Chapter Twenty-One
Nightwing said all he could before realising that the rest she would have to find out for her self, as he could not face looking at her after his confessions, besides he knew that it wouldn't be too long before either herself or Batman works out the truth as it begins to unravel, there's has been enough clues which he didn't have time to cover but they wont need any of that when he reaches his next destination which he planned never to go to voluntarily but now that he has noting left, its time to repay for his sins.
Getting into the building was noting into comparison to the Clock tower, knocking two goons half-baked on cocaine was the little form of security available even to Black mask, although there was a lot of money to be made with the contents inside the building, hence the drugged up 'security guards'.
He had no need once inside to continue in stealth mode as the chilling screams echoes through the building, bringing him back to the night Barbara was shot
"God no!" He pleaded to himself as he hurried up the disused stair well trying to follow the horrific sounds
It didn't take him long before he reached the room which was only lit with a dirty light bulb barely hanging to the ceiling, the smell and coppery taste of blood in the room made his stomach turn even before he looked at the table which forced him to reach because there, before him was Huntress, although not much was visible due to the swelling to her face and body along with the blood which he was already trying to work out which wound to deal with first
"Nightwing, you found us even before I sent you the invitation, looks like I cut her finger off for no reason"
"You sick bastard" The rage clearly visible and audible more so than ever before "This is between you and me" He growled
"Yes I am aware of both of those statements" He pleasantly replied "But I just needed some… assurance that you would come, I wasn't going to hurt her honestly, but I got bored and she's a lovely girl, and well, you know all about temptation she tells me" He sneered
"I'm gonna…"
"What…. You going to kill me" Black mask smirked as he watched Nightwing halt in his tracks "You know all about that wouldn't you, you know how it feels now as much as I do… got a taste for it now I see"
"No I-I" Nightwing stumbled weakly
"There's no point in denying it Nightwing, you know in yourself its true, you cause death and you now create it… murderer" At that point Black mask could visibly tell word for word the impact it had on the vigilante as each word hit him, leaving him more shattered as he stood there, Black mask knew know he was no threat
"Yes, you have joined the criminals that you so badly tried to defeat, but they always say, if you can't beat them… join them. Ill' admit I would have recommended you started off small, did some dealing, pimping and all sorts but hey I don't blame you for looking at the big picture, besides you've already made yourself known as the street are more afraid of you than the Bat now that they know you do the unsightly thing which made them almost feel safe in Batman's presents even if they were raping some girl, that must make you feel powerful, seeing those men run from you not the Batman, is that why you did it?"
Nightwing stood there defeated by words; he knew he could no longer deny the fact of his actions so there was no point in denying
"Yeah that's right, I killed him, Blockbuster, your brother" Nightwing smiled as he saw the displeasure in Black masks face
"And do you know what" He laughed, "You should've seen his face, he looked so surprised it was almost comical"
"Shut up!" Black mask screamed
"No… no I wont" Nightwing stopped laughing and looked at Black mask solemnly before smiling again "And he hit the floor so hard, I thought it was gonna cause a level nine earthquake" he laughed knowingly teasing him in his false act to aggravated him
"I said shut up!" He shouted one final time before pulling out a gun and firering it