A/N: Hey this is my second story and I hope you like it. Here's my
disclaimer: I do not own anything of Batman Beyond, I just like it.
Please R&R. I know that it's long, but I'm writing the chapters like
episodes. I hope you like it. ;)
Sora walked off the jet plane in Gotham City. Her Mom's friend's Daughter, Dana was supposed to meet her at the airport. She shouldered her bag and went into the building. She had gotten her bags before she found the teenage girl holding the Japanese sign. It read Soratori Kagi. Sora walked to her. She had a boy with her. He wore a brown jacket and a backpack. Sora walked up to Dana and bowed. "Konnichi wa," Sora said. "Hello?" Dana asked. "Are you Soratori." "Hai, I am," Sora said. "Is there something wrong? Aren't you Dana?" "I am. I was told that Soratori was thirteen. You look ten." Sora laughed. "I'm Sora. My least favorite grandmother calls me Soratori." "This is my boyfriend Terry," Dana said. "Terry, this is Soratori Kagi; Sora." "Nice to meet you," Terry said. "Can I take your bags?" Sora smiled. "Yeah, thanks." She handed him a suitcase, she only had two bags. "Thanks for having me. I've been eager to get away from the oh to modern Japan." They went to the exit of the airport and to the cab that Dana got. While they were walking, someone screamed from behind them. They turned to see a man pushing towards them. He was heading towards them. When he got close to the three, Sora jutted out an elbow. It connected squarely to the man's stomach. Sora dropped her bag and stomped down on the man's foot. Then she kicked up and hit him in the jaw. The man dropped and released the woman's purse. Sora picked up her bag and turned to Dana and Terry. They were both looking at her weird. "Did no one mention I was a white belt?" she asked. "Let's go." Sora came up to Terry's elbow and Dana's shoulder. She had black hair that was straight and cropped to her chin. She wore a pair of legging pants and a gray shirt that went down to mid thigh. A belt was worn over it and the sleeves went to her fingers. She got settled in at Dana's house and Terry was called to work by his boss. He apologized to Dana and took off. "Why does he apologize so to go to work?" Sora asked. "Terry works for old Mr. Wayne and has a crazy schedule, which includes no night life and being called away at all times," Dana said. "He feels bad a lot about not being able to spend to much time with me, but he's being responsible to his job."
Terry was ready for the Batmobile as it came past. When he jumped in, the buckle went on automatically and he gripped the handles. The suite drove the car. "Thanks for the time off," Terry said to Wayne. "It meant a lot to Dana that I was there to pick up her family's Japanese friend with her. The girl is thirteen and comes up to my elbow." "The Japanese have pride in being small. I'll look her up, if you want," Wayne said. "Soratori Kagi," Terry said. "So what's going on today?" "Wayne-Powers has had a black out." "Stuff like that happens all the time." "Wayne-Powers hasn't had a black out in twenty-five years." "Oh." The car took him to the Wayne-Powers main building. It was completely dark. Batman jumped out of the car and flew to a window. He looked in. "Everyone's still here," he said. "It's still working hours." Batman flew around to the window of Max Powers' office. He turned on the stealth and placed two fingers on the glass. "I'm sorry Mr. Jameson," Mr. Powers' voice said. "But Wayne-Powers does not negotiate with terrorists." "So don't think of me as a terrorist," an accented voice said. "Think of me as a business partner. You give me 50 million credits and I'll leave and leave your company and operations alone with a guarantee that you will never have any kind of power failure or outage again." "We haven't had a power failure or outage in over twenty-five years," Mr. Powers said. "Well fine! But I'll tell you this, there is no way that you can get your power back. The power outage isn't just here, but in everything ran and owned by Wayne-Powers. You can try, but nothing will work. I'll contact you in four hours. Talk it over with your boss, Mr. Wayne. But here is a sample of my power." Batman looked in to see a dark haired man in a blue outfit point a palm at Mr. Powers' desk. A white spark shot from him and the desk was on fire. Batman released the window and jumped into the air. The Batmobile came by and he jumped into it. "Did you get all that?" Batman asked. "Yes. Come back." The batmobile took Batman to the Batcave were Wayne was. He jumped out and pulled off the mask helmet. "Has anyone called?" "Not yet," Wayne said. "But I don't think he will. We're going to go by there." Terry pulled out his backpack from the batmobile. Ten minutes later, Terry was driving Bruce's hover limo to the Wayne-Powers main complex. "I looked up that girl," Bruce said. "A white belt in Martial Arts. She goes to a Japanese collage to continue her study of electronics and technology, though the rest of her school learning is equivalent to an American ninth grader. She also does acts of kindness." "Acts of kindness?" Terry asked. "She was at a department store. A robbery started to take place while she was there. The police were at a stand off with the robbers for an hour. All of the robbers came running out, yelling that a demon girl was in the storm. They identified the girl Sora. Other people identified her as single handedly subduing the robbers. "She was kidnapped six months ago. It was for a ransom of ten million yin. Her family's rich. A day and a half after, they dropped her off and sped away, without money and were never seen again." "What a rep," Terry said. "She's suppose to come to Wayne-Powers today to look at an internship as an electronics engineer." "That's why she's here. I figured there had to be another reason than getting away from Japan." They pulled into the parking lot and Terry went and opened the door for Bruce. It was their basic charade for when they went to Wayne-Powers. They went into the building and to the lobby. "I can get the power back on!" a high pitched voice said. "I know I can!" Wayne steered to the voice. It was the small Sora. "I don't think a girl can get pack the power when the best electricians are on the job," the guard said. "I am a Japanese collage graduate with a Masters degree in electronics and technology!" Sora cried. "She is," Wayne said. "Kuso!" Sora jumped and turned. Terry caught her eye and winked. Sora bowed politely to Wayne. "Miss Kagi is highly accredited electrician and is looking at a job from here in that field. Let her in and see if she can do it." Wayne turned to Terry. "Go with her to make sure that no one bothers her." "Mr. Wayne, I'm under orders to not let anyone bother the electricians there," the guard said. Wayne gave him a cold stare. "I'm giving you new orders. I also wish to see Mr. Powers. Since the elevators aren't working tell him to come down here to meet me." "Arrigato, Wayne-san," Sora said. She readjusted her bag and went in the door the guard was blocking. Terry went in after her. "Is it in your nature to get in trouble?" he asked after they were walking for a moment. "I don't understand, Terry-san," Sora said. "I've seen your record," Terry said. "I've got nothing bad on it, I'm just a nice citizen," Sora said. She looked back to see the smirk on Terry's face. "A thirteen year old with a Japanese Masters in Electronics and Technology," he said. "You're a nice person, Terry-chan," Sora said. They arrived at the main power room. Sora shrugged off a backpack and dug through it as she went to the main computer. She pulled out a hand held computer with wires sticking out of it. She put the backpack back on and looked over the main board. "How old," she commented. She ran her hands over it and testily pushed buttons. "What's this?" "What?" Terry asked. "All of the disk drivers are empty, but this is full. And not only that, It's the only thing that's working." She grabbed her wire attachments and plugged them into sockets around the disk driver. She held up her computer and started to punch in numbers. The disk shot out and went towards Terry. Terry's hand shot out and caught it. Sora sat down her computer and went to him. She grabbed the disk and looked at it. "This is a energy disk. They just started using them in Japan. A disk like this can put Energy into a system. You have to have a license to use them, other wise they're illegal. If you use them right, they can put more energy into things like assembly lines to make them faster. Illegally they can put so much energy into something it'll make them explode or shutdown."
Sora slipped the disk into her pocket and went back to the computer. She pressed a couple more buttons and the whole place lighted up like a Christmas Tree. Sora put her things away and went to Terry. "You know what's funny. That was easy stuff. Also, the guard told Wayne-san that there were people working on this. There isn't another soul in the whole hallway." "I'll tell Mr. Wayne," Terry said. They came back into the lobby. The guard directed them to where Mr. Wayne and Mr. Powers were. "You are not to make decisions of that importance without consulting me," Bruce said. Terry and Sora came in. Powers looked at them for a moment. "Bruce, I recognize your errand boy, but who is this child?" Sora bowed to Powers. "This is Soratori Kagi. She is looking at the internship of the electronics department." "Wayne-san, I fixed the power," Sora said, trying to sound big. "You couldn't have, I've had the best electricians down there and none of them could do it," Powers said. "Sir, no one was down there," Sora said. "And there was no sign that anyone had tried to do something." "Miss Kagi has a Japanese Masters in Electronics and Technology," Wayne said. "You know how ahead the Japanese are." "Wayne-san," Sora said. "This was the cause of the problem. It's a energy disk. It inputs energy in so great of numbers that it was a miracle the building didn't blow up due to overpowering." Bruce took the disk that Sora held up and put it in his pocket. "I would like to have Sora look at the positions in electronics and Technology higher than intern," he told Powers. "I send for someone to show them to her immediately," Powers popped up a phone and pushed some numbers. Bruce got up and left the room, Terry and Sora behind him. "Are you positive that no one has worked on the outage?" Bruce asked her. "Hia," Sora said. "I checked just before we left." "Your staying with a friend?" Bruce asked. "Hia, her name's Dana. Terry-chan knows her." "My girlfriend," Terry said. A man walked over to them. "I'm supposed to show a Miss Kagi the positions in Electronics and Technology?" "I am Kagi-san," Sora said with a bow. "Soratori Kagi." The man looked at Sora. "This is Miss Kagi," Wayne said. "Right. Yes sir. Follow me Miss Kagi." The man turned on his heel. "Sayonara Wayne-san and Terry-chan," Sora said and followed the man. Terry and Wayne left.
In Max Powers' office, Powers lounged behind his desk. "You don't have a sound plan for a business partner," he said. The speaker of Powers' phone crackled and a white bolt jumped from it. It formed into a man. "I've no patience with wise cracks," the man said. "But, I'm curious on how you?" "I don't know," Powers said. "Some pet of Wayne's found something." "If you tell me who, I won't bother you again, I promise," the man said. Powers leaned forward on his desk. "You know, I could use your-- expertise." "My expertise?" "Batman is a nuisance that never leaves. I need him out of the way, gone." "Batman sounds fun. OK, I'll do it. And I won't say you had me do it," he said. "Now, who fixed my problem." "A young Japanese girl. She looked around ten but I'm told that she has a Japanese Masters in Electronics and Technology." The man went into thought. "That's how she was able to detect the chip," he muttered. "Done," he said simply. "Is there a way I can contact you if I want to use your expertise again?" Powers asked. The man flipped up a card. "I'm called Shocks," he said as he tossed the card to Powers. He turned into the white bolt and went into the phone.
Sora was suppressing a yawn as she was walking out of Wayne-Powers. She unstrapped her float board from her bag and pulled out a helmet. She put her bag back on and started to pull on her helmet. "You can find your way back to Dana's at night, by yourself on your first day?" Terry's voice said from behind her. Sora turned suddenly. She stopped putting her helmet on. "I was planning on checking out the town. If I do take a job for Wayne- Powers, I want to know the town," she said cheerfully. "This isn't a town. It's a city. A big city. With more gangs than imaginable," Terry said. "You think Tokyo doesn't have gangs?" "Well." Terry started. "It's very nice that you're worried for me and that you really care, and I know you do. If you want to show me around, all you have to do is ask, Terry-chan." Terry's eyes widened and his cheeks flushed. "I'm off and Dana's busy. She was wondering if I could show you around. Mr. Wayne was thinking the same." Sora gave a cocked grin. "Don't worry if you want to be friends with me. I'm mature for my height. Plus, I'm already matched up." "Cool," Terry said. "I told Max that we'd take her along. She's been wanting to meet someone as smart as her." Sora put up her board and helmet. "So, what does 'chan' mean?" Terry asked as they walked. "Friend," Sora said. "San means Mr., Mrs., or Miss." The roar of engines came up behind them. Sora and Terry ducked as a chain flew over their heads. Jokers went past and circled around the two. Terry and Sora stood straight and kept walking like nothing happened. "Look!" the lead Joker said. He wore a mask and wig to make himself look like the Joker from the old days. "They're not smiling! Everyone should smile!" "Back off dreg," Terry said. "We're not bothering you." "Ah! But we've got a score to settle Punk." A Joker pulled back a fist. "Wait!" Sora cried. She reached back onto her backpack and unclipped a stick from it. "If your going to attack someone, you should remember their companion. Things aren't always as they seem." She hit a button on the staff and pointed an end at the one pulled back for a punch. The stick extended and rammed the guy in his stomach. Terry whipped around and punched another guy in the face. He fell hard. Sora pulled up an end of her staff and hit someone else in the head. Sora did a back flip and hit the guy that came up behind her. Someone grabbed her from behind the second she landed. Sora kicked up a foot and hit him in the face. "Bloody!" a voice yelled out. Terry turned and was caught from behind by a couple of Jokers. But not before he could see that the person being hit by Sora was the same guy he saw in Powers' office. Sora turned to face the man that tried to grab her. He wasn't a Joker, but middle aged in a blue outfit. Sora whipped the staff under the man's feet and hit him across the face. She went up to Terry and kicked the lead Joker, who was punching him in the gut, in the head. He fell, his eyes rolled back. Sora hit one of Terry's captors on one side and Terry turned an punched the other guy. Sora turned and thrust a palm into the not-Joker who tried to come behind her. The man cursed and fell backwards. Terry picked her up around the waist and ran down the street. Once they were far enough Terry sat Sora down and received the scowl she had. "What?" Terry asked. "I know that guy wasn't a gang guy. You could have just told me to run," Sora said. "I could have hurt you." Terry looked around the corner. "Good," he said. "He didn't--" Sora was gone. Her backpack was on the ground with her staff. "Follow," Terry finished. He picked up the staff, found the trigger to shrink it. He threw it in the backpack and grabbed the bag. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a phone. "Wayne, It's Terry." "What happened?" "The man that gave Wayne-Powers a blackout. Jokers attacked Sora and me and that man came up in the middle of it. He tried to get Sora, but she hit him hard and we ran. I looked around to see if he followed and she was gone," Terry said. "Her stuff is still here." "Did you put the tracer on her?" "Yes." Wayne was quiet for a while. "Leave her stuff at Max's and the car will meet you there." Terry put the phone up and ran to Max's house.
Sora woke with a start. She rammed her head backwards, a tip she found good after being kidnapped. It worked again. She connected with something soft and solid and heard a curse. She couldn't see what she hit, though, because she was blindfolded. She was dropped with a thud on a chair and her hands were forced onto the arms. Sora kicked. She heard another curse and she was punched in the face. "Ow!" Sora cried. She flicked around the wrist that was trying to be forced down and dug her nails the guys skin. Then she came back with her own right cross. Her arm free, Sora grabbed the chairs arms and lifted herself off the seat and gave a kick. She heard yet another curse, and Sora finished off her attack with a down kick. She jumped off her chair and started running. "I'm done playing nice, Love." Just as Sora was pulling off the blindfold, her whole body froze up and jumped into the air. Sora let out a string of Japanese curses. She was floated back to the chair and into it. Metal cuffs came out of the chair and shackled Sora hand and foot to it. A handsome, clean shaven, face came before Sora's. "Did you know that the human nervous system has a type of electricity?" the man asked. "You know that the chair you sit in now is the same chair that strapped held me when they pulled the switch in the gas chamber two years ago in London." Sora literally couldn't say anything. "Back then, they used a gas, that if you were over exposed, It'll kill instantly. During my execution there was an electrical overload. The mix of the gas and electrical power left me with extraordinary power with electricity." Shocks put a finger to Sora's forehead. Suddenly, Sora was able to move again. Sora tried to jump at Shocks but was held back by the chair. "You know that it amazed me that you found out how I blacked out Wayne- Powers. Even in Japan, Energy Disks are rare and new. How did you know what to look for." "If you know enough about what happened at Wayne-Powers, then you should have heard the two or three times that it was said. I'm a college graduate with a Masters in Electronics and Technology. I have a few inventions of my own. Plus, I was part of the group that thought up the original idea for the Energy Disks." Shocks stood back. Then he gripped Sora's hand, bent over and kissed it. "I am called Shocks." "Konnichi wa," Sora spat. Shocks laughed and left the room.
Batman sneaked up on the building invisible. It was a hotel of high class.
From Terry's description of Powers' visitor, Wayne found it was a English madman called Shocks. Batman went to the windows to the basement of the hotel. There was a big thick chair in the middle of the room. "Something's not right," Batman said. "What do you mean?" Wayne asked. "She's just there, in the middle of the room," Batman said. "And I'm right here," Shocks' voice came from behind. Batman's eyes widened as a surge of electricity went through his body. When it ended Batman went flying through the window and past Sora. "Yoko dekimashita!" Sora said. "Well done, Batman-san!" Batman got up and shook his head. "Do you have a pick?" Sora asked. Batman pulled out a small piece of bent wire and went to Sora. Shocks did a flying tackle into Batman. The pick flew out of his hand as he flew back. Sora barely caught it between her fingers. She then wiggled her hand free of the shackle. It was easy since she was so small. She went to her other hand and had it free in no time. She then freed her feet. While Sora freed herself, Shocks caught Batman in a body bind with his power. "You should know more about me. I was able to blackout Wayne- Powers and you come after me wit a suite that is dependant on electrical energy." Shocks sent another surge through Batman. Batman let out a yell. "I've always wondered who you were. I know you can't be the same Batman that first showed up. He'd be a hundred by now." "I'm only eighty," Wayne said. Shocks pointed a finger at Batman's mask. "Even in the mask there's electronics," he said. He raised the finger up and threw it to the side. Batman's mask went with it, revealing Terry. "Terry-chan?" Sora asked. She stood right behind Shocks. He jumped, surprised. "How did you get free?" he asked. "Easy," Sora said. "I'm not only a technical genius, I'm a white belt." She kicked up and slammed a foot into his jaw. Terry fell, the power from Shocks gone. Shocks fell backwards. Sora helped him down by kicking his feet from under him. Then she did a series of flips around the room. She went back to Shocks and thrust a palm into his nose as well as kneeing him. She kept him occupied with a series of acrobatics and kicks. Terry pulled his mask back on and went to a water hose. He grabbed the nosle and turned the wheel hard. Water filled the hose and shot across the room. "Sora! Run!" he yelled. Sora turned to see Batman. "KUSO!" she cried when she saw the hose. She ran back to the window Batman came through. "No you don't!" Shocks yelled. He sent electricity through the room, not aware of the water being pumped into the floor. It hit the water. All three were electrocuted.
Terry waited with Dana, Max, and Wayne at the hospital for word on Sora's condition. The electricity amplified by the water had the most effect on Sora. She passed out immediately on the wet floor. So did Shocks. It took Terry as Batman a minute and a half to find out if Sora lived. She did. Shocks was put into a containment as soon as he was found. At the moment, he was in a special cell in Arkham Asylum. A day after Sora's arrival, the same day she rescued Wayne-Powers without breaking a sweat, was kidnapped, and electrocuted, they were told that Sora would be fine, but that she wasn't up yet. Dana and Max stayed at the Hospital the night that Sora was brought in. Wayne was called the instant that they found out her condition, for he paid for her hospitalization. Terry stayed there when he wasn't patrolling as Batman. Both came when they were called by the hospital saying that Sora was good. Both of the men were afraid that both Shocks and Sora would remember that Terry was Batman. The doctor came in. "Soratori Kagi is fine. All her life functions are normal and she'll be able to leave tomorrow," he said. "She's awake, too, and threatening trouble if she can't get someone to visit." He gestured them all into the room. Sora was sitting up in her bed. "If you don't let anyone come in, I'll sing the most annoying Japanese song there is," Sora said. "One with really high notes and jarring cords." "Now why do you want to do that?" Dana asked. Sora turned. "Dana-chan!" They hugged. "I was wondering if you knew who kidnapped you. I know the police will appreciate it if you could identify him," Wayne said. "Oh I can identify him. Too bad I can't remember what he called himself," Sora said. "Do you remember anything?" Max said. "I remember that Terry-chan and I was attacked by clowns while going to a Max's house. Some guy attacked and Terry-chan flipped. He picked me up and we ran. Then he looked around the corner to see if anyone followed. Something knocked me out. I woke up and jutted back on some guy. I was about to get away. I felt some kind of surge go through my body and then I woke up here with all these people flocking around me like I was going to die." Privately, Terry released a sigh of relief.
After examining, Wayne found that all Shocks could remember was that a small girl name Sora kicked him butt. He had no recognition of unmasking Terry. Sora left two days later for Japan. She said that she wasn't ready to take on a real big job and that she still had to finish her basic high school. Her and Max became good friends. Sora and Terry became even better friends in the two days.
Sora walked off the jet plane in Gotham City. Her Mom's friend's Daughter, Dana was supposed to meet her at the airport. She shouldered her bag and went into the building. She had gotten her bags before she found the teenage girl holding the Japanese sign. It read Soratori Kagi. Sora walked to her. She had a boy with her. He wore a brown jacket and a backpack. Sora walked up to Dana and bowed. "Konnichi wa," Sora said. "Hello?" Dana asked. "Are you Soratori." "Hai, I am," Sora said. "Is there something wrong? Aren't you Dana?" "I am. I was told that Soratori was thirteen. You look ten." Sora laughed. "I'm Sora. My least favorite grandmother calls me Soratori." "This is my boyfriend Terry," Dana said. "Terry, this is Soratori Kagi; Sora." "Nice to meet you," Terry said. "Can I take your bags?" Sora smiled. "Yeah, thanks." She handed him a suitcase, she only had two bags. "Thanks for having me. I've been eager to get away from the oh to modern Japan." They went to the exit of the airport and to the cab that Dana got. While they were walking, someone screamed from behind them. They turned to see a man pushing towards them. He was heading towards them. When he got close to the three, Sora jutted out an elbow. It connected squarely to the man's stomach. Sora dropped her bag and stomped down on the man's foot. Then she kicked up and hit him in the jaw. The man dropped and released the woman's purse. Sora picked up her bag and turned to Dana and Terry. They were both looking at her weird. "Did no one mention I was a white belt?" she asked. "Let's go." Sora came up to Terry's elbow and Dana's shoulder. She had black hair that was straight and cropped to her chin. She wore a pair of legging pants and a gray shirt that went down to mid thigh. A belt was worn over it and the sleeves went to her fingers. She got settled in at Dana's house and Terry was called to work by his boss. He apologized to Dana and took off. "Why does he apologize so to go to work?" Sora asked. "Terry works for old Mr. Wayne and has a crazy schedule, which includes no night life and being called away at all times," Dana said. "He feels bad a lot about not being able to spend to much time with me, but he's being responsible to his job."
Terry was ready for the Batmobile as it came past. When he jumped in, the buckle went on automatically and he gripped the handles. The suite drove the car. "Thanks for the time off," Terry said to Wayne. "It meant a lot to Dana that I was there to pick up her family's Japanese friend with her. The girl is thirteen and comes up to my elbow." "The Japanese have pride in being small. I'll look her up, if you want," Wayne said. "Soratori Kagi," Terry said. "So what's going on today?" "Wayne-Powers has had a black out." "Stuff like that happens all the time." "Wayne-Powers hasn't had a black out in twenty-five years." "Oh." The car took him to the Wayne-Powers main building. It was completely dark. Batman jumped out of the car and flew to a window. He looked in. "Everyone's still here," he said. "It's still working hours." Batman flew around to the window of Max Powers' office. He turned on the stealth and placed two fingers on the glass. "I'm sorry Mr. Jameson," Mr. Powers' voice said. "But Wayne-Powers does not negotiate with terrorists." "So don't think of me as a terrorist," an accented voice said. "Think of me as a business partner. You give me 50 million credits and I'll leave and leave your company and operations alone with a guarantee that you will never have any kind of power failure or outage again." "We haven't had a power failure or outage in over twenty-five years," Mr. Powers said. "Well fine! But I'll tell you this, there is no way that you can get your power back. The power outage isn't just here, but in everything ran and owned by Wayne-Powers. You can try, but nothing will work. I'll contact you in four hours. Talk it over with your boss, Mr. Wayne. But here is a sample of my power." Batman looked in to see a dark haired man in a blue outfit point a palm at Mr. Powers' desk. A white spark shot from him and the desk was on fire. Batman released the window and jumped into the air. The Batmobile came by and he jumped into it. "Did you get all that?" Batman asked. "Yes. Come back." The batmobile took Batman to the Batcave were Wayne was. He jumped out and pulled off the mask helmet. "Has anyone called?" "Not yet," Wayne said. "But I don't think he will. We're going to go by there." Terry pulled out his backpack from the batmobile. Ten minutes later, Terry was driving Bruce's hover limo to the Wayne-Powers main complex. "I looked up that girl," Bruce said. "A white belt in Martial Arts. She goes to a Japanese collage to continue her study of electronics and technology, though the rest of her school learning is equivalent to an American ninth grader. She also does acts of kindness." "Acts of kindness?" Terry asked. "She was at a department store. A robbery started to take place while she was there. The police were at a stand off with the robbers for an hour. All of the robbers came running out, yelling that a demon girl was in the storm. They identified the girl Sora. Other people identified her as single handedly subduing the robbers. "She was kidnapped six months ago. It was for a ransom of ten million yin. Her family's rich. A day and a half after, they dropped her off and sped away, without money and were never seen again." "What a rep," Terry said. "She's suppose to come to Wayne-Powers today to look at an internship as an electronics engineer." "That's why she's here. I figured there had to be another reason than getting away from Japan." They pulled into the parking lot and Terry went and opened the door for Bruce. It was their basic charade for when they went to Wayne-Powers. They went into the building and to the lobby. "I can get the power back on!" a high pitched voice said. "I know I can!" Wayne steered to the voice. It was the small Sora. "I don't think a girl can get pack the power when the best electricians are on the job," the guard said. "I am a Japanese collage graduate with a Masters degree in electronics and technology!" Sora cried. "She is," Wayne said. "Kuso!" Sora jumped and turned. Terry caught her eye and winked. Sora bowed politely to Wayne. "Miss Kagi is highly accredited electrician and is looking at a job from here in that field. Let her in and see if she can do it." Wayne turned to Terry. "Go with her to make sure that no one bothers her." "Mr. Wayne, I'm under orders to not let anyone bother the electricians there," the guard said. Wayne gave him a cold stare. "I'm giving you new orders. I also wish to see Mr. Powers. Since the elevators aren't working tell him to come down here to meet me." "Arrigato, Wayne-san," Sora said. She readjusted her bag and went in the door the guard was blocking. Terry went in after her. "Is it in your nature to get in trouble?" he asked after they were walking for a moment. "I don't understand, Terry-san," Sora said. "I've seen your record," Terry said. "I've got nothing bad on it, I'm just a nice citizen," Sora said. She looked back to see the smirk on Terry's face. "A thirteen year old with a Japanese Masters in Electronics and Technology," he said. "You're a nice person, Terry-chan," Sora said. They arrived at the main power room. Sora shrugged off a backpack and dug through it as she went to the main computer. She pulled out a hand held computer with wires sticking out of it. She put the backpack back on and looked over the main board. "How old," she commented. She ran her hands over it and testily pushed buttons. "What's this?" "What?" Terry asked. "All of the disk drivers are empty, but this is full. And not only that, It's the only thing that's working." She grabbed her wire attachments and plugged them into sockets around the disk driver. She held up her computer and started to punch in numbers. The disk shot out and went towards Terry. Terry's hand shot out and caught it. Sora sat down her computer and went to him. She grabbed the disk and looked at it. "This is a energy disk. They just started using them in Japan. A disk like this can put Energy into a system. You have to have a license to use them, other wise they're illegal. If you use them right, they can put more energy into things like assembly lines to make them faster. Illegally they can put so much energy into something it'll make them explode or shutdown."
Sora slipped the disk into her pocket and went back to the computer. She pressed a couple more buttons and the whole place lighted up like a Christmas Tree. Sora put her things away and went to Terry. "You know what's funny. That was easy stuff. Also, the guard told Wayne-san that there were people working on this. There isn't another soul in the whole hallway." "I'll tell Mr. Wayne," Terry said. They came back into the lobby. The guard directed them to where Mr. Wayne and Mr. Powers were. "You are not to make decisions of that importance without consulting me," Bruce said. Terry and Sora came in. Powers looked at them for a moment. "Bruce, I recognize your errand boy, but who is this child?" Sora bowed to Powers. "This is Soratori Kagi. She is looking at the internship of the electronics department." "Wayne-san, I fixed the power," Sora said, trying to sound big. "You couldn't have, I've had the best electricians down there and none of them could do it," Powers said. "Sir, no one was down there," Sora said. "And there was no sign that anyone had tried to do something." "Miss Kagi has a Japanese Masters in Electronics and Technology," Wayne said. "You know how ahead the Japanese are." "Wayne-san," Sora said. "This was the cause of the problem. It's a energy disk. It inputs energy in so great of numbers that it was a miracle the building didn't blow up due to overpowering." Bruce took the disk that Sora held up and put it in his pocket. "I would like to have Sora look at the positions in electronics and Technology higher than intern," he told Powers. "I send for someone to show them to her immediately," Powers popped up a phone and pushed some numbers. Bruce got up and left the room, Terry and Sora behind him. "Are you positive that no one has worked on the outage?" Bruce asked her. "Hia," Sora said. "I checked just before we left." "Your staying with a friend?" Bruce asked. "Hia, her name's Dana. Terry-chan knows her." "My girlfriend," Terry said. A man walked over to them. "I'm supposed to show a Miss Kagi the positions in Electronics and Technology?" "I am Kagi-san," Sora said with a bow. "Soratori Kagi." The man looked at Sora. "This is Miss Kagi," Wayne said. "Right. Yes sir. Follow me Miss Kagi." The man turned on his heel. "Sayonara Wayne-san and Terry-chan," Sora said and followed the man. Terry and Wayne left.
In Max Powers' office, Powers lounged behind his desk. "You don't have a sound plan for a business partner," he said. The speaker of Powers' phone crackled and a white bolt jumped from it. It formed into a man. "I've no patience with wise cracks," the man said. "But, I'm curious on how you?" "I don't know," Powers said. "Some pet of Wayne's found something." "If you tell me who, I won't bother you again, I promise," the man said. Powers leaned forward on his desk. "You know, I could use your-- expertise." "My expertise?" "Batman is a nuisance that never leaves. I need him out of the way, gone." "Batman sounds fun. OK, I'll do it. And I won't say you had me do it," he said. "Now, who fixed my problem." "A young Japanese girl. She looked around ten but I'm told that she has a Japanese Masters in Electronics and Technology." The man went into thought. "That's how she was able to detect the chip," he muttered. "Done," he said simply. "Is there a way I can contact you if I want to use your expertise again?" Powers asked. The man flipped up a card. "I'm called Shocks," he said as he tossed the card to Powers. He turned into the white bolt and went into the phone.
Sora was suppressing a yawn as she was walking out of Wayne-Powers. She unstrapped her float board from her bag and pulled out a helmet. She put her bag back on and started to pull on her helmet. "You can find your way back to Dana's at night, by yourself on your first day?" Terry's voice said from behind her. Sora turned suddenly. She stopped putting her helmet on. "I was planning on checking out the town. If I do take a job for Wayne- Powers, I want to know the town," she said cheerfully. "This isn't a town. It's a city. A big city. With more gangs than imaginable," Terry said. "You think Tokyo doesn't have gangs?" "Well." Terry started. "It's very nice that you're worried for me and that you really care, and I know you do. If you want to show me around, all you have to do is ask, Terry-chan." Terry's eyes widened and his cheeks flushed. "I'm off and Dana's busy. She was wondering if I could show you around. Mr. Wayne was thinking the same." Sora gave a cocked grin. "Don't worry if you want to be friends with me. I'm mature for my height. Plus, I'm already matched up." "Cool," Terry said. "I told Max that we'd take her along. She's been wanting to meet someone as smart as her." Sora put up her board and helmet. "So, what does 'chan' mean?" Terry asked as they walked. "Friend," Sora said. "San means Mr., Mrs., or Miss." The roar of engines came up behind them. Sora and Terry ducked as a chain flew over their heads. Jokers went past and circled around the two. Terry and Sora stood straight and kept walking like nothing happened. "Look!" the lead Joker said. He wore a mask and wig to make himself look like the Joker from the old days. "They're not smiling! Everyone should smile!" "Back off dreg," Terry said. "We're not bothering you." "Ah! But we've got a score to settle Punk." A Joker pulled back a fist. "Wait!" Sora cried. She reached back onto her backpack and unclipped a stick from it. "If your going to attack someone, you should remember their companion. Things aren't always as they seem." She hit a button on the staff and pointed an end at the one pulled back for a punch. The stick extended and rammed the guy in his stomach. Terry whipped around and punched another guy in the face. He fell hard. Sora pulled up an end of her staff and hit someone else in the head. Sora did a back flip and hit the guy that came up behind her. Someone grabbed her from behind the second she landed. Sora kicked up a foot and hit him in the face. "Bloody!" a voice yelled out. Terry turned and was caught from behind by a couple of Jokers. But not before he could see that the person being hit by Sora was the same guy he saw in Powers' office. Sora turned to face the man that tried to grab her. He wasn't a Joker, but middle aged in a blue outfit. Sora whipped the staff under the man's feet and hit him across the face. She went up to Terry and kicked the lead Joker, who was punching him in the gut, in the head. He fell, his eyes rolled back. Sora hit one of Terry's captors on one side and Terry turned an punched the other guy. Sora turned and thrust a palm into the not-Joker who tried to come behind her. The man cursed and fell backwards. Terry picked her up around the waist and ran down the street. Once they were far enough Terry sat Sora down and received the scowl she had. "What?" Terry asked. "I know that guy wasn't a gang guy. You could have just told me to run," Sora said. "I could have hurt you." Terry looked around the corner. "Good," he said. "He didn't--" Sora was gone. Her backpack was on the ground with her staff. "Follow," Terry finished. He picked up the staff, found the trigger to shrink it. He threw it in the backpack and grabbed the bag. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a phone. "Wayne, It's Terry." "What happened?" "The man that gave Wayne-Powers a blackout. Jokers attacked Sora and me and that man came up in the middle of it. He tried to get Sora, but she hit him hard and we ran. I looked around to see if he followed and she was gone," Terry said. "Her stuff is still here." "Did you put the tracer on her?" "Yes." Wayne was quiet for a while. "Leave her stuff at Max's and the car will meet you there." Terry put the phone up and ran to Max's house.
Sora woke with a start. She rammed her head backwards, a tip she found good after being kidnapped. It worked again. She connected with something soft and solid and heard a curse. She couldn't see what she hit, though, because she was blindfolded. She was dropped with a thud on a chair and her hands were forced onto the arms. Sora kicked. She heard another curse and she was punched in the face. "Ow!" Sora cried. She flicked around the wrist that was trying to be forced down and dug her nails the guys skin. Then she came back with her own right cross. Her arm free, Sora grabbed the chairs arms and lifted herself off the seat and gave a kick. She heard yet another curse, and Sora finished off her attack with a down kick. She jumped off her chair and started running. "I'm done playing nice, Love." Just as Sora was pulling off the blindfold, her whole body froze up and jumped into the air. Sora let out a string of Japanese curses. She was floated back to the chair and into it. Metal cuffs came out of the chair and shackled Sora hand and foot to it. A handsome, clean shaven, face came before Sora's. "Did you know that the human nervous system has a type of electricity?" the man asked. "You know that the chair you sit in now is the same chair that strapped held me when they pulled the switch in the gas chamber two years ago in London." Sora literally couldn't say anything. "Back then, they used a gas, that if you were over exposed, It'll kill instantly. During my execution there was an electrical overload. The mix of the gas and electrical power left me with extraordinary power with electricity." Shocks put a finger to Sora's forehead. Suddenly, Sora was able to move again. Sora tried to jump at Shocks but was held back by the chair. "You know that it amazed me that you found out how I blacked out Wayne- Powers. Even in Japan, Energy Disks are rare and new. How did you know what to look for." "If you know enough about what happened at Wayne-Powers, then you should have heard the two or three times that it was said. I'm a college graduate with a Masters in Electronics and Technology. I have a few inventions of my own. Plus, I was part of the group that thought up the original idea for the Energy Disks." Shocks stood back. Then he gripped Sora's hand, bent over and kissed it. "I am called Shocks." "Konnichi wa," Sora spat. Shocks laughed and left the room.
Batman sneaked up on the building invisible. It was a hotel of high class.
From Terry's description of Powers' visitor, Wayne found it was a English madman called Shocks. Batman went to the windows to the basement of the hotel. There was a big thick chair in the middle of the room. "Something's not right," Batman said. "What do you mean?" Wayne asked. "She's just there, in the middle of the room," Batman said. "And I'm right here," Shocks' voice came from behind. Batman's eyes widened as a surge of electricity went through his body. When it ended Batman went flying through the window and past Sora. "Yoko dekimashita!" Sora said. "Well done, Batman-san!" Batman got up and shook his head. "Do you have a pick?" Sora asked. Batman pulled out a small piece of bent wire and went to Sora. Shocks did a flying tackle into Batman. The pick flew out of his hand as he flew back. Sora barely caught it between her fingers. She then wiggled her hand free of the shackle. It was easy since she was so small. She went to her other hand and had it free in no time. She then freed her feet. While Sora freed herself, Shocks caught Batman in a body bind with his power. "You should know more about me. I was able to blackout Wayne- Powers and you come after me wit a suite that is dependant on electrical energy." Shocks sent another surge through Batman. Batman let out a yell. "I've always wondered who you were. I know you can't be the same Batman that first showed up. He'd be a hundred by now." "I'm only eighty," Wayne said. Shocks pointed a finger at Batman's mask. "Even in the mask there's electronics," he said. He raised the finger up and threw it to the side. Batman's mask went with it, revealing Terry. "Terry-chan?" Sora asked. She stood right behind Shocks. He jumped, surprised. "How did you get free?" he asked. "Easy," Sora said. "I'm not only a technical genius, I'm a white belt." She kicked up and slammed a foot into his jaw. Terry fell, the power from Shocks gone. Shocks fell backwards. Sora helped him down by kicking his feet from under him. Then she did a series of flips around the room. She went back to Shocks and thrust a palm into his nose as well as kneeing him. She kept him occupied with a series of acrobatics and kicks. Terry pulled his mask back on and went to a water hose. He grabbed the nosle and turned the wheel hard. Water filled the hose and shot across the room. "Sora! Run!" he yelled. Sora turned to see Batman. "KUSO!" she cried when she saw the hose. She ran back to the window Batman came through. "No you don't!" Shocks yelled. He sent electricity through the room, not aware of the water being pumped into the floor. It hit the water. All three were electrocuted.
Terry waited with Dana, Max, and Wayne at the hospital for word on Sora's condition. The electricity amplified by the water had the most effect on Sora. She passed out immediately on the wet floor. So did Shocks. It took Terry as Batman a minute and a half to find out if Sora lived. She did. Shocks was put into a containment as soon as he was found. At the moment, he was in a special cell in Arkham Asylum. A day after Sora's arrival, the same day she rescued Wayne-Powers without breaking a sweat, was kidnapped, and electrocuted, they were told that Sora would be fine, but that she wasn't up yet. Dana and Max stayed at the Hospital the night that Sora was brought in. Wayne was called the instant that they found out her condition, for he paid for her hospitalization. Terry stayed there when he wasn't patrolling as Batman. Both came when they were called by the hospital saying that Sora was good. Both of the men were afraid that both Shocks and Sora would remember that Terry was Batman. The doctor came in. "Soratori Kagi is fine. All her life functions are normal and she'll be able to leave tomorrow," he said. "She's awake, too, and threatening trouble if she can't get someone to visit." He gestured them all into the room. Sora was sitting up in her bed. "If you don't let anyone come in, I'll sing the most annoying Japanese song there is," Sora said. "One with really high notes and jarring cords." "Now why do you want to do that?" Dana asked. Sora turned. "Dana-chan!" They hugged. "I was wondering if you knew who kidnapped you. I know the police will appreciate it if you could identify him," Wayne said. "Oh I can identify him. Too bad I can't remember what he called himself," Sora said. "Do you remember anything?" Max said. "I remember that Terry-chan and I was attacked by clowns while going to a Max's house. Some guy attacked and Terry-chan flipped. He picked me up and we ran. Then he looked around the corner to see if anyone followed. Something knocked me out. I woke up and jutted back on some guy. I was about to get away. I felt some kind of surge go through my body and then I woke up here with all these people flocking around me like I was going to die." Privately, Terry released a sigh of relief.
After examining, Wayne found that all Shocks could remember was that a small girl name Sora kicked him butt. He had no recognition of unmasking Terry. Sora left two days later for Japan. She said that she wasn't ready to take on a real big job and that she still had to finish her basic high school. Her and Max became good friends. Sora and Terry became even better friends in the two days.