Chapter 43: All-Black Knight-2
"Hahahaha!" I had to admit, killing parademons was kinda fun when one was strong enough that their threat wasn't higher than a particularly big mosquito. Fuck Bruce Wayne and his staying human bullshit, powers rock!
Now I truly knew how Gorr had managed to become a boogeyman to the gods. The Allblack symbiote was bullshit. Giving a mere mortal power like this, and Bruce Wayne was not just a mere mortal. I might have been physically weaker than Gorr before he got the symbiote, but I was definitely more skilled. Not that it showed since I was just slashing through the parademons like a berserker.
It was fun though.
"Come now, is this all the armies of the great Apokolips has to offer?!" I yelled out as I kept slashing through the parademons in order to reach my target.
"You dare?!" Steppenwolf.
"That I do!" I laughed as I whipped my arm and the Allblack followed. Steppenwolf blocked the attack with his axe, but I could feel the new god's weapon chipping with every blow.
"Come now, is this all the great Steppenwolf has?! One would expect more from the uncle of the Darkseid but I guess you were always more of that cow Heggra's brother!"
"Silence!" The general of the Apokolips yelled, spit flying from his mouth, as he tried to cut off my head with his axe. Which I avoided by ducking and stabbed him in his side.
"Gah!" His screams were like music.
Normally, a wound like the one I had inflicted on him would have no chance of incapacitating a being like Steppenwolf. Fortunately for me, and unfortunately for him, the wound was given to him by the Allblack; a weapon that had been killing gods since time immemorial. A weapon powerful enough to incapacitate Thor himself for a few moments. Steppenwolf wouldn't be getting up for a while.
"What are you waiting for? Finish it!" The Apokoliptian general snarled at me, blood leaking from his mouth. Giving me a perfect opportunity for an experiment.
"No, I have a better idea." I said as I focused on the power of Knull, the King in Black, I had obtained through the Allblack. And from my hand, the black substance that was the beginning of all symbiotes emerged and swallowed the defeated new god. Uncaring of his trashing as he fought against it.
Within mere moments, Steppenwolf stood. Covered with black substance that created additional armor, his eyes glowing with scarlet light, as he knelt before me.
"My lord." The first of my loyal soldiers.
"Go." I ordered and he obeyed. His axe raised high as he jumped towards the horde of parademons.
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Barry Allen fucking hated the world right now. Everything was wrong.
It had been since the day Joker had tricked Clark into killing Lois and then bombed Metropolis.
Everything had gone sideways since then. Now Clark was slowly becoming the new ruler of Earth and Bruce was acting like Clark was the anti christ simply for putting that rabid dog known as Joker down.
The Justice League had split, everyone seeing everyone as enemy and people were scared of the future like they had never been before.
And, like all of that wasn't enough, Apokolips was invading Earth!
Could they have chosen a worse time to pull their 'Darkseid is' bullshit! At least in the face of a common enemy, he could punch people who really deserved to be punched. With Clark dealing with Kalibak and everyone else dealing with parademons, the only problem was Steppenwolf.
Which brought him to his latest problem. There was someone who looked far too much like Bruce, but wearing some dark armor with a red dragon design on it's chest, slashing through parademons and fighting the general of Apokolips with a black sword.
And now, Steppenwolf was wearing a black armor similar to Bruce's doppelgänger and slashing through parademons with his axe! Nothing made sense!
"Glory to the King in Black!" The(former?) general of parademons yelled as he cut through his former soldiers with a big ass smile that was really creepy on Steppenwolf.
"Ahh look at him go. And just a moment ago he was trying to cut my head off, seems like I still got it." Barry's head turned to his side, at a speed that would have anyone else snap their neck, to see the doppelgänger of Bruce.
"How's it going Barry?"
"How do you?"
"Know your name? You told me, in my world." He said with a shrug without a hint of concern unlike Barry who was very concerned about what he ahd just heard.
"Not that it matters. Can you point me to Kalibak, we might as well finish with this invasion." Barry's arm rose with his finger pointing before he realized what he was doing and Bruce's doppelgänger flew away at a speed that would be impressive for all but him.
The hell was going on?
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"Ragh!" Superman yelled as he punched Kalibak once more. Say what you want about the first son of Darkseid, but he knew how to take a beating. And to give one as well.
"Surrender Kryptonian! You have no chance against Apokolips!" The new god of the horrors of war yelled with an ugly smirk on his distorted face as he swung his beta club and the new god technology met Superman's face.
He hated this monster. Him and his whole Apokoliptian ilk. They were no different than that rabid dog Joker, mUrDeReR, and they loved that. They loved scouring the universe with the sole purpose of causing pain. Making others miserable. Enslaving worlds and torturing their inhabitants. And now they wanted to do the same to Earth, to his home.
He had enough!
"RAAH!" With a mighty yell, Superman punched the son of Darkseid like he had punched no one before in his gut; and Kalibak's puked enough blood to drown a man.
"Now that's what I call a punch." A voice from the air got Superman's attention, belonging to the Bruce from the other universe. He looked... amused. And he was flying, it was still weird to see a Bruce with powers.
"That shit looks painful, is it Kalibak?" Bruce stopped flying and crouched down beside the fallen son of Darkseid who was trying to stand back up.
"Out.. of my... way... human..." The disfigured new god gasped with blood leaking out of his mouth with each word.
"What a sad sight. One has to pity Darkseid, the only child he has from the woman he loved turning out to be a disappointment like this." Bruce shook his head and before Superman could comprehend what he had just heard, Kalibak rose with his anger overwhelming his pain as he tried to attack Bruce.
Only to be stabbed in the throat.
"Yeah no, stay down. Disgrace of Suli." Bruce said with bored look before turning to him.
"So, I believe we were just about to have a conversation." Superman was not sure what to say, even as the rest of the Regime came towards them.
This Bruce had just killed. That raised... too many questions.
"Yes. Yes we were."
And possibilities as well.
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