Batman Beyond: The End of Batman

Chapter 4

Terry woke with a groan. Once again he was secured, but it seemed he was still in his batsuit, he could still feel the mask on him. He lifted his head, a task he found hard now because his whole body felt as if it weighed a ton, and saw Blight standing there with a smirk. He glared at Blight when his phone went off and Blight smiled, taking it off Terry and answering it. Terry's eyes widened when he heard his mother's voice on the other end of the phone, but he could do nothing to stop Blight.

"Terry, where are you? I've tried calling Mr. Wayne, but he won't answer and you were suppose to be home hours ago! You have not even called! I know you work for Mr. Wayne late, but it would be nice to get a call from you if you are not coming home on time, at least then I don't have to worry as much!"

Blight smirked and Terry tried to talk, but Blight held his hand over Terry's mouth and made it glow as a warning. "I'm sorry Mrs. McGinnis, but Terry is a bit tied up at the moment, I'll have him call you when he can," and with that, Blight hung up the phone and Terry's eyes widened. Blight removed his hand with a smirk and looked at Terry with amusement.

"Why did you answer," Terry demanded, "You could have at least let me talk to her so she didn't worry!"

Blight chuckled, "What so you could tell her that you were captured by one of your enemies and that you wouldn't make it home and that she needed to call Commissioner Gordon to come hunt me down," he chuckled again and then saw the glare Terry gave him and saw how Terry looked away. "You mean to tell me McGinnis that your mother dose not know about you working as Batman," he chuckled again. "That's just priceless, maybe I should call her back and inform her that not only do I have her son, the Batman, but I also am going to kill him, very, very slowly and very painfully. Or maybe I should just let her know that you and a bunch of your friends are getting together for old time's sake and gonna have a big blast," he smirked.

"What do you mean Blight? What are you planning," Terry asked in anger.

Before he could respond, Mr. Fixx walked in and nodded, "The guests are arriving sir."

"Guests, what guests," Terry asked with a frown, "and where are we anyways?"

"Why you are at my ranch of course," said a voice from the shadows as it entered. Terry looked up and saw that it was none other then Doctor David Wheeler, the man who had run "The Ranch," a privet resort for "troubled" kids, when in all actuality it was just a place where Wheeler took the kids and broke their will and dominated them. Terry frowned at the man. "So I see you've brought the guest of honor, true to your word Mr. Powers."

"Yes, and once all of our guests have arrived, we will begin the unmasking, I'm sure you'll all love to see who is really under the mask," Powers smirked.

Wheeler smirked, "I'm sure I am not the only one who is ready to see who is under that pesky mask."

Powers looked up at the door and smirked as well, "Thank you very much for the use of your facility Doctor Wheeler…I doubt they will come looking for him here…"

He nods and smiles, "Of course, and until our other guests come, maybe we should hold him up in Iso, it would keep him…entertained for the time being…mellow him out for when the others come," Wheeler said with an evil smirk and Terry scowled.

"I don't know if anything will break this kid, but with his coms shorted out and no way to contact anyone, his situation is hopeless, I'm sure your ISO will hold him until everyone else get here," Powers said with a smirk.

Terry remembered the one other time Wheeler had tried to give him ISO, some of the other inmates had helped him escape back then and he'd never actually had to face this punishment. Terry frowned, he didn't care, he wouldn't break, he wouldn't let them hurt him, he would fight, for his mother and brother's sake. In his restraints now, he could do nothing to stop them from wheeling him to the ISO area. They reached the doors and opened up his new cell with a smirk and then wheeled him in. One of Wheeler's men faced him to the door so Terry could see Powers and Wheeler and Terry scowled, but Powers and Wheeler just smirked.

"Lets see if this will make you appreciate us more," Wheeler said with a smirk.

"You must be more deranged then before Wheeler, you are a villain, a bad guy, I will never respect you or appreciate you, and as far as Powers goes, I will always hate him," he replied fiercely.

"That's enough from you, Batman…" Wheeler said and looked at the guard, "No light will seep through the door, this will be completely dark and it's sound proof, but just for fun, turn his back to the door…When we do come to get him, eventually, he won't see us until we are in here with him, and maybe then he will be more respectful of us."

The guard, the man that had first attacked him when he'd come here as Terry and locked him up, smirked and turned Terry around and patted his head, "Enjoy your stay," he chuckled and walked out and Terry saw Powers glow nearby and scowled as he heard two sets of footsteps come closer, but not quite into his cell.

"Enjoy your stay, and please don't starve to death, that would be sadly anticlimactic," Wheeler said with a chuckle. Terry could see Power's shadow coming closer and he frowned. Powers walked right next to Terry and leaned in next to his ear to whisper.

"Don't hold any hope of others saving you McGinnis, we've killed your signal, no one will be able to track you here, you're all alone and you are at our mercy," he let out an evil laugh, "If you play nice, maybe I'll let your family live."

Terry's head shot up and he glared at him, "You leave them out of this," he hissed.

"But what would be the fun in that, by attacking them, I have torn you down, in fact, maybe I'll go and get them now, while you are in ISO," Powers said with a smirk.

"No," Terry gasped in fear, "Please just leave them out of this!"

"No, I think while you are in ISO, I'll let you think about how I am going to go capture your family and they will be at my mercy…Have a nice stay," Powers chuckled as he walked out.

"NO! NO! YOU CAN'T! YOU CAN'T," Terry billowed wildly as the door to his cell in ISO closed and he was trapped in the darkness, with nothing to think about but the fact that his family was now in danger.