Injustice 3: The Might of Magic (Book 3)

The Invisible Man:

"Crap, crap, crap," I think as I fall toward the ground. I look down at my hand and see the gemstone. Throwing the gem to the side, I become intangible again. Instead of hitting the ground, I pass right through it.

Screaming as I fall through the ground and into the Hub City's sewer, I catch myself before falling any further. Taking a leap, I fly back up through the solid street. Once I'm back outside, I look around for Raven.

"She didn't follow me," I tell myself. "She must be going after the others! I have to catch them, but first."

I look around again and see the red gemstone. Immediately picking it up, I look to where I fell through and see the jumpsuit The Man lend me. I put it back on before running into the building and up the stair.

Harleen:

Despite begin covered in cuts and feathers, I still fight through all of it as I guide Cheetah, Jason, and Professor Stein down the stairs.

"Hurry," I say, looking back at the hallway. "I don't know how long that guy can hold Raven."

"Who is that guy anyway," Jason asks as he and Cheetah carry Professor Stein over an unconscious henchman. "Is that The Man?"

"What kid," Cheetah says, kicking an unconscious henchman to make some room. "Got an ear full of wax? Didn't you hear Raven? Their auras, or whatever, don't match. Whoever that is, he's new."

"New or not," I say, tapping my wrist to try and call Dr. Crane. "I'm just glad he's on our side."

I tap on my wrist again and Scarecrow finally appears, his face hovering in front of me.

"Harleen," Scarecrow says. "What's going on?"

"Emergency," I answer. "We need an immediate portal! Now! Raven is here!"

"Raven," Scarecrow repeats. "I'm on it! Just give me a few minutes."

I jump when I hear the sound of a bunch of ravens cawing. It's followed by the sound of breaking wood and a few seconds after that, I see part of the railing falls down the staircase.

"I don't think we have one minute."

Tapping my wrist again, I end the call and walk back.

"Go ahead," I say, pushing the three down the stairs. The three don't even hesitate them. They keep going down the stairs. Meanwhile, I walk back up. Activating my suit, I summon a pistol and aim up.

"Where are you," I ask. I carefully walk up the stair until, without realizing it, I had made my way back up. I see where the rail that fell belongs and carefully approach it. When I do, I examine the broken railing.

"This wasn't because of termite," I say, feeling the broken woods. There are tiny holes all over. "This was because of birds. Ravens, but where is Raven?"

"I'm right behind you," Raven shouts. I turn around and see Raven still standing in the hallway. As I raise my gun at her, she raises her cloak and unleashes a second onslaughter of birds. They shoot out and attack me even before I could fire a shot.

I scream and cross my arms as all the birds peck at me again. They blind me with their beaks and feathers and push me right off the ledge.

Jason Rusch:

"Harleen," I shout, watching as Harleen falls right past us. In only a white blur, I see her fall past all the floors toward the bottom. About to run to the railing, Cheetah grabs and pulls me back.

"Watch out," she shouts. Professor Stein and I fall, our backs hitting the wall.

"Cheetah! Why?"

Cheetah growls before pointing. I look behind me and see a whole bunch of ravens flying down after Harleen.

"Harleen," I shout again. I grab the railing and look over. There, at the bottom of the staircase, I see the birds flying around. The birds blanket the bottom floor. I couldn't see anyone past all the feathers flying everywhere. "Harleen!"

I scream and grip the railing before shaking it. I only stop when I hear someone laughing and look up. There, I see Raven as she flies out. Now hovering in mid-air, she holds out her glowing hand.

"One down," she says with a smile. "Three to go."

I grind my teeth when I see Raven.

"You want a fight," I say, "Fine! Let's see you fight with Firestorm!"

I turn around and walk toward Professor Stein.

"Wait, wait, wait," Cheetah says, putting up her hands. "You can't fuse. The old guy can barely stand, let alone fight. Go. I'll deal with her."

"You can't fight her," I say, "She's too strong! Only Firestorm stands a chance against her!"

"Maybe but that's only at full strength! Not half!"

"Ahh! We don't have time for this!"

I push Cheetah out of the way and drop to my knee.

"Sorry about this, Professor."

I grab the Professor's hand and clap it. Together, we fuse and become Firestorm.

Firestorm:

Instantly, as soon as we are made, we feel this sharp pain in our hip.

"I told you," Cheetah says as we drop to our knees. She tries to help us but we push her back.

"Get back," we say. Holding out our hands, we prepare to shoot a fireball. The fires around us all flow toward our hands. "Raven! Time to burn!"

We shoot the fireball at Raven. It hits her and she disappears into a cloud of smoke.

"We told you," we say while holding our hips. "Only Firestorm stands a chance against Raven."

"Yeah," Cheetah says, pointing at something. "Don't start putting yourself out yet. Look."

I look at where Cheetah is pointing and see birds. They are sitting on the railing, looking at us.

"If Raven is down," Cheetah starts, "Then how are her birds still here?"

As soon as Cheetah points this out, all the birds start to caw. They flap their wings and yell at us.

"Oh no," we say, looking back up. Still seeing smoke, we wait until it's clear. The moment the smoke is gone, we see Raven safely inside some sort of magical force field. She waves her hand and the magical force field fades away.

"If that is all the best you have, then you have lost. Birds! Attack them--"

We hear something pops and then, Raven screams. From where we're standing, it looks like something had wrapped around her legs.

The Invisible Man:

Using one of The Man's custom grappling hooks, I shoot it at Raven. As the kunai wraps around Raven's legs, I pull out another grappling hook and link the two together. Aiming this hook at the wall, I set both of them on retract. In less than a minute, the two hooks are pulling Raven down. Even before Raven could react, she is on the first floor.

"You!"

Running toward her, the gemstone in my hand, I punch her hard across the face. She stumbles back but only for a little bit. Closing her hand, she turns back and tries to hit me but by this time, I had thrown the gem into the air. Her fist goes right through me.

As I spin around, I catch the gem and punch her again, this time knocking her to the side. She stumbles again and while she stumbles, I run toward her. The next few minutes are me throwing and catching the gem while at the same time, running through her and punching her all over.

Throwing the gem over her, I run through her back and to her front where I catch it one last time before turning around. I knee Raven in her stomach and force her to bend over. I then step back and jump. Flipping through the air, doing a full 360, I kick Raven on her back and knock her to the floor. As Raven falls unconscious, all the birds puff into smoke and disappear.

"Scarecrow got the portal ready," Harleen says, running out from an employee's office. "Where are the others?"

I point up and then at the stairs.

"Oh come on," Harleen says. "They're still on the stairs? Really?"

I shrug my shoulders.

Harleen rolls her eyes and runs up the stairs. I follow her and the two of us find the three a few floors up.

"Harleen," Jason shouts. "You're alive? But how? We saw you fall."

I raise my hand.

"He," Harleen says, pointing at me. "Uhh, Silent Man saved me."

"Silent Man," I repeat. "Oh god. I miss my old name."

"He fired something like a grappling hook and caught me before I hit the floor."

Harleen, along with Jason and Cheetah looks at me. I nod my head before pointing down.

"Come on," Harleen says. She reaches down and wraps one of the Professor's arms around her neck. "A portal is ready. We're getting out of here."

"Finally," Jason says, "I can't believe I'm going to say this, I miss the base."