**All charcters owned by DC Comics. This story is rated m, like most good comics because it has violence and death. This story is based on the original Superman story "Reign of The Supermen' where Superman was a bald villain."
The Takedown
The ruins of Arkham Asylum, Gotham City
“Did you get it?” whispered Beast Boy nervously looking around. His shape shifted constantly from a rabbit, a bat and fennec fox
Robin threw the leather bound journal onto the ground “Just where I expected my father to leave it. And why are you whispering?”
“Superman you idiot!” snapped Beast Boy as he changed into a chimp and latched onto Robin’s collar
“He’s not here”
“How do you know?”
“Donna sent her signal, meaning that she and her team are dead or dying as we speak. Hence the reason we were able to come back here to Arkham and get the book without him watching” Robin walked off towards his customised bike
“Donna’s dead?” asked Garth turning into hawk “I’m gonna kill that kryptonian bastard!”
Robin snatched Beast Boy out of the air and drew him to eye level “Garth. You’ll get your chance. But I’m going to kill him. He killed my father. Bastard even killed Pennyworth”
Garth morphed into human form and stood eye to eye with Robin “We’ll stop him Damien”
“Not yet. We need a few more things”
Metropolis
Superman tore Kid Devil in half like a piece of paper as Donna Troy, Blue Beetle, Mr Freeze, Red Tornado and Plasmus watched on in horror! He slowly floated to the ground
“He he he, next” snarled Superman holding a half in each hand, blood splattered across his face
Mr Freeze opened up with his freeze cannon. Superman easily parried the ray with his eye beams “Victor I’ve fought you twice in my life, this third time will be your last” the laser doubled in power and ferocity and punched a hole through the former villain’s chest
Red Tornado fired a localised vortex at the once greatest hero. Superman flung half of Kid Devil at the android, knocking it backwards. Plasmus flung a glob of protoplasm catching Superman in the face
Superman roared in shock, windows exploded at the shockwave of his voice
“Again!” screamed Donna as she flew straight up above Superman
Plasmus flung more but it did nothing more than burn holes in the iconic blue uniform
“You caught me by surprise Plasmus” growled Superman “Right in my eyes, it actually stung” Superman took a deep breath and blew a hurricane stripping Plasmus down to his skeleton, the protoplasm peeling off his body like a leper in a wind tunnel
Red Tornado used the wind and threw Superman up into the air as Donna came down from the heavens like a bolt of lightning smashing her fist into Superman’s face. CRACK! Donna’s hand broke but she continued to pound away
“By the gods I swear you’ll pay for what you did to Diana!” she screamed chopping Superman across the throat “You’re a monster!” She slammed her forehead into his nose
“It was her or me Donna” replied Superman grabbing Donna by the wrist “I chose her!” Superman fired his eye beams and severed Donna’s right arm at the shoulder. He then smacked her across the face with the severed limb
“NO!” Red Tornado flew in to save Donna but Superman was quicker. Superman put his fist through Red Tornado’s forehead and carved a channel through it and out his lower back. Red Tornado collapsed a broken hunk of metal and circuitry.
“Diana went out fighting” said Superman “Like the warrior princess she was”
Donna collapsed on her knees, holding the cauterised stump, tears streaming down her face
“Didn’t one of my robots kill you?” asked Superman sarcastically as he flicked the remnants of Red Tornado off his fingers
“Back off!” yelled Blue Beetle. His suit had created a veritable arsenal of guns and pointing them at Superman
“Really Jaime?” laughed Superman “I think I’d be more scared if Ted was pointing his flare gun at me. You...” Superman didn’t finish his sentence as Blue Beetle opened fire; Superman dodged and ended up behind the azure hero “Shot at me with kryptonite radiation!” Superman grabbed the symbiote on Jaime’s spine and reefed it off in one quick motion. With his other hand Superman pulled Jaime’s head off his body
“Why? Why you bastard?” cried Donna as she staggered to her feet, her left hand reaching into her belt
“Because I can, because you’re all beneath me and because I’m not the Superman you think I am” He slowly pulled off his hair to reveal a clean bald head
“Lex?”
“No. You’ve been to other realities, other dimensions. I’m Superman but not from around here. And the first I did was kill me when got here. Now I’m going to kill all of you, especially those most dangerous. Like Batman. Like Wonder Woman. Martian Manhunter”
“Like me” Donna revealed a black diamond in her hand “I’m dangerous Clark and by the gods am I angry!”
Donna gripped the diamond and her body rippled with demonic energy releasing Eclipso into her
“Hello Superman” her voice crackled “Miss me” A blast of purple eldritch energy shot from her hand slamming into his chest “I didn’t want to embrace the darkness, but it feels oh so good”
Donna fired another blast knocking the man of steel to his knees “Always had a problem with magic didn’t you blue? And with me?” Another burst flattened him to the ground “I can’t wait til I possess you again!”
“NEVER!” Superman opened his eyes wide and melted Donna into a molten slag pile of purple crystal. Superman walked towards the statue “I have no idea how you keep coming back Eclipso...I don’t actually care. As you for Donna, you’re a poor man’s Wonder Woman” Superman raised his fist and pulverized the statute into glitter
Superman caught his breath and then bathed the area in X-rays. Happy with the results he flew off into the air
Gorilla City, Africa
Damien threw the journal onto the table “Did you get the other things?”
Professor Zoom threw the katana onto the table “Piece of cake”
“Don’t get smart Thawne” snapped Hawkgirl as she placed her pouch onto the table
“The more we bicker, the less gets done and more of us die” stated Black Manta as he placed a triangle onto the table
“Where’s Deathstroke?” asked Damien looking around the old gorilla council chamber
“Not back yet obviously” snapped Professor Zoom as he shimmered at hyperspeed
“My father had a way to deal with the Flash, I’m sure it’ll work on you. And unlike my father I’ll kill you” stated Damien as his locked eyes on the yellow clad speedster “Your move”
Zoom came to a dead stop. The air went silent. The atmosphere tensed.
Beast Boy changed into a giant squid “Okay people break up the alpha male party. Superman is the reason we’re here. Any other squabbles are like fifty two minutes ago, forgotten”
“Finally you get a brain Garth” said Deathstroke as he entered the room and threw a crystal cane onto the table, with a hand attached to it
“Oh my god!” shrieked Beast Boy
“Mr Z didn’t want to give up his protection for the greater good” said Deathstroke “I persuaded him”
“Do we have everything?” asked Hawkgirl as she removed her helmet
Robin counted them down “Mr Z’s crystal, Katana’s katana, my father’s journal, Angle Man’s mystical triangle and if you got the...”
“I got the gems” growled Hawkgirl as she emptied her pouch. Several pieces of gemstone; black, blue, red and green
“Fascinating” said Zoom as he inspected each at high speed
“So Robin, what do we do next?” asked Deathstroke
“We need one final piece for our plan and then we go kill Superman” said Robin bluntly as he gathered up the items.
Suddenly a klaxon alarm went off “He’s coming” shouted Black Manta
“Go!” yelled Robin punching in coordinates into his belt and teleporting away. The other’s followed suit except Zoom who shot away at near light speed. Black Manta remained as Superman crashed through the roof into the chamber
“Clever hiding place, but Garth has really got to keep his voice down. I heard his girlish scream from the upper atmosphere”
“I’ll tell him that” said Black Manta "After I deal with you"
“And what do YOU plan on doing? You’re the villain of one of the lamest heroes in any dimension. What are you going to do? Slap me with fish?”
“No I had my helmet modified to a design that Steel was working on before you threw him into the Sun” Black Manta fired a beam from his eyes hitting Superman in the face. Superman screamed! “Red kryptonite lenses! It’s synthetic but it hurts doesn’t it!” Manta fired an electrical blast from his wrist as well “I’m sure I can’t kill you but I’ll hurt you. Just like you hurt me, taking away my Arthur!” Black Manta watched as Superman writhed in pain “He was mine! Not yours. How dare you!?! Arthur was mine!” Black Manta raised his trident
Superman slammed his hands together shattering the lenses into Black Manta’s face. Superman grabbed the trident his fallen opponent and impaled Black Manta on it, pinning him to the wall.
“You and Arthur...I never knew” said Superman wiping blood from his nose “But so far you’ve actually hurt me. A man in a scuba suit” Superman removed the trident and reinserted it into Manta’s chest under his clavicle “Now tell me a story”
End part 1
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