A Showdown in Spades

After having your soul uplifted by having done good by a little girl, and getting a woman's 'affections' on the side, you look around and make sure no one was watching you. Having checked that the coast was clear, you reverted back to normal. 'It's good to be back in my own skin,' you thought. And to celebrate your renewed faith in yourself, you went into a restaurant and sat down for a meal.

Sadly, you were about to get a full-course lunch you weren't count on.

As you began dining, 5 people were watching you from the rooftop across the street. They were all dressed as playing cards: two young men, a young lady, and a preteen girl, standing behind a male teenager who watched you through high-tech binoculars. The teen lookout, known as Jack, was watching you and nodded to King. King, in turn pulled up a walkie-talkie and spoke into it. "The dealer's at the table."

"Excellent," replied a sadistic male voice. Then his tone changed to slightly giddy. "All right, kiddos. You know the game: five card draw... and the Joker's wild." The last part was more guttural before he started laughing maliciously for only three seconds, just before things went silent.

"Let's go," King ordered.

The others followed him, but the lady came upon their leader and said, "I don't see why we're wasting our time with this man. We can just ambush him, and then take him out for the boss."

King looked behind him, saying to her, "Queen, the boss wants us to test how powerful this guy's project is, then we bring him before the big guy."

...

You had gotten through half of the main course when you thought about how much power you had gotten, the women you've 'recruited', and you realize... it's too much. 'Nanites?' you ask.

'We are here, master,' they replied in your mind. You had almost forgotten about how strong your connection was, but you weren't worried about that now.

'I amassed so much power in so much time, and after defeating Hades, I seem to have his divinity in me. And that has made the other ladies hopelessly devoted to me.' You paused as you felt slightly overwhelmed from the mere thought of it. 'I'm not sure if I want that anymore.'

'We understand, master,' they replied without hesitation. 'However, due to the nature of your increased energy, this will take substantially longer to dissipate, even with our ever-growing understanding of your biology and environments.'

'However long it takes...' you concluded. You took your glass and only downed a sip of your drink when a street sign came crashing in through the window! You barely avoided it when it crashed into the wall. That started a panic with the other customers as they ran outside, with you as the last one out.

The costumed five stood in the middle of the street, where four of them stood ready to fight, but the preteen with short black hair seemed to stare off into space. "How many you got up your sleeve, tough guy?" Ten demanded.

"Come find out," you taunt, gesturing him to you. He charged right at you, roaring at you, but you crouched low and blocked his double axe handle. A split second after that, you kick his gut as hard as you can, and tackle him backwards with your arms wrapped around him. The other three Royal Flush members joined in the fray, ganging up on you too.

J'onn was working at the computers on the bridge of the Watchtower, keeping track of things going on in the world. But... after Shadow had gone to his room, he thought, he hadn't heard from him since. He grew concerned; things had been going very strangely for you as of late, so he decided to contact you.