30 All-Black Knight

"Well, this place is a dump." I said as I gazed at the place that had once been the city of tomorrow, Metropolis.

Until the good old Jack decided to drop a nuke on it. For a guy who is all about jokes, this was a bit disappointing. I understand it was the final push for the Superman to have his one bad day but still, it was a bit lackluster compared to making him kill his own pregnant wife with fear gas.

Oh well, not like that's my problem, he was dead after all. My problem would be the maniac Superman playing overlord on the world with his yes men and the evil Wonder Woman.

And here I was, a guy that had been a normal Joe until a week ago, picked by the Waifu Catalog Company to fuck this world up and deal with them. Fun.

I had to deal with them smart, even with the build I had from the Company; there was a very good chance of them actually defeating me. I could take any of them one on one, but all of them at once? No. There is a reason any big bad who thought they could take on all the heroes at once always loses.

Still, Supes should be here just about now. No way he doesn't take a moment at least once a day to check upon his former city. He was sentimental like that. Most in this world were.

"Took you people long enough." I said with a smile as I looked up at the flying trio made out of the Man of Steel, Princess of Amazons and the Earth's Eighties Mortal. Fun.

"Who are you?" The man who once had been the symbol of hope to this world asked me with gritted teeth, his eyes glowing red with his heat vision ready to fire at any moment.

"Hmm, better question is, who do you think I am?" I said with a smile as I got up, making the trio tense. Understandable...

I would be quite tense if I was meeting a Bruce Wayne who was smiling myself.

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This didn't make sense.

Clark Kent, now Superman forever, may not have been exactly the smartest man on the earth. That title belonged either to Batman, traitor, or Lex. But he still would like to think that he wasn't dumb or delusional. That he still had a grasp on his sanity.

So why the hell was Bruce Banner in Metropolis while Batman had just escaped from his grasp mere moments ago!

It could be a trick, maybe Bruce had convinced Zatanna to conjure some sort of illusion here to buy them some time. Or maybe this was some sort of machine that only looked human. No, this was a human, his x ray vision confirmed it. It also showed that this... man before them was Bruce.

"Come now, you can react faster than a speeding bullet consciously, meaning you can think fast. So tell me, who am I?" Which meant there was only one plausible answer.

"You are Bruce Banner, from a parallel earth." He said, still ready to attack.

"Richtig! Which means 'correct' in German. Do you guys have German in this world, I didn't check." The Bruce from another earth said with a bright smile that dimmed as he began to bumble.

"We do." Shazam said and Superman could feel Diana glare at the young man in the guise of an adult.

"Oh that's good, thanks Billy! ...you are Billy right? Cause the transformation thing you get makes it somewhat..."

"Enough!" Diana growled as she pulled out her sword and pointed it at the rambling man.

"Tell us the reason you are on our earth, now!" The amazonian warrior demanded with a tone that would make a lesser man soil his pants, this Bruce was not a lesser man.

"Lady, I realize that my arrival might be a bit disconcerting but please do put that thing away from my face before I put it in a place that will be far from pleasant for you." Superman could feel his jaw fall down as he stared at the alternate Bruce Wayne who might as well have committed suicide with his words and had a mental crisis over the existence of a sassy rude Bruce Wayne.

"You dare!" And this was his que to stop Diana from killing the alternate Bruce. Sure, the sight would probably make him feel good due to the man's physical similarities to their own Bruce but that small moment of satisfaction was not worth not questioning him.

"Diana." So he put his arm in front of his trusted friend, stopping her before she could fly at the very rude man.

"Clark..." She tried to argue but a glare from him made her stop in her tracks, realizing that she was letting her anger control her.

"Hehe, always the voice of reason. Nice to see that hasn't changed yet." Alternate Bruce said with a chuckle and Superman turned his glare to him.

"Do not think this means that you are free to talk any way you wish. Now, I have questions for you."

"And I shall answer them to the best of my abilities." Bruce said with a smile as he gave a mock bow, he really wasn't like this world's Bruce.

"Ok, then..." But before he could say anything, a sound that was very familiar and unwelcome echoed through the world and glowing holes appeared in the sky. Boom tubes that let out parademons of Apokolips. Along with their general.

"Hear me, Earth! I, Steppenwolf, have come bearing the word of the mighty Darkseid! This world now belongs to our lord! For Darkseid is!" The general with horned helmet proclaimed for all the world to hear, with Kalibak; the barbarous and ugly son of Darkseid standing beside him.

"Well, it seems like your questions will have to wait." Alternate Bruce said with a flat expression on his face while Superman glared at him.

"If you have anything to do with this..."

"I don't and every moment you stare menacingly at me is another moment innocents suffer." The man from another earth said with a glare before some sort of cloak made out of a black mass appeared on him and then the same kind of material enveloped his right and and became a pitch black blade.

"So, we shall talk after we butcher some gods!"