Infinite Justice (Marvel,DC,DBZ X/Over, IC, Always Open!)

[Pantorrum]

Nicholas walked forward into one of the villages, the innocent women and children running to their husbands, looking oddly at Nicholas. His armor shinned the bright crimson red he had always wanted in the bright sunlight of the systems hot blue star.

He sent them a telepathic message, having assessed their language in their minds.
"I come to find a powerful sorcerer...er...one who practices magic..."
The people became very afraid when he spoke to their minds like that, and one man charged forward with a spear. He threw it, but Nicholas caught it in thin air. The ground shot up from below him, solidifying into a solid ice as it encompassed his body. Nicholas walked forward, tapping the ice one time...it cracked, and fell apart into pieces as did the mans body...

Natives ran to their tent, hiding...but not one woman dressed strangely. She stood, wielding a scepter with a blue sphere on the end of it...the sphere was glowing bright, much like the pyramid, and the two objects seemed to be related...whatever they were, they had been designed to keep Galactus out by some master mind. If Nicholas failed, Galactus would likely never get the other two planets. There is no telling what powers they have when all three are together...

He looked at the woman, who withdrew her hood. She held forward her scepter, and the ground began to quake. The skies grew dark with storm clouds, and a tormenting rain began to fall down with a mixture of small hail pieces. Tornadoes descended to the ground, ripping through trees; They all seemed to be moving toward Nicholas...
He was caught int he situation, as the tormenting windows prevented him from concentrating...
Finally, a tornado ripped him from the ground, and he went flying off far into the distance. With telekinesis, he stabilized himself before hitting the ground. He raised his hand, manipulating the matter of the ball. The storms began to break and come again, as the woman was losing control of the orb. After a few moments, the orb shot over to Nicholas and the storms completely disappeared. The woman's neck was snapped telekinetically like the last mans was from the other planet...

He returned to Galactus, and watched him again devour the planet.
He was granted his next gift, before going to the next planet. He was given the power to resurrect the dead, a key power of the Power Cosmic. He had one more power and one more gift to attain...the rule of Earth and the power to create life...

[The Fallen Jedi]

- Snip, Snip -

Earth, Sahara Desert
Commander Temojouin Masaki
The Speech of The Founder

Temojouin entered the Administrative Headquarters of the Base, finding the Masaki Guardian Officers busy at work, preparing the Communication's Frequency on all Channels, they had hacked through almost all know Earth Database known, except the Ultra Corp Servers, knowing that Ultra Corp had the capabilities to counteract the hacking, but they managed to bypass the FCC, United Nations, NATO, and even the Interpol servers, they had almost full access to the Earth's Internet, Television, and even Radio Signals, this signal was In turn sent off to Sigma Galli Prime and to the Founder's temple, allowing him to control the speech from there, the Bases acting merely as the Proxy from Earth to Sigma Galli Prime.

"My Lord, we are ready to send off the signal to Sigma Galli Prime, be advised that we will experience a large flux of power as a result of this, so we have had to somewhat weaken the signal so that the power does not fry the nodes... Going live in Ten..." Temojouin looked back outside as the Transmission Node started pinging steadily, Indicating that the Signal Was activating Five... Four... Three... Two... One, we are going Live!" Within moments, the lighting within the facility started to fall and rise at the same time, however this was being slowly regulated through the power consumption of the Base.

From all over the Earth, all Televised Connections, Radio Connections, and even Internet Connections were Interrupted world-wide, taking the entire Earth's Connections under storm and then reestablishing It under the Dynasty's control and only their control executively, their connections would take the Earth's Connections directly to Sigma Galli Prime, even the Large Screens of the New York Square, security cameras, and even Wall Streets Televised Screens were taken under control, even from the hidden Area 51 to the Pentagon were transmitted by the Dynasty's power.

As all of the Channels changed from their white noise, they would be transferred to one place only, Sigma Galli Prime, and the Founder's Throne Room, they could see The Founding Masaki, staring blankly towards the Television Screens, his dark eyes containing nothing but the appearance of a man who commanded great authority "People of the Earth..." The Founder began blankly "For those who are unaware of who I am, which of course I am aware that the Ultra Corp's and Infinite Justice know who I am, but I am The Founding Masaki, head of a Galactic Superpower dubbed the Old Masaki Dynasty, a government which was created almost on the same basis as the United States of America, but on a very much larger scale to the point of a Galactic Superpower, where 5/7's of our Galaxy has joined the banner of the Old Masaki Dynasty."

The Founder quietly cleared his voice, a subtle frown on his face, but keeping It at a neutral expression "Those who elected not to join the Old Masaki Dynasty have been allowed to prosper alongside the Masaki Dynasty, we unwilling to keep the prosperity all to ourselves, but Instead willing to share It with all we have encountered... As of now, the Old Masaki Dynasty has established Isolated bases within the Earth, making the best of efforts to stay out of the Public Life of the Earth, not desiring to Interrupt It, but Instead to stabilize." The Founder then showed an Individual Screen, showing that there were Masaki Guardians that were reconstructing a heavily damaged planet along with the local populace after the end of the Imperial-Masaki War.

"We have watched Earth for some time, we started watching It when Asumar Masaki arrived to the world, Intent on causing damage to the world." The Founder then showed a small video feed of Asumar himself ordering the Masaki Invasion of Earth, and then Kilian and Asumar fighting against each other. "Yet he was a lost soul who lost his way, hellbent on delivering pain to his older brother, myself." The Founder then showed some feed of himself and Asumar clashing on Rhen Var, Asumar using his Spiritual Armor, while The Founder had formed a large statue with the Living Force, the date on the video 42,000 BBR. "To put It simply, I am not here to deliver a sob story of my past life, though It may seem like It, I am here to talk about the ongoing Ultra-Infinite Civil War Occurring..."

The Founder's expression then hardened "Which my Intelligence has amassed proper reasoning that Daud, the head of the Ultra Corp's was responsible for, by detonating a weapon that wiped out the entire Kryptonian Race, even those Kryptonians that fought to protect the planet of Earth." Another feed of Daud ordering the deployment of the weapon, which was recorded by one of the Thanatos Guardians, unedited, and It also showed the use of the weapon, which would show the Earthlings the Kryptonians appearing to gag to death from the Kryptonite "To put It bluntly, Daud had ordered the general Genocide of the entire Kryptonian species, In which both Infinite Justice and the Old Masaki Dynasty responded, to say the least, It is without a doubt wrong that an entire species faced Genocide."

"In that ensuing battle, we lost many good people because of the usage of the Kryptonite Cannon, and which also served as the forerunner of the Civil War that now brews around the Earth as I speak." The Founder, In which he wanted to show the sheer deaths of people Involved in the War, even showing a brief image of Asumar within his comatose state "Make no mistake that we are not here to take over the Earth, nor do we want to force It into our ranks, but rather, we want to stabilize the Earth via a Peacekeeper Corps to contain the violence and have It end without further bloodshed." The Founder then showed a Video Feed of the Ultra Corps trying to repel the Peacekeeper Corps from entering Earth.

"We will not push the Earth Into anything, rather just stabilize It so that the Earth may be given a fighting chance against later Invaders who want to conquer the Earth... We do not wish to hurt the Earth as the Ultra Corp's see our Intentions as, but to just repair It so that you all may stand a chance against Invader's, but to put It more simply, this war, with Infinite Justice, and the Ultra Corp's Is not worth It. You all may see Infinite Justice as the cause of the war, but rest assured, Ultra Corps, which has been cleared by the United States Senate to combat Infinite Justice, Is responsible for this war." The Founder stated solidly and purely, not even reading a speech paper on his hands.

"So now, the Earth Is given It's own choice, In which the Old Masaki Dynasty will not Invade the Earth even If the say that Infinite Justice Is responsible for these allegations of Inciting a War, Do you all want to see an End to this bloodshed, or would you rather see It continue on, and allow your planet, your home, to pay the price of war?" The Founder asked, before the entire connection shut off from The Founder's end, having delivered one of his most powerful speeches to date.

[The Republic of Atria]

Brooke tapped Temojouin's shoulder motioning her eyes over to a very angry looking Kilian. "No." He said. "Daud didn't do it." He said just barely containing his rage, but it was clear that he was mad. The sand under his feet seemed to swirl and disintegrate around him due to the intense vibrations coming off of Kilian's body. "Loki, The Asgardian God of tricks did. Daud's weapons was designed to be non-lethal." He said at which point the entire base began to rattle like a minor earth quake. "I'm so SICK. Of you people who think you're GODS. When you're NOT. The people of this world are TIRED of being treated like CATTLE. And you have the audacity to think you're BETTER? You're NOT. I'm going to say this once. You tell him what REALLY happened. Or I'm going to hit you so hard there won't be anything LEFT of you to bury."

"Kilian... Calm down." Brooke says backing away. "It's okay. They didn't know. We can fix this. Just calm down before you hurt someone. I know you. You're not an angry person. Relax. For your sake." She says.

After a few seconds the shaking stopped and Kilian rubbed the side of his head taking deep breaths and looking at the ceiling of the tent. "I can't believe I'm getting anger management lessons from the same woman who tried to kill me. Twice." He says and just falls on his back smiling though not really knowing why. "All of... This. It's all happening. So much so fast. I really am going crazy aren't I?" He says and laughs a little bit.

"You're... Not mad?"

"Define mad." Kilian replies. "I've had a REALLY long and bad day. Possessed by a magic jerk. Who killed my best friend. And then now... The same woman who tried to kill me so she could rewrite history is trying to talk me out of doing something stupid. I believe the word is irony. You know what. Just know that Daud isn't responsible for this. Loki is. I saw your warships when I came in. Ordinarily I would've smashed them into scrap metal and glassed that Sigma planet of yours. But now? I don't care. If you guys want to blow eachother to kingdom come. Go for it."

[Mavorpen]

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Because Kilian needed it, the sound of flapping wings grew louder and louder as Ayesha floated down from the sky with large feathered wings protruding out of her back. Upon landing next to Kilian, she sat down and handed him an ice cream cone. She wasn't sure why he appeared so frustrated.

She was, of course, aware of the Civil War between Ultra Corps and Infinite Justice, however, she was ignorant about the inner workings of the two organizations and thus Kilian's relationship with them. Part of her wanted to do something to help with the war, but Orn told her that it appeared to be a situation that was better solved by the two parties involved. She looked down at the ice cream she handed Kilian and noticed that it was partly melted and shrugged at him, as if to say "don't look at me, it's not my fault we're in a desert."

[The Fallen Jedi]

Brooke tapped Temojouin's shoulder motioning her eyes over to a very angry looking Kilian. "No." He said. "Daud didn't do it." He said just barely containing his rage, but it was clear that he was mad. The sand under his feet seemed to swirl and disintegrate around him due to the intense vibrations coming off of Kilian's body. "Loki, The Asgardian God of tricks did. Daud's weapons was designed to be non-lethal." He said at which point the entire base began to rattle like a minor earth quake. "I'm so SICK. Of you people who think you're GODS. When you're NOT. The people of this world are TIRED of being treated like CATTLE. And you have the audacity to think you're BETTER? You're NOT. I'm going to say this once. You tell him what REALLY happened. Or I'm going to hit you so hard there won't be anything LEFT of you to bury."

"Kilian... Calm down." Brooke says backing away. "It's okay. They didn't know. We can fix this. Just calm down before you hurt someone. I know you. You're not an angry person. Relax. For your sake." She says.

After a few seconds the shaking stopped and Kilian rubbed the side of his head taking deep breaths and looking at the ceiling of the tent. "I can't believe I'm getting anger management lessons from the same woman who tried to kill me. Twice." He says and just falls on his back smiling though not really knowing why. "All of... This. It's all happening. So much so fast. I really am going crazy aren't I?" He says and laughs a little bit.

"You're... Not mad?"

"Define mad." Kilian replies. "I've had a REALLY long and bad day. Possessed by a magic jerk. Who killed my best friend. And then now... The same woman who tried to kill me so she could rewrite history is trying to talk me out of doing something stupid. I believe the word is irony. You know what. Just know that Daud isn't responsible for this. Loki is. I saw your warships when I came in. Ordinarily I would've smashed them into scrap metal and glassed that Sigma planet of yours. But now? I don't care. If you guys want to blow eachother to kingdom come. Go for it."

Earth, Sahara Desert
Commander Temojouin Masaki

Temojouin sighed, closing his eyes and trying to connect a Mind Link with The Founder, only for himself to be thrown right out of the Mind Link, as If The Founder wanted to be left alone, Temojouin sighed because of this. Since Asumar was In his coma, The Founder elected to stay by the bedside of his brother, wanting to protect him from any danger or harm that came to his brother "I can't mentally contact The Founder, you see since Asumar has fallen Into his coma, The Founder had elected to stay by Asumar's bedside to watch over and protect him, but listen that speech was not actually a live one, It was actually recorded by The Founder earlier before we launched the Peacekeeping Operation. So tell you what, I've already ordered the Masaki Guardians to add In the part that said "Even Though Daud detonated the weapon, the Asgardian Loki was responsible for refabricating the weapon to make it lethal"... Is that alright for you? Temojouin asked.

Then Temojouin stopped In his tracks, taking some offense to Kilian's accusation that the Masaki's were acting as If they were gods and herding the Humans like cattle, Temojouin's expression somewhat began to harden by the response "First off get your attitude together when you make false accusations, not even myself knew that Loki was responsible for It. WE do not look to think that the Masaki's are gods, they are Half Celestial and Half Human, they KNOW what It is like as a human, we don't think we are better at all." Temojouin's energy silently spiked for a moment before falling back down. "Get your act together before you accuse us as being better than the human race, remember that WE are HALF Human." Temojouin reprimanded Kilian.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Then stop acting like it. Because your words don't line up with your actions. You're arrogant, condescending assholes who are trying to herd the people of this world like cattle. Get off your high horse." He said walking outside to be greeted by Ayesha with an Ice cream cone. "Thank you Ayesha. I... I really needed this." He said and for once not burning through it but enjoying to like a normal person. He was having a difficult day, but the small act of kindness was enough to help him calm down. Brooke was right. Which he didn't want to admit in any way shape or form due to the history between them. But he really did need to stop being so hostile. Part of it came from the fact that he wanted to ensure people would stop trying to harm other people, but all it did was frustrate and upset him. As powerful as he was, Kilian is only one person. He alone couldn't save everyone. "I get it now... I need help... Thanks Ayesha! You're going to love this, trust me!" He said and shot into the air.

"That man needs a therapist." Brooke says.

[The Fallen Jedi]

"Then stop acting like it. Because your words don't line up with your actions. You're arrogant, condescending assholes who are trying to herd the people of this world like cattle. Get off your high horse." He said walking outside to be greeted by Ayesha with an Ice cream cone. "Thank you Ayesha. I... I really needed this." He said and for once not burning through it but enjoying to like a normal person. He was having a difficult day, but the small act of kindness was enough to help him calm down. Brooke was right. Which he didn't want to admit in any way shape or form due to the history between them. But he really did need to stop being so hostile. Part of it came from the fact that he wanted to ensure people would stop trying to harm other people, but all it did was frustrate and upset him. As powerful as he was, Kilian is only one person. He alone couldn't save everyone. "I get it now... I need help... Thanks Ayesha! You're going to love this, trust me!" He said and shot into the air.

"That man needs a therapist." Brooke says.

Earth, Sahara Desert
Commander Temojouin Masaki

Temojouin simply dismissed Kilian with his Insults just by turning away and not looking back, Kilian did not exactly understand the Human-Celestial Race, they were something very much complicated, to be a race that had been connected to a Godly Race, and the Evolving Human Race was something that even complicated even the most strong willed of people like The Founder, and Temojouin knew even less of his race than The Founder Oh tell me about It, Kilian doesn't understand our people, to be a Hybrid race directly linked to a race of Gods, and a slowly evolving Human Race Is something that can even complicate the most strong willed of people, like The Founder, he gives back to the Universe, he wants to share all he has, yet with the great responsibility he has, he cannot share everything he has, we are more complicated than both the Humans and Gods." Temojouin explained to Brooke, looking out of the door that Kilian exited.

Asumar's Inner Subconscious
Who Are We Really?

Asumar slowly opened his eyes, all he saw was nothing but an entire dimension of white, everything was white, he could not even see anything that was different than the color of White, as If he was merely on a piece of discarded, White Paper that someone neglected and left behind just to rot away slowly for years "What the hell?, where am I?" Asumar said outwardly, his voice echoing as he slowly rose up from the white ground. He was confused as to why he was here, he had never been In a realm like this before, and It was not the Speed Force It was a type of neutral realm In which none except Asumar had authority In, his own Subconscious. Asumar tried to use the Force to Levitate, but found that he could not rise.

Asumar looked around confused, trying to figure out why he could not use The Force, as If It were not responding to him "What The Hell?, I can't use The Force anymore, I can't even use my Pyrokinesis Techniques either, what type of place Is this?" Asumar said, his voice echoing around the blank ground around him. Then he noticed something, a pink cherry blossom petal slowly fell right In front of Asumar, he lifted one of his eyebrows In suspicion, just what was this cherry blossom petal doing In a blank dimension. Then something else began to happen, more Cherry Blossom Petals stated to spin around him, not even producing any type of wind, just spinning casually and slowly around his person.

Now Asumar knew that something was not right about this, exactly what were these Cherry Blossoms doing In this Blank Dimension, he closed his eyes, trying to think back to where he saw these Cherry Blossoms, he thought back all the way to his teenage years, and then It happened, he remembered where he saw these cherry blossoms "My Time Has Come..." Asumar's eyes shot open, feeling the Cherry Blossoms leave him, forming another type of slow revolving tornado In front of him. These were not normal petals, these were Sigma Mountain Petals, something that could be only found near the mountainous levels of Sigma Galli Prime, he knew! "You must continue your journey without me my sons..."

Asumar fell to the ground, these were the exact same Petals that had been a sign of "Him" Asumar was In shock as he saw a Lone Figure forming within the cyclone of Sigma Mountain Petals, an old man In a robe that masters wore. Asumar looked up, a lone tear forming In his eye, his master had finally returned to Asumar after all these years of watching the two Masaki's grow and develop, first parting ways along with Ideologies, and then watching the two of them come back together yet again, "Master Shimura..." Asumar silently stated, a genuine smile on his face. Master Shimura, the now named Old Man emerged from the Sigma Mountain Petals, with a smile on his face as well, happy to see Asumar after all these years "Hello... Asumar, my Son..." Shimura smiled towards Asumar, embracing him In a heart warming hug, a tear falling down his own face.

[The Republic of Atria]

Brooke

"He understands. He just doesn't like your attitudes. Kilian has met literal gods before. Thor is a good example. Thor never thought much of mortals at first, but now he understands and was extremely friends towards them. Odin. Thor's father. Kilian asked him for a favor, locking me in Asgard, and Odin let him. He wasn't arrogant or condescending. It's not confusing. You're arrogant and you refuse to accept that you are. That's it. It might just be my Speedster mind is more efficient than yours, but that's what I'm seeing. You come to this world and you think it's something to be herded. We are more than capable of taking care of ourselves. We don't need you, and there's a large chance the people don't want you either. It's not confusing. If it is, it's because you're deluding yourself. My question is, how the hell did Kilian get back here? This is his ring." She says pointing to her finger. "It's what allows us to fly and breath in space. We can't do that under our own strength."

Kilian

"I've done it once. Eywa, you're going to have to help me with this." Kilian says. "Please don't let that just have been a figment of my imagination or I'm checking myself into the loony bin."

"I am here Kilian. What is it you're planning to do?"

"You're inside my head, you know how I got my hands on that ring and changed it with the Speed Force? Gave it different abilities and a much better power source? We're going to do that again. But we're going to make more. I can't protect everyone. Even I can't be everywhere at once. So we're going to make more. You've likely heard of the lanterns. We're going to be doing that. I'm going to call them, the Speed Lanterns! Whatcha think?" He asks.

"You humans are always full of ideas aren't you? I will assist you in this endeavor. Under one condition."

"Why do I get the feeling I'm going to not like it?" He asked.

30 seconds later

"Seriously? I can't believe I let you talk me into this."

"It's not that bad."

"I'm practically naked!"

[Krytonus]

Police Van
Washington DC

Not a single vote cast in my favour. Maybe I could have scraped a few before Caraline stepped in, but...
She should have done some research before making that speech.

I was currently in the back of a prison van, still shackled and accompanied by two guards. I tried conversation, but one of them threatened to taze me, so chatting was out of the picture. It seemed to be taking a lot longer than before to get back to the prison and we hadn't been stopping enough for it to be down to traffic. Just as I started worrying, we came to a halt and the two gentlemen accompanying me forced me up and out the back. We were on an airfield, somewhere on the outskirts of the city.
"Where am I going?"
The man on the left gestured to what was just pulling out of the hangar. It was some sort of high speed transport, and emblazoned proudly on the side was the Ultra Corps logo. Two more people were already on their way towards us, and as they got closer, I noticed they both wore the UC logo too. I didn't recognize them. The police handed me over and I started shuffling along with my new guards, one a man of about thirty with a buzz-cut and the other a twenty-something girl with bright purple hair and various piercings.
"Dare I ask where I'm going now? And why?"
The man spoke in a gruff voice. "We're going to HQ. We've been authorized to deal with every Infinite Justice member we see fit, and that especially includes you. You and me, when we get to base, we're gonna have a lot of fun. Loved the speech, by the way. You almost convinced one guy." He cracked up at this.
"Shut up." The girl muttered as we climbed up the boarding ramp. I was strapped in and the girl disappeared into the cockpit. The man strapped himself in across the cabin. I stared around the room, checking for some way to escape. As I checked, I noticed that my cuffs had been put on loose. I could feel a tiny sliver of my power. Maybe if I was fast, I could escape. I looked up from my cuffs again at buzz-cut, who was grinning at me. He cocked a pistol.
"Wanna know what my power is?"
"Enlighten me."
He was really pleased now.
"I can see five seconds into the future. You try anything funny, little man, and you'll have a bullet in your head before it even happens."
Well, shit. There goes any hope of escape.

I had to admit, it impressed me just how fast we got there. UC had a lot more money than we did. This thing was high-tech. I was quickly led down the boarding ramp, into the chilly Rockies weather and inside the huge HQ. I was hurried into an elevator and brought down, deeper into the huge complex. Buzz-cut opened his mouth again to say something, but purple-hair shushed him. After what seemed like an eternity, the elevator left out a beep and proudly displayed the floor- Basement 12. We quickly exited and made our way down the long, drab hallway, stopping about halfway. Buzz-cut shot me a sickening grin.
"We're here."
In block capitals on the door, Interrogation Room was written.
"In." muttered Purple, opening the door and gesturing me inside. In the room was a small table and three chairs, one on the left and two on the right. In one corner of the room was a water tank with a stack of paper cups, and on the opposite side of the room was a small cupboard. One of the walls was slightly different to the others, but only barely. Likely it was a one-way window so I could be observed. There was also a CCTV camera on the opposite wall.
"Sit."
I sat, twiddling my thumbs as Buzz-cut and Purple sat down on the opposite side of the table. Buzzcut was still grinning like an idiot. Purple cleared her throat.
"My name is Vicky. This is Leonard." She gestured to Buzz-cut. "I'm assuming Leonard has already told you his power, but I'm sure you're itching to learn about mine. I have the ability to inflict incredible pain on people without actually injuring them. To be exact, I can inflict up to twelve-thousand times the average man's pain threshold."
She was casually tapping the table. Her nails were green.
"And we're not leaving this room until you give us everything you know."

[The Fallen Jedi]

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Earth, Sahara Desert
Commander Temojouin Masaki

Temojouin stopped, staring out the door that Kilian departed from, he heard Brooke's voice echo within his mind, that they were trying to herd the Earth by helping them, no one understood what the Old Masaki Dynasty stood for, It wasn't for The Founder's dream of peace, but It was someones dream, Master Shimura's dream, who desired to bring an end to all types of wars and bring about peace and freedom for every species within the Universe, and It was to Unite every species under the banner of freedom, the Earth was not free, they were still plagued by wars of all kind. Temojouin felt lightheaded by the emotions beginning to flood and held onto a nearby support beam as he fell to his knees, breathing erratically.

He looked back to Brooke, his filled with hundreds of emotions filling his mind, as If his entire mindset was ready to shatter at a moments notice "This Peacekeeping Force you see, the Old Masaki Dynasty, The Founder, and even Asumar, this was not Inspired by The Founder's own dreams of peace, rather someone elses dream, their Master's dream, the one who cared for them, trained them, and told them about his dreams of peace. We do not do this because of our own Ideals, we do It because of Master Shimura's dreams of peace..." Temojouin slowly rose up.

"Master Shimura was the visionary of true peace, to establish peace by the basis of simply freedom, but yet we all have yet the learn the true meanings of Peace and Freedom, which Is why Master Shimura said that until we learn the true meaning of peace, will we forever be plagued by conflict, war, famine, and death, no one has the capacity to even understand Master Shimura and his visions of peace, but true that he still sees peace as something to fight for, but yet not to fight for peace that would fall Into corruption and more war." Temojouin still tried to reel his thoughts back together once again.

"This is why The Founder established the Old Masaki Dynasty as he did, as something akin to a Monarchy, he would control the movements of the Old Masaki Dynasty, he Is a figure of peace that he desires to bring peace to the Universe In the name of Master Shimura himself, both The Founder and Asumar have the ability to understand Shimura, but mark my words that no one has even come close to understanding Master Shimura's vision of peace." Temojouin finished, still breathing heavily, still the emotions In his head continuing to affect him, as If a single tear fell down his face.

[The Republic of Atria]

Brooke

"You give people too much freedom, and they'll abuse it. You give people too little freedom and they'll kill to get it back. There is no such thing as true peace. That's why people like us exist. Powerful people who do their damnedest to keep peace. But it's difficult. We go somewhere else to do it, and we get see as angry gods acting with vengeance. We do nothing, and we get labeled free loading cowards too afraid to solve the world's problems. You don't' seem to understand that true peace can never be achieved. There's always going to be someone out there wanting to start a fight. Always. No matter what. You can't change that." She says. "The best thing to do is to do your best and find a middle ground or work with the rules you've been given. But nothing is perfect. Everyone has flaws, no matter how powerful. Everything has flaws. There is no perfection. But we try to get as close as we can. No one will ever be perfect. No one will be without flaws. Not me. Not your master. Not Kilian. Not even gods." She says. "You need to understand that this is an uphill battle that will never be won by either side. There will always be good people. There will always be bad people. Without one, the other can't exist. Without evil, how do you measure good?" She says offering a hand to him. "We can't fix everything. But we can try."

Kilian

"Why is the loincloth and... I don't even know what this other stuff is. Why is it necessary?" Kilian asks. "Seriously? I can't wear my costume or something less... Exposing?" He waited but didn't seem to get a response. "Wait... Are you laughing at me?!"

"No. I just wanted to see how far you'd go."

Kilian gave an annoyed look to the rocks. "Since when were you into playing pranks and getting on my nerves?"

"It is a part of your psyche Kilian. Inside, you are a free spirited man who does whatever little thing crosses his mind because you aren't bound by time constraints. Or many of the laws of physics for that matter. I am in tune with your true self. And I will behave as you will. If you want my advice. Go back to being you. Before you passed the Amendment. Before you put on that cursed yellow ring."

"Jesus, am I really that annoying? I am so gonna talk to Daud about this. Well, just to spite you I'm keeping this tribal stuff! Ya hear me?! You get to see Kilian in the raw! Ish! And I hope you enjoy the looks I get when I go back home like this!" He said and sat down. "I'm arguing with myself again and it's going to go nowhere. So are you going to help me with this rings or not?" He asks knowing that if he started talking like this on earth, he'd be getting some very strange looks. But the head voice had a point. Lately he had been overly aggressive and uncharacteristically spiteful. He'd go back to earth again, once he cooled off back to normal.

"Yes. You can still create constructs as you did with your previous ring, but now you can make far more complex ones, and even make them permanent. Focus, imagine the rings. Create a handful."

"Swear this one won't make me blow up or something, because if it does..."

"You have my word."

"That's encouraging." He says and creates a few of the rings almost effortlessly. "Holy hell..." He said picking one of them up. Bright blue with a large lightning symbol on the top where a gem would be. "This is pretty cool."

[The Fallen Jedi]

- Snip -

Earth, Sahara Desert
Commander Temojouin Masaki

Temojoin had a smile form on his face, Brooke had the Ideals of Peace within her, It may have not been as exactly predicted by Master Shimura, but Shimura's Ideals through peace, Shimura understood that his dream might never be achieved within anyones lifetime, but Shimura, The Founder, and now Asumar would try to get real close to Shimura's Ideals of peace. Not even the Old Masaki Dynasty was perfect either as well "Perhaps you are right Brooke, perhaps the Ideals of Shimura's vision may never be entirely reached, but we will try and try again to get as close to that dream as possible." Temojouin took Brooke's hand as he slowly rose up.

"You know, even Shimura expected that his dream may have never been achieved, but he predicted that one day his vision of Peace would help to try and achieve that exact dream... Even while my Human-Celestial Lineage Is nearly extinct, I manage to hold onto the Ideals of peace hoping one day to also achieve It, but I am nowhere as powerful or as knowledgeable as Shimura In the times like these we can lose the train of thought that we hold onto... but I choose to hold onto Its Ideas until the end of my life, which I know Is naturally near." Temojouin smiled happily.

Asumar's Inner Subconscious

"My Son, I genuinely missed you, you have no Idea how It felt for me just to watch when you fell to the darkness... It hurt me so bad that I wanted to return and stop It, but I couldn't, If I had, It would have destroyed the chances for you to return to the light." Shimura stated with a very sad smile on his face, quiet tears falling from his cheeks. Asumar looked to Shimura "You never need to worry about that anymore Master, I won't fall again, It's just that your dreams and visions never entirely reached me, I became hungry for power and my ambitions made me lose my ways, but I found It again from the kindness of my brother!" Asumar smiled yet again.

"To be honest Asumar, I watched over The Founder, and I was sent Into disbelief, to think that The Founder neared so close to my own Image of peace In his Galaxy, I nearly cried tears of joy when I saw that... both you and him are one of a kind people, to think that the both of you led my vision of peace so far that It continues to grow slowly and slowly!" Shimura laughed with a genuine smile, excitement could be heard within his voice "Honestly my sons, I didn't expect you to bring my visions so far, but even I expected of course that my vision could not be entirely met, there are people who will always have evil Intentions and that would stop my peace from being entirely reached, but you two brother It so close." Shimura smiled happily.

Seeing his Master and Adoptive Father smiling so much, Asumar also began to laugh happily along with Shimura, but slowly and steadily, Asumar's expression hardened, and Shimura's face went back to It's warmhearted expression as usual "Master Shimura, I know you saw everything I did, and right now I know you feel the Force Is displaced, you feel the Civil War on Earth occurring, I've felt It even through the coma, please Master." Asumar sat Indian Style "I need to know what to do, with Infinite Justice, Ultra Corp, Daud, and Kilian." Asumar asked Shimura, who also then sat Indian Style with Asumar.

Shimura began to think, he saw everything from the Afterlife, with Loki tampering with the Kryptonite Weapon, he saw everything about the Ultra Corp, Infinite Justice, and even watched Kilian, and Daud as well, he never looked at either of them with anger, but he disapproved of Ultra Corp's actions, of Daud's actions, and found that using the so called Amendment 52 would deter peace rather than bring peace, so much corruption on a single planet, he knew the secret of the United States, the people's freedoms In that country was slowly dying.

"I don't know much about the countries and the National Governments of Earth, but what I do know Is that using the Amendment 52 Is something that should have never been proposed on the Earth at all, It, along with the causes of war listed by Ultra Corp along with Daud's leadership, and Loki's perfect timing with Interfering with the Krypton Device was the perfect formula to cause a disaster of great proportions, which would spawn this Civil War, along with another War that I predict In the future with the Dynasty's Intervention, I fear that the battles may continue Asumar." Shimura's form started to slowly fade away.

Asumar looked on In shock as Shimura started to slowly disappear, but a smile stood on Shimura's face "My appearance In your subconscious could only give me a very limited time here Asumar, but don't be so sad." Shimura winked happily "I'm returning back to the living my Son, I just need time to prepare, your test has been completed Asumar, and that marks my return when one of the greater trials have been completed, the Guardian of The Force will return..." With this said, Shimura disappeared, and Asumar would find himself thrust out of his coma, his eyes slowly opening "... Master Shimura..." Asumar slowly rose out of the Hospital Bed "I can't wait to see you In the flesh after so long..." Asumar smiled.

[The Republic of Atria]

Brooke

"This planet is dangerous. There are bad people. There are good people. There are some people who can kill us all with a thought. We're just lucky that it doesn't occur to them that they should." She says. "People like us, Kilian, You, Superman. They all want to protect people." She says. "I know Earth is flawed. We know there's a war brewing. And it's scary to think what would happen if we spread out. Some beings on this planet are too dangerous to let loose in the galaxy. Monsters like Doomsday. Cruel Tyrants like Doctor Doom. Indestructible machines like Ultron. Take my advice. Do not back humans into a corner. Cornered animals lash out. And when humans lash out? You REALLY don't understand what could happen. They're know they're not as powerful as us. So they created weapons that ARE. Sentinels are a good example. And that new one I dread to think about. Fifty Sue. It's a miracle she hasn't killed us all."


Kilian

"Alright little rings! Go find me some Speed Lanterns!" He said and threw the rings into the sky, after which they shot into space looking for their first Lantern. "By the way, You were right about this tribal garb. Pretty roomy." He says thrusting into the sky. "Now everyone can see sexy Speed Demon!"

"I don't think they would appreciate it the same way you do."

"You're no fun. I thought you were me? You're supposed to be fun! I'm fun right?" He asks.

"Kilian Roth!" A voice Kilian heard before shouts. He turns around to see what appeared to be a Guardian of the Universe.

"I remember you guys! You're kinda like the people who live here! Except shorter. So what do I owe the pleasure Mr. Guardian?" He asks.

"Kilian, my name is Ganthet. You are in danger you do not fully understand." He says.

"It's Tuesday already?" He asks smiling quite unconcerned.

"Kilian please, my brothers and sister don't approve of you creating these... Speed Lanterns as you call them." He says. "Please for your own safety. Destroy the rings." He says. "I know you're a good man. I've seen what you and your friends do."

"Let me think about that really quick-No. Listen Ganthet. Thank you for warning me, I appreciate it. But as you can see. I'm wearing my big boy pants." He says pointing to the loincloth Eywa duped him into wearing. "I'm capable of taking care of myself. Trust me. And if I've made enemies of your siblings, that means I was right and Sentinel can suck it!" He says.

"Please stop doing that. Kilian. I won't make you do this. But clearly you're not going to stop. Do you trust me?"

"About as far as I can throw you. Wait... I could probably throw you very far. I'm just going to say no. I don't trust all powerful god types. When they tell me to stop, it means I've stepped on their toes enough to be a threat." He says. "And if they think I'm powerful enough to threaten them. Well, that's just the icing on the cake!"

"I have to go Kilian, but please, listen to me if you value your life." Ganthet says before teleporting away.

[Krytonus]

Interrogation Room
Ultra Corps HQ
The Rockies

I had to admit, Vicky was good at her job. Leonard had my head in a vice behind me, holding me in place while Vicky sent searing pain down my spine. I was shaking, bad.
"We're currently at three times your pain threshold, and we can go a lot higher. Now tell me. What did Infinite Justice do to the Krypton Cannon?"
I let out a mix between a moan and a gurgle.
"What did they do, Rory?"
I let out a scream as she went to four times the threshold.
"Nothing! We d-did nothing! I destroyed it, but that was- Ah! -that was it! Please, stop!"
"You know that's not the answer I want."
Leonard laughed.
"Maybe he needs some more... Permanent persuasion." I watched with wide, scared eyes as he casually strolled over to the cabinet in the corner. He was whistling The Flintstones theme. He pulled out a key and opened the cabinet, where there was an array of very painful looking instruments stacked on the shelves. He leisurely waved his finger around the shelves, before settling on one nasty-looking set of clamps. He grabbed them in his thick, leathery paws and sauntered back to where I was squirming at the table, sweat pouring down my face. I think we were at five now.
"Please, I don't know anything. I swear! Please, believe me!" PLEASE!"
Leonard had stopped whistling, and was now proudly displaying his set of slightly yellowed teeth. I watched helplessly as he grabbed my right hand. He was giggling. There was something very wrong with Leonard. I stared with growing fear as the clamp settled at the nail of my index finger, Vicky still pouring red-hot needles into skull. Leonard let out a little gasp of happiness as he suddenly ripped the clamps up and my nail was ripped from my finger. I threw my head back and screamed, trying to ignore my now bleeding finger.
"Alright, let's try something else." stated Vicky simply, absent-mindedly fiddling with one of her earrings with one hand, the other focused on my suffering.
"What' is Sentinel's plan for this war?"
"E-Excuse me?"
"What. Is. Sentinel's. Plan?"
"How the hell should I know? I've been in Prison the last we-"
I scream as fingernail number two goes.
"Alright, fine. You're gonna be like that, let's go to fifteen."
Leonard spreads a toothy grin.

[Pantorrum]

Galactus sent him to the last planet, having been forewarned the Sorcerer here was vastly more powerful than all the others.
He landed on the planet, looking around at the massive planetary city that surrounded him. Skyscrapers are far as one could see, flocks of people everywhere...massive, looming clouds of pollution was above...
The planet was the systems capital, and for hundreds of Centuries had kept the other two planets far behind them in technology. They drained their resources often, using the other two planets to create this immense and monstrous planet. There was little plant life, but he knew Galactus would want the trillions of living beings inhabiting the planet...
In order to do that, this one pesky sorcerer needed to be killed. The last stone, unbeknownst to Nicholas, was very powerful. It allowed the Sorcerer to manipulate energy, summon dark creatures, and teleport. Of course, that didn't worry Nicholas...
This time, Galactus had told Nicholas where to find this sorcerer. If he was defeated, Nicholas would be granted the last power he needed. Thus, he was more than happy to go where Galactus had directed.
He proceeded into a grand looking, yet sinister building of immense proportion. It spanned nearly as far up as the clouds, and at the top was a very strange structure. It was surrounded in a red shield, and was made completely of glass...inside of this ball like structure, there was only one thing-a throne.
Nicholas walked up to the gates, allowing the guards to see him. They approached, energy weapons in hand, while wearing their bright white armor.
"You there, stop! State your business!"
They spoke in a very different tongue than the natives...amazingly it was English.
"I come to destroy your ruler atop this palace. Shall you kindly take me to him?"
The guards looked at each other, nodding, and then taking aim. They were, for a brief second, shocked that Nicholas had powers. An immense blast of energy engulfed both their bodies, leaving them crisp on the ground...dead...
He walked forward, as alarms sounded. It seemed as if hundreds of guards had ran to the courtyard and surrounded Nicholas. They were about to fire on him, but soon would be confused. In mere seconds, Nicholas had looked up and teleported to the throne room. He had accomplished his goal, and had drawn most of the guards away...

He walked up, eyeing the empty throne...
Suddenly, from behind, a tall being blasted him right in the back with a blast of paralyzing energy. The energy stunned Nicholas, sending him to the ground. Unfortunately for him, Nicholas was not paralyzed as he had planned. The blast of energy had not carried fully through his armor, thanks to its unique design which involved a rubber lining. The electrical blast was strong enough to stun him, but he was not paralyzed.
He leaped up, manipulating the Sorcerers matter, and turning his legs to liquid. He dropped the staff for a brief moment as he fell in searing pain.
Nicholas teleported behind him, snatching the staff off the ground and jamming the end of it into the water below, channeling electric energy through it and into the Sorcerer, killing him.
"That was almost to easy..."

He turned, looking up as Galactus returned him. He had defeated the Sorcerers, though they were not very impressive...Galactus would have no doubt crushed them with a thought had they not enacted their protection before he arrived...
He watched, as the third planet was consumed.
"My lord, I have done all that you wish. I am ready for more tasks, should you have any..."
"My Herald, I grant you rule of Earth and the power to create life. You have proven your worth, and contributed to my continued existence. I shall increase your durability, as well. Now, return to Earth, and Conquer it. Rule it, and in return, when ever I need something, you shall oblige. Is this acceptable?"
"Yes, my Master. I am dearly grateful. Shall you return me now?

Galactus looked down, saying only one word...
"Yes."
He suddenly appeared on his ship parked in the hanger of his secret base...

He returned to his command room, satisfied. He did notice something off...
"What! Where is my commands for the Watchtower? Erhhh, Computer, update!"
The Computer began to speak.
"Control of Watchtower lost to Ultra Corps during your absence. Unable to compute how they cleansed the system of our control, but we have solidified out control of the US systems, and of Wayne Tech."
Nicholas was upset, but not enough to sour the moment...
"Now, this planet has been given to me to rule. I shall create my army soon, and from around the Universe, I shall bring together the darkest of beings to aid me. Once complete, Earth will be mine..."
He looked at the screens, as he was updated on the status of a so called civil war.
"Well, I like that Loki even more. I knew I would not regret helping him..."

[The Rebel Alliances]

Deathstroke the Terminator
The last contract, with Nightwing was difficult, it was almost as if I was battling the Dark Knight himself. But even that hero was felled by my blades. The Batman will come later. I am taking a moment to rest in Gotham, one would think that this city would not be the place to sit still, after just killing the Nightwing. But between the corruption in the Police Force, the many criminal King Pins and vast underground world in this city and entire sections controlled by someone or another, always looking to make a buck. A man with my resources has no shortage of safe houses. This specific 'Safe House' is a night club, owned by the Penguin. Who has managed to stay out of Prison and alive due to his ties with the President. I dont know the depth of the deals the two go through, and dont really care to. But this place, and their ties serve my purpose. In the upper level of a underground night club, that is hosting a rave party where drug deals and arms trades are happening right under the city's nose. With the party goers providing ample customers with dangerous drugs. Seating myself on a couch, I let my rifle lay next to me, wishing that the Penguin had sound proofed his 'VIP Guest Level' in this damn place.

The music is just too damned loud.

But, I did not find myself resting long. A shotgun blast chewed through the door and because of the endless partying below. No one outside noticed. Calmly standing up and placing my assault rifle in my hands, I looked over toward the interruption with a relaxed stance. A tall and built man, looking as if he was of Italian descent. Tossed a double barreled shotgun to the floor and replaced it with a M16A3 with a under slung grenade launcher attachment. His jet black hair slicked back and a grizzled look on his face, with a shadow growing in. I never met the man before, but his signature white skull instilled on his chest was a giveaway. The man is known as the Punisher.

"So, you have come to serve up a death warrant? You will find I am not like your typical opponents." I warned, placing the safety off.
"You are not bullet proof. Enough for me." And with those words, he let loose a skilled burst of automatic fire, as I dashed behind a counter and prepared a counter attack. Beginning a death battle at the center of a night party, such is the life style in Gotham.

Elsewhere
Deadshot who managed to escape the battle in San Fransisco, was now on the run. And needing money. It was not long before he decided that he would fare better, striking out on his own and going back into the payed assassin business. Rather than stick with a team of misfit villains. The target has placed him in Gotham, Frank Castle, otherwise known as the Punisher. Had killed some very influential mob bosses lately, and they had powerful friends. Powerful friends who had the money to hire someone who has almost never missed his target. And assassin like Deadshot. The information he had gathered, placed this Frank in a Night Club owned by the Penguin, who Deadshot had guessed would be Frank's next call. And so Deadshot picked a nice sniper's nest with a clear view inside the VIP lounge. There is a warehouse, across from the club where Penguin keeps a lot of his merchandise where Deadshot has perched himself in, the seconds floor, third window from the left. On an almost even level with the VIP Lounge in the nightclub.

But, it did not take long for him to notice a water tower on the far side of the night club. Another vantage point, but one too high to be valuable in targeting the lounge, so he overlooked it. Until now, when a flash of light caught my attention, I swung my rifle up and caught sight of another figure. With the night vision equipped scopes, he could see that their was a armed figure perched on the tower. The man wore a blue skin tight suit with a white bullseye on the forehead. I suppose as a target for me to aim for. But realizing that the man was in fact called Bullseye. Deadshot realized that this was a good chance to even a score, while collecting on a pay day, as he prepared his first shot at the blue clad marksman.

Nearby
Red Hood stalked through the Gotham alleys, that he is so familiar with. Having used to patrol these streets as Jason Todd...Robin. Murdered by the Joker not far from here, the Red Hood now delivers vengeance on those who have wronged him in the past. And criminals like them. He looked around, intently as the rain fell outside in a down pour. Catching sight of his target, Deathstroke the Terminator. The killer of Nightwing, and despite feeling himself far removed from the bat family, something inside Jason Todd demanded that Deathstroke pay. The heavy rainfall fell upon his jacket as he silently crept up behind his prey. Then, pulling a high explosive bat-a-rang, packing enough power to blast open a steel door, Red Hood made his move.

Pistol in one hand and the bomb in the other, Red Hood ran up the brick wall of the alley way. Announcing his presence to the unaware Deathstroke with a hail of gunfire. The initial shots plowing into the backs of his legs, putting the assassin down and then three more shots in the back to help deliver the final blow, kicking off from the wall and leaping over the target he began to mumble under his breath.

"World's deadliest assassin is not so tough, I expected more." He mused to himself mostly, and delivering the bat-a-rang to the targets head where it stuck, and a beeping sequence began. Landing several paces in front of the confused assassin, Red hood did not have time to confirm his target, but the description seemed to match.

Then the explosion came. Blood splattered everywhere. As Red Hood pulled his jacket up, as if to disguise himself from the event. Walking away, only moments later he barely noticed movement behind him to dodge, mostly. A sword cut into his left upper arm, but the wound was superficial. "Damn!" He exclaimed as he ducked away and turned around, to instead of seeing Deathstroke, he faced Deadpool.

"AWW COME ON! Take your licks like a man! Never really understood that phrase. Licks...like a man? More like a cat, or in your case, pussy! Dropping bombs like that from behind, very poor showmanship I tell ya! By the way, what are you doing here?"

As Red Hood, backed away, arming himself once more, he now realized that he had made a mistake. This was in no way the target he was hunting, but he would settle for putting down the merc with the mouth anyhow. Confident that he could outsmart this regenerating tumor.

[Of The Rnclave]

A DEATHLY BATTLE

Roshi summersaulted away as he flung a azure blast at his opponent, Decretum smacking the blast away as he ducked in, punching Roshi across the face as they danced around each other, their fists going faster then most could see as they exchanged blows.

Roshi slammed a fist into Decretum, and Decretum gave one right back, the two warriors exchanging devestating blows. Roshi slammed his plam into the side of his head as his headache worsened. " I see you have noticed your headache, you see, that is from Tenebrion, his power and size are so massive, most ki sensing beings get a headache from his nearness, which means he has entered this universe." Decretum finished with a cocky smirk, soon knocked off by the hilt of the Z Sword slamming into his cheek like a wrecking ball, the two warriors disappearing as they clashed.

" You've gotten better Saiyan! Less SLOPPY!" Decretum screamed as he landed a strong hook across Roshi's chin, the Saiyan sticking his sword out and spinning around to plant his heel in Decretums chest. Phasing away the two Super Warriors exchanged hard blows across the landscape, mountains crumbling around them as two golden blurs sliced back and forth across the sky.

Roshi phased into view as he shot forward, swinging the Z Sword like a bat, knocking Decretum away, a energy beam following the man. Decretum phased out of site, appearing moments later to punt Roshi down, the Z Sword spinning away.

Landing next to the boy, he kneeled down, gripping the boy by the throat. " You've caused quite a few problems for me. That ends here." He barely finished his last word before he planted his heel firmly where Roshi's bone met his shoulder, cracking and splintering both bones, after that Roshi's screaming drowned out any thoughts.

Strolling casually away, he picked up the Z Sword, swinging it around gently several times. " Strong craftsmanship I see. I'd be a shame if someone broke it wouldn't it?" He puncuated the question by snapping the blade simply with both hands, throwing the sword away.

Roshi, who just then had managed to pull himself to his feet, could only watch helplessly as the sword shattered, his only chance of beating Decretum. 'That was my only chance! Anjin said as long as my power was capped by my years of meditation, Id never become a Ascended Saiyan!' tears streamed down Roshi's face as he let out a strangled cry, one of complete and utter sorrow, of untold rage boiling to the surface.

[The Republic of Atria]

Kilian

"I don't trust them." He said. "Condescending god types. Too many of those exist. But I have to admit, it's always awesome to watch them get crushed by their own hubris." He says. "I suck at waiting. And small talk."

"I'm aware."

"Not helping-" He says and zips out of the way of a bright green energy blast that would have killed him. "Looks like Ganthet wasn't joking." He says and looks at the Guardian. "You missed me short-stack! Gonna have to be faster than that if you wanna catch Speed Demon!" He says and does the Matrix stlye dodge when a tree flies at him at the speed of sound. "You're really not familiar with fighting are you?" He says zipping around the area far too fast for the Guardian to keep track. Or so he thought.

"Enough." He says and catches Kilian in a force field. "Kilian Roth, you have disturbed the balance of the universe."

"According to you maybe. I call it Saving Lives. You should try it sometime." Ad as the Guardian was just going to obliterate Kilian, his powers shorted out and Kilian was free. "Weird." Kilian says and runs around the Guardian throwing punches from all directions. "Is it that I'm disturbing the balance? Or you just don't' like that I'm so going to upstage your tiny asses? I'm going with number two. You god types don't like it when other people step into your territory. Makes you look bad. I've seen your types. Sinestro was right about one thing. You act like you're in control, but its only an illusion. A lie. No one person controls all of reality. Especially not little arrogant dwarfs." Kilian says and the Guardian, unsure of what happened to his powers stopped Kilian cold once they came back. Though he was injured, his yellow blood leaking out of his nose.

"You humans talk far too much." He said as Kilian was encases in a bright green force field. The human was powerful, and what was worse, Kilian seemed to be exploring the potential in his abilities while his powers were waning for some reason.

"Maybe you just don't talk enough. But it seems you got me. I can't move." He lied. "Can I ask one quick question before you off me?"

"What?" The impatient Guardian demanded.

"You guys are immortal right? Like you can't die?"

"We are beyond your ability to harm- GRRAHHH!" The Guardian screamed as Kilian moved before he could react and vibrated his hand through the Guardian's chest, turning his insides into what a cannibal would call a milkshake. "Y-y-y-y-You..." He spat out his yellow blood. "You will pay for this human!" He says and teleports away.

"I'm going to need a new Loincloth. I think I about shat myself."

[Mavorpen]

Ayesha couldn't help but smile as she watched Kilian eat his ice cream. He grew less tense and more relaxed, as though a huge burden that he was feeling was being eroded away. When he mentioned something about finally understanding something, Ayesha was confused. She became even more confused when he thanked her, at first assuming it was for the ice cream, but he had already thanked her for that. When he said she was going to love "this," whatever "this" was, she gave up any attempt to understanding what he was talking about and just watched him as he shot off into the air. At least he was happier now, she thought to herself.

Afterwards, she considered going to get another ice cream for herself, but convinced herself against doing so. It was annoying enough getting her first ice cream as well as Kilian's, due to the ice cream scooper taking forever to understand her. Though, admittedly it was probably mostly her fault. She was used to easily communicating her feelings through small, basic motions, thanks to Orn almost always being by her side. She internally sighed as wings grew out of her back and she too flew off into the sky. As she exited the Earth's atmosphere, she noticed a blue light out of the corner of her eye. She turned and squinted her eyes. She almost changed her eyes using her shapeshifting abilities to enhance her vision, but before she could, the ball of blue light had reached her and she saw that residing within it was a blue ring with a lightning symbol. It spoke to her.

AYESHA ASHAR, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE SPEED FORCE

WELCOME TO THE SPEED LANTERN CORPS

Okay, now Ayesha was really confused. She scratched her head as she looked down at the ring and observed it. She saw the lightning symbol and it slowly dawned on her that it was somehow connected to Kilian. Kilian's words right before he left Earth rang in her head. Suddenly, the ring quickly moved onto her right hand middle finger and her appearance changed. Her physical body was noticeably older looking and her clothes changed significantly, both in appearance and color, as it was now resembling a more "superhero" look that was bright blue with a belt buckle bearing the lighting simple as well as it appearing on the back of her new cape. Ayesha floated in place for a few seconds, as she looked down at her body.

She shrugged and was about to regrow her wings once more and continue her flight to the moon, but she was suddenly encased in a blue aura and sped off, faster than she'd ever flown, to the moon. Within the next second, she was a mere hundred of feet away from moon. She shouted in her head, STOP!. Her body paused with her face mere inches from the surface of the moon. She internally sighed in relief and thought I need to go find Orn.. Then, once again as though her she was not in control of her body, she sped off and the next moment she landed in front of Orn. who was quietly meditating with his eyes closed while floating several feet off of the ground.

"Oh, you're back? How did your solo trip to Earth g-" he began to ask as he opened his eyes. They widened further in shock as he looked her up and down. "I... what happened to you?" Ayesha made a couple of gestures that would have been extremely vague to anyone but Orn, and then pointed to the ring on her right hand. Orn's face relaxed and he responded. "Ah... In that case, if it's involved with Kilian it should be fine, I suppose."

[The Republic of Atria]

Luckily despite what he said, his bowels remained unvoided. "Okay. I'm going back to my normal costume now. One can only take so many wedgies before it starts to get on his nerves. I'm talking about myself in the event you're not listening." He says and his normal outfit surrounded him. "Thank you Speed Force. No more wedgies for this conduit. Take a note. Stay away from Oa for awhile. Earth too. Last thing I need to to be dealing with one of the stupid dwarfs again. They're freaking powerful. By the way. any idea on why his power just kinda dropped like a bad habit?"

"If you would stop talking for two nanoseconds so I could tell you that the one called Ayesha got her ring. That. And They draw their power from the emotional spectrum. A limited power source. You draw your power from the Speed Force. Which is a limitless source of energy. Their powers are waning likely to to eons of use. The Speed Force will never do such a thing."

"Sweet? That's a good thing right? Guess we're going to earth to make sure Ayesha knows how the ring works."

"The universe will die if they don't refill it or stop using it."

Kilian sighed. "The universe is always going to explode because of SOMETHING. Y'know, for it being so big, you'd think it would take a lot more effort to blow it up." He mutter as he ran into orbit and then to earth to find Ayesha.

[Mavorpen]

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Ayesha made more gestures, but these were more frantic and her face showed a bit of worry. Orn nodded. "I agree. It would be best if we found Kilian and directly asked him. We don't know if there are any dangers that come with it," he stated gesturing to the ring. "Do you know where he is?"

Ayesha shook her head. The ring then spoke once more. Speed Force Lantern Corps member Kilian Roth located. Would you like to travel to their destination?. Ayesha glanced at Orn, who nodded his head. Yes, please, Ayesha thought, assuming that it could read her mind based on the events that had just occurred. The ring glowed and surrounded her in the blue aura once more and she launched off of the moon to Earth with such blinding speed that it took Orn by surprise. "Well, alright then..." he muttered and flew after her. Ayesha quickly found Killian in view within what seemed like a blink of an eye. This would definitely take some time getting used to.

[The Republic of Atria]

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Ayesha made more gestures, but these were more frantic and her face showed a bit of worry. Orn nodded. "I agree. It would be best if we found Kilian and directly asked him. We don't know if there are any dangers that come with it," he stated gesturing to the ring. "Do you know where he is?"

Ayesha shook her head. The ring then spoke once more. Speed Force Lantern Corps member Kilian Roth located. Would you like to travel to their destination?. Ayesha glanced at Orn, who nodded his head. Yes, please, Ayesha thought, assuming that it could read her mind based on the events that had just occurred. The ring glowed and surrounded her in the blue aura once more and she launched off of the moon to Earth with such blinding speed that it took Orn by surprise. "Well, alright then..." he muttered and flew after her. Ayesha quickly found Killian in view within what seemed like a blink of an eye. This would definitely take some time getting used to.

"Hey Ayesha. Seems like you're the first of what I hope to be many, Speed Lanterns. And I get that you're not really used to the hole moving extremely quick thing. Don't worry, you'll get used to it. By the way, I'm pretty sure you can use the ring to talk. Speaking of which, have you ever used a power ring before? It's not hard, they're controlled by thought. You can breath in space, and even fly. You can also create just about anything you want with it. Though I don't think you can create hamburgers. Which is a feature I don't know how to add. So. I'm not good at explaining things. I work much better if you ask what you want to know." He says. He began to wonder how many more of his friends would wind up with the rings. Or worse, which of his enemies might.

[Mavorpen]

Ayesha made more gestures, but these were more frantic and her face showed a bit of worry. Orn nodded. "I agree. It would be best if we found Kilian and directly asked him. We don't know if there are any dangers that come with it," he stated gesturing to the ring. "Do you know where he is?"

Ayesha shook her head. The ring then spoke once more. Speed Force Lantern Corps member Kilian Roth located. Would you like to travel to their destination?. Ayesha glanced at Orn, who nodded his head. Yes, please, Ayesha thought, assuming that it could read her mind based on the events that had just occurred. The ring glowed and surrounded her in the blue aura once more and she launched off of the moon to Earth with such blinding speed that it took Orn by surprise. "Well, alright then..." he muttered and flew after her. Ayesha quickly found Killian in view within what seemed like a blink of an eye. This would definitely take some time getting used to.

"Hey Ayesha. Seems like you're the first of what I hope to be many, Speed Lanterns. And I get that you're not really used to the hole moving extremely quick thing. Don't worry, you'll get used to it. By the way, I'm pretty sure you can use the ring to talk. Speaking of which, have you ever used a power ring before? It's not hard, they're controlled by thought. You can breath in space, and even fly. You can also create just about anything you want with it. Though I don't think you can create hamburgers. Which is a feature I don't know how to add. So. I'm not good at explaining things. I work much better if you ask what you want to know." He says. He began to wonder how many more of his friends would wind up with the rings. Or worse, which of his enemies might.

Ayesha wasn't really expecting to be so suddenly bombarded with piece of information after piece of information as she was currently. After he finished speaking, Ayesha said nothing for a few seconds. The odd part was that she felt like she should have been trying to grasp the information she was just presented. Instead, she understood everything Kilian told her, as though she was able to process a lot more and a lot quicker.

Ayesha slowly nodded and looked down at her ring. The piece of information, besides the hamburger part, that caught her attention most was that she could apparently speak through the ring. Um.. hi, I would like to speak, she thought. The ring didn't respond, and she just took it as a sign that it was ready. Hello, my name is Ayesha, she thought, and the ring repeated it, only it was in what sounded like someone poorly pretending to have the voice of an old man. Ayesha blankly stared at the ring for a couple of seconds and then swiftly took it off and pulled her arm back in a motion to throw it away.

[The Republic of Atria]

Kilian bit his lips to keep from laughing when he heard the voice. "I'm not sure WHY you imagined THAT voice... I had something a bit more feminine in mind, but I'm not you... Sorry. I'm trying really hard not to laugh, please don't kill me." He said. It was a daunting task not to laugh. "It's okay though. It's your first time. I nearly took my eye out the first time I use one. I likely would have lost it if it wasn't for my reflexes. How about you try again? The ring's not going to bite and I promise not to laugh." He says finally having pushed down the desire to laugh at the ridiculous sounding voice.

[Neros]

Daud

His flight to Brazil was rather drab and quiet - far too quiet. Daud never realized how silent his Corps were at almost all times, but, perhaps it was because of his heel-turn that they couldn't possibly be aware of. For all they knew, Daud was going to crush Infinite Justice at their headquarters in Brazil on his own leisure. His plan was more subtle, relying on what he knew of Lex Luthor and how the President would react to having most of the world's superheroes at one location, just ripe for an assault. Daud was fighting a real battle the people he needed as allies, and against the people who he once thought were allies, the tables flipped and got all sorts of fucked in the process.

Like a bolt of lighting, a piece of jewelry zapped into the aircraft's chamber. Thanking the stars it vibrated through rather than smashed a hole to get in, Daud caught the little rascal with his hand in a swift motion, the ring letting out some bluish electric sparks. Whatever it said, it was muffled, but Daud held control over it for now. Slipping it into his grip to examine it, the ring buzzed once more, delivering it's speech to Daud as he looked it over a few more times.

[DAUD ANDREAS]
[YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE SPEED FORCE]
[WELCOME TO THE SPEED LANTERN CORPS]

"Speed...Lanterns?" He repeated, twirling the piece of jewelry around as his struggled to put itself on his finger. "Ah." He continued, assuming this to be some project of Kilian's at the mention of the Speed Force. Trusting his companion ad ally once more, as Daud knew it was not him to sabotage the Kryptonite, he fit it onto place on his left hand's ring finger - balancing his finger situation with a total of four power rings. His left had a ring of the Sinestro Corps and now the Speed Lanterns, and his right had the Red and Green Power rings, respectively. He clutched his left hand closed, sending sparks flying as the ring became accustomed to his immensely powerful grip and strength, attuning itself to his abilities. Daud's will of absolute steel allowed him to take control of the ring with ease, as even the Red Power ring and Sinestro's ring could not control him.

Rather than speak, Daud communicated by thinking with his rings. Red, Yellow, Green, meet Speed. He thought, the rings making a rather hilarious greeting to each other, much like computers saying "hello". Speed, scan the planet for DNA signatures of Lex Luthor. Green, locate Cadmus Labs. Yellow, attain files and documents from the United States and Lexcorp regarding San Francisco's battle and the Krypton Cannon. Red, search for portals to Asgard, if none are found, assist Yellow in his operation. His rings did as they were told, possessing a small sliver of sentience and life, as they could create Daud's energy twins to give them a body to operate in.

He sighed, Speed, inform Kilian that I have attained one of his Speed Lantern Rings.

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His flight ended abruptly at Manaus, located centrally on the Amazon, and a perfect staging point for the Ultra Corps' invasion forces. Many were rallied here to begin with, forming a strong, armed force capable of projecting it's might deep into the heart of mankind's largest rainforest. His soldiers were solemn, having heard the news before Daud has, and so, he had to catch up quickly. He held a frown as he watched a recording of the Founder's speech, formulating the ways in which he would dismantle the Dynasty, brick by brick, if they continued to meddle in Earth's affairs and preach peace while sending an invasion force.

"What have others said?" He asked coldly to one of his advisors.

"Media groups have viciously attacked the Masaki Dynasty due to our prompt warning efforts." He smiled heavily, "People didn't buy a lick of it."

"The people we know of. Some have, that's for sure, but it only serves to divide us more. He chose his words carefully, he wants us to stay divided. The Founder hails peace as the greatest tool of sentient life but fails to try and find a solution to this conflict that doesn't involve invading the planet." Daud crushed a ceramic cup of water under his strength with no effort whatsoever. "He's become warped and out of touch after these thousands of years. We will wake him up soon." He finished, for once admitting that the Founder, though personally infuriating, was not someone Daud held in the same light as other evil beings. Daud believed the Dynasty to be misguided, and an eerie reflection of what Ultra could become.

"Do not respond. Our cease-fire talks should prompt them to stand their ground for now. Unless he decides to move into position now, under an international cease-fire, in which case, I will have won our little mental mind game with Earth backing any actions regarding them." Daud narrowed his eyes, "And if he wants any political clout, the Founder would make an appearance by proxy with one of his lapdogs, or better yet, an automaton. In which case, we will bar them as unwelcome interlopers."

"Mmmm, very good, Mr. Andreas. We are ready to go to the Gates, they have cleared us for entry. Only yourself and a few representatives may attend, a squad of about five people or so."

"Do you have them picked out for me?" Daud said, knowing that they did and who they were. Not personally, but knowing that they would be agents of Luthor, watching over Daud's every move at the conference. Probably some powerful metas or superhumans, no doubt. Daud could feel what Lex was planning, and already had his situation figured out. In fact, Daud feared that Lex already knew anyways, which is why he is glad to be in Brazil for now. His energy clones can do his laundry for him, anyways.

"Reporting back. Evidence has been collected." His Yellow Ring chimed, following by another confirmation by his Red - who did not find an entrance to Asgard readily accessible yet. Green had returned earlier, finding the location of Cadmus Labs relatively easily. Speed, on the other hand, revealed quite a few number of clones of Lex Luthor, all of which Daud would take care of in a rapid succession. No other member of the Ultra Corps knew of his usurping of power over his own self, but that didn't mean he couldn't use lies and deception to accomplish his newfound agenda.

He just hoped the heroes at Infinite Justice can discover his change of heart.