"I hope everything is going according to plan," a figure hidden in shadows said as a man in a white pinstriped suit sat watching the seven monitors before him his blond hair slicked back his posture relaxed.
"The Light still has no faith in me…wasn't it I who gave you the technology to create those clones of yours…wasn't it I who gave you the means of self reliant energy to keep those heroes from snooping around for so long," the man replied calmly, "things will be fine as long as the Light keeps there end of the deal. I can't have the league coming here yet anyway."
"We will deal with the League as promised," a second shadowy figure replied.
"And I will deliver the Ultimate Weapon once Project Pandora is complete," the man replied.
"We have taken the liberty of sending you extra protection while your little pet is busy," the first figure said.
"That will just bring more attention to the fact that I am up to something. It is bad enough that those Shinobi will be here a necessary risk but if someone notices you people coming here…well it is bound to draw unwanted attention," the blond replied.
"So what is your plan to get the League's team of sidekicks from discovering you," a third man said sounding rather amused.
"I have a second location in the middle of the ocean that will be giving off a large amount of power during the time of the experiment," Donovan said.
"And what about the real location it bound to draw attention," a feminine voice said.
"I am in the a sublevel of DOATEC France…where the DOA Tournament is currently taking place so high energy readings are a natural occurrence here, so will go unnoticed until it is too late," Donovan explained.
"To make this look more convincing we shall send our soldiers to the second location," the first man said before concluding with, "All Hail the Light."
"All Hail the Light," the rest replied. Once Donovan ended the transmission he turned his head giving his attention to the new arrival.
"I didn't think you were one to follow orders," a white haired woman said as she stepped from the shadows.
"I am using the Light just as they are using me, but soon I will no longer have a need for them and they along with the Justice League will be destroyed and anyone else who stands in my way," Donovan replied.
"Well the preparations are almost complete. We should be ready start within the hour," Christie said.
"Inform me when everything is ready," he said getting to his feet and walking out of the office.
Donovan made his way deeper into lab he stopped in front of a massive door. To get through the door you needed a pass code then there was a palm scanner then a retina reader. The door its self was made with two ten inch think reinforced alloy steel plates that even superman with all his strength would have difficulty getting thru and between the two sheets they just like the rest of the room where lined with lead so Superman wouldn't be able to see what was in this room. And if someone did break thru they would be greeted by nearly a million volts of electricity. This is where his true partners worked, the ones who thought him how to clone and harness the energy of the Box.
Once inside the room was full of these strange looking humanoid like creatures, they had mossy green hair and yellow eyes, in the middle of the room there was one that looked far different from the others, this one had no hair no eyes just empty holes where they should have been, there was no noise or mouth, and instead of the ghostly white skin it skin was as dark as night.
"What is this?" Donovan asked frowning.
"It is nothing to worry about...but you could say it is armor of a sort," one of the creatures said.
"What is this armor for?" Donovan asked frowning.
"Once the power is released it will be unstable and this will help keep it stable until the time it can do so on its own," the thing explained, "so don't worry you will get what we promised."
Donovan glared slightly at creature before going in for a closer expectation of the armor, and to him it looked like nothing more than a shell, he wished they would have spoken to him before creating this thing but it did seem rather harmless at this point in time, "just be sure you are ready when it is time."
He walked out of the room lab closing the door behind him and as he made his way back towards his office he came face to face with Helena the daughter of the man who started this company but she like him didn't understand the scope of his vision.
"Donovan what is in that room?" she pointed towards the door at the end of the hall.
"Nothing you need to concern yourself with," he said walking passed her and she glared at him. When he entered his office a fairly tall woman was standing in his office along with Christie.
"Dr. Hamilton I hope you are here to bring me some good news," Donovan said calmly.
"Yes, everything is ready so we are just waiting on the orders to get started Sir," Lisa said.
"I will send Alpha-152 down and start the process," Donovan said.
"Sir I know that I have said this before but allow me to say it one more time. I have a bad feeling about this, we know what is inside or how it reacts will to being forced into an unknown situation," Lisa said.
"Just do your job," Donovan said coldly.
"Very well," she said leaving the room.
"Finally decades of hard work and research will pay off and the world will be at my feet," Donovan said as he pressed a button on his desk releasing Alpha-152 from its chamber, "it is time execute order Pandora."
He watched on one of the monitors as Alpha-152 make its way to the lab and started the ritual soon it would be too late for anyone to stop but now his defenses where at their weakest all he had at the moment were his hand full of soldiers and Christie. Perhaps the Zetsu would come to his aid, but he could count on it so he could only hope that if things went south those he had with him would be able to do the job until reinforcements came.
He watched on the monitor as Alpha-152 entered the containment area, with the box and started the ritual which would take many hours to complete, and the whole time the situation would be carefully monitors by his scientist.
Elsewhere a team of young heroes sat relaxing on one of their few days off, "Team assemble in the Mission Room," a voice they all recognized as Captain Atom. They all did as they were told and when they got there they saw Captain Atoms face on the screen.
"We have picked up on a massive energy spike on an island to the south west of Japan, and the League has been busy dealing with threats all around the world. It could be spending too much time with Batman but I don't think this is a coincidence. We believe that whoever is behind this energy surge is also behind these attacks and they want to keep the League out of the way," Captain Atom said, "your mission is to find out who is behind this what they are planning and if necessary and possible stop them…Nightwing you are to form your squad as you see fit to take care of this as quickly as possible."
The screen went blank and Nightwing turned to the Team, "Superboy, Miss Martian, Batgirl, and Wonder Girl you all are coming with me the rest of you wait here until furthered ordered," he said before heading towards the docking bay along with his team.
As time passed Donovan grew more anxious, things weren't going his way upstairs and he wasn't sure how much more time was needed to finish the ritual. If those ninja made it down here he wasn't sure if they had passed the point of being stopped or not and Alpha-152 was the only one who stood a chance against them.
"Christie go up there and slow them down and call for the reinforcements while you are at it," Donovan said coolly.
"Would you like me to take the ones here as well?" Christie asked.
"No leave them down here," he answered and she did as she was told walking out of the office and up to the fray above them. Once he heard the door close behind him he called into observatory.
"How much longer until the ritual is completed?"
"According to the calculation it should only be another hour until we reach critical mass and it will be too late to stop it," Lisa replied as she stood watching the strange markings covering the box glow with an eerie blue and Alpha-152 sat motionless as it pumped its inner energy into the box.
"The Box is now producing its own energy much sooner than we predicted," another scientist said as he studied the readings on the monitors.
"What does that mean?" Lisa asked frowning.
"That means, it is too late to stop this, the Box is now producing more energy that the box can expel safely in another form so the energy within the box is building much faster than we first predicted," he explained.
"So how much time before the box opens?" Lisa asked.
"I would say maybe forty minutes at this rate, but it could be sooner depending on the rate of growth from the internal energy source."
"With new information coming to light we have less time that we previously believed….in about thirty minute the box will reach critical mass and we have passed the point of no return. The Box is now producing more energy than it can disperse," Lisa said calling Donovan.
"Well that is welcomed news…how much will the rate of growth be affected by removing Alpha-152 from the equation?"
"It is hard to say…but best guess would be fifteen to thirty minutes."
"Alpha-152, go deal with the intruders, and once you have finished return to the task at hand," Donovan ordered. And with that Alpha did as it was told but something unexpected happened the glow of the box didn't dim and the energy growth didn't drop at all if it did anything it grew slightly. Lisa was sure now more than ever whatever was in that box needed to stay there.
The more time that passed the brighter the box became until surges of energy pulsated from it. The computer monitors started to go on the fritz the lights flickered. The pulsating quickened with each passing second until the electronics were unable to handle it. They were soon plunged into darkness the only light was now coming from the box.
"Donovan…can you hear us…Donovan?" Lisa tried call up to him but there was no answer. She jumped when she heard the door open up and Donovan walk in along with Alpha-152.
"Calm down, acting in hast Helena blew up the building above us," Donovan said calmly, his eyes fixed on the only source of light the box in the room below them. He noticed a crack appear in the surface of the box. This intrigued the scientist because nothing they did would even chip the box, and the cracks were quickly spreading and a golden light was pouring from the cracks.
There was a load bang and pieces of the box shot in every direction. Some of the chucks hit the bullet proof glass, and it did nothing to resist shattering on impact. Alpha-152 was the only one who didn't duck for cover.
Donovan got to his feet brushing off his suit and he turned out of the room and Alpha followed after him. He entered the lab and was unable to look towards the center of the room because the golden light shun with the intensity of the sun. But soon the golden light faded and the emergency lights flickered feebly. He looked up to see that black armor standing there, but it was different know. It had eyes, eyes like nothing he had ever seen before. Purple with a ripple pattern spikes started to sprout from its head forming a crown and from its shoulders back and elbows more spikes emerged from its body.
"What is the meaning of this?" Donovan asked.
"We told you the one to control this power would shape the world…we never said that you would be the one to control the power," one of pale creatures said smirking.
"So you planned on control this power for yourself this entire time," Donovan said glaring daggers at the creature.
"No, the power acts of its own and we are only subjects or its whim," the creature explained as Donovan's men rushed in with their weapons drawn pointed at the strange black creature that now looked more demonic that human. The floor beneath them started to crack and chunks of rocks floated up around the creature and the air became thick the visors of the soldiers helmets cracked under the unbearable.
One of the soldiers panicked firing their gun until the clip was empty but the bullets floated before the creature harmlessly until they hit the ground at its feet. The thing bent down and pick up a single bullet. He examined the metal object resting in the palm of his hand. No one moved as the being before them did this, no one said anything. Its gaze shifted up towards the man who had empty his magazine, he stepped back but that was all he could do as the bullet ripped thru his skull and cut Donovan's cheek.
Donovan grabbed hold of his cheek to stop the blood as he slowly back out with Alpha at his side. He clapped his hands together and from the ground pillar made of wood quickly rose into the air trapping the soldier and crushing them blood rained down as the pillars continued to rip through the building into the burning ruins above them. The scientist could believe it in no time at all he killed every single one of Donovan's soldiers just by clapping. When they looked up he was gone.
They all heard screaming and turned to see one of their own hitting the ground his eyes opened wide and lifelessly staring out into space, "we're all going to die!" another shouted as they tried to get as far away from the creature as they could but it didn't move it just stood there looking up at the sky staring at the full moon.
Lisa could help but see a perverse beauty as she watched the entire thing as the moon light shun down on him beyond the flames covered in blood, it was like a fallen Angel yearning to see heavens gates once again. But what really got her was its eyes no longer void of emotion but full of pain and sorrow.