A/N: This is Raven Hood! I know I rock, hold the applause (grin, grin).
This was from a dream and I know it's long for the first chapter, but I'm
doing chapters like episodes, so they might be long and I might not be able
to get them out fast. I hope ya'll like it.
"Would you believe that the one time I get a break, Dana is out of town with her dad?" Terry said. "Man, wouldn't luck have it," Max said. She and Terry were lounging on Max's couch watching the TV. "Why don't you hang at home?" "And spend the afternoon with the twip? Are you crazy?" Terry said. "No. I'd rather hang with you." "Let's go get something to eat; I've got nothing to eat here," Max said. Terry's phone rang. Terry pulled it out of his backpack and had it on before the second ring. "Yeah. Alright." He closed the phone. "Shocks escaped. Wayne wants me on the streets." "I thought it wouldn't last. You can change in there." A couple of minutes later, Terry came out, putting on the mask. He held his backpack and walked out onto the patio. The batmobile met him at the railing. The cockpit opened and a man jumped out. He wore a blue jumpsuit and had gray hair. "Great," Terry said. "Ah, Batman," Shocks said in his accent. He lashed out a hand at Batman. A bolt of energy flew out and hit Batman. He flew back. He did a back flip and landed on his feet. Two batarangs flew out at Shocks. The man dodged and barely caught the punch Batman threw out. An electrical energy beam between Shocks hands was what caught the punch. Visible electricity surged through Terry's body and the suit. When it was done, Batman went limp. Shocks laughed and picked up Batman. "I'll talk to you later," Shocks said to Max with a wink. "I'm not done with revenge yet." He threw Batman into the batmobile and jumped in too. It flew off. "I hope he has a nice ride," Max said. Then it struck her. "Terry!" she cried. Max plopped down on her couch. A knock came from her door. Max jumped up and went to the door. She opened the door onto a girl a foot shorter than she with short black hair and almond eyes. Max's eyes widened. "Sora! What are you doing here?" "I'm visiting," the girl said. She was fourteen, and shorter than normal. "I went to see Terry-chan, and his mom told me that he was hanging with you." "He just got called by his boss. You just missed him," Max said. "Come in and sit. How's everything been going?" "Good. I just got my black belt and wanted to get away from the Oh too modern Japan," Sora said. "I've got an apartment close to the high school. My folks didn't want to come and I didn't want to stay." "How are you going to pay for it?" Max asked. She went to the kitchen and came out with some cokes. "My folks are going to handle it until I can find a decent job," Sora said. "What's with your tube?" Max looked at the TV and saw what Sora was talking about. The screen of the flat screen TV went black and white words were flashing across it. IF YOU WANT TO HELP, GO TO GOTHOM PARK AND WAIT FOR MY MESSAGE, LOVE. "What's that about?" Sora asked. She looked at Max. The pink haired girl was pale. "We got to go," she said. She grabbed the tan backpack and threw a brown jacket at Sora. "Isn't this Terry-chan's?" Sora said. "Yeah, put it on," Max said. "Do you have some kind of transport?" "A float board." Sora took off her own backpack and took off the float board attached to the front, and pulled out a full helmet from the bag. "Good, let's go." Max put on the backpack and left the apartment with Sora following her, juggling her board and bag while putting on Terry's jacket. In the garage, a phone rang as Max jumped onto a hover bike. She dug into the backpack until she found out a flip phone. She put on the helmet and plugged in the phone cord. She nodded to Sora, who had on the jacket, backpack, and helmet. Sora hit a switch on her board and set it down. Max revved up her bike and Sora jumped onto her board. They took off towards Gothom Parks. In Max's helmet, the phone connection went through. "Terry? Where are you?" Bruce Wayne said. "Mr. Wayne, It's Max," Max said. "Something bad happened to Terry." "What do you mean something bad?" "When the batmobile showed up, Shocks was in it. He shorted the suite or something and then took Terry and the car." "Where are you?" Bruce said. "He'll be out for you next." "I've got worse news," Max said. "That Japanese girl, Sora, is back." "The small girl that caught him the first time? Where?" "Right next to me. We're going to Gothom Parks." "Why?" "We got a message," Max said innocent tone. "What message?" "It was on the TV," Max said and went on to tell of the message. "Max, it's an obvious trap," Bruce said. "It's the only way to even try to get Terry back. Sora will help me." "That's not reassuring." "I got to go, we're there." Max turned off the phone. They were there. She turned off the bike and took off her helmet. She saw Sora starting to do the same. Max jumped off her bike and went to Sora. "Don't take off your helmet, keep it on," Max said. "Here then." Sora reached into her bag and pulled out an ear piece and wire. "Hook it to your phone. I can't hear well with the helm on." She plugged in her helmet wire to her phone. She scribbled her number on a paper. "Let's have fun." They walked into the amusement park. Sora attached her board to her bag. They looked around when they came to a set of payphones. "He didn't say where to meet him," Max said. "Who is it?" Sora asked. "Shocks." There was silence for a moment, interrupted by a phone ring. It was a payphone. Max picked it up. "Hello?" "'Ello, Love," Shock's English accent came through the phone. "Ever so happy that you decided to do this." "Nice," Max said. "I want a sign that your ready t' do this," Shocks said. "A big sign." "What happens after the sign?" "I'll let you know." The line went dead. "What are you going to do for the sign?" Sora asked after Max told her what happened, all of it. "I don't know." "Can we blow something up?" Sora asked. "After it's unoccupied for a while and made to appear that Shocks did it?" "I can't do that," Max said. "And as I told you, I come from the oh too modern Japan. I can give you something to do just that." "You have something like that, right here with you?" Sora looked around and nodded to an empty area. "I can make one of my gadgets do something like that." She pulled off her backpack and went digging through it. She came out with a small disk chip. She flipped up her visor and put on a pair of glasses. A palm schedule with a keyboard was hooked up to the chip and Sora went typing at it one handed. A few minutes later, Sora put everything but the chip back in her bag and handed the chip to Max. "First it will close the ride down to the point that the park will close down the small ride and the people wont go anywhere near them. Then I'll overload the circuits from the inside and it'll cause a small explosion that will result in a small fire. " "Wow. OK." Max stuffed the chip disk into her pocket and took off the backpack and handed it to Sora. "You're going to stay here and not move an inch." Sora glared at Max. "It's my plan! I want to come." "No. Wait until you're older by at least a year and taller by at least four inches." "For your information, I happen to know that I might not get more taller than three more inches, so that's not fair." "Sit. We can talk later." "Can I at least take off the helmet?" Max looked around. "I guess so, but stay here." She ran off across the park. Sora pulled off the helmet. "I hate being small," she griped. She sat down the helmet and the backpack that Max gave her. "Wouldn't she be surprised if she found out that I'm in her grade." She took off her own backpack and sat it down on the ground too. She pulled out a water bottle from her bag and dumped it on her sweaty bowl cut hair. Ten boring minutes passed. Sora was done waiting. She got up and went to the ride that was closest. It was a speed ride that spun in circles. Sora was stripped in the safety harnesses in the small cage and was holding onto the bars as it started. It spun fast, circles in circles. When it ended, Sora got out dizzily. An explosion across the park caught everyone's attention. Sora watched as it turned into a steady fire. It was bigger than she expected. Sora ran back to the meeting place where she left their stuff, looking around for Max. She was almost there, when a hand was clamped over her mouth and an arm was wrapped around her, pinning her arms. "Come on, Love," an accented voice said. Sora kicked a leg up. It connected with Shocks behind her. "We shall 'ave none of that," Shocks said. A finger touched Sora's neck and a small shock went through her, causing her to pass out. "No!" Max yelled. She ran at Shocks. "Don't worry, you li'le head," Shocks said. "I only want you to worry." The batmobile dropped out of the sky and hovered next to him. Shocks jumped up into it, Sora with him. The cockpit closed and it sped off.
Sora jumped awake and rammed her head back. It connected with something solid. She opened her eyes and looked around to gather her surroundings. It was a well-lighted room, decorated with medieval weapons. She sat in a large wood chair and a large wood desk was in front of her. On the other side of the desk was the middle aged Shocks. Some one came in and sat mugs down for the two of them. The drink was greenish and there were small flowers floating in it. Looking harder at them, Sora saw that the flowers were miniature tea strainers. Sora looked back up at the guy. "Hello," Sora said. She reached up to rub her head. "Hi." "Who are you and where am I?" The man's eyebrows raised. "You don't remember me?" "I don't even know you," Sora spat. "Well then," the man said. "I am Alex Jameson. Also known as Shocks." Sora sat straight. But she didn't say anything. "So what's your name?" "Soratori," Sora said. "What would an convict want with a fourteen year old girl and Batman?" "Clearly that shock did more than put you out for a while, Love," Shocks said. "Just now?" "No, a year ago," Shocks said. "You had a big part of putting me in jail, did you know that? That your genius and agility wound up causing me t' electrocute meself for the first time in me life!" Shocks slowly exploded as he went on. "You, by mistake of Batman, got caught in the shock and from what I've heard so far, were out for a week, with obviously, no memory of what happened." He calmed down. Sora stared at him hard, and said nothing. Nothing showed on her face. "You don't care either. I have you in my power, to kill, use or whatever. Batman can't help you. Have you anything to say?" "Ano.Ano.ano. No," Sora said innocently. "You have obviously thought of everything. Are you going to tell me your plan, like all bad guys do?" She got excited. "Or are you going to keep it a secret?" Shocks leaned back in his chair. "Your excited," he observed. "Honto! Are you kidding? Of coarse I'm excited. Things like this never happened in Tokyo!" Shocks stared at her. "Your crazy, girl." Sora smiled and cocked her head. Shocks pointed a finger at Sora. A spark jumped from it to her. She dropped into the seat.
Sora jumped away again and rammed her head backwards. It connected with a pole that time. "I need to stop doing that," she said. She was sitting on the ground against a pole. Her hands were tied above her to the pole. She saw it was in the middle of an empty garage. Another look showed her a shadow that looked limp laying on the floor. Sora looked up at what held her hands. It was rope. Basic rope. Sora's narrow eyes widened. "That fool," she said. She wiggled her wrists, accumulating blisters, until the knot was in her palms. Then she easily untied it. "Martial Arts, 101," she said. She got up and walked over to the shadow. When she got close enough, she saw the pointed ears and red emblem of Batman. "Honto! Bat-san!" She grabbed an arm. It was hard like stone and didn't move. She pulled him by it to the arm into the light. "Bat- san, wake up! Are you OK?" A groan came out of the mask. Sora knocked on the top of his head. "Konnichi wa. Anyone home?" she asked. When no answer came, she hit him with a right cross palm. That worked. He didn't move, but a voice said, "Hey dreg!" Sora popped her face in front of his eyes. Batman's eyes widened, but that was all the movement that happened. "Sora? Did you just hit me?" "I may be kawaii, but I have a punch," Sora said. "Bat-san remembers me. I'm honored." "Why are you here?" "I showed up at Max-chan's wanting to say hi to her and Terry-chan. Max- chan said that Terry-chan went to work and then a message appeared on the TV and we went to the Parks as the message said. A payphone rang and Max- chan answered it and I made a chip to overload and blow up a small ride, but the explosion was bigger than I expected and then I was a prisoner of Shocks-san." "Do you know who I am?" Batman said. "No, but you sound a little like Terry-chan. I wouldn't guarantee anything, 'cause I haven't seen him for a year. Can you move?" "No. The suite's has a frozen shutdown system for emergencies. Shocks triggered it." Sora got up and walked around him. "I wonder. Does the suite have a central control?" "Maybe, why?" "Like I said. I may be a short kawaii girl, but I've got punch. I'm going to be a sophomore at the high school, and take technology classes as a Wayne-Powers plant. I'm from Japan for crying out loud." "It's based in the mask." "I can keep a secret," Sora said. "Right," Batman said unbelievingly. Sora scowled. "I can probably get the suite to work. Or at the least, establish a communications link somewhere. Don't you have a Batgirl or Robin yet?" "No." There was a silence as Sora sat back on her heels. "If you tell anyone, I'll personally lock you up." "You can trust me," Sora said. "Max and Terry-chan trusts me." "Grip the ears and pull," Batman said. Sora walked around him and grabbed the ears. She crouched up and pulled the mask. It slid off to reveal Terry. "Terry-chan!" Sora cried. "Are you OK?" "What is that? The third time you asked me that?" Terry said. Sora wasn't listening. She was examining the mask. She tried to turn it inside out, but the ears wouldn't allow it. So she put it on. Expert fingers ran over the outside of the mask found a button. She pushed it. "Hello?" she said. "Anyone there?" There was no answer. Sora pulled it off and pulled a mini-flashlight out of her pocket. She looked into the mask around the ears. She held the flashlight in her mouth and stuffed both hands into the mask helmet. "There," she said. She put it on. "Is anyone there?" "Who is this?" A ruff voice said. Sora jumped. "I am Soratori," she answered. "Sora?" "Yes. Do I know you?" "Put it back on me," Terry said. Sora pulled it off and stuck her tongue out at Terry. "Terry-chan's bossy when he's cool," she said as she put it on him. In the helmet, Wayne said, "You trusted a fourteen year old girl." "I didn't have a choice," Terry said. "The suite's shutdown. Plus she's a technical genius." "Thank you Terry-chan," Sora said. She only heard one part of the conversation. "She got the com-link up with her bare hands," Terry continued. "Where are you?" Terry relayed the question to Sora. "It looks like a parking garage. I was out when I came though," Sora said. Terry relayed the answer. Sora got up and looked around the place. She saw a tin door on one end and a small door on the other side of the place. Sora smiled. She went to Terry and went through the belt pockets. "Hey what are you doing?" Terry asked. Sora pulled out a rope with metal balls on the ends. "Well, since you can't move and I'm not much of a genius, I guess I'll save you and your smart friend in the helmet can come and fix you." She pulled a bug looking thing from a pocket. "I'll turn on one of the tracking things." She pressed the small button on the device and threw it into a dark corner. "That fool doesn't think I'm more than a kawaii little girl that thinks I'm having the time of my life in this danger." "How can you help?" "I'm a black belt of the Martial Arts," Sora said. "You wouldn't by chance have an grapplers, would you?" Before Terry could stop himself, he said, "On my back." Sora turned him over and found it. "What is she doing?" Wayne asked. "She's going to try to beat Shocks," Terry said. "The bad part is that I can't stop her." Wayne said nothing. Sora grabbed the grappler shooter and went running towards a pole next to a wall. She jumped onto the wall and to the pole back to the wall, going higher. Once she was up high enough, she shot the hook into the wall. She dropped down ground, landing on her feet. The she went to a pole halfway through the garage. She attached the hook to her belt and used Terry's jacket to shimmy up another beam. Once she was even with where the hook went into the wall, the securely tied the other part of the rope to the pole. She shimmied up a bit more and jumped onto the rope with perfect balance. She put the jacket back on and walked over until she was right above Terry. She jumped down and landed next to him. The loaded her pockets with pellets and batarangs after commenting, "Like throwing stars." She found an explosive and set it up at the door. "Throw a 'rang at it from a distance," Terry said. "OK, Terry-chan." She wall jumped up to her tightrope. From there, She threw a batarang at the explosive. It blew up quite nicely. Sora ran on her rope to a shadow and balanced. It took Shocks a minute to get down there. He cursed and looked through the room. "Where is she?" A pellet went onto the floor and a smoky gas came from it. Sora jumped down and into the gas and behind Shocks. She kicked him in the head and scrambled back up to her wire. The smoke cleared. Shocks appeared, rubbing his head. "Come on, Love. I didn't want t' kill ya!" he said. "Good luck, dreg," Batman said. "I can't even find her." "I'm not as innocent as I seem!" Sora yelled. Shocks looked around and saw her on the rope. "Come down, girl!" he yelled. "Don't tell me that your scared of a girl," Batman said. "I don't want to," Sora said. She jumped up and down on the rope. Then she did a back flip and landed perfectly on it. "I could join the circus!" Shocks held out a hand and a bolt flew to the rope. Just before it hit, Sora jumped down onto the ground, a batarang in each hand. They were both opened to their full shape. Sora threw them. One was caught in an electric field around the man and the other completely missed. Shocks looked back to Sora to find her gone. He fell to the ground. Sora did back flips until she reached Batman. She pulled out two blue balls. "What do these do?" "Smoke," he said. Sora threw them at Shocks. One hit him and burst into smoke. "And the green ones?" "What green ones?" Sora threw the pellets at Shocks. It exploded into a gummy substance that held Shocks to the ground. Sora did a series of flips and landed right in front of Shocks. Shocks closed his eyes. A huge electric field was sent through the room. Sora was hit by it and flew backwards into a wall, letting out a yell. Sora got up with a grunt. "You're not done with me," Sora said weakly. "Me neither," Batman's grunt came through. Batman was up on his feet. He rocketed towards Shocks. He rammed him and drove him into the wall. They both got up. Shocks punched Batman. Batman stumbled back. Sora came running up. She did a cartwheel followed by walkovers until she got in front of him. She kicked him across the face and back before Shocks could get his wits. Then she kicked him upwards. Shocks fell back, unconscious. "Nice," Max's voice said. Sora and Batman turned to see Max and Bruce Wayne standing at the garage door. They came in. Bruce turned to Batman. "Your operational?" "Shocks sent out a wave of electricity and it totally reversed what he did to freeze him," Sora said. Wayne stared at her for a moment. "You're the one that fixed the communications link on the helmet?" "Yes, sir." Wayne stared at her again. Then he looked to Batman. "She knows?" "She figured it before I had her take off the helmet," Batman said. "She kicked his butt before I got free." "Yeah, I should clean up my mess." Sora went and got her backpack from Max. She pulled out a pocketknife and ran to a wall. She jumped up the walls until she got to the rope. She jumped up onto the rope. She grabbed it and cut it behind her. She fell with the rope. Once on the ground, Sora scrambled back up the rope and cut it from the top. She fell back to the ground. "Impressive," Wayne said. "Who was your instructor?" Sora bowed. "Seinsai Tenchino." "She's a tough one," Bruce said. "We'll be in touch." Wayne turned and left the building. "Give her a ride home, Max," Batman said. He jumped into the free air outside and flew off. The Batmobile came out of nowhere and Batman jumped into it. "Jump on," Max said. She held up a helmet to Sora. Sora realized it was hers. She put on her back pack with the float board on it and jumped on the back of Max's air bike with Max. They drove to Max's house. Terry came by an hour after they got there. "Wayne want to see you," he said.
"Would you believe that the one time I get a break, Dana is out of town with her dad?" Terry said. "Man, wouldn't luck have it," Max said. She and Terry were lounging on Max's couch watching the TV. "Why don't you hang at home?" "And spend the afternoon with the twip? Are you crazy?" Terry said. "No. I'd rather hang with you." "Let's go get something to eat; I've got nothing to eat here," Max said. Terry's phone rang. Terry pulled it out of his backpack and had it on before the second ring. "Yeah. Alright." He closed the phone. "Shocks escaped. Wayne wants me on the streets." "I thought it wouldn't last. You can change in there." A couple of minutes later, Terry came out, putting on the mask. He held his backpack and walked out onto the patio. The batmobile met him at the railing. The cockpit opened and a man jumped out. He wore a blue jumpsuit and had gray hair. "Great," Terry said. "Ah, Batman," Shocks said in his accent. He lashed out a hand at Batman. A bolt of energy flew out and hit Batman. He flew back. He did a back flip and landed on his feet. Two batarangs flew out at Shocks. The man dodged and barely caught the punch Batman threw out. An electrical energy beam between Shocks hands was what caught the punch. Visible electricity surged through Terry's body and the suit. When it was done, Batman went limp. Shocks laughed and picked up Batman. "I'll talk to you later," Shocks said to Max with a wink. "I'm not done with revenge yet." He threw Batman into the batmobile and jumped in too. It flew off. "I hope he has a nice ride," Max said. Then it struck her. "Terry!" she cried. Max plopped down on her couch. A knock came from her door. Max jumped up and went to the door. She opened the door onto a girl a foot shorter than she with short black hair and almond eyes. Max's eyes widened. "Sora! What are you doing here?" "I'm visiting," the girl said. She was fourteen, and shorter than normal. "I went to see Terry-chan, and his mom told me that he was hanging with you." "He just got called by his boss. You just missed him," Max said. "Come in and sit. How's everything been going?" "Good. I just got my black belt and wanted to get away from the Oh too modern Japan," Sora said. "I've got an apartment close to the high school. My folks didn't want to come and I didn't want to stay." "How are you going to pay for it?" Max asked. She went to the kitchen and came out with some cokes. "My folks are going to handle it until I can find a decent job," Sora said. "What's with your tube?" Max looked at the TV and saw what Sora was talking about. The screen of the flat screen TV went black and white words were flashing across it. IF YOU WANT TO HELP, GO TO GOTHOM PARK AND WAIT FOR MY MESSAGE, LOVE. "What's that about?" Sora asked. She looked at Max. The pink haired girl was pale. "We got to go," she said. She grabbed the tan backpack and threw a brown jacket at Sora. "Isn't this Terry-chan's?" Sora said. "Yeah, put it on," Max said. "Do you have some kind of transport?" "A float board." Sora took off her own backpack and took off the float board attached to the front, and pulled out a full helmet from the bag. "Good, let's go." Max put on the backpack and left the apartment with Sora following her, juggling her board and bag while putting on Terry's jacket. In the garage, a phone rang as Max jumped onto a hover bike. She dug into the backpack until she found out a flip phone. She put on the helmet and plugged in the phone cord. She nodded to Sora, who had on the jacket, backpack, and helmet. Sora hit a switch on her board and set it down. Max revved up her bike and Sora jumped onto her board. They took off towards Gothom Parks. In Max's helmet, the phone connection went through. "Terry? Where are you?" Bruce Wayne said. "Mr. Wayne, It's Max," Max said. "Something bad happened to Terry." "What do you mean something bad?" "When the batmobile showed up, Shocks was in it. He shorted the suite or something and then took Terry and the car." "Where are you?" Bruce said. "He'll be out for you next." "I've got worse news," Max said. "That Japanese girl, Sora, is back." "The small girl that caught him the first time? Where?" "Right next to me. We're going to Gothom Parks." "Why?" "We got a message," Max said innocent tone. "What message?" "It was on the TV," Max said and went on to tell of the message. "Max, it's an obvious trap," Bruce said. "It's the only way to even try to get Terry back. Sora will help me." "That's not reassuring." "I got to go, we're there." Max turned off the phone. They were there. She turned off the bike and took off her helmet. She saw Sora starting to do the same. Max jumped off her bike and went to Sora. "Don't take off your helmet, keep it on," Max said. "Here then." Sora reached into her bag and pulled out an ear piece and wire. "Hook it to your phone. I can't hear well with the helm on." She plugged in her helmet wire to her phone. She scribbled her number on a paper. "Let's have fun." They walked into the amusement park. Sora attached her board to her bag. They looked around when they came to a set of payphones. "He didn't say where to meet him," Max said. "Who is it?" Sora asked. "Shocks." There was silence for a moment, interrupted by a phone ring. It was a payphone. Max picked it up. "Hello?" "'Ello, Love," Shock's English accent came through the phone. "Ever so happy that you decided to do this." "Nice," Max said. "I want a sign that your ready t' do this," Shocks said. "A big sign." "What happens after the sign?" "I'll let you know." The line went dead. "What are you going to do for the sign?" Sora asked after Max told her what happened, all of it. "I don't know." "Can we blow something up?" Sora asked. "After it's unoccupied for a while and made to appear that Shocks did it?" "I can't do that," Max said. "And as I told you, I come from the oh too modern Japan. I can give you something to do just that." "You have something like that, right here with you?" Sora looked around and nodded to an empty area. "I can make one of my gadgets do something like that." She pulled off her backpack and went digging through it. She came out with a small disk chip. She flipped up her visor and put on a pair of glasses. A palm schedule with a keyboard was hooked up to the chip and Sora went typing at it one handed. A few minutes later, Sora put everything but the chip back in her bag and handed the chip to Max. "First it will close the ride down to the point that the park will close down the small ride and the people wont go anywhere near them. Then I'll overload the circuits from the inside and it'll cause a small explosion that will result in a small fire. " "Wow. OK." Max stuffed the chip disk into her pocket and took off the backpack and handed it to Sora. "You're going to stay here and not move an inch." Sora glared at Max. "It's my plan! I want to come." "No. Wait until you're older by at least a year and taller by at least four inches." "For your information, I happen to know that I might not get more taller than three more inches, so that's not fair." "Sit. We can talk later." "Can I at least take off the helmet?" Max looked around. "I guess so, but stay here." She ran off across the park. Sora pulled off the helmet. "I hate being small," she griped. She sat down the helmet and the backpack that Max gave her. "Wouldn't she be surprised if she found out that I'm in her grade." She took off her own backpack and sat it down on the ground too. She pulled out a water bottle from her bag and dumped it on her sweaty bowl cut hair. Ten boring minutes passed. Sora was done waiting. She got up and went to the ride that was closest. It was a speed ride that spun in circles. Sora was stripped in the safety harnesses in the small cage and was holding onto the bars as it started. It spun fast, circles in circles. When it ended, Sora got out dizzily. An explosion across the park caught everyone's attention. Sora watched as it turned into a steady fire. It was bigger than she expected. Sora ran back to the meeting place where she left their stuff, looking around for Max. She was almost there, when a hand was clamped over her mouth and an arm was wrapped around her, pinning her arms. "Come on, Love," an accented voice said. Sora kicked a leg up. It connected with Shocks behind her. "We shall 'ave none of that," Shocks said. A finger touched Sora's neck and a small shock went through her, causing her to pass out. "No!" Max yelled. She ran at Shocks. "Don't worry, you li'le head," Shocks said. "I only want you to worry." The batmobile dropped out of the sky and hovered next to him. Shocks jumped up into it, Sora with him. The cockpit closed and it sped off.
Sora jumped awake and rammed her head back. It connected with something solid. She opened her eyes and looked around to gather her surroundings. It was a well-lighted room, decorated with medieval weapons. She sat in a large wood chair and a large wood desk was in front of her. On the other side of the desk was the middle aged Shocks. Some one came in and sat mugs down for the two of them. The drink was greenish and there were small flowers floating in it. Looking harder at them, Sora saw that the flowers were miniature tea strainers. Sora looked back up at the guy. "Hello," Sora said. She reached up to rub her head. "Hi." "Who are you and where am I?" The man's eyebrows raised. "You don't remember me?" "I don't even know you," Sora spat. "Well then," the man said. "I am Alex Jameson. Also known as Shocks." Sora sat straight. But she didn't say anything. "So what's your name?" "Soratori," Sora said. "What would an convict want with a fourteen year old girl and Batman?" "Clearly that shock did more than put you out for a while, Love," Shocks said. "Just now?" "No, a year ago," Shocks said. "You had a big part of putting me in jail, did you know that? That your genius and agility wound up causing me t' electrocute meself for the first time in me life!" Shocks slowly exploded as he went on. "You, by mistake of Batman, got caught in the shock and from what I've heard so far, were out for a week, with obviously, no memory of what happened." He calmed down. Sora stared at him hard, and said nothing. Nothing showed on her face. "You don't care either. I have you in my power, to kill, use or whatever. Batman can't help you. Have you anything to say?" "Ano.Ano.ano. No," Sora said innocently. "You have obviously thought of everything. Are you going to tell me your plan, like all bad guys do?" She got excited. "Or are you going to keep it a secret?" Shocks leaned back in his chair. "Your excited," he observed. "Honto! Are you kidding? Of coarse I'm excited. Things like this never happened in Tokyo!" Shocks stared at her. "Your crazy, girl." Sora smiled and cocked her head. Shocks pointed a finger at Sora. A spark jumped from it to her. She dropped into the seat.
Sora jumped away again and rammed her head backwards. It connected with a pole that time. "I need to stop doing that," she said. She was sitting on the ground against a pole. Her hands were tied above her to the pole. She saw it was in the middle of an empty garage. Another look showed her a shadow that looked limp laying on the floor. Sora looked up at what held her hands. It was rope. Basic rope. Sora's narrow eyes widened. "That fool," she said. She wiggled her wrists, accumulating blisters, until the knot was in her palms. Then she easily untied it. "Martial Arts, 101," she said. She got up and walked over to the shadow. When she got close enough, she saw the pointed ears and red emblem of Batman. "Honto! Bat-san!" She grabbed an arm. It was hard like stone and didn't move. She pulled him by it to the arm into the light. "Bat- san, wake up! Are you OK?" A groan came out of the mask. Sora knocked on the top of his head. "Konnichi wa. Anyone home?" she asked. When no answer came, she hit him with a right cross palm. That worked. He didn't move, but a voice said, "Hey dreg!" Sora popped her face in front of his eyes. Batman's eyes widened, but that was all the movement that happened. "Sora? Did you just hit me?" "I may be kawaii, but I have a punch," Sora said. "Bat-san remembers me. I'm honored." "Why are you here?" "I showed up at Max-chan's wanting to say hi to her and Terry-chan. Max- chan said that Terry-chan went to work and then a message appeared on the TV and we went to the Parks as the message said. A payphone rang and Max- chan answered it and I made a chip to overload and blow up a small ride, but the explosion was bigger than I expected and then I was a prisoner of Shocks-san." "Do you know who I am?" Batman said. "No, but you sound a little like Terry-chan. I wouldn't guarantee anything, 'cause I haven't seen him for a year. Can you move?" "No. The suite's has a frozen shutdown system for emergencies. Shocks triggered it." Sora got up and walked around him. "I wonder. Does the suite have a central control?" "Maybe, why?" "Like I said. I may be a short kawaii girl, but I've got punch. I'm going to be a sophomore at the high school, and take technology classes as a Wayne-Powers plant. I'm from Japan for crying out loud." "It's based in the mask." "I can keep a secret," Sora said. "Right," Batman said unbelievingly. Sora scowled. "I can probably get the suite to work. Or at the least, establish a communications link somewhere. Don't you have a Batgirl or Robin yet?" "No." There was a silence as Sora sat back on her heels. "If you tell anyone, I'll personally lock you up." "You can trust me," Sora said. "Max and Terry-chan trusts me." "Grip the ears and pull," Batman said. Sora walked around him and grabbed the ears. She crouched up and pulled the mask. It slid off to reveal Terry. "Terry-chan!" Sora cried. "Are you OK?" "What is that? The third time you asked me that?" Terry said. Sora wasn't listening. She was examining the mask. She tried to turn it inside out, but the ears wouldn't allow it. So she put it on. Expert fingers ran over the outside of the mask found a button. She pushed it. "Hello?" she said. "Anyone there?" There was no answer. Sora pulled it off and pulled a mini-flashlight out of her pocket. She looked into the mask around the ears. She held the flashlight in her mouth and stuffed both hands into the mask helmet. "There," she said. She put it on. "Is anyone there?" "Who is this?" A ruff voice said. Sora jumped. "I am Soratori," she answered. "Sora?" "Yes. Do I know you?" "Put it back on me," Terry said. Sora pulled it off and stuck her tongue out at Terry. "Terry-chan's bossy when he's cool," she said as she put it on him. In the helmet, Wayne said, "You trusted a fourteen year old girl." "I didn't have a choice," Terry said. "The suite's shutdown. Plus she's a technical genius." "Thank you Terry-chan," Sora said. She only heard one part of the conversation. "She got the com-link up with her bare hands," Terry continued. "Where are you?" Terry relayed the question to Sora. "It looks like a parking garage. I was out when I came though," Sora said. Terry relayed the answer. Sora got up and looked around the place. She saw a tin door on one end and a small door on the other side of the place. Sora smiled. She went to Terry and went through the belt pockets. "Hey what are you doing?" Terry asked. Sora pulled out a rope with metal balls on the ends. "Well, since you can't move and I'm not much of a genius, I guess I'll save you and your smart friend in the helmet can come and fix you." She pulled a bug looking thing from a pocket. "I'll turn on one of the tracking things." She pressed the small button on the device and threw it into a dark corner. "That fool doesn't think I'm more than a kawaii little girl that thinks I'm having the time of my life in this danger." "How can you help?" "I'm a black belt of the Martial Arts," Sora said. "You wouldn't by chance have an grapplers, would you?" Before Terry could stop himself, he said, "On my back." Sora turned him over and found it. "What is she doing?" Wayne asked. "She's going to try to beat Shocks," Terry said. "The bad part is that I can't stop her." Wayne said nothing. Sora grabbed the grappler shooter and went running towards a pole next to a wall. She jumped onto the wall and to the pole back to the wall, going higher. Once she was up high enough, she shot the hook into the wall. She dropped down ground, landing on her feet. The she went to a pole halfway through the garage. She attached the hook to her belt and used Terry's jacket to shimmy up another beam. Once she was even with where the hook went into the wall, the securely tied the other part of the rope to the pole. She shimmied up a bit more and jumped onto the rope with perfect balance. She put the jacket back on and walked over until she was right above Terry. She jumped down and landed next to him. The loaded her pockets with pellets and batarangs after commenting, "Like throwing stars." She found an explosive and set it up at the door. "Throw a 'rang at it from a distance," Terry said. "OK, Terry-chan." She wall jumped up to her tightrope. From there, She threw a batarang at the explosive. It blew up quite nicely. Sora ran on her rope to a shadow and balanced. It took Shocks a minute to get down there. He cursed and looked through the room. "Where is she?" A pellet went onto the floor and a smoky gas came from it. Sora jumped down and into the gas and behind Shocks. She kicked him in the head and scrambled back up to her wire. The smoke cleared. Shocks appeared, rubbing his head. "Come on, Love. I didn't want t' kill ya!" he said. "Good luck, dreg," Batman said. "I can't even find her." "I'm not as innocent as I seem!" Sora yelled. Shocks looked around and saw her on the rope. "Come down, girl!" he yelled. "Don't tell me that your scared of a girl," Batman said. "I don't want to," Sora said. She jumped up and down on the rope. Then she did a back flip and landed perfectly on it. "I could join the circus!" Shocks held out a hand and a bolt flew to the rope. Just before it hit, Sora jumped down onto the ground, a batarang in each hand. They were both opened to their full shape. Sora threw them. One was caught in an electric field around the man and the other completely missed. Shocks looked back to Sora to find her gone. He fell to the ground. Sora did back flips until she reached Batman. She pulled out two blue balls. "What do these do?" "Smoke," he said. Sora threw them at Shocks. One hit him and burst into smoke. "And the green ones?" "What green ones?" Sora threw the pellets at Shocks. It exploded into a gummy substance that held Shocks to the ground. Sora did a series of flips and landed right in front of Shocks. Shocks closed his eyes. A huge electric field was sent through the room. Sora was hit by it and flew backwards into a wall, letting out a yell. Sora got up with a grunt. "You're not done with me," Sora said weakly. "Me neither," Batman's grunt came through. Batman was up on his feet. He rocketed towards Shocks. He rammed him and drove him into the wall. They both got up. Shocks punched Batman. Batman stumbled back. Sora came running up. She did a cartwheel followed by walkovers until she got in front of him. She kicked him across the face and back before Shocks could get his wits. Then she kicked him upwards. Shocks fell back, unconscious. "Nice," Max's voice said. Sora and Batman turned to see Max and Bruce Wayne standing at the garage door. They came in. Bruce turned to Batman. "Your operational?" "Shocks sent out a wave of electricity and it totally reversed what he did to freeze him," Sora said. Wayne stared at her for a moment. "You're the one that fixed the communications link on the helmet?" "Yes, sir." Wayne stared at her again. Then he looked to Batman. "She knows?" "She figured it before I had her take off the helmet," Batman said. "She kicked his butt before I got free." "Yeah, I should clean up my mess." Sora went and got her backpack from Max. She pulled out a pocketknife and ran to a wall. She jumped up the walls until she got to the rope. She jumped up onto the rope. She grabbed it and cut it behind her. She fell with the rope. Once on the ground, Sora scrambled back up the rope and cut it from the top. She fell back to the ground. "Impressive," Wayne said. "Who was your instructor?" Sora bowed. "Seinsai Tenchino." "She's a tough one," Bruce said. "We'll be in touch." Wayne turned and left the building. "Give her a ride home, Max," Batman said. He jumped into the free air outside and flew off. The Batmobile came out of nowhere and Batman jumped into it. "Jump on," Max said. She held up a helmet to Sora. Sora realized it was hers. She put on her back pack with the float board on it and jumped on the back of Max's air bike with Max. They drove to Max's house. Terry came by an hour after they got there. "Wayne want to see you," he said.