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Chapitre 204: CHAPTER 201

The last assassin alive in that section laid in a puddle of blood with his eyes wide opened as he tried to comprehend what just happened.

"All our soldiers serving at the front lines to guard the ritual and prevent any external abnormalities, suddenly died." He stared at Tom who stood in the midst of a gruesome scene that looked like it was straight out of the Mortal Kombact universe.

I didn't witness the moment they died… Even though I was watching them." The words that's played in his head as he tried to comprehend what just happened. "Before I knew it, they were dead and blood was pooling under them." Gritting his teeth as he struggled to look up at Tom in the distance as he muttered to himself.

Overwhelmed by such amount overwhelming amount if power, Tom wondered how he could draw out such power when his back was completely against the wall. In the depths of desperation, he had found power.

Looking towards the alter in the middle of his massacre, he notice Raven was gone and so was Ra's, along with Talia.

"Ra's al Ghul!!!" He yelled as the spiraling vortex bore a hole through the top of the cave and he flew right to the surface.

"Come out Ra's, give me back my girlfriend and accept punishment for daring to interfere with our lives." Tom said as he haunted for Ra's, barging upon an open space where Ra's and his army were in wait, armed and regrouped.

"I'm right here, your flashy display doesn't faze us at all." Ra's stated.

"There you are." Tom said with a maniacal smile on his face, stomping his feet on the ground as the ground swallowed every masked assassin surrounding Ra's, leaving only their heads above the ground.

"What are you going to do now that you don't have an army to protect you?" Tom asked, willing to enjoy the hunt before killing him off.

"I still have a human shield." Ra's said as he pulled a weak Raven from Talia's hands, placing a sword at her neck.

"Raven!!" Tom called out.

"The shackles on Trigon has loosen up and am too weak to hold him down for long, kill me if you have to, just make sure you don't let him have his way with things." Raven said as she understood the situation they found themselves. "I… I love you." She said through an almost teary voice, knowing Tom often made rational decisions and might kill her to save this world from her father's wrath.

"Isn't that sweet." Ra's said.

Tsk!!

Tom reacted as he gritted his teeth. He looked to his side and saw a small stone from all the ruckus he made earlier then kicked the stone, embedding it with dark energy as it moved through the air with sound breaking speed.

The stone cut through Ra's al Ghul's elbow which held the sword on Ravens neck as it almost scratched on her face but shot through her hair.

*Arrgggghhh!!!*

Ra's exclaimed with agonizing pain as blood splattered all around. Tom telekinetically caught the weak Raven and pulled her into his arms, tears of relief dripping down her eyes as she clung on to his arm.

No one could approach Tom due to the fear he had instilled into their frozen hearts. His unholy power was too unpredictable and versatile, that it made their months of reckon on him seem utterly useless.

"Father…!" Talia exclaimed, rushing to her father's side as Tom had kicked another stone and took out Ra's left leg from right above his knee, leaving Ra's standing on one leg and using Talia as his support.

Talia glared daggers at Tom, biting her lower lip, trying to contain her anger as the surrounding assassins kept their stance and ready to attack, their numbers had greatly diminished, while four of them quickly worked on stopping Ra's bleeding from his arm and leg.

"Stop!" Talia ordered, noticing the devilish smile Tom had on his face the moment he saw they were wiling to put aside their fear of him to attack and it would have been another one-sided slaughter. "Do not engage him, it would just lead to further casualty on our end." She added.

"Smart choice." Tom commended. "Right from the night I encountered the League, I did my research on you, Ra's." Tom said. You would have been a valuable asset to me if we had been partners, but you choose to either have me under you or take my body." He continued.

"I kneel before no man, neither do I bow my head for anyone. Especially not to a boy like you." Ra's said, sounding like he had adapted to the pain. "You haven't won just yet, I still have so many cards and pawns at my disposals.

*Laugh!*

Tom laughed in an utterly disrespectful manner. "You know, during my research on you and the League, I came across a prophesy." Tom said, taking note of Ra's expression as he looked for any subtle changes but there was none.

"The man who kills Ra's al Ghul, the Demon Head, shall be known as Al Sah-him and would take over your place as the new Ra's al Ghul." Tom pointed at himself and gave a sarcastic gasp of surprise as he continued. "I guess that's me, when I claim your head that is." He said with a sudden switch of tone.

The assassins enraged and angered by Tom's disrespect towards their leader made them shun their fears and charged at Tom, disobeying Talia's orders.

"On your knees." Tom commanded, exploiting the gravitational force in his radius as it brought every soul to their knees and unable to move. "How many of you are there? Cause' am sure I've killed hundreds of you guys already." Tom remarked as he noticed glaring at him with rage behind a blood lustful eyes.

"Goodbye Ra's, but unfortunately you bit more than you could chew this time around. On the bright side this could either be the end of the League of Assassins, or the beginning of a new era for the League." Tom said with an hint of casual sarcasm, but the disdain in his voice made it difficult to tell if he was serious or joking around.

"No… don't do this." Talia pleaded.

"Do not tarnish my name, daughter." Ra's said to Talia, stopping her from pleading with Tom. If you're waiting for me to lay at your feet begging for mercy, then you…."

Ra's was suddenly stopped half way through his speech with his mouth open as his jaw dropped.

"Finally, I thought he would never shut up." Tom said with a cold demeanor, his pupil emitting a crimson glow in the midst of the drama. "I suddenly began to feel sleepy right from the very moment he began to speak, I didn't take him for a geezer who wouldn't shut up."

"Noooooo…!!!" Talia's loud scream echoed through the chamber as the decapitated head of her father fell to the ground. His head was severed from the upper jaw, reveling the gruesome scene of having his tongue and lower jaw exposed as blood sprinkled up in the air and his body dropped to the ground.

"Grandpa!!!" Damian's voice echoed from the entrance as he ran into the chamber, but dropped on one knee as his every movement was suddenly restricted by the intense gravitational force acting on Tom's radius.

"Show some respect, brat." Tom said with an icy demeanor he increased the intensity around Damian, forcing him flat on his belly as it crater the ground beneath him.

"Young Master!!!" The league called out in unison.

"Damian!!!" Talia called out as she tried moving, but wouldn't bulge.

"Stop I beg of you.. Not him too!" She pleaded with Tom, her marital concern for Damian could be heard as she pleaded.

"Do you hate me?" Tom asked, staring him down right in his eyes filled with rage. "If you do and insist on getting revenge, then I would make an exception and fight you head on. Although I'd take my sweet time ripping you limb from limb as your mother is forced to watch your slow and agonizing death." The rage in Damian's eyes intensified as he watched Tom look down on him like the bratty kid he actually was.

"Have mercy on him please, he's just a child." Talia pleaded.

"Now why should I show mercy on this brat." Tom said as he telekinetically lifted Damian in the air, pulling towards him as he grabbed him by the throat.

"Please, I will do anything you request, just don't hurt him." Talia pleaded.

"Tom." Raven softly called out, giving a slight squeeze to his free arm.

"I'll let him live… For now." Tom said as he abruptly hurled Damian to the ground right next to his mother.

"You lost Ra's al Ghul to my invisible blade, and according to the prophesy the League shall be under my rule from this moment onward." Tom declared, slowly approaching Talia as he continued.

"You shall continue as the new Ra's al Ghul but the League shall heed to my will when I call for it. I shall be known as Al Sah-him to the members of the league and not as Tom as every member of this association serves under me, if anyone has a problem with that, speak up and I shall grant you death in the most dishonorable way possible." He said as he reached for Talia's chin, lifter her face upward as he added.

"Stay tuned for further instructions." He said as he turned around, flying off with Raven in his arms as she firmly held on to him. While Ra's al Ghul's corpse including his severed head followed right behind him, a precaution against letting the League use the Lazarus pit to resurrect the immortal bastard.

"Once again you rescued me from an unfortunate faith which seems to linger around me like a curse." She uttered as they soared through the desert night, bathed in the ethereal glow of the full moon. "Thanks." She murmured, pressing a tender kiss upon his cheek.

"It's alright sweetheart, from here on you just need to focus on getting some rest and probably get some detox while you're at it, only God knows what they might have pumped into your system just to sedate you and your magic." He replied as he gracefully flew across the desert's sky.

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Chapitre 205: CHAPTER 202

"Oh, you're home." Jason mentioned, rubbing his sleepy eyes as he made way to the fridge.

"Yeah, a night of fun and pleasure turned into something straight out of a terribly written horror movie." I replied, telekinetically calling the bottle of milk from the fridge and into my hand as I poured it into my bowl of cereal.

"That's a lot of cereal, more than you normally have for breakfast." Jason said, taking note of my gluttonous appetite that morning.

"Yeah, am starved. I didn't get the chance to eat anything all through yesterday."

Looking at me with a look of curiosity in his eyes, he asked. "I know what you do with your time is none of my business but… What exactly were you up to, all through yesterday and the night before?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary. Just committed a few massacres, stopped a ritual, decapitated an immortal occult leader, dominated an association which controls the affairs of the world from the shadows as they see fit. Other than that, it was just an unpleasant get away for my girlfriend and I." Tom said, summarizing his past two days as he shrugged it off like it wasn't that big of a deal.

"Huhh…. Right." Jason replied, unsure of what to say as he continued to make his sandwich.

"Hey nutcase, hey screwball, good to see you're both doing good." Leo greeted them, waltzing into the dinning area and taking a bite from Jason's sandwich.

"Hey…!" Jason called out, swiping back his sandwich before pouring himself a glass of orange juice.

"Look who decided to finally show up." I mumbled with a mouth full of cereal. "You probably shouldn't be chewing with your mouth full." Jason advised. "Where have you been since Darkseid attacked?" He questioned.

"Swimming in a lot of Benjamin's, kid." Leo replied with a satisfied look on his face.

"Just out of curiosity, which of us is screwball?" I asked Leo, squinting my eyes to dramatically portray my curiosity but got a simultaneous look that says, "Really…" From both of them in return.

"Good morning everyone. I'm afraid this morning's breaking news involves you Master Tom." Gwen greeted and informed.

"What is it about me now?" I rhetorically asked. "Put it on." I commanded and we all walked over to the living room.

The news entailed a footage of Superman and Lex Luthor having a good time at Lex's office as Lex bragged about his plan to overthrow the world government.

This was sure to send the people into a frenzy as it was made known to the world that Superman had Lex Luthor's back even though he was aware of his plans. They would have probably turned a blind eye and convinced themselves that he was unaware of Luthor's plans when he was supporting him but now it was too late.

As the news went on, a footage of Ace fighting Darkseid head on without flinching as he dominated the fight, was also aired.

"Fuck!" Jason exclaimed, knowing that the world was about to change in some massive way.

"There's supposed to be an award ceremony for the league heroes who fought off Darkseid and his minions, but this video coming to light would absolutely bruise their pride.

The news forecast ended with a disturbing question phrased to make the citizens ponder. "Are the heroes involved with Lex Luthor and Darkseid? Are they really not what we thought they were? And, is Ace the Tyrant just a misunderstood hero, but tagged as a villain? Stay toned for more updates."

"Damn, now the heroes got to find a way to clean up their mess." I commented before switching on the gaming console as I tossed a controller at Leo, I needed to unwind and Jason probably has his mind occupied with how things are turning out.

….

"Mother, I know he was strong and all but we shouldn't have let him walk all over us the way he did." Damian said, pissed at Tom for what he did as he paced from one end to the other of the dimly lit room. "We should get our revenge on him." He said with a sudden pause from his pacing around.

"I know you are angry, I am too. But it would be foolish of us to go seeking revenge, your grandpa brought this upon himself when he poked a wild beast with a short stick." Talia replied as she prepared for the immediate funeral ceremony for her father.

"I know he's one powerful dude, but do we just sit back and let him proclaim leadership over the League?" He asked.

"We are lucky he let me assume my position as Ra's al Ghul, he could have easily wiped us out but left the League of Assassins to continue to operate as it does. He probably knew how the important work the League does in the shadows in holding the world together." Talia stated, that was the only logical reason she could think of that would make Tom spare the League rather than kill her for her betrayal, then wipe the entire base that night.

She was just glad he left them alive, rather than pour down his wrath upon them all. "You aren't going to start take orders from him right?" Damian asked.

"Not particularly, I don't think he would contact the league unless he's in need of our services." She said. "Don't think too much on that, turn all that anger to fuel during your training sections. It could help you grow stronger, if used correctly that is." She said, proceeding with the funeral rites of the recently deceased Ra's.

[Back at the League's Watchtower]

The tower was still undergoing repairs when the members of the Justice League met up for a meeting on how to go forward from there, since they've mostly recovered from their injuries.

"There's still been no updates on Lex Luthor's whereabouts, he somehow managed to go completely off the grid like he disappeared off the face of the earth" Green Lantern informed.

"Maybe he gave up." The Flash jokingly chimed in. "He probably got tired of failing and just went to kick it off at a some private island somewhere at the sea shore." He added with an humorous air.

"He sure is doing a good job laying low." Green Lantern said.

"No way he's just giving up, you don't know Lex like I do." Superman said, anger and shame surfacing within.

"We know he used you." Batman said, walking closer to Superman as he spoke. "Humiliated you, brainwashed you. Run you up like a tin soldier, and turned you loose against earth." Coming up close into Superman's personal space, he added with a stoic expression beneath his cowl. "Cry me a river."

"It is better we hold a press conference to address the people and the media, or else this uproar would make the people lose their faith in us." Superman replied, not letting what Batman said get under his skin because all he did was rip off the bandage.

"We need to earn the people's trust so all these could be swept under the rug without heavy consequences." Green Arrow said, stroking his beard as he spoke.

"Anything regarding that Tyrant dude?" Flash asked Cyborg who was quietly watching them as they spoke their minds. "Nothing yet, he completely went off the grid after the fight with Darkseid." He replied.

"He was a big help to us, and he was clearly stronger than we anticipated." Wonder Woman said, her lost arm had been recovered, thanks to futuristic tech.

"We are still in the process of mourning one of our own who fell in battle, now we have to deal with this too." Aquaman pointed out.

"If only we could recruit Ace, he could be a valuable addition to us as a superhero rather than a roaming menace." Martian Manhunt said.

"Then we could explain to the media that Superman was brainwashed by Lex Luthor and forced to do his bidding, after all the massive transmission he did to everyone around the world should be enough proof of that." Batman suggested.

"That is actually a valid point of judgment in the matter." Green Lantern stated, agreeing to the idea of holding a press conference to resolve the issue.

"Is there anyway we could persuade him into becoming one of us? I don't agree with him taking lives but I kinda like his style, reminds me of myself when I started off as a vigilante… Except without powers and with a purpose." Green Arrow mentioned.

"We can't just throw what he's done under the rug." Wonder Woman said, looking towards Batman and Superman for their opinions.

"It's an obvious no." Batman clarified.

"We can't possibly look past his history so far and offer him a seat amongst us." Superman clearly stated his opinion, his tone carrying a subtle hint of hostility.

"Relax guys, we just need to address the public, answer a few questions here and there and all these would be sorted out." Flash said, reversing the topic back to the actual matter on ground, rather than the pointless argument Superman was about to bring up.

"Where did those videos even come from?" Martin Manhunt asked.

"Probably from The Calculator, he and I were the only outsiders that were involved with Lex's operation." Superman informed them.

"That's a pretty huge possibility." Cyborg said.

"We'll deal with the media, we just have to do everything we can to avoid further quarries until this completely blows by." Batman said, upholding his cold and stoic demeanor.

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