Chapter 49 - Magic 101

---Center of the Star WR 102---

With all the metals that I needed to make my armor, I flew out to a distant star called WR 102 to forge my armor. As the hottest star I knew of the surface temperature was 377,540 Fahrenheit meaning that the core was more than sufficient for me to melt the metal into a manageable form. Folding the metals together over and over for several hours till they thoroughly melded together, I then began the difficult task of molding the armor to my body. As I went to manipulate the armor to my body shape, the metal began move on it's own. Before I could react the metal stuck to me, and covered my body in a thin layer of liquid metal before it solidified.

'What the hell!?', I thought thinking I made some alien life form but nothing happened afterwards.

Waiting for something else to happen nothing else occurred making me suspicious of what had happened. Thinking back about the properties of each metal, I remembered that Tenth Metal had the ability to shape itself to whatever the user could imagine. Melding the metals together in the star likely would have effects that I hadn't considered before forging the armor. Closing my eyes I imagined the armor I wanted to make. Almost immediately the armor turned back into a liquid state, and reformed to the armor I wanted. Designing the armor after the one from the Unchained storyline I carefully visualized how the wiring would need to be ran for the solar emitters. Absorbing the excess metal that I had intended to make a weapon with, the armor used it to construct everything that I wanted then reharden.

---U.A High School---

Touching down while wearing the armor, the entire lunchroom went dead silent. Staring at me everyone was at a loss for words as they fixated on the armor. Realizing it was me in the armor Mina shrieked with delight.

"You look so badass!!", she shouted, "When do we get a suit like that!!"

"Shit, I forgot to give you your armor.", I said remembering Hephaestus gave me armor for them.

"You made us armor!?", the girls said shooting up from their seats.

"I didn't someone a bit more skilled than me made you armor.", I replied, "I will give it to you before your Hero Course."

"Clark!!", Melissa and Nejire said bolting into the room, "We heard you came in here with a really strange armor, what is it made of?!"

"Aren't you two supposed to be-"

"Don't mind the details.", Nejire said, "That armor is badass."

"It's alright.", Bakugo said trying to hid his appreciation for the armor.

"Clark got us armor from someone, and forgot to get them for us.", Momo said.

"Hand it over!", Nejire laughed sticking her hand out, "We have training right now."

Having Kelex beam it over, the two women froze staring at the armor. Grabbing the armor they expected the armor to weigh a lot, but were taken aback by how light it was.

"What is this stuff?", Melissa asked, "Titanium?"

"Much stronger than that.", I replied, "This material is completely vibration of absorbent and nearly indestructible."

"Seriously!?", they asked.

"Yes, the element is called Amazonium.", I informed them.

Admiring the craftsmanship, the two thanked me and complimented my armor again before heading off to their class again. I admitted that the armor he made was downright godly, but I would have liked the Superman emblem not on their armor. Taking a seat with the girls, my helmet automatically receded to allow me access to eat my meal. This armor was quite something, and the fact it reacted to situations made me want to wear it as the default suit.

Handing the girls their armor after we finished lunch, they thanked me and ran off to change. Putting the armor on they were surprised how perfectly the armor fit them, almost like the person who made it knew every curve on their bodies. Believing that I had lied about who made them, they thought I had covered it up so others didn't pester me about making them a suit as well. Rushing out to the training area, All Might looked at their new armor with a smile.

"That is some fine armor!", All Might said.

"Thank you All Might, Clark made it for us!", Ochaco and Toga replied with smiles.

"Haha that is good to hear, hopefully it can help you be even better Heroes.", All Might said.

Putting the armor to the test, the girls were amazed how easy it was to move around in. Not only that nothing seemed to be able to hurt them through the armor as all the impacts they took didn't even register to them. It wasn't only them, all their classmates were equally as surprised that their equipment was holding up as well as it was. All of their equipment allowed their Quirks to function without hinderance which astounded All Might. He had seen a similar scene with Nejire and Melissa, but now that the others were doing it he was speechless.

"These outfits are awesome!!", Mina shouted.

"They are really good.", Momo agreed.

"It's really nice that it seems to stay clean.", Ochaco said, "There isn't a scratch on these suits."

"I know right, you threw me through the wall and I didn't even feel it!", Toru laughed.

"I didn't feel Dorothy's punches either.", Toga teased.

"Your knife and needles didn't work either.", Dorothy retorted with a grin.

"Yeah...I am not hitting any of you again...", Itsuka said rubbing her hands, "That stuff really hurts!!"

Looking over at them the other students were covered in bruises, cuts, and some of their costumes were damaged from the training course. The days lesson was about working as a team to reach a group of hostages being held captive by a group of villains play by the teachers. Fortunately Nemuri hadn't been given her armor otherwise it would have been quite clear to everyone where she laid her head, but most of the students had a sneaking suspicion given her close relations with nine girls they already knew were dating me.

"I wonder when my prince charming will give me something like that.", Asui said.

"Maybe when you aren't a useless extra.", Bakugo snickered.

Zapping him, Deku scolded Bakugo for saying something like that. Glaring at Deku, Deku didn't move as he wasn't sure what would happen. Having grown into his Quirk quickly Deku had made modifications to his suit to better accommodate his Quirk. During that time he had started talking to Mei...rather started to say something then froze up when she looked at him. Deku had skittishly texted her as they worked to complete his suit, and he had a desire to ask her out after it was done...assuming he could muster the courage.

"Getting cocky now aren't you Deku!", Bakugo said, "Just because you have a lame extra helping you doesn't make you any better!"

"Mei isn't useless!", Deku shouted, "She-"

"There is no point in arguing with him, Bakugo isn't going to listen to reason.", Ida said, "Still that wasn't the best thing to say to Asui."

"Whatever Captain Nice Guy.", Bakugo said, "Those extras over there only got this good because they keep Clark's bed warm."

Stopping their conversation, the women looked over at him.

'Oh no...', All Might thought going to intervene.

Stopping him, Nemuri told him to let them settle this because otherwise it wouldn't ended.

"What did you say?", Mina asked with a twitch, "You think we perform this well solely because of our boyfriend?"

"I bet he makes some drugs or something to make you perform better.", Bakugo said.

"I will have you know that we work out every evening for an hour in our weight room.", Toga snapped, "Keep talking and I am going to turn you into a human pretzel!"

"Bet you aren't so tough without that armor.", Bakugo snickered.

Having worn workout clothing under the armor, the girls took it off and set it to the side. Cracking their knuckles and necks the girls weren't all to happy with Bakugo's comment.

"Normally you are a pain in the butt, but now you are just an ass.", Momo said.

"I say we kick his butt, give him the biggest wedgie ever, and hang him by his underwear on a flagpole.", Dorothy said.

"I like that idea...", Mina and Itsuka said.

"Bring it extras!", Bakugo shouted.

Stepping away from him the other students weren't about to get involved with this fight. Before he could say more, Dorothy's ghost grabbed Bakugo by the throat.

"Chew on this!", Dorothy shouted, "Ora ora ora!!!"

Blasting his face with over fifty punches in a few seconds, the last blow was an uppercut that sent him sailing up into the air. Leaping into the air after him, Mina grabbed him by the ankle and slammed him into the pavement throwing her full weight into it. Gasping from the impact Bakugo got pissed, and was going to blast her point blank. Before he could Toru and Toga put him into arm bars, and started cranking back.

"Let go!!", he said seething in pain as they refused to give him an inch.

Forcing his palms upwards he had no way of blasting them directly. Unable to move from that place, Mina walked over to him with a smirk on her face. Giving him the Cena Five Knuckle Shuffle, she elbow dropped him breaking his nose and causing several fractures on his face.

"Son of-"

"My turn now.", Momo said with a taser in hand, "We will stop when you apologize."

"Screw you extras!", he howled.

Zapping him the other girls joined in for a few minutes till he finally apologized. Letting him go after the apology, the women stared at him with annoyance as they motioned that they would be watching him. Picking himself up Bakugo started grumbling to himself as they grabbed their stuff, and headed to the locker rooms.

"They are tougher than they look.", Kirishima said with a grin, "Think they could help teach us?"

"More like utterly ruin us...", Kaminari replied, "They were holding back, and he didn't even touch them."

"True, but there is no harm in asking. If Clark has something that can help us train we should ask.", Ida stated.

"Like he would help us.", Shoto said, "If you haven't noticed since he has been patrolling crime in Japan plummeted, and overall global crimes are down almost twenty percent. Right now Heroes are struggling to find criminals to capture, and the governments is considering downsizing Hero programs."

Shoto had heard his dad talking about issues with the Hero World right now. After witnessing me single handedly take down a group of the world's toughest villains, most villains were now in hiding. There were still villains everywhere, but only the boldest villains still terrorized the public. When they popped up many Heroes would get into minor spats about taking the villain on. Unfortunately people saw them fight over them, and lots of ranked Heroes plummeted to the bottom. The flipside was that the Heroes that actually gave a damn about public safety had risen substantially as they had moved to do public works, and had started patrolling streets much more thoroughly aiding in a lower crime rate.

"I think we will become more disaster relief than anything else.", Jiro said, "It may not be crime fighting, but we can still help people."

"True, besides the government still pays Heroes to patrol for public moral.", Ida stated, "The public still wants us walking the streets."

"Where is the enjoyment of simply walking around?", Shoto replied, "All we would do is walk around doing absolutely nothing."

"Now now Young Shoto, the public expects far more from a Hero than fighting crime!", All Might said, "No matter the influence Clark has people still get kidnapped off our streets, and countless villains are in hiding! Just because they stopped acting like villains doesn't mean they get a get out of jail card! All of them need brought to justice, and it's our job to bring them in!"

"Is that what you do nowadays?", Shoto asked, "You were the Number 1 Hero, and now you are just chasing villains in hiding."

"I do a lot more than that Young Shoto I help clean public parks, escort dangerous villains to high security prisons, and I even get to have a bit of time for myself nowadays. Young Heroes seem to forget that we are always on call whenever the public may need us, whether that is 4am or 10pm. I am sure your father and others like me are enjoying having the time to thoroughly eradicate criminal groups that otherwise would have caused distractions elsewhere!", All Might said.

"If that's true why haven't you caught the Hero Killer.", Shoto said.

"Truth be told he has also gone into hiding. It is incredibly difficult to track down a single man.", All Might stated, "He hasn't attacked any Heroes in nearly two months, and we still have people looking for him."

---Wayne Manor---

Getting home the girls immediately buffed their armor, and asked to paint their equipment. All of them wanted to customize the armor so I scheduled a time to have them painted. Printing out detailed images of their armor, I told them to color them so the professionals could have it done the way they wanted. They protested saying they could handle it, but I quickly reminded them of the nightmare kitchen they made when cooking. Shutting them up with that they agreed to accept that. Eri was the most excited out of the bunch as her armor was made especially for her.

The more I looked at it the more I noticed that the armor was a different hue than the others, almost like it was different metal. In a few moments the metal shaped to her perfectly, even including a cape. Realizing it took on my first costume design, I concluded that it was made of Tenth Metal so it would adjust to Eri over time.

"I like your suit Eri.", Kara said with a smile.

"Mm!", Eri nodded with a proud smile, "It's just like his!!"

"That is very true.", I said as my armor shifted to look like my normal outfit, "You look cute in your armor."

"Hehe!!", Eri giggled giving me a hug, "Thank you so much!!"

Seeing the big smile on her face I couldn't help, but smile with pride as I hugged her back. With the women given their armor, I looked to Raven and Wonder Girl who had been waiting for me.

"You wanted to see us?", Wonder Girl asked.

"I need your help testing something.", I replied.

"What do you need?", Raven asked.

"I want you both to hit me with magic.", I stated, "I want to test my natural magic resistance."

"You want us to hit you with a weakness of yours?", Raven asked with a confused look, "Isn't that a bit-"

"Prime came from a world without magic, and has a high magic resistance. This world doesn't have magic either so it stands to reason I might be the same.", I replied.

"Seems logical.", Melissa said.

"Alright...I am not responsible for hurting you.", Raven sighed.

---Fortress of Solitude---

Entering the testing room, I had the armor recede down to my waist exposing my upper body for the test. Wonder Girl and Raven both looked a bit flustered as they found it hard not to stare.

"Keep your eyes focused...", Momo sighed.

"Yeah!", Eri protested.

Telling them I was ready, the two women blasted me with magic without warning. I expected something to happen, but I felt nothing at all. I was about to say something when I noticed both women were winded.

"Shit I forgot we don't have enough magic in our world to sustain your power, let's go to New Earth and test this.", I replied.

---New Earth, JLA Watchtower---

Borrowing their training room for this, a lot of members showed up to see this. Having their power restored quickly the two women started blasting me with magic, but I still felt nothing. Sure I felt the impacts though even those were just slightly annoying at best. After a few minutes the women stopped to check out the results. Seeing no damage on me, they looked at me with concern.

"You do have high magic resistance.", they replied.

"Hang on, you two were taking it easy on him because you think he's good looking. Let me show you how to hit someone with magic!", Shazam (New Earth) said with a grin.

"We weren't holding back.", Raven pointed out.

"Yeah yeah, let me should you what awesome magic looks like.", Shazam (New Earth) laughed.

Shrugging their shoulders the two stepped out leaving the two of us in here.

"Alright Younger Superman, lets see how you can handle this!", he said blasting me with lightning.

This time I felt it, but it only tickled at best. Seeing that I only smirked, Shazam cranked up the power with no real change. Since I was confident now that my magic resistance was the same or better than Primes I decided to test the armor out. Shaping back into the Unchained armor Shazam stopped, and gave me a nod of approval.

"Dude that armor is freaking ridiculously cool!", Shazam (New Earth) shouted.

"Bring it Sparky!", I teased.

Firing another powerful blast of lightning this time the lightning didn't reach me. Bending straight into the armor his magic was absorbed by the Uru in the armor like a vacuum. Surprisingly after his attack finished I had something lika a lightning aura around myself that I could feel was an extension of my body.

'This is a really weird feeling...', I thought.

Absorbing the next blast, I then fired back a blast at him. Unlike the normal lightning he was using that danced towards me, my lighting was compressed into a single bolt that when it hit him forced him to change back into his normal state.

"What the heck happened?", Green Arrow (New Earth) gasped, "The kid can use magic too!?"

"No, the armor appears to store magics cast at him allowing him to release it back out under his guidance.", Batman (New Earth) said, "He only did it after putting the suit on."

"I would agree.", Superman (New Earth) said.

"He has potential though.", Dr. Fate (New Earth) said, "Unlike normal Supermen he is human, and has the affinity to use magic."

"It's unlike you to show up unannounced, your tower getting boring or something?", Flash (New Earth) teased.

"No, I meant to come the first time he was here but I couldn't.", Dr. Fate (New Earth) said, "I detected his arrival, and wanted to come see what was happening."

"Something wrong with him?", Batman (New Earth) asked.

"I can't put my finger on it, but someone with immense power is backing him.", Dr. Fate (New Earth) said, "He has the ability to use magics greater than Shazam and I with the proper training."

"I don't see anything special, aside from a muscular body.", Constantine (New Earth) said.

"That is because you aren't looking at him through the eyes of a Lord of Order.", Dr Fate (New Earth) said,

"No, I will be taking over his training.", Spectre (New Earth) said, "My superior said that you aren't going to cut it."

"This isn't your job, you are the Spirit of Vengeance.", Dr. Fate (New Earth) protested.

"It is my problem, we have nine universes where life has been completely eradicated.", Spectre (New Earth) said, "A tenth universe will fall in less than a month, I don't think you understand the gravity of our problem. Superman-Prime will have the Heroes and Villains he kept from every universe he brought to ruins. We will have to fight several copies of you all, copies that have all your powers and skills. Even with three worlds working together that is a steep fight, every heart they rip out only adds to their Black Lantern power supply. When we engage in a fight it's an all or nothing gamble."

"You are saying that he will have several copies of all of us?", Batman (New Earth) asked.

"Correct.", Spectre (New Earth) said, "Several Supermen, Wonder Women, Martian Manhunters, Batmen, and more under his leadership. When we engage them it is safe to assume that not everyone will survive the encounter. Our future rides on his shoulders, a man that came from outside our timeline."

"You mean because he is from an Earth completely different from ours?", Flash (New Earth) asked.

"Yes.", Spectre replied, 'Truthfully I wasn't made privy to why I was ordered here. The Presence simply told me to train him.'

Stepping out of the room with the unconscious Shazam, I handed him to Flash who rush him to medical bay. Seeing both the Spectre and Dr. Fate here I felt a bit nervous as Spectre could probably kick my ass if I wasn't careful. Wondering if I broke some sort of unknown rule by interfering with this world I waited to see what would happen.

"Clark Wayne, I have been asked too-"

"Now hold on, if I broke some sort of rule I didn't know it.", I cut him off.

"You worried about something?", Wonder Woman (New Earth) laughed.

"The Spirit of Vengeance shows up out of nowhere, of course I am a bit worried! I wanted to live for several thousand years with my girlfriends, future wives, at least.", I retorted.

"I am not here to harm you!", he shouted, "I am here to train you in the use of magic!"

"OH!", I sighed with relief, "Wait, I can use magic? I thought I couldn't use magic because my world doesn't have much magic at all."

"You can...apparently.", Spectre (New Earth) replied.

"Well then lets go!", I replied as the armor shifted into my normal Superman attire.

"What is that suit made of?", Batman (New Earth) asked.

"Lots of rare materials that took a while to collect.", I replied, "I do have something for you though."

Tossing him a USB drive he looked at me skeptically.

"On it is schematics for a suit of armor for you.", I stated, "It's called the Hellbat Armor."

"A suit of armor?", Batman (New Earth) asked.

"I modified a plan I got from a different Bruce Wayne. It should be able to allow you to go toe to toe with Darkseid if needed.", I replied.

Looking at the drive, and then back at me he remained silent.

"I don't like making weapons, and if I don't have too I don't want to kill anyone. Prime isn't someone I can just let walk away after what he has done. I won't ask any of you to kill him, I will do it, but I will need everyone's help taking down the Black Lantern Corps.", I said, "Combined with Superman's nanotech pill you should be able to fight at Superman levels without any of his drawbacks for an extended timeframe."

"So you don't intend to take him alive?", he asked.

"No, I will finish him.", I replied, "I know what happens if I don't kill him now..."

They had several opportunities to end his miserable life in the comics, but they chose to spare him. Sure Joker and others were serial killers as well, but Prime was on a completely other level. Countless worlds were lost because of their inability to make the choice to kill him. If I didn't kill him he will come back after me for revenge, and will destroy my world. Having seen what he has done to several Earth's already I wasn't going to let mine be added to that list.

"Good.", Spectre (New Earth) said, "You understand that you can't pull your punches in this fight."

"I went to the ruins of Earth 1, and saw first hand the destruction he wrought.", I replied, "We we meet on the battlefield the fight will only end when one of us is dead, not before then."

"There has to be-", Superman (New Earth) started to say.

"Superman", I said turning to glare at him, "this isn't a time for you to lecture me about what I should and shouldn't do. My world is in danger the same as yours, if I don't kill him he will get free and come back for me. I have seen where many of your timelines sometimes lead Clark, I won't bury my loved ones because I held back anything!"

"I..."

"You don't know Clark, I have seen countless times where you buried Lois because you didn't put the enemy down! In the Injustice Universe you killed your wife and unborn child after Joker drugged you, and you had a mental breakdown. On Earth 22 Lois dies by Joker's hands as well, but before she does she tells you not to go on a rampage.", I said grabbing his costume, "I have seen worlds where Brainiac, Darksied, Mongul, and Doomsday kill Lois because you don't finish them!! You let them walk away, and they came back and killed her when you weren't around!! If you put them down they would have lived damn it!! My girlfriends mean just as much as Lois does to you, I won't shelter them but I won't let someone like him walk away from a fight! They are too important to me to let him live to see another day."

Leaving with Spectre, Raven, and Wonder Girl after that we teleported to an area in Mongolia that would give us more than enough space to train.