"Fascinating creature, isn't he?" Came a voice from the door causing him to jerk up immediately a little bit disoriented from the disturbance. He had specifically ordered his security team not to be disturbed. His hand tightened on the glass.
"What do you want?" Luthor asked cautious. He had tapped his laptop and saw every security personal at their stations and there was no way this guy just passed by all of them unnoticed.
Maybe it's in a time loop he thought watching the intruder walking over to his liquor cabinet, taking out a bottle and proceed to pour himself a drink.
"That is one question you do not want an answer to. The answer is beyond your comprehension." The stranger took a seat infront of his desk swirling the light brown drink in the glass he was holding.
"I seriously doubt that since here you are asking for my help." Luthor goaded. Everyone has an angle.
"I choose to overlook that statement but I am not here to ask for your help." He stated offended that this insignificant creature would think he can aid the god of war.
"Then what are you doing here and why go through the trouble of sneaking in" Luthor questioned his hand going for the concealed pistol under his desk noticing the look of disgust the man was throwing at him.
"Don't waste your time" he indicated to the pistol now in his hand which he crushed by closing his fist and the bullets imploding from the pressure of it all. It barely fazed him.
"I don't take joy in defeating the weak but it seems I will have to correct that now." He snapped his fingers and loud gun shots could be heard outside his door.
Looking at the monitor Luthor saw his security personnel engage each other in battle all clearly determined to kill the other.
According to the knowledge he picked up when researching the gods after Darkseids invasion, only Ares the god of war had control over chaos meaning this man was either the god in person or a messenger from him.
By the looks of things though it was the god himself and he won't have any security detail if this continued on. It's so hard to find loyal workers in this day and time was his thought.
"I get your point. Would you mind?" He motioned towards the door. The guy developed a smug expression and waved his hand stopping the bloodshed happening outside. The monitor showed them aiding each other with confused looks all wondering where all that anger came from.
"I'm guessing you want this guy too." Luthor theorized remembering what he said.
"You aren't wrong in your assumption." Ares agreed but added "I want all of them."
According to his tone Luthor knew that was non negotiable in whatever deal they were about to make. He let it slide. The only thing he needed was their DNA samples.
"How do you I know I can trust you?" Luthor inquired.
"You don't" Ares reiterated.
"Fair enough." He wouldn't trust anyone but himself too and it won't be the first time he made a deal with the devil.
"What do I get out of this?" Luthor was smart enough to think of the advantages of partnering up with a god.
"All the viable samples you need. That is what that scientist of yours is missing right?" Ares revelled in the shocked looked on luthors face before disappearing as fast as it came.
"How do you know about that?" He asked wondering who else knows. Maybe all the gods
"Please… You can't hide all those chaotic experiments from me." He dismissed his concerns sipping his liquor.
"However what I can do is shield you from prying eyes." He motioned upwards indicating the gods. "I already did by the way and that should be your motivation to serve me."
"Well..serve is search a strong term." Luthor began after getting over his shock.
"What about partner…assistant…consultant?" Serving anyone didn't sit right with him, god or not.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." Ares was amused. No human ever refused to serve him after knowing his true identity. It must be all the power he thinks he has
"Now that we've gotten all the pleasantries out of the way, how will we go about this? These people aren't your typical damsels to just approach and kidnap one" Luthor said refilling his drink and reclining in his chair.
"That's why I came to you." Ares declared lighting up a cigar. His continuous presence on earth would raise suspicions from his parents thus he needed an intermediary and Luthor was the perfect one according to him. Wealthy, Powerful and Evil, his perfect combination.
Nightwing was going in and out of consciousness while being dragged along the hallway gunfire erupting all around him.
He was vaguely aware of what and where the person supporting him up by his shoulder was saying and taking him.
One moment he knew he was going to die then the next his torturers body dropped to the floor with a thud. A clean headshot visible on his forehead. The next thing to happen was being unchained and dragged for what seemed like hours to him but was only a couple of minutes. The pain from all over his body clouding his thoughts and movement slowing them down.
They came to a stop and noticed his helper was slapping him hard and were it not for the pain he was currently in he would have winced. He was pretty sure she was a girl from the glimpses of her cleavage that couldn't be ignored.
She was urgently shouting something at him while holding up and pointing to his utility belt. He tried his best to concentrate despite the pain and he saw the farmiliarity of the woman to the one who was with batman before his capture.
"I need you to override it." Black widow shouted the fifth time watching their back and peeking round the corner. During her time with batman when she helped him with the bane situation, she had sensed something watching them from a distance.
First she had assumed it was Batmans sidekick when he appeared out of nowhere and left it at that but when they took off with the batjet she had noticed another figure in the shadows moving to what she thought would be to help Nightwing secure Bane. Turns out she was wrong.
Doomsdays fight further made her to temporarily forget about it until a day later when she met up with batman again but he never mentioned anything pertaining to bane or the source he was after.
She initially thought he was holding out information on her especially after what they went through and started following up on it (because she was bored of sitting around too) with the help of Jarvis who had managed to discreetly hack into the nearby surveillance cameras and tracked the microscopic bug she had placed on Nightwing intending to get answers from him.
The EMP had been her first clue that not all was what it seemed and decided to investigate further.
Before she could proceed further her tracking device went offline indicating it was discovered.
She thought of informing batman but his busy schedule and with all the things happening discouraged her. Telling him would only divert his attention from his focus of finding out what was happening and plus, she could handle it a thought she was still confident of despite her current situation.
Her surveillance mission of the warehouse had quickly escalated when she heard a gun shot and had slipped into the warehouse, the guards oblivious to her presence.
"Stay with me!" She instructed when his eyes focused on her and she saw a glimmer of hope in them.
She was hoping he would recognize her because that was the only thing that would determine if he would comply with what she was asking of him.
Her own utility belt and twin guns had run out making her use the weapons she got off the people she killed.
If this belt is as impressive as his boss's then the chances of escape increased incredibly she thought. Stealth was her main weapon during mission a fact proved by how she had infiltrated this place but she wasn't against the idea of a loud entry and exit which they would have to do now.
"Where are we going?" Nightwing asked his voice hoarse from all the screaming.
"Where's batman?" He continued. "I didn't break" emotions threatening to overwhelm him watching the lady every now and the shoot around the corner.
"I know" her smile reassured him through his pain filled expression.
"It's just you and me now so I need you to let me use your tool" her suggestive smile making him ignore the pain a little. She held up his utility belt infront of his face then realization dawning on him and looked at her.
"It's clear we are going to be overrun and you are in no position to fight let alone use it" she pointed out upon seeing the hesitation in his eyes. He clearly didn't know enough about her to trust her easily.
The guns she was using ran out of bullets making her drop them to the floor.
"They're coming." She shouted over the gunshots cutting in a little close since she stopped firing.