D-d-d...
A garbled, synthesized electronic sound came from beneath Cyborg's faceplate.
His metal fingers tightened around Batman's shoulder armor, pinning him to the shattered marble floor as he raised his right fist high.
A layer of dark red energy gathered over his knuckles.
Boom!
The punch struck Batman square in the center of his mask.
The bulletproof layer cracked into a fine spiderweb under the impact, fragments flying in every direction to expose Batman's face beneath, smeared with ash and streaks of blood.
The second punch followed.
Then the third.
Then the fourth.
Cyborg straddled Batman and hammered him with punch after punch, each landing precisely along the edges of the cracks in his mask, stripping away the shattered bulletproof layer piece by piece.
Batman struggled desperately, bracing both arms against Cyborg's metal wrists as he tried to throw him off.
But Cyborg's half-mechanical body delivered strength far beyond an ordinary human's. With the Mother Box's underlying protocols forcing his actions, every punch carried far more brutality and precision than he normally used in combat.
Batman's mask finally shattered completely.
It exposed the face beneath, slightly contorted with rage and humiliation.
The global livestream's scrolling comment feed crashed completely at that instant.
Viewers from the Eastern Country were having the time of their lives!
"I just entered the stream and saw Batman beating the shit out of Cyborg!"
"Are you blind? Cyborg's clearly beating the shit out of Batman!"
"Streamer, I don't know if he's blind, but you're definitely young!"
"Holy shit!!! Did Cyborg betray them??? Or is he being controlled???"
"I bet it's the Mother Box! The Golden Armor God of War is using the Mother Box to control Cyborg!!!"
"I only just fucking remembered-the Golden Armor God of War has a Mother Box! It can even defeat Ultron,