The remaining Sins kept the heroes busy. Every time the team wounded a Sin, the wound sealed in seconds. The demons weren't trying to win. They were wasting time and dragging the heroes into a grind they could not escape, and sooner or later, they will get exhausted. That's when the demons will take over their minds and bodies.
Sivana wanted only two targets.
Harley Quinn.
Maureen.
They were the only ones who actually hurt him.
Sivana shot at Harley like a bullet. The air cracked around him. He stretched a clawed hand toward her throat.
Harley moved faster.
She spun once in midair and swung her mallet with a grin.
"Sit down, ya crispy meatball!"
The mallet smashed into Sivana's face. The impact blasted him backward in a burst of light. Before he could recover, Maureen appeared behind him. Frost spread across her hands and up to her elbows. She pressed her palms together and whispered a single command.
"Freeze."
Time around Sivana locked solid. His body froze mid-fall. The crimson glow in his eyes dimmed for a heartbeat. The Sins trapped inside him roared in panic, unable to move.
Harley cracked her neck. "Oh look honey, we got ourselves an all-you-can-beat buffet."
Maureen nodded. "Let's beat the shit out of him."
"Hahahaha! Now you are talkin' my language," Harley grinned.
They moved at the same moment.
Harley vaulted forward and slammed her mallet into his ribs. Maureen struck from the other side with a rising kick coated in ice and lightning. Harley followed with a spinning shoulder smash. Maureen answered with a cross punch that sent frost splintering across Sivana's skin. For the next few seconds, they beat the shit out of Sivana. It looked as if Sivana was a kid being bullied by two mean girls.
Time started again.
Sivana snapped back into motion and coughed out a gasp. Before he could blink, Harley kneed him in the gut. Maureen drove her elbow into the back of his skull. Harley grabbed him by the collar, spun him twice, and slammed him face first into the ground.
The sand exploded outward. Sivana bounced and rolled across the dunes like a rag doll.
He rose. He charged. He swung. He clawed. None of it mattered.
Harley dodged every strike with casual hops and twirls, laughing like she was hitting a piñata. "C'mon doc. You gotta aim. Use the eyes you paid for."
Maureen intercepted every blast with perfect counters. Her ice shields formed and shattered in the same instant she created them, redirecting the energy back into Sivana's chest.
He tried super speed. They outran him. He tried brute strength. They overpowered him.
He tried magic. They shattered it. Every attempt ended with another hit to the jaw, ribs or spine.
To Sivana, it looked like a pair of giant bullies kicking him from every direction at once. Every blow carried the kind of force that split dunes and shook the dome. The Sins inside him shrieked louder with each hit.
Harley wiped her brow. "Doc, you are gettin' real boring. I expected fireworks. Maybe some demon laser eyeballs. Something fun. But nah. You just keep coming in straight like a dude who never learned footwork. Don't tell me, you didn't train after gaining your power?"
Sivana roared and lunged at Maureen. She lifted a single hand and caught him by the face before slamming him into the sand so hard the ground sank several meters.
"You are predictable," she said.
Harley stomped down on his stomach. "You are also ugly. Just sayin'."
Sivana thrashed and tried to rise. He failed. His strength could not match theirs. His speed could not match theirs. He was now realizing that all the time he spent plotting, he should have used that time to train and master his power.
Harley looked up at the others struggling against the remaining Sins. "Hey dummies. Inside the barrier. Now. Or don't blame us for fryin' you all."
They listened and retreated inside the barrier.
Harley and Maureen stood over Sivana.
They looked at each other. They nodded.
Both of them shouted together.
"SHAZAM!"
Living divine lightning crashed from the sky, and they redirected it toward Sivana. The air howled. The ground shattered beneath the beam. Sivana screamed as the divine current tore through him and burned through the corruption Blaze left behind.
The Sins panicked. They felt the divine lightning was killing their champion, and if Sivana dies right now, all their plans would go to waste. So, they rushed toward him to at least help him escape.
A shadow fell across the battlefield.
John arrived.
Lightning crackled around his body. He saw the Sins rushing to fuse with Sivana.
"Time to end this."
A raised his hands in the sky and summoned a lightning storm. Then attacked the Sins.
Bolts of divine lightning rained on the Sins.
The blasts were strong enough to vaporize anything they touched. The demons screamed as the light tore through their bodies. One by one, each Sin dissolved into dust and their demonic energy was completely purified by the divine magic.
The sky cleared.
Silence fell over the desert.
John lowered his hand and floated down beside Harley and Maureen. They stared at Sivana, who lay limp in the sand with the last sparks of divine energy crackling across his body.
Harley grinned at John. "Took ya long enough, sweetie. We were about to send this guy into orbit with a mallet swing."
John smirked. "You looked like you were having fun."
Maureen crossed her arms. "We handled it."
John nodded. "I can see that."
The sand still glowed from the lightning.
John walked toward Sivana and stopped before him. Sivana was barely alive, even after all that assault, thanks to the two Sins inside his body. "Motherfucker with an inferiority complex," He used his lightning to pull out the Sins Orb from Sivana's eye.
Sivana groaned. "Nooo!"
His body was cracking and slowly turning to dust.
"Even when you regained your sanity and dying, you want the demonic power... makes me wonder, did they really corrupt you or were you always a corrupted fucker from the start. Probably both. No wonder the oldie didn't trust you with the Divine power," John said, looking down at Sivana. "Not that it matters anymore, you are already dead. Any last words?"
Sivana was about to say something...
"On the second thought..."
Crackle! John shot a bolt of lightning, vaporising his body.
"Fuck you, I don't care," John said with a cold glare.
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[A few hours later]
The dome around Kahndaq faded as Dr. Fate released the last of the runes. The air finally felt breathable again. The scorched sand cooled. The corrupted shadows that once stained the desert were gone.
Dr. Fate sealed the main bodies of the Sins that were buried under Kahndaq in a faraway dimension where even demons feared to look. Dr. Fate floated back to the ground slowly, looking exhausted. He never imagined it'd be this hard to just seal the weakened Sins' vessels. Thankfully, he saved his power by not fighting during the battle.
Hawkman landed beside him. "It's done?"
Fate nodded. "They will not return to Earth again."
Everyone exhaled at once. Exhaustion hit them like a truck now that adrenaline was gone.
Guy Gardner dropped onto a rock with a loud thud. He peeled off his cracked glove and flexed his fingers. "Holy crap. That was the worst day of my life."
Harley smirked. "What, the demon tentacle lady whisperin' dirty lies got to ya?"
Guy pointed at her. "Shut up. And listen. I'm only saying this once." He stood, cleared his throat, and jabbed a thumb at Harley and Maureen. "You two were insane out there. Like... stupidly insane. I take back every dumb thing I said earlier."
Harley gasped dramatically. "Aw look, he grew character development. I'm so proud."
Maureen elbowed her lightly. "Don't bully him. Too much."
Guy threw his hands up. "See? This is why I don't compliment people."
Cyclone floated nearby, still rubbing her throat from where Sivana had grabbed her earlier. "Compliment or not, they saved our lives. They saved everyone's lives."
Atom Smasher nodded. "I've never seen anybody beat a villain like that. Let alone two people doing it together. That was... terrifying."
Harley put her hands on her hips. "You're welcome."
Maureen shook her head, though she couldn't hide a tiny smile. "We just did what we had to do."
John landed behind them with a small thud. Sparks rolled off his shoulders before fading. "You two did more than that. You carried the whole fight until I got there. Heck, even without me, you two would've won."
Harley walked over and flicked his forehead. "Yeah yeah, you can kiss our boots later. Now get over here. Group photo."
"Group what?" Hawkman asked.
She grabbed Maureen's wrist and dragged her in front of John. Then she pulled Guy by the collar, shoved Atom Smasher to the left, tugged Cyclone down from the air, and waved aggressively at Hawkman and Fate.
Harley held out a phone. "Say cheese or I whack someone."
Guy muttered, "Just take the damn picture before she swings that thing."
They posed. They barely fit in the frame. Harley snapped a shot.
She stepped back, checked the picture, and grinned from ear to ear.
"Hey! Wait! That's my phone," Guy said while searching his pockets. "Give it back. How the hell did you find the password?"
"Ohh! You are into some really nasty stuff," Harley said after mailing the photo to her account, and then she scrolled through Guy's browser history. "Eew!" She threw the phone at Guy, who caught it. "You really need to see a good therapist. There's something definitely wrong with your brain." She shivered. Even for Harley, that was too much.
Oh, what did she see? Doesn't matter. All you need to know is that it was insane enough to make someone like Harley flinch.
Dr. Fate walked over to John and asked. "What about Blaze?"
John replied with a nod. "Took care of her. I doubt she'd return from hell anytime soon."
"Good, the future has changed and we've avoided the destruction," Fate said with a slight bow. "Thank you."
"Yeah, well, as long as you keep your promise, everything is fine. In the future, if you need help, just ask. We'll be there," John said as he extended his hand toward Fate.
Fate smiled and shook his hand.
"You know, it'd take a long time to heal Kahndaq and bring back its former glory."
"Long time?" John smirked. "Not if I can help it."
He slammed his palms on the ground and released the diving lightning... He'll heal Kahndaq with his magic.
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