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Ciri

Ciri
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Ignoring the sweetheart comment and the… smirking sound, she listened to Combustible tell them all he knew about Firefly, including the part where he worked for him. Worked being the keyword as he got locked in the closet for having standards which if he somehow didn’t leave over that, she’d have to wonder what he was thinking with that decision. The man made entirely of metal chimed in, eventually mentioning one specific name that made her eyes widen a little bit, that being the name of Combustible’s true employer:

Oswald Cobblepot. Otherwise known as The Penguin, a man who she had met briefly during the time where she helped save the multiverse. Though the time that she did meet him, he was killed after a fight on the planet of Remnant but even though their meeting was brief, she knew that he was someone to not be taken lightly, especially with an alias such as The Penguin.

If he works for him, was this a different Cobblepot? That was most likely the case considering the way he went out and the choice of words whenever he was brought up indicated that he was alive.

The topic of Luthor and Superman’s relationship was brought up and from the sounds of it, they weren’t friends really so what was their relationship exactly. “So they were acquaintances then? Or enemies?” The man in the costume gave a half-threat of some sort to Combustible which got him to talk a bit more, explaining why he was on this job in the first place. Anyone who worked for someone higher up on the criminal ladder would understandably take a job that paid more than usual but that would be the case for anyone really.

A ding from the nearby elevator caused her to quickly take her sword out and ready it before the doors opened up to reveal a red headed girl who from the looks of it didn’t seem like she meant harm. It begged the question of how she ended up here and if she was here the entire time. “Were you in this building the entire time?” She looked back at Combustible and shook her head, the question on why Luthor and Superman weren’t on good terms being answered.

“Schemes? What kind of nefarious schemes was he trying to carry out? That is if you have any knowledge on them.” She wasn’t expecting a clear cut answer, he was more knowledgeable when it came to another city, not this one. Another person entered the room, this one being a man covered in blood and other things. “No, we’re getting answers just by talking and sometimes by threats believe it or not.”

It wasn’t long before things went sideways as an explosion nearby caused the foundation of the building to shake, causing Ciri to stumble and almost fall down. Once she recovered, she looked out the hole in the building to see cars exploding one by one followed by someone laughing maniacally. Screams could be heard from below following the fire that was being sprayed down below before a man flew in and picked up Combustible, causing her to ready her sword. There was really no doubt in her mind this had to be Firefly, what with the fire obsession and the fact he was currently flying,

Really it wasn’t hard to assume that was him, especially with what he was saying to Combustible.

Firefly went over to the hole and proceeded to drop him which made her grip on her sword tighten. “Bastard!” He turned around and seeing his weapon begin to spark, she looked for the nearest cover that looked to not be very flammable and would Blink behind it as soon as he started to shoot out fire. Before she could even plan her next move, others began throwing both objects and people at him, the man in the costume holding onto his back. The combined efforts of everyone knocked him to the ground which she ran out of cover and over to the hole to see him on the ground before he got back up and attempted to get the man on his back off of it. But there was now a problem: he was now focused on trying to destroy the building she and the others were currently in.

Honestly she should’ve stayed behind cover but too late.

Moving out of the way of the bombs, she quickly got up right after they went off and jumped out of the building through the hole towards him before she could get hit by anything falling, Blinking to close the distance and get close enough to where she would grab onto him, using another Blink which was a short Blink to get behind him and grabbed onto his back. Holding onto him, she aimed for the thrusters and attempted to stab at one of them in an attempt to stop him from flying as well as he currently was.

Tess

Tess
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…And the door was locked. Normally that’d be enough to stop them considering that it didn’t seem like it would budge from Joel’s attempts but they had others that had powers or equipment that could help. The first person that stepped up to get the door to open or knock it down was the kid in the green jacket who turned into something called Diamondhead and with his size and that name, she’d expect him to bust the door down.

But that wasn’t the case as one of his fingers turned into a key and started to try to unlock it. This definitely caught her off guard but she got over it when the guy in the blue jumpsuit walked over to the door and punched the door after fire covered his entire arm, causing it to break it in half right after she heard it unlock. Either way, at least they could get out now but before that, a noise came from where Hatter was, causing her to quickly take her gun out and spin around to see that it wasn’t him that was making the noise.

No… it was something else.

The original noise didn’t really matter as small explosions came from all over his body and thankfully she wasn’t close enough that she’d get hit from any of his body parts. When it was over, he wasn’t there, not even any drop of blood was left. Understandably she was shocked by this but they couldn’t stand around any longer, especially with why they ran into the building in the first place. “Alright, we gotta get out of here before anything else happens.” WIth the others agreeing, she followed everyone out the room and soon enough, the building.

Once outside, she was expecting a few of the others to be standing there, waiting after saving others or healing the injured. What she wasn’t expecting were cars being on fire and fire being sprayed down from the sky, the screams from those on fire which she tried to shut out as best she could, coming from a guy with a flamethrower. Right as Joel ran for cover, she ran for cover as well near Joel, her gun still in her hand. Of course the ghost girl went to attack the guy but she looked at the others that stayed there. “Okay, I think once we have a clear shot of him with no one else in the way, aiming for the jetpack’s our best bet. He won’t get far on foot.”

And then the guy fell to the ground after getting things as well as people thrown at him but it didn’t stay that way for long. Once she saw an opening and no one was in the way, she’d aim and shoot for the jetpack on his back. Tess just hoped that the others would distract him after she fired so she wouldn’t get fire shot at her or bombs thrown at her.

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Ciri

Ciri
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So he can speak and sounded a bit rude with his response to her question but whatever happened might have caused it. Looking at the one holding his arm, she gave him a nod to get him to let go before looking back at the man with a cane. It was then that the one in the costume asked him three questions, none of them seeming to be his name. He didn’t seem to have any common courtesy for the man to even ask his name.

Onto the information he was giving them, they were already aware of what Superman was doing and he seemed to know more about Firefly which the man made completely of metal had told them quite a bit about after getting information on him. “Tell us everything you know of Firefly. But first, it’s only common courtesy that you tell us your name so we can refer to you as your name and not any offensive nicknames or even the wrong name.”

Tess

Tess
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Aside from their current problem which were the guys in masks, the wolf boy managed to finally free the only one of them who actually chose to drink the tea. Thankfully they were doing such a good job at getting the masks off that every minute only one or two showed up, making them much easier to deal with. Adding to that, a bullet hit the clock and for a moment they were all back in the tea room, the Mad Hatter standing there but he didn’t seem to notice they were back to reality.

A genius didn’t need to tell her and everyone else that acting like they were still at the falling clock to get the jump on him was a very good idea.

Well they would’ve stayed unnoticed had the ghost girl not talked directly to him, telling him to let them go followed by a woman with… cat ears? This was definitely getting stranger by the second. And with more talking directly to the Mad Hatter, the element of surprise went out the window. They didn’t have to deal with him for long as he confused the woman with cat ears for Alice and then punched the guy in the face, Hatter trying to run away like a coward. Before she could fire a bullet next to Hatter, the wolf boy ran at him and punched him as well, causing her free hand to go up to her head to hold it in pain until it went away to reveal what seemed like the tea party with Hatter out cold.

Oh and the door was also visible now, thank god the door out of here was there again. “Let’s just hope the others got better off than we did.” Before she followed Joel, she turned her head to the ghost girl who was apologizing for throwing the tea cup earlier. “The way I see it, he was gonna snap anyway since only one of us went along and drank the tea. You don’t gotta apologize for anything, kid. Just be careful when to step in and when to let things run its course.”

With that, she turned to the door and walked towards it, going to open the door with her gun in hand ready in case anything was waiting for them outside it. She would’ve went to check on the guy laying on the ground that drank the tea but the kid in the green jacket had it covered.

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Ciri

Ciri
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What was inside the closet made her a bit curious, that being a man dressed in a suit and hat and had a cane in his hand but instead of an actual man, he seemed to have a very different kind of head, one that was able to shine light. How long he was in there and how he got in there were questions for another time, most definitely after they got out of the building and calmed him down seeing as he rushed towards the bald man ready to hit him on the head. While the man that she saw at the voodoo shop was interjecting first, she doubted that he’d stop because one person told him to stop.

Putting her sword away and running over, she grabbed the man’s hand but if his arm was already held back, she’d get in between the bald man, the man with the cane, and the one currently holding his arm. “Calm down! We’re not here to hurt you, we want to get you out of here.” She held up her hands to show him that she didn’t have a weapon in her hands, speaking in a calm, reassuring, and friendly tone. “Can you speak?” Honestly she wasn’t sure if he could, she didn’t see a mouth on his face but it was safer to ask than to assume that he could speak.

Tess

Tess
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While she helped the others get the masks off of their attackers, she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t confused by the guy in a blue jumpsuit’s words. Rayman? Really she didn’t have any time to question just about everything he said when they had masks to get rid of. Speaking of…

More and more seemed to be coming towards them, the ones being freed disappearing and it wasn’t helping that her head was getting more and more heavier. Luckily there were less than when they were first getting attacked so it had to be letting up, right? “We’re almost there, keep going!” Taking out her pistol once more, she shot at the masked men’s kneecaps, aiming for one instead of both to get them to go down. Hopefully she’d get them to go down long enough to go and pull off their masks after she shot at their kneecaps.

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Ciri

Ciri
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Now that she got a better look at the man that crashed through the ceiling — no not the one that was on the back of that wyrm, the other man — he did seem familiar. Her mind recalled back to the voodoo shop where she remembered seeing him there, aligned with the Shareholders. So far, he hadn’t noticed her yet and even if she did, she hoped that he wasn’t the same man she saw back then. As for the hooded man, she listened to the information he was able to obtain, it being a bit eyebrow raising. “If this Firefly was behind this attack, then why did we all see Superman in front of this building? I doubt Luthor’s telling us everything if he was here for the reason I’m thinking of. But I’d rather save this talk for when we aren’t in a building that could collapse on us at any moment and when everyone’s here.” She turned to follow the man before the man that came in on the wyrm ran past and tried to attack the man with a blade.

This was most likely a misunderstanding, common since he showed up after they were done dealing with the masked men. Honestly it wasn’t really his fault he was summoned here so late since she didn’t see him in the cage when she had looked around at everyone in there.

Before she could step in, it seemed that the hooded man defused it calmly, explaining the situation to the newcomer rather well. While he seemed to understand the explanation, he was more or less convinced that in some way they could be saved, repent and all that. “Again, I’d rather have any and all discussions when we aren’t in this building so can we-?” Ciri was then interrupted by the sounds of hearing coming from a nearby closet, adding yet another thing to the list of things they had to deal with. She stepped closer to it with a tight grip on her sword as she saw Penny, the man from the voodoo shop, and the bald man follow as well, standing on the left side.

Yeah, introductions were very much in order after they dealt with whatever was in the closet and got out of the building. It made it easier to call out to people as well as refer to them if they knew each other’s names.

When the door opened thanks to webs shot out not by the one in the costume but by someone completely different, she readied herself for what was inside.

Tess

Tess
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Continuing to shoot their kneecaps as the men kept coming for her, she began to feel her head getting heavy. “Whatever you’re doing, hurry!” Having taken a glance at the one that was the source of their brainwashed group member’s attack to say that, she went back to shooting, ignoring the Mad Hatter’s declaration that they were all his. While it was clear that he needed to get some friends, he was most likely too insane to actually have any.

Turns out bullets weren’t the only way to stop these guys as when the masks were removed, the men underneath stopped fighting and to add to it, once they were removed her head began to feel fine. Putting away her pistol, she began to help with removing the masks since that was their best bet at getting rid of the head pain and stopping the attacks.

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Ciri
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With Penny checking the hostages to see if they were okay before getting them out, she focused on interrogating the man who was clearly terrified from the noises he was making alone but despite his fear, he was refusing to talk. “I don’t think you should be in any position to deny us any information, especially on the other end of a sword.” Before she spoke any further, she looked up and saw a man made entirely out of metal finally shortly followed by the girl in the red hood she saw back in the cage arrive at the scene and in response to the man’s question, she shook her head. “No but he’s most likely nearby if where we saw him fly off to was any indication.”

His stance on their approach to getting the man to talk followed by the hooded man sharing that same stance got her to release her foot and move her sword away from the masked man. “Alright, I’ll let you two take care of getting him to talk.” Stepping away, she went over to the windows to glance out them, checking to see if Superman or possibly any more men were outside before her eyes caught something that was flying though it certainly wasn’t Superman. No, this looked like a wyrm of some sort and seemed to be carrying someone and seemed it was coming their way. As it let out a roar, one that if the others didn’t hear, she’d very much question their hearing, she saw it rose up to the top before…

Oh fuck…

“Everyone, move!” Running to the door she had gone through, she Blinked through it and hugged the wall directly next to the door, hearing a crash and peaked in once the noise died down. Ciri walked back into the room, seeing debris all around with the masked man passed out and the costumed individual trying to wake him up, followed by someone crashing through the ceiling which didn’t help there being a lot of rubble. “We should get him out of here, the building’s not in good shape and interrogating him isn’t going to be easy when we’re all buried under rubble.” Seeing others get up thanks to the shockwave the bald man shot out and the newcomer that was the one on the wyrm’s back, taking a second glance to see if who she was seeing was a woman or a man, she saw the bald man walk over to one of the dead men and starting to do something in which she nodded and stood at the ready in case an attack or something else were to happen.

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Tess
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Whoever this Joker was that the kid in the green jacket was referring to, they weren’t dealing with him that was for sure. Eventually they reached a door, Tess giving Joel a nod before he opened the door to reveal a room in darkness, which was not a red flag at [i]all[/]. Luckily both her and Joel had flashlights once the doors shut, trapping them inside, Joel being the first to turn his flashlight on to reveal what looked to be tablecloth.

Wait, tablecloth?

Before she could turn her flashlight on, the lights came on which made her shield her eyes with her wrist which she put down once her vision adjusted to be met with… well it wasn’t friendly, that was for sure. It looked like a normal tea party if a normal tea party had guys on each side of the table with bunny masks on with a guy at the far end with what looked kind of like a big top hat. If this was somehow the afterlife, which was doubtful, she was pretty sure they were in hell or at least a really weird part of heaven.

Yeah it was most likely hell with the creepy rabbits. The guy spoke up, the voice matching the one they had been hearing, speaking about a frabjous day which if she wasn’t mistaken from her time in school from before the outbreak when she read a few pages of it (okay well she was most likely forced to, she didn’t make much sense of anything from that book), it kind of sounded something out of Alice in Wonderland. Someone must really have an obsession with that book if this was who she thought this was considering the book and the tea party and the rabbits.

When he told them to sit down, there really wasn’t much they could do since they were walking into unknown territory. “Not like we got a choice.” She glanced at the fox boy and followed Joel, sitting down in the seat next to him, holstering her pistol for the time being but keeping her hand hovering over it slightly. At the mention of a special recipe being used, she glanced at the cup in front of her and then back at the man. ”Special recipe” was never a good sign, whether it was eating someone’s cooking in an outbreak or really a good sign at all and taking a glance at Joel, while it was a stupid idea to drink tea from some psycho, they really had no choice. “Listen, I don’t think we’re in a good position to be-“ The sound of something breaking caused her to be interrupted, making her sigh a bit.

…yeah he was probably going to have a freak out considering the little ghost girl made the tea cup Joel was holding fly out of his hands and into the wall, breaking it. That combined with the kid in the green jacket pouring his out was enough to make the guy jump up onto the table but he didn’t seem angry. Saved her from drinking the tea or eating anything at least so she had to thank them for that. Noticing the guys in rabbit masks looking at all of them made her hand grab the gun and at the first sight of them getting up, she would be ready to pull out her pistol and open fire.

The man’s full appearance became clear and it seemed he was very much in love with Alice in Wonderland because he looked pretty much how the Mad Hatter did. Before she could say or do anything, everything went dark for a few seconds before waking up where everyone else woke up: on the giant stopwatch. Trying to stand still which considering the fact that it was falling fast seemed kind of hard, she looked around to see the men that were sitting around the table appear which prompted her to take out her pistol. “Shit, Joel, everyone! Be careful!”

Her telling everyone to be careful would be especially be true seeing as the only one in their group that drank the tea began to go after the wolf boy.

When one of them came towards her, she did her best to aim at both of his kneecaps and shot at them, knowing that if she could at least take out their kneecaps, they wouldn’t be much of a problem.
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Ciri
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Obviously with Penny talking to the masked men, it alerted them to her presence which wasn’t good for the hostages. Especially those that would be taken and used as shields but once her eyes caught sight of them aiming at Penny and their fingers on the triggers about to pull them, it was her cue. Blinking out of cover, she sliced the man’s hands off first and turned her attention to the other masked man holding a hostage, slicing his hands off as well after using another Blink. This freed the two being held but now they were focused on firing at her which she Blinked right behind a different set of cover away from the hostages as to not put them in danger as well as give her some cover.

It was then that others started to join in, the man in the costume that was spider themed was the first to join the fight which drew some of the men’s attention away from her. Peeking out of the cover to plan who’ll get her next use of Blink and also be relieved of their hands, purple light came from nearby and then a man dressed like some sort of soldier or a wanderer walked out of it. Good thing that there would be one less masked man to take care of thanks to the new arrival considering the hole in the man’s chest.

Another would join in, this time another man in armor opening fire and setting fire to the masked men before she spotted electricity being shot out at the men, her head turning to see one more man, a bald one at that. Judging by that electrical bolt, he had electricity powers and seeing as how he was drained, he needed his energy back. If he used electricity to fight, did he need to make contact with electricity? Maybe but right now, they needed to deal with getting the hostages out and to have a talk with the masked men.

Ciri turned her head to look at Penny. “Get the hostages out for us since you’re faster, and quick.” Walking over to one of the restrained men, she put a foot on his chest and pointed her sword at his neck, the tip touching under his chin. “I’d suggest you answer their questions if your friends don’t wish to cooperate. Unless you wish to earn a few scars?”

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Ciri

Ciri
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So he knew that girl from when he, Kass, Aloy, and the others went to Blood Gulch, made sense that the two would recognize each other. But putting that aside for the time being, seems like they’d be going on different teams, Corvo choosing tactical. “Yeah. I’ve never been good at staying silent, there have been many times fights have broken out due to my attempt at being silent had failed. Be careful, alright?”

As for Bayonetta, her words told her that she didn’t recognize her but the look on her face and the tone in her voice said something else. Either she might’ve forgotten, she was from before the two of them met, or it was something else but until she could figure out what it was, it was best she wouldn’t bring up anything from the past. “You… could say that. I heard you were going on the strike team? If so, it’s best we’d get to know each other’s names. I’m Ciri.”

Luthor’s answer to the question regarding Superman’s answer intrigued her but before she could ask if it was possible to get it, it seemed they ran out of it a while ago. So for now, they could only wait till everyone else had gone into their teams and then go on from there. All of this, the group and their situation of being trapped in another universe was very much reminding her of the last time people travelled out of their universe.

And if it didn’t get any more nostalgic for her, something went wrong: a building had exploded.

Stumbling a bit before catching herself quickly, she looked out the window to see half of a building remained and a person at the front of it matching the description of their target, her eyes widening upon seeing him. “Shit…” Once her eyes caught sight of the man, she turned and ran out the door, making her way down and out of the building.

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Reaching the building, she watched as the man from earlier that punched Luthor in the face run right into the building followed by others going both into and up the building. Normally one with just a sword would be restricted to the bottom floor but luckily she wasn’t just some woman with a sword, she had her ways.

Making her way into the building, she headed towards a door that she could see that had a sign for stairs while also pointing any civilians she came across towards the entrance. Once Ciri reached the door and made her way inside, she found the stairs were blocked by some rubble which was slightly disappointing. “Just my luck… if only Geralt was here with Aard.”

The keyword was slightly as there was one way she could get through it: a simple Blink. Green energy surrounded her as she went through the rubble, going right through it and ending up on the other side of the rubble. She would continue to do this over and over whenever she’d come across rubble until she reached the top where her hand would go up to her sword and take it out, ready in case she and anyone else up at the top were attacked by Superman.

Of course once she got up to the top and reached the door leading into the room, she took a glance to see if she could see anything and her eyes caught sight of the civilians crouching down but they weren’t the only people in the room. No, there were others with masks and guns, likely taking the opportunity to rob them or take hostages for whatever reason. Before she could run in there and take them on herself, that Penny girl flew into the room and freed the hostages, getting them out.

But if she was focusing on the hostages, the men in masks would definitely attempt to start shooting at them. Opening the door with her free hand, she Blinked over to nearby cover, crouching behind it.

If any of the men raised their guns and started to pull the trigger, she’d Blink in and cut off both of their hands, making sure they’d at least be alive for the authorities to handle and unable to open fire.

Tess

Tess
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Sounds like the guy had a weakness but just their luck, they ran out of it a while ago. If there was only one weakness and both her and Joel as well as anyone that only used guns fought him? Yeah they were pretty much screwed.

Before anyone else could say or do anything, the foundation shook, catching Tess off guard as she stumbled. Luckily she caught herself — barely though as she almost fell over. Her head snapped towards the window to see something that made her eyes widened: an entire top half of a nearby building was just… gone. In front of it?

Superman.

Thankfully he didn’t look this way but there’d be others that weren’t so lucky when he got to the other side of the building. None of them could afford to stay there so she followed everyone else out the room and then out of the building.

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Tess reached the building and before she could say or do anything, Joel ran in first which only caused her to sigh and take out her gun as well. Following her partner into the building very shortly afterwards, she kept a tight grip on her pistol. “We need to start getting anyone trapped under anything out first, Joel!”

She looked around the room for anyone trapped, finding one woman trapped before Joel and two others had it covered before she started checking any rooms, covering her mouth and nose with her other arm as she coughed from the smoke. Finding no one else, she followed Joel and those on the ground floor deeper into the building. Of course as they kept walking, she’d peek into any rooms they were passing by before…

They reached a hallway that went on forever. More importantly: an undamaged hallway.

A voice sounded out, insane laughter coming from it, before it started speaking, Tess readying her gun in case she needed to aim and fire. “I don’t like this one bit. Looks like Superman ain’t the only one we need to worry about here. Keep an eye out.”

Now Tess wasn’t one to get scared, living in essentially hell for the past twenty years would do that to you. Well that and dying after getting bit, becoming infected, but there was something about the voice that really wasn’t sitting well with her. For the time being, they needed to find a way out of here and without there being any smoke, she removed her arm from her nose and mouth and followed Joel and the others.

Tess looked at both the doors they were passing as well as keeping an eye on anywhere that would let someone get the drop on them.

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With Joel free and at her side, she became slightly less tense. Yeah her friend and partner were safe now but the fact that someone in the group was willing to restrain one of their own without hesitation, Luthor showing pretty much no emotion when he made Sarah disappear which didn’t sit well with her, and the armed guards around the room was enough to make her still tense. “When aren’t we ready for one?”

Now that he was free, they had to decide on a team to go on. Strike was clearly out, that group was very much full and they weren’t mainly fighters so the only two options they had were tactical and information. Information definitely needed some members and they weren’t strangers at attempting to get information but if they wanted to do things like they did back home, tactical sounded like a good idea.

After thinking on it, she came to an answer. “We’ll be going with the tactical group.”

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Ciri

Ciri
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Before she got any sort of comment from Corvo, she looked in the direction she felt as if someone was looking at the two to see a girl in red hugging Falcon, looking at the two of them like she was trying to remember something. The girl looked vaguely familiar, reminding her of Ruby with the red hood. It was the only connection she could make but aside from the hood, this didn’t look anything like Ruby.

The look on her fact as she looked at the both of them made her wonder: did she even know this girl? Corvo maybe, he was on multiverse saving duty before her, but Ciri? She wasn’t sure, she did meet a lot of people after all. “Corvo, do you know that girl?” There was a chance but even if there wasn’t, there wasn’t any harm in asking.

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Their time catching up and talking was cut short by the woman coming back in a different outfit, opening the cage and leading them to the elevator. “That’s our cue, Corvo.” Following everyone, it reached its destination: an office with this Luthor man sitting at the desk in the room. There was a part of her that was a bit wary of him, this was the multiverse after all.

Anyone was capable of backstabbing or anything shady in general when you’re able to meet anyone from any universe.

And it seems he was a businessman, a powerful one at that since he had a whole corporation with his name in it. Someone with that much power and influence was dangerous, especially if they were able to pull people from different worlds and universes. He required their aid which both her and Corvo were expecting at this point. “ I figured that was why you summoned us all here. A bounty you say? What’s the reward if we complete it?”

Of course, he used the “help me or you won’t go home” card to get people to cooperate. But onto the briefing, he explained where exactly they were and the bounty they needed to complete was clear to her: take down the former alien protector, Superman, who had gone rogue. It would’ve seemed simple had it not been for the fact that he gave them no details on his strengths and weaknesses, what he was capable of.

Her mouth opened to ask a question before a man, the same one he saw hugging the little girl earlier, walked up and punched Luthor in the face. It was a scene she was going to watch but if need be, she’d step in and luckily for her, she didn’t thanks to a man in a spider costume restraining him. Once Luthor stood up and asked for questions, she spoke up. “I have a few pertaining to this man we’re suppose to go after. What are his weaknesses, his strengths, his combat capabilities, his powers aside from what we’ve seen in that video? If we’re to take him down for you, we have to know these things.”

There was something wrong here, the girl in red asking questions she was asking herself. He was the protector of this place yet here he was, destroying everything, killing people. There had to be a reason as to why he was doing this but she doubt they’d get a chance to ask that question as once the young girl was taken away in a cloud of smoke, all hell broke loose.

The look on his face… it seemed like he showed no emotion from taking someone’s daughter away, it angered her with how he was showing no emotion at what he just did but she held herself back before she would end up joining those yelling at pointing weapons at the man. She understood the father’s anger, if someone took away Geralt like that, it’d anger her.

If she was in the girl’s position, there was no doubt that Geralt would feel the same way as the man, even more so if Yennefer was here. In the girl’s place appeared another one, this one looking older but with a very different clothing style compared to the other girl’s outfit. Another sound began to make itself known, one that caught her attention.

Click.

Click.

Click.

The Witcheress’ head turned towards the source and her eyes widened upon seeing who was responsible for the sounds of heels clicking, that being Bayonetta. They had talked maybe once or twice back then but the witch was someone she couldn’t forget considering she was the only person she was familiar with that had weapons attached to her shoes. “Bayonetta? You’re here too?”

Good, there was another person that she knew that was drawn here, another one she liked too.

With the commotion with the girl over thanks to Luthor showing a video that showed her whereabouts and an explanation not only on what he was invulnerable against but on the watches she had just noticed, she sighed. “It’s not like I’ve got anything better to do here. I’ll help.” It was then three teams were brought up: Information, Tactical, and Strike and one team sounded better than the rest for her. “I’m going with the Strike team. I’m better at fighting than at what the other two teams would ask of me to do. What about you, Corvo?” Her head turned towards Corvo, noticing he was quiet this entire time but considering he had his own daughter, what had just happened would've made him go quiet.

“Which team are you volunteering for?”

Tess

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Looks like she was right, All Might came from a different version of her world. But aside from the infection not being present from where he was from, just how different were their worlds? The only thing different was the mention of some sort of Hero Commission, not existing in her, Joel, and Sarah’s world, not having heard of it before or during the apocalypse. “Hero Commission?”

When he described the buzzing he felt, she remembered when she was laying on the ground, fading out of consciousness. The buzzing she felt then… it was how he described it. If the both of them felt it, there was a chance the others felt it too. His description about how they were in one place one minute and the next they woke up here also matched her experience.

Now what they needed to figure out since those pieces lined up was what purpose they had for them. “I’m guessing this Luthor guy that woman mentioned might have the answers. The way she talked about him, it sounded like she was working for him so he’s gotta be the one that sent us here.” All Might’s comment towards Sarah made her look at her and nod in agreement. “He’s right kid, stick by your dad and we’ll get through this just fine.”

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And just like that, the woman came back.

A costume change wasn’t the only news as she opened the cage, saying that her employer would like to meet them. Guess it was time to meet the guy that most likely brought them there, at least that’s what Tess’ mind was thinking. “Lead the way, Joel.” The woman followed Joel and Sarah, reaching an elevator that they all went into. There weren't any worries about the elevator dropping or breaking down, she very much doubted that considering everything was fine like before the infection turned the whole world upside down.

Still… an elevator that actually worked and with no worries that it’d break. Probably the best part about being pulled from death and ending up… wherever the hell they were.

When they reached their destination, she looked around the office as they all stepped out of the elevator, seeing the man the woman talked about at the desk. “Pretty fancy place you got here.” Even if they weren’t back in the apocalypse where sometimes the people were more dangerous, she was still wary of others and this man was no different. Yeah he was the reason she was alive now but he had to have a reason why he’d take away her ability to finally know peace.

Maybe it had to do with the fact that he was a businessman considering he introduced himself as Lex Luthor and the place they were in was called LexCorp according to him. He needed their help, specifically something similar to a bounty he said. Her and Joel, they didn’t do that kinda work, they were smugglers, not bounty hunters.

Of course it could also be the fact that there were armed guards in the room but she was used to seeing those, seeing people on the other end of them. Hell she was used to being on the other end of their rifles…

Onto why he called them there, he used technology but it was nothing like what she had seen before the outbreak. They would’ve gotten close to having those if life went on as normal. He began to explain they were in a city, one he helped create, and from the looks of the city it looked like where all the rich people lived. Metropolis definitely didn’t look like her kind of place to live so she didn’t have any more thoughts on it.

Her eyes widened when he explained that it’s protector was an alien going by the title “Superman” followed by what they showed him doing next. The guy was suppose to be some sort of protector, right?

So what the hell made him start destroying buildings and killing civilians? “Oh fuck…”

Her shock didn’t last as Joel pulled her out of it, making his way to Luthor and punching him in the face, causing the guards to raise their guns at him “Joel!” Running over to the man, she reached out to touch his shoulder but then spider webs hit his hand and looking in the direction they came from led to the source: some guy in a spider costume. Instinctively her hand flew to her pistol which was in her holster. “Let him go.”

Her head turned back to Luthor. “Yeah, I do: what makes you think me and my friend and his daughter can do anything about that guy? I doubt regular bullets can hurt him and in case you haven’t noticed, she’s a kid.” That last part, she glanced towards Sarah before looking back at him, noticing his hand go to a button as his focus was on two other people and hearing Joel call out Sarah;s name, her hand pulled out her gun and aimed it at Luthor. “What the hell did you do to her?! Where is she?!”

Joel just just her back thanks to him and now he’d take her away? All with no emotions on his face. His answer, while it was what he probably wanted Joel to hear, didn’t sit well with her. “Bullshit. I’m not believing you until you show us where she is.” And in Sarah’s place she heard a different voice which made her look to see some girl in odd clothes where Sarah once was.

If whatever he did was some sort of magic trick, this was one fucked up magic show from what she was seeing.

Her eyes went to All Might who went from someone with pretty much no muscle and looking sickly to… well, completely fine with the added bonus of muscles. Of course a few other people joined in and then her along those asking where Sarah was were given an answer with an image of where she was, it being enough to make her lower her gun and put it away. From the looks of it, she was fine and without the threat of infected in this world. she’d stay fine.

Back to why they were here in the first place, normal bullets weren’t going to hurt Superman according to him which considering he was an alien, she figured. “So what? Do we need special bullets for him?” As for the watches she had just noticed were on her wrist, he explained that they could switch locations with anyone that had the watches that weren’t in their group, implying there were others here torn from their world.

If she and Joel ever needed an out, that sounded like their best bet. Seeing as how she died back home and not to mention it was hell back there, she had her doubts about going back. But if she denied his offer, a virus wouldn’t be the ones killing people here: someone she refused to help stop would.

There was only one choice, even if she had to... even if she had to go back to her world and finally die. “...I’ll do it. I’ll help. But first, let my friend go so me and him can talk, spider boy.”

If she was going to join any of the teams that were suggested to them, she’d rather have Joel’s input first. Besides, they were partners and they worked better together so it only made sense they’d go to the same team together after getting on the same page.