CH8
Lex Luthor groaned as he opened his eyes pausing and starting to flex his arms and find some weakness in the rope which bound him. He was bound tightly to a chair. He soon looked up and began peering into the darkness that surrounded him as he shouted, "Hello? Do you know who I am! I can pay double whoever put you up to this job."
Finally, laughter echoed from the darkness as a silver mask entered his view. The faint light in the room shone off the perfectly cleaned mask as Mr. Villain emerged. With a snap of his glowing gauntlet, the lights in the facility turned on. Burning bright lights that Lex Luthor squeezes his eyes shut from.
"Oh. . .It's you. Please, do not tell me you're here to pour more drinks onto my suits you clown," The giggling from Mr. Villain stopped as he turned his back on Lex-Luthor. The man striding up towards the workshop scattered in the back of the room bringing Lex's attention to the purple glowing machine sitting in the corner of the room.
"Pray to your God Lex Luthor for I have enlisted you as my Sidekick today in my most vile plot to date! Say hello to the Education-Inator," Lex paused at this. He squinted faintly recalling what few investments he had in the education field as Mr. Villain grabbed a metal helmet with various wires hooked up to it.
Mr. Villain strode up to Lex-Luthor and placed the helmet upon his helmet. Luthor winces at the cold metal against his bald head as Mr. Villain shrugs, "Sorry evil doesn't do warm helmets. . .When I was a boy I sat in class. Everyday class was boring but I told myself that education was vital to prove that I was the most EVILEST VILLAIN ever."
"A noble idea but I don't see what this has to do with reading my mind or an advanced neural array," Lex hisses out. Tense and uncertain that this idiot's creations would work, and odds are would harm him when they malfunctioned. Mr. Villain headed towards the machine and begins to type in the panel.
"SILENCE! So, I was in class and realized that the math books were smudged and broken with weird phallic objects drawn in them! That, and the class was so broke that we couldn't even afford windows which let the Eagles try to kidnap some of the kids. . .That aside I began to brew a plot. A plot to destabilize the American fiat currency by making everyone understand Math better," Lex Luthor blinks and seems lost at those mental gymnastics.
"And how does this connect with this machine and you scanning my mind exactly? You seriously expect me to believe you intend to destabilize the US economy by improving the nation's understanding of Math," The Machine hisses and begins to glow. The air hums with immense power as the machine pulsates.
"Yes! I was originally considering being eviler and bringing back the gold standard but that plots brewing for a rainy day. Today, I will be using your immense knowledge to formulate the ultimate book! Well, mostly high school math education books. . .AND THEN MATERIALIZING ENOUGH IN THE GYMS OF EVERY SCHOOL NATIONWIDE! THUS SAVING THE SCHOOL ON FUNDING, BOOKS, AND GIVING THE US CITIZENS A BETTER MATH EDUCATION," Lex Luthor is still lost blinking at that. His mind quickly did the math for the energy alone that was required to materialize a single book, much less millions.
He prepared to mutter impossible before the Machines panels began to rise. His eyes narrowed as he stared directly towards a functioning pair of Zero-Point Generators. His mouth went dry as Superman burst through the wall before pausing as he says, "Lex what are you up to- Oh. . .This is a Mr. Villain thing isn't it?"
Mr. Villain nodded before pausing and pointing at Superman, "Superman! You're just in time! Also, for your own sake so I can torture you in the future stay away from the power relays on the top of this warehouse. I'm not certain what happens to a Kryptonian when you stuff them full of juice. Their connection links to the Mega-PP generator." Superman snorts and Lex Luthor squints.
The air began to grow hot as Lex asks, "Is Zero-Point radiation far to spread out to utilize, or is it truly in space all around! That sort of invention could drop power prices around the world down to nothing and make you billions."
Mr. Villain blinks before raising a gauntlet to Superman. From it some rope being shot forward and wrapping around the man of steel who looks down amused by the bit and mutters, "Oh no I'm trapped."
"But Lex my sidekick! I could power the world through PP energy- Purple Power as I call it due to the color of the radiation! But, that would displace hundreds of thousands of jobs and destroy multiple world powers' economies! I promised, the Eagle that tried to eat me after school that I'd never do that if he let me go," Lex Luthor blinks at such stupid reasoning and begins to growl in frustration.
Finally, the room goes pure white as the machine turns on. Even Superman paused at the sheer energy which swirls above the building and grew brighter and brighter before vanishing. Lex opens his eyes, blinking away the dark spots as Superman takes in the sight of dozens of textbooks laying around the room.
His eyes quickly pierce past the pages reading every word in the book in seconds before glancing to the now melted Machine. Mr. Villain stood arms crossed and laughed loudly, "NOW WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS EVERYONE WILL BE EXPERTS IN THE STOCK MARKET AND CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING FIAT CURRENCY AND HOW LABOR IS GOLD!"
"Now. . .In the meantime, I'm going to begin preparing my next evil plot! Probably something to do with that new Young Justice group. . .Or maybe the Teen titans need a visit instead? Eh either way Abra ka- LEAN," Lex screams out as Mr. Villain begins to spray him with Lean before vanishing in a flash of white light.
Superman breaks his bonds and floats down chuckling softly as Lex hisses, "If that idiot ever used his knowledge to make money I'd actually have some competition! Now break me out of these binds! This is the sixth suit this month that I've had to replace!"