Did you ever think about why I chose the name Prometheus? He challenged the omnipotence of the gods. You see, because, like you, they play judge, jury, and executioner. But Prometheus took away their power.-Adrian Chase, Arrow
Deep Beneath Gotham…
Deep beneath the streets of Gotham in a church one painted windows of demons and at the end of the church instead of a statue of Jesus on the cross there was a statue of a horned demon. In this place that had been buried beneath the Earth by an earth quake many years earlier, yes in this forgotten place a ritual was being performed well it would be more accurate to say a ceremonial ritual was about to take place. There was a man kneeling he dressed in dark clothes and a hood the man before him dressed in red robes his face covered by a mask forged from a goat's skull "Why have you returned?"
"To full fill my destiny. To serve the Church."
The man in the red robes scoffed "You walked away from your brothers and sisters, years ago turning your back on your legacy. Why should we accept you back now?"
"Because Brother Bl-" Before he could finish the man in the red robes slapped him.
"You do not get to speak my name! Now tell me why I should even consider allowing you to return to our church? Why should I grant you forgiveness? Why should I grant you the title of Prometheus once more?"
The man kneeling lifted his head and spoke "Because-"
Two Weeks Later…
Butch Gilzean was more than just a little confused to say the least after he woke up with a splitting headache tied to a chair. He wasn't sure what his first move should be, so he went underground and spent the last two weeks hiding out at his brother's place his family was more than a little surprised to see his new look.
Without knowing what happened to Tabitha he was making plans to leave town. That was when he got a phone call with a mysterious caller who was offering an opportunity to take Gotham from Sofia Falcone. The Falcone's were the main reason he had chosen to spend his time hiding under a rock. After what happened with Fish and Sofia's old man Butch figured he was probably on Sofia's list.
The message told Butch to arrive in an old abandoned chemical plant. ACE Chemicals to be exact. Butch found himself waiting for two hours and so far two more people had arrived one guy he recognized from the papers and news his name was Roman Sionis, Butch didn't recognize the man beside Roman but he seemed to be Hispanic.
"So I'm guessing you guys got a weird message to?"
"Yeah we did I'm Roman I run the fight clubs well most of them anyway. This guy here is called Bane my prized fighter and my bodyguard he's also my righthand man."
"You two are pretty young I take it your what barely out of your teens Roman? What's Bane barely in his twenties?" Butch asked.
"Yeah and you're a lot smarter than I gave you credit Grundy." Roman smirked "My dad ran a small fight club once James Gordon took him down my family lost everything. To survive I started my club then I began expanding I guess you could say. Eventually I met Bane. We've been hanging out in the fringes or outskirts of Gotham as some might say. Bane and I didn't get along with Penguin's Pax Panguina but Sofia's causing us just as much of a headache. I'm guessing that your not the Falcone's most favorite gangster either?"
"Okay watch it with the Grundy stuff!" Butch yelled "I can still tear you both limb from limb!"
"Well your back to your old self I see." Ed spoke while coming out the shadows making sure to stay behind Roman and Bane.
"I can see you are to." Butch noticed Ed was dressed in green and in that stupid hat "You behind this? Whatever partnership we had it's over Nygma."
"Whoa cool down Butch I'm hear for the same reason you all are I got a similar message. Quite the riddle I admit who would gather us all here and for what reason?"
"I gathered you all here." A distorted voice said from out of nowhere they all looked around the building, but no one was in sight. Then he descended from the ceiling railing and landed on the ground making them all jump. He dressed in black armed with a blade, and arrows. His head was covered by a hood and his face was covered by a creepy mask.
"And you are?" Ed asked making his usual mannerisms.
"You may call me Prometheus."
"You some kind of freak? Why are we hear?" Roman asked crossing his arms.
"You are all here because we all want have something in common. Sofia Falcone dying is in all of our best interests. Even you Ed."
"Wait! Wait." Ed stepped closer to Prometheus "How is killing Sofia Falcone in my best interest?"
"Sofia has the Sirens backing her so their enemies are her enemies. You are smart right? So you should understand the implications of having Sofia Falcone as your enemy."
Ed glared at Prometheus "Fine I see your point."
"Wait hold on a minute Sirens? As in Tabitha and Barbara?"
"Yes Butch. Tabitha is still with Barbara even after she shot you in the head." Ed spoke as if to mock Butch.
"Why you!" Butch ran up to him but stopped when he saw Prometheus draw his bow and arrow.
"Enough! I brought you all here for one reason. By working together we all can take down Sofia Falcone! Like it or not you have a stake in that Butch. What do you think Barbara Kean will do when she finds out you remember? Do you think she'll just let you be with Tabitha?"
"Barbara will get what's coming to her." Butch said with both anger and confidence.
"Are you sure about that? Tabitha killed her but she came back! Tabitha's heart is bigger than she lets on. Even if you kill Barbara, Tabitha might not ever forgive you. Remember when you blew up her brother with a bazooka? How long was it before she and you got back together after that?" Prometheus's voice teemed with anger.
"Okay fine." Butch nodded in agreement then pointed at Ed "Just keep me away from him!"
"No worries now here's my plan Roman Sionis will slowly gain momentum with the fight clubs and other gambling rackets. Then your crew by which I mean the Gilzean Crime Family I mean will hit all the major banks and cash houses of Sofia Falcone. However you won't be call yourselves the Gilzean Crime Family, Butch. You will need to start a new Crime Family perhaps the Gold Crime Family would be a nice touch."
"Okay so where do I fit in?" Ed asked somewhat worried and confused.
"You Riddler may I call you Riddler? You will aid our little Secret Society by helping to predict Sofia Falcone's reactions and help us plan accordingly. I will provide a distraction when needed and I will remove threats when they are present. If this all works out well we will coil around Sofia Falcone like a snake and squeeze the life out of her and her organization and then we will all be free and have a piece of the pie as it were. Also Bane I understand you and your friend Roman are trying to push a new drug on the street called venom but Penguin and now Sofia are causing you all trouble I can help you both get your drug on the street."
"Now Senor Prometheus this is all very generous and promising, but I fail to see why any of us should bother working together." Bane replied.
Prometheus took a deep breath "I'll say it again. We all have a stake in wanting to take down Sofia. She's causing you Bane and your partner Roman problems with your operation. Sofia is also a threat to Nygma because she's aligned with the Sirens and she's a threat to Butch because of what he and Fish Mooney pulled with her father that being said Butch, Tabitha may be on the chopping block after all there is no telling how far or what Sofia will do to get to you and when shit hits the fan do you honestly believe Barbara will step up for Tabitha? Now maybe you all have reason to be worried about Sofia maybe some of you don't. What I do know is you all have a chance of not having to worry about her if you don't listen to me. However, if you listen to me that chance becomes certainty. So what's it going to be are you all going to take a chance that Sofia will not come after any of you or will you take matters into your own hands?"
"Very well I'm in and Bane is to." Roman answered.
Ed took a moment before he gave his then he adjusted his hat "Well safety in numbers and all that. I'm in to."
Butch took a moment to look around he ran his fingers through his hair "So long as Tabby is kept safe I'm in and if Barbara dies I cannot be tied to it you understand Prometheus or whatever your name is do you understand?"
"I will remove Tabitha from play discreetly and safely. If Barbara Kean is taken out of the picture you won't even know about it until after she's six feet under. That sound fair to you Mr. Gilzean? You get the best deniability with your precious Tabitha."
Butch took a moment to think about it "Yeah that sounds good count me in fellas. So tell me Prometheus what's your interest in taking down Sofia Falcone."
"I have my reasons let's just say I owe the Falcone Family a debt and Sofia showed me who I truly am now I want to repay her and her family in full and in blood and make no mistake by the time we are done the streets will be running red with it. Besides Gotham has had it's share of so called kings and queens maybe it's time we add a little democracy. We each take a piece of Gotham and carve out our own little kingdom."
Roman laughed and clapped his hands "I can live with that! Oh, and Butch I know Tabitha killed my old man tell her I said thanks the guy was a real bastard."
"Alright then we are all on board. I just have one thing to do I'll contact all of you tomorrow with details of phase one."
"So, what exactly do you have to do?" Ed asked him while making himself sound very superior.
"I'm going to cause a distraction and side line a threat. Kill two birds with one stone as it were."
Gotham Sirens Club Two Hours Later…
It was a slow night to say the least and Tabitha was less than enthusiastic she felt alone now more than ever. She wasn't sure exactly what she wanted now out of life right now all she was doing was going through the motions she felt like she was going backwards because here she and Barbara were back in their club and club and she was counting the money like she use to She was literally the only one working Barbara the rest of staff had left because they were so slow Barbara asked her if she wanted to paint the town red with her, but Tabitha turned her down. Tabitha just was getting tired of the same thing over and over. It was a weird feeling that had been coming over her in the last year it started when she lost Butch the first time and met Selina she found herself showing compassion it was something Tabitha suspected Barbara had noticed to "What the hell am I doing here?"
Tabitha then saw the last person she ever expected to see Bruce Wayne he alone and by himself and in the most arrogant tone a person could imagine Bruce said, "Wow this place is dead."
"Wow observant." Tabitha bit her lip and used all her self-control to not kill him. She hated Bruce and the Wayne Family. Tabitha just wasn't as fanatical as her brother.
"So what do you have that will get me drunk fast?" Bruce asked quickly taking a seat he really did look like a smug brat and he dressed in all-black.
Tabitha stared at him she dressed in a black corset, leather pants and matching stiletto heel boots. "How about nothing? You're a minor you're not even eighteen let alone twenty-one now I'm going to go to the back don't be here when I get back." Tabitha took a deep breath and went into the kitchen.
Bruce shrugged and stood up "What a bitch." He was about to leave when he heard both a crash and a scream. Bruce knew he shouldn't get involved he left that behind and had no intention of ever going back to fighting criminals in alley ways but something inside of him compelled him to rush into the back. What he saw next shook him to his core a man in black with a hood and mask he was armed with a bow and arrow, a blade, and shuriken. The masked man had clearly attacked Tabitha and judging by the rag over her mouth he chloroformed her.
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?" Bruce took a fighting stance even though he was clearly a dead man if he stayed.
"My name is Prometheus and I suggest you leave rich boy while you still can."
Bruce looked at Tabitha she was lying on the ground helpless Bruce didn't know why but he knew he had to help her. "Sure, just let her go and I'll be on my way."
Prometheus let out a light laugh "Cute, kid. Remember I gave you a chance." He drew his blade and rushed Bruce.