[b]almost a week prior to Batman & Robin's arrival to Lex Luthors current location[/b]

Lex Luthor sat in a chair behind a desk, holding his hands together impatiently as he glared at the door to the room, seconds passed by before the door creaked open and a person who's face was hidden behind a mask walked in, he was well built, in a suit that matched the color of his mask
"your late..." Luthor deadpanned with an agitated tone

"only fashionably so" the masked man retorted as he walked further into the room, slowly approaching the desk as the door slowly closed itself
"so, what can I do you for?" he asked with a sly grin behind his mask

"I need you to "collect" something for me" Luthor said with a faint smile as he took out a folder from his desk as slid it across the desk to the masked man who stopped it with his hand and picked it up
"I'd do it myself, but I'm a bit busy at the moment" the masked man opened the folder and read what was written, his eye's slowly widening in interest, he then looked up from the folder to Luthor with narrowed eye's

"heh-heh... sure, I'll play fetch for ya, but the "weight" of this package is going to cost ya a little extra in advance..." said the masked man as he grinned devilishly behind his mask, Luthor rolled his eye's slightly as he reached into his desk and pulled out a brief case and placed it on the table, sliding it over to the masked man, to which he spun it to face him and open it, to inspect the contents, which he was happy with

"does this fit your price?..." Luthor asked with a dim smile as he placed his fingers against each other while he rested in his chair, the masked man closed the brief case with a wide grin

"very much so, consider the job done" the masked man said as he turned to leave, taking the brief case and folder with him, he opened the door to the room and let it close itself as he left, Lex Luthor then slowly turned his chair around 180 degrees and watched as a large screen came from the ceiling, he pushed a few buttons on his chairs right arm and the screen turned one, a few more buttons pushed and an image of a seven foot humanoid machine appeared on screen, rotating 360 degrees slowly, Lex Luthor rested his chin on his hands as he slowly grinned at the image

[b]a two days after the meeting, location: somewhere in America, in a top secret military location, midnight[/b]

On a hill behind the cover of trees, the masked man from before looks through a pair of binoculars at the military base before him, he gives a satisfied chuckle before he turns to the stealth helicopter landed behind him, inside a pilot wearing a helmet nodded to him, the masked man placed his right hand up to his ear as he looked back to the base
"here's how it's going to happen, I'm going to sneak in, grab the "package" and bring it into the open, I'll radio you to come pick it and me up when I'm ready, for now stay put"

"roger that" the pilot said in a plain voice as he turned off the helicopter, the masked man then made his way to the base, as he approached he pushed a button on his wrist and he turned invisible just as a search light went over him, he nonchalantly walked up to the fence before he looked left and right, making sure no one was watching, he then took a few steps back before running towards the fence and jumping over it with a front flip, and landed on his hands and knees
"this is going to be too easy" he said as he stood up and began making his way to one of the warehouses, when he got to the first one, the massive doors were locked with a panel beside the handles, the masked man then took out a small hand sized device and placed it on the panel, it then began hacking the code to open the door, after a moment it gave a beep and the masked man grabbed the device, and the door lock made a loud ka-chunk as it opened, the masked man slipped inside and turned pressed a button beside his right eye, activating night vision, his eye's widened as he seen hundreds of large wooden and steel crates piled up to the ceiling
"we'll, looks like it's time to play hide and seek...." he said in a bored tone as he began walking around the warehouse looking for a crate that was about seven feet or so tall, most likely made of metal a few minutes had passed by and he had nothing, he had opened a few crates, finding weapons and gadgets of all sorts, but it wasn't what he was looking for
"hmp.... must be in one of the other warehouses..." he thought aloud as he turned to leave, he had taken a few steps before he smacked his face on something
"the f*ck?" he said as he rubbed his head, he looked for what hit him but their was nothing in front of him, he stood in a middle of the warehouse, most the crates had been placed near and around the walls, there was very few in the center of the building, but he had hit something, the masked man slowly felt around in front of him, taking a few steps forward with his arms out, then he felt something, he placed both hands on something hard, but not there
"interesting..." he said as he knocked on the object three times, then from the top of what appeared to be a seven foot object came a distortion of light that flowed to the floor before going completely invisible again
"heh-heh, I think I found the package" he said with a grin as he tried to place his hands around the object, he found the corners of it relatively easy, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't lift it
"okay..." he said in slight annoyance as he let go and tried pushing it with both hands, but to no avail
"come... On!..." he said as he placed his back to it and pushed as hard as he could, but still it didn't budge
"This Is Stupid!" he said in quiet frustration as he reeled back his right hand and punched the invisible crate making a loud thud with a few cracking noises following, he stood still with his fist against the box before he slowly looked to the floor
"ow...." he whimpered quietly to himself as he held his wrist while he turned away from the crate, just as he looked up he found a way to move it and grinned to himself

A few minutes later and the door to the warehouse opened, two passing soldiers that were on patrol had passed the doors a few seconds before it started opining, when it opened the two stopped and looked at the doors with their rifles aimed at them, a few seconds passed by just before they heard the sound of an engine, they held still with their aim locked, then out drove a forklift, with no one driving it and nothing being carried, the two soldiers stood their completely dumbfounded with their weapons lowered
"uh.... should we.... inform the base?..." one asked to the other

"....... I think we can handle a runaway forklift...." he said as he watched it drive strait to the open courtyard
"come on, lets go get it, then we'll find out who forgot to turn it off and lock the warehouse door...." the second one said as he began walking to the forklift, the first soldier followed behind

"wow... I can't believe this is working..." the masked man said to himself with a stupid grin under his mask as he drove by the soldiers, then he place his right hand to his ear and radioed the helicopter pilot
"alright, I'm heading towards the center of the courtyard, look for the green forklift, come get me" he said with a smile before he looked back, his eye's widened slightly as he seen the soldiers making their way towards him, he quickly placed his right hand up to his ear again
"and make it quick, your not the only one making their way towards me!" he said in a quiet panic as he got stopped the forklift dead center in the courtyard and got out of the drivers seat before climbing on top of the invisible crate

as the two soldiers approached they noticed the forklift come to a stop
"see it stopped, why the hell did you want to inform the base?" the second one asked with a grin, the first one looked away slightly with a slight glare

the helicopter turned on and the propeller blades spun up, and they were as silent as the night, with the pitch black paint job, it would be unseen as it flew over the base, the masked man stood somewhat impatiently on top of the crate as he watched the soldiers get closer
"the hell is he?!" the masked man silently yelled to himself just before there was a clank, the masked man grabbed at his head in pain before he looked to see a large robotic claw near him, he looked up to see it connected to the helicopter, the masked man grinned as he grabbed the claw and attached it to the invisible crate, it made a whirring sound as the robotic claw tightened it's grip, then it locked, the masked man then turned and gasped somewhat when he seen the two soldiers were less the ten feet from the forklift, the two soldiers noticed an increase in the wind, but it didn't seem to be of any concern as they closed in, the second soldier got into the forklift seat and looked to the first

"alright, lets get this back to the warehouse" he said as he backed the forklift up, the first soldier jumped onto the forklift and went with him, leaving the military base the masked man couldn't help but grin when he gave a two fingered salute to the soldiers as he watched then fade into the distance

"so long suckers" he said as the helicopter carried him away in the night

[b]a day before Batman & Robin arrive at Lex Luthor's current location[/b]

Lex Luthor impatiently walks back and forth around his room, his hands behind his back as he waits for his "Package", a less then a mile out a black stealth helicopter closes in on the location, the masked man watching as the building comes into view
"right, now how to get it inside...." the masked mas said as the helicopter hovered near the building
"hold it over the front doors, I'll get something to move it" the masked man said as he jumped off and landed on the ground, he stood up and dusted his knees off before walking into the building, he returned shortly after with a steel pallet with wheels, he wheeled it away from the doors as he signaled the pilot to drop the "Package", the helicopter placed itself over the pallet and lowered it's claw, when the masked man heard the steel pallet creak he signaled the pilot to released the claw, when he did so the pallet creaked a little more, then the helicopter took off
"alrighty then, I have a delivery to make" he said as he began to push the invisible crate into the building even with wheels it was somewhat difficult, inside his room Lex Luthor stood at a window, watching a helicopter disappear in the distance, he then look to the door as he heard it open

"took you long enough..." Luthor said as he turned to face the masked man
"well, where is it?..." he asked in an irritated tone

"glade you asked chrome dome, it's right here" the masked man said as he opened the second door to reveal the invisible crate on a steel pallet, Luthor raised his right eyebrow in slight confusion and anger

"is this some kind of joke?..." he asked, his arms to his sides with his hands lightly curled into fists

"no, come see for yourself" the masked man said with a grin, Luthor decided to humor him and approached the empty pallet

"so tell me... what am I looking at?..." Luthor asked while slightly gritting his teeth as she looked to the pallet on the floor

"the container" the masked man said as he leaned on it and knocked on it with his right hands knuckles, Luthors eye's widened and he place his right hand on the invisible crate
"I'll admit, it took me a while to find it, but I managed" he said prideful as he looked at the back of his hand

"did you check to see if "it" was inside?..." Luthor asked as he raised a judging eyebrow, just then the masked man's eye's opened wide in surprise

"uummmmm..... I may have... overlooked that part.. eh-heh-heh..." he said as he got off the crate and took a few steps away, Luthor glared at the masked man before he felt for something to open the crate, or deactivate the invisibility to open it then, soon he felt something and pressed it, then the invisibility turned off, revealing a seven foot tall metal crate that had a little panel on the center of it, Luthor just so happened to push the off button for the camo, he then pushed another button, and the crate made a hissing sound as the front of the crate opened up, revealing a seven foot tall humanoid machine, Luthor grew a large smile before looking to the masked man

"you are incredibly lucky that you just happened to pick the right crate..." Luthor said coldly as he marveled at the machine

"so, Lex, where the rest of my pay?" the masked man said with a slight grin, Luthor looked to his with a slightly annoyed look

"I don't even think you deserve this..." Luthor said as he walked up to his desk and opened a drawer, pulling out a brief case, a lot bigger then the last one, he walked over the then masked man and held it out to him
"but a deals a deal...., now take it and leave..." Luthor said to him, without hesitation the masked man grabbed the brief case and opened it, happy to see it filled with money, he closed it and held it to his side

"pleasure doing business with you baldy, perhaps you'll hire me again someday" the masked man said as he made to leave

"perhaps..." Luthor said with a weak smile, as the masked man left and the door closed, his weak smile turned into grit teeth
"not in you life...." Luthor added silently before he went over to the crate to view his new machine
"such a marvelous machine, I cant wait to open you up and see how you work, before test you out to see what you can do" Luthor said with a grin as he closed the crate

[b]present day, Batman & Robin have made it to Lex Luthors current location[/b]

Lex Luthor stood frustrated as he watched to hired mechanic/scientists through a window, also inside the room were four guards, the two mechanics were standing around a table and on it was a seven foot tall humanoid machine, they were trying to find some sort of opening or switch that would allow them to try and open it up so they could see what was inside, they looked over to Luthor through the window
"Mr.Luthor, we cant find anything, it's completely sealed off" one complained as she shrugged

"well then find a blow torch and cut it open, use your head you idiots!" Luthor exclaimed before he stormed out of the observation area
"if I didn't have the money I'd do it myself..." he complained as he went back to his room, leaving the Mechanic/scientists to do there job, the two mechanics looked at each other as Luthor left then they looked around the room they were in

"you find a blow torch yet?" one asked

"no, not yet..." the other replied, the guards rolled their eye's as they ignored the scientists, the two mechanic/scientists continued to look for blow torch or something that would be able to do the job just as well so they could try to open up the machine placed before them