25 Moving On

Ethan thought about his situation more after the talk with Tydris.

He knew that he was able to become stronger, so strong in fact, he could tear down the skies and burn the earth with how Tydris explained his exploits at his peak.

Ethan also had a goal which is the reason for him to get stronger, and if he asks Raven for help then it's one step closer to his goal.

However, getting involved with Raven means getting involved with Trigon, but even if he doesn't get involved, Trigon will still come to burn and enslave the entire planet.

'And on top of that...with what Tydris said about dragons...does that mean people will start coming after me now? Is that why Diana confronted me?... Ugh...Why did it take this long for me to feel any kind of danger...' He thought smacking his forehead which caused Raven to give him a strange look.

"Ok, You probably the only one that can understand...well that's in front of me. But, I received a power that lets me know certain things." Ethan said.

'...Truth?' Raven thought as she was having a few doubts in her abilities. 'Does he want to help me? Certainly, that would be nice from someone as strong as him...but we'd need more people to defeat my father...' She frowned.

"And with that in mind...I'm willing to help you, but first you must help me."

"Help you?..."

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It took the rest of the night to convince Raven to help him, she was a bit confused at first but once he explained that he can become stronger through cultivation, she understood it completely.

She even became surprised when he mentioned that he was actually still quite weak and immediately she felt hope as her mind imagined how strong he could become.

'But...you can't just put all your hopes on him...I'll ask the Justice League after I help him..' Raven thought.

Once their conversation ended, Ethan would retire to Harley's room while her two pets quickly exited the room.

Soon after, Raven began to sensed movement.

'Ugh! Filthy....' She frowned.

However that wasn't the end of it, the redhead girl came out of her room wearing practically nothing before dashing into that same room.

After seeing this, Raven instantly teleported outside and levitated on the roof.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!!"

She'd chant those words and mediated until the sun began to rise to greet their side of the earth with sunlight.

"I hope I don't regret this..." Raven sighed teleporting back into the apartment and thankfully everyone was descent, however, she'd give a glare at Ethan.

Ethan raised an eyebrow, "What?...Oh.." But then it finally clicked in his mind after thinking about what happened last night.

"Oh?..." Pamela repeated, but then she also remembered last night, and immediately she started to blush.

Harley soon emerged from her room, dressed in her casual clothes as she stretches her limbs, "Last night was g-"

However, the villainess couldn't finish her sentence as vines from a nearby plant shot out to cover her mouth.

"Mmm!!" Harley groaned angrily, grabbing the vine and quickly pushing it away. "What was that for Red?!"

Pamela walks over to her with a flushed face and whispers to her, "Just for once in your life... Shut up!"

Harley looked confused, "Huh?... I was just saying Honeybun really-"

Pamela covers Harley's mouth with her hand and glares into her eyes, "Drop-It"

Harley would glance at Ethan who mentally said something to her and she would only shrug at it before shoving Pamela's hand away.

"I'm not ashamed of it." The villainess frowned as she sat down on the floor to pet her two hyenas.

"Alright, first before we begin anything. Did you get in contact with Selina? What did she say?" Ethan asked.

."Oh...She said she's willing to let you hire her services. What exactly do you need her for?"

"I need to find out if there is a person that has access to the latest technology by illegal means. And then I need someone whose good with their hands." Ethan replied.

"I'm veery good with my hands!" Harley blurted out while raising her hand.

"Oh, Harley..." Pamela sighed as she gently smacks smacked her forehead.

"...What are you trying to build anyway?" She curiously asked while glancing at Ethan.

"An RV." He answered. 'I really need to leave this city...' Ethan thought.

"...You were serious about taking a trip around the world? Like what you said last night?" Pamela said.

"When did he say that? Oh...that was after you were deep in my-"

"HARLEY!"

'It feels like I'm not even here..." Raven thought, but then she noticed Myra who had been quietly standing beside Ethan.

She then suddenly didn't feel as bad about her situation, but then she would feel something in the pit of her stomach.

*Growl* She was hungry.

Ethan would hear this and chuckle softly as Raven pulled down her hood.

It would seem the half-demon could be cute sometimes.

"Hey, Pam? Do we have food here?" Ethan asked.

"Hmm? Yeah, actually we do. I figured we needed a few things. So after I talked with Selina, I went to the store. Why? Are you hungry?" Pamela asked with a warm smile.

"Yeah...starving." He smiled back before looking at Raven who avoided his gaze.

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After meeting with Selina, Ethan quickly got into the underground of Gotham City. It was certainly an eye-opener for Ethan as there is a lot of things happening even under the watchful eye of Batman. The thief quickly wanted payment for her services and he quickly took out a few of the precious jewels he had in his ring as payment.

Selina's eyes quickly became stars and after he pulled it out she started to look at Ethan a bit hungrily. However, she was blocked by Ethan's mates, they even threatened to beat her up if she ever came close to him.

She took the advice regretfully and left him alone while leaving a few words about calling her if he needed anything else.

And through Selina's connection, Ethan got in contact with an individual named the Wizard. Ethan immediately cringed at this as he imagined someone who thinks they are better than everyone else and has an annoying high pitch voice that cracks constantly.

However, it turned out to his worries were for naught as the African American man was down to earth and had a smooth deep voice that made him jealous.

The 30-year-old got mixed up in the wrong crowd at a young age, but luckily he was blessed with intellect and the mobs exploited it. He had to work under them for years, but then he scrapped enough money to create his own business under an abandoned apartment complex buying and selling things he happens to get his hands on.

No one could touch him because of his connections, and if you were on his good side then he'll let you see the 'real' good stuff.

"You want the real good stuff? Then you have to pay the real good money." Wizard smirked as he looked at the weird assortment of people.

"We got science experiment gone wrong, crazy chick, a chocolate delight, vampire, and then you." He pointed at Ethan.

"You're all kinds of fucked up aren't ya? Like some kind of freak? Who made-Woah!" Wizard puts his hands up as three of the girls looked like they were about to tear him apart.

"Watch what ya say or I'm going to rip every precious vocal cord out of your throat and feed to you." Harley scowled.

"No one disrespects my master," Myra said as her hands started to unravel into vines that twisted together to make something similar to a dagger.

"I'll make you become live fertilizer to my plants and let them feed off you until you lose your pathetic dog life! Don't you dare speak to him like that ever again." Pamela said as the ground started to tremble while vines started to force their way from underneath the floor.

"H-hey...Call of your guard's man...I was just foolin..."

"How about you apologize first?" Ethan said as his eyes flashed with a vicious light.

>>>1 week later<<<<

It's been one week since the incident of Joker's death.

After the Bruce came to after that first night, he was absolutely furious and every day since then he tried to locate Ethan to bring him in.

Unfortunately, even when he doubled down on his efforts, he still couldn't find the man. Bruce had asked Diana about tracking him again, but she told him it was impossible for the moment as Ethan had gotten rid of the problem that helped her.

Seemingly out of options he wanted to enlist the help of Clark otherwise known as Superman to help him, but it turned he was caught up with something important. It would take a few days for him to come to help Bruce look for Ethan.

"Damn it!" Bruce said, slamming his fists down on the Batcomputer after ending the call.

"Bruce, calm down," Diana said, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Bruce frowned, "There's a man that is probably as strong as Superman, only a few times slower than the Flash and an ability to change his appearance along with others I may have not seen!" He replied shaking her hand off him.

"All of that and he has no record. He has no connection to anyone that I can get in contact with except for a girl named Alisa who also went missing! He's affiliated with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn which makes up to be one dangerous combination. " Bruce explained as he tapped away at the computer keyboard, trying to find any sightings of them using city cameras he managed to hack in.

"...Maybe he can be reasoned with and we could ask him to come to us? I was told he saved Barbara's life and took it easy on you. Hell, he even took it easy on me." Diana said, rubbing her arms a bit as they were still slightly sore.

"That doesn't guarantee that he'll not do something dangerous. If anything it proves that he's unpredictable!" Bruce growled.

Diana shook her head," Bruce...you need to take a break. You've been at this for several days straight now. Look at yourself, you're practically a walking corpse."

Bruce would stare at the screen in silence for quite sometime before letting out a deep sigh, leaning back in his chair while rubbing his tired eyes. "Have I been...doing everything wrong?...."

"I'm not sure what you mean?"

"When the news about Joker's death was announced? Do you know what the city did? They cheered...all over social media. The people were thanking the killer because he had killed someone that has taken so many lives after repeatedly escapes from Arkham.." Bruce said as he clenched his fist, unsure if to be angry at Ethan or himself.

Diana didn't quite know what to say as she knows of mercy, but she also knows of killing. She may be a hero now, but before anything, she is an Amazon, a proud woman warrior.

'But... if my vision turns out to be true then I need to subdue Ethan?...' Diana thought.

'...Must I kill one who has shown mercy? Or do I strike them down for the greater good? Mother...I wish I could see you...perhaps you would make better sense of this...Should I try to return? After all this time?...'

((A/N: If you are wondering which Diana I'm drawing inspiration from then it would be from DCAU. However, if you read what I said about everything not being canon then you should understand some changes. Anyways back to the story!))

Diana shook her head, and placed her hand on Batman's shoulder once again, "...Get some rest Bruce, I'll go out to look in your stead."

Bruce sighed greatly at this and watched Diana walk away until she left the cave. He then turned back to the computer screen that currently had an image of Ethan. "Was I unnecessary? I saw a bit of me in your eyes...and thought I could put you on the right path...but is it even right path anymore?"

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During the entire week, Ethan has been doing nothing besides cultivating and waiting for Wizard to call him about when the project will be done. The guy was nice enough to give him a brand new phone to call on.

Although he uses the word nice, it was more like the man was threatened to treat him better especially after his near-death experience.

Also during this time, he was denying Pamela and Harley of their nightly ventures and it started to wane on them.

"Honeybuuun! Come oon!~" Harley cooed into his ear, wrapping her arms around his neck as he sat on the floor of Pamela's apartment. "I'll even use my mouth...and you know how I love to use it..please come to bed~...No, I'll even do it here..."

"Please don't disturb me..." Ethan frowned. His body was telling him to take her down, but with all the things going on, he needed to be stronger.

To be better.

Raven who was mediating not too far away from him didn't understand what could make the girl so desperate to bed him. She'd suddenly blush at her imagination and quickly teleported to her usual spot on the roof.

"Don't let your mind wander, you're just here to help yourself...Azarath Metrion Zinthos."

Pamela on the other hand wanted to support Ethan on his goal to become stronger and decided to try to use her fingers to satisfy her craving for him. She was closed in her room, moaning out his name on her bed as her fingers explored her depths.

"Ahh!~..." She was nearing her first orgasm, but then she stopped as she felt a slight prickling sensation near her lower abdomen.

"What..."

*Knock Knock* Suddenly there was a knock on the door that caused the villainess to jump.

"Pamela I have another question about this romance film you recommend to me...?"

It was Myra.

"Pamela?"