Ch 10
Sorry that the chap is short will make up for it in the next one.
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Well codewarriorrace in answer to your question sure Batman can take Supes and Wondy down heck he at one point had plans to take down the entire J.L.A down! And when that crazy wannabe immortal stole the plans he nearly succeeded in destroying the group. But that's only because he's done his research on each and every single one of them before he could really win and since he was sans info on the Slayer Batman might get hurt cause all in all a slayer is nearly on the level of Bane strength wise I think I think that's right anyway I'm not real knowledgeable on the D.C verse so I might have her strength higher than it should be if so cansomeone give me a good example of who her strength level is like in relationship to the D.C verse. As for the bats reaction to intruders in his town it ought to be intresting. Oh yeah and another reason is when someone messes with his family he gets real irrrational heck supes had to stop him from killing Joker after the clown killed Jason.
Sorry if my sentence structure doesn't meet the goodness you think it should but petervI already have a beta what more do you want me to do? Other than learn to punctuate better that is.
Well Damia-Queen of the Gypsi's Sure Faith might get along with Catwoman mainly because they're both products of the street giving them a kind of link to each other I'm thinking that the two bad girls of the D.C verse along with Faith might get together and make a kind of odd friendship I mean we can't forget all about the Huntress now right? The person who doesn't really play completely by the Batman's rules but is still pretty good at what she does despite her rougher edges. Sound anything like a certain slayer who felt like she was always on the outside of things?
Oh no you don't mystjade! You have been pushing for Angel to show up! You do not just change your mind at the last moment just because you realize how many characters there are, I mean it. Besides I would have to rewrite parts of Ch 11. So ex nay on the no Angel besides I need him to do the whole Andrew bashing thing the way I think it should be done so there, you just take that comment back ya got it! Oh yeah and I was just planning onAngeland maybe having one of the others join him.P.S You made a teacher cry? SWEETNESS!
Am going as fast as possible speakout but a little thing called school is slowing me down.
Glad you liked the waqy I'm writing the Bat charachters dogbertcarroll
Oh yeah b4 I forget Don't own nothin And a lot of the good spelling credit goes to SIN who has been a real help.
"I simply love the way you've redecorated, Jacob. The whole dark, mysterious, and somewhat spooky magic shop does give the place a more interesting feel to it." Catwoman said practically purring as she walked out of the dark shadows that she had been hiding in aand almost casually approached the first of many people in her search.
She knew that if she roughed up enough of the antique and magic dealers that eventually she would find someone willing to talk about the mystery girl. The real trick of it would be finding someone willing to talk and who actually had the vaguest idea about what was going on. So her first stop had been Jacob Urlare, an Italian who ran and owned the small shop she was currently in, 'The Mystic Eye'. Urlare was of average height, had a normally dark complexion, though it seemed a little paler than it usually did, his dark hair also seemed filled with less of its usual shiny luster as she looked at the man before her grinning like a idiot, because one of the sexiest women he had ever heard of had decided to grace the small shop.
"I'm so glad you approve," The shopkeeper said sarcastically from his spot near a display case of supposedly mystic healing stones, that would heal most wounds to the body and soul.
Despite being slightly amazed at the person before him he was still wary of her, after all she was making an entirely new reputation for herself along side her old one. In the past she had the rep as one of the best thieves in the business, the only one who ever really made the Bat hesitate but now her rep said she was one of the Bat's people, and you don't become a junior Bat, or whatever she was, since only senior members were allowed their own territory to guard. Like that Nightwing guy who actually had the neighboring town to protect, while the Bird boy and the Spoiler both had routes of their own but they were along the edges of the Bat's hunting grounds. So unless you'er really good and have a great rep or the respect of several of the Bat kids and even then the respect only goes as far as the old man Bat allows. Mostly because he and the Huntress were still feuding about things that happened before the whole No-Mans-Land incident a few years back when she had been a relatively new player in the whole crime fighting method and some of her habits she was still trying to break like her whole need to kill people that broke the law.
"So tell me Jacob, what have you heard?" She asked putting on the most charming smile she could muster at him.
"Heard about what?" Jacob was a bit different than most of the crazy shop owners that ran these types of places for one he wasn't in his late seventies, but was in his mid thirties instead, he also was a pretty good fence as well when he wasn't trying to play with magic.
"The magic guardian that just came to town, some girl."
"She have a name like the rest of you underwear wearing crazies, or am I just supposed to know, cause I own this grand establishment." He gestured to the various bookshelves around the room showing all of the books and odd weapons on display. "So you think you got a monster slayer or something and you want me to give you a name for it eh? What's the matter all of your magic wielding buddies get stuck in traffic or something?" He smirked at the heroine, "so who is this supposed super chick you think I should know."
"We don't have a name yet, but a friend said she might be something called the Slayer. What can you tell me about that?"
"A slayer is in the city?" The already pale man actually seemed to pale even more at this news his eyes narrowed suspiciously, "Are you absolutely sure about that?" Taking her hesitance to answer as a yes he began speaking more to himself than to the heroine standing by his covered window. "Damn it! Something must finally have gotten to the main one Estivo, he said momentarily switching to his native Italian, "unless it was that other one the crazy one. Course with all of the crazy rumors going around these days it could be the main one with the city and its unique abilities having been destroyed and all. And I had really wanted to take a vacation there next year to."
"Who are they?"
"What, You don't know? Well don't expect me to tell you kitty cat. I got things to do, like find a hole to hide under, and staying as far away from your kind as possible."
"Wrong choice Jacob, I need that info. So how about you tell me and then you can go hide in whatever hole it is that will make you feel safe."
"Listen Cat, the country probably ain't safe for me anymore, but maybe if I get off of the island before she hears about me she won't find out about me. I hear Orlando is really nice this time of year anyway, true there's a tad bit more sunny than I'm really looking forward to but I don't really have a whole lot of other options unless I find some other place to work from."
"Listen Jacob, you have about three seconds before I tear you a new face unless you tell me all you can about this girl."
"Hell, that would be preferable than having a slayer at me. I'd rather take on the bat than try and take that girl on at least with him I actually stand a chance. Besides I already have two faces don't need another one thanks for the offer though, now get lost, I got to talk to my lawyer, and a few other people that need to know she's here before I can disappear into the night and all of that stuff."
"C'mon Jacob you know that its not that simple. Just tell me and we won't have problems, you know I scratch your back you scratch mine." She said teasingly hoping to get the coward to stay.
"No can do Catwoman, now scram." He said dismisivley as he began to unlock various things from his displays.
"No." She said shaking her head letting her hands rest easily on her belt as she now glared at the shop owner.
"Move Cat, I don't have time for this." He angrily replied to the feline obsessed woman.
"Make it." She challenged he simply ignored her and continued unlocking cases now picking up some of the smaller more valuble trinkets he owned. "Your funeral then," she shrugged, then expertly swung her whip at the fence's legs intending to entangle the man's legs and hang him from a cross beam like a side of salted meat. But the best plans sometimes fall apart.
"Is that really the best you got?" he asked as he held the end of the whip in his empty hand, grinning at the surprised woman before him. He yanked hard on the weapon throwing the woman into a display shelf behind him. "Tsk, tsk," he shook his head almost sadly, "this is the mighty Catwoman? Maybe you should stick to robbing houses little girl, it's a hell of a lot safer than trying to beat on the thugs and lowlifes that the Bat takes care of regularly." He acted like he was trying to give her some advice that would really help her.
"Sorry if you don't like the way I do things anymore Jacob, but you are going to tell me about this girl even if I have to beat the snot out of you five different ways and there'll still be blood left over."
"The only blood that will be spilt this night is yours Catwoman, because I have been struck down and made more powerful than you could possibly imagine. And no one will be able to save you from me if I were to decide to kill you not even your precious new friends."
"What, you think that before I teamed up with the white hats that I didn't have any skills of my own? C'mon I dodged Batman and his little family for years, and only got caught one time really. That is if were counting the number of times that I had to go to jail. And another thing what's with the movie quotes?"
"It matters not Catwoman," Jacob said sneering at the woman ignoring her question, "leave me be now, I have things to take care of and I can't waste my time talking with you over the finer points of how you conduct or used to conduct your various types of business."
"Oh no Jacob, your not getting out of this that easy especially not after you threw me into your wall." Catwoman grinned as she shook the broken bits of glass off of her body as she stood up the two waited for the last bits of the glass to finally rattle to the floor before resuming their conversation.
"Hey c'mon babe, its not like that's never happened to ya before." The man rationalized as he looked at the woman before him almost bored as he tried to finish emptying his displays of the more valuable pieces that they held.
"Whatever creep but I will enjoy beating the tar out of you. Catwoman grinned as she curled her hands into fists.
"I said to leave." He growled, his eyes glowed yellow momentarily startling his opponent enough that he was able to grab the nimble thief by the collar and throw her out through the glass storefront window and into the street. "And stay out you mangy cat!" He bellowed gleefully.
"All right that was definitely a new one not to mention a bit humiliating." She mumbled, picking herself backup out of the street she quickly brushed glass fragments off of her body again. "And that was definitely not the kind of guy I usually deal with, but something a tad bit different. Maybe Batman will know what's causing perfectly normal humans to become super humans over short periods of time." She grumbled as she remembered that the man that had just thrown her out was supposed to be a fairly slow boxer not some super fast, strong man, with glowing eyes. She silently jumped to the roof across the street from the store planning on watching him for a few more minutes. Not at all what she remembered of him, heck she had strung him up before a dozen times, and he had never given her any kind of trouble before. Then the one night he does fight back he kicks her butt all over his store without even trying it seems.
Sighing she wiped away some of the blood from one of the shallow cuts she received from slamming through two glass barriers and reaches for the small radio unit connected to her black costume. "Oracle do you read me?"
"Yes Catwoman, I can hear you. What's the problem?"
"Someone needs to watch the magic shop I'm at, not only did the guy know who the Slayer was, but he actually threw me out without even trying and before that he caught my whip and threw me into the wall."
"So we got another new super human on the radar in a matter of hours Batman is not going to like that. Who was it?"
"A fence I sometimes use, he owns a magic shop."
"Ah yes one of those small timers you use, from time to time. Goes by the name of Jacob, actually believes most of the magic stuff he sells on the side and is said to have some rather odd connections in the city."
"Yeah that's the one."
"Well I'll send some one to look at it."
"Well you better hurry then girl, cause the minute I said slayer, he started packing that's part of why I got kicked out so fast he moved at super human speed had enhanced strength and was really arrogant."
"What? Arrogance in a bad guy? Say it isn't so." Oracle mocked teasingly.
"Yeah, yeah laugh it up." Catwoman said into her mike. You weren't the one being on the wrong side of a cat and mouse game. And since when did Gotham become a hotbed for meta-humans? Because this is like the second person to show up as a super human, did I wake up in Metroplis or something this morning and just have some crazy set of contacts placed on my face to confuse things for me?"
"Good point, I'll look into it but something has to be causing all these super humans to start showing up all over the place. The real question will be what is it? Some item that's been relocated here or is it something different like maybe a magic doorway to some crazy Alice and wonderland world."
"You're the computer genius here girl, I'm afraid this ones all on you but I will check in with some of my other contacts just in case. Course if it is Alice and wonderland we know who we'll find at the end of that particular slime trail."
"True but according to my documents the Hatter is currently stuck in Arkhyme at the moment."
"All right thanks I am so out of here now though," Catwoman then sprang from the roof to another roof and swung away on hoping that her next informant was a bit more useful then the last one had been and a whole lot less painful as well. At least for her that is she wouldn't mind getting in a few shots at someone after her humiliating defeat.