DC 13

I just returned from my side job as a lawyer for the worst criminals, in this case, the Joker, when I got the news that Batman had unmasked himself and was ready to go to prison.

Anyone who knew even a bit about him would have all alarms going off. Until now it was the same cat-and-mouse game they have played with their criminals, Flash and Superman would always hand themselves over to the police while Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman ignored the laws they broke. To be fair, WW and Fishy were leaders or representatives of a different country, so they had Diplomatic Immunity, but that still required them to appear in court, something they never did.

While I was using every legal method available to understand what was happening, I got my answer as the whole world went batshit crazy, pun not intended.

The first thing that happened was OMAC robots descending and attacking everything. It soon dawned on me what had moved the ever-paranoid vigilante to retire, he created Brother Eye, only for it to gain sentience and try to destroy the world a few hours later. Again, for someone who doesn't want to become a tyrant, he is on his best way by creating an AI that stalks the entire planet.

Before anyone could even deal with the first problem, a second one appeared. Reverse Flash had somehow severed Flash's connection with the Speed Force, taking not only a hero out of the picture but also ensuring that there was no time traveling happening to fix all this.

One after another, problems were appearing around the world. The gates of Hades opening in Themyscira, a rebellion in Atlantis, and a moon-sized meteor of Kryptonite were all too perfectly timed for them to be a coincidence.

I didn't care about the chaos and destruction but I was bothered by the hand that was moving all this, especially so if my guess was correct at who this hand belonged to.

New world-ending disasters appeared by the minute and every time one was resolved, two new ones appeared. The only saving grace was that many of these super criminals suddenly comprehended the wonders of common sense and started supporting the heroes, with a few exceptions like Doomsday and Zod.

The fact that Darkseid was not here only made my suspicion stronger. No, it was not his doing, it was just that he was immune to whatever mind and destiny fuckery was going on here, he was the avatar of a multiversal god, one of the many things we had in common.

As much as I loved being right, for once I was hoping I was not because it would mean the end of my games here and as if to agree to me, the strange-looking lizard lazily lying on my couch snared in agreement, or at least I thought so.

I just listened to her snarls becoming louder and more urgent as I was deep in thought, by the time I noticed her strangeness, space shattered in a similar way I always did and a bright blue energy came out of it.

Niddy, being a cosmic guardian and the best girl ever, jumped in front of it to protect me from what was happening at a speed that my current human eyes and brain could not even follow. I was barely able to see the blue energy disintegrate my beloved pet once it realized it had the wrong being.

Needless to say, I was angry. Really, really, angry. Not-holding-back-anymore-and-going-all-out-for-the-first-time-in-billions-of years angry. I always avoided conflict with beings in or near my league and even hoped to make friends with this one but that card was off the table.

He killed my pet, even if its existence is bound to my tower and would be reborn there with time, it did not change that simple fact.

I disappeared and appeared in the dimensions between the multiverse in all my fucking glory, my armor fully equipped for the first time.

I was going to erase this naked blue stain of atoms from existence and go full old-school God of War on him, not the nice dad god who shrunk his height to be more likable.

I will rip and tear and if anyone gets in my way, be it Lucifer, Monitor, or the fucking presence himself, I was going to torture them in ways even their godly fantasies that created this reality never thought of.

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A/N- Well, shits getting started and at least one near omnipotent being is going to get erased in the most gruesome way.