Chpt.11

It was night and I was on the computer trying to find a match for the voice on my cell phone, when Apollo came in.

"Hey Artimis. I just woke up in my bed and I was wondering, 'Why am I here and why does my head hurt so much?' but now I remember…" He punched me on the arm where I got shot. "My stupid sister punched me in the face!"

"Technically, you started it." I said, getting up from my chair.

"How'd I start it?" Apollo exclaimed.

"You called me Arti!" I shoved him.

"Well you mentioned the soap opera!" Apollo shoved back.

"I warned you I would punch you in the face and besides, at least I didn't break your nose!" I shouted as I shoved one last time. It then became a full-blown fight. I flipped him and he kicked me in the shin. We tumbled and tossed; I didn't even notice Batman was there until I heard him say,

"Both of you, no fighting." His calm dark voice made us pause in place. Apollo's hand was grasping my hair and my fist was in his gut.

"She started it!" Apollo said pointing at me.

"What do you mean?" I questioned.

"She punched me in the face!"

"After he pocked my gun shot wounds!" I quickly added on.

"Oh you know that's not the reason why you punched me." Apollo debated.

"Well the fact that you did didn't helped!" I exclaimed.

"Both of you stop! You are acting like three-year-olds." Both Apollo and I were silent. "And you wonder why your mother and I split you two up." Batman muttered. That made me remember that Apollo wasn't just my partner, but my brother too. We held our heads down, embarrassed that we acted so childish. Dad then hopped into the bat car.

"Where are you going?" I questioned.

"Downtown. A lot of prisoners from Arkham and jail have been getting out recently and one of them is terrorizing people up that way." Dad said, and then sped off.

"So did you find any voice matches?" Apollo questioned, changing the subject.

"No. It seems like whoever this was has appeared out of nowhere." I sighed. Just then the computer beeped to inform about a hostage negotiation. Apollo read the location with disbelief.

"The… video game store?"

"Nine out of ten it's another loon from Arkham." I said. We jumped onto our motorcycles and rode off to that section of the city. Once we got there, tons of police officers were surrounding the area, but they couldn't fire, because a man who looked like he was wearing a costume for a comic con had a futuristic gun pointed to two people who were the his hostages. As I got closer I recognized the hostages. One was the assistant manager of the video game store, otherwise known as Wizard, and the other was Tayko!

"How'd Tayko and Wiz get captured?" questioned Apollo.

"I don't know, but you act as a distraction, and I'll sneak up from behind, and save Wiz and Tayko." I said.

"No. I want to save my girlfriend and best friend," said Apollo.

We are not going to fight about who saves who. "Fine I'll act as the distraction." I sighed, getting a couple of feet in front of the crazed lunatic.

"I AM THE GAMER! Dub me video game king and ruler of your world!" exclaimed the loon.

Wow! This guy is a total nut! "Hey computer nerd! Nice costume! Where'd you get it? A trash can!" I laughed.

"You dare insult The Gamer nave?!" Exclaimed the psycho.

Gosh, he's worse than Wizard! "Of course I dare to insult! I'm not afraid of some pathetic little nerd." This unfortunately, was not true. He was about six foot and was very buff. He looked like he could crush a car! Apollo made his move and grabbed Tayko and Wizard. Sadly The Gamer saw Apollo and punched him hard, making him crash into the video game store. Apollo was persistent though. He ran up to the Gamer again. This time The Gamer pounded Apollo to the ground.

"Ugh…" he groaned.

"You dare attack the Gamer!" The psycho yelled, raising his fist to pound Apollo.

"I'll attack you!" Tayko said, kicking the gun out of The Gamer's hand. Then I saw a side of Tayko I never saw before. She was like some crazy kung fu ninja! She kicked Gamer's butt! Gamer collapsed and while I put the handcuffs on him, Tayko went to help Apollo up.

"Nice distraction." Tayko smiled. Apollo looked miffed that his girlfriend just saved his sorry behind. After all the commotion was over Wizard fainted. I went over and shook Tayko's hand.

"Great job ugh… civilian." I said.

"Yah great job." Apollo muttered shaking Tayko's hand too.

"Glad I could help." she smiled then turned around and called to wizard. "Come on Wiz! Wake up!" she ran over to try to make him conscious again. Just then I felt like I was feeling watched. I turned around and I thought I saw a figure quickly dart into the shadows. Before I could think about it more Apollo grumbled,

"Lets finish our patrol." while riding on the motorcycle I grinned,

"Wow, your girlfriend can really kick butt. Oh nice try at beating the bad guy anyway."

"Shut up." Apollo muttered.