Hi, This is Chapter 11 and we're just getting to the good stuff, I'll take in consideration the comment posted from Lil'Candy about timing down the story a bit.
We have so many situations going on that I would really like to have your input on who do you want to make out of here alive, I'm not pulling any punches and I'm bringing all the villains that I can to make it a real challenge, I'll try to keep updating this story every couple of days, if it takes me longer please be patient.
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(Q analyzing the situation)We landed somewhere just outside New York, in and old hunting house provided by Bruce Wayne to J'onn to use in his time away from the watchtower; lucky for us The Flash manage to escape the missile attack, unlucky for us his skills as a pilot didn't include the landing…the Javelin is incapable of flying anytime soon…this situation has given us new questions: Who gave them access codes to the watchtower? Who could the first attack passed unnoticed by the spacecraft shield? Why did we manage to escape? The time gap between the first attack and the second was too wide really…. Who is pulling the strings behind the curtain?
The Green Lantern has started to change, his manners are less martial, his eyes getting a darker aura around it; he understand this showdown might very well just be a last stand for the league; J'onn seems concerned but he is not talking, The Flash is so scared that stopped cracking jokes a couple of minute ago and then is Huntress, she hasn't uttered a word since we landed…she even avoid looking at me, I'm sorry I dragged her into all of this.
General Eiling was sitting in the round table of the conference room looking at his partners and investors; from left to right they were Professor Emil Hamilton who was in charge of findings practical ways to defeat the Superman, Maxwell Lord who was in charge of preparing the media for a couple of days, Dr. Hugo Stange was in charge to prepare (brainwashing) the already caught subjects to be the human shield in New York and Dr. Moon who would be in charge of preparing the infantry soldiers for the attack against the surviving heroes.
-Can I ask how did Cadmus go this funding bag without the approval of congress? - Inquiry Hugo Strange, who was concerned running out of funds to pull his complete plan, something to big to even consider talking to the others.
-We had a huge contribution from Luthorcorp Limited- General Eiling responded.
-You mean you stole it from him- Dr. Moon replied with a hoarse voice.
-Steal means possession and dead people don't own a thing - responded Maxwell Lord.
- Luthor is dead? - Asked Dr. Hugo Strange, now a little more interested in this whole plot.
-Luthor had a slight case of poisoning, that is all we can say at the time-….we have to prepare for the next stage…moving the troops from Virginia to New Work in the next four hours- Said General Eiling.
Then he laid out the biggest military operation ever assembled in U.S. soil.
Bruce Wayne seems uncomfortable after a couple of hours strapped to a chair… it's not smart to move since one of his arms is now useless… he can't fight or pick a lock in his condition, but one thing he can do is think, try to find out who was behind the attack at the Batcave, if they wanted him dead he would have been killed already…they wanted to see him suffer, they wanted him to feel trapped…but is not going to be that easy.
The door opens and a big man wearing a yellow radiation suit comes in…. he puts a little metal blue ball on a crystal pedestal, right in from of me, he goes out…. A couple of minutes later he brings an electrical catalyst and place it in front of the metal door and a camera…he exits the room without looking at me.
-Mr. Wayne? – Sounded a voice inside the room.
-Yes- My back was aching but I cannot show trepidation now.
-What you have there is a soon to be irradiated pure cobalt ball.
-Bruce eyes widened in disbelieve (Batman eyes wouldn't)
The impersonal voice then started to talk: 60Co is a powerful gamma ray emitter and exposure to it is therefore a serous cancer risk. Ingestion of 60Co will lead to incorporation of some cobalt into tissues, which is released very slowly. 60Co is a risk factor in a nuclear confrontation because neutron emissions will convert 59Co into this isotope. Some nuclear weapon designs could intentionally increase the amount of 60Co dispersed as nuclear fallout – this is sometimes called a dirty bomb or cobalt bomb, once predicted by a leading scientist as being capable of wiping out all life on earth. But you know all this Mr. Wayne or would you preferred to be named as Batman.
-You don't want me dead- Bruce Wayne replied with conviction.
-Exactly- Answer the voice.
-You wanted me as bait- responded Bruce his eyes shining in anger.
-Yes- The voice responded.
And there was silence.
Diana landed on the front of Wayne Manor, she could see the damage to the southeast corner… they blew it up, she took a minute to see any structural damage that prevented her to come inside the house, she didn't see any so she proceeded to walk inside the house…in the corner or the living room she found and elderly man wrapped around a blanket which he hold tight to his body.
-Alfred- Asked the Amazon princess.
-Yes- answer the tired voice of the old man…who is this?
She was going to say Wonder Woman, but choose to call herself Diana.
-Diana- The old man quickly stood up and use his hands to comb his gray hair, after a while he stood up like and English gentleman and handed a gloved hand to the lady that has just arrived.
-It's been so long since you been visited us, Lady Diana- Alfred told the beautiful woman in front of him.
-Alfred what happened?- Diana eyes were full of fire at the expectance of an answer.
-They took him- Alfred answered in disbelieve, and the kids too.
-Who are they? - Now fearing the worst, knowing that Bruce Wayne would never give up his "children" while he could breathe.
"Us"- a hoarse and powerful voice resounded from the main entrance.
Diana quickly turned and protected the old man against her back. Stay behind me she whispered.
-I'm the Wonder Woman, Amazon Princess and Ambassador of Themyscira… explain now your business- She yelled back while her knuckles were getting whiter.
-I am the messenger ma'am- the man was protected by a monk hood and it was featureless… he had an arrogance in his manners unseen before… it was confidence.
-What is you message, if I may inquire- Diana replied back.
-Yes you may, we have Mr. Wayne and would like for you to come with us- The powerful and sinister voice said.
The idea of Bruce being chained in a dungeon passed through her mind and before she realized it she charge the opponent…a couple of shadows emerge from the side and fired a couple of rounds aimed at her, there were lo caliber as her wristbands quickly dispatched the bullets back…the were hit by their own bullets, poetic justice.
She tried to reach for the man in the monk's robe but could not t touch him, he just rolled so fast that you feel he banished, when she turned around she tried to connect with a back door kick, but her leg was caught by a powerful grip that threw her back to the living room next to Alfred.
-Stop this nonsense- Shouted the voice with a reverberating voice.
Then he took something out of his robe…it was a video ipod, nothing more… he press play and threw at Diana, who quickly caught it.
-In this live feed you can see Mr. Wayne is alive and well, for now- The voice continued speaking.
Diana felt her heart falling apart seeing her beloved Bruce Wayne with a shattered arm trying to wrestle against the binds in his ankles.
-He can live if you come with us- The man in the robe told her.
-How could I know if this is real- Diana answer back trying to hold back the tears.
-You can't, what you see in front of him is a cobalt irradiation gun…you been made by clay might not be hurt by that little artifact, but a man of flesh…-
Alfred felt like he was going to faint at the time, he kept his posture, it was not up to him to decide, it was her decision…he only hoped she has going to made the right one.
-Ok…I'll go with you- Diana replied not caring where her choice might lead to.
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