The One stood and looked down on all of his creation with a fond smile that was also tinged with sadness. His universe was boundless and yet he could see it all. He was the creature of this whole universe - a boundless, living thing with hundreds of trillions of inhabitants and he watched it all. The One rarely, if ever, interfered with his creations, only when one of the most powerful ones were about to commit a devastating travesty and even then, he usually gave a tool or information to another of his powerful creations in order to help his creations rather than simply step in.
"Brother, what are you looking upon this time?" asked the Other, his sister. He smiled and said, "My creations, they are in conflict again. The Mad Titan wishes to assert his dominion over the universe using the infinity stones I gave my creations eons ago. However, the Mighty Heroes of the tiny world called Earth as well as several other Guardians of the Galaxy will stop him. I have already foreseen it but there will be a heavy cost as there always is."
The Other watched with him and he turned to her, "An what of your universe, Sister?"
She smiled in return and said, "The greatest heroes of my universe have driven back a terrible tyrant from the devastated planet Apokolips. There might actually be some peace in my universe, though it will, as always, be short lived. The thing about free will and allowing a creation to make its choices is that they will often decide to cause death, mayhem and destruction."
"Indeed;" replied the one. For a moment, they watched as the heroes of the One's universe defeated their enemy. "That was quite impressive. I dare say that the powerful beings in your universe are almost on par with the beings in mine;" commented the other with a small smile, knowing full well that her brother's competitive spirit would be aroused. She was not disappointed. With a smile, the One said, "Almost you say? Did you not just see how my great green monster and his friend the Odinson devastate their enemies together - enemies that the average human or alien would fall before?"
"I did," said the Other, "and it was very impressive. However, I do believe that my male survivor of Krypton would defeat either of them providing that he was near a star like my Earth's."
"And providing their are no fragments of his home world nearby;" commented the One dryly. The Other smiled and she said to her brother, "Well then how about a competition - your favorite and most powerful against mine?"
The One nodded but then frowned. "I would find that quite fascinating but we need to do it on a world that is not our own. The destruction caused would be disastrous. Further more, I think we should make this even more interesting."
"Go on, Brother."
"I propose that we have our great heroes take on the other's greatest villains. It does not sit right with me to have those who would be friends fight one another."
The Other smiled with great interest. "Excellent. We can use our foolish little brother's world. He has started from the beginning several times and is now studying our other sister's world to see how she has created hers, talking to her with advice."
The One and the Other put their universes on freeze, effectively giving their timelines a standstill. The Little Brother was observing the Elder Sister as she manipulated an intense event in her universe. Ships in space engaged in a climactic battle and it appeared that a star was on the verge of going super nova. The One tapped the Little Brother's shoulder, "Little Brother, how goes the foundation of life in your universe?"
"I seem to continue messing things up. The moment I think that I have complete control, something happens that I dislike and I felt the need to start over again. How do you watch your universe in its chaos and call it good?"
"I made that choice when I created it. May we use your blank universe for a contest between our universes?"
The Little Brother waved them on, "Yes, yes - of course. Just don't utterly destroy it, please."
The One and the Other went to their universes to retrieve their best and most powerful beings. After gathering them and approaching Little Brother's universe, they through together a few things, tossing in carbon copies of several of their land marks and specific places in their universes. They also made beings so that their heroes had something to protect and defend against their villains. Then, after precisely placing their heroes and their villains, they looked at one another. "One last thing to make this already interesting contest even more interesting: whoever wins can select one of the other's heroes or villains and borrow them for their universe for awhile."
The One liked his sister's proposition and said, "Agreed. If I should win, I would take your Wonder Woman."
"An excellent choice, my brother; should I win, I will take your webslinger, the Parker one, not one of the others."
They shook hands and looked closely into on the universe where an ultimate battle would unfold.