While my Green Lantern self struggled (really hard) to defeat Larfleeze, and then collect the hoard of things collected by the greedy Orange Lantern on Okaara, on Earth things were going great.

The new Gotham's Grey Mask had an easy task helping Catowoman become the the kingpin of the underworld, or maybe queenpin?

Hard to say, but it did involve lots of blowjobs from Cheshire, real name Jade Nguyen , a scantily-dressed assassin with great knowledge of poisons. Much like Lady Shiva, the mercenary woman changed sides at the first sign things were going hard, and polished my dick with eager lips in the hope off getting an upgrade to her powers. She did get it, but she also couldn't get away anymore.

Not when spit-roasted by two Ypoc clones until her loyalty reached 100/100. Perhaps a normal human's willpower just wasn't strong enough. Or my dick was as good as promised?

At Peffy's wise request, the Mad Hatter was also drained of powers and added his technological and biological powers to the collective, while the Riddler ran away after stepping onto an invisible bear-trap and losing his right leg from the knee down. He'll probably be back with a vengeance one day, like all Gotham's criminals were known to do, but for now Catwoman and her gang of loyal female side-kicks were taking over Gotham with amazing ease.

Sure, the Gotham PD will have to recruit more people to replace the corrupt policemen who overdosed, suffered food poisoning or ran into a criminal gang, and were shot down so his colleagues could arrive and shoot the perpetrators...but then such is life. A string of unlucky accidents.

And in Corto Maltese, an improved Lady Fox aided by a hundred of my magic kids took down the corrupt military junta, and began to replace all the important officials with our people, with Lady Ruh and Silencer maintaining overwatch for big problems. Such as Fuerza, real name Alexa Antigone , a superpowered hero of local origins. Of course, taking down someone powered by the Strength Force was unlikely, and even unwise.

I wanted the hero on my side, thus my UEF body had to come and sort things out.

"Lady Fuerza. Do you know who I am?" I asked the masked hero as she barged into the new Ruling Council meeting by punching through a dozen walls in the way.

Alexa stared at the innocent 9 people at the table, then back at me and my rather infamous grey robes. "Grey Wizard?" she asked in an impressed voice.

I pointed at the council, which contained 3 of the Leagues' agents and 6 local people: school teachers, lawyers, doctors and such. Honest and naive people, but chosen for their heart and charisma among the locals. "I know the new government is new and inexperienced, but they don't even have powers. Is that big fist of yours necessary?" I asked in a mild voice.

Fuerza glanced behind her at the broken walls, then back at me and the council. "Errr. I even know a few of them..." she muttered while blushing a bit embarrassed. It seems the rumors she had heard about a coup were true, yet in the good way.

"Carry on, guys. I'll take the vigilante with me and repair the damage too." I offered as an apology, then began to rebuild the walls with my molecular reconstruction while Alexa (and the council) watched in amazement. Then I teleported both of us in orbit, and let the woman stare at Earth from the big window of the cruiser.

"Can you see Corto Maltese from up here?" I asked in a soft voice, standing at her side.

"It's that small dot, just under Cuba..." Alexa pointed out with a finger.

"I oversee the entire Earth's defense. Quite a task, right? Especially if heroes barge in and break stuff. For no reason too." I muttered and turned away, making Alexa groan in embarrassment again.

"Are you the one behind the coup? In one week, everything changed. And while Doctor Salazar is quite renowned, he doesn't have the power or connections to do something like this..." Alexa asked in a wiser voice.

"It is more complicated that a mere coup. Multiple players were involved: some good, some bad, some local, some foreign. I had to step in and make sure the country will not collapse into anarchy or civil war. And since I am strong and scary enough, people listened. Thus, I created a ruling council of various interest groups, with some rules like no retaliation on former rulers families and such. It's not perfect, but better than a million dead and a devastated country."

I explained patiently and set up a table with drinks and several sheets of statistic data on Corto Maltese.

Alexa grabbed a glass of iced whiskey and gulped in one go. "I do not wish a million dead either, Grey Wizard. As for this council, is it inspired by the Swiss?" she asked in a knowing tone.

"Exactly! Switzerland has been a stable country for centuries, without inner conflict or even involvement in wars. Sadly, direct democracy is only feasible at small scales. Can't do the same for India or China, not with a billion people and hundreds of cultures and languages. Same for armed citizens and neutral policy. Corto Maltese has the USA with its Monroe Doctrine to deal with, placing your small country in its sphere of influence. American companies have to be given the first choice, or CIA black teams or a gang of ARGUS metahumans would descend and change the government again." I added and turned the next page, showing which companies were to be given first rights.

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By coincidence, they were mostly superhero owned, like Wayne Industries, Queen Consolidated and Grey Apple, plus several groups controlled by the League.

The metahuman hero frowned while examining the list. "I suspect you vetted these companies?"

"Mostly, yes. The Fruit Basket for example, only makes fruit products, like juices and jams and such. Healthy stuff, and good wages for the workers in their orchards in Mexico for example. The Apple phones and laptops are great, I even use them myself. The country will need better infrastructure and a cable to Florida for better net access, but that's not very hard. Madagascar was far more difficult." I added and poured more drinks for us.

Alexa sipped her drink and scanned the other pages, going over rebuilding plans and investment prognostics. "This all looks great, I admit. So why did you bring me here, on the Daxam cruiser?" she asked more to the point.

"Well, I'd like you to join the big league, Alexa. Your powers are phenomenal even now, but your potential is far greater. You could outmatch Superman himself, with some effort and training. This is my proposal", I offered and filled the table with a dozen of my Miracles. Basically everything I had, from weak to strong, even a Lesser Radiance. Alexa was worth the investment.

"Really, you made a potion that gives Beauty?" Alexa asked with surprise, while reading the labels and the FDA type effects.

"How should I put it? Some heroes are old, or injured, or had their skin flayed off, maybe burned away. Others are simply ugly, or unkept or smell bad. Or some of the heroes are women, and they like to look pretty for their boyfriends or husbands." I answered with a shrug.

Alexa sipped more whiskey and thought. "You say I can outmatch Superman? I can't even fly..."

I read her Observe file to make sure. Fuerza did control gravity too, so flight was simply a problem of belief, maybe self-actualization as well. Surely that, too.

"Not a problem. Three of the potions give flight too. Aquaman couldn't fly either, before he took the last one. Now he's faster than a jet." I pointed out with a wide grin.

Alexa looked around at the alien spaceship, then back at me. "You really want me on the big team?" she asked with hope in her voice.

"I sure do. There are some powerful aliens out there in the universe, stronger than everyone on Earth combined. When they come, the entire planet might die. And they will come. Saving a country from poverty is less important than that, right?" I asked a bit rhetorical.

"I'd like to do both...but I guess that's implied already. I did meet you in Corto Maltese, doing exactly that." Alexa mused to herself, then poked through the potions to pick one.

"Try to violet one first. It gives a spark of magic." I proposed with a wry grin.

Alexa picked the Beauty potion instead. "I've always wondered how it would feel, to be beautiful and wanted. Not for my strength and power." she disclosed with a sad voice.

Well, I think we'll solve both her questions tonight.

As she began to drink the potions, I could feel her eyes measuring me with interest.

Once she finished the love potions and began with the stronger stuff, her mind screamed out loud for a dick. My dick.

"Errr. You're looking at me strangely, Alexa. Is there something on my face?" I asked innocently and drew back my cowl and holoshield.

"N-no. You look much nicer than I thought. Are you single, by any chance?" she asked with a burning desire.

I smiled kindly. "It's complicated. I have multiple bodies, each with their own life and entourage. One body is married and lives with his family. I am not married though." I answered truthfully.

Alexa blinked in surprise, then nodded. "I heard of super-powers like that. I wonder how it feels, to be in two places at once." she whispered and blushed for some reason.

A slight brush of her surface thoughts revealed Alexa imagined a threesome, with me and another of her. Then with two of me, and her...taking her from both ends.

Before I could speak, Peffy teleported into the room from the Applebase, wearing only his thermal underwear, and sporting a huge boner underneath.

"Did someone think about a threesome?" he asked in a casual voice, then measured Alexa for a spit roast.

The woman blushed and nodded shyly. "I might have..." she said in a weak voice.

Peffy moved instantly and took Alexa in his lap, then just hugged her and held out a Bastion vial. "You need too drink this potion, my dear. Your mind is simply radiating lust and thoughts about hot sex. We have other telepaths on board, and they can hear everything you think."

Alexa blushed ever harder, then gulped the potion to gain a Mind Block perk, which did control the outburst.

Peffy measured her affection at 68/100 and sighed. "You're not ready for two of me. Pick one, and when you're ready you can have us both."

Even though I did all the hard work, Alexa picked the naked, muscled man that hugged her warmly. "You look even nicer..."

"Call me Peffy!" he proclaimed in a winner's voice, then vanished with the heroine back to the Applebase.

Fuck! Did I cock-block myself? Or was Peffy just better?

I mean, I felt Alexa's mouth on the dick just fine...but still. I felt cheated!