To your justice

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Getting some attention

What a day to have, sleeping and waking up in a fictional universe with a power I can only dream of. If this is a dream, please wake me up before Darkseid enslaves me or any of the cosmic horrors just decide to fuck my life… No? … Nothing?

Well, at least my power is going to put me around the big boys. Not yet, but I can do it.

While I am having my breakdown, what do I see? Oh yeah, a meteor in Metropolis. I was bamboozled. How does that happen? I am in Metropolis. How did a meteor even land on Earth, let alone on Metropolis, the home of Superman?

While I was confused, my day continued to improve. From inside the meteor, I see gigantic white, red, and black spiders come out. Ahh, I see now; it was stupid of me to relax, thinking I was safe because of Superman. I forgot: power invites challenge.

Right after the meteorites fall, I see Superman flying towards them and saving civilians from the spiders. After taking the civilians to safety, he tries to punch one spider, only to get hit by a laser attack from the giant spider. Instead of just being fine, he gets thrown back like he just got hit by one of Darkseid's bitch slaps.

This is going to be tough to handle. Not long after, I see the Batwing fly to the spiders and hit them with missiles. Why is Batman in Metropolis? Not that I'm complaining, but still.

Once the spiders focus their lasers on Batman, I see Superman fly at the spiders and finally do some damage. When he's about to break the shell, he gets hit by another laser and once again gets thrown away. The moment it gets some relief, the spider starts to regenerate.

Well, fuck my luck.

Not a minute later, I see Superman flying away from the fight, only for Batman to follow after seeing that missiles aren't doing it. Well, I know they're not abandoning the city, so I guess I'll buy them as much time as they want. After all, I want to be part of the Justice League, and what better way than helping save the world?

a few hours later

I have been crushed by falling rocks and giant spider legs again and again for a while now. And of course, I get some nice lasers bursting through my body now and then, you know, so I don't get sleepy.

If you are asking why I am not screaming, it is simple: I don't fucking know.

I keep running and dying like a fucking bug. Oh, what an exciting life. I want it to stop already.

Wherever I find anyone in need of some help, I drag them out. And maybe I am just a magnet for all the bad things. But while I keep getting stepped on and killed again and again, if the people I saved run far enough away from me not to be collateral, they get to escape... not all of them were fast enough.

Is this my punishment for killing all those bugs and flies I find at home? To be them? I don't like getting punished… well, unless it is sexual. Is this sexual? No, even if it is, there are unwilling participants, so it is disgusting.

At least I am saving people. A lot of people.

A few hours of me running around and getting people out of rubble later, I learned I can also see souls, which was a surprise.

I did not think I would get that power as well, but combined with my other powers, it guaranteed I could revive the recently dead.

So, I promised all of them: if they choose, I will make them new bodies to inhabit.

Or, they can go to whatever afterlife awaits them.

Hopefully, this decision does not lead to a cosmic entity deciding to fuck me up. I am talking to you, Didi.

But soon enough, the spider things saw me.

And they started focusing on killing me.

I tried leading them away from the city, but when I got too far from the meteor, they turned back to kill other survivors.

So I chose to go back and distract them with whatever method I could think of, that being getting close to the meteor and staying far away from humans, and it seemed to work.

When other humans got close, I was worried they were going to change focus, but as long as I was there, they kept focusing on me.

Using that opportunity, firefighters and police came to save as many civilians as they could.

The dying is not bothering me. I am not feeling pain, nor am I freaking out. At least I know the reason behind the resurrection power.

Being Fushi is going to give me a win in almost anything, so long as I don't try fighting the big things like Darkseid and cosmic entities. But other than that, I should be fine. One of these days, though, I know I'll get my ass clapped because of my ego.

Still, I don't get why I'm not freaking out or freezing from the insane amount of pain I should be feeling. Even with the extra memories of Fushi's life shoved in my head, it doesn't account for pain nullification.

I was worried pain nullification would mess with my power to copy things that hurt me, but that does not seem to be the case, with me being able to make bricks I fell on.

With the spiders focusing on me and emergency responders having moved all the civilians away from danger, the military was able to go all out.

By that, I mean I have been getting cooked in very exciting and special ways.

Also getting a couple of very dangerous weapons in my library.

There is no way they don't know I am here, but maybe because I am regenerating, they don't care.

Well, I would like to thank them for the confidence boost and drag them down here to experience it with me.

Sure, I don't feel the physical pain, but it is still weird to see my scorched skin flake off while being replaced with new and healthy skin.

While everything seems to be getting predictable, the universe reminds us that this is DC and not a world I should ever think is predictable.

By that, I mean the meteor splits even bigger than when the three spiders got out. I was thinking more was coming, but no, instead, it was tentacles all along. Tentacles with the ability to merge into buildings. Fuck my life.

And then the buildings start to release an insane amount of smoke. Are we being attacked by Apokolips tech? Could this be one of his Hellspores? No, wait, calm down; those things don't create smoke; they just make a hole in the planet.

A while later, Superman returned, cutting through the spiders with terrifying strength. He snapped their legs like twigs, pinning them helplessly to the ground, while a flying woman with wings and a shining mace fought at his side.

Together, they moved with a rhythm that felt unstoppable, like something out of a legend.

"Then, in a single motion, Superman seized one of the broken spider legs, hurled it like a spear, and tore a hole straight through the smoke-spewing building.

It was incredible. Everything the military had thrown at these things had failed, yet here he was, doing the impossible like it was nothing.

When the last spider fell, Superman descended gracefully, landing before me with an aura that made it hard to breathe.

He introduced himself and the woman, Hawkgirl, before turning those piercing eyes on me.

"Who are you," he asked gently, "and why are you just sitting here?"

"Hello, Superman. Call me Fushi; that is my name. As for why I am just sitting and letting these things attack me, it is because if I move away, they would go to kill other humans. At least I regenerate, so I thought I would soak up the damage. Thanks for the reprieve. Please tell me you have some way to stop this."

I have no idea how to help, so yeah, I hope he and Batman made a plan already.

"Yes," Superman begins, his voice steady but firm. "I was contacted telepathically by a new ally who wanted to help us with this invasion. His name is J'onn J'onzz, and he has experience with these aliens. He told us they are psychic parasites, and they plan to feed on humanity.

"They destroyed our satellites so we wouldn't see them coming. The smoke you are seeing is part of their strategy; they're nocturnal, so they want to block out the sun. J'onn also gathered other heroes, and together we've made a plan. We'll destroy the smoke factories, like this one. We have split up to handle more of them."

"Alright. I will help. If everything fails, another body won't hurt," I reply, because I want to be a hero, and what better way to start than helping Superman?

"Sure, it won't hurt," Superman says with his trademark genuineness.

"You just trust him like that?" Hawkgirl folds her arms, her tone sharp. Honestly, if I didn't know Superman, I'd think the same.

"He was here taking the damage so civilians wouldn't get hurt. That's good enough for me," Superman answers.

Aww. You're going to make me blush."

"See? You should be more trusting. I'm a good friend to have." I mean, I can revive the dead; that's a very good power to have in your corner, especially in this death world.

"Ha! You can't even fly. How are you going to get up there?" Hawkgirl smirks. Okay, you can't blame me for what came next; she asked for it.

"Give me some uppies." Yeah, I said it. Like a boss.

"Yeah, I am not touching that thing." Her disgusted expression could demoralize Barney Stinson. Good thing I was regenerating a few seconds ago, or I might have cried.

"I'll carry you," Superman says, with an easy-going smile.

"Well, it's not fun to tease you, but there are people in danger, so let's get to it."

Now, I am a man. But being carried princess-style by Superman? That's enough to bring Amanda Waller to tears. Let alone me.

(It could just be because he had finished his regeneration, but it is Superman, so it could go either way.)

And with that done, we go into the building through the hole Supes made.

In it, we meet these white-and-black bipedal aliens, with the colors acting like a lava lamp with how they move up and down.

Hawkgirl did not care for them, so she ripped them apart.

I took their gun and followed, only for all of us to get gassed by something.

A few seconds later, they both fell asleep.

I was not any better, but luckily, I kept remaking my body fast enough. The gas could only knock me out for a few seconds.

The problem is, it knocks me out in less than a second, so all I could do was just stay conscious, not move, and not do anything.

The moment I remake my body, I am already dozing and falling asleep. It didn't help.

They captured all of us, and realizing they could only keep me down for a little bit, they decided to just shut my mouth with some type of paste, the same paste they were using to capture and hold Superman.

Yeah, my only chance for escape was turning into another animal.

I managed to give them some trouble, seeing as they could not find me, and I could turn into their soldiers and shoot them in the back.

Even if it could only fool them for a few seconds due to language problems, my one-man guerrilla war kept going for some hours. That is, until I saw them bring in more unconscious heroes like the Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, and even Flash. Yeah, this is not going to result in my win, not that I'm going to give up, but I am in an entirely different place from where the heroes are, and the security is insane where they are being imprisoned.

The moment I use the laser guns to start breaking through the wall, there is a squad of soldiers trying to kill me and poison gas to knock me out.

With my current capabilities, I had two choices: pretend to be captured and hope they'd put me with the heroes, or keep doing what I'd been doing and get lucky. But after everything I'd shown them so far, there was no way they'd let me near the Justice League if I surrendered. So really, it wasn't a hard choice. I kept my little guerrilla war going until I saw them open the door to the heroes' cell.

Did I just get lucky? They'd seen me turn into a fly to escape that cement-like paste they used on me, Superman, and Hawkgirl. Why would they risk opening the actual doors? Whatever the reason, I couldn't waste this chance.

I shrank into a fly and landed on one of the aliens at the front of the group, just in case they cut the line halfway through. Better to be inside the group that enters the room than be left behind. And just like that, I was in. Finally.

Inside, I saw the Justice League members imprisoned, all of them out cold. But then, at last, Superman stirred. His Kryptonian biology must've helped him recover faster, because the others were still unconscious.

I flew toward him, then shifted back into my Fushi form right in front of him.

"Hello, Supes. How have you been?"

He startled at the sudden transformation, and so did the aliens. Honestly, did they just forget I was able to escape their trap earlier?

"Ahh, yes, the regenerating bug, I shall enjoy my time breaking you!" monologues one of the aliens.

"Your effort matters not," one of them declared. I can't even tell who is speaking; their voices are the same, and I am facing Superman. "We have succeeded! With the help of your Superman, we have removed your military's ability to resist us. We have already won. Surrender!"

As he said this, I turned back to see that the alien had transformed into a human.

Shape-shifting. Great. So they had that trick too. But if that was the case… why didn't they already have a way to scan for impostors? Whatever the reason, I wasn't about to complain.

"Senator Carter... you used me to remove the nuclear weapons." It is not Kryptonite, but that is one hell of a way to hurt Superman.

"How could I not? You were so eager to help," said the vindictive boss of these aliens.

"Hey, I saw some of that news. I know you just wanted to make the world a little more peaceful, so don't let some two-bit manipulator make you regret it. While it is sad this happened, nukes would not have been used in the cities, and we would not want them to be used. So what you did was a good thing." And now I am trying to reassure Supes that he did the right thing.

"You are right... It is not over yet, Senator Carter." Right when he finished, the roof opened, and we saw the sky was covered in smoke, as in, there was no sunlight.

"On the contrary, Superman... it is." And through the open roof, a ship landed where the aliens were as they bowed and chanted, "Hail the Imperium!"

And then a purple thing with tentacles came out of the ship.

"If that thing moves its tentacles anywhere near me, I am blasting it." This is the wrong genre for me to encounter tentacles in.

"You have my vote." Thanks, Flash.

Then it got closer and brought the Martian Manhunter toward it, while at the same time trapping me in the same thing the others were caught in, except there was no hole for me to escape from, whether I turned into a fly or a human with a laser gun.

I heard screams from the Martian Manhunter, and the Imperium thing and Martian Manhunter talked like old enemies.

While the tentacle was telling him to give up, Martian Manhunter said he wouldn't.

Seeing my heroes in person is just amazing, but my joy is instantly cut short because Martian Manhunter screams, with Superman following with, "Let go of him!"

I don't think the tentacle freak cares.

Right now, I can't do anything. I don't even know why I'm allowed to hear the outside.

But luckily, it seems J'onn had a plan.

The tentacle freak keeps torturing him, but he screams, "Now!" and the wall trapping me is no longer regenerating, making my escape possible.

The moment I got out, I saw Martian Manhunter bursting out of the Imperium.

Why was he inside to begin with?

And then Batman comes out of nowhere, as is his right as the Dark Knight.

And for some reason, the red lava lamps all across the walls turn blue.

He said he reversed it. Does that mean it is now sucking the smoke instead of spewing it?

And when the sun shines on these inky fucks, they start to melt.

Ha, I would also be nocturnal if the sun made me melt.

Sadly for them, it was different for Superman.

The moment the sun hit, he used his laser vision and cut through the clay-like material imprisoning him and flew out.

Honestly, what am I even doing here? Cheerleading?

Batman then comes toward us and uses some type of gadget to free the rest of us still trapped.

After that, it was easy. Everyone was there; there were some lasers, and I absorbed the ones that would hit Batman, but the rest just flew or ran and took care of all the alien soldiers.

When we were fighting off the aliens, the tentacle fuck started to torture Martian Manhunter again, hoping to make him let go.

Once I was sure Batman was safe, I got Superman to fly me there, mostly because if I can handle lasers burning me, I should have no problem handling some tentacle torture.

Once Superman dropped me and went to make holes in the roofs to melt all these bastards, I aimed the gun I took from the soldiers and started to shoot at the tentacle fuck until he stopped torturing Martian Manhunter.

With J'onn still holding him and it focusing on me, we were able to keep him still long enough for the sun to turn him into scorch.

Good riddance to bad hentai.

With the fight over, it was now our job to bring the kidnapped people to safety, like the Senator Carter guy, who one of the aliens transformed into and replaced.

There were also multiple scientists; they must be some of the other people they replaced.

Well, their job.

I was one of the people who needed to be carried.

Once we got outside, we saw a gigantic ship flying away from Earth... well, at least we killed their leader; hopefully they won't bother us anymore.

With everyone saved and the day won, it was time for me to skedaddle, but my heroes are all here, and this is the threat that unites them.

Fuck. I want to be here to see the beginning of the Justice League.

What's the worst that can happen?

I also have my promise of resurrection to keep, and for hours now, the dead people I told have been going and gathering other dead people from the city to be resurrected.

I don't think all of them died because of the spiders, but I am not going to look through it.

I just want this to be over with.

Alright then. Time to begin my part.

"Alright, everyone, this is going to be a little weird and maybe scary, so please don't overreact."

"What are you doing?" asks Batman.

"Well, my main purpose for existence is sort of to be a library, except I'm advanced enough to hold much deeper information than ink.

One of the types of information I'm able to hold is the soul of someone dead.

When the spider-like creature was causing damage, it killed quite a few people, and I asked them if they wanted to come back.

Some accepted their death and chose to leave, but some wanted to stay, so I'm making bodies for them."

I don't think I would've been able to finish what I was saying if all of it didn't just sound so absurd.

"I've already told all of them that there's a good chance everyone will freak out, and they'll need to go through whatever tests you all come up with.

Some had trouble, but I was able to convince those who stayed.

If I bring them back, I have promised that I, and hopefully my new friends here, will make sure nobody kidnaps them or experiments on them to see if they get a superpower or something.

By the way, they don't get superpowers. I just bring them back to life.

Is that alright?"

"By Hera… You can bring the dead back?" says Wonder Woman in astonishment.

"You know that's hard to believe, right?" Flash follows, just as shocked.

"If… if you can, of course, I'll make sure they're protected," says Superman, hoping I am telling the truth.

"I would like to see if that is true." Hawk Girl just did not believe me.

"Alright then. First resurrection: Deborah."

I make her body, and then, a few seconds later, the body starts to move, which honestly freaked everyone out. Even Batman, even if he was trying his damn best not to show it.

"Deborah here has agreed to go through whatever testing is required of her to prove she is the same Deborah who died. It's the same with all the ones I'm bringing.

"You can ask her how it was, but I can tell you, she was here the entire time. I can't resurrect someone who went to whatever place they needed to go to, just those who were willing to stay. So no, she does not know what Heaven or Hell looks like."

"Shit. Fuck. Shit. Fuck. Heaven and Hell exist?" hyperventilates Flash.

"Technically, any and every possible afterlife you can think of exists. It doesn't matter how weird you think it is; it's real.

Now I'm going to bring the rest. I started with Deborah here because she was calm and understood how this was going to go.

It's not the same with everyone. Even if I explained it all, you need to understand that they just died, so give them some slack.

With your promise of protection, I will begin."

There was a quiet pause.

"… Can you just revive anyone and everyone?" asks Green Lantern.

"No. There are limitations.

First, I need to see their soul.

So if someone has died and their soul has left for whatever afterlife they're going to, then I can't bring them back.

Second, I can't force a resurrection.

All I can do is offer a passage.

Just because I made the body does not mean they have to go into it and start to live again.

I am not a necromancer.

With that said, once they saw that Deborah was alive, they got antsy and wanted to get revived.

Can I begin now, please?"

"Yes. Yes, you can. I am sorry." Superman is so super.

With that said, I was now doing it.

And just like that, the hundreds of dead people in Metropolis were saved.

As for the thousands and millions out there?

I'm not a guilt-ridden Panacea.

I'm not going to think that if I'm not helping, I'm harming.

It took hours.

The news came out.

The soon-to-be Justice League members all talked to the media, the military, and everyone who wanted to interfere, including multiple politicians and religious figures.

They all agreed: they are going to test to make sure everyone is who they say they are.

There were a lot of loud reporters; a few zealots even shot at me, but hey, so what? I'm eternal.

The superheroes took them to prison.

And finally, I am done and tired.

"Okay. My promise is over. Now I need a safe place to be. There's no way I'm not going to get harassed for this. So… do any of you know where I can stay, or do I turn into a cat or something and run away?"

"No, don't do that. You can come to my Fortress of Solitude. It's the safest place for you to be right now."

"Thanks. I was hoping not to be an alley cat."

The next few days, while I was having the best of times in the Fortress of Solitude, the other, more physically capable heroes went to different countries and continents to remove any remaining aliens.

Superman had asked me to check if I could revive more people, but I told him I couldn't help those who had already passed on to the afterlife. By now, everyone from the alien attack would have passed on.

And besides, I'm not going to spend my entire life reviving people here and there. I told him I already know how that would go, and I am not eager to try it again.

Batman set up safe houses across the country. Initially, it was random; then we would transport friends and family together. Flash was the taxi.

There were extensive tests, even if at some point everyone agreed it was legit and not some sophisticated meat AI or some shit. Hell, they even brought magic with the help of Wonder Woman just to make sure. And I loved the look on the Amazonian mage's face when she saw it was legit and that I wasn't dying for stepping foot in the domain of Hades.

Every scientist who could give this legitimacy was allowed to come and watch the tests. Of course, we mostly focused on the adults; we didn't want to hurt the elderly or scare the children.

By the end of the week, there was some discourse. Even if they were allowed access to the internet, the idea that they just couldn't leave without being in danger was getting annoying to some people. With good security enforcement (thanks to the generous donation of Bruce Wayne), they were allowed to go to public places, so long as they didn't talk about having a second life and attracting a mob.

And it worked; they were all relaxing and calming down. Even if a lot of them were in the news, with how the entire world is in an uproar about having dead loved ones and wanting them to come back, I knew this was a guarantee. I mean, if there is a way to bring someone you love back, of course, people want it to be used.

But I am not doing that. Even if I could, I'm sure if I pushed my luck like that, I'd get offed by a cosmic entity.

The only reason I think I'm fine right now is probably because I'm not pushing too hard, and it's not by force. I did read Death of the Endless is kind of like that: so long as I'm not a major asshole, this should be fine. And if it stops being fine, I'm sure she can just appear and tell me to stop or just stop my ability from functioning.

I'm not going to start thinking my ability is going to surpass a goddamn Endless, no matter how nice and kind she is.

In the end, no matter what tests were performed, the result was the same: the people here were the same as the people who had died.

POV: Earth's orbit, at the Watchtower

"This is incredible, Bruce. Do your stockholders know about it?" asked Superman, eyes widening as he took out the massive structure.

"A line item in the aerospace R&D budget," Batman replied coolly. "This place will act as an early warning system for threats like the Imperium and also as a gathering area for all of us."

"It also has sweet ice cream dispensers," Flash added with a grin, breaking the tension.

"Hmm… I have never tested this in Themyscira," Wonder Woman mused, her tone thoughtful but tinged with curiosity.

"This is impressive," Green Lantern admitted, sweeping his gaze across the gathered heroes. "But I still don't see why we're all here."

"Together," Superman said, his voice steady, commanding the room, "we were able to do something none of us alone could have. I want to gather all of us… and form a team. Not just for one battle, but for every threat that will come."

"Like the Justice Guild of America?" Green Lantern offered hopefully. Everyone turned to give him a strange look. "What? It was a comic book I grew up reading."

Superman smiled faintly, then looked around the circle of legends. "Exactly like that, but I'm calling it the Justice League."

The words hung in the air, heavy with promise. And everyone agreed to join except for Batman. He decided to be the backup member; if they need him, he will be there.

And if you ask what Fushi was doing right now, I'd say he was mentally squealing, physically smiling and nodding, and trying his best to look calm.

Of course, with J'onn staring straight through him like he could read every stray thought, he wasn't fooling him. Not that he'd gotten that memo.

And so, in this universe, the Justice League was born, with one unexpected new member.

If you want to know what changes this will bring to the future, all you have to do… is follow along.