Injustice 3: The Might of Magic (Book 3)

Cheetah:

"Watch out," I scream, grabbing Harleen and pushing her to the floor. One second after we hit the floor, the wall bursts and dozens and dozens of black birds fly into the room. We all scream as the birds flying inside start to attack us. They peck and pick at us with their beaks.

"Ahh," I shout. I growl as I push myself up and swing my claws. Catching and cutting a few birds, they freeze in mid-air for a few seconds before exploding and turning into black dust.

"These are normal birds," I think, cutting a few more birds, all of them exploding and turning into more black dust. "They're magical birds, forged from magic!"

I keep clawing and clawing, but no matter how many I destroy, they keep flying in. Eventually, the birds all gather together and attack me. They pick me up and throw me into a wall. I scream as I cover my eyes. Through the crack in my arms, I can see Raven hovering just outside the room. She waves her arms around and summons more birds before pointing inside. With that, all her birds rush in here.

The room is overflowing. All the birds flying around push me, Harleen, and the other two against the wall. I can't move my arms because of all the birds pushing them down.

"Get off of me," I say, trying to push myself up but all the birds push me back down. They push me harder and harder into the wall until I push right through it.

Falling through the wall and onto the floor of the next room, I use the momentum from being thrown to flip over and onto my feet. Looking up, I snarl before pouncing at the birds. Slashing and cutting my way back into the room, I make a beeline for Raven.

My claws, only inches from cutting her, she shoots out her hand and grabs me while in mid-air. I swing at her but I can't close the distance.

"Birds aren't always afraid of cats," Raven says with a smile as she brings her hands together. As she does, I feel my feet start to close in. My head is being pushed down. I scream as Raven, using her magic, cramps me into a ball. Her magic is pushing down on me, my knees being shoved into my forehead.

Harleen:

"Come on," I say, pulling out my pistol. I see Cheetah being crushed by Raven and I try to line up the shoot. Closing one eye, I try to shoot Raven but one of the annoying birds flies by and cuts my hand. I scream and accidentally drop my weapon. I have no choice but to shield myself as the birds all gather me and peck at me.

"Professor," Jason cries as he pushes himself through the birds. "Professor! We need to merge! Professor!"

Jason's only replies are the birds as they scream and call.

"Professor," Jason yells one more time. This time, however, someone does answer him.

I hear an explosion follows by Raven screaming. A second later, all the birds in the room start to flicker. They fade in and out before disappearing completely, leaving behind only a poof and some black dust.

"What the heck," I say, looking around. As I look around, I see the Professor curls up in a corner. He's covered in cuts.

"Professor," Jason yells, running to him. However, as I run to help the Professor, I hear someone else screaming. I turn around and see Cheetah falling.

"Cheetah!"

I turn to run and help her but before I could, I hear footsteps coming up from behind me. I turn again to see someone tall and in a black and red jumpsuit running toward me.

"Hey, hey, hey," I shout, stepping back. I activate my suit and call forth another gun. I prepare to shoot the person but as it turns out, I don't have to. The man in the black and red jumpsuit runs right past me. He runs toward the opening in the wall and jumps right out. A few seconds later, a rope shoots up and hits the ceiling. It pulls up both the man and Cheetah, Cheetah begins in the man's arms.

"Okay," I say, looking at the man as he lets go of Cheetah and pulls back his grapple. "I'll ask. Who the hell are you?"

The man, not the one in the sunglasses but the one in the black and red jumpsuit, doesn't answer me. Instead, he points at me, Jason, the Professor, and Cheetah, and then at the door.

"What," I ask. "What? What? What about the door?"

He points at the door again but again, none of us have any idea what he wants. This time, he starts to play charades. He places his hands beside his ears.

"A phone call," I say, "You're calling someone?"

The man shakes his head. He keeps his hands beside his ears before pointing at me.

"You're calling me," I ask.

The Invisible Man:

"Call Scarecrow, you stupid, stupid idiot," I shout. Of course, no matter how loud I shout, scream, or yell, they still can't hear me. Only The Man can hear me.

I shake my head and cover my eyes.

"Hey," Harleen says. "Give me a break. It's been a few years since I last played Charades. Anyway, we don't have time for games. Now that Raven is here, we need to leave. I'm calling Scarecrow to prepare a portal."

"Yes," I say, "Yes! That's exactly what I wanted you to do in the first place."

I sigh knowing they would be out of here in a few seconds. However, in less than a few seconds, I hear a familiar voice. Turning around instantly, I see Raven flying back up.

"I got this," I say. "Oh right. None of you can hear me."

Once more, I point at all of them before pointing at the door. I then look back at Raven.

"Who are you," she asks. She raises her hands as they start to glow.

"I would tell you, but that would be a waste. Instead, how about this!"

I reach for a kunai and throw it at Raven. As expected, Raven catches it in mid-air.

"This knife," she says. "I know this knife! But wait, you are not the man in the sunglasses! You have a different aura. A strangely familiar aura. Who are you!"

Again, I don't answer. Instead, the beeping of the kunai answers for me. Raven hears the beeping and turns her head. Her eyes go wide and she tries to throw the kunai but it's too late. The kunai explodes and knocks Raven away. However, before she could get too far, I pull out my grapple hook and catch her.

Pulling her in close, I swing my arm and knock Raven down. She flips through the air before falling down. With Raven on the floor, I take a chance and look around.

"Oh my god," I say, slapping myself in the face. Harleen, Cheetah, Jason, and Professor all are still here. They're watching me fight Raven. I shake my head and run to Harleen. Harleen is the first person I push out of the room. She's followed by Jason and Professor Stein. Cheetah tries to put up a fight but after being pecked by a hundred birds, she can't do much.

I grab Cheetah and carry her out. I then give her to Harleen before taking Harleen's wrist and tapping it.

"The call," Harleen says. "You were trying to tell me to call Scarecrow. Wait, are you with us? Are you friends with The Man?"

"Sort of," I think. I hold out my hand and tilt it up and down. I then point at the staircase. Harleen gets the message and quickly makes her way to the stair. While she and the others escape, I look back at Raven as she pushes herself up.

"I don't know who you are," Raven says as she gets back on her feet. "But you will regret doing that!"

Raven pulls back her glowing hands before shooting them back out. Unleashing a swarm of birds, exactly like before, I open my hand and look at the red gemstone. Throwing the gemstone in the air, I become intangible once more. My jumpsuit falls to the ground and birds go right through me.

"What the hell," Raven says. She watches as the gemstone flies through the air. Running and catching the gemstone, I become tangible again, and once I do, I spin around, doing a roundhouse kick.

Once more, knocking Raven to the floor, she doesn't hit it. Raven manages to catch herself. Now, floating in mid-air, she uses her power to grab the mattress from before and throw it at me.

The mattress catches me and throws me out of the apartment building. Before I know it, I'm falling from the top floor toward the ground floor.