Chapter 13
The fight between Drow and Batman was intense. Drow was trying to use his martial arts, but Batman was able to fight back even better than his opponent, and he seemed to be winning. Suddenly, Drow activated his Meta power and sent the darkness toward the Dark Knight. Batman didn't know what to do, but suddenly, he was surrounded by a brilliant light, and when he got a closer look at it, it was white fire. The dark matter tried to get through it, but the fire was not backing down.
"Okay, Dent, you are going to pay for what you did, and this time, I mean it. You abducted me almost three months ago, then three weeks ago you go after Terry, and now you did the worst possible thing to me; you kidnap and torture my uncle." A voice said as the fire died down and went from white to orange to red, then disappeared.
"Oh come on, you know what, I'm getting tired of you, Areina, and now, I'll finish off the Batman Legacy AND the Cardinal legacy at the same time." Drow said, and with that, Red Bird came out of her hiding place behind the old door to the room, and was ready for anything the villain would dish out.
"Now I see why Bruce was so annoyed with Harvey at times. His obsessions were crazy, and so are yours." Red Bird said as she went right after Drow.
The fight started out with Red Bird fighting Drow hand to hand. Drow was starting to fight dirty, but Red Bird was starting to fight dirty too. Batman saw this, and thought he might help by jumping in but that plan was quickly dispersed as Drow caught his arm, and twisted it so far behind his back that the Dark Knight's shoulder dislocated. Batman let out a scream of pain, and backed away. Seeing and hearing this made Red Bird mad, and she really started letting Drow have it. She was starting to fight out of anger, but as usual this did not help matters as Drow was starting to get the upper hand.
"So, have you had enough?" Drow stated, but he didn't know that Red Bird was just getting started.
"You wish; how about we make this a battle of powers." Red Bird taunted.
"Very well, if you insist." Drow said, and he started to let his dark matter start to leak out.
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Two rooms away, Bruce was keeping an eye on the door and his son. The man in his 50's was now passed out, probably from the pain of being moved. The billionaire had seen Dick badly injured before, but now, he was actually worried. Suddenly, there was a slight noise coming from Dick, and Bruce's attention was turned totally to him.
"Dick, it's alright, Areina got you out of harms way, and she and Terry are fighting Drow to hopefully stop him." Bruce said, hoping he could reassure his son that he would be alright.
"They'll do it, I know they will, but I don't think I'm getting out of here alive, looks like Drow was right." Dick said, remembering what was said before Bruce and Areina arrived.
"You can't start talking like that now, your whole life has been one injury after another, and if I have to, I'll keep you alive. Areina won't lose another member of her family." Bruce said, his stubbornness starting to come out full force.
"Believe what you want." Dick weakly said as his breathing became more ragged.
"If you die, Areina will follow you and kill you all over again." Bruce stated, hoping that would give Dick a reason to live.
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Red Bird was so fixated on defeating this villain that she was able to manifest enough fire to make a sword, and it turns out that that Drow was also able to do this with his power. So now it was a sword fight, and they were very evenly matched. Drow was really giving Red Bird a run for her money. Areina thought that the only way to fight a criminal was to think like him, so before Drow saw it coming, Areina used her power to pull some fire from her sword, and sent the fireball to Drow's leg.
This caused the villain to scream in pain and rage. Drow's sword then vanished since his concentration was gone. Batman saw this and figured he could try to capture him now, so he launched a couple of Batarangs, but Drow was able to dodge them. Red Bird let her sword disappear and started back to hand to hand combat, and she was getting a lot of kicks in, when something happened. Drow was able to catch her right arm, and did the same as he had done to the Dark Knight; dislocated the shoulder. Red Bird didn't scream in pain, just winced, so Drow decided to take it a bit further, since she had been the one messing up his revenge at every corner, by breaking her right forearm.
This earned a scream of pain from the heroine, and she backed away once her arm was released. Batman worked hard to get Drow away from Red Bird, and it worked, but Terry was also at a disadvantage because of his own dislocated shoulder. Even with the disadvantage, Batman was able to catch Drow.
"Red Bird, burn him." Batman said, able to keep Drow still.
Red Bird figured out what her friend was saying, and used her good arm to get a strong fireball up but was reluctant to send it Drow's way.
"Areina, do it; I'll be alright." Batman said, figuring why she was hesitating.
With that, Red Bird released the fireball, which now was as white as the fire when she returned to fight the villain. It made contact with the villain, and Batman quickly got out of the way. The fire made contact with Drow, and he screamed in pain. Batman went over and joined Red Bird, ready for anything else the villain may throw at them. He was not in pain long; then realized what happened, since the skin under his hair felt strange. It turns out that the fireball mostly hit the right side of his head, and burned the skin so bad that the hair was completely gone.
"What have you done?" Drow shouted with seething rage in his voice.
"It's better than you deserve. Right now, you deserve to die, but, I wouldn't be any better than you are right now, would I." Red Bird said, standing strong, and ready for anything that was to come her way.
"Oh believe me, right now, I'm better than you, and I'll prove it." Drow remarked, and suddenly went after Batman.
The Dark Knight was unprepared, and Drow was able to punch him in his injured shoulder. Batman cried out a bit, and backed away, knowing that Red Bird was about to go all out on the villain. He was right, as Red Bird started wailing on Drow, but she also didn't see a sneak attack coming. Drow was able to put enough force behind a kick, that he was able to break the heroine's left leg. She stumbled backward and had to lean against the wall to stay up.
Batman decided to end this, and threw out some knockout pellets right at Drow's feet, and instantly the villain was out. Once the knockout gas died down, Batman went and tied up Drow, then went to check on Red Bird.
"We both had dislocated shoulders, anyway you can get mine back in. Then I can help you." Red Bird said as she reached up and pulled her mask off.
"You know it will hurt." Batman joked.
"It's better than three injuries, I have a broken right forearm, the dislocated right shoulder, and I think my left leg is broken. Just do it, I'll scream, and possibly pass out, but I can fight that part off until I get your shoulder fixed." Areina said, her face twisting in pain.
Batman removed his cowl, and nodded; so he took her upper arm, and gave it an upward jerk, and a loud and nauseating pop was heard. Areina did scream, and seemed about ready to pass out, but she quickly used her left arm, and popped Terry's arm back in. Just then, Areina passed out; Terry caught her, and after picking her up, immediately headed out to the room where Dick and Bruce were.
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Terry arrived with Areina in his arms, and Bruce was worried. The billionaire saw her passed out, but when he looked at Terry, he told Bruce that she was just passed out.
"How bad are her injuries and yours?" Bruce asked.
"I had a dislocated shoulder, Areina popped it back in for me; hurt like crazy. She also had a dislocated shoulder, but before she fixed mine, I fixed hers. She also has a broken right arm and left leg. Drow really did a number on her." Terry explained as he set her on the floor next to her uncle. "How's Dick?"
"I'm alright, just weak." Dick stated, then turned his attention to his niece. "Dang, she really did take a beating huh."
"When Drow dislocated my shoulder, she really stepped up, but got hurt in the process. I have to admit, I never want to tick her off." Terry said, ripping off the sleeves of her costume and finding some board, the Dark Knight made a splint on Areina's injured arm and leg.
"You're good, too bad you weren't born when I was fighting." Dick joked.
"Just a few things I picked up from the old man." Terry said as he finished tying the splint on Areina's leg.
"You want to be cleaning the Batcave with a toothbrush." Bruce said.
"Let's get you guys out of here, and then we can talk about it." Terry said as he picked up Dick and headed for the door.
"What about Areina?" Dick questioned.
"I'll send you and Bruce back in the Batmobile, then fly home carrying Areina." Terry assured the older hero. "I still have to get Drow to police headquarters."
"Okay, we'll go with your plan." Bruce said as they arrived outside and the Batmobile landed.
Once Bruce and Dick were in the Batmoblie, Terry set the autopilot and the vehicle took off. Terry then returned to get Drow and Areina.
not much left to do, but hey, every story needs a good ending, well you'll get one, so I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and also hope to hear from you.