Armor exited the elevator and proceeded to make his way up to the 200th and top level of Peach Trees. He looked at the sings and saw he was on the 190th level, just ten below his target.

She's probably above us all and looking down at us. Armor thought to himself. He power walked his way, but stopped as the intercoms were turned on. He walked and saw Dredd right near a control panel with the corpse of a criminal just recently killed, That was quick.

"Inhabitants of Peach Trees," Dredd's voice boomed in the speakers "this is Judge Dredd. ... In case you people have forgotten, this block operates under the same rules as the rest of the city. Ma-Ma is not the law. I AM the law. Ma-Ma's a common criminal: Guilty of murder, guilty of the manufacturing and distribution of a narcotic called 'Slow-Mo', and as of now, under sentence of death, any who struck me in carrying my duty will be treated an an accessory to her crimes. You have been warned. And as for you, Ma-Ma-" Armor walked and took Dredd's spot.

"YOU'RE MINE!!!" Armor added. He punched the panel and destroyed it!

"Good to see you unharmed, Armor."

"Thank you, sir."

"What happened to our V.I.P? As soon as he took you, his sentence was now death."

"Don't worry about that. You can say he was... a head case."  

"Hm... brutal. We should head up quickly, don't want to die and allow my speech be for nothing."

"Yes sir." The two ran up the fleet of stairs as they heard some other people running to their area. Gunshots were heard and the criminals spoke to each other about how Dredd isn't dead. Both Dredd and Armor looked across & down the opposite side up a level, seeing the criminals investigating their area. They looked to each other, nodded, and aimed their lawgivers at the criminals.

"Incendiary." They simply said in unison. A click was made in their lawgiver, and they both pulled the trigger. A 'Thump' was heard, as an incendiary bullet was fired from both guns, then erupted into bursts of flames. The criminals below didn't react quickly and were caught on fire. Dredd and Armor watched in satisfaction, as the criminals screamed & ran all over the area, burning with their flesh coming off while others fell from the balcony to the floor below.

"That should piss her off." Armor commented.

"Yeah... but not as bad as when she faces justice." Dredd replied. "Come, she's not going to come down here for us." He walked to the nearest fleet of stairs.

"Yes, sir." Armor followed Dredd.

Both Dredd walked up a few levels, walking out to a hallway. Dredd quickly aimed at a direction and fired at a criminal running across the corner. Armor followed by shooting another criminal that was entering a doorway. They both reloaded and proceeded their way to Ma-Ma. They stopped as they heard a banging sound in the distance. The two took cover behind their own walls, as another person ran & took cover behind a wall at the other end of the hallway.

"Don't say anything." Dredd whispered "You there! Identify yourself!"

"Chan: Section 9." He replied.

"Dredd: Section 13"

"We responded to your 10-24." Dredd got out of cover and aimed at the other man, but saw that he was another Judge. "Good to see you, Dredd."

"Likewise. You alone?"

"Negative. Three man squad closing in on my vector right now. So relax, the cavalry's here."

"...Two."

"...Two?"

"Two of us called a 10-24. Wonder why you didn't ask about the other one." Chan stood for a minute, then quickly rose his arm up.

"LEX!!! MOVIE IT!!!" Armor got out of cover, seeing Dredd and Chan were fighting each other. Chan pushed Dredd on the wall and began to choke him! "Choke on it, Dredd!" Armor grabbed Chan off of Dredd, who used his lawgiver and shot Chan's feet! Armor then slammed Chan's head on the rail, making Chan dizzy, then, with his robot hand in a flat position, slammed it into Chan's throat, making his Adam's apple go in his throat! Chan struggled with his breathing.

"Choke on that." Armor said.

"That's what I was going to say." Dredd replied. Armor pushed Chan out of the way, as the corrupted judge fell to the floor, dead, and they both ran ahead to find another fleet of stairs.

Dredd and Armor stopped at a metal door that looked as if it could hold anything dangerous behind it. Without a word, Dredd opened the door, Armor walked in, and they both took cover behind a wall. They saw that they were in a product line as people were manufacturing Slow-Mo. Two guards stood near the people, each ready to fire at the people who may steal or try to use Slow-Mo while it's being developed. Bith Armor & Dredd nodded to each other and fired a single bullet at the guard in front of them. The people saw what they did, screamed, and ran away. Dredd and Armor investigated the line, as many small breathalyzers were ready to sell to the public. Armor picked one of them up.

"I hope you don't on getting high right now." Dread said.

"Nah," Armor replied "If Ma-Ma's up there, I want to give her a peace of her medicine."

"...Really dark right there."

"Think of it as poetic justice in a way." Footsteps were heard right behind them. Dredd and Armor quickly took cover, seeing two other Judges take cover behind a wall.

"What's the price of a judge these days?"

"...A million." One of the judges answered. Dredd turned to Armor and signaled him to go into the other room. Armor nodded and quickly while being quiet, took cover & walked to the other room. "Split four ways." Armor made his way out of the room, but heard the conversation that continued.  

"...Three ways now."

"Suits me!"

"Doesn't sound like much. To betray the law? To Betray the city?"

"Save that shit for the rookies! For Twenty years, I've been on the streets. You know what Mega City 1 is, Dredd? It's a fucking meat grinder. People go in one end... meat comes out the other. All we do is turn the handle."

Gunfire was heard as Armor exited. He turned around and felt that he needed to go and fight with Dredd, but felt a hand on his right shoulder. He turned around, only to be meet with a punch to his face! His vision became a bit blurry, but he saw that it was the third Judge after them, and this one was a woman.

"This is for Chan you son of a bitch!" She yelled. She delivered another punch to Armor's face, making him back up a bit. She attempted to do another punch, but Shining Armor grabbed her fist with his robot hands. She was caught off guard and Armor delivered his punches to her face! Unlike her punches, which were fast &, though painful, his was slow & it showed damage. Armor grabbed her by the neck and, with his hand on her throat, he snapped it! With his free hand, his horn glowed, casting an aura around his hand, to which he punched through the already Dead judge's face, leaving a hole where most of her face & brain should be. He turned and saw Dredd on the floor, bleeding through the left side of his waist area, with one the other Judges aiming at him.

"High Ex." Armor simply said. His lawgiver clicked and he silently walked behind the judge trying to execute Dredd. Dredd saw Armor, then turned to the judge.

"Wait." Dredd said weakly. The other judge lowered his lawgiver and chuckled.

"'Wait'?" He asked, having the same that spoke with Dredd earlier. "Are you kidding me? Did you just say 'Wait'?" He began to chuckle to himself. "Judge Dredd. THE Judge Dredd. Finally gets on the wrong end of a gun, and he says is 'Wait'. You know what? I expected more from you! I mean, wait for what? Wait for me to change my mind? Wait for another two secondsof your life 'cause you're so fucking weak!? You just can't stand to see it end."

"...No." Armor pulled the trigger and the Judge's head exploded! The body fell to the floor. "Wait for him to shoot you." Armor walked to Dredd and extended his blood covered, robot hand.

"Come on," Armor spoke. "Get up! Let's keep going!" Dredd accepted his hand and got up. Dredd pulled out some medicine and placed the stuff on his shot area, successfully healing it and sealing it up. Armor gave Dredd some other clips, to which he accepted and reloaded his lawgiver.

"Ready?"

"Yeah.

"...You look ready."

"Let's just deal with this bitch and get the fuck out of here."

"Lead the way." Armor lead the way as they traveled in the 200th level, the top to find Ma-Ma.

The duo stopped at a door with a metal door with a heart can-sprayed on the door and a regular metal door next to it.

"Security must be close." Dredd said.

"Probably next door." Armor replied. He kicked the regular metal door down. They entered and saw many computers around, most likely the main security room or a hacker's room. Some whimpering was heard inside, right between some wire covered shelves. Armor's horn glowed and a man screamed for help as he was dragged out of his hiding spot! Dredd grabbed him and slammed him against the wall, holding his lawgiver on the man's head!

"PLEASE!!!" He screamed "Don't shoot! Don't shoot me! I'm not helping her! I'm not! I-I can help you!"

"How!?" Dredd asked

"Ma-Ma's in her private quarters, but it's behind ten inches of steel! So you can't go in there without the keypad combination! I-I-I can give that to you." Dredd turned the man to Armor.

"We don't need your cooperation to get the key-pad number." Armor simply said before his horn glowed. He went inside the man's head, finding the combination easily, but also something disturbing: this man was held captive by Ma-Ma after he tried to tell the Justice Department what she was doing, but failed, and Ma-Ma had his eyes removes & replaced with cybernetics, forcing him to join the Ma-Ma clan, becoming the one who overthrew the system but with a gun to his head. They stared at each other for a few minutes, as he sniffled to himself. "Go. Get out of here." He hesitated, then sprinted away.

"THANK YOU, JUDGE!!!" he screamed as he ran away, a burst of laughing and crying happening at the same time. Dredd turned to Armor.

"Care to explain yourself, Rookie?" Dredd asked in his firm voice. "Letting a felon go is not just a fail, but it's an offense, a crime."

"I can't really blame you for not noticing all the things like I do, Sir. He's a victim:  Until this is done, I am still a judge and it's my job to dispense justice, which I did by letting him go. Anyways, the code to Ma-Ma's chambers are 4-9-3-6. Let's finish this." Dredd and Armor went to the door nearby and typed in the code. A buzz went off and the door opened. Dredd and Armor entered and shot at the criminals, showing no remorse to them whatsoever!

They walked up a fleet of stairs, seeing Ma-Ma in her room, right in front of what looked liked a trophy case. Her left arm had a strange device that was beeping & had a blue color to it. Armor's horn glowed again.

"Next to us!" He yelled. The two judges turned and fired at two criminals, each aiming for one of them! They fell down, dead upon impact. Ma-Ma stared at them, showing great anger to them.

"You're both pieces of work, Judges." She said, sustaining her rage. "And so am I. I didn't know I'd get busted someday in my territory. This entire level is rigged with enough explosives to take out the top fifty stories. If they go, the rest will go too. It's like jewelry." They stared at the device locked into her skin. "It's a transmitter sent from my heartbeat. If my heart stops beating, the building blows. Everyone in it... ash." Armor gritted his teeth at this. "You've got no out, judges. Put your guns down." They both looked at each other, then back to Ma-Ma. "Do you know how many people live in this block?"

"...This isn't a negotiation." Armor spoke. "Your sentence is death."

"You both can't afford to take the risk." Dredd shot her in the right side of her waist. She fell & landed onto her bed. They both walked to Ma-Ma and aimed their lawgivers at her, but then holstered their weapon.

"Do you still have that Slow-Mo?" Dredd asked. Armor pulled it out.

"Right here and ready." Armor replied.

"You know... we're a kilometer above ground. What do you think the range is on that thing?"

"Hm... perhaps only halfway through."

"Couldn't kept that working through levels of concrete. 200 feet, maybe?"

"Let's find out."

"She's all yours." Armor grabbed Ma-Ma by her hair. Ma-Ma screamed and struggled to get out of Armor's grip! Armor slammed her head on the back of the window, perhaps her way to feel powerful by looking down at everyone below. Armor pulled the Slow-Mo Inhaler and placed it in her mouth.

"Citizen 'Ma-Ma'," Armor pressed on the inhaler, making the Slow-Mo go inside Ma-Ma's systems. "Your crimes are multiple homicide, and the manufacturing & distribution of Narcotics. How do you plead?" Ma-Ma didn't answer, but inhaled the smoke. They didn;t know how long it took for the Slow-Mo to start, but it must work quickly. "Defense noted." Shining Armor then lifted Ma-Ma in the air and threw her out of the window! Both Armor and Dredd stood next to each other, watching Ma-Ma fall down without screaming. She fell down fast, but to her, it must have been forever. They watched as she went from her whole self to being nothing more than a puddle of blood & guts on the floor. A good minute passed, and nothing happened.

"Well," Armor spoke. "Looks like we're right."

"Yeah." Dredd replied. "Let's get out of here." Dredd and Armor walked out of Ma-Ma's room, then saw, at the very end, an operational elevator. Dredd took a step, then winced as he felt the pain on his side.

"You alright?"

"Fine! Just... need help." Armor placed Dredd's shoulder over his body, then walked with Dredd into the elevator.

They stood in the elevator for a couple of minutes, watching the lights go by as they went their way down.

"...I'm sorry." Dredd spoke.

"What?" Armor asked

"I'm sorry for what I did to you those years ago."

"...Well... better late than never." Dredd took Armor's helmet off. Armor leaned away from Dredd a bit, but Dredd touched Armor's mane and patted it.

"You did well, son."

"Thank you, Sir, I had to-WAIT!?!?!? Did... you call me... Son?" Armor's eyes gleamed and tears developed.

"...I did." Armor looked away for a moment, then began to sniffle. Dredd reached over and hugged Armor, being almost like a father. At this point, Armor eyes burst with tears, and he cried, hugging back Dredd.

"THANK YOU!!! That's all I wanted!!! A father!!! I'm sorry for what I've been saying!!! I really do!!!"

"Don't be. You have all the rights to say that."

"But why!? Why weren't you there for me!?!?!"  

"...I was." Armor looked up to Dredd, wiping a tear from his face.

"W-what?"

"I was with you. You never noticed me. All those years."