Para Bellum (Prepare for War) Part 1

Hey guys/women reading my novel, I hope you enjoy it so far. Please leave a rating, comment and tell me any improvements I can make in my story.

--------------------

17 January 2014

New York, Omni-Tech Industries

3:12pm

After a short drive we finally arrived at my Building, on the outside nothing noteworthy is visible it just looks like a relatively normal tall building in New York but on the inside its nothing like the rest.

The face Lucius was making made spending so much money on the inside worth it, I made it based off Amazing Spiderman's Oscorp. The ground floor being an open area was a mixture of polished hardwood floors and large grey tiles with black and green accents that lead to stairs, I notice what got most of Lucius's attention was the IG-47 droids partolling the area.

"Hmm Mr. Martin by chance is that an android?" asked Lucius, I just smirk "Heyy IG-47 come over here" I said loudly towards the droid. Immediately the droid's reaction snaps towards us as he starts to walk closer, soon he comes to a stop a few steps away.

*G-greeting Creator, are these our guests?*

The droid soon moves its head towards Bruce and Lucis behind me "Yes they are, please treat them well" I said "You may continue your patrol IG-47".

*Roger Roger*

"Fascinating . . . how did you program it to act so human? the way it acted was so natural" said Lucius as he stared intensely at the leaving droid. I shake my head "It's A.I, every droid in this building has it" I said while leading them upstairs to the elevator.

"Artificial intelligence? Aren't there risks?" asked Bruce with a worried face.

"Na I made it that they have three primary directives hardwired into them,

1. A droid shall not harm a human, or by inaction allow a human to come to harm.

2. A droid shall obey any instruction given to it by a human.

3. A droid shall avoid actions or situations that could cause it to come to harm itself.

These rules act as a safeguard, for example its impossible for even me or anyone else to order them to kill someone as that conflicts with the first rule", I said as we continued to walk.

"Hmm what of theft or kidnapping?" asked Bruce still looking unsure, as I thought about it for a moment I realized though the kidnapping is impossible as it could lead to harming a human; theft wasn't.

"Ok yeah guess you might be right but only with the theft thing, I could add the laws as a fourth directive . . ." I said while scratching my head, "Still wanna continue the tour?".

Lucius looked the most eager of the two, while Bruce was hard to get a proper read off. "I want to show you a nursing droid I designed, of course I haven't built or tested anything but I think it can become a major help in the hospitality industry".

As we all walk to a glass elevator I scan us in as we go to my main office, apon entering my office I gesture for them to sit with me while activating my Holographic projector.

Soon a large white thing that looked similar to Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man without it's clothes from Ghostbusters appeared slightly above my desk, it was different though it's head was more oval with no mouth or ears and two large dot-like eyes connected with a black line between them.

"I call it 'BayMax', a personal healthcare and companion" I said with a smile as remembered when I first saw Baymax from my world, Bruce showed quite the interest as I explained what I had planned for the droid.

"This would greatly help the hospitality industry but I don't think it will make you much in terms of profit" said Bruce. Listening to his heartbeat I could tell he wasn't lying, "Well you've been in the business game more than me so your probably right but I'm not really fussed about profits" I said with a straight face.

Both men look at me surprised by words, "I never really cared about money I mean like I needed it yes but it wasn't important. Look at my first offical invention the 'Hydro-Kathar Distillator' I made at S.T.A.R Labs" I said as I change the projection.

Suddenly a shiny grey cube with a bluely lit circular hole through the center appeared above my desk, "I built it to clean the oceans by filtering pollutants, chemicals even plastics while not harming marine life via a combination of filtering and distilling using unique electric coils and vents that run through it".

(A/N - all this would never work in the real world. just bullsh*t I made up for this)

"Any pollution, chemicals or plastics that come through the 'H.K.D' are filtered from the water, broken down and vaporized then pulled through the vents to be stored and later emptied in an environmentally safe way".

As I look between the two men I sigh "When I built it I learned very quickly quickly there would be no profit building it but I didn't care because for me it was never the money".

Bruce starts looking at me more respectfully before smiling "Your one interesting person Mr. Martin" said Bruce "If you plan to continue with this 'BayMax' project of your's let me know, I'm want to help you".

Lucius's face also turns to shock before smiling, "Well this has been quite an eventful day Mr. Martin, this that all for this evening?" asked Lucius. I turn to him before smirking "Hmmm . . . Oh you are in for a real surprise" I said with a laugh as I stood up walking to the elevator.

"Come, I wasn't gonna show you this but what the heck"

Soon as we are all in I scan us in but instead of pushing any buttons I place my hand on the mirror next to me, suddenly starts moving the elevator down as a voice is heard.

*Please voice pass-code*

"seven-two-seven-four"

*ACCEPTED*

Soon after a couple moments the elevator stops as the doors open to reveal a wide metallic hallway with a door at the end with a scanner next to it. Bruce looks at me confused as I began to walk towards the other door, quickly both Lucius and Bruce start to follow.

"What is this place?" asked Lucius.

"I build my more *cough* dangerous stuff down here" I replied.

As we walk out suddenly multiple hatches open on either side of the hallway as heavily armed IG-47 droids stand out as the hatch closes behind them. Quickly both men get alerted as I notice Bruce almost attempting to reach for something in his coat before stopping, Lucius and Bruce calm down noticing I wasn't reacting.

"Just security droids don't worry I have your faces in the system they won't attack unless you attack"

Bruce looks at me concerned "I thought you said your droids don't attack humans" he said

"Yeah . . . the ones up in the building won't but . . . the ones down here? not so much, they'll at least attempt to restrain intruders at first but if your recognized as a threat then they'll go for the kill. It's a safety precaution to stop people from attempting to use any of the dangerous stuff I made".

I watch as Lucius wipes his head nervously while Bruce seemed to be in a bad mood 'Well I technically didn't lie so he's not allowed to be annoyed', after a short awkward moment of silence we finally reached the door.

Using the thumb and eye scan besides the door it begins raises itself, as we walk in nothing is visible (except to me) till the lights start to flicker themselves on across my lab. Looking around at my somewhat messy lab which I struggle to clean, honestly I rather just call it organized chaos.

It was funny as I watch Lucius like a fat kid in a candy store inspecting everything with hungry eyes, Bruce well he seemed less interested in my side projects and waiting to see what I was actually going to show them.

Looking at Bruce I could only sigh 'He worried I'm gonna go super-villian or something?', after a short moment Lucius comes back to us looking slightly embarrassed.

"I apologize Mr. Wayne and Mr. Martin, I was just so inspired by your work I lost focus".

"It's fine Lucius" said Bruce before looking at me "So what else did you want to show us?".

A large smirk appears on my face "Well you've seen how I've been inspired to build droids here is a personal favorite" I said "Titan. . . Activate", suddenly a loud noise is heard behind the wall infront of us.

Suddenly the walls split apart revealing a 25 foot tall orange behemoth with multiple lights making a blue eye, thick metallic arms with missile launchers mounted to the shoulders and a long rifle-like weapon connect to its back.

Both men behind me stare wide-eyed in shock at my creation, as it approaches I see both of them getting a bit nervous till it stops a few meters away.

*Scorch Systems Online, Hello Maker*

--------------------

Hey readers sorry for making it take so long to get into the action but I'm trying to avoid time skips and plot holes.

Batman will not be getting Scorch if people are asking, most can agree it would not suit his fighting style.