CHAPTER 4

"So, where is Harley and Bane now?" Richard asked after being informed about Barbara's discovery.

"It appears that they are still at Arkham. That is their hideout."

"No wonder why we couldn't locate where Bane had gone. Who would have thought of him making Arkham his hideout?"

"So what now?" Helena asked. "We head go to Arkham and kick some ass?"

"We've also got to keep in mind the hundred plus criminals that are now ravaging New Gotham. If we beat Bane and Harley Quinn now, the one hundred plus criminals out there will still be loose. We have to act when they all return back to Arkham to buy the formula."

"But then, it'll be a hundred of them against just five or six of us," Dinah said. "There's no way we can take on all that on our own."

"We have to find a way to do so," Barbara said. "We have no choice in the matter. We can't leave New Gotham to the mercies of these criminals."

"Hey, look!" Dinah pointed to a monitor at the upper right corner. The security camera in the mansion showed ten people just breaking into the mansion and begin to loot what they could.

"Like hell are they going to loot my father's stuff!" Helena said. "Let's take out the trash, Dinah."

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The ten escaped convicts broke the large twin doors down and found themselves in a gigantic mansion. "We've hit the jackpot boys! Let's go find ourselves some loot!" They cheered as they began looking around for something they can carry out.

"May we help you find something?" A voice came from above them.

All ten of them looked up to see Helena standing on the railing. Jumping and flipping over the railing beside her was Dinah who landed in the middle of circle of escaped convicts. Helena stretched out her arms and fell forward she flipped once before landing on the first level on her feet next to Dinah.

The ten convicts ganged up on the two of them and attacked. One of the convicts swung his right fist wildly for her face. She dodged to the left as the first flew past her, leaving her an open shot into the ribs. Helena shot up her leg and kicked the convict in the ribs, causing the convict to retract his arm. Another convict came in at Helena but she jumped straight up and imprinted the flat of her left foot into his chest, causing him to stumble backwards.

Dinah swatted away a punch for her face and kicked the convict that had swung at her face, under his chin. That sent him flying backwards out of the group of convicts that were surrounding the two girls. Dinah felt a hand grab her on her shoulder. She spun around to rip her shoulder out of the grip of one of the convicts and she kicked him in the stomach.

Helena jumped high into the air and spun around, and stretching out her right left, to kick one of the convicts in the side of his neck, sending him flipping feet over head onto the ground. Two of the convicts that she had attacked earlier were back attacking her. This time, to her surprise, they had the power to morph and they morphed into two doppelgangers of herself. She knew that they had taken the morphing formula. They now had all her abilities at their disposal, but she still had one advantage: they were inexperienced at being her.

They leaped at her both with their right legs stretched out to land the flats of their foots into her face. Helena rolled forward between the two doppelgangers to roll unto her hands and to straighten up into a hand stand. She bent her knees, pointing the flat of her feet towards the two doppelgangers and were perfectly placed to kick both of them in the face, causing them to come crashing down onto their backs unconscious. They both morphed back into their own powers, unable to remain in their new bodies while unconscious.

Dinah still had four convicts still capable of fighting her. A convict behind her charged at Dinah while another one behind her did the same. She duck as the convict in front of her went in with a jab. Instead of hitting his intended target, he unintentionally punched his fellow convict in the jaw, sending him stumbling backwards. Dinah, still ducking, reach up over her head to grab the arm of the attacking convict. She stood up and twisted his arm as hard as she could. His body was pulled towards the direction his arm was being twisted. With her right foot, she kicked him across the face, causing him to collapse onto the ground unconscious. Turning around to see the other criminal, just coming to his senses. Dinah used her powers to send him crashing to a wall, knocking him out.

Helena had three convicts who were still putting up a fight. One of them grabbed a rusted sword from one of the armored statue displays and swung it awkwardly at Helena. She bent backwards to the point where her back was nearly horizontal to the ground. Helena kicked upwards as the sword swung by, hitting his wrist and kicking the sword out of his hand. Somehow, she kept her balance and was able to bring herself standing back up. The remaining convicts left standing from the battles with both of them ran out of the mansion. Dinah and Helena looked at each other and then around at the surroundings. It looked like everything was still in place.

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Reese raced through the streets of New Gotham on the motorcycle. The streets were emptied as it seemed more like a ghost town now. He drove by several sites that were burning in a wild fire. Most of the burning buildings were banks. He raced down the streets to begin seeing ravaged buildings and broken windows. He could not believe the extent of damage and chaos New Gotham was left in.

He made a right hand turn and drove a mile down the street before slowing down and bringing the motorcycle to a stop. He had stopped in front of what used to believe one of NGPD's headquarters. He stayed there in shock as the headquarters was burning in flames. Now what was he going to do? The New Gotham law enforcement has been severely crippled.

He knew there was nothing he could do now but to return back to the mansion. He slowly turned his motor cycle around to head back when he saw a gang of people ganging up on him. It was clear that they had ill intentions for him as most of them looked like they were escaped convicts from Arkham. He revved his motorcycle and raced towards the group hoping to split them apart. Before he reached the group, something was thrown and caught in the spokes causing the motorcycle come to an instantaneous halt, throwing Reese off the motorcycle. Reese hit the ground and his body rolled on the asphalt for a few seconds before stopping. Reese laid there unconscious as David Crane stood over Reese. "What a pleasant surprise, it's detective Reese, and just as we were on our way back to Arkham! Bring him," David said to the gang. "Bring him as a gift for Bane."