World's Finest in Ghost City
CHP 9: Far From Home
Fighting through the wintery weather Nightwing kept his sight ahead of him not bothering to look back. He wasn't sure whether or not he lost them but in that moment his only concern was to go fast as he could. Knowing the league of assassins was sure they'd be hot on his trail. Everything happened so sudden that he really didn't have time to think. Firmly believing the Dark Knight was still alive he clinched his fists knowing he'd stay by that until further analyses. While running knew somehow he needed to get in contact with the Justice League, he was certain they would know what to do. Still seeing Mirror master was a surprise, especially given Batman was his objective.
Taking a look over his shoulder he saw no one was trailed him. Looking up ahead found a slanted hill with a few bushes that he could hide behind. Checking behind once more for any followers he quickly ran for and took cover behind one of the bushes covered in snow. Having the frequency link to the JLA, he contacted them from his ear piece. Waiting patiently for someone to answer he was happy to hear Wonder Woman's voice on the other side. Promptly explaining what happened she told him to slow down.
"I don't know for sure but Batman might be dead!" Hearing nothing else from her coupled with the immediate silence told him just how shocked she was.
"Wah…what did you just say?!"
She may have been one of the best at hiding her feelings and emotions from others but could perceive a slight tremble in her tone.
"If you could beam me up to the tower I will explain everything. It's strange but if I'm not mistaken Mirror Master was present and the one responsible for what happened to Batman."
Agreeing to his terms she entered the control room pin pointing his position by using the frequency of his communications mechanism. In under a minute he was beamed up to the watchtower and greeted by Diana. Asking where everyone else was she notified him to follow her. Some members hung out in the lounge, while others were out on missions. From out of nowhere the Flash zoomed by stopping and walking next to the two questioning Nightwing on why he was present. Continuing forward Diana turned to Flash.
"You will find out soon enough." The speedster really didn't know what she meant. Turning a corner and walking down the main hall Superman approached from the other end.
"What's going on? Why is Nightwing here?" Superman asked stopping in front of them.
Nodding his head Flash agreed, and became more anxious with each passing moment of them not telling him. Without either of them saying a thing, the eyes of Wonder Woman told him it wasn't good.
"We won't jump to conclusions, but unfortunately I witnessed Batman vaporized with my own eyes. Whether or not he's dead is hard to say," Nightwing walked passed a stunned Superman.
"Follow me into your board room. I'll explain everything in depth."
Listening to his request both Canary and Green Lantern were called to the board room as well to hear what had happened.
Worlds away
The memory of what happened was a blur, but used what strength he did have to pull himself up off the rocky surface. Taking a quick look around he wasn't sure exactly where he was, but upon taking a look on the city down below Batman presumed he was in Japan. But there was something exceedingly peculiar about it. After gazing over it for a little while longer its overall structure was slightly different to that of the Japan he knew. Putting a hand to his head he still felt a bit woozy. To him it didn't matter where he was, he just needed to get back to the batcave.
Looking over his shoulder he became aware the batplane was just feet behind him. At that point still didn't have a clue how he ended up wherever he was. He activated the batplane which automatically opened the top allowing for him to jump in. Starting up all the systems he looked down on the vehicle's built in radar. It displayed the surrounding structures but its usual function of identifying his location read unknown.
"Hhhmm strange." He said to himself.
Initiating one of the functions to communicate with the computer back at the cave it came back as unable to connect. Things were starting to get even weirder. To test out his theory started up the autopilot setting it to fly him back to the cave, in which the system displayed the words.
"Error unable to proceed." Hopping out of the vehicle he punched in a code on the side of his gauntlet.
"Batman to Justice League come in."
Repeating that over and over he got no reply, all that he could hear was static. The next thing he tried was calling the manor in an attempt to get a hold of Alfred but nothing! From where Batman stood up in the mountains he and his flying vehicle were shielded fairly well by all the trees in the area. Right than he tried hard to remember how he got there, figuring it would answer some of the questions of all the oddness of the situation. Clearing his mind he thought back remembering he traveled to Bludhaven by the request of Nightwing, who caught sight of the league of assassins.
"That's right!"
It all came back to him in a single instant! It was Mirror Master who pulled out some weapon unknown to him or likely even the league. During the battle he was struck by the beam, and as a result…didn't have an answer to that. There were a few possibilities he contemplated, but the one that stuck out was that he'd been sent away to an alternate universe and or timeline. That would explain why he couldn't reach the league and why his systems weren't functioning correctly. Thinking it over if he was indeed in an alternate earth, he'd have to figure a way to get back home but knew that was easier said than done.
"I better get a move on, I won't find out anything standing around."
As of the moment using the batplane was not an option. Almost certain he was in another world, he recognized that the people/police force would discover and bring him down quickly if flying around in the sky. The second thing he needed was find something else to wear. Entering the city as is would only draw too much unwanted attention onto him. Looking back over at the batplane, he remembered that on occasion would leave extra gear and clothing inside his vehicles in case of emergencies. Hoping that was the case checked the storage compartments in the cockpit. Lucky for him there was an extra utility belt, two T-shirts, a pair of jeans, four gas bombs and a pair of black running shoes.
"This will have to do." He said removing the cowl from his head.
While getting undressed Bruce decided leaving his bat gear and utilities at the well-hidden vista, and knew he would return for them later. Inside one of the compartments in the back he had an extra bat suit stored with a set of jet batwings. Fully getting dressed into the casual clothing storing his gear away he looked toward the city.
Elsewhere Atsuhi sat in the back of a pickup truck with his eyes closed. Going through all the steps and process was beginning to get on his nerves. One of Doctor Tetsei's hired assistances was at the wheel. Turning a few corners and up another few streets they arrived in front of their destination. The driver unlocked his door stepping out of the vehicle walking around and unlocking the back door.
"We have arrived, it is time you get to work. The prime minister should be on the top floor but I'm positive her security will be on top of things. This will be the final test for the body you possess. Make us proud and get the job done, we'll make a lot of money."
"Don't cha worry about a thing I've got this! Yoko Kayabuki will be captured, I'll put as much as I can on display." Atsushi said stepping out of the vehicle.
Straight away some of the residents of the area recognized him from the news storming away from the area quickly. The driver wished him luck stepping back into the truck and departing before the action began. At the front entrance the front doors swung open! Over sixty security people exited out with their weapons pointed at Atsushi. Transforming part of his back into a booster pack half a smile formed on his face blasting upward past them.
"Later idiots! I've got work to do."
Watching him travel up further into the sky they knew exactly where he headed and entered back into the building. He was no doubt going after Yoko at the top floor, they had no doubts. Luckily there was extra security all over the building. Outside the building Atsushi hovered in front of the top floor transforming his right arm shooting and shattering the glass window. Pointing the arm forward and aiming he hovered into the building landing in the middle of the room and met by more security people.
"Freeze! Put your hands in the air!"
Atsushi frowned at the group taking a step forward while they took one back keeping their weapons aimed at him. Noticing the fear within the entire group made him laugh.
"Your weapons are useless against me. Where is the prime minister's office and I'd answer quickly if you don't want me to go nuts. When I get angry I do things that you people would be better off not experiencing."
Unknown to any of them, the police along with section 9 were contacted. Looking past the group and toward a door that appeared heavily guarded, Atsushi was sure that's where she was. Taking a few steps in the direction of the door he aimed his weapon at the group insisting they move or be killed. Seeing that none moved, he shrugged firing off at them. Those who weren't taken down on the spot shot at the target but found that their weapons had no effect on him. Lowering his shoulders he smashed through the door taking down a group of them that stood in the way! Outside the room lied nine security members in a pool of blood from Atsushi's attack.
"So you're Yoko Kayabuki," Atsushi looked past her three security people directly into her eyes, "Call off your three guards and come with me or I'll kill them and take you anyway. It really doesn't matter how we do this, the end gig will be the same."
Inside the section 9 facility chief Aramaki dashed into the working area of the team giving the news that their subject had re appeared.
"You must all get going! Atsushi seems to be after the Prime minister! I'll give you as much detail as I can once we get going." He said turning away from them and heading for the parking lot.
Stopping whatever they were doing, each member of the squad followed Motoko out of the room in route to the parking lot. Luckily their battle uniforms were already in the combat van. Tapping into her cyberbrain Motoko connected with the police networks getting more information understanding just how severe the situation was.
"Hurry we need to get going, I don't like the sound of things at all." She said speeding up.
Outside the building of where everything took place approached several helicopters with police officials carrying rifles. Down below the streets surrounding the area were closed off from the public crowded with police and news station vehicles. The reports of Grivez expanded a lot faster than any of them imagined.
To Be Continue
