Here is Chapter 7, only a few more to go
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice
It was the night before the debate and Nightwing was perched on a rooftop looking at the domed building that was supposed to be the League's headquarters but was nothing more than a glorified tourist centre. Although Nightwing did have to give the League some credit, they had managed to keep the Watchtower a secret from the public for this long.
He was looking at all the arrivals to the Hall, trying to get a sense of who would be accompanying Stanley to her meeting before the debate. He would only have a small window to see who would be attending the meeting before he had to concentrate on slipping inside the Hall.
However his stakeout was a bust as hardly anyone arrived at the hall except for the occasional Leaguer. Nightwing sighed 'were just going to have to go in blind then' he thought. He looked at the entrance to the hall one last time and saw no new arrivals of great significance. He decided to retire early and he made his way back to the motel.
He entered his room having changed into his civilian clothes on the way to the room and found Jason double checking all his equipment for the operation tomorrow. He gave him a brief hello and began to also check his equipment.
The next day the two bats left their motel at exactly six o'clock in order to enact their plan. Jason disguised himself in order to look exactly like one of the delivery men who had unfortunately taken a drug that would leave him unconscious until tomorrow. Jason quickly got into the truck and drove to the Hall of Justice.
At the entrance he was greeted by Black Lightning and his protégé Static Shock. They gave him and his cargo a brief EMP pulse in order to short out any electronic devices he may have hidden on his person or in his cargo. All the drivers were warned about this beforehand so they would know not to bring any personal electronics into the building.
Jason was instructed by Lightning on the exact route he should take to the conference room. His cargo was a bunch of boxes that contained files for Stanley's meeting but they only had to do with political statistics and other subjects that didn't concern Hood. He walked to the allocated conference room and quickly dropped of his box of files. He repeated this journey three more times until all the boxes were in the conference room.
When the last box was delivered he opened them one of the boxes up and removed a small microphone and video recorder. During the drive over to the Hall Jason had opened up one of the boxes and insulated it with a special material designed by Red Robin and Spoiler in order to protect the equipment from EMP pulses. He placed the equipment in one of the top corners of the room and covered it with a material that was transparent on one side but opaque on the other.
Jason left the room as calmly as he entered it and walked right out of the Hall. He got back into his truck and drove back to the company. From there he slipped out of his disguise and mad his way back to the motel. Nightwing had already left as he made his way to his laptop. He pulled up the video feed and readied his facial recognition programme and he also brought up other applications in order to help him run background checks on those who would be attending the meeting.
Meanwhile Dick was sitting at a café that was only a block away from the Hall of Justice with his own laptop open and with headphones on. He was typing away at his laptop while drinking a cup of coffee. If anyone saw him they would just assume he was a writer. Furthermore in order to make sure no one interrupted him he wore a wedding ring on his left hand so no woman or man would try and hit on him. It has happened on occasion.
Nightwing sat back in his chair and waited for the occupants to enter the room and begin the meeting. He wished he could do this from the safety of his motel room but if they boosted the signal of the device so it could reach the room they ran the risk of it being detected. He was waiting for a couple of hours before the meeting had begun. In that time he wrote up his reports on the mission so far and checked up on his friends and family.
The major thing he learned from his check-up was that Wally and Artemis had gotten engaged. This put a smile on Nightwing's face as he could only imagine Green Arrow's reaction to the news and he couldn't help but laugh at the probable guest list. 'Oh this is going to be good' he thought.
His joyful thoughts were interrupted by someone arriving in the conference room. He brought up the video feed on his laptop and immediately recognised the woman inside. It was Abigail Stanley. 'Time to go to work' he thought.
Stanley sighed as she entered the room. Things were not going well for her, she had recently discovered that someone had kept a recording of one of her recruitment pitches but before she could do anything the Bat had broken up the ring and by the looks of it taken the recording of the conversation. She was basing this theory on the fact that the seemingly unknown Patron was discovered a few days after the theft of the recording.
It may have just been a coincidence but she could take no chances. She took her seat and waited for her lieutenants to enter the room and for the meeting to begin. While she waited the ten minutes it took for them to arrive she tried to formulate a plan on how to deal with this menace to her operation. When they finally arrived the meeting began. Stanley stood up and began to address them all.
'As you all know recently we have experienced some problems in regards to our operation's local operators. Over the last couple of days six major crime families have either been crippled or taken out completely. Furthermore all of them work for us and what's even worse is that most of them kept records of our dealings to act as a failsafe. The fact that they have records does not concern me but the fact that the Bats are responsible for their downfall does.
I have reason to believe that the Bats have stumbled onto our operation and pose an immediate threat to our organisation. Now I know most of you think we shouldn't be worried but the Bats are not like the League, as soon as they see a new target they do not rest until they are brought down. Also since they don't have superpowers they don't have and super weaknesses either.
They are also quite adept in defeating super villains and that is the truth because you all know what Gotham is like. Now since I cannot oversee the destruction of the Clan myself due to the election so I am appointing Brummel as the head of this operation. Is that understood?'
Everyone in the room nodded their heads.
'Now Brummell I am appointing you because you have seen the way the Bats operate during the Light fiasco. However I warn you do not underestimate them. Now that that's finished I can move onto our second item for today. This also concerns the safety of our operation but it can be dealt with easily. Our operation in Gotham has been hindered as of late by someone besides Batman. Now we all know who this person is and I have already contacted the League of Shadows and they have assured me that their best people are on the job.
Now unless there is any other business that we need to discuss I call this meeting to an end and suggest that all of you get back to your pre assigned tasks and Brummell I suggest you start your mission right away. All of our resources not assigned to the campaign are yours to use. Dismissed.'
After that statement all the lieutenants stood up and left the room. Stanley was still in her seat while she waited for her next meeting to begin. When it did finally begin it was clear from the start to Nightwing that this was a purely political meeting and they would not gain any other information from it. Although Nightwing decided to continue recording the conversation and have someone back at the cave monitor it.
Nightwing sat back in his chair and sighed. He had been typing up the important points of the conversation. The thing with Brummell would need to be investigated but it didn't cause a lot of concern for Nightwing. What did concern him though was this other person Stanley had apparently ticked off in Gotham. This could be either a godsend or a recipe for disaster but it was most likely the latter because anything from Gotham that required this kind of attention is always bad.
Nightwing closed up his laptop and left the diner. He went back to the motel and decided to rest up until the debate. Nightwing and Hood both decided to attend the debate as well in case of the off chance they would notice anything suspicious. There probably wouldn't be any criminal activity but it couldn't hurt to try.
At exactly seven pm the debate started in the lobby of the Hall of Justice. Jason was attending as a civilian while Nightwing monitored the situation from outside the Hall. As expected though during the course of the debate there were no indications of anything criminal from Stanley who in fact clearly won the debate as she outmanoeuvred her rival at every question. This proved to Nightwing that she was going to win the election and if she did it would be near impossible to prosecute.
They needed hard evidence of her guilt but they only had circumstantial evidence at best. What they had acquired so far would only cost her the election at most. It would do nothing in regards to bringing down her empire. Nightwing sighed for the umpteenth time that day. This was going to be harder than the Clan thought it would be. He activated the remote self-destruct for the equipment in the Hall so that no trace would be left of their infiltration and was about to leave until he noticed something.
Nightwing saw that Stanley was leaving the Hall and was about to enter her limo. He decided to follow her and see where she was saying to they could bug her home in the future. He quickly grappled up to the rooftops and began to follow the limo from above. They were about ten blocks away from the Hall when it happened.
A white van advertising clowns for hire suddenly collided with the limo. It came out from one of the alleyways in the city. Three men all wearing clown masks and carrying silenced ak47's got out from the back of the van and made their way towards the limo. Two of Stanley's guards got out of the limo but they were immediately shot dead. By this time Nightwing had seen enough.
He immediately swung into action. He threw two wing-dings at two of the men making them drop their weapons while he kicked the third to the ground taking him out of the equation for now. The other two quickly recovered and charged Nightwing. They both wielded knives and one of them slashed at Nightwing's torso. Nightwing grabbed the man's wrist and kicked the other thug in the chest.
He twisted the wrist of the man with the knife, bringing him to his knees. He quickly delivered a blow to the head of the man knocking him out. He was about to go after the other too but someone grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. As soon as Nightwing did a full 180 he was met with a green gas blown into his face.
Instantly he became woozy and started to fall to his knees. His vision blurred and just before he lost consciousness fully he was heard a sound that haunted his worst nightmares. That familiar maniacal laughter rang out loudly.
'What's the matter bird boy, feeling a bit down but as you know laughter is the best medicine' and with that another bout of laughter rang out and Nightwing slipped into unconsciousness.
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