Ch.10: Assassin in the Mist
Jump City, 1 day after the defeat of Falcon, Price Corp.
Johnny Price sat in his normal chair and watched the sun rise to only meet the darkness of his massive tower. Price smiled and herd footsteps walking toward his office. The door opened and a thin and medium height hooded figure. The masked person was certainly a woman by the shade of her figure behind the cloak. She stepped on high heels clicking on the tile floor. Price looked at her with eyes of perverted thoughts.
"Miss Dust…correct?" smiled Price as he looked at her figure again.
"Yes Mr. Price Dust is correct, now I understand that my fellow associate Mr. Breath has been destroyed yes?" said the woman with a soft angel like voice.
"Yes you are correct, and now like I had told all of you before that when one is destroyed another will take his or her place, and Miss Dust I think you are just the woman strong enough to finish Logan off. Now the job will be easy, Logan must recuperate after the damage done to him by Falcon, now you may want to take this as your advantage."
"No…I wish to finish that bastard off at his full strength, during that time I will be honored to help continue the mass production of the weapons acquired from Logan."
"I know you and Logan have a short history and I know revenge is on your mind, but if you wish to do this than be my guest, the weapons will be completed in little less than a month now, the bullets are the hardest part of the machine, so get to work as soon as possible."
Miss Dust bowed and walked out of the room.
"Oh and Mr. Price get yourself a porno magazine and stop looking at me like some horny old man or I will cut your balls off and put them on my trophy wall."
Price sat back in his chair and chuckled, he watched Miss Dust walk out and he sighed.
"Fucking bitch…I hope Logan does kill her before her dick grows back."
Price grumbled something and went back to his gaze at the sun. He almost felt like falling asleep when a loud beep came from his communicator on his desk. Price nearly jumped out of his chair but instead he clicked it and yelled into the receiver.
"What is it?"
"There is a video call from a Malice character, he says its important." said a frightened woman's voice.
Price turned off the communicator and pressed a button under his desk. There was a click sound and the large wall in front of him opened up revealing a large TV at least 45 inches. The TV came to life and the picture of a cloaked man came on screen. His cloak covered his upper face but showed a pale mouth with sharp vampire fangs pointing out of his upper lip.
"Good morning Mr. Price my name is Malice and I have a deal for you." said the soft voiced man.
Price looked at Malice with confusion and frustration in his mind.
"Yes go on."
"Well Mr. Price I am what you would call a hired assassin and I heard about your troubles with this Logan character. Now I would like to make a deal with you."
"Kid…I don't know who you think I am but I have heard that line a thousand times and a thousands deaths have been committed with the echo of each word. So I think you should just go away."
"Mr. Price you don't even know my credentials, I am known on Azerath as the dark one, and I am the last few high breeds of the Vampeon tribe."
"Listen Malice, do you even know what a Vampeon is? It is a vampire and a demon high breed that is only a tall tale myth and ledged on planets like Azerath."
"I know because it is not a myth I am a true full blood Vampeon and if you disagree I can prove it by the death of Logan."
"Fine, kid, name your price."
"I do not wish for money Mr. Price only a decent challenge, if you can provide me with that then my services are free. But if I am bored with my subject and his weak attempts then it will be 2 million dollars in cold hard cash."
Price sat up in his chair and chuckled.
"Fine kid I like your attitude, come to my office in Jump City in about a week and we will talk."
Malice nodded and the screen went black.
"Fucking kids these days, think it's all a game, god I am glad I have a freak for a son."
As the screen went black in an unknown location, Malice sat on a dirt old desk in a small moldy room with tiles so destroyed by time they seem to be gone. Malice smiled and sat back in the chair looking at the screen again.
"Don't worry Mr. Price I am closer than you think, and soon, all your darkness and power will be mine."
Gotham City, Wayne Manor
Logan sat at a weight bench in the basement of Wayne Manor, he had been lifting weights and doing exercise for over 3 hours and his back felt like it was on fire. The stitches from the battle were aching and burning like acid to his skin. Logan stood up and walked upstairs making sure every step didn't maneuver his back the wrong way.
"I hate this shit; I need to get these damn things out of me." Logan spat as he entered the large living room.
Richard and Kori were gone; they had left to do something that Logan didn't care about. He needed to get out of Gotham and make his way back to Jump City so Raven could rest here worried mind. Logan could barley feel Raven's mind sense he was so far away but when he did he knew every second she was sitting in her house waiting for him to return.
For the next 6 days, Logan had been training and resting making sure his stitches were fine. Soon the doctors let the stitches go, they removed them and Logan was already packing to leave Gotham. He was up in his temporary room packing all what he had and some other items he thought he needed; when Richard came up with a frown on his face.
"You sure you have to leave so soon? I and Kori would love to have you here a little while longer."
"Rich, I am sorry but I need to stop Price as soon as possible. We will all finally live in peace again as soon as Price is dead. We can rebuild the tower and we can get back to what we have always loved, protecting Jump City."
Richard sighed and nodded his head, yes he did believe it was right to go back to Jump City and leave the near crimeless Gotham at peace. The Justice League could take care of Gotham but only the Titans could run Jump City like it was before. Richard came and gave Logan a friendly hug and gave him one finally peace of advice.
"Remember Logan, you're the hero, don't go acting like the villain. Keep your mind pure and you will succeed but let anger win you over and you would be just as bad as the villain you swear to defeat."
Logan smiled and nodded, he knew what Robin meant, and as he left Kori gave him one more peace of the past; a bone crushing hug that might have popped his back and killed him if Richard hadn't pulled her off. Logan kissed Kori on the cheek and got on his bike once more. This time his sight was clear and his destiny was only miles away. Logan rode off into the afternoon sun with his mind on one person, Raven.
"What should we do? Raven asked us to join her in Jump City, should we go?" asked Kori with a small smiled on her face.
Richard looked at her and then at the disappearing shadow of Logan and nodded.
"Yes, I think Logan isn't the only one that needs there revenge on Price, we will leave for Jump City tomorrow and we will start rebuilding Titans Tower."
Kori's smile grew wide and she jumped in joy as she kissed her husband on the cheek. The Titans were returning to Jump City.
Somewhere outside of Jump City
As the afternoon sun soon started to drift into the mists of night, a fog came upon the streets of Jump City. As the fog rolled in a hooded figure followed as well; people could see his fangs shining in the dusk light. The figure walked the streets on unseen boots but they made heavy clunks on the ground as he did. The figure stopped in front of Price Corp. with a grin of pure evil. He looked to the left of Price corp. and saw a small apartment building; this was where he would stay until Logan arrived. He walked in and gave a decent amount of money to the suit at the desk.
"Good evening Mr. Malice, we will show you to your room." said the suit as he looked at the money with a smile.
Malice walked up to his room and took a seat at the window were he watched people walk in and out of the Price corp. office.
"Soon…very soon Mr. Price."
Outside of the apartment building Miss Dust sat inside of Price corp. waiting for the next day when Logan would arrive.
"So Price has sent some assassin to do a woman's job, well I will make sure I get to finish Logan off once and for all. It is time he paid for abandoning me back then." she hissed.
And as the evening dusk turned to pure night the plan was set, Logan would arrive in Jump City, Malice would be there to stop him, and Dust would finish him off, no matter what it took. The dawn of the Price Passion was coming soon and Logan would be the only person left…to stop it.