Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

7. Chapter 207: The Heart of a Hero

Chapter 207: Ben's Arc: The Heart of a Hero Under Pressure.

Moments after the champions of the universe mission went drastically off course, the ones who they were desperately trying to stop were celebrating that their genocidal ambitions were one step closer to fruition.

Ben and the others were unaware but the sun that the Beyonder forged also served as a castle, and in this castle a man just walked through massive white doors to enter to the throne room, and the man was the man who still looked like Goku, Zamasu. As the twisted Kai entered one man walked up to greet him. The man had short hair and blank brown eyes

With slightly long brown hair and wore a black bishop class priest uniform with a dark purple coat and a golden cross. The man, standing at a towering 193 cm bowed before uttering a detached," You expressed quite the bloody performance Zamasu."

"It's not your opinion that matters to me, Kirei Kotomine, I'm here for an audience with the Master that I'm due."

Before Kirei could respond a female voice snickered in response." Don't let one victory delude yourself Zamasu. Even one of Rabum Alal 's champions is useless if he dares to enter Wahrwelt mouthing off like he does not know his place."

Zamasu saw a dozen Black Swans walk out of the throne room, including the one that talked to Ben previously, before he bowed." My apologizes for implying I was defying the will of are lord, Sanctus Maximus Populi Ariels. I'm no redundancy, I merely come to get the audience I was promised."

A woman then walked in front of the other Black Swans, a woman with white skin, and clad in a white priest like outfit with a sword at her side, blond hair long enough to be like a bird's wings, and blazing red eyes. Ariels saw Zamasu glance at her before she smirked." What you promised will come to pass, just have some patience. Are Master has much more to deal with then just your whims."

"Of course, but are you indicating that someone is requiring are master's intention?"

Before the head Black Swan could answer a burst of laughter rocked the room. The pillar of purple energy behind the Swans suddenly surged." Your concern is appreciated, my champion. However, its nothing more than an irritation that I swiftly addressed."

A light flashed out of the pillar, before a tall man stepped out of the pillar of energy. Two males were at his sides, they were tall and cyan-skinned individuals. They wore long purple and yellow coats which covered their face to their knees. Under their coat, they wore gray-lined suits. As head-wear, they had oddly shaped hats of bronze color, with a long and thin pointy end at the top and a small gray ball at the tip.

The man in-between the two attendants had a long face, broad chin, a short curly finger long beard, and pronounced cheekbones.

He was clad in a platinum crystalline armor with a purple cape that went down to his feet. As Zamasu saw the being gaze at him with glowing golden eyes he instantly bowed." You grace me with your presence master."

The caped man, the Beyonder smirked before he flicked his cape back." Naturally Zamasu, you got some of the highest " ratings" across the entire show. I always saw you as one of my more...fun contestants, but I'll give you credit for taking home the price faster than even I expected."

Zamasu allowed a small smirk to creep out of his face as he stood up." Savitar, Momoshiki, Lezard Valeth, Boros, and the rest of my obstacles were formidable, but it was their loss that destiny did not make them as distinct as me. They knew the threat I was and tried to team up to eliminate me.

But I used that against them, and brought about their final downfall. The planet was destroyed in the process, but while it's always a shame to deface the work of god, it was already to defiled by the stench of humans. "

"As if replacing a planet is any effort for me." The Beyonder uttered as he crossed his arms." Battle world is for battling, the worlds I'll create after the Reconquista of the space that Cosmos has, will be the real ones. While I'm basing the planets from her style so that the pawns would not be to confused, once every trace of the old era is dead I won't be constrained by her limitations.

You should feel proud…you're the first to prove your worth in Battle-World, the first to prove worthy to be one of my Dimensional Nihilo Generals. Thus, when everything that is in my way is purged your domain of reason will be...slightly larger than the others."

Zamasu had a hungry look form in his eyes before he retorted with a wry," Of course I'll be willing to do whatever it takes to make your will realized excellency. When I prove my splendor to all of existence, it will make my realm forged on the reason of Shijima, a still pure world of everlasting beauty unmolested by the weakness of humans and other sinners, all the sweater. Just curious, how are the, other, "contestant's" fairing?"

The Beyonder motioned to Kirei, who bowed before swerving around." The others are not quite as…efficient as you are Zamasu, but it's likely the next phase will be decisive for all of the remaining planets."

A giant rotating hologram appeared in between Zamasu and the Black Swans before many lights shimmered around the holograms. Kirei pointed to the nearest one before narrowing his eyes." On the world of Lorule, contestants Demise and Dio Brandford have the best odds of victory so far.

On the world termed "Earth Two" the contestant most likely to win is the one dubbed" Super-Boy Prime". His older cousin from another reality stream Kal-L, the hero with the title of Superman is the second most likely champion, but his moral limitations put him at a disadvantage.

On planet Avalice the two most likely to emerge as the victor are currently between Kylo Ren and Darth Cadeus. Both men assume they are the true successor to Han Solo, while the other is the aberration but it depends on who's ambition and ruthlessness play out.

Cadeus has the edge with more allies like Bravon, Zinyak of the Zin and Prince Uther Insalaum of the Insalaum military, while Kylo Ren has the edge with his Star-Killer weapon and the support of the Mechon's.

On the Gourmet world, the most likely contestants to win are between the "Gourmet God" Acacia, and his sons, the head of the Bishoku-kai Midora and Gourmet Chief Toriko depending on who succeeds in fully incorporating the NEO demon into their body.

While vastly weaker in power there is enough chance for the CEO of REVOCS Corporation Ragyo Kiryuin has a chance of coming out on top if her cunning and Life-Fibers allowed he to succeed in taking control of one of those men.

On the last world Ardyn and Yūki Terumi are the two most likely contestants to win depending on who can outwit each other."

The Beyonder suddenly laughed loudly as he had a wild look in his eye." I admit this game has gotten more fun than when I thought it would be. I can see the future if I really want to, but the game's much more fun when the outcome is a surprise!

Yes…it's been fun seeing all the different behaviors "Mortals" have. Having them recreate their failings is even more proof that Cosmos's so called existence is an eye sour to be purged. Still…it's an amusing show, some of the pieces have acted in ways they were not supposed to.

Because of the stress of my game they switched their allegiances, some even changed the core of their nature because of the pressure. Yes, some seemed to have tried to escape my game, but they sorely underestimated their master's power!

Yes…I'll give them credit for being able to hide their ship's from me but, they did not realize just how much I am one with my reality. Yes…their ships should have landed right about, now."

The Beyonder waved his hand before five crystals raised out of the ground and floated above to show where each of the Lylat Ships landed. The one in the center showed the Tri-Edge crashed in a lake in the middle of a park outside a metropolis.

The Beyonder and his creations saw Ben stumble out of the Tri-Edge to look at the damage before the first scion of Cosmos and Zannacross saw Ben's Star Sword and raised an eyebrow."

I don't recall creating a contestant with a sword like that one. See this is what I mean Zamasu they are changing things again and again so it's always a fun twist!"

Ariel and the other Black Swans eyed Ben before the woman with the title of Sanctus Maximus Populi gasped. "My lord, only a few individuals in history have that blade, and that means that man is Ben Auro, Cosmos's champion! If he was not one of the ones you chose to recreate as your pieces, then it means Cosmos has sent him to defy you!"

Zamasu raised an eyebrow as he walked closer." That boy is the champion of the corrupt space that stands in your way master? He does not look like nothing special, especially not worthy of having the blessings of the divine!"

"And yet that human is without a doubt Cosmos's champion." The Sanctus Maximus Populi spat out with a haughty tone." We seen the stellar memory Zamasu, Bisley reported directly that this man, Ben Auro is seen as the savior of the universe. Damn it, if Bisley and Haltmann did not report that this Ben Auro has traveled to our reality then they must have been discovered."

The Beyonder narrowed his eyes before sparks of light started to crackle around his fingers." Cosmos or any of her pawns were not suppose to be aware of me yet, it should be impossible for her agents to be here if I did not will it!"

"And yet they have Master, and that means Bisley and the others were so incompetent that the others were able to find out about your plan!" Ariel threw out anxiously." All of those new ships must be her agents! Master you must destroy them all this instant before they ruin everything we worked for!"

Lighting suddenly crackled out of the Beyonder before an intense pressure was unleashed, and everyone sans the Beyonder was forced to their knees, the man with golden eyes gave his top Black Swan a look harsh enough to freeze her before he walked forward." Are you saying that this Ben Auro can stop me, my dear Sanctus Maximus Populi? Are you implying that I have to be afraid of this weak human?"

"No, my master, no one else in all there is can defy the great Rabum Alal! It's just…its a fact that this Ben Auro is the one that defeated Chaos Zannacross Necron so it seems possible he could be a threat. I'm deeply sorry to displease you my master, but the reason I exist is to praise your greatness and to think of all that could displease you!"

The Beyonder was silent for a moment before he suddenly laughed." I know why you exist, but you don't seem to know how to do your function as you should! If its a fact that Cosmos's number one puppet is suppose to always win the day then its just, what did they call it? Right, alternative facts and you should know anything that makes me look bad is always the wrong fact! Don't despair, it's my fault for creating you in such a faulty manner that you don't have enough faith in me to terminate such threats.

Alas, if you're this defective your better off serving me as dessert. Yes…it would seem many customs have chocolate bunnies for special days, so thus you will be my chocolate swan. Ariel...your fired!"

Sanctus Maximus Populi Ariel stepped back in dread and tried to beg her master for mercy. But before she could the Beyonder snapped his finger, and a golden beam burst out of his left eye to hit her in the chest. In less than a second her entire body turned to chocolate, and as it did the other Black Swans did not even flinch. No one attempted to protest as the Beyonder walked up and casually ripped off the former leader of the Black Swans head.

As he bit off and devoured her nose he looked delighted." At first I thought Midora and Acacia, were to obsessed with food. But while I nearly erased them for ranting to much about appetites, I give them credit for inspiring me to appreciate a good meal. While it is ungodly to require energy from lesser beings, the act of feasting is a most, enjoyable sensation.

Yes, it's been worth recreating more than one time of group from Cosmos's universes past. Its allowed me to observer closely how mortals obsessed over feasting, over pride, over their wars, over their fashions, and all the other things they delude themselves into thinking matter. As much as I loathe Cosmos..its good incite on how to build a better universe then hers, upon her corpse."

Kirei bowed again before uttering a detached," Even if it's because you willed it, I to enjoy the sensation of concurring the unknown, and the enjoyment of purging the inferior. But I must confess I'm curious what you will to happen to this Ben Auro if you don't feel the need to kill him?"

The Beyonder had his eye twitch before he had a look of raw hate form on his face." Make no mistake, I want this savior to die. But this Ben Auro does not deserve a painless death. I want him to suffer! From the moment I regained consciousness, I loathed Cosmos and Zannacross for denying me what should have been mine! If this Ben Auro really is the embodiment of the light, of everything she holds dear, then he has to suffer more then everyone else!

Yes, such a weak fool being the savior of all must be a fluke, he must suffer to the point where he is begging for me to erase his miserable existence! He and all that have joined him in taking part in this defiance will feel hope, only for it to turn to total despair! My Black Swans, your job is to assist the contestants to make sure they go after the trespassers.

Make sure to make them suffer both physically and mentally to destroy them completely. If they fail to kill these intruders then, they are not worth being my champions in the first place!"

Zamasu nodded before he looked determined." I'll be graceful enough to let the others have a chance to prove their merit. However, if they fail, then I'll be all too happy to make this so called savoir regret trending in the realm of the divine!"

The Beyonder grasped his fist before making a dramatic gesture." Everyone must regret it Zamasu! Every single being that Cosmos created must suffer till they regret being created! Because this entire existence Cosmos and Zannacross created is what humans would call a farce! It should have been mine, I was superior to them both, and they denied me what is mine because they feared being replaced by their superior!

But I will show everyone what their champion really amounts to, before they suffer! This may have been a surprise, but it's a welcomed one, for it will make the taste of this victory to be even sweater then this meal! So show me just how determined you are to be a savior Ben Auro, so that the taste of it shattering be even more delicious! Let the next and final round of Battle World begin!"

The Beyonder casually devoured the rest of Ariel's head as if were a mere cookie before seeing his servants enforce his will. As the Black Swans departed to enforce their master's will, those that set out to stop him were frantically trying to adjust to their new situation.

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Ben was able to just barely manage to direct the Tri-Edge so that the landing was not to rough, and after checking to make sure his comrades were alright he, Zero, Lloyd, and a few others walked out of the ship.

Ben saw no one was waiting for him and carefully surveyed his surroundings, only to see they are surrounded by trees.

Ben saw buildings in the distance and took a deep breath." Looks like we are in some city park. Could be worst landings, long as this is not a trap. How are things looking? Should we be prepared for a reception?"

"Sensors indicate many high level power levels in the distance, but none within a close-range master." T4-X5 answer. Ben nodded before looking to see if he could spot his comrades airships, only to find nothing. The owner of the Star Sword saw the worry on his comrades faces before clearing his throat." Well that's one thing at least. Still…can you contact the others?"

"Negative…but before we come to any conclusions are last sighting of our comrades was their ships being sent to the different worlds. It's entirely possible that the Beyonder sets up barriers to isolate each world."

Ben struggled to not let the dread he felt creep up his spine before he closed his eyes." I can't sense Lacus, or any of the others. However, I did not feel anything in my heart, I know I would have felt something if something bad happened to Lacus. Still…I have to find out to get back to her as soon as possible! She's a lot better than she use to be…but she's still not quite at full strength after nearly dying when we defeated Zannacross! If the Beyonder wants to go after her for whatever reason, she could be in grave danger! We have to figure out how to take off as soon as possible."

Before anyone could respond Master Yamamoto cut in with a firm," Calm yourself Ben, this is the precise worst time to be rash."

Ben saw the bald senior warrior of light walk out before he took a deep breath." Your right Master Yamamoto, getting upset won't help anyone. Guess…things are not off to a great start and there is so many things we don't know."

"Then we must keep calm to figure out what we can know Ben. Lacus was with her former squad mates, Hiryuumon, that Trunks lad, and a few more angels, she is far from alone."

Lloyd chuckled anxiously before patting Ben on the back." You bet I'm sure as hell worried about Collet Ben, but I know she and Lacus got each other's back. C'mon, Lacus seemed to be back to as strong as she can be without the Blue Eyes White Dragon in her so don't be that guy and freak out every time she is not in your sight. I mean it, not like you guys have not been at each other's side the entire last five years, right?"

"Well, of course we been apart Lloyd, we had some good will tours where we met with different groups and it took all day. I don't think we been apart for more than a day though."

"Seriously? Damn man."

Yamamoto cleared his throat before looking Ben right in the eye." I know full well how much Lacus means to you Ben, but do not forget our priorities. I sincerely hope that all of us can survive this, but we must not forget our duty. For if we fail, everyone dies. We must ensure the universe survives the wrath of this Beyonder, no matter the cost. As difficult as it maybe you must put your feelings for Lacus aside and focus on what we are here to do."

Ben paused for a few moments, before he took a deep breath and nodded."Fair enough. I suppose, stopping what's threatening Lacus and the others would resolve all our problems, anyway right? I guess, I would be able to keep calm easier if we had some idea what to do. All we really know is that the Beyonder is having people from all over history fight to be his champions.

And from what I seen the end result is him having the most vicious of the group be his attack dogs. Not sure how it goes about though, does not seem like there is a ring for any official fighting. Far as I can tell looks like a normal C class level advanced city."

Lloyd's father, the Enji Captain and former angelic member of the Cruxis order Kratos Aurion walked forward to look around." Then it's our priority to grasp what the nature of this event is, and figure out how to win before it's too late." Ben looked around and saw in the distance that part of the city was covered with blood red mist. He looked at the others and shrugged. "Well, not sure just how this planet works but I'm going to say there is a good chance that large clouds of red mist is not normal."

Axl nodded before he gave an thumbs up." Sounds like as good a place to start as any Ben. Might as well get a jump on things before, huh? Whoa!"

The next generation Reploid heard a noise and saw a black projectile short of shaped like a shuriken quickly heading out of a tree. Axl swiftly fired at it with his gun, and as the bat shaped projectile vaporized it exploded into a barrage of sparks. X then looked up and readied his X-Buster before narrowing his eyes." Guess they were paying more attention than we would have liked! Get ready!"

The group got ready as they saw a figure emerge from the shadows. They all saw it was a man in a ninja like outfit that had blades out of his arms. X noticed the way he looked before he looked at Megaman." It's unclear but, he looks kind of like the old school robots Doctor Wily and Doctor Light made. Megaman, he one of Wily's more, obscure robots?"

Megaman eyed the robot carefully before he shrugged." He looks sort of like Shadowman but I never seen him before. Maybe he was one of the creations he made after I fought Zero?"

Zero shrugged before he took out his Z-Saber. "He was not in the data files we got from the Servbots. Maybe it's some knock off's work but in the end, all that really matters is that this punk is in our way!"

The figure looking like a ninja sneered before he got into a fighting stance." How have you been able to elude everyone this entire time? Did the Beyonder add new fighters to Battle World for the final round?"

Ben shrugged before throwing out a casual," You can kind of say that. We are here to shut down this game! We don't have to do this, turn back now and no one has to get hurt!"

"Bah…whoever you are you're an idiot! Of course someone's going to get hurt, that is what Battle World is all about! Only the fittest will survive while everything else burns! That's why…GUH!"

In the blink of an eye Ben used Flash Step to warp behind the ninja and roundhouse kick him in the back. As his target landed with a thud Ben grinned." People may have to get hurt, but if you wake up in time to the reality of the situation you don't have to get hurt to badly."

Ben saw his impact left a dent in his target's body, making it even clearer he hit a robot before the ninja got back on his feet. "Your faster than me? What is this, some sort of pity or are you trying to force me to be your disposable pawn. You can't fool me, nor can you intimate me! Everything that is not worthy is going to be terminated soon anyway, and if I have to die I want Rabum Alal to see that I die with honor!"

Zero rolled his eyes before he got into a fighting stance." I seen crazier mavericks but it's clear he is not going to play nice! If that's how you want it punk then fine by me!"

The ninja had his eyes glow red and he promptly bellowed out a battle cry. Ben, Zero, Kratos and the others prepared to react when suddenly a young male voice cried out an urgent," No stop! Don't destroy him I'll calm him down!"

The Ninja raised an eyebrow before he turned around and saw a block of ice heading for him. He struck at the projectile only for it to expand and consume him. A moment later a bolt of lightning struck the robot, causing him to roar in pain. Everyone saw the man who attacked the Ninja reveal himself, and to their shock it looked like a man who looked a lot like Megaman.

He had a white, circular collar with a small, blue rectangle, light grey on the four circles and lines in front and behind his white chest and pants merged together with a slim black line in between and on the sides of the chest armor.

He had white on the middle part of his shoes with black circles around the top part of his shoes and the bottom part of his pants, two blue rectangles on the lower black part of the shoes, and his arms and legs are dark grey with a diamond shape across them. He had green eyes giving him an enthusiastic and determined look, his helmet was dark grey with a blue visor with ear phones and he had fingerless gloves.

The new green eyed arrival just grinned before throwing out a chipper," Don't worry, I'll calm him down! Brandish, c'mon snap out of it now!"

As the ninja Brandish staggered back everyone noticed that streams of purple energy were flowing out of his damaged segments. As he saw the man his attacked slammed into him and punched him in the chest.

As he did this grey armored being's fists glowed light blue, and a circle of blue energy formed in between him and Brandish with a symbol in it.

As the man hit Brandish the light went into him, and he suddenly glowed green. After a few moments, Brandish widened his eyes, before he looked more lucid and looked at the man who struck him." Beck…I..I thank you."

"Alright your back to normal! Just two more of the Mighty Numbers need their Xel put back in order and everyone will be ok! Hope you guys are ok, sorry for the trouble he caused."

Ben looked at the others before he shrugged and smiled at Beck." Oh well, it could have been an issue if that went on but you had really good timing. Looks like you did something to calm him down, good job man."

"Oh happy to help, things are bad enough as it stands so I'm just glad I can save my family, for now."

X, Zero, Protoman, and Megaman looked at Beck intently before X cleared his throat." Megaman, Doctor Light did not have another brother we are not aware of right? "

Megaman gulped before responding with a tense," No way would he keep something like that form us! Um, right Blues?"

"I'm the first robot he made Rock, no doubts there."

Zero cleared his throat before throwing out a constrained," Sorry, you just look like, someone we know. Who are you again?"

Beck went up to Megaman and eagerly extended his hand." Oh wow no one said that to me before! Sorry if I look odd but my name is Beck. My official number is Mighty Number Nine, one of the Mighty Numbers created by Dr. William White!"

"Dr. White you say? White, not Light?" X uttered. Beck just looked confused." No, I'm sure its White, the data base would not lie about that."

X looked at Megaman before the older robot winced." I know what you're thinking X but no, Doctor Light never had a brother, or cousins. Anyway, nice to meet you Beck. I seen a lot of robots but I never seen one do something like that! Was that energy the Xel thing I heard you talked about?"

As Megaman and Beck shook hands the greyer robot nodded." You bet! Don't worry, this is not the first time I had to explain today about it but Xel is what me and all the other Mighty Numbers are made from! Let's see, if I remember what Doctor White told me Xel is the substance he, his father Dr. Benedict Blackwell, and the doctor's friend Dr. Soichiro Sanda all worked together to create. Xel's like, at its core a bunch of different colored cubes.

But, those cubes have fancy energy and stuff, The doc's say that to robots like us Xel is like what cells are for humans. Smaller Xel's can combined together to form ""Mega-xel" "like me and Brandish here! Each of the Mighty Numbers were programed with unique functions, and while I was not built to be a fighter, I was given the power to absorb and alter Xel to restore the personality of my friends till before they went crazy! "

Megaman raised an eyebrow at hearing Beck's story before he leaned closer." You also became a combat model to save your siblings! Wow we have even more in common then I thought!"

"A little too much in common if you ask me." Protoman uttered dryly. X just shrugged." Maybe, but if you can really resort robot's personalities with your power, then being able to resort their sanity sounds really helpful."

"No kidding." Zero threw out." If we had the power to save people infected by the Maverick Virus, things would have been a lot smoother at times. Less colony drops for one. Still, your buds are picking a bad time to go maverick from what it seems. What, they get infested by a computer virus or something?"

"How did you know?"

"Wait seriously? Oh c'mon!"

Beck looked at the recovering Brandish before he sighed." I mean, it was not supposed to happen but things got so crazy so fast. Trinity caused everyone with Xel in them aside from me and Call to go crazy! I'm just lucky both me and my sister were able to resist her power."

"So this Trinity is the crazy robot that's the one infecting your buddies with the virus? "Axl threw out curiously? Beck winced before responding with," Not evil, Trinity is just not aware of her actions. Doctor White only gave her the prime directive to evolve by absorbing Xel and doing what it took to remove anything that stood in the way from doing just that.

The Doc did not have time to complete her programming before she went out of control. She was shut down, but Gregory Graham, the CEO of Cherry Dynamics reactivated her. I can't be too mad at him though, he was freaking out when the worlds merged and wanted something that could stop the others, it just backfired and made things worst though."

"Wait hold the phone." Ben interjected tensely." What's this about worlds merging?"

Beck saw everyone looking more tense before he shrugged. All I know is some crazy Beyonder guy merged part of my world with a bunch of other worlds and said we had to prove who was worthy to survive!

Thankfully there were a lot of hero's that helped us out, they even let me go after the other Mighty Numbers because they figured it was best if an expert handled them. Though, I admit that's mostly because of so much other stuff going on."

Yamamoto narrowed his eyes before responding with a stern," Like what youngling? Who are the enemies here? "

Beck gulped before looking around." There has been to many for me to count to be honest sir. But, things are getting hairy. We all use to be on the same team but, as it became clear not everyone could win some of the guys are freaking out. Sorry you guys got caught up in this but we should get out of here before some of the others spot us!"

Axl chuckled as he twirled his pistols around." Take it easy kid, we came here to take out the bad guys to make things right for everyone! So, if they show up they will learn who, huh? Not again!"

The next generation Reploid saw a shuriken come out of the shadows, this one shaped a little like a bat. Axl swiftly blew it out of the sky, only for the projectile to unleash a blinding light. As everyone got on guard Ben suddenly felt something collide into him. It did not hurt, but when the light faded Ben realized that his feet were bound by what seemed like glue.

He saw those around him were covered in the same substance before Zero looked agitated." Great, this another one of your buddies running wild Beck? If so you better "fix" him fast or, huh?"

Everyone saw the one that attacked them emerge from the shadows on one of the tree branches. Ben and co saw it was a man clad in black armor, with a cape, and a bat like cowl covering the man's head, giving him a near demonic appearance.

This dark knight like figure glanced at Beck before he narrowed his eyes." I thought we had an agreement Beck? You could try to do things your way if it proved to not be a threat to us. This, is not what you said was going on."

Beck tensed up as he stepped back." Wait this is not what it looks like! These guys are not with me!"

Megaman eyed the new arrival before raising an eyebrow." What kind of robot is this? Kind of looks like a bat! Already had a Shademan, did Wily build a Bat-man to?"

Batman narrowed his eyes before uttering a harsh," So you are gathering intelligence on us?"

"Oh wow I was right!"

"Enough, this threat ends now!"

Ben sighed before throwing out a diplomatic," I can see you look human sir, so I hope we can reach an understanding. I know things are tense but we are only here to stop the Beyonder!"

"You can try and cloud your intentions but if there is even a one percent chance you're an enemy, you must be stopped!"

Axl rolled his eyes before his pistols changed color." Well if you're being this paranoid guess not much sense talking!"

The maverick hunter unleashed a stream of heat to shatter the glue binding him before he hovered above Batman. Beck saw Axl prepare to fire and threw out an urgent," Wait hold it! Batman's not a bad guy! He, just has trust issues!"

"Well if you say so dude. Even so this guy needs to chill!"

Axl had his guns transform into their ice gaiting formation before he unleashed a barrage of frozen projectiles at the caped crusader. Batman jumped back, and with masterfully rehearsed reflexes took out a grappling hook and fired it at the tree behind Axl. Batman quickly dashed upwards and unleashed another bat shaped projectile, his batarang and threw it with good enough aim to go through the blind spot in where Axl is firing.

His projectile succeeds in hitting Axl's gun before it could fire, causing a back fire. Just as Axl realized what Batman did, his target swerved around and tried knocking him out with a neck chop. As he heard a metal sound Axl just grinned." You don't have any idea what your facing eh you, GUH!"

The maverick hunter was cut off because as soon as Batman hit Axl's neck he pressed a button on his other glove and grasped Axl's chest, before unleashing enough voltage from his knuckles to shock his target.

As the inorganic being fell to the ground Batman sneered. "You will find I'm a quick study. It does not matter if your organic or inorganic, I'll take you down all the same. This is your last chance to."

In the blink of an eye Ben flash stepped in front of Batman and did an open palm thrust to hit him in the chest. Ben purposely held back but the blow still knocked him hard enough into the nearest tree to crack it.

As Batman coughed up blood he saw Ben looking at him firmly." I'll say the same to you. I don't want to hurt you Batman, I can sense from your aura you're hearts not one of evil, even if you're just a tad jumpy. That being said, while we are not your enemy we have bigger fish to fry and if you're going to get in our way that's going to be a problem. You seem very skilled, but to be blunt there is no way you're going to defeat us, you just don't have the power."

Batman just shot an ominous glare at Ben, but before he could respond he heard a younger man throw out an easy going," Bats does think he is the Bat-God at times but lucky for him he is not alone!"

Before Ben could respond a gold and red streak flashed by and Ben felt himself hit in the jaw. Before he fell, he saw Megaman, Protoman, the Maverick Hunters, and all the Enji aside from Master Yamamoto get knocked to the ground.

As Ben rebounded he saw his attacked slow down next to Batman, and saw that the new arrival was a man in red body armor with a mask and a lightning bolt on his chest. The speedy man saw Beck looking worried before he glanced back at Batman." What's the deal Batman? Beck seemed like a nice robot."

Batman saw Ben and the others getting back up before he stood up." It's unclear what relation this group has with the Numbers but, did not want to take any chances. Don't let your guard down Flash, many of them seem to be Metahumans, or maybe mutants or Inhumans. Whatever they are most of them seem to have enhanced strength and speed, on top of unique quirks."

The man named "The Flash" just shrugged." The Beyonder was bored or something and added new jerks to spice things up? Whatever, he is not going to have his way! "

Ben winced before he cleared his throat." Hey back up here! We don't want him to have his way either! That's why we are here!"

"Nice try but not going to fall for another trap! Not going to let my guard down while you stab one of my friends with this when my back is turned!"

The Flash suddenly pointed the Star Sword at him and Ben quickly realized that the speedster took his blade when he felt down before he winced." Hey that's not yours!"

Ben extended his hand to have the Star Sword return to him. The Flash saw this and just widened his eyes." So, he knows magic to? Don't think that will help you! You're going down!"

"I don't think so." Ben uttered as he got determined." After all it took to get here I can't fail now!"

The owner of the Star Sword promptly had his blue aura blaze out. As the Flash saw this he looked determined, and then dashed at Ben with super speed. This time the brown-haired hero was ready, and used his own speed to move fast enough to leave a after image.

As the Flash went through what he thought was Ben his target swiftly counterattacked to slam the man in red with the blunt side of the Star Sword. As the Flash crashed to the ground he saw Ben looked on guard before he winced." Your fast, don't tell me your Zoom or in another skin!"

"Who the blazes is Zoom?"

"Well, guess that answers that, you don't seem to be the type to be like him or Reverse Flash. Still, you're not fast enough to catch me, no one can out speed the man who is the Speed Force itself, who out ran time!"

"Wait, you're not the guy who rewrote time because he ran to fast are you?"

"Damn it, how does everyone know that? Flashpoint was a mistake, I'm not going to make something like that again! "

The Flash came at Ben again, and Ben found himself having to move as fast as he could to hold his own. As the Enji saw the Flash's determination, and also saw Batman starting to move again he sighed." Trust me I can understand wanting to make up for mistakes in the past but if your being too reckless about it you're going to make the same mistake again! Tsc…I can tell your fast enough to make Sonic jealous. That being said, time to trip you up. Multi-Shadow Clones!"

Ben swiftly unleashed his clone spell to have four copies of himself to spring out. Two went to tackle Batman while another slashed at the Flash. As the Flash dodged Ben's clone's slash the real Ben unleashed an energy wave from the Star Sword in the direction Flash was moving. Ben's attack carved up the ground, causing the speedy super hero to trip.

As he did one of Ben's clones grappled his arms while another grasped his legs. Batman saw this and grit his teeth. "This man, how many super powers does he have?"

"Enough to take down whatever type of obstacle is in my way. Just give up before," Suddenly a green beam of light went into him and formed a sphere, before Ben saw spheres of light form around the other clones and his comrades before he saw the source come from a man in a green outfit with a green mask over his face.

The Enji quickly saw all of the energy coming from a ring on the man's finger before the man in green smirked." You may have a few tricks hot shot but you sure as hell don't have enough of them to take on the Justice League!"

Ben eyed the new arrival carefully before raising an eyebrow." Hey, I saw powers like that before, are you related to the White Lantern?"

"What the, how the hell did you know Kyle? Are you the bastard that killed him? Killing members of the Green Lantern Corps comes with a steep price!"

"Wait I'm friends with the White Lantern, the one I know at least. How could I kill him when I just got here?"

"Don't screw with me, we are not going to let any deceptive freaks have their way!"

Ben saw the energy sphere around him get tighter before Beck looked dismayed! Wait, Barry, Hal, stop it! These guys don't seem that bad at all!"

Hal glanced at Beck before his face hardened." No offense kid but your still naïve. With how high the stakes are we can't take any chances!"

Ben grasped his fist tightly before growling out," You should listen to him, and trust your instincts more! "

The chosen swordsmen had his power explode with enough force to shatter the green energy ring around him. Hal saw Ben fly above him and just chuckled." What are you some knock off from one of the other mistakes those Smurf's made and tried to cover up? I can see you have one hell of an amount of will power, guess you had to if you made it this far. It does not matter, I'm not going to let anyone else get killed!"

Ben took a deep breath before he looked at the Star Sword." I'm not trying to kill anyone, I'm trying to save people! But it's really hard to do that when you're trying to, huh? Hey come on what am I a cow?"

Ben's sudden outburst was caused when he noticed a golden lasso suddenly land on him. As he raised an eyebrow a woman's voice cut in with," You say your intentions are peaceful, yet it's hard for your actions to be sincere when your acting very hostile."

The Enji looked up and saw the owner of the glowing rope was a very attractive woman. This woman had long flowing black hair, and was clad in red armor that covered her from the shoulders down to her stomach while she had blue armor that covered her shins.

She had red boots and a shield in her other hand, and a golden tiara on her forehead. Ben saw the woman was looking cautious before he sighed." Sorry if I gave the wrong impression miss, I'm still working on reacting when my friends seem to be in danger."

The woman glanced at Batman before she sighed." My friends can give wrong impressions of their own. Very well, if you're not hear to fight then why are you here?"

Ben felt an essence effecting his mind before he focused, and responded with a calm," Some being named the Beyonder wants me, my friends, and others to fight for some game of his and wants to find champions or something. I don't know a lot yet but, I know if he has his way everything I care about could be destroyed so I have to stop him no matter what, even if I don't quite know how to do that yet."

The amazon like woman saw X and the others nod before Green Lantern sighed." What's the verdict Wonder Woman?"

After a few moments, she closed her eyes." He's telling the truth, he has no choice as long as he is bound to the Lasso of Truth."

"Are you sure Dianna?" Batman uttered as he walked up." The Beyonder's powers to rewrite reality could change many things we take for granted."

"Maybe, but I can see it in his eyes, he was not lying about that so I'll trust him, for now."

Ben took a sigh of relief before suddenly he saw a woman with long blond hair with a S on her chest with attire that Ben saw on Kal-El fly down before uttering,"Is this guy causing trouble Wonder Woman? He need some extra pounding to learn his lesion?"

Ben cringed as he saw more people fly down before he blurted out an exasperated," Good grief, no offense but do I have to do this for everyone in your group? This is going to take forever."

Wonder Woman sighed before she glanced at the new arrivals." Don't worry Super girl the situation is under control. For now, I'm willing to except this group is not our enemy."

Batman crossed his arms before adding," That can change quickly though, depending on your story. Just who are you?"

Ben landed on the ground before trying to look as professional as he could." I'm Ben Auro, a member of the Enji Knights. If you don't know what that means, more or less we go protecting the innocent from harm and shut down any bad guys that try to do the harming."

Hal raised an eyebrow before throwing out a sassy," These Enji Knights sound like they are just ripping off the Green Lanterns!"

"Er…we heard about the Green Lanterns of the past but my leader based our order of Warriors of Light while trying to iron out the flaws of orders like yours and the Jedi and the others."

Flash looked at Beck before he sighed." Guess we can give you the benefit of the doubt. Sorry, it's been a tense time even for us and it's been hard to trust people. Still, if you really are a hero we could use your help."

Ben cautiously walked forward before he nodded." I'll be happy to help as long as it's part of stopping the Beyonder. Still I admit we are all kind of confused on what's going on."

"We might as well talk with everyone at once. We are currently at the Daily Planet, a news organization where we are helping refuges. "

"Are you sure that's the best course of action Dianna?" Batman uttered." We should see their intentions more before we let them in."

"We don't have much time to play it safe. Besides, no better place to test if a new ally can be trusted then with Superman and all the others around. Alright, come with us then Ben."

Ben glanced at the Tri-Edge before he nodded." Thanks for that. Er, just wondering do you guys have enough room for some extra parking? Rather not have my ship be a sitting duck."

Flash chuckled before he nodded." Sure, we have some room next to the Bat-Mobile. All right, better tell the others what's up."

The Flash took off in a flash to the south before Wonder Woman looked at the others around her." Starfire, tell J'onn to prepare for company. All right Mister Auro follow us."

Ben saw Wonder Woman and many of the others take to the sky. Ben walked back to the others and saw they looked uneasy. Ben saw Batman and the Green Lantern was still giving them an uneasy look before he turned to the others and shrugged, before he leaned over and whispered out,"Well guys, not sure what you think of these guys but guess this is the quickest way to get an idea on what's going on around here."

"We do have to gather information Ben." Yamamoto threw out sternly," But we can't trust theses people's intentions. From what we gathered everyone here is a creation of the Beyonder, they can turn on us as quickly as Julius, Luger, and the others."

"True enough but, these guys seem like they are hero's that take their job seriously. Maybe they are still playing the role the Beyonder gave them? Anyway, we have to be ready for anything anyway so might as well learn more what's going on as long as we are in danger."

"I agree with Ben." X added." This mission will be risky one way or another, so we might as well take a risk that can insure we gain something from it."

Yamamoto saw the others were looking uneasy, and that Batman seemed to still be watching him before he stroked his beard." Fair enough, just stay alert no matter how they act."

Ben nodded before he got back on the Tri-Edge. As he made sure everyone was on board he went back to his cousin's former wing mate." Follow those flying hero's Donatello. As always let us know if something's up, did you find out anything while we were, introducing ourselves?"

"A few things Master. The most pressing issue is that I managed to take a sample of the planet's soil. Aside from the usual materials, there is a ninety-eight percent chance that there is fragments of Cosmic or Steller Memory mixed with the soil."

Ben raised an eyebrow as the Tri-Edge took off." Wait, the same stuff that was used to make areas out of memories in Castle Oblivion, and the same stuff that the Supreme Kai of time said is part of history?"

"Affirmative."

Renji looked around before clearing his throat." Sorry for missing the memo Ben but what does that mean?"

The leader of the Justice Force looked deep in thought for a moment before he looked at the hero's flying in the distance. "Nothing game breaking but it does confirm what we figured, that the Beyonder is creating entire planets and people based off the history of existence itself, and is so out of touch he might be creating things based on fiction to.

Well, just another reminder of how powerful are enemy is so for now, let's see if these guys are going to help us with the problem or make it worst."

The others nodded grimly as they saw Beck and Brandish follow Batman, as the heroes led them. To the Enji and their comrade's relief it only took a minute or so of flying into the city to see everyone start to descend in front of a large building with a statue of a planet on top, that had words saying it was the Daily Planet.

Ben saw that the Flash and Batman were both waiting near an open spot and directed his ship to land in a make shift barrier where a few high tech looking vehicles were parked. As he landed he noticed there was dozens of dazed people gathered around the building, and a few people in capes talking to them.

As the Tri-Edge landed and his group got back out he saw a few more people were walking up to greet him, including a man that by all accounts looked like a man in a suit of armor that made him look like a blue humanoid Beetle.

This Blue Beetle looked at the Tri-Edge before he looked at Ben." That's some high-level tech you got on your ship dude! Even the Reach does not have some of this stuff, where you get it?"

Ben shrugged before responding with a casual," To be honest this ship was a gift from my cousin. I made a few upgrades after the Cosmic War ended to make it bigger and be my home, did not want my girlfriend to be cramped as we're cruising from one galaxy to another you know?"

As the Flash chuckled Batman just kept staring at Ben. " I see. With all due respect if you want us to trust you we have to check your ship for explosives or any unannounced guests."

"Fair enough." Ben retorted as he glanced at the ship." The only one you will find inside is my robotic copilot. Your free to check inside, just don't make a mess, it is my home and all."

"Trust me, I'm very good at searching without leaving a trace." The caped crusader responded." One more thing. I noticed you talked about the Green Lanterns in a past tense. Does that mean you're from the future?"

"Seems that way. To be honest I heard stories of Bat Guy but not Batman, maybe someone was a fan of you and preserved your history centuries later?"

"That would be a question for Booster Gold, if he was not killed last week. Anyway, Superman just returned from a patrol. He is the leader of the Justice League so sell your story to him and we will take it from there."

Ben was about to ask where he is before Megaman looked up in the sky before he blurted out," Look! In the sky! Is that a bird? Like, a robot bird or something?"

Lloyd glanced up to where the blue bomber was pointing before he squinted." Nah looks more like a plane! Or, wait is that?"

Batman grimaced before throwing out a deadpanned," That's Superman, its clearly Superman. Still never get why they think he looks like a plane. In any case, guess he found another civilian in a ruined building…good for him."

Everyone saw a man clad in red and blue armor with a S on his chest, and black curly hair with a cape that looked familiar land on the ground after leaping over a building in a single bound. The man had a small girl in his arms, and quickly gave the girl to a frenzied woman.

This man was aware of Ben's group within moments and after a few moments as they walked forward he smiled." So you're the new arrivals that my cousin was talking about? I see, sorry if you were not given a warm welcome, we been through a tense time."

Ben realized he saw this man's face before and saw that he was offering his hand before he shook it." Its ok, trust me I know how war can make people jumpy. I'm Ben Auro, nice to meet you. Sorry if this sound weird but, is your name, Kal-El?"

The black-haired man paused before responding with a curt," It happens to be one name I have, though most around hear call me Superman. Still, I don't believe we met before so pardon me for being wary about that."

"Heh, understandable but I think it's safe to say we did not meet. However, I have met a guy who looked like you and called himself Kal-El as well. I admit he was a tad older then you. This might be a tad…awkward but have you ever heard of alternate realities before?"

To his relief, Superman just responded with a jolly laugh." So, it's one of those kinds of things eh? Don't worry about it, I teamed up with other versions of me more times than I could count. Well, I'm willing to give you guys the benefit of the doubt but, we don't have time for tricks."

"Fair enough. We don't know much of what's going on but things seem really dire. Though to be honest still not clear on what's going on other than the Beyonder is a jerk that must be stopped, even if he is a really strong jerk."

Superman laughed before he nodded." Well if you're a mole you would already know this already so no harm filling you in. Still, come with me up to the top so we can talk things over more."

Ben and co followed Superman and the others up to the top of the Daily Planet. After Superman talked to Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Supergirl, and a few others he swerved around to smile at Ben." All right let's get you up to speed.

A month ago, we found our world, or at least a big chunk of are world around this city Metropolis here ripped to this alternate reality. Then the Beyonder told us we had to fight in his Battle World to survive."

Ben saw how bitter many of the hero's around him looked before he nodded." Still don't know too much about the guy but he does like to take things to the extreme. We arrived here just as a world blew up."

"So, you saw that to? Their use to be twice as many planets in this ring when Battle-World started. One way or another they got destroyed. Some were destroyed when two sides attempted to take each other out. When everything is at risk and people are pushed to a wall it can make people do reckless, horrible things.

We tried to save as many as we could but, the Beyonder refuses to let people leave till the fighting is over. "

"Wait I don't get it, why would he r...um...transport civilians to this battle world if he wanted to see a fight?"

"From what we can gather he enjoys seeing the fear people have, that their desperate struggle to survive is just a dance being done for his amusement.

He is obsessed with people playing to his tune, but we are hero's, not puppets. We will fight for truth, justice, and the American way for as long as we can. But I admit, the clock's ticking."

"I take it that Battle-World concludes when the Beyonder sees who the strongest is among the lot he gathered?" Yamamoto added grimly."

Batman sighed before he looked at the sky." It's not that basic, it's not just who is the swiftest killer, even if it's still a barbaric rule. To be blunt, as sick as it is it's not quantity but quality. At the start the Beyonder said that Battle-World is the conception for his true world.

Those who gather enough "soul energy" that among other things is called Magatsuhi, will prove themselves to be his champions. As a reward the Beyonder said he will let each of his champions have their own realm to rule as they wish."

Ben looked at the sun before his face hardened." Hate to say it but this almost sounds like some sick video game where whoever collects the most points wins. Well…I can certainty see how this would appeal to the less moral types but sounds like you guys have managed to hold your own."

Wonder Woman looked dismayed before she glanced at the mist covering half the city." We were able to work with two teams of heroes from other worlds, the ones that called themselves the Avengers and the X-Men. Working together we were able to stop the combined might of the Legion of Doom and the Masters of Evil, though things took a tragic turn when a Doctor Doom tried to steal the power of the Beyonder and the entire planet around him blew up with him when it backfired.

However, a Schism of sorts happened once we took down the villains and the Beyonder made it clear he still wanted to see more fighting."

Ben saw some of the others around him looking more bitter before he cleared his throat." What happened?"

Before he could get an answer another male voice form the right cut in with a cold," What happened, is that my friends lost their way."

Ben saw the voice came from a tall muscular man in a blue set of armor. He had a helmet with small wings on his head, a star painted on his chest armor, and a large round shield.

As Ben's group turned to him the man swiftly saluted." Steve Rogers, Captain America and currently head of the true Avengers."

"True Avengers?" Ben uttered in confusion." The Beyonder bring a knock off version to Battle-World or something?"

Captain America's view hardened before he spat out," He might as well have, sadly this sick game of his has shown the true nature of people I thought were my comrades, and they are worst then my enemies! At least the likes of Red Skull and Zemo did not pretend to be something they were not! Tony, Summers, Strange, and the others made a mockery out of everything the Avengers stood for!"

Ben saw the raw anger in the first avenger's eyes before he glanced at his comrades." I'm just going to go on a limb here and guess that you and your teammates had a disagreement on something?"

Batman cut in with a hostile," Its far more than a disagreement. Iron Man and the others let desperation consume them and…"

"Don't call him that!" Captain American suddenly shouted out a livid," They don't deserve to keep their hero names, not after what they did!"

Zero saw how worked up Roger's looked and crossed his arms." I'm getting the impression your former teammates went maverick eh?"

Superman patted Roger's on the back before throwing out solemn," It seems most of the, former members of the Avengers and the X-Men have decided that there was no time for decency.

The gist of it is that I…Tony Stark and others decide it was hopeless to try and negotiate and so they figured out a way to build an Anti-Matter bomb that could slip through the barriers the Beyonder has across the planets.

The first-time Stark said it was a plan that went wrong but, the second time Stark, Steven Strange and the others made it clear that they did not think there was another way. We are supposed to be better, even when things are as bad as they can get. We are supposed to be the people that others look up to, the ones leading them to a better tomorrow."

Ben looked conflicted as he took in everything they said he then looked at his comrades before looking back at Captain America." It's that bad huh? I can certainty understand people making bad calls when stressed. But…when you get so desperate that you become what you're fighting against, then even if you "win" you still lose.

To top it off, my friends and comrades, not to mention the woman I love was sent to the other planets! Maybe the others on theses planets might destroy the world to win to, but I must do what I can to rescue them! Your right Rogers, there has to be another way. You guys have your own way to pass the Beyonder's game, right?"

"Well we have some ideas but none of them are full proof at the moment." Wonder Woman threw out." Super Boy is leading a hunt for Stark and the others but, even if he lost his mind...Stark and those he is working with were some of the smartest minds we knew.

We got some idea of their plans as some of the others like Carol Danvers, and the group the Inhumans left to side with us because of the pack that their leader Black Bolt made with Superman. Still, as I said, they may be mad geniuses but they are still more genius then mad."

Captain America grit his teeth before barking out a driven," Not everything is decided by IQ! They can be the biggest genius there is, but even if we have to go through every inch of this planet they are not going to escape justice!"

"Well I'll be happy to help but just what kind of plan you got so far?" Ben uttered curiously. Batman swerved around before retorting with a grouchy," Well we got a few ideas, Black Bolt, Medusa, and the rest of the Inhuman royalty swear that if they have their Terrigen Cloud can grant a decisive victory if its defended long enough. We have a few other plans, we just have to ensure the others don't interfere with them."

As everyone looked conflicted Beck just chuckled." Don't worry guys, I know it's a tense time and all but things will be ok once I track down the last of the Numbers and Trinity so the Doc can start his plan! Huh?"

Beck saw that the members of the Justice League were trying not to look to dismissive before he winced." C'mon it will work I promise!"

Batman sighed before he turned around. "Like we said before Beck, you and the doctors are free to attempt their experiment as long as it does not interfere with us. That being said, we can't afford to rely on only one plan, especially when the odds of success are so low."

"Ah come on I know Xel does not exist where you guys are from but I swear if we gather everyone together we can convert all the energy on the planet to convert it to the energy that the Beyonder cares about and find a way to win without so many people having to die!"

Brandish saw everyone looking tense before he cleared his throat," It did work on a smaller scale before everyone, it will take some luck but with all your talents I'm sure the doctor will find a way!"

Ben gave Beck a reassuring grin before he walked over." If there is a will theirs a way Beck. Trust me I know all about long shots. Well, thanks for taking the time to catch us up to speed guys. Guess just let me know what you guys were planning to do so we can figure out how we can factor into this."

"Glad you're willing to jump right into things Ben." Superman threw out." Currently we are still hunting for Stark and his group. Between his smarts and the magic that this Doctor Strange has they have layers to their hiding place. Still, for all their talents they are still mostly humans, they will falter. And then, we will catch them."

Before Ben and the others could respond a younger brash voice cut in with an aggressive," We already caught them! I got two of these poser hero's!"

Ben and co looked up as a man who looked like Superman, but just much younger flew in from a window, with two beat up individuals in his arms. Ben saw that despite looking like Superman this man had a much more aggressive look in his face, and Ben quickly realized this was the same face of the man who was fighting him during the Incursion alongside Mira.

Ben quickly realized the man was not wearing the same armor he was during the battle, and that Superman, Batman, and the others did not seem alarmed by his presence before he glanced at X and Zero, cleared his throat and threw out a dry." Oh, sorry I did not realize you had a son Superman."

The "Man of Steel" saw his younger counter part giving Ben's group a harsh look before he grinned." I can see why you might think so but not quite Ben. This guy looks like a younger me because he is me, from another reality. Yah…now you know why your story is easy for us to swallow. Super Boy here is from a reality where he had the same past as me but he was the world's only super hero. Don't worry Super boy these guys seem on the level."

Super boy eyed Ben's group intently before he shrugged." If you guys are really hero's where are your capes?"

"Eh…guess it's not trendy in our time, sorry." Ben threw out as he tried to play it cool. For a moment, he wondered if he would have to fight, till the new arrival just shrugged." If you say so, guess they are more heroic then these two jokers! These punks tried to ambush me when I was searching Star Labs!"

The two men in his arms were thrown hard to the ground, and Ben saw that the man in the left was a white male in a red suit that looked like it was made to resemble a devil, while the man to the right had a skull on his shirt. The Enji quickly noticed that both men were covered with bruises, and that their arms were all broken.

Before any of the new arrivals could ask Super boy just sneered." These guys thought they were so sneaky, this Daredevil guy thought he was a real hot shot! Him and this Punisher dude thought they could pull a fast one on me, and thought they could beat a real hero just because that rat Stark made a Kryptonite bullet.

Maybe it would have worked on this world's Superboy, but too bad for them that since it's not the Kryptonite from my world, it's powerless to Super Boy Prime! Now you guys are going to be the ones punished for giving hero's a bad name!"

Super boy Prime kicked the Punisher hard enough to cause the building to tremble. As a cracking sound was heard the Punisher coughed up blood, before he just glared at Captain America." Damn it Rogers, I looked up to you for most of my life! But now you sold us all out for theses uptight idiots!"

The First Avenger just had fury build in his eyes before hissing out a cold," Don't delude yourself, you all are the traitors, traitors to what the Avengers stand for! We are supposed to be better damn it! I'm sorry the lad here was rough but that being said, when you pick a fight you can't win you can only blame yourself. If you want to redeem yourselves then tell us where Stark is now!"

The Daredevil snickered before retorting with a bitter," Judge us all you want Rogers, we are doing whatever it takes to survive! I respected what you believed in, to be honest I idolized it…. But your point of view was naïve at times, and now it's just a liability! We can't afford to look through the rose-tinted glasses you have if we are going to survive, you're not just a man out of time now Cap, in a world like this your ideas are extinct!"

Ben saw the tension in everyone's faces, but before he could respond Rogers walked right up to the Daredevil and leaned down, before he pulled off the man's mask, revealing that the man under the mask was blind. The First Avenger then muttered a bitter." Do you have any idea of just how tired I am of hearing that Matt? Of how many times people like you say I just don't understand? You're the ones, you so called clever people who don't get it!

I don't let people die, because it's the lesser of two evils or expedient, or because it serves the "greater" good… I don't compare the act against something else. I see someone who needs help, and I help them…you think it's a weakness.

You think it's simple…but your wrong! It's what makes us human…which is exactly what we're supposed to be fighting for. I know who I am. I rescue the helpless. I raise up the hopeless.

I don't measure people's lives, I save them! Murdoc, I know you're a good man, you just lost your way. Stark's hooked you into his plot because your feeling desperate, but you can still redeem yourself if you come to your senses."

Daredevil snickered before retorting with a dry," You always knew how to give a passionate speech Cap, but this is beyond words, it's just facts. Judge us all you want, deny it all you want but morality alone won't save anyone!"

Punisher spat out a tooth before snarling out," Enough with the high horse and just do what you want to do to feel better about yourself already! You can try and drill us but we have every safeguard set up!"

Super boy Prime just chuckled before he leaned forward." Still thinking your hot stuff? I can see your fancy head machines with my X-Ray vision! Let's see how long you hold out after I burn them out with some heat vision!"

Superman cleared his throat before he held a hand up." Calm down their Super boy. We need to get information out of them but we don't want to lobotomize them. They are still are former comrades."

Captain America grasped his fist tightly before responding with a dire," We are not monsters, but at the same time we don't have time to play nice. We have to do what it takes to shut down Stark before it's too late."

Ben cleared his throat before cutting in with an even handed." Um…I know I'm late to the party on all of this but, if you're going to do whatever it takes won't that bring you down to the level of the people your hating and shattering what moral high ground you might have? Just saying."

Captain America glared at Ben, when his ally, the blond-haired woman Carol cut in with a frosty," We are not about to kill these guys but we will push them to the limit to do what it takes. We are running out of time, if we don't stop them soon it will all be over!"

As everyone looked heated and Super Boy Prime began to pick up the Punisher before Brandish cleared his throat." Well…you know I'm not sure but I might know where you might find the others."

As everyone froze Beck blinked a few times before going up to his fellow robot." Um, you sure about this Brandish? I don't think the others are going to be forgiving if it's just your memories descrambling after being infected."

"I'm serious Beck! I'm back to normal but I still have the memories from when I was infected! I remember I was supposed to meet Countershade and Ray at the Cherry Dynamics Robot Factory. I only was told that it was what was going to help us realize Trinity's will, and that Shade had talked with another that shared are view to pull it off."

Captain America's eyes instantly blazed with fury."What, you mean Stark? Why the hell did you not tell us earlier?"

"Earlier? Hell I hardly know who half of you guys are till just now!" The ninja liked robot stepped back a few feet. Batman then stepped in with an uneasy," I scouted that area a few days ago, it was one of the places that was spliced with our world. It looked like it was run down, but I should have known that places like that are ripe for hidden segments."

Superman shrugged before he looked around." Don't dwell on it Bruce we have had a lot to deal with. I'm not sure why Tony and the others would want to suddenly reach out to the rouge Numbers but, its feasible enough, we all seen what he can build. Well, guess it's as good a place as any to check. Alright, everyone who's able get ready to take off in ten minutes, let's try and end this madness."

Ben glanced at X, Yamamoto, Kratos, and the rest before he took a deep breath." Is it alright if we tag along with you? Sounds like you could use the help, and if ending this helps me find my comrades and get closer to stopping the Beyonder then I'm all for it."

Batman looked at Ben carefully as he threw in a stern," I'd be lying if I said we don't need help, especially if Stark still has the X-Men supporting him. Still, you will regret it if you're just a liability."

"Don't worry about that, we were more or less protectors of the universe from where we are from. I kind of saved the universe and all that."

"Saying you did that is one thing, Enji, proving you did it is another. Get your ship ready in ten minutes. Now then, tell Nightwing to get up here."

As the caped crusaders went off Superboy Prime just cracked his neck." Hope the tin can is not screwing us over, about time those fake hero's pay the price for giving real hero's a bad name!"

Both Captain American and Superman eyed the younger male carefully before the first avenger muttered," We are going to make all of them face up to what monsters they really are, just don't get to excited son. The type of men we are dealing with are pros at dealing with emotional errors in judgment. That's why we got to keep our heads together, to take them down the right way, as how heroes should be."

As Ben saw all of the hero's that the Beyonder recreated prepare for their next task he went up to his comrades and tried to look as confident as he could." Well, at least we have a little more of an idea of what is going on now right guys?"

X saw Super boy Prime talk with Super girl and Wonder Woman before he got right up to Ben." We did, let's just hope the price was not to steep. Ben…that younger Superman, he was the one fighting you during the Incursion before, right?"

Ben made sure no one was listening in before he nodded." Seems like it, has the same dismissive behavior and everything. Sounds like, he has not gone fully over to the dark side yet but I can see it coming. I can sense a burning anger in that Captain America, but its raw, one of pain.

But, the darkness in Superboy Prime feels more malevolent, its not just reactive, he enjoys making others feel his rage. Still, don't want to tick off the others till we know what we are dealing with so, might as well just see how things roll out and be ready for anything."

Yamamoto cleared his throat before adding," Don't get to relaxed around these "heroes" Ben. It does not really matter how they act, if they are all pawns of the Beyonder they can turn on us at a moment's notice."

"I'm ready for that, but it seems as long as they are playing this grand game of his, then the ones that are supposed to be good guys won't turn on us unless we give them a reason to, right? I'm just saying, let's roll with things to have less people out for us while we can eh? At the very least, it seems the Beyonder is not out for us yet. Might as well keep it that way till we have as good odds as possible."

Making sure that none of the locals heard that, Ben lead his group back to the Tri-Edge to try and focus on how to go through the operation right, and try not to worry too much about Lacus and the others. As he did Super Boy Prime already left the Daily Planet to fly in the direction that Batman told him was the destination.

As he did he saw Superman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman and the others in the distance talking to civilians, and taking Daredevil and the Punisher away before he spat on the ground. "Damn it, I know Superman wants to do all that mercy stuff but every moment he lets those fake heroes live they can ruin everything!

That Captain America may be weak, but he is right that we have to shut down these failures and come down hard on them! They are even worst then the bad guys, because they were lying fakers! I'm not going to let them stop me, I'm going to win this game to make things how they should be!"

"The world you envision can still be in your grasp child, but you have to make sure it's not taken from underneath your feet by devious plotters."

The aggressive male stopped in midair as he heard the voice, and glanced to the right to see the three Black Swans Yabbat, Seya, and Towa floating in between some of the cities buildings. As Superboy Prime saw them he smirked. "Did you girls escape when we shut down that lame Lex Luthor's scheme? If your wanting to surrender you better not be trying to trick me, it won't work!"

Seya giggled before reacting with a sultry," Calm down their big boy, forget us already? We are the Black Swans, the envoys of the great wheel himself. We know how, "special" you are, and so does are master. He has sensed that you have the means to best enforce his vision. He sent us to warn you to make sure the "cheaters", the failure heroes don't pull a fast one on you."

"Huh? What are you blabbing about fox ;ady?"

Yabbat closed her eyes before responding with a quiet," The new so called hero's that arrived, especially that Ben Auro, are deceiving all of you. They want to take everything away from you."

Super Boy Prime raised an eyebrow, as he slowly went up to the Swans." Think you can scare me? That new batch of guys seemed weird, but nothing special. Even if he's trying to be a wise guy like all those Mutants, he's not strong enough to stop me!"

"You might think that now, but things are not as they seem," Towa added as she looked amused." Especially when realities and eras are intermingled. But while the fake hero's think they can hide their true selves, nothing can be hidden from the all-seeing Rabum Alal. Watch Superboy, watch the very memory of existence to see the truth. See what must be done so that true justice is at hand."

The blue skinned Black Swan held up her specter to form a bubble of light, that quickly replayed selected, and edited segments of Ben's efforts during the war with the Zannacross Empire.

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As SuperBoy Prime was reacting to the completely unbiased clip show of the Enji Knight, Ben's group made sure the Tri-Edge was fully repaired from the damage it got from the crash landing before following Batman in the Bat-Plane.

After another tense batch of minutes Ben landed behind all the flying men and woman, and as he got out he saw a large factory, surrounded by the wreckage of destroyed robots, along with a few dead bodies.

As Ben got out he realized that the buildings past the factory looked slightly different and a tad more futuristic before he glanced at the Green Lantern." So, this place is where two or more worlds are fused together eh?"

"Seems like it." The man in green answered." Makes sense really, even if we looked through every room the factory had, there might be something linked to a place that merged with it."

Captain America had an eager look in his eyes as he looked around." They thought they were so much smarter than us, but with how hell bent Tony and the others are they slipped up and did not account for everything we had."

Ben heard a loud crunching sound before he saw giant red and purple robots walking up to the factory. Zero saw the tall robot's eyes glow red before he took out his Z-Saber." Guess your bud was spot on Beck, time to dust off my maverick busting skills!"

Rodgers suddenly held up his hand." At ease soldier. I can understand why you would think they are the enemy but those robots, for now are on our side. They are Sentinels, machines on our world made by a bunch of racists scientists to hunt mutants.

Normally I loathe them on principle…but desperate times called for desperate measures so we repurposed some to use their programming to lock on to the X-Men's DNA. Anything that can help us was worth it, and this gamble worked out."

Beck looked at the factory before getting uneasy." Well, guess it's important to stop these guys but I hope the numbers are still here."

"Don't worry Beck, they are here, I know it."

Everyone paused before a thin man in a lab-coat with green shoes, and reddish brown hair large enough to be in the shape of an afro. Beck quickly looked alarmed as the man walked forward absent mindedly before he blurted out,"Doctor Wright? What are you doing here?"

Beck's creator glanced at Beck before retorting with a detached," Oh, did I fail to call you? I thought I told Call to do to that, maybe that was to Sandra. Anyway, I am here to see if Trinity is indeed here since I know how to deactivate her. The Justice League agreed to help me if I agreed to help them find this Tony Stark's programing if I find it…seemed like a fair trade."

Megaman glanced at Beck's creator before reacting with a curious," So this is your creator Beck? Doctor Wright eh? Guess he does not really look like Doctor Light at all."

Protoman shrugged before adding a detached," Guess it was just a stroke of luck, not too much of a surprise people across all time and space might have a few things in common."

Doctor Wright looked up to see Megaman, Protoman, and the three maverick hunters before he raised an eyebrow." Beck…did the hero's try to make copies of you?"

Beck laughed before he patted Megaman on the back."Nah doc, Megaman and the others were dragged by the Beyonder from a different time in history all together! Neat eh?"

"Interesting…there is so much of this fractured world I would like to look in to, but for now I focus myself on personal ventures first. Still, this factory once was where Doctor Blackwell experimented on, so their indeed might be things we might have overlooked."

Captain America cleared his throat before cutting in with a firm," Doctor Wright, we don't have time to theorize all day on what could be. I need to know now if you have any idea what Stark could want with your Trinity and the robots she controls."

Doctor Wright saw how single minded the First Avenger looked and just sighed." Sorry but I'd be lying if I said I knew precisely what this Tony Stark was up to. Maybe he just needs more fire power because he is desperate, maybe he found a way I overlooked to utilized my creations to full his own projects.

I admit there is a lot of things I am not up to speed on from your world, but Tony Stark does seem like a fast learner. It may not be the most scientific approach but the best path may be to just ask him."

"Sometimes the most direct path is the best one." Superman said as he flew above the factory." I can't reach Superboy, they might have started their plan already. Time to see just what is going on in, huh? Watch out!"

Superman's enhanced senses allowed him to hear something right after it shot out of the window. In the blink of an eye he moved and caught what was fired at him, to see it was a green shaped dart. The Man of Steel raised an eyebrow before looking at his teammates." Not sure these guys know what they are…"

Before he could go on the dart suddenly glowed green, before it exploded into a green gas cloud. Superman instantly began to cough before Batman winced." No, it was Kryptonite! Quick Red Tornado!"

Batman's red robotic comrade nodded before using his power to fire a tornado to blow the new green cloud away. As Superman fell to the ground a male voice could be heard snickering." Tsc…you boys are going to regret thinking you were too smart for us."

Everyone then saw a tall man jump out of a vent to get on top of the factory. He was one hungered and nighty three cm and six feet and four inches tall.

He had a massive cowboy like E-2C Hawkeye dish for a hat. He had a teal cape, blue torso and cowboy boots for legs. While he is mostly blue and yellow, certain areas of his body (like his rifle, left boot, and the very bottom of his right boot) were red.

He only had one arm, He held a throwing dart in his mouth like a cigarette, and had his rifle aimed right at Superman. As everyone moved out Beck winced." Shade, snap out of it! If you don't put your gun down your going to die! Your malfunctioning, freedom is not worth the kind of suffering your trying to pull off right now!"

The other rouge number narrowed his eyes before throwing out a snappy," Things like emancipation and salvation are worth any price, time to see how much bite you so called dogs of justice have!"

Batman eyed Shade carefully before muttering," He was right in front of us the entire time and none of us could detect him? Did he warp in?"

Doctor Wright sighed before he cut in with a dry," I'm afraid none of you could sense him because I created him to be undetectable to just about anything. I admit…its turning out to be far less of an asset now."

The Flash just chuckled before getting into a running position." Well you can be the best sniper in all existence dude but you're sure as hell not fast enough to shoot all of us!"

Shade had a targeting laser come out of his rifle before he locked on to the Flash." Guess there is only one way to find out eh hero?"

Shade swiftly fired at his target. While the Flash was able to easily evade the shot, as he did the ground around him glowed purple, and just as the Flash noticed it blew up around him and the others. Hal caught the Flash with a beam of green light before another cocky male voice uttered," You've just been dealt a killer hand mon ami!"

Ben tensed up as he saw a man jump out with long brown hair, a long brown trench coat, and glowing red eyes. Something about the man caused Ben to raise an eyebrow." Wait, I saw that guy somewhere before, not sure where though."

Captain America looked enraged before snarling out," I know who that is! Gambit, so the X-Men are here? Listen up good, this does not have to end bad for you but you have to come to your senses before it's too late!"

Before Gambit could answer a massive red energy beam suddenly shot out of the entrance and roared right for Captain America as it carved up the ground. Captain America swiftly blocked the blast with his shield and while he was blown into the air, his shield succeeded in defending him from the blast. As he landed everyone saw the attacker was a man in a blue outfit with a red visor covering his eyes.

The man in the visor just looked at everyone before barking back with a damming," You have some nerve acting superior Rogers. We are being logical, and are doing the only path that will allow mutants to survive through this! You have some nerve expecting us to get inline while your letting Black Bolt go through with his plan to screw us over forever!"

Ben saw many more men and woman run, or in some cases fly out behind the man in the red visor before he cringed and took out the Star Sword." What the hell is going on here? I understand you have disagreements but your all supposed to be hero's, friends!"

A new cocky male voice cut in with a spry," Not sure where you came from kid but you picked a hell of a time to join a party without knowing the full story!"

Another new man flew out of the top of the factory, this one completely covered in glowing white armor with a few blue spheres shinning out in parts of it. Before Ben could react he noticed Captain America looking even more outraged before he gritted out," So at last you manned up to face what you've done Stark!?"

Ben quickly looked at the new flying man carefully before blurting out," So that's Tony Stark? Looks, like an iron man or something. Sure he is not a robot?"

Iron Man just laughed before quipping back with," You got a sharp eye sword dude. Your close but its currently the Superior Iron Man these days. Don't worry, you will see why soon enough."

Captain America glared at his former teammate before spitting out, "I always knew you had an ego Tony, but all of this has just made you less humble, not more! All your tricks are not going to save you now, this is where your insanity ends!"

Iron Man saw a man that looked like a wizard, and a few more woman wearing attire like the other X-Men flying up to him before he raised his right hand." I don't know Steve…I got the thinking robots, the mutants, and our buds that were not naïve all sided with me so that's something, right? Just back down and let me fix everything already, I'm not doing this because I want to damn it, I'm doing this because it's the only real way we can get out of this!"

"There is another option, you're just taking the easy way out! The easy way out is hardly ever the best way Tony! But in the end… a spoiled guy like you always shows his true colors when the chips are down! If you're not going to act like real hero's, then you're going down!"

"Oh I'm the one who is taking the easy way out when your caring more about feeling good about yourself then doing what it takes to save everyone even if it gets your hands dirty? I humored your man from another era enough Cap…you're not the better man anymore!"

Batman sighed before he walked forward and took out gear he prepared." Stark…I know you and Rodgers have your differences but this is more than just a clash of morals here. You have no idea if your plan will work, your risking damnation for everyone just to fuel your ego and we can't allow that."

"Ah c'mon Bruce you're a tech guy like me, you know nothing's absolute so you got to go with the best odds you can get! My plan has a better shot at working then Black-Bolt's ego stroking mist plan! Maybe it's not the most heroic thing to do, but I'll take it over rolling over to die!

I tried being reasonable, but if you guys are too stubborn to admit what must be done, then your part of the problem! And…even you should know by now that I'm a master problem solver. If you can't accept that, then you're going to learn the hard way! Guys…time to go to work!"

With an angry yell, Captain America went to go at his former teammate. As the two groups of heroes charged at each other Ben and his group struggled to figure out just what was the right move to do as this civil war between hero's erupted.

Authors Notes: Alright first of all Kirei Kotomine is from Fate Zero and Fate Stay Night as a rather wicked antagonists. He won't have a major role but he will have enough for him to get a showing.

Meanwhile Sanctus Maximus Populi Ariels is from the most recent Guilty Gear game. I know her role was short but, even in her own game she was hyped up to be the true mastermind of the entire Guilty Gear series, only for her to not even be a fighter despite being so hyped up, and only for That Man to take over in the end anyway, so, quite the let down that to be honest just felt like she was ripping off Blazblue's current plot, oh well.

Meanwhile, as you might be aware, Beck and the others are from Mighty Number Nine. If your not aware Mighty Number Nine was the game created by the Megaman creator, after over a decade of Capcom screwing over Megaman fans the creator tried to make a indie game to create the next Megaman game in as close a way as he could. It...took a while and the hype levels were over nine thousand...and when the hype reaches critical mass, expectations can get out of hand.

Mighty Number Nine, was far from a perfect game, but I honestly was content for what it was, a game that played like a Megaman game after a long drought. It was not one of the greats but, since he did not have the resources he did I understand his options were a tad more limited. Well, not sure if Megaman and his clone will ever team up but they will here lol.

Meanwhile, for the mess between super heros, well, for those of you not aware during the Avengers arc under the writer Hickmen, more or less Cap and Iron Man were at each others throats so much that they were more fixated on stopping each other then saving everything, and it ended rather horribly, only because of the undying status quo of comics did things get back to normal.

Also, Iron Man's white armor is from his semi recent" Superior Iron Man" run where, because of the Red skull having Professor X's brain many hero's and bad guys switched between good and evil, Iron Man did not switch back with the rest of them and, was a jerk for a while and got a super powerful extra armor before his story arc got cut short, I'm only going to take the Superior armor from that mess because its cool lol.

I'll just say for now I'm trying to do how I think that should have ended, along with the disaster that is X men VS Inhumans, after how much of a disgrace and a disaster X men VS the Avengers were. Poor Cyclops, just a marathon of getting screwed over.

Anyway, hope you all like the start of the solo arcs, let me know if you do and till next time.