Bab 150: Chapter 150 Use Of Anti-Life
Sorry guys. I realized I've made a mistake. In the Dc universe, there are two versions of Loki.
The regular one, similar to Marvel, is Loki (Norse Gods)
The other is Lokee (God of Chaos of The Second world, Urgrund). This is the one I'm referring to.
Sorry for the mix up for those who may care.
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Earth -1, a few minutes earlier ….
With a loud crash, the earth shook as dust and debris was sent flying in all directions.
On the outskirts of Central City, a deep gully could be seen across a range of hundreds of meters
At the end of this drawn trench was what looked to be a large, translucent object covered with cloaking technology.
A moment later, the cloak faded away to reveal a red flying spacecraft with signature designs of the Martian race.
The bioship was embedded into the earth.
"Ugh!" Everyone within let out a groan.
'Miss Martian, what happened?'
Kaldur asked with a hand on his head.
'We ..... We were attacked'.
'But how? We're cloaked'.
'That ….'. Megan was about to speak when .....
Bang!
Another collision shook the Bioship once again.
'We've got company'. Robin uttered loudly through the mind link.
With his sentence, everyone looked up to see something pierce through the roof of the aircraft, creating a hole.
Then, that hole was widened even further as a pair of hands forcibly pulled apart the Bioship.
What appeared in their field of vision was a head. A large looking figure wearing a helmet and decked out in black tore the Bioship with unobstructed ease.
A pair of ruby red eyes stared at the trio, emitting bone chilling coldness.
"Hello children".
Sparks of lightning emerged on Ares's hands which spread throughout the metallic surface of the Bioship.
Following which, the screams of Robin, Aqualad and Miss Martian resounded in the enclosed space as they were electrocuted.
Robin immediately fell to the floor, losing consciousness with his body twitching constantly. Kaldur and Miss Martian on the other hand, fell to their knees with extreme pain written all over their features.
Unlike the Boy Wonder, Megan's constitution was far beyond baseline human capabilities while Kaldur had a certain degree of resistance to magic-based attacks in addition to his extraordinary physique.
Nevertheless, they definitely wouldn't last if this kept up.
Fortunately.....
"Get away from them!" A loud yell fell into Ares's ears, causing the God Of War to raise his head.
His reaction was fast enough to see the owner of a fist rushing towards him at sonic speed. He was also fast enough to raise his hands to block his face from getting a fist embedded in it.
Bang!
The collision let out a loud shockwave, scattering dust and debris in all directions, scattering.
Ares's body flew backwards for three seconds, before stabilizing in midair.
'Guys! You ok?' Kara asked with slight concern. Nevertheless, her eyes remained on the figure she had just punched away with all the strength she could muster.
However ...
'It hurts …. It hurts so much'. The reply she received made her stiffen.
'Megan? What's wrong? Are you hurt?'
'It's…. not me, it's her'.
'Artemis?' Kara didn't understand. Artemis wasn't with them.
'Not her, the Bioship. She's in pain'. Megan said with one hand on the floor and one hand on her head.
The last attack certainly did a significant number on the spacecraft.
'And she's unfortunately not the only one'. Aqualad who had barely regained himself looked at the till twitching Robin and his face changed drastically.
'Miss Martian, we need to get out. Open a hatch'.
'I'm …. I'm sorry. Of course'. M'gann stuttered at her momentary loss of the overall situation.
Her eyes glowed white as she flew to the side of the ship and opened a hatch.
Picking up the electrocuted Robin, Kaldur got up and rushed out of the newly made exist alongside Miss Martian point as well.
Leaping forward, Kaldur's bare legs made contact with the ground of warm temperature. Without stopping in his tracks for a second, he moved further and further away from the crash site while holding his unconscious teammate within his grasp.
Until he decided he had gone far enough.
'Robin's not responding'. M'gann called out with worry.
'His pulse is weak'. Kaldur uttered through the mindlink, with a tone as solemn as ever.
Electrocution wasn't something a regular human could withstand. Not even someone with Robin's level of physical fitness. But even if it were, what just flowed through their veins wasn't ordinary electricity.
It was magic.
The only reason Robin was still alive was because of his hero uniform.
Meanwhile, seeing her teammates retreating into the distance, Kara blasted forwards at full speed towards her opponent.
The sonic boom echoing in her wake was testament to the ever-growing strength in her cells.
Arriving in a split second, she threw out a punch in an attempt to push her opponent further away from the Bioship to avoid accidental harm in the battle.
This was what she had learned from the few short hours in which she had the opportunity for Black Canary to guide her in battle.
Her intentions were well-thought-out. Unfortunately...
Bang!
The collision resounded yet again. But both figures froze in place.
In response to her speed and strength, the opponent made no efforts to dodge or any exaggerated defensive motions and received the fist with the palm of his gauntlet.
The ground underneath his feet cracked as the force was unloaded, but he remained unmoving. Not even by an inch.
"You ...". Kara's eyes widened.
But the opponent had no intentions to play battle games with her.
Charges of divine lightning escaped from his palm, clenching Supergirl's fist and spread.
Upon coming in contact, Kara's expression changed.
"Argh!" A loud moan leaked out of her finely shaped lips as the pain spread through her fist towards her entire body quickly.
She had tested her invulnerability against many things. It was the first time she discovered that electricity could hurt so much.
Using her full force, she pulled back and tore away from Ares's hold. Or rather, he let her go.
And in exchange, his hand clenched into a fist and jabbed towards her face at speeds her unfocused awareness couldn't react to.
Bang!
This time, she was the one being punched into the distance as her body slammed into the Bioship causing the already long trench to extend by several feet.
A painful stinging sensation appeared at the side of her face as a warm, metallic taste welled up within her throat.
What was that? Blood?
But Ares wasn't done.
The old god moved without any intention of giving her a break.
The intent to murder permeated the atmosphere around him as he moved to finish the kill.
He wasn't a second rate villain who enjoyed teasing heroes amidst battle.
He was a god born to slaughter. Albeit, his situation now being .... complicated.
There were no monologues, those things were beneath him.
And even if they weren't, it would be demeaning to have one with a group of children whose hair hadn't even fully grown in.
And so, he appeared before the young Kryptonian before she could regain her composure.
Her mind wasn't focused due to the pain she just experienced. And so she faced the problem her cousin always encountered when dealing with enemies of similar or greater strength.
Too little actual combat experience.
But just when Ares's blow was about to land .....
A streak of lightning rushed past his fist and with it, the object of his attack disappeared as well.
That however didn't mean that nothing was damaged.
The punch missed Supergirl, but the Bioship wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.
The fist ripped straight through the outer layer, destroying the area around the roof.
"No!". Seeing this, Megan roared in anger.
The Bioship wasn't just a means of transportation. It was an organic, living creation with a little bit of sentience.
Quite similar in some aspects to the New God's Motherboxes.
Megan had bonded with it a long time ago and treated it to the point of being family. So while it couldn't physically speak, she could feel its emotions.
Her eyes turned white in a fit of rage as she unleashed her telekinetic prowess without reservation.
Ares felt an invisible force slamming him off the Martian spacecraft. The force didn't end there as it returned once again, drilling him into the earth itself.
His crash was met with the area around him being uprooted.
Rocks, sand, and dust flew up into the air as he was pressed deeper and deeper into the ground like a nail meeting a sledgehammer.
Kaldur watched from a distance with a solemn expression. A flash of yellow lightning appeared beside him to reveal Kidflash dropping Supergirl beside him.
'You ok?'
Ptui!
He had just finished his words when Supergirl spat out a mouthful of blood.
Her hair was slightly disheveled, and her face stung with pain.
'I …. I'm fine'.
'Good to know. Now can someone fill me in on who this guy is?'
The speedster asked with narrowed eyebrows.
'... I have no idea….'. She paused for a moment and continued.
'But he's strong'.
'We can see that'. Kaldur nodded.
The black tattoos drawn around his body were glowing with white light as a mass of glowing water appeared on his palm.
That was placed on the unconscious boy wonder, whose situation was currently unknown.
Healing magic. It wasn't his forte, but he knew a little after spending so much time at the Institute of Sorcery.
Aqualad had beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
The residual magic within Dick was being slowly but surely forced out. It was exhausting.
'Ok then..... What's our next move'?
Kaldur contemplated in a moment of thought.
'We leave'.
'What?'
'What?'
'We need to evacuate now. The enemy is strong, and we have no information on his capabilities. Engaging will be a grave mistake'.
'Then what about Superboy?'
'Guys!' Miss Martian's voice interrupted at that moment.
'Whatever you want to do, do it fast. I can't hold him here much longer'.
Megan yelled telepathically. Similar to Kaldur, beads of sweat were all over her body at the moment as she continued to output her telekinesis to keep the eye at bay.
But that wouldn't last long.
Ares was pushing back.
Her words made Kaldur's expression change.
"We need to retrieve Superboy. Kid".
"I can't….". Wally turned to look backwards. A distance away was a large dark warehouse.
"He's trapped within some kind of magic circle. I can't get in no matter what".
Kaldur gritted his teeth with anxiety.
They needed to get out of here, and they had to do it fast. But he couldn't leave.
Robin still needed his help.
"I'll do it". Kara stood up.
'Just hold on, Megan'.
Following which, she flew towards the warehouse.
Kaldur wanted to speak, but ultimately kept silence.
He could only hope that Supergirl was strong enough to break through whatever enchantment was trapping him.
Inside the dark warehouse, a figure stood within a magic circle glowing an ominous red and exuded a large amount of negative energy.
The figure was motionless, his hands lay by his sides and his head was lowered in a lifeless posture.
Numerous rune symbols could be seen all over his skin moving towards his chest area in an orderly fashion.
Kara appeared above the warehouse building and looked in with her vision.
"Connor". She exclaimed and crashed straight in.
A trace of light finally made its way into the enclosed structure as Supergirl landed right in front of Connor Kent.
But what she saw made her eyes widen in horror.
It was Connor, yet at the same time…. not.
Kara had to raise her head to fully examine the figure's face.
As what stood before the daughter of krypton wasn't a Superboy anymore but a giant towering more than nine feet. His skin was ash black and five dark spikes shot out of its back.
Two horns stuck out from the sides of his head.
'What have they done to you?'
It happened then. The figure floating in the magic circle finally opened its eyes.
Pupils that carried the blazing momentum of a red Sun shone with unprecedented ferocity heating up the atmosphere by several degrees in an instant.
"Oh my ….". Kara couldn't help but retreat several steps subconsciously.
The magic circle disappeared. Then ...
Thud!
His huge body fell to the floor, causing the place to shake.
The slight tremble was felt by the sensitive Atlantean a distance away.
'Supergirl report'. kaldur called out through the mind link.
"...". There was no reply.
Looking at the struggling Miss Martian, an ominous premonition surged in his heart.
"Supergirl ....".
Bang!
His words were interrupted by a large bang. Looking at the direction of the warehouse, he saw a figure clad in red and blue tights being smashed away.
Supergirl was smashed out?
By whom?
Kaldur felt a chill run up his spine at a certain possibility. Yet what happened next was far beyond what he could imagine.
With a loud boom, the roof of the warehouse suddenly exploded as a giant black hand stretched out of it.
With that unfolding, the rest of the building scattered apart as well as a figure emerged, his body growing bigger and taller with each passing second.
The weather immediately changed as dark clouds covered the setting sun.
Kaldur's pupils shrank to the extreme.
What the hell was happening?
The commotion attracted the attention of Miss Martian, who was equally shocked.
It happened then.
Her momentary distraction was all that was needed as a body shot out from the earth at unparalleled speeds.
Ares leaped upward, his body covered with sad, dust and dirt and his eyes brimming with burning rage.
The old God was furious. Even if he still wasn't anywhere near full strength, in is opinion, it was enough.
But he was actually suppressed by a Martian brat.
Magic flowed through his veins and condensed on his right palm. A lightning bolt crackling with divine energy took shape as he appeared before the startled redhead and thrust his palm forward.
An attack going straight for the kill.
Miss Martian turned around in shock, realizing what had happened.
Unfortunately, it was too late to do anything about it.
And so, the lightning bolt was thrown to pierce through her heart.
Snap!
The swaying breeze disappeared, the rumbling clouds stilled, and the sounds of destruction ceased.
Everyone, be it man or nature were fixed in place coming to an unbreakable halt.
And Ares's lightning bolt stopped a centimeter away from Megan's chest.
'I…'.
If he could, the eyes of the old God would certainly widen at this moment.
'I …. I can't move'. And it all came back, replaying like an event he had just been through.
Everything was so familiar, except at that time, the person attacking was his avatar while the object of his attack was someone else.
"Well then .....".
And there it was again. The question that came from behind him made his heart sink to the bottom.
Had he forgotten that he was being chased down by an enemy? Or did he think that perhaps he wouldn't be followed?
No, that nightmare hadn't gone anywhere just yet.
Only this time, it wasn't an avatar that was fixed in place but his true form.
"Any last words .....".
At that moment, Ares knew he was done for. He tried to speak, tried to open his mouth to release his voice.
What was he going to say?
Was he going to plead? Beg for his life?
Or would he leave a vicious curse, damning his adversary to the eternal fires of hell itself before bravely awaiting his death sentence?
"...". But the fact remained that he couldn't speak. At least not when stuck in Amari's time freeze.
"No?" The question made Ares's blood boil with anger.
This damn bastard wouldn't even let him speak, yet he dared to ask him those
"In that case…".
Without another choice, the old God readily braced himself for death.
It happened then.
An aura in emerged Ares's perception, releasing waves of energy sinister enough to chill Ares to the bone.
If he could, Ares would have his eyes wide in alarm at the moment.
This ..... This was antimatter energy.
"..... Welcome, to Anti-Life".
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