Chapter 47: Broken Hearts
Authors Note: Okay I am pissed.
Readers: Why are you pissed?
Shadow: Well I had a great Saturday morning of watching a new episode of young justice, very interesting and the story gets better and better-THEY'RE FUCKING CANCELING IT!
Readers: What, why?
Shadow: Well according to bitch face Mccrabby no one knows what universe it takes place in and no one's buy her comic. I don't know I was screaming in anger and frustration so if you are a fan look it up, but I am done with cartoon network forever. My expectations are low for that stupid network. First Samurai Jack it gets good they cancel it then Teen Titans it gets good they cancel it and now Young Justice good canceled. Apparently they are replacing young justice and that green lantern show with a new teen titans Teen Titans, Go and a new Batman show. Only problem I probably won't like Teen Titans as much as young justice or take it seriously because of its goofy animation and goofiness while young justice was dark and serious with the same animation as Justice League. That Batman show I know nothing about and for all I know will suck and even if it is good guess what?
Readers: Um…They will probably cancel it?
Shadow: DING DING DING DUUUURRRRPPPP! UGH, okay you want to find out more go on YouTube or look it up online I don't care here's another chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Batman. Don't own Young Justice either, d-bags.
The Shadow Warriors were all gathering their equipment for their assault on Double J's headquarters. Shadow had ditched his leather coat and swapped it for tactical straps with a silver berretta strapped to each side of his waist and shotgun shells across his chest.
Red Crosshairs had the same thing on his chest only with assault rifle clips on his chest. Reaper was sharpening his scythe blade, Dusk and Hitgirl were cleaning their hand guns and Whisper was loading some clips for her desert eagle. She ditched her coat and fedora and just stuck with her jumpsuit so she could move faster and feel less constricted. While all this was going on she was mentally talking with her better half Sarah.
"Okay, when we get there we save Question and Zack first Double J comes second." Sarah ordered. Whisper let out annoyed grunt while jamming another bullet into the clip.
"I know alright!" Whisper snapped, smashing the clip into her gun. "Don't worry I'll save your precious boyfriend before saving our mentor."
"Hey, they are both equally important to me." Sarah snapped back. "But I want them both out of harm's way before we take out Double J."
"Fine, fuck let's just get going alright!" Whisper grunted, holstering her gun at her hip as she moved to where Shadow was giving out big guns. He handed Hitgirl a suppressed rifle and Red a modified AK-47. He was about to give Whisper an MP7 sub machine gun but she pushed it away and took the M8A1 assault rifle instead.
"Um, you sure that guns a little big for you." Shadow said.
"Please, I'm more comfortable with this than I am with a bra." She said as she loaded a bullet into the chamber. She walked over to the Raven with the rest of the team while shadow just gave the small gun to Phoenix.
"Future Diva ladies and gentlemen." Shadow chuckled while grabbing his Mossberg shotgun.
"Fucking cool." Phoenix grinned as he grabbed some clips for his small gun and followed everyone else into the jet.
"Just don't shoot yourself or anyone else kiddo." Gauntlet joked while ruffling his hair.
"I'll be fine." Phoenix reassured.
(!)
The warriors just dropped off Hitgirl on the banks rooftop and she was currently readying her sniper rifle. She attached her silencer and set up her tripod aligning her shots so she could get a good view of the main doors and the parking garage. Once she attached her scope she radioed Shadow.
"Okay, I am in position." She said. She then set the rifle on the edge of the roof and looked to see a dozen guards patrolling the main courtyard. "Yeah, it's like you said the main courtyard is crawling with the bastards all armed with M4 assault rifles and outfitted in body armor."
"Holy hell," Shadow snapped. "I guess we know why Falcone never stood a chance. This bitch is freaking ready for her own war."
"Double J is a master criminal." Whisper grunted. "There's no telling what she has in store for us." Shadow grinned under his mask as he activated his earpiece.
"Yeah, well we have few surprises for her too." Shadow said, he pressed the button on his ear piece. "Thanatos, did you get a good scan on the building?"
"Yeah, but they are using some kind of scrambler." Thanatos growled. "I can tell how many guys there are but as for who they are, that remains to be unseen."
"Dammit, well how many are there?" Shadow asked.
"Including the ones down below, forty five." Thanatos said.
"Okay, where are the majority of Double J's thugs?" Shadow asked.
"On the thirtieth floor." Thanatos said.
"Okay, Hitgirl I when I give the signal you start popping them off as quickly as you can." Shadow ordered. "Thanatos, I want you to use the crows to wipe out as many of those bastards as much as you can. As for the rest of us well move up on the higher floors finish off the rest of them. Our priority is Question and Zack. You got it?"
"Got it!" Everyone said.
"Wait, the crows won't be any good until we get that scrambler out of commission." Thanatos warned. "You want me to take care of it?"
"No, I'll take it out." Red said. "The scrambler is on the roof I'll take the Raven and blow it to the scrap yard."
"Okay, Red open up the doors." Shadow ordered. Red flipped a few switches and the main doors on the side of the Raven opened. Everyone got ready for their attack as Phoenix and Ronin stood next to Shadow. Shadow got a heavy feeling off of Ronin and nudged him with his elbow. "You alright buddy?"
"I'm fine." Ronin said in a guilty tone. "Let's just get this over with okay?"
"Okay Phoenix, do the honors?" Shadow said as he cocked his shotgun.
"With pleasure." Phoenix grinned as he rested his small machine gun on his right shoulder and raised his right hand at the buildings wall. Phoenix's face lit up in the decretive glow and charged up for an overcharge blast.
"Get ready Hitgirl." Shadow said. Once Phoenix was ready Shadow gave the word. "NOW!"
Phoenix fired his shot and blew a crater into the side of the building. Everyone quickly jumped out of the jet and into the building. Once everyone was out Red closed the doors and made his way to the rooftop.
Shadow and his team had landed in an office cubicle room and were immediately jumped by Double J's men and opened fired on them. Shadow and his team ducked behind the cubicles while the bullets whipped past them.
"Okay, this isn't going so well!" Gauntlet shouted as he fired his magnum at them, hitting a few in the chest.
"Relax, just wait till they run out of bullets." Shadow said. When the gun fire started to slow down Shadow gave the order. "Return fire!"
"Rain fire bitches!" Gauntlet shouted.
All the warriors poked their heads up from their cover and opened fired on them. They all went down one by one as they each fired their guns. Shadow cocked his shotgun and reached for his ear piece.
"Hitgirl, how's the outside look?" Shadow asked.
Outside Hitgirl just put another round into another guy's head. She smiled darkly admiring as she admired her work. She put her finger to her earpiece and responded.
"They are dropping like flies." She chuckled while planting another round into a guards head. "Red just made it to the roof and he's going to take out the scrambler." Just then an explosion erupted from the roof. Hitgirl smiled and went to tell Shadow. "The scrambler is out, send in the crows."
"Alright," Shadow chuckled. "Thanatos, send in the crows!"
Nothing came through Thanatos's end and he called him again.
"Thanatos do you read?" Shadow asked.
When he got no answer he was ready to take a team and send them to investigate, but it wasn't necessary. Thanatos crashed through the wall knocking over a few guards in the process. The warriors looked over to the wall to see a large man about eight feet tall with green legs orange buzz cut hair and pointy ears.
"Amazo!" Reaper yelled.
"Well, Whisper wasn't kidding when she said she was always prepared." Dusk joked.
"Dust this bitch!" Phoenix shouted. He pointed his small machine gun at the giant mech and emptied his clip at him. The bullets bounced off him and only got his attention. Shadow placed his hand on Phoenix's wrist and lowered his gun.
"Yeah, a cyborg and a bazooka can barely put a dent in him, did you really thing a 9mm machine gun would do anything?" Shadow asked.
"It's my first time using a gun." He said sheepishly.
"Hopefully it won't be your last." Shadow said as they prepared for the attack.
Amazo let out a roar and charged at everyone. Everyone scattered as he crashed into the cubicles. He followed after Phoenix. Phoenix looked back and fired a fire hold at his head doing no damage.
Amazo raised his fist ready to strike, but Gauntlet protected him by smashing his iron fist into Amazo's face. Gauntlet wasn't strong enough to match his strength but his magic was strong enough to knock him on his two ton ass.
Gauntlet went to attack again but Amazo raised his arm and smacked him across the room. Guantlet landed on the ground hard as Amazo walked over and towered over him. Amazo raised his heavy foot ready to crush Gauntlet's head, but Dusk whipped out his tonfa blade and stabbed it into his knee jamming his leg. Amazo let out a grunt and stared down at the young warrior.
"Oh, this idea was a lot cooler in my head." Dusk muttered. Amazo's eyes started to glow red. Dusk was trying to pull the tonfa out from his knee but it was stuck in tight. Reaper leaped in and tackled Dusk out of the way before Amazo fired his heat vision.
Amazo burned a hole in the floor and looked over to fire at Reaper and Dusk, but Reaper formed his scythe gun and fired rapidly at Amazo. He managed to knock him into the hallway and scrape off a lot of his synthetic skin exposing his exoskeleton. Amazo let out a growl and aimed his hands at Reaper and fired a stream of fire at him and Dusk. This time Dusk pushed him out of the way and Thanatos got back in the fight after calling in the crows.
The small heli-drones flew in and opened fired on the android while Thanatos tackled him to the ground. Reaper looked over at Dusk and Phoenix who were currently tending to Gauntlet.
"What the hell was that, it looked like my attack!" Phoenix shouted.
"Amazo was built to absorb the power of Meta-humans." Reaper explained. "He probably got that fire from you when you shot him."
Thanatos and Amazo were wrestling on the ground sending fists into each other's faces before Thanatos lifted his feet to Amazo's chest and kicked him off. Amazo was sent flying into another room where he landed on his back. When Amazo got up he started to hear beeping and saw that there were small bombs all around him. He looked up and saw Breeze with the detonator and she grinned while pressing the button.
The bombs blew up and Amazo was engulfed in the explosion while creating another whole in the side of the building. Everyone let out a heavy sigh when they saw Amazo's legs were the only thing left. Shadow walked up and leaned his head on Breeze's shoulder who patted his head a few times.
"Great job setting the explosives." Breeze said.
"It was all about timing, great work everyone, except you Whisper where were you and Ronin?" Shadow grunted, but when he saw the group together Whisper and Ronin where nowhere to be seen.
"Where did they go?" Reaper asked.
"Did anyone see where they went?" Phoenix asked.
"I was busy readying the crows and by the time you gave the signal Amazo jumped me from nowhere." Thanatos said. "Actually I think I did see him run to the fire escape before I was attacked."
"Okay, Ronin bailed, where's Whisper?" Gauntlet snapped.
"Where do you think?" Breeze asked rhetorically. "She's here for three people. Question, Zack and Double J."
(!)
The main hallway leading to Double J's master office was filled with either dead or broken bodies. She ran out of ammo for her assault rifle and was now aiming her desert eagle in the side on a man's temple.
"Please have mercy." The man cowered, but Whisper looked at him with cold calculated eyes. She pulled back the hammer of her gun and fired watching his brains splatter all over the place.
"No." She answered, walking away as nothing had happened. She loaded a new clip into her gun and slowly crept into her office.
Double J's office was the size of Jayden's penthouse. The room was all black with tiled floors her desk was positioned in front of a bay window like all corporate ass holes that look down at the common folk like ants. There was a drink table and area full of T.V monitors with a mini fridge near the floor. Whisper didn't see Double J or her friends anywhere as she slowly aimed her gun along the room.
"Welcome."
Whisper quickly whipped her gun behind her where she finally saw Double J, who was dressed in her army combat uniform, but Double J was too quick and smacked the gun out of her hands. Whisper then raised her right leg and swung it towards her head, but Double J ducked, but Whisper was fast as well when her right foot landed on the ground and she delivered a thrust kick to her stomach with her left foot.
Double J let out a gasp of air and Whisper raised her right fist and landed a punch to the side of her head, then another before she drew her knife and took a stab at her chest. Before the blade could reach her, she grabbed Whisper by the wrist and twisted her harm and pinned it behind her back. Double J gave it another tug and Whisper let out a yelp as she lost her grip on the knife. She was waiting for Double J to attack her or break her arm but was confused and disturbed when she felt her nose run up and down her neck.
"Hmm," She hummed. "It's been a while since someone's made me this excited."
"Get off of me you freak!" Whisper snarled. This only made Double J giggle as she ran her tongue up her neck.
"You taste too innocent to be a killer." She stated. "Who are you?"
"The person who's going to kill you tonight." Whisper snarled.
"No, there's something more to this." She said. She then positioned Whisper in front of a mirror and reached a hand up to her domino mask. She wedged her thumb underneath it and with one swift pull she tore it off. Both Double J and Whisper's eye's widened when they both saw Sarah in the reflection. Whisper's back was still pressed against Double J's chest and started to feel it rise up and down. She was laughing. "You have got to be kidding me. The book worm Sarah Copeland from Gotham High?"
"You monster, you killed my parents." Sarah said still struggling in Double J's hold.
"They killed themselves." Double J countered while pushing her towards her desk. "They should have known that anyone who crosses me don't die alone, I go after their entire family no matter what. Young or old related by blood or not. I will destroy them, but only after my fun of course."
Double J had made it to her desk where she forced Whisper to bend over her desk and slammed her face into the hard flat surface.
"I really wish your parents were still alive to see this." She snickered. "But these two will have to do, Richard!" Just then a big bald African American male stomped in through a hidden door and threw the Question, who was badly beaten, on the ground and held Zack up at gun point. Whisper looked at them with fearful eyes as Question lay helplessly on the ground and Zack was trying to break free as well.
"No." Whisper grunted.
"Oh yes." Double J sneered while grabbing her decretive knife. "You know they always say the first time hurts the most, in this case." She said unsheathing the knife with her mouth. "It'll be torture."
"Damn right it will be." Whisper growled.
When the knife came inches into her face, Whisper backed her head up and struck it into Double J's face. She let out a scream as blood trickled from her nose as Whisper made a leap for her knife. She picked it up and held it upside down ready to kill Double J.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Richard shouted while pointing his magnum at her. "Unless you want to clean pretty boy's face up with a mop."
"Zack." Sarah whispered.
"Sarah, don't worry I got this guy." Zack grinned.
"What are you high? He's got like three feet and two hundred pounds on you!" Whisper shouted.
"Yeah, well I can still run faster than a Lamborghini." Zack chuckled. This caused both Whisper and Richard to look confused.
"The hell are you talking about?" Richard snapped.
"This."
Just then Zack's entire body started to vibrate at incredible speed which caused Richard to lose his grip and fly back. Zack stood above him grinning sadistically which seemed to piss Richard off who fired a round at Zack. The bullet didn't touch him however, because in a flash Zack was at Richard's side gripping his wrist.
"To slow." Zack snickered and sent a fist into the guards face. Zack's fist hit him but he wasn't strong enough to knock him out.
"Not strong enough." Richard grinned. He then grabbed Zack by the collar of his coat and threw him to the other side of the office.
Whisper went to go help but was blocked by Double J who was slashing at her with her knife.
"You had that freak Question save you when you were a brat, but you're alone now." Double J laughed as their blades connected creating sparks with each slash.
"I don't need anyone's help to kill you!" Whisper shouted. She then lunged at Double J landing a cut across her cheek. Double J grunted in pain as she gripped her knife. "See you bleed like everyone else!"
Meanwhile Zack was using his super speed to avoid Richard's punches but he wasn't strong enough to take him out and he didn't know any special fighting techniques. Richard brought his fist down on him again, but Zack dodged it and attacked his throat.
Richard let out a grunt before smacking Zack across the face. Zack went down as Richard picked up his magnum.
"Bad move Zack." Richard said. Zack was dazed from the hit and tried to get up but he was too weak from the hit. He then flinched and shut his eyes when a shot was fired and waited for the pain to sink in. He was then broken from his fetal position when he heard something fall behind him. He looked behind him to see Richard lying dead on the floor with a bullet hole in his back. Zack looked over at Question who was holding Whisper's desert eagle pointing it in his direction.
"Richard!" Double J shouted.
She looked over to the beaten Question and was ready to stab him when, but before she could Whisper jumped in front of her and took a swipe at her with the knife. Surprised, Double J's guard was down and her knife was knocked out of her hand. Whisper then ran her knife through Double J's heart feeling her blade run through the evil woman's heart.
"Ugh, damn, so that's what that feels like." She chuckled, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. "You aren't as innocent as you look. Believe it or not I was like you once. Sweet, innocent and a pacifist. Then one day I killed a man for my country and here I am today." Whisper then noticed that her skin was starting to get pale and her blonde hair was turning white. "Trust me kid, no one in this life is innocent we're all evil. You have that other half uh, Whisper you call it. It will get out of control, today you're killing me and other assholes for justice while going to school, and tomorrow you're killing everyone just because it's fun." Tears then streamed down Double J's face. "There are no heroes Sarah, we are all killers, just ask your boss."
Double J let out another choked gasp before removing herself from the knife and slumping to the ground dead. As Whisper looked down at the body she didn't know how to feel. She wanted this for so long and always dreamed of this moment, but now that it was here she didn't feel happy or have any sense of redemption just dread.
"Is what she said true?" Sarah asked, looking over at Question who was being treated by Zack. "Am I going to be like her?"
"That is the question." Question mused. "There is no telling what we will become or what will change down the road. I don't think when Jayden became Sparrow he thought he would raise a blade against Batman one day. Or Ally who was once working as a whore for Falcone and is now one of the richest women in the entire world. And you a little girl and a young boy, one who is a trained killer using a gun bigger than her and another who moves as fast as Flash."
Sarah then reached in her belt and pulled out a small capsule. She walked over to Question and sprayed a green gas all over his face. His black hair turned orange and the edges around his mask started to peel off. She reached up and pulled it off revealing the Question's bruised face.
"And did you really expect anything different under this mask?" He chuckled. Sarah laughed too but with tears in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tight.
"This is may not be the face of anyone's hero." Sarah sobbed. "But it's the face of my hero."
Zack was about to say something to Sarah but was interrupted by a loud bang. He looked behind him to see the Shadow Warriors armed to the teeth. Shadow made his way over to Double J whose skin was now as white as a ghost and pressed his finger to her neck.
"She's dead." He stated bluntly while Breeze tended to Whisper.
"Alright, let's make a quick trip home and drop of Whisper and we'll go look for Ronin." Breeze said while helping Whisper up.
"No." She snapped breaking away from Breeze. She let out a heavy sigh and put her mask back on. "I know where Ronin is."
"Where?" Shadow asked.
"Wonder City."
(!)
Ronin had been kicking himself for ditching his friends for the past hour as he made his way to the underground lair of Ra's Al Ghul. He looked around at the collapsed buildings and rusted robots wondering what might have been. He finally made it to the main doors and pushed them open walking in with no fear. He was five feet in before he stood before two people.
"Talia Al Ghul." He said in a low voice and then looked over at the decaying old man next to her. His skin was old and looked like it was rotting slowly and his hair made him look like something out of a fifties horror movie, but his green eyes were what truly sent chills down his spine. "And the great Ra's Al Ghul."
The old man smiled with a sadistic grin and nodded towards Ronin.
"The Ronin." He greeted in a gruff voice. "I am so glad you accepted my invitation."
"Cut the crap and tell me what this is all about!" Ronin snarled. "Why did you sick Lotus on me?"
"I guess I can spare a few answers." Ra's said, nodding towards his daughter. "Talia."
"When I first met Emily, she was tormented by her lust for killing." She explained. "She was consumed by it to the point where she could no longer control herself. That day when your beloved was murdered we sent a team of our assassins to murder your grandfather for abandoning us when he shouldn't have. But when we got there Lotus had murdered him and a girl who I am assuming was your beloved. She found Emily and she turned her blade against us killing a few of my best men."
"Please allow me." Ronin interrupted. "When she got to you she was no match against your skill and she was ready for you to kill, but when the time came you just couldn't do it. You saw the potential of a skilled assassin. So you took her in and trained her, taught her to control her lust and when you saw me you sent her to kill me."
"No, we sent her to recruit you." Ra's chipped in, chuckling in a low voice. Ronin was actually confused by this and decided to ask.
"Recruit me?" He asked. "Why would you recruit me, I am the grandson of the deserter. The Ronin."
"Yes, and you have been given a second chance to redeem your grandfathers honor." Talia said. "Become one of us, use your talent for its intended purpose and help us wipe out the evil of this world."
"And what would I have to do to become one of you?" Ronin asked with bitterness.
"Eliminate Shadow and his friends." Ra's snarled. Ronin gripped the handles of his scalers and continued to glare at Ra's.
"Why?"
"He is a powerful warrior, but he is beyond my help." Ra's said, almost sounding disappointed. "He was at the time considered to be a potential leader for my cause, but that ended when he claimed that he would kill me and burn my legion to the ground. I cannot allow that to happen. But with you, you can get him when his guard is down and wipe out him and his pathetic crew of misfits. Do this and I will give you whatever you want."
"There is only one thing I want from you Ra's Al Ghul." Ronin said in a dark voice.
"And what's that?" Ra's asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Blood."
Ronin then drew his blades and charged at Ra's ready to kill him. He was inches away from running his blade across his throat when a slim figure cladded in white leaped out and drop kicked him into the center of the chamber and soon realized he was surrounded by at least fifty of Ra's assassins.
"I knew you would reject me." Ra's snarled. "Just like your grandfather, always failing to follow orders. No matter you will be seeing him soon. Lotus, kill him."
Lotus had a solemn look on her face as she slowly stood before Ronin.
"I'm sorry Ronin, but don't worry, we'll soon be together forever." She said. Her eyes were stained with tears and a psychotic glare as she walked towards him. "I will kill you then myself and we'll be together forever."
Any rage and murderous intent he had towards his former friend was quickly replaced by pity and sorrow. She was so obsessed by him that she would do anything just to be with him. All that killing and neglect must have taken its toll on her for now all she was, was just an empty shell filled with lost causes.
"I'm sorry Emily, but this ends now." Ronin said in a shaky voice.
"Poor sweet naïve Max." She chuckled. "You are surrounded and outmatched. There is no way out and no one knows you're here. You are all alone."
As Ronin readied his blades two fire bolts whipped past his head and went towards Lotus. She quickly got out of the way letting the bolts struck two random assassins in the chest burning a hole clean through them. When they fell Ronin looked behind him to see Gauntlet and the rest of the warriors standing behind him with their weapons readied.
"He's not alone." Gauntlet grunted as he took another shot with his magnum.
"Gauntlet?" Ronin asked while looking at all the warriors. "Breeze, Dusk, Reaper, Phoenix and Thanatos? How did you all find me?"
"We finished up Double J earlier than I thought." Whisper chuckled. "I figured we come on down and lend a hand."
"What about Question and your boyfriend?" He asked.
"Police have Zack and Question was gone before they got there." Whisper chuckled.
"Enough talk now let's rain more fire!" Gauntlet shouted while raising a detonator and pressing the button.
The ceiling above them blew up as Shadow, Red and Hitgirl jumped down wielding their duel handguns and raining bullets all over the place. They took out twenty assassins before landing on the ground. The holstered their handguns and drew their melee weapons and prepared for battle.
"Ronin, end this now." Shadow ordered as he and the team fended off Ra's assassins.
Ronin knew what had to be done as he quickly picked Lotus out of the crowd. She had her kunai's drawn and he had his scalers. The two stared each other down before Ronin dashed towards Lotus.
They quickly sliced at each other creating sparks with each strike, but Lotus was slacking. Her strikes and unfocused and she was tense when she should have been loose. Then he saw it, her eyes red from crying and her face was still stained with tears. She was broken beyond repair.
"I didn't mean for this to happen Emily." Ronin stated while deflecting her blade. "You've been a slave to your blades your whole life. Let me help you."
She let out a scream and took a stab at his face landing a small cut on his right cheek. Ronin winced at the pain for a second before she tackled him to the ground and pressed her blade to his throat.
"It's not too late my love." She said in a shaky voice. "You can still join us we can create something new!"
Ronin closed his eyes pitying the girl, wishing there was another way to help her. He let out a sigh and pressed his utility wrist into her stomach and fired a small shuriken into her stomach. She let out a gasp and loosened her grip on him allowing him to push her off and press his blade to her throat.
"I'm sorry."
Those were the last words Lotus ever heard as the blade ran swiftly across her throat and ending her in a matter of seconds. Ronin quickly got off her and sat next to her lifless body ignoring all that was happening around him.
The warriors eventually got the upper hand and had dropped the assassin's numbers in half. They were ready to finish them off when their weapons started to get knocked out of their hands. Shadow let out a grunt when he saw one of the projectiles that knocked his blade out of his hand to be a batarang. Everyone looked up at the ledge to see Batman, Robin, Batgirl and Nightwing looking down on us.
"Thanks for wasting our time." Nightwing grunted. "This close to finding Ra's Al Ghul and he gives us the slip because we had to clean up that mess with Double J and now your waging your own war against her."
"You're welcome." Sarah's voice chirped through Whisper's persona. "We always like being thanked for our work."
"You cost us a great deal Shadow and it cost a lot of live tonight." Batman said in his usual tone.
"And we also save a lot of live in the near future." Phoenix shouted. "If you bastard actually had any balls and did what had to be done maybe my parents would be alive and I wouldn't have turned into that monster you black listed."
"Kid's got a point." Reaper said. "I guess next to Jason, Jayden and myself you can add Phoenix to your list of failures. Or should I say 'bat list'?" Batman didn't respond to that as he reached for something in his belt. "What are you getting, your bat cuffs?" Everyone chuckled, while Batman pulled out a detonator.
With a push of a button a small ringing came from one of the batarangs near Shadow's feet. Shadow looked down to see a beacon and his grin turned to fear as he looked up at his former mentor.
"Oh you mother,"
He was cut off when a horde of bats flew in biting and flying all around the chamber. Their screeching drown out the screams and shouts from the warriors and assassins. Everyone was swinging their arms around wildly as the bats clung to them. In the chaos no one saw the rest of the batarangs blinking faster and faster before exploding.
The floor broke down beneath them and sent them down into a sewer line. They were tossing and turning around in the filthy water until they all washed up in the underground sewers. They were all breathing and panting fast as they all tried to catch their breath.
Shadow was mentally swearing vengeance on Bruce and his friends while Reaper crawled next to him.
"You know this is the second time this month he sent me in the sewers?" Reaper chuckled hoping to get that death glare off his face. "Not even a smile?"
"I hate that son of a bitch." He snarled. When he stood up a bat flew out of nowhere causing Shadow to let out a yelp. Everyone looked over at Shadow and was trying their best not to laugh. They failed and burst out laughing uncontrollably. "Yeah, laugh it up assholes, because your all getting shots tonight first thing when we get home."
Everyone went silent immediately.
While everyone tried to talk Shadow out of it Whisper walked over to Ronin to see if he was alright.
"You don't feel any better than you thought you would do you?" Whisper asked.
"No, I thought I was killing a woman set out to destroy my life, instead she was just a tortured soul." Ronin sighed. "I actually feel worse than before."
"I know, but trust me when I say this. You buried a hatchet tonight and put to rest a desire that plagued you for years." She said causing him to look up. "Maybe the Ronin can take some time off and become Maxwell Daniel's again." This made Ronin smile as he took his mask off. He shook the water from his messy brown hair and carefully took her mask off as well.
"And maybe Whisper can let Sarah become the singer she always wanted to be." Max chuckled along with Sarah.
"Sounds like a plan." She smiled as the two walked out of the sewers.
Hopefully the sun had risen that morning to the start of something new.