Friday took control of the buster suit as Thomas fell back and his suit began the self-repairing mode. He watched the giant Hulk buster attacking the monster relentlessly without giving him a chance to fight back. The nanite bullets and missiles didn't hurt him much. As for the laser blasts, it's entirely out of the question, Wade was slowly adapting to the attack patterns and the blasts. His body began to evolve itself to nullify or absorb that type of attack, therefore Friday switched to only physical attacks.
Wade wasn't as invulnerable to the hits of the Hulk buster. Yes, the laser blasters couldn't affect him anymore, but when he was hit with something harder like a solid metal fist of a buster suit, even he suffered massive damage, only for them to heal almost instantly. And slowly, even physical attacks looked useless against that monster.
"Use Unibeam, 90%," Thomas ordered Friday. He already knew that he'd be at a disadvantage if the battle went on any longer and letting that freak of nature wasn't an option. So, the best thing he could do before the arrival of the reinforcement is to use the strongest power that his suits can muster.
But even that doesn't guarantee Wade's death... At the very least, it would inflict enough damage to buy time.
"You think General will fall just like this?" Wade's voice boomed as he punched the buster suit away by a few feet, "I am Immortal. I can not be killed."
Friday balanced the suit and began to charge up the Arc Reactor. The reactor visible on the suit's chest began to humm louder and louder, as the intensity of the beam increased. The particles of the core condensed as it turned into an orb of brightly lit matter. Friday calculated and when everything was perfectly set up, she unleashed the beam.
[Zinggg!] With a bright light that momentarily blinded both parties, the concentrated yellow energy beam fired off and struck Eiling. He tried to block the raw energy with his arms. He has already evolved multiple times during this battle, so, his natural defense was too high. The beam pushed him back and his arms began to bleed.
"GENERAL IS IMMORTAL!" Wade yelled.
"Do it now. Activate the nanites," Thomas gave the next order to activate the nanites, that were scattered in the air during their battle, to attack Wade's cells and enter his body through his bleeding arms.
[Affirmative] Friday activated the nanites.
The surroundings began to light up with blue dots. The nanites rushed to attack Wade's bleeding body. Meanwhile, the Unibeam has already pierced through his chest and heart and came out from his back, destroying a few two hundred feet in a straight line.
"GAAAHHH!" Wade screamed in pain as the beam burned holes into him and the small microscopic machines devoured the cells within him. "GAAAHHH! GENERAL IS IMMORTAL! THIS IS NOTHING!" He yelled as the Unibeam finally stopped.
The sound of his screams echoed and the green light emanated from within his body, signaling the start of his healing, but the nanite corrosion was faster. The more he healed, the more the cells got corroded, slowing him down, to the point that even the green light couldn't keep up with the constant cell regeneration.
"Adapt to this, fucking monster," Thomas' emotionless voice resounded across the battlefield.
[Zooom!] Kara in her Powergirl suit, zoomed in and stopped beside Thomas.
"And you seem to have the situation under control," She said, looking at the wailing General Wade.
Soon, the rest of the buster suits arrived at the scene, surrounding the monster. Pamela also arrived in her custom suit.
"Is that self-regeneration? Wait! That's..." Pamela could feel that there were thousands of tiny creatures that were working to either eat up his cell or at the very least stop him from regenerating.
Wade's cells were morphing multiple times, trying to adapt to the nanites, but it was useless. His power failed to keep up with the nanites's replication. Every time his body thinks that it has adapted to the current batch of the nanites and tries to counter them, the nanites replicate with something new, and the old ones are destroyed, causing countless micro explosions, and attacking his nervous system.
"Adaptation!" Pamela exclaimed as she understood what was going on.
"Those pesky little things are as OP as ever," Kara used her microscopic vision to view what was happening. "You think I can get a suit like yours?" She turned her attention to Pamela and began to examine her green suit with an exciting smile.
"That's up to Bruce. You better pester him about it when he returns," Pamela gave her a reply. "Anyway, where did this freak come from?" She turned to Thomas and asked.
"No idea. I was chasing some terrorists and this guy popped up out of nowhere. Even my scanner didn't pick up his signal before he punched me to a pulp," Thomas answered.
"Well, as much as I would have liked to take a sample of his blood and flesh, that adaptation power is kinda annoying. Freak can come back from a single-cell existence. Let's wrap him up and get out of here." She said as she summoned her plants around the area.
Wade was already reduced to dust, but there were still parts of his blood and cells, lying around the area. Pamela's poisonous plants locked that place tight and spread poison, killing every single cell within that area. The nanites once more swept through the area, but it was done. Wade died.
On the other side, the shipment reached its destination safely.
Elana and her men were now guarding the warehouse, so for the moment, neither Harley nor anyone else would be able to get inside that warehouse.
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Harley was watching the fight from a distance.
"Dang! Mr. J said he was immortal, but that giant robot blasted him... Uuggg! Mr. J will be angry with Harley, now that she failed to steal the shipment and got Mr. General killed," She began to walk around that small cliff, scratching her head, thinking of a way to do something, anything better than nothing.
She even went as far as to release the unstable General from his cell despite Joker's order, telling her not to open that cell since General Wade had a role to play during his big debut. Now, that guy is dead and it's all on Harley. So, she can't just go back and get herself shot by Joker. She can't let her new babies become motherless again and worse, Joker might kill them too. She has to survive for them.
Harley scooted down and hugged her two hyenas.
Wince! Wince! They responded,
"Hehehe, don't worry, mama isn't going anywhere. Mama will fix this somehow or I don't know..." She stood up and walked up to her mini ice cream truck and opened the side doors. The two hyenas went inside and then she took the driver's seat and drove off that area, making her way to the opposite direction of their base. "Maybe Metropolis or Starling City... Need to find a place to lay low... Argg! Harley is soooo sorry Mr. J for ruinin' your grandy plans..."
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[Location: Unknown]
Joker has already finished his plans for his big debut. The city hall was his target.
"Sooo many people are going to die tomorrow... hahaha... ahahaa..." Joker was giggling as he was leaning on the table looking at his scribbles. "Thomas Wayne will be our special guest and I'll unmask Batman before the world... Hehehe... Then blow them up with a big bang! AHAHAA!" He was giggling even louder now. "All I need to do is release General Wade after kidnapping Thomas Wayne. I'm such a genius... Hehehe..."
One of his henchmen rushed into the room.
"Boss, he is gone... The General... Someone broke him out," He reported to his boss.
"Hmm?" Hearing this news, Joker stopped his giggling and turned his eyes toward him. 'No! Harley, you didn't just do that!'
"Boss, I went to deliver his meal like you said, but the door was..." Before he could speak any further, Joker took his gun from the table, pulled the trigger without hesitation, and blew his head into smithereens.
"Those shitty imbeciles never listen," Joker muttered. "Get everyone on standby, and find me HARLEY!" He yelled in rage.
[Zooom!] A yellow hazy figure rushed into the room and stood before Joker.
"And who might you be? I don't remember knowing a fast thing in yellow. If it isn't the annoying black-wearing dingbat, then that could only mean... Aaah! Speedy Gonzalez!" Joker joked with a burst of insane laughter.
"Funny as always. No, call me Reverse Flash," The man said, standing there.
"Hahaha! Stop your jibber-jabber and tell me to what do I owe you the displeasure? Why are you here? Hohohoho... Spill the beans," Joker asked. He looked annoyed but was still ready for the kill whenever.
"Just blowing up the city hall and unmasking Batman, is that what you call a big grand debut? How sad..." Reverse flash mocked him, and even waved his hands in mockery.
"Hehehehehhe..." Joker was looking at his opponent for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Aahahahaha... So direct... Haaa... I smell a conspiracy in your words, my friend."
"Conspiracy?" Reverse flash placed one hand under his chin, feigning ignorance.
"Who the hell are you? You're not from around here. I would know, as I know everybody around, including the Bats, Fast Red Boy, and that crazy cat-obsessed woman. But you, are you their ally or someone trying to stir up some chaos?" Joker asked while keeping his eyes on Reverse Flash.
"Ally? Hardly, and I don't intend to repeat myself twice. I'm simply here to ensure that your big event will live up to everyone's expectations, that's all. So how about I share my plan and you, the boss, decide which one to choose as your debut plan, how about that?" Reverse Flash was smirking, but behind his mask, he finally got Joker hooked on his words.
"And does this plan of yours contain more chaos than mine?" Joker asked with a wild grin.
"How does a war that'll engulf the entire world sound? Imagine a war between humanity and Atlanteans. Endless conflicts, chaos, deaths... Maybe even that Bat's death too!" He was looking straight into his eyes as he uttered those words.
"Aaah! What a tempting offer!" Joker rubbed his glabella as he pretended to ponder his words. "Chumps, bring up wine and food. Welcome our prestigious guest, Mr. Reverse, hehehe!"
Joker clapped his hands.
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