"Are all Apokolips people this stubborn? He's not cooperating at all. What are we going to do about the electricity?"
Kate bit her lip and awkwardly changed the subject. She had gotten carried away and stabbed a little too hard just now, and the sharp tip of the Black Diamond was now smeared with something red and yellow.
She had aimed for the thickest patch of flesh out of kindness, since she did not want to kill him. But in the DC Universe, if one looked only at the outcome, not killing often led to results that seemed either dark or absurd.
Seeing that Deathstroke appeared busy examining the Mediterranean man's body and had not noticed the black stone spike in her hand, she hurriedly rubbed the Black Diamond against the nearby wall.
"Apokolips used to have its own ideas about a warrior's honor. No one has mentioned them in ages, but Doctor Bedlam refusing to surrender was within my expectations."
With his back to Batwoman, Su Ming picked up the remote control Doctor Bedlam had been holding earlier and turned it over in every direction as he examined it. He replied calmly:
"He's one of Darkseid's Elite. They may have all sorts of weaknesses, but their loyalty to the Dark Tyrant is difficult to shake."
That was because, who knew how many years ago, anyone insufficiently loyal had already been thrown into the Fire Pits and burned into light and heat, or simply fed to the war hound corps.
The people who had betrayed Darkseid and escaped Apokolips alive could be counted on one hand.
At that moment, the Adjutant released everyone from the otherworldly dimension again. The distorted surroundings, like the Mirror Dimension, faded away, and everything returned to normal—except Lorna was still holding a Glob of constantly