Hey people of Fanfiction its ArkhamGalaxia, time for another chapter of Shark Attack. Is Warren going to escape Arkham and will Firefly burn Arkham and escape as well? Read to find out. Also it's been three days since we last seen Warren.
Warren POV
Three days since I sent word to Penguin to get me out of Arkham, nothing so far but Firefly was recently moved to cell block 6-S, away from villains that have been annoying him so much he started a small fire in his cell. That man can start a fire in a blizzard with only a stick in his hands; an impressive feat. I've been reviewing my various accounts, ensuring my fortune hasn't been touched by anyone; hero or villain.
BOOM
That was a large explosion, but that could be any whack job.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM
That was bigger than last time and sounds like the explosion is either getting closer or bigger.
BOOM
Yep, defiantly closer and bigger since he could feel the heat of the explosion from here. The other inmates were cheering for each explosion hoping the next would bust them out. "ATTETTION ALL INMATES OF ARKHAM, THIS IS AN ANNOUNCMENT TO CONSUME ALL OF ARKHAM WITH CHAOS" the speakers blazed, I started chuckling knowing who started the explosions and what it means.
Time to get the hell out of Arkham.
"THE WARDEN OF ARKHAM WILL BE HAPPY TO UNLOCK ALL THE CELLS ON THE ISLAND, ISN'T THAT RIGHT WARDEN" Firefly shouted over the intercoms, "HELP ME" shouted the warden over the intercom. "SEE HE'S BURSTING IN EXCIMENT, NOW EVERYONE DESTROY THIS STINKING ISLAND BEFORE THE BATMAN AND COPS COMES TO EXTINGUISH OUR FLAMES OF FUN, HAHAHAHA" Firefly screamed through the intercom as the cell doors unlocked and all of the prisoners came running out.
Everyone was shouting and running towards the courtyard grabbing everything they could to use in the riot. Not me though, I followed the few prisoners that were going in the opposite direction knowing just where they're going. I followed the escapees to an abandoned tunnel leading to a small dock, with prisoners getting on the various speed boats chained to the old dock. "Penguin sure knows how to plan an escape" I whispered, "Mr. White" I heard and looked to who was calling me, it was Butch.
"Butch you leaving too" I asked and he shook his head, "no sir, I am going to be some of the few Penguin gang members here on Arkham, Mr. Cobblepot needs men here on the island, now please come with me, Mr. Cobblepot is also helping a few other super criminals leave Arkham, so he arranged for a better method of transportation then going with his men on these speed boats" Butch said gesturing for me to follow him. He brings me to a small police boat with two surprising faces already on board.
"Mr. Freeze" I said keeping my anger controlled, I'm still a bit angry at him for the whole incident of freezing my face and taking off my nose, lips, and ears. He was standing next to the huge chamber that held his wife, "Mr. White" he says neutrally and goes back to attending his wife. "Didn't expect you to leave Arkham, and how the hell did you get Nora out here so fast" I asked as I stepped onto the ship, "Mr. Cobblepot started the riot a few hours ago, Firefly was supposed to start the riot after Nora was secured" he replied not looking at me.
"Penguin sure went all out for this riot, I can see the smoke from here, surprised the Bat hasn't come yet" I said looking at the smoke on the other end of the island, "indeed, unfortunately we have to wait for Firefly, we can't leave without him" Freeze said joining me to watch the smoke. "Hope he doesn't get caught up watching his flames and starting more" I said and Freeze nodded in agreement. "No need to worry boys, I had to make sure the Bat would have a hard time getting to the Warden" we heard a raspy voice say, I look to see Firefly with his jetpack and flamethrower.
"Firefly you pyromaniac, you left quite the impression on Arkham" I said chuckling as he got on board, "alright all men accounted for move out, Mr. Cobblepot's special guests first" shouted Butch as the boat started to move to open water with the speed boats following. I watched the speed boats go in all directions, while our boat was heading for northern Gotham. I relaxed on the bench next to Firefly smiling to myself.
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I stepped off the boat with Firefly and took in the disgusting air of Gotham, "ah it's great to be out of that damn asylum after so long" I said stretching myself, "oh yeah, look out Gotham Firefly is free to burn you to the ground" Lynns said rubbing his hands manically. "What are you some sort of old cartoon super villain" Freeze said helping the man get Nora off the boat, "Mr. White and Mr. Lynns, Mr. Cobblepot would like me to escort you two to the Iceberg lounge for a round of poker" a man said grabbing my attention, "oh poker in the Iceberg lounge, all in" Firefly said and I nodded.
One limousine drive later, I and Firefly find ourselves in front of Penguin's Iceberg lounge, "follow me please to receive some proper cloths" the driver said, I looked down at my ragged orange jumpsuit and smiled; I'm finally getting rid of this. One change of clothes later and I was wearing a nice dark blue suit with a black tie, and Firefly was wearing some dress pants and a simple crimson shirt with a dark orange blazer; too bad most of his body is burned. We were escorted to the VIP room above everyone else and we were met with a table with only five other people.
"Warren White, nice to see you outside of Arkham after so long" Penguin greeted me getting up from the table shaking my hand, "Lynns nice job you did back at the asylum" Penguin said greeting Firefly. "My pleasure Cobblepot" he said in his raspy voice, I looked to the table and found an empty seat between Penguin and Roman Sions aka Black Mask, "Warren nice to see you again" he said, he was wearing that bright white suit and his signature Black mask with only the mouth opened. I looked to see Firefly sit between Penguin and Carmine Falcone, he was wearing what I'm assuming an Italian leather black suit, next to him was his daughter Sofia Falcone heir to the Family's empire; or what's left of it. Then at the end of the table farthest from everyone was the towering 6 ft. 8 figure that is Bane, wearing a nice black suit and red tie.
"Wow what a turnout Penguin" Firefly commented at the poker table, "though I don't recognize you miss" Firefly asked to Sofia, "I am Sofia Falcone, and you are Garfield Lynns also known as Firefly" she said elegantly but with some danger mixed in. "Oh excuse me, I haven't been keeping up with the Corleone family" he said raspy and both Carmine and Sofia scowled, "I suggest you not insult my daughter or myself and my family Mr. Lynns" Carmine said with some anger, Lynns raised his hands in surrender, "hey I'm here to play some cars" he said.
"What about you Mr. White did you know who I am before Mr. Lynns asked" Sofia asked me while Penguin started to shuffle the cards, "of course Miss Falcone, I do jobs for your family and I see your names on the papers" I said watching Penguin start dealing the cards with a group of Penguins servants bring everyone their chips. "All right enough chit chat, time for some cards" Sions said getting impatient, "has Batman arrived at the asylum" Bane said speaking for the first time in his deep thick accent, "bring the radio over and tune it to Vicky's channel" Penguin ordered as his servants complied.
The servant tuned just in time, "Good evening Gotham City, this is Vicky Vale reporting to you live from a helicopter over Arkham Asylum which has been set ablaze by the super criminal known as Firefly aka Garfield Lynns, rioters have been overrunning the asylum but the GCPD, Gotham Fire Department, and Batman have arrived at the scene to put out Firefly's fire and riot, the villain in question has yet to be seen, even though Lynns is known to gloat over his fires, we will bring you more once we get more information" Vicki reported and everyone was chuckling at Lynns steaming face. "I do not gloat about my fires, I bask in glory of my flames" he said raspy, "also I fold" he said reminding me to look at the cards in front of me, a three, a jack, and a six; I had a five and four. I showed no emotion.
"I'll raise it by five" Sions said throwing his chip in, Bane and Carmine threw a chip in while Sofia folded, "forgive me for asking this question, but how exactly happen to you Mr. White" Sofia asked me as I sighed and watched Penguin deal a king, "you haven't heard White's tale Miss Falcone" Sions said throwing in two more chips with me and Carmine following and Bane folding his hand. "White got away with millions by pleading insanity to the court, all he had to do was survive Arkham, which didn't succeed" Sions said starting my life story, "they called him fish, since he was a new guy and never been to an asylum before let alone some God forsaken place like Arkham" continued Penguin, "Killer Croc then clawed the sides of my neck saying he was giving me gills" I continued as a few more chips were thrown in and I followed.
"Then Jane Doe happened" Sions said chuckling a little as I scowled at the memory of that horrible woman, "she was an identity thief but instead of taking people accounts and all that, she wants to take over their whole lives by killing them and becoming them" Penguin said finishing the deal with me winning the hand. "She threw me in a freezer and went on to take my identity" I said taking the chips and Penguin handing me the cards, "but the Batman stopped her before she could succeed" Sions said, "some whisky and cigars for everyone" Penguin said as the servants brought everyone a cigar and a shot of whisky.
"But this Jane Doe is a woman correct" asked Sofia, "didn't matter, she devoted her whole mind and body to become that person, before she tried to take White's identity she took the identity of his doctor" Firefly said lighting his cigar with a lighter he produced. "So the freezer did that to you" Sofia asked, "not quite, either Jane knew or not, she threw me in the same freezer as Freeze, and he wasn't happy to have an outsider in his freezer" I said grimacing at the memory as Firefly light my cigar. "He shot me with his freeze gun and I lost my lips, nose, and ears and some of my sanity" I said taking a shot of whisky, "they pulled him out of the freezer with his new white skin and none of those body parts, Jane was thrown in the asylum and eventually died from some manic, and Warren was a whole new person" Penguin said blowing a huff a smoke out.
"Someone said I looked a great white shark and I decided to do that, I sharpened my teeth to razor sharp and thus the Super Criminal the Great White Shark was born" I said showing Miss Falcone my famous teeth. "Course Warren's didn't stop what he was good at, he kept financing various gangs and he had the perfect alibi of being in Arkham, I remember when he tried to do a big job with me and Batman completely stopped us before we succeed, and I recall Two-face wasn't happy afterwards" Sions said sadly puffing some smoke out.
"Thus I don't work with Two-face unless necessary" I said dealing the cards, "so why are you now leaving Arkham, from what I hear it was a good gig" Sofia asked and Penguin nodded, "I was wondering that too, after four years of working in Arkham, you now leave" he asked blowing another puff of smoke. "Because, I have billions just lying in the bank and I can't do anything with it, and I was sick of being in that damn place I needed to get out" I said, "so it's the money" Sions said and I shook my head, "it's not just about the money, remember when I was actually feared by the people of Gotham, when they gave me the respect I deserve" I said dealing the fourth card.
"That still doesn't answer my question White" Penguin said taking a shot of whisky, "I'm leaving Gotham" I announced and everyone did a spit take of their whiskies and almost spit out their cigars. "What you quitting the business White" Sions exclaimed, "let me finish, I'm leaving Gotham for Blüdhaven, and I'll still do my job with you guys, I'm not looking for my death wish" I said as everyone seemed to calm down. "What you going do in that hell hole" Penguin said raising the betting pool.
"Start my own gang, I'll own that town, don't worry I won't expand into Gotham and if you guys need information or access to Blüdhaven you come to me" I said blowing some smoke out of my cigar and they chuckled. "You can't make it here so your moving to the crime ridden city south, smart plan" Sions said folding his hand, "yep, how many powerful gangs are in Blüdhaven now" I asked. "Four" Bane answered, "Huh could have sworn it was five" I muttered, "the hero Nightwing protects that city, what are you going to do about him" Bane said again raising the pile by three chips.
"I'll try and be the best damn enemy he ever had in that city" I said and Carmine chuckled, "you'll be the first real super criminal in that city, you'll show those gangs over there what a real gang is" the matriarch of the Falcone family said. "You going by yourself White" Sions asked, "pretty much, me and my billions of dollars which I will be using soon to get me some grade A weapons and equipment, if you guys are selling of course" I said grinning and Penguin chuckled, "we'll talk after the game White" he said winning the hand.
"I think you need to weaken Nightwing, take him out and show those other gangs that you mean business in that city and it'll be yours" Firefly said taking a shot of whisky. "You offering Lynns" I said and he seemed to mull it over as Sions dealt the cards, "it would give me some credit and if you're funding me I could upgrade my equipment" he said with excitement. "Sure I'll help you take out Nightwing, I'll be an enforcer" he said, "or the man who takes out other gangs by setting their safe houses and caches on fire, my second in command" I said and Lynns started laughing happily, "I am so in, I'll burn Blüdhaven then Gotham" he said throwing some chips in.
"If want someone to take out Nightwing then you need someone with experience taking out heroes" Bane said raising the stakes by five chips, "well if you happen to be in town and you need someone to give you information about what is going on in the city, then stop by" I said throwing in my chips. "So does anyone have any recent information about Blüdhaven" I asked as Carmine won the hand and Bane was given the deck. "Yeah be on the lookout for some vigilantes with a grudge against the mob" Sions said blowing some more smoke out.
"Indeed, some a few weeks ago they attacked a warehouse of ours, we thought it someone else trying to take the equipment from inside, but when the GCPD went inside they found all of our equipment, and everyone dead, so it couldn't have been another gang" Carmine said throwing a chip in, "same thing happened to one of my warehouses, they were all killed by either bullet or crossbow bolt" Sions said throwing two chips in the pool.
"Well my friend, I wish you the best luck in Blüdhaven, just remember who runs Gotham and don't make the same mistake that Crater fellow made" Penguin said puffing smoke, everyone started to chuckle at the mention of that sad mob boss. "He became a real crater after Bane was done with him and his gang" Penguin said laughing his signature laugh, "what about the BHPD" I asked and Carmine shook his head, "you'll have to ask the gangs in Blüdhaven, we have a hard time keeping our informants in the GCPD now a days" he said taking a shot of whisky.
"Alright let's have a toast, to Warren White, the Great White Shark, good luck in the hell hole that is Blüdhaven" Penguin said raising his glass with everyone following, "you all just want me to buy something from you guys before I leave" I said grinning and everyone laughed, "you got the money Warren, doesn't hurt to be well equipped" Penguin laughed as we continued our game.
Hey everyone, hope you enjoyed chapter 3 of Shark Attack. I mixed up Warren's origin story for this story. I wanted to show how some of the mob bosses of Gotham get along with one another, their good business men they knew they'll get more profit working together and not trying to destroy one another. I mean think about it, they rather work with one another than people like Joker, Two-face, and people along those crazy line. They can work with fellow business men but unpredictable people like Joker; no way. Well please review.