Lash and Soluna stayed on the coach for several more minutes as the morning sun rose over Gotham City. Lash brushed through her hair as she nuzzled against him. The Pack Bond was active so they felt a connection towards one another that Soluna hadn't felt in a long time. She was content just to be near Lash. She had a plan when she first came over. Yell at Lash for being an inconsiderate jack ass, have him make breakfast, then who knows...

Lash traced his fingers down Soluna's ear, then along her neck, then ended along her collar bone. She shivered at his touch and bit her lip but before they could make any more seductive actions... Beep...Beep... Soluna's phone went off. The gorgon groaned, reached into her coat that she had tossed next to the coach. She read through the message and flailed in frustration. Lash found it incredibly cute, even when she pegged him with a glare for thinking she was cute.

“I have to go, thanks to the fucking Kindred the new 'Oversight' the council created. Even the Under Fae are busy. So now...hmmm!” Soluna grumbled, then was taken by surprise as Lash leaned down and kissed her softly. She flailed around in mock surprise even though her eyes took a dreamy appearance. He broke the kiss after a few seconds with a smile.

“I understand... I have several more bridges I need to rebuild as well.” Lash said.

Soluna took a deep breath sat up and turned around to face Lash. She grabbed his collar and pulled him to her and snagged his lips with her own. She plunged her tongue into his mouth and tasted him for a moment. She groaned in pleasure as she loved the taste of Lash. She broke the kiss and ran her tongue across her lips. Her eyes fluttered for a moment, as Lash caressed her cheeks with his hands.

“Why do you taste so good?” Soluna said breathlessly.

“Its part of my charm...” Lash said to her, as he slid his hands under her shirt and traced his nails up and down her naked skin. Soluna shivered at his touch and bit her lip as she watched him move closer.

“Shit..... I don't have time for this and I refuse to have quickie for my first time with you!” Soluna pulled away and slapped his face for good measure...Which only made her wince as she grabbed her hand.

“Fuck!” Soluna winced and saw static energy dance between her finger tips. Soluna pegged Lash with a glare. He laughed at her and pulled her shirt down, stood up by the coach and grabbed her coat to help her put it on.

“Sorry... My passive defenses are a little on the high side ever since I fought against Superman.” Lash said to her. Soluna took the help with her coat and pulled it on. She smoothed out her collar and massaged her hand.

“You'll have to tell me about that sometime. I hear the big guy hits hard enough to cause earthquakes.” Soluna said as she stepped in close and put herself flush against Lash.

Lash wrapped his arms around her, then nuzzled her nose with his own. It was an odd but cute moment shared between to human hybrid creatures. Soluna wrapped her arms around then reached down and squeezed his ass. She squeezed, pulled, and spanked his ass very aggressively. Lash grinned at her and before she could react.... He cast Sooth, Nature's Supplement, and Nature's Kiss on her. Soluna's eyes went wide and nearly fell to her knees if Lash hadn't caught her. Her entire body went rigid, then her back arched. She had a micro orgasm then and there in his arms and raked her nails down his back. After a few minutes she regained her footing stepped out of his arms and gave him a left hook!

“Gaaaaaah! Fuck! What the hell is your face made out of! You...Fuck!” Soluna screamed at him as she held her hand. Nothing was broken but her hand looked like she had punched a concrete wall.

Lash chuckled at her and cast Immaculate to deal with the clean up. Soluna stomped over to the balcony door flung it open. Soluna gave Lash her middle finger and walked across the balcony and faded from sight before she reached the end of it. Lash still had no idea how the women in his life did that. Lash closed and locked his balcony door, he walked into his bedroom and looked at his Warden gear. He grabbed the entire set and walked back to his art shop. Once inside he used Spatial Item Shifting and pulled Saurian's gear off.

With Nth metal now in his possession Lash decided to remake his gear but he ran into a problem. He didn't have enough Nth metal to make a composite material for both sets of armor. So he took what remained of his Nth metal from this morning's practice and merged it into his existing armor. He would have to get a total make over at another time. His armor would remain hard leather, and plate armor with orichalcum and a tiny bit of Nth metal. He did however add Reduce/Enlarge enchantment onto both sets, along with physiology adaptation. That way his armor would shift with him, though only by a few sizes. But every little bit helped.

Lash spent the next hour drawing designs for his gear. He came up with a scifi tech knight armor. A lot like Sam's gear that he saw at his Warden ceremony. He found out that if he channeled enough Essence Imbuement into the armor pieces even metal can become flexible. Groovy! He'd have to add several enchantments, and technology into it. So he would need to practice Compression Transformation. Thanks to his dreams he could implant augment segments into the suit. Lash started to smile at his designs, he copied the whole piece onto his virtual network so he could work on it while he worked today.

He put on both sets of gear thanks to Spatial Item Shifting, and grabbed his personal effects. He activated his security to his home and left through the underground passage under his building. Gotham was busy today then it was yesterday. It was almost a ghost town before. Now it was like a bustling ant hill as people walked back and forth with construction materials, tools, and public transportation operating free of charge to get everyone where they needed to go. Lash had created a full glamour to hide his armor, tattoos, and animal features. So he looked an average person in work boots, khaki pants, flannel shirt, tool belt, and spring coat.

Lash walked towards the Gotham City bridges but did little things along the way. Helped fix a car for a man trying to get to work. Repaired and altered a solar panel electrical system for a few automatic traffic lights. Settled a dispute between several people during an altercation though he did make himself look like a cop for that one. Helped several people get the pay out from their insurance companies that tried to stiff them. Apparently domestic terrorism wasn't on technically on the plan, so Lash pulled the entire plan up checked the every page and slapped the agent in the face for trying to con the people. There was a government insurance act that covered it, and by refusing to pay their clients they were breaking the law.

Just for good measure Lash tossed the entire insurance company into review, along with hundreds of files they had stiffed people due to a loop hole they themselves didn't know they had. It's the little things in life that tend to tickle the most. It was the afternoon by the time Lash even got half way through the city. He stopped and helped several super-natural citizens in need with their homes. With a bit of an obstruction glamour he just rebuilt the entire place for them, including green energy amenities. The obstruction glamour would slowly fade over time so any mundanes that saw the building would just see a gradual change. Replaced window....Paint job.... Oh hay the lights on. All over the course of a few days.

The screeching of a car came around the corner street that Lash was currently walking down. Soon followed by several police cars, inside of the car was a driver and a passenger. The passenger stuck out of the window with a pistol and started to shoot at the cop car. Everyone on the street took cover while Lash stepped off the side walk and straight into the oncoming car. He he raised his right hand up into the air, then with his left folded his right hand fingers into the shape of a gun. He cocked his thumb back like a hammer and pointed his finger gun at the car. People shouted at him to get out of the way then were struck dumb when he 'shot' his gun at the car.

Zzzzzzzaaaaaaaat! A lighting arc danced from his finger tip and struck the car. The entire thing went dead as all power was completely drained from it. The car came to a slow stop about a few feet away from Lash. He looked at the driver and passenger who had been shocked silly by the bolt and were twitching with muscle spams.

The police cars came to a screeching halt, took out their guns and pointed at the car shouting at them to get out of the vehicle...Then they shouted at Lash as he walked over to the car door and ripped it off its hinges. There was a moment of silence as everyone watched this average looking man rip the car door off like it was made out of paper. Lash pulled the driver out of the car and used Fabrication to create standard hand cuffs. Then he dragged the passenger out of the car and did the same for him. During the entire time he made sure to read the Miranda rights to them. Rules.

“If you are done staring why don't you all come over here and take them?” Lash called out to them. The cops jumped into action and ran over after they put their guns away.

“Who are you?” A police officer asked him.

“Just a Wraith out for a walk.” Lash replied, he took a step back and turned on his heel. As he walked away his body faded from sight like a ghost. After the third step he was gone from sight the entire street looked around for him but couldn't find him.

“Thank you for the help, Wraith!” A man shouted from the sidewalk. That sent a current of energy through the whole street.

“Wait! What did he look like?! He was tall!...Or was he short?” Some one shouted.

“No! No! He was short, with a beard, and blue eyes!” Another shouted.

That continued on for several minutes as the cops dragged the perpetrators into their squad car. Thanks to a passive effect from his Illusion Domain unless they could see through the veil none of them would have an exact description. On top of the fact that he had used glamour to alter his appearance in the first place. He swapped out his cloths, skin tone, eye color, and average his height. Then appeared again among the crowd on his way to a bridge.

In the spirit of communication Lash sent a simple text message to Li'Ana's private phone. A brief message that he had planned to visit her but life got in the way. He was sorry, but he did have a gift for her. Something that needed to be given in person. She replied back after a few minutes, she understood why he hadn't and looked forward to the gift. Lash knew it was not as simple as that, he admitted to himself that he had been a bad pack-master.

He sent a few messages to Lizzy, and Isabella to see if they were safe. They both responded quickly and said that they were. But both of them were busy with the aftermath of the Gotham siege and the new Oversight. He sent messages to Monica, and Shevalla as well. Both were surprised by the message though also a bit delighted that he took time out of his clearly busy schedule to check in on them. He sent messages to Rocksie, and Tonya who both asked who he was and how he got their numbers. Fair.... After he was able to confirm his identity they were both happy that he had checked on them.

He messaged his friendly Wardens. Timothy, Mahalia, Simon, Sam, Achak, Nast'rok. All of which were very happy to hear from him. All of them were alive and well and dancing around with joy at the fact that the Blood-Kindred were being castrated, and that Lash played a big part in it. Lash promised to meet up with them sometime to exchange stories. He contacted Carl Bradley and they exchanged short messages. Carl was super busy after the attack as well. But Abby his wife, and Luke his son were both alive and safe.

He sent another message to Althea the Amazon envoy asking if she was alright along with Cora, and Elena. She replied quickly and confirmed she was fine as were her sisters. They all said hello to their new brother in arms. Then he sent a message to Zetulan the Winter Shield Knight he had met at the Winter Solstice ball. Then he received call!

“Hello Zetulan.” Lash said.

“I heard you were back....You had survived Tartarus. Then only a few days after your return did your city come under attack. I'm sorry but you seem to have the worst luck, Lash.” Zetulan said across the phone.

“It may be a little while longer before I get a chance to see you. That is if you still want to see me?” Lash asked.

“Of course I still want to see you! I intend to drive you mad with sexual satisfaction until you beg me to stop...Twice!” Zetulan said with a seductive voice across the phone.

“Good... Then the gift I got for you wont go to waste.” Lash replied with a smile.

“...... What kind of gift?” Zetulan's voice grew soft at the mention of it.

“Something I made myself. Nothing to extravagant. But I did think about you while I was in Tartarus. I felt I had let you down, so I thought making a gift would be acceptable?” Lash said, interested why Zetulan went quiet over the phone.

“No! I mean...Yes its fine! It's just been a long time since any one has given me anything... I look forward to it. Ah! I need to go, I am sure you are busy as well. Hope to see you soon!” Zetulan said and hung up before Lash could respond.

“Interesting...” Lash said to himself.

Lash reached a broken bridge at last just as the sun was starting to set over Gotham. This bridge didn't have hundreds of parked cars in the way. As Lash approached the edge of the bridge he activated Transformation and his Wraith disguise. Thanks to his new additions to his gear it grew and adjusted to his new bulk and anatomy. Especially his long prehensile tail that slammed against the ground behind him which started several soldiers that were standing guard. They jumped to attention at the sight of Agent Wraith.

“Hello everyone, I'm working on this bridge tonight. I hope that is acceptable?” Lash asked in his animalistic voice. The soldiers jumped in surprise at the sound of it.

“Yes sir! We'll call it in! Please let us know if you need any help!” The one charge shouted.

Lash cast Sooth, Nature's Supplement, and Nature's Kiss onto the soldiers. Given the situation they did not succumb to a puddle of orgasmic pleasure. Though they did really enjoy it! Lash used Manifestation and created several Saurus Warriors to start patrolling the bridge and the water beneath it. The soldiers jumped in surprise at the sight of the six and half foot tall lizard warriors that materialized out of thin air. He secured both sides of the bridge. Then he got to work just as he did before.

It was a little past midnight when he had a visitor on the bridge. He had just finished the skeleton of the bridge and was adding the internal parts. The stomp of combat boots followed the click clack of high heels. Lash climbed up from the main support pillar he was working on to the main bridge cross section. It was cold enough still that steam came from his every breath. His wraith shroud danced around his body which made the sight eerie for anyone looking.

A pair of yellow green reptilian eyes peered out from the torn and tattered cloth. Lash watched as Amanda Waller walked towards him in black dress pants business suit, a badge and gun on her hip. She wore a thick DOD coat over her suit. She carried a bag with her that had several things, specifically the bag had radio and digital wave shielding.

Behind her was a 6'2” man in an Army battle uniform with full combat gear. He had several special forces badges, identification, and he was a colonel. The man had faded blond hair cut short, with the sides of his head shaved. His blue eyes did their best to look past Lash's shroud but failed to gleam anything. His hand was on his side arm but other than that he stood at ease. His name tag on the uniform said Flag.

“Miss Waller...Colonel Flag. How may I help you?” Lash said in his animalistic voice. He stood at attention and bowed from his waist to both of them.

“I need your opinion on something, can you look at this please?” Waller reached into her bag and pulled out a tablet. She handed it over to Lash who reached for it. Flag tensed up at the sight of the clawed hand. Lash used Connectivity and by passed the password screen and burned through the whole tablet in a few seconds.

“What would you like to know?” Lash handed the tablet back to Waller who was a little surprised by how fast he had read it. She put it away before she spoke.

“How much is true, and how much did we get wrong?” Waller asked. Flag flinched at the mention of the files contents. Lash began to record the conversation, as well as send an emergency contact file towards the Warden's for super-natural being in danger.

“Enchantress is not a 'Witch' She is a extra dimensional being. However, she needs a host on this current plane of existence in order to direct her will. Like an anchor on a ship, with out it she drifts between the different dimensions with out the ability to direct any change. The host... June Moon?” Lash spoke to them, and noted when Flag clenched his jaw at the mention of Moon.

“She is located at a ARGUS(Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans) black site. We can't seem to get Enchantress out of Dr. Moon.” Waller said the last part for Flag's benefit.

“The likely hood of them separating is small. Once a dimensional being latches onto a host they rarely let go with out killing the host. However, with the right training and partnership. Moon and Enchantress can merge into a single being.” Lash replied, Waller raised a brow at that. Flag had a look of surprise on his face but kept his mouth shut. Lash received a confirmation message from the Warden's.

“What about her powers? Do you know anything about it?” Waller said as she stepped closer to Lash.

“The ones you have written down are accurate but with what I know about them you are missing a lot of information as well. I can't give you a clear list because each extra dimensional being is different. Subject change! Indulge me there is a point to it. Waller what do you know about the particle accelerator explosion that happened in Central City?” Lash asked, as another message came through his Connectivity.

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At an ARGUS black site in the middle of a natural forest. Dozens of well trained, and well equip soldiers walked the perimeter. Security was top of the line with camera's, motion sensors, thermal imaging, rabid response triggers, and drone camera's that flew on random paths. In the depths of this off the books site was six by six by six cell. A sickly pale woman was strapped to a gurney with chemicals being pumped into her body. She was in a chemically induced coma, but even with all the drugs being pumped into her body she was in a waking nightmare as she screamed and called for help. But on this night...This night some one heard her.

“Be still child.... Help is on the way...” Enchantress said in Moon's ear. An electrical pop rang through the room. The lights snapped off, and the monitors all turned off. This didn't just happen in the cell, it happened across the whole base.

On the surface every single guard was unconscious on the ground as dozens of shadows ran towards the base. The doors never opened but the shadows melted into the surface with out stop. Rapid gun fire sounded out for a few brief seconds. A few minutes passed then the massive doors the base opened up and the shadows carried a pale woman between them. Once the shadows and the woman were out of sight...Power was restored to the whole base. It would be at least an hour before the next check in.

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“So when the accelerator exploded it produced dark matter. The dark matter saturated the environment around and inside of Central City. But you are telling me the cloud of dark matter not only didn't dissipate but entered our atmospheric weather patterns? So...This Meta-Gene will start to appear outside of Central City?” Waller said with wide eyes. She wasn't the only one as Flag had the same expression. Lash had created a Phantasm to illustrate what had happened.

“That is correct, please understand it won't just effect humans. Animals, plant life, weather... We may even see a dark matter lighting storm one day. Not everyone, or everything that comes in contact with dark matter changes. 98% of the world will be vastly unaffected, but its that 2% you have to look out for.” Lash compiled the information and sent it all to Waller to look over later. The science was sound because it came from Dr. Wells in STAR labs.

“The next couple of years will be very interesting... Thank you Agent Wraith. You have given us a lot to think about. Please excuse us, we have work to do!” Waller closed her bag, turned on her heel and walked away. Flag looked at Lash for a bit before he followed after Waller.

Lash received another message from the Wardens. Enchantress was in their custody and in transport to the Super-Natural Council. Waller and Flag were sure to be back when they got the alert that Enchantress was missing, after they had shown Lash her file. As much as he wanted a working relationship with Waller. His Warden duties took precedence. About two hours later a humvee raced towards the bridge at high speeds and ground to a halt at the barricades. Flag jumped out of the vehicle and sprinted up the bridge.

“WRAITH!? WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU TAKE HER!?” Flag ran straight across the bridge towards him. Lash stood in the middle of the bridge, it was a long run.

Flag got about half way across the bridge and took out his side arm he squeezed the trigger and nothing happened as Lash magnetically sealed the mechanism. Flag cursed up a storm and tossed his gun aside he ran the rest of the way and pulled out his combat knife. He raised his arm up for an over head swing and was flicked away by Lash's tail. Flag slammed against the newly created bridge and cracked his head. Three shadows emerged from the darkness soon after and took the shape of Fae Council tact team. Lash gave them a proper Warden greeting which they returned. They grabbed Flag and melded into the shadows once more.

Just like that, Enchantress with her host June Moon had been stolen from ARGUS. Colonel Rick Flag was taken by the Fae Council at the recommendation of Warden Lash. Flag would be useful in helping Moon come to grips with her new reality. Lash received confirmation that the Warden's smoothed it over 'officially' through the DOD. Though he was sure Waller would be pissed at him. So he sent her the complete and total file he had on 'Project Cadmus' along with a simple message.

'It was not personal. To be honest I had wanted a healthy working relationship with you. But we both take our responsibilities serious. See you later Miss Waller.' Lash sent the message to her through an email.

'Be seeing you, Agent Wraith.' Waller sent back...

A couple of minutes later a few soldiers showed up to take Flag's humvee away. No one asked questions, they just followed orders. Lash continued to build the bridge until morning arrived. Just like before the bridge was complete but this time Lash just went to the next bridge that needed to be rebuilt. One by one each bridge was built, Lash got faster and more proficient in building them. His Technomancy Domain spells Alteration, and Compression Transformation both evolved into Minor. Transmutation Domain Fabrication evolved into Minor as well. He made sure to create his ten pounds of Nth metal every day.

Six days went by and every major bridge in and out of Gotham City was rebuilt. Lash visited City Hall and spoke to Mayor Edwin who thanked him for his service. Water, power, and gas had all been turned back on. But hundreds of thousands of people continued to be homeless. Wayne Industries, Lex-Corp, Queen, Meryln, Palmer, Janus, Ace, and even Big Belly Burger sent money, resources, and man power to help rebuild Gotham. Along with several foreign companies that Lash may have helped in the past. The attack on Gotham was tragic, but because of the attack. The whole city would be getting a huge face lift.

Lash had been invited on more then one occasion to talk with the city council about planning the New Gotham. He maintained his belief in green energy, green buildings, and a environmentally safe city. With the nearly a billion dollars in resources it could be done. But with extreme expense funs came embezzlement, and fraud. His Administration skill got a lot of experience, while he and his Virtual Intelligence worked over time. With in three days he had made over two hundred arrests and convictions. So much so that his Virtual Intelligence evolved into Minor Virtual Intelligence which granted him another Tech-Spirit, granting both spirits increased power, and reduced energy consumption.

Then one day....Lash left Gotham City with out a word to the mundanes. They had grown so use to him being around City Hall they even gave him his own temporary office. On his desk was a simple note saying a mission assignment had come up. But in truth he felt he was being taken advantage of, thanks to his abilities he could do the work of twenty people easily! So when he left, City Hall came to a grinding halt. They asked UNWS where he was. They replied with 'On mission' and that was all they got.

Lash walked through a ruined hall that was covered in burn marks, graffiti, and alcohol. He walked past several displays that were once clean and pristine though now not so much. He read the information about the once shinning example of the future to come. The STAR labs in Central City, this...This was Flash's base of operation. There was zero security measures in place. A majority of the doors were unlocked, those that weren't had shattered windows so it made no difference. None of the camera's or motion sensors worked.

He bypassed the main laboratories and walked into the particle accelerator's inner cortex. Still no camera's.... It wasn't like he was hiding. He was currently seven foott tall lizard creature wrapped in a shroud. He stuck out! Nothing! He found the 'prison cells' that contained the Meta-Humans that Flash had caught. The cells were six by six by six alcoves with dark matter inhibitors placed around them. They had a single glass door entrance as the alcoves had been retrofitted for service. No pass code or security card lock on any of the consoles. He documented every Meta-Human he found. Then, and only then when Caitlin Snow came down to feed the prisoners was he discovered.

Caitlin was a woman at the height of 5' 4” with rich blond hair, blue eyes, and healthy skin. She had the figure of a scientist who only exercised because it helped her mind work more efficiently. So she had mature womanly curves with out any of the muscle tone of a gym fanatic. She had a pair of black heels on, a gray skirt on, with a buttoned up white blouse. Caitlin walked right past Lash who had stood off to the side in the accelerators alcove. She brought food over to a Meta-Human who pleaded to be let out of the cell, begged, and threatened her life if she didn't release them. She paid it no mind but only paused in place because the inmate was screaming at her to turn around. But she could see in the reflection of the glass a monster behind her.

“Hello Miss Snow, if at all possible could you call the Flash. I would like to speak to him.” Lashj said in his animalistic voice. Caitlin turned around with shaky steps to look at him directly. She was pale as a sheet and looked like she was about to feint... Then a glimmer of recognition went through her.

“Wait....Are you Wraith?” Caitlin said softly.

“Yes Miss Snow. Agent Wraith of the United Nations World Security. I've come to talk about your....Prison.” Lash replied. Color rapidly returned to Caitlin's face as she breathed a sigh of relief. Then winced at the mention of the prison.

“R...Right...I should call the Flash. Hold on!” Caitlin said, she took out her phone and sent a request out.

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Amanda Waller sat in her office with in ARGUS that was located just outside of Starling City. She worked on her computer, answered emails, and made calls. All the while she ground her molars in irritation. Agent Wraith had sent a team to abduct Enchantress, Flag left soon after and never came back. Orders came down from on high to leave Agent Wraith alone. Flag was being re assigned, and the 'Witch' was erased from existence.

Waller understood the game, she understood the world she lived in. There was a brief moment she had hoped that Wraith wasn't part of that game. But she understood it, in fact she had planned on using him to the best of her abilities. Waller was very good at using people till they weren't useful anymore. Beep.... Waller received an email... It was from Wraith. She narrowed her eyes and opened the file. Then her eyes went wide! Sixteen meta-humans captured and wa-->>

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