Chapter 15

"Well I guess he's not as dumb as we thought." Batman smirked. Sportacus chuckled and even some of the SWAT guys did too.

"I'm dumb? Well I suppose being around you, I have had to play dumb." Ra's shot back.

"I hate to interrupt but my wrists are starting to chafe, can someone help me?" Stephanie asked.

"Shut up." Ra's said as he hit her in the back of the head with the grip of his sword. Stephanie's world went black.

Sportacus saw this and charged at the man. Batman reached him first and grabbed his collar. Ra's was unable to hang onto his sword as the Black Knight lifted him up off the floor. At this point, the SWAT team moved in. They grabbed Ra's' assistant, who had lost a lot of blood by now and was fading in and out of consciousness. The men rushed him outside to get immediate medical attention. Sportacus raced over to Stephanie and released her from the chair. Checking her over, he found she was going to have a big bump on her head and her wrists and ankles were red and sore.

"Well I hope you're proud of yourself. Now you'll have to have an accident between here and the Watchtower." Batman growled.

"Where are my crystal and button?" Sportacus came over and forced Ra's to look at him.

"Good luck finding them." Ra's smirked. He grabbed lifted his hand and threw something to the ground. Smoke filled the room and Batman began to choke. He dropped Ra's and the villain started to make his escape. Sportacus chased after him. Within seconds, the above-average hero tackled him to the ground and sat on top his stomach.

"Where are they!" He shouted. Ra's reached for his pocket but Sportacus stopped him. He was afraid he'd grab for something other than what he was looking for.

The Caped Crusader had slipped his gas mask on and found Sportacus on top of the villain. He pulled his friend off and lifted up Ra's. Sportacus reached for the pocket and pulled out his crystal and button.

"Thanks again, Batman." He said. His friend only nodded and dragged Ra's out of the building. Sportacus heard Stephanie coughing and went to her side.

"Ohh my head." She mumbled.

"Come on, baby. I'll get you out of here." Her husband reassured her as he scooped her up in his arms. The smoke had dissipated and Number Ten easily found his way out of the old industrial building.

Carrying Stephanie over to an EMT, Sportacus set her down. The medical man looked her over. Steve shined a flashlight into her eyes and checked her pupils. Then he asked her a few easy questions.

"Well the good news is she doesn't have a concussion. However I'm going to wrap her wrists and ankles with some gauze and ointment. That will take care of the redness and slight swelling." Steve said.

"We appreciate it." Sportacus said to him. Then to Stephanie he said, "I'm going to find our son." Before she could say anything, he walked through the crowd of police and other emergency personnel.

Batman stood with Ra's in handcuffs. Captain Dogooder was thanking him for coming so quickly. The Dark Knight just nodded and put his finger in his ear. Then in a flash both he and the criminal were gone. Sportacus smiled as he saw his fellow hero smack Ra's upside the head before they disappeared from sight. Approaching Captain Dogooder, the above-average hero was about to ask about his son when he heard,

"Daddy!" Joshua came running to his father.

"There's my big boy." Sportacus said hugging his son.

"Thank you, Joshua." He whispered in to the little boy's ear. His son pulled back from the hug and did as he'd done so many times before. Joshua pointed and winked.

"Where's Mommy?" He asked.

"She's over here. Come on I'll take you to her." Sportacus smiled and picked his son up. He put him on his shoulders and walked over to the ambulance. When they arrived, Amanda and Robbie were already over there.

"Thank you, Steve." Stephanie smiled.

"No problem." He smiled. Steve helped her down off the back of the emergency bus.

"Mommy!" Joshua shouted.

"Baby!" She shouted back. Quickly, Sportacus took Joshua down from his shoulders and the three wrapped their arms around each other in a giant family hug.

"Oh so that's the thanks we get." Robbie joked. The family separated and turned to their friends.

"Well if you are going to be that way." Stephanie smiled.

"Don't listen to my husband; he knows not what he says." Amanda smiled back. They all had a good laugh until Captain Dogooder arrived.

"Sportacus, there is something we need to discuss." The police chief said.

To Be Continued…