DC: I am Dr Doom

I nodded along and carried Ivy as the trophy wife envied by millions. Things slowly progressed until we made our way to the dining room. From there things picked up pace as Ra's Al Ghul opened a magnificent meal for all.

There was a saying about not knowing the depths of a man's years until you have spoken to him, and Ra's Al Ghul was one such man. There was nothing that this man was not aware of and it was clear that he tried all optics of discussion knowledge just for knowledge's sake over his centuries.

Dinner progressed until Ra's felt the need to dismiss everyone except for myself and his daughter. Ivy and Harley were given guest rights and were shown to the quarters that we would be sharing for the night. I sent a subtle nod to Harley as I followed along behind Ra's to his office.

We walked in silence as we took the stairs to the top of the secret base and I had to give it to the man. The view from this high up on the plateau was almost to die for, but I could get behind the idea of looking out that gorgeous cathedral style window behind the throne. Instead of taking the seat on the side, I stood by the large window that led out to the office balcony.

The night was perfect, with the sun setting a beautiful orange glow to the clouds. For a reason I couldn't place my sense felt heightened at this moment of truth. Relaxing myself in preparation of what comes next, I turned to face one of the great detriments to the world.

Ra's stood there regal as a king with a wine goblet held out for me to take. It was easy to oblige him as I glided over to his location, I could already tell the subtle power play with that move. I took the wine carefully of course putting my idle thoughts aside as I took the offered seat also.

Within my range, I could feel Ubu and twenty other guards set around as protection for their leader.

"So, will you be asking the question you have been waiting all night for?" I asked Ra's as I idle held my wine goblet aloft.

"Of course, you did tell my daughter that you would think about it after all." Ra's answered smoothly before taking a sip of his wine. Smiling at him, I also sampled the fine wine I was offered. Idly, I noticed the taste of plum on my taste buds.

"I have my answer, but I am unsure you would be happy with my stipulations," I said as I rolled my knuckles against the goblet.

"Interesting, I'm certain that some accommodations can be arranged." Ra's replied diplomatically. He was trying to brush off his interest, but I could feel his emotions bleeding into the air around us.

"Yes, I'm sure they can be," I said, placing the goblet of wine down on the side table. "But I don't believe you would like to make this one."

"Why is that, speak clearly please, I would like to know of this issue." Ra's said as he also placed his wine goblet down.

"It's not an issue, but there can only be one," I replied to Ra's while simultaneously enforcing my will on the surrounding hidden ninjas. They were not going to interrupt what was about to go down.

"One what?"

I smiled at him as I stood from my high back seat. Around us, I felt the guards try to shift to attack and stop me from dismantling their semi-immortal leader.

"At first I was going to challenge you for the right to lead," I spoke my voice soft, yet traveled for all to hear. "Then I remember who I was dealing with, Ra's Al Ghul. The man who has lived and faced centuries all with nothing but a sword and his wits."

Before I could say more, Ra's had unsheathed the sword at his side and was already inside my personal space. The look on his face was flat and spoke of my death, if only that was possible.

Ra's Al Ghul slashed me from my neck to my pelvis in one fluid arc, it was a testament I wasn't bisected with that one move. I would have been if I didn't have my telekinesis reinforcing my body and defenses.

Ra's didn't even look to check on me as he turned around confident in his abilities to kill someone as wide open as I was.

"Ubu, come clean this mess up." Ra's Al Ghul said as he walked towards his throne.

"And that is why, there can only be one," I spoke as I floated up from my fake death on the floor. Ra's whipped around to face me, but I was already moving.

Hand outstretched, my ice axe appeared in my grasp as I swung for the limp holding the sword. There was a meaty thunk as Ra's lost his sword arm.

"You fucked up when you decided to pit me against Bruce," I said while kicking away the cut off limb.

"You know who the detective is?" Ra's asked zeroing in on that little detail.

"Not hard to figure out really." I replied as I cocked my arm back for another swing.

"Killing me won't get you anything, I will just return." Ra's growled at me as he realized my seriousness.

"That's only if you make it to the pit." I said softly and I relished the widened eyes he gave me. Before he had a chance to react, I threw my axe, removing his leg beneath the knee. Ra's al Ghul went down like a sack of potato, but I was not going to let him off with just that alone.

The body of the infamous demon head came flying across the room as I flexed my telekinetic powers across his broken form. Twisting the man around in the air, I grabbed both sides of his face and pulled with all my might against his mind.

There was plenty I knew about the man before me, and his indomitable will was one such thing. Unfortunately for him, I was not looking to brainwash him as I was looking to brain drain him. Centuries upon centuries of life was pulled into my mind and assimilated within seconds, fighting skill, marksmanship, jobs, bank accounts. Passcodes and hidden key locations of cloning and backup contingencies, everything was downloaded into my mind and assimilated as my own.

Within moments I had a complete copy of everything Ra's Al Ghul knew, and can I just say, fuck. This man had blood on his hand like there were stars in the sky. Honestly, I thought the joker was bad, but this man had centuries to build his kill count. The Joker was at least limited to one city, but Ra's had no such thing holding him back.

Shaking my head to push aside the headache I could feel forming, I raised my axe high. Looking down at the man, I didn't even want to hear his last words. A chilled calm washed over me as I brought my axe down across the throat of Ra's Al Ghul, the Demon Head.

The head went flying, but a little applied telekinesis pulled it back as I had the body turn before me. My axe descended again and again until there was nothing but body parts before me.

Funny enough, as I looked down over what I had done, the door to the study opened. In walked Harley and Ivy with Talia in tow, and between them was a man-eating flower.

"Is it finished?" Talia asked me as she looked down at the meat chunks that used to be her father.

"It will be," I answered back. I released the hold I had on Ubu before having him come to the room.

"What do you say Ubu, is it finished?" I asked the large bald man. Ubu took one look at the form of his old leader before looking at Talia and then myself. What he did next placed a smile on my face.

Ubu turned towards me, took a knee, then proclaimed his allegiance. "All hail Doom."

Talia took a knee beside Ubu and also proclaimed her allegiance. "All hail Doom."

"You both may rise, we have plenty to do," I said as I took my seat on the throne. "There are plenty of ways to save this planet and I plan to at least succeed during a person's lifetime."

"Why do I gotta do this?" Harley asked with a pout on her face as she shoveled meaty chunks of Ra's into the man-eating plant. "Can't one of the help do it?"

"Ubu, be a dear and make it happen." Ivy purred before draping herself over me in the throne.

Ubu nodded his head and made himself extremely scarce as he vanished from the room.

"So tell me, what did we get with this little take over?" Harley asked, throwing herself over the chair I had vacated. She then picked up my wine goblet, sniffed it, and then chugged it down.

"Trillions, economic control over a few countries and a few other things," I replied calmly.

"Trillions?" Harley asked, doing a spit take.

"I will give you some to play with but first, we have someone to find," I said as I ran a hand over Ivy's lovely rear.

"And who might I ask is on my Lord's list?" Talia asked from her position, standing on my right.

"Dr. Victor Fries."

***

Sitting within my lab, I hummed a simple tune while-6 the parts to the mother box floated above me. My lab was state of the art; the best assassin money could buy. Not only that, but it also sported a few interesting bits of alien technology.

Most of what I was using was able to get here within the week since The League had the hookup. Interestingly enough, most of what I was using didn't come from either LexCorp or Wayne Tech. I guess they were aware of both men's willingness to add backdoors into their creations.

Then again, control freaks are all the same and I was happy to have avoided that issue altogether.

It turns out that Star Labs was in the business of some very advanced technology they themselves made. A lot of what Ra's used was either from Star Labs or independent inventors.

It had taken me some time, but I had been able to figure out how to get it all back together. So here I was sitting in my lab as I pieced together one of the most powerful devices known in the DC Universe. I was certain that the gang who I had taken the mother box from didn't know what they were in possession of.

Hell, I was surprised that they were even given one with what I knew about Darkseid. Then again, Luthor did his dealings with some interesting folks. Once I was finished here, I would have to throw Inter Gang a little party to allow me to acquire the device that would grant me ascension.

Crystalline wires floated around in the air as I felt each part with my telekinesis. Smiling to myself, I watched as the mother box formed before me. It took me no more than a quarter of an hour of constant work before the device was ready. I tried not to marvel as photonic connections replaced electrical ones as the mother box hummed to life.

My face almost cracked into a smile as I looked at the completed super device before me. Tap, tap, tap my finger went as I looked at the floating device. There were moments in one's life when you realized you were looking at something that would change your life forever. That moment held on the edge where you take one step forward everything changes or take one step back and keep things the same.

You would think that my falling into DC would be that moment for me, Or realizing I have hands of God, or sleeping my way through the Gotham Sirens and Talia. Then again, I think I want to attempt DC's top ten list or maybe the top hundred, you know, share the love and all that jazz. Well, let's be honest, that was a recreation I would gladly perform over and over again, of course.

Floating the mother box, I finally bit the bullet and activated the thing. The glow started in the middle of the four by six device as little beeps gave it's booting sequence away.

[ Mother Box…. Online.]

[Energy levels…. 32%.]

[Biological scanner…. Online.]

[Biological reconstruction…. Offline.]

[Cellular Regeneration…. Online.]

[Bio-Mechanical interfacing…. Online.]

[Molecular manipulation…. Offline]

[Universal Translator…. Offline.]

[Universal Communication…. Online.]

[Terraforma... Offline.]

[Boom Tube…. Online.]

[Life Sense…. Online]

[Connection to Source…. Misaligned.]

Etc.

Shit, so much needed to be fixed, but some of the more important parts were still functional. Interestingly, the mother box was putting out beeps, but I was getting the complete translation and understanding for some reason. This, this, I can work with, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Then again, I was going to make sure I didn't have the Cyborg problem, of course.

Even with most of the important functions of the mother box being disabled, there were still options. With thousands of plans running through my mind, I pushed them aside to try something quick and dirty.

"Mother Box, are you compatible with the energy stores within my lab?"

Pings and beeps ensued after my question and I could feel something at the edges of my senses scan over my body.

"Compatible, but will not fully charge reserves."

"What about the cannibalization of my computer station?" I asked as I floated the mother box over my work station.

"Compatible, but unknown intelligence found."

That was interesting, "Can you assimilate the intelligence from my workstation?"

"Assimilation is viable at this stage, budding intelligence would be absorbed into cognitive functions."

"Do it," I said before laying the mother box down on top of my computer station. Silver lines burst out of the sides and ran over the standing tower beside my table. I watched in fascination as my computer was assimilated. I would guess that this is what it would look like as Cyborg assimilated tech in person.

Walking over to the power station, I pulled the level opening up the pathway to the base's arc reactor. Taking a step back, I watched as energy lashed out before getting sucked into the mother box and its assimilation of my computer.

Floating over to one side of my lab, I sat safely behind a faraday cage. A mental thought summoned a hundred pounds of sand to float around me so I could test out my own molecular manipulation.

Sand deconstructed and reconstructed as I parted it's carbon layers from its silicon layers. My fingers flexed along with my mental commands as I watched small diamonds formed. Smiling at the fractal patterns shining back at me, I formed more and more diamonds before placing them to the side.

Feeling a little bold, I held my palm open upwards and waited for sand and carbon filaments to gather above my hand. With some focus, a helix formed above my palm before solidifying into a metallic structure. Around the outer casing, carbon nanotubes laced the bracer I was working on.

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