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.

Justice League: OOO Unlimited

So far on Justice League: OOO Unlimited…

Donna is still troubled by what happened to Gotō during the first trial run of the Greeed Protocol for the Justice League's simulator. Gotō, feeling better, goes to the Watchtower to talk to Batman but can't find him. Running into Donna in the simulator room, the two patch things up and, after finding enough resolve, Donna asks Gotō to accompany her for the day on Earth. During their day together they visited many different places until they encountered a strange man who took their picture for them; only for the man to disappear just as quickly. Near the end of the day, Birth and Wonder Girl came forth to put a stop to a robbery and, at the end, Diana finds out about them being alone with one another for the day and begins to tease them, calling their outing a date. How their relationship will grow is a mystery.

Located in the realm of the Greek Gods, deep within a chamber where the heat was more intense than the fire under a cauldron, one of the Gods was busy at his work. Pounding away with his hammer, Hephaestus was creating his newest masterpiece. As he worked, another one of the Gods entered his domain, wearing a set of sectioned silver armor with a red cape attached to the back. He had short blond hair and steely blue eyes and he was not very happy at the moment. This was Ares, Greek God of War. Walking over to his brother with an arrogant determination in his stride, the God of War came up to Hephaestus and he was not in the mood for any excuses.

"You said 'come back Tuesday'. Well, it's Tuesday. I want my suit," Ares demanded, causing Hephaestus to stop his work and look over to his brother.

Hephaestus swung down his hammer again, adding another touch to his current work while responding to his brother. "Patience, brother. You know how much I care about the details."

"It doesn't have to be pretty, Hephaestus," Ares chortled while giving his brother an unsettling glare. "Where it's going, things aren't supposed to be pretty."

Hephaestus looked at him and smirked a bit before retorting to his brother's latest comment. "Present company excluded of course?"

"Just hurry up!" Ares ordered.

Hephaestus just grinned as he trudged over to his fire pit and grabbed a rod with a flat base on one end from the fire and moved back over to the remainder of the suit he was working on. Placing the flat base against the armor, smoke rising off the suit from the contact of heated metal against unheated metal, he raised his hammer and delivered the final blow.

"My finishing touch."

With the strike of his hammer, the flat base of the rod imprinted Hephaestus' personal insignia on the center area of the suit. The symbol glowed for a few seconds before becoming dormant. Placing his tools inside a barrel on the side of his work table, Hephaestus grabbed the remainder of the suit and lifted it up, slowly walking over to the other finished portion of the suit which looked like a giant piece of armor. Following his brother, Ares looked at the suit with some scrutiny as Hephaestus placed the final piece onto it, the piece actually being the front of its torso. Stepping back, Hephaestus gave Ares the general information on the now finished suit.

"The Annihilator; heartless, indestructible and ready to feed on mankind's misery and rage…per your specifications," he told Ares.

The Annihilator was a big black metal suit of armor with big shoulder pads and gold trim etched all along its joints and the segments of the armor. Its waist had a golden belt design with two red orb-like lenses in the center and its faceplate had two horizontal slits, giving it a lifeless, soulless appearance. It also had red gems on its knuckles and a golden metal high collar while the sides of its head were gold as well. It was truly a masterpiece that could only have been made by the Gods.

"Go ahead, Ares. Give it life," Hephaestus instructed.

Ares smirked and did as instructed, backing away a bit as he unsheathed his broadsword and held it out in front, presenting himself as a challenger to the Annihilator. The slits on its faceplate released a white glowing light as it came to life. It stalked towards the God of War with a lifeless stride and began to swing away with its right arm, constantly parrying Ares' sword and driving him into a corner. Pushing him up against a pillar, it then brought its arms down like a makeshift club, trying to crush Ares who used his sword to push back.

"Enough!" Ares commanded and the Annihilator listened, stopping its attack and backing up before powering down. Ares looked at the Annihilator and developed a sinister grin. "Wrap it up. I'll take it."

OP Theme: Justice League Unlimited Theme

Chapter 14:
Angered Greeed, Soulless Armor and Inner Peace

Author: Toku Warrior

Having the day off from his job at the atrium and with no missions to go on, Ankh was easily bored so he quickly found a way to relieve himself of his boredom. With Birth on a mission in Germany with Black Lightning and Wildcat and with OOO on a mission in Hong Kong with Green Lantern, Vixen and Black Canary, it was easy for him to get bored fast.

Currently, relieving his boredom in the only way he knew how, Ankh was in the simulator room and blasting at the robotic facsimile of his former associates, the Greeed. Uva, Mezool, Gamel and Kazari and him were fighting in the middle of a city which resembled Tokyo and as such elemental attacks were being thrown about.

He was glad that this scenario had been programmed into the simulator. He could have the satisfaction of blowing them up over and over again. It didn't feel as satisfying as destroying the real ones but in this world he'd take what he could get.

Meanwhile, watching him was the green-haired pyrokinetic Fire who had her face in her hands, admiring him. While his human form was cute, his humanoid phoenix form was just majestic. His rainbow-colored wings, which for battle could be replaced with peacock tail feathers that could be launched like missiles, were just too impressive to make her keep her eyes off him.

At the same time, standing nearby was one of the League's newest members. He was dressed in a blue trench coat and a blue fedora, with a faceless mask. He was known as the Question and he could rival Batman in paranoia and the position for the World's Greatest Detective. However, he preferred to shy away from the limelight.

The Question, always serious, always thinking that everything was a conspiracy, was watching Ankh. The bird Greeed wasn't the only one on his mind. Kamen Rider OOO and Kamen Rider Birth were also in his thoughts. Just who were they? Where had they come from? Up until their introduction on live television nobody knew who they were. Judging by the way they spoke they were Asian, Japanese to be specific. What made him curious was their abilities and armor.

Then again, the Question was suspicious of everyone. The trio were just a new addition to his list of suspicious persons.

Ankh performed his own version of TaJaDor's Prominence Drop attack, blowing up Uva in an instant. Standing in the fiery crater where Uva had once been, Ankh quickly side-stepped a blast of water which had been fired at him, courtesy of Mezool. "Che, so predictable," Ankh muttered in a low tone as he raised his hand, red and gold energy forming within his palm. He then shot his arm out, firing a stream of red and gold energy flames at Mezool, roasting her and causing he to explode on the spot. He prepared to move on to fighting Gamel when he was struck in the back by a sandstorm twister from Kazari. The attack sent him flying over the street and into a clothesline from Gamel, the brute knocking him down to the ground. Looking up, Ankh rolled out of the way as Gamel brought his ivory tusk armed fist down, trying to impale Ankh. "Heh, not bad for a bunch of fakes," he mused as he took flight and rose into the air.

"Now, let's see what else I can do." He didn't have all of his original Core Medals as four had been destroyed a long time ago, but he did have new Core Medals replacing them. He wanted to test out what powers and abilities he'd gained from them. Also, he wanted to practice a few new Fire Bending moves.

Fire sighed dreamily as she watched. Her friend Ice had called her a love-struck fool but maybe that wasn't farther from the truth. Ankh was so unlike other men. They were interested in her body. Ankh, however, wasn't. And his whole tough guy exterior and him playing hard-to-get was just too adorable to resist. Sure, he would tolerate her sometimes but there were times when he couldn't stand her and she loved to get under his skin. But it wasn't his looks or powers she found interesting. She found herself just enjoying the time she spent with him. Granted, he looked slightly younger than her but, according to Ankh, he was well old enough to rock her cradle. He was older than everyone she knew combined.

"I wonder if he'd like a training partner," Fire spoke aloud before going to join with the bird Greeed, leaving Question to watch silently.

As Ankh trained in the simulator room and Fire joining him, J'onn was busy overlooking most of the current missions. He already had to step in and stop Diana from pummeling a bank robber into a coma, easily seeing her anger and rage. Their time amongst the humans was slowly making them more prone to anger due to all the hostile and negative emotions that they came across on a daily basis. Of course, she wasn't the only member of the League who seemed to have some anger management issues. Besides Diana, J'onn also noticed a lot of anger bottled up within Ankh as well during the few times he'd seen him fight. It was something that was going to need to be addressed soon before the bird Greeed did something he could never undo. As J'onn checked in on Ankh's training, he also opened a connection to Wonder Woman who had already picked up Hawk and Dove and were about to head to their next mission.

"Diana, are you about to fly off to Kasnia with Hawk and Dove?" J'onn asked.

"Yes, J'onn. We're about to leave and should be there within a few minutes," she replied.

"Before you take off, I want to send one last member down there as well to assist you," he told her. 'And I need to get him out of the simulator room before he destroys all the Simu-droids out of boredom and anger,' J'onn thought while looking at the video feed of Ankh and Fire in the training room.

"Who did you have in mind?" Wonder Woman asked.

"I'm going to send Ankh. Just wait for a few minutes and he should be there momentarily."

"Alright then, but don't take too long in getting him here. Wonder Woman out."

Coming straight down to the ground in a swan dive, Ankh quickly banked hard before righting himself and slamming his fire covered feet into the chest of Gamel, causing him to explode and for the parts of the Simu-droid to go flying everywhere. Ankh then turned around and saw Fire, who had come to join him moments earlier, flying out of Kazari's range of attack and then shooting twin streams of emerald green flames at the pseudo Greeed, knocking him back. Looking over at Ankh, she gave him a wink and then, swinging her arms out to her sides, mimicked him while creating a plume of emerald green fire behind her and forming it into a flaming green variant of his energy peacock feathers. She then launched them at Kazari, the attack slamming into his chest and ripping off sparks as he was sent soaring across the street.

"Is that supposed to be funny?" Ankh asked her, feeling insulted that a human would mimic one of his attacks.

"No, it's my way of showing you how much you impress me. Consider it a form of flattery," Fire told him with her hands at her hips. She really wished that Ankh would stop being so angry all the time and just open up a little.

Ankh just stared at her for a moment and then looked over at the form of Kazari slowly getting up.

"Che, flattery will get you nowhere with me, Baka-onna," Ankh spat though inwardly impressed that she would go so far to gain his attention.

Fire just sighed while rubbing her head a bit, "You know, it wouldn't hurt you to be a bit nicer. It's not like it's going to kill you."

Ankh retorted by flying up into the air and forming his energy peacock feathers while glaring at Kazari. What did Fire know anyway? She didn't know a thing about him or his past or the kind of crap he had to go through back on his original world. How he had been betrayed by the King he served and how he practically gave his life for one of the only few people he could bring himself to call a friend. The thought of a pile of medals being alive and dying that he got from Eiji and Hina had moved him and made him feel alive, making him feel full and his desires fulfilled. But now, slowly evolving into a new type of life form and experiencing emotions he never had before, temptations that made him want to give into his newly forming desires, he just didn't know how to react to it. And not knowing how to react to something or why he was feeling the way he felt just made him even angrier. Looking at Kazari, he found a way to release some of that pent up anger for a brief moment.

"Urusai, baka-onna!" Ankh shouted as he fired the peacock energy missiles at Kazari, the power and force of the attack destroying him on impact.

With the destruction of the four pseudo Greeed's, the environment shifted back to that of an unused simulator room as both Ankh and Fire landed on the ground. Ankh let out a small sigh of content until he heard footsteps, noting that Fire was now walking over to him. Turning and looking at her, he could see the irritated look on her face. She always smiled and usually wore a seductive look but to see her upset was something new to see.

"What now?" Ankh complained. Fire leaned up a bit, getting in Ankh's face while glaring at him.

"You know I'm getting sick and tired of you calling me 'Baka-onna' all the time," Fire quipped angrily. "I have a name you know."

"Last time I checked, we aren't allowed to use our real names while we're on duty unless it's important," Ankh reminded her.

"And yet you use your real name all the time as your alias is just the name of your old host," Fire shot back. "And besides, everyone uses GL and Diana's real name all the time here and most of the other members know who Ice and I are and use them when they talk to us. You could do the same too, actually."

Ankh did not like her attitude at all. He didn't deserve to be talked down to by a human female. Sure, she was pretty and had a fiery spirit that he found himself slowly admiring as time went on but not even she had the right to talk to him like that. Not even Gotō and Eiji talked to him that way unless he did something stupid. He was about to make a retort when Fire placed a hand on his chest and gave him a more sincere look, causing him to look at her in confusion.

"Come on Ankh, just this once," she asked him gently. "Even if it's only one time, I wanna hear you say it."

That look in her eyes, that pleading look and how she stood before him made him feel like he wanted to give into her and do what she asked of him; it really bugged the hell out of him as to how she could make him feel like that. He was a Greeed, one of the most powerful Greeed in existence and yet this woman, a meta-human at that, whose power was like a flick to the forehead compared to his own power made him feel so…guilty.

"What? Just what am I supposed to say?"

"My name," she replied. "My real name. I want to hear you call me by my real name. Even if only just this one time. Please?"

Ankh groaned and pushed her away.

"Why should I call you by your real name at a time like this? What is the point anyway?" Ankh asked, somewhat irritated. Fire glared at him and got in his face again.

"What's the point?-!" she parroted angrily. "The point is that we're friends! That's the point. I talk to you, deal with all the anger you push on me, take you verbal insults and for what? To try to get you to open up! I am your friend Ankh. And friends should be able to call one another by their real names. To be nice to one another." Taking his hand in hers. "Ankh…don't you see, I—"

"Urusai!" Ankh shouted as he tore his hands away, startling Fire a bit. "Why do you keep going on and on about being friends?-! All you do is follow me around and annoy the hell out of me! I go to work; you call me at the atrium to wish me a good day. I come here to the tower; you're waiting for me at the Teleporter Bay!" Fire looked at him with a hurt look in her eyes. "It's annoying as hell!" After venting his frustrations, he noticed the look in her eyes. Turning away, Fire slowly walked to the door, exiting the simulator room. Seeing the hurt look on her face, he knew he had done something terrible but his pride got in the way from letting him try to rectify his actions. He had most likely just ruined a good thing and might never be able to fix it. Pulling on the feathery crown on his head, he growned,"Goddamnit! Evolution so fucking sucks right now!" He quit his outburst though when the communicator in his ear beeped. "Yeah, what is it?-!"

"Ankh, you're needed in the command center," J'onn summoned.

Letting out a sigh, he answered, "Fine, I'll be right there."

After exiting the simulator room and dodging questions from the Question, Ankh made his way to the command center of the Watchtower which was the platform that was situated above the Teleporter Bay. Entering through the doors, he saw both J'onn and Mr. Terrific hard at work at keeping an eye on all the current missions. It surprised Ankh at just how much trouble this world had going on every single day. This world seemed worse off than his original one and it amazed him to no end. Well, at least he would never get too bored and it seemed he would always have someone or something to take out his frustrations on.

Walking up to J'onn, Ankh asked, "So, what's going on?" He leaned against the side of a console.

"I'm sending you to Kasnia with Diana, along with Hawk and Dove," explained J'onn.

"Finally. I was getting stir crazy with nothing to do," Ankh remarked, letting out an exasperated sigh of relief. J'onn just gave him a curious stare.

"You could socialize, and get to know the other new members," J'onn advised. "You do seem to get along well with Fire."

"More like she's imposing herself on me. So, what's going on in Kasnia?"

"As you should know, North and South Kasnia are in a civil war," J'onn informed Ankh.

"What else is new?" Ankh responded. As he was in a new world, he needed to know everything. He paid attention to the news, both local and international. Information was important. It helped back in his own world and he wasn't one to dismiss any advantage. He needed information to adapt to everything.

"Well, it's starting to escalate. The queen has asked the League for assistance as both factions have ties to allies in other countries," J'onn reminded him.

"And let me guess, if it gets worse, it could be a big disaster for everyone in that region." J'onn just nodded his head. "Right then, well, just send me to the princess' location and we can get this mission underway."

"Very well, but try to keep your anger under control," reminded the Martian. "We don't want another incident like last time when I sent you to Nigeria." Ankh sighed as he remembered that incident. A Nigerian drug lord shot him in the shoulder a couple of weeks back and Ankh nearly roasted him alive. His temper was becoming infamous among the League members and it was why many of them steered clear of him most of the time.

— South Kasnia Military Camp —

Inside a military camp within South Kasnia, a group of soldiers sat and stood before a small wooden stage which was currently being used by their General and a balding monk with a wooden staff. The monk had a wide-eyed look about him as he spoke to the soldiers, riling them up for the battle that was about to take place. It would be a battle that no one in their right mind would want to fight and those that did could be considered lucky if they survived and made it home in one piece.

"The Northern tribes have infested our motherlands for too many generations," said the monk as the soldiers gave him their undivided attention. "Kasnia is ours. By the blood of our fathers and our fathers' fathers'." The soldiers talked amongst themselves about his words before he continued. "Right now, they're preparing a new weapon; a weapon with fearsome power. We've got to attack now to protect your farms and families from their vicious hands."

The soldiers all raised their fists and guns in the air, shouting out in agreement with the monk. The General walked forward, placing his hand on the monk's shoulder while raising his hand to give them their orders.

"Move out! And may fortune be with you!" the General shouted.

The soldiers all ran to their vehicles after arming themselves and drove off. As they left, the monk watched, his body suddenly becoming enshrouded in flames as his robes were replaced by segmented silver armor. His face then morphed into that of Ares, the God of War. A pleased grin on his face, he awaited the carnage that was about to ensue with much anticipation.

"Good. With the North using the Annihilator and the South rushing into battle, there will be plenty of war to go around," Ares said to himself. "This will be so much fun."

— Outskirts of Town: Outside Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet —

"So how much longer are we gonna have to wait for the 'no-show', Princess?" Hawk asked, slightly annoyed at having been made to wait instead of being able to get into some action. Wonder Woman had just pulled them out of a brawl at a local sports bar that they were easily winning at before J'onn told them to standby for their final member to be contacted.

"For as long as we have to," she retorted. "Now just be quiet and relax."

"Come on, Don," Dove asked his older brother. "Can't you be just a tad bit nicer?"

"Hey, not my fault that she's in a bad mood today," Hawk shot back. 'Must be her time of the month or something.'

Wonder Woman was about to make a remark to his statement when a column of white and blue light made of tachyons formed before them. Within seconds, the light disappeared, leaving the bird Greeed known as Ankh standing before them. Hawk and Dove looked at the League's infamous ill-tempered bird man and knew that their day just got a whole lot worse. Wonder Woman, on the other hand, was much happier seeing as someone she considered a good friend and someone she could trust had been sent to help out. Ankh, himself, was glad to get sent on a mission. He was getting bored but he wanted a mission even more now so that he wouldn't have to think about his most recent argument with Fire. Looking at Hawk and Dove, he gave them a scrutinizing look as if judging them.

He'd never heard of them before and didn't know what they were capable of. Hopefully, they wouldn't make his life difficult. He knew most of the League members, well, those that made enough effort to at least say hello to him. Then again, his famed temper made him the poster boy of someone who you didn't want to make mad. He could easily give a few of the founders a run for their money.

"Ankh," Diana greeted as she clapped him on the shoulder. It was a gesture he had gotten used to over the past few months and it no longer irritated him. "I'm glad that you're here. I'm sure J'onn has explained everything."

"More or less. He gave me the basic information," Ankh replied. "So, these are Hawk and Dove, huh?" he asked, motioning to the two bird-themed heroes standing behind them.

Dove made the first move by walking over to Ankh, holding out his hand. Hawk just watched, knowing that this was not going to go well. Ankh just watched as Dove came to a stop, his hand held out for Ankh to take. Diana just watched, hoping that Ankh wouldn't roast them within the first few minutes.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Dove said. "I'm Dove. And that big lug behind me is my older brother, Hawk." He waited for Ankh to take his hand but all he got was a slight scoff before turning to look at Diana.

"Really? A civil war and this is what we get?" Ankh chastised.

"Hey!" Ankh turned to see Hawk come up to him, not to thrilled with how he just blew his little brother off. "My kid brother just said hello and yet you just blow him off like that?-! What gives you the-"

"Knock it off!" Diana ordered, stopping the fight before it could escalate. Hawk and Ankh looked at one another, their eyes locking as they glared. "Alright, we got a mission to accomplish so, everyone, on the plane…now." The three of them noticed her glare and the threatening tone in her voice and dared not argue. Hawk and Dove mostly because she could beat them to a pulp. Ankh more out of respect as she was always respectful to him.

Flying over the mountains which were close to Kasnia, Wonder Woman concentrated on flying her jet while Hawk, Dove and Ankh sat in the back. Hawk and Dove were still arguing a bit and Ankh just listened. Diana had asked him to just be quiet and listen to them so that he might learn how to handle them. Taking Diana's advice and listening to the brother's conversation, he found that he did like Hawk's direct approach to some problems but he also liked how Dove wanted to think things through, see everything from all the angles and possibly talk it out. He could see how the brothers balanced one another out but also found them annoying as hell when they couldn't agree with one another. It was times like this that he wished he was either on a mission with Eiji or Gotō or out on a walk with Fire. Wait…why did he suddenly want to spend time with Fire?

'Che, stupid evolution,' Ankh groaned inwardly. Ever since he had started to evolve, he had noticed a whole slew of new emotions and desires welling up from deep within him. Now that he had time to think back to his argument with Fire, he did wonder if he could have done something differently. 'Argh! Why do I even care about that Baka-onna's feelings?-! She annoys the hell out of me so why is it that I can't get that hurt look on her face out of my head?' he groaned inwardly some more as he held his head, trying to get rid of his mental images of Fire while also trying to drown out the argument going on between Hawk and Dove.

"Why not just let 'em obliterate each other?" Hawk questioned, Diana looking back at him as he asked his question. "If people can't control their own country, they don't deserve to have one," he finished, crossing his arms over his chest while looking out the window.

"Way to oversimplify." Hawk turned to look at Dove who was looking at him. "These folks live in poverty. And when you have so little, it's so easy to be swayed into blaming your neighbor. Almost all aggression can be cured with education." Ankh found himself agreeing with Dove on that point. Many poor countries and tribes argued and fought over the smallest of reasons as that was all they had. He decided to focus more on their conversation, hoping it would help him get Fire out of his mind for the moment.

"Yeah?" Hawk asked in a counter-response. "Then how come some of the best educated guys in the world work at the Pentagon?" Ankh also saw a good point with Hawk's rebuttal and wondered if there was anything more interesting to hear from them. But, instead of countering Hawk's response, Dove looked to Ankh.

"Hey Ankh, what do you think?" Dove asked.

"Oh yeah, sure, ask the hothead," Hawk snorted. Ankh glared at the elder brother for that remark.

"Watch it, Hawk," Diana warned. "I'm sure you're well aware of Ankh's temper so don'tgo getting him angry. I'd rather not have to clean your charred remains out of my jet." Hawk looked at her and then at Ankh, the Greeed holding up his hand with a small red and gold orb of fire forming above it and letting out a snickering chuckle.

Hawk grinned nervously. "Yeah, maybe after we land."

"Smart move, Hank," Dove stated. Looking back at Ankh, "So Ankh, what do you think of our talk that we had a moment ago?"

"What do I think? I think you both made good points but if I have to listen to the two of you argue for another minute then this jet's gonna go boom due to you two driving me crazy," Ankh chided. "Now, to use an old but somewhat annoying and cliché quote," he said as he leaned towards Diana. "Are we there yet?"

"Down there," she replied, causing the three of them to look out the canopy to see the war-zone below them. Ankh had studied human history. War was basically an expression of desire to the extremes. People wanted something and would go to huge lengths to do it, even start wars. Even if innocent people were killed in the crossfires, wars could not be stopped or avoided until either surrender was declared, the enemy was defeated, or all forces were wiped out.

"Humans never change," he murmured. Though he had respect for a select few, he generally viewed humans as slaves to their desires. While it was true that humans had progressed due to their desires, uncontrolled desire brought ruin. "So, do we go down there and start blowing the stubborn warmongering idiots up or what?"

"You're really prone to violence, aren't you?" Dove questioned.

The war raged on between the Northern and Southern tribes of Kasnia as bullets, shrapnel and tank shells flew across the battlefield which was a small town. A few North Kasnians took shelter in a nearly destroyed building, using the wall as a shield as they peeked around the giant gaping holes and opened fire, using a pair of AK-47's to try and take out their enemies. They quickly hid though as a tank came rolling by. Their retreat would be useless as the tank opened fire, blowing away the wall and killing the men inside. As the forces of the South Kasnians moved forward, the Annihilator came onto the battlefield, feeding off the rage and aggression of the war around it. With the forces of the North Kasnians forming behind it, the Annihilator marched forward as a gunner on the back of a military jeep let loose his payload on the soulless suit of armor which came at them. The bullets merely ricocheted off of its body as it reached out and grabbed the turret. The man jumped out of the jeep as did his fellows while the Annihilator lifted the jeep and tossed it into an oncoming tank, destroying both and killing the men inside.

As it prepared to advance, it received more machine gunfire. Turning around, it noticed a lone soldier trying to harm it but it took the bullets hitting it in stride. Noticing the Annihilator coming towards him, the lone soldier began to back away from the behemoth advancing towards him. He fired at it with his machine gun but the bullets just bounced off it over and over again. Raising its arm, it prepared to smash the soldier until it was knocked slightly forward by the impact of a tank shell. The soldier took this as his cue to run for it. As the soldier ran, the tank continued to open fire. The Annihilator just kept on advancing towards the tank, slamming its fist into it and killing the gunner inside.

As it lifted up the tank and tossed it as the other oncoming tanks, Wonder Woman and the others arrived on the scene to see the apparent massacre taking place. The four of them just looked at it and easily saw that the soldiers were easily no match for it. Most of them had already run away from the battlefield and tried to take cover as the Annihilator continued its unstoppable path of destruction.

"Who is that?" Hawk asked as they watched the battle continue.

"These people don't stand a chance against it," replied Dove.

Watching the battle and coming up with a plan, Wonder Woman issued her orders. "Hawk, Ankh, you two are with me." Turning to Dove, "Dove…"

"I'm on it," he replied as he raced off with his enhanced speed.

As they spread out, two soldiers fought for control of a machine gun. Kicking the younger man to the ground and into a pile of bricks, the older man took aim, preparing to fire, but was surprised when the gun disappeared from his hands in a blue. Looking over to his left, he noticed the form of Dove standing there with the machine gun held in both his hands. He then snapped it in two by busting it over his leg before tossing it away.

"Both of you scram," Dove ordered calmly which the two soldiers complied with, running from the battlefield. Dove smirked but then heard the sounds of more destruction and looked over to see the Annihilator still at work.

It had a tank held above its head as it ran over and slammed said tank into another tank which had been firing upon it, causing both tanks to explode. It then got pegged with another tank shell, making it lumber towards another tank, backhanding it away and sending it flying before slamming into a far wall, exploding on impact from the force of the collision. As it prepared to continue, it received a bolder to the side of the head. Looking down, it saw Hawk pick up another boulder which he threw at it but it did little to stop it. As it headed towards him, the Annihilator quickly found itself being bombarded with fireball after fireball which made it stagger backwards. This gave Hawk enough time to use his own enhanced speed to move out of the way.

Looking up into the sky, the Annihilator noticed Ankh floating there with more fireballs in his hands. Grabbing a bold of a broken down tank by the turret, it flung the tank at Ankh, knocking him out of the sky. Ankh grunted as he hit the ground with a dull thud, Cell Medals spilling onto the ground. Standing up and barely fazed by the attack, Ankh summoned his powers once more, launching fireball after fireball at the advancing Annihilator. This did little to slow it down which in turn began to irritate Ankh. Scowling, the Greeed unleashing his Peacock Missile attack, resulting in a massive explosion. Both Ankh and Hawk looked on with a satisfied look on their faces but then both looked on in shock as the smoke cleared, revealing the Annihilator to be completely unharmed.

"OH, COME ON!" Ankh complained as the Annihilator took a swipe at him and the red bird Greeed was sent tumbling, Cell Medals knocked onto the ground by the impact. "Ku…kuso…" he cursed as he picked himself up. The Annihilator stood over him and raised its foot to stomp on him. Suddenly, Hawk came out of nowhere and landed a hit on the Annihilator, sending it reeling.

"Hey, need help?" Hawk asked cockily.

"Mind your own business!" Ankh snapped as he rose to his feet, massaging his right wrist out of habit. "We have to take that big brute down!"

"You're eager," Hawk observed.

"Aren't you?" Ankh countered as he spread out his wings and took off.

Hawk just watched Ankh fly through the air, preparing for round two. "Show off!" Hawk shouted at him in a sort of friendly banter. He then noticed the Annihilator get back up and begin trudging towards him. "Uh-oh."

Hawk made a run for it as the Annihilator chased after him, slowly gaining on him. Ankh was about to try another attack when he felt a gust of wind blow right past him. Looking forward, he saw Wonder Woman flying ahead, heading straight for the Annihilator. As Hawk ran, he scurried onto a pile of bricks and boulders. Picking up one boulder, he hurled it at the Annihilator's head, knocking it back just a bit. As it regained its footing, it was instantly swept into the air by Wonder Woman who flew at it from behind, grabbing it by its leg and lifting it high into the air. She then spun it around and then, using the momentum of her spinning, flung the Annihilator into a tower which crumbled on top of it, burying it in a pile of rubble.

Hawk ran away from the pile of bricks and came to a stop, Wonder Woman and Ankh coming to a landing on either side of him. As they looked on, they all got the shock of their lives as the Annihilator rose up from the rubble, apparently unharmed. Its faceplate was open, allowing the three of them to see…nothing. It was completely empty. This surprised the three heroes even more and confused them somewhat.

"There's no one inside that thing!" Hawk exclaimed, stating the obvious. "How do you fight that?"

Wonder Woman just narrowed her eyes while looking at the walking suit of soulless armor. "You hit it 'till it breaks," she said.

The three of them then headed back into battle. As Hawk ran at it and Wonder Woman and Ankh flew towards it, the Annihilator grabbed a tank by its turret and, using it like a club, smacked the three heroes over into a busted wall, the three of them sliding down to the ground. Looking up while shaking the dizzies out of their heads, they noticed the Annihilator coming towards them with the tank raised above its head. Ankh, acting quickly, fired a volley of fireballs at it but to no avail as the attacks just bounced off of its armor. As Ankh kept firing, Wonder Woman noticed the sunlight glint off of its armor and noticed a strange but very familiar symbol. Acting quickly herself, she grabbed Hawk and moved the two of them away while kicking Ankh in the side, sending him in the opposite direction as the Annihilator slammed the tank down into the ground where they had only been seconds before.

Looking at the pile of smoke that rose from the attack, both Hawk and Wonder Woman were joined by Dove who looked on to see what would happen next. They got their answer as the tank came flying through the smoke cloud, nearly crushing them to death. Wonder Woman had acted quickly though, grabbing them both and flying away from the battlefield with Hawk protesting the whole time. They were joined in the air by Ankh and the four flew over to a ridge just beyond the outskirts of the town but high enough to give them a view of the carnage below. Landing on the ridge, Wonder Woman released Hawk and Dove and got a complaint from the more muscular brother.

"What are you doing? You just pulled us right out of battle," Hawk complained.

"She just saved our lives, Hank," Dove countered, coming to the defense of Diana's actions.

"Two yards would have done that," rebutted Hawk. "This is what's called a retreat."

"Oi, she just saved your life!" Ankh shot back. "Besides, the princess and I are the most powerful ones here and even we weren't able to stop that thing. So, unless you got any better ideas on what do next, then you had best shut up!"

"Says you! All we did was turn tail and run away like a pack of wounded dogs!" Hawk shouted.

"There was no point in continuing," Diana replied back calmly. "Our attacks were having no effect on that thing. If anything, it's getting stronger." They looked on as the Annihilator, along with the North Kasnians, drove the forces of the South away with their superior power.

"There's gotta be a way to stop this war," Dove said. "If we can just get the two leaders to sit down together."

"Oh cuz that happens all the time in these situations," Hawk replied.

"I think we're beyond that option at this point," added Ankh.

"Well, unless you just wanna kidnap them and make 'em talk," said Hawk, adding onto his last statement.

"I wish," said Dove, ready to try and do anything that could help stop this war peacefully.

"Then go for it," Diana replied. "At least it'll buy me some time."

"Well, if you gotta plan to stop that thing, I'm all for it then," Ankh added, willing to go along with Diana.

"Good, cuz we'll need all the time we can get," said Diana.

"Why? What are you doing?" asked Hawk.

Diana look up to the sky, "I gotta see a man about a suit of armor," was all she said as she took off, Ankh following after her.

"You know who made that thing," Ankh stated.

"Yes, and if I know him, if he made it, he'll know how to stop it," said Diana.

Sitting in his office back at the Northern Tribe's military base camp, Mr. Nardach, the man whom Ares had given the Annihilator to, was leaning back in his chair while taking a small break from leading his troops. Thinking of his next encounter with the Southern Tribe, he relaxed a bit while enjoying a cigar. He wouldn't get much of a chance to enjoy it fully though as Mr. Cera, who was actually Ares in disguise, came into his office. And he was not happy at all. He had expected death, destruction, chaos, war, genocide and yet all he got was a few deaths and a lot of property damage from just the Annihilator alone.

"You let them go," Mr. Cera said, none too thrilled with the current outcome of the battle. Nardach nearly fell out of his chair in startled surprise, his stogie falling onto his table. "Why didn't you push ahead and take their camp? They have enough arsenal there to launch an assault against the capital."

"I have no designs of the capital," Nardach replied as he got up and walked from his desk and over to Mr. Cera. "We won, Mr. Cera. The animals attacked and we ran them out of town." This answer did not sit well with him though as it only served to infuriate him.

His anger reaching its peak, Mr. Cera began to raise his voice. "I didn't give you the Annihilator so you could run your enemies out of town; I gave you the Annihilator so you could annihilate them!"

Nardach didn't like his tone but knew better than to try and get under Mr. Cera's skin. Moving back towards his desk, he leaned over and looked at a map of the country of Kasnia. "Forgive the insult, sir, but you think like a South Kasnian. They want to destroy us all but my brothers and I only wish to keep our land." He crumpled the map in his hands, his own frustration growing. "Perhaps I could take their camp, but the price would be too great. Shall I win a country but massacre my people?"

It was a valid argument but a pointless one. As he tried to reason with Mr. Cera, the man began to clench his fists at hearing such half-hearted talk about not wanting to do too much harm or cause too much damage to his country. To Mr. Cera, war was only good for one thing. And that was senseless battle and bloodshed. Enough to drive a man made with the insane thirst to kill who or whatever crossed his path.

"Yes, you idiot!" Mr. Cera shouted, losing his temper. "I think like a South Kasnian?" he asked, gesturing to himself before pointing to the wall, motioning that he meant everyone else outside room. "Has it even entered your skull that they think like South Kasnians? And you'd better start thinking that way too," he warned Nardach, lurching forward and getting in his face. "If you want there to be a northerner left in this rat infested dirt heap you call a country. All you mortals are good for is to slaughter one another. To fight and fight, until the bones of your enemies are strewn across the battlefield, only to rise again in the next generation; like a well-tended crop," he finished, sputtering a bit of spit in Nardach's face. "That's what the Annihilator is for. But no-o-o, you're using it to play tag," he continued, spitting in Nardach's face some more.

Getting tired of Mr. Cera's ranting and insults, Nardach glared at him, rising up to meet him face level before walking away. "You know what, you're crazy, and I wash my hands of you," Nardach said, walking over to the door and opening it. "I'll thank you to get out of my rat infested dirt heap now. And you can take your robot with you."

Mr. Cera just gave him a dark yet blank glare until an idea clicked on inside his head. Wanting tom move things along even further, Mr. Cera approached Nardach, his body covered in fiery energy as he assumed his true form, that of Ares, God of War. The sight of the transformation surprised Nardach as he slowly back up against the wall, Ares himself preparing to take control. "Better idea…I stay, you go," Ares said.

Back on the cliff overlooking the town, Hawk and Dove were currently discussing what to do. They were already set on what kind of plan they wanted to do but they were still figuring out who should go to which military camp. It took them a few minutes but after a civil discussion, which involved a lot of shouting on Hawks part, they decided that Dove would go to the camp for the Northern Tribe and Hawk would go to the camp of the Southern Tribe. They both ran off, hoping that their plan either worked or helped in buying Diana just enough time until she and Ankh got back. Of course, nothing ever went as planned.

Within the realm of the Greek Pantheon, Hephaestus was busy working on a new piece of work which looked like a new throne with lions heads set at the forward ends of the armrests. As he worked on the throne, using his hammer to pound the chisel into the metal areas so as to accentuate the details, Ankh and Diana both flew down to the ground, landing gently so as to try and not disturb Hephaestus. They didn't go unnoticed though as he could easily sense that they were there. Looking back, he gave them a quick look before turning fully around to face them, looking directly at Diana.

"I made that armor for your mother. Did she ever thank me…no," Hephaestus said as he looked Diana up and down. "I love your mom but she doesn't have your build."

"I didn't come here to talk about my armor," replied Diana with an almost emotionless look on her face. Hephaestus just stared at her and then looked over at Ankh.

"No, I guess not. And what about you?" he asked Ankh.

"What about me?" Ankh asked sarcastically.

"Why are you here? For that matter, what the heck are you supposed to be anyway? Some kind of chimera? Maybe a pet monster that Hades let loose on the mortals?" Ankh clenched his fists and Hephaestus smiled, seeing that he head been able to rile Ankh up a bit.

"You looking for a fight, ya ugly humpback?-!" Ankh shouted out in anger. He was about to shout out some more insults until he felt Diana place a hand on his shoulder, placating him. "Nani?"

"Let me handle this," she told him. Looking back over to Hephaestus, "I'm here to talk about an armored suit that needs no wearer and bears your mark," she explained.

"The Annihilator…" Hephaestus said aloud.

"Then you did make it," said Diana as she moved forward a bit.

"Who else does such fine work? Ares liked it," Hephaestus spoke, giving away the name of the being behind the reason that the Annihilator was currently in the realm of man.

"Ares…of course," Diana concluded. "How do you stop it?"

"Ahhh, you knew to ask," Hephaestus replied, lumbering over to Diana as he wiped his hands clean with a cloth. "I do leave a small weakness in each of my creations. An Achilles' heel if you will. It's so no one ever gets…too powerful. You know what they say, 'Only Zeus is perfect'."

"And what's the Annihilator's weakness?" demanded Diana. They didn't have time for idle chitchat.

"Diana, you wouldn't want me to go around telling people the weakness in your armor, would you?" he mused. He quickly found himself being grabbed by Ankh who pulled him close.

"Listen, fat boy, we don't have all day!" Ankh shouted. "Now you're going to tell us what we want to know or so help me, I'm gonna—"

"Or you'll do what?" Hephaestus challenged, catching Ankh off guard. Looking the Greeed right in the eyes, "You know, it's because of that exact reason why you can't beat the Annihilator. Not to mention why you have such a crappy love-life…medal-man." If Ankh could make facial expressions when he was in his Greeed form, he would have an expression of shock and confusion on his face right now.

"How do you—"

"I'm a God, son," Hephaestus reminded him. "Not much happens in the mortal realm without us knowing about it. Besides, you've been here for months now so it's only natural that we would have learned about you sooner or later." Hephaestus wore a grin as Ankh set him down. "So much anger…I'm amazed that you could even attract the attention of a woman like that Brazilian bombshell. Of course, you did make her cry earlier today…didn't you?"

Now Ankh was pissed. Grabbing Hephaestus by his work apron, he lifted him up and prepared to roast him. "You fucking sonovabitch! How dare you refer to her like that?-!" Ankh snapped. "No one talks about her like she's some piece of eye candy in front of me and gets away—"

"Ankh, that's enough!" Diana shouted, forcing Ankh to release his hold on Hephaestus. She then glared at Hephaestus. "You shouldn't have done that."

"Come now, Diana. All I did was expose his weakness. Which just so happens to be his anger." He looked at Ankh, "If you're ever going to patch things up with that honey of yours, then I'd suggest that you try toning down your rage and maybe apologize to her when you get back home."

"Kisama~!" Ankh snarled.

"Enough games, Hephaestus," Diana ordered. "How do we defeat the Annihilator?-!"

Hephaestus just let out a sigh. "You know, after what I just told your friend here, I figured you would have realized the answer by now."

Diana had finally had enough as she grabbed Hephaestus by the throat before tossing him into the side of his work stations which was set up next to a pair of rotating gears. Rushing over to him, Diana lifted him up and held him there, cocking her fist back in anger as she prepared to beat the answer out of him. She was tired of playing around and she was not having a good day. If aggression was the only way to get the answers she wanted, then she'd use it to get them.

"With that attitude you'll never figure it out."

Diana just glared at him before lowering her arm and dropping Hephaestus to the floor. Diana then walked back over to Ankh, the two of them taking off into the air. As they left, Hephaestus just watched them go but gave each of them a parting remark.

"Come back when you have more time. I'll let that suit out a little," he told Diana before looking at Ankh. "And as for you, learn to relax a bit. A little anger management never hurt anyone."

Watching them leave, he then went back to his work, picking up his hammer and chisel and continued with the throne. Having seen Diana and Ankh come to him for help, he knew his Annihilator was doing good work but even he knew that what Ares had planned could not bear fruit. If it did, then all of mankind would be doomed. But he had faith in them. He knew they would eventually figure out the Annihilators weakness. He just gave them a little nudge in the right direction.

"He was about as helpful as that damn Kōgami ," grumbled Ankh. However, as odd as the cake-loving man had been, he did assist him and Eiji greatly on occasion. However, Kōgami had also greatly annoyed Ankh as well, like when he negotiated for 60% of the Cell Medals they earned from each Yummy they defeated.

"Wasn't he the man you and Eiji told us about? The one who would always bake cakes and say that everything in life had a birthday?" Diana asked as they raced back to Kasnia.

"Yeah, that's the teme alright," Ankh groaned. He just hoped there wasn't an alternate version of Kōgami in this universe as well or else he might have a psychotic episode. Chances are he probably already had one a few times here and there but most likely never noticed.

Back in Kasnia, with it now being a nighttime but close to sunrise, Dove was sneaking around the base of the Northern military camp, looking for the building used by the group's leader. He didn't know which one it was yet but he knew that if he could find the one with most guards, it would turn out to either be the building housing their leader or an ammo supply shed. Pressing his back against the wall, he rounded the corner slowly, keeping his eyes peeled for guards. He couldn't afford to get caught. Not at this stage of the mission. Preparing to enter one building, he noticed a few guards leave their posts except for one over at another building across the yard.

'Hmm…that seems like it could do as a small base of operations for a military leader,' he thought as he quickly, using his enhanced speed, made a dash for the building, sticking to the shadows.

Keeping close to the wall, he came next to the entrance but quickly noticed the lone guard come out from the building. Having been spotted, Dove moved in quickly from around the corner, knocking the gun out of the man's hands before placing his hand over his mouth and face, cutting off his air supply while using other hand to keep the man still. He could not afford to get caught again. If their plan was to succeed, he would need to make sure that this guard fell unconscious and fast before he was spotted.

"Sorry kid, you'll have a headache later," Dove apologized. "But on the bright side, if this works, you'll live to see twenty."

Placing the young man down on the ground, he ran through the entrance, heading towards the door. Quietly opening the door, he noticed a man standing there with his arms behind his back, looking at a map of Kasnia. Moving in quietly, he slowly came behind the man, who looked like Mr. Nardach. Hearing the sounds of footsteps, Nardach began to turn around only for Dove to stop and hold his hand up in a sign of peace.

"Don't be afraid. My name is Dove," he told Nardach. "I'm not here to hurt you." Nardach just looked at him, as if he wasn't afraid at all. "I'd like you to come with me. It's time to try a new path."

"And what path is that?" Nardach asked.

"Peace."

Nardach developed a sinister and devilish grin. "Hmm…not really my thing." He then surprised Dove as his body was covered in fiery energy, transforming him into the form of that of Ares, standing now a full head taller than dove. "But if you're into it, I can arrange for you to have eternal peace." He then stalked towards Dove, an evil gleam in his eyes. "After I'm done with you, that is."

Over in the military base camp of the Southern Tribe, Hawk was busy doing his part of the plan. Using his speed, he moved through the shadows, making sure as to not get caught, as he moved towards the building which housed the General of the Southern Military. Sneaking into the General's room, he quietly made his way over to the cot where the man slept. The General, while sound asleep, was not a heavy sleeper. Waking up slowly, he was startled to see the form of Hawk standing above him, looking down at him while grinning and reaching out with his hand.

"Ever run away from home?" Hawk asked playfully. "It's fun; you'll love it. Brother and me used to do it all the time," he said as he quickly bound and gagged the General, hefting him over his shoulder and carrying him towards the door. "Except he'd always wuss out and run home to Momma."

Before he could even make it to the door, the ground began to shake as sounds of gunfire and explosions rang throughout the air. Deciding that whatever was happening outside was much more important, Hawk set the General down and made his escape. As the base was under attack, a couple of soldiers came into the General's quarters to inform him of the attack but were both surprised to see their leader bound and gagged and squirming on the ground, begging to be set free.

Outside, the sun began to slowly rise as daybreak approached. Hawk ran across the base, using his speed to give him enough momentum to jump up and over the barbed wire coiled gate, landing on the other side before continuing to run to the battlefield. Coming to a stop next to a group of trees, he noticed the battle intensifying as machine gun fire, tank fire and hand-to-hand combat ensued on the battle field. Some soldiers were using rocket launchers to take out the tanks and some even used combat knives and bayonets to take out their enemies. Hawk just watched it all with his arms crossed over his chest, not at all thrilled or entirely surprised at the outcome.

"I see Don's social skills had their usual effect," he complained until he saw something he never expected.

Marching into battle, leading troops of the Northern Tribe was the Annihilator and tied to its front was none other than Dove who was struggling to break free. Seeing his brother bound to the killer suit of armor enraged Hawk who ran across the battlefield, the explosions just barely missing him as he quickly closed the gap between the Annihilator and himself. Jumping out of the way of more gunfire, Hawk jumped up and onto the Annihilator, gripping it by the head as he tore the rope that bound Dove to its body. Dove fell to the ground and watched as Hawk wrestled with the Annihilator while the battle between the North and South. One soldier, after firing off a magazine, looked over to his right to see a man wearing a suit of silver armor backhanding a few soldiers away from him with ease as he carried a long broadsword in his right hand. It was Ares and he had come to personally see that the two military groups tore each other apart and that the war would continue. He continued to move forward, looking around with a big grin on his face as he admired the carnage around him.

With the Annihilator, Hawk held on for dear life until it grabbed him, throwing him down hard into the ground before picking him up and throwing him across the field, back first into a tree. Hawk let out a loud grunt as he fell to the ground, pushing himself up on his hands and knees. He watched as the Annihilator shifted its attention from him to the military base over across the distance. Hawk, none too happy with being blown off like that, ran after the Annihilator with Dove following after him. Hawk jumped over fallen bodies as more soldiers shifted over to hand-to-hand combat. As Hawk raced after the Annihilator, Dove stopped on the hill, noticing more tanks coming onto the field.

As the battle intensified, both Wonder Woman and Ankh finally returned, floating in the air above as they watched the battle.

"This isn't good," Ankh said.

"You're right," replied Wonder Woman. "Any sign of Ares?"

Taking a moment to look around, Ankh suddenly spotted the God of War fighting off a group of soldiers without even trying. "Is that him?" Ankh asked, pointing at the scuffle. Diana looked over to where Ankh was pointing at and nodded her head to confirm.

"Yeah, that's him." She then looked at Ankh. "Listen, I'll try to get these people to stop fighting. You go and see if you can stall Ares."

"Right," said Ankh before taking off to do battle with the God of War.

Watching him leave, Diana then flew down to the ground as soldiers and tanks rolled across the battlefield, bullets soaring through the air. Landing, she quickly used her bracelets to start blocking incoming bullets, deflecting them with expert skill as more soldiers ran past her from behind. She knew that she had to stop the fighting, knowing that she couldn't let Ares have his way.

Blocking more bullets, deflecting them with her bracelets, Diana shouted and tried to reason with the soldiers. "Lay down your arms! You're being used!" she shouted as she made her way across the battlefield. She was almost sent flying when a mortar shell hit the ground behind her, exploding and nearly causing her to fall to the ground. As the smoke cleared, she looked ahead to see the fighting escalating even more and began to wonder if they could stop all the fighting before the war got even worse.

As Wonder Woman dealt with her own portion of the battle, Dove also looked on and knew that this battle had to end. Racing across the battlefield, he came to a stop next to a man who just pulled the pin out of a grenade and prepared to throw it at enemy soldiers. The man, trying to throw the grenade, soon felt a firm grip on his hand and looked to see Dove holding the hand with the grenade closed.

"Wouldn't…" Dove said. The man looked at him then at the pin before sliding it back into the hole, resealing the grenade so it wouldn't go off. Dove, using his thumb, bent the pin, making the grenade unusable any further. "Have a nice day," he said before racing off.

As the fighting continued, Ares watched with great interest. He enjoyed the carnage and the bloodshed and watched as the Annihilator gave him what he wanted and that was war itself. He could easily see Wonder Woman, Hawk and Dove trying to stop the battle but it would be futile in the wake of the Annihilator. "What fools these mortals be," Ares said to himself before he was sent soaring across the ground, grunting loud in pain as he was struck by a powerful fireball to his back. "I swear, whoever in the hell just did that shall forever-"

"Oh, will you just shut up?-!" Ankh shouted as he got right in Ares' face and hit him with a fiery left hook. Ares staggered backwards before rubbing his jaw, smirking at the Greeed.

"Ah, now I see, it's the creature from the alternate universe," Ares jested before rushing at Ankh, bashing his fist into Ankh's chest. Ares hurled Ankh into a cliff wall with tremendous force, the Greeeds' body smashing right through the stone. Ankh groaned in pain as several Cell Medals fell off his body on impact. Climbing out of the hole, he looked up to see Ares casually examining one of his Cell Medals.

"You're gonna pay for that," Ankh growled.

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"Hm, interesting. An artificial creature made out of coins," said Ares. Already he could think of military applications for such creatures. Ankh shot a fireball into Ares' face, the ball of flames exploding and sending the God of War staggering. Jumping up, Ankh used an uppercut that crashed into Ares' chin, sending him reeling further back.

Ares, as a god, recovered and cracked his neck and knuckles. He threw a punch at Ankh who jumped to avoid it, wings spread wide as he flew backwards to make some distance. Once at a proper distance, he spread out his peacock tail feathers and shot energy missiles at the advancing God of War. "Kusō! What is this teme made of?-!" cursed Ankh in frustration as he didn't seem to be doing any damage.

"As powerful as you might believe you are, creature. You are no match for me," mocked Ares. As a God he felt superior to all other 'lesser' beings and even if a Greeed was technically superior to humans, he was just a gnat in comparison to the Olympian Gods.

Ankh, being who he was, did not like being talked down like that and roared. "Don't you dare mock me!" He unleashed a barrage of high temperature fireballs and shot them at Ares who this time seemed to react as he cried out. "Yes! Want some more, you damn teme?-!" Ankh challenged as he continued his furious onslaught of fireballs.

"You impudent, little…!-!-!" Ares roared as he charged at Ankh, drawing his sword to split him in twain. Ankh flew up to avoid the sword and then came down performing his own version of OOO's Prominence Drop. The flying drop kick knocked Ares onto his back. Next, Ankh summoned his power to form a phoenix made of flames around him. His visor-like eye trained on the Greek god, he surged forward with a punch to end this fight in his favor.

Ares, seeing the attack coming, countered as he summoned forth his godly powers and let loose a blast of energy at the fire covered Greeed. Both attacks slammed against one another, pushing and fighting for dominance. After a moment, Ankh was able to push through and soared at Ares. However, he soon learnt that he was nothing more than a painfully irritating annoyance to Ares. His fist made contact with Ares' face but the God of War gripped Ankh's wrist and then smashed the Greeed to the ground, shaking off more Cell Medals from Ankh's form; the coins rolling away. Ares then lifted Ankh up and took hold of his face. Ankh kicked his legs as Ares' grip on his face tightened before he was smashed to the ground with enough force to shake the Core Medals within him loose. Luckily, that was all it did, his Core Medals still remaining inside his body but just barely. Ares released Ankh then raised his foot, stomping Ankh on the stomach. The bird Greeed screamed in pain.

Greeed, as a rule, didn't have the five senses in the same ways humans did. Their vision made everything they saw as dull, their hearing made everything sound distorted, they didn't have a sense of smell or taste, plus they didn't have a proper sense of touch. This was why they craved more and more. Eiji had learnt this from Dr. Maki during his transformation into a Greeed and understood why Ankh enjoyed possessing Shingo's body. Now, Ankh was an evolved Greeed and could feel the things he'd missed out on before he was bonded to Shingo. The cold and sweet flavor of the ice pops when he first had them was something he had never tasted before and he enjoyed them quite well, in all flavors. Ironic that a creature of fire would enjoy cold treats. Maybe he just enjoyed them because they cooled him down.

Now, Ankh was being given a taste of intense pain and he really didn't like it. Ares raised his foot again to stomp on him but Ankh grabbed the boot and gave Ares a bad case of hot foot. Ankh then performed a sweep kick, knocking Ares off his feet before spreading his wings and took to the skies. He began to go with a hit and run tactic as Ares climbed to his feet. He flew and struck Ares across the face from the right, coming back to strike him from the left. He then unleashed a stream of fire that formed a circle of flames around the God of War and, with his Fire Bending, formed a vortex of flames around Ares. If this didn't roasted the God of War, then Ankh would seriously need to add a few more techniques in his arsenal and update his bag of tricks.

The vortex of flames was violently dispersed as Ares shouted out, throwing his arms to the side. The flames had done some damage, but not very significant. Ankh cursed under his breath, "Kusō..." Gods were really on a whole different level entirely. Being immortal, they couldn't be killed except with specialized weapons. Their bodies were even more durable than humans. It seemed like the bird Greeed had his work cut out for him.

It seemed like he would need to really cut loose like he had 800 years ago. That was when the God Medals inside him that Eiji had given to him to replace the set he'd lost began to respond to his desire.

His desire to beat Ares.

His desire to accomplish this mission.

His desire to WIN!

"RARGH!-!-!" Engulfed in flames, Ankh attacked with a drop kick that knocked Ares' head to the side violently, nearly breaking his jaw, and sending the God of War spinning. Ankh landed and skidded to a halt, kicking up dust. He spread out his wings, transmuting them into peacock tail feathers, and fired a furious barrage of fire balls at Ares. Ares had to shield his face. Then, moving at inhuman speed, Ankh closed the distance and executed a painful uppercut into Ares' jaw before following up with a reverse roundhouse, hitting the God of War in the chest. He then attacked with a bicycle kick before performing a backflip kick, knocking Ares to the ground.

Ankh landed on his feet and he heard Ares chuckle before letting out full blown laughter. He gave Ares a confused look as the God of War threw his head back before he began to calm down and massage his jaw. He gave Ankh a wild yet evil look and Ankh noticed something in his eyes. It looked like fire. A fire of excitement.

"Yes…yes…hehehehe…YES!" Ares shouted, causing Ankh to actually look at him with a worried glare.

"Great, God-boy just went coo-coo," Ankh groaned as Ares looked at him. "Didn't think I hit ya hard enough."

"Oh, believe me, you have just proven yourself worthy of death at my hands," Ares gloated as he held his sword out to the side, fire surrounding the blade. "Consider it an honor, creature."

"I got your honor right here!" Ankh shouted as he created a blade made out of pure flame. The two then jumped into the air, Ares using his godly abilities to keep himself aloft as the two clashed, their blades locked together as they pushed against one another in a feat of strength.

They then separated and vanished, their godly speeds allowing them to move faster than a normal human could even keep up with. The sky was filled with the sounds of thunderous clashes as they punched, kicked and slashed at one another. Ares connected his sword against Ankh's chest, ripping a mix of sparks and Cell Medals from his body. But Ankh returned the hit in kind as he was able to stab Ares in the gut with his blade, cauterizing the wound with the intense heat from his flame sword. They both grunted in pain as they floated away from each other before vanishing again. The thunderous clashes could still be heard above the battlefield but it did little to stop the fighting below.

(End Song)

As the fighting for the other heroes continued, the Annihilator made its way towards the entrance to the Southern Tribe's camp. The soldiers defended themselves by firing everything they had at the soulless monster but the bullets from their guns just bounced off of its body harmlessly as it got closer and closer. A couple of soldiers made a run for it from their jeeps as the Annihilator came too close. It then moved forward, walking between the jeeps, its body merely tossing them to the side. As it finally reached the gate, it was sent soaring by Hawk who smacked it hard with a huge tree trunk, the latter using said trunk like a giant baseball bat.

The Annihilator came down on top of a tank, crushing part of the machine under it. Luckily, the soldiers within it had escaped in time. Getting up, the Annihilator picked up the tank and threw it at Hawk who ran out of the way. Upon smashing into the ground, the tank erupted in an explosion. As the Annihilator moved back towards the camp, the soldiers opened fire once more. The General also moved out to the front lines in his jeep, a soldier driving as the General readied his gun. They soon got more than they bargained for when they came to a sudden stop in front of the Annihilator, the soulless armor picking up the jeep and throwing the two men out onto the ground. Landing on his back with a thud, the General looked up at the sight of the Annihilator about to bring the jeep down on top of him. As the Annihilator slammed the jeep into the ground, the General was sparred an agonizing death as he was grabbed by Dove and whisked a few yards away from the Annihilator.

Standing back up, Dove watched as the Annihilator walked on past them, heading onwards towards the camp. As he was about to head out, he felt the General grab his arm. "Don't let them take the camp. Our arsenal…" the General said before he was claimed by unconsciousness. Thinking about what the General asked of him, Dove then ran off to try one last tactic, hoping it would be enough to stop the Annihilator.

Colliding with one another in the sky, the force of their powers exploded and sent both Ankh and Ares falling to the ground, impacting the ground below them with a loud and dull thud. The two combatants lifted themselves out of the craters that their crashing bodies had formed and glared at one another. Ares had to shake out his head a bit as that last attack had made him a bit woozy. Ankh took this as an opportunity to strike at Ares, delivering a fiery head-butt to the God of War's face and making his head snap back from the strike. Ares stumbled backwards before he was sent flying across the battlefield by a well-aimed punch to the chest from Ankh. Forming a crater upon impact, Ares just laid there as he tried to regain his bearings. Just because your opponent wasn't a god didn't mean he couldn't kick your ass.

"Now sit there and be quiet!" Ankh ordered as he watched the others do what needed to be done.

As the fighting continued, a soldier fired an RPG, taking out a jeep and killing a few soldiers in the process. The remaining soldiers continued to fire at their enemies, Wonder Woman watching it all happen before her with a stern look on her face. Noticing one soldier opening fire on a group of others who were running, Diana headed over to him so as to get him to stop.

"You must stop this," Diana told the man as she grabbed him by the shoulder. This angered the man who sneered at her.

"I must do nothing," he argued as he brushed her hand away and aimed his gun at her. "I don't take orders from women!" he stated as he knocked her across the face with the butt of his machine gun. This did very little in hurting her as it had only served to piss her off even more.

The man looked at her in fear as she turned and glared at him, a death glare. As he began to back away, she snatched his weapon from him and raised it above her head, preparing to use it like a club and bash his skull open. Looking at her in fear, the man couldn't even find it in himself to react properly. Her body trembling with rage, Diana looked down on the man and saw the fear in his eyes. She could feel her anger coursing throughout her entire body. That was when she realized what Hephaestus was trying to tell both her and Ankh earlier. Her eyes widening as realization dawned on her, she lowered the gun before crumbling it up and handing it back to the man.

"The Annihilator!" Diana called out as she ran towards Dove who had stopped upon hearing her call out to him. "It's fueled by our rage!"

Hearing this, Dove changed his original tactic and ran over to stop the Annihilator in his own way. As the Annihilator made its way towards the camp, the last line of defense aimed their weapons at it, hoping that they could at least slow it down or actually stop it. As they took aim, Dove ran in front of them, standing between them and the ever advancing Annihilator. A look of determination on his face, Dove had his arms held out to his sides as he of only one way that might make the Annihilator stop its attack.

"Lower your weapons!" Dove ordered. The soldiers ignored him for a moment, their eyes still trained on the advancing Annihilator. "You don't have a chance like that so try it my way!" he shouted while pointing his finger at them. "Lower your weapons!"

As the soldiers continued to hold their aim on the Annihilator, Dove turned around to face the oncoming brute. As it advanced towards him, Hawk ran to catch up and try to stop Dove from getting himself killed. "Don!" he shouted but soon found himself stopped by both Ankh and Diana who held him back. Hawk struggled against their grip, fighting to free himself. "Let go of me. He's weak. He'll get himself killed," he pleaded with Ankh and Diana. "Don!-!-!"

"Ankh, go and stay next to Dove," Diana ordered. "If the Annihilator attacks, then take it down and get Dove out of there!"

"On it, Princess!" Ankh replied as he flew off and over to Dove, landing next to him. "You sure this is going to work?"

"Aggression isn't always the answer," was all Dove said as he just stood his ground.

The two of them continued to look onward as the Annihilator closed the gap, coming to a stop before them. Both Ankh and Dove just looked at it and it looked back at them. Ankh really wanted to knock this thing away but if rage was its power source, then he would swallow his pride and try it Dove's way. He just prayed that it actually worked. As it looked down at the two hero's, the Annihilator raised its arm, preparing to club the two beings standing before it; its height an extra six feet greater than their own as it towered over them. Dove and Ankh just stared at the Annihilator and the soldiers behind them, after a few tense moments, finally lowered their weapons. Sensing no more rage being directed towards it, the Annihilator lowered its arm as the unholy white light coming from the two slits on its faceplate faded away; the armor finally shutting down.

Dove let out an exasperated sigh of relief and looked to Ankh who clapped him on the shoulder.

"Not a bad idea there, kid," Ankh complimented him, causing Dove to smile and nod.

The rest of the soldiers gathered around as did Hawk and Diana, the latter releasing her hold on the former. Walking up from behind the Annihilator, Hawk tried to wrap his brain around what just took place but couldn't begin to understand what was going on. Many of the soldiers were wondering the exact same thing.

"Anyone wanna give me a clue on what just happened?" Hawk asked his three teammates.

"Sometimes it takes more strength not to fight," was all Diana said. Dove smiling at her answer as Ankh nodded in agreement. He himself had finally realized what Hephaestus tried to tell him. He knew what he had to do once he got back home and it wasn't going to be easy for him.

Of course, the peaceful moment was ruined when an enraged Ares walked over to the scene after finally regaining his bearing from his earlier bout with Ankh. "What's the matter with you people?-! Keep fighting! This is your chance to finish them!" he demanded, looking at all the soldiers around him.

He wanted the war to go on. He wanted more death, destruction and devastation. What he got though was just the soldiers all staring at him, not moving an inch. They didn't want the Annihilator to come back to life and kill them all. They wanted to gain their freedom but not at such high a price.

"Give it up, Ares," Diana told the God of War. Ares turned and glared at her. "It's over, you lose."

"Of course, if you want to go a few more rounds with me then I won't have any complaints in being able to kick your ass again," added Ankh, causing Ares to sneer at him.

Looking around him and weighing his odds, Ares calmed himself before finally responding. "Alright…this time. But I'll be back and sooner than you think," he told them. "Wherever there's prejudice, ignorance, inequality…I'll be there," he warned them.

Diana just steeled her gaze, glaring at him. "And I'll be waiting," she replied in a low tone.

Ares, no longer wanting to stick around, surrounded himself in hellfire as he teleported himself away from the battlefield. Ankh just scoffed, mentally calling the God of War a chicken as he walked away; wanting to find his scattered Cell Medals and reabsorb them back into his body. And that was going to take a few moments. As Ankh gathered his scattered Cell Medals, the rest of the soldiers just looked on with only a bit of slight awe.

"Ya see," Dove began as he talked to Hawk. "Doesn't this prove exactly what I've been saying for years?"

"Couldn't tell ya," replied Hawk. "I do my best not to listen."

"What?" snapped Dove.

"And another thing, don't go all Gandhi on me and pull this every time," Hawk continued as the soldiers from both sides looked at one another before finally going their own ways, returning to their villages and homes. As the soldiers dispersed, Diana helped Ankh gather his Cell Medals before the four of them returned to her jet, ready to go home for the rest of the day.

Later that evening, in Brazil, Beatriz was leaning against the railing of a walkway as she looked at the scenery of the beach. She was looking at the water as the waves crashed against the shore. Staring off into space, she gazed on as the sun also dipped below the horizon. She was still upset with Ankh and she hadn't even seen him back at the Watchtower at all during the rest of the day or later the next morning. But maybe it was for the best. She wanted him to open up and confide in her and to see her as a friend. Perhaps maybe more than a friend one day if she was lucky. But he was always so angry and he never seemed to mellow out at all. Sure, OOO and Birth had gotten used to him but they had to in order to defeat the Greeed back in their world. Now they were here in this world and they had to act differently in accordance of that aspect.

Letting out a sigh, "Ankh, why won't you just open up to me?" she asked herself in a quiet voice. As she looked out towards the setting sun, she was surprised by the sudden appearance of an ice pop instantly being held in front of her face. Looking at the person holding the ice pop, she was surprised to see Ankh standing there in his human form, wearing a pair of black jeans and dress shoes and a white buttoned up shirt with the entire right sleeve red in color. "Ankh?"

"Mind if we talk for a moment?" he asked. Beatriz didn't say anything but still took the ice pop from his hand. Standing next to her and leaning against the rail, Ankh looked out towards the setting sun as well with a serious look in his eyes. But it wasn't an angry look or an upset look. It was a look almost like that of neutrality. "Still mad at me?"

"What do you think?" she rebutted in a hurt tone.

"Che, guess I had that coming." Looking at her, he could see her skin give off an elegant radiance in the light of the setting sun. He would never say it out loud, not yet. But, with his evolution currently going on, he did find her very attractive and also somewhat overprotective of her as well. He had shown that earlier back when he and Diana had gone to question Hephaestus.

"That's the least of what you deserve from me right now," chided Beatriz as she tried not to look him in the eyes. She had already finished her ice pop and was starting to get depressed again. Ankh, seeing the still ever present hurt look on her face, let out a small sigh as he took a lick of his ice pop and began to walk around her, stopping on her other side.

"Understandable. And for that, I will only say this once and only once," he told her, causing her to look at him while he took another lick of his ice pop. "I'm sorry for earlier…Beatriz."

Ankh looked over to her and saw a look of shock and utter surprise on her face. She couldn't believe that he had not only just apologized to her but had also called her by her real name. On the outside, she was like a frozen statue while on the inside her heart was racing faster than a stock car. As she opened her mouth to respond, she was once more surprised when Ankh took his ice pop and stuffed it into her mouth.

"My treat," he said as he began to walk away. Beatriz wouldn't let him get far though as she ran and hugged him from behind, nearly knocking him over. "Oi, no need to get all hyper all of a sudden!"

"Nu-uh, no trying to argue your way out of this one, Ankh," Beatriz told him with a big grin and she began to drag him down the boardwalk and into the heart of Rio. "You still owe me plenty of apologies and you're gonna pay up tonight. Now let's go have some fun!"

And with that she dragged him all over town. He wasn't going to complain though. While something like this would normally irritate him, he was fine as long as he did something to make her happy. Watching her smile, for some reason, it brought him a small sense of inner peace he had never felt before. It was as if a new desire that had recently formed was starting to become fulfilled. Whatever came of their friendship after tonight, he would work through it with determination and not let destiny tell him otherwise.

"Hey Ankh, over there!" Beatriz pointed over to a game where people could shoot dart guns to win prizes at a street game stall. "Bet I can do better than you," she said as she ran over to play a round.

"Not if I have anything to say about it," Ankh shot back as he too got into a game playing mood. After the events that had transpired in the last twenty-four hours, a nice night of fun and laughs was just what he needed. He just hoped that Eiji and Gotō didn't find out about this anytime soon. 'Evolution might suck sometimes but, if things always happen like they do right now…I might just enjoy it.'

Next time on Justice League: OOO Unlimited:

Having gained great popularity among the people, OOO is soon approached by Japan's Prime Minister. She asks him if he would be the bodyguard of her daughter for the duration of their stay in America, at which, Eiji agrees. But it won't all be fun and games when the daughter, an 18 year old high school girl, develops a crush on OOO and follows him everywhere. Even worse, Uva's back in town and he wants his Bata Medal back. As well as all the other Core Medals within Eiji's body. It won't get pretty as the stress of being a hero and also serving the Prime Minister begins to put a lot of stress on Eiji's attendance at his job within the Dojo.

Chapter 15: 3-Part Special

Part 1 - Home from Afar, the Job and the Fan

GuyverGenesis: And that's chapter 14. Sorry this took so long but I've been busy. I'd like to thank Kamen Rider Chrome for all his help with this chapter and for helping me write it as well. Couldn't have done it this fast without him. The scene of Ankh fighting Ares was all his and he did a good job with it. Also, note that I recently changed my screen name from Toku Warrior to GuyverGenesis. This is due to certain reasons and will most likely be permanent. Now, next up is the 3-part special which is centered on Eiji. He'll meet the Prime Minister of Japan and her family, his job at the dojo will be on the line, and a 1-on-1 battle between him and Uva and a city in danger will be afoot at the end of the special. With it, comes a power that a lot of people have asked me when it will be displayed. Well, prepare yourselves for this 3-part special which will also be the foundation of 2 other things that will appear later on in the story. Until then, enjoy and please leave me honest reviews. And no guest ones please. If you leave a guest review, then at least sign it. And stop asking me when I'm going to update. I will when I can. I have a lot of stories to work on and I help out Chrome as an editor for his stories as well.

Other than that, enjoy your day people, and remember….Got to Keep it Real.