Cap and Batman realize right away that Deathstroke and Cain need to be eliminated posthaste, else things will be much more messy than they need to be. Bats backs off enough to let Cap and Daredevil "do what needs to be done", with Deathstroke's head and neck separated by Cap's shield. Had any of them any time to notice, Cain would be found unmoving and unresponsive shortly after facing Daredevil.
Blade and Kingpin somehow end up impaled on Blade's swords. Blackbat is seen quickly departing the immediate vicinity...
Bullseye is double-teamed by Black Panther and a couple of the Bat-family.
Batman and Cap leave each other alone long enough for most of the rest to be eliminated. "It's more efficient that way." It ends up being the greatest rumble in the history of rumbles, with Batman, Robin (Drake), and Blackbat on one side, and Cap, Daredevil, and Black Panther on the other. They're "to the king!"ing on Bats and Cap, when everyone looks up and sees both Thanos and Darkseid appear in the skies, locked in mortal combat over possession of the Infinity Gauntlet. Cap whispers "not again...", looks at Bats, and they realize that this will require all of them, and then some.
Somehow, beyond all hope (never abandon hope where Cap's shield bangs and clangs), we soon see Bats, quite worse for the wear, as he watches tensely, as ready to act as he's able, as Cap stands, stares wearily down, then slowly reaches down and picks up a bundle that is one each of Darkseid's and Thano's scorched and severed hands, both locked in a death-grip on the Gauntlet. By now the heroes of heroes are the only two left standing, only barely. There is no hint of paint left on Cap's shield. Cap says, "Trust me, friend..."
And the Gauntlet is used to put itself permanently out of reach, while simultaneously restoring fallen friends. Somehow, they won, without any actual bloodshed.
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