Chapter 18 News Worthy
After escaping Star Labs the foursome consisting of Weather Wizard, Killer Frost, Peek-A-Boo, and Lincoln make their way to the Hall of Doom. They enter and they see the members in having a huge conversation. But Lincoln takes a big step forward, this makes the villains have all attention is turned towards them. Catwoman states
"Good to see you got some new metas to join our cause, but where is Reverse Flash, Captain Cold, Heatwave, and Merlyn?" Lincoln replies full of sorrow
"Captured, those Justice Syndicate bozos sent the four of them as well as Mirror Master and Kilgore to Arkham" Killer Frost continues
"But it wasn't a total loss when Reverse Flash came back from Earth-3, turns out those Syndicate idiots are no heroes, on their Earth, they are called the Crime Syndicate" The Legion smile from learning the fact. Riddler says
"So Harley was right, they must have got rid of the Justice League" Penguin continues the thought
"I know we're villains and all but, it would be selfish if we kept this info to ourselves" Catwoman exclaims, the legion becomes amused with that idea.
"Okay it is agreed we have to get the word out, I will go to the Daily Planet and get this published, while I'm gone introduce Rookie to our other new recruit, and please remember we want to stay under the radar of the Syndicate" The villains nod yes as Catwoman leaves the Hall and head to Metropolis. Lincoln becomes confused and asks
"What did she mean new recruit?" Riddler gets up from his seat and says
"She joined after the incident at the GCPD and Iceberg Lounge. She's in the training room, I will guide you to it" Riddler and Lincoln walk down the hall. They arrive at a door blocking their path, Riddler punches in a code and it opens the door revealing a girl with purple hair and black gothic dress blasting Lexbots. Riddler yells out to the girl
"Jinx! We got a new friend for you!" She stops battling, looks at Lincoln and says
"What do we have here, a psychotic circus bunny?" Lincoln chuckles at the comments. Riddler says
"Rookie, this is our newest member, Jinx"
In Metropolis
Catwoman parks her motorcycle in the alleyway away from prying eyes. She walks into the Daily Planet Building.
Meanwhile in the Daily Planet Building
In the office of Perry White are four people, Perry White himself, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and a new guy. Perry says
"Alright Clarkson, I know you may be new here but I like you, and I'm a great judge of character so I want you reporting on the Star Labs break-in" Lois looks Perry White with awe and anger. Clarkson replies
"Sure thing Perry" Perry looks over at Lois and Jimmy and says
"Oh don't look so gloomy Lois, I'm sending you to the galaxy communications tower gala, it's going to be a glamorous event, you'll get to interview VIPs about their designer dresses" Lois rolls her eyes and becomes annoyed and grabs Jimmy and storms out of Perry's office. Clarkson walks out a few moments after them and closes the door. Perry sits at his desk and tries to take a sip of coffee, suddenly at the door, three loud knocks hit the door alerting Perry. He gets annoyed from this and storms to the door. He opens it revealing behind it Catwoman. Perry says
"Hey, I know you, you're that Cat Lady from Gotham. What are you doing here?" Catwoman replies
"It's Catwoman, and I have news about that new Justice Syndicate. Those heroes are zeros, my team did some digging around and found out on Earth-3 they're actually the called the Crime Syndicate." Perry asks
"If I were to believe you, keyword being if, do you have any evidence?" Catwoman frowns and says
"Sadly it was destroyed at Star Labs, but Harley Quinn record them getting rid of the Justice League," Perry asks
"Then why isn't she here?" Catwoman answers
"After the GCPD incident she has gone missing" Perry become angry and replies
"Let me make this clear, no evidence means No Story! Now get out and stop wasting my time" She leaves his office and enters the lobby once more.
Back at the Hall of Doom
Jinx asks playfully "So how tough are you, Bunny Boy?" Lincoln smiles under his mask and says
"I successfully survived Strikers Island and the Star Labs battle," Jinx replies back with
"Not bad, let's see how you do against me" She then fires an energy blast at Lincoln, but he dodges using his acrobatic skills. Jinx looks at him surprised and asks
"So did actually come from the circus?" Lincoln nods his head no and goes on the offensive. He fires a heat blast at her feet, she counters with her luck energy causing Lincoln's attack to hit the wall. The two then charge at each other and to fight without their powers. Jinx swing her leg attempting to hit Lincoln across the face. Just before she strikes Lincoln sweep kicks her, causing her to lose her balance and fall over. Lincoln walks over to Jinx, pulls out his arm and offers to help her up. But she uses this opportunity to knock Lincoln to the floor. When he hits the floor his mask falls off revealing his face to Jinx who becomes baffled. She asks
"Wait, how old are you?" Lincoln answers
"I was told I was nineteen in Strikers" Jinx replies
"No way you are nineteen, you have white hair, you have to be what thirty" Lincoln comments
"Actually I was born with white hair, comes from my grandpa" Jinx begins laughing which causes Lincoln to laugh as well. Jinx says
"You're alright, what's your name?" Lincoln states
"I call myself the Hare, but you can call me Linc" Jinx replies
"Well Linc, I think there's food in the main hall, come on" She walks out of the training room, Lincoln picks up his mask and chases after her.
At the Daily Planet
Catwoman walks out of Perry White's office and hears a voice unknown to her calling out to her. She looks around for the origin and finds a man waving his hand out back and forth. She goes closer and he signals her to follow him, she does and the two of them enter an office. She sits in a chair and the man sits at the desk. He states
"Catwoman was it? My name is Kent Clarkson, and you said something about the Justice Syndicate being bad?" She smiles and answers
"Yes, those Justice Syndicate members are more criminal than I am." Clarkson becomes more intrigued by Catwoman's response and asks
"You have proof?" Catwoman nods no and states
"I personally have no proof, but Harley Quinn saw them decimate the Justice League" Clarkson interest has been peaked and he says
"Well how about this, why don't you bring Harley Quinn here for an interview and I will get it posted." Catwoman smiles and the two of them shake hands. She says
"Well I will start looking" She begins exiting the office and Clarkson says to her
"It would be criminal to not show the Syndicate for who they really are" She fully exits and he becomes enraged. He then picks up his phone to make a call, he says
"Superwoman, I need you to do me a couple of favors. First, put out a lookout for a criminal named Harley Quinn, she saw us in our true colors. Second, alert the rest of Syndicate back in Earth-3, we are going to need back up"
End of Chapter 18