This is the chapter I've been dying to get to since I started this story. When I started planning the third installment this was actually the first scene I thought of (with a few changes to fit in the league of shadows) so I'm excited to finally get to write it.
24 hours earlier.
"Lights out patients," A Arkham guard called out through the hallways of Arkham. "All prisoners return to your cells for the night, no exceptions!"
A guard led Harley to her cell, Harley kept her head hung low as the door slammed shut behind her with a loud clank. With a depressed sigh Harley laid in her bed and stared at the ceiling. There was a small window in Harley's cell that showed the lights of Gotham which marked the only reminder of her other life outside of Arkham.
"I wonder if I'm ever going to get out of this place," Harley thought "Get to feel the sun beat against my skin, get to feel the crispness of a summer breeze? I'd give anything to get out of here, get my life back."
Suddenly there was the sound of a explosion on the far side of Arkham. Harley sat up in her bed and walked over to the cell door bars as she heard the sound of gunfire, followed by the sound of screaming and what sounded like skin being sliced apart. Suddenly she saw people dressed up in all black attire the bottom of their faces covered and only their eyes visible, they looked like ninjas, nges to fit but she knew exactly who these guys were.
"The league of Shadows?"
A lady stepped in front of the assassins, this woman dressed like a cop, but for some reason she wasn't attacking the assassins, or trying to fend them off. She stopped by Harley's cell, and taking out a key she unlocked it.
"Today's your lucky day Harley, your getting out."
"Who are you?"
"I'm Talia Al Ghul. Daughter of the demons head. And we have plans for you."
The last thing Harley was a black bag being placed over her head before a blow to her head knocked her out.
Present time.
Outside the old Wayne Enterprise tech lab, Batgirl stared through a pair of binoculars as she studied the area. The front entrance was guarded by five league of assassin members. Hugo obviously didn't want any interruptions from Batgirl. Or maybe Hugo did want Batgirl to take out the assassins to see how tough she was. Regardless those assassins stood between her and he friend and nothing was going stop her from reaching her.
Shooting out her grappling hook Batgirl glided over to where the assassins stood, threw a batarange while in midair and watched as it struck a assassin in the face. As the first assassin laid on the ground stunned the other four assassins reached for their swords. Batgirl grabbed the first assassins sword, wrestled it out of her hand and struck the back in over the assassins head. She then dodged as another assassin swung her sword at her, the sword missed Batgirl but sliced another assassin in the arm that was caught in the crosshairs. Batgirl grabbed the assassin by the waist, lifted him over his head and slammed him on top of another assassin knocking them both to the ground. Batgirl then jumped in the air and kicked the assassin on top in the face knocking them both out. Batgirl then tackled the final assassin to the ground, grabbed her by the leg and snapped her leg, breaking it. She then knocked her over the back of the head with her elbow.
With the final assassin taken care of Batgirl kicked down the door to the tech lab and stormed inside. She knew Hugo was in there, as well as Harley. And nothing was going to stop her from reaching her friend and ending Hugo's plans once and for all.
The room was pitch dark, Batgirl had to activate her night vision goggles in her cowl just to see anything. There was nothing but silence for the longest, then she saw the bright lights of a projector screen turn on in front of her. Batgirl froze in horror as the projector showed Harley strapped to a stretcher by Hugo Strange, Hugo had a syringe in his hand and was pacing around Harley like a wolf circling it's prey.
"Who is the Batgirl Ms. Quinzel?" ,
"Go to Hell Strange, I ain't telling you nothing." Harley snapped back "You shouldn't even be back here you got fired. You were insane."
"I'm not the insane one Ms. Quinzel, you are. Isn't that why you are locked up in here?"
"Once the guards find you, you'll be in a cell of your own."
"Why did you help the Batgirl defeat the Joker Quinzel?" Hugo continued ignoring Harley's words. "After all you was the one that freed him, took pity on him, fell in love with him. Why the sudden turn?"
"He was insane."
"You knew that when you freed him yet you did it anyway, even killed fo him. You knew who Batgirl was didn't you? She was a friend wasn't she, someone you loved and cared deeply for? That's why you freed her wasn't it? That's why you suddenly switched sides on a dime."
"I'm not telling you anything," Harley seethed, fear suddenly starting to control her as she struggled to get out of her bonds.
"I have finally perfected the formula Quinzel, the one that will turn the most ruthless of villains into mindless monsters controlled only by me. Do you know how it feels to slowly feel your muscles mutate and transform you into a mindless monster? Why don't you have a little sample of it and find out?"
Batgirls eyes went wide in horror as she watched Hugo inject Harley with the formula. Harley screamed in agony as she felt her inside burning, her body twisted and turned trying to reject the formula. Hugo just stood over her calm, void of any emotion.
"Who is the Batgirl Harley? I can inject you with the antidote, your suffering can stop right now if you give me her name. Who is the Batgirl?"
Harley screamed once more, she felt her muscles start to mutate, with tears streaming down her face she gave in. "Barbara Gordon!"
Hugo instantly injected Harley with the antidote. After a couple seconds her body went back to normal. Realizing what she just did Harley started sobbing, as Hugo lowered himself to ear level.
"Thanks for your insistence Miss Quinzel."
Hugo then left, leaving Harley to sob as the screen went black.
"How Does its feel Miss Gordon?" Hugo's voice suddenly echoed through the room. The lights came on you and Batgirl gasped as she saw Harley sitting in the middle of the room, tied to a chair with Hugo standing over her, a syringe in hand. "To be betrayed not once but twice by a girl who you considered a friend?"
"I'm sorry Babs I didn't want to, you got to believe me. He forced me to do it."
"Let her go Hugo," Batgirl growled.
"What is it about Miss Quinzel that makes you so d esperate to protect her? She's a criminal after all, a murderer. She killed your other friend, and tried to kill you. She's no better then the other scum that plague this city."
"I said let her go!"
"Yet she still remains your weakness. Despite everything she did to you, betraying your friendship, paralyzing you, you still go out of your way to ensure her safety.
Batgirl took out a batarange and was about to throw it at Hugo when she felt the tip of a sword poke against her spine.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you?"
Batgirl turned around and her eyes went wide with shock. "Officer Tate?"
"Al Ghul, Talia Al Ghul. Daughter of the Demons head."
"You went out of your way to protect your traitorous friend Miss Gordon, that you turned your back on the ones actually trying to help you. Ones like the Robin. If you let him in he would have tipped you off about Officer Tate behind you, but you had to cut off almost everyone in your life. Wallowing in your own self pity."
"Your nothing like my beloved Bruce," Talia replied "You're a disgrace to the cowl."
Angry Batgirl grabbed the blade behind her and knocked it out of her hand. She then flipped Talia over her shoulders and pinned her to the ground. She was about to lay a fist to Talia when Hugo spoke up.
"I wouldn't make another move if I was you Gordon." Batgirl turned around and saw the tip of the Syringe pressed to Harley's neck. Hugo's thumb was raised ready to inject the formula. "One more move and Harley becomes the next monster. You can still save her though, take her place, sacrifice yourself for her, become my next mutant, the leader of my monster army."
"Babs, don't do it!" Harley pleaded. "Not for me."
"It's the only way to save her Gordon, who's it going to be, you or her?"
Batgirl lowered her head and sighed. "Hugo, stop, I'll do it."
"Barbara?" Harley gasped
"I made a promise to Sarah to save you. And I'm going to keep it."
"Just like Bruce, taking pity on the scum." Hugo laughed. Talia then kicked Batgirl off of her and knocked her to the ground. Talia then lifted Batgirl up and led her to a gurney where Hugo strapped Batgirl in to where she couldn't get out.
"You will be my masterpiece," Hugo laughed.
"Hugo, when I get out of here, I'm gonna use your head as a, bowling ball."
"Overconfidence is your downfall Miss Gordon. There is no getting out of this for you." Hugo pressed the tip of the needle to Batgirl's sleeve, he was about to inject the formula when he heard a crash coming from the window. Robin came crashing in along with Catwoman.
"We meet again Hugo." Catwoman hissed.
"Ms. Kyle." Hugo growled "You treacherous cat."
"Mind if I drop in," Robin laughed as he tossed a shuriken, slicing Batgirls binds and freeing her. Batgirl instantly wrestled the syringe out of Hugo's hands and delivered a blow to the head.
"What was that you were saying Hugo?" To Batgirl's surprise Hugo just laughed.
"Oh Miss Gordon. You think I wouldn't have a backup plan in place against you?" Hugo pointed upwards and Batgirls eyes went wide as she aw dozens of Monsters dangling from cages above her. "You got lucky with one, let's see how you fair against a whole army!
Hugo pressed a button and the bottom of the cages opened, the monsters instantly surrounded the masked crimefighters as Hugo barked his orders.
"Kill them all."
"Batgirl I suggest we get out of here," Robin applied.
"Not without Harley." Batgirl tossed a batarange in one monster's eye then made a dash for Harley. The monsters lunged for her but Robin stabbed one of them in the back before turning to fight off another one.
"Whatever your doing do it fast!" Robin ordered. "There's to many of them."
Batgirl ran to where Harley was tied and started undoing her binds. "Your really not going to leave me are you?"
"Never!"
Harley smiled as Batgirl took her hand, the first time since her actually feeling her hands. Once Robin and Catwoman saw Batgirl had freed Harley they all dropped a smoke pellet, blinding the monsters long enough to flee. Once the smoke settled. Harley along with the masked crime fighters, were gone.
"Find them!" Hugo roared, "and kill them all."