Chapter 10: Things Start Escalating

A certain John Stewart Anderson had just about had enough with Jason Todd and his antics. Once Bruce, along with Robin brought Jason back to Gotham, John Stewart was quite in a fuming, fiery mood against Jason.

"Look at this breaking news report" said John Stewart as he shoved it in Jason's face, "Radical Abolitionist Rebellion Squashed."

"What does this mean then?" asked Jason.

"It means you're out" replied John Stewart, "I got some of our boys willing to take you to the new Western territories were you can't harm anyone else."

"But I want to help" said Jason.

"I think you have already done enough to damage our reputation" replied John Stewart, "we don't need people like you. You're lucky to at least be alive thanks to Bruce."

As Jason was taken out of the scene by Commander Gordon's men, Bruce was quite eager to know where Jason would be going.

"So what's going to happen to him?" asked Bruce.

"He's going to a place where he'll harm nobody else" replied John Stewart.

"You mean where Native American tribes are still waging war?" asked Bruce.

"Sadly, yes" replied John Stewart, "even the Native American tribal leaders would be too busy to even care about someone like Jason ruining things for them. I think it's just best you and your friend Dick start getting back to training. I fear we're going to be in a hell lot of trouble in the next year."

John Stewart couldn't be more right, being a former part in giving Ra's al-Ghul a helping hand, Ra's agenda was right on schedule. As a new political party took office to the White House, Ra's propaganda machine was certainly pushing disinformation in trying to split the country up in half. A new leader in the party a few years back was recently beaten by a leader of the opposite party with a cane, Ra's propaganda machine immediately took it up and propped the opposition senator as a hero. It was certainly time for rebellion to be sparked by Ra's.

"It's certainly time" said Ra's to Thomas whom was busy still doing some studying for future strategy, "time to put our method to work, and oh, you'll need your Owlman costume for this."

As an American military squad was preparing to launch and attack on what seemed like one of their own forts. As the military squad was prepared to initiate a strike, the commander of the squad noticed the fort was heavily guarded. Ra's had purposely given the squad the wrong orders into thinking the fort was taken over by some radical abolitionists.

"What the heck, I thought our commander said this was an easy target!" complained the commander as he was watching the fort from afar.

Just then, Thomas Wayne Jr., in his Owlman suit was well prepared to infiltrate the fort and help Ra's rebels take it for their own. As a soldier looked down to see if there were any sort of intruders in the area, it was time for Thomas to strike. Thomas had managed to creep right up the walls of the fort, and swiftly knock out the soldier whom was on watch. He then moved onto the soldiers whom were guarding the entrance of the fort.

"Did you hear that?" asked one of the soldiers as he thought it may have been an intruder.

"Nah, probably a wild animal" replied the second soldier, "just get back to your duties."

Suddenly, Thomas' Owlman shadow emerged behind the two soldiers, and they too were swiftly knocked unconscious by him. Back outside, the squad which Ra's al-Ghul ordered to take the fort were getting a bit impatient. But as they were about to leave, the gate seemed to become unlocked from the inside, and the two guards whom were overlooking it mysteriously were gone. The squad then headed right in, and began to fire their guns in the air. The other soldiers in the fort couldn't believe their own people were firing right at them. But as soon as they attempted to do so, Thomas Wayne Jr., still in his Owlman suit leaped right in and began to knock each of the soldiers unconscious.

"Come on" said the squad leader, "let's hoist this flag up here."

As Thomas continued to fight the soldiers, an unfamiliar flag was hoisted up replacing the American flag on the flagpole in the fort. The commander of the fort soon realized what was going on, and had no other choice but to have himself come out to surrender.

"This is quite a sad day for me" sighed the commander of the fort, as he began to head out to greet the rebel soldiers, "but this must be done if I am to stay alive."

While the commander of the fort was busy signing a surrender treaty to the rebel soldiers, while that was going on, Thomas managed to knock out some of the remaining American soldiers unconscious. After dusting himself off, Thomas immediately dashed off and headed out of the fort to report to Ra's. A few minutes later, Thomas arrived at Ra's safe house.

"Did everything go as planned?" asked Ra's.

"Yes, it appears your squad managed to take the fort with ease" replied Thomas.

"Good, good" said Ra's, "I would need your help in organizing any riots in the north, to prevent recruitment for the Union military."

Reports from the fort takeover by the rebels swept throughout the nation. Ra's disinformation had certainly worked its charm to split up the country in half. The southern states seceded from the United States from the Union. A certain John Stewart Anderson knew this was certainly the work of his former master. He may have not be able to stop Ra's, but he would certainly continue to give him a run for his money. Hopefully Ra's would certainly take note of his former slave working against him, in the coming years.