Chapter 16
Ok apparently I lied; I have no idea how but I ended up getting sucked back into the fanficting spiral. But here I am! After this I'm going to try and fight the addiction of Fanficting. I swear it's like a drug! Haha, anyhow I forgot to point this out last chapter. (*) I got a little anti-religion here; I'm not a religious person, however I know a few people that misconstrue my words and say that I am atheist I am not. I believe in a higher power, however I do not take a religion, once took up Wiccan—didn't last long. When it comes to religion I usually use Goddesses instead of Gods. Mariko however doesn't believe in God. She pretty much thinks that if there were such a being, he would have kept all the crap that she went through from happening. That's all I have to say, ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!
"Anything yet?" Zatanna asked, M'gaan shook her head; It was as if there was something blocking her telekinetic powers from reaching Robin. The entire block they were on was sending out waves of interference.
"Nothing; I think we're in the right place though. Something's blocking my powers." She said. Suddenly the bio-ship jolted forward, as if being struck by some kind of force.
"What was that?" Conner asked, Zatanna looked out and frowned.
"Depends; do you want the good news or the bad?" She asked, then looked to the group as they all looked out to see a boy with shaggy hair throwing stones at the Bio-ship with great force.
"Good news; we found Mariko's base. Bad news; they found us too." She said.
Meanwhile down below Tony huffed as he threw ever rock on the roof of a building at the Bio-ship.
"He better be worth it." He growled, referring to Robin. Mariko liked him, but he didn't like her; the very fact that he rejected her the way he did made Tony hate Robin even more. He threw another rock, the ship then turned and headed for the building. When it landed the Team barreled out ready to attack, Tony threw his arms up to show he was unarmed.
"Woaw there!" He shouted, "I'm unarmed; I'm not here to attack anyone."
"You did just find attacking our ship." Artemis growled aiming her arrow at the cyborg. Tony shrugged.
"Details," He mumbled, "I can also shoot BB's between my thumb and forefinger and make them go through stone. Wanna try me?"
The group glared at Tony, who smirked at them. He then looked among them and frowned.
"Where's Robin?" He asked, Artemis raised her bow.
"Not funny; we know Mariko has him." She hissed, Tony frowned.
"The only person we've got is Dick Grayson from the Academy." He said, "No Robin; otherwise Miss Mariko wouldn't go to so much trouble to get your attention."
"She's staging this?" Kid growled, Tony nodded.
"Yes; she's a genius isn't she?" He asked, suddenly the sound of gears grinding was heard and a platform came up from the ground.
"A genius I am; but I don't have the boy-wonder." Mariko said as she appeared not far from the group, "But I don't have the Boy-wonder; I was hoping to draw him out today."
"You don't know where he is either?" Zatanna asked, "I highly doubt that."
Mariko glared.
"Like I'd waste my time on morons like you," She said flipping her hair, "The only one here that would be remotely interesting to me is you."
Mariko them pointed to Miss Martian, who recoiled as if she had been hit. Mariko glared, then sighed.
"Oh well if I can't have Robin; I guess I'll make due with you Martian." She said, Superboy glared.
"I don't think so." He growled, Mariko cocked her head to the side and smirked as she reached for a controller.
"I've got the perfect 'Match' for you oh boy of steal." She said and pressed a button. Suddenly there was a loud crash as a familiar face smashed through the roof of the building, Mariko smirked darkly as Match glared at Superboy.
"Match..?" Superboy mumbled staring at his older brother.
"He's cute; but not much for conversation." Mariko said, Match let out a loud yell and attacked Superboy, knocking him to the ground. Mariko then looked to Tony, who nodded and attacked Artemis and Kidflash.
"Etatival mih!" Zatanna shouted, only to have her attack blocked by a large cat creature. Zatanna went wide eyed when she heard a demented and childish laugh.
"Is that the best you can do?" Klarion asked, then threw his own attack at Zatanna sending her backwards and leaving Miss Martian to Mariko.
"Oh and don't bother trying to use you're psychic powers here. I've designed this building to be telekinetically sound proof." Mariko said, "With a little help from our old friend Psimon. The only mind you can read is mine; and that's only if I want you to."
Miss Martian glared, Mariko had staged this but why?
"What do you want?" she growled. Mariko pressed a button on her controller and replaced it back into her belt's pouch. She then began walking toward her.
"That depends, I want a lot of things; the voices in my head to go away, I want Savage-sama to achieve his goals, I want Robin all to myself." She said walking around her. "Oh yeah and I also wanted my father to stop beating me when I was little."
Miss Martian froze and stared at Mariko; the memories of what she saw in Mariko's mind ripping through her head. Mariko frowned.
"It wasn't fair you know; I was a little girl, who only wanted to go to school and have a normal childhood. Instead what I got was an abusive father, and a prostitute mother." She said, "It's no wonder I am the way I am."
"Stop…" Miss Martian said, Mariko paused standing a foot away from the Martian. She scowled.
"Stop? Don't you know begging doesn't work for anyone?" She asked, "It certainly didn't help me when Fujioka did what he did."
"Please…"
"What do you think? Did they deserve what they got? Should they have been let go to torment another child's life?" Mariko asked, "Tell me? What did you think?"
Mariko then stood in front of M'gaan and smiled big.
"Even if you don't answer me; I know what you think. You agree; you pity me don't you?" she asked, "You think the earth is rotten too."
M'gaan glared, and let out a growl of anger, suddenly everything around the duo was thrown in the air and suspended there. Mariko was blown back down to the ground. Miss Martian glared down at her.
"Where? IS? ROBIN?" She shouted, Mariko stared up in fear.
"I…I don't know; I only knocked out the kid. I have no idea where boy-wonder is." She said, "I swear."
Miss Martian then let everyone drop, Klarion glared and decided this was a good time to bail. Mariko glared as M'gaan went to the others.
"She doesn't have Robin." She said. Kidflash frowned.
"We can still bust her for having that one kid though right?" He asked, Mariko glared at the group as she went for her remote, she aimed it at Miss Martian only to have it knocked out of her hands by some kind of weapon. She let out a shriek of pain and looked to see the boy wonder. Robin ran after the group; incapacitating Tony and grabbing Mariko from behind and placing handcuffs on her wrists.
"Robin!" Zatanna and the others called, as they ran up to him.
"Where have you been dude?" Kid asked, Robin shrugged pushing Mariko forward.
"Intercepted a signal; came to investigate. Imagine my surprise when I found Mariko, and some kid that locked inside a pod." He explained. Mariko huffed.
"No way; not even you could intercept my computer's signal." She said, Robin frowned. Tony stood and glared at the group, picking up a stone from the ground only to have Mariko shake her head.
"I'll go quietly; so long as you let Tony put Match back in his pod." She said with a sigh, then smirked as she snuggled up to Robin, "And because Robin's taking me in."
"What about Match?" Superboy asked, Mariko shrugged.
"If Klarion shows up again he can help Tony-boy return him to his pod. That thing is so hard to control you know?" She asked, Super-boy glared and went to take a step forward only to be stopped by Miss Martian placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Oh yeah that's right you're his little brother aren't ya?" Mariko asked, "I'm not going to push buttons with you; I don't feel like getting knocked across the room twice in one day. So Robin what'd you do with that boy eh?"
"None of your concern." Robin said, and pushed Mariko in front of him into the Bio-ship.
"Take care of Match for me Tony-boy." Mariko said, "I'll be back."
Once aboard the bio-ship Mariko was locked to one of the chairs, she smiled and winked to Robin, who happened to be the one who chained her there. He frowned and walked away from her, she pouted, then smiled.
"So where to? Belle Reve I imagine?" She asked, "It'll be nice to see Psimon again; nice guy yaknow?"
"Not this time." Robin said, as M'gaan piloted the ship, "This time you're going to Arkhem; where you belong."
Mariko sat up and her eyes went wide.
"Arkhem…The insane asylum?!" She shrieked, "I'm not crazy! I demand you take me to Belle Reve! I am not a straight jacket type! Do NOT send me to arkhem!"
Mariko continued she loud shrieking protest until the team finally got sick of it. Zatanna glared at Mariko.
"Ugh, you're so annoying." She said, "Gag reh!"
Soon Mariko's shouting became muffled cries of anger as a gag formed around her mouth. This however didn't stop her from talking, about what they had no idea.
Once at Arkhem Mariko was admitted; searched of any foreign items—she had snapped at them when they went for the chocker locket around her neck—given a uniform, and placed in a cell. One inside the cell she began shouting at the guard.
"Hey! You lame brained morons! What happened to a one phone call!" She shouted, no one answered, "I demand to talk to my lawyer—wait I don't have a lawyer—I demand my one phone call!"
"You don't get one in Arkhem." A voice said, it was a red haired woman said cuddling next to a flower pot. Mariko's body drooped.
"I can't be here; THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" she shouted, then flopped down on the bed provided for her and began to throw a fit. Shouting profanity in both English and Japanese. After some time she let out a ear splitting scream. "I. Wann. Go. HOOOOME!"
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It had been several weeks since Mariko Miko was admitted into Arkhem. She had thrown several fits of rage, injuring not only herself but those around—causing the guards to put her in a straight jacket for the first week. After that Mariko finally calmed down to the point that she didn't do anything. She would get up and go out whenever the inmates were allowed recreation time, she'd sit on the couch however and do and say nothing.
Today she sat on the couch staring up at the screen blankly. It was some kind of nature show, Poison Ivy had picked it. Until Joker jumped over the couch and sat between the two, taking the remote and changing the channel. Ivy glared.
"I was watching that!" She hissed, Mariko's eyes shifted in the clowns direction but saying nothing. Joker laughed and glared back at Ivy.
"Not anymore; I want to watch something funny." He said, Mariko stood and walked in front of the two Joker glared.
"What do you want kid?" He asked, "Hey since when are they letting kids in here?"
Mariko glared, them mumbled, "Turn it back."
"Are you going to make me kid?" Joker asked, Mariko glared as her face twisted into an insane snarl. She then attacked Joker; grabbing him by the throat and squeezing.
"Puddin!" Harley shouted, "Get off of him! You're gonna kill 'im!"
Mariko ignored her until the guards came in to see what the commotion was about, they then dragged Mariko off of Joker who sat up coughing and gasping for air. The guards dragged Mariko out of the rec room, Mariko kicking and screaming the entire way back to her cell.
"I wanna go home!" She shouted over and over until she was thrown into her cell. "I wanna go home! Send me home!"
Finally after several hours of screaming her shouts were answered. A guard came to Mariko's cell and opened the door. Mariko paused.
"You're being released." He said, Mariko cocked her head to the side, but followed silently. When she was brought to the front room Mariko smiled in relief.
"Savage-sama!" She cried tears stinging her eyes as she ran to Vandal Savage, wrapping her arms around him in a hug as she began to cry, "Savage-sama I was so scared! I thought you'd forgotten about me."
"It took some time to worm my way into the board of directors to let you go Mariko; but I assure you; I never forgot about you." Savage said calmly, placing his hand on the crown of the crying girl's head and caressing her lovingly, "If it weren't for your cyborg I probably never would have found you here in arkhem."
"Savage-sama I wanna go home." Mariko said looking up at him. Savage nodded, "I never wanna be locked in an asylum again."
Savage nodded as he led Mariko out of Arkhem, and into an expensive car that was bound for home.
Yup 16th chapter. To answer Pierce the April Doll, I just didn't like how they portaied the characters; to me the only entertaining thing in the Dark Knight was Joker's disappearing pencil trick. And I bass Catwoman off of the Batman Returns movie. That was the best version of Catwoman ever! Batman forever I don't believe I've ever seen; however Batman and Robin was a bad one in my opinion. I'll have to watch the Dark knight rises; everyone's saying its good so I'll give it a try. Review! Reviews make me happy!