Hearing the shouts and a very loud sound echo throughout the compound, Frank considered charging in, but quickly stopped, instead deciding to put a little faith in his new companion. However, he did level his gun towards the gate, ready for Zeta and a lot of men to rush out in chase.

Meanwhile, inside the compound, the shimmer of Zeta could be seen leaping on and off stacks of garbage into groups of criminals rushing towards the garage and taking out one or two before leaping away due to the criminals noticing Zeta's invisible form.

Due to its ambush tactics, the thugs were looking everywhere for the invisible foe attacking them.

Those that tried to flee, were killed by some of the other thugs that must have been the leaders to keep the others focused and in line.

And while Zeta contemplated killing these leaders to sow chaos, it ultimately decided against it so that none would flee.

Taking note of every criminal leader, Zeta began getting more creative to speed up the battle.

Knocking over garbage stacks to crush those beneath, throwing metal bars with enough force to impale the men, causing friendly fire by jumping into the middle of groups and attacking, and also continuously charged its head laser, using it whenever it could.

It noticed very quickly that due to its change in tactics, the leaders and underlings started getting afraid, some tried fleeing, so, Zeta focused on them first, eventually too many started trying to flee, so Zeta began collapsing more garbage stacks over the routes through the dump, forcing them to either stay and fight or climb and try to escape.

"What the fuck is that thing?!" A Thug shouted before his head was detached from his body.

The other men around him paled and started running away, only for two to be shishkabobed by a metal pole and the other three to be mowed down by small beams of energy.

At the 30-minute mark, all 129 Criminals inside the compound, were dead, with only a few attempting to escape only to die by a masked man waiting outside the gate.

After searching through the rest of the compound, Zeta found a makeshift cell in which the criminals housed and took care of their captives, women who were intended to be sold to their superiors for a quick buck.

So, as instructed by her commander, Zeta scoured the entire compound before removing invisibility and approaching the captives from outside their cell.

Seeing Zeta's sudden appearance, a few of the women screamed.

They heard the explosions and gunfire in the distance and were very afraid for their lives, so, a strange robot with a menacing red 'eye' that appeared out of the thin air startled and scared them.

"Captured Civilians, the Unit, Designated: Zeta, is here to escort you away from the premises. Congratulations, you have been saved."

Suddenly the sounds of gunfire could be heard from outside the compound, causing Zeta's head to instantly swerve in its direction.

"Captured Civilians, it appears the area is still not safe, remain here while this unit clears the area of all hostiles," Zeta told the girls, handing one of them a gun it looted from a nearby safe as well as some money it liberated from the safe owned by the criminals as it felt its owner would appreciate something to help 'ease' his debt for purchasing it.

Meanwhile, outside the compound, Frank was having quite a rough time.

It appears that some of those inside managed to call for backup before dying, and well...swarming around the alley in which Frank bunkered himself, was a mob of criminals and even some of the Triad's men.

"Damn it," Frank cursed, inserting his last magazine into his gun.

When he ran out of ammo, he dropped his rifle and pulled out a pistol, and began firing again.

Noticing this, the mob of criminals became much braver now that Frank didn't have ammo for his rifle anymore.

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However, while they all faced Frank, no one noticed standing on top of the garbage dump's wall, was an invisible figure with a glowing red eye, and in the very next second, a beam of energy waved through the ranks of the men, killing over three dozen men before seemingly running dry and stopping.

From there a shimmer leaped into the groups of men and began butchering them like cattle.

Within minutes, those that were still left alive long fleed, and severed limbs, ash, scorch marks, detached limbs, and countless bodies littered the streets.

And in the distance, a great many sirens were approaching.

Uncloaking itself, Zeta approached the alleyway where Frank could be seen gawking and staring at Zeta.

"First Lieutenant, we need to leave. My sensors indicate many vehicles are heading this way."

Soon Zeta and Frank left the devastating scene, including a particular group of women found shortly after the local law enforcement arrived.

And the night was still young, not even reaching midnight yet, and there were still plenty more gangs and criminals to weed out.

Frank was certainly surprised when Zeta fetched a hefty bag it stored in its body that contained a couple thousand crumpled dollars, where or how she kept the bag in its body, he did not know.

He ended up thanking Zeta, which the robot easily denied, stating "This unit is designed to serve its superiors and Commanders to the best of its ability."

...

Floating behind the counter, Zeref could be seen watching the morning news on his computer.

The news featured a surprising headline, '1,000 men and women confirmed dead last night with attacks all over the city. Detectives think it was all caused by one group,' it's no wonder Zeref was surprised and curious.

Especially by the details the vultures managed to gather.

Wounds suggest blades, bullets, burns, and many unknown fatal injuries caused by unknown weapons that left vaporized holes in its victims.

It was a very good chance of being wounds caused by an Assautron, specifically, the Assaultron he sold to Frank two nights ago.

To think Frank and the Assaultron manage to cause so much chaos in the span of seven hours, if it was them.

And based on eyewitnesses stating that the main attacker was a 'Shimmer' that emitted a devastating laser attack and cut people apart with an invisible blade, Zeref knew, it could only be the Assaultron.

Zeref certainly was not expecting the Assaultron to be so effective, and apparently, last night's massacre would have been even larger, but several heroes decided to show up and begin hunting down Frank and his robot companion, causing them to go into hiding.

Of the heroes, there was Batman, Daredevil, Firestorm, and Spiderman searching for the cause of the massacre last night.

Otherwise known as, a Billionaire CEO playboy, a Blind Lawyer, a duo of dudes in one form, and a Teenager.

However, of those heroes, only one concerned Zeref, and that would be the brooding bat.

Zeref's biggest issue with Bat is that he is the most paranoid man on Earth.

He quite literally, prepares for anything and everything. If you can think of a scenario, batman more than likely has a plan for the said scenario, a backup plan in case his previous plan fails, and a dozen more plans in case those fail as well.

He is suspicious of anyone and everyone, even going as far as to make plans to stop his fellow heroes in case they go rogue.

Does that speak sane to you?

Let's not forget to mention that Batman has a fetish for locking up criminals only for said criminals to escape from their mundane prison weeks, days, if not hours later.

Hell, Zeref wondered how many times Joker has been arrested, only to escape not long after, and repeat the process all over again.

It doesn't help that many insane people have a hard-on for Gotham and its Dark Knight.

If Zeref remembered correctly, Batman has even gone as far as to be a problem to literal cosmic beings and Gods! And he is just a man! That's right! Batman is just a man, one that puts people with powers, god-given gifts, and more to shame!

What's even worse, is Batman is incredibly stubborn, which goes well with his paranoid personality.

Don't get Zeref wrong, he wasn't afraid, far from it actually.

If anything, Zeref just doesn't want to have to deal with Batman constantly harassing him day and night for the rest of his life if he somehow accidentally or intentionally got on Batman's bad side.

So, if Batman did eventually find Zeref and his quaint cafe, Zeref expects that Batman would become a frequent annoyance in his peaceful life.

Thinking about this, a certain quote from a particular character popped into his mind, 'What a drag...'

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Meanwhile, Frank was hiding away in an abandoned factory's basement, clearing off the copious amounts of blood and ash that clung to Zeta's chassis.

Stacked on a nearby table,

Stacked neatly on a nearby table, were thousands of dollars, a great many weapons, and boxes upon boxes of ammo.

From Frank's adventure last night, he managed to obtain $65,000 dollars, and he would have gotten even more if the cops didn't start hunting him down and giving him less time to loot the criminal dens.

By the end, he barely had enough time to attack any hideouts before the police arrived on the scene, that last fight last night ended up with Frank having to flee after attacking a den with Zeta and the police arriving mid-fight.

To make it even worse, based on the news, other heroes are now searching for him now, which would severely affect how much work he could do at night, and how much 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘩 he could remove from the city.

Little did Frank know, a certain hero was watching and listening through a tracker placed on his person, and said hero, was waiting...waiting for Frank to lead him to his supplier.