Time for another chapter, sorry it took a while, I kept getting distracted. Also I don't know weapons or guns in general so please forgive my poor description of said weapons. It occurred to me that I haven't said what the date is so from now on I'll include the dates. Anyways onward with the story!
September 27, 2015, Sunday 8:45
The Iceberg Lounge, Gotham City
Warren POV
Penguin and Black Mask sure have one hell of an arsenal at their disposal. Penguin is hooking me up with some guns and proper equipment for me and Firefly, he's getting some equipment to upgrade his jetpack and for his flamethrower; Lynns is barely controlling himself. Black Mask is gathering some men for me since most of my gang is in Black Gate Prison, I going to need a small group now and build it up in Blüdhaven. "So how much do you want Warren" Penguin said grabbing my attention, "small amount for now Cobblepot, I contact you when I want more" I replied, "a millionaire not spending all of his money, that's new" he said continuing to walk around the crates of weapons.
"Forgive me if I'm starting out small, I don't want to just come out of nowhere and take over Blüdhaven, it doesn't work like that you know it" I said, "course I know, I was just thinking that maybe you want to show those wannabes over in Blüdhaven how the gangs of Gotham work and why they shouldn't mess with yah" he replied. "Because he's smart enough not to tip off the Bat's brat over there" Sions replied coming over to us, "yeah Nightwing will find out the hard way that theirs are actual Supervillains in the city" Lynns said in his raspy voice.
I look to the crate beside me and saw some nice pistols, "hey Penguin, I need some new pistols, how much" I asked picking the guns up; they felt nice. "That there is a new shipment of pistols I got from Metropolis, given to me by Luthor himself for taking care of some competition he was having" Penguin said chuckling. "Can I shoot Superman with this" I asked grinning making the other villains laugh, "he didn't say you couldn't, but I doubt the Big Blue Boy scout would go to a city so close to Batman" Penguin said and I nodded. "Now, you want the whole crate or just the two" he asked producing a cigar, "just the two for now" I replied and he nodded, "on the house since you're leaving Gotham" he said and I grinned placing the pistols in my gun slings.
"Still hard to believe that you're leaving Gotham Warren" Sions said, "well I'm done in Gotham, but Blüdhaven won't know what hit them" I said and Sions just sighed. "It's a shame you're taking all that money with you" he said and Penguin nodded in agreement, "look I said I'll buy more once I settle in Blüdhaven, so stop trying to get me to buy more now" I said and they both grinned. "All right but only if you review some of my finance books, the last guy who did it didn't do a very good job, and he went missing by the Gotham docks" Sions said chuckling.
"What's with you guys and docks, is he sleeping with the fishes now Sions" Lynns said mockingly and Sions scowled, "what's with you and making references to movies about gangs and their lines" Sions replied, and Lynns shrugged. "I need some entertainment from dealing with you guys" he said and Penguin took a big puff of smoke, "how about you annoy the gangs in Blüdhaven Lynns instead of Gotham" he replied and Lynns laughed; a horrible laugh because of his voice. "Those gangs aren't going to get my jokes their going to get my flames" he said raspy, "so you're not going to talk at all, since you say fire jokes when you burn things" Sions said and Lynns scowled.
"You're lucky I'm not hitting Gotham before I leave Sions" Lynns said pointing a finger at Black Mask, "enough talk, how many men did you get Sions" I said breaking the two apart, "fifty all together but most of them will be staying here in Gotham until you secure everything over in Blüdhaven" Sions said and I nodded, "good, I'll take half of them" I responded and he smiled. "Alright time to leave town before Batman decides to find us" Lynns said walking faster to the door, "right, my trucks will deliver you and Firefly to the old warehouse that Crater fellow once was, reports say it empty since Bane taught them a lesson" Penguin said walking outside with everyone following. I saw crates going in trucks, and men heading in others, "hope you don't mind that their refrigeration trucks, don't worry though we've kept the temperature normal" Penguin said walking towards an empty truck.
"Well good luck in that damn town, look out for Nightwing and the ones taking out other gangs Warren" Sions said as me and Lynns hopped in the truck, "and remember if you need more guns or supplies you talk to me or Sions" Penguin said blowing more smoke and I smiled. "Alright but only if you agree to stay out of Blüdhaven" I said and they chuckled, "we should be telling you that" Sions said smiling, "all right move out" I shouted as Penguin and Sions closed the door and signaled it to move out. Me and Lynns sat down and waited to reach our new base of operations.
"You think he's going to make a difference in that town Penguin" Black Mask asked and Penguin nodded, "he'll take a big bite out of that town" he responded.
Sunday, 11:57
Abandoned Warehouse, Blüdhaven
A couple hours later we arrived, "here we are boss, Warehouse 654 southern docks of Blüdhaven" I heard as the doors opened; I could get used to being called boss. "Finally this damn truck was cramping my style" I heard Lynns say jumping out of the truck stretching, "don't worry it won't be long until you're out burning the city Lynns" I said patting his back and he grinned, "all right soon I'll be out burning this damn city" he said manically. "I never thought I say this but I agree with Freeze, what are you some cartoon super villain" I asked and he shrugged.
"Just tell me where to start the fire" he said and I nodded heading over to some of the men unloading the crates of supplies, "how about helping me and the men instead of planning your fires Lynns" I said taking a crate with some men, "where are the rest of the trucks" asked Lynns. "They'll be coming systematically over the night and tomorrow, we don't want the Bat or Nightwing to catch us" I responded heading into the warehouse, it was fairly large and had plenty of space; and no mess from the last gang who used it. "This looks nice, plenty of space to build some explosives" I heard Lynns say chuckling, "no explosives yet, we need to plan our attack, not to mention the Bat is probably after one of us, so we have to make our attack look , how you say" I said placing the crate down. "Accidental" Lynns supplied and I nodded, "exactly let the fire department handle it" I said and he sighed.
"I will burn Blüdhaven, and make sure the Nightwing brat burns with it" Lynns said placing his crate down, "after Lynns, after" I reminded him and he growled, "if you weren't paying me and gave me this equipment then I would already be out there burning the city" he said. "Then Nightwing would find you and either take you down or call Batman to deal with you" I replied and he growled again, "if Batman's kid is anything like him, then he won't want anyone else dealing with villains in his city" Lynns replied back.
A few hours later a small war table was made and the next wave of trucks arrived, "alright Crater's gang controlled most of the southern docks, but since he was dealt with his neighboring gang leader some fool named Noah Galen took control, what kind of name is that" I said staring at the map in front of me, Lynns shrugged, "guess his parents didn't care about so they named him something that would get him bullied, then when he grew up he became a mob boss and had his bullies 'taken care of', if you know what I mean" he offered laughing. I sighed, "I agree with Penguin, what is it with you and those damn references" I asked and he shrugged again, "say why are we at this warehouse and not at some other warehouse, you know since this one was an old one" Lynns asked. "Considering we just moved to this city and we haven't made a name for ourselves, we're stuck here" I answered and he nodded, "fine, now what poor building is going to be set a blazed" he asked manically, "we have to wait for our scouts to report first Lynns, how many time do I have to tell you that we just got here" I exclaimed.
"I don't have a lot of patience Warren, so excuse me for wanting to do what I do best" he replied and I rolled my eyes, "everyone knows you don't have patience Lynns, but you of all people should know that planning is the key to everything" I said and he sighed. "I'm aware of that, everyone thinks I just burn everything, well I don't" he started but before he could continue his rant a men stopped him, "excuse me boss but we have a situation" he said and I nodded. "Scouts report that some men are heading over here, and we suspect that their part of Galen's gang" he said and I nodded.
"Firefly head outside and wait nearby, I'll call you if you're either needed or they leave" I said and he nodded, "please be a bunch of idiots I can burn" I heard him say grabbing his flamethrower, "everyone grab a gun and point at the entrance and turn off the lights" I shouted and everyone began moving. Alright only about fifteen men but we have the element of surprise, we waited for about five minutes before about ten men walked in and saw us, "light them up" one said but we clicked our guns and they stopped. "Alright drop your weapons and get on the ground" I said and they did without a word.
"Alright who are you working for" I said heading to the bigger thug, who looked like the leader, "we don't answer to you freak" he said spitting at my feet, "fine, if you won't tell me then tell my friend" I said grinning, "FIREFLY" I shouted and soon he flew in laughing manically. "It's my lucky day" he said landing, "now who's first" he said igniting the flamethrower in the air, "you wouldn't" a smaller thug said and Firefly got real close to his face. "You don't know who I am boy, I am FIREFLY, and I will burn you" Lynns said raspy and the thugs started sweating; Firefly is not to be trifled with.
"Alright we work for Galen's gang, we were told to scout out the warehouse and report back to the boss" the head thug said terrified of Firefly, "then what" I asked, "that's all, boss wanted to make sure no one was moving in on his territory" he said again. "Tell your boss that you have nothing to report, and if you squeal then Firefly will not only burn you but everything you care about" I said coldly and the thugs were sweating a puddle, "deal" the head thug said and I motioned for them to get out, the ran out faster than any other thug I've seen. "Heh, cowards" Lynns said walking back to the war map, "they never met a pyromaniac before, they also never met a pyromaniac like you before" I joked and Lynns chuckled. "I'm my own class" he said smugly and I rolled my eyes, "get your act together Lynns, we need to plan" I said and he nodded.
"Alright let's see what we can do Lynns" I said looking back at the map and Lynns growled, "enough talk, just tell me where to burn already" he exclaimed and I sighed, "patience Mr. Lynns, patience" I said again and he sighed as well. This is going be a while.
Unknown Location 1:15, Monday September 28, 2015
Nobody POV
"This meeting is called to order, we acknowledge our third party member Lady Shiva but you are to observe and give your opinions, we will not acknowledge you as a voting member" a deep male voice said and Shiva nodded to the figure, "of course" she said in her elegant voice. There were four other figures around a round table each shrouded by darkness, "why are we here again" a young male voice said bored, "we are here to discuss our next move on the gangs of Gotham and Blüdhaven" an older female voice said and the young man sighed. "I Know that but why did you call this meeting before our mission" he exclaimed and the figure next to him punched him, "show some respect" another younger female voice said.
"We have spent a year observing and collecting information about the various gangs of Gotham City and Blüdhaven, as of recently we have begun our attacks on the gangs, and already Batman is on our trail, as we predicted" the older female said and someone sighed, "we know, we read the reports" the younger male said. "Yes but we have uncovered some disturbing news" the older female said, "thanks to our efforts we uncovered the source of the breakout at Arkham Asylum, The Penguin organized the riot with aid of Black Mask and Firefly" the older male said and Shiva nodded. "What was interesting about the riot was the fact it was done so quickly, Penguin went all out and Black Mask supported him, until now we didn't know why he would suddenly start this riot, but with the information I have found, we now know" Shiva said and everyone nodded.
"The Super Villains Mr. Freeze aka Victor Fries, Firefly aka Garfield Lynns, and the Great White Shark aka Warren White escaped Arkham Friday September 25, Penguin and Black Mask organized the riot to free those villains" said the older male and a figure scoffed, "Penguin doesn't really like Freeze, and no one wants to break Firefly out because of his unpredictability, and Warren hasn't done anything in years" the young male said. "This is all true but Penguin owed each one, he broke them out to pay them back" the older female said, "what's the big deal then" the young male said and the figure next to him punched him again, "you need to take this seriously" she said and he shrugged.
"I staked out the Iceberg Lounge and saw Warren and Lynns leaving in a refrigeration trucks with more following, on the trucks were various weapons and men, Penguin and Black Mask are planning something and the two villains in question are in on it" the older female said, "you mean suspect that they're in on it" the young female said and the other nodded. "Unfortunately we only suspect that Penguin and Black Mask are planning something" she replied and the older male nodded, "even though we only have suspicions, we were still able to place a tracking device on one of the vans, and we traced it to Blüdhaven" he said. "So you two will be focusing on Blüdhaven, while we focus on Gotham" the older female said to the younger members, "what about Nightwing" asked the young male?
"Avoid him at all costs, we have worked hard to remain in the shadows, we can't not afford for Nightwing to discover us and report us to Batman" the older male said slamming his fist on the table, "hold on Nightwing can be a valuable ally" the young female argued, "agreed he was trained by Batman, and has connections to both the league and the young team of heroes, and as of late been avoiding both sides, his connection is breaking but his knowledge is invaluable" Shiva said speaking up. "So we can possibly persuade him to our team" the young female said, "no he will never join us because he was raised to not cross the blood red line" the young male argued, "you don't have to cross that line to be a part of this team" the older female said.
"Still other members do, he won't join us" the young male said, "perhaps so, perhaps not, we will see in due time, but for now avoid Nightwing and I am authorizing you reveal yourselves if absolutely necessary, or we give you orders to" the older female said and the younger figures nodded. "Speaking of other members, we now move forward to or next topic, expanding our team" the older male said, "We have studied from afar other people who can possible join our cause, now we must act before the anyone else snatches them away" the older male continued. "I vote to make Lady Shiva a full member of our team with limited access, all in favor" the older male said, "agreed" everyone said, "congratulations Lady Shiva you are a full time member with limited access" the older male said, "thanks how long before I get less limited access" she said.
"Now I have someone who is already an agent for this team but not a member" Shiva started, "my daughter Cassandra Cain has not only went deep under covered into the Bat Clan but she has contacted me informing me that she will soon be a member of the Young Justice team, making her a full member with complete access to the our team will be invaluable" Shiva stated, "she has proven her loyalty and she will work on persuading members of the Young Justice team to join our cause" Shiva said and the young male raised his hand. "Yeah, how will she convince them to join us when she doesn't talk" he asked, "Batman has taught her how to properly speak and write, she is more dangerous than ever" Shiva stated, "is she a Bat Clan member yet, I know Batman took her in but has she pasted the finally test to becoming a member of the Clan" the younger male asked again.
"To my current knowledge, not yet but she will soon, Batman has informed her that the test is soon so she will soon have complete access to Batman's resources" Shiva said and the figures nodded. "Once she's proven herself to Batman and given access to the team of Young Heroes, we will make her a full member with complete access to our own resources" the older male said and everyone mumming in agreement, "alright now for my suggestion, this one I found when I was going through some government files" the older female said brining out a folder. "They called it Project Quantum, the government tried to recreate the experiment that created Captain Atom, and the succeed" the older female continued, "but the subject wasn't happy being a government puppet, so they broke out and is hiding from the government" she continued again.
"So are they as powerful as Captain Atom" asked the younger male, "no but they do have a great deal of potential" the older female answered, "do you know what abilities they possess" the older male asked. "Yes they have a bullet proof metal skin like Captain Atom, and have less power than the Captain" she answered again, "so they're a less powerful version of Captain Atom" the younger female asked, "indeed, they may not be as powerful but they still have a great deal of potential" the older female said. "Can we trust them" the older male asked, "the problem isn't us trusting them but them trusting us, and the head of Project Quantum is also an issue" the older female answered, "explain" Shiva stated, "the head of the project is their father, so the government really wants their subject back, this is in their exact words" the older female said.
"Alright you may go to them and offer them an invitation to our team, and make sure the government isn't tracking them or they're actually a spy, understood" the older male said, "I'll be completely certain of her commitment to us" the older female answered and he nodded. "Alright me next, I've been investigating some reports over in Jump City about a mysterious figure taking out criminals, all reports say they never seen the figures face but they still see the figure" the younger female said and everyone nodded, "how do they describe the figure" asked the older male. "They describe the figure as a tall figure wearing a huge cloak and glowing black eyes" the younger female answered, "when you are not working in Blüdhaven you may search for this figure and offer an invitation to our team" the older voice said and the younger female nodded. "Alright last but not least me" the younger male said, "I want Arsenal on our team" he said simply, "you mean Roy Harper, the one without an arm" the younger female asked and the younger male nodded.
"If we try to recruit him then we have to extend to invitation to the other young heroes with him, you know the ones the Reach experimented on then they escaped and then worked for Luthor, and then they stopped working for him and while one of them went with the Justice League and the rest went with Roy and now travel the country" the older female explained. "Yeah those heroes, Arsenal can be a very valuable ally, and if those kids are following them then more members for us, it's a win-win situation" the younger male said, "I fear recruiting too many people will attract unwanted attention from either Batman or the League" the older male said. "But you did say we needed to get as many members as we can before someone else grabs them" the younger male pointed out, "I did say that but then we would have eleven members, odd numbers are never good" the older male said.
"Then can I make a suggestion" the older female said, "of course" he answered, "When Cassandra goes into the Team of Young Heroes, I suggest for her to convince Superboy to join us" she said smiling in the darkness. "Why Superboy" the younger female asked, "because the League is holding him back, I was snooping through Cadmus's database and found some very interesting information" the older female answered, "let me guess you decided to search through Lex's database to find even more information and you love to mess with his computers" the younger male said and the older female nodded, "of course" she answered. "What data did you find" asked the younger female, "firstly I found out that Superboy has some suppressed powers and abilities, and has a problem physically aging, Lex found a solution to that little problem and I will have it completed soon" the older female said and everyone nodded.
"Fine Cassandra can attempt to persuade Superboy to our side but only when she has gained the Young team of heroes complete trust" the older male said, "now everyone has their missions, you will find the subject of Project Quantum and bring them to us" the older male said pointing to the older female. "You will contact your daughter and inform her of her new objectives while continuing to gain the trust of the League and Young heroes team" he said pointing to Shiva and she nodded, "and you two will continue your missions in Blüdhaven while investigating the people you believe should join our team, and remember to stay in the shadows and not to be found by either the Light or the Justice League" he said pointing to the younger members.
"I declare this meeting over" the older man finished getting up from his seat with the older members following while the younger members stayed behind. "So do you plan on running into Nightwing" asked the female, "of course, we are moving into his city, it would only be fair to tell him that he isn't alone" the male answered and the other figure nodded. "Also we are not only are we going to move into his city to take down the gangs he can't but I arranged for us to move in next door to one Richard Grayson" he said grinning in the darkness, "wouldn't that be compromising our missions" she asked and he shook his head, "no it won't" he replied, "but" she began but the other stopped her.
"Do you know how to keep a secret from the World's greatest detective, well do you know, you stick it right in front of him, right under his long pointy nose and wait"* he said, "Nightwing won't figure it out and if he does then it will be too late" he continued smiling and the other figure nodded. "Alright when do we move in" she asked, "after tonight's mission and I get my disguise, I don't want him suspecting anything" he said getting up with the other following. "Look out Nightwing, you're not the only hero in town anymore" the male figure said.
So did you enjoy this chapter, I wanted to start the chain reaction of events of things to come for Nightwing. I am not going to make it easy for him, expect to see more of this shadowy team, I even brought in the legendary Lady Shiva and her daughter, expect to Black Bat in the next chapter. I am also sorry for the horrible gang leader names, don't worry the other gang leaders have actually decent names so hold tight for now. * Does anyone know where I got that line from? I thought it would be funny to add that quote into the fic, (::) have this cookie if you know where I got it from. Also does anyone know who the members of this shadow organization are, you probably won't know, mainly because I didn't give any hints; or did I? But if you can guess who the members are and who their recruiting then have these cookies! (::) (::) (::)!