Chapter 5
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"Father, we cannot allow them to kill my Beloved." begged Talia. Ra's Al Ghul stated "Our assassins can choose to pursue the bounty if they would like to. It is their choice rather than ours, my daughter. Neither the Society of Shadows nor the League of Assassins are pursing the bounty, as a whole. Fear not, Batman has been my greatest opponent in my lifetime and will certainly survive the onslaught."
Calculator smiled as tens of assassins had arrived to the meeting. He was surveying the meeting from the security cameras there but he had to admit that he was impressed. No man in Gotham had more influence among the criminal underworld than Black Mask. All the Calculator had done was call in a favor from the boss.
Black knew he was at risk, even with his henchmen surrounding the mercenaries. He calmly walked before the crowd, seeing that the False Facers here would probably die after the meeting. The meeting was about to start so Black Mask began talking with a microphone, in hand. "My fellow assassins, I am Black Mask. Each person in this room has heard of me. I am a very resourceful and capable criminal. I have come, in behalf of my fellow associates, to present a worthwhile bounty. This contract is worth $5,000,000 for the one completing the task. Assassins can team together if they would like to. This contract, as lots of you know, is to kill Batman himself. However, before this competition begins, we need all those who want to join the competition to enlist, whether as a team or as an individual. You have thirty minutes to talk amongst yourselves and decide. When your choice has been made, come over to my faithful lieutenant, Tattoo who will register you on our database.
The major assassins in Gotham City – Bane, Bronze Tiger, David Cain, Deathstroke, KGBeast, Lady Shiva, and Prometheus all headed to register with Tattoo. Then, the major assassins from Star City – Cheshire, Constantine Drakon, Merlyn, and Nix had also decided to register. The only partnership that ensued of these top assassins, were of Deathstroke and Constantine Drakon. Both were the top assassins from their respective cities and worked marvelously together. The last time they partnered up, they defeated the entirety of Team Arrow. Most of the lesser assassins formed teams to take down the Dark Knight. After quite a while, Black Mask finally stated "All organizations, teams, and persons that would like to participate in the bounty are registered. Tattoo has sent these into our database. Well you can leave now."
Calculator watched with excitement as Black Mask and Tattoo walked hurriedly outside of the club as a limousine arrived to pick them up. As most of the assassins left quietly without notice, the False Facers were going to wait out until everyone left. Black Mask had paid quite a lot to rent such a large club and have nobody, outside of those invited, notice the meeting. Unfortunately, all the False Facers who stayed behind didn't survive the night. Calculator enjoyed a great show before the security cameras were destroyed.
As the four members of the Justice League were close to a certain building at Santa Fe, Superman told the other members of the League, "The facility is lined with lead so I can't find Flash with my X-ray vision. We need to simply bust in there." As he flew to bust a hole in the facility, John shook his head. "What we need is a battle strategy, in case there is something we don't expect." As the other three flew down, Superman had finished slamming his fists into the wall. As they flew in, they saw the Flash was unconscious, with wires around him linked a box-like bomb. There was a small note taped to the bomb that said "Farewell, old chum." The bomb was going to go off in five minutes. "Let me break the wires to free the Flash." said Superman as he reached his hands out. "Wait! No!" John screamed as he pushed Superman back with all his might.
"What's your problem?" John sighed, "Don't you see the wires connecting to his head? If we break the wires, the bomb will go off. We need a bomb disposal expert." "Less than four minutes." warned Wonder Woman. Hawkgirl said, "We have to wake up the Flash. He can vibrate his molecules through the wires and then we'll teleport to the Watchtower." Green Lantern checked the Flash's physical condition with his power ring and reported "He's severely injured. He'll eventually heal but he's in bad shape. I don't think that even if he was awake, he'd be able to stand, much less vibrate out of this."
"I do have an idea though. How about Superman uses his super breath to freeze the bomb itself? Then, I will create a personal forcefield around the Flash while Shayera and Diana break the wires. The bomb will indefinitely shatter the ice but both Shayera and Diana will feel the impact the most. Superman will be the one to transport you two if there are serious injuries." "Are you sure that this will work?" questioned Wonder Woman.
"Nope, but it's the only chance we've got." Superman said. He then blew, with all his might, on the bomb, which was approaching two minutes. The bomb froze in place as Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman both arranged their hands to break all the wires at the same time. As both of them snapped the wires in half, the bomb shattered the ice and all five Justice League members slammed into the wall. Luckily, the Flash felt the least of the impact and both Superman and Green Lantern almost instantaneously recovered. Both Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman were knocked unconscious and had a few minor injuries. As Superman carried both women over his shoulder to the skies and Green Lantern lifted the Flash with a construct, both men wondered who had done this.
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