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

[Confederation of imperial states]

Black Hand - Anarcho

Iron Mountain Security Facility, Los Angeles
8:39pm

Black Hand woke up, groggily he looked up, the bright white lights of the cell he was in were glaringly painful. Black Hand looked around, the cell he was in was white, the metal making up the walls were tightly packed and built together, the door being made of gray metal with reinforced glass. Black Hand was half asleep, however a voice from a man in a black armored suit standing over him woke him up fully. "helloooooo, Buddy, you awake?", Black Hand shook his head as he sat up, picking himself up he turned to face the man, his height was much larger than he was, "Where are we?".

Anarcho held his arms out, "welcome to the first class, AMAZING Iron Mountain Security cell, in the Sub-basement of their security facility!". Black Hand looked around, checking his belt and pockets he was stripped of his weapons, but most of his tools were still with him. "What are you here for?" Black Hand asked as he crouched, inspecting for some sort of exposed line in the door's metal. "Well.... Iron Mountain screwed me over in the past, so I crashed an incredibly armored car into their roof, shot up atleast 67 guys with the mounted gun, until they got some ogre straight out of Lord of the Rings to rip it open, and threw me in here".

Black Hand paused as he ripped a metal panel off the metal door, "So you're the guy who crashed that truck through the roof, you're a crazy b*stard you know that?". Anarcho shrugged as Black Hand took out a pair of wire cutters, cutting 2 electrical wires on the door and reattaching them to the ends of others. The Metal door opened to the cold and empty hallway, "Anarcho is it?" Black Hand stood up and looked over to him, "You wanna team up and get the hell out of here?", Anarcho made 2 "Skull and bones" gestures with his hands, "Hellz yeah, let's get out of here!". Anarcho and Black Hand exited the cell, approaching 2 guards from behind, Black Hand knocked out one by putting him in a sleeper hold, and Anarcho used the other one's own knife to slit his throat.

Black Hand and Anarcho rushed through the armory, Black Hand quickly looking at the signs above each door and Anarcho pretending to shoot imaginary soldiers with a rifle he took from one of the guards. They continued to hurry until an alarm on the loud speaker sounded out; [There has been a Prison breach on the sublevel, all Iron Mountain security forces converge and subdue the prisoners, Kill Order initiated]. [It's probably best to head to the Armory], [They're gonna Kill us!] the voices in Anarcho's head freaked out as they reached the armory door. Black Hand used a keycard from one of the guards to open the door, as soon as they entered they closed it, pushing a heavy cabinet infront of the doors. "Alright Anarcho get some weapons, we'll hold out in this room and attempt to run their forces dry", "That Sony guy is bulletproof man", Black Hand thought back and remembered there was a collar on Sony's neck. "The guy had a collar on his neck, possibly for control, break it and that Tyrannt guy looses his Ogre".

Anarcho nodded, grabbing 2 very large Light Machine guns, he turned to the door as the sound of around 50 pairs of footsteps marched over to the door. The iron Mountain security opened the sliding dors, only to see a large metal cabinet in their way, as the pushed it down, they came face to face with Anarcho, aiming 2 Light machine guns at them. "RATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA" Anarcho yelled as he fired both machine guns at the crowd of Security. The bullet fire cut through them, killing many who were close to the door, and continuing to cut down others as they tried to duck for cover. "THAT"S RIGHT, You guys Better Ru-" Anarcho was cut off when a large metal crate came through the door, smashing into him and crashing into the back wall of the armory. 'I'm Okay!" Anarcho yelled from behind the box, Black Hand finished gathering his weaponry, just as Sony came crashing through the door, "Bad Man!" Sony screamed as he looked at Black Hand. Sony slammed a Fist down, Black Hand rolled to the right, climinb up Sony's left arm he got onto Sony's back.

Sony continued flail and yell, Black Hand took out his crowbar, wedging it in the lock of Sony's control collar, he wedged and ripped it off. The collar fell to the floor with a hard clank, Black Hand dropped of, circling to the Sony as he rubbed his head. "Sony....feel better", he said, the mean look he had before fading away, "Sony thanks you" Sony said dipping his head, y now Anarcho pushed the metal crate off of him, climbing from the crater in the wall, cracking his back. "Don't worry boys, I got me some Regenerative abilities" Anarcho said, cocking both his thumbs at him, Black Hand looked up at Sony, "hey big guy, we're getting out of here, what do you say?", Sony roared in response, giving Black Hand the answer he wanted. Just then, they heard the sounds of even more Iron Mountain security, Black Hand took out his pistol, pulling back the slide, "Get ready boys, it's time to go to war".

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Black Hand - Anarcho - Sony
"The Great Escape

Black Hand pulled back the slide on his pistol, "Get ready boys, it's time to go to war".

Sony Roared as he crashed back out into the hallway, the front hallway 20 Iron Mountain security took aim and fired at him, the side hallways of 15 each both tried to rush into the Armory. Sony roared as the Iron Mountain security men's bullets bounced off his skin, doing nothing, Sony slammed both his fists down and rammed forward, riddling and killing most of the security. Black hand and Anarcho rushed out, now in their gear, Anarcho took the left hallway with his Dual Vektors, while Black Hand took to the right hallway. Anarcho slid out of the door, firing his sub machine guns he cut down 6 of the security at once, he then jumped up as a bulky guard charged him, Anarcho front flipped over the guard, kicking him and firing one vektor into his back, while using the other one to take down the rest of the Guards. Black Hand firing his pistol at one of the guards killing him, he then smacked another across the face with his crowbar, Black Hand then used the crowbar to use another guard as a human shield. Black Hand fired at the guards, taking down 3 simultaneously, Black Hand then holstered his pistol as he pushed the half dead guard into another one, knocking them both over. Black Hand rolled as he took out his crossbow, firing an explosive dart, it detonated at the feet at the rest of the security men, killing the rest.

The 3 of them meet outside of the door, looking around at the carnage around them, "Damn, we do some fine a** work together", "Agreed, but we really need to get the hell out of here". Black Hand turned around to a guard, still alive, he grabbed guard by the collar of his uniform and held him up, "where the hell is the exit". The guard coughed up some blood, "you'll never escape here, Tyrannt will kill yah", "That's debatable, mince meat, not tell use where's the exit", The Guard pointed to a set of staircases down the hallway to Sony's back. Black Hand turned his head to the guard, "Thanks", throwing the guard back down they walked to the staircase, the guard attempted to reach a nearby pistol, but Black Hand shot hi straight in the head without looking back, dropping him.

Black Hand, Sony, Anarcho rushed up the stairs, they reached a sliding garage door leading to the main room where Anarcho previously crashed down into. Anarcho put away his 2 Vektors, and instead took out 2 light machine guns, loading them with fresh ammunition clips. Black Hand loaded his Crossbow with several Explosive Darts, reloading his pistol, and readying his crowbar, "Everyone ready", "Hellz yeah", "Sony Ready to be free". Black Hand pressed the button, slowly raising the door, Sony instead plowed through the door, ripping it off, Black Hand looked to Anarcho, shrugging they both followed. The Iron Mountain Security Guards began to fire at them Black hand ducking behind a concrete barrier and firing off an Explosive Dart, Anarcho began to spray and pray with both his machine guns, and Sony simply began to knock around the Guards, sending them flying against the walls, crates, and other equipment.

Sony grabbed a large shipping container, swinging it around he knocked atleast 20 guards off their feet, killing some and injuring others. Sony then saw the large command room high above on the far side of the wall, lifting the shipping container he threw it, it impacted, destroying the command room entirely. Black Hand began to quickly run to the large garage door leading to the back lot, quickly executing any security who survived with his pistol, Anarcho climbed onto the shipping container, he fired into a ground of Security as they rushed down a hallway. "Welp, I think we killed all of him", Anarcho said looking around, scratching his head with the corner of one of his LMGs, he dropped down and meet Sony and Black Hand at the garage door to the back lot. "Alright, once we get out there, there's going to be a crap ton of security, we need to get to a Vehicle and split", "but....Can't we just murder all of them?", Black Hand turned to Anarcho, "Some of us aren't batsh*t insane guys who can wield 2 machine guns at once. No, We'll take down iron Mountain, but right now we need to split".

Black Hand reloaded his pistol as Anarcho exchanged for his vektors, Black Hand nodded to Sony who then smashed through the Garage door, with Black Hand and Anarcho following. In the back lot, 4 Choppers with gunners mounted began circling around the now smashed garage door, 35 Security Guards began to converge and assault the three as they rushed out. Black Hand and Anarcho ducked behind a concrete barrier, Anarcho flipped out of cover, running up a gerdur he jumped up onto a shipping Container hanging from a chain. Anarcho shot the chain, causing the Shipping container to fall, killing a group of Security Guards, "Sony, Take out the Chopper!", Sony looked to one of the choppers, he then grabbed a sizable truck, spinning once he tossed the truck at the chopper, clipping the tail end of the chopper and causing it to spin out. Black Hand quickly ran alongside Anarcho as they rushed to a Semi-Truck, Sony covering them by tossing large objects at the nearby enemies, the spinning chopper crashing down into a group of gasoline tanks, causing a massive explosion.

Black Hand and Anarcho climbed into the front cabin, Black Hand hit the ignition as Sony crashed into the side of the Truck's back end, ripping a hole in it but climbing into a concealed part non the less. "Why can't I drive?", "If I'm correct, the last Truck you drove was an armored truck, and you crashed it through a roof" Black hand responded, driving the truck forward, running over a group of Security guards before driving out onto a fairly empty road. Black Hand sighed as he sat back in his chair, Anarcho looked into a side mirror, "Uh, Dude, I think there are Hummers coming after us" , Black Hand looked back as 2 Hummers with mounted machine guns started to tail the vehicles, firing their machine guns which began to riddle the cabin. Black Hand ducked his head, Anarcho started to put together something in his Duffel Bag, "What are you doing?", "Making something fun" Anarcho said, aiming his "Betsy" Quad Rocket Launcher out the right side of the cabin, destroying one of the Humvees. Sony grabbed a large crate from the back of the truck, tossing it at one of the Humvees, it crushed the driver's compartment, causing it to spin out and crash.

Black hand sat back with a sigh, parking the truck in an empty lot in the Ghetto, "get out", "Why?", "They're boudn to trace the truck. Sony, get out aswell". All three of them began to climb out and walk down the street of the Los Angeles Ghetto, Anarcho peered over at Black Hand, "Hit it". Anarcho flipped forward, while in mid spin he fired a shot from one of his pistols, hitting a gas tank on the semi truck, causing it to blow up. As they walked away from the explosion, Anarcho rested one of his Machine guns on his shoulder, "What now chief?", "We're now at war with Iron Mountain, We're gonna head to my base and get a game plan going", "Sony Hungry", "Yeah, can we stop at Burger King first?", Black Hand turned to look at both of them, under his mask he had a look that said "really?". Black Hand sighed.

"Fine, Burger King, then War".

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Lanvin - Chicago Suburbs

Lanvin had been following a particular individual on foot for the past few hours; the man in question had abilities - obviously - but his actions and movements thus far had not eluded to just what his abilities were, in fact Lanvin associated the man's movements with someone who had excessive paranoia.

Which was good. People like that were easy to unwind, they came apart like the wooden frames of a burning building.

The man stopped walking, prompting Lanvin to duck behind a car for cover as the man spun on the spot. There was nobody around, and there hadn't been for the past 20 minutes; yet this was the third time in five minutes that this man had abruptly stopped to look around.

Lanvin knew he had the man's psyche on the ropes; now it was time to finish it.

Holding out his hand around the far side of the car he was taking cover behind - safely outside of the man's field of view - Lanvin tightened his grip in the direction of a football on the lawn of a nearby house; the ball shook slightly as it hovered just above the ground before Lanvin made a tugging motion with his extended hand.

The ball flew across the street and hit the man in the back of his head; causing him to yelp in surprise before turning on the spot to look at the clearly empty lawn.

The man shouted in the direction of the house before turning and starting to run down the street; he was panicking now. Which was even better.

People make mistakes when they're panicked.

Lanvin pushed himself out from behind the cover of the car and started to follow the man along the pavement at a brisk walking speed; always keeping the man in view.

It was at this point that the man saw Lanvin following him in the middle of the road; partially illuminated by the dim orange streetlights and wearing a suit that was stained along the arms with dry blood.

He froze; even from where he was standing, Lanvin saw the involuntary twitch of fear in the man's eyes.

"H-hello?" the man stuttered as he looked over his shoulders.

Lanvin smiled as he took another step towards the man, his fingers tapping against his thigh in anticipation, he looked the man in the eyes, "You look distressed...Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah...I'm fine, you just spooked me a little," The man replied quickly, his voice hitching on the back of his throat.

Lanvin's forehead tingled as the man spoke; bringing a smirk to Lanvin's lips, "Liar."

The man stepped back, gulping loudly before he opened his mouth, "W-what did you?"

"I said," Lanvin outstretched his hand towards the man, pinning him to the spot, "Liar..."

The man opened his mouth to respond, but Lanvin tightened his grip on his throat; resulting in nothing more than a muffled scream emerging from the man's mouth as he desperatly clutched at his throat.

"So..." Lanvin continued as he stopped walking a couple of meters in front of the man, "I'll make this quick," he started to walk around the man; keeping his arm outstretched in his direction as he spoke, "You have something I want," Lanvin lifted the man slightly higher off the ground, "So I'm here to take it."

"I...Don't..." the man chocked out as he started to plead with Lanvin, "Have...Anything...You...Want..."

Lanvin chuckled as he leveled his finger at the man's forehead and tightly wrapped his hand around the man's throat in a stranglehold as he telekinetically kept the man's limbs pinned against his sides, "Now I don't even need abilities to know that is a lie..."

Lanvin started to telekinetically cut into the man's head, using his telekinetic abilities like a buzzsaw as he started to cut clean through the man's scalp and his upper skull; the man screamed in response before muttering what sounded like a plea under his breath as he slipped into shock.

Lanvin's breath was knocked out of him as everything around him dissolved into a swirling blackness before he was violently thrown across a room and into a window. Blinked his eyes a few times, Lanvin almost threw up from the disorientation as his hands slid down the now-cracked window as he looked out onto the view below with his heavily blurring vision; he was now in a skyscraper - at least fifty three floors up - which was almost directly across from the Cryotech headquarters.

An alarm somewhere tripped and a barrage of high pitched whines assaulted his ears. Lanvin screamed in a brief fit of rage as he threw his arms around in a frenzy, forcibly removing almost all of the electric circuitry from the walls in a shower of sparks before throwing the mountain of wire at his now-recovered foe; whose face was entirely covered in the blood which was coming from the heavily bleeding cut on his forehead.

As the man took the hit from the wires and was sent flying across the room in a pile of smoke, Lanvin cracked his neck and offered a loud, almost cruel laugh in response, "Teleporation!?" the man forced himself back to his feet; visibly shaking from shock as he tried to run to the nearest stairwell, only to be telekinetically pulled off his feet by Lanvin and thrown back into the smoking pile of wires.

When the man looked up again, Lanvin was standing directly over him; a wide grin on his face - almost in giddy anticipation as he leveled his finger at the shock-filled man again, "I can't wait to try that out..."

Construction Site, Downtown Chicago

["Teleportation?!, I can't wait to try that out"],

The devious and Diabolical voice Lanvin said those words from sounded through The Knight's commlink, he watched overhead, he'd been chasing Lanvin but was unable to stop him from killing the meta. The KNight stood up, ["Sanza is everything in place?"], [Yes sir, the Mutagen is prepped and ready, vehicular support is on the way aswell as your reinforcements]. The Knight took his hand off the commlink, "then this should go smoothly", [Sir, do you think Facing Lanvin one on one, especially now that he has teleportation, is a wise action?], "Alone, it would be near impossible, but that's why I'm matching his trump card, with a bigger one". The Knight stepped off of the floor he was on, dropping down he opened up his cape, dropping down onto his knee , the metal mouth piece sliding into place.

The Knight stood up, staring Lanvin down,
"Lanvin, still cutting humans open like an Animal I see" The Knight said getting Lanvin's attention.

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Black Hand - Anarcho - Sony

Outskirts of Los Angeles, Old Railroad yard

Black Hand, Sony, and Anarcho walked down the concrete path, the sun was long gone and the moon had risen, coloring the entire area blue. Los Angeles was in the distance, the golden lights of the downtown were a stark contrast to the dark ghettos and suburbs. Black Hand, Sony, and Anarcho walked to a moderately sized doorway building, no structure behind it though it seemingly left enough space for a staircase. Anarcho burped into the back of his hand, carrying 2 bags full of burger king, "is this it Blacky?", Black Hand sighed as he took out a key, "I told you how wrong that name sounds". Black Hand unlocked the door and opened it, revealing a large staircase leading down into a bigger structure. As Black Hand and Anarcho entered, Sony struggled to get through the small doorframe, partly expanding the frame as he squeezed in, but ultimately got in and carefully closed the door behind him. Black Hand, Anarcho, and Sony reached the bottom of the staircase, once getting down Black hand flipped a lightswitch, revealing a crude, but large underground bunker.

Anarcho looked left, then right, "Holy sh*t this place is huge" he said, placing the 2 bags of Burger king on the table. Black Hand walked over to the table, looking down it showed an entire map of Los Angeles, Iron Mountain's Security firms, drug trade routes, installations, and other assets, including their Skyscraper headquarters right in the middle of downtown. Anarcho looked down at the map, the stared at Black hand, "You have ALOT of freetime, don't you?", Black Hand stared up at Anarcho, "Some of us have other priorities than crashing trucks through roofs". Sony sat down on the couch nearby, causing the middle to wbe weight down severely and causing it to creak slightly. Anarcho folded his arms, "So what's the plan?", "If we want an opening to be able to take a shot off at Brandon Titan in his Skyscraper Fortress, we're gonna need to carve our way through to him", "how we do that?" Sony asked from behind them.

Black Hand pointed to the red lines marked in several places of the city, "We start by cutting his Drug trafficking lines, his main source of income. We also should attack his shipping convoys, aswell as take down his personal private security army camped throughout the city". Anarcho nodded, "His army's got to have a general", Black hand took a file from a drawer on the table, tossing it infront of Anarcho who opened it, "His name's tyrannt". "This is the guy who got us both locked up", "He's an incredibly skilled, and highly equipped foe, he leads Brandon's Army as his legate, the gangs don't dare tussle with him", "Why not?". Black Hand pointed to a southeastern ghetto of Los Angeles, "right here was the head of Los Angele's most fearsome gang, 'Hells Warriors', They grew so powerful, with both money and manpower, they took a swing at Brandon Titan and attempted an attack on their Skyscraper". Anarcho looked up, "And? What the hell happened?", Black Hand shook his head slowly, "It wasn't even a week before Tyrannt cut through their entire gang empire, and ended up dragging the corpses of their gang's leaders through the streets of the ghetto".

Anarcho cracked his knuckles, "So, let's show this mothaf*cka he's not tough sh*t", Black Hand pointed to a Plaza, near the outer part of the downtown, "One of their largest drug drop of points, and the midway point of their Largest Drug route is here. We'll set up an ambush for their convoy, and take it down once it arrives". Anarcho hopped up once, before pulling a Victoria Secret shopping bag from behind his bag, "Does that mean I get to go Shopping! They have a Cutlery shop that sells custom knives!". Black Hand paused for a second, "...Where did you ge- you know what, if we're all in agreement, we'll head there in the morning and Set up our Ambush". Black hand looked around as Anarcho and Sony both nodded in agreement.

"Good, then let's get started".

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Los Angeles Plaza, Outer downtown
10:57am

Black Hand, Sony, and Anarcho (who was carrying a very large dufflebag on his back), all walked into the open and sunny plaza in the morning. Looking around, Black hand looked down on his watch, then over to the road, "Alright, we don't have much time so get to your positions. Sony, go to the park across the street and take cover, Anarcho, take position behind that corner, I'll get to a roof and take point". Anarcho and Sony nodded, Sony (carefully) crossed the street and hid behind a large tree in some bushes, catching the attention of some, but they quickly went back to their buisness. Anarcho quickly raced to the building corner, across from Sony, and behind 2 dumpsters. Placing the duffelbag on the ground he set up a small harpoon turret aiming across the street. Anarcho also readied his Axes and Katana, aswell as his SMGs and other firearms as he took point behind the Corner. Black Hand hurried into the middle of the plaza, while he was running down the small side alleyway he quickly stopped and climbed the ladder, not noticing a short woman who'd been following him.

Black Hand quickly dived into cover of the small little edge of the building, quickly setting up his crossbow he quickly placed some Explosive darts in it, he also readied his pistol, aswell as his other gadgets in case he needed them. The short woman quietly climbed the ladder, thinking she was unseen by Black Hand she reached the top of the roof, once climbing and standing she looked around, not seeing then masked man. "Where the he-" she quietly gasped as she felt the barrel of a gun against the back of her head, "You have 30 seconds to tell me who you are and why you're following me". The woman put her hands up slightly, "I'm Alice Kosa, just a person who's suspicious when 3 abnormal guys come moseying around. "Snooping can get a girl into alot of trouble", Black Hand said, taking the barrel of the gun off her head, allowing her to turn around, "I'm not a girl", Black Hand raised an eyebrow under his mask, "you sure?". Alice looked mad, then seemingly grasping air and forcing it at Black hand, she pushed him back revealing he had telekinetic powers, "A Meta, I guess that's why you had the courage to snoop". Black Hand then noticed an Iron Mountain truck convoy coming down the street, "SH*T" he yelled, pushing past Alice and diving for his crossbow.

Black hand quickly used his earpiece to reach Anarcho and Sony, "Guys, the convoy is here, get ready and isolate the drug truck", Black hand yelled into his earpiece, before firing an explosive bolt, blowing up the Humvee infront of the truck.

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Lanvin looked up as the Knight appeared; his arrival was entirely anticipated as Lanvin had heard him walking about on the above levels not that long prior to his entrance. Chuckling softly as the Knight started to speak, Lanvin closed his eyes briefly and concluded his rummaging around of the dead man's cranium.

The ability of Teleportation was now his. He could go anywhere in the blink of an eye...All he had to do was test it...That time would come soon.

He shivered slightly in a moment of euphoria as the Hunger was rewarded before standing up and looking at the Knight, he brought his hand up to his face and clenched it into a fist; looking at it intensely for a moment in thought before directing his full attention towards the Knight.

"I prefer the term 'Harvesting'..." He dead panned as he watched the Knight closely, "So much wasted potential if they squander their abilities doing nothing..."

Lanvin licked his lips, "You don't honestly expect to win this," his tone was one of bemusement as he cocked his head, "Do you?"

"I prefer the term 'Harvesting'...", "So much wasted potential if they squander their abilities doing nothing...".
"The term is Murder, but then again you and your sick obsession don't seem to think ripping open an innocent's head is wrong".

"You don't honestly expect to win this,", his tone was one of bemusement as he cocked his head, "Do you?".
The Knight lifted an eyebrow under his helmet, "It's strange how you muse you're the one with the upperhand, but out of all the times we've fought so far", The Knight stepped down onto the dirt gravel level with Lanvin, "It's mostly been you who's had to run". The Knight saw Lanvin's hands slightly twitch, "But I digress, you have your trump card", The Knight gestured to Lanvin himself, obviously implying his powers.

"And so do I", as soon as The Knight said that, Titan slammed down a few feet to his right, severely cracking the ground under her, Titan stood up, giving a smirk towards Lanvin. "The thing is Derrick, you may believe yourself invincible, but there are others who can beat you". Titan cracked her knuckles, "Enough Parlaying, this is only ending one way".

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"Finally..." Lanvin chuckled as he looked at Titan, he pointed at her, "A challenge..." Passing a glance at the Knight as his finger remained locked on Titan, he shrugged, "Now it looks like I'll actually have to commit to this little game we've been playing..."

Lanvin took a moment - basically a split second - to collect himself, a smile wormed onto his lips as he looked at Titan before looking back at the Knight again, "So..." Lanvin spoke loudly and resolutely, his voice menacingly echoing off the walls of the darkened room, "Shall we begin?"

Not giving his adversaries a moment longer to prepare; Lanvin went on the offensive, throwing his arms forward in a mighty thrusting motion and sending a telekinetic blast at the duo which was strong enough to rip the paint from the walls, shatter every window on the floor and blow damn near every door in the large connecting room off of their hinges with blistering speed.

The shockwave that followed the initial blast carried with it pieces of concrete, glass shards and chunks of the pulverised corpse and sparking wires which had previously been at Lanvin's feet.

ow it looks like I'll actually have to commit to this little game we've been playing...", "So...", anvin spoke loudly and resolutely, his voice menacingly echoing off the walls of the darkened room, "Shall we begin?".

Lanvin then did not give The Knight, nor Titan a moment to prepare, Lanvin on an all out offensive, thrusting his arms forward in a telekinetic blast, which sent The Knight blasting through the halfbuilt wall, and shredding it as he finished. The Knight shot his grappel, hooking onto a sturdy pole until Lanvin finished his attack. Titan however, was less so effected by the telekinetic attack, Titan braced herself as she was pushed back a few feet by the attack, Titan then used her strength to stand her ground and resist the blast, after it was finished, the few pieces of rubble dropped to the ground.

Titan cracked her arm, "Is that it?" Titan partly saw Lanvin through the dust, however being blown back towards the building it gave her a more decent view than The Knight had. Titan then jetted forward at Lanvin.

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Lanvin heard Titan start her approach, while he was somewhat puzzled that she hadn't been thrown back very far as a result of the telekinetic blast, he did know that she was charging at him.

Fast.

Lanvin was about to blink when an idea struck him; he remembered that there had been a roof support column just behind him - one of approximately 12 on this section of the floor. Which he could definitely use to his advantage, mainly since it was obvious that he could in no way stand up to the punches that Titan's momentum would allow her to deliver.

Without a moment to lose, Lanvin decided that it was either now or never to give his teleportation power a test run - albeit a test run in combat conditions. He concentrated deeply on a point in the room just behind where Titan was and willed himself there; a return of the overwhelming disorientation signalled that his efforts had been successful as Lanvin vanished from where he'd been standing before staggering back from another position across the room.

He shook his head as his vision blurred slightly.

That was going to take some getting used to.

He turned to face Titan as she charged towards where he'd been standing nanoseconds before; only now she was running face first into a support column.

If he repeated this a few times then the tables would turn drastically in his favour - more so than they already were. The roof collapsing would certainly limit Titan's mobility at least and completely pin and trap her under a pile of rubble at best.

Titan charged forward at Lanvin, and before she could reach him, he was gone, Titan stopped and paused in her tracks as she looked around. Lanvin had teleported a bit from her, she jetted forward at him again, though to the same result. 'you want to play, well let's play', Titan thought as she continued to jet after Lanvin, him teleported as the chase continued around the yard, Titan smashed through a Brick wall, an empty cement truck, and finally they headed towards building. Lanvin teleported between some beams, Titan smashed through, nearly getting Lanvin, however he teleported behind some more beams. Titan continued to smash through to try to get Lanvin, but after a 5th time, she looked around to try to see him.

Titan finally spotted Lanvin out from under the building, then heard a groan come from the building above her.

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Black Hand - Anarcho - Sony

Black Hand fired an explosive Crossbow Dart, blowing up the jeep infront of the convoy sending the truck quickly skidding to a halt.

"Go time!" Anarcho yelled as he took out his 2 Vektor Sub Machine guns, quickly running up to the truck, he jumped off of a large chunk of the jeep, flipping before landing infront of the convoy truck. Anarcho fired a few shots, killing the passenger, however the driver was protected by bulletproof glass. "F*CK" the driver yelled as he floored it, promptly running over Anarcho as he smashed through the jeep, "owowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow" Anarcho continued to say as he held onto the bottom fo the truck, trying to climb to the side. Black hand saw the truck drive off, "Crap, Sony, go and stop the truck" Black Hand yelled to Sony, who nodded and jumped after the escaping Iron Mountain truck. Black Hand looked over to Alice, "Can you fight?", "What's to say I shouldn't fight you?", Black Hand looked over to Alice, "1.), Because you aren't skilled enough to take me down, 2.) these guys are drug trafficking murderers, who's the evil one here?".

Alice raised her eyebrows as she thought about it, "Good point", Black Hand nodded as he dropped down, hipshooting his crossbow and blowing up the second jeep, using his other hand to shoot his pistol, capping 2 Iron Mountain security in the head. Black Hand quickly put the crossbow in a sling on his back, taking out his crowbar he meet the approaching Security personal, smacking one over the head and grabbing his head in his arm pit. Black Hand then knciekd another security personal, firing his pistol shooting him dead on the ground. 3 more Iron Mountain security came from behind the destroyed jeep, aiming their assault rifles at Black Hand, they were then thrown off their footing as a large crate came from behind Black Hand and knocked them all down. Black Hand looked behind him, to see Alice standing there, "That was fun" Black Hand nodded, dropping onto his back, smacking the security personal's head on the ground knocking him out.

Anarcho used one of his axes to pierce the side of the truck as it sped through the streets, pulling himself up with his free hand and taking out his other axe, using them as makeshift climbing tools. Anarcho pulled himself to the top of the truck, where 2 Security personal stood, half hanging on. "Relaxing ride isn't it" Anarcho said, kneeing one of them, he then swung his axe, crudely cutting the Security Personal's head off, Anarcho them kicked it, hitting the other Security man in the head, causing him to fall off the truck. Anarcho cracked his shoulder, "I, Am, An BOS-" he was cut off when Sony dropped infront of the truck, causing it to immediately crash into him and stop, Anarcho getting propelled off and crashing through the windshield of an oncoming car. Anarcho climbed out onto the hood of the car, looking back at a terrified woman he said, "Nice ride", before dropping off and running to the back of the truck, breaking the lock with one of his axes and opening it up.

The truck was full of drugs, cocaine, crystal meth, and so much more all pilled into fairly neat containers, along with a slew of weapons crates. Anarcho put away his axes and rubbed his hands together, "What do you think? how big do you think this stuff will fly if we blow it up", Sony cocked his head as he looked at Anarcho, "Don't answer that". Anarcho quickly contacted Black hand with his earpiece, "Yo, scary mask, we found a crap ton of stuff in the truck, what now?". "Right now, you're gonna get on your knees and beg for mercy" Anarcho and Sony looked behind them to see Tyrannt, with a slew of Iron Mountain Security Personal and vehicles all aiming at them, Tyrannt stepped forward, Anarcho looked around, "Do you think flashing your private army d*ck in broad daylight is a bit dangerous?". Tyrannt shook his head as he chuckled, "You mean, the Iron Mountain Security Firm coming in to stop A Sociopathic Vigilante, A crazed internationally wanted mercenary, and a dangerous Ogre who just attacked an Iron Mountain supplies transport", " A Transport full of drugs" Anarcho took a few steps forward, gesturing to the truck with his right arm. Tyrannt lowered his free left hand, an Iron Mountain APC fired a round, destroying the truck into smithereens, "Oh you Sonuvabich", "ENough talk, time to die".

Tyrannt fired a few shots with his pistol, right before 75 Highly equipped iron Mountain Security Personal moved forward infront of him, firing their rifles as Tyrannt dissapeared into the crowd. "BRING IT" Anarcho yelled as he pulled out his SMGs, beginning to cut down the Security men as they came, Sony roared, slamming his fists down and sending 15 of them flying back. 2 Iron Mountain jeeps armed with turrets, and an APC moved to cover the right flank, firing at ANarcho and Sony causing them to fall back, ["Blacky, We've got trouble"], ["So do I, we need to fall back, loose the heat and meet up at the Bunker"]. Anarcho whistled, Sony noticed and dipped his head, Anarcho pulled out his LMG and jumped on Sony's back, firing his LMG at the Security personal. Sony jumped off of the bridge onto the Highway, roaring and sending the cars vering away from them, Sony jumped, landing on a far off bridge, and jumping again and landing on a side street.

Tyrannt watched as the Ogre and his insane piggybackrider raced off, the remaining Security personal fanning out and securing the area. Tyrannt recieved a call, "Brandon, we were unable to kill the Ogre and the mercenary, the Vigilante and some woman who helped him fleed aswell", ["They're trying to work their way to our Headquarters, so let's let them. Leave a hole in our defences so they may attack our tower"], "why the f*ck would you want that?", ["So that we may enclose and suffocate them, now follow my orders"]. Tyrannt paused, "yes sir", Tyrannt ended the call, looking off to where the Ogre had jumped off to.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Lanvin smirked from where he was standing as he gave Titan a smug grin and a quick wave before gritting his teeth and throwing another Telekinetic blast in her direction to stop her from jetting out of harms way.
The building above her cracked before letting out an ear shattering groan and collapsing; if Titan had been able to see Lanvin before the roof and building had subsequently collapsed, she would have heard him shout a smug goodbye at her - the taunt echoing around the yard as the downward motion of tonnes of concrete and materials ceased.

Taking a moment to adjust his tie, Lanvin spun on the spot as he attempted to locate the Knight; his ears tuning in for even the the slightest sign of movement.
"What did I tell you, 'Knight'!?" Lanvin laughed as he looked around the yard, "You didn't stand a chance!"

The Knight saw the building collapse on Titan, Lanvin then straightened his tie and said, "What did I tell you, 'Knight'!?", "You didn't stand a chance!".
The Knight then appeared behind Lanvin out of the darkness of the yard, putting his right arm around Lanvin's shoulder and neck, The Knight then used his left hand to inject a vial, with a large needle, into Lanvin's neck.
"On the contrary, You were nothing but a nusence" The Knight muttered in Lanvin's ear, before letting go and kicking him forward. "And Lanvin" The Knight said, just as Titan smashed out of the rubble, flying up and landing down to the right behind The Knight,

"You have a Dangerous habit of under estimating your enemies".

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War of Kings

United States Metahuman Facility, Colorado mountain range

An explosion blew the large strength locked metal doors off it's hinges, causing it to fall to the ground, the light from the desert outside was a contrast to the dark, dimly lit hallway. Kalder stepped in, readying an energy blast for whoever came close, The Knight followed alongside, along with the Batfamily members that accompanied them. "This just screams illegal activity" The Knight said as she peered into the window of a lab, a green filler liquid with a human organism inside. Kalder peered into the window, "What is that?" The Knight shook her head, "This is a Metahuman facility, so I an only guess it's a failed experiment". Nightwing and Stephanie brown batgirl quickly hacked open the panel for a large set of sliding doors, as they slid open, a slew of armed US guards poured through.

"Contact!" The Knight shouted as she pulled out her automatic pistols, firing them and taking down 5 guards. Batman threw down smoke grenades engulfing the area in smoke, Batwoman and Nightwing went to work, taking down 4 ofthe Guards simultaneously, Batgirl quickly tripped and punched down another guard knocking him out, Kalder fired his energy blast at a group pouring in, taking down half of them and causing the others to retreat. Kalder followed the guards through the door, and as he stepped in, he was greeted by an extremely large Vault door, a sign reading [Project: GUARDIAN]. Kalder stood there, staring at the door as The Knight quickly stepped beside him, "well doesn't this look ominous' she said, obviously referencing the door. Batman quickly walked up, squinting as he inspected the large door, "Nightwing, Batgirl, grappel up and release the locks on the top". Batgirl nodded, grappeling to the right corner as Nightwing grappeled up to the left corner.

Grappeling up, both Nightwing and Batgirl placed a large amount of controlled explosive gel on the locks, after applying they promptly grappeled out of range, detonating and releasing the locks on the door. The Knight pointed to a panel on the thin walkway that lead tot he vault, a control panel at the end, "That's our doorknob" she said to Kalder, Kalder floated, grabbing The Knight and carrying her down to the walkway, walking the rest of the way with her to the control panel. As The Knight placed her hand on a switch of the control panel, she Radioed to Batman, "Batman, cover our backs while we go into the lace", ["Of course Martha"]. The Knight then pulled the switch, causing a series of robotic arms to pull the large vault door forward, the creaking and screeching echoing out, the vault door then slid to the side, another half of the walkway raising up and leading to a strairwell.

Kalder hovered and grabbed The Knight by her shoulders again, quickly getting across the walkway and landing at the set of the stairwell. As they climbed the long, dark metal stairwell, The Knight turned on the lights for her lenses, allowing them a redish glow to see ahead of them. They finally reached a landing, a hallway leading to a fairly normal looking door. The knight raised an eyebrow, "The hell is a house door doing down here?" she asked as they walked up to it, Kalder then grabbed and knocked on the door knocker, knocking two times and leaving the door. There was a silence, the light shining from the small glass window on top of the door turned on, they heard footsteps approach, just as the door opened.

"h-hello" a partially buff, but more skinny Guardian said, as he peeked through the open crack of the door at The Knight and Kalder. "Connor Morales", "Who are you?" Guardian asked nervously, "Guardian, could we come in?" Kalder asked. "g-guardian? what are you talking about?", The Knight gave The Knight a stressed look. "Connor, can we come in", Guardian nodded, letting Kalder and The Knight in he locked the 17 locks on the door before turning to them, "Who are you?", the home was a fairly ordainary looking home, with all the appliances one would need, however the windows obviously faced what was wallpaper on cement walls. Kalder sighed and turned to Guardian, "Connor....I'm Kalder, your friend from Another world", Guardian raised an eyebrow, "another world?". The Knight opened up a picture of Prime Earth (Kalder's world), and Earth 577, "There are a number of different earths. Long story Short Connor, We need to get Kalder back to his world, and the only way to do that is by stopping this war. We need your help". Guardian took a few minutes to proccess this before stating, "Why do you need me, I'm nothing", Kalder placed a hand on Guardian's shoulder, causing him to flinch a bit, "you are much more than nothing, you have powers that can rival men like superman". The Knight then recieved a radio call, "Uh huh......Jesus", The Knight then walked over to the nearby TV, plugging in a transmitter device she then turned on the TV.

[CNN]

"In a shocking turn of events, the United States City of New York was dragged into the Amazonian - Wocandan war, as Namor and the Wocandans attempted to capture the City. However, with the support of the Amazonians, the Atlanteans, and the Justice League, the Wocandans were forced back when the Man of steel, Superman, unleashed a blast of Heat vision so big, it incinerated 200 Wocandans, including several buildings caught in the crossfire".

[Footage from CCTV]
The following Footage showed a furious battle in New Your grand avenue, Amazonians and atlantean troops battled against a horde of Wocandan forces. The battle was pure blood sport, until the Atlantean and Amazonians fell back suprisingly soon, and Superman floated above in their place. In a blink of an eye, Superman incinerated the Wocandans, aswell as bringing several buildings down from the large heat vision blast. Superman turned and flew away, The video paused on his green and red eyes

"Why does Superman look possessed?", The Knight shook her head as she turned of the TV, "That's because he is, Namor", Kalder shook his head, turning back to face a fairly complacent Guardian. "We need your help Connor" Kalder said, Guardian nodded his head, looking at Kalder,

"I'll try".

[Confederation of imperial states]

Lanvin almost screamed out in horror as the Knight kicked him to the ground; frantically clawing at the now-empty needle which was lodged in his neck in a blind panic, he pulled the needle free and tossed it to the ground before he staggered back to his feet and looked at the Knight and Titan in a completely new light.

One of fear.

Lanvin tripped backwards as his head felt like it was going to split open, he held both hands against his temples and gritted his teeth as the pain started to ebb into the rest of his body; he looked up at the pair of vigilantes a few seconds later and blinked before holding out a shaking hand in their direction, his breath ragged and pained as he tried to direct another telekinetic blast at them.

To the Knight and Titan, it was as if Lanvin vanished into thin air.

To Lanvin, the results of his efforts was a stabbing feeling in his chest before it felt like he'd been grabbed by the neck and violently thrown backwards; a feeling of disorientation overwhelming him as his vision blurred again. Moments later, Lanvin had the wind knocked out of him as he continued flying backwards and impacted a plywood wall in nearby building- denting it. He slid down the wall and landed on his stomach, letting out a groan of pain as he writhed on the floor in agony.

"Knight!" He called out in-between ragged breaths, wrapping a hand around his head as he used the other to try and pull himself upright, "What have you done to me!?"

That was when the thought struck him, he mustn't have destroyed all of the serum in Marcus' lab.

"The Serum!" He cried out as he tried to steady himself, "No!"

Another burst of pain sent Lanvin back to his knees, he couldn't think. He couldn't concentrate.

Lanvin uncontrollably teleported again; being forcibly thrown into another plywood wall on the floor above where he'd been and going right through it with a thunderous crack. Lanvin's body was motionless on the floor for a moment before it twitched a few times and he sat bolt upright; his hands encased by fire as he sat up.

He looked at his hands, the fire dancing at the end of them only getting more intense as Lanvin tried to will it to stop, he looked at the rest of the formerly-dark room; which was now lit up like all the lights were on. Lanvin looked back at his fiery hands and swallowed.

This clearly wasn't going to end well for anyone.

As Lanvin began to squirm around, in agony he cried out,
"Knight!", Lanvin called out in a raspy, raged voice, "What have you done to me!?", Titan peered over to The Knight, his gaze unphased as he stared down at Lanvin. "Take a guess", the realization then hit Lanvin, "The Serum!", "No!". The Knight stepped towards Lanvin, "Now you see the price of your murder, your greed, your deathmongering, that splitting pain in your head is but a fraction of what the innocents you've cut open". Then, Lanvin teleported, flying and smashing into a plywood wall, he then sat up right, His fiery hands were now seemingly out of his control.

The Knight quickly shot a dart up at a valve near Lanvin, the dart knocked off the valve, releasing a high amount of water onto Lanvin, hopefully controlling the flames. [Sir, the serum is having a side effect, it's now making Lanvin's [powers uncontrollable as it's shutting them down], "It's managable". The Knight walked towards Lanvin, "I see it in your eyes, the Fear, panic, the same feeling the people you've killed have had, tell me, Do you know what it's like, or are you still clouded by Hunger". The Knight grabbed Lanvin by the collar of his suit, the water pouring down on them, "DO YOU?!" The Knight yelled before throwing Lanvin back onto a pile of plywood.

[Confederation of imperial states]

The flames on Lanvin's hands died for a moment as the water struck them and boiled into steam; he staggered back as the Knight charged into him - although the words that the Knight spoke fell on deaf ears as Lanvin's consciousness dissolved into a mindless panic. When the Knight threw Lanvin back into the wall, the flames erupted from one hand and sparks of electricity started to shoot out from the other; tracing various static imprints on the wall as the high voltage electricity singed through the plaster.

Lanvin pressed his back into the wall as he looked up at the Knight, his arms jerking uncontrollably at his sides as they spewed fire and electricity against the walls. Various fires had already started, giving the room an ominous dark red glow.

Lanvin let out a slow breath as he passed a glance at his hands; mainly in disbelief of what was actually happening, his face froze for a moment as his skin started to feel like it was being pricked by needles. He knew what the sensation meant and quickly looked at the Knight again before taking a series of a slow ragged breaths.

"You might want to start running..." Lanvin hinted in-between coughs as flames and sparks danced at the end of both of his hands and started to increase in intensity, Lanvin knew that what would follow would be incredibly painful but he could only grit his teeth in preparation.

Lanvin's offensive powers of pyrokinesis and electrokinesis began to amplify exponentially as the areas of Lanvin's brain which stored the know-how on how to replicate started to reset back to their initial conditions; throwing out vast quantities of energy as both powers burned out simultaneously; his body acting as both a superconductor and a superheater at exactly the same time.
His bloodcurdling screams as he clutched at his head rang out across the yard before the energy - both thermal and electric - surrounding Lanvin's body surged outwards with the same effect as a powerful condensed explosive combined with a potent EMP. The room, and by extension the areas of the yard which had been exposed to the explosions, were charred beyond recognition and all electrical devices within three blocks ceased to function.

Lanvin's head dropped as he phased in and out of consciousness, he held his hands up to his face as the flame that formerly surrounded them fizzled out into dying embers that fell to the floor.

"I swear..." Lanvin trailed off as he collapsed into another coughing fit; each coughed filled his head with an aching pain, "This has never happened before..."

The Knight saw as Lanvin simply ignored him, his arms jerking as he pressed his back against the wall, Lanvin said, "You might want to start running...". Lanvin's powers then began to spike and drop, The Knight simply used his cape to shield him from the energy that did hit him, Lanvin then screamed out a bloodcurdling scream, as he clutched as his head rang out across the yard, The Knight quickly rolled back, Pressing a button on his gauntlet, The Destroyer (which was parked across the yard), shot the large grappel cable from the front. The cable smashed through the plywood wall, wrapping around Lanvin's waist and pulling him through the wall, disrupting the steady flow of energy from Lanvin's screams and pain.

"Auto-Detach" The Knight spoke as The Destroyer's grappel let go, pulling back into the front hull and causing Lanvin to slide a little before he came to rest. "Now, I'll Say this Again", The Knight rolled Lanvin over, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt, focusing on his eyes through Lanvin's Pain, "Listen to me", Lanvin was still distracted by the energy fluxuation and the pain, "If you're going to be tearing apart my City......", The Knight held Lanvin up with one hand, "HAVE THE DECENCY TO LISTEN AS YOU MELTDOWN" The Knight said, punching Lanvin across the jaw, sending Lanvin flying a few feet before he came to rest.

The Knight scanned Lanvin with the thermal sensors on his lenses,
"I Know you're far from unconscious Lanvin"

[Confederation of imperial states]

Lanvin looked up at the Knight as the vigilante loomed over him, he felt empty. Useless. However he didn't let that get to him as the Knight soon punched him across the jaw, sending him rolling onto his stomach.

Lanvin spat a mouthful of blood out onto the Tarmac beneath him before wiping the blood from his mouth with his right hand, he smirked before letting out a low chuckle which quickly climbed into an unhinged laugh.

Lanvin sent out a telekinetic wave which uplifted everything in the yard around him and sent dust flying upwards like a mushroom cloud. Lanvin jumped to his feet and turned in the direction of the Knight (who was either on the ground or recovering his balanced depending on how prepared for the attack he was), he raised his hand and when he spoke it was with a snarl of utter hatred as his hand shook and his head ached from the pain the serum was causing him.

"You took EVERYTHING from me! EVERYTHING!" Lanvin picked up the Knight with a telekinetic grip from his right hand, although his grip on him was quickly weakening as the serum fought to remove that ability from him as well, "Everything I've been working towards! Everything I've accomplished!" Lanvin's left hand twitched as he fought to keep the Knight within his grasp while also preparing another, more powerful blast with all the mental will-power he could muster, "So now I'll take everything from you; starting with your secret identity, M-"

Lanvin's eyes widened for a split second before he disappeared into thin air as he was teleported again despite his attempts to keep the rouge ability suppressed, the Knight would drop to the ground the instant that Lanvin vanished.

The Knight was blown back by Lanvin's telekinesis blast, as he rolled and got back up, The Knight turned to face Lanvin,e was lifted up, and Titan readied to blast right at Lanvin.
"You took EVERYTHING from me! EVERYTHING!",
"Just like you took everything from those people" Lanvin then squinted at The Knight, fighting back the pain, "So now I'll take everything from you; starting with your secret identity, M-". Lanvin then dissapeared, The Knight dropped to the ground, landing on his feet he stood up, looking at the spot where Lanvin once stood.

[Lanvin's Signal has dissipated from the city entirely, he's gone],
"His Teleportation must've sent him far off",
"Aren't you afraid how he said he'd take everything",
The Knight knelt down at the spot, "If this were the Architect or Stahl, I'd be intrigued. But without his Powers, Lanvin is less than a corner store burglar",
Titan pondered this, "Well he did think revealing your Identity in an empty Construction lot, in a deserted part of town, infront of two people who obviously know your identity was going to do anything". The Knight stood up, taking a sample of the soul that had been affected by Lanvin's energy he placed it into a compartment on his belt, "I've got to get going", "Why?", "Catarock is coming. I need to see some of Earth's finest if we are to repel it".

The Knight grappeled off, Titan stood there, pondering what The Knight said before jetting off back to the west coast.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Knight's Domain

11:30pm

The Knight stared at the monitor, his helmet on as he chatted with none other than Batman, at his own Batcomputer.
"And you're sure this Defensive plan with work",
"In the face of Overwhelming Odds, we need to band together",
"And why Are you telling me the activation code, and not, say Diana?",
"Because you're the only one I can trust with such a task",
Before Bruce could speak, an alarm sounded off on The Knight computer, The Knight responded, seeing an object fall and land in the Chicago forests at top speeds, shaking even The Domain a bit.
"Falling Rock?" Batman asked, being unable to see the object,
The Knight zoomed in on the object, seeing lights come from the wreckage, "No it's obviously Artificial, Batman I need to go, I'll be back to discuss more".
Batman Nodded, as The Knight ended the call and left The Knight computer, hurrying to the elevator as it lifted up.

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Forest Preserve, 2 miles behind Branston Estate

The Knight carefully crept through the forest, using the shadows and darkness as his cover, he approached the wreckage carefully. The Knight stopped, zooming in with his helmet's lenses, he saw Dathomiri Foot soldiers guarding the pod, "Scouting forces, overwatch of the pod, I'm going in", [Yes sir]. The Knight quickly grappeled over, catching the attention of one Soldier, however The Knight promptly landed on him, knocking him out with the impact, The Knight then launched a dart into the barrel of one of the infantrymen's rifles, causing it to explode, as it did, The Knight quickly grabbed and slammed the infantrymen's head into the pod, knocking him out. The Knight then shot his grappel gun, hooking around the last Infantrymen's arm it pulled him towards him, The Knight then tripped the infantrymen with his right arm, slamming his right foot down on the Infantrymen's face knocking him out.

The Knight looked around, then promptly activated his commlink, "Sanza, Any scans of other scouts", [No sir, only the incapacitated and the pod]. The Knight then approached the pod, opening it up he placed his hand on a scanner, activating the pod and opening it up. The Knight then saw an array of radar and communications equipment, The Knight then spotted a single bullet contained in a highly sealed container, picking it up The Knight scanned it with his enhanced vision levels on his lenses. "Scans indicate high levels of Dathomiri Dylithium, their hardest metal, and the primer composition is, Unknown. Sanza activate Justice League archives and try to find a match". [Of course sir, accessing, accessing. Scans reveal the primer and core of the bullet is "Radion]. The Knight thought about the name, "Radion" It sounded out of the ordinary, but as The Knight pucked it out of it's container and into a container on his utility belt, a Teleportation portal opened up behind him, knocking him forward. As it happened, [u=http://img08.deviantart.net/8c23/i/2012/220/a/8/biomechanical_alien_woman__silicone__by_tr0llkvinna-d5absee.jpg]A Strange Alien woman[/u] stepped forward, blasting The Knight with a strange psionic energy blast knocking him back. She stood above The Knight, her powers keeping him down, "Catarock will be pleased that we've captured his most cunning foe, quickly, incapacitate him and bring him aboard". Two of the infantrymen nodded, taking stocks of their rifles and bashing them hard against The Knight's head, knocking him out.

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Catarock's Mothership

The two Dathomiri Infantrymen dragged The Knight, after the subsequent blackout, and then another beating once he came onboard, The Knight looked around at the massive interior of the ship. There were Dathomiri soldiers everywhere, ranging from normal infantrymen, to androids, to large constructs moving about, many marching in formation. The two Infantrymen stopped, The Knight looked up to see none other than Catarock himself, "Knight, I told you we'd meet again". The Knight simply scowled in response, and Catarock smiled in response to it, "As much as I'd love to have a friendly chat with you, the fleet is nearing Earth as we speak. Sad you won't be in the insuing fight, but then again, you're too crafty of a human to be left mucking about my plans. Take him to the cells, and make sure he's locked up tight". The Two infantrymen nodded, dragging The Knight away as he faded into unconsciousness.

Catarock walked with the Strange Alien woman again, she floated up and followed near his head, "Sire, we're nearing the planet now. The Fleet is prepped and the Mothership's defences are exponential". Catarock nodded, boarding a large circular hover lift as it lifted up, carrying him, the woman, and a group of guards up to a large command center. "Is our Legate ready?", The woman nodded, "yes sir, she's prepared to fulfill her role and serve you once our forces reach the ground". Catarock sat down in the large chair, facing the incredibly large and complex computer system, currently auto managing the large amount of ground forces on board of the mothership. "What of our little, 'surprise entrances' ", the woman cackled slightly as she nodded in response, "We've prepped them sir, Currently in multiple cities around the world, our insurgents have readied them and they'll open, allowing a large amount of our troops to cross through". Catarock smiled as he gazed at the terminal view of the Planet earth, "Good"

"It's just a matter of time now....".

[Confederation of imperial states]

Cataclysm part 1

Justice League watchtower

Batman continued to work at the main Computer, searching any channel for The Knight, after he'd gone offline a few days previous. Wonder Woman stepped up the metal steps, standing alongside Batman, "Any sign of him Bruce?", Batman continued to type, scanning and searching, "I'll take that as a no". Batman internally signed, Stepping back from the computer he shook his head, "The Knight went offline just a few minutes after he ended our call, saying he needed to check on a falling object outside chicago. They have to be connected". Wonder Woman rubbed her chin, pressing a button she looked at the ariel map of the scene, the supposed object was long gone, and all that was left was a crater and a long impact trail. Wonder Woman shook her head, "There's no sign of anything, whatever happened, We need to-" Wonder Woman was cut of when the large sound of what seemed like spacecraft came from outside, "By hera" she said, looking at a Massive Fleet of ships outside of the watchtower, beginning to envelop Earth's orbit.

"It's Catarock, He's here!" Batman yelled, running back to the computer he activated The Knight's defense protocol on any channel he could find; whether it was The Avengers, Shield, The UN, or any other organization. "This is Batman of the Justice League, Earth is being threatened by a Planet wide Invasion, We anyone and everyone available to act in Earth's defense". ["This is Falcon of the Avengers, We hear you"], ["Nicholas Fury of SHIELD, We're prepared and readying our helicarriers"], ["This is Steve Trevor of the United States Military reading you on our Channel Batman, We're preparing now"]. Just as everyone was chiming in, Wonder Woman and Batman were staggered as The Watchtower was seemingly pushed, and a Large Dathomiri Landing craft docked with The Watchtower. Batman looked to Wonder Woman, "Diana, go and group of with Superman and the League in Washington DC, They're going to need you". "Bruce I'm not leaving you-", "Go! I'll handle them". Wonder Woman hesitated, but nodded agreeing and used the Zeta platform nearby, transporting her down to the Earth Surface. Batman readied a handful of batarangs as the sounds of Dathomiri Infantrymen marched towards him,
"It's time to go to war".

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Catarock's Mothership

Catarock's Massive, sphere mothership halted it's orbital pattern, not far from The Watchtower, The Shields of the Mothership activating and placing it into Defensive mode. Catarock quickly went to work, at his large computer he began organizing the Massive fleet as it began enveloping and surrounding Earth's Orbital pattern. "Theresia", The Dathomiri woman floated over to Catarock's right, "Yes sire?", "Activate the 3 major Teleportation chambers, and begin the ground assault". Theresia salivated at the thought, "Of course Sire!", she floated over to another large computer, typing in a passphrase it activated and lit up, turning on the Dathomiri Teleportation devices on the Ground.

Washington DC
The large teleportation chamber activated in Washington DC's city park, 5 miles from The Washington monument, the different pillars around the park raised out of the ground. The Pillars then began to spark, innocents around them running, the Pillars then connected together with an energy link, The Pilars sparked, before the Teleportation field opened a portal, allowing Dathomiri Infantrymen, Giant Mechanical Hounds, Robotic Soldiers, Along with Artillery and other ground forces as they began to pour out into the Capitol.

Berlin
Along with the opening of the Washington DC Teleportation platform, The large Teleportation platform in Berlin's square opened up. As The Dathomiri forces poured out into berlin, the large Archway monument was destroyed, crushed under the force of a Dathomiri Warhound. The Dathomiri forces set up Artillery, beginning to bombard any air craft that came near the Teleportation platform.

Chad, Continent of Africa
In a vast clear opening field in the Country of Chad, The Dathomiri Teleportation pillars slowly rose out of the hard rock and sand of the ground, rising into position. As the Energy connection strengthened the teleportation platform, eventually opening it, the Dathomiri forces poured out into the open ground. The Dathomiri Forces (unlike other fronts) experienced no large resistance at first, allowing them to gain ground and fortify their position easily.

Shanghai, China
In a large time square of the Chinese city of Shanghai, the Pillars rose, the energy connection caused many cars to crash, clogging up traffic. The Teleportation portal opened, The Dathomiri forces poured out, fighting and attacking in the fairly dense city if Shanghai, The War hounds smashign through the streets, causing wreckage and carnage where ever they lead.

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Dathomiri Mothership, Control Room

Catarock sat in his chair, after the first minutes of the Dathomiri ground troops landing, they quickly came into contact with Earth's militaries. The Dathomiri forces, equipped with superior Weaponry, quickly gave the Military forces a run for their money, Catarock watched in Washington DC as the Warhounds used their mechanical jaws to grab Fighter Jets out of the sky, tearing them apart. Catarock switched monitors to Berlin, where Dathomiri Infantrymen quickly cut through German National Guard forces, one National Guardsmen trying to crawl away, was quickly shot straight in the head by an Infantryman, who was then followed by many more as they marched down the street securing ground. Catarock nodded in enjoyment, watching as the Dathomiri first wave had begun to tear up the initial first resistance, Catarock pressed a buton on his chair, activating the speakers,

["Send in the dropships"], And with that, Hundreds of Docking bay doors opened, and the Dathomiri landing craft swarm passed through the force field. The Dathomiri landing craft, loaded with Soldiers, equipment, supplies, and vehicles, quickly began to reinforce the first wave by expanding the invasion ground.

"Things are going exactly as planned" Catarock said, smiling to himself, however the Smile was wiped off when some sort of Heat vision cut a Dathomiri Warhound cut the middle in Washington DC. destroying it.

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Cataclysm 1.5

Shield Headquarters, Washington D.C.

Nicholas Fury quickly grabbed the edge of the desk next to him as he braced, a large explosion from outside staggered everyone in the room.

"These God Damn Dathomiri are getting out of hand, Give me a Status report!" Fury yelled to an officer at a terminal near him,
"The Dathomiri forces are quickly gaining ground sir, their latest troop wave is overwhelming our armed forces trying to race to meet them", Fury shook his head rubbing his forehead before yelling, "Where's the Justice league Dammit!". "Right here Nicholas" Nicholas fury turned around to see Wonder Woman, followed by Superman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl, and many other leaguers. Nicholas walked up, shaking Wonder Woman's hand as they meet, "Good to see you Princess, been a long time", Martian Manhunter floated to one of the terminals nearby, scanning and coding into the database., "It's worse than we thought, they're already gaining too much ground, we must retaliate" he said nervously.

Superman shook his head, "What do we have here to start the push to that Teleporter" Superman asked fury, Nicholas lit a cigar, "2 Helicarriers, about 300 Shield soldiers, and now The Justice League". Hawk girl raised an eyebrow, "What about The Avengers and the JLA?", "they're stuck up north, holding the line at New York, we could call some people from the Midwest but they're busy defending central city and chicago". Just then, a door opened behind them, "Not everyone from the west" Said none other that Guardian, who stepped towards Superman, Wonder Woman, and Nicholas Fury. Fury took a puff of his Cigar, "And you are?", "I'm Guardian, defender of San Andres from the West Coast. I'm also a friend of The Knight, so when I saw the call to arms I came racing". Superman shook Guardian's hand, "then well meet, some more people may be here to meet up with us, then we'll begin the push to the Dathomiri Park nearby".

(OOC: if you have any characters who want to join in, now's the best time to post them arriving).

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Cataclysm 2

Guardian peered around at the ground of members both assembled by SHIELD and The Justice League that were now in the room, confused he asked the question;

"Where's The Knight?",

Wonder Woman shook her head "He went offline while investigating a pod of Dathomiri origin, he's been offline since", Guardian shook his head, exhaling. "God Dammit, We need to get out there, NOW!", Nicholas shook his head, "We need to wait unti-" Guardian punched straight at the nearby wall, shattering the stone, "The more we wait, the more people who are killed by Dathomiri forces, we need to move, Now!", "he's right Commander". Guardian and Nich Fury turned to see Maria hill, in Shield Battle armor, "The longer we wait, the more earth is crushed under foot, The Silver Legion are attacking the Dathomiri in Chad, but they're literally everywhere with their latest troop drops". Guardian and Maria Hill stared at Nich, who shook his head, placing his lighter in his pocket and taking out 2 Pistols, "Let's go".

The Justice League, followed by Guardian, Maria Hill, Nich Fury, and a large force of SHIELD Soldiers rushed out of the raising garage doors of the Shield HQ. "Company, Fire!" Hill shouted, The Shield Soldiers lining up and quickly cutting down Dathomiri Infantrymen, though many survived due to their touch armor. Superman, Wonder Woman, Jon Stewart, and many of the Flying Leaguers went into action, quickly knocking Dathomiri aircraft out of the sky, Superman fired his heat vision, cutting a Dathomiri warhound in two. Guardian flew up, then jetted forward, slamming into the head of a Dathomiri Warhound, he flew under the beast, causing it to turn around violently knocking some Dathomiri ground troops over. The Shield Forces moved out of the HQ, advancing outwards at The Dathomiri forces, using heavy weaponry, armored vehicles, and anything they could spare they were able to cut a path through the Dathomiri forces. Jon Stewart made a large set of Knives from his ring, the giant knives were flung, smashing into a taking out a large group of Dathomiri Robotic troops.

Guardian flew up high in the air, in the distance a group of Aircraft were fired on and attacked by 3 Shield helicarriers that appeared, knocking a few out of the sky. Guardian then flew down at high speeds, crashing through the back of a Dathomiri warhound, Guardian picked up just before the ground avoiding it. Guardian landed on a large Dathomiri robotic soldier, crashing down next to Maria hill who fired a rifle taking down an infantrymen, "We're having quite a slow time cutting to the teleporter!". "What do you expect, War's are slow!" Maria said, taking down 2 more Dathomiri Infantrymen, Martian Manhunter appeared next to them, using his telekinesis to throw large objects at The Warhounds, "there was a War in Zanzibar which lasted 40 minutes". "Not asking for a history lesson J'onn" Maria said throwing a grenade, which impacted a robotic soldier blowing him into pieces. Guardian then spotted an Alien woman behind a large group of Dahtomiri, similar to Thersia, "Who's that?" The Woman then used her psionic powers glowing purple, revealing many more of them on the battlefield.

The Psionic powers were then revealed, as Dead Dathomiri, Shield, Civilians, National guard, and other bodies suddenly rose, and were transformed into Undead Thralls. "Take 'em Out!" Fury shouted, unloading his pistols at the newly formed crowd of formed Thralls, The Shield Soldiers began to fire on them aswell, but as a few thralls were gunned down, groups of them jumped on lone Soldiers, clawing at them and ripping them apart. Guardian saw Maria hill become engulfed in a crowd of Thralls, her armor barely being able to propect her, Guardian jetted forward, grabbing her and knocking the crowd of thralls off. "The hell are these things?" Hill asked. "Abominations" Guardian said, as he then flew straight at the Psionic caster.

Thralls and Psionic casters have been added to all 4 main fronts, aswell as the Dathomiri have started their main defenses of the platforms

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Meanwhile.....

Catarock's Mothership

The Knight awoke from unconsciousness, a severe headache hit him and he felt like a large sack of sand, "Sanza, give me a status report". The Knight fully opened his eyes, seeing the cell he was in, "Sanza?", The Knight then realized his AI partner would not be able to assist him here. "Looks like I'm back to my wit" The Knight said, taking out some explosive from his belt, "I've got to find Catarock, and put a stop to this", The Knight layered up the Tannerite under the hoot, layering up the back of the lock with the gel, he took a few steps, using his cape to shield him he Detonated the gel, breaking the lock. The Knight pushed the door open, sliging it about a foot for him to squeeze through, he gazed around at the large, menacing dungeons he was in.

The Knight heard footsteps, quickly hiding in the shadows of a corner, he waited for 2 Infantrymen to pass around and walk down the hallway, Then, The Knight struck. The Knight managed to grab one around the neck from behind, using them caught off guard, The Knight kicked the other infantrymen who turned around, The Knight kicked him straight in the stomach buckling him, then kicked him again oin the chest, then straight in the head, knocking him out cold. The Knight dropped the Infantrymen he had in a choke hold, ripping off the soldier's helmet he looked straight into his eyes;

"Where's Catarock?"

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Cataclysm 3

Across the multiple main fronts of the Dathomiri invasion, Earth and it's defenders began to strike back, holding the line of the main flow of Dathomiri forces. In Chad, the Silver Legion ripped through the dathomiri troops, causing to fall back to their entrenched defences, trying to hold the line. In Washington DC, The Justice League, backed by SHIELD, carved their path to the Teleportation Matrix in the park, pushing back against the now growing horde of thralls surrounding them. Berlin was on the brink of destruction, when The JLA, along with the Avengers came to the rescue, giving the German Military the brake they needed to hold their capitol.

Washington DC

The Justice League forces pushed forward, Maria Hill, Guardian, Superman, Wonder Woman, John Stewart, and many others had fought hard and long through the growing hours of the invasion, trying to fight back the Dathomiri forces. They had reached the 2 mile mark to the Teleportation Matrix, taking point at the Washington monument where they fortified their position. "We've got incoming vehicles" Guardian said to Wonder Woman, as 4 Shield VTOL Helicopters landed, and Armored Shield Soldiers, armed with Miniguns and other Heavy weaponry took point. Maria Hill stepped up beside Wonder Woman and Guardian, "We're ready to make our push, the longer we wait, the more prepared we are". Wonder Woman looked to Superman, who looked to Guardian, they all nodded in agreement; "Alright Men, Move out, hell isn't going to wait forever!" Maria yelled as the Shield Forces moved out towards the Matrix.

The Coalition force quickly moved towards The Dathomiri Teleportation Matrix, reaching within a mile, the Dathomiri forces quickly advanced......then stopped. "What the heck" Guardian said as The Dathomiri forces stopped, in a large line of sheer force they stood there staring them down. "Men, open fir-" "Wait!" Guardian yelled to Maria Hill as an Armored Figure jumped and smash down infront of the troop line, standing up, the air grew stale as none other than Maeya, Dawned in Dathomiri Armoed, gave a devilish smirk at the sight of Guardian. Guardian landed next to Hill, "Who's the Woman?" She asked not looking at Guardian, "Maeya, She's mind controlled, Hill you've got to give me a chance to reach out to her. Me and The Knight were able to save her before, I can do it again". Hill shook her head, looking at Maeya, then at Guardian she sighed, "you've got 5 minutes", Guardian nodded, flying from the Coalition force, meeting Maeya halfway.

"Hello Boyscout", Maeya said in a mocking tone.
"Maeya, this isn't right" Guardian said in a depressed tone.
"What isn't right? That Catarock is my One, true God, and I'm serving him rightly by standing to command his force?",
"This isn't right, what would your parents have thought?" Guardian said in a pleading tone.
"Catarock is the only Family I have!" Maeya yelled at Guardian, before firing an energy blast at close range, knocking him back far.

Maria Hill nearly dodged out of the way as Guardian flew back, "ALL TROOPS, OPEN FIRE!" Maria Hill yelled, as every Shield Soldier fired at the Dathomiri Troops and Maeya in a huge amount of gunfire. The Bullets simply bounced off of Maeya's armor, she snickered as he lunged forward, Superman and Wonder Woman flew off towards her in return, and Maeya yelled a warcry as the clash begun.

Chad, Dathomiri Fortified Position

In the Chad front, the Silver Legion would've cut through a large portion of the Dathomiri defences by now, forcing the Dathomiri troops to fall back to their artillery. "Ready the artillery!" A Dathomiri ground commander yelled, The Giant Dathomiri Artillery guns took aim at the Silver Legion's forces. "Fire All Batteries!" The commander yelled, as the guns fired a huge amount of artillery, they fired up into the air, and came barreling down onto the silver legion's forces.

Just before they were able to hit the Forces, A Large Dark Magic Barrier appeared, dissipating the Artillery fire as they hit the barrier. Beside The Silver Field Commander, appeared The Dark Lord, who walked up beside them. "I'll assume you're one of Earth's Defenders?" He said, waiting for a reply, holding his mace with both hands behind his back.

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Catarock's Mothership

The Knight crept through the Mothership, partly limping from the broken ribs and other damaged bones that the Dathomiri soldiers gave him when they beat him. The Knight leaned against the left wall, the heat of the pain on the back of his neck weighed him down, ready to give up as the anchor of stress pulled him towards the ground. The Knight then remembered something his Father had previously told him,

"it is the good and great men, who stand up for Chicago, when others turn and run"

The Knight pulled himself back up to his stand, and continued walking, 'Can't give up now......Chicago...And Earth need me to do this' he thought as he leaned against a wall, next to a panel of a door. The Knight entered a code The Dathomiri guard told him, as the door slid open, he quickly walked into an Armory room, with every type of not only Dathomiri, but Intergalactic weapon you'd need. The Knight quickly gazed over to a Dathomiri Handgun, laying on the counter of the Armory. The Knight picked it up in his hand, inspecting it as he stood there;
"The Power to change a nation....",
The Knight reached into his belt, taking out the Dylithium - Radion Bullet,
"The Power to change history......",
The Knight opened the pistol, showing it was empty, and slid the bullet in,
"The Power of God."
The Knight closed the Pistol Chamber, gripping it tightly, 'Mother, Father, tonight I will have to break a vow I took 10 years ago', The Knight thought to himself as he walked out of the Armory. '

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Craig landed in a flash of silver, kneeling with two prone Dathomiri he had taken out on his arrival. As he rose slowly, making sure to look back at his entrance later on in order to make sure it was dramatic enough, he turned to Etla, a smile stretching across his face as his wings folded back into his armor. "Hello, Etla," he said, striding toward his lover as his Silver Legion of robots arrived on the scene, Craig's AI, B.O.T. taking over the ordering of the battle. The couple stood there, for a moment, absorbed in each other's presence, Craig marveleing as always as the sun glinted over Etla's golden hair, his hand rising up to her cheek, before lightning crackled near them, a reminder of the ongoing battle. "First to 100?" He asked with a cheeky smile towards Etla. "And I won't include the Legion."

Noticing Etla's companions, he waved over to them, quickly greeting them. "Hello! I'm Craig, Etla's boyfriend. These fellows here are a race known as the Dathomiri. I haven't had time to fully hack into their systems, but, I figure that there isn't much need for that right now. They invade, and we defend, and so the cycle continues. We better get to it soon, we're the only thing that holding them back from establishing a foothold, and Valancy and Storm," he said, nodding up to the two women among the Dathomiri forces, "can't hold Africa alone."

Valancy and Storm were indeed attacking the Dathomiri fortified position, Valancy sending roots through the ground far ahead of her, thick vines growing up and ensnaring men and cannon alike, Storm supplementing her with lightning, to fry the circuits of the artillery. As for the Dathomiris they were among, they were either dragged into sinkholes by the grass or blasted, however, in a more entrenched position, a huge amount of artillery had been fired at Craig's Silver Legion.

Craig, receiving real-time data from B.O.T. was about to have each of his units activate their personal shields when he was beaten to the punch. A large force-field was suddenly exuded over his forces, and Craig, turning to Second Sight for a moment, his eyes turning an electric blue, before he proclaimed, with a hint of some unknown emotion, "Magic."

He turned to the magician, lifting an eyebrow. "Yup. Craig Thomsen, Defender Extraordinare," he joked, offering a nod of his head in thanks. "Let's not give them a chance to do that again, " he commented to no one in particular as he reached out through the Cyberspace to several artillery guns, easily taking control of them with his power, giving them ground and airborne Dathomiri troops and equipment as targets, smiling in satisfaction as they began to fire.

He turned to Etla once again, a crooked grin shooting up on his face. "Last to 100 has to watch the winner eat all the doughnuts back home!" he said as he shot off, wanting to get a head start so he could have the satisfaction of jokingly taunting Etla later, knowing that they both loved doughnuts.

"Yup. Craig Thomsen, Defender Extraordinare,", he joked, offering a nod of his head in thanks. "Let's not give them a chance to do that again, " he commented to no one in particular as he reached out through the Cyberspace to several artillery guns, easily taking control of them with his power, giving them ground and airborne Dathomiri troops and equipment as targets, smiling in satisfaction as they began to fire.

The Dark Lord nodded as he followed along, seeing Craig take control of one of the Artillery guns cybernetic ally as it fired on the other Dathomiri artillery. Dark Lord peered back to a few Dathomiri troops lining up to fire on Craig, and with the brush of a hand, he summoned Undead Thralls from the ground, as they clawed up from the hard rock and sand. The Dathomiri infantrymen screamed as the Thralls dragged them underground. "Always fun using those" The Dark Lord remarked, he peered over to see a woman with Snow White hair fire on Dathomiri forces with a large amount of lightning, the reflection of which glimmered off of The Dark Lord's armor a bit, "At this rate the Teleportation Matrix will be captured within the hour, however we do not have enough time, and it will only take us to a side vessel".

The Dark Lord extended one of his hands towards Craig,
"Introductions are in order, I'm The Dark Lord, Deity ruler of The Void".

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"Oh, hello, Ihra," stated the inventor as he caught his doscs, before throwing them at some approaching foes. He searched the battlefield with his eyes for Etla, and soon found her tearing through hundreds of Dathomiri. "She's over there, with those two women, Valancy and Storm" , he said, pointing with a finger. "I am so going to lose this bet..." He muttered in resignation, before turning his attention to Ihra again. "How have you been?"

"Any suggestions then?" Craig asked a few minutes after his conversation with Ihra as he took the Dark Lord's hand, dispatching another Dathomiri with a swarm of his nanobots. "And er, do you have an name besides tour title. It's a bit unwieldy to call you by your full title in normal conversation. What is this Void, if you don't mind my asking. And what brings you to Earth?" He'll queried, intrigued.

"And er, do you have an name besides tour title. It's a bit unwieldy to call you by your full title in normal conversation",

The Dark Lord took a few steps forward, "My name is partly unpronounceable to your Tongue, in your language the closest there is is "Malikath, But if it makes it less 'unweildy', You may call me 'Dark Lord' ". Dark Lord then saw a large Dathomiri Warhound as it charged at a few of the Silver Legion robots, he then aimed the point of his Mace towards it, firing a huge amount of Void Magic which cut straight through the back of the Warhound, causing it to collapse. "The Dathomiri really need to armor their defences against Mystics, it's like cutting through butter soldiers here". Dark Lord shook his head, "Sorry, I'm a bit preoccupied, currently planning my next move after this next one", Dark Lord peered to his right, The Dathomiri forces around them had been systematicallyt destroyed, many retreating into the teleporter, many surrendering, others still blindly fighting.

"hat is this Void, if you don't mind my asking. And what brings you to Earth?",

Dark Lord touched the chin of his helm with his right hand, "How would I put this", The Dark Lord lowered his hand, "Are you familiar with New Genesis? Or at the Very least, The New Gods? Well, let me sum it up. The New gods are beings that, unlike you mortals in the multiverse, where you have multiple versions across multiple existences. However, The New Gods and their 'sanctuary' of sorts in New Genesis, are a mirror image of The Void, where it is but a nothingness, however, in that blackened nothiness, life and many things are constantly being formed. Before I arrivied In The Void to quell, the fighting, everything there was mindless, but now I control it, and attempt to keep it under control".

"Onto why I've arrived, I've forseen Catarock's Invasion of earth atleast 5 months ago. and being the more calculating sort I am, I did not want the Center of The Universe, and The Multiverse, to fall into the hands of a Greedy, Egotistical, self proclaimed Alien God" . The Dark Lord pointed to The Teleportation matrix, the area around it now cleared of the majority of The Dathomiri, "see that Teleportation Matrix, it leads to many of the side vessels of The Dathomiri fleet, even if you beamed up, you'd still have not hope of getting into The Dathomiri Mothership", The Dark Lord turned his head towards Craig, "However, that's where I've decided to give the, how should I say, side i'm 'Betting on' a bit of an... 'investment' ". The Dark Lord took a few steps towards Craig, "The Plan is simple, I'll open a portal large enough for you, your friends.....", The Dark Lord pointed towards the 2 women currently finishing off The Dathomiri forces, "And your Robotic legion a way to get directly into the heart of The Dathomiri invasion force. Once there, I'll depart, and give the other main front their way in, This way, you'll cut down your time of hitting the Dathomiri, and simply get right to the head. Where you can tear it off and destroy their War Machine".

The Dark Lord peered back at Craig, "Will you be so willing as to comply?".

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Cataclysm 4

Chad

The Dark Lord looked around at the now devastated and majorly destroyed Dathomiri forces, nodding. The Dark Lord turned his head back to craig, "My Dear Craig, signal your comrades to regroup, it's high time we took the fight to the Dathomiri". Dark Lord aimed his Mace at a large clearing of ground infront of them, creating a massive portal of Void magic, "This Portal will lead to one of the main hangars of the Dathomiri mothership, once you enter it, it's probably best to Destroy everything of Dathomiri origin in sight". The Dark Lord trotted off to their right, hopefully by this time the gathered heroes would've formed up to move in, "Now, I must be off, The other main front needs me". The Dark Lord dissipated into embers of Dark Magic, which disintegrated in the air.

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Washington DC

Maeya shouted a vicious war cry, as she charged ahead at the coalition force, the Dathomiri troops charging behind her. Superman and John Stewart quickly took to the air after Guardian was blown back, slamming into Maeya causing a slight shock wave. Maeya was quickly to beat on Superman, her strength not hurting him badly, but keeping him stunned, John Stewart materialized a train which crashing into Maeya, slamming her into the ground. Maeya blasted out, flying up she fired a concentrated beam of energy knocking John back, Superman rushed forward, firing his heat vision, Maeya was able to majorly shield herself with her armor. Maeya and Superman locked hands, Maeya pushing forward viciously, "Look, 'Maeya', You're mind controlled and I don't want to hurt you, but I'll do what I have to", Maeya grinned, "I'll beat you so hard, your dead plant will feel it". Maeya then grabbed Superman's shoulders, spinning and using her super strength, she threw him, causing Superman to crash through a small apartment building, through a fountain, and into a large Car Semi.

Guardian groaned, 'Dammit, should've remembered she has energy projection', Maeya sat up shacking her head she looked around. Guardian sat up, Maria Hill yelling at him while firing her rifle, "get up Dammit, we need you, and we're overwhelmed". Guardian stood up, looking around his vision straightened out, only for him to see the large amount of Dathomiri forces fighting the severely overwhelmed Coalition force. "Where's Maeya?", "You mean that b*tch, she's currently fighting superman", Guardian didn't need to ask, as he saw Superman get thrown through an apartment building, Maeya snickering afterwards. "Alright, that's it", Guardian jetted upwards, slamming into Maeya, Guardian changed the trajectory, flying and pushing Maeya, slamming down into the ground at top speeds. Guardian hovered in place, Maeya shaking her head as she stood up, "Finally took off the Kid Gloves, Boy Scout?", Maeya grinned.

Guardian flew forward, Maeya fired an Energy beam, Guardian dodged it mid air, slamming into her, severely denting the Dathomiri Armor. "I'm sick!.." Guardian grabbed a street pole, hitting Maeya with the brunt of it, "Of Everyone!..." Guardian swung it at her again, "Calling me!..." Guardian slammed it down veritcally onto Maeya, "BOYSCOUT!" Guardian then hit Maeya with the last part of the street pole, vertically up, causing her to be flung across the battlefield, slamming through 2 Dathomiri Warhounds, and crashing through a Dathomiri Infantrymen legion. Guardian jetted after her, landing in the path of destruction, all around him the Dathomiri soldiers took aim at him. Guardian was about to start taking down all of them, but then, a streak of Red and Yellow zoomed past everyone of them, taking away their guns. Guardian heard a whistle behind him, he turned to see flash, sitting atop a pile of Dathomiri rifles, "I got yah back G!", Flash said making an OK gesture. Guardian nodded, walking forward he stood above a beaten Maeya, though most of the damage was to her armor, "Sorry Maeya" he said, grabbing her by the collar of her armor.

"Kill me, you WIMP!" She said viciously, splashing some of her blood on Guardian's suit, "never..." Guardian said coldly, ripping off the breastplate of the armor, disabling it. Just as he did, Maeya was knocked unconscious, as the mind control properties of the armor gave way, letting her seep into uncnciousness. Guardian caught Maeya just as she did, Guardian quickly flew back over to maria who set down her weapon on a fallen pillar, "here, get her to saftey hill",Guardian handed over Maeya, who was in deep sleep, "She gonna kill us?" Hill asked raising an eyebrow. Guardian shook his head, "trust me, she's fine", Maria stared past Guardian "LOOK OUT" she shouted as a heavy amount of Dathomiri Artillery fire fell down on them down on them. Just as Guardian was ready to try to fly up and catch the artillery fire, the vast majority of it was blocked by a magic based shield, and The Dark Lord appeared beside them.

"Guardian, it's been a while" The Dark Lord said nonchalantly to Guardian, Guardian peered over at Dark Lord, furrowing his eyebrows.
"You...",
Maria set Maeya down on a stretcher, picking up her rifle and keeping it at the ready, "Who're you",
Dark Lord sighed, "I've already said all of this, but I'll keep it short. I am The Dark Lord, ruler of the void, and Under the objective of keeping Earth from the grasp of a greedy alien warlord, I'm here to give you an advantage",
Maria raised an eyebrow, "What type of Advantage?",
"I can open a direct portal to the inside of the, currently, impermeable Dathomiri mothership. It would allow you, and your heavy hitters, a key advantage to strike at the Dathomiri crippling them. Your Knight comrade has already taken the liberty of getting to the motherhip",
Guardian raised his eyebrows, then dropped them back down as he grabbed The Dark Lord by the collar of his armor, "The Knight's been missing for hours, Where is he?!".
The Dark Lord snickered, "He's already taken the initiative, and is taking the fight to the heart of this invasion plague himself. However I'd get there quickly, he won't last long",
Guardian raised his eyebrows in shock, "No, he wouldn't......it's suicide",
"This is the same man who gambled with the Alien Warlord with a planet's worth of Warheads and Destructive Laser vision to his eyes, however that's not relevant now, What is, is that you need this play crucially",

uardian peered over to hill who nodded, radioing the SHIELD forces, ["All SHIELD Assault forces, press the Teleportation Matrix, Helicarrier's circle overhead and firebomb the Dathomiri forces"]. Maria got off her comms and turned to Guardian, "Just bought you guys a good amount of minutes, now get the hell in their and give them Hell", Guardian nodded as he set Dark Lord down. The Dark Lord opened the incredibly large Void portal, Superman, John Stewart, and Wonder Woman joining them. "We're heading in?" Superman asked, Guardian gestured to the portal, "You're the League, I'll follow you", Wonder Woman nodded, flying in first, with Superman, Guardian, and many other Justice Leaguers following them.

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Catarock's Mothership, control room

Catarock sat at his large terminal, monitoring the quickly changing ratio of victories and losses throughout the Battlefield on Earth. "The Earthlings will not be able to fight for much longer, my horde will envelope them, their planet, and their free will". Just as he sat back, the sliding door behind his chair opened, Catarock sat there, knowing who it was, "I thought you would've bleed to death", the two Dathomiri guards fell as the door fully opened, laying unconscious on the floor. "You should've known by now that i'm not that easily killed" The Knight half staggered in, clutching the pistol in his right hand. The Dathomiri woman Theresia appeared on The Knight's left charging up her beams, "NO ONE DARES TO TOUCH OUR LORD CATAROC-" The Knight punched directly left, hitting Theresia directly in the face, causing her to slam back into the nearby wall, and slowly slide down, unconscious.

Catarock turned around on his cair, staring own The Knight, even sitting he was much taller than The Knight, "Strange, all that Honor and you punch a female". The Knight exhaled hoarsely, "Justice is Unisex". The Knight walked forward, his injuries causing a slight limp, even with him trying to conceal it, "You look....How I feel", he said, still clutching the pistol.

"You shouldn't have Invaded earth",
"It is Earth's destiny to be invaded, and with our successful invasion, The Dathomiri will be rulers of this universe, and then soon, the multiverse",
"Even with their 'Defenders' now in your own Mothership?",
"It matters not, they will all die",
"I made a promise about firearms Catarock",
Catarock continued to stare, Just as The Knight aimed the Dathomiri Pistol at Catarock "But I'm willing to make a very special exception, for you, and Earth".
Catarock snickered at the meer thought of this vigilante with a Pistol threatening him,
"You know this bullet, you made it. Dylithium and Radion, deadly to you Catarock",
Catarock immediately stopped snickering, staring back up at The Knight, "You have..",
"DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR" The Knight shouted, through all of the pain, the weariness, and the anger, it echoed through the room.
"Little mortal", Catarock's eyes glowed, strangely unlike last time they weren't red from the heat vision, they were a strange purple glow.
The Knight kept aim, straight for Catarock's heart, "Do you really think you can outrace my Heat Equation".

The Knight scowled, and with his final, powerful stance at staring down Catarock, he said,
"Try me",

The Knight then fired the bullet, as it left the gun, and raced towards Catarock, In return Catarock fired his strange Heat Vision as it blasted Towards The Knight. The bullet sailed straight between the Blasts, trailing down, it smashed through Catarock's armor, hitting the section of his Chest Cavity his heart was in. "AURGH" Catarock screamed in pain, the gratifying sound caused The knight's angered demeanor to calm down, The Knight exhaled as The Heat vision sailed straight for him.

"Gotchya", The Heat Vision the hit The Knight directly, sending him flying back, slamming into the metal wall. as The Knight's armor smoked, with burn scorches all over the front of him, he dropped down forward, lifeless and limp.

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Cataclysm 5
Armageddon canceled

Catarock's Mothership

The Large, sphere sized mothership of the proud Dathomiri invasion fleet, was currently under fire from within itself. Earth's defenders, previously thought weak, had infiltrated and had begun to destroy the Dathomiri systems, The Dathomiri troops inside, desperately trying to secure their own vessel as Men and Woman of Kryptonian, Martian, Human, and other origin laid down fire on them. Superman lifted a Dathomiri warhound off the floor of the large hangar, tossing it which crashed into 4 other warhounds, collapsing and destroying all of them. A large Squadron of dathomiri fighters attempted to flee through the open Hangar door, however as they started to pull of, John Stewart created a large wall construct blocking their path.

Guardian landed in the middle of the ship wide fray, trying to use his super hearing to hear a voice, a voice of one of his closest friends. Guardian heard the destruction of the Dathomiri forces, their war cries, the shouts of the Justice League and their fighting. Guardian quickly grabbed a giant gerdur standing up holding up a walkway, ripping it off the walkway collapsed with a large amount of Dathomiri soldiers, he then javelin tossed it, staking a Dathomiri warhound to the hangar door. Guardian continued to fight, but then, through the thunderous attacks, fighting, and death, he heard it.

"gotchya"

Guardian took off, smashing forcibly through the metal of the dathomiri vessel walls, crashing through hallways, some full of soldiers, some robots, continuing to race upwards. Guardian stopped hovering in a hallway level to where he had heard The Knight's voice, he then jetted left down the hallway, heading to the center of the ship, 'Come on, Come On Dammit' he thought desperately as he raced down the hallway. Guardian halted at full stop, the wind racing past him, hitting the dark metal door he hovered infront of. Guardian attempted to use his supervision, however the metal was too thick, Guardian promptly stuck his hands between the large space in the sliding doors, and ripped them off. Guardian landed, the lights in the room showing Catarock, partly slumped over, grasping the heart area of his chest.

Catarock Stared up at Guardian "stupid mortals",
Guardain smirked "you look pretty normal to me Catarock",
Catarock gritted his teeth, then began to cackle as he stared at Guardian, Guardian raised an eyebrow "what's so funny?",
"Oh Guardian, sadly with all your strength, you weren't strong enough to save your friend",
Catarock stared behind Guardian, Guardian turned, and grew a shocked and depressed face., "No....".

Guardian walked over, and knelt down to The Knight, who was laying face down on the floor. Guardian inhaled, the flipped him over, revealing the entire front of The Knight's armor was charred, with only a skeleton visible through the armor. Catarock Laughed, "You stupid Mortals, You'll gain nothing but death from saving your world, You're Fools!". Guardian stood up, then jetted forward at Catarock, grabbing his neck with one hand and raising a fist with the other. "do it, you pathetic weakling" Catarock mocked through the purple blood gushing from his mouth. Guardian was prepared to strike Catarock down, but before he could, a golden lasso wrapped around his wrist, pulling him backwards to the door, "Do not Guardian, it's what he wants". Guardian looked up to see Wonder Woman and Batman, both weary looking battle, but none the less intimidating. Guardian stood up, looking directly to his left at Catarock, "he's done for, the bleeding will kill him" Batman said stepping forward.

Catarock shook his head attempting to step off his chair, he stumbled forward, standing on one knee as blood dripped to the floor. Batman shook his head, acessing his comms as Wonder woman stepped forward, "A Worthy end for someone as evil as you". Catarock looked up at the Amazonian woman, "I...will....Come Back", with with his final breaths of air,Catarock fell back, collapsing on his chair, with blood and bile pouring out of his quickly deteriorating body. Wonder Woman shook her head, turning and staring down at The Knight, Guardian on one knee next to him. "I'm sorry for your friend, Guardian", Guardian shook his head, "please, It's Connor, Guardian is my title", Wonder Woman nodded but was caught offguard when a portal opened on the far side of the room, similar to the other ones.

The Dark Lord stepped out, walking up to Catarock's body he simply shook his head, "Tsk, Tsk, the cost of greed and Ego". The Dark Lord then took a few steps, standing infront of The Knight's corpse, "And Honorable sacrifice, however right now we have other pressing maters". Guardian looked up, "Like what?", "The Dathomiri are fleeing this planet, You need to get off this warship and back down to earth now". Wonder Woman interjected, "What's to stop them from coming back?', "The fact that a mere Mortal Knight took down their God King will tell them tothink twice about invading earth". Guardian picked up The Knight's corpse, "It's time to go" he said coldly, Wonder Woman nodded, following him and Batman.

As They left, The Dark Lord looked down at Catarock's corpse, "Told you, Boy".

Washington DC, Earth

Across the Planet, the teleportation Matrixes feel one by one, in Berlin, Washington DC, Shanghai, and finally Chad. As quick as they came, The Dathomiri vessels pulled out of earth's orbit, though leaving behind the destroyed ones, aswell as the Dathomiri forces who were unlucky enough to be left behind. It was only thanks to Earths victors, it's defenders, and the good men and women who stand up for it, that came through to stop the Cataclysm from becoming a reality.

Though many were left to wonder, was the cost in life, effort, and blood really worth the God Kind's greedy play?

Final post, Thank you to everyone who contributed, it was a fun little thing. You're free to continue Posting about the aftermath, or if you wan to make a post between Cata 4 & 5 feel free to do so.

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Aftermath
"Was Victory worth it's cost?"

Justice League: Watchtower

One week after Catarock's Invasion...
A Large memorial stood in the memorial garden on the justice League's watchtower, around the Garden, 3D hoographic images of fallen league members stood in honor of their service. A hologram of Earth stood at one end of the garden, In Memory and Honor to the many who died defending Earth from the Dathomiri. The Garden was quiet, much like the planet below, the Invasion took many and those who survived needed time to recover from the ordeal. The Plaque read;

In memory,
for when Earth was faced with a darkness, that threatened to envelope and consume it all, Many took the call to arms. Those who charged in were faced with the task of fighting a vicious foe, and many who walked into that darkness, never came out. In memory, we remember, in honor, we remember, and in graditude to them, we honor.

May their service, and sacrifice never be forgotten.

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Across the memorial Garden, a Woman in Black funeral attire, along with black sunglasses stood in front of a certain Hologram statue. The statue was of The Knight, looking down as he usually did when protecting his city. The Woman shook her head, lifing and taking off her hat and placing at the foot of the hologram, it was revealed to be Cassandra, also known as Titan, who then looked up, to make contact with the Hologram's statue.

"Marcus..... There are things That I never said, and now that you're gone, I wish I would've said them", Cassandra wiped under the right lense of her black sunglasses, shaking her head afterwards. 'You were one of my closes and trusted friends, You were always with me and were by my side thoughout the years in my career". Cassandra paused, exhaling and stopped talking for a moment, then continued partly studdering through her words, "And even through your Work, you Protection of Chicago, you never stopped being both sides of The Knight". Cassandra looked back up at the head of The Knight hologram, "I just wanted to tell you, that....I-", Cassandra pauses, turning and looking down at the planet, "Hostage Situation back home". She looked back at the Hologram, before jetting off, leaving the Memorial Garden empty.

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Justice League Meeting room

Wonder Woman, Superman, Guardian, Rip Hunter sat at the table, a gray, weathered metal box in the middle.
"What did you want us here for Rip?" Superman addressed the elephant in the room,
"I've found a box that's recently pinged up on a Time Loop within the Space Time Continuum" Rip said gesturing to the box, no bigger that the palm of his hand,
Guardian raised an eyebrow "Recently popped up? Is it from another Multiverse?",
Rip shook his head "it's been in our Universe since it came to existence, However, it's from this Era. and It has a message",
Superman and Wonder Woman looked supervised, Guardian looked to both of them before reaching over and pressing the bottom on it.

[Cryotech Data Log, Date is 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9- *Static* B.C.

A Familiar Voice then spoke from the Box, "I'm Alive"

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Dark Knight

Chicago, Construction yard

A Chicago mobster, backed by 5 of his men, walked into the dark, half finished building. The Mobster took a puff of his cigarette, before dropping it onto the ground and stamping it out with his shoe. "Wonder where those Gotham freaks are?" he muttered, "we're right here" A gangster in a black mask came out of the shadows, holding a briefcase and backed by 2 of his men. "You with Sionis?" the Mmobster asks, hands in his pocket staring the gothamite down. "And you have the dough?", the Sionis gang member asks, the Mobster holds out a hand, one of his men places a plastic bag full of stacks of 100 dollar bills. The Mobster opens up the briefcase, revealing an extremely advanced rifle, "That's the kinda stuff we like, shall we begin". The Mobster snaps his fingers, 2 of the men quickly grab a nearby folded up table, setting it up with 2 chairs, as the Gothamite and Chicagoan sit down and begin.

Rooftop nearby

A Large, Black VTOL soars through the sky, moving fast but staying largely silent through it's route. [We're nearing the site sir], "Good, adjust the speed, and prepare for jeteson once we're above". The VTOL changed course, flying above the Chicago construction site, Dark Knight pulled a handle, opening up the cockpit, and the Vigilante ejected out, opening his cape and beginning his slow descent down. Dark Knight used his infrared to see the men in the construction site, ["Sanza give me a read out from the Security Cameras on the site"], [Processing, 7 hostiles on the 2nd floor just below you, and 8 more below them, including the 2 criminal represenatives]. ["Contact brakenbrook, I'm moving in"], Dark Knight then closed his cape, soaring straight down as he aimed for the half finished glass skylight on the building. Dark Knight opened his cape at the last second, smashing down through the window, and throwing down a smoke pellet, dousing the area in smoke.

"Sh*t, He- *koff* he's real, Kill him!" one of the thugs yelled, as he attempted to scram for his pistol, but it was too caught in his belt. Dark Knight quickly grabbed one thug, heaving him over his head, he slammed the thug down, breaking the wooden floor immensely. Dark Knight then charged at one thug as he picked up his rifle, slamming the thug into the nearby wall, breaking the fresh plaster, he then smacked him across the face with his knuckles. Dark Knight kneed the thug, he then shot his grappel gun, wrapping around the arm of a thug holding his pistol and pulling him towards him, Dark Knight knocked the thug onto his back by hitting him with his free arm, stomping his foot down onto his head knocking him out. Dark Knight then charged at 2 thugs, kneed one forcing him to take a knee, then propelling himself off of the Thug's knee, knocking the other thug down. Dark Knight slammed down onto the thug, punching him straight in the jaw, then grabbed him and tossed him at the last thug, knocking him over.

The Mobster and Gothamite gang members quickly stood as the noise from upstairs died down, the Gothamite grabbed his revolver as the Chicagoan put the rifle together. "I thought this guy was a myth!" the Gothamite shouted, the other black mask gang members forming together in a group, "then you listen to way too much news". The Mobster finally clicked the stock of the rifle together, and as he aimed it around at the dark areas of the room, Dark Knight's hands smashed up through the wood of the floor, grabbing the ankles of 2 chicago gang members dragging them down, "He's under the floor!" the Mobster shouted as he fired into the hole of the floor, just as a grappel shot out from it, dragging the Mobster in, causing him to drop his rifle. The Black Mask gang member grabbed the rifle, but before he could even aim it, Dark Knight smashed through a nearby wall, grabbing 2 of the Black Mask members and pulling them through, their screams sounding out throughout the site. The Chicago gang members immediatley drop their guns, "Screw this!" one of them yelled as they ran, "Come back here you cowards!" the black Mask gang member yelled.

The Black Mask Gang member aimed the rifle at the retreating Chicago Gang members, but a Knightdart was shot into the barrel, exploding and destroying the rifle. The Criminal screamed as he dropped the rifle, grasping his injured hand, he was caught offguard when Dark Knight grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, lifting him and bringing them to eye level.

10 Minutes later.......

A Chicago Police patrol car pulls up on the construction site, the 2 cops climb out of the car, shocked as they see the 16 Criminals, tied up and dumped infront of the half built building. Badly beaten, but still very much alive.

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Chicago News

"After a recent incident at a Construction yard just outside of the downtown, Police have captured and arrested 5 Black Mask gang members, and 9 Chicago Mob thugs. Police have commented that this might be the 'Last nail in the coffin' for the dying Chicago Mafia. When questioned as how exactly the Police were able to apprehend the Criminals, Police said it was a bit of Inginuity, however when asked if the still debated 'Dark Knight' Vigilante had any play, they made no comment. We will chart more news as it's revealed, This has been Chicago News at 9, giving your source for city wide news.".

twitter Feed: @Jamie97 what is @SionisIndustries doing in Chicago?, @Swaggermcjagger GET OUT OF OUR CITY #Black Mask, @MatthewSmith It's the #DarkKnightofChicago calling it right now

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Guardian
City's Guardian

Downtown San Andres

A speeding subway train crossed from under the tunnel, onto the elevated high rails, making it's trip to it's next stop. the Train was silver, gleaming in the sun as it traveled onto the elevated rails, the conductor a bit more relaxed while managing the gears on the train. Out of the calm morning, the front breaks of the engine of the train broke off when the Conductor tried to apply them, causing the train to jolt as it went into free run. "jesus!" the Conductor said as she tried tried to use the emergency brakes, which were compliant as she desperately tried to stop the train. The people within the train started to panic as it went faster and faster, seemingly with no stop. "Emergency, Emergency, we're out of control and need immediate assistance!" the conductor called into her radio, whilst grabbing and jamming down on the emergency break.

The train was nearing a sharp turn, only meant to be taken at slow speeds, and now gaining on 110 mph, the train was in no way going to stop. The conductor stopped trying to use the emergency break, and instead sat back as the train neared the turn/ Then, out from the right side of the train, a flash of Dark grey flew by the windows as the train jumped a it, and it's speed started to cut down drastically. The Conductor's eyes widened as she stood up, looking down, as the train finally stopped, she saw Guardian the City's protecto, stopping the train easily with both hands on the front of it. Guardian took his hands off, standing off he simply smiled and waved to the conductor as he jetted off.

a few hours later....

San Andres Secretary offices

Connor morales sat back in his chair as he watched the morning news, his co workers sitting around them,

San Andres National News
"In a very Daring and grateful helping hand, The protector of San Andres, Guardian, stepped in to help an out of control train today. The train's breaks broke while on a routine stop, and when the emergency breaks stopped, Guardian stepped in. Witnesses say that none were harmed thanks to the Hero, however if he was not stopped, Casualties could've risen in the hundreds. In other news, more reports from Chicago about captured criminals sparks up more debate, as to whether or not the Chicago Vigilante protector exists, and whether or not he should register into the Superhuman Registration act.

More news at 9"

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Twitter Feed: @Oliver125 Hell Yeah! #SanAndreasGuardian / @Kristen673 #GuardianSanAndres is a Hottie! / @MarcusTheMan Who would win in a fight? #GuardianSanAndres or #TheDarkKnightofChicago ?

Connor shook his head at the ending report from chicago, "Out of control vigilante" he muttered, taking a drink from his glass of water". one of his co workers continued working on their laptop, "Hey, he's cut down crime by 55%!", Connor deadpanned stared at him, "Over the course of 10 years". The Co worker held his hands up, "well sorry, maybe if Guardian would stop saving kittens out of trees, he'd get near that himself". One of the Female co workers grabbed a stack of papers and walked out of the room, "That's even if The Knight exists", The other looked up from his laptop, "He does you Know", "No he doesn't" she yelled from the hallway.

Connor shook his head, "Whatever his gains are, he's a crazy, violent Vigilante who's terrorized Chicago for a decade, Even you have to admit that Jonas" Connor said to him, as he continued to stare at his Laptop. Jonas shook his head, "and what? You gonna go over there and shake your tie at him? no one cares about Connor Morales taking on the Dark Knight". Connor shook his head, taking his dress coat and putting it on, tucking in his tie, "Maybe not, but someone's got to stop that maniac". Jonas looked up from his laptop, "What do you think of that other woman, Titan" Jonas turned his laptop around to show a picture of A woman in a Metal Suit. Connor shrugged, "she's shown to be capable enough", "enough?" Jonas asked turning his laptop around, She's been taking out a large portion of crime in San Andres while Guardian only gets about a third. Connor Sighs, "Remember that out of control Demon?", Jonas nodded, "Mmhmm and remember that Cartel? she took care of it".

Connor put his hands up in joking surrender, "Whatever Jonas, all I'm saying is that when it comes down to it, someone needs to take down the Insane Vigilante atop the Willis tower" Connor said walking out. "It's the sears tower" Jonas said as he exited, "No it's not", "WILLIS IS A SHAM".

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Gotham, Sionis Penthouse

Black Mask sat at his chair, staring out at Gotham city infront of him, taking a drink of his whiskey from the table end beside him. His secretary came waling up to his side, holding her file like always, "Mr Sionis, there's a man here to see you". Black mask nodded, making a gesture with his hand, "send 'em in", the Secretary nodded and left. A few minutes later, a man walked in, 'jesus, the way the guy's weight sounds with each step on my tiles, must weight like a truck. "Please sit" Black Mask gestured to a chair to his left, the man complied and sat down, Black Mask caught the silhouette of him in the darkness of the penthouse, "you wanted to see me?". "Yes, Mr Sionis, I've been hearing you've had problems with a certain Dark Knight..." Black Mask remained silent, letting the man continue. "I've also had problems with the same Vigilante, and another superpowered hero, who've been breaking up my Criminal networks", Black Masked raised an eyebrow "and you came to me because?". The Man leaned forward, I believe together, we can take down our Hero problems, 2 birds, one stone". Black Mask looked at the man, "who are you?", the man reached over, and pulled the chain on the lamp between them.

"My name is Stahl".

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Dark Knight 2

Knight's Domain

Marcus Branston, secretly known as the Dark Knight of Chicago, sat at the large and immensely powerful "Knightcomputer". Marcus rolled to the left, beginning to type at another computer, then rolling back to the middle continuing to type at that one, "Sanza bring the data online, I need you to run it through and calculate the coordinates we've discovered", [Of course sir, and sir, you have an important date in your log book today]. Marcus raised an eyebrow, not taking his eyes off the terminal, [It's the Chicago Gala, at the old Theater], "I need to work, and Duty calls", [Sir, wouldn't it be wise to go]. Marcus looked at the small terminal monitor Sanza's logo sat on, "Explain", [You've been very secluded in recent years, and as Your father suggested, maintaining the barrier between Dark Knight and Marcus Branston in the Public eye's view will help keep your identity secret]. Marcus exhaled, sitting back he did see the truth in Sanza's words, however it'd been a long time since he'd made a formal public outing.

Marcus then rolled to the right on his chair, typing and searching up the event, "Sanza prep my formal Attire", [The Victorian suit sir?], "Don't be absurd, the normal suit". Marcus searched up, leaning close to the monitor as he read, "Alright, several legions of news reporters (as always), Many of Chicago's wealthy and finest, some outside investors traveling to attend the even, and, strangely, a Californian Government official". Marcus rolled back to the middle terminal, "Sanza Search up the guy from California, not everyday Chicago has someone out of nowhere from a west coast state traveling unexpected". [Processing....Connor Morales, San Andres Secretary of Government policy, worked there for about 6 years, and so far is a large supporter of the City Superhero 'Guardian', however recently has risen to be 'Anti - Dark Knight]. Marcus sighed, "Wonderful, pull up an image feed", [Yes sir] as soon as he requested it, a picture of Connor Morales popped up on Marcus' terminal, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

[Is something wrong sir?], Marcus paused for a second, as a bit of realization hit him, "Not at all Sanza, is my suit ready?", [Yes sir]. Marcus stood up, walking from the Knightcomputer he stepped onto the elevator, turning around to face The Domain. "Sir, how do you expect to handle all of the Media prior to your return to the public eye?", Marcus rubbed his chin, "As all, Charismatic Rich, Technologically advanced Philanthropists do. Take it in stride". With the closing line, the Elevator closed, lifting Marcus up to the upper levels of the Domain.

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Guardian 2

Downtown Chicago, Chicago Arts Theatre

Connor Morales peered out the window of his vehicle, as the driver pulled up on the curved driveway infront of the Chicago Theatre. Connor was surprised, and marveled at how wondrous the structure was, all of the drastic gothic like architecture. As the car pulled up infront of the Red Carpet, Connor opened the door, stepping out, he was partly blinded by a large amount of camera flashing. Connor gave a wave as he walked down the carpet, "Mr Morales, are you here to discuss the Dark Knight Issue", "Mr Morales, is your Visit here on subject of Chicago's Economics?" the reporters shouted at him. Connor reached the end of the carpet, a shorter man in a suit walked up to him, "Mr Morales, it's nice that you've made it". Connor smiled and shook his hand, "Always willing to get out of the west coast for a change".

Connor's attention was drawn to a stylish black car which pulled up along the driveway, as the reporters focused on the currently attending celebrities, one of them looked to the car in shock. "The Hell? It's Marcus branston!" he yelled, snapping pictures of Marcus, as the other reporters quickly turned and started to bombard the man. COnnor peered over to look at the man as he exited his vehicle, "Who's that?", the man chuckled, "you must be new, that is Marcus Branston, Billionaire Technology Philanthropist of Chicago". Connor eyed the man, but fixed the collar of his jacket as Marcus approached walking down the Carpet. "Mr Branston" Connor said catching Marcus' attention, Marcus walked off the Carpet and shook hands with the Californian Government Official. "Connor Morales, San Andres Secretary of State affairs", Marcus nodded, "Pleased to meet you". Connor continued, "I wanted to discuss a reoccuring issue about a problem in Chicago", Marcus gestured outwards, "by all means".

"What's your position on the Knight Vigilante in Chicago", Connor said as they locked eyes, with Marcus giving a slight smirk.