Training 6/6

As he arrived at the building, he decided to give Pamela a call to tell them what was going to happen.

"Hey," Pamela answered with a lot of background noise which sounded like she was at a bar or something.

"You're not at the RV?" Ethan asked.

"No, me and the girls decided to go out to have some fun. Is that bad?"

"No, of course not. You guys can go out anytime you want." He smiled as just listening to Pamela talk brought a smile to his face.

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The girls were in the process of hanging out with each other and they decided to stop at a bar to have a few drinks before going out again. As soon as they entered the bar, everyone's eyes seemed to be on them as they were all beautiful with a little bit of something that anyone could enjoy.

A few brave men and women tried to talk to them, but they were all stopped by the gatekeepers which were Myra and Harley. Harley would curse at them while Myra simply glared at them, and receiving a scary glare from a woman that is almost 7ft in height is quite intimidating.

They all sat at the bar counter together on their stools while Harley ordered for everyone since neither Raven nor Myra were drinkers and Pamela didn't quite care at the moment after receiving a call from her beloved Ethan.

"I see." Pamela chuckled which captivated anyone that was nearby to hear her enchanting and slightly seductive laughter. "Were you just checking up on me or....?"

"That's part of it, but I ran into a sort of problem as well," Ethan replied over the phone.

"Problem?" Pamela suddenly jumped out of her stool. " What problem? Where are you?"

"I believe I can handle it." He said.

"Ethan Travis Vanders, you tell me where you are!" She demanded as she stomped her foot, startling the other three girls.

"Honeybun called you?" Harley asked after hearing Pamela say his name.

"Master! It's me!" Myra shouted as she jumped up and down in excitement which garnered a lot of eyes as they wished she was that excited about them.

They could only dream...

Raven simply sighed whilst shaking her head, but honestly, she wanted to talk to Ethan too. She managed to calm down after what happened earlier, and she wanted to talk to him about a few things...privately.

"Using my full name now? You aren't my mother." Ethan scoffed.

"No, but I'll discipline you like one if I'm going to have to track you down," Pamela said as her face turned serious, scaring quite a few people that were around.

"Hmm...I love you."

"Don't..." Pamela blushed slightly while frowning quite a bit. " Don't say that now. I'm serious Ethan."

"I'm serious too. I love you so much." Ethan said with a laugh. "But if it will make you feel better then I'm outside Cadmus. I honestly could go on and on about it, but just know that Lex Luthor has his fingers dipped into this place."

"The bald guy that doesn't like Superman? What are you doing at such a place?"

"Harley knows what happened when we went out on our date. But long story short...I'm going in to possibly save a boy. There's no reason for a 4-year old to be in such a place unless it's bring your child to work day."

"Is it going to be dangerous?"

"I should be fine honest. I think you could count me in the top 10 strongest people of Earth. I'll be in out of this place. You guys just have fun."

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"Ethan. We're coming to you." Pamela said over the phone.

"I said it wouldn't be a problem." Ethan frowned as he leaped on top of the large research building, it was funded by Lex Luthor so it had a lot of money funneling through it, sponsoring a lot of different experiments that will be used for different things. However, the main focus of Cadmus was to create ways to defeat Superman, and it was also the place where Superboy from Young Justice was born.

'I think it's safe to say I'm in a universe that similiar to the one in Young Justice with Klarion being a Lord of Chaos instead of a Witch Boy. Although, there is no way to really tell as I already messed with the universe that there's no telling what could happen.'

'Also the air around here has a lot of energy in it...is this the place that Raven felt the source of energy? If that's the case then what could be down there?'

"Ethan! Are you listening to me?!" Pamela shouted after being ignored several times.

"Sorry I was thinking about something." Ethan quickly apologized.

"I said stay where you are as we are coming to you."

"Fine..." He sighed. "If that will make you happy."

"It will. I'm hanging up now." Pamela replied before hanging up the phone.

"Alright, let's go in."

("Didn't you say you'll wait?") Tydris said.

'Right, but I'm worried about the boy. I can't just sit here and wait.' Ethan replied as he changed his casual clothes into ones that were all black.

'Hmm...there's probably going to be a lot of cameras inside...I really need a tech person to be by my side constantly...Whatever no use in worrying about it now.' Ethan thought as he put on the mask that Sandra wore when she came to capture him. He really thought of just using it as a souvenir, but he'll use it for the moment.

The mask was made out of metal that covered the entire face with a thin red visor that hides the color of the wearer's eyes. It was made to feel comfortable on the face and it held on securely with a strong strap.

'Teekl.'

("Yes Master?") Teekl answered as he slowly appeared by his foot. The cat had never left his side and was even there when he was eating with Diana.

"Go back to RV. I'm sure they already did stuff to keep it safe, but I want you there too. And you can drive it if things happen."

("You know I can change into humanoid form?")

"Yes, and among other things." Ethan crouched down to give Teekl a scratch behind the ears before taking a bag of treats to hand over to him. "Plus I don't completely trust Bud and Lou there by themselves...They've been acting a bit off lately. So, tell them to behave or else."

(Yes, master!) Teekl excitedly answered, grabbing the bag of treats with its mouth before disappearing from Ethan's sight.

"I think I waited long enough for them to see where I'm at on the phone tracker... Now to find my entrance." Ethan looked around until he found a large enough vent for him to sneak into the building.

The top floor was pretty average with guards at the entrance and elevator while average workers did minor computer work. Of course, it was all a front to throw people off, and the real magic happens in the lower levels which in total equal 52 floors.

What a number.

Honestly, Ethan could just force his way in to find the boy, but knocking out every single person in this place would get annoying really fast. The week of training taught him how to use his body a bit more and coupled with his speed makes him quite the expert sneaker.

As long as he stays focus, he was confident enough to not get caught by anyone.

'Camera's everywhere...I'll need another vent to go down lower...then once the cost is clear...I'll use the elevator. I sense the boy is quite far underground. You know...probably be better to wait when one of your wives can turn invisible and phase through walls...' He thought as he moved around the ceiling, using his claws and ice magic to stay in place.

At one time he thought of doing that himself, but Tydris said that fell under Dark Magic and he doesn't need anything else messing with his mind.

'I guess I'll need to train more later...I have so many ideas for magic, but I can't implement them because of my control...'

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"We are finding what Talia is up to tonight," Bruce said while addressing the other heroes in the Hall of Justice meeting room.

"Where is that exactly?" Hank asked.

"A research facility by the name of Cadmus. A camera caught the lady going there," Cyborg answered. "I also have done a bit of digging and the place seems to be funded by some pretty big names..."

"Lex Luthor..." Bruce frowned as he stroked his chin.

"The Mr.Clean guy?" Hank said, propping his feet up on the table.

Dawn sighed and massaged her forehead as she wondered how she was partnered up with such a man. 'I rather be with that man...Ethan was it? It would be wrong but...Batman has relationships with villains right?'

"You have anything you want to add?" Bruce said as he glanced at Diana who seemed to be deep in thought.

Diana immediately scowled, giving one of the most scariest glares that even made Batman shrink back a little, "No, I don't think so. You seem to have it all under control."

"Excuse me." She said as she stormed out of the room.

....

Hank shrugged his shoulders, "Her hot date must have bailed. I don't blame him he probably seen that one episode of Futurama. Death by snu-snu! Hahahaha!"

*Boom*

"What was that?" He asked.

"Hank...she has super hearing," Dawn groaned, smacking her forehead.

"Oh..."

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Ethan had long found his way into the lower levels of the building as he managed to find another vent. Once on the second floor, he observed a lab coat worker using an ID to operate the elevator.

As soon as it opened, Ethan snuck inside and clung to the ceiling once again with no one the wiser.

"Huh...must have been the wind." The worker said as they operated the elevator to go down lower.

'Ah, my nights staying up playing Sly Cooper weren't wasted...would a staff hook be too much? Yeah, it would.' Once the elevator stopped, Ethan snuck out as fast as he could, climbing back to the ceiling.

He was now on floor 11 and things were already looking different from the first floor.

The lights were dim, but that wasn't a problem for Ethan's eye's and neither it was for the scientist whose face started to morph into one of a grey grotesque alien with red eyes.

'Well...That's concerning...but I can sense that the boy is nearby...I hope nothing bad happened to him...for their sake...Perhaps I should just destroy this place regardless.'

The floor he was on was considerably larger than the top floors and there weren't any cameras around which was great for Ethan. However, he continued to be stealthy as he didn't want to alert everyone just yet.

'It looks like some kind of storage room... a bunch of large boxes and containers around. X-Ray vision would have come in handy right now...'

Ethan continued to move towards the location of the boy while observing more of the floor just as several of the same aliens poured out from another elevator and started to lift the containers onto a fairly large levitating trolley.

As soon as that happened, he started to hear the faint sound of people screaming from one of the boxes.

'Well, stealth didn't last long...'