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Trent now an ex-member of Purifier and was recently bailed out by his sister was walking to his condo with grocery bags in his good hand while his damaged arm remains in a sling. His face was still bruised up from the beating from someone whom he wish to forget.
Speaking of the person who haunts his dream Trent looks at the shadows with caution as if expecting something or someone to emerge from it.
Trent muttered," Please don't show up. Please don't show up." Trent mentally prays to Oum that … thing doesn't show up.
Trent would always flinch every time he would see the shadows and he would freak out seeing a bat fly into his cell.
Little did Trent notices someone was tailing him on the streets but Trent was dealing with some trauma to pay any attention to.
Trent made his way to the apartment complex then he made his way towards the door then he opened it causing him to walk through the door as it shut behind him.
Trent see individual mailboxes and he went over to a mailbox that has the last name " Maverick" where he went to retrieve mail.
Trent muttered," Bills… bills…bills… bills…. Ugh, typical!" He looked so disappointed at what was found in the mailbox and he shoves them into his grocery bag.
Trent made him to the staircase where he walked up the stairs with a scowl on his bruised face as he trekked up to his room.
Trent see the dirty and dusty hallway of the apartment complex then he trudged forward as he walked down the hallway of the complex where he got to an apartment room with a door that has the number" 129" with a silver door knob.
Trent muttered sarcastically," Home sweet home." He set the grocery bag down on the floor and reaches into his jacket pocket to pull out his apartment key.
Trent inserted his key into the doorknob and twisted the knob causing a clicking sound to be heard as the door opens up.
Trent picks up his bag after he put his key away and he enters the apartment where he was welcome in a ruffed apartment that is littered with bears cans, and old food splatted on the ground with flies flying over it.
Trent see his television was old but still in good shape and a couch covered in the garage.
Trent closes the door and went to the kitchen where set the bag on the table then he made his way towards his fridge were opened it up revealing a beer bottle. Trent eagerly grabbed it and he pops the cap off the top.
Trent takes a gulp of his beer and walked over to his couch, which lays on his back while resting his head on the armchair.
Trent takes another sip of his beer and then he coughs as he finishes it then throws it to the wall.
Trent muttered,'' Time to catch some Z's." He closes his eyes as he drifted to sleep in his dirty apartment.
Little did he know someone was watching from a camera lens on a rooftop with a figure wearing a black hoodie, black face mask, and black sunglasses. The figure removes glasses and masks revealing the face of Maxwell Blake.
Maxwell muttered," Time to get answers." He disassembled his camera and he brings out a duffle bag that contain his suit.
For a couple of minutes Trent felt something was off as he felt he is no longer laying on his couch he felt the cold Vale breeze, and his ears were assaulted with cars honking, traffic, and people bickering.
Another thing to prove his point that he isn't in his apartment was that he couldn't see as something black was covering his vision. He felt something wrapped around his legs making him wonder a couple of things.
One where the hell is he?
Two who did this to him?
Three What do they want?
" So you are awake sleeping beauty?"
Trent let out a gulp as he heard the same familiar dreaded voice and it belong to the person who beat the shit out of him and his buddies who are still in the operating room.
Trent cried," AHHHHH! HELP!" He shouted at the top of his voice as desperately shouts for anyone to save him.
" No one coming to your rescue Maverick."
Trent pleaded," P-Please… I tell you anything just please let me go." He pleaded with the assailant.
" Are you sure about that?"
Before Trent could retort his vision was restored back to normal but he wished was gone as he saw himself dangling above the street the ongoing traffic making him scream in terror.
The assailant stated," You are going to tell me where I can find Big Boss!" His tone left no room for argument.
Trent cried," I'll talk! I'Talk! I'll talk!" His eyes widened at the size of the dinner plate seeing how far from death he is.
" Good boy! Now tell me where I can find Big Boss."
" He is at a warehouse trying to load some filthy animals to Vacuo with what's left of the Purifiers tomorrow!"
The assailant growled," What do you mean what's left of them? What warehouse? Talk!" He barked making Trent whimper as he felt his body being lower.
Trent cried," The majority of boys decided it better to bail than to get their asses beat by you! Big Boss is with few men. Big Boss is going to kill the Faunus then flee to Vacuo." He looked up at the assailant who had been a terror toward his former brothers and boss.
The Assailant growled," You better not be lying to me Maverick, or else" He narrowed his eyes at Trent who whimpered.
Trent stated," I'm not! I'm not! You can ask Dutch! He is the one who told me about the warehouse!" He pleaded with the bat theme figure who holds on to the rope while narrowing his eyes.
Trent cried," Dutch usually hangs out at Junior's club! He hangs there before he has to meet up with what is left of the purifiers!''He pleaded with Batman who stared at him with narrowed eyes.
The two stare at each other and they don't say anything to each other with the dark bat-dressed lunatic looking at him sternly.
Trent asked slowly," So are you going to let me go?" He looked at the lunatic dressed in the bat costume.
The Batman stared at him and said," Good Luck." He lets go of the goon causing him to fall down seemly towards his death until he landed something.
Batman thought about what Maverick told him and he narrowed his eyes as though the so-called Warehouse but he need to have a few words with Trent.
The bat-themed vigilante made his way towards the direction of Junior's club to have a few words or more with a man named "Dutch".
A couple of minutes later at the loud boisterous nightclub owned by Hei Xiong otherwise known as Junior as the club was packed tonight as many people were there.
People were on the dance floor dancing to the beat of the music being played by the DJ who is sitting at his booth located on the opposite side of the entry stairs.
Sitting at the long bar Dutch a member of Purfiter is a male in his 40s with fair skin, a blonde fauxhawk, brown eyes with black eyeliner wearing his Purfiter attire with his mask hanging on his belt.
Dutch was drinking alcohol and he leaned back in his seat with a pleased look on his face as he enjoyed the drink that was currently in his hand.
Dutch moaned," This hit spot." He feels good just getting out of jail due to some connection between him and some of his boys being released.
Dutch recalled meeting up with Big Boss and what was left of the Purifier as a nearly quarter of the faction deserted due to a lunatic in a bat costume.
Yes, Dutch have heard about the story about the Bat who appeared at night dressed and beat the living hell out of Purifiers.
Dutch didn't buy it but he started believing the stories as he witness " The Bat" up and personally as the guy nearly beat him in an inch of his life along with some of his brothers when they were trying to have fun with the Fox Faunus girl.
Dutch muttered," Big Boss has a plan to get rid of the freak. We just need to get some of the boys to be on board." He says to himself as he takes another sip of his drink while his eyes wander around the club.
Dutch sees many Faunus in the club to his disgust as he turned his gaze to a window where he froze seeing a figure on a roof making him spit out his drink out his mouth.
Dutch coughed," Shit! " He puts the glass down on the bar table and he sees the bartender is about to walk toward his area.
Dutch muttered nervously," I have to get out of the club." He gets up from his seat and dug into his pocket to slam down some lien notes on the table.
Dutch begins to make his way towards the entrance of the club where there was a guard by the door who looked like he was about to say something but Butch bolts out of the door.
Dutch begins to bolt down the streets with terror in his eyes as he thought about what he saw a few minutes.
Dutch begins to look on top of the roof to check for any signs of movement in the shadows but she sees nothing makes him pause as he needed to take a breather. He takes several breaths and places both of his hands on his knees.
Butch muttered," I was just seeing something." He takes a minute to control his breathing and he stands up straight until he hears something coming from the alley.
Dutch's muscle tense up hearing something from the alley making the Butch reach into his jacket pocket as he enters the alley.
Dutch made his way down the dark alley with his hand in his jacket pocket as he nervously steps and looked around for anything suspicious until he hear something causing him to whip out his firearm and let out several rounds with a frantic expression.
Dutch shouted," Come out!" He shouted as he paused in his firing then he fires another round of bullets.
Dutch hears the sound of a cat making him stop as he saw a stray alley cat runs past his legs then he lets out a huge sigh of relief.
Dutch takes a step back until he bumped into something metallic causing him to tense up as he whipped his body around to see it was Batman standing before him making Dutch let out a cry of fear.
Dutch tries to point his gun at Batman but The Batman backhands the gun as Dutch went for the trigger causing the gun to fire a bullet that bounced the armor of Batman's arm.
Dutch was forced to take a fighting stance albeit he was shaking as Batman approaches him.
Dutch shouted," Stay back! I am warning you." He steps back as Batman approaches him causing Dutch to push caution to the wind as he charges at Batman.
Dutch swings at Batman swinging a straight jab at Batman who slipped into a fighting stance where he stomps on the leg of Dutch throwing him off balance his punch missed giving a window to deliver a straight forward to the nose of Dutch that made him stumbled backward.
Dutch clutched his nose that throbbing in pain as he see Batman approaches him again causing him to charge at Batman again.
Dutch swings at Batman going for an overhand which made Batman use a high block which he used outside of his forearm above the head leaving Dutch defenseless.
Batman landed a front inverted fist strike to the chin of Dutch which rocked him. Batman sees his target is stunned made he charged at him as he wrapped his arms around his throat of Dutch.
Batman ordered," Where is the warehouse? How many Purifiers are stationed there?" He looked down at Dutch who is struggling to breathe.
Dutch spits in his face making Batman slammed the back of Dutch's head against the brick wall making Dutch cry out in pain.
Batman said coldly," I won't ask again!" He looked up at Dutch who looked down at Batman with fear but gain a defiant look.
Dutch cried," Go …to… hell!" He looked at the one who had been terrorizing him and his brothers with defiance.
Batman stated monotonously," Been there!" He slammed Dutch to the wall again then making Dutch cry out in pain.
Batman let go of Dutch and slammed an elbow to the side of Dutch's face causing several of Dutch's teeth to come out.
Batman watched as Dutch stumbled to the ground and he see Dutch in a drunk daze but he see Batman approaching him causing Dutch to gain a look of terror then she started crawling away trying to get away from Batman.
Batman walked towards Dutch and he steps the back leg of Dutch's making him cry out in pain as he felt the cold metal armor of Batman on his back leg.
Batman stated," Last chance Dutch!" He bends down to grab the back leg of Dutch then he begins twisting it making the Dutch cry out in pain from the pressure.
Dutch cried," I'll Talk! I'll talk! I'LL TALK! " He gets Batman to stop applying pressure to his leg.
Batman asked," Are you finally going to tell me what I want to know, or do I mean to soften you up more?" He twisted Dutch's leg at an angle making Dutch cry out in pain as he felt his hamstring sending waves of pain to his brain.
Dutch shouted," I will tell you everything! The Warehouse is located at the docks! " He shouted at his tormentor.
Batman demanded," How many men! What weapons are they using? " He narrowed his eyes at Dutch.
Dutch shouted," I don't know!" He tries to get free as his opposite it out making him try to wiggle free but Batman stomped on the formerly freed leg.
Batman twisted the leg bending it making Dutch wail in pain as he learns his bones are being broken.
" 30 or 50 strong! Armed with some Atlas weapons we got off the Black Market!"
Batman eases off the pressure a bit and peered down at the teary-eyed Dutch who is in pain with narrowed eyes.
Batman demanded," Before I let you go tell me how did you acquire the Faunus! What are you planning on doing with them since you captured the,! Before you think about what you don't know let me jog your memory!" He twisted the leg of Dutch again making Dutch scream in pain.
Dutch shouted," I tell you! I tell you! Please my leg can't take anymore!"He shouted at Batman with pain in his eyes.
Dutch lets out a relieved sigh as the pain vanishes for now.
Dutch stated," Big Boss had the brothers break into the Faunus to kidnap them from their homes! We bring them to the warehouse to execute them!" He looked up at Batman with fear as he see the slit narrowed.
Dutch remained silent as Batman looked down at Dutch for a minute then he cried out in pain as Batman twisted the leg making Dutch plead with him which went deaf to Batman's ear as a loud bone-cracking sound was heard.
Dutch left his leg go limp making him wail loudly as he clutched his limped leg in pain with Batman standing over him.
Dutch shouted," I told you what you wanted!" He shouted at Batman with anger and pain in his voice.
Batman stated," I let go, didn't I? I must be off now!" He made his way out of the walkway of the alley.
" WAIT! YOU CAN"T LEAVE ME!"
Batman ignored the wailing voice of Dutch coming behind him and he ignored the pleas, curses, and insults coming from Dutch.
Notes: Here is the new chapter of 2022 sorry for the long wait as I have been away from this fic but I am back now. Maxwell is on the prowl as he is out for blood. Maxwell will be on his way to the warehouse to confront the Purifiers and Big Boss.