You don't kill your jailers. You make them kneel.
Scene 1: Null Chamber – 0 Hour
[Suppression Status: LIFTED]
[Limiters: SHATTERED]
[System Notice: LEVEL UP – Darkseid Pathway Stage 3 Unlocked]
– Skill Gained: "Mortal's Wrath"
– Trait Gained: "Indignation Pulse"
– Emotion Core Triggered: "Vengeance Surge"
The void trembles.
Reality itself begins to warp.
Elias's body glows black and violet, Omega energy lashing from his veins like wildfire.
A voice hisses from the shadows:
System Core:
"Unleashed. Directive: Choose your first target."
Elias (rising slowly):
"I'm not going to kill them...
I'm going to break their delusions."
Scene 2: Watchtower – Hall of Heroes
The League is mid-meeting when the alarms blare.
"WARNING. NULL CHAMBER BREACHED."
"THREAT LEVEL: GOD-SCALE."
"SUBJECT: ELIAS BLACK."
The door explodes inward, and smoke coils in.
Out steps Elias.
No longer smiling. No more jokes.
Eyes glowing.
A cape of shadow following.
Omega sigils burned into his chest and knuckles.
Flash (stammering):
"He's... not suppressed anymore—"
Elias:
"Oh, don't stop now. Weren't you just voting about me like I was a school project gone wrong?"
Scene 3: First Strike – Flash
Barry moves first. Mistake.
Elias blinks—just once.
Flash's knees snap inward, momentum crashing him into a wall with bones crunching.
Elias:
"First rule of vengeance, Speedy:
Always break the fastest legs first."
Scene 4: Cyborg
Cyborg's cannon charges.
Elias appears behind him—grabs his metal spine, and tears it halfway out before crushing it underfoot.
Elias:
"Digital brains still feel fear. Let's test your emotional firmware."
Cyborg screams as data corruption floods his system.
Scene 5: Wonder Woman – Brutal Duel
Diana flies at him—no words. Just righteous fury.
Their fists clash. Shockwaves shred the walls.
But Elias isn't dueling. He's humiliating.
Every time she raises her blade—he teleports behind, smacking her across the face with psychic backlash.
Every time she strikes—he blocks it with two fingers, smiling.
Then he speaks:
Elias:
"You always said strength should serve truth.
Funny how you forgot that the moment truth stopped flattering you."
He grabs her lasso, wraps it around her arms—and hurls her into Superman's memorial statue, shattering it.
Scene 6: Batman – Psychological Torture
Batman appears—no theatrics, just strategy.
He throws EMPs, kryptonite smoke, neural toxins.
Elias walks through it all.
Then—
He summons a hologram of Bruce's parents' last moments.
Repeats it.
Over and over.
Elias:
"You fight to stop what already broke.
But you never fixed yourself."
He then grabs Bruce's arm and dislocates the shoulder without blinking.
"No gadgets.
No contingency.
Just pain."
Scene 7: Superman – The Showdown
Superman finally steps in.
Kal-El:
"Enough."
Elias (grinning):
"Thought you'd never throw hands, Boy Scout."
And then—it's war.
Fist meets fist.
Omega energy versus solar power.
They crash through dimension barriers, shatter Watchtower floors, light up the sky like a dying star.
Elias tanks heat vision—grabs Superman by the face—and slams him into the moon before hurling him back to Earth.
Scene 8: Aftermath
The League lies shattered, bruised, beaten—but alive.
Elias stands above them, cape swirling.
Then he kneels over Superman.
Whispers in his ear:
"This wasn't rage.
This was mercy wrapped in pain.
I want you awake.
I want you all to remember how it felt… to be small again."
He walks away.
No one dares move.
Final Scene: Elias Broadcasts Again
Across the world, Elias's face appears on screens again.
He doesn't scream.
He simply says:
"The world's no longer run by symbols.
It's run by consequences.
I'm not your god.
I'm your reminder."