IMPORTANT NOTICE. *DON'T SKIP*

I want to take this moment to address some messages I got. I got some messages about one of my stories, Harry Potter and the Cyberpunk Life.

For those of you who loved Harry Potter and the Cyberpunk Life and missed it when I took it down, first of all I'm sorry. The fic was a crossover work with an original story I have on pocket fm so I could not leave it here on FF.

But if any of you are still interested in following the story, you can join my discord: r8GNgM8A. You will find the link to the PFM story there. It isn't much different from the fic, just lacking the Harry Potter elements. If you were reading it for just that, then I'm sorry once again that I had to take it down, but if you enjoyed the original elements of it like the MC being ambitious, a rising young billionaire, and a power hungry figure tied up in problems beyond his scope then you will get to enjoy the story where it is now.

Once again, I'm sorry I had to take it down and thanks for the support guys, the follows and everything. I'll try my best to update more when I can.

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An African American albino stepped into a dilapidated warehouse in the underworld side of New York. He didn't even take two steps forward before he was stopped.

"Freeze and don't move." Guns were pointed at him, and around him were thugs dressed like they were preparing for a great war. A great war against bees.

"Freezing and not moving are the same thing you bee-keeping idiots," he yelled at the AIM agents.

"Let Mr. Tombstone be. We invited him here," a voice called out.

Tombstone looked ahead and saw an old acquaintance of his. "Hammerhead, you fool. Only someone like you will be expecting a visitor and not inform your security."

Hammerhead bristled and pointed a warning finger at him. "Be careful. You shouldn't insult someone when you are in their lair," he said, stepping towards Tombstone.

"Remove that thing from my sight before I chew it off," Tombstone threatened, grinning to remind Hammerhead of his sharpened fang-like teeth. Hammerhead quickly withdrew his hand. "Good. Now take me to your boss."

Hammerhead frowned, turned around, and started walking away. Tombstone followed him calmly. Hammerhead, in Tombstone's opinion, was a useless thug who couldn't control himself when he's insulted. It was a weakness many have used against him in the past, including him.

Tombstone knew that he too could make things ugly for those who insult him, but when he's fighting for his life he usually try to keep a levelled head.

"So you are AIM's lackey now?" Tombstone asked his fellow criminal and it was easy to see Hammerhead taking calming breaths.

"I am no one's lackey, thumbstone, unlike you," Hammerhead said, trying to fire back insults at Tombstone, but his insult sounded lame to its target.

They entered an office that looked more rundown than the other parts of the warehouse. The place was almost bare, the few pieces of furniture that were in it were rusty. The leaking roof was dripping water from the rain that fell that morning. The room was not only lacking maintenance it also lacked the presence of Tombstone's big-headed host.

"Explain to me then why you are now MODOK's errand boy. I guess he sent you to fetch me," Tombstone said to Hammerhead, continuing the conversation.

Hammerhead grabbed Tombstone by the collar of his shirt and dragged him to the front of his face. "I am Maggia, I'll always be Maggia no matter what people say about my loyalty. Maggia though lacks what it takes for me to have my revenge on that Potter kid but MODOK does. I don't care however I do it or whatever means I use, Potter will die for lighting me up and blowing up Yelena's place when I was barely out of the building. I spent months in a hospital doing surgeries after surgeries. Potter will feel every pain I've felt, and his will be ten times worse, when I get my hands on him."

"I warned you not to bring your hands near me. Unhand me now or I'll make you feel so much pain that what Potter did to you will seem like ordinary discomfort." So reminded of Tombstone's capabilities Hammerhead let him go with one last act of defiance; he pushed him away.

Tombstone had to control himself from falling down. He bounced up ready to show Hammerhead why he was more respected in the Maggia than him when he felt him tearing itself apart. He fell down this time, screaming his lungs out. He heard someone else screaming but couldn't pay it much attention even if he wanted to. It was all pain, pain like he'd never known. It ended almost as quickly as it started. The after sensations felt nearly as bad as the real pain.

"Gentlemen, you shouldn't try to fight amongst each other like this," MODOK voice echoed in his ears, making his head hurt more. He opened his eyes, he'd had to close them during the period of pain. Hammerhead was passed out on the floor, totally unresponsive even when MODOK kicked him. MODOK turned his big head towards Tombstone. "Do you see now, any pain you are capable of dishing out does not compare to a sliver of what I can make you go through. I am The Mechanical Organism Designed Only for Killing."

The lights from the leaking roof caught his form for a moment and Tombstone would have mocked him for his ugly headpiece that made his large head look even more disfigured and his short arms and legs if the cruel look on MODOK's face didn't remind him of the pain he'd felt and was still feeling to degree.

He stood up with a grunt and heard groaning on the floor. The idiot, Hammerhead, was waking up. Tombstone felt a deep hatred for his fellow Maggia colleague. In his mind he laid down plans for his fall. He'll deal with the idiot, him and MODOK, they'll both regret this day that they tried to play games with him.

Hammerhead got up some moments later as MODOK moved to sit on the only chair in the office. Tombstone was surprised the rusty chair didn't break apart, then again all of MODOK's weight came from his head.

Tombstone met Hammerhead's eyes and then the AIM lackey averted his gaze.

"Good boys. Old dogs can still learn new tricks, I see. Well, both of you were never given a choice. It was learn or die," MODOK commented. He focused his eyes on Tombstone and the expert criminal made sure to stare hard at the mechanical being, as a form of defiance. "I invited you here so that we could meet in secret, if that's not obvious to you yet. You two ignorami starting a fight will draw the attention of SHIELD and EMPIRES here and I'm not ready to face any of them yet. To do that I need to iron out my plans and you Tombstone are a huge part of my plan."

"What do you need me for," Tombstone grumbled. For a moment he thought he felt something in his nose. He sneezed and the feeling stopped. It was weird, what happened, but he soon forgot all about it and brought his attention back to MODOK.

"Your daughter is working for Potter now, I believe you know this already. She along with Yelena seemed to have joined the young doctor's camp," MODOK paused to snort, shaking his head in amusement. "Did they really think that a change of a few features and a name would deceive me? I knew Yelena still lived the moment the remote HYDRA made to control her stopped walking and when I saw Potter's new bodyguard it wasn't hard to put things together especially with such an obvious name."

Tombstone shared a look with Hammerhead and saw that this was news to the other man as well. Tombstone actually thought Belova was dead. He was surprised that Potter saved her when she was the one who had planned his abduction in collaboration with Maggia. Perhaps Potter created a new remote control. Everyone said the kid was so smart that he became a professor before he even hit puberty, so it was not farfetched to think that he'd be able to replicate the HYDRA Adaptoid remote control.

"Judging by the looks on your faces I guess you both didn't notice. You are not as smart as me. I gave you both too much credit to have assumed you noticed," MODOK stated. He faced Tombstone and leaned forward in his rusty chair that didn't even make a sound at the shift of weight. "And from the story this one told me, I suspect Potter was behind the attack that almost decimated HYDRA, AIM, and Maggia, the Spawned Missiles and the Computer Virus both. I barely escaped one of those attacks. If not for the computer virus deprogramming all the computers that kept me in controlled stasis, I'd have died during one of the blasts. Potter was given his test like it is usually done with new recruits and Potter created the sonic missile or the vibrobomb, whichever name you prefer, and he used it against us. Your daughter works for him now and I want you to use her to bring Potter to me."

"No can't do. I haven't talked to Janice for over a year after I left her to Maggia's mercy when she failed a mission. We aren't on good terms since she ran away. It seems she ran into Potter's arms, but it doesn't matter to me. I won't help you with this because I'd rather die than make contact with Janice. As for Potter, I'd advise you to leave him alone. If he could create the Spawning Missile, and as I'm suspecting a new remote to control the Adaptoid, then you'll be no match for him. You have no idea what he has created since then." Tombstone was not ready to dive into this squabble. It's not like MODOK was hiring him, he was just commanding him without stating a price.

"You have your reasons," MODOK told him, a cruel glint entering his eyes, "and I don't care about them. I'm the Scientist Supreme and I won't accept denials to my requests. You sneezed a while ago, do you know why? It's because a nanobot I created and linked to my mind entered your body through your nose. At my command, your heart could blow up where you stand so think carefully before rejecting my order."

Tombstone felt himself go cold. Maggia had done a lot to make sure he didn't double cross them in their deals. He had been threatened with kidnapped lovers, bombs planted in his car, and even poison that they claimed only them had a cure to, but he'd never been threatened with his heart exploding inside his body. Suddenly he realised that he was dealing with someone that had not even a shred of humanity in him. This wasn't Killian and this wasn't Strucker, this was The Mechanical Organism Designed Only for Killing.

With a depressing sigh, Tombstone asked, "What's the mission, boss?"

A figure hidden in the shadows followed after a criminal who was also keeping to the shadows just not as much as his tail.

The tail was none other than the newest superhero in the city who had been dubbed as the Shadow Knight or Ser Swart by the public and the media.

The Shadow Knight was a hero who took his job seriously. A few days ago the criminal known as Shockwave was broken out of prison and the police force began a city wide search for him. The Shadow Knight connected a computer to the cameras of the city and set up a monitoring system in the computer that would alert him when Shockwave was sighted.

The criminal who was born Lancaster Sneed was sighted an hour ago by the Shadow Knight's computer and since then the armoured hero has been following him. He chose not to apprehend him immediately when Sneed made a phone call to inform someone that he was in the street of the person he'd been sent to kill but the person seemed to not be at home.

The Shadow Knight quietly moved behind Shockwave as the villain looked for a place to set an ambush for his target.

A while after, a black limousine drove into the compound. Shockwave jumped from where he had been hiding on the rooftop and landed atop the limo. He was about to punch through the roof of the car when a kick from the Shadow Knight, who seemed to have sprung out from the shadows, sent him flying off the car.

Shockwave was quickly up on his feet. He dodged a punch from the Shadow Knight and did a somersault. Mid-dive, Shockwave pulled an energy blaster from one of the holsters in his metal exoskeleton suit. When he landed he fired twice. The Shadow Knight dodged both blasts which hit the car behind him. The first blast burned through the trunk-side of the car and the second went straight through the middle.

The Shadow Knight suddenly took to the air and landed behind Sneed. Sneed threw a back kick at him and the knight hastily grabbed his leg and used his other hand to pull the blaster away from the villain. A Shockwave erupted from the exoskeleton suit but the knight did not drop the leg as Sneed had expected, his high tech armour gauntlets protected him from the electricity, he instead used the leg to lift Shockwave off the floor and used the blaster to blast the criminal back.

Shockwave flew through the air unaided and landed near the destroyed car. The blast hurt him but did not damage his suit. Someone came out of the car that made the Shadow Knight fade back into the shadows.

Out of the car stepped Captain Britain. He was not alone, the Shadow Knight noticed. A famous business woman stepped out with him, Miss Emma Steed. A third person was making his way out of the car when the Shadow Knight noticed that Sneed was holding a grenade in his hand.

The Shadow Knight activated the flight feature of his suit around the midriff and flew off as Sneed tossed the grenade at the last person to step out of the car. He increased his flight and saw that Captain Britain was diving towards the man. They both got to the man at the same time with the grenade. Captain Britain was pulling him away and the knight was picking up the grenade to throw it away when it went off.

The knight survived the blast with his cloak suddenly forming a shield around him as it turned solid. The strange material and energy the cloak was made off kept the blast away from him. Captain Britain survived the blast because he was further away and was quite durable. The man who Shockwave seemed to have been set on killing didn't, shrapnels were lodged in his head and half of his legs looked burned and disfigured. He was dead and gone.

Captain Britain bent down towards the man and closed his eyes. The British superhero sighed and got up. In the commotion he caused, Shockwave slipped away.

Cap went to Miss Steed and pulled her up from where she dived to avoid the blast. "He is gone. The Black King of the Hellfire Club is dead," Captain Britain to the young woman and the knight heard it all. "We knew that he was receiving death threats but..."

He was stopped by Emma Steed pointing at the Shadow Knight. Captain Britain turned around and saw him. The Shadow Knight walked towards them.

"I'm sorry for your loss, Captain. I assume he was a friend of yours," he didn't ask but stated his belief. "It's nice meeting a legend like you, but I must go. Shockwave couldn't have gone far and I must get to him before he causes more trouble."

Before the young business woman and the legendary hero could say a word, the Shadow Knight flew and disappeared into the shadows. As he went after Shockwave, he asked himself a single question.

What is the Hellfire Club?