Razor Riddler

Whoever the Razor Riddler was, he was quite the wanted man as not only heroes were looking for him but villains alike begging the question of just what kind of man he was.

This was the least of everyone's problems because if Percepta wanted him dead then this man must have stepped on some very powerful toes yet he remained untouched for so long.

The full moon manifested itself, and Michael remained outside alone basking in its glory.

He didn't understand one thing and that was why James hated the heroes so badly.

He clearly didn't live a life as desolate as his so what was his driving force?

It couldn't simply be because of money and Michael also noticed that more superhero groups were forming after the bill passed its second hearing.

Percepta didn't like this because all in all, they were still an organization run by humans so they also looked at the possible best interest of humans but Ethan was more important.

Ethan had opened the gates to a path no one wanted, the humans quickly lost their jobs at an astounding rate as superhumans did the same job with the same pay grade except they didn't share the same limitations as humans.

Police officers suffered the same fate as some parts of the country had scrapped it altogether and relied on heroes instead. The monopolization of government-held jobs began, and there was no stopping this epidemic but the Four Kings didn't like this development because they knew it would interfere with their business.

Michael knew he couldn't trust James, there was no way he could control or even process whatever power that Apex had, he knew his body would most likely tear itself apart trying to adapt to it but there was one power that Michael craved and that was the power of fear.

Michael knew he could move as he pleased, he was no longer confined which meant he could go to the streets right now and slaughter as he pleased.

But he had only one target, X Factor and he knew exactly where he resided but there was another power he craved more than anything else and that was the power of Tee.

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"Fred! Snap out of it!" Damon slapped the face of his comrade. Every power had a weakness and Damon thought that taking Fred out of range would break his control over him and this seemed to do the trick.

"Damon? When did you get here? Where am I?" Fred questioned and Damon heaved a loud sigh of relief because it looked like Fred was back to himself.

Fred didn't recall anything, not even when Damon came to save him.

"It is over Fred," Damon said, he was relieved but he had exerted himself and could not teleport long distances again, at least for now so now they had to lay low until he recharged but he wondered if they would go for Edward.

Damon could never have guessed that Thanatos was involved, what was he even doing in America?

"Edward!" Damon blurted out, if he was targeted once there was no reason he wouldn't be targeted again.

-

Edward was in a semi-conscious state, his sense had been dulled so the pain would be felt less.

He was hooked up to tubes, the damage he incurred suddenly worsened and he had no idea why.

Edward heard the doctors rushing in and the nurses looked panicked, he knew it was serious and his body was proof of that but then came silence.

He was stable yet there was a standby nurse just in case something happened to him.

Edward was having flashbacks of his life and how loving his mother was, briefly, he saw his father's face and that was when he began to have a seizure.

Edward began convulsing with the nurse on standby springing into action, turning him to his sides as she checked for what might be wrong but there was nothing wrong.

Edward could hear her reassuring him that everything would be alright but that voice soon stopped as a distinctive cane was heard hitting the ground.

Edward tried to open his eyes but they felt heavy, all he could see was a man in a suit but the nurse was nowhere to be found.

Edward managed to open his eyes even further and what he saw was an older man with a menacing look on his face. He looked frail yet powerful, Edward found that he couldn't even defend himself even if he wanted.

"W-Who are you?" Edward blurted out as the cane hitting the ground got closer to his bed.

"You have been searching for me yet do not even know my face?" The man had a very deep voice that sounded both threatening and authoritative.

"I-It can't be…" Edward made the connection the moment he said this, this man before him was…

"You're the Razor Riddler!" Edward whispered weakly.

The man didn't deny or confirm this but Edward knew it was him, there was no doubt about it.

He risked exposure by coming here, he could have easily sent one of his goons to do whatever he had in mind. Edward managed to see that two people were guiding the door as well.

-

"Percepta is acting rather strange, have you heard?" Chloe muttered as she stuffed her face with food.

She was talking to another member of The Chosen 5.

"Chloe, you know it doesn't suit you when you try to think…" The man she was talking to fired back.

He was the one known simply as The Righteous Executioner because he had a reputation for killing those that he came into contact with.

"While I would like to wrap my lips around your dick and show you how good my 'brain' is, I wouldn't want to die, R.E.," She fired back at the man who was covered from head to toe like an Egyptian mummy.

"Hehehe! But you're right about Percepta, something has its feathers in a ruffle…" R.E. responded to Chloe.

The last time that Percepta was this unnerved was when the USB drive came into existence but something told them that this was bigger than it.

Much bigger than it as a thought floated in R.E's mind.

"They are trying to revive him..."