Ghostly Injustices

Fallout

Dani, also known as Spirit, was waiting on a nearby building. Her friends were on their way to meet her there so Bart, also known as Kid Flash, could take her to the Titans base.

A bright light caught her attention and she looked over. Recognizing the cloud, her heart dropped. She caught sight of a submarine, and after squinting, realized her dad was on the beach, hands on his head.

He was probably crying. Because she knew as well as he did that their suits didn't protect them from this. She saw a green bubble go over them, and she smiled under the mask at the fact that her dad would be safe. But it was also somber because he would be destroyed without her.

And because she had met Lucy. She was looking forward to seeing her again.

"I love you, dad." She said, eyes welling up in her eyes, knowing her final words would be recorded and sent to a backup server stored in her father's safehouse. "I love you, Connor." She said, referring to Superboy. Then the blast overtook her body, wiping her tears, and her skin, and her muscle, and her bones away in one smooth action.

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Ghost had his hands on his head, tears welling up in his eyes as well as some pouring out and sticking to the inside of his eye mask.

His daughter was in the city. She was there one moment then gone the next. It was quite impossible for her to survive that. Which meant that in one quick swoop they lost a city and he lost his daughter. Eleven million people taken out in an instant.

He hit his knees, looking through the green tinted bubble at the cloud that had overtaken the city. "Sheesh, what's wrong with him? Quite the mood killer." Joker remarks, grinning slightly.

Batman grits out, "His daughter was in there." And Joker somehow turns paler while Harley's eyes widened.

"Spirit was-" She cut herself off. Ghost had told her that he was taking his daughter to meet Lucy and she okayed it. To learn that the girl was now... gone... it hurt her immensely.

"His daughter was the Spirit? Ha!" He lets out. "And I always thought that they were cousins!" He giggles.

"B." Ghost speaks lowly. "Get him away from me. Now." He commands, and for once, Batman doesn't argue. He grabs the back of Jokers collar and starts marching away, telling flash to get them to the Batmobile.

The Ghost was spiralling. He couldn't focus. The gun on his side itched and itched, even as Joker was sped away.

"Diana." He spoke, and his girlfriend knelt down next to him. "Take me home."

"Your safehouse?" Wonder Woman questions.

"Yes. I have to hear her last words."

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"You took Superman's wife. His unborn child. And his city from him. And Ghost... you are lucky you're not dead. You took Ghost's young adult daughter, one who was considering settling down to have a family. You took Ghost's opportunity to be a grandfather. You took that man's one chance to have a reason to leave this all behind, which he wanted to do. You robbed them both of better lives. Why?" Batman questioned Joker, both men in an interrogation room at GCPD.

"Why?" Joker questioned. "You need a reason? It's probably the same reason I beat that puppy to death with a kitten last week. When the howling and meowing stops, and all you're left with is a mess of fur and blood and brains, well, you can't beat that warm glowing feeling inside. And Ghost? That was purely accidental, but I'm glad it worked out that way." He laughed.

Batman grabbed him by his jacket and pulled him up, sneering, "This has always been about us. Why did you do this to them? To him, specifically?"