Chapter 23 – Welcome to the Weisman-verse – Part 1 – Outrageous Events
*DOOM*
Cognito Homeless Center – NYC
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
12:45
1POV
Rorschach (in one of his civilian identities) invited me to see one of Cognito's Homeless Shelters. Normally, I'm apathetic to the homeless, donating cash to causes, but not really thinking about them. It doesn't help that in my past life, we actually had "faux homeless" - people who dressed up as homeless so they could scam people of money, while having their cars hidden around the corner.
Cognito Inc's Construction is both cheap and efficient. Using Claytronics , the huge building put itself together like self-assembling Lego bricks. Every surface is self-cleaning, hypo-allergenic, and anti-bacterial nanomaterials with eco-friendly systems. The place has private rooms, clean washrooms, Cognito-grade medical facilities, and security systems boosted by Legion units. There are signs and directions written in English, French, Spanish, and Chinese.
This place is more than just a place that provides food, shelter, and basic needs. Rorschach explains that the people in the shelter are registered and solutions are written up. Cognito's vast resources means any problem has a solution.
Those made homeless by severe financial problems can get help by Cognito financial services. Cognito Inc many acquisitions include real estate, owning enough land to build entire towns. Thanks to Cognito Inc helping the Atlanteans, they also gained approval for many land-reclamation projects. Cognito's absurd levels of technology means buildings can be produced cheaply, while being safer than the majority of buildings in Metropolis. This means anybody can have a home
Those made homeless by disabilities can have those disabilities removed. I watch in amusement as one former legless veteran dance around like a maniac. He's so energetic it looks like he's a former champion of Dance, Dance Revolution.
Those made homeless by drug use are introduced to Cognito's rehab program. Thanks to nanomedicine, the physical addiction to any drug can be (permanently) removed with a single injection. The psychological component to the addiction is then handled by Cognito ever-growing psychological division.
"The Psych Division also handles other psychological problems of the homeless. Homelessness amplifies poor mental health. The stress of experiencing homelessness may exacerbate previous mental illness and encourage anxiety, fear, depression, sleeplessness and substance use." explains Rorschach in the office of Shelter manager.
The manager herself is a tall athletic young woman with dark brown eyes behind glasses and a dark brown hair in a ponytail. The name tag says "Dr. Melanie Anna Homey – Ph. D.", which makes me raise an eyebrow. She just rolls her eyes, knowing it's about her surname. She then gets to the point of this little meaning.
"Thirty-four percent of homeless population is under twenty-four. They range from runaways to people who ended up following family members. The newest problem we are dealing with is a portion of them are metahumans." says Dr. Homey, "The real problem is how other people react to them. People see them as future heroes and villains, and if their power is not amazing or PR friendly, they assume villain."
"I get the idea." I say, sitting in my seven-foot human form.
A young man knocks and walks into the room. He looks like he's in his late twenties to early thirties, standing around 178 cm (5' 10") and weighing 72 kg (158 lbs). I'm not guessing the height and weight as I recognize the name tag "Hartley Rathaway". The blue-eyed redhead is the former Flash Rogue Pied Piper. A former deaf man who became obsessed with music and sound, to the point he developed instruments that can produce destructive shockwaves and hypnotic music. Unlike many other Rogues, who were depowered by Rorschach, this one is an actual reformer. He got psychological help and now works with the homeless, doing good.
"It's good to see you again, Mr. Armstrong." says Harley, his voice full of emotion.
"Please, call me Alex."
"You and the Flash are my heroes." says the man, "Flash prevented me from going too far and helped me save the lives of my parents. You and Cognito were able to help Jerrie and donated millions."
Osgood and Rachel Rathaway are a wealthy family living in Keystone City, Kansas and parents of Hartley and his little sister Jerrie. Mr. and Mrs. Rathaway tolerated their Rogue son, but eventually made it clear he wasn't welcomed at home as super villainy can put family at risk. This changed when Mr. Rathaway's life was endangered by the Turtle – a mob boss that had once been an enemy of the original Flash (Jay Garrick). Piper and Flash worked together and Harley began his redemption. Jerrie was developmentally disabled, but Cognito medical allowed her to make progress.
"The Files?" asks Rorschach.
After a few minutes, we are looking at the latest metahuman homeless files. Many would wonder why I was being allowed to read these private files, but Rorschach has me listed as "Cognito Inc Special Agent – SPB Division". The division of Cognito Inc designed to deal with Super Powered Beings, which on paper is led by "Agent Rorschach". I'm getting paid for this, so I'm fine with it. I may be rich thanks to our alien gambling trip, but I won't say no to money.
The first file has a picture of a young Italian boy with brown eyes and short wavy black hair. In the picture he's wearing old, warm clothing with fingerless black gloves. In his hands are playing cards glowing a faint yellow.
"Card Throwing? Improbable Weapon Proficiency and Projectile Enhancement limited to Cards? I'm not sure if the enhanced sharpness is due to an effect or the fact paper is ridiculously sharp when it doesn't bend. Most people would laugh at Card Throwing but then Joker started to play with metal cards."
"His father was a compulsive gambler and con artist. One day, some loan sharks objected to lateness of a loan. Mother worked herself to death and uncle conned him out of his inheritance. He escaped the orphanage that turned out to running illegal operation, but didn't trust the cops so ended up on the streets."
A young woman standing 160 cm (5'3") and over 61 kg (135 lbs.). She has brown eyes, thick brown hair cut short, and prominent front teeth. Her round body form and prehensile Squirrel tail immediately make me think about Doreen Green – the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Her name is this universe is very similar, so I wonder if she's analogue.
"Communication with Rodents. Hey Pied Piper, you found a successor?"
"Very funny."
"A girl that can communicate with rodents, especially... Squirrels. Put her on the Hero course before we have criminals getting their nuts chewed off."
Everyone winces at that image. My inner monster giggles, it can be so immature.
A short curvaceous girl of African-American descent with brown eyes behind thick glasses, dark olive skin, and thick black hair. She's dressed in dark clothing with a prominent hooded purple jacket.
"Monstrous Fear. She can make herself appear a monster that reflects her target's worst fear. I can understand animal fear or clowns or zombies, but what if the target is afraid of heights?"
"The bigger problem is she can't control it. She was literally chased out of her Christian orphanage when they thought she was a demon."
"Cognito makes power suppression collars, right? The police use them when they capture metahumans. I'm sure Cognito can make something to give her better control or at least shut them off."
"Yeah, but collars are demeaning and/or for unrepentant criminals, so I just made the civilian models into bracelets," Alex waved off before turning to the next file.
A beautiful adult woman with the curvy large breasted body of a porn star. She has sky blue, flawless tan skin, and an amazing amount of long golden blonde hair. She's dressed in many layers of clothing to hide her beauty from the world and she has a very scared look in her eyes.
"Super Seduction? This one is messy. Any power that has a Master/Mind control element is tricky? Wait! She is how old?"
"Her meta-ability triggered at puberty and accelerated her growth and maturation until she was a full adult. Everything about her body is designed to manipulate the heterosexual opposite sex and homosexual same sex. She even attempts to change herself – cut her hair, eat enough to become fat, and even attempted to scar her own face. Nothing worked – her hair grew back more luxurious, any excess fat was added to her curves, and her skin heals without leaving scars even when she dirties the wound, "
"She is twelve-year-old girl and looks like a twenty-five-year-old woman. She not only needs to have powers suppressed for her own protection, but a ton of psychological help. Why didn't the family call us?"
"Her meta-ability doesn't care if targets are blood relatives and every teacher, doctor, and social worker she encountered was vulnerable. The only people she could trust were a group of homeless girls unaffected by her power."
"Shit!"
The next photo is a man dressed in a cheap purple and yellow Halloween-style costume. He's carrying a cheap yellow plastic sword that must have belonged to a fantasy paladin. The additional photo shows his plain looking normal face under the mask.
"Super Memory shouldn't count as a super power. Neither is knowing every word of The Bible; in every language it was ever written. If he's super religious, have him become a priest instead of a super hero. What kind of stupid name is Bible Man?"
"Wasn't Bible-man an American Christian-themed direct-to-video children's series?"
"We don't talk about that crap."
The photo is a Chinese-American teenager with blue-gray eyes, tan skin, and a baldhead. He's dressed in a loose sleeveless black shirt, jeans, and boots.
"Body Part Detachment. He can detach and control his limbs. Can they levitate and fly around, or do they just detach and fall off? Does it have to be his whole limb?"
"Why do you ask?"
"This power might sound lame, but it depends on mobility. Two examples being Buggy the Clown from One Piece and Lizardy from MHA can both fly thanks to their body separation powers. Buggy is also immune to being cut." I say with a smile, "You should also find out if he can regenerate if he loses a part."
A young woman standing around 162 cm (5'4) with iridescent silver eyes, pale skin, and a wild mane of silver-white hair. Her gray clothing looks normal for cold weather with black gloves and boots.
"Spectrum Girl. She can tap into Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum? Even if it's only augmentation it would still be impressive. Oh! She can't control what color she taps into and it messes with her emotions. Ouch."
An overweight teenager with green eyes behind thick glasses, light skin, and short black hair. He's dressed in a white shirt, black pants, and black shoes with a thick fur-lined hooded jacket and fighter pilot googles on his head. He's also the only person carrying a cellphone.
"Internet Man. He can transform his body into digital data and transport himself between computers. It's not suited for combat, but it's not a bad transport ability. There are two billion computers and fifteen billion mobile devices in the world. He could cause trouble if ends up in the Cognito Core Computer and trips one of the anti-virus programs."
There are two photos. The first before photo shows a tall (185 cm/6'1), painfully thin man in his late forties. He has brown eyes, sickly pale skin, graying short black hair, and a pencil thin mustache. He's a wearing a black-and-white striped shirt, black pants, and black shoes with a black jacket and black scarf. He's also wearing a red beret and smoking in the photo. The second photo is almost the same except he's now 20 years younger, has gained a couple hundred pounds of rippling muscle, and is drinking from a bottle of French wine.
"WTF? Frenchie. He wears a beret, smokes cigarettes, drinks red wine, and boxes his opponents. Is his power being French!? I thought you screened these files. Wait – Alcohol Empowerment – Instead of becoming intoxicated, he gains a massive physical strength and condition from drinking alcoholic beverages..."
"His life was ruined by his alcoholism, but hitting rock bottom triggered a meta-ability. One that even regenerated his damaged liver. Now, he physically can never get drunk again!?"
"Apparently, he was a nice guy until he started drinking. He worked for his father's bakery and played the part of the stereotypical Frenchman for the tourists. Then his father ended up in the hospital with cancer and he lost the business to some corrupt businessmen. Incidentally, those businessmen are now in prison and the business is in Cognito's hand." says Armstrong, "When his former friends learned he could no longer drink, they sent him his mother's rosary and he ended up here."
Two photos of a slightly overweight Asian teenager standing 172 cm (5'8) with black eyes and short black hair. In both photos he's dressed in a blue/black costume. The difference in the photos is in one he's a normal looking man holding a bottle of soft drink. In the other he's inflated into a round balloon and is also wearing goggles to protect his eyes.
"Bouncing Boy? Isn't he supposed to be part of the Legion of Superheroes?"
"This version didn't drink a bottle of liquid super plastic while watching a sporting event. Instead, it's a meta-ability triggered ironically by an allergy to latex. He was actually studying to become a teacher, when he had his reaction and inflated in a way he wasn't expecting. His parents were attacked by an anti-meta group and he ran away to protect them. He's actually reconnecting with them now that Rorschach and Cognito have removed the hate group."
"He can inflate his elastic body so he can bounce off surfaces. Super jumping and immunity to bludgeoning damage. If he's creative enough he could be a hero. Him studying Pedagogy on the other hand means we could have a future teacher at the Meta Academies."
The next photo alarms me because the woman in the photo reminds of 11Eyes. She is a 162.5 cm tall woman (5'4) of Han Chinese descent with brown eyes, pale skin, and black hair done in short style. She also has small B-cup breasts behind a black bra and white shirt, tight black pants, and black boots. What is most disturbing is instead of normal human arms she has long prehensile dark purple tentacles. These tentacles have barbed suckers like a cephalopod, but can also generate golden eyes and toothy mouths.
"Tentacle Arms. A woman that has elastic super strong tentacles for arms. Her mother as a teenager went missing for a month and showed up abnormally pregnant. The mother was insane until she gave birth to her daughter. Powers manifested while fighting a cult and after the cult's defeat the entire town in Massachusetts fell into ruin."
"Send her to the magic division before her Cthulhu Mythos deity parent starts making trouble."
A beautiful woman who looks like she is in her twenties despite being well into her forties. She is a 173 cm (5'8) woman with blue eyes and short strawberry blonde hair. In the photo she is dressed in a tan business suit with earrings and carrying a microphone. A second photo shows a much younger woman dressed in a white 80s rocker outfit with blue face makeup.
"Alison. An 80s glam rocker who possesses the meta-ability to convert all forms of sound into light. After her music career, she became a talk show hostess. Her career was wrecked when a sound-based super villain attacked the studio and Alison accidentally caused a fire due a laser light explosion."
"Dazzler. Alison Blaire. She's a mutant in the Marvel Universe."
"This is her Earth-DR Analogue." says Rorschach as Armstrong, "We practically own the media, so we can get her career back online. She can also help with META Academies."
A young Chicano boy with gold eyes, dark skin, and short spiky rainbow-colored hair. He's dressed in normal looking clothing with a shirt, pants, and sneakers covered a hoodie, but they are all tie-dye rainbow color.
"Arsenio Arcoiris. Nickname Arc. The Color Changing Kid. He has the ability to temporary change the color of any target. He's able to alter an object's refraction of light. Unless he's planning to be a stealth hero, I don't see practical use. According to the files he was an accomplished artist, but he had problems controlling his power. Get him some training then send him to the Art Division."
A tall athletic African-American teenager standing an impressive 200 cm (6'7) with dark brown eyes, very dark skin, and black hair cut very short. He looks like a professional player from the NBA. The sports clothing he's wearing in the picture also support that idea.
"Building Teleport. This kid can transport himself and others to any room inside a building. He can't use it as a homeless person and he used to live in a very small house, where teleporting a couple meters wasn't that impressive. He would be good in search and rescue. If people were trapped in a burning building, he could transport people from the floors above the fire to the lobby for quick evacuation. Also, he could access any room no matter the security on the door or a lack of doors."
"Reason he's homeless?"
"Parents died when a supervillain caused their plane to crash. Hate group through a Molotov into his grandparent's home. He made it out, but his grandmother wasn't able to escape. The group then hunted him to make sure he wouldn't talk to the police."
"Anti-Meta Group?"
"Nope. Ordinary Evil White Supremacist Group."
"Did they get arrested?"
"They attacked another man who turned out to be an off-duty cop who beat the crap out of them with help from his other off duty buddies. The criminals were all armed, but they were the only ones that got seriously hurt. Then, they got sentenced a prison where the black population beat them even worse. Nobody was arrested for killing the leader of the hate group. The guards just found his mangled form after the riot."
A tall, thin Hispanic teenager standing 170 cm (5'7) with brown eyes and black hair shaved around the sides. He also has sickly grey skin that looks stretched and loose. He's dressed in a clothing with a South-Central Los Angeles style.
"Angelo. A Hispanic kid with the ability to manipulate extra stretchy skin. The skin is still fragile human skin and he even suffers complications. It's like a superhuman version of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome! With these complications, it might be best to get him depowered. If he really wants to keep his power, he should get it enhanced with an elasticity and/or hardening ability."
"Seriously!?" says the former Rogue, "You can take and give powers that easily!?"
"What do you think happened to your former acquaintances?" I say, showing my "real teeth" in a smile.
He pales, but then Rorschach whacks me. "Be Nice and Stop Scaring the Reformed."
A young, thin Caucasian man with an unlisted height. I'm guessing five foot ten. He has blue eyes and short black hair. He's dressed in green and appears to be eating a soda can.
"Super Eating - A boy that can bite through most substances and digest them without harm. He can even transform it on a subatomic level inside his body into nutrients his body requires. It used to be a lame power, then the Divine Garbage Disposal showed up."
"Hey! … Rorschach was the one that tossed me the Ambre Jeune Perdu. Then Wonder Woman fed me her island's collection of cursed items, then Doctor Fate feed me his collection of unholy and demonic. "I say with a blush, "Also, I doubt the boy has the same level of durability. He can probably only eat earthly mundane materials."
The next pictures are a pair of fraternal Chinese twins. They are the same height of 164 cm (5'5) which is slightly short for a male and slightly tale for a female. They both have lean agile builds like professional gymnasts and short black hair. In the old photo they use to have light skin and black eyes, but now their eyes (Irises) and skin is dark blue. The sclera (whites) of their eyes is also black and their skin has black markings. They are dressed in costumes thar resemble black and blue wetsuits.
"Tar Twins. A brother and sister pair with blue skin that can secrete hot adhesive black tar. They ran away from home because their single father was abusive and a member of an anti-meta hate group. They can change the excreted liquid's temperature, change the viscosity from fine oil to liquid asphalt, and even cause any tar they release to ignite as long as it's still fluid, within ten meters of them, and it's been less than one hour. They control the Tar with Taichi movements similar to Waterbender under the full moon."
"That's actually impressive. As long as they keep the tar at Pine Tar level, it shouldn't hurt people."
"Pine tar level?"
"When people hear about Tar, they think of Asphalt which is 300°F (150°C). Old tar and feathering done back in the day was actually done with Pine Tar at 140°F (60°C). That's warmer than bathwater but not super damaging."
*DOOM*
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – I was looking through Cognito Cable and found an anime series Hero Help. It actually reminded me of Yuusha Gojo Kumiai Kouryuugata Keijiban, which roughly translates to Hero Cooperation Union Exchange Bulletin Board (or Hero Union BBS for short). It was a rather unique web novel in which heroes of various worlds communicated on a BBS advising other heroes. Hero Help is an anthology in which heroes tell their stories and ask for help from other heroes. I watched three full seasons and then asked Rorschach for more, even if they weren't up to the same quality.
Friday, February 27, 2015 – Hero News - Due to the actions of a cult, India was nearly invaded by an army of Rakshasa. Anthropophagic (man eating) beings found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. They are often depicted as antagonists in Dharmic religious scriptures. There was an army of ten thousand Rakshasa ready to devour the people of India like the Dragons ravaged the cities of China. Then Rorschach did something involving me wearing a fancy belt. The army vanished into smoke and I felt full and gassy for half a day.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – Cognito News – In order to erase the fears of Cognito Inc being a future megacorporation that will rule over Earth in a cyberpunk future, Cognito Inc has set up divisions to help smaller businesses succeed. The commercial doesn't mention that all of the companies that he helps with rise above the others and be in alliance with him. Cognito Inc's reach will grow.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 – Scandal – There have been a large number of pornographic videos and photos appearing on the Internet. What's actually news is they are notable heroes, villains, and celebrities. Both male and female and the fact they appear to be legit. At first, I thought Rorschach was playing a prank using porno alternated worlds like that one he showed me where all SPBs are wild exhibitionist sex freaks. It turns out to be a bunch of extraterrestrial shape-shifters running a sex business. Not Martians, but they do have Martian clients.
Monday, March 16, 2015 – I binged watched a bunch of shows in Rorschach's Time-compression training room. I was in there for an outside time of nine hours and inside time of 540 hours (3.2 weeks). Afterward I was more than willing to spend all my time with my wives and whatever they wanted. I still don't like clothes shopping and I'm glad I don't have to carry anything due to our Gamer "Party" Inventory. I would also rather be taking their clothes off, than watching them model them.
Tuesday, March 17. 2015 – I finally learned how to drive a car and got my license. I still hate driving and will stick to using Rorschach's portals.
*DOOM*
Rorschach's Inkwell
Location is still classified
Saturday, March 21, 2015 – Spring
10:00
Rorschach invited me over to meet two new Inklings – a name he has given to his own little group of family and friends.
I don't give my group of wives pet names, but Rorschach has called them the Doom Dwellers after the Vault Dwellers of Fallout. I think Neo has Fallout on the brain. I'm officially married to my six goddesses under Atlantean and Almeracan law. We didn't have any formal ceremony, but the paperwork is filled out and recognized. I don't care about formal ceremonies because I would consider it tempting fate. With our luck, we would probably end up being sent back into time, invaded by extradimensional gods, and/or a random super villain attack. In the comics, Dick and Kori's wedding was interrupted by Raven's own dark half.
As I step out the portal, I see three new girls standing next to Ace. Two of them I recognize from Teen Titans and the third is New.
One is a young Italian girl with blue eyes, silver gray skin, and short black hair done in a punk style with red highlights. She's dressed in stylish mostly black clothing that I recognize as Cognito-brand Goth fashion. Neo somehow convinced Raven and Jade to model the clothing and I still don't know what the bribe was. She also wears a black faux-leather jacket and silver armbands.
My Gamer party ability then gives me the full profile.
"Antonia Louise "Toni" Monetti. SPB name: "Argent". She is the foster daughter of NY born Senator Anthony Monetti and Lousie Monetti (nee Montesi). After a scandal, Mrs. Monetti divorced her husband and moved to New Zealand when Toni was very young. A couple of years ago, an accident took the life of her mother and her uncle's family. It also awoke her ability to manipulate "silver plasma" similar to how Lanterns can manipulate the emotional spectrum. Due to series of unfortunate events, she ended up coming back to America. She ended up meeting Rorschach when she helped him save her father – former Senator Monetti -, who had become involved with the mob. "
The second girl is a young east Indian girl with brown eyes, dark skin, and short dark hair dyed pink. She's dressed in a short, black, long-sleeved dress with purple/black dark leggings and black shoes. She also wears long fingerless black gloves with several bracelets. I also didn't recognize her until she turned off her holo-disguise to reveal gray-white skin and pink eyes the same shade as her dyed hair.
"Jayanti Singh. SPB Name: Jinx. Jayanti is the descendent of an Indian Magi family. The clan's magic centered around the manipulation of probability, altering the world to bring them fortune and misfortune to their enemies. The clan's "luck" went bad when they were hired to curse Cognito Inc by a group of rival business owners. The ritual backfired due to Cognito defenses and the clan fell into ruin. Rorschach rescued Jayanti when a group of Rakasha invaded the clan territory and threatened India. The overuse of her clan's magic during the crisis resulted in the permanent staining of her skin."
The last girl is unique individual. She's an African American woman with black eyes, ebony skin, and shoulder-length black hair done in microbraids with a few beads. She is dressed in a white shirt, black-and-white camouflage pants, and black combat boots. She also wears a black-and-white camouflage jacket, fingerless black gloves, and black googles on her forehead. A black belt of various tools shows she's into electronics and mechanical devices, while a black hunting knife shows she likes to be prepared.
"Amira Mary "Amy" Williams. SPB Name: Exit. Her father was an elite black ops soldier who died overseas and her mother worked two jobs to provide for her daughter. Then Mary Williams developed cancer and ended up in the hospital and government agency took interest in her as a possible SPB asset. She triggered her meta-ability and escaped. The government program was shut down along with the Esper program that had Ace as a test subject. Cognito Inc saved Amy's mother and Rorschach spent time to find Amy which wasn't easy with her power."
"So, what is your power?"
"Pocket Dimension Creation. I can create small personal worlds for my own exploitation."
"Exploitation?"
"The worlds I create are identical to the real world, except there are no living creatures inside. The pocket dimensions only last a certain amount of time and everything inside the pocket dimensions vanish when they do. The trick is I can remove objects from the pocket dimension and they remain real. I can enter a PD of any store and take anything without the real store being affected. I can steal anything and everything, without stealing a real thing. I could even take the money and have the ultimate counterfeit."
"Limitations."
"I can only make my PDs them a certain size. Anything outside a PD is cut off, so there is no electricity or electronic transmissions. The main problem is with no life forms and a small area, there is a very limited amount of oxygen. I have to move quick or I risk suffocating."
" . . . Do I need to be worried about you having a thing for little girls?" I ask.
"I'm a sucker for 'strays', not little girls. There's a difference," Neo said brusquely while giving Ace a hug.
"Hey man, you do you."
"Says the guy with six wives."
"Six smoking hot wives. There's a difference."
*DOOM*
I watch the training videos and I'm impressed.
Argent faces a small squad of black-and-white robots. These androids have black mechanical muscles translucent white coverings over the forearms, lower legs, and upper torso. Their faces are also white plastic and disturbingly expressive. They kind of look like NS-5s from Will Smith's terrible I, Robot film.
She forms a sword out of her silver plasma and sliced them to piece. She appears have been trained in some martial arts, easily piercing the "vitals" of each android. The androids must have been made to die like humans, otherwise nothing of Cognito design would die so quickly. I can imagine in the World of My Hero Academia; she would easily get enough points to join UA.
When a towering giant of a humanoid robot appears, she decides to stop practicing her swordsmanship and get real. She avoids the energy shots of other robots and releases a brilliant silver-white that pierces the head of the robot and leaves a glowing red-orange stop on the armored plated walls. It takes a few seconds for the giant robot to realize it has a huge hole dripping molten metal and plastic, before electricity arcs across the hole. Its head explodes and its body collapses
Jinx is a sorceress, so she can do thinks outside her clan specialty. She channels energy through her body, reinforcing her body to increase her speed and reflexes. This allows her to dodge the attacks of her robots with remarkable agility. It also augments her durability so when one lucky strike does hit her, she merely somersaults and lands on her feet. She can fire small mystical energy bolts, that normally do a very small amount of damage, but this is where her clan specialty comes into play. As any Gamer, suddenly being able to land critical hits one hundred percent of the time for max damage is OP. The last android dies when a series of events that would make Rube Goldberg think he was high sends a piece of metal into its brain causing a fatal overload.
Exit's demonstration is a little more mundane, as she is standing in the parking lot of a Walmart near the handicap parking places with a hidden floating camera. She opens a round portal, which when you gaze through it makes everything look like an inverted grayscale. She steps through the portal and the pocket dimension looks identical to the real world except there is a shimmering barrier and endless darkness beyond the barrier. Exit forces open the automatic doors of the Walmart, grabs a cart and begins to grab items. She fills her cart, then leaves the building and returns to the real world with the cart and its contents.
A later analyze of items taken from Pocket Universe Walmart and the same items purchased from Walmart, shows they are identical. Everything from barcodes to imperfections to molecular composition. Even a dollar bill is identical down to fingerprints and microscopic traces of cocaine. The only items that are significantly different are food items as copies lack even bacterial traces.
*DOOM*
Battle Simulation Chamber
Inkwell
1 hour later
1POV
After showing me the training videos, the three convinced me to try out the Battle Simulator. I'm guessing Rorschach told them about me, but for some reason didn't show them all the footage he has. I stand in a fake city block facing an army of black-and-white robots. The robots are moving faster and more inhuman than they did in the previous simulations, a result of the difficulty being raised from level 3 (mere human level) to level 11 (robot apocalypse level).
The robots begin to swam like humanoid insects, but I'm quick to summon my whip fist and whip it around at high velocity. With my monstrous strength, I'm able to move the mass of bone blades and flesh at hyper-sonic speeds like Vergil and Dante cutting all the raindrops. The fleshy whip swats away the pests, breaking many of them into sparking pieces. I'm also able to grab objects around the simulator to quickly maneuver. While I can jump to ridiculous heights, I'm not very fast in the air as I'm dependent on gravity.
When the number of androids increases even further, I start using my fire breathe and fists. The torrent of flames that come from mouth prove to be very effective. The high temperature flames melt the white plastic armor of the robots despite it being heat resistant. Even causing some of horde to become stuck to each other. The intense flame overheats systems, vaporizes mech fluid, and overloads optical sensors. The blows from my ash gray fists are so powerful, they create explosive shockwaves, blasting my opponents to pieces. The debris is sent flying at such high speed that it damages and destroys even more of the horde.
The next to arrive are much larger – 3 meter tall – combat robots. Unlike the NS-5 rip-off robots, these ones are heavy build making them look vaguely ape-like. They are also armed with both solid projectile and directed energy weapons along with missiles and oversized rocket-propelled war hammer. They would scare normal humans, but I just run through the barrage. As charge towards the foolish machines, I can almost hear a song playing in my head.
"Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible"
My fists are hitting with even greater force and metal is liquifying from the blows. Every blow annihilates an enemy unit. Where the debris from the smaller robots was damaging their comrades, the debris from the larger ones is smashing into faux buildings. I couldn't care less about the fake properties and nonexistent civilians, I only care about the fire burning inside me demanding destruction. I even laugh at the secondary explosions caused by crushed power cells and ammunition detonating.
Three of the towering giant robots and before they can attack, I use a combination of my super jump and whip fist to land on the first one. I deliver a spike-knuckled punch to its face causing it to exploded into a spray of metal and circuitry. I reach inside and grab a large piece of machinery and tear it out. I charge it with the power of destruction before tossing it at the second giant who's still trying to calculate a response. The component turned projectile strikes the second giant in the face, caving it in before detonating. I release my flame breathe down the throat of the first giant robot before jumping of -the force of the jump craters the metal armor of the robot. As I land on the third giant, the first one falls covered in explosions. The third robot tries to grab and toss me away, but I deploy my spikes and start tearing into the machine. I rip off armor and dig myself inside. As I descend, I grab, tear, and rip everything in my path. Fiber optics, magnetic interlocked plates, tubing, power cables, and supports are ripped out and used to pierce other components.
In seconds, the last giant robot collapses to the ground and explodes.
The last words of the song finish in my mind
"I'm an indestructible master of war"
In the viewing room, the three Inklings are wide eyed at the destruction, watching the fake buildings collapse around me. I would admit I was laughing the whole time.
*DOOM*
Saturday, April 4, 2015 – Cognito Commercials – Cognito Medical now introduces Cognito-brand contraceptives, fertility drugs, and pregnancy testers. Rorschach is even selling Cognito Condoms! There is literally no business he won't get involved in.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 – News – Korea and Rhelesia gaming companies have made a deal with Cognito Gaming to have their games made available for the Amusphere. This means the Earth-DR equivalent to League of Legends is going to playable in AmuSphere virtual reality.
Saturday, April 18, 2015 – I personally had a very embarrassing day. Due to my stealth skill and lack of psychic presence, I walked in on Connor and Megan having sex! It also wasn't just normal sex, Megan decided to experiment with her body form. I can't blush in the gray skinned form, but I could certainly feel the heat. I apologized and got out of there quickly.
Monday, April 20, 2015 – The girls are still teasing me about my mistake.
Friday, April 24, 2015 – Hero Scandal – Two superheroes in Japan are in trouble. These two are treated like pop idols, so when it was revealed, they were secretly dating there was a lot of upset fans. There promoters wanted them to apologize for ruining the fantasies of the fans, but they shocked the Japanese people when they dumped their corporation and signed up with Cognito Inc. Weird Scientist Rick announced he would not approve of heroics becoming nothing more than a popularity contest.
Monday, April 27, 2015 – Hero Licensing Laws – There are some corporate heroes who have less morals than some villains. They act like trash celebrities – getting high on drugs, abusing others, and acting without care. The problem as super powered beings their actions are amplified by their powers. These a-holes are as bad as the Seven – the hedonistic and reckless superheroes funded by Vought in Garth Ennis' "The Boys". Hero Licensing has come up as a way to weed out the future problem makers.
Sunday, May 3, 2015 – Atlantis – As the Knight Commander of the Order of Megaladon, I have official duties in Atlantis. I'm the commander of the Shark Men armies of two worlds, so I have to handle many of their problems.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 – After a long boring ceremony, there is a statue of me in Poseidonis. I was more interested in the sea food banquet that came after the ceremony. Thankfully, Cognito Inc supplied replicated sea food as my Shark-men all have ravenous appetites. One embarrassing moment was one shark-woman (mershark?) asked me to name her child, the first born in this world. I ended up naming the kid Kisame after the Naruto character!
Saturday, May 9, 2015 - Dark Water - an Anti-Atlantis terrorist group planned to attack the capital city of Poseidonis. The organization hated the domination of the world's oceans by "non-humans", so they planned on using stealth ships to drop depth charges loaded with chemical weapons. They failed because they were quickly detected and my army quickly overtook their ships. The only thing staining the water was the remains of the terrorists after my men were finished.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 – World's Paper Cut - The skies of the world turned blood red and League sensors detected a massive worldwide surge in Bleed Radiation. A lot of religious people around the world started proclaiming the End of Days. Thankfully the Blood Sky only lasted for just over eleven minutes. Dr. Genus controlling Weird Scientist Rick came on television to announce it was the result of an experiment and there was no need to be alarmed. He was just improving the world's defenses from extradimensional invaders. Only a few governments protested, mostly about the lack of early notice. The religious leaders were more upset, mostly due to the embarrassment.
Friday, June 12, 2015 – Rorschach has been very busy lately. I wanted to hang out, but he said he was cleaning up a mess he made. Must be a Big Mess.
Sunday, June 14, 2015 – I've talked to Maxima, Kara, Tali, and Gwen. They all say Rorschach is fine, but he's working very hard. The Inklings are also a little worried.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 – I noticed that Cognito Inc's level of production has gone down. I haven't seen a new ad starting Weird Science Rick in months! Rorschach must be working hard on a new project if it's actually taking this long considering his absurd level of intellect.
*DOOM*
New Mission
Gateway Station, Earth Orbit
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 – Summer
Station Time: 16:50
1POV
"I have been working on the Great Barrier, severing our part of the multiverse from the rest of infinity."
The same way the versions of Rick Sanchez at the Citadel of Ricks created the Central Finite Curve to seal "Rick is the Smartest" realities from the rest of infinity where they aren't, Rorschach is constructing a wall around our reality. This is stopping the insanity of the DC Multiverse and other universes from affecting us. This includes the infamous "Crisis Events" and retcons that could rewrite our reality.
Rorschach once offered to explain how the "Finite Curve" will work, but I would rather not have my brain melted. I don't have a physical brain inside my skull or significant blood flow in my head, but I was getting a headache after the first ten minutes of his explanation. I'm smart, but I'm not Rick Smart enough to follow this crap.
"On the second of June, I encountered a problem in the Bleed. A Lovecraftian kind of problem."
The Bleed – the red-tinted space between dimensions – is home to otherworldly beings, eldritch beings and cosmic horrors out of the mind of Lovecraft's nightmares. I'm guessing that encounter is the real reason the sky bled the next day.
"I will admit that you are far superior at killing these creatures."
True. After 11Eyes and the Moon Terror, I'm able to face horrors of the Cthulhu mythos like any other opponent.
"After I managed to harm the creature, it sent fragments of itself into other distant realities. As long as these fragments exist, the main body can continue to reform despite my best efforts."
"Horcruxes?"
"Basically. This thing doesn't have a body, mind, or soul like a mortal being does, instead all three exist as a single existence. It somehow able to keep its existing by having its fragments exist somewhere else."
I understand the concept. After 11Eyes, I understand that the reasons mortals go insane is because these things communicate in a way that is bizarre. They communicate by devouring parts of souls and force-fed targets parts of their own existence. Mortals can't handle their form of communication and their minds collapse. They have to use other methods when it comes to me and Rorschach because neither of our souls can be damaged.
"So, that's why I'm here?"
"I need to stay and keep the main body contained, while you eliminate the fragments. You're the only one I can send, since you're the only one I know will survive."
A Quest notification appears on my Party Gamer screen.
Quest: [Welcome to the Weisman-verse]
Special Request from "Doomsday Clock" Party Leader – Rorschach.
Difficulty: Unique - Multiverse
Objective: Save multiple worlds by eliminating All [42] Fragments of [Red Sky]
Reward: [Hidden]
Progress: Ready to Begin
I click on Fragments of [Red Sky] and I get a little more information.
[Red Sky] - Red Sky is a World Eater that routinely devours worlds in the omniverse. It noticed Earth-DR's separation process and attempted to devour it pre-emptively, but was stopped by Rorschach and the resources of Cognito. Red Sky is determined to devour the unique World, but is being held back. The World Eater's existence is held together by fragments it leaves on multiple worlds.
I then click on [42] out of curiosity.
[42]- the answer to life, the universe, and everything. The question to life the universe and everything – Insufficient processing power.
I can feel my eye twitch.
*DOOM*
World 1
As I exit the portal, I find myself in front of a large mansion. I see very modern items, so the mansion itself looks like it was made in the 80s. I look around and see a sign that gives the name of the place as the Starlight Mansion. I know that name.
The Starlight Foundation, also known as the Starlight Foundation for Foster Girls, is a charitable organization created by Emmett Benton to help cover all the daily needs of Starlight House, the orphanage home for homeless girls he and his wife, Jacqui. It was founded on June 30, 1977. The original Starlight House was burnt to the ground by arson and the new mansion was won in the battle of bands by Jem and Holograms.
*Beep*
I click on my communicator, which takes the form of a unobtanium black bracer on my left arm.
"What's your situation, Ash?"
"Modern era, but I think I'm in front of the Starlight Mansion from the 1980s Jem and the Hologram Cartoon."
"Give me a second... I have the data. Your right. It's 2020. Jem and Holograms were a glam rock band in the 1980s. This world's Jerrica Benson even shares the same characteristics with her voice actor Samantha Newark such as being born in June 11, 1963. The Starlight Foundation is having an event today with the various Starlight girls returning for a reunion."
I pull out a tablet from the Inventory and look at the files displayed.
"What happened to Eric Raymond? He's the main antagonist of the series."
Eric Raymond is Jerrica Benton's business rival, who is always plotting on new ways to get his hands on Starlight Music. He was one of the most corrupt manipulative businessmen in cartoon history. He didn't do any of the hard work, just hired thugs and paid off corrupt government workers to get his way.
"He was finally arrested for his numerous crimes."
Eric Raymond's criminal record is extensive and includes assault, blackmailing, framing, false evidence, bribing, child abuse, criminal association, figurehead/lending names, forceful confinement, harassment, illicit enrichment, indirect arson, indirect attempted murder, indirect burglary and vandalism, psychological torment, unfair dismissal and charge usurpation, working in a hazardous environment and failure to provide safety measures, and working without permission.
"Mostly drug possession and tax fraud."
Figures. Raymond got away with a lot of crap.
"Apparently, while Jerrica was able to change with the times, Eric struggled and his business finally collapsed. The IRS began to investigate his suspicious spending and his latest band of goons turned on their boss." says Rorschach over the communicator, "Wait a minute. Raymond recently escaped prison through unknown means?"
"This is the focal point of the world." I say waving my hand towards the mansion, "If an evil artifact lands on this world, it's likely to end up in the hands of either the protagonist or antagonist. Since the alarm isn't going off, it's either in the hands of Eric or movie-style antagonist."
"Sensors are detecting an approach from the opposite side."
*DOOM*
Jerrica Benson, her husband Rio, and her sister Kimber look at the gathering and smile. Next to them are their band mates - Shana, Aja, and Raya (Carmen). The "original" Starlight girls - Ashley, Anne, Ba Nee, Becky, Deirdre, Delaree, Joellen, Krissie, Laura, Lela, Marianne, Nancy, and Terri – have gathered with their own families. They are joined by the other generations of Starlights from 90s. 2000s, and 2010s. Some Starlight Girls merely came with a guest, others came with spouses (both male and female) and children (biological and adopted).
Jerrica even smiles at the Misfits and Stingers – her former rivals in music. After Eric's arrest, Jerrica surprised everyone by taking control of the rival companies and forcing the bands to "play nice". Phyllis "Pizzazz" Gabor (the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Misfits) was actually impressed by Jerrica's daring and business sense.
"Clash!"
"It's good to see you, Jem."
Constance Montgomery also known as Clash was a Video Producer in the 1980s and cousin to Vivien "Video" Montgomery the filmmaker who produced Jem's music videos. She was originally the biggest fan of the Misfits who wanted to be a member, but she was often used by them. When sent to sabotage the Holograms, she ended up caring about them. She is one of few people to ever learn Jerrica's identity as Jem other than band mates and the President of the United States.
"So how have things been going on the movie?"
"It's been hard. The film writers quit the project, mostly do our directors skimming funds. You think I would done dealing with corrupt a-holes after Raymond. MTV was so much easier."
"The days of MTV music video is long past. These days everything is on streaming sites."
"JERRICA!"
Everyone turns at the shout and they see someone on the lawn. It's a tall man wearing dirty torn clothing and covered by a hooded room. He raises his face to show the aged face of a corrupt businessman that all Starlights are familiar with.
"Eric Raymond. When did you escape from Prison?" says Jerrica.
"JEM."
"So, you figured it out after thirty-five years?" says Jerrica with sarcasm, on the outside she is calm, but Eric is sounding deranged and she is worried that her girls could be in danger. After all the weird stuff she encountered touring as Jem including actual supervillains and time travel, she has learned to keep calm in situations.
Some of the Starlights stealthily use their phones to call the police. Some of the reporters that showed up to Starlight event are also sending messages.
"HATE! I Hate! I Hate! I HATE YOU!" rambles Eric as he struggles and tears off the robe.
Everyone's eyes widen at what's revealed. Eric's body is horribly mutated. His right arm is large and grotesque with veiny dark red-purple flesh. Some of the veins appear to glow and spread across the pale skin of his torso, neck, and face, creating tumorous growths. One of his dark brown eyes has turned a milky white with the sclera being red-pink.
"What the f...!?"
Dozens of large human-size eyes appear on the arm and open to reveal square pupils, dark purple irises and black sclera. As they open, there is a mysterious light and everyone is rendered unable to move.
"Much better." says Eric, calm and a little sanity returning to his voice, "This power is so hard to control. If I don't release it fast enough, it starts to turn on me. It's been many years, Jerrica-darling. No need to say anything, I can imagine you want answers."
Eric explains how he was rotting away in his cell, broken after so many years, when he saw a falling star. Time appeared to stop as the star appeared his cell. When he touched the star, his mind was filled with a thousand truths and he realized how Jerrica/Jem had beaten him. He also realized how he could escape and get his revenge.
"It's ironic. You call yourself the Starlight girls, but it's a fallen star that is going to end it. That fool Zipper burnt down the original House, but I will be the one to burn this mansion to the ground with all of you Starlight girls inside it! Don't think that pile of circuitry your father made will save you. She gets to melt next to your burning corpse. These eyes can see through all illusions and your Holograms."
Eric then looks at Jerrica, the madness in his eyes increasing.
"Is fire enough? Is that pain enough to soothe my blackened soul? Your new Starlights are young and beautiful. Maybe I should violate them first, violate their bodies and souls while your helpless to watch. Would that be enough Pain!?"
Jerrica wishes she could speak or move. She desperately wants to protect her girls from the monster in front of her.
Suddenly, a hand grips the wrist of Eric's deformed arm. Everyone is shocked at my appearance and people should be surprised when a seven-foot muscle man in biker leather appears out of nowhere. Thankyou stealth skill.
"Who the hell are you!?"
I don't answer him, instead I show this fool the difference in strength between us. I smash into the concert with casual savagery. I'm mimicking the Hulk when he showed Loki that he was a "puny god.". The chaos-corrupted Eric Raymond is far less durable as the growing bloodstains in the craters prove. Eric is coughing up blood and shaking in pain and shock. Eric jumps back with unnatural strength, leaving bloody bits of himself in my grip from the escape.
"BURN!"
As Eric roars out the word, the veins glow fiery red and the numerous eyes glow. They release dozens of energy beams that shoot in all directions before turning to all hit me. It let them hit, since I don't want to risk the crowd. The explosion creates a pillar of fire and I can hear Eric's mad laughter. Laughter which suddenly ends when I step out of the flames, completely undamaged.
I move using my super speed and appear behind Eric. I grab him mutated arm with my right hand and hold Eric's neck with my left. Eric doesn't have time to react or scream as I tear off his mutated arm with one fluidic movement. As I let go, Eric collapses to the ground holding his stump. In my right hand, Eric's mutated arm transforms becoming a mass of red-purple tentacles with numerous eyes and toothy mouths. I continue to rip it to pieces despite its eldritch magic attacks, futile bites, and whispered pleading in dead eldritch tongues. I finally rip out a glowing red crystal causing the tentacles to dissolve into nonexistence.
"Hey, Rorschach! How do I dispose of this?" I say looking at the ominous crystal in my palm.
"Are you really asking that out loud?"
"Figures." I say before tossing the crystal into my open mouth. The crowd is shocked to see my rows of shark teeth before I bite down hard. The Fragment of Red Sky shatters.
[Fragment of Red Sky – 01/42 - Destroyed]
I hear a faint scream and look down at Eric Raymond. His entire body has swollen and turned the same sickly red-purple. His flesh is hot and bubbling in places as his cells begin to breakdown. I'm reminded of that scene from Demon Slayer, when the Big Bad Muzan killed three drunks for getting in his way. He killed the first two with blows, but he injected his blood into the woman until her body couldn't handle it. I watch Eric as his body collapses into mush, even the bones becoming as soft as oatmeal.
I can hear people in the crowd throwing up.
"Who... Who the Hell are you?" asks Rio, recovering from the paralyze.
"My name is Ash Grey. Troubleshooter for Cognito Inc and walking apocalypse. I've been sent by my friend to destroy the Fragments of the Red Sky."
"What are Fragments of Red Sky?" asks Jerrica.
"Fragments of world-devouring cosmic horror. It found Eric Raymond and corrupted him. It was obvious the fragment would make its way towards you and your friends."
"Why does this weird stuff keeping happening to us!?" says Kimber.
"In the story of the world, Jem and the Holograms are the protagonists. If outsiders were looking at this world looking for something that makes it unique from all other Earths, the focus would be you."
My words stun everyone. Many arrogant people would think the world revolves around them, but to be told the world does revolve around you and have proof?
"I have to leave. There are forty-one more of those fragments scattered across other worlds. I need to destroy them all to save my world." I explain, "There is one thing I want before I go through."
"What do you want?" says Jerrica sounding nervous.
"Can I get some autographed merchandise? There are some birthdays coming up."
A few minutes later, I left World 1 with some autographed albums for Inkling birthdays. I also left behind a donation to the Starlight Foundation. Enough money, that if they had this money back in the 80s, they could have paid for original Starlight Ba Nee's experimental eye surgery- ten times over.
*DOOM*
World 7
I step out of the portal to find myself in New York – the Manhattan borough. I look around for anything notable, then I stare. I stare at something from out of my childhood come to life.
Infront of me is a massive skyscraper. It's tall even amongst the other skyscrapers of New York, but what makes this one extra special is a tenth century Scottish Castle on the top the castle. The marvel of engineering and statement of eccentricity holds a place in my heart. I know this is the Eyrie Building owned by multi-billionaire David Xanatos and is the headquarters for Xanatos Enterprises. I also know the Castle is Castle Wyvern taken from Wyvern Hill in Scotland brick by brick to the top the tower.
The true reason Xanatos did this was to awaken the remaining members of a clan of Gargoyles. A Clan that had been magically transformed into stone in 994 by a Magus and could only be awakened when the castle "rose above the clouds".
I watched the events in the First Episode of Disney's Gargoyles. It was a fantastic show, darker and more mature than any other shows made by Disney. It was made to compete with Batman the Animated series. I loved the show and I read the fanfiction when I was young and I bought the DVD box sets when I was older. It took an obscene amount of time for me to get Season 2 – volume 2!
I calmly walk into the building and walk towards the receptionist. I don't remember they're being a receptionist in the original series, but everything looks twenty first century, so it has been decades since the tv series.
"Hello. Do you have an appointment?" says the receptionist. She looks up at me with a little curiosity, but I'm guessing she has met the Gargoyle clan leader Goliath so she wouldn't be intimidated by my size.
"No. I don't have an appointment, but I do have some information that Xanatos and the clan will find important. "I say with a smile, showing my teeth, "This information is sensitive."
I then shift to my true form. The receptionist's eyes widen as I grow to seven-foot-seven with red eyes, ash grey skin, and even grow bone spikes. I then shift back to my seven-foot human form.
"Now, that you know I'm not just some big guy, could you make the call?"
"Certainly. Your name, Sir?"
"Ash Grey."
*DOOM*
David Xanatos's Office
Castle Wyvern, Eyrie Building, Manhattan, NY
October 4, 2022
6:02 PM (30 minutes to Sunset)
3POV
Three people watch the events in the lobby with arched eyebrows. One is a smirking man with white hair and bard sitting in a big comfy CEO chair. He's dressed in an expensive Italian business suit drinking a cup of coffee from a #1 Dad Mug. His twenty-four-year-old son is dressed in casual clothing. He's looks like a younger version of his father only with his mother's fiery hair. The third man is a painful stiff man with precision cut blonde hair and no-nonsense glasses
David Xanatos still looks remarkably young for a man of 65 years. He was born the son of poor fisherman in Bar Harbor, Maine. After received some rare coins in the mail, he would use that money to start his business and eventually become the legendary titan of business he became. Those coins actually came from his future self who had time travelled to the tenth century thanks to a mystical item called the Phoenix Gate and connections to the Illuminati.
His assistant Owen Burnett hasn't aged at all. This is because he's actually the boring human form of the fey trickster Puck. He based the form on Preston Vogel, the former aide-de-camp to Halcyon Renard, David's late father-in-law. The only thing that has changed in the last twenty years is Owen's right hand is no longer stone thanks to the efforts of his student.
Alexander Fox Xanatos – born July 9, 1996 – is the son of David Xanatos and Fox Xanatos, a technological and magical genius. His magic talent was inherited from his mother, who is the daughter of Queen Titania of Third Race. Puck was charged with teaching the boy, only allowed to assume his faery form when teaching as punishment for defying Oberon.
"Now this is getting Interesting" says David.
David Xanatos is known for making plans in which he wins no matter the outcome. So famous, it's called the Xanatos Gambit. He sees everything as a possible opportunity which often infuriates his opponents.
"My magic senses are not as confident as you, Dad" says Alex, "He feels like some of the death gods I encountered on Avalon."
Alex is not only brilliant in business, science, and magic, but he's also very adventurous. That is a trait he inherited from his mother, who instead of being becoming a responsible heiress became a mercenary for several years, then ended up become actress fighting "evil ninja" on a tv show. He also knows when to be cautious, which is how he survived his teens with the help of the Gargoyles.
"He is connected to Death." says Owen, "I believe we shouldn't keep our guest waiting."
*DOOM*
Hidden Location
October 4, 2022
6:12 PM (20 minutes to Sunset)
3POV
Inside the depths of a hidden lab, a red crystal floats inside a large glass container. It pulsates with ominous red light with the pattern of a human heart beat. The saline solution it floats in is also glowing a faint red and tiny specks float in the liquid. Clear tubing pumps in more saline solution from another container while pumping out the red water. A machine then injects the red water into sealed vials.
The scientist behind the experiment picks up one of vials and gazes into the softly glowing liquid.
"What secrets do you hold? What powers will you unlock?" says the mad scientist – Doctor Anton Sevarius.