INFINITY CONVERGENCE CRISIS
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CHAPTER 2
A few of the heroes walked up to Dragonborn to introduce themselves. The first woman to greet him was a tall woman with jade green skin and a muscular yet feminine body wearing a white and purple leotard.
"Hey there, handsome, the name's She-Hulk, but you can call me Jen," the jade-skinned giantess said exuberantly. Her green eyes raked Dragonborn in a hungry fashion as she said, "Mmm… definitely a looker. Carol and Diana never said how handsome you were." She winked. Dragonborn just nodded his head slightly before another of the heroes greeted him.
A blonde haired woman wearing a black leather jacket, fishnet stockings and a black bustier greeted him. "Black Canary, but my real name is Dinah. Dinah Lance," she said sticking out a manicured hand to shake. Dragonborn shook her hand and she said, "Hmm… you got a firm grip there. You work out?" she asked with a smile on her full lips. Dragonborn tilted his head slightly in confusion. "Don't say much, do you?" Dinah then said raising an eyebrow.
"Don't need to," Dragonborn said in response and releasing his grip on the blonde's hand.
Then another woman came to greet him; she wore a full length red body suit with a red mask that covered her eyes in whiter lenses, but left her mouth and dark hair exposed. "Name's Jessica, but most people call me Spider-Woman," she said introducing herself.
"Spider-Woman? Are you part spider?" Dragonborn asked.
"Yeah, I can climb on walls, I can even glide and zap people," Jessica replied.
"Spiders can't glide, or zap people," Dragonborn pointed out.
"Well, I don't know how it works, but I do glide on currents of wind, and the whole zapping thing is because of bio-electric energy," Jessica replied. "If you need anything, like say, a tour around the place, I'd be more than happy to," she offered with a smile.
"I'll think about it," Dragonborn replied.
Then a young woman wearing a red leather jacket with chestnut brown hair done in a ponytail introduced herself to Dragonborn. "Claire Redfield. Member of Terrasave," she said sticking out a hand to shake.
"Dragonborn." Dragonborn shook hands with Claire. "What is this Terrasave?" he asked.
"Terrasave is an organisation dedicated to stopping the creation and use of that which would harm the planet and its people. Specifically Bio-Organic Weapons, or B. for short," Claire replied.
"B. ?" Dragonborn tilted his head to the side.
"Not sure what you would call them, but living organic weapons such as zombies," Claire clarified.
Dragonborn nodded his head and said, "I have some experience in fighting the undead. If you need my assistance, I'd be more than happy to render help," he offered.
Claire smiled and replied, "I'll keep that in mind, Mr Dragonborn." Dragonborn nodded his head and looked around.
Then another hero greeted Dragonborn. She wore a white leotard that had a keyhole opening on her bust that showed a generous amount of cleavage and she had a bob cut of blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"Hi! I'm Karen Starr, but I go by Power Girl when in uniform," the blonde said to Dragonborn. She gave him a once-over and added, "Definitely easy on the eyes, and you look pretty capable for a D&D enthusiast," she added jokingly.
"D&D?" Dragonborn chirped innocently.
"It's short for Dungeons & Dragons. It's a kind of game people like to play," Karen explained.
"Do you mean to insult me?" Dragonborn asked innocently. Karen blanched and quickly replied, "Oh, Rao, no! I-I-I didn't mean it like that! I was just making a joke!" The blonde hung her head in embarrassment as her attempt to make a friendly joke seemed to backfire horribly. Dragonborn shrugged his shoulders and looked at his surroundings.
"Is there anywhere where I can get some food?" he asked. "I haven't eaten in a while," he said.
"Right this way, handsome," Jen quickly said, looping her arm through Dragonborn's and guided him towards the cafeteria.
There were a few foods and drinks Dragonborn wasn't familiar with, so he chose some bread, cheese, an apple and a bottle of water. Some people raised an eyebrow at such a Spartan meal but Dragonborn paid them no heed and ate his simple meal quickly. Demolishing the meal in seconds, Dragonborn wiped his mouth clean of crumbs and stood from his seat.
"Going so soon?" Jen asked in disbelief, her own tray of food barely even touched.
"Not a lot of food I'm familiar with," replied Dragonborn. "And the sooner I get to finding these, what are they called? Infinity Stones? The sooner this whole mess can be fixed," he said.
"We don't have any leads as of yet, so you can take a moment to relax, can't you?" Dinah said to him.
"Then I'd better find a lead," Dragonborn replied simply. "Where's the nearest exit?" he asked.
"Dragonborn, wait, I know you must be anxious to start things, but we can't rush into this blindly," Claire said to him. "There are still riots going on Earth, and if you showed up randomly, you could cause a widespread pandemonium," she explained.
"Why would that happen?" Dragonborn asked.
"Well, as I'm sure Carol and Diana told you, when our universes converged, for some reason all the men disappeared, and riots and confusion ensued as widespread panic hit the world," Jen explained. "If the public knew that there was a single man left, they'd go ape-shit trying to get a piece of you," she then said.
"Let them try," Dragonborn said casually. "I've dealt with worse things before," he added.
"Well, can you at least so that one of us can go with you?" Dinah asked him.
Dragonborn stared at the blonde for a moment before saying, "Ten minutes," he said.
"Huh?"
"I'll wait ten minutes for one of you to finish eating, then I'll go down to Earth to begin searching for the Infinity Stones." With that said, Dragonborn turned around and walked down the hallway. Suddenly it became a competition to see who could finish their meal first. In the end, Karen won using her super-speed and zipped off to join Dragonborn.
Karen found Dragonborn waiting near the Teleportation relay where he was staring at the machines in silence.
"How do these devices work?" he asked.
"Well, just input the destination into the computer then step onto the pad," Karen replied.
"What's going on here?" Carol floated down from above and was followed by Diana.
"Dragonborn wants to start searching for the Infinity Stones, and he's a little impatient to get started," Karen explained.
Diana looked at Dragonborn and asked him "Is that true?" Dragonborn nodded once in response.
"Look, we understand you must bored sitting up here with nothing to do, but we need to proceed cautiously," Diana said to Dragonborn gently. "We can't rush in blindly, and we need to find leads on the Infinity Stones, and whomever or whatever possesses them," she added.
"That's what I was going to do. Find leads on the Infinity Stones," replied Dragonborn as though it were that simple. "Can't do that sitting up here twiddling my thumbs," he said.
Carol looked at Dragonborn for a moment before saying to Diana. "Let him go."
"What?!" Diana looked at Carol in bewilderment.
"Dragonborn obviously wants to get a head-start on things, and if we hold him here, he'll just find a way to get down to Earth," Carol said. "Karen and I can go with Dragonborn and get him acquainted with Earth and its customs," she added. "It's better this way," she then said giving Diana a look that brokered no argument.
Diana sighed tiredly before replying, "Very well, Carol. Just make sure that if anything happens to Dragonborn, you and Karen will get him out of there in one piece," she said.
"We'll do our best, Diana," Karen said crossing her heart over her chest.
"I'll put in the co-ordinates for New Metropolis City," Diana said. "Seems like a good place as any to search for the Infinity Stones," she added dryly.
"You may be right there, Diana," Carol said nodding her head in agreement. Looking at Dragonborn, she asked, "Are you ready?" Dragonborn simply nodded in response.
Stepping onto the teleporters, the three of them disappeared in flashes of blue light.
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New Metropolis City.
Dragonborn blinked his eyes as he looked at his new surroundings. Buildings taller than he ever imagined rose high into the sky to prick it, and there were strange looking horseless carriages moving along black-grey roads. Dragonborn watched some of these vehicles for a moment before ignoring them.
"First time seeing cars?" Karen asked Dragonborn and he nodded in reply. "Well, there's a lot more to see. So, since we're here, where do you want to go first?"
"Notice boards," Dragonborn said. Carol and Karen looked at him in confusion.
"Notice boards? Why would you want to go to a notice board?" Carol asked.
"Pick up a lead," Dragonborn replied.
"Shouldn't we go to STAR Labs first? Or maybe the Baxter Building?" Carol asked. "They'd probably have a lead on the Infinity Stones," she said.
"Humour me," Dragonborn said as he began walking off down the street with Carol and Karen trailing after him. It surprised the two blondes at just how quickly Dragonborn could walk, he was practically running and he didn't seem to stop and rest for even a brief moment. Civilians were taking out their phones, taking pictures and videos of the man, the only man left in this new world, and some began to follow him. Carol noticed the growing crowd of women following Dragonborn. Looking at Karen, the Kree-human hybrid said, "At this rate, we're gonna have half the entire city following us," she groused.
"No kidding," Karen agreed.
Finally finding a notice board, Dragonborn immediately began to look at the notices, his purple-blue eyes scanning each notice. Taking a few down, folding them and putting them in his satchel, Dragonborn then looked at Carol and Karen and asked them, "Where is this STAR Labs and Baxter Building?"
"Follow us," Karen said and she moved to pick Dragonborn up. "You mind if I carry you? It'd be easier if we fly there," she added.
Dragonborn nodded his consent and looping her arm under his shoulders, Karen flew them both up into the air with Carol following after them. Karen took this moment to admire Dragonborn's profile; he was a handsome young man, with a strong clean shaven jaw and his eyes were captivating to look at. Those deep purple-blue orbs were just perfect. Karen could stare into eyes like those for days and happily drown in them.
"Something wrong?" Karen gave a start and almost dropped Dragonborn and squeaked out, "N-Nothing! Nothing's wrong!" she stuttered out, feeling like a kid who had her hand caught in the cookie jar. Dragonborn looked at her for a moment before looking down at the ground.
"You don't seem too fazed by flying," Carol remarked. "I would've thought you'd be amazed by the power of flight," she said.
"I have flown before," Dragonborn said.
"Really? You can fly?" Karen asked in surprise.
"I've flown on Odahviing's back," Dragonborn replied.
"Odahviing? Who's that?" Carol asked.
"A dragon where I come from, and a friend," Dragonborn explained. Carol nodded in understanding, and Karen asked, "You're friends with a dragon?"
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, you said that you slay dragons, shouldn't you have slain this Odahviing?"
"Not all dragons deserve to be slain. And after I defeated him, Odahviing swore to serve me, and he aided in reaching the World Eater's lair by flying me there," Dragonborn said. "After I defeated the World Eater in Sovngarde, Odahviing affirmed his allegiance to me and has been my friend ever since," he added. Carol and Karen looked at Dragonborn in surprise; he had slain dragons, but he became friends with one? He was a man of surprising depths it seemed.
Reaching STAR Labs, Karen set Dragonborn on the ground. "Well, we're here. Let's head inside and see if they have any leads for us," the blonde Kryptonian said as they entered the building. Heading inside and meeting the receptionist, the trio were then directed to the laboratory, where the few remaining scientists were carrying out their duties, trying to find some lead or solution to the crisis.
One of scientists came up to greet them. "Power Girl, and Ms Marvel, good to meet you both," the young woman said. "I'm Doctor Caitlin Snow, leading scientist of STAR Labs since the Convergence Crisis," she introduced herself.
"A pleasure to meet you, Dr Snow," Carol replied sticking out a hand to shake. "This is Dragonborn. We found him shortly after the Convergence happened," she said introducing Dragonborn who looked at Dr Snow.
"He's a big one," Caitlin commented looking at Dragonborn appreciatively. "So is Dragonborn your actual name?" she asked him.
"He was an orphan where he's from, and they didn't bother to give him a name," Karen said for Dragonborn, a sour look on her face.
"That's horrible!" Caitlin looked shocked and looked at Dragonborn in pity. "Do you have any family?" she asked.
"If I did, they would've found me by now," Dragonborn said in an almost apathetic tone. Caitlin looked even more saddened. Deciding to change the subject, Dragonborn said to her, "I came here to look for a lead on these Infinity Stones. Do you have any leads I can follow?" he asked her.
"Not as of yet, but we have a few promising prospects," Caitlin replied. "We've been studying the anomalies created by the Convergence Crisis; cities such as New York, Metro City and Metropolis have been merged entirely, nations such as Themyscira and Asgard have also been merged and even countries such as Wakanda and Val Habar have been merged together," she said. "It's all very fascinating to study," she added.
"Yeah, but with the Convergence, some groups have also merged together to create even bigger threats," Carol put in.
Caitlin nodded. "Admittedly, some of the worst organisations from the universes have merged as well, such as H.I. which were once H.I.V.E and HYDRA respectively, or even A. Corporation which were A.I.M and the Umbrella Corporations," she said.
"I've heard a lot about Umbrella through Claire, none of it good," Karen said. "And these A.I.M nerds are bad news as well," she added.
"Yes, I've heard a lot of things about them as well," Caitlin agreed. "With the merging of factions and such, what's left of the heroes and law enforcement are hard pressed to keep things under controls, especially since all men have been seemingly removed," she said.
"That is until we found Dragonborn here," Carol said patting Dragonborn on the shoulder. "I imagine with his help, we can find a way to fix this whole mess and get everything back the way it was," she added.
"One can certainly hope, Major Danvers," Caitlin replied. She then looked at Dragonborn and said, "Of course, if you're willing, we'd like to take a few blood samples to study."
"What for?" Dragonborn asked.
"Well, we'd like to study how different you in comparison to humans of our universes and see if there is any genetic compatibility," Caitlin replied.
"Genetic compatibility? Why would you want to know that?" Karen asked.
"Well, if in the event we can't undo what's been done, well…" Caitlin looked at Dragonborn shyly with a deep blush on her face.
"Oh. Oh, I get it now!" Karen exclaimed in realisation.
"Get what?" Carol asked the Kryptonian who whispered in her ear and indicated Dragonborn. Carol had a surprised expression on her face before it was replaced with a somewhat eager grin.
"Uh, yeah! You guys do that," Carol said to Caitlin casually. Looking at Dragonborn, the Kree-human woman asked him, "So you wanna give a blood sample?"
Dragonborn took off a glove and pulled out a knife which alarmed the women in the room. "What are you doing?!" Karen hissed at him.
"Giving some of my blood," Dragonborn said simply as he prepared to cut into his palm.
"And you think cutting your hand open is the best way?!" Carol almost screamed, looking a little squeamish at the thought.
Dragonborn didn't say, he just made a deep cut into his bare hand. Deep crimson lifefluid oozed out of the gash. Karen and Carol averted their eyes at the sight. Karen looked a little green in the face and Carol shuddered slightly. Caitlin had a more composed look on her face as she brought out some test tubes and gathered some of Dragonborn's blood in the vials, filling each one near to the brim, before stoppering them. Dragonborn then reached into his satchel with his uncut hand and pulled out a red glass bottle, popped the cork and downed the contents in one go. Almost immediately, he was surrounded by ribbons of golden light and the gash in his palm healed instantly, leaving barely a blemish on the skin.
"Amazing! There's hardly a mark!" Caitlin exclaimed in awe, as she held up Dragonborn's hand to examine where the cut was once made. "You used some kind of fast acting medicine, yes?" she asked.
"A healing potion, yes," replied Dragonborn. "I've learned to brew many kinds of potions and elixirs in my life," he said.
"Now I know he's from a D&D world," Carol joked to Karen who giggled in response.
"What kind of potions can you make?" Caitlin asked Dragonborn who said, "Various kinds, healing potions, stamina potions, magicka potions, poisons, antidotes, pain relievers and performance enhancers of all kinds."
"Performance enhancers? Like steroids?" Karen asked.
"Wouldn't know what steroids are, but performance enhancers such as increasing magicka reserves, potions of regeneration, elixirs that sharpen one's combat skills, or increase one's resistance against certain elements and the like," Dragonborn said.
"Interesting. Do you have any potions you'd allow us to study?" Caitlin asked.
"I can spare one or two," Dragonborn replied as he dug out from his satchel, some potion bottles of various colours. "Pick your poison," he said casually as he set some of the bottles onto a nearby table. Caitlin picked out a few that interested her and thanked Dragonborn.
"Thank you, Mr Dragonborn. It'll be interesting to study these 'potions' of yours and see if there is anything worthwhile to learn from them," the scientist said. Dragonborn simply nodded in reply.
"Well, now that's done with you, maybe we should head to the Baxter Building and see if we can find some leads there," Carol said and they then left STAR Labs for the Baxter Building. But as they left the building and explosion rang out in the street. Carol's hands glowed brightly with energy as she looked to see the cause of the commotion.
The cause of the commotion was a large plantlike creature in the shape of something akin to a prehistoric Venus Flytrap plant and lounging on the head of the plant was a woman of seductive beauty with deep red hair and wearing a forest green and black outfit.
Karen recognised the woman immediately. "Poison Ivy! Be careful! She has near complete control of plant-like and can poison you with a kiss or put you under her spell!" she warned.
"Good to know!" Carol said as she flew towards the criminal, her fists raised and glowing brightly.
Poison Ivy watched the fleeing crowd of women and said, "This is almost too easy with all the men gone," she laughed. "But I did see on social media there is one man left," she added and she saw Carol flying towards her. With a mental command, a series of vines shot up and wrapped themselves around the Kree-human woman who struggled valiantly against the thick vines that were almost as strong as high carbon steel.
"What do you want, Poison Ivy?" Karen called out to the redhead.
"I came to see this last man on earth, if he does exist," replied Poison Ivy and seeing Dragonborn standing behind the Kryptonian woman, she said, "And there he is. Hmmm, can't say I like men very much, but I do miss one thing about them," she purred out sensually.
"You wanna a piece of Dragonborn, you're gonna have to get through us first!" Carol spat out as she broke free of her restraints.
"Sorry, I don't have time to braid your hair, Ms Marvel," Poison Ivy said sounding bored and bursting out of the ground were some strange almost alien bushes with pods attached to them. The pods burst open, enveloping Carol in pink mist.
"Huh!? What the-" Carol looked dazed and confused and even delirious as she fell to the ground unconscious, her eyes looking glazed over.
"Carol! What did you do to her?!" Karen roared as she flew towards Poison Ivy who puffed out a plume of green dust. The dust collided with Karen who fell to the ground coughing and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Kryptonite dust, worth every penny I spent getting it," Poison Ivy said with a smile. Looking at Dragonborn, the redhead smiled seductively. "Now that those two are out of the way, time to make you all mine!" she announced and vines suddenly burst out from behind her. Dragonborn's sword easily cleaved the encroaching plants in half, slicing them to ribbons and mulch. Poison Ivy yawned, obviously bored and she said, "Stop fighting, handsome. You'll only make this worse for yourself."
Then one vine snatched Dragonborn's sword out of his hand and the other vines then bound his arms and legs, stretching them out so that he couldn't get any leverage. The vines then lifted Dragonborn up to where Ivy lounged. Ivy leaned in close and ran a hand on Dragonborn's cheek.
"Hmm… even more handsome up close," the redhead mused, her green eyes glowing seductively. "Tell me, handsome man, you ever been kissed before?" she asked. Without waiting for a response, Ivy pressed her full green painted lips to Dragonborn's. Dragonborn didn't react as Ivy kissed him. After a moment of liplocking, Ivy pulled away and licked her bottom.
"Mmm… you taste pretty good, but you didn't kiss me back," she said sounding a little disappointed. "But that'll change now that you're under my control now," she added with a sinister smile.
Dragonborn grunted before suddenly flexing his arms and ripping himself out of his restraints. Poison Ivy had a look of surprise and alarm. "What the-? How are you not under my control?! My kiss could render even Kryptonians servile!" she shouted.
"Snake blood," Dragonborn simply said as he ripped his sword free from the vines and shouted three strange words that seemed to make the air shake.
"SU GRAH DUN!"
Then a small whirlwind encircled Dragonborn's sword and he swung the dark smoky blade at near superhuman speeds, the impossibly sharp blade slicing through Ivy's plants with ease.
"My babies!" Ivy shouted in dismay. "Georgia! Dinner time!" she ordered the plant she sat atop of.
The Venus Flytrap monsters gave a baleful roar and opened its jaws wide, the sharp looking needle-like fangs dripping. Dragonborn simply had an unimpressed look in his face and charged towards the plant, his sword at the ready. The mouth of Georgia swooped down to swallow Dragonborn. But Dragonborn dropped to his side, sliding underneath the mouth of Georgia and as he did, the blade of his sword stuck into the 'flesh' of the monster plant, splitting it open, and causing thick green-yellow sap to spill onto the ground. Smoothly getting to his feet, Dragonborn spun on his heel, swinging his sword as he did so at the root/stem of Georgia. The dark smoky blade bit deep into the stem of the plant, making it scream as if in pain.
"Georgia!" Ivy shouted in anguish before her beautiful face twisted into a snarl, and thorns grew out of her body and she leapt towards Dragonborn, swinging her thorn covered arms and hands at him. "You hurt my baby! I'll turn you into fertiliser for that!" she bellowed. Dragonborn avoided the wild haymakers easily, backing away from each swing until his back was against a brick wall.
"Nowhere to run now, meat-bag!" Ivy shouted triumphantly. Dragonborn thrust his sword out like a lance; the tip of his sword nearly struck Ivy where her heart was, were it not thrown off course by the thorns that covered Ivy's chest. Ivy grunted in pain as the sharp blade pricked her skin. Dragonborn then moved out of the way so that his back was not against a wall and held his sword in a ready stance.
Poison Ivy growled as she waved her hands and bursting out from beneath ground were plant-like humanoid creatures that hissed balefully.
"Go my children! Use the meat-bag to grow more of you!" Ivy commanded and her children scuttled forward. Then a loud yell broke the air and slicing through three of the plant creatures was a woman wearing a black and red uniform with a white mask covering the top half of her face and wielding a katana. Also landing near her was the woman who had been with Waller aboard the Watchtower, holding a large mallet in her hands.
"Hiya, Red!" she exclaimed in greeting to Ivy. A surprised and slightly annoyed look was on Ivy's face as she recognised her.
"Harley?! What are you doing here?!" she demanded.
"I came to bring ya in," replied Harley. "Can't let ya kill the universe's only penis left, can I?" she said.
"Harley-san! Remember why we are here!" the katana wielding woman said to her coldly.
"Yeah, yeah! I remember why! Just gimme a minute to try and talk Red into coming quietly, alright?" Harley said to her companion before she looked at Ivy.
"Red, I know you don't like men very much, and seeing as Stud-Muffin over there starting chopping up your babies, ya got a reason to not like him very much, but think about the bigger picture here!" Harley said to Ivy. "Much as you don't wanna admit it, you miss having a couple of guys around, don'tcha?" she asked.
"What good are men anyway?" Ivy groused. "It's because of men that the Earth is slowly dying!" she said.
"Now, Red, not all guys are bad," Harley said to her soothingly. "And seeing how D&D here may be the only guy left, you don't wanna kill him. If ya do, everyone will be wanting to kill ya for that!" she reasoned.
Ivy sighed irritably and said, "Then what am I supposed to do? Just let things continue as before?" she asked in annoyed voice.
"I ain't saying that, Red," Harley replied. "With men gone for the time being, you could put a petition forward or something to help fix the planet, instead of killing the only guy left and getting every law enforcement after you," she said.
"And what about you, Harley? What are you gonna do if I don't come along quietly?" Ivy asked accusingly.
"Aw, c'mon, Red! You know I ain't got any other choice! Contractual obligations and all that!" Harley said.
Ivy had a sad look on her face and said, "Waller still has you on a short leash?" she asked softly.
"Yeah, and even if I didn't have a bomb in my neck, the Samurai there will chop off my head if I so much as breathe," Harley replied, jerking a head towards her companion.
Dragonborn then chose to speak. "Ms Ivy, I don't pretend to understand your history and your methods, but I do understand your desire to protect the environment," he said calmly.
"And what would you know?" Ivy hissed softly, her hands clenching into fists.
"Where I come from, there are places where cutting down trees is forbidden, and there are even groves where trees are ancient in millennia," replied Dragonborn. "I've always respected such places, and have even paid respect to the Goddess of Nature, Kynareth," he said.
"And how do I know you're telling the truth?" Ivy demanded.
"You don't. But that's part of the risk, isn't it?" Dragonborn said. "Besides, if you do kill me, like your friend has said, you'll have every law enforcement agency after your head," he reminded her.
"C'mon, Red! It's not worth your life!" Harley pleaded.
"And if I refuse?" Ivy asked.
"I'll fight ya if I hafta, Red, and I won't kill ya, but I can't say the same for my friend here," Harley replied and her companion hefted her katana as if to show that she was more than willing to kill.
Ivy sighed before relenting and conceding. Dragonborn sheathed his sword and looked to Carol and Karen, who were both still unconscious. Harley's companion helped tend Carol and Karen.
"Will they be alright?" Dragonborn asked.
"They will recover in a moment," said the swordswoman. "I am Tatsu. Katana I am also called," she introduced herself.
"A pleasure. Call me Dragonborn." Digging out from his satchel a healing potion and a poison antidote potion, Dragonborn mixed the two together and poured a little down the throats of Carol and Karen. The effect was immediate as the two blondes awoke from their stupor.
"Ugh, what the hell?" Carol groaned, holding her head in discomfort. "Have I been binge drinking again?" she asked.
"Tell me about it," Karen said in a strained voice. "This feels worse than the time I got clocked by Darkseid," she complained.
"You were both knocked unconscious by Poison Ivy's knockout gas," Katana explained to them. "She almost put Dragonborn-san under her control, but he was somehow immune to her, and held her off," she said.
"Huh? You're immune to Ivy's pheromone charms?" Karen asked looking at Dragonborn. "Her pheromones can ensnare even Kryptonians!" she exclaimed.
"Snake blood," Dragonborn said simply.
"Snake blood? I thought you were Dragonborn, not Snake-born," Carol remarked. "Or are dragons and snakes one and the same where you're from?" she asked.
"There are serpentine dragons, but serpents and dragons are decidedly different from one another," replied Dragonborn.
"I'm not sure I wanna open that can of worms," Carol muttered as she slowly got to her feet. "Where's that redheaded skank?" she asked darkly. "I wanna have a word with her!"
"Get in line!" Karen said as her eyes glowed red with heat vision.
"Ivy will be brought to Belle Reve, she is not under your jurisdiction," Katana said to them firmly.
"Huh?! Wait, you can't just haul Ivy off to have her join Waller's Suicide Squad!" Karen exclaimed.
"It is not your decision," Katana replied calmly. "And it is not mine either. I am simply following orders," she said.
Dragonborn looked at Karen and said to her, "Let it be. There's nothing we can do for the moment."
Karen sighed and said, "Fine. But that doesn't mean I like this."
"You don't have to," Katana said coldly. "This way Ivy can be put to some use for the Greater Good," she added.
"Waller and her Greater Good philosophy," Carol muttered sarcastically. "Aren't you tired of following her orders?" she asked Katana. Katana did not answer that question, instead she turned around and placed some cuffs on Ivy's wrists and led her with Harley following them.
Carol sighed as she watched them leave and said, "Looks like Waller has another addition to her Suicide Squad," she said.
"Suicide Squad? What's that?" Dragonborn asked.
"A group of super-criminals conscripted to carry out black-op missions for the government," Karen explained to him. "And they don't have much choice; they each get a nano-bomb stuck in their necks and if they even try to run off, their heads get popped like zits!" she said.
"I can see the benefit of this Suicide Squad," Dragonborn mused. "They'd be expendable assets you could disavow any knowledge of if they get caught," he said. "But at the same time, they'd be unpredictable elements that could turn rogue at any second without someone to hold their leash," he added.
"Ugh, let's forget about them!" Carol said. "Right now I could go for a coffee and a burger. Anything to help me forget what just happened to me!" she stated.
"Amen to that, sister!" Karen said. "I know a place nearby that does the best burgers in town," she added.
"Before or after the Convergence?" Carol asked.
"Before, so I don't know if it is still any good, or if it even still exists," Karen admitted.
"What's a burger?" Dragonborn asked.
"Oh, sweetie, you're gonna be educated!" Taking Dragonborn by the arms, Karen and Carol then led him off down the street to the place Karen spoke of.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: There! The second chapter of this done and dusted! I hope this makes the grade, and that it had a bit of meat for you all and a little bit of action thrown in as well. I'm still working out details for this story as I go and seeing what can be blended together such as cities and nations. One idea I had was to merge Gotham with Raccoon City which when you think about it, would be a nightmare as the arguable most crime ridden city in the DC Universe is merged with the zombie/monster infested city of Raccoon City from Resident Evil series. That's one idea I had, I'm still working out ideas and details for this ambitious crossover of mine.
In other news, I've got another ambitious crossover brewing in my noggin: a Highschool of the Dead/Game of Thrones crossover that also crosses over with Fallout 4 and the Witcher series. It's a pretty ambitious idea, so who knows if it will gain any traction or not, but in any case I've set up a romance poll on my profile, so feel free to put in your vote. I'm hopeful Saeko Busujima will make the top vote, but if it's another girl, I'm sure I can make it work.
And that's about the sum total of things, so I'll just leave this here and I'll see you all in the next one.
Be kind to one another,
Angry lil' elf.