Chapter 88:

Chapter 88:

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[David Lance POV]

Working as fast as I could, I downloaded and deleted all that I could from Desmond's computer and the server he was connected to, as Raven kept tabs on everyone around us in order to react accordingly.

'Genomorphs coming in ten,' Raven said.

'Let's go,' I nodded, as Raven moved us out of the room, just in time for the Genomorphs to kick the door open, only to find nothing.

'You got everything we needed?' Raven asked, moving our astral forms across the rooms.

'Yeah, and left them a little gift,' I nodded. Not only had I acquired all the data I could using Desmond's credentials, but I had left a little virus behind to eat their servers, at least until it was purged.

'Now what?' Raven asked. 'Do we help the others? They were captured.'

I shook my head. While I wasn't against helping them, even if I wasn't on my best terms with Robin, I would only do so when they proved to be in actual danger, or the canon train derailed, two requirements they hadn't met so far. 'They will escape on their own, first, we need to reach the lower levels of CADMUS.'

'I feel like we are going to get scolded for this,' Raven replied softly before starting to move us toward the lower levels.

'Possibly,' I admitted. But, the upsides of ignoring the captured trio, for now, were unimaginably better from a professional standpoint.

After all, the more information I gathered about CADMUS right now, the better our chances would look in the future fighting those behind the curtains.

For the next following moments, we made our way down to the lowest level at CADMUS in silence, using Raven's magic to reach it.

After a minute or so, we reached our destination with little to no problem, the lowest level being nothing but a damp cave with thick air filled with human violations, with the only light around coming from the eerie glow of the technology that filled the place. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

Most of that light Coming from the hundreds of capsules/pods around, that, we quickly realized they were filled with different types of creatures, from Genemorphs to Humans.

I nodded. 'Then it should be easy for us to deal with him'

When seeing Match, it was easy to see he was nothing more than an enraged mindless beast hell-bent on destroying anything and everyone in its path, without a single thought crossing his mind, blind anger governing his every move.

He was powerful, very powerful, he was, after all, the closest thing to a perfect clone of superman CADMUS had ever gotten, when it came to power alone.

Fortunately for me, he was the living example of power without skill, after all, force was meaningless without skill.

'Keep opening portals to avoid him breaking anything, the last thing we want is some of his friends joining,' I said before darting toward Match, who, upon seeing me growl in a feral-like motion. 'Support me from the distance, don't try to block his attacks, instead, create a flow. Open portals for him to punch himself or the air, and if the opportunity arises, use magic to knock him out, even the original thing is not very strong against magic'

Raven nodded, taking some distance, as I engaged Match in close quarters.

"Ahhhh!" Match growled, throwing a hard punch toward my face that I dodged by, stepping out of the way, planting a kick to his side.

Left and right, up and down, I continued to dodge and weave under the onslaught of attacks that Match was throwing my way with ease, planting my own attacks on him at every turn, with the feral clone only growing angrier as time went on.

After a few dodges, I realized something this was easy

In my life as a hero so far, I had fought many foes, but none were as predictable as Match, not by far. His every attack was telegraphed from a mile away, making them a child's play to avoid, even when taking into account the fact he was faster and stronger than me.

If he wasn't feral, I would have thought that he wanted me to win. But, well, his eloquent speech that consisted of growls, and more growls, confirmed he was indeed feral.

"AHHH!" Match growled, his eyes glowing red for a bit before a thin beam of red light shot forward toward me. However, before this attack could reach me or I had the need to dodge, Raven opened a portal, redirecting his attack back at him.

I sighed, already knowing what Match's next move was. 'Open a portal in front of me that connects to one a few meters above you'

Without a word, Raven did as I asked, as Match turned to her, baring his teeth, before jumping towards her, however, before he could reach her, I landed on his back in a crouch, and in a blurring motion of hands, I dug both of my index fingers on his ears, puncturing his eardrums, before jumping back, letting the feral clone crash on the floor in pain.

'That was risky' Raven said, looking at the screaming Match. 'How did you know Superman has weak eardrums?'

'I didn't and I think he does,' I replied, showing her my broken fingers. 'I just took a bet based on the fact that he's weaker than superman. His speed and strength are above mine, but he's still leagues below Amazo and seeing how my hits were actually making him flinch, I wanted to test how squishy he was on the inside. Worst case scenario, I would've done nothing but break two fingers, and I can manage that.'

'Well, that didn't knock him out, it just pissed him off even more' Raven replied as Match turned toward us, his ears bleeding, his eyes filled with pure rage.

'Knocking him out without my melodic voice will take hours, so Voodoo our problem away?' I replied, smiling at her under my mask.

Raven snorted, probably at the Voodoo joke, before turning her undivided attention to Match, her eyes glowing white. "You know anger, now let me teach you fear beast Azarath metrion zinthos!"