Chapter Three: Battle of Blood
Terry and Rebecca walked down the deserted streets of Gotham City. It was weird to see the streets not over crowded as usual. Rebecca looked up at the clouds in the sky.
"Do they still have the one place where our parents took us for ice cream all the time?" Rebecca said remembering the ice cream parlor.
"Yeah, but I haven't heard about it in a while. They stopped advertising it after you moved away..." Terry said looking over at her.
"Let's make a stop there. I've been craving for something sweet all day!" Rebecca said big eyed with excitement. Terry and Rebecca turned the corner to see a short building painted in white. On the sign it had a cow liking its lips and saying "Moo's ice cream parlor".
"It hasn't changed one bit! I wonder if they remember me..." Rebecca said looking at it wide eyed.
"Well, you changed over the years. I'll give you ten bucks if they recognize you..." Terry said extending his hand for a shake.
"Deal!" Rebecca said as the two friends shook hands and walked into the ice cream parlor. As they looked around, the place was filled from back to front with "let out" school kids and stay at home parents. Rebecca smiled as Terry and her reached the counter.
"Is that Lil' Becca Drake?! How long has it been since the last time I saws ya!" Said Mr. Moo, bald headed, beer bellied, New Yorker that owned the parlor. Rebecca smuged at Terry.
"How are you Mr. Moo. The usual," Rebecca said with a smile at the white uniformed man. He smiled as he nodded his head.
"What about you, Terry? Da usual too?" Mr. Moo said ringing in a mint chocolate chip for Rebecca.
"Yeah..." Terry mumbled, not believing he lost a bet to a girl. Mr. Moo rang his order up and smiled at the two friends. Terry got out his wallet.
"It's on me today! I love ta see an old friend o' mine!" Mr. Moo said, smiling at Rebecca. He gave them their ice creams and returned to the kitchen. As Terry and Rebecca sat down at an open table, Rebecca smiled and said, "You owe me ten bucks, buddy,"
Terry and Rebecca exited out of the ice cream parlor with tiered looks on their faces. Though it was only 5:30, they were warn out by school. As they walked down the street, the wind started to pick up. Rebecca shivered from the coldness.
"Here, do you want my coat?" Terry said taking off his jacket.
"No, I'll be fine... I've been in colder..." Rebecca said with a smile. Not really caring, Terry gave his friend his coat. Rebecca, not wanting to argue, slipped it on. It was warm and Rebecca snuggled in it from the warmness. As they walked down the deserted street, Rebecca wondered why the winds were so cold. When she lived here, it never blew cold. Three guys dressed in black were walking in front of Terry and Rebecca. At seeing Rebecca, they stopped.
"Why'd they stop, Terry?" Rebecca asked quietly.
"Just keep walking. I'm sure they're just talking to each other. As the two of them reached the group of men, Rebecca became unsure of them.
"Empty your pockets and nobody gets hurt," One of the masked said walking up to Rebecca.
"Excuse me?" Rebecca said scared.
"I said empty your pockets," The man brought a gun up to Rebecca's head, "And nobody get hurts," Rebecca stood in shock. She couldn't move. She could hear the gun click. Rebecca closed her eyes and tensed up, wanting to cry. Then, Rebecca heard a whack.
"REBECCA! RUN!" Terry yelled as he ran for the other guys. Rebecca looked at the man lying motion less on the ground. Rebecca looked up at Terry, who was fighting the other men masked men. Terry looked over at Rebecca.
"GO NOW REBECCA!" Terry yelled, blocking a punch from one of the men. Rebecca ran down the street as fast as she could. She looked back at the fighting scene. Suddenly, she ran into something hard. She looked up and saw another masked man.
"Were are you goin', toots?" said the man with a deep voice as he pulled out a knife. Rebecca stood wide eyed at the knife. There was no turning back now. Rebecca breathed heavy as she saw the man's smile get wide. Without any choices, she punched him in the face.
"Why you little b-" The man said, but Rebecca punched him in the face again. She wasn't afraid any more, she was angry. The man got up again and swung a punch at Rebecca, but she dodged it by flipping backwards. She stopped when she was much further from the man. The man charged at her and slit her arm with the knife. Rebecca, not caring that her arm was cut badly, jumped up and kicked him from up above. Once the man fell to the ground, Rebecca jumped off his stomach and slammed onto the ground. She breathed heavy as she laid on the ground. The guy was out cold.
"You did it... just like your mom did it when she was your age..." Rebecca said to herself as she rolled onto her side. She got up slowly and managed to hold herself up. She laughed from the pain that was in her left arm, "That's what you get, Becs, for not going to the gym... it's sprained... well, there goes another injury to my list..." Rebecca limped over to a closed dumpster, which she managed to get herself onto, "It could have been worse... he could have killed me..." Rebecca closed her eyes as she tried to manage the pain.
A couple minuets later, Terry dressed as Batman, walked around the corner. He was about to take off his mask when he saw a man out cold on the street. He heard moans from the side of him. Moans from a girl he knew very well.
"B-Batman... H-Help... A-Arm hurts..." Rebecca moaned as she looked at the black, bat eared hero. He was not like the other Batman. The other one was much taller, had a cape, and was differentially much muscular. Batman looked at the helpless Rebecca with worry.
"Rebecca, what happened?" Batman said as he picked up Rebecca.
"How do you know my name?" Rebecca asked hesitantly.
"Never mind that. What happened," Batman asked again. Terry didn't know what happened to Rebecca, or the man. Nothing made sense anymore.
"Ran down street... man came... pulled out knife... man managed to slit my arm... kicked him... knocked him out..." Rebecca said almost closing her eyes.
"Rebecca, stay awake... stay awake..." Batman said. Rebecca's vision started to get fuzzy. Batman took of his mask to see if her eyes were opened or closed. Rebecca opened her eyes just enough to see the outline.
"Terry..." Rebecca whispered. Then, the world around her grew dark. Rebecca then blacked out.