Where in the World has Kate Kane Gone? Chapter 2

Gotham City

Supergirl carrying Spider-Man flew all the way from New York to Gotham City as it was night time.

"This is it. Gotham City" said Kara.

"It's good to be back" said Peter as he remembers his and Kara's last visit during The Elseworlds.

"We just need to head back to Wayne Enterprises. Maybe there's some secret entrance or something" said Kara.

"How do you plan on us not getting caught. Let alone even get access?" Asked Peter.

"Well aren't you a tech guy? Maybe that fancy Spider suit could hack us in" suggested Kara.

"I'll give it a shot" said Peter.

Kara then stops mid flight as she suddenly heard screaming using her super hearing.

"Wait. Someone's in trouble. We have to help!" said Kara.

"How could you hear anything from up here?" Asked Peter.

"Dude. Super hearing." Kara answered.

"Oh sorry my by bad." apologized Peter.

"No time for apologies. Hang on Parker!" said Kara as she then dives into action.

As Spider-Man was screaming for dear life, Kara quickly flies to the scene as a group of armed thugs in suits and Black masks are terrorizing police.

Pete, Fast Ball special coming up!" said Kara.

Peter nods as he gets into position as Kara then throws him.

Spider-Man then swings into action as he webs up all the guns and has them hang above a street light.

"Hey everyone!" waved Spider-Man.

"IT'S THE BUG!" shouts a thug.

"Oh you guys are fans? That's awesome. Hang on I brought a friend you may also know" said Spider-Man as then Supergirl Come flying in taking down all the armed Black Masked thugs.

"The hell are Spider-Man and Supergirl doin in Gotham?" Asked an officer.

"Seriously? You're asking that of all questions? Thanks for the save guys. We owe ya!" said another officer.

"All in a night's work fellas!" said Supergirl as then one of the vans the thugs used drives off.

"Guess the nights work isn't done yet. See ya!" said Spider-Man as he and Kara are in hot pursuit.

As Spider-Man and Supergirl got closer some thugs began to shoot back.

"Kara. A little help here. I'm not bulletproof!" shouts Spider-Man as he shoots web balls from his web shooters.

"On it!" said Kara as she then uses her heat vision to blast the guns off from the thugs hands.

The Van then drives faster as Spider-Man swung faster.

But as the van drives faster it then gets sideswiped by another car.

"The hell is that?" Asked Spider-Man as the car then fired grapple hooks from a hidden panel as the hooks went for the back tires of the van. Spider-Man then swings to the van as he goes for the hood and smashes it feet first. Supergirl then flies in and rips off the back doors with her bare hands as the thugs sat in fear.

"This is the part where you guys surrender" said Kara.

The thugs dropped their guns and put their hands in the air.

Then the car that mysteriously helped Kara and Peter drove up to the van. The driver opens the door and steps out.

"Who the hell are you guys?" Asked the driver.

Kara and Peter turn to answer.

"Just a pair of Friendly Neighbors heroes. And you are?" Asked Peter.

The driver steps forward into the light of the car as Peter and Kara see a familiar figure. But not a familiar face.

"I'm Batwoman" said the driver.

"Uh..that's not Kate" whispered Peter.

"Sorry uh, don't mean to be rude but...you look new." said Kara.

"Yeah uh, there was a different Batwoman who we've worked with and she's gone missing. So if there's anything you know about where she is, we'd be eternally grateful." said Spider-Man.

"I'm the new Batwoman. That's all you need to know" said Batwoman as she gets back into the Batmobile and drives off.

"Hmm." Kara says to herself.

"What is it?" Peter asks.

"Round up these guys to the police. I'm following her. Need to get some answers" said Kara as she flies off faster than Peter could get his words out.

"Oh. Well. I guess I'll figure out how to meet up with you then" said Spider-Man as he webs up the thugs behind his back.

Kara meanwhile was high above the city as she kept track of the Batmobile. She tailed the vehicle as or parks by Wayne Enterprises.

"Got you!" Kara says to herself. As she flies in for a closer look.

"Alright. Now to get Spider-Man" said Kara.

Spider-Man was bringing in all the thugs to the police as he is instantly scooped up in Kara's arms as he's taken away.

"You gotta start giving a heads up next time" said Peter.

"Well I could drop you off and you can just swing" suggested Kara as she was actually about to drop Peter.

"NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO DON'T DROP ME I'LL BE GOOD!" pleads Peter as he holds and snuggled up for dear life.

Kara giggles at his friend. "Relax Parker. You know I'd never do anything like that to ya. Kinda adorable you hanging onto me for dear life"

"Just as long as I don't get on your bad side, I'm good" said Peter.

Kara lands as Peter quickly dusts himself off.

"*ahem* Wayne Enterprises Huh? Let's get inside." said Peter.

"Karen you there?" Asked Peter to his suit's A.I.

"Right here Peter. How may I be of assistance?" Asked Karen.

"Kara and I need access to any hidden doors or panels in this building. Got anything?" Asked Peter.

"Updating Heads Up Display. Please stand by" said Karen.

"Wait your suit has an A.I?" Asked Kara.

"It was a later addition to the suit when I made it." Peter explained.

"Your Heads Up Display has been updated. Please follow the route shown" said Karen.

"Says here we need to take the elevator to what I assume was Kate's office." said Peter.

"Up it is then" said Kara as she and Peter took the elevator.

Kara and Peter arrived to the personal office floor as they went inside Kate's office.

"Alright. Maybe there's a hidden button or a switch somewhere." said Kara.

"Scanning for peculiar anomalies" said Karen.

Spider-Man's mask HUD then picked up a hidden panel that showed up highlighted in yellowish orange.

"I guess it's this" said Peter as he pressed it and revealing a hidden elevator.

"Down we go" said Kara as she and Peter stepped in and took it down.

Meanwhile in the Batcave, Luke Fox was on the Bat computer as the new Batwoman, Ryan Wilder takes off her cowl and walks up to him.

"What do we got?" Asked Luke.

"More of Black Mask's gang. This time in a shootout with the GCPD." Explained Ryan. "Heavy

firepower?" Asked Luke. "Heavier by the night" said Ryan. "Sionis has to have a gun runner for his crew somehow. Smuggling in firearms into the city. Military grade stuff." suggested Luke. "Nothing I can't handle." added Ryan. "Listen Wilder. That Batsuit may be bulletproof, but you are not a one woman army" argued Luke. "Shh. Did you hear something?" Asked Ryan as she heard the elevator doors to the Batcave open.

Ryan quickly puts on her mask as she prepared a Batarang and heads for the elevator.

Meanwhile in the elevator.

"Peter I'm detecting two individuals ahead. Might I suggest a stealth approach?" Asked Karen.

"Think fast Parker" said Kara.

As the doors opened Peter quickly webs himself up to the ceiling as Kara quickly followed suit.

Ryan ran toward the elevator as she sees no one.

"Hey Fox. Might wanna give that elevator a maintenance check." said Ryan putting away the Batarang.

"So... Ryan is her name" said Peter as he crawled on the ceiling.

"Kara? Kara?" Asked Peter.

"Pshhh. Don't scare it" said Kara with a Bat on top of her hair.

"Ohhhhh shit. Okay just slowly float over and follow me. Okay?" Asked Peter as Kara nervously nods.

Spider-Man took point as he continues to crawl slowly. "Past. Karen. Can you do a facial recognition on this Ryan girl?"

"I'm on it" Karen whispered.

Karen uses the eyes from Peter's mask to zoom in trying to get a good look at Ryan as she does a quick scan and pulls up a file courtesy of both the GCPD archives and Blackgate Prison.

"Ryan Wilder. Former prisoner of Blackgate Prison on charges of possession of drugs. Claims it wasn't her's. Mother died giving birth to her and father died before then too." Explained Karen.

"Ah jeez. Anything else?" Asked Peter.

"She was sentencednfor 18 months. Was adopted but her adoptive mother was killed by the the Wonderland gang" Karen continued.

"Oh man. To think Alice got away the night Kate and I put away Tombstone and his goons. If only we got to Alice maybe we would've save Ryan's adoptive mom's life." said Peter feeling some guilt on his conscience.

Peter then shot a web line in the ceiling as he slowly hung upside down and lowered slowly to eavesdrop.

Kara slowly floated towards Spider-Man as the Bat on top of her hair finally flew off. "Phew" Kara breathed a sigh of relief.

"GCPD on the news been saying that you've had some help. Wanna tell me what happened?" Asked Luke.

"Bit of costumed types showed up. One with a cape and the other in Red and Black spandex." Ryan explained.

AS Spider-Man lowered slowly the elevator opened up as Mary Hamilton walks over to the two as she then noticed the hanging Spider-Man.

"Oh crap" Kara said with a hush to herself.

"Guys!" shouts Mary as Ryan and Luke turned to see Spider-Man in the Batcave.

"Oh God!" said Spider-Man as the eyes of his mask widened with shock. "Uhhhhhhhhhhh" was all Peter could utter as Ryan threw a Batarang at the webline as Spider-Man falls and does a backflip landing.

"WHOA WHOA WHOA WAIT WAIT WAIT!" shouts Spider-Man as he has his hands up.

"Who are you?! How did you get into the Batcave?!" asked Luke demanding answers.

Kara then swoops in trying to break the tension.

"We're friends of Kate Kane!" Kara adds.

"Luke was it? Look, L Thompson Lincoln. Kate had sent you his analysis data so you could make a counter drug. Then you sent it to Avengers Mansion" said Spider-Man as he quickly recalled the favor Luke did for Peter and Kate.

"Wait. You're the Spider-Man she told me about? Tombstone was your arrest?" Asked Luke.

"We both took him down. I couldn't have done it without her.

"Okay so Supergirl and Spider-Man are in the Batcave. I'm pretty sure heroes of their caliber aren't enemies and wouldn't break into here for no reason" said Mary.

"Were the two of you Paragons as well?" Asked Luke.

"I was Truth"

"Hope" Kate and Peter answered.

"Look Mr. Stark called us earlier because Kate had gone missing for a while. He's been trying to find her using satellites and came up with nothing." Peter explained.

"We'd figure since both of us have been in Gotham some years back that, maybe you would know something about where Kate might have gone to" Kara continues.

"Unfortunately, we know as much as you do. Nothing." Ryan chimed in.

"Ryan Wilder is it?" Peter asks.

"How do you know my name? Ryan asked.

"My suit was able to pull you up on a file. My A.I Karen got the info from the archives of the GCPD and Blackgate. Listen. I know what it's like to lose the only bit of family you have left. My parents both died when I was a kid. All I had was my Aunt and Uncle. But my Uncle was murdered. I also know what it's like to be framed for a crime you didn't commit" said Peter.

"Why are you telling me this?" Asked Ryan.

Spider-Man then took off his mask. "Because my name is Peter Parker. I was framed for murder by one of my enemies." Peter continued.

"But you were proven innocent. Matt Murdock was your attorney right?" Asked Mary.

"Yeah. I was lucky to have him. But I wish he could've been there for Ryan." said Peter knowing the privilege of having a good lawyer when someone like Ryan didn't.

"You think that makes us friends now?" Asked Ryan.

"Honestly I don't know. Especially when I've tussled with the Wonderland Gang with Kate when she was in New York. The Wonderlands were planning to expand outside Gotham when Kate and I put a stop to it. But Alice got away when we got our asses kicked by Tombstone. Knowing that your adoptive mother died by their hands. I honestly can't help but feel responsible" said Peter.

Ryan then puts a hand on his shoulder.

"You weren't there when they ambushed us in our home. You weren't there when I saw them beat her to death. You weren't there when I saw Alice's face. So why blame yourself for something that you're not responsible for?" Asked Ryan.

Kara looks on at her friend. She didn't know much of Peter's back story or Ryan's until now. She couldn't help but notice some similarities.

"Look. I'll tell you what I know about Kate the night she dissappeared. But it's limited. I was in my van under a bridge by the water as a saw plane parts rain from the sky. The only thing I found was the suit. I took it and ran. Found these two(referring to Luke and Mary) I kept it for a while until I gave it up. I took it because I wanted to get justice against Alice's gang. But Luke convinced me otherwise and now I'm the new Batwoman." Explained Ryan.

"Why were you in a van by thr river again?" Asked Kara.

"I'm an ex-con who did time for a crime I didn't commit. You do the math" said Ryan.

"It's funny because I know a guy who was a ex con and now he's a superhero too. You'd love him. His name is Scott Lang" said Peter.

"What did he do?" Asked Ryan.

"He robbed Vista Corp" said Peter.

"That I did not know" said Kara.

All of a sudden, the Bat computer went off as Luke got to work.

"What is it?" Asked Kara.

"Black Mask. He's setting up a gun runner meeting by the Gotham pier. He's bringing in military grade firepower. If his men gets those guns, the GCPD won't stand a chance. Essentially Roman Sionis will have an army" Explained Luke.

"I'm on it.(looks at Kara and Peter) I mean, we're on it" said Ryan.

Spider-Man puts on his mask as they take to the rooftops.

As the three heroes reach the roof, a lone note was found under a cinder block. Ryan picks up the letter as it read:

"Gotham Pier. 9:30 P.M. Thats when the deal starts. - K"

"What is it?" Asked Kara.

"What time is it?" Asked Ryan.

"9:15 P.M." said Peter checking his HUD.

"We need to move. The Batmobile won't be fast enough!" said Ryan.

"Actually I think I have a faster ride for us" said Peter as he looks over at Kara.

"Alright then. Strap on you two" said Kara and she holds Peter and Ryan in each of her hands.

"Should I be nervous?" Asked Ryan.

"You may wanna hold on" suggested Peter.

"Hold on?" Asked Ryan as Kara then flies up at high speed as the three heroes set course for the Gotham Pier.