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"You know me?" He was a bit surprised for someone to know him as he wasn't one of the popular superheroes which didn't bother him.
Ethan nodded, "Yeah, I know you. But it seems like you don't. The Guardian I know doesn't work on the side that makes weapons specifically to cause chaos."
"What?....No?...Huh?" The man's face visibly shows distress as his mind tries to comprehend what was said to him. He had memories, but for some reason, there were a few blanks here and there...
'Why?...' However, he didn't get to think for long as the G-Gnome perched on his shoulder stopped him by using its mental abilities while giving him the drive to fight again.
Guardian smirked and assumed a fighting position as the Genomorphs around him charged at the two intruders, "Heh, nice try guy. Now come over here and-"
All of a sudden, Harley moved faster than the man could blink, bypassing the oncoming Genomorphs.
All he managed to see was a foot coming for his head.
*Bam* Luckily with his enhanced reflexes he managed to block the kick, forcing him back a couple of steps.
He was surprised someone as small as her could force him back when he had enhanced strength on top of being a male, "Woah, you're stronger than you look." He frowned while flexing his fingers that held the shield as they were a bit numb.
"You're in the way of my Honeybun." Harley scowled as her eyes flashed with a red light. Her body then became a blur, sending another kick toward his face.
"You're not gonna get me that way!" He shouted, blocking the attack. However, he was unprepared for Harley to suddenly change directions, sending the attack toward his lower body.
He couldn't even react to being swept off his feet, but immediately he felt that he shouldn't drop his guard.
And he was right.
*Shink!* Suddenly there were claws poking through his shield and just inches away from his face, had he been a second slower he would have had his face carved.
Guardian looked up to see the woman's face looked more feral with identical red claw marks on her cheeks in sets of two. Her eyes no longer belonged to a human, but a beast that looked at him as if he was a dead man walking, it made his skin crawl.
However, he wasn't the chief of security for nothing, he was meant to protect the company's interests no matter what happens.
"Ahhh!" And with a shout, he pushes Harley away with his enhanced strength, leaping back to his feet before charging at her.
Harley wasn't discouraged at all and took him on. The two would then trade blows, but neither would injure the other a lot as they both had strong bodies.
Ethan wanted to help Harley as how could one stand by and let their woman be injured in front of them. However, at the beginning of the fight, Harley told him to stand back.
And for once, the blonde was serious.
Harley wasn't dumb, she was far from it and she knew out of all of them, she was the weakest besides Sandra. She loved Ethan dearly, so much that she doesn't want to lose him, and somehow she felt that one day he'll go somewhere where she couldn't reach...
'Don't lose control...focus for once..!' Harley released a roar belonging to a beast as her body began to go through another change. The skin on her arms and legs started to turn into black reddish fur as large rounded black ears formed on top of her head.
As soon as this change happened, her thoughts slowly dulled while she attacked him solely by instincts. Her claw attacks easily made Guardian's shield into scrap metal, leaving him quite vulnerable. However even with blood seeping out his fresh wounds, he still pressed on with a fire burning in his eyes.
The man was an expert hand-to-hand combatant and even in his dire situation, he could find ways to attack. Ever since he started this job all he did was walk around the floors to overlook things, he missed being out in the open and fighting crime.
'This reminds me of the time...I...huh?' He frowned as he couldn't perfectly recall the memory he found this situation similar to as it strangely came up blank. He managed to get one good blow to Harley's stomach, but he was happy about it at all.
'No...what about?...Huh?' The man stopped moving as he became distracted at the thought of his missing memories. The G-Gnome perched on his shoulder noticed this and tries to pull him back on the right track, but it was far too late.
*Bam!* Harley's right foot found its way to his face, hitting him with enough force to knock him off his feet.
But no...she was not done!
With a shout, Harley grabbed hold of his arm, pulling him back towards her and kneeing him in the chest, knocking the wind out of him.
Guardian tried to gather his bearings, but once Harley started, she wasn't going to stop.
Ferocious attacks assaulted his body left and right, each blow injuring him internally as he started to cough up blood. The G-Gnome had long fled from his body, but it was killed immediately by Ethan the same way he killed the others which was with fire.
At this time, Guardian had long lost consciousness as he laid on the ground, but Harley continued to attack, creating wound after wound with her claws.
The man was still alive, but any more than that he will surely die.
'Raaaagh!" Harley's claws became lines with blazing hot fire that went all the way up to her forearm.
The Guardian wouldn't survive this last attack!
"Harley," Ethan called out her name, halted her attack when her claws were inches away from ending his life. He then wrapped his arms around his second wife, pulling her close to his body from behind.
Smelling the scent of her mate caused Harley to melt in arms, turning around to rip off his mask to steal his lips. Ethan could have easily moved out of the way, but he let it happen as he too wished to kiss her.
Harley even started to growl against his lips while her claws ripped and burned his shirt.
The only thing on her mind was to mate with Ethan as her body craved to carry his children.
But then...
*Smack!* Harley yelped as her ass was smacked, turning her on even more but it also managed to snap her out of her current state.
"Hmm?.." Her body started to revert to normal as she pulled away from his lips. "Whoops..." She muttered after remembering what happened just moments ago.
However, after that all of the pain and exhaustion hit her at once, causing her knees to nearly give out.
Fortunately, Ethan was there to keep her up.
"You did great. You were able to stay focused longer this time while using your powers." He said while running his fingers through her silky hair. 'Me on the other hand...'
"It's still not enough..." She frowned, closing her eyes as she allowed Ethan to pick her up in his arms. "Sorry about your mask Honeybun."
He shook his head and smiled, "It wasn't important. I was wearing it more because of a preference."
"What about that guy? He's going to die at this rate." Harley mentioned after glancing at Guardian who was unconscious in his own pool of blood.
"No, He'll live. If it was the normal Guardian then probably, but this one is a clone."
"Clone?" Harley was surprised.
"Yeah, I'll explain it later, but know that this guy has enhanced strength, reflexes, and regeneration. See his wounds are already closing up." Ethan pointed out with his finger and it seemed that he was right.
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Back on the top floor, the Justice League was in a tight position. Pamela managed to escape with Talia after leaving them with the message that there is a clone of superman at the bottom of this facility.
Diana knew that Clark wouldn't take it well especially when it's related to his nemesis Lex Luthor. However, even with this message, they weren't going to let Pamela leave. Unfortunately, they weren't given a choice as they were all stopped by the hands of one woman.
They even started to wonder who she was, but she only said a few words, "I'm his maid."
It sounded like a joke, but then that same person was fighting all Hank, Diana, and Dawn at the same time with quite a scary expression.
During the confrontation, Dawn was able to call for backup in the form of Cyborg and Robin who secretly followed after Batman despite being told to stay in Gotham City.
Kids.
"Woah! How are supposed to beat this lady!" Dick shouted after throwing explosives towards Myra and jumping out of the way of Hank who was just thrown for the umpteenth time. However, this time he wasn't getting up and his transformation canceled itself after he passed out.
"Hawk!" Dawn rushed over to his side to check on him. The man's body was covered in terrible wounds, but someone like him would only need about a week to heal instead of several months.
He was fortunate, but seeing these wounds made Dawn realize that they weren't trying to kill them. Even Batman who was still bound by Pamela's familiar was still alive despite it being easy to snap him in half.
'Would there be a way to peacefully resolve this?...' Being chosen by a Lord of Order made her want to resolve issues without creating more chaos.
"She isn't showing any signs of exhaustion either. In fact, it feels like she is getting stronger!" Cyborg said as he aimed his arm cannon at the explosives Robin had thrown.
*Pyooo! BOOM!* The attack was a direct hit, covering Myra in a fiery explosion.
Cyborg and Dick lowered their guard a bit but quickly regretted it as they were greeted by a punch strong enough to catapult them into the air.
However, before they touched the ground they were caught simultaneously by Myra, holding them both in the air by their necks.
"Let them go!" Diana shouted after taking out the last of Pamela's familiars which was the one that held Batman. Pamela's minions were harder to defeat than what she originally thought as they managed to tank her attacks while continuing to attack. Eventually, they couldn't take anymore and exploded purple gas that was quickly identified as poison.
Diana only had a split second to grab Batman and retreat from the body.
"You ruined the clothes Master bought for me." Myra scowled, tightening her hold on the two young heroes. She managed to escape the explosion before it did major damage, but her clothes still ended up slightly burnt.
"Guh! D-Do you accept all kinds of payment?..." Dick groaned, reaching for his utility belt to grab more bombs.
"Wait! Stop!" Dawn shouted as she dashed over. "We could talk about this."
"There is no reasoning with criminals!..." Bruce shouted whilst gripping his side. A few of his ribs were broken, and the only reason he was standing up was because Diana was helping him.
"Dove he is right!" Diana agreed, but surprisingly seconds later Myra released the two without throwing them.
"Attack now!" Bruce shouted.
"NO!" Dawn screamed just seconds before the two were about to attack again.
"Listen to me!! I don't just have powers to fight. I can judge people and their intentions. We can't continue this fight and I can't hold my transformation much longer...." Dawn sighed before looking directly into Myra's eyes.
"Could it be possible to ask what you guys were doing here?" She asked.
Myra simply stared back for quite a while before answering her question. "Master said I can answer your question. He told me he came to save a boy that was kidnapped...most likely by the League of Assassins."
"Kidnapped?"
"This place experiments using people without their consent."
"What?!" They were all shocked at what Myra had just told them. So much so that they couldn't quite believe it.
"That means Talia was apart of it," Dawn muttered as she glanced at Bruce who had quite the ugly expression on his face.
"...Does everyone that work here know of this?" She asked.
"Yes, everyone is very aware of that fact. Master plans on destroying this place."
"Destroy?!! Why?!"
"Why not?"
Hearing such an answer left them all stumped, but then they realized that is probably better to destroy such a place.
However, does that mean the man known as Ethan has the means of leveling this entire place?
"I'll be leaving now."
"Wait!" Bruce put his hand up. "Tell Ethan...I wish to talk to him..." He said, clenching his fist.
Myra halted her steps and glared at Bruce,"...He said...come to floor thirty." She replied before leaping into the air, bursting out of the ceiling.
"Was it right to let her go?" Dick asked.
"We wouldn't have been able to win...That girl was holding back." Dawn shook her head as her transformation ended.
"That was holding back?" Cyborg said whilst pointing at the unconscious Hank.
"He can heal, but you two can't. Didn't you see how she went easy on you guys?"
"Y-You're right...She still punches hard though." Dick groaned again as he rubbed the side of his face which was slightly bruised fr earlier.
"I'll inform the authorities that this place is not to be entered and I'll call Superman..." Bruce said.
'It looks like I misjudged you...' Bruce thought with a sigh. However, it didn't feel great for him to be wrong and he wondered what they were going to do with Talia.
Bruce wasn't the only one that misjudged Ethan as Diana started to lose the hatred she had for him. However, she was somewhat confused by his actions.
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After telling Myra to leave, Ethan finally arrived at what he thought to be the source of energy he came for after saving Alex.
It was a strange colored meteorite that was hooked up to a contraction that gave data to the scientist who was studying it with a crazed expression on his face.
"Ugh still don't know what it is made of, and it doesn't seem to react to anything-"
Suddenly the meteorite started to glow which surprised them, but Ethan was even more surprised by how Tydris reacted.
("Retrieve that NOW!") He roared.