The Spider God of Apokolips

by HandAssassinSpiderman_2112

Summary:

An ancient enemy is rising and Darkseid recognizes the need for allies to help combat this long forgotten evil. The only ones who can help are the Justice League and the ruler of Apokolips has a plan in motion to secure an alliance with them. A plan that will require Wonder Woman to leave Earth and all she loves behind and marry his son Peter... the Spider God of Apokolips.

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used in this story

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A family of five were currently in Washington D.C., on vacation on a nice bright sunny day in the middle of August.

The mother and father were watching their three daughters run around playing and couldn't help but smile at their antics. The mother was just about to call over her children when suddenly a large portal opened behind the startled girls, creating a thundering 'Boom' that could be heard throughout the park. The mother and father gasped in horror as a large being soon emerged from the glowing vortex of energy. The being stood at around nine feet tall and was covered in blue and gold armor and had grey rock like skin with red malevolent eyes. They had their arms behind their back as they leisurely walked out of the portal and into the small park while giving the area a brief if unimpressed gaze.

This was Darkseid, ruler of the hellish world of Apokolips and the greatest threat to the New Gods of New Genesis and the multiverse on the whole… most of it anyway.

Darkseid saw the small family cowering at his presence and he smirked darkly before his eyes glowed red. The family screamed and ran causing the dark god to chuckle as his eyes stopped glowing.

"Heh, pathetic..." he muttered.

Darkseid scanned his surroundings and noticed a nearby white building with a dome on top of its structure and began to make his way towards it, all the while making sure to draw as much attention to himself as possible, without destroying or killing anyone. He couldn't do that, not now at least.

In several minutes the dark God was at the foot of the stairs that led up to the 'Capitol Building', at least that's what he's been informed it's called by his spies on Earth.

Darkseid's eyes narrowed at the sight of the building's design "Who in their right mind conceived this?"

He sighed before taking a seat on the steps, which was rather difficult given his large form and waited. He saw dozens of people watching him and already he could hear the local authorities approaching. He cared little for the miserable animal's curiosity of him, his mind was focusing on something else, or rather someone else. It was then a shadow appeared above Darkseid, causing him to smirk before his face went blank.

'Right on time...' Darkseid thought as he looked up to see Superman floating there with a glare on his face, his body tense. Soon before he could speak another being appeared beside him, this time a woman, and Darkseid had to resist the urge to smirk 'I'm going to really enjoy this.'

The newcomer was none other then Wonder Woman, and according to many of Darkseid's spies, the lover of the Kryptonian and… his fiancé.

Soon the Flash appeared along with Shazam, Batman, Cyborg, Aquaman and the Green Lantern. The group of heroes made up the team known as the Justice League, that several years ago came together and stopped Darkseid in his invasion of Earth.

"Darkseid!" Superman shouted as his hands formed into fists. His eyes glowing red as his heat vision began to build up within "Why are you here?"

Darkseid said nothing for a moment as he stared at the alien or more specifically the woman floating beside him 'Yes, she'll make a fine consort for him, far better then the Highfather's useless child ever would… and she'll make a worthy addition to my military.'

The Omega Effect user stood and turned his attention to Superman and called him by his birth name and giving a slight nod of greeting "Kal-El… thank you for bringing me my future daughter in law."

Everyone went silent at that remark.

Superman's eyes widened along with Wonder Woman's, Aquaman's eyes narrowed in confusion while Batman's reaction remained blank… on the outside, on the inside he was trying to wrap his head around what Darkseid just said.

"WAIT WHAT!?" the Flash yelled out in shock, his eyes widening "DAUGTHER IN LAW!?"

Green Lantern kept looking at Wonder Woman then Darkseid before muttering "What the fuck did I drink last night?"

Cyborg seemed put off by the god like being's proclamation as he looked to Batman in confusion "Did I just hear right?"

Wonder Woman was gaping at Darkseid for a moment before her eyes narrowed dangerously "What are you talking about!?"

Darkseid chuckled "Feisty, demanding, yes you'll do my son well. Source knows he needs someone to challenge him rather then simply submit meekly to him."

Superman's eyes narrowed in anger, tired of the New God's deflection "I'll ask you one more time Darkseid! Why. Are. You. Here?!"

It was then that Darkseid actually looked at Superman "I'm here to go over the final specifics of the union between one of my sons and… Diana here."

"He speaks the truth." a voice spoke up loudly drawing attention from everyone.

The speaker was a man with a gray beard, long salt and pepper hair, a powerful looking physique and excluded an air of power and authority. Diana's eyes widened at the sight of the man.

"L-Lord Zeus?" she spoke out in surprise.

The king of the gods and father to Diana turned to the Amazon and gave her a small nod "Hello, daughter."

"Wait what the hell is going on here? Seriously it's like I stepped into the twilight zone on crack!" Flash spoke out as he sped in front of Zeus who raised a brow at the man before his eyes darkened slightly and distant thunder was heard.

"I'd be more respectful if I were you boy." Zeus said quietly to the man who paled slightly before giving a sheepish smile and backing away.

"Sorry."

"I will accept that, given the… situation at hand." Zeus stated as he approached Darkseid and stared up at the slightly taller being "Your early."

"I have my reasons." Darkseid stated plainly while looking down at the smaller less powerful Old God "Let's get this over with."

"Very we-"

"Lord Zeus!" Diana spoke up as she landed along with Superman and addressed the god directly "What is the meaning of this? Why is Darkseid claiming me to be his daughter in law? Why are you even here meeting with him?!"

Darkseid chuckled "No harm in telling her now, it's her future after all."

Zeus sent the New God a look of annoyance before turning to his daughter "Diana… many years ago Darkseid came to earth seeking an alliance of sorts. At first we rebuked him and threatened to strike him down for daring to speak with us as equals nay… as his inferiors."

"Why didn't you?" Superman demanded with his eyes still on Darkseid's smirking form.

"I offered them power." Darkseid said simply "When I first came to Earth the gods here were… weak, to the point I would've actually been embarrassed to kill them all. I gave them a small portion of energy from the source that has allowed them to reach the level that they are currently at. In return all I asked is that Zeus was to one day marry his most powerful daughter to one of my sons. For a time, I thought of choosing Athena or Artemis, but they have taken a vow of never marrying and I... respected that choice."

Superman snorted in disbelief "You, respect for anything?"

Darkseid's eyes glowed darkly in amusement "I would never force myself or tolerate any of my sons forcing themselves upon a woman in such away Kal-El. I may be the lord of Apokolips, but I do have... limits."

"And yet you'll force me to marry one of your sons!" Diana shouted at the blatant hypocrisy of the dark God before her.

"The choice Darkseid offered isn't that terrible, and he's a much better match for you then this Superman is in so much as he's at least an actual God rather then pretending to be one." Zeus spoke up and surprised many with his defense of the mysterious son of Darkseid.

Diana gaped at Zeus's words while Batman approached and turned to Darkseid "Why now? Why seek this alliance with Olympus?"

The New God was quiet for a moment before speaking "That is none of your concern human. If you believe it is then you are a fool."

"What if I refuse to marry one of Darkseid's sons?" Diana challenged as she took her place by Superman's side.

Darkseid remained quiet while Zeus spoke in a grave tone "Than I will go before Hades and ask him to allow Darkseid to take every child who resides there currently… and throw them into the deepest, darkest pits of Tartarus."

Diana's eyes widened in sheer horror along with the other members of the Justice League, or at the very least those who were familiar with the legends of Tartarus and what it represented.

It was then that Darkseid spoke in a challenging tone "Could you live with yourself Diana, knowing that refusing to leave Superman, to forsake most of your ties to Earth and marry my son, you will be condemning millions of innocent children's spirits to an afterlife of unimaginable pain and suffering?"

Diana stood there with a look of complete shock on her face as she tried to process this entire scenario. Her own gods, her own father, estranged as he is, was willing to let Darkseid punish millions of children's souls if she didn't accept the marriage proposal.

It was than the Superman spoke as he stood before Zeus and Darkseid in defiance "You won't get her, and you won't touch those children! I won't let you!"

Zeus's eyebrows rose at the man's proclamation before saying in a calm tone "Martha and Johnathan Kent."

At the names of Superman's parents named being called out he staggered slightly "W-What?"

"You try to challenge me and my decision and I will raise your parents' home to the ground including Metropolis, as a start." Zeus said in a hard tone.

Superman looked like he was about to say something but Diana grabbed his shoulder and shook her head. Pain and confusion evident in her eyes.

'This truly is a good day.' Darkseid mused silently as Diana dragged Superman away so they could speak in private.

Batman watched them go before turning to Zeus "Why her of all people?"

Zeus turned to the Dark Knight "She is my most powerful daughter. Stronger than any that have come before her and after. Both in body and in spirit."

Batman looked back to see Diana starting to tear up as she and Clark who also looked beyond upset tried to find something they could use to prevent this twisted perverted thing from taking place.

"So Darkseid gains Olympus as some sort of ally from this marriage, what do you gain?" Aquaman asked as he approached the trio holding his trident.

Zeus looked towards the King of Atlantis "We maintain our power and Darkseid will no longer attempt to invade and conquer the Earth. Preventing millions form dying."

"For now…" Batman said with his eyes narrowing behind his cowls lenses. The ruler of Apokolips will betray them eventually and if Zeus doesn't believe so, then he really is as arrogant fool as he's been led to believe.

Darkseid chuckled "And as a bonus I gain the Justice League as allies."

"What makes you say that?" Zeus questioned.

"They will not abandon her and will come to her aid and by proxy mine as well." Darkseid shrugged as he folded his arms across his chest and resumed watching the tragedy that was befalling Superman and Wonder Woman's romance.

After several minutes the duo approached them. Superman looked beyond crestfallen while Diana just seemed broken. Batman couldn't blame her really; he'd be less than thrilled to find out he was marrying Darkseid's daughter Grail or perhaps Maxima.

Diana approached Zeus and quietly pleaded "Is there no other way to prevent this? Some other agreement that can be made?"

Zeus looked at her for a moment before nodding "There are…. But I won't allow it."

Diana closed her eyes in defeat while Darkseid pulled something from his belt, a mother box to take him back to Apokolips "I will be returning in two days with my son so you can meet. He is also offering you the decision on wheatear you want a wedding or not. Afterwards… your duties as a princess to Apokolips begins."

He activated the device and entered the portal and returned to prepare for Diana's arrival. Zeus watched him go before turning to Diana "I am sorry Diana, but it's for the best. Not only for Olympus but also the world as it longer as to fear another invasion from Darkseid."

Diana didn't respond as she stared off into space. Clark looked at her sadly before hugging her tightly, an embrace that Diana returned. Zeus looked at the two before vanishing n a golden flash, leaving the heroes on the steps of the Capitol building.

Aquaman, Cyborg, Flash and the Green Lantern all watched the duo quietly. None of them really didn't know what to say that could make this entire situation better.

Batman on the other hand was processing everything he gained from this.

'Something isn't right, but I don't know what it is.' Batman thought before looking to see Diana slowly remove the engagement ring that Clark gave her only a three days ago. He vowed to get to the bottom of this and help Clark and Diana.

If only he knew what was coming.

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The Throne Room of Apokolips…

Darkseid had returned from making the necessary arrangements with his servants for Diana's arrival. It was then that he saw the son that would be wed to the Amazon standing at the base of his throne.

Peter.

Several centuries ago, during one of the very few and ironically final meetings with New Genesis and the Highfather, Darkseid had stumbled across a rather attractive New Goddess. It was the anniversary of his first loves death, and he was feeling a microscopic bit of loneliness, a fact he will never reveal to anyone even if it meant survival and she was all too young, naïve and willing.

To make a rather long story short, it did not take long for the woman to become pregnant with his child and the New Goddess was 'asked' to leave New Genesis by Highfather and others of his court. Almost a year later Peter was born or more accurately he tore his way through his mother's womb. It wasn't his fault entirely, he just happened to have been born with a few animalistic characteristics that weren't under his control a the time is all. Still it was enough for Darkseid to reluctantly take the blood covered child in and raise him, or rather throw him to one of the many Slave Camps on Apokolips and leave him to grow on his own or perish.

While Peter may not have inherited his god like physical strength, or seemingly endless raw power like some of his other children, he did inherit his intelligence to a great degree. Without it, Darkseid doubts Peter would have made it as long as he had. 

The man was clad in a new sort of power armored suit that he's been developing for a while. The suit was capable of withstanding most high powered energy weapons and enhancing his strength almost threefold. The suit also has a small cloaking device on it and occasionally deployed a sort of hard light energy cape that he can use to help him glide over considerable distances without the aid of the built in anti-gravity harness. The suit's colors were mainly red and dark blue with a pair of large lenses on the red clad head that looked to be a pale yellow. On the chest was a red spider that had its bottom four legs brought together into a sort of triangle while the second to top pair branched off from the spider and across the shoulders and down the arms that connected to the thorax of a small red spider that had a similar design as on the chest. The inner thighs were red down to the knees while the boots were dark blue with small red ridges on the calves. The suit's rib cage was also red in color.

"Peter." Darkseid addressed his son as he walked up to his throne and sat on the obsidian colored stone.

"My lord." Peter responded by kneeling.

Another thing Darkseid has taken to liking about the man, he was respectful… most of the time.

"Are you ready to meet your future wife?" Darkseid smirked evilly.

"I am… curious." Peter replied while still in a kneeling position.

"Hehehehe…. I'm sure you are." Darkseid said before waving him away "I tire of your presence, leave me."

Peter nodded before standing and making his way out of the hall and back down towards the laboratories that he normally prefers then the arenas and barracks that most of his 'siblings' preferred.

"Peter!" Darkseid called out to the man before he reached the threshold.

He stopped and looked over his shoulder towards his father's glowing red eyes "My lord?"

"If you jeopardize this alliance with the Olympians and the Justice League… you will be longing for something sweet as agony." Darkseid warned his son as he sat back in his throne.

Peter felt his blood run cold before he nodded and walked a little faster out of the room. All the while hearing Darkseid's chuckling.

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And done.

Next chapter, The 'newlyweds' meet. 

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned, or used in this story

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It was two days later that Diana and The Justice League found themselves aboard the Watchtower, headquarters for the League that orbited the Earth waiting with Zeus, Hera and Diana's own mother Queen Hippolyta and her sister, Donna, her protégé Cassandra, along with several high ranking Amazons for the arrival of Darkseid and his son.

Diana was gazing at the ground in sadness at her current predicament.

Several days ago, Clark after being with her for several years, had finally asked her to marry him. It was one of if not the happiest days of her life, his parents were beyond happy that Clark had finally asked the woman that the old couple had come to see as a daughter to officially become part of the family while her own mother was elated that Diana had finally found someone to spend the rest of her immortal life with aside from her, her sister Donna, Cassandra and the Amazons of Themyscira. Donna and Cassie practically screamed to the heavens in joy at the woman they both respected and admired finally settling down.

'My life seemed to be finally coming together and now… now I'm being forced to give it up so my 'Gods' can keep their power!' Diana mentally raged at being cheated out of a happy life by the very beings she's worshipped and championed for time and time again.

She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked to see that it was Clark's. He was looking at her with a look of sadness that she knew may never be erased after today. To her, it felt as if part of her was dying at being separated from Clark, after all they've faced and endured together. She placed her own hand on his and gripped it tightly just as a portal appeared several meters in front of the group with a near deafening 'Boom'.

Diana took a deep breath and steeled herself from what will happen next.

She saw that the first to emerge was Darkseid himself followed closely by his second in command and first born son, Kalibak. For a brief moment Diana feared that the sadistic brute would be her… husband, but Zeus stated that it was actually one of Darkseid's 'lesser' sons. From what she was told, he was considered lesser because he did not have the same kind of power that Kalibak and several of his other half-siblings possessed such as Orion of New Genesis or Grail. Diana was surprised to learn that Darkseid had more than three children outside of Grail and Kalibak and Orion, she's even more surprised that there were people willing to lay with the monster.

Though, a part of her believed these partners were less then willing in the conception of these other children.

Behind Kalibak several Parademons followed, each armed with an energy rifle of some sort before final figure to exit the portal was a man that looked to be a bit shorter than Diana. He was dressed in a blood red and dark blue suit of some sorts with a large red spider symbol on his chest and two smaller looking ones on his wrists. His head was covered in some sort of mask or helmet and had large pale yellow lenses on it that were vaguely in the shape of tear drops.

The portal soon closed and the party from Apokolips stood across from the Justice League and their guests. The room was silent and tense with neither side moving or speaking. Finally, after several more moments Hera spoke in a neutral tone.

"Welcome Darkseid, I trust that all is well on your world." Her face gave nothing away on her opinion of the God of evil or his entourage.

"All is well Lady Hera." Darkseid gave the woman a small nod of respect that almost seemed genuine... almost. He then gestured to the smaller man beside him "This is my son Peter, one of my top scientist and chief engineers… and soon to be Diana's husband."

Diana swore she detected the barest hints of mockery at the end of the New God's introduction, clearly directed towards Clark.

Peter gave a slight bow to the Queen of Olympus "Greetings, my lady."

Hera examined the man that was to be wedded to her champion today with a critical eye. He wasn't as tall or as muscular as the man known as Clark Kent or even his father and half-brother, but he seemed to have some sort of hidden power within him that she couldn't quite place.

'There is more to this New God then meets the eye.' Hera thought to herself before nodding back at the younger being.

Zeus then stepped forth "Darkseid, I believe it is time to go over the final arrangements of this union, yes?"

"Of course" Darkseid nodded before he then turned to his two sons and the few Parademons that accompanied him "Behave yourselves."

"Of course father." Kalibak placed a fist over his chest with a bow along with the Parademons.

"I'll try." Peter said following his brother's example.

Darkseid made a nose of slight annoyance to his younger son while his eyes said 'Watch it'.

Peter's body tensed slightly more out of habit than anything else. After years of faithful service and the advancements he's made with Apokoliptin technology, his father has given him 'some' leeway in how he speaks to him along with several of his siblings. But he knows better not to act out too often or too badly, he was still considered a 'lesser' son and that made him far more expendable in most others eyes.

Zeus than gestured to Hippolyta, Donna Troy and Cassandra 'Cassie' Sandsmark "This here is Diana's mother, Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons and her younger daughter, Princess Donna and Cassandra is Diana's protégé and one of my won daughters with a mortal woman. I thought it wise to allow the bride's own mother and sisters to be present and see her off."

"Lord Darkseid." Hippolyta gave the New God a bow of courtesy as did her daughter and Cassandra.

To be honest, she was appalled by this entire joke of an affair, to see one of her precious daughters married off to one of this demon of monster's spawn disgusted and enraged her to levels she wasn't aware she could reach. She'd rather suffer under the hands of Hercules and his men a thousand times over again if it meant keeping her daughter from Darkseid's filthy hands.

Darkseid eyed the woman for a moment before chuckling "You have quite the mind in you Hippolyta."

"I beg your pardon?" Hippolyta asked confused by the statement.

Darkseid merely tapped his head and gave her a knowing look. It was then she realized that he was implying that he could hear her thoughts. She quickly threw up what mental defenses she had, much to the dark god's amusement.

Darkseid then followed Zeus, Hera, and Hippolyta to the conference room used by the Justice League to go over the final details of the marriage. Kalibak and Peter remained in the main hall along with the small guard of Parademons. Kalibak kept a careful watch on the Justice League and their Amazon allies along with the Parademons. The Justice League and the Amazons responded in kind while Peter looked around the room they were in.

"Huh, impressive installation you have here… for a class two civilization." Peter remarked before walking over to a large viewport that gave him a view of the Earth. Along the poles he could make out an odd spectacle of lights 'Huh, those look like the lights I saw on New Genesis once when I visited the arctic regions. I wonder if it's magic or simply particles in the planet's atmosphere reacting to the solar radiation from its star.'

Diana watched the man for a moment before looking towards Clark who also had his eyes on her apparent betrothed. Shazam then suddenly flew over towards the man causing everyone in the room to tense.

Peter looked towards the large red clad hooded man with his lenses widening "Wow, your big. What do you eat, planets? Not the first guy I met who does."

Shazam eyed the man closely "So your Darkseid's son?"

"Correct." Peter nodded.

"But your so…" Shazam gestured to Peter's smaller frame compared to Kalibak's heavily muscled eight foot nine frame.

"Short? Not as imposing? Doesn't have an air of dread and cruelty around them?" Peter said dryly as he repeated some of the comments others have made in the past on his appearance.

"Uhh, yeah?" Shazam said hesitantly.

"Not all of Darkseid's children look like they fell into a blender of muscle and rage when we were younger, sorta like Kalibak over there. If only they had added good looks too." Peter pointed to his larger and more powerful brother who growled out in annoyance.

"Careful brother… else my fist will find it's way to your head." he held up a clawed fist.

"Your fist need any help finding my head? Hmmm I think I can build you something that can help. As long as you don't destroy it." Peter fired back at his brother who gritted his teeth in aggravation. Peter looked towards Shazam "Brothers, am I right?"

Shazam looked at the two back and forth "Uhh yeah… right."

"Oh come on, I'm not going to go on a berserking rampage if you talk to me. It's actually kind of nice to speak with someone that can actually think for themselves or isn't a slave that agrees with everything you say out of fear… no offense guys!" Peter yelled the last part out towards the Parademons who were still watching the Justice League with their weapons at the ready.

"He's not what I really expected." Barry Allan aka the Flash whispered to Clark and Diana.

Clark whispered back "What were you expecting? A miniature Darkseid?"

"Uhh yeah kinda." Flash replied with a shrug.

"Looks can be deceiving Barry." Diana said while she watched Peter continue to speak with Billy Batson's alternate identity "He may appear harmless compared to his father or brother, but that does not mean on the inside he's any less cruel."

"True that." Barry nodded in agreement.

"Are you going to introduce yourself?" Bruce Wayne aka the Batman of Gotham City questioned the Amazon Princess "You will be his wife, soon."

Diana took a deep breath and resisted the urge to shiver in disgust "Please, don't remind me."

"Any ideas Bruce?" Clark asked his friend and co-leader of the Justice League.

"None at the moment" The vigilante said as he stared at Peter for a moment before he then placed a gloved hand on Diana's shoulder "Clark and I won't rest until we find a way to bring you home Diana."

"I know." Diana gave the man a nod of thanks "If anyone can, it's the Batman."

Bruce smiled slightly at the little joke she told before she saw his gaze flicker behind her and she felt Clark grow tense. She slowly turned to see Peter standing about two meters away looking at them with Shazam and Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern on both sides of him. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kalibak move closer to with his hands still at his side, but his body was tense. Diana drew her attention back towards the man that in a few minutes will be her… husband.

Peter stepped closer and held out an armored hand "Hello, I'm Peter."

Diana slowly took his hand and shook it "Diana."

"Of Themyscira correct?" Peter probed hoping to get to know his future wife better.

"Yes, or I was." Diana kept her tone neutral.

Peter stared at her for a moment before speaking "Soooo, do you want to do a wedding or anything like that? Ceremony or some sort of public announcement?"

"No, I don't want to do any of that." Diana shook her head. In her time traveling and learning about Patriarch's world she's come to see weddings as grand gatherings reserved for the union between two people who loved each other deeply and wanted to share the moment with their families and closes friends. She always imagined that her and Clark's wedding would be a small intimate affair with just them, his parents and her mother and sisters and their closest friends.

She will not have that feeling, that moment, ruined by some political marriage to some dark and twisted god's son.

"Oh." Peter seemed a bit surprised by that "I just thought that you wou-"

"If this situation proves anything, it's that no one cares for what I think." Diana said a bit too icily.

Peter to her shock actually flinched at her tone "Sorry… I just wanted to uh, make this more bearable for you is all."

Diana's expression softened slightly and I mean so slightly it might as well have not happened "Thank you for the consideration."

Peter nodded before he took in Clark's appearance "So you're the Kryptonian that's given my father trouble in the past… thought you'd be bigger."

Clark gave the man a blank gaze as he folded his arms "Sorry to disappoint."

"Hehehe, no you're not." Peter joked before poking the house of El's family crest with a clawed hand "So what does this mean? Kryptonian's family crests usually are symbols for something."

Clark didn't respond as he continued to stare down the man that was taking the woman he loved from him. Peter returned the man's gaze with his lenses narrowing slightly as he stared up at the bigger man.

Soon Darkseid returned along with Zeus, Hera, and Hippolyta and marched over towards Kalibak before stopping to look at Peter and Diana "Come, we are leaving this planet."

Peter nodded before looking back at Diana and her friends "I'll give you a moment."

He then turned and followed his father and brother, who was activating the mother box, and the Parademon guards.

Diana watched the New God for a moment before turning to her friends, her family with a crestfallen face. Her mother had tears falling form her eyes as she embraced her along with her equally upset sisters.

"I will not rest until I find a way to bring you home, even if I have to storm Apokolips myself." Hippolyta quietly promised.

"Diana, if that guy gives you any crap kick his ass!" Donna mumbled out.

"Yeah, make him and his father regret doing this to you." Cassie said with tears pouring down her red face.

Diana smirked a bit at that "They'll be begging you all to take me back."

Her sisters laughed along with her mother before they broke apart.

Diana moved to remove her bracelets, sword, lasso and shield when she saw her mother shake her head "No, keep them as well as your armor. I feel that you will need them in the coming days…"

Diana nodded "Thank you mother."

Hippolyta went to stand by her guards followed by Cassie than Donna. She then turned to see the Justice League, her friends staring at her helplessly. They've faced some serious threats and problems in their time together, but nothing like this. If they tried to stop Darkseid untold devastation and possible genocide will be unleashed, but if they don't stop Darkseid then one of their own will be swept away to be made into some trophy wife to the son of an evil tyrannical god and forced to bear his evil alone.

Either way, the League was getting screwed in ways they didn't even know about… and none more so than Superman. It was so painfully obvious that a large part of this seemed to be dedicated to hurting the man of steel as much as possible.

Clark slowly approached Diana and cupped her face with his hands as he looked at her in longing and sadness "I won't give up Diana, I'll move every star in the universe if it means bringing you home again."

Diana felt tears sliding down her face "I know you will. Please take care of yourself."

"I will, you'd never forgive me if I didn't." he said with a sad smile, tears gathering in his eyes.

"And tell Martha and Johnathan that… I'm sorry." Diana choked out.

"You have nothing to be sorry for." Clark said hugging and seeing Darkseid and Peter waiting for her "If anything… I'm sorry for not being strong enough to protect you."

Diana pulled back and wiped the tears away and gave Clark a sad smile "Clark… your strong, your fast and the very pinnacle of what I believe mankind can one day achieve...but you can't protect everyone."

"Doesn't mean I can't try." Clark said before leaning in and given her one last kiss.

The kiss was bitter sweet as they poured all of their love for each other into it until their lips bruised.

Diana pulled back and touched his cheek before slowly turning and walking over towards the portal. She passed Darkseid and Peter without a glance and entered the portal.

Peter looked towards the League for a moment before shrugging and following his now wife.

Darkseid stood there and started at the Justice League with a grin. He was able to finally achieve what no other has. He's left them broken, feeling hopeless and best of all emotionally scarred, and he did all of this without even lifting a finger.

"Do not worry Kal-El..." Darkseid spoke to the man who suffered the most "If she behaves herself, I will allow her to visit… assuming her husband approves."

Clark glared at the warlord with his eyes turning red form the buildup of his heat vision "Fuck. You!"

"Hehehehehe." Darkseid laughed as he entered the portal and returned to Apokolips.

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And done.

So next chapter Diana gets settled in her new life on Apokolips and we get to see Peter and Diana interact more as… husband and wife.

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own any Marvel or DC characters mentioned, seen or used in this story

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Diana exited the Boom Tube into what she concluded was the throne room of Apokolips, the very heart of Darkseid's power.

She took a glance around the large dark chambers and was a bit surprised on how empty it was. Aside from a few Parademons at the entrance and at the foot of his throne also occupied by the Fury Granny Goodness the hall was empty.

'Odd, I was expecting Darkseid to have hundreds here to witness my union with his son.' Diana thought, though she wasn't going to complain that there were no masses of Darkseid's servants here to bear witness to her humiliation.

Darkseid finally stepped through with a smug expression upon his face, aiming a nod of dismissal towards Kalibak. The current heir to the throne of Apokolips nodded and turned on his heel and made his way to his quarters, but not before giving Peter a small shove that nearly sent the smaller New God spiraling down t the floor.

"You know Kalibak you could have just gone around! It's not like the room isn't big enough for you to so!" Peter growled out in some annoyance.

"Next time, move runt." Kalibak called over his shoulder.

"Next time I'll disable your weapons. Let's see how long you last against a rampaging Buuden." Peter muttered darkly as he turned his attention to Diana and sarcastically said "Aren't brothers like him just the best. They really make you feel loved."

"I wouldn't know." Diana said as she crossed her arms "I've never had any brothers."

Technically not true, she had a number of half-brothers on her father's side, but she never truly acknowledged them beyond sharing the same father. The likes of Hercules, Ares and the First Born had often at times left her appalled at having any sort of blood relation to them.

"Sounds like New Genesis." Peter quipped.

"Diana!" Darkseid called out to the Amazon as he took a seat on his throne and beckoned her to approach. Diana did so with reluctance.

She stopped at the base of the small stair case that led up to his black throne and forced herself to bow to her new… father in law.

"My lord…" she all but forced out.

Darkseid smirked at Diana's words, pleased to finally hear a member of the Justice League refer to him as so, even if reluctantly "Diana now that you are a princess if albeit a 'lesser one', to Apokolips you will have several duties to preform befitting your station as both a warrior and a member of my court." He then gestured to Granny Goodness "You will be inducted into the Furies under the command of Granny Goodness here."

Granny Goodness was an old looking woman with white greying hair dressed in chain mail like armor with a wicked look in her grey eyes. She turned to Diana and smiled darkly "Oh yes, she'll do nicely amongst the Furies."

Diana's eyes narrowed at the old hag in contempt but kept any words she had to say on the matter checked.

Instead she nodded "…As you wish."

"They act not only as my personal guard but also as my assassins when Kanto or several of my other children are unavailable. I do hope that this won't be a problem for you in the coming days…" Darkseid's eyes narrowed at the Amazon in a sort of challenge.

Diana was quiet for a moment before taking a deep breath and exhaling through her nostrils "No… it will not be, my lord."

Darkseid smirked at the answer, he was aware that it will be and as she is now it could prove to be a mistake to assign her such tasks.

'I'll have to speak with Granny Goodness about this…' he thought before he spoke again "Excellent, now it has been a long day and I'm sure your quite exhausted. Peter will show you to your new chambers. Tomorrow your duties to Apokolips begin. Fail and I promise you pain beyond anything you can comprehend."

Diana raised her head and stared back at the glare Darkseid was shooting her with one of her own. Several tense moments passed before Diana spoke in a strained tone "Yes… my lord."

Darksied smirked darkly at the woman's strong sprit 'She'll fit in quite nicely here.'

The ruler of Apokolips waved Diana and Peter away while he ordered Granny Goodness to stay so they can discuss a few private matters. Diana already knew that she was the subject of whatever discussion the two will have.

'He's likely going to have his Furies keep an eye on me.' Diana thought as she followed Peter.

After several minutes of silently walking Peter finally spoke "So what do you think of Apokolips so far?"

Diana raised her brow at the man. While she was really in no mood to really talk with the man, she figured it couldn't hurt to indulge "I have never visited this world before. And we have yet to see the outside, so I have no way of forming an accurate opinion."

Peter stopped and turned to look at Diana "Really, well then let me give you the tour of your new home!"

"That will not be ne-" Diana began only for Peter to throw his arm around her shoulders which was a little difficult for him on the account that her shield and sword were on her back. She had to resist the urge to take the man's arm and snap it in half.

"Trust me, once you've seen what Apokolips has to offer, you'll be thanking me for the tour. Sides, It's not like out room is going anywhere and it's only morning." Peter said as he and Diana turned left down a hall before he came to a sudden stop at the sight before him. Diana almost stumbled before looking at Peter and confusion and following his gaze. Ahead of them was another figure, a woman Diana realized.

An extremely beautiful woman.

The woman was a little taller than her with her skin a light silver in color with long waist length black hair. The woman wore a crown on the top of her hair that had a small red skull with the Omega symbol glowing on it. Her eyes were purple with dark eye shadow that made her eyes seem brighter. Her lips had what Diana figured to be dark purple lipstick while her cheeks had a faint blush on them. The woman was garbed in a sort of purple dress that reached her heels and left her shoulders bare and seemed to be struggling to contain her large breasts. Both her arms had fingerless light purple gloves with gold embroidery on them that reached her elbows.

Diana also felt Peter tense as thee woman drew closer, the way she moved was like water, fluid and graceful with a slight sway of her hips that Diana secretly admitted to briefly staring at. The unknown female came to a stop several feet in front of the pair. The woman's cold eyes swept over Diana's frame and the amazon felt a bit uncomfortable under the unknown woman's gaze. It was like she was being held under a magnifying glass.

Finally, the woman's gaze turned to Peter and Diana swore she saw a flash of loathing and utter contempt in her eye. "Ahh Peter, so this is your new…wife."

Diana felt her ears prickle at the sound of the woman's voice. She spoke in a light echoing sort of tone that could either get a lover's blood boiling in lust or freeze it in dread. There was also something else in her tone that made the demigoddess's skin crawl. Peter even seemed unnerved by the woman before them.

Peter removed his arm from Diana's shoulders and gestured to the woman before them "Diana, this is Lady Mortalla, consort to lord Darkseid and soon to be his future wife."

Diana gave the woman a slight bow but kept her eyes on her. Something inside Diana was warning her to never take her eyes off this woman under any circumstances. "My lady."

"Aww look at that Peter, she's even house trained, you must be so proud." Mortalla sneered as she folded her arms under her generous bust that surpassed even Powergirl's.

Diana bristled at the comment while Peter's tone took a slight edge to it but still remained respectful and almost obedient... almost.

"May I ask why you have 'graced' me and my wife with your presence lady Mortalla?"

The future wife of Darkseid kept her gaze upon Peter before smiling, displaying her star white teeth "I merely wished to meet your new wife and welcome her to the family. I'm sure she'll do Apokolips proud… assuming she lives long enough."

She then brushed pass the pair and made her way to the throne room where her lover awaited. Diana and Peter watched her go both with narrow eyes or in Peter's case, narrowed lenses. After Mortalla had disappeared from their view Diana and Peter both let out a collective huff of both annoyance and frustration.

Peter looked to his wife "So you've met the step monster. Word of warning, she hates all of Darkseid's children, even though she's sleeping with several of them. The only one she likes is her own."

"Who is she really?" Diana questioned.

Peter shrugged "She use to be a noble from Xandar, other than that I couldn't tell ya to be honest or care."

"Xandar?" Diana asked, she's never heard of the that world before. On many occasions when She and Clark had retreated from the world to his fortress of Solitude the two would sometimes listen to recordings on the known universe that the Kryptonians had collected in their hundred thousand years of space exploration. That and being friends with several Green Lanterns allowed her knowledge of other civilizations in the universe to grow.

"Xandar is the capital of the Nova Empire and by proxy the Nova Corps." Peter said as he and Diana continued down the hall.

"Nova empire, Nova corps… I've never heard of these before." Diana said with obvious, from Peter's perspective, confusion.

He decided to elaborate a bit since their first destination in mind was still a bit off "The Green Lanterns as you know have divided up their sphere of influence into about three thousand and six hundred sectors that all converge on Oa. In those three thousand six hundred sectors are roughly forty-five thousand galaxies, and last I checked there are about one point three million civilizations, with two hundred thirty thousand of them capable of interstellar travel either between planets or galaxies. Then there is the 'Frontier of Lantern Space' that's roughly twice the size of their typical sphere of influence. In that frontier space there are at least another sixty thousand galaxies and another several million civilizations."

"So the Nova Corps and Nova Empire are part of the 'Frontier space.'" Diana guessed.

Hal had mentioned his travels to the frontier several years ago with Kilowag where they encountered the Red Lantern Corps for the first time. He also mentioned that frontier space truly was a frontier. Hal had jokingly called it the 'final frontier'.

"No, to be honest the self-appointed 'Guardians of the Universe' on Oa are in reality only defending… less than nine percent of the KNOWN universe that you dwelled in." Peter said, shocking Diana.

"Only nine percent?" Diana said with her eyes widened slightly.

Peter gave her a curious look under his mask "Well yeah, the universe is always growing, sometimes significantly like two maybe three billion light years and sometimes barely a mile. The Lantern Corps from what I've heard from Devilance, hasn't really branched out in almost several million years. Oa may be the center of your and many other universes, that doesn't make it the most important thing."

Diana was quite for a moment as the two passed by a window and Diana chanced a look outside it to see something that looked like it belonged in the darkest pits of Tartarus. Hellish buildings, fire and smoke filling the air. How anything could survive here was a mystery to the woman. She felt a wave of despair hit her at the thought of all the beings that likely have to live here as slaves for their masters.

And now so will she…

Diana wanting to banish the road her thoughts were beginning to go down decided to continue her conversation with Peter on the apparent 'bigger universe'.

"So I take it the Nova Corps acts similar to the Green Lantern?"

Peter thought about for a moment before answering "Yes but there are a few differences. One of the biggest is that it's leaders didn't appoint themselves as the 'Guardians of the Universe', if anything they insure that beings like my father don't get too ambitious. Not that'll help them in the end once Darkseid discovers… well you know, finds a way to rule the multiverse and all that."

Diana's eyes narrowed at Peter's trailing off, he wasn't lying in the sense that Darkseid was looking for something, but to her it was clear he knew or had an idea of what his father was looking for. And whatever it is, was important.

"Are they powerful?" Diana inquired as she and Peter stepped into what seemed to be a gravity elevator of sorts that used gravitational forces to move people up and down.

"Enough that father doesn't feel like challenging them anytime soon." Peter shrugged as they came to a stop and they exited the gravity lift.

"He fears them?" Diana questioned, a bit surprised that there might be people out there that could pose a legitimate threat to Darkseid aside from the Justice League.

"No, it's just that Apokolip's enemies will use that moment to strike us. Don't get me wrong Diana, my father Darkseid is a powerful being… but there are others that could not only challenge him… but defeat him."

Diana's eyes widened at that particular information. Of all of the enemies that the Justice League has faced in the past, Darkseid was the one that stood out as their deadliest and most powerful foe. His strength and power surpassed even Clark's as he's on multiple occasions taken on the entire League and nearly defeated them singlehandedly! The only reason he was ever beaten in the past was because at the end of it all… it was still Darkseid against between seven or nine beings of considerable power at any time.

Before Diana could ask any further a deep voice spoke out.

"Take care in how you speak of our father Peter…"

A figure emerged from behind a column in front of both Peter and Diana. They were about the same size as Kalibak in terms of height and build, but that's where the similarities ended. He had grey skin that was framed by chin length black hair with a sort of golden headpiece with a large red square shaped ruby in the center. He was dressed in gold and purple armor that had a large red gem on the chest and three smaller ones along the waist. The man gave the two a blank stare as he approached them with heavy strides.

"Grayven… I was unaware that you have returned to Apokolips." Peter said with what Diana could detect was fear.

Grayven stared at his smaller brother with his gaze flickering over to Diana briefly before zeroing in on Peter again "I returned this morning… the uprising was blown out of proportion and was quickly dealt with."

"Good I suppose." Peter said as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.

Grayven was amongst Peter's least favorite half-brothers and half-siblings on the whole.

The tense meeting lasted for another moment before Grayven spoke again "Next time you speak of weakness and father in the same sentence… and it's not describing his enemies-" he leaned down until his face was right in Peter's "-I will tear you in half."

Peter gulped slightly before giving a nod.

Grayven smirked at Peter's response as straightened himself before turning to look at Diana with a slightly lustful look in his eye "Such a shame that a beautiful creature like you has to be wedded to such a… lesser son."

He reached a hand out to cup her cheek… only for Diana to grab it and shove it away with a glare on her face "Do not touch me."

Grayven's eyes narrowed at Diana for a moment before muttering "…Truly is a shame."

"Grayven, I believe your mother was looking for you." Peter spoke up all of a sudden. Peter was begging to grow aggravated at how Grayven was eyeing Peter's new wife with him right there!

"Why?" Grayven turned his attention away from Diana.

Peter gave him a blank gaze "You really think she'll tell me?"

"…Fair enough." Grayven growled out before he stalked off to look for his mother.

When he was out of ear shot Peter looked towards Diana "Guess who's his mother?"

Diana raised a brow and asked in a dry tone "Mortalla?"

"Correct." Peter nodded before looking back down the direction Grayven left "And once she marries Darkseid… he'll replace Kalibak as first in line to the throne."

"That sounds like it will be fun." Diana said in aggravation.

If the issues of politics and lines of succession in the Olympian pantheon and man's world were anything to go on, Apokolips's must be a literal nightmare.

"Yep, you came to Apokolips at the best time." Peter said with some snark before sighing "…Do you still want the tour or would you rather wait another time?"

"Honestly no… I don't." Diana said as she rubbed her brow in both exhaustion and annoyance.

"Well I'll take you to m- our quarters." Peter said before gesturing Diana to follow him.

It took some time before the two made it to his quarters and Dian couldn't help but notice that they seemed to be stationed in a less grand area of the Citadel. Peter seemed to pick up on this and decided to clarify.

"I'm a lesser son of Darkseid… meaning that my quarters aren't as grand as Kalibak's, Grayven's, Grail's or even En Sabah Nur's. There above any of the servants and most of Darkseid's court in terms of design and grandeur but…" Peter shrugged as he suddenly felt a little self-conscious about his station.

"It's fine." Diana said quietly.

The two finally arrived at Peter's- their room, and entered. The guest room was fairly large Diana saw, she estimated that it alone was twice the size of her and Clark's apartment back on Earth. There were a few lounges and chairs for people to sit in spread around the space and a large circular table at the center. She looked to see that aside from a few black tapestries on the wall displaying a red Omega symbol they were bare.

Peter led her to a room that opened to reveal a small bedroom. It wasn't too large, Diana saw that it was roughly the same size as her and Clark's room was. The bed on the other hand was small. Big enough to fit both her and Peter reasonably well… but small enough that the two would be touching.

'…Fantastic.' Diana mentally sighed. She is aware that something of this nature would happen eventually given that she and him were now married, but it just seems so, so wrong to her.

Clark was the only man she's ever been with and she preferred to keep it that way.

"So here's our room, there's a switch by the bed that'll allow you to call a servant if you're hungry or you need something. That closet over there is filled with some armor and clothes for you to wear, while your current attire is nice, you can't wear it all the time. The room is also secured so you shouldn't have to worry about anyone bargaining in on you… aside from me." Peter explained as he watched Diana move around the room with a calculating look under his mask.

Diana paused and gave Peter a questioning stare "How is it secured?"

"Biometric scanners of my own design." Peter said "The only other person allowed in here aside from me and you is Darkseid and well… he doesn't come here…ever. Like I said, lesser son." 

Diana briefly wondered if he was telling her in a way to make her a little more at ease. It did, to some degree. But she had to wonder…

"What if someone tries to force themselves in?" Diana asked.

"It'll alert me and my private guard of Parademons and activate the security defenses. Trust me, even Kalibak knows better than to try and force himself in here without my permission." Peter said in a serious tone before he turned to leave, much to both Dian's relief and curiosity.

"And where are you going may I ask?" Diana questioned as she stopped removing her weapons and shield from her person before crossing her arms and stared at Peter's retreating form.

"To my personal lab." Peter responded back without turning or stopping "I have a few projects that I like to finish." He stopped at the door to their apartment and looked back over his shoulder, his lenses narrowing "Don't wait up."

Diana gave Peter a minor glare of annoyance "Trust me 'sweetheart', I don't plan to."

Peter stared at her for a moment "Heh, sweet dreams… beloved."

Peter left before the woman could offer up a retort and began the trek to his lab. He wasn't lying when he said he had a few projects he had to finish, but he wouldn't deny he was also using them as an excuse to get aware from the former Amazon princess.

After a few minutes he arrived at the entrance to his personnel lab. He took a quick glance around to make sure no one was near before entering. The lights and holographic displays all turned on casting the still mostly dark room in a series of blues and whites that made it eerie. Peter didn't mind, he always like the dark for some reason, he chalked it up to the spider like characteristics he possessed.

"Sir…" a robotic voice spoke out.

Peter looked towards the source and easily found it within the darkness with his night vision "Ahh Vision, been a good boy while I was away?"

The being known as Vision stepped into the light of a holographic display. He was around Peter's height with purple synthetic flesh and wearing a sort of green body suit and a hard light cape that had a sort of metallic look to it. On his forehead was glowing yellow gem that Peter created used to store solar energy and to act as an energy source for his creation. On his arms were purple bracelets and he was equipped with purple armored boots.

Peter created him a few months ago to act as a sort of assistant since any he had usually ended up being agents for Dr. Bedlam, Darkseid's chief scientist and to some extent Peter's superior.

"The lab hasn't been breached by any of Bedlam's servants and I have made some headway in your symbiote experiment." Vision replied as he walked over to Peter and extended a hand out that pulled up a holographic display of the 'symbiote' experiment he has been working on.

"Good." Peter nodded before his mask seemed to recede back into his suit to show a rather youthful face with short messy brown hair and bright almost glowing ember colored eyes. He walked over to a table that had its surface vanish and reveal a mother box that he was tampering with. "Any other news?"

Vision hesitated for a nanosecond which to Peter concluded meant bad news for him or close to it.

"Kunla has been asking to speak with you." the android revealed. 

Peter sighed as he pinched the ridge of his nose. Kunla was one of Darkseid's 'lesser' daughters that's for some Source forsaken reason taken an interest in him. When will the New God-Shi'ar hybrid get the message and leave him alone!

"Great, just great." Peter groaned out before looking down at his latest project. He sent a mental command to his suit that suddenly created four long spider like limbs that emerged from his back that reached up to several monitors and displays and began tapping in a series of orders and sorting out any information.

Peter picked up a few devices and began to tinker with the mother box "Vision…"

"Sir?" the synthetic responded as he was making his way to another part of the lab to resume his duties as Peter's assistant.

"You think it'll be a good idea to tell Kunla that I'm married now?"

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And done.

Next chapter, The Furies... 

Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned, or used in this story

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Diana laid awake all day and night staring up at the ceiling as her mind began to accept the reality that she was truly on Apokolips and was now married to a son of Darkseid.

She tried to sleep but it continuously alluded her no matter how hard she tried to force her mind into a state of slumber. She was relieved to see that Peter never came back from his lab, a part of her wondered if he was perhaps with another lover.

'I won't complain if he was.' Diana thought as she laid in the bed before a frown formed on her face 'I pray that if he was, that his partner was willing…'

After several more minutes Diana finally huffed and threw her covers off her to reveal that she was only sleeping in simple tan bindings around her chest and the bottom part of a pair of pants that she found in the closet that were comfortable.

She made her way into the closet and looked through the rows of outfits she's been fitted with. Most of the dresses, to her annoyance were rather revealing and bordered on scandalous in her opinion. A few were modest enough but still showed a bit more skin than Diana preferred. It's not that she didn't like wearing clothing of that nature every now and again, just look out her appearance as Wonder Woman, but wearing these kinds of clothes here on Apokolips of all places made her feel dirty and exposed. The only thing she could say that she liked was the armor that was left there for her to use as a member of Darkseid's Furies.

The pants of the armor were white with golden bands that started above the ankle and ended part of the way up her calves. The chest piece had a sort of armored skirt with gold armor plating along the edges with the two square shaped ones resting on the sides of her thigs. The armor splits just above where her navel that was covered by a black belt with a golden Omega symbol on it was and cups the sides of her breasts and her nipples but keeping the top exposed as it wrapped around her torso under her arms with the back being protected up to shoulder blades. The shoulder pads of the armor were black in color and had the Omega symbol in gold displayed while the neck portion was more of the white armor that melded into a black and gold choker that would reach up to cup Diana's chin. The helmet was white and covered the top of her head but would keep her face visible and allow her raven colored hair to fall freely behind it with the sides of the helmet sticking out and rose almost a foot above her head that made it look like she had horns.

There was a small golden square on the forehead of the armor that looked to be vaguely in the shape of a spider with its legs pulled tightly together and jetting out slightly like Bruce's bat symbol did in a way. The white armored gauntlets of the armor reached up to her elbows and had gold plating at the end while several small golden spiders in the shape of the one on her head were placed over the knuckles to help the wearer inflict more damage if they resorted to punching their enemy.

Diana had to admit that the armor was finally crafted and seemed to weigh about as much as the bindings covering her breasts. She tried it on last night and found that it fit like a glove and clung to her form like a second skin. It also felt stronger and more durable than the armor that she wore as Wonder Woman, and it was forged by the gods themselves. Even the armored gauntlets felt as strong as her indestructible bracelets if not slightly more so.

'Seeing as I won't be getting any sleep, might as well report to Granny Goodness.' Diana thought as she undressed and began to don her new armor.

Afterwards she approached her weapons locker and reached for her sword and Lasso of Truth and slid the sword on to her back and equipped the lasso to her side. She then made her way to a small device on the wall that was in her and Peter's quarters. She activated the device that would summon a servant and waited for a response.

An electronic voice answered within seconds of being called "Yes my lady?"

Diana cleared her throat before speaking "I require a guide to the training grounds so I may begin my duties with the Furies."

"Yes my lady." the voice responded obediently and without hesitance.

Diana couldn't help but frown at how subservient the voice sounded, as if any sense of self was stamped out. A moment later she was alerted that someone was at the door. She wandered over to it and a holographic screen popped up showing who was outside the door, by their appearance, Diana figured it was the servant she had spoken to only moments prior.

They looked thin, as if they haven't eaten a full proper meal in months and had a sort of hollowed empty look in their eyes. It was as if all hope was crushed and only pain and despair were left to fill the void. Diana's hand had tightened into a fist at the sight of what was once a person being reduced to a shadow of their former self.

She opened the door and exited the room while the servant adverted his eyes to the floor and kept his head bowed, either in obedience or fear Diana did not know. She was willing to bet it was both.

"This way my lady." the servant said in a soft tone as he quickly began to lead Diana to the Furies training grounds. She made sure to memorize the path so that way she could get there on her own. It didn't feel right to force this person to escort her there all the time.

'But if he's not escorting me there, there's no telling what else he would be doing instead. This may actually be a blessing compared to his other duties.' Diana thought sadly.

No matter what, the servant was likely going to suffer in some form or fashion. Her hatred for this planet grew ever more as she followed the victim of Apokolips's malice through it's lord's massive citadel. After several minutes of walking and taking a gravity lift Diana had arrived at her destination. The Servant bowed quickly and practically fled down the hall before Diana could say thank you to him.

She frowned sadly at his retreating form.

"What in the Source's name are you looking at?" a female voice spoke up, catching Diana by surprise as she turned around to see another woman standing there.

She was tall, about Diana's height and was beautiful, with long blonde almost golden hair that seemed a bit longer than Diana's own, and a figure to rival her own. The woman was dressed in militaristic clothing with armored plating on her chest and shoulders and a black domino mask on her face. There were no lenses on the mask so Diana could see her bright blues eyes that seemed to glow with power.

"Who are you?" Diana questioned the woman with a sense of caution.

The woman frowned before she answered "Warbird, and you?"

"Diana of Th-… of Apokolips." the Amazon said with reluctance.

Diana saw the woman's eyes widened slightly before they narrowed and rage filled her eyes "Oh… so your Peter's new 'wife'!"

Diana felt her own rage build from Warbird's statement, the woman made it sound like Diana had any desire to be so in the first place "I'm sorry but is that a problem?"

Warbird's eyes narrowed more and bits of yellow energy began to glow in her hands "Your damn right it is-"

Before the other woman could say anything else the door opened to reveal Granny Goodness "Ah I've see you've met one of your comrades! Splendid, this will make things far smoother!"

Warbird gave Diana another glare before marching into the Furies training area, more bits of yellow energy beginning to form around her clenched fists. Diana and Granny Goodness watched her go, Diana in confusion and the leader of the Furies in amusement.

"She seems unhappy about me and Peter's…marriage." Diana said to her… superior.

The old woman shrugged "She was always hoping to be the one that Peter would marry."

Diana's eyes widened at that information as she looked to see Warbird standing before several Parademons. Barley a second passed before she attacked them with unrestrained fury and violence, the sort that would've given even the most bloodthirsty of the Amazons pause.

"Should I be concerned?" Diana said as she watched the other woman's moves. The woman's fighting style was impressive as she used her own energy projection abilities in conjuncture with her apparent superhuman ones almost flawlessly. The woman was a warrior to the bone and Diana couldn't help the very brief thrill that ran through her body at the chance of facing such a skilled combatant.

"No, she knows better as a Fury of Darkseid to attack any of his children's spouses as they are now either a Princess or Prince to Apokolips… even if you are a lesser one." The Fury leader said as she gestured for Diana to follow her.

"What exactly are lesser sons and daughters of Darkseid?" Diana asked as she followed Granny Goodness further into the training room that was filled with other members of the Furies of Darkseid "I was told that it had to do with power but not much else."

"Kalibak, Grayven, En Sabah Nur, Orion of New Genesis, and Grail are considered true children of lord Darkseid because they have inherited a great deal of power from him, be it raw physical strength, vast energy manipulation, nearly unparalleled psionic abilities and the like. Children who didn't inherit such abilities or have but to a vastly inferior degree are considered 'lesser sons or daughters' of Darkseid." Granny Goodness explained as she and Diana came to a small arena that sunk down into another level with several large cages at the far end.

Diana looked towards the cages and saw large dents and claw marks deeply imbedded in the metal doors. The ground was also littered with similar damage including faint stains that the Amazon was sure to be blood of some sort that was never cleaned.

Granny Goodness walked over to a panel and activated it and began punching in a series of commands "Before I assign you your duties I like to see just what you are capable of. Step into the arena."

Diana's eyes narrowed as she placed a gauntlet covered hand on her armored hip "I'm sure you are aware of what I'm capable of. We've faced each other in battle before."

Granny Goodness chuckled darkly "That we did princess, but it's mandatory… unless you're afraid to be bested. If that's the case I'm sure I can find you something to do. Wouldn't want you to break a nail or get your new fancy armor dirty."

Diana's eyes narrowed at the comment before she drew her sword and entered the arena with a scowl. Several Furies had stopped what they were doing and stood beside Granny Goodness as they examined their new recruit. One of the Furies was Warbird who was glaring at Wonder Woman.

A tall armored woman named Big Barda saw the look in the blonde's eye and chuckled "Jealous that your 'precious' Peter is as they say, off the market?"

Warbird turned her glare on Barda and through gritted teeth growled out "Shut. Your. Mouth!"

Barda responded with a chuckle as the two women turned their attention back to Wonder Woman as one of the cages opened.

One of the Furies by the name of Lashina stood beside Granny Goodness so she could see what she was about to release on Wonder Woman. She was clad in very revealing white armor that looked more like straps barely covering her breasts, rear, womanhood and legs. Her brown waist length hair was in a ponytail while her face had several white armored straps crossing her face and forehead. She had two metallic whips that channeled high amounts of electrical energy in them equipped on each side of her hips.

Lashina's eyes widened slightly at the choice "You chose a Buuden?"

Granny Goodness smirked darkly as she hit the release command "As they say my child, go big or go home…"

Diana watched the gate opening and could hear something large approaching. She twirled the sword in her hand, causing the blade to scratch against the metal floor and create a few sparks, as she waited.

'Let's see what kind of beast they can thr- WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?' Diana's eyes widened at the sight of the creature to emerge.

It stood at over twelve feet high with a long armored tail adorned with spikes on the sides and ended in a triangular shaped spike at the end. It's long muscular arms and legs were also naturally armored with spiked plating with bits of space to allow some flexibility and movement. The head was in the shape of that of a snake with bits of sharp teeth erupting from it's mouth that made it look like they couldn't all fit. The chest and back also seemed to be armored with what looked like horrendous burns etched into it's hide, exposing the muscular tissue and she swore bone as well.

The snarling creature began to drool at the sight of Diana as it's bright yellow eyes centered on her form. Its tail shook in anticipation as it took several heavy foot steps towards the Amazon.

The Buuden slammed its clawed fists into the ground "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!"

Diana's eyes widened as she felt the strength in the impact from her position. It was easily in the class 100 range, meaning that a hit from it could potentially hurt Diana if it makes contact. She hoped that this armor was more than capable of taking the damage.

It then began to charge towards Diana who held her sword at the ready. When the Buuden was close enough she ducked under a swipe from its large hand and made to stab the beast in one of the spaces between its armored plated skin. The magical blade to her dismay did not go very far and the wound seemed to cauterize itself. At this distance Diana could feel the alien's body heat, it was like standing next to a large bush fire.

Diana skillfully backed away from another swipe and when the alien reached for her she applied all of her strength into her next swing and sliced two fingers off the alien monster's seven fingered hand with ease.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAW!" the Buuden let out a roar of pain as it stumbled back before glaring at Diana's form and turning around to use its tail to hit the white clad Amazon.

Diana vaulted over the tail and launched herself on to the Buuden's back which proceeded to thrash wildly in an attempt to throw Diana off.

'It's like riding a mechanical bull on Venom!' Diana mentally complained as she tried to keep her grip on the Buuden. She even stabbed her blade as far as it could go into the alien's back and used it to help her hold on.

Suddenly the tail of the Buuden wrapped around Diana's torso and tore her from the creatures back and slammed her into the ground.

KARAKOOM!

The ground shook as Diana was repeatedly slammed into the ground by the Buuden's tail before being thrown across the arena. Diana flipped herself up and dug her hands into he ground to halt her momentum.

She looked up towards the growling Buuden with an excited smile as she wiped some blood dripping from her mouth. She may be a warrior for peace and prefer negotiations to drawing her blade or taking up arms against anyone, but she was still a warrior that relished the chance to face a worthy challenge when it presented itself.

"It's been a while since I've faced anything that could dish it out." Diana said as she cracked her neck before disappearing in a blur before reappearing in front of the Buuden's surprised face and ramming her fist into it's head.

KRAKLLK!

The force of the blow snapped the Buuden's head to the side almost to the point that it's neck snapped, blood and several teeth fell from the beast's mouth. Diana didn't let up as she delivered another powerful punch that created a small shockwave and sent the Buuden flying towards the wall. The impact created a sizable dent in the wall as the Buuden slowly slid to the ground.

Diana appeared before it and made to grab it again when the alien's head shot up and emendated a beam of yellow energy from its mouth and shot it right at Diana's surprised frame.

The white clad Amazon was only barely able to bring up her gauntlets in time to block the blast of energy that violently clashed with the armor.

JVVVVVMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Diana planted her feet into the ground and held ass the Buuden slowly rose and approached Diana with its beam intensifying in power. The alien war beast growled in annoyance at seeing the Amazon still standing.

Soon the Buuden was right in front of her and Diana was facing the full blunt of it's energy attack. She gritted her teeth as she felt herself being slowly pushed back by the sheer force of the blast.

"Looks like it's over…" Warbird said as she crossed her arms with an unimpressed look on her face "I expected more." 

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." said a Fury standing beside the blonde woman.

She was clad in a brown exoskeleton suit over a white sort of armored body suit with grey hair that reached her chin, dark red skin, green eyes, and had a faint scar that started on her upper lip and travelled up to the side of her head and ended close to her ear.

This Fury was known as Lemenus, she acted as a sort of heavy weapons expert for the Furies. Her physical strength placed her close to Big Barda, Warbird, and now Wonder Woman's level but only with the aid of her mech suit. Outside it her strength barely made it pass forty tons. She hailed from a world that was part of a distant Universe that was conquered by Darkseid's forces centuries ago and had long since been brought fully under the dark lord's rule, rebellion or thoughts of resistance having long since been rooted out.

"You see something I don't Lemenus?" Warbird question the heavy weapons user with a skeptical look.

The alien woman merely pointed to Diana.

Diana dug her feet into he ground before she pushed back against the beam of energy which caused a backfire into he Buuden's maw. The large alien stumbled back as it reached for it's smoking burnt face. Diana used that moment to ram her fist right into the creature's torso.

SPAKOOOOOOOOM!

The Buuden was sent flying back and right into the wall with enough force to shake the entire room. Some of the Furies watched with mouths agape while Warbird's narrowed, Big Barda chuckled at the sight as she placed an armored hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Do not fret Carol, I'm sure Peter will keep you as a mistress."

Warbird's response was to blast the taller woman away with a powerful photon encased fist.

WHRAKKT!

The other Furies parted away as the blonde stalked by towards the other side of the training room.

Granny Goodness chuckled at the display before turning her attention to the approaching Diana. Her arms were covered in the Buuden's blood along with a few splotches on the rest of her armor. "Hmm, yes a front liner will do you just nicely."

Diana removed her helmet and held in the crook of her arm as she brushed some bits of dust out of her hair "Front liner?"

This time it was Lemenus stepped forth and spoke "You along with me, Grail, Warbird and Big Barda act as heavy hitters. Our purpose on the battlefield is to often decimate the enemies front lines while the other teams of Furies or Parademons provide cover to ensure that we can't be overrun."

Diana thought this over before cautiously turning to Granny Goodness "So I will not be involved in assassinations?"

Granny Goodness gave her a thoughtful look before responding in a hopeful tone "We'll see; I still have high hopes for you."

'I pray that I disappoint you.' Diana thought before looking to several Parademons removing the corpse of the creature she fought. She turned to Granny Goodness "What was that?"

"A Buuden." the old woman said with a shrug "Come, let's get you better acquainted with the rest of your team."

"Barda is still out." Lemenus pointed out as she looked to see the taller woman still out cold.

Granny Goodness sighed "Well then wake her the fuck up! And Warbird, get that ass of yours over here now!"

'This is going to be a long day…' Diana thought as Warbird flew over with a glare pointed at her and Lemenus went to awaken Big Barda

…

Several hours later Granny Goodness had dismissed the Furies as she had a meeting to attend to with someone by the name of Devilance.

'Come to think of it, Peter mentioned him yesterday.' Diana realized as she aimlessly wandered down a hall within the Citadel. She had no particular direction in mind, she just needed some space from others, particularly Warbird.

"By the source I thought my father was joking." a familiar feminine voice broke Diana out of her thoughts.

Diana looked to see Grail approaching. Grail stood at around several inches taller than Diana herself and possessed black hair that reached passed her shoulders a bit. Her figure was similar to both Diana and Warbirds in that she had the perfect blend of muscle and womanly curves… as well as a slightly larger than average chest.

Grail's skin was a sort of light grey, with red eyes, a black armored bustier that connecting to her armored covered thighs that remained bare on the inside. Her knee high armored boots didn't make a sound as he approached the tense figure of Wonder Woman. Her axe was resting on her back as Grail gave an amused look to Diana.

"Finally realized that spreading your legs for some naïve Kryptonian was beneath you and decided to reach for something greater?" Grail taunted as she circled Diana "Love the armor by the way."

"What do you want Grail?" Diana growled out at the New God-Amazon hybrid that's caused her much pain in the past.

Killing Steve Trevor, nearly killing Clark and her on several occasions and even went as far as to frame one of earth's Green Lanterns John Stewart for attempted genocide. And that wasn't even half of it. In terms of enemies Grail was fourth on the list of most dangerous and powerful foes ever faced by the League.

She was able to single handedly take on Wonder Woman, Green Lanterns Hal and Jessica, the Flash, Batman, Superman, and Aquaman and win! Bruce even categorized her as a planetary level threat and culd prove to be unstoppable if left unchecked.

Grail's face sobered and an edge entered her tone, replacing the teasing one she was using previously "Careful Diana, while we may now both be Princesses of Apokolips, I'm still a true daughter of Darkseid while you're married to one of my lesser brothers. That makes you by proxy a lesser daughter by law!"

Diana's eyes narrowed before replying in a mocking tone "Forgive me… my lady." 

The atmosphere tensed to the point it appeared the two powerful women were about to come to blows when a deep voice with a sort of electronic undertone to it spoke up, cutting through the tension in the air with ease.

"Grail, stop."

Both women tensed and looked to see a large man approaching them calmly. Diana saw that he was as tall and as powerfully built as Darkseid was.

'And here I thought no one could be almost as tall or as imposing as him.' Diana thought as she observed this new individual.

He had grey skin similar to Grail but the shade almost being like that of Darkseid, dressed in some sort of hyper advance blue and grey armor with what looked like some sort of cables connected to his elbows from his back. His eyes were red while his lips were a midnight blue that was the same shade as the markings on the sides of his head and cheeks. He also had a large A on his belt that glowed a dark burning orange color.

The figure stopped several feet before Grail and Diana and looked at the two of them for a moment before his gaze settled on the taller woman "This is no way to treat a member of our new family."

Diana looked to Grail and she swears to every Olympian God and Titan that ever lived she saw the faintest of blushes appear on the grey skinned woman "As you wish brother…"

The man nodded before he turned to look at Diana "I apologize for my sister's behavior to you Ms. Prince."

"That is al-" Diana paused as she realized that the son of Darkseid addressed her by her last name "How did you kno-"

"I make it a point to know the names of all of my sibling's lovers, spouses and the like." he said in a blank tone before he extended out a large hand "En Sabah Nur…"

Diana slowly gripped En Sabah Nur's hand and shook it. She was surprised by the strength in the grip, it seemed to possibly rival if not outright surpass hers. When she looked into his eyes she saw that while he was looking at her with a pointed gaze it wasn't the same as the lustful one Grayven had given her, it was more calculating, as if he was assessing her. Mentally taking her apart and examining every part of her very being.

It was the same look she's seen on Bruce on multiple occasions, leaving her to conclude that this En Sabah Nur bared watching.

After a moment he released Diana's grip and turned to Grail "Where is Kunla? I must speak with her."

Grail's eyes narrowed "She's likely outside Peter's lab again. Why?"

En Sabah Nur's eyes narrowed as his voice took a harsh edge to it that caused both Diana and Grail to tense "That, is none of your concern sister!"

Grail lowered her head while her hands morphed into fists "I apologize brother…"

The larger man looked at his smaller sister for a moment before his body tensed and he turned slowly behind him. Grail and Diana both looked to see what drew the powerful being's attention and both saw Grayven standing not too far away watching them.

"Why are you here Grayven? Shouldn't you be at your mother's side like an obedient beast." En Sabah Nur growled as he glared at his half brother

A flash of rage appeared on Grayven's face, his eyes glowed slightly that Diana thought looked similar to Darkseid "Careful En Sabah Nur, least you test my patience."

The larger son of Darkseid look unimpressed with the show of strength before his arm morphed into some sort of advance looking canon that began to hum with energy "Leave, or I will send you back to your mother in pieces… assuming I'm merciful enough."

Grayven made to attack before Grail stepped beside her larger half sibling with her hand on her ax's handle and her eyes glowing red. "Please Grayven, don't stop on my account."

Grayven stared at his sister with contempt before he looked back toward En Sabah Nur "One of these days' brother, you'll push me too far."

"I fail to see how that would be dangerous for me." En Sabah Nur replied in a dry tone.

Grayven gritted his teeth in anger before turning on his heel and leaving. Diana watched him leave before turning to look at En Sabah Nur and Grail. "I take it Grayven isn't well liked amongst Darkseid's other children?"

"A few like him well enough. Everyone else just want him dead." Grail growled out as she folded her arms under her breasts.

"The only thing keeping him alive is that currently he is father's favorite and is arguably the most powerful of all of his children." En Sabah Nur said as he returned his arm to its natural state before he began to walk down another hall.

Diana and Grail watched the larger man leave for a moment before Grail spoke "I'll be seeing you around… sister."

Diana narrowed her eyes at Grail "As will I… princess."

The two stared at each other for a moment before Grail left down the same hall En Sabah Nur took. Diana watched the woman go for a moment before letting out a tired sigh and resuming her walk down the hall she chose earlier.

After several minutes she came to a stop as a green and purple being walked out of a room with a glowing yellow stone in his head and a yellow cape on. The being stopped and stared at Diana for a moment before giving a nod and a small bow.

"Ah madam, it is a pleasure to meet you."

Diana quirked a brow at the polite being "Um… The pleasure is mine…"

"Vision, I assist master Peter in his lab." Vision stated.

Diana looked towards the room he came out of "This is Peter's lab? Is he…in?"

Vision nodded "He is."

Diana mulled it over for a moment before she looked at Vision "May I speak with him?"

Vison frowned slightly "Sir is meeting with one of his siblings at the moment."

"Oh, I'll come by la-" Diana turned to leave when Vision spoke again.

"However you are sir's wife and therefore take precedence." Vision said as he opened the door to Peter's lab and led a confused Diana inside.

"For the last time Kunla, fuck off!" Peter's voice echoed through the lab, laced with annoyance and growing anger.

"But Peter dear I simply want to talk is all." a silky smooth voice spoke up trying to calm the man down.

Diana concluded that it was Kunla.

She walked around a monitor and saw her husband sitting on a bench with his face revealed to her and glaring at whom Diana concluded was Kunla. She was clad in a white dress that fitted with her snow white skin and platinum blonde hair that was done in an elegant ponytail bun hybrid. The dress Kunla was wearing had a plunging neckline that showed off a scandalous amount of cleavage to the point she might as well be topless. Her eyes were orange in color and she appeared to be a bit smaller than Peter in terms of stature.

Peter didn't even so much as glance at her body, instead he kept his eyes on Kunla's face "Well I don't want to talk now leave! I believe En Sabah Nur is looking for you."

The lesser daughter of Darkseid frowned "But Peter I don-"

"I believe he said leave." Diana said as she made her presence known.

Both looked towards her with different expressions. Peter's was one of relief and a bit of curiosity while Kunla's was of instant diastase.

"Why are you here?" the woman growled out.

Diana raised a brow and answered in a blank tone "Am I not allowed to spend time with my husband?"

Kunla's face darkened as she looked towards Peter who shrugged "What? You heard her, shoo, shoo."

Kunla stared at Peter for a moment before taking a deep breath and exhaling through her nose before she headed for the exit.

Vision was standing there with his arms behind his back ads he gave a polite nod "I hope your visit was fruitful madam."

"Shut up!" Kunla growled out as she brushed passed Vision and out the door.

Peyter let out a sigh of relief "Finally she's gone and I can get back to work."

He turned back to his latest project and began to tinker with it before he saw Diana still standing there. He raised a brow at her "Do you need something?"

"What? Oh no I just needed a place to be alone." Diana said.

"…Well you can stay here if you want. So long as you don't go screwing with some of the stuff in here." Peter said as he gestured over to a small area that had a few chairs and a table. Diana also made out a small cot looking bed in the corner.

'He must come and stay here a lot.' Diana mused as she turned her attention back to Peter's face. He wasn't horribly scarred or ugly like she secretly thought. He was rather normal looking at least compared to the rest of his family's appearances so far.

"I see you like the armor I had made for you." Peter said as he fiddled with some sort of advance device in his hands.

'So he had it commissioned.' Diana thought "Yes, thank you for the gift. It proved useful today."

"Yeah, I heard. Granny Goodness set you up against a Buuden. What kind was it?" Peter asked absent mindedly.

Diana raised a brow "There's more than one type?"

Peter stopped his fiddling and looked at Diana "Yeah, there's adolescents who tend to form small packs until they fully mature, rouges which are simply adults but they tend to be solitary beasts by that point, alphas which are very old and very powerful adults and then the really monstrous alpha rouges which are ancient adults. So which did you get?"

"I-I'm not sure." Diana said.

"Describe it." Peter said as he leaned against the bench. He listens to Diana's description before nodding "Oh, so you took on a rouge. Impressive."

"How powerful are these creatures?" Diana asked, curious.

"Adolescents and rogues tend to be capable of destroying entire nations if directed properly. Their thick hides allow them to survive low yield nuclear weapons, plasma infused munitions, and deconstructive atomizers." 

"And Alphas and rogue alphas?" Diana asked with dread.

"Alphas are twice the size and three times as powerful then your typical rogue." Peter said with a shrug "The rouge alphas are three times that size and four times the power of an alpha."

Diana's eyes widened at that information "Hera…"

Peter let out a laugh "Yeah, a rouge alpha could level a planet if it wanted. There some of my father's most prized pets."

"I'm surprised that Darkseid has never used them to attack Earth before. I doubt the Justice League would be able to stop one easily." Diana shuddered at the thought of just one Buuden running around.

"Maybe." Peter said before he pushed himself off the bench and approached a monitor "But they aren't too fond of sunlight, even sunlight reflected of a moon."

"Really?" Diana asked as she removed her helmet and placed it on a bench that had some space on it.

"Yeah, they have certain chemicals in their bodies that don't react well to solar radiation." Peter said as he mentally formed a spider leg from his suit and used it to reach for a data pad out of his reach. "So anything else interesting happen today?"

Diana stared at Peter for a moment before speaking in a dry tone "I met Warbird."

"…Would have loved to have been there for that." Peter said with a smirk.

Diana snorted as she folded her arms across her chest "I'm sure."

Several minutes of silence passed before Diana spoke "I also met another one of your brothers today."

"En Sabah Nur I presume? Aside from Kalibak, and Grayven he's the only other half-brother I have here on Apokolips at the moment and last I checked none of the others are visiting." Peter revealed "Of all of my half-brothers he scares me the most to be honest. Both because he's terrifyingly powerful to the point that he's arguably considered the most powerful of all of Darkseid's children and because he's smart, like me smart! Super strong and super smart, not someone you want to mess with."

"How many children of Darkseid are there?" Diana questioned Peter as she watched him move about the lab while keeping in mind to give En Sabah Nur a wide berth. If what she sensed from the large man and what Peter says is true, he could be a dangerous enemy to have.

"Currently and if you don't include Orion… Seventeen. Thirteen sons and four daughters. Used to be more, but... well not there isn't." Peter said as he looked around for something. He saw it on a far table, he raised his hand and placed his two middle fingers of his hand on his wrist and to Diana's surprise shot out a strand of what looked like webbing and snagged what he need. He gently tugged it over to him and caught it.

'Abilities of that of a spider, interesting…' Diana thought before she asked another question pertaining to Peter's half siblings "And where are the other sons and daughters of Darkseid at?"

Peter paused and thought for a moment before answering "My half-brothers are spread across father's empire for the most part, what they're doing I don't know nor care. As for his daughters, their all on Apokolips, you've already met Kunla."

"And I ran into Grail earlier." Diana commented 'That leaves two I have yet to meet…hurray.'

After a few minutes of silence Peter threw something on the bench and sighed in frustration before looking over towards Vision who was scanning something "Viz, I'm done for the day. Make sure to lock down the lab after your done."

"Very good sir." Vision replied as he continued to examine his current project.

Peter nodded before looking towards Diana "Come on, I'll show you back to our room from here."

Diana frowned as she picked up her helmet but didn't put it on "Are you staying in for the night or will you be joining Warbird later?"

Peter gave Diana a grin "Staying for the night… after all what kind of husband would I be if I neglected to satisfy your needs."

"I doubt there's anything you can do to satisfy me." Diana said with a glare as she brushed past Peter towards the labs entrance.

Peter looked at for a moment before smirking "Give it time…I have a knack for growing on people."

"Like a fungus probably." Diana muttered.

Peter chuckled as the two made their way back to their shared quarters.

...

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And Done.

Next chapter, Family bonding...

Chapter 5

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC character seen, mentioned, or used in this story.

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"So, you're a scientist?" Diana questioned Peter as they sat down in the small dining area of their quarters.

Peter had kept his mask off while Diana returned her weapons and helmet to her closet before joining Peter at the table. The chairs were made of some kind of stone, but they were oddly comfortable and warm while the table itself seemed to be made of obsidian and looked like it had small galaxies floating inside it.

Peter had sent a command ahead and had their dinner prepared for them and set by the time they arrived. The food, which she was told imported from a long since conquered agricultural world smelled and looked delicious but Diana was hesitant to try any of it. For all she knew it was drugged with something that could allow Peter to take advantage of her, though the thought didn't carry much weight considering that he didn't strike her as the type.

Grayven perhaps and maybe Kalibak.

Peter shrugged as he held a glass with some sort of purple liquid that she guessed was some kind of alcohol "Ehh to a point. My fields are mostly in biology but I occasionally dabble into other areas like physics, and chemistry. I'm also a pretty good engineer."

"Interesting fields." Diana mused as she grabbed her glass and smelled the odd purple drink within. It had a rather strong sweet aroma to it.

"So I'm told." Peter said before taking a rather long and large sip of his drink "Not to boast, but I am one of Apokolips's top scientist and its foremost expert in bio-chemistry. The only people here that could rival me are En Sabah Nur and Dr. Bedlam."

"I'm sure your father is proud." Diana said before finally taking a sip of the drink, it was good and had a rather strong kick to it.

"My research has helped in advancing our military's effectiveness. Most bioweapons used by a few other civilizations are now next to useless against our legions." Peter said with a bit of pride "But, I still think he would prefer that I acted more like the rest of my brothers."

Diana took another sip of her drink before she gave him a perplexed look "How so?"

"I'm not really what you would call a fighter, I mean I can, wouldn't have lasted long here if I couldn't defend myself but…" Peter trailed off with a shrug.

"You prefer your research and experiments in a lab to combat on a battlefield." Diana guessed as she finished off her drink. She started to feel a little tipsy and off balance but not too much. The drink was far stronger than she thought, she'd have to be careful now.

According to Clark, she could be a mean drunk if someone got her going.

Peter chuckled "Imagine that, a son of Darkseid would rather be a scholar or a scientist then a conquering warrior."

"I take it that the rest of your siblings don't approve?" Diana guessed as she against her better judgment refilled her own glass and took another large sip from it.

"Some don't mind, mainly because it means they won't have to worry about competing with me for father's throne. Others think it's embarrassing or shameful." Peter said.

"Do you seek Darkseid's throne?" Diana probed in curiosity.

"Not particularly, but hey who knows I may have to take it one day." Peter said with a thoughtful look on his face before he chugged the rest of his beverage "But I doubt it'll ever happen. I have over a dozen brothers between me and it. And that's not taking into account the other members of father's court."

Diana nodded at the answer and the two settled into quietly eating their meal and emptying their glasses even further.

"So, you're a hero will you come from right?" Peter asked nonchalantly after a few minutes of silence.

"Yes." Diana answered feeling the world shift on her. She placed her drink down, realizing that she may have had a bit too much to drink.

"Interesting." Peter said with a nod before adding "Any memorable moments?"

Diana leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms "A few."

Peter rested his elbows on the table and stared at Diana "Care to share?"

Diana looked at Peter for a moment and shook her head "Not really."

"Heh, why embarrassed?" Peter probed as he reached for the bottle that contained more of his beverage.

Diana noted that his movements were sluggish and his voice was beginning to slur ever so slightly.

'Looks like I'm not the only one who's had a bit too much drink tonight.' Diana mused.

"Thanks for the help with Kunla earlier by the way." Peter said before he took another sip of his now refilled glass.

"Your welcome." Diana said with a shrug as she looked out the window of the dining room to Apokolips's landscape. She was a bit relieved to see that Peter's side of the citadel overlooked a vast dessert with distant solar pits along the dark horizon instead of dozens of hellish looking towers and factories mass producing weapons and other horrors of war to plague the universe with.

"Yeah, not gonna lie, but it's nice for someone to have your back here every once in a while." Peter said with a shrug.

"Warbird doesn't do it enough?" Diana asked with a raised brow.

"No she does, but she's only a Fury to Darkseid and while that gains her more favor and grant her a greater standing in his military she's still far below any of his children or members of his court. If she tried that thing with Kunla and she wasn't married to me… it wouldn't have ended well for her." Peter said.

"What about the rest of your siblings?" Diana questioned as the interactions between Kalibak and Peter flashed through her mind.

"Kalibak and me get along fine, believe it or not he has a soft spot for quite a few of his siblings. Grayven not obviously, as for En Sabah Nur and Grail on other hand, that's complicated." Peter said as he took another swig from his glass, some of it spilling on to his spider emblem on his suit.

"How so?" Diana leaned on the table with her elbows as she took her glass and took a very small sip of it.

"Grail's…  very dominating. And well, she tends to look down on most, but she's willing to be civil with me considering I helped design and create that axe she loves so much. En Sabah Nur is easier to interact with because he used to be a lesser son like me, so kindred spirits and all of that." Peter revealed.

"He used to be a lesser son?" Diana said with surprise as she took another sip of her drink.

Peter chuckled "Yeah, he used to be smaller and weaker than me if you can believe it, but he disappeared for a few years and we all thought he was dead then suddenly he shows up bigger, stronger and more powerful than ever. After father saw this he raised En Sabah Nur's status to a true son of Darkseid and well…"

"So your status could change? If you grew more… powerful?" Diana inquired, her voice beginning to slur ever so. Her mind was beginning to grow cloudy as well.

"Sort of. It's more complicated than that but getting more powerful is admittedly a good portion of it." Peter said before he downed the rest of his half full glass "Why hoping to raise your status from a lesser daughter or princess to Grail's level?"

Diana's eyes narrowed "No, I was just curious is all."

"Suuuure you were." Peter said with a sarcastic tone, the drink was really starting to affect him more than it was Diana "Can't blame you though, Darkseid's throne is appealing, along with the perks that come with it."

"I don't want it." Diana said with her voice taking an edge "I'm more then happy to let you and your brothers fight over it."

"I'm sure you would, that way you'd have best pick of the winner." Peter said with a slightly annoyed glare directed at his wife "Let me guess, it's Kalibak that's got you all hot and bothered, isn't it? Imagining curling up to that oversized brute when it's all said and done, hmm?"

"Fuck you!" Diana said in outrage the alcohol she's been drinking for dinner acting as a fuel source for her growing inferno of anger.

"Well you are my wife now so you might as well get to fulfilling that part of your duties." Peter said with a drunken sneer "Heh who knows you might prefer me in between your legs than that Kryptonian of yours!"

Diana's response was taking her half full glass and throwing it at Peter's head with a bit more force than she intended. Peter leaned his head to the side as the glass went flying past his skull and shattered against the wall behind him.

Peter looked back at the destroyed glass and split drink behind him before his gaze returned to her furious glare. He held her stare for a long time in silence before he sighed and took a gulp from the bottle of the drink he's had for dinner. Diana took a deep breath and exhaled through her nose before she pushed the bottle that contained the rest of the alcoholic beverage away. The two resumed eating in a tense silence for the next half hour. Afterwards Diana left to remove her armor and shower while Peter stayed in the dining room and began to finish off the bottle of the purple liquid that he's been drinking.

It was several hours later when Diana clad in a rather revealing nightgown that showed of her legs and the top of her breasts laid awake in bed staring at the ceiling, lost in thought. She felt a little guilty about her slightly drunken outburst earlier but not enough to apologize, Peter was way out of line with his comments even if he was intoxicated. She heard the door open and out of the corner of her eye she could see Peter stumble in slightly.

Diana tiredly watched Peter slowly approach his own closet and disappear inside for several moments. He returned clad in only a pair of pants and his chest bare. Even in the low lighting Diana could see that while Peter wasn't built like Clark or Bruce he was still muscular. She could also make out a few faded scars on his side and a large burn mark on his shoulder. Wheatear it was from growing up here or a lab experiment gone wrong she didn't know nor care.

Peter walked to his side of the bed and slowly slid under the covers. He made sure not to touch Diana's form as he settled himself. Several minutes of silence passed before Peter spoke with a slur in his voice.

"This, feels awkward."

Diana rolled her eyes and felt some of the anger from earlier slip into her slightly slurred voice "You don't say."

Peter then, with some difficulty, turned on his side so he was facing her and gave her a thoughtful look. Diana returned his gaze with a raised brow, wondering what he was going to do or say. The two continued their staring contest for several minutes before Peter's eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep. He began to emanate soft almost inaudible snores.

Diana watched the man for a moment before she sighed and turned over on her side, her back facing him, and proceeded to fall asleep herself.

'Here's to surviving my first day on Apokolips…' Diana thought tiredly before she slipped into a deep slumber.

…

Diana suddenly found herself standing in the heart of a destroyed Metropolis. Numerous buildings were burning and or collapsing and Diana looked up into the pale ash filled sky to see the moon closer than it should be to earth broken and in several pieces with a field of debris surrounding it. A horrid smell hit her nose and she looked to see all around Diana were members of the Justice League and even the Teen Titans.

Dead.

She looked around her with wide eyes as she made out the forms of many of her friends. Bruce and his wards Dick, Jason, Tim, the speedsters Barry and Wally, Arthur, Hal, Jonn, Zatanna, and Billy in his child form. Those were the bodies she could recognize; the rest were horribly burned or torn to bloodied pieces.

KAKROOOM!

Diana looked to see Clark's form come flying through what was once the Daily Planet and impacted against the asphalt creating a small earthquake from the force at which he struck it.

"Clark!" Diana shouted and tried to rush to him only to feel her body stay rooted to the spot.

Clark his suit in tatters turned to Diana and her eyes widened at the sight of his face. His right eye looked to have been torn out and part of his forehead was torn away exposing a part of his skull with a crack in it. His face was covered in bruises and bleeding scars. The symbol of his family was burned and his cape was nowhere to be seen.

"Diana?" Clark said weekly before a large armored being landed behind him with a heavy thud.

The figure was a little taller than Darkseid and approached with heavy strides, crackles of black electricity shooting across their form. They were dressed in pale green armor with the shoulders having curved spikes on it. They wore a helmet that had two large curved horns on it that gave them a sort of demonic look. His eyes were red and filled with a sort of dark evil that Diana saw even Darkseid didn't possess. His armor had a few scratches on it but nothing too serious. His clawed gauntlets were dripping with blood with a few splotches painfully clear on his armored torso. Diana didn't need to be a genius to know that the blood belonged to her now dead friends and likely soon to be dead lover, Clark.

The figure chuckled darkly as they approached Clark "I must say Kryptonian, you've proved an interesting challenge. Even my own son and his children haven't lasted as long as you have. Well some of them did, but in the end they joined the rest of their family in oblivion…"

Clark tried to rise but the figure raised his hand and shot out a beam of black and white energy and blasted him away, right towards Diana's feet. She tried to move but found herself stuck.

A bloodied and beaten Clark weakly looked up to Diana and whispered "Diana… run…"

Before she could say anything the man was standing before Diana, his boot on Clark's head and driving it into the ground. He grabbed Diana's face with his large bloodied clawed hand and forced her to look directly into his eyes.

He smiled darkly at Diana "…Hello my beauty."

…

Diana's eyes shot open and she found herself in her and Peter's room on Apokolips. She slowly sat up and turned to see that Peter was still asleep, a hand resting under his head while the other laid on his chest.

Diana sighed 'It was just a nightmare.'

She slowly rose from the bed, careful to not disturb Peter, and made her way to the balcony. She stared out over the barren plain as she let her mind wander. The dream she had felt odd, like some sort of warning. The mysterious being she saw, was unlike anything Diana had seen before. The power of him was great considering the state he left Clark and the world in and if what he said was true Darkseid and his children.

'Just who was that being? Who could have the power to cause so much destruction like that?' Diana thought before Peter's voice spoke up.

"Now this is a sight I can get used to seeing."

Diana mentally groaned as she turned to see Peter leaning against the doorway of the balcony and staring at her form with a still drunken, hungry gaze "Really love the nightgown."

"So glad that you approve." Diana said dryly as she crossed her arms under her partially exposed chest and leaned back against the balcony's railing. A small breeze floated by, catching her hair in the wind.

Peter kept eyeing his wife, the way the distant glow of the solar pits hit her, her locks of soft looking raven hair flowing in the wind and the sight of her long toned legs exposed by her nightgown nearly had his drunken self drooling in desire. He was still sober enough however not to act on his impulses, tempting as it was.

He then looked back up to her face to see a slightly annoyed expression on it "What? Can a New God not admire his wife's Goddess like body?"

"He could, but someone else is far more deserving of seeing my body than you." Diana said with a little bit of ice in her tone. She was not in the mood to be ogled by her drunken husband.

"Ah yes the Kryptonian!" Peter said with a slight roll of his eyes "You know that the chances of ever getting out of this marriage are next to nothing right? You'd have a better chance at convincing my half-brother Zunn that mass genocide isn't something for him to get off on!"

Diana's annoyed expression turned to one of determination "Not the first time I've accomplished the impossible."

"Heh, that I can tell is true but who knows Diana..." Peter said as he slowly approached Diana's tense form and cupped her cheek and leaned in close "You might come to like it here."

Diana stared into Peter's eyes. She expected to see rage, cruelty and sheer malevolence flowing through his glowing eyes. Instead she saw something she'd never expect for a son of Darkseid to have…

Loneliness.

Peter pulled back from and returned to their bed with a slight stumble, leaving Diana alone to her thoughts.

…

It was three days later that Diana clad in her white armor was assigned to guard Darkseid himself along with another Fury that was clad in a black robe that concealed her features. Her face was covered by a mass of shadows inside her hood leaving only two glowing white eyes to be seen.

Granny Goodness said that her name was Obb-Eve'na and her abilities revolved around manipulating the molecular structure of non-organic beings. She wasn't given any more information other than not to annoy her. A woman that could turn the very air that Diana breathes into lava if she wanted to or worse was a pretty good reason for Diana to keep as civil and as polite around the woman as possible.

Thankfully Obb was a reserved and quite woman.

Currently Diana and Obb-Eve'na were following Darkseid as he made his way through the halls of his citadel. Diana for the life of her couldn't understand why he of all beings would need bodyguards, but she wasn't going to argue since this gave her an opportunity to avoid Warbird and Grail.

Warbird because she was still upset that Diana had been married to the man she loved and Grail because of their rather violent past. Big Barda tended to side with Warbird or Carol as she's come to find out more often than naught while Lemenus could care less what in the name of Hades was going on. Her sights from what Diana could discover was on Kalibak, what she saw in that man Diana couldn't begin to imagine nor want to.

"Oh beloved!" the voice of Mortalla echoed through the hall causing Darkseid to halt in his tracks and turn to the source.

Mortalla clad in something that resembled a rather revealing black and purple bikini and knee high heels was slowly approaching the lord of Apokolips with a sort of lustful look on her face and a sway in her hips that caused even the dread lords gaze to linger. Her breasts were barely covered and the bottom of the bikini looked more like a thong if anything. Her hair was done in a sort of top knot that framed her face. She may have a personality that Diana finds less than pleasant but she couldn't deny the beauty of the future queen of Apokolips.

"Mortalla." Darkseid addressed his soon to be future wife with a bored expression "What do I owe the pleasure?"

Mortalla slinked up to Darkseid's towering frame and pressed her body against his in way that caused Diana to advert her eyes in embarrassment while Obb lowered her head so her eyes were blocked by the edge of her hood.

"It's been so many days since you've had my body my love." Mortalla said as she rubbed against Darkseid and spoke in a tone filled with longing and lust "I'm beginning to think you've forgotten meeeee!"

"I've been busy." Darkseid said narrowing his eyes slightly at his consort's actions. It'd take more than a bit of dry humping to get him going. Well that and he was aware of her liaisons with some of his children. If she thought he wasn't aware then well it's her eventual mistake for being so ignorant "Once more, I was on my way to witness my sons and daughters train. I'm curious to see where they all stand currently, particularly En Sabah Nur and our son Grayven."

Mortalla's face darkened at the mention of Darkseid's other son but lessen at the name of her own "Must you? Would you not prefer to have me under or above you withering in pleasure? To have me screaming your name to the point that the Highfather of New Genesis can here our love making?"

Darkseid stared at her for a moment in silence before turning to a red face Diana and a fidgeting Obb-Eve'na "Report back to me on my children's performances, after that you are free to do as you wish."

Diana gave a slight bow with her fist over her chest while Obb-Eve'na bowed. They both quickly resumed their trek to the training arena while much to Diana's surprise Darkseid shrunk his body's size slightly and pressed Mortalla up against the wall and immediately began to take her right then and there.

'And here I thought Olympus was the only place whose inhabitants didn't care where they were when they decided to be intimate.' Diana thought as she did her best to ignore the moans coming from Mortalla.

After several minutes the two furies of Darkseid had arrived at his and his children's personnel training arena. Upon entering Diana could make out Peter's form standing between the towering forms Kalibak who was leaning against his club with a tired expression on his face and En Sabah Nur who had his arms folded across his chest as he watched his sisters Grail and Kunla spar below them in a lowered area with a blank expression.

Grayven was currently speaking to several of Darkseid's generals that Diana could recognize. The first one was Steppenwolf and his wife Justeen, a former member of Darkseid's furies before she married his uncle and became leader of Steppenwolf's elite canine unit.

The other figure was someone that Diana has never seen before.

They were tall, near Kalibak's height and clad in silver armor with a glowing orb at his center and had several cables and wires traveling up and down his arm. His eyes glowed a reddish orange color and small clouds of steam and heat emanated from his frame.

"Hakkuo." Obb said in an echoing tone.

Diana looked to her fellow Fury in confusion "Hakkuo… who is he?"

"He was once a member of En Sabah Nur's horsemen unit until he was promoted by En Sabah himself to be part of Darkseid's court. He absorbs and manipulates vast amounts of nuclear and heat energy. That core of his is a miniature red star that he uses to feed off of. Under the right conditions he could level a planet three times over before tiring." the matter manipulator gestured to the large armored man.

Diana nodded at the information and turned to briefly see the spar between Grail and Kunla who was dressed in a sort of chrome version of Grail's outfit with a helmet that Diana thought looked similar to her own. She was also surprised to see that Grail was not tossing the smaller woman around. In fact, Kunla seemed to some degree holding her own against the powerhouse. It didn't take long for Diana to see why however…

'Based off the look Grail has, Kunla has lasted this long because she's being toyed with.' Diana thought as she saw Kunla try to encase her sister in some sort of ice only for it to be smashed or blown away by Grail's Omega Beams.

Grail rolled out of the way of an incoming wave of ice and threw her ax towards her wide eyed sister. Kunla barely ducked under the blade before she found Grail's knee slamming into her face. The force of the blow sent the small woman flying back with her face bleeding. Grail adopted a look of savage glee as she summoned her ax back with built in magnetic clamps in her arm's grieves and made to follow before Grayven appeared in front of Kunla in a flash of light with an unhappy expression on his face.

"That is enough Grail! You've already beaten her, there is no reason to continue this fight!"

Grail's eyes narrowed and raised her ax at the taller man "The fight is over when I say it is!"

Grayven's eyes glowed red for a moment before to Diana's surprise Omega beams erupt from them and fly towards Grail's form.

VZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

Grail fired off her own Omega beams to halt the approaching energy beams of her older half-brother. The two powerful beams of energy collided in a shockwave of energy and casting the room in a dark orange light. Diana adverted her eyes as she could feel the power of the two colliding blasts even though she was almost a hundred feet away.

The two halted their attack and made to move into more close quarter combat when suddenly two long arms with clamps at the ends of them grabbed both Grail and Grayven by the neck and lifted both up and slammed them into the wall with enough force to create small craters in the wall.

Diana looked to see that it was En Sabah Nur that did it, his arms stretched and morphed into some kind of mechanical clamps that were pinning his two half-siblings to the wall. He had a calm expression on his face as he watched Grayven struggle to break out while Grail, to Diana's surprise, merely glared at Grayven's form. Peter looked to his taller brother with his lenses widening in slight surprise while Kalibak just looked on with a bored expression, though his grip on his club tightened slightly.

Finally, En Sabah Nur spoke in a calm tone yet it was laced with annoyance underneath "The fighting is over, now stop or I myself will put you both in your place… am I understood?"

Grail turned to face her restrainer and her glare softened "Yes…"

Grayven on the other hand glared at his brother before shooting his Omega Beams at the other man. The orange energy zig zagged towards En Sabah Nur's form before the large being simply vanished. Grail and Grayven were by proxy freed by the disappearance of the clamps. Peter and Kalibak immediately backed away as the omega beams impacted against the ground and sent a shower of debris at the two.

Grayven landed on his feet with a heavy thud and frowned at the disappearance of his brother's form. Before he could blink En Sabah Nur appeared before him and rammed his fist into the surprised man's face.

KAAAAKOOOOM!

Grayven's head impacted into the wall and created a multitude of cracks in the surface before En Sabah Nur grabbed his brother and threw him across the training ground. Grayven righted himself in midair and used his ability to fly to halt his momentum in the air. He turned to stare at his brother's form with a small tickle of blood dripping from his mouth. His eyes began to glow as he readied his Omega beams while En Sabah Nur's hand transformed into a advance looking canon that began to hum and glow with blue energy.

Diana looked to Obb-Eve'an "Should we stop them?"

"Don't have to." the molecule manipulator said before Kalibak's voice broke through the tense atmosphere.

"Stop!"

The two immediately obeyed or En Sabah Nur did, Grayven turned to glare at his other half-brother instead "WHY SHOULD I!?"

Kalibak's gaze hardened at the sight of one of his younger half-brothers disobeying him "Grayven, I will not tell you again! Stop!"

He raised his club and pointed at Grayven who tensed before he growled and slowly lowered himself to the ground, cutting of the buildup of his Omega beams while he was at it. Kalibak grunted before looking towards En Sabah Nur "Count yourself lucky."

"I did not require your aid Kalibak." En Sabah Nur said in a calm tone as he stared at his older half-brother with an even look, there was no hostility in each other's gaze, they just happened to be both tense at the moment.

"Really Sabah, you were willing to put up with Mortalla's bitching at the death of her son? Even father would be clawing his ears out if it meant blissful silence." Peter said while he shook his head in mock disappointment.

Grayven turned his glare on Peter who tensed up slightly. Kalibak then slowly got in between the two and stared down his least favorite sibling "Try it Grayven, but know this, if you kill him my wrath and that of even Warbird's will pale in comparison to Father's…"

Grayven stared at his brother with his eyes narrowing before he let out a huff of acceptance. Kunla suddenly appeared by his side and started to tend to some of his wounds which while unnecessary dragged his focus from the rest of his siblings.

Kalibak looked towards his smaller brother and quietly growled out "Your welcome you little snarky shit."

"I didn't ask for your help." Peter bit back before he turned his attention to En Sabah Nur's approaching form and Grail's "One of these days you're going to kill each other."

En Sabah Nur folded his arms across his chest "Wrong, only the strongest will survive such a battle and Grayven… is far from the strongest."

"Few years ago I'd say bullshit, I could beat you, but now..." Peter trailed off because in his opinion En Sabah Nur may actually be more powerful than Grayven, perhaps even Kalibak himself. And his power was still growing! Peter already concluded that he may very well become stronger than even their father one day.

"If you say so." Kalibak said with a shrug before he hoisted his club on his shoulder and looked down at Peter "Our turn."

"Hurray" Peter said in a dry tone as he followed his half-brother into the arena. He looked to see Diana at the far end along with the Fury that was called Obb-Eve'an watching. 'Guess father didn't want to be here today…'

…

Grail watched the two go before turning her attention to En Sabah Nur "I didn't need you interfering with my battle, I could have handled Grayven…"

"Perhaps…" En Sabah Nur said before running his hand through Grail's hair and giving it a light tug that earned a quiet moan from her "But he should know better than to threaten what is mine"

Grail looked up towards her half-brother with a lustful look on her face "Perhaps we should return to my quarters so you can remind me why I will always be yours…my love."

En Sabah Nur stared at his half-sister for a moment before responding "I'm afraid I cannot do that, me and Peter are leaving in a few hours."

Grail frowned before crossing her arms under her chest and pushed them up slightly to capture her half-brother's attention a bit more "Where to?"

"To Aegis Seven, one of our mining ships has gone silent." En Sabah Nur revealed.

"Then why not send a platoon of Parademons to investigate? Even the Furies would be overkill for such a trivial thing as that." Grail said in confusion.

"Because there is something on the ship that has garnered mine and Peter's interest. Something we don't want others to know about at this time" En Sabah Nur said in a hush tone as he turned to see his half-brothers get into position in the arena.

Grail narrowed her eyes at him for a moment before she adopted a smirk on her face and leaned against him "Have I mentioned how much I love watching you play cloak and dagger?"

"Yes… many times."

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And done.

Next chapter, Less then idea training...

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned, or used in this story

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Peter stared at his larger half-brother as he got into his fighting stance. He activated his suits combat systems and rolled his shoulders for the coming fight. Even though this was a spar, Kalibak had a tendency to go a little over board.

'He seems to forget that one good hit from him with too much force behind could cripple me!' Peter thought a bit annoyed.

Kalibak smirked at his brother before he placed his club on the ground "You're going to need the handicap."

Peter felt his eye twitch under his mask "Thanks how considerate of you… jackass."

Kalibak smirked before he ran towards Peter's tense form, when he was close enough he sent a punch towards the small New God who used his superior speed and agility to dodge the titanic blows. Peter waited until Kalibak sent an arm out too far before he leapt on to his shoulders and delivered a powerful punch that emanated a powerful shockwave.

KRAAAAAKOOOOOOOM!

When Kalibak's face didn't so much as move, Peter quickly jumped back to avoid the man's approaching hand. Peter's lenses narrowed has he scanned his half-brother's form, in terms of raw physical strength Kalibak had him beaten a thousand times over at least. The older son of Darkseid was also incredibly durable, like he could take a planetary explosion and walk it off kind of durable. Hell, he's withstood blasts from father's Omega Beams of all things.

'So brute strength won't bring him down and I'll have a better chance at surviving father's Omega Beams at full power then causing any real damage to him aside from his pride at least.' Peter thought as he mulled over his options. His spider-sense flared again causing him to leap backwards from a surprisingly fast kick from Kalibak. 'Oh yeah, he's faster than he looks too.'

Diana was watching the entire spar and she couldn't help being slightly impressed with Peter's skill. He was right in saying he was no warrior, she saw that his combat stance while good was basic at best and full of quite a few openings that could cost him victory against a better fighter. Still his agility and speed were astounding, and how he seemed to know when an attack was coming even when he couldn't see it.

Though she noticed that he relied too heavily on his suit to aide him in combat.

'At least he's smart enough to rely more on his speed then brute force against someone like Kalibak.' Diana thought as she watched the spar with an attentive gaze.

Peter rolled under another kick sent by Kalibak and shot several strands of webbing at his one leg from both his wrists and from four spider like legs he formed on his back and pulled with all of his might. Kalibak's eyes widened as he crashed to the ground on his chest. Peter then shot several more strands at his larger brother before he began to swing the larger man around in a circle, using a combination of his strength and Kalibak's weight to build up momentum.

Suddenly Peter released his brother and sent him flying towards a part of the wall that was slightly damaged from En Sabah Nur's and Grayven's earlier spat.

BOOOOOOOM!

The collision sent a small shower of debris flying in the arena but for the most part the wall held. Kalibak gingerly rose from the small pile of stone that collapsed on top of him and looked to his brother with an amused look on his face "Heh, that tickled!"

"Umm mercy?" Peter squeaked out with his lenses wide as Kalibal launched himself at Peter with his arms held wide open.

Peter activated his suits anti-gravity harness and flew above his large brother and raised both his arms at Kalibak's back. Red and black bio-electricity gathered around his arms and hands before it was shot out in a series of arcs towards his brother.

ZZZZZAAAAKKKKKKK!

The oddly colored bio-electric bolts slammed into Kalibak who grunted in annoyance. The power in the hit while notable wasn't enough to really bother someone of Kalibak's level, Even Grail would at best feel a slight tingle than any sort of pain.

Kalibak turned and raised an arm to defend his face from the red and black lightning and held out his hand. His club suddenly flew towards it's master and activated mid-flight. Kalibak grinned at the sight of Peter's widening lenses.

"Impressive light display brother, but I believe it's time to show you real power." Kalibak grinned savagely before shooting a beam of dark red energy out of his club. The energy beam tore right through Peter's venom blasts and nailed him right in the chest.

"AGGGGH!" Peter growled out in pain, while Kalibak's club was at its lowest possible setting, it still hurt like a mother. The power that it was at now alone would have knocked Peter out in pain, luckily or unluckily in this case, Peter's suit was able to absorb a fair amount of the beam.

The force of Kalibak's club however sent Peter flying into the ceiling and caused a multitude of cracks to appear when he slammed into it. He was barley able to grip on to the partially destroyed ceiling to keep himself from falling.

'Note to self, increase power absorption of suit as soon as possible...' Peter thought as he hissed in pain. Smoke and sparks emanated from his suit and the left lens had a slight crack in it. Peter looked down at his brother's smirking form "Are you trying to kill me!?"

"No…" Kalibak said with a shrug "…But there's something amusing about watching you wither in agony."

"I hope Lemenus bites you later and it doesn't heal or grow back." Peter groaned out before he launched himself at his brother's surprised face and delivered a punch with all of his strength in it, he had his suit take the energy it absorbed earlier and use it to enhance the blow even further.

KRACK!

This time Kalibak did stumble before he quickly gathered his bearings and smacked Peter away who sadly was too injured to dodge fast enough. He tried to form a sort of shield with his four spider legs but they quickly crumbled under the might of Kalibak's strength and shattered.

"GAH!" Peter let out a shriek of pain as Kalibak's fist made contact with his chest and emanated a rather loud 'Crack' and sent flying out of the arena and rolling across the floor until he came to a stop at Diana's feet.

Diana immediately crouched down to check Peter for any sort of injuries that required any serious attention. His suit was heavily damaged and covered in burns and tears.

"Relax, he'll live." Obb-Eve'na said as she stood behind Diana with an air of disinterest around her.

Diana gave her fellow Fury a look of annoyance "Need I remind you that he is a son of Darkseid?"

"A lesser son!" Obb-Eve'na shot back.

"But my brother regardless, you will do well to remember that Obb!" Kalibak growled out in a low tone as he approached the two with heavy strides.

The molecule manipulator gave Kalibak a respectful bow while Diana slowly helped Peter sit up.

"Oww" Peter groaned out before his mask receded into his suit, showing a few minor burns on his face. He clutched his chest in slight pain before giving Kalibak a dark glare "You broke several of my ribs!"

Kalibak frowned slightly at the information and Diana saw a hint of regret in his eyes before they hardened "Be grateful it was me who did so Peter. Had it been Grayven, Fidilen or even Zunn… they wouldn't have stopped at a few broken ribs."

Peter let out a growl of annoyance before steadily making his way to his feet with the aid of Diana. Peter gave her a questioning look "Why are you helping me?"

Diana frowned "There is no shame in accepting help when it is offered."

"He means why are you being nice to him." Kalibak said as he placed his club on his back and folded his arms "After all, he did replace Superman as your husband."

Diana sent a glare towards Kalibak who smirked in return.

Peter was about to speak up before suddenly Vision appeared, having phased through the ground "Ah sir! I have good news."

"Is it done?" Peter asked his fateful assistant, hoping for some good news.

It wasn't bad enough he got totally owned in front of his own wife, but now he needs her help to stand. He could practically feel Grayven' gaze boring into him along with a few other members of his father's court that were here.

"Affirmative sir." Vision nodded before frowning at the state his creator was in "Sir, do you require medical attention?"

Peter snorted in grim amusement "Medical attention, on Apokolips? Vision I dare say my comedic genius is rubbing off on you!"

"Great, another smart ass." Kalibak said with a roll of his eyes before he turned to see En Sabah Nur approaching "Sabah…"

En Sabah Nur nodded towards the older son of Darkseid before looking towards Peter "We leave by nightfall."

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Peter said with a wave of his hand before looking towards Vision "Help me to my lab so I can change and fix myself up a little."

Vision looked at Peter for a moment then towards Diana "But sir shouldn't your wife aid you?"

Peter's lenses narrowed at his assistant before he looked towards Diana "Well what do you think honey? You willing to help your man to his lab?"

Diana gave Peter a deadpanned expression "I'm sure you can make it their yourself, sweetheart…"

"Heh, ouch. That sounded like it hurt more than my punch." Kalibak smirked before he looked towards the approaching forms of Steppenwolf and Justeen "Well, might as well see what the old man wants…"

"Tell him I said hi." Peter said in a sarcastic tone.

Steppenwolf was one of Peter's least favorite people, he doesn't know why, but there's something about his father's uncle that rubbed Peter the wrong way. And he's not the only one, En Sabah Nur, and a few other of his half-brothers like Zunn, Golin and Raan have said the same thing. Kalibak seems to tolerate his granduncle for the most part and Grayven seems to like the man well enough.

Peter let out a sigh as he made to leave the training area when he suddenly felt his leg give out underneath him. He would have fallen had it not been for Diana quickly grabbing him by the arm and steadying him on her shoulder. He looked towards her in slight surprise.

"Uh thanks I guess."

"Don't mention it… ever." Diana said as she helped escort Peter to his lab much to the man's hidden embarrassment and displeasure.

En Sabah Nur watched them go before he turned to see Grayven, who was still being attended to by Kunla, glaring at him. En Sabah Nur gave the older New God a blank expression before turning on his heal. He needed to gather a few things from his quarters and see to a few minor errands before he and Peter leave later tonight.

Meanwhile Diana was helping Peter towards his lab with Vision following them close behind, preferring to hover rather than walk.

"So… how'd I do?" Peter asked with a slight groan as he felt his healing factor begin to kick in and reset some of his bones that were either cracked, broken or fractured in his spar with Kalibak. It'd take a while for his bones to heal properly.

Diana was quiet for a moment before answering "You fighting style is descent…"

Peter snorted "Buuuuut?"

"But you lack any real technique, you have far too many openings, but I do approve that you use what advantages you do have to their fullest degree." Diana said as she adjusted her grip on Peter.

"And what are my advantages?" Peter questioned as he and Diana entered a gravity lift.

"You have great reflexes and agility, some of the best I've seen and your speed while not up to the likes of which I've seen is still impressive in its own right. I also noticed you seem to know when your opponent is about to attack, even when you can't see them." Diana stated.

"Cameras on my suit." Peter lied, Diana may now be his wife but there are a few things that he's going to be keeping to himself.

Diana gave him a side glance; she could pick up that he was lying but decided to drop it as they continued on in silence for the next several minutes. Soon she was able to make out the door to Peter's lab, she also saw someone standing outside of it. She felt Peter tense as he saw the figure too.

The figure stood at around 5'6 and was wearing a black hooded cloak with a red Omega symbol on his chest. The face that was partially covered by the hood and its shadow was pale and had some kind of respirator on that covered their mouth and nose. Their eyes seemed to be glowing yellow with the veins around them also glowing the same.

"Vision, go see what the good doctor wants." Peter said in a low tone as he and Diana slowed there pace a bit while Vision shot ahead and landed before the person.

"Who's that?" Diana questioned quietly as they approached the man and Vision.

"Dr. Bedlam, father's chief scientist and technically my superior." Peter said in an annoyed tone 'Great it wasn't enough for some of fathers most influential elite see my sorry state but now him too!'

"I gather you don't get along?" Diana asked in a dry tone.

"Nope!" Peter said as they finally made it to his lab.

Before they could enter however Bedlam spoke in a sort of electronic voice that had this odd echoing effect to it "Ahhh Peter! I was hoping to speak with you about something important."

"Later, I have things to do and then I have to meet with En Sabah Nur." Peter said as he mentally commanded the doors to his lab to open as quickly as possible. He was not in the mood to deal with the older scientist.

Bedlam's eyes narrowed at the answer "Like what exactly?"

Peter and Diana entered the room along with Vision and before Peter had the doors closed he looked back at Bedlam with his lenses narrowing "Bending my wife over one of my tables and fucking her!"

Bedlam's eyes widened at that just as the doors slammed shut in his face leaving Peter and Diana standing there in the darkness before the various monitors began to click on and illuminate the room. Peter looked to Diana to see that she was glaring at him with a tint of red on her cheeks.

"What?" Peter asked.

Diana rolled her eyes in disgust as she let go of Peter and moved away from him "That was the best excuse you could come up with? Bending me over and taking me like some animal?"

Peter quirked his head to the side in confusion before understanding what made her upset "Oh that? That's just something to get him to leave me alone. I'm not actually going to that… unless you want to than by all means pick a table. I have a few hours to kill."

"I will not!" Diana said in outrage "If you want someone to bend over for your desires, then look for Warbird, from what I've seen and heard from the other Furies she'll have no trouble fulfilling that desire!"

Peter's mask retracting back into his suit as he made his way over to a particular work station that had some sort of black substance floating in a stasis field. "True she wouldn't but she's not my wife. Wouldn't be right to cheat on you, even if you are giving me the go ahead."

"Thought I'd never see the day." Diana said with a roll of her eyes as she crossed her arms under her chest "A son of Darkseid with honor and respect for women."

"If I recall correctly, Orion is a son of Darkseid and you and the Justice League seem to like him well enough. And he's married to a rather great woman." Peter said with a slight edge entering his tone that Diana was able to pick up. It looked like she struck a nerve of some sort.

"He's different." Diana said with narrowed eyes.

"Because he was raised on New Genesis?" Peter said with a sarcastic tone "HA! That place as pretty as it looks is every bit as twisted and corrupt as here! The only difference is Apokolips doesn't try to hide it behind fancy buildings and 'peaceful acceptance'. We gladly embrace ourselves."

"And look what that has gotten you! Apokolips is one of the most hated and feared places in the known universe!" Diana said angrily.

"Ohhh so that's why you don't like it here, never thought you were that petty." Peter said with look of understanding on his face as he had the suit he was currently wearing remove itself from him and gather up on the table. Leaving him in a sort of black sleeveless shirt and black shorts.

Diana gave him a confused look "What do you mean? How am I petty?"

Peter chuckled "You can't stand people not liking you! That's why you don't like it here, because your now part of something that everyone hates when you'd rather be part of something everyone loves like that Justice League thing you were part of."

"That is not the reason why I hate it here!" Diana said with anger as her hands tightened into fists.

"Sure seems like it." Peter said with a shrug as the stasis field deactivated and the symbiote he's been experimenting with immediately latched itself on to him.

After a few moments it settled and created a white spider symbol on his chest and back, similar to the one on his other suit and formed white lenses over his eyes. Peter held up an arm and examined it for a moment as a small white square formed on his hand with a small black spider symbol in the center before nodding in acceptance.

'Good, the bonding process is going smoothly.' Peter thought to himself as he turned to see Diana looking at him in surprise. He gave a chuckle as he gestured to the suit.

"Next generation combat enhancing techno-organic suit." Peter said with a hint of pride in his tone.

"Techno-organic?" Diana said more to herself "Like some sort of cyborg?"

Peter gave her a nod "In a manner of speaking, but vastly superior. I based its nature off that of a symbiotic mutualistic relationship I've observed some organism's possess. It needs a 'host' to survive long-term and in return it helps its host by enhancing their abilities."

"What's to keep it from becoming a parasite?" Diana questioned.

"Heh, I built a countermeasure for that into it as a precaution." Peter said as he turned to look at the clock "Well I still have a few hours to spare…"

"I am not sleeping with you!" Diana said with a growl.

"Didn't ask." Peter said with a snort as he approached a table that contained a mother box he's been tampering with for a while "I'd rather finish up with a few things before I leave. No telling how long En Sbah Nur will be gone. Vision, be a dear and escort my beloved back to our quarters, I'm sure she's exhausted after today."

"Yes sir." Vision said as he floated over to Diana.

Diana gave Peter's back a look of annoyance "Enjoy your trip!"

"I'll try…" Peter said with a shrug.

He listened as Diana gave out a noise of annoyance before she turned and left the room with Vision following close behind. Peter waited several minutes until after the door had closed and he was sure that Diana and Vision were a reasonable distance away before he got up and approached a small platform.

He punched in several codes before it activated and he stepped on it. Several seconds passed before a glowing orange light encompassed him and he felt a slight burning feeling inside his body. The, machine he was on was accelerating his healing rate by several hundred percent. Instead of taking hours to heal, it would now take minutes at most.

Soon the pain and burning feeling faded and the machine deactivated, completing its task. Peter stepped off feeling much better than he had earlier and looked around the room for anything he might need on his trip with En Sabah Nur.

'We shouldn't encounter any problems but I should still bring something, just in case.' Peter thought.

In the end after several minutes of looking he decided on taking a small energy blaster with him. He didn't think he would need it given his abilities but he figured it might come in handy some other way.

He left his lab but not before grabbing a small com device that he uses to call Vision and began to head for his room. While she'll likely be happy to see him go, Peter felt he should at least say good bye and maybe apologize for the whole bending her over thing he said earlier. Though in his defense he was in a bad mood and was embarrassed at the time. Getting tossed around in front of his wife and more powerful siblings then having her nearly carry him back to his lab in front of them made had put him in a bitter mood.

It was part of the reason why he wanted Vision to help him get back.

'I'll deal with Vision later.' Peter thought a little tired as he approached his quarters. He saw that the synthetic was standing outside his door with his hands clasped behind his back.

Vision noticed his approach "Ah sir! Is there something you need?"

"No, head back to the lab." Peter dismissed his assistant with a wave of his hand as he entered his quarters "By the way, Diana may have need of you so I'm giving her my communicator."

"Very good sir." Vision replied as the door shut.

'He's going to rise up and kill me one day.' Peter thought sarcastically as he scanned his room for his wife. He saw the door to their bedroom was open slightly 'Like a healing patch, quick and no hesitation. The sooner I do it the sooner I can leave.'

Peter approached the door and without stopping pushed it open and paused at the sight before him.

Diana was standing by their bed with her helmet and top portion of her armor off and stretching her arms above her head, giving him a wonderful view of her breasts. Peter stared dumbly at the sight of his wife half naked before him. He was aware that she was an incredibly beautiful woman, but to see her in such a state really hit home on how attractive she truly was.

'Wow… on second thought I should take my time in apologizing to her.' Peter thought.

Diana lowered her arms and looked to see Peter standing in the doorway. She scowled at him as she crossed her arms across her chest, cutting off his view "What?"

Peter stared at her for a moment longer before answering "Just wanted to say sorry about the whole bending over one of my tables thing."

"Apology accepted now get out!" Diana said annoyed.

"…Why?" Peter asked with his suit's lenses narrowing.

"Because I don't want you to see me in this state!" Diana stated.

"You're my wife." Peter countered.

"Well your wife doesn't like being stared at half undress." Diana said with a glare.

"Fine." Peter said with a sigh as he turned his back to her and crossed his arms "I won't stare at you…"

"That also means leave!" Diana said aggravated at Peter being a smart ass.

"My room too." Peter shot back with a shrug with his back still to her "Gonna have to get use to the fact we'll be seeing each other naked from time to time."

"Forgive me if I don't look forward to it." Diana said as she made her way to her closet and threw on gown that covered her chest.

Peter was quiet for a moment before speaking "You know, I'm leaving soon…"

"Enjoy your trip!" Diana responded form inside her closet.

"If you need anything just call for Vision, I'll leave a way to summon him on the bed." Peter said as he left the small com device on the bed. He looked to see she hadn't emerged yet and sighed slightly 'Guess she really didn't appreciate the comment earlier or me walking in on her…'

He turned and left the room and made his way towards the citadel's hanger where En Sabah Nur will be waiting for him so they set out for Aegis seven.

'Something tells me that I'm really going to hate the next few days.' Peter thought as a sudden feeling of foreboding hit him.

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