"I know a few things that go around in my information networks."
"Such as?"
"Well I know you can clone, things, make things exactly like others, I want you to grow a heart from my DNA."
"I can't do that."
"Really? The smartest man in the world, heck you're smarter than any computer that will come out in the next thirty years; and yet you cannot grow a heart from simple DNA in a few weeks? I'm actually disappointed." I placed my best poker face.
"Please, as if that would work."
"I am not counting on it working, I know it worked; you don't like to be underestimated. But I will propose a deal for you."
"I'm listening." He intertwined his fingers and leaned forward.
"I have a brief idea of what you're planning. Not really how, but I know you plan on fusing, or making something that is made out of every source of tech and non tech based things. I have a theory, but also I know that you're not in charge. People in charge would've reacted from my deduction."
"You are an asset, a liability towards The Justice League."
"Yeah, and also they are idiots you excluded that. Because thanks to Sports Master, they know there's a mole in The Team, it's not me because I would know."
"Do you?"
"I'm not stupid."
"That you aren't."
"Listen, I'm a merc, but what makes me different is that I'm a smart merc, people fear me because of my ring, because I'm a genius and above all I don't show mercy."
"That's what I've heard."
"I'm interested in your organization."
"And what would that be?"
"Please, as if the Injustice League, was in charge of an entire operation. Besides, I saw what happened in Atlantis, I know that the entity of chaos is working with you. I also
know that you have different races working with you, even people in the biggest pies metaphorically speaking."
"And who might they be?"
"Well for starters, I know he's the ninth, I am the seventh, meaning I'm smarter and more so, he's stupid. He had collars that were used in Belle Reve, which recently changed directors of security, also you guys had someone there, oh right, Dr. Ivo, who's a genius, kind of an idiot in his inventions but still he's the fifth or well actually now that I think about it." I stopped and rubbed my chin.
"I'm now the Sixth, he's the fourth, and the brain is eight, Dr. T.O. Morrow died recently. Any who, you have Hugo Strange as the new head of security but oh surprise why did during the first days of his change of director there is now things missing."
"You deduced that out of your missions?"
"Duh, my ex-teammates were, are idiots. They show promise but still they're idiots. Now I can work for you, here's the time. Ring display the timer." "22 Days 9 hours 3 minutes, 20 seconds." This clock determines how much time I have left. I need the heart before that happens or else I'm dead. But more importantly I want in."
"You do make a valid point, but you have to know it's not cheap to make a heart."
"From my theory I have here the number you're thinking. Also give me an account for the deposit." I wrote down the number and I took my phone which I set it up for making bank transactions. He took it and smirked.
"I have to say I'm surprised, exactly the amount I need for the growth of a simple organ. Fine, here's the number." He wrote with a pen from his pocket that looks awfully expensive and handed it to me. I made the transaction in my phone.
"Mercy?" He turned his head towards her, she pulled a phone and it dinged. She nodded towards him.
"Alright, so that's done, Mercy the kit." Mercy took a briefcase from the corner and placed it in the table pulling out a syringe among other things for samples.
"Just please don't make a Superboy, or Green Lantern, rings don't work like that." He nodded and rolled his eyes as if already knowing. I winced a little as he took out a sample of my blood and saliva from a spit of mine into a cup. "Also, no bombs in the heart, I can detect that. Cellular level scans in the ring." 'What he doesn't know is that I will either die before, or make it all the way to the end of the plan.'
"I actually came here to offer you a contract."
"A contract?"
"Yes, I know what you do, muscle work for the highest bidder. What I want is that you become part of our organization, we pay you, and you become part of our muscle. You can act on the daylight, while we watch from the shadows ready to bring the light." I smirked and blinked slowly.
"I'm in, where do I start?"
"Do you know the identities of the members of the team?"
"Aside from the obvious ones no. I know that Artemis Croc is the sidekick of Green Arrow and daughter of Sportsmaster, I don't know the identities of each other, but I do
know one thing. Who to exploit."
"That's more interesting."
"Superboy or Conner, he's susceptible to rage and resents his not full blooded kryptonian DNA, Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, they resent being a sidekick, Artemis is scared of
her family, Miss Martian is a White Martian."
"How do you know she's a white Martian?"
"Green Martians are extinct; the white Martians killed everyone in their planet to show supremacy. Last but not least, the kryptonian, I will make it clear, she is not to be harmed by any means. I will never hurt her."
"Ah the kryptonian, Supergirl. I take it you had something?"
"She's the first person to love me for whom I really am."
"Will you ever attack her? Is she a liability?"
"I would never raise a hand towards her, she is and so am I to her. I know she'd never punch me or harm me and so would I."
"Then I suppose we can do something." I blinked but I was slowly feeling tired.
"I can see that you're falling asleep. We will leave the details for later, I will redact everything and contact you through this computer. It's yours." He placed a computer in my table. I pulled out my medicine bottle and swallowed the recommended doze.
"See yourselves out." I said as I made my way to my room, where I landed on the bed and was out like a light.
"Should I place microphones or place someone to follow her?"
"No, her eyes, she's lost, she's broken. We have what we came for, another asset. But we do need her alive for the plan to work. Besides she won't betray us.
"How are you so sure?"
"She's smart we can show her the way. Also she knows who is who, my theory is that she knows who we work for. He's the number two after all."
"I am confused, why does she refer to people by numbers?"
"The list of smartest people, she's at two eleven IQ, smarter than most in the little group. She'll do nicely, with her power on light she will help us achieve our goals. She gave us information, useful information."
It's been a 4 days after his visit, I've been getting weaker I force myself to keep going, its taking a toll on my body, but I know that I can progress through. I've been receiving info on everyone in The Light, Queen Bee, Klarion and his abilities, The Brain, Ocean Master and Ra's al Ghul... But I know what happens later. The computer dinged where I received the notice of a mission, which will take place in 2 hours and looking at the details I can see who it is and where should I go. Roanoke Island. Reading the date November 5, I sigh and make my way out.
"He shows interest, he doesn't do that." Klarion states suspiciously I pick him by the arms using a construct around my arm.
"You're cute, I like your eyes, so pretty. But I know how cats work, so I will look at your nose so you don't feel threatened. Aww your nose is SO CUTE!" I compose myself.
"Sorry I don't react to things like this. I make a cat bed construct to fly beside me, and place him there. "Meow twice for change, once for comfortable enough." He just walks around feeling it.
"We have things to do move on."
"Of course sorcerer." I begin to float beside them holding Mr. Teekl in the cat bed, he meows twice, so I change the pillow a few times, from what the ring provides me with information; until it meows once. I stop but as we stop in an intersection Mr. Teekl jumps out of the bed and stands in the floor.
"Finally!" Klarion steps forward and places the yellow crystal, in the ground and a yellow symbol starts to form. Mr. Teekl walks towards me as I make a construct in the form of a seat and take out a book from my hammer space that I figured out it can store small things.
"Time to get the gang back together." I hear Klarion said, but I tune him out, Mr. Teekl looks straight at me, I look at his nose. "Don't say anything about my heart, I already know. I move my good hand and place it in front of him he closes his eyes and nudges at my fingers.
"I am sorry I will miss you, kinda. Please don't make those guys revive me. They can raise the dead right?" He nods and meows twice. I smirk and make the same bed construct for him.
A bright light consumed all the adult sorcerers, as Klarion finishes the last incantation he turns to me. "Head to Star Labs on Gotham and retrieve the copy of the specimen."
He says as he turns to Mr Teekl.
"Very well." I focus on compassion, mercy, a feeling that I always made sure to have, don't show it but I do have it. "Compassion accessed."
"Gotham, NOK!" I chant as I feel the sense of compassion overwhelm me. I got transported to the dark streets of gotham, a place that I have memories. Focusing on rage inside me overwhelm the compassion. "Compassion overwritten. Rage." I land near Star Labs which is near Gotham academy. I begin walking down the street and power down to my regular clothes.
I can feel the eyes on me, the eyes of people following me. "If you follow me you will get hurt. So don't bother hiding, or I will break a few bones." I walk forward not really caring.
"Give us everything you have." A guy steps in front of me holding a knife, powering up I feel rage in me and spit napalm in front of him and he falls down to the ground. "Get away, before you get roasted alive kid." He nods and begins to run away followed by everyone else.
I find myself in front of Star Labs. "Ring, scan for alien life form." I point my fist forward and after a quick scan my ring pings. "Show me the way." A thin red line makes its way towards the inside. "Ring be a dear and place loops on the cameras." I say as I make my way inside.
Following the line and taking the elevator minutes later I was standing in front of the case that has the alien life form or Starro the only alien that can affect kryptonians who were exposed to yellow sunlight. I follow the same way out and teleport once again to the coordinates that were specified.
I place the case where its supposed to go. "Light Fists, get back to where I am."
"Copy that." I reply and teleport back, only for seeing Klarion to stop arrows and birdarangs.
"So sorry for the delay. Lots of stuff to do." I announce as I focus on love. "Love." My ring says aloud, I feel my color change.
"YOU!" Superboy yells charges at me, as well as Aqualad holding a hammer. I make two giant fists and knock them both back into the ground.
"SAM! STOP!" I hear the familiar voice of Kara but I don't feel the tether that connects us, I can feel her not here but, in the middle of the pacific ocean, meaning only one thing.
"M'gann! " "Rage." making a bull construct it charges at the fake Kara. "NEVER EVER USE HER FACE IN FRONT OF ME!"
"You promised to not attack me!" She received the bull head on.
"M'gann!" Superboy yells as Miss Martian crashed into a tree, and Superboy charges at me once again. I shoot napalm at him from my mouth sending him back.
"Look in front of you, HA so weak and pathetic." I said as I swatted Kid Flash away as Klarion sends Zatanna flying away.
"You were our friend! Why did you betray us!?" Aqualad yells at me.
"Betray you? NO! You betrayed me!" I powered up Now disappear!" I fire napalm once again towards them but rocks cover both Kid Flash and Aqualad.
"I will not let you hurt them."
"BLAH BLAH BLAH, Shut up for once!" I shoot at her sending her into Zatanna.
"Klarion, has it always been so easy?" I land beside the force field where Mr. Teekl now is in a giant cat form and punched Superboy.
"I suppose so, after all they're kids. Barely important." He says but the crystal starks shaking and sparking. "So they teamed up with the grown ups. Teamwork is overated
anyway, well not all the time you're a good bodyguard."
"At least supergirl is not here." I grumble in between my breath, Klarion launches electricity towards the team sending Robin and Artemis flying away as Aqualad tanks the lightning. Kid Flash rushes in only for me to raise a wall he stopped only for a pillar to sprout and hit Kid Flash in the chest sending him back.
I can see Zatanna looking at the helmet of fate, I know she has to put it on but, I have to keep up the act. I hear lightning crash. "GUY-" Its Billy Batson. I turn my attention towards him. "Willpower." My ring announces and the team stops fighting.
"Sam." Aqualad yells at me.
"Sorry, but not today!" I shoot two beams one at Zatanna and one at Billy but Aqualad jumps in front of the one directed at Zatanna and Miss Martian takes it for Billy.
I shoot again but I receive a drop kick from Kid Flash. "Really a dropkick while I'm distracted?" He smirked and raised his fists in a fighting stance. But our attention is split as the symbol of fate is in the sky.
"SHAZAM!" Smoke fills the air as magic clashes against magic and I can see others evacuating.
"Three of them are down!" I yell out as Aqualad charges at me, while Kid Flash tries to catch me off guard. Klarion and Fate crash against each other, I envelop Aqualad in green light and slam him into the ground twice launching him into the air, I envelop my foot in a construct of a boot and kick to my back which landed into Kid Flashes face. As Aqualad fell I punched him to the force field.
But as he crashes into it the force field it fell, and Doctor Fate enveloped Klarion. "NOW KID!" I turn around to try to stop him but Dr. Fate fires at me, I fly backward and take to the sky to fight him only for his magic beam to go through my shield construct. Sending me into the ground making a crater right beside Klarion.
The ground shakes as four sorcerer appear unconscious in the ground as well as Captain Marvel, Batman and Zatara appear standing. I stand up and power myself up as if ready to fight. "Guess they don't make evil immortal sorcerer like they used to. "Oh well." Klarion exclaims as he snaps his fingers his bind dissipates. "Fun while it lasted. Isn't that right Fists?" He stands up as he claps his hands twice. "Teekl!" The monstrous cat runs towards us slowly taking his regular cat form once again and leap into his arms.
"They were weak, can't believe I was part of them, ugh." I said as I float out of the crater.
"See you later, armadillos." A portal opens behind us. "Weaklings, or should I say sidekicks." I laugh as I focus on compassion. "Compassion." My ring announces as my costume changes. "Nok!" I exclaim as the staff touches the ground I can see a batarang come at me, but it's too late I already disappeared.
I appear in the small bunker like apartment, powering down, I feel the strain in my body and the pain in my chest. I fall to one knee; I take out the pill in my pocket and swallow it. It eases the pain a little. I make my way into the bed, removing my jacket and shirt I take the bed and cover myself and proceed to focus on sleeping. I'm so tired I hope Batman received the message.
There is a message hidden, but I will reveal it later, on future chapters next update will be on the third of february.
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