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

[Charmera]

Maria Anastasna Zhukova

As soon as the doors of the plane opened, hundreds of passengers poured through them, finally getting a breath of fresh American air. The attendant nodded and wished everyone good luck through the microphone, while everyone was busy hurrying towards the check-in station. Even though Maria was carrying the least of the whole group, only the Cube, she trailed last, not bothering to increase her pace or rush to the terminal. It's not like she had overly important places to be in.

The green-haired teenager simply walked through the terminal, not bothering with the check-ups, vaccination or luggage departments. VIP persons don't need to deal with that pain, after all. Only about ten minutes later, Maria finally left the airport to see a busy parking lot in front of her, with dozens of taxis and other methods of transportation waiting to pick someone up.

Now, where could my driver be- aaand found him. The limousine and the driver were standing a bit farther away, but they were clearly distinguished from the rest of the vehicles nearby. Maria quickly turned towards the direction the person was at, walked up to it, then took out the identification card to show that the woman in front of the driver was, in fact, the one he was waiting for, then spoke:

"You know the place."

Bryan took the card, and verified that this was the daughter he was paid to drive. "Um, actually, I don't know the place," He replied, returning the card. "I was only told that I'd be your driver for today, wherever you happened to want to go." Bryan opened the back door of the limo and gestured for Maria to enter. "So where would that be, miss?"

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"I am from the adoption agency yes." Mandi replied nodding with a smile. She spelt her name with an I, unlike her cousin. She smiled as she eased her way inside, squeezing past the grumpy Addison, who was now looking at her "new Mommy" with a look of annoyance.

New Mommy, New Daddy. She had heard if all before. She'd stick around until the social service people pulled her out. Of course Addison was not the most co-operative little adoptee, but the parents she had before didn't help matters. They were either too strict or too forgiving. Of course she had her share of creepy foster parents. Like that woman with all those cats... Her real parents were not too much better,

Then there was the time she had been in SHIELD. She wished she could go back now, and had not thrown the temper tantrum she had. Now she had to wait until she was 18 to join back up.

"Whatever," She muttered as she slugged off to Leslie.

Mandi looked at the little girl, noting her reluctance. She smiled nervously. Then frowned slightly. "She's not had the most... stable upbringing." She adjusted her glasses. "As for paper work, of course. There are some... things we need to discuss too with regards to Addison."

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"Hey" Addison spoke, taking a place on the sofa next to Leslie. She then paused, long and awkwardly. Not even really paying attention to what's on the TV. She didn't really know what to say, so settled for nothing for now.

"Hi," Leslie looked over and stared at the new girl. "Are you Addison?" Her inquisitive gaze looked over Addison from head to toe. Her pink hair, diminutive stature (ever smaller than Leslie), and the definite uncomfortableness she was feeling right now. Before asking her anything else, the name would be good. "My name's Leslie."

She turned, then nodded. "I'm Addison. I'm supposed to be your new little sister or something..." She spoke, then frowned. She had had a few older brothers, and they had always felt like bossing her around and telling her what to do, which she didn't like. "Don't think you can boss me about just because I'm shorter and younger than you, okay?" Addison spoke, "I don't like it when people do that..."

Claudia paused as she looked at the saiyan. She was not sure what to think of the saiyan anymore. Anger was disapearing as she was reminded of the reasons why she came to be found of the Saiayn. She would have smiled, but she was also reminded of other memories. She was reminded of how much it hurt. Mixed feelings. Never good. She decided to distract herself with conversation. "Hey Hiro." She spoke. She paused as she wondered if Hiroshi knew about her recent offer from the government. "Hows... things?"

Hiroshi:

Two tired onyx eyes looked ahead to see Claudia, slowly watching as a cocktail of emotions flashed across her features. Truthfully, Hiroshi could've bypassed any arguement by simply teleporting into their shared bedroom and falling into the embrace of sleep. But, they couldn't just keep putting this off. What the Hell even were they? Were they a couple again? Were they simply watching after Tomia? He certainly didn't know, and they wouldn't until they stopped this stupid dance.

'Besides, even if she drives me crazy I... Well I.... Fuck it, I can't even discern by own feelings when I'm fully awake, why try when I'm tired?'

Despite himself, Hiroshi felt a brow raise at the anxiousness he could feel rolling off her. Finally, the Demi-Saiyan smiled as he shook his head, dispelling the thought. Because what else could he do now? What purpose did getting down and frustrated serve?

" 'Bout as same as always." Hiroshi remarked back." Apparently there's some inter-dimensional coming to our universe to destroy us. Bright side of it all is I got to meet a few other Saiyans, which is a plus... I suppose. How are things with you?"

"Alright I suppose... I may or may not have a new lead on where the heck Tomia is. Depends whether or not my chain is being yanked again..." She spoke, putting her hand through her head, before sighing. She walked to the kitchen to see if there was any food she could cook up. She was starving. "And that sounds about normal. As normal as it can get for people like us I suppose." She spoke, looking in the fridge and grabbing assorted things, then a large pan and some cooking oil.

[Charmera]

Some of the funeralgoers might have been suspicous about the appearance of a strange man in glasses, or by the strange mishmash of people. Though those that knew her knew that she had many friends who might not know each other nessecarily, which came with being a planet hopping Lantern. However there was one man whom others might be more suspicious about. Coat, sunglasses and hat, and what seemed to be a briefcase. What was even more suspicious, was when the man raised his briefcase, and then tossed it to the ground. It opened up, to reveal what seemed to be machinery.

Flash went to quickly aprehend the man, grabbing his arms, but the damage was already done. Suddenly blue energy swirled from the briefcase, and nine figures seemed to coaless into the world. Flash looked in confusion, before the man he was holding suddenly exploded, sending him backwards as the blast knocked him out, ironically the mans body managed to sheild him from most of the damage. His leg was broken however by the blast.

The rest of the league moved to encircle these figures. As the blue energy faded, it was revealed they were all women, eyes glowing with various colours. One of them ripped open the casket, and then was surprised to find nothing.

"She's not here." Spoke one.

The other nodded. "Go with plan B. Search everywhere."

"We may have some... resistance first." whispered another, indicating the league.

"Oh. Fun. I always like it when we get new toys..."

"Calm yourself Anarchy, our primary goal is to find the Martian."

"You aren't going anywhere>" Declared superman.

"That, mortal, is where you are mistaken." Spoke the original speaker, seeming to be the leader.

When the man exploded, Manifest was thrown backwards, slamming into a large gravestone and knocking through it. In an instant, he was up, reaching downwards out of instinct and attempting to summon a weapon to his hands. Thanks to his distinct lack of powers, however, nothing happened. With a scowl, he adjusted his disguise, watching the fight. He put two left fingers to his ear, activating a communicator. "Charles to League. What the Hell just happened? Get me my Blade and I will end these idiots in an instant." He growled. "They had no right to crash a god damn funeral, especially Julie's." He lowered his hand and used it to roll up his right sleeve to the elbow, tearing off a small film. Beneath it, a layer of microscopic blocks covered his arm and giving it the appearance of him wearing some sort of long black armband, a hypothetical design designed by Kree science fiction writers. With but a tap of his palm against the surface of the band, the particles lifted into the air and coalesced, forming a small, handheld gun, designed to shoot anti-matter.

Superman first charged Athena whom seemed to deflect his fist with a hastily formed spear of some sort, formed out of some sort of nano cloud. Athena then struck out at superman with the flat end of her spear, evidently having codes against killing other beings. Superman might have shrugged off a regular spear, but this one seemed to sent him flying into a gravestone, breaking it into two. He got up.

"What kind of androids are you?' He muttered to himself curiously. Then moved back into combat. Though perhaps he could apeal to it's sense of logic. "Explain what you're here for. Perhaps we can help?"

Athena smiled. "I'm sorry. I'm not authorized to accept earthling help." She spoke as she was suddenly blasted by red beams, but she seemed to have anticipated this as part of her body flowed to make a hole for the super eye beams to past through. Then she tossed several larger seeming nanobots, which spun around superman. "Thank you though." She spoke. as she then began to bombard him with rays of what seemed to be kryptonite from the large bots. The kryptonian keeled over, then slumped unconscious.

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'Why are they here? What do they hope to gain from assaulting a funeral?" Asked Jonzz, seemingly both in shock and contained fury. Though it was hard for those who didn't know him to tell.

The other John scowled and shot a beam of green light. "I don't care what it is. No one assaults the funeral of a Lantern. No one." He suddenly found himself slammed with a fist.

"I apologize for this. But it is necessary." Spoke a calm and soothing voice that seemed to be the owner of the fist. Gaia.

"Nessecary for what?" Asked the Martian, before he too was suddenly bashed into the ground by the flat end of an axe from Red

"Shut up Gaia!" Spoke Red as she followed up by summoning a massive mace to replace the axe, slamming downward again. The martian seemingly was stunned. She lifted her mace once more, to be stopped by Gaia. She gritted her teeth.

"No killing. Stunned is enough." She spoke. then dragged Red away at speed. "We need to leave!"

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Otis meanwhile was finding himself surrounded by three androids. Isis, Anarchy and Venus.

"We really shouldn't antagonise them. We just wanted the Martian... Now we have to leave to find her."

"Come on ISIS, don't you want to test yourself against these unawakened earthlings? They seem like fun..."

[Charmera]

Hannah dismounted from her wolf guardian, walking alongside him as the jungle trees parted to reveal a clearing, in which there seemed to be a city of sorts. Partly ruined, but Hannah recognized it from the few times the sisters had dipped down into South America. Sarah had a few friends there that she visited, not the weirdest of which was a talking cat with an eye patch. Hannah had never remembered his name. She noticed a few black furred figures form from the jungle. Hannah paused in her steps, her bare feet halting as she saw a bipedal Panther stand on the top of the nearest structure. She walked until she was at the base of what seemed to be a large temple of sorts. She gripped her hammer tightly as she stopped in front of the temple. Her wolf guardian seemed to sense her tripidation, as did the bipedal Panther. The latter said nothing, but looked back at Hannah.

"You must master the Panther within you. Prove you are worthy to the guardian, and then you must pass the test." The wolf told her.

Hannah paused. "What will this test be."

"I know not welp." Spoke the Wolf. "I know less of the Guardian. Though I do know there is a maze somehow involved."

Hannah nodded, then looked around. All around her the Panthers looked at her with eager eyes, their jet black fur blending with the moonlit jungle canopy. She looked up at the Panther at the top, whom looked back at her and... smiled?

Hannah took a step forward. Then another. She assented the stairs up to the dias of the temple, only to hear sudden chanting. She heard the low purs in an unknown language, the song they seemed to sing picked up in pace and volume the higher she got up the stairs. She had no idea whether or not it was the Panthers she had seen or some ethereal chorus summoned for just such an occasion. She did not wish to turn to find out, lest they pounce on her for such a slight.

She reached the top, her eyes locking with the Panther there. They stayed still for a moment. Then the Panther grinned again. She nodded to the entrace of the temple. "You will be tested inside." She merely said, then walked in.

Hannah noticed many Panthers working through the temple, much of it's grandness seemed to be worn with time, but it could still be seen.

"The way of the Panther is not one of force, strength or savagery." Spoke the Panther. She seemed somehow more deserving of that title with her mysterious and shadowy allure. "The Panther's way is one of cunning. It takes great skill to track, hunt and stalk."

Hannah soaked all this in. "So... I once had that skill?"

The Panther smiled. "Yes. Though you were very direct, you were also capable of hiding in the shadows and you were a natural at tracking. Though you rarely displayed it, you had a keen intelligence..." She led her to a table, where a single stone lay and three cups.

"Watch the stone." She spoke. Then suddenly covered it. Swiftly she began to move the cups around. Hannah could barely keep track. It went swifter and swifter, panther hands nearly a blur, untill she stopped. She smiled, then put her arms behind her back. "Now guess. Where is the stone."

Hannah paused, then looked at the cups. She knew which cup the stone had been put into, and was about to guess that cup, when she stopped-

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"I don't get this game... I can never tell where the stupid ball is. You move it too fast!"

Sarah smiled at the little Hannah, whom now had a pout on her face. Her sister was always so cute when she was annoyed or purplexed, with her little droopy ears. She even folded her arms. Still, it would be best to remedy the situation for poor Hannah.

"You want to know the secret?"

Hannah paused, then nodded. Sarah's grin widened. She took the porcelain cups and the ball, and the went through the motions again, just slower. Suddenly Hannah noticed something.

"HEY!" She exclaimed, then stood and pointed, her six year old form much shorter than she would be, which was saying a lot. "You moved the ball with your shadow powers into the other cup! You cheated!"

Sarah laughed, and then Hannah sulked. Sarah sighed.

"It's just a game Hannah, don't let it get you down." She spoke, but Hannah was still upset. Sarah cast her eyes to the aztec ruins they sat in. She had to think of something to cheer her up...

"Hannah, people are always going to try and trick you, or lie to you." She spoke. "What you have to do, is learn how to spot their tricks, then you can get them back."

Hannah paused, then turned slightly, to hear what her sister had to say...

Hannah looked at the cups, going through the movement in her mind or at least as well as she could remember them.

"They're going to want to distract you, to cover up what they plan to do. You have to spot the distraction. Of course, I don't have to try very hard to distract people..."

The cups. They were distractions. She shouldn't have been watching the cup that the stone went into, but the stone itself. Hannah frowned. Now how was she going to get it? She had a one in three chance, which looked good on paper but...

"When people play tricks, they like to make things seem more simple than they really are."

Hannah paused. One in three. Or was it?

"They always have a tell. it's like when Sam and I play poker. They do something that reveals themselves."

Her hands.

"it's in your hands."

The Panther chuckled as she revealed the stone. "How did you guess?"

"You put your hands behind your back when you finished and have kept them there since you finished. You had to be hinding something in them."

The Panther smiled. "Good, you saw through my ruse. It shows you have a good nose for this." She responded, "But, to move forward, you're going to have to show you have more than a good nose..."

[Charmera]

Everyone Deserves to Have Their Story Told: A Tameranian's Quest: Part 1

Ph'Kora tucked her hood around her more Tameranian features as she observed the humans in the other building. The Binoculars were a useful invention indeed from these earthlings. The only flaw seemed to be that it couldn't magnify sound, so she could not hear what the two men and their bodyguards were saying. One seemed hunched over in some sort of coat, as did his entourage, while the others seemed to be in black suits, one of the men in particular stood out, with a sharp suit and an even sharper smile. A smile that hid a killers heart. For this was the man who killed her brother.

Dawnstar's research had led her right to him. He was one of the agents working for The Organisation. Mysterious name, and even more mysterious purpose. All she had been able to glean was that this was the man who performed the majority of the "Problem Removals", which sounded like thinly veiled assassinations, or perhaps a blanket statement for all sorts of nefarious deeds. What she did know was that there was definitely some skulduggery going on.

She saw a lull in the conversation, and decided that the tim for observation was over. She stepped out of the window and flew towards the warehouse, moving swiftly towards the top, and then she elegantly swan dove strait through the building and into the room with the meeting.

Now that she could see them up close, the hunched figures seemed very rat like. They suddenly jumped, startled they threw off their disguises and revealed their true rat forms. "Fool-Skum! You said we were not followed!" The lead rat shouted at the agent. Whom grabbed one of the guns on the table, pointing it at her. it seemed futuristic, and Dawnstar realized that the deal must have been for them. Exchanging money or something for weapons. They kind of shady deal she expected from the Organisation.

"Why did you kill my brother?" She asked. "Choose your next words carefully, the lives of your comrades depend on it."

The rat thing looked from the Agent to Dawnstar. Then growled. "Skit-Skit has no time for human foolishness!" She spoke, then grabbed a syringe from the table and stabbed one of his minions, injecting him with a foul liquid. He seemed to exponentially bulk in size and muscle mass. He was a hulking rat thing. It seemed to be twice the size of the hulk in muscle mass alone, though whether or not that translated to true strength would be revealed. The Rat named Skit-Skit pointed at Ph'Kora. "Kill-Kill!" He ordered.

The hulking rat charged her, Kora was hit into the wall and then pummeled into the ground. Then smashed several times. The Rat howling and smashing with dumb glee, drool rolling down onto Kora. Who winced with every earth shaking hit. Until she suddenly grabbed his fists.

Her form was now clad in a red symbiote, it's bug eyes trained on the Hulking rat as it held it's arms aloft. As Kora looked at him, she was in agony, but it only pushed her rage.

"StUPId RAt." She gargled out before slamming her fist into its chin in an uppercut, breaking it's jaw and most of it's teeth. Then she grabbed one of it's Legs and pulled very hard.

It howled in pain as it's leg snapped off, then Dawnstar rammed the leg into the rat, the broken sharp bone piercing through it and killing it instantly.

Suddenly she was accosted with four more rats, with needles sticking out of them, Skit-Skit crying. "You are the stupid one Woman-Demon. I have more minions than you have fingers. But that will soon change. Yes-Yes."

"GoOd" She retorted, suddenly ploughing her hand through a Rat Things chest. "MoRe BlOoD fOr Me" She spoke, before draining the rat she killed dry. She seemed possessed. As if the pain was taxing her. Luckily these rat things were nothing to feel guilty killing. Even the most peaceful pacifist would not mind the extermination of their foul kind, it seemed almost a part of them itself. This natural generation of loathing.

She suddenly unleashed a torrent of hot searing blood on one of the Rat Hulks, then she was suddenly grabbed by two of them and restrained. Then the rat leader walked towards her, smiling his fanged smile as he looked at her. But before he could utter a gloat, suddenly the two Rat Hulks were speared by Dawnstar's hands, turning into weapons of stabbing. She then used all of her strength to drag the two of them forwards, suddenly creating two very large and very heavy mallets which slammed into the Rat Leader, crushing him to a pulp.

Dawnstar retracted her bloody appendages from the rats. Then glared balefully at the Agent. "YoU'rE NeXt"

[Charmera]

[align=center]Ragnarök

Part 2

The Xyrixma do not leave dust. They do not leave debris, rubble or any remains of the kingdoms that fall to their ravenous appetites. They take water, air, earth and lives, so none have lived to tell the tale of a Xyrixma invasion. All that is left after a Xyrixma feast is a void. A great emptiness as if the worlds were simply plucked by the heavens and spirited to an even darker void.

That was the fate of eight of the ten worlds. Portals opened by the queen herself led vast hordes of Xyrixma unto the worlds.

Niffilhiem was the first to be stricken from reality, great water and matter eating Xyrixma sucked the frost into themselves. Muspelheim was next, and it was felled much the same way, simply absorbed into the host, wiped out like a stain from the universe. Hungry slimes devoured these elemental planes like a mere appetizer for the banquet to come.

Helheim fell with Nifflehiem, the realm of the dead was first crushed before it was consumed. Hel put up a fight, using her deadly magic to fell more than a few of the horde before one of the War Council simply sucked her into herself. The souls and servants of death were devoured like morsels.

Nidavellir was first flushed of life before it was destroyed. Lesser slimes rolled in like an endless tide, silencing one by one the forges of the dwarves. Magic could only protect them for so long as the sheer number of slimes overwhelmed dwarf defenses, giving the massive Xyrixma time to devour the now cold forges, the embers long since extinguished. Svartalhiem and Alfhiem was annihilated with similar speed, the forces of the slime queen simply crushing the plane. Most of the casualties were of the lesser slimes in the taking of these worlds, the large ones and even the planet sized Xyrixma not taking much of a blow.

The Jotuns had thought their size impressive, but were shocked when they noticed a blue massive slimey face hovering above their world, standing on the branches of Yggdrasil itself, the Xyrixma punched the world once, cracking it open like an egg, the ice world shattering under the blow. Then she devoured it’s insides like a coconut.

Vanaheim fell next, and while the Vanir tried desperately to defend themselves. Having many powerful gods, Vanaheim served almost as a practice round for the siege of Asgard itself, it’s destruction causing the most Xyrixma casualties, but this was not enough to put a significant dent in the forces of Queen Xyrix.

Finally, the last of the realms that remained were Midgard and Asgard. Xyrix would leave the former for later destruction, and the latter was her goal in all this, however first she had something to destroy beforehand.

Xyrix stood before the world tree itself, currently larger than herself. It was the world tree, the connector of the nine realms. She put her slimey hand on the trunk of the tree, feeling it’s age and size. Then, a moment later, she began to absorb it, taking the matter into herself and converting it into more of herself. Piece by piece, branch by branch the tree was devoured. By the time she was done, the Xyrixma was much larger than she had been. She turned to Asgard.

“Your end has come Asgardians. We are your destruction.” She spoke. “We are Ragnarok.”

[Charmera]

Cora
Cora hung her head a bit as Kylie spoke, she felt guilty when Kylie said she would have helped if Cora had asked. Saying that Cora should be able to trust them. "I'm sorry Kylie. I just wasn't thinking. I do trust you, all of you. You're my friends, and I care about you all so much." Cora said, hoping that Kylie knew that. The last thing she wanted was to lose her friends. She suddenly stepped forward and pulled Kylie into a hug. "Thank you for being my friend." She said softly, holding her for a little while before pulling away. "Come on, we should get back home." Cora said, as the group flew away back toward the city. Cora was not at all looking forward to facing Katie, but Kylie was right. Katie deserved to hear it from Cora.

"And today, several members of the Justice Queens were taken into policy custody after the destruction of a government falicity. They have just been released after Miss Lantern came to retrieve them from their cell."

Katie looked at the news with an expression of worry, shock and blankness on her face. This wasn't the first she had heard of this, in fact she was interviewed by a journalist regarding this and then was yelled at by their SHEILD sponsors, and Katie had to listen as she was told all this. She now listened to the news, desperate for updates, wondering where the heck her girlfriend and friends were. She put her head in her hands. She couldn't leave in case they came back here, so all she could do was sit there.

[Charmera]

"And today, several members of the Justice Queens were taken into policy custody after the destruction of a government falicity. They have just been released after Miss Lantern came to retrieve them from their cell."

Katie looked at the news with an expression of worry, shock and blankness on her face. This wasn't the first she had heard of this, in fact she was interviewed by a journalist regarding this and then was yelled at by their SHEILD sponsors, and Katie had to listen as she was told all this. She now listened to the news, desperate for updates, wondering where the heck her girlfriend and friends were. She put her head in her hands. She couldn't leave in case they came back here, so all she could do was sit there.

Cora noticed that as they got up the main floor of the tower Katie had not yet rushed to meet them. That worried the cyborg, hoping that her girlfriend was indeed alright and there at the tower. Cora turned to Kylie, "I'm going to go find Katie." She said to her friend, heading off through the tower to find the mutant. She didn't have to go far however, as once she got to the living room she saw the news on the television and Katie sitting with her head in her hands.

Cora frowned at this sight. Her girlfriend looked quite upset, and the Cyborg found herself staring at her for a few moments, not letting her presence be known. What was she supposed to say after all? "Hey Honey, I'm back from committing a federal crime! How was your day? Nothing seemed right, Cora had no idea how to deal with this.

She finally decided she needed to say something, so she just said the simplest thing she could think of, speaking softly, but certainly loud enough for Katie to hear. "Hi Katie".

Katie look at Cora, then paused, silent, not really sure what to say at first. What to feel either. Anger? Confusion? Relief? "Cora..." She started, then frowned. She had been worried sick about her. She wanted to wrap her in a hug and not let her go. If she was going to do anything she needed to know, everything. All the information, from Cora. She paused. She almost seemed to be tearing up slightly. Ignoring the overwhelming urge to embrace Cora was nearly making her physically sick. She didn't want to be upset, but she couldn't really help it. "Cora... please... first just... Explain what happened. From beginning to end. I need to know..."

[Charmera]

Katie look at Cora, then paused, silent, not really sure what to say at first. What to feel either. Anger? Confusion? Relief? "Cora..." She started, then frowned. She had been worried sick about her. She wanted to wrap her in a hug and not let her go. If she was going to do anything she needed to know, everything. All the information, from Cora. She paused. She almost seemed to be tearing up slightly. Ignoring the overwhelming urge to embrace Cora was nearly making her physically sick. She didn't want to be upset, but she couldn't really help it. "Cora... please... first just... Explain what happened. From beginning to end. I need to know..."

Cora looked at Katie, who looked very upset and almost seemed to be crying. Cora was struggling not to hug Katie just as much, but somehow managed to restrain herself. She was feeling enormously guilty for distressing Katie, especially since Katie didn’t immediately shoot off on her, and rather wanted to hear her side of the story. Cora took a deep breath before speaking like Katie asked her to.

“I was going along with my work for the day. It was nothing big, escorting some prisoners to a high security facility, when one of my friends who was an administrator in the prison alerted me to something. He told me that kids were disappearing from the local juvenile prison nearby. Well naturally I was curious so I asked him for help investigating. He got himself transferred to the facility, and that’s when we found out what was going on.”

Cora paused, this part was hard for her.

“The government had restarted the android program. They were taking these kids from these detention centers and bringing them to some lab… It was just like the one they held me in.” Cora said, her mind rushing with anger again. She clenched her fists, trying to control her rage.

“I couldn’t let that happen again Katie. You know what they did to me, and I just couldn’t let them do that to anyone else, ever again. So, I decided I would destroy it. Just get rid of it so they couldn’t use it again. I needed back up though. So I went to Jamie for help.” Cora paused for a moment.

“I know I should have come to you Katie. But I knew you’d try to talk me out of it. You don’t like violence and I knew you wouldn’t agree with it. I just… Didn’t want to hear that in the moment. I was angry and wanted revenge. So Jamie agreed to help me and then Marybeth overheard us and came along as well. We went to the prison and tracked down the facility. We then stormed the place and blew it up. Don’t worry, no one died. There were some injuries but we did our best to take care of it. Before we could escape, the police showed up and Marybeth and I were arrested.” Cora finished the account of the story and then stood there quietly, wondering what Katie might say.

Katie paused, looking at Cora. "Don't...worry?" She asked. Then frowned. She shook her head. "You've destroyed a government facility, got yourself arrested, created a PR disaster for the JQ and pissed off our employers. All of this, without even telling me!" She snapped. Her voice level until that final point. "Cora! We're a team! A group! We WORK TOGETHER. I was with you when we went back to the lab you were made in! I know what they did to you! I would have helped! I could have made sure we did this right! We have government contacts for a reason! Instead, now you've put everything at risk, because you thought that I shouldn't know. You went behind my back! Our backs! What am I supposed to tell Naja, Val and Kylie! What!?" She hyperventalated, stressed out and tired. "God! Why do I even bother doing the paper work for any of this when people go behind my back!? How am I supposed to keep us together when you won't even trust me!?"

[Charmera]

Katie paused, looking at Cora. "Don't...worry?" She asked. Then frowned. She shook her head. "You've destroyed a government facility, got yourself arrested, created a PR disaster for the JQ and pissed off our employers. All of this, without even telling me!" She snapped. Her voice level until that final point. "Cora! We're a team! A group! We WORK TOGETHER. I was with you when we went back to the lab you were made in! I know what they did to you! I would have helped! I could have made sure we did this right! We have government contacts for a reason! Instead, now you've put everything at risk, because you thought that I shouldn't know. You went behind my back! Our backs! What am I supposed to tell Naja, Val and Kylie! What!?" She hyperventalated, stressed out and tired. "God! Why do I even bother doing the paper work for any of this when people go behind my back!? How am I supposed to keep us together when you won't even trust me!?"

Cora listened as Katie yelled at her. She was a little taken a back at Katie's rising tone. She felt bad that she was so upset, but Cora was getting fed up with people telling her she was being irresponsible and should have calmed down and waited. She was being treated like a child and she couldn't stand it anymore.

"Katie, I'm sorry if I messed up. You know I didn't want to hurt our team. But I don't need your permission to do what I think is right!" Cora said, her voice raising a bit as well. "I'm not a child. I don't need you or Kylie to hold my hand. I can make my own decisions! I was angry alright. I didn't want to wait around for the government to decide to was okay. They were the ones who did this in the first place! And I'm sorry Katie, but you don't know what I went through. You have no idea, and you can't pretend that you do just because I took you to an old lab and cried on your shoulder. I went through hell, every day FOR YEARS. Those kids will be spared that because of me. And I won't apologize for that!" Cora shouted angrily.

"You think that actually helped? People like this don't stop just because you blow up their base! Those kids could be picked up at any time by the government again! Any of the people responsible for the program could start it again with new kids!" She shouted. She shook her head. "Now you've shown them our hand! If you had come back here and reported it through the right channels, we could have maneuvered our shield contacts, gained intel and figured out who we were dealing with. We could have cut their funding and cut off the head of the beast rather than having a temper tantrum and letting them sink into the shadows again! There are a million things we could have done if you had just trusted me!" She grunted with frustration. Tears were in her eyes. "It's just like the fucking barbers shop! You don't think before you do anything! You just do it and leave it to everyone else to pick up the pieces of you mess! Consequences and other peoples feelings be damned!"

Katie was hyperventilating now. She was speaking in a level tone now. "A single fucking phone call. A single word of what in the heck you were doing. But no. I had to hear it from the news. From people like J.J. Jameson. Not from my girlfriend, who doesn't even trust me enough to tell me before she goes and blows up a base. Even if you were determined to do it I could have lessened the PR nightmare if you had just freaking let me know!" she sighed. "But worst of all... I was so worried... I thought you..." She paused. Then turned to the sofa and sat down. Tears now streaming from her eyes. "I thought you..." She sobbed a tad. The words she was choking on. She couldn't really say them. Her rage fizzed into sadness. Overwhelming guilt.

[Charmera]

Young Bloods
Mars was surprised when Kiris suddenly grabbed him and managed to keep him from flying off the building. He was embarrassed though that he had been deflected so easily. "Kiris! Don't worry about me, focus on the enemy!" He called to her, pleased when she charged the dragon and fired energy spears at them. Mars had to admit, he was impressed, it was certainly more effective than what he had tried.

The dragon creature looked up at the new threat and braced itself, creating a bright blue shield of dragonic energy shield around herself, as the energy spears blasted of it, knocking her back a few steps. "Well, that was almost impressive." She said to Kiris, "But I am growing tired of this." She announced, taking a step towards Kiris and creating a large ball of ice around her fist preparing to throw it when suddenly sand was thrown in her face.

"My turn!" Nico shouted, charging forward and building up a large fist of sand.

The dragon stepped forward to him, clearly annoyed and smashed his sand apart with an energy blast, knocking Nico down. She advanced on him though, lifting him into the air and planning to slam her fist into his face. Then she paused however and Nico no idea why, he was suddenly thrown to the ground and turned to the rest of the team. "Are we done here? I'm busy and I'm getting annoyed. Attack me again and you'll regret it."

It was at this moment that Xyri and Cat turned to each other, then nodded. They had practiced a manuver during the time that the YB spent training, and now was the time to unleash it. Xyri grabbed Cat by the hands and swung her around, sending her speeding towards the dragon foot first. Xyri followed up this strike by rushing the dragon regardless of whether or not Cat hit their target. Xyri aimed a punch to the dragons head.

[Company Paradis]

Westchester, New York

Glitz had been scouting the X-Mansion for the past few days, mapping out the movements of various X-men and students throughout the day. She had mapped out the average time that people left and came back all for the purpose of getting inside undetected. Inside the X-Mansion, in their database, was the information of one of her old captors at the Weapon X program. He had repented his sins against mutants and Professor Xavier offered him protection for information about the program, but Glitz was not so forgiving. She would hunt him down and make him suffer the way she did.

Glitz shifted into the appearance of a male student that she saw leave the mansion. She walked in, in disguise, and went lower and lower into the mansion until it asked for special permission. She changed into Jean Grey and passed the retina and fingerprint scanners.

Glitz kept her Jean image up and went into a small room that had several filling cabinets in it. She knew the layout of X-Mansion, as well as other high profile places, as the information was given to her by the government when she was working with them. Now, was her chance to use their teachings against them.

As she was looking for the file, the door opened and in walked Wolverine.

“Jean, I didn’t know you where down here.”

Glitz hid her surprise and turned around to face the newcomer, “Logan, I was just getting some information on the new target the Professor gave me. What are you doing here?”

“I was doing the same thing.” Glitz didn’t see any apprehension from him, and thought she had to need to worry about him find out who she really was.

“Well I’m just going to take this back to my room, see you later Logan.”

“Wait Jean, aren’t you usually at the café down the street at this time?”

“Yeah, well important stuff to do, so I decided to skip today.” As Glitz was walking off, Logan jumped at her trying to tackle her to the ground. Glitz sensed the attack and back flipped away, kicking Logan in the process.

“There is no café down the street Jean goes to, and she definitely can’t do any moves like that. Who the hell are you!” he yelled, and his claws came out in a threatening way.

“Well, well, well, I didn’t know the Wolverine was so smart. You caught me,” Glitz said and put her hands up in a fake surrender as she transformed into her normal appearance.

“Glitz, what are you doing here?”

“Well, what I said was partially true, I need some information on a target,” she then quickly jumped and kicked Logan pushing him back into the wall before running away to the stairs. Once Wolverine got up, he chased her back into the foyer of the mansion, but by that time, Glitz had already transformed into anther student and was no where to be seen.

Outside, Glitz was smiling of the thought of destroying her next target.

[Confederation of imperial states]

"The Ranger"
Jackson Peters

Cryotech Headquarters, Washington DC

Jackson sat at his desk in his lab watching the reports from new york, reports of tensions rising and the Civil war was heating up there. Though Jackson so far had tried to help civilians affected by the war, He'd never operated in a Zone that was as heated as New York was predicted to become. Jackson took a deep breath, "More people will be in danger if i just sit here Idly". Jackson stood upwards and walked over to the Armor containment chamber, a large half cylinder like Container on the right wall of the room. Jackson placed his hand on the Hand scanner and both doors opened to the sides revealing the Armor of the Ranger. the AI "Anna", who had been assigned to help Jackson by jackson's father chimed in as Jackson stepped into the chamber.

[Mr Peters-] "Anna, I've said this before, you're allowed to call me by my first name" [yes, Mr Jackson, sir, going to new york with what it could become is increasingly dangerous].

the chamber closed, jackson put his arms out pointing to the sides to form a cross shape with his body, then the chamber's arms started to put on the Ranger Armor pieces piece by piece. "I know of the risk" [there could be highly dangerous kryptonians there, all of which could crack your spinal cord]. Jackson's armor plating had finished and the chamber started to put on the exoskeleton. "I have failsafes and precautions, the reinforced spine protector, the kryptonite shard, and the ammunition". [it's not just that sir, there could be limitless amounts of enemies waiting at new york, I plea to you to not go]. the exoskeleton finished being put on and the Chamber lowered the helmet onto Jackson's head, it locked in place with the sealing noise.

"If i sit idly back while New York turns into a Warzone, Innocents will die" Jackson said, his voice more radio and metallic from the helmet's speakers. [that may be true sir, but what do you expect to do in new york?]. Jackson walked out of the chamber when it opened, walking over to the armory cabinet, taking out the weapons and putting them in his holsters and slings. "Trying to get any civilianz in crossfire vacinity out, using the metro tunnels, crossing through buildings, maybe even distracting Metas so the police can atleast try to get some out". [sir, they have no remorse or recollection, they will kill you without a second throught]. Jackson stopped loading one of his pistols mid reload, "thats always a standing fact every time I put on this suit". Jackson finished loading his pistol and walked over to a clear spot on one of the room's walls. Jackson pressed a spot on the wall causing it to open to reveal a concealed hallway, once walking in the wall closed behind him. [It's like your father said, you cannot expect to beat gods when you yourself are a mere man], "Many others in history have done stranger Anna". Jackson walked to the end of the hallway to reach a large room with a VTOL liek jet, Jackson quickly hopped up ont eh wing and climbed into the cockpit.

[and what happens if something you did not plan for occurs?], Jackson, paused whilst presseing buttons and locking coordinates, "we Improvise". the front wall of the Room lifted up to reveal a long and dark passage the width and height of the VTOL, The Ranger piloted the VTOL forward and flew the VTOL carefully through until reachign the end. Jackson stopped the VTOl on a circular platform, the platform started to lift up and raised as the Cieling above the VTOL, small tricklets of water poured down, but the platform soon rose above a waterlevel which was revealed to be a hidden entrance in a lake, out of sight of the outskirts of DC. "Lock flight coordinates for New York, chart a course where they won't detect us" [Right Away Ranger]. the VTOL hovered up, turning northwards twoards new york before piloting up and off.

[Confederation of imperial states]

"The Ranger"

The VTOL of the Ranger hovered unnoticed to a rooftop of a rooftop along New York Avenue, he landed lightly with the VTOL blastng off. the Ranger walked over to the edge of the building to look down upon a crowd of people, one man stood infront od a sign that said "grady Inc", and what seemed to be news reporters trying to talk to him. "GIve me a run down, who is that?" [Owen Grady, Heir to the Grady Incorporated Technology industry and empire]. "Patch me into the the news reporter's Mics, i want to hear what he's saying" [Yes, Ranger]. Anna quickly patched into the Comms of the microphones.

"In light of the US Government's support of the Superhuman Registration Act, I have decided to pull our involvement. Grady Inc is no longer going to supply the government with our tech-no Supertanks, no fancy drones, no nothing. I will not allow my technology to fight the very people that keep this world IN ONE PIECE. And Grady Inc will take whatever power it can to fight this law. I am going to say that I AM a superhuman, and I don't care about any crap the government says. I will say one thing. I WILL NOT REGISTER. Come and get me, Tony Stark. You know my name and address already." Ranger then zoomed in to see Grady throw down a smoke bomb, and heard a small ambient noise of a motorcycle.

[should we go after him Ranger?] "no, we're not on either side of the War, but that dosen't mean this incident didn't raise tensions in new york higher than they were". Ranger took a knee by the edge of the building to see the frantic reporters trying to quickly race to be the first one to give the report, the civilians torn between outrage and grace, and the police trying to calm everyone down.

"this is going to be a long day..."

[Confederation of imperial states]

"Yeah... Ow... She hits hard. And what are you talking about? She's registered. She also just happened to be pissed off at me for making sure her boyfriend follows the law. By the way, she's gonna be pissed and... She also happens to be one of the most powerful people on this planet. At least top 10." Stark said standing back up.

Naja smashed into the side of a building when the lantern hit her. It certainly didn't help her mood any. The bullets fired from the Lanterns construct bounced off her as she walked towards them, grabbed a parked cement truck, and slammed it on the CyberLantern. She then turned her attention to Stark, grabbed him-

Avengers Tower.

Tony didn't really knew what happened. One second he was in the middle of the street and the next his entire collection of alcoholic drinks was spilling all over his floor and armor. "Okay... This is gonna get old... Fast." He muttered and stood back up to see Naja floating outside his window. He let out the claw on her pointer finger and with one poke shattered the glass. "Okay. First of all, I'm billing you for that. Second of all. Ouch. Third. Calm down. It's just temporary. Once we get everyone registered, he won't even remember what happened. You two can go back to being lovebirds or whatever. And finally. Since when do snakes have claws?"

"You're going to change him back, right this instant. Or. I'm going to tear that tin suit right off and make you."

"Yeah... Not gonna happen right now. We need all the firepower we can get. He's big firepower. And besides. I've read your file. You aren't exactly the type to make threats and keep them. You're the good cop to his bad cop. Well. That and..." He said as several machines attached much different parts to him. "Cool huh? I got it from Asgard." He said and hit Naja right out of the tower and several more city blocks. When she finally stopped, she felt something going down her nose. She was bleeding. Not badly. But it was sore and Stark was coming right at her.

"Alright then." She said. "Knockdown drag out it is."

"The Ranger"

Ranger recieved a notification on his UI about a fight occuring near the center of New York, at Avenger tower. "Thats in the center of New York, they're going to get people killed", [Plotting a course now]. Ranger quickly hopped off the edge of the roof and grappeled to an opposite rooftop, pulling him forward, he detached his grappel mid pull and grappeled to the edge of asnother rooftop. Once Ranger had made his way to a nearby building at Avengers Tower, he saw the fight ensuing, with people nearby almost getting hit by the blasts. [Tactical Analysis, we need to get Civilians away from the Circumfrence of the Vecinity to limit casualties], "On It". Ranger saw a piece of rubbler falling twoards a crowd of civilians, Ranger quickly grappeled down to the ground, taking out his High Powered Sniper Rifle an and shoting an exolosive round at the rubble, breaking it into smaller pieces whih landed around the civilians.

Ranger turned to the civilians, "Get back from the Area, tell others to move back, Now!" Ranger said to the civilians who started to move away from Avengers tower. Ranger then grappeled up to a hole that Iron Man made in the side of a building, looking through to try and find the two heroes. "I'm guessing this is Stark's idea of a Safer, better world" [they're 3 bocks from your location, near the wall street stock exchange. Ranger quickly grappeled up to the roof of the building and began to quickly move over near the fight location.

[Confederation of imperial states]

-snip-

Owen landed on another rooftop. "Good. You can keep up. You're probably wondering why I set myself up as a target for registration." He ducked behind a satellite as a chopper passed over. "If I can sacrifice myself for the superhumans who agree, they get a headstart while the government hunts me down. Then I figure out a way to break out and do it all over again. In essence, I'm the distraction. What's your name, kid?"

"The Ranger"

Ranger stopped and grappled to an edge of a rooftop, watching the fighting of the two heroes going on. "Stark needs to get his head together, the punch alone endangered more than 300 people, and with the prolonged fighting maybe more than 1,000 will be endangered". Anna pulled up a security feed video of Owens and another figure talking, [Owens is currently out of the eye of the Registration Police. For the sake of the safety of the citizens, we should talk to him and try to get him to leave before a large fight starts]. Ranger took a deep breath, knowing he could be branded as a rebel for trying to talk to a current anti-reg "rebel".

Ranger grappled over to a nearby radio antenna tower and scanned around, "where is Owen's location? " [a rooftop, just northwest of your location]. Ranger then grappled over to a large Satellite, where Anna pointed out Owen's coordinates. He dropped down landing 7ft from Owens and the other figure.

"I'm not your enemy, I'm simply here to talk"

[Confederation of imperial states]

"The Ranger"

Ranger stopped and grappled to an edge of a rooftop, watching the fighting of the two heroes going on. "Stark needs to get his head together, the punch alone endangered more than 300 people, and with the prolonged fighting maybe more than 1,000 will be endangered". Anna pulled up a security feed video of Owens and another figure talking, [Owens is currently out of the eye of the Registration Police. For the sake of the safety of the citizens, we should talk to him and try to get him to leave before a large fight starts]. Ranger took a deep breath, knowing he could be branded as a rebel for trying to talk to a current anti-reg "rebel".

Ranger grappled over to a nearby radio antenna tower and scanned around, "where is Owen's location? " [a rooftop, just northwest of your location]. Ranger then grappled over to a large Satellite, where Anna pointed out Owen's coordinates. He dropped down landing 7ft from Owens and the other figure.

"I'm not your enemy, I'm simply here to talk"

"Look, I will fight back if you're with Stark's insanity," Owen said, placing his hand on his shotgun, "you can't convince me to turn myself in. Whatever you say won't work. I am standing for justice and am not looking back. Because no matter how many times I get locked up, I WILL escape each and every time. If you expect to convince me to register or turn myself in, you're leaving disappointed. I will not support something vile and inhuman. Next, they'll use us as mercenaries to earn them cash. I'm not against registration. I'm against the abuses that can be made with it. Someone has to stand."

Just as Owen finished talking, the man standing next to Owen placed his hand on the satellite dish and said. "who the hell are you?". Ranger shook his head, "do you know what 'I'm not your enemy means?' Or do you think I' currently siding with the maniac in a power suit destroying half the city by fighting some sorceress". Ranger pressed a button on his gauntlet, displaying a map of New York with a large portion of it shaded in red.

"New York is currently on the brink of all out riots and revolts, all thanks to the useless Civil War Stark and cap' stirred up ". Ranger lowered his gauntlet with the hologram dissapearing. "personally, I think this civil war is stupid, and that punch Stark threw knocking that woman out of the tower endangered an estimate of 300 people. But right now, New York might turn into an all out warzone if things keep going like they are".

"I'm The Ranger by the way, so you can take that hand off your shotgun, or don't, I have counter measures for scatter weapons of you still want to shoot me "

[Confederation of imperial states]

Just as Owen finished talking, the man standing next to Owen placed his hand on the satellite dish and said. "who the hell are you?". Ranger shook his head, "do you know what 'I'm not your enemy means?' Or do you think I' currently siding with the maniac in a power suit destroying half the city by fighting some sorceress". Ranger pressed a button on his gauntlet, displaying a map of New York with a large portion of it shaded in red.

"New York is currently on the brink of all out riots and revolts, all thanks to the useless Civil War Stark and cap' stirred up ". Ranger lowered his gauntlet with the hologram dissapearing. "personally, I think this civil war is stupid, and that punch Stark threw knocking that woman out of the tower endangered an estimate of 300 people. But right now, New York might turn into an all out warzone if things keep going like they are".

"I'm The Ranger by the way, so you can take that hand off your shotgun, or don't, I have counter measures for scatter weapons of you still want to shoot me "

"Three hundred people that could have stood up and said something. Three hundred people that cheer on superhumans one minute and then insist on counteractive measures the next. In all honesty, I wouldn't care one bit if three hundred died. They asked for it, they're going to taste the fruits of their labor. If they want to start a Civil War, they can have it. I won't hurt them, but if someone else does, like Stark, that's not my problem," Owen replied, "but I cannot leave right now. I have to keep one step ahead of them, but leave a small trail."

Under his helmet Ranger grew a disgusted look,

"how the holy hell do you know if those 300 didn't disagree with the registration act? How do you know that they don't support the rebels, you don't, and sit here knowing that innocent people, innocent children die, and you'll just go along with your little crusade". The ranger shook his head a bit,

"I am not on Stark's side, or the rebels side, I am in the side of the people. The people we 'Heros' swore to protect, the people we heroes now endanger and in some now very real and relevant cases kill because of this useless Civil War".
"you may want to go on this crusade of yours, but remember innocents pay because of it"

[Confederation of imperial states]

Owen was getting angry, too after hearing Randall's statement. "So, they sent you after me, did they? Tell Stark that if he wants me so bad, TO COME GET ME HIMSELF!" Turning to Ranger he said, "I'm not trying to start a fight. I have not endangered anyone so far. I am just zigzagging around until they catch my trail. Then I was going to leave, until he showed up, then you. For one point, I took it to the Supreme Court, and the law was upheld. While it was in court, I didn't see a single pro-super protest. I saw thousands of ungrateful people. If Stark and his cronies ever hurt an innocent, I will be there with a camera in my hands and upload it to every social media site. Then, I will attempt to prevent more of them."

They sent you after me... After hearing Stark's name one more time, all other noise muffled out. He let himself get involved, and ket his own anger take control of him. He can hear his own muffled screams as he felt a surge of electricity flow from the dish through his arm, then into his other fish. The very hairs on his arm stood up from static as charged at Owen and punched him straight in the gut. It wasn't a strong punch, but the moment he made contact, he let all of the energy within him go from his fist to its target, giving Owen a massive shock.

All during this time, Randall shouted without thinking, "How dare you compare me to him! I would never, EVER, join such a vile man. There are no sides in this war, only mindless destruction! All of you deserve to die!"

before Ranger could respond to Owen, he heard a loud and long hate scream from Randall. Ranger looked at Randall as he charged up an electrical punch.
How dare you compare me to him! I would never, EVER, join such a vile man. There are no sides in this war, only mindless destruction! All of you deserve to die!". Ranger knew Randall was Pissed, and he Probably would go on a rampage After that "You all deserve to Die" comment. Ranger drew one of his Automatic pistols and aimed it at Randall with one hand.

"Calm it down Randall, Now"

[Confederation of imperial states]

NYC
Owen reeled back, then said, "Well, well. Looks like you and I have something in common. Though, lightning isn't much of a big thing against me, considering that I can strike someone with it if I want." He was about to retaliate, but Ranger aimed his gun at Randall. He whipped out his shotgun and aimed it at Randall. "Now, we can talk like civilized people, or we can resort to leveling the remainder of New York."

Randall gazed down the barrel of Owen's shotgun, his fists and teeth clenched. Now everyone was about ready to blow his head off. That sort of thing tends to happen whenever he he freaks out. As much as he would rather risk taking the bullet, Owen and the Ranger were both right. He can either calm himself down, or only bring about more destruction, something he wants to best avoid, under the painful memories and constant anger and hatred. With a slow, shaky breath, his fists opened, and his arms and head drooped downward.

"I'm sorry... I... I can't control myself" he said, his tone frail and shaking.

the Ranger lowered his pistol,

"Maybe, but you just proved you are less prone to useless destruction than Punch Happy over there" Ranger said whilst gesturing to the fight happening between Tony Stark and Naja.
"We've all come to some sort of common, diplomatic ground, yes?"

[Confederation of imperial states]

the Ranger lowered his pistol,

"Maybe, but you just proved you are less prone to useless destruction than Punch Happy over there" Ranger said whilst gesturing to the fight happening between Tony Stark and Naja.
"We've all come to some sort of common, diplomatic ground, yes?"

"Diplomatic ground?" Owen asked, after hearing Ranger's statement, then looked at Ranger, "I was supposed to be halfway across town by now. If it weren't for the Stark Hater and you. I don't hate Stark-we all knew he was insane, but we couldn't prove it 'til now." He glanced over at Stark. "As for you, Mr. Ranger, I wouldn't be risking the lives of innocent civilians if you two would let me be. I could be out in the country in two weeks if I left a good enough trail." He looked up nervously as a chopper circled. "Now, I need you to hurry up before the Pro-reg nuts get here."

Ranger holstered his Pistol,
"Stark's off his Gord alright. and a Tip Owen, stay underground to try and avoid any Pro-Reg confirtation. that's metaphorically but i guess you can go literally if you want". Ranger walked to the edge of the roof,

"I need to go gentlemen, Someone needs to clean up stark's mess" The Ranger then shot his grappel and swung off.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Ranger holstered his Pistol,
"Stark's off his Gord alright. and a Tip Owen, stay underground to try and avoid any Pro-Reg confirtation. that's metaphorically but i guess you can go literally if you want". Ranger walked to the edge of the roof,

"I need to go gentlemen, Someone needs to clean up stark's mess" The Ranger then shot his grappel and swung off.

"I think it's best you get going. I was foolish for seeing you as an ally, when in reality, all there are in these times are enemies. Good luck". Randall said before following Ranger, using kinetic energy to keep up. Now that his mind was clear, he was able to put some meaning into what he said intead of blind rage. There truly is no good or evil in this war, and no matter what, there will be destruction unless a common ground is found.

As he cought up with Ranger, he turned to him and said, "Mind if I follow you? There's no way I'll last in this mess alone, and if you want peace, I can help, sort of"

"The Ranger"

Ranger pulled himself up to a ledge and turned to Randall,
"No, 2 Reasons why. 1.) I work better alone handeling this situation, and having someone along will only make me screw up and/or slow me down, No offense kid but this is how i've handeled things for the past 8 years. 2.) after that bloodthirst you just went into after Owen said stark's name (yes i said stark, I did because I'm a person and i'm allowed to say words no matter your vendetta), and you almost went on a rampage which could've killed everyone within a 3 block radius.". Ranger turned when he heard a loud explosion comign from the fight area, "crap, I need to go" the Ranger then grappeled off away from Randall.

[Confederation of imperial states]

"The Dark Knight"
Chicago, Abandoned construction Site, Nighttime

Dark Knight stood on the the ledge of a building, opposite of a construction site which had long been abandoned. the site was shut down due to not enough funding, it was going to be a bank, but it was not a half built husk full of Gang members and crooks. Crooks up until now had not caught the Knight's attention, but recently a Bank in chcicago was almost robbed until Knight moved in and dispatched the crooks. after some questioning, He learned they were part of a gang that squatted in the abandoned site. Knight took a knee and used his Night Vision,

'15 on the ground floor, 10 on the second floor, the walls are made of plaster and partly wood. should be easy' Dark Knight thought to himself before jumping off and using his Metal Wings to Glide. Dark Knight glided oover above the Bank unnoticed, with the darkness covering him, Knight then retracted his wings and smahsed in hard through the Plaster roof. the dust and specs from the platser blinded the crooks, now was the time to strike, "You scum should've left well alone" Dark Knight said, his voice partly metallic from his helmet, but still just as intimidating. Dark Knight quickly grabbed one crook, smashing his head through the plaster wlal, then tossing him across the room onto 2 of his friends knocking them down. Dark knight then slightly ducked to avoid an incomming metal pipe, he then grabbed the crook's arm and bent it backwards breakign it, then smashed the crooks head into a wall. one of the crooks pulled out a 357 magnum and fired it at Dark Knight, it simply hit the armor with not effect. Dark Knight then grabbed the pistol, then grabbed the crook's bicep and threw him out one of the unfinished windows, the crook landing hard but not dying.

5 men came running up the stairs, they pointed what were poorly conditioned rifles at Dark Knight and fired. Dark knight grabbed a distracitonary explosive and threw it at them, it exploded midair, blinding them. Dark Knight then lunged forward and them, knockign 2 of the crook's heads into a wall, he then grabbed one of the rifles and swung it at the head of another crook, knocking him out. Dark Knight then used the rifle and hit the last crook in the chest, causing him to lurch forward, he then kneed the crook hard sending him falling down the stairs. Dark Knight tossed a smoke bomb in the room and lunged at the crooks, beginning to knock out the reamining ones.

one the ground floor, the 10 remaining criminals who didn't run up the stairs to the aid of their comrades listened to the threashing and screaming coming from upstairs. "jesus do you hear that?" one of them said, " one of them pointed their rifle at the cieling" The boss ssad we didn't have to fight the Knight, what the hell is this sh*t?". then, suddenly, the yelling stopped, and there was almost absolute silence, the only noise being the breathing of the criminals as they stood together. "is he dead?" one of them asked. then out of nowhere, Dark Knight came crashign through the ceiling onto the criminal pointing his weapon up. catchign the crooks oof guard, the Knight threw 2 smoke bombs at the group, then lunge forward and punched one of them to the ground, Dark Knight swung his metal wings hitting another and tossing him through oen of the walls.

"aw f*ck this, Run!" one fo the crooks said as they tried to run, but once they exited the building they were caught in a pair of headlights. "Chicago PD, FREEZE!" an older cop and a younger cop pointed their guns at the crooks. behind them, the Knight was visible, "You there, Vigilante, FReeze!" the younger cop screamed poinnting his gun at the Knight. the older cop pushed the gun down, "easy boy he's being patient enoguh with you as is, good to have the help Knight". Dark Knight simply nodded, then with a simply turn he seemingly dissapeared into the darkness.

[Confederation of imperial states]

"The Ranger"

The Ranger swung over to an area he saw a large explosion at, 'great, one of Stark's repulsor blasts went stray, this idiot is going to pay'.

Ranger grappeled down to see a large corner of an apartment building had collapsed in on itself, "Anna, any survivors?", [checking infared......yes, there are 7 trapped in the basement, and the repulsor blast collapsed and crushed the stairwell]. Ranger walked over to one of the windows, kicking it open and hopping inside, the inside was dusty, burn marks around the area the wall had collapsed. Ranger switched on his infared, looking around he saw a chimney that lead down to the basement. "hwo sturdy is the chimney?" [weak, I'd suggest getting them up one at a time]. Ranger then carefulyl slid down the chimeny to the basement, he flipped on one of his flashlights to see the people crowded in the corner.

"S-Stay back, please!", Ranger dimmed the light a bit, "I'm here to get you out, please come with me, the structure won't hold for very long". the people looked at one another before getting up and heading twoards Ranger. Ranger shot his grappel hook at the top of the chimney, detaching it from his gauntlet. "climb only to the ground floor, and one at a time, the chimney won't hold for long". one at a time the people started to climb up the grappel, beign vary carteful and getting out on the main fireplace opening on the ground floor. after the last person climbed up, Ranger followed, hooking the grappel back up to his gauntlet and reeling up to the fireplace. once he got up, the structure started to shake.

"It's Collapsing! Get out, Now!" Ranger yelled pointing to the now open door.

Ranger and the people ran twoards the door, one of the men caught his foot in a hole on the floorboards and tripped. Ranger quickly kneeled down next to him. "You're slightly impaled" the man gritted his teeth and peices of the ceiling started to fall down. Ranger stomped his foot on the floorboard breaking ot off, he heaved the man over his shoulders and ran out twoards the door. Ranger dove out landing on his tomach with the man landing on his back. once the man stood up, Ranger shook his head a bit, and faced a Police officer. "Let me guess, Arrest for vigilantism, Non registration, or somethign else?". the younger officer raised an eyebrow. "I was about to thank you for getting those people out". Ranger relaxed interally a bit, he was about to speak before he heard another rumble, he groaned a bit. "stark and his stupid fights, the man needs medical attention to hid leg, i gotta go". Ranger grappeled up to a nearby rooftop ledge and headed off.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Chicago, Black Mask's Penthouse

"it's good seeing you again Titan, been awhile since you snuck into the states after that Town hall incident". Black Mask died out his cigar in the ashtray, he sat on a chair across from Titan who sat straight up, one leg crossed.

"The Dark knight has become a problem Roman" Titan said partly muffled by his mask. Black Mask sighed, "yes, the Knight, he hit that hideout we were trying to set up. I've sent alot of guys after him, all have ended up bent, broken, and behind bars". TItan uncrossed his one leg, "then i suggest we go with Plan B". Black Mask chuckled, "the bounty, really? i thought you'd say you'd go a dn 'Break Him' and all that, but placing half a hundred million dollars on him..". Titan stood up and walked over to one of the windows, "it is the only way to assure his death without revealing myself just yet..." Titan turned to Black Mask, "besides, you said you always liked a good show". Black Mask chuckled, standign up and pouring hims and titan a scotch, then walked over and gave Titan a glass.

"by tomorrow, we'll be able to mount his head above the penthouse's fireplace". Titan nodded and took a glass, they clinked the glasses together before black mask took a sip.

Later that night, an anonymous Message was sent out to any and all supervillains available...

One Night

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Kill the Dark Knight

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Money For this Hit:
$50,000,000 After confirmed death

the Recievers available were Firefly, Copperhead, Deadshot, Killer Frost, Anarky, and Deathstroke the Terminator.

[Confederation of imperial states]

"KnightHunt" Part 1: Pure Anarky

Dark Knight grappeled up to the roof of a skyscraper that towered above chicago, the building along with it's sister skyscraper were simply large parking garages. Dark knight looked from one of the edges down upon the city lights, contemplating how to act next against Black Mask, that was until he heard a voice call out from behind him. "Dark Knight, your time of protecting the corruption of the world is over!". Dark Knight turned to see non other than..."Anarky..". Anarky stood at the opposite end of the parking garage floor, surrounded by a multitude of his Supporters and followers, he stood on what seemed to be a pedistal.

"Yes, me and my devoute followers will strike down you, Oh Instrument of Oppression of Corprate America, we will end your tyranny upon not only this city, but the rest of America. and after you're gone, One less pawn will be trying to stop us in our Journey to free america".

right after Anarky said that, 3 of his followers lit Molotov cocktails and threw them at Dark Knight while 7 of them came marchign forwards with their own makeshift weapons. Dark Knight dove out of the way, and proceeded to throw down a smoke bomb to the ground, covering the area in a cloud of smoke. Dark knight wentot work, diarming one anarchist and using his weapon to block another's attacks, Dark Knight kicked the unarmed anarchist hard in the stomach, knocking to the wall. Dark Knight grabbed the head of another anarchist and slammed his head into his knee, knocking him out cold. whilst Dark Knight began to take down the anarchists left and right, Annarky stepped down from the pedistal and pressed a button on a remote.

Dark Knight's suit UI went off, "You've Set bombs to the Building's Supports, you Maniac, Innocent people will get killed", "they are nothing more than meisers feeding off of the good people of chicago, they're like a nest of rats, kill one and 3 more will be breed in their place, but we'll take out the nest". Dark Knight then tripped the last anarchist and delivered a hard punch to his head, knocking him out, Dark Knight looked up to see Anarky was gone. just then, a voice came up on the loud speakers,

"[Unlike the meisers and greedy corprate overlord i seek to overthrow, I believe in choice, and so i give you one. Let the bombs go off or Disarm them, your choice will dictate of what I do with you]".

Dark Knight quickly dove off the side of the building and began to fall straight downwards, right before he hit the ground, Dark Knight opened his metal wings and landed lightly on the ground. Dark Knight ran over to the mantinence door of the building and broke the lock off, quickly running down inside and looking for the bombs. Dark Knight found the bombs, each at a support of the foundation. as fast as he could, Dark Knight punched into the mechanical device Amarky made, ripping the activator out and disabling it. "[there are other ways to deal with things other than punching them]". "you're predictable Anarky, You're using the same bombs as before]". just as Dark Knight said that, he smashed the casing window of another bomb and ripped out it's activator. Dark Knight threw an electrical charge batarang at the last bomb, setting the timer back to full. "[That's Cheating! You cannot do that!]". Dark Knight then ran over and punched straight through the bomb, and ripped out it's activator.

"Last bomb down Anarky", "[Only because you cheated! you're no better than the Meisers of this city, doing whatever it takes to get to the top!]". "you seem to have corprate survival of the fittest confused with actual fight for survival". "[there is no diffrence Knight]". Dark Knight then tracked the location of Anarky's Communication, tracking the signal it gave off, "top of the building, Guess Anarky wanted a dramatic end". Dark Knight walked out of the Mantinence door and shot a grappel which pulled him up. Anarky and his followers rallied themselves on the top of the building, which he'd now painted to the brim with anarky symbols, "we will NOT let some costumed Tool of corruption Stop out Crusade! We Will kill this knight and use that reward to fund our greatest attack on corprate america yet!". Anarky's supporters cheered, but the cheering ended when Dark Knight landed on the roof with them.

"this ends here Anarky", Anarky then pulled back the sleeves of his jacket a bit to reveal some sort of device on his wrists, "Let us Burn this Knight once and for all" Anarky said, fire then shot form the device on his wrists revealing it was a wrist mounted flamethrower. Anarky's followers attacked Dark Knight, Dark Knight threw down a distractionary explosive , blinding some of the anarchist while injuring others from the shrapnel. Dark Knight wen tto work, diarming one anarchist, tripping another with the weapon, then throwing kknightarang and destroying an anarchist's molotov in his hand.at the end of the scuffle, only Dark Knight and anarcky were left. "so, it comes down to us then" "anarky I'm giving you one chance to give up now" "and miss the chance to kill you? I'd take my chances!". Anarky then shot both his flamthrowers at Dark knight, Dark Knight defended himself with his Metal cape, he rushed forward, his metal cape protecting him from the fire.

"Why Aren't YOU DYING" Anarky yelled, then Dark Knight dropped his metal cape and grabbed both of anarky's wrists, he then ripped both of anarky's flame thrower gauntlets off of his hands, throwing them to the side. Anarky didn't have a chance to speak, before Dark Knight punched him across the right side of the face, then the left side, the uppercutted him causing him to slightly fly back onto the ground. Dark knight took a deep breath, before taking out a pair of bindign wires and wrapping anarky's hands together behind his back. "you're nothing more than a tool", "and you're nothing more than a kid who's too stupid to see past his Ego". Later police arrived on the scene to arrest anarky and his followers, however Dark Knight was long gone by then.