In a jewelry store in Gotham a blonde woman returned to the counter carrying a ring box. "Here you go, Mr. Davidson." she said to a fifty-something man who was standing there with a twenty-something woman. "Three karat top-grade diamond in a platinum ring." The blonde opened the case and the twenty something squealed with glee.
"Perfect." Mr. Davidson said. "Ring me up." As she did so he continued. "That's what I like about you. You know exactly what I want and don't charge me extra to not tell my wife."
"Well, I'm already making a 20% commission. No need to double dip." Mr. Davidson smiled and the twenty-something woman looked at the the blonde jealously, so she quickly continued. "Owe, you don't have to worry about me stealing him. I'm done with dating older men."
Before the woman could respond there was an explosion outside. The rest of the people ran towards the front door to see what was happening but a strange creature carrying a weapon entered, blocking them in.
"Oh, no." the blonde said, and her eyes started to glow yellow. She thrust out her hand and the ring flew out of the case and straight through the creature's head. The ring floated back and she grabbed it, her eyes returning to normal. "Uh, I'll run that through the washer, Mr. Davidson. I'm sure you don't want it right now." Some sort of black goop dripped from between her fingers.
Mr. Davidson was about to say something when another, closer, explosion took out the front windows and several more of the creatures started approaching the front door. "Get them into the vault." She told the manager, who was standing there, staring at the approaching creatures.
"What is going on here, Miss Markov?" he demanded.
"Parademons." she replied. "No time to explain. Just do it." Her eyes began to glow again, and everything with a crystal in it in the showroom began to float. "I'll hold them off."
One week ago the forces of Apokolips arrived in this star system. While several of their ships attacked the Watchtower in orbit, most of them entered the atmosphere and began landing a billion parademons. While the Justice League was able to hold them off for almost a day, eventually they had to abandon the Watchtower. They moved to the surface, however, and and joined the fight there, as many superhumans, hero and villain, had done. The combined forces, including every nation's military and many that were released from prison on the grounds that they fight for their respective countries, an idea put forth by Amanda Waller, were able to hold the alien invaders at bay for three days. They finally fell when Darkseid himself showed up and joined the fight, killing the four Kryptonians which challenged him, Superman, Supergirl, Power Girl, and Bizarro, and hanging their corpses in Metropolis' central park. He then sent out his new gods to hunt down anyone of significant power that stood against them, to capture them for conversion if possible and kill them if necessary.
The Green Lantern John Stewart managed to get a message out to Oa before he was killed, along with the other Lanterns, but it is doubtful that his or anyone else's pleas for help will be answered.
We are lesser know characters and OCs that managed to live through it. Maybe we are metas, mages, or just tech nerds that found someone's tech cache, but now have to fight back to drive them off the Earth. Hero, Villain, other, it doesn't matter. We all have our reasons to fight.
"Perfect." Mr. Davidson said. "Ring me up." As she did so he continued. "That's what I like about you. You know exactly what I want and don't charge me extra to not tell my wife."
"Well, I'm already making a 20% commission. No need to double dip." Mr. Davidson smiled and the twenty-something woman looked at the the blonde jealously, so she quickly continued. "Owe, you don't have to worry about me stealing him. I'm done with dating older men."
Before the woman could respond there was an explosion outside. The rest of the people ran towards the front door to see what was happening but a strange creature carrying a weapon entered, blocking them in.
"Oh, no." the blonde said, and her eyes started to glow yellow. She thrust out her hand and the ring flew out of the case and straight through the creature's head. The ring floated back and she grabbed it, her eyes returning to normal. "Uh, I'll run that through the washer, Mr. Davidson. I'm sure you don't want it right now." Some sort of black goop dripped from between her fingers.
Mr. Davidson was about to say something when another, closer, explosion took out the front windows and several more of the creatures started approaching the front door. "Get them into the vault." She told the manager, who was standing there, staring at the approaching creatures.
"What is going on here, Miss Markov?" he demanded.
"Parademons." she replied. "No time to explain. Just do it." Her eyes began to glow again, and everything with a crystal in it in the showroom began to float. "I'll hold them off."
One week ago the forces of Apokolips arrived in this star system. While several of their ships attacked the Watchtower in orbit, most of them entered the atmosphere and began landing a billion parademons. While the Justice League was able to hold them off for almost a day, eventually they had to abandon the Watchtower. They moved to the surface, however, and and joined the fight there, as many superhumans, hero and villain, had done. The combined forces, including every nation's military and many that were released from prison on the grounds that they fight for their respective countries, an idea put forth by Amanda Waller, were able to hold the alien invaders at bay for three days. They finally fell when Darkseid himself showed up and joined the fight, killing the four Kryptonians which challenged him, Superman, Supergirl, Power Girl, and Bizarro, and hanging their corpses in Metropolis' central park. He then sent out his new gods to hunt down anyone of significant power that stood against them, to capture them for conversion if possible and kill them if necessary.
The Green Lantern John Stewart managed to get a message out to Oa before he was killed, along with the other Lanterns, but it is doubtful that his or anyone else's pleas for help will be answered.
We are lesser know characters and OCs that managed to live through it. Maybe we are metas, mages, or just tech nerds that found someone's tech cache, but now have to fight back to drive them off the Earth. Hero, Villain, other, it doesn't matter. We all have our reasons to fight.
