CHAPTER 8

The moment the doors of the New Gotham Café opened the next day, Reese was there, and hid himself in a booth, behind a newspaper. He could glimpse over the newspaper to see who entered the café. It was early morning, and for the first few hours, only a few people had come to get their morning coffee. It was not until 7 in the morning when business began to pick up.

His wait finally paid off as Oswald Cobblepot entered the café. He took a sip of his coffee as he continued to hide behind the newspaper. He did not have to wait long at all to see Bill Donaldson enter the café. Reese was now convinced that Donaldson and Cobblepot were working together. Reese stood up and folded his paper. He left a dollar tip for the waitress and made his way out of the café. As he passed Cobblepot and Donaldson's table, he threw a tiny ant sized bug under their table without the two of theme ever knowing. Now, Barbara would be able to hear how their heist is going to go down.

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By the time Reese arrived to the clock tower, Barbara, Helena, and Dinah were discussing plans to thwart the Penguin and Mr. Donaldson's plan. "I assume that you heard what you were looking for," Reese said, joining the three ladies on the metal platform.

"Yes. Apparently they are going to be traveling all through New Gotham, robbing each bank individually. It sounds like Bill will be going to each bank to withdraw his account and then the Penguin will come in and rob the bank blind. They plan to do this at every bank in New Gotham."

"When I think about the biggest heist in New Gotham history, this does not come to my mind."

"I suppose our imaginations were getting the best of us. In any case, we now know the Penguin's true reason for being here. I think now is the time we tell Danielle."

"Tell me what?" Danielle asked, walking through the front door.

"I think you better listen to this recording," Barbara said, as she typed a command to replay the recording.

Danielle listed to her father making plans with another person how they were going to rob New Gotham of all of its money. She also heard her father explain how he was able to fool her by taking a special pill. She felt her heart brake as she heard the recording. Hey eyes swelled up as tears streamed down the side of her face.

Barbara stopped the recording. "I'm so sorry, Danielle."

"How could I have been so stupid and actually believe his lies?"

Helena stepped over to her friend and put a hand on her shoulder. "Will you be okay? Let Dinah and myself handle this."

"No!" Danielle replied. "You guys stay out of this. This is my responsibility and mine alone."

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Danielle and her father had previously planned to meet on Johnson Street, so she decided that would be where she would confront him for the last time. As always, he was there before her, and now she knew why he was always early. "There's my daughter!" Oswald said. He noticed that her face was cold and unwelcoming. "is there something wrong?"

"Dad, you lied to me. You have no interest in getting to know me. You're hear strictly to rob New Gotham."

"Honey, what are you talking about? I'm here because of you. You know I am speaking the truth, because of your powers."

"I know you've been taking a pill to prevent your heart from being stressed. I know you are working with Bill Donaldson to rob every bank in New Gotham one at a time. I know you are going to do it. Bill will go into each bank to make a withdrawal, giving you a chance to come in and rob the bank. I'm not going to let you do this!" Danielle said angrily.

Oswald began to laugh. "So, you've found another way to bug me without me knowing it. Very well done, Danielle, but it's too bad that I knew about it before hand."

"What?" Danielle was confused. She looked behind her to see Bill Donaldson step up behind her with a gun pointed at her.

"I have intended for your friends to hear that message. The truth of the matter is they heard a false plan. We are going to rob every bank in new Gotham at one time! It is a brilliant plan! This bank right here will be where it all takes place!" Oswald said. His eyes began to glow red.

Danielle gasped in disbelief. What was this her father was doing? How could his eyes be glowing like that. "I don't understand?"

Oswald laughed mockingly. "You see, I have always been a meta-human myself. All these years, I have hidden my powers for the right time to destroy Batman! Unfortunately, he is no where to be seen, so I will have to settle with his daughter, the Huntress! My powers give me a super brain. From this bank, I can access every bank in New Gotham, and with a few strokes of the key, I can transfer all the money in New Gotham to my Swiss bank account."

"How is that going to keep the Huntress and myself from kicking your ass!" Danielle said.

"Because brute force does not win a fight, intelligence does," Oswald said with an evil grin on his face.