Quick True Mortal Note:Yes, Naruto and Red Arrow are now good friends. Hit it!
Disclaimer:Bury me with my gun!
Bane Of The Fallen:So that when I get to the other side!
True Mortal:I can show the devil what it's like to die!
Assassin Of Chaos:... Haven't we already done this... IN THE LAST CHAPTER!
True Mortal:Yeah, but it's a bad ass song.
AOC:YEAH! BUT YOU TWO ARE TONE DEATH!
Swordsman Of Kronos:No, True Mortal was good.
BotF:That hurts-
AOC:NO! WE ARE NOT DOING THIS AGAIN! SO SHUT UP!
True Mortal:... Hey Bitch AOC.
AOC:WHAT YOU LITTLE BASTARD!
True Mortal:MEET ME IN THE BACKYARD WITH A SHOVEL T. V AND PJ!
AOC:NO! I HAVE STITCHES FROM THE LAST TIME! C'MON! NO! YOU KNOW WHAT! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! N- Okay...
BotF:AW, THERE HE GOES!
AOC:BAS-
To Be Continued
Chapter 6:Infiltrate
~Infinity Island, August 7th, 23:49 ECT~
Two figures dressed in black dashed silently across a rooftop, a guard on the island holding a gun receiving a glinting throwing knife through his neck. Dashing past the downed man, the two men figures shot grappling guns, the lines flying up into the air before attaching itself to the roof of the building on the island.
Silently the two climbed up the side of the building, careful as not to alert any of the other guards. Reaching the top, one of the black dressed figures drew out a bow and arrow, holding them silently as his partner withdrew a silenced Beretta. The figure with the bow shot his arrow around the corner, it landing just short of a camera before bleeping a few seconds.
Once this was done, The figure turned, revealing himself to be Red Arrow, and shot one of the two guards with a second arrow, the second guard being shot in the head by Taskmaster. Rushing down into the mansion like building on the island, Taskmaster and Red Arrow used the information they had received, bringing themselves to a door.
Reaching his arm out, Red Arrow pounded on the door. Waiting a few second, Taskmaster kicked the door of the room, which fell without much restraint, straight onto the form of a guard. A second immediately began firing his gun, though Red Arrow immediately began beating the guard, his bow smashing in the man's face before wrapping his arms around the man's throat, allowing Taskmaster to firmly plant a throwing knife between the guard's eyes.
"Dr. Rockit?" Red Arrow questioned the blonde, doctor coat wearing woman within the room as he and Taskmaster walked forwards.
"Tell me you're the advanced guys!"
"The only guys." Red Arrow responded.
"You couldn't bring more back- up? What, were there budget cuts?" The woman snapped annoyingly as They heard Foot steps. At this Red Arrow used more of his arrows to blow one of the walls of the building up, the doctor coughing.
"Now or never time Doc." Red Arrow spoke to the blonde.
"We can't leave this!" The Doctor insisted as Taskmaster growled.
"Fine!" Taskmaster growled as Red Arrow shot an Arrow, both he and Taskmaster attaching grips to it, Taskmaster gliding down with the blonde woman, Arrow following with the machine. However, a well placed gun shot from one of the guards forced him to drop the machine as he and Taskmaster finally reached the end of the line.
Growling, Taskmaster pushed the Doctor to move ahead before dragging Red Arrow out of gun fire, to a hidden boat."I knew we shouldn't have done this without getting paid!" Taskmaster called as Red Arrow wrapped his wound up.
"So what do you call this? The Arrow and Skull boat?" The Doctor questioned the Red Headed mercenary who growled at her.
"I call it a rental. Now get down!" He ordered as he forced the woman to bow down with, Taskmaster speeding off in the water as an explosion went off behind them."I think we're in the clear!" Red Arrow called to the two in the boat.
"Great, that just leaves one problem."
~The Next Day~
Taskmaster sighed as he and Red Arrow began to be teleported into 'Young Justice's' base."W-Well what about Speedy? You could still turn him back!" They heard Kid Flash's voice question through the portal as they were announced.
"Recognizing:Speedy, B06."
"For starters, I told you, I'm not Speedy anymore you little brat, I'm Red Arrow. Second, no chance in that." Red Arrow told them all as Taskmaster watched all of the heroes within the room.
"Roy, you look-"
"Replaceable." Red Arrow cut his former mentor off.
"It's not like that. You told me you were going solo then went on a killing rampage!"
"Then why waste time finding a sub? Can she even use that bow?" Red Arrow questioned as the blonde girl stepped forwards, Taskmaster's eyes shooting to her.
"Yes, she can."
"Who are you!" Kid Flash interjected between the fight of the Arrows.
"I'm/ She's his/ my niece."
"Another niece?" Robin laughed.
"But she is not your replacement." Aqualad told Red Arrow, in hopes to stir him from the path of a mercenary as Taskmaster watched this scene with crossed arms, his gaze still on the blonde girl."We have always wanted you on the team, and we have no quotas on archers, as long as they are not mercenaries."
"And if we did, and you weren't, you know who we'd pick!" Kid Flash added.
"Whatever Baywatch, I'm here to stay." Artemis spoke again.
"You two came to us for a reason." Aqualad spoke.
"Yeah, we have a reason named Doctor Sirlend Rockit." At the name, Robin's eyes widened.
"Nano robotics genius and claytronic expert at Royland University at Starland City! Vanished two weeks ago!"
"Abducted two weeks ago." Red Arrow and Taskmaster spoke together."By The League Of Shadows."
"Woah! You want us to rescue her from the Shadows!"
"Hardcore!"
"We already rescued her." Taskmaster spoke, Red Arrow continuing for him.
"Only one promblem:The Shadows had already Coerced her into creating a weapon. Doc Calls it 'The Fog' . Comprised of millions of Microscoptic robots. Nano tech infiltraters, capable if disintegrating everything in its path. Concrete, Steel, Flesh, Bone, but its true purpose isn't mere destruction. It's theft. The infiltraters even store raw data from any computer system. And delivers the stolen intel to the Shadows. Providing them access to weapons, strategic defense, cutting edge science, and tech!"
"Perfect for extortion, manipulation, power broking, yeah, Sounds like the Shadows." The new girl, Artemis, spoke as Taskmaster narrowed his eyes at her.
"Like you know anything about the Shadows." Kid Flash called to the girl as she smirked."Who are you!" Kid Flash called to the girl once again.
"Rockints working on a virus to render the fog inert." Taskmaster added to his partner's speech.
"But if the Shadow's knows she can do that..." Robin spoke.
"They'll target her." Red Arrow finished for him."Right now she's off the grid. We stashed her at the local high school's computer lab."
"You left her alone?" Green Arrow questioned his former sidekick.
"She's safe enough for now." Red Arrow shot to Green Arrow, his voice filled with anger.
"Then let's you and I keep her that way."
"You and I? Don't you want to take your new protege?" At this, Batman stepped forwards, Taskmaster's eyes at the man who was seemingly okay with having Red Arrow have been turned into a mercenary.
"You brought this to the team. It's their mission. Which means it's hers now too." At this, Taskmaster scoffed at his former mentor.
"Then that means our job's done." Red Arrow Growled as he walked forwards, Taskmaster coming to stand before Batman before he and his partner left.
"And you have nothing to say? No lecture? No 'Mercenaries Are Not welcome here'?" Taskmaster goaded the Batman who growled at him.
"When I gave you that mission to protect this team I was hoping you would leave being a mercenary behind. Instead it backfired on me and turned one of my own to your side. In essence, I may have no one to blame but myself, however, I won't give you the satisfaction of showing you have I feel about this situation." At this, Taskmaster smirked.
"So you tried to convey me? Too bad huh?" With that, Taskmaster turned, walking away from the group before Batman called out to him and Red Arrow.
"Maybe so, but I don't give up easy. I'm prepared to pay you for another mission." At this, the team of Young Justice turned sharply to Batman, who stared at the backs of the Mercenaries.
Smirking, Taskmaster swirled around on his heels."Regardless what you may believe, we are far from being poor, meaning we don't take every mission thrown at us. So sorry, but why don't you go hunt down that Psycho Deadpool? Last I heard, he was in New York. Hurry and you might catch him." With that, Taskmaster and Red Arrow walked back to where they had been teleported in.
"Recognizing, Speedy-"
"That's Red Arrow. B06, update." With that, the forms of Red Arrow and Taskmaster disappeared from the view of the heroes within the room.
~That Night~
Roy sighed as he and Naruto sat Naruto's bar, their backs leaned against the counter, both holding beers."What's the matter Roy? You look like someone killed your best friend." Roy looked up at Taskmaster before shaking his head with a sigh."What is it? Sad Green Arrow replaced you?" Taskmaster questioned, nudging his friend with his arm as there was a hidden agenda, Roy smirking.
"Well first, I'm sure no one can kill you. And second, nothing like that. I'm thinking about the plan. What if it doesn't work? What if it fails? What-"
"Roy! You worry too much. Put some faith in you partner!" Naruto shot at him as he slid off of his bar stool, followed closely by Roy."Now C'mon. While we didn't accept Batman's mission, we still have a mission." With that said, Naruto led Roy back to the 'Manager Only' Room before once again bringing out a specific map like he had done the last time.
Pointing to the map, Naruto spoke once again."Alright. So lately we've been waiting for that bastard Kingpin to pay me back for that job I did for him. And of course, he's been ducking and dodging us. However, tonight is our chance to rectify this. For one night he's here in town, on business. He staying in, believe it or not, Motel Six, to keep himself under the radar.
Now, even though it's a regular motel, the place is heavily guarded because of him staying there. At least ten rooms rented there for tonight are filled with his guards. We have to go ahead and kill them, quickly and quietly so we don't alert Kingpin. After this..."
~Motel 6, Kingpin, Red Arrow, Taskmaster~
Taskmaster and Red Arrow nodded to each other, both at the windows to different rooms. Their plans, to take care of five rooms each, leading them all of the way to Kingpin. Lurching forwards, the two cut holes in the windows they sat in front of, quickly climbing through, both having the luck of assassinating guards that were sleeping.
Peering inside the second room he was stationed at as Taskmaster threw a quick killing, poisonous gas in three others, Red Arrow shook his head, whispering over to Taskmaster."All of these are awake!" Looking over to him, Taskmaster nodded before walking over, knocking on the door of the room Red Arrow stood at. As soon as it opened, Taskmaster and Red Arrow opened fire with four Beretta's, making quick work of Kingpin's guards.
Following this, and sensing that they might be running out of time, Taskmaster quickly preformed the same kind of action he had with the poisonous gas. However, coming upon the last room, Taskmaster cursed."What's wrong?" Red Arrow questioned.
"There are at least Thirty Men in that room, and they're all awake. We're going to have to make this quick, Kingpin is right above us, he hears one thing, he bolts."
"Right." With that, Taskmaster knocked on the door and waited for it to be opened before he slammed a throwing knife into the skull of the man who had. Pushing the man aside, Taskmaster ran into the room, slicing another man's throat before removing his sword and lopping off the heads of three other men as Red Arrow cut around into the room, five arrows shooting in and whizzing past Taskmaster, implanting themselves in five men's necks.
As they slumped to the ground, the others within the room had realization that they were being attacked, reaching for their gun. As they did, Red Arrow released ten arrows, all of which hit in between eyes, throats and hearts with perfect precision as Taskmaster planted throwing knives in between the eyes of the last of the guards with a smirk. Turning around, Taskmaster spoke to Red Arrow.
"That was perfect! Is that that new bow you got?" Taskmaster questioned as Red Arrow smirked.
"Yep. Top of the line and five thousand dollars worth, free, all because of Black Mask. Gotta' tell ya' this job pays off. By the way, those new Throwing knives? They have more precision?"
"Yeah, brand new." At this Red Arrow nodded before he and Taskmaster turned serious, walking outside of the apartments before heading up the stairs of Motel Six, going directly to Kingpin's room. Holding his fingers up and counting down from three, Taskmaster kicked the door in, Kingpin waking with a start and falling out of his bed, a cast on his leg.
"Y-You!" He stuttered out as Red Arrow smirked, leaning against the frame of the door, preparing himself to learn how a true mercenary interrogates his enemies, victims, ect. Walking forwards, Taskmaster grabbed Kingpin, picking the man off of the floor and holding him above the ground as he screamed."Help! Guards! Guards! Guards! G-"
"Oh shut up." Taskmaster cut him off, one of his throwing knives slitting Kingpin's face just under his eye, a warning of things to come."You should know how effective I am, and now with a partner? Your men are dead Kingpin, it's just you, me, and Arrow."
"W-what D-o-o You W-Want?"
"You know exactly what I want! My money Kingpin! Now, you're going to tell me where the briefcase full of money I know you carry with you at all times is or-" At this, he cocked his M1911's, pointing them at Kingpin's lower regions"-I'm going to put two in your lap first!" At the threat, Kingpin began sweating though he held his ground.
"I won't tell or give you anything." Hearing this, Taskmaster shrugged with a smirk before delivering two bullets to Kingpin's thighs. The man scream in pain before Taskmaster stuck the end of one of his Beretta's in his mouth, the other placed at his abdomen.
"You tell me where the fuck my money is or I make good on my damn promise to shoot you in a worse place than your fucking knee! Now where is it you fat obese fucking bitch!" Taskmaster ground out as Kingpin began nodding, a damp spot forming in the crotch of his pants and joining the red liquid that had seeped into them nearby.
"Under the bed..." Kingpin answered. Nodding and walking forwards, Red Arrow checked, bringing out a silver suitcase before opening it, finding it filled with banded one hundred dollar bills.
"It's all here." Red Arrow told his partner who nodded with a smirked as he kicked Kingpin in his ribs, both turning and walking to the kicked in door.
"W-Wait, T-That's filled with T-Two Millions dollars-" Taskmaster turned swiftly, throwing a throwing knife which went through Kingpin's right hand, nailing it to the floor, Red Arrow following suit by pinning the left with an arrow.
"Too bad. Consider the rest for all of the time you made me wait for my money. Now, come on Red Arrow." With that, the two partners ran from the room, jumping over the side of the balcony, landing in a crouched state before rolling and taking off in a sprint, down a dark alley way...
~Gotham City, August 9th, 01:16 EDT~
Artemis came out of a teleporting phone booth, standing still for a moment before swinging around, he bow strung with an arrow."Who's there!" She questioned."Step into the light!" Artemis ordered as she saw two dark figures, which revealed themselves to be Taskmaster and Red Arrow, the latter talking with a laughing voice.
"Nice move. Almost made me believe you are Green Arrow's niece. But we all know you're not. Still, I'm sure GA and Bats has a reason for lying. So your cover... as a mercenary is safe." At this, Taskmaster stepped forwards, placing a hand on the blonde's shoulder.
"Don't let them find out you're working with us."
"I know, you need someone on the inside."
"Right... While you're at it, see if you can find anyone in the league that shows doubts of being a full hero. It could work to our advantage in the future."
"Right."
"And Artemis?" Red Arrow questioned."Your team may not trust me and may not like me, but they're still my friends... Keep them safe and keep your emergency communicator at hand."
"I got it!" Artemis snapped in an annoyed voice.
"Hey, don't worry Artemis. Soon you'll be working under your own rules, not theirs. Until then, remember our code." Red Arrow spoke.
"We are Mercenaries, more stealthful than the night-"Artemis began.
"More deadly than the dawn." Taskmaster ended as Artemis nodded, before he and Red Arrow rushed off down the alley to where their Harley's waited, police sirens breaking through the night's once silent air...
True:Done.
AOC:Finally.
True Mortal:Yeah, Look I gotta go pee so you three say: AW, HERE IT GOES, and we'll wrap this up!
BotF:Uh... AW, HERE IT GOES...?
SofK:AW, HERE IT... GOES?
AOC:AW, HERE IT GOES!
True Mortal:PERFECT! T-T-T-T-THAT'S ALL FOLKS!