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Chap 25

Moving to Flash

Flash: Ah...where am I? Who...Batz?

A voice: Not Batz! Your worst nightmare!

Flash: (Blinks twice to see clearly) Grod!

Grod: Whom did you expect?

Flash: I should've known...(tries to get up, but falls) What did you do to me?

Grod: Don't you worry, it's just a tranquilizer, made of Opium. The effects will linger for a while. Now, how come you wanted to pay me a visit, after such a long time?

Flash: Just wanted to know what you're up to.

Grod: And...

Flash: (feels his head) Ah, the pain!

Grod: Sorry, I had to whack your head first!

Flash: I thought you were in a rehab.

Grod: And I am here! However, I am rather surprised to see you. I am not up to any mischief, not as of now! But now that you're here, I might as well get started.

Flash: The league will get you?

Grod: Yeah, I informed them. They should be here soon.

Flash: What?

Grod: Batman planted this bug on you. Perhaps he didn't expect I'd be here. No EM signal can escape this place, you know that. So, I saved him the trouble of having to apply Brute-force technique and sent an impulse out with the help of a carrier wave! They will be here soon! Oh how I am itching to whack Superman!

Flash: Superman?

Grod: Of course! He spoiled my mission to turn the humanity into apes last time. I need to settle my scores!

Flash: Superman! Grod, in what Universe are you?

Grod: Why, what's wrong with Superman? Is he dead?

Sound of crashing down of wall. GL, Batman and Wonder woman enter

Grod: Ah, my friends. Hope you didn't have any trouble finding the house!

GL: We know your plans, Grod! Give yourself up!

Grod: Strange! You know my plans! I don't know them myself! Care to enlighten me?

Diana: (lands a punch on his face: What did you do with Superman and others?
Revert it immediately.

Grod: What are you talking about? What did I do to Superman?

Batman: Don't act smart, gorilla. Get them out of your mind control!

Grod: Mind control? Really Batman, what's wrong with you?

The sound of crashing door. Armed gorillas run in

One Gorilla: Down with your weapons!

GL: We'll see who's going to be down with what! (activates his guard)

A voice: Wait! The Justice League!

Batman: Soulevar!

Soulevar: Batman! How come you're here? Any distress?

Wonder Woman: May be you should ask Grod!

Grod: I know nothing! Flash tress passed into our city and I did what we do to the tress passers.

Flash: Excuse me! Tress passing?

Batman: Let me handle this! I was the one who wanted Flash to check on Grod. I wasn't aware he was in your custody.

Grod: What custody?

Soulevar: Grod's rehabilitation is complete, Batman. He is one of us now.

Flash: Oh yeah! Then ask him why he was talking about whacking Superman for destroying his plan?

Grod: I was just fooling around with him. In fact I saved him from the border security force and took him into my custody so that I can let the league come and take him away. I even sent a carrier wave out of Gorilla city!

Soulevar: You know it is against the law of the city, Grod!

Grod: But I thought he was a friend and deserved to be acquitted.

Soulevar: I donot appreciate this unannounced entry, Batman. You better tell Superman that we are not under the jurisdiction of his world, or yours!

GL: Superman! What is...

Batman: (cutting him out)I am sorry, Soulevar, it was my idea and Superman has got nothing to do with this. If anyone is punishable, it's me.

Grod: Ah, comm'on people, we are not going to make it serious, are we?

Soulevar: I am sorry, Batman. I understand something must've really gone wrong for you to act this way. Anyway we can help.

Batman: (looking at Grod through corner of his eye) Just to confirm, you mean to say no waves can pass the border of the Gorilla city!

Grod: None what so ever.

Soulevar: What's your point?

Batman: Some members of the league have been acting a little disturbed lately. We thought it had a connection with...

Grod: Me?

Batman: To be frank, yes! So I wanted Flash to keep you under check. I thought you were in Central city!

Soulevar: We brought him back here after he underwent a therapy there. We have better doctors than you do, you know.

Batman: Of course!

Soulevar: Anyways, I can assure you that Grod has done no harm to anyone.

Wonder Woman: We are really sorry! Perhaps Grod was the first one who came to our mind.

Batman: I think we should leave. Let's go, Flash!

Flash...who was till then in handcuffs blazes out to join the others.

Grod: Oh, so you were acting too!

GL: Good day, to you all!

Grod: Wait! Batman! May I suggest something?

Batman: Yes!

Grod: Why don't you try to map the brain waves? Here take this (hands him a
contraption). This is of no use to me anymore, but I'm sure you'll need it.

Batman: Yes, of course, Grod! Thank you so much.

Soulevar: And if you need us, just call.

GL: We will! Let's go, all people, stay close! Um...no offense!

Grod: None taken. (smiles)

GL gets them all out of the Gorilla city.

Flash: Do I get to ask a question?

Batman: Go on. (examining the machine Grod gave him)

Flash: You don't really believe him, do you?

Batman: You say! What did you learn?

Flash: All I remember is I entered the city, and...you rescued me.

Wonder woman: You should've sent me!

Flash: Hey, these people, sorry, gorillas are too smart. I bet even he wouldn't have been able to come out if he went.

Batman: Yes, Flash! That's why I sent you.

Flash: You don't need to mock at me!

GL: The point is, do we trust him?

Batman: I don't think we can not. It is impossible for Grod to transmit brain waves out of the Gorilla City.

Wonder Woman: May be he has an agency outside. And he can manipulate the insiders.

GL: Then the contraption he gave will be of no use for us.

Batman: Let's try it out first. To the bat-cave!

Others eye him

Batman: (sighs) How about we go to bat-cave!

GL: Sounds better!

They leave for the bat-cave