Cold-Chaos- yeah I knida noticed over dependance on those words too, hopefully I've gotten over that
Spyke the headgehog- I appreaciate you reading, and I know my gramer skills are not that strong, and if you think the mistakesare extensive when I post, you should see them before the two read throughs, the mistakes I catch are staggering. My only defense is I'm human.
with that said, on to the epilog
"Are things in place."
"Yes sir, all precautions have been taken, the firewalls are in place, the system has been completely isolated, and the additional programs are also in place."
"Excellent, then bring him online, I want to address him face to face," chuckling darkly, "as it were."
"Of course sir," as the purple clad man tapped on a control panel and connected the small box to the wall. After a few seconds nothing happened then the room began to glow. "The program will be on line in a few moments sir, he have to wait for the hologram generators to fully power up."
"Very good, but I can take it from here, join the others, I have faith in your precautions but I'd rather not take a chance, if something goes wrong I want every capable individual ready."
"Understood sir," bowing slightly and exiting the room, the door sliding shut behind him.
The lone man just stood in the middle of the room and small smile on his face as he knew what was most likely happening. "So much like me," he spoke to himself, "testing his limits, unwilling to bow to anyone, always ready for a challenge. Yes I think I'm going to like him, but you should know," tilting his head upward, "my men don't make mistakes, you're here and here you shall remain until I decide otherwise."
After a few seconds the room shimmered and Wraithmaster appeared in front of him and looked him up and down, "Lightning Bat I presume," his voice coming from everywhere at once.
"Correct," the Lightning Sentinel nodded walking around him inspecting the hologram, "the lab techs did good work you almost look real."
"Real enough to bring you to your knees," as he struck his hand passing right through the one eyed man.
"Hmmm, no substance," greatly disappointed as he turned from the image, "it appears my expectations of you were a little high, I'll have to have you erased," and turned away from him.
After a few steps Wraithmaster lunged and grabbed Bat's wrist and stopped him, "You think you can control me," he snarled as he tapped into the holographic matrix and located the hidden programs to enable the creation of force fields.
"Good, my technicians say those programs were protected by the of the most complex security measures available to commercial industries, however compared to the real security of my base they are like a child's toy." Bat chuckled before snapping his metal fingers forcing a scream from the creature in black and sending him to his knees, "but did you really think I wouldn't be prepared for you. I must say you are everything I heard you were vicious, powerful, and opportunistic. And now you are mine."
"I am no ones," his voice weak but with a hint on menace as the system disruption that shot through his matrix that could only be described as pain ceased
"Oh but you are my creature, everything thing you are belongs to me. I have long been in need of someone with your skills, the men in my employ are skilled, some the best in the world, but they are limited, you however are not. You can actually enter computers, change them from the inside, take whatever you want then vanish without a trace."
"You expect me to be your errand boy?
"In a sense, how much do you know about me?"
"Enough, you are also called is Gemini and you control and organization called the World Wide Evil Empire, or simply WEE, you want to kill Stoppable and Possible and you recently were allied with four others who wanted the same."
"Is that all?"
"I've seen other things listed in Stoppable and Flores' computers, things that are insane, the fantasies of a fleshy mind, the only magic can be found in a computer."
"We half agree on that, technology is a wonderful thing, capable of so much, especially in the world we now live in," gazing at his cybernetic right hand. "But magic does indeed exist, the very fact that we are here having this conversation proves it."
"Your deluded," the hologram growled.
"No, I am magic given form," pulling out his boomerang, "all that you have heard about me is very true, and it goes far beyond me." Smiling, "Do you know why you lost to Stoppable and Flores? It's because they're like me," letting out a content smirk, "after a fashion. They have power beyond anything you have ever dealt with, if it wasn't for my men rescuing your data before they nearly deleted you, well do you believe there's an afterlife for creatures like you? If you attempt to face them again like you are now, you will fail, and this time there won't be anyone to rescue you."
"You expect me to believe that,"
Tapping his artificial arm, "I've just released the restrictions on a file that's being transferred to you, scan it and tell me you don't believe."
Wraithmaster's mind filled footage and reports of Stoppable since receiving the Twin Timber Ax's, the knowledge almost making him stagger.
"You see," the Lightning Sentinel said casually circling him, "he's now a force to be reckoned with, he is a creature of magic, as great as your power is, if you don't understand what fuels him you cannot hope to defeat him."
"This information could have been falsified," Wraithmaster growled desperately trying to rationalize the new information.
Shaking his head, "your disappointing me again program. I know what you're capable of, you've probably already scanned every bite of the data, you know the video hasn't been altered in any way. Your letting those pathetic human personality algorithms control you, making you blind to the truth, as smart as you are there is so much you don't understand, and without that knowledge you can never avenge your defeats."
"Revenge is a human weakness, I merely care about removing an optical from my path, and now that I know what I'm dealing with they will fall, as will you for daring to think you could contain me," slashing his sword at Lightning Bat, only to drop to the ground screaming again.
"I really thought you were smarter than that, you can't harm me my men have added programs to you, security measures to ensure your loyalty" as he slipped his boomerang back into his belt.
"Programs I can destroy," he snarled as he activated his self repair programs.
"Do keep telling yourself that, from what I understand it's an ingenious program, well two really one simple and one far more complex. The first is what your attempting to erase and you should be successful removing it, the second has actually attached to your antiviral program and is spreading to every other system now that your running it," enjoying what he hoped was a shocked expression, given the helmet it was hard to tell. "Chances are by the time your done trying to remove it, it will be so ingrained in your system that you can't even distinguish between what you were and what you will soon be." Looking down and smiling at the hologram, "while I would love to watch you discover the new rules of your life, I'm going to save you the trouble and just tell you. First of all there is no way you can directly or indirectly harm me or my organization, so if you have any thoughts about erasing my compute system or taking control of any of my weapons and turning them on me, abandon them. Second you are my slave, whatever I say you will do without question, you are quite free to vocalize your objections, but in the end you will do it, but please do try and fight it my technicians say it should be quite amusing. Third, well you've already started experiencing the third part of the program, with a simple activation of a relay in my hand," rolling the cybernetic appendage around by the wrist, "you'll be reduced to a quiver, screaming, shadow of your former self, incapable of doing anything but spasm on the 'ground'," doing air quotes with his gauntlet incased arm, "and baling like a baby."
"If you wanted a partner you could have just asked," Wraithmaster weakly laughed, only to have words turn to screams as Lightning Bat sent another disruption to his matrix.
With a speed the shouldn't have been possible for his size, his metal hand shot out and grabbed Wraithmaster by the neck , enjoying the tremors racking the holograms body, and pulled him forward till there was only a fraction of an inch between their faces. "Let me make something clear to you construct," his voice calm but menacing, "you are now my property, not my equal, not my underling, you are a thing that I own. The only reasons I bothered saving you are your computer infiltration skills. Those are the only things that you possess that are useful to me, everything else you bring to the table I already possess in one form or another in my organization. I don't care about your needs and desires, I don't care that your sentient, all that you are to me is a tool, a useful tool, but a tool none the less. If it were in my peoples abilities I would have had that annoying free will of yours removed, but as such I am forced to accepts it as a minor annoyance. While I have every confidence that I now control you, know that there are limits to what I will put up with, test those boundaries all you want, but be aware when you cross the line I won't think twice about deleting you, and the only thing I will morn is the loss of your skills. In a way you should be happy I'm going to give you what you want, power and revenge. By severing me, my domination of the planet you be accelerated thus indirectly giving you the dominion you seek, and in order to attain that I must eliminate Stoppable and his compatriots."
"KI….LL….YOU," Wraithmaster's voice trembling as body continued to spasm in pain.
"That's what I expected you to say, hate me all you wish, but soon enough you will call me master and learn your place at my heals," his cool demeanor giving away as his voice slipped into a demonic laugh.
Authors note- now the stories over. The big bad Wraithmaster is now an unwilling pet to Lightning Bat, yeah this can't be a good thing for our heros.