Injustice 3: The Might of Magic (Book 3)

Teenager:

"Come on," I say, slapping my friend's arm. "Come on! Hurry!"

"I'm moving as fast as I can," my friend yells back. Reaching down, he pulls out a spray can from our backpack. Shaking the can up and down, he starts to spray the wall. While he starts at one end, I start at the other end. We meet up in the middle after a few minutes and immediately pack everything away.

"Hurry," I say, throwing the spray can into the backpack. "Hurry! Before they see us!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," my friend says. With the last can put away, we throw our backpacks over my shoulder and run. However, I barely take three full steps before running into a wall and falling over.

"Ahh," I cry out after falling on my butt. "What the hell?"

I look up, expecting to see a wall but instead, I see a tall woman with long blond hair in silver and purple armor.

"No, no, no, no, no," my friend and I shout. Pushing myself up, I then run away. Once again, I take only three steps before something flies out from the sky and hits me. Whatever hits me, it wraps around my feet and knocks me to the street.

"I surrender," my friend yells, backing up with his hands high in the air.

Supergirl:

"Again," I sigh, shaking my head as I look at the graffiti the two boys painted. I show a red S hovering over the Earth.

"That's enough," I shout at the boys, causing them to jump a little. Walking up to one of the boys, the one on the ground, I grab and lift him into the air.

"I'm sorry," the boy cries. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! I really didn't!"

"Then why did you do it," I yell. "What did you do this if you didn't mean it?"

The boy cries something but I couldn't really understand. I shake my head again and drop the boy. As soon as his feet hit the ground, the boy crawls into a ball and stays like that until One Earth vans arrive and arrest the two. I watch as the two boys are escorted into the backs of the vans before the vans drive off. The second they're gone, I turn around.

"I don't get it," I say, crossing my arms. "What do the people have against Kal-El? Or me?"

I wait a while for Bruce to jump out from the shadow. Hearing him as he fires his grapple gun, Bruce swings out before landing right beside me.

"Who knows," Bruce answers after looking at the graffiti himself. "Who cares? They will always be people that take things for granted."

As Bruce and I shake our heads, we get a call through our earpieces.

"Attention Supergirl and Batman," Cyborg says. "Attention Supergirl and Batman."

"We're here," I answer. "What's wrong Victor?"

"We need some help back here at New Metropolis," Cyborg answers. "How long before you two can get here?"

"Give us five minutes," Bruce answers.

"Okay."

Bruce and I then lower our hands.

"Need some help," I ask, jumping and hovering in the air.

"No thank you," Bruce quickly replies. "I have my own ride."

Throwing his cape behind him, Bruce pulls out his grapple gun and fires it into the sky. I hear the sound of the hook latching onto something metal only a second before Bruce ziplines into the air. He vanishes into the clouds. A few seconds later, I see the Batwing as it descends from the clouds. Bruce doesn't even wait for me before flying off toward New Metropolis.

I shake my head while see the Batwing turns into nothing but a tiny black dot. About to fly after Bruce, I take a look back at the two boys' graffiti.

"There's something off about the S," I think. "But why? Ahh."

I shake my head before flying after Bruce.

It takes us less than five minutes to make it back to New Metropolis. As Bruce and I land in the courtyard, all the One Earth soldiers get out of the way. The moment our feet hit the ground, all the soldiers cheer us on.

"Wooo," they shout. "Yeahhh! Amazing jobs!"

"Hey," I say, taping Bruce on his arm. "What's going on? Why are they cheering us?"

"You don't remember," Bruce says while climbing out of the Batwing. The soldiers once again clear a way for us as we walk toward the command center.

"We arrested Black Mask only a few days ago."

"We...did?"

"We did," Bruce answers. "You, me, Leonard, and Clayface. We found Black Mask's lair beneath Gotham."

"Oh yeah," I say, nodding my head. "I remember. I remember."

Bruce nods his head and looks ahead. I look ahead myself but for some reason, I can't remember arresting Black Mask.

"Black Mask," I repeat. "Black Mask. Why does that name sound familiar?"

I shake my head as Bruce and I enter New Metropolis's command center. There, standing around a large, black table, I see the rest of the regimes and Kal-El himself.

"Kara," Kal-El says, my cousin walking up to me and hugging me.

"Hey, hey, hey," I say, smiling as I push Kal-El off me. "Easy there. We're at work."

"Come on," Kal-El says. "We're family."

"So are we," Leonard says, raising his hand. Leonard points to himself and then at a medium-height woman with long brown hair and very smooth skin. "But we're not that close. Stop being creepy."

The woman bumps Leonard in the stomach.

"Leonard," the woman says. "Don't ruin the moment."

"Lisa," Leonard starts. "I'm not sorry."

"Enough," Diana says, all of us turning to her. With all of us facing her, Diana brings up a tablet in her hands. "We're here to discuss a new threat. Everyone, take your places."

With that said, all of us take our seats. Meanwhile, Kal-El joins Diana and Teth-Adam. Diana gives Kal-El the tablet and with it, Kal-El begins the presentation.

"According to multiple sources, Slade Wilson and Jason Todd, better known as Deathstroke and Red Hood, have been attacking many of our convoys in both Hub City and Starling City. We can't be sure why, but from the looks of it, the two are stealing supplies from the convoys."

Kal-El wipes at the screen and brings up four pictures. The first two show an elderly man with gray hair and an eye patch beside a man with a black and orange mask, the black and orange split down the middle. The second two pictures show a young man with short black hair beside a man with a shining red mask.

"Slade Wilson," I repeat. "Jason Todd? Deathstroke? Red Hood? Why do those names sound so familiar?"

Again, I feel something I'm supposed to remember those names but for some reason, I can't. I can't remember why their names sound so familiar. As I try to remember, my head starts to hurt.

"Ahh," I cry out. It seems my outburst draws everyone's attention.

"Kara," Kal-El says, turning away from the presentation. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I say. I shake my head before heading for the door. "I'm sorry everyone but I think I need to get some fresh air. Continue with the meeting. I'll be back in a few minutes."

Before anyone can object, I quickly leave the command center and head outside. Walking into the courtyard, I do a few laps while inhaling.

"Slade Wilson," I repeat to myself. "Slade Wilson. Jason Todd. I know those names but why? Also, why don't I remember arresting Black Mask?"

I try my hardest to remember anything about the arrest, but nothing came to mind. It's almost like it never happened.

As I keep walking around the courtyard, I pass by some One Earth soldiers. They're all lined up equally, each armed with One Earth body armor and a machine gun.

"Mam," the soldier in front says, saluting at me as we walk past each other. I nod my head at him. The soldiers behind him greet me and I nod my head at each and every one of them. However, as one soldier approaches me and salutes me, I can't help but look at him.

He didn't look any different from the other soldiers besides his ID number.

"8-0-88," I think. As I look closely, I see a pair of sunglasses.