671. Wannabe Gods

Alexander went to a desert where this alien had landed. The man was wearing a green and black coloured dress and had a green mask on his eyes. He was also wearing a ring that was projecting a green-ish bubble around him, helping him float in the air.

Alexander arrived there via teleportation, and it alerted the man.

"So, why did the Green Lantern Corp send you for me?" Alexander asked straightforwardly.

The man in front of Alexander was Harold 'Hal' Jordan. In the past, a dying alien named Abin Sur who had been a member of the Green Lantern Corps crash-landed his ship in the Californian desert. Selecting a replacement officer for his position as a Green Lantern, the Green Lantern Power Ring chose Hal Jordan for his ability to overcome great fear. The ring and its abilities were explained to him, and he inherited the mantle of Green Lantern. Acting as a galactic police officer, it was his job to serve and protect all life in the Space Sector 2814.

The universe was divided into 3600 sectors.

Hal had received the command from the Guardians to bring a newly arrived being to them for talking. He was warned that this person was immensely strong and that even if all the Green Lanterns and Guardians came to fight him together they wouldn't be able to beat him.

From this, he knew he needed to tread carefully.

"Hello, I am Hal. I was told that you would know why I came here?" He asked.

"Yes, your Guardians want to talk to me. Let's go." Alexander stated.

Hal was surprised at how easy it was. He wasn't going to complain. But, the next moment, Alexander opened a portal.

"Let's go. Your means of travelling is slow." Alexander said.

They crossed the path and came upon a few blue, bigheaded bald aliens. The Guardians of the Universe were people evolved on the planet Maltus, and were possibly the first intelligent life forms in the Universe. At that time they were tall greyish-blue humanoids with black hair. At some point, they came into contact with symbiote beings that existed on Maltus, and became immortal, super-intelligent, and gained inherent God-like abilities. They became scientists and thinkers, experimenting with the worlds around them.

In a pivotal moment, billions of years ago, a Maltusian named Krona used time-bending technology to observe the beginning of the Universe, despite the legends regarding it, telling them not to do it. However, a cosmic lightning bolt hit the machine, causing an explosion. This experiment unleashed evil across the universe and created the Multiverse and the evil Anti Matter universe.

It was later revealed that the same experiment flooded the beginning of the Universe with entropy causing it "to be born old". Feeling responsible for Krona's actions, the Maltusians relocated to the planet Oa at the centre of the Universe and became the Guardians of the Universe. Their goal was simple, combat evil and create an orderly universe. They acted quickly on that goal. During this period they also changed to their current appearance.

"Hello, everyone. You've got a nice place here. Where are we? Universal centre?" Alexander asked as he looked around the large hall.

"Welcome, unknown being. We would like to know about you. How are you so powerful?" They asked him. All of these blue aliens spoke in a monotonous tone.

"I am Alexander Maxim Universe, I am from a higher dimension that rules all of the Omniverse," Alexander explained.

"What do you mean rule? We have no monarch." one of them argued.

"Well, my father created the Omniverse. But, he does not rule you like a king because he does not need to. He only watches over his creation." Alexander answered.

Suddenly Hal exclaimed, "WAIT... you are the son of 'that' god then?"

"Yes," Alexander nodded.

"Creator of the Omniverse, you say. Then, what is your purpose?" They asked.

"Well, for starters. Do you know that not long ago your universe was already taken over by a higher dimensional evil being?" Alexander asked.

All of them looked at each other's faces. Then they answered. "We did know something was not right but we did not know what."

"I guessed that much. I have dealt with this problem for now. You are all the guardians of the universe right? Tell me, why is the purity still at 60%. Ah, you don't know what it means. Well, what it means is, I divide worlds with how crime-ridden they are, how many sinners they are. Anything above 80 is decent. Above 90 is good. But yours has 60%. Tell me, why have you not killed all the sinners?" Alexander asked.

His authoritative tone may have made the blue people angry. As one of them shouted back at Alexander. "We are immortal. We are the Guardians of the Universe. We can do whatever we like."

"That was the worst possible answer you could have given me. Now, I advise you all to not meddle in my work. If you do, I will see you as an accomplice of sinners too." After sternly warning them, Alexander returned to Earth. He was already too above then these wannabe gods acting as the justice warriors of the universe.

It was time to meet Batman.

...

On Douglas' side, he had utterly shocked the nature-loving women. She was Poison Ivy, as told by herself.

She tried to kill Douglas in many ways but all failed. Even her kiss failed and it was the ultimate weapon. She knew that she was very beautiful and men would lust over her, so she was never shy using her body to control men, use them for her gains and then dispose of them. Just a single touch from her could drive men crazy due to the pheromones she was able to spread.

However, none of them seemed to work on the bloke in front of her, who seemingly enjoyed the kiss from her and now was acting shy. She was shocked.

"What are you? How are you not affected by me?" She asked.

"Heh, I am affected by you, lady, by your beauty," Douglas replied cheesily.

"Uh... who the hell are you?" She inquired.

"Oh yes yes, sorry. I am Archangel Douglas. Nice to meet you, Poison Ivy." Douglas greeted.

"Archangel? You mean like the ones who work for god?" She asked back. Her anger lessened a bit because she was interested now.

"Absolutely. I work for god." Douglas affirmed.

"Huh, stop fooling around. There is no god. If there was god, why is the world so evil? Why are there so many crimes?" She asked back.

"You see, that is where the whole problem arises. It was God's work to make you, not rule you. He even sent so many demigods down to give humanity a path to follow, only for some of them to be hunted or killed by humans. He is not responsible for the evil as he didn't make it. He made humans, humans became evil on their own. Also, God does not just rule this single planet. He rules the entire omniverse where an infinite number of species live. You can't expect him to babysit everyone?" Douglas lectured.

Poison Ivy stayed silent for a while. "What could a simple, powerless girl do against the physically stronger and deceiving men?"

Douglas turned serious. He realised that maybe she was talking about herself. "I understand your frustration. But, it's not your fault. It's the people sitting in the powerful positions who don't do enough to change the state of the world it is in right now."

"Then... who can change it?" She asked.

"I bet the old man is going to have a field trip soon. Hmm, I can take you to superior. He is a High God. He can help you with anything. Any problem can be solved as long as it's not evil." Douglas suggested.

"How powerful is he? Can he help stop humans from harming plants?" She asked back.

"He can, but he won't. Stopping humans from doing this would be tempering with their minds. But, he can give you a whole planet with only plants. Or, maybe he can heal you if you want." He said.

"I don't need help from you all. All men are the same. You all can go to hell for all I care." She suddenly started shouting. Her mood swings were too sudden.

*Sigh*

"Well, I would ask you to tell me what happened to you. But I doubt you would tell me. Anyway, sorry for cutting your plants. I will fix them." Douglas used his powers and made the plants he had cut to return to their previous state. This feat of his surprised her a bit.

But Douglas was already leaving. She bit her lip and shouted to stop him.

"WAIT... can you fix all plants?"

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