Hi! OMG! My lab top totally crashed now I'm forced to use my moms! Please forgive the delay. Thanks for all the great reviews I really appreciate it. Now here is chapter 3:

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Chapter Three: The Villain

" Hi everyone! I'm Charles Swartz C.E.O. of S.T.A.R. Labs. Welcome!" said a tall man with slick brown behind a podium. Under his eyes were dark circles, but replacing his natural scowl was a smile.

The modest stage was built in the wake of a huge building structure. Below sat a alignment of formal lawn chairs with eager people sitting in them.

In the first row sat the reporters who had come out for the occasion. Each held a microphone and recorder in their hands. Behind some, who had come from the TV stations, stood camera men recording the live action for the audience at home.

Behind the reporters were various people who worked at the huge developed facility. Others were " special interest" and came to see why S.T.A.R had come back on the map.

On the stage behind Mr. Swartz sat several chairs. In one was the infamous Bruce Wayne looking straight ahead and basically expressionless at the crowd. Next to him was the young Richard Grayson with a more expressional look on his face--- a bored one. On the other said of Richard sat a Asian- American woman with long black hair and glasses on smiling at the crowd.

" Thank-you ladies and gentleman for being here today." Mr. Swartz said in his daunting yet somewhat ironic cheerful voice at the crowd. From their point of view he was an impressionable man. He stood tall with slick brown hair and slight scowl. He wore a typical black suit and tie. The new C.E.O of S.T.A.R Labs.

" It's been a long time, almost 10 years in fact, since the labs have been open. Once upon a time there was man with a dream. This man's name was Garrison Slate. What was his dream? His dream was to have a nation wide chain of research labs unconnected to the government, so it's facilities would be free to do research without interference from any outside forces. A perfect place where scientists from all around the world could meet and with all their combined information, conduct experiments to better help mankind. He built this magnificent structure to hold his dreams and the dreamers who worked inside. For years S.T.A.R. Labs was on the cutting edge of medical and computer technology. For year our security satellite circled the globe keeping Earth's peoples safe from any harm. We were the ones the world looked to for answers to questions never answered before. We were the leaders coming into the new millennium."

" Sadly all plans have their faults. After a fatal error in our networking systems our security systems went down, causing accidents, computer and nuclear breakdown across the world. As a result several million people died. Garrison Slate killed himself soon after…he just felt too responsible. After the incident the government had to step in, and they shut us down. It was…more than a disappointment."

" But let us not dwell in the past, but look forward to the future. Thanks to Mr. Bruce Wayne, me, and many former staff we are able to re-open. New and approved S.T.A.R Labs is back on the map! We are, now more than ever, on the cutting edge of technology. Our new experiments and computer programs have made us even more advanced than before."

" So it is now that I ask the public to forget the past, to let us back into your homes. Help us help you. We will continue to serve as we always have with the same goal: to help mankind with new technologies, to help improve the lives of each human being in the human race." He finished.

A man arose from the left hand corner of the stage where a small seat sat and went to the podium.

" Mr. Swartz will now be taking questions from the press." the man said before sitting down.

One reporter with black hair stood up and asked, " Mr. Swartz can you give us any details on your merger with Wayne Enterprises?"

Charles half-smiled, " Well of course I can. The merger with Mr. Wayne and his company has given our facilities here more money to sponsor our programs. The merger with Wayne Enterprises means that Bruce Wayne gets to be a co- CEO and manages some of the projects that go on here."

" Mr. Swartz!" another called.

He pointed, " Yes?"

" Mr. Swartz at the time Garrison Slate ran S.T.A.R. there were rumors going about that the lab was doing secret testing unknown to the public, is this true?"

Mr. Swartz looked somewhat annoyed but then half smiled once more, " No those rumors were merely speculation on the part of outside forces. They were completely untrue."

" Then you do deny that the system failure in the first security system was indeed a unfortunate accident? That Mr. Slate had not done it purposely. " the reporter asked.

Mr. Swartz laughed hearty, " Dear girl of course it wasn't. Whatever made you think otherwise? What is your name?"

" Name's Kori Anders and I'm just a curious person." she answered smiling.

Mr. Swartz laughed under his breath, " Why Miss Anders don't you know? Curiosity killed the cat."

" I'm sorry but that's all Mr. Swartz will be able to answer this afternoon." said the man whom had risen to the podium.

Charles nodded, " Thank-you. Welcome to S.T.A.R. Labs! Welcome to the future!" he said waving his hand as he left the stage.

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" Bruce, it was nice of you to come today." Charles said shaking his hand.

" Excited to be here." Bruce answered.

" I'm sorry but you must excuse me I have many meetings today." Charles apologized.

" It's fine I must be going too. See you soon." Bruce said goodbye.

Bruce turned away from Charles. " Come Richard. We have work to do."

" Coming." his young protégé lazily answered as she searched through the crowd finally finding his target in a pair of jeans and a silk black shirt.

" Funny running into you here." he said coming up on a young red headed woman.

She turned and raised her eyebrow, " Richard Grayson."

He smiled, " Kori Anders. Are you stalking me?"

" I could ask you the same question." she answered picking up her bag. " Wow two times in two days. Seems like everywhere I go your there."

She started to walk past him and he followed then said, " You know what that means don't you?"

" No what does it mean?" she asked annoyed.

" It means fate wants us to go out on a date." he said coolly.

" Wow, I thought you were the last person to believe in that kind of stuff." she answered dryly.

" I don't, I believe in what I want. And what I want is to go have some dinner with you." he said. " So how bout you take that stick shoved up your ass and say yes already?"

She stopped and looked at him disbelievingly then said sarcastically, " You know how to really impress a girl don't you?"

He smiled, " I'm with the best of them."

She put her hands on her hips, "Something tells me that you'll just keep asking until I say yes. Am I right?"

He laughed, " Now you're catching on."

" And if I were to say yes what then?" she asked cautiously.

" Then I would say I'd pick you up at 8:00pm tomorrow." he answered.

" Well that's not possible, I told you before I'm not interested." she answered.

" Has anyone ever told you you're a tease? Besides how do you know your not interest if you don't give me a chance." Richard said slyly.

" I don't know I might be busy." she said lightly.

" Alright. You're doing a story on me and everything so I'll give you an interview when we go out." Richard said.

She raised her eyebrow, " Really. During dinner?"

Richard made a cross motion over his heart, " Cross my heart hope to die."

" Fine." she said finally.

" Good. Then I'll pick you up at eight. By the way please don't cross examine me like you did Charles. I'd be careful of how I talk to certain people if I were you." he said jokingly.

" Don't worry I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself." she answered. She turned away from him and started to walk the other way. " My taxi is this way."

" And my limo is this way." he said pointing to the other direction. " See you tomorrow night."

She waved back lazily and kept walking.

" Hey!" he called out.

She turned around, " What now!" she called back.

" Do you believe in fate?" he called.

She smiled mischievously and shrugged her shoulders, " I don't know, what do you think?"

Before he could answer her she was gone. Almost as if she had flown away with the wind.

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" Mr. Swartz you have a meeting with the investors in three minutes." said Diana.

" Thanks but I knew. How do think I was out there?" He asked fixing his tie while sitting in his seat.

The tall Asian American woman pushed her glasses up and put her long black hair into a pony tail while answering, " Convincing, you almost convinced me even." She wore a long white overcoat with a black knee length skirt and long sleeve purple silk shirt under with black high heels.

The skin under Charles's eyes seemed to grow even more darker now then when he was in front of the public. He smiled a twisted smile, " Good. Go ahead and bring them in."

She nodded and went to a oak wooden door. She opened it and said inconspicuous words in some different languages. She then swung the door open and held it while a group of four men can into the room.

Charles stood from his desk and addressed them.

" Hello Mr. Chang." he said to Asian American man with black short hair.

The man bowed, " Very nice to see you Mr. Swartz."

Charles nodded and went of to a man from Africa, " Hello, Dr. Zebu."

" Hello." he said back with deep voice.

He then went to an man from Russia, " Hello Schgoff." The blonde headed man nodded in return.

Finally he went to a brown haired man from England, " Hello Mr. Dubose."

" Nice to see you good man." was the reply.

" Please sit." instructed Charles pointing to four seats opposite him at his desk.

They all sat down and Diana took their coats.

" This is my top researcher in Area 292. She is here today to help explain the program to you." he said and she smiled.

" Mr. Swartz you've invited us all here today telling us that we were in for the surprise of a lifetime, what I sit?" Mr. Chang asked.

Charles smiled and leaned back in his leather seat. He put his black shoes up on the table and said, " Look at my shoes. They are clean, very clean. So clean I can see myself in them. Don't you agree gentlemen?"

He received no answer but confused looks.

H continued, " Yes they're good shoes, cost me a lot of money. They're really wonderful they really are, they're sturdy." he tapped his foot against the desk. " But do you know what is wrong with these wondrous pair of shoes?"

Still no answer.

" What's wrong with these pair of shoes, is that they are like every other pair of shoes in the world. And (although they may be dressed up and studier than any other pair I've ever owned) they will, like every other pair of shoe ever made, will wear out and eventually be of no use to me at all."

" Yes, the fibers will ware down. They will grow weary and tired. Soon afterwards they'll become almost defiant to my feet and have holes in their soles. Yes, one day it will happen and when it does what will I have to show?"

" What if I told you I could make a pair of shoes that would never wear out. They would never grow tired or have holes. They will be able to be used for much longer than the average shoes."

" But of course I have not called you all here for a mere pair of foot wear. No, that would be absolutely ridiculous."

He stood and motioned the others to follow him out the door. They stood and walked hesitantly behind him. They walked out into his office's hallway and to one section of wall. Diana walked past them all and tapped three times. Soon a keypad emerged from it and she typed in a code. The wall opened up to show a glass elevator and they were al ushered in.

Once in Charles use a card he got from his pocket and slid it through a card swipe. It opened a small black box with a button inside. He pushed it and the glass elevator started to move downward.

With this Charles continued his explanation. " Now what if I were able to create a solider like those pair of shoes? A soldier that could endure and survive every disease known to man? A solider that would never wear out. A solider with incredible strength and agility. A solider with an incredible I.Q., matching even the greatest scientists? And most of all a solider that would obey your every command?"

" Mr. Swartz have you created some type of machine?" Mr. Zebu asked.

Charles snickered, " Farthest from it doctor. Come and I'll show you." he said as the glass doors opened.

Their eye went wide, with the exception of Charles and Diana. They had entered a small room with many control panels. At several stations people worked with various chemicals.

But what really caught their attention was what the room was facing. It was facing, by a one-way mirror, a large dome. Inside the dome the walls were colored pink. There was a small bookshelf filled with children's books. In one corner there was a small bed with a unicorn bedspread. In the opposite their was a small chair with various stuffed animals in a net hanging over it and a small record played next to it. In the middle sat a child's tea set table with a small girl with long black hair and bright blue eyes sat sipping some tea.

The men all gasped.

" Everyone this is Mia." Charles introduced the small girl.

" A child?" Mr. Dubose asked shocked.

" I'll let Diana explain. Diana?" he said.

She stood his place in front of the men.

" When subject 001, Mia, was born her DNA was found to differ from a normal human beings. Her parents worked here at the original S.T.A.R Labs and brought her to Charles and I for inspection. Sadly they died in an unfortunate car accident just a few months later, Mia has been here ever since."

" We have found that Mia has evolved. Her DNA structure is different. While normal DNA strands consist of the base pairs A,D,G,C with AD and GC, we found a new bases in her DNA. In her system there are base pairs A,B,N,C with AC and BN. In the normal human DNA structure one purine goes with one pyramidine. In normal DNA The purine Adenine (A) joins with pyramidine Thiamine (T). And purine Guanine joins with pyramidine Cytosine (C ). We've determined that in her DNA the base Byotine is a purine and the base Nicotine is a pyramidine. Like I said in her system AC and BN which means that a purine joins with a purine and a pyramidine joins with a pyramidine. In normal DNA this joining will not allow the strands to join together forming a double helix. But in Mia's it does."

" We have determined that Mia's genetic information is very different than a normal humans. Although she may look like a normal seven year old girl Mia is non-responsive to every know disease making her immune system inhumanly strong. Her skin is normal but once penetrated has the thickness of steel. She ages slower than most children, while it takes a year for a child to turn another year older, it takes her a year and a half. She is also very intelligent and her brain activity is higher than nay other child her age."

" A few years ago we found a way to transmit her DNA into developing embryos through a project called MGA or Molecular Genetic Alteration . Through this process we take strands of Mia's DNA and eject them into developing embryos in a woman womb. The growing baby, within the womb, DNA will mutate to form to DNA like Mia's . when the child is born it will have the same qualities."

" This is all good and fun, but what does this have to do with us?" Mr. Chang asked.

Charles spoke this time, " If we continue to revolutionize embryos in the future we will have unstoppable armies. All of you gentlemen here are among the top leaders of your countries. From doctors to military leaders all of you can take control of this opportunity."

" Opportunity for what?" Mr. Schgoff asked.

" To take control. I've called you all here today to take what is justly ours…the world. Each of us has opportunity and the ambition to run countries. And with S.T.A.R back on the map and in the good graces of the public once more we can do it. We can build a super army like this world has ever seen."

" But how will be able to get people to agree to this?" Dr. Zebu asked.

" Easily, we don't tell them. Within the next couple of weeks I am prepared to address the Nation Board of Health introducing S.T.A.R Labs latest break medical through… a procedure done during pregnancy that will assure the baby's health along with treating different forms of disease, such as heart disorder, while in the womb. When it is approved many women all over the country will come to one of S.T.A.R.'s medical offices so conveniently located across the nation. You gentlemen will also address your countries to introduce the process too and soon we will be able to do MGA without the public's knowledge. But, unlike Mia, we will eject into the DNA a artificial mRNA so at a moments notice when the child is older, 18 or so, they will enlist in our militaries and when activated will obey our every command." Charles said.

" Won't people notice the difference in their children?" Mr. Chang asked.

" No, because every generation is different. This generation of children are shorter than the last. Go out to the mall, you'll see a big difference between teenagers of today and yesterday." Charles reasoned.

" Does Bruce Wayne know about this?" asked Mr. Schgoff.

Charles let out a burst of laughter. " That's the best part! The all mighty Bruce Wayne does not know that the merger between our two companies has assured MGA's future. He thinks all the money he gives goes to other experiments when it really it goes here. He's had a tour of the place but has never seen this nor will he ever."

" So gentlemen have you brought your check books?" Charles asked.

They all nodded.

" Well then time to place your orders of how much DNA you want." Charles said oddly happily.

The men all started back up to the office but Mr. Dubose held back and asked Charles, " Is this right, forcing evolution?"

" Of course it isn't." Charles answered darkly.

" So it is a bit like playing God then?" Mr. Dubose asked.

Charles looked thoughtful and patted him on the back, " Dr. Frankenstein played God once…he brought someone back from the dead. Have you ever read that book?"

Mr. Dubose nodded his head, " Yes."

" Then consider me Dr. Frankenstein." Charles said darkly walking him into the elevator

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A couple of hours later the elevator door opened once more and Charles stepped out with a small box in his hand.

" Good evening Diana." he greeted her.

" Evening Charles. Did they invest?" she asked looking under a microscope.

" Of course they did. They invested millions. Our plan is working." he said darkly walking over to her. " Once the first army is raised I will turn on them, kill them, and take their armies for myself. And then I will achieve my dream…I will rule this Earth and everything on it. And the best part is that even the bad guys don't know." Charles said maliciously.

" And you didn't tell them about the defect?" she asked.

" Of course not." he answered.

" Charles how do we know this will work anyways after 002's failure?" she asked.

" There were kinks in the process yes, but next time nothing will go wrong." he answered.

" That's good. Subjects dieing by the time their 15 years old of brain tumors because their bodies couldn't take the change in DNA structure is a bad thing." she answered.

" Yes if we eject the DNA during the first month the baby should do just fine coping with the changes. We won't do it so late in the game next time. We can't have another one dieing at the age 3 because of a massive brain tumor, do we?" Charles asked rhetorically. " I want to see her go ahead and open the door."

" Yes sir." she answered and pushed a button.

With that the domes door swung open and her entered with a box in hand.

A little girl sat at a small tea table with stuffed animals next to her in chairs.

" Mr. Hippo would you like some more tea?" she asked the purple hippo next to her. Apparently it sad yes for she put more tea into it's cup.

" Good evening Mia." Charles said coming towards her to her.

" Hi Pipi!" she said happily. " Pipi do you want some tea?" she had been calling him Pipi for as long as she had been able to talk.

" Love some." he answered. She stood up from her seat and ran over to him. She took his hand and led him over to a small pink chair and sat him down.

He sat and his knees went to his chin as he put the lien she had handed him on his lap.

" Would you like some crumpet to go with you tea Pipi?" she asked happily. He nodded and she took a small plate and placed one on it.

She sat back in her chair and turned to her stuffed hippo and kangaroo, " Isn't it exciting to have a visitor?"

There was only silence from the animals

" Stop being rude Hippo he's our guest!" she shouted at the stuffed hippo.

" What did he say?" Charles asked.

" He said that you only come when I have to go get more tests done." she answered sipping tea.

" Well, sadly, tomorrow you do have to get some more done. But I promise it's just a few and after you'll get as much ice cream as you want." he said trying to be gentle.

She looked sad and then down at her crumb ridden plate, " Okay. Can I have Pumpkin ice cream?"

" Any flavor under the sun." he answered taking a sip of his tea. " I hear it's someone's birthday today."

She smiled and giggled happily, "It's mine!"

" I brought you a present would you like to see what it is?" he asked.

She nodded and he handed her the box.

She took it and opened it. After peering in she let out a happy shriek. She then reached in and pulled a kitten out. " It's a kitty!"

" Yes." he said. " I thought you'd like a new friend."

She smiled and kissed the kitten on top of head. Then asked curiously, " Why can't I have friends? People, my age, like in my books?"

" We've been over this Mia no one can know about you at least not yet." he said sternly.

" Alright. I like Kitty anyways. That's what I'm going to call her." she answered happily.

" Good. I have to go now Mia, but I'll see you tomorrow for your testing." he said getting up.

Her big blue eyes looked sad and she held Kitty close to her, " Alright."

" Thanks for the tea." he said as he left the room and the domes doors shut behind him.

She sat there alone softly petting Kitty, looked at the mirror at one side of the room and waved. She then started to clean the table.

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Okay so there was chapter 3. Please review!

The new season of TT is going great so far!

Just to clarify:

1. Bruce does not know what Charles is up to.

2. The investors do not know that Charles plans to eventually kill them and take over the world himself.

3. Yes, Richard and Kori are going to go out on a date.

I'm so sorry for the long delay but my lap top crashed and is no longer working. I'm on my mom's lab top now writing this but I can't use it all the time so just know that I will continue writing this and my other story it might just take a while.

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Till next time,

Hailey