Chapter37:Sides
It was late at night in Bludhaven and four armed men wearing tan attire.
They were standing over the bodies of two young men wearing wife beaters and red bandana's around their heads.
The four men in tan were looting the bodies when they saw another man fall from the buildings above them and dangle from a black wire unconscious.
The man wore the same tan attire as them, the four clearly recognizing him as they raised their weapons.
"Geez, bad enough you killed them, now you've got to take their pocket money." They heard as they looked up to see Nightwing sitting on a ledge above them.
"Criminals these days, no respect for the dead."
"Kill him!" One shouted as they fired.
Nightwing leapt down and landed in between all four, taking out his escrima sticks and quickly knocking the mens' guns out of their hands within seconds.
The four tried to fight him off, but Nightwing moved too fast and too strong. Within thirty seconds all four were on the ground unconscious.
Nightwing knelt down beside them taking a closer look.
"What do we have here? These idiots are more organized than the average criminal, and have some level of training. Normally takes me ten seconds to beat down four street thugs, Bruce would have my head if he thought it took me that long to beat four gangsters." Nightwing said as he looked closer and found a glass container filled with something that looked like sand.
"Sand?"
Elsewhere in National city, Starfire flew through he air and caught a car that was hurled through the air.
She put it on the ground as she was hit and knocked to the ground by a large metal object.
When Starfire got up she saw it was none other than Cyborg.
"Uhhg." Cyborg said as he got up.
He helped Starfire up as they saw none other than Girder walking towards them.
"Dam it Barry, how did this chump get out of your prison again?" Cyborg asked as the Metahuman grabbed another car and hurled it at them.
Starfire's eyes and hands glowed green as she flew forward, unleashing a starbolt that hit and destroyed the empty car.
Girder grabbed a large metal trash can and screamed as he hurled it at them.
Cyborg took out his Sonic cannon and fired, tearing the trashcan apart.
Girder began to back up as he saw the two run and fly at him.
Girder grabbed two motorcycles and hurled them.
Starfire fired two star bolts that blew the motorcycles apart before Cyborg leapt into Girder with his fist charged and smashed the metal Metahuman back across the street.
When Girder got up, Starfire smashed her glowing fist into Girder's chest, hurling him back again.
Girder got up one more time before Starfire and Cyborg smashed their fists into his face together.
Girder's head smashed into the ground before he reverted back to his normal skin.
"He is defeated!" Starfire shouted.
Cyborg picked up Girder.
"Alright thanks for your help Kori."
"It was no problem, I enjoy spending time protecting the innocent." Kori said.
"Well say hi to Dick for me." Cyborg said as he went up to a car that had an exterior that looked like his exoarmor.
Starfire flew off, taking out her cellphone.
Miles away in Bludhaven Nightwing was moving through the streets on his motorcycle after a group of motorcycles with a pair of police cars behind them.
"Dick, are you there?" Nightwing heard over his comlink.
"Yeah, but I'm working." Nightwing said as a series of gunfire hit one of the police drivers, causing him to swerve and crash.
"Backup we need backup!" The other police driver shouted over his radio before Nightwing sped up and ahead of him.
"What time are you going to get home?" Kori asked as Nightwing avoided gunfire and hurled one of his Nighterangs at one of the men as he was knocked off the bike.
"No later than ten, oh and an old friend is coming to dinner tonight." Nightwing said as he drove up beside another of the men and knocked his gun away before zapping him with his electrified escrima stick.
The man fell off as Nightwing made his way up to the last one.
The man took out a grenade as Nightwing hurled one of his escrima sticks into the grenade, knocking it back before it went back to his hand.
Nightwing drove into the last one grabbing inside his jacket's pocket , pulling out another glass container as the man was hurled off.
Nightwing looked inside the case and saw it was sand.
"More sand?"
He drove off as the police car stopped, the two officers quickly handcuffing the three men in tan.
"Alright babe I'm on my way home."
Dick locked the door on his storage area before walking inside a large apartment.
He shut the door behind him as he set his jacket on a rack.
"Kori, I'm back." He said as he saw her coming out of their room with her violet sweatshirt and green shorts on.
In her arms was a baby girl with signs of black hair growing in, with eyes and skin like Kori's.
"Daddy's home" Kori said as Dick came over and kissed her before kissing his daughter's cheek.
"How was Vic?"
"He seemed irritated that we were facing Girder. Though personally I prefer working with others than working alone."
"That's always been clear." Dick said remembering how they met.
It was many years ago, Dick was seventeen years old and wearing a different uniform.
He was overlooking Gotham city with Batman beside him.
"So who we after tonight Bruce?"
"I'm going after Scarecrow."
Dick turned to him.
"Just you?"
"Dick tonight I have something for you to do on your own."
"Alright I'm interested." He said.
"There's been some disturbances tonight on Founders' island. I want you to check it out. But be careful."
"Aren't I always?"
Batman leapt off the rooftop gliding through the air before Dick turned towards another island.
"Here we go." He said before he glided through the air.
"Mr. Grayson I'll be assisting you tonight." Lucius said over the com link.
"Lucius good to hear from you." Dick said
"There have been signs of brute strength, cars torn apart, walls smashed."
"What Bruce is sending me against Bane?"
"I don't believe so, but if it is him I suggest you acquire his help."
"Come on Lucius you don't think I could take him?" Dick joked before he saw signs of destruction on a street.
"Ok I'm coming up." Dick said as he glided down.
He saw a man sitting up against a wall holding his arm.
Dick knelt up beside him.
"What happened?"
The man was breathing deeply.
"Some woman was fighting this big guy, couldn't see him. Or her that well, one of them hit me, broke my arm. They went in there." He said pointing to a torn open garage.
"I'll get an ambulance down there." Lucius said as Dick got up and fired a grappled hook up to a window.
He broke inside and looked around with his detective mode.
"Hold on I've got something here." Dick said as he saw them.
A young woman was fighting a what looked like a large humanoid creature with greek scaly skin and a horns coming out of the sides of its head.
"What the hell is that?" He asked before he saw the young woman, she had orangish skin , deep red hair, glowing green eyes, and wearing very revealing clothing. Only covering her breasts, her waistline in the front and around her rear end, as well as fingerless gauntlets and boots around her feet.
Dick's face turned red.
"Woah." He said.
"She does not appear to be an average person Mr. Grayson."
"Yeah." He said not meaning it in the same way as Lucius.
He saw the girl slam her fist into the creature, hurling him back through a group of wooden crates.
"She's strong." Dick said before he sat her float off the ground.
"And can fly apparently."
The creature roared as he ran at her, the girl hurled green bolts out of her hand , knocking the creature to the ground before he got up, grabbing a cement support beam and pulling it out of the ground before leaping up and smashing it into the girl.
She grunted before she shouted in another language.
As the creature came down, Dick leapt down, gliding into the creature, landing on his back before taking out two escrima sticks and electrified them, slamming the two into the creature's head.
The creature roared before he tried to grab Dick, but he leapt back.
The creature came forward tried to smash him, but Dick moved acrobatically around hurling two birdarangs into the creature, both had electric shocks and made the creature groan before Dick leapt up again, acrobatically slamming his foot into the creature's face.
The creature moved back before Dick fired his grappling hook around its head, pulling himself into it as he slammed his feet into the creature.
On the ground the creature roared before he was punched from behind and hurled into the ground.
Dick saw the girl as she flew over and grabbed the creature by the throat and smashed her glowing fist into the creature's mouth and out of the back of his head.
Dick's eyes widened as he saw this.
The girl screamed angrily in the language.
"Uh Lucius , any idea what language that is?"
"No known languages match it Mr. Grayson."
The girl turned to Dick and slowly walked towards him.
"Uh, Hi I don't know if you understand me but." He started before the girl grabbed the back of his head and kissed him for almost a minute as his face turned red.
"Hmp." He muffled before the girl let him go.
"Why did you help me?" She asked in perfect english.
"Huh? You speak english now? Why did you kiss me?"
"To learn your language. Now why did you help me?"
"You looked like you were in trouble, it's what I do. Help people who are in danger."
"Well you are a noble man then, you also have good fighting prowess, I didn't think a human could take on Tralfex like that."
"Ah human, I'm sorry but what are you exactly?"
"My name is Koriand'r, I am from the planet Tamaran."
"Wait a minute, you're an alien?"
"By definition yes. What might I call you?"
"You can call me Robin, so if you're an alien what are you doing here?"
"I was taken by that alien Tralfex as a slave, but I escaped my cell and caused his ship to crash here. He tracked me to this city. But now I am in a great dilemma as I cannot return to my home."
"You can't?"
"I am able to fly into space, but your world's location compared to mine is unknown. I cannot find my way home." She said sounding sad.
"Hey, maybe there's a way I can help you."
"How?"
Later that night they were in the Batcave with Batman and Alfred.
"An alien, now I've seen everything." Alfred said pouring some tea and offering it to Koriand'r.
"Thank you." She said.
"Batman, she's going to need our help."
Batman looked at Dick for a few moments before he turned back to Kori.
"I'll see what I can do for you, in the mean time I'll have an apartment prepared for you to stay in."
"Thank you for your kindness Batman." She said.
"Allow me to help you." Alfred said as he took her over to another computer.
"Dick." Batman said as he turned to him.
"I want you to stay away from her."
"What?"
"Dick I don't know what she is, and I plan to find out if she's telling the truth."
"I trust her Bruce."
"Dick , I don't know who this is. I don't even know if we can trust her."
"Well I'm not a kid anymore Bruce."
"That may be true Dick, but you're still my kid."
Later that night Dick was walking through Wayne Manor with Kori to a guest room.
"So the science division will help you try and find a map for you to find your way home."
He noticed the look on her face, the look of fear and sadness.
"I may never see my home again, I may never see my family again. I'm sorry Robin I." She stared before Dick removed his mask and took her hands.
"Dick, my name is Dick Grayson. Whatever happens I'm going to be here for you."
Back in the present Dick stood behind Kori with his arms wrapped around her and his lips on hers.
Kori was making some dinner for them and their guest who would arrive soon.
"So this man knows of your identity?"
"Yeah, and Bruce's."
"Interesting, he must be close to you."
"He's a lot closer to Bruce. He was the first person to consolidate him after his parent's were killed."
There was a knock on the door.
"That must be him." Dick said as he walked over and opened the door.
Standing on the other side was a man with graying hair, a mustache, and a pair of glasses.
"Jim, good to see you."
"Dick." He said as he came in.
"Jim this is my wife Kori."
"A pleasure to meet you Mr. Gordon."
"Nice to meet you too."
A few minutes later the three were sitting down to dinner with Mar'i sitting in a high chair.
"That's a beautifly girl you two have, cherish your memories with her." Jim said.
The two noticed the tone in which he spoke.
"Jim if you want to talk about it?"
""Sigh" I just need to know if Bruce has found anything yet."
"I'm afraid there's been no sign of Barbara, Jim."
"He knows where she is, why doesn't he just go and get her back."
"It's not that simple Jim, there's an army of the most dangerous men in the world between them. Besides he doesn't know for certain if she's there."
"I'm sorry I brought us down."
"It's fine."
"So how is your work with the Bludhaven police going?" Kori asked.
"Well when the boys over here asked for my help because an army was rampaging through their streets I wasn't sure what to think. But these men in tan are organized and well equip, but there's more than that."
"What more?" Dick asked.
"That sand you gave us, it's not sand."
"It's not?" Dick said.
"No, it's heroine, in fact it's the purest heroine any police department's ever seen. It probably explains these guy's money." Jim said.
"I'm sure the two of you working together will be able to stop them." Kori said.
"I hope." Jim said.
Later that night, inside a warehouse over three dozen of the men in tan were sorting their heroine into supply crates and money.
Moments later they heard a series of gunfire. The men quickly got their weapons out before they saw four of their men on the upper walkway fall down.
A large man wearing black body armor in a suit similar to that of Batman or Nightwing. He wore a helmet over his head, and carried a large assault rifle.
On the chest armor was a white symbol painted on it. The symbol was of an evil looking skull.
The men in tan began firing as the man in armor fired back, gunning several down as he made fast movements avoiding the fire, but also giving extremely accurate and precise fire.
Another two men wearing armor similar to the other man but were dark grey. They made swift acrobatic moments avoiding gunfire as they returned fire with assault rifles.
"Fan out!" The man with the skull on his chest shouted with a slight southern accent.
The three gunned down over 18 of the men in tan before they made their way down to the ground floor.
The two men in grey took out swords as they began fighting the remaining men in close combat, savagely cutting them apart as the man in the black armor used the stock of his gun and his fists to beat the men in tan to death.
Seven of the men managed to escape to the rooftop.
As they stumbled around, they didn't notice there was someone watching them.
As one turned, a small metal object in the shape of a bat flew into his neck.
The others turned to see their man fall to the ground as they raised their guns.
"Back to back." One shouted before something latched onto his leg and dragged him over the edge, making him scream as he fell to his death.
They then saw a woman wearing a suit that looked like batman's suit, only fiercer and more threatening/ violent. Across the tips of the gloves were curved claws. Coming out of the back of her mask was long red hair.
"Ready to die?" She hissed as the men tried firing at her.
She hurled a smoke grenade forward and rushed into the men, fighting them off incredibly, and violently. Slashing their faces and throats with her claws. She grabbed one by the head and snapped his neck before coming leaping over one , dragging him down as she dug her claws into the man's eyeballs , relishing the sound of his screams.
She slit his throat before grabbing the last one, breaking his arm before brining her mouth over his neck. She opened her mouth revealing removable metal fangs in her mouth that were placed over her real death.
She bit down, tearing apart the man's throat as he screamed.
She dropped his body to the ground and licked her metal fangs.
Inside the building, the man in black and his men were piling up the bodies with their drugs.
He saw the girl glide down with her cape and land in front of him.
"We're all clear ma'am." He said.
"Good Lieutenant, very good. Burn the bodies and burn their drugs. Then we continue our hunt, and Lieutenant Castle. Make sure you also dispose of any others in our path who deserve 'punishment'."
"With pleasure Ma'am." He said.
The following day, Dick was in the Bludhaven park with Kori and Mar'i.
Dick and Kori had Mar'i in a stroller as they walked around.
Mar'i was giggling with her arms raised out.
"Mar'i loves the outdoors. I hope some day I can take her to Tamaran."
"If you do, you think you could get me there too?" Dick asked.
"If I could get you to Tamaran Dick we'd be living there right now."
"I'm going out again tonight. Apparently we're not the only ones after these men in tan."
"What do you mean?"
"Last night at several different locations , dozens of the men in tan were killed. But that's not the best part, apparently they were taken down with military precision only better. Like Seal team six teamed up with Delta, the SAS, and Spetsnaz."
"Will you require my help?"
"I can handle it, Bruce trained me to take on the best of the best."
Later that night, Nightwing was carefully moving through the rooftops.
He was looking down at the alley with his mask's detective mode on.
Below he saw the bodies of over a dozen men in tan.
"Huh these guys were really good shots." Dick said as he carefully leapt down and looked closer at the one of the bodies.
He took out a pair of tweezers and pulled out one of the bullets before he scanned it.
"Laced with poison, getting the poison now...Oh shit!" Nightwing said as he quickly grappled up before a hail of gunfire flew past him.
He landed on the roof before quickly diving into cover.
He hurled two nighterangs but they were shot down.
Nightwing hurled two smoke grenades to his sides before he fired his grapple hook up and pulled himself to the buildings on the other side.
Nightwing slammed his feet into two men wearing grey body armor similar to his own and knocked their guns out of their hands.
They drew swords as they were joined by two other men.
Nightwing began furiously fighting the four off, the four men fighting with skill that was matched by few on earth. Lucky for Nightwing he was trained by the best.
He kept their attacks back with his escrima sticks before he used his acrobatics to get around them and engage them one at a time, knocking the first one out with three strikes to the head with his electrified sticks.
Two more came at him as he had to move fast, barley holding back their four swords before the third leapt behind him.
Dick swept low, the men leaping up before Dick twirled himself back and smashed the ends of his sticks into the man behind him before leaping into him with his knee.
The other two didn't let up, but now Nightwing was able to focus entirely on them, eventually forcing them back before he leapt over one and locked his legs around his neck, hurling him onto the ground before he knocked the last one's swords away, then zapped him.
Dick caught his breath as the four men lay around him.
He got on the com link.
"Hey Kori, looks like i'll need your help after all."
"Alright I'll get the babysitter. What's going on?"
"It's the League of Assassins." Dick said recognizing their poison and their fighting style.
Dick knelt down beside one.
"You guys have got a brand new look, and use guns now apparently."
Elsewhere police sirens went off as several groups of police offers were in a firefight with groups of the men in tan.
Several policemen had been killed by the men in tan, the others were pinned down.
Among the officers was Jim Gordon, he had a pistol in hand and returned fire, killing one of the men in tan.
Moments later one of the Bludhaven officers was hit in the neck.
Jim got down and held his neck.
"You're gonna be ok." He said.
On a rooftop above them , the man in black stood beside the woman and three of the men in grey armor.
"Kill them all, but no harming the police."
"Of course Ma'am." The man said.
The five quickly moved out, the man in black giving directions to the others via a com link.
"Alright move into the alleys, take out the sharpshooters first." The man said as he began firing very accurately down at the men in tan.
Three pinned down police officers heard more gunfire and then a few moments later heard the gunfire stop.
They carefully looked up to see all of there men in tan were dead.
"What the hell?"
In another alley the three men in grey began acrobatically and swiftly moving across the rooftops, gunning down as many of the men in tan as possible.
In the last alley Jim kept holding the neck of the officer until he heard the other one get shot.
He was now alone and reloaded his gun as the men in tan moved closer.
He then heard a series of gunfire and screams before the alley went silent.
Jim carefully got up and saw a young woman in a bat like suit biting the neck of one of the men.
Jim's eyes widened when he saw the girl's stature, and her hair.
The girl turned and saw Jim, staring at him for almost a minute.
"Barbra?"
She fired a grapple hook and pulled herself onto a roof before something kicked her , knocking her over.
When she got up she saw Nightwing standing over her.
"What , surprised to see me here?"
"No, I was just wondering when you'd show up." She said as she got up.
"So I assume Jason used the pit on you Babs, gotta say I'm not digging your new look. What the hell are you going for, vampire motif."
"You can call me Vampiress." She said hissing.
"Barbra you need to stop this, come back with me to Bruce convince Jason to come back. He can help you."
"I don't need help Dick, not anymore!" She shouted before she hurled two of the metal bat blades at Dick, who deflected one with his left escrima , and the other with his metal wrist bracers.
She leapt at Dick, gliding down before he grabbed her leg and flipped Vampiress over.
Vampiress flipped herself back up and began furiously attacking Dick, who blocked each of her strikes with his sticks, feet, or bracers.
He then struck back, Vampiress blocking some of his strikes but Nightwing landing several.
Vampiress began to hiss in frustration from her lack of progress.
"Come on Barbra, is that the best you can do?"
Vampiress screamed as she opened her mouth revealing her fangs and continued furiously trying to attack him.
However ,Nightwing kept blocking her strikes and acrobatically leaping up, smashing his foot across her face.
Vampiress grunted as she landed on the ground.
"Jason and the league turned you into the killer Babs, retrained you to be a killer. The thing is , Bruce trained me to beat killers. You should know this better than anyone."
The three league of assassins members in grey climbed up behind her before they were hit with three green blasts.
Barbara looked up to see Starfire flying over Nightwing.
"Babs meet my beloved wife."
"You are a traitor yes, I don't like traitors." Starfire said as she flew down.
"Lieutenant!" Vampiress shouted as she grappled up to a higher rooftop and Starfire flew into the three league of assassin commandos who tried to fight her off.
As Nightwing tried to join her, the ground in front of him exploded from a grenade launcher.
Nightwing leapt back as a hail of gunfire flew down at him.
Nightwing using his bracers and various objects for cover.
He hurled three nighterangs up at the man in black armor who shot two down and knocked the last one away.
The man's clip clicked empty before he took out his last one.
A nighterang flew over and knocked it out of his hand, making it fall to the streets below.
"Fuck." He said before he took out two desert eagles and leapt down, firing at Nightwing who did his best to avoid or deflect the gunfire before hurling his escrima sticks forward and knocking the guns out of the man's hands.
The man took out a combat knife and began to fight Nightwing, the man was less acrobatic than the other men, relying on a more mixed martial arts style but still clearly trained well by the league.
Nightwing was able to hold off them man's strikes while also striking back.
The man eventually has his knife knocked out before he grabbed Nightwing's bracers, holding him in place as he brought his mask up close to his face.
"You know what they call me boy, The Punisher, now you about to get some." He said before head butting Dick before he broke free.
The two continued fighting with Nightwing eventually flip kicking the man's helmet off.
He had a military buzzcut with blue eyes, as well as several scars that looked like scares someone would get in war.
"Ahh!" He screamed as he ran at Nightwing again.
On the rooftop, Vampiress pulled herself up before she realized someone was standing there.
"Barba, I know that's you, take off that mask."
"Really , what do you think you'll see if I do?"
"The little girl who I took in after my brother died. The little girl I raised for years and watch get paralyzed by a madman."
"No , I'm not. I'm stronger than she ever was."
"You're not a killer Barbra, this isn't right and you know it."
"I know that I spent my nights trying to do what you did, putting criminals away. Only to watch them get out again and again. Then a man who should have died a long time ago paralyzed me, tormented my father, and murdered my boyfriend. What did you do, nothing. Bruce finally put him in his place, but even he couldn't do what was necessary. Jason's showed me the truth, there's only one way to true justice dad." Barbara said before she hurled a smoke grenade down.
"Retreat!" She shouted as she saw Nightwing knock The Punisher back and Starfire hurled one of the league soldiers into a wall.
The five retreated as Jim ran over to the ledge.
"Barbra!" He shouted.
Later that night Dick was on the a the phone, in the other room were Kori, and Jim.
"She was here Bruce, Barbra. It's as we feared, Jason took her. But's it's worse, the pit, the league, it made her like him. She's calling herself Vampiress, she's killing now just like Jason. But Bruce it's more than that, it's the league. They're different under Jason, they wear suits like us, they use guns, they're more militaristic."
"Jason's changed their goal, he's declared open war on violent crime around the world. I've been hearing reports of similar attacks on violent crimes worldwide."
"Bruce what should I do, even with Kori here we're in over our heads. Plus we've got these psychos in tan."
"I'm with the Justice league right now, when we're done I'll come over and help you."
"Well Bruce we're not just going to sit here as she rampages through Bludhaven."
"Dick you're a man now. You know how to handle yourself. Do what you think you need to."
Dick took a deep breath as he hung up and walked into the other room where Kori was trying to comfort Jim.
"Jim, how you holding up?"
"Tonight I watched my little girl walk again, and kill ten men."
"The Lazarus pit must have healed her, but the pit changes you."
"We're going to find her Jim." Kori said.
"What are we going to do if you catch her?"
"Bruce can help her, if there's anyone who can it's him."
Elsewhere , a man was counting money on a table before one of the men in tan shook as he stood behind him.
"Sir, another of our patrols was killed, the men in grey and the vampire woman."
"How do you know this?"
"I was the only one to survive." He said before the man turned his arm back.
The other men in tan saw as blood splattered on the ground.
"Nobody fails The Sandman, let that be a lesson to all of you."
"With all do respect sir, these people are better than us."
"You know you're right." The man said as he got up.
"It's time for The Sandman to put these people to bed."
The next night, Vampiress and her men were outside a warehouse.
"Intelligence reports their boss is here Ma'am." The Punisher said.
"Good, we end this tonight."
They were joined by the three league soldiers from earlier and the four Dick had fought.
They moved in , silently killing any men they came across before they burst in guns blazing.
They surrounded a single man who wore a tan suit and had a bald head.
"You shouldn't have interfered with the Sandman. The Sandman can give dreams of wonder and delight."
"Shut the fuck up." The Punisher shouted as he and his men lit him up.
Their eyes widened as they saw the bullets go right through him harmlessly.
"The Sandman can also cause nightmares, terrible nightmares." He said as his skin and body began to turn into sand as he grew larger and into a monstrous forms as the others backed up.
"Your nightmares begin now." He said before unleashing his arms around and hurled the assassins back.
They quickly got up.
"He's a Metahuman!" Vampiress shouted as the League of assassins members tried shooting him, slashing him, using explosives, but they had no effect.
"Come on you fucker!" The Punisher shouted as he fired his grenade launcher. But each blast simply reformed.
The Sandman hurled The Punisher back into Vampiress.
"Now you die." The Sandman said before a massive blast of green energy hit the Sandman and burst his body apart.
Vampiress and The Punisher saw as Starfire flew in.
Nightwing landed in front of them.
"You know finding you guys was interesting enough, but a Metahuman too. Isn't our job just so interesting." Nightwing said as Starfire landed beside him and was joined by the other two.
"So now we're fighting together?" The Punisher asked.
"It appears so." Starfire said.
"He's just like Clayface, let's kick his ass." Nightwing said as The Sandman charged at them.
Starfire flew through him before he turned and grabbed her legs, hurling her at the wall.
Nightwing grappled over The Sandman as Vampiress did the same, Nightwing hurling electrified nighterangs and Vampiress launched incendiaries.
The Sandman was shocked and burned, grunting as The Punisher kept firing grenades into his body.
Moments later he was hit by Starbolts.
"I am your nightmare!" The Sandman shouted as he unleashed busts of sand that hurled The Punisher and Vampiress back.
He hurled his extended arms around, smacking Nightwing and Starfire back.
He came over to Vampiress and raised his arms before several gunshots went through his head.
He looked up to see Jim Gordon running in.
"Get away from my daughter." He shouted before The Sandman grabbed him and hurled him against the wall.
Vampiress took out two of her unconscious mens' blades before she ran forward and sliced The Sandman's hand off.
As Jim fell to the ground Vampiress took out two devices as the same time Nightwing did.
The charged forward and both slammed into The Sandman, pushing their devices into him.
They both let out icy blasts that caused him to harden.
"No, no no.!" He shouted before Starfire formed another Starbolt and hurled it into The Sandman as The Punisher fired one more grenade.
The combined blasts shattered The Sandman, in the debris they saw him in his human form on his knees as Vampiress stepped up behind him.
"Barba no!" Jim shouted as she pulled him up and bit down on his neck, tearing it apart before she dropped a smoke grenade.
"Barba!" Jim shouted as he ran forward but Barba, The Punisher, and their men were gone.
"She's gone." Starfire said as Dick came over to Jim.
"Jim, we're."
"She's alive, she's whole. That's what matters most." He said as he dropped his gun and walked out.
"Jim, Jim!"
Elsewhere in Nanda Parbat, Jason was shirtless fighting off ten league of assassins men.
He used his bracers to block each of their sword strikes before knocking them out one by one.
He had acquired some cuts but no serious injury.
"Good, you men are getting better. You're actually making me work hard." Jason said as they got up and bowed to him.
"Sir, your wife and Lieutenant Castle have returned." Another man wearing a monocle like visor device over his left eye, and wore black and red armor.
"Send in lieutenant Castle , tell my wife to meet me at the pit Captain Lawton."
"Yes sir."
The Punisher walked in and bowed his head.
"Report."
"The Sandman and his army are dead. Their heroine trade ends with him." The Punisher said.
"Good, very good. Thousands of people around the world were killed by his trade, justice has been delivered. I see recruiting you into the league was the right decision, your time in the marines has certainly helped me turn these assassins into soldiers."
"Justice has to be delivered to those fuckers, this is the only way how."
"I think I'll give you a three day pass." He said as The punisher's expression changed.
"Go , see your family."
"You gave me a purpose again sir, more than that you gave me my family back."
"Your service Lieutenant is all I require from you." Jason said before The Punisher bowed and left.
Jason made his way to the Lazarus pit where he saw Barbara still in her armor, but without her mask on.
"Jason." She said as he came over to her and kissed her.
"You did well my love, I'm proud of you."
He saw the uneasiness in her face.
"You saw Dick didn't you."
"He helped me."
"Dick and Bruce aren't our enemies unless they make themselves our enemies."
"I know, but it's more than that, I saw my father."
"You were conflicted."
"No, I know what we have to do. It's just."
"I know, it happened when the old Ra's ordered me to kill Bruce. It doesn't make you weak Barbara. It makes you human." Jason said as he kissed her again.
Barbra closed her eyes as she felt Jason undo her armor and place it on the ground.
She pulled down Jason's trousers as he took off her bra and slid down her panties.
The two held hands as they stepped into the Lazarus pit together and sat down.
Barbra facing Jason as she pulled herself into his head, kissing him as he held her by the rump.
Author's note
Yeah it's been a while, but I'll be posting again, sorry for the delay
Just had to get back into DC and finish my pokemon story
And if you're wondering, yes that is the punisher from marvel, specifically the one from Netflix's daredevil, what I liked the character, and this is fanfiction,
So please leave reviews