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Chapter 50 - Chapter 50: “Deadshot Diplomacy”

When saving the world becomes a job for the world's worst.

Scene 1: Belle Reve – Amanda Waller's Office

Waller lights a cigar in a dark, reinforced office. The room is empty except for a hologram of Elias tearing through Parademon remnants with a single Omega-infused sneeze.

Behind her, Deadshot mutters.

Deadshot:

"You really think bullets solve that?"

Waller (cold):

"Not bullets. Pressure. Distraction. Detonation.

And maybe… betrayal."

A screen flashes:

OBJECTIVE: Elias Black

STATUS: Meta-Human (Unranked)

THREAT LEVEL: Cosmic-Tier (Darkseid Class)

CONDITION: Partially Corrupted – Apokolipt Virus Confirmed

STRATEGY: Forced Internal Conflict

Waller:

"We don't kill him. We trigger him. Then we watch what happens."

Scene 2: Suicide Squad Briefing

Team:

• Deadshot

• Harley Quinn

• King Shark

• Peacemaker

• Katana

• Captain Boomerang

• Enchantress (tethered)

They're dragged into a tactical bunker beneath Gotham.

Waller:

"Elias is still human. That's his weakness. That's our opportunity.

I want you to get under his skin. Taunt. Attack. Exploit."

Peacemaker (chuckling):

"So… we're not saving the world. We're pissing off a god."

Harley (grinning):

"Oooh! Can I prank him? Maybe throw a cake full of kryptonite teeth or something?"

Waller:

"You annoy him enough—maybe you trigger something worse than his powers."

Scene 3: Elias on the Move – Justice League Surveillance

Back at the Watchtower, Elias walks through a training hall—monologuing to himself while casually floating upside-down.

Elias:

"Mother Box whispers like a nurse on caffeine. Batman still watches me like I'm a bomb.

I feel… incomplete. Like something inside me is… rearranging."

He stops.

Elias (to himself):

"I don't like feeling incomplete."

Suddenly—

ALARM.

UNAUTHORIZED AERIAL VEHICLE INTRUSION: EARTH ATMOSPHERE.

Superman looks up. Batman grits his teeth.

Batman:

"Belle Reve just dropped a Squad."

Scene 4: Suicide Squad Arrives in Ruins of Kahndaq

Elias lands alone in the center of a ruined city—the Squad surrounds him. Drones circle high above, broadcasting the feed.

Deadshot (aiming):

"We're not here to fight. Not unless you make it fun."

Harley (spinning mallet):

"So, you're like space Thanos but with better eyebrows?"

King Shark (munching something):

"Elias smells like god meat."

Peacemaker:

"You're about to get patriotic trauma therapy, omega man."

Elias (raising an eyebrow):

"Ah. Suicide Squad.

Walking punchlines with a death wish."

Scene 5: Elias Responds

He lifts his hand. The ground warps beneath them. Gravity folds.

Elias (annoyed, cold):

"You dare interrupt my glitchy redemption arc with cosplay murderers?"

His voice glitches, a side effect of the Apokolipt virus creeping through his system.

Elias (to himself):

"That wasn't me… was it?"

He shudders. The Squad sees it.

Boomerang:

"What's the matter? Got a bug in your brain, mate?"

Elias (snapping):

"I AM NOT MALFUNCTIONING."

He slams the ground. The air explodes in red energy. The Squad is flung backward like paper dolls.

Scene 6: Internal Warning

Inside Elias's system:

[Apokolipt Virus Thread]: "Trigger stimulus acquired. Rage levels: 78%."

[Infiltration Expanding]: +3.4%

The virus is learning.

And the Squad is unknowingly helping.

Scene 7: Suicide Squad Retreat – Mission "Successful"

Harley cackles, half-conscious.

Harley:

"Waller's gonna give us medals! Or blow our heads off!"

Peacemaker coughs up blood but grins.

Peacemaker:

"I think we pissed off the Anti-Christ. Job well done."

Back in the sky, Waller watches from a drone.

Waller:

"The fracture's widening. Keep poking."

Scene 8: Elias Alone Again

He kneels in the rubble, eyes burning, hands shaking.

The Mother Box pulses faintly.

Mother Box (telepathic):

"We are… barely delaying the rewrite."

Elias:

"They're trying to break me from the outside…"

He clenches his fist, Omega energy spiraling.

Elias (dark grin):

"…but the worst of me is already inside."

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