"What is this?" the man muttered as he examined it but could not feel any magic from it
"Filthy Meta Humans" He said as he disintegrated the spears and left the place
'I will hunt this bug down next time, it show up' he thought as he had unable to find any trace, Gaara had not touched the spear and it was made using chakra not mana
'I wonder how little Zatanna is doing. That delicious magical power, I will definitely receive it just you wait my naïve little pet.'
'Now what should I do?' Gaara thought as he sat on top of a building, he had already checked the information and they should be leaving later but now he was free to do nothing
'I realize how empty my life is at this moment.' Gaara mused with a smile on his face as he thought it was of funny that without all that work, he truly had nothing else.
'I should start training, otherwise my chances of controlling the person who can me back are low and it will be pointless to go back as I would not be able to fight.' Gaara thought as he decided to leave the city, he did think of asking for data from Eldon but they weren't close enough
Transforming into an eagle, Gaara flew towards where he had appeared and arrived within a second with his full speed. Gaara landed on the rocky ground and felt that there was no sign of anyone within miles, "It's clear."
'I lack speed, strength and durability along with stamina to fight against Madara. Is it even possible for me to surpass or equal that power?'
'The more I think about it worse it gets.' Gaara mused with a frustrated expression, life of his world hanging onto him
Gaara sat down on the ground in meditation as he decided to train his control further, 'Let's test my limits this time, how deep into the planet can my control reach?'
Closing his eyes Gaara continued to turn the ground beneath him into sand in a straight line which was only 5 inch thick, it went deeper and deeper. Finally he couldn't go further than 700km deep; his control wasn't strong enough to break the hard earth down below.
"Still many thousand kilometers to go" Gaara muttered in calm manner as he was back in his zone
'Let's check with full capacity' Gaara stood up and with his arms open wide he commanded the whole area around him to turn to sand. It was fast on above the ground and slower underneath but after awhile he could see the result of his full power.
"100KM above ground and 20 km below, I really don't know how strong that is." Gaara muttered with uncertainty
'I need something to test my power on just normal rocks won't do. Let's just increase the speed and strength of my physical body.' Gaara pondered and decided to use the force of his capabilities to pressure his own body with hundreds of tonnes pressure applied on his body
He looked no different from outside as he had applied it like his usual sand armor and with it on, he decided to train his close combat skills as he remembered how hard it got when someone broke through his sand, he was out of his zone then.
'Sorry Lee, Naruto I will be borrowing your skills.' Gaara apologized in his head as he remembered in detail everything he knew about these two. Before trying it out, he made sand clones to try them out as he watched from a third person view to see if he was right or not.
This training went on for awhile and Gaara returned to the city, Zatanna had said she would be going out so he had to eat outside today. He walked the streets of the city in male form and was looking for a restaurant when he was ambushed by Mary, who hugged him from behind.
"How did you know?" Gaara muttered curiously as he knew she went directly for him so she knew already where he was.
"Names have power, Gaara. I advice you not to give it away, though really yours is truly a short one. But I wonder how you knew?" Mary said as she stuck to him and they walked together
"Secret"
"I want to know why you are so obsessed with me." Gaara said in cool tone
"Because I like you, it was love at first sight. We are so similar, rule breakers and no need to act like heroes just because we have powers." Mary said in lovely voice
"I do not understand love but as it would just be more troublesome to get rid of you, I will let you accompany me but please do not force my hand." Gaara said in a calm manner, delivering his threats without missing a beat like it was the most natural thing to do
"Hehe, no problems. I am not that kind of girl, we are so gonna have blast. Did you have dinner?" Mary giggled and enquired
"No, I was looking for a place to eat." He answered as he wanted to her to guide him
"Then let me take you to an awesome place to celebrate our everlasting friendship." Mary said in a boisterous manner as she dragged him along
'I really can't believe I feel something for him.'
'It came out of nowhere and he is packed with energy.'
'If I take his powers I would be powerful beyond anything I dreamed off but if I did it I will lose the person I love.'
'I choose love, I am tired of being alone and he probably would murder me with ease.'
'Living in the darkness at least you gives good survival instincts or else I would have perished countless times. I can't let him get away and especially not to that bitch.' Mary had pondered over these thoughts since she met Gaara and this affection had turned to the extreme
Gaara felt a bit comfortable around her for some reason and he followed her along, 'She might be useful with her magic unlike Zatanna who is careful.'
The two of them walked like a couple on a date from afar while from up close Gaara stoic face implied something else.
"Clark, what are you doing here?" A young girl's voice entered his ear as she walked close to him along with her companion
"You have mistaken me for someone else; my name is Ryu not Clark." Gaara replied as he took in the two attractive girls in front of him who were shocked at his appearance which was exactly like Clark Kent
"Sorry" Kara muttered in embarrassment as she moved with her friend Barbara
'Why is she here?'
'Supergirl one of the potential candidates. The other girl should be Batgirl, with the way she moves and accompanying Supergirl is giveaway.' Gaara mused as he left some sand on the girls so that he could see what they see and even hear what they talk about through lip reading.
"You should be careful about taking a form; I would prefer to see that real you." Mary whispered into his ears as they both entered into luxurious place where it seems Mary had VIP arrangements
As both of them dined with no problems, more like Gaara just tuned out while Mary talked to him. Gaara noticed a familiar presence close by through the earth as he was training even now and looked towards that direction.
'Zatanna looks unusual and her mannerisms don't match with her personality. There is something wrong.' Gaara thought as he turned back to Mary
"Mary, do you know anything about him?" Gaara indicated with his eyes and Mary looked towards that table, her face would have should her annoyance but Gaara was close
"Its Zatanna and that douche bag, he is an asshole who sells souls for increase in his life and power." Mary provided without a problem leaving out the fact she had worked closely with him many years ago
"Thanks"
'As expected, he should have done something to her. But what and how, was she taken by surprise or was she too trusting of the man?'
"We will follow them; she is a friend so I can't let her get hurt." Gaara muttered as he caused some of the ground beneath Zatanna to turn to sand and let it crawl into the clothes of both of the duo without making them notice.
'This way he can't escape through the magical way and I can kill him as long as he is in the city.'
Zatanna and Benjamin Raymond dined together like a couple in love, she acted so effeminate and weak in Gaara's eyes. He observed through sand vision for any clues on how she was ensnared and after some time got the jist, 'It's the roses on her person or she drank something.'
"What kind of method do you think he used?" Gaara sat beside Mary and whispered in her ear causing her to tingle with excitement
'He is so teasing me isn't he?' Mary thought as she held back from doing any sensual advances
"Looks like the love potion." She said in husky tone as she whispered into his ears and touché his chest
"Love potion?" Gaara never heard of such a thing
"It is a potion that causes the person to love the first person they see unconditionally."
"Interesting, how does one break out or undo the affect." He asked in a curious tone as he was finding more and more unique things in this world
'Drugs or weapons can also be of use.' Gaara thought as heard her answer
"Sorry, that's beyond my capabilities." Mary said in a pitiful tone as she pouted cutely
"No problem, you have been a great help" Gaara said as he touched her face gently
'She using her charm again.' Gaara understood that she was leading him onto something she wanted so he let her as a compensation for the service.
He ended up kissing Mary, with slow motions and for a long time until she ran out of breath. Gaara touched his lips and felt that was quite a fun experience, and felt curious how it feels after this but for now he was focused on his self given task.
"That was fun; we may do more but later." Gaara whispered in a rare gentle tone with a hint of emotion unlike his stoic tone
"Yes, I will wait" Mary said with suppressed joy, she felt like a maiden again who was experiencing first love
'It might as well be, it's been so long since I had an actual relationship. This time I will make it work, I have already moved on from the truly evil acts leaving just the minor stuff and he doesn't mind.' Mary thought happily as she stuck to his arm and enjoyed his warmth
After some hours Zatanna and Ben left the restaurant in high end car while Gaara didn't have one nor did Mary at the moment.
"I will meet you tomorrow" Gaara pecked her on the lips and disappeared from sight as he rushed on top of building. Once there he transformed into a cat and ran in the direction where he could feel the tracker, they were going towards Raymond's property and it was quite large as Gaara entered it.
Large open field and a Mansion in the center, the car stopped and Raymond led Zatanna inside. Gaara followed inside and his path led him to a room filled with occult items which he didn't understand. Zatanna was standing in the center of a circle while Raymond had a dagger in his hand.
"It is truly unfortunate but I have to send you to Lord Mammon." Ben said in calm tone with a tinge of regret
'I think this is enough' Gaara thought as he commanded the sand that infiltrated the body of Raymond to respond, it caused him to roar in pain and as his heart was pierced through along with other organs.
Gaara didn't leave but he didn't come out, and as Raymond started reacting weirdly Zatanna woke up.
"Come out, who is there?" She demanded
'It seems she was alright and this was just to find information.'
As she looked around the blood touched the circle and a large red hand pierced through, it moved around wildly and caught Reymond but it was not satisfied as it tried to go for Zatanna.
"Mammon" Zatanna growled in anger as she blasted him with magic spells for getting that he was highly resistant to that particular magic and she should have used something else or erased the circle. The hand almost got her when the area around the circle collapsed causing Mammon's hand to withdraw along with Raymond's corpse
Zatanna calmed down and floated in the air as she tried to find the helper, "I know you won't come out but thanks for the help." She said in a grateful tone as she fixed the place up and left, she needed to talk to people in the field about this event.
'She needs more control and experience; even then she is a good ally.' Gaara thought as he left the mansion and felt Mary's presence
'She followed me and there is someone beside her.' Gaara mused as he quickly went towards her direction and found the same man from yesterday. He had chained Mary down with something and was placing his hand on her skull.
'He must have killed the other woman. I am sorry for not being able to save you.' Gaara said silently as he felt kind of bad for not being able to save an innocent in front of him
"This time no more games" Gaara muttered as he turned into the shape of Superman and flew, more like he carried himself as he was covered in sand
With a movement his hand, the man was launched into the sky from the earth as the ground threw him up which broke his focus and Gaara smashed his fist into him and dragged the broken body down to the floor.
"You are an immortal being as well; I really hate your kind." Gaara muttered with annoyance as he gathered the pieces and was about to seal him up.
"I have been waiting for you but I never expected it to be you, Superman." The man said in a sarcastic tone as he formed back into complete body
A barrier flashed into existence and his book shone with light, "Payback is a bitch." He muttered as Gaara felt his heart explode.
"Tell them Nicolas sent you."
A.N Hope you enjoyed and comment
All chars are from the comics
Mary Ann looks like Mary Jane from spiderman comics or just look at the poster