"What's going on?"
Even Batwoman voiced an incredulous question.
Before him stood another Hall of Justice, even grander and more magnificent than the current one. White doves flew through the sky, as if proclaiming that peace had arrived.
But that was not what surprised him. Another Justice League had appeared before him. Though they looked older, there was no doubt that the team standing in the plaza to welcome them was the Justice League.
White Wally wore a white lightning uniform, and Barry's phantom lingered amid the Speed Force lightning behind him.
John had become a White Lantern, with seven Power Rings of different colors on his fingers.
Batwoman wore a black trench coat, with a bleeding red bat emblem on her chest.
There was also the aged Cassie, who had inherited Diana's armor.
And of course, J'onn and Hawkgirl were there with their child. They looked very happy.
"It's simple, Bruce." White Superman smiled and spread his hands, presenting the city and everything before them. "We won. Now come in. I'll tell you how we saved the universe."
Batwoman and Wonder Woman exchanged a glance, then followed him. Everything around them was so quiet and peaceful, as though darkness no longer existed in the world.
Meanwhile, in another unknown place.
"J'onn? Can you hear me?" Superman staggered through the darkness. There was not a trace of light here, as if there was nothing but endless darkness. "Justice League? Batwoman?"
But no one answered him. He felt an unprecedented loneliness.
Without the sun, he could still maintain his powers for a while using the energy stored within his body. But it had not even been a day since Admiral Quell had contaminated him with seawater. Strictly speaking, he was still a patient recovering from a serious illness.
Not even Superman