Katt Girl & The Harley Kidd: Chapter 11: Bankruptcy by Chad Sheefel 11/16/19
The flames could be seen from miles away. Everyone in Gotham City had been woken up due to the blast from the Axis Chemical explosion. It took the rest of the night to put out the blaze. Just in time for the 6 O'Clock news to report ...
"Two dead, and one man is in critical condition after Axis Chemical explodes. One of the victims has been identified as Jack Napier. Jack worked part-time for Axis Chemical and ran errands for the local comedy club known as The Gotham Laugh House. Axis Chemical wasn't open due to Christmas shutdown. The police haven't had a chance to question Jack Napier as to the reason why he was there. No information has come in to explain what caused the explosion. Gotham residents that live close to the toxic plant needed to evacuate their homes due to the amount of pollution in the air. The Gotham river has turned green as if it was Saint Patrick's Day. Gotham is instructing citizens to drink bottled water and not to bathe in the water until they say it is safe. In other news, Gotham has a new mayor. The City Council has appointed Oswald Cobblepot as Deputy Mayor until Mayor Shrek is found or until the next election can be held. John Henry, the only man that was in the running for Mayor, has been found dead this morning in his home from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The police say it is being ruled a suicide. We had a chance to speak with the new Deputy Mayor Cobblepot. This is what he had to say."
"Raakk! Due to the terrific toxic explosion of Axis Chemical and the rash of burglaries at your luney local jewelry stores. I am officially declaring Gotham City … Bankrupt!"
"We asked the new Mayor whether or not he would still hold the annual Gotham Christmas Parade. He had no comment. I guess we will have to just wait and see. This has been a grim news report and it looks like we may be heading for a green Christmas. I'm Vicky Vale and you are watching Gotham's favorite News Station, W-2-2-K."
Chad, Selina, Gabby, and Lola managed to get away from the site of the explosion before anyone else was able to know that they were ever there. They had made their way back to Wayne Manor to talk to Alfred about what was going on with Bruce. Alfred said that Bruce had already informed him of his mission before he left. Alfred also decided it was best to allow Selina and the girls to stay at Wayne Manor until Bruce could reunite them with their mom. The news report said that there were two unidentified dead persons. He wanted to make sure that Lola and Gabby's capturer thought they had perished. Chad made his way back to his place. With all the craziness that had happened over the last month, he was happy to be able to see some familiar faces.
"Brother!" Richard yelled out to Chad as he ran and jumped in Chad's arms.
"Hey buddy. Did you get good sleep last night? Chad asked.
"Not really! Not after that chemical plant exploded! Were you able to get any good pictures of the green fire?" Richard asked.
"What makes you think I was at Axis Chemicals?" Chad asked with a puzzled face.
"Your coat smells just like a swamp. I figured you were either at the chemical plant, or fishing in the sewer. Peeyuu!" Richard replied while plugging his nose.
"You're right Richard, I was there. You are too smart, you know that? Chad asked.
"If you think that is impressive, you should see some of the new tricks I can do." Richard said.
Richard began doing several flips backward until he ran into the end table and knocked off the lamp. The lamp was about to hit the floor and Richard suddenly caught it.
"Wow bro! Nice reflexes! But … Maybe we could save the acrobatics for the circus." Chad said.
Chad's mom was sleeping and was woken up by the noise.
"Son! You made it home safe! I thought you would be trying to cover the story for that scary explosion earlier this morning." His mom says while trying to reach for a hug.
"Peeyuu! Did you sleep in the Narrows last night?" She said while turning her nose away.
"Yeah Mom. I had a really crappy night." Chad replied.
"But, I can't wait to spend the rest of my day with my family." Chad said.
Meanwhile, deep in the sewers of Gotham, Killer Croc, the man formerly known as Mayor Shrek, was dragging a man's, what appeared to be, dead body through the water. The man's skin was so pale white that it made an albino look like he had a tan. Killer Croc planned on using the pale man's guts as fish bait. He slumped the man up against the wall where the water was at a lower level. He was about to cut the man open, when all of a sudden, the Killer Croc heard a noise in the tunnel. He went out to see what the noise was. It was just 3 teenagers trying to take pictures of the green water. Killer Croc became annoyed at their laughter. He wasn't feeling like being nice. In fact, he would much rather be the Grinch this Christmas. He swam down below the green water and got closer to the teens. All of a sudden he jumped up and snapped at the one taking the pictures. Chomp! He bit the kid's hand off. They began screaming. The teen that got his hand bit off started to stumble backwards, but regained his balance, and began to run off as well. The Killer Croc just started laughing. Once the teens were completely out of sight, he headed back into the sewer to prepare the pale man's guts for fish bait. He was in shock when he got back and the pale man was no longer there. He looked around to see if his body floated off somewhere. There was no sight of him anywhere.
He shrugged his shoulders as if it didn't matter and said, "He smelled worse than the sewers. The fish probably wouldn't have wanted him anyway."
Not too far from the sewer, at Gotham Hospital, two armed guards stood outside of Jack Napier's room. Jack had most of his face and body covered in bandages. He had third degree burns on nearly half of his body. The doctor's had managed to wake Jack up. He seemed to be unstable as they tried to check his vitals. They gave him a sedative to calm him down. He began chuckling a little.
"Hehe … hehe … It hurts doc."
Suddenly, the door to the hospital room opened up. Jack's eyes got wide when he saw who it was.
"Get the hell out of here Doc! I have some questions that I need to ask your patient." Falcone said with malice in his eyes.
"You don't have any jurisdiction here Mr. Falcone." The doctor said.
Falcone lifted up his sports coat to show the doctor that he had a pistol in his belt and said, "Does this have jurisdiction, Doc?"
"I will just be waiting outside the room Mr. Falcone." The doctor said as he trembled out.
"Where the Hell is my nephew, Jack?" Falcone asked as he ripped Jack's fluid bag down.
"Hehe … hehe … He didn't make it." Jack said as he couldn't seem to stop chuckling.
Falcone grabbed a hold of Jack's injured arm and twisted it. Jack screamed in pain, but as the pain subsided he began to chuckle again.
Falcone hits Jack in his stomach and said, "What the Hell do you think is so damn funny? What happened to my nephew?"
"Hehe … hehe … he fell into a vat of toxic chemicals hehe … hehe." Jack said while still chuckling through the pain.
"How? How did he fall into the chemicals?" Falcone asked in anger.
"Hehe … Jimmy and your goons were trying to kill me … hehe … hehe … then Chad Grayson and his girlfriend … hehe … showed up and threw him in … hehe …"
"Chad Grayson? I've heard that name from somewhere. Jimmy Snipes was a loser anyway. I would rather sit through one of your lame comedy skits than work with him." Falcone said.
"Hehe … hehe … I guess the laugh's are on him now … hehehehehehehehe."
"Oh, you think you are quite the joker don't you Jack. Well your jokes SUCK!"
Falcone pulled out his gun and put it to Jack's head and said, "It's not going to be so funny when I blow your brains out the back of your head, will it Jack?"
Jack can barely move but he tried to position his head closer to the gun. His eyes looked empty.
"Hehe … hehe … hehe … Do it! … hehe … hehe…" Jack dared him.
"You've lost your mind! I think it would be a worse punishment if I let you live!" Falcone said.
"Hehe … hehehe … hehehehe … HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Falcone walked out of the hospital room, bumped into the doctor on his way out, then said, "That guy is ready for the nuthouse!"
Meanwhile, back at Wayne Manor, Lola, Gabby, and Selina tried to get adjusted to their new living situation. None of them had ever had so much luxury around them. A butler that would cook for them and clean up after them. They began to wonder how Bruce could have ever left. Gabby and Lola felt weird talking to Selina. She was just a younger version of their mother. They prayed that Bruce would find her and bring her back to them. Alfred entered the living quarters and told the lady's that lunch was ready. They all sat at the table. After a minute, the silence could be cut with a knife.
Finally, Lola spoke up. "Could we go back to our apartment and get some things?" She asked.
"Yeah, I need to get a few things also." Gabby said.
"I don't know if that is such a good idea. It might not be safe for you two." Alfred said.
"Not safe Alfred? If you only knew what we really did with our nights." Lola said.
"Mmm hmm … I do happen to know what you do with your nights. I knew who you lady's were when I met you at the Wayne fundraiser. You two were all over the news at that point. Who do you think got your mom a job at Wayne Enterprise?" Alfred said while tilting his head up.
"Then, you know what we are capable of Alfred." Gabby said.
"Yes I do know what you are capable of. You are clumsy, you are accident prone, you leave a trail of footsteps that a half-moderate sleuth could solve. You need to work on blending in to your environment. Shall I go on?" Alfred said as he pumped his chest out.
At that moment, Lola Jumped over the table, grabbed Alfred by his goofy bowtie and said, "You CAN go on, but it might be against your best interest! Besides, if you didn't want us going out, why did you send us those new outfits and all those better weapons?"
"Outfits? … and … weapons? Alfred asked in a puzzled voice.
"I never sent you anything like that." He proclaimed.
"Perhaps we should take the limousine and go gather some of your things after all." Alfred said.
Alfred prepared the limousine and they began driving over to the apartment. They pulled up to the apartment complex. Alfred got out and opened the door for all the ladies. They started walking around to the back alley. Alfred looked around to make sure it is safe. The Monarch Theatre was to the right of Lola and Gabby's apartment complex. The alley they were walking in was very familiar to him and Bruce. A revelation came to him and he thought to himself,
"Now I see why the future Selina would have chosen these apartments. Quite brilliant."
They made their way up the fire escape and entered in through the window. Gabby went straight to her closet and Lola went straight to hers. They pack as big of a bag as they can. Alfred stood out on the fire escape and kept a lookout. He looked a little further down in the alley. The spot was haunting as his eyes could still almost see the blood stains on the ground. He put his head down in a praying position. Gabby and Lola are about to head back out the window, when all of a sudden, … BANG! Lola and Gabby are stunned. Alfred told the girls to stay right where they are at while he went to check it out. Alfred started heading toward the room that the shot rang out. The girls didn't listen and follow right behind Alfred. They made it to the living room and saw Selina on the floor. She had been shot. They looked up, and can't believe their eyes when they see who was standing there with a gun in their hand.
"You girls are a little late on your rent!" ….. The Landlord said.
Chapter Recap: (Jimmy Snipes showed back up and looked like the Joker. Falcone visited Jack Napier at the hospital and questioned Jack about what happened to Jimmy Snipes. Selina, Lola, and Gabby stay at Wayne Manor because their mom was still missing. They talked Alfred into taking them back to their apartment complex to gather some things, but when they did, Selina was shot by The Landlord. Alfred, Gabby, and Lola are then kidnapped by The Landlord.)