Chapter 33:
Cado scrolled through the tablet given to him by Bruno, grinning at each amount of cash he'd gained from the conversion of jewels that had been introduced to him. The funds that had been formed from his own creation of alien technology was rapidly increasing, enough to keep his business afloat and even surpass the likes of Wayne Enterprises, Lexcorp and Star Labs.
Taking notice of this, people had began to try and forcibly discredit him. However, the ever-present droids that he had created due to his business with Intergang had done wonders for the recreation of numerous cities and towns. Once, he'd even decreased the amount of droids used and let the people handle the workload. Cado could hear (both figuratively and literally) the cries of annoyance and pain as they were left to their own devices.
Eventually, him and the president had made a deal: Cado's public status as both a vigilante and CEO would return, even better than before. If he helped with the recreations of many cities. Hiding his smug smirk, Cado agreed.
There were even requests to sell the droids, but the Saiyatonian quickly shut that down. Like hell he was going to give up his only leverage.
Cado could still recall the conversation with Bruno.
Flashback
"You seem to be enjoying the luxurious lifestyle," Cado remarked, once he'd taken a closer look at all of the alien tech. Some had even left him dumbfounded as to how it was made.
Bruno shrugged, a small smirk on his face. "What can I say? I know what I want, and what my clients want. Whoever said 'money can't buy you happiness' is a dumbass."
"Uh-huh," Cado said, eyebrows raised. "Any type in particular that you want to share?"
Bruno looked at him incredulously, before he shook his head. "Right. You were actually born here, instead of living on another planet. Well, I guess I could inform you." Stepping closer to a raised podium with an advanced tablet connected to it, Bruno tapped it a few times before scrolling through a list of names. As he scrolled through, each selection of technology opened itself before the duo.
"I've gotten tons of storage of different alien species, due to my... generous beneficiary." The way he hesitated around the word 'generous' gave Cado an inkling as to how the mysterious beneficiary acted, but he ignored it. "He's collected trophies from all different worlds, so he's loaned some to me for safekeeping.
"I've got all kinds of catalogues to go with my shiny new toys, from all over the universe: trophies from Czarnians, New Genesians, the Manhunters, the Reach, Debstamians, Tamaraneans, even the Guardians themselves."
Cado's super-fast brain scanned the traces of information from each slide, memorising it.
"Oddly enough, I ain't got any tech from your races," Bruno remarked. "Aren't you unique?"
The alien hummed, satisfied with the information that he'd received. However, a thing he took particular note of was the sheer number of beings in this universe. He hadn't viewed the entirety of his own universe, so he couldn't compare. Still, the length of information that he'd witnessed amazed him. It was always a wonder to study the vast cosmos, meeting new beings that he'd never discovered before.
Earth - while natural and unique in its own right - was always... lacking. It was always nice to meet new beings beyond the stars. Beings who he had no idea of their capabilities. He sometimes even yearned to fight beings beyond Earth, to test his abilities against them... although that was his battlelust mainly talking.
"So, my friend. What exactly do you have to bring to the table?" Bruno questioned. "I told you to bring some plans for technology that you wish to part with."
"And I've delivered," the Saiyatonian responded, reaching into his pocket to bring out a capsule. Popping it, he tossed it to the ground, allowing smoke to form and produce what was inside of it.
"My, my," Bruno muttered, upon seeing a bundle of cloth bunched together. Rolling it out, Cado revealed his own inventions. "Interesting."
There were several devices that seemed to catch his eye, while others he glanced over. He brought out what looked to be a two-handed gun. "This is what I'd like to dub a Warp Gun," he introduced, caressing the item. "Essentially, it opens a portal and allows for items to be brought over onto the determined area. Still in testing, but it's one of the better ones."
"So, essentially a Mother Box in gun-form," Bruno remarked. "What's it's range?"
"Over 40,000 miles across the Earth," Cado revealed, deciding to reveal some truth. Pointing the gun at a clear space in front of them, he pulled the trigger. A purple beam shot out of the mouth, allowing for a small purple portal to appear in front of them.
"Hmm," was Bruno's response, looking as if he was going to put his hand through the portal itself. "And where would this nifty little portal take you to?"
Cado shrugged. "The Atlantic Ocean."
Pulling out a pen out of his pocket, he chucked it into the portal, watching it vanish. He turned to the side. "Hey, Tony! Bring up the main satellite, will ya?"
There was a pause, before the slide that was used to transmit information blurred, before a view of the Atlantic Ocean appeared. What was also visible was the portal that was hovering above it, the pen that was thrown through hitting the surface of the ocean.
"Well, I'll be damned," Bruno whistled, turning to look at Cado with a grin on his face. "Not as good as a Motherbox, but I'll take it. Next."
Cado smiled thinly, withholding the urge to blast the man in front of him. He'd be damned if he allowed someone to mock his inventions! "Well, I've got this."
Bringing out a grey circular object from the cloth, he dropped it to the ground. Just as it was about to hit it, it hovered for a few moments, staying stationary. A few seconds later, two edges suddenly jutted out of the sides, before the object expanded in size even more. Pretty soon, a hoverboard was floating in front of them.
Bruno hummed, walking around to inspect it. "Well, it looks interesting," he commented, poking it slightly and causing it to nudge slightly. "I assume this is something to cover up for your portal gun's range?"
"Well, well. Looks like you do have a brain under all the 'pretentious prick' phase," the Saiyatonian muttered sarcastically.
Bruno chuckled. "Pretty much a pro at it." He whistled to the side. "Tony! I need your assisstance again!"
A sigh rang from the side, before a Caucasian man stepped forward, his suit struggling to contain his muscular physique. "I swear, I'm like your pack mule," he muttered grumpily.
Bruno patted him on the shoulder. "No, of course you're not!" Just as Tony's mood seemed to brighten slightly, Bruno brought it crashing down. "That's only on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays - which is today - and Thursdays, you're my bitch!"
Growling, Tony bit his lip before he got on the hoverboard slowly, testing it. He frowned. "So, do I just say 'go', or doooooo-WOAH!" Near the end of his question, the hoverboard suddenly jolted, zipping around the large room at breakneck speeds.
Bruno laughed. "Make sure you put on your seatbelt before driving, Tony-boy!"
"FUCK YOU!" was the corresponding shout, following by a small, surprising shriek of panic.
Cado smiled, keeping his amusement to himself. "The hoverboard could transport things that the portal gun may struggle with. And those would include things that are either too large or difficult to move for physically weaker beings. It's got an ever-expanding curve, so it will increase in proportion to the size of the object."
"And take whoever's lucky enough on a sick ride," Bruno summed up, getting a chuckle out of the two. "Alright, I'm impressed. What's next?" Just as he said that, the hoverboard appeared in front of them, screeching to a halt. This had the effect of sending Tony flying, eventually landing on a heap of unused technology.
"Did you have fun over there?!" Bruno called out.
"Hate you... hate you both," was the mumbled mess that came out.
"Well..." Going to his stash again, Cado picked up an odd-looking machine. Purple crystals were jutting out of the top of it, while the bottom was shaped in a rectangle. A cylinder was raised with different measurements labelled on it, along with some thick wires (A.N. - Look up 'compact fusion reactor'. It should be the image labelled 'The Navy Just Patented a Compact Fusion Reactor, but Will It Work?' by ExtremeTech. Only bit I added was the crystals at the end).
"Pretty little thing, isn't it?" Bruno muttered, curious. "So, what does it do?"
"In layman's terms, it's an advanced compact fusion reactor. It's got the nifty power of a regular one, but has an inverse battery circuit. Using physics, I was able to get synthesizing the first stable transuranium element. I took up palladium fusion for a hobby, which allowed me to-"
"Yeah, yeah, you did big science work to create this. What does it do?" Bruno interrupted. He flinched at the heated glare Cado was giving him due to his interuption.
"To simplify, I've created a perpetual energy feedback look from this. Meaning, the reactor can not only release energy, but store it and keep it contained for a specific amount of time for a specific purpose. Eventually creating-"
"A new source of power that could run indefinitely," Bruno finished, finally looking stunned.
"'Indefinitely' is too far for this reactor," Cado quickly corrected. "But a bigger one can lead to it becoming a possiblity."
Bruno chuckled, clapping his hands. "Alright, you've impressed me, Mr. Cado. I'll be sure to put your work to good use." He made to take the reactor out of his hands, only for Cado to evade swiftly.
The Saiyatonian chuckled. "Oh, Bruno. You think I don't know your tactic? No, we're going to be discussing our mutual relationship very thoroughly." Although by Cado's tone, the terms would be anything but mutual.
Bruno got a furious look on his face. "Hey, you listen here, you-" He made to say more, but paused as Cado's aura started to spring into life slowly, yet fiercely. And suddenly, he realised who he was talking to.
Cado smiled sweetly. "Now, can we please discuss our terms properly?"
"... Sure," was all he managed to say in a defeated tone. Apparently, his greed wasn't stronger than his fear.
End Flashback
The Saiyatonian smiled. It was amazing when things went his way.
Of course, he wasn't foolish. He knew that there was a chance that Bruno would swindle him. So, he had offered his prototype devices in a case that could only be accessed by his DNA. And even before offering them, he had made sure to pull apart each strand of machinery and sequence it in a way that was unique to him and him alone.
And as a final precaution, he had some drones sneak inside Intergang's business, monitoring their work and studying how their processes went, notifying him if anything of his was either tampered with or forged incorrectly.
Pushing his mind of Intergang aside, Cado wondered what he'd do as a sort of grand opening for his droids. Helping to recreate parts of the world was good, but he was interested to see if his creations could function in certain scenarios.
Running a mental calculation of where he should go, Cado finally decided on where he should go. With a grin, he flew out of his window.
XXX
Gotham City was a shithole. Its air knew it, its buildings knew it, the citizens knew it, even the Batman realised this soon enough.
Yet, the only people profiting from all the continued and added mayhem were the 'children' of Gotham's morbidness and shittiness: its local villains.
The people of Gotham City did their best to ignore the trouble that the Kryptonian Invasion had caused them, doing their best to get on with their lives. However, like always, the criminals still looked for work amongst the powerful and a few still killed for the fun of it. The streets have been recently busy since the Dark Knight recovered from his wounds due to the attack. With the heavy rain pouring from the skies, we find the city's most powerful meeting inside a warehouse to discuss the major opportunity that has happened across the world.
"So let me get this straight, since the whole alien invasion, we now have the opportunity to control more than just parts of this city?" Black Mask questioned, his grin hidden behind the glinting metal. In front of him stood a major gathering of the city's greatest super criminals and mob bosses, barring two.
"I don't care about controlling this city," Bane scoffed, flexing his enlarged muscles as he clenched his fists together. "The Bat is the only one I want."
"So you can break his back again, yes, yes. We get it," Penguin groaned, rolling his eyes.
Bane turned to glare at the physically smaller man. "Do not mock my achievements. The Bat and his brats will fall, and I will show Gotham that - in the end - they are weak."
"Yeah, but to do that, we'll need to take care of them before we can move past this city and towards other territories," Black Mask said.
Next to him, Deadshot twirled a gun in his hand as he smirked behind his mask. "And I'll be first in line to mow them down."
Immediately, the group paused, before looking at Deadshot. They snickered, before it evolved into full-blown laughter. This immediately had him pissed. "The fuck's so funny, huh?!"
"Are you serious?! Mr. 'I never miss a shot' thinks he could take down Batman?! Bitch, please! Your reputation went to shit when the entire criminal underworld heard of Batman making you his bitch! The only thing you're worth is killing some loud mouth politician!" Black Mask mocked, chuckling with each insult. Deadshot scowled remained quiet as he checked his gun.
"Let's see you laughing when you have a hole in your pretty little mask," Deadshot muttered to himself.
Two-Face quit his chortles and decided to call out the elephant in the room. "What about the clown and his goons? You all know how he gets into our operations from time to time."
"I could take him out," Penguin offered, getting shocked looks. "Oh, like none of you were thinking of it."
"He has been more annoying lately," Bane pondered, curious.
"It's the Joker," Black Mask scoffed. "When isn't he annoying?"
"What about Quinn? You know how resourceful that bitch is," Deadshot grumbled.
"Nah, she's useless without the Joker," Black Mask dismissed. "What about Ivy? She joining in our fun?"
Clayface scoffed, choosing to speak this time. "Please, that bitch won't touch anything with a penis attached to it. Maybe if we attack a vegan stand or something."
The others were about to agree, only for the doors to suddenly explode with a BOOM!
Each villain and their gang members raised their weapons as they saw the doors break apart, with smoke starting to fill the area. The air around them was filled with coughing and weapons being loaded. They waited as they saw the smoke clear up and two figures skipping in with high pitched laughing. Bane snarled in annoyance as he grabbed a shotgun and aimed it at the two approaching figures.
The smoke disappeared, revealing the craziest, most infamous villain that Gotham had ever harbored. His wrinkled purple suit had a dead flower in the breast pocket and his green hair was combed - ironically enough - immaculate. His white gloves remained untouched as he clapped and his widened smile never unmoved as Bane aimed his shotgun as the annoying villain.
"Hello, boys!" the Joker greeted with a wide, manic smile. Harley Quinn laughed beside him. "Did you plan to start the party without me? I'm wounded!"
"Oh, Goddammit," Black Mask muttered to himself.
XXX
Batman and Robin sat on top of a building, using high-tech binoculars to view the villains inside driving away on their own personal vehicles. Quickly flinging a Batarang towards one of the last cars, both saw the projectile stick to the vehicle, a beacon responding to it.
Robin looked towards Batman, who had his ever-present scowl on his face. Despite not showing it, Robin knew that Batman was wary of the situation at hand. All of his rogue gallery in one group, planning to cause mayhem around Gotham. Even if they'd call Batgirl, they'd still be heavily outnumbered. Not to mention that, from the recovering state of Gotham, the people would respond poorly to this all-out assault.
"What are we going to do?" Robin questioned, knowing of the monumental task ahead of them.
Batman was quiet for a moment, before he spoke. "We would need to separate them in order to take them down. Divide and conquer. I can split them off, take Deadshot, Penguin and Black Mask, while you-"
"Sit back and allow me to help you."
The sudden voice caught both of them off-guard as they whirled around, both having Batarangs at the ready. However, they paused once they looked at the figure. "What are you doing here?" Batman responded instantly, glaring at the smirking Cado.
"Now, now. Is that any way to treat the person trying to help you?" the Saiyatonian mocked, causing Batman's eyes to narrow further.
"Leave. This has nothing to do with you," Batman dismissed angrily. If anything, Cado's smirk grew more smug.
"Actually, it does. See, me being a vigilante means that I have to do the whole 'anti-hero' schtick. And Gotham is an excellent demonstration of that lifestyle. Plus, I do need to send my droids to fix what the Kryptonian Invasion destroyed. So there's that."
"You won't kill any of those criminals," Batman declared, Batarang in hand. Robin stared at his mentor, unsure if the man was serious in his threat against Cado.
Cado blinked, confused. "Really? You're going to fight me? Thought you weren't the type of person to make jokes." A thrown Batarang was his response. Catching it in his index and middle finger, he sighed. Before he could say anything else, it promptly exploded, throwing around small but potent knock-out gas. As Cado breathed it in, he shook his head. Earthly diseases, poisons, or chemicals had no effect on his body, so this entire thing was pointless.
Smirking, he kept on breathing it in, sucking it all up with his super-breath. After the last scrap of gas was consumed, he smiled. Leaning his head back, he exhaled strongly, creating a small gust of wind that blew Batman back across the ledge of the building, his body instantly trying to snatch onto something. Immediately, Cado was in front of him, holding his neck in mid-air.
"You complain when someone picks up after you when you've failed to deal with the shit of Gotham?" Cado questioned, shaking his head. "Oh, Bruce-" Batman's eyes widened even more upon having his secret identity revealed "-do me a favour and just keep playing the part of a billionare playboy. That way, you might live longer."
Swiping Batman's utility belt from his waist and his cape before he could even process it, he smirked as he dropped the man to the ground. "Make sure to not sound like a drowning rat on the way down!" Flailing uselessly, Batman could do nothing as he descended quickly. Thanks to his reinforced suit, the fall didn't kill him, but he did grunt as he collided, definitely hearing something crack.
Chuckling, Cado took after the onsuing group, leaving the two behind. He mentally went over the situation at hand.
Everyone but a few are fair game, Cado thought to himself. Bulma did background checks on all of them, so I wouldn't need to kill needlessly. Harvey Dent, also known as Two-Face, seemed to be plagued by his... odd appearance more than he should. So, either he can accept Bulma's future treatments, or he'll die. Same with some of the more criminally insane. He rolled his eyes as he flew. Like that's not 99% of them. The only maybes would be Mr. Freeze and Harley Quinn. Poison Ivy is still unconfirmed at the moment. Stupid names, by the way.
Cado's superior eyesight allowed him to see just what the group of villains were up to. For a disorganised bunch of misfits, they moved surprisingly quickly. He was viewing the chaos that they were creating, and he scowled.
Victor Szasz ran around like a madman, his clothes stained red with blood as he looked for more and more people to kill. Solomon Grundy barged into shops with shiny items, easily searching for something to steal and smash at the same time. The pyromaniac Firefly was torching down buildings at random, deranged laughter haunting his victims. Killer Croc prowled around the streets like the apex predator that he was, snacking on his victims with gluttonous delight. Blask Mask had several guns in his hands as he and Deadshot had a shooting match with one another. Scarecrow had a menacing cackle follow him as he used his infamous Fear Toxins to create fear.
The one was having the most fun, however, was the Joker. He and his sidekick Quinn seemed to be having a blast, his cackling somehow reaching through the sounds of gunfire and his deadly gadgets exploding into the open, spraying or killing people with ease.
Acting quickly, Cado dropped his flight as he slammed into the ground in front of them, causing debris to fly and smoke to form. The villains were suprised, not expecting the destructive surprise. As the Saiyatonian walked out of the smoke, however, many of the villains paled at seeing him.
"Aw, shit," Deadshot hissed, body shaking slightly at seeing the powerful alien before him. Usually, him and a lot of the villains knew when they were outclassed by different heroes, Superman being an excellent example. So, they usually knew when to throw down their weapons and await their sweet time in jail. However, the difference with Cado and Superman was that the latter a) rarely, if at all, interfered with Gotham turf and left stuff like that to the Bat. And b) wasn't keen on actually killing villains. The former?
Deadshot wasn't particularly religious, but right now, he found himself praying to God that he'd at least not die first. If at all, really.
All of the villains stayed still, not knowing how to proceed. Unfortunately, one of them wasn't as shook.
"Why, hello there!" the Joker greeted, stepping forward with a wide grin on his face. All of the others promptly ignored the Joker's apparent insanity - or stupidity. Even Harley had a panicked look on her face as she futilely tried to pull the Joker back, but he slapped her hand swiftly.
"Now, now, Harley!" the Joker tutted, turning to face his sidekick. "Don't you know it's rude for someone not to greet a guest? Honestly, I may be villainous, but at least I'm polite! Always leaving smiles on people's faces, even in death!" He laughed madly, before frowning.
"Although, speaking of rudeness, you're interrupting our party! Now, unless you want to join in, I'd suggest youn scram!"
Cado stared at the clown for a moment, before he smiled. "You know, I think I may just join in."
"Really?" Joker questioned, blinking in surprise. The other villains were confused as well, but not brave enough to voice their thoughts aloud.
"Yeah," the Saiyatonian answered, a disarming smile on his face. "I don't think that the bloodbath has reached its proper climax. Why don't I help add to that?"
Joker now grinned madly, laughing insanely. "That's great! The more, the merrier! I'd offer you a gun, but it seems that they're all taken! But you're a big, strong man! Like Bane, but you probably have a brain between your ears."
"Thank you for the compliment," Cado said, smiling as he walked forward, placing his hand on Joker's shoulder. The two kept grinning, until Joker's smile faltered a little.
"My, t-that's a strong grip ya got there." Joker kept his laugh going, despite the growing pain as Cado clamped down tighter. "W-Won't you buy a guy a drink first before getting too clingy?"
"Oh, my apologies. I just sometimes get so excited when meeting new people that I just don't know my strength..." Cado said, still smiling. That was, until he pulled down. Joker's right arm - from the shoulder all the way to the hand - was promptly yanked out of its socket with brutal force. Blood gushed everywhere as the Joker laughed in a pained gurgle as he clutched his bloody, haphazard stump.
"Oops," Cado said sarcastically dropping his smile as he clenched the arm in his grasp, crushing it into fleshy chunks.
"Oh my God!" Harley screeched, hands going to her mouth as she and the villains stared in horror at the brutal display in front of them. The disarmed clone stumbled back, still laughing maniacally to block out the pain.
"I'm glad to see you're getting a kick out of this," Cado commented, a sneer forming on his face. "We wouldn't want you to die screaming, now would we?"
"N-N-Not particu-GAH!" Joker tried to answer only for Cado to hoist him up by grabbing his face, palm directly on the clown's mouth.
"Hey, Joker. You ever hear about to clown who found out what death tasted like?" Cado questioned nonchalantly, as if he didn't rip off his arm. There was some murmurs from him, as if he was actually trying to answer, making him smile. "Well, the story went like this..."
Ki lighting up his palm, Joker tried to laugh, even when a ki beam blasted through into his mouth and out the other side, directly opposite to the opening. The ki blast kept flying through the air as the exit wound was left as a bloody, gaping hole near where his neck connected with his head.
Penguin turned over to vomit at the bloody display, while Harley Quinn cried out in horror, tears falling from her eyes. "NO! DON'T HURT HIM!"
Cado ignored her as he removed his palm, grimacing. "Great, now I need to wash this hand." He turned to look at the Joker, who he could tell was struggling to stay alive from the obviously fatal blow.
"You know, usually I'm not this graphic when it comes to killing villains. But, for the most renowned and infamous, I feel like I have to put on a show. It's only right after all. So, for my next trick, I'll now saw a clown in half!"
Holding the Joker's body horizontally, Cado slowly and painfully ripped his body in half, the legs held in one hand, and the upper half with the spine connected in the other. Blood spilled across his entire front body as he looked towards the devestated group of villains.
"Oh, you thought my show was over! No, no, I've got one final trick! I'm now going to make Mr. Joker disappear! Be amazed..." Throwing both halves into the air, Cado fired two ki blasts from his hands, both detonating once they hit both halves of the dead Joker. A bright light filled Gotham's night sky as all of the villians watched, horrified.
Cado performed jazz hands as he grinned. "Ta-da! Magic!"
They were all paralyzed, some even falling to their knees in fear. Harley was one of them as she her mallet lay by her side, struck with horror at the gruesome death of her Puddin.
"Luckily for you, death will be quick," Cado announced, eyes glowing red. The villains, much like their previous and current victims, were helpless as they neared their end. Victor Szasz was the first to go, roasted by his heat vision. Killer Croc growled, and tried to charge at Cado futilely. He died soon after. Black Mask's body was torched with ease as well, followed by Penguin. Bane - struck with fear - tried to run, but was caught in the back, and died immediately. Clayface tried to seperate himself to escape Cado's blasts, but the Saiyatonian reacted too quickly, and vaporized him. Grundy was the one who lasted the longest, which did surprise him.
Roaring, the giant zombie charged at him, causing him to cancel the heat vision as he held one hand out to catch the punch aimed at him. He was impressed, that had a little strength to it. Cocking his fist back, Cado decked the roaring zombie in the face, sending him flying. Zipping and reappearing in the air to where he was going to be, Cado kicked him further into sky as he cupped his hands behind him. Overkill, but he wasn't in the mood to play anymore.
"Ka... Me..." Blue light started to gather in his palms, a large amount of ki gathering there. "Ha... Me..." Gaining enough power, Cado casted his eyes to the rising and falling form of Solomon Grundy. "Ha!" he bellowed, throwing his hands out and firing the powerful blast in the air. Seeing the beam sail forward, it instantly connected, borrowing a hole through the zombie as it immediately started to disintegrate him, piece by piece. A few seconds later, Grundy gave his final pitiful scream as he was completely vaporized
Once Cado's burning gaze shifted to Deadshot, the man got onto his knees with his hands up. "Honestly, I don't even like working with these guys, I swear!"
Ignoring him, Cado made to fire his heat vision on again, when he heard a ringing on one of his custom-made Rao Glasses. Frowning, Cado quickly them on, knowing only a select few had his frequency, and would interrupt him now.
"What is it?" Cado questioned, annoyed.
"Look, I know you're going to complain, but don't kill Deadshot or Harley Quinn," Bulma spoke on the end of her line, making Cado's frown more pronounced.
"Excuse you and your entire race?" Cado questioned, confounded.
Bulma ignored him, trying to get through to him quickly. "I'm hacking some secure files that are apparently top-secret, related to Deadshot and Quinn. Some big-shot named Amanda Waller is keeping tabs on some of Gotham's villains; those two in particular."
Cado's eyebrow twitched. "And you didn't think it'd be important to tell me this before I flew out?"
"Hey! Getting this information wasn't easy for me!" Bulma responded back snarkily. Cado rolled his eyes as she continued. "Just bring them back to the main building, so we can keep them away from Waller."
"Wouldn't killing them take them out of the equation completely?" Cado responded back.
"That's what you'd think, but we can't make that assumption until we know more. Besides, I have a hunch that she's one of the people trying to discredit Rao Industries, so screwing anything of hers is a bonus."
Cado rolled his eyes, grunting. "Fine. But when the public bitches at me, you're explaining this whole thing to them.
"... Shit," was her response, making him chuckle. He dismissed the call as he stared at the two below him. He sighed. "Good news. You get to live a little longer. But, you're going to be staying in a... well, let's call it rehabilitation site."
Blinking, Deadshot managed to get out, "What?" befoee two drones flew down and immediately picked the two up, along with the now knocked out Two-Face. As they flew back to his base, Deadshot was yelling in fright while Harley was unresponsive.
"And that takes care of that. Now, my second objective..." with that, Cado warped away to another location.
XXX
The Saiyatonian appeared in front of the gates of Arkham Asylum, a frown on his face. Place for the mentally insane... what a joke. This place was the same place that kept the Joker locked up until he broke out because people kept saying 'It's his mental illness that's the problem, not his murderous tendencies'.
Walking forward, he knocked the sealed door away with a kiai before he saw several surprised guards frantically reach for their guns. Rolling his eyes, he perfroemed another kiai that knocked them all back, making them unconscious.
He strode forward, keeping note of any person of interest. Walking further and further, he kept hearing the screams and bangs of different criminals. Cracking his neck, Cado disappeared, moving at high-speeds to identify each villain before him: Mad Hatter, Pyg, Hugo Strange, Hush, the Riddler, the two Ventriloquists, Anarky, Mr. Freeze, Maxie Zeus, Calculator, Calender Man, Clue Master, Electrocutioner, Great White Shark, the Doll Maker, Killer Moth, Rag Doll, Ratcatcher, Deacon Blackfire, Tweeedlee and Tweedledum and Poison Ivy.
... Cado had to mentally roll his eyes at the stupid names. Why the hell did heroes and villains have such stupid names?!
Pushing his thoughts to the side, he used his X-ray vision and ki sensing to pin-point where each respective villain was, and who he was going to kill.
I should definitely focus on sparing Mr. Freeze, as he was on the 'saving' list. Although, Poison Ivy was on the maybe list. I do, however, have an offer for her that she may take to save her life.
Rising upwards and pushing past the ceiling of Arkham Asylum, he confused those watching him as he held his hand out, gathering energy into his palm. "Multi-Bullet Volley!"
With a shout, Cado fired off a volley of ki blasts that were aimed at their specific targets. The 21 villains who he had marked for death cried out in silent pain as their deaths were - thankfully - quick. Their bodies were vaporized as their cells exploded. The blasts narrowly missed Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, who shook in fear as they could hear the brief screams of their felllow in-mates.
Cado quickly ended the attack, sensing that the deed was done. Nodding, he was about to free the remaining two villains, only for him to frown as he caught the fist that was aimed for his face. "We don't see each other for over two weeks, and you try to hit me?"
Superman glared at him, eyes burning red. "I will stop you!"
Cado raised an eyebrow. "This isn't because of our clashing ideals, is it? Because, quite frankly, I'd say I'm getting more support than you at the moment." He gestured to a space beside him, causing Superman to frown. The two looked to see - well, rather hear - a news reporter on a nearby TV commenting on Superman's actions.
"More reports are coming in over the country," a male news reporter commented in the TV of a nearby household. "These are about the violent attacks from the alien invader. He's reported to be wearing mostly blue, a red cape, and said to look like a total douche."
Superman frowned while Cado laughed loudly. The two calmed down to focus on the TV more, using their superior vision... and Cado laughed even harder at looking at Superman's image on the TV, making him look like an actual douche in Cado's eyes.
"If you see him, don't try to engage him. He's considered extremely dangerous. Not to mention completely misguided. I mean the guy single-handledly burned down all the Taco Bells in five cities! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SOMEONE STOP SUPERMAN!"
Cado ceased his laughter, while Superman tried to regain himself. Narrowing his eyes, Cado punched Superman in the gut, winding him. "You bastard! I actually like Taco Bell!"
A double axe-handle was his furious response, causing the Man of Steel to collapse into the ceiling of Arkham Asylum, falling to the ground in a heap. He picked himself up quickly, frantically blocking Cado immediately kicking him in the chest and sending him skidding across the ground.
"You killed all those criminals like cattle!" Superman accused, disgusted. He stood firm this time, moving quickly and decking Cado in the face, causing him to crash into a holding area. Another punch following, pushing Cado further into the concrete. "Who gave you the right to play God on this Earth?!" Some punches followed soon after, pushing the Saiyatonian further and further back. "Life is sacred, precious! It's not something you can just snuff out! You talk about stopping criminals! What's stopping you from becoming one?!"
As Superman threw another attack, Cado caught the fist in his palm. "It's funny, really." Using his other hand, Cado wiped the blood dripping from his mouth clean off. "How to each his own, the other is an antagonist." Cado's eyes lit up, firing off a blast of heat vision that blasted the Kryptonian away. "But I see things from a more grey perspective."
Growling, Superman flew at the Saiyatonian like a charging bull, causing Cado to neatly duck and perform a handstand, kicking with both of his feet upwards, causing Superman to break the ceiling and go flying into the air. Warping above him, Cado grabbed his cape and swung him into different parts of the Asylum.
Shaking his head, Superman bared his teeth. "You call what you're doing 'justice'?!" Inhaling, he breathed out a blast of cold that caught Cado by surprise, freezing him in a block of ice. Eyes lighting up, he was about to fire off his heat vision when Cado abruptly broke free of the ice prison. Acting quickly, he outstretched his hand and launched a kiai at Superman's face, knocking his face out of his preferred line of sight and forcing him to aim his heat vision elsewhere, burning a few parts of the Asylum.
"I wouldn't call it justice," Cado remarked, Spartan-kicking Superman through another section of walls. "You and that pathetic Bat follow your own little Light and Dark Justice respectively. Me? I prefer a neutral path." Picking up his opponent by the front of his suit, Cado headbutted him a few times. Superman's heat vision started to flare up again, forcing Cado to narrowly dodge it.
Growling, Cado grabbed Superman's head with his hands, allowing him to follow it up with pressing his thumbs against his burning sockets, forcing the energy back into his eyes. Superman screamed in agony as his energy was redirected back to the source, burning his eyes slightly.
"I should kill you," Cado whispered furiously, his anger spiking as he continued to press harder. "You cost us our race's chance of survival. You are a waste of Kryptonian blood, not even worty of your own powers or mind. You make play with the humans of this world, acting like the mightiest amongst them, but compared to those beyond this planet? You're more human than you realise, Kal-El.
"Jor-El made a mistake in saving you. My duty was to protect you, but now? I can't even look at you." Pressing down harder, Cado almost relished in Superman's screams as he dug his thumbs deeper into his eyes.
"You like snapping necks? Well, you're going to love this." Muscles tensing, Cado was about to go through with his words when another ringing appeared on his own scouter. He made to ignore it, but Bulma hacked the call from the other end. "Cado, don't!"
"Leave me be, Bulma!" Cado growled, eyes glowing red.
"Not when you're about to kill your own godbrother!" she yelled back at him, causing him to frown even more. "I get that you hate him, but this is too far! Think of what you were told! You were supposed to protect him! And how would you look Martha in the eyes and say you killed her son?! Especially when she's lost her own husband?!"
Pausing, Cado started to breath in heavily, calming his anger. The roar of aggression left his ears, along with the pounding of his heart as he panted, doing his best to calm down. He stared at his hands, like he was unsure how to proceed next.
Superman dropped like a sack of potatoes to the ground, groaning as he closed his eyes in pain. He didn't even try to move, doing his best to heal on his own.
Glaring down at the prone Kryptonian, Cado reached forward, digging his finger into the suit and tearing off the 'S' on his chest, revealing his muscled torso.
"You don't deserve to wear this crest," Cado growled. He immediately moved away from Superman, lest he be tempted to follow through with his earlier threat. He quickly moved into the Asylum, breaking the cages of Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, flying away as he ordered his drones to help clean up the mess caused by him and the Invasion.
XXX
(Rao Industries, Underground Bunker)
Poison Ivy's eyes snapped open, her mind trying to free itself from the dregs of unconsciousness. She groaned, standing up upon the metal surface of which she laid upon. Her eyes spun around, trying to locate where she was.
Her mind recalled the last thing she remembered; the sound of what appeared to be gigantic nukes going off, a blur grabbing her, and then black. Ivy stared around in a small room, realizing, that it was - for all intents and purposes - an iron box. She scoffed at the audactity of her unknown capturer. Did they really think that she could be kept in something this limiting?
She'd laugh if she wasn't so eager to leave.
Drawing on her connection to the Green, she cried out, "Come to me, my children!"
She waited a good few minutes for plants to gather. She could even feel the vines underground starting to form...
Only for a strong electrical current to suddenly appear, slightly shocking herself and her own babies. While the shock she felt wasn't much - not even much to sting for too long - she could feel her own children dying, causing her to almost cry out in anger. How dare this bastard do that to her babies?! She swore that she would kill them.
Before she could question it even further, she watched as a large portion of the metal room suddenly gained lines, allowing for a door to appear, swinging open. From within, a young man stepped forward.
It was a surprise to see how pale her skin grew, despite it being green originally.
Cado raised an eyebrow. "Wow. I haven't even done anything, and I've already gotten you shaken."
Even though she had never met the alien, she knew of who he was. He was called by many names; the Villain-Killer. The Alien Invader. Even 'Hanuman' by certain religious people who follow Indian mythology. But Cado - or Van-Ur - was what he was mainly known as.
The Saiyatonian held his hands up. "Now, now. I'm not going to kill you, Ms. Isley. I would like to just talk to you."
A small scoff escaped Poison Ivy's lips, not believing him for a second. "Please. Everyone knows of your stance on supervillains. The fact that I'm not dead leaves me to believe that you need me for something. So, what is it? To cut me open? To rape me?"
Cado frowned. "Okay, first off; I don't disect people. Even I'm not so science-driven that I'd do that. As for rape..." Here, he had a scowl on his face. "No. Just... no. What I brought you - as well as some other villains - is because I want to extend an olive branch, so to speak."
"An olive branch?" the green-skinned woman repeated, confused. "You expect me to believe that you - who kills villains - wants to actually help me?"
Cado sighed. "It may seem hard to believe, but I've... reviewed myself, so to speak. After doing background checks on all of Gotham's own villains, I felt that there was a... drive, for why you did what you do. Mr. Freeze wanted to help his wife, so he resorted to a life of crime. Two-Face is... weird, but I honestly wouldn't say 'villainous to the point that he'd kick a puppy'. Whereas with you... you care about plants and the environment. It's just that you go about it in a stupid way. Then there's Quinn-"
"Hold up," Poison Ivy interrupted him, a furious look on her face at his insult. "'Stupid'? Deforestation, pollution, the negative effects on animals? That's considered 'stupid'?"
Cado pinched the bridge of his nose, like he was dealing with a child rather than a grown woman. The acrtion infuriated her. "You have ears, woman. Use them. I said 'you go about it in a stupid way'. You have a Doctorate, from what I recall, so you're at least smarter than some people on this planet. And yet, you uese those smarts to wage wars against Gotham City to make them all eco-friendly?" The Saiyatonian sighed. "And your only resistance was a man in a bat suit."
"Not all of us are psychotic powerful aliens," Ivy hissed.
"True. But not all of us have abilities that are the key to solving world hunger and poverty." At her confused face, he groaned. "See, that's why I said you went about things in a stupid way. I can destroy a planet with the ease of breathing. You have the ability to instantaneously make plants grow anywhere you want. Drop a tiny seed on the ground, and in a few seconds, you can have any plant with different types of fruits attached to it."
Poison Ivy frowned. "Your point?"
Cado growled. "And they wonder why I keep insulting stupid people... You have the power to essentially end world hunger. You could multiply harvests, restock on numerous types of food, refresh dried fruits, create the finest quality grains, and you could make millions from this."
The woman made to argue, but paused. What he was saying was... true. She could do all of that. It would take time, but it was possible.
"Forget villainy. You could've become a greater hero than Batman or Superman combined. Fixing the world's problems, filling empty stomachs, making deals with different businesses... you'd essentially be a green Captain Planet with tits."
His words... were making a surprisng amount of sense. She could see it in her mind - numerous amounts of food for all the starving people in Africa, have harvests for any unlucky farmers, be their saviour... it all sounded to good to be true. And yet - it was very possible to achieve.
Poison Ivy now frowned at the Saiyatonian. "I don't understand. You kidnapped me and bound me, just for the sole purpose of giving me a way to cure world hunger? Why?"
"When I was reviewing all of Gotham's villains, only a select few were spared by my hand," Cado explained. "My board and I decided that some of you could do more good for the world than bad. In comparison to guys like the Joker or Black Mask, your records were far more tame in comparison. That didn't mean that we would just let you walk freely."
Her eyes narrowed. "And what exactly do you want from me?"
"To work with Rao Industries," he revealed, getting an angered look on her face. "Do you honestly think any of what I've described to you can be possible as you are now? In the eyes of the public, you're an insane eco-terrorist. A real-life crazy vegan on steroids. Even if you could do any of this, the public won't be able to trust you - given your past. If you work with my company, we can do our best to give you a clean slate, and work with more of our teams across the world to make your fantasy into a reality."
Ivy's words died on her lips. To be honest, he was telling the truth. Without any good legal or business backing, or even funding, she wouldn't get anywhere. And the only ones who even had that were Wayne Enterprises and Lexcorp. And she didn't think relying on any of them would end well.
Suddenly, her thoughts halted as she came to a starting realisation. "You said only a select number of villains were spared. Which ones were spared?"
Cado frowned, confused. "Uh, the ones that weren't as bad as the other ones?"
Her eyes widened. "Then what about the Joker and his h-henchmen?"
Cado scoffed. "He was the first one to die. Took care of his useless henchmen as well."
Eyes wide, tears started to spring from her eyes as she glared at him angrily. Furious, she tried to summon plants around her, but the room's shock electrocuted her plants. "What the hell are you doing?!" Cado exclaimed, confused.
"You bastard!" Ivy yelled, stomping towards him and trying to punch him. He caught her wrist, lest she actually hurt herself. "Y-You killed her! YOU KILLED HER! SHE WAS INNOCENT!"
The Saiyatonian blinked. "'She'? Wait, you mean Quinn?"
"YES, YOU IDIOT! WHO ELSE WOULD I MEAN?!" Her fist was released as she glared at him, panting furiously. She didn't care how damn powerful he was, she was going to make him pay! "You say you're trying to clean the streets, but you're just playing God! Joker deserved to die, not Harley! She was innocent, manipulated, and didn't deserve death!" Stomping forward, she tried to hit him again, only for Cado to catch her wrist and throw her down gently. Sighing, the Saiyatonian clicked his fingers.
"If you think I'd ever help you after what you did, think agai-" Hearing the walls shift beside her, she tensed, thinking he was going to attack her. But then the motion revealed who was behind the wall; Harley Quinn, resting on a bed. Her chest was rising up and down, signifying her breathing. "Oh."
"Yeah, 'oh'." Cado contemplated putting the walls back up, but decided against it. "I was planning on killing her along with the Joker, but due to some... intel that I acquired, I spared her. However, this doesn't mean that she's going to get off scot-free, even with the alleged abuse and manipulation she's received."
Poison Ivy sat down on the ground, breathing in relief slightly. "I..." Here, she sighed. "Help her. Please."
Cado raised an eyebrow. "You do know that-"
"Yes, I know it won't be easy," she snapped. "For her or for me. But... please. She's suffered enough abuse under that clown. Just... If you help her - with all of her problems - I'll join your damn company and help you."
Cado stared at her, and then at the sleeping Quinn. He knew that it wouldn't be so simple. Trying to make sure that she'd be legally protected, as well as mentally healed from all of the damage she'd suffered, it'd take a while.
He then looked back to Ivy. If it makes her more compliant, it'd be worth it, Cado summarised. Even with all of the legal hell, she'd be an excellent asset.
"Fine," he eventually decided, seeing her shoulders slump in relief. "But don't make me regret this."
A nod was all she could offer, too choked up in emotion.
XXX
(Outer Space, New Krypton)
Faora was busy operating on one of Cado's droids, putting the finishing touches to her own schemes. The pulse had already been sent out, disabling the surrounding droids.
She never forgot the humiliation she'd suffered because of those miserable ants and the renegade Kryptonians. It was disgusting; the glory of Krypton's might wasted on those two lowlives. Did they really think that she was going live her life on a replacement planet? Like a child, being scolded and punished? Absolutely not.
She grinned, eager to see her plan come into fruition...
"What are you doing?" a voice asked behind her, making her grit her teeth. She turned around, seeing Jon-Vex giving her a questionable look. Judging by his face, he already knew what she was doing. "You're trying to escape, aren't you?"
"Of course I am, fool!" she exclaimed, furious at his question. "Did you think I would be satisfied with wasting my time on a pathetic piece of floating rock, mocking me about not having our planet anymore?! That foolish half-breed is the cause of all of this-"
"If not for him, we'd all be dead," Jon-Vex countered, getting a scoff from her. "Our planet is gone, Faora. Our people are gone. We can start over, give ourselves a chance to do better."
"And when did you suddenly decide to change your ways?" Faora hissed, furious. "Are you so willing to betray your people with so little remorse?"
Furious, Jon-Vex made to retort, only for a hue of light to blanket the planet. Confused, the two looked at the source, seeing that it was off-planet. Their military training kicking in, they dashed out, looking to what the source could be. Their eyes widened at the sight before them.
Their people were fighting off a Green Lantern. The being was human in appearance, but wore the standard Green Lantern outfit, along with the ring on his finger. "Come on, guys! Let a man just do his job!"
"Why the hell are you here?!" Faora yelled, furious. What the hell was a Green Lantern doing here?
Pushing more of their people back, the man introduced himself. "I'm Green Lantern, Guardian of Sector 2814. Now, I wanna say that I came here for the pretty alien girls-" Here, he winked at Faora, getting a disgusted look in return "-but really, there were some investigations about a planet being moved out of its orbit, nearing Earth's Solar System. I'd say you're humans, but that's a bit of a stretch..."
He pointed his ring at one of the stray Kryptonians. "Ring, scan them."
A few seconds later, it called out, "Scan complete. Kryptonian male. Following galactic standard years, age is thirty-one. Identified as Nam-Ek."
Green Lantern blinked. "Kryptonian? Huh, thought you guys were wiped out- Woah!" Blasts were aimed at him, causing him to bring up a shield to stop to assault. Some of the Kryptonians had regrouped, using their weapons to attack.
Growling, Jon-Vex turned to Faora. "Ready the solar lamps."
Faora glared at him. "We can take out one measly Lantern!"
"And if he brings in back-up?" Here, Faora fell silent. After a few seconds, she growled. "Alright, fine!"
Pressing a button on her armour, she linked her suit with the surrounding solar lamps around the planet. It wouldn't do much, but it would give them some leverage against their opponent.
Back with Green Lantern, he used his ring to catch a majority of the Kryptonians in a construct of a dustpan and broom. "Talk about taking out the trash! Ow!" He grimaced, getting hit with a blaster from behind. He whirled around, Jon-Vex behind him with a weapon. "Cheap shot, asshole!"
Ignoring him, Jon-Vex kept firing, eventually seeing the blasts bounce off a shield that his opponent created. Green Lantern armed himself with constructs of a sword and shield. "Okay, en garde!"
Flying down, Green Lantern narrowly dominated his foe, Jon-Vex keeping him at bay with his slowly increasing strength. Confused, Green Lantern held up his shield, allowing it to absorb the attacks.
That's weird, he thought, confused. He saw some cracks starting to appear on his shield. How the hell is he getting stronger?
He wasn't given time to process it as he was hit from above by a flying Faora, who'd absorbed enough sunlight to be a considerable threat. She slammed him into the ground hard enough to make a crater. She roared as she gave a few more punches, before she was hit by an expanding force-field. Forced off, her eyes burning red as she fired off a short but powerful burst of heat vision that nearly managed to crack Green Lantern's shield.
However, he pushed back, creating a jackhammer and drilling her into the ground, just enough to dirorientate her and knock her back. Groaning, Faora was caught in a construct of a cage, while Green Lantern made a show of brushing off imaginary dirt from his body.
"And this is why I'm the baddest Green Lantern around," he bragged. "So I'm thinking, you stay there and I'll punch any of your little pals in the face. Then we hug, we kiss, we make-up and I can do my job, okay? Okay."
Through the construct, Faora squinted her eyes as she tried to break free. However, seeing how futile it was, she growled as she opened her eyes to glare at her captor. Through her own heightened vision, though, she could see a sparkle of light coming from behind Green Lantern. At first she thought it was a star, but her vision gave her more of an insight as to what it was. She gave a small sigh of annoyance. She hated that he was coming, but at this point, she'd take any help at the moment.
"10, 9... 1," she counted, watching as Cado punched Green Lantern in the face, knocking him back and shattering Faora's prison as he crashed through it.
"You punched me in the face!" he screamed in distress, sailing back.
Cado floated near the rising Faora, a frown on his face. "How the hell is a Green Lantern on this planet?! My droids should've picked him up?"
Jon-Vex walked towards him quickly, giving a quick glare towards Faora. "I have an idea as to why."
Cado followed his gaze, frowning. "Really? You were so petty enough that you refused help-" He was interrupted by a construct of a train slamming into him. Cado blinked, watching it shatter upon contact.
Flying towards his opponent, Green Lantern sent chains towards Cado, who narrowly flew and punched each construct, batting them away. "Give it up, pal. I could do this all day!" Green Lantern bragged.
Cado rolled his eyes. "Oh, why don't you go act as a night light?" Blitzing forward, Cado tried to tag the man, only for him to fly away cleanly.
"What's wrong? Can't keep up?" he mocked. Narrowing his eyes, Cado chased after him, watching as he steadily gained up to him. "Yoo-hoo, slow-poke! Almost there!"
Growling, Cado warped, with his opponent not looking back on account of him being too cocky. "Kiss my ass- huh?" Turning his head to gloat once more, Green Lantern was surprised at seeing him disappear. This allowed him to be clothes-lined cleanly by a smirking Cado, who axe-kicked him down hard on the surface of New Krypton, cratering it.
Hands alight with ki, Cado sent a barrage of them towards the downed Green Lantern, who cried out in pain as he kept getting hit by them. He tried to bring up a shield to protect him, but his eyes widened upon seeing most of them crack his shields.
"Okay... haven't gotten my ass kicked this badly before," he commented, before forming a battering ram and flying upwards, pushing through some of the ki blasts.
Eyebrow raised, Cado held his hand out, his palm shining. Although, instead of a ki blast, sunlight started to gather there. "Banshee Banish!" Cado yelled out, the light in his palm going off. Yelling in pain, Green Lantern held his eyes in pain, dropping the shield flew around blindly. "Gah! Shit! Who the hell uses a flash bang like that?! All of you are cheap-skates!"
Seeing his opponent distracted, Cado appeared before him, unleashing a flurry of comboes that further brutalised and dazed his opponent. Gripping Green Lantern's wrist that held the ring, Cado studied it.
"So, this is a Green Lantern ring," he mused, plucking it from his fingers and studying it. This also had the effect of dismissing Green Lantern's costume, leaving him as a normal human. "The supposed greatest weapon in this universe... is a tool men of Earth are afraid of. Talk about 'till death do us part', huh?" He chuckled, referring to the oath that the Green Lanterns took towards the Guardians.
Confused, Cado looked towards the human, seeing why he wasn't responding... only for him to have a very pale face, his breathing practically non-existent. "Oh, shit!" Cado exclaimed, popping the ring back on his finger. This allowed the uniform - and thus, the aura - to form around him, narrowly saving his life.
Green Lantern suddenly started to breath, his life narrowly saved. "D-Dick!" he gasped, clutching his throat.
"Okay, I don't know what a human acting as a Green Lantern is doing here. But you need to leave," Cado advised, allowing the guy to leave. He would've been more pissed if he'd actually killed his people, but he didn't. Plus, killing a Green Lantern would cause a headache that he wasn't in the mood for.
"C-Can't. G-Got to capture the Kryptonians, and do my job," Green Lantern managed to say, glaring at Cado. He saw the tail floating beside him. "Since when did Kryptonians have tails, anyways?"
Ignoring his last question, Cado asked. "Oh, really? You and what ring?"
Scoffing, Green Lantern gestured towards the ring on his finger. "This ring, dipsh-" Eyes wide, he saw the ring gone from his finger.
"Huh," Cado remarked sarcastically, looking at the ring in his hand. "How about that?"
Quickly, before the change in oxygen got to him, he held his hand out, summoning his ring. "Stop that. Now, I'm going to-"
Cado held up the ring again, inspecting it closely this time. "Greatest weapon in the universe, and you can't even hold onto it. Look, you don't really look like the type for commitment, but this is setting the bar really low."
Summoning the ring back again, Green Lantern growled. "Quit it with your surprises! Now that I'm ready, you can't-"
"What's that?" Cado interrupted, holding the ring again with a grin on his face. "Couldn't hear you from all the way over here."
Summoning the ring again, Green Lantern almost cried out in frustration. "I wasn't ready," he hissed out. "Now give me a-"
"It's my precious, now," Cado interrupted, looking at the ring again. Green Lantern's aura and costume faded away again. The man made to summon it again, but Cado used both his other hand and tail to hold his fingers, where he couldn't summon his ring to his finger.
"Alright, look. You didn't kill my people, so I'm grateful for that. So, I won't kill you. But what I do want from you is that you - and any other Green Lantern - stay away from this planet." Seeing him struggle, Cado continued. "If you don't, I'll publically make sure that any and all Green Lanterns available will know that, uh..." Removing his hand quickly, he placed a palm on the man's head, quickly reading his mind. "Hal Jordan, was made my bitch. You wouldn't want that would you?"
Seeing him go blue, Cado decided to be wrap this up. "Blink twice if you agree to my terms," Cado offered quickly. Left with no choice, Hal blinked twice in agreement. Nodding, Cado let him and his ring go, allowing the man to summon it back to him.
Seeing him glare, Cado just gave an 'innocent' smile, causing the Green Lantern to growl. Turning around, he flew away from New Krypton quickly, too ashamed to do anything else.
And to think, I could've gone to Earth and dealt with a stupid starfish, Green Lantern thought bitterly to himself.
And done with that. Hope y'all enjoyed the chapter. It was a long one coming.
We see Cado's business deal with Intergang go ahead, him killing all of Gotham's criminals but a few, and meeting Hal. Also, the last line will introduce the next filler arc, and then I should move on to the Themyscira arc.
Also, Poison Ivy's bit was added because - in all honesty - her partnership with Rao Industries using her suggested powers would help Cado's business grow in different departments, so that's why I singled it out a little more.
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1.) Yeah, the movie villains will make an appearance. And I appreciate your tidbits, Cammy-boy. Thx.
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Okay, that's it. Also, about the story:
I PM'd one person, saying that the timeline for the DC Universe in this fic was an amalgamation. What I meant to say is that I may take arcs and origins from different comic versions, e.g. Wonder Woman being the daughter of Zeus from the New 52 run, etc. I'll make it clear which ones will be obvious in AN's.
Also, hope you guys enjoyed reading the recent DBS manga chapters... because I haven't. One of the reasons why this took so long. I was raging so much.
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