Chapter 88

C-1 laid on her bed, using her phone while listening to music through the external speaker. After shopping with Cheetah, her room was now filled with technologies, furniture, and other things. The main colors of the room were black and purple, giving it a royalty feel. Carnage suddenly walked through the closed door, inspected the room with his x-ray vision. After a second, he looked at C-1, who was staring intensely at him.

"You will be coming with me." He declared, turning around to leave the room.

C-1tilted her head, "To where?"

"The meeting with the Justice League. My guess is, their plan only focuses on me going alone, so they will need to adjust their plan accordingly when they see you. Although I will scan through the skyscraper to find all traps, you can't be too careful." Carnage explained, his speaking speed increasing as he spoke.

C-1 stared at Carnage without blinking, "D-did you just answer my question?"

C-1 question interrupted his rambling, causing him to look up at her. "You asked a valid question, so I answered. Besides, you need to know the plan so you won't fuck it up."

C-1 nodded as Carnage continued. "My guess is, they will use the lasso of truth on me. Although I can easily phase through it, Flash would counter my phase with his. Meaning I would have to answer all their question, but that isn't a problem. The goal is to see how much information they have based on the questions they will ask me. You are not to interrupt unless the questions are going to reveal too much information." Carnage stared intensely into her eyes. "I trust you can handle that?"

C-1 nodded, pressing something on her phone to turn off the music. "Who should I attack to stop the interrogation?"

A grin appeared on Carnage's face, causing a shiver to run up C-1 spin. "Superman."

"Wh-what!?" C-1 shouted, sitting up. Cold sweat ran down her body as she saw the grin remain on Carnage's face. "Shouldn't I attack Batman? He is the weakest. He would be easy to kill. With a flick of my wrist, I can snap his neck..."

Seeing her rambling on how she can easily kill Batman, Carnage sighed. "Listing C-1. Calm down. I understand your confusion, but they will expect Batman to be attacked, not Superman. All you have to do is attack superman, causing flash to lose his focus. In that split second, I will escape the hold. Then it is down to fight or flight."

"What of Wonder Woman? She is the one holding the lasso, right?" C-1 asked, not convinced. "I can't fight Superman again. Last time, I was just a punching bag."

"Do as I say. Now, get ready." Turning around, he phased through the door, leaving the C-1 behind.

"He can't be serious..." C-1 mumbled in a soft and shaky voice. "I will get another beatdown. At least with Carnage, he let me fight back but Superman... Fuck!!"

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A Jet landed on the roof of the Wayne enterprise, the door opening, and two people stepping out. One is a large man with an equally muscular and well-defined physique. His size alone could cause a normal human to tremble in fear when in his presence. He stood about 6'7" with bronze-colored skin, short black hair, thick black eyebrows, and red intense eyes. He wore a fitted black suit, with a white undershirt and red tie.

The other one was a tall, attractive, light-skinned woman. She has a voluptuous frame and a well-toned yet muscular build. She was covered in black, with black lipstick, black-lined eyes, and a black one-piece gown. Her dark long hair was let down behind her, some laying on her shoulders, with translucent black hosen arm warmers and black hills.

"This is Gotham, alright." Carnage said with a grin, watching a police chase happening many miles away.

"Why am I back here," C-1 mumbled with a sigh.

A waitress who was waiting in them walked forward before bowing. "Welcome sir Carnage and?" She trailed off, waiting for C-1 to say her name.

Carnage looked at C-1, who was using her phone, not paying any attention. Seeing as she was not saying anything, he looked back at the waitress, coming up with a random name, "Octavia."

"Miss Octavia. Now, will you please follow me? Batman is waiting for you." She finished, turning around.

C-1 glanced at Carnage, who had a serious look on his face as he scanned the building. She wanted to ask why he didn't introduce her as C-1 but decided against it. They followed the waitress just one floor down for their dinner. When they entered the room, they saw the 7 members of the justice league, in their costume, sitting at the table, waiting for them. The table has 14 sits, six on each side and two on each head of the table. Batman sat on the head of the table, while the other six, sat on his side. On his left is Cyborg, Flash, then Wonder Woman while his left was Shazam, Green Lantern, and Super Man. The room was big, with a high ceiling and multiple chandelier lights hanging from it. The floor was paved with onyx with only two exits, which was each at the end of the table.

Without saying a word, Carnage sat on the other head of the table, across from Batman. C-1 sat on his right. "Sorry for being late. I wasn't fast enough." Carnage smiled, looking at Flash.

Hearing this, Flash clenched his fist, ready to attack, but stopped due to Batman eyeing him. "You are only two minutes late. No problem with that."

"Now, who is this young lady?" Wonder Woman asked, smiling at C-1 who ignored her, still on her phone. She was the closest to C-1, only two empty seats separating them.

"My daughter, Octavia." Not allowing them to ask more questions, Carnage folded his arm, looking directly into Batman's eyes. "Let's get down to business, Bruce."