I don't believe I'm doing this. The end is near!

Pr. 15 for violence.

I do not own any of the Marvel and DC characters mentioned in this story.

The story so far: Barbara Gordon found Charles Xavier a Gotham City hospital beaten, amnesiac, and unable to use his legs. Through the course of the story Babs and Charles discovered that he is wanted for murder in his reality. The X men came to this universe and killed him once, but laws of the multi-verse prevented him from staying dead. His ex-wife Lilandra arrived and was able to use her technology to fix Barbara's spine. Now Barbara has assembled a team of heroes to go to Charles' reality and clear his name.

(Please comment often so that I can finish this by the end of the weekend)

Oracle of the Part 5: The Conclusion

"Everybody it is time to look alive! We're here!" Babs shouts.

Everyone immediately sits up straight. And look out the windows. The earth is still a sphere the size of basket ball.

Babs spins around her seat and claps her hands. "So does everyone remember their orders? The group nods and replies in agreement.

"Just to go over things again. X team: Kyle your going to create an invisible plane and fly it to the where the Raven senses the Shadow King might be hiding out. O team, I am navigating the T-Wing over to Utopia. Were going to try peaceful negotiations at first and Zatanna you will teleport everyone as close as you can to the Cerebro. Everything clear?"

"We are 10,000 miles away from the earth. It is time," Lilandra says.

"May the gods watch over us, even from this distance," Donna Troy says as she un-clips her seat-belt.

Black Canary stretches her legs. "Has anyone pointed out how insane this?"

Babs adjust her mask. "It is only going to crazier Kyle you ready."

"I have designed the perfect all atmospheres-vehicle to get us where we need to go" Kyle says. Masks drop from the ceiling everyone puts one on. They are just grazing the surface of the earth when Lilandra opens passenger doors. Kyle quickly constructs a smooth ship with an opening covering the passenger entryway. Team X, consisting of Donna Troy, Raven, and green lantern Kyle Rayner. leave for the ship. "Good Luck!" Babs shouts. The vehicle turns invisible and heads and swings around into the opposite direction.

Lilandra continues to guide the ship over the very edge of earth's atmosphere. Lilandra kisses Charles and then turns around. They grip hands with Zatanna and teleport into the cargo hold where the T-Wing is. Team O gets in and readies for descent. Babs presses a few buttons and switches.Lilandra's voice come over telepathicaly "Get ready to unload." The cargo hold drops open and Babs navigates the T-Wing out.

The T-Wing enters the atmosphere somewhere over Hawaii as planned. Beast Boy tries to lighten the mood. "So what are the odds they'll let us enter peacefully and accept that Charles is not responsible for what happened?"

"Slim to none." Everyone but Misfit say in unison.

Babs spots the pillars. "We're here." Babs pulls out a radio a that transmits on multiple frequencies. "The Oracle of an alternate universe. You recently tried to kill Charles Xavier and failed. We would like permission to bring him here so he to stand trial."

"You really think they believe that trojan horse," Black Canary says.

A missile emerges and aimed directly at them. "Apparently not."

Reporters and cops have a lot in common.

The good ones seek the truth while the bad or lazy ones make up story.

People generally don't want to talk to you.

There is tons of paperwork that Hollywood leaves out to make the professions seem more glamorous.

And cops and reporters don't like each other to some extant as they feel they need to protect their own facts.

In the DC universe there is Vicki Vale and Lois Lane. Vicki managed to put all the pieces together concerning the identities of Bat-family but chose not publish the facts when Bruce asked her not to. Then there is Lois Lane. She is persistent, edgy, and slightly insane for jumping off buildings to prove that Clark Kent is Superman. She is not afraid of Lex Luthor. But once she marries Superman, she chooses to protect his identity as revealing it would be head-line making for days, but not years.

As for cops, there is James Gordon, honestly one of my favorite character in the DC universe. He has been tortured, shot, and beaten more times than I can count. The guy survived the Killing Joke with his sanity intact. Batman is his friend, but he has always keeps a barrier up between in which Batman doesn't becomes the police and police don't start wearing cowls (Batman Inc. is another story but can we keep it simple?). He also assembled the Major Crimes Unit. The team doesn't care for the "The Bat" and but will work with him when necessary. There is too much crime in Gotham for countless man hours to be spent searching for his identity.

I honestly do not know much about cops or reporters in the Marvel Universe. Peter Parker sells pictures of alter-ego to get a paycheck and I don't know much about Jessica Jones. I'd love for someone to fill me as while the Marvel Universe is supposed to exist in tandem with the "real world," DC has more gritty plots to it.

Lets pretend you are a super-hero trying to protect your identity. If one of these character were to knock on your door, who would you be the most concerned about? My answer: Lois Lane. The woman just doesn't know when to stop.

Fr 15 for violence.

I own none of the DC or Marvel characters

So far in the story: With the help of Zatanna and Barbara Gordon, Charles Xavier discovers that he killed Psylock while under the influence of the Shadow King. Now it is up to Babs to put together a create a strike team to and use Lilandra's space ship to transport them to the alternate universe to help track down the Shadow King and clear Charles Xavier's name.

Part 4

Babs stops ringing the bell. She opens her eyes and immediately looks to Charles. His body on the ground he is hands are covering his face. He is moaning. Babs looks away and gets up. Zatanna picks up her amulet and looks of mutual agreement passes between them. They walk to the end of the hall to the control room. The only show if dignity they could give was to leave a grown man alone as he cries.

When Babs opens the door, Lilandra gets up from her spot next to the door. "Well what happened? Who killed that woman?"

Babs walks to her computer bank and pulls out a chair she reserves for the rare guest. "Charles did," she said as her pressed her head back with exhaustion.

"Under the influence of a terrible monster known as the Shadow King," Zatanna adds quickly.

Lilandra gasps,"No! I must go comfort him!" She opens the door but Zatanna presses it shut. "The best the thing for him now is to let him sort his feelings out. He'll come to us when he is ready," Zatanna says.

Lilandra looks as if she is about to she say something but stops herself. "As you wish." She returns to ground by the door.

Zatanna walks towards Babs. "What are you thinking?"

Babs has pulled Raven's profile on the screen. "I'm thinking we need to take a trip to Charles' universe."

"What good will that do? They'll kill him and us on site."

Babs pulls up Huntress' profile "Not if we can get to the control room first. When I was catching flickers of his mind I noticed a piece of head gear that allowed him to project images on a screen. If we can get to that room and get Charles there, they'll be able to see the the truth."

Zatanna's phone beeps. "Oh God, I nearly forgot about my show. Entering someone else's head will do that to you."

She goes to leave when Babs shouts, "Hey Zatanna, can I count you in on any plans to visit a hostile reality?"

Zatanna stops and smiles. "Sounds like fun. Call me around 2:am, after my last show and after-party"

Babs looks at clock, it is already 5:30. She never understood how time worked while in an altered mental state.

Lilandra appears. "Are you really think about coming back with us to our reality."

Babs pulls up Up Black Canary's profile up. "Not alone that's for sure. How did you get here anyway?"

Lilandra thinks for a moment. "There are certain sections of deep space that are not charted. I closed my eyes and drew a map through one of these uncharted and thought of Charles."

"Planchete space exploration, fascinating. Any way you can re-chart your way back?"

"Certainly. But I must ask how are you going to convince your friends to help?"

"She is not," A voice says.

Charles enters the room. "Lilandra we are going to our home reality. I don't care if they execute me again. I deserve it."

"That's it!" Babs says. She stays in her chair and wheels towards Charles. "Get out into the hall!"

"What are you doing?" Lilandra asks as Babs passes her.

Charles shocked, wheeling backwards into the doorway.

Babs follows him and pulls out an escrima stick she keeps behind all of her chairs. She hits him on the shoulder. Charles stares at her disbelief. "What are you doing?"

"Behind your chair there are escrima sticks. Pull them out and fight me! We are having a rematch."

He tentatively pulls out a stick. "Why are you doing this?"

She wheels forwards using her legs but stays seated. She wacks the stick and loosens his grip. "Because I need you to stop feeling sorry for yourself."

He weakly hits back. "I killed a woman. I deserve whatever comes next."

Babs smacks the stick across his chest. "People love you, people need you."

Charles waves a stick with more vigor forward makes contact with hers. "Why do you care so much about me?" He swing that stick at her arm.

It makes contact and Babs stares him. "Because when I look at you, I see what I could have been. Someone who thinks that his disability is a weakness."

She takes aim again but, Charles is ready and pushes it back towards her. "You know nothing about me then!"

She smacks him across the arm and force him to lose grip on his stick. She lets go of her stick and pulls on his arm and uses her weight to pull him forward. She then pins him to the ground "Then choose to live to prove me wrong!"

He lays there for a moment, lost in thought. He then looks up and smiles at her. "If I were to ever have a daughter, I would hope you that she would be exactly like you."

To clarify

1. The office for the loony bin is the Buffalo News building.

2. The loony bin, the Richardson Complex hasn't had patients there in twenty years.

Bonus: The place inspired the illustrator of a batman comic.

I spent the first half of my day sitting on the floor with blue prints package (that are actually white) the size of a coffee table while crouching over my laptop on the floor to make an inventory list in Excel. I had one work-related injury: A paper cut between my thumb and pointer finger, making it painful to make the L sign at people (which I don't do). I then spent a good portion of time hopping around to arrange these three-pound documents in chronological order.

After college food-court tasting food with sweet cookies, I spent the day looking for invoice numbers on documents. I learned that the guy who makes sure the Joker doesn't try to break in by driving around the building every half-hour makes about $1,000 dollars a month (I joking about the Joker, he is the only patient left there and he resides in the basement, there is a patrol to prevent people from breaking in and feeding him).

So that was my day. Anyone else have fascinating intern experiences to share?

As if it's not obvious by now, I really love comics. I am fascinated by these worlds and would like to read some books that discuss the reasons for the multi-verse. I would like to learn how writers come up with X-men characters. I would like to learn how comics responded to national tragedies

What I don't want is something produced by Marvel or DC. I already own the DC coffee table book (it residing on a clean section of floor in my room as I fear it might break a shelf). Basically those books are good for the novice fan, but I'm looking for something more in-depth about the competition between the publishers. I want to learn more about why some people think of 90's comics as the "Dark Ages."

I found really fun book in a library called "Super Girls," by Mike Madrid which analyzed the origins of of the female superhero. I'm looking something like that. Any suggestions?

I thought I should be the one to start a thread like this. I love my Dad. Here is a brief story about one of his more tender-hearted moments.

I had a wanted a dog for many years, but end up with a bunny which I loved. He died on Halloween when I was in high school. Then next day my Dad I can go and choose a dog I wanted. We didn't want a rescue because we knew we wouldn't have the time to give this kind of dog the best attention. So we hit the breed books. I was flipping through a book and the face of Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. With a name like that, the dog has to be expensive. So I told my mom to tell my Dad that why I'd love a Cav. but I was willing to settle for a cocka-poo. To my Mother's credit, she told my Dad what I said. The next day my Dad called me into the living room and told me my grandmother, who had died a few years ago, would have wanted to the dog I wanted. He gave me a savings bond to pay for a Cavalier.

So what are some sweet things your Dads have done.

First off, I knew little about China, this is how I learned more from what some might call a "crazy" teacher.

I took Sociology of China 251 for a number of reasons. For one thing, I needed a random class to fill a time slot so my financial aid wouldn't be cut. I'd taken a few sociology courses with a professor I had a crush on who happened to also be one of the most eccentric characters in the Soc. department. I recently had a batch of pleasant easy-going teachers so I thought I'd mix things up with this guy who had less-than-good ratings. Most importantly, the text book was cheap.

This professor is from China. He has been in the States for twenty-five years with grown daughters and maintains dual citizenship. His English is still off in places as he doesn't understand some American slang (so he doesn't always catch when a student is mocking him).

Here is why some might construe his viewpoints radical, eccentric, or just plain nuts:

He believes that the US will have to cede Hawaii to China to pay off our debts.

When the China becomes the #1 economy the US and China will go to war (At this point I asked whether colonizing Mars will be a viable option when that happens and I wasn't being sarcastic.)

The US caused 9/11 by trying to give women in Arabic countries more rights.

Catholics are lazy.

Because I am one of those students who refuses to shut up when others are trying to nap, I argued all of these points with the professor. Armed with only the knowledge I read from intro to China text book, I made my opinions heard.

Maybe I should have shut up. He only gives out four assignments during the semester. The first two were multiple-guest tests which I less than 50$ on. I spent the rest of the semester going insane trying to get extra credit. At one point I was kneeling on table to past together my poster. When he looked at my poster about Taiwan, he said I couldn't display it with a Taiwan flag (longer story Wiki Taiwan) so because there were no computers available I begged a lady at school book store to print me a Chinese flag. I missed more than a few hours of work to attend a conference for extra credit.

But it was, during all this craziness I was learning. I learned about Atheism in China. I learned that 1/4 of the world's socks are made in a city I couldn't pronounce. I learned why China was so populated (it goes back to family culture). I learned that the reason China is successful right now is because it is not a democracy. I learned the reasons for internet censorship over there even though I disagree with it. And I learned that my profess recognizes when a student is learning.

I got an A in the course. I don't think I have ever been so pleased with getting an A. I learned from the guy even though I though he was nuts (just to be clear, I don't think he is nuts because he is Chinese, I think he is nuts because he is a sociology professor).

So as I like to end my blogs: What is the craziest thing your teacher has said or done? More importantly, did you end up learning from him or her?

For the record: I liked the Green Lantern movie. I think it is because I never read the Green Lantern comics until I read the trade tie-in (I don't recommend buying it if you are a hard-core fan who already knows the history of the comic).

Comic movies are supposed to high-light the strengths of the comics. This sounds insane but it is very late: Comics are like religious entities. If you attend mass at Church you get a small sampling of a story that is much bigger. A Mass is like a movie: It is visual and oral. It is supposed to inspire us to seek more knowledge about the Bible that has inspired people for more than two thousand years. After seeing a movie I am inspired to read more about this character because there is just so much more to understand about it.

Comic movies are supposed to have themes that viewers can easily understand and relate to. Many viewers of these comic movies have never checked out a comic news site. A comic movie is like an invitation for non-comic fans to enter a universe that we love. The comic universe is so huge and layered. There is nothing else like it. And it seems people are just starting to figure that out.

The Green Lantern is far from perfect. But my neighbor friend that I dragged to it enjoyed it because he no idea what it was about until he saw it. Good night all!

I read online that with the relaunch of DC Comics, there is a dramatic decrease in the number of female comic writers. Various people from DC comics have said that some a number of the potential female writers are involved in different projects. Whether you believe that line PR depends on how cynical you are.

So I'm curious to learn more about the different users on this site. Is there anyone here ranging from age ten to eighty with dreams of making it into the comics business? I know it is a hard business to break into but it is not impossible. A pair of guys from Cleveland broke into the business and created Superman. I'm sure some one can think of a more recent example.

Don't be afraid to admit to dreaming big. As for myself personally, I'm playing with a screenplay.

Some times its nice to read a full page of text. I was shelving the sci-fi/fantasy section of my wonderful library and discovered a book called "No Mans Land," by Greg Rucka. I flipped through it and discovered that it was based off a Batman comic. I delve into the book and loved it. Batman became my passion because of this book. I asked for a the comics for Christmas and discovered them to be different yet equally enjoyable experiences.

I discovered the "Death of Superman" novelization, but I couldn't get past Part 1. I have read the comics and found the series to be rather difficult to get into (why must resurrections be so complicated?).

Another interesting book I found was "X Men: Shadows of the Past." It is an original novel about Professor X and an old rival, Lucifer. If you hate Prof. X, you will find this book entirely too sweet and cutesy. But I liked the book because it was a simple story.

One thing that I hate: Novelizations of comic movies. If the movie is bad, the novel will be also.

What other comic-based novels are there out there?