Uncanny Suicide Squad

Chapter 13: Harley's Babies- Part 2

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

Somewhere in Switzerland-

The Brotherhood of Evil's secret Swiss castle hideout was in a right state. Monsieur Mallah and the Brain had done a very foolish thing. They had kidnapped Harley Quinn's pet hyenas, Bud and Lou. That had, of course, incurred the wrath of Harley's new friends, the Suicide Squad.

The Squad was presently wading through the seemingly unending stream of soldiers. Even though the soldiers greatly outnumbered the Suicide Squad, they still had no chance against the team of 'reformed' supervillains. Unlike other superhero teams such as the Justice League or the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad had no trouble with killing their enemies.

Captain Boomerang threw his razor-sharp boomerangs about, nailing miscellaneous soldiers here, there, and everywhere. Giganta grew to a giant size and stomped guards into mush. Bizarro and Parademon tore guards in half with their super-strength. Killer Frost froze them solid with her ice powers. Poison Ivy shot the guards with her wrist-mounted crossbow. Ragdoll leapt all over the place, wrapping his limbs around the guards and crushing them to death. Then there was Harley. The Joker's former partner was swinging her giant novelty mallet about with ruthless abandon. The red-and-black-clad former villainess was unusually grim. The Brotherhood of Evil had kidnapped her beloved hyenas. They would pay with their lives.

Fortunately, it didn't take the Suicide Squad very long to deal with the first wave of guards. They were finally able to take a breath before they continue onwards.

Giganta looked down at her bloodstained uniform.

'Tch. Will you look at that?' The redheaded woman tutted as she scrubbed at some bloodstains. 'Blood is always a bitch to clean. And on top of that, I've got bits of guards stuck in-between my toes. It's worse than getting sand in your butt crack!'

'Then you shoulda wore your new boots.' Killer Frost responded. 'Why didn't you?'

'They don't match my outfit.' Giganta explained. 'I can't go to work in an ensemble that clashes.'

Captain Boomerang took a look at the digital readout that he had in his hands.

'We shouldn't be too far from where they're keepin' the hyenas.' He told the others.

'Then why are we standing here?' Harley asked. 'Let's get a move on and take these bastards down!'

Captain Boomerang led the rest of the Squad away to find Harley's hyenas. Killer frost stopped for a moment and started to whisper to Poison Ivy.

'I knew that Harley loves her pet hyenas, but don't you think this is a bit much? I mean, I know Harley hasn't exactly been the most sane clown in the circus troupe, but shouldn't she calm down a little?'

'Harley wants her hyenas back.' Ivy explained. 'Ever since dumped the Joker, Bud and Lou have been her only friends.'

'When you say dumped, I take it you mean that literally.' Killer Frost guessed.

'Oh yeah.' Ivy nodded. 'The police found the Joker underneath half a tonne of garbage. He was lucky to be alive.'

'You do realise that leaving him alive will only mean that he'll hunt Harley down and try to get revenge, right?' Killer Frost realised.

'He'll have to go through me first.' Ivy responded. 'I'm not going to let that son of a bitch hurt my best friend.'

'And that's another thing...' Killer Frost continued with a smirk. 'Just how much of a best friend, is Harley?'

Ivy looked right at the ice-wielding psycho flatly.

'Would it be a problem if Harley and I are more than friends?' She asked. Captain Boomerang grinned when he heard that.

'Not that I can think of.' Killer Frost shrugged. 'We all gotta get our kicks somehow.'

Several levels down-

It didn't take the Suicide Squad very long to find out the location of Harley's hyenas. One of the guards had been more than happy to blab their location. Well, to be fair, Parademon was torturing the guy to begin with.

Captain Boomerang signalled everybody to stay where they were and to stay quiet. There were no guards about. It was almost too quiet.

'What are we waiting for?' Harley grumbled impatiently. 'The more time we waste standing with our thumbs up our butts, the more time these bastards have to torture my Babies.'

'We can't just run straight in there, Harl.' Ivy comforted her friend. 'There's no telling what sort of traps the Brotherhood of Evil have got in there.'

Ragdoll carefully took a peep around the corner. The gaudily-dressed contortionist was send smashing against the wall for his trouble by an invisible force. That was enough to make Parademon roar in anger.

'CLOWN!' The hulking behemoth bellowed in rage. 'YOU HURT THE CLOWN! YOU DIE NOW!'

The rest of the Squad tried to hold Parademon back, but ended up being thrown backwards as the former servant of Darkseid charged forward.

'You eager for a beatin' just like yer mate, eh guv?' A man dressed in a long black trenchcoat over a Union Jack t-shirt smirked cockily. 'Well, I'm willin' ta oblige.'

'Him am Manchester Black.' Bizarro recognised the man instantly. 'Bizarro am met him in Ryker's.'

'Shouldn't we help them?' Giganta asked her fellows.

'Let's not be so hasty.' Captain Boomerang shook his head, smirking. 'Let's see what 'Demon's gonna do.'

Manchester Black lashed out with another telekinetic blast, aiming to knock Parademon out of the window. But the grey-skinned monster was a little more hardy than that.

Parademon grabbed Manchester Black by the throat and removed his bandolier, putting it around the evil Brit's neck. The bandolier started to make a pinging sound.

Ping-Ping-Ping-Ping-Ping...

'What the bloody 'ell is that?' Manchester Black croaked.

'Ten Mother Boxes.' Parademon explained. 'I liberated them from some of New Genesis's fiercest warriors. I have just activated their self-destruct mechanisms.'

Before Manchester Black could even make a move to defend himself, Parademon threw him straight through the window and dove for cover.

The rest of the Suicide Squad followed suit as the Mother Boxes exploded, blowing a gaping hole in the wall.

BLAMMO!

'Well, that sure showed him.' Giganta tutted as she dusted herself off. 'And if bloodstains weren't bad enough, I've got dust and bits of masonry in my hair.'

Parademon knelt down the stunned Ragdoll.

'Clown, are you well?' Parademon asked concernedly.

'I am... fine, thank you Parademon.' Ragdoll smiled. 'I should have been more cautious.'

Parademon smiled to himself. He was glad that Ragdoll wasn't hurt too bad. Apokalips knows what he would have done if anything bad happened to the Clown.

Captain Boomerang shielded his eyes as something took off outside, kicking up even more dust and masonry.

'Bugger! They're getting away!' The Antipodean boomerang-wielder growled. 'We have to get after them!'

'No, leave them.' Harley shook her head. 'We're here for the hyenas. We can hunt for Mallah and the Brain later. I just wanna see my Babies.'

'That is why we're here, after all.' Ivy nodded. 'We're not here to take down the Brotherhood of Evil, we're here to rescue Bud and Lou.'

Captain Boomerang just crossed his arms over his chest with a scowl. he hated letting the bad guys get away. But as Harley said, they could hunt the rest fo the Brotherhood down another day.

High up above their heads, the Brotherhood of Evil's escape craft was making a getaway. The super-genius gorilla known as Monsieur Mallah looked down at the remains of the Brotherhood's castle hideout.

'Do not worry, Mallah.' The Brain's mechanised voice comforted the gorilla. 'We 'ave many more secret hideaways.'

'But ah liked our Swiss castle.' Mallah sighed. 'We cannot ski in our underwater Florida base. And ze chocolate in our headquarters underneath Mount Kilimanjaro is sub-par at best.'

'At least we 'ave lived to tell ze tale.' The Brain countered. 'Which is more than ah can say for Psimon and Manchester Black.'

'Ah did not like zem.' Mallah frowned. 'Manchester Black smelled like cheap whiskey and even cheaper cigarettes.'

'Fear not, mah dear Mallah.' The Brain chuckled slightly. 'We shall fahnd more allies tomorrow nahght.'

Mallah cocked his head in confusion.

'Why, what are we going to do tomorrow nahght, Brain?'

'Ze same thing we do every nahght, Mallah...' The Brain chuckled evilly. 'Try to take over ze world!'

TBC...

Next: Downtime

What does the Suicide Squad do when they're not kicking ass around the world? They kick back and have some fun! Captain Boomerang takes a tour around Las Vegas's bars! Parademon and Ragdoll go gambling! Killer Frost goes to see Elvis! Bizarro and Giganta go to Hoover Dam! Harley and Ivy take the Babies for walkies!