Chapter 18: Crossroads - Gotham City jewelry store

December 3rd, 12:09 a.m

Alex knelt to a black duffel bag at his feet. **Zeet** Alex removed a dead-man switch from the bag. Alex zipped the bag and handed it to Alexis, as he stood.

"Ready?" Alex questioned his sister.

"Let's go," Alexis replied.

The twins ran for the alley as Two-Face entered the car. Two-Face parked the car by an old fire escape, in which Alexis was climbing.

"On your mark, Alexis!" Alex shouted.

"Ha, you two are much more than I anticipated," Two-Face said to Alex with a chuckle.

"Well, our intentions are to fire a E.M.P Dart into the back up generator. But before I do that, we have to shut off the main power with this switch without the back up generator triggering the alarm. There's a two-second interval before the back up generator triggers the alarm. Also, we have to consider that when the dart penetrates the glass, the alarm will be triggered. We know our way around, you could say," Alex said nonchalantly.

"Don't flatter yourself... you're still a couple of idiots," Two-Face returned.

"3... 2... 1..." Alexis whispered to herself, while Alex simultaneously released the trigger.

**tfffft** Alexis fired the rifle penetrating the fading building.

Alexis slid down the railing back to the ground. "Let's go, fellas," Alexis said, as she threw the rifle over her shoulder, as she gave a wink to Two-Face leading them to the front.

"You ready, boys?" Alexis rhetorically questioned as she kicked in the jewelry store's doors.

"Hurry it up!" Get your asses in there!" Two-Face barked.

The twins rushed in, and crouched before the opposite doors covering the left and right of the entrance. After grabbing an M-16 assault rifle from the duffel bag, throwing it over his shoulder, Two-Face slowly walked in. With his available hand, Two-Face removed his coin from his front suit pocket, flipping it. After opening his hand to see the outcome, Two-Face placed his coin back in his pocket, and gestured the twins to move forward. The three made their way through the store until they reached the center.

"Alexis, clear the top... Alex and I will clear this floor," Two-Face commanded.

Alexis gave a nod as she made her way to the stairs.

"Alex, clear the left; I'll take the right, Two-Face expressed.

"Right," Alex replied.

Alex and Two-Face made their way to clear their sections, as Alexis ascended the staircase.

When Alexis reached the top, she noticed a glistening light from around a shelf. Alexis crouched and walked slowly to further investigate. After reaching the shelf of jewelery, in which the light was glistening from, Alexis peeped around the corner. She saw a fit white woman in a fitted purple suit wearing the queen's necklace, admiring it in the light of the moon. Alexis returned to her position behind the shelf.

"Hmm... she's not making our first job a bust-looks like I'll have to take care of her," Alexis said as she reach into her back pocket removing a clip of live rounds, in exchange of her E.M.P magazine.

**Chick Chick**

**Clack clack clack** Alexis's heels chattered from the wooden floors of the store, as she approached the woman with her rifle upon her shoulder.

The woman upon the ladder wearing the necklace flipped back and landed upon the table, in which Alexis was standing before.

"Thanks for getting that down for me, I hate taking my heels off," Alexis said with gratitude.

"Awe... I'm sorry, honey, but this is going with me," The masked woman apologetically assured.

"Ah-hahaha... hmm... What's your name, sweetie?" Alexis questioned.

"My friends call me Catwoman..." Catwoman answered.

"Hmm-hmm-hmm... how cute. Now, die, Catwoman!" Alexis shouted, as she dropped her rifle from he shoulder to a pointing position.

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"My side's clear," Alex said to Two-Face, as he met him in the center of the bottom floor once again.

"Mine, as well. Let's go up stairs and re-group with your-"

**CRASSSSHHHHH**

Two-Face and Alex jumped in surprise to the loud crashing glass behind them. Alex and Two-Face faced the scene of the event, to witness Alexis caved into a broken jewelry table.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Two-Face screamed at Alexis.

Alex knelt down to his sister. "What happened?!" Alex questioned.

"Catwoman," Alexis whispered before becoming incapacitated.

Alex quickly jumped back to his feet pulling a sub machine gun from underneath his coat.

"We've got company," Alex said to Two-Face.

The two ran to the stairway to meet their above adversary.

Two-Face crossed paths with Alex as they met the staircase.

"Get out of the way, you dumbass!" Two-Face yelled as he pushed Alex against the wall causing him to fall.

Two-Face reached the top of the stairs to see Catwoman standing over the broken balcony she threw Alexis from.

"Stop right there, bitch!" Two-Face shouted as he pulled the chamber lever on his assault rifle.

Catwoman turned back towards the desk she stood atop beforehand.

**Bratatatatatatat!** Two-Face began firing his rifle as she ran to the desk. Catwoman slid across the top of the desk and fell behind the other side to take cover. Two-Face continued firing... Catwoman threw a smoke pellet from her belt engulfing the room with smoke.

**CHIIINGGGG** A sound of shattering glass echoed throughout the room.

As the smoke cleared, Two-Face noticed a broken window behind the desk. Two-Face quickly ran to the window, looking down to the alley behind the store. Two-Face spotted Catwoman sitting atop a crotch rocket, waving back to him from the alley. Alex ran up to the window and tried peering over Two-Face. Two-Face grabbed him by his coat collar and swept his feet out from under him with his leg. Two-Face dragged him to the second floor balcony. Two-Face stood him up, dusted him off, and gave him a smile. Alex returned with a smile as well. Two-Face dropped his grin and kicked Alex into the chest, pushing him out and onto is sister below. Two-Face removed his coin once again giving it a toss. **Fing!-Whooosh-Whooosh-Whooosh - Smack** Two-Face stared at his hand.

"I'll be paying you a visit... Selina Kyle.