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Ultimate Justice
Part Two
Rath was getting tired of the Speedy Guy from running away from him and then running back to the tiger man, which was making Rath think about what kind of attack the bruiser could use to get the sprinter. It took a few minutes and more running, but he came up with a plan.
As the kid came back, he asked, "Hey, Speedy Guy! Take this!"
With a quick motion, he slammed down on the ground and caused a minor quake which managed to knock the ground out from under the young teen in yellow and red. As he tried to get up, Rath rushed him and managed to pick him up. Rath was growling at the teen who was looking for a way out of the mighty claws of alien hero.
"Nobody makes Rath run... unless Rath wants to run... like to save someone or something. Anyways, lemme tell ya something Speedy Guy... I'm going to give you a knuckle sandwich to chew on." he pulled back his hand for the punch when it felt like something was holding back his hand. Looking back at the hand, he saw it surrounded by a pink glow which was like a rope of energy. A rope which ended in the hand of his cousin, Gwen.
"Ben, you put him down this instant and turn back into human right now... or I will make sure you don't get a single smoothie for an entire week." said the red haired Tennyson woman, as she moved to her stubborn glare at the alien.
"No Smoothies? That is just sick and wrong, your evil Gwendolyn Tennyson. Evil." said Rath before he gently set down the kid with the superspeed and then hit the Ultimatrix. Instantly in the place of a tiger man was a young man with brown hair and green eyes, with a black t-shirt under a green jacket with a number ten on the side of the front, blue jeans and black running shoes. On his face was a sheepish look like he was embarassed about the situation.
"Okay... I think I might have let things get out of control there. I'm Ben Tennyson, and I'm sorry for the trouble," said Ben as his mind was less clouded by anger, "I'm from the universe next door and it looks like you might have lost somethings in it."
Aqualad was relieved that the situation was resolved for the moment, but he was hoping he would not have to deal with the power of Rath for a while. Now he just had to think of the new figures which he had to deal with. One was a older teen who seemed to become a being of metal who can make weapons from his body. Another was the teenage girl called Gwen Tennyson who has the power to create basic energy constructs out of violet or pink light. The third was the former alien feline like alien, Ben Tennyson.
Superboy asked the blunt and clear question, "Who are you, what do you want, and where did you get your powers ?"
"I'm Gwen Tennyson, like my cousin Ben over here has told you. This is my boyfriend Kevin Levin." started Gwen but she was stopped by giggle coming out from Kid Flash's mouth. They all turned to look at them.
"What? Their names rhyme, I mean who does that?" asked Kid has he tried to stop his giggles.
"We belong to an intergalactic police force... called the Plumbers. I did not come up with the name, and I agree it sounds goofy. We are all kids or grandkids of Plumber officers. Kevin is half alien and Gwen inherited some magical alien powers from our grandmother who's an alien made up of mana energy.
My powers come from this device called the Ultimatrix which allows me to turn into over five dozen alien beings... out of a million aliens. The device is based on the Omnitrix, a similar device which was created for multiple reasons, including as acting as a Noah's Ark for the DNA for the alien sentient lifeforms of the Milky Way Galaxy. So it's likely in the coding of the device to pick up new DNA for storage and protection." continue Ben, as Aqualad was guessing as an attempt to gain trust by being honest. The situation was they didn't know how much to explain back at them, not without reporting to Batman and the Justice League first.
"Our situation is more complicated. We're going to need to report to our... superiors first before we can comment on anything," commented the Africian Atlantean boy as he hoped this case of passing the buck would be warrented, "Can you wait here while I enlist their aid and wisdom? Robin, you're in charge."
Aqualad took that moment to move away from the group to contact the league on the line. "Batman, come in Batman. It's Aqualad. We have... an unique situation occurring here."
"What's the situation, Aqualad?" asked Batman as he picked up the other line of the communicator.
"It seems the Lexcorp facility has somehow opened a number of... rifts, for lack of a better word... into a parallel dimension. From what has come out of the rift are a trio of what I think is their world's version of superheroes. Or at least that is what they say. They belong to, in their words, an intergalactic police force.
However, one of them has admited to committing some DNA scans on Superboy, Miss Martian and myself. Storing the DNA within the device on his wrist. One he says has access to million of alien DNA, which allows him to take at least one alien form."
"So basically he can become a Kryptonian, a Martian and an Atlantean if the data he's giving is right. If this device is not the only example of the device existing, we could have an instant army of some of the more powerful members of both your team and the Justice League.
Your accessment of the situation and the... Tourist?"
"I think the Tourist are being honest and are telling the truth from my instinct. And other then a hard to control alien form, they seem to be... for all honesty, just like another member of the team.
However, the siutation with the parallel dimension seems to be more then we can handle. We could use some... wait, I'm getting a message from Miss M. Apparently our Tourists seem to be wondering why a friend of their's are not being involved with this. A Professor Paradox, a man who was involved with a time travel experiment gone bad. Was sent to the centre of Space/Time and memorised the stucture of the continuum like it was a road map. Usually when there is events involving time like this, he's usually there to help, guide or just to watch them solve it. In fact, in most major world ending events he's there."
"Which either makes this a non-world ending event, an event where he is working behind the scenes for once or one which even this Professor has problems solving.
I'm calling most of the League in to assist, no matter the headaches. Better to be overprepared then underprepared in this case. Give me a minute to get them together... and hope the teleporters don't do more damage to this situation." finished Batman, as throughout the entire he was calm and collective even in the face of danger.
Aqualad was worried with this added news, what it could mean to the events unfolding before them as the holes in time/space were propped open.
Abra Kadabra was glad to be out of that prison and free, even if it meant going on this little errand first. The Light had told him of the wormhole experiments they had developed with operatives within Lexcorp, something he had knowledge with from his home in the sixty-four century. Science was so advance in that time, it resembled magic. Which made stage magicians like himself... out of a job. Which was why he had going back in time to be the greatest magician in all of history.
"Only to get myself involved with sorcerers and other mystics with real magic power. Then get my ass kicked by that team of kids and the Helmut of Fate with Dr. Fate.
Still this doesn't seem like a normal wormhole situation." said the villain to himself, as he used his wand, a multiple use technology which triggers his gadgets but also contain sensors for energies and other fundemental forces.
"A few tachyons, maybe some chronotons if it has a temporal aspect to the wormhole. Not the amount being spit out of this thing. It seems more like the universe is bleeding then anything else. Makes me wonder how bad this wormhole experiment is... and why it doesn't seem to be in any of the histories I know about science." said the magician as he moved towards the mess which had occurred.
Holes in reality with trees coming out of them, holes in reality with part of the factory hanging out of them. The fact there was some kind of cluster of wormholes was not a good sign.
"Wormholes this big, this numerous and this permanent... is just begging for rip in time and space. I'm starting to think about running for my life... if I didn't think the Light would hunt me down to regain their investment." said Abra as he moved to look for the source of this mess... or somewhere to hide.
Ben was discussing the situation with the "Team", speaking about Paradox and his natural link to things like this. It was shortly after the return of the African American Blond when the man he was speaking about appeared from the corners of their eyes and off to the side.
Professor Paradox was a white male with dark hair and what could expressed as old eyes. He was dressed in a white overcoat, brown sweater vest, white dress shirt with black straight tie, black pants and black dress shoes. Paradox was unstable on his feet and a lot paler then he normally was as he slowly made it up to the collective of teenagers before speaking, "Ben, Gwen, Kevin... good to see you again even in these circumstances. And of course the young apprentices of the Justice League, good to see you again or is this the first time again? Not sure, hard to keep track of these things."
"Professor, you don't look good? What happened to you?" asked Gwen as she moved to help him, as did Miss Martian.
"It's linked to the situation here, which I'm going to have to explain it's dire implications." continue Paradox as he was helped to keep on his feet by young women.
"Dire implication, never a good sign. So what the crisis?" asked Robin as he seemed to be thinking hard and what the man was going to say.
"Basically the wormhole which Lexcorp had created was poorly done, instead of merely punching a hole through reality it managed to break... it in a way. In another way, not.
Fact of the matter, when they activate the wormhole it cause a splintering off of the original two universe. Everything was duplicate in a form of Quantum Cloning, which makes a instant twin of the universe before they split off on their own temporal path though the multi or omni-verse.
The wormhole, however, didn't create a perfect copy which would normally happen when timelines split normally. It created two sick copies of the two different universes, slowly dying in a way which would not just kill it in the future but throughout their timeline. The past, present and future of both universes where about to crack and fracture until it was shattered into dust scattered through all of reality." said Paradox, as he was interrupted at the moment by the dark haired Kevin like teen named Superboy.
"So we're all doom and there is no hope, is that it?"
"No, Superboy. There is always hope, just like there is always blue. Wait, forget the last part for now. A bit of a slip for your future. No, there is hope but the way to save the universes is complicated and risky. For to save both universes, the two of them would have to be destroyed to make way for a new universe. On their own they are too sick to continue, but with a Controlled Quantim Collapse fusing them into one... they should be healthy enough for time to heal itself and stablize.
Which is what I just did, what you are going to do my young heroes." continued Paradox as the man was strengthening like he was gaining power the longer he stood an talked.
"So what? We're going to glue the two universes together or something? Is that even possible?" asked Kevin, as it seemed to have hit a limit to his scientific knowledge, gained on the streets of alien worlds.
"It wouldn't be that easy. Multiple physcial laws and length of history, it would take a lot of superhuman work to even if they were closely similar. Which they are not." said Kid Flash as he proved his expertise with science.
"Correct, just fusing the two worlds at the present point to save the future would just create the same problems. To perfect a CQC, one must be able to act at the moment creation, the point of the big bang and weave the two universes together while taking assessment of the important space/time nexi. Some times it takes the slight touch of an atomic scalpel, other times the force of a infinite mass puch.
I have spent the last million years no stop make the course corrections and modifications so the two universes would be in synch. Fortunately, I had the power of time travel to set up the important objects and people to the points where they are needed. Merging magic and technology to bend reality just enough to set it one a course where life can thrive. The big bang itself was a problem given how the two universes assembled themselves.
The point being is that I will need the help of everyone here, as I have a task which require people with your talents. The truth is both of your universes are linked to different multiverses, which made much of the incompatability problems I faced exist in the first place. When the fragmented universes merge into the single universe, there are... pieces left over. From the size of atom to entire universes worth of remains which a jumble of counterparts and amalgams. Some of these spin out as hiccups from the new universe.
In most cases... they hiccups contain the most powerful afterbirths, for lack of a better word, which end up beings like heroes. Or deadly villains. They would be ejected to a space between universes where the new one would be formed. Villains like this are likely to cause problems for the space/time form which could cause the universe to fall like a delicate cake.
I need the help of young heroes as yourself to defend the universe while it is collapsing in the controlled manner. Otherwise it will be a runaway collapse into complete distruction. I can get you some help to repulse and render the attackers unconcious so they are no longer a danger.
Can I count on all of you for your help?" asked Paradox as he was at least moving normally, but was still looking pale at the moment.
"We're going to do all we can do to help. I know you guys might not completely trust us yet, let alone Paradox, but I trust him and I hope believe what he's saying. He hasn't steared us wrong yet?" asked Ben, looking over the entire team before ending on Aqualad.
"I'm not sure of this, but if the world is danger of complete distruction... we will have to move fast to fix the situation. My only question is what kind of effect the merging of the universe will have on all of us? Especially if we go with the Professor outside of the universe?"
"Likely, everyone who travels to the outside of the universe to defend it will remember both timelines. The previous one will fade and blur with the new one if I have done the job of fusing them right, but you can recall them if you concentrate. The memories of everyone else will be change as the history of time would be different, but major points will continue like each of you existing. There could be minor fluxes of hypertime which could lead to edits in time, the result causing only the memory of the former world to be brought up.
The fluxes should be minor... but major ones will occur as well. Minor changes are like eye colour or spelling of a person's mind. Major could be changes of a person's identity and history, even people living or dying when the opposite was suppose to happen. Worse, it can occur at any point of space/time, even outside the bounds of cause and effect.
I will try to adjust for this, but there might be some lag. This is the truth of the matter, it is neither easy or fair but this is the only way the world could be saved. Dire events require harsh choices which we have no or little time to judge the aftermath of. At least not have you judge the aftermath, I have ways around the whole matter. This is the best I can come up with.
One more warning... the afterbirth of the universe, villains and heroes... come from all points of space/time as well. It is quite likely to face multiple versions of the same villain. It is also likely the villains could be equiped with powers or technology from events past or future. You will remember this battle, so will have spoilers of the events to come or events which might come in one form or another. Normally, I would be against giving spoilers... but it will be up to you what to tell others of what you will experience in this matter. It might be best for all of you to decide what you reveal and to who.
The choice is up to you, like all choices it will change your life, but you must make it. So knowing more of what is going to happen, what is your answer?" informed the immortal as he finished.
Abra Cadabra was trying to figure out how it went wrong. He had been looking for the source of the wormholes, going into the depths of the series of the space/time portals. More and more of them gathered around him. Above him, below him, off to the sides. He thought nothing of it, until it seemed they were getting closer to him. Yet how could they? Wormholes tended to be stationary, so they shouldn't have moved.
Before he knew it, he was surrounded as they popped here and then there as they encircled him. Soon they were sucking him up with some kind of vaccum like force, but he was being pulled in multiple directions at once. He tried to hold on a chunk of car which had been cut by opening and closing gates.
Then he felt the sharp knives of pain all over his body as the wind buffered him. Opening his eyes slowly, trying to avoid flying sand and other larger debris. Terror hit him as he saw what was causing him to suffer. It was the fact the portals were sucking him up, or at least his molecules and atoms... in a multiple portals for each atom or what ever. He was being pulled apart at the atomic, maybe even sub-atomic level.
The horror was causing him to scream, till it started dying out as his body was scattered to the multiverse. Following him was the car, the landscape... even the other portals were being ripped apart by each other.
