Thug life [invite only]

The city of New York, despite being destroyed and then rebuilt new, was still a major crime hub. This could be attributed to the various gangs in the city, ones that were now working for either the Ultra Gang or The Black Lotus society. They say crime doesn't pay, but that was a flawed statement when you were referring to someone as good as it as Lucius. Running his own little gang had brought him many assets, he had eyes, ears, and guns all over this rock of a city.

Yes he technically answered to Deathbringer as far as his gang and terf went, but he didn't see it that way. Lucius never acted like he worked for anyone even if he did, he saw Deathbringer and the rest of the gang as business partners. Lucius' gang was far from his main concern, in fact it was only there for resources. He could care less about drugs and weapons, but it was a lucrative side business. Lucius was meeting with a few new recruits, they all had something that he would benefit from of course.

Lucius wasn't going to recruit just anyone, they would either need to be metas or have something that would make weapons trading move smoother. Having connections to various underling gangs was always good as well. It was all part of his plan, he needed a secure grip on the cities crime if he was going to further his bigger goals. Lucius had watched the bar from atop a nearby building for awhile, watching his guys walk in and some other dude. He wouldn't be a problem.

"Why are we here in person? You could have had one of our pawns take care of this." Daniel said as him and Lucius looked down at the bar.

"A man most oversee his devices every once in awhile, otherwise he loses control of them." Lucius said casually in response.

"....Alright, then lets get this over with." Daniel said outstretching his hand which Lucius quickly grabbed. The two were teleported into the bar, shocking everyone at the table they were next to. Everyone that Lucius had expected was there, and one extra. Maybe he was with one of the guys, but from the way the others were looking at him Lucius gathered the male wasn't exactly invited. Daniel also caught this, but he was a bit more outspoken.

"That's one more then was expected, who's the shorty?" Daniel said asking the potential recruits while looking at the green eyed man directly. Lucius just let out a low grumble, why was this dude here? He didn't exactly expect to have to kill someone today.

It was hard to tell Lucius' expressions when he wasn't wearing a mask, with it it was nearly impossible to gauge his reaction. Daniel on the other hand was visibly irritated, staring at the man with a very dirty look.

"If you wish to do business come find me another time. Interrupting one of my meetings will only cause you trouble." Lucius said smugly. It could now be seen that he felt the same way as his second in command, Lucius didn't want this guy here. It was pretty apparent now that the short man was not merely human, no man of that size had this much balls without something to back it up. The course of action Lucius would take was completely dependent on if the male left willingly or not.

Daniel placed his palm on the table, which then dematerialized. He had teleported it some place or another, but thats not what mattered. With the space between them now open Daniel walked toward the shorter man, getting in his face. Lucius cringed a little, he had told Daniel time and time again not to do things like that to unknown opponents. Eh, whatever, might as well let the kid learn the hard way.

"You heard him, piss the hell off." Daniel said now inches from the meeting crashers face.

Yep, as expected Daniel got what was coming to him. Still though, that was his second in command, Lucius couldn't let this guy get away with that. Daniel fell to the ground after being headbutted and tossed aside, holding his gushing nose. Lucius gave his underling a disappointed look, which meant multiple things to the porter. Daniel, still holding his nose, disappeared from view. He had teleported on to the buildings roof where he would gather himself and get ready for what he knew was coming. Lucius stared at the man dead on, not moving a muscle as he addressed the goons in the room.

"I would advise getting out of dodge, i won't hold back because your around. We can continue this meeting later." He said to the men building up energy in his core. Whether they left or not he would attack, and by the end of it the building would more then likely be rubble. He didn't like this guy much, and his headbutting of Daniel pissed Lucius off quite a bit.

"Your maturity fits your size. You're like a 10 year old with adult features." Lucius said chuckling through his masks filter, making it sound quite menacing.

"Insults aside though, the kids family, so i have to kill you." Lucius said abruptly stopping his small bit of laughter, switching his demeanor on a dime from amused to serious. He let a pulse of energy out, nothing compared to what he could unleash but it managed to cause most of the tables and chairs in the room to be thrown and corroded. He was again sizing up his opponent, he didn't want to destroy the building if he didn't have to.

Ok, enhanced durability. Lucius now knew this guy wasn't a softy, so he would have to up his output. He had made quite a mess of the bar, not that it was nice in the first place. Lucius wasn't one to get angry at insults, but this guys attitude was just begging Lucius to hurt him. Rather then continue to talk with the annoying little shit he just ignored what he said, using the time the man took talking to prepare for a return attack. The man rushed him, far to straight forward for his strategic mind to not see coming.

Unclasping a bomb from his belt and dropping it he teleported just as the man got close. He had appeared outside, watching the building and presumably his opponent be blown to smithereens. The entire inside lit up, turning anything within the bombs range to ash. The roof then collapsed because of lack of support, whether the male survived this though was unknown. Daniel popped in next to Lucius, who was watching the building go up in flames from the street.

"I doubt you will be of any help to me in this, standby for extraction." He said to Daniel not moving his eyes from the demolished bar.

And of course the man didn't die, expected yet still disappointing. His opponent didn't seem to be remotely injured, he was right, it would take more then that. Lucius was slightly shocked when the male sped up the building, as was Daniel. It was a good thing this guy was a talker, if he had just blitzed Lucius he may not have had time to react. All it took was a thought, an order to his AI as the man spoke about showing him how it was done.

Lucius' repulsive field had been activated, colliding with the mans wicked fast attack. Sparks flew, a pulse of force coming from the high tech shield that would likely send his enemy flying back. Now, what the hell was that? Blue energy? From what Lucius' scanners told him, it was the complete opposite of his own. Interesting, it seemed this man literally reversed the energy that Lucius had thrown at him into something new. It was quite lethal too, at least as much as Lucius' own energy. His repulsive field started to short out until it was finally down completely, it wouldn't save him from taking a hit again.

Alright, tactics. Daniel was getting tired, he only had maybe one port left before he couldn't do it again. This guy didn't seem to be able to fly, so perhaps that would give Lucius a slight advantage. Bombs didn't work, neither did his energy. Heck, for all Lucius knew it fueled his opponent. He needed to start pulling the cards up his sleeve or this would end badly. Despite his blank stare, Lucius was worried. He knew he would be able to get away if he needed to, but running away while in this city would serve only to batter his reputation.

If the male was thrown back, which he likely would be, Lucius used the precious time to activate his thrusters. He flew up and away until he was about 40 feet above the man and Daniel. Daniel, tiredly, ported as far as he could to rest in an alleyway, he knew what Lucius was up to. He usually would have went higher, but he was playing for information on his enemies powers. Lucius needed to know if the male had any way of getting to him before he did what he was going to do. Regardless, he started charging energy.

So what was his next move? Would he throw energy at the guy just to have it reversed and/or absorbed? Whatever the man could do it allowed him to take an explosion to the face and shrug off an energy attack that would have sliced through normal people like butter. Another interesting thing about this opponent, as soon as he saw Lucius was flying he made a B line for.....power lines. Whatever it was he was doing, Lucius wasn't going to hover around and wait for its results.

With the energy he had built up he unleashed a much more powerful energy pulse which was focused at his very annoying target. The attack was so powerful it sent cars down on the street flying. Literally everything in the area was either incinerated or launched. Most of the roof he had previously been standing on had also been blown to bits. How his opponent would deal with the sudden flash of red fury was not known, but Lucius had a feeling it would be just as ineffective as what he had done before.

Gathering himself, Lucius looked around at the wreckage he had caused. This ability of his really was destructive.

So he had done some damage to his opponent, finally. He now knew his energy was indeed doing damage and not just getting absorbed. That small victory was enough to make Lucius crack a smug smile, but it would be short lived. His smirk swiftly turned into a frown of realization. Right before it happened Lucius knew what the man was about to do, why had he not caught on earlier? It seemed this guy was a bit more clever then Lucius had given him credit for, a bit. The EMP was massive, low quality compared to his own considering it came from standard electricity, but still massive.

"Perfect" Was all he thought as he saw the actual pulse pass over him, causing his HUD to flicker and his entire suit to shut down. His thrusters convulsed before shutting down entirely, causing him to fall to the ground. He hit hard, falling through the hole in the roof and onto the floor. He grunted softly as he pulled himself from the floor, pulling his now dimmed mask off and letting his hood down. Well this was just great, no technology. Now he had to rely completely on his powers, not Lucius' style at all. The fall hadn't hurt in the slightest, still though, his pride was a bit bruised. Cracking his neck, Lucius simply waved his hand and the wall of the building that was separating him from his opponent was completely incinerated.

"Impressive, but i don't need my toys to beat you down..." He said walking forward, producing an aura of rage and determination. At this point his anger was kicking in, his use of energy wasn't helping. If this guy continued to annoy him the whole block would be in danger. Trying to burn/corrode his enemy didn't seem to be working very well, so Lucius' first thought was to use constructs. If the mans energy absorption worked like many others Lucius had met then solidified energy would be harder or even impossible to take in. With a gesture at least a dozen crimson chains materialized before Lucius, there ends carrying nasty looking spike balls. In the next instant they all launched at his opponent, some going for a straight forward strike while others circled their target in an effort to entangled the male. If they managed to, then Lucius would tighten the chains in an attempt at squeezing the man the death.