It was cold.
Freezing.
I was about to die.
And I was certain Batman was too.
BATMAN BEYOND REVISITED
EPISODE:
INQUE'S AND BATMAN'S POV
I glared at Chainsaw, but, just to be sure, I needed to test if he was bluffing.
"You don't have him. He's dead. I showed you your proof."
He grabbed me by the neck, but I slipped out of his grip.
"Bitch, I know who I have. So shut the hell up before you make it worse for yourself."
"If you have him, then show me."
He called over two guards.
Both were holding onto huge, metal staffs that gave out a small spark at the ends occasionally.
They also had shock collars around their necks.
When someone fails or betrays Chainsaw, there's only three ways out:
1. You die.
2. You get tortured and die.
3. You get tortured and then enslaved.
There's no getting out of this without getting a horrible punishment.
"Follow me." He growled.
He and the guards led me to a secret staircase.
This building goes even further down that I imagined...
When we reached the bottom, the lighting got dim enough to strain even my own eyes.
The only light was at the end of the hall, dim and red.
When we got to the door below the light, I could see a sign to the left saying TORTURE CHAMBER.
"You're going to act like it was him you betrayed. Unless you want to be frozen forever, that is."
We walked into the room and I was horrified by what I saw.
A teenage looking kid was on the concrete floor, chained on very short chains.
I'd estimate the chains were barely twelve inches.
He only had his pants on, making the his harsh wounds visible.
Almost all over his front and back was huge, purple, throbbing bulges, all bleeding. He was also missing a few teeth and some of his hair. His nose was bent a way it should not have been.
Chainsaw walked up to him.
"So, little boy. What makes you think you can just break in so easily?" He kneeled down next to him, pressing his lit cigar into the Bat's eye, causing Batman to scream in pain.
Chainsaw laughed.
"I guess you can't withstand much pain. Good. That'll make this all the more fun. Speaking of pain, how much does it hurt to know you were betrayed?"
Batman coughed up blood.
"What... do you mean?" He struggled to say.
"Inque. She thought of this whole trap. Everything set by her."
Batman looked at me and the shock on his face made me feel sick.
"What? Hurt? Surprised that a criminal you stupidly trusted would turn on you?"
Chainsaw laughed.
And laughed.
And laughed.
I've never seen him laugh so much at once.
It was frightening.
He nodded to the guards and told them to leave.
"Ya know somethin', kid?" He stepped over the teenager. "I don't even know your name. I don't even care. All I care about is that I'm about to put down the big, bad Bat once and for all."
He opened a huge closet in the back of the room.
"And Inque? Your usefulness has run out."
The floor opened up below me and I fell into icy water below.
It was cold.
Freezing.
I could hardly move as my body washed away from itself.
I was about to die.
And I was certain Batman was too.
BATMAN'S POV:
My vision was red.
I could barely move.
I was betrayed by Inque.
And I was certain I wouldn't get out of this alive.
"Not so nice knowin' ya, kid." I heard the big guy say.
Behind me, the sounds of a chainsaw started up could be heard.
I closed my eyes, ready to die.
But then the sounds of fighting erupted.
I twisted the chains to turn around.
I saw the servants trying to fight Chainsaw off.
One of them glanced in my direction and ran towards me.
"I'll get you out." He whispered.
"No. Save Inque." I told him.
Inque may have betrayed me, but I felt something more was going on.
He nodded and jumped into the water.
INQUE'S POV:
My eyes were half closed and I was about to black out.
Then I saw a figure above me.
Swimming towards me.
It was one of Saw's servants.
His whole neck was bloody.
I wondered why until I noticed he wasn't wearing his shock collar.
He grabbed my frozen arm and pulled me to the surface.
When we got up to the top, I was surprised to see what was happening.
Five of the guards were fighting off the boss.
And Batman was still alive.
I ran over to him and shaped my right hand into a key, quickly freeing him.
"Thanks." He said. "Now, tell me why you lied and betrayed me."
"I didn't. He caught me. I was forced to play along."
"Why should I believe you?"
"I grabbed this off him while we were walking to here." I gave him the batsuit that I handed to Chainsaw.
I could see a smile play on his lips.
"You take on Chainsaw, I'll find the machine." He said to me.
"Deal."
He ran off out of the room and I turned to look at Chainsaw.
He was covered in blood.
All the servants, including the one that helped me out of the water, were dead.
So it was just me and him.
He snarled at me.
"Get ready for the fight of your life, bitch."
