Metropolis

Alexander ceased his tantrum when the power went out. He backed away from the door,thinking men with guns would burst in,demanding to know what he had done. He retrieved the ball of shifting rainbow light from the corner,and held it,trying to look innocent. When the door began to glow,he tilted his head,and said out loud, "The men with guns never done that before..."
 
After a while, Gear felt the metal shift, and soon, a very hot puddle of it hit the floor, gear increased the amount of fire in her hands as she put both into the hole she had made and attempted pushing out. From her side, she said a bit strained, "Anyone home?"
 
It could have been his imagination, which wouldn't be very surprising, but Grimm could swear he smelled blood in the air.The crimson moon positively glowing between the dark rainclouds. The weather had suddenly taken a turn for the worse, lightning brightening the night sky every few moments. It was in this weather that he had decided to go for a stroll, and with the streets near empty, it was a comfortable walk. It was with great amusement that he found himself the "victim" of a mugging not ten minutes out the door.


"Gimme everything you got," the unshaven man snapped, holding a knife near Grimm's throat.


"I guess since you asked nicely," he replied, grabbing the blade of the knife in an iron grip, drawing blood, and wrenching it off to the side. With the blade out of the way, Grimm launched his right fist quickly into the other man's throat, giggling hysterically as he collapsed in a fit of coughing.


"I'm sorry, is this not enough!?" Grimm asked comically, his voice raising while he flicked blood from his left hand onto the attempted mugger's face.


After another fit of laughter, and a loud crack, the coughing stopped; and Grimm walked out of the alleyway, blood and bits of bone dripping from his clothes to mix with the rain water.


The alleyway was left a bloody mess, with a twenty dollar bill perched cautiously atop a gory mess that was once a human...
 
Alexander immediately perked up at the female voice. Maybe it's someone coming to take me home! "Yes! I am! Are you here to take me home,lady?" He approached the door,still holding his little ball of shifting rainbow light,his face a painting of happiness. He was free!
 
"You could say that...." A few minutes later, the whole was wide enough for her to fit through, though it would sting a bit as it was still very very hot. Looking into the whole, her hands still on fire, she saw the kid and raised an eyebrow, Well, that's new. Shaking her head, she sighed, "If you want out, risk getting burned." Standing, she started walking back the way she came, as another boom of thunder echoed through the building.
 
It wasn't long before Alice was lurking about the kitchen, looking for food. Dr. Grey was still asleep, so she quietly dug out some leftovers and heated them up. Once she had her mutant teenage appetite fulfilled, she proceeded to sneak out. Alice didn't like being cooped up. She wanted to see if she could find the boy who had helped her, or at the very least, something to entertain her.
 
Alexander was all smiles,and didn't even pay attention to the lady telling him that he'd get burned;he clambered through the hole in the door without incident. Ignorance is bliss. He looked at the lady,and tucked his ball of light under his left arm,held out his right hand,and said, "I'm Alexander Squires. What's your name,lady?"
 
Knowing that he'd go through it anyway, she didn't seem phased as he spoke. Stopping at a turn, she looked down the hallway they didn't need to go into and set fire to it, and kept walking. "Gear." Moving a bit faster, she led the kid up to the ground floor.
 
Alice snuck her motorcycle out before starting it up. She took off into the city to find whatever may lurk there. At least now the cops had gotten off her ass; she wasn't sure why they were so intent on catching her. It may have to do with mass destruction she somehow managed wherever she went, but it wasn't like it was HER fault.


She rode a bit slower in the rain, being a good citizen and all. Perhaps her slower pace was what allowed her to notice a bloody, mangled excuse of a human emerge from an alley way. Alice pulled the breaks immediately and pulled the cycle over to the side of the road.


"Hey! You need some help, buddy?" She called.
 
"I could use you bike," Grimm replied, admiring the hum of the engine.


"Not my blood anyways," he chuckled, shifting his weight, making the sight in the alleyway much more prominent.
 
"Oh..."Alice said, a little disappointed. "You're the villain here? Damn, that means I have to try and defeat you. Hero code says I can't turn the other cheek and all, you know how it is." She pulled the key out of the ignition and assembled her energy canon.


"Or you could make it easy and go quietly, you know. That works too."
 
"Where'd be the fun in that?" Grimm asked, laughing for a moment before exploding into motion. Swinging his left hand in a wide arc before he even came close and rushing straight at this "hero".


He kinda wanted that bike...
 
The canon whirred as it gained power, but was a depressingly slow defense. The guy was almost on her by the Alice blasted him square in the chest. He was a little too close to aim at his feet. She could only hope that he was a tough little bastard, and that the thing didn't blow a hole right through him.
 
Grimm's charge stalled as a fist sized hole was punched in his chest; but he pushed forward anyways, something like this wasn't enough to kill him, just hurt... a lot.


He cleared the final distance to the girl now, his left hand reaching forward, grasping at her face.
 
Alice, not having time to charge her canon again, zapped him manually. Without the canon to focus the blast, it may not have been enough to blow a hole in him, but it would certainly slow him down a bit. But then again, the first blast was supposed to slow him down too.


Alice pulled out her key and jammed it into the ignition. She brought her bike to live and grinned.


"Let's play keep away instead," She said, driving off down the street. Alice didn't know what this guy's deal was, but he certainly wasn't your average joe. Until she knew who she was up against, she couldn't really fight him. With luck, he would chase her and give her a little more time to put the pieces together.
 
neroh walked down the street with a glom look on his face while he looked at some papers that all had C's on them. he straightened up and stuffed the papers in his pocket then flipped he hood up. while walking down the street he stopped by a local gas station and grabbed a large drink


"thats 1.25" the shopkeeper said


neroh handed him the money and walked out. after a second he heard the rawr of an engine and turned around seeing the girl he had helped out speed towards him. he lifted his drink and sipt a bit of it and waited for her to reach him.
 
It was with a colossal grin that Grimm slapped a bloody handprint onto the flank of the girl's motorcycle during her hasty escape.


"But you haven't even seen my powers yet!" he shouted exaggeratedly, cackling maniacally


"Such a shame," he finished with a mutter as the bike flashed bright red...
 
(1: Where'd the blood come from if he wasn't the one who was bleeding?


2: I'd rather you not destroy her only means of transpiration :/ )
 
Following Gear,Alexander laughed,having the time of his life. "That's a funny name. Why'd your parents name you Gear? Are they robots,or something?" He looked around,saw all the fire,and asked, "What's happening?"
 
"I don't have parents. " Gear said, "And it's a street name, coined for my like of collecting gears from machines." She looked back at him, then at the fire before pausing and grinning.


"Beautiful Chaos."
 
As Alex sat in the limo across from Lex, he peered out the window at the young women. Feeling like the earth shifted, Alex was intrigued in those two girls now.


"We should get going. Driver, home." Lex said as he looked down at his phone.


~~~~


Justice League International Space station.


"Superman, This is Batman. You probably already noticed, but the earth just shifted axis and we need your help." Batman said in a calm voice.


"Batman, i felt it, but who is the one that did it? Was it Lex?" Superman said as he soared into the sky like a rocket.


"No. From our records, this is something that not even Lex could make." Batman replied.


"Then what?" Superman said as he arrived at the space station.


As the doors opened, Batman stood there with a sheet of paper. On that sheet of paper, held one superhero's name.


"Are you sure Geo-force would do this?" Superman asked.


"You cant rule anything out at this time. He is the only one with that much control over his powers." Batman replied as he walked over to the terminal.


~~~~~


Arriving at the Luthor Corporation head quarters, Lex and Alex took the elevator down.


"You are coming along as planned. A little longer and you will be perfect." Lex said as the elevator stopped.
 
"Come on." Gear said roughly, grabbing the boy's hand and pulling him away from the spreading fire towards the door outside, knowing that chances are there would be soldiers outside and that it wouldn't do them good, true, she was good at distractions, but she wasn't going to kill anyone, she wasn't that evil.
 
Standing outside the door was a figure mistaken to none. He stood 5 foot 10 inches tall and weighed in at 175 pounds. Clad in black and blue, was none other then Nightwing. The original Robin. On his shoulder was an unconscious guard. Behind him, at least a dozen laying upon the ground.


"Well hello there. Going somewhere?" Nightwing asked.
 
Gear stopped in her tracks, looking at Nightwing, "I suppose...." She glanced at him up and down, very nervous since her batbot encounter. "It shouldn't matter to you, right?"
 
"One more question before i let you go. Who is your mentor?" Nightwing asked as he set the guard down beside the building.
 
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