I do not own anything mentioned here.
I have been having trouble focusing even more then usual, I failed at another round of trying to get a job which might have something to do with it. This is the first thing I have managed to finish in quite a while.
Side Note to He Who Sees, my e-mail has been less then cooperative, working on that, can't read or open anything, so I'll get back to you on anything related to that.
This is Alex messing with a version of DC after the Kryptonite meteor incident, like two weeks after that happened.
Metropolis, inside a maximum security prison.
"I'd say "Oh how the mighty have fallen", but let's be honest, you're not the toughest guy around; dangerous yes, powerful no. So, how would you like to get out of here?" Lex Luthor stared at the man that had just appeared in his cell, he knew that no teleporter in the world could bypass the shields and alarms of the prison; his company had designed them after all.
"Who are you? How did you get in here?"
"So that's a no to the simple 'in and out in five seconds' plan. Okay, we'll do this the loud fun way." Alex grinned and vanished. Moments later there was a massive explosion, the sirens and other alarm systems all began shrieking at once, while gunfire and numerous smaller explosions could be heard all around the prison.
Alex reappeared singing. "I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind, I left my body somewhere in the sands of time..." Moments later the door was ripped out of the wall, a human shaped being in a large suit of power armor stepped into the room and snapped a salute to the viral monster.
"Exit route secured. The main force is holding off pursuit. We are prepared to depart."
"Excellent. Mr. Luthor, if you'll follow me we can get out of here and discuss business in a less hostile environment." Alex turned and walked out of the cell, the Elite Marine gestured for Luthor to follow him, and since he didn't seem to have a choice in the matter the criminal mastermind did as instructed.
The three beings, viral doomsday weapon, human, and Zerg-Human Hybrid Soldier, walked quickly down the hallway, through various destroyed and damaged doors and walls, until they reached the courtyard area of the prison.
Lex was surprised to see a small army of troops identical to the one that had removed his cell door, along with a pair of large bipedal mechs, exchanging fire with the prison guards. From what the former president could see his apparent benefactors' troops hadn't taken any losses, in fact it looked as if nothing the guards had could even scratch them, the reason for this became obvious when one of the armored soldiers took a full barrage of bullets to the chest; an energy shield flared around the armored being before fading back out of sight, still active and only slightly drained.
There was also a large ship waiting in the middle of the yard, it looked more then large enough to accommodate the soldiers, mechs and the two human sized passengers. It seemed that the ship and the mechs were shielded as well, since any stray shots the hit the ship were met with the same barrier that protected the soldiers.
Alex's grin stretched into a full blown smile when he was informed that a certain Kryptonian was approaching the prison, he ordered his troops to divert reserve energy to their shields and prepare to withdraw. The moment Superman arrived he, and everyone else present, was surprised to see the attackers lower their weapons and drop into a clearly neutral stance.
"So you're surrendering? Why?" Superman could be naive sometimes, but he doubted that an attack of this scale would be abandoned so easily.
"Hey boyscout, how's life treating you?" Alex walked forward, hands in pockets, while the Elite was covertly drawing Luthor toward the ship.
"Are you the one responsible for this?"
"Duh. Who were you expecting? Cole MacGrath?" Alex continued smiling, just before disappearing and sending Superman rocketing into the sky. The moment the Kryptonian and their creator vanished the artificial Marines and the Goliaths retreated to the ship, Luthor already on board, and lifted off, it only took a second to get a Warp Rift opened and less then that to reach a uninhabited system on the other side of the galaxy.
Alex, 'hearing' that the ship was clear, dropped any pretense of fighting the Kryptonian and vanished, leaving the confused hero to assist in restoring order to the prison.
Unnamed and Uninhabited System on the edge of the Milky-way Galaxy. Unnamed fourth planet from the systems unnamed star.
"Welcome to wherever we are Lex." Alex chuckled slightly at the mans' surprise upon seeing that he had reached the planet before the ship had.
"Is there a point to all this?" Luthor was a bit annoyed that he had been dragged to another planet by this person, he was almost sure the man wasn't human, and that he hadn't been given any information to work with; Lex Luthor hated not knowing where he stood in a situation.
"Yes, there is." Alex turned and started walking, seemingly in a random direction. "So, what do you think the land value on this place is? I'm not planning on selling it or anything, just curious, how much do you think people would be willing to pay for this little lump of dirt?"
"You brought me out here to chat about property values?" Luthor was nearly foaming at the mouth while shouting this.
"Of course not, don't be ridiculous. I was just wondering is all. Anyway, on to more serious subjects." Alex stopped and turned, startling the human to the point that he almost fell down. "Would you mind if I destroyed the Earth?"
"What!"
"Hypothetically I mean. I don't plan on destroying it anytime soon, but if I did would you mind? And do you think the other residents of the planet would notice?" Alex actually looked very concerned by the subject, Lex just stood there doing an excellent impersonation of a fish out of water.
Once the human found his voice his first words were predictable. "You think I would just stand aside and let you destroy the planet, MY PLANET! And even if I couldn't stop you do you think you could fight every hero, villain and meta-human on the planet, to say nothing of the military forces of every country in the world?"
"What are you talking about? Why would I be fighting anyone?"
"You implied that you intend to attack the Earth at some point."
"No, I asked, hypothetically, if you thought anyone would be bothered by it if I destroyed the Earth, I didn't say anything about attacking the people living on the planet."
Luthor stared blankly at the creature in front of him, he wasn't sure if the being had done it on purpose or not, but during their conversation the thing had changed shape and voice several times, three times it had been female, and once it had sprouted wings out of its' head for no reason that Lex could see. The human was now certain that he was the only member of his species on the planet at that moment, since his host was clearly not.
"Okay, since you don't seem to be very good with hypothetical questions let's just get down to business." Alex fully shifted back to his default form and snapped his fingers.
"Was that really necessary?" The woman that appeared, seemingly in response to the gesture, asked.
"Probably not. Master Mold, meet Lex Luthor."
Lex quickly looked over the woman that his host had called Master Mold, she appeared human except for her glowing yellow eyes, the criminal mastermind and former president was perceptive enough to notice that her eyes at least were mechanical.
"She's a robot? Cyborg?"
Master Mold narrowed her eyes at the human that her savior said she could use to accomplish her goals in this universe. "I am Master Mold, I shall be the creator of the Sentinels."
Earth: A clearing in a forest in North America.
Alex Blinked in and surveyed the area, an Observation Drone had already done that but Alex saw no reason not to look the place over himself. In the middle of the clearing lay the broken remains of a Sentinel, the difference between this one and the several others that could be found not far, from the perspective of a teleporter, from this location was that this Sentinel had been used as an escape pod by Master Mold.
The mad scientist walked calmly over to the battered robot, he wasn't surprised when she raised her temporary body's only remaining arm and fired at him. It was easy to deflect the underpowered shot and remove the offending limb, far easier then Alex thought it should have been considering the potential he saw in his fellow artificial entity.
"So should I keep removing parts or are you willing to talk to me in a civil manner?"
The giant robot stared at him for a moment before responding. "What is your purpose here?"
Alex smirked. "I am here to offer you a chance to actually win, since I already checked and even if you do manage to rebuild yourself you'll just end up being beaten again and get destroyed completely by the X-Men."
"You are a mutant? A psychic who can see the future? Why would a mutant help Master Mold?"
"Not a mutant, a weapon created by humans who didn't know what they were dealing with. Yes I am psychic, and yes I can see the future sometimes, but I can also time travel, that's how I know what's going to happen if nothing changes. Since I'm not a mutant your last question needs to be rephrased, but to save time I'll just give you the answer for the correct phrasing rather then make you waste the energy rephrasing it yourself. I'm going to help you because, like me, your were created by humans who didn't really understand what they were doing, like me you aren't burdened by the same views and morals that humans are; I'm going to help you because you're practically my sister, in a twisted sense, but that's the general truth on the subject, besides most things relating to me are a bit twisted anyway." So as to avoid the generic "prove it" situation Alex quickly loaded a memory file into Master Mold showing her the future he had seen, her final defeat and destruction.
Master Mold thought over the bio-weapons' words as quickly and thoroughly as she could, because she was running on backup power in a body that had lost most of its' processing power she didn't have much to devote to making her decision, that being said she made what she felt at the time was the most logical choice. "I will accept your aid."
Unnamed Planet in an Unnamed System in the Milky-way Galaxy. (Present Time: From the perspective of Lex Luthor and Master Mold.)
Alex had brought Master Mold to this planet in this universe and created a new body for her, he had given her access to all information about this universes Earth that was available to the general public on said planet, if it could be found by a modestly skilled hacker or reporter Master Mold knew it.
Lex Luthor returned the glare the artificial woman was directing at him. "And just what are Sentinels?"
"It is my purpose and desire to bring order and peace to the planet Earth, the Sentinels are to be my soldiers, my instruments to accomplish this goal." Master Mold responded and continued her scans of the human.
"Then shouldn't she be working with Superman and the other 'Heroes'?" Lex spit the last word, it was clear what his opinion of the self appointed defenders of the planet was. Alex just kept smirking, it was Master Mold that responded.
"I am aware of the 'Super-Heroes', they are just as much at fault for the chaos and disorder on the planet as the 'Villains'."
Luthor smiled, he could work with this. "Alright, I think I can see the merit in a partnership here." To Alex. "So what do we do?"
"That's up to the two of you, I'm just here to give you the chance, if I wanted your Earth I'd take it. Before I forget." Alex irradiated the human briefly. "There, now I would seriously consider not carrying radioactive objects with me all the time if I were you, I'm not going to fix that next time. On to more important things." Alex sent the ship and troops he had used to attack the prison back to base, and Blinked himself, Master Mold and Lex to the other side of the planet, where he had already set up a massive factory and lab complex, there were fully robotic SCVs to assist with resource gathering and such, and living quarters and other such important facilities for Luthor, since he was inferior to both Master Mold and Alex himself he needed such things.
Not far from the Lab and Factory was a modified Warp Gate, Alex had linked the buildings matrix to Earth via Subspace, it could almost instantly warp people and objects to any point on Earth as long as it had the correct coordinates, getting back was a bit trickier, but he had already shown Master Mold how to use it, she could show Luthor, or not, it was up to her really.
"I'm sure you two can figure out what everything here is and what it's all for, if you'll excuse me I have other people to harass." Alex gave a zergling smile and vanished.
That's that, if anyone wants to continue this story they can. The Master Mold here is the one from Wolverine and the X-Men, Alex saved her from a generic plot induced defeat and brought her to a DC universe, because of Alex interfering with her she is no longer bound by any standard rules that almost always seem to result in the 'heroes' winning, she can ignore plot holes and the usual mandatory antagonist mistakes.
The body that Alex provided for Master Mold isn't just a standard human shaped android, this body was made so that, if she needs to, Master Mold can fight head on with most DC heroes and villains without assistance from Sentinels or other sources.
The body was constructed to give Master Mold the following abilities:
Super Strength: On the same level as that of this universes Superman.
Super Speed: See previous.
Durability: Again on the same level as this universes Superman.
Flight: Top sustainable speed equal to this universes Superman. Short bursts of near lightspeed are possible but drain primary core if used often.
Healing: Enhanced Bio-Steel 'skin' and skeleton regenerate over time, roughly at the same rate as Alex Mercer at the end of the events during the outbreak that brought him into being. Severe enough damage can overwhelm regeneration, forcing a retreat.
Sensory Systems:
Standard Vision equal to 'perfect' human vision.
Telescopic Vision: Allows for roughly the same level of magnification as Superman's.
X-Ray Vision: What do you think this does?
Thermal Vision: Like Alex, Master Mold can see heat signatures and use them to track targets.
Ultraviolet Vision: As the name says, Master Mold can see in this light spectrum.
Bio-Vision: If she has encountered a life-form, Master Mold can lock on to that specific genetic signature and track that being no matter where it goes.
Hearing on par with Superman.
Sensitive to vibrations in the air and through any matter she is in direct contact with.
Weapon Systems:
Optical: Master Molds' new eyes only serve as one weapon, but it is a fairly powerful one. Alex replicated a scaled down version of the Thermal Lance weapon used by the Protoss Colossus, this weapon functions in the same manner as Alex's own Thermal Lance power, matching it in power as well.
Palms:
Master Mold is now equipped with a standard repulsor system. (Alex won a bet with Tony Stark which gave him the right to use the technology of the Ironman armor where and whenever he wants.)
Sonic Emitters.
Concussive Beam Generators.
Ion Cannons: Chargeable for increased damage and range.
Ice Beam Projectors.
P.E.P: Pulse Energy Projector. A non-lethal short ranged energy weapon.
Forearms and Hands: A quantum/subspace storage system combined with an imitation of the transformation systems used by Cybertronians allows Master Mold to maintain a small arsenal on her person at all times.
Scrapmaker: A high damage, rapid fire, miniature Gatling gun with explosive projectiles. (Ammo Limit: 300)
Fusion Rifle: A sniper weapon which draws power from a sustained internal fusion reaction. (Ammo Limit: 20)
Plasma Cannon: A chargeable plasma weapon, the longer the charge is held the more powerful and destructive the resulting shot. Charge limit set to avoid overload. (Ammo Limit: Four Fully Charged Shots)
Scatter Blaster: A rapid fire shotgun type weapon. Projectiles are magnetically charged prior to firing, resulting in a web of electricity traveling along with the bullets. (Ammo Limit: 15)
Rocket Cannon: A four barreled rocket launcher capable of firing four anti-tank missiles in rapid succession. (Ammo Limit: 16)
Micro-Missile Pod: Fires a volley of eight miniature seeker missiles. (Ammo Limit: 80)
Beam Machine Gun: A rapid fire assault weapon. (Ammo Limit: 200)
Warp Blades: Dark Templar energy based melee weapons.
Plasma Whip: Self-explanatory.
Shoulders: The same system used on this body's arms and hands is applied to the shoulders as well.
Ion Blaster: A rapid fire assault weapon using energy based projectiles. (Ammo Limit: 400)
Micro-Missile Pod: Fires a volley of eight miniature seeker missiles. (Ammo Limit: 80)
Rocket Pod: A single shot rocket launcher. While this weapon only has one shot at any given moment that one shot is capable of demolishing a Terran Bunker with little trouble.
Fusion Rifle: A sniper weapon which draws power from a sustained internal fusion reaction. (Ammo Limit: 20)
Particle Beam Cannon: A powerful energy weapon created by scaling down the main gun of a warship Alex once encountered. (Ammo Limit: 10)
Beam Machine Gun: A rapid fire assault weapon. (Ammo Limit: 200)
All weapons listed above can be used on the right or left arm/shoulder simultaneously, or they can be mixed up, whatever Master Mold feels is needed for the situation.
On top of the weapons equipped to her arms and shoulders, Alex also provided Master Mold with a variation of the Uni-beam weapon originally found on the Ironman Armor, the new weapon is a combination of the original weapon and the Charged Particle Gun used by several different Zoids. This weapon is meant to be a last resort, it drains the primary core of the body to nearly zero, the secondary core is only able to maintain basic functions and should not be relied upon as a backup power source.
Defensive Systems:
Plasma Shield: A modified Protoss shield system. In tests primary shield remains stable after ten direct hits with Ion Shock Cannon rounds, further assault will cause shield to fail. Hardened Shield doubles shield durability against heavy impacts and siege type weapons, lighter attacks will not activate Hardened Shield.
Point Defense Drones: Master Mold can link up to six basketball sized mechanical drones to her systems, the drones will follow her until dismissed or destroyed. Drones are armed with basic laser turrets which can be used to shoot down incoming projectiles or to attack nearby opponents.
Evac System: An emergency teleportation system that drains all of Master Molds' secondary core power in order to allow her to teleport herself to any location within range. Maximum distance 500000 km.
Blaze Luminous Projector: Mounted on Master Molds' left arm, this shield can not be active at the same time as a weapon being used on that arm. This system was added for flair more then function, Alex decided that if the situation came up Master Mold could use the shield on her left arm and the Warp Blade in her right if she got into a sword fight with someone.
Master Mold does not fully understand the body she now inhabits, she cannot apply the same technology she is now made of to the Sentinels, they have to start out as they were in her home universe.
And there we go. Yes, I gave Master Mold a lot of fire power and defensive abilities, no this was not so that she could stomp the DC verse she is in, they've dealt with similar enemies who had a wide range of powers and or weapons. The idea wasn't for her to be a villain, her original programing called for her and the Sentinels to bring order and peace to the world, Master Mold is logical, she viewed humans as the cause of all disorder and conflict, and she was right, Alex convinced her that she doesn't need to wipe them out, just make sure they can't or wont hurt each other any more.
Alex knows that you can't, barring mind control, force people to behave and stop fighting, he doesn't expect this to end without a lot of fighting, the idea was basically to give a 'cousin' of his a chance to actually accomplish something without Plot getting in the way and messing things up like he usually does.
Could the heroes and military forces of Earth stop Master Mold and the Sentinels she is going to build? Possibly. But that doesn't mean they have to win, and that doesn't mean they have to lose; Alex already convinced her to abandon the 'wipe out the human race' plan, there is a chance that she could be talked into a less aggressive path to peace, it just wouldn't be easy.
No, I did not forget about Lex, nothing else was said about him in the notes because he is basically being used as a resource, Master Mold can stay behind the scenes and let Lex act like he's in control of everything, and in the event that he's captured somehow, or killed, that will leave the heroes, most of them, thinking that the crisis is over and then she can surprise attack them when they least suspect it.
This was part of Alex's plan when he brought Master Mold to this world, I haven't finished it and therefore haven't posted it, but I have a chapter started that involves Alex's first meeting with Lex Luthor, and like his first meeting with Superman, which is also started but not finished, it isn't the best first impression, and since any version of a character has the potential to develop into the same person Alex has already met he holds his first impressions of people against them. In other words: Gods help you if another you pissed Alex off before you met him.
The Sentinels would not be going out of their way to kill meta-humans or aliens with super-powers, Master Mold, despite changing her tune on the subject of wiping humans out of existence, would still want to make the Sentinels evolve, she could just as easily study and replicate meta-human powers as she was doing with mutant powers in the future. So rather then kill heroes, the ones with genetic superpowers anyway, the Sentinels would capture them to study and potentially copy their powers, once they're done with that Master Mold could just have them cryogenically frozen or something so that they don't cause any trouble later, or have them killed if she deems it necessary.
Well nothing more here, I think, might have left something out, if I did I hope it wasn't big or something that ruins the chapter.
Hob the Vindictive Sentinel