Apokolips Enters a Kill Zone

On Apokolips, Darkseid and DeSaad watched as Kalibak and Steppenwolf prepared to Boom Tube to Mars alongside a vast army of Parademons, Apokaliptian Space Veesels, and an army of mechanized slave soldiers formed of the Lowlies, the abused population of Apololips.

To Darkseid this was not a war, this was just crushing a few insects as DeSaad had in the past had dealings with the Martians. To learn they had stolen a Mother Box that rightfully belonged to Apololips meant this was treachery. 

After butchering the population of Mars they were to begin Terraforming the planet to be similar to Apokolips. If Earth was protected by the Justice League, Mars would have to do. 

DeSaad turned to his Master who was surrounded by his Honor Guard the Furies. Granny Goodness stood behind him ready to defend her master at any moment. As for DeSaad, he lowered his head as he spoke to Darkseid. 

"Sire, do you wish to say any last words?"

Darkseid turned to address the vast gathered force who were loading into the Apololips Space Vessels.

"Any who fail me will spend the rest of time in the Omega Sanction. No one is an exception." 

That was a message to Kalibak and Steppenwolf as despite them being his family, he cared nothing for them. He had destroyed them both several times as punishment only to resurrect them once more when he needed them. 

Inside the Flag Ship of the Gathered Army, Steppenwolf secretly took a deep breath. He cursed his nephew in his head as he had no respect for the time Steppenwolf had been serving. Even into the time of Yuga Kahn and now here he was off to fight another war with his idiot Great Nephew. 

Kalibak was more of a brute than anything though brilliant in a fight. Once all the mechanized force was loaded into their ships, Steppenwolf placed a hand on the Mother Box that was slotted into the desk of his onboard computer. 

With a thought a Boom Tube began to open up that would allow them to descend on Mars. At the minimum, Steppenwolf would take joy in slaughtering the Martians. 

"All Vessels enter and prepare to release Parademons." 

With his order, the Command Crew began to fly toward and into the Boom Tube. Every vessel followed after into the white spiraling portal. 

---

On Mars, once Justinian learned of what would happen he instantly ordered a complete state of war. Deimos, Mars' Second Moon which was the same size as Phobos, the shipyard of Mars, had constant work being done on it before this attack. 

To prepare he had placed a second Time Dilation Field giving him months of prep time. Parts of the Moon were hollowed out to allow for the placement of weapon batteries. He planned to recreate an Ork Attack Moon from the War of the Beast.

While he had only hours in real time, his Time Dilation Field bought his Shapers and Servents almost a year. Construction was barely 65% complete, but many powerful weapons were placed on the Moon at that time. 

All of the forces of Mars were ready for a fight as his 20 Space Marine Legions, all moved to their new ships in space. They numbered ten million strong a truly apocalyptic force to face in battle. 

Among them, they had many War Shapers who had been trained as Librarians and were able to cast Psymagic Spells of devastating proportions. 

Each Legion had moved their mechanized troops and their Predakon Bioships. The Tempestus Scions which were formed of Laborer Martians that desired to fight rather than labor numbered 25 Million. 

Laborers were far more common than the Warrior cast and to be a Space Marine you had to be born of the Warrior Cast. However, even the Scions did not compare to the 50 million Psian Jackels who were moved through the surface of the planet and the Space Fleet. 

Speaking of the Planet, the Consciousness of Mars began to communicate with Justinian, its Master. The planet itself began to draw in the Psymagic energy coursing through the Leylines to defend itself and its people. 

To do this, the planet now had powerful Psychic and Magical abillities of its own. It would not allow outsiders to taint its surface or the Empire its Master was creating. Justinian had yet to name the Consciousness of Mars, but he was thinking of naming her after Erda the Mother Of The Primarchs. 

That was not the only army to fight as Ddraig and Albion recreated their Avatars along with a massive army of Insectoids the insect cattle that had evolved under the magic. 

While the population of Mars was underground, the 'civilians' were all able to fight so many were armed in case the Parademons made it underground. Justinian and his Honor Guard were on his Flagship along with his fleet which were floating in place over the atmosphere of Mars. 

Ddraig and Albion as large as they were looked small as they perched on top of the 30-mile ship. Each Dragon God was over 500 meters long five times bigger than Great Red in DxD. 

Justinian was here as well along with his Honor Guard, his five Predakons, and even more Bioships that had evolved into Predakons. Soundwave had transported his Command Throne to the top to give Justinian a good view of the combat. He sat with his arms on his armrests with his Guardian Spear floating next to him. 

He was as still as a statue with his eyes waiting for the signal of the battle to begin. Lauralina had brought her force of Inquisitors who at the moment numbered around 100, all were Elites who had been rejected from Justinian's Honor Guard. 

Rather than let them go, they were instead trained to be Inquisitors to be agents still serving Justinian. They just did not meet the criteria of standing at his side at all times. All of them were ready for the carnage to begin and when he saw the Boom Tube begin to open he smiled as he put his helmet on. 

"I want all Adrathic Exterminators to be on nonstop barrage. Start it Soundwave." 

<At once.> 

All over the fleet, their massive Adrathic Devestators mounted on his Fleet began to flood with Divine Energy to attack. Emerging from the Boom Tube was a massive fleet of much smaller ships except for the Flagship of Steppenwolf. 

Not expecting to be met with an attack, most of their ships while still having their shields up were not at full power. It was a costly mistake as the massive fleet he brought began to be bombarded with Adrathic Beams of Matter obliterating power. 

Each titanic beam cut through the void and slammed into the Ships transporting Mechanized Army and Parademons. The moment Steppenwolf saw his Fleet assaulted he lunged to his feet and roared out instructions. 

"ACTIVATE ALL SHIELDS! GET US OUT OF THIS KILL ZONE! WE ARE IN AN AMBUSH!" 

Just as his pilots were going to do that, the weapon batteries on the surface of Mars and Phobos spun around. Giant macro cannons, Planetary Defense Grade Plasma Cannon batteries, Voidship-Grade Lances, Planetary Railguns, and Voidship Grade Missile Launchers began to fire hell into the army of Steppenwolf. 

Each Railgun blast cut through a ship before blowing it up the moment it left the Boom Tube. The enchanted metal that made those weapons dispersed the vast heat and expanded their life span meaning they could fire without a cool-down period. 

The ship of Steppenwolf fired its potent shields, but the moment the Adriatic Devestators hit his shields it tore large holes in the advanced shields. There were very few that could compete with Apokoliptian Technology, but Justinian's Imperium was one of them. 

The kill zone that Steppenwolf stepped into was prepared beforehand and it was tearing his fleet apart. Even the humble Macroannons with their Enchanted Adamantium Shells could sheer holes the size of cars in his ships tearing them to shreds. 

Kalibak growled as he ran to the viewing deck seeing the fleet in space that was firing at them. 

"GIANT SHIPS!"

Steppenwolf turned to his crew. 

"How large are those ships?" 

The Lowlies trained for this yelled out in fear. 

"30 Miles long. The smallest is nearly 3 m-" 

Before the man could finish, on the surface of Mars a Railgun controlled by Soundwave fired. The beam of blinding purple and blue Plasma hit the Command Deck of Steppenwolf's Flagship, tore through the shield, and incinerated the entire crew. 

Kalibak had been right at the point of impact so he roared in pain as the fur covering his body was incenerated. He crossed his arms and relied on his New God's physiology to survive. Steppenwolf himself was thrown off his Command Throne as the impact of the blast killed everyone in his Command Deck.

When he looked up, he saw Kalibak panting with his body steaming. His skin was raw and his muscles were exposed, but he was alive. When he opened his eyes Steppenwolf only saw steaming flesh. 

"AHHHHHHH!" 

With a roar, Kalibak began to regenerate painfully. Steppenwolf ignored his Great Nephew and instead realized that unless they got out of this kill zone they were doomed. He grabbed his Mother Box and he opened a second Boom Tube directly in front of the one they were emerging from. He grabbed Kalibak and he flew out of the giant hole in his flagship. 

However, he did not get a chance to escape as Justinian held his hand out, and through his own Mother Box, he forced the second Boom Tube to close. That meant that Steppenwolf had left his devastated Flagship that was out of commission. 

Meaning he was stuck in the middle of three points of death. The weapons on the surface of Mars, Phobos, and even the Space Fleet. His fleet was done for so he ordered the Parademons to enter the void. 

Justinian smiled as he stood up. 

"Soundwave, you can stop." 

<Of course." < p>

Steppenwolf had come to Mars with nearly 400 Apokoliptian Vessels and none of them were massive except the Flagship. However, even that was nowhere near in size of a Gloriana Class Battleship. 

Over 360 of those Vessels were torn apart in the Kill Zone they had entered and their escape was not guaranteed. Kalibak by then was nearly fully regenerated so Steppenwolf released him. 

Steppenwolf was gritting his teeth as a return now meant he would be destroyed and sent back to the Omega Sanction. Just as he had been allowed out meaning he was beyond angry.

Justinian though held his hand out and pulled his Guardian Spear to him. 

"I will take on the two New Gods, the rest of you destroy the rest of the Fleet. I want to have their technology to reverse engineer." 

With his order given, Justinian flew off into space toward Kalibak and Steppenwolf. At the same time, Ddraig turned to the many Predakons that came today. 

"Follow and learn from us." 

Albion and Ddraig took off while leading an army of Predakons they were blessing with their Divine Energy. Justinian's Honor Guard and Inquisitors flew after them to blow up the Space Ships invading Mars. 

Though expecting this, the surviving Parademons began to be released into space to prevent them from all being destroyed by the weapon batteries. Though, the rest of the battle was going to be in space as Mars was off-limits. 

While his forces moved, Justinian reached Steppenwolf and Kalibak in a few moments. He raised his Guardian Spear and he slammed it down into Steppenwolf's Vibro Axe. The Apokoliptian General grit his teeth as he pushed against Justinian's Spear. 

He felt the bones in his arms rattle and his muscles strained in pain. As he pushed with both arms against Justinian, Justinian just raised his free left hand. He pointed it Storm Bolter at the New God before firing. 

Two Shells made of Psychic Energy, Divine Energy, and Conceptual Energy hit Steppenwolf in the chest. The bolts tore open his armor and released shrapnel into his chest. It launched him through the void hurling like a puppet without strings. 

Even Kalibak had been hit, but Justinian flew toward him. When he reached the son of Darkseid he grinned as he raised his spear and he stabbed Kalibak in the gut. He pulled the trigger and fired the Bolter straight into his stomach which exploded inside the body of Kalibak. 

A sludge of melted organs, bone, and blood left Kalibak's mouth. While Kalibak could take blows easily, slashing and stabbing was another thing. Justinian leaned forward and whispered in his ear. 

"When you die for real, it hurts, doesn't it? When you reach hell or wherever your kind goes, tell your Mom I am coming for her husband." 

Kalibak roared, but Justinian shoved his Lightning Clawed Boosted Gear through the chest of Kalibak killing him. Darkseid would not like this, but for all his strength, Kalibak could get beat by Superman and Justinian was not Superman. He might as well be the second coming of The Emperor of Mankind, a God.

(P-atreon.com/A_Real_Werewolf234)