CHAPTER 5
Barbara and Richard returned to the Clock tower, when her pager went off. Her pager was directly linked into Delphi, so when Delphi sounded, her pager would go off. For some strange reason, however, her pager had cut off sharply. The Pager was supposed to keep on vibrating until she reached Delphi and turned off the page.
The moment the front door opened and they entered the door, she knew something was terribly wrong. She could smell smoke. "Alfred?" Barbara called as the two of them looked around.
"Look!" Richard pointed up to the platform. He pointed to smoke rising from the platform. Barbara and Richard went onto the platform to see all the computers and Delphi destroyed and smoking. "What the hell happened? Everything is destroyed!" Richard said in disbelief.
"It had to be Raven. She is the only one who can get through our defenses," Barbara said agitatedly. "Where's Alfred though?"
"Hey Alfred, where are you?"
There was no reply. Barbara began to fear the worse. It was not like Alfred just to take off, nor was it not like him to not show up when someone returns home.
"Oh my god, I think I see him," Richard said looking up towards the kitchen. He took a running leap off the platform, and nearly flew up over the railing to land on the second floor. There he found Alfred leaning up against the island with a knife pinning him to the island through his left shoulder blade. "Oh my god! Barbara, we need to get him to the hospital, quick! He's been stabbed!"
* * * *
Raven broke down the door to Danielle's apartment and was ready to begin a fight, but she was not home. It was a pity, she was hoping to kill her. Raven looked around the two room apartment. It was an absolute pig sty. The bed was not made, and clothes were all over the floor. "A pity she's not home. Oh well." Raven pulled out a lighter and ignited it. She dropped the lighter on the bed before turning around to exit out of the apartment. The mattress had caught on fire when she closed the door and made her way for the elevator.
The next door neighbor, an elderly woman, saw Raven come out of apartment, and closing the door behind her. "Excuse me, but who are you? You don't own that apartment?" She looked at the door that Raven had come out of to see smoke coming out from the bottom of the door. "What did you do? I'm calling the police!"
Raven looked at the elderly woman with a grin on her face. Without saying a word, she leaped a foot of the ground and spun around and kicked the elderly woman across the face, sending her crashing into a wall, rendering her unconscious. Raven chuckled as she made her way for the elevator.
* * * *
Helena and Reese returned to the clock tower after a romantic time alone. Helena placed her hand on the black screen as it read her hand print. The black screen turned blue and the door opened on it's own. The two of them entered the hideout, with Reese closing the door behind him. Richard was alone in the hideout on the platform. "Hey, Richard, where's Barbara?"
"Wait a minute, do I smell smoke?" Reese said smelling the air.
"We were paid a visit, we think, by Raven," Richard replied.
"I am getting sick of that bitch!" Helena said agitatedly. "What did she do?"
"She destroyed Delphi and our entire computer network. She has also deactivated and destroyed all of the clock towers security defenses."
"So we're blind and defenseless!" Dinah came walking through the front door, hearing the conversation between the three of them. "I was wondering no one was trying to contact me on the field."
"I'm afraid Raven did more damage than that. I'm afraid she attacked Alfred."
"What? Is he okay?" Helena asked.
Richard sighed. "Raven stabbed him with a kitchen knife in the shoulder. He has been taken to the hospital where Barbara is waiting to hear something."
"That's it, it's time that I end this with Raven once and for all," Helena said angrily.
"If this is Raven, Helena, then I think that's her idea as well."
* * * *
All the criminals were gathered in the front lobby, which was the only large enough room for every criminal in Arkham to gather. Directly in the middle of the crowd was Bane and Harley Quinn. "The time that I have promised all of you has come! You have all received your first injection of the formula. That will last you about twenty-four hours. After which, you will return here. This next twenty-four hours is just a sample of what you will be able to do. After the twenty-four hours, return here for your 2 more days free samples of the formula. So you will have three days to make money to buy as much of the formula you want. Rob the banks, Rob New Gotham down to the ground! The city belongs to you!"
Everyone cheered as they raced towards the exit. Bane and Harley Quinn watched with enthusiastic looks as their master plan was launched at full force. There was no stopping it now.
Barbara and Richard returned to the Clock tower, when her pager went off. Her pager was directly linked into Delphi, so when Delphi sounded, her pager would go off. For some strange reason, however, her pager had cut off sharply. The Pager was supposed to keep on vibrating until she reached Delphi and turned off the page.
The moment the front door opened and they entered the door, she knew something was terribly wrong. She could smell smoke. "Alfred?" Barbara called as the two of them looked around.
"Look!" Richard pointed up to the platform. He pointed to smoke rising from the platform. Barbara and Richard went onto the platform to see all the computers and Delphi destroyed and smoking. "What the hell happened? Everything is destroyed!" Richard said in disbelief.
"It had to be Raven. She is the only one who can get through our defenses," Barbara said agitatedly. "Where's Alfred though?"
"Hey Alfred, where are you?"
There was no reply. Barbara began to fear the worse. It was not like Alfred just to take off, nor was it not like him to not show up when someone returns home.
"Oh my god, I think I see him," Richard said looking up towards the kitchen. He took a running leap off the platform, and nearly flew up over the railing to land on the second floor. There he found Alfred leaning up against the island with a knife pinning him to the island through his left shoulder blade. "Oh my god! Barbara, we need to get him to the hospital, quick! He's been stabbed!"
* * * *
Raven broke down the door to Danielle's apartment and was ready to begin a fight, but she was not home. It was a pity, she was hoping to kill her. Raven looked around the two room apartment. It was an absolute pig sty. The bed was not made, and clothes were all over the floor. "A pity she's not home. Oh well." Raven pulled out a lighter and ignited it. She dropped the lighter on the bed before turning around to exit out of the apartment. The mattress had caught on fire when she closed the door and made her way for the elevator.
The next door neighbor, an elderly woman, saw Raven come out of apartment, and closing the door behind her. "Excuse me, but who are you? You don't own that apartment?" She looked at the door that Raven had come out of to see smoke coming out from the bottom of the door. "What did you do? I'm calling the police!"
Raven looked at the elderly woman with a grin on her face. Without saying a word, she leaped a foot of the ground and spun around and kicked the elderly woman across the face, sending her crashing into a wall, rendering her unconscious. Raven chuckled as she made her way for the elevator.
* * * *
Helena and Reese returned to the clock tower after a romantic time alone. Helena placed her hand on the black screen as it read her hand print. The black screen turned blue and the door opened on it's own. The two of them entered the hideout, with Reese closing the door behind him. Richard was alone in the hideout on the platform. "Hey, Richard, where's Barbara?"
"Wait a minute, do I smell smoke?" Reese said smelling the air.
"We were paid a visit, we think, by Raven," Richard replied.
"I am getting sick of that bitch!" Helena said agitatedly. "What did she do?"
"She destroyed Delphi and our entire computer network. She has also deactivated and destroyed all of the clock towers security defenses."
"So we're blind and defenseless!" Dinah came walking through the front door, hearing the conversation between the three of them. "I was wondering no one was trying to contact me on the field."
"I'm afraid Raven did more damage than that. I'm afraid she attacked Alfred."
"What? Is he okay?" Helena asked.
Richard sighed. "Raven stabbed him with a kitchen knife in the shoulder. He has been taken to the hospital where Barbara is waiting to hear something."
"That's it, it's time that I end this with Raven once and for all," Helena said angrily.
"If this is Raven, Helena, then I think that's her idea as well."
* * * *
All the criminals were gathered in the front lobby, which was the only large enough room for every criminal in Arkham to gather. Directly in the middle of the crowd was Bane and Harley Quinn. "The time that I have promised all of you has come! You have all received your first injection of the formula. That will last you about twenty-four hours. After which, you will return here. This next twenty-four hours is just a sample of what you will be able to do. After the twenty-four hours, return here for your 2 more days free samples of the formula. So you will have three days to make money to buy as much of the formula you want. Rob the banks, Rob New Gotham down to the ground! The city belongs to you!"
Everyone cheered as they raced towards the exit. Bane and Harley Quinn watched with enthusiastic looks as their master plan was launched at full force. There was no stopping it now.
