A/N: this is a reboot and redesign of my original '𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦: 𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥' story back on my original account. If you are wondering if I'll do 'Young Justice' after this, the answer is no. I'll only do 'Justice League', and t...
A supervillain stood on top of a building, energy crackling around his hands and his green bodysuit. He looked at the terrified people below in contempt.
"Here is where I make my stand!" The supervillain yells. "Here is where I shall carve out the kingdom I am destined for!" He smashed his hands against the roof of the building and, with a roar, ripped a chunk of it into the air. "Bow before the power of Mantis!" He hurled the debris at the people below, intending to crush them all.
Before the debris could strike the citizens, a bolt of blue energy vaporised it. Mantis looked around for whoever dared to interfere. When he saw who it was, his eyes widened; it was Superman, Starscream in his F-16 Eagle jet mode, and Captain Atom, the latter of whom had fired the blast.
"Is it just me, or are the world-conquerors getting mouthier?" Captain Atom asked.
"He's from Apokolips, they're all pretty chatty there." Superman explained.
"Really? Maybe all supervillains from my reality came from there too, since none of them would ever shut the slag up!" Starscream commented.
Mantis sent another bolt of energy at the heroes, hitting Captain Atom dead-on and freezing him solid. As Starscream and Superman flew back down to catch him before he hit the ground, he had to marvel at the stuff that came from Apokolips. The technology and the powers of its metahumans were all crazy. He'd once tried to figure out a piece of tech from the planet with Ratchet, and even then, all he got was a headache; Batman later warned him not to try to think about it too hard, or he'd go insane.
Superman managed to catch Captain Atom in time, but before he or Starscream could think about thawing him out, Mantis tackled Superman through the side of a building. While the Apokoliptan was busy with the Kryptonian, Starscream shifted into robot mode and slaps the Transformatrix dial.
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"Swamptread!" The Methane Autobot sent a wave of fire over the ice, confident that Captain Atom would be fine; after all, it took the power of a giant, nuclear-powered robot to break his suit the last time, so a little fire wouldn't do much, if anything.
After a few seconds, the ice was melted enough for Captain Atom to break out with his own strength. "Thanks for that. Now where's Superman?" He asked.
Swamptread jerked his thumb to where bolts of energy were flying. "Three guesses where, and the first two don't count."
"Got it. I'll go back him up." Captain Atom said.
"I'll be right behind you. Going Ultimate!" Swamptread slaps the dial. "Ultimate Swamptread!" He looks at Captain Atom. "Okay, let's roll."
The two ran, or in Captain Atom's case, flew, to Superman's location, where they found their friend on the ropes. Whatever energy Mantis was hitting him with must have had magical properties, or energy blasts from Apokolips' metahumans ignored Kryptonian invulnerability, because the bolts were actually hurting him.
