Aftermath
St Petersburg, Russia
House of St Dumas
Azrael's Batcave
Jason turned around and faced his allies he then looked at the unconscious Malcolm "Get this treacherous piece of shit out of my sight" "Where do you want him to be put?" asked Hush "Phone Dimitri and tell him to take Malcolm to our Headquarters and lock him up in the same prison that we locked Dick Grayson in and explain him what we have done to Malcolm now all of you leave me I have work to do" Jason chucked a set of handcuffs to Hush who then locked them around the Dark Archer's wrist Shrike pulled him up to his feet with the help of Hush and dragged him up the stairs.
One by one they began to exit except for Jean Paul and Whitney who stayed behind both now wanting a word with Grandmaster "I thought I said" "we know what you said Boss I have an idea that I want to pitch to you if you are willing to hear me out" said Jean "Go on?" asked Jason "30,550 men is not going to cut it we need more people and I have an idea where we should go to get some more soldiers" "Where then?" Jason asked "Remember Venezuela we still have them available to use and from my conversations with Lane, Corben and Knyazev they have raised the number of soldiers from 2000 to 5000" Jean Paul replied "The Arkham Knight Militia is a very good idea but we haven't used them in like 5 years" said Jason "Now would be a good time to use them again Boss but there is one problem we have" "What is it?" Jason asked "The Arkham Knight Militia are currently in a war with an organisation named H.I.V.E and they are led by a man who goes by the name of Damian Darhk and that believe it or not he has powers" "Powers in what way" asked Whitney "He can stop bullets just by putting his palm out and fling your whole body aside as if you were swatting a fly away with your hand" "What is he a Sith Lord, Tell me this is complete bullshit" "No it isn't Jason I think I know what Jean Paul is on about and what is giving Damian these abilities" said Whitney "Care to enlighten us" said Jean.
Whitney walked up to the computer and typed two words in the search bar as the image then came up "What is that" asked Jason "The Khushu Idol is a rare mystical object that allows the user to tap in to the power of dark magic, essentially allowing them to harness both enhanced physical attributes and psychic abilities, but only by killing and drawing strength from the deaths of others around them. The idol and its user drew strength from death, fear, and the negative aspects of others, to the point where the user could overwhelm their victims with this darkness to drain them of their life force, while the user stole it for themselves to instantly revitalize, rejuvenate and heal themselves" "Great but how do we beat it is the question I want answered" asked Jason.
"From my conversations with Dusan and Shiva there are various ways we can beat it like a few examples people who have been resurrected by the Lazarus Pit cannot be drained of life force and are immune to the user's power if Damian tried to use it on Dusan it would cause him to be somewhat drained instead another example is that the idol's power is fuelled by the lives sacrificed to it, meaning that like any fuel it can run out which leaves the user powerless until they kill again. Also the more they use their power, the less of it they have which weakens it as it slowly depletes, Light Magic is another example users of Light Magic with positive aspects that can overcome their negative aspects can repel the idol's dark magic to the point where the user's attempts to drain them of life would cause their power to backfire, sending both people flying through the air away from each other also the idol's power depends upon a constant connection to one of the earth's Ley lines. As such the closer it is to a Ley Line the more power it has access to, Mental deterioration is also another those who are empowered by the Idol become affected by the Dark magic and become addicted to the feeling of power consuming their being. They will lose all morality, willing to kill anyone to maintain the Idol's power and sustain their rush. However, more skilled magic users will have a method to combat this corruption, such as runic tattoos or blood ritual and incantation and last of all if the idol is destroyed the user would become mortal again" "How would the Apple fare against Darhk's powers" asked Jason "No idea to be honest the apple existed before the idol so we would have to see what would happen first hand" said Whitney.
Jason looked at Jean "Looks like we are going to Venezuela we'll leave in three days it will be me, you, Shrike and Whitney" "What about the others" asked Jean "China will go back to attend to the triads while everyone else will stay here until the time comes where we all meet up in Starling city now leave us me and Whitney need to talk in private" said Jason.
Jean Paul bowed and turned as he then went up the stairs leaving Jason and Whitney alone now "You know why I am angry at you" said Whitney "Yes my love I know why but just hear me out Selina is currently pregnant with her 2nd child could you really kill a pregnant woman and unborn child because you're not that kind of person I know what she has done but please I am begging you my love let this one go" "How can I Jason, Shiva was my mentor and you're asking me to let her killer live" Jason then came to an idea "what about this a few months after she gives birth by then hopefully we will have won I will let you kill her but not at this very moment once the child is out of her womb she is all yours after you have done that Damian and this 2nd child will be left in an orphanage for someone else to raise them and by the time they grow up and realize that their father was Batman and their mother was Catwoman it will be too late for them to even do anything" said Jason.
Whitney sighed "Fine deal but you owe me for this" she then smiled at him and took his hands in her own and kissed his gloved knuckles "I promise to make it up to you" said Jason pulling her towards him he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her "Just got to do one more thing" he then leaked the Batman vs Arrow fight via individual emails to Starling city sentinel newspaper, Starling city channel 52 news, Central city picture news and last of all the internet "That is going to create a buzz" said Whitney "Yes it will" said Jason who had now begun to take off his armour piece by piece until he was now standing there in his boxers.
Whitney blushed with Jason now looking embarrassed as she then turned around in order to let him put on his blue sweatpants and white t-shirt taking her hand in his he led her up the stairs of the cave "You sure about this wanting to be in a relationship with me" "Yes I am sure and at least now you won't be alone anymore now that you have me" his lips claimed hers in a passion filled kiss "I love you" said Jason "I love you too" said Whitney.
Starling City
Assassin HQ
18:30 pm
All of them stood there in silence not knowing what to say after what had just happened Nyssa, Azaria were shook to the core knowing now that they had a brother while Laurel was also shook knowing that it was Dusan who killed Sara, Jason's words kept repeating itself in Bruce's head by not killing joker he had set a young man on a path of vengeance he had created the Arkham Knight and now Jason was going to be coming after him, Roy was barely holding it together from learning what he had done to Officer Gabe Vincent the rest of them were still shocked that Desmond had just thrown down the gauntlet and declared war against the Order of St Dumas.
Tim spoke up to break the silence he turned to Roy "Roy give me your house keys because you are not turning yourself in" "What do you mean" asked Roy "I refuse to allow you to hand yourself in for a crime that you weren't even in control of so get ready because you leave this city tonight" said Tim "Okay where do you expect me to run off to?" Roy asked "You're going to Gotham City that is the only place where you will be safe and right now Gotham needs a hero it needs Arsenal" "Roy don't listen to him the best thing will be for you to hand yourself in" said Ariana "If he goes to prison he won't be given a fair trial a jury will only see him as a murderer and not as a victim of Slade Wilson's rage inducing Mirakuru serum and that is not to undermine yours and Laurel jobs as lawyers but I am trying to stop him from going outside to a city where every fucking cop is hunting him down now give me your goddamn house keys Roy so we can pack a suitcase for you before the cops show up to your house" said Tim.
Roy pulled out his key and handed it to Tim "Don't tell me you are actually going to run away" said Laurel "I'm sorry Laurel but he is right I have to leave Starling city behind me" Thea face was distraught they had just got back together and now he had to leave her but she knew it was for the best as well "Shaun, Rebecca and Erudito I need you three to now make Roy and his car invisible to the city camera's while the team who did the Assassination we need to take our showers and wash this blood off us from there me and Thea will get dressed and then head immediately to Roy's house while we are doing that I want Desmond and Bruce to start thinking of a plan on how to deal with the Red hood Army understood" everyone nodded their head in reply "Good now get to work" said Tim.
All of them dispersed immediately the Drake family and Ariana looked at Tim with pride the way he took control of that situation was truly a sight to behold "If he leads like that more often I have no doubt that Drake industries will be in safe hands when the time comes for me and Janet to retire" thought Jack.
Central city Newspaper
Iris sat at her desk eating noodles while also typing her article about the flash's latest exploits when she then received an email, opening it up she then read "Dear Miss west who I am does not matter and don't attempt to have the source of this email traced because it would be futile what you are about to watch is 100% legitimate this video has already been sent to Starling city newspaper, Starling channel 52 news and the internet as well but I have also want your newspaper to broadcast this video as well" she scrolled down and clicked it as the video then loaded "OH MY GOD" said Iris not believing what she was seeing unfold before her very eyes.
Star Labs
Barry, Dr Welles (a.k.a Eobard Thawne), Caitlin and Cisco were currently in the middle of trying to track down a metahuman named Shawna who had the abilities of teleportation when a voice from the tv interrupted them "Breaking news we have just received a video which seems to depict a fight between the Arrow and the Batman" the 4 of them turned around immediately and looked at the TV which was now showing the footage from that night "This is awesome" said Cisco "For crying out loud what the hell did he do in order to piss the batman off" said Barry "Why are they fighting in the first place you would think they would team up instead" said Caitlin "Not all heroes get along Caitlin but I won't lie it is not everyday you see a fight between the Bat of Gotham and the Arrow of Starling even I'm excited to see this" said Welles.
CCPD Headquarters
"Oliver got his ass handed to him" thought Joe who was now laughing at the ass kicking that he just witnessed "Batman won that" said Eddie "Nah Arrow won that one" said Captain Singh "I agree with Eddie, Batman won that" said Joe
Starling City
Arrow Cave
"Uh guys we have a problem" said Felicity "what is it?" asked Oliver "look what just got leaked on the internet" Felicity replied "Oh you have got to be kidding me" said Oliver "The Assassins leaked the video" said Diggle "Maybe A.R.G.U.S did it because the fight did take place outside their facility do you want me to try and get the video off the internet" said Felicity "No point now everyone has seen it" said Oliver, Felicity received a text from Cisco, Barry and Caitlin "Cisco says awesome fight but in his opinion you got your ass kicked, Barry says what the hell went down between you and Batman while Caitlin says it was a good fight but shame that there was no winner" she then received another text which was from Ray asking her if she wanted to go grab dinner with him even though he had failed to merge his company with that of Abstergo "I am going to grab dinner with Ray, I'll see you guys later" grabbing her bag she headed up the stairs leaving John and Oliver on their own.
"As if this day couldn't get any more crazy I first get beat up by Thea and Desmond, find out that she has been in the city for 3 weeks without me knowing and is now a member of a group that have been fighting a never ending war against another group who want to control the world, Laurel and Roy knew before me and have been meeting up with her and then when I confront Thea she disowns me and tells me to stay away from her and to top it off my fight against Batman has been leaked on the internet for the whole world to see" said Oliver "You have had worse days to be honest" said John "Where did I go wrong John, I try my best to do what I think is the right thing but it always ends up backfiring in my face and I end up alienating the people I care about I am surprised that you and Felicity are still here" said Oliver "You can't get rid of us that easily man even though on the odd occasion we butt heads and at times I want to punch you in the face myself but I will always have your back man and I'll tell you where you went wrong is by keeping secrets thinking that by keeping Thea in the dark she would be more safe but that didn't happen because your war with Deathstroke got your mother killed and Thea nearly died as well even after all that you pushed her away so no wonder she ran off and then to come back because a group of people offered her the love that you couldn't give they gave her guidance at the time when she needed her brother and you weren't there for her but I get it as well your duties as the Arrow had to come first" "What do I do now?" asked Oliver "What you need to do is give Thea space, time is a healer and eventually the day will come where you can say sorry to the Assassins for what you did and apologize to Thea, Roy and Laurel and in return they might forgive you" Oliver sighed heavily and looked down he then looked towards Diggle "Thanks John" "Anytime brother" aid Diggle.
Oliver walked towards the computer to carry on what he was doing before as he then clicked the name images came up of Samantha Clayton the girl he had slept with in 2007 and had encountered in central city but there was something else that had caught his eye in a few of the images Samantha was holding hands with a little boy clicking another button he ran facial recognition to identify the boy "William Clayton, son of Samantha Clayton but how could that be" Oliver whispered a look of concern formed on his face "Could it be possible?" he thought to himself "What is it man" asked Diggle "Come here and take a look at this" said approached the computer "Who is she" "An old flame of mine" replied Oliver "Why am I not surprised" said Diggle "Just hear me out back in 2007 before all the shit that went down on Lian Yu I had slept with Samantha and the result of that got her pregnant" said Oliver.
Diggle looked stunned "I was then told by Samantha over the phone that she had miscarried but look at the picture John, William is what 6 maybe even 7 years old by now" "Oliver you think that" he nodded in response "Yes there is a 50-50 chance that Samantha lied and this boy is my son" said Oliver "So I am guessing we leave for central city" said Diggle "Yeah we are but we keep this on the down low the only people who can know about this are me, you and Barry I will tell Thea eventually but only until we confirm whether he is mine or not" said Oliver "why do you need Barry" "He is the only one who I am comfortable with to run a test to see whether William is my son" "why not just get Barry to take a few DNA samples off you and then use his speed to get a few off of William" "You're right that would be simple but if William is mine I need to ask Samantha face to face about why she lied to me" "When do we leave?" asked Diggle "Tomorrow morning" said Oliver the both of them then looked down at the photo of Samantha and William.
Starling City Walmart
19:15 PM
They had pulled it off it was a miracle that they were able to get it done but Tim and Thea had been able to quickly shower, change clothes, get to Roy's house, pack his belongings away and shove them into the BMW and made their escape before the cops showed up the both of them had now gone to Walmart to buy a few items for team dinner.
Tim and Thea were in the middle of putting items in their trolley and discussing what had just transpired between St Dumas and the Assassins when a voice from the TV area interrupted them and saw that a crowd was looking at all the various TV's which were all showing the same thing "Fuck Jason leaked the fight" said Tim "How do you know it was him" asked Thea "Trust me when I say it was definitely him that did it" the two carried on watching as the crowd around them began to pick sides on who won in their opinion some were for Batman while others chose Arrow as the winner.
Tim smirked with Thea now giggling "Okay maybe it is not so bad" said Thea "Come on let's get out of here" said Tim the two of them began to walk away when a voice stopped them "Tim Drake is that really you after all these years" Tim froze recognising the voice his eyes went wide in shock "You have got to be shitting me" said Tim the two of them turned around and locked their eyes onto a 5 foot 5, 20 year old girl, blue eyes, straightened burgundy red hair that went down to her waist and was dressed in a yellow summer dress, black women sandals and had a white handbag on her arm "It is you oh my god I haven't seen you in ages" said the girl "Darla Aquista" said Tim.
Thea heart jumped when Tim uttered that name "This is the bitch who used Tim to make another boy jealous at his prom" thought Thea now knowing who this girl was she locked eyes with Darla, rage was now coursing through her body and the urge to punch Darla in the face for what she did to Tim had to be held back "How are you?" asked Darla "I'm alright how are you?" Tim asked "I'm alright what have you been up to" asked Darla "Not much really I now own a science department in my father's company and also been creating new top of the range laptops what about you" "I work in a bridal store in Starling and have been living in Starling with my mom for about a year now my dad just recently joined us" Darla replied "So what you traded the city of hell for Starling which is just as crazy as Gotham" said Tim.
Darla laughed "you got that right what are you doing in Starling city?" she asked "I almost forgot Thea this is Darla Aquista, Darla this is Thea" said Tim "Hi Thea nice to meet you" "Likewise Darla" said Thea who now had a fake smile plastered on her face "My father and I have brought half of Thea's club Verdant we are in a partnership with her to reopen it" "OMG you own Verdant that is the biggest nightclub in Starling City but it hasn't been open for ages" said Darla "Yeah but we hope to get it up and running again soon" Thea replied "Your brother is Oliver Queen right?" asked Darla "Yeah he is" said Thea "Not to sound creepy but goddamn your brother is fine as fuck" the three of them laughed "I'll make sure to tell him" said Thea "Also I am truly sorry for what happened to your mother" said Darla "Thanks for that" said Thea "wow Darla has changed a lot" thought Tim "When is the last time we saw each other" asked Darla "The prom two years ago" "wow that long huh by the way I have been meaning to ask you after the prom, Laura saw you sitting on your own in that 50's diner that was near our school and that you were crying is it true" Tim then nodded "Yeah I was" "why" asked Darla.
Thea and Tim's eyes went wide "Did you seriously just ask why he was crying, you humiliated him in front of everyone you only went with him to make Nathan the same guy who would bully him jealous then when you succeeded you tossed him aside like he was garbage" said Thea "How do you know all this" said Darla "He told me" replied Thea "Well it is not my fault that he was that damn naïve to fall for it" she then looked at Tim "come on Tim how did you not clock it immediately, you really thought I the most popular girl in school would go with the scrawny lonely nerd that would just sit in the library during lunchtimes to the prom you fell for it don't blame me blame yourself" said Darla.
Tim chuckled in disbelief "WOW 2 years has gone and just now I thought you had changed but you're still the same stuck up precious little bitch who would mooch off Daddy's dirty money and still can't accept when you're in the wrong" Darla slapped him, Thea was about to strike back when Tim stuck out his arm and kept her at arm's length he then looked at Darla in the eye "Awww struck a nerve did I just to let you know my girlfriend hits harder than that" "You have a girlfriend what girl would go out with you, what is her name" "Her name is Ariana and she is ten times more beautiful than you and has one of the purest souls on the planet" Darla attempted to slap him again for calling her ugly even though he didn't say it directly.
Tim caught her right arm stopping her slap what he didn't expect was for her to use her left hand and scratched his right cheek her nails pierced his skin as blood now flowed from his cheek "Fuck" said Tim who then stepped back in pain, Darla capitalized by kicking him directly where his stab wound was, Tim keeled over in pain and went down to his knees.
Thea had enough she landed a kick directly into Darla's stomach and followed up with an uppercut which sent Darla backwards, Thea began to throw multiple punches into her opponents torso and then backhanded her across the jaw which sent Darla to the ground "YOU FUCKIN SLUT YOU SAY MORE ONE MORE POISONED FILLED WORD ABOUT TIM OR ARIANA AND I SWEAR TO GOD YOUR OWN PARENTS WON'T RECOGNISE YOU WHEN I AM FINISHED WITH YOU!" Tim pulled Thea back "Thea we have to leave" said Tim.
The crowd that had been watching the Batman Arrow fight had now been watching the fight between Thea and Darla "Come on Thea let's pay for our stuff and get out of here" said Tim she then followed him "YEAH GO ON WALK AWAY AND GO BACK TO YOUR GUTTER TRASH SLUT OF A GIRLFRIEND ARIANA AND THEA I HOPE YOUR MOTHER IS BURNING IN HELL ALONG WITH YOUR FATHER THE QUEEN FAMILY ARE NOTHING BUT A CURSE ON THIS CITY!" Darla shouted, Tim and Thea were now seething at those words.
Thea turned around and was about to walk back until Tim put his arms around her waist and dragged her away "Thea she wants you to do that it is not worth it" said Tim "LET ME AT THIS FUCKIN BITCH!" said Thea "No come on" said Tim she then looked at him and saw that there was blood coming from his mouth "You're bleeding oh god your wound the kick must have aggravated it" whispered Thea "We'll deal with it later let's just go please" said Tim the both of them headed for the checkouts to pay for their items leaving Darla sitting there as one of the employee's tended to her.
Assassin HQ
Relax Room
19:30 PM
Laurel, Ariana, Chloe and Amy sat on the sofa watching tv whilst Nyssa sat at the bar holding a glass of scotch in her hand with the intention of drowning her sorrows she stared at the many bottles that were on the bar shelf until a hand on her shoulder caught her attention she then looked to her right and saw Azaria looking at her "You want to talk about it" Nyssa nodded and began to shed tears "How could he keep that from me and Talia, we have a brother Azaria a brother that we didn't even know existed" "I know sister it is hard to comprehend even for me as well" "how much have we destroyed" said Nyssa "What do you mean?" asked Azaria "THE AL GHULS, THE LEAGUE OF SHADOWS ALL WE HAVE DONE IS BROUGHT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION THAT IS ALL THAT WE ARE KNOWN FOR, HE KILLED SARA THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND WAS LAUREL'S SISTER SHE HAD JUST GOT HER BACK AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS THE SON OF RA'S AL GHUL KILLS HER THAT IS ALL WE HAVE BROUGHT DEATH THE LEAGUE OF SHADOWS ARE NOTHING BUT MURDERERS SENSEI, RA'S, TALIA, BANE, DARKK, RAZORBURN, MADUVU, SHIVA, MALCOLM, WHITE WILLOW ALL OF THEM THE SAME WITH ONE OBJECTIVE TO BRING RUIN TO THIS WORLD ME, YOU AND BRUCE WERE MEMBERS OF THAT EVIL GROUP AND YES WE ALL TOOK DIFFERENT PATHS IN LIFE JUST FOR OUR PATHS TO THEN CONVERGE BACK TOGETHER BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH THE LEAGUE IS ASHES IT STILL COMES BACK AND HAUNTS US TO THIS VERY DAY!" she then looked at Laurel "I am so so sorry for what Dusan did and I hope in time you can forgive us, Sara was a good woman that just ended up being another victim of my evil family" Laurel and Azaria also began to cry "Oh Nyssa" said Azaria she wrapped her arms around her sister making Nyssa cry even more.
"Nyssa you can't blame yourself for the actions of your family you didn't know even know of Dusan existence and then finding out that he killed Sara at least we know now who did it" she then approached Nyssa and Azaria "Don't blame yourself please do not do that to yourself Nyssa you are my friend and I have seen first-hand that you and Azaria are nothing like Sensei, Ra's, Talia or even Bane you have a good heart and that is probably why my sister fell in love with you as well the last thing Sara would want is Dusan dividing us but there is one thing I must ask if and when we take on Dusan could either of you be brave enough to kill him when the time comes" said Laurel.
Nyssa and Azaria looked at each other "We have to Nyssa we have no choice he is a Templar he may be our family but to him we are the enemy and vice versa we have to kill him, Connor had to stop Haytham when the time called for it" "I don't think I could do that Azaria as twisted as our brother is I wouldn't be able to kill him" "Why not" asked Laurel "Because I believe that he only became like this because of my father rejecting him for what he is maybe he was kind at one point but with Father constantly putting him down it hardened his heart and fuelled the rage inside him" "what about this you deal with white willow whilst me and Laurel will deal with Dusan" said Azaria "Azaria he is our brother you can't we have to try and reason with him" said Nyssa "He is beyond reason Nyssa look how long he knew about us but he didn't attempt to reach out why because he doesn't want to know us he doesn't care about us and I guarantee you that he would kill us without hesitating he had no remorse for what he did to Sara what make you think he will hesitate in killing us" "Then you two do it I'll deal with white willow and laurel you now officially part of this war which means you are now facing highly skilled professional killers and you will need serious training from I-Ching or Richard" said Nyssa "And a new suit what she has currently is okay but I can get Fox to create something better for her" thought Azaria.
Computer Room
The computer trio were currently in the middle of reinforcing their security due to Azrael breaking in while Helena and I-Ching were now due an explanation from Richard "Okay just go ahead yell at me" said Richard "Why didn't you mention her that day we went for ice cream" said Helena "Because me and her were only together for the sex basically it wasn't anything serious heck I even asked on six different occasions whether she wanted to actually have something with me I even asked her directly do you have feelings for me she said no on both questions and the reason was she was only in Tokyo for training the sex was just a bonus to her" "Why didn't she pursue anything further?" asked I-Ching "She told me that once her training was complete she would leave Tokyo behind her and to form a relationship would be pointless she was happy with what we had the day I took her to the airport she gave me one last kiss and then said maybe one day we will see each other again" "Did you have feelings for her" asked Helena "Yes at one point I did after you left Helena I felt so lonely without you then Kitty walked into the dojo asking to be trained in martial arts we got to know one another and then eventually we gave into both our urges and did the deed and yes I told her how I felt when I was with her but she kept shooting the idea down because it wasn't worth the heartache" said Richard
Richard interlaced his hands with Helena's and got down on both his knees and looked up at her "Me and Kitty did have a thing but my heart always belonged to you Darling your heart, your mind, your compassion, your courage, your patience, your damnable temper is why I love you that day in little Fukuoka you gave me a second chance because your heart desired me just as my heart desired you I love you Helena Bertinelli always have and always will" Helena had a smile on her face and tears in her eyes "You're forgiven" Richard stood up cupping Helena's face he kissed her. as she then kissed him back in return "I love you too" said Helena "Hey lovebirds now that you have got that out the way Richard do you want to test out the animus and find out who your ancestor is" said Rebecca "Yeah why not I'm game for it" said Richard who sat down in one of the animus's while Shaun then began to set him up.
Training Room
Desmond and Bruce were currently standing on opposite ends of the room both haunted by two different things, Bruce was currently hitting various moves on a wooden martial arts dummy while Desmond was using his 3 throwing knives and throwing them at the knife target board just to take them out and do the same thing over and over again, Selina and Alfred then walked in from helping Janet, Stacey, Mitsuko, Sapphira prep for team dinner Azaria walked in from the relax room all 3 of them had one objective to get Bruce and Des to confess what was bothering them "Okay both of you fess up what is troubling you two?" asked Alfred "Nothing is" the both of them replied "Oh really so care to explain why you're beating the shit out of that wooden dummy and you're just playing knife darts by yourself" said Selina "How many people have died because of me getting them involved in this goddamn never ending war?" asked Desmond "Desmond you can't" said Azaria "What can't blame myself Nyssa said the same thing in the morning to me but I know better think about the amount of people that have died Jim Gordon dead, GCPD dead, Akins barely alive, Nightwing also as well as Renee by getting them involved I have brought nothing but chaos to their lives Gotham has no protector currently and there is lawlessness that has now descended on it because there is barely a police force yes there are individual precincts but how long can they hold out before the criminals get control of the city and even by sending Roy to Gotham what chance does he have to defend Gotham by himself we're sending him into unknown territory a city which he has never been in and the criminals in Gotham are on a completely different level to what he faces in Starling we're basically sending a lamb to the slaughter" said Desmond "Not if he builds his own team" said Bruce.
All of them looked at him "We send Roy to Gotham and we set him a task of creating his own team to defend Gotham until the GCPD and Nightwing have recovered" "Bruce with all due respect that idea is fucking delusional why the fuck would anyone voluntarily want to help defend the city of hell the only reason you, Tim and Blake survived Gotham is because all 3 of you were raised in that city Jason as well until he decided to leave and become the Arkham Knight of St Petersburg if we send Roy he will most likely be on his own trying to defend it and he will fail we can send him there to hide but asking him to defend Gotham by himself I refuse to put that boy's life on the line like that" said Des "OKAY DESMOND PITCH ME YOUR GENIUS IDEAS THEN SINCE MINE HAPPEN TO BE FUCKIN STUPID!" said Bruce "I HAVE NONE BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE IF I DIDN'T GET GORDON AND BLAKE INVOLVED EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE!" Des replied "THERE WE GO YOU SHIT ON MY IDEA AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO AN IDEA OF YOUR OWN YOU HAVE NONE!" said Bruce "STOP IT BOTH OF YOU THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR AN ARGUMENT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEAT JASON INSTEAD!" said Azaria "IT IS THIS BASTARDS FAULT THAT JASON HAS BECOME LIKE THIS ALL BECAUSE HE COULDN'T KILL THE FUCKIN JOKER!" said Desmond "YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT I AM THE REASON WHY HE HAS TURNED OUT LIKE THIS HE SCREAMED FOR ME, HE SCREAMED FOR ME TO SAVE HIM AND I FAILED HIM AND HIS PARENTS JASON WAS LEFT TO THE BRUTALITY OF THAT MANIAC AND NOW HE IS HELL BENT ON KILLING ME, YOU, AZARIA AND OUR WHOLE ENTIRE TEAM HE HAS AN ARMY AND AN APPLE OF EDEN HOW DO WE COMBAT THAT?!" said Bruce.
The group stood there in silence none of them knowing what to do until a new voice spoke up "By scraping the bottom of the barrel" said William who was listening to the argument and came up with an idea "What do you mean Dad?" asked Desmond "You're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" said Azaria "Yes I am" said William, Bruce caught on "No I am not doing that" he said "What choice do we have Bruce we need an army and we have to go to people like them I guarantee you right now that what we were shown isn't even the full capacity of Jason's army if I am correct he will recruit more groups to join him" said William "Come on William why would they give a shit about this?" Bruce asked "Because if you tell the Italian mafia that the guy we're trying to take down is the leader of the Red Hood Syndicate the way they will see it is an opportunity to take down a rival gang boss and tell them what Jason wants to achieve they might be able to put aside their issues to focus on the bigger picture we have to unite criminals with cops to take down the Order of St Dumas you, Selina and Damian go back to Italy in 2 days your job will be to visit various Italian mafia families and see if you can get them to help us while I will call Saeko Mochizuki leader of the Onmoraki-Gumi Yakuza group they are Assassins as well and inform her of what has just happened" said William "We have a Yakuza group backing us" said Bruce "when did this happen" asked Des "While you guys were dealing with the league a small group of our Assassins were attacked in Osaka by the Onmoraki-Gumi it was under different leadership then one of the Assassins that was killed was Mentor Kenichi Mochizuki his wife Saeko then took over our Japan division and retaliated against the Onmoraki-Gumi by wiping out their leaders and taking control of the organisation" "So we have them but we will need more people" said Azaria "We'll do what we can for now but right now let's just have team dinner and no more fighting understood" said Alfred, Des and Bruce nodded their heads in response.
Kitchen
Janet, Mitsuko, Sapphira and Stacey were all currently in the middle of making dinner for the whole team while also sharing stories on how they raised their kids but in Sapphira case she was telling them how she kept an eye on Azaria when she first moved into what was Ezio but now the Wayne's house whilst Roy was telling Jack Drake about his childhood until all of them were interrupted when the doors burst open with Thea and Tim entering he had his hood up to disguise what happened to him as they placed the drinks onto the table, Tim sat down and groaned in pain it was only until blood spilled out from his mouth and onto the table that his Father immediately approached him and pulled his hood down revealing his now injured cheek and bloodied mouth all of them gasped in shock "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" asked Jack "Who did this?" asked Janet, Thea was about to answer until Tim stopped her "Roy go get Amy, Chloe and Ariana in here now then me and Thea will explain what happened" said Tim, Roy left immediately.
Relax Room
Roy entered he had already informed Des and the rest that were in the training room to get to the kitchen and now had a panicked look on his face "Ariana, Amy, Chloe you need to get to the kitchen now it's Tim" "What's happened?" asked Amy "I don't know but he is in a very bad way" the 3 of them, Laurel and Nyssa got up immediately and followed Roy into the Kitchen.
Kitchen
Tim was currently now throwing up blood in a bin with his mom and dad trying to tend to him he then saw Roy enter with the others behind him and gave Ariana and Chloe a blood filled smile the both of them looking back in horror "What happened?" asked Amy who then knelt before Tim and began to wipe blood from his mouth while Ariana took over from Janet and began to deal with the large bloodied scratch on his cheek "Darla Aquista is what happened" said Thea the drake family and Ariana were now raging and those who were told by Tim about Darla looked in shock "SHE DID THIS TO HIM" said Janet "Who's Darla Aquista?" asked Laurel "I'll explain you later now tell us what went down" said Chloe, Thea then explained and about the fight being leaked by Jason "What did Darla say when you guys were leaving?" asked Chloe "She called Ariana a gutter trash slut and said to me that she hopes my Mom and Dad are burning in hell and that the Queen Family have been nothing but a curse on Starling" said Thea "GUTTER TRASH SLUT I SWEAR TO GOD I WISH I WAS THERE I WOULD HAVE CAVED HER FUCKIN HEAD IN!" said Ariana "Trust me when I say I was far from done with her it was only until I saw the blood come from his mouth that I decided to walk away" said Thea
Jack started to chuckle "What's so funny Dad" asked Tim "I just remembered that time when you used that chat up line on that girl at the bar and she punched you in the face" Jack and Tim laughed "I remember that Blake was there as well he was on the floor laughing his ass off when she punched me what did I even say to her that day" "Hey baby that's a nice dress you got on but it would look even better at the foot of my bed in the morning" said Jack all of them laughed "You're unbelievable you know that" said Thea "I have to admit you deserved that punch" said Ariana "Come on get up Tim it is most likely your wound has reopened I'll be able to sort you out in the medical room" said Amy helping up to his feet they were about to leave when 2 loud screams were heard with both of them coming from the computer room.
Hello to the readers of this story I would like to apologise for the delayed previous chapter and this one work has been insane and I have had a lot on my plate recently to deal with and the occasional writers block but I still have the drive to finish this story because I have so many ideas and there might be a spinoff story that will be about Roy and Richard also the new costume of black canary will be the new 52 design from the comics with slight modification from me as well the next chapter will finally reveal Richard's darkest secret and his troubled past and also Renee Montoya will become the Question as well in this
please leave your reviews on how this story is going so far and just for being so loyal to this story here is a list of a characters that are going to be in this story:
Benny Lo a.k.a Night Dragon (check out Batman Hong Kong graphic novel if you want to know who he is)
Katherine Kane a.k.a Batwoman
Jade Nyugen a.k.a Cheshire
Cole Cash a.k.a Grifter
General Sam lane
John Corben (Better known as Metallo but he won't become that in this story)
KGBeast
Onyx Adams (Check out Batman Bad Blood Movie)
