Finally!! After months of putting it together, I updated on this story of mine. I heavily apologize for this long of a wait, but there was a lot of stuff I had to deal with. Things like my finals in college, the trip to Atlantis over the weekend, Going around the town, and playing with my new Nintendo Wii for my Birthday. And I got to tell ya, for a short chapter it took incredibly long to do so. I hope my next short chapter doesn't take this long. Let's kick this off by giving you the news update on my last chapter. No reviews from the last chapter so far and the hit counter's is up to seven, one hit lower then the last. Now I don't know if people never heard of my story or if anyone cares about it. Either way, some people are reading this story, so I'm glad they're still catching on. Let's hope they don't loose interest. On to the next chapter of Teen Matrix 2. LM made it to Merovingian's office, but not the way he expected it to be. What's going to happen? What is Merovingian planning? How will LM get out of this mess? All these questions will be answered in this chapter.

Chapter Notes

Remember when I told you that the rest of the Brother would appear last chapter? Well on this chapter, General Immortus and Brain would make their official appearances. Also, one of the members of the Doom Patrol will make an appearance as well, and you can guess who it is.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or the Matrix


Chapter Nine: Meet the Brotherhood

Somewhere in the outskirts of Chicago, lies a mansion that belongs to the Stately Dayton, which is actually the central headquarters of the city's finest heroes, the Doom Patrol. Inside the headquarters, within the darkness of the room, Mento was watching a dim lit screen, trying to pinpoint his missing team member that was on an important mission. He has been searching for days, trying to locate him in any way possible, but with no luck. Just as he was searching, he heard a distant, yet familiar voice.

Elasti-Girl: "Still searching for Larry hon?"

He turned around to see the familiar voice and saw two individuals. Though it was hard to see in the dark, he could tell from the outline of the people. One was that of an adult female, while the other one is big and bulky and his appearance appeared to be metallic. Looking at the two, he knew who they were and sighed to himself.

Mento: "Oh Rita, do you mind? I'm in the middle of important business around here."

Elasti-Girl: "If it's your business finding Larry, then it's our business as well."

Robot Man: "Rita's right Steve. You can't do all this by yourself. We're a family and we'll stick together no matter what. Even if it mean looking for a missing relative."

Mento took that as a bit of a compliment, yet detest it, as he looked back at the screen to try to search for him comrade.

Mento: "I wish that was possible, but finding him won't be as easy as it looks. Larry disappeared for the past four days after I sent him to investigate what the Brotherhood was up to. I've lost all communication with him, and his distress signal hasn't been activated. I'm getting a bad suspicion that he might be dead."

The two approached the monitor area between their leader and tried to reason with him.

Elasti-Girl: "Don't give up hop yet Steve. I'm pretty sure Larry is still alive, he probably must be hiding someplace where no one would find them."

Mento: "I hope you're right Rita. But with my resources running low, I'm afraid there's nothing I could do."

There was a hush silent through out the place, until Robot Man came in and has an idea.

Robot Man: "Hey! Why don't we ask the Teen Titans for help?"

Both Rita and Steve looked at Robot Boy and the leader wasn't sure about his idea.

Mento: "I don't know about that Cliff. As much as we want to get help, we don't want to let the Titans get involved in our predicament. Let alone have them killed in battle against the Brotherhood, if they had already took Larry by now."

Elasti-Girl placed her hand on his shoulder and comfort him.

Elasti-Girl: "Now honey, don't be so negative about this. You should know that Garfield is on their team, and they did save us from near death before. We can trust them, what's more do we have to loose? Besides, might I remind you that the Teen Titans single handedly defeated the Brotherhood in the first place?"

Mento rolled his eyes around and sighed, as he knows that the Titans did what the Doom Patrol couldn't do, stop the Brotherhood of Evil in their own game. Not to mention Garfield, A.K.A. Beast Boy, told them about it soon after Paris. So under the approval of both Rita and Cliff, the Doom Patrol leader made his decision.

Mento: "All right fine… We'll get the Titans to help us on searching for Larry. But after that, we're done. Got it?"

The two nodded as Mento gave the order.

Mento: "Everyone head to the DP Jet, it's time we go on a quick trip."

Both Elasti-Girl and Robot Man then left the monitoring room and headed to the docking bay where the jet is. Mento was left behind and was about to follow them, but before he does that, he stopped and looked at the old family portrait that was resting on the left side of the wall. There lays the entire Doom Patrol group, including Beast Boy back in the old days. But he was paying attention to one of the members that looked like some kind of mummy with the clear view of the bandaged hands. Knowing who this person it, he gave a very deep sigh and said to the portrait itself.

Mento: "Larry, I hope you're safe."

He then left the monitoring room, to catch up with his team, hoping that Larry would be fine. Boy how wrong he will be.


Meanwhile, LM was under a major unconscious spell for a while. In his mind, ever since that mysterious punch from an unknown attacker, he didn't know what just happened or where he is. He knows that he's in the Chateau, but was he at the ballroom, or someplace else. But as he was trying to figure out where he was, he heard some voices, very familiar voices.

Able: "Do you really have to punch him that hard? You could've practically killed him on the impact."

Monssieur Mallah: "Don't be so worked up Able, at least he's still breathing for the moment."

Not only that, but he also heard a voice that was so unfamiliar to him.

Brain: "Either way, this boy is a complete and utter nuisance to the plan. He will be dealt with as soon as possible."

Merovingian: "Not yet Brain. First we'll let him know what I'm up to and then we'll kill him. Besides, he won't be able to stop up when he's dead."

LM began to stir and slowly flutter his eyes to see what was going on. That was when he heard another familiar voice.

Cain: "Hey, he's waking up."

When he opened his eyes, everything looked so blurry. But when his vision came back, he realized he was in Merovingian's office, where he needed to be in the first place. It was then he also saw the Frenchman himself, sitting in his desk with a confident smile on his face. By his side was his wife, Persephone, and his lackeys, Cain and Able.

Merovingian: "Bonsoir my dear friend. Sleep well?"

Seeing Merv himself, the rebel Titan gave him a starring stern and talked back in an icy cold voice.

LM: "Merovingian…"

He tried to get up and fight him, but for some strange reason, he couldn't move an inch. He looked down and discovered that he was handcuffed in the back and tied up with rope around his feet. Merv smirked very cleverly and explained to the enemy the situation he's in now.

Merovingian: "Don't bother getting up. My henchmen have already token the liberty to cuffing and tying your arms and legs. That way you won't jump in and trash my office like the home wrecker you are."

It was then that Cain came in front of him and struck pose with a pair of new glasses.

Cain: "Hey buddy, thanks for the new shades."

LM looked at the glasses Cain was wearing and realized that those were the glasses Neo, his teacher, wore before he has them. Angrily, he squirmed in his seat and was pissed off at the henchman.

LM: "Those are Neo's sunglasses you stubborn son of a bitch! Just wait till I get these cuffs off! I'm going to freakin' KILL YOU!!"

As soon as he said that, he heard the same robotic voice as before.

Brain: "I'm afraid you're in no position in killing anybody."

He looked to the left where the voice was emanating from and all he could see is nothing but darkness. Suddenly, three figures appeared before him and the three were completely different. The first one is a huge prehistoric gorilla he never seen before with a metal belt wrapped around his body. The second individual is a general by the looks of his uniform, but he was too old to be someone's great grandfather. But the last one wasn't a person at all. In fact, it was just a mere cylinder shape structure with a sphere container revealing some kind of brain and painted to look like some kind of skull. LM observed the skull and noticed that the skull resembled the skull on the calling card the deceased gang leader had. The strange cylinder like object started to move towards the rebel and observed him thourally.

Brain: "So you must be the rebel and Titan Merovingian told me about. How interesting… Never thought a pupas punk like you would by pass my security and infiltrate this house. I'm impressed at your actions."

LM smirked a little and gave out a little compliment to his work.

LM: "Gee thanks, I have a habit of getting into this much trouble. I would like to shake your hand but I'm kind of tied up right now. Not to mention that you don't have any appendages to use."

The cylinder like structure's only response was turning its back to the Titan and moved away from him.

Brain: "You have such a tongue LM. That is your name right? Well soon, people will forget about your name when we're done with you. In any case, let me introduce ourselves."

The mechanical cylinder object turned back around to look at the renegade Titan. At the same time, its eyes glowed red and the dome that contains its brains was glowing bright green.

Brain: "I am called the Brain, leader of the Brotherhood of Evil. The two you see before you is General Immortus and Monsieur Mallah."

LM turned his head to see the two individuals, wondering how dangerous they are. When he looked at the big gorilla that was Mallah, he got a strange suspicion about this character. That's when Brain told him about the gorilla.

Brain: "I see you've already met Mallah."

LM, upon hearing that, now remembered about being punched by some big entity back at the ballroom. So he put two and two together and now knows that this was the same enemy that knocked him out in one punch.

Brain: "And I could tell that you've met Madame Rouge."

The rebel looked back at Brain and knew what he meant by that.

LM: "Yeah, I met her. And I got to tell ya, she's a really a tricky one."

Brain: "Yes… Rouge is certainly a tough woman to come by. This is why I made her part of the Brotherhood in the first place. Her skills and talents are undoubtedly unlimited. I am quite surprised however that you single handedly defeated her when everyone else failed miserably in defeat. Though I could respect that you wanted revenge for what she did to you."

LM blinked a couple of times at the Brain, confused at what it means.

LM: "What?"

Brain: "Oh, you didn't know. Remember when your evidence was mysteriously disappeared?"

LM thought about this for the moment, trying to figure out what the Brain meant by that. After pondering all this, he found out what it meant.

LM: "Wait a minute, you mean that you."

Brain: "That's right. I was able to orchestrate that operation."


Flashback…

Down in the street where the accident took place and the chase ended, LM was interrogating the Skull Leader to gather some information. Just as he was going to know who the mysterious partners that Merovingian was working for is, the leader just got his head shot with a sniper. The rebel reacted by getting his gun out and focused on the sniper. While he was doing it, he didn't know was that someone is in the alleyway, waiting for the moment to take the suitcase the Skulls had. That strange figure was in fact Madame Rouge. As the flashback rolled on, Brain started explaining what happened.

Brain: "You are as unpredictable as the Frenchman said you were LM. Do you think you would get away with the evidence you held onto so much. We've managed to orchestrate the whole trade with the help of the Frenchman. We've even come up with an emergency plan just incase you got a hold of our ingredients. So while you were busy taking out the sniper, Madame Rouge took that opening to swiped the case from you."

When the Titan's back was turned, she went straight to work. Rouge started by stretching her arm real long and moved fast to reach the case before LM had the chance of turning back. Once she got a hold of the briefcase, she retracted her arm back faster and managed to retain it. Seconds later, LM turned back to get the case, but when he looked at the exposed engine, the briefcase was gone. He looked around to see where the case was; unaware the Rouge got a hold of it.

Brain: "Like taking candy from a baby without him even noticing."

End Flashback…


LM heard the entire story and was completely shocked at and surprised about the whole thing.

LM: "You mean to tell me you planned all of this?"

Brain: "Merovingian told us about your encounter with him and your adventurous ways. So I knew you were planning on taking the case and perusing the traders in the highway. But be that as it may, my plan to distract you while Rouge manages to secure the case was a sheer success."

The Titan lowered his head and completely sighed to himself.

LM: "And I was dooped from the very beginning."

He then looked up at the Frenchman and wondered what he was up to.

LM: "And what about you Merv? What do you have to do with all of this?"

Merovingian gave off a wide smirk and got up out of his desk, giving some explanation.

Merovingian: "I knew you were going to ask that. As you already know, a man like me deserves to have power in his life and to do that, what better way to distribute that power then to have the world at the palm of my hands. But the problem is that I can't conquer the world on my own. And with my encounters with you and your kind, including your savior, I realized that in order to obtain this power I must rely on allies that share my desires. I sure you've already met my former partner Slade. He and I made the agreement to work together and rule the world as we fit. That's why we created the Alterer in the first place, to change the Matrix into what we see fit. But thanks to you and those snobby brats you call Titans, you destroyed our plans and blew the Alterer up in an instant. After Slade and I parted ways, I realize I needed more help then I thought. That is when I heard about the Brotherhood of Evil. There attitude and determination were perfect for my next plan and when I told them about my ideals, they didn't hesitate to agree with me and join forces. But enough about history. I know you're here to figure out what I'm up to this time."

The rebel nodded, wondering what the Frenchman was planning this time.

LM: "You could say that."

Merv srudged his shoulders and decided to get this over with.

Merovingian: "Très bien alors. I'll show you, since you won't live to see it anyways."

He picked up a remote that was on top of the work desk and pushed the red button. At the same time, the rectangular painting on the left opened downward and revealed a wide screen TV. LM turned his head to the left to see the screen as it went to complete static. Suddenly, the screen showed a 3D model of some kind of satellite in space. Looking at the model, LM now knows that Merovingian and the Brotherhood was constructing an orbital satellite. But for what purpose? That was when Merovingian began discussing about his plan.

Merovingian: "Tell me something my dear ami. What do you know about space exploration?"

LM: "I think I must of flunked space in the Matrix back at Zion Academy."

Merovingian: "Une telle honte... Oh well, let me give you the details. This might look like your ordinary satellite in space, but this one is a little different."

LM: "Oh yeah? And why's that?"

Merovingian: "Cause of a simple system I've set up."

He clicked on the button and a window popped out, showing and scimatic showing a sonic cannon that was attached to the bottom of the satellite. Looking at this blueprint, LM realizes that the cannon was the one Ghost and Jackson mention that was stolen some time ago. As he was watching it, Merovingian started to discuss his plan.

Merovingian: "This my dear friend is called the Super Hyper Interstellar Propotion Laser. Or in short terms for those with short term memory, the S.H.I.P.L. Now to you, this might look like your ordinary laser you see in those Sci-Fi movies, but this one is completely special. Very special indeed. You see, this cannon has something we would like to call a high-density propotion system. Powered by a small yet powerful microchip, its fire capacity is capable for destructive purposes."

Hearing the word, destructive, LM look right at Merv and was now serious about this plan.

LM: "What kind of purposes?"

The Frenchman peeked at the tied up Rebel and smirked, then looked back at the screen and answered his question.

Merovingian: "Why creating nuclear blasts in one shot, pulverize major cities, cause earthquakes through out the town, volcanic eruptions in one direct hit, use your imagination. It is by far the most advance and unique weapon ever created since the creation of the first atom bomb. But there is only one place that would hold such an important piece of technology, the U.S. military. They were going to use it as a resoursable weapon against terrorism so they could draw Osama Bin Laden and his Alquida followers out of hiding. However, that cannon can't be used until the next few years, and they were working on the tweaks of their project. But I decided that it's time that the cannon needs to come out as soon as possible."

LM: "So that's when your men decided to break into one of the military facilities and took that sonic cannon."

Merovingian chuckled and shook his head on the rebel's thought.

Merovingian: "Oh no, no, no ami. I would never let my men pull something so tedious as that. But the Brotherhood would take an opportunity like that and steal the cannon."

Brain: "Indeed… The S.H.I.P.L. is the most advance weapon out there, so the security it has is extremely tight when it comes to sensitive prototypes. Merovingian's soldiers wouldn't stand a chance getting their hands on it. So I ordered General Immortus to send in my best men to break into the military complex that has the cannon, remove all the security measures, and swipe the cannon from the weapons lab. It was quick and easy."

LM quickly looked at the old man that was known as Immortus and snickered to himself.

LM: "This is your general? He's too old to be one. He should be better off living in an old folks home."

The General glared at Titan and was really aggravated at this punk.

General Immortus: "Looks can be deceiving boy. I'll have you know that lived through every battle in the history of war. I know every strategy there is in fighting and have a unique memory of my enemy's strengths and weaknesses. So before you start to talking to an elderly individual, don't judge them by their age."

LM: "Oh really. Then tell me, how old are you? One hundred? Two hundred? Three?"

General Immortus: "Try thousands of years before your time."

LM's eyes grew wide in complete shock, not knowing that the general was that old.

LM: "Damn!? You're as old as the Grand Canyon! Have you ever been on Ripley's Believe It or Not? You would be really popular."

That's when Brain couldn't take this arguing and decided to silence them with its eyes glowing bright red and its brain dome glowing bright green.

Brain: "Enough! I have heard enough from both of you! Especially you LM. I could see why Merovingian despises you so much. You are nothing but an incompetent, arrogant, no good punk that has no right in being casual and no respect for anything. I don't understand why the Titans choose you to be an honorary member in the first place."

The Titan took that as a compliment and smirked and delightful smile.

LM: "My, I'm completely flattered Brain. Never met anyone who is nice about me then you."

Merovingian: "Anyways, thanks to the Brotherhood and all the satellite equipment we got from our clients, we are ready to launch our weapon into orbit. And when our weapon is charged up and ready, we will use it to destroy cities, flatten mountains, and rip towns apart. We'll hold the world up for ransom, and unless the United Nations have no choice but to surrender their governments and leaderships to me and Brain, then they won't live to see another day."

LM looked back at the Frenchman and was really serious this time. He knows that if that satellite is launched and activated, the results could be catastrophic.

LM: "You won't get away with this. I won't let you."

Merovingian: "And who's going to stop me? Vous?"

He chuckled to himself and gave the renegade the worse case scenario.

Merovingian: "Dear boy, you're in no condition in stopping me. You're tied up, you've been stripped of your weapons, your special ability of seeing the Matrix code through your successors glasses have been taken from you, and you are completely defenseless. You still think you could stop me?"

LM smirked to himself and answered Merv's question in a low threatening voice.

LM: "By any means necessary…"

The Frenchman rolled his eyes around and turned his back at the rebel Titan. He walked away from the screen but before he could reach his desk, he approached Abel and told whispered something in his ear. Abel, upon hearing that, approached the LM and did something he wanted to do. He tightens his fist and gave the rebel a straight punch to the cheek. LM felt that hit as a spat the blood coming out of his mouth and looked back at Merv with and dark glare. While Merovingian was sitting at his desk, smiling at that punch one of his henchman performed and was pleased with the move.

Merovingian: "Like I said before, you're in no condition."

Abel: "You want me to put this punk out of his misery sir? One less problem to worry about."

Able took out his 1911 pistol and was about to fire it. But before he was about to pull the trigger, Merv stopped him in an instant.

Merovingian: "Oh no, no, no, no… Though I like the idea of killing him right here and now, I don't want his blood staining up my sofa. I'll tell you what, why don't you take him to the underground prisons? I got a customer that is in need of some money for his work and I cannot let him feel all board with one subject. And besides, our other guest is in need some company."

Able lowered his pistol and looked at his boss, wondering what was he up to. Trying to piece together what he was talking, he now knew what the Frenchman means and turned his head back at the rebel with a wide grin on his face.

Able: "Oh yeah, I will."

LM just watched and listened on, wondering what the Frenchman was talking about. But before he would be able to piece it all together, Abel turned his gun upside down and hit the renegade Titan in the head with the button end of the gun. That's when LM felt the deep impact and completely blacked out.


Minutes passed and LM didn't know what was going on around him. Ever since that hit on the head, he couldn't tell what happened around him. That was when his vision started to come into focus, but it was a little blurry. From what he could tell, he was being carried by both Cain and Able and was looking up at the ceiling. He then heard the two talking about something.

Cain: "Why are we carrying this piece of dead weight? Why not let the boss's men take care of this, let alone the Brotherhood's goon squad?"

Abel: "Because the boss trust us in taking him to the torture chamber. Not to mention I need a little help carrying this guy around the Chateau. Can you imagine me carrying him all by myself?"

Cain: "Oh I would certainly enjoy that."

Just as soon as he heard all that, his vision went back to darkness and he couldn't hear anything. But soon after they faded, his sight and sound returned once again.

Cain: "You think it's wise to bring him to the torture chamber where our other prisoner is? You think they might get out of there and work together to stop the boss's plan?"

Abel: "You worry too much Cain. The two aren't going anywhere as far as I'm concerned. And besides, Mr. Mummy's black soul is separated from his body, so there's no way he's going to escape. And once Mervovingian's satisfying customer finishes with his job, our troubles will be over."

Cain: "And what are we going to do with the bodies?"

Abel: "Huh? What bodies?"

The two laughed together as LM's vision and hearing went back to nothing.


An hour passed and LM didn't know where he was. Ever since that hit, he didn't know where he was going except hearing Merv's henchmen saying he's going to be in the torture chamber underneath the mansion. Soon enough, his vision went back and he could finally see where he was. The place was some kind the dim litted rectangular shape room and smelled of dry blood and filth. He slowly looks down and saw a table that was filled with many torture devices. Things like handsaws, skull crushers, flame throwers, pliers of different sizes, screwdrivers, power tools, and chainsaws were present and appeared to have blood soaked into them sometime ago. Looking at all these devices, he realized where he was.

LM: "So this is the torture chamber. Gotta admit, Merv got some taste on mega death."

He look down at himself and could see his wrists, torso, and ankles locked by stainless steel cuffs. Looking at these cuffs, LM smirked at himself and shook his head.

LM: "Man, he certainly has a way of treating his guests. Better thinking of a way getting out of this place now before who knows what might happen next."

He looked around the place once more to see and find a way out of this mess. While he was putting something together, he noticed another individual that was chained to the same metal bed as him. But there was something very different about this prisoner. He had the same very purple and black uniform Beast Boy wears, but he was wrapped like some kind of mummy around his head and hands. Looking at this prisoner and realized it was the one Cain and Able were talking about.

LM: "I take it this must be Mr. Mummy. Man this dude's in pretty bad shape. I hope I don't suffer the same fate as his."

Suddenly…

Negative Man: "I'll have you know that my body was like that after I got caught and taken here."

The rebel was kind of surprised when he heard a voice coming from somewhere with in the torture chamber. He looked around the area, wondering where that voice was coming from.

LM: "Who's there? Where are you? Show yourself!"

He waited for a response from this mysterious stranger for a second, until he finally got one.

Negative Man: "I'm right next to you."

He looked back at the mummy like person and was skeptical.

LM: "Wait… Are you still alive? Thought you were completely mummified."

Negative Man: "The other side you moron…"

He then turned his head to the other side and was in for more of a shock. On his right side was a glass incase tube containing another person. Only this person wasn't really a person, just some kind of spirit encased in dark energy, the same dark energy that is identical to Raven's. Blinking his eyes a couple of times, he wasn't sure if he should be amazed or freaked out.

LM: "Who… Er… What are you?"

Negative Man: "Me? My name is Negative Man. And by the way this looks, you're not going to rescue me."

The rebel snickered with the Negative Man's comments and shook his head.

LM: "Hardly. Names LM by the way, honorary member of the Teen Titans."

The dark obsidian energize person was a little surprised at this and asked this strange person something.

Negative Man: "Teen Titans? As in The Teen Titans, heroes of Jump City?"

LM: "Yeah, the very same. You know about them?"

Negative Man: "Know about them? One of my comrades is part of that team."

LM: "Who are you talking about? You mean Beast Boy?"

Negative Man: "Yeah, that's him. How did you know?"

LM: "Please… That uniform your body's wearing right now, highly obvious. So who are you suppose to be, president of the Beast Boy fan club. Cause I think the fan club should involve screaming girls."

He laughed it off a little, but this obsidian individual was a little ticked off on this.

Negative Man: "No… I'm a part of a team known as the Doom Patrol, a proud team dedicated in stopping the Brotherhood of Evil."

LM looked back at the spirit and cocked on eyebrow.

LM: "Oh really? By the way this look, you haven't done much of a good job. What are you doing here and what happened to the rest of your team."

Negative Man and a bit off guard by that question and lowered his head, giving the rebel an explanation.

Negative Man: "Well, let's just say that Mento assigned me on this mission, spying on the Brotherhood to see who this partner their working with and what they're up to. And what about you? Doesn't look like you have your team on your back."

LM heard that remark as he too did that same thing.

LM: "Well, let's just say I want go on this solo mission. I didn't want the team to get involved in this assignment."

Hearing that, the Doom Patrol member shook his head and sighed.

Negative Man: "Well, I guess we're both on the same boat."

LM: "Yeah, I guess you're right."

The two remain silent for a few seconds, of course, that was until Negative Man asked him something else.

Negative Man: "So what type of name is LM? Sounds like you got that name out of the ABC nursery rhyme."

LM: "I don't know. What type of name is Negative Man? Positive Man was taken or something?"

The two remained silent for another few seconds. Finally, they both looked at each other and started talking once more.

Negative Man: "My name is Larry Trainor."

LM: "Luis Javier Morgado."

And with that said, the two became fast friends.


And so ends another short chapter, to which it took too long. I just hope I don't get delayed once more and take much longer. Now let's get started with the French translation.

French Translation

Bonsoir – Good evening
Très bien alors. – Very well then.
Ami – Friend
Vous – You
Une telle honte... – Such a shame…

On the next chapter, the Titans get worried about one of their comrades, while the Doom Patrol makes an unexpected visit. At the same time, both LM and Negative Man get to know each other. Please Review.