Sup guys lightning knight wolf here back for another story. This one about Batman. Enjoy the 800- word chapter. I don't own Batman; DC and a few others do.
(Downtown Gotham, 2 weeks before Arkham Asylum.)
The thugs belonged to Penguin, he had sent over a few dozens of them to raid one of Two Face's hideouts.
That had been before the ambush and the fact that both sides were losing troops to an unknown force.
"Where the hell is that fire coming from, this is bull-…"
That had come from one of Two Face's thugs before a bullet from a sniper killed him.
These snipers seemed to materialize out of thin air as a dozen soldiers clad in black and blue armor seemed to come from the shadows like the bat they feared so much.
"Eliminate, non-lethal on the less dangerous members, kill the ones who are too dangerous."
One of the soldiers ordered, sweeping his assault rifle around before shooting a Penguin Thug in the chest, allowing the man to fall to the ground as 4 snipers above reloaded.
Above them, a figure in an armored suit that didn't look out of place in the city watched.
He was named Ethen James, AKA, Fright Night, his suit resembled a nightmarish monster with claw tipped hands, a helmet that had razor-sharp points on the back, and a suit that looked like it was part military and part high tech warrior.
He was the leader of the soldiers, which were only 1 squad in an entire military faction called the Nightmare Legion.
"Sir, all targets down…. We're pulling out before Batman shows up…. See you back at base…"
The Lieutenant who was in charge of the soldiers below muttered before an APC pulled up and allowed the squad of Nightmare soldiers to pile in.
"Nightlight has been busy, hasn't he?"
Fright Night turned and pulled one of his custom Desert Eagle Handguns and pointed it behind him.
He lowered it when he realized who had addressed him, the girl looked like a court jester mixed with a nurse.
It was none other than Harleen Quinzel, AKA Harley Quinn, the Joker's Second in Command, his main enforcer… And a backstabber who secretly despised his guts.
"Harley… How you been over the years? Seems like years since Christmas Eves…."
Fright Night muttered, most people would be scared of Harley, she was as crazy as the Joker, though to Fright Night, it meant little at all, Harley was still Harley and she wouldn't be a threat to him unless she attacked him.
"Mr. J… Joker, he's planning to take over the asylum, he's got most of his boys from Blackgate being shipped in…"
Harley muttered, Fright Night turned to face her, Harley only talked without her usual tone of voice if she was being serious about something.
"Why come to me then? You could have told… No, I guess its for the best, Harls…"
Fright Night muttered, Batman wouldn't have trusted Harley and still didn't trust him to a degree, he still remembered their fight near Christmas eve that had led to him having a broken arm and a wounded leg.
"I'm going to gather as many boys as I can, throw my own party and let that good for nothing freeloader feel the pain of a bat up the as-… Sorry, that isn't very lady like…"
Harley joked, Fright Night raised one of his armored eyebrows at this, Harley had a few dozen thugs under her command, but never the amount of say, Two Face or Penguin.
"I get the boys ready on my end…. Don't let Joker get onto you…. You know how dangerous the clown can be …."
Fright Night stated, if Joker was trying to take over the Asylum, then there was something more at work…. The Clown Prince of Crime never was straightforward with anything he did.
"I will, Nightlight, chao…"
Harley said before backflipping away, Fright Night watched her go before diving off the building and backflipping off a close wall to the ground.
"Looks like I have troops to get ready… Great, and Batman is going to ask about the gang fight…."
Fright Night muttered before activating his beacon, he leapt towards a building and used the built-in claws in his suit to claw into the armor to climb towards the building.
He'd deal with Batman after he organized his forces.
Author notes
Phew, first chapter done! Yes, I know this first chapter isn't perfect, first chapters aren't my thing. As for Harley and Fright Night and their history… And Harley hating Joker? I will explain on it more next chapter but it goes back to Arkham Origins. Next chapter will be next, next Tuesday and will show the beginning of the Siege of Arkham Asylum, until then, Lighting Wolf out!