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Hey readers, it's me Nomad88 back again with another chapter in the Batman Beyond Universe. I'm happy to say that we are rocking along and we're almost at the end of this bridging tale. I could make this tale drag on because there is a lot of crap to cover in Batman Beyond Volume 2 and a lot of stuff happens in this three year time span but it'll be next year before I finish if I went over every single detail. I think some stuff is better left as a surprise. LOL! But you know what I'll leave it up to readers. Should I cover everything or should I just quickly get through this Bridging story and put out Batman Beyond Volume 2. Anyway I know you readers are eager to get to the chapter but before I go I would just like to say please continue to READ, REVIEW( A writer's main source of motivation) and of course the most important thing is that you all ENJOY!
Chapter 10: I am Huntress hear me ROAR!
London- England
Helena Bertinelli, the Huntress and Queen of the Night slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was her lover and long time ally Jean-Paul-Valley, better known as Azarael, sleeping soundly next to her. A handsome man that looked to be in his early fifties but they knew he was much older than that, much like herself he was able to find a way to circumvent the hands of time, at least for now.
Helena briefly ran a hand down his bare muscular chest before pushing herself up, allowing the covers to fall off of her naked body. She slowly made her way across the lavish Penthouse suite the two of them had been residing in for the past six months, much to her dismay, and to the bathroom door where she gently closed it behind her careful not to wake Jean-Paul.
Once he heard the door close Jean-Paul opened his eyes and rose up from the bead. He looked to the bathroom as he heard the water running which meant that the love of his life was taking a shower, like she did every morning. He sat up and reached over to the night-stand and he retrieved a cell phone. He dialed a set of numbers he knew by heart and he held it up to his ear.
RING! CLICK!
"Proceed with the plan. Use any force necessary, she can take it." He stated before hanging up the phone, he looked over his shoulder and to the bathroom, 'Show them who you are my love' he thought to himself before rising up from the bed and reaching for his pants.
Helena closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh, all the while allowing the hot water to massage her aching body and mind.
For the past six months, since she was 'abducted' by her Ex Jean-Paul she had been stuck in London, licking her wounds in a place that only brought back horrible memories, specifically ones of being burned alive by one of her allies that had been….corrupted by an unspeakable evil.
She opened her eyes and put her hands on the smooth white tile and tilted her face up to the water. Along with memories of being burned alive, the memories of her failure as the leader of her own brand of vigilantes flooded to forefront of her mind as well.
The Knightbreed, a creation born from her sweat, blood and tears torn assunder; for years she cultivated each and everyone of them into the warriors they needed to be to combat the evil that plagued the streets of Neo-Gotham and for years under her leadership they had prospered, despite resistance from the Jokerz, the Police and even the resurfaced Batman. Her vision of what Neo-Gotham needed to be was so close in hand that she could've reached out and grabbed but upon the precipice of her takeover he happened….Brian Millwood, the traitor.
Helena lowered her head and she opened her eyes, both of her beautiful blue orbs filled with the fires of hate as she thought about the young man.
'Brought down by a mere child' she thought angrily to herself.
The entire Neo-Gotham sect of the Knightbreed brought down by a traitorous filth who dared to call himself a brother.
He led the police, Batman, and their enemies straight to their doorstep and the result was the annihilation of the Knightbreed. Their stronghold compromised along with all of the data and information needed to shut them down permanently, but despite all of that Brian's single most unforgiving crime in her eyes was the murder of her sister Charlotte-Gauge-Radcliffe better known as Misfit.
Helena's leg buckled a bit at the thought of her dead sister; the image of the knife embedded deeply in her chest still present in her mind, etched as if it were words in stone.
"I will avenge you sister." She said in a low voice "I will kill him for what he did to you for what he has done to us." She finished, 'And I will do it now….no more hiding….no more sitting here sulking. I will find him and I will rip his heart from his chest just as he has done to me' she thought icily.
THUNK! Went the sound of the shower being shut off and the flow of hot water being stopped. She slid the shower door opened and stepped onto the soft rug and grabbed the white towel that was hanging on the rack.
THUMP! THUMP! Came the sound from outside of the bathroom. Helena whipped her head to the door and put a frown upon her face.
"Jean-Paul!" she called out but there was no reply.
Helena wrapped the towel around herself and then ventured towards the door carefully opening it.
The door swung open and Helena was greeted to the sight of five ninjas who were armed to the teeth with knives and swords.
"SH**!" she shouted before one of the ninja threw a loop of wire that wrapped around her neck tightly, cutting into her skin and making her bleed. She was yanked forward and to the ground in a heap.
Helena gasped as she felt her air supply being cut off but she was still conscious enough to see a shadow forming over her. She saw it was an airborne ninja with his sword drawn and ready to slice her head off.
Helena grabbed hold of the wire line, cutting her hand on the thin line in the process, and she jerk forward yanking the line outwards just as the ninja came down. He accidentally sliced the wire that was connected to the loop around her neck, unintentionally freeing her.
The warrior woman gasped and gagged but she quickly recovered and flipped to her feet. She noticed that the remaining four Ninja's drew their swords; and she also happened to notice that the towel that was around her body had fallen off leaving her completely naked, just like the day she was born but Helena was not a modest women. And modesty was the furthest thing from her mind. She quickly bent down and picked up her fallen towel and held it out in front of her intending on using it as a make-shift weapon.
"YOU F**** HAVE NO IDEA YOU'RE F****** WITH! I AM THE HUNTRESS AND ALL OF YOU WILL DIE TONIGHT! SO COME ON!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
In an instant the ninjas charged at her.
Helena saw the first ninja coming in and he suddenly rolled on his shoulder and came up intending to slice her legs off and out from under her. She jumped over the blade flipping over his head and while she was in the air she looped the white towel around neck. Helena landed on the ground and she yanked the ninja in front of the sword that was aimed for her head. The sword tore through the ninja's skull completely missing her.
She let him and rolled up to her feet while turning around and snapping the white towel in the face of a ninja that stepped to her, he was briefly stunned giving her enough time to step in and deliver a body shaking side kick to the stomach. The ninja was lifted off of the ground and went flying into the wall however in the process of all that he dropped his sword. Helena dropped her towel and jumped towards the sword and picked up; the female warrior back-peddled several steps away from the remaining ninjas and brandished the Sword over her head at the ready, her stance silently challenging them.
The three ninjas that were on their feet produced throwing stars and without warning they expertly threw the stars at the naked sword wielding wild woman.
Helena was a flurry of slashes as she blocked the throwing stars from hitting her but the more she blocked the more they threw.
"GRRRRAHHHH!" she shouted as she felt one star graze her arm and another star imbedded itself in the left side of her lower abdomen. Helena growled as the barrage of stars finally stopped, she glanced at the wound and stoically ripped the star out. She looked towards the ninja she had kicked to see that he was beginning to stand to his feet; she narrowed her eyes and threw the bloody star at him and nailed him in the neck, directly in the jugular.
Helena smiled as she heard him choking on his own blood; she turned eyes back to the three remaining ninja.
"That's it, that's all you got…hmph. My turn." She growled while releasing a battle cry.
When Helena was halfway towards them she jumped high in the air and came down with a powerful strike. The ninja in her path lifted his sword to block the strike but he was unprepared for the Huntress' strength, his sword snapped in half and her blade effortlessly sliced through his shoulder and armor and all the down to the middle of his chest, blood spurted out and onto Helena but she didn't care. She ripped the sword out of him and twisted to the left brining her sword in for a horizontal strike that was quickly blocked. She glanced out of the corner of her eye to see the other ninja coming for her and acting quickly she kicked him as hard as she could in the groin.
The ninja gasped and that distraction allowed Helena to step towards him and swiftly bring her sword across his throat.
The ninja that blocked her horizontal strike saw his brethren fall dead but that's' when he saw an opening. He pulled out a small knife and he viciously stabbed her in the back of the shoulder.
"AH!" Helena yelled at the blade piercing her flesh, she dropped her sword and turned around to receive a palm strike to the chin that made her teeth click together and one of them crack in half. The ninja reared back his arm getting ready to take her head off of her shoulders when she suddenly lunged forward.
The Huntress through the agonizing pain in her shoulder grabbed her attacker by the side of the head and she bit down on her attacker's nose through his thin cloth like mask that covered his face. Her mouth hurt from the palm strike but she growled through the pain and with all of her might she wretched and tugged until she felt the cloth along with some of his flesh rip off.
SCHRIP! Came the sound of the cloth flying off, followed by a chunk of flesh from his nose.
The ninja screamed in pain, and his agony gave Helena enough time to yank the short knife out of her shoulder and ram it through her attackers throat, effectively killing him.
Helena dropped to her knees in exhaustion, her wild eyes searching for anymore enemies but there currently weren't any.
"JEAN-PAUL!" she screamed, "JEAN-PAU….." she started again before the door to bedroom was kicked open and more ninja flooded into the room. The Huntress got to her feet however one of the ninjas threw three darts at her and each hit their mark in her neck. Helena's eyes rolled to the back of her head and she began to foam at the mouth while her body convulsed.
As quickly as the convulsions came they ceased and she fell to the ground unconscious. The ninja's gathered around her body; one of them produced a sheet and covered her up with it before picking her up and tossing her over his shoulder. They each nodded to each other before rushing out of the room with the unconscious Helena Bertinelli in tow.
End Chapter: Read and Review:HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
Hey there readers it's me Nomad88 back again with the closing comments to another exciting but short chapter in the bridging tale that is Batman Beyond: Neo-Gotham Knights.
I know that this chapter took a long minute for it to get out and I'm sorry about that, I'm sure all of you know how difficult it is to balance several stories at one time but, hopefully this chapter was well worth the wait. A little action, a little intrigue and more. Helena's story is far from over, in fact it's only beginning. Who took her, Who is Jean-Paul working for and how does Helena factor into that….so many questions but all of you will have to wait for the answers LOL!
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PPS: Also, a shout out goes to King of 2211, an awesome writer, who, with my permission has created a story that's set in the same universe as my Batman Beyond Volume 1 and Batman Beyond: Neo-Gotham Knights. The story is entitled: Grifter Beyond, based off of the wildstorm/DC character Grifter. It's only in the first chapter so if you readers have any time stop by and give it read, you might even see some familiar faces in the story. LOL! Until next time, this is me saying later…
Next Up: Family Ties
Summary: Rose Wilson, better known as Ravager and the mother of Damian Wayne's children has a run in with a man she has not seen in years, and that man is none other than her father Slade Wilson, better known as DEATHSTROKE!