The three of them re-formed their formation, with Superman in the center, the Flash on the left, and Cyborg on the right. Wonder Woman moved in from the rear flank.
The Batwing circled overhead!
The battle began in earnest.
Doomsday's massive, dark-green body left deep, charred footprints with every step.
He tilted his head. His dark-red eyes swept over the four figures arrayed before him, a look somewhere between indifference and calculation churning in their depths.
He recognized three of them: Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman, who had blasted him in the chest with a laser cannon just after he was born.
The fourth, the young man who was half machine, was new to him.
Heat Vision blasted from his eyes again, straight toward Cyborg.
This time, Cyborg didn't try to take the hit.
His electronic eye caught the sudden red glow in Doomsday's pupils a split second before the Heat Vision fired. His half-mechanical body sprang left with reflexes far beyond human limits. The beam grazed the metal armor on his right shoulder and melted a charred trench into the wall of the building behind him.
"Twice now."
Cyborg sounded nothing like a man who had just brushed past death. Tactical data scrolled across the electronic eye beneath his faceplate. "His pupils light up point-three seconds before he fires Heat Vision. That's enough time for me to dodge."
The Flash's voice came from the other side, his words spilling out in a rush. "I'll draw his attention!"
The figure in the red suit darted in from the flank, moving so fast that even Doomsday's infrared senses caught only a blur of trails.
The Flash circled behind Doomsday's right side, snatched up a length of rebar blown loose by the explosions, and struck his ankle with the momentum of a