"I feared your plan would fail from the beginning, an army without killers is no army at all" Damian told him.

"Batman believed in you, you cost me my father" Amara squeezed Damian's hand knowing how deeply he missed his father.

"And my teammates, I won't forgive that"

6 years ago..
Jon shot his heat vision at a parademon, flying after it. Raven blasted another, Damian ran up to one his katana in hand slicing as he went but he was no match. The parademon easily pushed him off, Nightwing came up from behind to help his brother locking him in a choke hold only for him to get thrown on to the ground a blade piercing his chest. Damian watched in despair as his brother slowly died and casually got tossed aside. Damian moved to attack once again only to be knocked down into the river, a huge gash on his side.

On the other side of the battle field, Tim, Jason and Amara had stayed together taking on one parademon at a time, Amara had seen how quickly her teammates died so she refused to leave Jason and Tim alone knowing the three had a better chance than they would on their own.

Amara blasted anything moving towards her, her arm was bleeding and partially reattached from where the demon ripped it off.

She groaned as the demon pushed her a few feet away she hissed at the rock digging into her wound. "Tim!" She instantly shot up at Jason's cry. She stumbled over to the two her forcefield covering them, "Timmy?" She gasped seeing the gaping hole in his abdomen. "Mari? Help him, give him your magic juju juice or something!" Amara fumbled searching her pockets for the miracle water.

She looked around spotting it where she landed a couple minutes ago. She eyed Tim before making a run for it. Jason yelled in protest not wanting her to get hurt either. Amara groaned in pain as she tossed it to Jason.

Jason opened the bottle and poured it into Tim's mouth. "Jay stop" Tim tried to tell him "it's not working! Why isn't it working!" Jason yelled, "it doesn't hurt it's okay it can't heal something this bad" Tim told the two. "No this wasn't supposed to happen! You're not supposed to die!" Amara muttered. "He's not dying we gotta do something" Jason muttered.

"Jay Mari we both know I'm not gonna make it much longer the shields flickering as it is, you're weak you need to save your strength and get to safety. Your going to have to let me go" mari shook her head "I can't"
Jason leaned down to Tim "I won't..  do you hear me? I will make life hell for you if you die!"

"I'll take care of him" she could hear hades in her mind. "Please stay awake we can get help please" the two pleaded long after Tim took his final breath.

"Nightwing convinced me not to voice my many objections." Damian told them. "I tried to talk you out of it, but you were too blinded by you own rage to listen to reason". Amara glared at him.

"There are always risks in war,' he said." Damian opened the peep hole to the locked room.

"He's not saying that anymore" amara turned away unable to see him like that.

"You used the Lazarus pit. You said you wouldn't, you promised" Raven turned to them, "he was my brother, they both were I had to take a chance, it just didn't work."

"We can't let what happened to dick and everyone else be in vain. Help us fix things." Clark turned to the two leaders.

"How? You're powerless now" Damian told him.

"We need you to get through to Batman, you can break Darkseids programming" Amara scoffed "bruce is long gone". Damian and Amara survived due to their logic, this was a war that could not be won. They accepted their defeat and gone away with their lives, it was how they managed to lead all these years. They had heart when heart was necessary but logic always came first, and the truth of the matter is that what has happened can't be undone.

"You grossly underestimated the influence I have on my father" Damian turned away from him.

"Just as Jon did on his" amara spat out at Clark.

"Batman cares about you, even awful parents care about their kids. I should know" Raven tried to convince him.

"I was there when Bruce learned about Dicks and Tim's death it affected him, it almost got through." Dick and Tim were his favourites, he wouldn't admit it but they were and if they couldn't snap him out of it then what hope did he have.

"He overcame my mothers brainwashing once. If anyone could survive Darkseids programming it'd be father"

"So you'll try?" Raven looked hopeful.

Damian glanced at Amara the two have a discussion with their eyes "it's my responsibility to save him, or barring that kill him if he can't be saved. He would want that." Amara lowered her head at the mere thought of killing Bruce.

"But the only way to Apokolips is to use the boom tube in lexcorp tower how do you expect us to do that?" She finally spoke up.

Evan agreed to stay behind to hold down the fort and watch the kids, whilst Damian, Jon and Amara went with the others.

Raven transported us to Stryker's island falling to her knees and vomiting the second we landed. Clark kneeled beside her wiping her forehead with a cloth, "you're getting worse".

"Great pep talk" amara knelt beside having her lean her weight into her to make it easier for her.

"Lois said she was negotiating with their leader" Jon choked at Clark's words. "M-mom?" Everyone turned to him.

"She's alive..??" Clark nodded confused at the shocked looks he was getting. Damian barely had a chance to blink before Jon had his father against the wall. "She's alive? She's been here this whole time and you never told me! I went to her funeral! You know what her death did to me!" Tears trailed down his cheeks.

"Jon.." Amara tried but he shook his head. "Jon I can explain" Jon landed a punch to his fathers face "don't speak to me" he spat at him moving away to Damian's other side trying to keep as much distance as he could between them.

"We tried to find you, we thought you were dead" Clark tried to justify. "You just disappeared".

"The first time you saw me after thinking I was dead for 6 years and you didn't even say hello or spare me a second look!"

"It's should've been you that died not con! Not mom you!" Damian pulled Jon away as the rest of them continued walking. Mari handed raven over to Jason to join the two.

"He can't fucking do that" Jon shook his head, "Jon breathe" Damian pulled him into a hug knowing it was the quickest way to calm himself down. The thing he was reluctant to do at first had become his quickest act of comfort.

"I mourned her, I cried over her I tried to.." Amara shook her head brushing his hair back trying to soothe him.

"I know Jonny, but the fact is that Lois is alive! You can get her back! You get to see her again!" Amara tried to cheer him up.

"Clark's a bitch" without skipping a beat Damian and Amara agreed "yes he is". "Now listen, you can't let him get to you, that means he won. He affected you and you let him but you are stronger than that. You are gonna get through this — we are gonna get through this!" Damian told him the three of them joined the others once Jon was under control.