Uncanny Suicide Squad

Chapter 10: Deadshot Vs Deathstroke!

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

Blockbuster's penthouse, Blüdhaven-

'I'll kill you for this, you bastard!' Deadshot howled as he threw a punch at Deathstroke. 'I loved Cheshire! She was carrying my child, for Christ's sake!'

Deathstroke easily dodged the punch and lashed out with a nasty backhand in return.

'Oh, she only would have screwed you over in the end.' Deathstroke tutted. 'Women are like that. Oh, and by the way, you're telegraphing your moves.'

'Telegraph this!' Deadshot growled as he lashed out with a nasty headbutt.

Deathstroke stumbled backwards with a grunt.

'Pretty good.' Deathstroke nodded as he wiped a trickle of blood form his nose. 'But not good enough. Come on, give me your best shot!'

Deadshot sneered in anger under his mask as he lashed out with another punch. Unfortunately, Deathstroke easily caught the punch and twisted Deadshot around.

'Floyd, Floyd, Floyd...' Deathstroke tutted again. 'I thought you were supposed to be a badass.'

Deadshot grunted under the strain as he twisted his free arm around so he could reach Deathstroke's holster.

'Oh no, no, no. That won't do at all.' Deathstroke shook his head as he gave Deadshot's arm a nasty yank.

'Ahh! Dammit! Sonova...'

'Oh, such a potty mouth.' Deathstroke tutted disapprovingly. 'What ever would Cheshire say? Oh yes, that's right.. She's dead! She wouldn't say anything. Silly me. I must be getting forgetful in my old age.'

'You just keep laughing, Slade.' Deadshot hissed. 'You'll soon get yours.'

'I dare say I shall.' Deathstroke countered. 'I'm sure that my past exploits have earned me a one-way trip down to Satan's giant barbeque pit, but I don't intend on going just yet.'

Deathstroke gave Deadshot's arm one final tug, breaking it. Deadshot yelled in pain once more.

'A-heh. Is that all you've got?' Deadshot chuckled through the pain. 'Come on Slade. If you're such a legendary badass, you must be able to do better than that.'

'Just keep on pressing my buttons and you'll find out just what I can do.' Deathstroke retorted.

Deadshot grinned under his mask as he pulled a knife out of a sheath on his leg.

'Will this do?' Deadshot inquired as he slashed at Deathstroke's face, cutting a shallow gash under his eye and slicing off part of his mask to reveal that Deathstroke had an eye patch over his right eye.

'Avast ye matey!' Deadshot quipped. I see that thee has an eye patch! Arrr!'

'You shut your mouth!' Deathstroke yelled furiously.

'Oh, what's the matter?' Deadshot snickered. 'Did I hit a nerve?'

'I said... SHUT YOUR MOUTH!' Deathstroke bellowed as he gave Deadshot a savage punch to the gut.

Unseen by the two combatants, the rest of the Suicide Squad appeared through the doorway.

Captain Boomerang stood stock still as soon as he saw the brawl going on inside the room.

'Crikey! Lawton's takin' on Slade!'

'D'you think we should help him?' Giganta asked concernedly.

Deathstroke turned on the newly-arrived Squaddies.

'You stay out of this!' Deathstroke ordered. 'This is between me and Lawton!'

Deadshot took the distraction as his moment to move and plunged his purloined knife into Deathstroke's useless right eye, eliciting a howl of pain. (1)

Before Deadshot could even celebrate in victory, Deathstroke gave him a vicious kick to the chest.

'I'LL KILL YOU!' The one-eyed mercenary yelled as he yanked the knife from his ruined eye socket.

Deadshot tried to counter with something witty, but soon found himself being bludgeoned underneath a barrage of savage punches.

'Heh.' Deadshot spat blood from his mouth and smirked cockily. 'You're getting old, Slade. I'm still standing. What's the matter? Your nurse forget your medication? Oh, and another thing, what was all that with the Teen Titans? Stalking a bunch of kids? Kind of skanky, if you ask me.' (2)

Deathstroke bristled with rage. Now, Slade Wilson was usually an even-tempered individual, but Deadshot had just pushed his buttons. Getting stabbed in the eye was enough to piss anybody off.

Deathstroke got ready to give Deadshot a killing blow, but then noticed that his opponent was laughing.

'What are you laughing at, you idiot?' Deathstroke growled. 'I'm about to kill you, yet here you are, laughing your head off. You must be more insane that I ever thought!'

'Deadshot isn't the one that is going to die tonight.' A sultry female voice purred behind him.

Deathstroke barely had time to turn around before several shots rang out.

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

Deathstroke clutched the quartet of bullet wounds on his chest and fell to his knees.

'You were... dead.' Deathstroke coughed weakly. 'How...?'

'Bullet-proof costume.' Cheshire pointed out as she quickly pulled out Deathstroke's sword from its scabbard. 'Now to show you what happens to people that mess with the Suicide Squad...'

Deathstroke didn't make a move to stop the Vietnamese assassin as she held his sword above his head. His days were numbered. If he didn't bleed to death from the four bullet wounds in his chest, the remaining Squaddies would undoubtably be able to catch up with him and tear him to shreds.

'I wish that I could say that it's been a pleasure...' Cheshire sighed tiredly. 'But... it hasn't.'

Deathstroke didn't close his eyes when Cheshire used his own sword against him. He didn't want to hide from his death. He wanted to welcome it.

Suicide Squad Complex, a few days later-

Deathstroke had been defeated and Blockbuster's penthouse fortress had been destroyed. Presently, the Suicide Squad had convened in the briefing room. Several Squaddies had some news that they wanted to discuss.

Deadshot had his arm in a sling, but was otherwise fine.

'Right, let's get this meeting started...' Deadshot began. 'Long story short, Firefly, Scorch, Jinx, Blackfire, and Power Girl are leaving us.'

'Aww, and I felt like I was getting alone so well with you, Bic Head.' Killer Frost snickered in Scorch's direction.

'I love you too, Frosty.' Scorch rolled her eyes.

'If you guys would let me continue?' Deadshot sighed. 'Now, I won't bore you with the details of why they want to leave, because that's their business. The Suicide Squad was never about forcing people to stay, so if anybody else feels that they want to leave, speak up now.'

'I'm fine where I am fer now, mate.' Captain Boomerang nodded.

'Same here.' Giganta shrugged.

'Bizarro am liking it here.' The imperfect clone piped up.

'It's better than being in jail.' Killer Frost sniffed. 'I get to kick ass without fear of getting in a fight with any of those Justice League losers.'

'It's a pity that we'll be using you all.' Cheshire added. 'You were all good friends.'

'Hey, don't worry, Chesh.' Power Girl grinned. 'I'll still keep in contact with you while I'm doing my thing with the JLI.'

'Us too.' Jinx added. 'Me and Blackfire are gonna travel across the States. I don;t know where we'll end up though.'

'I always fancied going to LA.' Blackfire pointed out. 'Ooh. perhaps we could go to Florida. I hear they have a bitching nudist beach there!'

'You Sheilas never stop, do you?' Captain Boomerang snickered. 'Y'know, I like lesbians an' all, but... You two are too much.'

'What's the matter, old man?' Blackfire smirked. 'Can't keep it up with the young 'uns?'

'Oh, I can keep it up just fine, thanks.' Captain Boomerang narrowed his eyes at the young alien. 'I haven't heard no complaints recently.'

'That's because you haven't had any ever since you joined the Squad, dumbass.' Killer Frost butted in with a smirk. 'And that freaky ex-wife of yours. What's her name? Captain Cold's sister...'

'Golden Glider.' Giganta remembered.

'That's the one.' Killer Frost nodded in thanks. 'Anyway, she's getting up to who-knows-what with her new boy-toy. Chillblaine, wasn't it?'

Deadshot shook his head as he watched his team bickering. Not that you'd hear him admit it, but he'd miss those that were leaving.

'So, who are our replacements?' Firefly cocked his head. 'Not some second-rate losers like Digger and his buddies, I hope.'

'Stick it up yer arse, Lynns.' Captain Boomerang sneered.

'I'm glad that you asked that, actually.' Deadshot grinned. 'Digger and Frost, you're gonna travel to Gotham to recruit the first pair of new members. And Bizarro and Giganta, you're to travel to Metropolis to recruit our second pair of new guys.'

'Oh, goodie.' Killer Frost groaned in to her hands. 'We're going to Gotham. I just know that it's gonna end well. I bet you any amount of money that we're gonna have to contend with the Dork Knight and the rest of his crew. You know how he gets when other metas arrive in Gotham.'

'I'm lookin' forward to it.' Captain Boomerang smiled as he twirled a boomerang gin his hand. 'I always wanted to give Bats a kick up the arse...'

TBC...

Next: Recruitment Drive

The four Squaddies go recruitin'. Captain Boomerang and Killer Frost go to Markham Asylum for Harley and Ivy, while Giganta and Bizarro go to Metropolis to enlist Parademon and Ragdoll.

Also, look out for Power Girl in future chapters of 'The Uncanny Superbuddies' and 'Uncanny Fire and Ice.' Jinx and Blackfire will be appearing in an upcoming 'Uncanny Justice League' spin-off starring Starfire. Surprisingly enough, it is called... 'Uncanny Starfire'. Look out for it soon.

Author's Notes-

(1)- The very same thing happened to Deathstroke in 'Identity Crisis'. Green Arrow stabbed him in the eye with an arrow.

(2)- If you thought this was skanky, you should have seen Deathstroke during the 'Judas Contract' arc in 'New Teen Titans'. He and Terra actually... Eww! I'd rather not go into it. You guys make your own minds up. I don't wanna go there.