Injustice 3: The Might of Magic (Book 3)

Lady Shiva:

As the giant monster picks me up and throws me against the rooftop, I feel a sharp pain shoot throughout my shoulder before spreading out to my whole arm. It takes everything I have not to scream out.

"Ahh," I moan. Looking back up, I see the man in the sunglasses, at least I think it's him, swinging his arm. Somehow, the man in the sunglasses had transformed. Now, he is some sort of giant white monster, with no eyes but hundreds of teeth. It looks like he's wearing some sort of armor but this armor is unlike anything I've ever seen before.

"Attack him," Black Mask yells, "Attack him! Go! Go! Go!"

Black Mask and the whole gang approach the monster. They fire everything they have at him. Even Black Mask fires more explosive rounds at it. Fire and smoke engulf the monster. As it burns, the monster raises its head and roars into the night sky.

It seems even the sky is shaking as the monster roars. Its roar forces some of our men nearest to the monster onto their knees. They drop their guns and slam their hands against the ears. They stay on their knees for only a few seconds before falling over.

"Sir," I say, pointing at the fire and smoke as they die down. When the final fire flickers, we can see the monster still standing. The monster, now covered in what looks like blood veins, is breathing heavily through its pitch-black nose. Its teeth are grinding against each other, turning themselves into dust.

"Holy shit," Black Mask says, stepping back. He's loading another explosive round into his gun but as he is doing this, the monster charges toward him. The monster shakes the whole building as he runs toward Black Mask.

Spectre:

Before the man in the sunglasses can do anything to Black Mask, I fly through the building's rooftop, phasing right through it.

"Stop right there," I say, holding out my hand. "This is not---"

The man in the sunglasses, no, the rampaging monster doesn't even let me finish. He swings his arm and somehow, despite using the same power I use to phase through the rooftop, hits me. I scream as I fall to the rooftop, bouncing off of it before landing with a loud thud.

"Ahh," I moan, holding my chest. "Wha--What was that? How did he hit me? It's not possible. My powers."

I watch from a distance as the monster grabs Black Mask. Black Mask, despite being in the monster's gasp, still tries fighting. He raises his rifle and fires right into the monster's head. However, the monster just swallows them. The monster opens its mouth as Black Mask fires and eats all the rifle bullets. By the time Black Mask's rifle goes empty, the monster's mouth is smoking.

"Oh shit," Black Mask says, dropping his rifle. Blowing a thick cloud of smoke right in Black Mask's face, the monster opens its mouth impossibly large. It then lunges forward.

Supergirl:

"What was that," I ask, stopping to look around. While flying through the night sky above Hub City, I see a massive fire not too far away. About to fly to the fire, I stop when I hear a massive explosion. The explosion must have happened at the fire because, after a few minutes, the burning buildings collapsed and the fire died down.

I don't even have time to ask what happened because almost immediately, I hear gunfire. A loud scream follows the gunfire. I don't waste a second and fly to the scream. It doesn't take long for me to locate the source of the scream.

"I know you," I say, seeing a man in a white suit and a black mask. "I know you but from where? Oh, shoot!"

I was so focused on the man in the white suit that I didn't even see the giant monster holding him. I rush to save him but it's too late. The monster lunges forward and bites the man on his shoulder.

He screams into the night sky as the monster bites him. Charging right into the monster, I punch it, knocking it back while freeing the man in the white suit.

The monster, whatever it is, slams its massive hands into the ground. It makes a trail in the roof as it skids against it.

"Get out of here, you," I say, looking at the man. The man in the white suit holds his shoulder as he turns around and runs. The other people around him start to run away too. Everyone around us heads for a fire escape. They push and pull at each other as they climb down the rusted ladder as fast as they can.

"Anthony," I say after tapping my wrist. "Anthony! Are you there? Can you hear me?"

"I can hear you," Anthony answers. "What's going on? Did you find the man in the sunglasses?"

"No," I answer. "But I did find what looks like a giant monster!"

"A giant monster," Anthony repeats. "Wait, did I accidentally give you the address to the Hub City's drive-in theater?"

The monster slams its fists against the rooftop, shaking the whole building as it roars into the night sky.

"That doesn't sound like a giant slime."

Tapping my wrist again and ending the call, I land on the rooftop and prepare to fight the giant monster. Bringing up both my fists, I watch as the monster looks at me and roars. About to use my laser vision, I stop when the monster falls onto its hands and knees.

From the sound of it, the monster is now choking. It's not roaring like before but instead is choking and growling.

I watch from a distance as what I think is the monster's armor starts to shrink away. It looks like it's sinking in, disappearing into the monster's body. It doesn't take long before the armor is all gone. When the armor is gone, the teeth disappear too. The hands, the body, and the head all return to normal.

"No way," I say, lowering my hands. "It's The Man?"

With everything gone, all the extra teeth and the thick white armor, I can see The Man on his hands and knees.

"Are you okay," I scream. I run over to him as The Man falls to his side. I drop to my knee and gently shake him.

"Ahh," The Man moans. "Kara? Wha--What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here."

"I shouldn't be here," I repeat. "What do you mean by that? And what was that? One minute, you're a giant monster that took a bite out of a person! The next minute, you're lying on the ground! What happened?"

"It's nothing," The Man yells, pushing me back.

"Nothing?"

"It's nothing," The Man yells again. "Now, if you would please exclude me, or at the very least, give me some privacy."

"Privacy?"

As The Man and I step away from each other, I finally realize why The Man needs his privacy. I guess during The Man's 'transformation', his clothes were destroyed. I clear my throat as I turn around and cover my eyes. Meanwhile, The Man stomps one of his feet and shoots out his hands. As he does this, a solid wall of rock shoots up between us.

I try my best, I really do, but I can't help it. Using my X-ray vision, I take a quick peek through the wall. As I look through the wall, I see The Man with long pants on but no shirt.

"What in the world?"

As I look at The Man's upper body, I see scars, cuts, and purple bruises all over. There are long and short scars overlapping large purple bruises. I see three cuts side by side on the back of The Man's shoulder. They look like claw marks from Cheetah. Directly across his chest is one long faded scar.

It takes everything I have not to ask what happened to The Man. I have to bite my lips to keep my mouth closed. A few minutes later, The Man walks out from behind the stone wall.

"Kara," The Man shouts, now fully dressed. "What are you doing?"

"I came to help you," I answer. "You were by yourself. All alone. You told no one you were leaving! No one except Anthony."

"Higgin, you idiot."

"Don't call Anthony an idiot. Why didn't you tell anyone you were leaving for Hub City? Wait, no. Don't answer that just yet. Answer this first. What was that 'form' from before? Could you always do that?"

"Kara, I'm not going to answer that."

"Why not? I just saw you take a bite out of someone! I saw you without any eyes but a hundred teeth!"

"Kara," The Man says, putting up a finger. "You walking on thin ice here. Please be quiet."

"No. No, I think it's time. I'm sorry but I really think it is time you tell us. Especially me. I mean, you kiss me during the---"

"Kara," The Man yells. His yell startles me and makes me jump.

The Man, who is now breathing heavily, looks at me. Even though he's wearing a pair of sunglasses, I can still see the red eyes.

"Kara," The Man repeats, putting up a shaking finger. "I don't know what you think happened during the time change, but whatever did happen, did not happen. And that, before, that was nothing. Okay? Okay!"

"Okay," I say, keeping my shaking fist down. With that said, The Man then turns away.