Nick Chrisler
Red hood andthe outlaws
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS
In loving memory: Eddie Burnett.
I woke early at about 2 Am. "hey arsenal, your sentencing starts now" a man said. I was dragged to a large room with man all over the place with AK-47's. A large priest sat with a bible in his hand. I looked up at the judge while I was in my knees. "Arsenal, you have been charged with robbery, murder, and impersonating the president. How do you plea?" he asked me. "Objection" I heard the priest say as he pulled out two pistols and shot at the men with AK-47's. "My god!" the judge said as he ran for the exit. The priest got shot in the leg before he got out the door. Then he ripped off his mask and reveled his face, it was the red hood. "Hey, what's going on?" the red hood asked me. "Nothing much besides getting put in this prison, when's star fire getting here?" I asked. "That's a good question, don't look at me like that I got this under control" he said while I looked at him with doubt. Then we started running down the long hallway. "Where is she picking us up red?" I asked him. "Another good question arrow, I'll have to think these plans over before I do them" he said. Then star fire blew a hole the size of King Kong through the wall. Then threw a jeep in through the wall. "Evening gentlemen. How was your stay at le Alcatraz?" star fire asked. "Lovely, I see you bring the old jeep. I thought you threw that old piece of junk out ages ago" red said. You see, red likes only 4 things, his helmet, his jacket, his double pistols, and his jeep. That's because it gives him character, and has this beast machine gun up top. We don't need it, we got star fire. We jumped in it and flew out of there.
When we finally lost them, it was midnight. We got to this old gas station. "I'll see you guy's latter, I got the craven for some munchies. You want something?" red said. "A pizza" star said. "Some jerky" I said. "Bum me some lettuce bro" he said with an outstretched hand. He didn't have his helmet on so he looked like a guy with a grey shirt on. I handed him a fifty I stole from the judge (hey wasn't going to use it anyway) and he ran inside. "So, I missed you" star said. "Aw you know, I like some time in the slammer once and a while" I said flexing my arm muscles. Then she lifted the jeep up and said "can you do this?" we laughed and then red came back with 2 six packs, a pizza box, and a bag of jerky. "Let's beat it love birds" he said climbing in.
Red can stay up for days. I can hardly keep my eyes open and he's wide awake. Star fire past out an hour ago, its 4 in the morning. She ate the whole pizza and some of my beef jerky, how can she eat that much and look like the way she does. "How are you holding up arrow?" red asked me. "Good, (yawn) how did you get into that prison? That prison has more security than Alcatraz" I said. "Well, my mentor is the world's greatest detective, could defeat superman, and has the greatest mind since Einstein. So you do the math" red said. "Got a calculator?" I asked. We laughed and went over a bump. Star fire woke up in a mid snore when we went over that bump. "Huh, what's going on?" star fire said rubbing her eyes. "Ran over a bump, go back to sleep. Well get to the base in an hour, enjoy the quietness for now. You should to arrow" red said. Star and I were already sound asleep.
When I woke I was on a comfortable mattress. The room had a metal shell on, it reminded me of this one prison I went to for tripping the president, he was so mad and humiliated I was thrown against the wall of the white house. Then I walked out to see this huge, marvelous area. It was so big that it had an elevator. It still had this home feeling. I went down to the ground level and walked to this living room part. Right next to it was the kitchen, where star and red were eating. Star had a five coarse meal stretching across the table and red had a bowl of dry cheerios. Star was wearing a bath robe when I entered. "Hey sleeping beauty, we were just about to go up there" red said. I reached for some of stars food but I looked at her eyes, they were glowing green. So I pulled my hand so fast the flash would be impressed. "I got some food for you in the micro wave, scrambled eggs with bacon and a side of toast, I nearly had to fight star over it, which isn't a fair fight. She would have killed me with the blink on an eye" red said. I opened the micro wave to see some steaming eggs, thank god. "So, where exactly are we?" I asked. "Were is the one place Bruce would not look?" red asked. "Gotham, I need to take a shower" I said. "Go on, your floor is 4" red said then went back to his dry cheerios.
After I took a shower I thought, does red ever take a shower? He has to or he wouldn't smell like roses all the time. I went down to the living room, sat down on the couch, and clicked on the TV. Red did the same. "You better enjoy this; we got a job tomorrow, something to do with black mask. Don't worry; I wouldn't work for that loser. The reason is just personal" red said. Star came in with her uniform on. "Oh, and speaking of which, star, we need you to help us to get on a plane" red said. "Does the plane need to be in one peace or?" star started. "That's not what I mean, I mean get us a green card if you know what I mean?" red said. Star and I both gasped. "Are you serious?" I asked. "Well, I can do it. But you owe me one" star said. "Are you really doing this?" I asked star. "Don't worry, ill just pull some strings. Nothing serious" she said before she kissed me. Then she walked off to the elevator. I sat down in protest. "Will you relax? All I need for her to do is get some tickets to metropolis. Black mask ran and hid there and we need to flush him out. No big deal" red said. Then we just started watching duck dynasty for no reason.
When we arrived at the air port, the place was packed like gum packs. Star walked in 30 minutes ago, the time she told use to wait. There was yelling because only one flight was open, ours. "Were on that plane right there" I told the lady. "Tickets please" she said holding out her hand.
When we got on the plane, we were told to go to the V.I.P. section. I looked like a no good gangster and red had on a suit. He kind of looked like one of the Wayne's. When we entered we saw star in sun glasses, a gray suit, and the same color shorts with high heels. Her feat were kicked up. "High guys, what took you so long?" star asked. "What took us so long, what exactly did you do for thirty minutes that was so important?" I asked. "That is between me, the guy who owns the airport, and the pilot" she said with a smile. "Nice suit, how did you get that?" red asked. "I could ask you the same question" star just said. "Stole it from Bruce's closet, he wouldn't need it" red said. "Stole it from the owner of the air port" star just said. Then the plane began to take off and we were on our way to metropolis.
I looked out the window at the passing sky, star past out (she passes out when she's bored to death) and red was reading a batman comic book. "Hey champ, how's it going?" red said without looking up. "I'm ok, I just wish I could make peace with green arrow" I said. It's true, green arrow is like my father. Well, metropolis is only 30 minutes away. When we land I'll look into green arrow alright?" red asked. "Sure" I said before I fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke I was pretty much free falling. I pulled out my emergency arrow and strapped it to my back and cut off the top of it with my knife. My knife is one of the only thing's I treasure. Then I was parachuting down. When I landed the plane crashed into this building. Someone is trying to kill us. Red was falling all the way until he did this roll and stomped on the ground. "How did you not… where's star fire?!" I asked. She flew down from a glide. "Did you forget that I can fly or are you just stupid?" she asked. We looked at each other in shock, we were at metropolis, but it was in the middle of the night and at its most beauty. The lights were on every were, it was like that time when we ripped off two-face at his casino, 'where chance means the most'. People looked at us in disbelief. Then when not even I expected, we bolted out of that place. We ran for like a mile before the fuzz showed up. We were right under a sewer grate. So before the fuzz pulled to a stop I pulled out a smoke arrow, shot it at our feet, and pulled red and star fire down with me before the smoke cleared.
We waited, and waited, and waited. Jason didn't seem to mind but star just about went crazy dragging me with her. She was freaking out like doomsday asked to marry her. My god I just about went deaf!
When the fuzz left we went to an underground tunnel, and nobody liked it. So we just went walking in shit and piss for 3 hours with star complaining the whole time. Red didn't even show any emotion, just persistence. He's hiding something from use, but what? We share everything together and never lie about it. But something about him is telling me that he's hiding something. Then we reached this sewer grate and red said "here, this is where we get out" "are you sure?" star asked. "Positive" red said as he climbed the slimy metal ladder without hesitation. Star went next, "ewwww! This is so gross!" star said. "Would you rather go back to your daddy Barbie?" red said. No one talks to star like that; no one has the guts to. I expected star to annihilate him, but she broke down and cried her eyes out. I grabbed reds leg and threw him across the tunnel to the other wall. "What's with you? Ever since that crash you've been an ass whole. What's with you?" I asked. "It's personal" red said. Then he pulled his twin pistols out, threw a smoke egg and shot above us, causing a cloud of smoke to surround us. Then in the blink of the eye he disappeared. "Where did he go?" star said with tears in her eyes. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out" I said in a threatening voice.
We spent the week keeping an eye on black mask. Red wants to kill him, I know it and star does to. She cry's herself asleep every night. I wish she would stop, not like she's annoying, but it hurts me inside. She's the only one in this world I care about besides green arrow. Then we found him, he had a sniper aimed at black masks head. I pulled out a smoke arrow and clouded him in smoke. Then I tackled him off the building with me included. Then we totaled a car and he threw a heavy punch to my temple, I did a back flip and it started to rain. "That was a warning, stay out of this" red said with rain dripping off his helmet. "No, not this time" I said. Then he and I started slamming punches and throwing each other against the walls. I don't remember all of the fight but I remember this. "Enough! I'm going to finish this once and for all!" red said while pulling out a pistol lightning fast. Then a laser shot between us before he could pull the trigger. Then star slammed a punch to reds helmet making him fly through the wall. He was knocked out and half of his helmet was cracked off. Then we saw why he wanted revenge. The inside of his helmet had a note, black mask killed his father. If I knew that I wouldn't have tackled him. Star gasped as she read the note. "I can't believe that! No wonder he wanted to kill him" star said. "It's too late to say sorry for now, let's get him out of here before the cops show up" I said. Then star lifted him up over her shoulder and we flew out of there (I grappled) to the nearest roof
Red said some things in his dream like 'you can't stop me' and 'revenge is mine!' But when he came to he started throwing punched at star and me. "Hey! It's ok, I know why you were after mask" I said. "You can't stop me, he destroyed my life!" red said still struggling. "Then what are we to you?" star asked. He paused, and then stopped struggling. "You're my friends" he said. "How do I know that?" star said confronting. "You're the only ones that understand, or try to anyway" red said. "What about batman?" I said. "He would never understand, never" he said. "I love you guys, I don't know how I would get by without you" red said. "I understand if you don't like me anymore…" red said before star grabbed me and gave us a group hug. "Ok, this is a little too tight star" I said. "Just a little longer" she said and we all laughed.
Red decided to let black mask go, I don't see how he could. He just said 'it takes a real man to overcome revenge'. I didn't say anymore because I understood what he said. Then we hijack a plane and go back to Gotham and to the hood (reds bat cave).