Justice Heroes Elite
CHP 56: Wait and Inspection
All of them who weren't staying left the Avengers Mansion some time ago, having work that needs to get done elsewhere. Huntress stands beside Red Arrow on top of a building, both trying to process all the information which was discussed tonight. It was something that needed to be done; now that they've officially assembled a team of established heroes they have a legit chance of doing something about this upcoming attack, which Helena hopes doesn't turn into some kind of war.
"We should all be operating under one roof; what the hell is up with Batman in saying we can all go about our business separate until they attack. I can see why Nightwing agreed to that, but Wolverine and that Widow woman; I mean come on people!"
Extending out her right arm Huntress places a hand over his shoulder, advising him not to worry and that it will all work out.
"I'm not sure whether are not you're aware, but Batman doesn't play well with others until he gains your trust. I'm going to go off on a limb and say he doesn't fully trust shield or the heroes we aren't accustomed to." She implies.
"Maybe so, but we can't afford to be that way during a time like this…we need to work as one team! No birds of prey, Titans, Justice League, Avengers, Outsiders or whatever else! We need to be one unit, one heart, and most importantly ONE TEAM!" Roy complains.
She understands where he comes from on this matter but at the same time, she knows how the Dark Knight operates. She has no problems with trusting others, and honestly is on the same page with Roy on this particular issue. At the end of the day, they're all professionals and are still goanna have to get the job done no matter how each of them chooses to prepare. Strength wise they're doing ok, but that will definitely improve with the return of Ironman; both witnessing what he's been able to do from footage shown on the news and greentube; a site which allows for any user to upload videos.
"I'm about to go get a bite to eat, would you by any chance like to come along? If not, try and stay safe and alive we're all going to need each other."
Without another word, Red arrow connects a long piece of wiring to one of his arrows shooting it out in the distance, jumping off the building holding on tight landing on the sidewalk below seconds later. Taking one last look at Huntress, he solutes her before disappearing in the shadows. Finishing up the paperwork on one of his previous cases Matt Murdock places it in his file cabinet, pasting a label on it. He isn't sure if he's too late regarding the meeting Black Widow wanted him to attend concerning a grouping of the heroes who remain.
"If I'm too late, I'm sure they won't have an issue giving me a small briefing on what the plan is. Other than any of that; this world already has enough problems evolving around crime."
Perhaps there is an invasion of this world being planned, but their entire focus can't just be on that. There is so much more they've got to worry about; criminals and Meta's being at the top of the list. Dropping their guard even for a minute could prove to be very costly. Even as he stands now, Matt can hear the screams of innocent civilians being tormented in the city. A lot of the bad people in the world are beginning to feel way too comfortable with the absences of the world's most iconic heroes/saviors as some might say. Un doing his tie, Matt gets into his patrol uniform placing the mask over his head last. In no time he is out on the streets jumping from one building to another, catching the sound of corruption in several directions; but one in particular is close. Not hesitating he's off to the races getting there without delay.
"Looks like I got here just in time."
Throwing forward one of his Club's it connects with the head of a guy who had been holding the woman up against the wall. What he was able to pick up on his way here was these men were giving this woman no choice but to prostitute for them. She tried to reject saying that wasn't in her line of work; but they weren't going to have any of that.
"What the hell is going on? Who the heck is out there, show yourself coward!"
Not disappointing or stalling, DD shows himself coming at them straight forward; flipping off the building top. Using his radioactive vision he's able to see none of them carry a gun, just a few knives and a bat. In total there are eight of them against him. The woman stands her ground not really having any room to try and get away.
"What are you all doing just standing around, get over there and take him down. I'll make sure the bitch doesn't get away."
The alleyway is somewhat narrow, but still more than enough room for him to work his magic. Dashing toward Daredevil one of them throws out a punch which he flips over resting a hand over the attacker's shoulder giving him better leverage and balance to follow through and land on his feet grabbing hold of the club he had used to initiate this encounter. Performing a round house kick he follows it up with a left jab knocking one of them to the ground.
"Who the hell are you?" One of them asks pulling out a machete swinging it at DD.
Knocking the weapon out of the individual's grasp DD follows up with a knife hand to the throat finishing it off with a bear claw.
"The name's Daredevil; living in this part of town, you must of heard about me at least once or twice."
Swopping down from the darkness, even Daredevil is unable to collect what happened; looking over to see a masked cape fighter standing over two of the KO'd gang members. The unidentified person pulls something out of what appears to be a utility belt wrapped around his waist. Throwing the projectile toward Daredevil, it strikes one of the men in the head who tried to attack DD from his backside.
"To hell with this, I'm going to get out of here while I still can." One of them says dropping his weapon.
Sprinting down the alleyway, he doesn't get far having his face being smashed into the side of a brick wall and being thrown down to the ground right after. DD takes this opportunity to take out the individual who has a hold of the woman, seeing that he looks in the other direction. The person who took out the thug down the alleyway runs forward approaching Daredevil and the masked caped man. The gang members are finished off swiftly with the three working together.
"You're free to go miss; please try and stay off the streets at this time of hour." Daredevil says.
"Are you people apart of the group who call themselves the X-Men?"
Daredevil shakes his head with a no, telling her to get out of here ASAP and call the police and give them the details of what happened here, so that these men can be arrested. Walking forward she gives DD a kiss on the cheek before running out in the other direction.
"Good to see you Black Panther; didn't expect to see you in this part of town," Daredevil reaches out shaking hands with his ally, "You wouldn't by any chance know who this is?"
Panther shakes his head having no idea; both turning and facing the person.
"I go by Red Robin, and am or was a member of the Teen Titans. I also work alongside Batman, and do most of my work in the city of Gotham."
Both reply by saying they've heard of the Dark Knight, taking this opportunity to become acquainted. Wanting there to be no doubt or problems of trust, RR gives him his reason for dropping in on Daredevil fighting against those criminals, stating he fit the description of someone Black Widow had been telling Nightwing and Green Arrow about some hero which greatly dressed in all red resembling a devil.
"Guess I am too late, I was actually headed that way…I had a few things to take care of before doing so." Daredevil says.
T'Challa himself also was supposed to attend the meeting, but had some things come up for him as well. Red Robin offers to fill them in on what the bases of everything will be, but adds they should do it elsewhere. Listening to the police sirens closing in on them from a few blocks away, they agree; all heading for to rooftops. The two asks questions; RR replying and giving answers to the best of his ability. In that of Gotham; Batman and Robin put a stop to a drug shipment, with a lot of different parties being involved now driving off in the Batmobile.
"Any clue how many disappointed folks will be over sea, once they realized we put an end to their lab?"
"I can't give you a number, but there will be a lot of anger. When that happens people do desperate things, I expect us to have some extra company in the next few weeks, we've hit them at home base, and I know they'll hit back." Batman replies.
Robin likes the sound of that, sitting back and smiling; he would give anything just to see the faces of each top guy once they find out what has happened here tonight. He still hasn't been able to figure out why these people continue to run such business through this city. Yes there may be a few corrupt cops, but even they don't make up for Batman being here and watching over everything.
"How's the arm?" Batman asks, still with his eyes on the road.
Robin replies with saying it's just fine, and that it should be perfectly fine after two days. When engaging in battle against the dealers and pimps, one of them took a good swing of a curl bar at Damian causing damage. In the next second the built in communicator within the Batmobile beeps. Reaching out Batman presses the button expecting to hear Alfred.
"Batman here…is there a problem?"
"Oh hello Batman, I'm just calling to report to you the two ninjas have been very impressive. They've managed to make it through stage nineteen of our training system."
Tightening his grip on the steering wheel, he did not expect to be contacted by Black Widow or anyone from that group so promptly.
"Is there a problem? Robin and I are a bit busy. I wouldn't have brought Subzero, Ermac or Scorpion if I didn't think they'd be able to help, don't call again unless it is important…Natasha."
Pressing the button once more, Batman ends the transaction with a wide eyed Robin sitting next to him. Standing from her seat in the Observatory room; Widow's mouth opens dropping a little! How did he know her name? She never gave him that information! And why did he just hang up on her like that.
"What an ass!" She mumbles crossing her arms, not believing what he just did.
Standing from where they sit, one of the shield member's asks if everything is ok. You can tell by her face she's pissed off about something. Putting on a forged smirk, she tells him things couldn't be any better. Batman notices the look on his partner's face, asking what the deal is.
"Don't you think you were a bit of a…you know…uhm jerk? That isn't how you should talk to a lady. Is she one of your ex girlfriends?"
Giving the boy a quick look, Batman focuses back on the road heading for uptown Gotham so that they can meet with someone who says he has information about the whereabouts of Penguin, Toyman and their entire group, not answering the question. This could be a setup, and the two of them are more than prepared for that. The caller would not give a name, staying completely anonymous. If someone is trying to ambush the dynamic duo, they'll be more than prepared; trained for so many state of affairs, including something as this.
"What about Freeze? I caught a little of the news earlier this evening; they say he escaped Arkham around noon hours ago." Robin says.
Batman replies by saying they won't worry about him until a later time. Since his escape he hasn't done anything, aside from that there are more dangerous people ahead of him on the list that need to be taken care of first. Having nothing else to say, Robin sits back in his seat enjoying the ride while at the same time looking out the glass, considering the possibilities which could have happened to their fallen allies. Back in the city of New York the group, who now calls themselves the sky troopers attack civilians for the thrill of it having no true purpose. It first started off with just Hobgoblin and Firefly, but they have since added Vulture A.K.A Adrian Tooms to the fray. The little show they presently put on is to evaluate how well they can work as a team. People run in all directions trying to get somewhere safe. In the next minute the police force arrives, carrying with them some of their best weapons.
"Alright gentlemen this is where our first true test will begin." Hobgoblin says, feeling overly excited for the opportunity.
Preparing himself Hob gets a lot of his pumpkin bombs ready, more than ready to attack, but waits for the swat and officers to do so first. The chief of police holds what looks to be a black megaphone speaking directly to the three of them trying to get them to back down and turn themselves in. It is pretty obvious to both sides that won't be happening, but it was worth a shot. One of the officers walks up next to the chief.
"I've been a long time fan of Spiderman…I mean let me rephrase that," The officer clears out his throat, "For the last couple years I have been keeping tabs on the wall crawler and that guy up there on the glider is not someone to mess with. His name is Hobgoblin, and he even gives Spiderman trouble at times. I advise us not attack, it could end up hurting more than help."
"Thanks for the input rookie, but that is not what we do here in this unit. Heck you might even surprise yourself on how well we do, some of these Meta humans are so overrated."
Instructing the officer to step back, the chief gives the Sky Troopers one last warning before they unleash an attack on the three. The Troopers answer with a missile being fired from the wrist area of Firefly blowing up one of their police vehicles entirely taking down a few police officials in the process. Waiting no longer, the chief gives the order for his men to attack. Showing no hesitation they all fire off at the same time, some at Goblin, and others at Vulture and the rest at Firefly.
"I knew this would be fun, but I had no idea it'd be a party." Firefly says enjoying himself.
The criminals dodge most of what comes their way. What does hit them doesn't do a whole lot of damage, a huge part in thanks to their individual suits. Going up against the police is like Childs play to them, using this as a measuring stick to their effectiveness. Hobgoblin hovers right over the middle section of them dropping down pumpkin bombs laughing at the huge explosion as a result. Firefly zooms in over the top dropping large sums of flame over to group using his flamethrower!
"Retreat! I repeat, stand down!" The chief yells out, observing over five of his men covered in flames.
The chief makes it loud and clear to the Sky Troopers that they give up, not wanting to lose any more men. It is apparent this is one battle they will not win. Throwing down a final three bombs, four policemen are blown back in the other direction, with blood being everywhere. Hob snorts while he follows Firefly and Vulture who lead the way of their departure.
"This is Chief Ryan! I need the medics right away; I've got over ten men down, and at least three dead!" He speaks into his police radio; heart racing faster than it ever has.
All around him there is nothing but chaos and destruction, and screams of many. The chief makes his way over to one of his fallen men grabbing hold of his hand telling him everything will be alright and that he needs to stay strong and hang on. There is so much more in stored for him in this life, and that it is not yet his time.
Worlds Away
It had been a night of planning and organizing, but that has past bringing up the escalation of the sun over the mountains. Derak lays within his bed totally naked with both Hellen and Nitara on both sides of him being completely nude as well. Opening his eyes a smirk forms on the face of Derak; remembering back on the events of last night. Usually he sleeps within his coffin, but because of the circumstances of last night that would have been a little difficult. All windows in the room are covered with three layers of curtains; the sunlight isn't healthy for any of them. Sitting up, Derak moves over rubbing his body up against that of Nitara's, waking her almost immediately.
"How'd you sleep beautiful? I hope you enjoyed yourself, I'd say I did a good job of distributing my efforts between you both."
Rolling over on her side, she leans forward giving him a kiss on the cheek laying back down. Staring up at the ceiling she tells him she enjoyed herself a lot and that he was great. Extending his arm out he runs a finger through her hair and the other over her stomach. That was her first time being in a threesome, and found it to be different but still enjoyable. The two of them jump a bit as the door to his room flies open with Keiji stepping in.
"I'd get dressed and out of bed if I were the two of you. Rosea will be back in about fifteen minutes, and I don't think she would be too happy to see any of this. I'll wait for you guys downstairs, try and make it fast."
Heading for the door he closes it on his way out. Both Nitara and Derak look each other directly in the eyes laughing together enjoying this even more due to the fact they did it behind her back. It makes it just that much better! Putting out his hand, Derak taps Hellen over her shoulder. She groans putting her head into the pillow, not wanting to get up just yet. Getting out of bed, Nitara spreads out her wings stretching them out. Derak whistles observing the backside of her body, loving everything he sees. Recovering her clothing and boots off the ground she gets dressed exiting out of the room.
"Guess I better get up, there is a lot on the agenda. I first need to get something to eat; I can't focus when working on an empty stomach." Derak says getting out of the sheets
Removing himself from the sheets as well, Derak goes for the bathroom getting into the shower. His sis has a real keen sense of smell, and he'd better try his best not to give her any shortcuts on figuring out what he just did with two of her best friends. Getting out of the bed, Hellen enters into the bathroom.
"Mind if I join you? I can help you get those spots you're unable to reach."
Opening the sliding door, he allows for her to enter. Journeying down a flight of stairs, Nitara makes her way into the dining room where Keiji sits reading a magazine with one leg resting on top of the other. Feeling her presence, he lowers the reading material asking "How was it." Knowing exactly what he refers to, she rolls her eyes telling him never to speak a word of it again.
"What happened last night is in the past, we need to focus on Dieya."
Grinning uncontrollably, he lifts the magazine back up continuing where he left off. Too him it almost feels like a fantasy/dream regarding the possibility of them successfully resurrecting the most powerful female vampire this world or any other has ever known. It is one of those things that it is too good to be true.
Worlds Away
Dick Grayson walks beside Tim; the two of them entering into a Starbucks together, ordering themselves a cup of Coffee. Richard usually isn't in this part of town, but a text from his best buddy who is like a brother to him is something he won't stand down. After receiving their cups of Coffee, the two make their way over to a booth taking a seat.
"What is it you called me all the way out here for? Have you by any chance spoken with Bruce since our meeting with the Avengers last night?" Dick asks taking a sip.
It is only a little after eight, and neither of them have really gained their full energy. Last night was a long one for them both, but there will be plenty more of those in the foreseeable future.
"Nah I haven't had the chance to get his take on everything. Anyway the reason I called you here was to tell you I ran into two others who will be joining our efforts. Their names are Daredevil and Black Panther; from what I can tell, they're both street level as far as strength."
Sitting back, Tim now takes a sip waiting to see or hear what Richard thinks.
"I don't believe I'm familiar with either of them, do they happen to work for a certain group or do they operate as individuals?"
Rubbing two fingers over his chin, Tim replies telling him that he isn't sure. He also notifies Richard that the two of them are already acquainted with the Avengers and are accustomed to some of the other hero groups around that maybe the two of them lack info on. Dick still isn't sure why this couldn't have been done over the phone, but he didn't mind one bit coming out here to Gotham to help out a friend/and teammate.
"Whenever you speak with Bruce, be sure to update him as well."
"Will do." Tim says taking another sip.
The two of them have been through a lot together and with Batman, and one might believe it has made them better prepared for what will most likely turn into an upcoming war. It would be nice to have people like Superman and Wonder Woman around; but mankind has to fight for itself this time; just as it has done in history. Wearing a cap over his head with a pair of Dark shades, Herman Schultz drives a pickup truck pulling into a secluded area. Parking the vehicle in front of the place, he gets out of the driver's side, happy to be done with this chore.
"I knew you'd make it back in one piece Mr. Schultz. Did you get all of the weapons?"
"Take a look in the back, it is all there." He replies.
Three men unlock the back of the vehicle inspecting the whole area stepping inside. After the sweep is complete, they shake hands with Herman giving him the money he was promised if he was able to complete the job.
"You will need to get suited up now; your next task will require the Shocker! Professor Crane would like to discuss it with you personally inside. With the big guns as far as those super heroes being taken out of existence, there's going to be a turf war for territory, and we will be the victors. Also you will be traveling alongside some dude named Killer Croc…Dr. Crane speaks highly of him."
To Be Continue
