I got this idea from Mika the supreme ninja, A DC short story were a kid researches and develops magical powers so that he can make money. He knows magic can be used far more, but money is still important.

We begin with our Hero…. This villains origins…. OK, this crazy brat, He wore an unassuming pair of gray jeans, Ac/dc seater and combat boots. He also had an alternate consume but refrained from it for now. But like with all magic, things were not as they seemed. The clothes were lined with runes for maximum protection and offence.

They were mostly Nordic runes, with are an underutilized and semi powerful set. They dealt in power such as physical offence and defense. There were others but they were secondary to the power ones.

The second set was runes from the Native American tribes from when there were still many practitioners. These were hard to come by do to most of the tribes' records having been destroyed when the Europeans took over. But they were also some of the most effective and powerful since we were in America. They were used to up ones speed and wisdom and even some for storing memories. He even had two dream catcher like earrings hanging from his hears and some feathers in his hair.

He also had a few minor runes from India, Japan and Iraqi. Those were more situational runes and magic's but would serve him well, and waste not want not. He also developed two special runes that would absorb his magic passively as he walked around his day to day life. It did however have a limit to how much it could store so every so often he would have to go out and expel the energy, The rune did however have a function that the more it was used the more magical energy it could store. So after a year he was able to have the stores of about several people.

This clothes were all lined with runes and passive runes were tattooed onto his flesh, thought only four of them. With his rooms working in tandem he had the might of superman and the cleverness of batman and the don't give an F attitude of a teen. Scary taught. As luck would have it, he was very lazy so we don't have to worry about having a super teen taking over the world.

On this day he was hitting the Greenville Bank of The U.S. It was close to Gotham city but not yet part of the Bats domain. The name of our guy robing said bank was Jack Mars. He had brown hair brown eyes and the typical do not care teen attitude placed on I head. He was in the bank of the bank where he cast some spells to be invisible and to have people to not pay attention to this area as well as an illusion that the wall was still there. He then ripped out a small section of the wall and claimed in. He stole one random pile of bills that totaled out to four thousand dollars. A paltry some compared to the hundreds of thousands here but just in case he sent a spell to confuse people just enough to make them loose count and add in the four thousand to their count anyway. Magic was so convenient.

He took out a rune stone and some glue, and had it set about under a low table to look like an ornamental addition. The rune stone would keep anyone entering the room always miscount. While Jack was there he took some time to go over all the documents in the room. It was during this that he managed to find some black main information on a crime boss in the area that was in league with the bank manager. Turns out that bank manager was already embezzling money, So Jack Just tweaked the rune to make the manager think he took the money anyway and would sometimes put the money in the wrong account, Ie Jacks. So he went back to the hole and jumped out. He cast the Riaper Spell and the wall was restored. He then went back home to his condo.

While some may think that is it there are still many more nuances to being a criminal then just robing people. For example Jack still has to think about taxes and how to explain how he can afford his life style. Other things pop up to but he will think of something tomorrow. He shuddered at the thought of all that work.

The condo was rather nice, it had amber orange walls and tasteful furniture. A small living room area with a TV and a large kitchen that he often cooked in. The Living room and Kitchen were pristine but still had that lived in feeling. His room was also tidy but still had a controlled mess here and there. On one side of the condo thought there was a door that was heavily warded and had dozens of magical texts and documents.

Jack was feeling a ravenous after using all that power, He went over to the kitchen and took out a skillet a wok and a drainer. First he took out some, carrots, lettuce and broccoli. He boiled some water and threw the chopped carrots and broccoli in for one and a half min on high. He then took out a…. Giant mushroom with legs, Meat from a dinosaur and the meat of a chimera. He took the skillet and dropped in the mushroom after cutting it diagonally and separating the legs. He added some spices he pilfered from poison ivy's garden and then added the Dinosaur meat. The meat had a great ability to absorb all kinds of spices and aromas. He then took the carrots and chimera meat added a few spice rubs into the meat and cooked at 600 for an hour. Naturally chimera meat is more resistant to heat then most meats but at 600 for an hour should be just right.

After cooking for an hour he set the table and enjoyed mushroom stuffed dinosaur and baked Chimera. As he took his first bite his face relaxed into one of those melted smiles that only a feeling of ecstasy can cause the meat was chewy but easy to swallow and felt heavenly as it sank down his thought. He then took a bite out of the chimera and his eyes lit up with power and delight. His legs thighs rubbed against each other and his fist was swinging in the air as an explosion of flavor filled his mouth. It was like chicken snake and goat meat had blended together to form a tender and succulent morsel.

Ok about time we gave you an explanation. You all must be terribly confused. Well as Jack was exploring a dungeon he realized his food supplies were squashed by a monster and would be inedible. His utensils were ok but his food was unsalvageable. At this point he could not give up nor could he just starve. Then an idea came. The monster he had just defeated was a daemon bovine. A tenacious and down sight massive bread of cow that prowled the Dungeness 13th floor. It shot fire out of its mouth and nose. Horns were sharper than any sword. It also had six legs and six eyes.

Normally he would not even consider such an option but then again it was a cow, and he was so hungry after all that work. So he used his limited butchering skills and cooked the beast over a routed fire. He added what spices were left then let it cook for a few hours. After the first few drops of fat fell onto the fire, his mouth watered up and the cow became that much more appetizing. When he judged the meat was done he took a slice off the leg. The meat just parted with little resistance. He took his first bite and nearly ….. right there and then at the sheer pleasure his tongue was in. Jack wondered "if this is only a low level demon cow what other monsters would taste like. " From that day forth he would add any monster he could to his menu. When he reached the end of the dungeon he was greeted by a greater being.

It was an ancient Native American spirit that was well respected for its prowess and hunting. It was about six feet tall and had blue skin, yellow peering eyes and long pink hair. Its clothes screamed more barbarian skins than anything else. "Ah so you are the one that woke me from my slumber/imprisonment. Well might as well get on with it. Why are you hear? And what would it take for you to release me?"

This was Sky Climber. A great beast of a spirit and from old records he was pictured as a terrible daemon that would decimate villages of the pilgrims till a Witch (Ironickly) sealed him away here. I was however able to read both sides and the story and between the line. Those villages had been responsible for the murder of many an inhabited back then and it was merely out of protection and revenge that he retaliated. "I originally came here to learn some magic from the books down here. Tough there is another thing I want know."

"Magical knowledge can be read in that door on the left." He grimaced. "What else could you want that you would risk life, Limb and even Magic to come here? Gold, power, perhaps the secrets of the ages?" The spirit had most likely seen other people and all asked for those in the past and rarely held up their deals once they got what they wanted. The Spirit was bored and wanted to be free soon. There were women to swoon, dear to hunt and Cider to drink.

"I would like for you to teach me how to hunt and eat monsters."
….. "Could you repeat that?" The spirit was stumped, No one had ever asked him to show them how to eat a monster. Kill them sure but never how to eat them.

"I tried to eat that demon cow that was on the top 13th floor. It was the most wonderful thing I have ever eaten, if I could eat other monsters then I will truly be happy. Please if you teach me to hunt them and how to cook them then I will free you and teach you about how the new world works."

To the spirit it was the oddest request he had ever had. He did have cooking skills, He was a great hunter that even hunted those week European monsters for breakfast. To tech another would be a great joy to him.

"One year than, for one year I will teach you all I know about the monsters of the world, how to kill them and then how to eat them. You will taste delights such that the world has not had in millennia."

And so a contract was formed and the 15 year old jack spent a year with the spirit around the globe tackling monsters. Were once the boy had fear in his eyes as he saw a monster now he only was a meal waiting to be prepared.

A year later they had parted ways. The Spirit took the name Jerad Sky and took a job as a hunter guide in America. Jack went back to school and was doing his senior year of high school. He would also plan out his Robberies since the hunter not only showed him how to hunt but also how to use his forms of magic.

It was a lot of effort and boy dose his hate effort but he persisted for that great next meal. The boy was not stupid however. There was no need to make enemies of those like the justice league or their villain counterparts. So he planned to just make himself conferrable were he passively makes money and then go hunting for his meals.

After a good night's sleep and a breakfast of pancakes made from Elf Four (Level 5 monster that looks like wheat but trapes its victims with their sheer quantity) He made his way over to his back pack and headed out to school. He was now 17 and was in his senior year of High School. He was smart but he did not want to skip a head too far and get to much attention. He was going to Gotham high, a reasonably good school at had a great many rich families, IE it was well protected from clowns and penguins. Clowns had become extinct in this city a long time ago. I am aware that batman was in the city and that robin and batgirl more than likely went here to. It was rather surreal but I only had a year left and having the degree from here was better than any other place. While in my English class I took some time to think on his problem. He needed some connections and soon or it was going to be hard to explain to the IRs were my money comes from. I then had an epiphany.
I would go to the penguin. As a person he was not too bad, just ruthless. He had a decent set of skills and could get anything done as long as you showed him respect. He also did in fact love fish and I could use that.

After using some of that blackmail information I got from the bank I was able to blackmail some folks that work with him and arrange a meeting.

A day later I was standing in front of the iceberg lounge. Jack was wearing a slandered suit and tie with a small spear as my tie pin.

I was let in the door were I was escorted to a top room where I saw the penguin. Honestly he didn't look all that bad to me. He was a bit round and a hooked nose but other than that he was normal. Thought since I spent a year with blue skinned pink haired guy I'm not one to talk. As he stands I put my hand out to shake. "It is a honor meeting with you today sir coble pot." I smile one of my crooked smiles and we sit down. "Hu, Please order something, I would like to see what you think of my establishment."

"So far it's been rather peas full. We eat with occasional talks of the resent happenings of the city. Like ball games and such. After we finished I complimented his food and said that the steak was great but he should tell the chef to consider a half cup of lemon juice when broiling it. : Oh, a cook I see."

"Of a sort."

"Well it's about time we got onto business don't you think." Coblepot snapped his fingers and a henchman brought him some folders. We don't really have any records of you for the last year with is impressive but that is it that you wanted to speak with me.

"You see I have some… let's say questionable businesses ventures going on, It is doing rather well and I have some money stashed and some in foreign banks, But I also don't believe in putting all me eggs in one basket. So I thought who I know in Gotham that is both on the shady side of the law and has had a great success in keeping his money out of the hands of the feds. I looked at my options. There was two face, he was mayor before his accident and a decent lawyer. But then again he is two face and you can't trust him to abide by any deal. I'm not even sure the joker knows what money is and the other gangs are ether to unskilled or too untrustworthy to deal with. You however were never one to break a deal.

So I'm willing to work with you so that we can both have beneficial relationship." After hammering out the details we were able to come to a good compromise of how much he will be paid for his service. "Well I think we have some good work here, as a thank you I have prepared us some special food." I waved my hand and a dish I prepared was teleported over." "Magic?" "Yes, but I don't main it." "This is a fish dish of mine made from a very rare fish from the southern American islands. Try a bite."

Penguin took a bite of the fish and dropped his fork. His eyes began to water and his mouth formed a smile. "I take it you approve?"

"Yes, what is in this?"

"Well I have my own blend of spices and the vegetables are rare plants that only grow in very dangerous environments. The fish is called the great Kalua. I would classify it as a mythical monster fish. After some study I discovered the fish was in fact near a millennia old and was hunting everything from sea life, humans and even sharks. So I hunted it and after a great struggle I caught the thing. Truthfully one of the reasons I learned magic was the food preservation spell. So even in the desert the fish won't spoil." The penguin was one that enjoyed good cuisine, "You should feel quite honored, you are the first person to taste this type of monster fish in over a millennia. I do feel I should mention that do to it being a magical monster you may get a small benefit from eating the fish. Nothing bad, you might notice your speed, endurance and energy levels go up thought." After explaining what I do he agreed to take up some of my ingredients. Thought only special guest could have it. As we finished our deal a women appeared and barged into the room. She had purple hair and a green dress and for whatever reason purple lips.

If memory served then she was the Greek sorcerer cerci. A strong sorcerer of dubious repute. She just marched up to penguin and asked I'm if he found anyone interested in helping hunt down the power of zuse.

"Well if it's a hunt you want then my friend here can be of some assistance. He is a hunter and rather good, He is knowledgeable on magic and he can even cook. Try this fish and see what I mean." She raised her eyebrow but took out a bite anyway. Que the normal reaction. "Oh my … what is this fish? I've never tasted something so good." "High praise from an immortal."

"I believe he said this was a south American fish called the Kalua."

"Wait this is the KALUA? The fish that was so strong it even drowned Hercules? The fish that ate islands like they were candy, That Kalua."
"The very same one actually, It was a great hunt and the monster put up quite a fight, I Have so much of it left in stasis that I will a tone of fun trying new ways to cook it." Just thinking about it brought a smile to his face.

"So you bring down one of the most terrifying monsters in the known world, and you decide to eat it? Well you crazy but to least you're not overly so."

"Not crazy, just obsessive. I love food and hunting and cooking, but then one day I was attacked by a monster and starving, so I ate the monster. It was so good I had to find out if other monsters could be that good. "

They kind of just looked at him Penguin had an idea. "So if you happen to get some good ingredients I will pay you for them. If there anything like this they will be worth it."

"Sure I'll even cook them for you sometimes. "

Cerci began to explain her plan of busting into Themescara and stealing a scepter that would transport them to a talisman once worn would give someone the power of Zeus. They would then share the power fifty-fifty.

"That's an OK, plan but it has too many variables that could go wrong. I do have a recommendations on how to maximize our chances first?"

She was a bit put out but gave the go ahead.

"We can't just go barging in, we would not know what we are facing and they will have the time to call on allies. We will need to scout out the terrain first, we will both need to stay invisible and suppress our energy signatures to the lowest possible denominator so no one can sense us. We will also need a fate breaker. Once we get on the island we will make our way to this scepter and observe for a hour. No more no less. I will make us sound proof so no need to stay to quite but just in case keep things to a whisper. With that time I will see if I can trace the magic of the scepter to what universe it is in. If I can accomplish this then we will not even need it to go and get the power. No one will be looking for something that they don't know is missing. If we can't then we grab the scepter and get the power anyway but the first way levees less hassle latter on. "

"Wow, you came up with all that on the spot." Both of them were quite impressed.

"Yes, you should see what I can get done in a day." I smiled my broken smile and then looked back at her. "However I do wish to renegotiate the reward."

She stiffens up with suspicion in her eyes. "What?"

"Now don't be like that, I don't need half the power, all I ask for is 10% of the power and the talisman that caries it once you have absorbed it."

"Wait absorbed it? Don't I need to constantly be wearing it?" She looked surprised by this. How did this man, well boy know so much when she, an immortal barley knew anything about it.

"Yes if your absorb energy into your core using the Full body meditative method then the power becomes yours fully. It is no longer a power but your power. The original owner can no more take it back then one might eat a Star." She had never heard of this method. She knew what a core was all magical new, but she didn't know you could do that with them. So she learned the chants and stages from him but he gave her a warning.

"Do not overload your core with the power, the moment you feel a crack in your core, stop Like a …. … it will take time to adjust. Then all you have to do is wait for it to stabilize and start all over."

"How do you know these things?" I have studied the ancient writings for ages but have not heard mention of this.
"Not surprising. It's a combination of an ancient Asian cultivation technique with Native American Shamanry with a few advancements from me. You won't find it from any scroll. However this is the extent I am willing to teach. I trust you not to abuse this information." After thinking about that last statement Jack made explained a bit gain. "Ok, maybe I should explain. I heard all you want is to take down some Olympians, possibly Themescara, and a few others that pissed you off. As long as you don't try and take over the world, United States, or japan we will be square. Anything else is fair game."

She agreed to the terms. She once ruled before and knew the boredom that it came with. "You mentioned something like a fate breaker." She was tossed a stick with writing on it.

"If you break that then for the next week you will be blind to all fate, destiny, prophecy and such things. So while luck will not be on your side. Neither will bad luck. It will have to be pure skill that wins the day. I noticed that you have a lot of fate webs and destinies on you. This will keep them from hampering us.

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3 hours later.

After having come to the island as undetectable as possible. They had found the object of their destination. They waited and found that the staff never really left the queen. But as skill would have it Jack was able to pinpoint what location the power was in anyway. After that they just opened up a portal to universe and went in.

It was a rather bleak place but the object that they wanted was on a pedestal just waiting to be grabbed.

Jack sent a time bubble up so that they could have the day for themselves. "Ok, just like I thought you, we are not pressed for time. First feel the energy in the orb, start coaxing it into what you want you access point to be. Mine is my mouth. Take the energy and have it swirl around you limbs till it feels like churning water. Start channeling it up into your head very slowly. Then once it reaches the summit of you head let it trickle down into your stomach like a waterfall into a wire pool. Or better yet like a star into a black hole. Let it pool their and then continue."

They sat there for hours making the energy their own. True to his word he only took ten percent of the energy and let her have the rest. She came close to breaking twice but each time I was able to stop her just in time. Once she got the hang of it she was able to get a feel for when she should stop. Once they were done he picked up the orb and put in in his pouch.

"What are you going to do with that thing? It's basically just a rock now." She could see the use thought. You could use it to store ledge amounts of power then reabsorbed to get a bigger core. She wouldn't tell him that thought.

Jack did know the uses it had but might as well shock her again. She was fun when flustered. "I'm going to study it then Eat it."

Of all the things he could have said she was not expecting that. "How it's a solid peace of stone not a hunk of meat?" Jack was right.

"If there's one thing you should know about me, it's that I can cook and eat anything. I can even make this taste so good, you'll want to eat it."

"Ok, I'll take that bet." She wanted to see how thins turns out.

"Ok, next Friday night, it's a date." She was stumped and replayed the conversation in her head. "Oh, you planed this whole thing didn't you?"

"Maybe I did, and maybe I did.