Trapped Pt. II
"Time to die." The Red Hood says as Batman simply watches him.
A figure in red and green drops behind the gang member and knocks him out with a metal staff.
"You're late." Batman says, his voice low before running off after the main red hood.
Robin drops down from the high set of crates and lands perfectly on his feet.
"Thanks Robin for saving me from that giant bazooka. No problem Batman, anytime." Robin mocks as he runs after Batman.
The main Red Hood and his accomplice runs into a dead end and the main red hood pulls out his pistol. Both Red Hoods hear more noises coming from above in the shafts. The main Red Hood walks backwards and turns around to see Batman standing behind him, who simply slaps the gun out of the Red Hood's hand and punches the gang leader in the nose, cracking his helmet and sending him to the floor.
The other Red Hood turns to fire his rifle when Robin uses his staff to catapult himself forward, driving a kick square in the gang member's jaw, knocking him out. Batman walks up to the main Red Hood and removes his helmet before lifting the man off his feet and onto a wall, Batman using only sheer strength to hold him up.
"Where are the hostages!" Batman yells.
"Fuck off!" The man says.
Batman uses his gloves and shocks the man, his yells of agony echoing through the warehouse.
"That was only a low percentage of electricity used to train dogs. I wonder how long it will take for you to obey." Batman says before shocking the man again.
"Y'know, I think you might wanna talk soon, he's in one of those moods tonight." Robin interrupts as the man tries catching his breath.
"We've been through this...little dance before...Batman," than man says panting heavily, "you know I'm not easy to break."
"You may not be," Batman says as he turns to the other Red Hood who was regaining consciousness, "but he is."
Robin turns his head, smiling at the gang member as he already knew how this was about to go down.
Flashback
Neutral Site of the League of Assassins...
Bruce stood on top of the snowy mountain, looking down upon his opponent as he was about to take his first life when suddenly he uses his saber and lodges it into a torch and launches it into the group of surrounding assassins. He does it several more times with surrounding torches when the assassins all started charging Bruce.
Bruce slashed at the assassins leg tendons, incapacitating them when he was finally confronted with Al Sa-Her as Bruce clashed his saber with Al Sa-Her's bow.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Al Sa-Her asked.
"I'm doing what's necessary." Bruce replies.
Bruce sends a forward push kick to Al Sa-Her, catching him off balance before being intercepted by Shiva. Her amazing speed caught Bruce off guard as she delivered several punches to his torso before disarming the sword from his grasp.
Bruce parried her incoming punches and kicks before sweeping the legs from under her and sending her crashing to the ground. Ra's stood firm as he watched as Bruce take on Nyssa and Ta-er al-Sahfer, almost impressed by Bruce's treachery. Bruce ducks under the blond's staff and delivers a sharp kick to Nyssa before catching Ta-er al-Sahfer's staff and hip-tossing her to the ground, not wanting to hurt her as they had become good friends as well.
He turns around to see Talia, heartbroken at what Bruce had just done.
"Beloved...why..." She asks.
Bruce hesitates before looking around to see more assassins charging toward him when Bruce throws down a couple of smoke bombs. As the smoke clears, Talia watches as Bruce ties a cable around his ankles and lodges a grapple inside a nearby stone. He looks at Talia, apologizing through his eyes before dive-bombing into the revene.
Bruce falls halfway down the mountain and the cable was about to pull him upward from the momentum when he pulls out a knife and cuts the rope off of his ankles, grabbing the side of the mountain as he does so as he now started climbing down the mountain. Al Sa-Her and Nyssa aimed their sights down the mountains at Bruce.
"Stop." Came a voice from behind them.
It was Ra's who slowly made his way toward the two archers.
"Let him go. He's bare-backed and the storm is thickening. He won't last long." Ra's said calmly.
Ra's walks past Talia who was shocked at what had just happened. He makes his way toward the traitor, pulls his blade from it's sheath, and plunges it through the traitor's chest.
Bruce makes it to the bottom where he had spare clothes and a bag already packed.
(One Hour Later)
Bruce narrowly makes it to a log cabin where he had already set up camp. He unlocks the door to see Talia standing inside with a fire made. Bruce tenses his body, ready to strike, but Talia simply raises her hand.
"I'm not here to fight, Bruce." Talia says, Bruce loosening up just a bit, "You are a smart man. But even with your various Criminal Law Degrees and Computer Sciences, it was stupid of you to do this. You know how my father is, what he'll do when he finds out you're still alive so why? Why go through all of this? Why not stay here with me...if you come back now, your punishment won't be as severe, I can get my father to wipe clean your recent acts-"
Bruce drops his bag and walks over to Talia, comforting her.
"Talia...I know you don't see it because he's your father, but what Ra's has envisioned is mass genocide. I can't be apart of something like that."
Talia steps away from Bruce, hurt at his words.
"You swore an oath Bruce, not just to my father, but to me. You swore that you would bring justice upon those who prayed on the weak. This world is full of evil, and that evil must be cleansed, that is what the League does."
"Then I will stop the League by any means necessary. There are other ways to fight injustice than murder Talia. Please...just come with me." Bruce says, stepping forward, Talia taking another step back.
"If you mean to do ill against the League, then punishment will be brought upon you and those that you love. If you think so highly of your cause...then go...I will not stop you." Talia says, holding back her mixed emotions.
Not wanting to prolong the encounter, Bruce picks up his bag and a couple of more things around the cabin before making his way back into the storm. Talia watches as her Beloved walks away from her, a single tear falling down her cheek.
Warehouse...
"The hostages are in a building down at the construction site by the Narrows." The gang member confessed quickly to Batman.
"I'm on it." Robin said as he made his way to his bike.
"You little rat." The main Red Hood said to his accomplice before Batman knocked him out.
Construction Site...
(30 Minutes Later)
A couple of more members of the Red Hood Gang had one of the hostages at gun point when they heard laughter come from the rafters. The gang adverts their attentions upward trying to find where it was coming from.
"Over here." Came a loud whisper, a gang member putting bullets into the roof.
"No this way." Came a voice again, the gang freaking out.
"Yoohoo." The voice said now mocking the Red Hoods before going back to laughing.
A red batarang lodged into one of the gang member's barrels and exploded as Robin glided down to the floor in front of one of the Red Hoods and flip kicks him to the ground. A Red Hood fires at Robin in which he does several acrobatic flips toward the gunman, leaps over him, and sweeps his feet from under him before kicking another Red Hood in the gut and rolling over his back to send a sharp kick to another Red Hood followed by an uppercut.
Robin acrobatically kicks a Red Hood in the face who was still bent over from being kicked in the gut before sending another batarang to the side of the last Red Hood''s head, knocking him out.
"Batman, one of the hostages is safe, the other two are gone." Robin says on his comm.
Warehouse...
Batman receives the message before slamming the main Red Hood back into the wall.
"Where are the other two hostages." Batman commanded.
The man chuckled at Batman's question.
"Wow, you really are as dumb as you dress." He says, Batman glaring at the man.
Construction Site...
Robin walked over to the hostage, wearing plain clothing, and uses a batarang to undo the rope tied around his wrist.
"Thank you." The man said.
"Any idea what they did with the other two hostages?" Robin asked, the man shaking his head no.
As the man was released from his restraints, he turns around and punches Robin square in the jaw. The man sent another punch in which Robin ducked under and used his foot to push himself and the man away from each other, allowing him some space.
"Hey! What the hell man!? I just saved your life!" Robin yelled.
"Much appreciated child." The man says as he reaches behind a crate and pulls out an Arabic scimitar, "We were hoping for the bat, but I guess you will do."
Robin was about to charge the man when he heard Batman on his comm.
"Robin, do not engage. I repeat, do NOT engage."
Robin knew something must be up if he told him not to engage. Robin started backing up slowly when he sees two long black cloths appear behind him and two men in gray-studded trench coats and black hoods rolling down them. One carrying a bow and the other carrying two tomahawks.
"Um, Batman...that might be a problem..." Robin said on his comm.
Robin pulls out two Escrima sticks from his utility belt and takes a stance as the three men charges at him.
Warehouse...
"Robin...ROBIN!?" Batman says as he hears Robin's struggle over the comm.
"Hold your position. I'm on my way." Batman says as he makes his way out of the warehouse.
Before Batman could reach the door, the door kicks open and a group of men in gray-studded trench coats and black hoods poured through. Batman stopped and observed as he knew them to be members of the League of Assassins.
Batman takes a deep breath and bends his knees slightly, allowing his cape to fall over his shoulders and cover his body before unleashing several batarangs at the group of assassins.