<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/TxRLbsD.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Lor Zod<br/>(Optional)<strong>WEARING:</strong>Kryptonian Battle Armour (House of Zod)<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>Aug 22, 2020<br/><strong>TIME:</strong>Early Night<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Star City, within a Queen Industries Lab<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Engaging the Royal Flush Gang<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Royal Flush Gang, Artemis<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Zod's lips curled up into a small smile of pleasure as Artemis showed no signs of being cowed by him in the least. His blue eyes dared her to loose her arrow and see if it would harm him - his arrogance and conceit was colossal and unveiled like a great banner. His small smile faded as Artemis put away her Grande Arrow. He refrained from showing his disappointment, but he felt it nevertheless. As she drew another arrow there was some mild hope that maybe she had an arrow tipped with Kryptonite - that would have been a greater treat. But she did not and his disappointment was compounded further.<br/><br/>The zip line arrow flew over the Kryptonian's shoulder, and he watched it go. Time appeared to slow as the Kryptonian shifted his perception. The son of Zod estimated its course and allowed his perception to shift to be more in line with the speeds that humans customarily moved at. Artemis took a running start and leapt off the rooftop, using her zip line to take her to the building that the Royal Flush Gang had infiltrated.<br/><br/>The Kryptonian flew at what was a lazy speed to reach the same destination, matching Artemis's speed. While she landed on the rooftop, Zod landed on the ground. He folded his hands behind his back and simply walked into the building, following the path that the Royal Flush Gang had taken. He noted with disinterest the subdued security guards - they were alive and unconscious. They might suffer when they woke, but Zod was not sufficiently familiar with human physiology to know even if he were to expend the time for more than even a cursory examination.<br/><br/>He eventually found the gang preparing to employ a laser to open up a vault - their goal the prototype weapons within. The Ace android was adjusting the settings and programming the machine for the very precise work of opening the vault without damaging the delicate technology within.<br/><br/>"Which fucker's that? One of the Bat's brats?" King of Spades asked, voiced tinged with annoyance.<br/><br/>"I don't fucking know. Just blast him!" Queen of Spades responded.<br/><br/>The corners of Zod's mouth turned downwards into a frown of vague distaste. He raised a hand, and pointed at the ground with his index finger.<strong>"Kneel."</strong>He commanded in a voice the showed his disdain for the criminals.<br/><br/>"I know him now. Alien, like Superman! Thought he was in Blackgate . . ." The King of Spades said. "Good thing we have an Ace up our sleeves for this. Ace, get him! Jack, take over on the laser!" The King commanded and grinned. The King and Queen fired their weapons, discharging energy Zod's way. The blasts failed to move the hulking Kryptonian, but it was a very different outcome as the Ace android advanced, its lumbering steps causing the ground to tremble. It swung a massive right fist and struck Zod square in the jaw. The impact made a sound like a bomb going off, and the force it rattled Zod's teeth and sent the son of Zod flying backwards. He hurtled back and struck a wall, but that was not sufficient to meaningfully slow Zod down. The alien careened through several more walls until he was outside again, and he came to a stop by exerting his power of flight to halt him in mid-air.<br/><br/>Zod raised his left hand and stroked his jaw with thumb and forefinger. He had only a fraction of a second to do so and then the Ace android was rushing towards him and the automaton swung a left fist into Zod's midsection, hammering the son of Zod's ribs and straining the structural integrity of the Kryptonian's Battle Armor. Zod cocked his head and a right hook smashed into the side of his face. He looked over the android with X-Ray vision, and it all came together as he sighted the android's shielded core. He was certain that there was a fragment of Kryptonite within the Ace android, powering it and allowing to contend with him in a meaningful way. His face ached from the two thunderous impacts, and his ribs protested with each breath, but the pain did not touch Zod. Pain was unwanted sensory information, and he ignored it with the power of will cultivated in the Phantom Zone.