I do not own any characters from the Justice League Unlimited series or from Kamen Rider OOO. They belong to their creators. I will only claim ownership of any original characters, monsters, Core Medals, Combos and Greeed that appear in this story. This story is set as a cross-section between the JLU and KR OOO.
A/N: This chapter has a lot of scene changes so as to flow with the episode that it is based around.
Justice League: OOO Unlimited
The three things that happened last time…
~ Hitotsu – Ankh is put in charge of the new falcon exhibit at the New Metro City Atrium and is then dragged about the city by Beatriz to go and enjoy a festival.
~ Futatsu – Gotou helps Batman and Mr. Terrific install new data protocols based on the Greeed and Yummies into the towers' simulation data matrix.
~ Soshite Mittsu – Eiji goes around town, looking for a new job. He then finds one at a local dojo after competing in a match against the dojo's master.
Soaring through the sky over the frozen wasteland of the Antarctic, a force that sounded like a jet flew over the frozen ice sheets and floating icebergs that slowly drifted in the water. The force was in fact the invisible jet which was currently being flown by its pilot and owner, Wonder Woman. Sitting behind her in an extra seat was Batman who watched as Wonder Woman piloted the plane around the frozen landscape until she came close to a small icy lagoon. Turning the jet into a sharp turn she then brought it down to the water; the jet also acting as a submersival craft for them to use while traveling through the hidden underwater ice tunnel that led to an opening within Superman's Fortress of Solitude.
"A little sharp on the turn, don'tcha think?" Batman asked her which got him a sly smile and stare from the Amazon princess.
"Sorry if I scared you." she replied in a both sarcastic and sly tone, trying to poke fun at him. Batman just gave her stern look as she continued down the tunnel.
After another few moments passed they finally arrived at the opening within the fortress floor and breached the surface. Opening the glass hatch, Wonder Woman and Batman then unfastened their safety harnesses and then leapt out of the jet; Wonder Woman carrying a small wrapped box. They soon made their way down another ice carved tunnel which would lead to the observation area of the fortress.
"What did you get 'em?" Batman asked as they made their way through the tunnel.
"I'm not saying anything." she replied while walking alongside Batman. "He'll hear and spoil the surprise." she added in a hushed whisper, remembering Superman's enhanced hearing.
"He can hear that too." Batman said in a whisper of his own, using his hand to try and muffle his whisper a bit more so as to try and make sure he wouldn't be heard.
Wonder Woman then looked over at Batman and noticed that he didn't have a present in his hands. "How about you?" she asked him, causing him to look at her with a slightly wide eyed look.
Giving her an inquisitive look, "He's not the easiest person in the world to buy birthday presents for." he told her as he lifted up a sealed white envelope. Wonder Woman just gawked a bit at seeing the envelope and thought Batman had gotten something cheap.
"Bruce, you didn't get'em a gift certificate?" she asked in a scolding tone.
"Nooo…cash." He replied as he stuffed the envelope back into his belt, causing Wonder Woman to smile at him for his answer. They then made their way up the ice steps, still talking about Superman's birthday. "I mean whaddya buy for the man who has everything—" he began until he heard Wonder Woman gasp at the sight before them. Turning to see what she was looking at as she dropped her present for Clark; he soon saw a sight that even made him confused for a slight second. What the saw was Superman, just standing there, with a zoned out look on his face. But that was not the weirdest thing about him. Stuck on his chest was a strange looking creature.
OP Theme: Justice League Unlimited
Chapter 12:
The Man Who Has Everything, Black Mercy and the Ultimate Greeed's Wrath
Author: Toku Warrior
Up in the Watchtower, OOO was currently standing by the teleporter while talking to Kara. With the exception of the League Founders, she was the only other person who knew where the Fortress of Solitude was located. While it was a guarded secret, Kara decided to let Eiji know as he and the others wanted to give their present to Superman before they were sent out on their own separate missions for the day.
"Okay, here are the coordinates." Kara said as she went over a small digital map that was being displayed by a small handheld device that Eiji was holding. "You just go to this ridge and then go through the water here. Then you just find the tunnel and you're there." she finished with a smile.
"Arigato, Kara-chan. I really appreciate this." OOO told her as he attached the device to the left side of his belt.
"Oi, OOO!" OOO turned around at the sound of being called by someone and noticed Ankh and Birth coming up to him. "Here, take this."
OOO extended his hands and grabbed hold of a small metal case that looked like it was made out of fused Cell Medals. "Sugoi, it's finally done." OOO said in relief. He then tucked the case under his arm and then went over to the teleporter pad and waited for Kara to send him off. "Birth, Ankh, good luck on your missions today."
"Don't worry about us." Birth told him as he finished powering up the teleporter. "You just get our gift to the Boy Scout and then get back here before J'onn finds out and berates all four of us."
"Hai." OOO replied with a nod and then waited as Kara started up the teleporter. In a flash of light, OOO was instantly teleported from the Watchtower and down to the frozen ice sheets of the Antarctic.
— Fortress of Solitude —
Walking down the ice stairs carefully, Batman began to look over the strange creature that was currently attached to Superman, causing the Man of steel to remain in an almost awake but catatonic-like state. "Looks like some kind of plant." Batman surmised as he continued to look the plant over as Wonder Women flew down and landed behind him. "Seems to be growing through his costume and…into his body."
"Is he breathing?" Diana asked out of concern for her friend.
"Barely." replied Batman as he glanced back at her and then went back to continue to inspect the plant.
"Someone must have breached the fortress." Diana said as she lifted herself into the air.
"Agreed; have a look around." Batman said as he took out a small flashlight from his utility belt while.
With that, Wonder Woman quickly took off towards the direction behind Superman while Batman began to run a quick physical on Superman, shining the light of the flashlight into his eyes. What he got was no response, which began to worry him as he moved the light from one eye to the next.
"Pupils aren't contracting even slightly. He must be cut off from all sensation." Batman said to himself as he turned off the flashlight and put it back in his belt. He continued to stare at Superman as he began to think of how this could have happened to him. "Kent…where are you?"
— Krypton —
Inside a dark room and lying in a bed, a man slowly began to wake as a small alarming beeping sound began to sound off from around him. "This is your wake-up alarm." said a computerized voice. As the man slowly stirred in his sleep he began to wake up and slowly looked up to see a floating metal android with a round metal body, two cylinder stems that seemed to act like feet and a oval shaped head on a thin metal neck. The face of the head had a black center with three circular glowing blue eye connected together by a set of glowing blue tracks. "Good morning Kal-El, and happy birthday." the robot said as the man let out a big yawn.
"Thanks Braniac; windows please." Kal-El said as he slowly rose up and sat in his bed.
The far wall in front of his bed then shimmered for a brief second and then slowly faded as it was revealed to be a single window, looking out over a field. The field was, in fact, a wheat field that gently seemed to flow like an amber colored ocean in the wind, as if it were an amber sea of grain. A barn and a futuristic looking tractor could also be seen in the distance and Kal-El just sat there and enjoyed the scenery. As he enjoyed the scenery, he was then brought back to reality when the moan of a woman filled the air. Looking over next to him, he saw the resting body of his wife who wore only a pale red nightgown that was held on her body by two single shoulder straps.
"Please don't tell me it's morning already." she complained as she grabbed her pillow and placed it over her head, trying to block out the morning sun light.
She let out another groan of displeasure as she tried to go back to sleep and Kal-El just smiled. "That's what you get for partying all night." He said as he grabbed her pillow and removed it, taking it away from her.
"I was working." she said in complaint, her long red hair resting on both her body and the bed under her.
"Come on honey, you call that work," he began as he moved in closer to her, causing her to smile. "Covering the opening of the Argo City Museum of Modern Art," he continued as he moved in closer, causing her to smile more. "Hobnobbing with all the movers and shakers." he ended as he placed a kiss on the skin of her shoulder.
"Hmm…a bunch of bores," she retorted playfully as she opened her eyes and looked at her husband. "You could've come, ya know?"
"Next time," he replied with a big smile on his face. But it was a smile and a line that she did not buy easily.
"Oh please," she retorted as she began to raise herself up, sitting up a bit more. "I couldn't get you off this farm if I exploded a Quantum Bomb under your…" she began until the ground and everything in the home began to shake for a moment, causing Kal-El to look around with a worried look on his face.
As he continued to look out through the window, "Did you…Whoa!" he let out as his wife grabbed him by his white muscle shirt and pulled him back down to the bed, forcing him to lay next to her once more. Looking over at her, he noticed her giving him a sultry smile as she stared at him with loving and wanting eyes.
"Come here, handsome." she said in a playful but also sultry tone as she placed her hands against his cheeks and chin, pulling him closer to her. He replied in earnest as he place a hand on her hip and pulled her close as well. As they slowly leaned in closer to claim each others lips, they were soon brought out of their romantic mood at the sound of Braniac's voice.
"A gentle reminder, Kal-El and Van-El are expected at Jor-El's laboratory in precisely two hours and twelve minutes. And the back forty is overdue for inspection." he said as he reminded them of today's event list.
"Shut up." Lo-El complained as she grabbed a nearby pillow and chucked it at the floating android; said android just as easily floating around the chucked item as it dodged the incoming pillow. Lo-El just rested her chin in her hand and let out a soft yet annoyed moan.
— Antarctic Ice Sheet: A few miles from the opening above the Fortress of Solitude —
Once he landed on the ice sheet of the Antarctic continent, OOO began to walk around a bit as he used the digital tracker in his hand to determine his position from the fortress. After finally finding the direction he needed to go he set down the metal case next to his feet and then summoned forth his purple Core Medals. As he grabbed them in mid air and reset his belt before taking out the three currently used Core Medals, he began to realize something.
"Hmm, that's strange. It's as if I'm not bothered by this cold weather at all." He looked his body over and noticed that he wasn't even shaking. Granted, his Rider suit could protect him from some of the basic weather conditions, even it had its limits. He pondered over the possibilities for a moment longer and then came to a self considered conclusion. "Must be something with me being a Greeed of the ice attribute or something…oh well. That's just another thing for Batman to test out later I suppose."
He then slid the three Core Medals into the belt before tilting it back down and grabbing the O-Scanner; sliding it across the belt and scanning the Core Medals. "PTERA – TRICERA – TYRANNO…PUTOTYRANNOSAURUS!" the O-Scanner shouted out in its melodic tone as usual, OOO's body being covered in and filled with the familiar form and power of the PuToTyra combo.
He let out a quick roar as the ice that formed around his feet shattered away. Then, after grabbing the metal case, he summoned his Ptera wings and took flight, flying through the air at an even faster rate than what the TaJaDor combo could allow him. Following the guide beacon of the digital tracker, he quickly made his way over to a small ridge near a floating iceberg. Looking down at the water before him, he checked the tracker and confirmed that this was the exact spot that he would need to enter in order to find the hidden underwater tunnel.
Setting the metal case down once more and summoning another set of Core Medals, he reset the belt once again and took out his purple medals before reabsorbing them back into his body. He then slid the new Core Medals, blue in color, into the belt and then tilted it once more before retaking the O-Scanner and sliding it across the belt and medals.
"SHACHI – UNAGI – TAKO…SHA-SHA-SHAUTA! SHA-SHA-SHAUTA!" In an instant, OOO's PuToTyra combo was replaced with the Marine Combo known as the ShaUTa combo, a form which utilized the Shachi, Unagi and Tako Core Medals of Mezool. Eiji only had six of her medals seeing as he destroyed three of them back on his world so he had to take good care of the remaining one less they too were destroyed and he would lose this combo forever.
"Yosh…" OOO said as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation. He prayed that Superman would not be too angry with either him or Kara for coming into the fortress but he also knew that, in time, Superman would get over it. Grabbing the metal case again, he then moved back a bit and then took a running start before diving into the water. Once in the water, he used the powers of the Tako Medal to transform his legs into their tentacle forms and, both easily and effortlessly, made his way towards the tunnel. 'I just hope I made it in time before he sets out for his job today.'
— Fortress of Solitude —
"So it was a gift." Batman began as he picked up and began to examine half of an opened metal canister that was lying on the ground next to Superman's feet. "Teleported here from some alien culture, some grateful world." he surmised as he lifted his head and looked back at Superman. "Or someone wanting you to think they were grateful."
As Batman continued to look at him, he suddenly heard the sound of a voice, echoing throughout the icy hallways of the fortress. "How remarkable. You animals really are almost intelligent, aren't you?" Batman quickly began to look around until he looked up at the stairs and noticed a form emerging from the shadows. "That's exactly what happened."
Taking a closer look, he noticed the unconscious form of Wonder Woman being held in the beings single left hand. The being had pale tan skin and wore a purple body suit with silver-grey leggings. Around his upper arms and thighs were black bands with metal studs on them and he also wore a black belt with silver segments. He also wore purple knee high boots with black soles and thick black trim and a set of dual black strap wrist guards around his wrists. He also wore a purple half-helmet which covered the top and back of his head and bore a set of black plates on the side, protecting his ears. His eyes were a deep red color and outlined in black, and his body was built like that of a steroid induced killing machine. He was indeed a sight of something that no one wanted to face alone.
"Mongul…" Batman said in a low tone, growling out the beings name.
"You recognize me, I'm flattered." Mongul said as he made his decent down the stairs and walked over towards Batman. "I suppose Superman told you all about our previous encounter?"
"You mean how he humiliated you?" Batman retorted while cocking an eyebrow, causing a look of disdain to appear on Mongul's face.
"A…jondest…account." he said at the memory and then leaned over to look Batman right in the eyes. "What inferior specimens he surrounds himself with." he continued as he lifted up his arm which held Wonder Woman, her body dangling like that of a rag doll. He just looked her over with complete mirth in his eyes. "I took her down before she even knew I was there. And I'll take this planet just as easily."
In that instant, Wonder Woman's eyes snapped open and she lifted her legs up and delivered a powerful snap kick with both feet, connecting right into Mongul's chin and sending him down to the ground, hard. She quickly landed on her feet and took a stance next to Batman.
"Maybe not as easily as you think." she berated the conqueror as she looked down on him while he looked back up at her with an angered look in his eyes. "We inferior specimens call it 'playing possum'."
At that, Mongul made his way to his feet and began to move towards Wonder Woman who took a battle ready pose, preparing to go another round. But before another fight could begin, Batman quickly got between them and looked her in the eyes.
"No."
"No?" Diana chortled in shock from being denied a fight.
Mongul just smiled and placed his arms behind his back as he gloated and made his way around both Batman and Wonder Woman. "Clearly the males on this world are the smart one." he gloated, gesturing the females were nothing but weak and brainless. "He wants…to know…about…the plant." He then began to walk over to Superman as he began to explain the background on the plant. "The Black Mercy is a telepathic species. It reads the hearts' desire and feeds the individual a totally convincing simulation of it." he finished as he came to a stop behind Superman.
"So he's dreaming?" Batman asked as he moved forward a bit.
"Oh, far deeper than any dream." Mongul replied as he placed his hand under Superman's chin, slightly raising his head. "I wonder where he thinks he is? Sitting on a throne, ruling the universe; all you human garbage fawning at his feet." He released Superman's chin and cupped his own chin as he continued. "More honest, don't you think; than this pretense of being a selfless hero?"
Wonder Woman, having finally heard enough, quickly flew and lunged at Mongul, delivering a one-two punch that sent him staggering backwards a bit. But this barely phased the giant brute as he just merely wiped his chin with the back of his hand while Diana groaned in pain as she held her hands before her, the appendages being wrought in agony from having hit something that was abnormally sturdy. Both she and Batman then looked at Mongul who made his way towards them.
"You don't understand, he was the only obstacle in my way. The rest of you are already dead."
— Krypton —
"Van! Van, your breakfast is getting cold!" Kal-El shouted upstairs to his son from the kitchen while making pancakes. As he continued to cook breakfast, Lo-El sat at the table while reading the paper and drinking a cup a coffee.
"I'm coming!" Van shouted down to his father. As Kal-El made his way away from the stove he quickly skidded for a foot when he stepped on something he hadn't expected to be there on the kitchen floor.
"Whoa!"
Lo-El just looked at the scene and smiled a bit. "Looks like the dog left you a present." she said with a smile and then turned towards Braniac. "Braniac, could you clean up that—" she began until Kal-El cut her off.
Taking a piece of a paper towel, he began to clean the dog mess off from the bottom of his boots. "No, Braniac. Van was supposed to walk the dog." He took the dirtied paper towel and placed it in the deatomizer before turning back around to continue to talk to both Braniac and Lo-El. "It's his job to clean it up." He then raised his head, "Van-El, I want you down here right—"
"I'm here, I'm here." Van called out quickly from the doorway, his dog Krypto standing right behind him. Hearing his dog whine, he knelt down and wrapped his arms around him. "It's okay Krypto."
"How many times do I have to tell you Van? When you asked for a dog you pr—"
"Promised to take care of it, I know." Van finished, remembering the deal he had made with his father. "Sorry dad."
Kal-El just stood there for a few seconds and then smiled softly at his son. Kneeling down in front of Van, he placed a hand on his shoulder. "Sorry isn't always enough. You have to—"
"Live up to our responsibilities. I know, I know." Van continued as he grabbed a portable deatomizer and began to clean up the remaining dog mess. Kal-El just watched his son and smiled. "This mean I can't come to the party?" He then realized the small blunder he had made and looked at his dad. "Oops."
"What party is that?" Kal-El asked as he went back to flipping a pancake.
"Uhhh…the uhhh…" Van began as he tried to make up an excuse. Lo-El, acting quickly, rushed to her son's side and helped him out.
"You're confused, Van. Little Zod's party isn't until next—" Lo-El began, trying to make up an excuse.
"I told you I didn't want a surprise party." Kal-El scolded.
"And you're not getting one." she retorted playfully and then turned to Van. "Eat your breakfast Van. You and dad don't wanna be late visiting Grandpa Jor-El."
"Indeed." Braniac added as he floated over. "Traffic on the Candor Sky-way is backed up to the Gold Volcano."
"Candor!" Van began excitedly as he rushed for the door. "I forgot!"
Lo-El just flicked her hair as she watched Van and Braniac hurry off and then walked over to her husband. "I don't want a surprise party." Kal-El protested as she leaned against him, placing her hands on his shoulder.
"It's just a small one." Lo-El replied as she gave him a pleading look with a smile on her face.
Kal-El couldn't find it in him to deny his wife when she gave him that face and returned the smile with one of his own. After a moment they both then leaned in forward, gently claiming one another's lips in a passionate kiss.
— Fortress of Solitude —
Emerging from the freezing water, OOO quickly leaped out and landed on the ice with the grace of a gymnast. With the power of the Tako Medal, he didn't even slip on the ice when he landed. Looking at the form of Wonder Woman's invisible jet within the pool of water, only being able to see it due to the water that was still on it, he could only guess that she was still here.
"Oh boy, I sure hope I don't get yelled at for this." OOO said to himself as he made his way over towards the ice stairs. But he soon heard a noise that he wasn't expecting when he heard both Wonder Woman and Batman grunting in pain as if they were fighting someone powerful. He could even feel the ground beneath him shake from the constant tremors of body's impacting against the floor and walls of the fortress. "Nani?"
Running up the stairs, he soon found out what was causing all the commotion as he saw a big and muscular being grab Batman off of his back and throw him down to the ground hard, the Dark Knight skidding across the floor and stopping behind Superman. OOO then looked at Superman and noticed a strange plant embedded on his chest and was now even more confused.
As Mongul towered over the fallen Batman, Wonder Woman ran up behind and wrapped her arms around his waist and delivered a powerful suplex, Mongul's head being driven into the ice. Panting heavily, Wonder Woman was shocked as she noticed Mongul pull hi head out of the ice and stare at her. Even OOO looked on in disbelief as even he couldn't have possibly gotten up from that but he wouldn't truly know as he never wanted to find out.
"How nice of you to volunteer…to be the first of your race to die." he said coldly as he got up and rushed at Wonder Woman. "Raaaaaaa!" In an instant, Mongul reached her and, with a powerful backhand, knocked her right through a pillar of ice and then through a solid ice wall.
Not being able to watch his friends get hurt any longer, OOO set down the metal case and then took the O-Scanner and slid it over the Core Medals. Though not hearing the chiming sound of the scanner, both Batman and Mongul turned around as a strange voice echoed throughout the icy room.
"SCANNING CHARGE!"
"What the—" Mongul began until he noticed another warrior wearing a strange body suit and armor jump high up inot the air and shoot out a pair of long whips that lashed out and wrapped around his body, bounding him tightly.
"Ahhhh…SEE-YAH!" Eiji shouted as he came down upon Mongul with his Tako legs taking their tentacle drill shape and slamming right into Mongul's chest.
The force of the blow sent Mongul flying through the same hole that Wonder Woman's body had created and a dull and resounding thud could be heard a second later. Landing on the ground in front of Batman, OOO then turned around and help the Dark Knight up to his feet.
"Eiji, what are you doing here?" Batman asked him.
"I came to deliver a present to Kent-san that Ankh, Gotou and I made." OOO told him and then turned to the hole behind him. "But when I got here I noticed the fight going on so I decided to step in." He then looked over at Superman, "And what happened to Kent-san?"
"I'll explain later, but for now, shift into a form that we can use to try and get this thing off of him." Batman ordered him and OOO obeyed as he began to mentally sort through the Core Medals that he currently had in his possession. After taking a moment he summoned forth a tanish set of medals and then took out the blue Cores before absorbing them back into his body. After sliding the new Cores into his belt and tilting it, he passed the O-Scanner over it once more, activating another full combo.
"COBRA – KAME – WANI…BURAKAWANI!"
"Okay, let's try this first." OOO said and with that he took a swipe at the plant with his legs, the razor effect making a huge gash in the plant. Both he and Batman watched though as the plant healed itself in a matter of seconds. "Oookay, cutting won't help so even the Tora medal would be useless."
Batman then moved him aside and took out a small cylinder-like device and then aimed it at the plant. He then fired an intense beam of heat from it, cutting into the plant for only a moment. After a moment had passed he stopped the cutting and they both noticed as the plant appeared to be virtually unharmed. Trying to think of what else they could do they soon heard Diana let out a loud grunt in agony as another resounding thud vibrated the fortress. Looking back at Superman, Batman walked up to him, "He'll kill her Clark and then he'll kill us all. Shake it off! Come back to us! Please…"
Hearing Diana scream out again and another thud resounding throughout the cave, OOO turned around and faced the hole in the wall. "I'll try to help Hime-sama and buy you some time so do whatever you can to get that thing off of him!" OOO shouted as he sprinted and leapt through the hole in the wall.
— Fortress: Hall of Weapons —
Crashing through the wall and slamming into a display wall full of otherworldly weapons, Wonder Woman fell to the ground as Mongul made his way through the newest hole in the wall. While he had been slightly injured by the new warrior, it was only a temporary setback. As he walked through the wall, Wonder Woman looked next to her and grabbed a strange looking weapon and aimed it at Mongul, locking on as he raised his hands in fake surprise.
"Oh dear, is that a neural impacter? I didn't know they were still making those." he said as he lumbered forward. As he moved closer, Diana took aim as she focused on him with the cross-hairs within the targeting scope. "I'd advise you to try the plasma disrupter. It's more of a woman's weapon." That was the last straw for Diana as she finished charging up the weapon.
"Go…to…" and with that she fired an intense beam of energy which let out a shrill-like scream as if someone was in agony. The beam slammed into Mongul who just took the hit and then pushed through the beam, surprising Diana as she looked on in dismay.
Just as Mongul made his way over to her he then found himself being sent into a wall, the attacker being OOO who had used the BuraKaWani's Goura Gardner as a mace and slammed it up against Mongul's head. Looking at him while setting the weapon down, Diana couldn't even begin to wonder why OOO was there.
"Eiji, what are you doing here?" OOO just sighed as he helped her up.
"You know, I just went through this with Batman a moment ago." Diana just laughed a bit but soon stopped as they both turned to the sound of Mongul getting up. Looking over at the two heroes, he noticed that the warrior from before now looked completely different.
"So, the Kryptonian has a friend that can change his form? Interesting." Mongul said as he began to move towards them again. "But you'll have to do a lot better than that to beat me."
"Just how strong is this guy?" OOO asked as he began to remove his Core Medals and summoned another set while absorbing the last pair.
"Put it this way, I've given him my best punches and he still isn't down." OOO just looked at her wide eyes from behind his helmet and then gulped.
"I just had to ask." With that he slid in the three medals and passed the O-Scanner over them.
"SAI – GORILLA – ZOU…SAGOZO…SAGOZO!" With a powerful yell, OOO banded his fists against his chest plate as his body was now covered in the armor of the Gravity Combo, SaGoZo.
Seeing how OOO switched to different forms, Mongul made sure to make a mental note of such an ability as it would possibly come in handy at a later time. "So, you use coins to change your appearance? Strange…but I've seen stranger."
— Fortress: Observation Room —
While OOO and Wonder Woman dealt with Mongul, Batman was still trying to get the Black Mercy off of Superman's chest. After trying everything that he had on him, even trying to use a sonic wave emitter, nothing could seem to get the plant to loosen its grip on the Man of Steel. "Grr…nothings working!" Batman shouted out in frustration as he threw the device down to the ground.
He then heard both OOO and Diana scream out in pain as the fortress shuddered again from the constant attacks and also noticed some smoke and explosions coming from the hole in the wall. "They're in the hall of weapons, that'll buy them time; but not enough." He then placed his hands on Superman's shoulders and tried to plead with him to wake up. "They're fighting for their lives Clark. You need to fight too."
— Krypton —
As they walked through the city of Candor, Van-El just looked on amazed at how much bigger and louder that the city was compared to their countryside home. After finally entering the building where Jor-El was located, they walked around until they reached the top floor and walked down the hallway. "I can't believe you left all this to live on a farm."
"It's a nice place to visit but—" Kal-El tried to reply until another tremor shook the building, causing him to worry again. "Van, did you—"
"Grandpa!" Van shouted out as he saw his grandfather and ran towards him.
As Jor-El bent over and welcomed his grandson with a warm hug, Kal-El reached into his jacket and took out a portable communicator that was connected to Braniac. "Braniac?"
"A minor and completely harmless tremor. Predicted several weeks ago by the Seismic Institute."
Taking a moment to think about it, he then slid the device back inside his jacket pocket and made his way to meet with his father, having accepted Braniac's answer for the moment.
— Fortress: Hall of Weapons —
OOO was flung hard into a wall as Wonder Woman tried to use the neural impacter on Mongul again, with the same lack of success as the last time. Once the weapon finished discharging, Mongul stood up and towered over her. Taking aim again, she fired only for Mongul to grab the weapon by the barrel and crush it. Upon crushing it he then tossed it away and grabbed Diana by her throat with his right hand, the Amazon princess countering with a left hook to his face which he just ignored as he wrapped his other hand around her throat as well, chocking the life out of her.
Fighting back, OOO ran over and jumped on Mongul's back but the conqueror grabbed him by the head and flung him into another wall, face first. Diana used this moment of distraction as she jumped up and kicked Mongul in his mid-section but the brute just ignored that attack as well and jumped up and then slammed Diana into the floor, back first, knocking the wind out of her.
"First I'll kill you and the bat and then your little armored friend over there and then I'll take this planet." he gloated as he began to chock her with both hands again.
"You…won't…win" Diana sputtered out as she tried to pry his hands away from her neck.
"Of course I will." Mongul retorted in a playful but sinister tone. He then grabbed her by the head with one hand and lifted her up before slamming her down into the ground once more. He then raised his foot and slammed it into her ribs, causing her to scream out in intense pain.
Seeing his friend in such pain, OOO's eye lenses emitted a purple glow as she shouted out at Mongul. "Kisama!" In an instant his purple Core Medals shout out of his body and flew over and collided with Mongul's head, knocking him away from Diana.
"What the hell?" Mongul cursed as he saw the floating medals fly back over towards OOO and slam themselves into his belt, forcefully ejecting the SaGoZo medals. OOO then took the O-Scanner and passed it over the medals, reassuming his PuToTyra combo once more.
"PTERA – TRICERA – TYRANNO…PUTOTYRANNOSAURUS!" Throwing his head back with a feral yell, the ice that had instantly formed around his feet shattered away as he thrust his arm into the ground and withdrew the MedaGabRyu. Mongul looked on with a small sense of interest.
"Well, that's a first." He then took another battle stance and he gestured for OOO to make the first move. "Well, it's your move…hero."
— Krypton —
Walking around the lab, Van-El was as giddy as a school boy as he looked at all the specimens that his grandfather had set inside glass canisters. As he looked at all the creatures and the plants, his curiosity grew even more. "What's this one grandpa? And this?" he asked excitedly as he rushed over to the other side of the lab, looking at more specimens. Then, a strange looking creature caught his attention, causing him to run over and look at it. All of the past events such as the minor tremors and other things that had bugged Kal-El were still plaguing his mind and he had a hard time focusing on the current matter before him. "Whoa! Where'd ya get—" he was about to ask until Jor-El cut him off.
"One minute, Van." Jor-El said as he kept his attention trained on his son. "Something's bothering you." he said as he looked at Kal-El. Placing a hand on his father's shoulder, Kal motioned for Jor-El to follow him to a screen that was situated next to them, showing different areas on the planet that were suffering from seismic activity.
"Here…and here…and here…" Kal-El began as he started to point at certain areas on the map.
"A series of mild tremors, not unusual." said the aged scientist, trying to keep his son calm. "I don't see what—"
"Something's wrong dad. Something's going to happen; I can feel it in—" Kal-EL tried to explain until his father cut him off.
"Oh, so you're a scientist now?" Jor-El asked in a somewhat sarcastic tone.
"Dad…"
"Do I have to remind you of a certain prediction of my own; made, I'm embarrassed to say, only when you were a few days old?" Jor-El stated as he looked at the city of Candor from the window of his lab. "I announced to the world the Krypton was going to explode and it took me years to salvage my reputation."
"But maybe you were right. Maybe…" Kal-El continued until he saw Van walk over to them, curios to know what they were talking about. Jor-El turned to look as well and Kal-El then decided to rethink his current train of thought. "Maybe…I've just been working too hard."
Placing a hand on his sons' shoulder, "The past is dead. Focus on the future." Jor-El just smiled as he tried to calm his sons' mind and then held out his had for Van who ran over to him, the old man hefting him up and holding him in his arms.
"Can we go up to the roof, grandpa?" Van asked excitedly.
"Somebody wants to see the Macroscope." Kal-El said in an amused tone
"Gone on up with your father, Van." Jor-El said as he handed Van over to Kal. "I'll be along in a few minutes." It was then that Kal-El's concerns returned as he could have sworn he just heard his father's voice change just then.
"Let's go." Van said as he slipped out of his father's arms and began to lead him to the roof top. Kal-El let go of his hand as they passed the screen showing the world map and his worries increased even more.
"It's not right." he said as he could tell that something terrible was about to happen.
— Fortress: Observation Room —
Clark's facial expressions began to change as signs of him slowly regaining consciousness began to appear. While this was happening, Batman was pulling on the Black Mercy as hard as he could, trying to detach it from Clark's body.
"Yes, that's it. Fight it Clark…fight it." he said in an almost hushed tone, still pulling on the Black Mercy.
— Fortress: Hall of Weapons —
As Diana lay there on the ground, slowly catching her breath, and as Batman tried desperately to free Superman of the Black Mercy, OOO was currently doing his best to hold his own against Mongul. Luckily for him, it seemed that the PuToTyra combo packed an even greater punch that it ever did before, possibly signifying that his own powers and abilities were increasing as well. Bringing down the MedaGabRyu in a vertical slash, OOO roared as Mongul caught the powerful axe with his bar hands but was surprised to feel the brute strength pushing the powerful weapon down onto him.
He could easily expect great strength from Superman while the Amazon was only a minor sport but OOO was not like any warrior he had faced before. He was willing to kill Mongul if he ever got a good enough opening and Mongul could see it in his movements. They were the movements of someone that was trying to kill his opponent. Using his great strength, Mongul pushed OOO back and then grabbed him by his arm and then, with a swing, lifted him up and slammed him into the ground face first. He then picked him up by the arm again and slammed him on the other side of the ground behind him, back first. But before he could do so a third time, OOO formed his tail divider into the Tyranno Tail and used it like a club and swatted Mongul away from him.
The Tyranno Tail, reforming into the Tail Divider, once again became apart of his armor as OOO brought forth a few Cell Medals and slid them through the opening of the MedaGabRyu before lifting the back handle and closing the Tyranno Maw.
"GIKKU!" He then pulled the handle back down, causing the axe to glow with a fierce purple light as energy began to flow through it. "PUTOTYRA!" The axe then performed a midi version of OOO's PuToTyra combo theme as OOO ran at Mongul and let loose a vicious slash against his chest.
"RAAAAAA!"
"ARGH!" Mongul howled in pain as the blow sent him reeling into the far wall. Diana looked on and was glad that Eiji had shown up when he did. While space tech weapons were strong, mystical weapons seemed to prove to be a lot more effective against a being such as Mongul.
OOO then formed another Cell Medal and slid it into the axe before lifting up the Tyranno Maw's handle. "GIKKU!" Taking hold of the handle in his right hand, he then flipped the lower handle on the axe's shaft down, transforming the MedaGabRyu into its bazooka mode. Taking aim at Mongul who was slowly getting up, OOO growled deeply as he pulled the trigger, firing an intense blast of enormous purple and black colored energy. "PU-TO-TYRANNO-HISSATSU!"
Erupting from the muzzle of the bazooka, the energy slammed into Mongul, sending the conqueror right into the wall once more and causing the wall to collapse on top of him. Once the energy blast died down, OOO shifted the bazooka back to axe mode and waited to see if Mongul was truly down for the count. He wouldn't have to long though as Mongul burst out from the icy debris and glared hatefully at the Rider.
"Ma-masaka!" OOO said to himself as he began to back away slowly while Mongul trudged towards him.
"If that was your best shot," Mongul began as he cracked his neck, "then I guess I over estimated you, punk."
— Krypton —
As Van looked through the Macroscope, Kal-El looked over the city from the roof top and could have sworn that he had heard a ghostly voice quietly say the words 'fight it'. "Dad." Van called out as another mild tremor shook the building, causing Kal to close his eyes tightly. "Dad, you gotta look at thi—" Van began until he saw his father leaning over the railing as if he was in pain. Kal, seeing his son worried about him, lifted himself up and walked over to him. "What's…What's the matter? Why are you…" Van started as he father got on his knees and placed his hands on his son's shoulders.
"Van…when you were born, it was the happiest day of my life. When I first saw your beautiful little face; your tiny fingers squeezed my hand so tight." Kal-El began as he placed a finger under his son's chin before moving it and placing it against his cheek. "Like you never wanted to let go. I've watched every step…every struggle. I've…but Van…ah, Rau help me..." he continued, whispering the prayer to the Kryptonian god. "But I don't think you're real. I don't think any of this is real."
"Don't say that daddy, please, you're scaring me." Van pleaded as he wrapped his arms around his father, hugging him tightly.
"No, no, I don't wanna scare you, Van." Kal-El said as he returned his son's hug. "You are everything I ever wanted in a son. This…this is everything I ever wanted in a life." he continued as he pulled his off of him and held him by his shoulders, tears streaming down both of their faces. "But I got responsibilities, Van. And…I…have to…go now" And with that he pulled his son into a tight hug.
With that, the planet of Krypton began to shake violently as fire erupted from the mountains and the streets, destroying buildings and monuments alike. As the destruction continued, Kal-El looked at his son, placing his hands around his cheeks.
"Daddy…" Van pleaded with his father, causing Kal-El to hug his son once more as more tears streamed down their cheeks.
"I promise you…I'll never forget!"
With those last words, the planet of Krypton erupted and exploded from the core outwards, sending rocks and violent energy waves rippling out into space. The last thing that Kal-El could even remember seeing was his own son's face as his world exploded all around them.
— Fortress: Observation Room —
"Yes!" Batman shouted as he finally freed Superman of the Black Mercy's grasp but was soon taken over by the plant itself as it latched onto him, digging into his mind and reading into his hearts greatest desire. "Ahh!"
Falling to his knees, he could easily see both his memories and his greatest desire taking shape in his mind, hearing the all to familiar phrase he had uttered o the fateful night when his parents had been murdered. 'Beware my terrible sword!'
— Gotham City —
Leaving a theatre which was showing the movie, The Mark of Zorro, a young Bruce Wayne and his parents walked down an alleyway that would lead to the main street so that they could catch a cab. As they walked down the alley, young Bruce was swishing around an imaginary sword while shouting out, "Ha, let all evil doers beware my—" He was soon cut off though at the sight of a figure emerging from the shadows. The man, obviously a thug, walked up to them and aimed a gun at the family while making a motioning gesture with his free hand.
"We'll start with the pretty pearls around the lady's neck." the thug demanded. As the Wayne family huddled together, the thug raised the gun and glared at them. "Now." He began to slowly pull the trigger, the hammer of the gun slowly inching back as it prepared to fire.
It was then that Mr. Wayne rushed forward due to the desire of wanting to protect his family. Pushing up the hand holding the gun, the firearm shot off into the sky as Mr. Wayne kept a firm hold on the arm while delivering punch after punch into the man's face and gut. "Yes!" Young Bruce cheered on excitedly as he watched his father beat the thug for trying to threaten his family.
— Fortress: Observation Room —
Seeing the desire playing in his mind, Batman let an actual pleasured smile cross his face at the sight. Meanwhile, behind him, Superman's eyes began to fill with rage as he could clearly remember what he had just gone through. He then picked up on the sound of OOO screaming in the background as Mongul continued to pound away at him. Turning towards the hole in the wall, he was off like a missile as he flew through the hole, with only one thing on his mind: to make Mongul pay.
— Fortress: Hall of Weapons —
Lying face down and across the prone form of OOO who was still in his PuToTyra form, Diana tried her best to push herself up. She had come to her young friends' defense and now they were both down for the count. As she slowly got up, Mongul picked up a battle staff with a bladed edge from the ground and held it above his head, preparing to deliver the finishing blow. As he was about to strike, he heard the sound of something coming towards him at a fast rate of speed. Turning his head, he only had the time to see Superman fly straight through the hole in the wall and ram into him, driving him through the floor behind both Diana and OOO and into the hallway that was set inside the wildlife exhibit which house many different animals from many different worlds, each one the last of their kind.
As Superman dealt with Mongul, Diana helped OOO up but then collapsed back down to the ground herself. "Hime-sama!" OOO shouted out as he reached out to her but found her pushing his hands away.
"I'll be fine, Eiji. You just go help Superman while I go and see how Batman's doing." OOO, not wanting to leave her by herself in her injured state, reluctantly agreed as he ran towards the hole in the ground.
"Hai!" With that, he leapt through the hole and down to the next room.
— Fortress: Animal Exhibit —
Crashing into the ground hard, Mongul bounced a bit until he got his footing only to get a club in the face courtesy of Superman using his fists like a club. Superman then went on to sending left and right hooks into Mongul's face again and again, over and over, as he back him up against a wall, his mind set on only wanting revenge while the animals within the exhibit just watched on.
"Do you have any idea what you did to me?" Superman demanded as he punched him again and then grabbed him by the scruff of his suit and lifted him before punching him once more before slamming him into the wall.
He then pulled him off the wall and punched him once more before sending him flying across the floor with a powerful right hook. Rushing over to him, he was soon sent flying to the floor himself as Mongul kicked him away. Picking himself up, Mongul strode over towards him.
"I fashioned a prison that you couldn't leave without sacrificing your hearts' desire." he gloated as he cracked his neck, working out the kinks. "It must have been like tearing off your own arm." Mongul stated as he grabbed Superman by the head and lifted him up. Preparing to deliver the finishing blow, he was once again shocked as a pair of golden spikes rammed into his body and pinned him against the wall, forcing him to let go of superman.
"I don't think so!" OOO shouted as he retracted the Wing Stingers and ran over to Superman, helping him up. "You ok?"
"I've been better." he said as he placed a hand to his chest. He then turned towards OOO, "Thanks…and wha—"
"Before that question even leaves your mouth, let me say that both Batman and Hime-sama asked the exact same thing and I'll give you the same answer," OOO said as he turned to face Mongul who was now massaging his shoulders and back. "Ask me once this guy is down for the count."
"That's good enough for me."
With that, OOO roared out in rage as his body was covered in the familiar purple and black Cell Medal energy field, transforming his body into that of his Greeed form. But his form was no longer what it used to be. Now, like Ankh, it had changed due to his current evolution. His forearm and lower leg armor now sported gold and black armor bands with purple gems embedded in them and he also had gold, rib-like armor structures attached to his chest and the sides of his abdomen. His segmented belt also became solid black and had ancient runes inscribed on it. His back also now sported a small pair of glowing gems that seemed to release purple and black energy in the form of a pair of wings. His white dino-skulled head had a black and gold crown adoring it as well and his eye lens glowed a bright violet color as icy mists constantly surrounded his body.
Both Superman and Mongul looked at him and even Eiji was surprised at his new look. "Okay, that makes two things I'll need to have Batman check out later today." He looked over at Superman who was giving him a quizzical look and Eiji just shrugged. "Evolution, who knew?"
— Fortress: Observation Room —
As the sounds of battle below her escalated, Diana slowly made her way to the hole in the wall, crawling on her stomach as she held her injured ribs. As the fortress shook violently from the battle that Superman and Eiji were having with Mongul, Diana made her way over to the opening and pulled herself up. Looking back into the observation room, she noticed Batman's back facing her, his body kneeling on the ground.
"Bruce!" she gasped out in shock as she slowly made her way over to man that she cared for most.
— Fortress: Animal Exhibit —
Eiji leapt onto Mongul's back and began to cover his body in ice, trying to freeze him into place. Mongul would have none of that though as he grabbed Eiji and flung him into the far wall. He then turned around and caught a punch aimed for his face and then let loose a punch of his own, send punch after punch into Superman's face and gut instead, sending him to the ground.
As he reached down he was soon sent reeling by a powerful blast of gold and black energy. Hitting the floor face first and quite hard, he pushed himself up and looked over to see Eiji powering up another energy blast which he then sent right at Mongul. Displaying his own agility, Mongul jumped up inot the air and came down with his fists like clubs, landing a blow onto the top of Eiji's head, knocking him to the ground. He then picked him up by the head and held him there, looking him right in his eye lens.
"I don't know who you are but you have interfered long enough." And with that he began to pound his fist into Eiji's gut, causing the Ultimate Greeed to scream in agony. After a few more blows, Eiji's body just dangled there, allowing Mongul to admire his handy work. "My, my, finished already." He had spoken too soon though as Eiji quickly recovered and grabbed Mongul's wrist, crushing it in his grip so as to force the brute to let him go. "Argh!"
"This is for Batman!" Eiji shouted as he slammed an icy covered fist into Mongul's chin in the form of an uppercut, causing the conqueror to bounce off the ceiling, head first. Landing on the ground, Mongul soon found Eiji grabbing him by the leg and was then quickly swung around like a rag doll. "This is for Hime-sama!" Eiji roared as he let Mongul and sent him soaring over Superman who watched the fight going on and saw Mongul crash right into another wall. He then looked back at Eiji who was forming dark energy around his fists. Raising his left fist, "This one is for Superman!" and then raising his right fist, "And this one's for me!" With that, he let loose a powerful blast that Superman jumped out of the way to avoid. The blast carried on and slammed into the wall. Mongul, lucky enough to have moved out of the way in time, noticed the damage that the attack did and was glad that he was not on the receiving end of it.
"Nice try, but you'll have to be quicker on the draw if you wanna hit me." Mongul chortled as he ran at Eiji who ran right back at him. Eiji let his fist fly but Mongul side-stepped the punch and delivered a gut punch of his own, knocking the wind out of him.
Before Mongul could even capitalize though, Superman flew at him and slammed his own fist into Mongul's face. Staggering back a bit, he then caught a fist aimed for his stomach and turned it upwards, causing Superman to grunt in pain before being sent to the ground by a series of punches to the face. Mongul then grabbed Superman by the head with one hand while chocking him with the other. Using his hand that grasped Superman's head, he began to squeeze, trying to crush his skull. Lifting him up into the air, he just smiled a sinister grin as he gloated.
"Happy birthday Kryptonian. I give you…oblivion." Superman, enraged with Mongul for what he still did to him earlier and now for what he had done to his friends, let his anger rise to the surface as he eyes glowed red, activating his heat vision.
"Burn!" With that, he let loose his heat ray vision upon Mongul, burning a gash across his chest, causing Mongul to cry out in pain.
— Fortress: Observation Room —
Hearing Mongul's tortured howls and seeing the burning red glow from with the remains of the room behind her, Diana used all of her remaining strength to push herself up and carry herself over towards Batman. What she saw though shocker her to no end as she noticed the Black Mercy now latched onto his body. "Hera, no!" Thinking of what she could do to save him, she reached out and began to yank as hard as she could on the plant, trying her hardest to pull it off of Batman. "Bruce!"
— Gotham City —
As he watched his father beat down on the alley thug, young Bruce cheered his father on as best he could. "Get 'em dad, get 'em." He continued this cheer as his father continued to beat down on his family's attacker. It was while he was watching this scene take place that he could have sworn he had heard a woman shout out his name.
'BRUCE!'
At that moment, young Bruce soon began to notice the favor of the fight shifting towards the mugger as he pushed Mr. Wayne away from him and took aim with his gun. The last thing that young Bruce would see was the flash of the gun fire and the last thing he would ever hear was the sound of the gun shot.
— Fortress: Observation Room —
Finally detaching the Black Mercy from Batman's body, Diana now found herself trying her hardest to wrestle with the alien plant while keeping it at bay. The Black Mercy, meanwhile, kept lashing out at her with is strange looking tongue, trying to ensnare another victim as Batman looked on from the other side of the room.
— Fortress: Animal Exhibit —
Using a powerful right hook, Mongul sent Superman right into a wall and then, with a kick to the gut, sent Eiji skidding across the floor. Turning his attention back to Superman, Mongul slowly trudged over towards him, wanting to finish him off once and for all. "You should have stayed in whatever happy fantasy that the Black Mercy granted you."
Mongul then rushed at Superman but soon noticed Eiji jumping in his way. It didn't matted much as he collided with Eiji and still kept on going, crashing into Superman as well. He then went on to punch the both of them over and over and then slam them down to the ground. He then jumped into the air and brought his fist down upon the both of them like a club, demolishing the floor beneath them and sending them all down to another lower level of the fortress.
With clouds of ice and dust kicked up from the impact, Superman and Eiji slowly got up as did Mongul and Superman was not happy at all. "Happy?" Superman grabbed Mongul and lifted him up fully before punching him hard in the face, sending him careening right into the base of a huge statue. Superman then flew over to Mongul and began to pound away at his face repeatedly, letting out all his rage and frustration as he continued to punch away at Mongul's face like it was a punching bag. "Do you know what I've lost?" He continued to pound away, causing rubble from a broken part of the statue where they had crashed through when they went through the floor moments earlier to fall around them. "What I've—" Superman then looked up at the statue of his parents and hesitated, thinking back to the world that the Black Mercy had shown him for a brief second. But it was all Mongul needed.
Grabbing him by the head, Mongul brought Superman down into a powerful knee smash which he rammed right into his gut, knocking the wind out of him. Falling to the floor, Superman watched as Mongul went over and picked up a huge boulder. Eiji also watched and his own rage began to fill the very fibers of his being as he started to summon ice energy around his hands.
"You know, for a moment there…I almost believed you were gonna kill me." Mongul chortled as he hefted the huge boulder above his head. "How stupid of you to hesitate like that. Not a mistake I'll make, I can assure yoaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Mongul screamed in pain as Eiji dug his clawed hands into Mongul's body, penetrating his thick skin.
"SHIIIIINEEEEEEE!" Eiji roared as he began to freeze Mongul from the inside out. But it wouldn't last long as Mongul swatted him away but found that he could barely move after that.
"Why you little punk! How dare you—"
"Excuse me?" a voice called out from above. Looking up at the hole in the ceiling, Mongul saw the one thing he was hoping he wouldn't. Standing by the hole was Batman and lying on the ground next to the hole in front of him was Wonder Woman, with the Black Mercy firmly wrapped around her arm. "But I think this is yours." And with that she hurled the Black Mercy at Mongul who found himself unable to move out of the way due to Eiji freezing up most of his body. The Black Mercy soon attached itself to Mongul and it then once again began the process of siphoning off energy from its new host while giving them a convincing dream to live in.
— 10 Minutes Later —
Standing before the unconscious form of Mongul who now had the Black Mercy strapped to his body Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman and Eiji who was still in his Greeed form, watched over the evil creature as he dreamt his life away. Walking up to Superman, Diana extended a strange looking flower to him.
"This…this was your birthday present. A new breed of rose…called the Krypton. But…" she began as she handed him the rose.
"Don't worry about it." he assured her as he took a whiff of the Krypton's scent and then looked at the statue of his parents. "I promise you…I'll never forget."
The four of them looked at the statue for a moment longer and then returned their gaze upon Mongul. "I wonder what he's seeing." Diana asked with a small sigh. Eiji just shrugged his shoulders.
"Who knows and I for one don't want to find out."
"Whatever it is…it's to good for him." Batman said in an angered tone.
After another moment passed the three League Founders then looked over at Eiji who just looked right back at them and then he remembered that he still had some explaining to do.
"Let me guess, you wanna know why I'm here, right?" he asked which got him a nod from all three of them. "Well, this is the reason." Eiji then held up the metal case and presented it to Superman. Diana and Batman looked at and noticed that the case was made entirely out of fused together Cell Medals.
"Are those Cell Medals?" Superman asked.
"Hai. Ankh, Gotou and I wanted to give you a present that was from all of us so Ankh and I donated the Cell Medals and Gotou fashioned them together to make a small case. But the final gift is inside of it." With that explanation, Superman lifted the metal lid and went a little wide eyes as he noticed a single Cell Medal inside, resting on a velvet cushion. Picking it up and examining it he noticed that it looked completely different from any other Cell Medal he had seen before.
"A single Cell Medal is the main gift?" Diana asked. Batman looked at it and saw the significance that the single medal held.
"Its engravings are different than the others." Superman told her. Handing her the medal, she turned it around a couple of times and, sure enough, it was different. The front had Superman's 'S' symbol on the front and the planet Earth on the back. Superman then looked back at Eiji and smiled.
"Happy Birthday, Kent-san." Eiji said with a bow
"Arigato…Eiji" Superman thanked him, bowing in return. "Now I think there's another question we need answering…well, two actually."
"Let me guess, how did I know where the fortress was located?" Superman nodded his head. "Well, don't be mad at Kara is all I can say to that."
"Figures…but after how you helped us out here today…I think I can let it slide." Superman said with a smile.
"Maybe, but what about your Greeed form? What happened to you?" Diana asked and Eiji just looked at Batman.
"Think we should tell them?" Eiji asked him and Batman nodded slightly.
Now he would have to fill in the rest of the founders on the secret of the God Medals but, if things kept picking up the way they were now, then it might be for the best.
Next time on Justice League: OOO Unlimited:
While still recovering from the simulation tests of the new Greeed and Yummy data, Gotou finds Donna training alone to vent off some steam. Having been scolded by her older sister and her teammates, she tries to battle some simulations of the regular villains on her own but fails to succeed. After having a discussion with Gotou, she asks him if he would accompany her out for a day on the town. During their outing they'll have fun, have a few close calls and even work together to stop a robbery. As they begin to bond, Donna begins to notice something within her well up from deep within her core. But what are the feelings that she suddenly starting to feel. Could Gotou be the cause of it?
Chapter 13:
Frustration, Teamwork and the date
Toku Warrior: Hey guys, hope you liked this chapter. It took me about a couple of weeks to finish it and now we move on to another 2 chapter set based solely around Gotou and Ankh. So, did anyone like the few new looks and powers I gave to Eiji's Greeed form. What did you all think of the birthday present that the guys got for Superman? Well, next chapter will delve deeper into the developing relationship between Donna and Gotou and then, after that, Ankh will team up with Hawk, Dove and Wonder Woman in another episode based chapter.
As for your GataKiriBa lovers, don't you worry. It's coming…and soon. As always, R&R and I'll see ya all around.
Funny side note: I'm releasing the birthday episode chapter the day after my own birthday. How weird is that?