This is a rewrite of my fanfiction Young Justice: Sin and Punishment. There are some continuity changes in this from my old version. Please comment!
One Year After the Reach Invasion
WATCHTOWER
Batgirl POV
Alpha squad has (almost) assembled: Robin, Miss Martian, Tigress, and Lagoon Boy are all looking at me on the Watchtower. Though we are still waiting for Superboy to start the debrief.
"Where's Conner?" M'gann asked. Robin looked at me before observing a visually upset Lagoon Boy at mention of his ex-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend's name. Maybe we should institute a no dating within the team. Then again I'd have to fire most of the team.
Conner and M'gann weren't dating again, but they weren't exactly able to hide the feelings that stilled linger between each other. Though Superboy is too tough to admit it, he tends to make a stronger case that he doesn't care about her when he isn't in the same room as her, both of them have sparks fly when they are together.
"He said that he was going to go on a date earlier today, so maybe he is still on that date," Robin said somewhat tone-death with the ex in the room. Robin needs better social cues. I hope when Cassie breaks up with him (given Bruce and Dick's record this is the most likely outcome) it will only be less akward when Dick, Zatanna, Rocket, Myself, or... I'd rather not think about the whole list!
Tigress and I both look at Miss Martian. Tigress didn't tell me about Superboy dating anyone, and she would tell me if she knew. Did M'gann know about this? She did not take the initial break up well. As in I-will-rip-the-limbs-off-the-first-thing-I-get-the-chance-to not well. Luckily she only ran into a robot.
"Oh," Miss Martian says. She seems to have no facial reaction. Can she just shape-shift away any facial emotions? Is she just going through a round of violent internal thought about how she would torture Dick- CONNER because of the way that he treats her feelings as though he can just discard them away and thrust into a new life ignoring all other damage to the world around him particularly me- HER.
There is a long silence in the room. Tigress, Lagoon Boy, and I are all staring at Miss Martian's nonreactive face while Miss Martian and Robin look at each other. Lagoon Boy smiled, probably thinking he can get back together with M'gann if she no longer has interest in Conner.
I don't believe for a second that she's over him.
"Recognized. Superboy B04."
The rest of us all look at the Zeta-Tube and see Superboy run out of it.
"Sorry I'm late!" he yelled at us. His shirt was on backwards, hadn't done his hair, wasn't wearing any shoes, and his pajamas had fallen to ankle level. The facts that his pants fell off probably distracted everyone from the lipstick smeared across his cheek and neck. It's clear he just got out of bed but something else tells me that he was in bed with someone else.
"Ha ha," Lagoon Boy is snickering in the corner at the half dressed super kid.
"What?" he asks all of us clearly unaware of his situation.
"Ok, I'm starting the meeting now!" I declare gathering everyone's attention. Superboy attempts to walk off to get a belt but since I am not interested in giving this speech twice I simply glance at him and he freezes in place, unable to muster the will to possible disobey me. So glad Bruce taught me how to do that. I continue speaking. "Last night an attack on Belle Reve killed 100 prisoners and 10 faculty workers." I pull up images from the inside of Belle Reve including the bodies of Black Spider and Trickster.
"Sportsmaster?" Tigress asked in concern.
"That's where this story gets complicated." I pull up two different photos of Sportsmaster. One of him jumping out of the back of a truck, another of his body being pulled out of rubble. "The one on the left was taken by Belle Reve security footage shortly after the first bombs went off. The one on the right is taken from rescue efforts to find people killed in the bombings. It's unknown why Sportsmaster would reveal his escape attempt and place a fake body in Belle Reve. But it appears that his escape was the primary purpose of this attack."
"Are we sure that's the real Sportsmaster in the truck?" Robin asks.
"Yes. Belle Reve and their parent organization ARGUS ran a DNA test proving that the body found wasn't Sportsmaster. They are currently looking through the DNA logs to find out who it is but that's irrelevant for our mission." I pull up the video of Sportsmaster jumping out of the truck and being pulled back in. "As you can see from the video he has unknown, the telekinetic type of help."
"Any of Da-" Tigress paused for a second "-Sportsmaster's known associates have telekinetic abilities?"
"None that can't be accounted for amongst the deceased or other Belle Reve prisoners. It's probable that we are looking at a new person."
"So the Light's got a new agent?" Lagoon Boy asked. "Got any idea what this chum looks like."
"No but we think he's in New Orleans." I pull up the image of the truck exiting to New Orleanes.
"You assembled all of us here for a tracking mission?" Miss Martian asked. "Doesn't that seem like overkill to track down one guy? Even if it is Sportsmaster."
"You don't plan a prison break alone, let alone one that kills over a hundred people."
"How did he pull off this prison break?" Superboy asked.
"The exact details are still unclear but dozens of bullets were recovered. The bullets had an origin of 10 different firearms."
"Meaning that a squad had infiltrated Belle Reve to cause chaos as Sportsmaster escaped," Robin deduced.
"And since these squad members have not been accounted for or have been identified we have to assume that they have meta-human abilities." I shut down the computer. "All of you except Superboy go to the Bio-Ship."
Everybody around him just looked at Superboy as they walked away. Robin gave a "You are doomed look" to Superboy. Tigress gave a "Your own fault look." Lagoon Boy gave a "I'm better than you look." That was all predictable but for some reason M'gann just walked past him. Was she really over him?
Once the others had left the room Superboy attempted to excuse himself.
"Listen I'm sorry for showing up late," he quickly said. "But there was-"
"I'm not mad you showed up late," I tell him.
"You're not?" he asked in confusion.
"No. I'm mad that you came here and stuffed your sex life in our face." He was instantly taken back by my accusation of what he was doing.
"I-I-I-I-I was-I could-I hadn't-I wasn't-I can-" this went on for a while.
"You just walked in here with a look of how little clothes you were wearing recently-" his face was not like a red sun. "-with lipstick marking where this girls mouth was and expect us not to notice." He looked like he was about to faint in embarrassment.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."
"[Sigh] Just wash your face and put on some more clothes. I don't want you or your ex thinking that you are trying to show off how much better the other is without them." Superboy starts taking off his shirt. When he has taken it off I can see a trail of lip stick starting from abs going down to a place I don't want to think about. "Shower," I commanded of him, awkwardly looking away.
"What?" he asks in confusion.
"SHOWER!"
LOCATION UNKOWN
Sportsmaster POV
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," I screamed in agony as it felt like my mind was going through a mixer. I start to remember things much more vividly than any other memory.
"Tell me what you know," the goth chic said. "Show me what you remember."
This chic has been using some magic to mind #^$! me for hours. I didn't expect to exchange one cell for another today. When I got that letter I was expecting to be able to get a beer right now. But instead I just ended up extending one torture for another.
Last Night
BELLE REVE
Sportsmaster's Flashback POV
"Everyone back to their cells," the guard said.
"Well next time let's get reacquainted, I could use a man of your talents here," Oswald said as he walked away with his personal guard. "The crazies added since Arkham Asylum blew up have made the place even more of a timber box... at least we don't have to worry about the clown," even the mention of that creeps name drew shivers down Cobblepot's spine. Hard to blame him. "Us sane ones have to stick together." As he walked away Blockbuster followed like a dog on a leash. Sure Blockbuster seemed tough, but the way he was being hackled showed off his submission to Cobblepot. If Blockbuster had a sense of pride he would probably never be some servant to this hunchback. But no, he continued to walk, and if he could kiss Cobblepot's feet at that second he would. Sportsmaster saw this and came up with his answer.
No way. I may be forced to eat $#%! food, in $#%! smelling cell, with $#%! mate. But no way Sportsmaster is going to be reduced to some lapdog. Unlike Blockbuster, I have a name and pride.
As I walked away one of the guards ran up to me and slammed me against the wall.
"Hey you son of a..." I said before I saw what the guard pulled out. A military grade knife. This punk is trying to frame me. For what? A promotion?
"Why do you think you have this knife punk" the guard said as he slipped a note into my pocket. Now this intrigued him. This guard was trying to send me a message by detaining me. Why?
Ra's probably has something to do with this. When I worked with the League of Shadows I had gotten used to the idea of Ra's having eyes everywhere even if I didn't know where these eyes were. "Hey Bill we have to put one in the ISO now."
I paused. I really did not want to have to go through ISO, but the note in my back pocket presented me with a rare opportunity. It has been 8 months since I was captured by Flash and put in Belle Reve. It only took me one month to decide to pounce at the first opportunity no matter the risk, even ISO. Now that opportunity presented itself to me. I would be able to reestablish my reputation as one of the only prisoners ever to escape Belle Reve. I would be able to charge triple the amount as the legend who escaped The Wall.
As I was being dragged to the ISO cell, the guard did not say anything else, but he did give him a "be silent" look.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," came out of one of the cells. ISO was a brainwashing technique used to make violent inmates... manageable. Anybody (well except the Joker) who came out of those cells would be mindless zombie for weeks. As I was thrown into a space that would make a closet look big, the guard finally broke his silence. "Pretend to scream."
Some lights started to flash but they did not hurt, so I followed along. "AHHHHHHHHHHH," I screamed in fake pain. I took out the note and started to read it.
Dear Mr. Crock,
I know that you are a man of high connections and high skills. I need a man for my future plans. To my understanding you currently have the ability to crush my enemies and carryout my will. When you exit this cell you will be taken to the medical wing, be sure to take this paper with you and burn it outside the prison (the last person who I broke out left a trail that had me cut my losses, literally cut him with a salami slicer). When you are in the medical wing we will replace your body with that of Hook. Then you will have to hide in laundry cart before being transferred to a food cart, then shifted out of the prison. Then my truck driver will take you to meet me. All these people in between the steps work for me so if you try to flee to The Light they will check your impulses Mr. Crock.
Sincerely,
The Grand Director
Well not only do I get a chance to escape this $#%!hole but I get to see Hook offed to. I was still very angry at Hook because of a rivalry we have going back to my time with the League of Shadows. But what confused me was the statement about The Light.
I hadn't worked for those bastards since they killed Artemis without my permission (sure that was faked but they didn't know that). But the past can be buried with a golden shovel and cash instead of dirt. And Luthor has the cash to buy that golden shovel. So these guys think I'm still working for those punks.
The lights stopped flashing. Since the ISO session was supposed to be over I pretended to look like a zombie.
The guard from earlier opened the cell, "Okay idiot. Let's take you back." I complied like an ISO zombie would. The guard took me down the hall to the medical wing rather than the cell. There I was placed in a bed. A nurse and a team of doctors came in to seemingly check on me, but in reality they replaced me with a body that seemed exactly like mine.
Damn they did some plastic surgery on Hook. A laundry cart appeared and stopped at the door of the hallway.
"Go," the nurse said.
I ran into the cart and jumped in. The cart pusher then moves me for about 10 minutes before I was told to jump into an adjacent cart containing trash. After jumping in the cart and being covered in food, I had to put up with the smell for about thirty minuet.
Finally, I could tell the end of the escape had come when I heard a door open and could smell the swamp outside. I was then loaded into a truck. The truck started to move. I did not want to exit the trash until being told to do so. League of Shadows training to never do anything unnecessary.
"[BBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM]"
What was that explosion?!
"[BANG] [BANG] [BANG] [BANG] [BANG] [BANG] [BANG] [BANG] [BANG]"
Are they firing at us!
This caused me to panic and jump out of the cart. I then attempted to jump out of the truck. Opening the truck door to jump out onto the road. But before I could hit the ground, I was stopped in mid air, just floating above the road. I was then pulled back into the truck and hit the back wall before the doors shut.
"Calm down you idiot," I heard some woman's voice behind me. "You probably just revealed that you didn't die in that explosion. And all the plastic surgery we did went to waste."
"You know Grand Director that it would have been a good idea to tell me that you were going to blow $#!% up," I tell her as I held up against the wall by some telekinetic force.
"Oh I'm sorry. I should have assumed you were an idiot," she tells me with sass. "Also I'm not The Supreme Commander. My father is. And you will not want to see him when he is angry."
"I'm not going to be the target of his anger," I say in a mocking voice.
"What?"
"No, you see I know what is like to have a daughter fail her father. And it is so dissapoin-" She responded to that by adding force to my neck. "She... She... also... over... reacts-" I started to lose consciousness after that.
Present
LOCATION UNKOWN
Sportsmaster POV
"What-What did you just-" I attempted to yell at her.
"NOOOO," she yelled at me before punching my face and grabbing my neck. "Show me what I want to know not what you-"
"Oh please daughter," I hear a voice emerge from a corner that I hadn't looked at earlier. "You are never going to do it by using something real, you have to have your own imagination."
"What are you talking about old man?" she yells at the man behind me.
"First you got to get to know your target better," the man, who I assumed is her father. He emerges from the shadows. He appears to be in his thirties to forties, above average height, not armed, and wearing a suit. "Now is there anything you wish to tell me Lawrence."
"[Spit]" I spit on his suit. "Screw you!" He wipes the spit off his cheek.
"Well Lawrence. Since you won't be a gentleman, I'll start with the introductions. My name is Damien. Damien Darhk and this is my HIVE's Forward Operation Base in New Orleans."
It takes a while to process his name. Ra's once mentioned it, so did Jade.
"Ha..." I start to smile at what my captors imply. "HA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." I begin to laugh uncontrollable. "Alight HAHAHA. Ra's you can't seriously expect me to believe this." I yell into the ceiling, expecting there to be cameras there. "What you think I don't know about what happened to your old apprentice? The events of World War One. The HIVE. How stupid do you think I am?" 'Damien,' in amusement, and his daughter, in confusion, looked at each other in denial.
"He's in denial," 'Damien Darhk' told me. A black mist then appeared in his hand. "Let's see if he can deny this!" Then my mind went black.
BIO-SHIP, OVER NEW ORLEANS
Batgirl POV
As we flew over the city everyone was quiet. Not wanting to talk about the touchy subject of Artemis father, everybody kept an awkward silence and looked out a window. There was an unspoken rule amongst the team: do not bring up a team member's parental relations unless they say or do something for attention. It was formed after Dick was fired as Robin by Batman.
I'm not aware of the exact details of what happened after he was fired, but if it's anything like what I saw at Gotham Academy it was probably brutal.
Eventually Robin asked, "So how do we track Sportsmaster? The plan can't be fly around and hope we can spot him from above."
And Robin just broke that rule. I instinctively look to Tigress out of friendly concern. Then Miss Martian is also looking at her. And Lagoon Boy. And Superboy. Robin looks at the rest of us and follows out eyes to look at Tigress. Now all of us are looking to Tigress, but she doesn't seem to notice. She just stares outside the window of the Bio-Ship. This goes on for a while. Eventually I want to look away, but the aura of the room keeps all of our eye focused on her despite being oblivious to our focus.
After a long staring Artemis looks around and sees us all staring at her. "Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Da- Sportsmaster tends to keep his groups small. 5 or less people. And he wouldn't us them for one mission, he keeps them around for a month before a major operation to check if any of them are working against him."
"So he as probably close with the driver of the truck," Robin noted.
"Most likely living in the same place as his assistiants for the months before hand."
"So we find Sportsmasters assistiants we find him."
"Great. Now how do we track the driver, he's not on the video." Lagoon Boy mocks.
"No but I can track the truck."
"How?" I ask.
"The Brother AI system."
"You mean the new government surveillance software?" Superboy asked. "I thought it was made to track people not cars?"
"You think the the US Government spent $50 billion dollars in tax money that the public doesn't know about for a technique made by the IPhone? No. The system designed by Wayne Tech is a next generation in data accumulation. Capable of processing weather, cars, clothing, and possible even magic. It uses a new algorithm that processes on a scale that makes the-"
"You lost me at government spending?" Lagoon Boy mocks. Robin pouts.
"I can track their cars," Robin says in a passive aggressive voice. "And I just got the results back." Now everybody focuses on the computer at the front. "A truck matching the one that was seen leaving Belle Reve can be seen at all of these locations." A map of New Orleans appears showing hundred of routes going throughout the city. It seems as though it had been on half the streets of New Orleans.
"Great! We know he is in the city next to the prison he escaped from. Now we just need to check every building in New Orleans," Lagoon Boy continued with his mockery.
"Lagoon Boy's right Robin I don't see how this helps," Superboy, SUPERBOY agreed with Lagoon Boy.
"[Sigh] The map intersects most frequently at this location," Robin pulls up a photo of store with a bunch of trucks that look like the one Sportsmaster escaped in. "This is a truck rental facility."
"So we just need to find who rented the truck," I said. "Good work Robin."
"My works not done yet," he responds. "I can track the car but not the driver. Maybe if we get a description from the owner?"
"I could psychically take an image from him," Miss Martian offered.
"Well I don't think we should appear at a store and ask the clerk for permission to scan their minds," I say.
"I can do it from the ship if I park above the rental lot-"
"Wouldn't there be a camera in the store?" Superboy blurted out. "That should have an image." Superboy then proceeded to get into a death staring contest with his ex.
"I could probably run a city wide search if we have a photo rather than psychic imagery," Robin replied.
"Alright, that seems like a more secure bet," Batgirl said. We they flew closer to the rental station so Robin drop down and check for surveillance camera.
LOCATION UNKOWN
Sportsmaster POV
"AHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed. "What are you doing to me?!"
"Well Mr. Crock, it appears as though Ra's has blocked some of your memories from you, I am going to retrieve them," Darhk said. "You see our brain divides memories into certain segments. This may get too complicated for you so I will only explain the relevant part. When people hide their traumatic memories and nightmares from themselves they can never access them. I, when I worked for your former employer, made a technique to hide regular memories and facts there. So to access that part of the brain and retrieve those memories, I'll have to create some new trauma for you Mr. Crock."
"AHHHHHHHH," something started flashing before my eyes. Then the pain stopped, and I woke up.
I was in bed. Not just any bed but the one I used to share with Paula. What am I doing here? It was his old apartment but... nicer. Then Paula started to wake up.
"You ok lover," she said.
"Um..." I... I... How do I respond. "I think so."
"Well I thought you would feel better today of all days." Then something happened that stunned him. She started walking. Fucking walking.
"What wrong?" She asked curiously. "You seem like you had a bad dream."
"Uh.. I-" then all of a sudden the room changed. They were in their dining room, with Artemis, Jade, and Lian.
"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY," his girls said.
"Thank-," then an explosion hit the wall and troops started coming in.
"Well, the whole family is here?" I recognized that voice. "I thought I could just torture you, but these girls will make excellent hostages." Savage. VANDAL #^%&ing SAVAGE. "I need one alive, feel free to do what you want with the rest."
"No you won't you son of a bitch," Sportsmaster said. Sportsmaster charged at him, but he was easily taken down.
"Why yo-," Paula tried to say.
"[BLANG]" A gun went off and her body went down.
"PAULA!" Sportsmaster yelled at her body. I saw Savage's men load Artemis and Jade onto a helicopter. Then everything started to blur, images of Savage were conflated with those of Darhk, then I hear Darhk speak
"Ha HAHAHA. You still care about your wife and daughters! After everything you did to them, why do you think they would care about you at all. Now. Where is he going?" Darhk asked.
MYSTERIOIUS WAREHOUSE, NEW ORLEANS
Superboy POV
"You sure this is the place?" Batgirl asked.
"That's what The Brother tracked," Robin responded.
"How was that computer able to track the person who rented a truck here?" I ask.
"When I asked the guy who ran the truck rental station about the truck he said the driver had returned it to the parking lot in while there was nobody at the station. But somebody came in this morning and paid $5000 in cash to fix the doors in the back of the truck." An image of a man in a red hood and a leather jacket appeared on the Bio-Ship computer. "This guy was tracked by The Brother by taking the time and location of this individual and comparing it to every CCTV in New Orleans. Then using a predictive search algorithm checks every location he can be at depending on approximate walking speed." A map then appeared on the Bio-Ship computer. "This is the route he took from the truck rental station to here."
"Well let us see if those fancy Wayne Industry R&D pays off," Batgirl said.
The facility seemed just like every other warehouse they had raided. A normal, in poor condition, storage facility. When they break down that wall though, they will see an advanced science lab, or a bunch of guns at a arms sale, or an alien invasion platform, or... that time they caught Nightwing and Tarantula in the act. Zatanna spent the next few months treating him as though he did not exist.
"Prepare to drop," Batgirl commanded. Robin, Tigress, and Batgirl attached their ropes and dropped. Lagoon Boy and I jumped. Then Miss Martian floated over the facility. Batgirl then gave psychic instructions. "First stage of infiltration will be Miss Martian and I sneaking in, till then await further instructions"
"Neptune's Beard, why do you hog all the fun," Lagoon Boy thought.
"Because I have stealth training by the guy right behind you." Lagoon Boy then proceeds to look behind himself absolutely believing for Batman to be there.
"I can't believe you actually fell for that," I thought. Though to be fair I never figured out how any of them were able to sneak up on me like that. Robin and Tigress also chuckled at Lagoon Boy's panic.
"Facility Infiltrated," Miss Martian thought.
"Guys we are looking at an abandonment of this facility, but there are some serious high tech here. Incubation pods, guns, grenade, I even see some helicopters," Batgirl thought.
"Guys I've b- AHHHHHHH."
"MEGAN," Lagoon Boy and I thought.
"Full on assault NOW," Batgirl declared. After the declaration I charge and Lagoon Boy transformed and stormed the facility. We tore down one of the walls on the side. We entered seeing an extremely pale person surrounded by metal that seemed imbedded into his body. He had green eyes and a face mask on. He held himself as if he had no control over his arms. This guy was going to pay for hurting Megann. I then charge at him, causing his facemask retracted and a red light appeared in his mouth. Then a plasma bolt appeared, blasting me into the next building. "Superboy!" I couldn't give a response. "SUPERBOY!"
"*Cough* *Cough* That *Cough* *Cough* hurt" Superboy said. "I'm alright."
"Whatever this guy is he is seriously dangerous, Robin call backup now"
LOCATION UNKOWN
Mysterious POV
"Where is he going?" Darhk asked. I watched on my wrist computer as my armors plates attached to me.
"Savage. HE... HE's GOING TO DERIBA CALDERA," Sportsmaster said. Great, now he and Damien Darhk both know where Vandal Savage is. Now the question is which of them gets to him first.
"Sudan? Well we should prepare a strike team. I'll lead it," Darhk said. He then started to leave the room. "Leave him, it's better to have him caught by the Jr. Justice League. I've locked all memories of our encounters. Let's leave them chasing this end long enough for us to cover any other trails that could lead to the discovery of HIVE." Then he left.
"[BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]"
"Oracle what was that?" I ask into my communicator, turning off to the video from the camera in HIVE's interrogation room.
"Checking the other cameras in the area," she responds. "It appears as though we have a super-human in the facility fighting... Miss Martian? Robin? Superboy? The Creature from the Black Lagoon? Batgirl and Huntress?"
"Lagoon Boy and Tigress rather than The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Huntress," I correct her.
"But why are they in the facility," Oracle asked. "It took me a month to find this place."
"I led the here."
"What! Why?"
"Because I need a distraction to extract Sportsmaster."
"How did you lead them here?"
"I had you switch the truck in the Belle Reve footage with the one that was placed into the Horizon Rentals. Then I traced a path from rentals to here."
"That's why you had me do that! I thought you said not contact with any heroes."
"I didn't need to make contact to leave a trail."
"You had The Brother-"
"Oracle what's going on with the fight above ground."
"Ummmm... It would appear the meta-human is currently banging Lagoon Boy's head against a wall."
"They've got a good team and will be fine," I check the camera in the interrogation room. "Sportsmaster's gone! I've got to go after him."
"What about Darhk?" she asked. "He's escaping!"
"I didn't come here to fight the Darhk's," I tell her.
"Then when are you going to end this!" she said in rage.
"I'm going to fight Sportsmaster. I'm also sending you instructions on how to modify the video footage from the interrogation room. Arkham Knight out."
FRONT ENTERENCE OF THE HIVE FOB
Robin (Tim Drake) POV
The cyborg was ultra powerful. Superboy was in serious pain after a single hit from that laser. "Everybody aim for the back of the head of the robot, that where the connecting cables appear to be." Batgirl thought to the team. I run over to Tigress to take cover behind a console.
"You ever seen something like this," I asked her.
"There was AMAZO, but he was significantly less human," Tigress remarked.
"Why are so many robots guys?"
"Honestly you would think these old men who make robots would make women for comfort." I blushed a bit at that statement. We both jump out of the way when Lagoon Boy came flying through the console. The cyborg jumped at us, looked to Tigress and started loading the laser it shot at Superboy.
"NO!" I yelled. Then Superboy came from the side and punched the robot through the wall.
"Time for some payback," he said charging at Robot
"Everybody all right" Miss Martian said.
"M'GANN!" Superboy and Lagoon Boy thought simultaneously. The robot then had some boxes thrown at it.
"Superboy, Lagoon Boy, and Miss Martian, take the robot head on while we try to hit from the back," Batgirl commanded.
"Rodger," everybody conformed.
Superboy charged at the cyborg. The cyborg then hit him back against at wall and started charging its laser. Then Miss Martian threw some boxes at him, then he looked towards her. Tigress took her chance, jumping at the cyborg. But then it did something unexpected, it back jumped to avoid her sword. That move requires ninja skill. "Batgirl this thing is a ninja!" I thought.
"Well that just what we needed from a robot. A ninja upgrade," Batgirl thought.
Lagoon boy charged at it and held onto one side. "Hold him down," Lagoon Boy thought. Superboy got the idea and held his other side. It seemed as though the robot was going to break through before it was hit with more force bringing it to its knees.
"GO!" Miss Martian said. I saw an opening and charged towards the robots back and firing a taser just as it broke free of Superboy and Lagoon Boy tossing them both in opposite directions. It hit the back of its neck and activated. The robot reacted in what appeared to be pain, not doing much, before just falling over.
"Nice job Robin", Tigress said. "Now let's-" then a sound appeared.
"[BEEP]" a red light also showed up.
"[BEEP]" Batgirl and I realized what it was.
"EVERYBODY GET AWAY FROM THAT THING," Batgirl yelled. Everybody started to panic and fled from window, door, or hole in the warehouse.
"[BEEP] [BEEP] [BEEP] [BEEP] [BEEEEEEEEEEEE-]"
HIVE FACILITY HANGER
Arkham Knight POV
"[BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]"
"Oracle, what was that explosion," I contacted her.
"I don't know, but looking from The Brother it started in the entrance to the Frontal Operator Base," she responded
"Forward Operating Base," I corrected. If the explosion took place there it must mean one thing. "Oracle it was a suicide attack."
"Who-"
"The HIVE meta-human the Justice League's team was fighting."
"Why wou-."
"HIVE programs all their agents with a suicide command in the event of-" I notice a figure at the end of the hallway. "-capture." The figure at the end fired a RPG at me. I pull out my gun and shoot at the rocket.
"[BOOOOOOOOOOOM]" The explosion of the rocket sent me back a few feet.
"Arkham-" Oracle attempted to contact me but I couldn't hear the whole thing. When I looked up I saw a figure in the distance.
The figure came charging at me. "Prepare to go down Batman," the person said.
Eventually I'm able to make out the figure. Sportsmaster!
As Sportsmaster charged at me up my gun into dual pistols and fired at him. Sportsmaster jumped off the wall to dodge his bullets. When Sportsmaster lunges at me with a crowbar. I dropped one of my guns into a holster as Sportsmaster grabbed a crowbar. Sportsmaster grabbed my arm holding my gun. "Batman using a gun? What happened when I was in there?"
"I'm not Batman," I declare. I set my gun to flame thrower.
"Pointy ears, Bat-logo, and fancy gadgets... sure your no-" then I started using the flame thrower which panicked Sportsmaster. Sportsmaster then jumped behind a crate. "What's your story kid? JL? Light? This 'HIVE' thing?"
"Formerly JL, but now I'm my own, and soon the whole world will be with me."
"A new world order, good luc-" Sportsmaster saw a grenade and tried to jump away. After jumping he was pulled towards the grenade, then all the force had him pulled towards the wall.
"Implosion grenade, pulls you toward it rather than releasing an external force, can't escape this one."
"Oh now you are going to send me back to Belle Reve now right?"
I pulled my gun on Sportsmaster. "Nah, rather, this is for Blue Beatle. For Ted."
"Wai-" then silence as he stuffed the gun in Sportsmaster's mouth..
"Tell Joker that Robin say's hello," I mock.
"BANG," as my gun went off.
"Oracle, What have you found on the footage from Sportsmaster's interrogation," Arkham Knight said.
"The location he mentioned. It's in Sudan."
"Why do you think Savage is there?"
"This is the 50,000 year old right?"
"Yes"
"There is a crater there. If he got his powers from a meteorite it might have created that crater. And that would line up with the genetic evidence to support the out of Africa theory."
"The out of Africa theory?"
"The idea that humans migrated out of Africa into Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, and the Yellow River civilization. If Savage has lived 50,000 years, he would have probably lived in modern Sudan."
"Ok, so his private HQ is his home. I'm going to go pay him a visit. Send me the modified footage and go home."
"Don't you need me to-"
"Cheer from the sidelines as I kick Savage's #$$. Don't worry I got this. Arkham Knight out."
OUTSIDE DESTORIED HIVE HQ
Tigress POV
We just got attacked by a killer robot that can take down a (half) Kryptonian. Dad what have you gotten yourself into. I just thought of him as dad didn't I. Icould only see Batgirl and Superboy. The others must have escaped a different way. Better go find them.
"What happened," we heard someone yell at them from the sky. I could tell by the tint who this was.
"Caption Atom," I said.
"We were attacked by some robot. We defeated it before it self-destructed," Batgirl said. "We lost Sportsmaster."
"Hold on, we have not lost him yet," Robin's voice came out of the smoke. He was with Lagoon Boy and Miss Martian. "We found a tunnel connecting somewhere. This might be where Sportsmaster headed."
"Alright lets go," Tigress declared.
"Wait," Batgirl said. "This is an underground structure right."
"Yes," Lagoon Boy said.
"Then if another one of those things explode down there we could all be trapped."
"Neptune's Beard, we are here to catch Sportsmaster, I'm going after him." Lagoon boy then stormed off
"Lagoon Boy!" Batgirl yelled.
"No arguing him, what's the worst that we can come across," Tigress said.
HIVE UNDERGROUND
"T-T-T-Thats-" I could not give a complete answer.
"Sportsmaster?!" Robin declared.
"Great Poseidon's Barnacles," Lagoon Boy said.
None of them could believe what they were looking at. Sportsmaster, my father, was dead. Who had done this?
"Why would they-" I tried to say said.
"We will figure that out later?" Barbra said. She then pulled me aside. "Listen, I want you to go spend time with your sister."
"Listen I can-"
"Justice League protocol remember. I am putting you on leave for a week."
"Alright" I declared. I picked up my phone and started to dial. "Mom." I said into the phone. "It's about dad."
HIVE CHOPPER
Damien Darhk POV
"Hello Maxwell, it's been the longest time since we have chatted. If I didn't know any better you would be stuck at the lowest pit of hell where the most corrupt sleazebags are kept," a man said into the phone.
"Capitol Hill, no Damien that is across Pennsylvania Ave. Here I am surrounded by respected military personal, loyal civil servants, and decades of fine art and history," came from the phone.
"HAHAHA, oh that's why I picked you to lead this country Maxwell, you have actual charm unlike some of our partners."
"Well technically you did not vote for me Damien."
"Hey! Had Governor Blood won it would have been easier to control the meta human community."
"True, but I would also have to deal with his kids. At least this guy's are all grown up."
"Mr. President, the President of Enrea and Qurac will be arriving soon to talk about Bialya," a younger voice said out of the phone.
"I have to go," the President says.
"We can talk about why I wanted to talk later President Lane," I then hung up the phone.
"Sir we have reached the destination," my pilot said.
ARKHAM KNIGHT'S SHIP, OVER NIGER
Arkham Knight POV
"[RING] [RING]" an incoming call. I look at the caller ID and immediately pick up.
"Mother how are you?" I ask her.
"I'm doing well Jason," she responded. "I see that you are taking the ship I gave you to East Africa from Louisiana. Shouldn't you be in Los Angeles."
"I got a lead on HIVE activities outside New Orleans after the Belle Reve incident."
"Do you think Sportsmaster is working with our enemies? I know he left the Light but going to HIVE isn't what I thought he would end up doing."
"Take a look at the video footage I'm sending you." I use screen sharing on my computer to broadcast the video Oracle sent me to her.
Video
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," Sportsmaster screams.
"Ha HAHAHA. You still care about your wife and daughters! After everything you did to them, why do you think they would care about you at all. Now. Where is he going?" Darhk asked.
"Ra's. HE... HE'S HEADING TO NANDA PARBAT," Sportsmaster said.
Arkham Knight POV
"Why would he need to get information on Ra's location? Shouldn't he already know about Nanda Parbat?" I ask her.
"Maybe he was wondering if my father had any new bases?" she responded. "Either way, it is probably good intel to know that Sportsmaster is working for HIVE-"
"Sportsmaster's dead," I tell her. "He escaped from his cell and was killed in a hallway."
"How do you know that's what happened?"
"I killed him."
"Well. It's sad you wasted such a good asset. But why are you heading to East Africa?"
"Aren't you very nosey today."
"I want to know what you are using my equipment and money for. A good business leader keeps track of their assets."
"Madam Head, Secretary General Luthor is on line," one of her employees told her.
"Tell him I'm keeping track of an asset," she responded.
"I'm going to Sudan to see if Miss Martian had anything to with its recent diplomatic fight with Bialya."
"You think she is behind anything that goes on with that country or anything that goes on with your old friends."
"Well, she was behind my death," I remind her. "And I assume your going to give me the usual sum of cash for destroying a HIVE facility."
Only difference between the game Arkham Knight costume and the one here is that he doesn't have a unique logo but instead its the black one Batman uses.