Here we are with chapter 15 and things I wish were going well. First of all, I want to first thank everyone for the support and reviews for my stories. I appreciate it guys and I'm glad you all love my work. I also hope you like this chapter and will like what happens in it.
Secondly, I want to send my condolences to all the families and friends who lost their loved ones in the shootout in Orlando. What happened that night was terrible. I'm sadden to hear how many passed away and I hope everyone who lost their loved ones is getting the support they deserve. I also hope the family of the shooter won't get so much hate.
It's not their fault what happened and I hope the child of the shooter won't suffer so much for the sins of his father. I understand everyone is upset and angry with what happened, but let's not continue that hatred. It won't help anyone if we let our hatred change us. Let's try helping those that lost their loved ones and support them as much as we can.
I don't own anything from the DC or Star Wars universe, just my OCs. Bold- means thoughts & Italic- will mean what an alien is saying in their native language. And now let's continue with the story. I hope you all enjoy this.
Chapter XV
Coruscant
Night soon came to the Republic, but it did not stop its people from continuing on with their lives. The city lights continued to shine, the vehicles continued flying around the city, and its citizens are going about the night for work or looking for a good time. Unaware of something sinister being planned against the people of the Republic. A plan that involved the Joker and the assassins who were hired to help kill the Batman.
Outside of the city, there lies a steel mill that belongs to Roman Sionis. To the public, it is used to help create vehicles, droids, and other form of machinery. However, it is also used to make weapons and explosions, which Roman uses for his criminal organization. Thanks to his sister, Batman tracked the facility to be where the Joker's toxin is being made.
The Republic is unware the factory is owned by Black Mask, so he won't be expecting them to appear here. That was fine with Batman though since he didn't want them to get involved. He glides past the security and heads towards the main factory where the toxin is being made. He could tell the Joker's men are here and are keeping an eye out.
He lands nearby and stays hidden as he tries to find a way inside. "Oracle, can you hear me?"
"I hear you and I can see what you see," said Oracle as she speaks to her brother their com-link. "Looks this is the place. Any signs of Ventress's friend?"
"No, but I don't have time to wait for this friend to arrive. What did you find?" he asked.
"It looks like there's a door nearby you can take, but it's guarded by five armed men, and one of them has a rifle," she replied using the cowl-vision to get an idea where the men are at.
Batman looks over from his position and sees the sniper. "I can see him. I'll take him out and contact you once I'm inside."
Batman jumps off the railing and glides down behind the sniper as he sneaks up behind him, then quickly knocks him out. Once he is out he sees one more armed thug walking on the next floor. He uses his grappling hook and makes his way to the floor, but sneaks up behind the criminal. Like before he quickly knocks him out and then focuses on the three on the ground.
Taking out three small silver cylinders he jumps up and tosses it at them. The cylinders attach to the men's clothing and sends electric shocks to their bodies causing them to pass out. He lands on the ground near the door and opens it. He gets inside where thank to this Cowl-vision he is able to see six men inside.
He sneaks up on one of them, taking him out, but the other five spot him. They run towards him, armed with steel pipes. Batman jumps over two of them, grabs them by the back of their shirts, and flips them over. He blocks a pipe from one of the thugs, kicks him in the gut, and takes the pipe before using it to hit the criminal in the head.
Another thug came in hitting him in the side, but thanks to the armor, Batman didn't feel anything. He grabs him by his shirt collar and head-butts him. The two criminals he knocked down began to get up, but he runs over to them, and slams them to down ground before punching them in the face. The last thug grabs a blaster and begins opening fire.
Batman dodges the blaster shots and tosses a batarang at him. The weapon hit the muzzle of the weapon and explodes knocking the criminal to the wall. Batman runs at him and punches him in the face, knocking him out. Looking around he sees all the men have been knocked out and begins tying them up.
"Oracle, you there?" he begins contacting his sister.
"I'm here. Everything going well?" she asked.
"More or less," he replied as he finishes tying the men up. "I'm inside. Can you hack into the facility and see what you can find?"
"Sure, give me a minute," she replied as she begins hacking into the factory. "Looks like we were right. The factory floor is making a lot of the Joker toxin, but from the looks of things half of it already got shipped off. The other half is getting loaded into some of the vehicles. I'll shut down the doors to keep them from getting out, but they'll try to find a way out."
"I'll take care of it," he replied as he notices some of the men locked in the office room above him. He tosses another small cylinder through the window and it shocks all the men inside knocking them out. "Anything else?"
"Yeah, Roman is in the facility," she replied as she hacked into the cameras. "It looks like the Joker is keeping him locked up in an office on the other side of building. If you get to him he might give us what we need."
"I'll go find him then and see what he knows," he replied as he uses his wrist gauntlet to get a holographic map of where Roman is at. "In the meantime, tell Batgirl and Katana to keep an eye out. If those other trucks have half of the toxin, then we have to be ready."
"Understood and Batman, be careful," she replied before she turns off her com-link.
Batman walks over to a locked door and bypasses the security lock to get in. He continues following the map, as it leads him the factory floor. However, he finds all the men inside all dead. Taking precaution he approaches the bodies and finds them to have been killed by a sword.
A similar sword that is swung towards his neck. Batman blocks it with the armor from his wrist gauntlet and sees who attacked him. "Shiva, here to collect the bounty?"
"I have no interest in money like the other assassins are," Shiva replied as she pulls her weapon away. "I came here to speak with you."
"Funny, last time we spoke you told me the assassins wouldn't make their move in three days," he replied bringing up what she told him three days ago.
"I guess they didn't want to wait. You can't fault me for their impatience," she replied as she sheaths her sword. "I on the other hand did wait and watched your fight with the other assassins you defeated. Like your fight with Deathstroke."
"I don't have time for games. What do you want?" he asked.
"What's the rush? I had my warriors kill off the Joker's men and the other assassin who came to kill you hasn't arrived yet," she replied as she begins walking around. "So, you should hear out why I'm here. Aren't you at all, interested?"
Batman knew he didn't have time to waste, but decided to humor her if it means getting to where he needs to go quicker. "Fine, why are you here then?"
"As I said before when we first met, it was to test you," she replied as she begins explaining herself to him. "You see my master who I work for has become interested in you. He feels you are a skilled, honorable, and devoted warrior."
"And who is this master of yours?" he asked wondering who she works for if not the Joker.
"He is someone that has existed long before you or me. Though, I don't believe you are as worthy to him as he claims you to be," she replied as she turns around and removes her sword. "That is why I wanted you to come. So we may fight."
"Like I said, I don't have time for this," he replied knowing now isn't the time for him to deal with this.
"Too bad, I'm not going to give you a chance. This is your test. If you defeat me I will let you pass, but if not…then you will die," she charges at him and swings her sword.
Batman blocks the sword with his wrist gauntlet and begins going on the defense as Shiva continues swinging her weapon. She thrusts her weapon at him, but he blocks it with both hands kicks her away. She moves her hand out and her sword returns to her. Batman knew how she did it and didn't seem surprise.
"You can use the Force."
Shiva nods in response. "I am one of many Force users that serve my master and I will use what I learned to defeat you," she uses the Force to help lift a crate and tosses it at him.
Batman uses his grappling hook to dodge the crate then tosses several Batarangs at her. She slashes through them and uses the Force to jump towards him. She tackles him towards the ground and tries pressing her sword against his neck, but he kicks her off of him, and fires his Batclaw at her sword grabbing it.
He pulls it away from her and goes for a punch. She blocks his attacks and jumps over him. She goes for a kick, but he blocks it and tosses her over him. She lands on her feet and uses the Force again to call on her weapon.
Batman grabs it before it can reach her and tosses it at her. She dodges the sword, but gets punched by Batman knocking her towards the wall. He goes to attack her, but she uses the Force to push him back. He lands on his feet and tosses another Batarang at her.
She grabs her sword and cuts it in half, but the weapon instead releases gas, causing her to get covered in it. As she gets out of the smoke, Batman kicks her in the gut knocking her down. He grabs the sword and moves it near her neck, but stops just inches from it. As he keeps the sword near her neck, he puts his leg over her chest to keep her from moving.
"It's over," he replied as suddenly more masked women appeared all armed with weapons.
But before they go to attack Batman, Shiva raises her hand to stop them. "Enough, stand down."
The women all obeyed and lowered their weapons. Batman gets off of her and helps her up as Shiva is given back her weapon.
"Impressive. You are as my master said you are. I guess we both learned something today," she replied as she sheaths her weapon. "Still, you could have killed me and you didn't. To me, that is your biggest flaw."
"Killing someone is a flaw, because it's not justice," he replied as he approached her. "And I don't care what you or what your master think. Killing is not what I do."
"Perhaps in time you'll realize how wrong you are and how you cannot save everyone. There is more going on than you don't know and if you continue on this path you will see how corrupted the Republic is," she replied as she turns towards her followers and motions for them to leave. "For now you have earned a reprieve. We will leave this city and will continue to watch you."
Just as she is about to leave, Batman stops her by grabbing her arm. "Wait, what is the Joker up to and who is your master?"
Shiva frees her hand and turns towards him. "What the clown is up to, I am not sure. As for who my master is, I cannot tell you. What I can tell you is our 'league' has been waiting for a warrior like you to lead us. Lead us to help cleanse the galaxy and help bring about a new age of peace."
She drops a smoke bomb and disappears before Batman could stop her. He looks around and sees she is gone without leaving a trace.
"Oracle, you there?"
"She's out at the moment getting the antidote to the city, sir," said Alfred as he speaks to Batman. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, when she comes back. Tell her I just met up with Shiva and she's gone," he replied as he uses his Cowl-vision to try finding a way to Black Mask. "Tell her she has left and we won't have to deal with her tonight…for now."
"I understand sir and are you all right?" Alfred asked concerned for Daniel.
Batman looks up and finds a way out. "I'll be okay. Just make sure she gets the message."
As Batman looks for a way through the wall, a shadowy figure can be seen hiding in the shadows, waiting to make a move on the Batman.
Meanwhile
At the Senate building, Anakin had his men finish inspecting the building to make sure there aren't any signs of any bombs or anything threatening that could hurt people. He checks the time to see it won't be long before the meeting begins and before they would have to get into their positions.
So far, they haven't found anything threatening and have checked everyone coming in. They all checked out, including the senators themselves to make sure none of them are carrying something dangerous.
From the looks of things the threat they received was a false alarm, but he could sense something is not right. It felt like whatever is going to happen is still going to happen. However, without any proof to back this up all they can do is just keep an eye out and make sure nothing happens. To Anakin, this is something he doesn't want to do.
"How goes the inspection?" Obi Wan asked as he approaches his friend.
Anakin turns towards Obi Wan and hands him a holopad. "We've checked every inch of the facility and so far nothing has popped up. We're doubled security and made sure no one comes in to the building once the meeting starts. Any that do try to get in will be detained or be stunned. That way we don't have a repeat of what happened before."
Obi Wan knew what Anakin was talking about and who attacked the Senate building before. Cad Bane, the former bounty hunter who attacked the senators so he could free Ziro the Hutt. Anakin was there during the attack, but couldn't capture the bounty hunter. Obi Wan tried to capture him and Ziro as well, but the Hutt criminal was found dead, and the bounty hunter was gone.
"If it does happen, then we will be here to stop it," Obi Wan replied. "It's all we can do for now."
Anakin knew it was all they could do and he only hopes the meeting will go through without any problems. Captain Rex walks by with his men to give their report.
"Sir, we've inspected every room in the building. No signs of any explosions or any strange anomalies."
"Good, we can go inform the Chancellor the meeting can go on schedule," said Anakin as he turns towards Obi Wan. "We should also check with Master Windu to see if the security for outside is ready."
"I'll go speak with him. Go inform the Chancellor the meeting can proceed," said Obi Wan as Anakin nods in response before he takes off. Obi Wan begins contacting Master Windu to give him an update. "Master Windu, the building has been checked. Is everything secured outside?"
"Everything is secured," Master Windu replied as his men continued inspecting the vehicles to make sure there isn't any bomb. "No signs of any trouble, but that doesn't mean something might not happen."
Obi Wan couldn't disagree about that. "Yes, I can sense a disturbance in the Force. I'm not sure what it is, but I have an uneasy feeling something is going to happen."
Master Windu could sense it as well. "Master Kenobi, stay alert. Whatever is going on with the assassins, the Batman, and Black Mask, I sense will transpired further here tonight."
"If that's the case then let us hope we brought enough security for whatever is coming," said Obi Wan who is concerned they are going to have a long night ahead of them.
Meanwhile
In a nearby building, a masked man can be seen scoping out the Senate building and even spying on the Clone army. He could see the Jedi speaking with his men and inspecting the vehicles. He knew though it was pointless though, especially with what they have planned. At least what the clown has planned.
"You have a perfect shot. Why not take it?" the shooter looks over and sees Firefly landing nearby with his flamethrower in his hand. "Oh what I would give to get a chance to burn a Jedi into ashes."
"No, not yet," said the masked figure as he moves his rifle away. "Not until the clown makes his move and only then will we make our move too. For now though, go wait at the temple and make sure those containers he set up is going to be ready."
"Yeah, yeah I'll get it ready, Deadshot. Just remember, I get first crack at burning them," said Firefly as he takes off and heads to the Jedi temple.
Deadshot rolled his eyes and presses a button on his wrist gauntlet showing the Batman at the Steel Mill. "You can have the Jedi, but I'm going to get me the bat."
There we go, the end of the chapter. It's not as long as the last one, but I hope everyone still liked it. The next one will be longer thanks to what happens in it. Yep, it looks like Deadshot and Firefly are going to be working together. How long do you think that's going to last?
Also thanks again everyone for not spoiling anything for the other readers when it involves Arkham Origins. The next chapter will have some more action and more surprises. So, I hope everyone will be patient until then. So, tune in next time to find out how things will go.
Thanks also to everyone for the reviews. I appreciate it guys and I will also try getting the Pokémon chapter ready for the next one too. If you all liked how this chapter went then please leave some reviews. Just nothing negative please.
Also, again my condolences to the families and friends who lost their loved ones in the Orlando shootout. I hope you're all getting the help and support from everyone. I hope things will get better, at least that's all we can do. Stay safe everyone and take care.ake care.