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Tweak says, "No carbs after seven."

Laurel Lance (i_crylikeabird) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2013-01-13 16:00:00

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dinah lance, edward nigma, zz:status complete

A little less conversation... (Riddler)
Fred's building was on fire. The office, the apartment... Dinah was trying her best not to think about that. She and Dean had been on their way to the warehouse when they'd heard the call over the police scanner. Dinah knew that she couldn't just call this investigation off. Not with what was at stake for the City. She could, however, handle this part alone while Dean went to make sure that Fred was okay. She was worried that her friend wasn't answering her cell or her comm. She was worried that she might have lost yet another person that was important to her.

But she had a job to do. Whatever was going on personally, she couldn't let the people of this City down. She trusted Dean to check things out and find Fred if he could.

Once they'd gone their separate ways, Dinah headed to Enigma's warehouse. She easily scaled the security fence around the warehouse and dropped down to a crouch outside the building. She was quiet as she listened and watched for any signs of security or a booby trap. With Joker and Crane involved, there was a good chance that there might be something dangerous here.

Dinah had the gas mask hanging around her neck, ready to be put on at the first sign of any fear toxin. She crept forward silently, keeping to the shadows and keeping an eye out for any sensors or security cameras.

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i_puzzle
2013-01-14 01:53 am UTC (link)

Edward hadn't bothered to set up any traps on the outside of the warehouse, considering that it moved as the City willed it to, and he was hardly there anymore. After the gunfight with Bruce, Eddie had been forced to re-locate to Arkham, not that he minded, but that meant he no longer used the warehouse as a base of operations, and was rarely there. Unless, of course, it was to blow off steam, which he had a lot of that he held inside of him until it was ready to burst. He was terrible at keeping things inside for too long, however, as things tended to be more dramatic with Eddie than they actually needed to be, but he couldn't help himself. He needed the production.

There were cameras littered around the outside of the premesis, but Enigma tended to keep more tabs on them than Eddie did, and Eddie was only concerned about one person showing up to the warehouse, and that person was Bruce. He secretly hoped that the scientist would be stupid enough to return to the scene where they had dueled it out, and if he was, Eddie would be ready for him. Eddie would kill him if he had the chance, without hesitation. If there was one person Eddie hated, it was Bruce, and the hate that dwelled in Eddie's tiny little heart for the Bat Man didn't even come close to the depth of the hate that Eddie had for Bruce.

So, Eddie had rigged the main floor of the warehouse so that anyone that stepped on the tiled floor would be severly shocked, hoping that Bruce would stumble in and be killed by the voltage that lurked on the seemingly innocent floor. Eddie knew full well that Bruce couldn't die, and although he hadn't met the Hulk, Eddie ignored the fact that the man harbored a monster and wished he could die like a normal person. That would make Eddie's year so much better.

Eddie stood tall atop a platform that was perched high above the floor, leaning against the gold cane that was his signature piece, fingers curled over the head of the question-mark that was the top of the cane, green eyes staring blankly at the floor below. Suspended almost at his level were two of Enigma's goons, the couple that thought they could outwit the evil genius, hanging by their wrists from ropes and a hook, both tied together with a chain. Eddie lifted his free hand, and pulled a lever, which began to lower the men towards the floor, ignoring their pleas and cries to be let go, that it would never happen again, and that they were sorry. All that did was bring a smirk to Eddie's lips, the first sign of life he'd shown outside of pulling the lever, as they descended slowly towards the floor.

In a matter of moments, the sizzle of the floor could be heard beneath the loud screams of the men that now had voltage soaring through their bodies as they had been lowered all the way to the floor. Eddie just watched, blank look having returned to his face, hand still on the lever that had lowered the men down. "Oh that's lovely." He breathed, the smell of cooking flesh reaching his nose, which caused him to laugh loudly. He moved the hand on the lever to a button on the panel, which turned off the electricity, leaving the men on the floor as they were, charred and now silent, sighing softly.

That was really a good way for him to release steam and stress, plus they deserved it for trying to double-cross him. There was always a penalty, or a price, and they had just paid it. Nobody messed with him. Nobody.

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i_crylikeabird
2013-01-14 02:26 am UTC (link)

Dinah heard the screams and she yanked open a door to the warehouse. Fortunately, she also felt the pulse of electricity and heard the sizzling as the two people on the floor were shocked to death.

She looked up and caught sight of the man in green on the upper platform. Enigma had asked her to try not to hurt her father, but that was going to be damn hard when she'd just witnessed him murdering two people in cold blood.

Her mind raced as she realized that she had most likely been spotted or would be soon. She opened her mouth to let forth a scream. With any luck, the pulsing from her scream would kill the electricity surging through the floor.

If that didn't work, she would have to find another way inside and to the upper platform.