Chapter 177

A U.S. Air Force military base ten hours after the Darkseid invasion.

Almost the entire team of superheroes that defended the capital of the United States gathered in a spacious room.

Almost all, due to the fact that two were absent. These are Power Girl and Isaac Dinklage. And this was due to the spontaneity of one Casanova (Hal Jordan said it). Because of his wounds and exhaustion, he managed to get very tired and fall asleep right on the spot where the battle took place. Power Girl got scared for him at first and decided to check his pulse. But sleepy Isaac turned, rolled over and crushed Kara under him. Embraced by an iron grip, she blushed, squeaked, but could not free herself in any way. Although she believed that she was stronger than him, she could not get out, surprisingly the blonde, and especially Superman, who knew the strength of the Kryptonian people and the limits of human strength well.

As a result, in the next room, which served as a sleeping place for Dinklage, he slept in an embrace with Kara.

The guys smiled, joked and, of course, envied, except for Superman and Batman.

But most of all Diana was jealous, and hardly Isaac ... however, the delicate soul of the Amazon is difficult to understand.

The door to the room opened, and an agent of "Argus" appeared before them, who was well known to Batman because of his "service" in the police.

- On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I thank you for your assistance in repelling the enemy attack on the cities of our country. I am very pleased to meet you. Call me Nick.

- Just Nick? Hal asked.

- Yes, just "Nick"! The agent nodded to him. - I think you have some questions for us about your training camp?

- This is true. Superman took the floor. - It would not hurt to help civilians in our cities to clear the rubble and find the missing.

"Believe me, thanks to the actions of Detective Dinklage, this problem has been reduced to a minimum. Simple police and firefighters can handle this.

- Ha! Your Dinklage is now sleeping in the company of that blonde and licking his wounds. - at these words of the Green Lantern, Diana gritted his teeth and Superman frowned. - We did the main work. And he finally came to shake off Darkseid a little.

- Immediately ... - Diana tried to say something, but she was interrupted by Nick.

- OU! I completely agree with you. Detective Dinklage really did little. The agent said with "regret". - He only helped organize the work of the community of countries of the world, Atlantis, the League of Assassins, a heap of a motley mass of superheroes and villains, helped repel the attack in EVERY city in America that was attacked, minimized the number of destruction and casualties. And he only killed two New Gods of Apokolips, who were considered one of the strongest, and also eliminated the threat from the guard of the ruler of Apokolips - Furies. And then he helped you blind and numb a little of Darkseid, and he himself fell under the blows of the enemy general and his weapons, the wounds from which were capable of killing the Kryptonian. But he tried to counteract him and distracted attention so that the three of you caught him at the moment of surprise, and only then was he safely kicked into the water column and seriously wounded. And yes, he just got out of there, without losing consciousness, almost immediately rushed into an attack on one eyeless "God", whom you kicked with ten of you and could not push out into that funnel, which was already drawing objects inside. You are right, he did NOTHING for this victory, compared to such an excellent US Air Force officer that he managed to serve the alien Political-Military bloc that controls a huge part of the universe.

The lantern shut up and felt a little ashamed, as did half of those present.

- However, we have moved away from the topic. - the agent of Argus broke the silence. - The President wants to congratulate you on your victory and thank you. Therefore, this evening, a small meeting-meeting will be convened in haste, where you will be introduced to the public as its friends and defenders. This is a request to appear there. Although you may not be. It is your right.

- And the blondie and this sleeping handsome man will be on it?

- And who exactly interests you? The brown-haired man asked with a half smile.

- I just asked.

- Yes, they will. We have not forgotten them.

- Where is Waller? Batman asked.

"She is currently settling business with the Queen of Bealia and Atlantis. Politics does not require delay, especially at such an hour. That is why I was sent ... Well, will you come?

All the nine sitting looked at each other and nodded.

- We will. Superman smiled radiantly.

***

Surprisingly, I managed to fall asleep right on the battlefield. It's good that I just didn't pass out from exhaustion, although I was close to it.

But even though I fell asleep on the hard asphalt, the amendment: crumpled, crumbled asphalt, but now it was soft for me. It feels like I'm lying on a water mattress, so soft ...

Zhamk-zhamk.

- Ah!

What is this sound?

I opened my eyes and saw a pretty cute picture. Kara Zor-L blushed and puffed under me. But not in the vulgar sense that one might think, but in the fact that I was on the bed, and she was in my arms, and I was in hers. It seems that I somehow managed to fall asleep in an embrace with her, although I do not remember that.

- Good morning. She smiled at me.

- Good, why are you in the same bed with me?

- You fell asleep right on the road, I wanted to check how you are, but in a dream you hugged me and did not let go. In the end, I stayed here to wait for you to wake up and let me go. We are at a military base now.

- Yeah, it's clear. - I let her go, although, to be honest, I didn't really want to do this. - Thank you, and I'm sorry about that.

- Never mind. Ouch! I have to go, I have to ... do something. - and drove out the door at the speed of light.

It turned out awkward somehow. Although nice ...

Attention!

You have completed the task from the System.

SSS + Rank Assignment:

Darkseid Invasion

Tasks:

- Stop the conquest of Earth. (Done)

- Defeat Darkseid. (Done)

- Kill one of the New Gods. (Completed x2)

- Combine at least six superheroes into one team (optional). (Done)

- Recruit at least one member of the retinue of the God Apokolips (optional). (Done)

- "Mister Successful Moment" - take advantage of the turmoil to harm your "earthly opponents" (optional). (Not performed)

You have received a unique reward:

+ 500 S.O.

+ Respect for the Presence itself.

+ increased relationship with Death

+ Special reward - "Scroll of Free Call"

Hurry up, now I can go and find myself a recruiting animal. Straight goosebumps.