Chapter 3- A Glimpse Into the Future (Nightingale's POV)
I ran across the rooftop with my brother, Damien AKA Phantom. Hunter wasn't far behind us, watching our backs. Lightning was ahead of us scouting out enemy territory.
"Everyone, check in." I ordered.
"Shadow 2, standing by." Phantom.
"Shadow 3, ready." Lightning.
"Shadow 4, ready for anything." Ugh... Hunter.
Silence...then.
"Shadow 5, reporting for duty." Chris?!
"Superboy? What are you doing here?" Phantom asked.
"Got bored. Needed to do something and watching you guys have all the fun on the HQ monitor wasn't making the cut." Superboy responded.
I heard Lightning and Hunter stifle their laughter. Oh, well. At least I could see Superboy, now. He was flying overhead in his uniform, his left wrist still bandaged up. His cape flowing out behind him. My heart gave a painful throb. Aaannndddd I almost tripped on a rock. Focus! I could feel his electric purple eyes watching me. Thank Hera Lightning decided on that moment to interrupt.
"Uhh, guys? If you're done re enacting that soap opera that my dad likes to watch, you can converge on my location. I have contact in Sector 4."
"Sector 4? How'd you get all- never mind. We'll be there in a minute." I said. Knowledge of the Speed Force would forever elude me. I only know stats on the Force from Star Wars but that was about it. Knowing everyone's strengths and weaknesses was more my father's forte.
A few minutes later, we found Lightning crouching on a rooftop, overlooking the Gotham Bank. Two-Face's thugs were looting the place like there was no tomorrow. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Hunter nock an arrow. Superboy's eyes started glowing a lethal shade of blood red. Phantom took out his katanas. Lightning's eyes started crackling with electricity. I took my twin Glock 19's out of their holsters on my thighs. We were ready.
Hunter takes first blood, firing an arrow at one of the thugs. It pierced his chest, staining the front of his shirt red. Lightning ran down in a blur of blue and black and knocked the rest of the thugs to the ground. They recovered quickly, pulling out AK-74's. Phantom and I made quick work of those idiots, shooting and stabbing our way through the fight. Superboy, meanwhile, took care of Two-Face's enforcer, punching him into oblivion. When the enforcer seemed to have the upper hand, he was holding Superboy above him, pinning his arms to his sides.
"Not so fun when you're on the other side, eh?" he gloated. Superboy's eyes glowed red and the thug seemed to realize his mistake to late. Superboy turned his Kryptonian eyes on the thug and shot his heat vision into the space just above his eyebrows. The thugs grasp visibly weakened and Superboy burst free. The enforcer fell to his knees, lobotomized. Lightning rounded the thugs together, tying them in a circle with a rope. Hunter quickly retrieved his arrows, right before Superboy used his powers to freeze the thugs in a block of ice. Finished, I brought a hand up to my ear.
"Commissioner Grayson? You there?" I asked.
A pause.
"Right here, Nightingale. What is it? Any trouble?" Barbara asked.
"Not anymore. Do yourself a solid and check out the Bank of Gotham in Chinatown. Attempted robbery."
"Who's perps?"
"Two-Face's." Barbara sighed.
"I should have known. Him and Penguin have been a lot more active lately."
"Yup." I said, popping the 'p' on the word. "We sure noticed. Probably preparing for a turf war. No biggy.
"Right." She didn't sound so sure. "Did you leave the perps dead or alive?" Damn it, I had thought she had dropped this conversation. I didn't respond, hoping she would figure this out for herself.
"Dead, then?" she sighed, accepting it.
"Yeah, pretty much." I said, just a tad colder than I meant to.
"Oh, and Nightingale? Give Renegade my best next time you see him, okay?" Well, that was a weird request, seeing as she lived with the man.
"I'll tell him, Barbara. See you soon, I hope." I said.
"Yeah, see you." she replied.
I ended the call. Renegade probably went out to Bludhaven to blow off some steam after a fight about something or other. Barbara was probably worried about him being in harm's way. The way I saw it, you have to wait till he comes back. Renegade can take care of himself just fine. But knowing Barbara, she wouldn't rest until he was safe at home.
"Come on, guys. Let's go back to the Cave."
A chorus of 'okay's and we were off again.
So, I know you're wondering who these people are right? Well, all will be revealed in time.
R&R
-Nightingale0708
