Cyborg staggered toward the three figures formed by the Mother Boxes' consciousnesses. A single sentence kept echoing through his mind: As long as I grab them, I can become one with them and live happily forever.
Cyborg was tempted. At the same time, the Mother Box energy inside his body broke through the barriers he had put in place and gradually began eroding his mind.
Cyborg thought his precautions would work, but he had no idea that, before the Mother Boxes, they meant nothing.
Inside the base, Diana shouted at Kid Power, "Cyborg will succeed! Kid Power, you'll never get your way!"
That was her outward meaning. In secret, Diana was asking, "What if Cyborg succeeds?"
"Hahaha! You really think that tin man can succeed? Dream on. He's as good as dead."
Kid Power spoke arrogantly. Reassured, Diana continued fighting him. All that mattered was not disrupting Andrew's plan.
Steppenwolf was nothing. Their real opponent was Darkseid.
Flash shouted over the comms, "Victor, when do I release the electricity?"
Cyborg didn't answer, because his mind had already begun losing its way. Just then, a voice rang out in his head. "Cyborg, don't fall for it! Everything you're seeing is fake."
Cyborg abruptly snapped out of it. He froze for a moment, then demanded angrily, "Iron Man, you planted a virus in my system too?"
"Just in case. Just in case."
Iron Man gave an awkward laugh. He hadn't tampered with Cyborg before, but after learning about the Parallel Universe, he had secretly planted a virus while examining Cyborg's body.
It really had been just in case.
"You and Batman are a pair of bastards."
Cyborg cursed, then raised his hand, which had transformed into an Energy Cannon, and shouted, "Flash, now!"
"Got it."
Flash nodded and charged back into the