[center][img]https://sm.ign.com/t/ign_in/articlepage/v/viola-davis-negotiating-a-multi-picture-dc-movie-d/viola-davis-negotiating-a-multi-picture-dc-movie-d_7ruk.1280.jpg[/img][/center] Waller swirled her drink around in her glass, eyeing the suit of armor in the far corner of the room. Eight feet off complex systems, fully enclosed helmet. She couldn't understand how the occupant was supposed to see, but then apparently that was all part of the control. [color=f7941d]"So the President informs me that your [i]guest[/i], is ready for his first job."[/color] She lifted the glass to her lips, allowing the bitter and cool liquid run down to swirl around her mouth before swallowing it. The Professor pushed his glasses up his face and leaned back in his chair. [color=6ecff6]"I have made significant progress thanks to the President's involvement. His workings and mine have blended together rather well."[/color] [color=f7941d]"I have to say, I am rather skeptical of this, should you lose control-"[/color] [color=6ecff6]"I could almost guarantee that I will have far more control over my asset, than you over yours. Yours follow you because they [i]fear[/i] you. My assets follow because that is what it is made to do."[/color] [color=f7941d]"My assets-"[/color] The Professor waved his hand dismissively. [color=6ecff6]"I don't really care about your assets. ARGUS is antiquated and inadequate for the task at hand. My assets and I, we are the future."[/color] He chuckled slightly as he turned several technical diagrams back into Waller's view. [color=6ecff6]"Cadmus only ever really produced one asset worth noting, and it is currently flying around in a red cape having been adopted by Superman. Not exactly the asset you wanted, was it?[/color] Waller felt her grip tighten on the glass before she once again regained control of herself. [color=f7941d]"Certain failures are to be expected, it is why we have contingencies."[/color] [color=6ecff6]"A wager then, you go first. Whoever brings Superman to the President, wins."[/color] [hr] [center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1055909791542816778/1074304937091137626/af539679-a0fc-4857-b5c0-00a2445b9173.png[/img][/center] Clark closed Jons door with a sigh, bidding him goodnight as he did so. Near enough as soon as the door had closed, he was gone. Out the building, and beneath the starry skies. Sat on top of the local water tower, he used to come here with Lana Lang back during his high school days. They spent many nights here through all the high points of their lives, and the lowest. They came here after their graduation, Clark returned here when his parents died. He came here when the JSA disbanded, after the Atlantis Invasion. He proposed to Lois at the top of this tower, he had come here when she died. Clark sighed. He had believed that dissolving the Justice League had been the right thing to do, Bruce and Diana had agreed and they had gone their separate ways. Things always seemed to get worse.