It All Begins
Prologue
Vilgax a Chimera Sui Generisi rom planet Vilgaxia was known by many names throughout his long life; Murderer, Tyrant, Master, Maniac and above all Monster. He never thought he would be deemed a hero in the eyes of the universe.
As a prize for completing his mission the evil Celestial Sapien Mobius granted Vilgax the ability of cosmic awareness, meaning no matter what changes happen to the timeline as long as he exists he will remember everything.
Vilgax had been given a rare gift as fate would have it Vilgax had been reborn as a hero to his people and the universe he was beloved. If he was going to assume control of the universe he had to play it very carefully. He would have to prepare. Get stronger. Faster and even smarter.
On his journeys Vilgax discovered an ancient martial art created by a dead alien race known as the Saiyans. The martial art had been passed down through the ages before it eventually ended up on Earth with only one living being left to teach it, a human named Roshi.
In secret Vilgax traveled to the planet and found Roshi. Though the 300 year old man was hesitant to teach Vilgax at first Vilgax for the first time in his existence humbled himself before the master bowing in respect telling Roshi he was superior and only wanted to learn.
Still hesitant to teach Vilgax, the ex-tyrant was forced to sweeten the deal a little. Vilgax had heard rumors that Roshi was an extreme lover of woman so he had traveled to a far away planet called Ryloth and acquired some beautiful Twi'lek slaves as gifts to the master but never used them first out of fear the rumors were fake.
Against his better judgment Roshi took the slaves and accepted Vilgax as his student.
Vilgax would spend the next eight years training with Roshi under the harshest conditions. Learning how to harness Ki in order to make himself more powerful. Even though the old man's apparent goofiness may have irritated Vilgax he had acknowledged that the old master was a good teacher and he was gaining power.
When the day finally came to call Vilgax a master, Roshi looked on to his student with pride and even though he would never admit it Vilgax had some care for his master but he still had other plans.
One day after Roshi was done having 'fun' with the Twi'lek's who had come to admire Roshi not as their master but their friend who treats them with moderate respect. Vilgax attacked his master.
The two had a ferocious battle which resulted in the islands that surrounded Roshi's island as well as his island itself to be destroyed. Thanks to his species superior bodies Vilgax came out the victor landing a killing blow on Roshi. When he was asked why Vilgax honestly told his master that he had plans for the entire universe. Roshi told him he would fail. Vilgax replied him by telling Roshi only if he played his old game, flying away leaving Roshi to die.
Now that he had the power Vilgax had to start building his new empire.
Vilgax had amassed great political power on his home world by being the quote unquote man of the people. Doing everything he could to ensure his people thrived, ending up the most beloved being on his planet.
When he wasn't training with Roshi or handling the politics of his planet Vilgax had a third occupation he was a member of the galactic peace keeping organization the Plumbers serving as one of his greatest heroes even ending up almost as legendary as Max Tennyson.
The reason Vilgax pushed himself so hard was because he needed everyone to view him as a hero so when he finally made his move no one would be able to see it coming.
When the inter galactic union of planets was founded Vilgax knew his day was near. He was selected as his planet's representative; he now had to convince the other leaders to give him control willingly but how…?
Khoros
A familiar sight was in play: Vlad Masters better known as Vlad Plasmius was imprisoned on the homeworld of the warrior race the Tetramands.
Unlike Vilgax Vlad's life played out exactly the same as it did in the old universe. He was a college student who was infected with ecto energy thanks to his former best friend Jack Fenton prematurely activating a prototype ghost zone portal causing him to get a terrible skin condition called ecto-acne which left him unable to attend school. On the plus side the accident also gave Vlad ghost powers allowing him to amass; fame, money and power.
Unfortunately Vlad was very short sighted. Even with all the power he had, Vlad was obsessed with getting the things that were out of his reach. He wanted to end Jack's life and take his family as his own.
Vlad would soon go deeper into the rabbit hole by manipulating teenagers who were down on their luck, rigging elections and even creating genetic clones of Jack's son Danny.
Vlad's final mistake would come in the form of the disasteroid. An asteroid completely composed of a substance called ectoranium. Vlad revealed himself to the world and threatened to let the asteroid hit if he wasn't given billions of dollars and total rule over the planet. Sadly his plan didn't work and Vlad was forced to leave his planet in exile.
Vlad made it to the planet Khoros where he thought he would rule but unfortunately for him the Tetramand race was all too prepared to deal with someone with his abilities. Vlad was banished from the planet and was forced to work in the mines digging for the rare Tetramand metal XY77.
Vlad was in the mines holding a pickaxe digging away looking for XY77.
"May I please have water?" Vlad asked weakly.
The Tetramand guard looked at him showing no emotion. "You will get water after you have completed eight hours of work."
"Please, I beg you." Vlad pleaded.
The guard pointed his spear at Vlad and blasted him back with an electric charge. "Get back to work!"
Vlad struggled to get up. Just as the guard was about to strike him again Vilgax walked into the mine.
"That's no way to treat your prisoners." he said with a smirk.
"Who are you?" the guard asked.
"Your executioner." Vilgax smiled.
The guard fired an electric beam from his spear, it struck Vilgax but didn't even faze the former tyrant.
"That tickled." Vilgax smiled.
Shocked that the intruder was unharmed from his weapon, the guard decided to call for help.
"This is Gordon, we have a hostile I am requesting back up…"
The guard was cut off when Vilgax rushed at him and crushed his wrist communicator.
"Let's not get others involved. " he smirked.
The guard threw two punches that connected to Vilgax's face. The former tyrant laughed as he unleashed a powerful punch that sent the guard flying through the wall which began a cave in.
Vilgax quickly grabbed Vlad and ran out with him.
"Why? Why did you save me?" Vlad asked.
"Because I've been looking for you Vlad."
"What do you want with me?"
"I have an offer you cannot refuse." Vilgax smirked.
Vilgax's ship
Vilgax brought Vlad to his ship where he Vlad's healed injuries, fed him and rehydrated him.
Vlad met up with Vilgax on his bridge. "I take it you are liking your accommodation." Vilgax commented.
"Not that I don't appreciate it but why are you helping me? Your Vilgax the Benevolent." Vlad questioned.
"Only in this life." Vilgax replied.
"What do you mean?" Vlad asked.
"You see, eight years ago there was a crisis. A Celestial Sapien named Mobius destroyed the Multiverse entirely. Ben Tennyson and his allies stopped him and recreated the Multiverse into this Universe. In the Old Universe I was a galactic tyrant but in this one it seemed like I made different choices."
"Even if I did believe what you were telling me. Tell me how you remember any of it?" Vlad asked.
"I worked with the Celestial Sapien. As a reward for serving him he allowed me to not only retain my personality but have the memories of all the other Vilgaxs in the Multiverse."
"Why would he do that?" Vlad asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine. But that is inconsequential. I need your help for my plan."
"What kind of plan?" Vlad asked.
"The Universe has given me a unique gift. I am viewed as a hero and beloved by all. So I am going to use that to my advantage." Vilgax explained.
"What are you going to do?" Vlad asked.
"I am going to start a war. A war greater than any other that came before. And I want you to be the face of that war."
"What!?" Vlad exclaimed.
"While the heroes are focused on fighting you. I will be using my good name to discredit them. Manipulate them and make the people lose faith. And by the time they know what I'm doing it will be too late." Vilgax explained.
"I see."
"And when everything they built is gone we will be running the greatest galactic empire in history."
"For such a big endeavor we will need a large army. Where will we find one?" Vlad asked.
Vilgax smiled at the half ghost villain.
Apokolips
Vilgax and Vlad traveled to the former homeworld of the evil New Gods.
"What is this place?" Vlad asked, looking around at the desolate lands.
"This is Apokolips. Homeworld of the evil New Gods." Vilgax explained.
"New Gods?" Vlad asked.
"They were a very advanced group of super beings. No one knows where they came from."
"What happened to them?" Vlad asked.
"About 10,000 years ago there was a galactic war between the Apokoliptan New Gods and the New Genesis New Gods. It was a terrible war that dragged many super powers into it. In the end the New Gods destroyed themselves along with the Martians, Kryptonians, Saiyans, Namekians, Asgardians and Viltrimites."
"So why did you bring me here?" Vlad asked.
"The New Gods may be gone but their secrets aren't. I have discovered how to create Parademons."
"What are Parademons?" Vlad asked.
"Let me show you."
Vilgax brought Vlad to a building where he was running a Parademon manufacturing factory. Vlad watched in horror as organic beings were being used as materials to make Parademons.
"Those are Parademons." Vilgax showed Vlad what looked like thousands of Parademons trapped in a large cage.
"Where did you get all these people?" Vlad asked.
"I've been running multiple trafficking syndicates. They're mostly runaways, refugees. People who wouldn't be missed or at least no one would be looking too hard for them."
"So you're willingly going to give me control of what seems to be the greatest army ever assembled?" Vlad asked.
"Yes. I am."
"What's the catch?" Vlad asked.
"No catch. So long as you understand who's really in charge here. You will live quite well."
Vlad smirked, "You see Vilgax you made a massive mistake. You told me your secrets. You showed me your army and you've massively underestimated me."
"Have I." Vilgax smirked.
"I've seen what you can do and I know for a fact you are not as powerful as me. So here's how it's going to go if you don't do what I say you will suffer the consequences. " Vlad announced changing into his half ghost form.
Vilgax's smirk grew wider. "Plasmius I am glad you decided to do this."
"What?" Vlad said confused by Vilgax's statement.
"You see I spent a long time training under one of the greatest martial arts teachers the Earth has ever known and gained great power from him. The thing is what good is power when you don't have someone to use it on."
Vilgax charged at Vlad with lightning speed striking the half ghost through a wall before he could react. Vlad quickly got up and flew into the air firing ecto energy disks at Vilgax.
Vilgax flew into the air following the half ghost dodging every disk fired at him. Vilgax quickly caught up to Vlad and slammed him into the ground. Before Vlad could get up Vilgax grabbed him and dragged his head across the ground breaking it apart in the process. Vlad went intangible to escape Vilgax's grip. He then charged up an ecto energy beam and fired it at the tyrant. Vilgax fired his own optical beams in retaliation. The beams collided. Vilgax began to laugh maniacally as a sign he was enjoying himself while Vlad struggled to match the giant. Vilgax's beams began to overpower Vlad's; eventually Vilgax won the struggle. Vilgax's optic beams sent Vlad back through several columns.
Vlad got up again. "He wasn't bluffing. He is extremely powerful. I need to fight him strategically."
Vilgax soon made his way to Vlad's location. The second Vilgax found him Vlad used his powers to create three duplicates of himself holding an ecto energy scythe, sword and ax respectfully.
The clones charged for Vilgax. The one holding the scythe swung it at the tyrant, Vilgax caught the handle before the blade could reach him, broke it off and sliced the clone in half with his own weapon.
The duplicates holding the ax and sword charged at Vilgax in different directions. Vilgax quickly reacted by catching both blades before they could touch him. Vilgax began to laugh again as he threw both clones in different directions; he then fired his optic beams and the beams began to curve each one heading for a different clone. The beams hit their marks forcing the clones to dissipate.
Vilgax began to look around. "Where are you hiding Plasmius?"
"Right here!" Vlad revealed himself becoming visible. Vlad went intangible and tried to possess Vilgax.
Vilgax remembered the mental training he had gone through with Roshi and quickly expelled Vlad from his body.
"How did you..?" Vlad asked, shocked.
"It's not going to be that easy, Plasmius!" Vilgax announced. Vilgax brought his hands together, "As much fun as this has been I really have better things to do. KA-ME-HA-ME-" Vilgax shouted as his hands began to charge up with energy, "HA!" he screamed, firing a red version of Master Roshi's powerful energy attack the Kamehameha.
The beam collided with Vlad which caused a huge explosion. When the dust settled Vlad was in his human form at the bottom of a crater.
Vilgax flew towards him, "You see Vlad if you join me you will live like a king. But if you even think about betraying me you will know nothing but SUFFERING! " Vilgax explained firing a stream of electricity at Vlad which caused the human to scream in pain. "Do you understand?"
"Y-Yes." Vlad barely mustered.
Vilgax stopped his assault. "Prove your loyalty. Bow before your new master."
Realizing Vilgax was the superior warrior Vlad bowed before him. "When will we begin, my Lord."
"Soon. Very soon. We just need to gather the others."
Well that's it. Hope. Be sure to review.
As you can see I've planted a lot of easter eggs. I've included Marvel, DC, Invincible, Star Wars. I really wanted to cement that all the universes are one thing from Crisis on Infinite Dimensions. Whether you will see characters from those universes chalks up to how I feel about them and if their presence would disrupt the story I've built.
Until next time.
Next Chapter: The Echoes of War pt 1
Synopsis: Steven has to deal with Zane's resistance against the gems without the help of the Hero League.
