Batman Beyond: The End of Batman
Chapter 2
Powers looked at Terry and then back at Bruce with a satisfied smirk. "So Mr. Wayne, you have been hiding a secret from me all this time, how nice to finally see the real you." Power's smirk grew wider as a yellow-green line appeared at the edge of his eye and his hand began to glow.
Terry's eyes grew wide, figuring out that Powers was really Blight. "Powers, stop, Wayne has nothing to do with this! Yeah I work for Wayne as Terry McGinnis, but he has nothing to do with me being Batman…I found the suit after you killed my father and I stole it from its original owner and took up the mantle of Batman so I could avenge my father's death! Wayne had nothing to do with that!"
Powers smirked, "Isn't that sweet, you are protecting Mr. Wayne, but frankly McGinnis, like you, Wayne has been a thorn in my side now for too long and I really should put an end to it here and now." Powers generated a head ball in his hand and was ready to hit Bruce when Terry jumped in again.
"WAIT! Wayne has done nothing other than step back into his company, but you are still a CEO too, you don't want to kill Wayne!"
"Oh, and why's that McGinnis," Powers asked with a satisfied smirk.
"Because, I'm not the only one who knows he came here for a meeting with you Powers, if you kill him, you will be the first suspect!"
Powers paused, as if thinking about it and shrugged, "You're right of course, but the problem is that Wayne has gotten in my way far to often, and I need him out of the way now…"
"Yes, but with me out of the way, Wayne looses his protection, he'll be a sitting duck…You don't have to be the one to hurt him, I'm sure others will go after him themselves," Terry called out with desperation.
Bruce stood torn, not able to choose if he could help Terry and stop Powers himself, or if he should leave. Terry was putting himself in the line of fire, as always, to protect Bruce, but what Terry was doing was reckless, it could cost him his life and Bruce knew it.
"Hummm…What you say makes sense McGinnis, but, I never take orders, especially not from people like you!" Powers turned his back on Bruce and turned to face Terry and shoved his light ball into Terry's chest. The batsuit gave him a little protection, but not much, and Terry let out a cry of pain. Bruce's eyes grew wide and lifted his cain to knock Powers in the head, but Mr. Fixx was faster and used a stun gun on Bruce, knocking him out cold. Terry looked up, his eyes wide with shock and he tugged at his metal restraints to break free.
"NO!"
Powers laughed and shot another blast of thermal energy at Terry, and Terry's head dropped. Though Terry was not dead, he was quickly fading into unconsciousness. "The McGinnis boy has a point, if I kill Wayne now, my fingerprints will be all over it, but if I leave him alone and someone else gets him, then the old man will be out of my way, he won't reveal that I have McGinnis, because to do so would reveal McGinnis's secret and then he would be hunted down by every villain in Gotham. Mr. Fix, we'll drop the old man off at some alley near his home, say he passed out from exhaustion or something, I have plans for the boy though." Powers gave the order with and evil smirk, and Terry had a terrible foreboding of what would come next for him, and then he passed out and the world around him went black.
