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The Bat-Wing jet flew over Gotham at incredibly speed, as Batman and Robin sat in the cockpit obtaining information. Mass riots, looting, and petty crimes climbed in number by the minute. The GCPD and the MCU (Major Crimes Unit) deployed with everything they had. A call rang out from a working satellite phone from the Mayors office to call in the national guard but it would take them hours to get here let alone just getting across the river. Batman brought the Bat-Wing over a telecommunication tower Wayne Tech owned he brought the jet into hover mode. Batman and Robin repelled out of the jet and began to repair the tower. They needed three towers up to establish working communication through out the city this was the last one.

“Get the dishes into alignment I'll get the base.” Batman said to Robin. Robin began to climb the tower with out a word.

Batman wore the newest suit with flex-plate armor, kevlar thread, and combat riot aggression. Electrical circuits ran the breath of the suit to allow a full monitor update of his bodies constitution as well as increased reflexes and durability. Robin wore the same, Batman pulled the omni tools from his belt and began to repair and update the tower. Robin had already pushed two out of the five dishes into alignment.

“Batman! Do you think Wraith is alright?” Robin called down, worry clear in his voice.

“He'll be fine. Keep working.” Batman said. He wasn't worried about Wraith. He felt a little sorry for anyone who got in his way though.

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Above the Narrows was an interesting scene. Ever since Wayne Industries had rebuilt The Narrow it looked....Healthy. Clean streets, clean buildings, transit in and out of the island. Green eco-friendly buildings. Each building had a self security measure to help prevent theft and break ins. A majority of The Narrows populace hid in their homes and activate their security shutters. Each one having a manual deployment for those odd times when power was down. But a small percentage of the town was in the streets armed with leather coats, bats, and any thing that could provide protection and offense. Why? Because they currently fought against the Arkham inmates side by side with six and half foot tall Saurus Warriors. Each Warrior was like a mini Saurian and they led over a hundred civilians. In the distance stood a giant Carnosaur that roared and thrashed against a twelve foot tall giant of a man that had tubes filled with green liquid pumping into his system. Bane and Saurian fought against each other in the streets of The Narrows.

A roar rang out across the entire island as every enemy shuddered and was stunned for a moment. While every ally had their energy levels raised. Saurian used Intimidating Shout, and Rallying Call together. The Carnosaur version of Saurian stomped towards Bane then jumped the last twenty feet and attempted to pounce on top of the giant tweaked out venom monstrosity that Bane had become.

“You! ...Took!....My....HBlaaah!” Bane tried to shout as Saurian pounced on top of him. Bane had overdosed on his Venom in an effort to kill Saurian. He was strong, fast, huge, and incredibly durable! But his IQ dropped significantly!

“Bull Shit! You sold drugs that hurt and killed people! You got exactly what you deserved!” Saurian shouted at him as he raked his claws from his hands and feet across Banes skin that was almost as strong as steel. BAM! Bane punched Saurian square in the jaw and flung him off.

“Kill!....You!” Bane shouted as he jumped to his feet. He combined his hands into fists and brought them down like a missile impact onto the ground where Saurian had just been sitting. CRACK! Saurian's massive tail came from the side and bashed Bane into building. The giant man bounced off the wall as the whole structure wobbled and grew still. Sturdy stuff!

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!” Bane screamed in pain as Saurian cast Sooth this was not the first time he had done it.

A huge quantity of Venom was pulled from Bane and turned into ambient magical energy that a small portion was absorbed by Saurian. The giant man deflated for a brief moment until the Venom generator that was surgical implanted into his body began to pump once more. Saurian had tried multiple times to stop the machine but something mystical was around it, preventing his Technomancy from working.

“Bane if you don't stop this shit I am going to rip that apparatus from your body! You won't live through it!” Saurian shouted as Bane began to take his original giant form.

As horrible as Bane was his Sherogoth sin taint was not as bad as Saurian thought it would be. Saurian vaguely remembered that Bane donated money to orphanages in the comics that must be what is creating the balanced effect. Bane massive frame began to fill out, he wore an expanding battle harness of leather, buckles, and a face mask. He looked like he belonged in a BDSM convention! But his spine looked grotesque with tubes that pumped venom, metal pieces that jutted out, and Bane's own blood that sprayed like a water fountain with every beat of his heart.

“Don't....Care!......Took....Everything!” Bane shouted and ran towards Saurian. Saurian jumped to the side just as nimble in his Carnosaur form as he was when he was smaller. The ground just shook with every step, and a mini earthquake happened when he jumped. He reached out and used a new spell/skill he had learned but didn't want to use on him.

Technomancy Domain Spell/Skill Machine Control: Reach out with both your energy and magical energy to manipulate, bend, and warp the very fabric of machines. Create monstrosities of metal as if they were a living thing, or destroy them with the same ability. Will use both Magical and Skill energy, grows with time. (Mechanokinesis)

The mechanical apparatus like a living thing tried to force its way out of Bane's back! Bane screamed in tremendous pain so horrible he dropped like a rock and convulsed on the ground. Saurian's energy levels took a nose dive. Who ever placed mystical protection on the machine didn't think to account for Machine Control the Venom machine pulled itself out of Bane and crawled over to Saurian like a slug.

“My home..... It was your fault....She told me it was....your.....fault.....” Bane said, as his heart slowly stopped beating. Tears in his eyes as his body deflated like a wet sponge being rung out.

Saurian watched as the soul of Bane floated up from his body. He soul took the image of a frail young man who was not even thirty years old. He looked lost, and confused as he stared at his corpse. He looked at Saurian with tears in his eyes. His lips mouthed, 'Where did I go wrong?' He stayed near his corpse and rocked back and forth across the ground. He sobbed in anguish, Saurian gritted his teeth and cast Judgment on Bane then and there. Something massive, powerful, and incredibly old slipped into Saurian like he was a glove. The Grim Reaper judged, ruled, and past sentence for Bane and dozens of others in that brief moment. When Saurian blinked his eyes Bane's soul was gone.

Congratulations User! You've defeated Bane! One of Gotham Cities super-villains!

Reward: Superhuman Strength: You now have the strength of leap over small tool sheds in a single bound! You can lift a golf cart with one hand! You have the strength of five average men! Grows with time, does stack with other effects.

Steam rose from Saurians body as he let our a roar of victory but also one of pain! The alteration to his body was quick but painful. He cast the spell Reduce and decreased his size to ten feet tall, and twenty feet long. If he was to large he could accidentally kill someone just by stepping close to them. He dropped to all fours and ran through the Narrows he gave anyone with a minor taint on their soul an electrical shock and restrained with them metal threaded rope with Fabrication. The others? Not so much.

“Ahahaha! You caught me! I guess it..Wait..What! No! No! Nooooo!” An insane convict screamed who Saurian caught in the process of eating a child's leg while the child was still alive. Saurian cast Decomposition on him. The man screamed in horror as his body slowly turned to ash.

“Hold on, we'll get you a new leg and back with your family in no time.” Saurian said softly as he created pheromones to make the child fall asleep in his arms. He regrew the little girls leg then began to back track to find the child's family.

Saurian came to a broken into apartment building that was overrun with convicts and Arkham patients. Saurian manifested several Saurus Warriors they sprinted into the building and began to clear each floor one by one. Saurian squeezed into the building and went to each room. Civilians slaughtered and pulled apart like dolls decorated the home. Saurian put the child down under the watchful eye of Dawn his Familiar who cast Invisibility on them both. The souls of the girls family were still in the room. Time to work!

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A duo of electrical flashes red and yellow lighting zipped across the river between Gotham and the main land. The Flash, and Kid Flash dropped Green Arrow and Arsenal off of. Green Arrow took slow steady breaths and tried to not puke, while Arsenal had no such luck and doubled over and threw up his dinner. Flash looked around the city that was on fire, it had only been a few hours and Gotham look like hell on earth as people rioted, looted, and killed.

“Everyone activate your comms! Batman should have the towers set up by now!” Green Arrow called. Always a cool head during a crisis.

“Green Arrow online and ready to help!”

“The Flash ready to help!”

“Kid Flash ready to help!”

“Arsenal ready to help!”

“Welcome to the Gotham everyone! I wish it was under better circumstances! Flash, Kid, we need you getting the National Guard across the river as fast as possible, they are waiting at the third bridge. Every soldier you get across take a civilian across the water in return!” Robin called over the radio as the Bat-Wing Jet flew over head.

“Arrow, Arsenal! We need you to head over to forty fifth and help the MCU with the riots and Black Gate convicts there. They already know to look for you!” Robin called over the radio.

“We read you! Heading out!” Green Arrow called, he took a moment to nod at Flash, and Kid. They nodded back and zipped off. Arsenal pulled his bow out and looked at Arrow. They nodded and headed towards their mission assignments.

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A Saurus Warrior cleared the last room and burst into Illusion Domain particles. Saurian had finished putting the family back together and brought them back with Kiss of the Grave. All of them! Though the family was incredibly confused as to what happened all they knew was Wraith had rescued them and returned their lost daughter to them. Saurian cast Renew on the apartment building before he left. Then he moved back into the street. Block by block, inch by bloody inch.

Unlike the movies when the hero moves through the streets, and the criminals come at them one by one. That didn't happen with Saurian, most of the time they just ran from him. A towering lizard wraith that electrified dozens of people, and ripped others limb from limb? Saurian trotted through the Narrows on all fours, electricity danced off of him when ever he came near a convict. He restored and healed any ally he came across. The manifested Saurus Warriors sent in reports that his Virtual Intelligence tech-spirit categorized and gave in bullet points to him.

Saurian took a moment and looked up at the sky, storm clouds rolled in and it began to rain over Gotham. Lighting cracked across the sky, followed by crashing thunder. The rain fell across his scaled face, water droplets collected and poured down across his armor. He felt his Intermediate Natural Energy Absorption begin to absorb the essence of the rain.

“Thank you....” Saurian said softly. Saurian opened his yellow and green reptilian eyes as he went back into the fight. An ear piecing screech came down from the skies and Saurian jumped to the side as Danger Sense activated. Boom! An explosion of shrapnel and debris rocked the area.

“Wow! You are pretty nimble for a big guy!” A man in a mechanical main in a suit said. He had black metal with yellow orange glowing lights on his hands, feet, and what looked like a...Oh its Firefly a C ranker Villain.

“Fuck off Firefly! I don't have the time to deal with a C ranker like you!” Saurian called out.

“C...C rank!? I am Firefly! You talking iguana!” Firefly shouted in rage, he took aim at Saurian then LIGHTING struck Firefly from the sky not once, but three times! Firefly fell to the earth in charred pieces.

“I told him!” Saurian said, then he turned around and head towards another section of The Narrows.

Congratulations User! You've defeated another Gotham City Sup...Well he was a villain!

Reward: Experience has been added to your skill Science.

“Mommy! Daddy! Where are you?!” A child's voice called out ahead of Saurian.

He turned his head and looked at a eight or ten year old little girl in her pj's. She held a stuffed teddy bear in her arms. She looked cold and wet in the falling rain. Saurian raced towards her when he was with in twenty feet of her he activated Insight. Saurian then jumped into the air and activated Gravity Stride's ability to increase his overall weight and body slammed into the little girl who turned into wet clay...Literally! The wet clay pulled apart, flowed across the ground and combined back into a ten foot monstrosity made out of clay.

Name: Clay Face

Title: Man with out a face.

Origin: Mundane. Sub-Origin: Meta-Gene.

Rank: C

Skills: See tool tip.

Domains: N/A

Disposition: Hostile

Comments: He is made from living organic clay. He has nothing against Wraith personally, he is just a job!

“How did you know it was me?” Clay Face's bubbly and inhuman voice sounded. As his body became rock hard, spiked clubs came from his hands.

Saurian hugged the ground and sprinted towards him! Clay Face smiled and brought his spiked club down but was confused when he saw a smile on Saurian's face. BAM! As the spiked club slammed into Saurian, he caught it! Then Clay Face felt the horrible sensation of his body slowly turning into stone and out of his control!

“You want to know how? I have a talent for manipulating elements of earth. Clay is another one of those elements. I don't know why you took a job to kill me, Mr. Karlo but you made a mistake when you did!” Saurian's voice growled out each word.

“No! No! Stop it! Stop it!” Clay Face screamed in horror as his body slowly grew rock solid.

Saurian cast Material Shaping, and the spell Burning. Soon he had a giant stone blob of nothing in particular. Then he cast Decomposition on it. The clay turned into ash and just like that Clay Face aka Basil Karlo was no more. Saurian didn't feel bad about him, or Firefly. Sherogoth's blessing screamed at him to kill them both. They had done horrible things in their lives.

Congratulations User! You've defeated another Super-Villain of Gotham!

Reward: Size Alteration: The ability to shift from large to small! Allowing you to grow as tall as a building or a small as an ant. Your overall body weight is also effected making you just as heavy as your current mass. Will use Skill energy instead of Magical energy. Grows with time.

That will be useful Saurian thought. If his magic was ever taken from him he could still adjust his size and he could now reduce his weight so he wouldn't break things just because he stood on it, thought he would still have to adjust his armor. Size Alteration activated in conjunction with Basic Adaptation Saurian felt lighter, more flexible, and faster. He pulled his spell Reduce off his body but not his armor this would save him magical energy. This was a very good skill! Maybe in the future when the skill evolves he could live out his dream of Godzilla?

Machine gun fire brought Saurian back to 'reality' and he sprinted towards the sound. He came to an open square in the Narrows. It was suppose to be a festival grounds for future events. Dozens of civilians huddled behind barricades as men with tactical gear and above average weapons fired from a fortified position. Saurus Warriors raced towards the position and burst into particles every time they were hit with more then a few bullets. Their overall life and durability were about as much as an average human. A lot better than they were before!

Saurian who now stood at eight feet tall and sixteen feet long sprinted across the square towards barricade doubled his weight capacity and slammed through the barricade like it was made out of tissue paper! The gunmen and a few gunwomen flew into the air and what goes up has to come down. They slammed into the ground as bones snapped from the force. Saurian snagged one and pulled their mask off. The mask was in the shape of a skull.

“Are you fucking kidding me!? Black Mask is a millionaire! Why are you people here!” Saurian shouted at the gunmen in his claws. He used Commanding Presence the man clearly tried to resist but didn't have the mental resistance level.

“We....Go where we are ordered to! The Boss....Plans to kill the Bat why the city is in chaos!” The man ground his teeth so hard they cracked. Saurian sent an electrical shock through him, and the rest. As much as he wanted to kill them, they didn't have a high enough taint. Guns for hire.

Illusion Domain Spell Manifestation: Create an illusion that is both alive and not. Both real and also a fake. This allows you to make something from a combination of spells that you have used repeatedly in order to create your Saurus Warriors. Now instead of casting several spells at once you cast one. Though the magical energy consumption is the same, it saves time! The spell will also level and evolve allowing for more creations and better power consumption.

Six Saurus Warriors appeared in front of Saurian. Standing at six feet, and twelve feet long. They wore basic studded leather armor along with their natural scaled hide. Small skull crests promoted their overall age, and experience which was zero! They stood at attention and slammed their fists over their hearts in salute.

“Secure Arkham!” Saurian told him.

They turned on their heels, dropped to all fours, and sprinted towards that direction. Saurian took a moment to recast Manifestation on all active Warriors in the Narrows. They functioned far better with the single spell. Seemed he could only cast Manifestation on his Warriors for now. Well it was an over powered spell.

“Wraith!” A man behind him called. Saurian turned and saw a GCPD officer walk up in his navy blue uniform. He was drenched because of the rain. He looked miserable.

“Officer Rogers! Thank you for being out here to help. I appreciate it.” Saurian said, after he read his name tag.

“It's my job sir! Do you know if any help is on the way?” Office Roger asked. Saurian took a moment and cast Connectivity. Saurian grinned after a few seconds and nodded his head.

“Yes help as arrived in Gotham, though it should be another hour before they reach The Narrows.” Saurian replied. The officer visibly relaxed at the news.

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Arcane energy flashed through the room and with an audible pop! The spell circles dropped back into the portal nexus in the Warden HQ. Wonder Woman along with two dozen Amazons, and Dia Nyx stood in the middle of the circle along with a mage. Once the all clear was given they stepped off the portal only to see it activate the moment they stepped off. More travelers inbound.

Wonder Woman stood in full hoplite heavy armor, as did her sisters. Studded leather on their legs, and arms. With a breast plate for their chest, and helmet with horse hair standing on end. Magical runes carved into the edges of each piece of armor made them all enchanted to resistant damage, reduce weight, and provide strength. Dia had the block cloth skin tight suit and armor on that Warden Lash had made for her. A Warden logistic member pulled them from the room and gave them a brief on the situation in Gotham.

The Portal activated once again and with a flare and a pop! Stood 6' 5” man with jet black hair cut short, pale skin, with rippling muscles contained in a red skin tight suit with a golden lighting bolt on his chest, and white half cape on his back. Shazam stepped off the portal with almost kid like excitement.

“Just keep breathing nice and slow, Billy. You can do this!” He muttered to himself as another Warden logistics attendant pulled him away.

The portal nexus activated again and spit out Zatanna. She wore black high heels, fish net stockings, tuxedo white top with black vest, a half tuxedo coat, a top hat that a stage magician would often wear. The outfit looked incredibly seductive as it hugged her hourglass figure. Her raven black hair was pulled back and pinned into place so it wouldn't fly everywhere. After she got a basic brief from the logistical personal she cast 'Noitaivivel' and flew straight towards Gotham.

Gotham City was on fire, the storm clouds that over hung across the city did little to hide that fact. Dozens of Warden/ UNWS vehicles drove straight towards the city from the Warden HQ. Any one capable of flight flew straight there, everyone else got in a transport. Military jet fighters flew over head for reconnaissance missions but then made emergency maneuvers as SAM (Surface-to-air) missiles locked on their positions. Two out of the five jets were shot down, luckily the pilots ejected before they blew up. Who ever took sieged Gotham went all out!

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A stone wall at Arkham asylum fell to pieces as giant reptilian warriors burst through with military precision and lethality! Six Saurus Warriors brought several inmates to the floor, broke bone and tore muscle. Brutal efficiency used to incapacity them. The manifested warriors had the overall super rank of F+. Though they didn't have access to any of their creators magic they did have many of their creators skills. They spoke in guttural and broken English, and communicated long distance through Telepathy. They obtained security access with the help of Aaron Cash. Who was more then happy to help the big talking lizards!

Saurian spent a little more time in the Narrows as he round up the last on the inmates, and killed a few that needed killing. He repaired what he could so the Narrows would have basic amenities before he left and went to Arkham. Arkham asylum had been rebuilt thanks to Wayne Industries a combination of stone and metal. It stood like a monument to all of humanities sins. He checked in with his warriors as they gave an all clear in their respective area's.

“Been a while Mr. Wraith!” Aaron Cash called from a rise two levels up. Aaron despite the situation looked well. Built like a line backer, he wore a riot tactical suit that was unfortunately common in Arkham. He still had both of his hands, hazah!

“That it has, Mr. Cash.” Saurian called as he walked straight up the wall with Gravity Stride and came to meet him.

“That is a neat trick! How are the Narrows?” Cash asked, as he watched Saurian walk up the wall and come to stand next to him.

Saurian looked down at Cash as he was taller than him. Saurian still wore the Wraith disguise, appearance was important. The shroud covered him from head, to half to his tail. Part of his snout, hands, feet, and tail painted with pure black ink. His yellow and green reptilian eyes looked Cash over then he cast his Nature Domain spells on him to help him recover. This time Cash did not fall over into a puddle of pleasure. It appeared that effect only happened in a relaxed environment. Something Lash and Saurian both believed was a product of their Cosmic Patron.

“The Narrows are more or less secured, however more then half of the inmates escaped over the bridges into the rest of Gotham. As soon as we finish securing Arkham we'll be leaving to help the rest of the city. Thank you for helping our people.” Saurian replied to Cash.

“Ah! Of course! Thought I think they would have just tore the doors down if I hadn't given them the keys. Do you know how this happened? Five minutes before the power cut out every door and security measure in all of Arkham went green and opened up! Its thanks to Wayne Industries that we also have manual locks in place. I thought it was a hassle at first but I understand now why they have double locks in place!” Cash said. He looked a lot healthier and energized after the Nature Spells. But the trauma of the escape definitely left its mark. Cash had seen a lot of his friends get torn apart.

“The exact how and why is still unclear. Though Edward Nygma does have the brains to pull this off. He doesn't have the resources to do it.” Saurian said.

“Cash, with the computers down do you have a hard copy of all the most...Dangerous convicts of Arkham?” Saurian asked. Cash nodded and brought him inside to the main security office.

Along the way Saurian repaired certain section of Arkham and restored power to the monolith of sin! Then he retrieved a list: Penguin, Riddler, Scarecrow, Two Face Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, Rag Doll, and the Joker....Fuck. With the help of his manifested warriors they double checked the cells in Arkham the only person who didn't leave was Mr. Freeze aka Victor Fries. He stayed in his cell and continued to work on his wife. Saurian went down to see him, curious to know what his story was.

It was below freezing in this part of Arkham. Cash stayed outside the cell/lab. Bruce Wayne gave special dispensation to Victor Fries to continue his research to find a cure for his wife's rare blood disease. As long as Victor promised to share all his work with Wayne Tech. Victor didn't care, he just wanted to save his wife! Saurian walked into the lab quiet as a mouse, his Winter Knight blessing protecting him from the cold.

Victor's wife sat in a cryo tube suspended in animation. She was an other worldly beauty pale and beautiful as an ice sculptor. She wore a long billowing blue dress that covered her from neck to ankle, but was sleeveless. The monitors attached to the machine continued to work. Seemed Victor took extra precautions and shielded his wife's cryo tube in the event an EMP may occur. Thoughtful!

“Her name is Nora. She would love to meet you. An alien from the stars!” A cold voice spoke behind him. Saurian looked back and saw that Victor was just out of reach of his tail. Smart.

Victor was 6' 2” with pale snow skin, ice blue eyes, bald, and wore a lab technician uniform. He looked Saurian up and down with a critical eye of a scientist that wanted to dissect something. Saurian didn't take it personally, the fact that he could stand in the cold with no ill effect made Victor excited! Saurian looked back at Nora and smiled.

“Take her out...I'll fix her for you.” Saurian said... Snap! The pencil in Victor's hand snapped in half as he hand clenched into a fist.

“What did you say?” Victor said.

“Do you have a blood sample of hers? I'll show you.” Saurian said as he turned around. He used Size Alteration and became more optimal to working in a lab. More into a man-lizard hybrid. Why was Saurian wasting time on Victor as Gotham burned? Because Mr Freeze was part of the Quest his Cosmic Patron gave him. One less villain is another check mark.

Victor hurried over and took out the blood samples and showed them to Saurian. He cast Panacea on the samples. Sure enough the disease disappeared completely. As Victor checked the samples Saurian looked him over, he reached out with his Transmutation Domain. He was disappointed to see that Victor's condition was not a disease. But he could still help him with it, if Victor agreed. Crash! The microscope shattered into pieces as it had been frozen solid. Victor sprinted towards his wife's cryo tube and prepared to pull her out of it.

“Wait.... We need to fix you first!” Saurian called out. Victor looked over at him, clearly confused.

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Aaron Cash was confused and a little worried. It had been nearly an hour since Wraith went into see Victor. The ice man wasn't a bad guy! He had robbed several banks but never killed anyone. He just wanted to save his wife. Cash didn't hear any sounds of fighting, he wanted to go in but it was so damn cold in there. Plus one of the giant reptiles stood by his side and told him Wraith was fine. In his guttural voice that hurt his hears. Ouch! Cash never considered that it must be hell on Wraith to speak in English. These guys looked like baby versions of him but with out the nazgul disguise thing he had going. Then Cash noticed the ice around the cell door had started to melt. What the! That wasn't suppose to happen! The door creaked-->>

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