Well her is Ch. 3!
And I'm mad at it! Now I wish i worded things differently, but i did write it in under 24 hours so i'm gonna give it a break on that front. But I am mad At it and the ch. before because I wanted to make them one chapter but my creative juices got flowing and it became two... actually it's going to be at least three. But I'm kinda proud I whipped it out in the amount of time i did. It makes me happy. And WOW i need to stop talking before you all stop reading my story. Okay a quick thank you to the reviewers and the readers. And a quick disclaimer.
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And On with the story... :D
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Ch. 3 Amber Alert
…Narrator…
Jade went pick up her niece for a doctor's appointment from her Elementary school. But when she entered the schools office and asked for the little spunky red headed 6 year old, the lady at the front desk gave her an odd expression.
"Um, it says here," ruffling some papers in her hands, "that Willow Aster Crock was picked up by her Grandfather, 10 minutes ago." Shock filled Jades eyes. Her father had taken her little niece.
Oh shit her sister would kill her.
"Oh right… I forgot…" and with her nerves words, Jade turned around and rushed out.
…Still Narrator…
It was now around noon. Cheshire sat on top of a roof across from Gotham City Police Department. In about 20 minutes, Officer Crock would be walking out of the building with her partner heading to lunch. And she had to know.
So Cheshire wrote a note in her delicate wording, simple, yet delicate. And just to her luck, Commissioner Gordon was just passing by Officer Crock as she left the building. From her perch on the roof top, she could see they said a quick hello as they walked off in different directions. It was now or never.
Cheshire pulled out one of her knives, placed the letter on the blade, and through it at the Commissioner's leg. Now she just had to wait.
…Artemis…
I was going on my lunch break. I stepped out the building and admired the unusually sunny Gotham sky. It was odd to see it so bright, so nice. That should have been my first hint that something was off. I passed by the Commissioner on the steps of the building. We said our brief hellos and then it happened.
A knife was flung from the roof top across the street heading straight toward his leg. He screeched out in pain. I turned on my heels and grabbed him. I lowered him slowly to the ground and pulled the weapon out. On it was a note.
To: Officer Artemis Crock. The hand writing, I knew right away who wrote this. I unfolded the note as quickly as I could manage. The Commissioner looked at me with some fear in his eyes. It must have been the note.
"Sir, it's a note addressed to me." I said applying some more pressure to his wound with my free hand trying to stop the blood from flowing out to much. I turned back my attention to the note.
Miss Crock,
Tell Gordon I apologize for the wound.
He was just a random causality.
I would have hit you but you're needed.
Your daughter has been kidnapped by Sportsmaster.
Don't think of this as anything like a cease fire,
I just don't like it when people mess with children.
So, I suggest you use your cop resources before something happens,
And you know it will.
Hurry,
The Cheshire Cat.
The life was sucked out of me. Willow was kidnapped by my father, one of the people I was trying to protect her from. Before I knew it, a crowd of people surrounded the commissioner and me, two fellow cops where trying to keep the crowd back and three others were trying to help the commissioner.
"What's that in your hand?" one asked me. My eyes flicked back to the letter and then to him.
"It was attached to the knife." He looked at me, eye brows knit together.
"Is it a death threat on the Commissioner's life?" Another one asked. She looked new.
"No, it's - it's to me." All three of them looked at me with questioning eyes. Everything was moving in slow motion around me, I couldn't catch my breath. I choked out the words to their unspoken question.
"It tells me… my daughter has… has been kidnapped. By Sportsmaster." The Commissioner's eyes popped out of his head.
"Well," he said, "Someone put out an Amber Alert, and contact the Justice League. The girl is more important than me, NOW HURRY!" He shouted the last part. The Newbie female jumped up and ran off into the building.
"But… But… Why the League?" I asked nervously. I didn't want my past mentors knowing about Willow, or it to fall down the chain of gossip at the Justice League members and getting to Wally.
"As a cop your status is the same as any other government or state official. As well as the fact that a known villain has kidnapped you're… What's your daughter's name? "
"Willow" I responded quietly. Wally would find out about her for sure. At least she would be in good hands if- no when- the League finds her. I thought.
"Miss, Go home. We'll tell you everything when we obtain it. And you'll have your daughter soon with both the Justice League and Our City's finest searching for her." I felt less like the strong cop I was 5 minutes before, and even less like the Superhero I was 7 years ago.
…Narrator…
Batman stood in front of the League in the watch tower. He pulled up an image of a little copper haired girl with grey eyes and a slightly freckled complexion on the hologram computer screen. Almost all of the team members seemed to recognize her. Just slightly, she looked so familiar to someone, but they couldn't quite figure out whom.
"This is Willow Aster Crock." Batman said gesturing to the image. "She is 6 years old, and she has been kidnapped by Sportsmaster." A few people in the crowd gasped. That name sounded so familiar. For one her middle name was one of Robins made up words (so they thought). The other part that got people was her last name. It must be common, thought the Barry Allen. (AN: For now Barry is the Flash.) Batman waited for the noise level to decrease, and it did with the help of a Bat-glare. He pressed a button to bring up another picture.
"Her mother is a 22 year old police officer with the Gotham Police department." He continued.
"Well she must have gotten busy early." Flash whispered into Black Canary's ear. She gave him a death glare as well as Batman.
"Did you see who she is?" she darkly whispered back. His eyes flicked back to the screen. It seemed not many people recognized the young woman, but he did. The image was a head shot. Her long blond hair was pulled into a tight ponytail. Her grey eyes were almost the same as the little girls. She wore a black official GCPD hat and, from what could be seen of her shoulders, an official GCPD uniform, all cops on the force wore. In front of the Flash's eyes was a picture of Artemis Crock, his nephew's beloved, and was suppose to be dead, ex girlfriend. And based on the little girl's age, she could be Wally's daughter.
He couldn't breathe. The thought that his nephew had a kid, and didn't know it upset him. He ran with that thought, and tried to figure out why it happened. Why wouldn't Artemis tell him? This makes no sense! NONE! What if Artemis did tell him? Then why would he have freaked like he did at Sportsmaster? No, Artemis must not have told him. Yeah…yeah. That's it….
Black Canary elbowed the Flash in his side, knocking him out of his thoughts. He focused back onto the screen.
"This is the note she found on a knife thrown at Commissioner Gordon's leg." Everyone scanned the letter. Her sister wrote that, Black Canary thought. She looked over at Green Arrow; he stood still looking at the girl on the screen. "Is that Artemis?" his words seemed unsure, his eyes read differently.
"Yes." Her words seemed to relieve some stress on his shoulders. Then his face went dark.
"And Sportsmaster kidnapped her kid."
"That's what her sister said." The Flash bud in.
They missed a lot of the information Batman gave to the League, but all three knew one thing, they had to be put on this mission.
"Who would like to take this mission?" Batman asked. Right away, Black Canary, Green Arrow, and The Flash raised their hands.
"Alright. Follow me."
And they did.
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