The Darkest Knight

Chapter 33

Third POV
Location:
Jackson Residence
Time- 8:43

Percy had gone back home and was laying down on the couch. While he was gone Sally and Harley had put up the few decorations they had for Christmas. Believe it or not, Percy's family didn't really celebrate Christmas. Harley is the only reason they actually celebrate it at all. When Percy came around, Sally had been living on her own for a while and didn't see a point in celebrating the holiday and Percy was a very angry and emotionless boy. He saw celebrating anything as pointless and beneath him.

As Percy slowly opened up, he started celebrating some holidays. Halloween being just favorite of course. Christmas was just never really on their calendar. Then Harley came around and forced them to at least try. They didn't do much, a few gifts and at most a tree. Even now, they didn't have much. Some tinsel, a tree, those sock things and a mistletoe or two. Percy managed to expertly avoid those, even going so far as to teleport away when Harley tried to trap him.

Seras sat on the floor in front if the couch and Sally was in a chair. They were all watching the polar express. Percy was laying there, completely calm until his senses went off. Activating his ability, Severed Universe, time slowing until it seemed to stop. Percy could feel himself grow cold, to the point where he could see his own breath. He got up and climbed out of the window. Looking up at the building across from him, he saw three people.

Two women and one man, a huge man. Percy also saw a rocket flying at his apartment, being shot from a rocket launcher that the man. Percy sighed and jumped across the way, grabbing the rocket out of the air and over the three assassins. Time resumed as normal and the trio looked confused.

"What the hell?!" The girl on the right exclaimed. "The hell happened?!" She yelled. "I saw your fight with Shiva, but I was unaware of your full capabilities." The giant man said as he turned around. Percy was sitting on a chair made from ice and wood, holding the rocket that was still attempting to fly around. Percy didn't seem to notice this though. "As an assassin, you should always be aware of your targets abilities. Otherwise, it's basically a suicide mission." Percy said as he met the rocket go, allowing it to fly into the sky and explode.

"It would not be wise to fight you." The man said. "It wouldn't, but you can if you want. Amuse me and I'll let you live." Percy said standing up. The wood went into the ground and the ice melted. The woman on the right lit her hands up, covering them in green fire like energy. "Ohhh. Interesting, you're off to a good start." Percy smiled. "What's your name." He asked. "Shego, I'd ask your name if I cared." She responded. "Ohhh, Oww, ouch. That would've hurt my feelings if I was five." Shego growled and lunged at him. Percy smirked and leaned back from her claw swipe. Percy smiled at the heat coming from her hand.

"Ohh, plasma? Wonder how you got those powers." He said with interest. He ducked under another swipe and blocked one of her kicks. "Whats wrong? Can't handle the heat?" Shego teased with a smirk. Percy smirked back and caught her hand. He ignored the plasma attempting to burn through his regeneration and kicked the green skinned woman in the stomach so hard she spit up and her powers deactivated. Percy, still holding on to her hands, head-butted her hard enough to break her nose and finally Spartan kicked away. Shego went careening into a wall before slumping over, dazed.

Percy admired his work and allowed the other woman to 'sneak' behind him and practically wrap herself around his torso and head.

'A contortionist? That's hot.' Percy thought. As the woman attempted to snap his neck, which his regeneration wouldn't even allow, he looked over at the giant man who seemed to just be watching. Percy smiled. He looked like a big brute, but he was really intelligent. He was watching Percy fight, studying him to look for any weaknesses he might be able to exploit. After realizing that she couldn't break his neck, the woman growled and jabbed her pointer and middle finger into his neck, where his vein would've been if he had one. She then 'slithered' down his body and kicked him in the chin.

Percy stumbled back, letting her think that the kick had actually done something.

'She's clearly not physically strong, she's also quick. So she relies on her quick movements and flexibility to get in close. If you're not skilled, she could kill you in a second. If you are skilled enough to avoid having your neck broken, she injects your with some type of neurotoxin. Don't know what it does, but it's not matching anything the virus or any of the doctors I've absorbed know about these types of poisons so it must be home brewed. Impressive.'

Percy thought as he allowed the blacklight virus to do its thing.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Percy called when he saw Shego get up and about to ignite her hands. "You activate that plasma and the napalm on your palms will blow those dainty little hands into red mist." He explained merrily. Shego looked down at her palms and saw black, sticky goo stuck to them. Fear grasped her heart, her forehead and neck started to sweat profusely and in her panic, her powers nearly activated. She had to make a conscious effort to not let her plasma cover her hands. "How?" She muttered shakily. Percy smiled. "Like I said, it's a good thing to know what your target is capable of."

"So." He said looking at the other woman, who he noticed looked distinctly like a snake or something. "What's your shtick?" Percy asked. "Telling you would be pointless. You're already dead, your body jut hasn't realized it yet." She boasted smugly. Percy raised an eyebrow and sighed. "What the hell did I just say?" He asked, not in annoyance. He just sounded tired. "Do you know what the Blacklight virus is?" The man answered. "I do. A man created virus that does the opposite of a normal virus. Instead of breaking down the body and eventually killing you, it does the opposite. The only known breakout was here, in Manhattan. It was quickly contained though, all 'evolved' killed an the virus destroyed by the government." He said.

"Thank you, ehhh?" Percy trailed off questioningly. "Bane." Percy nodded. "Bane. Thank you Bane, however you aren't exactly correct. Not all of the evolved were killed. One of them was too strong to kill and ended up killing all of the ones that wanted him dead." Percy said. "Me. I'm that evolved. No, I'm more. I'm the virus itself. I am Blacklight given sentience. One of the benefits of that is I can adapt and evolve to survive Damn near anything." Percy said. "So injecting me with that poison didn't do shit. I just adapted to be immune to it and now I'm evolving to be a cure to it. Do you finally understand why I say 'know your target before hunting them'?"