Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
Galabrax: Oh he saw it in him, it's just something else drew his attention and we're going to see that this chapter. As for how long this story will be in length, pretty long.
Harbinger of Kaos: The Olympians didn't throw everything they had at Superman, if Zeus wanted to, he could have destroyed Superman with little effort but in the end the Highfather of the New Gods stepped in and convinced Zeus to leave the guy alone. Actually it's more of raven who could banish him and as for incurring either Zeus or Hera's wrath, that's actually up for debate. Sure, he's their son but to an extent only Hera feels any genuine connection to her son, Zeus, well we'll see what he thinks of his literal first born when he shows up in Year 4. Actually while Waller is more like the DC version of Maria Hill, hate to say she ain't got nothing on that hyper paranoid eye patch wearing mofo, sure she's good but Fury's got decades of experience toying with people, give her another decade and yeah she'll be almost as good. Plus Fury doesn't surround himself with people that will turn on him the moment his back is turn…most of the time
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used
Year Two…
"Cat where are you?" Peter asked in a strained voice as it felt like his body was both tearing itself apart and on fire "We really need to go now!"
"We're in what looks like some sort of lab, me and Grant just got a shard of Kryptonite, the rest was destroyed by these mercs…I'm sorry" Black Cat Said over the coms followed by a few explosions "What's going on out there?"
"The Justice League showed up" Scarlet Spider answered as he and Steve followed close behind Peter inside the base "We're leaving now!"
"Copy that, see you in a few" Cat said before she cut the connection
"What about the rest of the Suicide Squad that's in here?" Steve asked as he sent a quick burst of gun fire down a hall that had several of Scorpion's mercs running down
"S-Screw them…their, some of the worse criminals and it's not like they'll be room on our ride out of here" Peter said with a growl as he slowed down and came to a stop, his entire body was beginning to shake, causing him to prop himself up against the wall to keep himself steady "S-Sides…they'll…k-k-keep Superman o-occupied!"
"What's wrong with him?" Steve asked as he went to touch Peter only for Ben to grab his wrist and pull him back a few steps
"He's going through what we've taken to call an episode" Ben said as he began to pull Steve back as Peter began to growl and louder and his body began to shake "Basically he turns into a six-armed spider monster"
"Damn…how bad can he get?" Steve asked before Peter let out a loud animalistic roar that'd make Doomsday proud before slamming his hand into the wall, creating a multitude of cracks and causing both Ben and Steve to flinch in response as bits of ruble fell from the wall
"Pretty bad…" Ben said before he looked down a hall to see Felica and Grant running towards them followed closely by Katana who had a few cuts and burns on her suit but otherwise appeared fine "Please tell me you still have the Kryptonite"
Felica responded by holding up a small sliver with a grin "Ain't much, but more than enough to take down Superman when the time comes"
"Here's hop-" Ben started only for Peter to interrupt him with a loud almost ear shatter roar as his stealth suit began to tear and rip from his body violently expanding, four new arms suddenly erupting from his side in a bloodied fashion that caused almost everyone but Katana to flinch who simply laid a hand on the hilt of her sword and watched Peer's change with a blank expression
"Jesus…" Grant said as he saw Peter began to change into what could only be described as a man spider, he's seen it before when the boy was younger on an Ultimate's mission gone wrong but he still couldn't quite get used to seeing the transformation
"Grrrrrr…RAAAAAAAAAWWWWW!" was Peter's less than human response as he was breathing heavily, the change taken a lot out of him but everyone could tell he was quickly recovering
"Well now what?" Ben asked as he glanced towards Felica who was arguably now in command
The Platinum blonde looked at Peter in concern before she sighed and activated her com "Ravager, Jay, Grifter, respond"
"Can we please leave now? This place is turning into a warzone that I'm not armed or mentally ready for!" Grifter yelled followed by a chorus of explosion that even deep inside the facility the group could feel "Christ, Shazam and Raven are throwing some pretty heavy blasts at Enchantress and she's giving as good as she got if not more and Superman and the First Born are laying into each other like two rabid dogs!"
A sudden tremor backed the man's response followed by the sounds of distant gunfire and explosions that could be heard even this far in the facility
"We've got what we came for, head for the extraction point now!" Felica ordered as she approached Peter's new form slowly "Peter…are you there?"
The Man-spider turned towards her with a slight growl before his body relaxed slightly, causing the cat thief to let out a sigh of relief before she kneeled down and picked up his belt which contained both his super pills and-
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Felica growled out as she saw a small containment unit that was housing Venom, she could see thee inky black substance inside the clear container seemingly react to her voice and began to squirm around inside
"He brought it didn't he" Ben said in an annoyed tone before the building shook violently
"Brought what?" Steve asked with confusion "What'd Spider-man bring that's got you both so worked up"
"Kid, you know about Spider-man's black suit?" Grant asked
"Yeah…"
"You know about that big guy that Eddie Brock used to be?" the famed fighter asked
"Ven-…wait that's what that is?" Steve asked in shock as he watched Felica pocket the small container inside her own utility belt before she signaled for Peter and the rest to follow her
"Yes and no" Ben said as he placed a hand on his transformed genetic template's shoulder, or at least the top one "But right now we've got bigger things to worry about…like getting the hell out of here!"
…
The First Born smirked as he sent Superman flying back with a mountain shattering kick to the chest before his view of the man of steel crashing into the jungle was cut off by a large green brick wall
"Whoa there Hercules" Hal said as he and John had both their rings aimed at the son of Zeus
"What did you call me?" First Born asked darkly as he stared down the two Green Lanterns
"Hercules, that's who you are right?" Hal asked with a snort
"Uh Hal, I don't think that's him" John said as he saw the First Born bare his teeth at the two in rage and annoyance
"Your friend's right Lantern, he would have shown you mercy…I won't" he said as he slapped his hands together into a powerful thunder clap that sent both Lanterns back and was about to follow the attack up with another even stronger clap when suddenly Superman was in his face followed by a blow to the demi-god's gut courtesy of Superman's fist
WRAKKOOOOOMMMM!
"GAAAAGH!" First Born shouted in pain as he was sent across the clearing and landed on one of the vehicles used by Scorpion's men before Superman landed on his chest with both feet, sending the son of Zeus deeper into the pile of metal and causing him to growl in pain
Superman's eyes began to glow red before he bathed the First Born's upper body in his heat vision
He was rewarded not to the sounds of pain but laughter from the First Born as he faced the full blunt of Superman's heat vision
"HEHEHEHE-HAHAHAHAHA!" The Frist Born laughed in amusement even as his skin began to burn and melt "You think this will stop me? I spent centuries buried in the very core of this planet and had to crawl my way out of it! I am the only man to have ever endured the full power of Zeus's master Lightning Bolt and have walked the burning fields of Tartarus!"
He then reached out and wrapped his hands around Superman's head, covering his still burning eyes "It's going to take a lot more than some simple eye beams to stop me!"
He then kneed Superman in the guy before leaping into the air with the man if steel in his grip and proceeded to body slam the last son of Krypton into the ground with a force that could be felt across the whole island
KRAKKKOOOOOOMMMM!
It was at this time that Black Cat, Ben, Steve, Katana, Grant and Man-spider finally exited the building and were greeted to the sight of Superman and the First Born trying to overpower each other, Shazam and Raven double teaming Enchantress who was slowly being pushed back by the two's combined assault, both the Green Lanterns trying to restrain Diablo and Killer Frost Sinestro easily overpowering Deadshot, King Shark, and Flag and Hawkgirl flying right towards them with her mace raised
"AAHHHHHHH!" Hawkgirl yelled as she prepared to hit Black Cat only for Man-spider to appear in front of her and stop her mace cold with one clawed hand before smacking her away with two others
"Grrrrr-RRRAAAAAWWWWW!" Man-spider roared in challenge before throwing the mace at the recovering winged heroine and hitting in her right in the face, knocking her helmet clean off and sending the woman flying several more meters across the charred damaged ground
"Nice shot big guy" Ben said as he placed a hand on Peter's fur armored shoulder only to pull it back as he received a growl and a multi-eyed glare in return "Spidey, it's me!"
"I don't think he can really recognize you honey" Felica said as she coaxed Peter to follow her as she saw Ravager and Grfiter waving her down…along with Frank who looked a bit battered but otherwise fine
"Then how come he recognizes you?" Steve asked with a frown
"I'm a hard girl to forget" the international cat thief said with a suggestive grin before suddenly she, Ben, Steve, Katana and Grant were knocked down by one of Peter's arms as the First Born flew right over their heads and slammed into the ground, digging up a large deep trench
Man-spider glanced at the approaching form of Superman with a growl and barred his fangs and teeth "RRRROOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!"
Superman frowned at the state that Spider-man was in, if it even was him anymore "I'm only going to say this once, surrender. There's no way out of here for you"
"Say's you jackass!" Grifter said as he suddenly appeared by Superman's side and used the last remaining seconds of the super pill's effects to punch Superman straight across the face, causing the man to stumble back in surprise before he narrowed his eyes at the masked mercenary
"Grifter…why am I not surprised a murderer like you is here with these people?" Superman said as he crossed his arms
"Funny, I was just thinking how a hypocrite like you was still in the Justice League" Grifter said as he sent another punch towards the man of steel's face only to scream in pain as his hand nearly broke from the pill wearing off
"Son of a bitch!" he hissed as he shook his hand in attempt to lessen the pain
Superman back handed the masked man away, tearing his mask off in the process
"Grifter!" Ravager yelled as she saw the man skip across the ground before coming to a painful stop a few meters from her. She started to run towards him only for Superman to appear before her and block her path
"Ravager…I've been wondering where you were hiding. Where's your father cowering?" Superman asked with his eyes glowing red as he melted her sword's blade, causing the white hair girl to drop it in reflex
Ravager narrowed her eyes at the alien before spitting at the man's feet "Kiss my ass you fuckin extraterrestrial piece of shit!"
Superman's eyes narrowed as he reached out for her when suddenly several large hands slammed into Superman's face and upper torso and sent him flying back. Ravager watched with wide eyes as Man-spider roared in challenge at the man of steel before beating his top two arms against his chest like a gorilla before leaping at the dazed man with another savage roar
Ravager used this time to rush to Grifter and make sure the man was okay, aside from a very nasty bruise developing on his face and obvious signs of a concussion he seemed okay. She was just about to lift him up when Grant appeared at her side
"I got him, you just focus on making sure the others don't get us" the older hero said as he slung Grfiter over him and gestured for the young woman to follow
"What about Spider-man?" Ravager asked as she glanced back to see Peter surprisingly hold his own against the Man of steel
"Black Cat slipped him a pill before she gave the order to sucker punch him into next week, Scarlet's going to get him so we can leave" Grant said with a nod towards Scarlet Spider who had taken his own super pill and was rushing off to help Man-spider against Superman who was pushing him back with his super breath
Had she bothered to take another look around at the ground where Grifter had landed, she would have noticed one of the super pills lying on the ground before a cloaked hand grabbed it and quickly pocketed it and rushed towards the jungle as the Justice League began to regroup and focus their attention on the Enchantress who was the last member standing and was proving to be far more formidable then they anticipated
Meanwhile the First Born had just crawled out of the trench that Superman made with him and cupped his cheek that had a large bruise on it "Heh, now that's more like it"
He looked to see Spider-man, having changed into some sort of spider beast and the Scarlet Spider tag teaming Superman who was hard pressed to face both men at the same time. The son of Zeus smirked at this as he stood up and rushed towards the fight with a savage grin
"Hehehe…now this is a family outing" the First Born said as he landed next to Superman, who had just moments ago grabbed Scarlet Spider and flung him into Man-spider, and gave the last known member of the House of El a savage kick in the side that had the power of a nuclear bomb explosion behind it, sending the man flying deep into the jungle of the now devastated island
…
Not too far away, the speedsters Jay Garrick and Barry Allen were in the middle of their own confrontation that was quickly racing across the island
"Jay, what are you doing here? Your retired" Barry said as he sent twin cyclones created from his arms towards the older speedster who easily blitzed around it and sent his own vortex towards Barry before zooming past the younger speedster and back towards the battle only For Barry to appear in front of him again
"Heh, I remember when I was the faster one…" Jay said with a tired grin
"Jay, please don't do this" Barry said as he held his hands up "Look I don't know what Spider-man or Batman has told you but Superman and us are just trying to-"
"Take over the world" Jay said in a calm tone as he steadied his breathing "Trust me kid, I've been alive long enough to see where this is going and it won't be good"
"We're not taking over the world, we're trying to save it. Yes we can probably go about it in a more reserved manner then we have been, but we're saving lives" Barry replied
Jay glanced at his former pupil and successor with a thoughtful gaze "Is that what you believe or is that what you tell yourself?"
"I-…" Barry stayed before the words died in his throat and he glanced at the ground
"Barry, I understand what you all are trying to do, but you need to understand that you can't force the world to see and do things your way. That's not how peace lasts, the people, flawed as they maybe, need to reach that point on their own, not because someone is holding a gun to their head" Jay said as he approached Barry and placed a hand on the younger man's shoulder with a sad look in his eye "I don't want to fight you Barry, really I don't…but if I see something bad on the horizon coming our way I can't stand by and watch it reach us…sometimes I wish I could"
Barry didn't respond as the stood there for what felt like an eternity before Jay received a message from Felica "Jay, we need backup now!"
"On my way" Jay responded before glancing back at Barry "Stay safe kid…"
He then zoomed off in a red streak trailed by bits of Speed Force lightning, leaving Barry standing there to ponder wheatear if this really was the right way to go about helping the world…
…
Jay narrowed his eyes as he closed in on the rest of the Ultimates location and saw what appeared to be Sinestro and Hal Jordan cutting off the Ultimates escape. He took a deep breath before he put in an extra burst of speed and began to zoom around the two going past march thirty in seconds, creating a powerful cyclone that the two Lanterns were having trouble trying to escape
"What is this?" Sinestro growled in annoyance as he tried to blast Jay with his ring but kept missing
"It's the Flash, uh the older one" Hal said as he saw through the swirling cyclone the Ultimates getting away
Hal then turned his attention back towards the ground where Jay was running and took aim at the ground before sending a powerful energy blast at it. Jay's eyes narrowed as he saw the beam slowly approach the ground and waited until the last moment before removing his tin hat and throwing it at Hal just as he ducked under the beam
Hal let out a scream of pain as the tin hat struck him in the chest, sending him flying into Sinestro from the force it hit him with while Jay was sent flying across the ground as the emerald beam of energy struck the ground and created a small explosion. Jay gritted his teeth as he bounced across the ground and slammed into a tree, resulting in him letting out a groan of pain
"This…used to be…easier" Jay muttered as he pushed himself up to see Hal and Sinestro before him, both their rings raised at his form
"Give it up Flash, there's no escape" Hal said in a diplomatic tone
"Or fight, I could use an excuse to have your legs severed" Sinestro stated
Jay simply stared at the two in silence before he shook his head "Kids these day…never paying attention"
Hal frowned at that "What are- ACK!"
He was interrupted by Wild Cat kicking him in the back of the head and sending him flying into the tree that Jay hit before he suddenly rounded on Sinestro who threw up a yellow shield just as the aged boxer threw a super pill powered punch at the former Green Lantern. Sinestro gritted his teeth in rage as the shield cracked under the blows of Wild Cat
"Heh, a Green Lanterns shield wouldn't have cracked after one punch Yellow boy" Grant said with a smirk before he sent a double kick towards the shield that completely shattered the shield and sent the leader of the Yellow Lanterns flying back…right into a series of blurred punches by Jay before he finished with a Speed Force lightning clothes line that knocked the fallen Lantern out
Wild cat chuckled at the hit before he grew alarmed at Jay collapsing to the ground 'Jay?"
"I'm alright…just need to catch my breath is all" Jay panted out as Wild cat helped him up "Most activity I've done in years"
"Well don't die on me old timer, else your wife will have all of our skins" Wild cat joked as he and Jay rushed to catch up with Felicia, Steve, Ravager, Katana, Grfiter and Frank
…
"Have to say Superman, never thought our first meeting would go like this" Scarlet Spider said as he ducked under a punch from the man of steel before shooting his head up and catching the man in the chin, knocking him into the clawed fists of Man-spider who unleashed a savage beating that created small shockwaves before he was kicked away into the First Born who grabbed Superman by the throat and held him up with a smirk
"You know Superman, you should feel honored. Very few, and even Wonder Woman have yet to last as long as you have" the son of Zeus gloated before looking towards Scarlet Spider and his transformed brother in law "I'll join you in a few moments, go!"
Scarlet nodded before tapping Man-spider on the shoulder and gesturing him to follow "Come on big guy, need to get you out of here and to Zatanna before the Other emerges"
The two broke into a sprint, or Scarlet did while Man-spider resorting to running on all limbs and followed the all red spider into the jungle as the League began to apprehend the last of the Suicide Squad, the Enchantress having now been finally taken down by Shazam and Raven
Superman gripped the First Born's wrists and tried to crush it "S-Says the man who needs…two others to help beat me"
The First Born let out a chuckle "Like your one to talk mister I need half the League to face down just one New God"
He then reared his fist back to punch the man of steel when suddenly several powerful bolts of mystical lighting slammed into his back, causing him to let out a pained roar as he dropped Superman who interlocked his fingers and slammed his fists into the powerful being, catapulting him into the air where Shazam flew up and kicked him back down into the earth
The First Born tried to push himself up only for Superman to land on his back, causing him to let out a yelp of pain
"Enough!" Superman yelled as he grabbed the First born by the head and slammed his fists into the injured god's face in a blue blur.
The multiple impacts created a sympathy of thunder like booms as the ground cracked around the two before the First born caught on of the fists and glared up at Superman with his face bloodied and broken
Unable to form a word because of a shattered jaw, the First born growled before ramming his head into Superman's face, breaking the man of steels nose before he pulled his leg back until his knee was touching his chest and shot it out into Superman's groin
"GGAAAAAHHHHHH!" Superman howled in pain as the First Born's kick made contact and sent him flying out of the crater and into the Green Lantern John Stewart
"HMPH!" the First born grunted as he pushed himself up and looked to see Hawk Girl with her Nth mace approaching him at high speeds
He narrowed his eyes as he prepared to counter when suddenly he found himself on the beach surrounded by the Ultimates. He glanced around in slight confusion before Scarlet spoke up
"Your welcome…" he panted out as he felt he effects of the super pill wearing off and glanced towards Felicia and gave her a nod "Let's get the hell out of here please"
The world renown thief nodded before calling for their pick up "Annataz!"
Suddenly a bright light appeared before it died down to show the form of Zatanna who took her top hat off and placed it in the ground "Everyone into the hat now!"
Not questioning the woman's order the various individuals began to approach the hat before they turned into a small magical glow and were sucked into the hat. Zatanna watched them all go before glancing at Peter and felt her breath hitched at the sight of his transformed state
"…No…" she whispered in dread as he backed away from the hat before she quickly approached him and cupped his face with her hands "Shhh, it's okay, you're alright…"
Man-spider stopped struggling as he stared at Zatnna who leaned into him until her forehead was touching his "Just follow me okay?"
"Grrrr…?" Man-spider growled in confusion but obeyed and slowly followed the woman as she backed up towards the hat before they both turned into magical orbs and were sucked into the hat before the magical item itself seemingly folded in on itself and vanished just as Superman, Raven and Flash arrived at the beach head
…
And done.
So next chapter the Ultimates return to base, Zatanna helps Peter revert back to his more natural state, the Insurgency plans it's next move and Mary Jane finds that she's being watched…