"What do you mean I am a Paradox," I asked. " Well the best way to explain the watch on your wrist should not exist and neither should you. Skeets scanned you both and run you through the surviving database and his own internal memory drive to see if he can find anything about you. No one matching your descriptions has existed in this timeline and the closest thing to your watch is the H-dial which has been hidden for years. Your being here is changing the timeline; a look of understanding crossed his face as he looked over towards Batman. "How... how did you beat Superman?" Batman just looked over me without answering. Booster followed his gaze and sighed "That was not supposed to happen." Skeets went over to Batman and scanned him. Moving back towards Booster he hovered over his head and scanned it. " Zero degradation is found. Timeline has branched, but is stabilized." "Timeline stabilized? Wait does that mean? We're still following the destined path," he says as a realization came over him. He laughs out loud as he continues "That means we're not in the foreseen multiverse, but instead somewhere in the larger Omniverse." Feeling confused about what all that meant I could not help but ask. Batman decided to answer " The universe we live in is part of a greater multiverse with universes similar to our own. Multiverses are grouped together to make a singular Ominvers the multiverse Booster is from is a mirror of this with variations that differentiate the two. They both move toward the same destination, but the path changes slightly for one than the other."
"If what you saying is true and Eon is still in the timeline that Booster arrives from were outside his gaze, he will more than likely come here. Paradox's warning and Booster's arrival mean that he will follow" Batman theorized."Now what. We know Eon can't see us but he is still coming. What can we do?" I asked as those two shared a look. Batman let out a grin " Now we train." With Booster and Batman leading me back to the VR training simulator.
Welcome to the VR training simulator would you like to begin protocol 1.2? This time I was able to respond I was back in Metrolopis (Batman let me know what I was going to face during protocol 1) with no one insight.
I went through the Ultimatrix getting ready to become Chromastone, but before I could change into him Bizzaro rushed towards me slamming me into a building. Groaning I brought my hands into the Ultimatrix. "Swampfire". Before I could attack Bizzaro ripped me in half throwing me to the side. Reforming I glared at him. " Well that was not very nice," once fully reformed I shot flames at him. Bizzaro took notice and he shot beams of ice causing steam which made it difficult for me to find him. I rushed forward trying to get to him, but in a shock of turns, he was able to latch onto my back and fly us into the atmosphere. I was able to use this to my advantage by wrapping my body around him and tipping him back down. We shot back at a rapid pace crashing into the ground. Releasing seeds from my back into the environment I was able to trap him down here with no escape. Tightening my grip on him so he couldn't move I released spores. He struggled for five more minutes before falling asleep. Slowly I untangled myself as he snored away.
Reaching the surface I timed out. Looking around I notice everything had repaired itself. Hearing another ding I turned around and come face to face with Zod. Unlike Bizzaro and even Superboy, he did not rush me instead he let loose his heat vision. Dodging out of the way I ran into the building searching for cover. Using the Ultimatrix(without worrying about what I would become) "Ghost Freak" I yelled out just before Zod flew through the building. Turning Intangible I was able to phase through his attack. Trying to end it I rushed to possess him, but it did not work instead I just went through him again. Zod rushed me throwing punches and kicks, as well as using his heat vision in between. Getting tired of being on the defensive I phased through him shredding his outfit, but otherwise, I only left a scratch. Seeing how I couldn't harm or possess him I was out of options. I stayed out of reach and studied him. Zod acted like a living person if I didn't know he wasn't he could have followed me. Deciding I had nothing to lose I decided to try to freak him out. Noticing a caved-in building I slowly lead him to it; once inside I turned invisible as he scanned the room I reviled myself and ripped off the protective layer covering my torso. Tentacles reached out grabbed his face and shoved it deep inside he struggled to free himself. I held in there till he stopped I removed myself and turned back looking at him he seemed to be shaking and his eyes are glazed as if he was staring at something that was not there.
Prepping myself for the next fight I was surprised that I was pulled out and back in the chair. "Time is up James," Batman said from the entrance " Before you go can you tell me what your strategy was for beating Zod?" "Oh, that at first, I was trying to possess him and have him break his bones and such, since that did not work I instead terrified him to defeat. Thankfully that plan succeeded if not I only had one other idea," I answered honestly. Batman nodded his head and ordered me to eat and then work on some basic exercises for the rest of the day. Nodding my head I left to go do that.
One Month Later
Every day I would be put through the wringer training my forms in the VR training simulator; there were only two more fights I had to fight Doomsday and Superman. Since I already have fought the two I was able to utilize the same strategies as I had originally. After beating Superman I assumed I had finally finished protocol 1, sadly that does not seem to be the case as five dings went off. Superboy, Bizzaro, Zod, Doomsday, and Superman ganged up on me. They pummeled me till I left. It took me all month to be able to defeat them. I used Upgrade since they were just code I was able to possess Doomsday to take down my opponents. Training my body was not fun I sweated and sweated every day just from the conditioning.
All that was a great help as I felt stronger, but I did not have any skills I could use in a fight when I'm me. Booster wore the same outfit but now wore one of Batman's Utility belt; weirdly enough his pockets seemed to be filled with pills. Batman wore an outfit that was similar to his alternate counterpart. We were ready but I don't know if it's enough.
" Are you sure that we will be enough?" I asked Batman. "No, we're not that's why I called in a few favors." The room started to shine golden and then the lights disappeared. Red Robin, Starfire, Wonder Girl, and a new ally arrived. He wore a gold Helm, a blue outfit with Ankah sitting in the middle a flowing cape hooked to his outfit.
The stranger looked towards me for a moment before turning his gaze towards Batman. "Dr. Fate, thank you for answering my call of need." The now-named Dr. Fate nodded toward Batman before he started to chant a golden glow that flowed around us before we disappeared.