Injustice: Civil War

Prologue: The Cruelest Trick

"I can say without a doubt that there are an infinite number of are just like our own...but for one or two significant events, exactly the same."- Lex Luthor.

Prologue: The Cruelest Trick.

April 25th 2024.

Utter devastation.

That was the only word that could accurately describe the current state of National City. The CatCo Worldwide Media logo, as well as the remains of the LCorp building sat among the ruins of the once great but now destroyed city.

A news report with the headline "NATIONAL CITY DESTROYED - MILLIONS DEAD" was broadcast on TV screens at the Central City Police Department where everybody in the building is in a state of shock, panic and disarray as things seemed to move as though in slow motion.

Elsewhere in the building was the interrogation room, which was guarded by multiple heavily armed SWAT Officers. Behind the door was the insane and maniacal laughter of one James Jesse aka The Trickster. The monster responsible for this great tragedy.

Inside the room, the Trickster was laughing as his nemesis, The Flash leaned over him, glaring angrily at the madman. "Enough games, Jesse!" Barry Allen growled in rage, barely able to believe the utter devastation that had been caused and dreading the potential ramifications of it. "Where did you get the nuke?!" he demanded.

James cackled madly. "Why? Do you want one?" he asked with a wide grin on his face. He wagged his finger at the Scarlet Speedster mockingly. "Naughty, Naughty Flashy. Find you're own trick." he said in a mockingly disappointing tone.

His laughter only made Barry growl and move to punch the man, however the wall suddenly exploded behind him. He turned around and his eyes widened in horror.

His good friend, Kara Danvers-Luthor aka Supergirl was floating through the hole she had made, her eyes glowing with Heat vision ready to fire, so great was her visible rage.

Jesse giggled at the sight. "Get away from him!" she growled as she glared at the Trickster with hatred.

The Flash put his hand out to stop her. "I'm handling this." he told her, but Kara simply walked past her friend. She slammed her hand onto the table hard enough to bend the metal, before throwing it aside leaving nothing between her and the Trickster.

She grabbed the psychopath by the lapels of his jacket and lifted him into the air. Pinning him to the mirror hard enough to make it crack, the Girl of Steel growled. "You drugged me! You made me k-" she let out a shuddering gasp as the devastation of the day and her loss caught up to her. "Lena. Oh, God." she whispered sadly, thinking of her beloved wife.

The Tricksters laughter brought her out of her pain, completely uncaring about the misery he had caused. "First Krypton, now National City. People you love tend to blow up, don't they?" he asked rhetorically.

Glaring at him with hate, she raised her fist. "Supergirl, Don't!" Barry pleaded with her. With a growl, she punched the mirror behind him, just missing the mad man's head.

Rather than be afraid, James just chuckled. He placed his hand on her shoulder almost comradely. "Heh. That's why I like you, Supergirl. You're much more fun to play with than..." he smirked at Barry, who glared back almost pleading with his nemesis to remain quiet. With a roar of pain and rage, Kara through the Trickster across the room and into the wall.

Jesse merely got back to his feet and dusted off his suit. "You think you can have a family. That locking me up will magically reform me. And they'll be safe." he mockingly swooned at the 'romance of it, picking up his chair and sitting back down. Then he snorted in derision. "So beautiful, yet so brainless. Guess it's true what they say about blondes." he finished with a cackle.

He waved his hand at her dismissively. "Now run along so I can break out of here. I've got lots of planning to do to top this."

Supergirl growls and takes a step towards the madman, only for the Flash to get in the way placing his hand on his friend's shoulder. Speaking quietly so that only Kara could hear him, Barry pleaded with her. "Kara, please don't. I swear I'll take care of this. He'll never hurt anyone again, I promise. Just please don't do what I know you're thinking." Kara continued to seethe in anger but did appear to be calming down. Then The Flash delivered the coup-de-grace. "Lena wouldn't want this."

Kara calms and looks at her friend. She glares at the Trickster who waves mockingly, but she relents and turns to walk away.

The Flash breathes a slight sigh of relief. But then-

"By the way, did you and the misses ever get around to naming that little bundle of joy she was carrying? You know before you killed them both." he 'innocently' asked before cackling once more. The Flash closes his eyes in dread. There was only one thing he could say to this.

"Shit."

Now beyond the point of calming, Kara lunged for the Trickster and lifted him by the throat, her eyes glowing red with her heat vision ready. Barry tried to stop her. "STOP!" he shouted, trying in vain to pull her off the mad man.

But Kara wasn't having it, as she grabbed her friend and threw him through the mirror and into the wall on the opposite side of the room beyond.

Realizing what was about to happen, and making no move to stop it or plead for his life. Instead, he continued to mock. "I know it's soon but...think you'll ever love again? Maybe you won't kill your next family.."

Finally had enough of the monster who had taken so much from her, and despite Barry rushing towards her the Scarlet Speedster was too late, as the Girl of Steel thrust her hand through the chest of James Jesse aka The Trickster.

INJUSTICE: Civil War.

Here it is my first chapter of my new story. This is part 2 of my New Arrowverse Chronicles Series. Hope you enjoy.

I had originally written this fic as a 'Characters Watch the Show' fic but i Just wasn't liking it so I've chosen to change it. This prologue and the following four chapters are already written, I'm just adapting it differently.