the heroes in an intent to kill them all.
Wonderwoman brought her shield and readies herself to deflect the omega beams, unafraid of the attack rather if the monster meant his words. However, be that as it may, she felt a sudden light of gold materializing all and around her and the other heroes in their path.
Looking to her side, wonderwoman saw how the masked figure of haven was pointing both arms straight. She then looks back at where Darkseid simply treks forward with his arms once again in his back.
"You boy, you do not belong here! Why are you here!" Spoke Darkseid clearly aware of the fact that he somehow knows something about haven.
With his teeths gritting against each other instantaneously, grey stomped his boot down as he uses his ability to shield himself and the heroes against the omega beams.
"Still yourself child, do not allow yourself to be brought down!" Said wonderwoman as she helped captain marvel up on his feet.
"I'm already doing it!" Responded grey a bit louder sounding a little bitter due to having to withstand darkseid's beams for a long amount of time.
"You boy, are something else. You know, I was going to take the caped hero and use him to create brand new parademon's of my own, you'll have to come with me. And I will surely have you studied." Spoke Darkseid in animosity with clear hatred towards the masked haven.
"Then I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you monster, for that will never happen, as long as I live!" Spoke wonderwoman who was ready to fly towards the giant head on.
However, before she could foolishly head onward, a hand from haven ceased her from doing so. "No don't! You can't do it."
"And why's that kid!?" Hawkwoman Questioned as she and captain marvel stared at him questioningly.
"This omega beams of his will erase any of you from existence. So I don't prefer you doing so!" Said haven a she could feel himself slipping off from having to hold off darklord's omega beams.
"There's no other chance we have. This bastard clearly won't hesitate to wait any longer!" Uttere's green lantern as he a d superman returned from the beating that nearly knocked the wind off.
"Superman, green lantern. Good to see you guys." Said captain marvel eager to see the two them returned.
"If your shield will not crack, then I hope this will." Spoke Darkseid surprising grey and the heroes as the apokalypse rulers changed his targets and focuses his sight on a group of civilians.
"No!" Screams green lantern as he and everyone watched good numbers of people get vaporized by darkseid's omega beams.
The moment after Darkseid killed the people, grey was enraged by what he'd saw and struck the darklord in the chest whereas his armor cracks upon contact... Darkseid surprised by the formidable powers of the masked grey felt bones of his chest break. This causes him to stumble back from the attack.
"Green lantern, I need you to help protect those people, captain marvel, assist him please!" Wonderwoman not wasting anytime after speaking dashes forward to join grey and superman who were giving Darkseid relentless amount of punches and kicks.
"We need a way of killing this bastard!" Said haven as he spun back from a punch and swiftly lands an overhead kick to the giant's face where the temple is.
As the giant stumbles back he stopped himself and attempted to strike back at grey but found himself being sent crashing back from both superman and wonderwoman who targeted the same spot that the masked grey struck him in. The hit that grey gave him was also strong enough to crack his armor, but the adding punches from the man of steel and the Amazonian woman added an even greater injury to his already broken ribcage causing him to be at a disadvantage.
Thinking that was all it, superman and wonderwoman, along with grey with all their combined power broke nearly his entire armor in an effort to end him, even though the two adults didn't want to do it, except for young haven... As the darklord was being bombarded from the continuous hits from the three pests, he gain even more problems as green lantern and aquaman plus Hawkwoman joined in on pushing him back.
"This Darkseid fellow doesn't give up so easily. We're throwing everything we can at him!" Shouted green lantern who immediately conjured a shield covering him and the rest of the group from darkseid's omega beams.
"You fools, I am near the end of my patience, I came here to destroy the heroes of this planet and that woman." Bellowed Darkseid in a thunderous voice with each steps as he moves forward. "But you boy! You share her blood, and if I can't take you, then I will make her watch as I butcher her son infront of her!"
"What is he talking about?" Asked flash as he stared at superman and wonderwoman who clearly understood that the giant was talking about grey.
"Kid!" Said superman as he knew full well that whoever that Darkseid was referring to was the mother of the masked haven. "I'm guessing your mother is the one that this big guy is here for?"
"My mother is of no concerns of yours!" Grey responded not wanting to expose anything he knew of her to them.
"How about we talk about family issues later and focus on big dark and ugly here!" Spoke green lantern who was relieved to not have to hold off darkseid's omega beams as grey conjured a dome of energy around everyone.
"There it is." Said Darkseid evilly smiling to himself as grey exited the dome.
"I Hope your still up for another fight rockface!" Said grey in an insult to darkseid's features.
"To think that woman had a son of her own is actually news to me... Nonetheless, it does not matter, for i will end the blood of her own!" The giant proclaimed as he shot towards the heroes in a rush.
The lord of apokalypse let out an evil grin for he expected the boy to do exactly as he anticipated. Bringing his arms up, Darkseid caught Grey's fist in his own palms causing the debris around them to be sent flying away from where they are. Acting quickly, Darkseid clenches his hands around the masked figures own hands and sent a punch across the mask, damaging it good enough to have enjoy the moment when cracks began forming downward.
"You don't have the same ferocity as she had back then boy... If you are truly her son, then you sure are a waste piece of flesh." The evil darkseid Muttered by headbutting aquaman across floor and then proceeds to drag both haven and wonderwoman. Luckily, superman came in the clutch and appears behind him with both hands clamped together and then brought it down hard enough to rock darkseid where he felt effect making him grunt from nearly losing his grip on grey.
"What are you doing kid!?" Asked green lantern as he watched grey grab one of darkseid's fingers and did exactly what went through his mind.
*SNAPPED*
A Strain of pain he had not felt since his years of living, darkseid hadn't forseen that from someone like this boy, thinking that he was as self controlled as the heroes. For as long as he hasn't felt that twinge of pain, Darkseid simply pushes it aside and caught a hit from Hawkwoman's weapon... But as he steps forth, wonderwoman uses that chance as she grabs her lasso and hurled it under his foot and pulls it up where it wrapped around the giant's ankle. And as soon as his boot was inches from touching the ground, wonderwoman once again pulls her lasso back towards her position.
Darkseid having been occupied with dealing against the continuous attacks from the other heroes could've easily dealt with the lasso, but due to the bombarded attacks from all angles he sadly could not avoid the move from the Amazonian.
And as the giant gradually falls on his back, he watched as two figures of superman and grey came down with both fist in a coherent strikes that struck him on the head where it bounced off the broken cemented ground. Unfortunately, the ongoing beating from the heroes hadn't ended, as from the sky, wonderwoman Shouts out in a war cry while she flew down hands on the hilt of her sword with the sharp edge aiming for his right eye.
An earful roar was let out from the lord of the apokalypse mouth as he could feel the agonizing pain from having been to lose his right eye after wonderwoman pierces his eye from a stab of her sword. Be that as it may, Darkseid did not tend to the newly met wound and easily knocks green lantern aside with a punch to the emerald hero's gut sending him crashing into a vehicle. After dealing with the bright hero, Darkseid turns to block an attack from Hawkwoman and dates her from a knee to her head.
Shaera, stumbling backward from the knee attack almost losing her steps. Luckily superman caught her on time and turned to see grey taking a hit for wonderwoman.
"Cyborg... Victor! How's it going with the portal!?" Superman spoke out loud enough for Victor to hear him.
"Just two more minutes!" Responded cyborg in his effort having to search through his system finding what he needed to summon a portal. "Keep him busy, and I'll be able to bring up a portal for us to send him back home!"
"Copy, I'll do just that!" Superman told the high school turned machine youngster and sets Hawkwoman on the ground and flew towards lord of apokalypse busy'ing himself with the joint attacks from the heroes.
Darkseid without fear of his bloodied eye hits aquaman with his right hand. Infront of him a strike from wonderwoman's punch made the giant waver... Smirking, she was pleased with her effort. Unfortunately, before the Amazonian could react, the giant recovered from it and went to grab her around the waist. Wonderwoman not wanting to give in so easily pulled her sword from her back and stabs at her foe's hand once every seconds refusing to let herself be crushed.
Coming in at his broken armor, superman gave a striking punch causing there to be a loud boom from the impact... From his punch, the man of steel looks up to see that Darkseid lost nearly every part of his upper armor. From behind the giant, aquaman had his own dagger, bringing it out of from one of his boots then afterwards, the atlantian man stabs the giant from the back of his freed leg.
"Wonderwoman! I got a plan!" The man of steel spoke out to the Amazonian.
Wonderwoman seeing that grey, Hawkwoman along with aquaman and the speeding flash were keeping Darkseid busy, she stopped in her trekk and glances at superman in an inquiry to what he had to say that'll help them against their foe.
"What is this plan of yours superman?" The Amazonian said asking him while shooting him a questioning look.
"We'll need to keep Darkseid busy, cyborg is in the process of bringing a portal here for us to send the giant back home!" Superman told easier enough for the Amazonian to catch up with the plan.
"Then let's hope to the gods that cyborg's ready... As for me, I'll gladly put my sword through his eyes again!" Wonderwoman said confidently keen on continuing her battle with Darkseid.
"Die!" Grey yelled out in a fit of anger grab ahold of aquamans trident and pierces it right where his target's heart would be.
Darkseid saw this and a sligh smirk was plastered upon his face. "Looks like I was wrong about you after all boy. You do have some of your mother's rage within you."
"I Do not care!" Grey said slowly succeeding in pushing the trident where it's head was mere inches away from the giant's chest.
"What is he doing!?" Superman said as he watches grey let's go of the trident and punches darkseid in the center of his abdomen.
"His trying to kill Darkseid obviously!" Flash answered as he appeared next to him.
"Then let's do so too!" Wonderwoman said responding to the two as she flew towards the battle.
Not wanting to be left behind, superman too levitated from the ground and flew towards the ongoing battle, hoping that things wouldn't go down as he thought.
Meanwhile, as the battle proceeds to go on for the time being, an enraged Darkseid knocks Hawkwoman back after having receiving a batter to the head from her mace. Coming from his left, the giant saw a construct of a green rhino coming right at him and in huff, the rhino runs right into his left waist shattering it in contact with him. However, it didn't mean it wasn't crucial for the impact only added to the arduous torment he was getting from the heroes jumping him from every angles.
Just then, as he slammed into a destroyed building, Darkseid went to block a punch from superman only to have wonderwoman knock his arm back which freed the man of steel's arm in the process. Without stopping, the giant punches through a green construct of green lantern and then sent a second strike that was sadly avoided by the emerald hero who was shoved aside by Hawkwoman.
Unfortunately, the punch that was meant for the green lantern severaly injured Hawkwoman at a great pace to which she succumbed to her wound after having to fight on without stopping. Then not stopping after that, Darkseid at a quick thinking of his mind thwarted an attack from a table that grey threw at him.
"You think a simple weak furniture could scratch me!" Uttered the giant as he was met with a sandbag that grey thrown at his head.
"No idiot. It was just a distraction!" Grey said back to darkseid wiping away the sands that had gotten into his eyes.
"The portal! It has arrived!" Wonderwoman spoke out as she saw it booming a few good yards away from where they are.
"About damn time!" Said green lantern constructing a gigantic treadmill that appeared from underneath Darkseid.
The large treadmill successfully brought Darkseid back at least a good twelve feet. But to the disappointment of the heroes, the giant as persistent as ever brought his injured leg up and slams it right through the construct with ease as it shattered from his immense strength.
"Cyborg! Are you able to close it again!?" Flash says in a rush after he had fend off couple of parademons that attempted to put a stop on cyborg.
"Yes, I just need you to keep those bugs off of me!" Cyborg answered back just as he heard a thunder where he notices captain marvel dealing with the flocks of parademons.
"Boy am I glad to hear that. Keep it up, I wanna get back home in time for dinner with iris!" Flash said mentally cursing at himself for his dense mind for saying her name infront of somebody like cyborg.
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"You insects think you can defeat me!" Darkseid bellowed hits Hawkwoman off away from him. "I am Darkseid! Lord of apokalypse, and if I can't take this earth of it's life, then I'll make sure to kill the one think you all seemed to share a heart for!"
"No!" Superman said as his eyes followed after where Darkseid was aiming for.
From about ninety feet up in the air, a news helicopter can be seen recording the brutal and ongoing battles between heroes and the new god. A young man of Scottish features was holding onto the camera as he had it pointed down at the battle for all eyes to see.
"Go! Save them!" Grey yelled out for superman to hear.
Nodding in appreciation, the man of steel flew up hoping to outpace the omega beams that were outpacing him at a much faster rate. Superman couldn't make it in time, as quick as he is, he knows that these ability of Darkseid would've made contact with the helicopter destroying it upon impact.
Lucky for him, superman stopped mid flight as lightnings cracks down from the clouds and blocked the omega beams in time for it to just dispersed from sight.
Floating next to the heli's opened cockpit, captain marvel had his arms crossed internally glad that plan of his had worked.
"Superman, sorry I hope the~"
Before the hero could finish his sentences his arms lowered whereas he dropped down from the sky after he had just takened on the omega beams from the tyrant himself.
Lucky for the lid turned hero, superman flew towards captain marvel and caught him in time.
"Give him here superman! We'll make sure to keep him safe." Lois lane, the famous news reporter of the daily planet says as she set aside her mic and helped lowered the knocked out captain marvel.
"Jesus he's heavy!" One of the news crewmember of Lois said struggling to lift the three hundred pound captain marvel.
"Jesus is exactly what we need right now son. Thank you for the assistance. Ms. Lois, good seeing you!" Superman said as he prepared to head down to aid others.
"As great as it is to have you here blue scout, I believe matters down there are more important then trying to flirt with me... Get your ass down there and help those people!" Lois lane said chuckling as superman immediately flew back down to ground.
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Grabbing ahold of a cemented block, grey made sure to dig his fingers down and then pulls the rest of it up.
"Stupid boy, I can run through buildings, I can destroy an armada of troops... You think a mere wall can hurt me!" The execrable Darkseid said in a fit of rage as green lantern flung a truck to his back causing the giant to lurch forward.
"No idiot, but this will surely will!... Now Green lantern!" Shouted Hawkwoman who gotten him to conjured ropes of chains that enveloped Darkseid around the kneck.
Without stopping, green lantern immediately pulls back the head of Darkseid forcing him to face the sky. And from uptop, the figure of wonderwoman and aquaman with their combined effort pierces his one and only good eye.
"Damn, sucks to be him!" Flash says as he appears once every while from defending cyborg from the parademon's and then with aiding the heroes.
Then after he had just spoken, he felt a sudden whoosh as superman flew past him fists aimed for the new God's abdomen.
Just as things couldn't get any worse, Darkseid felt a thunderous two handed fist from the man of steel which followed by grey smacking him with the cemented wall, following with wonderwoman and aquaman who sliced him from the back of both legs.
"Fools, even if my eyes are pierced from your pathetic weapons, I can still see you all!" Uttered Darkseid grabbing both superman and grey within his arms and smacking them against each other.
While struggling to pull himself off, grey simply stared at the giant without fear and spoke in defiance. "Funny, if the weapons are so pathetic, the. How come it was able to take both of your weak ass eyes!"
Just as grey finished speaking he immediately copied both superman and darkseid's eye beams. From both of Grey's eyes golden energy shot out at an immediate pace and struck Darkseid in his own two eyes causing the giant to be pushed back further close to the portal.
Now that they're both freed from the grasps of the new god, superman veered his head to the side where he and that of the heroes saw how the kid wasn't having anymore of darkseid's ill attempt of insulting them.
"What are you waiting for! Push him back!" Grey said as he continues to shoot his own set of eye beams at the giant's head.
Adhering to the words of the angered grey, superman joined in as his eyes glowed red and as his heat vision shot out towards Darkseid succeeding in forcing Darkseid to be pushed back.
One thing came up on the flashes mind like a light bulb and he immediately dissappeared from sight as he ran around the world I'm mere seconds. He knew what he had to do and had hope this one move of his will help I'm the effort of aiding the heroes. After what felt like moments of waiting, the speedster appeared next to superman and grey. With his right arm surrounded by golden electricity, the flash shot his arms forth in a straight line whereas the electric power of his struck Darkseid in the center of his chest.
"Now cyborg!" Green lantern yelled while the emerald hero was pouring out green bullets after green bullets from the gigantic minigun he while aiming for darkseid all as he had multiple other weapons floating around air giving both him and the heroes assistance in pushing the new god.
"You are coming with me!" Said Darkseid as he reaches for wonderwoman.
Not allowing the tyrant from taking anyone, grey did the unthinkable and foolishly flew towards Darkseid while still shooting his eye beams at him.
"That ain't happening." poke grey as he tackles Darkseid off and away from the Amazonian.
"Kid! What are you doing!" Said Hawkwoman as she watched grey forcing himself to take on the full force of superman's heat vision.
Superman on the other hand stopped his heat vision and joined the boy and rushes the tyrant. From beside him, wonderwoman flew along with him.
"Thinking what I'm thinking?" The man of steel said to the Amazonian.
"Of course! On three two! One!"
With the combined attacks from superman, wonderwoman, grey and the other heroes they finally were able to land a massive blow to the tyrant's body which then sent the giant to the portal.
"Dragon fist!"
In a sudden glow of golden light, the small figure of grey was enveloped by a gold dragon made of light whereas it faces darkseid. With their last effort in pushing their foe back, the heroes watched as Darkseid was surrounded by the golden dragon which made a final end in their clash with him.
"I Will RETURN!" The new god Sputtered out as cyborg closes the portal on the giant.
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As the portal closes completely in their successful attempt in thwarting darkseid, a light so large occurres that it blinded everyone within range of it, even the heroes such as superman and those near him were blinded severely from it for a short amount of time.
For about a few seconds the light evantually came to an end giving the heroes time to recover their sight as they blinked few times.
Strolling towards them, cyborg with the help of flash walked him till they stopped in their steps. "You guys alright!?" Flash says patiently waiting as the heroes gathered themselves together.
"Yeah! Damn that was a strong light. It nearly left me blinded for awhile!" Complain green lantern as he walked towards flash and cyborg.
"I must say that was a fantastic battle of strength! However, I cannot say for those that suffered the losses of their loved one's!" Bellowed wonderwoman enthusiastically as she slid her sword back in it's sheath.
"Whatever! I'm just glad that mongrel is done with!" Added Hawkwoman as she all of a sudden stopped in her trekk.
"What's the problem?" Green lantern asked as he followed after where she was looking at.
"Grey!" Said flash as he saw the masked figure of haven laying flat on the ground.
"No!" Uttere's superman as he and wonderwoman rushed towards the knocked out haven.
Green lantern conjured up a small kid sized bed large enough to fit a kid of haven's size. "Is he, you know, okay!?" Says the emerald hero as he was fearing the worst.
As the heroes were worried, fearing the worst for the youngster, superman used one of his main abilities which he was able to see through the kid's body... Soon he was relieved to see that his heart was still beating.
After using his x-ray vision, superman turned to the others.
"His alive!" Spoke out flash in alarmed after he had checked haven's pulse.
"He's just a child!" Wonderwoman said as she and the heroes removed the mask from Grey's head exposing his face for the heroes to see.
"Just kid, why put himself in danger!" Said flash feeling a sense of heart for the boy.
"I'll get him to a nearby hospital, they can help him!" Flash offered ready to carry haven there in a hurry.
"How did he even end up like this that quick?" Questioned green lantern as he and everyone saw him standing last time when dealing with darkseid.
"Where is he!" The sound of a shapley woman's voice said out loud causing the heroes to turned as she came running towards them.
Batman, who had been occupied with evacuating civilians to safety tried stopping her, but the woman angrily pushes aside his arm and rushes forth to the sleeping form of her son.
Superman stepped in stopping the woman in her tracks between her path to her boy. Not wanting to cause any tension with the lady, superman spoke out to her in a respectful tone of his voice. "Ms. I can't let you any closer!"
The unwavering rosery'n stared up at the six foot three superman without fear of who he is. Pointing her finger at the S symbol of his house in defiance. "I Don't care who you are superman, that is my son. And you will not stop me from ever getting to him. So do me a favor and get out of my way!"
Wonderwoman understanding what it's like to have a mother who cared for her Chile reaches up and set her hand on clarks shoulder. "It's okay superman, let her through. I believe the woman speaks the truth."
Nodding his head at the Amazonian, superman simply stepped aside allowing rosery'n to quickly rush down to her boy and held his head to her heart chest the way a mother would carry her infant baby.
"Ma'am, I know that grey is your son. But if we don't get him to the hospital, he won't be able to recover very soon!" Flash spoke to the woman.
Rosery'n without responding to the speedster pulls out an object from her pocket and pressed a button on it. "It's my fault, I should've told him to stay back in the island. Instead I allowed him to come to metropolis in the a school field trip."
"Your rosery'n, the the doctor lady that helped cured the prince of Egypt disease!" Uttered green lantern recalling back to when he last saw the woman on TV.
"This kid is your son?" Hawkwoman said clearly referring to haven.
Wonderwoman and superman glanced at each other, in both of their head they were thinking back to darkseid's statement about what he said of Grey's mother. And since that said mother was kneeling down with her son in her grasp.
"Ma'am is it okay if we ask you some questions?" Superman said with a calm sound of his voice hoping that the woman would adhere to his request.
"I'm sorry superman. My son's life is more important then a simple question at this point." Replied rosery'n as she grabbed haven from under his legs and easily lifted him up without any hint of strain.
"He was just doing fine after we've sent that Darkseid guy back through the portal. I don't understand how he put of the blue can be seen laying in the ground the next second out cold?" Green lantern stated befuddled by what happened to haven.
Knowing that the heroes were confused at the state of her boy, roseryn could not help but adhere to the rest of them. "It is because my son had used most of his ability in shielding the hospital building in the city. The longer he wills it to stay in place the slower it'll hold him back further. Which is the reason why he wanted to get rid of that Darkseid fellow."
"Why though?" Uttered green lantern in question to her answer.
"Because he has too much of a heart for people. Every time he does is this selfishly, it puts himself in a dire state. The energy wall he put around the hospital was meant to keep anyone of those parademons from entering the building." Responded roseryn as her ears picked up on a numbers of civilians walking towards the heroes all as they cheered them on.
"Wait! Hold on!" Spoke Darkseid as he walked towards to stop the woman.
"I Must leave, thank you all for helping my boy." Said roseryn as an invisible craft decloaked itself infront for everyone else to see.
"Ms. Take this, if you would, we'd appreciated if you could talk with us concerning matters of the attack!" Superman said as he held out a flip phone for her.
Accepting it the offer from him, rosery'n took the phone and slid it into her pocket. "We'll talk with you all when the time is right. But right now, it seems you and your groups of friends are going to be busy with the crowds... Take care people!"
The heroes stood there in place, watching as the unknown craft gradually ascended up into the sky where news helicopter and military ones shined their light at it, only for the craft to turn invisible and disappears to wherever it is going.
"That was one Beautiful woman, ow!" Said green lantern as wonderwoman elbowed him in the arm. "What was that for?"
"You do not get to speak of a lady while staring at her rear-end." The Amazonian said as she and the group turned to face the waves of civilians clapping and cheering ever so loudly for their action in defending the city.
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