Interrogation
At the snow shed
He stood over a man he brought back from the fight at the police station.
The man was still knocked out; Jack could wait.
The was tied to a chair, hands behind his back and underneath was a storm drain (You get the picture)
The man stirred awake.
"Ah sleeping beauty is awake!" The man looked at him, who was right in front of him.
Then Jack corrected himself, "Although I think 'beauty' would be a bit of an overstatement!"
"Who are you?!"
"Your worse nightmare, unless you cooperate that is!"
"Pfff! You don't scare me, my boss it twenty times more terrifying than you!"
A smile came across his face, "I was hoping you would say that." Jack said.
Jack walked over to the tool box and pulled out a wedge and hammer.
"You think that going to work…?"
"Do you know what happens when you remove the kneecap from the leg?" Jack asked the man.
"No…?"
"me neither, looks like we get to find out together!" Jack lined the wedge right above the man's knee cap and raised the hammer.
"WAIT!" Jack stopped, and look at the man with a raised eye brow.
"What do you want to know?"
"Who's your boss?"
"If I tell you that and he is going to kill me!" an amused look crossed Jack's face.
"What do you think I am going to do to you?!" Jack looked at the wedge to get his point across.
"You don't understand! He won't just kill me; he'll turn me into something unworldly!"
Intrigued, Jack pressed the issue.
"Explain!"
"Are you familiar with aliens on Earth?"
"The Theories?"
"The truth!"
Jack shrugged, "Haven't heard much."
The man took one breath and looked Jack in the eyes.
"There is a species of alien my client is massively interested in, they come from some where in the northern region of the galaxy. In fact, he's pretty sure this particular group came from a galaxy out of our own…?"
"Does he talk about this species a lot? Giving you details that one might find…odd?"
"Not from him directly, I do hear the voices in the background though!"
"What do these 'voices' say?"
"I can only make out bits and pieces most of the time however I have heard some solid words Like "Energon" or "Spark Core" or "Transformer" among others."
Jack eyes grew in size, He knew exactly who that was.
"Silas!" Jack Hissed.
The man's eyes widened.
"You lied to me? You knew who it was all this time didn't you?!"
"I lied a little about the alien part, yes. But I didn't lie about who I was looking for."
The man was conflicted.
"The alien part…?"
"I worked with aliens for a few months before Silas killed my mother… I take that back he kidnapped her, and then got her killed!",
"…got her killed…?"
"There was an alien hunter who's ship I blew up and wanted revenge for it, Silas and a few of his troops from M.E.C.H. went to the area; they made a deal; and the end the plan was made; to lure me into a trap with my alien friend with my mother as the bait."
"…which led to your mother getting killed…?" the man said.
"…yes."
"Is that why you are brutal now?"
"I have my father to thank for my savagery, he trained me the same way the marine corps trains their recruits, brutal, fast and effective killing machines that will only stop when his life is removed from his body."
"And then my father was killed by a bunch of psychosis, we lost a two-fiftieths of the police department that day, mother's and father's alike, all because the last damn president decided to call for war against any one wearing a badge!"
The man was shocked to hear this, and terrified. This young man took every attack on the police personally.
"And if another attack happens on Gotham PD and you are in the crew… they will never find your body!" Jack hissed at him!
Suddenly Jack adopted a passive look.
"Fortunately for you I am feeling merciful today, I am not going to kill you, heed my warning though I always keep my promise!"
"So, what are you going to do to me if you're not going to kill me?"
"Nothing, I'll turn you over to the proper authority's, and I'll help you make sure your sentence isn't as bad as it could be, with something along the lines of "The Joker got a hold of you and turned you into his pawn, and with my help you broke the mind control.'!"
"Even after last night?"
"Did you shoot any of the cops?"
"No."
"Then there you go."
"I was still there though."
Jack smirked, "A power play done right, will always be successful, you may be more familiar with it's other name 'Hail Mary'?!"
The next Day
Bruce sat in his study, drinking coffee and eating a ham and cheese omelet and reading the newspaper.
Last Night an attack on the police station was conceived buy a group of men of about 50 in total.
And of that 50, one is missing, 44 are dead and the other five are in custody.
Only three officers were injured in the assault, and their condition is very good, just minor injuries being broke rib, a bullet graze and sprained ankle.
It might have turned out very differently if the reinforcements in the form of the Batman, batgirl and "Harry". Video footage shows Harry taking out seven men out in the parking lot savagely killing them like they were animals.
Yes, the brutal beatdown was like something you would see in a movie like John Wick, only in one take with no camera cuts, and by the surveilles video, no injuries!
Commissioner Gordan will hold a meeting over the man in the video next Saturday.
Bruce let out a sigh of relief, none of the cops were badly injured at least.
Barbara couldn't help but put two and two together; Jack the boy she will admittedly say she found attractive, was the man that as far as Gotham was concerned was known as "Harry".
And she really couldn't blame him for killing those men like he did, not after learning about his past last night.
He sees his father and godfather in every cop on and off duty. And every cop killed is a repeat of his father's death.
She had to tell her father…
…everything
Commissioner Gordan had just gotten off of work and was now at home.
So, you can imagen his surprise to see The Batgirl in his kitchen cooking on the stove.
"Not to say I don't apricate a visit from an ally, but what are you doing here batgirl?" The man asked.
"We need to talk." Came a monotone voice from the girl in front of him.
"Harry, me, the batman, and our relationship to you."
"Okay…?"
Batgirl shut off the stove, and when to the cabinet to retrieve two plates.
Jim could not help but take notice of that little detail, as well as the fact that she knew where the plates were.
"Please sit down, you are going to want to for what you are about to learn." She said.
A minute later Batgirl had the plates sat at the table with her father already there, and then sat across from him, in the same spot she always sits while she eats supper with her father, another note made in the man's head.
"It may come as no surprise that the batman and keep a close eye on you at all times…" she said.
"I figured as much." The once detective admitted.
"…but what you didn't know, is that I have been able to keep a closer eye on you than my mentor."
"How is that?" The man asked, although he had an idea as to what she was getting ready to say.
"Because…" she reached for her cowl, "I'm your daughter…"
The cowl was off, and her face was visible to her father, there was no going back from this.
A few seconds of silence passed, and then a node came from the commissioner.
"That… explains a lot of things…" her father said.
"Following your father's foot steps and fighting crime just like his father beforehand." He said with a prideful smile.
Then a soft frown crossed his face afterward, "Albeit a slightly unorthodox way of going about it…"
"Dad, the city needs the batman, but his only one man he can't be everywhere."
"…And that is why you joined the ranks, just like the rest of his team…"
"The bat-clan has seven team mates, with The batman being the leader, I am like the other teammates and look up to him for advice, and being the only girl on the team, the others always look out for me, however they don't caudal me unless I need help, because they know I will call if I do, in fact, need help."
"Makes me glad to see your involved in something worthwhile…"
Barbara smiled at her father, however it switched to a frown when she moved to the next topic.
"You remember watching the video footage of "Harry" killing those men?"
The man nodded grimly.
"The man under the hat is really a 16-year-old boy by the name of Jack, Jack Darby as I learned last night while I was at the Batcave for debriefing."
"16?!" the man yelped.
Barbara held up her hand to stop her to ask questions she getting ready to answer.
"His father was killed in an attack of the police station in Jasper, Nevada. Where several police offices were killed and several citizens wounded, the fight lasted a little longer than half an hour." She said with wary voice.
"Several months went by, the town had mostly recovered by this point, and then tragedy struck again, in the form of a terrorist organization known as M.E.C.H. his mother was dead by the end of the night after the encounter."
"With nothing left to lose; he left Jasper, drained all the back accounts in the Darby name, packed up the car, and left. Never to be seen again. Until of course the fight at the gas station."
"I think his mentality is simple, the batman won't be paying any attention to him, why would he? A missing teen was not nearly as important as some other things, like making sure the Joker and the Riddler stayed inline."
The man took a few minutes to process everything he just heard.
"So, Jack Darby came here to disappear?" he asked, why did that hurt so badly to think of?
Barbara looked upset, "He tried, but he has been in the media spot light for the last few days, I doubt he's going to stay here for much longer…"
"Why do sound sad with that thought?" Jim asked his daughter.
"Because I saw him, face-to-face at the coffee shop, and until I saw the news article about him missing, I thought he was so cute when I gave him my phone number." She admitted.
"And then I saw him kill several men in a matter of seconds…"
"You don't approve, do you?"
"It's not that I don't approve dad, it's just that the bat family has a standard of not killing criminals and letting the law figure it out…"
"But he isn't a member of the Bat-clan…" the older Gordan pointed out.
"Exactly, and that is what the Batman explained to the team. He wants me looking for him the most, because I am someone he will recognize upon contact."
Her father looked conflicted with that info, but if his little girl was what it took to bring Jack back into the social life, he would have to accept it.
And then Barbara spoke again, "What are you going to do if I succeed in getting him to you and the batman?" she asked.
"I am not going to arrest him I will tell you that much, he has only killed in defense of others, I'll to talk to batman about it tomorrow…"
He reached across the table a touched her arm.
"I am very proud of you Barbara. Smart, strong and beautiful as well as the heart of a warrior. Traits that I am sure Jack will of no doubt find attractive."
Barbara blushed, "Are you saying that you would approve of me having a relationship with Jack?" she teased.
"I would. After talking of course!" he said with a smile.
The girl than stood up and walked around the table to her father and hugged him, Jim stood to hug her back.
And while they embraced, as he looked out the window, he thought to himself.
Do not worry Mr. Darby, you have friends here.
And so, Barbara tells her father the truth, and yes, I know I missed the part with the batman, but I am saving that for later.
but what did you think? Silas sending an attack team to Gotham? Sounds fishy to me!
but, anyway, thank you guys so much for reading this chapter, if you liked it, please fav, follow and comment, and I will see y'all later!