Ben and Green lantern had been flying through space for what felt like months. At one point they raced each other, which Ben won in his Asgardian form but Hal blamed the loss on the dead weight he was dragging behind. The natives on every planet and space ship they passed by thought they were two shooting stars, that is how fast they were flying. Ben loved this form. It was extremely powerful…almost on the same level as superman but Ben was yet to discover all of his abilities. He did not have Miljonir or any weapon like Thor but he did notice that his appearance reflected that of Thor but with more access to the powers. Though he could not think of a name to call himself. I must be losing my touch he thought.
Soon they arrived in OA, met by fellow green lanterns in OA's airspace.
"What is the meaning of this!?" Ted asked offended that Hal brought an unwelcomed human guest in their headquarters without checking in with them. Hal being Hal replied, "Well if you must know, this is an associate of mine in the justice league" he gestured to Ben "and this is Doomsday" he pointed to the beast he was dragging behind.
"We know who doomsday is but we were not informed you would be coming with someone else." Ted insisted clearly displeased about the issue.
"This universe has a funny way of welcoming guests." Ben spoke up looking at Hal then the rest of the lanterns. Truth be told he was not in the least bit intimidated by them, Humungasor could eat them all for breakfast but all he was interested in was to meet the guardians, so he remained calm. No sooner had Ben uttered those words than Teds ring lit up and a hologram of one of the guardians materialized making them to stand at attention out of respect.
"Apologies for the delay…we made a calculative guess that him being a lantern would be enough for passage but it seems we were wrong. Ted, please escort the guests down. We have a lot to discuss." The transmission cut off. Narrowing his eyes at Ben and Hal he gestured for them to follow which they did.
Ben was mesmerized. Most of OA's surface was themed green. The world was definitely technologically advanced since most of the building designs were unique with various technological features. It reminded Ben of Azmuths home planet Galvan Prime. Trixx was analyzing everything Ben set his eyes on. Ted and Hal were flying upfront with Ben tailing behind them. This planet is almost as advanced as Galvan Prime Trixx told Ben telepathically.
I know right! Ben replied excitedly. Have you managed to get a feel of the place? Ben asked knowing Trixx understood what he meant.
Unfortunately No. They have patched up and secured every database I can detect Trixx explained. Meaning you can not get access to any of them? Ben asked dumbfounded. It was the first time Trixx was unable to infiltrate a system.
That is not what I meant came her monotone voice. It will take a few minutes to tap into their system but in doing so, the breech will be detected. They have set up extensive protocols and countermeasures since our last attempt. Trixx further explained while displaying for Ben all that she was talking about. Ben understood what she was saying. Since the omnitrix upgrade, Ben's intelligence was steadily increasing. He assumed that particular development was because of the omnitrix. Got it
Hal and Ted led Ben down to a large building designed in the shape of a green lanterns ring. It had huge heavy doors that gave way to one of the many narrow corridors they flew through. All this while Trixx was documenting every detail possible of this world through Bens HUD eyes and mapping every path they took. After flying for some time they arrived in a large room containing one cell in the middle with various green lanterns in lab coats hovering about, coming to the conclusion they were scientists.
The moment they stepped into the room all movement seized and eyes stared at Ben and Doomsday curiously. "Pardon them… it is not every day they see Apokolips most treasured weapon and the person who helped stop it" one guardian appeared beside them in hologram form.
The guardian extended his hand towards doomsday and the circular construct encasing it detached from Hals ring with him controlling it. COOL Ben thought impressed of the guardians control over the lantern core. The guardian levitated doomsday into the holding cell in the middle of the room, opened it and placed it inside before sealing it again. It almost looked like the cell Upgrade had modified in the watchtower to be able to hold doomsday but this particular one seemed to be powered by the one and only central battery responsible for powering up all the rings in existence according to Trixx.
Trixx had scanned and analyzed the holding cell. The only difference between this and the one in the watchtower was the source of power maintaining it. The watchtower had a limited supply of power that would eventually give out when exhausted or tampered with thus freeing doomsday but this one had an unlimited and very powerful power source which was guaranteed to never give out incase of anything thus the cell would hold it for an indefinite amount of time even if it is awake but he had to be sure.
"Are you sure this will hold it?" Ben asked. "Yes it will. As I am sure you already know or figured out, this is just a slightly adjusted version of the one you modified in the watchtower." The guardian answered him then started floating away, back in the direction they came from. "You do not have to worry about it anymore. Doomsday will be taken care off. We have much to discuss." The guardian assured Ben as he led them out and the scientists getting back to work focusing on doomsday as the subject. They were instructed to figure out what made doomsday tick and if they can change its programming not to attack life forms since it is somehow immortal through evolution and adaptation. Hal and Ben followed the guardian to where they would meet his colleagues while Ted was dismissed.
In OA, only the guardians and Hal knew the true potential of the omnitrix and the Guardians wanted to keep it that way lest news of its existence travel to various sectors of the various green lanterns thus attracting whoever craved power to earth.
Thanos was seated on his throne looking over the information Nebula managed to collect. He had studied them for days including the green lantern corps, who he knew would cause some kind of trouble for him in the future. Thanos was extremely smart and intelligent thus when he learned of a weapon powered by a persons will, he had to acquire and possibly harness its power. All the simulations he had done with his children to figure out what made the ring work was a total failure for his great knowledge and intelligence could not help him. Since his arrival to this universe he had conquered two planets and planning a third conquest that would hopefully lure a green lantern to the said planet where a trap was already set for him or her.
He would conquer this universe bit by bit and continue his crusade but this time with the Anti Life Equation which he would no doubt find even if he had to destroy every solar system in this universe or rip it from Darkseids dead body to acquire it.
"Father, the armada is ready and waiting for your command." Gamora informed her father coming into throne room and bowing before him.
"Good… I take it you shall not fail me." He had devised a plan that would conquer another planet with a large population intending to draw out one green lantern. The black order would attack the planet and subdue any lantern that would appear.
"I will not fail you father." Gamora assured him. Of all of Thanos children and forces, she was the most skilled and very dangerous. She was the first member of the black order followed by Nebula who joined them a few years later. Thanos personally trained her in using every known weapon and all the skills needed to become the most feared assassin in their universe though Ebony Maw was the one who acted as their leader in Thanos absence because neither Nebula nor Gamora were interested in that position.
She walked out heading to the waiting space ships ready to depart and conquer the chosen planet.
Thanos looked on… his plan coming along without any hitch. He grinned.
Back at the cave the stare down continued between batman and the avengers. Sure he was not wrong about their base of operations being compromised but they had not considered fully operating from the watchtower. "Are you sure that is a good idea?" Wanda asked batman. "Most of them do not fully trust us yet." She added. Everyone knew what she meant by that statement, she had used her abilities on some of the members minds and knew some of their thoughts.
"If it wasn't then I would not have considered and offered it you" batman simply replied. He had taken time to think this through and the only move remaining would be to invite them to the watchtower otherwise their next base would also be discovered eventually and Lex would be more prepared unlike this minor attack. After Ben and Hal left for OA, he had discreetly travelled to the amazon to their base where he had calculated the distance and time it took them to arrive to certain places thus narrowing down their location. He arrived when Banner was confronting them but stayed in the shadows to observe how the situation would be handled. He was actually impressed.
"Thank you for the offer, we accept." Captain America agreed much to Iron mans dismay. He had already tasked Jarvis to find them a suitable location for their next base. "What! All our operations would be exposed to them." He argued back.
"It is not like they are a secret just like you tapped into our network." Batman replied surprising him.
"OH" was iron mans reply. He thought it was not detected.
Black widow had been observing and could see the doubts in her team mates faces. She decided to intervene. "What if I or Hawkeye or even Iron man were the one on duty? They have a superman or whatever the hell he is." She spoke up silencing everyone in the room by the weight behind the words, even Tony who always had a comeback to everything. None of them except Thor, Banner and possibly Wanda would have been able to fend them off and by the looks of the footages, Bizzaro appeared to be just as strong as superman.
"We will make the necessary arrangements." Captain America told batman then looked at his team mates who nodded in confirmation that they approve. Batman nodded at them.
"How did you get in…?" Iron man turned to face batman but cut short his sentence when batman had vanished into the shadows in seconds when they had started discussing among themselves.
"Does he really not have powers?" Hawkeye asked impressed.
After so many rounds of questions from Cate, Diana managed to freshen up and was heading to the queens personal dining area. Usually the amazons ate together in the great dining hall but this was one of the few times an exception was made because of her daughters brief return. Arriving at the queens door, the two guards posted in front of it opened for her and she walked in.
Queen Hippolyta and Cate were seated making small talk waiting for her. On the dining table was an assortment of food and candles burning brightly while dancing to the gentle strokes of the wind. The meal was to be taken on the balcony under the star lit sky. The chef had outdone herself. Diana could not remember the last time she ate to her fill because in mans world etiquette dictated large potions of food for yourself was frowned upon.
"Sorry for the delay mother, I had to stop and catch up with my sisters on the way here." Diana apologized for her tardiness.
"No need for an apology dear." Hippolyta kindly smiled then gestured to the seat.
They thanked their gods for the meal and started serving the food. "So dear, what happened to doomsday?" she had to know since doomsday roaming the earth would also affect them lest it ran out of living beings to kill and focus its sight to Themyscira.
Diana proceeded to give them a recount of all that happened, including the avengers and ben. Since it was only her mother and sister, she also told them about the omnitrix. "So the legendary Thor Odinson, prince of Asgard is walking in our midst… I knew that hero looked familiar." Hippolyta stated amazed and hopeful that maybe all the tales they were taught about had some actual truth to it, though Thors appearance in their statues and drawings were slightly different from the real god of thunder.
"How can a watch do all that?" Cate asked. She had been trying to wrap her mind on all the things the omnitrix could do and how it could allow a person to change to different species each with its own abilities.
"That is a question we all ask ourselves." Diana answered her sister. She was always too curious. Since her birth Cate had explored every inch of Themyscira and its surrounding waters. It became a common occurrence to meet her in restricted areas or places she had no business being there. "I got lost" was her go to excuse even though no one believed it. For a moment Diana regretted discussing the Ben situation in front of her but it soon faded as she would have eventually found out from her mother.
"Mom can I go with Diana for a few days? Pleeeaaasssee" Cate pleaded. Diana just stared on then continued eating. She had unintentionally added fuel to the fire that could not be put out given the new information received.
"We already talked about this." Hippolyta sighed knowing exactly how this conversation would turn out.
"But Diana already agreed I can stay with her during the visit." Cate whined steering away from her sisters what the hell gaze. Diana had just been used her as a scape goat.
"Cate you are not ready for the mainland yet, you are barely old enough!" her mother chided.
"I am turning 19 in a few months!" Cate frowned. She hated the way the amazons still treated her like a child.