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Chapter 14: Power Play
Two Days Later: TV
"Good Morning Neo-Gotham, I'm Tom Monroe and with me as always Kim Warren. Today's top story is that we are now heading into the second day of repairs from the violent and vicious attack by the Jokerz on this great city just two days ago. Firefighters and Police are still sorting through rubble and finding bodies.
Kim: The repair efforts are once again being funded by none other than Derek Powers and the Wayne-Powers company. We tried to get an interview with Derek Powers but he was not available, however we were greeted with a surprise interview from none other than Bruce Wayne.
Bruce: This attack by the Jokerz is obviously an attempt to inspire fear into the heart of the Citizens of Gotham, but little do they know that we are resilient and we shall not cower in the corners of our homes in fear of them. We shall not be swayed by their feeble attempts to knock us down and more importantly we shall not be afraid.
Tom: Inspiring words
Kim: They are Tom and Mr. Wayne has a point. He touches on a very interesting point the levels of fear has skyrocketed throughout the city people are afraid to step outside their homes. If fear is what the Jokerz were aiming for then they succeeded
Tom: Only if we let them Kim…..
McGinnis Household: 7:30am
Terry McGinnis was sitting in the kitchen watching the news report. He was sporting some bruises from his battle with the Jokerz two days ago. He had his shirt off and around his chest were white bandages to secure his bruised ribs, on his arm was a thick white patch that covered a burn on his arm and around his head was a white bandage as well. Terry also had a few cuts along his arms and face but they weren't too bad and were already beginning to heal. The Batsuit was still under repairs or at least that what Bruce had told him a few hours ago, so while the batsuit was being repair Terry had a some time off to recover from his injuries, but if he were to be honest he didn't want any type of rest. Terry was angry, every time he thought about what happened two days ago he got even angrier. The Jokerz had gotten the best of him; he was one step behind them at every turn and people ended up dying because of that simple fact. Terry leaned back in his seat and he put the TV on mute.
'I swear once the Bat suit is finished being repair I'm gonna hunt those freaks down and kick their ass all the way from her and to metropolis and I can't wait to get my hands on that asshole Terminal' thought Terry as he took a bite from his bowl of cereal.
"Morning" came a voice.
"Morning dweeb" said Terry addressing his little brother Matt McGinnis
"HEY! I'm not a dweeb" Matt replied getting a bowl and pouring himself some cereal
"Yeah you are" said Terry smirking, enjoying teasing his little brother.
"Morning my boys" came the voice of Marry McGinnis the mother of the two McGinnis boys. She went to Matt first and kissed him on the head and then she went to Terry and kissed him on the head which earned her a groan.
"Easy Ma…my heads still a little sore" he said. When Terry first walked through the door with his injuries his mother and demanded to know what happened. He told her that he was downtown during one of the explosions and he got caught in one of the blast trying to save a woman and his mother had bought his half-truth.
"I'm sorry dear, but that's your own fault….that impulsive nature of yours" she said while going to the refrigerator.
"What can I say I like being the hero" he replied eating his cereal
"More like being the idiot" chimed Matt. Terry leaned over and flicked his brother in the head for his comment.
"OW! MOM!"
"Boys behave. Terry sweetheart I would really like it if you did tone down the impulse urges you tend to have. I mean I'm glad you were helping people when they needed you the most…..but…you could have been seriously injured instead of just banged up what if….."
"Stop right there Mom. I understand what you're saying. I really do, but I couldn't turn my back, but I promise I'll be more careful….okay" he said trying to ease his mother's worry.
"Thank you…..that's all that I ask" she replied with a smile as she kissed him on the head again.
"By the way Terry….Max called"
"She did…what did she want"
"I don't know all she said was that this was a level 3 type of call…whatever that means" said his Mother.
"Level 3…wow alright thanks I'm gonna go call her" he replied getting up from his seat and heading to his room.
Terry's Room
Terry fell onto his bed and let out a groan and then a sigh. He felt around on the floor until his hands landed on his cell phone. He picked it up and pressed a single button.
RING! RING! RING! RING!
"Hello" came a cheerful voice on the other end
"Kinda cheerful for this early in the morning Max"
"It's 10 McGinnis"
"Exactly my point"
"Whatever McGinnis"
"So Level 3 talk"
"Yes…It's a level 3, I already told Dana and she's gonna meet me at the place where we went when we got suspended that time….can you meet us there"
"Well you know Max I'm kinda tired and…."
"Great I'll see you there in 20 minutes…bye McGinnis" she said before hanging up the phone. Terry took the phone away from his ear and he looked at it and a smirk formed on his lips. He closed his phone and he sat up and began to search for some clothes to put on.
Mister Greg's Antique Shoppe
A young man in his late 20s walked into the antique shop. He passed by all of the antique items until he found himself standing in front of the checkout desk that was located in the back of the shop. He touched the bell that was on the counter and he waited. From the back a woman walked out around the same age as him.
"How can I help you"
"You can help me by showing me where the King Snake lives" he said.
The woman nodded her head and made a motion. He walked around the counter and followed her into the back, where the came towards a metal door. The woman punched in a code that was on the side of the door and it beep and then swished open. The two entered through the door and it swished closed behind them.
The pair found themselves on an upper deck that was looking down into a lab. The two looked on as Kobra scientist stood in front of a tank with a strange looking person floating inside.
"I-Is…is that Lord Zander" asked the man turning to the woman
"Yes" she replied
Down Below
"How is he" asked the lead Kobra in charge of the facility while looking at the floating Zander inside of the blue liquid.
"He's….fully healed the traces of the nerve gas is fully out of his system" replied one of the lead scientist.
"Wake him up and let him out" said the Kobra leader.
"…." The scientist didn't reply he simply sat in his chair unmoving. The Kobra leader turned to the scientist and glared at him.
"Did I Stutter?"
"No….its just that…..his appearance….I do not imagine he will be particularly pleased"
"Let. Him. Out"
"Y-Yes sir…..right away" he replied typing into the computer. The lead scientist nodded to his assistance and they began to disconnect the wires from the tank and they let out a huge hiss of air. Bubbles began to form in the tank and Zander began to twitch and move. The liquid began to drain out of the tank. After a few tense seconds blood red eyes snapped open and everyone recoiled slightly.
"Dear…..God" one of the scientist whispered looking at him. Zander no longer resembled a human; he looked like a humanoid snake. No longer did he have a nose but large slits in the place where his nose would be, he had glowing pupiless red eyes, no hair and large protruding snake fangs coming out of his mouth. His skin was a dingy green looking color and he had thing scaly armor that covered his body. A scaly clawed hand touched the glass tank and it showed long sharp talons at the end of his fingers.
The Tank hissed open as the glass lifted, Zander fell forward and to the ground, breathing slowly and deeply. One of the scientists took a step towards him and bent down and touched him on his scaly green shoulder. Zander felt the hand and his pupiless red eyes narrowed and his slits for nostrils flared.
'Hungry' he thought to himself. Suddenly from the base of his spine a tale extended. The tail was thick and long and at the end of it was a rattle.
TCHSSSS TCHSSS TCHSSSSSS went the sound of the rattle as it started to shake. The scientist backed away but the tail wrapped around the man's throat.
"HUNGRY!" Zander hissed/shouted out. He opened his mouth wide and sunk his teeth into the scientist neck and ripped half his neck out and chewed upon the flesh.
"HUNGRY!" he shouted again eyeing all of the other people in the lab. They frantically began to escape trying to get away from the crazed Zander. Zander turned his attention to a group of scientists trying to escape through a secret passage. He dropped the dead man in his clawed hands and with a might leap he jumped in the air.
TCHSSSSS TCHSSSS TCHSSSSS rattled his tail as he descended upon the scientist.
Few Minutes Later
BAM! Went the sound of a door being kicked open. From out of the door stomped the mutated Zander. He was covered in blood, and he was growling slightly. He looked around and he saw that he was in an alley and it was about noon. He had a brown cloak in his hands that he had found in one of the lockers inside of the Kobra lab. Zander wrapped it around his mutated form.
'Powers' he thought to himself as he walked a few steps forward. He looked down at saw a man hole. He crouched down and with ease he pried open the man hole, he hopped down the hole and slinked into the shadows.
Dana was walking down the street on her way to meet Max, because she had called her wanting to talk to her about something extremely important. So Dana had quickly gotten dress and was out the door within the minutes. As she was walking down the street she didn't notice that someone was watching her closely and following her across the street. The person was none other than Carter Wilson aka Terminal. He was dressed in his civilian clothes and he had a bandage on his face from a cut he received at Barbara and Sam's house, but the wound on his face was the last thing on his mind. The one thought that consumed him at the moment was Dana. Carter was a strange breed of person, usually the opposite sex was never a dominant thought on his mind, the only thing he thought about was death, destruction and chaos, but that all changed when he laid eyes on Dana Tan. He couldn't explain raw and unyielding yearn he felt burn within for her. When he first laid eyes on her his first thought was to do to her what he did to every other female and jus overpower her, but for some reason he couldn't bring himself to do it…..not to her. Carter felt that she was different from all the other females, correction he knew she was different because he actually learned and remember her name. So, he stalked her, he followed her every move and learned everything he could about her, before he even made his first attempt to talk to her. Carter quickly crossed the street and walked a few paces behind her. He followed her, his eyes trained on her, not leaving her for one second.
'I want her' he thought to himself as he watched Dana turn a corner. Carter speed up his walking a bit but as he turned the corner he stopped in his tracks. He slowly backed up and around the corner unseen.
Around the Corner
Around the corner Dana came to a sudden halt. There leaning against the wall of the place she was going was none other than Terry McGinnis. He was leaning against the wall looking the other way, he hadn't noticed her yet. Dana stood rooted in her spot just staring at him. She would be lying if she said that she wasn't still attracted to him, ever since he waltz back into her life just seeing him sent a rush of emotion surging through her body and half the emotions she welcomed like: anger, hatred, resentment, but the others she felt: happiness, desire, and love, she wished would go away but no matter how hard she wished they always returned and she found herself forgetting about the negative emotions that swirled within her and focused on all of the good times they had together. All of the fun, the late night walks and talks and confessions, the nights of doing nothing but just staring at the stars and just enjoying the others company. When she thought of those times she couldn't help but sigh and allow a smile to grace her lips, just like the smile that found its way to her lips at that very moment.
At that moment Terry turned in her direction and he immediately pushed off of the wall and just stared at her, like she was staring at him. A moment passed where they just looked at each other and then Terry made a gesture with his head that told her come over. Dana found herself slowly but surely moving one foot after the other and making her way to Terry.
Carter peeked around the corner to see Dana walking towards Terry.
"Hey" said Terry turning to face her fully.
"Hi" she replied looking down for a moment and then back at him.
"You look good…..but then again looking good was never your problem was it" he said with a smile.
"Same old Terry"
"No….not the same…..new and improved"
"How did you get hurt" she asked eying the bandage around his head and the bandage on his arm.
"One of my improvements….I got caught in one of the blast that happened downtown, I was trying to save some of the people that were hurt"
"Oh My God really" she said looking at him in a new light "I thank God my parents and I were not down there when it happened"
"Ya know when I was down there helping people a few thoughts were going through my mind, the first was that I hope my Mom and Matt are okay and the second…I hope Dana is safe" he said to her stepping a little bit closer.
"R-Really"
"Yes" he said softly staring down into her eyes that he could see were softening.
"Wow McGinnis...where do I fall on the list" came Max's voice. Terry turned around to see Max standing behind him.
"Max…..you were third on the list" he said smirking at her.
"I'm third…..and here I thought I introduced the two of you…but you know what it doesn't matter, this isn't about you this is about me….I'm getting Married" she said
"WHAT!" Terry and Dana shouted at the same time
"Are you really getting married" asked Dana
"No I'm not getting married…..hahahahhaha…you should see the look on your faces" she said with a laugh.
"Jesus Max…..don't do that…give a guy a heart attack" said Terry letting out a breath.
"I'm sorry I couldn't resist…no I'm not getting married, but I am in Love though" she said letting out sigh of content.
"Love…..when did this happen" asked Terry with raised eyebrows.
"She met this guy name Brian Milwood….he's pretty cute" said Dana
"You've met someone…..why am I the last to know"
"It was a whirlwind type of thing McGinnis and plus I'm telling you now so what if you're the last to know" said Max
"Nice to know where I fall on your list"
"Anyway….what's so important Max" asked Dana
"Not here let's go inside" she said turning and going into the building, and she was followed by Dana and Terry, but unknown to the three friends was that they were being eavesdropped on by Carter who quickly rounded the corner and followed them into the building.
Finn's Arcade.
Max, Dana, and Terry entered the loud and packed arcade with teens and young adults of all ages where relaxing, playing virtual arcade games and just having a good time. The three maneuvered their way through the crowd until they came to a set of stairs that lead to the upper level.
Upper Level
They went upstairs and walked until they came to a booth that sorta semi out of the way. Max sat down and Dana and Terry sat across from her in the booth.
"Why are we at Finn's" asked Terry
"Because it's loud enough to where no one can hear what I'm about to tell you guys and plus everyone hear to is too preoccupied to care about what I'm about to say"
"What is this about" asked Terry as he saw a look cross Max's face.
"Okay this guy….Brian…..I think we're soul mates but….there's something about him that's…that's kinda dark"
"Well Max we all have a darkside" said Terry
"Yeah….but not like Brian. Look….Dana, Terry. Brain showed a lot of trust telling me this and I've swore to him I would keep this a secret but….I need some help. I really really like him and I need some help on thinking of a way to help him"
"What's the problem Max…..is he a criminal" asked Dana
"Sorta…..he's with the Knightbreed" she whispered to them.
"WHAT!" they shouted.
Carter's eyes widen in shock as too what he heard.
'So…Dana's friend…Max was it….has a boyfriend inside of the Knightbeed…interesting….most interesting' he thought as a devious plan began to form in his mind as he continued to listen to more of the conversation.
"Yeah" she replied "My reaction too"
"Max you have to dump this guy" said Terry seriously "If he's with the Knightbreed he's dangerous…the Knightbreed are a bunch of amoral nutjobs"
"No Terry…Brian is not like that you don't know him like I do" Max replied a little forcefully, "He's….He's just a little misguided, he' gone through a tough Period and he did what he thought was right at the time"
"What joining the Knightbreed" he said with raised eyebrows "What could have possibility happened to make him want to do that"
"His father was killed by the Jokerz…..some guy name Terminal" Max responded.
Terry stopped and looked at Max. The Jokerz killed his father. Terry leaned back in his seat and he rubbed his face, he couldn't really say anything behind that because he knew all too well the lengths someone will go to get justice for the death of a loved one. If it wasn't for the death of his own father, then he probably wouldn't be Batman.
Max looked at Terry and then turned her attention to Dana.
"Well what do you have to say" she asked
"Nothing….Max this is your life, you want to get involved with a person that's involved with the Knightbreed….then that's your choice the only thing I can do is offer my support and it already seems like you've made up your mind to keep seeing him" she said
"I have"
"Then what do you need us for" asked Dana
"He's involved with the Knightbreed but…..he wants to get out…but he doesn't know how, that what I need help with" she said.
"Have you tried telling him to just leave" Terry offered
"Wow McGinnis thank you for your input as always it's useful…if it was that easy then I wouldn't be asking you guys now would I" Max snapped.
"It…..it was a joke" he replied
"This isn't the time for Jokes McGinnis"
"Has he tried going to the police" asked Dana
"No and even if he did I'm sure they would know about it" Max replied
As Dana and Max continued to talk about the Brian situation Terry was leaning back in his seat just thinking about what Max had said.
'Max really likes this guy...she's not gonna like it when I take this guy in…but he can lead me to the rest of the Knightbreed…..I gotta talk to the old man about this' he thought to himself. As Terry was thinking to himself about the situation at hand he glanced to the right and something caught his eye. In the reflection of one of arcade machines he saw a familiar face and he was staring intently in their directions, almost as if he was listening
'Wait….I know that guy, he's the one that's after Dana….his name was….Carter….Carter Wilson….why the hell is he staring at us' he thought to himself.
"Hey guys…let's go" he said
"What…Terry you haven't…" started Max
"Max…let's go" he said looking at her. She immediately closed her mouth and nodded. The three friends started get up from their booth, they proceeded to make their way out of the arcade, with Carter not too far behind.
Few Blocks Away
Max, Dana, and Terry were walking through the busy downtown Neo-Gotham sidewalk, but they had been walking in no particular direction for the past 10 minutes. Dana let out a sigh and stopped walking
"Terry what is your problem what are we doing" she asked
"We're being followed" he said simply looking at her.
"….Is it by the knightbreed" she asked a bit fearfully turning to Max who had wide eyes herself.
"No" he replied "Keep walking" he said and they began to start walking but a little more briskly than before.
The three turned a corner and Terry came to a stop.
"McGinnis what are you doing" asked Max
"You guy keep going I'm going to deal with this" he said
"Terry"
"Dana…..I'll be fine okay…..go" he said. Their eyes lingered on each for a second before she nodded. Dana and Max turned and continued to walk away while Terry stood in his spot and waited.
Carter round the corner and came to a stop once he saw Terry standing in his way. The two enemies stood there looking at the other sizing up the situation to see if it would turn into a violent one. Carter looked past Terry and he didn't see Dana or Max, which meant that he sent them along.
"Carter right" said Terry breaking the silence
"McGinnis" he replied, "I take it you noticed me following"
"Kinda hard not too….and since we can skip the whole not I wasn't yes you were thing, we can jump right into the why"
"The Why is none of your business McGinnis…..out of my way" he said in a low voice while narrowing his eyes. Carter then tried to step pass Terry only for Terry to step with him and in his way.
"If you were following me you would've made a move by now and you haven't…so that means you were following either Dana or Max…..and if you were following either of them then I'm making it my business you ass"
"Do you know who I am McGinnis….what I'm capable of…..do you" he replied stepping closer and making himself seem more intimidating, but Terry wasn't one to be frightened, and continued to stare him down.
"Ask me if I give a shit"
Carter smirked slightly and turned his head, usually people were frightened of him, whether or not he was Terminal or Carter, but it was refreshing and down right annoying running into someone who was not afraid of him. Without warring Carter lashed out with a hard left cross, Terry saw it coming and took a quick step back. Carter was thrown off balance slightly because of the amount of power behind the strike. He recovered a looked up in time to see Terry come in with a powerful right cross and then a left cross that knocked him to the ground. Carter wanted to groan but he didn't he held it in even though his jaw was throbbing. He put two fingers inside of his mouth to feel a cut on the side of his mouth. He pulled his fingers out to see blood and he balled up his fist and looked at Terry with hate in his eyes.
"Hey What's going on here" came the voice of store owner coming out of his shop to face the two.
Neither of them paid the shop owner any attention, Carter stood up and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"McGinnis…..this isn't over" he said darkly, he taking a few steps back before turning and walking away. Terry shook his fist, he had put a lot of force into those punches and usually people didn't get back up, but Carter got up like nothing had happened.
'That guy…..there's something….familiar' he thought to himself as he turned and walked away with the intentions of catching up with Dana and Max.
NGCPD- Later that Day
Detective Montoya Bullock let out a huge sigh as she sat down in her seat for the first time in 6 hours. All available officers whether they were a beat cop or a detective, they were supposed to be patrolling on the streets in different shifts creating a sense of security for the people or at least that's what Commissioner Gordon had said. Montoya had just completed her shift and was happy to be back at her desk doing paper work, not because she liked doing the paperwork but she just hated being on patrol and just driving aimlessly. Montoya was a woman of action; she needed to have her mind occupied to keep her mind off of her recently deceased father Harvey Bullock. She knew he was going to die he was in his eighties and his health was falling and he had been in the hospital for the past couple of months, but still he was her father and he was the one that taught her everything about the police force, in fact he was the reason why she joined in the first place. Ever since he died she had been trying not to think about it, which is why she threw herself into her work.
"I need a smoke" Montoya said to herself sitting up in her seat, she reached for her first desk drawer and opened it, she grabbed the pack of smokes and took one and put it in her mouth. She then grabbed the lighter and then lit the cigarette and took a drag. Montoya released another sigh and was about to close her drawer when something caught her eye. It was the flash drive that Commissioner Gordon had gave to her two days ago, she was about to start working on it, but then all of the craziness with the Jokerz started happening so it got put on the back burner. Montoya took another drag of her cigarette and then took the flash drive out of her drawer.
"Well no time like the present" she said to herself putting the flash drive into her computer. She waited a few seconds before her screen started to fill up with documents upon documents of details of different places around the world and buildings and facilities. Details such as height, width, amount of space within each place, types of machines that could be held in said place.
"What the hell is this" she asked herself clicking over the images as she was clicking she remembered what Commissioner Gordon had told her.
Commissioner Gordon: I need to you to take a look at this disc and compile a list of areas around Gotham where people might want to gather for unscrupulous purposes
"Unscrupulous Places around Gotham….with this list…this is gonna take all night….great" she said as she started to type into her computer.
Max, Dana and Terry
Night had fallen and the three friends where currently sitting on a park bench still discussing Max current problem, but so far the friends haven't made any leeway on the problem, at least Max and Dana haven't, Terry however had already decided he would pay a visit to Brian as Batman and ask him politely where were the Knightbreed hiding.
'I wonder what the old man is going to say about this' he thought to himself.
"TERRY!" shouted Max
"W-What…I'm listening" he replied
"No you weren't you were your own little world, just like you've been all day" she replied angrily
"Well I'm sorry Max…I have know idea what you want me say, this is a helluva load to drop on me and on Dana"
"McGinnis…" started Dana before being interrupted.
"Well here I thought you two were my best friends who I can count on for support"
"I'm not saying we're not supporting you, but I hope you didn't expect us to have an idea for you on the spot"
"Well…I kinda did….because I got nothing" she said
"Max…." he started.
"No….No you're right…..I realize this is a big load, but…." She started before letting out a sigh and standing up. She rubbed her neck and glanced up at the sky, "Look…its late…I'll see you guys later alright….thanks…for listening. Also I guess I don't need to tell you guys what I just told you never leaves between us….right"
"It's in the vault" Dana and Terry responded at the same time. They glanced at each other and then back at Max.
"Right….see ya" she said turning and walking away leaving Dana and Terry by themselves.
"Well that went well" came Dana's voice breaking the small silence
"Yeah" he replied rubbing his neck.
Another silence passed between the two as they stood there.
"So"
"So"
"Its kinda late and I'm kinda tired…so I'll see you around McGinnis" she said turning, but before she fully turned Terry reached out and softly grabbed her arm.
"Dana….wait….before you go, listen earlier we were being followed and we were being followed by that creep you went out on a date with Carter"
"Carter" she replied in a shock voice "Why would he"
"I don't know….I don't know how the mind of a creep works"
"I don't think he's a creep…he's just…misunderstood"
"Nah….he's a creep. Anyway I believe he was following you and he might still try to follow you…..so I was thinking….maybe I should walk you home" he said
"I'm a big girl McGinnis I can take care of myself"
"Come on Dana…..all I'm doing is walking you home….no strings attached just two friends…..walking"
"I-I don't know Terry I…" she started before looking into his eyes, she saw the pleading looking in his eyes, her expression and resolve to be angry at him started to melt away. She had to admit that she didn't like the idea of being followed, and Terry always made her feel safe, "Okay….fine….you can walk me home…but that's it"
"Schway" he replied.
RING! RING! RING! RING! Went Terry's phone. He dug in his pockets and pulled out the phone and he looked at the number, 'No No No No No not now old man' he thought to himself.
"Hold on Dana I have to take this" he said taking a few steps away from her and then answering his phone.
"Hey old man this is not a good time, I'm attempting to have a social….." he started
"Spare me details McGinnis. I'm just calling to tell you the repairs to the Bat-suit will be ready by tomorrow so you have tonight off…..if you want my advice you shouldn't waste it on a social outing you should either be resting or contemplating the Jokerz next move" said Bruce over the line.
"Yeah Yeah Yeah….was that all you called to tell me"
"Yes"
"Well then I'll take to you later….also something important came up that I want to run by you, but I'll tell you tomorrow…McGinnis out" he said hanging up his phone. He put it back in his pocket and he turned to Dana and he smiled.
"Let's go" he said walking towards her.
Penthouse: Damian's Room
Damian Wayne sat on his bed with his Gray Ghost outfit on but his hood was pulled back. He was currently on a cell phone talking to someone on the other end.
"Have you done it yet" he asked in a frustrated tone.
"Yes, I did it about an hour ago so he should be receiving the news right about now" came the feminine voice on the other end.
"Perfect"
"I'm glad that you're happy lover boy" said the woman in a playful tone "When are you coming back…I'm getting lonely and your spot on my bed has grown cold"
"I won't be back for a while…I'm still tying up some loose ends up here….why don't you go get one of those men you have waiting in the wings for when I'm not there" he replied as a smile started to creep along his face.
"Since you won't be back for a while I probably will…but you know Damian no other man makes me…..feeeel…the way you do, they don't know how to hit the right spot like you do…..….just like I know no other woman will ever make you feel the way you do when you are with me or be able to push your buttons" she said in a sultry playful voice.
"That's not true" he said just to challenge her, but he knew what she was saying was the undisputed truth; no other woman has ever made him feel the way he does when he's with her.
"Yes it is….no matter how hard we try to stay away from each other we always end up back together…..and we usually have mind blowing sex, I mean that is how we have three kids" she said
"How are they by the way?"
"They are fine…..I recently checked on each of them and they are performing their missions well…..stop being such a baby…they can take care of themselves I mean we did train them….and they have some lessons from Yinn so they'll be fine"
"I know" he replied "Look I have to go….Yinn and I are going to take down Powers"
"Careful Damian…this Powers guy is in league with Kobra….no telling what type of security he has….Oh and one other thing, I did some more digging and it turns out that Powers has some major sway in the government"
"I knew it…I knew that's how he was able to make that bullshit comment in the news about him being an informant….who is his contact" he asked
"Our good ol friend Amanda Waller"
"Aww Shit…that bitch…looks like I'm going to have to pay her a visit too…..do you know where she is"
"Metropolis" the woman responded.
"Even better" he replied sarcastically, "Thanks"
"No problem…and Damian…..I-I…I…you know….I care…..about you a lot and…."
"After all of these years…..all of the shit we've been through, the fighting, the near death, and even having kids together…..you still can't say those three little words can you…."
"Hey…..you haven't said the words either" she defended
"You know how I feel though…."
"And you know how I feel….." he said back,
"Just say the words Damian" the woman said
"No…you say them first" he retorted.
"This is why we never got married" they both said at the same time.
"Bye Damian" said the woman and an audible click was heard.
Damian hung up his phone as well; "Bye…" he started before Yinn walked into his room in full gear.
"Forgive me for the interruption Master Wayne….but are you ready to leave" he asked
"Yes I am Yinn" he said standing up. He tossed his phone on the bed and then put on his goggles and then his hood completing his Gray Ghost persona.
"Let's go" he said walking out of his room with Yinn following close behind.
30 minutes Later Wayne Powers
"WHAT!" shouted an irate Derek Powers, he was currently in his office and he was sitting at his desk. He was peacefully sitting in his office when his secretary alerted him to a call from his private bank, saying that 30 million credits had been deposited from his personal private account. While 30 million credits wasn't too much for Derek to worry about, it was still enough for him to raise an eyebrow. He then called his bank only for the manager to tell him that he had used his credit card to deposit the credits to an eco-environmentalist group who were trying to clean up the pollution off the cost of South America.
"I'm sorry sir but that's what my records are showing" came the manager's voice
"WELL YOUR RECORDS ARE WRONG! I WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" shouted Derek as he dug into his suit pocket and pulled out his wallet. He opened his wallet to find that one of his credit cards was missing "GODDAMN IT! Someone stole my credit card….you listen and you listen good…..get my money back or I will have your fucking head on a platter….DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!"
"Y-Yes…s-sir…" stuttered the manager
Derek slammed the phone back on the hook and then slammed his hands down on his desk.
Outside of Derek's Office
Perched on the ledge next to Derek's large window was the Gray Ghost and Yinn; they were both smiling to themselves as they both overheard Derek's conversation with the bank and the anger Derek was feeling.
"Heh. Justice is served" The Gray Ghost said.
"But sir…won't he be able to take his money back"
"No. Not unless he was to publicly state why he's taking back a generous 30 million credit deposit from a non-profit organization….it' PR suicide. He's not that stupid" said the Gray Ghost looking at Yinn. When the Gray Ghost glanced at him, Yinn had a look of horror on his face.
"What is it Yinn" he asked
"Inque" he stated pointing into Derek's office. The Gray Ghost turned back to the office as saw thick black ooze flowing down from a vent.
"Great…two birds one stone" The Gray Ghost said to himself as he placed two fingers to the glass and proceeded to listen in on the conversation.
Inside Derek's Office
Derek looked at the black ooze that was flowing from out of his vent and he raised an eyebrow. The ooze began to pull together and form into the silhouette of a curvaceous woman, the face began to form and then the eyes opened.
"Hello Derek" she said.
"Inque….you have some nerve showing you face here. I hire you for a simply job….a simply job and you botch it" he said balling up his fist.
"I didn't botch it you asshole I was ambush by Batman and that Bastard the Gray Ghost" she snapped.
"Who the hell is the Gray Ghost?"
"A pain in my well proportioned ass….he's some do-gooder who's trying to either take me in or kill me…..I don't know which but I really don't care" she replied "I just came to tell you that the risk factor for Wayne just went up so now I want more money"
"….." Derek didn't reply he just stared at her and for a second Inque thought she saw his eyes flash green for a second.
"Did you hear me Powers….the price has gone up"
Streets of Gotham
CLANG! Went the sound of a man-hole being punched open. From the sewers of Neo-Gotham the newly mutated Zander climbed from out of the man-hole. His tail rattled softly behind him as he looked at the Wayne-Powers building before him.
"Powersssssss" he hissed as he stalked away from the man-hole and across the street.
Derek's Office
"I heard you Inque….but your price request is already high enough for this job, a job in which you failed so perhaps instead of giving you more money for failure perhaps I need a better assassin" he said
"Are you questioning my abilities"
"I Am"
Inque smirk to herself before thrusting her right arm forward, a long tendril of black oozed formed into a giant spike and went spiraling towards Derek's throat but it stopped within inches of impaling him.
"Let's get something straight Powers….Killing Bruce Wayne isn't the problem, the problem is this Gray Ghost bastard…...he's very resourceful, cunning and not to mention he's almost killed me in the past…..I don't charge you for the assassination I charge you for the risk factor…and Bruce Wayne is a huge risk factor. The Gray Ghost knows that I'm after him so he's probably staking out his house right now, that is a huge risk for me, so I'm upping the price either you can give me my money or I can kill you…..your choice"
"So this is a threat"
"Yes it's a threat"
Lobby Down below
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!" shouted one of the guards
TCHSSSSSS TCHSSSS TCHSSSSSS rattled the tail
ROAR!
Derek's Office
Beep! BEEP! went the sound of Derek's intercom system but he paid it no mind his full attention was on the woman before him.
"Inque you do well to remember who you're talking to" he said with narrow eyes
"The same goes for you too Powers" she replied narrowing her eyes as well
Derek looked at her and then at the spike that was at his throat. He felt himself begin to get angry and he could hear the small popping that was coming off of his synthetic skin. He took a deep breath and then a smirk grace his lips
"Fine…how much do you want"
"The price has gone up to 75 million credits" she stated without hesitation.
"…fine…..you'll get your reward once the job is complete….by tomorrow" he said
"Fine…I'll kill him tonight…have the money ready" she replied removing the spike from his throat, "Pleasure doing business with you Derek" she said before turning to liquid and jumping in the air. She oozed through the vents and out of Derek's office with the intentions of going to Kill Bruce Wayne.
Derek's smirk turned into a frown, once she was gone his attention turned to the beeping. He reached over and pressed the button for the intercom.
"WHAT!"
Outside
"SHIT! Yinn we have to get to my father now before that Bitch kills him" said the Gray Ghost
BAM! Went the sound doors being broken open. The Gray Ghost and Yinn turned to see a figure in a tattered cloak with what looked like a rattlesnake's rattled tail extended from his back.
"What the hell"
Derek's Office
BAM!
Derek looked on in shock as the figure stormed into his office.
"POWERSSSSSSSSSSS!" the figure shouted in anger
"Who the hell are you" he asked standing up from his seat.
"Don't you recognize me….." he said removing the hood "It's me ZANDER!"
Outside
"ZANDER!" the Gray Ghost shouted, "What the hell happened to him"
"I do not know sir…but what do we do" asked Yinn
"I'll handle Zander and Powers; you get to my Father and protect him from Inque"
"Right away sir"
"Also Yinn call Barbara, she'll be able to help and call that damn kid too he might useful as well…..and Yinn hurry"
"It will be done….and I will protect your father with my life Master Wayne" said Yinn before he leapt off of the ledge and fell through night sky.
The Gray Ghost turned to the window. He reached into his utility belt and pulled out a clay type of substance. He slammed the clay on the window and he shielded himself as best as he could.
Derek's Office
"YOU ARE RESSSSSSPONSIBLE FOR THISSSSSS! THE NERVE GASSSSSS CHANGED ME INTO THISSSSS MONSSSSTER!"
"That was not my fault, Batman showed up"
"BECAUSSSE OF YOU'RE INCOMPATENCE! TIME TO DIE!" shouted Zander in anger getting ready to lunge.
BABOOOOOOOOM! Went the explosion, blowing shards of glass everywhere. Derek's was thrown forward from the force of the blast. Zander stood his ground and shield his eyes. Once the glass stopped spraying he turned his glowing yellow eyes to the now open window.
The Gray Ghost stepped through the opened window and locked eyes with Zander.
"GHOSSSSST" he stated.
"Zander….what have you don to yourself"
"It doesssn't matter…..the only thing that matterssssss issss your DEATH!" he shouted jumping at his opponent.
The Gray Ghost jumped up and over Zander and landed behind him. HE threw out a kick that nailed Zander in the back but too his surprise Zander didn't' even register the kick. His tail whipped around and tried to hit, but he ducked under the strike. Zander quickly turned and swiped at him with sharp claws, but the Gray Ghost back flipped out of the way as he landed he reached into his utility belt and pulled out four throwing stars and threw each of them with perfect accuracy. Zander saw the stars coming and flattened his body to the ground dodging them. Zander quickly crawled across the ground towards the shocked Gray Ghost. Gray Ghost jumped trying to avoid him but Zander jumped in the air after him and then tackled him roughly to the ground.
Derek slowly pushed himself up off of the ground, as he did that he saw that under him was a patch of his synthetic skin. He felt around and felt that his neck was exposed and some of his skin was gone from his hand. He tried to hide his condition but it was pointless, he looked up to see Zander swiping at the man with the Gray cloak but he missed. Derek felt his anger begin to rise and as it rose he started to hear more and more popping which was his synthetic skin burning away.
"AHHH!" shouted the Gray Ghost as he was struck by Zander's tail, which drew blood from his nose and mouth. He backflipped trying to give himself some room but Zander was much tougher than before, he was relentless, his moves were twice as face and twice as viscous. The Gray Ghost ducked under a strike and responded with an uppercut but Zander barely registered the attack and grabbed his arm and flung him across the room where he was slammed into the wall. The Gray Ghost quickly got to his feet despite protest from his body.
'I might be getting too old for this shit' he thought to himself pulling out two throwing stars and holding his hands.
Zander hissed and crouched low ready to strike, but before either could make a move they both had to turn to the brilliant green glow that was coming from the right. They turned and saw a neon Green Derek powers staring or at least they thought he was staring because he didn't have any eyes all they could make out was the eye sockets of his skeleton.
"Powersssss"
"As you can see Zander…...you weren't the only one affected by the nerve gas" he said in a low voice.
The Gray Ghost reached up and tapped the left side of his goggles two times and the lens switched to purple.
'Shit…..his radiation levels are off the chart and it's spreading throughout the room' he thought to himself as he reached into one of his pockets on his utility belt and he pulled out a small injector type of weapon and two vials of yellow-greenish liquid. He quickly put the vials in the injector and he placed it on his arm and pressed down the plunger injecting the liquid into his bloodstream, he then put the injector on his right leg and pressed down again.
'That should protect me from the radiation…..but I don't know for how long…I've got to get out of here' he thought to himself.
"It doessssn't matter Powersssss I will still kill you"
"No you won't Zander…..but I will kill YOU!" he shouted thrusting his hands forward. Scorching Green radiation bubbled within his palms and then shot forward hitting Zander dead in the chest.
"RAHHHH!" he yelled in pain as he felt the heat burn away his cloak and burn his scaly snake skin. Powers did it again and unintentionally added more force. The force of the blast blew Zander through the wall of Derek's office and sent him spiraling downward towards the ground.
"P-POWER-SSSSSSSSS!" shouted Zander as he fell through the air. He painfully reached up and extended his new claws. He reached out and sunk his claws into the Wayne-Powers building. His claws penetrated the metal and concrete and he began to slow down tremendously, he held up his other hand and did the same thing slowly him down even more. Once he neared the ground he sprung off the wall and landed on the roof of car. He looked up at the top of the building where he fell from and he hissed.
"Next time…Powerssssssss" he said before hopping off the car and running to the man-hole he had open across the street. He reached the man-hole and jumped down disappearing into the darkness.
Derek's Office
The Gray Ghost's eyes widen as he saw Zander get blown through the wall and fall through the air, he tapped the side of his goggles and the lens switched to green and zoomed in on Zander's fall. The Gray Ghost watched as Zander saved himself and flee into the sewers of Neo-Gotham.
"YOU!" he heard Powers shout. He turned to the glowing man and threw several throwing stars, all of them melted once they neared Derek.
"Neat trick" said the Gray Ghost
"Who are you?"
"Does it really matter?"
"No it doesn't" replied Derek in a matter of fact tone before thrusting his hands forward. The Gray Ghost ducked under the blast and then rolled across the ground. He got up and made a dash for the open window. Derek kept firing radiation blast after radiation blast at his foe, but the Gray Ghost was agile dodging each radiation blast. The Gray Ghost neared the window and then jumped out.
Derek ran to the window to see The Gray Ghost's cloak spread like wings and glide away through the Neo-Gotham night air.
NGCPD
"Finally….finished" said Montoya as she leaned back in her seat. She had finally finished compiling the list of 'unscrupulous places' that the Commissioner had asked for. Montoya cracked her neck and then her back trying to stretch out her tired muscles. Montoya stood from her desk and started for the Commissioner's door.
Commissioner Gordon's Office
Barbara was sitting in her office, with her desk full of mind numbing paperwork. She let out a sigh and put her pen down.
"I really hate Paperwork" she said to herself rubbing her tired eyes
RING! RING! RING! Went the cell phone. Barbara reached into her coat pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She looked at the number and scrunched her face up in confusion.
"Hello" she answered
"Ms. Gordon…this is Yinn...an urgent matter had come up. Bruce Wayne is in Danger. An assassin by the name of Inque is on her way to kill him, I'm in pursuit but she is quick and deadly…and also can you alert Mr. McGinnis that would be great as well, I'm closing in on the Mansion now"
"I'll do that and we'll met you there" she said getting up from her seat. She hung up her phone and rushed through her door.
Barbara rushed through her door and ran directly into Montoya Bullock.
"Commissioner where's the fire" she asked
"No where" she replied quickly sidestepping Montoya and heading for the door.
"Wait Commissioner I finished….." she started
"Later Montoya"
"But…this stuff is…"
"Look Montoya I'm in a rush I'm sure whatever it is you can handle it, but if you can't just put it on my desk and I'll get to it….later" said Barbara as she left the NGCPD. Detective Bullock stood rooted in her spot looking at Commissioner Gordon's retreating form.
"Okay...whatever you say Commissioner"
Dana's House
"Well here we are" said Terry as he and Dana stood in front of her luxurious house.
"Yeah" she replied. Terry looked around but he didn't see her father's car.
"Your folk's not home" he asked
"No….They are on some work related business trip"
"Really" he said with a smirk
"Don't get any ideas McGinnis" she said walking to her front door.
"What me….of course not" he said following behind her.
Dana put her hand on the pad and the front door swished open, she turned around to face Terry.
"Look…thanks for…..you know walking me home"
"It was no problem Dana….really"
The Two teens stood there uncomfortably and awkwardly looking at the other and shifting in their spot. They both wanted to say something to the other but they just didn't know what to say.
'I can't believe this is so hard…..I mean I jump off of buildings and fly through the sky for God's sake' thought Terry, looking at Dana.
"Good night Ter….." she started before Terry stepped towards her and crushed his lips to hers. Dana resisted slightly but all of those emotions she was attempting to hold back faded away and she found herself closing her eyes and kissing back. The two pulled each other closer and their kiss depended.
RING! RING! RING!
Terry opened his eyes and broke the kiss with Dana, they were both breathing extremely hard. He angrily dug into his pockets and pulled out his phone to see a number he didn't recognized.
"WHAT!" he shouted into the phone.
"McGINNIS THIS IS GORDON! BRUCE IS IN TROUBLE GET YOUR ASS TO THE MANSION!" she shouted
"What….I-I just talked to him"
"An Assassin is on the way to kill him someone named Inque"
"OH NO!" he replied because he knew exactly who she was talking about, "I'm on my way" he said hanging up the phone.
"Is everything okay Terry" she asked
"Dana…..I-I know this is a strange request but…..can I borrow your car it's an emergency"
"McGinnis…." She started
"Dana I know….I know, but I need it…it's an emergency" he said with a pleadingly look.
Dana let out a sigh
"Hold on….I'll get my Keys" she replied walking into her house.
Wayne Mansion
Bruce Wayne exited the Bat-cave through the secret clock entrance and found himself in his lavish living room. He had just finished putting the final touches on the Bat-suit and once he finished that he decided to call it a night. He started to walk towards the stairs when he had to stop. All of his years of training and all of his years as Batman had instilled in him a sense of awareness. An awareness he couldn't fully explain but he trusted explicitly. He could feel it in the air…..something was wrong, something was off. He turned around in his spot and he looked around, for anything that was out of place.
'It's quiet…too quiet' he thought to himself. Now, Bruce was used to the quiet but usually when it was this quiet that meant that something was about to happen.
"ACE!" he shouted
KCH! Went the sound of the lights being cut off. Bruce calmly looked around at the dark Mansion living room; the only light was the moonlight that was shinning through the large windows. Bruce held up his cane and gave it a twist, and pulled a long sword from within the cane.
"Show yourself" he demanded, knowing that someone was in there with him.
"My My My…..you're a strange old man you know that" came a voice from everywhere, "Usually when the lights go out my targets all start panicking and running around….it's actually quite amusing….but you…you strangely seem at home…..in the dark"
"Show….yourself" he demanded again.
In the glow of the moonlight, part of the darkness began to rise up and take the form of a woman, but she didn't have a face, on a white circle where her face should be.
"Who are you?"
"Assassin" she stated
"That's what…not who"
"I'm Inque"
"Who sent you Inque"
"Doesn't Matter" she replied holding up her arm and a long black blade formed.
"I remember you from the Wayne-Powers mixer…you tried to kill me then"
"That's right, but this time no one is here to save you" she said before thrusting her arm forward. Bruce barely had enough time to maneuver out of the way. As he stepped out of the way he turned his eyes and saw Inque rapidly slither across the ground towards him. Several sharp tentacles of black extended from her body. One stabbed Bruce in his left arm, another one in his left shoulder, then another one stabbed him in the right leg, and on in his right side, and the last one wrapped around his throat.
Bruce didn't' yell but he grunted in pain.
"Time to die Wayne" she said
SMASH!
Inque turned around to see a man in a black and red karate gi roll to a crouch.
"YOU AGAIN!" shouted Inque
"Hello Inque" he said before charging forward, he jumped in the air and sailed towards her with a punch from his gloved right fist. The punch connected and delivered an electric shock at the same time.
"AHHHHH!" she shouted in pain as she was tossed away, letting go of Bruce in the process. Yinn knelt down and checked on Bruce.
"I-I'm….f-fine…handle…h-her" he struggled to get out.
Yinn nodded his head and turned to where he last saw Inque but she had disappeared.
"So you must be Yanng's brother…Yinn" said Inque from all around.
"How is my brother by the way" Yinn asked on guard as his eyes searched for any sudden movement.
"Don't know….we split paths months ago…but I do know that he's gonna be doing a lot better than you" she said in a sing song voice.
Yinn's eyes turned to the left to see a quick flash of movement; he ducked under a strike, and then rolled out of the way of another strike. Yinn looked down and saw her slithering towards him. He bent down and struck the floor with his gloved hand and an electrical current flowed in a straight line and hit the approaching Inque, shocking her again.
"AHHHHHH!" she shouted. Yinn dashed towards her and delivered a powerful punch to her stomach. The electrical shock had made her transform to her solid form. The punch from Yinn knocked the wind out of her mouth. Yinn followed his punch with a swift uppercut, and then a spin kick. Inque took the blow and stumbled back, Yinn capitalized on her being stunned and grabbed her face releasing more and more shocks.
"This night you die for your Crime Inque" growled Yinn. Inque weakly grabbed his arms and then kneed him in the stomach as hard as she could. Yinn released her. Inque headbutted him and used her remaining strength to swing him around and then throw him across the room where he slammed into a painting of Thomas and Martha Wayne.
Outside of Wayne Manor
VROOM! VROOM! CRASH! Went the sound of the car as it smashed through the gates of Wayne Manor. Barbara drove up the hill as quickly as she could. She glanced through her rear view mirror to see Terry driving a silver convertible right behind her. Both cars came to a screeching halt as they both reached the front doors.
Barbara and Terry wordlessly hopped out of their vehicles and rushed towards the doors, but as they neared the doors Terry stopped. He turned to the left and he saw a green hose on the ground, and that's when an idea struck in his head.
'Inque doesn't like water' he thought to himself as he smirked and ran towards the hose.
Inside the Manor
Inque dropped to knee and tried to recover
"Dammit" she growled to herself. She looked to the right to see Bruce Wayne trying to fight to his feet despite his injuries. She gathered her remaining strength and formed a black blade and was about to thrust it at Bruce.
SLAM!
Inque turned to see a woman kick open the doors to Wayne Manor and she had her gun drawn at the ready.
POW! POW! POW! POW! Went the gun as she let off a few rounds. Each round hit Inque with pinpoint accuracy. Since she was still semi-weakened, some of the rounds hit and hurt her will the others harmlessly passed through her body. Barbara ran and stood in front of Bruce and fired off a few more rounds, but Inque was able to dodge. She lashed out with her right hand which extended and knocked the gun from out of Barbara's hands.
"You Bitch" growled Inque forming a sharp blade out of her left and.
Suddenly Terry ran in front of Barbara with the hose in hand
"TIME TO TAKE A BATH BITCH!" hey yelled before pulling on the release valve and a stream of water unleashed from the hose and hit Inque dead square in the chest.
"NOOOO!" she screeched in pain and shock. Half of her body broke apart and began to dissolve. The other half clawed and crawled across the mansion carpet desperately trying to get away. Terry aimed the hose and the fleeing half
"AHHHHH!" she screeched again.
Inque in pain and agony used whatever remaining strength she had to form dissolving legs. She ran and burst through the window.
Terry turned the hose off and ran to the window. He looked out to see Inque run through the gates and disappear through the trees that separated Wayne Manor from the rest of Gotham.
"She's gone" he stated while letting out a breathe and turning back to the other people in the room. Yinn rose to his feet and grabbed his left shoulder in pain. He held up his right hand and gave his left shoulder a hard hit and a loud audible crack was heard, indicating that he had just popped his arm back in place.
"Are you alright" asked Terry looking at Yinn
"Yes, I shall be fine"
"McGINNIS! HELP ME!" shouted Barbara standing over an unconscious Bruce. Terry and Yinn immediately ran over and knelt down to the injured Bruce. Yinn inspected the injuries.
"He's lost some blood, and he might have some internal bleeding but I should be able to heal him and he should be fine….we must take him upstairs and I'll do what I can" he said.
Terry scooped up the unconscious Bruce in his arms and proceeded to carry him upstairs.
15 minutes Later
Damian Wayne limped through the doors of Wayne Manor.
"YINN! BARBARA!" he shouted.
"Over here" came a voice. Damian limped a few steps and into the lavish living room to see Barbara and Terry sitting on the couch.
"How's he doing" he asked
"Yinn Got here just in time to stop her from killing him, but she was able to give him a few injuries…..he'll live though" she replied to him.
"And Inque"
"She got away" said Terry, "But don't worry I'll catch her and bring her in" he said confidently
"Like hell you will kid, she's dangerous….and she's definitely out of league for an amateur like you" Damian snapped.
"You know something…..Damian….you're an asshole" said Terry standing up.
"I'm an asshole…..would you listen to him Barbara I'm trying to help him, I'm trying to save him from a life he doesn't fully understand and he calls me an asshole you ungrateful snot nose little…" Damian started to growl before Barbara stood up.
"Damian calm down"
"NO! I will not calm down you need to tell him….tell him that being Batman is wrong"
"Being Batman isn't wrong…..it's right, I'm helping people" Terry defended.
Barbara let out a sigh as she heard the words leave Terry's mouth, she glanced at him and saw the defiant look in his eyes and then she glanced at Damian who looked like he was ready to explode with anger.
"Look both of you settle down" she said attempting to be the voice of reason between the two, between the past, which was Damian, and the present, which was Terry.
"Tell him he's wrong Commissioner Gordon Tell him that if it wasn't for me being Batman people would be dead right now" said Terry
"Barbara….tell him he's walking a path that gonna destroy him in the end" demanded Damian.
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!" she shouted, instantly both of them closed their mouths, and gave her their undivided attention. Barbara took a few steps forward and rubbed her tired eyes. She let out a sigh and then turned to the both of them.
"You're both right" she stated simply
"WH…" they started before she interrupted.
"LET ME FINISH" she shouted "You're both right….Damian if you get pass your issues with Bruce you know deep down in your heart that Batman does do good, all of the time you spent as Batman you know exactly how much good you did, the people you saved, but Terry…..at the same time you don't know where Damian and I are coming from….you don't know the price you pay for being Batman. If you want to be Batman you have to know you are sacrificing your family, friends, body, soul, and sanity" she said seriously staring at him. Terry swallowed the lump in his throat and looked between Damian and Barbara.
"You're right I don't know where the two of you are coming from so it would be helpful if you could shed some light on the situation" he replied
"I know" she stated "I know it would help so that's why I want you to sit down and listen, I'm going to tell you exactly where we are coming from. I'm going to tell you all about… the Fall of Batman"
End Chapter: Read and Review. Hey Readers it's me Nomad88 back with the closing comments. Yeah I know it's been a whole month since I update this story, I bet you readers thought I forgot about this story, let me be the first to tell you that couldn't be further from the truth. I will complete this story, this Batman tale has been on my mind for a while so I won't stop until it's complete, the truth about the lack of update is that Secret Warrior: Spider-Man is a beast in my mind, probably the same size of beast that is TSA: Amazing Spider-man, ideas just keep popping in my mind left and right, so I just had to get those ideas out. But anyway that's no excuse to keep you Batman fans waiting in the wings, so what I'm trying to do now is to update all three stories at the same time, so that way everyone is happy. I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, because the next chapter is probably hands down the most important chapter in the whole story. This is the one of the first chapters I started working on and the next chapter is the deciding factor for me as whether or not I'm going to do a sequel to this story. So my readers, please Review(Feedback, I like the feedback) and meet me back here for the next chapter in this Batman Epic….this is me saying until next time….
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