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Chapter 11 - The Butterfly Effect: Chapter 11 - The Impostor

It had been an hour since Glade was announced as "Most Dangerous Person on Earth". Everyone who had heard the news was terrified, due to the wide range of abilities she had access to. Many people had already resorted mass looting in sheer desperation, knowing that they were not safe. The entire Bellwood police department had their hands full dealing with terrified people, gangs, and even the heroes were flooded with calls asking if they could seek asylum in their secret hideouts and bases. In the midst of the chaos, the fake kept picking off people one by one.

As the police were trying and failing to contain the situation before it got out of hand, a building exploded, terrifying the people further. An evil laugh echoed throughout the ruined landscape. At this point, the police were overworked, overwhelmed, and were not ready for a villain attack. "Oh no!" an officer screamed. "It's the Joker!" Before Joker could do anything however, a blur of green and neon blue knocked him out. Taking a good look at him, one of the high-ranking officers saw that the the blur was, in fact, a figure wearing a high-tech armor, with a predominantly green armor with neon blue lines running all over the suit.

The police just stood there in shocked silence. Then Officer Carson shakily asked, "W-who... Who are you?" The armored person turned to them and replied, "I.. AM PARAGON. THE GREATEST HERO TO EVER EXIST! DO NOT WORRY. I AM HERE TO HELP!" The police officers were a bit skeptical of this, but they allowed Paragon to assist them.

After calming down the citizens, everything returned to normal... until a purple figure slashed open a random bystander's chest. Despite the hole in his chest that was exposing his ribcage, he was still alive and screaming. "OH MY GOD! OH FUCK! IT HURTS! IT HURTS LIKE HELL! PLEASE!! END MY MISERY!!! AAAAUUUUGHHHHHAAAAAAHAAAA..." Instantly, Paragon burst into motion. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" Despite drawing blood, the figure escaped.

Back at Glade's secret base, Paragon took off her armor, revealing that she was, in fact, Glade. "Now that I have a blood sample, I can analyze it and compare it with mine, and hopefully this should clear my name." She injected a syringe into her arm and ran it through the scanner. After a while, the printer printed out the result, and she set the results aside while simultaneously inserting the impostor's blood sample inside the scanner. Suddenly, there was an alert on the computer screen. Glade checked the cameras and saw that Batman and Superman had entered her home, likely to arrest her. "Uh oh. I better lock down the house." Glade hit the lockdown button, closing off all doors and windows.

[Batman POV]

Batman was not having a good day. He had seen the news and asked Superman to come to Glade's house with him. When they attempted to enter the gate, all the openings had been sealed off. "Superman. Can you try to break down the door?" "You don't need to tell me twice, Bats." Superman approached the door and attempted to break through the metal security gate, but it was all in vain, as it contained trace amounts of Kryptonite. Batman brought out a laser cutter and attempted to cut a hole, but the gate was made of an alloy between adamantium, vibranium, and an unknown material. "This isn't working, Superman. We may need reinforcements." "Agreed.", Superman replied. They had Captain Atom try to cut a hole in the door, Cyborg and Mr. Terrific hack the security systems, Green Lantern to brute force the door, and even some Avengers, such as Ant-Man, try to break in. Each time, they failed. Captain Atom didn't have enough energy to cut a hole, the built-in AI simply rebuffed each of Cyborg and Mr. Terrific's hacking attempts, Green Lantern was jumpscared in various ways by the AI each time he tried to break through, and Ant-Man... was simply blocked by a forcefield that activated when he attempted to cross a microscopic gap in the gate.

As they were contemplating on what to do, the security measures deactivated.

[Glade POV]

"I know you think all those murders were my doing, but I have proof that someone created an evil clone of me." She held up the results analyzing the two blood samples. Realizing that the culprit was a clone, he asked, "Do you know who could be behind the creation of this clone?" As Glade was about to respond, a voice rang out. "So... the game is up, huh?"

The impostor/clone was sitting on top of the neighboring house's roof. Glade shouted, "HEY! Who sent you?!" The evil clone replied, "Hah! Do you really think I would give away the identity of my creator? Nice try, but you'll have to try a little harder than that."

[Song: La danse macabre - Remix by Shirobon]

Both the fake and the original become XLR8 and begin speeding all over the city, occasionally trading blows in front of shocked bystanders. Their clash eventually leads them to the Municipal Park, where the clone switched to Jetray, but the original switched to Humongousaur and grabbed the clone. When Iron Man attempted to hit the fake with a repulsor beam, it was too late. The fake had gotten away.

[Undisclosed Location (Dialogue is on two-way radio)]

[Fake Glade] *static* "Hey boss. I got the stuff. I'll be heading to the warehouse in a bit. Over."

[Unknown] "Good. Make sure none of them are damaged. I need those to return to normal. And also, bring me the original Omnitrix, understand? Over."

{Fake Glade] "Roger that, boss. Over and out."

TO BE CONTINUED

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