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

[The Republic of Atria]

"Not much of a talker are you?" He asked and created a new shirt and pants for himself. Black Bolt shook his head no. "Huh. You don't look very... Inhuman. No offense. I mean. You look pretty normal human. That's not improper to ask is it?" He asked. Black Bolt made a motion to his throat which, under normal circumstance, would mean something about vomiting. "Oh... Your power only works when you talk... And... You can't control it?" He guessed. Black Bolt shook his head yes. "Damn. That blows. Wanna see a magic trick?" He asked as some Skrulls took pot shots at them. Otis dismissed them by melting their weapons. "Not the magic trick I wanted to show you. This one was." He said and blasted Black Bolt with the Omega Beams, changing the way his power worked. As in, he could choose when to use it rather than having to keep his mouth shut or risk massive damage. "There. Try talking. Though... Please aim away from me in the event I messed up. I've already been hit by you once today. And my head is still shaking."

He gave Otis an annoyed look. It probably would have been nice to let him know that he was going to be blasted point blank. To get back at him, Black Bolt opened his mouth and Otis flinched. But nothing happened. "How... How did you do that?" He asked.

"Was that payback for blasting you a second ago? And you may or may not have have heard being a captive and all, but Darkseid got killed by yours truly. That is a whole other story though. And apparently his powers come from something called the Omega something-or-other. I had it forced upon me and that was after Darkseid had pretty much beaten me within an inch of my life. Twice. Not a fun experience by the way. Dude hits like a ton of bricks. So I've been trying to figure out everything he can do. Which is quite a lot. I can change the way superhuman abilities work. Like for you. I changed it so that you can speak and use your death scream thing whenever you want. Easier on everyone else involved. Anyways-" He was interrupted by a pinging coming from his motherbox which had attached itself to the console of the computer the Skrulls were using. "Oh yeah. This little gizmo is pretty cool too. I'll tell you more about it when we get home." He said and opened a boom tube.

He walked through with Black Bolt following him. They popped up in the throne room, and as Black Bolt and Medusa reunited, Otis' motherbox showed him something. The Skrulls had received an encrypted message detailing where Attilan was going to attack and when. It had already decrypted the message and revealed who was the one who sent it: Medusa. It didn't make any sense at first, but as he let the information set in, it slowly began to make sense. Medusa lied to him and manipulated him into doing what she wanted. "Excuse me..." Otis said. "I just got some... Very interesting information. Medusa... Did you tell the Skrulls that we were coming?" He asked.

Her face went pale when he asked that. How Otis found out was beyond her, but there was no point in lying now. "...Yes."

"Do you mind telling me why you let a bunch of people get killed?"

"They were never killed. They never left. The people you saw get killed were an illusion." Otis just looked at her. It was easy to tell that he was hurt by the whole set up. "I had no choice. I lied to you to save lives."

"You made me believe that I had screwed up so badly that I had blood on my hands because I refused to use my powers to assert myself like you wanted. You lied to me. You manipulated my emotions. You wound me up like... Like a tin soldier and set me loose against them."

"You failed to see the bigger picture. I was doing what I must-"

"Don't give me that! I am a GOD. What BIGGER picture is there than THAT? I don't want to use my powers to hurt people! I've explained this like 50 times to you! I don't want to go down that slippery slope and wind up Darkseid two-point-oh! I understand what you were trying to do. I get it. You're right. The universe is a cold and screwed up place. Trust me. I know that first hand. I know you're trying to get Attilan back on it's feet." He said and got quiet for a moment. "I'm not angry Medusa. I'm... Just disappointed. I-I... I don't want to be here right now. I saved Black Bolt." He said quietly with his eyes welling up. "I just want to be alone for a little while." Opening a Boom Tube Otis left back to Apokolips. No one there would pester him or try to use him. At least he hoped so.

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis was hurt. Not so much physically as he was mentally. He looked up to Medusa. She gave him a place to live and something to do that made him feel that he was worth something. He was one of the most powerful beings in the multiverse and he felt more worthless than ever. Normally he just brushes off things like this, but it hurt far too much for him to just make a joke and laugh it off. Desaad noticed something was amiss when Otis was, not only back when he said he likely wouldn't come back, but he was sitting on Darkseid's throne with a very disturbed look. He went about his day and Otis for the most part ignored him. At least for a bit. "Hey." He said and Desaad stopped. "What did Darkseid do when he was feeling under the weather?"

"He killed Kalibak."

"What else did he do?"

"Sometimes he killed me instead."

Otis rubbed his hands against his head. "Is there anything that he did when he wasn't feeling up to something to make himself feel better?"

"He enslaved entire planets, killed Kryptonians for sport, took over universes and sat on his throne for the entirety of his existence. Though he did bed many women." He explained. Obviously Otis was on the same path Darkseid was. The next step was anger. And someone with as much power as Otis had being angry was a terrible thing. Otis was very young even by human standards. He could wind up being worse than Darkseid should things get worse for him. "Nothing you would do to pass the time."

"Goddammit. Doesn't he do anything reasonable to kill time? You know what, don't even answer that. You'll probably tell me that he was working on a way to literally kill time." He said and went quiet for a moment. "THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!" He shouted and ripped the throne off of the floor and threw it against the wall. "I'm a little upset."

"Yes... I can see that." It was actually illegal to show compassion on Apokolips. Desaad was hired wired enough where he couldn't feel sympathy for Otis, but he still felt the fear that he would wind up a worse Darkseid. And that was something that no one wanted. Otis was a child, and he knew first hand that children could be worse than adults. So he decided to jet let Otis burn himself out. One way or another he'd show the child that he was useful to him.

"Alright... I'm going out. Again." He said and opened a boom tube after angrily pacing Darkseid's fortress for about 10 minutes. He wasn't going to go back home. Not for awhile at least. He had a universe out there to explore. Maybe something out there would make him feel better.

Xander and Naja

It had been a few days since their wedding. They heard about the Death of Darkseid celebrated it. Xander even made it an official holiday celebrating that he was dead. But they were married and now phase two of his master plan was coming into play. Earth was viewed as a primitive mud ball by pretty much the entire galaxy. That has since changed to Primitive mud ball that can fight really well. Xander planned on changing it to be one of the technological capitals of the galaxy. And he was making headway. Praetoria's borders were opened and millions of people were flooding in. He had manpower. He had the technology. And he had the actually power.

The only thing stopping him was the fact that he was a biologist. Adapting Kryptonian technology for human use was not his skill set. Fortunately, he knew a man who knew how to do that: Craig Thomsen. So he created a personal message to send to him via Kryptonian crystal technology. The message being a holographic video of him talking. "Hey Craig. It's Xander. We're wrapping up the celebrations from our Darkseid is Dead festival and now I actually have to start working on the stuff I wanted to get done since I started this whole thing. Namely, finally fixing Earth's problems and getting our asses into space. By our asses I mean everyone's asses. I have all the Kryptonian tech in existence at my fingertips, the problem is that I'm not an engineer. I'm a biologist. Completely different field. Come on over some time and we can talk about how we're gonna get this show rolling."

[The Republic of Atria]

As it turned out, news spreads quickly in space. The second he stepped on an alien planet, he was immediately pointed out as the one who killed who killed Darkseid. Which he thought would be a good thing. But most everyone thought that he was worse than Darkseid since he was the one who killed him. Saying he was from Earth didn't help one bit. Even the toughest and most hardened aliens were diving through windows to get away from him. So Otis was left in a deserted alien diner, despite not having done a single thing aside from show up. "Huh. It's worse than on Earth. How is that even possible? I haven't even done anything..." He muttered and sat down. "I didn't even know that had diners in space." He looked around and an older alien woman who clearly worked there was the only one left who didn't run screaming at the very sight of him. "Huh... You're the first one who's still here."

"If you were gonna kill me, you'd have done it already. Dunno what got them all worked up."

"So you know about the Darkseid thing?"

"Yeeep. Might wanna cover your face though. You're plastered everywhere. People are da'st pissed off that an Earthling was the one who killed Darkseid." She said and started going through the belongings that people left behind when they ran for their lives. "Lots of stuff happens on that little rock. Heard aliens ain't so welcome though."

"It depends... Isn't that stealing?" He asked and she just laughed. "What's so funny?"

"You kid. Ya went and killed Darkseid. And now you're wonderin' if what I'm doing is right. I ain't gonna lie. No one's gonna miss that bastard. Girl's gotta eat. And these cheap bastards don't tip for crap." She said collecting as much money as she could carry. "Now. Did ya want something to eat?"

"I... think I'll pass. Not really that hungry." Seeing the universe with his own eyes for the first time was rather jarring. Medusa was right about i being dog eat dog. Kill or be killed. Luckily for him, he was one of the biggest fish in the sea, so he didn't have to worry about the being killed part. By the same token, everyone else was terrified of being the killed part. Just as he left the diner, he saw a ship land. He stopped for a moment and out stepped none other than the Guardians of the Galaxy. "Ummm... Hi? I swear it's not what it looks like."

"You're telling me... That this chump is the one who kicked Darkseid's ass? I don't buy it for a second." Rocket said aiming a blasted at Otis who really didn't feel too threatened. Instead. Otis said one of the worst things he could have said at that moment:

"Is that a talking Raccoon?"

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander flew down to Craig when he arrived. "There you are. We have a bunch to discuss." He said and walked with him. "I'm sure you've noticed that Earth isn't exactly the prettiest place in the galaxy. The Kree, Shi'ar, hell, even the SKRULLS are doing okay. They've solved most of their physical problems. Hunger, population, disease for the most part. Apparently they, and the Kree, can still develop cancer. Which is a bit strange. Regardless. I have all this Kryptonian tech... And I have no idea what I'm doing on that front." He explained. "I don't really know the full extent of what it can do. I have theories, but you're the tech guy who can tell me if what I'm imagining is impossible. Namely. Weather control. I know there's a mutant with that ability, so in theory it should be possible to mimic it with this technology."

"I have man power. Right now we're training our many new recruits. Fly with me." He said taking to the sky to Praetoria's training area. "This is where we train our new recruits. I finally gave Zod an outlet, and I have Naja keeping an eye on him. Say what you want about the man, he knows how to fight. But the good news is that for the most part, everyone is invulnerable. Which is good because he can be... Overzealous. Anyways. It's not perfect, but he's not going overboard and keeps him out of trouble." He said leading him to his workshop. "And this is where we keep everything we're not using at the moment. You're a technopath, so you're going to have to let me know if it's all junk, or if we can actually make something out of it. I also wanted to see about manipulating matter. That'll curb resource issues."


Otis

He called Rocket a Raccoon. That was a mistake which earned him several bolts of plasma. "...Was it something I said?" He asked. "If it wasn't for those new God powers I got that probably would have hurt or killed me... So. I'll forget about that. It was kind of funny to see you overreact anyways." He said and Rocket jumped on him attempting to choke him, but Otis might as well have been made of stone. "So... Are you like the mascot or..." He said pulling the creature off of him and holding him out a few feet in front of him.

"How?! How could such a bullshit species KILL DARKSEID?!" Rocket hissed as Otis put him down. "Call me a mascot again pal, and I'll show you-"

"Alright Rocket, cool it." Star Lord said and stepped forward. "He can be a little trigger happy. We got reports that someone worse than Darkseid was attacking. We come to check it out and you're here. Now that I get a closer look... You wouldn't hurt a fly."

"I mean... Yeah. I'm a pacifist. Darkseid was more the exception than the rule. Of course when I did kill him, everyone was complaining to me that I did a bad thing. I was like, What?! It's freaking Darkseid. Who in their right minds is going to miss that psycho? And before Rocket decides to shoot me again, I am every bit as powerful as he was. The difference being that I'm not going to mass murder people for shiggles. I've had a bad few days and just wanted to get away from everything for awhile." He explained.

"How about you come with us?" Star Lord asked solely for the reason that he wanted to keep an eye on him.

"I'm good." Otis replied. "I just want to be alone for a bit. Thanks for the offer though. Maybe some other time." As he tried to walk away, Star Lord stepped in front of him. "Excuse me."

"Listen. I think you should stay with us. Things aren't exactly in the best of conditions at the moment, and you scaring the crap out of people is going to be helping things. Besides. If you're looking to help out with trouble, we're usually there."

"That's really cool of you, but I'm not looking for trouble. I just want to go for a nice long walk across the galaxy and clear my head." He tried to get around Star Lord but was stopped by Drax. Otis closed his eyes. "I'm leaving." He said firmly and floated into the air. At which point he was shot by Rocket. It didn't do anything, but Otis was beginning to get annoyed. "Leave me alone. I haven't hurt anyone and I don't intend to."

"You ain't going nowhere until we say so pal. Now put your feet on the ground." Rocket said ready to shoot him again.

Otis raised an eyebrow. "Trust me guys... You keep this up and you're going to have a bad time."

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis decided that enough was enough and that he was just going to fly away. Which seemed to work. Rocket was taking pot shots at him but they weren't really anything more than a colorful light show. A minute or so later they had gotten in their ship and were prepared to shoot him with that. "Okay. That's it." He said and fired the Omega Beams. For a split second they all believed they were going to die until they saw that Otis had warped them to the Sol system... Several lightyears away. "You asked for it..." He muttered to himself and flew through space taking in the sights and trying to decide where he was going to go next. As he was flying, his cosmic senses began to pick something up. Being him and their use being rather rare, he stopped looking around wondering what could possibly be doing it. It was getting closer and closer and was going quite quickly. He braced himself for the worst when it stopped right in front of him. The Silver Surfer. "Huh... You're making my new senses go nuts guy..."

"Do you not know who I am?"

"To be honest, you look familiar, but I really have no idea." He admitted. "You're here probably because you know who I am, right?" Otis asked. "Please tell me you're not going to fight me. I've told like everyone that I'm a pacifist. I have more power than I know what to do with. And on top of that, I didn't even want it. They were all like: You're gonna be Darkseid and LIKE IT. Of course I had no say in the matter."

"I am aware of the death of the Dark God." He listened as Otis droned on about being constantly under fire despite seemingly having done nothing. He seemed like a good person. "What are you doing all the way from your world?"

"I... Found out someone that I trusted and looked up to, used, lied, and manipulated me. I'm not a weapon. I'm not a killer. I just want to live my life and be me. I've been trying to do that for the last... I don't even remember how long ago that was. You haven't tried to stop me. I'm trying not to lose my temper. I really am, but the longer this drags on, the more I just want to explode. It's the entire universe against me."

"Not quite the entire universe. I understand the burden of unimaginable power and the will not to use it for your own ends. I have explored the universe to a great extent. I can show you the most peaceful areas if you wish."

"You know what? I'll take you up on that. Got anything with a beach? I love the beach." Otis asked and Surfer nodded and took off at incredible speeds. Otis trailed him for about half an hour before they stopped in the upper atmosphere of a beautiful planet. Otis flew towards the beach where he wanted to be, used the Omega Effect to create a lounge chair. "Thank you. I'm probably just going to sit here for awhile... Thank you. For not attacking me. Or lying to me. Or anything else." He said and laid back with his eyes closed. Surfer had left Otis to his devices. Otis was finally getting the peace and quiet that he wanted.

At least until a ship pulled into the planet's gravity a few hours after Otis had dozed off...

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis slept soundly. No worries. No one trying to use him. Just peace and quiet. At least until he felt something jabbing him. It was enough that he woke up, but didn't open his eyes. "I don't know who or what that is, if you can understand me, go away. If you're a small animal, shoo..." He said waving his foot in the direction he thought it was. He thought whatever it was went away, for about 2 seconds when he felt something trying to cut him. Namely his throat. He grabbed the blade and opened his eyes to a man and a woman. The man having his blade against his throat. Which Otis snapped. "Alright. Two options. You either apologize for waking me up and then leave. Or. We go down the path that ends poorly for the both of you." Both of them backed up a bit when Otis started standing up. "Huh. Okay. You can start on your three part apology... Now."

"An arrogant one. The eyes match those of the Dark one. And his flesh is not so easily cut." The woman said.

"Oh God fucking dammit." Otis said finally having had enough. "You want proof I killed Darkseid?! Here's my fucking proof!" Shouting at the top of his lungs, Otis blasted both of them with the Omega beams. Not enough to kill them, but more than enough to hurt like hell. Both the man and the woman hollered in pain as they bounced along the sand. They tried to get back on their feet to see the red omega energies smoldering off of Otis' eyes. "Is that proof enough, or should I turn them up a little higher? Cause I can do that. Or I could warp you to the nearest star. Or rather, inside the star." He hissed. To which they responded by laughing at him. "And might I ask what's so funny?"

"You cannot threaten someone with what they want..."

"Oh... I get it now. Weird masochist thing. Okay then. How about I kill one of you, and then make the other immortal? I can do that." That got their attention. Otis decided to start burning off some pent up anger by playing a cruel trick across time and space. "I'm feeling nasty at the moment." He said and blasted Proxima, leaving nothing more than a scorched area of sand. To Corvus, it appeared that he lover was killed, but he was about to be cursed with immortality. However, Proxima wasn't dead. Otis just simply moved her to the safest place he could think of: Earth's moon. "As for you... Hmm... Yeah. I'm gonna boost your body's healing ability so such a degree that you can come back from anything that doesn't completely erase you from existence. I told you to leave me alone. But as we say on Earth. Don't kick the hornet's nest if you don't wanna get stung."

"Enough." Called a voice that caught Otis' attention. Thanos, The Mad Titan. "Please return my servant to her proper place." Thanos knew she wasn't dead. Otis rolled his eyes and brought her back as he requested. "Leave us. I will speak to the boy alone."

"See how far saying please gets you?" He asked both of them as they walked back to Thanos' ship. "Since you asked nicely. I'll give you five minutes to speak. You're... Thanos. If my motherbox is to believed. She hasn't been wrong this far. If you want to kill me, gonna tell you right now. Darkseid tried that. He didn't get very far."

Thanos saw right through Otis. Engaging in a physical fight wouldn't be terribly smart. Otis might not be as skilled Darkseid was, but he was young and unpredictable. He could be a useful minion if he played the right cards. "Forgive Proxima and Corvus. They were simply ensuring you were who I believed you to be. Darkseid was a foe of mine that I had yet to defeat. And yet, you, a genetic misfit, was able to do so. However you were able to accomplish this does not concern me.I have an offer to make you." Otis so far hadn't made any measures to attack him, so it was clear that he was listening. "You're angry at the universe for forcing you into this position. Given your location, I take it you simply wanted to be left alone. Come with me and I assure you that you will get the peace you desire."

Otis had enough common sense to know that Thanos was playing him. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... He thought to himself and decided to play along. "Alright. Fine. But the second I see any funny business, I'm warping everyone into the nearest supernova."

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis looked around Thanos' ship and sat in what seemed to be an empty chair. "So..." He said. "How are you going to try and trick me into giving up my powers so you can do whatever you want with them?" Otis asked. "Come on. It's all the same trick with you people. Try to convince me that you're on my side, then when I least expect it, BOOM. Ya try to fuck me. WELL LISTEN UP. Mister Steredenn does not like being fucked by anyone that isn't Missus Steredenn!" He didn't really have a better half, but for the sake of the joke he felt it was okay. "So let's skip all that nonsense and skip to the part where things explode." He said with his eyes more than ready to blast the entire ship into less than nothing. "See. I kept a tight lid on these fancy Omega powers. Cause there aren't too many people who can withstand them. But you? You can take it, can't you big guy? I need to blow off some steam. And you're at a much smaller risk of dying than everyone else."

It wasn't much of a mental snap from Otis. He snapped, but his snapping was much more tame due to the tight control he had over his emotions. The ship hadn't even left the planet's surface when it exploded, sending Thanos and Otis flying across the planet's surface. Thanos of course being ever so slightly upset that Otis was being obnoxious. "You insignificant pest!"

"Blah blah blah. Been called worse by my own mother." Otis said and smiled rather creepily for him. "I'm two for two today. Let's make it three for three!" Instead of firing the Omega Beams like Thanos was expecting, Otis channeled the power into the ground and sent out a massive red shockwave. His force-fields were more than capable of withstanding the blast. However, the next 20 miles weren't so lucky as they were flattened by the power of the Omega Effect. "This planet is lifeless. No one for thousands of miles. Which means I can finally let it all out..." He said and Thanos lowered his force-field. Otis was genuinely trying to kill him.

Not that it mattered to Thanos. Killing Otis was the original idea. But it was decided that it would be a backup plan as that was easier said than done. Otis was every bit as powerful as Darkseid was, with none of the ego. Or at least much less of it. Which meant that he would be using powers that Darkseid never used to win. "If you will not take my mercy. THen I will kill you as I have all who dared attack me."

"I somehow doubt that's gonna be as easy as you think." Otis said, running straight at Thanos to engage him in fisticuffs. Which meant Otis was kicking Thanos in the face until Thanos grabbed his foot and head, forcing him into the stone followed by several repeated stomps, forcing Otis into the stone only for Thanos to still see Otis' stupid smug grin "Oh god... This is so funny..." He said laughing even though he was bleeding.

"Tell me boy, what do you find so humorous about this?" He asked before he was knocked off of Otis with a very painful burning smashing into his back. Thanos stood back up to see not one, not two or even three. But at least 10 of Otis' avatars all with his smug face. The avatars were far weaker than Otis himself and Thanos had no problem tearing them apart. Their beams lacked the same power that Otis' had, and after a very gory minute Thanos had killed every single one of the avatars. He was covered in burns and purple blood, but was still more than capable of fighting.

"You look upset." Otis said. "Tell you what. No more of the mini mes. This is gonna sting a bit." He said and truly began to unleash the power of the Omega Effect. Thanos held strong as the beams sprayed off his body, devastating the planet behind him.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Excellent." He sad and put his hands together. "If you need anything, let me know. I can have engineers here in seconds. We've got Kree, Shi'ar, and even a few Kryptonian ones. The asteroid belt has enough resources that we shouldn't have to worry about anything for at least a century. Land won't be an issue. Once we get things understood. We can start terraforming and colonizing Mars and Venus." He said. "Now, if you'll excuse me. I'm getting some reports about... Apparently, someone is running around claiming to have killed Darkseid and is shooting lasers. I'm sure it's just a rumor or some wannabe. But it's causing unrest so that means it has to be figured out. I'm sure you're more than capable of taking the reigns here. Keep me posted. If you can't find me, Naja. See you later Craig!" He said and took off to go maintain the peace.

Otis

Otis kept pouring on the omega energies even as Thanos pushed through them. "Jesus Christ..." He said as Thanos got closer and closer until he was at arms' reach and then felt Thanos smack him hard. Enough that he was pretty sure he was on a different continent when he finally got his senses back in order. "That... Hurt..." He said and looked as glowing purple blood trickled down his nose. "That actually hurt." He was even more frustrated now. How Thanos withstood that much of the Omega Effect was beyond him. Though he was far enough away that without his ship, it would be difficult to track him. He got an idea. A very very stupid, but at the same time, a perfect idea for a show of force. Perhaps a big enough show that he would no longer have people trying to use him. He opened a Boom tube and jumped right back to Apokolips.

Thanos however was left alone. Otis actually did quite a bit of damage to him. His armor was all but gone, he was covered in nasty burns and was nearly blind in one eye. Otis was definitely a much bigger threat to him than Darkseid ever was. At least Darkseid stayed in his own dimension for the most part. He was actively in this one for extended periods of time and used his powers much more aggressively. "Hmmm... If this is how you wish for things to proceed child, then I shall play your game." He already had another one of his ships on the way to track and destroy Otis.

"Desaad!" Otis said as he ran to meet Darkseid's assistant, and then tripped on the stairs and hit the ground face first. "Ow! In. The. Same. Fucking. Spot." He said and rubbing his nose as Desaad walked to him. "I'm upset. So I have a plan. And since I'm not that smart, you're gonna help me do it. I know the whole thing about us being much larger in this dimension. So. Here's what we're going to do. I want to punch a hole in reality and we push Apokolips through it, into the universe! No Motherbox. I want it full size." He said. "Can you do that?"

That was a strange idea to be sure. Simple. And i his math was right, only the largest of beings would be able to actually be seen. Not to mention the size of Apokolips itself would be enormous. Easily the size of a galaxy, and that's being generous. "Yes. I can do that. It will not take me long. A simple modification to a Motherbox to eliminate the size alteration will be what you're looking for."

"Perfect. Let me know when it's done and I'll push Apokolips through."

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis mostly watched as Desaad reconfigured a Motherbox not to adjust for size. It didn't seem to take him long. "Master." Desaad spoke. "We are ready to begin at your discretion." By the way Otis reacted, he assumed it was to begin immediately. "I will open the Boom Tube, you will need to push Apokolips through."

"Gotcha. Fire when ready." Desaad had called him Master. Normally he probably would have told him to call him something different, but the way Apokolips had been ruled by Darkseid, there was nothing he could do to fix it. He wasn't even going to bother. It would be impossible for anyone to do it. There was no point in wasting his time or energy on it. Otis flew behind the massive planet and when Desaad opened the Boom Tube, Otis used his telekinesis to push Apokolips through. It moved slowly with Otis having complete control of it's direction. It took almost a minute for him to push it through, but it was through. He followed behind and landed on the back as Apokolips. "And here we are!" He had no idea that Apokolips smashed into a galaxy when it was pushed through the Boom Tube. "Look at me universe! I'm Otis motherfucking Steredenn! Killer of Darkseid and the newest ruler of Apokolips! DO NOT FUCK WITH ME!" He shouted into the sky.

Otis didn't really have a sense of scale for how big his planet actually was. He knew it would be bigger, but how much bigger was beyond him. All that concerned him was that he could finally be alone. At least until he stewed long enough to go back to his normal self. He grabbed the belongings that he brought with him and went into what could be called Darkseid's Room. If he ever needed sleep or food or anything like that. "Do not disturb!" He told Desaad. "Let all visitors know the same thing. If they open this door, I'ma blast them. I need some Otis time. That means leave me alone until I come out. Especially Kalibak. I'll... Make him eat a bowl of spiderwebs or something. I'll figure it out. Until then. I'm not here." He said and slammed the massive door shut and was left to his solitude.

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis' avatar which was busy keeping the Pantheon up heard someone shouting about destroying the Earth. Which was obviously against what he had in mind. Once he left to go see who it was making such a threat, he saw Satera aiming to just blow up the planet, but the good news is that he didn't seem to notice him yet. Satera was a fusion. So that meant that the best way to stop the attack without killing someone would be to damage the consciousness. Or just remove one of them. That would work. Otis teleported in front of Satera's blast. "I'm afraid I can't let you do that Satera." He said and crossed his arms. "Dunno what's got your panties in a knot, but chill out man. Blowing up planets ain't cool. Come on. Put the blast away or I'm gonna have to get physical. Ya don't wanna get physical with me bro. Trust me. I'd say you can ask Darkseid what happens when I wanna take someone down, but he's dead. So let's just talk about this before I do something you're going to regret."

[The Republic of Atria]

- Snip -

Lord Satera/The Highfather of Mortis

It was at this moment that Satera's large planet-destroying orb of energy compressed into a far smaller and more manageable size that resembled a snowball in his hand, but was pulsating with crimson red energy. There was also something off about Satera, instead of his eyes glowing gold, they were glowing with pure red, murderous intent for the planet that lied below them all. Satera's eyes narrowed, but instead of talking in his normally soft and benevolent voice, he spoke in a cold, despondent voice that mimicked Alastir's anger "You... It was you who was responsible for bring Apokolips into this Universes plane of existance!" Satera practically hissed out in anger as he refused to allow the small orb of energy from dissipating entirely "You have no idea about the repercussions that came with that action, you've irreversibly damaged the Masaki Galaxy and left it scarred and broken forever, you have no idea about the billions of lives you've just killed, and as the God of the Masaki Galaxy, your 'home' has just asked for it's destruction, for an eye for an eye..." Satera's hand rose once more "MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND!" Satera (Alastir) exclaimed in rage as he thrusted the orb of planet-destroying energy forth, towards Otis as well as the Earth.

Otis sighed and rolled his eyes. "Alright. Don't say I didn't warn you." He said and blasted Satera's Energy blast with the Omega beams which redirected it out of the solar system. "As for you... I'ma do a little brain surgery." He said and reached into Satera's chest. "Enee, meenie, miney... Moe." He said and pulled Alastir out of the fusion. "Well, look at that. I got a prize!" He said. "Alright buddy. I'm being as gentle as I possibly can be. The universe is a very big place and I can put you in some places where you'll never get out. I don't want to hurt you or do anything of the sort, but I'm certainly not gonna let you go around blowing up planets as you see fit. That's Galactus' job. Last I check, you're not wearing a stupid helmet with a fascination for the color purple. It's a cold cruel universe out there big guy. It doesn't give a damn about you. I learned that the hard way. Now. Are you going to hit the road or is your stupidity going to start getting painful?"

[The Republic of Atria]

"Shoo." Otis waved his hand like one would trying to get an insect to leave. "Also. That was racist. Hope you're not gonna pull an Alastir." He said to Satera. "'Cause if ya are... I'm gonna have to stop you. And it's gonna be filled with lots of burning and screaming. Which is painful for my ears. I'm just an avatar. The real Otis is on Apokolips. And he kinda wants to be alone. Like, he's really not in the mood. So I'm doing my due diligence and keeping Earth safe while he's doing whatever it is he's doing. I'm sure it's important." He said and turned his attention to the man whom he had never seen before. "Uhhh... Yeah. I kinda live there. Food's great. Lotsa' heroes. Good times to be had. Like I said, I'm not the real Otis. I just act like him and have some of his power. He had an argument with a friend of his and just wanted to be alone. So he's doing that while I keep an eye on Earth." He said and sat on the moon. "Any more questions?"

"STUPID SUPER MUTANTS!" Otis hissed at his television. "Goddamn, you're so much harder than you were in the last game... There's a joke in there somewhere." He muttered. He lost track of how long he spent playing Fallout, but he was starting to feel better. Which was the good news. He considered heading back to Attilan and talking to Medusa about everything that happened. The more he thought about it, the more he began to understand why she did what she did. He wasn't angry with her anymore. It was a matter of being a show of force. He used the Omega Effect to create a large amount of junk food for himself. With food in his stomach and having finally got the rest that he wanted, he was just about back to his old self.

[The Republic of Atria]

- Snip -

"An avatar?" Uriel exclaimed, surprise once again inflected in his voice. This Universe had more similarities to his own home Universe than he had thought, first with the fused being, and now with this mention of avatars. "My creator has such an ability; to create remote duplicates at will. I take it that you are a God as well?"

Uriel found it difficult to imagine such a place as this; with unusual abilities and a number of divine beings with their own clear differences. With but a single deity to compare to that he had known all his life, he wasn't sure where to begin. Curious about how far he should press on - and mindful of the display of power that the avatar had shown just a few moments earlier - Uriel sat down on the lunar surface next to the avatar. "If you are truly a God as well, do you have the ability to communicate across the Multiverse? Or perhaps travel through it in some way? I am an angel from a distant corner of reality," Uriel explained, a pair of angelic, feathered wings crafted from energy blazed into existence behind him; made visible to demonstrate his point. "I am lost here."

"Yup. But, I'm not remote controlled. I'm completely sentient. I act and think just like the real Otis. I bleed, I want stuff. You get the idea." He replied. "To both of those things. I am a deity. Kinda. It wasn't by choice that I got these powers, but now that I have them, I'm not complaining. Much anyways. There are some minor annoyances, but overall it's a pretty sweet deal." He snickered. "But I digress. I can actually. Easily. I can traverse the Multiverse easily. Where are you headed?" He said and pulled out his motherbox. "I can have this little gizmo take us just about anywhere."

The real Otis decided to take a break after playing Fallout for nearly 12 hours straight and the game crashed for the 4th time in a row. "Wouldn't be a Fallout game without crashing now would it?" He muttered. It was time to swallow his pride and go patch things up with Medusa. It had to be done at some point, might as well be sooner rather than later. After muttering and grabbing his motherbox, he opened a Boom Tube to Attilan where he saw both Medusa and Black Bolt working on some sort of device. The room went dead silent as Otis stepped down. Everyone knew who he was and how powerful he was. What happened between him and Medusa was known to pretty much everyone. "So... Um... Okay. I might have been a little angry last time. But I'm over that. Mostly." He said and walked to Medusa. "I'm not really good with this kind of thing. I wanted to apologize for what I did."

Medusa was just happy that Otis didn't come back spraying anger and Omega Beams at everything. Whether or not she was sorry for what she did was up in the air. Otis wasn't killing anyone and that's all she cared about. "Your apology is accepted Bolt. Now, I must ask you to forgive me. You are a kind hearted man and I was wrong to use you like that."

"I'm over it. Just wanted to wallow in pity for a bit and vent. Venting is done. Just please don't do it again." He said and extended his hand. "I hope we're still friends." He said and smiled when Medusa shook it. "Thank you. Alright. I'll be the first to admit that you were right. I can't be stuck up with my morals when they put innocent people at risk. You know what that means right? That means I'll help you. I'll do whatever you want me to." Medusa was happy to hear that. Otis was every bit as powerful as he was kind. She was just happy that he didn't decide to kill her right then and there like she feared he was going to do. Instead, he was back to his old self.

"Welcome back to Attilan, Bolt."

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis went back to Apokolips for some R&R. Which meant Fallout 4 and junk food. His motherbox was going crazy with something about something that he didn't give enough of a damn about to deal with. After about an hour, he heard loud slamming and smashing. "What the... Kalibak? Is that you? I swear, if you think I was kidding about the spider webs..." He muttered and put the game down only to have the door to his room smashed open with him blasting the debris. Yuga Kahn. Of course Otis had no idea of who he was. "Alright Mister Fanservice. I'm busy. Hit the road. I told Desaad no visitors. Now I have to fix the wall and think of a bizzare punishment for you." After finishing his rant, Kahn grabbed the Inhuman and threw him. Hard.

Hard enough that Otis smashed through what would have been half of the continental US. "Ouch..." When he finally shook off the shock of what happen only for the pain to set in. This began to get on his nerves. "Alright. Big mistake. Go be an asshole on the other side of the universe!" He said and blasted with Omega beams intending to teleport Kahn as far away as he could. As soon as the bright red beams came close to him, Kahn redirected them into a sphere above his hand. Which he then threw at Otis who was slightly in shock from Kahn just doing that. And then got blasted. He held his ground, but it hurt. "Alright... I would like an explanation for this massive amount of bullshit."

Khn stepped down. "You are the little child responsible for the death of my son?"

"Hey! I'm an adult! Legally. And no offense, but your son is, excuse me, was a huge asshole. Had it coming. And considering how much of an asshole you are, I can see that he takes after you. And now, I'm gonna have to kick your ass. Pecking order and all that jazz. I know how this planet works. What's your name?"

"I am Yuga Kahn you worm! My son's death means nothing to me! I will rip the Omega Effect from your flesh, and then I will destroy that mudball you call home!" Otis charged at him only for Kahn to clothesline him and lift him off his feet. "I find it difficult to believe that you are the one who killed my son." Otis tried to fire the Omega beams once again only for Kahn to grip his face, making Otis blast himself. Kahn dropped him and Otis groaned, rubbing his face.

"Ya know..." He coughed. "Yogi Bear wants his name back..." This lead to Kahn stomping on his head. Again, and again, and again until he was bleeding quite badly. "That... All?" Otis was still defiant. Kahn grabbed him and Otis forced his eyes open and let out his stupid grin. With more blood dripping from his body than would be healthy. "Ya... Got me. One last thing before you finish me off... ROSHAMBO!" He shouted and with every last remaining bit of his strength, kicked Yuga Kahn in the testicles. The blow was strong enough to be heard from several miles away. Kahn dropped Otis hand fell to a knee as he squirmed away. "Sorry Yogi... Not today." He said and teleported to Earth while Khan recovered. The only place he thought he could go was Praetoria, so he dropped right in front of Xander. "Hi... I'm Otis. You may remember me from your wedding, and getting blood on your carpet."

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander was shocked. Otis was one of the strongest guys he knew. Whoever did this to him wasn't screwing around. His first guess had to be Thanos. "I gotcha..." He said and helped Otis to his feet. "You have a bad habit of getting yourself nearly killed."

"What can I say? I'm a magnet for trouble." Otis replied as Xander laid him on a bed. "I was gonna go to Asgard, but I panicked. Anyways the guy who did this to me-" He was cut off by an alarm. A proximity alarm, a projectile was headed to Earth at an absurd speed. Xander flew off to intercept it. However, when he got to the object, it turned out not to be an object at all. Rather, it was none other than Thanos. Which was very confusing. He stopped Thanos from hitting the ground. At his speed, it would have wiped out the better portion of a large country. More confusing yet, Thanos was in the same shape as Otis. Hurt. Badly. As much as Xander wanted to just drop him in the Mariana Trench, both he and Otis being in this condition was a cause for alarm. He dropped the smoldering, unconscious Titan on the floor. By the time he Got back, Otis was on his feet.

"I can walk... Mostly. Head's still a bit dizzy- Is that Thanos? Holy shit he got Thanos too? I'm starting to think this guy has it out for us. He probably went to Apokolips because of that spat we had..." Otis said getting noticeably shaken by that thought. "Okay, enough of the pronoun game. If you'd sit still for half a second, Yuga Khan. Apparently he's Darkseid's daddy. And he's really pissed off."

"Darkseid has a living father? Wonderful." Xander said and rubbed the side of his head. "That's okay. I've been fifty steps ahead. We've got enough firepower to wipe out the next 4 galaxies. I'll get Valka and Manifest on the line and we'll go beat some sense into this guy-"

"It will not save you..." Thanos grumbled as he got back on his feet. Xander got ready to fight. "Stand down human. I have no quarrel with you at this moment. And it would better serve both of us better to not waste time on such nonsense."

"You're pretty banged up and I'm more than ready to finish what he started. I'm sure the universe would be better off without you."

"How 'bout we find a way to punch our mutual bad guy?" Otis suggested before the argument escalated. "Thanos. For the record. We all don't like you and you don't like us. Everyone in the universe is an asshole from everyone's perspective. No question about that, but if this Yuga Kahn is a bigger asshole, then us smaller ones need to work together. We don't have to like eachother. What did he do to you by the way."

"I arrived at the world you brought into this star system to seek revenge on you. However, you were not there. Yuga Kahn believed me to be an ally of you, and then he threw me through your sun and at your world."

"Wait wait, what what WHAT?" Otis said. "He threw you. Like. A ball?"

"Correct. And as much as it pains me to admit, I much preferred Darkseid. This Yuga Khan is nothing short of demonic. And as much as I would revel in him burning this insipid mudball to ashes, he is every bit a threat to me as he is to you. For the time being, I will assist you and destroying this Yuga Khan."

"Yaaaaaay." Xander muttered sarcastically and twirled his finger in the air.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Speaking of Manifest. Don't ruin my house." He said half to Otis and half to Thanos. With a gesture of his hand, the walls retracted to allow Manifest inside. "Welcome back Manifest. Judging by that look I assume you're here for the same reason these two are." He said and motioned to Thanos and Otis. "I know what you're thinking, but if this really is as bad as these two have implied, than we're gonna need all the help we can get." He said motioning him to come inside. "I'm about to call Valka and get her down here. She's gonna be a big help. One of the biggest guns we have. I presume you've alerted SHIELD, SWORD, the League, and the Avengers? All hands on deck for certain. I want to hear plan A's and Plan B's."

"So..." Otis said kicking his feet in the air. "How're things on your end?" Was trying to make small talk with Thanos a bad idea? Probably in most situations. But Otis was never one to let common sense get in his way. "I mean minus the whole me and you beating each other up and the Yuga Khan thing. Cause on my end, they could be going better. By the way, I'm almost sorry for what happened."

"Irrelevant. Petty vengeance will only serve to get us killed." Otis almost apologized for what he did? Were he anyone else, he would've been killed. But he was more than capable of holding his own against him. "I am still wondering how you, a child-" Otis rolled his eyes, grumbling as he was called a child yet again. He was legally an adult! "-Was able to put an end to Darkseid."

"Luck, broken bones, blood, spit, adrenaline, rage, backup and a weapon meant for gods." He said and pulled out his motherbox. "Love this thing. Blows the hell out of my old smartphone." He said and pulled up the video of him killing Darkseid on Youtube.

Apokolips

After kicking Thanos off of Apokolips, Yuga went back into the throne room which was damaged from Otis' prior hissy fit. With a wave of his hand he restored it to it's original state. "Desaad. Begin moving Apokolips to this... Earth. I will do what my son failed to do for the longest time."

"Neato." Came a voice that to Yuga was akin to driving nails into his ears. "I've got front row tickets to a cosmic punch up. Love me some cosmic punch ups. Can't believe Darkseid went out like that." The blue man said. "I remember when I had to fight him. Pain in the ass. My. How things change." As he was talking Yuga blasted him with no effect. "Is that how you're gonna greet me every time I visit you? Cause if so, I'm thinking about taking you off my Christmas card list."

"Are you going to stop me?" He said and looked the glowing man in the eyes.

"No. Thought about it, but decided to let you do what ya want. This Earth has a fucking track record and a rep sheet a mile long. This is gonna be good. Touch my son though, and so help me the Source won't be able to save you. He's not on Earth. He's with his mother way over in that direction." He waved off in space. "But my word stands tall."

"You dare threaten-"

"I can and will. I won't stop you from having your way with this universe, cause rules and all that jazz. But you will leave my son out of this. I am as far beyond you as you are beyond them. Don't forget that Yogi Bear. I am everywhere. I am everything. I don't get angry very often. But unless you want to see what happens when I do..." Khan backed down. "I thought so. Now don't mind little ole' me. Go have your fun. I brought popcorn! And I hate popcorn."

[The Republic of Atria]

Manifest stared for a moment at Thanos before blinking and shaking his head. "Don't trust Thanos, not for an instant. Anyway. I talked to Brand, and she got Fury to contact the rest. They should be mobilized within the hour. Before we talk plans, you should know- After Darkseid was killed, long story short, I'm the God of the Fragmented now, and a hell of a lot stronger than before." He turned, scanning the sky. "I don't sense him on his way yet. It's surreal- He feels almost exactly like Darkseid. Yet somehow... Worse." Suddenly, he winced and stared straight up at the sky. "What the hell just...?" He narrowed his eyes. "Something's up. We need to deal with this guy as soon as possible. Who is he, anyway?" He shook his head and turned back to Xander.

"Don't have to. He wants Khan dead just as much we do." Xander replied. "Namely for using him an ICBM. Honestly, Otis and Thanos know more about this than I do." He said waving his hand for them to come over. "Information. Anything and everything that could be of any help. And as for your new powers, that's great. We'll needed every bit of help we can get. Though I'm slightly peeved I didn't get any god powers..." He said and shook his head. "Start talking, both of you."

"He's strong as hell. Like, he was smacking me around like I was a ragdoll, and me and Thanos were beating the tar out of each other on mostly even ground. He's not a fan of pants. Has a horned helmet, stupid mustache, and is a huge ball of rage. His normal face looked like some veins were gonna pop. That's about all I gathered from the fight I had. Oh, and he somehow redirected my Omega beams. Never seen anyone do that before. Didn't even know it was possible." He said counting on his fingers thinking for a moment. "Yeah. That's all I know."

"He is the father of Darkseid. The child speaks true. From my brief encounter, he seems to be superior to Darkseid in every physical way. I believe he has the ability to alter the fabric of reality. Likely due to his potent connection to the Source. A physical confrontation would be disastrous, even for your champions." Thanos explained. "You must first devise a way to disrupt his connection to the Source. If he were to invade this planet, it would take him no more than the twitch of a finger to destroy it."

Xander sighed. "Alright. Thanos. I have some of the best technology in the galaxy right here. You've got the brains. We need to make this work. In the event you can't..."

"You do not need to remind me, human. Yuga Khan is every bit a threat to me as he is to you." He said and then noticed Xander had a backup plan. "Human. If you believe you have a way to stop Yuga Khan. Now is not the time to withhold ideas."

"Alright, who knows what spoils of war are? Everyone I assume. Well. I took some shit from the Builders that looked important. And you're going to help me figure it out. Namely because I can't decipher the language."

"Builder Technology is superior to any technology in this universe. Let us not waste time. We will start immediately."

"Great. Thanos and I will go work on this. Manifest, see if you can contact Hadri and Valka. I want all hands on deck. Stop him if you can, barring that, stall him. I have half an idea that just might work, but we need time. So keep Khan busy."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Thanos and I will work on our little project. I'll have Naja meet up with you guys. She'll take my place while I'm working." Xander said. "Form a perimeter, lure Khan, and keep him busy. Hell, beat him if you can. Then maybe we won't even have to bother. Let's get to work Thanos." Xander said and left the room with Thanos behind him. They arrived at a large storage area. When Xander opened it, there was what looked like some large laser. "I'm not an engineer. But this looks like some kind of weapon. Must be a damn powerful one if they had it on that space station. They had ships that could crack open planets. So if we could either aim it at Apokolips or Khan's face... You're getting what I'm saying right?"

"It's not terribly difficult to understand." Thanos said and took the thing apart. "This does not fit what normal weapon circuitry would look like. It is indeed meant to project vast amounts of energy. But the energy is not inherently destructive. It will take time, and we will discover it's purpose. Perhaps this might be enough to remove Yuga from this reality."

"The sooner the better. I'm looking at the power source..." He said using his X-ray vision to scan the device. "It actually seems to be relatively low yield from what I expected out of a super weapon from a hyper advanced species... You could barely blow up a city with that. Even we have weapons with more punch than that."

"If there is one thing you take away from this experience, human. It is that much of this technology is not what it seems. It may appear to be a weapon to the untrained eye, but it's true purpose could be something else entirely." Thanos explained as he turned the device on. Of course he couldn't read Builder, but that was why Xander called him there. "Hm. This language is far more complex than most I have seen."

"The biggest problem isn't the language." He said and dropped a book in front of him. "Karnilla, I'm sure you met her. Charming lady. Gave me a wedding gift to a library filled with pretty much all knowledge ever. Or most of it. Either way. I think this is a form of Builder dictionary. It should take us more than a few hours. I just hope we have that long."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I know Valka. I had Mjolnir for a few days. And as for fighting just for survival? Man, I killed Darkseid. If you saw the video, it was mostly him kicking my ass up and down the street until I got a lucky shot. So... Yes. I'm not a fan of fighting to be honest. Doesn't mean I don't know how, but I just don't like it." He explained. "And why do I have to lead the charge?! Yogi kicked my ass up, down, sideways, and invented a new direction, which he proceeded to kick me in. Isn't charging into battle Valka's thing? And I have no idea who that is. I will call her Hadri because I can't be bothered to pronounce the rest of that." He muttered. "Alright. I'm not even legally old enough to drink booze. And I have to defend the planet from the father of the god I killed. Tell me. You look older than me. IS that bullshit of the highest degree, because I think it's bullshit of the highest degree."

Sure, there wasn't anything anyone could do to stop him from drinking alcohol, but it was the principal. He was just about to turn twenty years old. He should not be fighting space deities. He should be working at a minimum wage job trying to get his life started. A minute or so as he continued bitching, Naja walked in. "Sorry. I was making sure Zod didn't choke the life out of the new recruits. What's this about an invasion."

"Long story short. Darkseid's daddy is a little bit absolutely livid that we exist and he wants to make us not exist. He's also more powerful than both me and Thanos. We know. He kicked my ass, hard. And Thanos got tossed across the solar system. Yes, you heard that right. Across the solar system. He and Xander put their differences aside because Yogi bear is a bigger asshole than everyone else in here combined... He also doesn't like pants... I think that about covers it."

"We can't go twenty minutes without pissing off some god with our mere existence, can we?" She asked. "Alright. I can't believe it's Tuesday already. Since he's coming to us. Let's lure him some place where we can hit him without endangering everyone who lives there. Like say... Here. Everyone's indestructible and the city is self repairing."

"Guys..." Xander called out from his workshop. "Got a report about something big headed this way. Get everyone assembled and kick his ass."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I mean... We're superheroes. And the whole purpose of us starting this place is to keep the Earth safe." Naja replied. "Thanks, but I know what I'm getting into. By the way, that chest you gave us is amazing. Moving my stuff is so much easier. Xander actually wanted to borrow a semi truck trailer to move out stuff. Just the trailer. He was going to carry it. Anyways, don't worry about it. I haven't seen much action lately and I could use a workout." She said and stretched her arms, followed by her legs. "So, I guess the plan is to punch him in the face..." She said and walked over to the computer XAnder mentioned was detecting something headed to Earth.

Xander called out from the other room. "We agreed to never discuss the trailer incident ever again!" Which lead to Naja snickering a bit.

"Oh. Thank you." Otis replied. "It was mostly luck and the Justice League. I just got a lucky shot. And the Omega juice. But that was purely against my will. It's kinda growing on me though. As much as virtually limitless cosmic energy can. Xander says that he has a plan to beat Khan, but we need to buy him and Thanos time to get their gizmo working. At least I'm not gonna get my face punched in by myself this time! So there's that. Off topic, but where's Saitama when you need him? Seriously. I would kill to see him fight Khan."

"Wha... Why is there a ninth planet in the solar system? Why is it on the same orbiting path as Earth, how is it heading this way, and it's the size of freaking Jupiter."

"Oh! I got this. That was me... Yeah. That's my bad. I brought it here because I thought I could do something with it. Then Khan showed up... In hindsight it seems like a bad idea. Sorry." Otis said and shrugged. "So. I suggest that we try to get Khan kicked back to Apokolips. And then send it back into it's home dimension. I've got a motherbox. Also. As far as weakpoints go, I kicked him in the dick and he wasn't THAT invulnerable. So there is that..."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Wait..." Otis said when Hadri asked if he said Saitama. "You mean to tell me. That you. A goddess who lives in the middle of God-knows-where in the universe, watches One Punch Man?" He asked. "Awesome! I can't believe I actually know someone else who watches it! Okay, how far are you, and what did you think of the fight scene with Genos and Saitama? Because that was freaking awesome, in my honest opinion." He said gushing about the show. Was he a god in the presence of other equally superior beings? Yes. Was that going to stop him from gushing about his favorite anime? No. Made even better with the fact that she was a goddess. As he was talking, the ground began to shake.

"Wow... He opened a boom tube!" Naja said as the portal opened in the room above where they were all standing.

Out stepped Yuga Khan. Towering over the tiny gods as he thundered with the mere step. "Little boy, this is the dirty collection you've allied yourself with? They will watch as I burn your flesh off and return the Omega Effect to it's proper place. Then I will raze this planet as I have all that opposed me. What have we here? An Asgardian? Pitiful. A World Dragon? You could prove a small nuisance. At best. And... What have we here?" He said and looked at Manifest. "A human with a cosmic trinket? I am not certain how you insects are responsible for the death of my son. The fact that you were only proves how worthless and weak he was. Something I am not." The first person to strike was Naja.

"You forgot about me-" She was cut off and promptly was fed a face full of Kryptonian crystal by Khan simply swatting her away.

"I did not forget. You were simply not worth mentioning." Khan said as she moaned. "But, you were the first to strike. So your death shall be the quickest-" Otis blasted the Omega Beams at him only form Khan to put his other hand up, absorb the beams and spray them back at Otis. "You could have actually been a threat, boy. All that power and not the slightest bit of imagination."

"I forgot how much those hurt... And why does everyone keep calling me that?"

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander and Thanos could both here the fighting taking place several rooms over. He could hear as Naja shouted as Khan smacked her around. Thanos noticed that he was grinding his teeth. He was angry. "Human. Your loved one will survive. She understood what she was getting into. She is willing to suffer for you. Do not make it in vain"

"I can't believe you're the one giving me the pep talk. Just for that, I promise to kick him in the genitals for you."

"You are not the only person in the universe to have a loved one, human. I need this to succeed. If for no other reason than because Khan is a great threat to me. Even greater than his pest of a son. The child, Otis. While obnoxious, he is quite an imbecile. He knows very little about the power he wields. Fortunate for me. Yuga Khan is As much as threat to me as he is to you. This benefits us both." Thanos explained. "You will appreciate the news. This is not a weapon in the traditional sense. In fact. I believe what you took might actually be enough to defeat him. I have translated the language. It is meant to grant beings the power of something called the Starbrand. Limitless cosmic power."

"That actually sounds like it could work. You're not... Unpleasant to be around all the time. And I've never thought you for a ladies man. Who was the lucky or... Unlucky lady in this case?" He snickered a bit to himself. Thanos slightly growled at Xander's teasing of him. "Relax. I give better people even more shit. You're not my friend and I doubt you ever will be. So, in it's own roundabout way, it's the closest thing I'm giving you to a compliment." He explained.

"If you must know. It was Lady Death. However, she did not return the affection as I believed she would."

Thanos was in love with Death? It didn't surprise him any. It made sense. "Huh. Can't say I'm surprised. Now, back on topic. How close are we to finishing, because I'm not exactly fond of letting my wife and friends fighting a powerful cosmic deity without me there to help."

"You will be of more use in a moment. Your champions have faced worse and lived. The machine is coming online."

"And how do I know you're not lying to me and that this won't turn me into some crazy monster, or kill me?"

Thanos smiled a smug grin. "You don't."

[The Republic of Atria]

The sounds of ass kicking and getting asses kicked started to slow down. "I don't mean to alarm you Thanos. But I think Khan is just finishing things up. Please for the love of everything, tell me that you're done."

"I am indeed. Now. Hold still." He said as the machine whirred to life. Each passing second Xander hearing Khan getting closer. IT was if Thanos was intentionally not firing the machine just to mess with him, but just as Khan rounded the corner into his workshop, an utterly massive flash of bright light. Enough to where he actually shielded his eyes. When the light died down a few seconds later, Xander stood, floating, with a strange new symbol on his chest. Thanos looked at Khan. "I forewarned you that attacking this planet is dangerous. Now you will see why."

"For once, Thanos isn't full of shit. Allow me to demonstrate." He said and the entire country of Praetoria shook with what happened. Xander hit Khan. Hard. Hard enough that Khan was sent crashing through the walls of his city with him in pursuit. "How dare you hurt my friends?! HOW DARE YOU STRIKE MY. WIFE." He sneered as he bashed Khan through more and more Kryptonian crystals and back to the battle area. "Welcome to Praetoria. Now get off." He was empowered by the Starbrand. He had enough cosmic energy to wipe out the nearly the entire universe. And he was going to unleash every last bit of it on Khan. Flying and grabbing the giant New God, he shot into the the sky and space flying at absurd speeds. "You think it's fun to just conquer planets? You think that us smaller guys can't fight back? Well stay with me son, cause I'm about to rock your world. Literally." Xander said and and threw Khan onto Apokolips with sufficient force that it knocked the planet out of it's proper orbit.

Khan staggered to his feet. Bleeding from where Hadri bit out his eye and bruised from when Xander smacked him around. Now that he thought about it, no one had ever actually challenged him before today. Let alone being smacked around like an unwanted child. By a human no less. "Quick question Yogi. I have infinite cosmic power. What's Infinity divided by like... 6?"

"In-fucking-Finity."

[The Republic of Atria]

It was almost sad. The team was taking turns pounding Yuga Khan into the dirt. And now it was the newlywed couple's turn. Xander flew up and slugged it out with the New God. "See, we were on our home turf. We didn't wanna make a mess of the place. Now that we're here. We're done pulling punches." He said and pushed Khan down to his knees. "Hadri took one of your eyes..." He said and Naja grabbed him from behind, her claws extended and then plunged into Khan's remaining good eye. He screamed and tried to throw her off. She let go and Xander cracked him across the jaw towards Naja who hit him hard enough to knock him off balance only for Xander to kick him in the gut and for Naja to slam both of her hands on his back, follow by the both of them spitting on his back. "That was for hitting my wife. You okay sweetheart?" He asked.

"Yeah. I feel better now. Who's not worth acknowledging now?"

"Better isn't perfect..." Xander said, grabbed the moaning Khan who was bleeding quite badly from his damaged eye sockets. "Don't worry. I'm a doctor. Now, there's a lot of blood flowing through your eyes. It won't stop unless we..." He smiled as his eyes glowed bright red. "Cauterize the wounds." He said and blasted red hot beams into Khan's bleeding eyes. The New God screamed and Xander dropped him. "We should plan our honeymoon soon... Maybe we'll go to the outer rims of the galaxy..." He said and Naja grabbed onto his arm.

"You always have good ideas."

Otis saw his opportunity. Khan gave him a pretty vicious beating not too long ago. Otis escaped by using a forbidden technique. However, it was forbidden on Earth. A hellish planet ruled by the Father of Evil? Rules were long gone. He was already halfway around the planet, moving nearly half the speed of light. Khan was staggering to his feet and Otis smiled. "Normally... I'm opposed to violence, but this time, I'm willing to make an exception." He sneered as he jumped and stuck his foot out aimed directly at Khan's Darkseids. Due to the unique shape of his foot, being roughly the size of a baseball, it was quite painful as Khan flew back and Otis flopped to the ground as Khan smashed through building after building. Roshambooooo... He whispered. "Has everyone gotten a turn yet? When we're done brutalizing him, I'll open a boom tube. ONE PUNCH MAN MARATHON AT MY HOUSE! There will be junk food!"

[The Republic of Atria]

Irredeemable: Finale

Xander was dead. Or rather, it seemed the insane man had finally been defeated by Galactus. Though at the cost of Earth, at the very least, he wasn't free to roam the universe. Galactus went ahead with devouring the planet. Most of the life had already been extinguished, so there was no qualms there. However, as thoroughly as Galactus erased him, he wasn't quite dead yet. He was energy, and energy could not be created or destroyed, but his form was so disrupted that it took substantially longer to reconstitute himself. Galactus was busy helping himself to Earth, and his ship was left undefended. Xander smashed into it, and by the time Galactus had finished devouring it, he discovered that Xander was in his ship. Big G made his way back inside to see him holding a weapon. "Human... Your power is impressive. Very few have been so resilient in their attempt to stave off death. Put away the Ultimate Nullifier and I shall make you my new herald."

"Your new herald?" He scoffed. "I'll pass. I've got the Ultimate Nullifier. This universe is my bitch. You've already taken out one of the biggest threats to me. All's left is you and space space morons. And I'm sick and tired of being treated second class. I don't serve anyone anymore! I do whatever I want and no one can stop me! NOT EVEN YOU! The mighty fucking Galactus! You're powerless!"

Attempting to fight the human would cause far more damage than it would be worth. He had the Ultimate Nullifier and was busy shouting off random nonsense. "Enough. Human. Explain to me. What could the universe offer you that you did not already have? Were you not amongst the protectors of your world? What has taken your mind that you now wish death upon everything around you?"

"Ungrateful neanderthals! I help and I help. I make the world a safer place. And they're all- You're scaring people. That's not how we do things. You're not above the law. You can't just invade other countries because- Blah blah fucking blah. They're all dead. Problems are now completely solved. Maybe now I can go find someone who'll treat me like I deserve. And if not. I'll kill them and find some people who will. I've got time." He hissed. Xander's mind was pudding. And that was putting it mildly. He was a murderer. "Ya wanna know why I'm gonna go keep helping people? BECAUSE I'M A SUPERHERO!"

"Return the Ultimate Nullifier to me at once, and I will allow you to go on this quest." He didn't care what Xander did or what he was prattling on about. But leaving the Ultimate Nullifier in the hands of a psychotic man like him was far from a good idea. It could easily wipe out everything in the universe. And given how unstable the man was already showing himself to be, it wasn't entirely unlikely that he would press it. And trying to force it out of his hands would practically ensure that he would activate it. Not a risk even Galactus was willing to take.

"How about I think about it for a minute- Nah. Not gonna do that. See. If I give you this little gizmo. Then I don't know that you're not just gonna keep it away from me and blast me again. See, with this, I can keep you in line and off my back. I don't want to have to keep dealing with you, so it's better to have insurance. Pickin' up what I'm throwing down here?" He asked. "Like I said. This universe is my bitch! That means, you, Galactus. Are my bitch as well. Get used to it."

"Mortal, you will understand that you are in no position to make demands. You know nothing about the device in your hand. The damage you would cause not only to yourself, but to the rest of the universe is beyond your feeble comprehension. Return it at once or I will be forced to take it from you." Galactus demanded, trying to convince an insane man that he shouldn't have the power to wipe out the universe in a pity party. Of course Xander thought about it for a moment. Galactus could tell Xander was actually thinking about whether or not to follow with with his command. "You're understanding. Return the Ultimate Nullifer to my possession and leave my ship. I will not oppose you."

Xander looked at Galactus, back at the Ultimate Nullifier, thinking about everything that is, was, and ever would be.

And he pulled the trigger.