HOLDING THE LINE

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Peter is flown through the portal and is transported to the planet Apokolips. He looks at his tracking device and sees that he is being taken to where clark is. Meanwhile on earth, Thanoseid is still destroying Metropolis while the other heroes are regrouping. At that moment, Hal shows up and lands infront of them.

"You guys ok? Good, listen up."

A long silence passes between them.

"Uh.... We need to- um... We need to play offense instead of all coming up to bat."

An even longer, more awkward silence passes between them.

"Um, what?" Mercury asks.

"I apologize, but I don't know your games." Diana says.

Dinah then steps up.

"I think what Stark is trying to say is that it's time for some teamwork. So let's pull it together." She says.

"Yes, exactly what I meant." Hal adds.

"What's the plan then?" Mercury asks.

"Well, he blasts those beams out of his eyes, right?"

Before Hal can finish, Diana pulls out her sword.

"It's settled then. We blind him." She says.

"That's- as good a plan as any. Yeah, we follow and we stay out of sight. I'll turn on the fireworks to get his attention. Princess, you get into striking distance and stab that son of a bitch in the eyes."

Diana smiles.

"Like poor damned Oedipus."

"Sure, ok." Hal replies.

"And what about the invasion of monsters raining from the sky?" Mercury asks.

Hal thinks for a moment.

"I haven't got that far yet, give me a minute."

Hal then flies into the air.

"Alright team. We got this!"

Everyone stares at Hal for a moment.

"Really? That's your big battle cry?" Mercury says.

"Don't worry about it, smart ass. Stick to the plan." Hal says as he flies away.

As Ms. Wonder follows, Mercury looks over at Black Raven.

"You need a lift?" Mercury asks with smile.

Dinah smiles back at him, jumping into his arms.

"Just try not to go- too fast." She replies.

Mercury starts to blush as he follows Hal and Diana.

Back on Apokolips, Peter is taken to a room where they turn innocent people into ParaChitauri. Before the creature can put him on the table, Peter flips onto his back and puts an explosive device in his mouth, taking him down. He then takes off the coat and hat and puts on his mask to be Spider-Bat again. He looks around and sees multiple people trapped but no sign of Captain Krypton. He runs down a hallway where he hears screams of pain nearby. Peter enters a room and sees Captain Krypton strapped to a machine that's actually causing him pain and another child of Thanoseid, Desaad stands infront of him with a smile on his face.

"Yes, my greatest prize. Now I can splice your Kryptonian genetic code to create a new form. A Super- ParaChitauri. In the service of Thanoseid."

Clark tries to break free, but it's no use.

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