Injustice 3: Rings War (Book 2)

Chapter 36: Enter Gods

The Man:

"Brace for impact," I yell as the swarm of parademons slam themselves against the Rusted's shield. Half of us fall to the floor as the shield turns red and Rusted is beings pushed off course. Even with the added power from the thrusters, we're still not strong enough and crash against Oa's planetary shield. Now the other half of the team falls.

"Is everyone okay," I ask, pushing myself up and grabbing the wheel again. Seeing Kara still down, I offer her my hand and pull her back up. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she replies.

"Awesome," I say, looking at Kara.

"Yeah," Flash says, waving his arm. "We're fine too."

"Oh yeah," I say, pulling my hand back. "That's awesome. That's really awesome."

Upon hearing snarling, I look up and see even more parademons flying around Oa. What could easily be a few million winged parademons with green and gold armors filled the void of space and cover the stars.

"Hold on," I say, activating the thrusters. The thrusters, though stubborn at first, kick into action and launch us back against the parademons.

"Come on," I say, rubbing the Rusted's wheel. "We've taken worse beatens. This is nothing."

"I hope you're right about that," Cheetah yells, "Because here they come again!"

Pointing at another swarm of parademons as they all fly toward us, we all prepare. I, for one, switch the cannons to automatic. The cannons rotate, and the fuse on them all lights up.

"You guys may want to cover your ears," I say, only a second before the cannons fire.

Louder than a train during a thundering storm, everyone slams their hands on their ears as the cannons fire. The cannonballs shoot through space and hit the parademons, exploding when they come in contact. Now, along with the green and gold parademons, there's also red and orange flame.

"You couldn't have given us a warning," Jason yells, his hands still pressed against his ears.

"I did give a warning," I yell back, watching as the cannons tilt themselves down in order to reload. "I said you guys may want to cover your ears."

The cannons tilting themselves back up aim at the parademons. Firing again, a second swarm erupts with fire. However, the cannon can't reload fast enough before a third and fourth swarm attack the Rusted's shield.

"Hey," I yell, pointing a finger at the parademons. "Shove off!"

I throw a bunch of kungi and kill many parademons, but as they float away, more replace them.

"You heard Four-Eyes," Cold screams, "Shove off!"

Aiming his cold gun, he fires and freezes a bunch of them. Very soon, everyone who can is firing at the parademons pushing against the Rusted's shield.

Green Arrow shoots one arrow after another. Dinah screams with all her might. Even Flash and Reverse-Flash are helping. Spinning their arms and blasting the parademons with tornados, they knock a bunch away.

Despite our best effort, the parademons manage to break a hole in the shield and it's not long before a few of them drop onto the deck.

"Watch out," Harleen screams as a parademon lunges at Cold. Tackling him out of the way, she turns and shoots the parademon. Sparks fly off the parademon's armor as Harleen's bullets bounce off of it.

The parademon walking toward the two of them, I'm about to run and help but Poison Ivy beats me to it. A throne-covered vine wrapping around the parademon's throat, Ivy pulls and knocks it down. Once down, she steps on its head.

"Are you two okay," Ivy asks, helping Harleen and Cold up.

"No," Harleen yells, "My guns can't do anything against these bastards."

"At least you have range," Ivy says, looking at the parademons closing in. Shooting out her arms, the vines circling around gather in her hand and forms a bear trap. Throwing the trap, the teeth dig into the parademon's skin.

Screaming as she charges, Harleen turns her dual guns into a giant hammer and hits the parademon. Knocking it off the Rusted, she prepares to hit another but the parademon catches the hammer in its hand.

"Hand off," Arisia says, firing a beam and blasting it into space.

"Hey," Blue Beetle says, his arm cannons turning back into hands. "What's going on?"

"What are you talking about," Selina asks.

"Look up."

All of us looking up, we see a bunch of parademons being blasted away from the Rusted. In a matter of minutes, most of the parademons are gone and what few are left are flying away, toward new targets.

"The green lanterns," Arisia says, smiling. "They came."

"Uhh, no," I say, pocketing a kungi. "Not the green lanterns. Look ahead."

Looking ahead, we see a completely new battle. This time, it's Superman's beta fliers versus the parademons. The two groups are clashing against each other, now a mix of green and gold versus silver and purple.

"What's going on," Kara asks, "Why are fliers fighting against parademons?"

"I don't know," I answer, grabbing the wheel. "But here's another question? Is that Superman over there?"

Superman:

Flying through space, I raise my yellow lantern ring and fire. Blasting and killing one parademon after another, I stop for only a second to grab a parademon by its neck. Bringing it to my face, I burn it with my laser visions.

Looking all around, I see endless parademons flying out from the boom tubes. As I keep looking, I see something I can't believe.

According to my spy, the entire Insurgent arrived on Oa via a flying pirate ship, and there, floating right in front of me, is an exact flying pirate ship.

Flying toward the ship, I immediately see a lot of familiar faces; Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Kara, and the man with the sunglasses.

"You," I say.

"Who exactly," the man with the sunglasses asks, pointing fingers at everyone.

Hearing snarling, I look to see some parademons flying toward the pirate ship. Using my ring, I swing my hand and shoot out a slice of yellow, cutting and killing all the parademons.

Once the parademons are dead, I turn and fly away.

Supergirl:

"Did Superman just help us," Flash asks.

"Apparently so," Cold answers. "This is getting too weird."

"Why did Kal-El helps us," I ask, watching as he quickly re-enters the fight between his fliers and the parademons.

"No idea," The Man answers, "But come on. Let's repay the favor."

The rockets on the back of the ship activate and launch us toward the fight. The cannons coming back on, they don't waste a second and fire, hitting the parademons. Meanwhile, everyone is again shooting from the ship.

As the parademons surround us, we manage to hold them back with help from the beta fliers.

Using my laser visions and hitting a series of parademon, I stop when I see someone flying through one of the boom tubes. He's not a parademon, but instead is much taller. His skin is grey and he seems to be wearing some sort of blue armor. As I look at him, I see his eyes, glowing red.

"Who's that," I ask, looking at The Man.

"Who," he asks, turning the wheel. Looking where I'm pointing, The Man steps back.

"Darkseid," he says.

"Who?"

Before The Man can answer, Darkseid unleashes a pair of laser visions from his eyes. They move in a crooked pattern, bending and going through the parademons. The lasers hit and destroy the ship's shield. The shield cracks and pieces of it float into space.

"Incoming," Firestorm yells, the two of them pointing at the parademons flying toward us. Without the Rusted's shield, they fly and land on the ship.