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There was something beautiful about humanity. He never considered the simplicity of a human life before he found the helmet. The mundane, every day worries that people faced, running from place to place, rushing to meet deadlines. Fretting and stressing about minute things that, in the grand scale of things, mattered very little. And yet, to them it was as though the world would end if they didn't accomplish what they set out to do. Getting filled with anxiety the more they left it, chewing themselves raw.

The jobs, the machine that kept the world turning. Money and the endless struggle to appear richer than they really were, fighting over the latest technology, the newest car, the best looking house. It was all amusing. But it was also more than that. Despite all that chaos, there was an undercurrent of [i]something[/i] holding everyone together, keeping them from tearing each other limb from limb. That was the wonder, the beauty came from the realization it was all because they each shared a will to survive and from that will was borne love.

It only took him a step into the shoes of godlike power to realize that. Scary. 

He was sitting on a sofa watching his fiancee, sitting on the other end of the large room, reading out a letter that came earlier that day. Appeared right at their doorstep, the box that came with it. Just like that. Even if the letter had been from Lexcorp there was some uneasiness he felt, mainly because it was just a box and it could have been anything inside. Lexcorp logo or not. He watched her with no small amount of curiosity as she brought out a phone, almost squealing in happiness as she booted it up.

[color=f6989d]"I honestly can't believe it's free! For a year!"[/color] She said taking a moment to look at him before turning back to the phone.

[color=fff79a]"Very generous of Mr. Luther,"[/color] he said. He was going to say more when another fit of coughing took him, a hand going up to stop Inza from rushing towards him. [color=fff79a]"I'm fine,"[/color] he managed to squeeze out as he dug through his pockets and brought out a prescription bottle, [color=fff79a]"I have my pills. Go back to figuring out your new device."[/color]

[color=f6989d]"You're sure you're okay?"[/color] She asked, half-standing from her sofa.

Kent took a moment to pop two pills, feeling the magic he infused in them suppress the poison. [color=fff79a]"I'm fine, I promise. How's the phone, though? [i]That's[/i] what I'd like to know."[/color]

[color=f6989d]"It's amazing!"[/color] She said as she thumbed through it, [color=f6989d]"I mean, this makes Apple look like it's [i]centuries[/i] old."[/color]

He snorted.

[color=f6989d]"You sure you don't want one of your own?"[/color]

[color=fff79a]"I have a very reliable phone, thank you. One I'm not exactly keen on giving it up. Besides," [i]I don't need a phone when I can talk right in your head. From anywhere in the cosmos.[/i][/color]

[color=f6989d]"Don't do that,"[/color] she said waving a hand in front of her face. [color=f6989d]"I'm still not totally used to it yet. It's so weird hearing you in there."[/color]

[color=fff79a]"Believe me, there's a lot weirder shit out there that you'd rather not know about,"[/color] he said as he stood with a grunt, [color=fff79a]"anyway, I'm guessing you're going to be too busy messing with that thing to cook dinner. So what do you want? Chinese? Italian?"[/color]

[color=f6989d]"Anything's fine."[/color]

He pulled out his own phone and started looking through the various restaurants when a sudden spark went off in his head followed by a faint, burning rotten smell.

A few moments went by. [color=f6989d]"Honey, you okay?"[/color] He heard Inza ask, her voice sounding a thousand miles away.

[color=fff79a]"I'm sorry, what?"[/color] He said as he snapped back a few seconds later, looking to see she was only a few feet from him, a worried expression on her face.

[color=f6989d]"You looked like you had a seizure or something. Are you alright?"[/color]

[color=fff79a]"I'm fine,"[/color] he stood and stretched out his hand and the helmet appeared out of a pocket dimension, his stomach clenching with worry as he put it on. Then, closing his eyes he tried to feel out where the source of the magic was coming from, his mind expanding beyond his body. It took him a moment of concentrating when he finally picked it up.

It couldn't be... how strong of a --?

He felt another spark in his head, the same magic coming from the exact same place. [color=fff79a]"Oh god."[/color]

[color=f6989d]"What?"[/color]

He looked at her. [color=fff79a]"I have to go."[/color]
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[i][b]Daxam, a planet 7 lightyears from Earth[/b][/i]

Multiple columns of smoke rose into the sky, fires engulfed the massive city, and cries of pain and terror rose from the chaos. Only one building remained untouched, every other surrounding it had been reduced to rubble or was slowly crumbling from the fire. Above the chaos, a golden ankh formed in the sky and Dr. Fate emerged.

Shock was the first thing he felt. That and a few other feelings all mixing together to form a fine blend of rage. As he descended he looked around in horror at the aftermath of whatever happened to this place; a few seconds later he landed in a clearing, a sort of massive square that once held a large statue that was now nothing more than a cracked plinth, and of the statue there was no sign save the few large chunks of rubble around the square. From his left he heard the desperate cry for help and flew towards it, his hand waving over the pieces of collapsed building, causing it to lift and land some distance away with a plume of dust. Underneath, within a ditch that he assumed was once the foundations to a home, he saw a mother with three children huddled around her.

He landed and got down to a knee. [color=fff79a]"What happened here?"[/color] He asked.

The mother simply pointed to the massive and untouched domed building. "A demon."

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