146 CHAPTER 138
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[David Lance POV ]
As I landed on the ground creating a crater upon landing, a flash of light shining a yellow hue in the distance caught my attention, and it seemed like it was approaching our location, and it was doing so very fast. There was no doubt in my mind that whoever was approaching was Yellow Lantern.
Inwardly cursing.
Taking a tenth of a second to think, I dissected the situation as fast as I could.
If I fought the Yellow Lantern, there was a big chance Superman would recover during that time.
If I ignored the Yellow Lantern and went toward Superman instead to try and finish the job. Then Dinah would have to face the Yellow Lantern by herself.
And then, there was option C, letting Dinah deal with the weakened Superman while I dealt with the Yellow Lantern. The Kryptonite bullet in her possession that Batman gave her should be more than enough to deal with Superman in the state he was in.
No matter what I picked, Dinah would be in danger, regardless of my intervention.
I had to pick the best possible choice.
And that was leaving her to deal with Superman, as much as the idea sickened me. Because as much as I wanted to deal with Superman myself in order to ensure Dinah stayed safe, I knew that fighting a Yellow Lantern in possibly perfect condition would be harder for her.
Besides, she was already flying toward him, and she had no Kryptonite for a Yellow Lantern.
Having taken my decision, I pressed hard on my feet and charged at full speed at the Yellow Lantern, who, as I approached, revealed himself to be no other than Hal Jordan. The latter, having seen me come, had already been in a defensive stance, creating a protective yellow ball around him, which allowed him a sliver of time to block my first attack, the ball cracking a bit under my fist.
Pushing my advance, I struck the yellow construct defending Hal two times before it shattered, much to Hal's surprise. However, before I could deliver a clean hit, Hal had already created another defensive construct, blocking my attacks.
Giving no openings, I continued the assault, whispering at Hal. "Leave."
The whisper weakened his construct, enabling me to shatter it in the following hit. Taking this opportunity, I threw a hard punch at his jaw, putting all of my weight and strength into it. The blow knocked Hal's head to one side as I pummeled him into the ground, giving him no rest; I followed that up with a right, a left, and an elbow to the face before kicking him into the air, where I once again whispered, blasting him into the air.
I knew I could probably win battle a whole lot faster if I just spoke at him instead of whispering, but if the attack I had thrown at Superman was anything to go by, there was no guarantee the planet would stand more than one of those.
And this didn't mean that if I spoke, the planet would blow up, but that the damage I would do by permanently altering the tectonic plates of the earth with my power could start a few natural disasters in a domino-like chain, like massive earthquakes, tsunamis, stuff like that.
"I will not allow you to attack my planet!" Hal screamed in anger, bleeding from his nose and mouth as he created another construct, this one in the shape of a large hammer, before he immediately started to attack me with it.
Following my heightened senses and the tingling of my danger sense, I easily weaved through his assault before quickly closing the distance between us, delivering a kick to the stomach that sent him flying backward, where I followed up with a left hook that broke his jaw, ending the chain of attacks with another whisper.
But Hal didn't give up and pushed through the pain, blasting at me with a massive beam carrying the full might of the power of fear before slamming one of his constructs on my face, drawing blood.
Dodging his next attack, I grabbed his construct before pulling him towards me and punching him in the face with all my strength, which caused a few of his teeth to fly out of his mouth. Then, grabbing him by the arm, I took a step forward and slammed him into the ground creating a crater.
Seeing there was still some fight in him as his ring was beginning to glow, I stomped down hard on his power ring hand, feeling his bones crunch under my boot. He screamed out in pain, but I didn't let up. I just kept stomping until the yellow glow of the ring stopped, and Hal fell unconscious.
I knew I had been a bit too cruel with him. Just as I also knew he would heal, given time, thanks to the power ring. Time to help Dinah.
[This fight lasted 1 minute in real time.]
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[Dinah Lance POV]
As Black Bolt intercepted the upcoming threat, I pushed forward toward Superman with my glider, with the latter struggling to not fall down, and honestly, it was surprising he was even standing to begin with, after all, Black Bolt's attack had been immensely devastating.
"You won't take me down!" Superman said through gritted teeth, his eyes glowing red as unleashed a powerful heat vision attack in my general direction that I managed to dodge easily because his equilibrium was so out of whack he couldn't aim.
Taking my chance, I took my gun out and shot at him with the kryptonite bullet Batman had given me, which immediately dropped Superman on the ground as soon as it pierced his skin. Then, I rushed at him, delivering a solid kick, putting him on his back.
I could feel the victory swelling up inside of me as I approached him. "After everything you've done, Bruce still asked for mercy for you."
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[Superman - Kal-El - Injustice POV]
As I lay on the ground, unable to move thanks to my injuries and the Kryptonite enhancing them, I couldn't help but be in total disbelief.
Never in a million years did I think that I would find myself in this situation. How could this have happened? Just moments ago, I was certain of my victory. Now, I was lying on the ground, surrounded by nothing.
"After everything you've done, Bruce still asked for mercy for you." Mercy. He dares to talk about Mercy?! Killing the Joker would've been merciful; all of these villains, we allowed them to remain, to kill, to terrorize, for what?!
Where was his mercy when the people of his city kept dying under the schemes of the Joker?!
This world didn't need the heroes we used to be. This world needed heroes capable of inflicting fear and terror in the heart of those seeking to disturb the peace.
I will be that.
"If you ask me, you don't deserve his mercy," Dinah continued as she approached me.
When all of a sudden, I saw a yellow power ring flying toward me. At first, I was confused but immediately realized this was my chance to turn this situation around, so I extended my hand as the ring slipped onto my finger before a message played out.
[+---- KAL-EL OF THE PLANET KRYPTON. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO INSTILL GREAT FEAR! YOU BELONG TO THE YELLOW LANTERN CORPS!----+]
"No!" Dinah screamed as I pulled the Kryptonite bullet out of my chest with my body before standing up, the pain no longer registering to me as I towered over her.
"You should've just killed me when you had the chance," I said in a dark and twisted voice. Then without wasting a moment, I fired a blast of heat vision right through her chest, now being able to aim thanks to the ring.
As she collapsed to the ground, I clenched my fist as the power ring changed my attire to one of golden glow.
"I might have failed in plan A, but plan B was a success," Dinah muttered, flooding coming out of her mouth as she pointed at her eyes. "I broadcasted all of this to the entire world. Special contact lenses. Everything I saw, the world saw, everyone saw the real you."
I gritted my teeth in anger. If they wanted a monster, I would give them one!
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[David Lance POV]
By the time I reached Dinah's general location, a flash of yellow light had disappeared into the sky, with the point of origin being where Dinah should be. Seeing that, worry erupted in my chest as my heart sank.
Pushing forward at full speed, I found myself face to face with an image I had never wanted to see, the image of Dinah's dying, bleeding body on the ground with two holes in her chest.
I rushed to her side. Having a meltdown. No, no, no! This couldn't be happening! Not Dinah!
"Hi, Bolt," Dinah muttered, coughing up blood as she tried to give me a smile.
~Hang on, Dinah! I'll get you some help!~ I signed, my hands trembling as I tried to pick her up, only for her to stop me.
"No, it's too late for that," Dinah said with a sad smile as she slowly reached up to touch my face. "You really look like my father. Did I ever mention that before?"
I shook my head, trying and failing to hold back the tears as I frantically signed, ~Don't talk. Just hold on. I will fix this, and you'll be okay!~
I just needed to stop the bleeding, and everything would improve from there. I knew it. I... I k... I knew it!
"Don't let Connor get into this war, and tell him I loved him with all my heart," Dinah said as her hand fell from my face as her body went limp.
I stood in silence for what felt like forever as I just stared at Dinah's lifeless body with a feeling of emptiness in my heart, trying to tell myself this wasn't my Dinah in an attempt to soften the blow. Then, I let out a silent but sorrowful cry into the sky, without a care of who my powers destroyed in the process, the clouds breaking as I collapsed to my knees, clutching Dinah's body close to mine in grief.
He had done this.
He had brought this world to complete chaos.
He had killed her!
HE HAD KILLED HER!
He would pay for what he did; I would make sure of it.
I WOULD KILL HIM FOR WHAT HE DID.
I didn't care anymore. No matter the price. No matter the sacrifice. I wanted to kill him.
As I lay on the ground, Dinah's dead body by my side and my heart consumed by rage and grief. A red flash of light came into view, a red power ring appeared. It hovered in the air for a moment before a message played out.
[////- DAVID LANCE OF THE PLANET #%~<>. YOU HAVE GREAT RAGE IN YOUR HEART!!!! YOU BELONG TO THE RED LANTERN CORPS!!!////]
This.
This was my chance to make him pay.
Extending my right hand, I waited for a moment before the ring slipped onto my finger. Then a feeling unlike anything I had ever felt before, invaded my entire body. A searing, white-hot pain that seemed to pierce through my very soul.
I could barely think, let alone move. All I could do was lie there in agony as the ring continued whatever it was doing. Every breath felt like a thousand knives stabbing into my chest. Wave after wave of unending pain. I don't know how long it had lasted so far or how long it would last this pain, and the thing was, I didn't care as long as it helped me destroy Superman.
