Whh- what.
Darius Renkins was a massive dc comics fan, his whole dream was to become a comic book writer for them so he could tell his own stories about these heroes, but he ended up in the television business instead so right after highschool he got his luckiest break ever and became a writer for low level acclaimed dc tv shows and he loved it!
Even though all his shows got canceled soon after he was added on, but then at 19 years old after only working there for a year a lunatic drunk driver crashes their car into the entryway of the writers building the same time Darius was leaving.
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Whereee..? Ammm iii, my head hurts holy AGH!
Suddenly light enters his eyes and he can't really make anything out but he can hear what's going on.
"Ah? Well Amanda you gave birth to twins! Sadly one is a male, but your daughter is a new blessing for this island!" a large warrior woman dressed up in armor exclaims holding the girl up in the air while the boy lays on the ground.
"Oh, please hand me my daughter! and I ask the to allow me to look at my son once." The woman says sort of sadly.
"Of course but you can't see your son for too long now."
"I understand.." The woman is then handed over both and she smiles at her new found daughter while smiling sadly and frowning at her son who seems all too aware making begging eyes at her.
Oh shit… at this point Darius has realized he was born in his new world as a male of themyscira, and he has no way to know if this is before or after Wonder Woman stops the 'kill all male babies' storyline but it sounds like it's before.
How do I get out of here?
Sadly there is no way to get out of his death so he thought but then a wave comes out of the sea and in that wave are armored men with tridents and again Darius knows these people as well.
Atlanteans?
"SOUND THE ALARMS" the same armored woman who was soon going to execute him screams and then runs off with many other armored women and they go meet the Atlanteans at the coast as the pregnant are left behind.
"Wow, did they really wait until they knew some of us would be pregnant to attack!" Some of the fiercer women screamed.
But as the people of the sea it would be too obvious when ships around Themyscira would sink and surface news would report all men missing for the armies of Atlantis to realize what was going on and to wait 9 months to have their next confrontation with the amazons.
Amanda, Darius's mother while holding him looks at the battle before looking at him and slowly noticing all the other boy babies have been thrown to sea already which may of helped the enemy army know when it was time to attack but more than that no one will know if she kills him or not, as long as he doesnt stay on the island.
Slowly she stands holding both of her kids.
Woahhh mom what's going on?? Don't be rash, okay!?
Darius freaks out gaining the wrong idea but slowly once he sees her go to the opposite side of the island away from the fighting and make a makeshift tiny raft he slowly gets the idea.
Without wasting too much time she puts Darius on the raft and kisses him on his forehead before pushing it out with her remaining strength and watches it float away praying some human settlers find him and give him a life worth living before it's too late.
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Well that was quite lucky on my part but now I probably have 2 days at the most before I die..
Well I didn't expect this but nevertheless I am glad.
..Who's there!?
Ah don't freak out too much I am the entity who brought you here Darius if you have any questions please ask now.
Uh well now my main question..why me?
..Hmm well first you should understand for beings as high as I, the more authority you spend the other entities of similar status get more leeway to use more of theirs as well so my choices were limited and you had the most knowledge out of the five insignificant beings on the list about this universe.
Well, that's not necessarily the answer I wanted but next..what did you want to say?
Ah yes the reason I came in your head is to explained I couldn't pick your new body to much for the reason I explained before so I had five choices again and the other four were frankly boring and you would of ended up a normal man the only reason I could even pick a Amazon was because you were supposed to be killed immediately, but the 1% happened so it all worked out.
If it didn't?
You would have died again, permanently but you would be in the afterlife of this universe not your original one, anyways enough talk! I'm here to bestow a gift due to you surviving, based on your genetics this power won't take to much authority to bestow but just by itself would be to large of a spending, so to cheapen the cost I will delay it so therefore once you reach eighteen years of age one year after your powers stop maturing you will awaken the powers of Wonder Woman, your cousin until then you will have to survive on the body of a male Amazon, it's up to you to find your own limits.
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After that a day passed and Darius began trying to think of the future and stop worrying about if he'll be found or not because he can't control that now.
So how strong would I be? If I make it out of this baby body.
So normal Amazon woman are able to kill Atlanteans who are strong enough to take bullets and blades and able to swim deep underwater with all that pressure, Amazon's aren't as durable because they live on land and their weakness is piercing weapons..oh wait that's my weakness now to, but anyways I should be weaker physically than an Atlantean warrior but have way better agility just like the rest but unlike the rest I should be closer to their strength and probably able to overpower untrained Atlanteans, but royal blood Atlanteans should still be a bit ways stronger but this is all when I'm seventeen though and powers peak.
So to translate into human men I should have the strength of fifteen of them.
Shortly after his tiny raft is noticed by some fishermen in the area who nurture him until the coast guard arrives and as he was found in American waters he is a USA citizen, again.
Unfortunately for him the place he gets dropped off at isn't some small no name town or a decent city like, central city he gets dropped off in Gotham.
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Now at the age of eight Darius has become used to his new life and luckily he was able to name himself and he picked the same name as his previous life and he was just given a random last name by the city because there's enough orphans as is so now he's Darius Drake living in a random orphanage in Gotham.
Now for the timeline, Batman myths exist and so do Wonder Woman myths but no other member of the justice league has been mentioned online yet. So still no idea what universe im in.
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2 years later
So, Wonder Woman has popped up, the teen titans have been formed, its known members are Speedy, Kid Flash, Bumblebee, Beast boy and Robin.
That's a problem as The Flash or Green Arrow haven't been around yet, but there is a universe I remember having that problem. The 2010's DCAU movies in this universe Wally West doesn't exist and Green arrow had a showcase movie I think as his only cameo in this universe, and Speedy is never seen again and neither is Bumblebee to my memory. So this kid flash has to be Barry Allen and here he just started early? And for some reason both the arrows either stay in their city or just quit. But this does give me a timeline In 4 years they'll meet Starfire and 5 years after that the Judas contract movie happens so the league's first meet up should be in..7 years that'll make me 17.
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After those thoughts Darius starts his normal routine, gets dressed with clothes donated from businesses and people and then goes to classes in the orphanage.
His plan though is once he turns 13 which is when you're allowed to finally leave the orphanage is to find some place that could teach him martial arts and while he won't be act his strongest physically as he body needs to grow it won't hurt starting early, especially because he should be immortal though how long his mind can last is in question, he doesn't have the demigod mind just body.
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3 years later
Finally, his plan can start and his true story can begin! So far he has made acquaintances in the orphanages but it's still too hard to relate with these kids so he can't really make any friends. While he was brought here when he was mentally 19 and now he's technically mentally 32 that's probably not the total truth as he's been treated like a kid obviously for a large part of those years.
Opening the orphanage door along with the creaks a terrible smell he's now used to greets his nose but ignoring all that he makes his way out
Leaving the block the orphanage is on he walks a predetermined path that he decided to follow by using maps on the older community computer.
It didn't take too long to arrive but the fact that it's here is still a mystery, but right here is 'Wild Cat Gym' owned by the legendary boxer wildcat who was also a vigilante at some point but is he old here or young? Why is it Gotham city and not Sterling city?
What if without his guidance Oliver and Roy don't fall too hard in the hero business and they quit? And that's why they don't appear in this universe past 1 cameo from each but he never helped them too much besides guiding Oliver a little bit.
Oh whatever I'll figure that stuff out soon enough but first try to get accepted here to train, as a thirteen year old boy, actually correction a very durable and strong thirteen year old boy.
Walking up the stairs he can hear with his enhanced ears heavy footsteps approach the door and it opens and out steps a man in his early forties.
"Hey kid this building isn't empty no matter how run down it is beginning to look." He has dark brown hair, a roughly shaved gray build and a strong build.
"Oh I know, uhm I'm here to get trained!" At moments like this Darius wishes he was able to have more social interactions with people.
scoff "Sorry kid, but I already have two students who I care very much for even if they aren't here often." He then begins to close the door.
Oh shit what do I do now?? A strong body wouldn't matter if I can't apply it, even when I reach my peak a teenage Amazon warrior from themyscira could kill me
"W-wait, how about I spar you then you can decide" what am I doing??!
"hm? A spar.. haha n- you know what come on kid let's see" He then opens the door but his face does not show much hope and his eyes only show curiosity.
After stepping in and looking around Darius can tell Wildcat seems to be a very old fashioned person especially for someone who is only middle aged at this point.
"My name's Ted, what's yours kid?"
"Oh, Darius, Darius Drake"
"Have you ever boxed before?" Ted says tossing him some gloves.
"Oh no sir-"
"You don't have to act like that y'know?"
"Oh. yeah okay" dammit stop making a fool of yourself
After both of them put on their gloves they approach the ring each getting in a corner with Darius following Ted's example.
"When I see 3 you can go" Ted says starting his countdown as Darius clenches his hand in the gloves.
What do I know about him? He has nine lives by being cursed, he's one of the teachers of Batman and Black Canary, alright something useful..he is very experienced, yeah I'm screwed.
After those thoughts the time is up and Darius rushes with a left hook before having Ted dodge it and deliver his own punch to his open face but strangely it doesn't hurt all too bad.
Definitely holding back as if I were a human child.
"You got a hard head kid"
"Yeah I've heard that before" Darius then rushes back at him again but this time dives low and aims for a stomach punch but unexpectedly the middle aged big guy jumps up way higher than you would expect and kicks him square in the face.
"Agh" Darius is pushed back and is pretty sure he now has a bleeding nose.
Wildcat though does not apply any more pressure and waits for the next move.
Darius decides to maybe judge his strength now and tries to begin wrestling with the man which is when Ted's eyes change ever so slightly.
Dammit his hands are a lot larger than mine but it seems we are roughly the same strength right now though neither of us are at our peak.
With Wildcat holding back and Darius not yet having an adrenaline spike both seem closer than what you would expect though that doesn't last for long as Darius is soon thrown off Ted by being picked up and thrown across this time a lot harder than his other strikes.
Did I make him mad?
But Ted's face doesn't show anger, only deep thought and willingness to continue fighting.
This time even Darius can see an opening and usually he would back off even then but this time he strikes this opening on Ted's chest with a strong punch and instantly he feels the change in the atmosphere.
While still bending slightly down from the punch Ted speaks into Darius' ear.
"You're not a normal kid, are you son?"
I sort of expected to be found out by him eventually and I was already fine with that, all the various wildcats I've seen have been good people, but I still can't let him have it that easy and I have to become used to lying about my powers for now at least.
"Huh, what makes you say that?"
"Experience with the unusual and also a kid your size should never be able to make me feel a punch like that."
Yeah I guess that's true but no reason to tell him about my reincarnation.
"I mean, I've noticed I'm a little different than the other kids, I'm stronger, quicker, faster and I last a lot longer and can take more hits." Darius says nearly perfectly portraying confusion.
"What about your parents? Are they special?"
"I don't have parents, I'm an orphan."
After this Ted is in deep thought at first he was sure he would just entertain the kid and maybe light his fire to get better then send him on his way but now?
"What about Bruce and Diana…" Ted whispers to himself low enough Darius doesn't hear it.
"Alright kid, how about you go back home and we start tomorrow." Ted says everything lost from his face besides determination.
"Oh, thank you, what time?"
"1pm-5 I have my other two students a really early bird and a late bat so I'll fit you in the middle of the day which is usually my time as well"
"Alright yes sir!" Darius exclaims practically running out.
"Well as long as he stays out the streets…" Ted says watching him leave
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Well that was a success. I'm now going to be trained by a former superhero or maybe he's still current.
So with that he ends the day and goes asleep.
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Well here I am with another story, this I'm going to try to make sort of a long story.
Darius is a black kid by way, you can look at the story photo for his outfit, I actually have three different pieces of ai-art for this story if you wanna check em out
1st- (current kid version):https/imagekit.io/tools/asset-public-link?detail=%7B%22name%22%3A%22IMG_0842.jpeg%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22image%2Fjpeg%22%2C%22signedurl_expire%22%3A%222028-04-07T17%3A43%3A01.232Z%22%2C%22signedUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-hosting.imagekit.io%2F296bdf1da7614730%2FIMG_0842.jpeg%3FExpires%3D1838742181%26Key-Pair-Id%3DK2ZIVPTIP2VGHC%26Signature%3DpWiZ5TQVKCHmI9J0ixfsBI5IatDgtTaGwDhEmRFdQEOMdaag0mTx8K5xZrT8eM1MNNDULCH680TWwagn3U30MvPfz5qBk-ZspWj2Npj9FfPCMfdmCUU1lTbYUIGm-TH8Bbi1~VocRROLES7Nfa3jU0brA6P8RKG1659YVE--m~yTbWIZp2V9FSIo2hnPCo-srmrkvMs3jNzZKUj2GyIfCrX7euXRHu7fxAH2lIIoUtei0ltmMjv~hALoda5dgZAGNOCUVkB4lAjCXHixdGrC9aYDXEytSF24e6ayEYcN~GiaPOCbkd4wcHh5-92GDaFDLY1dPIObBoU-KxQ3if2Lrg_%22%7D
2nd-(young adult version):https/imagekit.io/tools/asset-public-link?detail=%7B%22name%22%3A%22IMG_0844.jpeg%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22image%2Fjpeg%22%2C%22signedurl_expire%22%3A%222028-04-07T17%3A43%3A32.428Z%22%2C%22signedUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-hosting.imagekit.io%2Fc0295cd1a6c24464%2FIMG_0844.jpeg%3FExpires%3D1838742212%26Key-Pair-Id%3DK2ZIVPTIP2VGHC%26Signature%3DuYuVdP8cs0a3gQSQSNQ8BOeftgxaQfvcIoCSRDIYhMoL4GB9wD2bBQMCTAZ7aH4EGLS4qzsbpV0AfQsYqPDeK28Sc33GjWK0noTFFCq95peptCoiNYG25dbCa7mIsP-Jp1U055rj6YtuK59ds~XkC74gn6ylledR8gaQT4I0TqNLO~FLXnbRzRY5qOJ4GNRte8x~7ugF6kHzlDwlW0UyeXlZVbpG~0d8k-Yc-s5wLXOeR93CNynbcjIc37~kH3rrEz~HCS2qiGxrIlZIOGg7ZqieuQmsNOGzm3LRngYOkz8Ow8lbSi7zEcH~r44CqVbZQTJVxzZlokY--uK9mzwmLg_%22%7D
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This story will mainly focus on the young adult version and end with the adult one.
Darius is an oc