Chapter 3: Chapter 3-[A Nosedeenian's natural predator?]
The city of Metropolis was hit by the force of Hurricane Gardner, so Superman asked some members of the League for support to avoid any possible human loss.
Heatblast was helping out as he patrolled the city from a height that would allow him to act quickly if any trouble was found.
Like for example a television station truck that was trying to stay on the highway.
"This is the third truck I've found" Moving quickly I reached the side of the truck to stabilize it while I talked to the frightened occupants.
"Hit the brakes! I'll take care of the rest!" After a few seconds, I felt like it was losing speed so, holding it, I began to guide it towards a parking lot.
When they were finally safe I approached the driver's window.
"Everything okay, gentlemen?" They answered me a little calmer than I expected. "I must say I'm impressed, this is the third news truck that I have saved in the last hour" Before I could continue, the League's communicator rang.
"I'm sorry, they're calling me, don't leave the place for a while," walking away a little, I answered the call, getting a response from Superman.
"Heatblast, thank you for your help, it seems that there is no one on the streets anymore, Diana has already left, if you like, you can go rest" That sounded fantastic.
"I understand Superman, I haven't slept in almost a day, see you tomorrow" Ending the communication, I touched the Omnitrix while I spoke.
"Time of use of the Omnitrix" the robotic voice did not take long to answer "THE OMNITRIX CAN BE USED FOR TWENTY-FIVE MORE MINUTES" Without letting go I decided to ask another question.
"Time if I use instant change" that was a feature I had discovered a few days ago "TIME WILL BE REDUCED TO TWELVE MINUTES" It was enough time to get home.
Looking down at the symbol on my chest I turned it causing the images of the other aliens to appear and I immediately found the correct one so I pressed it.
In a flash, Heatblast disappeared and was replaced with XLR8 ready to run.
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Minutes later, Jump City Island…
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Running at full speed I arrived at my house at the perfect moment because when I appeared in front of the steel door the Omnitrix returned me to my human form.
Entering, I collapsed on my bed.
I knew that if the League needed me they would call me, I just hoped that nothing dangerous would happen in the next few hours.
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The next day…
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"You're telling me that while I was sleeping, the League helped Diana fight Hades, the god of the underworld... Why didn't they call me?!" While I was taking a short break from my patrol, Flash decided to call me to tell me what I had missed.
"Yes, it was the most incredible thing I've ever seen, of course without mentioning all those girls who were crazy about me" Ignoring Flash's ridiculous lie I continued talking.
"Tell me, why didn't they call me?!" The answer did not surprise me.
"Superman didn't want us to call you, he said you needed the rest after helping him all day yesterday" I understood Superman's concern.
Letting out a sigh I spoke again "I understand, it's a shame, I would have liked to meet a Greek god, well I can't do anything" A nearby explosion brought me out of my sadness "Flash I have to hang up there is an emergency" saying goodbye I ended the call.
Turning on my motorcycle, I began to head to the site of the explosion, finding a building on fire.
As soon as I stopped I jumped while choosing the correct alien, and in a flash, all the curious people saw Arctiguana fall on all fours.
A moment later a powerful beam of ice came out of my mouth, extinguishing the flames that were beginning to spread.
Having finished with the danger I returned to my human form as I approached the owner of the place who seemed unharmed.
"Mr. Thuster, are you okay?" The older man who owned the place turned to see me a little relieved.
"Omnaz, my boy! Thank you very much!" Taking the hand he offered me, I listened as he told me what had happened.
"It was my fault, I was cooking without noticing that the gas tank had a leak, and all because I heard a rumor from some customers about a meteorite that some kids found." that was worrying after the last incursions.
"I understand, that is a very worrying rumor" A moment later I heard how the firefighters began to arrive in the area "I should leave, I hope you can fix your building, the best thing would be that I investigate that rumor" saying goodbye I began to walk to my motorcycle.
However, I was a little surprised to see a person sitting on it, it was not unusual to see people nearby to admire it but sitting on it, well that was new.
When I got close enough I noticed the person's characteristics, she was a black-haired girl, she was wearing a purple blouse along with a black miniskirt accompanied by high-heeled boots.
The closer I got I could see the smile she had without getting off my motorcycle.
"OH! The Big Hero!" Something in her voice made me realize that this girl could cause a lot of trouble.
"Thank you, Miss, would you mind coming down, I need to go" As she gave him her hand to support herself she just laughed as she settled into the back of the seat.
"You can call me Sunny and I don't think I'm going to move, I'm new to the city and who better than a hero to show me the good things about the city" I could see in her eyes that she wasn't going to give up and I didn't have the time to play with her without causing any problems.
Looking around at all the spectators I could only let out a sigh before giving up.
Touching a button near the steering wheel, a helmet appeared, which I handed over to her while I took my seat. I started the motorcycle, noticing for a few seconds the girl's arms holding onto my abdomen.
"I have to go to the city observatory, then I can show you the city, okay?" As I drove to the outskirts of the city I could hear her perfectly thanks to the helmet technology.
"Sure as long as you take me somewhere fun!" Getting approval from her I concentrated on driving.
In a few minutes, we were in front of the city observatory.
"I hope you don't take too long," coming down I replied.
"I just want to check something, it won't take more than a few minutes." Looking at her I met her eyes which showed me all the problems she could cause.
"Well, just don't be late Hero," taking one last look as I entered the building.
It only took me a few seconds to find the person in charge of the place, apparently his new colleagues were barely arriving so he was the only one in the building.
"Professor Evans, good morning" The professor was a relatively young man by modern standards, only 32.
"Omnaz! What a pleasure to see you here, tell me, what is the reason for your unexpected but pleasant visit?!" Shaking his hand I told him about the meteorite that someone seemed to have seen.
"A rumor you say?...well normally I wouldn't take it as a reason to check but with the latest attacks on Earth there are orders to review any possible sightings" Touching the central computer it began to play the recording from the previous night.
As it moved quickly it seemed that everything was a simple rumor, however, at three in the morning, a large purple comet seemed to enter the atmosphere, heading towards Jump City.
"It was not a meteorite but a comet" While he saw the image he noticed how the professor began to analyze his data.
"It seems that it is made of pure energy, however, it moves consciously...do you think it is some invader?" There were possibilities however I didn't want to alarm him.
"I'm not sure, but don't worry, I'll be on the lookout for any possible attack on the city," reassuring him a little, I started to leave the place.
When I got out I found my passenger checking her nails, completely bored, I had to do something with her since the now-confirmed sighting was real.
"Well you're finally out, I was starting to get bored" Releasing a sigh I got in to start driving towards the city.
"Where are we going?" Thinking about the possible problem I had, it took me a few seconds to respond.
"What do you think about going to the mall? I heard it's a good place to hang out" She seemed to be contemplating my idea as it took her a while to respond.
"I think it's a good idea, come on, take me, Hero," accompanying her words, she pressed her arms on my abdomen.
[T/N: AH!]
As he drove downtown he kept an eye on the police radio for any possible alien-related problems.
When we arrived at the huge shopping center I was a little relieved that there weren't any major problems.
"Great! Time to have fun!" As soon as I parked, Sunny got out to start walking towards the entrance of the place.
Following her, I caught up with her just as she began to enter a clothing store.
While I watched her flutter between the different clothes, my mind was focused on the possible problem that was in the city.
"Excuse me," a small voice along with a slight tug on my shirt made me blink as I looked down.
Next to me was a little boy who looked at me shyly.
Kneeling down I touched the side of my mask causing the white lenses to disappear revealing my blue eyes "Tell me little one, what do you need?" The little guy just looked at me for a moment and then took out a few cards and showed them to me.
I was surprised by seeing the images of Four Arms, Diamante, XLR8, and Heatblast in different poses.
"C...Could you sign them?" That surprised me even more but seeing the hope in him I could only smile as I took them along with the pen he presented to me.
"What is your name?" The nervous boy barely managed to mutter a little "Sam" as I finished signing the cards and gave them to him so that with a quick thank you, he ran off towards a woman who seemed to be his mother.
"That was very nice, Mr Hero" Looking up I met Sunny's violet eyes, standing up I touched my mask when she stopped me.
"No, stay like this, I like your eyes" Looking at her for a few seconds I lowered my arm.
Smiling she showed me what she had decided to buy. "Do you have money to lend me?" There was no doubt this girl was pure trouble.
[T/N: ...You better at least get her number.]
Minutes later we were both sitting in a fast food store while we waited for our orders.
"Tell me, Sunny, not that it bothers me but what person comes to a place without money?" smiling she answered me.
"I ran away from my house, I left so quickly that I didn't have time to grab anything" that caught my attention while a waitress left with our orders.
"May I know why you had the need to escape?" While she was checking the food she answered me.
"I recently had a boyfriend that my family didn't like, so they sent me to live with my boring cousin, I caused problems at her house and my grandmother got angry with me" Drinking her drink she continued "She took me back to my house, I broke up with my boyfriend but they were still upset, so after a while, I decided to escape and here I am."
Watching her eat I could confirm that Sunny was a girl who would cause trouble without bothering to care.
"Your grandmother, you respect her, right?" When she heard that she left her food to look at me very seriously.
"Why do you ask" She seemed ready to jump at any moment so I spoke as clearly as possible.
"When you mentioned her, respect and a little fear were reflected on your face." She seemed to like my words as she returned to her food and answered me.
"My grandmother Verdona, I admire and respect her but I got angry when I heard that my cousin was her favorite, she has only seen her a few times, and I'm always there, it doesn't seem fair" Seeing that my question depressed her a little I tried to cheer her up.
"I'm sure your grandmother loves you just as much or more than your cousin" That seemed to cheer her up a little until a malicious smile came to her face.
"Careful Hero, people will say you're trying to flirt with me" I rolled my eyes and was going to respond until an explosion shook the entire mall.
Getting up I left the place to see how a cloud of smoke began to emerge from the entrance.
"ENERGY, I WANT ENERGY!" Coming out of the smoke was a purple guy with white bands covering his body.
I quickly tapped the Omnitrix to transform and in a flash, Four Arms shot towards the guy who was still screaming about energy.
Because of his screams, he never saw the double blow that sent him flying out of the building.
"Everyone leave through the back doors, this place is-!" Before I could continue speaking, a powerful electric shock hit me in the back, causing me to fly away from where my victim was.
"Wow, the red boy did a number on you Rudolph!" Getting up from where I had fallen, I looked for the owner of the voice and found a pale woman dressed in a black suit with striking blue hair and a mocking smile.
"I ALREADY TOLD YOU MY NAME IS CRAZY PARASITE!" After getting up I found the purple guy about to hit me.
Stopping his blow, I prepared to attack until another electric shock stopped me, giving the advantage to the so-called Parasite, which touched my head and a moment later did something that made me grunt in pain.
Just with my eyes half open I saw how he began to glow while he shouted "YES, ENERGY, IT'S NOT LIKE SUPERMAN'S BUT IT WILL DO!" Releasing me, the thing hit me with a blow that lifted me off the ground, followed by a blow to my chest that sent me flying.
Those blows had hurt a little but the worrying thing was that I felt tired "Time of use" the Omnitrix quickly responded to my request "THE OMNITRIX COULD BE USED FOR ANOTHER THIRTY MINUTES" That was not good.
Leaving the building I found Parasite running towards me while the blue girl prepared another attack.
Prepared, I dodged Parasite's blow to attack his face, causing him to skid a few meters away. Looking at the girl, she was about to attack until a ball of energy hit her squarely, causing her to scream as she fell to the ground.
Looking in the direction it seemed to have come from I was surprised to find Sunny with her arm pointing while her hand was surrounded by a ball similar to the one she had attacked the woman with.
"This is exciting!" As she walked towards me with a smile the woman's voice made me turn to look at her.
"Who the hell do you think you are to attack the fantastic Livewire!" the attack seemed to have only bothered her.
"It doesn't matter who you are! Just entertain me!" A moment later they both attacked each other, causing a beam of electricity to collide with Sunny's purple energy beam.
Sunny seemed to have the advantage however I noticed how Parasite was preparing to launch a car so I jumped towards him.
Having noticed my movements he threw the car towards me, as soon as it was within reach I slammed it back causing it to explode upon impact.
Seeing the moment of distraction I hit the ground in front of me twice to make a large piece of concrete break, which I quickly picked up and then threw at Livewire.
"Hey, she was mine!" The projectile caused the woman to turn into a pile of lightning, so Sunny was upset to see her disappear.
"This is not a game Sunny, besides, you owe me some answers about who exactly you are" She did not answer me as she looked towards the direction of the fire caused by the car that had exploded.
"Yes, whatever you say, now let me" Before I could say anything else she shot a beam of energy towards the place. Turning around, I saw that her target was the Parasite.
"Wait, stop!" That guy had stolen energy from the Omnitrix and he could be almost sure that Sunny was firing some kind of energy.
Without making it seem like she had heard me she continued with her attack.
"YES, ENERGY!" As soon as the beam hit he began to glow while his body seemed to absorb the attack.
"Sunny stop, he's consuming your attack!" Looking at her I noticed that she had already noticed what was happening.
"C…NO…CAN…ST…STOP!" Seeing no alternative, I jumped towards her.
Fortunately for her, my action worked because as soon as I touched her, her beam stopped.
"Hey, Sunny, you ok?" She looked very affected by the energy theft as she tried to keep her eyes open.
"-Hey... I need... to rest-" she could barely murmur due to exhaustion, however, a noise made me turn to look at the Parasite.
The man was hunched over while his body radiated a purple aura, he seemed to be getting used to his new energy.
"THIS ENERGY IS AMAZING!" When he stood up, his now purple eyes stared at us.
Smiling brightly, he looked at Livewire who was beginning to reform next to him.
"Well, you seem loaded, do you want to finish so we can go?" As soon as I noticed her glowing hands, I touched the Omnitrix, it was time to leave.
With a flash, XLR8 was holding Sunny before disappearing a second later leaving the two villains far behind.
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A few kilometers away…
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In a flash, my human form flew towards the ground while holding Sunny in my arms.
After flying for several meters, I found myself face-up with her protected by my arms.
"-That hurt-" Letting out a groan of pain I slowly put Sunny on the ground, we were lucky that the Omnitrix had allowed me to get this far before the power ran out.
The League's communicator rang as I tried to recover from the fall "Yes... Omnaz speaking" As I checked my ribs Batman's voice rang.
"Looks like there's trouble in Jump City, you need support?" looking at Sunny who seemed a little better as she touched the ground I spoke.
"They are two enemies of Superman, it won't be difficult, however, I will need support with a space visitor" While I sat next to Sunny, Batman spoke again.
"Understood, support will arrive soon, Batman out." Finishing the conversation, I lightly touched Sunny's forehead, however as soon as the Omnitrix was close to her it activated.
"ENERGY DETECTED, ORIGIN ANODITE, UNLOCKING CONDUCTOID DNA!" A moment later a new image appeared on the Omnitrix.
[T/N: WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! The Universe just got a lot more dangerous! It's official! This is a merger!]
"Well, that's interesting" While reviewing the image Sunny's voice sounded again.
"Hero? My head hurts. Could you tell me what happened?" Looking at her, I noticed that her eyes were glowing while her hands seemed to absorb some kind of energy from the ground.
"You tell me, as soon as the Parasite started absorbing your energy you were completely exhausted." Helping her sit up she touched her face.
"I hate parasites" When she looked up and saw me she must have noticed the seriousness of the matter because releasing a sigh she continued speaking "I am an Anodite, I am a being of pure energy which is bad if I face an energy parasite "
Looking at her hands I noticed that the energy was building up faster. "What exactly are you doing?" Looking at her hands she answered me.
"My energy is called Mana, everything in the universe has Mana, so I'm replenishing myself." Every moment that passed she seemed to recover as any tiredness disappeared.
Getting up I noticed how her gaze followed me "I must go back and stop those two" That caused her to want to follow me so I stopped her "No, you are food for the Parasite, I better go alone."
"I can help, that thing won't steal my energy again!" Sunny was completely recovered while she was against staying.
While I was wasting time arguing with her, a noise of electricity made me look up to see Livewire on a light pole smiling.
"They weren't hard to find!" The sound of something crashing behind us made me turn around.
Coming out of the crater that the Parasite had caused, he was smiling. "I feel very lucid now that I have assimilated the energy, however, I want more, boy, give me the walking battery and I'll leave you!" Those words bothered me.
"Take care of Livewire, I'll stop the parasite." I quickly selected the alien that the Omnitrix had unlocked and in a flash I transformed.
The three witnessed the new alien, a black humanoid with a white stripe on its chest, it had some golden circles around its body, it had a tail and two giant antennas on its skull, all ending in sockets, it also had a single green eye in the middle of his face accompanied by a big smile.
As the three of them watched him raise his hands they noticed his fingers which also had plugs each.
"Let's see how you defend yourself Parasite" the parasite just growled in annoyance before raising his arms and shooting two rays of Mana, instinctively I raised my hands with my fingers pointing at the rays.
The result left the two villains amazed, my fingers absorbed the attack without any problems.
"I feel charged, thank you" Jumping towards the parasite I quickly spun in the air causing my leg to hit him squarely in the face sending him flying.
As I ran to follow him, I shouted at Sunny, "Take care of her quickly," without waiting for a response, I entered the column of smoke that had formed when the parasite fell.
I quickly dodged a blow as he appeared growling, I noticed that each of his attacks were augmented by Mana as they left great damage where they hit.
My new form was physically strong, however as I dodged his blows I decided to take advantage of the biggest advantage I had.
In a very wide swing I jumped on him so I quickly put my fingers on his back while also plugging in with my tail.
The result, the energy he had stolen from Sunny was now stolen by me.
"DAMN YOU! LET ME GO!" Throwing himself onto his back, he managed to get me off of him, however an electric bolt sent him flying away from me while he picked himself up.
"I could get used to this form, it is certainly powerful" Coming out of the crater created by the Parasite I wiped off the dirt while I watched him try to get up.
I could notice that his body was beginning to show the loss of energy, his color had dulled and his size had decreased.
"You should have stayed wherever Superman locked you up" As I approached those words seemed to bother him as he attacked me again, however, I didn't defend myself.
As soon as I was within reach of him he started trying to steal my energy with a smile, which I returned to his confusion.
"Without energy, you are very stupid, let's see who robs who first" A moment later my two hands along with my three additional appendages held him.
He never had a chance, the energy was stolen from him faster than he could steal it, in a matter of seconds his body was left dry as he lost consciousness.
Not wanting to kill him, I left him with enough to stay alive "This was entertaining, now I better go get your accomplice" As I walked towards Sunny I could hear a few screams followed by small explosions.
However, when I arrived she was smiling while sitting on the defeated form of Livewire.
"Hero, I see you finished off the parasite!" For some reason, her enthusiasm seemed to be contagious as I had to stop myself from smiling as I approached her.
"Yes, and now I would like to know what you are doing here," losing her smile, she was going to answer me before Batman's voice sounded.
"And how many like you there are on earth" turning around I saw him arrive with Superman and Flash.
"Who are these Heroes?" Looking at Sunny I noticed that she was preparing to fight.
"Friends, fellow heroes, and call me Feedback in this form" Standing in front of her I stopped any attempt at attack.
"Flash put these handcuffs on Livewire and the Parasite, they will stop their abilities." The sound of Flash running made me realize that he had obeyed Batman.
"Miss, we would like you to answer our friend's question." Superman was trying to be as friendly as possible while Batman kept an eye on Sunny.
"I already told the Hero why I came to Earth, however, I don't know what they mean by how many people like me there are, since I'm the only one on this planet" Feeling Batman's gaze I responded.
"She ran away from home" he seemed to analyze the answer while he took out a device.
"The Watchtower scanner identified two energy sources close to you, one your friend, the other unknown but more powerful" That was worrying, Sunny was powerful at her level.
"W...Wait the same but more!...she's my grandmother, Verdona!" Looking at Sunny I noticed how she was beginning to go into crisis when a voice made the four of us alert, well Sunny froze.
"That's right dear, I came here for you" Looking for the source we found it a few meters floating above us.
She was an older woman in a dark trench coat who looked at us with a smile.
"What did I miss?" Listening to Flash return, I couldn't look away from the woman.
"Sunny dear, you shouldn't have run away again, that's why Gwen is my favorite" I noticed how Sunny shuddered at her words which made me angry.
"Hey, you can't talk to your granddaughter like that!" my voice seemed to draw her attention.
"A very interesting conduit!…wait, that symbol on your chest, it's from the Omnitrix" That made us more alert.
"Who are you and how do you know the name of the watch?" Batman asked as threateningly as possible however Verdona just laughed as she landed near us.
"Young man, I know many things, however, that doesn't matter, I only came for my granddaughter, who will be punished severely. Come, Sunny, we must go." When I noticed Sunny start to move towards her grandmother, I stopped her, surprising her.
"She won't go with you, she stays with me" My body released a small shock after I finished speaking as I put Sunny behind me.
"These young people... you better let her come with me or this will get ugly" Without answering her, my antennas shot two rays of electricity at her, causing a small explosion.
"Use energy to defend yourself!" a moment later I ran towards her followed by Flash and Superman.
"Batman is going to scold you for this" Knowing that Superman was right I decided to focus on the woman.
A laugh sounded before two Mana rays came out of the smoke, hitting Superman and Flash, sending them flying between screams of pain.
"This is so much fun!" Verdona came out of the smoke smiling, however, Batman threw a batarang which exploded as soon as she touched it, causing her to fly away.
"I hope the girl is worth Superman and Flash getting hurt" Watching him land next to me I replied.
"She is good, problematic but good, and I also want to know why she knows the Omnitrix" Verdona's voice took us out of our conversation.
"I haven't had this fun since I saw my grandchildren Ben and Gwen" When we saw her approaching we were surprised by her new appearance.
She now looked like a dark purple humanoid with long tendrils of bright pink hair.
"You like my true form, I thought you deserved to see it" A moment later she attacked again with another beam however this time to the ground, the resulting explosion sent us flying.
She had ended up close to Sunny who was still nervous about the fight.
"Come on, Sunny, it's time to go home." Getting up, I looked at Verdona who, smiling, looked at her granddaughter.
"It won't be that easy" Pointing with my hands I fired two rays which she stopped with an energy shield.
"Romantic but ineffective" When she seemed ready to attack a red and blue blur flew her away from us.
Superman seemed to have recovered.
"Hey Omnaz, any ideas on how to stop her?" Flash appeared in front of me while he touched his chest where he had a burn.
"No, I just know she's energy" Hearing my words he ran out ready to help Superman.
"-I should go and avoid this-" Hearing Sunny's whisper I looked at her.
"You don't want that, during the time we talked you told me that you wanted to have fun, tell me, do you really want to go with her" Standing in front of her I looked at her causing her to look up from her hands.
"I... I want to stay, it's fun, but no one can beat my grandmother" I knew she was right I had felt the power of her attacks.
"You may be right, she is an Anodite, but maybe another Anodite has a chance" She looked at me surprised "You absorb energy from everything, can you do it from the Omnitrix?" showing her the watch she looked at me in disbelief.
"You...You'd let me take the energy of your only weapon" Smiling I replied.
"It's not a weapon, it's a means for universal understanding." Returning my smile, she touched the Omnitrix after thinking about it a little, a second later a large purple flash came out caused by the touch.
When I opened my eyes I noticed that I was in my human form and in front of me was Sunny who had taken the same form as Verdona, only smaller.
"I hope that's enough energy" She just smiled at me before coming closer and kissing me on the lips which left me surprised.
"We'll see, Hero" A moment later she took off to fly in the same direction as Superman.
After she left I felt Batman land next to me.
"You gave power to a possible global threat," sighing, I looked at him, meeting his gaze.
"She's good Batman, and hopefully I'll know something about the Omnitrix and myself soon." After looking at me for several seconds he left, leaving me alone.
"If you don't mind, I'll get there alone!" Complaining, I began to run towards where one or another explosion could be heard.
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Minutes later…
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I had to thank Batman for my excellent physical condition while running, since Sunny had taken the power of the Omnitrix and I wouldn't be able to turn into an alien for a few hours.
When I got to where the battle could still be heard I found Batman buried in the ground while Superman and Flash were unconscious.
Sunny was fighting against her grandmother as she yelled about staying, however it seemed like she was losing.
Running towards Batman I tried to get him out however it was in vain.
"Stop, you better help your friend" Even buried, I could notice that he was angry with me.
Getting up I grabbed the first thing I found which turned out to be a piece of metal as I ran towards the fight.
As soon as I got close enough I only had one thought "If I die at least Batman won't scold me" Getting ready I threw my weapon at Verdona hitting her in the head causing her to look at me surprised.
That distraction allowed Sunny to shoot her with a beam that buried her in the ground, stopping her as she floated towards me quickly.
"What are you doing?! It's dangerous, you should hide" looking at her I responded.
"You've called me Hero since we met, you think I would leave you alone" My words made her smile slightly however a small explosion confirmed to us that her grandmother was ready to fight.
"You... you remind me of someone" Floating she approached us "You have the same look and the same spark as someone I met years ago" As she got closer Sunny stood between her and me.
"Calm down, dear, I won't do anything to you, what's more, this game is over." Snapping her fingers, a flash fixed everything that was destroyed while Batman, Superman, and Flash stood behind me without knowing what had happened.
"W...What?! H...How did she do that?" My question made her laugh as she listened to Batman calm down the previously passed-out heroes.
"It was all fun honey, now come I want to see you up close" Looking into her eyes I tried to find out if she was lying but all I could see was curiosity.
Walking, I stood in front of her while I felt Sunny a few steps behind me.
Verdona took my face while she analyzed me "Yes... it is exactly the same as my dear husband Max's" That made me blink.
"My name is also Max, well Maxwell or at least that's the name that came to mind" That seemed to surprise her.
"Memory loss and a spark similar to my Max... tell me, honey, would you allow me to check your mind?" I didn't know if I should trust her, but if I could find out something about my past from before I woke up on the island of Jump City, plus she could do it with force anyway.
"….Yes, go ahead" Smiling I felt how she touched each side of my face and concentrated.
A few seconds later a look of surprise and excitement appeared on her face.
"Wonderful! You are not from this dimension...your soul is similar to my Max's because you have a part of his soul combined with someone else's" Looking at Sunny her eyes glowed for a second generating an even bigger smile.
"Honey, you and my Sunny have the same connection that my Max and I have!" Letting go, I floated until I reached Sunny and hugged her, which caused her to hug me back.
"I'm so happy for you darling, you'll get the chance I had, you make me proud!" Releasing Sunny, she floated until she was a few meters above the air.
"Dear, you know what to do, I'll give you your space, you kids have fun." in another flash she disappeared.
My gaze fell on Sunny who did nothing but float while she looked at me.
"Are you okay Sunny?" walking until I was in front of her and slowly took her hands.
When I had her hands in mine she squeezed them before speaking "I...I really enjoyed the time we spent together, I didn't know why...but my grandmother made me understand, I...I fell in love with you and I know that you love me, she started a bond between us" unexpectedly that didn't bother me like I thought it would.
[T/N: ...I don't want to hear it! I know already!]
"It's true, your way of being...I feel like it complements me, but for some reason, I know there's a but here, right?" she smiled ruefully.
"Yes, I must return with her to my home... I want you to come with me" That surprised me "However I know that it is not possible, although you are not from this dimension, you made it your home and you will not leave it" Even if I wanted to say that I would go I knew it was a lie.
"It's true, I can't go...this city, this world needs me" My words only made her smile with the same smile that caused problems.
"I know, that's why you are the Hero...my Hero" Finishing speaking she kissed me, the kiss was small but it conveyed what we both felt, when she separated we both smiled "I can promise you that even if I leave we will see each other again."
Verdona and the others approached when she finished saying that.
"Dear, are you ready?" Sunny floated next to her grandmother as the other three approached me.
"Yes grandma, I'm ready" Verdona smiled at her granddaughter before looking at me again.
"Dear, I know you haven't remembered your last name and you may never remember it, but now you're part of the family, you can use ours. Max Tennyson is a name that will make a big change in this universe." Smiling at me, both Anodites began to rise before disappearing. in a purple flash.
"Dude, you have an interdimensional girlfriend... I'm jealous" Flash's comment made me laugh a little while Superman smiled and Batman, like always, looked serious.
"You need transportation home Omnaz" Looking at Superman I responded.
"Please, the Omnitrix will take a while to recharge, I live on the island, if you want you can stay a while" Flash accepted, however, Batman had other plans.
"I have to do some things, we'll meet at the Watchtower later" A moment later his Jet appeared so he left.
"Well, he does know how to make an exit... shall we go?" picking me up, Superman started flying while Flash ran.
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Days later, Gotham City…
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The calm night of Batman's home city was interrupted by a large fireball that flew over the large buildings.
Heatblast was traveling on a piece of rock intending to reach the meeting point that Batman had set.
A few minutes later I found myself landing on the roof of a building while the rock disappeared.
As soon as I touched the building I heard Batman say "You're late" I turned towards the source of the voice and I returned to my human form in a flash.
"Yes, I'm sorry, there were two fires in the forests near Jump City and I didn't have the time to transform into something faster." My question caused an annoyed sigh.
"I was hidden until he saw me!" Batman's companion seemed to be a boy of about ten years old with an interesting red and black suit.
[T/N: Guess boy wonder ain't that good yet!]
While he was still upset about having been discovered, I looked at Batman curiously.
"This is Robin, my new partner, who needs more training in stealth" Those words caused him to start complaining.
Amused, I tried to save him. "It's not his fault, my mask sharpens my sense of sight." That seemed to be a relief to Robin.
"See, it wasn't my fault!" Batman didn't say anything to him, he just looked at me before continuing to speak.
"I asked you to come because I have something for you" Opening his cloak he showed me some papers in a folder which I took.
While I was reviewing it he continued "When it was confirmed to us that you are not from this dimension, I was in charge of creating a life for you in each of the databases in the world" That surprised me greatly.
"Wow... thank you... I really appreciate it, Batman, you shouldn't have but you did" Gratefully I offered him my hand, I thought he wouldn't accept it but after a few seconds he accepted it.
An explosion in the distance caught our attention, interrupting our greeting.
"Batman looks like that's where the genetics lab is located!" Following Batman I looked in the distance where it seemed that something was moving in the smoke from the explosion.
"Do you want support?" Batman didn't say anything he just jumped off the building followed by Robin.
"I'm sorry" Watching them leave I could only smile.
"He didn't say no." placing the papers in a safe place I touched the Omnitrix and in a flash an insect-shaped being began to fly away from the building.
In less than a minute I was flying over the site of the explosion which was full of roots which seemed to move of their own volition.
"Let's see where they are" Using my four eyes I started looking for Batman or Robin.
Moving over the place I found the two trying to make their way through a pile of roots that were attacking them, looking for their objective I was surprised to see who they were fighting against.
She was a red-haired woman with green skin, thanks to my four eyes I could notice her incredible physique and every detail of her clothes which seemed to be made of leaves leaving little to the imagination.
[T/N: ...Something is rising, and it ain't the SHIELD HERO!]
Flying towards Batman I noticed how Robin had been captured by some roots so preparing my tail I went to help him.
My tail was strong enough to cut the thick roots freeing Robin.
"Hey!...is that you Omnaz?...why do you stink" Seeing him hold his nose made me smile a little.
"You can call me Stinkfly" My name caused him to look at me weirdly, however, I had to hold him to move quickly since a second later the place was crushed by a large amount of roots.
"Who is the beautiful green lady?" Looking at Robin with one of my eyes I noticed that he looked at me strangely before speaking.
"She's Poison Ivy, a criminal with the power to control plants." Watching Batman move on the ground, I had to admit that it was incredible that he did it without powers.
"Some possible reason to attack the place" Dodging the occasional root I began to fly towards a building near Batman.
"Something about a genetically altered plant" When a root was close to crushing us I pinned it to the ground with a large amount of green slime.
"Ok, wait here, I'll try to help Batman" Looking at him I noticed that he wanted to argue "Robin, it's difficult to approach with someone in my hands, I'll ask Batman how the three of us should proceed" that seemed to calm him down a little.
Flying into the battle I dodged the attacks with ease, I was lucky that Stinkfly was agile in the air.
The closer I got, the more they attacked me, however, I managed to get there to Batman.
"Robin is far from this, tell me, any plan where he helps you?" While I waited for a response I dedicated myself to holding roots with my slime or cutting them, although the latter generated screams of fury from Ivy.
"I need to approach quickly" ok so the plan was easy.
"Ok, hold on and get ready" Taking him by the shoulders I began to fly quickly towards Ivy while Batman moved the roots away with his batarangs.
Being a few meters away Ivy raised a giant wall of roots to protect herself, fortunately, I had my tail.
"Get ready, when she comes in sight, I'll throw you" Turning around and pointing my tail, the result was the wall was cut without hesitation.
The moment Ivy was in sight I threw Batman away while I rose.
However, something happened because as soon as he was on her, an explosion of something similar to greenish pollen covered them.
"Damn" Going down quickly I used my wings to push away the pollen, in seconds I found Batman on the ground while Ivy had disappeared.
"Batman!" I quickly flew up to him while Robin fell behind me to run next to him.
"Batman!" As I turned him over I saw the part of his face that was visible which showed green veins.
"The pollen was poisonous" Seeing it I spoke to Robin "Robin, where is his car?" Looking at the child I noticed that he was frozen so I tried to wake him up.
"Robin...Robin!...ROBIN!" My shout made him jump, making him see me "His car, we need to take it to a safe place" he obeyed somewhat nervously while he took out his hook and rose.
In seconds we reached an alley where Batman's car was parked, as soon as we approached it opened.
"Master Robin, Young Omnaz, get in the Batmobile, it will bring you to the Batcave" Seeing that Robin trusted the owner of the voice, I returned to my human form while placing Batman inside the car, getting in a few seconds later the car started quickly.
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Minutes later...
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The Batmobile was a pretty fast car, in a matter of minutes we were losing speed as we reached our destination, when the roof opened as soon as I noticed my surroundings while I was taking Batman out.
Carrying him in a firefighter carry, I noticed how a man dressed as a butler motioned for me to put him on a table, obeying him he began to connect a machine to his chest.
When he made to take his mask off I stopped him causing him to look at me with a small smile before becoming serious "I'm sure the Master won't mind if I show Young Maxwell who he is."
Releasing him, I saw how he took off his mask, finding the face of Bruce Wayne, even with all the green veins, his face was recognizable.
"Alfred, the plant that caused the pollen was a new sample created in the laboratory!" Looking up from Batman's face I noticed how the one called Alfred began to draw blood from Batman after listening to Robin.
"He was in contact with it for a few seconds and I found him like this," thanking me, he continued with his analysis while Robin and I were next to Batman.
A few minutes later, a little discouraged, he approached with some papers "Master Bruce's body is fighting against the obvious poisoning he is suffering from, however his body is losing, he needs a cure which could be created with the plant that poisoned him." ".
He understood her mood, while Robin didn't so much. "Perfect, we just have to find Ivy and remove the plant!" Taking Robin by the shoulder, I made him look at me.
"Bruce might not have the time it would take to find her" Watching the boy understand the situation made me let out a sigh as he tried to think of something.
Fortunately, a few seconds later I remembered what Robin had told me about Ivy. "Excuse me, Alfred?" gaining his attention I continued, "Robin told me about Ivy's abilities, but you don't know if the plants are connected to her? Something like-"
"Chlorokinesis, yes, Master Bruce discovered that just as she controls them the plants are connected on a mental level with her." Alfred was good at understanding, smiling an idea came to my mind.
"Well, I have an idea! Do you think you can help Batman fight the poisoning?"
"Yes, I think I can help a little" Smiling I transformed into XLR8.
"Okay, I'll be back as soon as possible" Before I could disappear Robin stopped me.
"Wait I'm coming, I want to help!" Looking at him I tried to make him understand that it was not possible.
"I'm sorry Robin but you can't" I was again ready to argue "Robin, my forms have immunity to certain things, you don't need to expose yourself to possible poisoning, it's better to stay and help Alfred" a little annoyed he understood from what I said.
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Gotham City Park…
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A blur in the shape of XLR8 appeared in the middle of the small park.
"Now let's see if my plan works" Touching the Omnitrix I began to look for a specific silhouette.
In a few seconds I found what I was looking for, while I saw a being made of a plant, I touched the plate.
In a flash, XLR8's form disappeared, leaving another being in its place. Five types of vines-shaped legs kept me standing. The mouth of a Venus flytrap covered both sides of my head, which had a large blue eye in the middle.
Raising my hands I noticed how they seemed to be claws "Well let's see if Wildvine can contact Ivy" Walking towards a tree I raised my new hand before fusing it with the bark.
Closing my eyes I allowed my mind to connect with the plant life of the city, little by little I began to explore each part, and so I noticed that all the plants felt comfortable towards a certain direction.
"Of course, the abandoned greenhouse of the city" Walking towards the tree my body began to merge and in seconds it disappeared.
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City greenhouse…
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Thanks to Wildvine's mobility it took me a few minutes to reach the immense building that seemed to need a lot of improvements.
"Ivy is hiding in the deepest part of this place" While I walked I noticed how the plants followed me but did not attack.
Entering the building I noticed that Ivy had done her own personal remodeling, everything was completely surrounded by plants and trees, however, many looked very different from their normal state.
As soon as I started walking inside, thoughts of most of the plants came to me.
"It's new!"
"He moves like mother!"
"New brother!?"
"Or is he a father!?"
"Call mother!"
It was fascinating that plant life had a consciousness very similar to that of humans, walking I touched the few roots that came close to me.
The further I went into the place, the plants changed more and more, as did their mobility.
The air was still changing, thanks to my new form I could appreciate it while my eye looked everywhere looking for Ivy.
"I couldn't believe it when my little ones told me but you're real" Looking to the side I noticed how Ivy came out from between some plants.
And if before I was fascinated by her figure, now like Wildvine who had a deeper connection with plants, she seemed to me to be a unique flower in the world.
"Yes...I heard how they were surprised to see me" turning around to face her.
"You understand them! Fascinating, tell me who you are...wait, I recognize that symbol, it's the same as the one on the strange insect that hurt my babies." Stopping in front of me, she looked at me annoyed.
"My name is Wildvine, although my real name is Omnaz, known to Batman" That annoyed her causing her to move her hand and a thick root tried to hit me.
Fortunately for everyone I just merged with it letting it pass harmlessly.
"Stop it, I don't want to fight with you Ivy, in this way I feel a great connection with plant life, I don't want to harm it or you" My words stopped her while she looked at me surprised.
"...You, you're serious, you understand my babies" Coming closer she stood exactly in front of me while she bent me down to be at my level.
"Yes, I understand a little how you feel, however, I came for something else... I need a leaf from the plant you stole" my words took her out of her study of my body.
"Why?" Touching her face, I spoke as civilly as possible.
"I need it to create a cure for Batman, he was poisoned" Taking my green claw in her hands she thought about it for a moment.
"I'll give it to you in exchange for a kiss" I blinked in surprise but I didn't see any problem.
Approaching her face, I looked at her for a moment and then kissed her, her lips tasted strangely pleasant, the longer the kiss lasted the better she felt, however, it seemed that she still needed air since after a few seconds she separated with a big smile.
"Tell me what you think of staying," looking at her a little strangely, I talked to her.
"I'm sorry but I have to go to Batman, could you give me the blade?" Ivy looked very surprised as she took a step away from me.
[T/N: A leaf can be called a blade, though usually we only use it when mentioning grass leaves/blades.]
"B...But I used my pheromones! You should obey me" I looked at her surprised.
"I understand, unfortunately I am immune to those things, Ivy the leaf, I need it please" Looking at me for a moment she moved her hand, waiting for the attack of some plant only to cause a large root to bring the plant that had been stolen.
It was a small red plant with black leaves which had blue dots.
"The dirty humans experimented with this little guy, it is immune to almost any type of climate and adapts to any soil, it is very resistant in addition to its venom which is the most powerful in the world" A little hesitantly he handed it to me.
Looking at it between my claws I thought I heard a sound similar to that of a baby, I very delicately cut off one of its leaves, the noise became loud so Ivy took it from me while she was talking to him.
Taking the leaf I ate it, surprising Ivy, however, I closed my eye concentrating, and after a few seconds, two new pods appeared on my back which shone a little. Opening my eye I noticed that the small plant was still suffering from the leaf.
Moving my arm I took one of my normal pods and plucked it, crouching down I was in front of Ivy. "May I?" noticing my pod, she presented the plant to me a little hesitantly.
Having it in front of me I broke the pod over it causing a green liquid to bathe it.
"What's that?" Without looking at Ivy I answered her.
"My blood" I felt her gaze surprised at me "It will help in her development, it will make her stronger, more sensitive, I just hope you don't use her to fight" Looking at her with my eye she did not hesitate to respond.
"No, of course not! This little one will never be used for that" Looking at the plant we noticed how it had absorbed all my blood causing it to grow a little and its color to be brighter.
"Thank you, Father"
Smiling I stood up to my normal height as a happy Ivy talked to her.
"I'm not bothering you anymore, I have to go" As I started to sink into a root she stopped me.
"Wait... thanks for helping the little one, I would like to know if I can talk to you some more one day" Looking at her I noticed that she needed someone who understood her a little.
"Stop by Jump City someday and we'll talk" Looking at her smile I disappeared from the place.
A few minutes later I appeared again in the city park, taking the shiny pods from my back and placing them on the ground in front of me.
In a flash my form returned to that of XLR8 so, carefully taking both pods, I shot out of the place.
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Batcave…
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As soon as I arrived I rushed to Batman who seemed to have gotten worse since I had left him, while Alfred and Robin tried to heal him.
"Alfred, here, have him drink the liquid from this pod." Accepting it, he addressed Batman as he broke the pod allowing a bluish liquid to enter his mouth.
"What's that?" watching Robin keep an eye on Alfred I replied.
"It's a cure created by one of my aliens in conjunction with the plant, here," giving him the remaining pod, I returned to my human form. "Thank you," taking the pod from his hands, I opened it.
As Robin looked on I drank a little of the liquid, which didn't taste good at all, leaving half of it I offered to Robin.
"You expect me to drink that!"
"Funny," I replied.
"It will make you immune to most of the poisons in the world, just take it and it will be added to your blood." Seeing how he was holding the pod, I approached Batman hoping he would listen to me.
"How is he, Alfred?" Bruce's butler looked more relaxed as he checked the connected machines.
"Getting better Master Maxwell, the cure is cleansing his body, Master Bruce will probably wake up in a few minutes" Before answering I heard how Robin screamed from the knowledge of the cure.
[T/N: I'm assuming he just registered what the cure will do for him.]
"I'm glad to hear that, also you won't have to worry about Robin getting poisoned." the man watched with amusement as Robin wiped his mouth.
A groan made us look at Bruce who was beginning to wake up, a moment later Robin joined us while Alfred helped Bruce to a sitting position.
"Alfred?... What happened to me?" Looking around Bruce didn't notice me until I answered him.
"You were poisoned Batman, with the help of Alfred I brought you to your cave and went out to get the cure" Bruce froze for a second before turning around and looking at me while he touched his face.
"Tell me everything...now!" We dedicated the next few minutes to telling him everything he had missed due to the poisoning.
A few minutes later Bruce was writing on his computer about what had happened.
"That...plant, is it a possible threat to the city?" I decided to be as honest as possible.
"No, my blood strengthened her, however, I canceled out the poison, no one will be able to use it" Ivy also seemed very attached to her, but I would keep that to myself.
"Tomorrow I'll go look for Ivy...Should I leave the plant with her or take it to you?" Batman was quite considerate in asking my opinion.
"She can keep it, she won't be able to use it to escape." Watching Bruce write without seeing me, I let out a sigh. "Batman, I know it bothers you that I know your identity. Believe me, I didn't expect to know it this way. I was hoping to have your trust so that someone would one day tell me." "Batman interrupted me as he turned around.
"You have my trust, I know everything about you, you answer my questions without hesitation, however one day you may fall to mind control and I don't think the world can defend itself" his concern, although pessimistic, was absolutely right.
"I hope for the good of the world that doesn't happen" Getting up from his chair Batman gave me a small card "And what is this credit card for?"
"You don't have a source of income like most of the League, I think this will help you," I gratefully kept it while I watched Bruce sit down again, somewhat tired.
"I better let you rest, according to Alfred your body must recover from the battle with the poison" Saying goodbye to Batman I transformed into XLR8 to disappear from the place quickly.
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Jump City Island…
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The moment I got home I returned to my human form, as I walked to the entrance of the cave I was greatly surprised when I noticed a person at the entrance.
"You're just in time," surprised, I barely put myself on guard as he walked out into the light.
He was a man with short black hair, he wore a white shirt, a black tie and over this a brown coat and overall this his white laboratory coat.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?!" I needed to buy some time while the Omnitrix charged.
"Calm down, I'm not an enemy, let me introduce myself, my name is Professor Paradox and I'm a time traveler, and this is I think the first time we've seen each other" It sounded a little crazy but with everything I had seen in the last almost three years it didn't surprise me that much.
"Okay, I now know who you are, but what are you doing here?" Smiling, he walked until he was in front of me.
"It was the right time to introduce myself, I must talk to you about the different universes in existence" Letting my guard down a little I could only think about how long the night would be.
[T/N: EYAEYEYEYAEYYAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!! That was a great chapter... definitely worth the 7 and a-half hours it took to edit this. We got romance, time f*ckery, we love it. If you loved this chapter then leave a comment, write a review, and drop some stones. If you want you can check out the P@treon to see if there are more chapters over there, though if this just came out then there is no chance, maybe wait a week. Also if you want to read some great books then check out some of my other books through my profile.]
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