"Why? Why did Machine Head try to blow us up too?"
American Crusader crouched down in grief. The shield that had been teleported over with him lay discarded at his side, but he had no mind to pick it up. He merely clutched his chest and let out a mournful cry, looking even more distraught than the man whose car had just been smashed by Blue Behemoth.
Looking at the black pillar of light shooting into the sky, it seemed to have drilled a hole straight through the heavens. If Deathstroke had not been here, would they not all have been buried alongside Stark Industries Tower?
"Cough, cough. Looks like you all have some questions. That's fine. Let this ape explain how Machine Head defected to Darkseid and planned to get us all killed in exchange for benefits."
Little Lucky Ape stepped forward at the crucial moment again. Perched atop the Statue of Liberty's torch, he began telling the bewildered Avengers a dark story.
Of course, many details had been filled in through deduction and imagination, so they might not have been accurate. But as long as he told it as though it were true and painted Machine Head as the villain, that was enough.
After all, the tower's self-destruction had happened. It was obvious that he had intended to destroy further evidence while killing his teammates and Deathstroke's group. The facts were right there.
Thus and so, Bobo used concise language to explain everything, from Barry's disappearance to their arrival on Earth-8 to investigate.
After hearing the explanation, the Counter-Attackers looked at each other, unable to say a word.
But in the end, the dim-witted bald God of Thunder was the first to raise his hand. He asked sincerely, "Then why did Machine Head defect to Darkseid?"
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