Will Pov]
[Two Days Later]
Will sat in the bar area of the VIP lounge, watching TV. He had on a black cargo vest with nothing on underneath it showcasing his incredibly toned and scarred body. As well as black Jeans and a pair of black boots laced up past his ankle. He leaned his body over the bar and clinked his whiskey around and watched the TV above the bar paying no mind to Selina as she sort of just did her thing like always. On the News, the reporter was talking about a huge chemical explosion that happened over by the Gotham Botanical Gardens that left around 35 people dead.
"If it weren't for the quick thinking of Batman and his associates many more would have likely died." The Reporter said.
Will snorted and took a sip of his drink; it was around 5 o'clock, and he was already drunk. He hadn't eaten any blue thingys today, so his mood seemed a little down.
"What do you think of that up there Selina" Will asked his blood-red eyes glowing with curiosity.
"I think it's absolutely horrible. So many people lost their lives for absolutely no reason. Anyways, we live in Gotham you know, that kind of shit happens out here everyday kid." Selina said with a smile.
Will sighed; he wasn't super angry right now like he had been all week. Even though he wasn't, he was still itching to change how he felt.
"Did I go too far?" He asked himself.
"I suppose you're right. Maybe it doesn't really matter much at all." He said to Selina.
"I didn't say it didn't matter kid, it's a terrible thing, and I hope they find the bastard who did it. I just said it happens all the time here." Selina said.
Will sighed and took a huge gulp of his whiskey when she said that.
"Chill out kid, you've been hitting that stuff pretty hard lately. You need to stop acting so reckless, I get you got kicked out of school, but get over it already." Selina said.
Will snorted, "I guess, Selina, I've been feeling weird lately, not really myself." He said and let out a depressed sigh.
"You wanna talk about it?" She asked.
"Maybe, if you let me slut you out." Will said with a grin on his face, his eyes roaming her body with a lustful fervor.
She rolled her eyes, "Sometimes you have Zero fucking Chill kid. Anyways, I'm already seeing someone. He's a lot richer than you too."
"Oof damn, Selina, way to make a kid feel good about himself, I have some money damn. Anyways, who's your newest suitor?" He said laughing.
"I don't know if I can tell you." She said.
Will rolled his eyes, "You definitely can." he replied.
She looked thoughtful for a moment and just said, "Nah, I'm good."
Will tsked, "Just pour me another drink, Woman." he said.
"Excuse me, I don't know who you think you're talking to, but I'm not giving you shit now." She said as she cracked a grin.
"Damn, fuck me, I guess. I prolly should stop vomiting out of my mouth one of these days." Will said, chuckling as he reached over the bar and grabbed the bottle of Crown.
A huge Armenian bouncer came up to the VIP Lounge and said, "Selina, there is an injured blonde woman downstairs looking for you. Says her name is Margot or sumthin, says it's an emergency and she needs to see you." The large man said.
"Yeah, I'll go check on her Adis thanks for letting me know and not immediately kicking her out." She said.
Will frowned; he was enjoying hanging out with Selina. What a pain in the ass, he said as he sat on the luxurious barstool and pulled out a cigarette. He lit it up and reached over the counter to grab the soda spray gun. He fixed himself a nice Crown and Coke, then dropped a lime in there. He took a drag of the cigarette and went back to watching TV and sipping his newly made beverage. He was really starting to feel it, luckily with his abilities if he wanted, he could probably metabolize it so quickly that it would instantly get dealt with if he felt like it.
"Not that I had ever tried, but I probably could." he thought to himself as he took another pull from the cigarette.
Eventually, he saw Selina helping a pretty blonde girl with glasses and an intelligent aura about her up the stairs. Both of her arms and her right leg were in casts, and she had huge black ligature marks around her throat. Will didn't care enough to check, but he was certain she had more injuries than whatever he could see. He watched Selina help her over to the bar and put her in the seat next to him. Watching how injured she was made him think of Barbara, he felt like he needed to talk to her before he did anything else.
"She should be off of bedrest by now, and is probably getting around in a wheelchair or on crutches." He thought to himself
He pushed his face back into his drink and said, "Dang lady, somebody whooped your ass"
When she looked at him, she looked like she had seen a ghost.
Then Selina cut in and said, "Shut up Will! Don't chime in on something you don't know anything about." she said angrily.
Something strange happened, Will could feel her wrath as if it was a real thing, it flooded into him and he drank it in. Something was changing in the wrath mark after consuming the resentment of all those people.
"I'll find out what it is soon probably, I haven't talked to my favorite demon in a while. Not that I really miss him, he would probably know how to use this thing." Will thought to himself
Will just drunkenly flipped her off with a lazy smirk on his face.
"Will, get out of here we need to talk." Selina said, snapping her fingers.
Little did Will know, the blonde woman had been staring him down with a strange fervor in her eyes.
"Look, it's okay, I don't see why he can't stay here. He was here first, after all." The blonde woman said, licking her lips. She never once looked away from Will.
Will stuck his tongue out at Selina and slid his drink over to the blonde woman, "You look like you could use this." he said.
Will watched as she reached out with shaky arms, gripped the drink with both hands, and took a deep sip of the drink.
"Thanks," She said with a wide smile on her face.
"Alright, that'll be a hundred dollars. Cough it up." he said, rubbing his fingers together in the universal sign for money.
She laughed loudly in a singsongey tone, Will felt like he had heard it before, but he couldn't remember where.
He looked at her strangely and asked, "Have we met before?"
She just smiled at him, "No, I don't believe we have. My name is Margot, what's yours?"
"Will, just Will. It's nice to meet you." Will said, taking another pull of his cigarette.
She turned back to Selina, who just watched on with a cold expression on her face, "Anyways, um, Selina seeing as I am hurt pretty bad, I was wondering if I could maybe stay with you for a while."
Selina smiled, "Of course, as long as that boyfriend of yours doesn't find out about it. I'm not trying to deal with his shit."
"Really! Thanks, Selina." Margot said.
Will's eyes narrowed, "Your boyfriend, is that who did this to you?" Will asked in a serious tone.
"Yeah, unfortunately, he's not a very good guy. I don't know why I keep going back to him. He always does this." She said.
Will raised an eyebrow at that, "Yeah, I guess I get it a bit. I had a girlfriend who kept trying to kill me for a while too…. Anyways, you want me to fuck him up for ya?" he said
"You would do that for little old me?" the beautiful blond asked, biting the tip of her finger with a fire in her eyes.
"I suppose so. I mean, you are friends with Selina anyways. She's always been good to me." Will said, looking at her strangely.
"Bruh, does she want to fuck me or kill me? I can't tell?" Will thought to himself.
"You had a girlfriend, Will?" Selina asked with a skeptical look on her face.
"Yeah, her name was Rose. She was pretty awesome, until she wasn't." Will said
"What kind of gals do you like?" Margot asked in a flirty tone.
"Red Heads," Will grunted out.
"Aww, what about blondes?" Margot asked.
"Yo chill Margot, he's like a kid." Selina said
"If it was you, maybe. You seem alright to me." Will said with a flirty smile on his face
"Dude, what is up with women lately? I swear." He asked himself.
Will rolled his eyes and noticed his phone was ringing. When he saw who it was, he ran his fingers through his hair, it was Barbara.
"Speak of the fucking devil." he thought to himself.
He resolved himself to talk to her. He needed to put this infatuation he had with her to rest, or something. He wasn't for a whole bunch of bullshit; he was a straightforward dude.
He sighed and pushed down whatever he was feeling, he needed to be as rational as possible in this situation, it's not really something he can just brute force as much as he might want it to be that way.
He took one last pull from his cigarette and put it out in the ashtray in front of him. Then he pressed the bright green accept button.
"Will, Will.. Where are you. Bruce and them are saying you went crazy! Why do you keep ignoring me.. I've been worried about you." Barbara bombarded him with all sorts of questions.
Will just smiled, he felt happy just hearing her voice
"It's good to hear from you too, Barb. I miss you." Will said
"If you miss me, come back. Whatever is going on we can all work this out together." She said
"You know I can't do that Barb." Will said sadly
"Please, we barely had a chance together." She said
Will hesitated and thought, "could he even go back? Wouldn't they just lock him up or something after what he did?"
"Barbara, I'm leaving Gotham for a few days soon. I want to see you before I go. Alone though, not Tim or anybody else." Will said
He heard Barbara take a breath; he could tell she was thinking. "Fine, just come over. I'm not on bed rest anymore, so I'm back at my dad's house." She said nervously.
Will's eyes went wide for a moment, "Alright, I'm on the way sit tight; I'll be there soon. Make sure you send me the address." He said
Will hung up the phone and immediately jumped up out of the fancy barstool.
He clasped both of his hands together and said, "It was a pleasure meeting you, Margot, but I've got to run. Something came up. Hope everything works out for you." He said as he reached into his backpack and pulled out a bottle of the cologne Penguin always had for him. He gave himself a couple of spritzes and popped some wintergreen gum in his mouth.
He rushed downstairs and called out to one of the lower-ranking goons, "Yo, I need a driver, come on."
The thug he called out to was a skinny white dude around the same height as Will.
"Alright, where we going? The man asked.
"I'll tell you when we get in the car. What was your name man?" Will asked
"It's Darren." The low-ranking thug said.
"Word thanks Darren, I got you on that gas money," Will said as they both headed out the door to the man's car. They quickly crossed the street and made it to the car. The thing was ancient, it was an old lowrider Pontiac with huge rims.
"Damn alright let's roll out in the fucking hood-mobile, I guess." Will said exasperatedly, not like he really cared either way.
[Dick Grayson Pov]
He and the Titans had been focused on finding out more about that red rock from before. They had been tracking the bastards down with ruthless efficiency for a while now, but they were like ghosts. Anytime he got close they managed to slip right through his fingertips. Not only that, but in Bludhaven things haven't exactly been peachy. Intergang started moving into his area. He and the Titans have been trying hard to keep them out. Luckily, the Titans were so large they could cover all three cities they had towers in Bludhaven, New York, and Jump City.
Dick was snapped out of his reverie and dropped the thug off the side of the building. He quickly shot his grappling hook. The steel cable wrapped itself around the man's ankle. He clicked a button on the grapple gun that pulled the man back up and asked him putting on his best Batman scowl.
"WHAT'S GOING ON WITH INTERGANG!" Nightwing screamed at the man.
"Loook look, just don't hurt me, and don't put me in jail with those freaks. I'm begging ya. I got a wife and daughter." The thug said
"Tell me now and maybe we can work something out." Nightwing said
"Spies in the camps are talking, there's a war coming, and I hear intergang wants a piece of the action. They want to move in on Gotham. They should have shipments of their future weapons coming into some of the crime families out here in the next few days from Metropolis. Please, I don't know anything other than that." The man said horrified.
"Gosh, this guy is a pussy." Dick thought to himself as he handcuffed the man to the fire escape and left.
