Bruce dozed off on his desk after working for hours.
He woke up as he felt someone touching his arm.
"Hey," Selina smiled.
"You are back?" He yawned as he stretched his body.
"Yeah, we just came," She replied as she sat beside him and rested her head on his shoulder. "You look tired."
"It's nothing. I was just working on the 2nd gen nanites. By the way, how's the deal go?" He asked while rubbing his eyes with a large yawn.
"We caught them and did on-field interrogation. After Diana broke their limbs, they finally spilled the beans...They are just some hired muscles by someone from the Lex Corp," She replied, "Their job was to get that mutated plant and get rid of Pamela. But here's the interesting thing..."
"Let me guess, a mole in our R&D department?" He chuckled as he rubbed his eyes.
"You knew?" She blinked in surprise.
"No, I didn't. I guessed it," He replied with a chuckle. "Anyway, did you figure out who was it?"
Pamela made some coffee for them and then returned with two mugs. She placed it on Bruce's desk.
"Thanks," He nodded to her and took a sip.
"Well, it was... Umm... Your lab partner," Selina said looking toward Pamela, "Lisa."
"Haaa... So, she was the one," Pamela sighed in disappointment, "I knew she was ambitious, trying to climb the ladder, and she always talked about how much money we were going to make after selling the medicines made from that Mutated Ivy Plant. I should have known. It was my mistake to trust her."
"Don't blame yourself for her greed," Selina patted her hand.
"But if I had known..." She said in disappointment. "Bruce was against her from the beginning, but I wanted to give her a chance. It was a mistake. I am sorry."
"Don't be. Learn from this mistake and don't repeat it in the future. And don't let this incident get to you too much. We all make mistakes," Bruce gave her a comforting pat on her shoulder. "So, what matters next is what you do after this mistake." He took out a tracker from his pocket and placed it on the desk before Pamela, "Since she is still carrying the company's phone, it would be a piece of cake to track her down. Now, we could turn her over to the cops or... We could use her to our advantage."
"Ok," Pamela nodded, taking the tracker. "I will track her down and get a confession of whoever she is working for. Once I am done, I will return and then we can decide what to do with her." She stood up to leave.
"I will go with you," Selina said as she stood up as well.
"No, I need to do this alone," Pamela replied.
"But..." Selina started, but Bruce spoke up, "Remember what you told me about relying on my friends? That goes both ways. So, don't try to do everything by yourself. Let us help you."
"Bruce is right," Selina added.
Pamela looked at them silently for a moment before replying with a smile, "Thank you. You aren't going to smack me now, are you?"
"Nah! I will you a good spanking," He laughed.
"You pervert!" Selina pinched him as she laughed as well.
With that, Selina and Pamela left for their new mission to track down the mole and her owner from the Lex Corp.
'Wait! Ah! I forgot to ask, where's Diana, and what about the experiments?' Bruce remembered just after they left. He stood up and stretched his arms again as he made his way to the laboratory. 'Just how long did I sleep?' He glanced at his wristwatch as he entered the lab. It was almost four hours.
The thugs Pamela was testing the cancer cure were strapped within three cages made from her vines and to look over them, she also left four giant Venus fly trap plants. He walked over to the monitor to check their vitals, "Looks stable." After that, he took the datapad and checked how far she had progressed with her research.
"Would you look at that... That's some nice progress," He mumbled as he looked at the datapad. She had already synthesized the first two stages of the cancer treatment, but she was having trouble synthesizing the third one due to the presence of an unknown factor. He read through her notes. It seems that stage 1 was to reduce the rate of cell division, and stage 2 was to destroy the mutated cells that cause cancer. Now she was stuck at the third stage.
"Well, I trust you, Pamela... Ivy. You can do it." He put down the datapad and turned to the monitor, "And you guys... Hang in there. Don't die too early. You guys have to sacrifice your bodies for the sake of humanity."
"Haaa..." He yawned again as he looked around the lab. "Where's Diana? I haven't seen her all day." He walked over to the training area, and there she was, meditating on the floor. She is wearing the armor he designed for her, and he couldn't help but admire her beauty. Despite her pride, she decided to wear the nanites' armor and customize it to look like her old armor.
He decided not to disturb her and walked back to his desk, "Ok, time to show Luthor the price of messing with Wayne Enterprise!" He sat down in front of the computer and got to work. "Jarvis, can you access Lex Corp's mainframe?"
"Yes, sir."
"Ok, get me a list of all their latest projects."
"Right away, sir," Jarvis replied.
Bruce took another sip of coffee and stared at the screen, "Ok, Lex... Let's see what you are hiding."
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[GCPD Headquarters]
Alice dug through the GCPD database to search for information on H.I.V.E. It wasn't hard for her to gain access since she was the commissioner. She had read through dozens of case files about them. From what she read, H.I.V.E. was an organization that had branches all over the world. They were involved in every single illegal activity possible. The cases in which they were involved were all pending. In some cases, the investigating officer lost his job, while in some, the cases were dropped altogether or the officer disappeared without leaving a trace.
"Aaah!" Alice rubbed her eyes as she felt a headache coming.
"I was looking for you, ma'am," Sam, the rookie detective, approached her with a cup of coffee. "You have been here for hours, ma'am. You should take a break."
"Oh... Thanks, Sam," She smiled as she took the coffee from him and placed it on the desk.
"So, any leads on the puppet case?" He couldn't help but ask as he looked at the screen.
"There is... Something... But I can't figure out what," She sighed as she leaned back on her chair.
"What is it?" He asked.
"It's... Just some missing pieces, Sam... Things don't add up in these cases, like they are not a single case but different cases involving the same people," She pulled out the files of the puppet case, "All of them had a connection with each other. At least once in their life, they worked for the Lex Corp. But things changed, a few years back. They all left at the same time. And after almost twenty-plus years, someone decided to murder them one by one... It just makes no sense."
"You think Lex Luthor is involved in this? I mean, it's Lex Corp we are talking about, the second-largest company in the world after Wayne Enterprises," He scratched his head. "And considering the amount of money he has, he could have hired assassins and mercenaries to do his dirty work, so there's not a chance for the investigation to lead to him. It's not like the killer left calling cards behind. Whoever the killer is, he is a pro and savage."
'He? How did he know the killer was a male, not a female?' She wondered. What made her even more suspicious was the fact that Sam's recent behavior. He was a shy rookie, but lately, she felt like he was an all-new person. The way he speaks to her or his colleagues... She thought he was trying too hard, but that little slip of his tongue. It didn't go unnoticed.
"Yup! Anyway," She switched off the computer and stood up without sipping the coffee Sam brought her, "I'm done for today. Time to go home, rookie."
"Oh, don't worry. I am on night patrol today. God, I swear I hate Paul," He mumbled in complaint.
"Let me guess, he dumped the shift on you again," She laughed.
"Yes. And that lazy slob didn't even let me use his car," Sam complained.
"You complain, yet you cover for him. You should just report it, officially."
"Nah! His wife's pregnant. So, I can't be too hard on the guy."
"You do know that you just complained about him in front of me, right?" She gathered her things in her bag and took the coffee mug.
"You are off-duty, ma'am," He said with a grin.
"Hahaha..." She shook her head with a little chuckle, "Anyway, keep up the good work, rookie. And I might just approve your request for that Lisa murder case."
"You serious?!" He asked with an excited grin, "YEAHH!"
She laughed, looking at his enthusiasm. "Anyway, good night, and I will see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow, ma'am."
Alice left the building and went to the garage. She opened her car's door and took the driver's seat. Then she activated the AI glasses, "Batman, I think there's a mole in GCPD. I am sending you his information. It might be related to the puppet case." She then opened an evidence bag and dropped the mug with coffee into it, 'Time to check out my suspicions.'
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