Chapter 25: [Interlude] A Normal Day (Part 1)

[Clock - 12:22 | 12:22 PM]

[Calendar - 13/02/2003]

[Location - Metropolis, the City of Tomorrow - New York, USA]

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POV Change

7 Appelaxians POV

Metropolis. The city of tomorrow... Located on the American east coast, population is an estimate of 5 million people, 5 million unaware people... Unaware of the happenings of the world around them, going on with their pathetic little lives and their pathetic little routines. Turning around, his glowing body seemed to radiate with pure energy turned to his seven competitors and siblings, their glowing forms also amorphous and unidentifiable beyond the basic humanoid shape. They didn't speak using the primitive communication method these flesh beings use. No, they communicated via a brief but complex sequences of photo vibrations- these flesh being seem to use vibrating sound to communicate, while they use vibrating light instead. They were way too bright to approach this planet... even if the race that occupies it hasn't even reached continuous space travel yet, they do have enough wepon and power to damage their fragile light forms, so they'll need something to protect themselves with: Kalathora is the Appelaxian word for gold. Gold is quite rarely used on their home planet, being used only by the royalty... And yet this planet seems to use it on a lot of things, and that is blasphemous to him. He will make sure to destroy this planet once he becomes Kalar and goes in the outer universe, starting his glorious conquest.

This? This was [Golden Roc].

Another Appelaxian- his name was not something humans could ever hope to pronounce, so for your understanding it shall have to be translated. Translation shall use the approximate words that might mean something similar to the complex words used by the Appelaxians with their photo communication -named [Stone God] said. His flashes of soft light sounded very arrogant, and he was a very arrogant being. Dut is the Appelaxian word for stone, or rock, although it would roughly translate to the phrase 'That which endures', and is a symbol of great defense and endurance to Appelaxians. Once he becomes the Kalar, he will abosrb this entire planet into his new body!

Kalar is the Appelaxian word for Emperor.

The mocking flashes of soft greenish light seemed almost taunting as [Wood King] twisted his greenish energy form, it exuded the maturity and resistance of an old oak tree, as it was what he had chosen: Gatokŋ is the Appelaxian word for Wood, but it would be literally translated to 'The Green Spawn', and it is a symbol of renewal, of endless life, and of elegance amongst Appelaxians.

A red and angry energy form seemed to fizzle and shift, his body emanating this warmth that would fry a normal human if they got too close, and from this heat his body started to form a little, but it wouldn't until they entered the earth's atmosphere that his true form would manifest into a roaring inferno of flames and heat. Said [Fire Lord], as his Pakathar- an Appelaxian word that mean both power and flames -emanated around his body. His anger was ever burning, after all! He has been burning and he has been angry ever since he was formed.

Ahamor, this word is a little harder to translate... Ahamor can both mean 'crystal', 'amethyst', 'beauty', 'desire', 'mirror', and other words that were variations of crystal and beautiful things: This was... well, they had many names, but the one they're going with in this cycle was [Crystal Creature]. With elegance and a gracious beauty to their lilac colored light amorphous energy body, they swayed with an invisible wind that was only felt by them. Exaggerated movements that translated into constant gestures of beauty and grace... this was a rather interesting Appelaxian: The use of Amahor here is being used to refer to every crystal on earth, but everything [Crystal Creature] considers beautiful.

Although this being is very, deeply connected to the Violet Color Emotional Spectrum, it doesn't seem to have any connection to Star Sapphire Corps.

A transparent energy being, without any color or clear impurities within its emergy body, shined with a rather particular light. Its light was not visible to the human eyes, so it would look like it was shining and yet completely transparent! You could see the outline of it, but not the color because to your human eyes would not be able to perceive it- A shrimp would definitely be able to though, those little things can see a spectrum of colors that we will never be able to see. Xu-Ak is a word that literally translates to 'Pure transparent crystal', and it would be translated to the simple word 'glass'. This Appelaxian was called by the nickname <0̷͕̏Q̸̤̍J̶̙́Q̷͍͆J̵̥͌Q̶̱͑9̵̻̈́S̷̗̃7̷̓͜Ź̶̹J̸̧̈́A̴̳̍N̶͇̑1̴̦̃0̷̢̀2̴̲̿7̶͐͜Z̴̮͛*̴̺͗!̶͓͋<̴̳͆+̷̘̆*̷̟̇&̷͕̑@̵̈́͜8̴̘̅1̶̫̂0̷̪̐£̷̖͌°̸̺̈́€̴̨͑`̵̟͝8̶̦̊1̶̳͆₩̷̮͗☆̶̝́♤̵̤̔+̸̺̓^̵̝͋-̸̦̇, or simply [Glass Man].

<...no matter who wins and becomes the Kalar, I will live forever amongst the endless cosmus... But when I become the Kalar, I shall overtake the endless dimensions and teach the enlightening wisdom of the stars.> The last Appelaxian was a rather curious one. He was smaller than the others, and his color was a deep, deep silver color that shone and moved like liquid and not pure ethereal light, it was impressive and beautiful in a haunting way: Povokenateryn was a rather amorphous word, it meant 'liquid metallic poison', which can be many metals, but the specific one this Appelaxian was referring to was the metal known as Mercury.

Pride. Arrogance. Apathy. Anger. Vanity. Obsession. Egocentric.

Kalathora. Dut. Gatokŋ. Pakathar. Ahamor. Xu-Ak. Povokenateryn.

Seven beings that have come to earth to take a test, a test to see who would become the new emperor of their race- the most powerful and influential of their race were here, after all. A constest to see who would become the next Kalar.

Let the game begin.

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POV Change

Bruce Wayne - Batman

Bruce has been very occupied the last few weeks.

After Killer Croc escaped Arkham Asylum with the help of someone who can use magic, he had found samples of a formula that was created by the Joker. The sample of the new chemical was thankfully enough for him to quickly make a preparations for whatever the Joker was planning on doing- At the same time, he was juggling keeping contact with a few allies that he had, his connection to them being essentially in case of a highly risky case that he would need help from others... even though he has plans for every single thing he could image in the dark nights of his endless traning days, but he knew that he couldn't account for every single thing that might happen at all times.

And, well, one of those things was Dick simply ditching him. '...children, why do I even have a child sidekick in the first place... damn me and my bleeding heart.' Cursing himself, Batman checked the tracker he had on Dick's clothes for the- he stopped counting after the 9th time. "..." Stoic as a rock, Bruce kept staring at the screen as he watched the tracker move through the winding streets of Gotham, at Crime Alley and going towards The Narrows, doing his best to stay in the hidden corners and taking the long route to lose whoever would be following him- he knew that Robin, Dick, though that he was following him, but he was not. Dick needed space, and Bruce recognized that, so he let the boy have some space of his own trusting that he would stay out of trouble... but of course, he wanted to know where he was at all times, so he just planted some trackers on his Robin costume and some of his shoes too. Alfred told him that placing trackers on the boy's body would be too much too, so he didn't do it.

Dick had been... upset that Waylon had escaped from Arkham Asylum. He wanted to talk to him, and because Bruce was occupied with many things at once, he couldn't focus everything on finding Croc. They spent a week searching through the sewers of Gotham before Bruce had to focus on other things, and even though Dick understood it, he was still upset.

[Message Receive - Code Green]

One of his many screens flashed a bright green coloration that he would never mistake. Pressing a few buttons on his keyboard, the main and biggest screen turned green for a split second before Bruce had the pleasure to see the face of the one known as Green Lantern, or rather, this generation's Green Lantern. "Yes, Green Lantern? Has something happened-"

"Batman! We need help-" On the background, he could hear and saw a flash of red and orange moving fast, his mind quickly made the connection to the Flash as he focused on the message Green Lantern was sending him: "-holy shit, is that a fucking giant tree walking!? Since when The Lord of the Rings was based on a true story!? Is it gonna say 'I am Groot'- oh fuck!" Another rush, the image was quick but Bruce saw Green Lantern dodge this thick trunk-like arm full of branches, weaving and floating away from whatever was attacking them: "-there's like, seven of them here, and they're just destroying shit!"

"I'm on my way."

Bruce considered taking Dick with him- but he soon decided against such a thing. He sent the boy a quick [Emergency. Go back to the cave] message before he turned, ready to go see what was happening.

He just didn't know that today would he a important day for him and the future Justice League.