Thanks again for the reviews. people wanted other forms of torture, so here you go...I've got one more form later on.
"Okay, I'll go tell the others." Shayera signed off from her conversation with Batman. "Still no luck with Joker's lot." She explained to J'ohn as they looked back through the last piece of the footage.
Flash had been gone for nearly twelve hours and time was moving way too fast. J'ohn had tried to trace the transmission but found it went to a warehouse in Gotham. Batman had gone that way but found it empty. Diana had gone off to some of Luthor's offices but again found nothing. The two had just called back to say they were going to try the last of his offices before they came back.
"I'll go and tell them." J'ohn offered, standing up and walking to their rooms. He sensed that they had both left Wally's room and that Clark was still on this level. He knocked on the door and waited till Superman opened it.
"Anything?" he asked. J'ohn shook his head.
"They are checking into some of his other offices." He explained. Clark nodded and followed him out.
"Think they'll need help?"
"No, but we could use a fresh pair of eyes." The Martian said.
"If you're trying to find John, he'll be down in the training room." Superman said as he walked the opposite way. He paused and turned back to the Martian. "He's been down a while...Do you think we could ever cope?" he asked, looking at the floor.
"We coped after you." He said simply, turning to the training room.
"But he keeps us grounded." Superman whispered into the darkened hallway. J'ohn was already gone; Clark sighed and went down to Shayera.
He walked into room and sat down near her, watching as she swept the zoom angle round the frozen picture. Clark blinked as he noticed something.
"Wait, is that light from the roof?" he asked. She zoomed in further.
"Yes. Looks like it's darkened slightly, well that narrows it down...to half of the Earth."
"What was the time then?" he asked. "American." He added.
"Los Angeles time...about 9:00pm. So not that side of America. But it could be winter or summer." She explained, rubbing her eyes.
"So it could be either side of that section." He suggested. "We could find out some of Luthor's business associates and see where they are."
"Anything's worth a try now, all we've got is an old wreak of a building, possibly a warehouse and more that likely outside of populated areas. Now we know it is early morning there." She sighed. "Or that it's just shaded and is in fact still day light." She added, still frustrated that all enemies seem to have disappeared off the face of the Earth.
"Did you check for where the villains are?" he asked.
"Yeah, Tsukuri is in jail with Copperhead. Grundy is...of course dead." She remembered what he had done before he died. "Ultra-Humanite is in confinement in a military base and Cheetah is in rehabilitation in Africa." She typed up another screen that showed mug shots of several people.
"They are the only one left." She explained. Star Sapphire, Gorilla Grodd, Shade, and Joker.
"Some what diminished on the numbers wouldn't you say." Clark looked at the shots.
"And of course Luthor, but I can't find many of him." She added, clicking back to her first screen.
"At least we know who's probably involved. I wonder if they actually know how far they'll go."
"Don't think she explained that she'll probably take all souls." Shayera muttered as she played back the last message from Death, watching her eyes glow red. Her brothers showed flames, while her's just glowed.
'48 Hours! I'll be in touch!' rang out again and the screen went black. Shayera sighed.
"I wonder how he's doing." She muttered.
"I wonder." He agreed.
"I will see your bet...and raise you one hundred!" Shade said, throwing some chips on the table.
"Your on!" Famine said, throwing some chips on the pile. He laid down some cards and cackled. "I win."
"Damn!" Shade answered, throwing his cards down in frustration, he turned his head as the doors swung open and the sound of heel entered the room. Death emerged from the shadows as the door clicked shut and walked purposefully to Flash. He shivered as she passed him; somehow she always did that to everyone when she was calm.
She pulled off her leather long coat and slung it over the back of Famines chair and continued to Flash. Reaching up she stroked his cheek, causing him to wake with a start. His breath caught as he noticed who was in front of him.
"Wh...what do you want." He crocked. She smiled and reached both hands up, unlocked the chains round his wrist and stepped back as he fell to the floor.
"I want to try." She said simply, standing over him. "You'll break one way or another, even if Grodd and I have to go through your mind. Unfortunately I want you sane to convince your friends, but...can't have your own way all the time." Her smile widened.
Everyone sat watching her talk, smiles spreading on their faces at the idea of getting their own back.
Flash raised his head slightly, holding back the need to wince in pain. "Go a head." He smiled slightly, gathering his strength. "They'll never do what you want!" with that said he threw all his energy into his fist and brought it up to her face. He never really liked to hit women, but she was no lady.
Her head snapped to the side as he breathed past a grin. Everyone round the table made to move, but she threw out her hand to stop them. "No!" she whispered, bringing her head back down. Flash looked in pride at the cut on her cheek; he still had it in him.
She returned the smile causing his to falter. She wiped at the swell of blood and wiped her hand on her black jeans. Bringing her hand up to her belt she turned to her brothers and nodded. They moved from their chairs and stood off to the side.
Her Chinese, silk blouse rustled slightly and she backhanded Flash across the face, he brought his arms up to defend himself from the next blown and hissed in pain as she slashed his arm with her dagger. She pulled a second from her belt and continued the onslaught till she had splatters of blood on her. Flash crept back using his legs to push him back, his arms still taking the pain.
There was sudden movement from behind and he felt someone grab his arms and pull them back. Death brought the blades down on his chest and stomach. He cried out and struggled against the force holding his arms.
Death finally stepped back and ripped at the shredded top. It came away easily to revel Flash's bare and cut chest. She panted slightly with a sick grin on her face.
"Gonna talk yet." She giddily asked. Flash gritted his teeth, turned his head and spat to the side as Plague let go of his arms.
"Fuck off!" he swore. She smiled again. Her face had blotches of his blood in dotted streaks and more along her chest and legs.
"Good. I was just getting started." And she began again.
"John?" The Martian stood by the door as John punched at the hanging bag again.
"What?" he growled continuing the fight.
"We may need your help, a fresh pair of eyes to look over this. To see if we missed anything." John stopped and sighed.
"No! I can't." he said, turning to the Martian. "I can't watch that again and worry about what my buddy's going through."
"It's understandable." He agreed and turned to leave. "But you have to believe he'll make it." He added as he left.
"Yeah!" John nodded as he rested his head against the punching back. "You hear be Buddy? You gotta make it!" and he continued with the punches.
"All his business partners? Yes we'll check." She said, ending communication and turned to Batman. "Think you can find it?"
"Of course." He said, hacking into the system. "Here it is. All across America and..." he typed some more. "Britain and Japan." He added. Downloading the data he stood up and left with Diana. "We should take this back and look through it properly." Diana just nodded.
"I wonder how he is?" she said quietly.
"Try not to think about it. You'll only get distracted." Batman explained as he hopped into the bat mobile and took off.
"I can't help it." She said to the disappearing vehicle.
"Ow!" Flash moaned, pushing himself up with his elbow, biting his lip as a fresh wave of pain shuddered through him. He looked down at the broken table beneath him; it was smeared with blood from his arms and chest.
Pestilence grabbed him round the neck and threw him back across the room. Famine was laughing so hard he was crying, the Injustice Gang were shocked, but his siblings just ignored him as if this were normal.
"Goanna talk yet?" Death asked again, learning against the wall. Flash just ignored her. "Fine." She said, pushing herself from the wall. She walked past him and went to the fire in the corner. They had started it earlier and put something in it, but Flash was too busy trying not to get skinned alive.
She plucked something out with her gloved hand and came over to him. "Don't say I didn't warn you?" she said with a grin while hiding the object behind her back. She paused above him and gave him a sly grin, plunging the object into his side.
He screamed in pain and rolled out of the way, pulling it free. Death waved it in front of her and chuckled.
"Something hot cauterizes the wound to stop it from bleeding too much, but hurts just as much." She sighed. "Dare I ask one more time?" Flash brought himself up on his elbows and spat at her, it missed her, but she got he point. Sighing again she stabbed him again.
"Hang him back up. I'm going to get changed." She muttered plucking at her bloody top and throwing the metal bar back in the fire. "You lot get some rest." She added to the gang. They all nodded, everyone bar Luthor and Joker were shocked. They had never seen anyone tortured like that before.
Death disappeared through the door as Plague and Pestilence hung Flash back up on the chains. He was finally left in peace, which he thanked with a ragged breath. Gritting his teeth he cried out as wave after wave of pain shot threw his battered body.
Another thirty hours and it'll be over. He thought to himself as he drifted off. Maybe I might die before that, at least they won't know about my friends and their lives. He thanked. God I'm wishing for death and she's right here! He chuckled as he fell into the darkness.
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