Chapter 8: Calm Before the Storm: Empress (Middle)
AN: A guest reviewer thinks that insulting others is just critics & jokes (all fun & games until someone gets hurt) and that it's okay to talk shit about people, like telling them to kill themselves or that they are worthless in life. Fuck you, go fuck yourself. I don't care what you think of me, as you are nothing but an annoying bug that I can ignore all my life.
I got two choices when facing bullies, I go home & cry about or I come out be a man & fight back, I have no problem fighting against bullies & jerks that mess with me or my friends. I hope they understand that.
Now onto the story, I am very happy about how everything (the ones that support) was enjoyed and how far it has gotten. I hope you like it and now enjoy the chapter :)
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Iceberg Club - Anastasia Personal Office (Private)
We see Anastasia leading the New Dark Knight to her personal and private office for them to have their meeting. She was very disappointed with her men but very pleased with the Bat's performance and wanted to see what this new vigilante was all about in her sights. Oh, this should be interesting.
Batman kept his guard up as he followed the Cold Empress to her office and saw it was indeed very stylish and fitting for the empress. He wasn't sure about her mindset and files on her were limited due to her keeping herself hidden. Most rumors say that she's the daughter of the Penguin born out of wedlock and has followed in her father's footsteps while making sure her half-siblings get nothing from her business.
"Hmm if I remember right and can tell what Anastasia did was the right call. Ethan is a very greedy bird, Addison is very shallow and wants attention, and Aiden is very much like his father. She did a smart move to avoid having the Cobblepot Children get their shares of the Penguin's Empire that remains, only her having it all and having limited ground. She may know something about what's going on at Black Mask's side of the table," Batman thought, taking a number of things into account and wondering how his meeting with Anastasia would go down.
The New Dark Knight also noicted two attractive assistants nearby who were sitting on the desk waiting for their boss. They were surprised on seeing their boss coming back with the bat, granted who won't be?
"Candy, Tracy off the desk. I have a meeting with the New Bat on certain subjects," Anastasia informed as her two assistants go up and allowed their empress to sit on her chair.
"So...what can I help you with?" Anastasia asked as she soon placed her legs on her desk, showing their form, and moved her hands on them in a slow yet seductive manner and almost like she was going to take something off but tease it.
Batman didn't react as much but was surprised and focused but soon became a bit hard when Candy & Tracy made their move, starting to move around the said knight. He just focuses on the Cold Empress for the time being but would be a bit hard later.
"I have heard you may know about Black Mask and his operations run close ties with his actual business lineup," Batman said, getting to the chase and struggling but keeping his hard and cold persona up.
"Oh I know quite a few of Sionis' business and how the police have all of those files lockup," Anastasia informed as she takes her top hat off and slowly move her hands around her chest area, playing with her collar and slowly unbutton them, showing some of her chests a bit.
Batman blinked in surprise at two things, mostly the police thing mind you.
"GCPD has those files?" Batman guessed.
"Not all of them, mostly some certain areas. In some of Black's safehouses, he keeps his deep secrets close to his chest. If you catch my meaning~," Anastasia stated, sending a sensitive smile and having a certain look in her eyes, her hands slowly moved down to her body from the chest back to the legs, in the same teasing, seductive and slow manner.
"I...right," Batman said, before feeling something on his shoulders see the two attractive assistants had placed their hands on him and moved around him, circling him while keeping their hands on him from his shoulders and moving towards his chest to feel the figure.
During that, both Candy and Tracy had started to keep their dress shirt open for their chests to be revealed a bit to tease. They had seductive looks on their face and smiled while winking at the New Bat.
"Hmm, you have interesting company, Anastasia," Batman stated.
"Hehehe, that I do, Batman. That I do," Anastasia agreed while a giggle left her lips and enjoy seeing her two assistants enjoying their fun.
Candy was in front, having her hands rub on the chest of the New Bat while pursuing her lips to offer a teasing kiss, but offer them to be real if he wants as she moves away to the back to touch the shoulders. Tracy was the same but send a wink and her hand moved a bit downwards but only a few inches close and had moved away.
Anastasia smirked and was enjoying this, not many can last this long between the three of them, and makes her wonder more. Much more but sadly it seems the small game of pleasure can't be involved in this kind of business.
"Down to business...here," Anastasia said as she brought up a folder in her hands to get the Bat's attention.
"This should have a number of locations of Black Mask's safehouse along with some dirty secrets he doesn't like people knowing about, money he likes to store up, clubs he loves to hang out, and the works," Anastasia explained.
Batman walked past Candy and Tracy, much to their disappointment but sadly business before pleasure and fun. He got the folder and saw that the Cold Empress was right, a lot of information was there.
"Just to let you, Batman. Depending on our future meetings, win or lose, there's always something to gain," Anastasia explained, sending a wink at the Bat.
"I would keep that in mind, Coldbird," Batman stated, having an odd feeling that those next meetings might not be just teasing and really need to get out of there.
Unknown to the Dark Knight, he more than just got the attention of the Cold Empress but someone else as well.
Iceberg Club Bar
Somewhere in the club, we see a figure who had watched the New Dark Knight in action against the New Bird's men and thinking about the new course of action. The figure was a mature woman with a single-piece, black, bodysuit, covering everything except her arms and legs, with silver lines on it, her face is covered by a mask that was part of the suit, with her mouth being left free and her long, black wavy hair being let free through an opening in the mask's behind, a pair of jagged red visors also covering her eyes.
We could also see that she wore armored boots for her legs, showing her muscles, as well as fingerless gloves with white bandages around her wrists on her hands, a long brown furred jacket has seen to complete her attire, her figure showing large and yet slim muscles, showing her power and agility.
This was Vengeance, following the legacy of Bane.
Vengeance had been following the New Bat ever since she was hired by Black Mask to either bring the bat to him alive or dead. The money wasn't her thing but rather facing a challenge and meeting the very Bat that a certain broke those years ago.
"You were right, father. When seeing a true challenge, your blood boils with excitement and enjoyment on facing that true challenge. This New Bat is clearly different from the Old Bat and shall be my ultimate challenge to face," Vengeance thought, smirking and looking forward to facing the New Dark Knight, her true challenge.
The masked woman then finished her drink in one go and sighed as she begin to take her to leave.
"Hey! You better pay for that!" One of the Bird's goons shouted as he and his freinds blocked the muscle woman from leaving.
Vengeance just cracked her neck and fists.
Without anyone to see due to them being busy and party or drinking, the three men soon dropped onto the floor with one punch into his chest, one thug had his whole head twisted to see behind him and the other broken in half from being kneed in the back. All within three seconds, not someone to mess around with.
A storm was coming and much more was.
Meanwhile - Snowy Cones Ice Cream Factory
At an old ice cream factory, that hasn't been used for years but has been running on a stable level of late due to who's using it as their base of operations. This place had one of the coldest places in Gotham, the perfect home for a certain ice-theme rogue.
In fact, within the storage seems to be a lab of sorts with different research and some computers running different tests to cure some kind of rare illness. The whole area was below zero, no one can stand that kind of cold. All but all we see the said man sitting on a sofa and watching something on the TV, being in deep thought.
The said person was a mature man with skin as cold and blue as ice, red eyes that show the same cold emotion, and wore a blue robe, which wasn't needed but just worn to relax.
This was Victor Fries or otherwise known as Mr. Freeze, one of the rogues in Gotham who does crime for the one thing he deeply cares about.
Love.
Victor was watching, for who knows how many times, the video of his wedding with the love of his life. The greatest day of his life and of his wife, Nora Fries. The wedding video showed a healthy skin, Victor, enjoying the wedding cake with his wife and later giving his wife the beautiful snowflake necklace.
This could move Victor to tears but sadly, he can't cry as those said tears would just become frozen and crake of sorts. He sighed sadly and show a rare emotion of sadness on his face, while some joy and hope that he would be reunited with his love again.
"Sir! Sir! Sir, I got something you might wanna see," One of the henchmen that work for Freeze said.
Victor was having none of that, took his right hand out and blasted the said henchmen with a pure beam of cold & ice, freezing the fool that dares walk on him during the movie and talk. His main rule when at storage alone, is don't come into his lab without knocking first.
"I hate people talk during the movie," Victor mumbled and looked back at the video coming close to the end of the wedding.
Victor closed his eyes and tried his best to remain calm, not cry and keep his coldness remain up for the time being. He sighed and look at the status cryogen chamber tube that he made, seeing good levels of stability and forever sleep until a cure can be found. And nothing was going to stop him.
"A few more diamonds my love...then I would have more money for my research...and we will be together once more," Victor vowed, speaking out loud, believing his wife, Nora, can hear him. He wasn't sure but feels in his heart.
Victor got up and decied to do more work but he stopped as he saw the frozen state of his henchmen had something in his frozen hands. He took it from the said cold hands and read, being surprised as his red eyes widen in shock.
"Gotham's New Batman Strikes Again, huh? Hmm, interesting," Victor said from reading the front headlines and saw this was indeed a new bat but would he get in his way like the last one or stay out of his way for the best?
We shall see how the New Dark Knight faces these new challenges and one of them is cold as ice.
