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

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Guardian/Dark Knight

"What's your position on the Knight Vigilante in Chicago?", Connor said enthusiastically Stern, to which Marcus simply gave a half smirk.

"I think it's great that a citizen of Chicago is standing up for it's people, doing what's right", Connor raised an eyebrow, "Mr Branston you can't be serious". Marcus nodded, "Whoever Dark Knight is, he's put away 7,000 Convicts in the past 10 years". "Civil Liberties are being trampled on in your City, people living in fear of this Violent Psychotic, Armor wearing maniac". Marcus raised an eyebrow to Connor's statement, "He thinks he's above the law", "The government pf California criticizing a person who thinks he's above the law is a bit, Hypocritical, wouldn't you say. Considering everytime San Andres' Guardian save a grandma crossing the street, you give a puffed bias Speech. About a God-Like being, who could tear everything down". Connor gazed off, then back to Marcus "Not everyone shares your opinion Mr Branston, Look at Iron Man and the Conscription act, they've achieved numerous amounts of gains from their Superhero Registration act". Connor gestured to a flat screen on the other side of the lobby, showcasing the recent meetings about the newly reinforcement policies to the Superhero registration act.

Marcus turned back to Connor, "All they managed to do, was cause a Superhuman Civil War, along with allowing wacko Government officials to experiment on the Registration act's resistors". Connor shook his head, "and yet a Violent, bone breaking Vigilante is better", "Then why hasn't Guardian done so", "Because we don't need to worry about him beating people to death In alleyways". Marcus furrowed his brow, "Dark Knight has never killed", "and even then, Guardian believes in hope, while the City of Chicago and it's Vigilante believe in Crude Justice". "Maybe it's just the Chicago within me, we just have a bad History with...", Marcus slightly eyed Connor before locking gazes with him.

"Corrupt, Powerful Men".

Connor and Marcus stared each other down, looking as if they were ready to pounce and tear each other apart, when their stare down was interrupted. A Short man in his late 30s clapped his hands together once, "Marcus Branston, meets Connor Morales. I love it when powerful men meet", the man approached Marcus and Connor, extending a hand first to Marcus. "hello, Malanor Rex, it is a pleasure to meet you", "Rex, always a pleasure", Connor shook his head, nodding as they meet gaze. "I hope you both are enjoying this gathering of the arts, it's about to start", Marcus "well be joining soon red". Rex nodded, proceeding off and melding into the large crowd of people.

As Marcus and Connor started to walk towards the Theater hall, Connor muttered to Marcus "they say your vigilante has killed half the people he's stopped, along with branding them and using other extreme tactics". Marcus internally chuckled, shaking his head, "Don't believe everything you hear son".

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The Knight's Domain

Marcus stood at the Knight Computer, analyzing a clear image of Connor Morales on the main screen, a small hovering uplink hovered over and above Marcus' shoulder. [Is there something wrong sir?], Marcus took his hand off his chain, folding his arms "I have a hunch. Sanza, bring up a photo of Guardian and place it next to Connor Morales", [Yes Sir]. Sanza then proceeded to place a slightly distorted photo of Guardian, next to Connor Morales. Marcus shook his head, "It's too blurred, take a close up shot of him from San Andres news, and freeze the video when we get a clear shot". Sanza then proceeded to play a video from San Andres News, placing it next to Connor Morales, Marcus then pointed to Guardian's eyes, "See that", [His eyes are visually shaking sir]. "Exactly", Marcus said standing back, "It's been theorized that Guardian has Superhuman Sight, however, it seems in order to concealhis identity whilst having no mask, he moves his eyes at an incredibly fast pace". Marcus then typed into the computer, looking the close up shot of Guardian's eyes, they were visually, quickly shaking noticeable by the pupils.

"Sanza, take Connor Morales' eyes, and place them onto Guardian's ", [Yes sir], Sanza then copied and moved the Eyes onto Guardian's, Marcus nodded, "Now, take an outline of the facial structure and place it over Guardians' ", [Yes Sir]. Sanza then took a line facial structure graph and place it over Guardians', Facial Recognition and Facial Structure match. Marcus exhaled, nodding, "I think we've uncovered exactly why Mr Morales was so eager to defend San Andres' Guardian". A Blip then went off on another Terminal of The Knightcomputer. [Sir, an alarm has been tripped at the Chicago Steel Mill, it's best to intercept], Marcus then quickly ran over to The Armor case, after clicking, locking, and assembling the Armor, Dark Knight quickly climbed in The Destroyer, and drove off.

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Dark Knight 3

Chicago refinery plant

The Destroyer quickly drove down the road, veering off onto the rough driveway leading to the refinery. The Destroyer easily smashed through the chain link gate, quickly moving into the refinery, ["Sanza, give me a read out of where the emergency is"], [Burglary alarm tripped all around the southeastern section sir]. Dark Knight quickly hit the breaks of the Destroyer, strafe turning before continuing on towards the target. ["Sanza, any camera readout of the refinery? Any signs of the criminals?"], [No sir, all cameras were destroyed once the alarm was tripped]. Dark Knight halted The Destroyer in a courtyard area in front of a metal car door, climbing out and approaching the tripped alarm. Stopping in front of the garage door, the bottom was severely mangled, as if someone with super strength grabbed it and lifted it up forcefully. Dark Knight looked up to the alarm above the sliding door, pressing a button on his gauntlet, it hacked into it's frequency, shutting it down automatically.

Dark Knight quickly turned back to The Destroyer, accessing his earpiece "Sanza, give me a readout inside of where the perpetrator went once the door was open", [Sir, the cameras and alarms are showing no one entered the building once the door was forced open]. "then why would they-" Dark Knight was interrupted when he saw a figure hovering above him in the dark night sky. Dark Knight paused, as the figure jetted off to another part of the Refinery, Dark Knight ran back to the Destroyer. "Sanza track where the target went", [Yes sir], Dark Knight hopped into the Destroyer, making a 180 tire burn before driving off towards where the figure went. [Sir, the figure is flying too fast for normal sensors to track, it's tricky, "keep trying, use satellite if you have to".

Just as Dark Knight strafed around another corner, the lights of The Destroyer illuminated Guardian, standing and staring at him in The Destroyer's path. Dark Knight quickly hit the brakes on The Destroyer, though too late as the Destroyer continued to strafe at Guardian. The Destroyer's left side smashed into Guardian, causing The Destroyer to then bounce off of Guardian after the impact, spinning 180 degrees, sliding back into a maintenance station. The impact of The Destroyer, smashed halfway through backwards into the maintenance station, detonating a nearby propane tank causing it to explode. Guardian watched as The Destroyer made it's impact, turning and walking towards the behemoth of a vehicle. Inside, Dark Knight continuously flipped switches, attempting to bring The Destroyer online as he knew the God hero was walking towards his car right now. Dark Knight looked up, as through the window of The Destroyer, covered by dust and burn marks, was the silhouette of a person, standing on The Destroyer's hood.

Guardian tore off the driver cover of The Destroyer, tossing it aside like a trashcan lid, as Dark Knight stood up from his seat.

"when your city calls upon you next Knight, don't answer it", Guardian said shaking his head, "The Dark Knight is dead, bury it, forget about it". Dark Knight stared down Guardian, scowling all the while, "This is my City", Guardian stepped towards Dark Knight, having about a foot between them. "You rule as a Vigilante through fear and Violence", "And how has San Andres doing, '7th highest meta human crime rate' ", "all of which I've stopped. Dark Knight pointed his right index finger at Guardian, "You bring Metahuman super criminals to your city, fighting and causing millions of dollars in collateral damage and lives, and you say I'm a Menace". Guardian took a step away from Dark Knight, "If you ever come out again, Dark Knight. I'll find you, and stop you....." as Guardian turned and prepared to jet off, he heard Dark Knight speak from behind him.

"Then may the Best Man Win....."

Guardian peered behind him at Dark Knight, facing forward again and jetting off, up and then out of Chicago. Dark Knight looked around at the battered Destroyer, and at the destruction in the lot of the refinery, simply sighing, and facing the dented hood stop where Guardian stood.

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Guardian 3

Connor Morales straightened out his tie as he walked into the city hall, holding a file between his right arm. Connor proceeded to walk up to an elevator, climbing in alone, he turned and pressed the top floor key. The elevator doors closed, as it rose and climbed the man floors of the town hall. Connor discretely used his superhuman vision to see through the floors above, Jonas, Cellina, and many of his other co-workers were already present on the top floor. Once the elevator stopped at the top floor, Connor walked out, carrying the file in his right hand, proceeding to walk to his office.

Before he could reach it, Connor was stopped by Cellina, who placed her right hand on Connor's chest. "Connor, we need to talk" she said in a concerned, but calm tone, Connor then proceeded to follow her into her office, she closed and locked the door. "Make sure no one's around" she said, Connor then used his Supervision to see through the walls, everyone was either busy in their offices, or in the break room on the far side of the office. Once he made sure, he turned back to her, nodding and giving a thumbs up. Cellina then sat down at her desk, she then turned her Laptop around with a News report.

San Andres' Guardian Sighted in Chicago

Yesterday, hours after the Chicago Yearly Arts festival, the superhero known as "Guardian" from the west coast city of San Andres was spotted in the city. Cameras captured the thunderous boom, and the speeding figure in the sky as he flew away from a refinery planet. In another development, sightings of the vigilante "Dark Knight" were made, as what is believed to be his armored and monstrous vehicle leaving the refinery as well.

More developments will be reported as they're found.

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Twitter Feed: @Anna_Lawson This can't be good / @NicholasFurry #DarkKnightofChicago totally kicked his ass / @Donald976 #SanAndresGuardian can just throw DK into the sun

"Are you Out of your Mind!?" Cellina stated to Connor,
"he needs to be stopped Cellina" Connor said bluntly,
"It doesn't matter if you have a problem with him, it doesn't matter if you don't like his methods. You don't just go halfway across the country threaten a Decade old Vigilante",
Connor crossed his arms "Cellina, this guy has been terrorizing his city, hell even their Billionaire Tech guru believes he's doing the right thing. He needs to be stopped",
Cellina shook her head "Connor, let me tell you something. I've been peering at the news of Dark Knight recently, and this guy is a Maniac. He drives around in a Military Grade tank, has put more than 7 THOUSAND criminals behind bars, and regularly takes on 50 guys on his own, at ONCE",
"he's just a man" Connor said coldly,
"And you believe you're above him? because you have the powers of a God?" she asked dumbfounded,
Connor stayed silent, staring at Cellina,
"What is a God, to a Non-Believer?" she asked Connor coldly.

'We're done here" Connor said, unlocked and walking out of the office, Cellina simply sighed and sat back in her chair. Walking down the hall, Connor muttered to himself, "Overrated Vigilante, who does he think he is, Detective and crimefighter, sure". Connor took out the key to his office, "it's not like he knows where I liv-.....". Connor stopped as he opened his door, to see a Knightdart stabbed through the stop half of his chair, pinning up a note that read.

I Know

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Dark Knight 4

Knight's Domain

Marcus typed at his Knightcomputer, calculating several data-pads of calculations for an Armor suit on The Knightcomputer, before leaving it and walking over to a research table. Marcus picked up a precision torch, and then used a pair of metal pliers to hold some plates together as he melded a heavy reinforced plate to a skeleton. A small hovering transmitter hovered over Marcus' shoulder, [The Suit's currently calculating the precision force sir, What is the estimated amount we'll need, estimating by human strength]. Marcus put down the pliers, beginning to fine tune and wire the circuitry inside the half finished suit, "It's more of a Self Preservation suit, rather than a Strength enhancement". Marcus walked back over to the Knightcomputer, Sanza following him, [Sir if we're going to face him directly, the Suit needs to be able to match him]. Marcus shook his head, he used one hand to pull up a window on another monitor, "Our goal isn't to beat Guardian to death, We have other ways of bringing him down".

Sanza hovered near and inspected the Data, [Dylithium, Sir?], Marcus took a cannister fro the research table and placed it on The Knightcomputer's desk. "I've been looking into inspecting Guardian's DNA and Biological Structure. From what I've gathered, Platinum is the one thing that can harm him, however trying to direclty stab him will result in faliure, due to his superendurance". Marcus walked back over to the research table, continuing to work on the Suit, [Then, how do you expect to face him?], "Simple, we use the small weakness cracks in his Godlike powers, and exploit them". Marcus pulled up on the same monitor as the Dylithium window, he pulled up a data page of several of Guardian's powers. "His Superhuman Vision, incredibly useful, however can be disrupted by smoke with lead based Smoke Grenades. Guardian's Super Endurance can be quickly matched, with high concentration blasts of Electrical Shocks". [Electrical Shocks sir?], Marcus typed on into the computer, and one of the Gauntlets on the research table sparked to life, showing a large amount of electricity in it. "best part of the Electrical Gauntlets is they charge from Kinetic strikes, so we'll only need to have a small power source within the suit to maintain the start up". Marcus then scrolled down to a section that said "High Regenerative Metabolism", "Finally, the incredibly high Healing factor Guardian that allows him to recover from his wounds of battle. However, I've come up with a Solution to that". Marcus grabbed the Cannister and held it up to Sanza's Transmitter, "Dylithium, a Mixture of Electrically charged Platinum Filaments, along with Radioactive dust. Inhaled, it'll be deadly to Guardian's Regenerative Factor". Marcus placed down the canister, continuing to type at the Knightcomputer, as he did, a Voice came from behind causing him and Sanza to turn around.

"So that's it then? You're going to War?" Marcus turned around to see an old friend, A woman a bit shorter than him, Short Jet Black hair, who stood across from him in fairly normal street attire. Marcus sighed, turning back to the Knightcomputer, "Could you please stop entering The Domain without warning Anna", "Marcus, one we haven't seen each other in 3 Years, and 2, What the f*ck do you think you're doing?". Marcus raised an eyebrow at the unusual cursing, "Unlike you to curse", "Marcus this is Serious, You're going to War with Guardian, Over what? Some Hate Filled Bravado?". "It Is Not Bravado!" Marcus barked back, in a terrifyingly commanding tone, even to Anna, who was an incredibly powerful Metahuman. Marcus turned around walking Towards Anna, "That Godlike, Egotistical, Self Absorbed Tyrannt comes to my Home, My City, and decides it's within his Rights to just tell me to stop". "Marcus You do have a way of Scaring people", "I Scare Criminals, I Scare Scum, I Scare the filth who kill, murder, steal, and rot our society every day and night, And I've put 7,000 behind Bars".

Marcus walked back to The Knightcomputer, continuing to type, "And what are you Going to do? Fight Him? it's suicide and you know it", Marcus shook his head. "You know me Anna", Anna stared slightly worried at Marcus, "Out of the 10 Years I've defended this City, you know the lengths, the measures, and the things I've made, done, and implemented to keep All powerful destructive men like Him in line". Anna shook her head, "And what do you expect to do? Beat up the boyscout Hero and become even more of a shunned, stirrcrazy Vigilante, Guardian is loved by the Media". Marcus took one hand of the main keyboard, typing on another one bringing up several News articles.

"Is The Guardian of San Andres a Menace?",

"Will the San Andres Guardian tear apart our world and become Tyrant?"

"There are plenty of people who share the same discontent, and all I need is to reveal that One event, to light the Powderkeg", Anna's grew a horrified face, "You wouldn't". Marcus brought up a File on a different tab on the main Monitor, "3 years ago, Detroit Michigan". "Marcus those Wounds have already healed", 'No they haven't, because they don't know the full truth". Marcus pulled up several Image Stills, Gifs, and videos of Detroit, a Battle ensuing between Guardian, and An Aggressive and Vicious Metahuman. One of the Gif Images show Guardian pushing Thunder through a few buildings, another showed Guardian getting hit, when Thunder ripped the majority of an apartment complex off it's foundation and threw it at Guardian. 'What if the Media were truley exposed to the truth, that it wasn't Hundreds that died, but Thousands, all because Guardian decided to fight Thunder in a heavily populated area". "Thunder had a f*cking Dirty Bomb, He was going to blow up Detroit, Guardian had no choice but to immediately fight him and his men directly while the Police searched for it!" Anna said angrily. "And the aftermath was 3,000 Dead, not counting the wounded, mutilated, and injured from the aftermath of the battle". "And? How could you have known what the heat of the moment was like, what the devastation and the cost was, you son of a B*tch!", Marcus slammed his fist onto the table, turning back towards Anna, "Because I was there God Dammit!". Anna's angry expression dropped as Marcus said that surprising detail, 'What?", "I was there, and I saw first hand the cost of his 'Godlike' Heroism".

Flashback, 3 Years Ago....

A Cryotech Helicopter Landed on the the Wooden Pier of a Detroit Bay, Marcus branston quickly stepping off and running a few steps before looking at the scene infront of him. Detroit was in panic, Military and Ppolice Helicopters battled, along with fighter jets and other Military forces, as Thunder and his Metahuman followers continued to destroy, maim, and kill, along with toppeling buildings and continuously destroying the City. He saw as one group of choppers were attack, as a Female Meta grabbed the tail of one, and swung it like a bat, destroying all of the others. Marcus quickly took out his phone, calling his Friend, "Maximus?".

Maximus looked out the window of the Cryotech subsidiary building, in the distance he could see Military forces, along with Guardian attacking Thunder. "Marcus? Do you see what's happening?", ["Yes I see, Maximus I need you to get everyone out of the building, get them out, Now!"], "yes sir of course". putting away his phone, Maximus quickly yelled, "Alright people we need everyone out, get out now!". Marcus looked around, running over to an abandoned SUV he climbed in, grabbing the key which had fallen on the floor he turned on the ignition and drove onto the main street, towards the Downtown. Marcus quickly drove down the road, being sure to avoid civilians who were fleeing from the heart of the city, aswell as swerving left and right around rubble in the road. Marcus quickly pulled up his phone again, "Maximus are you there?", Maximus had gotten the last of the people out of the building as Marcus called. "Marcus we've gotten most of the people out, but-" Maximus was caught off when he noticed Guardian and Thunder charge at each other. As they collided, the shock wave knocked Maximus back, the phone was sent flying, hitting a wall and breaking.

"Maximus? Come in? Max!" Marcus said, putting his phone in his pocket as he continued to drive, Marcus saw in mid air, as a Jet fighter was hit by one of Thunder's metas, sending it crashing into the ground. Marcus swerved to the left, driving down and alley and avoiding the fireball that came down the street. Marcus pulled out of the alley, turning right, he then swerved right down another street as a large majority of a building collapsed. Marcus at last reached his block, stopping and getting out, he pulled out his phone, "Maximus, Come in, Max!". In the Cryotech Building, Maximus got to his feet, just as Thunder, Guardian, and 2 of Thunder's Meta soldiers flew into the Cryotech building, battling just a few floors below them. Maximus placed his hands together in a prayer gesture, "I thank god.....For my Family, I thank God for Marcus, I thank God for the Life I've been given, Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth, as it is-". Maximus was cut off when Guardian pushed Thunder through the building, smashing through a main support, causing the building to finally collapse.

"MAX!!!" Marcus yelled dropping his phone, watchign the building slowly collapse, many pedestrians running away from the falls. Marcus ran, Towards the collapsing building, Towards the wreckage, pushing through people who ran the opposite direction of him. As The Building impacted, A large debris and dust cloud formed, blowing down the street. Marcus ran, towards the terrifyingly large cloud, the air grew tense has he just continued to run, as he headed straight in, he shielded his face with his left arm. The dust cloud blew down the street, engulfing a large portion of the city like so many other buildings that continued to topple. In the cloud however, Marcus looked around, it was surprisingly silent in the cloud, almost like it blanketed the area in a sort of purgatory. Marcus walked through the dust cloud, a man and a few other people walked past him in the cloud, "Mr Branston! MR BRANSTON!" A man yelled causing Marcus to turn his head, Marcus saw a man pinned under a large steam beam, pinning him down through the halfway mark, and keeping one of his Arms Pinned, "HELP!".

Marcus quickly ran over to the man, Seeing that the Beam pressed heavily into him, "I can't feel my Legs, I can't feel Anything Under here!", Marcus knelt down by the man, "Hey, Hey, Look we're gonna get you out of this, Alright, you're going to be fine", the Man nodded in an attempt to be calm. Marcuas looked up to some others coming out of the dust and rubble, "HEY GET SOME PEOPLE OVER HERE", a Few cryotech workers, along with a Police officer quickly ran over, Marcus and the Police Officer lifted the Steam Bam off the man as the Cryotech office workers dragged him out. "I can't Feel My Legs, Or My Arm!" the Man yelled, Marcus rubbed his forehead looking down to the man, however the sight of a little girl caught his Mind. "hey" Marcus said as he saw a large part of the concrete rubble start to crumble, "HEY LOOK OUT" Marcus ran, quickly grabbign the girl and diving to safety before the rubble collapsed, Marcus landed on his back, clutching the little girl sparing her from harm. Marcus shook his head, sitting up and taking a knee, he laced his hands on the little girl's shoulders, 'hey, Hey it's alright, you're fine, you're okay now". The Little girl began to cry, "where's your Mom, let's find your mom", the Little girl turned back to the building, and pointed to the Cryotech building, Marcus looked up, to see the large portion of it collapsed, charred and burning. Marcus looked back to the little girl, she Hugged Marcus as he continued to take a Knee, Marcus looked up, seeing 2 Men fighting in the Sky, Thunder and Guardian.

Marcus gave a hate filled stare as he watched them, "Never Again" Marcus muttered.
FlashBack ends....

Marcus stood at the research table, "That's why People deserve to know the truth, Guardian's Almighty heroics have cost many lives, destroyed family's, and have ruined people". Anna, partly getting over the grief of the story she'd just heard, shook her head slowly, "Marcus, You can't possibly think Any good will come of this", "Justice for those who'd been broken will come". Anna looked down to the floor, then back up at Marcus, "Marcus, A bunch of Humans in their hate filled Mob, What's a Mob to a King, What's a King to a Damn God!", Marcus stared back at Anna, "And What's a God, to a Nonbeliever". The Last line made Anna's eyes widened, learning how Discontentful of Guardian Marcus was, "Miss Lawson if you have nothing else to contribute, please leave, I have tests to run". Anna shook her head, she turned around , taking a few steps, before jetting up and out of The Domain.

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Guardian 4

Meanwhile, Malanot rex's Penthouse, New York

Rex approached a glass table, a flat monitor pad with a blinking red light continuously blinking in the darkness of his penthouse. Rex reached down and activated it, as it was activated, A Visual image of Black Mask came up. Rex straightened up, folding his hands behind his back he looked up at the holographic image. "Mr Sionis, what can I do for you?", Black Mask sat back "I wanted to know the Status on the Hero situation". Rex nodded "to be expected, as it happens, the seeds of their defeat are planted, and Guardian and Dark Knight will be dealt with in time". "Stop speaking in riddles Rex, answer me for christ sakes", Rex sighed, "very well. As of now, Dark Knight and Guardian are strongly opposed to each other, and their ensuing fight to the death will happen. When it does, either Dark Knight and Guardian both die, or dark Knight only does, because that burnout of a vigilante can't possibly survive".

Black Mask nodded, "and what about Guardian?", Rex snickered, "I have something much more.....Cemented in mind". Rex pressed a button on the flat Holographic pad, and behind him it displayed An image still of a large, gray creature, floating in a gray tank. "Let's just say he'll have our insurance policy waiting for him when he returns".

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City Hall, Downtown San Andres

Cellina Mathers walked out of the City Hall, the dark night sky illuminating the feeling she had. Carrying her handbag, she stepped down the stone steps, into the sidewalk leading away from the City hall. The chilly air blew past her as she walked down the side street, she noticed bright lights shining from behind her. Turning her head she saw the Black SUV, with tinted windows slowly following her. 'Crap' she thought as she quickened her pace, as the SUV sped up slightly to maintain speed with her. Cellina turned right, attempting to make it to the bus station not far from where she was, however another Black SUV drove infront of her on a driveway blocking her. Out of the Black SUV behind her, 4 men in concealing clothing climbed out and made their way towards her, Cellina took out a Tazer, firing it and hitting one of the men. 2 of the men quickly grabbed her, Cellina fighting them as they forced her into the SUV, the tazed man tearing out the Tazer bolts and painfully climbing into the SUV, the 2 vehicles pulled away, leaving the scene quiet and abandoned.

A few Hours Later...

Connor Morales entered the top level of the San Andres City Hall, carrying his briefcase as he entered, he turned from the hall to Cellina's office, discretely opening the door. "Hey C, you in?" he peaked through the door, but she was nowhere to be found, Connor raised an eyebrow entering her office. Jonas came in behind Connor, not suprising him as he turned, "Hey Jonas, have you seen Cellina?", Jonas shook his head, "I was actually coming to look for her, she was staying late working on the Malanor Rex corruption case. Connor nodded as Jonas left, Connor walked over to Cellina's desk and sat down, logging into her computer, he remembered her login since she told him, he was the only one she trusted with her log in.

Connor waited until the Microsoft loading logo had disappeared, and his eyes widened as a single Text Document was opened up on the screen.

Connor sat there for a few seconds after reading, he promptly walked calmly to the window, opening it softly. as it was opened, he jetted out quickly, All that was seene was a flash of grey as Guardian switched out of his suit to his Guardian Uniform underneath, all the while speeding towards New York at a top speed. Guardian paid attention, even though his growing rage, and he knew who was waiting, he flew past the American Midwest, almost colliding midair with some flying Heroes, he flew an an incredibly fast but precise speed towards New York.

Guardian stopped midair, as he hovered above the high skyscraper, he looked down at none other than Rex Malanor. Guardian landed hard on the helicpter pad they were above, denting the metal and shaking the level they were on slightly. Guardian stood up and walked towards Rex, "It's over Malanor, give her up", Malanor Snickered "or what?". Guardian walked forward, concealing the bulk of his rage "I'm gonna bring you in without breaking you", but as he placed a hand on Rex' shoulder, Rex held up a small group of photos "Nuh - uh - uh" he dropped them, and Guardian looked down at them to see cellina in the photos, bruised, scratched and in fear. "we wouldn't want to end poor little cellina". Guardian took a knee while looking down at them he then looked up, eyes red with full blooded anger as he stared at Rex. "WHERE IS SHE?!?!".

Rex stepped back, "Woah Woah, easy now, if I dies, Cellina dies, and if you walk away from this, Cellina Dies", Guardian stood up, "what do you mean?". Rex pointed behind Guardian, "Use your Supervision to look Westwards, to Chicago". Guardian waited a moment, then looked backwards s he used his supervision, in Chicago, Dark Knight made a makeshift "Knightsignal" with a Police Spotlight, as he waited in A Large, Advanced set of Power Armor, looking upwards to the sky.. Guardian stared back at Rex, "You want me to fight him? Why?", Rex snickered, "it's all been part of my grand powder keg, Using your differing ideologies against each other, pushing Dark Knight to fight you with your 'Almighty justice', going to his City and threatening him, then using the memories of the detroit incident in where he lost loved ones to force him off the edge". Guardian put it together, then looked sternly down at Rex, "You manipulated us", Rex clapped "Oh look who finally gets it. Now, if you want to save your beloved cellina, bring me The head of Dark Knight". Guardian looked down, shaking his head, he turned and jetted off for Chicago, Rex smiling, he looked towards the erection where Guardian flew off to.

"fight Night, the Greatest Gladiator duel of The Year, Day vs Night, Gold vs Black, Knight vs Guardian", Rex turned and walked back to the roof entrance, just as Guardian neared Dark Knight in Chicago.

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Guardian/Dark Knight 4
"Day vs Knight"

Guardian jetted top speeds towards Chicago, he was caught under Malanor's thumb, Knowing he wouldn't be able to get out he'd need Dark Knight's help. Guardian flew over to where the floodlight was shining upwards, whatever metal was over the Light it created a Shield Symbol, Guardian used his Supervision to see Dark Knight standing there, in his Power Suit, ready to fight. Guardian stopped midair, looking down at Dark Knight, he didn't need his Supervision to see Dark Knight, he dropped down to the ground below the old Precinct that Dark Knight's light was on. Dark Knight dropped down, stepping off the roof he dropped down onto the ground, the suit protecting him, but cracking the ground he landed on immensely. Dark Knight turned the corner behind the dumpster, walking into plain view of the open Lot, Guardian stood up and walked towards him.

Dark Knight smirked underneath his helmet, "Well.." Dark Knight placed his two hands outwards to his sides, "Here I Am"

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"Marcus, I was Wrong, I need your help" Guardian said walking forward, as Dark Knight stepped backwards away from him, "it's Malanor, he-" Guardian then stepped onto a pressure plate in the empty loy. Out of the ground, 2 Hypersonic emitters sprang up, taking aim at Guardian they let loose a huge amount of powerful hypersonic blasts, dropping him to the ground. Guardian gritted his teeth, he was caught offguard when he saw blood coming from his nostril. Guardian reached down, grabbing hold of some of the asphalt, he reipped two chunks, throwing them at both emitters destroying them. Dark Knight stared Guardian down as he stood up, wiping the blood from his nose he continued walking towards Dark Knight, "Dark Knight that's enough", Dark Knight shook his head "This is just the beginning", Dark Knight walked towards Guardian, meeting him face to face. "Fighting is useless Knight", "Fighting for the thousands who perished in Detroit isn't, Fighting for those who've lost their lives and have lived onder your Godlike rule Isn't" Dark Knight leaned forward at Guardian, only to have Guardian lightly push Dark Knight, sending him flying back and landing on his back with a [CLANG].

"You need to listen to me", Dark Knight sat up "No" he said coldly, pressing a button on his belt, causing 5 High Powered defense turrets to appear out of the ground. The Turrets started to fire at Guardian, showering him in a high amount of bullets, shells, and other munitions, Guardian shielding himself until he realized they'd have no effect. Grabbed a nearby metal pole, he threw it destroying one of the turrets, Guardian then precisely waited and grabbed 2 munitions shells, he threw them back at the Turrets destroying them. Dark Knight stood up, breathing deeply from the toss he looked back to see all of the turrets destroyed, Dark Knight braced as Guardian came walking through the fire of the destroyed equipment, Guardian flew into Dark Knight, flying through the wall of the abandoned precinct, and through the floors, smashing upwards until they broke through the roof. Guardian threw Dark Knight, colliding with the makeshift Knightsymbol, Dark Knight's heavy suit broke it, Dark Knight rolled a few times before smashing into the edge of the roof, stopping by bracing himself.

Guardian landed 20ft from Dark Knight , Dark Knight began to stand up, the suit dented from the impacts it had taken "Stay Down, If I wanted you dead, you'd be 6ft in the ground by now". Dark Knight shoot his head, 'Arrogant' he muttered, turning to Guardian he produced a Smoke cannister, pulling the pin, and tossing it to the ground, it created an enormous amount of smoke between them. "A Smoke Grenade? Really?" Guardian said trying to use his Supervision, it had no effect, as the smoke strangely blocked his Supervision, "the hell.." Guardian muttered, jetting forward into the smoke at Dark Knight. Guardian was surprised when Dark Knight was nowhere to be seen, he looked around, then noticing him in the corner of his eye as the smoke dissipated, Guardian turned halfway to see Dark Knight, aiming a Military Grade Grenade Launcher at him. As Dark Knight fired a round at Guardian, Guardian caught it, raising an eyebrow "really-". Guardian was cut off when the Canister exploded, releasing a high amount of some strange gas/smoke, and releasing Filaments, all of which Guardian inhaled, causing him to wheeze and call to one knee.

Dark Knight too a few steps, staying at a certain radius from Guardian, but walking around him a few steps, "Breath it in, That's fear, that's What Brave people like us feel everyday. Our Mortality". Guardian stood up angrily, "And you're saying *cough* I'm not BRAVE?! I'VE SAVED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE" Guardian charged Forward at Dark Knight, "You're not Brave....", as Guardian threw a swing at Dark Knight, he blocked it, Guardian gave a dumbfounded, and worried look, "Men are Brave". Guardian looked at Dark Knight's block, then stared at him, as Dark Knight wound back and punched Guardian square in the face. It hurt, something that Guardian doesn't usually say, Guardian was staggered back, as Dark Knight charged forward, punching Guardian Again, Guardian threw a punch, which simply slammed against Dark Knight's chest piece, hardly moving him. Dark Knight kneed Guardian in the chin, then wound up his foot and Kicked Guardian, causing Guardian to fall back onto a window arch partly breaking through. Guardian gasped, whatever was in that Grenade Canister round was hell on his system, Dark Knight walked towards him, "You lord over us like you're some God, You never had the chance to learn what Mortality, or life is", Dark Knight stopped dead in his tracks. "And I think it's time you learned what it means to be a man", Dark Knight jumped, the heavy Power suit slammed down onto Guardian, smashing him through the window, and through a floor of the precinct.

Dark Knight stepped off of Guardian, he grabbed him by the front of his uniform and the back of his head, and slammed his head into the wall. Guardian fought back, pushing Dark Knight as he attack, Dark Knight pushed Guardian against the wall, his back smashing halfway through it, and with his other hand Dark Knight began to lay down a series of punches. Guardian took each punch, a thud after each one, however Guardian started to simply stare at Dark Knight, and Dark Knight stopped, once his hand simply just hit Guardian's chin without phasing him. Dark Knight took a few steps back, bracing himself as Guardian hovered up, and flew down at him, smashing them through the floor, and through a wall, Guardian landing on one side, and Dark Knight landing on the other. Dark Knight took a few breaths, before standing up, seeing he was in a bathroom, he turned, seeing Guardian through the large hole in the wall. Dark Knight charged at Guardian, and Guardian returned the favor charging at Dark Knight. Guardian threw a punch at Dark Knight, Dark Knight caught it, then using his free hand to smash Guardian through a bathroom stall divider, Dark Knight took Guardian's head with both his hands, and smashed it halfway through a toilet seat, then used his right Power Suit boot to smash Guardian through the toilet. Guardian took a knee, he punched Dark Knight square in the Power Suit's chest piece, throwing him back, through the now fairly broken wall dividing the mens and womens rooms, Dark Knight slammed against the far wall.

Guardian staggered as he stood up, Dark Knight quickly taking out his Grenade Launcher, and hastely loading a Grenade Round, Guardian saw and charged at Guardian, "RAAAAAAH" Guardian yelled as he jumped and lunged at Dark Knight. Dark Knight loaded the Grenade Launcher and fired a round at Guardian at close range, hitting him and detonating, Guardian smashed into Dark Knight, pushing both of them through the wall. Guardian slid, finally stopping, laying on his stomach, coughing as this time he took the full dosage of whatever was in that Grenade Round. Dark Knight stood up, seeing Guardian was feeling the full effects of the Dylithium mix, he grabbed a hard Porcelain sink and ripped it off the wall. Dark Knight walked over to where Guardian was, trying to stand on his hands and knees, Dark Knight smashed the Porcelain sink down on him, causing him to fall flat on his stomach with a painful grunt. Dark Knight looked down at Guardian, grabbing him by the back of his uniform he dragged Guardian on his back through the nearby door, out of the hall, to a circular area, Dark Knight looked down, as the now broken Bannister showed a long drop. Dark Knight grabbed Dark Knight and heaved him off of the Bannister, causing Guardian to fall down. Guardian hit 2 Chandeliers while falling, causing him to hit the ground, falling on his back, with the broken remains of the chandeliers falling around him. Dark Knight shot his grappel, catching the main part of the ceiling fixture above him, he lowered himself down, landing 7ft from Guardian.

Guardian coughed up blood, laying on his back, on the broken remains of what was the police Precinct pillar, Dark Knight shook his head looking at him. Dark Knight walked over to where a large metal pole stuck out of the ground, grasping it with hsi right Power Gauntlet, Dark Knight ripped it out of the ground, revealing it was actually a spear with a Radioactively charged Electrical Platinum Shard. Guardian attempted to stand up, but was pushed back down when Dark Knight pressed his left power boot on his neck, as Dark Knight took aim with the spear at Guardian, Guardian managed to tighten his Larynx and yell "Knight, Marcus, Save Cellina". Dark Knight paused, his once angry face visible through the half broken Helmet now confused. "what?", "Save.....Cellina", "What does that Mean, Who's Cellina?", Dark Knight eased up the pressure of his left foot on Guardian's neck, Guardian gasped for a second before saying "Malanor...Rex, He kidnapped her, tried to have me kill you to save her, he wanted us to fight for the death". Dark Knight's face, through the now broken and damaged helmet of his Power Suit, was visibly shocked, "No...", Dark Knight stepped off of Guardian, Dark Knight processed this information turning away, his face grew angry as he yelled out, throwing the spear, it's hard spearhead smashed through a wall, sticking outwards.

[Confederation of imperial states]

Black Hand - Anarcho - Sony

Black Hand's Bunker

Black Hand rubbed his forehead through his mask as he looked down at the war table, placing his two hands on the edge. Many of the Iron Mountain Targets previously listed on it were crossed out with red X's, many of the drug routes in The projects, downtown, and all around the city had been cut, around with many of their Security Firms had been trashed from their constant raids. Black Hand shook his raids, "We're not Doing enough" he said standing up, Anarcho came walking in around the corner, holding a bag of Burger King in his hand. "Not doing enough? Dude have you SEEN the carnage we've given to them!" Anarcho gestured to the table with his free hand, Black Hand stared up at him, "There criminal empire is still standing. We've gotta go Big", "Wait, Does that mean We're finally gonna?-", Black Hand nodded. Anarcho quickly tossed the bag of burger king in a nearby trash bag, running the opposite direction of the table, he stopped at a metal railing, looking down into a large open area of the bunker. "SONY, Tub a Wub, We're gonna smash Titan's Skyscraper. Get Ready!".

A few hours of prep time later...

Black Hand loaded his pistol with an extended magazine of ammunition, placing it in it's holder, he instead started to load his Crossbow with readied bolts. Anarcho was preparing his ungodly amount of weaponry, His Samurai sword he'd confiscated earlier was sharpened and readied, along with his Axes, his Sub Machine Guns, Light Machine Gun, and more. Sony didn't actually have anything to prepare, seeing as his gigantic amount of strength was their edge against the Iron Mountain Forces, he sat on the couch, the middle dipping severely as he waited politely for Anarcho and Black Hand to finish. "Alright, here's the Plan" Black Hand said once they were done, walking over to a large blueprint of the skyscraper on the wall, "Titan's Skyscraper might seem like the Economic peaceful structure the city knows it as, but in reality it's a Paramilitary fortress inside". Black Hand pointed to a Red Line, leading into and up the building, "We'll be heading in through the main entrance, smashing our way in We'll carve through the iron Mountain Private Army they'll have waiting for us. We'll head to the back loading dock, where we'll take the service elevator up around halfway, it's max length. From there we'll fight our way up through the staircases, making our way to Brandon Titan's Office. Once there We'll try to take Titan in, knowing his ego he won't go down without a fight, so we'll be forced to take him down". Black Hand turned to Anarcho and Sony, "Any Questions?", Sony and Anarcho looked at each other, "So, like, After we're done. Do we get to keep the Skyscraper or what?". Black Hand shrugged, "I Don't see why not", "Alright", Anarcho took out his SMGs, swinging them on their fingers once, "Let's do this".

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Armored Truck, infront of Iron Mountain Skyscraper

Black Hand peered at the Iron Mountain lobby with his binoculars, the left side of the truck facing the building caused Anarcho to peer under Black Hand's arms, and for Sony to peek through the ports in the Van. "Blackey Boy, what've they got?" Anarcho asked, trying to peer under Black Hand's arms, "You have eyes", "Yeah, that're blocked by your arms holding Binoculars, now Tell". Black Hand slightly shook his head, "They've got the Lobby Locked down, Paramilitary soldiers armed with full combat suits and an allotment of weapons". Anarcho loaded his Light Machine Gun with armored piercing rounds, Black Hand placed the Binoculars into his glove compartment, "I've got a better plan, Sony, Anarcho, get out". Anarcho and Sony promptly hopped out of the Armored Truck, Black Hand turned the Truck, the front pointing straight at the lobby, he grabbed a cinder block from the back and dropped it on the pedal. the Truck went speeding off, smashing through the front of the Lobby, Black Hand pulled out his pistol "Move in, Now!" he yelled as Sony and Anarcho followed him through the smashed open lobby doors.

Entering, Black hand promptly shot a Security Personal who attempted to grab his rifle while he was down, shooting him straight through the head. Anarcho took out his Dual SMGs and began to fire at a group of surviving guards, flipping sideways over a toppled column, he ran forward, sliding and continuing to fire at the guards killing the rest. A Guard attempted to throw a Frag grenade at the group, Black Hand Caught it, tossing it up Sony simple ate it. There was a small 'Boom', and Sony cracked his head, showing he was unphased and unhurt. Black Hand shot the Guard straight in the head, just as Anarcho reconvened together with them, "Where to now?", Black Hand looked around, seeing a closed, gated off hallway to the right of the Accountant's desk, "There, that's the way to the shipping area. Sony smash it". Sony charged forward, smashing through the gate, Black Hand and Anarcho following him, as they entered into the truck area, 3 Guards took aim, but were punted by Song with a simply swipe of his arm.

Black Hand looked left to the large Maintenance Elevator, "There let's get going" he said darting towards it with Anarcho and Sony following behind. Just as they neared it, The door lifted up, revealing a brutish armored Iron Mounatin Security Personal, carrying a Minigun, "MINIGUN" Black hand yelled rolling off the platform to cover, the barrel rotated and Anarcho took cover behind Sony. Sony used one of his hands to easily shield Anarcho from the bullets. Sony charged forward, though the constant stream of bullets was slowing him, Black Hand snuck behind the Iron Mountain merc, firing a few bullets. The Merc turned around and fired his Minigun at Black Hand, who took cover behind a Stone pillar. As the Merc firing his Minigun, he looked up as a Shadow formed around him, to just shortly see Sony holding a shipping container above him, before Sony smashed it down ontop of him. Black Hand quickly came from behind the Pillar as Sony and Anarcho climbed over the container, "Nice work" he said entering the elevator. Anarcho and Sony climbed into the Elevator, Black hand pressed the button to go the max height, about halfway up the Skyscraper, as it climbed, Incredibly cheesy Elevator music played.

Near to the halfway point for the building, the Elevator stopped at a floor, shutting down and stopping, "What the hell happened?". ["High boys, yeah, as much as I'd LOVE for you to come up here and have a chat with me, I'm gonna have to pass. Now, play nice with the attack choppers!"] Brandon Titan spoke on the Elevator's speaker before cutting out, "I really f*ckin hate that guy". Sony forced open the Elevator doors, to a fairly clean and well kept casual area outside the elevator, the large, clear windows visible ahead. Black Hand placed his Pistol away and took out a Crossbow, loading an Explosive bolt, as he did, he heard the sound of Chopper engines from outside. "Choppers, Get down!" Black Hand said diving to the left along with Sony, as Anarcho dived to the right behind a wall outcropping, as 2 Attack choppers took aim and fired into the building at them. The Attack Choppers let loose with Gatteling Gun fire, cutting through the glass and churning up the nice lounge area. From behind Anarcho, 7 Armed guards appeared and began to fire at them, Anarcho returned fire with his Light Machine gun. Black Hand looked around, seeing behind him there was a large metal Gerdur, Black Hand looked over to Sony, "Big guy, I'm gonna shoot one of the Gunships with an Explosive bolt, while it's recovering, grab that Gerdur and lug it at them".

Sony nodded as he picked it up, readying it over his shoulder, Black Hand took aim and fired an Explosive bolt at one of the gunships catching it off guard and stopping it's bullet fire. Sony then javelin tossed the gerdur, it stabbed straight into the heart of the chopper causing it to spin out ["Mayday! Mayday!"] the Chopper pilot yelled as it collided with the second Chopper, causing a huge explosion which threw the remaining guards attacking Anarcho off their feet. After Anarcho finished riddling the Guards, he loaded his LMG, Black Hand and Sony quickly ran past him towards another Elevator, "Aw Come On! Wait for me!" Anarcho yelled attempting to catch up. Climbing in the Normal Elevator (with Sony being forced into the back of the Elevator), the trio took a needed break, reloading their weapons, stretching, and all around waiting while the Elevator climbed to the top. "Gotta say", Anarcho said looking at Black hand "This has been some fun crap", Black Hand nodded, "Sony wanna have vacation after this". As the Elevator reached the top level, ANarcho eylled as he charged out, aiming his Dual SMGs, Black Hand took out his Handgun and Crowbar, and Sony smashed out of the Elevator, the shocked Secretary sitting at her desk just outside of Brandon's office.

Black hand stopped at the desk, "We need to see Titan", The Secretary, with wide eyes, simply pressed the button unlocking the doors, "Thank you". Sony smashed through the large double doors, with Black hand to his left and Anarcho to his right, they entered the office, to see Titan at his desk and Tyrannt at his side, aiming a high powered assault rifle. "well, I've got to say, you boy shave been persistent" Brandon said smugly. Black Hand aimed his pistol at brandon, "Brandon Titan, you're under Arrest for Murder, Theft, Fraud, Criminal trafficking, Criminal Conspiracy, the list goes on". Brandon snickered, "as much as I'd love to go to jail boys, I can't let you do that, but these lovely gentlemen would love to". brandon pushed a button on his desk, 4 panels from the ceiling infront of him opened up, and 18 of the same Futuristic Samurais dropped down and readied their weapons. "Samurais Again!", [Huh, didn't expect to see them again], [TIME TO KILL], Black Hand paused to a moment, "Sony". Sony looked at Black Hand, "Smash", Sony roared, and charged at the Samurai, Anarcho dived behind a couch, firing at them, and Black hand began to fire at the Samurais. The Samurais began to slice and attack Sony, though they climbed all over him, Sony was able to smashed them all over, making a mess of Brandon's office.

Anarcho began to jump all over Sony as well, fighting the Samurais simultaneously, along with firing around senselessly. In the middle of all of this, Black hand pressed the Barrel of his gun against Brandon's head "I guess taking you in won't be an option for right now", before Black hand could fire, Tyrannt grabbed him by his neck, and threw him across the office, smashing him into a cookcase and sending Black hand ducking behind a couch. "You just don't get it, do you?" Tyrannt said firing his rifle at Black Hand, "You stupid, burn out Vigilantes are useless, and it's time you bow to your Tyrannt". Tyrannt grabbed the edge of the couch, with his strength he flipped it over, and aimed his rifle at Black hand, "Say goodnight". Before Tyrannt could kill Black hand, Sony grabbed Tyrannt in his hand "Bad Man!" Tyrannt made eye contact with Sony, "Go to hell you Rejected Science project!" Tyrannt said, hitting Sony's hand with the butt of his rifle. Sony growled, tossing Tyrannt out one of the side windows, sending him flying from Sony's enormous strength. Brandon got up from under his desk, surprised, "that was unexpected. Well then, maybe you boys would be interested in a buisness deal", Black Hand loaded his crossbow, nodding to Anarcho. Anarcho fired at Brandon with one of his SMGs, riddling his stomach with bullets, before Brandon could collapse, Black hand fired an explosive bolt at Brandon, sending him flying out of the window. Brandon screamed as he flew down, he flailed in the air until he stopped......by being punctured through his stomach by his own statue of him, pointing a sword into the air.

Black Hand walked to the edge of the window, Sony sat down on one of the couches, curling up "Sony tired", "Yeah, yeah. Get some sleep tub a wub". Black Hand turned to Anarcho, "What now?", Black hand walked forward to the desk, using his crossbow to knock off Brandon's name plate "Keep what you kill".

[Confederation of imperial states]

Dark Knight 5

Dark Knight shook his head, he clenched his power suit's fist, looking at it, he promptly relieved it.

"Malanor Manipulated us", Dark Knight turned around to face Guardian "He set us up".

Guardian coughed, before regaining his strength and standing up, "And now he's Cellina held hostage somewhere, and if I don't 'bring the head of the Dark Knight', He'll roast her alive". Dark Knight thought about it for a minute, "I'll track down and save Cellina, meanwhile you go back to Rex and Stall Him". Guardian nodded, turning to jet away Dark Knight stopped him, "Guardian", Guardian turned to Dark Knight outstretching his hand, which he returned, "I Promise you, Cellina won't die". Guardian nodded, jetting off, Dark Knight quickly hurried through to one of the exits of the precinct they were at. Guardian jetted upwards out of the building, then flew towards New York at quick speeds, 'I don't know what's stranger, that Me and my former enemy are now teamed up, or that I trust him to save my Friend's life like my brother' He thought whilst flying back to New York. Dark Knight exited the Precinct, quickly looking around, he pressed a button on his gauntlet, "Sanza I need an armor container for the Power Suit, and bring the VTOL", [Already there sir]. Dark Knight's VTOL landed, the back hatch opened up to show a metal cylinder container, Dark Knight quickly grabbed two turning knobs on his belt, turning them the Power Suit's plates quickly started to unlock, allowing Dark Knight to take them off.

A Few Minutes Later...

The VTOL hovered upwards, then flew off into the night sky, ["Sanza I want you to track Malanor Rex's Latest communication calls"], [Of Course Sir, Processing......Latest calls were to: Lexcorp National Bank Depositories, Enoch Therapy New York subsidiary, and to an Unmarked Warehouse in the Chicago Ghetto]. Dark Knight locked onto the last one, the unmarked warehouse, on the edge of downtown chicago, 'The wharfs, if I had a nickel for every time someone kept hostages here' Dark Knight thought as he jetted off towards the warehouse, 'I'd be richer than Bruce Wayne'. Dark Knight arrived at the Warehouse, outside there were an array of different vehicles, surrounded by a large amount of Thugs, 2 of them noticed Dark Knight's VTOL and mounted on 2 of the turrets on the trucks, firing at the VTOL. [Their rounds aren't thick enough to pierce the VTOL's Armor], Dark Knight handed over control remotely to Sanza, "Take control and drop me off, then take care of them", [Yes sir]. The Pilot's hatch for The VTOL opened up as Dark Knght climbed out, in his regular Armor, The VTOL scanned the warehouse and hovered torwards it [30 Hostiles on the 4th floor along with Cellina Mathers in a side room, dropping you off below them]. Dark Knight jogged and jumped off the edge of the VTOL, smashing through the windows into the 3rd floor.

The VTOL then turned, the 2 Twin Gatteling Guns unlocked and took aim at the men, [Hard Riot Suppressors Engaged] The Gatteling Guns started to lay down suppression fire on the horde of men, sending many of them ducking for cover.

Cellina Mathers regained consciousness as she picked up her head, she was tied to a wooden chair, she looked around, to see 1 man holding a large Machine Gun, and another man infront of her holding a flame thrower. The Flame Thrower user walked twoards her, stopping infront of her, "well, well, well, You better hope Guardian killed Dark Knight, or we're gonna roast you alive". Cellina scowled at him, "Guardian is going to come here, and then you'll all be dead". The man chuckled, "Sadly, we just got a report of Guardian leaving an abandoned precinct after some sh*t went down there, you better pray missy". The man was interrupted by the sound of glass being broken on the floor below them, and then the sound of Miniguns firing and many of the men screaming in terror. The man turned to the Machine gunner, "the fuck was that?", "Guardian?' he asked nervously as he locked the door and pressed a door against the handles. Cellina smiled, "Guardian doesn't need guns, and you're in Chicago". The Man quickly let his flame thrower nozel rest hanging from it's strap, using his Radio to contact the men in the room next to him. ["Boys, we got company, Secure the entrance and prepare to fire"], the 30 men in the room all took aim at the door, spread out and taking positions both standing, kneeling, and otherwise, they had their safety off and prepared to fire on the door.

The Air was quiet, then, the floor in the middle of the group of men shattered and collapsed, causing many of the man near the center to fall, and a few to fall through a large hole. Dark Knight grappeled upwards, quickly making his way to the ceiling supports through the darkness, 5 of the men took aim and fired into the hole, Dark Knight loaded and shot 3 Knightdarts, each hitting a rifle, causing it to explode and shatter, injuring the users. Dark Knight then dropped down onto the other 2 men firing, , smashign their heads into the hardwood of the floor. 3 men charged Dark Knight, Dark Knight caught one man's punch, grabbing his arm with his other hand, and breaking his elbow. Dark Knight threw the man into another knocking them both down, Dark Knght then countered one man who charged at him, grabbing his arm with both hands and throwing him over his shoulder, the man was sent flying, crashing into a pile of construction materials. Another guy with a lead pipe attempted to swing at Dark Knight, Dark Knight grabbed the pipe end with one hand, and broke his grip with the other, Dark Knight kneed the man, then used the pipe to slam down onto him knocking him out.

"GRENADE!" one man near the entrance on the other side of the room yelled, producing a grenade and pulling the pin, Dark Knight shot a Knightdart hitting the grenade out of his hand, then threw the pipe tripping the man's legs. The Man's wyes widened as he attempted to reach for the Grenade, but it went off, just as Dark Knight Back hand fisted one man across the jaw, Dark Knight then caught a man's swing with his left hand, then used his right hand to lift him up, then slam him into the ground. Dark Knight shot his grappel gun at a man, using the return he pulled the man over to him, Dark Knight used his right man to trip the man causing him to fall back. Dark Knight then stomped down onto he man's head, knocking him out cold. Dark Knight watched as 2 thugs attempted to dig through one of the metal crates listen "Assault weaponry" as two others took out knives, Dark Knight then ran towards them, jumping over a crate, Dark Knight grabbed one man who was standing nearby by the throat, and slammed his head down onto a crate. Dark Knight rolled one he landed, tripping one of the men by the assault crate, Dark Knight then rgabbed the other man by the leg, and threw him over his shoulder, slamming him onto the ground, and twisting his knee, breaking it with both hands.

Dark Knight watched as the two Knife weilding men, along with 2 others rushed him, Dark Knight quickly kneed one, the used his gauntlets to counter the two knife swings, Dark Knight then broke the blades of the knives with his hooks on his gauntlets, then punched them both across the jaw. Dark Knight stomped his right foot down on one man's leg, shattering it sideways, then grabbed his head and slammed his halfway through the plaster of the wall nearby. Dark Knight then kicked the other man away. as The man charged at Dark Knight, he punched downwards, causing the man's head to slam into the floor.

Cellina, The man with the flame thrower, and the machine gunner listened as the sounds of 30 men being beat down was heard. The Machine Gunner continued to aim through the door, his eyes set and his face stern, His demeanor dropped, when all of a sudden, it went silent. The Flame Thrower man grabbed the nozzel of his flame thrower and pulled his mask over his bearded face, walking behind Cellina. "What the hell?-" the Machine gunner muttered, but was cut off, when Dark Knight smashed through the wall behind him, grabbing him. Dark Knight and the man struggled, but Dark Knight was able to get hold of the machine gun while still in the man's hands, Dark Knight wresteled and finally was able to take aim at the other man, who had his Flame Thrower aimed close at Cellina. "I'll Do it" he said, his teeth gritted, Dark Knight continue to aim the Machine Gun towards the man, "DON'T MAKE ME, I'LL FRY HER A**!" he yelled, Dark Knight meet the man's gaze, "I have no doubt". Dark Knight pulled the trigger, firing a bullet at one of the man's cannisters, causing it to spark and Start to leak. As the Man panicked, Dark Knight slammed the machine gunner's head on the wall knocking him out, before diving, grabbing Cellina and pulling his cape over her.

The Man aimed his flamethrower at Dark Knight, pulling the trigger, it didn't fire, only caused it to explode, incinerating the man and causing him to erupt into a fireball. There was a pause, the room was half charred, Dark Knight dropped his cape, the outer half steaming, however not burnt from the fireball. Dark Knight tooka knee, bracing Cellina with his standing leg, he looked down "Don't worry" he said, using his free hand to straighten out his voice modulator, "I'm a friend of your Boyfriend". Cellina smirked sitting up straight, "I could tell" she gestured at Dark Knight's chest, "from your outfit".

[Confederation of imperial states]

Guardian 5
Godkiller

Star Labs Skyscraper, New York
3:22am

Malanor Rex stood on the edge of the Helicopter pad, he gazed down at his watch, then noticed a drop of rain coming from the night sky. Malanor looked up and straightened himself out, as he heard the familiar soft sound as Guardian landed on the helicopter pad. Rex sighed and shook his head, "Well it's time, and you do not have the head of the Knight, tsk tsk". Rex grabbed a Radio out of his pocket, turning it on, "And I also see you didn't decide to take them out, seeing as I still have a Signal", Guardian's eyes slightly widened, seeing the radio for Rex' henchmen was still connected. "Marco, burn Cellina, time to break the Guardian", after a few seconds, a different voice came through the radio, ["I'd rather do the Breaking in person"] Dark Knight said, to Rex' surprise and sigh, "well I wanted to do this without Carnage" Guardian walked towards Rex, Rex walked backwards, pressing a button on his watch, "Activate Guardiankiller, Activate Guardiankiller" He yelled Guardian stopped as he heard a large rumble come from within the building.

Rex Snickered as he turned halfway, gesturing to an empty spot on the roof, "Please welcome the trumpcard", As he said that The Large gray creature smashed through the roof, landing infront of the hole he created. Rex snickered, "Tecton please get rid of this loose end", The monster then powered up his eyes Guardian braced himself as Tecton blasted him with a large energy blast, knocking him off the building, smashing him through 2 billboards, a water tower, and finally coming to rest while smashing into an air conditioner, about 5 blocks away. Tecton turned his head towards Rex, "Be a dear, and Kill him", Tecton nodded, jumping up and after Guardian. Tecton landed on one rooftop, then jumping and landing on the same one as Guardian, Guardian pulled himself out, just as Tecton threw a punch. Guardian caught the massive punch throwing it off, he hovered up and punched Tecton straight in the face with a series of punches, Tecton then grabbed Guardian and slammed him down on the floor, then stomped down on him with his right foot, rumbling the entire building.

Guardian grabbed Tecton's foot, throwing it off he caused Tecton to stumble forward, where Guardian hit Tecton with a superpunch throwing him off. Guyardian flew up after Tecton, grabbing him from behind in a full nelson, he attempted to fly high into the atmosphere, That was until Tecton elbowed Guardian high in the stomach, Tecton then punched Guardian hard, sending him crashing back down, into a wharf far on the outside of New York City. Guardian smashed through the roof of a warehouse, slamming down hard on the flat concrete floor, cracking it severely, Guardian didn't have a chance to recover as tecton slammed down ontop of him, the shockwave breaking the windows, churning and breaking the concrete base, and throwing many crates and equipment back. Guardian coughed as Tecton grabbed him by the neck, Tecton reeled up a punch, hitting Guardian directly in the face, the force of it throwing him through the warehouse wall, Guardian flew, hitting the back of a parked semi, bouncing a few times off the roof of a building, and finally coming to rest in a parking lot.

Tecton exited through the smashed wall of the Warehouse, beginning to once again go after Guardian, he was stopped, when a hail of high caliber bullets hit him. Tecton raised an arm to block, then lowered it as they hardly did anything, seeing Dark Knight's VTOL firing both his Gatteling Guns at him. [Gatteling Gun rounds are doing nothing sir]. "It's not meant to hurt him, we've got to get this thing far from the City" Dark Knight said, switching to a small rock on rocket quick locked onto Tecton, firing. Tecton waited as the rocket neared him, just as it was about to hit his head, he caught it, containing the blast within his closed hand. "Status on Munition Rocket?", [The monster....Seems to have caught it], "Ah hell" Dark Knight muttered as tecton continued on his advance towards Guardian, who was currently unconscious and injured, sitting inside a closed Seven Eleven. Dark Knight banked and turned around, flying towards Tecton, he armed his gatteling guns and fired directly at him, Tecton became infuriated as Dark Knight flew past, Tecton charged up another large energy blast.

[Sir, High amount of Energy being charged from the creature], Dark Knight watched as he started to circle Tecton, Tecton fired a massive Energy blast at the VTOL. Dark Knight Gritted hios teeth as he tried to desperately keep the VTOL from being hit. Once the Energy Blast stopped, Dark Knight flew off, and as he suspected, his ploy worked as Tecton roared (though having no mouth), and jumped after him. Dark Knight armed the Gatteling guns and aimed them backwards at Tecton, firing them. Tecton landed, charging up another energy blast, the beam of energy hit Dark Knight's VTOL, striking the right side thrusters. "DammIt" Dark Knight muttered as he gritted his teeth, tryign to keep the VTOL up in the air, to no avail, as he crashed down, mowing through 7 Semi Truck ends before it slide around and came to a stop. Dark Knight quickly pressed some buttons, though to no avail as the VTOL was not responding, Dark Knight grabbed a latch and pulled it, causing the top of the VTOL's cockpit to eject off. Dark Knight gazed up as tecton crashed through the corner of a building, landing near him, looking infuriated, Tecton paused before he charged up another Energy Blast.

Dark Knight paused as he realized the Dire of the situation, simply saying, "Ah Shit", Tecton fired the Energy Blast at Dark Knight, Dark Knight putting his hands up in some form of protection.

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"Trio"

As Tecton fired a huge blast of Energy at Dark Knight, Dark Knight could only raise his hands as some means of defense as the creature did. The Energy blasted raced towards Dark Knight, but was stopped when someone landed infront of Dark Knight, blocking the huge energy blast and causing it to blast back, Knocking Tecton back a few steps. As the dust cleared, Titan stood there, her right hand smoking from the energy block, Tecton shook his head and roared at Titan, Titan gritted her teeth and she jumped and slammed down onto the ground, causing Tecton to be knocked back. 'Calvary's here' Dark Knight thought as he grabbed the grenade Launcher from earlier and climbed out of the destroyed VTOL, walking over to where Titan was standing. Titan peered over at him and smirked "I see you boys have stopped trying to kill each other" she said as Tecton stood back up, before he could do anything, Guardian slammed into his left side, sending him flying into an empty building, causing the majority of it to collapse on him. "The creature's durability is protecting it, we need a way to bipass", Guardian landed near them, "How do we do that? get some kryptonite and shove it up his a-" "No....We need the spear".

Titan raised an eyebrow, "Spear?", "Guardian, remember that specially made Spear I used to fight you", Guardian thought back and nodded. "You're arguably the fastest out of all of us, I need you to fly as fast as you can, and get it back here", Guardian looked over to the building where Tecton was collapsed under, then looked to Dark Knight and nodded before jetting off. Dark Knight loaded another Dylithium mixture grenade round into the grenade launcher and Titan cracked her knuckles as Tecton smashed his way out, "So, what do we do about big guy over here?". "We need to hold the line until Guardian gets back, aswell as keeping it from Manhattan" Dark Knight said before clicking the Grenade Launcher, loading it, "Simple enough" Titan said as Tecton roared and jumped after them. Titan then jumped after Tecton, slamming into his chest and back down onto the ground, Titan hit Tecton directly in the face with a series of punches, Tecton stunned, was unable to do anything, until used his right hand to knock her down onto the pavement. Tecton slammed down on Titan with both his hands, then stomped down on her, Titan caught Tecton's foot, reeling up and using it to throw him far down the road.

Titan fired her Heat Vision at Tecton, Tecton gazed at her and fired his own Energy blast, both blasts meet each other in the middle, causing a stalemate. Titan struggled as Tecton was using raw, immense power, and the stalemate wasn't helping either, however, Tecton was hit by a Dylithium Grenade Round cutting off his energy blast. Tecton roared in confusion as Titan's Heat Vision hit him, knocking him far down the road, into a large silo, causing it to collapse on him. Titan looked over to the right of where Tecton stood, to see Dark Knight loading another round into the rifle, her gazed over at her and nodded. Titan smiled as she jumped after Tecton, just as she was about to land on the pile of rubble, Tecton blasted out with his Energy blasts hitting Titan midair, Tecton then jumped out of the rubble pile, reeling up a punch, he hit Titan, sending her flying back countless amounts of blocks. Tecton landed, he gaze immediately turned to Dark Knight, who quickly placed his Grenade Launcher on a holder on his back, and grappeled off. Tecton Roared after him, jumping forward he smashed through the corner of a building to see Dark Knight grappeling away, Tecton charged up an energy blast, shooting through several building after Dark Knight, Dark Knight quickly grappeled off again, onto the corner of a tall building.

Tecton powered up another energy Blast, Dark Knight quickly aimed and shot his grappel, Tecton fired the blast, hitting the building just as Dark Knight moved. Dark Knight shot over to an old Fire Escape, hitting the edge of it and tripping, falling and loosing grip of his Grappel gun, Tecton spotted Dark Knight and roared, this time jumping after him. Dark Knight quickly grabbed his Grappel gun, jumping off and firing it, grappeling away just seconds before tecton smashed through the building. Dark Knight impacted the ground unceremoniously, tripping, falling, and rolling, standing up he quickly put his Grappel away and took out his grenade Launcher, and attempted to load another shot. Dark knight was stopped when he he heard the sound of speeding flying, and Guardian who landed hard next to him, "Dark Knight, I've got it" he said handing him the spear, Dark Knight held the launcher in one hand and the spear in the other "So... who wants to do the deed?". Dark Knight looked at the weapon, "I'll do it", Guardian raised his eyebrow at him, "I'm the one who started this mess, I'll end it".

Guardian nodded as Tecton landed infront of them, Dark Knight and Guardian both took stance, "I'll get him down, you finish?", "Sounds like a sound plan". Tecton roared, just as Guardian flew into him, smashing him into a car repair shop behind him. Guardian grabbed Tecton's head, using it he flipped him over him onto his back, then slammed down onto his head with both hands. Tecton grabbed Guardian, but before he could do anything, Titan jumped over, grabbing the hand he used to grab Guardian and pulled it back, Guardian then got Tecton in a head and arm lock. "Knight, DO IT" he yelled to Dark Knight, who quickly ran stabbed Tecton directly in the chest with it, lodging it and causing Tecton to roar in pain. Tecton didn't die however, as he gazed at Dark Knight and fired a blast of his energy, knocking Dark Knight back, his armor smoldering. "MARCUS!" Titan yelled as tecton broke her grip, then backhanding her knocking her out of the store and far away. Guardian knew what he had to do, he quickly grabbed Tecton by the spear in his chest, and used all of his might to fly up with him into the air, Tecton continuously tried to hit, beat, blast, and all around pummel Guardian out of flying him higher and higher.

Guardian stopped when they were both high in the atmosphere, Guardian grabbed the spear, and blasted back down, pressing it harder and harder into Tecton. Guardian thought back to the things he needed to protect from this, New York, his friends, millions of people, possibly the entire country from this monster. Tecton continuously attempted to beat on Guardian, he finally broke through as he grabbed one of Guardian's shoulders, and cracked it from Guardian's weakened endurance and his raw strength. Guardian and Tecton both slammed into an abandoned lot, the impact knocking many of the empty buildings and rubble back. Tecton roared as the impact caused the spear to jut through him, hitting his spine and causing a reaction to the Dylithium mixed spear, and his own body. Guardian rolled off of Tecton, weakened and beaten after the battle, he struggled to sit up, as he noticed Tecton was about to explode from the sheer reaction, Tecton's body grew brighter and brighter, his veins lighting up and visible with a green silver tint. Guardian slumped back down, he didn't know if he'd survive this, but if it meant this uncontrollable monster was ended, he'd be fine. Tecton's body began to emit a field of energy as it started to break down, just as Guardian was about to be enveloped, Dark Knight landed next to him, grabbing Guardian and slinging his arm over his shoulder, Dark Knight grappeled off, just as Tecton exploded. Guardian and Dark Knight were both thrown off midair, landing on the roof of an apartment store.

Tecton's body destroyed the lot, aswell as a few of the buildings around it, collateral damage had been limited to about an 6 block radius. Dark Knight managed to stand up, he grabbed Guardian and sat him u against a wall around the roof's edge, slumping down and sitting next to him. Guardian coughed as he regained focus, he saw he wasn't, well, dead, and that Dark Knight sat next to him. "Why'd you save me?", "Couldn't have your blood on my hands because of this mess", they both looked up as Titan landed infront of them, glad to see that both Dark Knight and Guardian didn't perish because of the monster. "So, what have we learned today?", Guardian raised an eyebrow and looked at Dark Knight, who managed to stand up and leaned against the wall, "I'll answer, that acting like a bunch of idiots and fighting each other is gonna get yourself killed".

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Last night, just outside of New York City, a large monster created by Malanor Rex, a former philanthropist was defeated after it went on a rampage of destruction and terror. However through this terrifying experience, the creature was stopped when Guardian, an Hero from the city of San Andres stopped the creature. The Hero was also aided by Titan, another hero from California, and what many believe to be the Mysterious Vigilante 'Dark Knight'. The Damage of the fight was limited to a 6 block radius, and no civilians were harmed. Malanor Rex was charged and arrested later that night, and many wonder what's next after this event, more at 9.

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Guardian 6

Connor Morales' Apartment, downtown San Andres

Connor Morales quickly entered his apartment, flicking on the lights he placed his briefcase down and took off his coat. "Long day" he muttered stretching as he walked into his surprisingly small apartment loft. Connor walked over to the kitchen, preparing the coffee maker, he heard the doorbell ring, quickly finishing and walking over. Connor used his Supervision to see it was Cellina outside, he unlocked the door and smiled "Hello Cellina", Cellina walked in, turning to Connor as he closed and locked the door. "What bring you here so late?", "Cellina was fidgeting with the corner of her coat sleeve, "wanted to check up on you, and talk about what recently happened". Connor immediately understood, he gestured to the couch, Cellina walking over and sitting down while Connor went back to the kitchen.

"Glad to see you're holding up well", Cellina took off your coat "Glad to see you're not dead", connor snickered "Can't be killed that easily". Cellina took out her Ipad and started to google the news "What happened after You left last night, the office I mean". Connor fixed his coffee "I came back to the Office, where Rex had left a message telling me to meet him in New York, and I flew over as fast as I could". Cellina continued listening "he told me there that he had you as a hostage, and If I didn't go to Chicago and Kill Dark Knight, He'd roast you Alive". Cellina was shocked, she knew the situation was in, but didn't know the terms Rex gave him, "And what did you do?",

"Rex told me how he manipulated Dark Knight's hatred of me, and Mine towards him, to finally push him to fight me". "That Bastard" she said looking angrily at his arrest report, "When I arrived at Chicago, Dark Knight was prepared. He had this Robotic suit, and had a trap set up". Cellina didn't respond, simply waited for Connor to continue,
"We started fighting, the guy had a crap ton of Sonic Emitters, Gun turrets, and miniguns set up. None of it mattered and I literally flew him into the building up to the roof, throwing him into his makeshift 'Knightsignal' ". Cellina raised an eyebrow "And did he finally listen?", "No, he used some lead lined smoek to get behind me, and shot this weird Grenade round at me, I caught it of course, but it exploded and hit me with something". Cellina gave a shocked look as Connor continued, "What was in that I don't know, but from then on, the fight was on Dark Knight's terms. He was able to throw me, punch me, stomp me, and My power was weakened".

Cellina looked forward, shocked "How did it weaken you?", Connor shrugged "I don't know. He had me right where he wanted, his foot on my neck, with some high powered spear ready to kill me". "Well I see he didn't" she said jokingly, "The thing was, I pleaded with him to save you, since I was obviously ready to bite it", Cellina's joking mannerism dropped. "then something happened, he listen to me, and when I explained it to him. He immediately stopped. And We teamed up to attempt to take Rex down". "Basically, I'd go to face and Stall rex, while he'd go a save you, And In the end we both suceeded, though Rex took out his trump card, which you know about". Cellina nodded, showing Connor a picture of "Tecton". "You defeated him", "Pfft just barely, and even then I was going to die from Tecton's blast radius if Dark Knight hadn't pulled me out of it". Cellina closed up her laptop, "So it seems you were right when you said he was Stirrcrazy and dangerous".

Connor placed his hands on the kitchen counter and shook his head, "All I know is this, If he were the psychotic Vigilante I thought, he wouldn't have hesitated to finish me". Connor turned to make Eye contact with Cellina; "All I know is this, If it hadn't been for Dark Knight, Rex would've killed me". Cellina snickered remembering "I owe Jonas 50 bucks", Connor raised his eyebrow "Why?~", "Well Dark Knight actually exists, though for the past week since that little Battle Royal he's been secluded in mystery once again". As Connor grabbed his coffee and sat down, Cellina recieved a news notification on her phone, taking it out her eyes widened "Woah", Connor raised his eyebrow "what?". "there's some sort of speedster causing trouble in with some Organic Robots in Springfield", Connor shook his head, taking of his normal clothes to reveal his Guardian outfit, stopping at the Loft Balcony door he turned to Cellina. "Stay Safe", "I'll be fine, Speedsters were never any trouble" he said blasting off into the Night sky.

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Humanity was always threatened, mostly by itself. But Maximus knew that there were often deeper causes to the world’s problems, like viruses behind your computer failure. And he was the Anti-Virus software. That is what had brought him to the top of this old stone building on the coldest night of the year. It was so cold, that at any second you thought that Old Winter himself might shiver in it. The roof itself was typical of Manhattan, flat, with vents coming up out of it and a small garden growing. However, he was more interested in the Gargoyles that sat on each corner of the building. He had already knocked the head off of 3 of the 4 statues, with only one left. Raising the hammer over his head, it was no surprise to him when the statue suddenly broke apart in front of him to reveal a living version of itself.

The Gargoyles were more common in ancient times when they could be at peace with humans. They often struck deals with kings to let them live in the castle, in exchange for protection. Renowned warriors, the modern breed has long degenerated from the noble Gargoyles of old. Grotesques, that is what they are now called. Looking at this one, it was clear why. Its face was sunk deep into its head, like a dent into a bucket. Its horns were unsymmetrical and protruded at strange angles. It’s left wing was stunted and twisted while it’s right belonged on a much larger beast. Its claws were covered with dirt and broken in several places. Its skin was scaly and shedding, covered with bumps and warts protruding at odd places. Maximus took a step back and fired his pistol at the creature. It jumped aside and jumped at him. Maximus dropped to the floor. For all of its evolutionary flaws, the beast had retained its ancestors combat strength.

Maximus fought the beast. At first, the fight was taken from range, quick pistol shots, jumps and dodges. It degenerated quickly into a melee. Grotesques had the strength of a human. If this creature was a true Gargoyle, Max would already be dead. Max wrestled with the beast, breaking its good wing. It struggled and clawed. It let out a horrendous scream, like that of a million souls calling for mercy as they were slowly eviscerated. The beast pecked at him several times, but thankfully Max’s Battlesuit stopped most of the blow. He was still going to have to get his ribs fixed up after this, though. Finally, the sun’s first rays poked over the Empire State Building. Putting the Grotesque in an arm lock, Max forced into the light. It began to crumble to dust. Grotesques were unlike their ancestors in that, while able to transform into stone at any time, they had the problem of turning to dust if not stone when the sun rose. And that is what happened to this Grotesque. As the last of the dust blew away from his hands, Max walked back towards the stairwell, as though he had finished a chore he had done a million times before.

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Maximus stood on a quiet beach, watching the Loch. Sometimes, before jobs out here, he liked to see if he could catch a glimpse of the Selkie that inhabited the lake. Normal people called it a monster, but in his time as a member of the Table, Max had found that there was no such thing. There were only harmless beasts and dangerous ones. If any race should be called monsters, it was humans. Max saw the irony in this thought, but there was a difference in his controlling the population of beats that would hurt their species if allowed to act freely, and the needless slaughter of millions of innocent animals, men, and beasts. Man was earth's most monstrous child. Max shook his head as he realized the Selkie wouldn't appear he walked away from the beach, preparing for the work ahead.

The Wolf Moon rose over Scotland, and already Max could feel the ice cold wash over him. He shivered but quickly gained control. The movement would reveal his location, especially with the beast he was hunting. The Blaidd-ddyn was a crafty beast that was not to be taken lightly. It could see even the slightest movement. The hunger that consumed it's every day would take over and it would attack him if it had seen that shiver. The Blaidd was a tragic creature, created through multiple means. The Wolf Moon was featured in almost all of them, whether it involved an extreme show of willpower under its spell, or a blood sacrifice in it's silvery light, the moon controlled the beast. Indeed, it was this trait that had led Arthur himself to call it the "Scottish Werewolf". Max looked down the scope of his rifle, which was loaded with armor-piercing silver bullets. He saw a flash of white up ahead. Knowing he had found his prey, Max moved forward.

The Blaidd was as beautiful as the legends said it was. Its silvery fur reflected the moonlight, completed with the look of something with the strength to rip your skull from your shoulders as easily as taking the cap off of a soda bottle. Its eyes were redder with than the blood that covered its paws. In fact, they were the sort of eyes that animals had that seemed to glow from within. Its fangs and claws were black like Onyx and it walked on its two back paws. Lining up the shot Max took in a deep breath, and fired.

It was a shame that he had to kill these beasts, yet it was preferable than seeing Man eradicate them.

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Maximus walked down the Mexico City street, his silver skull mask covering his face. The Day of the Dead parade flowed in front of him, the celebrants dancing the flamenco. Max always showed up for the festivities, as Day of the Dead always seemed to attract monsters. Suddenly from the hotel, he was standing next to an unearthly scream rattled the people standing next to Max. Max, however, rushed inside the building.

Inside it was smokey and hard to breathe. Men smoked cigars and drank whiskey more gold than the masks they wore. The women next to them wore black feathery outfits with platinum skulls. They danced circles around their masters. Through the lens on his mask, Max could see the horns and hooves that made up the creatures true form. However, Max was not there for these beings. In the next room over, Max found what he had come for in the first place.

On the bed within the room was a man. At first glance, he looked peaceful, as though he was merely sleeping and had forgotten to take off his clothes. His suit jacket was black, with pants the same color. His shirt was a deep red and his mask was white like snow. Then on the second look, the red of his shirt seemed to flow onto his neck and then his mask like he had fire spreading from his heart. Unbuttoning the shirt, Max found the cause. Every bit of flesh was gone from the mans chest. Bleached white bone lay beneath his shirt. Analyzing the facts Max knew there was only one creature that could cause this kind of damage.

The Glas Anda was a rare spirit, only found within this part of the world near the Mexico Rift. They were created when a female suffers an unfortunate death over an item close to them. This item becomes an "Anchor" of sorts to the mortal realm. The Anda himself begins to continue life as though nothing happened until a certain point is reached. At this point, the Anda must seek out and find a mortal specific to them, though sometimes the reasons for which were blurry. The Anda then stole every single piece of physical evidence of the person, except for blood, bone, and clothes. Though Magic was clever ad removed the DNA itself from the remains, so that they could never be identified.

Recognizing the signs of the Anda, Max looked for some kind of magical residue with his mask. His mask suddenly revealed a purplish trail leading out the window of the hotel. Jumping out, he followed the trail until he reached a small inn on the edge of the city. The trail ended there as the Anda appeared to have returned to human form. Walking inside Max was greeted by an elderly Hispanic woman speaking to him in Spanish. He spoke to her the one sentence in Spanish he knew "Yo no hablo español". The women responded in good English "Perhaps this would better suit you, yes?" Max replied in his thick Oxford Accent "Yes, Quite. I was wondering if I could have a room?" The old woman responded "Ah, Yes, Definitely. We have one more available." Max followed her to a small counter and received an old fashioned key from her. He walked into his room and took off his mask.

The Anda was a clever beast and hid well that night. Max put on his mask and walked downstairs searching for any sign of the spirit. After an hour of searching, Max found a small trapdoor beneath the inn's kitchen. Beneath it Max found a small shrine, made of glass hearts surrounding a statue so eroded that Max could not tell what it was supposed to be. Behind him, he heard small steps. The old innkeeper stood behind him. He looked at her for a second before she began talking. "My name was Maya once," She said "But now I have no name. I found that if I told someone my name... They would be the next one I killed. I died nearly 200 years ago and yet I am still cursed to remain here on earth." Max watched as her eyes watered up. Clearing his throat, Max said "I'm sorry you had to deal with this for so long. But You must know why I'm here then?" The women looked up at him and said "Yes, but I am not ready to go just yet. I'm afraid you will have to die now" She began to grow and de-age, her teeth becoming needles, her skin a pasty white. Her face cracked around her eyes, which turned black as well.

Max was prepared however and drew and fired his gun behind him, the silver bullet shattering the clay "Anchor" statue. He watched as Maya disintegrated in front of him. As the dust fell over the floor he heard one last hiss "Thank youuuuuuuuuuu..." Max remembered that however how many humans he saved, He saved other species as well. And however bad Humanity could get, there was good in them as well, Good which didn't deserve this kind of existence. Putting on his mask, He watched the spirit of a young woman watching him from on top of the pile of dust that was once the Alda. She waved at him once, before floating upwards. Max stepped over the pile and walked upstairs.

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The cold north wind howled around the man's face. He pulled up his furs and continued to push forward. The ice was bitter this time of year, and thick enough that even Thor's hammer might be able to lay on top of it and not crack it. Steel was not comfortable in this weather, no matter how many furs you were wearing. His helmet froze to his face and ice coated his beard. Yet the man continued to push forward.

At a certain point on the ice, he felt a slight tremor, then another one, almost as though something was grating along the bottom of the ice. Taking out his blade, the man stabbed downward at the ice and felt his blade stick into something soft. The ice cracked around him as massive black tentacles shot out from the surface, covered with slime. They suckered onto the ice sheet around the man and went taught. The sword was pulled to the hilt in the ice and then was liberated from whatever was holding it. In front of the man, a massive black head emerged from the ice, It sat floating for a bit, then sagged backwards as the rest of the head emerged from the ice, revealing both a beak, and two massive eyes, glowing as though the inside of the creature was filled with gold and the eyes were merely portholes. The man drew his sword from the ice and charged.

Max stood aboard the icebreaker Progress towards the north pole. It was out in these cold reaches that some rarer beasts could still be found. The ice stung on his face while the hounds of Winter bit at his toes. He watched the ice split in front of him as the earth itself seemed to groan. Suddenly, a tentacle shot out from in front of the ship and suckered onto the hull.

The man ran along the ice, slashing at the massive tentacles. Liquid like oil leaked from each slash, before the wounds quickly healed over. The ice itself seemed to be healing the beast. The eyes of lava fired beams of light, melting ice where they hit, and warming the man. Finally getting mad, the man began to hack furiously at one particular tentacle, spilling the black liquid everywhere. The ice itself turned blacker than Jet, and his armor turned from white to black faster than a cotton shirt in tar. Finally, he managed to sever the limb. A shriek louder than a million banshees shattered the glass still air, the ice itself seemed to weep in pain.

Max knew this was his chance to strike at the Kraken. Quickly he activated the arctic dive function on his battle suit. Grabbing the cable next to him, he jumped into the water, jets propelling him downward, following the tentacle. Finally, he hit the beasts head. The Kraken was even bigger than the tales described, with eyes seemingly being made more of ruby than molten gold. The massive orb glowed in front of him. Quickly, Max stuck the cable into the beasts head. Waves of electricity coursed across the creature, stunning it for a time. Taking out a sword, Max cut through the eyeball, jumping through the cut, and finding himself in an elegantly crafted chamber.

The man opened his eyes after the scream. Making sure he still had his sword, he looked at the Kraken. The beast's eyes turned red and glowed at him, like miniature suns on the sunless reaches of the northern reaches of the world. The tentacles nearest to him unsuckered and began to move towards him. The man prepared himself before running at one. Jumping, he stuck his blade into the appendage and used it to provide an extra boost. Now on top of the beasts noodly appendage, the man slid down it, aiming his sword in front of him before throwing it and sliding of the tentacle.

The man watched as his sword flew through the air, hitting the beast in the center of its head glowing, as the beast sank below the now black waters of the arctic.

Max got up inside the chamber and watched as the water drained out of it, as the hole he had made in the eye disappeared. In front of him, there was a very tall creature, with eyes of light and skin of coal. The creature seemed to notice him, simply nodding. It spoke a moment later "It appears you have found my little secret human. Welcome to my home." Max looked around before saying "You live in an octopus?" The being simply laughed "Nay, it is but a golem I constructed long ago, but we needn't talk about that boring subject. We both know why you are here." Max replied "If I had a dollar for everytime someone said that line... Anyways, yes, Dread, I am here to destroy you, even as you are one of the more neutral members of you race" The being laughed in front of him "So sure..." She shook her head before grabbing a mysterious package from behind her. She said simply "If you must kill me I won't stop you, but I do ask that you take this and answer me but one question. Why do you hunt us?" Max grabbed the package and turned to the now open door, leading to the surface. "I don't want to hunt you. But there is only room on Earth for one intelligent species to be dominant, and none of them deserve it. As such I must side with my kind. I must side with the great warmongers and worshippers that make up the Human race. You can learn a lot about a race by their literature... Humanities greatest book is The Art of War. Yet I cannot betray my own species. As much as eradicating humanity would do good for my soul, It would burn it more to kill my kinsman. The ancient rule that all species use when fighting an interspecies war. The worst among your kind is the one who abandons you. Earth is Man's world, and I am its subjugator."

Walking towards an island near him, the man rejoined his expedition party, before placing a pole. On it, he carved his name.

Max found himself on the same island after exiting the Kraken. He found the pole and he found the name. One word. One which meant more to him than anything. Galahad.

[Dandoniapolis]

Firehawk, Central Park, New York City

Firehawk balance on top of the clock at the Central Park Zoo, listening to the animals, watching for any sign of activity. Suddenly below him, a man slipped out of the shadows, right on schedule. Flaring up his wings, Fire dropped down. He looked up at the man and asked "What job do you have for me?" The man simply handed him a paper. Fire watched as shadows seemed to condense around the man. A few moments later and he was gone. Fire opened up the paper and looked at the job. On the note, there were 5 words: "SHRA, Don't let it pass"

Fire took off again into the Manhattan skyline. Below him, people pointed at the 60mph fireball erupting out of the park. Fire however simply focused on getting to his destination. Flying around buildings and dodging water towers, Fire flew towards city hall. The disaster at Stamford had taken place only a few hours before, and already people stood around the building. Both sides of the issue had come out, with a clear border between protests. The people were calling for the Mayor to take a side. Hovering over the front, Fire watched for any sort of trouble. He was answered definitively. Suddenly, a Manhole cover burst into the air with an explosion and men wearing star spangled suits came from below. They carried with them some form of weapon, which seemed like an electricity gun. Fire had seen them before and knew what they could do to large crowds. Before he could react, the weapons went off.

Diving in, he managed to take out 3 of them with his wing before the others could react. He made a Superhero landing and used the slightly wet ground to spin while doing it. It was terrible for his knees, but who cared. Lives were at stake, and a payment if he succeeded. Charging the other men, he flipped in the air and slashed two of them before the guns could recharge for another firing. Fire took off again when the lone survivor fired his gun. It missed him but he still got quite a shock. Diving in again, Fire landed on and broke the last man's collarbone. He stood up as the sun began to rise over the buildings and the Pro-Reg rally began to check their dead.

5 minutes later he was being swarmed with news teams, asking him what his name was, where he came from, was he a mutant or not. One question he was actually waiting to answer was whether he was Pro or Anti-Reg. He answered with this: "I won't discriminate between who I save based on whether a person is for or against the SHRA. I will, however, say that my personal belief is that the SHRA can only hurt the superhuman community and the people who they save every day." With that, he told the news teams to stand back and took off in a blast of heat that melted the pavement below him.

[Dandoniapolis]

Firehawk stood on top of a gargoyle, high atop the roofs of New York, watching the people move around beneath him. He had failed his contract, yet he had not. He could still stop something he truly did not believe in. Suddenly, the door to the roof behind him burst open as a SWAT team lined up to attack him. Below, the people aimed spotlights up at the roof. The light was blinding. The leader of the SWAT team spoke slowly "You better come with us, sir. Otherwise, we are authorized to shoot." Hawk looked at him, down to the ground, then back at him. Hawk the proceeded to lean back, and fall.

Hawk got his wings open in time and flew off. He didn't know where he was going, only that it was away from New York. Then he knew where he had to go. Hawk had to find Captain America. The man was openly against the SRA. Hawk predicted that Cap would still be at Stamford, helping with rescue and recovery. It took him an hour or so to reach the smoldering ruin. Landing, he doused his wings, tried to look official and registered in his superhero esque costume, and asked a soldier where Captain America was. The soldier remarkably pointed Hawk in the right direction. Walking up to the Captain, Hawk called to him "Captain America?"

[Deminis]

Eva continued to follow the figure on the rooftops, until she saw him enter a house. She cursed to herself, her optical camo is still broken, meaning she'll have to rely on her own sneaking skills to keep from being seen. She takes a breath to calm herself, before dropping down and sneaking towards the windows to get a view of what is inside, and hopefully get an idea of who this person is. She needs to know more about this person before confronting them about the attack outside of the bar.

Damain sit in his chair, three cans of mountain dew sit infront of him each being drained quickly. Three sets of eyes are each trained on their own screen, as three hands control the mouses and another six mash rapidly on their keyboards, Another 360 head shot noscope from the far left screen and it all pauses, a small bleep goes off in the center screen, Some one is on the roof. Did they find me again? or is some idiot just messing around, iether way i better check it out he thinks to himself as his arms begins to merge together. His 3 faces twisting into themselves in a disgusting manner as he pulls up his hood and makes his way to the stairway, best part about living on the top floor is personal access to the roof. As he pushed the door open he noted the silence not an idiot for sure His bones began to harden, a thin dense barrier just under his skin, just enough to stop a high caliper round. "Hello? Anyone up here?"

[Deminis]

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Damian spins around suddenly, holding his right arm over his head and his left tucked in by his side, ready to strike. He waits for a moment to see if the stranger offers any hostility. I sure hope this guy isn't NSA... i'm fucked at this range if he is... "Yes I came up here, My alarms went off so I came to check it out... i'm the new security guy..." Damian bluffed the last part, but he did so with a practiced heart rate, no creature on heaven of hell could be able to tell the difference. "Who are you? And why did you put a whole in the roof." Damian relaxed to look down the hole "And my stay room..."

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Jerimiah watched from the distance, his old friend still talking with the flying one, Another female hangs from the wall outside. "Do you need help?" he spoke into a small patch-like microphone. He watched the hand signals carefully and understood, no danger, yet. Jerimiah leaned away from the scope for a moment, pulling back the rifles bolt and pushing the shell down again. He pressed a small red trigger on the side and the gun began to collapse into a small suit case as he started to stand up, grabbing it by the new handle. He took a few steps back and looked out to the building nearly a mile away. "I'm moving to a better vantage. I'll let you know when I've setup." He took a step into the closest, now open, window and leaped. The turbine on his back jerked and began to pull him upwards before directing the pressurized are through the numerous tiny vessels across his suit, shooting him up and forwards with uncanny maneuverability and speed.

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Damian let out a sigh lightly as he heard his friends last response, relaxing a bit more as he waited the creatures response.

[Deminis]

Jaxon Aredia walks in through the doors, throwing them both open at once, "WASSAP!!!!" He shouts, as over half the club turns to look at him, all the ladies scream, the guys all reply "WASSAP!!!" The DJ Drops the Needle and the Electro swing starts playing Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Jumpin' Jack as Jaxon readies to run in and slide into the dance floor, the ladies swoon as he passes, the guys lower their hand for a five, as the beat kicks up he jumps and slows to a halt in the center of the floor. Any one who was new would have thought they had entered a totally different club.

As he starts to dance, the beat picks up more and more, he reaches out a grabs a beautiful dame and pulls her out spinning across the floor letting her whip and lash back and forth between his arms with complete ease. As the dance slows a little he lets her lean back and swings her slowly across the floor before pulling her up and begin a classic yet upset germanic walts.

[Deminis]

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"But please remind the fact that I'm looks more powerful than both of you so please, don't start anything stupid or I may as well burn your foot to ashes."

Damian stopped dead, his heart started beating at the thought of a challenge... "Damian Don't" His college called into his ear, far too late. Damain lifted his arm out from his side, his muscles squirming disgustingly under his flesh, the sound of his bone cracking enough to unnerve even the most dark minded of men. "Not as powerful eh?" He finally spoke again as the skin around his now un-naturally thick arms tore away letting them separate in two, the cracking of bones still heard from his whole body as the second arms began to grow thick calcium blades where the hands were meant to be. His muscles still rippling less pronounce under his newly regrown skin. His body temperature rising unnaturally as his cells increase their energy production 5 fold. His legs reshaping to those more simular to an insect in shape. His jaw crunching as it elongates to a sharp tooth filled maw. "I'll Show you True Power." He says in a high pitched slithering voice, as his breathing increases rapidly.

Think Over sized Zergling from starcraft 2, only much faster.

[Deminis]

"I'll show you true power, I'll show you the real one," said Len.

He went up to the sky even more, until at a level where the gap between him and this guy is as far as a length of 4 adult humans stacked up together and lined up, his eyes glowingly colored with red and shines through as he shot the guy who had turned into creature with his heat vision. Naturally he had clenched his fists as well to prepare for the fight that will come...if he's able to survive the vision.

Damian writhed on the ground for a few seconds as his bones crunched more, his flesh spitting ungodly amount of strange liquids. His entire right shoulder and both limbs were burned away in an instant. His bones crunched more so as they began to protrude from his remaining muscle, the flesh soon following behind, with in seconds both limbs and shoulders had repaired. "Kryptonian I see." Damain said as he rested on his back, still sore from the blast, "I know a very particular cellular fomation capable of more than surviving your powers."

He smiled for a moment as a green tint showed in his eyes for a moment. "I'm glad I had caffeine today, or I wouldn't have nearly enough energy for this." The green shade began to spread across his body, the muscles under his flesh began to bulge even more so. "Have you ever studied Biology? Its quite an amazing subject, the amount of power nature can provide." Damian said smugly, the sharp blades on his secondary limbs beginning to change into crab like claws. "Ever hear of the alpheid shrimp? " He raised one of the claws towards his enemy, "It has an amazing ability, its claw is so powerful it can actually launch a sonic wave." The claw clicked shut.

I think we should talk about how the battle will proceed together so we can prevent over action. list out our moves step by step, I have no intention of winning, i just don't want to die.