Infinite Justice: Beyond (Marvel,DC,DBZ X/Over, IC, Open)

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Knight's Domain
The Knight (marcus), Lawbringer (Anna)

The Knight climbed out of The Destroyer as it pulled into the Domain's garage, climbing out he sighed as he took off his helmet. Lawbringer followed him, taking off her mask and hood, "So, What's the strategy now?" Anna asked, Marcus rubbed his chin, "we'll need to keep up the offensive against Stahl's men, even then, Finding him is going to be tough with this 'legionaire' hiding in the grass like a snake". as Marcus sat down at The Knightcomputer, setting his helmet down on a clear spot on The knightcomputer, he logged in and began typing.

[Marcus],
"sanza you finally call me by my na-",
[Sir, Something Dire has happened in Gotham],
Marcus was unnerved, he'd never heard Sanza speak with anything other than a calm tone, "bring it up on the main screen".

Sanza brought a New Chopper footage of a Street in Central gotham, spreading around the city, a Chemical weapon was attacking it's people. The gas seemed to have been dissipating, but from some of the bodies and the ransacked streets of Gotham, it didn't look hopeful. Anna walked up to The Knightcomputer, standing next to Marcus, "jesus....", Anna peered at Marcus, "what are we gonna do?". [sir, a Distress call from the Bat Family, they're calling in help from their associates]. Apart from the thought Marcus got when he realized nightwing considered him an associate, Marcus stood up, putting on The Knight's helmet. "Anna, Hold down the fort here in Chicago, and monitor Stahl's movements" The Knight said walking towards The VTOL Hangar, "where are you going?" Anna asked worringly,

"I'm going back to Gotham" The Knight said, walking through the doorway to the Hangar. The Knight climbed into the VTOL, Powering it on and turning on the NAV Computer, "Sanza Lock coordinates onto The Knight Computer's GPS for Gotham, and see if you can retrace the communication frequency from the Bat Family to try and recontact whoever sent out the signal". [yes sir, but, Aren't you worried about the left over gas?], "We'll cross the Bridge when we get to it" The Knight said flying the VTOL up ad out of the disguised Hangar exit.

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Gotham City

The Knight's VTOL Flew towards Gotham City, finally reaching it's destination, The Knight linked up with The Knight computer. The Knight set The VTOL into hover just above a Gotham rooftop, climbing out he walked towards the edge of the building. The Knight knelt down, using his enhanced vision to zoom inon the street, "Gotham Police Department are attempting to keep Order, Harvey Bullock is at the center of Grand Avenue with Sergant Cash". [Usually they'd be more friendly to the Batfamily, you're unknown to them, shall we proceed?]. The Knight stood up on the edge of the building, "Let's go introduce outselves". The Knight stepped off of the edge of the building, as he began to fall The Knight opened his cape, lightly falling down at the ground level of the Alley way. The Knight stepped out, looking around he began to walk towards the center of Grand Avenue, the streets were empty with the emergancy cerfew in place, The Knight shot his grappel pulling him ont a high point of one of the streetside buildboards for a better vantage point.

The Knight spotted Cash and Bullock, The Knight glided down and landed silently behind them, "Gentlemen, I'm here to help". Cash turned around while harvey nearly jumped out of his own body, "Jesus you gotta stop this bat- wait, who are you?" Harvey asked The Knight. Cash squinted, "wait, I remember that Symbol, You're That Knight guy". Harvey raised an Eyebrow, "Knight?". Cash shook his head, "watch the damn news sometime harv' this guy fought off 5 of the world's deadliest assassins". Harvey gave a suprised face, "well then, glad you're here". "The Bat Family sent out a wide range signal for assistance", Cash scratched the back of his head, "Yeah, we saw a few of their people get caught in the gas, then batman showed up and hauled them off, I'd guess they'd need back up. Well seeing as you're staying, there's probably something we can have you do to help the GCP-".

Cash was Interrupted when his radio on his waist sparked up, a female officer shouting, ["10 - 1 We need back up, We've got a hostage situation at the Marriott Gotham Theater, Pengiun and his thugs have broken in"]. Cash radioed in, "roger that we'll have backup on route", Looking up Cash commented, "It's probably best you head there Kni- Wait where'd he go?". Cash said looking around. Harvey shook his head, "I Dunno, disheartening is like some sort of Bat-itis nowadays".

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Marriott Theater, Gotham

The Knight landed on a Rooftop overlooking the Marriott, Penguin's Goons had blocked the door with the police forming a small Car blockade outside of the door. The Knight grappled over to the Marriott's rooftop, unseen as he crouched down as he saw 2 of penguin's men. The Knight shot a tranquilizer dart, knocking out the farther thug, as the closer one turned around, The Knight pulled him over by shooting his grapple at his chest. The Knight knocked the thug off his footing by hitting him horizontally, The knight brought his hands together and slammed them on the Thug's chest, knocking him down and knocking him out. The Knight quickly hurried over to an air vent, prying it off with his hands and placing it to the side, the Knight slowly slid down the air, hitting the bottom as it changed horizontally. The Knight quietly and lightly moved through the airvent, until he stopped at one exit grate upon hearing Penguin's cockney accent.

"Alrite Lads, We gotta get that Safe open before The Bat gets here", The Penguin said, standing on a milk crate while his men stood around him, "and I promise we'll be richer that Bruce Wayne by the end of this!". Penguin's men cheered, The Knight took this advantage, dropping down onto cobblepot's box knocking him off, The Knight peered down at penguin, "I'm shutting this down cobblepot', Penguin looked up confused, "wait, you're not the Bat, who are you?". "I'm The Knight, and You're a short man who's about to have half his ribs broken". penguin cackled as he held his hand up, then Penguin's men charged at The Knight. The Knight threw down a flash bang, catching penguin's men off guard, The Knight took advantage tripping a thud and smashing his head into the ground.

The Knight then grabbed two of them by their throats, and tossed them back into an empty china case, which fell on top of them knocking them out cold. The Knight began to fight against the large amount of penguin's thugs, as Penguin attempted to run out of the room VIA a side exit, the door slammed open, and none other that Nightwing himself jumped out pinning cobblepot on his back. "Miss me Penguin?", "*coff* screw you boy wonder!". Nightwing punched Cobblepot straight in the jaw knocking him out cold, Nightwing looked up to see The Knight standing over a large ground of unconscious penguin goons. Nighwing whistled, "gotta admit, I'm impressed". The Knight walked forward, stopping 3 feet from Nightwing.

"the Bat Family sent out their Distress Signal",
"and you answered?",
"I said I'd come if you need my help",
"well, in that case, We better regroup with Bats and decide on how to approach the fallout from last night".
The Knight nodded, he then received a Commslink from his father.

["Marcus, I've rerouted the VTOL to be stationed discretely and secretly in a Cryotech storage house, not far from where you're at", ["Much Ablidged, I'll contact you later with a report on the Chicago crime War"].

Back in The Knight's Domain

Thomas ended the call, he coughed violently into his handkerchief, Thomas looked at it to see he'd been coughing up Blood. Thomas shook his head,
"Later might not be enough time boy..."

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On the other side of the city, one of Boxer's Runner entered the Marriott Theatre. "Knight, you in here? I'm with the GCPD. Gordon sent me here to make some arrests. Cash and Bullock are on another call."

The Knight stood up, he'd been handcuffing the Penguin thugs, "We're just finishing up". The Knight gestured to nightwing who'd been keeping one foot on the chest of a handcuffed Cobblepot, pressing him down on his back. "Good, the GCPD is here, That'll help speed up things". The Knight stepped out of the way for the Runner and a few police officers to walk over and start moving the Thugs to the Transports. "14 Small time Penguin Cronies in total, and One tub of Blard of a Mob Boss". "I heard that you Sniffiling Chicagoan, I'll get you for this". The Knight walked over, Nightwing stepped off allowing The Knight to do what he needed, The Knight grabbed Penguin by the collar of his shirt, lifting him high up from the ground and looking him straight in the face.

The Knight muttered ina low voice, only Penguin could really hear what was said.
"Listen you Sniffiling Piece of Criminal Filth, I've given you one chance by only breaking a few of your ribs. But so help me if you continue to endanger innocents by taking them hostage at this size and scale, I'll make sure you never walk again". Penguin was partly intimidated, "The hell are you, Batman would never-", The Knight put his face very close to Penguin's, "I'm Not, Batman". The Knight dropped Penguin on the ground, penguin stumbling before getting up. The Knight pushed The penguin over to The Runner. "Do me a favor, and Have Him Locked up for a Long Time".

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The Knight stood up, he'd been handcuffing the Penguin thugs, "We're just finishing up". The Knight gestured to nightwing who'd been keeping one foot on the chest of a handcuffed Cobblepot, pressing him down on his back. "Good, the GCPD is here, That'll help speed up things". The Knight stepped out of the way for the Runner and a few police officers to walk over and start moving the Thugs to the Transports. "14 Small time Penguin Cronies in total, and One tub of Blard of a Mob Boss". "I heard that you Sniffiling Chicagoan, I'll get you for this". The Knight walked over, Nightwing stepped off allowing The Knight to do what he needed, The Knight grabbed Penguin by the collar of his shirt, lifting him high up from the ground and looking him straight in the face.

The Knight muttered ina low voice, only Penguin could really hear what was said.
"Listen you Sniffiling Piece of Criminal Filth, I've given you one chance by only breaking a few of your ribs. But so help me if you continue to endanger innocents by taking them hostage at this size and scale, I'll make sure you never walk again". Penguin was partly intimidated, "The hell are you, Batman would never-", The Knight put his face very close to Penguin's, "I'm Not, Batman". The Knight dropped Penguin on the ground, penguin stumbling before getting up. The Knight pushed The penguin over to The Runner. "Do me a favor, and Have Him Locked up for a Long Time".

The Runner narrowed his eyes. "You're quite a piece of work, aren't you Knight?" He shook his head. "Anyway. My colleagues are going to arrest the Penguin and his goons, and you are going to come with me. Boxer, my boss, wants a word. We've got an ongoing investigation into the Joker toxin attacks. We already have one of the Bat's Robins as an agent, but it'd be useful to have you on board. Details are restricted to those involved. You in?"

"you're a Real piece of work, you know that Knight" the Runner said shaking his head. The Knight peered at the Runner, "Sure, Scoff at me now, but my work in Chicago has cut down the entierty of the Organized crime Mafia, aswell as cut down Crime in the city by 35%. Sure, Just because I don't play always by the books like the bat, but look at it this way, A Criminal like Bane or joker, who's accountable for over around 1,000 accounts of Murder, I don't condone killing, But putting and keeping them out of action Is a sensible Alternative". The Knight stepped forward facing the Runner, "you Gothamites call me a 'Piece of work', I call it Efficency".

"Anyway. My colleagues are going to arrest the Penguin and his goons, and you are going to come with me. Boxer, my boss, wants a word. We've got an ongoing investigation into the Joker toxin attacks. We already have one of the Bat's Robins as an agent, but it'd be useful to have you on board. Details are restricted to those involved. You in?". The Knight walked outside with the Runner waling alongside him, "I'm going to make this Clear, I'm here in Gotham to help the BatFamily because they needed my help. I am willing to temporarily work with Boxer, but I'm not looking for permenant Employment. I'm the Guardian of Chicago, I don't need to join Organizations that coorespond halfway accross the country". Nightwing stepped outside, "I'd love to stay and chat, but I got some errands to run. and by errands I mean hunting down a man with a large freez gun. Knight, you know how to find me, see you guys later". Nightwing grappeled off, The Knight turned back to face the runner, "so, where should we meet this 'Boxer'?"

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"you're a Real piece of work, you know that Knight" the Runner said shaking his head. The Knight peered at the Runner, "Sure, Scoff at me now, but my work in Chicago has cut down the entierty of the Organized crime Mafia, aswell as cut down Crime in the city by 35%. Sure, Just because I don't play always by the books like the bat, but look at it this way, A Criminal like Bane or joker, who's accountable for over around 1,000 accounts of Murder, I don't condone killing, But putting and keeping them out of action Is a sensible Alternative". The Knight stepped forward facing the Runner, "you Gothamites call me a 'Piece of work', I call it Efficency".

"Anyway. My colleagues are going to arrest the Penguin and his goons, and you are going to come with me. Boxer, my boss, wants a word. We've got an ongoing investigation into the Joker toxin attacks. We already have one of the Bat's Robins as an agent, but it'd be useful to have you on board. Details are restricted to those involved. You in?". The Knight walked outside with the Runner waling alongside him, "I'm going to make this Clear, I'm here in Gotham to help the BatFamily because they needed my help. I am willing to temporarily work with Boxer, but I'm not looking for permenant Employment. I'm the Guardian of Chicago, I don't need to join Organizations that coorespond halfway accross the country". Nightwing stepped outside, "I'd love to stay and chat, but I got some errands to run. and by errands I mean hunting down a psycotic clown girl. Knight, you know how to find me, see you guys later". Nightwing grappeled off, The Knight turned back to face the runner, "so, where should we meet this 'Boxer'?"

The Runner scoffed. "You remind me of Red Hood. Anyway. If you're in, you should know that Batman gave us this assignment. You are working with the Bat. He's out of town for a while. You'll get your full briefing at the GCPD Headquarters. Red Robin and Boxer are meeting you there." He considered for a moment. "Just to let you know, everything I just told you is classified at the top level. Only the Runners and Gordon know it. If you let this information loose, I'm under orders to read you your rights."

He turned to walk away, then paused and turned around. "Just to let you know, those stats you gave me? The Gotham City Defenders and the GCPD, after we merged, have even better stats. The only gangs left in the city are guys like Joker and Penguin- And even then, we have operations on them at all times." He raised a gun. "Tell me, you ever taken out a Joker goon chock full of Venom and Joker toxin?" He loaded the gun. "Two shots, one in each eye. They recover." He walked towards the door. "Welcome to Gotham. Our cops transfer to Detroit ad Chicago because it's quieter. Follow me to the GCPD."

""Just to let you know, those stats you gave me? The Gotham City Defenders and the GCPD, after we merged, have even better stats. The only gangs left in the city are guys like Joker and Penguin- And even then, we have operations on them at all times." He raised a gun. "Tell me, you ever taken out a Joker goon chock full of Venom and Joker toxin?" He loaded the gun. "Two shots, one in each eye. They recover." .".

The Knight looked at the man as he walked away, "you Fail to see the obvious logic, that an entire Organization can maintain better statistics, than what it took a Single Person to do". ""Welcome to Gotham. Our cops transfer to Detroit ad Chicago because it's quieter. Follow me to the GCPD.". The Knight would've scoffed if he were off duty, "By your Logic, It shows that The Detroit and Chicagoan Police forces are better at maintaining peace then Gotham is". The Knight took out his grappel, "No offense, But Between your Additude and your Flawed Logic, you decrease my want to meet Boxer by the minute. I'll Head to GCPD myself". Before the Runner could turn around, The Knight had seemingly vanished.

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Gotham City Police Department

The Knight Glided and Dropped down lightly onto the rooftop above the tunnel leading down into the GCPD. one of the officers notticed as The Knight approached, "I'm Here to see a man called 'Boxer', He wanted to establish face to face contact with me".

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""Just to let you know, those stats you gave me? The Gotham City Defenders and the GCPD, after we merged, have even better stats. The only gangs left in the city are guys like Joker and Penguin- And even then, we have operations on them at all times." He raised a gun. "Tell me, you ever taken out a Joker goon chock full of Venom and Joker toxin?" He loaded the gun. "Two shots, one in each eye. They recover." .".

The Knight looked at the man as he walked away, "you Fail to see the obvious logic, that an entire Organization can maintain better statistics, than what it took a Single Person to do". ""Welcome to Gotham. Our cops transfer to Detroit ad Chicago because it's quieter. Follow me to the GCPD.". The Knight would've scoffed if he were off duty, "By your Logic, It shows that The Detroit and Chicagoan Police forces are better at maintaining peace then Gotham is". The Knight took out his grappel, "No offense, But Between your Additude and your Flawed Logic, you decrease my want to meet Boxer by the minute. I'll Head to GCPD myself". Before the Runner could turn around, The Knight had seemingly vanished.

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Gotham City Police Department

The Knight Glided and Dropped down lightly onto the rooftop above the tunnel leading down into the GCPD. one of the officers noticed as The Knight approached, "I'm Here to see a man called 'Boxer', He wanted to establish face to face contact with me".

"The hell does Boxer want with a mask?" One of the men questioned. The SWAT logo emblazoned on his uniform obviously indicated he wasn't a Runner.

"Above your pay grade, mate. Buzz off." A Runner showed up. Their uniforms (obviously designed for efficiency and stealth) were easily identified, once you knew what you were looking for. "Knight, I'm guessing?" He nodded towards the newcomer after the disgruntled SWAT officer left. "I'm guessing you ditched Johnson." He shrugged. "He can find his way back." He pulled out a radio. "Hey, Runner-Actual, this is Runner-5. I've got the import model outside home camp."

"This is Runner-Actual. Please confirm that the import model has no problem with red birds."

The Runner nodded. "Yo, Knight, you ever interacted with Red Robin before? Don't have any vendettas against him or anything like that?"

""I'm guessing you ditched Johnson.". The Knight stayed quiet to the statement, following Runner 5 the short distance he walked before turning to The Knight.

"Yo, Knight, you ever interacted with Red Robin before? Don't have any vendettas against him or anything like that?". "No, I've heard of Red Robin before, a Young man of his Stature wouldn't attract any vendettas against me". The Knight looked around, The normal GCPD building was more upgraded per say with the Technology, probably from Boxer's Organization. The Knight saw the grimaces and looks he'd gotten from the SWAT officers, aswell as some of the other officers, The Knight peered back at Runner 5.

"do they dislike every Masked vigilant who comes through here, or am I a special case?

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""I'm guessing you ditched Johnson.". The Knight stayed quiet to the statement, following Runner 5 the short distance he walked before turning to The Knight.

"Yo, Knight, you ever interacted with Red Robin before? Don't have any vendettas against him or anything like that?". "No, I've heard of Red Robin before, a Young man of his Stature wouldn't attract any vendettas against me". The Knight looked around, The normal GCPD building was more upgraded per say with the Technology, probably from Boxer's Organization. The Knight saw the grimaces and looks he'd gotten from the SWAT officers, aswell as some of the other officers, The Knight peered back at Runner 5.

"do they dislike every Masked vigilant who comes through here, or am I a special case?

"SWAT's never been a fan of the vigilantism in Gotham, and a lot of the old timers aren't a fan of the Runners. Us bringing a Mask through the GCPD HQ straight to Boxer? I'd be surprised if you didn't get ugly looks." He shrugged. "It doesn't matter. We're here."

The War Room entrance was a reinforced steel door. Runner-5 placed his hand on a scanner and then typed in a code, opening the door. Inside, Boxer and Red Robin, along with a few Runners, were talking. Boxer glanced at the door. "You must be Knight. Michael, grab the folder to your left and brief yourself on your assignment, then head out."

Runner-5 nodded. "Alright boss." He grabbed the folder and left the room as Boxer approached Knight.

"I'm Boxer. Runner-Actual on comms." He nodded towards the masked man behind him. "Red Robin. Redbird-Actual. on comms. The rest of these guys are my best Runners. Red Robin and these guys are my assault squad. Everyone else is on recon. You can join either team, and I have a file briefing available either way." He held up two files, one labelled 'Assault' and the other labelled 'Active,' waiting for Knight to choose one.

""I'm Boxer. Runner-Actual on comms."", "Nice to meet you, Your team is Impressive, from my perspective in any case".

"Red Robin. Redbird-Actual. on comms. The rest of these guys are my best Runners. Red Robin and these guys are my assault squad. Everyone else is on recon. You can join either team, and I have a file briefing available either way."", The Knight shook his head, "I've explained this to 'runner johnson', I'm here to help the Bat Family in Gotham since they asked for my help, I'm not however interested in Joining an Organization. If it's any Consolation Boxer, I'll be willing to work a bit of a temporary partnership with your men until The Bat Family doesn't need my assistance anymore". The Knight waited for Boxer's response.

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""I'm Boxer. Runner-Actual on comms."", "Nice to meet you, Your team is Impressive, from my perspective in any case".

"Red Robin. Redbird-Actual. on comms. The rest of these guys are my best Runners. Red Robin and these guys are my assault squad. Everyone else is on recon. You can join either team, and I have a file briefing available either way."", The Knight shook his head, "I've explained this to 'runner johnson', I'm here to help the Bat Family in Gotham since they asked for my help, I'm not however interested in Joining an Organization. If it's any Consolation Boxer, I'll be willing to work a bit of a temporary partnership with your men until The Bat Family doesn't need my assistance anymore". The Knight waited for Boxer's response.

Boxer raised an eyebrow. "And like Runner-5 explained, helping us is helping the Bat. You wouldn't be joining the GCPD in any capacity- Do you know how much flak we'd get from the higher ups if we even considered hiring a Mask? Hell no." He shook his head. "Besides, did you think Red Robin was part of the GCPD? He's with Batman, not us. These teams are temporary alliances of Mask and my Runners that will be dissolved the moment their mission is complete. That was always the plan. Now, are you going to help us out or argue semantics all day?"

"I don't see where you're getting at with Arguing, I'd misheard and thought You'd want me to join, I Wasn't arguing with you. In anycase I'll join this alliance to help The Bat".

The Knight gestured his head towards the Assault File, "I'll take Assault". if Boxer gave The Knight the file, The Knight would take hold and inspect it, "I have to note, Boxer, you and Runner-5 set a better face for your Organization then the Runner you sent did".

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"You got me, though I don't know how you could did that."

And then he heard the explanation. Apparently, GCD and GCPD merged and became stronger and more in numbers, a lot of good things to go. However, then Joker set off seventeen bombs, around Gotham City. Flooding the city with his toxin and destroying hospital. Damages had been done and he's in Asylum now but it will be damned if it means city's safe.

"It's terrible, but acknowledged. Joker isn't exactly the sanest in crime department. Okay, so...what can I do to help?"

The Runner looked the Kryptonian up and down, then went to his radio. "Gordon, I've got a Mask offering his help. Get this- It's a Kryptonian."
"I'll be damned. Send him to the ruins of Gotham General. Who knows- He might even find survivors."
The Runner looked up at the Kryptonian. "You heard the man. After Gotham General was destroyed, a makeshift medical camp was set up around its ruins. They hold the same policy as the hospital did- They accept everyone, no questions asked. The old hospital was 15 stories tall, and there's a lot of people digging through its remains trying to find loved ones. Any chance you can help recover the bodies, give those families some closure?"

"I don't see where you're getting at with Arguing, I'd misheard and thought You'd want me to join, I Wasn't arguing with you. In anycase I'll join this alliance to help The Bat".

The Knight gestured his head towards the Assault File, "I'll take Assault". if Boxer gave The Knight the file, The Knight would take hold and inspect it, "I have to note, Boxer, you and Runner-5 set a better face for your Organization then the Runner you sent did".

Boxer handed him the file. When Knight mentioned the Runner he sent, he scowled. "Johnson lost three family members the night that the GCPD fell. He lost his wife and daughter two days ago in the Gotham General destruction. Everyone in Gotham has been through a hell of a lot, Knight, and I'd advise you to remember that."

Suddenly, just as Boxer finished his sentence, his radio came to life. This is Runner-Fifteen. I have eyes on a clown car at Seventh and Trainer, East Side. Six visible, estimated twenty plus, advise to call in the vests.

Boxer turned towards the map at the centre of the War Room. "Alright folks, we've got a Joker gang hideout at seven blocks north-east of Officer Jenson's recon point. Appears to be... An old warehouse on the docks. We move in five minutes. Knight! How many SWAT officers are you the equivalent of?"

. "Johnson lost three family members the night that the GCPD fell. He lost his wife and daughter two days ago in the Gotham General destruction. Everyone in Gotham has been through a hell of a lot, Knight, and I'd advise you to remember that.", The Knight peered back up at Boxer, Equally Scowling. "You say that as if I should've Known that, Aswell that Wouldn't have been a Token for him to Berate and belittle the Acomplishments of The efforts of Me and The Chicago Police force in cutting down crime.". Boxer and The Knight were cut from conversation when the Rdio came to life,
This is Runner-Fifteen. I have eyes on a clown car at Seventh and Trainer, East Side. Six visible, estimated twenty plus, advise to call in the vests.,
Boxer turned towards the Map,
"lright folks, we've got a Joker gang hideout at seven blocks north-east of Officer Jenson's recon point. Appears to be... An old warehouse on the docks. We move in five minutes. Knight! How many SWAT officers are you the equivalent of?"".
"From what My Logistical Report says, Under Normal Circumstances, 30. When Pushed to need to move quickly and pick up the pace, more though It's not currently Estimated". The Knight pressed a button on his gauntlet, bringing up a small olographic hud where began serarchign through his files,
"I have some Air and Hearvy Armor Land Vehicular support that could back us up if need be", The Knight shut down the holographic hud and peered at Boxer, "Your choice if we need them or not".

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. "Johnson lost three family members the night that the GCPD fell. He lost his wife and daughter two days ago in the Gotham General destruction. Everyone in Gotham has been through a hell of a lot, Knight, and I'd advise you to remember that.", The Knight peered back up at Boxer, Equally Scowling. "You say that as if I should've Known that, Aswell that Wouldn't have been a Token for him to Berate and belittle the Acomplishments of The efforts of Me and The Chicago Police force in cutting down crime.". Boxer and The Knight were cut from conversation when the Rdio came to life,
This is Runner-Fifteen. I have eyes on a clown car at Seventh and Trainer, East Side. Six visible, estimated twenty plus, advise to call in the vests.,
Boxer turned towards the Map,
"Alright folks, we've got a Joker gang hideout at seven blocks north-east of Officer Jenson's recon point. Appears to be... An old warehouse on the docks. We move in five minutes. Knight! How many SWAT officers are you the equivalent of?"".
"From what My Logistical Report says, Under Normal Circumstances, 30. When Pushed to need to move quickly and pick up the pace, more though It's not currently Estimated". The Knight pressed a button on his gauntlet, bringing up a small holographic hud where began serarching through his files,
"I have some Air and Hearvy Armor Land Vehicular support that could back us up if need be", The Knight shut down the holographic hud and peered at Boxer, "Your choice if we need them or not".

Not even going to ask where the hell he's storing that kind of tech in Gotham. Boxer sighed. "We're going in quiet, Knight, not guns blazing. He pressed his hand against the wall, opening a hatch with twin customized pistols as well as a bulletproof vest and assorted other equipment inside. He holstered the two guns and began taking out the rest of it. "We need intel more than body bags."

"We need intel more than Body Bags", The Knight gave a stern face to the remark.

"I don't Condone Killling Boxer", The Knight paused as Boxer put on his equipment, The Knighbt opened up the small holographic display on his right gautnlet, beginning to search through some files. "The vehicular Support is armed with Nonlethal Munitions It wouldn't kill". The Knight began to search through the City's schematics, trying to find some of the Hideout's structure. "I'll try to find some Entry Points for us. ona note of getting there, should we take your trasnport or mine?".

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Rogue Kryptonian- Gotham General ruins! Boxer paled, looking at the text alert from his agent in the hospital camps. "Looks like our mission is... Dammit, it's on hold. Knight, I need the biggest, baddest tech you have at the remains of Gotham General now." He turned to the other Runners. "Get Gordon on the line, tell him to contact every Bat he can get his hands on. Officer Khal!"

"Yes, Sir?" A small, female Runner walked up to Boxer.

"Get out your damn RPG." He growled.

"Sir, yes, Sir!" She smirked, racing from the room.

Boxer grabbed a small box and punched in a few numbers, overriding the building's PA system. "Priority Alpha target. This is not a drill. Priority Alpha target- Live fire permitted. Gotham General ruins. It's a damn Kryptonian."

As soon as he said this, every officer in the building stopped for a moment and simply stared.

"Looks like our mission is... Dammit, it's on hold. Knight, I need the biggest, baddest tech you have at the remains of Gotham General now.", The Knight nodded, walking out he passed by the two Swat officers before exiting onto the lower rooftop he arrived on. The Knight contacted Sanza, "Sanza, There are reports of a Rouge Kryptonian. Get the Destroyer AND The VTOL, and have them prepped with nonlethal Kryptonite Munitions", [right away sir, however they kryptonite rounds are in short supply], "then we're going to have to make every last one count". The Knight walked to the edge of the roof, pressing a button on his gauntlet he glided and dropped onto the drive way. The sounds of the Destroyer were heard in the distance as it drove up to The Knight, The Knight climbed in and drove off, The VTOL flying above the skyline.

The Knight arrived at the scene, The Destroyer stopped by the ruins, The Knight saw the kryptonian in the distance. Smiling Viciously, The Knight took a breath, Exiting The Destroyer The Knight spoke into his comms.
[Sanza, Is the Power Suit being readied?],

[Readying a model at the nearest Cryotech Facility, should be done within a few minutes]. The Knight knew a few minutes probably wouldn't be enough time. The Knight sent a message to Boxer's systems, hoping it would reach him.

Code: Select all

[I'm at Gotham General, Nonlethal Kryptonite Rounds prepped. get here, Soon]

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The Knight pressed a button, having The Destroyer lock it's 60mm Cannon onto The Kryptonian, The Knight had The VTOL hover high above The Ruins, scanning for The Kryptonian's Signature. The Knight took a breath and climbed back into The Destroyer.

The Knight heard Boxer over his Comms,
"Priority Alpha target. This is not a drill. Priority Alpha target- Live fire permitted. Gotham General ruins. It's a damn Kryptonian".
The Knight pondered the situation,
'More People will die if you don't attack' The Knight took a last deep breath, before firing a Kryptonite Dust Round from The Destroyer's 60mm Cannon at The Kryptonian.

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"Looks like our mission is... Dammit, it's on hold. Knight, I need the biggest, baddest tech you have at the remains of Gotham General now.", The Knight nodded, walking out he passed by the two Swat officers before exiting onto the lower rooftop he arrived on. The Knight contacted Sanza, "Sanza, There are reports of a Rouge Kryptonian. Get the Destroyer AND The VTOL, and have them prepped with nonlethal Kryptonite Munitions", [right away sir, however they kryptonite rounds are in short supply], "then we're going to have to make every last one count". The Knight walked to the edge of the roof, pressing a button on his gauntlet he glided and dropped onto the drive way. The sounds of the Destroyer were heard in the distance as it drove up to The Knight, The Knight climbed in and drove off, The VTOL flying above the skyline.

The Knight arrived at the scene, The Destroyer stopped by the ruins, The Knight saw the kryptonian in the distance. Smiling Viciously, The Knight took a breath, Exiting The Destroyer The Knight spoke into his comms.
[Sanza, Is the Power Suit being readied?],

[Readying a model at the nearest Cryotech Facility, should be done within a few minutes]. The Knight knew a few minutes probably wouldn't be enough time. The Knight sent a message to Boxer's systems, hoping it would reach him.

Code: Select all

[I'm at Gotham General, Nonlethal Kryptonite Rounds prepped. get here, Soon]

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The Knight pressed a button, having The Destroyer lock it's 60mm Cannon onto The Kryptonian, The Knight had The VTOL hover high above The Ruins, scanning for The Kryptonian's Signature. The Knight took a breath and climbed back into The Destroyer.

The Knight heard Boxer over his Comms,
"Priority Alpha target. This is not a drill. Priority Alpha target- Live fire permitted. Gotham General ruins. It's a damn Kryptonian".
The Knight pondered the situation,
'More People will die if you don't attack' The Knight took a last deep breath, before firing a Kryptonite Dust Round from The Destroyer's 60mm Cannon at The Kryptonian.

Screaming were heard, and people all running around here and there. Police officers attempted to firing at him to no avail and he shrugged off the attack, as he threw the rubble around. Of course no one was killed but it's the attempt that counted.

Above him, as he looked upward he saw a VTOL hovering over him. It's a matter of time before the heroes arrived and attempted to arrest him, but will they be able to win? That's still a question needs to be answered.

A round was suddenly fired at him, and he partially managed to dodged the attack. But the attack was fantastic, it was a powerful round, one that managed to lessened his abilities for awhile. "They are not something to be mess with. Nonetheless, they are still humans," said Len to himself. He started to ran towards the nearest body of water, and jumped to the water.

The Knight furrowed his brow as he saw the Kryptonian run to the nearest body of water.

'We Can't let him get to the water'
The Knight thought to himself as he put The Destroyer in gear and drove forward, The Knight was away from the Police and Cops, he slammed into the kryptonian knocking him from his trajectory trying to get to The Water. The Destroyer swerved back around, facing The Kryptonian, The Knight spoke on The Destroyer's Speakers.

"Stay Down, Now!".

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The Knight furrowed his brow as he saw the Kryptonian run to the nearest body of water.
'
We Can't let him get to the water'
The Knight thought to himself as he put The Destroyer in gear and drove forward, The Knight was away from the Police and Cops, he slammed into the kryptonian knocking him from his trajectory trying to get to The Water. The Destroyer swerved back around, facing The Kryptonian, The Knight spoke on The Destroyer's Speakers.

"Stay Down, Now!".

"Oh, really? You're going to make me stay down?"

Len moved back from his current position, before blasting the car with his heat laser from his eyes and moved to the car at full speed with his fists on the direction of the car, pounded the car in the process. After the attack, Len stayed outside, and spoke, "Have you see what happened back there? I tried to helped them. And what happened? They threw rocks at me. They threw rocks at aliens like me. Don't you get it? People like me will never be accepted, no matter how nice or how good we are."

"So they deserved death, a painless one."

The Knight flicked a few switches, The Destroyer was 65% damaged, 'well atleast this was a prototype model' He thought before opening the exit out of The Trunk. The Knight pressed a button which opened The Trunk, he grabbed one of the rounds out of The 60mm cannon's load chamber and exited The Destroyer. The Knight turned and looked up at The Kryptonian.

"I Know What it's like, Not being Accepted. We try to help but there are many who Throw rocks and shout at us. But that doesn't mean you should abandon your Morals, for the Discontentful being of This Planet".
The Knight took a pause, looking up at the Kryptonian, The Knight could see the Furstration and Hate in his eyes,

"Now I'm asking you, if you believe that you are Trying to help and are Good. Stand Down".

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The Knight flicked a few switches, The Destroyer was 65% damaged, 'well atleast this was a prototype model' He thought before opening the exit out of The Trunk. The Knight pressed a button which opened The Trunk, he grabbed one of the rounds out of The 60mm cannon's load chamber and exited The Destroyer. The Knight turned and looked up at The Kryptonian.

"I Know What it's like, Not being Accepted. We try to help but there are many who Throw rocks and shout at us. But that doesn't mean you should abandon your Morals, for the Discontentful being of This Planet".
The Knight took a pause, looking up at the Kryptonian, The Knight could see the Furstration and Hate in his eyes,

"Now I'm asking you, if you believe that you are Trying to help and are Good. Stand Down".

The man went out from his armored car, and to his credit, he has the kind of Batman-like suit, except more....I don't know, ancient, or futuristic? Nonetheless, he went outside with one of the rounds he used to fired at him. Or maybe a device or something.

"You may true, but this is not my planet, I should not even be here in the first place. It's only after I escaped from Phantom Zone that I am here, not without my last corps. Not without Zod. I'm alone. Superman never reached out, trying to find his own kin. As far as I know, I'm trying to be good but will never be accepted. I should abandon my morals at Siberia months ago, I was wrong to believe in humanity." said Len, philosophically but at the same time frustrated. It's like he's talking to someone that should not be his enemy, but more like...comrade-in-war.

"Now step aside. I'm not asking you to fight me, but if you insist, then we'll fight." Len said it again, this time however, he sounds calmer than before. Not frustrated anymore, but still has some sense of frustration.

"Now step aside. I'm not asking you to fight me, but if you insist, then we'll fight.", The Kryptonian was calm, some frustration but not too apperant.

The Knight surveyed the space between them, 5 feet at most, well within the range, however it was a hollowpoint meaning it would be more fragmentation then Explosive.
"I'm not going to step aside while you slaughter Billions", The Knight said before throwing the Round at The Kryptonian, as soon as it was within range, The Knight shot a Knight dart, detonating the Round.
The Round exploded, Hollowpoint round shards flying in all directions, The Knight attempted to shield himself with the Cape of the suit, though one of the shards ripped through the cape piercing his leg. to his credit the Kryptonite dust was within range of the Kryptonian. The Knight hit a button on his Gauntlet, the VTOL above targetted and shot a good burst of High potency Tranquilizers at The Kryptonian. whether or not they hit, or even worked would have to be seen.

The Knight dislodged the shard, hitting his comms, {I NEED THE DROP SANZA], [right away sir]. Around 15 or so feet behind The Knight, A large cylinder container dropped, The Knight quickly hustled over and placed his hand on the scanner. The Cylinder doors opened, The Knight stepped in as they closed and sealed.

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Rooftop on Chicago
5 Minutes Ago

The Knight chased a Woman in a red and blue suit, as she used her colorful ziplines to swing from roof to roof. The Knight chased her with a bloodlust, eager to finally catch her. "HaHa, neva gonna catch ME" she yelled to the knight as she ran. The Knight gritted his teeth, as he glided down, and rammed into the woman's back, smashing her face first into a wall. as The Woman groaned, The Knight flipped her over, the Blood a contrast to her suit, The Knight grabbed her by the throat.
"WHERE IS THE ARCHITECT JOLLY!?!?!?!" The Knight yelled at her, his voice older, but none the less meanacing. "I don't know, and It wouldn't be any use to you if I did". The Knight scowled, grabbign her ziplines from her,

"then you're no use to me...". The Knight grabbed her by the back of her suit's Collar, and tossed her off of the roof top. She yelled, screaming at he top of her lungs as she plummeted. until she finally hit the ground, with a sickening splant. The Knight shook his head, as he walked off.

Now, Back in The Knight's Domain

The Knight walked quietly in the shadow filled Domain, Until he heard someone yell, "Hey, yo Knight, Are you here?!". The Knight grew angry as he approached the figure.
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Kalder stood in a darker, grittier, and Scarier Knight's Domain, One where weapons and other deadly tools were a normality. From the shadows to his right, a figure in a Red and Black Knight suit stepped out. "WHO ARE YOU" The Knight said, grabbing Kalder by the collar of his suit, "WHO ARE YOU" The Knight yelled, tossing Kalder over a table, causing it to fall onto it's side. The Knight walked over to Kalder, grabbing him with his left hand on Kalder's collar, and the right Hand ready to throw a hard punch. "How do you Know about this place?! TALK!".

War of Kings
Kalder

"Hey! Knight, calm down! It's me! Kalder! What's wrong with you!?"
Kalder was caught in shock, but he held his hand out of sight, and some energy was starting to form in case the Knight, or whoever this person was, tried to do anything. The Knight wasn't really one for nice talks, but this was someone totally different in their own.

Knight's Lair

The Knight stared into Kalder's eyes, it wasn't the stare of the man he'd previously met. It was the Stare of a cold blooded murderer.
"great, another Arovean. Just what i need", The Knight said to Kalder's confusion as he activated a device, dissipating the shield.

The Knight then lunged at kalder, electrifying his gauntlets and began punching him back anf forth, The Knight stopped, throwing Kalder into a dresser on the far side of The Lair. "Marcus, Please Stop!" Kalder said, only infuriating The Knight in the proccess.
Kalder peered up at an old Photo, of Thomas, Martha, and Youn Marcus Branston. Kalder then finally realized as he peered at The Knight, as he grabbed him by the collar of his uniform.

"wait you......You're Thomas Branston".

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"Now step aside. I'm not asking you to fight me, but if you insist, then we'll fight.", The Kryptonian was calm, some frustration but not too apperant.

The Knight surveyed the space between them, 5 feet at most, well within the range, however it was a hollowpoint meaning it would be more fragmentation then Explosive.
"I'm not going to step aside while you slaughter Billions", The Knight said before throwing the Round at The Kryptonian, as soon as it was within range, The Knight shot a Knight dart, detonating the Round.
The Round exploded, Hollowpoint round shards flying in all directions, The Knight attempted to shield himself with the Cape of the suit, though one of the shards ripped through the cape piercing his leg. to his credit the Kryptonite dust was within range of the Kryptonian. The Knight hit a button on his Gauntlet, the VTOL above targetted and shot a good burst of High potency Tranquilizers at The Kryptonian. whether or not they hit, or even worked would have to be seen.

The Knight dislodged the shard, hitting his comms, {I NEED THE DROP SANZA], [right away sir]. Around 15 or so feet behind The Knight, A large cylinder container dropped, The Knight quickly hustled over and placed his hand on the scanner. The Cylinder doors opened, The Knight stepped in as they closed and sealed.

"I'm not going to kill billions. Maybe thousands, or whatever left at Gotham. But obviously not billions, that's pros...pros..prospeterous, yes, that," Len replied, he didn't knew the right word so to speak. So after that, the man in suit threw something at him and then it exploded, pushing him several meters away from the battle scene. "Argh...that's one hell of an attack."

"And it certainly weakens me, human," said Len again. He's weakening by this point, and at the same time the man seemed to be unharmed. He went into his flying vehicle and fired another thing at him. It didn't do any harm except minor attempt to made him asleep which was failed. Len blasts another wave of heat laser to the man, before flying to sky, now hovering above the man in the suit.

The man in the suit went inside...something, he's not sure what it is. And then he flew to one of the taller building and stood atop the building, overlooking the man in the suit below.

The air was tense, and quiet, as The Kryptonian watched from the Building above.

The Cylinder had up until now shown light between the crack of the doors., The machine stopped, The Doors opened. And The Knight stepped out dawned in his Power suit.
[Sir, The kryptonian took a huge blast of Kryptonite dust, expect him to be weakened], The Knight thought on this, "Noted".

The Knight located and locked onto The kryptonian, The Knight radioed to Boxer and The nearby GCPD members.
[The Kryptonian is Weakened, I'm moving to Engage, Commissioner have your men get people away around a 2 block Radius], ["Roger that Knight"].
The Knight jetted upwards, landing ona higher part of the Gotham Central Ruins, The Knight looked up to The Kryptonian.

"You Super Hearing should still be Active, so I'm going to tell you this. You want to kill thousands, you're going to have to cut through me first", The Knight said as the Guantlets on his suit locked up and reinforced, enhancing thr striking power of the suit.

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The air was tense, and quiet, as The Kryptonian watched from the Building above.

The Cylinder had up until now shown light between the crack of the doors., The machine stopped, The Doors opened. And The Knight stepped out dawned in his Power suit.
[Sir, The kryptonian took a huge blast of Kryptonite dust, expect him to be weakened], The Knight thought on this, "Noted".

The Knight located and locked onto The kryptonian, The Knight radioed to Boxer and The nearby GCPD members.
[The Kryptonian is Weakened, I'm moving to Engage, Commissioner have your men get people away around a 2 block Radius], ["Roger that Knight"].
The Knight jetted upwards, landing ona higher part of the Gotham Central Ruins, The Knight looked up to The Kryptonian.

"You Super Hearing should still be Active, so I'm going to tell you this. You want to kill thousands, you're going to have to cut through me first", The Knight said as the Guantlets on his suit locked up and reinforced, enhancing thr striking power of the suit.

"Yes, yes, I heard you. Of course, it was all going to waste anyway if we fight each other head-on. Eh...this is hard job to do...eh...fine, let's fight. It's not like I'll die here, weakened as I am." said Len to him, as he stood up and took a fight stance. He defensively hold his stance instead of making it an aggressive stance.

"So...should this fight, is this going to be sudden death, or just fight until one went unconscious?"

The Knight recognized the stance, he was being defensive, Unsuprising since his weakened state.
The Knight radioed to the three Batfamily members on the ground, ["I'll get The kryptonian on the ropes, If you've got a shot take it"].

The Knight pressed a button on the Power Suit's gauntlet, Unex[ectingly The VTOL Rammed into the Back of thee Kryptonian, denting a good amlunt of the front of it. The Knight jetted upwards, Grabbing The back collar of The Kryptonian's suit, He turned and threw the Kryptonian down into the Concrete of the Gotham Central ruins. The Knight landed near the impact of the Kryptonian,

'Stay down, This is not going to end pretty if you keepgetting up and Vowing to slaughter hundreds of thousands of Innocents", The Knight said, waiting and watching the Kryptonian to see if he got back up or stayed down.

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The Knight recognized the stance, he was being defensive, Unsuprising since his weakened state.
The Knight radioed to the three Batfamily members on the ground, ["I'll get The kryptonian on the ropes, If you've got a shot take it"].

The Knight pressed a button on the Power Suit's gauntlet, Unex[ectingly The VTOL Rammed into the Back of thee Kryptonian, denting a good amlunt of the front of it. The Knight jetted upwards, Grabbing The back collar of The Kryptonian's suit, He turned and threw the Kryptonian down into the Concrete of the Gotham Central ruins. The Knight landed near the impact of the Kryptonian,

'Stay down, This is not going to end pretty if you keepgetting up and Vowing to slaughter hundreds of thousands of Innocents", The Knight said, waiting and watching the Kryptonian to see if he got back up or stayed down.

The Red Robin watched for a moment before narrowing his eyes and opening the small lead packet at his side. He called out- "Knight! Catch! Kryptonite!" He picked it up and threw towards the armoured vigilante.

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Boxer sighed. "Just watching the fight isn't going to do a damn thing." He muttered, turning towards his crew. "Can we pull off the raid without Knight or Red?"

The Runners glanced at each other and slowly nodded. "Alright." Boxer sighed. "Khal, you en route to the ruins?"

"About half a mile out, sir, proceeding on foot."

"Good. The rest of you, move out- I'll meet you at the rendezvous point. With luck, the gang will be too distracted by the masks going at it to see us coming." He picked up guns and looked around. "What're you waiting for? Move out!"

"Knight! Catch! Kryptonite!", The Knight looked to his left as he caught the Kryptonite fragment. He looked at the Kryptonite and gave a Nod that said 'thanks'.

The Knight walked over to the Kryptonian, Partly holding the kryptonite out,
"I'm going to give you One more chance" The Knight said, the graveling partly metal voice from the Suit uttered.
"Surrender now, Kryptonian. Or I'll be forced to make you" The Knight said as he held the kryptonite shard in his hand was within range of potency against the kryptonian.
The Knight radioed to Boxer,
["The Kryptonite is within Range of the Kryptonian. If he doesn't surrender, prepare yourself"]

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Len lied down on the floor. He's sucked at fighting and it seems his power is weakened, even on Earth. It's just not like...him anymore. In this case, he has no choice but to submit...for now.

"Alright, I will stay down. I have no choice, am I?" asked Len as he stood up and put his hands behind his neck. "Go on, this is what the criminals do at TV, right? Stay down hands on the back, kinds like this...?"

Perhaps ill-timed, but just then, the slightly-unstable Officer Khal and her favourite RPG showed up.

"I got ya Knight!" She yelled out, firing. The shot went wild, however, and instead of hitting Len-El, it raced straight towards Knight.

"What the hell?!" Nightwing yelled out, taking the officer down. "Boxer, is this one of yours?!"

"Er, maybe. I'll... I'll reprimand her? Shit. I didn't expect her to fire when the Kryptonian was already down!"

The Knight leaned hard forward, dodging the shot. The RPG shot flew past the Knight and hit a still standing portion of the building.
The Knight looked over at her,
["Don't Fire! The Kryptonian has Surrender-"]

Perhaps ill-timed, but just then, the slightly-unstable Officer Khal and her favourite RPG showed up.

"I got ya Knight!" She yelled out, firing. The shot went wild, however, and instead of hitting Len-El, it raced straight towards Knight.

"What the hell?!" Nightwing yelled out, taking the officer down. "Boxer, is this one of yours?!"

"Er, maybe. I'll... I'll reprimand her? Shit. I didn't expect her to fire when the Kryptonian was already down!"

Is this it? Is this the time for opportunity?

Len took a steps back before flying to the sky, and turns around before charging at the man in the suit at full speed, and at the same time, firing heat vision on the man, hoping it will at least make some dents on his suit.

The heat vision already...blasting the armor, but what about its inside parts? Who knows?

"Sorry, no hard feeling."

The Kryptonian and The Knight hit the wall of a Building accross the steet from Gotham Central.

The Knight had put up reflecting shields to attempt to aleviate some of the damage of the heat vision.
The Kryptonian charged into The Knight, slamming them both into the wall hard. The Knight was Furstrated, Angry, and Just about done with this situation.
"Sorry, no hard feeling." , The Knight activated the Heavy Electrical shock portion of his Gauntlets.

The Knight's power suit was dented, but not to the extent where it was unusable, and it has a hot crisp burn from the heatvision on it.
"I'LL MAKE YOU FEEL SORRY!", The Knight said, with the kryptonite shard still in his left hand, The Knight slammed both of his hands onto the Kryptonian's head, hitting him with a huge electrical shock.
Along with the Kryptonite damaging The Kryptonian's power capabilities, The Knight tripped the Kryptonian and Pressed his right foot onto his chest, slamming him hard into the ground.

The Knight began to slam his fists into the Kryptonian's head, hitting him not only with the force of the gauntlets, but each tome hitting the Kryptonian with a huge blast of Elecrticity.
The Knight began to punch the kryptonian over and over, his left hand keeping a tight grip on the kryptonite shard, continuing it's Potentcy against The Krytponian.
"I Gave you 3 chances You murderous, Nihilistic, Kryptonian. And Now, You've Forced My Hand, So STAY DOWN!".

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Scotatrova has allowd me to RP Guardian in this instance

Noel

7:30pm
Chicago, Christmas Eve

The Knight sat on the rooftop's edge, overlooking the busy streets of Chicago, The Snow with it's white, quiet snowfall overlapping the scenery. The Knight continued to stare at the city, the joyfulness of it all, however the Undermining first steps of the Blizzard pouring in kept him from going home to his own Family. The Knight stayed on the edge, taking a Knee, the visible breath coming from his nostrils and mouth, a contrast to the light snowfall. The Knight didn't move his head, nor the rest of himself, but he took one breath and said.

"Hello Guardian".

The Guardian, The Knight's Superpowered friend landed ont he roof behind him, landing suprisingly light for his scale of power. The Knight didn't move, continuing his stare as Guardian walked up beside him and crossed his arms, staring down at the city. "Good Evening Marcus, merry christmas", The Knight didn't respond, but Guardian Knew he would've said responded if he weren't on patrol. The Brosk air, combined with the light snowfall began to land on Guardian, he peered over to see The Knight's back was heavily covered in the snow. "How long have you been here", "Why are you Here Guardian?", "Just coming to check on my friend. So how will you be spending Christmas?". Guardian hoped the answer wouldn't be what he was expecting, but the glare The Knight shot him gave him enough information. "You can't be serious", The Knight stood up, "Chicago needs protecting", "and what? You're going to destroy your relationship with the remains of your family, Your Daughter, for your Crusade against the Mob?". The Knight glared at Guardian, a normal man would've shivered, but Guardian knew The Knight wouldn't do anythign aggressive.

"I am Chicago's Protector" The Knight walked to the edge of the building, pulling out his Grappel, "Sacrifices must be made". The Knight grappeled away, whether he expected it or not Guardian flew alongside him. "Ten Years After a decade of protecting her you don't think you Deserve One DAY off?!", The Knight and Guardian landed on a high skyscraper. The Knight turned to guardian, "it's been like this for the past 9, Why should this be any different". Guardian gave a stern face, "Because, for the Love of god you aren't alone Anymore. Marcus, you have an Adopted Daughter". The Knight continued with his scowling glare, "You Pledged to her, and You Told me, That you'd dop everything in your power to ensure She wouldn't Become like you". The Knight's Scowl broke a bit at the edges, "where is Anna now?", "Glenmore High School, She's spending her christmas eve with her friends at the School's dance". Guardian exhaled, looking out towards the heart of Downtown, "We seem to have these disagreements alot, You and me", "reasonable". Guardian raised an eyebrow looking at The Knight, "You and I are Drastically Different", "How so?".

"You Stand in The Light, I work in The Dark. You are a God, I am a Man. ", Guardian peered down, pondering that Comparison. "but even after all of that", Guardian peered up at The Knight, "we're Friends". The Knight didn't react, simply stared, "Well, if you're staying out for Christmas so will I-" their conversation was interrupted when an emergency call from The Commissioner reached The Knight's communicator, The Knight played it on Speaker so Guardian could hear.

[Calling all Available Units, Glenmore High School is being held up by a Group of Mafia paid mercs. We need backup, I repeat, there are 27 Student Hostages inside], The Knight put the communicator away. "shall we?" Guardian said holding out his elbow, The Knight grabbed Guardian's elbow, "hang on". Guardian jetted upwards and headed north, The Knight holding on tight despite the snow and harsh winds hitting them. Guardian and The Knight floated above The High School's parking lot, a crowd of people were being held back by a police line, a group of mercs visibly in the entrance hall spiting the police behind a Barricade. The Knight switched to his infrafred mode, "do you see them?", 6 in the main gymnasium with the Hostages, 7 in the entrance hall", "how do you want to play it?", "Break through the Entrance hall and incapacitate the Mercs, I'll take out the ones Holding the Hostages". Guardian nodded as The Knight let go, gliding off and towards the eastern half of the school, Guardian landed with a slight thud infront of the Entrance hall. The Mercs were startled, "Oh SH*t It's Guardian!" They fired throught he barricade at Guardian, The Bullets did nothing to Guardian as he flew forward, smashing through the barricade and grabbing the Barrel of an LMG. Guardian grabbed one of the bigger mercs by the collar, tossing him aside with one hand and knocking him and 4 other men down. Guardian looked to the remaining Mercs, "I'd surrender if I were you", The Thugs hurridly dropped their weapons and went into a surrendering position.

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Glenmore High School, Gymnasium

Anna sat down next to one of her friends, Grace, who was currently having a small panic attack from her stress. The crowd of people were huddled into the middle of the Gymnasium, the 6 mercs surrounding them, "Keep quiet, Or we'll put a round in each of your heads" one of the Mercs yelled. Anna had her arm around Grace, patting her back and trying to calm her down, one of the Mercs saw this and walked over. "No Contact, Hands off Now!", Anna was frustrated as she looked up at the Merc, "I'm not Scared of you". The Merc pointed the barrel of his rifle at Anna's Forhead, "You'll be scared once I send you on a one way ticket to hell". Anna used her free hand to cover Grace's eyes as she closed her own, For a moment she thought she was going to die, when, a Crash of Glass was heard.

The Knight dropped through the Glass cieling and dropped hard onto the laminated floor, The Knight got up from his knee and peered angrily at the mercs. "Oh Sh*t, Not Him!", "Merry Christmas" The Knight said as he thew down a Smoke bomb filling the area with smoke. The Knight shot his grappel pulling the merc from Anna and Grace, hitting him across the face with his arm and slamming him into the floor with his Boot. The Knight grabbed a close merc and pried the rifle from his hands, The people around could see as The sillhouette of The Knight seemingly took apart the rifle, and grabbed The Merc's head and slammed it into his knee. Anna covered Grace's eyes as The Knight took out each and every merc one by one, throwing one over his shoulder into the wall, another hitting the laminated floor so hard she swore it cracked. The fight ended with the mercs being dispatched, The Chicago Polcie forced burst through the gym doors, the smoke still partly filling the area. "Get out, Now!" Detective Brakenbrooke yelled, Grace got up with Anna and hurried with the rest of thye students through the smoke towards the police.

Anna was stopped when a Hand grabbed her shoulder and stopped her, thinking it was a Merc she turned and readied herself, Only to see The Knight in an abnormally worried face. "Anna are you okay?", "yeah, I'm fine", The Knight put his arms around Anna and pulled her into a hug. Anna realized this Wasn't The Knight, it was Marcus, as she returned the hug. The smoke still surrounded them, Anna let go of The Knight, as she opened peered at the police she hurried to the exit, she looked back to see The Knight wasn't there anymore. Anna caught up to her friend as they hurried to the exit, the Police escorting them outside.

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Top Peak of Glenmore High School

The Knight and Guardian overlooked the scene of civilians, students, and police in the parking lot. the Previously worried students were surroudned by laughter and joy that they were kay, The Knight wasn't looking like Guardian was, Tinkering his gauntlet he was focused on reparing it. "how's the Situation?", Guardian peered closer, "they're fine", "Anna?", "fine....and, Is that a Male Student she's with?". Guardian saw in his periferal vision as The Knight's head picked up, "I'm kidding", The Knight peered back down at his gauntlet, Guardian swore he heard an audible sigh. Guardian walked to the edge of the small peak platform they were on, just before he jetted off The Knight spoke. "Guardian...", Guardian peered back at The Knight, "I think I'll take your Advice. And....Merry Christmas". Guardian ghave a smirk as he gave a three finger salute, jetting off into the Snowy, Cold sky.

[Confederation of imperial states]

The Knight leaned hard forward, dodging the shot. The RPG shot flew past the Knight and hit a still standing portion of the building.
The Knight looked over at her,
["Don't Fire! The Kryptonian has Surrender-"]


The Kryptonian and The Knight hit the wall of a Building accross the steet from Gotham Central.

The Knight had put up reflecting shields to attempt to aleviate some of the damage of the heat vision.
The Kryptonian charged into The Knight, slamming them both into the wall hard. The Knight was Furstrated, Angry, and Just about done with this situation.
"Sorry, no hard feeling." , The Knight activated the Heavy Electrical shock portion of his Gauntlets.

The Knight's power suit was dented, but not to the extent where it was unusable, and it has a hot crisp burn from the heatvision on it.
"I'LL MAKE YOU FEEL SORRY!", The Knight said, with the kryptonite shard still in his left hand, The Knight slammed both of his hands onto the Kryptonian's head, hitting him with a huge electrical shock.
Along with the Kryptonite damaging The Kryptonian's power capabilities, The Knight tripped the Kryptonian and Pressed his right foot onto his chest, slamming him hard into the ground.

The Knight began to slam his fists into the Kryptonian's head, hitting him not only with the force of the gauntlets, but each tome hitting the Kryptonian with a huge blast of Elecrticity.
The Knight began to punch the kryptonian over and over, his left hand keeping a tight grip on the kryptonite shard, continuing it's Potentcy against The Krytponian.
"I Gave you 3 chances You murderous, Nihilistic, Kryptonian. And Now, You've Forced My Hand, So STAY DOWN!".

Len lied down on the ground now. He's lying, almost motionless. He's terribly defeated by now, and unable to resisted, or retaliated, just that.
"I already stay down right there, and then you firing at me! How am I supposed to surrender if you try to kill me!" screamed Len to the Knight, angry and frustration filled the scream. But now, he's not going to retaliates, he cannot do that anyway.

"But you win now, human. Now go and arrest me, or kill me. That's on your hand now."

The Knight held The Kryptonian by the collar, one hand as though he would punch his head again straight into the now badly cracked pavement.
The Knight took a breath, letting go of the kryptonian's collar and standing up, The Knight placed a firm right foot on The Kryptonian's chest.
The Knight radioed to Boxer and The Commissioner,
"The Kryptonian is Subdued, I repeat, Have a Containment cell prepped",

The Knight looked down at The Kryptonian,
"and for the Record, If Zod were so Intelligent about figuring out the Vastness of Human Nature, The Knight peered directly into The Kryptonian's eyes,
He wouldn't have been Stupid enough to get himself thrown into the Phantom Zone". The Knight raised his right hand as the VTOl dropped in a Impact proof, 7 feet by 4ft clear cell, with Metal Linings around the perimeter of the rectangular frame, lined with Kryptonite emitters. The Knight grabbed The Kryptonian by the shoulder, taking out a rebreather he tpressed it against the Kryptonian's mouth and nose, "breath". The Rebreather broke down the build up of Kryptonite Dust within the Kryptonian's Nostrils, preventing him from suffocating, however not purging the dust within his system.

The Knight lightl, but sternly forced The Kryptonian into the cell, The Kryptonian was forced to sit down due to the size of it. The Knight pressed a few buttons, locking the cell and turning on the Kryptonite emitters within it's frame.
The Knight looked at The kryptonian, "try not to think too much about killing millions of innocent children while you're in there", The Knight turned to the approaching Nghtwing, Cassandra Cain, and Red Robin, followed by a large group of GCPD swat officers. "Monitor The Kryptonian and hand him over to Boxer when he arrives, The Emitters should disable his powers", Nightwing nodded, The Knight topssed the kryptonite shard back to Red Robin, "The Assistance was Appreciated", Red Robin caught it with one hand and nodded, The Knight jetted off following The VTOL.

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Wayne Manor, Outskirts

The Knight released his grappel, landing on a brick wall near the gate towards Wayne Manor. The Knight crouched on the top of the wall, he pressed a button on his gauntlet displaying a small holographic image of the Information Nightwing gave him. The Knight looked over the Information, making note and grappeled off, climbing to the top of Wayne manor he sprinted and ran off the edge, gliding down to the entrance to the cave systems. The Knight landed soflty on the ground, turning to The Knight stood up and walked into the cave, turning on the Infrared vision in his helmet as he cotninued into the cave. The Knight had left his Power suit aswell as dropped the VTOL and damaged Destroyer prototype at an unknown location,He proceeded to follow up Nightwing's suggestion to meet Oracle and establish contact.

The Knight walked to the end of the long and dark cave system, comign face to face with a flat concrete wall. The Knight squinted at it, The Wall was seemingly connected to the rest of the cave, just then, a small part of the wall opened as a turret like object extended outwards and aimed at The Knight. [Identify yourself or you will be taken down, you have 10 seconds], The Knight stared at the turret, before saying "Martha". The Turret retracted and the patr of the wall closed, then a door sized portion of the wall slide back and opened up, The Knight walked inside as it closed behind him. The Knight walked a good 9 meters before reached a cliff drop, he looked outwards to see he was in none other that the Batcave.

The Knight walked off the cliffdrop and flided down before reaching a metal catwalk above the deep drop down into what seemed like the abyss. The Knight walked towards a woman sitting in a wheelchair by the batcomputer, The Knight could see that the monitor was displaying communication lines to a number of Batfamily members. Before The Knight was even within 7 feet of the woman, the wheel chair swiveled around, The Woman revealing two Escrima Sticks she held in a fighting stance. The Knight and her kept a silent glare at each other, not saying anything. As much as The Knight had faced greater enemies, he felt an unnerving chill run down his spine as he looked at the woman, Almost like he was partly afraid of her. "Who are you? and How the hell did you get in here?", The Knight held up a Batfamily communication device Nightwing gave him, "I got your call". The Woman's eyes widened a little before she put say her sticks and rolled her chair foward, recieving the communicator from The Knight and inspecting it. "so, you're that guy Nightwing contacted", The Knight continued to stare, looked up at him, slightly smirking, "you're as good as Batman with your stare", "people have been telling me that".

The woman swiveled her wheel chair and rolled back over to the Batcomputer, The Knight followed, standing to right behind her. "Advanced custom hardware, Interlinked with main computer frequencies aswell as Tv and Radio Broadcasts, aswell as having Backup firewalls to stop tracking. Impressive". The Woman peered over at him with a slightly alerted glare, turning back to the Batcomputer she typed, "seems you know your stuff", "when you've been in this career as long as I have, You have to know everything". "how long?", "it'll be ten years when New Years hits", "hypercompotence", "yes", "what leagues?", "Martial Arts, Weapons training, Computer and Electronics, Chemistry, Detective and Investigation, I'll send you a Document", "Impressive. I'm Barbra , on Missiosn Call me Oracle". The Knight glared at the monitors, "noted". Barbra pulled up a News Broadcast, it showed The Knight's battle in his Power Suit with the Kryptonian, "This was you?", "yes", "not everyone can go toe to toe with a Kryptonian, let alone get one to surrender", "I had assistance".

Barbra began to type in a cntact profile for The Knight, The Knight shot a Glare that was asking what she was doing, "just typing in formalities so we can contact you when needed, fill in what you want". a small keyboard extended from the Batcomputer's desk, The Knight began to type in some thigns, however left some information unchecked. Barbra began to continue managing the Batfamily's communications. "So, question?", The Knight was silent, continuing to type, "What drove you to be Chicago's Defender for a Decade?". The Knight paused, he himslef was trying to recall exactly why he Began this crusade, it's been so Long that even he has lost track.

"Because I made a Promise".

"so did I", a deep, partially intimidating voice came from behind them, Barbra and The Knight turned, to see none other than Batman steppign down the step towards them. The Knight was silent, however still not dropping his Vigilante like Demeanour. "Knight, I'd like you to meet Gotham's Dark protector", "Batman". Batman stopped, standing 3 feet from The Knight, 'What's brought The Knight of Chicago to Gotham", "I owed Nightwing and the Batfamily help if they needed it, Oracle sent out a distress call to all extended Batfamily members, and I answered". Batmand and The Knigh stared at each other, Highly skilled men, like two Bulls staring each other down. Barbra sighed, "Geez it's like a 'who can be the bigger intimidator contest". The Knight and Batman peered at Barbra, "fine, I'll just go back to computing" Barbra said turning her wheel chair back to the Batcomputer.

"Your Work in Chicago has been admirable, and Effective",
"Much Ablidged, The Batfamily's Work in Gotham has given some Inspiration",
Batman extended a hand, The Knight paused but extended his, shaking hands with The Caped Crusader.

"I saw that Spectical with the Kryptonian", "I made sure to get Civilians out of the way before I went into armed combat", "Kryptonite Dust combined with High Electrical Voltage shock and High impact attacks. Smart". The Knight recieved a communications request on his builtin ear piece, "excuse me for just a second" The Knight half turned and accepted the Communications call, "Lawbringer, what is it?", ["Some Woman in a Grau suit is here, She's saying she needs to talk to you"]. The Knight paused, 'She's In chicago? last time I saw her was 6 months ago', "I'll be right there". The Knight turned to Batman, "I need to head back to Chicago. If you need anymore help simply ask". The Knight walked a few steps, before taking out his grappel and pulling off.

"He seems nice", "He's Hesitant to trust", "like someone else I know" Barbra smirked as she saw Batman scowl as he looked down at her.

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Old Knight's Domain

11:30pm

The Knight dropped into the old and dark Knight's domain, they had moved to the newly constructed domain under the Branston Estate House, leaving the old one behind. The Knight knew his father was staying behind to check some things, but with him being Unable to contact his father, The Knight entered through the old VTOL hangar to check.

The Knight cracked and activated a glowstick from his utility belt, holding it up and illuminating the Domain. The Knight walked through the domain, it was old, empty, and dark, Marcus felt unnerved but The Knight felt right at home. The Knight walked over to the Old Knightconputer, one of the monitors illuminated, and someone sitting in the chair. The Knight crouched doen,mreadying his stance as he approached, The Knight shot up when he reached the chair......

Only to see his father sitting lifelessly in the chair.

The Knight lost his intimidating demeanour, as it all seemed to melt away. The Knight dropped to one knee, taking off his helmet and setting it on the floor. Marcus was at a loss, he gazed over to the computer to see his father had recorded a messsage. marcus stood up, activating the audio record.

"Marcus, son.....

If you're listening to this, I have passed on, the lung deterioration we talked about had accelerated. I had not informed you, because I didn't want to distract you from your work. Rught now you're probably considering retiring The Knight, I want to tell you to do the opposite. From your first year on this earth I saw tou grow, from the day your mother died to the day tou left, I saw you had left the man you were and became something more, something greater. Chicago needs The Knight, a guardian who is able to overcome any obstacle, whether they be assassin, or a seemingly god like being. It is the good, and great men who stand up for Chicago, when others turn and run. Be the man i never could be, defend Chicago ahd her people from the scum and villainy.

Take care son, I'm sorry i have left before I could truley say goodbye.
I will always love you forever, your father, Thomas Branston.

Marcus stood up, glaring down, Marcus reached down and picked up his helmet, turning it on. The Knight reached down and picked up his father, carrying him out with both arms.

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Branston Estate House, Outer Grounds

5:30pm

The Snow from the blizzard plauging chicago continued to drop, the light snow fall on the estate house was a tribute to it's furiocity. Marcus walked out to the rear grounds, near a line of hedges and flowers, Marcus stopped when he reached a Tombstone that read "Martha Branston". Marcus shook his head, turning to the marked rectangular spot, he drove his shovel into the cold dirt and began to dig. The work was hard, grueling, the cold, hard dirt made it even harder. Anna insisted on helping, however Marcus denied, this was something only he should have to do alone. Marcus dug and dug, each shovel movement becoming harder and harder. Marcus eventually stopped, taking a breath, it being visible in the cold air. Macus stopped, after an hour of digging 6 feet by himself, he climbed out of the grave, throwing his shovel up. Marcus sat on the edge, holding back the urge to let his emotions dictate when his reasonable mind needed to be in control. Marcus stood up, picking up the shovel and walking back towards the estate house.

a Few Days later...

Marcus, Anna, and a group of people attended the funeral in the rear grounds of the Estate house, all dressed in black winter clothing. Marcus peered away from the Priest's sermon, he saw a Disguised Guardian accross from him, they exchanged a mournful nod as they continued watching the priest. "Thomas was a man who lived and worked for the benefit of others, He continued his research and investing in helping Chicago. After the Death of his wife, Thomas stood strong raising Marcus on his own, and now that we lay him to rest, let our hearts not be filled by grief, but filled with rememberance and joy". The Priest paused, "and now that he is laid to rest, let us go in peace". The priest closed his book and walked away with the group of people, Marcus stood by the end of the grave, looking down at it, Anna stood behind him, "Go Inside Anna", Anna paused, wanting to object, but she knew thisn was more of a grieving time for him, and she turned and walked abck to the esttae house.

Guardian, disguised as his alter alias, walked up to Marcus, Marcus turned and looking directly in the eyes. "It's been a rough Year", "I'll say", "assassins, Gotham being attacked, Criminal Scum rising in Chicago". Marcus and Guardian stood and looked down at Thomas' grave for a whole, silent, 5 minutes, They both shared a curt Nodded and went on their way. Marcus entered the Estate house, hanging up his thermal Duster and taking off his boots, Marcus walked over and up the stairs. Anna stayed in the living room, watching recent news reports, Anna sighed when Stahl thugs were still spotted around the city. Marcus walked into the Study, sitting down in his father's chair infront of a fireplace and simply staring, contemplating.

Anna answered the Doorbell, opening the door to a tall woman with shorter hair, "Hello Anna", Anna nodded. Cassandra, also Known as Titan walked in, she was taller than Anna, meeting Marcus' height, she clearly saw the gloom within the building. "How is He", Anna simply stared at Cass, "that bad huh?", "He's in the Study upstairs" Cassandra nodded, walking up stairs, "Cassandra....", Cassandra turned back to Anna, "He's not good at Handeling Death, so....Be careful with him", Cassandra nodded, walking upstairs, 'Don't worry Anna, He's my friend'. Cassandra knocked on the Study door, she waited, after a minute of no reply she opened the door. Cassandra only saw the back of Marcus' chair, however she knew he was crushed, his usual strong demeanour was now griefull and broken. Cassandra walked opver to the right side of Marcus' chair, "hello Marcus", Marcus didn't reply, simply staring at the fireplace.

Marcus looked up at Cassandra, looking down and shaking his head, "this is useless", Marcus stood up, proceeding to the door. "what is?", "sitting around, doing nothing but sulking in grief. I need to occupy myself with something". Marcus walked outside the study, with Cass following, proceeding to the Knight armor statue across the hall. "Marcus Grieving isn't Useless", Marcus simply pulled the sword of The Knight forward, causing it to lower down into the floor and reveal a secret stairwell, Marcus turned to Cassandra. "and what would you have me do, Sulk by myself in the study, instead of Protecting Chicago?", Cassandra gave a confused face, "Marcus, Sulking by yourself Isn't healthy, You need to-", Marcus gave Cassandra a stern face, "do, WHAT, exactly? I am The Knight of Chicago, I am a Symbol, I must be Uncorruptable, Unbreakable, and Unstoppable". Cassandra gave Marcus a pleading face, "I'm going out", Cassandra didn't stop him as he walked down the stairs, and the Knight statue rose up behind him.

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The History between the knight and The Titan begins half a decade ago.
Flash Back Begins....

Titan flew through the skies of San Andreas, soaring and keeping watch, She'd bee the Titan for a good 2 years now, Defending and protecting her home city as a Superpowered being. Titan however noticed something different, she gazed down t see a man in an armored suit fighting a large group of street thugs. Titan watched as The Man preformed countless martial arts and combat moves, attacking and taking down each enemy, however there was soemthing more distinctive between him, and other Vigilantes. He didn't kill. Titan dropped down, as soon as she did the thugs scattered, "SH*T IT'S TITAN, RUN!" The man in the suit knocked down one fleeing thug, placing his boot on The Thug's throat. "where is Slick, TALK! Or I'll Crush your Larynx". Titan knocked off The Knight causing the Thug to run, "enough bucko", The Knight got to his feet, throwing a hypersonic device on the ground infront of her. The device wet off, Titan screaming in painas the Device shot her with a hypersonic beam, piercing her ears. The Knight began to strike at titan, but was matched when she began to counter his attacks. Titan crushed the device under her boot and lunged at The Knight, The Knight rolled backwards, throwing her over him.

The Knight stood up, however Titan beat him to the punch, ramming him (althrough lightly) against the walls, holding him by the shoulders. "WHy are you Terrorizing the People of this city?!", "I'm Terrorizing Scum, The Same Cartel scum that have been plauging both our cities for years". Titan raised an eyebrow as she let go of The Knight. "There's a Cartel leader here, Slick", "I know of him, I've meet him. He's untouchable and unbreakable to me". "not me", Titan gave The Knight a partly judging look, "what makes you say that?", "I'm the Reason Criminals have nightmares in chicago every night". Titan taised he eyebrows, "you're The Knight", "you Know about me?", "A Masked Hero singlehandedly beats 5 swat teams, and then scares the mob there into submission, word tends to get around". They both stared at each other, a Mutual understanding between them, "I can't have you tearing apart the Ghetto of the City. How about an Alliance". titan extended her hand, "Chicago and San Andreas are better for it". The Knight stared at her hand, before extending his and shaking her hand. signing a friendship that would last years to come.

Flash Back Ends....

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Len-El

So here he is right now, at a containment cell.

Alone, sad, wounded, all went into one single body. He's alone, nobody inside the cell but him. He's sad, he's defeated and now without purposes. For now, of course. And wounded, as in heavily-wounded-but-managed-to-be-alive condition. Yeah, he's not in the best condition. He managed to stood up and tried to rammed his shoulder to broke the cell.

It didn't broke, in fact it managed to hurt his shoulder.

out of the Shadowy room of the GCPD the cell was in, The Knight stepped forward, his Dark Armored suit making him hard to see.
The Knight stared down at the Kryptonian, not scowling but keeping a grim face,

"Are the Accomidations suiting you?", The Knight saw the glare the Kryptonian shot, whether the Kryptonian would respond or not, The Knight would continue.

The Knight stepped forward, illuminated now by the light overhead,
"you previously have a Track Record of heroics, and being a Symbol of Justice. Why stop now and Follow that Murderer, who wanted to see 7 billion people die".

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"Well, I cannot exactly complaining about my current condition, right?" said Len, as he returned back and sat down. He's not exactly happy, nor sad, but he's not the one to complain things. "My accommodation is enough, probably. "How long will you keep me in the cell? Until the end of times, or until a period of time? Oh, and I promise I won't kill. Much." said Len again, although this time he said it while lying on the bed, head on the pillow.

"I used to be a hero, yes, but I was tired being one. Being a hero and didn't get much attentions, nor aid, but instead bitterness, regret, sadness, and not much compassion certainly harden the career of being a hero. Being nice is hard, especially when you are alone, and a girl betrayed you so much you have to burn down an orphanage in Siberia." said Len, again.

"Well, I cannot exactly complaining about my current condition, right?" "My accommodations are enough, probably. How long will you keep me in the cell? Until the end of times, or until a period of time? Oh, and I promise I won't kill. Much.".

"I used to be a hero, yes, but I was tired being one. Being a hero and didn't get much attentions, nor aid, but instead bitterness, regret, sadness, and not much compassion certainly harden the career of being a hero. Being nice is hard, especially when you are alone, and a girl betrayed you so much you have to burn down an orphanage in Siberia." .

The Knight's eyes wandered partly from the Kryptonian, then returned to looking him in the eyes,
"I understand your concerns, The Hatred, the backdraft of people hating you for trying to help, and they yell and lash out". The Knight extended a hand towards Len - el, "You for being Kryptonian", The Knight gestured towards himself, "and I, because I don't stand in the light when I strive for justice". The Knight's hand returned to his side, "But you can't just give up, yes, people will hate you for who you are, even when you try so hard to do the right thing. But that doesn't mean Humans are only vulnerable to do this, other species are viable to do this, to hate their heroes, and lash out. ".

"But I want to Know is, Why Murder. Why turn your back completely, and Instead of doing anything else, you pledge to murder 6 million people in Gotham, some of them innocents, because a crowd of 75 people decided to do the Arrogant filled option of hating you?". The Knight looked down at the Symbol on the Kryptonian's suit, Superman's Symbol. "If you are truley from that House, and you decide to Wear the Symbol of Hope, Do not go down the path of a Genocidal Maniac.".