"Power armor?" Ling scoffed. "Of course you're going to need it! With that pink costume, everyone will try to attack you!" He laughed, and Ty Lee rolled her eyes, walking past him.
"Come on, guys, we have more important things to do."
"Oh, do you mind sharing them with me?" Ling asked, following Ty Lee with a smile.
"No. Top secret!"
"Really? Is getting into the underground tunnels that secret?"
"Yes." Ty Lee replied. She stopped walking and turned back, her brow furrowed. "Wait, how did you know?!"
"... I have good ears." Ling said, smiling and scratching the back of his ear. "I can take you guys there, by the way. I've been exploring this city for quite a while, I know a few entrances."
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"This is crazy." Havoc said, slumping down on a nearby empty chair. "And the Colonel has to deal with this daily?"
"And you can create bodies without any problems?" Alphonse asked. He scratched his head, looking down. "This goes against everything we learned in the past... Brother, I... I want to learn more about this. About them."
Before Edward could reply, the sound of the trapdoor opening could be heard, grabbing Hawkeye's attention. She pointed her pistol at it, ready to shoot whoever was trying to get inside, but she lowered her gun when she saw a hooded figure walk in. It took a moment, but the figure soon removed the hood, revealing a very surprised Roy.
"Well..." Roy said, looking at Hawkeye with a smirk. "Isn't this a regular reunion special."
"... Colonel?"
"Yes, Alphonse, it's me." He said, removing the coat and adjusting his gloves. "I know I don't look like myself, but--"
"He already explained it to us... sir." Havoc said, pointing at Oleg. "Jeez, this feels weird. You're actually shorter than me. One could say you're just a tiny bit taller than the boss." Havoc chuckled, pointing at Edward with his thumb.
"... Yes, well, it's a simple side effect compared to being in the backseat of someone's mind." Roy replied, stretching his arms. "I trust Oleg has introduced himself, so... it's good to see all of you again."
His eyes wandered over to Hawkeye, who was staring at him with her usual expression. "And you, Lieutenant. It seems like you have been taking care of things in my absence?" Roy asked, wandering over to her.
However, instead of greeting him, Hawkeye slapped him right in the face, a slap that made Fuery and Falman wince at the sight. "This is for disappearing without a trace or a message." She said, glaring at Roy, who was now busy with massaging the slapped area. "Unprofessional behavior aside... it's good to have you back, Colonel."
"Gah. T-thank you, Lieutenant." Roy said, gritting his teeth. "Should I get used to this?"
"If you run away to fight this Dai-Shocker without us,
yes." Hawkeye said, a small smile appearing on her face. "But we have more important things to take care of, don't we?"
"Huh?... oh, yes! Daishuryou. He's our enemy, and he plans on moving Father's plan forward. I can tell all of you know said plan." he said, looking at the multiple drawings on the Amestris map. "We believe he's underground, and I've sent a couple of Brotherhood members to check. Once we get a signal, we should invade that underground area and go after him."
"Invade the underground area?" Breda said, raising an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, sir, but said underground area is right under Central HQ. We don't know if this Daishuryou guy has his hands on the army, but we do know that Fuhrer Olivier won't take kindly to a bunch of people barging into her command center looking after someone she's never heard of."
"Then we enter through the sewers, Breda." Roy replied, raising an eyebrow. "Should be simple-- wait, Olivier is the Fuhrer? That's... surprising, to say the least. It would be good to have her on our side... but we need something that'll make her fight with us."
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Daishuryou looked over his army as it got ready for the invasion of Central HQ. The plan was simple: invade the place and convert every soldier inside. The reason was also simple: it was just a way for them to lure the human sacrifices to one place. He looked over a board of chess Father had. Today was the Promised Day, so he knew that the sacrifices would be in town in case anything happened.
"Fools." he said to himself, and turned back to Maki.
"Begin the invasion. Attack Central HQ and any buildings nearby. Destroy anyone that stands in our way. Convert the strong into our army. But do not harm the human sacrifices."Elpizo should be going after the Brotherhood members on Gotham... enough to keep them all distracted while he recovered all of his power.
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The two hand-hammers were stopped just before they hit Mary. "Envy" looked like he was trying to move them, but nothing happened. "What the
hell?!" he yelled, his voice getting
muddier. "What are you doing?! Let me g--"
He was interrupted as multiple ice shards stabbed him, and he stumbled aside, the hammers retreating back into his body, turning back into hands. He removed the ice shards one by one, gritting his teeth. "Alright, you kids want to play?! LET'S PLAY!" he yelled, raising his hands up in the air. His entire body melted and changed until it looked more like a
mass of clay with eyes and a mouth. He jumped off the rooftop, the clay propelling him, and he flew towards August, his mouth getting bigger and bigger, almost as if he was trying to eat the boy.
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Far away...The police cars traveled through Gotham, a disgruntled Penguin inside them. "Stupid officers..." he mumbled to himself. "I'm not worried! My lawyers will set me free in no time."
"Eh, shut up, Penguin!" the officer driving the car replied. "I don't think you're going to walk away free this time. We caught you red-handed! You're spending a long time in prison this tim--"
The guard stopped talking as something suddenly fell on top of the car. Something heavy, so heavy, that its weight sent the car flying forwards. It flew right into a glass shop, and as the sweet sound of glass breaking filled the air, it came to a halt, partially destroyed. The Penguin took this chance and crawled out of the car, laughing to himself, but he soon stumbled upon the thing that fell on top of the car.
Wearing sunglasses, a sleeveless jacket, black shirt, black pants and some really heavy boots, a man looked down at the little crime boss. He removed his glasses, revealing his purple eyes, and he grinned, revealing his sharp teeth. "Hello, Cobblepot." he said.
"No! Not you!" The Penguin said, falling to the ground, and trying to crawl back to the car. "Anything but you! OFFICERS! PLEASE!"
"Hey, hey, calm down, little guy." The man said, effortlessly grabbing the Penguin by his head and removing his monocle. "You see, I just want to talk. Don't you want to talk with me?"
"No! I don't want to talk with you!" The Penguin replied, and he slowly furrowed his brow. "You actually don't scare me, you stupid atrocity."
"Oh, Cobblepot, you didn't even have to say that!" the man replied, faking a frown. "Now I'm going to have to punish you. Send you and your little goons a message." He said, reaching for something on the ground.
"What are you doing?"
"You see, Cobblepot, I want everything. This town, the people in it, the money in the banks." the man said, picking up the base of a broken glass cup. "I want everything, and I just don't like to share."
"Stop it. Stop it!"
"So this is my message: you either give me your territories... or I'm going to make you go through several stages of pain." He said, his grin growing wider, as he placed the base of the glass in front of the Penguin's right eye.
"Please... please, I beg you, stop it! Please, Greed, you don't have to do this!"
"Consider this to be the
first one." Greed chuckled, before pressing the base of the glass against Penguin's left eye, laughing as the criminal's scream filled the air.
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Toph walked over to Knight, giving him a gentle punch in the arm. "Come on, Mr. Brooding. We have things to do. Things more important than staring at the ground in angst."
The Batcave looked fine, actually, although there were some signs that it just went a complete reconstruction. While the machinery looked completely new, several of the pedestals spread around the cave were empty. Some still had the old Robin uniforms, but some were just standing there, waiting to be filled with something. Even the gigantic coin Batman had collected after stopping Two-Face for the nth time was gone.
As the Batman himself typed something in the Batcave's computer, Alicia grabbed John by his arm.
"Where's August? I think he's lost... or maybe Mary did something to him."Batman didn't notice the problem with August, as he finished typing something and multiple pictures appeared on the screens. "A few months ago, a new criminal popped up in town. Called himself Greed." he said as newspaper headlines and a profile picture of Greed wearing sunglasses appeared. "Many thought he was just another lowlife criminal that wasn't going to last long, but in just two months, he went from controlling this area of Gotham..." he showed a map of Gotham with a small area surrounded by a purple line. "... to this area." The map showed, and now at least 70% of the map was inside the purple line. "The only mob bosses standing in his way are the Penguin and a few other people. But some fear that soon, the entire Gotham will be under his control. The thing with Greed is that he's indestructible."
He pressed a button showing a video feed of hundreds of cops- and a helicopter- surrounding Greed, who stood in the middle of a crater, holding another thug in his hands. The cops and the helicopter started shooting, to the point where Greed and the criminal were being attacked by a never-ending storm of bullets. But while the criminal's body fell to the ground, filled with bullets, Greed just stood there, like nothing had even hit him. "I've managed to analyse him a few times, and I found out he can cover himself with some sort of unbreakable metal... calls it the Ultimate Shield. But even without the shield, he's still... well... immortal."
He stood up, turning to face the Brotherhood group. "I've contacted every single person I know, but nothing they do manages to defeat Greed. I hope your visit means you're here to help me stop him before he does anything else."
"Batman." a voice echoed through the cave, and the picture of Nightwing appeared on the screen. "Batman, this is Nightwing."
"This is Batman." He replied, pressing a button on the computer. "What's the problem?"
"Well, I was going to pay you a little visit... when something caught my attention." The picture of Nightwing changed to a video feed of the crashed car and a couple of cops calling for help. "But that's not even the worst part. Look what I found."
The video feed zoomed in to show the Penguin, knocked out, now sporting
a different monocle. "And just before you ask who did this..." the video feed changed to show the same scene but a few minutes earlier, this time showing Greed as he finished pressing the glass against the Penguin's right eye. He dropped the Penguin to the ground, putting on his sunglasses before running away. "Tried to follow him, but the guy was just too fast. He got into a car before I could stop him, but I managed to put a tracker on it."
The video feed changed once more, this time displaying a map of Gotham, and a red blinking dot driving through the streets.
