The hollowed breathing echoed around Deathstalker's helment as he felt the pressure in his body being pushed, something was...trying to crawl out of him. It was banging at the back of his mind, echoing like the darkest deepest well in the shadows. He tried to move his arms but felt them being constricted, not by something physical, but by something...even if Deathstalker himself didn't know about it. His breathing started to echo faster and faster, as the pain was getting worse and worse, he started to see a green...spectical in front of him. He tried to make sure that he was aware of the situation...about what happened. He was at Lexcorp, when Lex had to suddenly leave, then Brainiac...
There was a silence at that name, the name of the man...being behind all of this. The name of the super pandemic, the Exobyte incident, the Great Disaster, no matter what you call it, it happened. Deathstalker shook his head left and right as he started to feel more control. Power crazed lunatics and running around without guidance, so called Super Heroes are emerging, and compititon is getting to fierce. All because of this...one...stupid...robot! This one robot ruins everything, every time! This one Robot is destruction incarnate. The robot ruins lives!
He started to struggle more and more until his left food was free as he kicked and kicked and kicked until finally...he heard the sweet shatter and the pain finally stop. He started to crawl out of there and grabbed on his side. He was still armed, very angry, and very dangerous. Before he had a chance to take in his surroudings he then heard in his ear "We have a live one"
The words came from nothing as his bearings still disoriented him. However he shook his head and said "I'm going nuts"
"No you're not nuts, I have a direct communication link in your helmet." was the mysterious voice's response. Deathstalker started to walk around as he said "They call me Calculator, we'll get to know each other more, for now we're getting you off this ship."
Deathstalker paused as he walked "Lex put you up to this?" He started to walk more and more and spotted where he was. It was very metallic, oppressive, very void of hope. He started to think about what was going on. "How's the planet?"
"Heroes and Villains working together so...in trouble..." was Calculator's joke as Deathstalker walked around, the rough metal clanging around his boots. "If there's any plus signs it's that we aren't all screwed as soon as we start"
"True" Deathstalker said finally getting his bearings. "So you said you'd get me off this damn ship?"
"Oh yeah." was Calculator's response. "Lex was very specific about it when he told me earlier. I think he likes you"
"Yeah yeah" Deathstalker said asking while calmly changing the magazines in his pistols as he casually asked "So...I doubt I can be quiet about this"
"Probably not, what are you doing?" an amused sound came from Calculator was Deathstalker was tapping against the metal. There was enamored whispering that came from Lexcorp's newest assistant and the newly made genius. Deathstalker suddenly swapped two magazines and walked forward pressing a few codes he picked up from his evaluations. He was very quiet as some robots came in and a metalic voice began booming. However, there was nothing but silence that came as Deathstalker put his plan into action rolling out in front of the Machine and shredding it within seconds. "What kind of bullets do that?" Calculator said both amazed and kind of confused.
Deathstalker kept moving shooting down various guards on his path. He awnsered his new voice in his head "50 Calibur Anti-Tank bullets of my own design. Made to shred apart Tank Armor. Realized that if I was going to escape without subtlty, might as well be as loud as possible."
A bemused laugh came from Deathstalker's new..."friend" as Deathstalker made his way forward spotting a spider like machine saying "Gather Renforcments, I will patrol the Prison Bay." Deathstalker got ready as he opened fire then paused as the bullets bounced off the thing's energy shield. Before Deathstalker had time to react, he was blown away, crashing through some glass beakers. Deathstalker got out of the way of the thing slamming at him, and started to dodge the things beams. He then reached into his jacket as Deathstalker slid under the thing charging at him. He pressed a button as a massive explosion erupted with Deathstalker running from both it and to carry on his path.
Calculator commented "That..." he paused "Was an Overseerer. They were made to hunt down people like you. To bad it never stood a chance"
"I'm starting to like you" Deathstalker snarkily said as he made his way forward, using a trash compactor to crush a room full of Overseerers as he started to make forward on his war path.
Calculator paused "Wait stop!" Calculator caused Deathstalker to stop and look out his window. "Great, there's an entire invasion force on this ship. We need to take it down now!"
"And how do you suppose we do that?" Deathstalker said 100% on board getting some revenge against Braniac after this hell he was put through.
Calculator commented "There's got to be a way to sabotage the ship from the insides. Got it! There's a stabalizer nearby..." Calculator commented "I'll walk you through..."
Suddenly Calculator was silenced by Deathstalker using this brief moment of reprieve to remove the communicator ad rewire it to a gadget on his right wrist as he started to walk forward putting it on. Calculator's voice came on "How the hell did you just do that/?" He paused "Are you looking at me?"
"Wrist Communicator" Deathstalker said as he mowed down more mobs. "Less of a headache to have in my head, and I diliberly left it an open channel for you so you can modify the audio to your leasure"
"Impressive" Calcuator commented "ANd Braniac?"
"I shut him down" was Deathstalker's response. "The only communications that can get through are yours and Lex Corp's" Deathstalker started to move more and more. "I think I see a shute that will take me down to where we need to be" He then pressed a button on his hand and slid slowly down the shute and landed safely moving more and more through the complex security tunnels.
Calculator commented "You're getting close..."
Deathstalker nodded as he slid in and paused as Calculator's voice stopped coming out of the room he entered. It was brightly lit and this titan of a machine stood before him, glowing lime green and just as souless as the rest. The machine noticed him. "Do not let the Human destablize the ship. Elimiinate him at all cost!" The machine started to launch spheres of death at Deathstaker who had to keep moving and moving. He paused and saw there were spots that the guy wasn't shooting. That machine opened fire again as Deathstalker dived out of the way and the machine shattered the cuplinks.
It echoed "Warning, stabalization has dropped to 75%" Deathstalker nodded as he started to move more and more slamming his sticky grenades onto the link, as the thing kept shooting at him. The more it fired the more it missed until Deathstalker got to the last stabalizer and put a sticky grenade on that. He had no way to activate it, as he put together very quickly that they were destabilizing electric technology not of Brainiac's own design. Deathstalker went to move when the machine suddenly appeared in front of him. He grabbed Deathstalker and slammed his head against the ground repeatedly, thankfully Deathstalker remembered to put his helment back on, but it didn't matter, as Deathstalker was tossed away, Deathstalker having a solid grip of his guns. The Machine went at him, getting shot several times by Deathstalker
The Machine stated "Foolish Human, your bravado ends here. You will go down with this ship!" Suddenly there was a shaking, Deathstalker smirked under his helmet as he started to feel the ship shaking as the Machine paused seeing in horror that Deathstalker aimed at the grenades, causing them all to go off and the ship began to shake rattle and roll.
The Machine went to kill Deathstalker to at least get something from this, but Deathstalker revealed what his communicator was not on as he pressed a secrete button, and a wave of compressed sound blasted the Machine away and apart.
After it was over...it wasn't...as Deathstalker looked left and right with more and more coming in. Deathstalker gripped his pistols and stood up groggerly getting ready for a war. He then heard on his communicator "Lex, you're good to go in."
Braniac commented "Foolish Human, you have doomed yourself...you will go down with this ship."
Deathstalker looked at Lex as Lex said "Cover Fire...let me show you how it's done" Deathstalker nodded as the Braniac robots made their way towards them. Deathstalker did what he was told and opened fire against the machines as Lex simply pressed a few buttons.
The greatest criminal mastermind of all time casually watched as missiles came out of his war suit and leveled all of Braniac's machines. Lex stated "Calcuator we are ready to go"
Calculator nodded "Got it, Lex" opening up a portal to escape from.
Lex looked at Deathstalker "You did good, better than the so called Heroes did. Take the teleporter, we'll talk more on the service. I believe you gave me a way to do just that."
Deathstalker mere nodded as he was teleported away...the nightmare...for now...over. However, he felt like he just entered a whole new world.
(BTW Yes there are liberties take with the source material. XD)