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

[The Republic of Atria]

Irredeemable: Epilogue

Nothing. That's pretty much all that was left. Well. There was one thing left. Xander. Shocked at himself and faced with the fact that he just wiped out his entire universe, with him being the only survivor, because he was too much of a coward to end himself along with everything else. He couldn't believe what he had done, and it was too late to feel sorry for himself. He was angry at everything and all of the nothing. Blaming everyone else for his mistakes rather than accepting that he was where he was because of his own stupidity. He wanted a second chance. He hoped and prayed to whatever or whoever was left to hear him. Which wasn't much, but after a large period of time had passed. He couldn't pin point how long it had been. Anywhere from a few hours to several hundred years, but something or someone must have heard his prayers, because he saw a light open up. A portal. His first instinct was to fly through it. Where he was greet by a young man. "Well. You're something interesting. An anomaly. I thought that universe was dead, but I could see a large, single source of energy. That must have been you, correct?" He asks.

"Yeah... Who're you?" Xander asked.

"I'm your new best friend. I know who you are. I've seen plenty of you. Not you specifically, but different versions. Greatly different from one another. Some, you're a hot headed brute, others, you're just a man with no powers. Some, you don't even exist. Some, you're a god. But never mind all of that. I've got much to explain to you. Tell me, how would you like to be the protector of the perfect Earth?" He asked.

Was this the second chance he was looking for? Yes. It wasn't going to slip through his fingers. "Of course. That's all I ever wanted."

"My friend, Xander. I can tell you right now, this is the start of a beautiful friendship..."

[The Republic of Atria]

(Atria)

It was time to finish off Yuga Khan once and for all. Otis opened a Boom Tube and with it, Khan started to get sucked in, but when the tube was about to close, Khan physically ripped the hole in reality open and held it there as he tried to climb out. "No! You're supposed to stay in there! Can't you hear the ending soundtrack?!" Otis shouted and kept trying to force the Boom Tube closed.

"He's not going anywhere. Light the bastard up. Pour on everything. Get him through that Boom Tube!" Xander shouted preparing to useleash the full power of the Starbrand alongside his wife and friends. "Don't ever come here again, Khan. Or I promise that you won't be going back." He hissed and smiled at Naja as they fired their respective blasts at Khan.

"Now for my one liner..." She said and thought for a moment. "It's where you belong Khan. Along with all of the other failures of the universe." She said hoping it came out as awesome as she thought it sounded.

(Jedi)

"You may believe that my species is below you, weaker than you, and more insignificant then yourself, but look at reality and you will see, that with enough courage and willpower that myself and my people will overcome any obstacle that the universe throws at us, even those who exceed the very meaning of power, as true power is not born by ambition and desires, but by the determination that lies within one's heart!" Asumar said readying and firing a blast at the Father of Evil

"Yuga Kahn, you and your son Darkseid have caused the Universe such strife that it exceeds every other tyrant who has ever existed, you may believe that it is your destiny to destroy the Earth and take the Omega Sanction, but now you're destiny is clear, your destiny is to wallow in the eternal state of living death behind the source wall, thus is the circle of life for people as foul as yourself, you will no longer threaten the Earth or anyone else as long as we are here to face you down and resist your might." Kazuko said firing in tandem with his brother.

(Star)

As the heroes took their brutal revenge upon Yuga Khan, Valka sat upon a rock, her sword in hand, a whetstone running across its blade, making a threatening sound each time it rung. The sword was enchanted to never dull, but nevertheless, she sharpened it. It was rather calming to the All-Mother.

And the Boom Tube opened, Khan struggling to remain in it. She stood up from the rock, brushing off a spark that had lit from the fires of Apokolips all around, strolling up to the Old God. And when she had neared him enough, she halted, her sword trailing in the dirt as she spoke again. "We are Old Gods, Khan, you and I, in that, we are alike. But even we Old Gods must adapt, change our ways, and so, I have done, in this age of heroes. Puny, you called us, and look at thyself now. Pride our fatal flaw perhaps. But do you know what I have truly learned?"

Khan looked up from his struggle, growling "What?"

"That Gods can die. That death, no matter what immortality we claim is always there, behind you, lurking, waiting to seize you. We Old Gods can die. And once, that might have frightened me, but I have determined to not go gentle into that good night. For I know where I will go when I am dead. Do you?"

And the Goddess of Metal raised her sword, speaking once more, her voice falling to a whisper. "You have been defeated Khan, and today is not your death-date. But know this, and I speak as both All-Mother and an ally of Midgard when I say this, do not attempt to return. For the day that you do, and this I swear upon my name as Skymother, Khan, I will kill you. And if something arises in your place, I will kill them too. That is not a threat, but a promise, an oath. And do not think that it will stop there, for I have walked paths that demons fear to speak of, and I descended into hell. And when you wake up in that eternal torment, I will be there, waiting for thee."

She raised her sword, but shook her head, siphoning off her portion of the Starbrand back to the others. "I shall do this with my own power." And then, with her back to Yuga Khan, she raised her sword, crying aloud, "Begone!" And then, she turned, and swung Oathbringer, a wave of the Valkaforce emerging from it, blasting into the father of Darkseid and forcing him further into the portal.


(Silh)

Manifest glowered at the Father of Evil as he struggled to drag himself out of the Boom Tube. "You're pitiful." He raised his arm, blasting Khan with a steady stream of Starbrand energy. Khan's screams of pain filled the air, continuing even as Manifest ceased. "Stubborn, though." Manifest sighed. "Honestly. You came here expecting to win, didn't you?" He unsheathed the Manifest Blade, approaching Yuga Khan. Naturally, the Father of Evil simply scowled and spit blood on Manifest's armour.
"I will not grovel before an inferior being." The wounded God growled.
Manifest shook his head. "Inferior being? Really, Yogi Bear?" He flipped the Blade to face downward and infused the power of Starbrand into it. "You should really know better than to insult an Earthling by now." He slammed the Blade into Khan's shoulder, but even through the incredible pain, the New God held fast. Manifest considered him for a moment, staring at the God. "You really haven't figured it out yet, have you?"

He withdrew the blade, quickly leaping backwards and unsheathing the Infinite. "In the end, you never had a chance." His eyes flashed silver and the Manifest Blade vanished, its energy flowing into the Infinite, even as the flaming Asgardian sword began to ebb with the combined power of both the fabled Starbrand and the mythical Dragon Force.

"Begone!" He roared, aiming the blade at Yuga Khan's chest and unleashing the full, untempered might of the God of Fragments.

(Charm)

Julie looked at Khan, a cold judgement on her eyes as she pointed her ring at him. "Normally, I think I'd feel upset if I hurt someone. Even if they were as much of an arrogant waste of life as you." She spoke. "You must be a special flavour of douche, because I don't feel sorry for you. At all." She spoke, as she suddely used her ring to grab the dark lord and slam him down onto the planet, then do it again, and again. Finally she made a giant moon sized hand and backhanded him into the planet with ridiculous force. "That. That's for the bitch slap"

Zaki's turn was next, as she inhaled, absorbing magic from the very frabric of reality as she unleashed a blast of energy. She swiftly morphed into a much larger size all of a sudden, now dwarfing her enemy. "You call us bugs, but really I can only see one tiny annoying thing here." She spoke as she slammed her heel down on Darkseids father.

ext Lisa was up as she unleashed another storm of spacial cuts on the poor Khan, slashing at him with a million, million papercuts, internal or otherwise. She then collected her energy into one spacial warping blast, planning to bombard him with spacial anomalies, putting things in the same space as him. She charged up her attack, and thought to say something really cool. "You... Uh- Um... You..." She struggled. "I'm not good at these..." She spoke. Then she had an idea. "You're so dense, your head is a black hol- Oh nevermind!" She shouted as she tossed the spacial attack, causing the god extreeme pain as suddenly rock occupied the same space as him, leading to several stones poking out of his body that had merged with him.

Yuga Khan was about to turn to face another opponent when chorus stood there, her eyes on his face. He frowned, then lifted a fist. In a fraction of the time it would take him to blink, she severed the arm he raised with Verse. Then as he fell back she went up to his ear and screamed two words. Everyone else might have to sheild their ears as they heard the two words pierce through the air itself, filled with a repressed anger of someone who could speak, but wasn't able to for fear of destroying innocents. The words would be unclear, but one of them would sound like Duck, but the other sounds like moth. Needless to say, Yuga Khan heard the message loud and clear, and it would likely be the last thing he'd hear in a while as his eardrums ruptured. His brain didn't take damage, but his ears were practically unusable as he flew away, ready for the next batter to step up to the plate.

(Zark)

Hadrimmelis watched as the Father of Evil stood his ground despite the brutal beating he had taken so far, holding open with his bare hands the Boom Tube that was supposed to send him back to his own dimension so that he would pose a threat towards Earth no longer. He was as defiant as ever, and though his pride had been marred by the punishment that he had been dealt by her and the other heroes who protected Earth, his wrath had in turn grown massively. But none of that mattered. They had him against the ropes, in earthling slang, and all they needed to do now was give the final push. Thus, the Black Dragon walked through the barren, molten landscape that she herself had created there in Apokolips with her power, stepping over the pools of bubbling magma with no hindrance as she moved to stand next to her friends and her allies, at the same time using her power over the elements to create a silver and golden amulet that took the place of her lost left eye, symbolized by the ruby at the center; despite being filled with something else, the light of the Starbrand's power still shone through the socket.

Now standing next to her friends, the World-Dragon looked at Yuga Khan, once again extending one hand and pointing her palm towards the Old God, divine energies converging in front of her palm into a sphere of energy of nigh-almighty power. Unlike the previous time, for this one occasion she allowed herself to utilize far more power, and though she was still not at her top, not exerting the full power of the Dragon Force and the Starbrand combined, it was still something very powerful, likely enough to push Darkseid's father through the Boom Tube, combined with the others' attacks. Feeling that she should say something, she spoke. "Yuga. In this moment, I could speak to you of how you were wrong to underestimate us so, of how you were wrong to call us insects. I could speak to you of how your pride ruined your chances, of how your folly spelled your own doom. I could speak to you of many things, but, in honor of those who are the true owners of this victory, I will keep this short and simple, in true Earth fashion." She said, and then smiled. "When we're done kicking your ass, tell the Builders I said hi."

The release of power was awesome to behold. Apocalyptic, one could call it, and they would not be wrong, not in the slightest. The sheer ammount of power that had just been let loose from the sphere contained in front of the Black Dragon's palm was enough to destroy a very significant percentage of the universe, and there it was, helping push an agonizing Dark God through a portal to his own realm after he had been beaten and quite frankly humiliated by a group of unlikely heroes. Enough power to destroy Apokolips several times over. It was evidently not all her own power, as she was drawing forth her energy from the Starbrand as well, but even so, the display was nothing short of admirable, even to those who possessed similar power to hers. The wave of annihilation raced forth and soon met the tattered, broken armor of the Father of Evil, setting it alight or outright obliterating what remained of it as it crashed against the Old God himself and pushed against him with all of the might of a World-Dragon behind it.

Then, once her objective was completed, Hadrimmelis closed her palm and just like that, the almighty beam was gone.

At that moment, with the combined might of the entire team blasting Khan at once, it tore Apokolips apart and Khan wasn't faring much better. The massive blast shot him back into his proper dimension, bleeding out of every hole in his head, unconscious, and barely alive.

[The Republic of Atria]

It was over. Khan and Apokolips were both gone from this dimension. "Well then." Xander spoke up. "It was a little rough around the edges, but despite that, we got the job done." He said. and thought for a moment. "Alright. This is the second time we've all had to work together. Now... This is just a suggestion, but maybe we should form some sort of team. Similar to the Avengers or the Justice League. And though they have my utmost respect, some of these things are out of their hands. They're both great domestic teams, but they can't leave the planet every ten minutes to go deal with a cosmic threat. Which should fall in our laps." He explained. Forming a team? First it was the Builders, and they got force fed their own ships. Then came Yuga Khan who was more or less treated with the same regard one would for an ant. The threats were getting bigger and three of the most powerful beings in the universe were just sitting there. It would be stupid not to start a team.

"Be apart of a superhero team?" Otis asked. "Ummm... Yeah. That sounds totally kick ass. I'm in." He had always wanted to be a member of an actual superhero team. He probably could've easily joined any team he wanted. With his powers, it was pretty much a guarantee. Who would turn him down? "It's awesome. See, we got an Asgardian." He pointed to Valka. "A World Dragon. A Martian. A dude with a cosmic sword. And for color..." He said and teleported next to Naja. "Us!" This led Naja to snicker a bit. Otis was probably the youngest minded person there. Which was actually a good thing.

New God Dimension

"Now..." Killian said and sat across from the barely alive Yuga Khan. "What did we learn?" He said intentionally being as smarmy as he could while restoring Khan to health. "Now. We've learned that you're not going to be able to brute force them."

"How dare you mock me?!" He said and blasted him despite knowing full and well that it had the same effect as shooting him with a water pistol. "I have never been so humilated in my life! And I will not be mocked by a stupid child such as yourself!"

"Bear in mind that this stupid child can rearrange universes with the same amount of effort it takes a mortal to breathe. You exist because I allow it. And if I demand it. I can kill you. So quit with the name calling Yogi Bear." Khan had no idea who or what Yogi Bear was, but it was clearly meant to be insulting. This led him to blast Killian yet again. "Now that you've got that out of your system. Let's put our heads together and think of a way to fuck with these guys."

"If you are as powerful as you claim, could you not just kill them with a wave of your hand?"

"Yes... But that's not the point. I'm so fucking bored. Seriously. Omnipotence is fun for the first ten minutes. But I'm seriously bored out of my non-existent skull. Nothing is challenging anymore. I can rewrite time and space on a whim. I've already seen everything there is to see. Done everything there is to do. I'm already handicapping myself as it is. Seriously. I don't know how Eternity and Infinity keep doing this. Me-Dammit it's so dull... Pestering you has it's charm, but these... These guys." He said watching the group. "They're very interesting. That one killed your son by blowing a hole in his chest. That one replaced Odin. That one is just powerful to begin with. The lovebirds have power they don't even understand. The Martian has quite a bit coming towards her. The Manifest blade is also in their possession... If they wanted to take over the universe, there wouldn't be anything that could stop them."

"You are here simply to amuse yourself? And annoy me." Khan snarled. There was no point in arguing with the entity.

"Like I said. Omnipotence is boring. Could I go back down there and reincarnate myself? Totally. But it wouldn't change anything. I'd be back up here in a few decades. So. Since these guys are probably one of the most formidable forces in the Multiverse. I am presented with two options. Number one. I create copies. You know. Control C, Control V. And let them fight it out for fun. Or... I give them something that they're not going to be able to muscle..."

"You want me to ask what you have planned?"

"It would be very polite of you. And since you asked. I think it's time I brought back the title of Speed Demon..."

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander nodded as pretty much everyone agreed that it would be a good idea to form a team. "Alright. Excellent. Now we just need a base of operation. We have several skilled telepaths here, if the need arises, we'll use telepathy to communicate. It's easier than carrying around communicators. We can use my fortress as our meeting place." He said and tried to think of anything else that they would need to get the team started and couldn't think of anything else. "Alright. I suppose we should split up and just go about our business until something comes up."

"Wait!" Otis interjected. "We need a team name! The Avengers and Justice League have one! We need one too." It wouldn't be a true superhero team unless they had a cool superhero team name after all. At least in his mind that's how it worked. "Something cool... Like... Since we're dealing with cosmic crap... Which has so many levels of infinite this and that... Infinite Justice? Yes? No? Maybe? You're brilliant Otis?" He said and finally his brain made the connection that Julie was there. He remembered her from such places as: Xander and Naja's wedding, and, Some Random Place Shortly After He Killed Darkseid. "Hey Julie!" He said and since flying was overrated, teleported beside her. "It's been like... What? A week since we last spoke?" He snickered. "Maybe this time we should actually exchange more than a sentence or two before running off."

Xander rolled his eyes at Otis' suggestion. He didn't see much of a point of giving a name to the group. It was unlikely that most people on Earth would be aware of their existence. On top of that, it would probably be best to keep the team's conception relatively secret. People are uncomfortable enough with people like Superman. As powerful as he was, this team was there to deal with things beyond even him. Many of the members were capable of at least holding their own against him. With several more than able to kill him quite easily. The thought of people that powerful running around with free reign would not be a good thing for the average human to know.

Naja, however. Loved the idea. "I like it. Don't be a party pooper, Xander." She teased having seen him roll his eyes. "It'll be fun. Maybe we can do some fun stuff with it. Like surprise kids at their birthday party. I wonder which one of us would be the most popular on the internet... I mean there's already p-" She said and Xander covered her mouth, red as a tamato.

"We are never going to talk about that again. That never happened. It does not exist." Naja had a grin and Xander was embarrassed.

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis

"Being the new Darkseid has... Well I can't say it's been perfect. I mean the guy has like everyone as an enemy. People are terrified of me because they think I'm worse than him because I killed him. Which is obviously not true. At least I hope that it's not true." He said. "Minus getting the tar kicked out of me every other day, it's not so bad. The powers are pretty sweet. Track doom beams that do whatever you want are a pretty big plus. And I haven't had to take a poop in weeks!" He said having to switch to his other hand because of the fact that he only had three fingers on each hand. "I just remembered... My PS4 was on Apokolips... Oh well. I'll buy another one later." He said after Julie rattled off all the stuff she had to do. "Busy few weeks? I need a vacation. No more weird cosmic bullcrap for at least a week. I need some Otis time. Why don't you take some time off too? You probably need it more than I do. I'd cover for you, but I'm not great with the whole Lantern thing."

Naja and Xander

A few hours after the fight with Khan, they were both planning to take some time to themselves. Their honeymoon to be exact. They took the truck Hadri gave them as their wedding gift as sort of a suitcase. To store any souvenirs they came across for the most part. As well as extra clothing in the event the ones they normally wear were damaged. "Ready to go, Naja?" He asked.

"I've been waiting on you, dummy." She snickered and floated a few feet above the ground. "Let's go already. I'm sure Praetoria can handle a week without us. And I want to see that star you kept on talking about."

"Alright. That'll be our first stop." Xander said, ensuring that the truck was secured to his back. And with that, the couple took off into space and entered Hyperspace for their faster than light travel. "It shouldn't take longer than half an hour at this speed... I think. It's kind of hard to measure when you're in hyperspace."

"I'm sure we'll be fine." She said and kept flying alongside her husband. After the time had passed and they phased back into normal space, they had arrived near a white dwarf star. "Is... That it? Wow..." She said. "It's... A lot smaller than I thought."

"Well. It is a White Dwarf. So it's supposed to be kind of small. Relatively speaking." He explained. "Were we normal. Our retinas would have been burned out a looooong time ago... Along with our... Everything else. Fortunately, we're not. And besides. It's only the second prettiest thing in the sky..."

"You're such a goof, you know that?" She replied and kissed him. "You try so hard. And you do a great job." She said and as the couple made out close to the star, they were approached by two beings. Seemingly a man and a woman who waited for them to stop, or notice them. Which happened after a second much to their embarrassment.

"Excuse me! We are trying to have a private moment here." Xander exclaimed.

"Please. Forgive us." The woman said. "This... It's difficult to explain. We had no intention of disturbing you. You just happened to be doing that with your lover." She explained and went quiet for a moment. "How do we put this?"

"Simple. Xander, we are your true parents." It was nice, simple, and directly to the point. Or at least he thought so. Xander had a very confused expression. "You were sent to Earth as an infant. We wanted to see what you would accomplish before we came to explain what happened. Come with us and we can answer all of the questions you likely have."

Xander didn't know how to react. He was more in a state of shock than anything else. This two were his mother and father? They couldn't be...

[The Republic of Atria]

"I'm sure if you tell them you were with the guy who killed Darkseid, they'll be okay with it." He snickered. "Well... Before this whole thing started... My dad died when I was five. Killed by a drunk driver. My mother hated me, was an alcoholic, and tried to kill me... Twice? Three times if you include after she became a Red Lantern. Which I did not even know existed before then. Luckily for me, she was not very good at it. I had her sent to rehab to get off the booze. My dad had a monstrous life insurance policy. I'm talking millions. Since she was gone, I got the money. And I lived off of that for two years before I got caught in the Terrigen mist. Poof! Soft pink little human gone, gangly, blue, super fast and awesome Bolt was born. That's the gist of it anyways." He explained. "You're the Green Lantern. You probably know the best places to hang out at that don't involve losing a very unhealthy amount of blood."

Xander and Naja

"I... Don't think that's possible." He said shaking his head. "You... If my eyes aren't lying to me, and my knowledge of biology is correct, are not typical organic beings. You're made of energy. Seems to be a combination of plasma and nuclear. You have no central nervous system, brain, organs or really anything that I have. I could read you all 6 billion lines of my genetic code right now. Which you also don't seem to have. I'm sorry but you must have me mistaken for someone else."

"What have they done to your mind..." The female said. "We have watched you since you landed on Earth. Our species has the ability to manipulate matter. The humans twisted your consciousness into believing that you were one of their creations. As a result of your conditioning your body created this meat sack for you to use. This is not what you truly look like."

Even after her explanation, which was air tight as far as he could tell, he still didn't believe either of them. As the look on his face was implying. "What do we need to explain or do to get you to believe us?" The male asked and then got a brilliant idea. "You study the physiology of the flesh creatures, correct? Explain to me, if you were truly one of them, you would not be able to survive if your mind and heart were damaged to the degree that they were many times during you life. The species that they made you believe you were, the Sun Men and the Ape Men. Neither of them could survive the physical trauma that you have endured. We however, have no such organs and can take any shape we please." He explained. Which seemed to actually get Xander to think.

"That... I never actually thought about that." He admits. The explanations and the fact that they were able to tell him about the things he's been through, only solidify their argument. "Then... Why didn't you ever show up? Why now?" He asked.

They both let out their equivalent to a sigh. "It's complicated." The female said. "We are one of the few races to achieve transcendence." Though "achieve" may have been a bit much. They were born as they were. "And we argued and debated for thousands of your earth years about what we should do to this galaxy. Be it's guiding light and kind hand. Or let it grow as it will. Finally, an agreement was made. One infant would be sent to a primitive world and would be watched for one Earth decade." She said. "We birthed you. It pained us to send you without our guidance, but after everything you've done to aid that world despite the pain it caused you. We're both very proud of you. You've done so much in such a short time." She said and put her hands on his shoulders. "Return home with us. Not permanently. But long enough for you to understand. Your lover is welcome as well."

Xander didn't know what to say. Naja, who was listening to every word, decided to say something. "I think we should go. This seems like kind of a big deal."

"Oh... Alright." Xander surrendered. "Let's go home."

[The Republic of Atria]

The two Elos flew with Xander and Naja following right behind them. "So, the whole reason I was sent there was a form of social experiment?" He asked.

"Earth has changed substantially since your arrival. Whether or not everything was because of you or not is irrelevant. The death of the Dark One being the known and celebrated. You are not responsible for his death. A child was. Strange as it may be. But what you have changed, taking over the other species of the galaxy... For their own betterment. You gave them hope and strength after it was dead." The female said. "You and the ones you associate yourself, the World Dragon, The Asgardian Mother. The Slayer of the Dark One. The Martian. The Wielder of the Blade. A force to be feared and respected. You were even successful in finding a mate."

That caused Xander to turn red. More of embarrassment than anything else. "I sincerely hope you gave me at least a little privacy. I know you meant well, but there are some things I would rather keep to me and my wife."

"We did. We felt it was best to speak to you now. As you were off world. The detection equipment on your world would have warned you about our presence had we not concealed ourselves and we may have been mistaken for a threat. However, what we have noticed is that you have been amplifying the physical attributes of the people who live in your nation." Xander was just happy to have a conversation about something that didn't involve his personal and private life.

"That? Yeah. To many threats out there for me to handle alone. So I made an army." He explained. "The people are more than capable of defending themselves in the event of attack. It was quite simple actually. I modified the strain of DNA that allows Kryptonians to absorb sunlight and made it so they can metabolize nearly any form of energy. This allows them to become far more powerful than they ever were. And removes the need for such things like food and water, which I'm working on, I swear. Not everyone trusts me yet. Things take time."

"We are not bringing you home to criticize your methods or what you have or haven't done. We are taking you home to show that we can indeed do our part to better the universe. You have done this much in a mere decade. Just as yourself. Imagine with hundreds of millions of us. The Old Ones will oversee the final decision."

"Old ones? You have government?"

"Not in your traditional sense. They are the eldest. And most powerful of our kind."

"So, since they're the oldest, you think that they're the wisest because they've been around for such a long time? I've learned that can be incorrect."

"You don't understand. Many think of them as Omniscient. They are not infallible. They are not all knowing. But they are intelligent. We do not answer to them. We are free to do with our lives as we please, but many are swayed by their wisdom." The male explained as they arrived to a much larger than average blue star.

"Welcome home, son."

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis

"As fun as it sounds to go to a space bar. My face is a bit too well known since there was a video of me killing Darkseid, which got posted to the internet and somehow into space and most people are scared shitless of me because of it." He explained and remembered that Hadri mentioned that she knew about One Punch Man. Which surprised him. "Hey! I got a brilliant idea! ONE PUNCH MAN MARATHON!" He shouted. "I've got snacks and a big ass TV. You ever watch One Punch Man, Julie? If you haven't, you're going to! Now! I normally don't watch cartoons, but that shit was amazing. For a parody, it does a better job of developing characters than many other stories I've read. Not to mention it's so freaking funny. A commentary on Superheroes. I'm a superhero! Therefore I'm being commentated on. Come on Julie, I'll show you how to make fudge!"

Otis was a happy man. Things have been going better. He much preferred his Inhuman body to his old one. The Omega powers didn't hurt. He had actual friends that he could actual rely on. And some of them actually shared his interests! Which was surprising. Who would've expected a Space Goddess to enjoy a cartoon made on Earth? That wasn't even the strangest thing to happen to him this week. Each of his friends was more than powerful enough to destroy entire planets with the utmost ease. Himself included. He didn't know anything about the Omega Effect. That was something he would have to fix at some point in the future. For now, it was fudge and One Punch Man time.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Anime, cartoon... There's no difference save for which country made it. Regardless. It's amazing. Kinda puts getting the tar beaten out of you in perspective. I suppose life would be pretty dull if I could one shot everything in my path." Otis pondered. "But that's enough pondering. I wanna see parody and action! To the Otis-Cave!" He annouced, while channeling the Omega Effect to teleport himself, Hadri and Julie into his now fixed apartment. "Welcome to Casa De Otis. I've got a big-ass TV in the wall. 8k! I've got my laptop rigged wirelessly so that shouldn't be a problem. Assuming Attilan's wifi isn't shit. All those threats I made to AT&T... Now that I can go through with them... I think it's a bad idea. Even though their coverage sucks." He said turning on the TV and his computer to watch the show.

"One last thing! I'll make snacks real quick. I make kick ass fudge. Or so I'm told." And with that, he donned a pink apron with the words "Kiss the Cook" on it. "Make yourselves at home. I know it's probably kinda small compared to where you guys live, but I got kicked off my planet... You know. You were both there. It was mine for like... A day. I lost track playing Fallout 4." He said and sped up the cooking and cooling of his snacks by using the Omega Effect. "Aannnnnnd... Done!" He said presenting them with a large baking pan filled with his fudge, various amounts of soda and chips. "I hope I'm being a good host."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Thank you. I've never really had a lot of friends before now." He explained to the both of them. "So I'm just kinda winging it." Once all the food was done, he started the actual show. "Episode five and eleven are my favorite. Hadri, I'm assuming you already know what happens in those two. But I'm not going to spoil it for Julie. I mean. It's not like it's that hard to guess. The title pretty much gives away the whole series. But somehow it keeps being interesting." After that he decided to just be quiet. It was fun to spend time with friends. Even more so when they decided to get into his favorite show! He had forgotten to take off his apron, but he didn't care. "You'll have to let me know if you like it Julie."

Hadri had already seen One Punch Man, but Julie was new to it. And she was really nice to him. Was he developing a crush? Probably. Would he admit it? Probably in a very embarrassing way. She was a space cop. And supposedly a very good one. He was a god. Kind of. Otis had very little idea of the true power he possessed. He was considered to be in league with some of the most powerful beings in the universe. Darkseid was quite powerful, but he didn't know the half, or even quarter of it.

[The Republic of Atria]

Sometime after the One Punch Man Marathon...

Otis was cleaning up after the "party" he had. If watching anime with a goddess and an alien space cop could be considered a party. He stopped cleaning and wondered why he didn't just use his omega powers to do it, thought he was an idiot and finished the rest with his powers. Then just as things were about to quiet down, his motherbox started beeping quite quickly and loudly. "What is the matter with you?" He muttered while picking up the device, to which it immediately warned him that a massive army was approaching. "God...Dammit. Well. I guess I gotta go save the planet again. Better go get Xander." He said and opened a boom tube to Praetoria. Within second Xander and Naja had found him. "Wow. You guys are quick. Anyways. Hate to bother you, but there's an army coming and stuff. I can't believe it's Wednesday already. Since you two are the only ones I know with an army that can fight in space..." He trailed off.

"Yeah... I'm aware. My long range scanners picked up some movement. Earth is definitely in it's path. I'll scramble the troops. Time for Praetoria to earn it's stripes. I haven't fought anything since.... a couple hours ago. I could use some action. Naja. Phalanx."

"Gotcha. Good luck you goon. Don't die, or I'm gonna kick your ass." She said, kissed her husband before flying off to get the defense team ready.

"Here's the plan Otis. We're gonna have about one hundred thousand Praetorians working in tandem to create a massive shield around the planet. Nothing short of a supernova is getting through that. Don't touch it. The frequency is designed to disintegrate. The rest of us will be leading the assault. Hopefully you'll be there Mister Omega Effect. The plan is simple. We jackhammer. We hit hard and fast. Blast anything that moves. You. Lord willing. Won't have to do much. But in the event that I can't actually hold the line, I need you to take my place and keep them busy." He explained. "I know you aren't a big fan of violence. So if this all goes to plan, you won't actually have to do anything. Are you okay with that?" Xander asked. He trusted Otis, but the fact that he was not very experienced with combat coupled with the fact that he was a pacifist didn't bode well. The good news was that Otis was very unlikely to use that power for stupid reasons.

"I'm cool." Otis replied. "I could just move the Earth... Normally I'd put it in the New God Dimension until this was dealt with... But Yuga Khan is still a thing. And leaving Earth unprotected like that is pretty stupid. But here's my idea. I'll see if I can find their leader and talk some sense into him or her. I mean, it's pretty much universe wide news that I killed Darkseid and took his powers. If that doesn't convince them to back off, I don't know what will. Sound good?" He asked. It did to him. While he was still opposed to violence, he understood that it had to be done whether he liked it or not. But hopefully his status was enough that it would be unnecessary for him to actually fight.

"Good man." Xander replied and pat him on the shoulder. "Meet me in the blue area of the moon in a few minutes. I'll be there in a few minutes." He did just that. Otis waited on the moon like Xander had asked him to, and a few minutes later, millions of people surrounded the Earth. Kree, Skrull, Shi'ar, their home worlds meant nothing anymore. They were under new management. Otis watched with Uatu as the glowing people decorated the sky. Like mini stars. Just like Xander said, he landed on the moon with Naja right beside him. "Alright. You ready Otis?" Otis nodded. "Great. Plan is simple. As soon as they get within range. First wave acts as live bullets. They smash through the fleet's defenses, second wave unleashes hell. I want a second sun to fill the sky. After that, both teams pick off the stragglers. Debris will be absorbed by the shield."

"Sounds good to me." Otis shrugged. "I'll still go after the head honcho. See if I can talk them down. Good luck." Otis said.

"You too." Naja said and they both flew off to wait for the fleet to arrive.

[The Republic of Atria]

"You look different. New haircut? By the way, I'm gonna be honest with you, I was only half paying attention to everything you just said." He admitted with an innocent grin and shrug. "I got the One Punch Man opening theme stuck in my head. It's actually pretty catchy and I like it so it's not really as bad as one would have you believe. Anyways. I know you gots an army and ya wanna blow up the Earth. Gonna be straight with you man. Bad. Idea. Like... Seriously bad idea. See them?" He pointed to the literally millions of glowing warriors ready to strike. "Yeah. They're gonna be our army. Plus Xander himself, and heaven help you if Valka gets involved... Seriously dude. I'm powerful, but I'm pretty sure she's more powerful than me. When she finds out what you're doing, I can promise you that she's gonna shove something in your something. Probably her spear into a part of your body absent of holes." He explained all the while still wearing his pink "Kiss the Cook" apron he forgot to take off while he was cleaning up. Why Xander didn't tell him about it was lost to him. "What I said probably would've been more serious if I took this off first... What do you think?" He asked.

"Destroy them. I don't want anything left." Xander said and true to his word, lead half of his forces to fly at near lightspeed. Effectively turning them into living railgun projectiles. One of them ramming a planet at that speed would split it in half. And there was at least 3 million of them flying at the armada with the other three million just waiting for their turn to erase every trace of the army. Xander was excited. This only went to show that he had the right idea when he started Praetoria. He now has forces more than capable of defending the Earth and was just itching for a reason to demonstrate not only the might of his country, but the fact that he was right as well. He united several species who were once at war. He helped rebuild their empires. He even got married to a woman he found beautiful.

"Not gonna lie, amigo. I don't wanna fight you. I'm a pacifist. Xander and Valka on the other hand... Yeah. They'll be more than happy to take turns punching you in the face. You don't wanna be punched in the face by an angry Xander and Valka. They play for keeps. And.... Wait. Weren't you in some kind of alliance with Valka?" He said and sucked in air through his teeth. "Oh... Dude..." He shook his head. "Valka takes honesty very seriously. If and when she finds out about this... Gggggrrrrrrrk." He said making the cutthroat motion with his hands. "She can be scary when she's being nice. I don't wanna see her angry. That is a scary thought... I know scary. I fought Darkseid. And I would much prefer that to fighting an angry Valka."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Stupid ads. South Park was right." He muttered and noticed Julie forgot her ring. Which he found strange. He wore a lantern ring for like ten minutes. Maybe it ran out of charge and it slipped off her finger? Better safe than sorry. A Green Lantern without their ring would be kinda weird. So he was just going to take it to her. He picked up the ring and looked at it for a moment in wonder. What other colors were there on the spectrum? He knew about the yellow, green, and blue. He shrugged and rattled off colors in his mind that would make cool lantern colors. Red, Orange, purple, white... He knocked himself out of his train of thought. "Hey Julie. You left your ring out here. I'm not sure if it was intentional or it slipped off. I'm putting it on the counter." He said through the door to the restroom. Which he hadn't seen the inside of in weeks. Not that it bothered him much. More time for him to spend not taking a dump.

However, while he held the ring and was contemplating the different colors that could exist, the Omega Effect took the liberty of removing the filter that allowed the ring to only tap into the Green Light of Willpower. He had no idea that's what it did when the red energy flickered around the ring. Brushing it off as either static electricity or feedback, he left it on the counter like he said he would and went back to watching One Punch Man. It was the Episode with Hammerhead and Speed O' Sound Sonic. Which was the most redundant name ever in his opinion. Sonic would've been just fine, but it was a parody so he couldn't be too heavy with the criticism.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Wow. You're like a Saturday morning cartoon villain. That is hands down the most absurd reason for attacking a planet I've ever heard of." He laughed. "Alright. Seriously. Call this off before I lose my good mood." Otis commanded. "We both know I'm more powerful than you. Let's not make this any harder than it needs to go. From what my Motherbox is telling me, you've got 3 million guys on your side. Xander has over 6 million. Plus me. Plus Valka, plus Hadri..." He counted on his fingers. "Dude. You are literally outnumbered and outgunned. I'm pretty sure I could smack down that army with one hand. Don't be an idiot. I can totally understand being angry because someone screwed you over. But trust me, being that angry all the time? That's not good for you. You'll get sick and die. Something anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Or something. I think that's what the quote was." He said while taking his apron off and teleporting it back to his apartment.

"Look man. I know you. You're not a bad person. You're just angry at the world. I understand where you're coming from. I was angry once. But everyone already knows that story. It's even on the internet. Anyways. How do you want this to go down? Do you want me to fight you so you can blow off some steam? Or are you legit so insane that I'm going to have to let Valka and Hadri know that you need to be killed? I'm really hoping it's the former. Cause I don't have anything against you personally. I don't want to hurt you. But I totally understand that urge to hit something. So." He said and made some very audible cracks in his neck and fingers. "How're we doing this?"

[The Republic of Atria]

"See? Told ya." He says and points to Valka with his thumb. "I did try to tell him Valka. Really did. She's also right. I'm the honey. She's the vinegar. Usually it's the other way around. But I'm not a violent person. Her however... Violent isn't the word I would use. Closer to... Really good at kicking people's ass." He pondered for a moment. "Yeah. I think that's it. I mean if you called it off and ran away. I could maybe convince her to let you off with a moderate thrashing instead of the mounting your head above her throne. Seriously man. Cut your losses and go. I know you're angry at the world for what one man did. I'm not gonna lie, that was pretty awful. But If you do have an omnipotent deity, why not just have him fix the damage done and move on? That would have been better than just throwing your life away. I'ma go help with the war effort."

Though his way of helping was mostly that of support. Healing the injured soldiers. The demons couldn't hope to hurt him if they tried. It was mostly the fact that he didn't want to watch Alastir get brutalized by Valka. She was the goddess of vikings. The raping and pillaging kind of vikings. Which meant someone's insides were going to swiftly made into outsides. Not something he wanted to watch. Thanks to him, Xander's forces who already had the numbers advantage thanks to Valka, now had the advantage of a powerful healer. Xander saw it as he obliterated two of Alastir's demons. He would have referred Otis actually doing some fighting. It wasn't unlikely that he could have taken out the entire army with as little effort as wave his cosmic fingers around, but some help was better than nothing.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Aw. Oh well. I understand. You got responsibilities." He conceded. "It was nice to have you here though! And-" He actually thought about what Hadri just told him. Advice about women? It didn't take much for him to put 2 and 2 together after she left. Once he did, he felt his face heat up. Hadri pretty much implied that he had a crush on Julie. Did he put off that he did? He definitely liked her, there was no doubt that at the very least, she was a great friend. He was lost in his train of thought and when Julie actually came back out of the restroom, her voice caused him to jump. "Julie! You scared me." He stammered a bit trying to maintain his composure. "Yeah... Hadri said she just remembered that she had some stuff to do. So I guess it's just us for the time being... So... You wanna just keep watching or..." Already what Hadri said had went in one ear and out the other. This was the stuff that he was supposed to be worrying about. Suddenly fighting Yuga Khan all by himself didn't see that difficult.

Xander and Naja

"Your home is a star?" Naja asked. "Big one too."

"Yes. Many species lack the technology to exist on a blue star. It also provides protection from The Devourer. As far as we know he only consumes planets. Not stars. So we are safe from him." The woman explained. "Oh! I almost forgot. My name is Navara. This is Valan. In a moment you will be transported by the Old Ones for your evaluation."

"Wait. What do I need-" It was too late for him to ask any question. There was a flash of light and he was gone. Naja was slightly bothered by how sudden it was. "-To... Say..." Xander trailed off as he said three large amorphous blobs of what appeared to be some form of quantum energy that he couldn't quite break down in his mind. "Umm... Hello? I guess I'm here now." He said really unsure what to say. A few seconds later, the blobs took shape and form. Humanoid, but completely featureless. "I suppose you did this so that I feel slightly more comfortable with this whole thing?" He asked with just a hint of sarcasm. "No offense intended, but I'm still adjusting to this entire thing. I just met my parents who I didn't even know existed before a few hours ago. Do your worst." He said trying to remain in control of the situation by sounding commanding and crossing his arms. If only to reassure himself that he wasn't completely terrified of the three incomprehensible beings standing in front of him.

"You misunderstand. Yes. You were, how you would say where you were raised, a social experiment. You were also a fruitful one as well. You did everything in your power to ensure the survival of that planet. You even brought the other species around you under your protection. We are surprised at your progress and how well you adapted to your surroundings." The one on the right said.

"Agreed." The center one spoke. "For a spark, you exceeded all expectations. And for an infant, you certainly are among the most powerful of our kind. Barring us of course."

"We would like to welcome you and your lover to our home. We apologize for not waiting until you were of a proper age, but we believed it better for you to be surrounded by the species you were sent to emulate and elevate. The experiment is over. We have seen all that we require. We thank you for your participation."

"Wasn't like I had a choice in the matter..." He muttered. "But. I'm glad I could help."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Hey... Katie! That's your name! I remember you from when all those slimes were attacking Asgard!" Otis said to Katie. "Guy over there is being a douchebag. And we're trying to stop him." Just as he was talking, the beams fired from Alastir's ships smashed into Xander's shield. Which easily withstood the blasts. "Those are new..." He muttered and his Motherbox beeped a few times. "Really? Like... Completely? Beyond the shadow of a doubt?" The Motherbox responded with a single beep. It was talking to Otis telepathically. "Well, I can do that." He smiled. "Hey Katie, wanna help me take out those ships? They're empty. Just husks of metal and magic." Which was great news to him. He refused to fight people, however, creating a junkyard in space while keeping the Earth safe? He was more than happy to scrap empty ships. Because that meant that he didn't have to restrain himself. "Watch this Alastir." Otis said and fired a pair of his Omega Beams Which smashed into two ships and completely erased them. As if they never existed. "While you're busy with Valka, I'ma go blow those up. Wanna help stop a very stupid god?" He asked Katie.

Xander however was getting annoyed by this. Alastir wasn't stopping and he had things to do. It was time to end this. His soldiers let him pass by creating a small hole just big enough for him to pass through before closing it again behind him. It was time to end this. Whether or not Alastir lived was no longer something he cared about. Hell, he would tear him limb from limb at this point. "Come to daddy." He said and flew to the machine that granted him unlimited cosmic power: The Starbrand. A few seconds later, a bright white flash that could easily be seen from the conflict happened where Praetoria was floating. "Alright Alastir. It's time to play God." He smirked darkly to himself and phased through the shield and landed behind Alastir.

"Alright. I've had enough. OF YOUR BULLSHIT!" He said and threw a devastating punch with intent to maim him quite severely.

[The Republic of Atria]

"I hope you don't mind me taking this dance All-Mother. But this calls for the heavy hand of Xander!" facing Alstir with a frown and very annoyed expression. "I don't think you understand." Xander said firmly. "If you think I won't spend the rest of eternity obliterating every last piece of you and your pathetic attempt at an army. You're wrong." Xander stood fast and let Alastir slam into him. It didn't hurt him. "I will beat sense into your skull. If it takes ten minutes or ten millennia. You're going to stop this bullshit right here and now, or I'm going to blow that entire galaxy of yours into literal ash. I will kill Satera. I will kill Asumar. I will kill Kazuko. I'll make you watch. I'll break that army in half and make them kneel to their new master. And then when you're beaten and left powerless, I'll end your life and leave you and the rest of that backwater galaxy as a distant memory." He snarled and unleashed a massive pulse of energy. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" He asked loudly. It was time this nonsense came to an end. Be it peaceful or because there was nothing left to fight. It didn't matter to Xander.

"I don't know what you want. I looked the other way when you killed Eiling because I knew what he was responsible for. And to be honest, I would've killed him myself had you not done it. I would've helped you rebuild. You Galaxy was hurt by one man. That man paid for his mistakes. Now, are you going to let your mistakes be the end of it? Is that what you want? Because that's what will happen if you don't surrender and retreat within the next thirty seconds. I'll make what Eiling did look pathetic. And I have the power to do it." Xander hissed.

[The Republic of Atria]

- Snip -

Supreme Demonic Dark God Alastir

Alastir's eyes nearly widened at the prospect of his home being threatened again, that threat was something so old yet so offending to Alastir! He may have been disowned from his position as the 14th Dark God, but it was still his home. He took a look back to his Demons, who waited for Alastir's word, all of them having ceased fighting as they withdrew to watch their master make a decision. Alastir hung his head, there was no anger present, no rage, but all there was lied a simple expression on his face, and it was blank in it's entirety, he was daring Xander! He would not believe it until he saw it "Then do it..." Alastir replied sharply and gruffly, his eyes surrounded by darkened rings, a frown on his face "Kill the two of them, destroy my Galaxy, and destroy me. Even if you kill them, even If you decide to make my Galaxy nothing but a distant memory, but when you do, know this, Xander of Earth..." Alastir brought his hands out, with two Mini-Black Holes spiraling in his palms

"When you do it, I will also bring the same fate upon the Milky Way Galaxy, I will destroy everything you cherish, your precious Praetoria, the planet you strive to protect, I will make the streets, the seas, and the skies glow red with my wrath, with the blood of all Seven Billion people pouring like rain on ever continent, every city, every capital, every body of water will run red with the blood of the innocent..." Alastir began to chuckle darkly as his eyes widened in utter sadistic joy "Then when I am done with the people of Earth, I will go to your precious city of Praetoria, wipe out every being who has aligned with your nation-state, and then when I am done there, I will make you watch as your nation crumbles, your people die, and even make you watch as I give your wife the most painful death she has ever imagined, for even If you destroy the host of darkness and render him without a body, as long as my concept exists, I will never truly die, I will ALWAYS RETURN!" Alastir began to chuckle, his teeth being bared as he began to laugh psychotically.

"I will leave NOTHING in my wake of destruction if your threat comes to pass..." A swirl of pure black, negative demonic energy began to form around his very body, the pure essence of a Demon God was surrounding Alastir like a great mist "Never underestimate the power of hatred, wrath, and divine retribution, because when you destroy my Galaxy, their cries for payback will be greater than ever before, and I will forever be empowered by their cries, so think twice before you threaten someone who also has the means to turn this Galaxy... Into nothing but a distant memory." Alastir shot back, his eyes quite literally daring Xander to kill the Masaki Brothers, their safety was entirely irrelevant to him, for all he cared, they were also responsible for the destruction of Sigma Galli Prime, and thus also needed to learn a few things.

"Oh please. You're an ant. And that's being generous. Empty threats from a desperate man who thinks he's getting revenge for something that's already been made right. You're alive because I'm letting you live. I could kill you, bring you back to life, and then kill you again. And again. And again. You are nothing to me. You can't even hurt me you pathetic waste of space." And then Alastir struck one of Xander's nerves. He threatened his wife.

"Okay then. Since you asked for it." Xander replied casually and snapped his fingers, wiping out the entire Masaki Galaxy by causing every single star in it to go Supernova. "There. It's dead. I'll make you a deal. You will surrender. You will apologize for your actions against Earth. If you do that, I'll restore your galaxy back to it's former glory. Even those killed by Eiling. Or, if you refuse. I'll just kill you now and ensure that it'll be like you've never existed." He said and smirked. "Make your choice. Save your galaxy, or let it rot as dead space. I warned you time and time again. But if there's one thing that you don't do. It's threaten my wife. I have power that you can't even begin to comprehend. I would choose wisely little man. Because you just caused your entire species to go extinct."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Alright. Be that way." Xander said and with a wave of his hand brought the man Alastir killed back to life, more out of spite than anything else. The barrier that protected Earth was no longer being fueled by Xander's Praetorians. Rather, it was being fueled by the Starbrand and held fast, unscathed from Alastir's assault. "You really have no idea of the scope of things do you? You really don't understand how powerful I am at the moment." He asked and floated in front of Alastir. "You can't blame us for your shortcomings. This is all. Your. Fault." He shrugged. "If you had just dropped it and moved on. You all would still have a home to return to. That's your biggest flaw Alastir. You're arrogant. Very arrogant. All you had to do was apologize and everything would have been as right as rain. So. Tell me and all of the survivors. Why didn't you take my offer? Why did you allow your home to be destroyed instead of rebuilt? I say allow... It was more like... command me to blow it up."

"Look at me Alastir. I'm in control here. I can change reality to how I see fit. I can erase you with no more effort than breathing. I don't want to do it. I want to help you. But if you're going to insist on acting psychotic. Then I'll put you down like a rabid animal. And things will go on like nothing happened. You can yell and change shapes all you want, it's not going to help you. Give up. Apologize. Move on with your life. This isn't going to go your way. It's really not. So just give up. What's so hard about that?" He asked and sat down in the middle of space genuinely wanting Alastir to talk. "All I want to do is help people. Even you. That's why I started Praetoria. A place where no matter your background, you could get a fresh start and help people all over the universe. I would have helped you if you just asked."

"WOOOHOOO!" Otis shouted as he smashed through a ship. I haven't had this much fun in like... An hour!" One ship and compressed into a tight cube with his telekinesis, another was erased by the Omega Beams. One was literally turned into chocolate. "Hmmm... I'm running out of ways to blow up ships in an original fashion." He pondered half to Katie and half to himself. "Maybe use them as barbells... Or.. Sports' equipment!" Upon having that brilliant idea, Otis used his powers to make one of them into a novelty sized baseball bat and then used said bat to smash more ships until it broke. Then he started using ships as bowling balls. "Hey Katie! Are you having as much fun as I am?"

[The Republic of Atria]

Snip

Xander shrugged. "Do any of you really think you're in any position to threaten me? I will restore your home if you retreat and admit this was a stupid waste of time. It's hot air. You could try to make a move against Earth... And then die. I will just kill you all right now since you were nice enough to all come to me. Allow me to make sense of this." He said and looked towards Ouranous. "This. Is. Alastir's. Fault." He said and with each word, delivered a bone crushing slap. "He. Started. This. Stupid. War. I. ENDED. IT." Stopping to just speak. "And no. We're not overstepping our boundaries. You are. I was in a good mood today! I found out I had actual parents! Then Dumbass over here decided to invade my home!" He said motioning towards Alastir. "This was all self defense. I killed trillions? That's fine. I can live with that."

"You're all stupid, arrogant and just plain idiotic. We gave you the man responsible for what happened, no questions asked. And now you want more? No. I've had enough of your stupidity. Surrender now. Or, I'm going to put my foot down and wipe you all out. I have no desire to. But this is my home and I'll do a better job protecting it than you did yours. I am not in the wrong here. I offered my help time and time again, and it was refused. You need to learn that there are bigger fish in the pond. You are not in control here. You are in no position to make threats and commands. Me, however... Can kill you any time I choose. And I totally will. Did you not hear me offer to fix it if you just swallowed your pride and moved on? I can and will restore every life I took and then some. But only if my very small list of demands are met."

Otis had just finished off his last ship and flew over with his Motherbox informing him of what just went down. "Wow... Really?" He said and floated down beside Xander and Katie. "Why don't you just admit you were wrong and get your people back? Because, yes Xander killed them, but he's also offering to bring them back. So anything that happens after this? Well, it's on you guys. And Xander, you have parents?" His motherbox beeped before Xander responded. "Really? That is not what I expected. Why didn't you tell me that sooner?!" One beep was the response. "What do you mean I never asked?! Okay, that part is true."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Someone needs to do some research before he gets himself in over his head." Xander rolled his eyes at his threats. Ouranos was in reality no actual threat. Like an ant threatening a tank. "Here's what going to happen. If you wanna run with your tails between your legs, that's fine. But if I ever catch you in this galaxy again. I'm going to kill you. I'm not even going to try and convince you to surrender or other wise. I'm just going to erase you and be done with you. I've given you many many chances. You're all too thick skulled and blind to reality. You live in your own world and cry when you make a terrible mistake and aren't in control." He snickered when they implied he would be feeling guilty over what he did. "Guilt is a pointless emotion. I did what I had to. Hopefully this managed to get something through your thick skulls. Humility is something you would all do well to learn. I'd do it a thousand times more. So long. Don't come back."

"Damn. That got pretty messed up. Oh well. It's almost Christmas time! Which means annoying Christmas music playing until February and an inhumane number of reruns of Grandma got Run Over By a Reindeer. I've probably seen that move no less than twenty times. And most of those were not voluntary." Otis said. "Who wants to help me set up Christmas decorations?" By the time he finished his sentence, Xander was gone, the Praetorians had returned home and only Naja and Katie were left. "Well. Whose house are we doing first? I need to pick up a ton of Christmas lights and jinglebells! TO WALMART!"

Naja snickered. "That sounds like fun." Otis's good mood was infectious. It was a wonder to her how he managed to always be in a very cheerful mood. "You wanna come with Katie? I could use a break from all this insanity for a few hours."

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander was busy conducting scans on his Motherbox as Shimura walked in. "I thought I closed that door... You know what, not important. I'm busy. Make it quick, I've got things I'm working on. STOP PINGING YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT! I know you're broken! Tell me what's wrong so I can fix it!" He shouted at the Motherbox, but failed to get a response. "Now you ignore me? Great." He said and rubbed the side of his head. Being a biologist had it's pluses, but he knew very little about engineering. Not to mention the fact that the Motherbox was some of the most advanced technology ever created. Even if he was an engineer, he wouldn't be able to do much anyways. "Hmm. Maybe Otis's or Cyborg's is working. I wonder if there's any way to connect them..." Xander had already forgotten about Shimura's presence until the old man caught his eye again.

"You're still here? I know why. And I'm going to answer your question before you ask it. I had no intentions to keep it that way. I told him plenty of times that I was going to do it if he didn't stop and he refused to listen. It's called a show of force. I'm sick and tired of that idiot going on rampages because he's upset that the universe is unfair. He's acting like a child." He explained without facing Shimura, his eyes locked on the Kryptonian symbols on the computer. "And I disciplined him. I admit I may have let my emotions get the better of me. I'm not perfect. But the next time I see him, I'm going to kill him. Plain and simple. There. Now beat it. I've got things to do that don't involve entertaining you."

Otis's Home

He was so embarrassed at the moment that the second she heard someone knock on his door he was relieved. It wasn't that he didn't like Julie. She was a great friend and he did appreciate her company. But the unfortunate thing about growing up without a mother and father was that he had no understanding of what he was supposed to do when he had a crush on a girl. Let alone a girl who was also an alien space cop. He opened the door with his face still a bit purple. "Hello?" He asked and saw the young man with a flower pot. "Wow. That is hands down the angriest flower I've ever seen." There was something familiar about that flower that he couldn't quite place his finger on. "Can I help you?"

[The Republic of Atria]

"Let me put it this way. If I really wanted you all dead, you wouldn't be standing here right now. You wanna know the difference between me and Eiling? I had the power to undo what I did. I could have just as easily brought them all back to life and they would have been none the wiser. So yes. There is a difference. Eiling had no way to undo his actions. I did. And had every intention to. But instead of trusting that I knew what I was doing, your gods and their collective brain cell jumped the gun." He said. "And you really don't want to threaten me in my own home Shimura. If your gods with an army couldn't stop me, I doubt you alone could when I'm surrounded by people who would-" He hissed and grabbed his head. His mood was even more aggressive than usual due to the telepathic connection he had with his Motherbox. It was pinging constantly, and was grating the inside of his head. Like someone scraping their nails on a chalkboard in the very center of his brain.

It really wasn't helping his his already poor mood. "You know what? Fine. There is clearly something going on and I'm not in the mood to argue. We're going to have to go to New Genesis. I really hate that place and you'll see why when we get there, but it's the only place where I can get this stupid thing fixed. Hopefully bringing Otis along will help convince them." He muttered. "If I seem a little more agitated than normal, it's because this piece of junk is a telepathic machine. You ever hear fingernails on a chalkboard? Imagine that inside your head. Constantly." He explained sending a quick message to Otis to get him over. About a minute later, he showed up.

"Did I miss the kiss and makeup session? You look pretty angry for this being a makeup session. Anyways, you want to go to New Genesis? Whats that?" He asked his Motherbox. Which gave him the information he needed. "Oh... Darkseid has a brother too? Who's not a genocidal maniac? I almost don't believe it." It also told him that there was something going on, but couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was that was causing. "Boxy says that there is something going on. Time to meet my half brother-"

"OPEN THE FUCKING BOOM TUBE!"

"Fine! But it's because I want to." He said and the Motherbox opened the portal to the outskirts of the Multiverse and home to the New Gods: [url=http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/8/8f/New_Genesis_004.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100414152350]New Genesis./url]

[The Republic of Atria]

"Wait..." He trailed off, still trying to wrap his head around what the little man just told him. The amount of strange stuff he saw and was continuing to see would never stop amazing him. "No...Way. That's... Darkseid?" He asked and looked at the snarling flower. "Definitely has the same frown... Anyways. Look at it this way Darky. Your dad is back. He punched me in the face quite a bit. But luckily for me, I have friends. Who then proceeded to kick his ass back to Apokolips. He did destroy my PS4. But I did kick him in the nuts like... Twice? So I think we're even. But yeah, your dad is back. So being a flower might actually be safer than being turned back to normal. We called him Yogi Bear. You should watch it so you can get the reference. Kalibak is Booboo! Or maybe it's Desaad..."

Otis was so busy taunting the powerless flower that he almost didn't notice what Necromancer said: "Merry Christmas." It took him a second before he turned around to see what he was talking about. It had to be a trick. He even rubbed his eyes and nothing changed. "...Mom?" There wasn't a second for her to react, Otis already had his arms around her. His long tail threatening to smash up everything in it's five foot reach. "It's... IT's really you... It is you isn't it?" It was kind of awkward for him to hug his mother, as he was well over six feet tall due to his terrigenesis and the species he had the genes of, was already naturally tall and gangly.

"Yes... Otis. It is. I'm... I'm so sorry for everything. You deserved so much better. What happened to you?" The Red Lantern ring, combined with being dead for a few weeks, had purged her of her alcoholism as well as the emotional problems brought on by it. She finally realized how poorly she treated her only son, who welcomed her back with open arms and the same stupid grin he always had. Even if he looked completely different than he used too. Otis decided to rapidly explain everything that happened to him. She caught some of it, but Otis was going too fast for her to ask him to slow down. "Wow. You are an actual royal guardsmen?"

"I'm pretty sure she just keeps here there because I have Darkseid's-the guy who killed you-that's Darkseid, I have his powers. Which are apparently pretty awesome. I'm still trying to figure out everything I can do with them. I live here. This is Julie." He motioned. "She's a good friend. I'm not sure who that guy is." He motioned to Necromancer. "He never told me his name. Just kind of barged in here and then poof, you were here. So I'm gonna just roll with it."

"You've really been busy..."

"Yeah... It's been pretty crazy."