Darkwing (Earth-7419)

== History ==
=== Early Life&Becoming a Superhero (1985-2006) ===
Tauren McGregor was born on March 15, 1985, to Alex Jefferson (AJ) and Allison McGregor in Midnight City, NJ. He grew up in a middle-class family, and eventually got a job as a mechanic for Paul's Practical Parts. While working there, he quickly gained an obsession for engines and motors, and wanted to try to create something that can hover. One night, he was walking home from work, when he saw a woman getting mugged in an alleyway. He tried to intervene, but quickly got the sense beaten into him. The famous superhero "The Immortal" flew in, and saved the day, helping the young adult up. Tauren asked him how he could be like him someday, and The Immortal told him that all it takes to be a hero, is patience, practice, and devotion to your city, and the people who live in it. Tauren spent the next couple weeks sketching out a suit design, and planning on how he was going to go about being a superhero. Once he had a suit designed, and a name in-place, it was time to figure out how he was going to traverse the city, and where he was going to get a suit made for him, as he was just a teenager living in a middle-class apartment in a sketchy neighbourhood in one of the most crime-ridden cities. When he went to work the next day, he spent all of his time creating a device that could attract the attention of The Immortal, so he could ask him how he got his suit made. After getting yelled at by his boss, he left the shop and ran into an alleyway. He put his machine down on the ground, and pressed the button to send airwaves high enough into the sky that only someone that high that's not in a plane could hear it. Surely enough, in a matter of no time, The Immortal came flying down, along with the legendary War Woman. They asked Tauren where the crime was, he said there wasn't any crime, and just tricked them into coming down. They told him he didn't want to do this, insinuating that they thought he wanted to fight them. He told them he didn't want to fight, and that he wanted to ask The Immortal where he got his suit made, if he made it. The Immortal said that's classified, and Tauren proceeded to show them his drawings, and notes for how he was going to go about being a crime fighter. They found this very interesting, and flew him to the location of where The Immortal got his suit made. It was a humble little tailor shoppe. They brought him through, and proved that it was anything but a humble tailor shoppe. It was a highly classified, secure, headquarters for Arthur "Art" Rosenbaum. He asked them who this is, and they told him that this is a superhero in the making. Tauren showed him his sketches and notes, and Art said he can do that. A couple weeks later, Tauren was doing some homework, when The Immortal flew up to his window. They spoke for a couple minutes, before The Immortal flew him to Art's place. Art showed him his suit, and explained that he turned the cape Tauren wanted into two halves of a cape, so that when he glides, it'll look more like wings, to fit his name. He also suggested that the name that Tauren wanted; "Bat Wing" was poor, as:
So Art showed him his original drawing with the original name, and the word "Bat" scratched out and replaced with "Dark". Tauren thanked him, and figured out exactly how he would traverse. He spent the following days sketching out a hoverboard, and each of those nights, out on patrol against criminals. He soon realized, however, that he'd need gadgets and skills, in order to be at the level of The Immortal and War Woman. He used his machine to call The Immortal and War Woman to a rooftop in Midnight City, where they could train him. Instead, they brought him to a mountain range in Utah, where they trained him there, instead. Everyday they would meet up to train, and he eventually started forgetting about schoolwork completely, to focus on training to become a superhero. He eventually finished his hoverboard, which he turned into a glider. He turned his attention to making gadgets. It originally started out, with just small little ninja stars he could store in a belt, and he took a break from the training until he was done school. He finished high school still with over 90% in total, and graduated into Midnight City University, or MCU. He studied Engineering, where he spent all of his time making gadgets that he could use as a crime fighter. He graduated three years later in 2006, at age 21. He bought a place of his own, as he is now the manager at Paul's Practical Parts, and has earned almost half of a living working there. He had a vast array of gadgets, thanks to his three years in University, and ended up shutting down the shop for "renovation", so that he could turn it into his own personal workshop in a separate room, where he could work to constantly upgrade his gear and tech. After a long time, he was finally ready to become Darkwing.
=== Forming The Guardians of the Globe (2007-2008) ===
A few months later, he approached War Woman and The Immortal about starting a team, as surely there are more like them. He spent the next following months, keeping a close eye on two potential prospects for this team. The first being a speedster calling himself "The Red Runner", and another calling himself "Green Slime". The first one being based in Middle City, Kansas, and the ladder being in Denver, Colorado. After a few months, the new headquarters they'd been working on in the mountain range where they trained, had been completed, and they were ready to move their base of operations there. The following year, in December 2008, Darkwing, The Immortal, and War Woman were fighting off a beast called Battle Beast, when it killed The Immortal. Darkwing and War Woman quickly finished it off, and rushed him back to their base. They kept him on a highly advanced medical bed, and decided it was time to form their team. A man walked in, and said his name was Cecil Stedman, and he's from a Government agency, known as the GDA. He said they can handle The Immortal, while Darkwing and War Woman focus on assembling their team. They asked him how he knew about that, and he said that the GDA monitors all superhuman activity across the globe. They thanked him for his assistance, and focused on their team. They went to where they were keeping Battle Beast, and asked him about something he mentioned while they were fighting, about a new force coming, and that it's too late for them to try and stop it. Just one week later, a "meteor" was reported crash-landing on Earth, and was all over the news. It wasn't a meteor at all, but was a being. It was a giant man with blue skin. It tore up the entire small-town it landed in, and began killing everything that crossed it. Darkwing and War Woman realized there was no more time to waste on getting their team together. Darkwing went to Middle City to talk to the speedster, now being called "Red Rush", and War Woman went to Denver to confront who is now being called "Green Ghost". The two were in immediately, and after a quick introduction, they all suited up and began looking for this hulking beast. They quickly learned just how difficult it would be to stop him, and devised a plan. The plan would be for Darkwing and The Green Ghost to distract him, and tire him out, while War Woman and Red Rush surprise attack him, and they all beat him down until he is crippled on the ground. They execute this plan perfectly, and proceed to beat him down. Just then, he rallies against them, and starts beating on them. Out of nowhere it seems, The Immortal flies in starts pounding him down on the ground, then flying him up to space, and launching him out of the solar system. He lands back down on the ground, and Darkwing makes a quick remark about what happened, and they all head back to the base. When they get there, they see a man standing there, with a big green head. They form into a battle pose, as the being proceeds to tell them he comes in peace, and that he is a Martian, and is here to help.
=== Omni-Man's Arrival (2009) ===
The following year, when their Martian friend became a superhero in his own city, the world called him the "Martian Man", and a few weeks later, the President said on live television that this new team of mysterious heroes needs to introduce themselves to the public, so the world knows who's protecting them. On the following Saturday, they made an official statement for the press, introducing who each member is, and that they are calling themselves "The Guardians of the Globe". Another unknown entity crashed down on Earth during this press release, and the team quickly helped evacuate the area. Tauren in the spur of the moment called out:
They formed up around the cloud of smoke, and when it cleared, a man appeared. He rose up from the ground, and started hovering above them. He said that he comes in peace, and is here to help out Earth. Tauren asked how they could trust him, and his all-white attire turned into a red and white costume with a cape, and a logo on the chest. He also proved it by flying away, and a second later coming back, claiming he had just saved a bus of civilians from falling off a bridge. He quickly took the podium, and declared that he is here to help, and was sent from another world in which everyone is sent to a world to protect it, and he was sent here. Tauren scowled in skepticism as this mysterious man made his name known: Omni-Man. The team talked amongst themselves while Omni-Man spoke, and talked about whether they should invite him to the team. Much to the dismay of Tauren, and no matter how much he told them they can't trust this alien yet, the others unanimously decided to offer him a spot on The Guardians, but to their surprise he turned it down. As everyone is leaving, and The Guardians are starting to approach Omni-Man, a giant beast crashes through the gates, and says that his name is Battle Beast and he would like a word with The Guardians. Darkwing exclaimed for them to unite again, but Omni-Man told them not to fret, as he can handle this, and he got into a long battle with the beast, before ending the battle victoriously, without even breaking a sweat. The GDA walked in to arrest the Battle Beast, and The Guardians thanked Omni-Man for the help. They headed back to their base, and at the base, Tauren told them about how untrustworthy Omni-Man is, and it turned into a heated argument, with the team split. The Immortal, and Martian Man on the side of Tauren, and not trusting Omni-Man, whereas Red Rush, War Woman and Green Ghost wanting to give him a chance, with their defense for him being how quickly he took out Battle Beast. They argued for a long while, before Martian Man pointed out how useless this infighting is. They agreed that it's childish, and listened to Tauren.
=== A Plan B ===
Tauren decided to put together a contingency plan, in case Omni-Man ever went rogue, and told them they need to be prepared in case he ever attacks them, or they need to fight. He started by telling them that for next few months, they would get Cecil and his team to send monsters after Omni-Man, so The Guardians can get a sense for the powers he has. After five and a half months of this, they finally got a general list of what his powers are, and they were ready to put together a plan. The plan would be similar to their plan for defeating the conqueror that they defeated a couple years prior, where Martian Man would wrap himself around Omni-Man, while The Immortal and War Woman would beat down on his face, Red Rush would run circles around them so that Omni-Man just sees a red tornado around him, Green Ghost would phase in an out of him so that he would feel weird and sick every time he passed through him, and then Tauren would drop into the circle, plant tiny closed explosives on his back every once and a while, until he was finally subdued or knocked out, and then they would take him to a secure cell in the GDA's headquarters in The Pentagon.
=== Lucky Number Seven (2010) ===
The following year, they got an alert from Cecil on their headquarters' computer that a giant Leviathan was attacking a small village in Morocco, and it looked like it was going to submerge the entire town in water. The Guardians headed out, and had a difficult time fending off the beast, as it was very formidable, and it hit Tauren's glider out from beneath his feet, causing him to fall into the water. A wave then sent him to shore, and it looked deliberate. Out of the water, came a giant man-sized fish, who commanded the sea monster to retreat, and controlled the water to push the monster away. The fish asked The Guardians if they were okay, and the team said they are now that he's helped them. They asked who he is, and he explained that he came from an alternate reality, where all of Earth was water, and the fish there had evolved into walking and talking. His name there was "Bob Fisher", and he was sent here by a vortex out of nowhere, stripped away from his family. He remained underwater as a sort of protector of the sea in this reality, and never showed his face to humans, even when he was saving them. They offered him a spot on the team, and he accepted. They took him back to their base, and explained their plans to defeat Omni-Man if ever needed.
=== An Arch Enemy (2011) ===
One night, Tauren was out on patrol, when he heard a man cry for help. He ran over to the rooftop the man was standing on, and he was all alone, but looked very terrified. Tauren picked up his glider and heads down to the roof. He asked the man if he was alright, but right when the man was about to tell him what was going on, a sword went flying through his head, pinning him to the opposite wall. Tauren took a defensive form, and out of nowhere, seemingly, a woman dressed in red and black, with black hair, dropped down. She said it's a pleasure to finally meet him, and that she's been waiting a long time for this. She ran over to him, but slid through his legs, running to the wall where the sword had the man pinned to. She took the sword from his head, and her and Tauren got into a very intense back and forth fight, he was shocked at how evenly matched they were, as he'd never faced someone of her ability. She got him against a wall, and just about stuck the sword through his gut, but he was able to move out of the way just enough for it to just skimmed his side, cutting through his suit a little. He held his right hand over the wound, and dropped some pellets which produce a black smoke to distort the vision of whoever's in the smoke, and while she couldn't see him, he grappled up to the roof across the street. She noticed this, and leaped off the roof, grabbing onto his feet. They both fell down to the road, and got into another long fight, before he got her pinned to the ground. Sitting over her, a pounded left and right into her head, until she was unconscious on the ground at last. He got up and made a call to the police Commissioner, letting him know to send units to the street he was on, and he picked up his grapple gun to grapple away. He realized it was time for a sidekick.
=== "No Man Is An Island" (2012) ===
After his close-call against that woman, he decided it was time to get a sidekick. One night he was perched on a ledge on top of an apartment building downtown. A window below him opened, and a tiny hand waved at him from it. Shortly thereafter, a teenager snuck up behind him from the rooftop entrance, and told him he wanted to be like him. This reminded Tauren of his teenagehood, when he wanted to be just like The Immortal. He told the boy to meet him at Art's tailor shoppe in New York on Saturday, and he would explain everything there. He went there, and had a drink with Art, reflecting on Omni-Man and The Guardians of the Globe while they waited for the kid. He arrived shortly after they started drinking, and was excited to see his new suit. Tauren introduced him to Art, and Art unveiled his suit. It was almost an exact replica of Tauren's, except it was red. He freaked out in excitement, and Tauren told him to compose himself, as superheroing is a very serious business, and he could get very badly hurt, or worse, if he doesn't take it seriously. Tauren asked the boy who he even is, and the boy explained that his name is Mason Schrubbs, and that his father abandoned him at a young age, and his mother can barely afford to keep them in their house anymore. One of the reasons he got the attention of Darkwing, was so that he could find a surrogate father, who could provide for him and his mom. Tauren said he'll see what he could do, but until then, it's time to go out on patrol. Their first patrol was very uneventful, until they were on a rooftop across the street from a bank, that was about to be hit. They swooped in, with Tauren telling him to remember the training he received tonight, and he'll be fine. They eliminated the threat faster than the bank robbers got into the vault, and got out. On the roof again, Mason asked what his name is, as Tauren's is Darkwing. Tauren said that he figured he'd leave it up to Mason, as every superhero comes up with their own name. Mason decided he'd call himself "Night Boy". A few weeks later, a social media post went viral, as it was a picture of Darkwing and Night Boy leaping from a roof to another, with a caption saying that the person spotted Darkwing with a sidekick. Everyone decided to call them: The Defending Duo. 
=== A Rivalry Resparked (2013) ===
Tauren and Mason were patrolling the rooftops one night, when the woman who Tauren ran into two years ago appeared out of nowhere. She made a comment about the fact that Tauren has a sidekick now, and the two of them readied up for battle. They each attacked her from one side, but she grabbed Mason by the neck and slammed him onto the ground, breaking it. Tauren yelled out in dismay for his friend, and in a fit of rage attacked her ruthlessly. The Immortal flew down, and told Tauren that he could handle her, while Tauren takes Mason down to Midnight General. Tauren said that she is his fight, and told The Immortal to take him there. The battle continued for a long period of time, before Tauren got her on the ground, holding her katana just over her neck, bluffing that he'll slice her head off if she doesn't answer his questions. He asked her who she is, who she's working for, and why they care about him. She said that her code name at The Academy is "Deadly Gash", and that The Academy wants to recruit him. He asked where The Academy is, and she told him it's in Nepal, and he'll have to find the rest on his own. He slammed his knee into her face, knocking out some teeth, breaking her nose, and knocking her unconscious. He raced to Midnight General in his recently built Wing Jet, and stayed by Mason's side at all times until his recovery. Once he woke up, and was nearly healed several months later, he took him out of his costume, gave him some regular clothes, and took him to his mother, claiming that he rescued Mason from getting jumped in an alley. She broke down into tears, and Tauren handed her five $500 bills, and told her they should cover the expenses. She thanked him, and embraced him, crying even harder.
=== Finding The Academy (2014-2015) ===
The morning after he returned from Mason's house, he called an emergency meeting at the Guardians Headquarters, and flew there himself. When everyone had arrived, he told them that he was going away for an unknown amount of time while Mason is out of commission, therefore The Immortal is in charge until he gets back. After all was said and done, he took off in his Wing Jet, and flew to Nepal. Lucky for him, it only took a about five months of wandering the country until he finally found it. It was a giant empire in the mountains, and looked to be guarded by women like Deadly Gash. He approached the gate, and told them he was told to come here by code name "Deadly Gash". They moved to the side, and a drawbridge opened, revealing an entire empire. He walked in, sensing the eyes of everyone looking at him, all of them looking like the women outside. He was met by one when he was walking down the cobblestone path, and she told him she'd heard a lot about him, and for him to follow her. She led him down some stairs, and he was greeted by a golden goblet, with a blue liquid in it. She told him to take off his suit, and handed him a ninja outfit. She left the room, and he followed her orders. Once he was in the clothes she told him to put on, she told him through the doors to drink from the goblet, and to just walk forward. He did as he was told, and when he took one sip of the drink, all the bricks started flying away, and a giant desert appeared out of nowhere. When the floor fell apart, Tauren fell down, and through a giant hole. When he landed, he was in what appeared to be an abandoned version of the Guardians Headquarters. Ninjas made out of sand appear out of the ground, and attack Tauren. He fends them off, wave after wave for over an hour, when finally no more came after he defeated the last one. Before he had a chance to catch his breath, a giant man made out of sand arose, and told Tauren that if he can defeat him, Tauren will be crowned the greatest fighter of all time, as no one has defeated the sand man. He attacked Tauren with a number of different weapons, when Tauren eventually noticed that a man was inside the sand structure. He decided to take a risk by running at the sand man, and jumping though the middle of the gut where the man was, tackling him out of it. The sand disappeared, revealing that he was in the same empire as before. The man pulled out a sword, and tried to surprise attack Tauren, but he saw it coming a mile away, and kicked the sword out of the man's hand. Tauren demanded to know who he is, and the man said that his name is Talavāra. He said for thousands of years, he's been the head of The Academy, after he got into a weird accident with an intergalactic being, and was granted immortality. Every hundredth year he sends out his second in command to find a successor to face him, and if that challenger prevails, he will be the new head of The Academy, all he has to do is kill Talavāra. Tauren says he won't do it, as it's the number one rule for a superhero not to kill someone, no matter who they are. Talavāra takes his sword, and stabs himself through the chest, and in his final breaths, he says while pointing at Tauren: 
They all bow to him, as Talavāra bleeds out on the floor, and Tauren says as his first act in command, that they need to shut this place down, and stop this life, and anyone who disagrees with him, can fight him. Nobody moves a muscle, and he says good, before handing them all some explosives from his belt. They rig the palace to explode, and run out of the gates, just in time for the explosion. He calls his Wing Jet, and flies back to the Guardians Headquarters. While flying, he called an emergency meeting, and got there last. They all celebrated his return, and asked him how it went. He told them it went swimmingly, and that The Academy is shut down. Just then, behind The Immortal and War Woman, he sees a red body between their arms. The Immortal notices this, and moves out of the way, claiming they were going to surprise him. Tauren smiles, and wants to hug Mason, but holds himself together, and shakes his hand, saying that he's glad Mason is back in action. The two of them head back to Midnight City on the Wing Jet, with Mason exclaiming how cool it was to meet the other Guardians, reminding Tauren of his younger self, when he wanted to be a superhero for the first time.
=== A Helping Hand (2016) ===
When they get back to his workshop base, they get a call from the Police Chief, taken aback by this, Tauren asks if The Immortal had anything to do with getting them a direct line to the MCPD, Mason says yes, as a welcome back gift. Tauren picks it up, and the Chief says that there is a bank being robbed at the corner of East and Second, and that the robber seems to be super. Tauren says he and Mason take off on their gliders. The get there, and originally don't see anything, until what seems to be floating pants. Tauren goes down there and asks a cop nearby if the criminal is invisible. The cop says he's not invisible, but appears to be made out of glass, they just haven't shot because they have hostages. Tauren silently perches on a lamppost, waiting for the criminal to walk out, while Mason hides in the alleyway behind the bank, in case he goes out that exit. A few moments later, the almost invisible man walks out, and Tauren only noticed him because of his pants. He jumps down, only for the glass-man to grab his leg and slam him on the ground. He was able to break his own fall by rolling into a breakfall roll, and positioned himself upright. He called for Mason to come to him, and they fought. Tauren and Mason quickly learned that this man has invulnerable skin, and super strength. He told them he calls himself "Window Pane". They got into a long fight, with Window Pane almost getting away, when Omni-Man comes out of nowhere, and asks Window Pane why he left New York, before punching his gut, shattering him to pieces. Omni-Man tells Tauren and Mason that the key to defeating him, is to strike his gut, as that's the weak spot of his skin, and the only vulnerable part. The police sweep him up, and Omni-Man tells them that they need to get him locked up in the next two to three hours, before he comes back together, and flies away. Tauren and Mason head back to the shop. 
===Black Samson (2017) ===
Seven months later, The Guardians are celebrating their ten year anniversary in their base, when an intruder alert goes off. Tauren says he'll look into it, and sees that it's just someone walking by the base of the mountain. It continues to go off, and then the man looks right into the hidden camera and waves. They realize that this may threaten the hideouts location, and let him in via the ground entrance. A few minutes later, he arrives from the elevator shaft, and they interrogate him. He says he's a small-time superhero from Kansas, and wanted to make a bigger difference by joining The Guardians. He said his name is "Black Samson" and his real name is Markus Grimshaw. He's been fighting crime for five years, and was inspired by The Immortal to pursue a life of superheroing. The Immortal and Tauren glance at each other, then look back to Black Samson. Everyone looks to War Woman, as she was the co-founder, who looks to Tauren, who was the founder. He says that Black Samson is on the team. He asks why there's cake and alcohol, and Tauren says that it's because they're celebrating their tenth anniversary as a team. Black Samson says he can leave if they don't want him here, since he just joined, and War Woman says it'd be fine to stay if he wants, it's just a party. He stays, and over the next several hours getting to know everyone, and them getting to know him.
=== A New Crime Boss (2018) ===
Two days later, he's on patrol when he hears two thugs talking about someone named "Machine Head", and how he's taking over the streets of Midnight City. The following day, Tauren and Mason are fixing someone's engine at the shop, when a familiar face appears through the doors: Paul Belvedere, his former boss, and the person the company's named after. Paul said he just wanted to check-in and see how things are. He and Mason introduce each other, and Paul says he has to go for a quick bathroom break. Tauren was working on an engine at this point, and didn't realize that the only bathroom is in the back (employee's only) room, where Tauren keeps all of his and Mason's gear, and also where they work out of. He hears a ghastly yell, and realizes his mistake. He runs over to Paul, who is standing awestruck in the doorway, looking directly at the Darkwing and Night Boy suits. Tauren says he can explain, and after a long explanation, Paul comes to the understanding that he can't tell anyone, and that he might as well join him and Mason. He asks if he can help in anyway, and Tauren says he can think of something. The next night he and Mason snuck around the rooftops listening into conversations that may pertain to this Machine Head. They finally got a lead on his whereabouts somewhere near Heraldson Tower in the Downtown area of the city. Before they could get in, Tauren utilized his Darkness Illuminators (thermal-x-ray-night vision binoculars) and perched himself on a rooftop across the road that's half the height of the Heraldson Tower, and saw that the building is crawling with henchmen, tripwires, heat sensors, and booby traps. He did however see that on the top floor of the building, there was a man sitting at a desk, and a great amount of hear at the top of their head. He figured that must be Machine Head, and his name must be literal. He also noticed that there was a small amount of security on that floor, and only to bodies in his office, no security. He spent the following day planning out his and Mason's assault, and filled him in when he arrived at the repair shop later that evening. They flew on their boards to the window behind machine head, and crashed through them into the office. They landed in front of Machine Head, and told him they're bringing him in. He told them he'd love to see that, and Mason made a joke about his autotune voice, and Machine Head told him he'd regret that. His bodyguard Isotope teleported behind Tauren and grabbed his arms, keeping him restrained, while Battle Beast restrained Mason. Battle Beast suggested that he and Isotope swap heroes, but Machine Head said it doesn't matter, as either way they're staying put. He went on a monologue, and Tauren quickly realized the way to beat him: chat him up and get him talking about himself, to lower his guard, and then that'll lower at least Isotope's guard, giving Tauren a chance to break free, knock out Isotope, knock out Machine Head, and then Battle Beast will realize he has to step in, giving Mason a chance to help out Tauren with fighting Battle Beast. The plan didn't go accordingly, and Battle Beast ended up throwing them both out the window they came in. They landed on the rooftop where Tauren had scoped the building out on. Mason had broke his back, and Tauren his shoulder. He carried Mason back to the repair shop, where Paul was ready and waiting with some hospital beds. He snapped Tauren's shoulder back in place, and he helped Paul with Mason's back. Tauren realized how Paul could help out their crusade in that moment. He decided that Paul would be their aide-de-camp, and medical assistant.
=== Night Boy No More (2019) ===
A few months later, Mason officially turned twenty-one, or the legal age for an adult in America, and decided it was time to move on from being a sidekick to Tauren, and being his own superhero. The news was broken to him that night when they met up at the repair shop, and Mason said that this would be his final night as Tauren's sidekick, but is more than ecstatic to be his partner. Nothing eventful happened that night, much to the dismay of Tauren, as he wanted it to be a special occasion. As they parted ways back at the repair shop, Mason told Tauren that they can always team up on the tenth anniversary of their partnership (including the Night Boy years). Tauren gave him a hug goodbye, and commended him on his bravery and being an excellent partner to Tauren over the past seven years.
=== Window Pane's Return (2020) ===
Tauren was perched on top of a rooftop one night, when he heard the sounds of a bank alarm not far. He ran from roof to roof until he got to a roof across the street. He saw some duffle bags with money apparently floating, but officers shooting at what appeared to be the air. He quickly realized that this was Window Pane, a criminal he and Mason (now going by Fatal Blow) fought about four years ago, and then Omni-Man came out of nowhere to help them. He also remembered that his one weakness is getting punched in the gut. Tauren leapt down and landed in front of him. He told him that it's time to go back to jail, and Window Pane didn't respond. The two stood there looking at each other for a couple seconds, when out of the hole on the wall, a man looking just like Window Pane came out, except his skin appeared to be completely made of stone. Tauren asked who he is, and the man said his name was Titan. Window Pane made a comment about the absence of Night Boy, when Fatal Blow came out from the alley and said he's right here. Window Pane laughed at his new look, and Fatal Blow asked Tauren why he hadn't started fighting, and just then sirens came blaring down the street, and Tauren had sent an alert to Guardians Headquarters to converge on his location, so he said he was just stalling until backup arrived. Titan made a joke about how Fatal Blow and the police are considered "backup", and just then The Guardians of the Globe came from various locations, and Tauren told him this is what he considers backup. They all took out the two thugs in no less than an hour, and by the time they were done, they were a couple blocks away from the bank. Tauren thanked his fellow Guardians for their help, and thanked Fatal Blow as well, and then they all parted ways.
=== A New Order (2021) ===
One night, Tauren was investigating into more ways to sneak into Heraldson Tower to at least to interrogate Machine Head on what his future plans for taking over the rest of the criminal underworld, when he gets an emergency alert on his wrist gauntlet from Guardians Headquarters. He hops in his Wing Jet and flies to Utah. When he gets there, he sees The Immortal, Aquarus, War Woman, and Martian Man standing together talking. He asks what's going on, and The Immortal tells him that he's waiting to share the news with everyone, but it's definitely worthy of the Guardians attention. They spend the next five minutes catching up, and when Tauren tells them about Fatal Blow's progression into his own person, and The Immortal makes a remark about how Tauren is like Mason to him, as he mentored him when he was a teen, and now he's the leader of The Guardians, when the rest of the Guardians start to trickle in. When they're all there, The Immortal explains that he's been leaked some information that all of the villains they've fought in the past have been conspiring against them. War Woman asked who he heard it from, and The Immortal said some guy he fought called Bi-Plane and he told him about that. He said according to Bi-Plane they meet somewhere in New York City. They looked to Tauren for leadership, as he is the founder and leader, and he told them to wait until they find out more information about this new supervillain team, and to interrogate every villain they face, as well as the team will meet up every Friday to discuss what they may have found out, but until then, their meeting is over for the week.
=== A Very Special Anniversary (2022) ===
A couple months later, Tauren texted Fatal Blow, asking him if he's ready to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Fatal Blow said yes, and Tauren told him to meet him on the roof of the repair shop in costume by nine'o'clock post meridian. At nine, Fatal Blow leapt onto the roof, and shook Tauren's hand. They caught up for a bit, with Tauren telling him what he told the Guardians to do about this new supervillain team, and Fatal Blow asked him if and when he's going to get a new Night Boy anytime soon, as he really wants to see another kid in his old suit. Tauren said he's still getting used to not having Fatal Blow around all the time anymore, and Fatal Blow made a sarcastic remark about how sweet that is, and Tauren told him to try to keep up, as they're going to keep track of the criminals they incapacitate. They spent the following hours until morning patrolling the city, and stopping crime. While on patrol, Tauren heard two thugs talking about something called "The Order", and how they're meeting up in a tower in New York City the following night, and all of the villains The Guardians had fought are going to be there to discuss how to take them out. He recorded that conversation, and uploaded it to The Guardians Mainframe to show them in the morning. Tauren and Fatal Blow continued fighting crime, and returned to the roof of the repair shop several hours later. The final score was seventy-nine for Tauren and sixty-five for Fatal Blow. Tauren joked with him about how he's better than him, but in all seriousness thanked him for being by his side for the past ten years, and they hugged. Fatal Blow promised to keep an eye out for anything, and left.
=== Warning the Guardians ===
The following morning, he sent an emergency meeting alert to each member of the Guardians of the Globe at the early time of five'o'clock in the morning, to give them as much prep time as they need, Black Samson makes a remark about the fact that he mustn't have gotten much sleep last night later on. Everyone arrives within the following hour and a half, with Red Rush ironically being the last one there. They asked him why there were called there, and he tells them that this couldn't wait until Friday, and it's about the team of supervillains. They asked him what they found, and he played the video on the Guardians Computing System.
The Immortal asks him how they're supposed to figure out what skyscraper it is, and Tauren tells him that he looked into it, and the upper ten floors of the Central Park Tower were anonymously bought two weeks ago, shortly before The Immortal found out about The Order. They spent the rest of the day planning on how they're going to do it, as the team only bought the top floors, so if they go about it wrong, it could look like they were attacking an innocent building. Green Ghost suggested that they ask for the help of Omni-Man. Tauren and The Immortal look at each other, and sigh, silently admitting that he's right, as the world really loves Omni-Man now, and fully trusts him. The others agree with Green Ghost, and Tauren reluctantly agrees to call Omni-Man, and ask him for help. He signals Omni-Man, and very quickly he arrives. He asks what's up, and Tauren tells him that they need his help in New York City to take down a group of all of the villains they've fought who are conspiring to kill them. He asks what he can do to help, and they tell him who knows who else they may have there, and if things go south, they need a friendly face for the civilians to rely on, and for them to believe that they weren't attacking the building. He says they can count him in, and they head to New York.
=== Confronting The Order ===
They made a plan that Green Ghost would come up from the ground, and stay transparent, and then in case anyone wanted to fly out through a window, The Immortal, War Woman, Omni-Man, Martian Man, would fly up to the windows, along with Tauren in the Wing Jet. The others would rappel down from the roof into the room, and they'd interrogate them. Red Rush pointed out how absurd that sounds, and the only person on the team who knows how to rappel is Tauren. He told them just to go with it on this one, because it'll be worth it when they have information. They get there, and execute their plan to perfection. They're all formed up in front of The Order, which consists of Battle Beast, Machine Head, The Mauler Twins, Titan and Window Pane. Tauren asked them who their leader is, and Machine Head said that he is, and asked if Tauren remembered him as the guy who threw him and Night Boy out of a window. Tauren said he does, and demanded to know if they actual think they're capable of taking out the Guardians of the Globe. Machine Head said they don't, and that they only formed because their combined minds could make a portal that could let in an alien race called the "Flaxans" who conquer planets to invade Earth. This seemed to upset Omni-Man, and made him very angry. He said that they're not allowed to conquer Earth, and then after a brief pause, as if he was done, he added "because it's our planet". Machine Head then ordered The Order to attack the Guardians. The fight lasted several hours, before the Guardians came up victorious, and handed Machine Head over to the police. They regrouped back at their base, and after a bit of hanging out, parted ways.
=== Creating a Super-Powered Exoskeleton (2023) ===
Tauren decided that in the event of an alien invasion, he should have something other than some gadgets, as he is the only non-superpowered member of the Guardians of the Globe, and aside from Fatal Blow, the only non-superpowered superhero. He decided to invent an exoskeleton that he would put on himself, and while on, it would latch onto his skin, and at the push of a button, excruciatingly dig itself into the skin, fusing with his tissue, then it would disperse chemicals into the blood cells that would alter his genetic makeup, granting him the superpowers he programmed into it. Although Paul told him that this is very ambitious and dangerous, Tauren decided it would be worth it in the end, to prevent an alien invasion. He knew it would take him a long time, so he hoped that by the time he was finished it, he would have plenty of time to undergo the process of getting it in.
=== Night Boy 2.0 (2024) ===
One day, Tauren was at the repair shop, business as usual, when a young boy about Fatal Blow's age when he first became Night Boy walked in. Tauren asked him what he's doing here, as kids don't really have any engines to repair. The boy said he's here to apply for a job, and handed Tauren his resume. Tauren said they're not hiring, but the boy called him out on his bluff, exclaiming:
He went on to say that for as long as he can remember, there was a boy who would walk in every evening, and come out the next morning, and one day, he doesn't go in, so the boy said that he thought the other boy must've quit. Tauren said again that they're not hiring, but the boy kept insisting that Tauren look at his resume. He opened it thinking that there can't be that much in there, he opened it, and found out the kid's name is Tyson Shields and the extracurricular things he does and has done over the short amount of years he's lived, managed to impressed Tauren just enough, that he hired him. Over the next few weeks, and even months, Tyson would go on to talk non-stop about his favourite superhero, Darkwing, and everyday when something Darkwing did the previous night would be on the news, Tyson would completely fanboy about him. One night, as they were closing up, Tauren decided it was time for Tyson to know the truth, and hopefully accept the mantle of Night Boy. As Tyson was scrolling through his phone's contacts, looking for his parents' number, Tauren told him not to call them just yet, as he has something to show him in the backroom. Tyson was obviously skeptical about this, and made a remark about rape. Tauren told him that he's the complete opposite of someone like a rapist, and opened the door to the backroom, even though Tyson was at the front door. Tyson wasn't able to see much from his angle, but was able to see the case holding the Darkwing costume, and early prototypes of Darkwing's glider. Tyson was speechless, but was able to muster up the question:Tauren nodded his head, and Tyson ran though the door. He explored the room, and eventually noticed that there was an empty suit case beside the Darkwing one. Tyson asked if that's for the Night Boy suit, Tauren nodded. Tyson asked where it is, and Tauren pointed at a special GDA provided briefcase beside the suit case, labeled "Night Boy". Tyson asked why it's not up, and Tauren answered told him it's not up because there's no one to wear it. Tyson paused for a second, and Tauren raising his eyebrows higher everytime Tyson stuttered, and he eventually realized that Tauren was hinting at him becoming Night Boy.Tyson was once again speechless, so Tauren told him to sleep on it. The next day, Tyson walked in at the usual time, eleven thirty ante meridian, and the first thing he did, was exclaim "YES". Tauren, knowing what he was excited about, said that that's great, but he'll still have to wait until after the shop closes, and almost everyday he'll have to come up with a new excuse to his parents as to why he won't be returning until the morning. Tyson asked what Fatal Blow said to his parents, and Tauren said he could answer that, or Fatal Blow could answer that. Tyson asked what he means, and Tauren said that tonight he's going to meet Fatal Blow. Tyson exclaimed "REALLY?" and Tauren told him that he's going to do a lot of the training for him, so that Tauren could be the city's protector, while Fatal Blow is training Mason. Mason asked how long the training should take, and Tauren said depending on how fast he learns, it could be as long as years, but if he learns and adapts quickly, no longer than seven months. During the work shift, Tauren texted Fatal Blow to see if he wants to meet the new Night Boy, and Fatal Blow was over joyed. Tauren told him to meet them on the rooftop across the street of the repair shop at eight post meridian. The following night, Tauren took the Night Boy suit out of the briefcase, and gave it to Tyson. They went up to the rooftop, where Fatal Blow was waiting. He greeted Tyson, and Tyson proclaimed how much of a fan he is. The two conversed for a bit longer, before Tauren said they need to get going on training. The training lasted a long time until sunrise, and Fatal Blow parted ways with Tauren and Tyson. They soon headed back to the shop, and parted ways after changing. Tauren happily put the Night Boy suit back on it's manikin in the suit case, and went home.
=== The Shadowverse (2025) ===
When he went to sleep the following night, he had a very strange dream where he was in his Darkwing suit, but it was pitch black, and he seemed to be walking forever. A monster came out of the darkness and ate him whole, and he was transported back to the real world, where he had his exoskeleton on, and was using it's powers to go to this mysterious dimension. He decided he needed to tweak it, so he modified the formula he had written down on a whiteboard in the backroom of the shop, and he was ultimately eaten by one of the monsters. He woke up, and realized that if he followed that formula, he could possibly go to that place in real life. He put some clothes on, and headed to the shop. He erased the whiteboard which had the plans for the previously modified Night Boy suit, and turned off the lights in the backroom. He laid down on the table in pitch silence, and closed his eyes, remembering his dream while still awake. He replayed it over and over in his head until he finally saw a clear shot of the whiteboard. He imprinted that image into his photographic memory, and opened his eyes, got off the table, and turned the light back on. He wrote down everything he could on the whiteboard, and uploaded that formula into the exoskeleton, as that's how he puts the powers into it, via a formula. He spent the next couple days looking into this mysterious place, and conspiracy theorists were calling it "The Shadowverse". In the Shadowverse, everything is pitch black to the human eye, and the only thing you can see is yourself, and whoever you brought with you. In the darkness, lurk monsters that are living there, and you have to be careful not to run into one, or you're dead. According to the theorists, there is no light bright enough on Earth that could light up the Shadowverse for humans, and if there was, it would be so bright that it kill the monsters living there, unless they were able to escape to another planet in that Universe. He decided that he was too tired to do that much this early morning, so he went back to bed for a couple hours before he had to open the shop up again.
=== Midnight Forever (2026) ===
While Tauren and Tyson are working at the shop one day, every broadcast signal in the city is hijacked, on the TV in the upper corner of the shop's main entrance, an old man with white hair and dark skin introduced himself as the "Midnight Magician", and said that everytime he uses his magical powers, he gets physically harmed as a curse, and depending on the size of the magic he uses, the pain could range from anything close to a pinch, to feeling like he's having a heart attack, so as his suicide, he was going to plunge the city into midnight forever, to live up to it's name. On the same broadcast, he cast the spell, and once he was done, the following moments were him yelling in excruciating pain, and as he died, the broad daylight eleven'o'clock, turned into a pitch black sky. In the following weeks, the city's government started to evacuate the city, or paying the people who didn't want to leave, to leave. The only people that remained after that, were criminals, government officials, and the people who wanted to stay, and wouldn't leave no matter how much money they were offered. Luckily for Tauren, Tyson's parents were the few that wanted to stay, just because this is the only city the entire family has really ever known, and they don't want to have to start over in a new city.
=== Twentieth Anniversary (2027) ===
The a couple weeks later, Tauren is on patrol while Fatal Blow trains Tyson somewhere else in the city, when he gets a Guardians Alert on his gauntlet. He thinks something could be wrong, as he's usually the one calling the meetings. He quickly heads to the mountain, and it's pitch black. He walks around for a bit, before the lights come on, and he sees his fellow Guardians in party hats, with alcohol, and they've decorated the base to look like they're celebrating a birthday. Tauren asks what's going on, and War Woman says that it's his birthday. He says his birthday isn't until March in eight months. Red Rush rephrases it, stating that it's Darkwing's birthday. He asks what he means, and The Immortal says they're celebrating the fact that he's been Darkwing for twenty years now, and asks if he:
Tauren says he doesn't, and that in fact, after all these years, the past seems to just blend together, and he doesn't know when what happened. He thanks them for the thought though, and proceeds to celebrate with them. The issue ends there, as the writers thank the readers for reading this much about Darkwing and enjoying his stories.
=== Adding New Superpowers (2028) ===
A year has passed now, and Tyson is done his training, and Tauren was slowly chipping away at trying to find possible formula's for superpowers to put in the exoskeleton. He's found two, while modifying the metal the exoskeleton is made of, to give the user superhuman strength, speed, endurance and agility. While the two that he found are unlimited plasma energy stored inside the metal to give the user the ability to fire plasma beams from their wrists, and a superhuman leap ability, allowing the user to leap as high as half way up the One World Trade Center in New York. He is still keeping the exoskeleton a secret from Tyson and Fatal Blow, as he doesn't want them to think less of him when he gives it to a future Night Boy.
=== The Order Attacks Washington (2029) ===
One morning, Tauren wakes up to a Guardians Alert on his suit in his closet, and so he heads to the base. It was Cecil Stedman that called them there, as members of The Order are launching a frontal assault on the White House. They rush there, to find that it's The Mauler Twins. Tauren, The Immortal, War Woman, Green Ghost and Martian Man fly in, whilst Red Rush runs in, with Aquarus on his back, and they all form up in front of the two villains. Tauren quickly gives instructions, telling Red Rush, Green Ghost, Aquarus and Martian Man to focus on evacuating the area, while the rest of them fight the two, and tells them that they can help fight once the area's clear. Tauren and War Woman team up on one of them, while The Immortal fights the other. While fighting, Tauren notices people watching and taking pictures. He gets back on his glider, and lands behind them, telling them this isn't a spectator sport, and that they have to go, now. The army started to show up, but the two of them quickly dealt with the tanks, sending them flying. Tauren got back on his glider, and flew into the air to save them. As he was bringing them down to the ground, and red and white streak flew by, and took some to safety. Tauren looked in shock at the ground, where he saw Omni-Man with them on the ground. As Tauren was bringing one down, he scowled at Omni-Man, who shrugged his shoulders and said "you're welcome", as Tauren proceeded to go after the last one in the air, but a tank was thrown at him when he caught her. They were trapped on the road under a tank, and as it slowly lowered onto their backs, he reached into his belt, and pulled out his grapple gun, and shot it at a lamp post on the street. He placed it in her hands, and let go. She said he'll die under here, and he said that doesn't matter, he's just some dude in a costume. Her safety is the reason why he does this, therefore she has to press the button on the handle in order for it to retract. He let go of her, and she flew out. As the tank sunk lower and lower, he started to close his eyes, and accept that this is his time. Just then, the tank went flying off of him, and outreached the hand of Omni-Man. Tauren hit it away, and got up on his own, and returned to battle. Omni-Man quickly disposed of the Twins, and just like that, they'd won. They half-thanked Omni-Man, but Tauren straight up said that they didn't need his help, and flew back to Midnight City, still getting used to going from daytime to nighttime.
=== Getting A Strange Guardians Alert ===
When he was on patrol that morning, he saw two thugs raiding Burns Tower, an office building that Tauren knew had been on Machine Head's radar forever, and was still trying to figure out a way to stop him, and end his organization. He was perched atop a water tower across from them, and heard them talking about the city, with one of them explaining to the other what happened three years prior, and that the only thing they have to worry about, is Darkwing, but:
Tauren took this oppourtunity to jump down at them, and say he wouldn't be so sure. He had previously set up super magnets on the water tower, and after a bit of a fight with the thugs, he threw magnetic wrist cuffs onto their wrists, and they got stuck to the water tower. He told them he knows why this building is important, and he knows who wants it, so if they just tell him now, he'll make sure they get a comfortable cell. Before they can say anything, he gets a Guardians Alert on his gauntlet. He tells them he'll continue this tonight, and jumps off the roof calling for his Wing Jet. In the Wing Jet he tells Paul (whom he refers to as Belvedere when in public) to call the cops, and to contact Tyson (whom he refers to as Night Boy) to continue his patrol with Fatal Blow while he's gone. 
=== False Hope ===
When he gets to Guardians Headquarters, The Immortal asks him why he called them, and he says he didn't call them here. Just then, Red Rush runs over to The Immortal and pushes him out of the way of the incoming Omni-Man, who was going to punch through Immortal's face. Omni-Man lands in the middle of everyone, and Tauren asks him why he's doing this. Omni-Man doesn't respond to the reasoning, and instead engages them in combat. Tauren tells them to remember the plan, and notices Omni-Man silently react to that, by his eyebrows going up, and then back down into an evil frown. Martian Man runs in to wrap himself around Omni-Man's torso, while Red Rush races around him in a circle. The Immortal and War Woman jump into the circle, and start beating down on Omni-Man's face, and Green Ghost is phasing in and out of him, and eventually decides to go off plan, and phase into the ground a bit with him, then go solid, to lock him into the ground. Tauren in the mean time is climbing up to the ceiling, and dropping down on Omni-Man, wrapping himself around his back, while locking him in a choke hold. After thirty five minutes of just this, they notice him close his eyes, and fall over, his suit completely ripped, and bruises all over his face. They call Cecil, and tell him they have a very special prisoner for him at The Pentagon, and to bring a squad to their headquarters. Tauren and the team cheer and celebrate, and after Cecil and his team arrest Omni-Man, he promises that Omni-Man will never escape, but if he does, he'll know who to call. Before they part ways, Tauren gathers security footage of the fight, and sends it to media outlets, to show the world the true horror of Omni-Man. 
===Nightshade===
A few days later, after the team had mentally recovered from someone whom they thought was an ally turning on them, they get back out into the field. One morning, aliens known as Flaxans attempted to invade the planet, but when the Guardians showed up, as well as the new superhero known as "Invincible", the invasion was stopped. The Guardians attempted to give Invincible advice on how to fight, but he rejected any offers they gave him. While they were heading back to their respective hometowns, Cecil told each of them via comms that Invincible is a loose-canon that needs monitoring, as he is the son of Omni-Man.
When he got back to Midnight City, he consulted Tyson about befriending Invincible so that Tauren can keep proper tabs on him. Tyson agreed and headed out to Chicago to try and meet Invincible. That night, Tauren headed into the Shadowverse to interrogate a Flaxan he had sent there earlier, but when he returns to the spot he had the Flaxan in, he notices it is not there. Upon investigating the dimension more, he suddenly gets punched in the face. This flabbergasts Tauren, as he had not been able to find any literature about the Shadowverse, let alone anybody even ever talking about it. He looks around but sees nothing. Another punch comes, this time to his gut. He stands on-guard, and when he sees the fist that had presumably punched him reappear, he grabs it and pulls the person into the universe. Upon making eye contact with this person, he is completely shocked, because it's... Tauren HIMSELF... or so it seems, as the mysterious figure is wearing what looks like his costume with the gray and black switched, and no cape- not to mention the shcoking similarities in his facial structure. The perpetrator seems just as shocked as Tauren is, and they both ask who the other is. Tauren tells the mysterious copycat that he is Darkwing, and the copycat tells him that his name is Nightshade. Tauren's first thought is that this must be a version of himself from an alternate universe, so he lets go of Nightshade and asks this. Nightshade tells him, "I was thinking the same of you." Tauren continues to pry, asking Nightshade why he tried to fight Tauren, and Nightshade tells him that he thought it could have been an evil clone of himself. Tauren tells Nightshade that they are on the same side, and Nightshade invites him to his universe. Nightshade opens a portal to his universe and the two of them walk through it. 
On the other side, Tauren walks out into a very dark cave filled with technology and devices. Nightshade tells him that this is his home and that he does not really have any connections with people, claiming that it helps him concentrate on his work. Tauren disagrees with him, but can see where he is coming from, as he once felt that way too. The more Tauren explored Nightshade's cave headquarters, the more he seemed to recognize it. He recognizes where they are, and Nightshade states that they are on Okinawa Island. Tauren asks why Nightshade is operating in Japan, and Nightshade explains that a villain he is hunting is based here. Tauren offers to help him track down these villains, and Nightshade agrees. Before they leave, Tauren notices glass cases containing suits and costumes. He asks Nightshade if they are suits he's worn in the past, and Nightshade tells him that they are, 
On that note, Nightshade opens a portal to the Shadowverse and walks Tauren into it with him, before promptly opening another portal and coming out on a rooftop in downtown Tokyo. After patrolling for a little bit, they find one of Nightshade's targets: someone with superpowers in a flamboyant yellow and blue costume. They drop down to stop the supposed villain, and when they do, Nightshade snaps his neck. This leaves Tauren in complete shock and disarray. He has a very strict "no killing" rule, and presumed every version of himself would also have it. An argument ensues, in which it is revealed that Nightshade calls himself a "hero" but is really a supervillain in this universe, and sees the superheroes as supervillains. Tauren engages him in combat, but Nightshade sends them to the Shadowverse where they can speak in private. Nightshade had assumed this whole time that Tauren also had super powers, especially after he had described defeating Omni-Man to him, and Tauren learns that Nightshade has superpowers. Whereas Tauren had to develop technology that would grant him access to the Shadowverse, Nightshade was born with these abilities. Tauren asks him what his intentions are with his powers, and Nightshade tells him that he despises humanity and wishes to use his powers to eliminate all non-super-powered peoples, as well as those who use their powers for good and call themselves "superheroes", because no humans are good, they are all evil, whether they wish to see it or not. Nightshade goes on to explain that,
Tauren adamantly disagrees, and cites all the good that superheroes do, but this just enrages Nightshade, who tackles Tauren. The two get into a tussle, with Nightshade trying to escape and leave Tauren in the Shadowverse, however he is able to grab on to Nightshade and get brought back into his universe. Tauren is unsure of whether he would be able to open a portal to Nightshade's universe again if he is left in here, so he doesn't want to risk it before he can defeat this evil counterpart. The two trade blows in a hand-to-hand fight in the alleyway, before Nightshade is able to get the upperhand for one reason: he is willing to kill Tauren. Nightshade picks up a knife on the ground and starts swinging it at Tauren, even slicing his abdomen a little bit. Tauren takes this as a sign that he needs to concentrate, and to do this he thinks: how would I attack myself? With that thought on the forefront of his thoughts, he is able to predict every single move Nightshade comes at him with, and act perfectly accordingly. After a long battle, another superhero approaches and is able to decipher from the supersuit that Tauren is the good guy, and the mysterious hero with the yellow figure-eight mask and green and white costume helps Tauren to incapacitate Nightshade. Tauren thanks him, and tells him that he will be taking his leave. The two of them tie up Nightshade, and Tauren is unsure of whether or not this mysterious helper can actually understand him, but the two of them exchange a dap, before Tauren re-enters the Shadowverse and from there, opens a portal to his home universe.
Upon returning home, he came back to the Guardians HQ, where he sees every single Guardian standing around the computer system with an overwhelming sense of dread in the building. He greets them all and asks what's wrong, and they all rush him with handshakes, hugs and questions. He explains the entire situation to them and tells them how fascinating that universe was, and in return they tell him that even though it may have been one day in Nightshade's universe, it was several weeks in this one, and that is why they were so concerned for his whereabouts, with Immortal even expressing that the thought of Tauren having been killed had not been one out of the question.
Later, Tauren returns home and sees Tyson at the HQ, who gives him the rundown on how things have been going with Invincible. One thing that has made Tyson a reliable partner all these years, is his keen eye for reading people's body language, combined with the fact that now he is 19 and he is studying psychology at the Midnight City University. Tyson tells him,
Despite these affirming words, Tauren still devises a private contingency plan against Invincible, as well as a retirement plan, figuring he has five years left in him before it's time to hang it up.
=== The Hand of Fate ===
A few days later, Tauren is on patrol around Midnight City, when he sees a bank heist taking place. He runs over and watches as Window Pane- of all people- running and leaping away from the scene. Following on-foot, Tauren chases after him across the rooftops, making sure to stick to the shadows as he chases. As he'd expected, Window Pane lead him to Heraldson Tower. Tauren grapples up to the top floor, where Machine Head's office is, and crashes through the window. Inside Machine Head's office Tauren sees Window Pane, Titan and some new faces- however Tauren recognizes them as the Lizard League. Machine Head greets his rival, and Tauren gives a cocky smirk as he says,
A battle ensues, with Tauren easily being able to fend off most of the group, as he has faced Titan and Window Pane before, and the Lizard League have no powers, like Tauren himself. He ends up lasting much longer than anyone would have expected, placing bombs on Titan's shell to crumble it away, before he swiftly pounds Titan's head with his first, incapacitating him. As for Window Pane, Tauren recalls that his weakness is his gut, so he shoots his grapnel hook at a pillar, swinging around the pillar and finishing with a swing kick into Window Pane's gut. The force was so strong, combined with Tauren's boots and leg strength, it completely knocks the wind out of Window Pane. Tauren takes this opportunity to quickly tie him up and finish him with a kick in the head, knocking him out. When it comes to the Lizard League, Tauren only has the bare knowledge he has on them, combined with the fact that they are void of super powers like himself. As Tauren is fighting off five of the members of the League, he doesn't seem to notice one hanging from the light fixtures above, before leaping down and tackling Tauren down to the ground. Before he has the chance to get up, the entire Lizard League surrounds him and starts jumping him. Tauren tries his best to fight back, he even uses his wrist gauntlet to contact Tyson and Mason for back-up. The more he feels the kicks, the less he can feel his body. He coughs up blood, he can feel his stomach bruising, and each time he tries to breathe it gets harder to gasp for breath, combined with the fact that he feels a stronger piercing pain in it. The world slowly gets darker and darker as he struggles to keep his eyes open. He goes to reach for a gadget, but can barely move his hands. He tries to open his fingers to grip his grapnel gun, but it hurts too much as they are all broken and bruised. His vision quickly gets red as his skull is cracked open and he is internally bleeding. Upon realizing all hope is lost, he accepts what fate has in store for him and decides to stop trying to fight back. He closes his eyes for one final time...
Shortly thereafter, Invincible flies in with Mason and Tyson, and the three of them collectively jump the Lizard League and Machine Head. Once they are all down, Invincible calls Cecil to inform him of these villains that need to be picked up, and Mark flies Tauren to the GDA headquarters, to get Tauren in the intensive treatment unit ASAP.
==== Eight Months Later... (2030) ====
Tauren wakes up in a GDA hospital room with casts and breathing tubes in his nose. He has been in a coma since the incident with the Lizard League. He looks around as much as his head can move, and sees no one. Moments later, Cecil appears in his hospital room. He checks in on Tauren and updates him on how long it's been, as well as delivering the bad news:
Naturally, this news is heartbreaking to Tauren, but once Cecil had explained that Tauren's two partners had showed up to save him alongside the new kid, Tauren was able to understand that he is getting too old for superheroing anyway, and should make room for the next generation of superheroes, who would be faster and stronger than he is.
=== The Next Generation ===
When Tauren is able to walk a few days later, he meets with Tyson and Mason in Paul's Practical Parts and tells them that he is retiring. He informs them that he wants them to carry on the legacy of Darkwing, and that it is time for the world to have a younger, faster and stronger Darkwing--like it had way back when he'd started. He goes on to say that for that reason, he is handing the mantle of Darkwing down to Tyson. At first Tyson very aggressively rejects this idea, but when he notices that Mason is on-board with this idea as well, he changes his mind and accepts the new position, promising to never let Tauren down. On that note, Tauren heads back home and sits down in his recliner. After being Darkwing day-in and day-out for 24 years straight, Tauren can finally relax, knowing the moniker of Darkwing is in good hands with the next generation.
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