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 Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:43 pm
"At the moment, no. I am going to investigate the disturbance further, keep line open." he said following the 'feeling' he got. "Hold on a moment." he said as his eye began to glow. He was scanning the city for anything out of the ordinary. It took him only a moment before he attained something. He took to the sky again, cautious as he began to search for something or someone.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:45 pm
Below in the city, Doombots were oddly helping people into a bunker, though they were all disguised as police officers of different cities. Doom lacked the ability to replicate human skin tissue or human behavior at such quick notice. The Commissar designed these Doombots' AI; Dr. Doom provided the Doombots themselves, but a third person had created skin tissue and appearances that were extremely life like. The Doombots disguised as officers of the law were directing all citizens to a shelter in downtown, in reality, a look out used by the Commissar to teleport troops into situations without being detected. With every person in Metropolis captured by the Masterminds of Evil, opportunities would eventually start appearing and no doubt the people would see Doom and his organization as their saviors from the storm.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:09 pm
He once again landed away from a crowd of people being policed into nearby shelters. He couldn't help, but notice the officers, how committed they seem to be, but they way they moved and assembled. It was so orderly. He almost assumed that human beings did possess a since of order that closely held a likeness to...machines. Narrowing his gaze, J'onn took the form a male human citizen, with a very pronounced brow, red hair and long chin. He wore a suit and tie with a overcoat and got line behind a group of people as they were policed into the shelter.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:15 pm
"Move along, into the shelter! We have blankets and food for everyone till the storm dies down..."
One of the Doombots noticed the additional human that wasn't in their memory banks. The Commissar had records of everyone and each Doombot was going through each file of every citizen in Metropolis. It would be easier just to ask him, so one of the officers came up to the red haired human and started to speak to him, but that would seem to odd to do so when no one else was being asked for identification, so the Doombots ran protocol and decided it best to take a wait and see approach; maybe it was an error in the Commissar's data.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:32 pm
For a moment he almost thought he had been caught until they one officer had let him by. He swiftly carried on, upon entering the shelter. He presumed it was a residence for the homeless, many of the residential areas had been evacuated in such drills as tornado and hurricane warnings, but this was much more severe. He glanced at all the men, women and children in the compound before moving on. The shelter consisted of many chots and supplies. Carefully he made his way to the back where he would be less noticed asking himself-who was funding all this?
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:02 pm
The Shelter was once home to one of the Commissar's outpost bases, but the red lights had been switched for normal environment friendly lights and the machines were either moved into storage or used to entertain the children of the citizens by converting them to PCs for internet or game use; that was the Commissar's idea to recycle instead of trashing everything. There was technically an arcade used for babysitting Eastern Bloc agent's kids that doubled as a daycare; unlike Doom, the Commissar made sure his minions were happy. The entire shelter was one big room except for several keep out sign doors in the back; the arcade and computers were kept in the big room to keep the civilians entertained. Occasionally, an officer would make a patrol to check the area for and problems and go back into a door in the back. Food was located and distributed on the west wing of the compound along with blankets and fresh bottled water.
Once the patrols were done, the officers retreated into a room in the back. This room was filled with monitors and different computers with each one being manned by an officer. One thing stood out among them all: a Nimrod unit colored in red and dark red with a hammer and sickle symbol on its chest, directing the officers -or rather, Doombots- on what actions to take based on their masters' orders. One Doombot was ordered to contact Dr. Doom on progress which was in the process of connecting to the Latveria communications system.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:34 am
As the officers entered the compound he noticed they all began to file into a room in the back. He made his way swiftly and quietly through the crowd of awaiting people, stopping at the door he concentrated trying to listen on the conversation through the walls. Decreasing the density of his body he phased through the wall unnoticed. J'onn, now invisible, looked in on the room filled with monitors and various computers, each officer consoled to every one of them. He quietly listened. Turning the his comm link off so it wouldn't interfere.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:34 pm
The fight, followed by the eartquake, was enough for the Ventriloquist.
"Oh..." said Wesker.
"...Damn..." said Scarface. The puppet looked at Wesker, and said, "Get us somewhere else, we're not lookin' to get killed here. Get us back to Gotham."
"Yes, sir," said Wesker. At a somewhat hurried pace, the Ventriloquist walked out of Metropolis.
[exit Ventriloquist to Gotham City]
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Comic_Book_Joker Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:15 pm
The Doombot disguised as a police officer finally made contact with Dr. Doom and activated the waiting connection. With a bit of static from the computer, soon Doom's mask was present on the computer, but he sounded angry from the tone of his voice; he was probably busy with something else.
"What is it?"
The Doombot wasn't one to question what his master was doing since certain projects were not for the Metropolis units to know and Doombots were loyal servants that never questioned Dr. Doom.
"Sir, we've managed to gather a large portion of the Metropolis population to protect from the storm as of your request to turn them against the heroes...Project Day is complete and he has agreed to be part of the Masterminds of Evil...The great power has been repor-"
Dr. Doom placed his finger over his mouth plate to tell the Doombot to be quite. With a change of the eye pieces in the sockets of his masks from different lenses for multiple purposes and when he went through each lens, Dr. Doom started to speak again.
"I already know of the information; next time tell him to contact me directly. These outposts are insecure for communications."
Dr. Doom cut communications and the Doombot quickly began running protocols for why their master would mention such an obvious flaw in the outpost. With proper analyzes and a minute of interpretation, the Doombot got an idea on why this was happening; they had been infiltrated. The Doombot kept this secret and instead silently sent messages to every other machine in the building; action would only be taken if this intruder was going to compromise this operation. The Doombots were helping people, so the plan wouldn't be compromised till they started hurting people, so secrecy of knowledge was the best approach. The Doombot didn’t know what kind of infiltration since it was unknown which lens Dr. Doom spotted the intruder; it could have been the x-ray lens, or the mass lens, or the power detection lens, so everything was still in mystery.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:31 pm
Dr. Doom..Project Day..
He made a mental note of all of it, especially the image of the man on the monitor. His face was masked under a green hood. The only thing J'onn could see was his eyes which began to visually shift as if searching for something. J'onn moved deeper into the shadows of the room. Something was up.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:28 pm
"It is obvious Dr. Doom detected something within the facility...Do a complete search and report on any data, but do not engage; I don't want panic to start till we reveal who we really are...Are the replicas ready?"
The Comrad robot was speaking to the Doombots about further plans. One Comrad robot was worth at least several Doombots since they were more expensive and based on the Nimrod model. This Comrad was Unit 078 and was the only Comrad in charge of this post and operation. One of the Doombots -the same one talking to Dr. Doom- came up to Unit 078 and started to speak with him. Since Unit 078 and the Doombots were on separate systems, they had to communicate verbally.
"The replicas...But due to compromise, protocol suggests only one double goes out to reveal our origins rather than all...Identities could be compromised."
Unit 078 nodded in agreement and instead took it on himself to perform the next step of the plan himself since he could also replicate humans due to his superior AI programming. The Comrad unit started to slowly condense by parts going into other parts until not a robot stood there, but a robotic replica of Dr. Doom and was right to the exact detail that even spoke in his voice without a monotone, but instead with expression.
"I will announce who we truly are now and get the trust of the people of Metropolis...Victory will be ours."
The fake Doom raised his arm and clenched his hand into a fist as he spoke, truly imitating Doom with a great caliber due to his advanced artificial intelligence.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:48 pm
J'onn furrowed his brow. Who was this Doctor Doom?He had planned to turn the people against them, but why?
Apparently they were on to his presence so J'onn would have to end this mission. The bot that had closely resembled the man of on the screen grabbed his attention. He waited a little longer so that the bot may reveal himself and whatever ties he had.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:08 pm
With the reveal operation a go, each Doombot removed their synthetic skin and were fully in their Doombot form, not hiding the fact they were machines. Most of the Doombots and the fake Dr. Doom left the room with slowly while the people outside took notice and tried to back away in fear, but the entrance had been closed. The replica Dr. Doom spoke with a concerning voice to those inside the building.
"Relax people of Metropolis! I mean you no harm and in fact arranged this shelter to hide you from the storm above!"
With this news, a few people stopped their panic and moved closer to the middle of the center to lessen the crowding going on at the large closed door. The fake Dr. Doom continued to speak, raising his hands upward as he beheld the facilities in the building.
"I' am the generous Victor von Doom of Latveria! I have noticed the neglect of you so called heroes and stepped in from my castle back in my home land to protect you while those you relied on to save you abandon you! With my help, you are not safe with plenty of entertainment and food and not because of your police force or heroes, but from a complete stranger you don't even know! What have your heroes done? They only fight the villains; do they care anymore about your safety? No! Follow me and allow me to replace your police force with my robots and you will all be safe from harm."
In normal circumstances, the people would reject Dr. Doom and his offer to protect the people of Metropolis, but recent events and robberies as well as gang wars had made Metropolis quite hazardous with no hero in sight helping fight off regular crime, only super villains. Because of these factors, a large majority of the people started to clap and then soon everyone was clapping for the fake Dr. Doom's words. A philosophy was a person was smart, but people were stupid, one the Commissar used to his advantage.
"Excellent! I soon as the storm dies down, spread the word of my generosity! Soon, your police officers will no longer have to risk their lives doing what a machine can do better! My robots will spread out through the city of Metropolis and stop the crime, not only here, but everywhere! No more gang wars, no more robberies, no more murder! If your heroes won't protect you, Victor von Doom will!"
The people were sick of order and justice being vague in this new universe and they wanted help; if no one except a man in green with a mask came to their aid, then they were going to accept it. The people started to cheer for Dr. Doom and even started to chant his first name; chanting his last one would kind of destroy the point. This objective seem to be complete and the fake Dr. Doom went forward from his line of Doombots and started to interact with the people; he shook hands, kissed babies, and whatever else he had to do to gain support almost as if he were running for a high political office.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:29 am
J'onn, seeing enough had phased back through the wall. He looked around quickly before retaining the shape of the human citizen . He heard learned enough information, but then he heard cries in the corner of the room. A little girl, cradling her teddy bear was crying and apparently had been separated from her family. He went over kneeling to her as she whimpered. "Are you lost little one?" He said holding out a hand to her. She nodded and tried to wipe her tears. "Well let's see if we can find your family." She smiled meekly and took his hand. He stood to his feet and using his telepathy he found the girls family on the other side of the compound amongst the crowd who awaited to greet Doctor Doom. When the girl saw her family she immediately ran to them, the woman than J'onn he just simply nodded and melted back into the wave of people. Tapping the com he contacted the wathtower. "Batman are you reading?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:34 am
There was an overly long pause, and then Batman's voice responded. "...Yes."
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