Chapter 22 Let's Have a Chat
Author's Note: Sorry for the delay I've been busy lately but now I have more time on my hands
Inside of the Botanical Gardens, Lincoln stands there holding the boulder that was launched against him and his team by Poison Ivy. Captain Boomerang excitedly yells out to Lincoln,
"Hey Rookie, you didn't say you have super strength!" Lincoln replies back with
"I think I just got it, either way, this is awesome. Let's see how this new power works" He returns Poison Ivy's boulder by launching it with great force. It hits and launches her into the door behind her. The foursome charge toward her but are interrupted by the crack of a whip striking in front of them. They look to the origin of the attack and they hear the sound of a familiar, it is none other than Catwoman. She exclaims
"What are you doing?! Poison Ivy is an ally of ours" She runs over to Poison Ivy and helps her up, Catwoman asks
"Are you okay Ivy?" She nods yes and Catwoman continues talking "Don't worry they are not here to hurt you or Harley" Just then behind the two of them the door that Poison Ivy blocked off suddenly burst open. Harley Quinn walks out and she asks
"Finally, that took forever. So, what did I miss?" Deadshot walks towards Harley and states
"Not much but a weird misunderstanding, we also need your help exposing the Justice Syndicate for who they really are" Harley looks at them in awe as a smile grows on her face. She asks
"Wait so you guys actually believe me?" Killer Frost replies
"Of course we do, now we need to go to the Daily Planet" Harley comments
"Wait, why are we going there?" Captain Boomerang answers
"A reporter there, I think Catwoman said his name was Clarkson, he promised to report on our side of the Justice Syndicate, if we had some proof" Catwoman interrupts and says
"We best get going I don't know when Clarkson leaves" Just then an incredible amount of force is used against the glass ceiling causing it to break a way inside. The broken glass falls toward the group but they all dodge it. The glass crashes onto the floor and three individuals land on top of it. They are the Justice/Crime Syndicate members Blood Eagle, Deathstorm, and Power Ring. Deathstorm exclaims
"Thanks for doing all the hard work of tracking the clown down idiots." Power Ring uses his lantern ring to create a green cage around Harley Quinn and it levitates it towards the three of them. Blood Eagle says
"Now we best get going, Ultraman needs to have a little talk with her" The three begin to fly off with Harley Quinn included. Just as they are about to lift off the ground, Deadshot aims his wrist blaster at them and fires a shot. The three of pseudo heroes escape into the air. Poison Ivy yells out
"Harley No!" But it was too late, Poison Ivy then sheds a tear from her failure to save her friend. Killer Frost walks over to her and says
"Don't worry we'll get her back somehow, we promise" Deadshot then intervenes with
"Lucky for us, I got a way of finding her."
Meanwhile with Power Ring, Deathstorm, and Blood Eagle
They almost arrived at the top of a building, Harley looks at the logo of the building which reads "Lex Corp" She then asks
"Wait why are we going to Lex-Corp? Lexy is on our side" Deathstorm hears this and replies
"Don't worry, we just had to borrow his building for our base" Harley grows a little bit worried and then they land on the balcony of the building. The trio of fakers push Harley inside. She gets sent into a dark room and pushed down on a chair, then steel chains are wrapped around her stopping her from escaping. Then the three of them stand behind her making sure she doesn't sure she does not escape. Suddenly a door is slammed open bringing light into the room. Harley blinks a few times and then looks to see who opened the door, and it is none other than Ultraman. He boldly states to Harley,
"So this is little clown I've heard so much about, it's a pleasure" Harley arrogantly replies back
"Pleasure's all mine, if one of you would loosen these chains a smidgen, there's a finger I would love to show you" Ultraman lets out a quick sarcastic chuckle and then says
"Now let's get down to business, I believe you something recently" He then reaches into his pocket and pulls out a phone with a red and blue cover and then shows it to Harley. Harley creates a big smile and says
"My phone, you found it!" Ultraman comments
"Oh so this is yours, now we found you recorded a little video of us and the Justice League" Harley hesitantly nods yes, he continues talking "Now all I need to know is did make a copy or send it to anyone else?" Harley responds with
"Nope, only have the video on my phone" Ultraman menacingly retorts
"Good, we can use that" Just then at their feet a small plant begins to bloom out of the floor, this puzzles the Syndicate members. Power Ring asks
"Aren't we on the top floor?" Immediately after he said that the plant more than triples in size and flings everyone but Harley into the wall. Harley looks at this in awe and amazement. The enemies get up and begin to attack the plant. As they charge toward it they are intercepted by a chilling wall spontaneously erupting in front of them. Harley looks at the events transpiring around her and laughs hysterically. Then the balcony door is forced open, Harley turns her head and sees her friends. She blurts out
"Hey you guys came, good was getting scary and not fun kind" Deadshot points his fists at the locks and with a single bullet he ricochets it off the chains and breaks the locks, freeing Harley. Poison Ivy sees her free and asks her
"Harley, are you okay?" She nods yes with a smile of joy on her face. Killer Frost then gets in front of Harley and freezes the entire room excluding her and her friends in a block of solid ice. Deadshot and Captain Boomerang then throw mines at the ice to make sure the Syndicate members will stay there for a while. Harley then asks
"So not saying I'm ungrateful for the rescue but how did you find me?" Deadshot states
"I shot a tracker into one of them before they left the botanical gardens" Harley then let out a few laughs and then said
"Now let's get back to doing what we're good at, they want to play us, so let's play them. I have a video of them getting rid of the Justice League on my phone, let's make this info for the world to see. The only question is how" Harley begins thinking of how and as she is doing that Lincoln sees a poster and says
"How about that International Communications Gala?" Catwoman comments
"That could work, the only thing is that it's going on right now" Captain Boomerang retorts
"We still have a good few hours left, we could make it" The villains nod in agreement and begin to exit. Just before the exit the room Harley asks
"Oh yeah, before I forget, rabbit over here" she then points at Lincoln, "I don't believe we have met, who are you?" Lincoln answers with
"You can just call me Linc, now let's go"
End of Chapter 22