53 interlude

A/N: Extremely short chapter today. First draft got deleted. And I don't want to miss an upload or I might make it a habit.

-Lucas pov-

*thump*

The sound of my own heartbeat accompanied my journey into the innermost darkness, I don't know how long has passed since I read from the Bible, I don't know if I survived or died.

Maybe I'm being reincarnated again?

*thump*

I wonder if I will ever see the sun again. It really is beautiful once it doesn't fill you with pain every waking moment you stand in its ethereal light.

*thump*

I'm worried I killed Dembe, that blast had to have affected a wide area, and he isn't as resistant as me to holy objects and spells.

*thump*

Did I kill him? My only friend.

*thump*

Poisonous thoughts filled my head.

*thump*

I tired to think if nicer things like how drinking Superman's blood felt liberating, the sun actually gave me strength.

Ironic isn't it?

*thump*

The beating was getting faster.

*thump*

Wait that doesn't sound like a heartbeat.

*thump*

*thump!*

*THUMP!*

The noise got louder and louder until I saw a figure appearing in the darkness, it was an older man with a cleanly trimmed white beard.

"How did you access heaven!"

I couldn't even reply it was like my voice was gone.

"HOW DID YOU ACCESS HEAVEN!"

"HOW DID YOU ACCESS MY DOMAIN!" he roared

-Narrator pov -

While Lucas was encountering a frightening individual, the rest of the world was shocked, terrified, and awed by what happened. Images were perfectly taken from when the golden lightning bolts descended from heaven where all over DCO.

People were saying God himself stopped the alien invaders, others were saying the superheroes that were caught on tape fighting did it.

Everyone agreed it was shocking to see the damage done, not only on the battlefield but the cities attacked by the aliens.

Wonder Woman, the flash, and Superman have spent their time helping their respective cities rebuild.

Families were lost, never to be found.

Neighbors were weary of others in fear of some aliens being alive. They didn't know who to trust, some even bought all of the ingredients to make a homemade flame thrower.

The cities will repair quickly but the minds of the people will never be the same.

-Batman pov -

I sat at my bat computer typing away not breaking my concentration even for Alfred. Currently, I'm adding to an existing file.

Azreal: Danger catastrophic

-has superhuman speed, strength, durability, and regeneration

-vampire[expand]

-Magic in the form of conjuring items and abilities of books

|_ strongest version: the Bible

Danger level: catastrophic

|_ reading from a small chapter of the Bible Azreal was able to kill an army of alien invaders, destruction from said passage could have taken out a city

Threat level: 6/10

|_ kills, steals, and has a thirst for power, he seems to follow his own morals which he showed defending multiple cities

Remarks:

Intelligent

Cold

Ruthless

Leader (natural born or trained?)

"Master Bruce you must eat," Alfred said from the side

Not looking up I replied, "later,"

There is still more to add after all.

-? Pov -

I was surprised to see the outcome of the battle, the White Martians lost which was expected but, how they lost is what caught my interest.

I was with Klarion when it happened and his reaction was frightening, he kept saying "not again," while pacing with his cat.

Klarion knows much more than he is letting on.

I'm excited to see what the future holds, maybe I should visit some old friends.

-Dembe pov -

Oliver left to go see his family. Sadly Lucas still hasn't awoken. I have been putting our posts for him on social media to keep up appearances but, since Lucas is still unconscious he can't make any rounds of the city himself to gather voters.

I've been practicing my shapeshifting abilities but I can't possibly act as he does, talk like he does or look like he does.

That's advanced material.

I've already had to ignore Thea several times she seems to be getting suspicious.

I sighed heavily and looked back down at Lucas's now not-so-charred body.

"Wake up," I whispered softly

- Thea pov -

Something was wrong, horribly wrong. Oliver came home and spent some time with mom and me. We both asked about Lucas but he kept avoiding the topic saying 'he's busy'. The thing is no one has seen him since he left shortly after giving me the weird jewelry.

I can't even visit him, Dembe won't let me in! Gah, it's so annoying!

I know something is up, I just know it and I will find out what.

Both of my brothers might be hiding secrets but, I have superpowers. Once I master them my stupid brothers will have no chance but to tell me more about what they do secretly.

I will find out their secrets.

-narrator pov-

As the moon shined over the still slowly healing form of Lucas, his body began to shake, and popping noises could be heard.

Dembe rushed out to the back years just in time to see something truly disturbing, Lucas's body was twisting and bending itself. Like a marionette, his movements were stiff.

Lucas turned around and cracked his neck, "blood," he rasped

Dembe knew he meant fresh blood, he flashed into the house and came back with a struggling human.

"He was a rapist so dig in," Dembe said, and no sooner Lucas flashed over his fangs digging in the man's neck

"AHHH!" The man screamed in pain as his body grew limp

Then grey.

Then skinny.

Then dead.

Lucas brought his head from the now corpse's neck and looked at Dembe.

He flashed forward, and Dembe couldn't even react before he was enveloped in a hug.

"I'm so glad you're okay," Lucas said hugging the man close

"Me too," was Dembe's soft and watery reply

-end-

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