Chapter 44: Consequence
A/N: Sorry it took a while but here it is, the next chapter of PTDK. I hope ypu'll enjoy it.
A/N2: And have a happy Black Friday, girls enjoy your shopping spree, boyfriends hold tight to your wallets and parents hold even tighter to your wallets. Okay enough jokes, enjoy the chapter and please tell me what you thought of the chapter.
Paige's Pov-
It had been one week since Irina had hacked A's computer, since that night she's been very quiet about it. She had sent me a text that said she'd tell me what she'd got once she had decrypted the files, I guess that was her way to say she hadn't gotten anything yet.
I knew I shouldn't just wait for Irina to contact me and say she's decrypted the files so I tried everything to distract myself from the waiting I had even been building (or well had my parents company started to construct) a hovercraft that I referred to as "The Batplane." once it will be build I'd be able to chase A from the air and no vehicle transport would be able to escape me.
"How long will it take until this baby is built?" Caleb asked as he checked the blueprints for the Batplane.
"The prototype will be completed sometime this month." I answered.
"Are you sure you'll be able to fly this thing?" Spencer asked.
"Relax, I've played tons of dogfight video games." Caleb jokes earning a glare from Spencer.
"I've practiced in a simulator, once the Batplane is finish I'll know how to drive it." I said to make Spencer calm down.
I was also worried about Mona and Mike being Joker and Harley Quinn, who knew what it would take to stop them or A for that matter even if Irina would find out who it was I'd still have to fight A.
"When is your cousin going to find out who A is?" Spencer asked me.
"She said she'd tell me when she's decrypted the files." I answered.
"I can do that, why didn't you ask me to do it?" Caleb asked.
"Irina said she works best on her own." I said and it was true she'd often done things on her own.
"I just hope she'll decrypt the files soon, who knows what A has planned." Spencer said.
"I know these last days A's henchmen has made a lot of deliveries and I've not been able to stop all of them." I said as I checked a map over Rosewood.
Caleb looked at his watch and then he panicked. "I'm late! I was supposed to meet Hanna almost an hour ago!" He said and ran to my front door.
"Wow, it's almost seems like he's more scared of Hanna than A." I said once Caleb had left my mansion.
"Well her hormones have made her mood very unpredictable." Spencer said than we both sat down and started to check the files on my main computer.
"You know he'll have to retire at some point." Spencer said after a while.
"Yes I know that. Now that Hanna is pregnant he'll need to be with her more than ever." I said.
We continued to check the files but as always we couldn't find anything helpful to track A down.
Spencer left after a while since she had a date with Toby, I stayed in the bat cave for a short while before I gave up. I went upstairs and sat down in the kitchen. "Dammit!" I shouted and slammed my fist in the table frustrated that I couldn't find something that could give me an edge in fighting A.
"Paige? Are you in here?" I heard a voice and when I looked up I saw Emily standing there, I got much happier when I saw Emily standing here.
"Hi Em." I said, smiling for the first time today.
"Hi, Paige. Did you forget that we were going to go to the movies today?" Emily said.
"Oh crap!" I said as I hit my head on the table.
"More Batgirl things that kept you up?" Emily asked as she sat down next to me.
"Yes Em, Please forgive me it's just... I'm so close stopping A, I can feel it." I said looking up right into Emily's eyes.
"Paige, I'm not mad you forgot and we can still make in time to see the movie if we go now." Emily said and then we both went to the movie theater.
"I really like this." I said as we walked down the street.
"I feel safe when I'm with you." Emily said and leaned her head on my shoulder as we kept walking.
We reached the movie theater a few minutes later and we went in to see Rudy, it was one of Emily's favorite movies.
We bought our tickets, went inside and sat down in front of the big screen and the movie commercials started.
"It looks like we got here just in time." I said looking at my amazing girlfriend.
"Don't tell me you were looking forward to the commercials." Emily teased.
"Well, that means we've got more time to do this." I said and leaved towards Emily and kissed her gently. I kept going by placing kisses over her cheeks and nose.
"Paige people can see us." Emily whispered.
"So it's dark in here, my element." I said in a husky voice and started to leave a trail of kisses down Emily's neck.
"Tickets ple... whoa!" I heard a voice say, when I turned around I saw the movie usher standing there with his mouth wide opened.
"Oh... I got the tickets I said and handed the tickets to the confused man who looked more embarrassed than we were.
"Well... erm I hope you'll enjoy the movie." He said and then he left.
"Okay... that was awkward." Emily said.
"Yeah it was." I said.
Emily then nudged me "You're still blushing." She said with a smile.
"No, I'm not." I answered and broke eye contact.
"Yes you are, right now you look like a stop light." Emily teased.
"Shut up." I said failing to sound serious.
"Okay you look more like a human strawberry." Emily joked and I tried to hide my face in my hands.
"I didn't expect to see you like that." Emily teased.
"Well, people sure do a lot of things they usually doesn't do when there in love." I answered and then Emily leaned her head on my shoulder.
"I love you to." She said and then the movie started.
I wasn't paying much attention to the movie, I just looked at Emily letting her hold me tight in the scary parts, I'm not sure if she really scared or if she was looking for any excuse to hold me tight either way I wasn't complaining.
When Emily was leaning against me it felt like the time just flew by and before I knew it the movie was over. When Emily and I walked out we saw the usher that had caught us kissing, we just walked passed him and avoiding eye contact.
"Well that was fun." Emily said.
"Sorry about the usher." I said
"Good thing he walked in when he did and not a few minutes later." Emily joked.
"You're probably right, but who can blame me I'm dating the hottest young woman in Rosewood." I said and Emily kissed me softly. "I'm also the luckiest one, because you're in my life." She said and I felt like I wanted to be with her forever.
"I love you Emily Fields."
"I love you to."
I followed Emily home and we kissed goodbye when we were at Emily's door.
"This is the worse part, having to say goodbye." I said.
"Well, then we need to spend more time together." Emily said and I wholeheartedly agreed.
After what felt like the longest goodbye ever I started to walk home and when I entered my mansion I got a text from Irina that said she wanted to talk to me about the files from A's computer. Since it was late I changed into my Batgirl suit and then I went to where I was going to meet her.
Later that night:
I met Irina on a rooftop and she didn't look especially worried.
"So you're here." Irina said.
"Yeah, did you get anything from the files?" I asked.
"Just something about a delivery coming by air next month." Irina said.
"That's all you've gotten." I asked surprised.
"It's hard to decrypt those files, A really did all she could to make sure no one will decrypt those files, I'm almost surprised the files haven't self-destruct yet." Irina said in defense.
"Ok, anything else about this delivery?" I asked.
"Well it's something big, lots of weapons and broth in by a big plane so it might be enough to take over this entire town" Irina said.
"That delivery must be stopped, I need to find out when it'll get here." I said.
"Of course I'll let you know as soon as..."
"Well well well, look what we've got here." We both heard a voice and when we looked up we saw that A was here flying on a jet pack.
I didn't know how A had found us but I didn't care, I threw a batarang at her, she dodges it and then she landed on the other end of the rooftop. "I expected more than that." A said and I walked up towards her but remained at a distance making sure to be prepared for any other surprise A might have. "Bring it on."
A charged using her jet pack as a boost but I rolled out of the way and threw three batarang, this time I aimed for A's jetpack trying to cut one of the fuel lines but all missed.
A turned around and shook her head "Really more batrangs, is that all you've got?" A said once again hovering in the air.
"Turn off the jet pack and you'll see." I said.
"Very well, I can spare ten minutes then I can play with you anymore" A said and landed.
She walked slowly towards me expecting me to threw the first punch, I went for a right hook but A grabbed my hand and threw me over her head making me land on my back. I got slowly back up and tried another punch but A block my punch only this time I jumped up into the air and kicked a to the side of her head so she took a few steps back. A's hoodie fell off but she was still wearing a ski mask so I couldn't see A's identity.
"Now you'll die!" A shouted and charged me, A threw several punches that I did my best to block but after a few rock hard punches I failed to block them and I felt A's fist digging deeply into my stomach and even if my suit was built to withstand heavy impacts and even bullets it felt like A was punching right through my suite. I fell to my knees and coughed up blood.
A suddenly smirks and says "I'm not going to kill you tonight."
What, why the sudden change in A's attitude?
"I'm going to kill her!" A yelled and started her jet pack and flew towards Irina.
"No! Irina run!" I yell and Irina turns around and notices A flying towards her at a great speed. She starts to run, but A grabbed her by her waist and pulls her into her arms as she takes off into the air holding Irina tightly.
I fire my grapple hook and it hits A's jet pack, I give it a hard tug but the jet pack is stronger than I am so I got pulled into the air with A.
"Let go off me you monster." Irina yells as she struggles to get out of A's grip, but there is no use, A is just too strong for her.
A just laugh and flies higher
I use all the strength in my arms to drag myself closer to Irina, she might not be able to help herself but I can.
I lose my grip and falls down, but the top of building broke my fall.
I stand up and A seems to notice me, she stops her jet pack and flies closer to me.
"Let her go A this is between you and me!" I yell at A.
"Poor choice of words." A says and drops Irina.
As I saw her falling down I didn't think I just acted, I just dove after her using my cape as a parachute. I got close and closer to Irina. I had to save her, I had already lost too many family members.
I slowly got closer and closer to her, she noticed me and reached out her hand for me to reach. I grabbed her hand and pulled her close to me, I reached for my second grapple hook to get us to safety but there was no time, in the last second I flipped us over in midair so I broke her fall and we fall through a glass dome.
I felt a hard impact as I landed on my back on something very hard ground.
I knew A was still here somewhere. I looked down and saw that I was still holding Irina, she was alive.
I sat up and looked Irina right into her eyes. "Irina listen, you have to get out of here, A is still around and it's not safe here." I said.
"But I can't leave you." Irina said.
"I'll be fine, you won't. Now go get somewhere safe, call Oracle and have her send Robin." I said and Irina started to run.
She ran towards the fire exit when suddenly A showed up right in front of her.
"Going somewhere?" A asked.
Irina started to as A chased her, I had to keep Irina safe, I thought as I got up and I jump onto A's back and got her to lose control over her jet pack, we crashed into the railing and A's jet pack got destroyed.
A suddenly grabs her gun and fires it at me, the bullet hit my right shoulder and I jump away from A to make sure she doesn't fire another bullet.
I quickly hide behind a column and started to dig out the bullet with my fingers, after a few very painfully seconds I had found the bullet and I pulled it out of my shoulder.
"Batgirl! Help!" I hear Irina's voice, I peak around a corner and sees A holding her at gunpoint.
"Come out here Bats." A said pointing her gun at Irina, I'm too badly wounded to fight so I have no choice. I walk out with my hands above my head.
"Ok, you got me, you can let her go now." I say.
"Let her go? When did I say anything about that?" A said before throwing Irina over the railing.
I dived over the railing after Irina to save her.
Irina screamed in panic as she fell faster and faster, I help my arms close to my chest so I would fall faster so I'd be able to catch Irina before it was too late.
Her panicked screams were echoing as she looked at me, I could see it in her eyes that she was afraid to die.
As I got closer and closer to her I reached out my left hand for her to grab so I could save her. I just needed to grab her and fire the grappling hook to break our fall and she would be safe.
She noticed what I was doing and reached her hand towards me so I could save her.
We were only fingertips away from each other when suddenly I heard a sick laughter, I looked up and saw A falling right behind me.
I threw a swing at A, but I missed and A elbowed me in the face that disoriented me and followed it up by kicking me in my stomach so I got pushed further away from Irina.
A laughed like a maniac and fired two grappling hooks of her own, she fired one upward that grabbed a joist that stopped her from falling, the other one was fired at Irina. It got her by the waist and then A's grappling gun stopped Irina's fall. She stopped falling two feet away from the ground.
Then A dropped her grappling hook and let Irina fall to the floor, she landed with a thud.
I couldn't believe it, A had saved her, or so I thought as I used my cape to break my fall. I landed right next to Irina. Something was wrong, Irina wasn't breathing.
"Irina? Irina!" I said as I tuned her on her back.
"It seems like the whiplash has broken her neck." I heard A's voice say as I cradled Irina's head in my arms.
"You're next." I heard A's voice and then I heard A's evil laugh that fading away hinting that A left.
I couldn't believe it Irina was dead, I slammed my fist on the hard floor and yelled "A! I swear, if it will be the last thing I'll do, you'll pay for this!"
