Good morrow my people, FatherCanada bringing you a new chapter to this future long story I and some friends had conjured up. In my opinion things are going a bit faster than expected so I will put in chapters where Taylor has a chance to experience of what Mother Gaia has tp offer. Without further ado! Happy reading!
Chapter 4: Good days on Doomsdays
As the golden light had began to engulf Taylor's current form, all of Venus had begun to erupt violently. Rocks had began to shatter apart and cliff sides were crumbling down. Taylors features had began to disappear until a gentle yet firm hand had rested on his shoulder. The rumbling had stopped, and the golden glow had began to disappear. Taylor looked back and saw Superman behind him with a worried expression.
"That's not a way to get the pain to stop…",Superman said." I know you're Taylor without the other part, but that doesn't make you any less important."
The alien looked at Superman and then pulled his knees up then buried his head between them. "Go away...", It said in a dark voice completely different from the Taylor he usually sees.
"No...whether you like it or not, you are important to not only me, but the rest of the Justice League, me leaving you would be like me abandoning my family, and that I cannot morally live with," Superman said crossing his arms and then floated in front of the alien and then remained there.
There was an awkward silence for about 8 (earth) hours, in between that the body had went into stasis to re-establish the astral link to his body, then Taylor had looked up to see Superman still floating in place. Taylor smiled and then stood up. Superman smiled and then
"Sorry about the Watchtower incident...I was worried about how he reacted, I was kinda reluctant to do it, but it was something that I had to get over…",Taylor said and then began to float.
"Why do you refer to your other half as he…",Superman asked and had began to fly away slowly and Taylor had followed his trail.
"Well ever since I was created...there was this growing split personality I had when my soul was still in my plane. Others called it a fault in the system but my father had called it my brother. When I sleep at night, me and King would talk and joke around, like brothers did on our planet. When I'm awake and he is somewhere in my astral plane roaming. When I'm awake but my soul is in the plane, he takes over.", Taylor explained then looked at the moon. "While I was still a spectre living my life, King was in control of my body while my father was testing him out,"
Superman nodded at this and then looked over at the Watchtower then at Taylor. The teen was silently looking down at earth.
"Are you coming?", He asked.
"No...I think I'm going to go back to Chicago and go check on it, later Supes,"Taylor said and with a turn he had began to fly down to Earth and back to his home town.
Superman smiled lightly and then flew back to the Watchtower.
-Lounge Room-
Megan and the others had sat on the available couches the massive lounge room in the Watchtower. After what they had saw, they were currently sharing thoughts on they teammate Taylor.
"It amazes me how he can save lives everyday and cope with losing an entire race and a planet. Losing everything even before the world gave you a chance to fight and defend." Megan sighed.
"I have to say I had completely misjudged the guy. At first I thought he was an raging alien whose true intent was to destroy our planet with the giant meteor and since that failed he was going to kill us one by one," Kid Flash said with a chuckle.
"That not funny, someone of could have actually died...though the way he man-handle Conner was unnecessary," Batgirl said with a slight chuckle much to Conner's annoyance.
Everyone had chided in a couple of remarks about how Conner had got his butt-kicked by Taylor and this made Conner irritated.
"Look he didn't beat my ass and he never will, I don't see how you can trust this guy when he had almost killed Diana and all of us, "Conner shouted and then Megan stood up.
"We are all aware that this had happened but even Diana understands why he did it and well are have forgiven him. All except you and Batman and even he understands...he is just cautious. "Megan said defending her friend.
"So...and how many more times is he going to lose control and eventually hurt somebody or worse kill one of us, "Conner said his voice getting a bit louder. "He is a walking, unstable, psychopath!",
"Conner how could you...I know for a fact he isn't any of that…",Megan choked very displeased at Conner's actions.
"I bet you went through his head without permission huh?", Conner mumbled and that was the straw that broke the camel's back. It was then followed by shocked "o" expression and Kid Flash going "Oooooo",.
Megan had started to shed tears, she had shook her head and rushed out the room. Conner had then regretted his decision and had left the room in anger.
The members of the team had sat there in silence for a bit and then Nightwing had spoke up out of the group. "Somebody should go check on her and Conner,"
"I already know where Megan is going and trust me she'll be fine in a heartbeat." Zatanna chuckled and the group laughed at this. "But that just leaves Superboy,"
"He's in the training room venting...he'll be fine.", Artemis said.
-Chicago, around Mid-Night-
"Alright boys they are all yours, "Taylor in his Skarlet King persona said to a couple of police officers.
They nodded with a smile and put the petty thieves in the car before they drove off to the police station. Taylor had flew up in the air and was flying back to The Willis Tower. He had landed on the top and looked over the city. He then heard crying coming his way, then when he turned around he was greeted by Megan colliding in his arms. She was balling her eyes out and this had worried Taylor greatly. With his free hands, he had took off his mask revealing his worried expression and embraced her back.
"Megan what troubles you?", He asked and then the Green Martian shook her head and kept crying into his chest. "Okay I'm here, "He mumbled into her ear.
For about a solid hour of her crying it had began to die down to the point she cried herself to sleep in his arms. At this point he didn't know what to do, and the only logical thing was to take her to his place and let her sleep on the couch. He assumed she had came from the Watchtower and saw no reason for her to go back if she came from there crying. He had hoisted her into his arms in a bridal-style fashion and the flew over to Metropolis in a heartbeat.
-Metropolis-
Arriving through his window, Taylor had went to the living room and laid Megan on the couch. The teen had walked down the hall to the linen closet and came back with a soft sky blue blanket with a picture of a tattooed Marilyn Monroe, Betsy Rose, Helen Kane, and Rosie the Riveter. He then sat on the edge of the couch and yawned then rubbed Megan's arm as she slept. He didn't see it but a smile had grown on her face and a soft moan escaped her lips. Even falling asleep himself he had continued to rub her arm.
-Astral plane-
Megan had unknowingly entered Taylor's Astral plane, the teen didn't mind as when he did notice she was already here. Taylor was currently sitting across from King, both were currently talking about miscellaneous things. Taylor had a random book in his hand and King had laid on his back looking up at the split sky. Megan had slowly began to approach the two, she was confused on who was who for a moment until they both had looked at her. She could recognize Taylor's attitude and smile, which made her blush at the thought. The counterpart seemed displeased at her presence and his aura was haunting. They both had light caramel skin, and black hair. They're eye colors were different though, Taylor's were a mystic mixture of Hazel and blue while his counterparts was a mix of a dark yellow and a light blue.
"Taylor why is she here?", King asked looking over at his "Brother" and he received a shrug.
"I don't know maybe she came to visit, "He said with a smile and then patted a seat next to him.
"Oh no I didn't mean to intrude, I fell asleep and the next thing I knew I was here…",She said getting really nervous now that she had met King and he and Taylor's aura was the same but at the same time it wasn't. It made her uncomfortable, now that a 7 foot 2 figure had floated behind her and then she slowly turned around to see the mother. She had yelped and then hurried and sat next to Taylor.
"Oh I didn't know we were having guest…",The mother said and then sat on the ground with the group. "What brings you to our domain?", She asked.
Megan had calmed down for a bit and took a gulp before she had began to speak. "Well I was just asleep the next thing I knew was here." She said and got nervous all over again when the mother had laid her eyes on him. She had clung to Taylor like new born baby, something about this women had evil drenched all over her and even Taylor and his brother had the same feeling, but she knew Taylor was a nice guy willing to live and learn, and his counterpart looked like a straight up jackass.
"What's wrong?", The mother asked and all 3 had looked at Megan, which made her yelp. "Oh it's the aura huh?",
Megan nodded slowly and the mother laugh. "Sorry it's just who I am, I'm the Demon Queen Siga from my dimension...equivalent to a god in the dimension. I'm only evil when necessary, but I love my children dearly, "She said and gave each boy a kiss on the forehead."
Megan nodded and was feeling a little bit better and then Megan smiled lightly, but she was still clung to Taylor for some odd reason. "I'm Megan Morse, nice to meet you all,"
King only grumbled. "My name is King…",Was all that came out of his mouth.
"Great now that everyone is acquainted, mommy has things to do. You kids be good, "She said and then she disappeared from the scene via implosion. The three had looked at each other and then King was the next to leave.
"I'm out…",He said and began to float over to the night-side of the plane.
"Don't you want to hangout?", Taylor grinned.
King only grinned back. "Nope...I'm not comfortable with any outsiders here, and I feel like a third wheel, "He said glaring at Megan before leaving.
Megan only frowned at this and Taylor rubbed her back which made it all better. "Don't worry about him…he just cautious, he'll come around eventually,"
"Okay, "She sighed and then looked at him. "So what do you want to do?", She asked smiling at him.
"Whatever it is you want to do...we only got an Earth hour left before it's time for me to go on patrol and then I have the rest of the day off, "He yawned which Megan found weird.
"Wait so what happens if you fall asleep in this place?", Megan asked with a curious expression.
"I actually dream, dream of things I want but can and cannot have, flashbacks and "future sights", memories and nightmares, hopes and failures, and other stuff," Taylor said and found himself holding Megan and she leaned into him. Both teens had began to blush and they turned their heads from each other.
"So you never get a break from what happen…",She asked trying to start the conversation.
"No not really, but you live and learn from it, now that I can save and defend the people nothing will never happen to this planet." Taylor confirmed from a reassuring nod.
After a few moments of silence Megan had moved from his side and then leaned in front of him.
"Do you think...it's bad for me to extract information from people's heads if I feel like it's necessary, "She asked with a nervous smile.
"Hmmm...I mean if you feel it's necessary or somewhat important I don't really care, just don't abuse the power you got okay?", He said rubbing the side of her face softly. "Hate to see someone like you in prison somewhere, "He smiled.
Megan looked him in the eye and leaned in and hugged him. "Thank you," she whispered softly in his ear crying softly but they were tears of joy. Taylor had hugged her back chuckling and rubbed the Martian's back. After a while they had pulled away from each other and looked at each other for a minute. They had began to lean in for what was about to be something special, they had closed their eyes and there lips were inches apart until a ringing was heard from the outside world.
"That's the communicator, "Taylor said and gently stood up with Megan in his arms who had a frown on her face and was quite unpleased with Superman. Taylor had jumped into the river and was off to wake up.
-Zatanna's place-
"Superman to Skarlet King", Superman shouted over the communicator for the second time and the wanted person have picked up the communicator.
"Skarlet King reporting, armed and ready, "He said seeing Megan getting up slowly rubbing her head.
"Okay son, this is going to be big, I've assumed you never heard of Doomsday right?", Superman asked as it sounded like he was in the middle of a battle.
"No I haven't,"
"Well then it's no time to explain now, just get over here as quick as you can...we're at Yellowstone National Park, we need your strength and abilities over as quick as you can,!",He shouted and without a word Taylor had stood up and looked over at Megan who had her arms folded and a cross of an angry and worried expression. Taylor chuckled and leaned down and kissed her cheek then went to put on his costume then he had flew out of the patio door with a quickness.
Megan had a huge blush on her face and when she left she had threw a pout of frustration and then quickly gotten over it. She rubbed her cheek and had a soft smile on her face. 'I'll tell him later', She thought to herself and then turned on the news to tune into the battle.
-Yellowstone National Park-
It didn't take long for Taylor to get there considering he went as fast as he could, he saw some members of the Justice League like Batman, Superman, Green Arrow, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superboy, and Zatanna. They were all getting it handed to them but held their own as it looked like they were trying to stop it from reaching the city.
This "Doomsday" was a huge bulky monster with sparks coming out of every part of his body. He was grey, built, angry and currently going toe to toe with Superman.
"Air support coming through suckers!", Taylor as his Skarlet King persona came through and sped through the air and Superman grinned then moved out of Doomsday grip and Taylor had tackled the monster several miles into the earth's surface.
Taylor had came out of the crater with his clothes ripped and a victorious smile on his face."Hmph and I thought this was going to be fun! ", He said and then Superman sighed in relief.
"I'll go check on the others you-",The next thing Superman new, Doomsday erupted from the ground and had grabbed onto Taylor's ankle then swung the teen into the ground. Superman tried to intervene until he was smacked away near the others. They were now forced to watch the showdown between the two forces.
"You amaze me...I never thought I had the pleasure of killing a being as strong as Superman," He laughed evilly and Taylor had chuckled along with the monster.
"Please do so to entertain me, I haven't had a good fight since...never actually now that I think about it", Taylor said and was caught off guard when a giant fist collided with his chest sending him flying through the air.
He recovered just to be face to face with the grey monster who readied another fist but Taylor kicked Doomsday in the jaw before the monster could punch him. The monster dropped to the floor and got up just fine with a smile.
"Yes! That is what I like to see, give me all you got," Doomsday laughed as he tackled Taylor into a wall of rocks and it had surprised the teen greatly, to the point he coughed up blood.
Doomsday laughed and brought down to fist onto Taylor who had caught them and then he had kicked the monster away from him. He fly out the hole and began to lay a barrage of fist onto Doomsday at speeds faster than light. Doomsday couldn't keep up nor react in time.
'What? How is he this strong and this fast at the same time?', Doomsday wondered and put his guard up. He sent a strong kick to Taylor gut the moment he paused and grabbed the teen by his face and slammed him into the ground head first. His lower body had stuck out and the monster immediately kicked Taylor into the sky and the teen quickly recovered. There agin was Doomsday who smashed him back to the ground. Doomsday landed on Taylor, who grunted, but wasn't enough pain to make him scream.
"You're not all that tough...Superboy had gave me a harder time than you did," Taylor chuckled and his eyes began to turn a scarlet red color.
Before Doomsday could process what was going on, he was blasted in the air with Taylor's eyebeams and then. Fell back onto the ground.
The being had stood up frowning just to see Taylor standing up brushing himself off. He was surprised to see something like Doomsday here.
'Okay why is something like him here on Earth?', He asked and analyzed the monster as he came charging towards Taylor and the alien had roared like a cross between a lion and a dinosaur and charged towards Doomsday.
-With Superman and the others-
Superman was tending to his teammates hoping Taylor would last long enough, until he would devise a plan that would hopefully end Doomsday for the mean time. Batman was looking at the battle and The Flash had stood next to him.
"Okay Bats how has Doomsday died so far and what ways do we kill him now, "Flash asked.
"Only one other time was when Superman ripped him in half, other than that, none to our knowledge…",Batman said as he watch Doomsday and Taylor brawl it out. "But I wonder though…",He thought aloud and The Flash leaned in.
"Give us something Bruce", Flash said and gasped and saw Taylor get pummeled into the ground. He had hurried and with all his power he punched Doomsday away from Taylor then grabbed the teen and then took the teen back over to the group.
"Supes sub in real quick!", Batman ordered and then Superman had went and took care of the monster.
"I have an idea, "Batman said and then looked at Taylor as he got up.
"Ugh...I don't feel so good, "He said as his mask was torn apart and black blood oozed from the side." I hate when uses that sound wave thing, "He said standing up and was about to go back in until Batman stopped him."Here me out first",
-Superman and Doomsday-
Superman and Doomsday were locked in a stalemate and since Superman hasn't fully recovered, Doomsday had the edge as Superman was on one knee groaning.
"After I kill you, that boy over there is next", He grinned mentioning Taylor. "He's not even a Kryptonian but has the power of one or even beyond it...if I ever find his race I'll be sure to send him their bodies in a little basket, "He cackled evilly and Superman somehow summoning his strength and double fist Doomsday in his chest sending the villain flying and then the villain was kicked into the ground by Taylor who had grouped with Superman.
"Okay we need to take this battle into space, I have someone that is willing to take him off our hands, "Taylor said breathing a bit weird.
"Okay let's do this, "He said and then Superboy came over to help. "Okay we need all the strength we can get, keep him occupied and I need Zatanna to open the portal from this side since she is the only one who can access dimensions among us."
They all nodded then Superman and Superboy who reluctantly wanted to listen to him but made his way over to Doomsday. Taylor had went over to Zatanna who had a cast over her arm."Zee are you alright?", He asked kneeling beside her.
"Yea i'm fine...thanks for being here, no doubt that this would've been a lot harder if you weren't here.", She said and then the alien had nodded with a small smile.
"Anything for you guys, look you are a key component for this plan...I need you to open a portal and I'm going to establish a link over to my mother's dimension. There we will send Doomsday over...I know enough that he can't die the same way twice but where she resides...there are infinite ways to die and some well take him thousands of years to come back from…",Taylor explained and his best friend had nodded.
"Okay...I'll need to head to the Watchtower and do it there since I can't breathe in space like you and the Supers can,"She said. "Give me 10 minutes when I get there and I'll have J'onn put a psychic link between you and me so we can get that thing out of here."
Taylor nodded and Zatanna ran away so she could get transported safely to the Watchtower.
Taylor looked at the on-going battle and started jogging which then broke out into a full out sprint. He went so fast that he started leaving a trail of fire.
-Battlefield-
Doomsday was now on the defenses as Superboy, Superman, The Flash, and Wonder Woman were not giving Doomsday a chance to throw a punch. He then saw an opportunity to strike when Superman came slowly to his left. He attempted to grab the Man of Steel by his neck but Superman suddenly flew upwards and was tackled by Taylor. They had skidded a couple of miles then Doomsday looked up and was met by a full on flurry of punches by Superboy. Taylor dashed backwards then performed a baseball slide between Doomsday legs and then rose up quickly and gave the monster fiery punches to the rib-cage from behind. Doomsday grabbed both the boys and then smash their heads together then toss them in the air. When he was about to jump Superman had stopped Doomsday in his tracks by using his heat-vision and blasts the villain into a boulder. Wonder-Women had kicked Doomsday through the boulder and then Taylor and Superboy had weaved through the air towards the monster. They both had shot their unique heat visions at Doomsday who had only raised his hand in the air.
"You think this enough to hurt me?", He roared and then Taylor eyes had widened as Doomsday's cold eyes had began to light up on his own and then a dark red laser beams had shot at the two teens who had dodged out of the way then they both were met with Doomsday fist.
They had grabbed each one halting his attempted attack then Taylor had opened a portal from behind and a chain had wrapped around Doomsday throat. The monster had pulled his fists back to try and separate his neck from the extremely burning hot chains. It had surprised him greatly, it was one of the only things he couldn't break through so far and...it had hurt.
Logically as is seems, the only guess he could think of was to incapacitate the alien. Doomsday had then caught his fist and tossed Taylor in the air and with all off his might he sent an uppercut that was enough to shatter mountains to his chest and this had sent Taylor flying out of Earth's atmosphere.
Superman had saw this and something had set him off inside. He had then went full force on Doomsday and the two had really began to let loose.
"How long has it been?", The Flash asked.
" nine minutes…",Wonder Woman said and then suddenly Doomsday's limbs were wrapped in chains coming from the sky and beyond.
-Space-
Taylor had five portals opened behind him containing sprouting chains and all were connected to Doomsday. He had establish the link between him and Zatanna and the plan was ago. The five portals had then began to merge into one and a smile had grew on Taylor's face.
"Hope you enjoy hell you bastard," He chuckled evilly and the chains had slowly, due Doomsday resisting the pull.
-Battlefield-
Doomsday was trying to resist being pulled into space at the moment and has even reduce sticking his hands and feet into the ground. The very Earth beneath him had began to pry itself apart and miles of rock was crumbling down.
'Guys, help me get him up here, if we can get him out of Earth's Atmosphere he will have no choice but go where he belongs,'Taylor said telepathically to the group that was taking care of Doomsday.
Superman looked at Superboy who nodded and they both had flew in and tackled Doomsday in the air. They had began to fly fast towards Earth's atmosphere and Doomsday kept hitting them with vicious elbows.
-Space-
Superman and Superboy was flying towards the glowing red portal that Taylor had opened for them. They had flew faster and Taylor had force the chains to pull harder as Doomsday was finding ways to escape them.
'Come on!', Taylor yelled at himself and with one last pull Doomsday went into the portal screaming like a villain whose plans had been foiled. Taylor closed the portal and had blacked out due to him using all of his mental capacity his body would allow him to exert.
Superman had caught his limp body and then chuckled at Taylor. "It seems he does have his weaknesses." He smiled and then flew to the Watchtower. Superboy looked at Taylor's body and then down at earth.
"Maybe he isn't what I think he is," He said to himself and went to Earth and to his home in Small Ville.
-Several hours later, medical bay-
After hearing the news of the Justice League feats and seeing it for herself on TV. Miss Martian was in the medical bay sleeping resting her head on Taylor's bed. She had gotten here a 2 hours ago and was happy that he was okay. Megan had risen her head and let out a small yawn and then looked over at Taylor who was looking up at the ceiling humming a song.
"Sleep well?" He asked with a grin and then turned his head to look her in the eye.
She looked at him with a face anger and worried, and a bit of hope if you could get a decent angle in on her features.
"That was reckless, stupid, irritating…",Megan began as she began to sniffle.
"Irresponsible, hurtful, scary…", Taylor continued as he began to get out of bed and took the wires off his forehead.
"You're not helping, "She mumble as a single tear had came down onto her cheek. Taylor stood up and wiped it away with a smile.
"Pretty girls like you shouldn't cry, unless it's out of joy or laughter...but they usually sound ugly. "Taylor joked causing Megan to frown a bit. He then stood up and saw that his costume was prepared, his mask was on a metal tray. He picked it up and began to walk out the door with Megan following me.
"I almost watch you die Taylor, I didn't want to see that...I was so close to coming to help, "Megan said and the two had found themselves in the large front window of the Watchtower. The massive room was dark and Earth's glow and a few dozen purple lights from the end of the room had kept it lit.
Taylor stopped and Megan had almost bumped into him.
"I'm glad you didn't…",Taylor sighed.
Megan had took that to offense and then went in front of him. "Excuse me what's that suppose to mean?", She asked. She hoped he didn't think of her as weak, then he would be dead wrong. "I may not be able to know what you think but I'll have you know-",
She was then interrupted as Taylor put a finger to her lips. "If you were to come and you got hurt or even worse...I myself wouldn't know what to do. Hell I might have blow up the planet knowing that the person that I can relate to and care about the most was dead."
Megan had stopped her current rampaging thoughts of calling him every name under the sun, and then her thoughts have turned into how sorry she was for over-reacting. She immediately hugged him and then cried quietly into his chest.
"I'm sorry...I just like you and I care about you. You make me feel like I'm not just some alien...like I'm an actual girl,"She said then Taylor gently took her by her chin. She could only guess where this went next then wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I like you too...you make me staying here on this planet fun. "He told her with a warm smile then let his hand down.
Megan thought this opportunity was to good to let it slip, so she stood on her toes and gave him a whole-hearted kiss. This had took Taylor by surprise and then he had kissed her back closing his eyes. The kiss lasted for about 3 minutes before they had pulled away, still holding each other.
"So what does this mean?", She asked looking into his hazel-blue eyes really wanting to know what his thoughts were on this.
"Now we can hold hands in public, cuddle, fight crime, together," Taylor chuckled.
"Go window shopping?",She giggled.
"Uh no...but if you want to, "Taylor shrugged with a smirk. "Boyfriend and girlfriend?", He asked.
"Oh yes!", She she shouted and kissed him again and this one had lasted even longer she then pulled away and grinned. "So how was your day?",
"It's been a good day...besides fighting Doomsday, "Taylor said and the two had kissed again.
-Cadmus, Washington D.C,-
Lex Luthor, a powerful and influential businessman, and owner of LexCorp, after recent events with the Justice League he has laid low for a few months. He was watching the showdown between Skarlet King and Doomsday. This new hero intrigued him and a evil grin ha crept along his features.
"Now how to get his attention," He chuckled and then thought for a bit.
"I can only guess this will take time...I just need more information about him, "He said to himself and then chuckled evilly.
And that is the end of this chapter and I hope you guys have enjoyed it so far. Give me some criticism on what I need to improve and what you think I should do in the future. Review and happy reading!