Chapter 42: Start of Something New
Authors Note: Thank you all once again and like I said before I had loads of help from Lightseeker so give thanks and credit where it's due. Okay, this is it, the final installment for Reaper and Hitgirl. I hope it's to your liking Jedi enjoy everyone. And yes I know I made a few spelling errors last chapter but I thought I got them all, I do proof read them I guess I just miss a few things. Believe me though it could have been a lot messier than it is now. Okay, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Batman.
Whisper had just left the children with a few tracers so she could find them later, after she dealt with Riddler of course and was now currently riding in the elevator towards god knows where. She had dried the tears from her eyes hating how she let her other half get the better of her and show emotions. Never again she kept telling herself as her elevator came to a sudden stop.
She whipped out her obsidian desert eagle and aimed it into the dark chamber it had taken her to. She heard a few voices and slowly crept into the room when out of nowhere bright field lights started to come on one by one. She raised her hand to shield the light from her eyes, but then the lights started to dim down allowing her to see better than a few minutes ago. Her body relaxed and she let out a sigh when she saw her friends gathered together.
"Whisper?" Breeze asked before walking up to her. "Oh thank god." She then wrapped her arms around her and held her tight. Whisper allowed this for a few minutes hearing Sarah laughing at her in the back of her mind before pushing Breeze off gently.
"Not here, not now." She grunted while dusting herself off. "Save it for when we get home."
"Oh yeah, right." Breeze chuckled sheepishly.
"Hey there's still no sign of Hitgirl and Reaper." Dusk shouted from across the room.
"Where the hell are they?" Gauntlet asked.
"You don't think Riddler, you know…" Phoenix asked sheepishly.
"No, if they did fail his challenges he would have never stopped bragging about it." Ronin stated.
"That still doesn't answer where they are." Red stated.
"Oh, I really don't think it's them you should be worried about." Riddler's smug voice said, echoing throughout the chamber. The warriors readied themselves as they looked around for where he could be.
"Up there!" Thanatos shouted while pointing at an observation booth that was perched twenty feet above the ground.
"You little punks have really been a pain in my ass all night!" He shouted down at them. "I just want you to know that Blackbeard and Phantom are probably tearing your friends to pieces right now and there is nothing you can do to stop it."
"We can still kill you!" Whisper shouted. She fired a round from her eagle watching her bullet only crack the safety glass that stood before him. "Dammit!"
"Did you really think you could kill me so easily?" Riddler deadpanned. "I am not going to lie, you did surprise men by beating my challenges but now it's time for a different approach. Riddle me this…"
This caused a lot of the warriors to groan in annoyance but the Riddler still kept going. He ignored their distaste as he pressed a button on the remote Blackbeard had given him. He grinned to himself as he continued his riddle.
"I see without seeing, to me darkness is as clear as day. What am I?" Riddler asks.
"A bat," Shadow snapped. "Like the expression, 'I'm blind as a bat.'." Riddler's grin grew wider as he dropped the remote.
"Yes, you are." He said in a dark tone.
Just then on the ground floor one of the walls on the far side of the chamber started to open slowly. The warriors remained calm and kept their guard up waiting for whoever and whatever to attack. Just then Man-Bat flew out of the doorway followed by a small army of Phantom's splicer men and Blackbeard's gang members.
"Alright guys, attack!" Shadow shouted as he and his men charged towards their enemies.
Shadow raised his blade as Man-Bat flew towards him ready to clip his left wing. He leaped up and took a swing at his wing only for Man-Bat to dive into his stomach and knock the wind out of him. Shadow lost the grip of his sword and watched it fall to the grounds while he was only getting higher and higher.
He struggled against Man-Bat for a minute still slung over his shoulder. He pushed against his back while Man-Bat brought his mutated face up towards his and shrieked loudly. Shadow's veins flared red increasing his strength as he brought his fist into his face. The monster let out a grunt which caused him to lose control of his flying. Shadow punched him in the face again and this time was able to break free. He quickly moved to his back and took ahold of his wings guiding him down onto the floor. He crashed down hard causing both of them to stumble onto the ground.
Meanwhile the warriors using their powers, weapons and normal abilities were making very short work out of the two gangs. There were different varieties of splicers like wolves, tigers, bulls and gorillas while Blackbeard's men were armed with swords and knives.
Red had pulled his hammer from his belt and his sickle from his scabbard on his back and fought off a group of Blackbeard's men. He deflected their attacks with his blade and attacked them with his hammer.
"The tools of a Russian warrior." Red said to himself.
He saw a few more thugs run towards him with weapons drawn as he readied for them to attack. He swatted one thug's blade out of his hands with his sickle and lunged the hammer in his stomach knocking the wind out of him. He spun around and swung low as he landed a heavy blow to one man's knee snapping it like a twig. The man screamed in pain and agony while falling to the ground. The last man let out a fearful cry and started cutting away blindly at Red. Red casually swiped his sickle across the man's sword breaking the blade in two. The man was frozen in fear as he gripped the handle of his now useless blade. Red toyed with the man by holding the hammer upside down and dropping it on his foot. The man screamed in pain before falling to the ground clenching his now broken foot.
Dusk was currently in a fight with two tiger splicers and bull splicer. The two tigers were female with black and blonde fur and were currently growling and clawing at the young warriors. He swatted their claws away with his tonfas and was eventually running out of room before Breeze stepped in and helped him.
She drop kicked the blonde tiger and drew her staff ready to fight. The tiger girl let out a feral growl as she flexed her claws. Sparks flew as she scratched at Breeze's staff and Dusk was having the same luck as he tried attacking her but missed at every swing. One swing he aimed for her head, but missed as she swiped her claw at his wrist. He let out a yelp, dropping his tonfas while he clenched his wrist hoping to ease the pain or at least stop the bleeding.
Meanwhile the bull man was readying for his strike while the four fought. He waited for the opportune moment to charge in and run his horns through both of the warriors. Once the tiger girls got them into position and were out of his way he let out a snort and charged at the two in full speed.
Dusk was winded from the fight as was Breeze when he caught site of the bull man. Dusk quickly leaped in front of Breeze and activated his Adonis strength. His veins glowed amber through his mask and sleeves before he grabbed the horns, stopping the bull in his tracks. The two struggled for a minute, Dusk's boots screeching on the metal floor every time the man pushed against him. Dusk finally mustered up all his strength and with all his might lifted the man off his feet and swung him around. He threw him into the two tiger girls knocking all three of them out cold as they hit the floor.
Whisper and Ronin where fighting off multiple thugs and splicers each time one made a move against them. Ronin had his scalers out while Whisper fought with her combat knife in her left hand and her desert eagle in her right.
A bull man similar to the one that attacked Dusk was charging towards Rining who was deflecting sword attacks from Blackbeard's men. He was moving as fast and swift as the wind but his back was to the bull man who was about six more feet away from killing him. She quickly swiped her knife across one on coming thug's leg sending him to the floor as she looked down the barrel of her gun. After timing the shot just right she fired her trusty gun and sent a bullet into the man's head. His large body fell to the floor and slid into a group of Blackbeard's men. Ronin looked over at her with admiration in his eyes, though she couldn't see it through his mask.
"Not bad, right?" She asked while looking down at her empty gun, which was knocked onto the ground along with her as she was jumped by six other thugs. They punched and kicked her for a few seconds before something stabbed into one man's shoulder and pulled him away from her. The rest looked up in confusion when suddenly two of Ronin's scalers, which were attached to his cables on his wrist, went flying through the air and sliced through the remaining men.
"Not bad," Ronin said, offering her a hand in the process. "But mine was more stylish."
"Show off." Whisper grunted.
On the other side of the chamber Gauntlet had sent his iron fist into a wolf splicer's face knocking him out as he pulled out his chain whip and swiped it across three B.B. thugs faces sending them to the ground. Normally when surrounded he would just Philae these bastards as would Phoenix, but due to the circumstances of the team being around them they had no choice but to do it the old fashion way. But Gauntlet didn't mind, especially since he had just knocked out another poor thug.
"Woo, I am on fire baby!" He cheered while back handed another thug who poorly attempted to sneak him from behind. "How you doing Phoenix?"
Phoenix was currently dodging a tiger man's massive claws before he was backed into a wall. He started to panic especially when he saw the tiger man's feral grin and razor sharp teeth. Quick thinking, Phoenix reached behind him and drew his new eagle hunter knuckle knife. The handle was brass as was the knuckles and the blade was fifteen inches long with an eagle inscribed on the sides. He swiped it across the tiger man's claw and cut through one of his nails in the process. The tiger man let out a painful roar before Phoenix knocked him out with his brass knuckle.
"Damn I love this thing." Phoenix chuckled as he looked down at his blade.
"Where'd you get that anyway?" Gauntlet asked.
"Online, my old one broke when we fought those thugs last week." He said.
"I take it you used Jayden's credit card to buy it?" Gauntlet asked smugly.
"Yup, just like you used his master card to take Kris on an expensive date then bought Thai food the next day only to spill it all over the seats of his Lamborghini, which you also used without permission and then had to pay to have cleaned before returning it to his garage before he'd even notice." Phoenix explained bluntly while Gauntlet's face dropped. "Good thing he doesn't check his mail otherwise you'd be so screwed."
"So…nice knife." Gauntlet complimented while Phoenix rolled his eyes.
"I won't tell him." Phoenix chuckled when he saw his friend start to relax.
"Thanks buddy."
Thanatos had just pulled Shadow away from Man-Bat who had just regained his composure. He stomped menacingly towards them letting out low growls that would send chills down any man's spine. Shadow pulled his combat knife from his shoulder holster and Thanatos only stood his ground.
"Any ideas on how we can beat him without blowing him up?" Shadow asked. "I could just use one of my electric blasts to knock him out but I don't want to risk setting off the bomb in his collar."
"I think I might have a plan." Thanatos said, earning his leaders attention. "The bomb is triggered is someone messes with the tumblers of the lock inside the keyhole. If anyone spends more than a second trying to pick it then it blows."
"So lock picking is out, what about cutting though the hinges?" Shadow asked while they were still backing away from Man-Bat.
"No, there are hidden wires connected through the hinges. We cut them, we blow." Thanatos stated. "But I have an idea do you see those metal clamps on the front of the collar?" Shadow squinted past the fangs and the drool and spotted the collar's metal clamps, three in total. "Those don't have any wires surrounding them. We cut through them then we can get that collar off safely."
"Okay, let's do it." Shadow said as he readied himself.
Man-Bat stood before them and flexed his wings and claws out while shrieking to the top of its lungs. Thanatos activated his flight mode and charged at Man-Bat. The two flew up in the air while Thanatos punched him and Man-Bat clawed and bit at his armor leaving scratch marks all over his armor. The two were face to helmet as Man-Bat wrapped his jaw around his helmet. Thanatos could see inside his mouth and his breath would have fogged his vision if it weren't for the special glass on his helmet.
"Man these guys really planed ahead when building me." Thanatos thought as he grabbed Man-Bat by his throat and punched him again. The two went crashing down onto the ground knocking the wind out of Man-Bat.
Thanatos took his advantage of his weaken state and went to work on his collar. Using a cutting laser on his wrist he safely cut through the clamps and was able to get the collar off without killing him. Shadow quickly moved in with the antidote and stabbed it into his neck. In a matter of seconds the vicious Man-Bat was back to being doctor Kirk Langstrom.
Shadow breathed a sigh of relief while Thanatos threw the bomb up to the ceiling and shot it with his energy gun. The energy bolt struck it and blew it up without killing anyone. Thanatos looked back down at his friend who just put his coat on the unconscious doctor. Shadow gave him a thumbs up as the rest of his crew ran up to them while Nigma was bitching again.
"No, no, no!" He shouted in his mic. "How the hell did you manage to defeat all my men?"
"Oh god just shut up!" Sam grunted. He and Phoenix stood side by side as Phoenix's face flared up like it did when he fought Cole. He stuck out his palm and charged up and energy ball while Gauntlet aimed his magnum and charged up a shot. They both fired at the same time, their attacks flying through the air and towards Nigma's observation booth. His eye's widened in horror as he jumped back, the two attacks blowing a crater in the wall.
Nigma let out a few coughs while his eyes burned from the heat and debris. He limped over to his desk when he suddenly heard heavy footsteps stomping on the ground towards him. He looked up to and in the clearing in his vision he saw the checkered masked and fedora belonging to Whisper.
She sent her gloved fist into his face multiple times before she was pulled off and restrained by Red. She struggled for a bit before looking into his eyes through her mask and his sunglasses.
"What the hell are you doing?" She grunted.
"Reaper and Hitgirl are not here." He stated coldly. "If we kill him we'll never find out where they or their targets are."
Whisper let out an angry huff before easing up enough for Red to let go. Shadow walked over to Riddler's desk which was surrounded by monitors both smashed and not. He pressed a few buttons on the main terminal and watched the screens change from a few chambers of the hide out until he found Reaper and Hitgirl ready to sneak up on Blackbeard and Phantom.
"Oh shit I got to warn them." Shadow snapped as he reached for his earpiece. "Reaper can you hear me now? You need to get out of there right now!" Shadow shouted but only received static. "God Dammit!"
"Relax I'll take care of the static." Thanatos said.
Shadow moved aside and let them work while he went over to Nigma who was still broken from Whisper's attack. He kneeled down and grabbed him by the collars of his green suit and gave him a harsh shake.
"Wake up you worthless bum!" Shadow shouted while he continued to shake him. "What the hell is going on, why didn't you include Reaper and Hitgirl?" Nigma let out a low chuckle and a wheezed cough as he looked up at Shadow with his green eyes.
"Phantom, he wanted Reaper for himself." Riddler whispered. "He knew that Hitgirl was his girl to and he decided to torture her in front of him for fun. That was until Richard noticed her and thought she looked like someone he knew. So, he wanted her for himself not only for her ass but because of the way he tampered with his sex slavery racket." Riddler then nodded his head towards the monitors. Shadow looked over to see a few men scaling the rafters and readying canisters while everyone but Shadow's friends wore gas masks. "It's already started they plan to take them alive even as we speak."
"Dammit, Thanatos what's up man?" Shadow asked, feeling helpless as he watched his friends walk into a trap.
"It's clear, do it now!" Thanatos shouted. Shadow wasted no time hitting his ear piece and ccalling his friends.
"Reaper, Hitgirl," Shadow shouted desperately. "Phantom and Blackbeard have formed an alliance. They are working together. It's a trap!"
But it was too late. The goons up top had already thrown their canisters and Shadow watched helplessly as his two friends fell to the floor of the warehouse.
"Dammit, we have to go now they're going to kill them!" Shadow shouted.
"Calm down." Breeze reassured. "I had them followed since they separated from us."
Everyone looked at Breeze in surprise. She looked at Shadow playfully as she pulled out her phone. Shadow looked at her in confusion before his expression dropped to being annoyed.
"You didn't." Shadow asked bluntly.
"Yup, I did." She said playfully.
(!)
Hitgirl was currently staring up at Blackbeard and his gun ready to end her when her eye caught something scaling the ceiling. Two dark figures took point on the ceiling and they each motioned for Hitgirl to be quite. She then looked back over at Blackbeard and grinned at him.
"You really think you're so tough don't you?" She asked. "You are nothing but a clown like Joker."
"I am the future of Gotham." Blackbeard grunted.
"You know you keep saying that." Reaper chipped in. "'I' this and 'I' that what about Phantom?" He asked while looking at his former partner. Phantom was hesitant but he then turned his attention towards Blackbeard.
"You know, we never did discuss how we would divide up Gotham once we've finished off all the warriors." Phantom stated in a dark tone. Blackbeard shrugged it as he stared into his eyes.
"That's because I wasn't going to split it with you." Blackbeard chuckled. This pissed off the Phantom who had slid his combat knives out of his sleeves. "You think I would risk working with you, you a man who has done nothing but kill his former teammates who were like family to him."
"And you know what you're right. I was literally going to stab you in the back." He sneered right before he slid his blades back into his sleeves before drawing his signature knife with the Red Cross. "But first I am going to remove at least one thorn in my side!"
Both he and Blackbeard readied their weapons for an attack when suddenly a whip wrapped around Phantom's wrist yanking his knife out of his hands while an arrow knocked Blackbeard's gun out of his hands. Phantom let out a grunt and looked up to see a girl in a red hood and skirt brandishing her whip.
"Well, what a pleasure to see you again." Star hissed, snapping her whip for emphasis. Phantom grinned under his mask while grabbing his knife.
"Pleasures all mine, bitch!" He snapped throwing three throwing knives at her. She swiped her cape at the knives knocking them away as she leaped towards him for an attack. She never got a chance though, because Reaper and Hitgirl had broken free from his restraints and attacked the two leaders.
Reaper had Phantom pinned to the ground, slamming his fist into his face multiple times. Reaper felt himself grinning as his fist connected to Phantom's face. After he had lost count on how many times he had punched him he began to wrap his hands around his throat and choke him to death. Phantom let out a chocked gasp as he drew a small throwing knife and stabbed it into Reaper's shoulder.
Reaper let out a scream before Phantom sent his foot into his face knocking him back onto the ground. Phantom got his feet and ran out the door leaving his men behind to deal with everyone else. Reaper was about to get up when he felt a boot stomp on his chest, pinning him to the floor. He looked up to see a bull man grinning from ear to ear as a few more splicers approached.
"Look what we got here boys, fresh meat." He grunted.
Just then another arrow hit one of the splicers in his shoulder knocking him down on the ground while another figure flew in from nowhere and tackled him around his waist, crashing him through a wall. Three of Blackbeard's men approached Reaper but were all gunned down by an unknown assailant. Reaper looked up to see the slender bionic girl Apollo with her wrist mounted machine gun on her right wrist.
"Are you okay?" She asked while helping her friend up. Reaper grunted when she grabbed his wound. She noticed this and quickly slapped some of her medical gel on it healing it in a matter of seconds. "Better?"
"Much, where's Phantom?" He asked as Theodosia flew in next Apollo.
"He ran away like a coward." She grunted while pointing at an opening. "Through there, Hitgirl went after Blackbeard over there."
"Okay, I'll go get him." He said while retrieving his scythe. "You guys clean up here then go help Hitgirl."
"Aren't you even curious why we are here?" Star asked while another girl cladded in a leather outfit and ski mask approached him. "Or if your friends are even okay?"
"Fine, how is everyone and why are you here?" He asked.
"Shadow and his team beat Riddler and Breeze had us follow you from the start. Just in case." Star stated.
"I know you guys, but who is she?" He asked referring to the girl in leather with the black bow and arrows on her back. She lifted her hands and pulled her mask off to reveal herself to be Kris, Sam's girlfriend.
"Kris, what the hell are you doing here?" He asked in astonishment.
"I don't really know to tell you the truth." She said shyly. "I wanted to repay you for helping me when I was kidnapped, but I also just wanted to prove to myself that I could take care of myself."
"Ally and I have been helping her in private along with Christina and Apollo." Star stated.
"Well, good for you, now let's end this." Reaper stated.
Just then a tank crashed through the walls and startled everyone in the warehouse. Reaper readied his scythe when Theodosia stopped him.
"We will clean up, you go and end this." She said.
He didn't need to be told twice. Normally he would be worried about leaving his crew to deal with a tank, but since they had their own Superman on the team, he knew they would be just fine.
(!)
Phantom was running down the docks while blood seeped through his mask from his broken nose. He cursed Flynn for humiliating him like that and vowed he'd make him pay. He ran down another dark alleyway when something hard as diamonds smashed into the side of his face.
He was sent flying ten feet and into a pile of crates. He felt the old wood splintering into his skin when he felt something grab his ankles and throw him through another warehouse wall. He rolled onto the floor feeling a kink in his neck as he looked up at the opening in the wall to see Seth. The tall African American man stood before him wearing a beige jacket and jeans with brown boots.
"Seth!" Phantom snarled. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"I heard you been gunning for our old team." He stated casually. "I heard you also wasted little Richie." His face dropped to furious as he stared down his former partner. "You know you always said that Flynn was an embossment, but that kid had balls. He started something he finished it. You, you get one scratch and you run like a bitch."
"Funny, so did Richie before I mutilated the little shit!" Phantom snarled.
Seth's eyes snapped and he roared in anger as he went over to pick a large crate. He threw it over at Phantom who fell to his knees and slid under the crate dodging it by inches. Phantom pulled out three throwing knives from each sleeve and threw six knives at Seth. They all stuck in his chest but they didn't stop him.
Seth charged at Phantom with his fist raised while Phantom's hidden knives slid into his hands. He ducked under Seth's fist and stabbed his knives into his stomach. Seth let out a gasp of air while Phantom grew a sadistic grin under his mask as he withdrew his blades from his stomach. Seth fell to his knees and started wide eyed at Phantom who spun his blades around in an effort to torment him, but Seth wouldn't give him the satisfaction. Phantom then held the blade mere inches for his face.
"Well Seth, it's been a hell of a ride, but it's time to say goodbye." Phantom chuckled.
"My thought exactly."
From the darkness Reaper's scythe swiped down towards Phantom. Phantom was surprised for a second, but quickly regained his composure and dived towards him like a wasp.
Phantom stabbed both of his knives rapidly at Reaper who quickly blocked with the shaft of his weapon. Sparks flew with each strike before Reaper swept the end of his weapon up and smacked Phantom upside his chin. Reaper came back around and swiped his blade across Phantom's mask cutting him across his face.
Phantom let out a scream, clenching his face with both hands as he stumbled around the empty warehouse. After a minute his screams turned to psychotic laughter. He gripped his mask and with a strong tug he ripped his mask off revealing his scarred face. His new scar was bleeding while his old scars had taken his face.
"Still got Croc's beauty marks I see." Reaper stated while placing his scythe straight up on the ground.
"Yeah, and now you've given me a new one." He chuckled. "Like father like son right?"
"You were always jealous that Waylon cared for me more, but that was because I honored his friendship." Reaper snarled. "While you just spat in his face."
"Yeah and that face mutated into a disgusting mutant freak." Phantom chuckled. "And you just couldn't see that coming could you. You were always slow Flynn."
"I was only slow because I wasn't running." Reaper said calmly as he gripped his scythe.
"I don't run, I strategize." Phantom defended.
"Bullshit, you ran from me, you ran from shadow and you even ran tonight!" Reaper snapped.
"Shut up you damn fool!" Phantom shouted.
He picked up his knives again and the two started to duel again.
Phantom swiped his blades at Reaper's head while he blocked with the shaft of his scythe. Reaper pushed back against his attacks and brought his blade down on Phantom. Phantom spun out of the way and threw another throwing knife at Reaper's head, but he quickly leaned back causing the small blade to miss his cheek by mere inches. Phantom let out a grunt out of annoyance and dived for Reaper's stomach like he did with Seth. Reaper was caught off guard and quickly dropped his scythe and grabbed both of Phantom's wrists.
Reaper wasn't fast enough though when he felt the tips of Phantom's knives break through his skin and dig into his flesh. Reaper let out a painful groan as he started pulling Phantom's wrist away and his blades out of his stomach. Reaper raised his boot and sent a kick into Phantom's stomach knocking him back a bit.
Reaper then slid his foot under his scythe and kicked it up into his hands. He quickly transformed it into his gun form and fired a few energy bolts at Phantom dodged every hit. He side stepped the last one and threw his left combat knife at Reaper. Reaper was faster this time and shot the knife turning it into dust.
But he was so focused on the knife that he didn't see Phantom move behind him. Phantom let out a high pitched howl as he brought his knife down towards Reaper's head. But Shadow had trained Reaper for moments like these. He reassembled his scythe and swiped it across Phantom's hand, but only ended up cutting the knife in half instead of Phantom.
"Damn you!" Phantom shouted. In a fit of rage he threw the handle at Reaper who simply dodged it with little effort.
"Time to end this Phantom!" Reaper shouted.
"Agreed!" Phantom roared as he threw multiple throwing knives at Reaper.
Reaper blocked a few, but a couple he missed and went into his leg and shoulder. Reaper let out a yelp as he went to pull out the knives, but Phantom was too quick and jump kicked his chest. Reaper fell to the ground and before he could get up Phantom was on top of him with his signature knife drawn and held against his neck.
"Well I hope Death appreciates that you're a fan, because you tow are going to meet real soon." Phantom snarled in a shaky voice. Reaper was ready to push him off when he saw a shadow in the distance. Like Hilary the shadow placed a finger over its mouth indicating him to be quite. It was then and there that Reaper knew whose shadow that was.
"Hey can I ask you something before I die?" Reaper asked causing Phantom to look at him confused. "When you killed Gary did you make sure he was dead and if so where did you leave him?" Phantom narrowed his eyes at him as he decided to answer.
"I stabbed him in his chest and left him up in the northern part of Gotham." Phantom said. "Why, what the hell does that matter for?"
"No reason." Reaper chuckled.
Phantom raised an eyebrow at what he was saying before the dark figure from before jumped down and sunk hiss fangs into his shoulder. Phantom screamed to the top of his lungs before throwing the figure over his shoulders and staggering back near the water. Phantom looked over to see the person helping g up Reaper and gritted his teeth when he realized who it was.
"GARY!" Phantom shouted at the tiger man who wore a black hooded jacket and blue jeans. His feet were bare but they were covered in orange fur with razor sharp nails.
"Hey buddy," Gary chuckled as he lifted the left flap of his coat showing his scar from where Phantom stabbed him. "Miss me?"
"How the hell are you alive you should have bled to death!" Phantom snarled.
"And I would have, if the alleyway you dumped me off in wasn't next to that robot chick's apartment that happens to have advanced medical equipment that healed me right up. After that I was laid up at her place for a few days when she gets a call from some chick she called Breeze saying to follow Reaper. My ears perked right up when I found out that my good buddy was still alive and gunning for your ass so I came here to see you off to hell."
"Y-You can't beat me." Phantom snarled. "No one can beat me!"
"Pack it in Phantom." Reaper said calmly. "You're broken, bloodied and outnumbered. You come at us the way you are now and your death will be inevitable."
"You don't get it do you?" Phantom asked while still walking towards the water, unaware of the bubbles that were rising beneath it. "I am better than all of you. I can kill all of you and I can."
Before he could finish the water beneath him erupted splashing all over the docks. Everyone looked over but all they could see through the water were a pair of yellow eyes. Reaper's face broke out in a smile as he knew the only person with those eyes were none other than Waylon. Phantom let out a scream before Killer Croc sunk his razor sharp teeth into his shoulders and dragged him down into the mercy depths of the ocean.
Reaper and Gary quickly ran over to the edge of the docks to see the bubbles slowly rising out of the water before stopping completely. The two friends stood there still shocked at what had just happened before Gary started chuckling.
"What's so funny?" Reaper asked.
"Well it's just a little funny." Gary said as he continued laughing. "Waylon always said he'd make something of Logan I just didn't expect it to be dinner."
Reaper got what he was saying and started to chuckle himself. His laughing soon ceased when he saw Phantom's knife in front of his feet. Reaper looked at the blade in disgust as he thought of all the lives it's taken. Richie's included. He raised his boot and stomped down on the blade snapping it in half before kicking it into the water along with its former owner.
(!)
Hitgirl was currently loading her guns as Blackbeard and his men opened fired on her. She was outside in scrapyard hiding behind an old speed boat awaiting the opportunity to fire back. When Blackbeard's men stopped to reload, she spun around her cover and unloaded both guns at Blackbeard and his men killing all expect him. When the two were face to gun both their guns were empty.
"How about dying with what dignity you have left." She said in a cold tone. Blackbeard looked into her dark violet eyes with his bright blue eyes. He gave her a smirk before nodding.
He threw his gun away and reached for his cutlass while she holstered her guns and reached for something under the back of her coat. She pulled out two dual swords with black handles and stainless steel blades both one sided. Blackbeard grinned madly while pointing his cutlass at her as she did the same with her blades. They stood like this for a few minutes waiting to see who would make the first move.
The tension was starting to kill Blackbeard to the point where he couldn't take it anymore. He lunged at Hitgirl and swatted the tip of his blade at her. She parried with her blades as quickly as he tried to stab her before he brought his sword down on her. She held her blades in an 'X' formation blocking his attack and locking blades.
Blackbeard's eyes were full of rage while Hitgirl remained calm about the whole fight. Like she knew she would be the victor. Blackbeard felt enraged and lifted his boot off the ground and into her stomach. She staggered back before Blackbeard started attacking like a mad man. His swings were heavy as each hit sent a tremor through Hitgirl's body. She started to lose the feeling in her hands before she ducked low and delivered a leg sweep knocking Blackbeard on his ass.
She quickly got up and started to stab at him, but he quickly rolled out of the way and got to his feet. He then took a stab at her but she dodged the blade and spun around him swiping her blade across his leg. Blackbeard let out a yelp as he stumbled on a nearby scrap pile clenching his bleeding leg. Hitgirl did a few twirls with her blades before taking another battle stance. Blackbeard chuckled at her skill as he staggered to his feet while using his sword to support himself.
"You are good kid, I'll give ya that much." He chuckled as he took a fencing pose. "Much tougher than your mother."
Hitgirl's eyes twitched and she soon engaged Blackbeard again. She brought her blades down on him and he deflected her every hit as best as he could. He was able to push her off for a moment and raised his sword to attack her, but she was much stronger than she looked and ended up cutting his blade in half.
His sword was now a small nub on a handle leaving him with no way to defend himself. He dropped the handle and raised his hands in defense while she held the tip of one of her blades mere inches from his face.
"Settle down now child." He chuckled sheepishly while she backed him into a corner. "I am unarmed and wounded. You've won let the police take it from here." She still remained silent, her blade shining bright from the moonlight and into her eyes. "You got the eyes of a killer I admire that, but alas I am weak and unarmed."
"So was my mother." She said in a monotone voice.
She raised her blade aiming for his throat when he lifted his foot and swung a discarded crowbar into his hand. He blocked the blade and wrapped he hooked end around her blade. With a rough pull he yanked the blade from her hand and smacked the other end of the weapon across her face knocking her down on the ground.
He let out a dark chuckle as he threw the crowbar away and picked up her second sword. He nudged his boot under her stomach and rolled her on her back placing his boot on her chest. Pinned to the ground by his foot and disoriented from the blunt force to her head she could only look up at the black haired man who was now holding her blade.
"You got a lot of heart kid I admire that." He complimented. "But that will only get you so far. Your mother, I'm not gonna lie. She was just easy prey to me. Hell you saw my handy work at that nightclub you should know by now I'm not after anything complicated like world domination or power." He held up his left index finger and middle finger. "Money and women that's all I want and that's all I need. Edward he gets his kicks by proving he's the smartest there is. He has a simple goal just like me, you on the other hand and all your renegade friends. You're chasing a setting sun. Sure it's beautiful to have but no matter how fast you run and how long you spent after it you will never have it. You see people like me, we run this world not you. So I am sorry for taking your mommy away from you, but if it's any consolation to you, you have put a smile on my face."
Blackbeard raised the sword ready to finish her off when an arrow struck through his wrist. He let out a painful shout, clutching his bleeding wrist as the sword fell. Hitgirl quickly grabbed the handle of her sword and with all of her might, stabbed it through his chest and through his heart.
His eyes went wide and his breath was choked while he stared into her cold dark colored eyes. She had the eyes of a killer, but deep down he knew she was still that little girl crying in the rain. With that in mind his expression changed from shock to happy as he fell to the ground with a smile on his face.
She spent countless minutes staring at his lifeless body ignoring everything around her, even Kris when she ran up to her and asked if she was okay. She just didn't know what to feel. Happy that her mother was avenged or angry at what she had become. She felt more eyes on her as she turned to see all of her teammates together. Gauntlet looked puzzled for a brief moment before taking off his motor cycle goggles. His eyes widened when he saw his that his girlfriend was here.
"Kris, what the hell are you doing here?" He asked.
"Paying back my debts." She said. She walked up to Breeze and handed her bow to her. "We're even now." She pushed the bow towards her for her to take when Breeze pushed it back towards her.
"Keep it." She said. Kris shocked at what she heard.
"What, no I told you I didn't want to do this." She said in her defense. "It was a mutual partnership."
"So keep it for a souvenir." Breeze shrugged. "I got no use for a bow, but you know how to use it so keep it."
"But."
"Hey come on let's go!" Shadow ordered. "We have to get going before Batman and Gordon gets here."
Everyone quickly took off but Hitgirl still couldn't move. She was about to collapse when someone grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up bridal style. She looked up and saw Flynn's hazel eyes and relaxed in an instant.
"Come on, let's go home." He said softly. She let out a girlish giggle something she thought didn't exist inside her and ran her hand down his cheek.
"Yeah." She whispered as he carried her off.
What would have taken her years to get over only took a few seconds as Blackbeard was now at the back of her mind. Maybe hers and her friend's goal was impossible to reach but she didn't care. If it meant sparing a girl the life she had she would gladly take down evil scum like Blackbeard any day of the week.
But right now being held in Flynn's arms it was all she ever wanted and all she would ever need.