Chapter 4
The night was dark, the moon light barely gave off any glow and no unusual sounds other than the traffic. It was after midnight, he stood in the shadows waiting for something to appear. His black suit melded with the darkness and he stood so still, one wouldn't know that he was there until it was too late.
His eyes wide open as he looked for any suspicious movements that may occur. To save his beloved city from any damage, was all he cared about and after the events of the previous evening he knew the other force will retaliate. There was no choice but to have constant vigilance at night. Usually he would not be doing the rounds tonight, but as the other was hurt he had no choice but to take their place. Also, he sensed something foreboding about to appear.
His partner for the night was positioned a little bit farther from where he was. They were spread ten blocks apart to cover more ground while their main observer was keeping an eye out at headquarters through all the traffic cameras, ATM cameras even the personal cameras of shops and restaurants.
"Batgirl, how are things on your side," asked the man through the communicator planted in his suits arm.
"Nothing unusual over here, just people getting to their homes. There was a guy stalking some girl but I scared him off," the woman replied keeping her eye on the girl until she got safe into her building.
"I can't detect anything unusual either through the cameras, Batman. Maybe the damage they got was harder than what we expected and they didn't have enough time to lick their wounds clear," said Kisuke through the communicator.
Kisuke Urahara is one of the most brilliant minds to ever exist in Gotham city. He is a spectacular engineer able to build a perfectly functioning machine from scrap and not to mention a successful business man. In the business world they call him the 'Hand of Midas', for his capability to turn a failing project into a worldwide beneficial project. And he is the one who crafted The Bats suits by hand, to have them perfectly made with no mistakes or glitches.
"No, I know him well enough to know that he won't wait more than 24 hours to make his move. So stay in positions and keep your eyes open. Also, since the enchantress started helping them they are able to move more swiftly around undetected." Batman said, his voice gruff with worry and tiredness obvious in his tone.
"Why is she helping them anyway?" Batgirl asked through a yawn.
"Apparently, after losing her brother in the battle at Midway city, and Doctor Moone's body in the process, she manifested herself somehow and is doing things according to her mood." Kisuke announced bordly through the ear pieces, as he still kept a watch on the monitors in front of him.
"Wasn't she supposed to die after Flag crushed her heart?" Batgirl was really curious then since nothing else exciting was happening.
"The Lore said that crushing her heart should kill her, but apparently being a god from the dawn of time gives you advantage of not dying. Personally I think she hid some of her power in some other dimension just in case this happened. Now, please stop chatting and focus on the mission at hand." Batman finished the conversation then because he knew these two would not stop for a long time and he was starting to get really annoyed. Everything was too quiet, it was making him uneasy. Was there something he missed? Is he overestimating his opponent…?
"Awww, Ichigo you're no fun and I'm bored," said Kisuke sounding like a child.
"How many times have I said not to use my real name when I'm working? And our city is in danger so it's not the time to act childish, god damn it." Ichigo yelled making the other two flinch.
He loved Kisuke's care free nature, but at some points it was irritating and he couldn't take it so he has no choice but to act a little harsh on the man to get him back into business.
Another hour passed by and yet no sign of anything abnormal. Batman was starting to get tired and he could feel his partners were too, since they kept yawning every couple of minutes.
"Guys, one more hour and if nothing happens we will call it a night, so bear with it, please." Batman said, and he really hoped that nothing happens, so he could go home and rest since last night he didn't have much sleep.
"Yes, sir!" both Batgirl and Kisuke replied at the same time.
As the night was silent and calm, with a little cool breeze moving through the air, Ichigo's mind couldn't help but wander to the events of the previous evening with a certain blue haired someone. He had never felt that way before with anyone, not even his ex-boyfriend. The longing, the dreams, and the feeling that something is missing when he isn't around. Those are new feelings to Ichigo and he just was lost. He smiled a little and then sighed loudly trying to get the blue haired man out of his head.
"What's up with the sad sigh Batman? Missing your boyfriend?" teased Batgirl, amused at the idea.
"What? He has a boyfriend? And I'm the last to know? Oh the shame!" said Kisuke with such dramatism pouring out of his voice. The other two could imagine his face while saying it and they mentally chuckled at him.
"I have no boyfriend. We went on one date and that's it. Plus, if we are it's none of your busi..."
Before Batman could finish his sentence a loud boom was heard, indicating an explosion that just happened somewhere near Batgirl.
"Batman, an explosion happened at the central shopping mall, Batgirl was ten kilometers near that and the explosion is really big, the entire building is on fire." Kisuke said finally getting serious.
"Batgirl, are you okay?" asked Batman.
There was no reply from the other end.
"Batgirl, are you okay? Do you copy?" he asked again, his voice becoming frantic.
Ten seconds passed and yet there was no reply.
"Batgirl!" he yelled to the communicator finally snapping.
"How many times have I told not to yell at me, you idiot." Batgirl yelled and yet she was happy because she knew batman was yelling out of worry.
"You Idjit, couldn't you answer quicker? Do you know how worried you got me?"
"Don't Bobby Singer me! I was hiding to make sure I'm okay. But you should come here quick, it's really bad!" she replied, with a tinge of fear in her voice though she would never admit that she was scared. Ever!
"I'm on my way," finished Batman as he pressed a button on his suit making the Bat Mobile meet him where he was positioned.
Under two minutes he was at the explosion site, jumping out of his vehicle and landing swiftly on his feet while the car continued driving to a safe spot.
"What the hell happened here?" asked Batman astonished by how an entire mall, with fifteen stories, was completely burning as it turned everything inside to ash and the pillars holding the building together were barely standing.
Luckily there was no one inside after the security team got out.
"I think this is my handy work. You can see my… signature through the fire can't you, Batman?" The voice that Ichigo heard annoyed him to hell and back, how lazy it sounded yet so maniacally voiced it would send a chill through the spine of the bravest of men.
"Oh yes, I knew it was your work and I have been expecting you, Joker." said batman with a smirk that showed through his mouth opened head mask.
He turned around to look at the man he spoke to. He was slender but his body was well defined, hair as green as grass and his skin so white it was almost see through, light blue eyes that showed how crazy this man actually could be, with a wide grin plastered on his face with his front teeth folded with sharp metal. All these things together made the man look like the freak he was inside. Not entirely human, not entirely beast, but a monster. The monster one never wants to mess with unless they had a death wish.
"You think you can… hurt one of my own," he took a deep breath and sighed before he continued, "and I would let you get away with it?" he finished with his anger and madness filling his voice to the last drop.
"And you think I'm going to let you freely move around while making the city your playground. Do you think I will let you continue killing and stealing from innocent and hardworking people. This has to end, and I will not stand idly by and let you continue as you have. Murder is a crime that will be punished and I'm the one who will put a stop to your endless slaughter." Batman said angrily, The Joker was getting on his nerves and he couldn't keep his rage under check with all this damage and destruction he caused.
"I love it when you talk dirty to me," The Joker said with a laugh. "It just makes me want to be even more bad."
"Oh, but Batsy there is nothing you can do to stop us. Tonight will go exactly as we have planned." A high pitched female voice said, irritating both Batman and Batgirl. The child-like woman was never too far behind her leader, the two were like two peas in a pod, both crazy and both deadly. She always held a bat, this being her main weapon in a fight, and had the same beautiful face that was twisted with the insanity in her eyes and her tongue sticking out.
"Oh great, Madness and Craziness are here." Batgirl said, sounding bored more than annoyed. "Come on, we know how this is gonna end, with us kicking your asses and you weeping while rotting in jail." She finished and yawned, annoying Harley because she didn't even look at her.
"Actually, it's going to end the other way around. You see, they are not alone this time. We are here to put an end to you guys, once and for all." They all knew this voice, deadly with a gun but even more so his brain. It was Deadshot. Ever since Batman put him in cuffs right in front of his daughters eyes, he has wanted payback with The Bat dead at his feet and a bullet in his head.
Batman and Batgirl stood back-to-back as they were circled by the entire Suicide Squad, completely outnumbered. Even Boomerang, who was hurt the day before, was there with a bandage around his head and a red slash on his right cheek that was made by Robin's side cutters.
Batgirl was actually a little nervous, it's not the first time they went against the Suicide Squad, but it's the first time they were against all of them together.
Batman was calculating every possible outcome of this battle; he wanted to get out of this with the least amount of damage. He also could not forget the burning building behind him, he knew he needed to get this over with fast before the fire spread. As that thought crossed his mind he heard the sounds of sirens coming closer to where they were surrounded.
This was bad, the innocent, brave people who were fighting to keep the city safe didn't deserve to get into his fight, they were just doing their job. So, he decided to move the fight else were before the firemen arrived.
He wrapped his arm around Batgirl's waist while launching his hook gun, sending them up to the roof. "If you want to fight me, you have to catch me first," Batman said and started running from one roof to the other with Batgirl following.
On que, the suicide squad started running, trying to catch him while Harley and the joker got in the car their goony got them.
"Where are we heading?" asked batgirl after jumping from a building and landing on the roof of another in front of it.
"There is a junk yard near here, I'm not letting the firemen get harmed while doing their jobs," finished Batman as he landed on his feet on the ground after using his hook gun again.
As he started running again, he was jumped by Killer Croc, causing them to roll on the ground together before he recovered. Batman jumped back to his feet before he hit Croc with an air kick, sending the hybrid a few feet backwards, he used the others confusion as a distraction to continue running until he was clear of the residential area.
He stood next to Batgirl, battle stance ready and waiting for the criminals to follow, but what they didn't count on was The Joker and his queen jumping them from behind in their car and trying to run them over.
Batgirl jumped high over the car while Batman landed on his side. Suddenly, he felt a weight on his body and he was shocked to see The Joker sitting on top of him, pressing harshly with his hands around his neck, trying to choke the life out of him. "You see … this is a very … very rare opportunity… and I'm gonna use it to the fullest," The Joker said that sentence in his weird way of speaking, pausing between words, eyes roaming around and suddenly focusing on a part of Batman's face, and that maniac grin never leaving his face.
Before Batman acted, he moved his head to the side searching for Batgirl. Just as he expected, he found her in battle stance waiting for Harley who was trying to hit her form the side with her wooden bat. Batgirl dodged the other woman's swings easily and kicked Harley on the face making her fall on her ass.
"Don't … get distracted before… before I'm going … to kill you," this time The Joker's voice was filled with anger as he punched The Bat on his right cheek which was followed by an elbow to his stomach. This made Batman cringe in pain.
Now was the time to act, he didn't take too highly to those who they could beat him around, and he would be damned if he got his ass kicked by his oldest nemesis. Filled with rage and determination, he kneed the back of the criminal making him loosen his grip and pushed him to the ground. He was now and top and he took full advantage of the shock in the others face, he sent a powerful punch to The Jokers abdomen.
Then he jumped off the man, spreading his cape using it to stop Deadshots bullets. Just as he was about turn and make a move, he was tackled by The Croc who immobilized him. The Croc arms stayed in place, holding him down, his crazy strength making it impossible to move out of his grasp. The Bat looked around and was shocked to see Batgirl lying on the ground while Harley had her boot on her neck and almost choking her, he wanted to help his friend out of the trouble but Croc was too heavy and had a tight grip on him.
"This is it…. Batman," The Joker said his name so sarcastically with a voice full of hate and loathing but it was nothing new to The Bat, the other was his oldest nemesis after all, so of course they would have unimaginable hate for each other. "This is… where you die," he laughed manically and uncontrollably before pulling a gun from his waist and putting it to The Bats head.
Batman was lost; he could see the life being squeezed out of Batgirls eyes and her slip into unconsciousness, while the trigger of the gun positioned on his head was so close to going off.
He closed his eyes as he tried to figure out a plan before everything went to waste. He thought about signaling The Bat Mobile to come to the sight and ram Killer Croc off him, but his arms were pinned and he couldn't move them to his waist where the button was.
Suddenly, the sound of a motorcycle cracked through the night, he opened his eyes to see Harley fly to the ground after being hit with the motorcycle while Robin kicked away The Joker, and shot a metallic net capturing Killer Croc.
"Batman signal the bat mobile now!" screamed Robin while carrying Batgirl carefully in his arms.
The Bat complied and pressed the button, within seconds the sound of wheels was heard and the car was present at the site. Robin went straight to it and laid Batgirl on a seat, before buckling her belt. "Batman come to the car now," he yelled running to get his bike.
"No, we have to finish this fight," replied The Bat, refusing to leave an unfinished fight.
"Batman we have more important stuff to take care of!" The Bird answered angrily and moved his eyes on the unconscious girl in his car.
The Bat didn't say a word but ran to the car and jumped into the driver's seat then speeding along the road back to the bat cave. But, before the car moved, The Joker jumped on top of it and fired his gun trying to hit The Bat. Batman shot his hook gun at him, having the steel line capture the criminal before shooting a flare signal in the sky notifying the police to be present at the sight.
He then pushed his foot as much as he could on the accelerator, so they could head for safety as fast as they could, followed by The Bird. In five minutes, they were in the entrance to The Bat Cave, Kisuke ready with the stretcher to carry Rukia into the health caring room. The room was all white and equipped more equipment than a hospital. From X-Ray scanners to blood testing machines, even an MRI machine was present.
Ichigo thought, with this life being as hard and dangerous as it was, they would at least need things that would be able to heal them properly – especially after his reckless friends joined him.
"What happened to her?" asked Kisuke worried about the girl he thought of as his daughter.
"Harley attacked her and I think Boomerang helped, they must have heard the rumors about you guys," said Ichigo, looking at Kisuke first and then to Robin.
"Is she going to be okay?" asked Renji as he took off his mask and wig, letting his red hair fall down his back.
Kisuke hooked some machines to her and attached a stethoscope to his ears, placing the cold circle on her chest and listened to her faint heartbeat.
"She will be fine, but she needs oxygen, her throat has been nearly crushed and this is making it difficult for her to breath. That crazy girl almost broke her neck. She won't be happy about this, but her neck is going to bruised," he explained while attaching an oxygen mask to her mouth and nose, and gently wrapping a neck brace around her neck. "She needs rest for now. Ichigo, let me check your wounds, and Renji, go back to bed, your wounds haven't healed completely yet and the stitches might open again. If it wasn't for them being in trouble I wouldn't have let you out in the first place," Kisuke ordered switching into complete parental mode.
Those young reckless kids where his entire life and he truly appreciates their bravery and sacrifice to save the city, but he will be damned if he didn't do everything in his power to help them. He sighed, these kids will be the death of him someday.
"No, I'm not leaving Rukia's side. You can do whatever you want, I don't care. Boomerang attacked her because of me, I will not leave her!"
Both Kisuke and Ichigo could see the sadness in Renji's eyes; they shared a look and decided not to pressure the red head anymore.
"Well, at least take your medications," said Kisuke and placed the plastic bottle on the night stand next to Rukia's bed.
The red head gave them a thankful look before they left him.
"Let's head to my room, you can have a look at my wounds there," said Ichigo and lead the way to the private elevator that went straight to their apartment.
When they reached the big, but simple room, Ichigo sat on the huge king sized bed while Kisuke closed the door and placed the first aid kit on the night stand.
"You definitely got a hard blow to your face," said Kisuke as he examined the purple bruise that was on Ichigo's cheek and neck.
"Yeah, The Joker was even crazier than usual, can't believe a psycho like him actually cares about the people he keeps around," said the ginger and flinched as the cold cotton touched his skin.
Kisuke was using a cotton ball dipped in a formula he made by himself to speed the healing of bruises. Instead of it taking weeks it would completely heal in two to three days, it was convenient since Ichigo was famous and met a lot of people every day. Having a scared body would be a question raiser for sure, especially with all the paparazzi and the reporters trying to get some scoop on Gotham's favorite bachelor.
"What I know about him is that he cares about no one but Harley. Though, after the events of Midway City she got attached to them, feeling like they were her family and he just rolled with it."
Kisuke said as he placed a Band-Aid to the big cut on his left side.
"But I still can't understand how they got into the mall with all that explosives without being detected at all. The Enchantress must have helped them again. What happened to building after we left?" asked Ichigo after Kisuke finished tending to his wounds and got up to get rid of his suit and put on some comfy clothes to sleep the night away.
"The Firemen got the situation under control and put out the fire, but the building is completely destroyed and it's going to take a fortune to fix it." Kisuke said while packing his stuff up and leave the ginger to rest.
"Send the amount needed for reparations to the authorities and let them get everything fixed as fast as possible even if it costs extra. I'm not going to the office tomorrow, so you can take over the meeting with the finish investor. Also, Renji's bike needs some fixing I think. Good night Kisuke," finished Ichigo and laid his head on the fluffy pillow after sending a thankful look to the blond.
The blond looked one last time at Ichigo before he grabbed his kit and left the room, heading back to his place. Maybe he can get some sleep before the new day starts, especially with the business meetings he has.
As Ichigo's mind started to go unconscious his phone buzzed sending him back to reality, he turned to the other side to grab the phone and opening the text he received without checking who it was from, wondering who would text him at this hour.
'Had a really horrible day, just wanted to wish you a good night and to let you know that I miss you and miss falling asleep with you in my arms.
Have sweet dreams about me ;)'
It was a text from Grimmjow and Ichigo couldn't help but smile.
With all the events that happened that night the ginger was too distracted to think about anything else. He just continued to play what happened over and over again in his mind. Maybe he should plan their next move against the Suicide Squad too. He just needed sleep and to let his body heal.
Yet when he got that text message his mind was filled with blue instead of all the horrible things that happened to him earlier.
He wouldn't be honest with himself if he said that he didn't miss the others warm embrace and the softness of his lips. The man has taken over his life in a matter of days and he was falling for him hard. He couldn't control it and yet the ginger was thrilled to feel that way, he never felt so in need of someone before and that genuine attraction he felt was just pleasurable.
He sent him a simple text back saying 'I miss you too' and then laid his head down again on his pillow, smiling this time. The last thought going through his head before sleep took him was that he hopped to see his blue haired interest soon.
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Hello everyone! So this is the first action chapter where we meet the suicide squad. I hope it was interesting for you to read it as it was for me to write it. I just love action and writing it was super fun!
What are your thoughts about it? I would love to know what you thought and your expectations for this story.
Take care everyone and take it easy!
And as always a huge thanks to my editor Inralak for her amazing help
