Chapter 215: The Dangers Within Heroics Part 1

It was early morning somewhere in the Atlantic. There, Arias's yacht still sailed the waters slowly in an certain pattern, never straying too far from land.

Inside, he within a sort of lounge at the lower cabins of the ship. Having spent most of the night lost in thought, he hadn't even bothered to sleep.

And with him was Cheshire who rarely stayed away for long and was always near.

Alongside these two was also Ivy, who sat by an area where her body could be bathed by in that early morning light.

"What are you planning now? Otherwise you wouldn't be down here." Ivy was quick to assume that some was being planned since Arias rarely spent time with others these days.

The only exception perhaps being Cheshire who chose to stay close, but also mostly in silence.

"Oh, nothing too serious. Just a simple heist of sorts. You see, there's some materials vital to our group that we need to get ahold of."

Ivy found this revelation a bit confusing and strange, but Arias was hard to understand in the first place so she didn't really think much of it. "If it's simple you would've done it yourself, there's a catch somewhere and I know it."

Arias showed a small smile and shrugged his orders.

"Does it matter? It's not like you can refuse," he taunted, receiving a frown from her as she clicked her tongue and crossed her arms, saying nothing more.

"Right, if you're done complaining, here's everything you'll need to know…"

Arias gave a light tap to the table before him and holographic eyes presentation rose up before the trio, showcasing a city.

"So, the target of this little grab is S.T.A.R Labs in central city. Not long ago, it began research into a rising new topic. Magic. And as of now, it's the foremost scientific laboratory in the studies and collection of ancient artifacts, text and objects of arcane nature."

"What I want is entry not only into their databases, but possession of the artifacts with actual magical evidence, they'll be of great use in the near future."

As Arias explained the plan, Ivy's doubts of a catch began to fade as it did sound like something Arias would take interest in. As for why? She could only associate it with the two odd beings now on board the yacht.

And this was precisely the chain of thought Arias wanted to lead her under.

"Sounds easy enough. But whilst we're there, I want to grab something of my own." Ivy showed a mischievous smile as she said this but Arias wasn't at all worried.

"You can get it, as for whether you'll keep, that can be decided after the task, no?"

Ivy's smile returned to a frown as she understood the meaning behind those words. But there were better than an outright no so she didn't bother to say anything to oppose. "Right, of course…"

"Good, take this as a chance to prove your skill, you'll be taking point along with Dr. June, or shall I say Enchantress. While you do this, Cheshire and I will cause a little distraction within Metropolis to distract the hero populace."

Hearing she would be performing this task with the odd entity that has recently joined them in the form of a shaky woman, Ivy couldn't help but inwardly groan.

However a part of her was happy with this decision, after all, to her it meant a chance away from Arias and an opportunity to sink her fangs into the naive Dr. June.

"Consider it done." Her confident response was more than enough to tell Arias that she was planning something but he wasn't overly concerned.

"I am, try not to change that. You go bath in the sun now, a chopper will pick you two up at 6pm, I'll give the finer details before you set off."

Ivy could only humph at the treatment she was getting before standing from her chair and walking away.

"It's so fun seeing her angry." Cheshire who had been silent the entire time finally chimed into her the conversation with a grin on her face.

"I had almost thought you left given how peaceful it was in here." Arias turned to look at her and teased, but she was more than happy to match his energy as she crawled over the couch and leaned in close.

"Oh? A shadow doesn't leave its owner, it's all his to control, doesn't that sound fun."

Arias raised a slight brow at her. "I suppose I'll need to make time and find out for myself."

"Is that so?"

At that moment, Dr. June walked into the lounge and saw this, immediately looked flushed.

"Oh uhm, sorry to interrupt… I just uhm. I should go? Yea."

But before she could turn on her heels, Arias called out to her.

"No need, I was just about to come and see you."

"Oh you were coming? I mean on your way? I mean what for? If… I may ask…?"

Seeing that Arias's mind had gone elsewhere, Cheshire swiftly leaned away and continued to just lay on the side while observing the conversation.

"Something that might be of interest to you."

…

At the same time, within Gotham city, Slade was within his suite in one of Gotham's most luxurious penthouse apartments.

We a bright purple robe, a top hat to match and was smoking a cigar while twirling a cane as he stood on his balcony and looked down at the city.

This seemingly tranquil moment was ruined a moment later when a two half naked women came outside, one with a ringing phone and another with a strong shot of whisky.

Seeing this two, Slade sighed took a final pull of his cigar before and handing it over to the girl before picking up the phone.

"It's 8 in the morning, I thought I told you to move all my meetings to the afternoon."

[ I did Mr. Wilson but candidate Hughes has been constantly running your name through the mud in days and it's beginning to affect some of our support and- ]

"Yea, yea, I hear you. Hughes huh? What did he say?"

[ In his most trending interview, most viewers agreed with his comment that and I quote [ Slade Wilson is an angry-child in man's body and is unfit to hold the reigns to the government. He is friends with a meta-terrorist that's got people fooled that he's some good guy, come on folks wake up. ]

"Oh? Is that how he wants to play it? Fine. I want you track down his day to day schedule and give it to me. Where we see an opening, you're going to have him invited to the Markovian Convention For Meta-Rights. He won't refuse unless he wants to look anti-meta."

[ What is the goal of this Sir? ]

"You'll see, just prepare a speech for me around the point that candidate Hughes is a chronic gay pedophile and global predator. Oh and give me his wife's line."

[ … alright sir. ]

"His daughters too."

[ She's not of age sir…]

"So?"

A/N: Some people should be banned from cooking. Not me though, yet atleast. Anyway enjoy the chapter and check out my Webnovel profile and add my new experiment "Chaos Harbinger" to your libraries. Infact, read the first chapter while I work on a bonus here. It's that simple, because I know you're too stingy to give stones… especially that guy. You know yourself.