Chapter ten has arrived everyone and I hope everyone likes this. Glad we got here and I am now working on my other chapters. Sorry for the long wait guys, but I appreciate your patience. And I hope you all like this chapter.
So last time we have the Batman pay Falcone a visit and find out where the Penguin is at. We also saw the Jedi meeting with Killer Croc and couldn't get any information out of him. Will things get better or worse for the good guys? And what will happen when Batman goes inside the ship to find the Penguin?
Well, check out the chapter to find out. I don't own anything from the DC or Star Wars universe just my OCs. Enjoy the third chapter everyone and I hope you like it. Also: Bold- means thoughts & Italic- will mean what an alien is saying in their native language.
Chapter X
Coruscant
Inside the Penguin's hidden base he is seen with his two lovely assistance, Candy and Tracey who are in bed watching the show. The Penguin was informed earlier that the Batman was heading his way and that he would take care of it. However, the Penguin saw this as a chance to stick it to Black Mask who he knows has placed a bounty on the Batman. So, when he couldn't reach his men from on top he knew the mysterious Batman has arrived.
He began laughing as he gets to the intercom. "Welcome, welcome to this year's tourney fight. This year will be a little different though because instead of seeing the lot of you fighting one another, even though I always get a laugh outta you first round lot. I have something special planned. You see we have an uninvited guest onboard my ship and I want him taken care of."
"So, here is what is going to happen. The first bloke to kill him and bring his corpse to me will be rewarded. The intruder is the Batman we have been hearing about. So boys, if you want the reward and a chance to be on my good side then I suggest you all go find him, right now!"
He began laughing some more when he hears his men cheering loudly and look to be motivated. "So, let's get started! Who's ready for some action?"
Meanwhile
After taking care of the snipers and men on the outside, the Batman made his way inside the ship finding most of it to be damaged. However, as he goes deeper inside he notices the ship has been fixed and even upgraded. As he made his way down the ship he could hear Cobblepot on the intercom and how he knows he is on the ship. He offered his men a reward to bring him to Cobblepot, dead.
"Looks like he knows I'm here," said Batman to himself as he begins using his wrist gauntlet to get a map of the ship. However, it wasn't working and he knew why. "That's right, the jammer is keeping Oracle from hacking into the ship and getting a readout of this place. I'll need to find it is so I can destroy it."
He uses one of the new tools he get a location of where the jammer is at. Turns out it is close to where he is at and heads off to find it. He finds some of men all in jackets that have a Penguin symbol on them. He gets behind each one and knocks them out before they can alert the other or their boss.
He arrives at where the jammer is kept and is surrounded by four armed thugs. Using his grappling gun he fires at the ceiling and hangs upside down. He drops a small coin onto the machine that begins jamming it and the radio frequency for the guards. Taking out his Electric Charge gun, he fires at the guards and glides down taking each one down.
He disables the jammer and gets in contact with Oracle. "The jammer has been taken care of. Can you hack into the ship?"
"Yes, give me a minute," Oracle manages to get passed the security systems and finds where the Penguin is at. "He is in his office in the middle of the ship. Looks like he turned it into an arena for his men to fight, while he watches in his office."
"Good," Batman heads up to the vents and finds his way to where the arena is at. He glides down and lands in the middle of the room to see Penguin's men surrounding the arena. "Looks like they were waiting for me."
"Now there's a naughty geeza," said one of Penguin's assistance, Tracey. "Proper naught. An'e deserves a right proper welcome. Don'e lads?" she points up the stairs where Batman sees a man wearing an armored clothing with two electric gloves.
"You just saved me a lot of trouble coming here, Batman," said the man with the left side of his face burned. "I'm-a kill you. Then, I'm-a jumpstart your heart-and kill you again!"
"Oracle, who is he?" Batman asked as he gets ready to fight.
"His name is Electrocutioner a.k.a. Lester Buchinsky. A street thug and wanted to be part of the assassination group Black Mask hired," Oracle replied finding a small rap sheet from the criminal. "He's a rookie, go easy on him."
"I'll try," said Batman as Electrocutioner grabs the metal railing showing off his electric gloves.
He jumps down and sends an electric wave across the floor, but Batman wasn't affected thanks to his suit protecting him from the electricity.
"ARE YOU READY?!" Electrocutioner shouted to the crowd who all cheered him on.
Electrocutioner taunts the Batman, who walks up to him and then jumps up delivering a kick right to the face knocking him out along with his suit. Tracey upset by this sends her men in to attack the Batman, but he easily takes them all out before turning his attention to the assistant. She tried to escape, but Batman catches up to her and cuffs her to the railing.
She screams at him to let her go, but Batman focused more on the office and sees it locked down. "Oracle, can you find me a way in?"
"Already on it," Oracle replied as she sends the information through Batman's cowl where to do. "Got get him."
Penguin's office
The Penguin yells in anger as he shoots the screens that all went blank on him. Somehow Batman found his jammer and destroyed it. He then somehow hacked into his system taking control of everything. Shutting off the cameras, the turrets he set up around the ship, and can control the power of the ship. However, Penguin was smart enough to keep the doors locked up and not connected to the power.
He also brought a few of his men inside the office, armed with the best weapons he could get his hands on. Now all he has to do is wait for the Batman to show up and he'll kill him.
"Don't worry, he will soon be dead," said Candy reassuring her boss everyone will be fine.
"She's right, sir. That bat-freak won't know what hit him when we…" suddenly several Batarangs appeared hitting the hands of the men causing them to drop their weapons. They look over and see the Batman has appeared knocking them all out before turning his attention to Cobblepot.
Candy tries to get her blaster, but Batman tosses a Bolas that wraps around her body and pinned her arms. Batman then turns towards Penguin who tries to stop him.
"Now hold on, hold on a bloody minute!" Batman picks him up and tosses him into the mirror destroying it. "I seen your act. I ain't done nothing you'd not'a done."
Batman grabs him and slides him to the ground where he slams his face to the floor. "I know you bought some drones from Falcone. Why? Are you working for Black Mask?"
"Black Mask? Why would I be working for that bloke?" Penguin replied as Batman picks him up and slams him into the wall threatening to hurt him. "Okay, okay calm down! I did buy some drones, but only because Black Mask wanted to buy them."
"Why? What did he want with them?" Batman asked wondering why Black Mask would want the drones.
"I don't know and I didn't care. He just wanted to buy them, so I got them for him and he paid me a lot of money," Penguin replied again as Batman throws him to the floor again. "Didn't make sense though since the bloke hates me as much as I hate him. But he has changed in the last few days ever since…"
"Ever since what?" Batman slams his foot near his face. "And if you made a deal with him then where is he? And why did he put a bounty on me?"
"I don't keep tabs on every geezer with a grudge. You're not popular bloke in this galaxy," the Penguin replied only to get punched again and then lifted into the air by his coat. "W-wait…Lacey Towers. It was supposed to be his safe house…but Ol'Black Mask-e's got problems of'is own, I'd say. Someone broke in there and tried to…"
Suddenly a cable wrapped around Batman's leg and pulled him out of the room. He tries to hold on to the door, but someone kicked him in the face and had him hanging upside down. He sees someone wearing an armored suit with a black and orange mask. The figure approaches him with a sword, but Batman grabs it, hits him in the face, and uses the sword to break free as he lands in the arena again.
The figure joins down and Batman can see who it is. One of the assassins that Shiva warned him about, Deathstroke. He arrived sooner than expected. He figured as much, especially since Shiva and Killer Croc started sooner.
The Mandalorian mercenary pulls out his staff as the two warriors begin circling around the room. "It appears the game is over before it begins."
"I'm not playing games, Slade," said Batman as he gets ready for their fight. "Tell me where I can find, Black Mask."
"Don't worry about him, especially how you'll be dead soon. I expect you'll be worth every penny of that fifty million," said Deathstroke as extends his staff and makes the first move swinging his weapon.
Batman blocks it and kicks him off as he tries to punch him. Deathstroke blocks the hits and uses his staff to try hitting his opponent. Batman blocks it and falls backwards to flip Deathstroke over him. He tosses some Batarangs at him, but they are blocked and dodged as his opponent comes at him again with his weapon.
Batman blocks it and manages to get some hits in, but Deathstroke moved out of the way and tries to hit him again. He manages to get some hits in, but Batman blocks the staff again, jumps over him, and kicks him in the gut. Then delivers more heavy hits, but Deathstroke manages to block his last hit and back away. He takes out a flash bomb and tosses it down to gain an advantage.
The light blinded Batman, but he uses his other senses to hear Deathstroke coming in from behind with his staff. Batman blocks the hits and head-butts his opponent. He delivers more punches at him as one of his punches manages to break his mask off. Deathstroke backs away showing what he looks like with an eyepatch covering his right eye.
Deathstroke charges at him with his staff again, but Batman catches it, kicks him in the gut knocking him away, and then breaks the staff in half. Deathstroke pulls his sword and swings it at him. Batman again blocks the attacks and tries to get some hits in, but Deathstroke blocked them and tries using his flash bomb again. Batman saw this coming and uses his cape to shield him from the light. However, Deathstroke anticipated this and tries to stab him.
The blade went through the cape, but missed as Batman grabs it and breaks it. Deathstroke grabs the other sword, but Batman grabs it too and punches him in the face. He then kicks him into the wall where he lays in some more punches and kicks before kicked away by Deathstroke. The two had a stand-off where it appeared the assassin was closing in on losing.
"It's over, Slade," said Batman.
"What are you?" Slade asked in disbelief at how strong his foe is.
Batman tosses the sword at him, but Deathstroke moved away from it, but Batman punches him and then delivers a hard kick to the face knocking him out. However, before he can tie him up, he hears a weapon being cocked and sees Penguin holding a rifle at him.
"Nice seein'ya, Batman. Feel free to die for me," but before Penguin could pull the trigger someone appeared from the ceiling destroying his weapon. "Who in the blazes are you?!"
The figure appeared to be a woman wearing a dark armor suit like the Batman, with the bat symbol on her chest, but with a yellow color, and two headtails appearing from under her mask.
"The name is Batgirl," she punches Penguin in the face knocking him out. She turns towards Batman and smiles at him. "Was I late to the party?"
Batman shook his head as he begins tying up, Deathstroke. "I had it under control."
Batgirl rolled her eyes. "Sure you did and getting shot was you being in control?"
Batman ignores her question and ties Deathstroke, while contacting his sister. "Oracle, send a tip to the Jedi to come pick up Cobblepot and Slade."
"Okay, what are you guys going to do?" Oracle asked.
Batman knew his sister must have send Batgirl to assist him and knew telling her to leave won't work. "We'll go to Lacey Towers to find Black Mask and end this. Let's go."
Meanwhile
Back in the city, Padme is resting in her new home with more security guards present. Anakin came by to see her after being cleared to leave the infirmary. At least, to rest in his room. However, he snuck out and went to go see his wife to make sure she is okay.
He lied to the guards telling them he was assigned to protect the senator and they believed him. In the living room, the two are resting together on the sofa. Padme suggested he leave so he could get some rest, but he wanted to stay with her to be sure everything is okay. After the day she had and with the questions she has been asked about what happened she decided to let him stay.
"So, they have no idea who he is working for?" Padme asked.
Anakin shook his head in response and lets out a small sigh. "We know what he is and what they call him. They ran the name by with me to see if I know him, but I didn't. I told them it could have been Count Dooku. That was until they told me the history between the Sith and Killer Croc's kind."
"So, they don't know who could have hired Killer Croc and you have no idea either," Padme was now worried for Anakin's safety. "Perhaps you should take some time away from the war until they find out who hired them."
"No," Anakin replied refusing to stay hidden during the fighting. "I'm needed. I need to be out there to help the Republic."
"But what about your safety?" Padme asked not wanting him to go out and fight. "What if whoever hired Killer Croc sends someone even worse during the fighting and tries to kill you?"
"I have gone through worse. I know it is risky, but I need to do this, Padme," he replied as he grabs her hand. "I don't want to stay here and risk you getting hurt. I don't want anything bad to happen to you or anyone else because of me."
Padme knew Anakin is just looking out for her and doesn't want to lose her. A part of her felt he was right about the risk of them being together while someone is after him is great, but the other part of her is worried he will do something he might regret like last night. After what he did to Cad Bane she is worried he might lose it again if she is in danger. One of the reason why she hasn't gone to see Daniel because she is worried he might overreact like with Clovis.
Before she can ask him anything though, C-3PO came in with R2-D2. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but R2 has just gotten word that the Jedi temple received a tip about two wanted criminals. One of them being, Deathstroke?"
Anakin recognized the name as a mercenary who was from Mandalore and was wanted by the Republic. He was also very skilled and could rival a Jedi Master.
"I better get going," said Anakin as he feels his wife grabbing his hand and looks concerned. "Don't worry, I'm heading to the temple to see if they need anything. I won't get involved, I promise."
Padme let's out a small sigh and let's go. "All right, be careful."
"Of course, my lady," he gives his wife a kiss on the lips and then leaves with R2.
Lacey Towers
In another part of the city lies a large tower that was a high-end apartment complex, where many wealthy people live. One of them is Roman Sionis, who Batman deduced was Black Mask from finding out who owned the only suit at the top of the building. He had suspected Roman before of being Black Mask due to the characteristics he had that resembled Black Mask. However, he could never prove it before, but now believes it is him.
Batman and Batgirl arrived outside the building where they had Oracle hack into the building's security system to see if there are any guards. From what she told them the security cameras in Sionis's floor has been out for the last few days. Consistent of what Penguin told him. They wait outside to check and see if there are any guards or security outside.
"It looks quiet," said Batgirl as she puts away her binoculars. "I think it's safe to go in."
Batman however felt something was off. "Stay on your guard."
They glide towards the balcony where they noticed the window door is broken. Taking a peek inside they see what appears to have been a fight that broke out inside. There is a broken table, chairs damaged, and two bodies inside. Batman motions for Batgirl to check out the first body, while he checks on the second that is hanging on the chandelier.
Batgirl approaches the first body with caution and finds he is dead, but is wearing a black mask on his face. "I take it this is Black Mask?"
"I doubt it," Batman replied as he sees the woman that is tied to the chandelier is also dead. "Use your scanner to get an ID on him."
Batgirl remembers the tool she was given and uses it to scan the victim, but found it to be a problem due to the body being burned. "I can't get a proper ID. Someone torched his body," she then noticed how cold the room is. "And it's freezing in here."
Batman noticed it as soon as they arrived. "Someone lowered the temperature here in case the police arrived. That way they wouldn't be able to find out when the victims passed away."
However, Batman knew there were other ways of finding out when the victims died and also how to identify a body despite how burned it is. "Use the DNA scanner Fox put in our suit. It should help us identify him better."
Batgirl recalls Mr. Fox telling him after the new DNA scanner he made and tries it out taking a small blood sample from the victim's finger. The scanned finished and got her the information she needed.
"His name is Giovanni Luchese. It says here he works for Roman Sionis and has been suspected to have committed several crimes, but with no evidence to back it up. It looks like he was shot right in the chest. What about the second victim?"
Batman finished scanning the woman. "Her name is Tiffany Ambrose, Sionis's girlfriend. She was shot as well, I bet she died after the first victim died."
Batgirl knew Batman was probably right and noticed a blaster on the floor near the door. Before grabbing it she begins scanning it for fingerprints and found only ones that belonged to Roman Sionis.
"Looks like Black Mask decided to dumb her by killing her," she hands the blaster to Batman. "So, he went crazy, kills her, his bodyguard, and puts a bounty on you. What do you think?"
"Do you really believe that?" he asked as he puts the blaster away.
Batgirl looks at the two bodies and then remembered what she was taught. "No, this feels too easy, especially since it would all lead to Roman."
"Exactly," Batman checks the first victim's body and uses his evidence scanner to recreate what happened. "The trajectory of the blaster could have come from someone of Penguin's height or someone that was leaning back in a chair."
"How do you know?" she asked when Batman points to the grooves on the floor that was made by a chair. She nods in agreement with his logic and then looks up at the trajectory of how Tiffany was killed. "The blaster could have come from a low angle, which is near Penguin's height."
"Or it was shot by someone lying on the ground," Batman kneels down and sees where the shot could have come from. He looks at the wall near him and finds Penguin's prints. "Penguin was here. That's how he knew where Roman was at."
"Except from what we got these bodies must have been here for…almost a week now," said Batgirl as she goes towards the kitchen. "Oracle just send me a security footage from Penguin' lair showing he was at his place since the time of the murder."
"So, he couldn't have done this then. He must have come after the murders," said Batman now with more questions on who did this. "If he didn't do this and I doubt Black Mask did this, then who did?"
Batman looks back on the floor and finds white streaks that are seen dragging across the floor. "These came from shoe polish. Whoever shot Tiffany was dragged along the floor, near where she got shot," going over where the streaks came from he finds some blood on the floor, neither belonging to the victims, but one was identifiable. "Roman and a fourth party fought here where they drew blood. They fought here, but it looks like Roman lost."
"How do you know?" Batgirl asked when she notices something on the floor.
Batman finds in the shattered remains of the table, a shoe polish can. "Because Roman used this to keep his shoes shined up."
Batgirl looked at the object, which appears to be a phone. One sold here on Coruscant to wealthy people. It was out of power, so after finding the charger and waiting for it to turn on she notices a impression on the kitchen counter. So after scanning it she found some more evidence.
"Batman, I found something here," she called out as Batman joins her. "It looks like Tiffany was attacked here, which explains that bump on her forehead. Someone came up from behind, hits her on the counter, and then ties her up there."
Batman agrees with the findings and checks on the phone to find some old text messages Tiffany send out to her boyfriend. "She was sending him a message about information regarding, the Joker. The last message never went out, which is probably when she was attacked."
"So, we got everything we need to find out what happened? " Batgirl asked.
Batman nods as they went over the crime scene. "Someone spooked Sionis's girlfriend. So he sent her to his place, which was anything but safe. Sionis showed up later, ready for trouble and found it, or so it seemed. Roman's always been paranoid, which is probably why he's lasted so long."
"He'd sent in a decoy, giving himself the element of surprise, but it wasn't enough. There was a fight and Sionis lost. The killer didn't hesitate to shoot the decoy, but he wanted Roman alive for some reason. With Sionis under control all that remained was to tie up loose ends."
Batgirl figured what happened next. "So, whoever took Black Mask shot his girlfriend?"
"No," Batman replied having another theory. "He placed the weapon in Sionis's hand and forced him to kill her."
Batgirl gasps softly. "What kind of monster forces a man to kill the ones he loves?"
Batman had an idea. "The Joker, he's the one that is probably the one behind this. The one who hired the assassins and is keeping Sionis alive, but why?"
"Let's head back and see if Oracle found anything that might help us," Batgirl suggested.
Batman nods as they begin leaving the building, but he first activated the fire alarm so the Jedi can get to the area to find the bodies. He knew now whoever this Joker is he needs to find out soon, before more lives are lost.
That is the end of the tenth chapter everyone and I bet everyone knows what is going to happen next time huh? Just don't spoil it for everyone. Also yes, if you know who Batgirl is then yep she is now in the story. I will reveal how this happen soon, but for now be patient.
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