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

[Finland SSR]

Majin Buu

Oh, wow, he's actually kinda stro- AGH! Bastard hit me off-guard with his little golden energy attack! And then the explosion finished, showing the apartment completely leveled down. Wow, for a father, he's definitely reckless, considering that his own daughter was only about ten feet away. The dust cleared out to show my body somewhat damaged and without an arm, with the rest of the body looking like it was chewed up.

No matter. I blinked and I was restored to exactly what I was before. Gotta love regeneration.

"A bold move, Hiroshi. You almost vaporized your daughter there - but what else can I expect from a Saiyan?" As soon as I said 'Saiyan', I vanished from my position, reappearing in front of Hiroshi and sending a flurry of fast and light punches and kicks. Wear him down a bit.

Hiroshi:

'Oh... So Supreme Kai wasn't mistaken when he said Buu and Myosai were the same thing... Huh.'

Turning in, he pulled his arm up, his frame jarring as a pink fist met his guard. Golden energy met Buu's as Hiroshi bulled his way through, but not before a pink foot buried itself in his gut, stalling the Super Saiyan in the air as a grasp escaped him. For a moment, Hiroshi struggled against the appendage, energy surging through him as he forced himself forward.

Pulling back his right arm back, he lashed out with an intense punch, slamming into what he hoped was a suprised Majin's face, before he quickly followed it up with another, his left struck into the pink blobs neck, his right coming in directly behind it for another go.

Majin Buu

I knew exactly where he was going to strike, but I let him have his moment, getting hit pretty hard in the face and in the neck multiple times before pulling back a meter. I think I read a thought in his mind before this... attack. Very interesting.

"So, the Supreme Kai told you about me?" I spoke out, brushing past my cheek with my hand. "Huh, with a warning I'd imagine you to be more prepared." Let's push his limits. I appeared in front of Hiroshi, again, but this time I opened up with a wide and powerful sweep kick, as well as a dozen punches right to where his stomach would be.

[New Rnclave]

Hiroshi:

'Oh... So Supreme Kai wasn't mistaken when he said Buu and Myosai were the same thing... Huh.'

Turning in, he pulled his arm up, his frame jarring as a pink fist met his guard. Golden energy met Buu's as Hiroshi bulled his way through, but not before a pink foot buried itself in his gut, stalling the Super Saiyan in the air as a grasp escaped him. For a moment, Hiroshi struggled against the appendage, energy surging through him as he forced himself forward.

Pulling back his right arm back, he lashed out with an intense punch, slamming into what he hoped was a suprised Majin's face, before he quickly followed it up with another, his left struck into the pink blobs neck, his right coming in directly behind it for another go.

Majin Buu

I knew exactly where he was going to strike, but I let him have his moment, getting hit pretty hard in the face and in the neck multiple times before pulling back a meter. I think I read a thought in his mind before this... attack. Very interesting.

"So, the Supreme Kai told you about me?" I spoke out, brushing past my cheek with my hand. "Huh, with a warning I'd imagine you to be more prepared." Let's push his limits. I appeared in front of Hiroshi, again, but this time I opened up with a wide and powerful sweep kick, as well as a dozen punches right to where his stomach would be.

'Is he... Is he reading my thoughts?'

When the Majin appeared in front of him, a suprised look crossing his face before the Pink mans boot snapped his head backwards, blood spattering against the inside of his cheek before a fist to the stomach folded him over. Something felt off. Something was incredibly off.

For every strike the Super Saiyan landed, Buu landed five or six more. Like he was anticipating where Hiroshi was going to strike, and knew what would be open once he did. Scowling, Hiroshi dove forward, his right hand slipping forwards and smashing into the Titans windpipe, the Saiyans knee already filling the space as it slammed into Buu's jaw.

[Finland SSR]

Majin Buu

I knew exactly where he was going to strike, but I let him have his moment, getting hit pretty hard in the face and in the neck multiple times before pulling back a meter. I think I read a thought in his mind before this... attack. Very interesting.

"So, the Supreme Kai told you about me?" I spoke out, brushing past my cheek with my hand. "Huh, with a warning I'd imagine you to be more prepared." Let's push his limits. I appeared in front of Hiroshi, again, but this time I opened up with a wide and powerful sweep kick, as well as a dozen punches right to where his stomach would be.

'Is he... Is he reading my thoughts?'

When the Majin appeared in front of him, a suprised look crossing his face before the Pink mans boot snapped his head backwards, blood spattering against the inside of his cheek before a fist to the stomach folded him over. Something felt off. Something was incredibly off.

For every strike the Super Saiyan landed, Buu landed five or six more. Like he was anticipating where Hiroshi was going to strike, and knew what would be open once he did. Scowling, Hiroshi dove forward, his right hand slipping forwards and smashing into the Titans windpipe, the Saiyans knee already filling the space as it slammed into Buu's jaw.

Majin Buu

I smirked as Hiroshi's foot sank into my head. I could see that he wasn't doing as well as he planned to do before the fight, and he knew that. I wonder... My hand grabbed the Saiyan's leg and pulled it out, throwing him at the ground and continuing with a barrage of pink one-handed energy blasts. Huh. A large portion of the city is already demolished. That was fast.

"Can I ask you a question, princess?" I exclaimed. "If I hold your child for a bit longer, will you transform again? This is not as fun as I imagined it to be at first, and you getting a little stronger would clear out that mood a bit. Maybe I could actually punch her this time..."

I was practically asking to get attacked off-guard.

[New Rnclave]

'Is he... Is he reading my thoughts?'

When the Majin appeared in front of him, a suprised look crossing his face before the Pink mans boot snapped his head backwards, blood spattering against the inside of his cheek before a fist to the stomach folded him over. Something felt off. Something was incredibly off.

For every strike the Super Saiyan landed, Buu landed five or six more. Like he was anticipating where Hiroshi was going to strike, and knew what would be open once he did. Scowling, Hiroshi dove forward, his right hand slipping forwards and smashing into the Titans windpipe, the Saiyans knee already filling the space as it slammed into Buu's jaw.

Majin Buu

I smirked as Hiroshi's foot sank into my head. I could see that he wasn't doing as well as he planned to do before the fight, and he knew that. I wonder... My hand grabbed the Saiyan's leg and pulled it out, throwing him at the ground and continuing with a barrage of pink one-handed energy blasts. Huh. A large portion of the city is already demolished. That was fast.

"Can I ask you a question, princess?" I exclaimed. "If I hold your child for a bit longer, will you transform again? This is not as fun as I imagined it to be at first, and you getting a little stronger would clear out that mood a bit. Maybe I could actually punch her this time..."

I was practically asking to get attacked off-guard.

Hiroshi:

Coughing, the Maned Super Saiyan pulled himself from the rubble, dusting off his torn dogi as he stood. A second later, there was an immense flash as everything, Hiroshi included floated for a moment, before the world shifted to a hellscape of pink fire. It was blinding, even to him, as he raised his arms to guard himself. The air itself caught fire as the shockwave rolled out, tearing at the already demolished city. The first wave of force rolled last him, before sucking inwards with even more ferocity, threatening to pull the Hybrid into its flaming center.

'Nows the perfect chance to charge my energy. Question is, Gods Judgement or Divine Meteor?'

"Dragon Fist!" Smirking, Hiroshi almost couldn't help his awe as the enormous golden dragon rocketed through the inky smoke, thundering towards the Majin, roaring a final, primal battle cry before clamping it's maw down on Buu.

Disinformation was a skill he hadn't practiced in years, and he could only hope being rusty didn't give away his suprise. Yet, it didn't compare to charging an attack while thinking about another.

[The Republic of Atria]

"So close... And yet so far. Ow." He muttered. That last blast vented almost the entirety of his energy supply, but as far as he could tell, Buu was dead and gone. The city was already beginning to repair the damage done. He had enough energy left to where he could fly back to his communications room where the amount of messages condemning his actions in North Korea had begun to pile up, He skimmed through it and was starting to become more annoyed. He saved millions of lives from a life of torture and oppression and that was how they thanked him? The UN was even considering sanctions against Praetoria, which made no sense considering there was not much of an economy to speak of.

But that didn't stop the anger from building. In fact he was planning to fly out and give the entire UN a piece of his mind when Naja flew down looking also less than pleased. "Where have you been? It's almost been two days!" She asked, and then noticed that Xander was looking quite frustrated himself as he walked past her and started flying only for her to grab his leg. "Where are you going? You really shouldn't be going places when you're angry. And I've been meaning to talk to you about some stuff we really to work out."

"Can it wait? I've got to go tell some people off-"

"That's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about!" She said raising her voice slightly, but enough to where Xander widened his eyes. She had never raised her voice like that before. "You're always putting me off! Every single time I try to spend some time with you, you keep asking if it can wait. And by spending time with you, I mean doing something just the two of us. No having to fly around and make sure people's noses are wiped. Just lying in bed together, watching a movie or two and maybe going out to eat once in awhile. I'm not asking a lot from you-" Xander was tuning her voice out. Not for any hateful reason, but life was really starting to get under his skin.

All he was doing was helping people. And removing despots from power. Deaths were kept to an absolute minimum and people weren't being tortured and killed over minor nonsense. Buu killing his citizens was something that he was irritated about and killing him only made sure the problem wouldn't be continued. Though he was completely unaware that Buu had survived. And now his wife was yelling at him for not spending enough time with her. As powerful as he was, his mind could only take so much pressure. Everyone has a breaking point and Xander had just about reached his. "SHUT UP!" There it was. He screamed at his wife.

It was a very slow and quiet few seconds before Xander realized what he just did, and then flew away. Fast. Naja was about to go after him, but it was too late. Xander was gone.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Chicago Park

The Knight drove The Destroyer, hoping to get into the park quickly.

However, as he crossed into the park and went up the bridge, The Destroyer was pushed off of it, more than likely by Telekinesis. The Destroyer rolled off, smashing through the stone railings on the side, "Hang On!". The Knight put his right arm out horizontally as The Destroyer smashed into the ground below, churning up a lot of the dirt on the ground. The Knight quickly hit the Destroyer's afterburner, pushing The Destroyer more, flipping back right side up. The Knight shook his head, looking around he pressed a few button, and checked to see if The Destroyer was still Operational. "Sanza Scan Surroundings", [Scanning....CCTV and Radar shows What looks to be Lanvin following the road we cam on. Another Signature, another person has seemingly teleported behind a tree].

'I'm getting annoyed by this Stupid Mage', The knight thought about the Man, Nicholas, who'd simply was being a distraction this entire time. "We're getting out of here", The Knight said to dawn, before driving The Destroyer back onto one of the paths in the Park, and Quickly drove out, partly clipping the archway of the park, smashing through it. After The Knight drove The Destroyer fairly far, The Knight dropped Dawn off at a Train Station just outside of Chicago. "Take this" The Knight said before passing her a subway card, "Take the Station around 7 stops, You'll arrive at the Main Metahuman Training facility in Peoria. Good luck". The Knight said before driving The Destroyer off, back into Chicago.

---

Cryotech Skyscraper, Downtown Chicago

Marcus Branston sat at his desk, quickly shuffling his papers and typing stuff down. Marcus started to shuffle through his papers, then finding the File he wrote down while talking to Derrick.

Cryotech Head Council Meeting file:
Nature of Meeting: This guy's a total tool
Date of Meeting: End of Time
Notes from Requester: Animal, carsomething
Request Meeting by: *scribbles*

(He also remembered how he just did a bunch of writing, not really taking Derrick's proposition then).

Marcus knew Derrick would arrive soon, He waited, and ran his fingers ovr his partial attempt to cover the wound with makeup.

[Vicar Synaspic]

Nicholas, hoping nobody would suspect him doing this again, returned to the site where what people called art sat. It was late, and his crew was with him. He knew some elections were soon, and that he would run for whatever position he felt like running for. He'd have his company "sponsor" him. They climbed out, putting on the Guy Fawkes mask again, and did the same, replanting the bombs but this time setting them for 1 minute with movement sensors around it. He would know if someone approached. His men got behind cover, after him, waiting silently.

[Tarazed]

Cryotech Tower

To say Lanvin had been pissed off when Dawn had slipped through his fingers would be a sizeable understatement; the Hunger had longed for her powers and now it was left empty and unrewarded.

Derrick Quinn was back in the driver's seat now, having acquired a new suit and patched up his nose the best he could; although the stitch work was painfully amateur in appearance. A multitude of thoughts swirled around in the back of his mind; the sudden spike in aggressiveness of the Hunger being on of his more pressing concerns.

He glanced up at the skyscraper that was Cryotech headquarters and fixed his cuff links as he climbed the final set of stairs before entering the main atrium of the building.

"Hi..." Derrick smiled as he approached the reception area - somewhat thankful that it was the same woman from before who turned to speak to him, "Me again...Where do I sign in?"

"Right here, Mister Quinn," the receptionist smiled back as she passed him a clipboard; after a moment of looking through her desk notes, she offered him a confused look, "I think Mister Branston is expecting you?"

"I'm counting on it," Derrick replied quickly with a small laugh as he walked in the direction of the elevator.

A short elevator ride later, Derrick walked out onto a familiar floor, offering a cold smile to Marcus' receptionist before shrugging off anything she said, merely saying that he was having a "Bad day thus far," and signing in.

Derrick didn't give the woman a second glance as he approached the door to Marcus' office before knocking twice and entering the room.

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander didn't know he was subconsciously flying back to his true home on the outer rim of the galaxy. He was just angry, frustrated, stressed, and guilty about having just screamed at his wife who was just asking a question about his recent behavior. Earth frustrated him to no end. Couldn't they see that he was really trying to help them? Help everyone? Instead all he got was criticized and vilified. He needed a vacation. Or at least a few days to gather his thoughts and cool off before he did something really stupid. After about an hour of flying he was greeted by his parents who were on their way to Earth, sensed him and met him halfway. His mother was the first to speak. "Xander? What's wrong? I sense you are very disturbed." He said and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Humans... My wife... They're all so... Complicated. I was trying to help out some very desperate people, my home was attacked by a monster who killed several people. I destroyed him, and then Naja comes home, and is upset with me because she thinks I've been neglecting her... And then I snapped and yelled at her." He spat and pulled his knees to his chest. "I'm trying. I really am. I just need to get away from that planet for a few days. I don't want to go back right now. I would just end up doing something stupid. I think I'm just gonna stay with you guys for a few days, if that's okay."

"Of course." His father replied. "You're our child. We were just coming to see you. Stay as long as you like. About your mate. Have you been neglecting her?"

"That's a complicated question with a complicated answer." Xander replied. "Right now there's a bunch of tension with humans with powers, and humans without them. The ones with powers are growing in number at a quick rate and the normal ones are scared. So they came up with a way to make sure everyone is safe... I tried to help them and even agreed to play by their rules. However, when I exercised my power to help people, they began to get upset with me. That coupled with everything else I already explained, did not help me. It's hard and-" He explained quite quickly only for his mother to slow him down.

"Calm down." His mother said and put her hand on his shoulder. "It sounds to me like you're trying to coddle them too much. Xander, we know you mean well, but even you cannot do everything. They will learn and grow. It will take time, but you must let them learn. You do not have to do everything for them or they will take you for granted. You have your own people to watch out for. You are a wedlocked man. The humans can take care of themselves without you. It may not be as good as it would be should you be there, they must learn from their mistakes and grow. As for snapping at your lover, I suggest that when you return, apologize to her immediately."

"That's the intent. Believe me, I had no intention of neglecting her. Things have been tense for awhile and I've been trying to smooth things over for everyone. She did ask me a few times and I did kind of brush her off. I'm not going to lie about that. But I didn't mean to make her feel like that. I'm new to this whole thing."

"It's a common problem with our kind. We do not experience many of the same emotions that organics do. And as a result we seem to come off as somewhat stoic and cold." His father explained. "You are young, and you will learn. Take some time for yourself and calm down. Naja seemed like a very understanding woman. I am certain she will understand how you felt if you apologize and speak to her." He said as they arrived back to the blue super-giant that was their home. However, something was off. All three of them could tell.

"I haven't been here very much, and I feel... Off."

"There is most certainly something wrong." His mother replied. Reality around the area was beginning to distort and warp until a massive BOOM that shook Xander down to his core was heard. Along with the voice of the most obnoxious man he ever had to deal with:

"GUESS WHO'S BACK COCKSUCKER!"

[Confederation of imperial states]

Cryotech Tower

To say Lanvin had been pissed off when Dawn had slipped through his fingers would be a sizeable understatement; the Hunger had longed for her powers and now it was left empty and unrewarded.

Derrick Quinn was back in the driver's seat now, having acquired a new suit and patched up his nose the best he could; although the stitch work was painfully amateur in appearance. A multitude of thoughts swirled around in the back of his mind; the sudden spike in aggressiveness of the Hunger being on of his more pressing concerns.

He glanced up at the skyscraper that was Cryotech headquarters and fixed his cuff links as he climbed the final set of stairs before entering the main atrium of the building.

"Hi..." Derrick smiled as he approached the reception area - somewhat thankful that it was the same woman from before who turned to speak to him, "Me again...Where do I sign in?"

"Right here, Mister Quinn," the receptionist smiled back as she passed him a clipboard; after a moment of looking through her desk notes, she offered him a confused look, "I think Mister Branston is expecting you?"

"I'm counting on it," Derrick replied quickly with a small laugh as he walked in the direction of the elevator.

A short elevator ride later, Derrick walked out onto a familiar floor, offering a cold smile to Marcus' receptionist before shrugging off anything she said, merely saying that he was having a "Bad day thus far," and signing in.

Derrick didn't give the woman a second glance as he approached the door to Marcus' office before knocking twice and entering the room.

Marcus raised his head,
He leaned closer to his monitor, "Ready Security systems within the office", [Of course sir].

Marcus then readied his papers, sitting at his desk with a fairly calm stature.

"Come In" he said pressing the button, activating the outside intercom.

---

Nicholas, hoping nobody would suspect him doing this again, returned to the site where what people called art sat. It was late, and his crew was with him. He knew some elections were soon, and that he would run for whatever position he felt like running for. He'd have his company "sponsor" him. They climbed out, putting on the Guy Fawkes mask again, and did the same, replanting the bombs but this time setting them for 1 minute with movement sensors around it. He would know if someone approached. His men got behind cover, after him, waiting silently.

Lawbeinger quickly grappeled from spot to spot, quickly advancing to the piece of art.
[Lawbringer, this is more than likely a trap], [I know, Remember, we have tricks up out sleeves ourselves], [Of course, T reinforcement is waiting on you, she can be there in around a minute. The Police we can contact with standby]. Lawbringer nodded as she dropped down near the bombs, she noticed the motion sensors but paid no mind, as she quickly worked on one of the bombs. "Sanza the bombs are now connected to a wireless frequency, work on the other ones please", [of course]. As she finished hacking and disabling the bomb, Sanza quickly finished up hers, and Lawbringer quickly took out her Electrical Batons.

"Come on out Nicholas, I know you're waiting for me" she said looking around her.

[New Neros]

South City

The former industrial hub was not alive with honking cars or even citizens, the streets eerily like a ghost town, but that was the intent. A federal blockade had shut down the flow of traffic to the city center while certain agents were brought in to deal with a special kind of criminal. Touching down on the warm pavement, a black-haired young man took his time gazing over the run-down city’s skyline. He took a deep breath and exhaled, continuing to look over his surroundings.

“Are you planning on standing there all day, or are you going to apprehend the fugitives?” Maria Hill’s growling voice came through the communicator. “SHIELD doesn’t like the US military stepping on our toes, and this is no exception. I want you in and out, got that?”

The man smiled, “I understand you. Loud and clear…” Powerline said, “Now, I’d tell you to get ready, but nothing can prepare you for this.” Powerline extended both of his palms outward, a strange hum filling the air as a dim light began to shine over his hands.

“For wha-”

Without warning, a massive shock-wave erupted from Powerline’s outstretched arms, slamming against the building in front of him, reducing it to rubble in a flash of light and a bang loud enough to burst eardrums. Before him stood wreckage, plain and simple, as if a bomb had gone off in the middle of the factory that once stood before him. He smirked, happy at his work, but his supervisor thought otherwise.

“What the hell was that? You orders are to apprehend the fugitives, not destroy the damn city!” Hill said angrily through the communicator. “You pull more stunts like that, and I send in my team to take you down with them!”

“Relax, relax.” Powerline cooed, walking casually over to the scene of his devastation, “They’re not in the building. They’re under it. In the basement.”

“Then why the hell did you feel the need to destroy the building?!”

Before Powerline could respond, a shudder went through the rubble underneath his feet. He leapt back quickly, barely avoiding the wave of wreckage flying into the air. As the dust settled, a large stone man stood in its place. “I don’t recognize you.” The Thing narrowed his eyes. “I don’t want to have to hurt you, new guy.” He cracked his knuckles. “We’re all Heroes, here. Get out... While you still can.”

Powerline’s eyes were wide, he didn’t expect the creature or it’s sudden lecture. Standing some ways away, he considered his options, but opted to revert to bureaucratic negotiation. “I am known as Powerline, and I represent the United States Government.”

“Military?” The Thing raised an eyebrow. “I thought this was a SHIELD op. I used to be military, you know. It’s how I got my powers.” He watched his opponent carefully.

Powerline raised a palm against the metahuman. “I didn’t say military.” As soon as he uttered those words, the Parahuman unleashed a volley electrons at the rock monster, enough to do some damage, but not enough to outright kill him. Though, Powerline wasn’t thinking, planning out his moves, he was simply blasting for the sake of blasting.

For a brief moment, the Thing lay still in the wreckage, as though he were unconscious. A groan, though, quickly proved this incorrect. He gripped his head as he rose. “That hurt.” He smiled. “This’ll be fun. Sue! Johnny!”

An instant later, two more explosions on either side of Powerline forced him to retreat backwards once more. Out of one, a fiery figure burst into the air, and out of the other, an almost regal woman stood, surrounded on all sides by pulsing energy spheres.

Thing smirked. “What, you didn’t get intel on who, exactly, you were being sent to take in? We’re the Fantastic Four, new guy, and we don’t go down easy.”

Powerline was about to respond when an explosion of fire directly in front of him cut him off. He leapt backwards and knelt for a moment, blue sparks gathering around his clenched fists. He leapt into the air, held aloft by the electrons that now surrounded his form. “Oh, I knew who you were coming in. I just didn’t expect it to be this easy.” Powerline blasted at the Human Torch with pulses of electrons, knocking the superhero out of the sky. He crashed, unconscious, into the roof of a nearby bar.

“Johnny!” The Invisible Woman scowled. “Ben, Fastball Special. Now.” The Thing nodded, running forward underneath Powerline. Invisible Woman lifted her hand rapidly, shooting Ben Grimm into the air like a bullet. A very large, very angry bullet.

Powerline was slammed into the concrete below by the stone goliath. “If you know what’s good for you, you’ll stand down.” Thing growled, kneeling down towards the man he had pinned underneath his large palm.

Powerline grimaced, gathering electrons around his body and then pulsing outward, throwing the Thing off of his body and into the city. He looked around, seeing the Invisible Woman, and smirked. “Don’t have your golem to protect you now.”

“Don’t need him.” She replied coldly, vanishing from view.

He simply smiled wider. “Now this is getting interesting.” He closed his eyes, using the ambient electrons in the atmosphere as a sort of rudimentary seismic sense. The moment he detected the Invisible Woman, he shot a volley of electrons in her direction. “Gotcha.”

Sue was knocked backwards with a cry, landing in a heap near the rubble of the building. She was unconscious. The nearby bar, where Johnny had landed, was now engulfed in flames, and across the city, Ben Grimm’s form was still in the side of a skyscraper.

“Thought you said this would be difficult, Hill.” He tapped a button, reactivating his communicator. “All three are down. You can move your forces in to arrest and give thanks where it is due.” He smirked, looking up and expecting a helicopter to arrive.

“Three? What do you mean, three? They’re the Fantastic Four, idiot, there’s always a-”

Suddenly, Powerline was blasted forward into the rubble by a bolt of electricity.

“-Fourth member.”

Behind him, Trophy, armored in full vibranium, stood battle ready, the tip of his blade sparking with power.

[Vicar Synaspic]

"But what's the fun?" Everyone said, which made it hard because they were scattered. Nicholas was playing a trick. The bombs were a decoy, the real ones were more hidden, and more strategically planned. "You wouldn't cooperate with me." They all said. "So why should I cooperate with you?"
They all laughed the same way. You heard multiple footsteps but no one emerged from their spots. Suddenly there was a crackle and the area was surrounded in a green barrier. Your communications went dead.

[Confederation of imperial states]

"But what's the fun?" Everyone said, which made it hard because they were scattered. Nicholas was playing a trick. The bombs were a decoy, the real ones were more hidden, and more strategically planned. "You wouldn't cooperate with me." They all said. "So why should I cooperate with you?"
They all laughed the same way. You heard multiple footsteps but no one emerged from their spots. Suddenly there was a crackle and the area was surrounded in a green barrier. Your communications went dead.

Lawbringer looked around,
"Sanza......SANZA" she was panicked, but kept calm, she grappeled to the top as she looked around.

---

Sanza heard Lawbringer's communications go dead as a Green Barrier visually appeared on CCTV,
[Contacting T support],

Communications Established....
["Yes Sanza-"],
[Titan, Lawbringer is currently trapped by the Necromancer, she needs backup],
["Already on my way"].
Communications disestablished....

Sanza quickly set up scans for the area, aswell as set scans for possible areas of the Bombs, as they visually dissipated on the Radar and visuals for the Art Piece.
Within minutes the Locations of the bombs would pop up onto Sanza's radar.

---

Lawbringer kept her stance looking around,
"You know what's the best about this whole thing. You think you're some hot stuff Vigilante, when all you are is an annoying necromancer who talks like they're some Counter Culture Revolutionary, and Thinks they're an actual threat".

[Vicar Synaspic]

Nicholas laughed. "I'm not a vigilante. I'm the next big thing. And in two minutes, the bombs outside will explode causing the barrier to overload and flow into your aura, doing permanent damage, while I'll safely get out by using leygates." He stood up and walked out of his spot. "I wanted to help you. I could have, I still can. I'm not asking you to join me. I'm asking you to let me get rid of this gold ball. I won't get it replaced with the statue of the corrupt former mayor. I'll get a statue made of the future mayor who saves the town. " He implied it was him, and it was going to be him. He planned on funding a former Senator's campaign also.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Nicholas laughed. "I'm not a vigilante. I'm the next big thing. And in two minutes, the bombs outside will explode causing the barrier to overload and flow into your aura, doing permanent damage, while I'll safely get out by using leygates." He stood up and walked out of his spot. "I wanted to help you. I could have, I still can. I'm not asking you to join me. I'm asking you to let me get rid of this gold ball. I won't get it replaced with the statue of the corrupt former mayor. I'll get a statue made of the future mayor who saves the town. " He implied it was him, and it was going to be him. He planned on funding a former Senator's campaign also.

Lawbringer stared forward for a few good seconds.
"....You're kidding right? Daniel Storm, The Current Mayor, has worked for years to pull Chicago out of the gutter and has the public's full support. He's helped bring down Mob Bosses, pulled Chicago's neghborhood's our of poverty, and has worked time and time again to stop Crime. What have you done? to 'save the city'? you're planning on blowing up a stature, of which countless people came together to build, solely so you can build an visage to your own Corruption.

Face it Nicholas, you're worthless, and you're no better than the corrupt people you claim to try to stop". She said with confidence, No matter what amount of Magick, meddling, or Manipulation Nicholas used, he'd never take control of the Chicago Government.

Lawbringer then watched as Titan smashed down near the Portal's wall, Standing up, "Lawbringer, Are you oka-", "They've placed Bombs near the outside of the Portal, Get rid of them!". Titan then saw the bombs placed around the barrier, 'No hacking skills, gotta to this the hard way' Titan thought as she flew over to one of them. Titan then proceeded to rip open one of the bombs, grabbing the arming device and tearing it out, disabling it. Titan flew over to another, bomb, ripping out the arming device, and then another one, and then another. Titan finished by ripping open the last bomb, disabling it like the last few, and discarding it.

Titan flew overheard, "What now?", "The portal will overload if you try to destroy it directly", Titan then turned and looked around.
"your Bombs are gone, show yourself" She called out to Nicholas.

[The Republic of Atria]

Fuck me... Xander thought to himself. Wyatt Walker. A crazed reality warper. Xander only managed to beat him with the Starbrand, a motherbox, and help from Otis, Naja, and Frank. He had none of those things or people with him at the moment. "That's Wyatt Walker. A psychopath with far too much power." Xander explained to his parents. "I thought I got rid of him. Threw him in the Negative Zone. He's an Elo too. A very, very powerful one."

"Damn straight!" Wyatt said, descending from the black sky. "Hey blondie, I didn't know you were one of the family!" He cackled and teleported Xander uncomfortably close to him with his arm around Xander's shoulders. "See, I didn't know you were an Elo too! That makes me less inclined to smash you into quantum strings! 'Sides. I actually ain't here for you. Here for those old farts who live in the core. They're hogging all the quantum juice to themselves, and I can't give Galactus a wedgie without a nice big boost."

Xander knew who he was talking about. The Ancient Elos. The one who "Judged" him. Wyatt was already leaps and bounds more powerful than he was, and while he didn't particularly care for the Ancients, they were still people and Wyatt certainly didn't need more power. "And what makes you think that I'm just going to sit here and let you take their power?" He asked knowing full and well that going up against Wyatt alone was practically a death sentence. And that he actually didn't have the means to stop him.

Wyatt stared at him blankly for a few seconds. And then burst out laughing. "Wow! That's a good one Blondie. Don't let anyone ever tell you you're not funny. But in the event you're serious, which is even funnier... How the fuck are you gonna stop me? You ain't got your motherbox. You ain't got that blue guy. You ain't got your lizard wife. And those old farts couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. So let me put this in laymen's terms for you. You're. Fucked." He taunted and then booped Xander's nose ever so slightly. "Now be a good annoying piece of shit and let the grownups talk." Wyatt was about to sink into the ground when Xander hit him. Hard. Hard enough to split a planet in half. Though Wyatt only got a bloody nose. "Alright. So that's how we're doing this?"

This is going to hurt... And boy did it hurt. Wyatt wasn't kidding when he said that he would've smashed Xander into quantum strings. Because he did. Xander's rage forced his regeneration to work overtime and he kept coming back only for Wyatt to change up which particle he would rip off of Xander first. Usually the neutrons as that produced the most colorful explosion. Xander's parents watched helplessly as Wyatt tore him apart, only for Xander to reconstruct himself, only for Wyatt to tear him apart again. They didn't have combat instincts like Xander did, but they couldn't just sit by while their son tried to stop a seemingly omnipotent foe all by himself.

So they jumped into the fray. And didn't fair much better. Wyatt destabilized them, causing their forms of overload and explode. That was easily survivable for an Elo, but it was painful. The equivalent to a migraine. "C'mon. This is just wasting time. Y'all are gonna get tired of this before I will." While Valan and Navara were busy getting blown up over and over again, Xander had seemingly vanished. "Wait a second." He said holding both of them still. "There were three of you that I was blowing up. We're short one Blondie! Where'd he go?"

"He... Did not leave. He was taken."

"By who?" One could almost hear Wyatt's brain struggling to find out who took Xander, and then it hit him. "FUCK!"

Deep within the core of the star were the three Ancient Elos. They took Xander, knowing that they stood no chance against Wyatt without any sort of combat skill. So they brought him down in desperation. "It is simple. We will bond with you. Inhabit your body alongside yourself. You will be granted access to all of our combined power, plus your own. Combined with your combat prowess, we should be able for put a stop to this Wyatt monster." The center one explained. It wasn't like Xander had much of a choice. It was either let them bond with his body or Wyatt make himself twice as powerful as he was before.

Wyatt had released Xander's parents and dove right into the giant star hoping to get to the core before Xander did, but it was too late. The next thing he knew was being flung out of, and away from the star and smashed into the nearest planetary body... 100 light-years away. "Uuggrrrh... What the fuck was that?" He muttered and climbed to his feet to see the new and improved Xander floating just above him.

"I think we're about on even footing. Though from my experience-" Wyatt interrupted by trying to effect Xander on the quantum level yet again, scatter his particles, destabilize his physical form, turning him into a dildo, only for the Ancients to resist his attempts at every turn. Xander bent and warped, but stayed wholly intact. "-You don't know much about fighting. Who needs to fight when you can, in your own words, smash shit into quantum strings?" He asked, and then smacked Wyatt. Open handed.

[Tomia]

Serene
Serene was sniffling outside the cave when Etla came running from behind. Serene nodded in acknowledgement when she saw the rainborn girl. She didn't really know what to say though, she was still shocked. "This all happened so fast. Everything was fine until we went to Egypt." Serene said, tears strolling down her cheeks. "Then everything was ruined. We lost our family and our friends. The only thing I have now is Darian. How can I lose him too?" She asked, her voice a little hoarse.

Mars
"Come on let's go!" Mars shouted as he went through the hole that the Alvarez couple escaped through. Nico followed behind her determined to stop her parents from escaping. Mars was still worried about Kiris, but he also needed to do his job as a superhero. Unfortunately in this line of work he needed to learn to but his personal troubles on the back burner sometimes. Nico moved quickly using his sand and caught up to the vehicle that was driving through the underground tunnel. Soon the moon roof opened and a body guard popped out and began firing upon the mutant who bobbed and weaved to dodge the fire. Mars wasn't sure how to stop the car without harming the people inside, hoping the others would follow behind them and be able to offer a solution.

[The Templar High Council]

"The magic circle is always ready, why not now?"

Kylie spent a few moments mentally preparing, before nodding sternly to Merlin. "I'm ready. If I wait any longer, he'll probably come back and attack me again. I'd rather get this solved as soon as possible." Green and Yellow returned to Kylie's hands and she clenched her fists. Immediately, green and yellow light swirled around her, culminating in a strange sight: Kylie's Green Lantern uniform, shifting strangely between green and yellow. Overall, it was somewhat of a lime color, with a green aura emanating from her right hand, and the yellow from her left.

"Well said," Merlin replied. "Come now, let's get the spell started." Merlin lead Kylie back through the hallway, some magical students poking their heads out of the doors, as if they could feel Kylie's power. They reached the end door, to Merlin's store, but instead of opening it Merlin waved his hand over it. A slight glow emanated from the doorframe, then Merlin proceeded to pull open the door and step into... an entirely different room. One in a tower, overlooking the ocean. The top of the tower was filled with magical implements, and etched into the ground was a magic circle. "To work. Stand in the center of the circle."

Kylie stood stoic in the center of the arcane sigil, as Merlin set to work gathering components. Eventually relieving his magical payload on a nearby table, Merlin began placing things around Kylie's feet and imbuing the circle with magic. "When you need to return, or when you meet the Merlin of the past," the elderly magician began, "give him this coin. He—I—We know what it means." With a nod, Kylie pocketed the coin in a pocket her suit created for her. Minutes later, a point of light appeared in front of Kylie. The point began growing, not in size, but in gravity. Kylie was struggling to hold in place as she spell continued, but eventually even she gave. She was sucked into the point of light, not being able to remember the transit after the trip. But in the moment, it was a long tunnel where she continued falling... falling... falling...

*THUMP*

Kylie fell flat on her face in the dirt. Her head was spinning, but she could tell that there were people around her. They were looking about, confused, as Kylie's eyes straightened and she saw; a beautiful castle in the distance, smaller peasant homes, and definitely no WiFi signal.

"Yup. This is Camelot, alright."

[Finland SSR]

Majin Buu

I smirked as Hiroshi's foot sank into my head. I could see that he wasn't doing as well as he planned to do before the fight, and he knew that. I wonder... My hand grabbed the Saiyan's leg and pulled it out, throwing him at the ground and continuing with a barrage of pink one-handed energy blasts. Huh. A large portion of the city is already demolished. That was fast.

"Can I ask you a question, princess?" I exclaimed. "If I hold your child for a bit longer, will you transform again? This is not as fun as I imagined it to be at first, and you getting a little stronger would clear out that mood a bit. Maybe I could actually punch her this time..."

I was practically asking to get attacked off-guard.

Hiroshi:

Coughing, the Maned Super Saiyan pulled himself from the rubble, dusting off his torn dogi as he stood. A second later, there was an immense flash as everything, Hiroshi included floated for a moment, before the world shifted to a hellscape of pink fire. It was blinding, even to him, as he raised his arms to guard himself. The air itself caught fire as the shockwave rolled out, tearing at the already demolished city. The first wave of force rolled last him, before sucking inwards with even more ferocity, threatening to pull the Hybrid into its flaming center.

'Nows the perfect chance to charge my energy. Question is, Gods Judgement or Divine Meteor?'

"Dragon Fist!" Smirking, Hiroshi almost couldn't help his awe as the enormous golden dragon rocketed through the inky smoke, thundering towards the Majin, roaring a final, primal battle cry before clamping it's maw down on Buu.

Disinformation was a skill he hadn't practiced in years, and he could only hope being rusty didn't give away his suprise. Yet, it didn't compare to charging an attack while thinking about another.

Majin Buu

Obviously, instead of telling me an answer to my question, Hiroshi decided to appease his monkey side by screaming at the top of his lungs, telling me the name of his attack and creating a dragon to punch through me. I mean, I was kind of asking for it, but this definitely wasn't enough to kill me. An explosion rocketed the area, tearing down most of the city in a single flash and creating enough smoke to cover kilometers.

I turned around as the dust and ash faded, looking at Hiroshi. My torso was nothing more but a massive hole by now, but I was not phased by it. I just regenerated and kept up my smirk.

"Say, I've been wondering," I spoke. "Does your Kaioshin heritage even do anything for you? I mean, you look like a monkey, you scream like a monkey, you transform like a monkey-"

I suddenly teleported in front of Hiroshi and launched a powerful elbow strike towards his chin, then grabbed his long flowing hair, squeezing it tightly.

"-and you fail like a monkey." Come on, get angry! Power up! Transform further! Then we can get to the meat of things...

[Vicar Synaspic]

-snip-

Before, Lawbringer could warn Titan, Nicholas was behind Titan and pushed her against the now solid barrier, the energy burning her skin on contact. He was laughing. His men all showed themselves and surrounded Lawbringer. "I gave you a chance." They all took out gold balls like the ones tossed to Lawbringer by Nicholas, the first time they met. They threw them at Lawbringer, hitting her hard in all directions. Nicholas was laughing, keeping a firm grip on Titan, pushing her against the barrier.

[Confederation of imperial states]

-snip-

Before, Lawbringer could warn Titan, Nicholas was behind Titan and pushed her against the now solid barrier, the energy burning her skin on contact. He was laughing. His men all showed themselves and surrounded Lawbringer. "I gave you a chance." They all took out gold balls like the ones tossed to Lawbringer by Nicholas, the first time they met. They threw them at Lawbringer, hitting her hard in all directions. Nicholas was laughing, keeping a firm grip on Titan, pushing her against the barrier.

What Nicholas didn't realize, was Titan was a Superpowered Being, and the burns from the shield weren't piercing through her armor.

Titan reached back, grabbing Nicholas with her Super Strength and flipping him over, slamming him down on the ground. "I've been told about you" she said holding Nicholas' arms behind him, "And I think we've had just about enough of you" Titan said, before using her strength to break Nicholas' right elbow easily. Lawbringer saw the balls coming towards her, she smacked one out of the way with her batons, then another, however two hit her in the back, and then another one knocking her off, she landed, regaining her balance.

Titan held Nicholas up, holding his neck tight,
"How about a counter proposal. Give up and Leave Chicago, or I'll crush your larynx"

[Vicar Synaspic]

Nicholas had been buying time to regain his aura. The men without the gold balls, turned into mud and clay, and the rest threw theirs before turning into mud and clay. Nicholas was smirking. A ball of energy was forming around Nicholas and the horrible smell of sulfur emerged from it. He was laughing now. "Leave Chicago?! You don't scare me." He started to use his Pain Infliction on Titan, starting in her abdomen and moving up to her head. "I heal easily."

[The Republic of Atria]

"Okay, this is some bullshit!" Wyatt said rubbing his face where Xander knocked several of his teeth loose. It wasn't often that he felt pain, and it was even less often that someone actually had the power to challenge him. "I don't know what you're mad at me for, you hit me first you goddamned prick." Wyatt tried to retaliate by striking Xander back, but quickly found his arm behind his back. "And what are you going to do to me exactly? Throw me into the Negative Zone again? I got out of there in a matter of minutes, I'll do it again. And then maybe I'll pay ole' snake tits a visit. Show her what a real man looks like." A very poor choice of words.

There went more of Wyatt's teeth. Mostly molars and incisors. And blood. Xander didn't just restrict himself to knocking Wyatt's teeth out. Any blow Wyatt tried to throw was immediately met with Xander crushing his hand into a fine bloody powder. Wyatt Wyatt was writhing in pain, he wasn't defending himself against Xander's new powers and was promptly twisted and warped in all three dimensions. "This is kinda fun!" Xander admitted while stretching and bending Wyatt like he was made of taffy. Smashing him into bits, stretching those bits out, and then Wyatt pull himself together. "I can see why you like using these powers. It's actually kinda fun."

"You little fuck! THIS IS MY WORLD! MY UNIVERSE!" Wyatt screamed at the top of his lungs. His powers flaring out of control. Stars died, planets all over the universe shook and some even fell apart. "You don't get it do you?! I can do anything I want! I can fuck the laws of physics! If I want two plus two to equal vagina, I CAN DO THAT! You think just because you smack me around a little bit that I'm just gonna fuck off? WRONG!" He hissed and channeled as much of his power as he could to blast Xander into as many pieces as possible, and keep him that way. And while Xander did break and bend, the Ancient ones were keeping him alive and preventing Wyatt's powers from doing any lasting damage. At least until Xander counter attacked and turned the same thing on him.

"Alright. I've had enough." Xander said calmly. "You're finished. Stop trying to destroy the universe." After a few seconds of shrieking and yelling, Wyatt complied. "Good. Now, go away." And Xander forced him through a pinhole sized portal back to Apokolips where he belonged. "There. He's gone. You can come out now." The Ancients did as he requested and left his body, but something was very wrong. They barely had a fraction of the power they normally had. Less than ten percent their original between the three of them. And Xander kept his shiny new form even after they left.

"Where is the rest of our power?" One of them demanded to know.

"I'm keeping the rest of it. Wyatt is a sociopath and clearly you three don't have the ability to fight him without me there. So I'm skipping the middle man. If I leave, he'll just come back and try to take your power again, and I won't be there to save you. Now he'll have to beat me to get his hands on it." Xander explained. They didn't like that one bit. Even if Xander did have a point.

"You do not understand the scope at which you are dealing with. You are still young. And while the progress you made in that short time is quite impressive, you are still dealing with power you do not understand. Return the rest of our power at once."

"No. And given your current state, I don't ever intend to. As insane as Wyatt is, he did have a point. You have an incredible amount of power, but you're not doing anything with it. Sitting on it? Unacceptable." He said as the rest of the Elos flew to see what was going on. They could feel the strange power exchanges, but their curious nature made them want to see what was going on. And to see Xander telling the Ancients off for not using their power to help people was... Dividing. About half of them agreed that Xander was in the right and that using their power for the benefit of the universe was a good thing, the other half also made the point that Xander was much too young to be handling that much power and likely wouldn't know how to control it.

Xander then got an idea. "Alright then. Here's whats going to happen. If you think that I would be a much better protector of the universe than them, then follow me back to Earth. If you don't. Well, I'm not going to make you do anything. I know some of you want to make a difference for the better. If that's the case, then Earth will be a great place to start." His parents were among those who wanted to help, but they were mostly just happy to see their son doing everything that he was. They did agree with him. What's the point of power if you're not going to use it to help people?

Unfortunately, the power wasn't nearly as easy to control as Xander initially believed...

[Vicar Synaspic]

Nicholas had been buying time to regain his aura. The men without the gold balls, turned into mud and clay, and the rest threw theirs before turning into mud and clay. Nicholas was smirking. A ball of energy was forming around Nicholas and the horrible smell of sulfur emerged from it. He was laughing now. "Leave Chicago?! You don't scare me." He started to use his Pain Infliction on Titan, starting in her abdomen and moving up to her head. "I heal easily." He had searched up on Lawbringer. He decided he would bring back her dead grandmother.

[Tarazed]

Marcus raised his head,
He leaned closer to his monitor, "Ready Security systems within the office", [Of course sir].

Marcus then readied his papers, sitting at his desk with a fairly calm stature.

"Come In" he said pressing the button, activating the outside intercom.

Derrick entered slowly, glancing around the room quickly to ensure that Marcus wasn't hiding a squad of security guards underneath his desk; both of the men evidently knew that their respective jigs to each other were up, Derrick knew who Marcus really was and Marcus knew who Derrick really was, he clasped his hands and shot the man a warm - but completely fake - smile after closing the door behind him.

"So nice to see you again, Mister Brantson..." Derrick said through his smile as he started to walk towards the desk; his ears twitching as he listened for any discreet signs of movement - in fact he was listening so intently that he could hear Marcus' heartbeat, "I trust you don't mind us speaking again after such a short space of time..." Derrick had crossed half the distance from the door to Marcus' desk by this point, "But I had an alternative proposition for you..."