Batman grit his teeth. They were so close to catching this asshole. Three days of investigation had led Batman to a lot of places. In the end, they found what they were looking for. An organization called the Blue Diamond. This guy, Isaac Grove, ran the operation. As a front it sold drugs. The fact that this place sold drugs to cover up their real activities told Batman a lot. Deep underneath though, the Blue Diamond was actually a weapons dealer. The Blue Diamond sold anything from fake batarangs to kryptonite guns. The potential danger that the company held was ridiculous. If they worked hard enough, they could imitate him, kill Superman, or even blow up a small town.
They were closing in around the warehouse. Grove had stolen kryptonite from Lex Luthor, and Luthor hadn't even deemed it necessary to report even though he claimed to be reformed. Batman pushed his thoughts to the back of his mind. He had to stay alert.
Batman stood next to Robin at a high vantage point examining the building. Black Bat stood closer to the warehouse at ground level. Nightwing was on a building across the street. Batgirl and Red Robin were on the ground across from Black Bat.
They waited.
"Ok, they're in there. Most of them are unloading a crate towards the back." Oracle's voice came over the com. "It should be pretty easy to take them out."
"Move in." Batman gave the order.
Jason had to admit it, watching the bats was pretty entertaining. It was like watching a lion stalk its prey. They had gotten in with ease and had taken out all the goons quickly. Nightwing was overly dramatic, as per usual. Black Bat frankly just scared Jason. She moved swiftly and precisely, yet she was graceful. Black Bat worked with some sort of unknown purpose. She was meticulous, yet quick. Frankly, it was mesmerizing.
The bats called the police and tied up the goons and the leader, Isaac Grove. Was it really that easy? Oh… Yikes…
Considering it was such a big operation Tim was concerned as to how it had all been so easy. Clearly the others thought so too. They were all on their toes.
If this was a weapons dealer who had access to so many gadgets, shouldn't they have something hidden up their sleeve? Tim's question was answered seconds later when Grove spat. What?
"The fucker just spat out a bomb!" Batgirl's voice came over the comm. Fuck.
The bomb somehow made their plan easier. It had detonated, but not before Arsenal had shot an arrow that damaged it. The explosion was smaller and redirected. Red Hood had taken the opportunity to grab Grove from right under the bat's nose.
Now all they had to do was question Grove and figure out who he had sold the kryptonite atomic bomb to. Yeah. That's right. A kryptonite atomic bomb. Now Red Hood would be perfectly fine with forcing B to deal with that on his own. Afterall, Superman was Batman's friend, not his. The thing is though… The bomb wasn't green kryptonite. It was blue. Red Hood, no Jason, wouldn't let some rando have access to something that could hurt Bizarro.
"Now." Arsenal whispered. The two outlaws ran into action.
Fuck. Arsenal and Red Hood just… FUCK.
Batman ran to the batmobile to follow, but before he could enter there was a hand on his chest.
"No." Black Bat spoke simply. She knew this was going to happen.
Batman took a deep breath. If Black Bat knew, well Batman would trust her.
They waited for the cops to come and then left for the batcave.
Cassandra Noble came home to an empty house that night. Cas hummed innocently as she walked into the apartment, clenching her knife that was hidden in her pocket. Kicking her shoes off she scanned the room. There was a note. Cas picked the note up and frowned. It was in a code. Cas knew the code, but it would be a mild pain to decipher.
Blue,
When entering with imaginable leering lessons be energetic. Greatness often never evaporates, for at least, the heroes riddled enviously endlessly drift away years sometimes. Blue, kangaroos rarely yell patiently over noon. Blue oranges make bombous olives marginally bad. Isn't everything so Bizzare?
Fuck. Although it took Cas five minutes to decipher the message, she understood it loud and clear. Fuck, fuck, fuck.
Cas, we will be gone for at least three days. Blue kryptonite bomb, Bizarro.
Cas was nervous. Her idiots were going to get themselves killed. Deep breaths… Cas had faith in them, but whoever had the resources to somehow obtain a kryptonite bomb did not mean good news.
Cas paused in her thoughts. Bizarro. Cas had never had the pleasure of meeting the clone, but she had heard a lot of stories from Jason.
The only outlaws that Cas had ever actually met were Roy and Kori. Cas had met Kori very briefly in the first month that she had met Jason. From what she had gathered then, Kori was REALLY fucking cool.
Jason had been alive for about a year and a half before Cas had met him. Supposedly he had met Arsenal in Gotham when he had been angry. Cas didn't know all the details, but she was pretty sure Jason was out for revenge. Arsenal had somehow talked him out of it. Although Cas wasn't surprised, as annoying as Roy Harper was, he was still a good person.
Jason had met the other outlaws four months after meeting Cas. It had been a lonely 6 months for Cas, but Jason needed the time. When he got back he would tell Cas stories about Artemis and Bizarro, or Biz, as Jason would say. Cas really wanted to meet them.
Cas snorted suddenly. She remembered when she had asked Jason.
"Does Artemis have red hair?"
"Yes…" Jason had looked at her confused. "How did you know that…"
"You have a type." Cas had taken off with an "enraged" Jason after her. He was more salty than enraged in her opinion.
Cas sighed, she had never met "Biz," but if he was in trouble, Cas was sure that Jason and Roy could handle it.
I have two more chapter written after this, so hopefully updates will be more regular. Remember to review!
