Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Page #2

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Oh, it's on the tip of my tongue. Ow.

Let me help you get it off.

Judge Dent was kidnapped last night.

Where did the Joker take him?

Even if I did know,

it wouldn't do you any good, Bats.

- He's probably already dead.

- Then so are you.

Cyborg? I surrender.

To you.

Smart.

- Batman.

- You should have let her hit the pavement.

- You shouldn't have thrown her.

- She slipped.

- Aren't you wondering how I found you?

- Thermal vision.

Cybernetic hearing.

And total access to every camera

on the grid.

Must be a nice perk for being

in the president's back pocket.

I've told you it's not like that.

As national security advisor,

I can help more people.

Like that murdering psychopath?

Maybe you should go help people

in some other town.

We're trying to help all the people...

...while there's still a world left.

We need you.

"We"?

Hologram party. Ingenious.

Saves a fortune on snacks.

Enchantress, Pied Piper, Citizen Cold,

Shade, Sandman, The Shazam Kids.

It's Batman. Seriously, Batman.

- He's older than I thought.

- But I'm not hard of hearing.

You know why we're here, Batman.

War.

Over 100 million people died...

...when Atlantis sank

Western Europe into the ocean.

Another 32 million slaughtered...

...when the Amazons

invaded the United Kingdom...

...and renamed it New Themyscira.

We have to take down Aquaman

and Wonder Woman...

...before their war destroys

what's left of the world.

- We can do it.

- That's exactly what Captain Atom said...

...before he flew over there and vanished.

He went in without a plan or backup.

That's where you come in.

If we want to win this thing, we need

the best tactician on the planet.

You.

You can't just turn your back on this.

Not when we've got a chance to stop

this war and save the world.

War's over, soldier.

You just don't know it yet.

Everybody lost.

- Can I help you, sir?

- Sir? Doris, it's me.

No, I don't need help.

Everything's fine now.

Mommy.

- How is my little angel?

- Awesome.

Daddy took me out to lunch

and we had chicken wings...

...and I told him about the invasion drill

we had at school today.

Bruce? Alfred?

What happened to you, Bruce?

You were the James Bond

of superheroes.

What turned you into the Unabomber?

Who are you?

I said who the hell are you?

Bruce, wait. You have to remember.

It's me. It's Barry.

Barry Allen. Bruce?

- Bruce?

- Bruce.

Bruce is dead. I watched him die.

My God.

He's the one who died

that night in the alley.

Bruce died and you lived.

You're his father.

You're Thomas Wayne.

Pilgrim to Mayflower, do you copy?

Where the hell are you?

I'm at the rendezvous point.

There's no sign of the package

or any other members of the resistance.

And I'm up to my neck in Amazons.

You're an American.

But you're going to tell me

a little more about yourself.

- Who are you?

- No. Ugh.

He's resisting the Lasso of Truth.

How is that possible, Queen Diana?

It's not.

Who are you, and what are you doing

in New Themyscira?

My name is Colonel Steve Trevor

of the United States Special Forces.

- I'm here to retrieve Lois Lane.

- Who is Lois Lane?

Lois Lane is a Pulitzer Prize

winning journalist...

...who's been embedded

in New Themyscira for three months...

...gathering intel

on your Amazons for Cyborg.

She's, unh... She's also one of the most

beautiful women I've ever met.

Until now, you mean.

Our information was correct.

Cyborg is amassing the outside

world's super-humans...

...in an attempt

to interfere with our war.

He will fail.

Now, find me this Lois Lane.

Yes, my queen.

May I deal with the prisoner for you?

No.

The queen of the Amazons

is a servant to her people.

Nothing is beneath her.

I told you, everything changed.

You have nine more fingers.

I suggest you tell me

how you found out about me.

In my world,

I'm a hero named the Flash.

Bruce took me here, showed me...

I used to be a doctor.

Mention my dead son again and I will

break out my surgical instruments.

My ring. Let me show you

that I'm telling the truth.

My uniform is in that ring.

I'll humor you.

See? I told...

Not what you were expecting?

- No. Thawne.

- Who?

The man this uniform belongs to.

My opposite, the Reverse-Flash.

Eobard Thawne.

- What kind of name is Eobard?

- The 25th-century kind.

He replicated the accident that allowed me

to tap into the Speed Force...

...became a criminal,

Professor Zoom.

Speed Force?

The Speed Force allows both of us to bend

the laws of physics using super speed.

He can travel through time.

You're suggesting that he changed

something in the past...

That changed everything. It's crazy.

My mom's alive. You're Batman.

And Diana and Arthur

are about to start World War Ill.

But why give me this?

He hates you.

So much he'll destroy everything

to kill you.

But his psychosis requires

that you know he's responsible.

Could anyone, even Thawne,

be that deranged?

You'd be amazed the monsters

this world can create.

We have to stop this, Dr. Wayne.

Catch Thawne,

find out what he changed...

...and change it back before Aquaman

and Wonder Woman...

...kill everyone on the planet.

Not saying I believe you,

but in your reality...

- ...is my son...?

- Bruce is alive.

He's Batman.

If I were to help you,

what exactly would we need?

Just what's over there

and unbelievably bad weather.

Welcome to Gotham.

I thought you were supposed to be smart.

I am smart, captain. Very smart.

Unfortunately,

having the greatest intellect on earth...

...doesn't always help one

do the impossible.

You better be able to pinpoint

that son of a b*tch.

Aquaman's doomsday device

should be easy for me to find...

...simply by locating the power source.

A weapon capable

of wiping out continents...

...would require an astonishing

amount of energy.

Based on my analysis

of the shockwave...

...our course should take us

right over the origin point.

And there's nothing. Not a blip.

I'm taking a big risk

coming this close to his waters.

- How close are we?

- See for yourself.

That's a lot of death.

Even for me.

I suggest if you want to prevent further

tragedies of this magnitude...

Battle stations!

A bit too late for that, I think.

Surface-dwellers, my lord.

Not Amazons.

Meddlers, Orm. They're in my way.

Well, at least I know I was right.

No survivors.

This is crazy. You ought to be in Arkham.

Maybe so, but I need to recreate

the conditions of the accident...

...that turned me into the Flash.

Strap me in.

You know, they say that lightning

doesn't strike the same place twice.

They say a lot of things.

Now why don't we pull the switch

and find out?

Come on.

Come on, I'm here.

I'm right here!

Oh, my God.

I wish you had better news for me, Cyborg.

This cloud of war grows ever darker,

and I fear we've run out of options.

I just need a little more time,

Mr. President.

Victor, there is no more time.

Lex Luthor is dead.

His mission failed.

But at least we know the estimated

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