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Chapter 36 – Complications
Rimbor; April 2nd 2019; 2:55PM
It was surprisingly similar to Earth, the alien court room, with three judges atop a pedestal with the criminal, namely Superman, stood before them to testify his good will. The rest of the Justice League including John Stewarts Green Lantern were all bound by the wrists and lined up behind him as he spoke for them.
Batman and Icon on either side of the room, to witness and testify to the sabotage of their immortal villain back on Earth.
"I'm sorry… I don't understand?" Clark answered.
"Movae no sabe, Earthling!" the blubbering pink alien spat angrily as the one on his left quietly pointed to his Universal translator; he practically rolled his eyes, if you'd call those that, before slamming the dashboard, "Now, does the witness understand?"
Superman was relieved, "Yes, tribune, but I can only repeat again what I've said all along," turning on his home-grown Kansas farm boy charm, he turned to his team, "The Justice League, my fellow defendants and myself, never meant to attack Rimbor and would never intentionally cause injury to innocents. We are not criminals or conquerors, we only want peace."
The alien on the right, the one transcribing the events, spoke up as he pulled the footage of Superman's heat vision slicing through an alien building, "Forgive us, 'Superman', if we who represent the prosecution of Rimbor find that hard to believe."
Seeing these images caused a few Leaguers to turn away, Superman continued, "Never-the-less, it is the truth; on our planet we are heroes of peace but, an enemy of ours used mind control to-"
"Yes, or so you keep saying; not in control of the destruction worth billions, not in control of the injuries dealt to innocents who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, the terror you wrought and the children you scared emotionally. It seems you take no responsibility for any of it," he moved across the room during his speech stopping only about ten feet from Clark, "If you don't have any evidence that you were supposedly controlled, than I'm afraid this court can only find one verdict." He slithered off to his desk as his case was finished.
Two Krolotaen's sat above the scene, in the court room amongst the hundreds watching, speaking to themselves, "Why does this trial drag on, surely the bribes have exchanged hands by now?"
"The Earthlings have refused to pay, what morons!"
The clicked in alien laughter until suddenly a massive uproar began when holographic devices displayed the same screens to everyone in the stands, including the judges, "This cant be, its everywhere…"
"That doesn't make it true, it could be fake."
"No way, if the Reach is on Earth, then the entire sector is doomed!"
Chatter across the courtroom made the League feel uneasy being so far from home, hoping their successors and protégés could handle the coming threat.
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War-World; Deep Space; May 14th 2019; 7:00PM
Vilgax sat on the throne of his massive ship, it was a tad bigger than he'd hoped but, it being one of the most devastating weapons ever created did suit him well. In front of him, he willed three holographic screens with a fourth missing to appear before him using the crown.
"I've located the objects you were searching for," Lex Luthor was on a lower deck, searching through tech so advanced it made his most advanced arsenal look like a floppy-disc, "One of them is on Earth, the other three are located on planets outside of our Galaxy."
"Retrieve them for me."
Lex looked over the data on a screen built into the pedestal he stood before, "I have a small team I can use to find the piece on Earth but, it will take time to assemble enough supporters of the Light with skills requi-"
"You're rambling, do what needs to be done, my resources are yours to command," He stood and placed the took the crown of the war-world off, placing it on the throne, "The final piece of the puzzle dwells in a place I fear none amongst you could survive."
Lex raised his brow, scrolling through the screen until a red-hot ball of flames caught his eyes, "You must mean this one, Apocolypse. Home to this Universe's most powerful dictator, would you like me to lend you a meta-human to assist?"
"No, I will go alone, I will contact you when I have completed the task," Vilgax moved to exit the room, heading for the teleporter bay, he was about to walk into something incredibly dangerous.
"And if you don't return?"
Vilgax didn't answer as he rounded the corner, leaving the room entirely.
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Watchtower; May 14th 2019; 6:41PM
Albedo awoke suddenly, his eyes snapping open he darted upwards, analyzing his surroundings with his incredible intellect; his arms were shackled together, his Omnitrix was disabled somehow, he couldn't access his watch via thought which immediately tipped him off.
The bright light hanging from the ceiling disoriented him but, it took only seconds for him to see the man sitting across from him in a metal fold-up chair, "Looking for this?" Ben held out the core to an Omnimatrix with crimson circuitry.
"There was a seventy-nine percent chance you would disable my watch in such a fashion so, no, I wasn't looking for it," Albedo retorted struggling to get comfortable within his bonds.
Ben placed the core on the table, "How'd you make it?"
"Excuse me?"
"Back when we fought the Injustice League you said you copied Azmuth's design… I asked him, he has no new designs," Albedo looked away with only a hint of nervousness, "So, how did you make it?"
"You aren't more worried about Vilgax, the Reach, and the Light all conspiring against you? You'd rather know how I made my watch?"
Ben folded his arms, propped his feet up on the table between them and sighed, "Yep," he lowered his voice and covered his face with a hand, "If you tell me now, I'll make sure to kill you slowly…"
"Alright!" Albedo shouted, interrupting the useless banter, "I am serious when I say that Vilgax is threatening everything this time; even I would not escape."
It was just Ben and Albedo, no one else in sight; "I really am handsome, even looking at a sociopathic twin, still good looking…" Finally having Albedo at his mercy naturally made him as arrogant as he could be, not that he couldn't turn cold on a dime, "It's going to be weird bashing my own teeth in until I can't recognize myself…"
"Very funny," Albedo rolled his eyes, "While you waste time bantering; The Light use the war-world to collect the map!"
"What's a war-whirl?" Sunny asked digging her glowing pink fingers into a potato chip bag obnoxiously.
Ben turned around with an irritated glare, knowing full well she teleported in, "Do you mind?" she shrugged but, he immediately turned back to his prisoner, "Elaborate."
…
Sunny floated around the room, obviously bored and had finished her snack; Albedo continued to tell Ben everything about the Light's plans, what Vilgax is doing, and how to find the map, "I know of three of their locations, they'll have sent members to locate all but one."
"Which one, where is it?"
"It's in the Andromeda Galaxy, on a Planet known as Anur Vladias…" Albedo took his energy shackles from his lap on top of the table as Ben closed his eyes and tilted his head back in absolute exhaustion, "In this Universe they're all extinct but, the dead dwarf-star and undead energy… It would keep anyone away."
Ben's eyes snapped open, "Anyone except an Anodite…"
"Finally, you've caught on," Albedo rolled his eyes and yanked on his shackles, "Now, we must hurry if-"
"Us? No, not us," Ben stood up knocking his chair over, "You are going to sit and rot for the rest of your life; the only place your going is a cell with a little less light," he paused, "So, you can suffer the way the thousands did when you crushed them with your massive feet."
"I never came here asking for your forgiveness, only your cooperation," he sighed and leaned back, "Fine, go without me, lets see how far you get."
"I'll make it out the door, at the very least," he sarcastically chided in his twins face before turning around and leaving the room.
Just before she followed Ben out, Sunny glanced back at Albedo; he glanced away, avoiding eye contact, "Hey, just so you know, I'm not like them."
"You're an Anodite, I can see that," he responded without looking.
"No, I meant… I'm not some hero or goody-two-shoes or anything like that," She folded her arms, giving him a seductive stare over her shoulder as she walked out, "I came here to stop Vilgax and, that's pretty vague… who knows what I could do with all of that extra time?" He caught himself watching her as she walked out, the door slid closed behind her and he was trapped once more. In the one-way mirror that made up the window allowing others to see in, he noticed his face had turned almost as crimson as his watch.
"This entire Universe is a complete disaster…"
…
"Hey, wait up!" Sunny grabbed Ben's arm and tugged him back, "Where are you going?"
"I need to run something by the League… or what's left of it," he rubbed the back of his neck, "And I know this is a lot to ask but, I need you to go teleport to Anur Vladias and grab the piece of the map."
"Even someone as powerful as an Anodite can't survive on Anur Vladias for more than a few minutes… maybe an hour? And you're sending me alone?"
"Take Spiritus, that gives you two hours… right? Look, what comes next is incredibly important," he grabbed her shoulders and looked down into her meta-physical eyes, "I need to know I can trust you to do this…"
She had almost forgotten how serious her cousin had become since she'd last seen him, "Y-Yea, of course, you can count on me Ben, we're family…"
He dropped his arms and relaxed, "Good, because I'm about to have several debates and I'm really not looking forward to it."
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Three Hours Later
Ben entered the main control room, a holo-ring twice the size of the one in the old cave, held a group of heroes within it, all of which were the last line of defense for Earth.
Dr. Fate, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Captain Atom, Shazam, Power Girl, Superboy, Nightwing, Aquaman, Zatanna, Rocket, Red Tornado, and M'gaan all gathered together as Ben entered the ring, moving towards its center.
"I know I don't have the authority to call you all here like this but, we have a serious problem and it's going to take us all to solve it."
"We have a Reach invasion we're already worrying about; how much worse can things get?" Arrow quipped.
Nightwing stepped up next to Ben with a solemn stare, "So… so much worse…" he pulled up a holoscreen of the globe marking a single spot near Egypt, a country known as Kahndaq, "According to information given to us by Albedo…"
"Who the hell said we should trust him?!" Kara shouted, "He attacked us and nearly killed Superboy!"
"Kara…" he spoke softly putting his hand over hers.
Ben closed his eyes, "Albedo is a lot of horrible things… but, a liar is not one of them."
"What did he tell you?" Captain Atom stepped forwards and took hold of the conversation, trying his best to imitate Batman's demeanor.
"In my Universe," Ben almost choked on the memories, "My team and I stopped a bad person from collecting a set of four special items. These items are scattered across infinite universes, they exist in any reality."
Nightwing continued by zooming in on Kahndaq, "We discovered one here on Earth; likely found itself there a little over five-thousand years ago…"
Shazam groaned loudly and facepalmed, "What?" Aquaman asked obviously.
"We need a digging permit from the biggest jerk on the planet…" he noted.
"Teth Adam guards the ancient temple we believe holds the relic, so to get to it," he was interrupted swiftly by one of the most logical ones in the room.
Dinah spoke up clearly, "What does this relic do? Why do we need it? Does this have to do with the Reach?!" she looked around for answers as only Ben and Dick had any to provide.
"It's all very complicated, which is why we've decided splitting up this team is our best option," groans and moans of disagreement flooded the room, "I know, I know; we just sent out heaviest hitters into deep space but, we now have two insanely dangerous enemies lurking."
"First things fist; Zatanna, Rocket, and Dr. Fate, we need a way to stop one alien from absorbing cosmic energy from a different alien into himself... how are we doing on that...?"
Dr. Fate immediately turned around and formed an anch portal which took him to the Tower; Zatanna and Rocket turned to follow, "Obviously, nothing is impossible but, we'll see what we can find."
"That's all I can ask for, Z," after they left he continued.
"Gamma will go to the item in Kahndaq and try their best to keep the Light's hands off the relic," Ben explained as Nightwing was shocked by his resume in command, now that Vilgax is back on the table he seemed much more inclined to lead, "Beta is the biggest group, their goal is to stop the Reach's plans, whatever it takes."
Nightwing wasn't going to be left too far behind, "Each team will be debriefed individually to avoid confusion, by the end we'll all know the whole story and we'll be able to tell everyone how we saved the world," he finished with a smile.
"He is pretty good at those speeches," Oliver said receiving a sharp embow from Canary.
"What about Alpha," M'gaan asked as everyone was about to break apart and begin their assignments, they all stopped to look at Ben, "What are you going to do?"
"The hardest part," he reached up his left gauntlet and selected a few buttons, each humming noise was more baffling than the last, "I'll be delegating with the most powerful entity in all of existence, just in case we all fail."
"Alien X…" Conner noted, letting go of Kara's hand.
"Who is…?" She started but, it seemed strange how quiet everyone had gotten so suddenly; his left gauntlet slid off his arm, hitting the ground face-up like a cylinder.
"M'gaan," they all gave their full attention as Ben dialed up a selection on his right watch, "I need you here to watch me while I… talk," he reached out and grabbed her hands, "I don't know how this will end but, no matter what, I'll love you."
She embraced him, knowing this could be the last time she ever saw him wasn't unusual but, it was wearing on her; she'd finally… no, they'd finally found each other again, after all these years. But she was mature enough to know there was a life for people who wanted certainties like a happy ending, marriage, kids… and she didn't choose it. Her regrets were few and far between but, in times like these one could only imagine what it would have been like if she'd done something different, anything.
They all backed away from him, leaving the holoring but, staying to watch the show; Ben triggered the transformation via thought and a bright glow shot beams of green into space through the windows of the watchtower.
The Multiverse collapsed down to the size of a single atom, everything became Ben and Ben became everything; what was, is, and will be all collided into a single point amongst an incomprehensible event horizon. When the smoke cleared, Alien X was before them floating three feet off the ground, he stared off and said nothing. After a few seconds, he sat in midair with his legs crossed tightly, placing his hands on either kneecap leisurely and the debate begun.
"I guess that's it," Nightwing waved to everyone, "Let's get you guys debriefed."
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Sunny and Veronica made their way to the main room as she glanced over at the group of heroes, all being tasked with missions and such, "Come on," Veronica noted as she formed a seal of mana in front of her, preparing a portal.
"You still use portals?" As Veronica defended herself, she noticed Alien X floating behind the heroes, and that meant Ben was completely occupied, without even caring if she was still talking, Sunny interrupted, "I want to do something fun!" She made sure she was far enough away and snapped her fingers, a flash of pink light dropped Albedo in front of them, completely unrestrained.
"What?!"
Albedo himself was a bit confused but, allowed everything to happen around him; Sunny teleported all three of them away with a snap of her fingers.
All the heroes turned at the sound of her shout but, there was nothing there, so they continued where they left off.
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Earth's Moon; May 14th 2019; 11:10PM
Spiritus, Sunny, and Albedo all appeared on the light side of the lunar surface; Albedo was astounded that she'd managed to also retrieve his Ultimatrix core and bypass its defenses to change him into a Kryptonian.
Albedo felt his broad shoulders, "H-How did you-?"
Veronica blinked several times, "How…did you do all of that?"
"Gwen really held herself back; she didn't want to take the easy way and spend time away from Earth," Sunny floated over towards the now Kryptonian, Albedo noticing his impressive build and dragging her fingers down his suited chest, "And with Grandma gone, the same thing happened to you."
"Okay, whatever," she covered her eyes out of both frustration and embarrassment, "You broke out a criminal and gave him his powers back! You can't break code like that or-"
Sunny turned, "Or what? Your League is on trial, Ben is in Alien X, and look," she turned and pointed to Albedo, "He's still right here, he could have left at any time."
"Your powers fascinate me but, my true goal is making certain that Vilgax does not get the map," He folded his arms as the solar-winds very gently blew the tips of his cape, Sunny floated around him and wrapped her arms around his chest from behind.
"Whatever lets you sleep at night," while she smiled, he only groaned floating upwards and out of her embrace.
Veronica stomped her foot, cracking the ground, "Do you get some kind of sick thrill out of messing with people? Or are you actually this irresponsible!"
"Stop your whining, Ben put me in charge… sorta," she replied, "It doesn't matter, we come back with the piece, he'll thank us and what if we need a little muscle?"
At her wits end, Veronica took a deep breath and ran a hand through her hair, "Fine, riddle me this, how do we get a Kryptonian through Anur Valdias?"
"I was wondering that myself," He added.
She sauntered forwards and knelt down an inch or two to meet eyes with the younger Anodite, "Grandma had a spell that'll keep him safe so long as he stays near us two," she linked arms with him, "Once I cast this spell and we enter Anur space, he'll die instantly if he leaves within like, I dunno, forty miles…" she traced circles on his pecks, "Or something…" giving him one last glare up into his eyes before teleporting herself in between them.
"Hatrium Securitatum," Sunny drew a circle in front of herself out of mana, aiming it at Albedo, "Hespera Sophian Securitatum!"
The circle formed a seal which wrapped itself around him, giving him a pink glow, which only took seconds to wear-off, "Okidoke, let's go!"
"I hate this already…" Veronica sighed as Sunny whisked them away at inconceivable speeds.
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Rimbor; April 2nd 2019; 3:01PM
"Order! Order!"
Martian Manhunter gazed around the room, hearing their thoughts, using his own psychic link to communicate with his team, "What does this mean?" he asked as everyone heard of this 'reach' arriving on Earth but, none dared speak of who or the why, "What is this reach?"
John Stewart knew the answer, having studied Lantern history, he replied, "Millenia ago, they were galactic conquerors and it took the entire Green Lantern Corps to check their advance; that led to a treaty signed with the Guardians of the Universe, now the Reach can only lay claim to a planet if it is invited," he continued, "But, if the planet does invite them, no Lantern is allowed within one light-year of it."
"I SAID ORDER!" The main judge in the center of the trio slammed his mallet down, demanding silence in his courtroom.
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Watchtower; May 14th 2019; 11:15PM
"Albedo gave us everything he knew about the Light's plans, they're all on board with Vilgax but, they're obviously planning something bigger," Nightwing stood around Black Canary, Green Arrow, Captain Atom, Power Girl, Aquaman, Shazam, Superboy, and Ms. Martian; he used the holoring to pull out a massive hologram, "It's known as the war-world, a hand-built artificial satellite which is only slightly smaller than our moon, apparently the race that made it is dead and with weapons like these its not hard to understand why."
"And they're using this Moon to collect the map of whatever," Captain Atom threw his hands up, "How do we handle this?"
"Gamma squad is going to try and retrieve the item from Egypt without getting Black Adam pissed off and causing an international incident," Nightwing turned from the holographic map to the members, "Canary, Arrow, Superboy, and Shazam are up."
"What are we after?"
Nightwing brought up an image of a golden-crown that glistened even in a hologram, "Albedo said it was Teth's crown before his kingdom overthrew him five-thousand years ago; he doesn't wear it, it should be in his vault. Get to it before the Light does."
They all nodded and broke off, leaving Aquaman, M'gaan, Power Girl, Captain Atom and himself; "We also need a team to try and infiltrate this war-world, that would be Theta; Power Girl, Captain Atom, Aquaman, Red Tornado; you're our second heaviest hitters, the only ones we can count on to survive a mission like this."
Aquaman thrusted his fist upwards, "A kings challenge, then? I accept."
Kara, Atom, and Tornado all accepted gladly, "Along with the information Albedo gave us was a code, it'll bypass their teleportation security. I can't guarantee anything once inside but, you just need to shut that thing down."
"Sounds like Albedo gave us quite a bit, how much of it are we just going to pretend we can trust?"
Nightwing wiped his forehead, "Look, I don't know if you noticed but, we're all out of options. No leads, no clues, no real end to any of this until that watch wearing idiot landed in this ring!" he caught himself and realigned his voice, "None of us are Batman…"
Captain Atom looked off for a moment, realizing it's the second time it had to be pointed out, "None of us are prepared to run an entire army of heroes; we're just doing the best we can…"
"He's right, for now let's just try to keep our heads cool and keep the Earth safe," Captain Atom turned and headed for the tubes, ending the conversation as the others followed suit.
"I hate to say this but, we're stretched thin," Nightwing exhaled as he was left now only with M'gaan, "Really, really thin," he sat on the edge of the ring and put his face in his hands, "I don't know that I can do this…"
"You don't have to, because we have each other, we have a bond as friends; You, Ben, Kaldur, Artemis, Conner, Wally, and I will always be together, supporting each other," she sat down beside him and put a hand on his leg, "Besides, we have a team of quite a few remarkable proteges that are eager to help, no matter how badly I want to shield Ken from all of this…"
"About that..."
Nightwing stood and turned back toward the observation deck, staring down at the Earth, "There might have been a situation at STAR labs…" he chuckled, "Remember Red Volcano? Well, he-"
"Not in the mood, Dick."
"I'm hoping that was my name and not a slur…" he exhaled and ripped the bandaid off, keeping his hand on the back of his neck sheepishly, "Shifter may have taken the kidnapped Star labs kids off grid."
M'gaan shouted, "Are you serious? I was kidnapped for less than a week and you lost my son?" she marched up and down the deck, ranting furiously, "I can't believe this!"
"It's not what it sounds like, we have reason to believe the Light has him under their control somehow…" M'gaan froze and turned as Dick pulled up CCTV footage of Shifter getting out of a limousine behind the laboratory just before the kids escaped and Blue Beetle defeated Red Volcano.
"That's not possible, I scanned his mind, they couldn't have implanted any sort of triggers in his head without me…knowing…" she turned and looked at her hands, "Unless they knew I'd check…"
"Or any Martian."
"They didn't put anything in his head, because they put it all in his watch!" M'gaan opened up a holographic map, trying to pinpoint the Omnitrix signature, "We can find him and bring him in a-and-"
If she needed air she would have hyperventilated, searching small parts of the world, looking for her boy, "I already tried that, I didn't ask him but, I'm willing to bet Albedo knows how to turn off that wavelength."
M'gaan fell to her knees, staring at the floor until her gaze quickly went to the floating Celestialsapien god in the middle of the room, "They knew Ben would find him, they knew when to turn it on, they knew how to control him bypassing Martian telepathy, and they knew when to trigger him."
"When a group of meta-powered hormonal teenagers started training at STAR labs," Nightwing finished, "manchurian candidate…"
"We can still find him and…"
"And what? Something is wrong with his watch and when a watch is broken, you take it to the watchmaker…" Nightwing's eyes widened, "Shit, fuck, shit," he sprinted towards the holographic console and pulled up the screen of Albedo's empty cell.
M'gaan nearly teared up, covering her mouth, she was paralyzed as Dick sighed, "I think this is what it feels like to be moded."
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Apokolips; May 14th 2019; 11:44PM
The entire planet quivered, shaking in fear as an unrelenting force met an immovable object; beams of heat so hot they would collapse stars collided between mountain tops, on one end was Vilgax the Conqueror and on the other Uxas, also known as Darkseid the New God.
As a massive explosion ignited between them and sent flashes of energy through out the range of mountains, obliterating entire structure apart; Vilgax slid down the mountain, using his claws and armored boots to dig into the stone.
Darkseid leapt down, landing on his feet and shattering the ground below for hundreds of feet; when the smoke cleared Vilgax and the hunter of death were locked in a physical deadlock, fingers intertwined and strength forcing each one towards the opposite direction.
Vilgax took a deep breath and used his incredible lung-capacity to exhale a hurricane of unnatural proportions; the wind was so controlled yet, powerful enough to send the New God off his feet, hitting the side of mountain range.
A green fist narrowly plunged itself through where his opponents head would have been, had he not ducked to the side with an uppercut ready. Vilgax toppled back as Darkseid took this opportunity to right-cross him in the face and land yet another fist into his solar-plexus.
"Darkseid has no equal, no opponents; Darkseid is entropy incarnate!"
Vilgax rose suddenly with a fist so fast light was frozen around it, and had he not had such control, it would have destroyed the entire planet. Hitting Darkseid's jaw, it sent him back forcibly across the scolded dirt, digging through it with his boots.
"I seek only to humble myself before you," Vilgax fired another beam of crimson energy but, it didn't surprise Darkseid as he'd hoped instead the beam hit him in the chest directly, pushing him back further, "I prove myself through sheer physical will to kneel and ask for but one of your many relics!"
Darkseid walked through the beams as they grew stronger, slowly getting closer and closer, Vilgax summoned the Shield of Zegal to stop the backhand from the New God whom shattered his defense with one swing.
Darkseid healed quickly, the burns from his foes beams quickly sealed over with his New God skin, denser than any material in the Universe. Vilgax dropped his weapon and got to one knee, "I have taken the place of Vandal Savage in his crusade, though; he was a close-minded fool."
Darkseid snapped and grabbed Vilgax, sprinting forwards and ramming him through massive structure after structure; they could have been buildings but, they were all abandoned at this point, "I had dealings with Savage that span tens of thousands of years!"
Vilgax stopped their momentum and pulled Darkseid in for a knee-strike before hitting him in the chest with his Ruby Ray of Ulo; this put distance between them but, did nothing to injure Darkseid.
"I wish not to alter your arrangement but, my strength and courage to come here myself and demand your audience; then to withstand your Omega Effect," Vilgax stepped forwards, approaching as threatening as it sounded, "The deal is still in place but, to complete my end of the bargain I request only one item."
Darkseid took a moment to think, "Vandal Savage is dead?"
"Effectively."
Darkseid collected himself as his armor reformed around him without thought, "You have shown incredible vigor here, I'll agree to accept your terms, however; I hope you're aware of the end to our deal?"
"I am," Vilgax curved a smile as he made eye contact with Darkseid, "I look forward to it."
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Detroit; Michigan; May 15th 2019; 12:45AM
Virgil entered the house first followed by Ken, Asami, Eduardo, Tai, and Lex Luthor; it was a two story five-bedroom, four bath, suburban house that was fully furnished and stocked.
Eduardo immediately ran to the kitchen, opening the fridge to find all types of everything including meats, cheeses, deserts, snacks, and more, "No more cafeteria food!" he shouted.
Virgil plopped on the couch and smelled the cotton of the blanket atop it, "No more sterilized everything…" he looked up, "Can I call my dad, can he visit?"
"Of course, you'll find new tech all around the house, phones, computers, the works…" Lex noted with a smile.
Ken grabbed the remote from the table and used it to open a sliding platform that gave them a massive television, "The works…"
"While definitely not suited for STAR Labs, you certainly can't immediately return to school less you electrocute your teacher," he kept a perfect poker face, "You can stay here, where its safe, Mercy will provide anything you need, she's only a phone call away, as am I or your families who I'll be contacting."
He looked around at unsure glances and irritated glares, he sighed and knelt beside Virgil but, speaking loud enough for everyone to hear, "Alright, instead ill just contact Virgil's father so he can visit, does that sound better?"
"I don't want my father to know where I am, I don't care how much pull he has at the Lab!" Eduardo shouted.
Lex placed his hands behind his back and gave a smile, "I assure you; they will never find you here…"
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This is a short one, only because of a vacation I'm taking this month, you'll see me again very soon!
Keep reviewing! I love constructive criticism! Keeps the blood flowing!
1) I know according to the writers of Ben 10 that NOTHING can get near Anur Valdias, not even a Celestialsapien but, not in this story. In this story, its actually logical. In the show, this is the case for NO reason other than more lore never explored on a canceled show, SO, my version.
2) To be clear, Vilgax knew about the piece on Vladias and considers Darkseid WAY more dangerous.
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ALSO WE JUST HIT 300,000 VIEWS; THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT.