Hello people time for another chapter of Shark Attack. When we last left, Warren escaped Arkham and was enjoying a nice game of poker with Gotham's biggest mob bosses and Firefly is his new number two. Now we see what's going on in the newly rebuilt Mount Justice.
Beast Boys POV (didn't see that coming, did ya)
I was messing around with Robin when Aqualad called everyone to the mission room. We hurried over and saw a broadcast playing.
"Hello people of Gotham City, this is Jack Ryder going over yesterday's Arkham Asylum riot. My good friend and partner Vicki Vale was able to gather some shocking information after the riots were stopped, since she's over in Metropolis chasing a lead, I'll be giving you the people just what happened at Arkham. The super villain Firefly placed bombs around the island and then began to burn most of it, he also trapped the Warden in his own office by setting the entrance on fire, but the strange part was that Firefly didn't, as Vicki put it, gloating over his flames, which Firefly is known for. Also various gang member of Gotham's mobs escaped the island, how they escaped is still unknown. The worst has yet to come folks, Firefly wasn't the only Super Villain to escape Arkham last night, the super criminal Great White Shark, and lastly the icy villain Mr. Freeze and his wife Nora all escaped Arkham. That's all for tonight, we'll give you more information as it comes, good night Gotham City" Jack Ryder said finishing his broadcast.
"Batman was not happy about that" Robin muttered and I chuckled, "as you can see the recent break out at Arkham released three dangerous super criminals and the Justice League believe that this break out was planned due to the sudden riots" Aqualad said and Robin spoke up, "Batman gave me the task me to investigate Arkham and see how they all escaped while he's searching for Mr. Freeze" he said and Aqualad nodded. "Pick your team members Robin and go immediately" he said and Robin grinned.
"Already have my team Aqualad, me, Wonder Girl, Beast Boy, Superboy, Batgirl, and Tigress, we'll head out now" he said and Megan looked worried. "Wait I'm not sure Garfield should go to a place like Arkham, my uncle said it is where the worst of Batman foes goes" my sister said with worry, "don't worry Conner will be there" I replied but she still looked concerned, "I'll have the bioship nearby, how about that" she said and Robin shook his head. "Sorry Megan, but Batman gave me direct orders to go to Commissioner Gordon and the police are to escort us to Arkham Asylum, no spec ops or else he said" he said and Megan looked defeated.
"Alright, any questions before we disperse" Aqualad asked and Virgil raised his hand, "yeah who's the Great White Shark that Ryder was talking about, I never heard of him" he asked and Artemis stepped up. "I can answer that, the Great White Shark is a minor gang leader and a well-known broker for all major gangs in Gotham" she answered but Virgil still looked confused, "but why is he called the Great White Shark" he asked and Artemis looked at Robin, he sighed, "I'll pull the news reel" he said going to the computer.
He typed some things and a picture came up, the man was stark white and bald, he had no ears, nose, lips and his teeth looked really sharp. "Cool" I said grinning and Megan frowned, "Garfield" she scolded but that didn't stop my grinning, "what he looks like a great white shark" I said and Robin grinned as well. "That's what I said when I first saw his picture, Batman made me clean the Batmobile by hand after that" Robin said. "What happened to him" asked La'gaan asked. Robin simply started a video.
"Good evening people of the world, this is Louis Lane, Vicki Vale, Clark Kent, and Jack Ryder with another segment on the Super Villains of Arkham" Louis said standing next to her fellow reporters, "last time we went into the story of Doctor Victor Fries, thanks to you the people Dr. Fries was given more technology for his research" Jack said smiling and Vicki started, "tonight is not a happy story, tonight we are going to look into the life of Warren White also known as the Great White Shark" she said and Clark took it from there. "About four years ago Warren White pleaded insanity in order to get away with millions of dollars from his various scandals, White was sent to Arkham Asylum" he said as the crew began walking down the hallway, "White didn't realize how dangerous Arkham was, he was called fish when first brought into the Arkham, according to the guards" Jack said, "Warren was slowing losing his sanity from being around everyone, one major blow came from Killer Croc also known as Waylon Jones who clawed the side of Warrens neck, giving him gills as Killer Croc told the guards when questioned" said Vicki.
"Then Jane Doe attempted to take Warren's identity and take all of his money by not only killing his doctor but attempted to kill Warren himself by locking him in a freezer" said Louis. "What Jane didn't know was the freezer wasn't actually a freezer, it was Dr. Fries cell, he shot Warren with an ice gun he been developing at the time" Jack said, "the blast took Warren's nose, lips, hair, and ears, between Mr. Freeze and the freezer itself caused Warren's skin to become permanently white" Clark said. "When Batman revealed Jane Doe and she brought them to Warren, it was too late to save another portion of Warren's sanity, Warren eventually sharpen his teeth to a point and became the Great White Shark" Vicki said stopping in front of a cell with another person already waiting. "Despite incarceration Warren continued to finically aid the gangs of Gotham, two years ago Warren and Black Mask aka Roman Sions attempted to take out Two-Face aka former District Attorney Harvey Deny, by buying a large shipment of weapons, Batman stopped them both before they could even gain access to the weapons" Louis said.
"Warren has been quiet since then, no one really knows if he still brokers to other gangs but he shows no indication of denying various claims against him other the years for various accounts of aiding the gangs of Gotham" Vicki concluded, "With us now is the head doctor of Arkham Asylum Doctor Penelope Young, doctor is it possible for Warren to eventually rejoin society" asked Jack and the doctor in question was five foot six, brunette with blues eyes. "It is possible for Mr. White to rejoin society if he attempts to try and help himself, but he refuses almost all attempts for doctors to help him" Dr. Young said and everyone nodded, "do you have anything to say to the viewers Warren" Vicki asked and the man in question came out from the darkness of his cell, "yeah, hey camera man make sure you show the viewers my teeth" he said smiling showing off his sharp teeth as the film came to end.
"That's Warren White, they made this film about five months ago about all the inmates of Arkham at the time, now no more questions all members of my team take a mask" Robin said holding some masks, one green, red, and black. I grabbed the green one, Conner grabbed the black one and Wonder Girl grabbed the red, "why do we need these" asked Wonder Girl, "to protect your identities and because Batgirl won't let us go near the GCPD without masks" Robin said pointing to the girl in question. "Just wear them for this mission" she said. "Alright everyone of team Robin follow me" Robin said heading to the Zeta-tubes with his team following.
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We arrived to the front of the GCPD with Commissioner Gordon and a squad car waiting for us, "Robin, Batgirl I see you brought back" the elderly man said gruffly and the two bats nodded. "Yes sir, no need for us to get into the car, we'll meet you there" Robin said as his Robin-cycle came and he hopped on and Batgirl hopped on her own batgirl-cycle that pulled up. "Beast boy, I'm thinking Pterodactyl" said Conner and I grinned, I closed my eyes and transformed into Pterodactyl before Gordon, who was just wide eyed, I grabbed Conner with me 'legs' and flew off with Wonder Girl into the sky, "where the hell do they find those kids" Gordon mumbled getting into his car following the teenage hero's.
"You know when I first learned that Arkham held all of Batman foes, I thought it be bigger and scarier, but it doesn't look like that" Wonder Girl shouted to us as we approached the famous asylum; I had to agree not that impressive from afar. I landed Conner at the front gates with Wonder Girl and shape-shift back to human form as Robin, Batgirl, and Gordon pulled in. "All right kids stay by me, and Cash's side, I don't care how powerful or skilled you are, Arkham is dangerous for anyone" Gordon said getting out of his car and we all nodded.
We walked with Gordon inside and a guy was waiting for us, the cool part was he had a hook for a hand, "awesome, you have a hook for a hand" I said looking at the man who was staring at me. "Sorry Cash, he gets overly enthusiastic about things he thinks is cool" Batgirl said getting me away from, "it's fine, I've gotten used to it, but why is he green" Cash asked looking at me. "He had a blood transfusion from a Martian, tell him your story" Robin said smirking while Batgirl glared at him, "what you know Beast Boy going to ask at some point" he said defending himself and I shook my head vigorously, "yeah please" I said and Cash chuckled, "Killer Croc chomp it off" he said simply and I just stared at him, "don't say a word about Captain Hook" Batgirl whispered in my ear. "Cool" I simply said and we began our walk deeper into the asylum.
"The riot did a lot of damage but it's not even in the top ten worst riots at Arkham, through it is in the top ten fires of Gotham" Cash said shaking his head, we entered the cells when I heard something, "Take me on home to the Asylum, I fill you with dread and I can't stop laughing, I am the Clowned Prince of Crime and we've had a hell of a time, your part of me I'm part of you, I drove you around the bent and I'm laughing, Jason Todd is dead and I can't stop laughing, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I'm stuck in your head and I can't stop laughing, WOOHOO HAHAHAHAHA" I heard coming from a cell, "ignore Joker's little song, we can't find where it's coming from but I plays every now and then" Cash said with Robin and Batgirl scowling at the song.
"That song doesn't really make sense, then again a crazed clown is singing it, so it makes sense in a way" Conner said looking around and I nodded in agreement, "yeah, alright here's were Firefly was before he broke out" Cash said stopping in front of a cell, "this isn't his original cell, according to the files" Batgirl said bringing some stuff up on her arm bracelet thing. "No Firefly got real edgy when some other inmates started to harass, he started a small fire in his cell, we had to move him here because it was closer to more of our fire extinguishers" Cash said and I transformed into a hound, "damn, I need to make of list of the things I see" Cash muttered, "what's he doing" Gordon asked and Wonder Girl stepped in, "he's tracking his scent" she answered.
I started to sniff around the area but I only smelled ash, burnt wood, and soot, I transformed back, "no go, I can't get a human scent just ash and soot" I said and Cash sighed, "I thought that might happen considering Firefly torched the whole place, let's try White's cell, he'll be easier" Cash said beginning to walk further down the hall. We were walked outside and started to head towards another building when Conner suddenly stopped, he looked around for something, "Superboy" I called, he didn't move, "SUPERBOY" I yelled and he broke out of his trance, "yeah, I'm coming" he said as he jogged over to me.
We entered another part of the asylum and it looked horrible, "Firefly made himself some bombs and planted them there, I have no idea where he got the materials or how he was able to escape without anyone noticing" Cash said passing the destroyed entrance. "How did he make it so powerful" asked Wonder Girl, "he's an expert in pyrotechnics, explosives, anything that involves fire he knows how to work it and make it as powerful as possible" Gordon explained. "I still don't understand how Firefly was able to do all this without being caught" Conner wondered, "someone payed off the guards or took them out and placed their own men inside" Batgirl concluded.
Cash sighed, "I'm going to have to review the damn security again and see who's on who's payroll" he said tired, "alright here's Warren's cell, see what you can sniff Beast Boy" Robin said and I nodded transforming into a dog again. I sniffed around and caught a scent; it was the smell of fish. Huh, Great White Shark eats fish. I barked at everyone, "I'm guessing he got a scent" Gordon said, "Yep, alright Beast Boy find the shark" Robin said and I barked again sniffing the ground for shark's scent.
We followed the scent through an old passageway that lead to an old dock, "this is where the scent ends" I said transforming back, Cash looked shocked. "Here I thought I knew this place, didn't know this dock even existed, guess we know how everyone escaped" Cash said inspecting the dock, "they must left before the GCPD surrounded the island, but I don't understand one thing" Gordon said. "What don't you understand sir" Wonder Girl asked, "Freeze took his wife with him, moving her takes hours and that's with or without proper care, how the hell did Freeze get his wife here between the start of the riots and the GCPD surrounding the island" he said shaking his head.
"Simply sir, he didn't" Robin answered and we all looked at him like he crazy, "what are you talking about Robin" Cash asked and he smirked. "Freeze didn't start moving his wife when the riot's started, he started to move them before the riots even began" Robin exclaimed looking smug, "someone planned this riot, Firefly, Freeze, and Warren were in on it, the question is why would Warren leave" Batgirl concluded and was confused. "Wait the purpose of the riot wasn't to escape the asylum" I said confused and Batgirl shook her head.
"No Warren used his incarceration as an alibi for any criminal activity he did, Freeze left because he was tired of his research being confined in the asylum, Firefly left because he simply wanted out, but Warren wouldn't leave unless he was planning something big" she said and I was still a bit confused. "Has any of them had an session with their doctor Cash" Robin asked, "yeah Mr. Freeze had a session with Dr. Young earlier this week" he answered, "can we see Dr. Young" asked Wonder Girl, "yeah I call her and ask" Cash said getting his walkie-talkie out.
One call and long walk later we arrived at the office of Dr. Young, she looked just like she did in the video Robin showed us, "greeting young hero's I am Dr. Penelope Young Head of the Arkham medical staff" she greeted us warmly. She looked at us all but when she looked at Conner she stared at him with curiosity, "uh is there something on my face" he said and Dr. Young shook her head, "sorry you look like" she started to say but Conner cut her off, "yeah Superman I get that a lot" he said but she frowned a little, "yes of course please follow me to my office" she said but she didn't sound convinced; who was really going to say.
"Alright Dr. Young, did Mr. Freeze act strange or give any hints about a prison riot in your last session" asked Batgirl and Young shook her head, "no, he acted like it was just another session" she answered, "did he mention Firefly or Great White" asked Robin, "he did mention Firefly, but he's always complaining about him, Dr. Fries was worried one day Firefly would get loose and burn Nora, one of Dr. Fries fears" Young explained. "And Warren" asked Wonder Girl, Young shook her head, "no, Dr. Fries only mentioned Mr. White once, that was back during the beginning of our sessions a long time ago" she explained again and everyone sighed. "Dead end after dead end, Batman is going to be furious" Robin said worried about what Batman was going to do.
"I'm sorry I can't offer you all some information" Young said sympathetically and just when we thought ever thing was a dead end, Cash got a call, "go for Cash" he said he smiled when the call ended. "We got a lead" he said, "what is it" Conner asked, "we went over the records and the ones who escaped the island, most of them were members of Penguin's gang" he said as both Batgirl and Robin began to smile. "So Penguin gave Firefly the means to start the riot, and while the riots were happening his men and some super criminals he owes escape the island through boats he provided" Robin concluded.
"Send a list of the missing convicts to the GCPD, we'll take it from there Cash" Gordon said and Cash nodded, "alright let's head back home and report our findings to Red Tornado and Aqualad" Tigress said speaking for the first time since we arrived, we were heading out when Conner stopped again and went back into his trance, "Superboy are you alright" Young asked as Conner snapped out of his trance, "yeah, thanks for asking" he said leaving a concerned Dr. Young.
LINE BREAK, LINE BREAK, LINE BREAK. Meanwhile in Blüdhaven, with Nightwing and Zatanna. Did I mention its Friday? Date Night!
"This is nice right" Dick asked nervously, he wasn't nerves about being with Zatanna; he was worried about the date itself. He hasn't planned out a date in a long time. "Yeah no need to worry, also this is a nice restaurant you picked out, secluded" she said blushing a little, the restaurant he found by chance when he and Sarah were patrolling the city, he saw the small restaurant and thought it was the perfect place for a date with Zatanna. The waiter brought over their drinks and just before they could order their food, Dick got a message from Tim, "ugh" Dick groaned, "I'll order for you" Zatanna said and Dick smiled at her.
Zatanna ordered their dishes while Dick looked over the message, "so what did Tim want" she asked, "he was giving me information about the Arkham break out" he replied simply and Zatanna nodded. "Is it urgent" she said sadly and Dick vigorously shook his head, "no, it can wait" he said and Zatanna gave him a small smile, "so how are things with the Mistress of Magic" Dick asked and Zatanna sighed. "I have yet to find a city to settle down in, mostly because I can't find a nice stable job" she said and Dick smiled, "please tell me more" he said waiting for their dishes to arrive.
So did you guys enjoy this chapter, going into the Team and Superboy is acting funny. I threw in a few characters from the Batman Arkham series, which belong to Rocksteady by the way lawyers, I felt the character Dr. Young could have been nicer, so her redemption starts here, you may or may not see more of her. I also threw in Aaron Cash the badass one-handed guard/cop, because he's an awesome character. Joker's song were pieces of the song he sings to Batman in Arkham Knight, Look who's laughing now, I was listening to it as I was writing and I couldn't help myself but to put it in; song belongs to Rocksteady and Joker. Then lastly Nightwing/Dick and Zatanna out on date night, I changed Zatanna's superhero name cause I never understand why some hero's super name is their real name; I mean do you want your secret identity plastered on everything that involves your secret super self. Which is also why I had everyone wear a mask, I mean do they want their identities out there. All right please review!