Hercules, from his mortal home in Queens, felt the summons from his sister Athena. It had an urgent note to it. Of course, he went at once. It was rare in these days to travel to the home of his family, Mt. Olympus. Long ago he had been granted the ability to travel home at will. Naturally, his father could take this from him at any time. That being said, things had been going well lately and he wasn't expecting trouble.
Arriving at the magnificence of Olympus, he went to the home of the Goddess of Wisdom. Present there also was Hades, Aphrodite and Poseidon.
" Greetings to you all, my family"
Of those present only Athena spoke. Greetings to you my brother, God of Heroes. It is a terrible thing that brings you here. You are aware of course of the great number of alternate dimensions in the multiverse ? It has come to our attention that in one of these, a tragedy of unique and horrible. "
She turns to a space between two intricately decorated columns, waving her hand to reveal a scene.
" You can see in these scenes, the Ares of this universe is more clever than most of his counterparts. He tricks the young Olympian heroine Wonder Woman into hunting down several of the gods of this place. That and their greatest Hero has been driven mad. They have convinced a majority of their fellow heroes to clamp down and control the people of their Earth. There are a precious few who oppose them. *
The scene now shows Bruce Wayne, the Batman and some of his allies.
"Even now brother, your friend Reed Richards is about to make contact with this man. Follow me… "
She takes him into another room where the dark Goddess Nix sits next to a sleeping Ares. She seems to be concentrating. Zeus too is there watching.
Athena continues…
"My sister Aphrodite tricked that one through a portal, where our Uncles restrained him until Nyx could put him into an enchanted sleep.
Zeuss now takes his sons hand and places his other hand on the sleeping head of Ares.
"He has taken the energies of other Gods Herakles, for now I give these to you, to help you right things at this place. "
It is with this in mind that we find our hero in the laboratory of one of his world's greatest scientific minds, Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic.
"Well, Hercules, I believe I have located the dimension you are talking about. Someone there has opened a portal. I have now sent through a device to scout around and verify some of what you've said.
"I've taken a few moments and have sent out some feelers to friends and other heroes who I believe will be willing to go there and can be of help