Chapter 27: Project Doomsday
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Lex Luthor had faced many threats in his life tahumans, gods, a Kryptonian. But this?
This was sothing new.
Arthur stalked forward, the shadows curling and shifting with each step, bending to his presence like an unseen force of nature.
Lex's hand shot towards a hidden button beneath the conference table, but before he could press it, his body jerked violently into the air.
An invisible force gripped him, lifting him effortlessly as if he weighed nothing. His suit tightened around his throat, his breath caught in his lungs.
Arthur's cold, glowing eyes bore into him. "Don't do anything stupid, Luthor. You're a smart man...act like it."
Lex gritted his teeth, struggling against the unseen force. "What the hell are you?" he demanded.
A chuckle ca from the side. "Oh, you'll love this one, Lex," Adam said, leaning back against the table, arms crossed. "He's my little brother."
Lex's eyes widened. "Your what?!" He twisted his head towards Adam, still suspended in the air. "I thought your brother was just so kid, not—" his gaze snapped back to Arthur's shadow-cloaked form, "—so lunatic with powers!"
Adam smirked. "Yeah, he's full of surprises." His eyes flicked toward Arthur, intrigued. "Seriously, though. What can't you do?"
Arthur barely spared him a glance. "I can't make stupid deals with dangerous people that would destroy my na."
Silence.
Adam's smirk faltered, his expression tightening for the first ti.
Arthur turned to him. "Good work coming here fast."
Adam exhaled, regaining his composure. "Of course. Took the fastest private jet I had. I always keep my word, brother."
Arthur gave him a slow nod. "Then go. I'll take it from here."
Adam raised an eyebrow. "And leave you alone with Lex Luthor?"
Arthur tilted his head, his glowing blue eyes burning through the dim room. "Look at . Do I look like I need help?"
Adam studied him for a long mont, then chuckled, shaking his head. "Fine. But be careful."
Arthur finally smirked looking at Lex. "Luthor should be the one worrying about that."
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The LexCorp building was as pristine as ever, its corridors bustling with executives, scientists, and security personnel. Yet, as Arthur and Lex walked side by side, nobody dared to intervene.
Maybe it was the subtle tension in the air, the way Arthur's presence made the light flicker, or perhaps it was because Luthor...Lex Luthor...had his hands bound behind his back by so unseen force and still walked as if he were in control.
Lex's expression remained neutral, but his jaw tightened as they passed a few high-ranking employees. So slowed their steps, eyes flicking between him and Arthur, but a single cold glance from their CEO sent them moving along.
Lex finally broke the silence. "You know, it's a little excessive parading
around my own building like this."
Arthur didn't even glance at him. "You'll live."
Lex exhaled sharply through his nose. "At least let
use my hands. I assu you didn't drag
all the way here just to humiliate
in front of my staff."
Arthur smirked. "Nope. You're not using your hands until we reach your lab."
Lex narrowed his eyes, his patience wearing thin. "And if I refuse?"
Arthur gave him a sidelong glance, his glowing blue eyes carrying a quiet, dangerous amusent. "Then I'll carry you."
Lex clenched his jaw he let out a sharp breath and kept walking till they stopped in front of an elevator.
The elevator doors slid open, revealing an empty, mirror-lined interior. Arthur stepped in first, his eyes imdiately catching the illuminated panel of buttons. His gaze traveled downward, landing on the LexCorp logo beside the lowest floor level—Restricted Access.
He smirked. "That's it, isn't it?"
Lex didn't answer, but his subtle shift in posture spoke volus.
Arthur didn't wait for confirmation. He reached into his pocket, pulling out the sleek black keycard his brother had given him. With a casual swipe, the red restriction light blinked green, and the elevator began its silent descent.
The air grew heavier in the confined space, tension stretching between them like a drawn wire.
Lex finally broke the silence, his voice asured. "Where did you get that...? Adam...of course. So, you already know what I'm working on."
Arthur leaned against the elevator wall, arms crossed. "I do."
Lex's expression turned cold. "Then you should understand that if you even think about interfering, the consequences will be severe, for both of us."
Arthur tilted his head, a smirk playing at his lips. "No. Just for you."
Lex's eyes flickered with irritation. For the first ti in a long ti, he wasn't the one dictating the pace of a conversation.
Arthur turned his gaze to the descending numbers on the elevator panel. "So tell , Luthor. What's the endga here? You playing with fire just to see who burns first? "
Lex let out a low chuckle. "Fire? No. Fire is predictable. Containable. I prefer things a little more... calculated."
Arthur scoffed. "that's your problem, Luthor...you only trust what you can control. And when sothing doesn't fit neatly into your sches, you try to get rid of it. That's why you hate Superman so much. He's sothing you can't bend, sothing that exists outside of your perfect little equations."
Lex's expression remained unreadable, but there was a flicker of annoyance in his eyes. "Spare
the philosophy. You think you're different? You're here, in my building, forcing my hand...yet you talk about control like you're above it."
Arthur smirked, tightening his grip through Ruler's Authority, making Lex stiffen. "I don't need control, Luthor. I just need you to open the damn doors that only you can."
The elevator ca to a smooth stop, a soft chi echoing through the confined space. As the doors slid open, Lex's posture stiffened, his usual composed deanor cracking just slightly. Arthur stepped out first, taking in the massive underground lab stretching before him...a cathedral of technology bathed in sterile white light. Rows of high-tech workstations humd with activity, glass chambers lined the walls, and complex blueprints flickered across holographic displays. The sheer scale of LexCorp's operation made even Arthur hesitate for a second.
Lex exhaled sharply, stepping forward but keeping a wary eye on Arthur. His fingers twitched slightly...whether from frustration or nerves, Arthur wasn't sure.
Arthur turned to him, tilting his head. "Say I destroy everything here.. how much do you lose?"
Lex's jaw clenched. His voice ca low and dangerously sharp.
"Don't you even dare."
"I won't destroy it," Arthur said, his voice low but unwavering. "as long as you show
project Doomsday."
Lex's thoughts raced. Doomsday he had kept it a secret, buried deep in his underground labs, hidden even from the Justice League. And now this brash kid, this unassuming figure standing before him, knew exactly what was down here even the very na. "How? How had he figured it out?"
His lips curled into a faint smile, though it barely reached his eyes, a sign of his irritation. Lex kept his voice controlled, but the tension in his jaw was impossible to ignore.
"Why do you wish to destroy this project? From your thods, I can tell you're not like the rest of the... caped wonders."
Arthur's eyes flashed with a mix of amusent and sothing darker. "Who says anything about destroying?" he replied, his tone clipped.
Lex raised an eyebrow, his fingers tapping on the sleek surface of a nearby console as he tried to regain his composure. "Then what do you want?" His voice grew sharper. "More money? More power?"
Arthur's gaze didn't waver, his eyes glowing with the dangerous certainty of soone who had already made his choice. "I want it for myself," he said, his words simple but loaded with aning.
Lex recoiled, taken aback by the sheer audacity. His mind whirled, trying to decipher what Arthur was truly after.
"What... what do you an by that?" Lex stamred, struggling to make sense of the situation.
Arthur's impatience rippled through the air as he shot Lex a pointed look. "Enough ti wasted. Move."
Lex, though clearly unsettled, didn't argue. He turned and led Arthur deeper into the labyrinthine corridors of the lab, passing by rows of tallic doors and advanced technology that humd softly in the background. The dim lights flickered in ti with the steady pulse of the equipnt, amplifying the tension in the air.
Eventually, they ca to a massive, imposing door, its surface sleek and unmarked. The kind of door you'd expect to guard sothing catastrophic, sothing that wasn't ant to be seen by anyone. Lex swiped a keycard, the sound of the electronic lock sliding open echoing down the hallway.
As the door swung open, Arthur's sharp eyes imdiately focused on what lay inside.
A giant, glass water tube stood in the center of the room, the faint glow from a control panel lighting up the figure inside. It was a hulking shape, suspended in liquid, a figure that could only be described as a nightmare waiting to be unleashed. Its body was massive, filled with unnatural muscle, veins bulging across the surface like so grotesque mockery of life. There were tubes and wires connected to its skin, feeding into it, keeping it in so kind of stasis.
Project Doomsday.
Arthur studied the creature with a cold, calculating gaze, his eyes narrowing slightly. He could almost feel the power thrumming beneath the surface. It was far from ready...Lex had been right about that. But it was undeniably alive.
Lex's voice was strained as he watched Arthur approach the glass. "It's not ready. Not even close." His words were firm, but there was a twinge of uncertainty in them.
Arthur's gaze remained locked on the creature, but sothing shifted in the atmosphere, sothing more subtle. He tilted his head slightly, feeling a faint vibration in the air. It wasn't just the creature that was alive. There was sothing else, sothing hidden, breathing...quiet but unmistakable.
His eyes snapped back to Lex, his tone sharp. "You have soone else here, don't you?"
Lex froze, his expression flickering for just a mont before he regained his composure. "I—what are you talking about?" he said, trying to hide the sudden unease in his voice. But Arthur saw through it.
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