Infinite Justice: Beyond (Marvel,DC,DBZ X/Over, IC, Open)

[The Republic of Atria]

Just as Alex was about to smash through the barrier they had placed around him, he caught a glimpse of a bright red blur. The Flash. "Sorry to keep you waiting. Earthquake in Japan. You know how it is." He said as several other C list heroes came to assist. "We'll keep the fodder off you! Now go be the Golden Guardian all over their faces!" Barry said and went to hold off the reinforcements that the Masakis had called in. Alex flew into the sky, aimed each of his pointer fingers at one of the Masakis and fired a barrage a beams meant to pierce rather than explode. Intentionally trying to hit some vital areas, much to the chagrin of Fury.

"Alright. It looks like he's trying to actually kill them. It's time to call this off-"

"I'll have your job for another snide comment like that. And No. Those bastards declared war. Anything they do from this point on is only digging their graves that much deeper." Eiling said. "He's our poster boy. And he's gonna show what happens at all the high and mighty aliens that come to this world and think they're better than us. We've got big guns. And we know how to use them. And we're not afraid to use them." He said and noticed Fury left before he could continue. "Where are you going?"

"To put a stop to this bullshit before someone gets killed." He shouted and slammed the door, seemingly locking Eiling inside the cockpit of the Helicarrier.

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex flew into the massive beam that Asumar fired. His bright golden energy condensed into his fists. He lifted both of them above his head aiming to axe slam Asumar. Normally, he'd be using much less power, and have a taunt planned, but now he was gunning for blood as a mindless super soldier. He would be ashamed of himself had he had enough sense to feel shame. He was never a hateful person. A bit cold and stoic, but he certainly wouldn't tear someone's head off over a fight.

Fury was en route to the fight. He had to call Alex off before he killed someone in public. That would undermine everything they stood for. Even if one of them was a murderer, registration was about second chances. Many of the villains had signed up and were on the payroll. Typically for messier missions, but the idea was still there. It didn't take long for the SHIELD jet to get him there. He stepped out looking as commanding as ever. "Alright. Stand down soldier. I think they got the message. We're not here to make a mess." He said and Alex stopped fighting as he approached Asumar. "I've given you plenty of chances, alien. Here's one more. If you don't surrender. I can't stop what's going to happen next. I mean that literally. I'm trying to save your life, and give your son a real life on this planet. Trust me, I'm trying to keep this planet safe. It's my job. And since you're on this planet too. That includes you. Don't make this difficult."

Naja

Kylie volunteered to help them too? That made her feel a bit better about their odds. "The good news is, we're registered. So he won't fight until we start it. Katie, how long do you think it'll take to rewire his brain? We can buy you... A minute? I think." She said and thought about it. "How close do you have to be?"

[The Republic of Atria]

"What are you talking about? All it is, is just knowing who you are and what powers you have. After that, you're free to go about your life however you had it. Vigilante or otherwise normal." Fury explained. "The payroll you're yakking about, is no different than paying the police for doing their job. This might surprise you, but things go wrong in places all over the world. And sometimes they don't have the ability to deal with it. This makes it easier to recognize who's helping who and where without violating border security. Yes some people took it too far. It happens. It always happens. It's impossible to control everyone. But considering your history with this planet, and my being able to help you wipe that slate clean. I'd think you should reconsider."

It was then that Eiling finally got over to the group. "Alright. You aliens want a war? Fine. You." He pointed to Alex. "Wipe them out. They wanna flex their muscles, well let's show them ours." However, Eiling thought Alex was going to kill the two aliens, instead, he shot into the sky and left orbit. "Where's he going?! The aliens are right here!"

"Sir." A radio operator called in. "Our long range senors just lost track of him. As far as we can tell, he's no longer inside of the solar system. We have no idea where he's going. But he was putting off a lot of juice. More than normal for him."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Congratulations General. Who knows how many innocent people you just killed. Your poster boy is about to destroy an entire planet." Fury said and looked back to Asumar and Kazuko. "As for you. It's clear that something is blocking your hearing. So pay very close attention. I've only said this twice. You don't work for the government. It's just a security measure. You need a license to carry a gun. You need a license to drive a car. You need training for both of those too. This is no different. You don't work for the government. You're not a grunt or anything of the sort. It's just your name in a computer with a list of your powers. If you want to go about and be a superhero. You pass a short training course and you are free to go about it. That's it. We even pay you. It's no different than being a police officer. You just dress poorly and blast lasers out of your hands."

Alex increased his speed to his maximum travel speed. He surrounded himself in a golden aura and when the planet came into his sights, he smashed into it. The impact being that of railgun. Going billions of times the speed of light. He effectively tore the planet in half in a bright golden explosion. Once he destroyed Sigma, he started to make his way back to Earth.

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex flew into the massive beam that Asumar fired. His bright golden energy condensed into his fists. He lifted both of them above his head aiming to axe slam Asumar. Normally, he'd be using much less power, and have a taunt planned, but now he was gunning for blood as a mindless super soldier. He would be ashamed of himself had he had enough sense to feel shame. He was never a hateful person. A bit cold and stoic, but he certainly wouldn't tear someone's head off over a fight.

Fury was en route to the fight. He had to call Alex off before he killed someone in public. That would undermine everything they stood for. Even if one of them was a murderer, registration was about second chances. Many of the villains had signed up and were on the payroll. Typically for messier missions, but the idea was still there. It didn't take long for the SHIELD jet to get him there. He stepped out looking as commanding as ever. "Alright. Stand down soldier. I think they got the message. We're not here to make a mess." He said and Alex stopped fighting as he approached Asumar. "I've given you plenty of chances, alien. Here's one more. If you don't surrender. I can't stop what's going to happen next. I mean that literally. I'm trying to save your life, and give your son a real life on this planet. Trust me, I'm trying to keep this planet safe. It's my job. And since you're on this planet too. That includes you. Don't make this difficult."

Naja

Kylie volunteered to help them too? That made her feel a bit better about their odds. "The good news is, we're registered. So he won't fight until we start it. Katie, how long do you think it'll take to rewire his brain? We can buy you... A minute? I think." She said and thought about it. "How close do you have to be?"

"Depends. I don't nessecarily need to be too close. I just need to be able to see him." She explained. "There is... One way I could be certain to rewire his brain, but that would involve having to touch him and then send my electron self within his nervous system. I could perform all ther alterations in peace then BUT." She held up a hand. "That's potentially more dangerous, as not only do I have to get close enough to touch him, but it also could be more complicated once I get in. I won't have a birds eye view of his brain, basically and I might get lost in there."

"So there's the safer but longer way, and the risky but potentially more efficient way." Latie remarked, then turned to Cora, frowning. "Are... Are you sure Cora? Alex is pretty powerful and... He won't be holding back. You might get hurt..."

"I don't want to lose two friends to this whole thing. I'll do my best to hold him down. In theory, I should be as strong as he is. I mean that doesn't say much. But we should be able to handle it." She said. "Though... That means I'm going to have to hit him really hard and stop him from regenerating until you can do your thing." She said and took a deep breath. "Okay... I think I'm ready." She had to go out and brutally maim the first man who was able to look past her appearance in order to save him. Now she was beginning to understand why Alex used to be so down all the time. This line of work could be very depressing at times, but she kept telling herself that it wasn't really Alex. Just a zombie super soldier. Which really didn't sound better than mind controlled boyfriend. She would rather take the hits than risk Kylie getting lost in Alex's nervous system. Which meant she would be down two friends. "Or... Oh god this is a terrible idea... I know someone who can fix this. Alex told me about him."

"Owen Reece."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Okay okay. So it's not the best idea. Or even a good one. Worse comes to worst we go to him if for some reason you can't fix him." She explained. "He's not a bad person. Just misunderstood. The poor guy probably needs a real friend. Besides. How much superhero cred would we get if we somehow managed to make him a good guy?" She said trying to inject a little lightheartedness into the situation. All she wanted was to have her boyfriend back and for things to go back to normal. "I'm talking out of my ass here. And I think I'll make that my next mission when this is all over. Don't tell Alex. He'll lose his mind.... Again."

Talak

"Did we win?" He asked and stopped zipping around the zoo to see if there were any more Rantu. "I do not see anymore... I do not know what word... Aliens! I do not see anymore aliens." He said and stopped again. Most of the people who helped stopped the invasion were around his age or a few years older. Which made him feel somewhat more comfortable with the situation. He didn't have his father there to guide him. He pulled his hood back revealing a friendly blue face with pointed ears and green eyes. "My name is Talak. I have no idea what I am doing here."

[The Republic of Atria]

"What are we gonna do with you?" Fury asked and looked at the empty expression on Alex's face. It wasn't like he could just tell him to take a break. His programming wasn't that advanced, and the fact that he had the personality of a cinderblock wouldn't exactly make him inconspicuous. It was then that he got reports that the Masakis were back. "Wonderful. Alright muscles. Make sure they don't do anything stupid. They got the hearing of a 89 year old woman. Let them in." He said and turned to face them. "Did you clean your ears out like I asked you to?" He asked and crossed his arms. "And please. Let's not make a mess in here. These helicarriers aren't cheap."

Hernan

He had just arrived in the states to find that the entirety of the superhuman population was at war with each other over whether or not they should have to listen to the government. On one hand, the government was using some relatively cruel and unusual tactics. On the other, the Anti-Reggers had caused quite a bit of damage and death. As far as he could tell, there was no right or wrong here. He needed a way to get off the mud ball and into space. Partly to reconnect with his "people" if they could be called that. He was a hybrid. That and they were quite zealous. Not that it mattered to him.

New York city wasn't all it was cracked up to be. It smelled of urine and despair. The fact that every other block had rubble in it from the aftermath of a superhero fight didn't help. "Why people live in this city is beyond me..." He thought to himself. He scanned the minds of everyone in the city until he found a pair that was well out of the ordinary. Aliens. Advanced ones. Ones that had spaceworthy ships. He used his psychic powers to make everyone who saw him, ignore his existence while he boarded the Helicarrier. He could walk through it unhindered thanks to no one acknowledging his existence. He found the highest ranked officer he could find, Phil Coulson and locked down his brain. "My friend. I sincerely apologize for this. You will awaken in an hour."

Hernan used his psionics to render Coulson unconscious and hid him in a closet. He then used his Skrull shapeshifting powers to look and sound just like Coulson and entered the room where the Masakis were talking to Fury and a tall glowing man.

[The Republic of Atria]

Fury sighed annoyed with everything going on at the moment. "Alright. Alex. Feed him his own legs. We tried playing nice. We gave second and even third chances. It's not our fault they choose not to listen. Show him whose boss big man. When you're done introducing his face to his spine, come on back." He said and Alex flew at Alastir aiming to slam into him and carry him far away from Earth. "As for you two. Coulson."

"I've already got the paperwork prepped and ready sir." Hernan disguised as Coulson replied and held out two pages and two pens. "Fill these out and you're both free to go. Now if you'll excuse me. I'm going to get a drink and watch Man vs God. Would it shock you if I said my money is on the man? We... Have a history with gods. And our blonde friend was originally named the Godkiller. But that doesn't come off as pleasant in the PR as Golden Guardian does. Funny thing is. We'll need a real god to save us if he ever loses his mind."

"Omega threat level entity detected." Alex said monotonously. "Lethal force authorized. Apologies: Your chance of survival is less than 5 percent." The Civil war was going on and on with seemingly no end in sight. But with their mindless super minion doing most of the dirty work he was made for. Things began to look like they were going to change. For better or for worse.

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex put up a barrier when he saw the incoming projectiles. It lowered after taking the sword slashes and he didn't even bother to deal with the tendrils, and instead plowed straight through them. "Submit. This brings no joy to me or the people of Earth. Your loss is cataloged under stupidity of your people. You were warned more than once. You are at fault. You cannot blame your mistakes on anyone but yourself. You refuse to accept this and shall pay the price." Alex said and unleashed a powerful energy pulse, meant to rip matter apart at the atomic level. "You will perish. This is simply a fact. Nothing more. I will not allow you to destroy my world because of your failures. You are a threat. And you will be eliminated."

Hernan was watching the fight. He could fix what was wrong with the Golden man. It wouldn't be difficult. It was obvious that his mind was tampered with without his knowledge. And he could have simply shut down the so called god. He had a brain. It wouldn't be difficult to give him a stroke or ten. If it came down to that, he would save the world. If only for the reason that he can't breath in space. The new one appeared to be catching onto something he knew since the second he saw Alex. Which didn't say too much for them supposedly being gods. Then again. Most gods don't get handled by mortals the way Alex was going about it.

Naja

"Last resort if something goes horribly wrong." She said and looked out the window to see a bright golden light fighting a much darker one. "I'll give you three guess as to where Alex is... Okay. Assuming he doesn't just kill whoever that is. Maybe we can get an enemy of my enemy sort of thing going on. Any extra backup when going against Alex would be useful." It was a suggestion. Hopefully enough to tip the scales enough to start fixing all the damage caused up to this point.

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex put his arms up and was staggered by the sheer number of blasts hitting him at one time. His computer like brain quickly trying to find a way to escape the situation. The best way to fight such darkness was with both light and dark. Alex himself would never do something so insane as he was about to do. Or maybe he would if the situation were dire enough, but this one hadn't even reached a boil. Let alone make him consider what he was about to do if he were sane. He called upon the deceased power of the Void. Of course, the Void having a host who wouldn't continually throw him into the sun was more than happy to oblige.

There was an explosion that wiped out every one of the minions attack him. The transformation had begun. Due to Alex's lack of a true consciousness, the Void was quickly beginning to fill the gap with his own. "Alrighty!" He cackled. "Hey! I remember you! I liberated your top and bottom halves. Looks like history is gonna repeat itself. You're a God of Darkness? Adorable. I'm the Angel of Death. It's my job to kill stuff. You're stuff. So prepare to, in the words of Nicolas Fury, eat your own legs. I'll even get you some ketchup." The Void taunted whilst launhing his massive tendrils, each the width of a man, at Alastir in an attempt to crush him.

Naja

"Hey Katie... I think things are getting just a little bit out of hand..."

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex put his arms up and was staggered by the sheer number of blasts hitting him at one time. His computer like brain quickly trying to find a way to escape the situation. The best way to fight such darkness was with both light and dark. Alex himself would never do something so insane as he was about to do. Or maybe he would if the situation were dire enough, but this one hadn't even reached a boil. Let alone make him consider what he was about to do if he were sane. He called upon the deceased power of the Void. Of course, the Void having a host who wouldn't continually throw him into the sun was more than happy to oblige.

There was an explosion that wiped out every one of the minions attack him. The transformation had begun. Due to Alex's lack of a true consciousness, the Void was quickly beginning to fill the gap with his own. "Alrighty!" He cackled. "Hey! I remember you! I liberated your top and bottom halves. Looks like history is gonna repeat itself. You're a God of Darkness? Adorable. I'm the Angel of Death. It's my job to kill stuff. You're stuff. So prepare to, in the words of Nicolas Fury, eat your own legs. I'll even get you some ketchup." The Void taunted whilst launhing his massive tendrils, each the width of a man, at Alastir in an attempt to crush him.

Naja

"Hey Katie... I think things are getting just a little bit out of hand..."

Lord Alastir, Lord Spera, Asumar Masaki, & Kazuko Masaki
The Wrath of the Celestials
SHIELD Helicarrier

A sadistic smile formed on Alastir's face as he felt the returning presence of the Void appearing within Alex, and it was bringing his primal instincts back to life once more "And so the great Void rears his face once more!" Alastir cackled as the black energy that had formed around his body began to bubble, corroding Alastir's very flesh, yet it didn't draw any blood whatsoever! "Not only do I get to murder Alexander for his actions against my people, but I get to put The Void in the ground again!" Alastir laughed once more, raising both hands up into the air, a massive portal began to open above, a massive tendril shot out of the portal, rivaling the size of a semi truck. The tendril began then shot out towards the oncoming tendrils that The Void had launched "Your mortal wound upon my body has inspired me to stop holding back the unkempt energies that my Galaxy contains, I can use it to crush you into fine dust." Alastir retorted back, watching as one of The Void's tendrils shot right through one of the tendrils that Alastir was manipulating and was shooting down right toward him.

Alastir, without thinking nothing of it decided to leap towards the large, man-sized tendril "HAAA!!!!" Alastir screamed out, generating a massive shockwave that met the Infini-Tendril mid way and clashed against it "Hakai No Ken!" Alastir exclaimed, the Sword of Destruction appearing right by his side. Alastir grabbed hold of it, flew up in the air, out of the hell storm of Tendrils. The Hakai No Ken was excreting a dark purple aura that increased in intensity until the aura became black and viscous "Slash!" Alastir yelled, slashing his Hakai No Ken in multiple directions, spawning multiple crescent-shaped energy blasts that shot towards The Void's Infini-Tendrils and even towards the Void himself. Alastir's body began to emit a foul energy that was the result of absorbing the power of every star, planet, and nebula in his Galaxy, although it wasn't all the energy in his Galaxy, it was sufficient "Let's see you dance Void!" Alastir laughed, flying headfirst into the void with the black energy swirling around him faster and faster with each passing moment.

"You know I've killed plenty of Gods right? Let's be hoenst here, calling you a God is a bit of a stretch. It's more like Godling. Get it? Cause you're small and weak? I crack myself up sometimes." Void cackled and then howled in pain as several of his tendrils and parts of his body were slashed. "Alright then little man. If you wanna play with the big boys, then you're not allowed to cry when you get hurt. Like this!" He said and used Alex's Molecular powers to Halt Alastir while he grabbed his arms. "Poor guy doesn't even know he has these powers. His brain is all bunged up. Kinda like... This." Void said and attempted to rip Alastir in half vertically.

"Please stay out of my brain. I've got some real personal stuff in there that is personal for a very good reason." The last thing Naja wanted was one of her best friends finding out all of the stuff she and Alex had done. She was going to fly through the window for dramatic effect, but decided to not have to pay another repair bill and opened it instead. When she flew out to the fight, she stopped, unsure of she should let Katie inside of Alex now that he was possessed by the Void. "Um... Katie, I'm gonna ask you before I do this. You can see through my eyes right? Well, Alex looks a little... Unlike himself. And I don't like the tone of his voice. It's less monotone and more crazy."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I don't think he's expecting someone to attack his brain." Naja said. "I'll get you in there and then get the freaky guy as far away from here as possible. The dragon one that is." She hoped, and flew at the Void with all her might and smashed him into the sewer system. She managed to hold him down for about 3 seconds before the Void smacked her out of it. "Ouch." She said as she caught her balance. "I hope you're in there Katie. It's all you. Fix my boyfriend and don't die. In any order."

"I'm gonna have fun with you when I'm done with wanna-be me over here! And why the hell are you attacking me?! I haven't even threatened to blow up the planet! Yet at least. He has though. Hit him instead." What surprised him was that Naja actually set her sights on Alastir with the intent of going after him. "I've got one thing you don't asswipe! Backup!" Void laughed.

Naja flew under the leg of the massive dragon Alastir created and grabbed it with enough force to split the Earth. She was not letting go. Then she dragged it through, grabbed Alastir by what she thought passed for a foot, and flew into space with all of her might towards the one thing capable of stalling them long enough for Katie to rewire Alex's brain. The Sun. "For the record! You're a huge asshole, but I'm sure as hell not gonna let you idiots blow up the planet! It's time to put you both in time out!" If what he said was true and killing him wouldn't be easy, throwing something or in this case, someone into the sun would sting. "Yeah... This is gonna suck for everybody. But Alex isn't exactly himself at the moment in the event you missed it."

[The Republic of Atria]

"It's entirely possible you could've skipped being a dick. I mean seriously? What got you all riled up?" Obviously, she didn't exactly trust Alastir. With good reason, as he pretty much just tried to blow up the Earth. That and she didn't know how long it would take for Katie to fix Alex's brain. It wasn't like she could help her very much. She also didn't know that Alex had blown up one of his planets.

"Well." The Void said and watched as Naja carried Alastir and his pet away. "Now I get to have some real... What? What is this?" It was the feeling of dizziness. He couldn't control anything on Alex's body anymore. Not his arms or legs. Hell, it was a task and a half just to speak. "What... What did she do to me? This is bullshit! I just got back!" His grip on Alex's brain was slipping more and more by the second. "No! NO! I'm not through with you all! I'll be back! Mark my words! I'm coming back and you're all going to die!" It was then that the Void was purged from Alex's body as his consciousness began to make a return.

[The Republic of Atria]

"The man you're looking for is General Wade Eiling. Oops. that wasn't supposed to slip out." Fury said in a way where he was trying to sound like that wasn't supposed to be known, but he didn't care. The man got a planet destroyed and likely countless lives with it. "In the meantime. I think Goldilocks is having a seizure. He'll walk it off." Fury stated. "Coulson. Have they finished the paperwork yet?"

"That would be up to them sir." Hernan replied. The aliens that were on Earth were his ticket to exploring the universe. They had ships that could cross vast distance in a matter of minutes. And, the destruction of their world gave him a bargaining chip. While in Xavier's school, he learned about the Phoenix Force. They described it as terrifying, but something about it made him want to be the host. Many of it's previous hosts were unwilling, him? He actually wanted to be the Phoenix.

"Ouch..." Alex muttered after about 30 seconds of spazzing out on the floor. "Where..." He looked and saw the city which was obviously New York. Looking down, he saw he was wearing his old Golden Guardian outfit. "Why am I wearing this? And... Why do I feel like I'm going to vomit?" He wasn't sure who he was asking, but as soon as he stood up, he was dizzy, and then proceeded to vomit, which quickly turned into painful dry heaving when there was nothing left. Someone had some explaining to do.

"Oh... Well that explains a lot. At the very least, thank you for not being as big as a jerk as you could be." Naja said and flew back to Earth to see her boyfriend puking. "Are you in there?"

"I hope so."

"I was talking to Katie."

"I don't see Katie."

"She should be in your central nervous system." This earned her a well deserved "What?" look from Alex.

[The Republic of Atria]

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Snip

"You're in the clear." Fury said. "Go do whatever it is you guys like to do in your spare time." He waved his hand in a dismissing motion. "Coulson will show you the way out." By Coulson, he really meant Hernan, but Fury wasn't aware of that. Hernan escorted both of them back to the hanger and made the other SHIELD grunts leave the room.

"I suppose it is time to come clean." Hernan said and shifted back to his normal Hispanic self. "Do not worry. Agent Coulson is unharmed. In fact, I came to you because I have an offer to make. One I think you will find quite pleasing. I am aware of the loss of your planet. A terrible misfortune to be certain. But, what if I told you that I knew a way for you to get it back?" He asked. "And all I ask in return, is one of your finest personal spacecrafts. Though the journey will be... Taxing. We will be gathering fragments of the Phoenix... I apologize. I am getting ahead of myself. My name is Hernan Sanchez. I am a Half mutant, Half Skrull psionic. One of the most powerful on this planet."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Yes Katie... Ugh. I got to choose my height and length of my spinal column. I chose to make it as long as possible to inconvenience everyone." He said ever so sarcastically. "But, really. Thank you for that." Standing up he finally got his head on straight as the dizziness faded. "They didn't make me do anything crazy did they?"

"Umm... They made you blow up the Masakis' Homeworld..." Naja said. "So... There's that." She said and threw her arms around him. "I am so glad you're back... And I'm so sorry for making you do that. I had no idea." Once again, Naja was beginning to squeeze the life out of him.

"I... Love you... Too. Crushing... Everything." He strained to say and Naja dropped him, allowing him to catch his breath. "Thank you. Who made me go blow up that planet? I'm gonna feed him his own-"

"Don't worry about it. It's being taken care of. So how about your curb your homicidal tendencies and us three go grab some dinner?"

Hernan

"The catch is. We only really need one fragment, but it will take some time for the Phoenix to heal. And we will need to help it. We show it our love. And it will show us it's love. It could very easily reconstitute your world. The problem being that it prefers to use mutants as it's host. Of which I am. And that it can be difficult to control." He explained. "I believe I have the method for controlling it, but there is the chance that I lose control and make things worse. Given that the Phoenix has limitless power... It could blow up in our faces." He admitted. So far, the Masakis were willing to listen to him. Most people would have thought him insane for attempting to control the Phoenix, but with it, he'd be able to see all that the universe had to offer.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Made me fight a Saiyan... The only Saiyan I know that wouldn't have been immediately smeared by me at full strength is Okarot. Hopefully I didn't hurt him too bad." He said and snapped his fingers, returning to his purple robes. "Much better. Six feet tall is only above average, I'm pretty sure." He snickered. "Speaking of which. I want your honest opinions on something. I've finally came up with a real superhero name to suit my new magical talents. And, it could be the drain bramage talking, but I'm going to change my name just a little bit. How does Lex sound to you guys?" He asked. "Paired with my superhero title: Hex. I'd like to think I'm pretty damn clever." He admitted with a grin.

"Well... I mean I like the Superhero one. But the other one makes me think of of Luthor."

"But according to Stark, my last name is legally Smith." He explained. "I have a social security number and... Pay taxes." He shuddered.

"Yeah. Welcome to the US." Naja said rolling her pupil-less eyes. "You're going out with Cora now, Katie? Cool."

"Can we go get something to eat? When I'm Double G, I metabolize like a damn star. If I don't get a burger in me within the next hour. I will throw such a tantrum."

"You're a loon."

"No. If I were a loon, I'd be using Chaos Magic and making the laws of physics look like mere suggestions. Also, everything would be a lot more colorful."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Okay okay. How about this? I'm going to be completely honest with you." Naja said. "Lex is a dumb name. If you're going to change you're name, that fine. But pick something better. Like... Xander. Though the Hex name is really good. Keep that."

"That... Is actually way better. Xander it is. And screw it. I'm hungry now. I'm officially and legally American now. Americans don't wait for stuff." He said and used his magic to conjure a cheeseburger. Which he started to eat.

"That's putting your powers to good use."

"Said the woman who used her heat vision to warm leftovers..." He said and took a big bite out of his burger. "You don't get to judge me woman!"

"Is your brain okay? Katie didn't fry anything did she?"

"Nah. I'm just in a strangely good mood."

"Well that's great. I think I'm gonna go lie down for a bit-" She said and looked to the sky. "Nevermind! Big ship about to crash into Earth!" She shouted and took at with such speed, that the back draft knocked Xander down and caused him to drop his burger. The ship was massive, and the people inside were... Kree? What a Kree battleship was doing this close to Earth and on fire was beyond her. She caught it, but she couldn't push too hard, lest she punch straight through it like a needle through skin.

"That was rude. But she has a point about the ship smashing us. Goddammit, we'd be so far along in being a galactic empire if we didn't have to deal with this bullshit every 5 minutes." He muttered and teleported a few miles from under the crashing ship. Naja had spread herself out to maximize her effort. Several other flying powerhouses, Superman, Thor, and several others with anyway to cushion the impact were helping. Alex used his magic to increase the durability of the ship, allowing the heroes to use their strength to stop and guide the ship to a place where it wouldn't crash and kill a bunch of people. "And there we go."

Naja used her claws and sliced open the hull to see many of the Kree either unconscious. Xander 'ported over to the wreckage to help get everyone out. "Alright. I'll see about helping everyone who's unconscious." He said and cast a healing spell over the area of the ship to start healing the injured while Naja came across a Kree she had met before. Ronan the Accuser.

"Ronan? I haven't seen you in a long time. Not since the whole Ultron thing. What's the big idea trying to crash a ship on our planet? We haven't done anything to you... Lately. At least I don't think we have." She said lifting some wreckage off of the Accuser.

"It is a long story. It would be simpler to explain that we are all going to die."

"Are you always a pessimist or is that just a Kree thing?"

[The Republic of Atria]

"I'm with our smart guy here. You guys are like... One of the most powerful empires out there. What did this?" She asked.

"Where is the Terran representative?" Ronan asked.

"We have a representative?"

"Yes. The Nova. His name I believe is Jamal." Ronan said slightly annoyed with the fact that Naja seemed oblivious to what he was talking about. How this planet housed a Kryptonian and several gods, yet knew so little of galactic affairs was beyond him. Perhaps it was for the best. "He is the only Nova left of the Corp. He is also the only one on this planet who would understand what I am talking about. Bring him to me."

"Okay. First off. You're being a rude guest. Second of all. I have no idea what a Nova looks like, or what Jamal looks like-"

She was interrupted by Xander. "Novas? Think really big bees. Yellow and black. They have a bucket on their heads. You'll know it by the big red star on the forehead. Usually blast with yellow or blue energy. They are... Excuse me, were. Pretty much space cops. They don't exist anymore and the Lanterns are pulling double duty. They got fucked up by a tyrannical superbug from another dimension. That is, if my magic isn't inaccurate. Which, it rarely is." He said reattaching a Kree's arms. "Hold still... I've put my own arms back on before... If I can do it... Start Talking Ronan. I do my homework."

"Enough. While you are more informed of events that have transpired in the past years than I previously believed. You are not the representative of this world."

"Naja, you're right. He is being rude. But we should be good hosts and find him who he's looking for so we can unfuck another situation as we always have to."

"Are you mocking me, human?"

"Nah. If I was making fun of you. I would have given you a real bad case of the runs. I'm a fan of insult to injury." He said and turned to the other magic user. A young one. "Not really. Healing spells are relatively basic. If you lack the energy, they can be. But this isn't exactly a healing spell. This many injured, it's actually much more efficient to use a time spell. I reset their physical bodies to moments before they sustained the damage. Some of it is too severe for standard healing spells. It would take too much time." He explained. "It's rare to run into another sorcerer that isn't Fate or Strange."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I've grow quite fond of the arcane arts. I've run into many situations were they are more useful than my previous skill set. Like that time I made the entire planet think Naja killed those loons. Remember that Naja?"

"You even had me scared a bit there. If I didn't know what was happening, I would have believed it." She said and listened as Jamal rattled off most major races in the area. And they asking for help was extremely rare among them. "So. Whatever this is, it's big."

"It is indeed." He said and looked towards Jamal. "We are in desperate times. The Builders have decided that no life in the universe is worth keeping alive. So they are wiping out everything. I mean everything. They are slaughtering everything in their path."

"The Builders? Jesus. Things suddenly make a bit more sense. The ride never ends. Can't even get off of mind control for 5 minutes without the universe going extinct. AGAIN." He mutters half to himself and half to whoever bothered to listen. "Alright. Well. We are obviously going to have to go to space. I could use some time off Earth."

"It will not make a difference you should stay- We would be grateful for your help." His tone suddenly changed, welcoming their help. Xander looked to see a Hispanic man floating and walking through the ship. None other than the telepath, Hernan Sanchez.

"We will be more than happy to assist you in this conflict." Hernan said. There was a number of reasons for his bothering to assist. NAmely the fact that he was not going to be driven to extinction without a tooth and nail fight. That, and he had an opportunity to leave Earth and finally go meet the Skrulls. Not something he was just going to let go to waste. "I believe the man Craig Thomsen can repair your ship. He is one of the foremost me on this planet when it comes to technology. It is like he can speak to it."

[The Republic of Atria]

"The Council is arguing and bickering about what should be done about this. It matter not. This about survival. We cannot win this war. The Builders have technology even the Shi'ar do not understand."

"No chance of survival against an all powerful enemy skullfucking all that we know and love. Is it Wednesday already?" Xander asked slightly annoyed that he had to deal with this nonsense again. "Craig. Uru is the best metal for holding enchantments and Adamantium takes too long to make. A Vibranium, Uru alloy is our best bet. I suppose combining magic and science is our best bet." Xander said, taking charge of the situation. It wasn't like Ronan was.

"It will not help. You do not understand-"

"Blah blah blah. We've had better luck at handling Thanos and Darkseid than you have. I bet we'll handle this better too." His boast was half arrogance and half to keep hopes up. "We've got a Kryptonian. A woman with the power of a million exploding suns. Me. A powerful telepath. A very smart technopath, and once we get Valka on the line, a handful of gods. I swear. We will pull a victory out of someone's ass. I have a handful of contingency plans if shit goes fanwards, but they are risky. So we'll discuss those if we have to. Naja. Head to Asgard and get the biggest gun we have. Craig, you already know what you're doing. Don't stop. You. New guy." He pointed to Hernan. "Get the Justice League, Avengers, and literally anyone with any sort of power that might come in handy. I'm not letting the universe die AGAIN. I was created to keep this planet safe. And I'll be damned if I let any of these Builder fucks get anywhere close to it."

"Aye aye Cap." Naja said and took off flying to the floating Golden City to enlist the aid of the Gods of old. Once again, she thought making an abrupt entrance, but once again, she chickened out and decided to knock on Valka's door rather than knock it down. Considering how many times Asgard got blown up. She figured this was the best way.

"Ronan. Your job is to stop whining and get back in gear. You're a goddamned Kree Accuser! You don't stop serving the empire until you're dead! I expect nothing less out of you. You can cry when you're dead. Same goes for everyone. We're all up shit creek without paddle. So quit whining and use your hands."

[The Republic of Atria]

"SHIELD's job will to keep the home front safe while we're out and about. Their LMDs will have to suffice and keep the populace sane while we're away." Xander said and listened to him suggesting they use alternative methods. "I have two backup plans should we fail to win this war, or this war shows that we are not going to win it. Both are quite risky. Though one is much less so than the other. If our Plan A doesn't work. Plan B is to resize the Krypton capital city of Kandor and it's inhabitants, Kryptonians, back to full size. We'd then have an army of hundreds of thousands of Supermen. Plan C... Well. Let's just say I REALLY hope it doesn't come down to plan C." He explains and shudders a bit. "Because that might, excuse me, will, just make things go from bad to worse."

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander

"It's very real. In fact the only reason we haven't brought it back to normal size is... You know how powerful Superman is. That is very powerful. Now. There are literally thousands upon thousands of Kryptonians in there. All it takes is one of them to decide humans aren't worth it and then... Yeah. We've got a war that will be costly." He explained. "And that is only the second worse scenario. You really don't want to hear plan C. And as for knowing who you are and what you can do. Yeah. I'm drawing a blank here. I have no idea who you are." Xander admitted. He wasn't going to turn down anyone who offered to help. His magic gave him a limited knowledge of the Builders. But if things were genuinely as bad as Ronan made them out to be, then an army of Kryptonians is definitely the lesser of three evils.

Hernan

"Yes. It is dangerous. But it is risk versus reward. Nothing in life worth doing is ever easy my friends." He explained. Yes the Phoenix was a source of unlimited power. But it was also incredibly destructive force of nature. It was not something that was easy to control. Or even meant to be controlled. "Besides. Let me ask you about this Alastir. He is meant to be a god of darkness correct? An evil one? But he is not evil. No, while he can be cruel. It is simply his nature. He is fighting it, yes? But what about his ancestors? They are the ones who instructed him to destroy the Earth in retaliation. But he did not. How do you think they will react when they find out Alastir has not fulfilled his duty?"

[The Republic of Atria]

"So you can summon any weapon that you know exists?" He asked to male sure he understood him properly. "An adaptable warrior. Though weapons designed to hurt Kryptonians are less effective against others. Unless you have weapons that can outright cause damage to them without the need for Kryptonite or Red solar energy. Since you seem to be a weapon expert. Your job it to make sure Craig's weapons are as deadly as possible. I'll be providing enchantments." He explained. He had to make sure everyone was playing with their strengths. "Jamal. Since it appears that the Council respects you. Your job is to find out what they know about the Builders. And where we should hammer first."

Naja

"Oh right... I forgot that we haven't met before. I'm Naja. I'm Alex's girlfriend. Though he changed his name to Xander. Lord knows why, but that's not what I'm here for. I really don't know what's going on, but apparently this really old race called the Builders are razing billions of people. In space. Obviously that means we're going to get involved. And by the way that it's gone so far, we're probably definitely going to need your help. They're attacking multiple Galaxies like... now. And we need a fleet so we can go fight. Xander said that Uru is really good at holding enchantments. Call us crazy, but we're actually going to try and mix magic and science." She said. "That was a mouthful."

Hernan

"I believe that the Shi'ar have attempted to destroy the Phoenix. They view it as something too dangerous to be left alive. Why they had the audacity to treat such a creature with the utmost disreputable is sickening. All you must do it get me to their homeworld. I will take care of the rest. Since this war started, they are stretching themselves too thin. It will be the perfect time." He said and listen to them explain that the gods he mentioned, were indeed awake. "They picked a very good and bad time. Earth's foremost protection will be off world in this war. They believe that the planet will be defenseless. We will show them just how wrong they are."

[The Republic of Atria]

"To be fair, his original idea was much dumber. Though as far as him being a semi normal person... He's doing better. Anyways, that's all beside the point. They're real. And they're murderers. They shot down a Kree ship. Said ship almost hit Earth, but we stopped it. Do what you have to, but if this is as bad as Ronan says it is. We will really need you." She explained and followed Valka through her portal. "You're the Goddess of Forging right? Xander said you should be working with Earth's greatest forger. Craig Thomsen. So you guys should be able to make some crazy stuff. He also said he'll be along to help enchant stuff." And just as she finished, Xander teleported in to see them both.

"Alright then Manifest." Xander said and opened a portal. "Let's get this show on the road. You'll be meeting the All-Mother of Asgard. She's a friend of mine. Do not piss her off. There's a reason Odin is dead and she isn't." He explained to him and walked through the portal. "It's been a few months Valka. Naja told you the situation, right?"