Tony searched for cameras all around him. There was one hidden in the vines on the rooftop. It was many stories above him, but it was clearly aimed at Tony as if it was being controlled. Tony stepped back into the building, and sat on the couch, wondering how to leave. 'I could just leave, but they'll wonder where I went. There are probably a million cameras around here. I'm such an idiot! I can just turn it off by hacking into it!' thought Tony as he took out his phone, pointed it at a direction that only he could see the screen of, and started to load the armory's mainframe. It took him about a minute to hack into the system before he was shut out by the security system. 'Whenever that happens, I know this isn't a normal billionaire we're talking about. Guess I should just walk out and come up with an excuse.' He just walked out onto the street, searching for a dark alley. He found one in a matter of minutes. 'Pretty long alley.' he thought.

"Just where do you think you're going?" asked a sly feminine voice.

"Trust me, lady. You do not want to mess with me." said Tony to the still mysterious voice.

"Really? Now why wouldn't I?" asked the woman who had stepped out of the shadows. She had a black beanie on her raven hair. She was wearing a dark blue shirt and a grey open jacket. She was wearing a dark green pair of baggy pants with black sneakers. She had a metal piece of piping in her right hand, ready to whack Tony with it.

'A weirdo knowing my secret couldn't hurt, now could it? I bet she doesn't even watch television.' thought Tony as he dodged a blow from the woman's pipe. "I really didn't want to do this in front of anybody, but you leave me no choice." said Tony as he pressed the button from his backpack that slid away to reveal a glowing blue circle. From his pack, red armor began to seamlessly make it's way around Tony's body, but some yellow was there, too. The darkness started to fade away from the alley because the armor's power core, repulsores, and boot jets started to glow a pale blue. He started to hover a few feet above the ground, instantly making the woman drop her weapon and run away screaming. 'That was easy! I should do Staples commercials.' he thought with a laugh. Tony started flying higher into the sky until he was around twenty-five feet away from the rooftops. His computer was telling him the threat was right there. He didn't see anything until a blur of purple, green and orange zoomed under him. Following that was a sleek, blue accented, black car with a blue aura following it. Tony decided that no superhero would use clown color schemes that reminded him of ice cream in a car, and was thinking about following the chase until he heard a few citizens below him.

"Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's-" said the crowd below him.

"Not Superman!" said Tony to the crowd.

"Then who are you? Did Batman make you?" asked a little boy.

"Iron Man. And, no he didn't make me. I am not a robot!" shouted Tony before he shot into the sky in a blur of red, yellow, and a faint blue.

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A While Ago And The Same Time In A Way _____________________________________________________________________________________

Bruce placed his hand on the arcade game's screen and a grey elevator door with the Batman's logo and blue accents came into view. The trio stepped inside and made their way to the Bat Cave. They each changed into their costumes. Dick was done a few seconds before Barbara, but a few minutes before Bruce. They walked around to the usual super computed they crowded around, but this time there was something else there: the generator.

"How could he do this?" asked Dick in shock of what he saw.

"I think he has his reasons, but you're right. Poor Tony has to suffer. I really hope his friends are alright." said Barbara with despair clear in her voice.

"Knowing Bruce, he's probably just waiting to get them all together in one place." said Dick getting a bit more hopeful.

"Yeah, probably." said Barbara as she put on her hood, and Dick put on his mask.

"Don't worry, I've got it all planned out." said Bruce with his mask already on.

"Of course you do." mumbled Robin.

"He is the Batman." said Batgirl.

Batman sat on the chair and pushed a button that showed the Joker and his goons spraying laughing gas at people through their car's windshields. He was laughing in a scary clownish way.

"Let's go. Robin, try and round them off at 7th. Batgirl, same at 9th. I'll be the distraction." said Batman as he jumped into the Bat Mobile. Batgirl and Robin did the same on their motorcycles, and they roared off through three of the many secret exits to the streets. Batman was barely on the streets when his security system told him it was being hacked. He pushed a button that hopefully shut them out. 'Who could have possibly tried to hack in and why?' he thought.