Beetle of the Night

Awakening

Construction had finally been complete. Xanatos looked on in his personal helicopter as it rose above the clouds where the top of his tower was located. Thanks to the hardworking construction workers under his employ, Castle Wyvern had finally been rebuilt on top of the tower.

And he made sure that the tower peaked just above the clouds.

"In just a few hours, Owen...everything will come together." Xanatos said to his assistant with a smile.

"You must be feeling very proud, sir." Owen said in his usual deadpanned tone.

"I usually don't value myself as a prideful man, Owen, but even I admit that this puts a smile on my face." Xanatos said.

Owen glanced out the window and could see the sun beginning to set. "It will be night in just a couple of hours." Owen noted.

"Then it's best not to keep our new friends waiting." Xanatos said as the helicopter made its way towards the castle.

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A man stood by a van as he took a swig of his cigarette. He waited patiently until he heard footsteps coming towards him and saw three men wearing the usual clothes you wear to try and look tough. Well, it didn't matter to him, so long as their money was still good.

"Gentlemen..." The owner of the van said as he opened the side door to reveal a whole cache of different weapons and firearms. "...let's start the bidding."

"I'd like to make a bid."

The four of them looked up in surprise to see Blue Beetle hovering just above their heads with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.

"How about I bid one solid butt-kicking, and raise you a quick trip to jail." Beetle said as he transformed his right hand into a mace.

"It's Blue Beetle! Get him!" One of the thugs said as he reached in the van and grabbed a rifle, same with his two friends. They opened fire, but the bullets didn't seem to faze the hero as they just bounced right off him.

"Yeah, nice comeback." Blue Beetle said as he landed.

He swung his mace and hit one of the thugs, knocking him out. He transformed his other hand into his sonic cannon and fired at the second thug, causing to crash into the wall. The third one tried to hit him with the blunt end of his rifle, but the hero managed to grab it, and them countered with a kick to the man's midsection, sending crashing into a dumpster.

The bidder looked on in fright as he jumped into the driver's seat of his van and floored it. The van sped off, but Blue Beetle simply raised his sonic cannon and fired at it, causing it to flip forward and land upside down. The driver groaned as he was disoriented, which didn't help as a Beetle grabbed him and yanked him right out of the driver's seat.

"Now you don't want to just take off out of the blue. After all, you'll miss trash day." Blue Beetle said as he tossed the guy right into a dumpster, the impact knocking him unconcious, and he did the same thing with the other three. "Police are already on their way, so I'll just let them deal with you losers."

Blue Beetle activated his rocket pack and flew straight up into the air. He flew around the city and couldn't help but smile at a job well done.

"It is confusing on why these organics continue to commit crime, when they know that you defend this city."

"Sometimes people just hate work, but want to make money by any means." Danny replied.

Danny couldn't help but draw his mind back to when he faces off against Warp about a month ago. There hasn't been any big super villains since that fight, but Danny couldn't help but feel like he was the catalyst for something bigger. He mentioned that he worked with some powerful people, and he was sent to take out the previous Blue Beetle. If those same people sent Warp after him, then maybe others may come.