"Okay, when I said something about a conversation; I was expecting to do so over a meal with maybe two people watching, not from the top of Lexcorp with your whole team standing around menacingly." I said with a glare and my hands on hips as I looked at Clark and the most members of his Regime. So not cool.
"And we were not expecting that." Flash, Barry Allen, said with a glare as pointed towards the still symbiote clad form of Steppenwolf standing behind me with his axe.
"What, you're acting like it's the first time a guy brings his dog to a meeting." I said with a shrug.
"That... is not a dog." Cyborg, no longer the fun loving 'boo yah' master, said with a glare as his mechanical eye glowed with a ominous red.
"Of course he is. Don't you know that wolves are just big dogs?"
"That is not true." Wonder Woman said with a roll of her eyes. Can't let that stand.
"Bah, what do you know? You spent your life on an island of highly aggressive lesbians away from civilization." I snorted and had to keep myself from laughing as I watched Hawkwoman and Flash try to keep her from trying to kill me.
I would have fun dealing with her.
"Enough." And then everyone stopped. You gotta hand it to Clark, even while on the road to become the world's biggest tyrant; his presence was still one that demanded respect from other people with powers.
"You said we would talk after the invasion. Invasion is over now." He said as he turned towards me. Unlike when we had met, his eyes didn't hold only contempt and paranoia. There was something more now, but I couldn't really place it.
"And I am ready to talk, ask me whatever you wish." I said with a smile as I spread my arms wide, as if waiting for a hug.
This would be fun.
<><><><><><><><><><><>
"So, any answers about this mysterious savior who looks just like you without a mask?" Dinah Lance, full time superhero and recently widowed Black Canary, asked to the Batman who was trying to figure things out on his computer.
"None yet." The Dark Knight of Gotham city said gruffly as he continued to type on the ridiculously expensive hight tech computer.
He would never admit it to anyone but the sight of a... being that looked so much like him and had somehow killed Kalibak and enslaved Steppenwolf with some sort of black material that seemed to be the same material as the armor he was wearing had... unnerved him.
At first, he had thought that it might a clone that was enhanced with powers but then discarded it. If giving powers like that to a clone, or to anyone, was possible then they would have cloned someone else. No matter how much people may see him as some sort of demigod who was capable of standing beside... beside Clark, he was still just a human. A baseline human at that without the new 5-U-93-R drug they had obtained. For a subject to obtain the powers that being had displayed, one would be cloning Clark instead.
There was a chance that it was his clone in order for it to be a physiological and emotional attack, but if that was the aim then they would have cloned... they would have cloned Dick instead. No, that was no clone. Which left him with one line of thought.
Multiverse.
Rather far fetched compared to his usual theories, but after everything he had experienced in his life; it wasn't a theory he could just discard for being 'ridiculous'.
They knew that multiverse was real, they had been once in contact with another earth that was ruled by the nazi versions of themselves. The fact that Clark was doing what he was doing despite seeing that world... it was sad.
He wasn't sure what to think if this was truly another version of him, a version willing to kill.
"Doesn't matter anyway, he seems to be with Superman. Meaning he's just another obstacle." Dinah said with a scowl as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Dinah..."
"Don't try to change my mind Bruce. Clark we knew no longer exists, now we have to deal with the monster that stands in his place." Dinah growled at the Dark Knight, not willing to compromise in her beliefs. But still...
"I still have faith in Clark."
"Yeah, so did Ollie."
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
"What's with this sassy... lost child?" Bruce from alternate universe asked as he pointed at Damian, who had been just insulting him. Barry was kinda concerned about the newest Robin and his future, he was far too willing to go for his blade as a solution for any problem.
"That, 'sassy lost child' is your son." Diana said with her arms crossed over her chest. She really didn't like Bruce II, that's what Barry was calling him, and had no problem making that clear.
"Wait, Jason?"
"I'm not Todd!" Damian yelled, very unhappy about the current situation.
"Don't lie. I only had two kids so you have to be Jason. There is no way Dick can look this much like an asshole so naturally, that brat can't look like an asshole even when he tries." Bruce II said while shaking his head and Barry could feel himself freezing, everyone in the room could feel it.
How... how were they supposed to tell him that Dick Grayson of this universe was dead?
"My name... is Damian." Oh, guess the newest Robin was just going to step around the issue.
"I'm your biological son, with Talia al Ghul."
"Talia al Ghul, a mother? What kind of a weird ass universe is this?" Bruce II said while shaking his head and Barry had to stifle his laugh, this guy was awesome. Damian seemed to think otherwise though.
"You know, I never thought there would be a version of my father this immature."
"And I never thought there was a version of me stupid enough to forget wearing a condom."