The Maze, he had to get sentenced to "The Maze".<br/><br/>The Enigma turns a corner in the maze, hurtling over one of the spike traps at a sprint. He tries not to think of how he knew it was there- but with a photographic memory good for the last 20 years it would be hard too. He recognized the spot because before his turn in the Maze they had made him watch the others before him. That particular trap had hamstrung the CheetahWoman, one of Superwoman's foes. It wasn't enough to kill her- but soon after wards Superwoman and Ultraman, the two most powerful members of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, caught up to her. The animals had made a man with perfect memory watch his lover being literally raped to death by two people known for tossing tanks like children's toys. On pay-per-view no less.<br/><br/>One advantage of "The Maze", the Crime Syndicate were oriented toward profit- and they had given him back his gear to make it an interesting show. That was the rule, the prisoner got a 15 minute head start in the Maze, then a CSA member was released into the Maze with them at once an hour so they could execute the prisoner personally.<br/><br/>Of course, everyone underestimated the world's smartest man. Most of the prisoners lasted about 10 minutes after the first Syndicate member was allowed into the maze- 5 if that one member was Ultraman, Superwoman, or Owlman.<br/><br/>The Enigma was 3 minutes shy of the record, set by the White Martian 11 years ago. Ultraman and Superwoman were brutes, an improvised EM pulse to knock out their more sophisticated tracking systems and they were both blind. Owlman had been trickier, it had taken the Enigma almost half an hour of constant dodging to figure out where his subdermal implant was, and to remove it from his own temple. King Fish just took a quick hack into the environmental systems of the maze to raise the temperature and lower the humidity enough to make the Maze hostile enough that he had to back off. Power Ring and Jonny Quick required a more delicate alteration, of the Maze's audio systems to improvise a neuro-scramble for the two youngest members. The Red Martian just took some well placed fires.<br/><br/>Of course, those things only slowed down the Syndicate. Now they had him cornered. 160 seconds shy of the record and the first prisoner to last long enough to bring in all the 7 members of the Crime Syndicate of Amerika since the White Martian.<br/><br/>"<strong>You lose, Eddie.</strong>" the Owlman added with menace, a razorang at the ready.<br/><br/>"<strong>As you define victory, I agree. My survival seems highly unlikely.</strong>" he says, the technology in his suit for a moment seems to make him appear like a hispanic woman, then an overweight african-american man, then back to the lanky white man that was the real Eddie. His mask maintains the blank green field with the purple question mark, but mostly for the show.<br/><br/>"<strong>Any last words for the viewers at home? 147 seconds for the record.</strong>" Jonny Quick blurts out.<br/><br/>"<strong>For them, not really- nothing that hasn't been said already. I do have some for you 7 though.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>I'll bite, what is it?</strong>" Ultraman asks, stepping closer.<br/><br/>"<strong>It's interesting, comparing my run with that of the White Martian. He could become invisible, shape-shift, was strong, invulnerable, could read minds- just a massive barrage of powers. His record had gone unchallenged all those years because of them.<br/><br/>Then I show up, and I hold back all 7 of you. And my only power is that I'm clever. Makes you wonder a few things.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>What could you possibly be talking about, little man?</strong>" Superwoman demands.<br/><br/>"<strong>Like what else I've been planning, like what have I made it a point to distract you from- and just how vulnerable do you 7 look now.</strong>"<br/><br/>Then begins the strange feelings of euphoria with flashes of blue and gold. All present and viewing are confused as to what it could be, especially the Enigma. He however managed to keep it off his face.<br/><br/>"<strong>And then of course, what this could be. . .</strong>"<br/><br/>-----------<br/><br/>The Enigma stands upon the transport platform, surveying the room around him- "his" face seems to be a basic field of green with a purple question mark in the middle. What looks to be a classic blue suit with a question mark tie that he's obviously done a fair amount of running and sweating in appears normal. The fact that "his" gender, race, height, weight, and age seem to be fluctuating madly and randomly every few seconds does not seem normal in the slightest.<br/><br/>"<strong>Well, that was unexpected. From the fact that I am seeing what appears to be a brightly colored Superwoman and more formal looking Power Grrl swapping spit, despite the fact that Superwoman personally killed Power Grrl from spreading dissident music, that this is something involving parallel universes?</strong>"