Equestria

After Theo’s disappearance, Queen Chrysalis invaded the Canterlot Wedding and managed to defeat Princess Celestia and the Mane Six. Disguised as Princess Cadance to weaken Shining Armor and lower the barrier so her subjects can enter and take over Canterlot. Before the changeling could kill her prisoners however, Princess Luna along with the real Princess Cadance came and blindsided the changeling Queen.

Using her power, Princess Luna threw Queen Chrysalis out of the kingdom forcefully as the changelings were gone and Canterlot was free once again.

Now Princess Luna was back in the Wedding Hall, helping her niece free Celestia and the Mane Six along with Shining Armor.

“Sister, are you alright?” Luna asked as she helped Celestia to her hooves.

“Yes, Chrysalis was able to gain enough power by being under our noses for a long period of time… waiting for the right moment to strike.” Celestia said agitated before wincing at the sharp pain in her side.

“Is everypony okay?” Cadance asked as she helped her fiancee.

“Ugh… what happened?” Shining Armor groaned.

“Chrysalis had you but we managed to stop her, dear.” Cadance said as she fed him some of her magic to help him recover.

“Phew, its a good thing you defeated that ruffian.” Rarity thanked them.

“Yeah she’s lucky I was gooped up here… I would’ve kicked her flank!” Rainbow Dash boasted as she flew in the air and did some punches and kicks as Applejack rolled her eyes at her.

“Sure sugarcube, whatever you say.” Applejack said before helping Fluttershy up.

Twilight shook her head before looking at Cadance and approached her cautiously as the alicorn of love turned to her and smiled.

“C-Cadance?” Twilight asked timidly as the alicorn got on the floor and the unicorn knew immediately what she was doing as she copied her.

“Sunshine, Sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!” Twilight and Cadance both sang before hugging each other joyfully as tears were shed as everypony looked at the scene warmly before Luna noticed something.

“Where’s Theo?” Luna asked in confusion.

When she said that, everypony’s face went rigid as the Mane Six, well four of them, didn’t give Theo much thought ever since his stunt in the Wedding Hall. Shining Armor’s eyes widened when he heard Theo’s name and Princess Cadance looked at everypony’s expressions in confusion.

“What happened to Theo?” Cadance inquired as her eyes narrowed at them before resting on her Auntie.

Princess Celestia’s mind was in a race of mixed thoughts as she remembered her and Theo’s last encounter and that ended with her saying… Oh no.

“I… we didn’t….” Celestia began to say but to everypony’s surprise, Fluttershy broke down crying.

“I didn’t listen to him! I didn’t believe him when I should have!” The shy pegasus cried out as she collapsed on the floor and sobbed as the alicorn of love immediately came to her side and rubbed her back with her hooves.

“Fluttershy, what are you talking about?” Cadance asked, bewildered.

“H-He k-knew th-that you w-were n-not yours-self.” Fluttershy managed to choke out inbetween tears as the realization hit Cadance like the roof of a house.

“What?” Cadance spoke dangerously as she got slowly and turned to face everypony else.

“It’s true… I didn’t believe him either.” Pinkie Pie spoke sadly as she walked forward and her mane that was once poofy, was now flat and lifeless.

“Does that remove you from what’s about to happen?” Cadance spoke darkly.

“Cadance, calm down.” Celestia said soothingly before her niece snapped.

“Calm down… CALM DOWN?!” Cadance bursted as her eyes were full of anger as Celestia recoiled back in shock.

“I was imprisoned and trapped below this castle while Chrysalis impersonated me and you couldn’t tell the difference at all?!” Cadance yelled in fury, “Everyday for months I was trapped there and none of you could tell?!”

The Mane Six looked down shamefully before Rainbow Dash flew forward, “I know we bucked up… we didn’t believe our friend at all.”

“Friend?”

Rainbow Dash looked and saw that Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were looking at her in disbelief when the pegasus spoke that word.

“You called Theo… a friend?” Pinkie Pie repeated in disbelief.

“Yes, why darling?” Rarity asked.

“The four of you ignored him like he was garbage and never talked to him at all! Especially you Twilight!” Pinkie Pie spoke angrily and pointed her hoof at the unicorn.

“M-Me?!” Twilight stammered and Celestia intervened.

“That’s enough! Arguing won’t help us find Theo!” The sun princess spoke sternly.

“Shining, what exactly did you do to Theo?” Cadance questioned as she turned and faced her fiancee as the white unicorn rubbed his head.

“When Theo came at me with the accusation that you weren’t yourself, I snapped at him and told him that he wasn’t invited to the wedding.” Shining recalled as the alicorn of love stared at him emotionlessly before her horn glowed and a beam shot out and collided with Shining’s chest as he slammed against a pillar.

“Cadance, wh-?!” Shining began to yell out before the alicorn’s next words shocked everypony in the room.

“It’s over.”

“Wh-what?” Shining asked in horror as Cadance looked at him straight in his eyes and repeated with more force.

“Me and you… its over. Our relationship… over. The Wedding…. over. All those future plans we made… its over. I’m done with you, Shining.” Cadance spoke with no regrets at all as Luna approached her.

“Cadance, are yo-?” Luna began to say but Cadance interrupted.

“110%... I meant every word that I just said.” The alicorn of love spoke darkly before she turned and ran out of the hall.

“Cadance, wait!” Celestia called out as she went to fly after her but Luna blocked her path.

“No sister, you are as much to blame as the rest of them.” Luna spoke sternly before she followed after Cadance as the alicorn of love was running towards Theo’s room.

Cadance ran harder than she ever had before until she approached Theo’s door and knocked on it desperately.

“Theo! Its me, the real Cadance! Please open the door!” Cadance cried out as she knocked harder before she used her magic and knocked the doors open to find a horrifying sight. The room was trashed and everything was close to if not, destroyed completely as Cadance entered and looked around wildly.

“Theo! Where are you?!” Cadance yelled as tears poured out of her eyes before Luna entered the room and looked around in shock.

“Where’s Theo?” Luna asked frantically as she got no reply at all.

“He’s got to be here somewhere… maybe he went back to Ponyville!” Cadance deduced as Luna nodded and she teleported the two of them to Ponyville as the town was quiet besides a couple of ponies going around running errands.

The two alicorns spreaded their wings and headed towards Theo’s house which was built near the edge of the town as they entered the building and immediately noticed how quiet and empty the house felt as Cadance ran through the house and couldn’t find Theo anywhere as Luna used her magic and scanned the town but found no trace of Theo at all.

“This doesn’t make any sense, Theo is not here at all.” Luna spoke in a worried tone as Cadance came outside.

“He’s not in his house, where could he be?!” Cadance cried frantically before Luna looked at her.

“Cadance, calm down… we’ll find him.” Luna said as her niece took in a deep breath and nodded as Luna’s horn glowed in preparation to teleport but before she could, somepony called out to her.

“WAIT!!!”

Both alicorns turned and saw that the voice belonged to Starlight as she was running towards them along with Trixie, Spike and Zecora as the three of them approached the Princesses.

“What is it, my little ponies?” Luna asked curiously as Zecora spoke.

“I bear news of Theo’s location… but I fear that it is nowhere near our nation.” Zecora spoke solemnly as Cadance’s eyes widened before Luna nodded and she teleported the six of them back to the Wedding Hall where the Mane Six, Celestia and Shining Armor were. Shining tried to get Cadance’s attention but she ignored him completely.

“Theo is not in Canterlot nor is he in Ponyville.” Luna reported as Celestia’s horn glowed as she closed her eyes and focused as her magic washed over all of Equestria and for a couple seconds nothing happened until her eyes shot back open.

“I cannot find him!” Celestia said in horror.

“How is that possible?!” Twilight asked, bewildered.

“I don’t know but Theo is not in Equestria!” Celestia replied as Trixie stepped forward.

“That’s why we came here, Zecora received a… what do you call it?” Trixie asked as she looked at the Zebra.

“A message from somepony regarding Theo’s location.” Zecora said seriously as everypony noticed that she wasn’t rhyming and when Zecora didn’t rhyme, it meant she was serious.

“What is the message?” Applejack asked.

“We don’t know but what we do know is that we need powerful magic to read it.” Starlight said as she produced a strange golden cube.

“It just appeared out of nowhere and it startled the four of us.” Spike said as he looked at the cube nervously.

“It doesn’t appear to be hostile.” Luna said as she analysed the cube before she looked at her sister and nodded. Both of their horns glowed their respective colors before the cube glowed a golden hue which forced everypony to close their eyes and then suddenly the glow stopped.

“What the buck?!” Rainbow Dash was the first to respond as everypony opened their eyes and gasped, wherever they were, it was not Equestria but rather in an unfamiliar area.

The thing that surprised them was that they were standing on thin air.

“How are we standing?!” Spike yelled out as he looked down at the bizarre height and nearly puked.

“What in tarnation?!” Applejack yelled.

“Oooohh, cool!!!!” Pinkie Pie said as her eyes became big with excitement.

“Princess Celestia, where are we?! What’s happening?!” Twilight asked frantically as her teacher looked around at her environment.

“I think… this is a magical projection.” Celestia deduced.

“What is that?” Shining asked.

“The message is almost like a two way invitation to glimpse of what’s going on right now, the message surrounded us and is giving us a look at what’s going on in live time.” Celestia explained.

“But where is Theo? What is this place?” Fluttershy asked.

“I don’t know but it seems like Theo is in this massive city.” Starlight noted the buildings below and the ocean near it.

“So we just have to see if there are any ponies nearby and we take it from there.” Rarity deduced before two screams caught everypony’s attention as they all looked and saw something strange. A trio of strange creatures were in the air with one of the figures holding two of them as it was wearing a black suit with a lightning insignia on its chest as it held both creatures in its hands.

“What the hell is that?!” Rainbow Dash yelled at the strange creature.

“Trixie is supposed to be seeing Theo not… whatever that is.” The magician said.

As they continued to watch, a strange metal vehicle flew beside the three of them as the creature turned his head and looked at it.

“Whoa!” Pinkie Pie gasped.

“That’s… incredible! A flying machine!” Twilight said excitingly.

“I don’t understand what’s happening though.” Starlight said confused as everypony agreed with her. Why were they seeing this and not Theo?

Soon enough, a stern voice from the jet pierced through the sky as it was directed at the flying man holding the two soldiers.

“Black Adam, you pose a serious threat to the world and those around you, you murder criminals with no mercy nor do you show remorse to those who conduct small or otherwise non-lethal crimes. You are to relinquish your powers and surrender… otherwise we will be forced to take you down by any means necessary!” A male voice spoke sternly.

“Black Adam?” Spike said confused.

“That’s a stupid name.” Rainbow Dash said bluntly as she folded her hooves.

“Agreed darling, his outfit is absolutely horrendous!” Rarity commented in disgust.

“But the voice said he… kills criminals.” Fluttershy said as she turned a bit pale.

“Indeed, which means we are possibly looking at a threat to Equestria.” Luna concluded before looking at Cadance who was in deep thought, “Cadance, what are you thinking?”

“Black Adam… Adam… Theo had a last name which was Ada-... wait…” Cadance’s face turned into one of shock as she looked at the flying man in shock, “It can’t be!!!” Everypony looked at her, surprised by her outburst.

“What is it, Cadance?” Celestia asked in confusion.

Before the alicorn could answer, a familiar voice entered their ears as they all looked at the source of it in shock.

“Fuck your terms.” Theo spoke darkly before slamming the two soldiers together which emitted a loud CRACK! Before throwing them onto the jet as they bursted into pieces from the force of the throw as blood coated the windows of the jet.

“That’s Theo!” Cadance yelled in shock as she saw how completely different he was.

“There’s no way that’s Theo! He wouldn’t do that!” Celestia yelled out in disbelief as Black Adam flew back towards the ground.

“How did…. What… HOW?!” Starlight said in shock.

“No…” Luna said in horror as she saw that look in Theo’s eye. She has seen that look before and that was when she was Nightmare Moon.

“Oh my…” That was all Rarity got out before she puked on the ground as everypony’s faces were pale at what Theo had done. He murdered two individuals without a second thought.

“Remember, we are here to watch what’s happening.” Zecora reminded everypony.

“Did you not see what he did?!” Rainbow Dash yelled at her.

“I did bt there is nothing we can do, this is a projection.” Zecora replied calmly as she turned her attention back to the jet as someone jumped out.

What everypony didn’t know was that they were going to see how ruthless Theo has become and the darkness within him… wasn’t leaving anytime soon.

Kahn’daq

“Prepare for the fight of your lives.” Carter spoke darkly before he pressed a button on the console as a hatch opened in the jet as he went and jumped out and dove towards the ground.

Kent looked at the bloody windows grimly before turning to Maxine and Albert with a serious expression on his face.

“Be careful and be smart.” Kent warned them before putting on the Helmet of Fate and he disappeared in a reflective golden flash.

Maxine and Albert were still looking at the window in horror as some guts sprawled out here and there as Albert looked down the hatch nervously.

“On second thought, I don’t want to do this.” Albert said as he begin to walk to the back before Maxine grabbed his shirt.

“Oh no, you don’t.” Maxine said as Albert looked at her as if she was mad.

“You saw that guy! He won’t hesitate to rip us in half!” Albert protested.

“We have to catch him otherwise this is going to keep happening.” Maxine insisted as Albert began hyperventilating but she was having none of it as she went to the locker and tossed Al his suit as she got hers.

“Gear up, Atom.”

Meanwhile, Carter dove to the ground at a high speed before he activated his Nth Metal armor as it coated his body before a beautiful and imposing pair of wings formed on his back as he glided in the air and landed on the ground smoothly and retracted his wings.

“Black Adam!” Hawkman yelled in anger as he looked around for him before he realised the crowd that was now booing him… and the bodies that were on the ground. The corpses were ripped apart gruesomely and were all over the place as the citizens didn’t seem to care at all.

“What…” Hawkman mumbled in shock before he heard a voice behind him.

“Glorious, isn’t it?”

He turned around immediately and looked up as Black Adam was floating near a building as the metahuman was glaring at the golden bird.

“Why?.... Why murder these criminals?! They deserve to be prosecuted thoroughly!!!” Hawkman yelled in anger.

“From what I have gathered, Kahn’daq has been under Intergang’s rule for far too long and you so called heroes have done nothing to help them… much less prosecute them. If you wanted them prosecuted then you should’ve helped this city a long time ago… now you all deal with me.” Theo spoke menacingly as the citizens cheered at his response while Carter looked at them in disbelief.

Unbeknownst to the two of them, there Equestrian visitors were now on the ground as they watched the scene with shock or more importantly looked at Theo in shock.

“Theo, did all of this?” Starlight muttered in disbelief.

“I sense great anger and pain in Theo… what did you do him?” Zecora asked Celestia as she looked at her pupil with an unrecognisable expression.

“I made a mistake.” Celestia muttered under her breath.

What they didn’t see were Fluttershy’s expression as she gazed at Theo with tears in her eyes.

“It’s my fault… I should’ve listened to him otherwise he wouldn’t be like this.” The pegasus thought sadly.

“There’s no way you all support this?!” Hawkman spoke in disbelief.

“He saved us!” One citizen yelled in anger.

“Those people deserve to die!”

“Get out of here!”

“You should’ve helped us!”

“Black Adam is a real hero!”

“You see?” Black Adam said smugly as Hawkman looked at him angrily, “I am freeing Kahn’daq while you couldn’t so I’ll give you two choices… get out or get crushed.”

“Oh I’ll leave… with you as my prisoner.” Hawkman spoke darkly before activating his wings and the glimmered in the sunlight.

“So be it.” Black Adam spoke darkly before he zoomed forward and grabbed Hawkman by his face and slammed him into the ground before throwing him into a car. Carter recovered and activated his shield to block a punch from Theo but was grabbed by the arm and thrown into a building.

Hawkman activated his mace before leaping out of the structure and took to the sky before looking around for Black Adam who was nowhere to be found. Carter focused on his surroundings before hearing a whoosh behind him and he swung his mace as it made contact with Black Adam’s face as he went flying from the impact but recovered almost instantly.

Charging forward, Hawkman tried to land another hit but Black Adam used his superior speed to dodge and grab his wings before throwing him to the ground. Landing right next to Hawkman’s body, Theo planted one foot on his back to prevent him from getting up before grabbing the Nth metal wings and began pulling them with all his strength.

Pain erupted in Carter as he yelled in anger as he tried to move but his strength was no match for Theo’s as his wings groaned and sparked a bit.

“You think you can come to Kahn’daq… take away these people’s savior… and call yourselves heroes? Well guess what… That. Won’t. HAPPEN!!!” Theo roared out as he pulled harder as the wings were beginning to give in but before he could rip them out, a golden blast knocked him off of Hawkman who got up and flexed his wings as Black Adam looked in the sky and saw who hit him.

A floating figure with a golden helmet, gauntlets, boots and cape along with a blue suit was looking at him as Theo felt power radiating off of this figure.

“Whoa, who is that?” Spike asked in awe.

“Trixie doesn’t know but she wants Theo back.” Trixie said as she hasn’t took her eyes off of him.

“This is bad, if Theo keeps on fighting them then they will have no choice but to detain him.” Luna spoke nervously.

“Theo is walking a dangerous path right now.” Celestia spoke sternly, “He needs to be guided back onto the right path… this is not the way.”

“No.” Fluttershy spoke as everypony looked at her as she looked at them, “We did this… and now Theo showing us how much he changed from it.”

“Fluttershy, killing criminals isn’t right at all!” Twilight said as the pegasus looked at her.

“Ignoring Theo wasn’t right at all either.” Fluttershy said sternly as the unicorn shook her head and the ponies turned back to the confrontation.

“I’m honestly hoping these guys win.” Applejack said honestly.

“Why?” Starlight asked.

“So Theo can stop this craziness, I mean he literally almost killed that Hawk guy!” Rainbow Dash shouted.

“Agreed, Theo is not who he is… maybe he is being controlled?” Shining proposed as Celestia nodded.

“That could be reason as to why he’s like th-” Celestia replied but Cadance cut her off.

“He’s not being controlled, I see it in his eyes, he’s killing criminals and is showing no regrets at all… I know he’ll win.” Cadance spoke confidently.

“How? How do you know he’ll win?” Shining asked her before the alicorn glared at him.

“Because he goes for the kill.” Cadance replied before everypony looked at the floating figure.

“Who are you?” Black Adam asked as the figure reponded in a deep and resonating tone.

“I am Doctor Fate, Sorcerer and Agent of the Lords of Order, Defender Against Darkness and Chaos… Keeper of the Balance within The Universe.” The figure spoke calmly as he looked at Black Adam.

“You symbolize hope to these people but a chaotic and unpredictable individual in the eyes of others.” Dr Fate spoke as Black Adam tilted his head curiously.

“Who I’m seen as does not bother me… no one’s opinion on me can change the actions that I can and will do.” Black Adam replied sternly.

“I sense pain in you and you have my condolences but this is not the way to let it out, you need guidance and we can give that to you if you join us.” Dr Fate proposed.

“Why should I join you? You heroes have done nothing to help Kahn’daq.” Black Adam spoke angrily as some citizens down below voiced their support in their champion’s words.

“Black Adam, there is more to this world than just Kahn’daq. You are now in a realm that filled with heroes and villains in which everyday we fight to keep the peace in this world. Kahn’daq is apart of this world and it needs its own hero, which is you, but killing isn’t the right way. I can see that you have been wronged and can see your sorrow… there’s a glorious world outside this city, waiting for you… join us.” Dr Fate proposed to Black Adam as Hawkman recovered and got his mace ready just in case.

“You speak as if Kahn’daq is just apart of this world. Well, its not. A city like this with people like these should be recognized and receive help when needed but you all didn’t do anything at all to help them. All you heroes are the same… letting the bodies pile beyond count while sparing the one who sinned. I’m no hero and I never will be and after I’m done with all of you… the world will know and fear the name… Black Adam.” Theo spoke darkly before firing a lightning beam at the sorcerer who put up a shield.

Hawkman got his shield as Theo fired lightning at him with his other as he held his ground.

“Fate, give me a distraction.” Hawkman said as he gritted his teeth.

Letting the shield operate on its own, Dr Fate moved his hands in the shape of an oval as Theo noticed his surroundings shimmered and fractured like golden glass as he ceased his lightning attacks. The sorcerer’s hands glowed yellow as he disappeared and Theo’s surroundings shifted and changed to something he has seen before… Ponyville.

“What in tarnation?!” Applejack yelled as she looked around and saw the illusion.

“How can Dr Fate do that?!” Rainbow Dash yelled in disbelief.

“We are looking at levels of magic never before seen by us… not even I can conduct a spell like this.” Celestia said in awe.

“Um guys? Theo doesn’t look happy.” Spike said nervously as he pointed up at him.

Theo was looking at his surroundings in anger as he saw how the trees moved and the houses were the same as before. He continued to looked around before a distant flapping caught his attention as he looked towards the sun and saw a figure closing the distance on him.

Before he could do anything, Hawkman dove at him and socked him in the jaw with all his strength as Theo went flipping around as he hit the illusion wall and it shattered like glass as he slammed into a building and into the ground, carving a trench while sending a car into the air.

Carter flapped his wings and landed on the ground as Theo got up and glared at him.

“You should’ve took Fate’s proposal… now you’re coming with us forcefully.” Hawkman said before activated his mace as it began spinning.

“With words like that, you better have the strength to back it up.” Theo said in anger before Hawkman took to the sky in one mighty flap and raised the mace over his head. Black Adam looked at him in anger as Carter yelled and brought it down with all his strength but Theo reached out with his left hand and caught it with no problem.

“It seems like you don’t.” Black Adam said in disappointment before lightning coated his other hand as he fired a bolt at Carter’s chest and sent him flying into a car painfully. Shaking it off, Hawkman got back up before taking two more lightning strikes to the chest as he was being shocked over and over again.

Deciding to get physical, Black Adam grabbed Hawkman and took to the skies as the two of them tussled in the air as Hawkman landed hits with his mace but did no damage while Theo relentlessly punched Carter in the face as loud bangs were heard. Gaining some distance, Hawkman readied another charge but Theo closed the distance, grabbed him by the neck and swung him in circles before throwing him through three buildings.

Black Adam was about to go after him before he noticed a glow to his right and flew backwards to avoid a beam from Dr Fate as the metahuman glared at him with hatred.

“You dare put me in an illusion of that hellhole?!” Theo bellowed.

“Holding grudges can lead to one meeting their end.” Dr Fate replied.

Enraged, Theo flew at Dr Fate and punched him in the helmet but he shattered like glass Theo was confused for a moment before multiple duplicates formed around him as they conjured up a yellow Ankh as they each glowed with power.

Using his quick thinking, Black Adam clapped his hands together and sent a devastating shockwave and obliterated the duplicates before they could attack him. Looking around, Theo saw no sign of Dr Fate before he heard a sizzling noise and looked up only to see the real Dr Fate there.

Fate had conjured an orb of powerful magic and when Black Adam looked up he dropped the orb calmly as it slammed into Theo and almost like it was too heavy, it took Theo straight to the ground as it collapsed part of the street.

Once Theo and the orb hit the ground, the orb expanded like it exploded and it froze in its exploded form as Theo felt pain for the first time he’s been in this world as the magic burned his skin. Yelling in anger, Theo began freeing himself from the contraption as yellow shards broke before reforming to try and keep him contained.

As he was trying to break free, Hawkman’s Hellcruiser was approaching his location as Dr Fate spoke calmly.

“Cyclone, Smasher… now is your time.” Dr Fate said.

Inside the jet, Cyclone and Atom Smasher were suited up and were ready and heard Kent’s signal.

“Alright… here we go!” Cyclone said as she pressed the button and jumped out the hatch as she used her aerokinesis to control the air and flew down to Black Adam’s location.

“Okay, okay, okay.” Atom said as he jumped up and down to lower the anxiety before jumping out and landing on a rooftop safely.

Using his strength, Theo broke the magical contraption and was about to attack Dr Fate before he noticed the wind pressure increasing as he looked up curiously at the source of it. He saw a woman in a green suit spiraling around at great speeds as the wind around her tore metal poles off of buildings as they spiraled around her.

He noticed that she floated harmlessly within the storm as she performed fluid and graceful moves almost like if she was dancing. Theo didn’t know what to think of as he was looking at this but she looked… beautiful.

Cyclone came around for a final turn before she shot out her hands and pointed them at Black Adam as the wind speed and direction changed as the metal poles launched directly at him at speeds of over 100mph. The metal poles impacted Black Adam’s body and did absolutely nothing as the bended and broke immediately on impact as Theo did not feel a thing.

Maxine continued to twirl and dance in the air as Theo found himself captivated by her as he didn’t feel threatened at all even though she was attacking him… he felt intrigued and interested in her.

More metal poles continued to harmlessly hit him and it got to the point where Theo was getting agitated as lightning erupted from his body and hit the ground as clouds of dust shot up around him as metal poles melted instantly. Cyclone ceased her attack and flew out of range but before she could turn around, Black Adam grabbed her wrists and prevented her from spiraling around as he looked at her.

“You’re my age.” Theo said in realization as Cyclone looked at him in bewilderment before tossing her away and focused on an incoming Hawkman who was flying towards him with his mace ready.

Dodging the attack, Theo grabbed one of Hawkman’s wings and swung him around before throwing him into a building. Shaking it off, Carter dodged Theo’s next punch before slamming the mace into his ead as Black Adam went flying back into the crater from before.

Theo was about to engage Hawkman again but he then noticed Dr Fate above him as the sorcerer summoned more duplicates around Theo as they attempted to hold him. When two of them grabbed his arms, Theo was surprised by their strength but they were not durable and that meant they can be destroyed easily.

Using his strength, Theo ripped his arms away from them and began punching and ripping them apart but for every duplicate he destroyed, two more took their place. Soon enough, one got him in a choke hold as the rest started to hold his body down as Theo struggled to get out of it.

“I can’t hold him for long.” Dr Fate warned his teammates.

Hawkman grabbed a truck and lifted it over his head easily before throwing it at Black Adam as it spiraled towards him. Theo saw this and managed to free his right arm and fired a lightning bolt as it melted the truck in half and fell on either side of him harmlessly before another duplicate grabbed his free arm and restrained it.

The three heroes converged on Black Adam as Hawkman flew in to swing his mace, Cyclone shot more metal poles at him and Dr Fate readied a golden Ankh beam as Theo was now feeling overwhelmed and scared.

He looked at the three heroes converging on him as he flashed back to when the griffins were holding him captive as they beated him with no mercy. He was showing mercy to these heroes, why was he doing that? He wasn’t the same as before.

“No… I’m not the same as before… no more mercy… “ Theo thought before he glared at the heroes murderously.

“NO ONE WILL RESTRAIN ME AGAIN!!!!” Theo roared as his eyes glowed blue with electricity as it sparked around him and then like a bomb, he exploded with power. The explosion was small but tremendously effective as the duplicates shattered, Dr Fate went flying into a building, Hawkman slammed into a wall and collapsed and Cyclone used the wind to conjure up a shield but she still managed to take some serious damage as she was now on the ground, on her knees.

“That… was painful.” Maxine muttered as she panted before she froze when she heard lightning cackle as she looked up in horror and saw Black Adam rising into the air with his eyes glowing blue with lightning as it sparked around him and his lightning bolt emblem glowed yellow to match his rage.

Cyclone prepared for the worst until she saw something approaching Black Adam from behind, it was Atom Smasher and he was growing drastically until he was about six stories tall and he jumped high into the air. Making a shield around herself, Maxine shielded her face as Atom landed and punched Black Adam into the ground before he could finish her.

“I got him! I actually did something!” Atom said in shock and happiness as he kept his fist in the ground as Cyclone got back up.

“See? Told you it was going to be fine.” Cyclone said as Atom chuckled.

“Yeah well… I had to time it right, you know?” Atom replied as Hawkman and Dr Fate flew to them.

“Great job you two, for a first time out… exceptional.” Kent complimented them as he had taken his helmet off but retained the suit.

“”Now we just gotta get him back to Waller.” Hawkman said as everyone nodded.

“No…” Trixie muttered in disbelief, Theo had lost.

“Who’s Waller?” Spike asked.

“I don’t know but we need to help Theo!” Starlight said frantically.

“How? We don’t even know how to get to him!” Trixie replied angrily.

“Perhaps… this can help Theo understand the path he walks.” Celestia spoke thoughtfully.

“Yeah cuz that fight was just… wow.” Rainbow Dash said in awe of the spectacle she just watched.

“You all misunderstand, this fight is far from over.” Zecora spoke calmly as a rumbling was heard as the ground shook beneath their feet/hooves.

“Um guys, what’s happening?!” Atom said nervously as Hawkman readied his mace, Kent put his helmet back on and Cyclone readied herself.

“You better not let him up.” Hawkman warned Atom but he wasn’t listening as he felt his giant fist getting pushed up so put more force but then it was shoved out of the ground forcefully before Black Adam shot out of the ground and grabbed Atom’s left foot before lifting up into the sky.

“HEEEELP MEEEEE!!!” Atom screamed as he tried to free himself but it was to no avail as Theo swung him around in circles as he roared before releasing and threw the giant Atom Smasher into the ocean.

“Oh my Celestia…” Shining muttered in disbelief as Black Adam floated back down and glared at the other three members.

“Say your final words… because you won’t leave this city alive.” Black Adam spoke darkly as his eyes glowed blue with power.

Author's Note

OH MAN, THIS CHAPTER TOOK AWHILE AND IT CAME OUT A LOT MORE BADASS THAN I THOUGHT BUT HEY, EQUESTRIA SIDE OF THE STORY IS BACK BABY AND THEY SEE THEO'S POWER LEVELS... BOI THEY ARE IN FOR ONE HELLUVA ROCKY TIME!!!