tThe Barrow

Dark Claw had returned from his little run in with Super Soldier at the SHIELD Triskelion several hours ago. Since then he had been situated at his computer workstation, the large screen divided into several smaller portions to display the numerous pieces of information which was infront of him.

The one to the left showed all of the research which the SHIELD scientists had gathered during their examination on Super Soldier, which made very interesting reading. The list they compiled was quite extensive. Listing abilities such as Super Strength, Speed, Invulernability, Self propelled flight to name but a few.

On the middle portion were eye witness accounts from soldiers during World War II on both sides of the war. The abilities listed here were identical to the ones which SHIELD had compiled, however there was no mention in the SHIELD report for anything that could harm Super Soldier, in contrast several eye witness accounts show that a substance known as "Green K" would cause extreme crippling pain in Super Soldier should he ever be in close proximity.

The old military files show that Super Soldiers superman formula was created from the DNA of an extraterrestrial which had crash landed on earth. Cross referencing that with other news reports of that time shows that there were also several meteor showers with debris crashing into the earth as their was extensive damage to homes and businesses. The town with the highest concentration of the meteor fragments landed in a rural town called Smallville.

On the final portion of the screen was a list of elemental break down of several other meteorites which had landed around various parts of the globe. One of which was adamantium, the metal which had been laced to Logans skeleton several years ago, the other was another unqiue metal compound known as vibranium. The substance possessed the ability to absorb all vibrations in the vicinity as well as kinetic energy directed at it, in the tests carried out by the SHIELD scientists it was shown that it was resistant to Super Soldiers blows, an while adamantium was indestructible the extra protection could come in very handy.

The doorway leading from Wayne Manor which lead to the barrow opened up, the sillouette of Alfred stood holding an silver tray carrying his masters breakfast.

"Ah Master Logan, I thought I might find you here since you were not in your bed. You must have decided to make it an early morning"

"Actually Alfred I never went to sleep, an before you lecture me about the importance of a good nights sleep, you more than anyone should know that I can function perfectly well on zero sleep"

"Be that as it may, it can not be healthy an need I remind you that you are meant to setting an example for Jubilation and Tim"

With Logan turned around and gave his old friend a questioning look raising his left eye brow, "No Alfred you do not need to remind me, but this is important"

"An what pray tell have you discovered about our newest metahuman?"

"Well his punches hurt like hell, secondly he is invulnerable. Tests show that they emptied round after round firing at Super Soldier with no harm. This also included armour piercing rounds and 50 calibre rounds. He is also capable of moving faster than a speeding bullet which to give you a clue is that he can in on water when travelling at this speed, he is also capable of self propelled flight among other abilities"

"Sounds as if he could theoretically be the most powerful man in the world"

"Its possible Alfred, however the records from SHIELD show two substances which can withstand a blow from Super Soldier. The first is adamantium which I have also tested as of last night since in his own words hit me with enough force to break a few ribs an maybe puncture a lung"

"Lucky for you sir, an what is the second substance?"

"The second substance is known as vibranium, it has been found in small deposits through out the world following a intense meteor shower during World War 2. It is currently the greatest export of Wakanda"

"Fascinating sir, and is this the reason you never when went to bed?"

"Actually Alfred,it takes time to set up dummy corporations to purchase the necessary supplies for the contingency."

"The vibranium I understand, but you failed to mention any contingency for Super Soldier"

"Didn't I? You see the reports from both Allied and Axis sides of World War depict that when exposed to a special radiation emitted by a substance known as Green-K, news reports from that time confirm that a large meteor shower which accompanied the alien body that was used to create the superman formula which created Super Soldier"

"You do not seem happy sir"

"I am not, while doing some digging I discovered that Super Soldier was created by the same black ops organisation which did this to me" with that Logan clenched his fist as his knuckles turned white the three 12 inch claws sprung forth.

"Heavens! You mean the great american hero was created by Project: Weapon X?"

"Not quite, weapon X was just a side project for a greater organisation known as Weapon Plus"

"What are the goals of this organisation?"

"Unknown, the organisation is only mentioned briefly in the files taken from SHIELD concerning Super Soldier. But its evident that they wanted to create living weapons for some unknown purpose"

The Dark Knight of New Gotham city withdrew his claws an began to walk around his barrow in a manner resembling a caged animal that wanted to break free before finally calming down. The next thing he knew was the alarm on the computer went off. Logan marched over to the console silencing the alarm an bringing up the specifics.

"Another jail break from Arkham Tower sir?"

"If it was only that simple, it seems that someone is tampering with the deep space monitoring system developed by Wayne Industries"

"Deep space what?"

"A network of deep space probes and monitoring stations over the globe designed to monitor the approach of any asteroids which could cause catastrophic damage to the earth"

"Why would anyone want to do such a thing"

"At this point I am unsure, however I intend to find out tonight. The last active monitoring station is located in Metropolis"

"Very well sir, I will prepare the clawmobile for the journey this evening."

"Thanks Alfred, oh an Alfred"

"Yes Sir?" wondered Alfred as his eyebrow arched upward

"Wake the kids, they are burning daylight" ordered Dark Claw with a smirk on his face.