"Hmm." Joker said looking through some news articles before seeing one particular page. "Oh my god not again." Joker said annoyed. (Oh one more thing Picture this Joker as the one from the Batman series not the original one from batman the animated series)
"What?" Sean said walking into the room with Batman and Red hood.
"Whats the matter Joker no funny comics?" Red Hood joked.
"Very funny. No this is what annoys me." Joker said showing an article about special robots replacing American soldiers in Iraq and everywhere else. "I was so hoping this wasn't going to happen again." Joker said.
"Again?" Sean asked.
"Happened on my earth which ended up being more of a problem since their more flawed then the maker of these dumb things would ever admit. The only good thing he ever did was making a special law enforcement officer called and no I'm not joking when I say this RoboCop." Joker said making Red Hood snicker.
"Oh please." Red Hood said.
"Laugh all you want but I guarantee you all that in a few weeks thats exactly whats going to happen." Joker said as Lane walked in looking pissed off.
"Have you seen this crap?" Lane asked Sean slamming the paper down about what Joker was explaining about.
"We were actually talking about that as a matter of fact from his earth. I almost thought you'd jump at this kind of opportunity." Sean said making him scoff.
"Absolutely not. This is basically an insult to the army right here and whats worse is that some idiot in the army decided to give these things a test run in Iraq." Lane said.
"Uh yeah and its happening right now." Red Hood said seeing a news team cover the whole thing.
"Oh no not on my watch. If this is basically the same event theres going to be a civilian casualty and the maker of these things is going to brush it off." Joker said heading for the portals.
"As much as I would rather not I'm going with him since I've got a bad feeling about these things." Red Hood said.
"Good idea and bring Frank and Luke with you guys to just as a precaution." Sean said.
In Iraq
Joker, Red Hood, Punisher and Luke Cage walked out of a portal while observing the inspections.
"Ok Joker so whats this incident?" Red Hood asked.
"Wait for it." Joker said before explosions were heard as Suicide bombers made a scene before a boy came out with a knife in hand for protection.
"Drop your weapon!" A giant Robot called an Ed-209 said but the boy was frozen in fear and the 209 was about to shoot him till Joker pushed him out of the way and both got behind a wall.
"HOLD YOUR DAMN FIRE!" Punisher yelled getting their attention as a man who was in charge of this walked up to them known as Rick Mattox.
"What the hell do you idiots think your doing! You just got in the way of important work here." Rick said.
"You call killing a kid important work?" Joker said as the boy hid behind him his fear.
"Oh great its the supposed Joker from another earth. Why don't you do the world a favor and die like ours?" Rick said before Red Hood punched him.
"Heres a news flash you dumb fuck he just saved that kid while your damn machine nearly killed him for holding up a kitchen knife." Red Hood said. Thankfully this entire thing was being broadcast all over the world.
Sean with Lane Talbot and Eiling in his office smirked.
"This make you happy Lane?" Sean asked making him chuckle.
"Oh yes. No way is anyone going to let this continue let alone on US soil." Lane said.
Later
At the Company known as OmniCorp things were not going so well due to the negative publicity thanks to the fact that one of their machines nearly killing a child plus an act of congress put up a law that prevents their products from being used on US soil.
Raymon Sellers the CEO of the Company was not happy about this.
"Every minute this law is in effect we are losing money." Pope said. (For those who've seen the 2014 movie you know who these guys are if not look them up)
"We've thrown cash at senators at both sides of the aisle. Nobody's budging. The only one with that kind of influence in the world is the same person who sent Joker, Red Hood, Punisher and Luke Cage that caused this problem in the first place." Liz said making Seller sigh.
"No Joker caused this problem he's just like ours only one of the good guys." Seller's said.
"Maybe you could reach out to him and see if he can convince the government to let us put a few of our products on the streets as a test run." Pope said.
"No I know him from when his company first started out he wont help. The Public says they don't want a machine pulling the trigger. Maybe we could have both a man and a machine do both jobs. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there a hero who's half man half machine?" Seller's asked.
"Yeah he's called Cyborg. Why?" Pope asked.
"This gives me an idea." Seller's said.
At Global tech
"How did you know there was going to be a civilian casualty?" Sally asked Joker.
"The same crap happened on my earth. At least this time it was prevented." Joker said.
"This isn't going to stop Seller's." Sean said.
"He's right this will only make him more desperate to get those machines out on the Street." Kida said.
"Perhaps the Jedi council could be of use here." Aayla said.
"No this is not that deep a situation. Besides I doubt they or the Republic have the time." Sean said. It's been a month and a half since the alliance began with the Republic and Chancellor Valorum had requested that Global Tech assist in cleaning the senate of all corruption which would take time.
"For now all we can really do is wait." Joker said.
"I hate waiting." Red Hood said before Sean's phone rang.
"I have to take this." Sean said leaving the room. "Professor Norton?" Sean asked his old college professor.
"Nice to see you still remember me." Norton said happy to hear he wasn't forgotten. "Listen I was hoping perhaps you could help me in an assistance project with OmniCorp." Norton said.
"You want me to work with the same idiots who nearly got a kid killed?" Sean asked.
"It's different this time. They've asked me to help in a project that requires a physically damaged police officer and repair his body with cybernetic enhancements." Norton said.
"Like what a RoboCop?" Sean asked making him chuckle.
"It's funny I know but you and Sally are both at the top of your fields when it comes to projects like this. This could truly help protect people without the need of super powers." Norton said.
"Hmmm. I'll consider it but right now I've got other things on my plate." Sean said.
"Call me back when you have an answer." Norton said.
Later
"Damn." Sean said as he and Sally walked into an observation room to see a cop named Alex Murphy.
"How did this happen?" Sally asked.
"We don't know. His wife told us that his car alarm was going off and he went to fix it only for it to explode. His latest case involved one Antoine Vallon we believe is the one responsible." Norton said.
"What are his chances of surviving this?" Sean asked.
"Very slim I'm afraid. But he however passes all the requirements for the project that could save his life and allow him to be more then he was before." Norton said making Sean sigh before looking at Sally who nods.
"Alright professor we're in just tell us what you need." Sean said.
Days later
Alex Murphy slowly began to open his eyes looking around seeing a room full of high tech.
"Whats going on where am I?" Alex asked.
"Easy there now." Sean said approaching him with Sally and Norton.
"I know you. Sean Ashburn Kruger. Your the guy who runs Global tech." Alex said.
"Kinda common knowledge for everyone. Now I'm sure this is all very confusing but I promise you you're perfectly fine. Whats the last thing you remember?" Sean asked.
"I went to shut off the car alarm when...Oh my god what happened to..." Alex tried to ask in panic.
"Your wife and son are fine. The explosion however did a lot of damage to you." Sean said.
"What kind of damage?" Alex asked.
"Uh let me put it this way." Sean said inputing a command to a computer and Alex began to move his hands and saw his left hand was more mechanical while his right was all flesh.
"What kinda suit is this?" Alex asked.
"It's not a suit. Move around." Sean said getting him to do just that.
"What did you guys do to me?" Alex asked trying to stay calm.
"Ever seen the movie of the cop who was half machine?" Sean asked.
"Yes but what does..." Alex tried to ask before it hit him. "You turned me into a machine?" Alex asked.
"Not exactly. In order to save your life we had to make some adjustments to you. You're still very much human. Your Wife begged us to save you. The procedure worked but its going to take you some time to adjust to all of this." Sean said.
"Does Clara know about this?" Alex asked.
"She knows since she's the one who signed the form to let us do this." Sean said making Alex sigh.
"Ok then. What do I need to do?" Alex asked.
Days later
Alex had been put thought simulations before he was finally ready. While Sean and Sally thought they were helping Alex the truth was that Sellers was going to use Alex Murphy as a means to an end so the country would be buying his product.
"Norton what exactly did you do to him?" Sean asked his old college teacher who sighed. Sean had noticed Alex was being a little less human and more machine then he was supposed to be.
"I had to make a few adjustments to his brain so he would be well less human when it came to acting on instinct." Norton said.
"The hell did you do that for?" Sean asked.
"Sellers pressured me into doing this. I am not proud of this I assure you but it works. I only hope he can still be human enough to see his family and act like the man they know." Norton said.
"What do you mean by that?" Sean asked.
"I promised Clara that she would have rights to see her husband but Liz is in charge of that. Wait what are you doing?" Norton asked as Sean pulled him out of the room.
"No offense Norton but grow a spine." Sean said making him sigh as they traveled to Liz's office.
"Something I can help you two with?" Liz asked.
"Clara Murphy. I've been told you've been preventing her from seeing her husband despite the fact that she was supposed to be given that right." Sean said making her snort.
"Please I'll order a gag order before I let her see..." Was as far as she got before Sean grabbed her by the throat making her gag and looked at him in fear.
"Maybe I didn't make this clear..." Sean tried to say.
"I don't think it matters anymore." Norton said making him look behind him to see Clara blocking her husband from moving on his motorcycle saying their son needs him before he drove off. Sean glared at Liz before dropping her and kicked her in the face knocking her out.
"Bitch." Sean said as they left.
"I see you still have a loose temper." Norton said as they walked into the observation room and saw Alex accessing video of his son on the news and saw he was terrified before he stopped and went somewhere else.
"Huh?" Sean said confused.
"Wheres he going?" Sally asked before Alex arrived back at his house.
"Alex what are you doing?" Sean asked on the comms.
"Let me ask you something what happened to the investigation on my attempted murder?" Alex asked.
"Police claimed there was no real suspect but I'm sure you and I both can guess who ordered it." Sean said.
"Antoine Vallon. Where is he now?" Alex asked.
"Unknown. Since you got back on the streets he's been a no show everywhere." Sean said.
"Accomplices?" Alex asked.
"Nothing." Sean said.
"Maybe not. I know someone who says he works for him. I'll get back with you on that once I find him." Alex said driving off.
"What is he doing?" Karen Dean the Police chief of Detroit asked.
"Solving his own murder." Sally said.
"Then he's breaking Protocol you have to shut him down." Dean said.
"How about you shut the hell up and do your job for a change." Sean said glaring at her making her sigh before walking off.
"What was that about?" Sally asked.
"Something about her bugs me." Sean said.
"Sean I've got a lead on Antoine Vallon." Alex said.
"Give me a location." Sean asked.
"Using the phone number of his driver. I'll contact you once I get close enough then you can send some back up." Alex said.
"First real lead on Vallon in months." Sean said.
Later
"Jesus Christ." Sean said seeing Alex Punisher and Red Hood coming in with the last two having slight injuries while Murphy looked like hell.
"Uh Alex?" Alex's partner Lewis said in concern who smirked at him.
"Come on, Jack. You're going to like this." Alex said.
"Oh this should be good." Sean said following them.
"Whoa what the hell is this?" John Lake said.
"Y'all going to play good cop, Bad cop?" Andre Daniels asked.
"You shut up." Sean said making him glare.
"I've recovered 26 guns from Vallon's warehouse. thirteen serial numbers match weapons missing from evidence. And I've got your prints all over them." Alex said.
"This is bullshit." John said.
"Really? Evidence doesn't lie unlike you two idiots who disgrace the badge." Sean said.
"I've also have footage with you both and Vallon the same day he tried to kill me." Alex said showing the footage to everyone in the station. Andre looked tense and Sean could tell he was going to act soon.
"You know its funny the moment I saw you two idiots I knew you were dirty and now..." Sean trailed off with a smirk. "I'm going to enjoy hearing the both of you scream for mercy when your in the same cells of the people you all put away." Sean said before Murphy shot Andre when he pulled his gun out. John looked at his injured partner in shock before holding his hands up in surrender.
"Ok Look I swear to christ it was Dean. She helped us move those guns." John said.
"The Police chief?" Sean asked while Alex looked pissed. "I'll handle this." Sean said walking to her office who looked nervous as hell right now. "Now I know why I didn't like you. You are a fucking disgrace to that uniform. How many people have been killed that trusted you with their lives not knowing you were working with the same people that got them killed?" Sean asked as Alex walked in.
"Look I swear I can explain." Dean tried to say.
"You tried to have me killed twice. I trusted you. And you destroyed my family." Alex said pointing his weapon at her face. "Confess." Alex ordered.
"I would do it if I were you." Sean said amused.
"Now in front of everyone. CONFESS!" Alex yelled before he collapsed.
"Whoa what the hell?" Sean said in shock before Punisher and Red Hood rushed in.
"The Hell happened?" Red Hood asked while Punisher took Dean away while knocking her out.
"Don't know lets just get him back to the lab." Sean said.
Later
"I told this would happen." Joker said annoyed.
"Ok you've made your point. Lets just get in and take that device out of his head and tell the press whats really going on." Sean said before his phone rang. "Norton nows not the time." Sean said.
"Listen Sellers is trying to take Alex offline." Norton said.
"What do you mean take him off line?" Sean asked.
"Now that the country has bypassed the Dreyfus act to put his product on the street." Norton said.
"Damnit. Get to the lab and stop them." Sean said to the Joker who headed for the portals to stop them. "Sally issue a press release about what Sellers tried to do." Sean said getting his gear on.
"Where are you going?" Sally asked though she already had a good idea.
"I'm going to end this." Sean said.
"Not without me your not." David said.
"Whatever lets go." Sean said as they entered the portal to enter Sellers office.
However what they found was unexpected.
"Uh Sally?" Sean said on the comms.
"What is it?" Sally asked.
"I think someone beat us to our job." Sean said seeing the office was covered in blood and body parts of Seller and his partners.
"Jesus Christ." David said before Alex appeared vie portal along with Red Hood, Punisher and Batman.
"The hell happened here?" Alex asked.
"I have no idea." Sean said not seeing someone from the distance looking at them with a smirk. The Person in question was none other then the Dark Rider.
"The last thing I need is an annoyance getting in my way." The Dark Rider said before vanishing.
Later
"The Dark Rider?" Alex asked confused.
"Think of him as the exact opposite of the Ghost Riders. My guess is that these machines would cause problems for him and his plans in the future along with whoever is giving him orders." Sean said.
"So he killed Sellers to prevent this." Alex said.
"Makes sense. Without him the company is in shambles. All their products have been confiscated by the government." Lane said.
"So what do we do about him?" Alex asked.
"For now nothing. You on the other hand have a job to do protecting your city. I'll have a portal set up in the police building so in the event you need backup we'll try to send some." Sean said getting him to nod before walking off to head back to his city.
"This is getting out of hand. This is basically the fourth time he's caused situations like this. First Ultron then taking down you and the top Riders then the invasion of Naboo now this. He's planning something big." Batman said.
"I know but my question is what?" Sean said.