"It's pathetic that you've always lived in darkness, unable to see how true light comes about."
Lord Batman immediately fired back. He was Batman too. Having committed himself to a goal he would pursue to the bitter end, he would never let a few words shatter his convictions, even if they came from another version of himself.
Brad took no part in such a pointless debate. Once everyone learned about the events involving Destruction and madness, he released the superheroes of the Injustice Universe from their restraints, though the Crime Syndicate remained imprisoned.
Wonder Woman went over to comfort Injustice Superman, while Flash and Shazam exchanged a glance and moved away from them.
Ever since the Injustice League's founding, Flash and Shazam had helped Injustice Superman do many things that went against their consciences. On one side was the torment of guilt; on the other was the tragedy that had befallen the man who had once been the Justice League's most trusted member.
Out of sympathy for that tragedy, Injustice Flash and Injustice Shazam had joined the Injustice League, believing Superman would eventually get better. But looking back now, the things they had done had betrayed the very ideals that first led them to become superheroes.
As for Hal, the Injustice League's Yellow Lantern, he fit in with neither side. He had genuinely turned evil. After savoring power and slaughter, he had even lost the right to wear a Green Lantern ring, becoming a Yellow Lantern Warrior who inflicted fear on the world instead.
If everything Brad said was true, then he was the most pathetic clown of all.
Yellow Lantern Hal staggered back a few steps, dazed. Overwhelming fear finally struck him himself. In his stupor, the figure of Guy Gardner, the close friend he had murdered, appeared before