Escalation

Episode 92 of Nightwing & Batgirl. 
== Plot ==
"I entrust my troops to you. Prove that you are worthy", Darkseid said.
"I am worthy, but I'm not as insane as you are. I know honor.", Kalibak replied.
"Honor? You couldn't fulfill your father's wishes yet you dare talk about honor?!", Darkseid exclaimed.
"It's you who don't understand what it means!", his son replied.
He stabbed his father with his spear. Then now they fought. Kalibak slammed Darkseid to a wall then threw him away. He told the Parademons to attack Darkseid but they all melted away to his Omega beams.
"I gave you the authority and I can take it away from you. I gave you your powers and I can also strip it off of you!!", Darkseid told him as he stripped off his powers.
"Come forth, Steppenwolf. You are now in charge of my army", Darkseid said.
"My pleasure, Lord Darkseid.", Steppenwolf replied.
"To make this revenge a success, I plan to drive Kal-El to insanity. I want you to take away the person he loves the most.", Darkseid told him.
"I would be honored to fulfill your wishes, Lord Darkseid.", Steppenwolf agreed.
"Good", Darkseid replied.
Now, Darkseid unleashed his other elite, such as Granny Goodness, Desaad, Mantis, and Female Furies. Steppenwolf, the elite and the Parademons all rode a large ship and now went on their trip to invade planet Earth, while Kalibak was imprisoned. 
"Come forth, and let's bring honor to our lord Darkseid!", Steppenwolf told them.
The scene moves to other Leaguers' lives. Wonder Woman was at Gateway City having a moment with Steve Trevor, Flash at Central City Hospital with his pregnant wife Iris, while Hal Jordan is dating with Carol Ferris at Coast City. However, their moments were cut short, when later at the Watchtower, there was proximity alert.
"There is an incoming Unidentified Flying Object 1000 miles away from the surface of the Earth. I want you, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, along with Hawkgirl to check out this object", Martian Manhunter commanded. The two did so, but not before saying goodbye to their lovers. 
"Carol, I'm sorry but I gotta go.", Hal told her.
"It's alright, Hal.", Carol replied.
"Please be careful. And look after this city.", Hal also asked her.
"Don't worry Hal, I will.", Carol replied.
Now, Hal wore his ring and became Green Lantern.
"Steve, I had to go. The League calls me.", Wonder Woman said.
"It's alright, princess. I understand. Take care while I'm not around.", Steve Trevor replied.
"You too, be careful. I leave this city to you now.", Wonder Woman said.
"I promise to look after it and protect it whatever threat comes.", Steve agreed.
Now, they said goodbye and Wonder Woman rode off on her Invisible Plane.
But while they are flying towards the ship, the Parademons are already teleporting through boom tubes. When the three checked inside the ship, nothing's left there. But, they saw a trace of Parademons. They now went back at the Watchtower quick. The three told them that Parademons were inside the ship.
"I knew it! Damn these Parademons", Superman exclaimed. 
There were Parademons invading New York, Athens, Rio de Janeiro, Gotham City, Metropolis, Moscow, Mumbai, Belgrade, Paris, Rome, and Hongkong, as seen on the tracking map. Now, J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter assigned the heroes to several locations. He assigned Hawkgirl and Blue Beetle in New York. He assigned Fire, Ice, Vixen, and Wildcat in Rio. He assigned Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Red Tornado in Athens. He assigned Superman, Flash, and Green Lantern in Metropolis. 
"Iris, I have to go.", Flash told his wife. 
"Let's go then. The League needs you.", Iris agreed.
"No matter what happens. Stay there. And be careful.", Flash said.
"I will. You too, Barry.", Iris replied.
Flash nodded and now ran to Metropolis.
He assigned Plastic Man and Elongated Man in Moscow. He assigned B'wana Beast, Booster Gold, and The Atom in Mumbai. He assigned Hawkman, Shining Knight, and Winged Victory in Belgrade. He assigned Gypsy, Steel, and Vibe in Paris. He assigned Crimson Fox, Crimson Avenger, and Captain Marvel(Shazam) in Rome. He assigned the Teen Titans(except Nightwing) in Hongkong. Meanwhile in Gotham City, Batman, Nightwing, Black Lightning, Green Arrow, and the Birds of Prey sprung in action to fight the Parademons.
Carol Ferris turned into Star Sapphire and called the other Violet Lanterns to protect Coast City, while Steve Trevor was left at Gateway City along with the police to battle the Parademons.
Meanwhile in Darkseid's ship, Kalibak is escaping from the prison. He beat up Darkseid's prisoners and broke free from the prison bars. Darkseid told his Parademons to go after him but Kalibak beat them all. He now went to ride a ship and flew away. But Darkseid won't let him go away. He went to the control room and launched several missiles but Kalibak was a good pilot and used the asteroids on his way to shield his ship. Now, he sped up his ship and ran 220 lightyears. He reached Earth, but his ship ran out of gas and crash landed. He was able to be safe using a parachute to land down. After seeing Superman he went to him. Superman gets furious and shoves Kalibak through several buildings.
"Kalibak! You broke our peace treaty!!", Superman said.
"Wait, I didn't. Darkseid did. I told him about the peace treaty but he still continued with his plan to 'test this peace'. I rebelled but he stripped me off my powers", Kalibak responded.
"I trust you, but I won't give you some of my powers", Superman told him.
"Behind you", Kalibak told him as Superman punched three Parademons behind him.
"You still don't trust me?", Kalibak asked.
"Okay. Just a little",Superman now replied as he transferred powers to Kalibak. He punched Parademons. Meanwhile, Martian Manhunter saw Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen being attacked by Parademons. Jimmy managed to escape, but Lois was slipped on a rock and she got killed after a Parademon snapped her neck.
"Oh no! I gotta tell Superman about this", Martian Manhunter said.
Meanwhile, while Batman, Nightwing, and the Birds of Prey are fighting Parademons in Gotham City, Batman asked, "Catwoman, heard you're pretty good at stealing things".
"Now's not the time to talk", Catwoman responded, as she was also fighting Parademons.
"Do you see Granny Goodness right there? Do you see what's in her hands. It's a mother box. Go and steal it", Batman asked her.
"Okay. I think I can handle her", Catwoman agreed.
She knocked Granny Goodness down from behind and had her cat scratch Granny Goodness. Granny dropped the mother box. Catwoman got it and threw it to Batman. But Batman wasn't able to catch it and fell down the ground and broke into pieces. Catwoman was now beaten by Granny Goodness. Everyone was upset at Batman.
"Damn it, Batman. The safety of Gotham is in our grasp. And you let it slip away!", Black Canary said.
"I can't believe it. How could I have missed that? This is all my fault.", Batman said, looking down and on his knees.
"My goodness, beloved!", Talia exclaimed.
"My goodness, indeed.", Granny Goodness said, with a sinister laugh.
Now, the Parademons attacked all of them and they were knocked down.
"One by one. They are starting to fall. Sooner or later. Mankind will perish", Darkseid said, as he watched the battle from his ship, while eating popcorn and sipping from his soda.
== Characters ==
=== Anti-Hero: ===
* Kalibak-son of Darkseid(turned good); betrayed his own father and fought against his forces. 
=== Justice League: ===
* Martian Manhunter-one of the last survivors of a dying race of green Martians; has super strength, flight, shape-shifting, density shifting, and psychic abilities
* Shayera Hol/Hawkgirl and Katar Hol/Hawkman-heroes originating from planet Thanagar; Thanagarians has wings and possesses Nth metal maces, weapons which repel magic and gives them resistance to magic 
* John Stewart and Hal Jordan-Green Lanterns from Space Sector 2814; possesses power rings which can be used to produce powerful constructs to help them combat enemies.
* Wonder Woman-princess of Themyscira, daughter of Amazons, a noble warrior and a founding member of the Justice League.
* Ray Palmer/Atom-a genius scientist, rivaling Batman's intelligence. Possesses a belt which he can use to shrink into microscopic size, or grow gigantic.
* Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle-a teenager with a scarab stuck on his spine, which allows him to transform into Blue Beetle under his will, and possess a wide array of weapons
* Beatriz de Costa/Fire-a female who can shoot fireballs and transform into a literal living flame
* Ice-a female with ice powers
* M'ari McCabe/Vixen-a female who possesses a powerful talisman which gives her the power of any animal he wishes.
* Ted Grant/Wildcat-street level hero and extremely skilled combatant; one of the oldest members of the league
* Arthur Curry/Aquaman-king of Atlantis; can communicate to creatures of the sea
* Red Tornado-an android built with tornado manipulation powers
* Clark Kent/Superman
* Barry Allen/Flash 
* Plastic Man and Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man-superheroes with superelastic powers
* B'wana Beast-possesses powers of the wild.
* Jon Michael Carter/Booster Gold-a man from the future who traveled back in time to redeem himself; has a power-suit that allows him to fly, enhance his strength and super durability. While looking for fame and fortune at first, he realized what it truly means to become a hero, eventually becoming a member of Justice League. Lover of Zatanna
* Shining Knight and Winged Victory-an Arthurian knight who became frozen during Medieval times and was discovered in present time and became member of the League
* Cynthia Reynolds/Gypsy-has the ability to phase through walls; usually works as crowd control rather than combat.
* John Henry Irons/Steel-a genius ally of Superman; has a supersuit that gives him flight, enhanced strength, and durability. Has a metal hammer for a weapon.
* Cisco Ramon/Vibe-the most ridiculous member of Justice League; can produce shockwaves from the ground by dancing.
* Constance D'Aramis/Crimson Fox-she wears a fox suit with metal claws which gives her enhanced agility and pheromone powers. 
* Lee Travis/Crimson Avenger-a vigilante who is a skilled combat and expert marksman, especially guns.
* Billy Batson/Shazam-a kid who has the ability to grow into a buff superhero by saving the word Shazam. Has the powers of six Greek gods.
* Dick Grayson/Nightwing-skilled acrobat and combatant and has a wide array of gadgets.
* Batman-he's Batman
* Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning-possesses lightning powers obviously.
* Green Arrow-Starling City's main hero; skilled marksman with bow and arrow as his weapon.
* Barbara Gordon/Batgirl-daughter of Gotham City Police Department's commissioner Jim Gordon.
* Kate Kane/Batwoman-female version of Batman, minus being a billionaire. 
* Helena Bertinelli/Huntress-a vigilante of Gotham with a dark past, having her entire family killed by a mafia group; unlike Batman and his sidekicks, she is more ruthless at her crimefighting attempts.
* Black Canary-skilled combatant and has sonic scream powers which is called Canary Cry.
* Catwoman-a former master thief, turned hero. Still not a Justice League member.
* Zatanna-magician with the ability to perform magic by speaking backwards words.
* Talia al Ghul-daughter of Ra's al Ghul, leader of the world's most dangerous terrorist groups; has now departed from her villainous nature and finally settled down and married with Batman. 
* Captain Atom-a nuclear powered superhero.
=== Teen Titans: ===
* Victor Stone/Cyborg-a human turned into a half-cyborg due to an accident.
* Beast Boy-has the ability to shapeshift into any animals.
* Starfire-originating from the planet Tamaran, Tamaraneans naturally possess flight, superhuman strength,
* Raven-daughter of an interdimensional demon, is the most OP member of the Titans.
* Aqualad-has water abilities and ability to transform them into weapons.
* Speedy-Green Arrow's former sidekick, also a highly skilled marksman.
* Wonder Girl-sidekick of Wonder Woman, has the same powers as her, including the Lasso of Truth
* Supergirl and Superboy
* Miss Martian-another survivor of the dying Martian race, became Martian Manhunter's protege and has the same powers as him.
==== Others: ====
* Iris West-Barry Allen's wife
* Steve Trevor-Wonder Woman's lover 
* Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire-Hal Jordan's lover; leader of the Violet Lanterns
* Violet Lanterns-a group of power ring users who utilize the power of love
* Lois Lane(deceased)
* Jimmy Olsen
=== Villains: ===
* Darkseid
* Parademons
=== Darkseid's Elite: ===
* Steppenwolf-now commander of Darkseid's troops after Kalibak's betrayal. An incredible fighter with an axe for a weapon.
* Granny Goodness-has superhuman abilities, rivaling Superman's as well.
* Desaad-has deception, telepathic and emotion control and absorption powers.
* Mantis-possesses immense energy creation, absorption and manipulation powers.
* Female Furies-warriors from Apokolips; the counterpart of Themyscira's amazon warriors.