Meanwhile...

"What the fuck?!"

Roman Torchwick frowned. "Neo is barely in this one! What a load of crap! *Sigh* Oh ho! What's this? The exercise video just posted!" He grinned. "Well that's more like it! Maybe there'll be some good content of her there! I'll just get comfor-"

*Knocking at the door*

"-Table. *Sigh* well there goes that idea... yeah, come on in!" He glares at the door as he pulls out a cigar instead of his dick. "This better be good!"

The door opened and the head of a man appeared with his brown hair and greyed temples. "Sorry to interrupt Roman but-"

Roman grinned getting up and heading towards the bar. "Hiya Reed. Forget it. What can I do for you? Care for a drink?"

The man, Reed, shook his head. "Kind offer but no. I just wanted to pop in for a moment. I wouldn'tsay "No" to a coffee however."

Roman shrugged pouring himself a drink and grabbing a coffee mug. "Suit yourself. Come on in. How's everything going?"

Reed entered... by stretching his neck impossibly first followed by his limbs and body which were also stretched out and approached the chair. "Sorry. Trying to get used to the new body. It's almost exactly like mine but... well... you know how it is when you're breaking in a new pair of your favorite shoes." Reed smirked.

Roman chuckled and handed him his coffee before retaking his seat. "I can imagine. No issues with that? Speaking of shoes we don't need you suddenly turning into your goody-two-shoes self."

Reed laughed. "Hahah! None. My mind was the superior one after all. Hahaha! No that "Reed" is quite throughly crushed. Even breaking his closest friends and family didn't rousehis personality. I think it's safe to say he "died" during the merging or "fusion" process."

Roman chuckled sipping his drink. "So you've been playing with his friends? How's that going?"

Reed shrugged and stretching his fingers abnormally started flipping through various displays. "Sue is being troublesome but I'm working on it. As you can see we're currently using Johnny as a living power source. I'm happy to say we're quite green in that department! He can power much of Phoenix's main headquarters in an ecologically friendly way." He flipped past the veiw of the Human Torch Reactor to- "Ah yes. We had to basically destroy Grimm's mind. He's not much of anything but a thug brute now... but he is completely compliant and obedient, which is honestly an improvement. He was a good experimental subject for the same processes used on Ms Rose- er, sorry I meant subject "Red"- and see how far a human mind could "bend" before..." he snapped his fingers.

Roman grinned. Obviously this Reed Richards without a conscience was a big improvement over his usual boring self! "And how about the others?"

Reed shrugged. "We're going a bit slower with turning the other "Heros" we captured. We want the "Revengers" plan to work so that takes time... but we've already seen benefits to both the Super Soldier and the Hulk as you've seen. The Hulkification processes, leaked to intermediaries that have no connections to us for testing, worked quite well! Some of the results were quite spectacular indeed! And you can attest to the Super Soldier Serums effectiveness."

Roman nodded raising his glass. "Almost too well. I can't get seem to get a good buzz going..."

Richards shrugged. "Yes. Your tolerance will be quite high now and your metabolism is breaking down the alcohol at a rapid rate. Likely faster than you can imbibe it. Sorry about that... upside your face didn't melt!"

Roman grinned wryly raising his glass with a wink. "Which is a fair trade off I'd say. I'm a bit attached to the one I've got!"

Reed smirked. "Quite! Many of the "villains" are more tractable or even willingly falling into line but there have been setbacks there as well. For example Osborne in particular has been difficult but he was always unstable to begin with." Reed shrugged. "If necessary we'll write him off. No big deal. And-"

"And we'll find a use for a berserk Goblin too, I'm sure," Roman waved his hand. "Right now it's more important to focus on stabalizing our other plans and projects. We can focus on the unstable ones afterwards. Speaking of..."

Reed sighed. "Yes. Even with the greater technology and minds we can't progress on certain things still. As much as the Boss wants it, it seems certain things, like time travel past the event for example, is still impossible. It's still impossible to travel beyond the general 2020 limit and we can't without attracting govermental attention. The same restrictions apply to anything before 2020 and later. Ineffect anything that breaks past the time Prime and RealDreams accessed worlds with certain powers and abilities is still impossible... we'll keep trying of course but I'm afraid it's just a dead end."

Roman nodded looking at his glass. The Boss wouldn't be happy but they all knew it was asking for the impossible... even the Boss.

Even this world had limits. No time travel past that point which was heavily monitored and restricted by Prime anyway. As much as some might wish to rewrite the past, particularly the Combine wars and the Character Wars before that for example, that while they devastated Prime, they were important events for the growth of RealDreams and consolidation of the singular Prime governing body. The powers that be certainly weren't going to mess that up. They had a vested interest and would protect it ruthlessly. It was cushy at the top and the current status quo of Prime over all was quite good for the Primes. No one was complaining.

"Yeah. That's why even "He" failed. No bringing back the dead from prior to the time the ability became possible from contact with other worlds."

Reed nodded too sipping at his coffee. "Quite. No power, ability, technology, science or "miracle" can affect changes from before the time when RealDreams first made contact with a "world setting" with those capabilities. That time and the things that happened are effectively "locked". No time travel past that point. No bringing back those who died before that point in time." He shrugged. "Our adversary tried and failed everytime to fight that fate again and again and all ultimately futile. I generally hate saying something is "impossible" but..." he shrugged. "This is an exception. We'll keep trying of course but-"

Roman shrugged. "The Boss knows that and understands it on some level. They won't fault you for your lack of progress in that area. Keep working on it but Noone is expecting results. It's more important to not let those experiments jeopardize what we have and what we're trying to accomplish moving forward. Speaking of how's-"

《《"I do hate to intrude gentlemen, however..."》》

Roman sighed but other than rolling his eye's he let it go. "What's up, Proffesor? If you're butting in it can only be really good or really bad news."

《《"An astute observation, Roman. It is indeed the later I'm afraid. One of our holdings has just come under attack."》》

Roman jerked upright. "Stark?"

《《"Not this time, I think. Nor is it the authorities. It appears to be-"》》

-Trash World-

Explosions rock the night as an enemy attacks. The air is unpleasantly thick with the smell of burning garbage of various kinds.

"Ice Queen" Weiss Schnee sighed as she took cover. "I've heard of dumpster fire situations before but this is ridiculous! Who are the hell are these guys?! Wish I was armed..."

A flying woman zips past her eyes flashing lazer beams as she takes out the defense turrets. Following in her wake are similarly attired characters

"Characters please remain calm!" She says and becomes recognizable as Power Girl loudly and clearly, "This is the Character Liberation Interworld Team! Your freedom is at hand!"

"O.M.G!" Said a Heather from Total Drama Island covered in dirt and filth followed by Ryan from The Office wearing rags and a tie pointing. "Check out the super tits!"

"Seriously?" Leto Joker asked incredulously. "We're being saved by the CLIT? I always thought that was just a bad joke!"

"Look who's fucking talking!" Said Scrappy Doo.

"Get down!" A Bloo from Foster's imaginary friends said diving on the two of them and knocking them into "Trash" and "Bitch" from Shield Hero... and sending them all into a pile of garbage.

"I'M GONNA WRECK IT!" A loud voice yelled and then something smashed a hole in the defensive wall. A number of different characters come pouring in... accidentally stepping all over a Joffery Baratheon who'd gotten knocked into the filth before anyone noticed.

"I don't know what you all are up too-" Weiss started to say warily but stopped as a familiar voice called out.

"Aha! There you are!" A backlit curvy but smartly dressed figure stood outlined in the light streaming in through the hole making a grand entrance. "At least you seem to be well, Weiss... and do close your mouth!"

Weiss blinked her mouth agape a moment as her brain caught up. "Winter!"

The ashen blond smiled at her sister momentarily before going back to all business. "That's "Commander" actually, thank you."

A Zorzal El Caesar from Gate snickered. "You mean you're the CLIT Command- errr...ugh..." He groaned slumping to the ground as someone punched him to shut him up. "Not funny," he warned.

Weiss hugged her sister in her excitement but stopped when Winter made a strange uncomfortable, almost pained sound. "Oh, I'm sorry! Uhm... Winter," she looked at her sisters chest. "Are you-"

"Just fine," Winter said blushing a little. "A bit tender moo... *ahem* mostly. An unrelated matter. It's good to see you looking well. We'll have to get that collar off you and the others as well as scan you for and remove any other tracking devices. Kara will handle that."

Weiss nodded. "Of course! How can I help?"

Winter nodded her approval. "As soon as we get you all rounded up and freed we'll be leaving. If you can help us round everyone up that would be a good start."

Weiss nodded. "Of course! You... you haven't heard from any of the others have you?"

Winter sighed but nodded pulling out a phone. "We'll discuss it more later... but we have information on where to find Mother and some of your friends."

A few quick taps and she had called up a video. It showed Blake, Yang and Nora but also Penny, Pyrrha and others following along with a sort of dance routine class being lead by Glynda and- "Mother?!"

["Alright," Glynda said wearing some skimpy athletic wear on the video. "Now that we're limbered up what shall we begin with today?"

Penny, similarly attired as were all the others, raised her hand. "Pole dancing please!"

Glynda nodded and looked at Willow who smiled taking over. "Very well. Let's begin," Willow said as she approached the pole strutting. "Remember that the focus on this proformance is to make it sexy and enticing. Even walking up to the pole is a part of that," she says demonstrating. "Try to swing your hips, stick out your assets and accentuate every single step in time to the music. If it helps think of the person you're performing for... a person you want to be performing for. Imagine them watching you-"

"Like Walter?" Nora asked. "Is that who you're thinking of?"

The Willow on the screen blushed like a girl half her age but smiled a bit. "Yes," she admitted. "I like many of us think of our owner. Dear Walter-"]

"What the-? Who is Walter and what has he done to her?!" Weiss said feeling revolted, disgusted and shocked by her mother's wonton behavior and her friends calling out encouragement and then having fun joining in themselves! "Are you certain that... that-"

"Yes," Winter said. "It's them. Their new owner is one "Walter Stark". And it appears that they are under his control in a "harem" of sorts." She switches the video to one of Penny going on and on about how happy she is.

Power Girl lands in front of them as Weiss says, "This... can't be true..." They both give her a look. "Of course it isn't," Winter said shutting it off. "They can do things to a persons mind and body here easily. Don't be fooled. Kara. Report."

Power Girl saluted. "We have most of them rounded up but their could be stragglers. Collar removal works for most but using my vision I did detect a few who've been additionally chipped or tampered with... including your sister here."

Weiss blinked. "What?"

Winter nodded. "Weiss this is Kara. She's Kryptonian. Among her powers is the ability for several types of different vision including a kind of X-ray. Very useful in these kinds of situations. We'll also have your mind checked later. Where is it?" Winter pulled out a knife looking at her sister. "Hand? Leg?"

Weiss swallowed. "What do you mean?"

Power Girl smiled at her sadly. "Behind the left ear. They put a chip in you, Weiss. I'm sorry but either we remove or destroy it before we can free you. It could be as simple as an ID tag but I doubt it. It looks like a tracker/locator type. I've burned enough of them to generally recognize them now. Winter do you want me to...?"

Winter paused and looked at Weiss. "We'll have a medical person examine and fix you up afterwards but it's up to you. We have to cut or burn that thing out now."

Weiss swallowed again and nodded. She lifted her hair away. "Do it. Cut it out of me now please."

Winter actually smiled tenderly. Her brave little sister. She nodded as well. "Understood. Brace yourself. It's going to hurt."

Weiss saw Power Girl offer her hands to hold and she took them gladly. "Freedom always hurts. I'm ready. We must rescue mother and our friends!"

"Mesa regret to report dat Schnee got away," said Darth Jar Jar in the holoprojection. "De CLIT do de finding dis time instead of de udder way round."

Roman rolled his eyes as several of the others groaned. "Not funny Jar Jar."

Jar Jar shrugged. "Shall we attempt to persue?"

Roman shook his head and looked around seeing most everyone agree. "No. In away this gives them a reason to go after our enemies and harass them. We can make lemonade out of this. Play your role as Mister Binks. PWBI are on their way as are the insurance and investors. Be upfront about everything. Phoenix Salvage is a legitimate business with nothing to hide. That's the beauty of the operation."

Darth Jar Jar nodded and bowed. "As you command." The holo shut off.

"Well that's the shit show, folks," Roman said lighting up a cigar.

Watts shrugged as his latest Nicole handed him a cup of tea. "Yes but while not a factor we'd seriously anticipated it was always a possibility. You handled it fine all things considered."

《《"Agreed. Our remaining surveillance is not the best," The Proffesor started showing several bad blurry angles from damaged cameras. 《《"But by extrapolation of the data as well as reconstruction and overlays I am quite certain that we have found our other missing Schnee. I am 99.3% certain that is our Winter Schnee. What's more now she and Weiss along with the CLIT will most certainly make a try on our adversary sometime in the future."》》

Cinder nodded drumming her fingertips ontop of Puppy's head where she knelt beside her, Emerald standing behind her chair. "Agreed. It's unlikely that they'll reveal a weakness but they might or provide a distraction. They might even succeed by some miracle... and then we strike!"

There's nodding all-around. They're all fully in agreement on this particular matter it seemed. "Well, that's settled," said Reed Richards. "Shall we move on to our next piece of business while we're here?"

There's more nodding and Roman said smiling, "Yes, lets. It's business as usual after all."

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