There's No Such Thing As Forever

The hero lay broken, his mind barely capable of thinking "ow."
His body hurt, what hurt worse was the faces of his loved ones.
The giant creature of stone and red held the man roughly, savoring in his pain.
"The Justice League has failed,"
That was the first truth Dick had choked on.
His father, his aunts, his uncles......
The people he'd grown with, trained with, idolized had....
Failed.
"This world will suffer,"
The world had suffered, over 75% of the world's population had become something worse then death or slavery.
"Chaos will reign,"
The bombs had been the worst, his memories on the days of ascension were a bleak mix of blood, fire, metal, and insane laughter. They'd told him his mind had simply "forgotten" the rest to preserve his sanity.
"There is no hope,"
He'd realized that as he'd watched Bruce's heartbeat flat-line,
As he saw the sword puncture Alfred's heat,
As he'd screamed as Jason fell into the black hole,
As he watched Tim shoot himself under Talia's will,
And most of all as he watched Dami fade into a haze of red and black as nightmare became reality and he was thrust into the past.
"And there is no way to stop me."