Harry woke up with a pounding headache and every inch of him itched, he had been told what had happened, Superman had found the nuke and disarmed it as there was time left to do so, he had apperated to The Respite and had been obliviated, the oath would only punish him for a short while as The Joker had not died but was left unresponsive.

Metropolis was still there and had not become a smoking crater, millions were not dead, so that was good.

He picked up the pain relief pills and took them taking the edge off as the itch became a burning pain, Gelud had explained he'd be in bed for weeks but would recover fully, over the next few weeks he had many visitors form the League as well as Padfoot, Nick, and Perinelle coming in and slipping him small doses of elixir to help him recover.

Finally a visitor arrived who had some news for him, Question gave him a nod as he walked in, he explained how Superman seemed to be getting worse, a new member of the League had made a comment to the press about Lex Luthor having a second chance, and Superman had raked him over the coals worse than Batman, normally Superman would be the one defending the member as it was an honest mistake but he had been cold, almost vicious in his ambush as he had pulled the member in front of the founding members without warning,

curious Harry asked, "who is this new member?"

"He's quite popular, always has a smile and a cheerful word to everyone in the League, his name is Captain Marvel,"

The name struck a nerve, like it was important but he couldn't quite remember why, pushing that odd felling aside Harry asked about Question's investigation into Superman's removed memory,

"We need to find that memory and restore it, Clark is becoming unstable and without knowing what was removed trying to help could drive him insane,"

Question shook his head, "Unfortunately I have gone as far as I can, all the trails end in either dead ends or stories that are obviously untrue but the person believes they are true, hopefully with a little luck something will come to light but..." and he shrugged,

Harry smiled and then winced as he moved to open the bedside table, "so, you need a little luck do you?" he held up a small vial with glittering golden contents.

A few days later Harry had recovered, the punishment inflicted by the oath turned out to be a light one, probably due to him saving many lives through his actions, he was currently sat in a nice little cafe near the Daily Planet, the typical lunch of Burger and Fries and a nice cold glass of cola, the weather was nice and not too hot, he wondered what could come along to ruin the day when he spotted Question walking towards him.

"Hey Question, care for a bit of lunch?" Harry asked wondering how the man would eat without taking off the mask,

"No thankyou, I have come to give you the results of my investigation," Q answered,

"I take it the potion helped?"

"yes it was quite handy in uncovering several things, as well as this," and he handed over a single photograph,

Harry looked at the slightly faded picture, two teen guys and one girl pictured before a large sign that read 'Talon', he recognised a young Clark Kent, but not the girl or the other teen who was bald, in fact he looked a little like... no... no way,

Superman was very uncomfortable, Lex was making a speech to the press while children ran around them and played, after giving a short answer about supporting a worthy cause Lex was called away but before he could get a few steps away a hand was placed on his shoulder, as her turned he saw the league member known as healer, and before he could react,

"memento reparare recuperandome reparatione Smallville," he then turned to Superman,"memento reparare recuperandome reparatione Lex Luthor"

security rushed up but Harry apperated away before they could get there, "Mr Luthor are you ok?"

"Yes, i'm fine, I... wow," Lex's mind reeled as several years of his life rushed back to him, and as he looked up at Superman he recognised his first true friend and the man he called brother was having a similar reaction.

Superman shook off the daze and looked around "Healer what was...? where is he?"

SEVERAL MONTHS LATER

Harry woke with a start, his eyes widened, was he Harry?

yes yes he definitely was Harry but... he was more,

he then could feel it... everything... flowing through him, and it didn't overwhelm him as it had before, he peered at the space between his hands and began to mould it, creating a small creature, a puffskein, and held it out to the girl who appeared a moment later, she squealed and grabbed the little creature snuggling it,

"You always did have a fondness for round, cuddly, and furry didn't you Fate?" he asked playfully,

a big grin on her face and her form shifted to a teen girl, her avatar, Luna Lovegood, "Welcome back little big brother, I missed you," and he pulled her into a hug,

a new voice spoke, a deep bone vibrating cross between James Earl Jones and Barry White, "It's good to have you back brother, we informed Sirius and your mortal grandparents of what was happening, they have your mortal body under a stasis charm to preserve it for you,"

Harry walked up to death and gave him a firm handshake, "looking sharp as always Mortis, how are thigs on earth? how long have I been away?"

A wind whipped around them conveying the amusement of time and life, Fate just gave him a look, "as if you didn't know, you wake up at just the right time and expect us to think it a coincidence?"

"actually I think I did plant to wake up now, but I am still processing my memories, humor me,"

Fate rolled her eyes, "fine, well this was what should have happened," she waved and images popped up of death, Batgirl torn apart and eaten, Captain Marvel missing a leg and an eye calling down one last attack killing himself and the creatures, Lex Luthor dying with the Suicide Squad, Superman captured and injected with kryptonite, and Darkside standing in the ruins of metropolis before leaving with his prisoners.

"Why is Darkseid attacking earth? his duty is to wipe out self destructing civilisations and leave just enough so the can start again and hopefully not go down the same path, earth isn't close to that, so why is... oh.. I see... how long since he fell?"

Death shook his head, "Years, sister has tried to direct the new gods to notice his fall but she can only guide events and gods are particularly hard for her to influence, and the rest of us cannot do anything,"

Fate spoke up, "but now this future is gone, the changes you have made even as a mortal have changed it, no heroes are dead yet and they are fighting back much more effectively,"

Death pulled out his clipboard, "I't only delayed it a little, their names are still in my ledger, the first names are those at that hospital you set up, then the others fall without it," he looked to see Harry smile and wave his hand as the formless space changed to the inside of a movie theater with only two big plush chairs, each with a giant bucket of popcorn,

"well then, I guess it's time i stuck my nose in, but first I have something to do that is looong overdue," and in a flash of lightning he vanished.

Lex Luthor had had an eventful week, Clark had taken him to a magical hospital and shockingly they had found and removed the parasite Brainiac from his body with nothing more than a disgusting potion and a 'spell', with his testimony CADMUS had been disbanded and most of it's upper command arrested and charged, and most worryingly of all an inventory of their assets had shown that the creature Doomsday had somehow been stolen, it was now obvious by who.

Lex began making adjustments to his suit, priming it's reactor to explode, the suit was heavily damaged and he was alone, his defensive robots were no match, and his kryptonite ammo was almost depleted, the reactor also ran on the green crystal and would do a great deal of damage, before he could finish though the reinforced door buckled and the first hungry looking Para-doom walked in.

The League were fighting hard, most of the street level heroes had stayed out of it, they were no match for the forces of Apokolips, Superman and wonder woman were in the thick of battle with Darkseid but were losing ground, Batman was wearing an exo suit and killing as many of the mad god's abominations as he could, Captain Marvel had returned twice, the first time he almost lost an eye, the second his leg, but as soon as he was healed he headed back out, Manhunter had turned into a dragon and was fighting tooth and claw... but they all knew... it was over, they had no chance of winning against a full on invasion like this.

Lex was confused, the creatures had piled into the room and surrounded him ready to rip him apart but had then just stopped, it too a moment for him to realise they had not just stopped they were frozen, unmoving, not even breathing, he tried to finish rigging his suit but the parts wouldn't move and the buttons couldn't be pressed,

"Hello Lex," cam a voice,

Lex span around to find a familiar person, the one who had restored his memory and vanished, Healer, "what is this? what's happening?"

Harry smiled, "A long overdue offer Lex,"

Superman slammed into the street demolishing several cars before coming to a stop, his lip split, black eye, many cuts and burns, he slumped for s few seconds exhausted but slowly rose to his feet as Wonder Woman fought Darkseid.

Her sword strikes were mostly blocked, the few that did connect barely left a scratch, then he caught her arm and span her around into a choke hold, he grabbed her right arm and bent it until 'CRACK' the bone snapped but she didn't cry out merely letting out a grunt before she twisted free and drove her left elbow into his temple, she followed up with a kick but he caught her foot and once again 'CRACK' he broke her leg before tossing her away,

"Impressive," was his only comment.

The Para-dooms moved in eager to rip him apart, Lex smirked and motioned them to come at him his eyes alight with excitement, "SHAZAM!"

Stood there in green leather armor with golden lines, two strips of white cloth hung from his shoulders each one having gold trim on the side next to his arms, heavy black boots once again with gold highlights and spikes tapped the floor, his head had a futuristic army helmet with visor, and on his shoulders were a Major rank insignia,

"Hmm, well if he is a captain, I guess that would make me, Major Marvel... hmm needs work," and he leaped at the nearest Doom delivering several martial arts blows before tearing the creature in half, "I think i'm gonna enjoy this," and he gripped the two strips of cloth at the bottom and tore them free and as he did so they instantly changed into twin white swords with a golden edge, and he moved at super speed and in a moment was gone, the remaining dooms fell apart with wet slops.

Superman put in a last ditch attempt to fight back, but he was hurt, Wonder Woman had vanished to the respite, and Darkseid looked unruffled as he lifted the man of steel off his feet and his Omega Beams began to charge,

"Any last words Kryptonian?"

Before Superman could answer a voice called out, "Darkseid, god of Apokolips you are acting outside your influence, explain yourself!"

the god looked around and sneered "I do not explain myself to insects," and fired his beams at the speaker,

"how very rude," Harry commented, "shazam,"

Darkseid dropped Superman shocked, his beams had been stopped by this person, he wore a long golden cloak that seemed to be made of metal and yet moved like it was cloth, under it was a simple white shirt and trousers, gold shoes and gloves, and in his hand he held the Omega beams like they were something physical that could be caught and he pulled and Darkseid stumbled and the beams were pulled from his eyes and coalesced into a red gem that the person slipped into his pocket,

"who are you?"

"Really? you don't know?... shows just how far you have fallen,"

Darseid rushed at him only to be swatted away, "yes, you have fallen, and even dare to attack me?, fool, it seems you are unworthy of the divinity you have been granted," and he plunged his hand into Darkseid's chest and withdrew a point of light which joined the gem in his pocket,

Darkseid staggered and fell to one knee as his body shrunk slightly, his muscles grew less defined, his armor crumbled leaving only black shorts, the Para-dooms rushed to help their master, "ah yes, let's deal with the inconvenience," and he snapped his fingers and all the living Para-dooms turned back into what they originally were before vanishing back to their homeworlds.

Harry began thinking how best to sort the mess, then silenced and bound Darkseid, a smile crossed his face before he once again snapped his fingers and Raven of the Teen Titans appeared before him, and she immediately dropped to her knee and bowed her head,

"How may I help my lord?" shae asked,

"It's not your help I need my dear, but your father, did you know he isn't a demon?" she looked shocked, "he is actually a devil, and I have a contract for him," she didn't question him as she knew who and what he was, "back in a mo," he vanished into the crystal on her forehead,

Trygon felt an intruder enter his prison, "WHO DARES ENTER MY DOMAIN I WILL" he spots Harry and makes a sound like a cross between a whimper and squeak, "m-my lord, I apologise, I had no idea it was you I-" Harry held up his hand to stop him, and pulls from his pocket a large folder with thousands of pages,

"I have a deal for you, take your time reading it, my brother has made it so time will not pass outside until we are done,"

Trigon confusedly took the book like contract and began to read, every way he came up with to get an advantage was blocked, even a few he didn't think about, he would be restricted in many ways and yet he would get to be a god, he would have a planet to rule over, enemies to fight even if he had to spare some so they could try their civilizations over from the star, even with the restrictions he would get everything he could want provided he could beat Darkseid in combat, and since the former got didn't have the power of Omega or divinity any longer he was confident he could win, and best of all even if he would NEVER admit it he could get all he wanted without hurting his daughter, how could her refuse?

Raven blinked and the crystal that served as the prison for her father fell to the ground and dissolved into nothing as he appeared beside her kneeling,

"Greetings daughter, you no longer have to be my keeper, enjoy your life," he spoke surprisingly fondly,"you are much stronger than even you know, and I swell with pride when I see you defeat your enemies, ha it feels strangely good to be able to tell you that,"

Harry stepped forward, "A challenge has been made, Darkseid former god of Apokolips, you will now face the first challenger for your former position, Trygon Devil lord you understand the rules and pledge to follow them?"

Trygon got to he feet and bowed to Harry, "I do my lord and I accept,"

Darkseid outraged yelled, "I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY GODHOOD TO ANYONE!" and charged at Trygon,

Harry shook his head, "as if you had a choice,"

Trigon and Darkseid were evenly matched physically, trading punches and kicks they seemed evenly matched, but it was soon obvious who was better, Trydon was a skilled fighter even without his powers, but Darkseid was not as he had relied on his Omega Beams and divine power he never really fought just stood there absorbing damage until the enemy was exhausted and easy prey, but now he was getting beaten badly as Trygon took great pleasure in humiliating the former god.

All in all the fight wasn't that interesting, it was more a beating than a fight and after only a few minutes Trygon presented the beaten and bloody mush that was Darkseid to Harry,

"My Lord, I stand victorious, I reluctantly present this trash for your judgement," and he dropped Darseid to the ground stepped back and kneeled,

"Well done Trigon god of Apokolips, you have honored the traditions laid out by the pantheons and won your godhood in fair combat," he took the spark and gem and place them on Trygon's chest and forehead respectively and pushed, "this may sting," and Trygon screamed as a bright white light emanated from his chest.

After a few moments he rose clad in deep burgundy armor, on his back was a double headed axe, no helmet, he bowed to Harry who spoke, "Now it is time to begin your duties, your predecessor has left much for you to do, now take your prisoner and go, and don't forget to visit your daughter so she can get to know who you actually are, no need to play a part anymore," Trygon nodded and took Darseid by the leg and they both vanished in a burst of burgundy flames.

With things settled Harry went to see his family and friends, made sure they were ok, he left a portion of himself with them while he began his role and slowly spread magic to new users, spent time with the other aspects, and watched souls evolve, even he didn't know where this was all headed and as his universe reached it's end he departed for the next, after all infinity wasn't going to take care of itself.

Author note: yes I know this was a bit of an abrupt end but I had to get some sort of ending, this story took on a life of it's own and I was running out of steam, I have some new ideas that I want to start on but I know myself and if I didn't finish this one before starting the next I probably never would have finished at all.