Doomsday Crisis

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Metropolis

"It's a bird?"

"It's a flying car?"

"No, it's Superman!"

"No, I'm Superb...yeah...I'm Superman." Says Jake Collins still getting used to the idea of being the new Superman. He knows that he has to honor the life of the man that saved him days ago. He also knows that his time against LexCorp, Project: Cadmus is over; his time with Knockout is over, his Hawaiian ways of life are also over. He now has to grow up; he was to fill one big shoe. He has to become the man of steel.

As Jake Collins passes by the woman he loves, Kara, he has a smile on his face. He knows that his life is going to change quickly but with her, on his side, he knows that he will be ready to face anything.

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Mars

The surface of Mars, where before was the Pyramid Mines, is now a larger crater. Everything else on Mars looks calm as the dust of the collision has settled down. Besides that, there is no sign of any living activity.

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Elsewhere in cyberspace in a place were the LOGOZ live

"Wake up, Spectre!"

"What? Where am I? I'm not Spectre... I'm Green Lanter..."

"No! That time is long gone! Now you're the spirit of Redemption!"

"But? What's happened to me? I can't feel myself."

"Yes, you can't, your meatware was destroyed in a great battle."

"Battle? The Titans?"

"All gone, I'm afraid."

"I'm confused, what am I? And if I died how can I still be alive?"

"We're the LOGOZ, we're an entity beyond space and time! And we collected your dying echo...your spirit and transformed it into the binary code formula that gives you an appearance of life. But in fact, you're just a shadow of your former self. You're not alive, even though you can die again. At least this binary code can be destroyed, but your echo will remain until you fulfill your objective in bringing Redemption to the lost souls across the cyberspace."

"So, I'm not who I am?"

"You are the echo of Wade Larkins, but you're not your old physical self, now you are the Spectre, and you are everywhere, now with your powers you can be in cyberspace and in the real world without the boundaries of the flesh."

"I'm confused."

"Indeed you are, but rest for now because soon you will have plenty of Redemption to bring!!!"

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Trauma City

"Hunter, you really think that this is a good idea?"

"I do Michael, I really do!"

"I'm not so comfortable with the thought of re-establishing the Outsiders, not after what happened"

"Why? Stop thinking like that. What happened wasn't your fault."

"No, but I was their leader, their friend. We were almost a family."

"For them, you were a family, only you thought otherwise. But you couldn't prevent that attack from the Corporations Project: Doomsday."

"I should be with them in Markovia, I shouldn't have been away from them for so long."

"Michael, stop that! Take a look at Tempest and Starjack, they are doing what the others wanted them to do...continuing their life. Do yourself a favor, and do the same."

"Ok, I will do it, but I want you to stay with us."

"Hey you've known me for years, I do not back off from a promise. Years ago I made a promise to a young man that I would help him in a time of great need. So now you're stuck with me."

"Well, and how about the kid that came here with you, he looked impressive fighting the other day."

"Qaliban is a good kid. I think that he will fit well in the team."

"Yeah I think so, the one I'm not sure about is the Huntress. She didn't work well as a team player."

"Neither did you some years ago, but now look at you! You're a great leader of one of the best teams that I know."

"I also do not trust the Deadman."

"I do, I read his mind and he wants to help with our cause, but only in special missions."

"I can work with that. By the way, Hunter, do we have to keep Miss Divine in the team? She's very annoying!"

"Of course we do, Michael, why do you think I want her on the team?"

"Ah ah ah! Very funny! I forgot you have a sense of humor!"

"Who said I was joking? Relax, this is going to work just fine."

"I hope you're right my friend. I really do."

The End.