Chapter 2: Bold Moves
September 16:
"It was the same seen for Terrain and Sanson" Batman said the next afternoon. He had spent the 15th searching for clues to the newest disappearances. "Forced entry, but no signs of trouble."
Superman handed The Dark Knight a cup of coffee. The media was going crazy and they needed to find some answers and quick. Various games have already been cancelled due to fear that their players would be in harms way. The League had to stop this hysteria before it spread too far.
"Any new clues?" Wonder Woman asked
"No." Batman said sounding annoyed
"Who ever is doing this certainly had this every planned out." Superman mused
"I'm guessing it has been planned for a while." Batman agreed
"We should get going and investigate, where are Lantern and Flash?" Wonder Woman asked
"There was a fire in a Central City apartment building they went to go help the fire-workers."
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"Geez!" Flash said skidding to a stop out side the huge apartment building. "The hole thing is almost in flames!"
"And there's still people inside!" A fireman yelled
"I'll take groups you take individuals" Lantern told Flash
"Got it!" Flash cried and speed off. Lantern flew up to the roof where a large group of people had gathered.
"Okay everyone get together!" Lantern instructed. They followed his instructions and soon they were in a green bubble slowly being lowered to the ground.
"Do you know where anyone else is trapped?" he asked the people
"Yeah, there's a section of the building where the stairs caved in. There was a group of people there. We couldn't get to them." A man answered
"Thanks," Lantern said and flew into the building
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Flash was inside the burning building; he had already gotten about 5 people out, but he knew there had to be more. The smoke was just starting to filter into this section of the building so he could still see pretty well, but there was no one in sight.
"Hello?" he called out to the surrounding apartments
"Help!" Flash heard a little voice yell back, "help me please!"
"Where are you?" Flash yelled back
"I'm in my apartment," a pause, "A-3"
"Okay hang on." Flash quickly found the little apartment and pushed the door open. He quickly ran threw the house until he came to a little room painted in a light pink. Hearing a quiet whimper he looked under the bed; A little brown haired girl was huddled beneath it. "Hey sweetie" he said to her. She lifted her head and looked up at him.
"Are you going to help me?" she asked quietly
"Yep, come here." He held his arms out and she quickly crawled into them. "Where's your mommy?"
"She just ran to the store across the street, but after she left all these alarms started going off. I'm scared."
"It's okay I got you now, and then we'll find your mommy okay?"
The little girl nodded. The smoke was becoming thick as they left the apartment and entered the hall. Flash shifted the girl into one arm and began clearing the air with the other. He found a side metal exit door entering into the alley and kicked it open. Fresh air poured in through the open door reviving them as they stepped out and ran around to the front of building. Flash glanced around but didn't have to look long.
"Carle!" he heard a woman yell.
"Mommy!" Carle cried happily. A woman with matching brown hair to the girl came running up to them.
"Is this your brave little girl?" Flash asked
"Yes! Thank you so much!" She cried taking Carle from him.
"Happy to help Miss" Flash said, "But I got to go."
"Of course, but again, thank you so much!"
Flash gave a smile then returned to the alley and the open exit door. He stopped to get one last look at Carle and her mother. Satisfied that they were okay, he started to re-enter the building, but before he even entered super-speed he felt a sharp pain in his neck. He insistently reached for his neck and felt something sticking in it. Pulling the thing out he slowly realized that it was a dart. It looked so familiar; he'd seen it before . . . but where? He knew he knew this, but every thing was starting to move slower. Flash shook his head and squeezed his eyes shut trying, in vain, to try to clear his head. The dart fell from his hand as he grabbed on to the door handle to stay upright. The whole world was spinning, and the smoke from the building wasn't making it any better.
"What . . . the hell?" he asked out loud. His legs were beginning to feel like lead. Unable to help it he sank to his knees, his vision blurred, his head pounded.
"Don't worry," he heard a voice say. It sounded far away yet near at the same time. "You'll be unconscious soon."
"Who, wha-, why?"
"Who; perhaps I might tell you, what; I need you. Why? You'll find out soon enough. I knew this fire would get you here, that's why I started it."
"You're a crazy bastard." Flash said clinging to consciousness.
"Crazy – brilliant I've been called both."
"I'm calling . . . you . . . crazy."
"I guess that's your opinion." The man said as Flash fell into unconscious. "Most likely the last one you'll ever have."
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Lantern placed down the last group of people and wiped his forehead. The fire-workers had the fire under control. It was sure to be out with in minutes. Lantern looked around for Flash but the speedster was nowhere to been seen, maybe he was still inside. Lantern entered the burned out building.
"Flash!" he yelled, "Flash! Where are you? Come on we have to go!" Lantern sighed. "Runs off and doesn't even tell me." Lantern was just about to leave when he noticed the open exit door. He walked over to close it, but as soon as he reached the knob his eyes were drawn to the floor where a familiar looking dart lay. His heart leaped into his throat. "Doesn't necessarily mean anything," Lantern mumbled to reassure himself as he picked up the evidence with a green circle and flew back to the Watchtower.
() Sorry! I know that one was short, but don't worry I'll put up chapter 3 soon!
September 16:
"It was the same seen for Terrain and Sanson" Batman said the next afternoon. He had spent the 15th searching for clues to the newest disappearances. "Forced entry, but no signs of trouble."
Superman handed The Dark Knight a cup of coffee. The media was going crazy and they needed to find some answers and quick. Various games have already been cancelled due to fear that their players would be in harms way. The League had to stop this hysteria before it spread too far.
"Any new clues?" Wonder Woman asked
"No." Batman said sounding annoyed
"Who ever is doing this certainly had this every planned out." Superman mused
"I'm guessing it has been planned for a while." Batman agreed
"We should get going and investigate, where are Lantern and Flash?" Wonder Woman asked
"There was a fire in a Central City apartment building they went to go help the fire-workers."
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
"Geez!" Flash said skidding to a stop out side the huge apartment building. "The hole thing is almost in flames!"
"And there's still people inside!" A fireman yelled
"I'll take groups you take individuals" Lantern told Flash
"Got it!" Flash cried and speed off. Lantern flew up to the roof where a large group of people had gathered.
"Okay everyone get together!" Lantern instructed. They followed his instructions and soon they were in a green bubble slowly being lowered to the ground.
"Do you know where anyone else is trapped?" he asked the people
"Yeah, there's a section of the building where the stairs caved in. There was a group of people there. We couldn't get to them." A man answered
"Thanks," Lantern said and flew into the building
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Flash was inside the burning building; he had already gotten about 5 people out, but he knew there had to be more. The smoke was just starting to filter into this section of the building so he could still see pretty well, but there was no one in sight.
"Hello?" he called out to the surrounding apartments
"Help!" Flash heard a little voice yell back, "help me please!"
"Where are you?" Flash yelled back
"I'm in my apartment," a pause, "A-3"
"Okay hang on." Flash quickly found the little apartment and pushed the door open. He quickly ran threw the house until he came to a little room painted in a light pink. Hearing a quiet whimper he looked under the bed; A little brown haired girl was huddled beneath it. "Hey sweetie" he said to her. She lifted her head and looked up at him.
"Are you going to help me?" she asked quietly
"Yep, come here." He held his arms out and she quickly crawled into them. "Where's your mommy?"
"She just ran to the store across the street, but after she left all these alarms started going off. I'm scared."
"It's okay I got you now, and then we'll find your mommy okay?"
The little girl nodded. The smoke was becoming thick as they left the apartment and entered the hall. Flash shifted the girl into one arm and began clearing the air with the other. He found a side metal exit door entering into the alley and kicked it open. Fresh air poured in through the open door reviving them as they stepped out and ran around to the front of building. Flash glanced around but didn't have to look long.
"Carle!" he heard a woman yell.
"Mommy!" Carle cried happily. A woman with matching brown hair to the girl came running up to them.
"Is this your brave little girl?" Flash asked
"Yes! Thank you so much!" She cried taking Carle from him.
"Happy to help Miss" Flash said, "But I got to go."
"Of course, but again, thank you so much!"
Flash gave a smile then returned to the alley and the open exit door. He stopped to get one last look at Carle and her mother. Satisfied that they were okay, he started to re-enter the building, but before he even entered super-speed he felt a sharp pain in his neck. He insistently reached for his neck and felt something sticking in it. Pulling the thing out he slowly realized that it was a dart. It looked so familiar; he'd seen it before . . . but where? He knew he knew this, but every thing was starting to move slower. Flash shook his head and squeezed his eyes shut trying, in vain, to try to clear his head. The dart fell from his hand as he grabbed on to the door handle to stay upright. The whole world was spinning, and the smoke from the building wasn't making it any better.
"What . . . the hell?" he asked out loud. His legs were beginning to feel like lead. Unable to help it he sank to his knees, his vision blurred, his head pounded.
"Don't worry," he heard a voice say. It sounded far away yet near at the same time. "You'll be unconscious soon."
"Who, wha-, why?"
"Who; perhaps I might tell you, what; I need you. Why? You'll find out soon enough. I knew this fire would get you here, that's why I started it."
"You're a crazy bastard." Flash said clinging to consciousness.
"Crazy – brilliant I've been called both."
"I'm calling . . . you . . . crazy."
"I guess that's your opinion." The man said as Flash fell into unconscious. "Most likely the last one you'll ever have."
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Lantern placed down the last group of people and wiped his forehead. The fire-workers had the fire under control. It was sure to be out with in minutes. Lantern looked around for Flash but the speedster was nowhere to been seen, maybe he was still inside. Lantern entered the burned out building.
"Flash!" he yelled, "Flash! Where are you? Come on we have to go!" Lantern sighed. "Runs off and doesn't even tell me." Lantern was just about to leave when he noticed the open exit door. He walked over to close it, but as soon as he reached the knob his eyes were drawn to the floor where a familiar looking dart lay. His heart leaped into his throat. "Doesn't necessarily mean anything," Lantern mumbled to reassure himself as he picked up the evidence with a green circle and flew back to the Watchtower.
() Sorry! I know that one was short, but don't worry I'll put up chapter 3 soon!