Summary:
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Jump City Cemetery
It was the middle of the night. And someone was digging a fairly fresh grave as the rain poured down.
"Typical. It's been sunny all week. And now it decides to rain?" The twisted man groaned. Eventually, his shovel hit a wooden material. "Score," He said with a sinister grin. He cleared of the dirt, revealing a casket. "I always get what I want, Logan. No matter what." He growled as he took a crowbar from the edge of the hole he dig and began prying the casket open. On the tombstone it read:
Garfield Logan
AKA
Beast Boy
Beloved Hero, Friend and Son
2004/11/09 -2022/06/07
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Pentagram, Happy Hotel
"Well, uh … welcome to your new home, Amaroq." Garfield sheepishly said as he lead her out of the limo and she got a full view of the hotel. "I … hope you'll like it here." He said, trying to make her feel as welcome as possible. But she didn't say much. She just stood there, looking up at the building in silence. Garfield then looked back at Charlie, who mimicked the concerned look he had. "Come," He said, trying to sound more enthusiastic. "We'll get you room next to mine. A spacious one. And tomorrow we'll go shopping to buy ya new clothes, toys and other stuff that was stolen in your old house." He suggested as he lead her to the entrance.
"Hey fellas," Said the unmistakable sound of Angel Dust's flamboyant voice. "You've been out for long. Where've ya been?"
"You!" Garfield spat as he marched right up to the much taller sinner. "You got nerves showing your pretty mug before me after letting me walk home! I oughta teach you a lesson. But not now. We have a new resident." He said, gesturing to Amaroq, whom Angel finally took notice of.
"Charlie, are we resorting to child labor?" Angel asked, giving her a questionable look.
"That girl just lost her parents," Garfield hissed to Angel, silently so Amaroq wouldn't hear. But she heard him loud a clear. Dog ears, after all.
"Oh," Angel said with an understanding expression. He kept his mouth shut as Amaroq walked by him and into the hotel.
"Vaggie, we're back." Charlie called.
"You were out long. What were you doing?" Vaggie asked as she walked up to them.
"Uh… Garfield adopted a kid," Charlie said, gesturing to Amaroq.
"… Well, hello there." Vaggie said, awkwardly. "Who're you?"
"Amaroq," The hellhound girl silently replied.
"Well, welcome to the Happy Hotel. I hope you'll like it here," Vaggie said before quickly turning her attention to Charlie. "Can I speak with you in private?" She asked and started dragging Charlie out of earshot. "What are you thinking?" Vaggie hissed.
"She's just been made an orphan. We couldn't just leave her at the pound. You know how unforgiving those places are." Charlie explained.
"I get that. And what about you-know-who?" Vaggie hissed through her teeth. "Everyone knows he's not fond of dogs."
"Well, maybe having Amaroq around will have him change his opinions," Charlie replied with that same naive enthusiasm she had back at the TV studio.
"Who let this animal inside the hotel?"
Once the girls heard the unmistakable voice of the Radio Demon, the two women shot their heads in that direction. When Amaroq turned around and locked eyes with the cannibalistic Overlord, she whimpered like a puppy that had just been stepped on. Her ears dropped, her eyes watered up and she clung onto Garfield'd leg in terror.
"I know Al is scary as F," Garfield said, unaware of the real reason Amaroq was petrified. "But deep down, he's really just a big Teddy Bear."
"No he's not!" Amaroq cried out, absolutely terrified, which made Garfield confused and concerned. "He murders hellhounds for no reason and eat pups like candy!" She cried out.
Garfield shot his gaze back at Alastor with a horrid and disgusted look. "WHAT!?" He cried out at the top of his lungs.
"That is a lie," Alastor replied. "I do not murder people at random. If I kill someone, and that person happens to be a hellhound, it's because they gave me a reason to. And I most certainly do NOT eat dogs. There're great many delicacies I would put on my plate. Rabies infected mutts are not one of them. I still have my standards."
"I don't have rabies! And I'm not a mutt!" Amaroq cried out and stuck her tongue out at him. He shut her down by just looking at her. She let out another puppy like whimper and cowered behind Garfield.
"Something you wanna tell me?" Garfield asked Alastor.
"I've never been much of a dog person. It's no secret I don't like dogs. They're dirty, filthy, flee infested rodents. Their fur gets everywhere, they clean their scrotum with their mouths and they smell awful when they're wet." Alastor listed.
"Hey!" Amaroq spat.
"Worst of all, they kill cats, not for food. But for sport." Alastor added.
"You kill for sport!" Vaggie cried out.
"As a cat person, I take it personally when my favorite animal is the subject of a vicious predator's twisted idea for fun." Alastor went on.
"YOU'RE NOT ONE TO TALK!" Vaggie spat, frustrated at his hypocrisy, while Charlie held her back.
"Okay, we get the idea. You hate dogs," Garfield said, raising his hands. "But that's your problem. Amaroq has nowhere to go. She's going through some hard times right now. And she doesn't need you to make it harder with your bigotry. Especially since she'll be living under the roof that isn't yours to begin with." He said with much authority.
"Very well then," Alastor said. "Just make sure she stays out of my way."
"You stay out of her way! She's an orphan who needs someone to take care of her! You should be able to relate to that! You who once took an orphan under your wing too!" Garfield spat before grabbing Amaroq and storming of "Come on. Let's get you settled into your new room." He told her. As they went upstairs, Garfield couldn't keep himself from asking, "So uh … about that part about hounds … cleaning themselves."
"Don't worry about it," Amaroq replied, earning a sigh of relief from Garfield. "I always make sure to lock the door when I clean myself." She added and Garfield halted, letting Amaroq walk ahead. He put a hand to his mouth, then barfed.
"I shouldn't have asked," He said, begrudgingly.
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Earth Markovia, rebel base
Nightwing exited the rebel base, which was giant old wooden gate. When he got out, he came in view with a breathtaking view of a beautiful landscape. He let out a whistle.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Said Tara as she walked up to him. "Makes what my brother is fighting for more worth it."
"Aren't you gonna join him?" Nightwing asked.
"But I promised to help bring Garfield's killer to justice," Tara objected.
"Isn't saving your country from an oppressor more important?" Nightwing questioned, which left Tara silent in thought.
"Nightwing … I never did apologize to you. To any of you. You trusted me and I sold you all out. Gave away your secrets and left you completely vulnerable to Slade." She looked up again to lock eyes wit him, her expression riddled with guilt. "I feel that you forgave me too easily."
"You were just a kid back then. You were scared and confused and had no one else to turn to aside from … him." Nightwing explained.
"Even so, I still choose to betray you. And tried to kill you. All of you. I may have been an irrational preteen. But that doesn't excuse what I did." Tara insisted. "If I can bring Ravager to justice, or at the very least help in her arrest, maybe I can find some peace with myself and my past."
"I understand that. I won't pressure you into choosing any sides. But maybe I can make it easier for you." Nightwing said, confusing Tara. "I'll explain after Raven wakes up." He then looks up at the castle. "Are you sure this is a good place to hide? This kinda stands out."
"Don't worry about it," Tara told him. "This valley was made a sanctuary by my grandfather when tourism started defiling this place. This castle is a historical landmark for our country. But people had no respect for that. As for my oh so loving dad, he never cared enough about this place to heed it any attention. We're just hiding in plain sight. Besides, Brion assures me that they have rebel factions all over the country. If we're discovered, Sideways will just take us to one of those places."
/
Markovburg
"Sideways is going to be troublesome," Bedlam told Immortus. "The moment we attack their base, they will flee through one of his portals like the rats they are. Did you ever think about that?" Bedlam asked.
"As a matter of fact, I did." Immortus replied. "Deadshot!" He called. Entering the war room was the aforementioned assassin, in full gear. Moxxie's guns were hanging on either side of his belt.
"I heard you escaped Arkham." Psimon commented. "Back to business as usual as well."
"Well, you gotta make a living." Deadshot shrugged.
"Did you visit your ex-wife and your-"
"Keep my ex out of your fucking mouth," Deadshot interrupted Psimon with a stone cold expression.
"If we can get back to business," Immortus told them, impatiently. "Your target is this one," He said as a holographic picture of Sideways appeared. "Surely you might know of his abilities."
"You mean how he can open portals anywhere on Earth?" Deadshot asked. "Yeah. I know."
"We cannot launch our assault on the base until he's been eliminated. Else we risk their escape," Immortus explained. "In short, you have the most important job. Do you understand?"
"Loud and clear," Deadshot replied.
Immortus nodded and looked back at Psimon and Devastation. "We'll be dealing with more superheroes as well. So we're gonna need more supers of our own as well." He said and turned on an intercom. "Send them in." He instructed and some other doors opened. Entering the room were a group of other big shot villains. "I have taken the liberty to ask The Light to lend us some of their powerhouses." Immortus said with a wicked grin.
"It's degrading to have to come to the help of former members of the Light," Said one of the villains. Gorilla Grodd. "Oh, how is Mallah and The Brain doing these days, general?" He asked Immortus with a wicked grin.
"They're recovering just fine." Immortus replied.
"But I have to agree with Grodd here," A short balding man with goblin like feature said. His head was unusually large for his body size and he sported a devil like beard and a black suite. "I'm on Wonder Woman's rogues gallery. This is bellow my payroll." Dr. Psycho said.
"You don't get paid, midget." Growled a peculiar man with white spiky hair, sporting a red sleeveless leotard.
"Wow, Snowflame. Offensive much? It's little people." Stated a young woman with light blue skin and dark blue spiky hair that stuck in every direction said. She sported an all black attire, consisting of a leather jacket, a cut of tank top, jeans and metal boots.
"Livewire, I know you have a YouTube channel and an image to uphold. But for fuck's sake, you're not online." Said a man who looked like a cross between a human and a snake.
"Oh, don't berate her, Copperhead. It's only good manners to show respect, even in private." Said a man wearing a pitch black suit and top hat, complete with Ozzie Osborn shades.
"Thanks for the defense, Shade. You should come on my podcast." Livewire suggested.
"Flattering. But I'm afraid I'm too old school for that." Shade replied.
"If we can get back to business," Immortus said, getting their attention. "As you may be aware, the capture of Brion and Tara Markov is paramount to restart the Meta Project that was destroyed years ago. Which Savage funded us because of the numbers of Metas we provided him with. Our priority is to capture both of them alive. Just one of them is well and good. But it's preferable that we capture them both. The other superheroes and rebels are of no use to us. Kill them all." He instructed, which earned a wicked grin from most of the villains. "You will be supported with three battalions, twenty tanks and twelve attack helicopters. But take heed. We cannot launch the assault until after Sideways is dead. So do not, under any circumstances, launch the attack until Deadshot here," He gestures to the aforementioned villain, "has confirmed his death."
"Leave it to me," Deadshot replied.
"This is where Dr. Psycho's abilities will come in handy." Immortus went on, looking at the short villain. "If you can use your telepathy to locate each target, that'll make our jobs easier. Once you've pinpointed Sideways' location, rely it to Deadshot. But first, you must also pinpoint the location of Brion and Tara and rely it to Shade. The moment Sideways is killed, he will snatch the siblings right from under the nose of the rebels."
"It'll be easier for me to catch them both at the same time if they're in the same room." Shade pointed out.
"Then we wait for that opportunity." Immortus replied. "Once those objectives are complete, our final move is to annihilate all the rebels along with the other superheroes. With the exception of the Markov siblings, we take no prisoners."
"Hehe, now that I can do," Copperhead said, letting out a delightful hiss.
"Too bad about having to catch that tiny bitch alive," Devastation said with a scowl. "I wanted to pay her back for burying me alive."
"Relax, my love." Psimon said. "You will have the opportunity to see her be experimented upon like a rat."
"Heh. Yeah, that'll make my day." Devastation replied with a sadistic grin.
"Didn't you use to be orange?" Dr. Psycho asked, which earned him a furious expression from the overly muscular woman.
"If you're implying that I'm Rampage, I swear I'm gonna use you as a butt plug, you fucking gremlin!" Devastation cried out as she started chasing Psycho around the room.
Immortus groaned in a way that said, 'Why me?'
/
Rebel Base
Nightwing went back to the medical area and was relieved to see Raven awake and sitting up.
"Raven!" He cried out with joy, rushing over to her side, where everyone else was. "You sure healed fast this time." He commented.
"Yeah. My healing powers have steadily increased." Raven replied, but groaned as she held her side where she was shot.
"You okay, girl?" Cyborg asked, concerned.
"I'm fine." She assured. "It's just … the bullet I was shot with … Nth metal." She revealed. She then used her magic to open a hole on her leotard to reveal that she still had a nasty red and purple mark where she had healed. "I'm a magical being. Nth metal is like poison to the likes of me. This wound will probably never fully heal." She explained.
"Oh, Raven," Tara said, looking mighty concerned at her.
"How did Thanagarian metal end up on the Earth?" Starfire asked.
"There're many ways it found it's way to this planet," Nightwing replied. "According to Hawkman and Hawkwoman, the first Nth metal came to Earth 8000 years ago when Thanagarian astronauts made it to Earth, crash landed and became permanent residents of Egypt." He explained. "That stuff sells for a really good penny on the black market because of it's effectiveness against magic."
"That stuff would've been very handy when we fought Trigon," Cyborg pointed out.
Yeah," Nigthwing replied and had a moment of thought. "Guys, I've been thinking about something." He started, catching all their attentions. "I think maybe … we should just call of the hunt on Ravager." Everyone surprised at this, but Nightwing was quick to raise his hands and say, "Just for now. I think we should offer our help to these people first. Our jobs as heroes is to help those in need. And this country is under a dictatorship."
"But Nightwing, we're so close to catching Gar's killer." Cyborg complained.
"We'll have other chances to bring her to justice." Nightwing told him. "Look, I understand this is frustrating. But we're talking about an entire country under the rule of a madman. Not to mention said madman is assisting a dangerous criminal organization. Between that and catching one murderer, what do you think is more important?" He asked and silence filled the room. "Besides, do you think Garfield would've wanted us to abandon these people to their fate just to catch one criminal in his name? Justice will have to wait. For now, we need to do our jobs and help where we're most needed.
"I am eternally thankful to you. All of you." Brion said. "And once this is over and Markovia is free once more, we'll do what we can to help you in your hunt for this Ravager."
"Thank you, Brion." Nightwing replied and turned his attention back to his team. "So what do you guys say? You okay with this."
"Yeah," Cyborg replied with a solemn expression. But it quickly turned to determination. "It's like you said. It's what Gar would've wanted us to do."
"Agreed," Raven replied.
"Having personal experience with oppression, I will gladly lend my assistance," Starfire declared.
"You guys," Terra said, getting emotional.
"Then we're all agreed," Nightwing said and turned to Brion. "Let's overthrow your daddy." He said, extending his hand, which Brion took in his own.
/
Hell, Imp City, IMP office
'Okay. Millie's got Blitz attention for at least an hour. I should be able to get my guns back before then.' Moxxie thought as he was pacing back and forth in the kitchen. The reason why he hadn't taken his plans into motion yet was because he dreaded of what he was about to do. 'Of all the people I have to ask for help, why must it have to be her?' He thought in despair. 'I can already see her smug arrogant grin as she makes me beg.'
A mental image of Loona starring down at Moxxie with a sadistic smile says, "Sure. I'll help ya. After you lick the dirt of off my paws, fatty." She said with a sinister cackle, putting her up his face.
Moxxie snapped out of the fantasy, ready to pull his hair of by their roots, screaming internally. 'Ghaaaaa! Why did Blitz had to put that disgusting woman in charge of the gremiore?! She's gonna lord this over me until I retire,' He thought and went for the exit. 'Oh well … better get this over with.' He thought and walked down the hallway, like a death row inmate heading towards the chair.
He found Loona by her desk, looking at something on her computer. What she was looking at, he did not care. He just swallowed his pride and strolled right on over to the desk. He was silent, unable to find the words. He knew what to say. He just had too much pride to say it directly.
"What?" Loon asked, getting annoyed by him just standing by her desk, not saying a word, her eyes still on the computer screen.
"Every fiber in my being wants to puke all at once when I say this." Moxxie started, which got Loona to glance at him for a second, before averting her eyes back to the screen. "But I need your hhhee … I need your heeel … I need your heee-eeeel…"
Now he had Loona's full attention. She paused whatever she was watching and leaned over her desk, giving Moxxie a grin. "Yes? You need my what?" She asked with glee.
"Ineedyourhelp!" He cried out, quickly.
Loona suddenly got a condescending look on her face. "Ooooooh. The great Moxxie, son of the Radio Demon, needs my help?" She said with a mock tone. "And here I thought I was a lazy incompetent screw up." She went on with a smug grin.
"Loona, please. It's urgent. I have to return to Earth and get my guns back." Moxxie told her.
"Yeah sure. I'll help ya out." Loona replied, arms crossed as she leaned back on her chair.
"I know you despise me. But I … Wait what?" Moxxie said in confusion.
"You deaf or something, fatty? I said I'll help." Loona cleared.
"… Why?" Moxxie asked, looking skeptical about this.
"Why what? Didn't you need my help?" Loona asked.
"Well, yeah. But … what's you motive? What do you have to gain from this?" Moxxie asked.
"Is it so hard to believe that I just wanna help a treasured coworker?" Loona asked with a grin.
"… Yes," Moxxie replied.
"Well, if you don't want my help-"
"No!" Moxxie cried out, cutting her of. "I'll take it. I don't know what's in it for you. But I'm too desperate to think about that."
"Is Blitz even okay with this?" Loona asked.
"I wouldn't worry about that," Moxxie replied.
/
Cut to somewhere else entirely, Millie had taken Blitz, square dancing.
"I can't believe Moxxie would miss out on this! This fucking rocks!" Blitz cried out, dancing while dressed like a milkmaid.
"You owe me big time, Mox," Millie hissed, low enough so Blitz wouldn't hear, dressed like Clint Eastwood.
/
Back to the office.
"Fine. Let's do this." Loona said and brought out Stolas' Gremoire. "Just don't say I never did you any favors." She told Moxxie.
"Well, tha-"
"But if you tell me thanks, I'll whack you in the head with this book!" Loona cried out, before Moxxie could finish that, which caused him to back of with his hands raised.
/
Earth, Markovia, rebel base
"So what's the plan?" Nightwing asked Brion. The heroes and rebel leaders were all gathered in a meeting room.
"Well, a monarchy is like any other. All I have to do is overthrow my father and claim the crown as my own. And that's it." Brion replied. "However, it won't be so easy to bring him down from the throne."
"It never is," Nightwing commented.
"At this base, we only have little more than a hundred freedom fighters. Combined with all the other rebel factions around the country, we are just about 500. Father has 20 times as many soldiers in his army. Not to mention they have better equipment and weapons." Brion explained, solemnly. "As you can hear, we are laughably outnumbered and outmatched."
"Some say it's hopeless," One of the rebel leaders said, cigarette in her mouth.
"Well, hopeless causes are usually the ones most worth fighting for." Nightwing countered, earning a chuckled from the woman.
"Too right," She said.
"Look, you may not have to take out all of Markovia's army," Nightwing reasoned. "What is the soldier's opinions of their king?"
"They'll follow him as long as he sits on the throne," Tara replied.
"Then all we have to do is get Brion on that throne. All we need to really do is take the capital." Nightwing pointed out.
"You make it sound so easy," Brion replied. "Father has been foreseeing an attack ever since I started this rebellion. So he has 2000 soldiers stationed in the city at all times. Not to mention the metas he has as his personal bodyguards."
"Well, why not just use Sideways to infiltrate his palace and catch him with his pants down?" Cyborg asked.
"Already tried that," Sideways replied.
"Shortly after Sideways joined our cause, we used his powers to get close to Viktor. But the metas that were with him were too strong and too numerous for us to take out by ourselves and he escaped." Another one of the rebel leaders said. A bulky man with black beard. "He's been on the move ever since."
"But that shouldn't matter," Raven replied and looked to Sideways. "I've read about you. And you can pinpoint any person's location just by focusing on that person."
"Normally, I could. But after that one time, I can't locate Viktor anymore. I don't know why. Even though he's alive, I just can't pinpoint him." Sideways replied.
"We'll find another way," Nightwing replied, placing a hand on Sideways' shoulder. "Cyborg, think you can hack into Markovburg's security system? Maybe pinpoint where Viktor's currently at?"
"I'll try. Even though Markovia is a bit behind the US in technology, it's still gonna take some time and effort to breach." Cyborg replied.
"Do what you can," Nightwing replied.
"Once we have the king's location, we will bring that tyrant down, and Markovia will be free once more." Brion declared
/
What no one knew was that not too far from the base, the villains and the Markovian Army were approaching. The villains stealthily and effortlessly killed any and all lookouts.
"Oh I love it when they squirm," Said Copperhead as his tail had wrapped around a rebel's neck, strangling him. The sound of a neck cracking was heard and the rebel dropped dead.
"Hardly a warm up for the real fight," Deadshot commented after removing his throwing knife from the head of a dead rebel.
"Rebel base in sight," Said a Markovian soldier, who look over a hilltop.
Everyone carefully peered over the slope and the castle came into view. Livewire has her phone out, filming this.
"Livewire here," She whispered. "Me and the LOD are about to crush a revolution here in Markovia. With some luck, there's going to be an epic fight."
"Bitch, what the fuck are you doing?" Snowflame asked.
"I have a YouTube channel, don't ya know? This is what my content is about. Filming my super villain activities." Livewire told him.
"You better not be live streaming," Deadshot growled.
"Of course I'm live streaming. Because I am just that stupid and reckless." Livewire sarcastically replied. "Of course I ain't live streaming! What kind of mental R-tard do you take me for?" She hissed.
"I used to be renowned general in Alexander the Great's army. How have I been reduced to this?" Immortus groaned, rubbing his templates.
"Can you detect anyone from this distance?" Grodd asked Dr. Psycho.
"Just a sec," Psycho replied and put his hand to his head and concentrated. The layout of the structure came into view as he looked through the eyes of each rebel, as well as catching the location of the heroes as well. Including the main targets. "Everyone got that," He said as he was also feeding the info into the minds of his allies.
"Yeah," Deadshot replied, picking up a large rifle. "It'll be easier for me to get a shot at Sideways from that lookout over there," He said, pointing at a hilltop.
"Just a second. There're three guards up there." Dr. Psycho pointed out.
"No problem," Shade said before disappearing with Deadshot into their shadows.
/
"No. You're absolutely nuts," A rebel told his companion.
"It's true. Wonder Woman's into furry porn." His companion replied. "Why else do you think she fights Cheetah more than anyone else of her rogues?"
"I'm surrounded by idiots," The only female of the group groaned, rolling her eyes.
All of a sudden, all three of them were stabbed by pitch black spikes coming out from their own shadows. The woman in the back, one of the guys in the chest and the third one in the head. They all dropped like flies and Deadshot and Shade emerged.
"Slick," Deadshot commented.
"Soft and quick as a shadow," Shade replied. "Unlike you. For an assassin you sure do go all out. Isn't an anti-tank rifle overkill?" He asked.
"Sideways is very durable. He can survive getting hit by a truck. I'm not taking any chances." Deadshot retorted and got into position.
"Fair enough," Shade replied. "I will be taking my leave then," He said and disappeared into his shadow.
/
Back inside the castle, Sideways was walking down a hallway when Raven rushed up to him.
"Sideways," She cried out.
"Raven," He said and if he wasn't wearing a mask, you could see the concerned look on his face. "You don't look too hot right now. You shouldn't be straining yourself. You just got shot."
"I'm fine," Raven replied, trying to hide her exhaustion. But her bangs gave her away. "I just needed to ask you, how does your powers work? How do you manage to track someone?"
Sideways thought for a few seconds before replying. "You know, that's a good question. I don't really know myself actually. The way I gained my powers is a wacky story in and of itself. Really, all I need to do is just focus on the person I'm trying to find, and bam. I can open up a portal to their location." He explained.
"Damn. That doesn't give me much to work with," Raven said, looking down on the floor to the side.
"What I do know is my powers are somehow connected to the Dark Multiverse." Sideways revealed.
"… What?" Raven asked, her expression having changed to shock and surprise.
"I told you my origin story is wacky," Sideways replied. "You look like you've heard of that place before."
"I have." Raven replied. "Unfortunately, this doesn't explain why you can't track Viktor. But if your powers are connected to the Dark Multiverse, something much bigger must be at play here." She concluded. Then stumbled a little.
"Wow. Are you okay?" Sideways asked.
"Yeah. But maybe you had a point before. I should probably get some rest. We're going into battle soon after all." Raven replied.
"Well, have a good night's rest then. Things are always brighter in the morning." Sideways told her, cheerfully, earning a little chuckle from Raven, before the latter turned and left.
/
Back outside, Moxxie emerged from a portal in the middle of the forest. He spotted Deadshot no more than a 100 feet away.
"Nice job for once, Loona." He commented.
Meanwhile, Deadshot was patiently waiting for Sideways to come into view on one of the larger windows of the castle. Once the hero was in sight, Deadshot smiled underneath his mask.
"Bang, you're dead." He said and almost pulled the trigger.
"Hands in the air," Moxxie hissed. Deadsot froze and slowly removed his hands from the rifle. "Turn around slowly," The imp added and Deadshot did just that.
"I remember you," The assassin replied. "You're that weirdo from Arkham."
"My guns," Moxxie hissed.
"Excuse me?"
"You stole my guns last we met. I want them back. Give them to me." Moxxie told him.
"You came all this way just to get your guns back?" Deadshot asked like he was stupid.
"They're important to me. Now give them to me." Moxxie hissed.
Having no time to argue, Deadshot did as he was told, before the target was out of sight. "Alright, alright." He said and slowly brought out Moxxie's gun.
Unknown to them, the female rebel was somehow still alive. She had slowly been reaching for something in her utility belt. A rocket gun. She aimed into the air as best as she could, given she was half dead. And then fired the signal flare into the sky.
"Shit!" Deadshot hissed.
From the castle towers, lookouts spotted the signal.
"Intruders!" One of them cried out and started sounding the alarm.
/
"What the hell?" Sideways cried out.
/
"What's going on?" Moxxie wondered, momentarily distracted from Deadshot. A big mistake. Never allow yourself to be distracted from Deadshot. The latter ceased the opportunity and drew Moxxie's guns on him. "Crumbs!" The imp cried out and swiftly moved aside, bullets gracing his jacket and the corner of his face, all the while he shot Deadshot as well. However, he only shot the torso, luckily for the villain. Even more lucky, Moxxie disappeared into the woods.
/
"Wow! What just happened?!" Livewire cried out as the signal flare went of, followed by the sound of gunfire.
"Deadshot! What are you doing?!" Immortus cried out on the come link, but got no response. "Deadshot, report!"
/
Deadshot groaned in pain. But was still very thankful for body armor. He was hit with angry screaming in his earpiece. He ignored as he quickly got back to his rifle, but groaned in frustration as he saw Sideways was already completely out of sight.
"Fuck," He hissed and finally answered Immortus' call. "Deadshot here … Sideways' still breathing."
/
"WHAT?!" Immortus cried out in a fit of rage. "What did we hire you for, you incompetent nincompoop!?"
"Who says nincompoop anymore?" Livewire asked, filming what was going on.
"And where is Shade!? At the very least, we should get-" Immortus was interrupted when a large shadowy spot appeared underneath them, coming of as quicksand as the villains struggled not to get sucked in.
"What the fuck!" Liverwire cried out.
"What's the meaning of this?!" Grodd spat.
Eventually the shadow spat out four figures. Shade, Brion, Tara and Raven all went flying and landed hard on the grass. The ground beneath the villains feet become solid again, but they were all still in a state of surprise at what just happened.
/
Three minutes earlier
In the cellar of the castle, was Tara and Brion.
"You have very reliable friends," He told his sister. "Nightwing is very wise."
"You know who his mentor is," Tara replied. "Just don't ever bring him up in front of Nightwing. When I did, he looked pretty uncomfortable about it. So I let it be."
Unbeknownst to them, Shade was in the room, hiding behind one of the pillars, preparing to make his move. Just then, Raven came walking down the stairs.
"Oh hey Raven," Tara said, smiling at her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bother you two. I was told there were beds down her I could borrow," Raven said.
"Don't feel sorry. You are a guest here. And yes, the sleeping quarters are just down the hallway. But you'll be sharing rooms with our fellow soldiers." Brion replied.
"That won't bother me. And thanks," Raven replied.
"Sure. No problem. Just let me know if there's anything else we can do to make you feel comfortable," Tara replied with a sheepish chuckle, feeling stupid.
"You don't have to do anything. Goodnight," Raven said as she walked past them.
Tara smiled as she watched Raven walked away. She then noticed her brother in the corner of her eyes and looked at him, giving her a playful grin.
"What?" She asked. "What?" She repeated, annoyed.
And that's when the alarmed went of.
"Report!" Brion cried out into his come link, having switched to serious mod in an instant. But before he could get a response, the Markov siblings suddenly found themselves engulfed pitch black shadow. Before they could even have time to use their powers, they had sunk into the floor. A wicked looking Shade smirked as he watched his victims disappear. His smile suddenly dropped.
"Hold it!" Raven cried out as she flew towards him.
Shade snorted and sunk into the floor. But Raven turned astral and stretched her being and managed to make contact with Shade's shadow before it completely vanished. And then she was sucked into the shadow.
/
Present
So here they were now, three heroes facing eight super villains. Needless to say, the odds were not in their favor.
"Aw crap," Raven groaned.
"Fire upon the castle! NOW!" Immortus shouted into the radio on his chest, launching the assault.
Suddenly, the sound of cannons were heard. It was tanks in the distance, hidden in the forest, covered by the night. They were followed by rockets fired by choppers who were further away to hide the sound of their propellers. The artillery hit the target, destroying the castle.
"No!" Brion cried out in horror.
"Kid, you got other things to worry about!" Copperhead told him as he rushed over and whacked Brion across the face, sending him flying.
"Brion!" Tara cried out and her eyes glowed yellow as she started and earthquake. It was enough to push back the villains a little. But then Grodd unleashed his mental powers upon the girl. She screamed in agony, clutching her head as she dropped to her knees.
Raven acted quickly and formed a black sphere around herself and the other two.
"Please," Devastation said as she walked over to the sphere, cracking her knuckles. She started pounding the sphere, which strained Raven as she struggled to keep the sphere up. She remembers Mallah's punches when she faced him. He was far stronger than your average gorilla. But Devastation … Raven can see why Wonder Woman has such a hard time with her.
"When that bubble drops," Snowflame said as he stepped forward, "you burn, bitch." He finished as she flared up with white flames.
Devastation was about to bring down one last blow to break the sphere. But then a yellow portal opened up above the group of villains. It was one of Sideways' portal. And out of the portal the Titans descended upon the villains, along with Sideways and a new face.
"Halo!" Brion cried out with a smile on his face. The newcomer was appeared female, wearing a rainbow colored skin tight suit, with a hood that resembled a hijab. She had brown skin and dark brown eyes.
"Hey Brion," Halo, as she was called, replied, returning the smile.
"Sorry for the delay boss," Sideways said, while he and everyone engaged the villains in a battle royale. "Getting everyone out in time was tricky. But we made it to Crow's Nest and Halo insisted they tag along when I told them what happened."
"That's cute and all," Livewire said, hearing the conversation. "But you really should be focusing on us." She said and shot lightning at Halo, who formed a red force field to block the villain's attack.
/
Shade was coming to it and found Raven approaching him. "Shade is it?" She asked. "We have something in common, you and I. We both like shadow plays." She said and formed her shadow into a giant raven with red eyes.
"Cute," Shade replied and pointed his can at her. But instead of shooting an attack on her, it looked as if he was absorbing her shadow. "You imbecile. I'm called Shade for a reason. Shadows are my domain. My power. I control them. Including yours." He boasted.
"Yeah, I was hopping you'd absorb my shadow." Raven declared, confusing Shade. The villain then felt his cane shake. Red cracks appeared on it followed by it being shattered into a thousand pieces as Raven's shadow emerged and went back to her. "You're one of the most powerful villains in the world. But you're not worth much without your cane, are you?" She asked as she approached him. Her eyes then widen when she felt something wasn't right. She narrowly dodged a strike from behind. A sharp pitch black object, coming from her own shadow. Raven flew into the air, keeping her distance as she looked down at Shade.
"To be honest, I no longer need my cane to use my powers." He told her. "I've fully mastered the Darklands powers. I only continue to use the cane because it makes me look stylish."
"Great," Raven sarcastically said.
/
Nigthwing squared of against Copperhead. The snake villain extended his neck, nearly biting Nightwing's head of. But the former Boy Wonder was quick enough to dodge and whack him across the face with his baton. Copperhead quickly recovered from that blow and tried swiping Nightwing with his tail, which the latter dodged and landed a blow with the tip of his baton the side of the villain. Copperhead then spat venom at Nightwing, who narrowly dodged as the venom hit the tree behind him. The trunk melted and turned purple, making Nightwing cringe, not wanting to imagine what would've happened if it hit his face.
"You Robin?" Copperhead asked.
"It's Nightwing now," The former Boy Wonder replied.
"Aw, ain't that cute?" Copperhead mockingly said. "You finally grew into your big boy pants."
/
The two continued fighting and we cut to Cyborg squaring of against both Grodd and Psimon.
"Two against one?" Cyborg said and gave them a confident smirk. "Sure. Why not?" He said.
"You seem full of yourself. Let's see how cocky you are with your brain turned to mush." Gordd said and shot a telepathic attack wave upon the half man/half machine. But Cyborg just stood there, completely unfazed. "What the-? Why isn't anything happening?!"
"He's immune to mental attacks." Psimon told him. "Brother Blood couldn't control him for some reason. I may be useless in this fight."
"Yeah, I'm not gonna let you hurt any of my friends." Cyborg told him and raised his ion charged cannon. Grodd countered by grabbing a large rock and threw it at him. Rather than shooting Psimon, Cyborg shifted his gun at the rock, shooting it, shattering it. But then Grodd came down on him, arms raised, letting out a primal roar. Cyborg blocked the blow with his arms. But the brute strength of Grodd was immense. It caused a crater underneath his metal feet and Cyborg had to struggle to push him back. Realizing he couldn't win at brute strength, he used one of his new tricks. "Smile, Donkey Kong." He said and then his cyborg eye suddenly flashed Grodd, making him winged and lose his grip. Cyborg tried shooting the gorilla with his cannon again. But Grodd was quick to recover and knocked the cannon aside, causing Cyborg to shoot a tree instead. A tree which fell over Psimon. The villain used his telekinisis to stop the tree from hitting him and levitated it in the air.
Grodd kicked Cyborg, but as he was sent back backing, Cyborg initiated his new gear. A jet pack on his back, taking to the air.
"Since when could you do that?!" Grodd cried out.
"Just a little upgrade I did," Cyborg replied and started shooting at Grodd, who dodged those blasts with surprising speed for his size. But then a tree came flying at Cy, who narrowly dodged it.
"Mind control isn't my only specialty." Psimon told Cyborg, as he was levitating trees with his mind.
"Great," Cy replied in a dry tone.
/
"Kid, you should run home to mama. I'm one of Wonder Woman's rogues. What makes you think you can take me?" The villain asked.
"One way to find out," Terra replied and summoned a rock to size of a large house. She tossed it at Dr. Psycho, who used his powers to hold it in place.
"You can only manipulate the earth!" Dr. Psycho spat. "But I can do anything," He said with a sinister smirk as he lifted splinters from the ground and aimed them at Terra. She acted quickly and covered herself in a rock bubble as all the splinters came at her a bullet speed. Dr. Psycho gained control over the rock and tossed it back at Terra, smashing the rock bubble.
Luckily, Terra wasn't there at the moment. She had dug underground and reappeared by the trees. She pulled a splinter that was latched onto her side, winging in pain. She then felt the tree behind her moving. She leaped forward as Psycho lifted the tree into the air.
"You cannot hide from me, little miss dirtbag." He said with a vicious grin.
/
Starfire was facing of against Snowflame.
"Wow. That new outfit of yours is hardcore and I love it." The villain told Star, licking his lips. "I know who I'll be thinking of when I'm alone later tonight. But first," He took out a small tube containing something white. He opened the lid on the top, put the tube to his nose then jerked back and sniffed it all in. He suddenly got an even more insane look on his face. His eyes glowed white, as well as white flames emerging from his body. "OH YEAH! THAT'S THE FUCKING GOOD STUFF!" He cried out.
Starfire asked, "Was that the coke of caine?"
"That's fucking right," Snowflame replied, his fires growing. "Let me show ya what the coke of caine can do to a man!" He cried out and shot a massive ball of white fires at her. Starfire countered by shooting her green energy blasts at him. Their attacks collided, resulting in an explosion that sent them both backing. Starfire took to the air and started shooting bolts at him, which he countered by shooting his white fires back at her.
/
Lastly, Devastation squared of against Sideways and Brion, who had just regained consciousness.
"Move aside. I want the little blonde bitch who buried me alive." The hulky woman told them.
"You can have my sister over my cold dead body." Brion told her.
"Now you're talking my language," Devastation replied with a sinister grin. She charged forward, fist raised.
"I got this," Sideways said, stepping in front of Brion.
When Devastation was close enough, she threw her oversized fist at Sideways … Only for a small pocket portal to open up in front of her, and another on the side of her face, where her fist emerged and she punched herself in the face. She stumbled to the side, winging and holding her sore face.
"What the fuck?" She spat and went to the attack again. Same thing happened though. Whenever she tried hitting Sideways, her blows went through a portal and her fist would hit her instead. Be it to the fist or a body blow. "Stop that?!" She shouted in frustration.
"I think I got this," Sideways told Brion.
"Oh yeah?!" Devastation spat and then punched the ground, resulting in a massive crater, which threw the heroes of balance. Brion on the other hand used his power to levitate on a rock and then summoned two larger rocks and throw them at Devastation. She easily destroyed them with one punch each. Brion summoned more rock and let them rain upon her. Devastation did her best to punch her through the barrage of rocks. But she was soon being overwhelmed.
/
As the battle raged on, Deadshot was pulling back to a safer distance. But then a bullet graced his arm.
"Gha!" He cried out in pain, grabbing his arm, ducking for cover behind a tree.
"I could've blown your arm of, if I wanted." Moxxie's voice echoed in the dark. "But I'm still generous enough to give you a chance. Hand over my guns."
"What kind of sentimental value do these have that you would risk your life for them?!" Deadshot spat.
"None of your business. Just hand them over." Moxxie demanded.
"Sorry, little fella. You shot me. You've wounded my pride. I'm have to make an example out of you." Deadshot told him.
"I'd like to see you try," Moxxie dared.
The two were still as statues for the better part of a minute, barely taking a breath or hardly even blinking … Then, they jumped out of their hiding spots and started shooting at each other. They rushed through the woods, firing on one another. Each bullet getting closer to hitting them as they graced their clothes.
/
Back with Halo and Livewire, the former was glowing orange as they flew in the air, as Livewire was using her electric powers to float. The two exchanged blasts, with Livewire's lightning clashing with Halo's yellow energy blasts.
"Halo was it?" Livewire asked. "You're none-binary, right?"
"That's right," Halo replied, proudly. "Is that a problem?" She asked, suspiciously.
"Hell naw." Livewire replied. "Just because I'm trying to kill you, doesn't mean I have to disrespect your pronounces." She said.
"Well, how very thoughtful of you." Halo replied and then they started glowing green, which resulted in a dozen copied of them appearing and coming at Livewire.
"That shit won't work on me!" Livewire spat and unleashed a wave of electric energy, which disintegrated the copies. The real Halo quickly formed a red force field which protected them from the incoming wave. "Bitch, please. I can go toe to toe with Superman. What makes you think you can take me?" She asked and charged up so her body was covered in electricity and charged at them. She threw a punch at them, charged with lightning. But then she just went right through them. "What the-" She cried out, only the fly face first into a rock wall that wasn't there before. Another illusion made up by Halo's holographic powers, which hid a mountain wall. "Fuck?" She groaned, muffled, as her face and body was pressed against the wall. She fell backwards, revealing a blood stain on the wall.
Halo caught her, bridal style, and she groaned as she had lost consciousness. Her face was bruised and covered in blood.
"Just because you're a Superman rogue, doesn't mean you can beat every hero, jackass." Halo told her.
/
Raven was having her own difficulties with Shade. She was still pretty exhausted from her bullet wound, which had still barely healed.
"You look winded," Shade commented. "Looks like you're not hotshot without your daddy's influence." He said, surprising Raven. "Oh yes. I know who he is and more specifically, what you are. My powers kept me from turning to stone that day. Which honestly, wasn't so much a relief considering how everything went to literal Hell." He said with a half chuckle.
"Is there a point to telling me all this?" Raven asked.
"No. Just making small talk." Shade replied and shot more shades at her. Raven kept to the air to avoid having her own shadow assault her. "You think you can avoid me?" Shade asked. "It's nighttime. This is when I am at my strongest." He pointed out and summoned a larger shade figure to catch Raven with it's massive hand. In her weakened state, Raven was unable to get away and got caught. Shade smiled with glee. But then his expression turn upside down as a white glow emerged from the hand and it incinerated as glow of flashing white light exploded.
Emerging before Shade was now Raven in a white outfit, surprising him. "You could use a little sunshine." She told him and white magic energy were shot from the palms of her hands. Shade shot back at her, but his shadows were instantly vaporized.
"Crap," He said and decided to make a tactical retreat. But Raven wouldn't let him. As he tried disappearing into the shadows, Raven's glow reached him and started pulling him back.
"Don't you know, light will always vanquish the dark." She told him.
"Don't you know that no matter how much light is shining, there's always a speck of shadow," He said and used the shadows on Raven's body to cut her, breaking her concentration and dropping the light, allowing Shade to flee as he leaped into the shadow on a tree and got away.
"Damn it," Raven growled.
/
Nightwing found himself kinda outmatched against Copperhead. The villain was very flexible and far stronger than any normal human. Not to mention his snake like reflexes. He narrowly avoided getting bit by Copperhead's venomous fangs, backing away as Copperhead followed close behind.
"Stand still and face me like a man!" The villain hissed. "I thought you had finally grown out of your boy pants and into your big boy pant." He mocked.
"Bet you know a thing or two about boy pants, huh?" Nightwing countered, earning a scowl from the cobra themed villain.
"I'm gonna devour you whole," He spat and then shot an elongated tongue from his mouth at the former boy wonder. The tongue wrapped around Nightwing's neck and started pulling him towards Copperhead, who lets out a vicious chuckle. Nightwing then pulls a sharp birdarang and slices Copperhead's tongue. "YAAAAHHH!" The villain cries out in agony, retracting his bleeding tongued. "My hongue! Yu cut my hongue off! You fucking thychopath! I kill you!" He cried out in blind rage, talking in slurs due to a piece of his tongue was missing. He charged Nightwing who tossed the birdarang at the villain. But Copperhead leaped into the air, dodging it. But then Nightwing shot his fist forward and released two pair of wires at Copperhead, which latched onto his chest. A surge of electricity emitted through the wires and electrocuted Copperhead. The villain landed on the ground, screaming in agony. But he fought through the pain and yanked the wire of off his chest. He was about to attack Nightwing in blind rage again, only for the birdarang to have returned and hit the villain in the back, making an explosion. Copperhead fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Don't you know a boomerang always comes back?" Nightwing asked.
/
Psimon continued using his telekenisis to uproot trees and toss at Cyborg, who blasted them into many millions of splinters. Grodd descended upon him with his fist raised, but Cyborg evaded his assault, leaping backwards. The gorilla took another swing at him, which he dodged and rolled away. He got up and aimed his cannon at Grodd, only for him to lose balance when Psimon trapped Cyborg's foot on the ground. Grodd smiled and launched at him. Only for Cyborg to activate his jetpack and take to the air. Psimon lifted hundreds of pebbles from the floor and tossed them at Cyborg with bullet like speed. But he activated an energy shield, blocking everyone.
"He's really starting to annoy me," Grodd growled, frustrated.
Cyborg then formed his arm into his iconic canon.
"Go ahead," Psimon dared as he went over to stand next to Grodd. "I'll deflect that cannon of yours."
But to the villains' surprises, Cyborg didn't fire his laser. Instead he shot some form of sonic wave, which was loud enough to have the villains cover their ears in pain. Cyborg then raised his left arm, which turned into a different cannon. It shot a white beam at the two and in a moment's notice, they were turned into ice.
"I knew copying The Brain's ice tech would come in handy someday." Cyborg commented with a cocky grin.
/
Dr. Psycho tore apart the woods, hunting Terra. He heard rustling in the bushes.
"Got ya!" He cried out and sent a psychic wave in that direction, vaporizing the area. It left the bushes in splinters. But no sign of a human body. "Weird. Usually when I do that, my victim are splattered all over the place."
"Oh really?" Terra said, appearing behind Dr. Psycho and launched him into the air by blowing the dirt underneath his tiny feet. He screamed as he was sent flying and landed on the floor.
"What the fuck?!" He spat.
"I used the rocks the rustle those bushes, you idiot." Terra told him.
"Call me an idiot, will you? I should shut that mouth of yours," Dr. Psycho said and used his powers to form hands out of psychic energy, which he shot at Terra at blinding speed, grabbing her throat. Terra gasped and groaned as she struggled to get lose. "Oh I'm sorry. Could you repeat that? You don't 'argh' to be the last thing you say, do you?" He mockingly asked. Terra acted fast and shot a rock underneath Psycho … up his crotch. "YOW!" He cried out in pure pain, forcing him to release Terra. As she coughed for air, Psycho was holding his aching family jewels, holding back tears. "That really hurt, you CUNT!" He shouted. But then he quickly covered his mouth and looked around. Luckily for him, they were away from everyone else, so nobody seemed to have heard him. "Eh … you won't tell anyone I said that, will you?" He sheepishly asked.
"Oh, will you relax!" Terra said as he got back on her feet. "You're not in the US. You can say that word as much as you want. You Americans are the only people in the world who takes that words so seriously."
"Really?" Psycho asked with a surprised expression. "… Can I even say nig-?"
BOINK
A rock suddenly hit him in the head from behind, which was glowing yellow.
"No," Terra replied, with a huff. "No, that word ain't okay in any country. I am so letting everyone know about this." She declared.
/
"RAAAHHH!" Devastation roared as she threw her fist at the heroes again, only for one of Sideways' portals to open up, with another portal in front of her face, causing her to punch her own nose.
"This is embarrassing," Brion told her, arms crossed. "Please, just give up."
"How about you two," Devastation growled, "FUCK OF AND DIE!" She shouted at the top of her lungs and then clapped her hands together with such force, it sent of a soundwave, which ruptured both the heroes eardrums. They both cried out in pain, holding their bleeding ears. Devastation sported a vicious smirk and went in for the offensive, targeting Sideways first. Gotta take out the most difficult opponent first, right? Brion wouldn't let her and he opened up a rift underneath her, which sent her descending into the abyss. "OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" She shouted as she fell.
/
Snowflame and Starfire were still have a bout to see who's attacks would overpower the other. For now, it seemed like a stalemate as neither one is backing down. However, Snowflame was laughing hysterical.
"WOW! You sure are packing heat, bitch!" He cried out. "But I'm just starting to warm up!" He declared and his flames increased in size and intensity.
Starfire struggled. But then her eyes lit up green and she shot her laser eyes at Snowflame, knocking him back. One of his tubes with his cocaine was knocked out of him and went flying towards Star. She instinctively shot the container, which released the powdery substance inside of it. And it was close enough that Star inhaled some of it. Her eyes suddenly emitting green bursts of flames, her breath became heavy, her arms burned of green energy. She screamed something in Tamaranean as she took to the air.
"Bitch, WTF?" Snowflame asked in confusion at what was happening. Starfire then erupted as her whole body unleashed an uncontrollable barrage of her energy blasts, raining down everywhere. "BITCH, WHAT THE FUCK!" Snowflame cried out as he evaded the barrage of explosive energy blasts.
"Starfire! What's wrong?" Nightwing cried out as he and all the other heroes regrouped with the villains in restraints.
Raven had to form a shield to cover everyone. She visibly struggled to keep the barrier up as she dropped on one knee.
"Raven," Cyborg said with concern.
"I'm okay. We better focus on helping Star," She told him.
"Well, what's wrong with her?" Terra asked.
"Hell if I know. But it must've been something Snowflame did." Cyborg concluded.
/
Back in the woods, away from the battle, Deadsoot and Moxxie were hiding from one another, both wounded and panting heavily. Deadshot held his bleeding side.
"Damn. He hit the great Deadshot." The assassin growled. "Just who the fuck is he?"
With Moxxie, he was giving himself first aid, bandaging up his wounds. Luckily for him, none of the bullets went through him. Only left scratches. "This brings me back," He said to himself.
"Hey, possum!" Deadshot called out.
"I am not a possum! I'm an imp!" Moxxie angrily corrected him.
"Whatever! You win!" Deadshot declared and tossed Moxxie's guns from his hiding spot over to the imp's location.
"Just like that?" Moxxie asked.
"Just like that." Deadshot replied.
"What happened to your pride?" Moxxie asked.
"Pride means nothing if I'm dead. And those fucking guns are more trouble than they're worth." Deadshot declared. "Take them and leave. Just don't ever show your face to me ever again." He warned.
"Fair enough. And don't worry. I never wanna see your face ever again either." Moxxie declared as he carefully peered his head through his hiding spot, making sure Deadshot wasn't pulling his finger. He could hear the man walking away, letting Moxxie know he was telling the truth. Mox went over and grabbed his guns, all the while keeping an eye out for his enemy, just to be sure. Once he had secured his guns, he brought out his phone and dialed a number. "Loona, I've accomplished my goal. Open up a portal."
But from a distance, Deadshot has indeed been lying, as he was secured in the bushes, about 200 yards away, aiming his rifle at the unsuspecting imp. "Bang, you're dead." He said and began pulling the trigger. But back with Moxxie, just as the portal back to hell opened, the little imp stopped and turned his head towards Deadshot's location. As if he could tell what was going on. Moxxie's eyes were suddenly different. They were giving of a vibe that just made Deadshot feel something he don't normally feel. Fear. And then he did something he has rarely ever done. He stopped himself from pulling the trigger and pulled back and ducked for cover.
Moxxie scoffed. "Baby," He hissed and went through the portal.
Back with Deadshot, he was panting with fear. 'What … what just happened?' He wondered in his mind. 'I hesitated. I never hesitate. But when I looked him in the eyes, it felt like I was exchanging look with death itself. Even though I had a clear shot at him, all of my instincts screamed at me if I pulled the trigger, somehow, I'd be the one who ended up dead on the ground. How can someone so small and silly looking instill that much fear in me of all people?' He wondered.
/
Trivia
Garfield's birthday is in reference to his comic book debut from Doom Patrol #99, which came out in November 1965. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the actual date for it's release. So I went with November 9 in reference the serial number of the comic. As for the date of his death, it is in reference to the more recent Dark Crisis, where he died. That is the exact same date.