Not a Business-Man
23 December 2013
Gotham
3.34am
Soon after the Bat disappeared sounds of Police vehicles started to roll in 'Well that wasn't the best meeting of my favorite hero' quickly I shift my body into a drone and launch myself into the air 'And what is this messed with my A-maze system, I didn't even know it was only able to copy one ablility. Need to give it an update when I get a chance'.
Very soon after leaving the bank I notice something off, 'when the f*ck did that Bat put a tracker on me?' quickly I absorb the tracer so I can't be tracked but also counter-trace the current location of the device that was tracking me.
Unsure what to do I decide to follow the signal, after 15 minutes of flying I notice a huge mansion far into the distance but also a black vehicle with a rocket jet on the back? 'Oh God I so wanna absorb that, wait why does it feel wrong to think that?', ignoring my stray thoughts I angle myself to land a few meters away infront of the speeding Bat-car.
Seeing how the vehicle is on an abandoned road along the coast I shift back into my humanoid shape as I prepare to land a bit futher ahead of the Black vehicle with the Bat coming towards me, I'm not too worried about injuring myself with my malleable body so I go for a straight pin drop to the ground.
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*Boom*
The earth shakes from my initial contact with my feet sinking into the ground upto my shins, 'Well that was fun' pulling myself out of the ground I see the Bat-car quickly stopping itself in time to avoid hitting me.
"Heyy I think you dropped this" I said loudly as I show mimicked version I created of the tracer the Bat placed on me between my fingers, soon the hatch opens to reveal the prince of emo's Batman with his scowling gaze.
The Bat jumps out of his vehicle as he starts to walk towards me only to stand just outside 'My' arms length from me 'Wow Mr. Paranoid alright', "Well gonna introduce yourself?" I said in a snarky voice.
Batman just remained silent and unmoving, "Wow this is worse than our last introduction, heck Superman is nicer than you and he's an Alien" I said "Here watch me" as I reach my hand out towards him slowly.
"Hey there I'm Genos, what's your name?"
Soon after an embarrassingly long awkward moment of silence Batman slowly extends his hand to meet mine for a handshake "I'm Batman" he said, 'Oh f*ck don't you dare fanboy right here dude, I won't be able to live with myself' after a short handshake we both awkwardly stop.
"So want to explain the tracer I found on me?" I asked while folding my arms, Batmans gaze moves down before looking back at my face "Your an unknown threat" Batman said without remorse.
"Well that's rude I'm from Earth man" I said sort of expecting that answer "Do you see me on the news broadcasting how I'm taking over the world? It's racist you think that just because I look alien", Batman just ignores me while silently walking back to his Bat-car. "Stay out of Gotham, this is my City" said Batman before racing around me and leaving, but not before I sneak a tracer underneath the car.
'Well that sucked I wanted to pull a Nick Fury speech with the whole "There was an idea . . . to bring together a group of remarkable people so they could fight the battles we never could" speech, would of been Badass'.
Watching as Batman leaves I start to fly back towards my hotel, looking at the time I see it's only a little after 4am. 'Fuck I still haven't sorted out lawyers, I definitely wasn't meant to be a business man. F*ck' After a quick debate I attempted to call Silas hoping he would be able to help me, since I've seen him do the business side of our kind of work.
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*Ring. . . Ring. . . Ring . . .*
*Uuh.. huhh "cough" Hello?*
"Hey Dr. Stone it's me"
*. . . .*
*I know it's you Daniel, what is it? you never call me Dr. Stone unless you need something*
"So um I kinda have a meeting with Wayne Industries at 11.30am today for a deal and I forgot to organize a lawyer think you can give me a hand?"
*Daniel . . . Sometimes your so brilliant I can't believe it . . . then you do something this idiotic that I can't believe it*
*sigh*
*Look I will get in contact with one of our legal team, I'll send you his number. Give him everything you have on this deal and let him sort the rest, remember though you owe me big time for this*
'I swear he's mumbling about how impulsive I am'
"Thanks Dr. Stone, don't worry I'll reme-"
*End Call*
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"He hung up on me?" I shake my head as I continue flying towards my hotel, shortly after I arrive I receive a call from an unknown number who I later discover is one of the legal team from S.T.A.R Labs. Apparently he's catching the earliest plane to Gotham at 6:00am and will be here around 8:00am for us to organize this deal, thank God.
After organizing some of my documents and blueprints I brought along I hope I can make a proper deal later today, even though I know Wayne Industries will try take advantage of this deal hopefully it makes them let down their guard enough that I can steal some of their military tech later.
By time I actually managed to finish writing my first draft for the contract the sun was already above the horizon, 'Damn, hopefully the lawyer can work with this so I don't look like a complete fool'. As I look at the clock I see I still have time, after a quick wash I leave the hotel as I take a taxi to the airport.
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After a short wait at the airport a middle-aged Latina woman in a high-quality grey business suit quickly walked towards the taxi, "Mr Martin I presume? You pick a hell of a time to organize a lawyer, when did you think you might need one? do you plan anything properly?" she said hitting me with a thousand questions.
"I apologize Ms? . ."
"It's Mrs." she replied "Mrs. Margaret Cooper, your lucky I was friends with Silas back in college or I wouldn't have come at such ungodly hours. Hurry up show me what you got so far and explain what you contract is for".
'Heck this woman doesn't mess around' I slightly get intimidated by Margaret but I carefully try explain my Ark Reactor and it's potential while handing her my draft for the contract, as she reads through her face scrunches up the more she reads.
"What the hell is this?!" Margaret shouts as she hits me with the papers in her hand "You have no idea how much your device is actually worth and this contract would of made you lose billions, my God are you an Idiot or a genius? You have no idea how to run a business do you?".
"No really to be honest, I just came here on impulse because I needed help to finish my machine" I replied while looking away.
"Your incredibly lucky we still have two hours before this meeting, I might be able to save you from ruining your company Mr Martin"
I look at Margaret surprised as she hands me a document to read "Also after this I want you to sign me on as part of your legal team" said Margaret, I was confused to say the least.
"Why?"
"Because I think your company has potential to get into the big leagues Mr Martin, and I want to see it" she replied.
"Help me with this contract and you have a deal" I said as I reach out my hand, Margaret looks a me before shaking my hand with a small smile "Now let us do business Mr Martin" said Margaret.
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"So you want to scrub the previous deal?" asked Lucius while sitting with his legal team, I nod my head as I slide one of my documents towards him "This is my new offer, the partnership of Omni-Tech Industries and Wayne Industries".
Lucius carefully reads the document before handing to the lawyers to double-check, I smile after knowing this is a win-win situation which extending friendly ties with Wayne Industries.
Instead of buying the needed materials and then me sorting out government approval for my Reactor while obviously needing to bribe a few, Wayne Industries will help split the cost of building the Ark Reactors as well as helping Omni-Tech Industries deal with the government for the expansion of my Ark Reactors throughout America for a 20% share of the profits generated.
As the legal team read through suddenly a young man who appears in his late 20s walks throught the office doors towards the meeting table "Ahh Mr. Wayne, so glad you could join us" said Lucius, soon everyone stands to greet him as he moves to sit down next to Lucius.
"So your the Young genius I heard about" said Bruce as we shake hands, "Yes its a pleasure, I'm surprised you came Mr. Wayne, Lucius told me you normally don't come to Wayne Tower much because of your . . . Routine" I said which caused Bruce to lift an eyebrow.
"Well this is my company so I need to make an appearance occasionally to make sure everything is running well" answered Bruce, as we all sit down I notice Bruce was trying to scan my body with his eyes 'Ever the paranoid one Bruce'.
"You make a fair point, shall we continue?"
As we continue with our contract with Wayne Industries many changes were made throughout the day, biggest was Wayne Industries wanting 40% of the profit so to be nice with our new business partner I made they can start with 20% (which they initially had) and if half of America was powered by my Reactor it would go to 30% and finally 35% if every state in America was powered by my Reactor.
"Well Mr Martin for someone so young you seem to be handling the business side of running your company quite well" said Lucius.
*Hahaha*
"No Lucius, if it wasn't for Margret here helping me I would be lost with all of this" I replied.
"Well then looks like you made yourself a partner of Wayne Industries, welcome aboard" said Bruce as we shake hands again.
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That's it for now, sorry for taking so long majorly short-staffed at the moment hopefully I can another story by next week depending how busy I am.