Injustice 3: The Might of Magic (Book 3)

Jaime Reyes:

"How do you think the others are doing?"

I look away from the window and at Selina and Dinah

"I'm sure the others are fine," Selina answers from the driver's seat. "I mean, Poison Ivy is with Supergirl, and Firestorm is one of our heaviest hitters. He, or they, can make anything from nothing. If anything, it's us that you should be worried about."

I'm about to ask Selina what she means but Selina quickly turns around and looks at me. She then nudges her head over to Dinah and Barry.

Dinah had been quiet this whole trip. She hadn't said a single word, even before we all split into different teams and went to different cities. The same is with Barry. He had been quiet this whole day. Besides also not saying a single word, he had been looking down this whole time, playing some his thumbs.

"Dinah must be worried about Oliver," I thought, "But what is Barry's problem? Why hadn't he said or done anything?"

I look at Barry who is sitting next to me. The only thing he's doing is looking down at his hands, playing thumbs war with himself.

"Hey Barry," I say, "What are you doing?"

I try to grab his hands but he shoots back.

"Nothing," Barry shouts. "I'm doing nothing!"

He coughs as he shoves his hands into his pockets. Sighing as he looks around, Barry stops at the window.

"What is this," he asks. "Where are we?"

"We're in Star City," I answer. "Remember? We're supposed to be on the lookout for any trouble because Superman pulled out a lot of his troops and now the cities are in danger."

"Oh yeah," Barry says. "Yeah. I remember. Well, we've been driving around for a while, and so far, nothing. Ha, so much for the cities being in danger."

As if somehow on cue, we hear the sound of someone screaming. Selina stomps on the brake and we turn our heads.

"The screams are coming from in there," I say, pointing at what looks like a large, abandoned building. The metal walls are rusted, the windows and doors are all boarded up, and the whole place is surrounded by a chain-link fence. Despite all of this, I can still see lights coming from the inside.

"I'm going to check it out," I say, opening the door. While running to the building, I activate the scarab, the armor quickly taking over. My casual shirt and pants disguise are destroyed and in their places is the black and blue armor. As I approach the building, I stop when something catches my leg.

"Ahh," I scream as I grab my leg and look down. The thing that caught me, it's a bear trap! "What's a bear trap doing here?"

I don't have much time to think about it. As I try to pull my leg out, I hear a voice coming from the building.

"A new patient," someone in a pink pig mask says. "Excellent. Please go and get him."

The boarded-up doors slam open and all these people start coming out. They're wearing what looks like nurse scrubs, and they're all slowly limping toward me. A gate in the fence opens, ensuring a clear path to me.

"Ahh man," I say, trying to pull my leg free as the people get closer to me. "I wonder how the others are doing."

Cheetah:

Wads of split fly out of my mouth as Lady Shiva punches me in the stomach. Bending down as she does, Lady Shiva then jumps onto and rolls over my back. She grabs my arm while rolling over my back and throws me into one of her SUVs. Moaning as I push myself up, I shake my head and look at Lady Shiva.

"She hadn't even broken a sweat yet," I say, wiping my otherwise sweaty forehead. As I push myself back onto my feet, Lady Shiva shoots out her arms and legs. She readies herself, holding out her hands.

"You never should have disturbed us," Lady Shiva says, "You should have just let that store be robbed."

"Let that store be robbed," I repeat. It takes me a second to understand. "Oh, that was one of yours. Hmm. The joke's on you, Ninja Lady. That wasn't me. That was Harleen."

"Whether it is your or your friend, one thing is for certain."

Lady Shiva runs toward me. She pulls back her arm as she does. Jumping and rolling out of the way, I look to see Lady Shiva punching the front of her SUV. The hood bends after she punched it.

"The bounty on all your heads will be quite pleasing for my boss."

Lady Shiva turns around and runs toward me. She unleashes a fury of blows that, even with my speed, I could barely dodge them. After dodging a karate chop by mere inches, Lady Shiva steps back. She raises her leg and spins around. Doing a roundhouse kick, I raise my arms and block her kick. Despite hearing the sound of the bones in my arms breaking, I see an opening.

I let out a roar and grab Lady Shiva's leg. I then pull it. Lady Shiva screams as I spin her around before throwing her at The Man's car. A loud thud echoes throughout the night as she hits the truck.

"Did that hurts," I ask. I growl as I slowly drop onto my hands and feet and slowly crawl over to Lady Shiva. Shaking her head and recovering, Lady Shiva looks at me as I leap into the air. Like a true cheetah, I pounce at Lady Shiva, scratching her as I fly by. She screams as she tries to stop me but it's no use.

Skidding against the ground after I land, I turn around and pounce again. Over and over, again and again, I pounce and scratch Lady Shiva as I practically fly past her. Delivering one last cut to her leg, I force Lady Shiva onto her knee. With Lady Shiva on her knee, she can't do anything when I run right up to her and uppercut her.

My fist shoots up like a rocket, I hit her chin and knock her into the air. Sailing through the air, Lady Shiva falls back to the ground, and there she stays.

Growling as I look at the unconscious Lady Shiva, I then look at my claws. Crawling over to Lady Shiva, I place my hand against her face.

"Be thankful I don't kill you right here, right now," I say, growling. "Because if I do, then The Man won't lift me of this curse."

With that, I leave. I run toward the building where I last saw Harleen, Jason, and Professor Stein. I follow a trail of broken doors and beat-up henchmen until finally, I see Harleen. For some reason, she's standing by herself, her head looking left and right.

"Harleen," I say, running right up to her and stopping. "What are you doing?"

"At the moment," Harleen starts, "I'm wondering how crazy I am."

"You're only wondering that now," I ask, crossing my arms. "Where are Jason and Professor Stein?"

"They're in there. Follow me."

I nod my head and follow Harleen as she leads me to an empty room. There, I see the two.

"Ahh, Cheetah," Jason says. He moves away from the window and toward me. "We're glad to see you're okay."

"Yeah. I'm okay, but what about him? Is Professor Stein okay?"

"Hard to tell," Harleen says, taking over. "That crash was bad. Even with the airbags."

I look at Professor Stein. I don't see any cuts but I do see some bruises on his face. Also, Professor Stein is holding his chest.

"Here," I say, dropping to a knee. "Let me see."

I gently grab Professor Stein's hands and move them away. I then place my hand on his chest.

"What are you doing," Jason asks.

"I'm feeling around for any bumps or breaks," I answer. "If any of Professor Stein's ribs are broken, I might be able to feel them."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Trust me on this, Junior. Even before Wonder Woman rules the world, she hits hard. Broke a few of my bones."

I feel around Professor Stein's chest for a few more minutes before pulling back.

"I couldn't find any bumps," I say, looking at Jason and Harleen before turning back to Professor Stein. "You're bruised and a little beaten, but not broken."

Professor Stein smiles and nods his head. Meanwhile, I stand back up and look at Jason and Harleen.

"Time to go," I ask.

"Time to go," Jason and Harleen say. Harleen taps her wrist. She starts the call but as she does, I notice a bright light coming from outside.

"Harleen," I say, tapping Harleen on her arm. "Harleen. Harleen!"

"What," she yells. "Can't you see I'm busy?"

I nudge the window at an approaching Raven.

"Any chance you can call faster?"