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

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis crossed his arms as the metal sphere basically told him to leave. That wasn't going to happen. "I'm going to go ahead and say no. You kinda murdered my girlfriend. As far as revenge stories go, that's a pretty standard one. So... Yeah. Consider me that judgement. I really liked Julie." He replied. "Motherbox. Find the source of that message for me. I've gotta introduce someone's ass to my foot." His motherbox plotted out the quickest path for him to take. It was like a maze. Fortunately Otis was not bound by the rules of mazes and started plowing through the walls one after another in search of his prey.

After carving a path of destruction through the Universal fortress Otis came one room away from where Manifest was waiting. He thought for a moment on how to approach the situation. The classic "Kick the door down and start blasting" tactic was probably what best suited the situation. So that's what he chose. One violent kick, smashing though the wall and firing the deadly beams straight at the man without so much as a howdy do. Okay, maybe a few. "I don't know what to name this, if it were a movie... So I'll steal one. Terms of Enrampagement!"

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis crossed his arms as the metal sphere basically told him to leave. That wasn't going to happen. "I'm going to go ahead and say no. You kinda murdered my girlfriend. As far as revenge stories go, that's a pretty standard one. So... Yeah. Consider me that judgement. I really liked Julie." He replied. "Motherbox. Find the source of that message for me. I've gotta introduce someone's ass to my foot." His motherbox plotted out the quickest path for him to take. It was like a maze. Fortunately Otis was not bound by the rules of mazes and started plowing through the walls one after another in search of his prey.

After carving a path of destruction through the Universal fortress Otis came one room away from where Manifest was waiting. He thought for a moment on how to approach the situation. The classic "Kick the door down and start blasting" tactic was probably what best suited the situation. So that's what he chose. One violent kick, smashing though the wall and firing the deadly beams straight at the man without so much as a howdy do. Okay, maybe a few. "I don't know what to name this, if it were a movie... So I'll steal one. Terms of Enrampagement!"

Manifest frowned and raised his arm, summoning an island sized ball of steel and stone to block the attack. He flew above it, instantly releasing a volley of missiles towards him. Knowing it would do little more than distract the God for a moment, he took this opportunity to speak. "Otis Steredenn. Bolt. Please, listen to me. Everything about this... None of this was supposed to happen."

On the walls of the room, large guns were charged, ready to fire the moment Otis moved forward past the missile barrage.

"Well... You know." Otis said, placing a barrier around himself as the missiles hit them. "You really should've thought about that BEFORE you killed my girlfriend, Captain Hindsight." When the smoke cleared, he heard someone say his Inhuman name. Bolt. He knew the voice sounded familiar, but now it was coming back to him. Manifest. The man he met at Xander's wedding a few months back. The man who was responsible for his Inhuman name. "Manifest? Is that you?" Otis didn't recognize him with all the armor and through the fact that he never actually got a good look at his face until now. "You're the one who killed Julie?! What the hell man?! I thought we were friends!" Now he was conflicted. Manifest wasn't a bad person from what he remembered, in fact he seemed like a really cool guy. It was one thing to beat up a random strange who just so happened to be a dick. It was another when that stranger turned out to be a friend.

Praetoria

The couple watched Inglorious Bastards together. Naja let her husband lie in her lap the entire time. Xander seemed to be cheering up a tad as the movie ended. "Feeling a little bit better?" She asked.

"Yes. I am. You always know how to make feel better." He replied and sat up. "I think I'm just going to take the day off like you suggested."

"See? Listening to me sometimes isn't such a bad idea." She said. "We could always go in our room."

"I'm... Not really in the mood right now sweetheart." He admitted.

"That's fine. I completely understand." Naja said and kissed him. "I've got another fun idea. Relax, This one is much more... Modest than last night. I promise. Sit here and don't move from this couch! I'll take care of everything." She said and left Xander alone for about about 20 minutes while she went out. Xander did what she asked and didn't leave the couch for the time she was gone. In all honesty he really was feeling better. Enough to reconsider taking the day off, but he knew Naja would never let him hear the end of it if he actually did go back on his word. So he sat down and kept watching TV until he felt the hands of his wife cover his eyes. "Guess who?"

"I don't know. Only a few people have ever been in this room. The numbers thin a bit when I match up the voice. You said you were going to go put on something a bit more modest. I have no idea what you meant by that."

"It's just something Id thought I'd do at least once since I probably couldn't ever get you to do it if I tried." She said and walked around him indeed wearing something much more modest. Xander snickered a bit and shook his head. "Tell me what you think. I'm sorry it took so long. Pants typically do not come with tail holes, so I settled on a skirt instead. Mostly because I'm not that good at sewing."

"Is there any particular reason why you're wearing that?" He asked.

"Because your reactions are priceless. And because I'm going to be playing the butler today. You need some time to collect your thoughts. And I'll be taking care of everything while you're resting."

"That's really not-" Naja looked pouty for a moment which made him stop talking.

"Can't you, for once, just let me be nice without you objecting? I love you. Stop fighting me. I wouldn't do this if I didn't want to. I promise. We're married."

"Okay. But if you're going to, then I want to know more about you. I just realized that as long as we've been together, I don't know anything about you before we met. Would you do that for me?"

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis thought for a moment. He was really torn on what he should do. On one hand, he was still very upset about Julie's death. But on the other hand, he kinda knew Manifest. The man he knew wasn't a murdering bastard, but he flat out admitted that he killed Julie. "I really don't know what to do. I'm obviously upset with you. And for a very understandable reason." It was confusing. Why would he kill Julie? Julie was always so kind and caring. "Why is that that every person I get emotionally attached to dies? I don't know what to do. I used to read about you in the news every now and again. You were one of them who helped fix up that ship that crashed long ago and far away. You were a hero." He spoke quietly. "I learned the hard way that the universe doesn't care about any of us. We die, it will go on as if nothing happened. So, I blame myself for letting it happen. I was a coward and too afraid of my own power to actually use it."

"I could have. I could have easily went along with her when she did her Green Lantern stuff. But I didn't. And now someone I loved, is dead again because I was afraid. I came here wanting revenge for what you did. I realize that I'm just as much at fault as you are. I'm leaving. You win. But don't ever let me see you again." Otis spat. "We both know that the next time we see eachother... One of us isn't walking away." And with that he left the Universal Fortress out the same way he came, albeit much slower."

[The Republic of Atria]

Otis left the Universal Fortress and slowly, relatively speaking, flew back towards Earth. He was at a lost on what to do. Should he have beaten up Manifest? He was doing his best to try and actually be a man rather than just hoping things would resolve themselves. He had the power, and now it was time that he actually used it for something other than amusing himself. Then he began to remember the argument he had with Medusa. For the second time. That was probably something he should do first. As soon as he started to make his way down to Earth, something caught his eye. A ship was just floating there in orbit. A Kree looking ship. It was probably something for Xander, but he couldn't help his natural curiosity and floated beside it to get a better look of the inside.

Whether it was a Kree ship or not soon became irrelevant when he saw that there was an Arcosian on board. He had never actually met one, but his motherbox filled him in on the species. Usually a planet conquering species, and that one just so happened to be one of the strongest members of their species. So, of course Otis let himself in via teleporting. "Hi! I'm Otis. I couldn't help but notice that you've got this big ship floating in orbit. I kinda live there. Okay, not there. I live on the moon, long story, and I'm just here to make sure you're not gonna try to blow it up. Cause if you are, I'm gonna have to bop you. If you just like staring at stuff, that's cool too, as long as you're not blowing anything up. Cause that's not cool."

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander was busy monitoring things on Earth. for once, things seemed to be going rather well. The relief effort in North Korea was going along even better than he had planned. It was still going to be a few months before the country would start to get back on it's feet for real. However, just when he thought he had a day off he was hit with a telepathic message. A request for aid against... It couldn't be. Julie tore the bastard in half right after he lobotomized him. And Frost was alive and kicking? Not for long. Xander was quick to write a note to Naja saying that he was going to be away for a bit and shot off towards the source of the distress call.

The last time he and Frost fought was well over a year ago. He power was pretty much the equivalent to a Kryptonian. Since then, his power had grown exponentially, and he had learned so much about himself. But despite his urge to want to murder Frost, he was looking forward to the fight. Frost was one of the few people who was capable of withstanding his full strength. So that was something that he had to look forward to as well.

Otis

"Oh, right. My name is Otis, or Bolt if you prefer. Why send an army when you can send one dude worth like... All of the armies." He asked and shrugged. "As for how I'm this strong, It comes from the power of the Omega Effect. From my understanding, it's basically the Wrath of God. Or something like that. I didn't ask for it and it didn't come with an instruction manual, but I've been figuring it out more or less." Which was slightly true. He figured it was time that he accepted his new position and did something with it. "It's relatively new. I've only had the power for a few months. I never really didn't do anything with it because I was scared of becoming like the last guy who had it. Then I realized that the power isn't evil. It's the person behind it."

"Anyways. You're looking for your kid? Can't say that I've seen him. I mean, he can't be that hard to find, no offense intended, just look at me. But if he's anything like you, actual white skin, a tail, pointy head... He should be sticking out like a sore thumb. Though I know a few places you might want to start looking. Praetoria and Madworld. They got the most funky looking citizens. Alright. Since you seem like a cool guy, I'm gonna go. I got the craving for a slurpee. If you need help with something, just look me up. Hey! Maybe when you find him, I can go get a friend and we can all be TAIL BUDDIES!" He suggested in the most innocent way possible.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Naja... I found one of the Inhuman cocoons Medusa told us about. I've already contacted her, but it's going to be an hour or two. She said she'd send Otis. I could use your help too. This is more you guy's type of thing. I am not good with terrified people." Xander said into his motherbox. And just as luck would have it the cocoon cracked open and the purple woman forced her way out of the green slime onto his clean floor. "Umm... Hello ma'am." Xander said not really sure of what else to say. "Just stay calm. You're not in any danger." Xander was completely aware that new Inhumans tended to be rather excitable right after their transformation, he just didn't want her to hurt herself.

"The HELL did you do to me?"

"I pulled that cocoon you were in off the street before you got hit by a bus." Xander replied as he tossed the woman a towel. "Are you calm enough to let me explain to you what's going on?"

"Wait... I know you. You're that guy who runs that big ass island."

"One of those guys, yes." Xander replied. "You're on Praetoria, and I've sent for some people who will be able to help you along with... Your new state. My name is Xander. Who're you?"

"Felicity Summers." She replied and covered herself with the towel. By the look Xander was giving her, he obviously didn't know who she was. Which was an insult. "You don't know who I am? Have you EVER watched TV in your life? Or read a magazine."

"Would you be offended if I said no?" He asked. "Because I rarely watch television and have never touched a magazine." Xander replied honestly. "I have too much to do to waste my time with things like that."

"Holy shit dude. How the hell are you married?" She asked snickering a bit. "Alright Smiles, get me a mirror. I need to see what the rest of the damage is." She said and waved her hand like one would to dismiss a servant. Which annoyed Xander, but it didn't help that he got her what she asked for. "Hm. Not too bad. I can work with this. So, again. I know you're married. Some lady that looks like a snake right? See, I'm cool with that. My problem is what the hell does she see in you. Are you allergic to fun?"

"I'll have you know that I do watch movies and some shows. And that I'm not your slave. I'm here to ease the transition." He muttered. Where was Otis or Naja? Someone to get the woman out of his hair. Maybe a change of subject would help clear the mood. "You're an MMA fighter, right? I do enjoy physical combat myself."

"Oh yeah? You don't look like you'd hurt a fly."

"I've killed over a dozen people." Xander said and things got really quiet.

"Oh! Right! There's that video of you blasting that fat bastard Kim-Whatever-the-fuck into ash! Okay, that was pretty badass. Would've been better to see you punch his head off, but yeah. Okay. I feel slightly less bad about making fun of you."

"I'll attribute it to the shock of your transformation." Xander replied with a mutter.

"Aw come on, Smiles. You need to learn to take a joke."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Alright. So what does me looking like something out of a James Camera Sci-fi flick mean?" She asked.

"You are physically superior to even the strongest human. Plus you likely have a superhuman ability. Which I've yet to see you use so I'm not sure what it could be." Xander explained. "You're an Inhuman. You have or had, an ancestor with recessive alien DNA. That green cloud you were in the middle of was what triggered it. You went into the cocoon... Think of the process like metamorphosis. Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly." It was as he was explaining the situation to her that he got an alert from his computer. High levels of energy fluctuation coming from what appeared to be the island the the Masakis made for themselves. Which meant that he was going to have to go see what nonsense they were doing now. "Listen, Felicity I have to-" And just in the nick of time, Otis walked in drinking a soda. Xander let out a sigh of relief. "I have to go do some stuff. This is Otis. He's a great guy."

"Sup. I am the one he called Otis." The tall Inhuman said as Xander rushed out of the room. "Don't worry about ole' Xander. Dude has a stick up the butt of the stick that he has up his butt. We've almost got one of them out. I think he's allergic to fun. So anyways." Otis said and put his drink in his tail. "Welcome to being Inhuman! It's pretty awesome most of the time."

"Wait. I know who you are. You're that guy who smashed that one really big ass fucker's head in with a hammer!"

"Erm... Yes, that was me. But there's-"

"That's so fucking cool!" She replied. "When do I start smashing people's heads in?"

That was a disturbing thought, but she thought he was cool? "Umm. That's not everything we do... But we do have rather extensive combat training... Let's get going. I'm sure Medusa will be happy to meet you."

"I'm Felicity freaking Summers. I beat people up for a living. So where are we going?"

"The Moon." He replied as the omega energies flared around his hand.

Xander

What in the hell are you idiots doing NOW... He thought to himself as he flew over to the island, very annoyed that he had to deal with more of their nonsense. However, as he got closer, he saw someone that he hadn't seen in months. Arctico. One of the very first friends he had ever made. Things were going quite badly as he was fighting Asumar, who was using what appeared to be a giant construct to try and kill Arctico. Which gave him the excuse that he needed to pound his head in. Xander greatly increased his speed and aimed for where Asumar was stationed at inside of it. "LOOK UP!" Xander yelled as he smashed into the giant construct to rip Asumar out of it.

[The Republic of Atria]

"The funny part is Asumar. If I had the chance, I'd do it again." Xander replied. "I'd do it a thousand times over. I've had to deal with your stupidity for YEARS. I am DONE. You've attempted to blow up my planet. Dragged you imbecilic gods here to do the same, and expect us to bend over backwards for would-be conquerors. You expected us to allow you to break our rules and get off scot free? I'm done warning you. I'm done trying to beat the lesson into your thick skull." He said and stood perfectly still as the Spikes tore him to shreds, causing his body to collapse and stand up a moment later, grinning as the damage was repaired by a bright flash of light.

"Now? I'm just going to kill you." He said and caught Asumar's hand and squeezed with enough force to grind a planet to dust. "You want a fight Asumar? I'll give you the best, and last, fight of your worthless life."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Did you say the moon?" She asked. "There's a city on the moon? Bullshit." She didn't believe him until Otis pointed at the black sky and the little blue orb that was Earth. "Oh... You... You weren't lying. You better not be planning some crazy shit, or so help me I'm going to crush your-"

"Calm down. No one is going to hurt you, I promise. We're all friends here. And you leave the little mes out of this, they've done nothing wrong to you or anyone else. I'll prove it... The part where we're all friends, not the other thing. How are you with big dogs? I'm not talking your average big dog." Otis asked as Lockjaw stepped in. "Normally, he's here to help people who don't take the transition well. His name is Lockjaw." He explained and pat the dog's head. "Go ahead, he doesn't bite."

"That is one BIG fucking dog..." She replied and pet the dog just like Otis insisted. "Y'know. This is how serial murderers and rapists convince children, right?" She was obviously joking, but Otis was embarrassed and stammering to defend it until she spoke again. "Holy shit man. I was kidding. Y'know, ever since I saw that video of you killing that big red-eyed bastard, I thought you were this tough-as-nails bastard who didn't take shit from anyone. And now that I've met you, you ain't nearly as tough as you looked. Was it the hammer?"

"That giant guy was named Darkseid. An evil God from another... Dimension? I think it's dimension. I was borrowing Thor's hammer." Otis started, a bit annoyed. "He was mad at me for whatever reason, and tried to kill me. He failed obviously, though he came pretty close. Tensions were high because my mother got caught in the crossfire... And died. Truth be told, I don't remember much after that. Everything went red. Then I woke up on his home planet, which is basically hell. Everyone said that since I killed him, I have to take his place. So they forced his powers on me and I left." He said doing his best to hold back tears.

"Daaaaaamn. That's pretty sad." She admitted. "Like... The your mother dying part is pretty sad. But killing a god with the magic hammer of another god? That's pretty fucking awesome. That's a death metal song basis there." She replied. "By the way, you're skinny as all get out. Do you even eat food?"

"All the time. Though according to the doctor, I metabolize really quick. So that's cool. More pizza for me. Which is good, because I just spent the last two weeks doing nothing but, playing video games, watching anime, and eating junk food."

"I want your life and I want it now."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Go ahead. Let it out- Ow! You little fucker." Xander hissed as Asumar sliced off his hand. "Let's be real here." He said and opened up his arms, letting the swords and energy blast smash into his body, seemingly causing a lot of damage as his limb were sliced clean off and those that weren't were caught in the blasts. But once the smoke cleared and the multiple slabs of meat that once resembled Xander flashed, restoring his body to it's normal form. "You can't kill me you dumb bastard. You can't even hurt me. All you're doing is making a mess. I mean, sure, please continue as you use more and more of your power while I still remain at... I'm at about 20% right now." He shrugged. "It's a marathon, not a sprint. I'm gonna break you like a goddamned tooth pick."

"But since you wanna play rough..." Xander said, smirked, and planted his feet firmly on the ground. "Let's see what happens when I put a little effort in, yes? Because We both know how this is going to end. Nature is a funny thing Asumar. It is neither cruel nor kind. But indifferent. You will die. Life will go on as if nothing happened." He commented as he flew towards the man with incredible speed, throwing a massive blow, with an energy blast coming right after right at Asumar's head.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Shame. I wish I could feel the same way. I'm fighting you, so I'm taking a small amount of pity and not smearing you right here and now so you can at least die knowing that you gave it your all. You know what. I'm feeling generous." He said and jumped back. "You wanna see my full power? Of course you do. You're really not worth it, but here goes. Give you a parting gift. Don't say I never did anything nice for you." Xander replied and bright swaths of golden energy flared around his body, his power growing astronomically. His skin flaked until his final form was achieved. "There we go. You've gone from toothpick to gnat. I'm not going to lie Asumar..."

"This is gonna hurt like hell." Xander said and pointed his finger at Asumar. "These beams will destroy any matter they come into contact with. Like a laser. We have a thing on Earth that happened awhile ago. Disco Inferno. Now its your turn to dance." He smirked and fired them at close to the rate of a minigun, close to 3600 rounds per minute, or about 60 a second. "If it's too easy for you, I do have another hand..."

[The Republic of Atria]

"My god... You really are delusional..." He said and played along with Asumar, pretending the that black hole was actually enough to suck him in. "Oooohhh. I get it. You're trying to throw me into my own beams. Clever. I'll give you that." Xander replied and let the beams hit him. Doing no damage. "Yeah. Liked that'd work. And simple alien? How little you know. You just discovered I'm not native to this world, congratulations, only a few people actually know that. Yet you know nothing of my species little man." He shook his head while grinning. "Here. I'll explain it to you so you can think about just how fucked you are. I am from a race of energy beings. And since your tiny little mind will have trouble with that, allow me to explain something. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Or in words you can understand. You can't kill, let alone hurt, me. I know that won't stop you from trying, and it's funny to watch you talk shit and fall on your face over and over again."

"But here's a tiny little taste of what I can do now. At five percent." Xander said and lifted several rocks into the air, forming them into hundreds of thousands of vicious, finger sized, adamantium spikes. "Careful. Adamantium is very poisonous. You really won't want that stuff in your blood stream. Terrible way to go." Xander explained and moved the spikes at him like a swarm of angry hornets.

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander stood and waited patiently for Asumar to finish powering up. "Go ahead. Take your time. It's not like I have places to be or anything..." But at last, the moment was coming closer and closer. The end of the man he wanted to kill for the longest time was finally about to give him just one more reason to wipe him off the face of reality. "I wish I could say it's been fun. If nothing else, you did give me some closure Asumar. The one thing you gave me that I will always remember. Thank you for that at the very least." Asumar was charging an incredible amount of energy, even by his standards.

Hmm... He could actually do some damage with that... Xander thought to himself as the massive blast rocketed towards him. "Alright. Maybe it's time I put some effort in..." He remarked as he charged his right hand with as much of his energy as his body would safely allow, and threw a massively powerful blow into Asumar's blast, intending to redirect the blast right back at Asumar, angled so that the the excess energy would be redirected harmlessly into space. Finally. The one itch he kept himself from scratching was finally gone. The next time he slept would be the best rest he ever had. Of that much he was certain.

[The Republic of Atria]

"In my defense, I had no intentions of killing the other one." Xander shrugged. True, he did feel a little bad for the child. He knew what it was like to grow up without real parents. Though this was alleviated somewhat when he realized that the child obviously had a mother. "For what it's worth. Your father got away with more than I let anyone else because of you. He chose to test my patience. Believe it or not I have limits. I put up with his stupidity for as long as I possibly could. People are dead because of him. He killed people. A lot of people. And I let it happen. I apologize for the pain you will endure. But if you have even half of will of your father, I just hope you channel it into something more constructive then he did. I would hate to be the one to put an entire bloodline down. But I'm not above it."

He then turned his attention to Maxwell. "First of all, Kazuko was the lesser imbecile. Asumar was the unstable one. Second of all. You've left a powerful child without any sort of leadership or guidance. I didn't come here to steal glory, your majesty. I came here to disrupt a dangerous fight between a friend and an imbecile. Asumar had to die, but his brother was smart enough to avoid conflict. Rather than actively seeking it out and causing it. Anything that happens from this point on is on your head Maxwell."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Seriously. I mean minus the really shitty things that happened to you, it seems like you've got your life on the right track." She said. "So, how's the freaky dinosaur look treating you?"

"It's not a bad life... And, honestly? It's either feast or famine. either I'll walk down the street and people will throw thing at me, or everyone suddenly loves me. Soooo... I guess it kinda balances out to normal." He snickered and shrugged. "I can just stay here and no one will give you a second look. We're considered normal here. Though awhile ago, people'd jump for the chance to look like us. It's a culture thing... I'm still figuring it out. Like... Everything else." He explained and sat down. "Sorry, if I'm not being perfectly clear or trail off a lot. I really don't know what entirely to say."

Felicity just snickered at the man. He was trying so hard, she couldn't help but feel a little bad for him. "You're trying your best. Now on another topic. You mentioned you had an ex-girlfriend. You're a goofball. How'd that go down?"

"She was killed by someone I thought was a friend."

"Holy shit, dude. That is fuuuuucked up. Did you kill him? Or at the very least horribly mutilate him?" She asked.

"No. I couldn't bring myself to do anything once I found out who he was. I told him off, if that counts for anything." Otis replied and shrugged. "I don't like violence that much. I've been trying to numb myself to it, but starting by blasting a friend isn't a good starting point."

"What kind of friend KILLS another friends' girlfriend?! He ain't your friend."

"He said he was really sorry..."

"AND THAT MAKES IT ALL BETTER?! Get angry!" She said and pushed his shoulder a bit. "March on over there and kick him or her in the dick or vagina!" Otis was obviously not going to go anywhere and she sighed. "Look. You're a sweet guy. But you can't be all limp-dicked. People are gonna walk all over you." She said in an attempt to inspire Otis. It didn't work as well as she thought. "So, you're just gonna mope around until you feel better? You know what. I'm going to teach you how to stand up for yourself."

"Felicity, I'm fine. Really. I'm just a bit nervous right now. Because... I did stick up for myself. To the Queen of the city. Hell, I even made her play against me in a video game. And I completely demolished her. Which is going to make this meeting slightly awkward. Considering that was the second time I've snapped at her. I'm supposed to be her royal guard..."

"You are all sorts of fucked up." She replied.

"He is." Came the voice of the Inhuman Queen as she stepped into the room.

[The Republic of Atria]

"The plot thickens..." Felicity whispered to herself as Medusa and Otis stared at each other for a moment. Medusa knew she couldn't really do anything to Otis. Except maybe tell him off. "So, you're the Queen? I read about you. In Blue's defense, he's stupid. And young. And down a girlfriend. And trying really hard. I'm not a lawyer. I beat people up for a living." She explained. "He's really nice. So there's a point in his favor right?"

Medusa sighed. On one hand, Otis was inconsistent, all over the place and a general pain in the ass. On the other, he was still doing his job and helping the new Inhumans with their transition, and was the most powerful Inhuman Attilan had at their disposal. So she couldn't just exile him. He was too valuable to just kick him out like that. "Bolt. What am I going to do with you?"

"Honestly, I have no idea." He replied and shrugged. "Yell at me? Tell me off? Call me names? Guilt trip? Go ahead. Let's get it over with now and move on."

Medusa thought about laying into him about his constant absence, and his yelling at her, his Queen, but she decided to try something different. "Bolt... I'm sorry." That wasn't anything like what Otis expected to hear. "I had no idea that you felt that you were being used like a weapon. If you had just told me, we could have talked about it. I know you're young, and I thrust quite a bit of responsibility on you that you were clearly not prepared for. That was my fault. I will take the blame for that." Medusa said. "However. That means you are no longer a member of my Royal guard. At least until you're prepared to deal with the responsibility."

"Fair enough." Otis agreed. "I've got time. Alright. I figured that would be a bit worse, but that was... Less intense than I expected. This is Felicity." Otis said and stepped out of the way to let them do the talking. Sure he got kicked off the Royal guard, but it wasn't like he did much with it anyways. Finding and helping the new Inhumans was something he was much more suited to.

"Okaay. Felicity. What did you do before this?" She asked.

"I was an MMA fighter." She said. "And I was REALLY fucking good at it. Still am!"

"We've been in need of a new combat instructor. We only have one. Once we discover your ability, perhaps you can assist him."

"Awesome! Blue! You're my first Trainee! You'll have a spine by the end of the week!" She said, grabbed his arm and shot down the corridor much faster than she thought she was going to and smacked both herself and Otis into the wall making a large hole. "I think I found my power..." she moaned with her head and the rest of her upper body stuck on the other side.

"Are you okay?" Otis and Medusa asked at almost the same time as they rushed to pull her out of the wall.

"That was fucking AWESOME!"

[The Republic of Atria]

"I'm fine. I've been hit harder than that." She replied rubbing her head and dusting herself off while Otis fixed the wall. "We're not done here, Blue." She said and pointed to Otis. "You're gonna get a spine. If it kills you."

"I really don't like the sound of that to be honest." Otis replied. "I mean. I'm pretty sure jellyfish are-" He was interrupted by Felicity grabbing him and dragging him along for about a second before she stopped. Otis even knew why. "You have absolutely no idea where you're going, do you?"

"...No." She replied. "She said that I was gonna be some kinda combat instructor right? Start walking, Blue. I'm right behind ya." She liked Otis. In the way one likes a little brother who really isn't quite sure how the world works. "We're gonna get you that job back." She said as he lead them to the thankfully empty training room. "Alright. Let's do this. Be fair. None of those fancy superpowers. I want to see you fighting for real."

"I know how to fight Felicity. I was trained here." He said and complied with her request to turn off his powers. "I don't see what this has to do with me learning to stick up for myself." Otis replied as Felicity threw a quick right jab at him. He side stepped the blow, but didn't retaliate.

"Fight back!" She said and swept her right leg towards Otis's side, only to have him jump into the air, letting her leg pass harmlessly underneath him. However, as he landed, she used that motion to spin again, which caught Otis off guard and knocked him back. "Come on! You said you knew how to fight. Those were some impressive dodging skills, for real, but you can't win a fight just by dodging everything. You kinda have to hit back."

"Felicity... Ow." He muttered as he stood back up, rubbing his chest. "You don't understand how powerful I am. I don't even know how powerful I am. There aren't too many fights that I can't win. The problem is that I'm afraid that I don't know how to control this much power. I know a few things I can do with it, but I'm afraid to push it because I'm not sure of it's limitations." He explained. "I'm afraid I'm going to hurt someone, or accidentally blow up a planet. Which will hurt a lot of people. Does that make sense?"

"You're stuck in a loop. You're afraid to use that power because you're afraid you'll hurt someone. But you don't want to get better with it because of that fear that in your experimentation, you'll hurt someone." She explained. "You're a cute kid. And you're really sweet. But there's gonna come a time where you're going to have to use that power to protect either yourself or someone else." She said and put her hands on his shoulders. "You can't just sit there letting everyone else fight your battles. What's the point of having all that power if you're not going to use it to help people? These people could use some help. People down there could use some help."

"I know... Xander gave me the speech awhile ago." He admitted. "Besides. There are plenty of people just as strong as I am. They can handle it."

"What if they're the ones attacking?" She asked. "Sure, they might be friends now. But people change. And you might have to be the one to stop them. Can't do that if they know how to use their powers and you don't. Gotta level the playing field."

"I know. But until I can find someone who's willing to help me. I'm stuck. Not you. No offense I want someone who will be fine in the chance I screw up. I can choke out Superman and Thor... At the same time."

"Well shit. You're kinda making that list of people who could help really small..."

[The Republic of Atria]

New Namek

Xander flew to the source of the message. A rather green and blue planet. Almost completely water that his mistook for grass. However the trail of bodies definitely told him that there was something very wrong. Unfortunately, Namek was sparely populated as it was, the massacres didn't exactly leave many people to talk to for information, which made him glad that he didn't bring Naja along. She wasn't as used to seeing death as he was. That didn't make him any less angry that innocent people were dead. And for certain, he was going to mutilate who was responsible, and beat them to death with their own limbs. Or something else particularly gruesome. It was one thing to kill people. It was another to massacre them, AND children. Which he would return in kind.

It was then that he heard some explosions. "Speak of the devil..." He muttered to himself and shot across the sky to see someone whom he thought had died long ago. Frost. However he was fighting some small creatures who were clearly giving it their all to try and stop him. That fact that they weren't dead, told him that either Frost was weakened since last time, or he was holding back. Not that it mattered. His powers had increased over a thousand fold since the first time they met. He was just going to let the creatures do their best, but if it looked like Frost was going to win, he would step in. Though, he wondered if Frost would recognize him. His hair was tied behind his head in a half assed ponytail and his outfit was much different than it used to be.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Well... Yeah. I don't want to hurt someone." Otis didn't feel like talking about that anymore, so he decided to change the subject to something different. "By the way, Inhumans change their names after Terrigenesis. Which is getting cocooned and then coming out of it. Usually has to do with their new powers or appearance. For me, I chose Bolt. Because I was a speedster before the Darkseid thing." It was a lie, Manifest was the one who suggested the idea for his name, but he didn't want to think about that man right now. "I'm not sure what you would like. It's more a personal choice but-" He was Cut off by Felicity before he could finish his thought.

"Velocity. I'm fast too. And it sounds like my normal name. Kind of. The last four letters match." She explained. "But I like it."

"That's... Pretty cool actually." He admitted. "Hopefully Gorgon'll be back soon. You'll like him. He's like you, but... Imagine a bull crossed with a man. Not like a Minotaur. Hooves of one, but the body of a mountain of muscle. He's the one who taught me how to fight. It was... Strange. I never really fought at all before that. But he told me that all Inhumans have to learn if it's possible. Something, something warrior people-"

"You're the softest warrior people in this whole city, aren't you?" She asked, snickering with her arms cross. Otis was obviously not willing to admit that he was, but she wasn't wrong. "Awe... Don't be sad. When I'm through with you, you'll be a BAMF. No exceptions. First lesson. Take off your pants." She commanded. Otis gave her a strange look, but was just about to do what she asked when she spoke up again. "Seriously?! You're not even going to ask why?! Or say no?!" She exclaimed and put her hands on her head. " Holy shit, Blue. You really need to stop doing what people tell you when you don't know what it entails." She clearly had her work cut out for her. "You said you liked anime. Which ones?"

"One Punch Man-"

"Okay. That's perfect." She explained. "You're the Saitama in this situation. You're stronger than just about everyone around you by an absurd amount. The difference is that he's a lazy motherfucker who lost interest in life. You're just pathetically spineless. It's all in your head. You just need to ask yourself, what would Saitama do?"

"Sit on my ass and eat junk food until something happens?"

"Not the part where you should be asking. Like... When a giant monster starts knocking shit over. You get your ass out there and punch it into mush. Hopefully with more interest than him." She explained.

"Feli-"

"Velocity."

"Velocity... That's just not me. This isn't like One Punch Man. There's at least a few other Saitamas out there. I don't have to be one of them. I can help people without punching giant monsters. That's what Xander and the like is for. I'll be there for moral support and crowd control if it's needed." He explained to her. "There's all this hypothetical questions. But until it actually happens, I'm not going to worry about it. Look. Thank you for trying to help me. But I just can't push myself into doing something like that. I'm-I'm gonna go. Gorgon should be back in a few minutes. I'll see you around alright?" He said and before she could object, Otis vanished in a bright red flash.

"Well. You tried." Came the voice of Gorgon. "I've been trying to get through to him for weeks. Not quite that simple. He's stubborn and scared."

"Hmph. That was plan A. I'm not gonna stop until he gets the message. I have a plan. We'll need that guy who rules Praetoria. Your Queen. And a bunch of people from around the city. Any royal helpers that the Queen has would be perfect."

"I don't think it wise to pressure him..."

"Well, sweet talking the bastard isn't going to work. We both clearly tried the honey approach. Now, we do vinegar."

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander watched as Frost took a new form that he didn't use when he was on Earth while he fought the strange creatures. Hmmm. Interesting. He has gotten stronger. I wonder by how much? Hopefully it was enough to where he would get a decent fight out of the Arcosian. It took a little bit, but Frost did seem to come out on top against the creatures. Which led Xander to clap. "Well done! You defeated some woodland creatures! Must've been quite difficult if they forced you to transform." Admittedly they did had a rather large suite of telekinetic abilities from what he understood. He hadn't fought too many of them, but from his little experience, it was a pain in the ass. "You probably remember me from such adventures as, My Ex-girlfriend Tore Your Legs Off and Brain Surgery Featuring Me."

"But I do see that you're back on your feet again. That's good. Poor Julie didn't have the heart to end your life." Xander said. "It's weird though. Lately, every single person that I wanted to kill, just lined themselves up and let me remove them. It's like a dream come true. And then. I get a call that you're back and making a ruckus. And I see that you've got a new form. Neat. I've got one too. But if this is anything like last time. There's a good chance I won't need it. I did some searching and research. Found out a lot about myself. Changed my name, got married. Started a country. You know how it goes. Life, right?" He asked in a pleasant tone.

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander watched as Frost took a new form that he didn't use when he was on Earth while he fought the strange creatures. Hmmm. Interesting. He has gotten stronger. I wonder by how much? Hopefully it was enough to where he would get a decent fight out of the Arcosian. It took a little bit, but Frost did seem to come out on top against the creatures. Which led Xander to clap. "Well done! You defeated some woodland creatures! Must've been quite difficult if they forced you to transform." Admittedly they did had a rather large suite of telekinetic abilities from what he understood. He hadn't fought too many of them, but from his little experience, it was a pain in the ass. "You probably remember me from such adventures as, My Ex-girlfriend Tore Your Legs Off and Brain Surgery Featuring Me."

"But I do see that you're back on your feet again. That's good. Poor Julie didn't have the heart to end your life." Xander said. "It's weird though. Lately, every single person that I wanted to kill, just lined themselves up and let me remove them. It's like a dream come true. And then. I get a call that you're back and making a ruckus. And I see that you've got a new form. Neat. I've got one too. But if this is anything like last time. There's a good chance I won't need it. I did some searching and research. Found out a lot about myself. Changed my name, got married. Started a country. You know how it goes. Life, right?" He asked in a pleasant tone.

Frost chuckled as Xander spoke, "I'm glad to see your attitude hasn't changed a bit. It's bringing up such fond memories." the Arcosian said, as red lightning shot through the sky above him, "Its going to be so fun catching up, I haven't seen for, well, several years by my count. And my legs have recovered quite well. I'd say they've even improved. My calves are so defined in this form, I really have to thank you. If it weren't for my seething rage, I never would have felt compelled to train myself to this point."

Suddenly, the warlord cracked his neck, stretching his arms, "I suspect you're not here to shoot the shit though, right? I'm glad you've accomplished so much, because now I can burn all those achievements to the ground. First, I'll not just destroy your country, but the planet it's located on. Then, I'll kill your loved ones, although, that could occur in step one as well. Hell, I may even find a way to legally change your name back to Alex if I can be bothered, if only to get a good laugh. Then I'm going to hunt down Julie, Arctico and ones who killed my nephew and return to Arcos." he said, sarcastically, "Sound like a plan, buddy?"

"See. The problem with that is, you're assuming I'm going to let you leave this planet as anything more than a smear on the bottom of my foot. Well. That and the... Other thing." He spoke waving his hand in circles. "Don't wanna spoil the surprise. You're a smart guy. Mostly. I'll let you figure it out. And as for me not just being here to chew the fat. I don't see why we can't do both. I mean at least until you die. Then it'll get real quiet. So let's just jump into the meat of things. I'll start you off at a nice and easy 1% power just to see how you stack up. If you're a good boy, I'll go up to 2!" There was something about Frost. The only person not to call him out on his sarcasm, but instead, return it. It made the fight all the more exciting. It was almost like he saw a bit of himself in the Arcosian. A sarcastic dickhead. The part of himself he embraced.

And thus, it was time for the actual fight to begin. Xander bent his legs and launched himself at Frost with such power, that the entire island behind him was smashed into the water. Readying his hand, supercharged with energy that when it came into contact with it's target, not only would it be a powerful blow, but followed up with a massive energy wave.

[The Republic of Atria]

"I don't fight to play fair, Frost. I fight to win. Besides. We have a saying back on Earth. All's fair in love and war. It makes me almost sad. In another universe, you and I could've been friends, but that's neither here nor there." Xander admitted and prepared to swat the bright orange blast away from his body as a show of force, but quickly found himself duped. Instead of sending the blast elsewhere into the sky, he found himself surrounded by a bubble. "Ah- Oh... Frost. If you wanted to take me out to dinner, you could've just asked first. I would've said no, but I'm getting a really weird vibe here." Was taunting his opponent who had him trapped a smart idea? No. It rarely is, but he just couldn't resist.

[The Republic of Atria]

"I'd prefer Xander, honestly. You don't get to call me nicknames until after the first date. And... Yeah. I walked right into that one. I'll give you that." He managed to get out before Frost started his onslaught. Knocking him all over New Namek. Shattering his bones. The amount of compound fractures he received was inhuman. He managed to crawl out of the rubble before his regeneration kicked in. " 'Ooo eee. Un se'ond." He tried to speak with his jaw effectively powderized. One bright golden flash later, and his bones were back on the inside where they belonged. "There we go. Good as new. Cool new trick I picked up a few months ago. Well, that one and a few others. Like this one for instance."

"Here's a funny story. My wife made play this stupid game we have back home. It's called Dance Dance Revolution. I can't dance. However, we're gonna see if you got the talent. If you survive. Good on you. The more likely outcome... You'll resemble a Thanksgiving ham crossed with Swiss Cheese." He said and pointed both of his pointer fingers at Frost and fired a massive barrage of thin, matter cutting beams at the Arcosian. The beams were capable of slicing the electrons off of an atom.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Awe... Did big bad Frosty get a boo-boo? Don't worry. I'll kiss it and make it all better-" It was then that Frost moved faster than he could keep track off and hit him hard enough that he quiet literally exploded in a fantastic display of gore. It actually took a second for him to regenerate from that. But once again, his signature bright yellow flash had him restored and laughing. Genuine laughter. "Okay... Okay. That was funny. Oh.. It's been awhile since I've had this much fun. I must've struck a nerve somewhere... I mean that literally and figuratively. Since I kinda... Shot your tail." He said and took a deep breath. "Alright. You've been the good noddle I asked for. So you'll get the treat. I'll boost all the way up to 5%. Just for you." Of course that was his maximum safe limit before reality started to become rather mushy and explosive, but Frost didn't know that.

Xander's power shot incredibly high. Bright golden lightning surrounded his body and grew more and more intense. Splitting the ground, gravity began to shift, causing minor anomalies such as rocks and mountains that floated into the air, stayed floating there. The soft flesh and bone was replaced by pure golden yellow energy. His true form. "Do you like it? Of course you do." He snickered. "Now that you've seen me in all of my glory. You discover my secret yet? That's right. My hair tie is now gone. Well that, and I'm quantum energy given sentience. But Naja, that's my wife's name by the way, is gonna be so mad when I go home having lost it for the fifth time this week. But enough about me."

"I'm gonna show you just how fucked you really are." He rapidly teleported, delivering a massive barrage of blows with each new angle he took. "Do ya want me to slow down?"

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander was enjoying himself a bit more than he should be, or was willing to admit. It had been so long since he had a fight that he actually had to put effort into, or didn't have to rely on backup to bail him out. Every blow that he and Frost exchanged was one of mutual, sarcastic hatred. "As much as I would like to power up to 100%, remember what I said a few minutes ago about being made of Quantum energy? See, the thing about reality warping is... It's not a toy. It's dangerous, and unfortunately I can't control it. Safely at least. Those things that we all know and love, the laws of physics, basically become silly putty. Now, I'm a biologist, not a physicist, but I don't think if the laws of physics went from the solid foundation of reality, to silly putty, that any of us would be happy with the result. You'd be dead, I'd be laughing. Reality would collapse on itself, and I would probably eat it too."

"Don't get me wrong, as awesome as it would be for me to go full power and smack you around with a flick of my pinkie, I can't. Not because I don't want to, but because I don't want to give the universe a blue screen. I mediated and put mental barriers in place to stop me from using that power. Cause, you know. Destroying the universe is more often than not, regarded as a bad thing. Both of us would be dead, along with all other life. And that doesn't leave me much to do. Like... My wife'll be dead. Which means I don't get to have sex." He explained, genuinely disappointed that he wouldn't be able to show off all of his power to his best frenemy. "I know you don't have sex. You'd have to find a woman that likes that ugly mug of yours. That and the actual lack of a dick."