🥀 CHAPTER THREE | PARADEMONS 🥀

THE GROUP FOLLOWED WHAT ALFRED WAS SAYING. We were led to a large machine room that was empty and dusty. The room was circular and when I looked up it seemed like it didn't end. When I looked down it was the exact same, the only difference was if I fell, I would most likely die. The group was huddled in a corner and when I tilted my head to look, the bridge was broken. 

"One at a time," Bruce advised, "The bridge may not-" before Bruce could finish his sentence Barry managed to run to the other side of the bridge in less than two seconds. My eyes widened with surprised, I didn't know he was that fast. 

Diana then bent down and jumped to the other side, standing next to Barry. I stood there frozen, I didn't really have anything to get to the other side. Bruce had a grappling hook but he already had taken it out for himself and had gotten to the other side. I stood next to Victor, who still had a poker face on. 

I lifted my chin, looking at three, "Be careful, Esme," Diana said worriedly. I couldn't help but at the nickname. 

I placed my hands on my hips with no idea to get on the other side, "Don't worry," I started, "I got this." Little did they know, I didn't. 

I grabbed my silver whip and threw the other end to Diana, "Tie it to the ledge," her brows furrowed at me. 

"Are you sure this is safe?" she asked. 

I simply smiled at her, "What's a little pain if you're going to save the world?" Diana tied the end of the whip to the end of the bridge and stepped back. I held on tight to my end, I was going to jump and then climb. I prayed silently, that the whip was strong enough to hold me. I stood at the edge of the bridge, I took in a deep breath before letting my feet fall off the edge. 

I thought I was going to fall and meet my death but I didn't. The whip was strong enough and I managed to hoist my self up to the top of the bridge. My hands were sweaty as I untied the whip from the bridge. 

"Are you okay?" Diana asked reaching out her hand to help me up. I nodded before holding on to her hand to help myself up. 

Victor made his way to the other side of the bridge. When Bruce looked at us, he motioned for us to be quiet and moved his head to a certain direction. Then we heard the sound of Steppenwolf, the big bad we were trying to get rid of. 

When we looked, he was holding a man by his clothes in the air, "You've been near the Mother Box," he started, "The scent is on you," 

The man eyes were wide with fear, he had a janitor suit on, "Please," he begged, "We have families." 

Steppenwolf rolled his eyes in annoyance, "Why does everyone keep telling me that?" At this point, I had no clue what the hell Mother Boxes were nor what they could do. Barry made an audible noise of discomfort. 

I looked at him with a puzzled expression, "Are you okay?" Barry moved a few inches, taking in a deep breath. 

"Okay. Here's the thing," he started, looking at Bruce and at everyone else, "See, I'm afraid of bugs, and guns. And obnoxiously tall people. And murder. I can't be here." There was more noise coming in from the room which made everyone glance in that direction. 

"It's really cool, you guys seem ready to do battle and stuff, but full transparency, I've never done battle. I just push some people and run away." Barry's eyes were wide fear as he looked at Bruce, I stood with my arms folded across my chest. 

"Dude," I whispered, "Are you serious? You're basically the fastest man alive, you can save all those people in there within ten seconds." 

"Save one." Bruce said. 

"One?" Barry repeated. 

Bruce looked at Barry, "Save one person," 

Barry took in a deep breath, "Wait, which one?" 

Bruce licked his lips, "Don't talk. Don't fight. Get in. Get one out." 

"And then?" 

"You go." Bruce said looking down at Barry. 

"Okay." Barry nodded. 

Victor's head lifted and he walked towards the room where the hostages were being held, he lifted up his arm which transformed into a weird weapon of some sort. His arm then shot a blue ray at Steppenwolf and his parademons, which made my eyes widen. By the look on his face, it looked as if he wasn't expecting that either. He then flew to his father to shield him from Steppenwolf. 

Victor then used the blue ray and aimed it at Steppenwolf to distract them. Then Diana swooped in with her sword and stabbed a parademon with it. Sooner or later, everyone was engaged in battle, except Barry and I. I watched for a few seconds as everyone fought the parademons. I took out my snake bracelets and thrust them make them turn into two batons. 

When I looked up I saw a parademon which made my face twist in disgust. He made a sound that made my ears sting. I looked down and saw more parademons and hostages. I took one of the ends of the baton and stuck into the parademon. The parademon let out a screech as I held onto the baton and made my way down to the ground. 

Blue flashes of light kept filling up the machine room but then they disappeared after only a few seconds. It was Barry. My mouth curled into a smile when I realized he was actually doing everything. 

At that moment a parademon grabbed me and threw me against the wall. I dropped one of the batons on the ground and my back became sore. I grunted as I grabbed the baton and twirled it in my hand as the parademon approached. When I realized that my batons weren't going to be useful, I put them back on wrists at the bracelets and pulled out my gun. 

I pulled the trigger, aiming it at the parademon. Once, it made contact with its skin it let out a shriek before falling to the ground. When I looked around, I saw Diana struggling with Steppenwolf and the rest of his parademons whilst Bruce was nowhere to be seen. I aimed my gun at one of the parademons that were watching everything happened. When I pulled the trigger the parademon moved out the way and the bullet ricocheted against the wall. I quickly moved out of the way knowing it coming in my direction. 

The parademon that I tried to shoot, made its way towards me and threw me to the floor. I aimed the gun at his head and pulled the trigger. Then I heard the sound of a machine, when I looked down, I saw something black that looked like it belonged to Bruce. Diana and I stood on the bridge and when it slanted, I held my ground tight. 

Diana's sword started slipping, and it fell off the ledge, she quickly jumped to catch it with a parademon following after her. I quickly got up and jumped on Bruce's crawling machine hoping to land on top it and not the ground. The next few seconds were wild, Barry ran across the circular wall like a spiral and when he got near Diana's sword, he touched it with his finger making it move back and making Diana be able to grab it. Once she grabbed it, she stabbed the parademon with it. 

The bridge then collapsed and the crawler fell along with it as well. I held on as tight as I could but when it landed on the ground, I fell off of the side and landed on the ground. Diana was on the ground, and Barry stood next to her with wide eyes. I managed to stand up but my whole body ached. My arms and back were sore as were my legs. When Diana got up, there small fires everywhere and everything was destroyed. There was dirt on my face and suit.

"So, you have the blood of the Old Gods in you?" Steppenwolf asked Diana raised her arms getting ready to make an 'x' shape with them, then I heard Barry let out a yell and moved my head quickly. I ran over to him and saw cut in his suit. I look up at him with confused eyes, "Well, the Old Gods are dead." Steppenwolf grabbed his ax, getting ready to use it. When Diana made the 'x' a powerful blow sent Steppenwolf back and then two parademons grabbed Barry by both arms and lifted him up. 

Diana quickly sprinted into action by jumping and using her sword to decapitate the two parademons, "Help him," she said as ran off in the other direction. I nodded and ran over to Barry who was on the ground. 

I lend out my hand for him to grab and he willingly grabbed mine as I hoisted him up, "Thank you," he said nervously. 

"No problem," I looked over and saw a parademon heading for Diana but before it was near her, the parademon went backward and Bruce was standing on top of something with his grappling hook and the parademon was on the other end of it. 

"Heads up!" When everyone lifted their heads, Victor was flying down to the ground and managed to get inside the crawler. The crawler started moving and then Victor managed to press some buttons that made two missiles or rockets or whatever the hell it was and shoot it towards Steppenwolf. Everyone else ducked when they saw it fly by. 

Soon, there was a noise which sounded like water, everyone looked at each other with fear, "What are we under right now?" Barry asked. 

The sound of pipes and squeaking became more prominent, "Gotham Harbor," Bruce answered. 

A part of the wall broke and water started splashing in, Bruce quickly grabbed Barry and led him to the crawler, I ran towards the crawler with no hesitation. 

"You get him out!" Diana ordered, 

"Diana, there's no time," Bruce warned. 

"Also, among my fears is drowning," Barry added nonchalantly, 

I went over towards Barry and supported his other side with his arm around. Bruce managed to get inside the crawler with Diana following after a few seconds. More water started flowing in and Diana managed to get on top of the crawler, she helped Barry get on top of it too and I followed after him. The five of us held on tight. 

A man with a beard was outside with a trident and he held it out in front of him and the water stopped but his feet were slowly slipping, "Who the hell is that?" 

"Arthur Curry," Diana answered, looking back at me, "The Aquaman," I took in a deep breath, everyone looked exhausted and worn out after the fight, but it still wasn't over. The water started to move the crawler making grip onto it even tighter. Water started splashing in my face making my eyes sting. 

The crawler was climbing against the wall of the room, thanks to Victor, but then it stopped. I look at everyone else with a puzzled look, the water was starting to rise, "Victor, do something!" I yelled nervously. 

Victor flew out of the crawler making me annoyed. What the hell just happened? "Did he just bail?" Barry asked. 

*** 

We all managed to make it out alive. We stood outside Gotham Harbor near the rocks. At that time, night had fallen and two helicopters were in the air shining light. We stood near each other as Arthur smirked at Bruce. 

"What made you change your mind?" Bruce asked. 

"Steppenwolf," he answered, "He took the Mother Box from Atlantis," Diana looked distraught at the news, I still had no clue what they were. 

"What are the mother boxes?" I whispered to him. 

"There are three of them if Steppenwolf has all three it can cause mass destruction," he answered in a low voice. 

"Thanks," 

"You're welcome," he whispered, 

"All he needs now is the last box of man," Diana said with a worried look on her face. 

Bruce intervened, "If he doesn't already have it," 

There was a thud on the ground when I looked, I saw Victor with a box in his hand, "He doesn't have it." 

author's note: so, i wrote about 10 minutes of the movie! I hope this chapter didn't suck. I want to thank you all for 1k and 100 votes!