J'onn! Manhunter heard Batman's telepathic call.
They'd been aware of each other during their individual fights, but only peripherally, with all their
attention focused on their opponents.
Manhunter risked a glance along the course, and paid immediately for his indiscretion as the
lizardman struck him in the thigh. But he'd had time to see Batman retreating before the other
creature's maniacal onslaught, its daws raking, jaws slavering, spiked tail twitching as it sought an
opening for the kill.
This one's power seems to be wavering, Batman thought. Might be a good time to switch dancing
partners. Batman used his wrist to block a chopping blow. Now!
J'onn had also felt a slump in his own foe's power levels, as if whoever was controlling it had more
pressing business to attend to. Immediately, J'onn used one
of the unusual Martian powers that were his birthright. He thought hard, and the light waves striking
him responded somehow to his conscious will, bending themselves around him. Turning him
invisible.
It was a talent he could employ only for short periods. But it should be long enough.
J'onn soared a dozen feet into the air, turned on a dime, and sent himself crashing at speed into the
lizardman Batman had been fighting.
The impact crushed the creature against the course's retaining wall, and the beast slumped like a sack
of sand.
Batman had turned to run at Manhunter's foe, which hovered with uncertainty a few feet out from the
side of the pyramid. A bat-line shot from the Dark Knight's hand, its grapple biting home around the
lizardman's neck. Batman yanked hard on the line with both hands, pulling the surprised beast toward
him.
As it loomed closer, it seemed to recover somewhat Its eyes glittered dangerously, and its maw
opened to reveal jagged yellow teeth. Its drooling jaws opened wider—
And Batman tossed two percussion grenades down its throat.
The resulting explosion blew the creature apart.
Batman stood for a moment to recover his breath, and J'onn materialized beside him.