It was a fairly standard evening at the office (the spacey anime version, btw): Dante was at the shower, Lady was playing pool, Trish was... Out somewhere, she wasn't there, that's all I know. Lastly, Nero and I were having one of our rare not-at-each-others-throats moments, taking turns playing inFAMOUS 2 on the PS3 with my new 70-inch plasma Widescreen TV... With Netflix. I was currently playing and dispatched a large number of enemies with the Ionic Vortex (tornado) attack. "You think Trish can do that?" I asked Nero.
"I don't know, but I REALLY hope not." He said somewhat nervously, to which I nodded.
Almost immediately after this, Trish walked in and watched as I did the attack again, getting a smirk and a look in her eyes like she wanted to try that. "I wonder if I can do that." She said, about to walk out the door.
Nero looked at me like I just did something to doom the human race as I went wide-eyed. "I made a horrible mistake." I said.
Before she could walk out the door, however, the wall of the shop that the TV WAS ON! was blown up. A tall, bald, decently built man with a beard in a lab coat, looking like some form of scientist was stepped onto the debris of the wall, accompanied by a dozen soldiers who looked very well trained, "Good evening." He said, speaking in a German accent.
Needless to say, we were all shocked, but I was the first to grasp the situation, then instantly deadpanned. "That was a 70-inch... Plasma TV." I said, then took a deep breath in and put on a big fake smile. "So! How can I help you?" I asked in a way that would sound polite.
"You must be the infamous Sai Blade." He said.
"'Suup?" I asked, stretching out the word a bit.
At that moment, Dante burst out of the bathroom wearing only pants, nothing to cover his upper body, looking at the damage. "Oh, what the hell?! I just had this place repaired last week! I only paid off the bill yesterday!" He complained.
"Sometimes I think the gods don't want us to have a good office." I said, looking at him, then back to the guys.
"So, what do you want? And the answer better be fast, because I'm short on both patience and insurance." Dante said.
"I keep telling you to switch to Allstate." I said.
"Ah, Dante. Son of the great Sparda. What an honor it is to meet you." The man said, bowing slightly.
"Yeah, yeah, nice to meet you, too. Now talk, because honors don't fix giant holes in my wall." Dante said, reaching to his pockets, which anyone looking closely enough could tell were filled with Ebony and Ivory.
"Straight to business, then. Very well, I am here for Sai Blade." He said, looking at me.
"What's that now?" I asked, confused.
"I am Professor Hugo Strange-" He started.
"Not surprised." I mumbled.
"I am in charge of Arkham City and I am rounding up all former prisoners of Arkham Asylum. Your gothic friend is one of them. So I've come to collect him." He explained gesturing to me again.
"Hey! Just because 80% of my wardrobe is black doesn't mean I'm goth. I wear more than black stuff. And I don't wear make-up that makes me look like a ghost." I said. "And besides, don't you know anything? I was acquitted for wrongful persecution, unlawful and unwilling aid in police affairs and violation of Miranda Rights. That lawsuit is how I bought that TV you destroyed. Lucky for you I can by a hundred more." I said.
Dante smirked at this, looking between Strange and I. "You can have him." He said.
I had a confident smirk at first, but then my eyes went wide and I slowly turned my head to Dante, my face turning into a glare. "Have I ever mentioned I don't like you very much.
He chuckled at this. "Once or twice. But you didn't let me finish:" He said, looking back at Strange. "You can have him IF you pay for the wall." He said.
Strange merely gained his own smirk at this. "Neither myself or TYGER forces are to be held accountable for any damages done to civillian property while we are acquiring suspects and/or fugitives. I suggest you cooperate. My TYGER forces are highly trained and heavily armed, Taking them on directly would be a very poor decision." He said.
"In that case..." Dante said, pulling out his guns. "Get the hell out of my office." He said.
The guards stepped in front of Strange and he looked at us with a confident smile. "TYGER forces... Open fire." He said, walking out of sight as his soldiers began firing.
Trish was about to blast them all with lightning, but another soldier burst through the door with a shotgun and blasted her in the stomach. While this was not enough to seriously injure her, it was enough to put her down and out of the fight for about 10 minutes, due to having taken the hit at close range. But the fight wouldn't last 10 minutes as when Dante saw this, he triggered and tackled the guard who I now felt pity towards... Until I got shot in the head by one of the other soldiers, to which I triggered and rushed in, crippling them all within a second and throwing them all up against one wall together. "You know how they always say that TV makes you violent? Well I say not having my TV, is making me pretty FUCKING violent!" I said, laughing evilly as I noticed the piss stains on their pants and on the ground. "What happened to you guys being highly trained and heavily armed?! It must've went out the window right after I snapped your gods-damned spines! Come on, pull out a blade, toss some grenades! Shoot me! Kill me! ….. GIVE ME A HUG." I said, stepping forward.
"Really?" One of them asked in fear.
"Oh, god, no!" They all screamed as I charged in.
About 5 minutes later...
"Feel better now?" Nero asked me.
"Peachy, thanks for asking." I said, getting the last of the blood out of my hair.
Dante however, was still pissed. "Well, Sai, they seem to be after you. Why don't you see what this Arkham City place is all about. And while you're there, try to beat that guy within and inch of his life and then set him on fire." He said.
"You want me to break INTO prison? Yeah, that'll be the day." I laughed. My amused expression quickly changed to one of fear though, as he now loomed over me in his Majin form, surrounded by an aura of death. "Did I say 'that'll be the day'? I meant 'I'm on my way.'" I said, quickly rushing out the door.
