JLA Watchtower (Archive)

Cameron watches the rest as Chiller moves through the pep-talk.
He imagines Batman kicking the shit out of everyone here and begins trying to figure out which ones the squealers will be. Know your squealers. You never can tell when it'll be handy to have a few well placed sources of misinformation to hand to the 'good guys'.

The general 'any questions' inquiry comes up and Cam keeps silent for now. He'll wait for specifics when the actual details of his particular marching orders come up.

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Shrapnel was likewise silent for pretty much the same reasons. Plus, he was positive some dumbass would ask something and bring attention to himself, so he'd just wait for that guy.

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As if one cue...

"Yeah, I got a question for y'all. What's 'ta stop one o' us from just' sqealing to the Bat and his bunch?" Newly freed from Blackgate during Johnny Sorrow's attack, Stallion was in no hurry to get sent back.

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"I got this, Chiller." The armored man stepped forward. "It's real simple. You work witht the 100 and you get serious benefits. I'm talking money, mutual protection from the Bat and the Crazies, the best lawyers, hazard pay, and gauaranteed payments to any dependents. Basically you do right by us, we do better by you. Now if you're afraid of getting beat up by a man in tights and decide telling the bad man about us in order to make the hurting stop, well.."

Shockwave pushes a button on a nearby projector. Images are cast onto a screen. One man was having his toenails pulled off with pliers, another was being slowly dipped in acid, and a third was having body parts frozen and broken off while still alive. It was basically the sort of sick stuff you'd expect from a Saw movie.

"Consider the alternative."

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Cam ticks off Stallion in his metal list as 'Squealer' and 'Expendible stooge'.

As far as he knows, this guy is basically a washed up NFL hopeful with a mini-me Bane complex.

Well, you can't fault the ambition.

It did bring up an interesting question however. Might as well ask it.

"Chain of command. I'm guessing you aren't just hiring an all-purpose mob. So who is answering to who here?"

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"The Gotham operation will be divided into three branches. Shockwave here will be heading our 'legbreaker' operations. If you're specialty is smash things and hurt people, you'll be with him. Mindancer is our head of intelligence and espionage. If you're more of a subtle touch, you'll be following her orders. If you're a brain and want to help organize our outfit, you will answer to me."

"Fair warning though, once you pick a branch to work with, you can't communicate with members of the other two. The less we know of each other the better. As for who answers to whom below the chiefs..we believe in field promotions in the 100. Basically you earn your spot depending on performance."

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Well that answers where the dude in the Village People outfit is going.
Cam just nods his 'thank you' to Chiller and sits back to see where the rest of this goes.

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The next question came from the direction a pair of scantiliy clad women armed to the teeth, a blonde and a brunette.

"Ok, we get this going to be some long-term thing, but what's the immediate goal?" The question came from the blonde.

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"Let me answer that question with a question of my own. Aside from the Bat and the Crazies, who's the dominant force in this city?"

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"You are looking to overthrow the current leaders of Gotham's underworld, yes?"

Always on the lookout for a paying contract, Brutale was an obvious candidate for this gathering.

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"You haven't been in Gotham long, have you Senor Barrera? Gotham has little in the way of underworld leadership right now. Taking over them would be simple and we wouldn't need you all for that." Chiller smiled mischievously. "I'm talking about the first family of Gotham. I'm talking about Wayne Enterprises."

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Brutale cocks his head.
"I am happy to take your money to assassinate Senor Wayne, if that is what you wish, but I am thinking this is not what you have in mind."

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"No, it is not. Killine Wayne would make him a matyr, a symbol to rally against us. Besides everyone knows it is Lucius Fox and Ted Kord who keep the company running." Chiller begins to pace, but keeps the group in sight. "No, I propose we cripple it beyond the ability to recover. Some of you may ask 'why'. Do you truly wish to know, or should I spare you the details?"

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Captain Nazi is in attendance, a metahuman with probably more power than the rest of these untermenschen put together. Still, he was severely weakened after his fight with Captain Marvel months ago and hasn't properly recovered. It still hurts to move his head.

"Ja. Herr Chiller, aside from the obvious material vealth that comes viz dominating Gotham, vhat is your aim in crushing this city of vice? Hm? Or are we mere underlings not vorthy to know your master plan?" Nazi snorts. As if he is the underling of any man, woman or beast.

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The huge figure clad in black begins to stride toward Captain Nazi when Mindancer casually places a hand in his path. The brute looks at her once, nods, and moves back.

"It's really simpe Herr Krieger. Gotham has belonged to the underworld for generations, everyone knows that. This only changed when the Batman and his brood began their self-appointed crusade. Have any of you ever wondered how one man can have such a collection of advanced technologies at his disposal?" Mindancer picks up the remote, showcasing various images of Batman's unique collection of gadgets. "These things do not just appear out of thin air. The 100 has done its research and we have credible theory. Wayne Enterprises funds the Bat. We bring them done, we cripple him. With that Batman made impotent, we will own this city."

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Oh boy, Captain freakin Nazi. This guy was powerful for sure. He was also a walking parade of ego and crazy fanatic ideology. That spelled trouble for an operation like this.

It might be that Cam was about to set himself up for a grade A ass beating, but this realy had to be dealt with now if he was going to join 'Team Smash'... because Espionage wasn't his thing and while he was a good organizer, it was a boring deal in the long run.

"Hi, I hate to interrupt and I honestly have nothing but respect for you my employers but I need to do this now."

Standing up, he gives Shrapnel a subtle look. The big metal guy was the only one of the hopefuls that gave him a sense of professional confidence so far. He might back Cam or he might not. It didn't hurt to fish there though, given what he was about to do.

Icicle pointed at Captain Nazi. Inside he began martialing all of his power. So much so, that the average temperature in the room began to drop a little unintentionally. This was gonna be potentially painful.

"You're going to be answering to me Herr Captain, kay? I know we have to prove ourselves per our employer's requirements and I'm very cool with that, but lets make sure that you, Cowboy dude over there and our other brothers and sisters in the Supervillain gig understand this.

I'm a professional.
Our employer's agenda comes FIRST.
We don't screw it up with whining about getting beaten up by Batman, 'cause it's gonna happen. Deal with it.
We don't trip on ego about who gets to lead who. We're PAID. We follow orders.

I can tell right now, you and your ego can't deal with that, so we're going to settle this now. So do we throw down, or do you fall in line?"

It sure beats waiting around, hoping to get noticed at least.

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Shrapnel gets up from his own seat, chair creaking from the release of weight. He casually removes his hat and trenchcoat. It's no wonder people mistake him for Metallo, he does look like the guy. Differences included being lankier and looking as if his body consisted of sharp pieces of metal, which in essence it did.

"Seconded. And personally I'd rather not take orders from the 'ubermensch'."

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Bonny Hoffman and Carmen Leno take a few steps away from the group, not out of fear, but to get more all-around view.

"Damn, you either have to have a lot 'balls' or a lack of brains to want to piss off Nazi." Carmen commented so that only Bonny could hear.

"Maybe Carmen, but he's right. If this guy can't be reigned in, we might as well leave now because we're not workinbg with anybody who decides to go all crazy during a job." Bonny replied to her friend and partner.

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"Hey albino-boy, you can't talk to me that.."

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"Oh shut up Stallion, the grown-ups are talking." The voice came from a figure reminiscent of the Ghost of Christmas Future. "I for one would like to see this resolved."

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Shockwave watches the growing conflict with interest. These two would likely end up in his outfit, so of the three, he had the most invested in this situation.

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Ignoring the others, except for a very cursory awareness of their proximity, Icicle continues to build power as he watches the blond goose-stepper. In a long fight, he's sure Nazi would pulp him. So he's got a 'Hail Mary' ready for Hitler's Superman knock off.

"Draw or stand down. I don't care.
We're doing this."

The adrenalin flows.

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"Hmph," Nazi snorts contempously as he stares at Icicle. He may be weak, but he's still more than a match for this cretin. "Ya, ve are 'doing thiz' as you zo eloquently put it. You Americans butcher a proud language."

Captain Nazi steps up so he's an inch from Cameron.

"Zo Mahkhent," Nazi spits Icicle's name as if it were dung. "you honezly believe an pale mongrel like you can bezt me?" He turns to Shrapnel. "Juzt zo you know. When I'm done with him, you're next."

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Shrapnel doesn't flinch.

"Fine. On the off-chance Icicle doesn't beat some sense into you, I'll be happy to oblige." His own grandparents had fled Germany from the Nazis. He'd be happy to put a few pieces of shrapnel in his face.

Edited Date: 2011-03-10 11:40 pm (UTC)

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Cam's powers have been building this whole time and he blows ALL of it in a tiny and VERY focused area. Captain Nazi's eyes.

Unlike Mr. Freeze, Icicle's powers don't necessarily rely on a projected beam. He can affect temperature directly at the target of focus. So for the most part, his tremendous exertion of power isn't apparent unless you are looking at Nazi's face...well, at least not until the screaming starts.

When water freezes, it expands. That's why freezing water-heavy food in your freezer results in a much more mushy and gross version of it after defrosting.

Eyes are mostly liquid and those kind of organs rarely do well when their cells are frozen solid and explode.

Nazi's recuperative powers mean that his eyes will 'probably' regenerate, but right now? Blindness and Crippling Pain.

Cam almost drops to his knees from the exertion. It took allot to do that to a superhuman like Nazi. He stays on his feet though. Gotta make this look bad-ass if it's going to work.

"Shalom Mother Fucker."

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And scream he does, along with a lot of curses, mostly German, but with some English thrown in.

"Baztard! I'll kill you. I zvear I vill..."

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Before Krieger can finish, Shockwave steps up with a punch that literally resounds in the warehouse, flattens Captain Nazi with a single punch.

"Enough crap. Mindancer, looks like Nazi's going to need some persuasion." The large man by Mindancer's side comes over and picks up Captain Nazi. "Nice, Mahkhent. I'd say this qualifies as a field promotion. You'll be answering directly to me."

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Cameron response with a casual nod, putting on the appearance that its just another day at the office. It's a good facade, because really he just wants to lie down and maybe nap a few hours. Damn did that stunt zap him.

"I'm all yours boss."

Icicle doesn't forget friends and allies either. It's something the Injustice Society fostered with each other and that kept them alive more than once.

"Shrapnel, I need a right hand guy. You up for it?"

Holy crap, I gotta sit down soon.

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"Heh, why not? Sounds like fun." Shrapnel could tell Cameron was hiding a lot of fatigue. So he dediced to deflect things. "Well after that I could use a drink. Does the 100 include free refreshments?"

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