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Chapter 40 - Chapter 40: “Alpha Protocol”

When 100% Darkseid surges through a human soul — the universe redefines

itself.

Scene 1: Into the Heart of Oblivion

Elias stands in the shattered Vault of Unbeing.

His aura flickers from black to violet to silent void.

[SYSTEM LOG: FINAL UPGRADE SEQUENCE INITIATED]

• Darkseid Fragment 3 – Transfer Beginning…

• Exodus from Mortality – 0% → 100%…

The air trembles. The reality shell around him cracks.

Time thins.

Elias breathes in—slow, deliberate.

From his chest, Omega energy bursts outward.

A silent shockwave that fractures the ground, lights the skies.

And then—

He opens his eyes.

No emotion. No fear.

Just infinite certainty.

Scene 2: The Rupture Outside

Elsewhere, the Watchtower trembles.

The whole Earth feels it.

"Magnitude surge detected…

Power signature: Omega Prime—Max… Unclassified…"

Superman levitates, struggling to stay calm.

Flash stops mid-air.

Batman braces.

Wonder Woman grips her lasso like a lifeline.

They know.

Scene 3: The Arrival of the Alpha

Elias steps out of the Vault.

Every breath he takes warps reality—gravity fluctuates, space shivers, air

sings.

He walks toward the heroes.

The Watchtower crew falls silent.

No taunts. No speeches.

Only… obedience.

Scene 4: The First Demonstration

He reaches a shattered wall.

A single flick of his finger.

It heals, stone reforms, statues stand whole again.

He clenches his fist.

Omega energy pulses outward—

The Watchtower regains its structural integrity in a moment.

[SYSTEM PROTOCOL: "Alpha Authority Granted"]

Elias turns, voice not loud—but undeniable.

Elias:

"I am not your savior.

I am your new reality.

What I touch… becomes order."

Scene 5: The League's Choices

Batman steps forward.

Batman:

"What are you—?"

Elias:

"Alpha Protocol."

He raises a hand.

Gravity turns to ash.

Worlds realign in the span of a heartbeat.

He shows them:

· 

Batman's nightmares in perfect clarity—the

deaths of parents, the guilt he carries.

· 

Wonder Woman's inner war—the

atrocities she never speaks of.

· 

Superman's failures replayed—every

life he couldn't save.

Each projection is painful, personal, intimate.

Elias (cold):

"Confess.

Or be remade."

Scene 6: The Choice of Broken Heroes

Superman lowers his head.

Superman:

"You're not a god."

Elias (smiles):

"No.

I'm the one who rewrites them."

He extends his palm.

Justice spilled out.

Now... it can be regained.

Each hero must choose:

· 

Confess their sins to the public—globally

televised.

· 

Or live under Alpha Protocol—silent,

subsumed authority.

They understand.

A moment that feels like forever.

Scene 7: The World Watches

Below, Earth's people see the heroes confess:

· 

Batman admits his vigilante methods and the harm

done.

· 

Wonder Woman reveals campaigns of war she

regrets.

· 

Superman demands oversight for alien-powered

beings.

· 

Cyborg—and others—reveal secrets of Scrutiny.

The world trembles again—not in fear, but in reckoning.

Final Scene: The New Relic

Elias walks to the Watchtower's central console.

He places the Mother Box Prime into the Nexus Core.

The entire system hums.

Alpha Protocol Complete.

Protocol Status: ACTIVE.

Justice League: SUBSUMED under Global Reform Directive.

He turns to the League.

Elias:

"My throne… is your conviction.

Keep faith with your truths.

And I won't burn the world for false gods."

He steps into the alpha glow.

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