Chapter 7: Countdown
Terry and Dylan made their way to Wayne manor. If they were going to have any luck they needed to take time and think this through. Wayne manor had resources to help them. Now Terry needed to call on a friend.
"I have a friend who can help me crack the new password. She can be trusted. "
"I don't know about this Terry. Wayne isn't a small time criminal who uses petty passwords like his birth date. It wouldn't be obvious."
"Wayne uses passwords he knows I would get. He told me so. There is some kind of default password he uses. A master password. The whole place shuts down if he doesn't say it once a day. Funny, I always thought it was paranoia."
" So that's Nightwing," Max asked? It was the first time either of them had seen him with his mask off. Terry thought he looked exactly like his father, in the one picture he had ever seen of Dick Grayson. Except Dylan had green eyes. "He's kind of cute."
Terry shot her a look. "I got it!"
Sure enough the code was easy. It was DEFAULT.
The bat cave was trashed. Everything was ripped to shreds. The suits of the past were destroyed. All except the one had on.
"Bane knows who we all are. He knows where we are. He knew enough t get your suit and knew enough to set us all up. Max I want you out of town. I want you as far away as possible. Go now." Terry walked up to the computer. "Computer. Give me the file on Bane.
Surprisingly the computer came on. It appeared that bane hadn't touched it. Suddenly there he was. On the screen.
" Well hello caped crusaders. I see you have made it here. Which means your little Maxy is with you. Good. 3 birds with one stone. You wish to know about me, yes? well so did Mr.. Wayne. My rival. Pity he wasn't more than a mere man. Not much of a challenge. But he was determined to get rid of me. He had an entire file on me. Thicker than any other. But that's all gone now. And after this message so am I. it is 4:37A.M. Sunrise is in three minutes. 24 hours or they die. Good luck."
The screen went blank. "The computer's shot. He planted a virus in it." No matter what Max did it wasn't helping. Dylan sat in the chair thinking. "So what do you know about Bane?"
"Not much. Bruce keeps to himself. I know the story Gordon told me. About your dad and Bane."
Terry told him the story that Gordon told terry just the other night. Dylan listened intently, for it was the first time he had heard anything real about his fathers past. Dylan took it all in. he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Neither could Max.
"So this Grayson guy just left and never returned. And now you're his son, back in Gotham to save everyone. And your gonna help. You're going to walk into this trap. Come on terry. Think. You know that this can't lead to anything good. You said it yourself. Bane was unstoppable then. What makes you think he could be stopped now."
"He was stopped then. By my dad. Now it's our turn. I don't know how he's back, but he won't kill my father. Not while I am here." He fell silent. They all did.
Sunrise came and went. And so did sunset. They had no idea what to do. They had already combed the city twice over and still no sign of anything suspicious. Then it hit terry like a ton of bricks.
"What did Mable say when he left. Hope we meet again. Maybe where the sun sets. Why did he use those words?"
"I don't know. And the emphasis on STICKY situation. We could check the sewers. maybe on the west side."
"We already did. On all sides. Dammit. There has to be something. Wait. The sun sets on the west. Right. Sticky on the west. what's sticky?"
Max chimed in. Glue, tar, gum."
"Gum! Of course. The Westminster candy factory?" Terry jumped up and ran toward the bat mobile. Nightwing followed jumping into the newly modified flying motorcycle." Max! Find out as much as you can about bane. Try to get the computer running to get Bane's anti-venom."
"But..."
"Do it!"
With that they flew away toward the East Side of Gotham and to the Westminster candy factory. The gauntlet was about to begin."
Terry and Dylan made their way to Wayne manor. If they were going to have any luck they needed to take time and think this through. Wayne manor had resources to help them. Now Terry needed to call on a friend.
"I have a friend who can help me crack the new password. She can be trusted. "
"I don't know about this Terry. Wayne isn't a small time criminal who uses petty passwords like his birth date. It wouldn't be obvious."
"Wayne uses passwords he knows I would get. He told me so. There is some kind of default password he uses. A master password. The whole place shuts down if he doesn't say it once a day. Funny, I always thought it was paranoia."
" So that's Nightwing," Max asked? It was the first time either of them had seen him with his mask off. Terry thought he looked exactly like his father, in the one picture he had ever seen of Dick Grayson. Except Dylan had green eyes. "He's kind of cute."
Terry shot her a look. "I got it!"
Sure enough the code was easy. It was DEFAULT.
The bat cave was trashed. Everything was ripped to shreds. The suits of the past were destroyed. All except the one had on.
"Bane knows who we all are. He knows where we are. He knew enough t get your suit and knew enough to set us all up. Max I want you out of town. I want you as far away as possible. Go now." Terry walked up to the computer. "Computer. Give me the file on Bane.
Surprisingly the computer came on. It appeared that bane hadn't touched it. Suddenly there he was. On the screen.
" Well hello caped crusaders. I see you have made it here. Which means your little Maxy is with you. Good. 3 birds with one stone. You wish to know about me, yes? well so did Mr.. Wayne. My rival. Pity he wasn't more than a mere man. Not much of a challenge. But he was determined to get rid of me. He had an entire file on me. Thicker than any other. But that's all gone now. And after this message so am I. it is 4:37A.M. Sunrise is in three minutes. 24 hours or they die. Good luck."
The screen went blank. "The computer's shot. He planted a virus in it." No matter what Max did it wasn't helping. Dylan sat in the chair thinking. "So what do you know about Bane?"
"Not much. Bruce keeps to himself. I know the story Gordon told me. About your dad and Bane."
Terry told him the story that Gordon told terry just the other night. Dylan listened intently, for it was the first time he had heard anything real about his fathers past. Dylan took it all in. he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Neither could Max.
"So this Grayson guy just left and never returned. And now you're his son, back in Gotham to save everyone. And your gonna help. You're going to walk into this trap. Come on terry. Think. You know that this can't lead to anything good. You said it yourself. Bane was unstoppable then. What makes you think he could be stopped now."
"He was stopped then. By my dad. Now it's our turn. I don't know how he's back, but he won't kill my father. Not while I am here." He fell silent. They all did.
Sunrise came and went. And so did sunset. They had no idea what to do. They had already combed the city twice over and still no sign of anything suspicious. Then it hit terry like a ton of bricks.
"What did Mable say when he left. Hope we meet again. Maybe where the sun sets. Why did he use those words?"
"I don't know. And the emphasis on STICKY situation. We could check the sewers. maybe on the west side."
"We already did. On all sides. Dammit. There has to be something. Wait. The sun sets on the west. Right. Sticky on the west. what's sticky?"
Max chimed in. Glue, tar, gum."
"Gum! Of course. The Westminster candy factory?" Terry jumped up and ran toward the bat mobile. Nightwing followed jumping into the newly modified flying motorcycle." Max! Find out as much as you can about bane. Try to get the computer running to get Bane's anti-venom."
"But..."
"Do it!"
With that they flew away toward the East Side of Gotham and to the Westminster candy factory. The gauntlet was about to begin."