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Klarion kicked over a chair, still shaking with frustration.
"That bastard!" he screamed. "NONE of my spells worked on him! That cursed magic of his—ugh! It's a fucking plague! A nuisance! A disaster!"
Teekl whimpered in his arms, and Klarion hugged the cat dramatically.
"He even hurt Teekl! My poor Teekl!" he cried like a spoiled child who just broke his favorite toy.
Vandal Savage observed the tantrum with ancient patience, a faint curve of amusement in his expression.
"Calm yourself, Klarion," Vandal said in his timeless, controlled voice. "We projected this possibility. Jason Anderson is… unique. But you'll handle him next time, won't you? I believe you've already planned for such an outcome."
Klarion's ego inflated instantly.
"Of course I have!" he snapped. "His magic is strange—ancient, cursed, wrong—but I'm the best. I'll figure out how to nullify it. Next time, I'll crush him."He kissed Teekl's forehead. "Right, Teekl? We're gonna tear him apart…"
Queen Bee slammed her fist against the table so hard the entire room vibrated.
"Are you two delusional?" she snapped. "You're acting relaxed after that monster destroyed half our team! What happens if he comes here? Huh? I refuse to risk my kingdom's safety as long as he's free!"
Her voice cut through the air like a whip.
Vandal remained perfectly still.
"You don't need to fear him showing up here," he said. "Not now."
Queen Bee glared daggers."And what makes you so certain?"
Vandal's smile widened, cold and calculated.
"Because by now Jason Anderson has realized what's happening in Gotham. Joker is creating chaos on a scale even the League can barely survive. While Joker destroys, we gain time. While Gotham burns, we begin our campaign."
He leaned forward, voice turning darker.
"We will slander Jason globally. Turn nations against him. Twist his image into something the world will fear."
Klarion giggled.
Queen Bee frowned as dread crept across her features.
Vandal continued:
"All of this leads to the invasion… and when Darkseid arrives…"His eyes gleamed.
"…Jason Anderson's head will be the first offering."
Klarion clapped excitedly, childish and murderous.Teekl hissed approvingly.Queen Bee looked uneasy.
And somewhere far away…
Gotham Suffered.
...
Superman's fist cracked across Joker's jaw with enough force to uproot nearby streetlights. The villain spun through the air, slamming into the asphalt hard enough to break it open like thin ice. His spine folded at a wrong angle, one leg twisted backward, and for a few still seconds, it looked—just barely—that the nightmare had ended.
Then the body twitched.
A rasping laugh crawled out of his mangled throat.
"Ghhhe—hehe—heehee… ohhoho… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA—SUPERMAN! AGAIN! AGAIN!"
He stood—bones snapping back into place, joints realigning with wet cracks, blood soaking into his pale shirt. And dangling from Joker's neck as a macabre necklace… swung Hal Jordan's severed head.
"Hal…" Superman whispered, grief choking his voice.
Joker tugged on the intestine-chain like it was a child's toy.
"D'you like it? I call it my lightbulb necklace. Hehe! Green Lantern really DOES brighten up a room! HAHAHA!"
Before Superman could react, Supergirl streaked in, fury burning in her eyes. She drove her fist into Joker's abdomen. The impact erupted like a grenade, shockwaves rippling across the ruined district.
Joker gagged, spat blood—and smiled so wide his cheeks tore open.
"You punch like your cousin! LITTLE SUNSHINE—COME ON! LET'S SEE A SUPER TEMPER TANTRUM!"
Supergirl punched him again and again, each blow leaving craters in his body—only for the flesh to bubble and reform.
Batman watched, shaken. Not by Joker—he'd seen monstrosities before—but by the panic rising in Supergirl's breathing. By how much effort she was giving. By how little difference it made.
"Supergirl—fall back!" Batman ordered, voice tight. "He's adapting—"
"I'm NOT abandoning anyone!" she shouted.
Her next strike hurled Joker into a collapsed pharmacy. Glass and metal rained down.
He sprang back out instantly.
Standing on the rubble, Joker stretched his arms wide, intestines swinging around his neck.
"I LOVE BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION!~"
A nuclear beam blasted him from behind.
Captain Atom, jaw clenched, unleashed a torrent of atomic fire that scorched half the block. The air rippled with lethal heat.
Joker stood in the center of it, his body half melted… then slowly restoring.
Captain Atom staggered, face pale. "No… no, this can't be—"
"Peek-a-boo."
Joker appeared behind him, hands gently resting on Atom's temples.
Then—
CRUNCH.
Captain Atom's skull collapsed like a crushed soda can, silver and red matter exploding outward. His body hit the ground in a twitching heap.
Superman felt something break inside him. "NATHANIEL!"
But there was no time to grieve.
Martian Manhunter descended from above, shifting into his full armored form, eyes burning with psychic flame.
"This ends now, Joker."
His voice trembled—not with fear, but with anger. The kind that J'onn rarely allowed himself to feel.
Joker tilted his head.
"Ohhhh, I LOVE your voice, Greenie. Makes me feel like I'm about to be grounded!"
J'onn didn't respond verbally. He erupted forward, phaseshifting, claws glowing, tearing into Joker with both physical and psychic attacks. His blows carved deep gashes into Joker's flesh—wounds that for once did not immediately heal. Telepathic pressure pressed into Joker's mind like a tsunami.
Batman watched, hope flickering in his eyes. "J'onn's affecting him… keep pushing—"
"I'M GOING TO END THIS," Martian Manhunter growled.
Joker's grin twisted into something feral.
"Oh, oh, oh—YES. END IT. END IT! I WANNA SEE YOUR FULL POWER, GREEN MAN!"
J'onn's claws sank deep—
Joker grabbed his wrist with impossible speed.
The Manhunter froze.
"Let's play 'pull apart the alien,'" Joker whispered.
With a brutal wrenching motion, Joker tore J'onn's body in two. Martian ichor drenched the ground. J'onn's final telepathic scream echoed in every hero's mind
"I am sorry...Take care of Megan..." a dying whisper of failure and apology.
Supergirl cried out. Batman took a step back, knees trembling.
Joker dropped the two halves casually.
"What a RIP-OFF finale! HAHAHA!"
A red lightning streak shot forward, vibrating the air.
"YOU MONSTER!" Flash screamed, landing thousands of strikes in a heartbeat.
Joker's skin split and tore under the barrage, chunks of flesh flying—but still he laughed, even as his jaw broke.
"Ooooh, this TICKLES! COME ON, ZIPPER-ZAPPY!"
Flash spun, vibrating his arm to phase through Joker's chest—
Joker simply grabbed his ankle mid-speed.
The Flash's face drained of color.
"Oh no."
"YES YES YES YES YES—HAHAHAHAHA!"
RIIIIIIIP.
Flash's right leg tore free in Joker's hands.
Flash screamed, collapsing into the dust, clutching the fountain of blood where his limb had been. He barely stayed conscious.
"FAST FOOD!" Joker shouted, waving the detached leg like a streamer.
Supergirl streaked in, scooping up the near-dead Flash—
—and Joker hammered his fist into her midsection.
The blow sounded like a cannon.
Supergirl flew across the battlefield, smashing into a steel support pillar. Her body went limp.
Batman stared, breath frozen in his throat. "Kara—"
But Joker was already on him.
He grabbed Batman by the throat, lifting him slowly.
"Ahhh, Batsy… we've lost SO many friends today, haven't we? Hehehe… don't worry. I saved a spot right here—"
He tapped the intestine-chain.
"—just for YOUR head."
Batman dropped a smoke pellet in Joker's face and managed to stumble away, bruised ribs screaming.
But he knew he wasn't outrunning the monster.Only one person could still stand against him.
Superman descended from above, dust swirling around his boots, fists clenched so tight the knuckles cracked.
His eyes burned—not with heat vision, but with grief.
Captain Atom.Martian Manhunter.Hal.So many down.So many dead.
Joker licked blood off his fingers.
"THE BIG BLUE BOY SCOUT RETURNS! HAHAHA! ROUND TWO, SUPERMAN!"
Superman didn't speak. His jaw tightened. His cape fluttered in the burning wind.
They charged.
Their fists met.
The shockwave obliterated the street.
Joker laughed in Superman's face, eyes wide with unhinged delight.
Superman roared in rage, pain, grief.
Fist against fist.
Blast against blast.
Madness against hope.
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