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Chapter 3: The first investigation

5 weeks since the first night

Green Dragon flew silently over Gotham on his patrol. Since first meeting Batwoman Green Dragon had started to run into her more often. Usually one would be in the middle of a brawl when the other would show up, helping each other to take down the thugs. Sometimes they would meet up at Green Dragon's food stash spot to share a mid-night snack. They would talk a little but not about much, usually about fighting styles. Green Dragon would get some advice about Gotham and its underworld. Neither of them trusted each other with their identities and they still didn't have regular communication.

Banking right, Green Dragon breathed in the sharp, cold air. It was the middle of December and the snows attack Gotham each year had started. It had snowed badly last night, leaving a thick blanket over everything, with little sign of melting. Thankfully Green Dragon had started wearing his thermals underneath his armour, though it wasn't enough for Gotham. He was really starting to hate this city.

Spotting two thief's trying to break into a closed store brought Green Dragon out of his thoughts. Diving down he landed silently behind the two, not alerting either of them as they continued to work at the door.

"Man will you hurry up. How hard is it to open a locked door?"

"It's a 'locked' door, dumbass. This is a new model lock. I haven't practiced on it yet."

"God-damnit! I knew I should have brought Barry."

"Yeah I think you should have." Both perp's suddenly turned round to look at the owner of the third voice, who was standing three feet from them with arms crossed.

"Aw shit," one said as he threw his lock-pick equipment on the ground in exasperation.

"So are you two idiots gonna play it easy or do I have make an effort?"

"We give up," the first man said as he threw his hands up in the air. The other, who was looking at Green Dragon with pure fear, suddenly shot his head towards his accomplice.

"What do you mean 'we'?"

"Listen I've seen this 'Jaws' guy break a man's arm with one punch. I can't afford another broken bone after that run-in with the Bats."

"You're buddy has a point." After saying this the guy looked towards Green Dragon and after a moment's silent deliberation in his head, shot his arms up in the air in surrender.

"Smart choice." Green Dragon then walked towards the two and tied them both to a nearby grating. "You know I could have taken you guys out before you even saw me, but I'm in a good mood tonight. And it's actually Green Dragon." He then sent an anonymous tip to the GCPD before grappling upwards and gliding away over the rooftops.

One hour later

Green Dragon was once again gliding silently over Gotham city. The night was quiet enough as he only had to deal with two attempted burglaries and three muggings. This he had found out was quiet for Gotham city. He then happened to look onto the roof of a building he was gliding over and noticed a set of footprints in the snow. Being curious he made a 180 degree turn and landed next to the set.

From his experiences in Gotham so far, Green Dragon had found out that anyone on the roofs of the buildings did not have the most honest of intentions. Usually it was either a robbery, a murder or weirdoes. Seeing as none of these were benign, he followed the trail to its source. He then noticed scuff marks on the edge of the roof were the trail began.

"A guy must have climbed up here," Green Dragon commented to himself. He then noticed the window directly below the scuff's was jarred open slightly. Curiosity getting the better of him once again, he climbed down to the window, opened it and climbed. Just then a batarang flew straight towards him, but using his superior reflexes he caught it and was prepared to return it to its sender before a familiar voice stopped him.

"Dragon what the hell are you doing here?"

"Bawoman?"

"Yeah. Sorry about the batarang."

"Eh, no problem. Better to be safe than sorry," Green Dragon said as he gave back the batarang to Batwoman, who was in the apartment with a flashlight.

"So what are you doing here?"

"Oh I seen some footprints on the rooftop which I'm guessing originated from here. What are you doing here?"

"The guy living here was murdered last night and the cops have no lead, so I was asked to assist."

"I thought most cops hate us."

"I'm friendly with someone in the force."

"Right that's handy. Well what have you got so far?"

"Well last light at around 3 am someone broke in here and murdered Franklin Jones by snapping his neck while he watched TV. Franklin was known to the GCPD as a fence, but he was never convicted."

"Well the neck snap is hard to do so this guy must be a professional"

"That's what I guessed. Wait you said there were footprints on the roof coming from here?"

"Yeah that's what lead m here."

"Were do they lead off to?"

"Just the opposite side of the building."

"Let's go." With that Batwoman made her way to the window and climbed out, quickly followed by Green Dragon. Once on the roof the pair followed the tracks to the other side, again noticing scuff marks on the ledge leading down to the window below. Silently, Batwoman dropped down to the window to look in, but came back up a few seconds later.

"Nobodies in there. Were too late."

"No I think we're just in time, look." Green Dragon pointed to the street where she seen a man placing a suitcase in the boot of a car. "Who moves out just after a murder?" Batwoman then handed an earpiece to Green Dragon.

"You follow him while I check out the apartment. Contact me when he stops."

"Got it." Quickly putting the earpiece in his ear as the man took off, Green Dragon leapt off the building and started gliding after the car.

Green Dragon had been gliding after the car for half an hour. He had to stay at a significant distance from the car, otherwise the driver would notice him. Luckily Gotham wasn't well lit this time at night, but he still had to be careful. Seeing that he was dropping a bit too far, Green Dragon pulled out his grapple gun and shot upwards to get a bit more height, before gliding once more. The car then pulled into a carpark next to Gotham central park with the man getting out and entering the park. Dropping behind some parked cars next to the target Green Dragon activated the earpiece.

"Batwoman come in. He just stopped at Gotham central park. East entrance."

"Alright I'm heading that way now. Follow him and stay quiet. I think he's picking up the pay for the hit."

"Roger that." With that Green Dragon followed the hitman quietly, staying in shadows so as not to be seen. After ten minutes of walking the man stopped by a hedge in one of the quiet parts of the park. Doing a quick look around the man reached into thee hedge and pulled out a small briefcase. When the man opened it, even Green Dragon could see the money in it. Nodding approvingly the hitman then turned round and made his way towards Green Dragon. Suddenly Batwoman voiced in his ear,

"Make him run left." Choosing not to question her, Green Dragon moved out of the shadows in front of the man, who stopped dead in his tracks, staring at him with the wide eyes of fear.

"How much does it cost to take a person's life?" Instead of answering him the man pulled out a gun, but before he could aim it Green Dragon threw a shuriken at it, knocking it out of his hands. Quickly turning around the hitman ran in the opposite direction. Green Dragon then threw another shuriken which made a flashbang-like explosion at the man's right, which caused him to run left. A few steps later Batwoman dropped out of the trees, landing straight in front of him, and landing a right-cross against his temple. She then jumped on top of him, holding his neck in a choke-hold.

"WHO HIRED YOU?"

"Go to hell bitch, I talk, I die. You ain't getting anything out of me." Batwoman growled before striking the man's neck, knocking him out. Getting off him, she turned towards Green Dragon, who had joined her.

"Nice job."

"No problem."

"I'm gonna take this guy to GCPD. Maybe they'll get something out of him."

"Hopefully. Did you find all the evidence you need?"

"Yeah, the guy needs to clean out his apartments more thoroughly." Batwoman then cuffed the guy and dragged him towards her motorcycle, which was parked nearby. Before leaving she called out to Green Dragon,

"Hey keep that communicator. You ever need backup don't be afraid to call, same for me."

"Thanks, I will. Always good to have backup." With that Batwoman drove off leaving Green Dragon in the park.

The next day

Samuel MacEntee entered the break room at Wayne industries bio department. He had been working for four hours straight and needed a break. As he took his lunch out of the refrigerator and sat down at the table the news caught his interest.

"Last night the hitman William Corleone was taken into police custody. Corleone was wanted for over fifteen murders, most of them hits. He was caught soon after his latest murder of 28 year old and known fence Franklin Jones. It seems that Corleone was apprehended with assistance from known vigilantes Batwoman and Green Dragon, who was formally misidentified as 'Jaws' but has been corrected by both the GCPD and a number of criminals who he has apprehended."

"Finally. Abought time they got the name right," Samuel sighed as he took a bite into his sandwich.

Next chapter: Monster in the sewers

A/N To answer some review questions, Mdhunter, yes Green Dragon will meet some of the batfamily, but not for a while. I want him to interact more with Batwoman as she will be a major character. But as for the famous villains he will meet one next chapter. J