69 - Sentinel

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

( 1 John 3 : 22 )

Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

( Mathew 7 : 7 )

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[Is he dead? No, his vitals are active]

Sentinal's bionic voice echoed in the dark alley, cutting the eerie silence. The man hung by the scruf of his dirty cheap sweater under the hands of the Sentinel. His cheap sweater made some tearing marks under his bodies strain, adding more to the worn-out sweater.

The Sentinel turned the hanging body, scanning the man's vitals. The man heart was beating weakly, nearly no fat, even malnourished, some poorly patched wounds that were on the verge of infection and some broken bones.

The sentinel sighed in relief as a gesture of its resume being not marked with a dead human.

"Put the man down," A growling voice came from the shadow.

The sentinels turned his head to the shadow. Its eyes were not hindered by darkness, revealing a figure clad in Darkness with a bat on his chest. The Sentinel immediately recognized the figure.

[Batman]

The Sentinel spoke.

The Batman just silently gazed as the Sentinel.

The two exchanged no more words, silently stareing at each other. The emotionless blue verse the Cowled. The Sentinel silently put the man in a force field to his back. A bubbled encased the man in fetal position and attached him to the sentinels back. His actions were as it was only normal and was not intimidated by Batman. He was a Sentinel, he is not scared of a man cosplaying bat and running around midnight.

The Sentinel turned with out a word and took to the sky.

Batman could clearly see the man being kept at the forcefield, like a stasis. He stood there as he watched the Sentinel vanish among the highrise building of Gotham.

["They seem to be doing a good job"] (Penny1)

Batman turned back into the shadow, "But not deep enough."

He vanished into the shadow.

...

The Sentinel carried the man to a nearby shelters they had established.

The sentinel landed on the pavement before the new shelter, scaring the people who were standing around.

The Shelter was a bit white building, newly painted and all. At the top was a Golden cross that signified the Shelter. The building was practically new, the remodeling team rebuild a new internal structure and expanded, taking the two building to the side of the shelter.

The bright white was like sore thumb among the dark and giddy structures of Gotham.

The Sentinel established the shelters shortly after arriving at Gotham. Commissioner Gordon have yet to find people who were willing to pair up with the Sentinel. The Sentinels used the abandoned homeless shelters in Gotham. These shelters were abandoned due to the gangs trying to use it for their work. The pressured staffs left and no new ones came, leaving the shelters with a lack of man power, prompting it to close.

But now the building were free and unoccupied, Zai decided to use it.

Sentinels need not worry about gangs, they would take care of the minor inconveniences. Zion had already take with the Mayor, and he would be resigning after compiling his mess. He also picked out some candidates who would fit the position better.

The front door slid open at the Sentinels approach, a small bot, white with black lines, that looked like R2b2 appeared from the inside. Sentinel removed the man from his back and handed him to the small robot. The Robot carried the man as if he weighted nothing and returned.

The bot would take care of the man and keep him fed. This whole shelter was run by these small bots since they lacked human man power.

The people would be taken care of and when they are top shape they will be found a job where they can sustain life. Zion didn't want people thinking that the shelter is a free food service. This Shelter is for people who are struggling and those with petty crimes. Here they could change their lives instead of going to prison.

The Gotham PD was already stressed enough. He didn't need to send more work their way, they can deal with the serious ones,

The Sentinel turned and walked away from the Shelter, taking a new patrol route to keep watch of the area. The people on the empty street scurried about, not wanting to be near the metal giant. The Sentinel cared not for that and kept walking.

He need to keep the streets clean.

..

.

"Is is gone?" A man waring a black ski hat asked, shivering due to the coldness of the night and nervousness.

The other wearing a similar hat with big brown jacket looked down at his phone, waiting for the signel.

"Are we really planning on attacking the shelter?" A third asked, wearing a similar out fit.

"This is nuts," A fourth shrieked in panic. "He killed criminals like ants and threatened the Big Head at their home ground. What do your think he is going to do if we attack his place?"

"Calm down," The second slapped the man on the back, "We are already committed. Black Mask would kill us if we backed out now."

The other nodded their head in agreement. Each of them had something owed to Black Mask and they were now paying it back. This was their assignment, to attack the Shelter as a retaliation against the New king's rule.

*Buzzzzzz*

The phone vibrated and the man looked at the message.

He looked at the other, "Get the gears."

The others moved and removed the lid of the craters, revealing a high-tech guns. This was the weapon Black Mask had given them for this assignment. The Guns looked really expensive, letting them know that this was a serious weapon.

"Ready?" He asked,

The rest who were silent walked from the darkness and took the weapons. About 22 were armed with the new weapons, ready to use it. They all nodded.

"Okay, we hit, break as much as we can and leave quickly as possible," The man noted, "If the plan doesn't go well, disperse."

THe men then rushed from the alley to the streets with the guns powered up. They formed a line across the street before they took aim at the shelter. The twenty or so blaster charging up lit the street, and the people who notice the gang, ran away immediately.

Gothamites have strong life saving instincts.

*pew pew pew pew* *pew pew pew pew*

The shots were fired, the power behind the blasters pushing the men off their feet, some even thrown back. The men watched expectantly as the blue ray collided with the Shelter. They waited for an impact, an explosion, for destruction.

Yet non of their expectations were met.

The Blue ray dispersed without causing any damage or effect. They just dissipated as if water on a furnaces, turned it to steam.

[ Aggression Detected ]

[ Neutralize ]

The men who took the shot were confused and shocked, looking at their weapons as if they were toys. The High tech gun did nothing, absolutely nothing. It couldn't even scratch the paint off the surface. With the realization that they were duped, and sacrificed, the men threw their weapons and dispersed.

Yet they could not take two steps before the retaliation shots were fired. All the men turned to cube and felt to the floor with a *click*. The blue glowing cubes and the thrown gun was the only evidence of the transgression, no damage or impact frames, just silent retaliation.

[ Task complete ]

[ Clean trash ]

The shelters doors slid open and a single sphere bot tolled out of the the door. The bot rolled straight until it was sitting on the middle road before it extended its telekinetic field and captured all the evidence and rolled back into the shelter.

The road was clean of any evidence and was back to normal.

Those who were hiding were shocked to see how fast the things were resolved. They couldn't believe that a gang attack had ended in a moment. Normally, this kind of threat would have taken hours before Batman came to solve it.

But there was not need for that now.

The information on the attackers were informed to the Sentinels and they immediately tracked down the subjects identity, where the weapons came from and where they met today. With all the cross reference they found the guy who gave them weapons, who he was, where he was and is now.

It took less than a 2 seconds to get all the information on the guy.

[ Name : Roman Sionis]

[ Identity : Black Mask ]

[ Crimes : Organized Crime, Murder and Torture, Kidnapping, Bank robbery, Arson, Human Trafficking, Assassination, Racketeering, Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Fraud, Terrorism, Bribery, Counterfeiting, Illegal Weapon sales. ]

[ Location : The Black Mask Club, East End ]

[ Sentence : Eliminate ]

[ Commencing protocol ]

[ . . . ]

[ Commencing Mission Year Zero ]

[ Punish all criminals ]

[ Sentence : Eliminate ]

[ Targets : Oswald Cobblepot (Penguin), Edward Nygma (Riddler), Harvey Dent (Two-face), Selina Kyle (Catwoman), Jervis Tetch (The Mat hatter), Harleen Quinzel (Harley Quinn), Hugo Strange, Victor Zasaz, Arnold Wesker (The Ventriloquist), Garfield Lynns (Firefly), Julian Day (Calendar Man), Lonnie Machin (Anarky), Dumfree and Deever Tweed (Tweedledee and Tweedledum), . . .

Flacone, Maroni. Viti, Galante, Bertinelli crime families. ]

All the targets were established and found.

The mission commenced earlier than intended due to Black Masks intervention of trying to check out the Shelters defense. The Sentinels were suppose to concentrate on establishing order before apprehending the criminals.

But well, they messed up.

Showing retaliation against a guy who thought them as noting but trash means a clean up.

The Sentinels all received their orders and began to move immediately, They were strong and advance enough to take on an army aline. They now only need to take out petty criminals with primitive weaponry and meatsacks fore army.

They were nothing but standing targets.

...

Batman swung through the dark skied of Gotham, his cape whistling though the air. He rolled on the roof to break his fall and sprinted across the roof before he jumped across the edge.

He was hunting, tracking, following his target. A sentinel. Gordon had informed him of the mission the Sentinels have received. He only got a notice due to him being the commissioner, just a note. Sentinels only got orders from Zion or Zai, no one else could command them. They were sentient soldiers with an undying loyalty.

With Gordon informing Batman, he immediately began to follow the sentinel closest to him. The Sentinel which was standing still and just observing began to move. The people who were near freaked out, but calmed when it moved away from them.

The Sentinel marched through the near empty street, its slightly smaller body shifting as the nanobot rearranged itself for combat. Its framed thinned, allowing for mobility. Its hands shifted a bit, the weapons under loading up.

This was an elimination.

The Sentinel then turned to the ally, its colors darker to blend with the night. the blue eyes turned dark. The Sentinel climbed the stares silently, its heavy metallic body almost weightless. Its body twisted and turned like a perfect barley dancer, its limbs following a smooth motion.

Batman recognized the building, his hands moved quicker as he shot his grappling hook to the top. He jumped off the roof, the grapple pulling his body faster. He latched on to the fire exit, climbing it faster, parkour though it to reach the destination.

The sentinel already arrived at the targets location,

The target was wearing a messy t-shirt, and was in her underwear. She was slouching like a cat, drinking warm milk.

Her head turned and looked to her window, her senses tingling of dang. Her eyes widened as a shock plastered to her face. The dark figure looking though the window, standing so tall that it was bend inhumanly to gaze at her.

No words were spoken.

The hunter was here to catch the prey and the twisty little cat won't be escaping.