Earth (Prime Earth)
Facet City
2009
The city of Faccet took on a dim golden glow as the sun had set for the day. For some it was time to rest, students returning to their homes from their various educational institutes and for some adults they yawned as they give their thanks for another day well spent. Even then amongst the citizens of Faccet city, the sun set serves as their timer as their work truly begins, the night life of the city comes alive as night workers like the night guards, hospital workers and the others set out to begin their various jobs, while the more nefarious fellows like the robbers, the alley muggers, psychopathic murderers, and smugglers ready their fangs they begin their night work in Faccet city.
It was around seven in the night, that Billy Batson wandered the streets visiting familiar places. Even though he was mentally prepared for the upcoming battle with Black Adam, he still wanted to say at least one final good bye to the city and all its memories. As he kept on walking he approached a familiar looking street 'Kingsway' reaching upon his first destination; school. He fondly looked up towards the name proudly carved on the gate and on the outside walls.
"Ah, ha no matter what, let it not be said that Billy Batson does not pay his respect towards such an annoying and frustrating institution" He said satisfaction.
School to Billy Batson could be describe in one sentence 'Annoying and Stupid' the Public Educational Institution Faccet High Academy was always one that brought many memories and will always be remembered ambivalently. After all it was in this school he met the two idiot jocks, Alfred and Samson, members of the school football team and known bullies towards their juniors and sometimes to some of their own classmates. Even before Billy had butt heads with the both of them, they had perform various nasty pranks and extorted from many of his classmates and that included even Pedro at one particular time.
Although Billy had meted out the appropriate punishment as both Billy Batson and his cape persona through pranks. He still remembered the time he had used super speed to pull their belts of their pants. It was very funny at that time especially the school reactions to their boxers.
Alfred boxers showing 'I Love Kim Kardarshian' and Samson boxers having prints of pink hearts made them laughing stocks for weeks.
"It was quite the laugh, now that's something I won't forget for quite a long while" he chortled lightly.
But even then he still couldn't understand while the school had ignored such an obvious act… or rather he understood but did not agree with it, after what kind of school that puts the needs of their football star players above the needs of the other student's body. he sighed with exasperation.
"Don't, just don't think about it Billy, you came here to settle things not to be annoyed and flat out demolish the school… although maybe I should just do it" he gazed at the school contemplating, but then he shook his head negatively.
"Nah, nope Billy, you're better than that, just let it go"
After all for as much as the school had given him unpleasant memories, it also gave to him fond ones. The plays and pranks committed against the bullies with Freedy, the gruelling hours spent at the library against upcoming pop quiz and exams with Mary, doing freeky science stuff with Choi and even just sitting down with Pedro at their special corner during lunch break. It was even at school they all meet around at times to discuss hero matters (although Darla wasn't there with us).
Tears gathered at my eyes at the thought as I took a deep breath in to keep myself from snuffling. Shaking myself out of the strings of memories, I turned towards the school uncaring of the looks I got from passer-by's and gave a full ninety degree bow and said with all of the emotions steaming within me.
"I never thought I ever dream of saying this one day... but thank you. It was fun all of it, the memories both good and bad every single experience all the annoying lectures from Mr Drancer, even both Alfred and Samson, and also the good experience from Mary, Choi, Pedro and Freedy. It was all so much fun while it lasted so… thank you" as I said that I raised my head straight to keep the tears out "no tears now Billy you've cried you heart out, you've said your good bye... now it's time to go"
Leaving the school a little lighter I retracted back from where I came, but upon reaching the street curve, I couldn't help but take one last look back at the one school present in one of the most important chapter of my life with a sigh, I could say nothing more and left.
--TMMGO--
The Facet city graveyard situated at the outskirts of the town was calm and possessed a mysterious aura under the moon light. Old spooky stories were conjured up with a few being correct, some others wrong but it all served as a barrier to prevent all sort of trouble makers from causing trouble and dissuade grave robbers from committing any blasphemous act. But that did not discourage the young Billy at all as he head towards his final destination.The site was of three tomb-heads of the same sizes all arrange horizontally. The graves were not newly mounted and showed signs of dust minting all over them preventing their names from showing. But still it did not prevent him from recognizing who were in them. A lump formed on his throat as he stood before the graves of each of his siblings' Freedy, Pedro, and Choi. He cleared his throat as he awkwardly started.
"A-ah, hey guys I guess outside that day, this is would be first time I've come to visit" he apologized, placing his palms together he continued "sorry-sorry please don't be angry, it's just that, that day was more like a blur and with all the pain that was eating me up… and oh I also had to do a certain something... but I guess you can't scold me like this huh" he said sadly.
He moved and seated amongst one of the spaces between the tomb heads as he said "well let's not worry about the small stuff, and do one last boys meeting for old time sake"
For the next fifteen minutes he regaled the boys or rather their graves telling them stories about his adventures during the past two month, he could almost hear the laughter, the joy and the snarky remarks thrown around during times like this. Time passed quietly as he soon also came to a stop as he observed the moon as a time indicator. It was soon time to go, methodically he moved around each of the tombstones dusting them with his hands, after he had finished he continued.
"Well look at the time guys, its getting quite late and it's really time for me to go… I honestly just came here to settle things with you all, to say that I will make things right, all of it. And also to finally say goodbye" taking a deep breath he continued "you know I had also paid my respect to the school but for the life of me I can't seem to go back to our home... or rather our old home to do the same" he said as a lump appeared in his throat, each words continued brought him closer and closer to tears.
"Cause every time my thoughts go there, I see you guys…Freddy, Predro, Choi…. Mary, Darla and even the Goodman's…. goddamit it's was too much, all of it" by the end he was already crying, lines of tears streaming out freely from his eyes.
"Every night during my time at the streets, sleep doesn't come easy… night by night I keep finding myself back at the wizard's realm, the event of that night just plays back over and over. The screams, the tears… the blood and I just scream myself awake, pathetic huh"
"You know now a days. I've always wondered if me giving you guys the power of Shazam was the right choice. I mean sure, for you Freedy being a Marvel means the chance to walk and be at least normal or Pedro, the ability to be strong and brave or even you Choi, the chance to be one of the cool kids, but then looking back at it all we were.. well, just kids we or rather I was warned by the Wizard that my greatest strength would also be my biggest weakness. But It looks like i was just too obstinate to listen, too proud of my… no our achievements to be cautious… and look at the result; three dead brothers, and a broken family all because I thought I was already the best, that what we did was enough. We were never cautious"
Billy did not know who he was speaking to, his brothers or maybe admonishing himself. He sniffed cleaning his eyes as determination with traces of blood lust overtook his features.
"This time I will make it right, everything, Black Adam 's at fault for all this, he took away my family, destroyed the life I had put together in this city… this time I won't hold back. After all he called himself a God-King didn't he?" he laughed darkly "heh, well I've got one nasty surprise for him. All his plans, his dreams and ambitions I will shatter all of it and burn it to the ground"
It was by midnight when he came to looking upwards to the moon, he deduced the time based on its positioning, so with that he slowly stood up, dusting his pants as he turned towards the grave giving one last melancholic smile, the wetness he felt on his cheeks made him see tears-lines marks on his cheeks "Ha- Ha-Ha well look at that" he laughed self-mockingly "I promised myself I wouldn't let you guys see me cry no matter what, after all I needed to come for reaffirmation, not to lay my heart out"
Closing his eyes for a few seconds he took deep breaths to calm himself and opened his eyes, all previous emotion gone with a light smile appearing on his face "no matter what I will always hold all of you in my heart after all 'we're brothers for life', and brothers always hold a piece of each other in their heart"
And with that after giving one long look to the graves before him, he turned and left the city burial grounds with a heavy heart.
And with the knowledge that… he might never come back.
--TMMGO--
Although the moon was at its peak, Faccet city was never quiet, quite the opposite it was rather filled of night life everywhere, with different people doing different things.
A rather young figure strode amongst the busy crowds heading towards one of its street fountains at the turn just around corner that was rather devoid of people, turning towards an invisible crowd he gave a mocking bow like he had finished with an act and with that he straightened up and shouted the word "SHAZAM!" his voice was accompanied with a lightning bolt blasting the figure turning him from a young boy into a suited male Adonis, giving a last wistful look towards the city that have given him so much he vanished.
And so Faccet city and the entire planet as a whole saw the last of the once Mightiest Mortal.
.....
Unknown Location
Rock of Eternity
Once billy batson had arrived at what was once the realm of the Wizard and a sanctuary for his family he could not help but be taken aback by what he saw.
"Holey moley!, what the hell happened?... how the hell did the realm change this much"
What was once a carven realm of the Wizard was transformed into a rather large desert, there was even a sun! And Where there were three main sections in the realm what had taken its place were deserts sands spanning as far as the mortal's eyes could see.
He was somewhat confused until he remembered the situation regarding Teth-Adam, as he began to understand what was happening, he couldn't help but give a resigned sigh "so it has corrupted you to the point, it has reached this level huh"
Positioning his hood over his head he took up to the skies over the sandy deserts muttering "now… where are you"
He scanned over the desert but it was not for long, as he spotted a rather noticeable giant floating pyramid he looked quite stunned at the sight, but he also gave a dark laugh "so that's where you are damn bastard, am coming for you" He blasted off towards the pyramid leaving a sonic boom in his wake.
--TMMGO--
Rock of Eternity
The Grand Pyramid of Thebes
'Power is might and to have that is to have the capability to dispense unquestionable justice. One cannot dispense justice without having the will and the capability to do so' that was the mantra that guided the one once known asTeth-Adam, once a son of Sib'aq-Teth, once a liberator and king of Egypt now Khandaq and the first Champion of the Wizard Shazam.
A long time ago under the reign of Ramses the fourth, the kingdom of Egypt experienced tyranny of great heights. Men were forced into pointless wars between the Egyptian's nobles, fair women taken abruptly from the streets only to be raped or taken away to serve as a bed warmer to men in power who found them pleasing to the eyes, the budding concept of education were cut from the children by the nobles preventing the growth of the Egyptian Civilisation, their reason was that it was to cull the uprising of any possible rebellion and worst of all it was all supported by the King.
King Ramses the fourth or known by historians as the 'Foolish Tyrant' had committed all forms of atrocities during his reign as King. Killing men just for sport either by flaying them or even by boiling them alive. Even women and children were not spared from his evil clutches as some of them were taken as bed warmers or just because he could. Those who tried to counsel the King against his tyrannical decisions were all executed painfully. As a result Egypt the once great nation was about to collapse as a result of its incompetence of the leaders.
It was at that time Teth-Adam was chosen by the Wizard Shazam. Adam the Just as he was called, at that time saw the power given to him as a sign of being chosen by the Gods of Egypt, after all, all of his divine blessings came from his country's pantheon.
Shu, Horus, Amun, Zehuti, Aten and Mehen. Egyptian deities each granting him the Divine Blessings of Stamina, Speed, Strength, Wisdom and Power respectively, using that power he gathered a group of rebels and went against the King of Egypt ultimately being victorious. With the throne now vacant, the people of Egypt went and beg him to become their King. He happily accepted not knowing that it would soon be one of the last days he would soon experience his naivety of what exactly is Justice.
'Heavy is the head that wears the crown' that couldn't have been more correct for the new King Adam. During his early years, matters concerning the country's military, education, civilisation development and the situation with the nobles all spiralled out of control. All ideas for improvement were met with lackadaisical attitudes, the progression of the country was still slow. For all his overwhelming might, the people of Egypt saw the Just King as soft.
It was then Adam's eyes were opened and had started to follow another philosophy. 'True Kings are not one who sits and preach ideals on the throne, but one who represent the true ideals of his country not the people, he must not be soft but necessary cruel to bring progress, a King does not inform of you what to do but demands it with total obedience'
It was then that significant change sprouted in the land of Egypt, all the pompous nobles and their families without exception were executed, and their lands were seized by the order of the King. The people were forced to work, building infrastructure that were of worth to the country. His policy was that all those who work eat and those who don't can die starving. His kingdom now followed the philosophy of militaristic efficiency, 'rather than be a beloved King and fail my country I would rather be a Tyrant and let it rise' yes, that is the love of Teth-Adam for his people, and Egypt truly rised. There were now eager workers in the field, officials tended to their work with a sense of purpose and the reign of the corrupt nobles culled, for Adam finally saw Egypt no longer for its people but as a country.
And seeing his country's growth sparked in him another ambition, a budding but grand dream. To bring the world under one Flag, one Order... under the Flag of Egypt.
But then like all things must come to an end, so did his quest for world order. The Wizard did not see his way as the correct path but rather as the road to nothing but disaster and my reign over Egypt was correlated to that of a tyrant. And with that asinine thought he sealed him in an alternate dimension for over three thousand years 'why, why, why must I be punished over the right decision. It was only the right path while it wasn't an easy one there was real progress. I was doing actually doing something and it was for my country for the growth of Egypt to prevent men like Ramses from appearing ever again. For true order and everlasting peace' it during his years agonizing as a prisoner that he came to realise the answer to all his problems. It was just there all along 'Power all I need is Power. Power would have let me do better, be better. Things would have turned okay if I had possessed the capability just like last time I would be… their saviour' the warnings of the Wizard no longer held weight to him anymore. The Wizard had betrayed him and casted him off. And so he swore that after he escaped from the infernal dimension he would claim more power one way or the other.
"I was not wrong" Black Adam reaffirmed himself "I am not wrong. All of my actions would not be for nothing, it will all soon be better, my dream would soon be achieved, a world serving one purpose, where all lives will have meaning, a world of Order… mine".
He slipped out of his thoughts as he felt it. Pure unadulterated power and it was heading towards his sanctuary, he immediately recognised it, after all what was coming was the last obstacle between him and his goal. He faced forward from his throne and looked ahead like he was seeing it clearly, he lightly smiled.
"Come Billy Batson,… come be my steeping stone, help me archive my dream, my Utopia… my Order".
--TMMGO--
Billy floated close to the flying pyramid as he took in a closer look. It was of pure gold and there were magical Egyptian's glyphs etched largely around the edges but most importantly he could not help but be taken aback as he sensed the large concentration of divinity the structure emitted. He whistled.
"The bastard's not playing around eh, he even created the Thebes, he's trying to make himself a Host for the Gods. The fool he's playing with fire, as much I want to watch him burn alone, the entire Physical Plane would suffer as collateral and I really don't want that, so for now… let's crash this party"
He flew up a little higher and rocked straight down crashing the structure hard enough it tilted, zooming straight to the throne room which did not take long.
The room was deceptively bigger showing that it had been tempered with space magic, large statues depicting different Egyptian Gods were arranged all over. Everywhere the eyes can see was laced up with hieroglyphs depicting the many acts of both the Gods and Pharaohs. And most noticeable of all was the throne that was at the end of the room that had two bon fires at its side, the symbol of Osiris at its back and most of all, the familiar figure that was seated on the throne.
"Ah, yes, I was wondering when you would arrive young Billy Batson. Prepared to surrender your life to this king" the figure said.
Intense negative coursed through Billy's body as he couldn't help but growl out the name of the figure "yo,… Black Adam"
--TMMGO--
Red and white floated in the middle of the throne room against the golden figure that sat on the throne; the room just seemed to vibrate with tension between the two as they just looked at each other, but it seemed as the one golden figure didn't mind as he began.
"Welcome Billy Batson" Black Adam greeted "to my Utopia, like the new place? After all it is kind of an upgrade from the cold dark cave. Now it's just filled with my divine splendour"
Billy looked at him calmly as he spoke "Adam so that's how it is, you went and did it you bastard. You went ahead and established a Dominion"
"Yes child who possess the wisdom of the wisest King, Solomon. After all what is God without his own dominion, a King without a country, and now I have it. The Dominion that proves that I possess the total ownership of Egypt"
"You know it won't work Adam" Billy stated with conviction "not while I am here, all your plans, it will never leave this realm, and I will make sure of that"
"Of course I know that, you are not the only one with the wisdom here child, after all you might hold the knowledge, but I know the answer to almost all questions in the Universe. And I know things will not move ahead until you are dead"
Pointing at himself Billy affirmed "yep the System of the Rock of eternity predicts one fact; it is only when one individual hold sole access to the Rock of Eternity can he summon its true power and as long as I live while you can hold your blessings and might outside this realm, your Dominion will never leave this realm, cause I will never allow it"
Adam laughed "I know that fool, but I also knew that you would come back. For one such as yourself, your loyalty and vengeance towards your fallen family and the wizard already means you will come for recompense" he slowly stood up walking towards billy "Billy batson our feud began not long ago and time again you have proven to be a splendid warrior, and for that I will give you a quick death… hold your head high child for when the world comes under my heel and eons have past… I will still remember you"
Billy also laughed "you don't understand anything you bastard I didn't come here to die… I came here to kill you. And this time I came prepared"
Adam scoffed "well show me what you've got mortal… and then I will send it all crashing!!"
Both took flight, each floating a few feet from the other, and this time Adam took the initiative to attack first. The world slowed down and colours dulled as they appeared much darker, with the mixture of both physical might and time manipulation Adam moved quickly and appeared before Billy in godlike speed.
'This is pathetically easy, but sadly I don't have time to play around like last time' he thought, victory was just this closed it would all soon be over 'die! Child, die for my dream!"
The fight seemed like it would end as soon as it had begun. That attack, that punch carried an aura of unparalleled might, a smirk of triumph appeared over Adam's face.
But then the impossible happened. In the frozen world the face of Captain Marvel looked back at him unaffected putting on a devilish smirk, he raised one of his hands and caught the punch.
Boom!!!!
The protector of Faccet's hand halted all the incoming momentum as the resulting shockwave spread out of the throne room, shaking the entire structure of the pyramid and moving out into the wilderness.
"Im-impossible-impossible!, what is the meaning of this!!" Adam couldn't help but gasp, all former of expression victory gone and what took its place was incredibility, confusion and a little fear.
Billy looked over to him and laughed a little "Ho. Ho. Oh, you don't know how long I've been waiting to do this"
Maybe it was because he was surprised or maybe it was the confusion over what had occurred but before the Golden King could react, Billy threw out a very hard punch.
BOOM!!!
A dull sensation spread on the God-king's face before the pain quickly followed.
FWOOM!!
It was just like poetic justice, like a golden laser the punch carried enough force that it shot him out of the pyramid far into the desert carving out a very wide trench. Billy followed as he shot after him and arrived where Adam was which quite far, as he arrived he folded his hands and did nothing just floating in the air as he asked Sarcastically.
"How was the punch, nice right, oh great God-King"
It wasn't the pain that prevented Adam from answering; it was the shock over what just happen. He couldn't help but ask "what is the meaning of this child, what have you done to have acquired this much power"
Billy smiled and replied "oh just a little something….let's just say I am became just like you, but somewhat different"
Confusion was spread over his countenance, before realisation settled in his eyes shrank to pinpricks as he sensed it "Y-y-y-you did it too, b-b-but how is this possible" he looked up in abject confusion "you're just a lowly Champion!"
Billy suite glowed in the same way Adam glowed on that faithful day at the wizard's throne room, his normal suit was gone and in its place a sleek armour of red and silver, there was still a hooded cape but it had furs was assorted at the shoulder edges, both arms both had silver bracers, with a silver armoured waist cape with golden lining. It was obvious what had happened to Adam had also occurred in Billy as the armour glowed with runes of different dialects. As he check himself out Billy could not help but whistle out impressed.
"So this is how it feels like Adam… wow, with this kind of power I also won't mind calling myself a God King,… but since I hate you, that means the name's out, so I will call myself… the Over-God, 'Marvel'"
He turned this time looking down at the stunned Adam. "And as for how I gained this power"
--TMMGO--
Unknown Location
Year 2009
"And so it has finally come to pass, Teth-Adam has finally accomplished what he had always desired" the Wizard's soul sighed mournfully as he spoke towards the young dirty figure.
"Yes Wizard, Black Adam has done it. Killed the living you at the realm and has gained the Divine Blessings of an entire pantheon. His power…" the young figure shivered "it was just too overwhelming, all my attacks they did absolutely nothing" the young Billy continued hoarsely "he took everything from me Wizard. My home, my family, everything and there nothing I could do but run… Wizard please tell me what should I do"
It was just after a few days, immediately after the burial of his adopted brothers, that he remembered the discussion with the Wizard during his early days as a Solo-Hero concerning the Safe-Fails, in the situation that if the Rock of Eternity has been compromised or a terrible situation had occurred. A piece of the Rock would been cut off with a shard of his soul in a secure location where only the Wizard and he knows.
Billy was still dirty as he had not changed since the time of their deaths and he had immediately left the family home. Moreover he was still in the state of pain and despair over what had happened.
"Tell me Wizard, is there a way to defeat him as, he now holds such connection to the Gods" he asked.
The Wizard closed both his eyes having taken up the look of deep contemplation and opened up one eyes as he regarded the young child "there is a way… but for that to happen, a terrible price must be paid, tell me child can you pay it" he questioned.
Immediately Billy answered "of course I would!!" he almost shouted "the pain, the helplessness, that incapability that I felt as he took everything away from me I don't want to experience it again, I will pay any price"
The Wizard sighed 'please do not let history not repeat itself' he prayed to the Gods as he continued towards the child "the Rock of Eternity as powerful as it is, is nothing more than a Focal Point, in mortal terms it's just like a head computer unit, it serves as main the power line between us mortals and the Gods" he lectured on "and so there are other ways to utilise the Rock's power to It's true potential, in ways Adam does not have. Yes he may have killed me but as you can see my soul is still here, so that shows the complete authority of the Rock has not yet been given to him".
"So does that mean you can disrupt his power from here" Billy asked hopefully.
"No, I am sorry child, but as you can see I am nothing more than a ghost, I am just like a branch worker" seeing the light fall from the boy's eyes the Wizard hastily added "but there is another way to even out the playing field but..." he hesitated.
"But what Wizard, can't you see I am prepared to do anything, give up anything, just for a chance against Black Adam"
The wizard couldn't argue against that, not with the pure determination in the boy's eyes. He sighed resigned "fine, fine you win… while Adam holds the… 'Ehem', what do you people call it now a'days…. Ah yes, The Central Power, there is a back door and also if you look at his patron Gods you would also see another problem"
"Shu, Horus, Amun, Zehti, Aten, Meten… what do they have in common" Billy contemplated for a while, but he soon realised the answer as he said quietly "they're all Egyptian gods"
"Yes child" the wizard answered, satisfied that the child possessed enough mythological know-how, even without his divine blessing of knowledge "they are all Deities of the Egyptian pantheon. During his time when Black Adam initiated his contract, most of the Gods and Divine Heroes did not respond at all, the only Divinity that answered him were all Gods from the same pantheon, and that is why while it would be simple to siphon power from the Egyptian pantheon, Black Adam would have a hard time on the others"
Billy nodded as he remembered that day, the armour that Black Adam donned, every part even to the runes all of Egyptian origin. He could not sense any other pantheon's power in him.
"Well what do you know. It seems likes the Egyptians Deities do watch after their own" he muttered with sarcasm "such nice Gods"
The Wizard ignored his mutterings as he continued "And you Billy are different from him. You were still able to gain the power of three different pantheons and in theory, still be capable gaining from more… but therein lies the problem" the wizard continued "Gods.. are very powerful beings and to them nothing is more greater than their ego, in this case their Divine powers… that was why a Champion must only receive seven basic Divine Blessings. Anymore and you risk being corrupted by the powers themselves"
Billy looked quite stunned as he could not help but laugh bitterly "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely how literally in this case"
The wizard nodded "in this case the best you can hope for would be to lose your identity; your sense of self becoming an empty vessel for the gods and at worst the power acclimates too much and you explode literally, not to mention of the casualties if such a thing happens"
"What casualties?"
"If a divine power of that magnitude were to explode. It would utterly shatter the realm of the Rock of Eternity destroying the entire Earth with half the Galaxy in one shot"
Billy looked shocked by that news. A darker thought in his heart told him that the second option does not sound so bad but, thinking of all the connection he had with his family, the Justice League… he couldn't be so cruel.
"So there is no other way Wizard"
"Am afraid so young one, unless that is one cuts off the connection between the realm of the Rock of Eternity and the one on our physical plane, our Galaxy is in grave danger"
All sorts of emotion ran in his heart, this was his one chance to get a shot at revenge towards Black Adam, the thought that it would be in vain, and despair over what even victory demanded of him. He contemplated and then concluded, he knew what to do, the sacrifice that was demanded… and he was ready to pay the price.
"Wizard the power Black Adam acquired, give it to me too, the powers from the pantheons. If I fight him from the inside and win I could sever the connections between that realm and this one, letting it explode somewhere else" Billy proposed.
"I agree that your proposal has merit, but now that you know what is in store I will ask one last time. Billy Batson, my chosen champion and one that I have given the title of the Ultimate Defender of Magic, holder of Blessings from the very Gods. Are you ready to pay the price?"
Billy looked towards the soul shard, towards the one who gave him everything and made him who he is with a small smile "I am ready Wizard, let's put an end towards this bitter rivalry between us, your Chosen Ones… before it gets any more worse"
If the Wizard had a body at that moment, hints of tears would have shown on his face over what was going to happen; this would be the last time he will ever see his young Champion again "very well… let us begin"
--TMMGO--
Black Adam could not help but grit his teeth over Billy's tale "lies, I tell you lies, this power… this gift, it is going to help me achieve my dream and I am not going to just give it all up over the fallacy of broken ghost" he growled.
Billy did nothing more than give a careless shrug "believe, don't believe I really don't care, while it is my duty to stop you... well to be honest with you for me, what you did against me that day just made this fight personal. So what am about to do is simple. I'm just going to beat you bloody and then KILL YOU for what you did to my brothers"
"Well too bad Billy Batson, cause neither you nor that dead ghost, is going stop me from achieving my dream, now shut up and Die!!" Adam angrily shouted, as he shot straight towards Billy as this time he manipulated his time ability and might only to a ridiculous degree. The air superheated as space seemed to twist and bend as a result of Adam's sheer speed, but like before to Billy it was useless as this time he had an answer, he shot towards Adam as well with his hand also in preparation for a punch of his own.
"You may have the Egyptian God of Heh and Apis for time and speed but, know that I also have my own Gods for the same as well. Cronus and Dagda!!"
The King only growled as a reply… and then.
BOOM!!!!!!
The two punch connected with each of their opponents faces. It was titanic, pain spread throughout their bodies, but the damage was quickly healed by their own Gods of healing.
The desert on the other hand... did not have such luxuries, the shock wave tore through the land in a round ridiculous manner as an extremely large hole was formed at the epicentre of the collision, and space vibrated. But they still did not stop, they backed up a little and rushed at each other again, punches and kicks were rapidly exchanged as they zipped through the seemly endless deserts, gigantic waves of sand were raised with each punch, every time any of them was pushed back, it kicked off a massive sand storm. Each of their attacks carried the strength to shatter large planets, the desert not distilling into glass and straight up vaporising was a testament to the divinity imbued in them. For mortals while the fight had seemed to had passed in 20 seconds, for the fighters they were going at it for almost two years, as a result of their time manipulations.
Still manipulating time Adam called out "boy now, that I am no longer constrained to the mere number of seven Gods, I can call upon more than just the power of lightning"
Pushing Billy backwards he flew a little higher in the sky as he called upon the powers of the underworld, the Authorities of Anubis and Osiris coursed through his arms as he raised one of his hands and pointed at the sky. The hot sunny deserts, instantly became cold as the sun was quickly blotted out of the sky as if it fled, stormy dark clouds kicked off as a large arcane circle of Egyptian origin appeared just above adam. It opened up and out of it spewed only one thing alone Death, Death and Death. It had a mist appearance and what could only be felt from it was pain, suffering, release, calm, joy, resignation, quiet… if a normal mortal were here at this moment they would have been turned to ashes, and even stronger one would have just killed themselves.
Adam laughed madly as he gestured at the spell circle "look and behold child, what you see before you holds the power, the total and true meaning and concept of Death Everlasting, this attack has been said to be a one shot kill, as it holds the prove that anyone can die either man or … even a God!! Even you cannot face it and live"
The mist gathered and co-laced into a silverish purple looking spear, that emanated a wicked aura, from the spear by faint cries of pain were heard. He raised the spear with the pose of one who was about to throw "and you know what happens when I throw this spear right, Billy Batson"
Yes Billy knew what that spear represented, death sees no one as above it, it is the one of the important concept in the entire multiverse that hold the position of 'that which is not of the beginning but is inevitable'. It will find you, no matter who you are, what you are or where you are, that is why he knew that if Black Adam throws that spear, it could never be dodged. But letting out a deep smile Billy replied.
"If you think that is going to work then think again, you are not the only one who can use the power of Death like that"
Also manifesting the powers from a different pantheon, dark fire erupted over the desert floor spreading out widely in round manner as billy manifested the powers of Yama and Kali the Hindu God and Goddess of Death, a large dark burning gate with large strange animal skulls at both sides rised up behind him, the gate opened as the sound that followed up were sounds of pain and suffering screaming, crying and calling out begging for remiss. To be honest Billy was a little shock and would have litereraly pissed his pants if not for the power of courage drawn from the Gods. Death and Destruction flew out in the form of mist and co-laced in his hands forming a trident.
"Adam, my Embodiment of Death against your Embodiment of Death, let us see which one truly is the stronger one, but please remember to try not to die" the trident emanated an eerily aura with the back ground giving him a demonic visage "at least not yet"
Adam looked down at him in outrage as he heaved and threw the spear "DIE!!"
Billy laughed and replied "not yet Adam, not yet" and also threw his trident.
Both the weapons did not produce a single shockwave as their very trail darkened left a trail of decayed space. As soon as one of the weapons left the hands of its wielder they reached the other an instant later. One held the concept of mortality of the Gods themselves, an Authority that is considered one of the highest in its pantheon, and the other that symbolizes the Death of a God and its Destruction, the trident was a symbol feared even among the Gods themselfs. As soon as one tip touched the other the concept of both deaths began to clash, each not giving an edge towards the other.
BOOM!!!
The resulting explosion if you could call it that produced no thunderous sound, no flashy lights, nothing at all, the two warring energies curled and expanded into an encroaching dome of death, it stretched across the golden desert sands, the luxurious golden sands changed turned black with the skies turning grey as they suffused with death.
The both combatants while taking notice of this did nothing, but looking towards each other. One like an emperor in the sky and the other a primordial being of the earth, Adam looked at him quietly as he began.
"I must admit Billy Batson you have grown much stronger since the last time, but I still cannot help but notice one little detail. For someone who possess the powers of all the pantheons you are using the power rather sparingly"
Billy regarded him "and how is that"
"Please don't undermine my intelligence, as you can use the Blessings of wisdom so can I, so far all the pantheons powers you have shown are remarkable, but you have never in this fight pulled out the powers of an entire pantheon, rather you either try to pull two from the same pantheon or pull them few from different mythologies, and that is why even after all that whole power up you still could not claim a conclusive victory in this fight"
Billy knew Black Adam was right, even after all that power up he could only call on the abilities from few gods in a particular pantheon, but it is only because the fear of losing his identity. Even now as they fight he could feel the original soul of Black Adam losing its lustre in the tidal waves of power. Even himself, he was beginning to lose grip of what he was, confusing himself for either a Man or a God. But he still had more time. By switching the Divine Blessings he possess he can prevent his soul from drowning in one Godly wavelength. But Adam doesn't need to know after all he need to bait him to use his ultimate attack and finish him once and for all.
So he did the best thing only he could do. Flying upwards and stopping just a few distance from the God-King he started picking his ear as he taunted "and after all this talk about full power, half power what you meant to say is that we are equal, then it suits me fine after all… I just need to hear you scream and thi I can't do that if you died to early no?... and don't worry I've know how to deal with the other problem." He looked straight at the eyes of the Egyptian God-King "you will still die, by my hands"
'Such insolence', Adam was thoroughly insulted. The boy could not even use the full powers of any of the mythologies and he thinks he can stand up to the full might of Gods of Egypt. Anger could not be used to described the emotion that ran through him, his eyes glowed golden as his form erupted in fire, the ambient atmosphere heated up to the point space seemed to twist and burn "BILLY BATSON" he bellowed "no more will this slight continue in my sight, mortal after this I will rip out your soul from your body casting it to eternal damnation and then I will take my rightful place on the throne and burn all those you love and th-… guh"
His tirade was cut off from an angry punch from Billy 'murdering my family, destroying my friends I don't think so' anger flowed through his skin like hot lava as he took off after Adam who was then prepared for the second round, blows were exchanged indiscriminately with godlike intensity. Some light, some mortal, but for every attack they gave to the other they both healed the same. Weakness could not be exploited as their power of precognition carried them through the fight. The battle carried them to the skies far above the land high into space. As they fought Billy couldn't help but notice one important detail, that as the fight went on Black Adam just kept getting stronger.
"Futile, very much futile Billy Batson" Adam laughed as he dodged an incoming punch and responding to it with a kick to Billy's left torso hitting hard on the ribs and shooting him hard down towards the desert "you cannot call upon the full powers of any of your pantheons, you run through them like water for what, versatility. RUBBISH, where as I who holds the full power of my pantheon and has acclimated in them can fully can draw upon more power than you can from any of them. So tell me what can you do to win!!?"
Righting himself before he slammed himself over the desert, Billy curved back up to adam, responding to his taunts by bringing out one of his aces, he called upon the powers of the Head Deities; Vinshu, Mardurk, Buddha, Zeus, and Odin. Each leaders and were regarded as the most mighty among their very pantheons.
"Should be enough to overwhelm the bastard enough to use it… GUHH" he grunted wearily as his grip on reality slipped even more 'has the soul corruption already begun… hah, no come on you can do this Billy, for your family, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOVE... WIN THIS ONE LAST FIGHT'
He could already feel his consciousness slipping away, but he still held on. Looking back at Black Adam in all his glory… no, that was no more him, it was just a glowing avatar in his fiery form. It must've been already too late for him, he may have already lost his sense of self. So he needed to make this count make him use it before it is too late.
He shoot upward towards Adam, the power flowed through him like caffeine, as he reached adam in no time a threw a hard haymaker at his midsection. Reality around them cracked like glass in response as Adam gagged hard spitting out golden ichor. Leaning towards him Billy said mockingly.
"I hope this is not all the God-King has to offer cause… this lowly~mortal will be so much disappointed"
He waited for Adam to take the bait… and the bait did he take.
Adam was livid, angry, and furious, the rage flowed so hard it almost blanked him out. Pushing Billy backwards he flew upwards towards the Sun, since the space only contained only this two things ;that is the desert and the sun. He arrived in no time standing in front of the sun he turned back looking towards Billy Batson with all the hate he could muster "time and time again all you have done is stand in my way, always mocking me and being the subject of my headache. No more I say… no more" raising both his hands wide he bellowed.
"This time I will incinerate you with all my strength. Now you will face the highest show of might in the entire pantheon of Egypt, the most powerful attack in my entire arsenal. The might of Ra himself, his star shall incinerate you along with everything"
Billy appeared shocked "you really would do such a thing, all your work, your progress in transforming the entire realm into your domain till now will be for nothing"
Adam laughed madly as he dismissed billy's warning "no matter, after you are dead, I will become the sole owner of the rock of eternity and when that happens, time becomes irrelevant to me, I will have be able to finish it in no time, now DIE!!!" he raised one of his hands making a gesture like he threw something… and then slowly sun left its position and headed towards Billy with its desending speed slowly increasing.
'Perfect he finally used it at last' Billy thought in relief. Throughout the entire duration of this fight, Billy's main goal was to make Adam use that particular ability, after all Ra was regarded among the entire Egyptian Gods to holds the genesis and beginning of both Man and the other Gods; the Light or more specifically the sun. Destroy that and you can destroy the main connection to his power. As the deserts signify his authority to rule, while the sun signifies his connection to the Gods.
"And now to use my main ace in the hole" Billy calmly muttered, cutting himself out from the world he concentrated as he pulled on powers that were not present on the earth pantheon. S'ivaa , Yuga Khan, Rao, and Metron " each of them mighty, powerful and most especially dangerous.
'Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!' he couldn't help but give out a mental scream.
The pain! Oh the pain! It was just like millions of ants crawling all over you and chewing your flesh, and the powers that came with it were just as intoxicating. His appearance changed a little as a result of godly powers he now hosted.
His cape was gone and all the white and red armour became black and golden, his eyes glowed golden with fire, as black cracks stretched across both sides of his face the normal face of the Hero of Earth was replaced with one more sinister… one that just emanated power.
"Now, or never Billy"
Crouching lightly space around him shattered like glass as he zoomed straight towards Adam.
...
'Finally' he happily thought 'now finally I have ridden myself from that annoying mortal' the battle had taken too long and the mortal was just full of surprises. No need to take any more chances before he pulls up another trick out of his sleeve 'now nothing and no one can stop me from claiming total ownership of this realm and then…. And then… w-what was I supposed to do… why did I do all this… my goals… dreams' before he could think any further as he noticed a strange phenomenon occurring.
"What in my name is that" he muttered shell shocked. The sun the highest authority he possessed was physically distorting. Before he could even react he felt a painful searing sensation across his chest. Calmly looking downwards he saw an arm sticking out through his chest, he felt his connection to the Gods abruptly severed... and it was then he knew… he had lost.
"This one's for my brothers" the voice of his reaper coldly said, and although those were the last words he heard before darkness claimed him, he had just one last thought 'ah… so I've lost everything … even after becoming like this… good'
And so the life of the once Just King, Tyrant, Villain and God-king Teth-Adam abruptly came to an end.
...
Billy watched as the corpse of the once Black Adam fell back towards the dessert. He had won at last, won despite all the odds. But not without a cost, the once great realm has been reduced to shambles, space rift appeared everywhere, the land, sky and literally everywhere in the realm had been quenched in death and worst of all, it was still about to explode. The mixture of all the Divine Energies became too much for the fragile realm to bear.
"There is no time" he struggled haggardly "I have to sever the connection before it explodes" even though he possessed the stamina of the greatest Gods, the burden was too much on his soul, and even now he had already began to forget many things in his life he couldn't even remember why he was fighting. All his consciousness remembered was that he had to cut the connection between this realm and the physical plane before it was too late.
'Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Archillles, Mercury, Odin, Thor, Asura, Shivaa, Mardurk…' he called on as much Divine Blessing as he could. His soul awareness now approaching null zero, it was like a needle sweeping through the raging waves of the Gods; it will eventually bend.
The energies coiled around his body and gathered into a large sword. He couldn't help but chuckle when he saw his tired expression on the sword 'Billy' he said to himself as he raised the sword to end all things, he gave a little self compliment 'you did good….'
SHING!!.
He swung at the realm. He first saw white, felt pain and then entered the cold embrace of darkness.
All over the world, the magical attuned people, all felt a large magical disturbance. Particularly at one magical sanctum. A man dressed in blue bodysuit with a golden cape and golden helmet that only had opening that showed eyes could not help but give a sad sigh "on this day the Order has lost one of its Greatest Champions. The world may never be the same. But we as the ones left behind must fight on nonetheless"
In the dark expanse, figure of the young Billy Batson floated unconscious and unaware. It was then a short familiar figure popped up, as he looked and addressed the unconscious boy.
"Sheesh, among all the sad stories I've read concerning you kid this one takes the cake. Well don't worry kid. Just let Uncle Mxy take you to a better place"
Before he could do just that he remembered something, "oh yes before I forget, Root-chan asked me to bring a piece of the Eternity Rock, although I wonder what the hell does she need it for anyway" But just like that he dismissed the thought "oh well none of my business, after all, I'm doing this for my entertainment" and just like that he vanished from the realm, taking with him both Billy and a shrad of the Rock of Eternity.
--TMMGO--
Earth (Fate Grand Order Time Line ALT)
"there is no time" he struggled haggardly "I have to sever the connection before it explodes" even though he possessed the stamina of the greatest gods, the burden was too much on his soul, and even now he has begun to forget many things in his life he couldn't even remember why he was fighting. All his consciousness remembered was that he had to cut the connection between this realm and the physical plane before it I too late.
'Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Archillles, Mercury, Odin, Thor, Asura, Shivaa, Mardurk…' he called on as much Divine Blessing as he could.
His soul awareness now approaching null zero, it was like a needle sweeping through the raging waves of the Gods; it will eventually bend.
The energies coiled around his body and gathered into a large sword. He couldn't help but chuckle when he saw his tired expression on the sword 'Billy' he said to himself as he raised the sword to end all things, he gave a little self compliment 'you did good….'
SHING!!.
He swung at the realm. He first saw white, felt pain and then entered the cold embrace of darkness.
All over the world, the magical attuned people, all felt a large magical disturbance. Particularly at one magical sanctum. A man dressed in blue bodysuit with a golden cape and golden helmet that only had opening that showed eyes could not help but give a sad sigh "on this day the Order has lost one of its Greatest Champions. The world may never be the same. But we as the ones left behind must fight on nonetheless"
In the dark expanse, figure of the young Billy Batson floated unconscious and unaware. It was then a short familiar figure popped up, as he looked and addressed the unconscious boy.
"Sheesh, among all the sad stories I've read concerning you kid this one takes the cake. Well don't worry kid. Just let Uncle Mxy take you to a better place"
Before he could do just that he remembered something, "oh yes before I forget, Root-chan asked me to bring a piece of the Eternity Rock, although I wonder what the hell does she need it for anyway" But just like that he dismissed the thought "oh well none of my business, after all, I'm doing this for my entertainment" and just like that he vanished from the realm, taking with him both Billy and a shrad of the Rock of Eternity.
--TMMGO--
Earth (Fate Grand Order Time Line ALT)
Unknown location
Unknown date
Pain. Tiredness. grief. resignation… those were what the individual once known as ' $%*%@£*"£' felt. While he was by all means unconscious, he could still feel what was going on around him. From the sensation he was gathering he knew he was on a bed in a cold bright room… that is if what he felt was correct and most importantly… he knew he was not alone.
Just after a Spiriton Dive" a female voice muttered tiredly "doctor please tell me nothing's wrong with the candidate" a female voice half demanded, pleaded.
"Hmmmm, nothing seems to b the problem director just a case of minor Magic-circuit overloading but this is quite strange…. the patient… it feels like it's just now that his Magic Circuit has been activated" a young male voice said surprised.
"W-w-what, what do you mean by that" the female replied in surprise" are you saying that a non-mage, was recruited without proper investigation. But how is that possible"
"N-n-n-no mam, I mean you were screening for a Master Potential and maybe, he just happened to fit into the criteria. The fact that he was a non-mage was maybe just a coincidence" the male voice placated.
"Humph, you are right but still... what a waste of talent for a non-mage to be a Master Potential… ok I can manage this " the female voice continued now more organised " well when he wakes up fill him up on the situation and determine what are his reactions. Then I will decide what to do with him" the female voice instructed.
"Aye-ay mam" the male voice saluted, the sound of shoe steps echoed the room as the female individual left the room.
"Yare, yare" he sighed "now what am I supposed to do with you, I am needed at the medical wards to supervise the checkups for the Master Potentials, and to be honest am really not needed here… hmmm" and just immediately the voice took on a higher note "ah, ha I know, why don't I call her to stay with you, after all she doesn't have anything to do and staying here is better than wandering around the lab quarters. Yep she will do just fine"…..
The young man couldn't listen to the voices anymore as tiredness overtook him. As he dived back into the dark embrace of unconsciousness he couldn't help but wonder where he was and most importantly… who he was.