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Adaptation Part 3
Date of Scene: 17 May 2023
Location: Lexcorp, Metropolis.
Synopsis: The Heroes have stopped the threat, but something was uploaded from the Lexcorp's system. Not in full. There's a lot of questions about what exactly got set out.
Cast of Characters: Superman, Elektra, Wonder Woman
Tinyplot: Adaptation


Superman has posed:
Early Morning. Lexcorp is bustling with activity. All of the commotion has caused an influx of calls going out to Metropolis. The noise reports include a car accident and gunfire. Sadly, these reports are thwarted by the operators after one point. Lex Luthor has assured local law enforcement that everything is being handled. There is a perimeter holding back onlookers.

It could be fate, chance, or something else, that bring anyone here. Walking (or floating/flying) up to the building will tell a series of tales woven together. First, coming up to the place there is a crashed moving van looks to be anything but a moving van. It's not far from the building. However, anyone can make an assumption that the crashed vehicle and the current commotion are related in some way.

Moving into the building there's a variety of things that can catch anyone's attention. The lobby is an utter mess. On the ground there are several downed security guards. Some of their weaponry looks to be missing. Looking up over the wall there's not one, but -two- holes. Both easily create pathways to the same destination. While there's a commotion going down at the end of It and the speaker system is currently on. If someone takes time to focus, they see at the -very- end of the makeshift paths. Something dark green battles Power Girl -and- Bizarro. An entity called Askante is guiding the duo. As the group battles, there's all sorts of chatter over the PA system. If anyone has ever heard Ana Sofen, or Lex Luthor speak, they would recognize their respective voices. The pair are arguing before Lex commandeers everything. He's trying to take over the operation. Ana does let it slip that whatever everyone is fighting will focus on their targets and somehow glean skills, powers, abilities. Like it can read you. She mentions her and Superboy already took down one moments ago before there's a bit of feedback as Lex yanks the control free from Ana.

Taking a moment to think about it, everyone here can understand this is at least a three-prong attack done simultaneously to Lexcorp. Why? No one knows yet.

"Get the third threat! He's heading down the corridors on the building's left side!" Lex calls out over the PA. A small team of guards go rushing to the left side from the lobby. They ignore any, and all, heroes because there's a bigger threat. Lex's order is everyone's cue to move. Unfortunately, this threat has a little bit of time to work. The other two incidents are unintended distractions and diversions of resources. So, they've made it down the end of a long path going through room after room. There will be more dead men and women wearing the lexcorp security armaments. If anyone looks at the bodies the kills are quick, but they're not clean. Shots with either grouping patterns or spray designs. Clearly meant to kill, but done so without remorse. They're trying to down something at all cost.

The guards going with the heroes will eventually cut down their own way, taking a side door. Maybe their trying to head off the path. Or maybe they want the "pawns" to go first. However, there is gunfire that's clearly straight ahead.

When people reach the threat, they see something that looks like an Iron-Man "Inspired" suit (https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/avengers-assemble/images/9/98/Super_Adaptoid.png/revision/latest?cb=20130731213851). The entity is faceless, like it wears a helmet with a visor that covers their entire face. Their forest green armor moves. They stand in some kind of security monitoring or communication room. There's a large monitor behind them with several small monitors. Underneath those by a little bit is a desk, a keyboard, switches and similar.

What might catch people's attention is the main screen. Something is working through the various security features, like a sentient program. A pop up will appear, then a series of password attempts before it breaks forward. A few more programs open. Another wall. It takes the screen time, but whatever this entity created is clearly hacking the system.
Superman has posed:
Only Lex would know what -exactly- they're digging for. People can see it's not plans, blueprints or anything like that because the program is copying programs. It isn't breaking into anything labeled "Weapons" or have some type of serial numbers. It's plowing forward with an unknown objective. The entity takes a moment to assess the new situation before them. Their attention goes to Elektra. Taking a moment to study her unless she moves, or someone gives a real good distraction.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra is not really a superheroine. Not really a villain and definitely not in any way related to the Justice League. No, her own reasons for being here are perhaps personal, definitely secretive and independant of anyone else here, Dressed mostly in black wuth a red mask covering her mouth and a blood red sash marking her as some sort of ninja, she slips in quietly, keeping to the shadows as she makes her way to the room housing the third cyborg? robot? difficult to tell from here.

She'd rather not tango wuth it directly however, and the info showing up on the main screen is what catches her primary attention, so she tries to quietly slip around the perimeter of the room to get a better look of the control panel, to see what information she can get off of this..Comouter virus or whatever it is. Is it taking over Lexcorp's mainframe? corrupting it somehow? She seems more interested in info gathering, gleaning what info she can about Lexcorp's own security systems rather than beating up a rogue android.
Wonder Woman has posed:
Responding to the attack, Diana flew as quickly as she could to arrive.

Seeing the damage and progression of the attacks, she wastes no time joining in to stop the attacks. Focusing on the android that does not, yet, have any heroes trying to fight it.

Drawingin close, she looks to Elektra with a grim nod and an expectation in her eyes that the woman is there to help fight. Sometimes it takes a tank to show up to let the specialist move in and do their best work. Seeing the sai's that Elektra carries, Diana decides to be that tank.

Flying in, she attempts to throw a shoulder at the androids upper back to knock it off balance or, hopefully, tackle it to the ground.
Superman has posed:
Elektra will take a little bit, but she gleans two words. Theyresonate withher. Now, it doesn't answer anything right away. Just gives her mind a directiont o wander. A little more looking she will see a theme take shape. Every file opened, folder, things she sees on the screen over time tends to involve a particular subject. The meaning may be lost on her, but the playing field is narrowed.

The android focuses on Elektra, but it's taking too long. Maybe the mask is having an uintended side effect. Maybe it's the lack of motion. Whatever it is, Diana's plan works.

Driving her shoulder into the entity is easy as the hting goes down. She knocked it to the floor. The entity tries to focus on Diana and it can't. So, it's trying to swat her away. While it may not have Wodner Woman's force, it can use a hand to grab and toss. It's just up to Wonder Woman if she wants to maintain the pin or easily escape. The worse that can happy is a simple toss aside. At the moemnt, she's clearly in control.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra frowns as she peers at the screen. "Well, isn't that interesting..." she narrows her eyes, "Wait, are you saying this is all about stealing information?" she tries to find an abort button or the like, but she also has to wonder if there is any sort of program to override control of the android..

Or perhaps they're connected, end the program to download information and the Android will abort, once it's mission is either completed or interrupted? So she focuses on that, trying to find any means possible to interfere with the programming.

While not a seasoned hacker, Elektra DOES have better than average experience with computers.
Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana Prince rides the android to the floor with the skill of a warrior who knows well how to wrestle and grapple.

She had counted on Elektra to engage the android with her but the other woman is focused on what the androids were there to accomplish rather than stopping them directly.

She can't spare a look away while attempting to subdue the android.

"Can you stop its actions?" she asks.

As the android tries to grab at her, she forces its arm around behind its back to enhance the pin. Her other forearm is pressing down against the android's neck.

"They do not lack in power" she observes as she learns about them as well.
Superman has posed:
Elektra begins working on the computer. She might be able to stop a window here, or there, it may quickly dawn on her two things. One, this is Lex Luthor's system and that includes security. It may take a bit. Two, the thing trying to break his system is artificial intelligence. This thing may be above her paygrade. She could try to stop it or slow it down, but it may be the equivilant of climbing a mountain with just their bare hands. Not impossible, highly imporbable. But maybe she could watch and pick her spots. Strike not necessarily in an all out blitz, but something precise.

Diana can subdue the eemy to the floor. Then the arm goes around the back. The android looks back to Diana and focuses. That's when a change starts to ripple through the entity. Bracers begin to form on the wrist. A particular "W" forms on the chest and the boots start to model more with Diana's. While Diana can feel the strength it has, even overpower it at the moment. During this focus, it suddenly gets stronger. The robot digs its heels in the ground and starts to push up and against Diana.

Lex will chime in, "The being needs eye sight. To keep it from getting worse, consider distractions or something to disorient. Two teams previously beheaded their other units," he says giving a little direction if they want to be direct.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra frowns, pressing buttons to close down windows, to select whatever seems crucial to the programming. But of course she's battling between an incredible security system and an Android of unknown origin.

"To hell with it.." she mutters, "Beyond my pay grade, don't think I can stop the download unless..!" she plunges her sai into one of the more important looking control panels, probably damaging it short circuiting it, but perhaps slowing the download speed or at least interfering it somehow..

Turning to face the android, she nods to Lex, "Noted!" pulling the sai out of the control panel, she focuses on on the android's face, and hurls her sai at its visual mechanism, hoping to at least slow it down..
Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana Prince can feel the change in the android. It has enough strength to turn and scan her form. Then it begins to demonstrate more strength and features that reflect her own armor even as Luthor points out that it can do adapt like this.

"That would have been helpful thirty seconds ago" she muses. As it tries to lift her off the ground, she releases her hold on it and backs away just as Elektra's blade flies in. Hopefully it will do some damage and help to slow it down.
Superman has posed:
The sai is true and it goes into the entites head. There's a little bit of a noise as some circuitry is damaged. Elektra got the stab in just as the entity is taking in the new power. Unfortunately, that means Elektra is very close by the time the entity has new additions. The robot tries to strike at Elektra, but the aim is off thanks to the weapon in it's head. Which is probably a good thing. Elektra can feel the force behind that missed strike. It could do damage.

The machine will try to reach for the sai and pull it out. Giving people a moment to attack as it attempts to get another weaponf or the arsenal.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra grins, "Bullseye.." she hisses, and oddly doesn't seem too worried that it's now focused on her or in closer proximity to her. Really, she's more concerned about the fact that it is trying to steal her dagger, and she simply cannot have that!

So she takes a running leap, trying to tug the dagger out of its head first, focusing some chi into an extra powered kick as she does so, trying to cause more damage to its head while using the opposing motion to help wrangle that sai free!
Wonder Woman has posed:
As Elektra moves in for her attacks, Diana sets and leaps forward again. Elektra clearly has skill but her level of durability is unknown to the Amazon. Seeking to draw most of the android's attention, she reaches for the hilt of the sai blade piercing the droid's head even as it, too, reaches for it.

Intending to use it as leverage, she tries to grapple it while grabbing and twisting at the hilt. Were it a mortal she would fight with less lethality. That it is a machine she seeks to disable it. If that means tearing its head off? Well.
Superman has posed:
First Elektra comes in with the kick. The machine rocks. a little bit. As the ninja is trying to recoup it's weapon, the chi kick does some damage. A few pieces of metal come free fr the wound in its head.

The Diana comes with her own blow. Twisting the blade. The head does not come off. Diana could remove the blade. Or she could keep trying to twist the blade. Either way one detail will come into focus, Right above the wound is the tiara on the android. It grabs the tiara and it comes off. They toss it toward Elektra, a projectile to avoid. Diana knows the motion. It will boomerage back. Elektra will need to avoid that, and maybe help Diana.

However, it's in this moment of potential freedom from the struggle with the blade Elektra will see the screen. There's an upload menu. And it's about twenty percent. The thing isn't looking to break Lex's equipment. It's looking to -use- Lex's equipment.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra *was* trying to loosen her sai from the Android's face but Diana attempted to twist it deeper into it's head, which would mean they both have their hands on the sai when the Android pulls out a tiara and hurls it at Elektra.
    She snarls in annoyance, ducking and rolling to the side. Glancing over at the control, she noted that *something* is downloading on the screen but she kinda has her hands full at the moment, and more importantly she's down a sai, and eager to get it back.

Its probably still in the Android's face, and she charges for the Android, this time charging in with a series of vicious slashes aimed at its face, trying to get in close enough to retrieve her second sai before ducking down to attempt to sweep it off its feet.
Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana Prince comes in after Elektra, pulling on the blade. But then she sees the android attempting to use a tiara like hers. That? That earns a disapproving look from the Amazon. No one copies her. Also its technique and form aren't proper.

Just before it throws the tiara she calls out to warn Elektra, "Look out!"

Kicking at the android, she gives herself distance from the both of the others.

It has copied her tiara and bracers and boots. But it doesn't have her primary weapon. Even if it tries to copy her weapon, it will lack the god-imbued strength.

That weapon is drawn into her hands. Swirling and glowing golden streaks circle over her head before Diana casts the Lasso of Truth toward the android to catch it in the lasso's loop..
Superman has posed:
The upload memu continues to roll forward, then starts to slow as something sparks from the computer. There's a lurching type noise as the machine tries to run, but it's not going as quick as it should.

Then there are a bunch of new slashes going toward the Robot's face. Sparks and metals fly. Elektra can retrieve the other sigh before the foot sweeps in and the machine is swept, but it quickly rolls to a kneling position. One knee planted ont h ground. The other bent, the machine can't react as the lasso goes around it. Both women can see the Robot isn't exactly prone, but it is definitely wide open.

The computer continues to spark and lurch, but the upload menu is -slowly- uploading. "Father," the machine speaks, which is probably going to confuse the two. No one else is here and the robotic voice is devoid of emotion.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra grins beneath her mask as she manages to retrieve her second sai. "Now we're talking!"

The Android seems about ready to attack again and she steps forward as if to meet its attack..However she pauses as it calls out to its 'father'.

"What on earth..?" she frowns, peering between the Android and the computer..Is it talking to..Whatever is affecting the terminal? And she has another idea, driving her dagger deeper in to the computer hardware as she tries to damage it, while searching for an 'off ' button. Lex probably has backups somewhere so even if she shorts the hardware, something can be recovered. It might be the only way to stop the download of..Whatever it's trying to download.

"Wonderwoman, try and find out from the Android how to stop it and it's father!" she suggests.
Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana Prince keeps tension on the lasso. Looking to Elektra she suggests trying to question the machine. she pulls so that the android is dragged toward her. Addressing it, she does attempt to ask, "Who is your father? How do we stop the upload?" Other than smashing more of Luthor's expensive systems, there is no clear and obvious big red button labelled 'Emergency Upload Abort' or something.

Quickly throwing another loop of the lasso around the android, she continues pulling it closer to her across the floor.
Superman has posed:
Stab. Stab. Stab. The daggers dip into the system over and over again. Each motion causes more sparks, but Elektra is surprisingly safe. A few more stabs and the machine winks off.

The Machine doesn't slouch. However, it is still. A noise starts to eminate from it. Loud and painful. Like screaming into a voice modulator. What it lacks in emotion, it makes up in reverb and feedback.

The noise stops and the questions are there. "Father is Father. Do not know if Father was contacted. If more were contacted," and then the machine starts to get pulled closer and it turns to face wonder woman. When it's close enough, the machine will begin. "Father is perfect. Father will bring all together," the machine explains. The machine hasn't given up, but it is going through backup contingencies.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra stares at the control, searching to see if it still buzzes or shows signs of life. When the Android speaks, she rolls her eyes.

"That is a vague response. How will your father bring all together? How-do we stop this?"
Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana Prince listens as the machine begins offering clues. Nothing clear, of course. That would be too simple. "What is your purpose here. Why are you using Luthor's systems?" she demands from the android. She is careful to keep the coils around the machine and with tension on the lasso so that there is no way for it to easily break free.
Superman has posed:
The machine is there speaking, "To bring Father back," he says andit's not a lie. Although the machien is prone. It tries to focus break from the lasson, but the machine is prone. The pair know to go fo ht head. The blade's could be plunged into the injured spot and go up, like cutting thorugh the brain stem or try to find a way to lop the machine's head off. If the shot is not taken, the machine starts to move. Gears could be heard as the head starts to move as the machine is thinking of striking. It's either them or the robot. Someone will have to striek first.
Elektra has posed:
Elektra doesn't hesitate further, and as Diana holds it steady she drives her blades straight through the head and out the other side. And twists hard, hoping to destroy some internal circuitry. "Wrong answer." she snarls, "Now you die."
Superman has posed:
The Machine is a sea of sparks. As the blade does hit enough of the required bits. And then machien falls. So somewhere in the internal memory is the weakpoint to these entites. Although, how much information got uploaded. Where did it go? What was the ifnormation? The pair of women are left there, to see the machine in disaray. Everything seems to be calm. Still. Although, that may not be status quo for long.