Black Lightning: Painkiller

Black Lightning: Painkiller is a Minecraft machinima, based on the DC Comics characters of the same name, and is set in the DC Machinima Universe.

Featured Characters

 * Black Lightning / Jefferson Pierce

Supporting Characters

 * Freeland Police Department
 * William "Bill" Henderson
 * Thomas Colavito

Antagonists

 * The 100
 * Painkiller / Khalil Payne

Other Characters

 * Mayor MacNair Chapin
 * Latavious Johnson (mentioned only)

Locations

 * Earth-1
 * United States of America
 * Georgia
 * Freeland
 * Abandoned Warehouse

Cast

 * Phoenix-Artisan as Black Lightning / Jefferson Pierce
 * Conor Brett as Bill Henderson
 * The Ray as Painkiller / Khalil Payne
 * Firehotstakuga as Thomas Colavito
 * Vexo and Stealth Productions as members of The 100

Synopsis
No synopsis was provided for this short film.

Plot
The officers of the Freeland Police Department respond to a hostage situation by the notorious '100' gang. They begin negotiations with their leader, to discover that the meta-human villain Painkiller has usurped the role of the 100's leader from Latavious Johnson. Their hostage is none other than the Mayor of Freeland, MacNair Chapin, and Painkiller's demanding a seven-digit payment for the mayor's release.

Knowing that the price is too high, Chief Bill Henderson tries searching for alternate options, but is stuck for ideas. That is until local superhero Black Lightning arrives on the scene to lend a hand. Henderson catches him up to speed on the situation, and Black Lightning is quickly able to analyse the warehouse that the 100 are held up in, and come up with a plan of attack.

Black Lightning ascends to the top floor of the warehouse where Painkiller and several of his men are guarding the mayor. He draws all light out of that level of the building, so that his opponents will be blind during the battle. Meanwhile, the Freeland Police storm the lower level, to take out the waves of gunmen down there.

During the gunfight, an officer is shot and killed. Officer Thomas Colavito is eager to go and help him, despite Chief Henderson's pleas not to, as it would put him in the firing range. Colavito makes the rush for it, but is shot down by the 100.

Black Lightning uses his visors to see in the dark, as he takes out Painkiller's goons one-by-one. He finally reaches Mayor Chapin, and releases him from his confinement. He is soon followed by Painkiller, who engages him in a heated battle. They fight all throughout the upper floor of the warehouse, until Painkiller has Lightning pinned. Painkiller underestimates how easily Lightning would give up in a fight, which allows Lightning to take Painkiller by surprise, and use his lightning powers to put Painkiller down.

After reuniting with the police, Lightning is updated on the death of one of the officers, as well as Colavito being sent to the hospital. Lightning apologises, claiming he should have thought out a better approach, but Henderson claims it was their own mistakes that got them there. Lightning parts ways with Henderson and the police, offering his assistance whenever it's necessary.