A Tale Of Two Thieves
First of all thanks to Shadowknight1121 for your support and making me write another chapter. it took me a while to get this out because i had to think about what riddles will the riddler make. i hope it works out and I'm sorry if it sucked, enjoy!
Chapter 3: Riddle me this..
Black hood and Catwoman arrived at a huge industrial complex in the far west of Arkham city. Without thinking Black hood quickly realize it was a base of operation of the famous The Riddler. How did he know? The building was covered with big green question marks, which he thought was just corny.
"Not much of an interior designer, but he can give us what we want." Catwoman said in the gates of the big building.
"you sure we can trust this guy?" Black hood said doubting The Riddler.
"do you trust me?" Catwoman said with her flirtatious kitty cat eyes.
"mmm...no." He said without a hint of doubt.
Catwoman chuckled. "i never get tired of that."
The two of them entered the building, it was unsurprisingly unlocked. The inside was just a long corridor, and at the very end was a door with a question mark. Behind Black hood and Catwoman, a small LCD projector turned on and projected a picture in front of the screen in front of them. The Riddler appeared before them.
The Riddler gave out a big sigh in the sight of Catwoman. "how dare you disturb me Selina!"
Black hood smirked "Selina?"
"Come on Eddie, i need your help." She said.
"i know well enough not to trust you, your incompetent mind will not fool me!" He said.
"he got you there 'Selina'." Black hood said putting some emphasis on her name.
The Riddler shifted his attention to the Hooded man behind Catwoman.
"and what do we have here? Have you got another desperate man to follow you everywhere?" The Riddler mocked.
"no!" The both of them said.
"i see you already make a good pair! Hmm... this gives me an idea, i will offer my services in exchange for you two to solve some of my riddles!" He said.
"Riddles?" Black hood asked.
"why do you think they call me the Riddler?" He said.
"Who's they?" Black hood said tempting Riddler.
The Riddler stopped for a while, rather impressed at Black hood.
"this one's rather annoying." The Riddler said.
"you have no idea." Catwoman said smiling.
"Okay, so back to my challenges!" He said.
"i don't have time for this Eddie!" Catwoman said.
"Don't dare call me that! I have a special couples maze just for you two, if your feeble minds can handle it though, muhuhuhuwahahaha." The Riddler said
Immediately the corridor was split into three rooms and they were trapped in the first one. The lights went off.
"You have very nice friends you know that?" Black hood said sarcastically.
"you should meet Pammy, she'd love to get to know you." Said Catwoman.
"what now?" Black hood said. And immediately the room was lit with green glowing question marks. Both of them searched the rooms for anything that can get them out.
"search for something that screams 'get me out of here', or a big button." Catwoman said.
"as if i'd be that ob...hey what's this?" Black hood said as he felt a big button was in the palm of his hands. It was Catwoman's ass.
"That's not what i meant." Catwoman said.
Black hood ignored her, but nonetheless he was embarrassed, then he saw something odd in one of the question marks. He put his and in the dot of the mark and pushed it down, and that opened the blast doors.
"nice work." Catwoman said.
They both went into the next room and saw the floor was gone and replaced with a large volume of water, and in front of them was a boat and an oar in what's left of the floor.
"so, rowing now?" Black hood said.
"not so fast." Catwoman said. She pulled out a small bead and put it inside the water, it melted as it touched the liquid.
"guess that's why the boat wasn't in the water." Black hood said.
"there's always my Grapnel gun." He looked up and saw that the roof was removed.
"this is not my best day." Catwoman said.
Black hood suddenly had an idea.
"grab that oar!" He said.
Catwoman did so accordingly.
"okay, so the place doesn't look quiet wide, it should fit us both plus that oar." He said.
"doesn't look like i have a choice." Catwoman replied.
Black hood put his feet upon the wall as Catwoman put her's upon the other one with the oar. They formed a straight line and slowly walked towards the other side of the room, which they did gracefully.
"aaaggghh, my fucking back!" Black hood said rolling around on the ground after finishing the maze.
The blast doors opened again and revealed the final maze. It was similar to the previous maze but there was a small walkway in the middle of it, and at the end of the room was the door with a question mark. The door opened and the Riddler revealed himself.
"congrats, you've made it to my final challenge, though in a very weird way. See to it you can finish my final one, you see the building here is very sensitive to weight, a little to heavy in the top or the bottom will make the place collapse, think of a way out."
Black hood thought for a second and looked around the room, he touched the plank.
"i get it! get on top of me." Black hood said.
"what?" Catwoman asked.
"I'll walk and you'll climb on the top, we'll decrease each others weight."
"hmm...alright." Catwoman agreed.
Black hood slowly put his foot upon the plank and Catwoman used her claws to climb upon the ceiling. She grabbed Black hood's hands with her feet and slowly walk towards the door.
While a few steps from the edge, Black hood's plank broke and he fell down, Catwoman immediately grabbed hold of him.
"Shit!" Black hood said.
"hold on hoodie!" She said.
Catwoman swung Black hood around until his feet can reach the edge, Catwoman can feel the ceiling on top of her is going to fail. Black hood's feet reached the edge, while Catwoman fell from the ceiling.
"Damn!" Black hood said.
He reached for his grapnel gun and fired it at Catwoman, it catch her spot on.
Black hood gave out a sigh of relief as he pulled Catwoman up, she got up and sat down to catch her breath, Black hood was panting too.
"i thought cats had nine lives." Black hood joked.
"me too." Catwoman said gasping for breath.
They both got up and went to the door, Black hood opened it and saw the room. It was filled with computer screens and a chair in the middle of it. The Riddler turned around and said.
"well done, i truly didn't believe you two could survive, a very good pair indeed."
"alright, no more games Riddler." Black hood said.
"oh, no more, I'm a man of my word, i believe you two are searching for Two Face's vault correct?" He said pulling up his glasses.
"right, where is it Eddie?" Catwoman said.
"well, there are complications." He said.
"what?" Black hood asked.
"you see, after Two Face beat both Joker and Penguin, he acquired the whole Arkham city as his territory, so it's almost impossible to track down where he keeps his stash."
"we don't need to know where his stash is, i need a location for some of his high rank guys, we'll do the rest." Black hood said.
"ah i see, you're not as dumb as you seem, let me see." The Riddler said.
He turned around and typed in his computer, he checks out his screens and said.
"ah i found the place, here." He said handing out an address to Black hood.
"i know this place." Black hood said.
"you'll need a key card, i just happen to have one." Riddler said handing a key card to Catwoman.
"you seem a bit too kind Riddler, remember if you mess with us, were coming for you." Black hood threatened.
"oh no, I'm not lying, I'm just in a good mood."
Black hood and Catwoman left. Outside Catwoman put the key card inside her suit and walked with Black hood.
"we?" Catwoman asked.
"just until we get our stuff back." Black hood said.
"i like it when you say 'we'." Catwoman said.
"hey cat... i want to say thanks for saving me back there." Black hood said.
"well..." Before Catwoman finished her sentence Black hood kissed her in the cheek.
"and what was that?" Catwoman said.
"how i say thank you." Black hood smiled.
"hmm...i like it." Catwoman said
"so, where to now?" Black hood said.
Catwoman gave out a smile that Black hood knew was gonna get them both into more trouble.
"i want to pay my old friend Pamela a visit." Catwoman said smiling.