re: Bard's Poor Attempt at a Combined Marvel/DC Universe (an ongoing project)

Epilogue:

Flash’s leg was healing, but he still couldn’t stand. Green Lantern was still out cold, dried blood caked under his nose. Amazing Man had let go of the shield’s properties and returned the shield to Captain America. Everyone else was... gone. They were the only ones left alive when the strange vessel appeared in mid-air.

Will moved to stand in front of Steve, knowing he was the only real defense left to face whatever this was.

A platform slid from an unseen opening in the craft, creating a ramp which touched the ground. At the top of the ramp, a door silently slid open. Men with blue skin, dressed in purple and white uniforms descended the rank in a quick, precise fashion; fanning out before the platform with their firearms pointing at the remaining combatants. Another similar being, but this one in a uniform of blue and white strode confidently down the metal path. He eyed took in the battlefield, the dead hulking mass of Doomsday and then the forms of Amazing Man and Captain America before adjusting some piece of technology on his wrist.

Although the movements of his mouth did not match his words, his words came out in clear, unaccented English. “I am Jat Leck, Commander of this vessel, loyal citizen and representative of the Kree Empire. I am here to collect the abomination lying there before you. It was the result of a prohibited Kree experiment many years ago. We were just recently made aware of its existence and whereabouts and those who committed this transgression have long since been dealt with. I understand your world is at war and the battle against this…” the next word dripped from the commander’s mouth with disgust, “…aberration has taken a heavy toll on your forces. We are not here to fight you, but we will. We outnumber you and have superior firepower.” He looked directly at Will, “we understand you possess abilities which might lend you to believing you could prevail, and in a melee situation your possibly could.” He now looked at both men once again. “However, at the slightest provocation this ship will speed to orbit and begin bombarding the entire region. Your current level of technology gives you absolutely no defense from us. Again, we do not want a war, we simply wish to reclaim our lost property and leave.”

Will Everett tensed, on the verge of absorbing the awesome power of Cap’s shield once again, until Cap moved it out of reach by taking a step back. “At ease, soldier,” he said under his breath. “We’re exhausted. We have wounded to attend to,, dead to mourn. They’ve come in peacefully and all they want is to take a weapon used against us off the field. There’s nothing to win with this fight and even more to lose.” Will let the tension pass as he too stepped back.

The Kree leader nodded his acceptance of the two men’s movements back as agreement then barked an order at his men in another language. Four soldiers broke off from the others then tied bands around the limbs of Doomsday’s corpse, another four went to the capsule Doomsday had been released from and attached magnetic clamps to it. One of the soldiers from each group pulled out a small disc, touched a button on it and both Doomsday’s corpse and the capsule rose into the air. Another couple of button taps had the objects floating in the air behind them. Without another word the commander walked back up the walkway, followed eventually by the soldiers with their bounty in tow, then the rest of them withdrew up the plank, in reverse of the order they had come down.

Once they were all aboard, the door closed, the metal walkway retracted back into the ship, then the ship began to fade away as it rose into the sky. A slight whooshing sound and a small disruption to a nearby cloud were the only things to give away that the ship had left.