Katt Girl & The Harley Kidd: Chapter 14: Revelations by Chad Sheefel 11/20/19
It had already gotten dark as Bruce made his way closer to the training grounds. The snow was falling sideways like a blizzard. This was an advantage to Bruce because his tracks were quickly getting covered by the vastly accumulating snow. He spotted two assassins posting guard nearly two and a half miles from the training grounds. He quickly thought of a plan. He made a slight noise but not enough to make the guards want to alert any other assassins for backup. The guards stepped away from their post to go investigate the noise. They noticed that there were footprints in the snow. They sneakingly followed the footsteps until they realized that the footprints stopped at a tree. They drew their swords and looked up into the tree. They couldn't seem to find the culprit. One of the assassins was about to ring a bell, which would have alerted the other assassins near them, when suddenly, Bruce emerged from the snow that he had managed to cover himself up with. He quickly smashed the two assassin's heads together, knocking them out cold. He looked at one of the assassins to see if his built matched his own. One of the assassin's build was close enough. Bruce took off the assassin's body armor, weapons, and mask, then he dressed himself in their uniform. He tied the unconscious men to a tree and started heading a little further up the mountain side. Moments later he spotted two more assassins perched in a tree. Rather than dealing with them, he figured it was smarter to find a different path that would keep him out of the two assassin's sight. He finally made it closer to the entrance. He was surprised that he had managed to make it this far without being detected. It seemed it felt a bit too easy. Two assassins guarded the entrance. He wasn't sure how to approach them so he took a simple approach and started walking directly toward them. The assassins were confused because Bruce was wearing one of their uniforms.
One of them put their arm out to stop Bruce and asked, "Why aren't you at your post?"
Bruce stood there for a second assessing the situation, then quickly grabbed the assassin and put him in a choke hold while simultaneously kicking the other assassin in the head. He then lowered the other assassin's head to the ground as he felt the man go unconscious. The assassin that he kicked in the head was about to stand up. Bruce quickly let go of the other assassin, leaped through the air, and knocked him out. He looked around for a second. He feared that maybe he had made too much noise during his handling of the soldiers. In fact, he was almost sure he did. This seemed very suspicious to him. He scaled over the wall and dropped down to the ground, landing in a crouched position. Two guards were instantly waiting for him. They rushed at him with their swords drawn. He quickly does a somersault kick, smashing his boot into the soldier's face, and knocks the soldier out. Then Bruce pulled his sword out just in time, before the other soldier could strike Bruce with a sword of his own. They fought with their swords for a couple seconds until Bruce was able to get the upper hand and knock the soldier out with the butt of Bruce's sword handle. He began moving closer, when suddenly, many assassins came flooding out into the area. He was outnumbered. He doesn't care. He knew the only way he could get to Gabby, Lola, and their mom was if he fought them all. He tried. He took several of them out before they got the best of him. The assassins had Bruce pinned to the ground. Bruce realized that they must want him alive because he should have been dead by now. Out of a doorway walked Ra's al Ghul. He had Selina with him. She wasn't tied up but she also wasn't trying to flee. Her face looked like it was in the same trance that Bruce had been in at one time. Bruce noticed that Gabby and Lola were nowhere to be seen.
"Bruce Wayne! So glad you could join the party." Ra's said. "Pick him up off the ground."
"Let Selina go!" Bruce demanded as he tried to break free of the assassin's hold.
"You are in no position to make demands! Besides, we are going to need this lovely lady for a sacrifice later." Ra's insisted.
"Where are you hiding Gabby and Lola." Bruce asked.
"I'm afraid those two weren't part of my plans. They have already met their demise." Ra's replied.
Bruce gritted his teeth. He was infuriated. He struggled as he tried to break free of the soldiers grip. He felt helpless at that moment.
"Why not just kill me?" Bruce asked.
"All in good time … all in good time." Ra's replied. "Now take him to the holding cell and throw him in with the other prisoner." Ra's demanded.
The assassins do as they are told and began taking a resistant Bruce toward the holding cell. As they passed by Ra's, Bruce gave him a vengeful stare. Ra's smiled to see the hatred in Bruce's eyes, then quickly gave Bruce a punch to the back of his head, knocking Bruce unconscious.
Meanwhile, back in Gotham City, Gabby and Lola managed the blizzard's conditions and helped a stumbling Alfred back to the entrance of Wayne Manor. They all began heading for the door when they suddenly see Chad sitting with his head down, as snow covered his body. Chad gazed up and noticed that Alfred looked badly hurt. He ran over to help the girls get Alfred into the house. The girls quickly start a fire in the fireplace to warm up after being in the cold.
"Where is Selina? Chad asked the girls while laying Alfred down on the couch.
"She was shot by the Landlord while we were trying to gather a few items from our apartment. We don't know if she is still alive because the Landlord kidnapped us and tied us up in a warehouse. Alfred managed to free us. He took a good beating in doing so. Then we came straight here." Gabby replied.
"What? I have to go see if Selina is okay! I can't take another loss tonight." Chad exclaimed.
He started to rush out the door. Gabby ran to the door and yelled, "The Landlord called himself Bane! He is a monster! Be careful Chad!"
The girls began attending to Alfred. They find him a first aid kit. He instructed them to find some pain medicine in the cupboard of the kitchen. While waiting for the girls to fetch his medicine, Alfred turned on the television to see if the News had any information as to whether or not the snow storm would be letting up soon. He was worried about Bruce. The News reporter Read a statement.
"The snow doesn't look like it will be letting up any time soon. In fact, our doppler radar is showing a possibility of five more inches before Morning. It looks like we are going to have a white Christmas after all. In other news, Police found two victims, John and Mary Grayson, burned to death at a house owned by their son Chad Grayson. The house had been set on fire, but police believe that the two victims were already dead from apparent gunshot wounds before the flames had engulfed the house. Investigators said that the police gave chase to the alleged suspects in a black town car but the alleged suspects managed to get away. The police said that John and Mary's sons' Chad 24, and Richard 8, weren't home when the alleged murders took place. Richard is currently in protective custody. The police said they will keep us informed as details emerged. The police are also perturbed at the eleven recent deaths at Gotham Hospital. They tell all of Gotham to be on the lookout for the suspect named Jack Napier. You probably remember his name due to the fact that he was the sole survivor of the Axis Chemical explosion. His whereabouts are unknown at this time. Despite all the terrible things that have happened over the recent days in Gotham, we actually have some good news to share with you tonight. Mayor Cobblepot has ordered all the snowplows to get Main Street prepared as he has decided to allow Gotham City to host its annual Christmas parade. It will begin tomorrow morning at 9am. He promises that you will have an amazing time. That's your news for this hour. I'm Vicky Vale and you have been watching Gotham's favorite News Station, W-2-2-K."
Gabby, Lola, and Alfred were stunned by the new revelations that had just been unfolded.
"Oh my goodness. That is why he said he couldn't bear to take another loss tonight." Gabby said.
"Poor Chad. I feel so bad for him. I hope he can find Selina." Gabby responded.
Minutes later Chad battled the storm and finally made it to Gabby and Lola's apartment.
He saw the Wayne Limousine, covered in snow, sitting just across from the Monarch Theater. Then he headed around back and scaled the slick feel of the fire escape. He made it inside and yelled for Selina as he began looking through all of the rooms. She was nowhere to be found. There was a spot of blood on the living room floor. Then he noticed that a window in the living room was terribly broken as if someone might have jumped out of it. He ran to the window and prayed that he wouldn't see Selina on the ground below. He was actually relieved when he saw no sight of her. He began wondering what might have happened. He left the apartment, made it to the ground, and headed around to the side with the broken window. He wanted to see if he could find any clues. It was nearly impossible to find anything since the snow had covered up so many things. Then he noticed her cat's collar sticking up out of the snow. He turned around to head toward the Wayne limousine, when all of a sudden, a snow plow nearly ran Chad over while plowing snow in Chad's direction. Chad gathered himself, brushing the snow off of his face and jacket, then got into the limousine. He sat there with his head down as he sadly realized how much he had lost this Christmas Eve. He also started thinking about Richard. He must be feeling so helpless right now. He wanted to keep Richard with him but the police insisted that if Falcone was a major suspect, he would be better off in protective custody. A revelation suddenly hit Chad in the gut. He realized that Falcone basically owned much of the police force. Then he frantically looked for the keys to the limousine. The keys weren't anywhere to be found so he quickly hot wired the vehicle, got out and brushed off enough snow to see the road, and started heading toward the police station. Once he got there, he rushed inside and demanded to see his little brother. Two police officers tried to calm him down but Chad would have none of it. He forcefully took one of the guns from the officer's holster and demanded that they take him to Richard. They unlock the doors for him as he held the gun to the back of their heads. Once they finally make it to the room that Richard was being held in, Chad was shocked to see that Falcone and Jimmy Snipes was already in the room standing behind Richard. Falcone had a gun pointed at Richard's head.
"Don't you think you oughta put that gun down before it gets messy in here. I mean, we wouldn't want your poor little orphaned brother to turn out like your parents, would we? Falcone asked.
"Let him go!" Chad demanded while still holding the gun to the heads of the police officers.
Then Falcone gave the gun to Jimmy Snipes. His pale hands took the gun and put it up to Richard's temple.
"How about I count to three and then blow this little twerp's brains out? Jimmy replied.
Chad was hesitant, trying to figure out if there was any other option.
"One … TWO …"
Chad dropped the gun. Then the officer, that Chad took it from, picked it up and held it against Chad's body. Moments later the officers tied Chad up to a chair sitting next to Richard.
Then Jimmy stepped in front of Chad. He picked up a crowbar and, with that malicious hyena grin, he said, "This is going to hurt you more than it's going to hurt me."
Jimmy began beating Chad, hitting him several times in the body and face. Chad's blood began to spray the walls an eerie crimson red. Even the guards had to turn their heads away because they couldn't stand the sight. Richard sat there crying uncontrollably as the blood splattered against the side of Richard's face and body. After the beating had ended. Falcone demanded that his flunky police officers clean up the mess. Then he picked Richard up, threw him over his shoulders like a sack of potatoes, and carried him toward the door as Jimmy followed closely behind.
Just before they left the room, Falcone turned around, then demanded, "Make sure you tie a couple cinder blocks to Chad's legs and throw him in the Gotham Harbor!"
The police officer's do what they are told. Gotham Harbor is only a few yards away from the police station. They drag Chad's limp, and badly beaten, body out to the edge of the bridge that looked over the Harbor. Chad's blood was quickly getting covered up by the hard falling snow. They began tying the concrete blocks to his feet. Suddenly, a shadowy figure appeared. It pushed one of the police officers off the side of the bridge. It then grabbed a hold of the other officer's head, began to squeeze, and squashed it like a grapefruit. The officer's body dropped to the ground as his head and brains leaked out. Then the shadowy figure picked Chad up and disappeared into the blizzard.
Chapter Recap: (Bruce made it to The League of Assassins only to be caught by Ra's al Ghul. Chad found out that younger Selina was shot, then tried to find her. Falcone kidnapped Richard Grayson. Chad was nearly beaten to death by Jimmy Snipes. Chad was rescued by a spirit.)