Deathstroke, or rather the man who would be Deathstroke, fired off a few small bursts of automatic gunfire which the young metahuman deflected with her TK abilities. Deathstroke watched as the wolfman clawed his way out of some wreckage and attacked the closest member of the team despite it being the one who helped save his life. Booster Gold, the targeted Justice Leaguer, was still bleeding in the monitor room from his leg along with Ditto2 who had caught the same bullet in Booster's leg in his arm. The killer knew it was now or never with the foundation of the HQ becoming weak on their end with black flames now also engulfing a few small areas around the base. 

"What have you done with Canary you bastard?!? Did you kill her too?" Ditto1 screamed throwing some debris at the attacker before he could draw his blade again, making his way down to the lower levels of the base.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" came a shriek from another end of the base as Canary hit the scene with her sonic scream with broken handcuffs still around her wrists with Superman now in the HQ as well.

"Everyone stay back," Superman ordered blowing out some of the black flames with his super breath, "This impostor killed Hawkgirl on his way to Star City... didn't you, Ben?"

The masked man removed the only thing between him and the League at this point, the mask of Deathstroke. Taking it off he revealed himself as Ben Turner. Former husband of the deceased Vixen, formerly he called himself the Bronze Tiger and was an accomplished hand to hand fighter. The man bested Batman on several occasions. 

"You blame the League for Vixen's death but killing everyone in the League won't bring her ba... AAAAAH!" Superman screamed as the enemy took his mystical sword and threw it with deadly aim piercing through the arm and shoulder of the Kryptonian.

"This all has to end, Kal. The League has to pay..." Turner began rambling.

"How many people have to die?!? I'd do anything to bring her back, Ben. This isn't who you are..." Superman pleaded as the young heroes and Canary herself were all over the place.

Canary went to the aid of Ditto2 and Booster, Orbit, the other Dittos, as well as the remaining young heroes not already beaten to a pulp gathered around Turner and Superman now down on his knees with the sword still stabbing through his arm and shoulder.

Turner seemingly had everything right where he wanted it, Superman down, vulnerable. All he had to do was get the sword and finish the job, still it was at that moment he couldn't see it anymore, all he saw was red. Red splattered on wounded bodies, on the walls, the ceiling. As the room burned around him Turner suddenly felt something he hadn't felt in a while, guilt. It was one thing to try and find his vengeance, but his revenge was not through these young people, hurt badly by his own hands. He tried to take a step forward, but felt his legs give out as he stumbled to his knees. 

"What... have I... become...?" He asked himself aloud, Turner felt his eyes water as he looked down at his own hands, the red on them stained and hurt him more than anything in this battle. 

"Vixen... Mari... wouldn't have wanted this. She'd be ashamed..." once again asking with no answer in sight. 

He could hear her in his mind, begging him to stop, calling him a monster. Turner's eyes were hurting as he leaned forward, holding himself up on a hand as he felt nothing in himself anymore. No soul, no conscience. The pain was all too much, silently he reached for a handgun he had strapped to the belt of the suit. Superman tried to prepare himself to block it for the others, only to watch it get turned around, and go towards Turner's own mouth.

"Please forgive me Mari..." Turner quietly called out, as the handgun went into his mouth, and with a click and bang ended his misery.

Blood splattered on Superman and the ground around him and the dead body of Tuner as it hit the ground. The heroes still standing were shocked, but glad the whole ordeal was over. Now they could begin picking up the pieces...

~KL~ [with an assist by Drew]