As Alex helped Bruce up and brushed off the dirty on his suit. Bruce was wondering how this kid was a genius who could build energy weapons. However first he had to make sure Lucius was okay. " Where's Lucius I came down to see him. Also it's very dangerous to be messing around in the lab like this. I hope you don't do it again"
"Oh ahh... Yes sir...Also I have no Idea where Mr.Hen is. He disappeared right after putting me to work on my invention. I haven't seen him since." Alex said awkwardly.
Bruce now got worried since he knew Lucius was very work oriented. He rushed over to the lab computer to check the cameras for the lab and it's surrounding warehouse. He actually saw a group of masked man robbing his underground warehouse. They had Lucius knocked out and tied up. He actually wondered if this Kid was bad luck. He seemed to have trouble everywhere he was so far. Bruce temporarily glared at the kid who was also looking at the computer over his shoulder. Alex was confused about the glare since he didn't do anything. He was however excited about the robbers since he could test the Stun Gun on them. He would definitely get a good hiring rate after that. He slowly backed away from Bruce and walked towards the place he left it. In a seemingly stupid decision he thought he could be sneaky without the Owlman noticing. And notice he did " Excuse me what do you think you're doing?" He said as he watched the back of Alex tip toeing towards the weapon he made.
" Oh uh Alright fine I just wanted to use the robbers as a test subject for my weapon. I mean the worst that can happen is causing them to be sterile. That's only if it malfunctions. Come on this is a once in a lifetime chance. It's not every day you have a brand new untested weapon. Please Mr. Wayne just let me zap one or two or all five." Alex timidly replied as he was approaching the weapon faster. He grabbed it and before Bruce could respond to insane reasoning he already rushed through the connected warehouse doors. Bruce however didn't follow him. He first called security to get them down here as fast as possible. What the point of being a billionaire if the people he pays can't do their jobs. He then hurried after the crazy kid.
"Hey kid wait up !"
"Shh are you trying to give me away" Alex hurried and shushed him. He then pointed ahead at the guy standing watch about 100 feet away. He then pointed the gun and pulled the trigger. A pinkish blue beam flashed across the hallway and hit the man in his chest. You could see the man's body tighten. His face looked like someone grabbed his skin and pulled it. Alex knew his gun worked. He giggled in happiness. Bruce also looked in shock at the man the seemed to be frozen in time. Bruce was actually kinda scared of this weapon since it didn't seem something you could block with normal means. He watched as the kid ran up to the frozen robber and tied his hands up. He then watched as he searched him for other weapons. He hurried over and helped him secure his weapon and tie him up then move the body away from the door. " Can I see your stun gun real quick"
"What oh ya sure sure. It's actually yours technically After all your the boss. " Alex said as he handed him the weapon. Bruce took the weapon in his hand and gave it a once over. He noticed a couple buttons on the side.
"What do these buttons do?"
"Oh those they change the mode. It has single and cluster. Cluster is a wider range but it's less effective it only stuns for about 2 minutes compared to the 10 of the single."
Bruce nodded his head at the explanation. He pushed the button to make it cluster. He then peeked through the door waiting for the guards to show up. As soon as the other door to the staircase and elevator opened at the same time with 4 guards coming of each. The robber grouped up in the middle behind some boxes and fired towards the guards. However they didn't expect to be suddenly hit by a pinkish blue beam. All of them suddenly froze up and some fell over. Alex and Bruce both rushed out and coordinated with the guards to disarm and handcuff the robbers. Bruce was pleasant surprise with this weapon. He never liked guns because they were only really used to kill. He also thought they didn't require any skill or intelligence to use. They were the weapons of the weak and impure. Killing machine to harm others. They even took his parents from him. His parents were killed by a coward of a man. Someone who took pleasure in their power over others. So even though he thought it was a nice weapon he swore to never wield it again. He handed the weapon back to Alex and went to look for Lucius to untie him.
" Hey old man how you end up in this situation huh?"Bruce asked as he untied him and removed the gag.
" They acted like our usual delivery guys but when I let them in the knocked me out with some gas. Since you asked me to have the guards leave I was the only one around. These actually weren't the only members some already escaped. Including a super strengthened meta human. I saw him take a jet engine and lift it one handed onto a truck. He even stole one of our experimental cryo pod. The one that was to be sent to Waylon Biotech. Our satellite location in Pittsburgh. I don't know what they came for but they stole at least three trucks of stuff. Some of it may have been unprocessed materials for your projects."
Bruce looked worried at what Lucius told him. He knew if his technology got into the wrong hands it could cause major damage. He had to get it back.