
Chapter Sixteen: The Battle For Earth
A few months later...
Fastening a belt to his person, (Y/n) buckled it up nice and tight when he looked over his shoulder at his wife and anchored his mouth in awe of her beauty. The Amazon princess remained oblivious to his staring at her until she noticed that he ceased movement and noise and gawked her head at him where she caught him staring at her. Her face flushed red as the corners of her lips curled upwards.
"You like it?" Diana cooed as she gave (Y/n) a twirl.
"I-I love it," stammered (Y/n).
"Well, don't saddle around admiring me, we've a dinner to attend. Barbara should be here any minute now."
Coincidentally, a knock came at the front door. Diana left the bedroom to answer the door while (Y/n) fixed a bowtie on himself before going after his wife to meet her at the front door.
"... so Lyta's already been fed. Feel free to help yourself to whatever you like, but make sure Lyta doesn't stay up past nine thirty. We should be back in a few hours, but don't feel the need to invite company that come in groups of three or more." Diana instructed a young orange-haired woman bound to a wheelchair.
"Oh, hello, Mr Prince-Wayne!" Barbara hollered when she set here eyes on the (h/c) man approaching them.
"Miss Gordon! You look well this evening. How're you feeling, sweetheart? You, uh, you feeling okay after getting outta hospital?" (Y/n) replied shyly, knowing that the topic was too much of a strain on all of them.
"Feeling much better now. The doctor says my body needs a couple of years to heal properly before I can attempt building up my muscle tissues and a few other things. Looking after a baby won't be a problem. I had some experience, as I've told Diana so there's absolutely no need to worry."
"That's good to hear. You be well now. Dear?"
Diana smiled and locked arms with him. "Bye-bye, Barbara. See you soon."
The orange-haired woman waved at the two as (Y/n) closed the door behind them, leaving Babara to baby-sit young Lyta Prince-Wayne. (Y/n) and Diana tarried along to attend dinner with some of their closest friends as per a recent arrangement on Bruce's behalf. It was at a fancy French restaurant where Diana, (Y/n), Bruce, Clark and Lois met up to catch up for old time's sake despite seeing one another just a few days ago.
The group of heroes were pleasantly established at a table within the restaurant. Lois was going spectacularly through her seventh month of pregnancy while Bruce seemed the only one without a woman as he envied his friends for finding their happiness. Halfway through the dinner, there was a commotion where a young boy ran in and approached the table the heroes were seated at.
"Billy? What's the matter?" Clark addressed the young teenager.
"You know him?" Lois questioned.
"Kid has powers. Got Clark's attention and invited him to his school." Bruce explained. "What's wrong, kid?"
The young teenager panted as he managed to speak after every intake of air. "Trouble... ocean... demons... big guy..."
Distant screaming caught everyone's attention to an invasion underway. Swarms of moth-people flew over Gotham as the terrors from above began to attack civilians. The restaurant was in progress of being evacuated as the heroes made haste to change and gear up before leaping into battle.
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In the centre of the main road leading towards the bay, a tall being approached by hovering over the ground towards the group of heroes ready to defy him when they recognised them as the Dark One. The alien held his hands behind his back as his constant grimace didn't shed light on the situation at hand. Billy had yelled a name in which a bolt of lightning struck him, instantly transforming him into his adult hero form.
"I'm guessing that's the bad guy," said Billy in a timid voice.
"He doesn't look that tough." (Y/n) said cockily.
Superman hovered off the ground and raised his voice at the invader, addressing him with a warning for trespassing on Earth.
"I am your reckoning," uttered the villain. "I am Death. I am conqueror. I AM DARKSEID!!"
Few members of the Justice League arrived on scene to help in the battle that was to commence. Barry, Victor and Arthur all rocked up in style as they took quick observation of what they were dealing with as there was no time to formulate a plan when Arthur's cockiness lead to him wanting to shed first blood. As a result of his eagerness, he leapt at Darkseid, only to get swatted away into a clothes store.
Darkseid's eyes glowed identically to Superman when he would use his laser eyes when the others took the opportunity to advance on the enemy. Superman flew-charged at his enemy and managed to deliver two solid punches to the face when Darkseid grabbed his cape and flung him towards the League which in turn left a trench in the ground. On their own free will, the Parademons invaded Gotham as distant screams came from all over the city.
When the others took their turn in advancing on Darkseid, Billy yelled a name where a yellow bolt of lightning struck down on him, instantly transforming him into adult form as Diana swung her sword at the invader. (Y/n) jumped in also, but as a result, he and his wife were both pummelled away as whatever they tried seemed fruitless against the powerful being.
"Hey! Black Heart or Death Eater or whatever your World of Warcraft name is; suck on this!" Billy yelled.
The teenager slash adult blasted lightning at Darkseid from the palms of his hands, which had no effect on him at all except the most insignificant irritation where the lightning impacted his body. Red lasers fought against his lightning as it exploded, launching Billy to the ground.
"Now what?" Victor asked, his voice came through the team's communicators.
"Now, you die!" Darkseid responded aloud.
Darkseid raised his fists up over his head that glowed red up to his elbows, a clear indication that he was about to deliver a powerful blow.
"Aw crap..." Barry cursed.
Darkseid slammed his fists down on the concrete which created a nuke-like explosion, only it didn't have the desired effect of a nuke which was more like a bomb. Despite that, glass shattered in the surrounding area of the battlefield while car alarms wailed.
"We're gonna have to move - fast!"
"Not a problem for us."
When Darkseid shot his laser eyes at them, Barry and Superman dashed off in the opposite direction at top speed.
"They're splitting up! They can do that?!"
"They're locked on us!"
"C'mon, Barry. You're moving fast so think fast!"
Superman flew as fast as he could, evading the lasers by flying sharply around buildings until it caught up with him just when he thought of sending them back to Darkseid. Unfortunately, Clark wasn't quick enough and the lasers hit him which resulted in him being rendered unconscious. With their heaviest hitter on the sidelines, the League were put in more of a desperate situation.
Arthur called upon the ocean by the bay and created a wall of water to prevent the Army of Parademons from passing through to the city. With her sword in hand, Diana slaughtered Parademons coming her way when she desired a much more challenging foe. Darkseid. With her sword in one hand, Diana drew her lasso in the other and caught it around Darkseid's neck where she lunged at him and impaled his right eye.
Agonisingly, Darkseid bellowed in pain as he created an explosion with his good eye which sent Diana flying through the air over her friends. In fear of his wife's condition, (Y/n) ran to her aid and held her in his arms as she let out a faint groan and opened her eyes to find the love of her life smiling down at her in relief.
"Hey."
"Hi."
"You up for another joust?"
"Ready when you are."
Something out of the corner of Diana's eye drew her attention to something coming their way. Before (Y/n) could do anything to react, Darkseid charged into Diana, his giant hand kept her pinned as she driven through the concrete through a building that was an unfinished skyscraper where he applied a relentless rage-induced assault on the Amazonian princess. A fist-like rock punched Darkseid, his attention distracted from his second-biggest threat when (Y/n) lashed out in a fit of rage.
"DON'T! YOU! EVER! HURT! MY! WIFE!" (Y/n) bellowed.
Everyone converged on Diana's location as Barry was second to arrive on scene to assist in fighting Darkseid. Billy swooped in and punched lightning bursts at the villain as each time Shazam hurt Darkseid, he hit harder and harder to the point that conjuring his current height in power would cosy Darkseid from his true potential. Out of nowhere, Arthur threw his trident at Darkseid's back. The blades pierced his armour which sent him screaming in pain all the more.
An electric shock was delivered directly at the end of the trident which then flowed through to Darkseid's body as Arthur retrieved his weapon and pitched the alien towards Diana who delivered a strong uppercut that sent Darkseid crashing through each floor until they were sky-bound. (Y/n) used his lower body strength to pounce as high as he could, on the roofs of buildings which helped give him altitude to reach the height his friends were at.
When an opening was presented, Barry took the trident from Arthur and scaled a building before reaching a height for him to pounce onto Darkseid and drove the tip of the weapon into Darkseid's other eye. Billy delivered another surge of electricity which created an explosion in Darkseid's face as he plummeted for the ground where the heroes followed. Despite having both eyes gouged out, the villain still persisted in defeating the League.
Darkseid's power was on magnitude levels which allowed him to perfect frequencies that painted images in his mind better than what he saw with his own eyes. It took longer than expected for Superman to rejoin the fight. By the time he did, the team were already making a push to kick Darkseid back home. With the might of the Justice League, they were able to banish Darkseid to his Apokolips.
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