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

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex was still back jackhammered by Naja whilst keeping tabs on Okarot and Superdoom. The good news was Okarot got Superman to the sun, and it seemed to be working with burning off the Doomsday virus. The bad news was that there was some sinister energy on him and he still had to deal with Naja. "I didn't want to do this, but I don't have the time." He said and Naja flew straight at him. He turned his shield into a portal and sent them to where the unconscious Superman and injured Okarot were. Though Alex had opened Naja's portal inside the sun to buy himself some time while he found out what was going on with Okarot. "I just sent my girlfriend into the heart of the sun. So please don't die on me yet."

Alex created a bubble around Okarot, meant to be a potent healing spell. "Okay... This should take care of your wounds, but that energy is something else. I don't know too much about Saiyans. So you're going to have to explain what it is before I act. And you don't want to know what my version of act is. I'll give you a hint. You're losing the arm if we can't fix it."

Okarot gave a weak chuckle before grunting in pain, "To be honest, I didn't even know this form existed. Superman just made me mad, and I transformed. I'm as lost as you... But I do have a plan to fix it.", he said, looking over at Superman, who was already almost back to normal, "Fortunately, we have one of the strongest beings in the universe right here. If I go unconscious, I should revert back to my base form, and this energy will probably disappear.". the Saiyan continued, a portal opening up on his right side. He stuck his arm in it, along with all the dangerous energy, "This portal leads to a dimension where time moves at an enormously decelerated rate. It should buy some time.

He breathed out in relief, able to release some of the energy subduing the power, before speaking to Alex once more, "Oh, and if I were you, I wouldn't touch it. This energy burns my skin, so I'd hate to imagine what would happen to your own."

"I wouldn't worry too much about me. I have enough defensive spells to resist most anything. But fortunately I don't have to touch it. With the amount coming off of it, it's easy enough to sample. I honestly don't have a great answer, but my guess is since we just spent two years training together, and the fact that you've likely never fought a sorcerer of my caliber for such an extended period, it's possible your Ki has mutated. Into what is beyond me." He explained as Superman regained consciousness and Naja finally made her way out of the sun. "Welcome back to sanity. Hopefully you'll stay this time."

"One can only hope..." Superman replied, examining his innards as well as Naja's with his microscopic vision. "Whatever spores Doomsday infected us with, we're clean as far as I can tell. Thank you. Both of you. If you didn't step in, there's no telling how much damage would have been caused. Okarot, right?" He asked. "If you want we can examine what's going on with your arm back at the Watchtower."

Naja floated over to Alex. "Was teleporting me into the core of the sun completely necessary?" She asked seeming slightly annoyed.

"Uhhh... Actually, kind of. Okarot was hurt and you were still-"

"I know you loon. I'm just messing with you." She said. "Thank you. I don't think I've ever been that angry in my life."

"Promise me you won't get infected again."

"I don't think I'll ever let it happen willingly."

[The Republic of Atria]

Talak

Talak, since his father left this mortal realm, decided to take up the mantle of Speed Demon. He was from a primitive world so many of the modern things were still shocking and interesting to him. The concept of a "Superhero" was something that he was still grasping. His dad often told the stories of all the villains he fought and defeated. Yet he hadn't seen a single villain any worse than Batroc the Leaper. Whom he almost let get away simply because he couldn't stop laughing at him. If that was what passed for a super villain nowadays, it was going to get old and boring very fast. He was about to just give up and go home when he saw what looked to be a blob attacking a zoo.

He blinked a few times to make sure it was real. It looked like it was, but there were plenty of Earth customs that he didn't fully understand. Like cos-play. He almost hurt someone who he thought was a super villain, but really was just a man in costume. It did don on him that something was up when he saw a bunch of people wearing a similar outfit to his father, but didn't actually have any powers, that maybe it was some sort of tradition to celebrate heroes. Then why the villains too? It didn't make sense to him. When he finally snapped out of his train of thought. He decided to see what the blob was doing. He zipped into the zoo to see that most of the animals were gone. It was eating.

It was clearly a bad guy. Or so he hoped. People were yelling and running away, so he had every right to think it was. "Hey! Um..." He started but really didn't know what to say. So he did what came natural: He tried punching the goo at hundreds of times per second.

Alex and Naja

"Hold on..." Alex said and put a barrier around Okarot. "It works just like the one I used on myself. Any energy you vent will be used to make the barrier stronger. Any excess is sent to another dimension." He explained as Superman already took off towards the Watchtower. By the time he got there, Alex had just teleported the three of them into it. Alex escorted Okarot to a containment unit designed for high levels of energy. "Now. Provided you don't explode within then next minute. I can try to see what's going on with your body. The League will be doing their thing too." He said and floated just in front of the barrier and closed his eyes to meditate.

Naja sat down from the outside, with Superman, using her powerful eyesight to scan Okarot for strange anomalies as well as running various scans with extremely powerful computers. "His cells in that glowing arm are just bloated with energy..."

"It's too much for his body to handle at one time." Superman agreed.

Alex used his potent universal awareness to try to discern what was happening to him. There wasn't anything exact, but he had a rough idea of what was happening to him. "Saiyans are, typically, emotionally dry. They are relatively static in terms of their personality. Okarot however, has had many changes of heart. Saiyans are also empowered by strong emotions. No matter what they are. It appears that the fight with Superman caused some conflicting ideals in your mind. You did things in the fight you never did before. Asking for help, admitting defeat. The easy version is, your emotions created a new transformation. Sort of. It was created by your negative ones. Which are typically much more unstable. Hence your body unleashing more power than it's capable of actually of withstanding."

[The Republic of Atria]

Talak

"What is this? Lemme go!" He shouted and shook his arm at several hundred miles per hour attempting to get it free of the green goo. When he tried to use his other hand to free the trapped hand, it got stuck as well. He wasn't nearly as good at phasing through through matter like his father was, when he tried it, he kept blowing things up. He once did it in water and it boiled. He hoped that whatever was gripping would release him. So he vibrated both his arms as fast as he could in order to get them free of the goo.

Alex and Naja

"I would suggest getting that arm and leg looked at first..." He said and opened the room anyways. "And I would try to keep your head on straight. If this gets any worse when we're not around, you could kill yourself." Was it pointless to warn a Saiyan of something potentially life threatening? Yes, but at the very least he had to say it.

"He seems healthy. For the most part. Just pain from the burns. We have a mess hall, feel free to take what you need. It's the least I can do since you helped me out." Superman offered grossly unaware of the appetites of Saiyans.

"Speaking of which. Now that muscles is feeling better, you owe me." Naja said pulling Alex aside at first looking rather serious, but then her expression softening to a more playful one. "But... You did save my life too. So we're almost even."

"Almost?" He asked. "Hey Okarot, catch you later. I've got some... Stuff to do." It had technically only been two days since Naja saw him, but it had been over two years to Alex. And he did owe her an explanation at the very least, but given what she was doing, it seemed that what he was doing for the last two days was not what she was after at the moment.

[The Republic of Atria]

Two hours later...

"Wow... I didn't even know you could do that with your tail." Alex snickered as he stepped out of bed and put his bathrobe on. "I'm gonna go get something to eat. Want something?" He said and Naja decided to go with him. He turned on the TV, more for background noise than anything. Though it caught Naja's attention when she saw the report of a Meta-human psycho in the middle New York heading towards the UN. With the death toll reaching nearly a dozen. "Oh crap. I'll get my-" he was cut off by the sound of wind being sucked out of the room. "Or not..." He said to himself and not ten seconds later he saw Naja on the TV.

The attacker was none other than Atomic Skull. "Alright. That's enough killing people for one day. Give up now and hopefully they won't kill you. I'm not sure what the law is for the death penalty is in this state, but you don't get to just murder a bunch of people and walk away like nothing happened." She said and floated down in front of the killer. "Oh wait... New York. Riiight. But seriously. Stop now and we won't have to add resisting arrest to the charges. So what do you say?" She asked and Atomic Skull responded by hitting her across the face which sent her off a car and into a nearby building.

"Sorry Lizard Lady. Can't go back now. Bet when I kill you, they'll put me in the Supervillain hall of fame!"

"Okay." She replied standing up. "First of all. That's not a thing. Second of all, you have to beat Hilary Clinton or Martha Stewart. Good luck with that.." She said and grabbed him in a bear hug. "Alright, I'm gonna drop you off at Stryker's now." And took off flying towards the island, but didn't even make it over the UN Headquarters when Skull grabbed her arms, attempting to absorb her energy, which caused them both to drop right the middle of a meeting. Naja was up first and with one swift blow. Atomic Skull was unconscious. "Sorry about that."

"Don't worry about it." The current speaker said. "Though while you're here, we were all just talking about you and your kind?"

"Please tell me that means Superheroes..."

"Of course. What else would it mean?"

"Nevermind."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Look Miss Naja. That man caused millions of dollars in property damages and killed almost a dozen people. This is not the first time a meta human has caused damages. The latest exploit being the fight between an unknown man and Doomsday. Said fight destroyed an entire city. Had the Justice League not evacuated the city, thousands of lives would have been lost. Why don't you use your powers and end some of these threats. Permanently." The Speaker asked. "The world has people living in it that, let's be truly honest for a moment. Do not deserve to live."

"Let me give you a list of reasons. First off. I don't kill people. Second. How do I know who should die and who should live? I might be strong, but I'm not perfect. And I don't think my powers put me above the law. I do my best to follow it as much as I can. I'm registered and authorized with SHIELD. Our headquarters is open to anyone who wants to see it. I'm not a secretive person."

"A noble sentiment. But are you the heroes that the 21st century needs?"

"I've said my piece. I don't believe I should kill people. If you want it done that badly, you can do it yourselves, or pay someone else to. I follow the law. It's my job to. I'm not going to break it when it's inconvenient for me. That undermines my whole thing. I keep people safe. I don't want them to be afraid of me." She said and left, flying back home. "Hey big guy. Miss me?"

"What's up?" He asked and pulled her into a hug. "Course I did. How was... Atomic Skull? Funny name."

"Oh, he was a pushover. Hits kinda hard though. The UN was talking to me about nonsense. Why don't you kill people, they ask. Because I don't. I could make a mistake and then what? I'm in hot water."

"It's okay. Politicians are idiots. I don't know why we still have them." He chuckled a bit. "Come on. You think you got a round 2 left in you?"

"You know me all too well..."

[The Republic of Atria]

Both were relatively tired having not used their powers to bolster their stamina. So the "round 2" was closer to a nap than anything else. Naja awoke to the sound of her cellphone going off. Alex was still out cold. She checked her phone to see that it was just a reminder of how much data she had left for the month. But what caught her eye was not only the fact that they left the TV on, but the fact that there seemed to be a Superhero group who was fighting... The very man she knocked out earlier in the day. Atomic Skull. She grabbed her costume and shot to the area of the fight, which seemed to be nearly over. Atomic Skull was on his knees and the bright flames were almost completely gone. She considered going home, but then heard the words "Do it."

At which point, the leader of the group pointed his finger at Atomic Skull's head like it was a gun, and his eyes turned green. She could see the particles being manipulated and tackled him just a nanosecond too late. Atomic Skull's head exploded. "Well now." The man said with quite possibly the most British accent ever. "It looks like we got called out gang." He said.

"What?! No! You just killed that guy!"

"And the people are cheering." He said and pointed to the crowd, which was indeed cheering over the death of a murderer. "I don't see what the problem is here, love. We did the world a favor by puttin' that bastard out of their misery."

"You can't just run around and... Kill people like that!"

"Don't see the cops complainin'. I mean, you had your chance to do the same thing and you screwed it up. You let him lived and because of that, 4 more people died. I killed one. You killed four. Who's the real criminal here?" He said as the rest of his gang came to back him up. "I'll give you a hint. It ain't us. But how about this. WE can have ourselves a little brawl. On the Moon where no one but us will get hurt. You win, we back off. We win? Well. Let's just say you really won't get the chance to make the same mistake twice. How's about... Tomorrow. High noon. Like the good old American Westerns? Of course you could always chicken out. And of course, we'll be live streamin' it. So the whole world can see who's right and who's wrong."

"I'll... You don't get..." She said frustrated at the whole situation. "Fine. Noon tomorrow."

"See ya then, love." He said and all four members of the group vanished. With nothing left to do she flew home where she found Alex waiting.

"You like getting yourself into trouble don't you?" He teased. "I did a little research on those guys while you were out. The internet is a beautiful thing. Coldcast. The big black guy. He can absorb and project quite a bit of energy. The world's most British man, Manchester Black. Powerful telekinetic. The other lizard lady. Menageria Pamela. Some sort of alien parasite. The Chinese guy. Hat. Yes that's what he goes by. Magic. Not as good as me, but he does have a magic hat... I mean though... They're not THAT wrong."

"Don't you start too."

"Relax. You know I only kill space Hitlers."

"I've got a plan..." She said and explained it to him.

"Oh ho... That is a great idea."

[The Republic of Atria]

Noon the following day...

Naja made her way to the blue area of the moon. The part colonized by the Inhumans and made breathable. "Hope you don't mind the oxygen. Us wee mortals y'know." He said. "The whole world is watching us! Let's be sure to give them a good show!" Manchester said and it was time for the fight to begin. His first course of action was to sit and watch while the other three went on their assault. Pamela created a swarm of snake like creatures that shot at Naja, some of them actually managing to grab her on her arms and legs, though she countered this by pulling Pam out of the air and onto the ground.

Coldcast didn't give her a second to catch her breath. He blasted her in the back with lightning and kept the pressure on until he grabbed her and put quite a bit of juice into it. Hat decided to jump in and opened his magic hat which unleashed a powerful wave of magic that blasted her across the moon. Naja got up and decided to go after Manchester while the other three were a fair distance away, however, this proved to be a terrible idea as Manchester's eyes glowed bright green once again and Naja dropped like a stone right at his feet without him so much as moving. "How's it goin' love?" He asked. "Oh right. You're in the middle of a seizure. Reading your mind is a pain in the arse, but I sure as hell can muck about with your brains." Then sent out another blast of energy that blew out several blood vessels in her head causing her to painfully bleed out of her tear ducts, nose and ears.

"All those capillaries are like little tubes of concrete, but still vulnerable. I wonder if your boyfriend is watchin' you die on the moon. You may or may not void your bowels here in a second. But that's not going to be something you have to worry about much longer. Coldcast. Give the folks at home a nice grand finale." He said and put a pisonic barrier are himself, Hat and Pam. Naja tried to stand up but felt Coldcast slam his foot on her back and gathered all of his remaining energy, and hit her with everything he had at point blank range, seemingly obliterating Naja. A small piece of her black and white outfit floated down from the air and Manchester caught it. "Huh. How is it that no matter how completely you obliterate these guys some little shred of their costume still manages to make it through."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I finally get it. I guess I just didn't want to see it." Naja voice rang out from literally every direction. "It all makes sense. I made the mistake of treating you people like... People. I can see what everyone wants now. They don't want a hero to inspire them or treat them with respect. They want someone who will put the animals DOWN." She said and in probably the creepiest laughter she could muster an enormous vortex took with with two bright red eyes in the center. The vortex surrounded Hat and after it passed over him, it looked like his body had been sucked dry of everything. Bones, blood, organs were all gone. It was just his skin. "One down. Three to go. Who's next?" She asked and the Vortex dissipated with her nowhere to be seen.

"Goddammit! Hat!" Manchester shouted and looked around. "Where is she!? I can't find her mind!" Pamela decided to fly up into the air to get a good look at the area and see if she could spot Naja. This proved to be a very poor idea, once she got to a reasonable height, a bright blast of white energy vaporized everything from her neck down. Her head plummeted down not too far from where the two remaining men were standing. "Holy shit... She's... She's playing it our way! This wasn't supposed to happen! Bunny! Get us out of here!" Bunny, being their massive semi-sentient, inter-dimensional ship warped Chester and Coldcast down into the center of Manhattan. "Alright! Coldcast! When she gets here, me and you are gonna flatten this whole city! She can't survive that!"

"I-I can't! I used everything I had on the moon! She killed Pam! I swear, when I get my hands on her, I'm going to suck all that juice out of her!"

"Awe..." Naja said floated down from behind them. "What's the matter? This was your game. And now you don't want to play anymore simply because you're losing?" She asked and walked past Coldcast towards Manchester. Which left her open to Coldcast, who grabbed her arms. "Oh right... You want my energy? Okay. Sure. Take some." She said and grabbed his arms. At first it seemed Coldcast had her dead to rights. But then his facial expression went from "I got her" to "Oh shit!" Naja was forcing all of her energy into him. Which was more than his body could safely handle and... He exploded, wiping out half a city block. "And then there was one." She said and turned her attention to Manchester.

[The Republic of Atria]

Manchester took a step back. "You... You... YOU CRAZY BITCH! YOU KILLED MY TEAM!" He said and sent out a blast of telekinetic energy, but just as it looked like it was going to hit Naja, she vanished and reappeared several feet to the side. He tried this again and again until she wound up not one foot away from from him.

"Your team of killers. And guess what? They won't be killing anyone else." She said with a crazy look in her eyes. Dried blood still stained her face but she was still up and kicking despite the damage Manchester had caused to the insides of her head. Her fist lifted into the air and Manchester put up a forcefield. Which Naja began to pound on. "I've finally bought what you've been selling! You were right! Isn't that what you wanted?!" She shouted and after a few blows, the psionic shield shattered and sent Manchester sliding back across the ground. She just started walking towards him and Manchester let out a continuous wave of his telekinetic blast.

To Naja, it was like a light breeze. Despite the fact that Manchester's telekinesis was ripping up chunks of the street, tearing the sides off of buildings and sending cars across the city, Naja kept walking as if nothing was happening. When she got close, he summoned as much debris, including tree limbs, rocks, cars, anything he could lift and smashed it all onto the incoming snake woman. She smashed through it as if it were made of paper and kept walking towards him. "How does it feel Black? To be the victim? To watch your dreams, and everything you hold dear, die knowing you were helpless to stop it?" She asked.

"LET ME SHOW YOU, YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS HYPOCRITE!" He screamed at the top of his lungs and blasted Naja with every single ounce of his power. It was actually enough to not only knock her off her feet, but it actually sent her backwards and opened several small cuts on her arms and legs. She staggered to her feet and her eyes glowed bright red. "Heat vision? You can barely stand let alone fry my face!"

"Who said anything about your face?" She asked and Manchester was confused for the split second it took for Naja to lobotomize him. A splitting pain was felt for a split second and he fell to his knees as Naja walked over, looking badly injured and bleeding.

"What... What did you do to me? You're not dyin'... I'm thinkin' it... But..."

"Heat vision. Focused through your pupils like a scalpel. Instant lobotomy. I scanned your brain for anything not normally found in a normal one. And when I found it. I cut. It. Out. Your powers are gone Manchester." Naja said and slapped him. Hard enough that he spat up blood. She hit him again, and again until he tripped over himself using his arms to try and protect himself.

"Please! You don't do this!" He begged.

"I do now. Thanks for opening my eyes." She said, grabbed his shirt, brought out her vicious looking claws, and was just about to deliver the killing blow, bringing her hand just inches away from Manchester's head. "Scary. Isn't it?" She asked. "All I have to do it lose control of myself for one second. And look how easily I took you all down. Here's the real kicker." Naja said and leaned in uncomfortably close to Manchester's ear. "I was holding back."

"It... It doesn't matter now!" He smirked. "They all saw what you did! You're done!"

"Not really. Watch this. Alex! It's over!" She shouted and Alex floated down, with the three members of Manchester's team all trying to break Alex's barriers, and all of the civilians that were supposedly killed during the fight. "See. I had this all planned out from the beginning. My boyfriend, him over there in the purple, is a really good sorcerer. I never killed your team. He made it look like I did, but no one was hurt. Okay maybe a bit, but no one died. I had to let you beat me up a bit so he could get into position, but I wanted to show the world how scary it would be to have a bunch of madmen like you around. Who are very powerful... And murder. Not something anyone wants."

Alex dropped the three other member's of The Elite on the ground right next to Manchester. "Your powers are gone and the police are on their way." He said and his hands glowed brightly, which caused nearly all of the damage the fight between Naja and Manchester to be repaired inside a few seconds. "You're lucky it was us. You did the same thing to Thor..." He said and let out a long whistle. "He probably would have actually killed you. I just used smoke and mirrors. Thor? His lightning is pretty real."

[The Republic of Atria]

The UN

"Then it's settled." The speaker said. "Due to the inane amount of damages and deaths caused by these so called 'Superheroes.' They will now be, required by law, to register with the government, undergo a training course, and go about their acts as superhumans under the watchful eye of the world's governments, or be detained until they comply. Any objections?" Of which only one person disagreed. "Sir, do you object to this?"

"No. It's just that someone has to say no." And with that. The measure was passed. All superhumans, regardless if human, mutant, or alien were required by law, to go to the nearest Military recruitment center, which now doubled as a registration station, and register with the government. Or face prison time and hefty fines. Of course this wouldn't be an overnight thing. There was a fair timetable in place. 4 months. More than enough time for any and all superhumans to register in order to continue their lives as Superheroes or normal civilians.

Alex and Naja

Naja kissed him while floating in the air above the city block he just repaired. "That... Could have gone worse. I mean it totally could have gone better too, but it certainly could have been worse."

"You're okay right? No more bleeding?"

"A little headache, but that's going away." She said and caught a glimpse of herself in a window reflection. "Egh." She was covered in dried blood, her costume was ripped to shreds and just barely covering her private areas. "Yeah... I need a shower." She said and right on cue, Alex warped them home. "Thank you." She said, noticing he was staring at her. "Oh don't look at me like that. You've seen me naked how many times?"

"A lot."

"I've still got... Some of my clothes on. I really should wear a second layer..." She said going into the bathroom and closed the door. Alex decided to sit down and watch some TV. He had to use a time spell to rebuild the city block. It was easier than having to remember what everything looked like, but time spells took quite a bit of energy. Even more so when it was the size of the area he had to fix. A single room or one person isn't so bad, but an entire city block? That was something else entirely. He flicked on the TV and was watching the news when he heard about the Registration Act that the UN was about to enforce. That didn't sit well with him in the slightest.

Talak

It took a second, but flailing around at several times the speed of sound was enough to break him free of the goo that Xyri trapped him in. He was about to just run over and start hitting her again when a ship descended from the sky. On top of that, the slime thing seemed to stop and was talking. He zipped back over, most of the slime on his costume flew off due to his speed, but he was curious as to what just happened and how come the slime girl wasn't attacking anyone anymore, and where the ship came from. "I am confused. I thought we were fighting... What is the human word for this?" He asked with some of the slime on his hands.

[The Republic of Atria]

Upon Alex and Naja seeing the information that Craig released about the government creating weapons specifically designed to take down superhumans. Their opinions on the topic were completely divided.

"I don't see what the big deal is." Naja said. "It's perfectly understandable. Some of us are pretty damn powerful. If they want a means to defend themselves, I don't see the issue."

"That's not what I'm mad about. They want us to submit to their whims, or we can do our thing and keep people safe. Naja, they created me and wanted ME to be a goddamned superweapon that they could point and shoot. That's what they're doing here! They're just turning you all into weapons that they can control. And if you don't listen, they throw you in prison. I am not okay with that." He said and sat down. "We're people. Not weapons."

"You're exaggerating. All they want is security. It's not like they're being unfair. They're paying everyone who signs up and gets through the piss easy training course. It's just like being a cop. Nothing is changed except that. If anything it's a good idea. And besides, it's law now." She said. "I love you, but you're taking this way harder than you need to. I know they did some mean things to you, but things change. Superman has already signed up. Clark Kent. Who would've thought? I'm signed up, since I'm in good with SHIELD I'm good to go. You're already practically signed up. The government designed you. They probably already have your name and powers." She said and put her hand on his shoulder. "Come on. Don't be stubborn."

He sighed. Not a fan of the whole idea. But what Naja said made sense. "Alright. Fine. I'll go sign up." And by that he meant go complain to Stark about the whole thing. Of course he couldn't be bothered to walk or fly, so he was ever so courteous and warped himself into Stark's office. "Stark."

"There you are blondie. Usually that goes to Thor, but since he's being stubborn about this, I've been needing to call someone that. I assume you're here to do your due diligence? Come on man, it's the law. Like it or not, you have to follow it. And Also. It's not like you have a lot of secrets to begin with. You were created. We known more about you than you know about yourself. No social security number, which I've fixed, you're welcome, no money, which will be fixed so you don't have to mooch of your girlfriend anymore. Though you still need a last name. How about Smith?"

He rolled his eyes. "How about you take that stuff and shove it?"

"Really? Seriously? I'm being nice here. This isn't a bad deal. Quit being stubborn. This benefits everyone involved. We need you. You're one of the most powerful beings on this planet, and the best part is you're completely sane. Poor ole' Bob and Owen? Not so much."

"No."

"Fine then." Tony said. "Alexander Von Doom." Alex's eyes immediately went blank and glowed their old bright gold color. His purple sorcerer robes burned away and his old costume was back. He was the Golden Guardian once more. "Sorry. But this is just until everything is done and over with. I'm not sure if you can hear me. But you're pretty much a sleeper agent. With the power of a million exploding suns."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Now that that problem is solved. I'm gonna need you. You're the front runner of the newest, 100% registered, Superhero group: The League of Avengers." Stark said meeting Alex's totally empty expression. "Luckily, you won't have to say much. You're the muscle." He said as he called to him a suit of armor. "Now let's go. We've got a press conference." He said and flew out his window with the Golden Guardian in tow. When they arrived to the large group of reporters, on the podium there was a decently sized group of heroes from both the Avengers and Justice League. "Alright blondie, go stand in front and look pretty for the crowd." Stark said, and landed in front of the microphone. "Unfortunately, one of the members couldn't make it, you all know him as Superman, or Mr. Kent. He's busy dealing with something else at the moment." He said and motioned to the group of heroes.

"And here we have the newest, government approved, superhero group. Miss Marvel: Carol Danvers, The Flash: Barry Allen, The Golden Guardian: Alexander Smith, Spider-man: Peter Parker. Iron man: That's me. Tony Stark, John Stewart: Green Lantern, and last and most certainly not least, Clark Kent, Kal-El, Superman." Tony said standing proud of his new group.

Naja was watching the news when she not only saw Alex standing there looking blank. Which was semi-normal. It wasn't uncommon for him to be stoic, but it was uncommon for him to be using powers that he supposedly didn't have anymore. This riled her suspicions and decided to fly too high above the cloud cover to be spotted. Using her powerful vision, she looked at the inside of Alex's brain just to see if he was nervous, irritated or something. Not in the slightest. In fact it seemed that he was totally void of any emotion whatsoever. And he somehow had his powers back, when previously he said that he no longer wanted them, or even had them. So why was he not using his magic? This was going to be answered. She flew down just as Stark was finishing his speech. "Hey... Yeah. Excuse me."

"Oh Hey. Naja, the Press, the Press, Naja." He knew this was going to go poorly.

"Yeah... I've got a real quick question. I'm registered and everything. But what happens to the people who really don't want to go through with this sort of thing?"

"Well, they're imprisoned until they change their minds. At which point they will be allowed to serve as one of the heroes."

"Okay then. I've got another question. For him." She points to Alex. "You know who I am? Right?"

"Tell her who she is." Stark said.

"Name: Naja. Affiliation: Justice Queens. Species: Inhuman."

Naja nodded. His nearly robotic tone of voice was all she needed to hear. "Thank you." And then she hit Stark with enough force to send him a city block away. "You turned him INTO A SLAVE." She said floating above the ground looking slightly pissed off.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Yeah... Ow... She hits hard. And what are you talking about? She's registered. She also just happened to be pissed off at me for making sure her boyfriend follows the law. By the way, she's gonna be pissed and... She also happens to be one of the most powerful people on this planet. At least top 10." Stark said standing back up.

Naja smashed into the side of a building when the lantern hit her. It certainly didn't help her mood any. The bullets fired from the Lanterns construct bounced off her as she walked towards them, grabbed a parked cement truck, and slammed it on the CyberLantern. She then turned her attention to Stark, grabbed him-

Avengers Tower.

Tony didn't really knew what happened. One second he was in the middle of the street and the next his entire collection of alcoholic drinks was spilling all over his floor and armor. "Okay... This is gonna get old... Fast." He muttered and stood back up to see Naja floating outside his window. He let out the claw on her pointer finger and with one poke shattered the glass. "Okay. First of all, I'm billing you for that. Second of all. Ouch. Third. Calm down. It's just temporary. Once we get everyone registered, he won't even remember what happened. You two can go back to being lovebirds or whatever. And finally. Since when do snakes have claws?"

"You're going to change him back, right this instant. Or. I'm going to tear that tin suit right off and make you."

"Yeah... Not gonna happen right now. We need all the firepower we can get. He's big firepower. And besides. I've read your file. You aren't exactly the type to make threats and keep them. You're the good cop to his bad cop. Well. That and..." He said as several machines attached much different parts to him. "Cool huh? I got it from Asgard." He said and hit Naja right out of the tower and several more city blocks. When she finally stopped, she felt something going down her nose. She was bleeding. Not badly. But it was sore and Stark was coming right at her.

"Alright then." She said. "Knockdown drag out it is."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Naja. Stop!" Stark said and stopped before Naja flew at him. "If you want to have a tantrum, fine, do it away from the civilians." He said.

Naja looked around to see everyone running from the fight. "Alright. Let's go." She said and smashed into Tony with such force that every window within a block cracked, and every car that had an alarm within 5 blocks went off. She flew him across the country until they came to the famous Utah Salt flats and axe slammed him to the ground. "No one for miles. Now lets-" She was cut off by Tony blasting her with an unusually powerful replusor blast. It actually knocked her down.

"Cool huh? I am not the biggest fan of magic. But those Asgardians really know how to make a suit of armor. Naja please stop. This is only hurting everyone else. I've read your file. You're about as strong as Superman. The amount of force you'd have to exert to damage this armor would flatten half the country. And probably create some pretty serious weather patterns. And while I have no doubt that you could do it, you're not willing to risk potentially billions of lives over him. At least I hope you're not. Don't make this into something it's not." Stark said.

Naja seemed to calm down a bit. She sat on her knees really not sure what to do next. Stark walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "If he's on your team..." She said and wiped the grime and tears off of her face and then grabbed Tony's armor. "Then consider my registration null and void." Naja said unusually harsh for her normal tone. "And just so we're clear." Her claws came out and she ripped the Uru plating off of Tony's armor like it was tissue. And then tore through the second layer of his armor and left him completely without anything but his shirt and pants. She gave him one last irritated look before shooting into the sky and heading back to the Justice Queen's headquarters.

"Jarvis. Two things. Update the file on Naja. Like big time. Yeah. Apparently she has claws now. Also. I need a new armor... She kinda... Broke this one."

[The Republic of Atria]

Just as fast as the Slime monster was there, several other heroes popped up. And then what appeared to be an alien space ship. Being as naive as he was, he didn't register in his mind that they were bad guys until they opened fire. At him too! He hadn't even done anything wrong! At least he didn't think he did. A shot from a rail gun came right for his forehead and he caught the round. Just barely. "Hey! That could have killed me! What did I do to you?!" He demanded and dropped the slug.

what seemed to be the commander put her sights on the young child. He didn't just get lucky enough to dodge the shot from the railgun, or even just withstand it. He actually caught it. Given his bright blue skin, tail, and pointed ears, it was obvious that he wasn't a native to Earth. Another scan showed that he was putting off some form of energy whenever he moved at faster than normal speeds. Leaving a trail of the blue lightning whenever he moved. Which was often and fast. Out of curiosity, she switched to the much more explosive plasma rounds and fired a burst at the little speedster.

The blasts tore and melted most of the ground apart, but when the smoke and ash cleared, Talak was gone. The next thing she knew her armor was damaged. Specifically one of the guns had large dents, like some large animal had tried to attack it. She turned around to see Talak waving his hands around in the air. "Owowowowowow! How did Dad do this?" Talak muttered having yet to learn how to use the Speed Force to cushion the blows to his hands. "Come out of there and fight me!"

[The Republic of Atria]

It took a few minutes, but Stark had a new armor sent to him and finally made it back to New York. Naja was going to be a pain and a half to deal with. However, he had one of her few weaknesses: Her boyfriend. Speaking of pains in the ass, he thought as he returned to the podium to see Okarot questioning Alex, whose only response included staring at him as if he wasn't really there. "I can answer that for you. Speak of the Devil, right? I was just going to start tracking you down. Thank you for saving me a couple of hours. I know you've met Alex. Don't worry about what's wrong with him, he was being annoyingly stubborn before we managed to convince him to join the right side. And while you're here, it's probably a good time to get registered." Stark said.

There were two ways that this was going to go. Either Okarot decided to sign up and things go on. Or they honeypot doesn't work and he as to use vinegar instead. "You're a Saiyan according to my information. The tail gives it away. Anyways. We could use someone like you on the team. You'd be our designated Wolverine slash heavy hitter. Once Blondie here is done here, he's probably going to go back to magic, which we could also use. Which, again, opens up that spot. Don't worry. You will be well compensated for your time, and you'll get to fight people worth your time. I'm sure sparring with a partner is more effective than going at it alone." Stark explained. He wanted to avoid a fight, but he knew how trigger happy Saiyans could be.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Hey. Calm down buddy." He said but it was no use trying to interrupt the Saiyan. "I don't see what the big deal is. You can still do whatever it is you're doing, you just get paid. I know he's part Saiyan. But it really doesn't matter since his mind is programmed to do what we say without question. And as for siccing my attack dog on you? Ummm... Yeah. That's exactly what I'm going to do. Alex, hit him until he changes his mind. Don't stop until he says he wants to register. If you have to kill him... Well. No skin off my nose." Stark said and like a mindless machine, Alexstruck out at Okarot going many, many times the speed of light.

"All unregistered super-beings and crime-fighters must register or face imprisonment until they comply. I have been authorized to use lethal force. Comply and you will not face further injury." He said as stoic as one could possibly be. There was no longer the snarky, slightly cocky sorcerer. Only a weapon designed to fulfill it's purpose. No memories of spending time with his lover. No free will. "I have no wish to cause harm. I only wish to enforce the laws of the world in which you reside. All are required to comply."

[The Republic of Atria]

Unfortunately for Okarot, his pleas had fallen on deaf ears. It didn't matter how strong ones will was when it came to his programming. When the words were spoke, he was made to follow blindly without any regard of who it was he was going after. Be it friend or foe. "Submit for registration and you will not be subjected to further injury." And when Okarot continued to try and goad his free will. Alex simply fired powerful beams from his eyes. "Unsatisfactory reply. You have been warned. If you continue to resist, you will die. It brings me no pleasure. I am simply doing what I have to do. You reside on our world, you must follow the laws of our world."

Naja was not taking it well, she walked into the tower, took one step into the elevator, which caused it to snap and smash into the basement. Due to her forgetting to turn off her powers. She walked back outside and flew up her room trying to figure out what to do next. Stark had a point though. Even when she was angry, she simply didn't have the strength of character to follow through with any of her threats. Which in most cases was a good thing. But there were a few times when she wished that people would take her more seriously when she got angry. The Elite only got scared of her when she made it look like she was brutally killing them. She could never actually do something like that.

[The Republic of Atria]

He had felt no remorse or anything for that matter about what he was doing. The Saiyan either had to submit, or Alex was going to beat him to death. In reality he would never have attempted such a thing unless it meant saving a large number of lives. Okarot was one of his few friends, but that didn't matter anymore. There was no way for him to fight his programming. Even if he was part Saiyan. It was impossible. Someone would have to fix him. Unfortunately that was easier said than done. Alex caught Okarot's blow with his left hand still giving him the 1000 yard stare. "Warning number 2. This is your final warning. Further attempts to resist will be met with lethal force. For your own safety. Submit to registration and this will be overlooked." And of course he used his right hand to fire a blast of equal power right back at Okarot. It wasn't by choice. He was every bit against the act as Okarot was. But only one of them could fight it.

[The Republic of Atria]

He couldn't even watch with his own eyes, not that he would want to watch himself batter his friends with no way for him to stop. If he ever recovered from his trance, it would be at the very best, a foggy dream. Alex flew back into the void of Space when Okarot powered. Still unfazed, but now his eye began to glow and was surrounded by a golden glow as well. "My warnings have not been heeded. Lethal force is authorized. You have the sincerest apologies from the people of Earth." He said just as stoic as ever. His energy sense was picking up Okarot's growing energy. It was much higher than before, actually enough to keep up with him. It might have worried him a tad if he still had his emotions, but he didn't. And if he did, this situation would never have happened to begin with.

And the fight began once again. However, the advantage he once had, was now gone. Okarot was actually damaging him. His senses picked up that the energy he was using, was literally burning him alive, so the strategy was to just let him burn himself out and avoid any energy blasts that would erase him. A simple and hopefully effective strategy. In an attempt to help speed up the process of Okarot's decay, Alex unleashed a bright golden Omnidirectional wave of energy. The blast could be mistaken for a star to the unaided eye.

[The Republic of Atria]

There really was no reason for him to bother dodging Okarot's physical blows. Even the one that shattered his skull like a watermelon. For a second or so, his body drifted in space, without a head. At least a bright golden flash it was fully healed and back to normal. "You cannot destroy me. I am designed to heal at the atomic level." He didn't know that there was no point in trying to talk him down. His intelligence was hamper almost completely. Only enough to operate his powers at their peak with skill, and to know when someone surrendered or was doing what he said. "I sincerely apologize for what is about to happen. I predict there is a less than 10 percent chance you will survive this." He said and fired a massive wave. It's power average, but the real kicker was it's ability to rip matter apart at the atomic level.

Naja

"Yeah... Kinda. We're not arguing or anything. He... Got turned into some sort of zombie slave thing... What's the word? Sleeper agent or something like that. And now Stark and all the pro reggers are using him as a giant flyswatter. There's no emotion to him. He's just a... Machine." She explained quietly to her friend. "And... I certainly didn't help matters any by punching Stark... A lot. And then leaving him almost naked in the Salt Flats. Stark said they'd fix him, but I don't want him to be their slave. I'm sorry about the elevator. I forgot to turn my powers off before I came inside because my mind was elsewhere trying to find a way to fix this. I tried to bluff, but Stark called me on it. He said I just don't have it in me to go through with what I said. And I think he's right."

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex had to move fast, and he did. Though not fast enough for the blast to rip everything from the base of his ribcage, downward. It didn't take long for him to heal the damage done. Nothing was genuinely lethal to him. He was about to try the same thing but with a much wider blast radius when, for the first time since he succumbed to mind control, he felt emotion. And not a good one. Fear. Out of curiosity, he turned around to see the planet that was destroyed by Okarot. Now an empty void in space. But it was what came out of the hole that scared him. An enormous ship almost the size of a planet in and of itself. Alex recognized the ship and knew immediately who it was.

The Devourer of Worlds: Galactus.

At this moment, he had to break off from fighting Okarot. His programming would not permit him to fight Galactus. In fact it is the one thing he was programmed to fear. Not that he would even try something that stupid even if he had free will. The monstrous energy being looked at the two mortals fighting. A bright little golden one. And a Dark sinister one. Alex had served as his Herald for like an hour, but did give him 10 planets to devour. But it didn't matter, even if he wasn't hostile, Alex fled, leaving the Devourer of Worlds to fight the Celestial Saiyan. "Who dares halt the feeding of Galactus?" His booming voice echo through the endless void of space. Luckily Galactus wasn't an angry person. But even he has limits.

[The Republic of Atria]

Naja

She was doing her best to hold back tears, but what Katie said gave her a glimmer of hope. She knew about Katie's electrical powers. Combined with the knowledge on how the brain worked, she was pretty much suggesting that she could possibly rewire Alex's brain. Which sounded great to her. But there was only one issue. "Okay... On paper, that sounds like a potentially risky, but also rewarding idea. The biggest problem being that Alex is... Pretty damn strong. To put it mildly. So we would have to hold him down long enough for you to do your brain surgery. Any suggestions on how we actually do that?" She asked. "And Katie... Thank you."

Talak

He looked at the newcomer, who had a slightly lighter skin tone than he did, but it was still blue. Though it didn't appear that he had a tail. "I will distract her. My dad taught me a trick to do that. You guys hit her!" He was referring to the Vortex, which was just him running circles around his opponent which created a powerful tornado. And in a flash he was running so fast around the commander that the ground was beginning to come loose. The winds picked up substantially and he hoped that whatever he was attacking would be stopped by what seemed to be his allies.

Alex

He was not facing Galactus under any circumstance. At the most, he staggered The Devourer, who them proceeded to nearly kill him in one shot. Galactus was Okarot's problem now. He flew back to Earth and headed towards the SHIELD Helicarrier where he was greeted by none other than Nick Fury. "Mission accomplished. Okarot is now facing Galactus. In his unstable state of mind, his odds of survival are at less than 2 percent." Alex confirmed. "Awaiting orders."

"Just in time. We need you to apprehend two fugitives. I'm sure you've met them before." Fury said pointing to a screen with Asumar and Founder on them. "One of them is a murderer. And the other caused millions in public and private property damage. Same rules as before. Find them. Get them to either turn themselves in and register. Or do what you do best. I'll be sending backup. More for the press than anything else. Have to at least look like we have our shit together. Hop to it Goldilocks. Report back to me when you're done." Fury ordered and Alex shot into the sky to scan for the Masakis.

Who didn't even make it that far. They were still in the city. Right near the Avengers Tower. He floated down, looking rather displeased. "You are required by law to register." Alex said in the same stoic voice he always had. "This is your first warning. Surrender now. You will be given one more warning. If you continue to resist following the Warnings. Force will be authorized. Further resistance will be met with lethal force. You have 10 seconds to comply."

[The Republic of Atria]

"You have not complied within the given time frame. This is your second and finale warn-" He was interrupted by the energy blast. When it stopped, he was still standing completely unscathed by the blast. "You have not complied. Force will now be used. Comply before you receive serious injury. Further resistance will be met with lethal force." He said and fired a beam from the tip of each of his pointer fingers at both of the Masakis. Fury was watching the fight from above. Hopefully they would surrender before he had to call Alex off. He didn't want to kill them. That would defeat the purpose of what he was trying to do. Unfortunately, the Masakis were stubborn. And to make matters worse. General Wade Eiling was supposed to be in New York today. A much more ruthless and brutal man than he was.

At the very least, Fury saw Alex as at least somewhat human. Eiling saw him as a WMD in yellow spandex. A weapon completely under his control. Word had gotten around that Alex had a created a serum that could give anyone his powers. And used it on his girlfriend. He wanted Alex or Naja so he could figure out how the serum was made. For obvious reasons.

[The Republic of Atria]

Alex smashed into the ground but absorbed most of the blast as to prevent unwanted damage to the city. There was a small dent in his skull from where Asumar hit him, but that quickly vanished. He took a powerful backhand towards Kazuko. Enough to shatter the bones of a Kryptonian. "You have openly stated that you will not register under any circumstance. Lethal force is now authorized." He said and flew at Asumar, attempting to just smash into his chest. "I take no pleasure from this. Our law was very clear. Time was given. You reside on our world, you must abide by our rules. There are no exceptions."

Speak of the Devil and he shall appear. General Eiling stepped aboard the Helicarrier and watched the fight between Alex and the Masakis. "Your Golden Boy is pretty strong there. He's got higher energy readings than Superman. As for those two aliens. They clearly ain't gonna give up. Just have muscles break their necks and give us the cadavers. We could have an army of them in just a few years."

"With all due respect General. Alex is a superhero. It's a hearts and minds campaign. We show that the heroes are still heroes as well as people. They're not gods who look down on us. We've established that. People feel safer than ever. Super related damages are down 72 percent. It's working. there's a few stragglers. But we have a prison. It's perfectly humane."

"Look at that boy Fury. That man is one of the most powerful men on this planet. Rumor has it that his girlfriend. The freak woman who looks like a snake, has his powerset as well. If we could get our hands on a sample of either of their blood. We could create an entire army of Golden Boys! He's the best damn thing to ever come out of SHIELD. We need ten, no. A thousand more just like him. And at some point in the future. Everyone will have his powers. Humans will be at the forefront of the universe. And no one will threaten Earth ever again."

"Does you ass get jealous of all the shit that comes out of your mouth?"