Aden Strong: Avatar In DC

(Aden's P.O.V)

'Finally.' I thought, coming up on the center section of the island. There was an open space that looked like flattened ground, brown and made of earth. However, I knew I couldn't bend it even if I had the earth element unlocked. The interesting thing about the empty space was the inscriptions carved onto it's surface. The elements were depicted following a cycle and in the middle of them was an infinity sign.

I frowned while flying down slowly. That infinity sign… wasn't canon. From what I knew, there were only 4 true elements and one 'source' element. I call it source because it was through it, one could take away someone's bending or restore it. The Lion Turtles could even grant it, though I wasn't sure if any of the Avatars could. From what I knew, neither Aang nor Korra, the only two known Avatars who could use this bending could grant bending to a non-bender. I was of course talking about Energy bending.

A bending style that granted you the ability to manipulate someone's life energy, as shown through Aang taking away Fire Lord Ozai's bending, thereby winning the fight without taking his life. Then Korra would later use it to restore Lin Beifong's earth bending. It was the most versatile, powerful and unknown bending style out there.

And seeing the way the four classical elements were represented around the infinity symbol, it didn't take a genius to understand that it was the symbol representing energy bending. The fact that I was also standing on a branch that was growing on an island at the back of a Lion Turtle, the only creatures that could naturally energy bend, only added more merit to my conjecture.

Could this be a chance granted to me by the Avatar System to learn energy bending? And if not the system, did the Avatar state have a power to cross dimensions to the Avatar world? I wouldn't get answers merely by keeping my distance so I decided to fly down. Even then, my cautiousness was at an all time high. I didn't know what to expect and this could be a trap,no matter how unlikely that seemed.

The minute my feet touched down on the open space, a weird hum instantly spread out from the contact. I could instantly feel a connection slot itself deep into my soul. And then information started flowing into my mind. Pain assaulted senses as my nerves cried out.
"Aargh!!!"
I groaned while clutching my head. It felt like I was about to explode at the sheer mental strain my mind was being put through.

I could simultaneously see every grain of sand, drop of water, chlorophyll tint of the leaves, life force of the animals in the whole dimension. Yes dimension. And it wasn't just one. There was five of them.

I lost my strength and fell down to the ground, shuddering in pain.
"Sto…p… please….sto…"
Despite my plea, the pouring of information continued.

My whole being unravelled and I felt free of all constraints, flying through a vacuum and giving it meaning, screaming and humming.

I burned into ashes and became living flames, eating through everything and switching to an excited form that left shock and explosions in my wake.

Then I froze over and broke into tiny fragments of ice that melted into water, flowing freely, gently yet violent in a basin of earth that contained me in small quantities, bringing nourishment and healing.

Then I hardened. Harder than the ice had been and stubborn, refusing to move or give way easily, burning when I was mad yet kind when I was calmed.

I became all the elements, understood them in a way I could never have despite the training. In that moment, I understood clearly why I could never control the elements as I did without the Avatar System being the bridge. The load of it all was immense because, everything was connected into one massive super consciousness that defied all known understanding. It wasn't something I could explain.

The disappointing part was that it did little to increase my skill in Firebending but I still looked at it as a gift. A gift of intimate understanding into the scope of what I was dealing with. It was a gift because I now understood the kind of power I had at my fingertips. All of creation... That kind of power…I shivered, getting up painfully.

The fist thing I noticed was the sweat that clung to my body and costume. I unclasped the visor and ran a hand through my hair. The Taper Fade would have to go. New beginnings and all that. But that's besides the point. I was in shock. I now knew where I was and it was both surprising and...no that's about it. It was very very surprising and unexpected. The icon of the minimized screen flashed golden, meaning I had a notification. I enlarged it, curious about what it was.

(Congratulations!!! Yet again you have attained another achievement. How cool is that? How rad? How positively beaming you must be. Seems like someone is finally taking his job seriously. I mean, what ambassador doesn't have their very own embassy? It took you a while to even get one but hey, at least you did it. This century. Moving on:- You don't get a Perk because, this base is more than enough reward for your efforts.)

Unnamed Five elemental dimensions:-

Energy plane- Where you are currently standing. This plane is the nexus of all the four dimensions. You can access the other dimensions by simply wanting it, from here. You can also boom tube to earth and back whenever you want. This ability cannot be used to boom tube from one earth location to another, only earth and back.

Air dimension- Tall mountain peaks, beautiful sunset and a never ending breeze that can turn violent within the blink of an eye. Known to be the home of the flying bisons, Arrowhawks and Pegasi. Wait...the last two are from somewhere else entirely. Bummer. The perfect place to attain enlightenment, due to the spiritual connection and communion it grants those who meditate in it.

Fire dimension- The fantastical land of dragons, phoenixes and the golden crow...sike! The last two don't exist here bruh but this dimension provides you with a suitable environment to practice Firebending. Stoke your heart's flame and who knows, maybe you can meet a dragon on the way.

Water dimension- Relaxing beaches as gentle water licks at your toes, a plethora of ocean life and unexpected sudden hurricanes, hails and frost. This dimension provides all life nourishment yet breaks those whose will is found wanting. The realm of...too many animals to list. Mermaids. yup, hope thats enough. Practice Water bending to great efficiency (Locked)

Earth dimension- Ever wondered what people walk on, build on, plant on, work on? Earth is a pretty big deal dude. Trust me. This is the realm of the badger mole and basically every other living creature not confined to water. Provides an environment to master Earth bending and it's sub-skills faster. (Locked)

P.S- If you're wondering how this was all possible, that's easy to explain. In other words, find that out yourself.

P.P.S- Just as a reminder, the boom tube only works for teleporting towards the earth or back to the unnamed Five elemental dimensions. Long name, would really help if someone gave it a better, preferably shorter one.

P.P.P.S- None of the animals are really sapient. So don't worry about intelligent creatures trying to outsmart you. Though I would be careful about Dragons, they've been known to breathe fire.

P.P.P.P.S- The whole plane is autonomous and self sustaining.

P.P.P.P.P.S- The dimensions related to the elements you have not unlocked are locked for your own good. Any other type of element is severely suppressed while on a different elemental dimension.)

Is it just me or are the notifications getting more and more annoying each time. Must be a sub routine one of the beings, responsible for bringing me here made. I'm just lucky the System isn't sentient, not in the truest sense, otherwise I would be like other MCs running around trying to accomplish it's bidding.

I dismissed the display to the corner of my vision and slightly slumped in my position. I took a few steady breaths to center myself, feeling the lingering pain from the forceful information feeding into my brain abate a little. Then a smile started forming on my face.

The smile changed into chuckles before I started laughing like a madman. This...this was just crazy.

"Finally, something to light up my day."

I spread out my hands and looked up at the sky, taking a deep breath and murmuring a heartfelt,

"Thank you."

To whatever deity responsible, even if i already knew the culprit.

To answer your question, the one culprit was me. Or well The Avatar State at least. It was through it's machinations, the cleansed Fatherbox and Morrow's distinct elemental code that this whole pocket dimension had been created. That's what the 10 hours I had been missing were for. The Avatar State must have known that sooner or later, the team and I would clash and decided to create another option for me. A base.

Here's the crazy part, the whole pocket dimension was constructed from the salvaged dome that The God Equation had created. The Fatherbox's essence was pulling energy from the source and then using Morrow's code, translating that energy into powering the spatial walls around the Pocket Dimension. Then more of that energy would give meaning to the concepts of life and order imprinted upon all the five dimensions by The Avatar State...which was why I felt so connected to everything.

Which was also why I knew that the pocket dimension was constructed in the middle of the moon.

It hadn't warped away to somewhere else as the Justice League had thought. The Avatar had simply moved it from the Dark Side of the moon deep into it's core. How...how was that even possible? What the fuck couldn't it do? Maybe I was right in deciding I wouldn't use it anymore. The unpredictability of the State was it's main failing factor. I couldn't trust myself because it wasn't really me. At least not yet. So I was keeping it under lock and key until I could get a handle on it.

I looked around in excitement. A world of my own making. I wonder what I should call it.