Wind blew by as a pair of icy-grey eyes watched the street below, watching the retreating lights of a police car move off into the night with one more criminal in its confines. That would be one less villain on the streets. Shade sighed, sitting down on the ledge of the tall building she had chosen, her gaze scanning for any more trouble and not finding any. It had been a slow night for the hero.

The loud sound of an alarm rang out in the night air, still noisily ringing as a darkly dressed woman faced off with the average burglar. Behind him lay one of the city’s banks, one of its windows broken and shattered. “You really should find a new job. This one won’t get you very far.” She said simply, dodging a kick meant for her jaw. The man lunged out once more, aiming to get her into a headlock, but the girl merely elbowed him in the stomach. It seemed to be just a battle of fists, well until the idiot pulled out a pistol. It shone a little in the street light, the sleek handgun being pointed right at Shade menacingly. A single shot ran out, whizzing right through the air she had just been standing in. She simply stepped out from behind him though, a mass of shadow wrapping around him like a strait jacket. The gun was easily dislodged from his hand and the police were notified of where to pick him up.

That had been what led to her sitting on a lone rooftop nearby, the young hero merely passing the time until she was needed again.

Terror had been planning for days.

Well planning was an over statement it was more of Terror just thinking about the same thing over and over and over again. He had heard about a hero in his town HIS town which he had to bring a stop to. Terror had been stalking the hero named Shade for the past few nights getting an idea of any patterns in patrols or little bits of her fighting style. Tonight was the night he would strike. She didn't suspect anything sitting there with no suspicion of her incoming demise. Terror aimed his wrist at her silently from behind and with great speed shot a dart at her.
Only it didn't hit her.
Instead it hit a robotic monstrosity straight in its head just as it had dropped down from who knows where. It wasn't dead by any means and was still wriggling around getting up but he had definitely hit something important.

A loud metallic thud sounded in the air as the dart hit the bot, the sound alerting the woman on the ledge to the two behind her. Her head swiveled around, shocked by the sound, only to find a giant robot behind her with some sort of projectile sticking out of some sizzling wires. Behind it was a man, his arm pointed towards the bot.

So that’s where that dart came from.

Shade quickly swung her feet back over the ledge, using the momentum to kick the metal man over the side before standing up gracefully. Her icy-grey eyes locked with the man before her, a small smile on her face. “Thanks.” She chimes, the word sweetly falling from her lips.

How did they even get up here?

That question would be left unanswered though when she noticed dozens more of these metallic men appear on the streets below. Shade almost jumped right then and there, wanting to stop these new threats, but she was stopped when a handful of the bots landed around this new guy and her. They were outnumbered and surrounded. What was going on?

Terror was about to lunge at the woman after she said thanks. He was happy to have the element of surprise but he wanted her to know that he did mean harm. That was until more robomen came and surrounded them. Terror let out a hiss before lunging at one of the robomen hoping he could take it on and survive. He stuck himself onto the contraption and began pounding in its metal chest with his enhanced strength.

One of the bots lunged at her, only to grab at air as the girl disappeared into the shadows. The creature didn’t have much time to counteract though as she appeared behind it with a sharp object made of shadows in her hand. In seconds she had cut through some of the exposed wires, resulting in the beast collapsing into a heap of unmoving metal. “Try cutting the wires, the ones that are exposed!” she yells to the man who had seemingly helped her. Not sparing any more time with words she spun around, shadow weapon in hand as she leapt at a new opponent.

There had been four of the metal men just seconds before but since her last enemy now lay motionless there was just three left. One of the unlucky three now stood before her, trying it’s best to catch the girl of shadows but she merely disappeared each time it reached for her. In her haste though she didn’t notice the other metal contraption walk up behind her, ready to blast her with some sort of ray on it’s arm.

Terror was beating dents into the one bot who was trying to grab for him but couldn't quite reach him due to the fact that he had now made a dent large enough to house him and keep him out of the monsters reach. He finally punched through the hull when the woman told him to go for the exposed wires which made him hiss again and tear through the inner workings of the robot rendering it useless once more. Terror leapt from the hole in the stomach of the robot and noticed one of the other robotic men aiming a laser out of its arm towards Shade. Terror wasn't going to let the robot get her before he could so he fired a garage of needle like projectiles from his chest and at the robots arm. Most needles missed but one hit dead on the laser and clogged it unknown to the robot.

Shade, still oblivious to the robot behind her, jumped onto the robot before her. Her hands quickly slashed at the wires as it flailed its arms in an attempt to get the girl off its shoulders. The shard made contact with the frail little things running the metal man, slicing them cleanly apart. With a shudder the bot collapsed, the thin girl flipping off its shoulders before it landed and landing in a crouch on her feet. It was then she noticed the other robot, the one whose arm was glowing brighter. In a panic the girl ducked, only for nothing to happen.

Shade stood back straight, looking over at it confused. The ray had malfunctioned. Something had been lodged in the beam’s pathway. Her eyes flitted over to the mystery man again. “You keep saving my life today don’t you?” she joked before approaching the malfunctioning bot. It flailed, backing up only to trip over one of its companions and fall over.
“Alright, who sent you and what purpose do they have?” she asked, her eyes becoming darker. It was as if her personality switched over, something that hadn’t happened in a long time. In seconds she had her boots clad foot on top of its throat, keeping it down forcefully since it didn’t need to breathe in the first place. “I’m not joking! Who’s behind this Tin-man!!” she yells, her voice suddenly menacing and cruel.

In response a flickering light began to flicker across its face, almost like a television screen. It wasn’t just this one though, it was all of the robots, or at least the still functioning ones. A man’s face appeared on it, though it was hidden by a mask, the mask however didn’t mask the chilling grin on his face.

Terror hissed when the mans face came on the television screen. Today was not his day. First he's taken for a hero by the hero in his town that he was trying to kill then there were the robots trying to kill him and onto of that there was this smug looking guy on the robots faces who was probably the guy causing all this trouble in his town. He took a mental picture of his face and now directed all hatred he had now towards him.

"What do you want..." Terror hissed at the television screen expecting no answer but asking anyway due to being in a more primal state of mind.

Shade looked absolutely ticked at the man on the screen. “I see my dear creations haven’t gone unnoticed, but don’t worry they’ll soon be the least of your worries. Soon this city will belong to me and Shadow Walker, your precious ‘Hero’, will be no more, her and any other wannabe heroes out there.” The man said, smiling like a maniac. The girl was already sick of him, he had gotten worse since the last time she saw him, but Dr. Horrible had always hated heroes of any kind. “Dr. Horrible, that sick, twisted, little-!” shade growled as the screen cut off just as fast as it had started.

Her anger rising she raised her foot and crushed the bots screen, disrupting the wires and transmissions so that the bot shut down. That’s when she remembered the man beside her. Eyes like coal looked up at him, the color having grown darker as her rage grew. “The city’s in danger and someone has got to stop that psychopath. Are you in? I could use all the help I can get at the moment.” She asks, her anger slowly seeping away.

Terror looked over at the woman at her proposition. He had always been more of a lone wolf when it came to his business and he still very much so wanted to eliminate Shade but this man... well he had special type of anger reserved for him in his heart. It was one thing to say he wanted to cause some trouble. It was another thing to threaten to dethrone him and take his city. Terror looked at the robot then at Shade. He crushed the other robots head with a swift punch and said " oooohhh I'm in." and with that he cautiously walked up to Shade. "it sounds like you know this parasite. What do you plan we do to get him?" Terror asked as he stopped two feet away from Shade.

Shade smiled widely at his answer, she really didn’t want to face him on her own. “His name is Dr. Horrible. The guy’s a genius, a madman, but still a genius in his own right. We can’t just walk up and fight him; we don’t even know where he’s set up shop yet. That’s what we need to do first.” She replies. The hero was already nervous, this was the one man who knew her weaknesses just as well as she did. He knew how to break her, knew what buttons to press.

“I might be able to reverse the robot’s transmitter, it might give us somewhere to start, my tools however are back at base.” She mutters, loud enough to be heard but it was mostly her thinking out loud. Her eyes flit from the robot to the man before her, sizing the two up, her mind already trying to figure out a way to get the metal contraption somewhere she could work on it. “Do you think you could pick the piece of tin up? I need to get it back to the base and there’s no way I could carry it…” she asks, a plan forming in her mind.

"Sounds like a real delinquent" Terror said. If before eliminating this man known as Dr.Horrible maybe he could scrounge up some information on how to take down Shade himself. When asked if he could carry one he picked up one of the most intact robots and lifted it up onto his back where spikes punctured the robots steel surface thus fixating it to his back "carry it I can do" he said simply "where are your tools?" he asked ready to go.

A chuckle escaped her lips as she crossed the distance between them. “They’re at my base, don’t worry though we won’t be walking there.” She says, smiling. Before he could react her left hand gripped onto his shoulder, shadows wrapping around the pair until there was nothing left of their surroundings. It was as if all light had gone out, leaving them in utter darkness. That darkness however shattered just as fast as it had appeared.

They were no longer on the roof of a building. Instead the room they were in looked like it belonged in a movie. The walls were made of black rock, as if it were once a cave, yet the floor was smooth and coated in large grey tiles. There was an entire corner filled with glowing devices and a work table, several large screens shining brightly behind it. Some furniture littered the place, mostly just a couch or two. In a roof off to the side was a kitchen, fully stocked, and a table to sit at and eat. There were other things lying around the room, but the room itself wasn’t much bigger than a gymnasium. A set of stairs however led up to her room.

This was Shade’s lair, her home away from home nestled several stories below the city.

“You can put it on that table by the computers, please. I’m going to go fix us some coffee, this might take a while.” She replies, stepping away from him before he freaked out. Most didn’t know she could travel that far, only believing her to be able to move as far as her feet would take her in the short time she disappeared.

At first Terror was ready to tear apart Shade but when the light returned he calmed himself back down. "could you make that hot chocolate" Terror asked as he put the machine down. Symbiotes not only fed off of the thrill in their hosts they also liked chocolate, couldn't get enough of the stuff. He looked around the lair, it was pretty amazing in his opinion but he wasn't here to marvel at the place he was here to size up the enemy and figure out how to take shade down "where is this place?" Terror asked pretending to make it sound like innocent question.

Shade smiled at the request and instead began making up a batch of fresh hot chocolate. “We’re a little over a hundred feet under the city. The only way down here is the way we just traveled; there are no doors or elevators to the surface.” She replies, stirring the hot concoction as she spoke.

Finally the drinks were finished and she walked out of the kitchen with two mugs in hand. “Here you go… I just realized I never caught your name, or even introduced myself for that matter. My name is Shadow Walker but everyone calls me Shade. You?” she asks, smiling cheerfully as she took a sip of her own cocoa.

"I am Terror." he said simply as he looked at the other hot chocolate in Shades hand. He hoped his name wouldn't give her any ideas about him. He had begun to make a plan in his head about how he could possibly get here but it was still very rough in design but over time to would come together and he would be able to take out Shade.

Shade hands him the other mug with a smile. “It’s nice to meet you.” She chimed, moving over to the table. The girl set the mug down carefully out of way. She didn’t want to knock it over and ruin her chances of catching that sicko. Now with a screwdriver in hand she detached the panel covering the robots mainframe. Once gone she could see the tangle of wires and circuits, the disorganized mess making her groan out loud. “Great. Terror I’m not sure what some of these wires do quite yet so you might want to step back.” She warned with a soft caring tone to her voice. Her eyes never left the bot in front of her though, already reaching for a strange looking tool and a pair of wire cutters.

Terror took the mug of hot chocolate and began to drink from it as a gap in his costume showed a human mouth inside. He drank the whole thing pretty quickly and then began to walk around. "don't worry about me" he said as he looked around Shades lair out of curiosity. He observed all the various screens, objects and such.

Shade glanced up a little, watching him as he walked around but turned her attention back to the task at hand. It seemed to her that Dr. Horrible hadn’t changed his design too much, there were a few new attachments and such but she knew what she was looking for. A teal looking wire stood out to her, that would be it, and so she reached over and clipped the wire covering to reveal the copper wire beneath. The girl laid the cutters down, picking up the other device and beginning to carefully attach it to the exposed wire. It beeped slightly as she typed in several quick codes before her main screen flashed, a map of the city appearing as the signal bag to trace. It would take a bit of time however to finish its search so with a quick stretch she stepped away from the bot for a little break. “When it locates the main transmitter the screen will flash. That might be awhile though, this isn’t a small area to cover and that little device has to break through the robots codes. So until then we might want to figure out what our plan is.” She chimed, smiling as she approached Terror.

"well my idea for a plan would be we find out where this delinquent is and bash his brains in." Terror said with rage lining his voice. No one was gonna threaten to take his city and get away with it, no one. He was going to find the Dr.Horrible one way or another and when he did he was gonna take pleasure in making sure he didn't have a chance to take his town away from him.