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    Just an alternate universe away, there was a Batman who never resisted--who never fought, or died on his knees in the desert, hatred across his face. His complement, his friend, his foil, in every way, was alive. Somewhere.

    "This regime won't survive without forethought, Kal," Diana said, her hand drifting to her waist. She thumbed her lasso subconsciously. "You need a second."

    A second-

    "I thought that was what you were?" Superman asked, turning a cold look on her. The Amazon didn't cower under his gaze, and that somehow made it all the more infuriating.

    "Don't play games with me." Diana rebuked him, curling her fingers around her lasso. If she used it on him, he would throw her through the wall. The premise didn't even need consideration. "You need a better mind-"

    "-and I killed him." Superman finished for her, cutting the Queen off with a sharp gesture. His hand split the hologram, scattering the pieces across the room. "Enough!" he roared, "Can anyone on this godforsaken planet let me forget that?"

     
    My superbat take on Injustice: Gods Among Us, which is so deliciously angsty and worthy of more fic.

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