Injustice 3: The Might of Magic (Book 3)

Felix Faust:

"Destroy everything," I say, putting my hands together. Magical energy gathering in between my hands turns into a displacer orb which I throw at a car. The orb hits the car, causing the driver to stop. He gets out and runs, barely surviving the car explosion.

As the man crawls away, Klarion the Witch Boy, Morgan le Fay, Mordru, and I all enter Central City, laying waste to anything and everything we see. We use our mighty magic to destroy all that stands in our way.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Klarion says, blasting a bunch of buildings and signs with bolts of red lightning. "We know the plan, you old fartbag! I just hope this works and we don't get beaten up for nothing."

"We will be fine," Morgan answers. As Morgan enters the city, she brings up her hands and flies into the sky. A few seconds later, Morgan chants a spell that summons red storm clouds. The storm clouds begin to rain. They begin to rain acid that melts everything. All the cars, the buildings, and even the streets start to melt. The people caught in the acid rain begin to scream as their skin burns.

While they all flee inside the melting buildings, Morgan casts another spell that shields the four of us from the acid rain.

"This will surely draw this fabled man," Mordru says. Like me, Mordru brings his hands together. As magical energy gathers in between them, Mordru fires the magical energy at an already melting building. In a few seconds, the building starts to shake. It shakes, twists, and turns before stepping up on stone legs and walking. The building roars as it stomps the streets.

"Come on out," Klarion says, blasting a building and causing the window to shatter. "Come on out."

Superman:

With red lights flashing and alarms blazing, I walk into the New Metropolis's monitoring room. There, I see a mess of people as they all run around. The sound of people typing on keyboards is almost louder than the blazing alarms.

"Diana," I say, pushing my way through toward Diana and Black Adam. Diana who is holding a tablet in her hands turns to me. "Diana, what is going on? What is happening?"

"It seems Central City is under attack," Black Adam says.

"Under attack," I repeat. "By who?"

"By Felix, Morgan, Mordru, and Klarion," Wonder Woman answers. She taps on the tablet in her hands and gives it to me. Taking the tablet, I see camera feeds of the four relentlessly attacking Center City. They had already laid waste to enitre city's blocks and the four show no sign of stopping.

"What's going on," I yell, looking up. "I never gave orders to attack Center City! Did you?"

"No," Diana answers.

"Neither did I," Black Adam says.

"Then who--," I say before realizing it. "The Lords of Order. It was them who ordered this attack."

"But why," Black Adam asks. "Why attack Center City?"

"I don't know why," I say, clenching my fists. "But I'm going to stop it."

I turn and walk but stop almost immediately. There, floating in front of me is Raven. At least, it's Raven's body.

"No," the Lords say through Raven's body. "Kal-El, you must not interfere. This is all part of the plan."

"The plan," I repeat. As I look at Raven, I realize something else. "Where is Cybrog?"

Raven swings her hand and shows us through a magical circle a dying Cyborg leaning against a wall.

"Cyborg!"

I bend my knees, preparing to launch at Raven but before I can, Raven holds out her hand and stops me.

"No," the Lords shout again. "If you interfere, then you will lose your cousin."

"What?"

"If this plan works, then you will get your cousin back. The man will be erased, and Kara Zor-El and you will be enemies no more."

I stop as I look at the shaking tablet still in my hands. I look at the people as they scream and cry. They run and hide but it's close to no use. The four of destroying everything and many people are already hurt.

"Kara and I will be enemies no more," I repeat to myself. "Kara and I will finally be on the same side."

Supergirl:

Screaming as I fly through the portal, I charge right toward the moving building. The building sees me but can't do anything as I already fly right through it, leaving behind a massive wall. The building roars as it crumbles and breaks apart. As the building breaks apart, the broken pieces fall toward the people below.

"Oh no," I say. I push against the wind and try to stop them but they're too far away. Thankfully, I'm not alone.

From the side, I see a white beam hitting the broken pieces, freezing them. With the pieces now frozen, I hear a loud, ear-piercing scream and a series of explosions. Looking to the side, I see The Man holding a bow and arrow, Black Canary, and Captain Cold.

The Man:

As Kara flies past us, I turn to Canary, Cold, and everyone else as they jump out from the portal.

"Stay here and help the people," I say.

Ivy nods her head and with her power, she summons roots to cover the people from the acid rain. Flash and Reverse-Flash run around the streets, grabbing and picking up as many people as they can and dropping them beneath the buildings with root roofs. Canary and Harleen stay with the people and try and help them.

"Firestorm! Blue Beetle! You two are with me! Come on! We're stopping this!"

"Okay," Firestorm yells.

"Si," Beetle shouts. "Let's stop these bastardas!"

With that, the three of us follow Kara and charge toward the four.

The Lords of Order:

"It seems our plan is working," one of the Lords of Order says. "The man in the sunglasses is here, along with Kara Zor-El and the rest of the Insurgency."

"We must do this fast," another Lord says, "Before they disappear again."

All of us Lords nodding our heads, we raise our hands and fire at the time orb. However, it seems something is shielding the orb. Our magic isn't reaching the orb. In fact, it's not only preventing our magic but it also seems to be pushing back.

We scream as our hands shake and most of us have to grab onto our risen hand.

"Push," I yell. "Push! This is the opening we need to bring Order! Come on! Push!"

With our combined effects, we break through the shield and our magic hits the time orb.

Zatanna:

I try my best to stop the Lords of Order magic but it becomes too much for me. I scream as I lose my concentration and fall to the ground.

"Ahh," I cry as I push myself up after what feels like being hit right in the face. Shaking and clearing my head, I close my eyes and focus again.

"Please, no," I say. "Please no. Please no. No. I'm too late. The Lords have completed the spell! I have to go!"

Casting a teleportation spell, I'm teleported away.

The Man:

Klarion screams as he throws a bolt of red lightning at me. However, I catch the red lightning in my hands and hold it. I feel the power as it flows through me. I start to mold it, and in a few seconds, I turn the lightning bolt into a sword.

"No--No way," Klarion says, his wide eyes stuck on the lightning sword in my hands. Jumping into the air, I pull back the sword before slamming it into the ground. As the lightning blade hits the ground, it shoots forward and strikes Klarion. He falls to the ground, stinking of smoke.

While Klarion tries to recover, I see the acid rain stopping. Looking at Morgan, I see Kara punching and knocking her out, Morgan's unconscious body falling to the ground. Firestorm and Beetle manage to hold their own against Felix and Mordru.

"Something is wrong," I say, looking at Beelte as he swings his arm and shield bashes Felix. Meanwhile, Firestorm and Mordru are in a duel, both shooting each other with fire and magic. It seems Firestorm's fire is too much for Mordru to handle and he is forced onto his knee.

"This is far too simple a plan. Why go through the trouble of destroying Central City? What does Superman want? Wait, no. This can't be Superman. There are no regimes or One Earth soldiers."

I turn toward the four.

"Felix, Mordru, Morgan, and Klarion. Four magic users. Four powerful magic users. Wait. Magic users. The Lords of Order! This must be their plan, but what do they want? What do they get out of destroying Central City?"

I look around and see out of the corner of my eyes Harleen and Dinah as they help a man and woman get underneath the root roof Ivy made. While Harleen and Dinah help the people, everyone else is surrounding them, making sure they stay safe.

"Everyone else," I repeat to myself. "Everyone else? Everyone else! The Insurgency! Everyone, fall back!"

Pulling kunai out from my jacket pockets, I throw them at Mordru. My kunai explodes, knocking him off his feet and leaving him for Firestorm to cook.

As Mordru falls, Firestorm rushes to finish him off but I stop him.

"Firestorm," I yell. "Beetle! Kara! Get out of here! Run now!"

"Que," Beetle says.

"What," Kara asks. "Why? We're winning!"

"This isn't a fight," I yell. "This is a trap!"

As if on cue, the whole world shakes. The ground and the sky shake, knocking Beetle and Firestorm off their feet. I manage to catch them in time and push them back on their feet. As I do, a bright light can be seen in the distance.

The bright light engulfs the world as it heads for us.

"Again," I say, turning around. "Run! Grab everyone else and run! I prepare the portal!"

Beetle and Firestorm don't need to be told a third time. They leap into the air and fly away. Meanwhile, Kara grabs my hand and carries me.

"What's going on," Kara asks. "What is that?"

"A twist in time," I answer. "Kara, drop me off here!"

Dropping me off on a slightly melted building, I immediately pull out my teleporter and begin the process. While I prepare the teleporter, Kara, Beelte, and Firestorm rush to grab everyone else.

With everything ready, I throw the teleporter on the ground and a portal shoots up. Turning around, I see Flash already behind me.

"Where is everyone else," I yell.

"They're coming," Flash answers.

I roll my eyes and point at the portal.

"Ladies first," I say. I grab and throw Flash through. One by one, Kara, Beelte, and Firestorm drop them onto the roof and everyone jumps through the portal. Soon, it's just Kara, Dinah, Cold, Beetle, Firestorm, and myself left.

"They're the last ones," Beetle says, dropping Cold off. Beetle is shortly followed by Firestorm who is carrying Dinah.

"Okay," I say. I point at the portal. "Quickly, get in now."

"Wait," Kara says, looking over the ledge. I can tell she's looking down at the people below. "What about them?"

"They will be fine," I say. I nudge my head toward the portal. "Come on. The light is getting closer!"

"What is that light," Cold asks. "Why are we running from it?"

"Are you kidding me," I ask. "Why would you even ask that?"

"Because I am sick of you," Cold yells, pointing his cold gun at me.

"Hey, hey, hey," Beetle yells, getting in front of Cold. "Easy, Leonard. Put the gun down."

"No," Cold yells. "Not enough of me! Enough of you! For once, for once, the man will give me a straight answer."

"We don't have time for this," I yell but Cold doesn't budge. As the light gets closer and closer, everything that it touches is gone, swallowed by it whole.

"Cold," I say. "Look at that. We have to go now!"

I turn to walk away but stop.

"Wait," Kara says. She flies forward and grabs my hand. "What about the people? We can't just leave them to whatever that is!"

"The people will be fine," I yell. "It's us that need to go! That is for us!"

"How do you know," Cold yells. "How do you know that light is for us? How do you know the ungrateful people we saved will be safe from it? How could you possibly know every single thing?"

"I just do," I yell.

"The people," Kara shouts. "We can't leave the people behind!"

As Klarion, Morgan, Mordru, and even Felix are all swallowed by the light, Kara starts to drag me back toward the ledge. I pull Kara free and grab her by the shoulders.

"Kara," I yell, "Listen to me! We need to leave! We need to get out of here!"

"But the people!"

"The people will be fine!"

A blue beam goes into the air and both Kara and I look at Cold.

"How do you know," Cold yells. "Give me a straight answer! Starting with why didn't you kill Raven when you had the chance?"

I look Cold right in the eyes.

"I am a killer," I answer, "But I am not a murderer."

My answer seems to have some sort of effect on Cold. He starts to breathe in and out as he looks at me.

"What," he starts, shaking his head. "What is that even supposed to mean?"

Before I can explain, we all hear a voice coming from the portal.

"Leonard," Ivy shouts, holding out her hand. "Behind you!"

We all look behind us to see the bright light only inches from us.

"Pamela," Cold says, running toward the portal. However, it's too late. The bright light engulfs him.

"Jaime," Firestorm shouts.

"Firestorm," Beetle yells before the two are engulfed by the light. As Kara and I watch Dinah vanish, I push her back and hold out my hands.

"Stay behind me!"

Kara stays behind me and I try to shield her but it's too late. As the light hits us, we find ourselves in a blinding white void. It isn't long before Kara starts to fade.

"Kara," I say, "I promise! I'll find you! Remember me!"