Justice League: Darkseid War

[DC Opening Credits]

[Radio transmission sound]

Amazonian PA: This is the Amazonian refugee vessel. We are under assault, I repeat, we are under assault - The engines are dead, life support failing. Requesting aid from any vessel within range. We are 22 jump points from Earth. [The voice becomes more desperate and pleading] Our crew is made up of Amazonian families, we have very few soldiers here. This is not a warcraft. I repeat, this is not a warcraft!

''[Inside the ship, Desaad walks among the bodies of dead Amazons. Madame Xanadu, badly wounded, reaches out as if she would stop Desaad as he passes, but lacks the strength. Desaad steps over them with no mind as he speaks, as if they were scattered pieces of dirty clothing on a bedroom floor.]''

Desaad: Hear me, and rejoice. You have had the privilege of being saved by the New God of Tyranny... You may think this is suffering... no. it is salvation. Universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... [Glorious Godfrey stabs one of the lingering Amazons] for even in death, you have become Furies of Darkseid.

''[Circe stands with the Furies. He watches Darkseid, shrouded in darkness and light, a vague silhouette.]''

Darkseid: [Looking out the large window we saw at the end of Wonder Woman: Armageddon] I understand the agony that loss brings. To believe with absolute certainty that you are destined to win, but rejected by the cosmos at the last moment. ''[Lifts Diana by the neck of her breastplate. She struggles feebly.]'' It's is a sorrow that we are all struck by. You cannot fight the inevitable curse of destiny. It comes without warning or mercy. And now, it's here. Or should I say... I AM.

[Darkseid holds up his hand to reveal energies from the Unwritten Book, which contained Motherbox Shard Zeta.]

Diana: [Now being held by Darkseid with one huge hand wrapping around her head; blood drools from her mouth] You talk too much.

Darkseid: [To Circe] Give me the Spellbook or I will end your sister. I will not ask again.

[The Furies heft their weapons or smirks, as appropriate.]

Circe: I care not for her. You may do as you wish.

''[Darkseid's face expresses surprise briefly before pressing his fist to Diana's left temple. His fist glows brightly with red energy. Diana screams hoarsely.]''

Circe: [Starts losing her cool demeanour almost immediately as Diana suffers, and breaks after only a few moments] ALRIGHT, STOP!

Diana: We don't have the Spellbook. It was destroyed on Themyscira.

[Circe glances at Diana like she knows something she doesn't. She lifts her right hand into the air and the Spellbook reveals itself.]

Diana: You really are the worst, sister.

Circe: [While holding the Spellbook out to Darkseid and advancing] I assure you, sister... the sun will shine on us again.

Darkseid: Your optimism is misplaced, Amazon.

Circe: Well, for one thing, I'm not an Amazon. And for another... we have a sixfold god. [This is a reference to a line in DC's Justice League.]

''[Darkseid looks to his right just as a red and electric mass slams into him. Circe dives for Diana, pulling both of them out of the way as the Spellbook slides across the floor, and Shazam charges Darkseid. He pummels Darkseid, forcing him backwards and shoving him into the wall of the ship. Desaad stops Mantis from interfering.]''

Desaad: Let him have his fun.

''[Darkseid pries Shazam's hands away; an expression of surprise and fear crosses his face. After several hard blows, Darkseid picks up Shazam and slams him to the deck, defeated. Diana slams a metal bar across Darkseid's back to no avail, is kicked across the deck by Darkseid and is promptly bound in metal debris by Desaad to keep him from interfering further.]''

Madame Xanadu: [Prays] Old Gods… let the magic flow through me one last time...

[Xanadu summons Order Magic, which carries Shazam away; she meets Diana's eye.]

Darkseid: A foolish mistake.

[Darkseid borrows Glorious Godfrey's glaive and stabs Xanadu through the heart, twisting the blade in the wound.]

Diana: ''NO!!! [After Darkseid kills Xanadu] You're going to die for that!''

Desaad: [Shuts Diana's mouth with his telekinesis] Shh.

Desaad: [Kneels before Darkseid, offering up the Spellbook] My humble personage… bows before your grandeur. No other being has ever had the might, nay the nobility, to wield not one, but two shards of the Motherbox. The universe will lie within your grasp.

''[Darkseid crushes the Spellbook, revealing the Shard inside. He blows some of the flakes of burnt paper away, his armour absorbing the Shard into itself, and is momentarily rocked by the surge of energy that pulses as his armour subtly reshapes itself.]''

Darkseid: Two Shards remain, on Planet Earth. Acquire them and bring them to Apokolips.

Granny Goodness: [Kneeling] My liege, we will not fail you.

Circe: [Emerging from behind the Furies] [cheerfully] If I might interject… if you're going to Earth, you may want a guide. I do have some experience in that area.

Thanos: [Unimpressed] Your invasion of Earth was pitiful.

Loki: That's a bit harsh. But my liege Darkseid, I... Circe... Princess of Themyscira... [looks significantly at Diana] Daughter of Zeus... the rightful Queen of the Land of Fables... the Weaver of myth... do hereby pledge to you, my undying fidelity.

''[Diana squints and notices a dagger materialize in Circe's hand. Circe braces herself, thrusts upward with lightning speed and attempts to stab Darkseid, but is telekinetically frozen in place by him before the point could strike home.]''

Darkseid: "Undying." A pitiful lie from a pitiful worm!

''[Darkseid twists the dagger out of Circe's hand with his right hand, then takes hold of Circe's neck with his hand and lifts her to eye level. Circe struggles, kicking, as her throat is squeezed. She makes eye contact with Diana before Darkseid increases his force on Circe's neck.]''

Circe: [Giving up on fighting against Darkseid] You will... never be... a god. ''[Darkseid crushes Circe's neck, killing her. A solemn yet contempt look covers his face]''

Darkseid: [Walks over and drops Circe's body in front of Diana.] She had a second chance at life. She should have taken it.

[Darkseid shoots beams from his eyes, with the energy wriggling into the ship', and summons a Boom Tube to teleport away with the Furies.]

Diana: No… Circe….

''[Diana is released from her bonds. She crawls over to Circe's body -- which, unlike in Wonder Woman: Underworld, has not returned to its Queen of Fables-esque form -- and lays her head down on Circe's chest, shedding tears for all that she has lost. The ship explodes.]''

[Xanadu's Order Magic continues its journey, bringing Shazam across space to Earth.]

[House of Mystery, New York City]

[Zatanna Zatara, Mistress of Magic, proceeds down the main steps of the House with Bobo, the Detective Chimp.]

Zatanna: [Dressed in casual American clothes.] Are you kidding? You don't have any money?

Bobo: [Dressed in formal detective clothing.] How am I to study the spiritual if I am too connected to the physical?

Zatanna: The spiritual cannot save you from food cravings.

Bobo: Oh, wait, I think I have 200.

Zatanna: Dollars?

Bobo: Azarath coins.

Zatanna: Which is?

Bobo: Same price as a human soul. So, two bucks.

Zatanna: [Zatanna sighs, but not in an unkind manner.] What do you want?

Bobo: Would it be racist to say bananas?

''[Billy crash-lands through the House's stairs. Zatanna magically dons her magician outfit and jumps over to the hole alongside Bobo.]''

Billy Batson: Darkseid is coming. He's coming...

Zatanna: [Sharing a confused look with Bobo] Who?

[Title Screen: Justice League: Darkseid War]