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Batman: "I'm always looking for ways to counteract my enemy's methods."
-JLA Issue 3 'Blame'
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Maybe it's been a week, maybe a day, maybe a month… I don't know, we don't know, no one knows…
Bruce, cowl clutched in his right hand, glares hatefully at the bright red graffiti on the side of the brick building.
There is no peace for the sane.
Am I dead? Are we dead? Why aren't we dead yet?
Dead grinning soldiers lay in the hallways, their index fingers wrapped around the triggers of their guns. Bruce passes by an officer door with the name plate 'Graydon Creed' and glances inside finding the man dead in his chair, foam running down his chin and his lips curled up over his gums in a torturous grin.
All of our stomachs growl fiercely, we're all starving waiting for something to eat, even if it's just a crust of bread to pass around between the three of us.
The first three cells turned up empty, then came the fourth, occupied by a single person swaying slowly from the ceiling by a thin rope from their feet.
"Oh God."
"I see you've found the little Robin…" The most evil voice Bruce had ever heard in his life whispered in his ear.
Not hesitating, Bruce swung around and grabbed Joker by his neck.
"Careful Bruce," Joker hissed showing Bruce a little black remote held in his hand, "If I should drop this or even push the little button," He grinned flipping open the remote revealing a small red button, "You can just say goodbye to your little friends. Every single one."
Bruce's mind raced.
"Who's it gonna be Brucy?" The Joker snickered, "Them or me?"
'He'll save us,' I had told them, Kitty and Hayley, 'Batman's gonna save us all, he always saves the day… always.' Maybe it's the fever from the infection growing in my shoulder, or maybe I've gone a little insane from lack of food, lack of sunlight, and lack of fresh air. The collar around my neck chafes; all of our necks have been rubbed raw by the thin metal collars.
'He'll save us…'
Slowly Bruce unwrapped his fingers from Joker's neck, "Let them go you dirty bastard." He growled through gritted teeth.
A grin slowly washes over Joker's face, "Sorry Bat breath, but you're not gonna win this time." His purple glove-covered finger presses the little red button and an alarm goes off followed by a countdown in a female voice.
"Electric fields will be increased in ten minutes."
"What have you done!?" Bruce shouted lunging at Joker, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"
The Joker lets out a shrill laugh, "You lose Bruce! You lose!" He laughs, "No matter what you do you're going to loose someone!"
Slamming his fist into the Joker's smiling face Bruce silences him for the moment. Turning on his heal he races up to the closed metal door to Robin's cell and finds, to his horror, a growing puddle of blood on the floor under Robin's head.
"Eight minutes."
Even through my fuzzy vision I can see the panicked look on Hayley's face, 'What's going on?' She keeps asking Kitty who doesn't even know herself.
Why don't they know what's going on? They're both now looking at me with panic in their eyes, probably trying to figure out why I'm laughing…
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Muttering every curse word under the sun, in English, and
even in some other languages, Logan steps away from the wall shoving Jack
behind him.
"What the Hell's going on?" Jack
snapped, feeling the hairs on the back of his neck stand.
"The electricity behind the wall's about to be turned up." Logan grunted, his eyes darting around the room for something, anything that can be of use.
Jack's eyes grew wide, "What!?"
"5 minutes…"
"Oh man, oh man…" Jack began muttering as he sank to the floor, "Are we going to die?"
Logan scowled angrily, "Probably." He grunted with a slight shrug.
"Thanks for the comfort." Jack grumbled pulling his knees to his chest.
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"5 minutes…"
Slamming his fist against the electrical box, Bruce muttered a few choice curse words before finally managing to open the box with a skeleton key.
"Damn you Joker," He muttered turning the electricity off shrouding the room in darkness, "Damn you…"
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