It had only been a few short seconds as Bane had taken the entire penthouse hostage and Jimmy was one of the intended targets. He already had Harvey Dent and Oliver Queen, all he needed was Jimmy was Olsen and that was it.
He was already in the crowd of hostages with his best friend, Clark and Lois. Plus, the guy they wanted to interview who could be a criminal mastermind, Bruce Wayne.
There was silence as no one wanted to give out information regarding where Jimmy Olsen was. This was something that Bane found slightly annoying.
"No one?" Bane asked. "Where is Jimmy Olsen?" He walked up to James Gordon and tapped his face. "Jimmy Olsen?"
Gordon narrowed his eyes at Bane in disgust while Bane searched his pockets. He pulled out a pistol and a badge. He analyse what the badge represented. "James Gordon. Commissioner. You might be a James, but you are not the one I'm looking for." He walked around the room and turned to his crew. "Search the guests. We have cops here."
As Bane's crew searched the guests for any weapons or badges, Bane stood in the centre of the penthouse and turned to the guests.
"You're probably not taking me seriously right now." Bane said. "Do you know who I am?" He heard some people making sobbing noises as he walked around analysing every guest here. "Some of you of course, know me as Bane. I am the most wanted fugitive in the FBI and Interpol. I have killed people and committed acts you refer to terrorism. But don't you worry, I have not placed bombs in or out of these buildings. But I am willing to take certain actions if James Olsen does not reveal himself. For example, a hostage will be executed if James Olsen does not reveal himself."
As this went on, Vicki was recording the entire incident on her phone not for any kind of evidence, but just for some kind of scoop.
"Carla!" Carla walked up to her boss and handed a folder. He opened it up to reveal a piece of paper. "You don't know who Jimmy Olsen is. Well…I shall share to you. See if it rings any bells." Helen began to read from the piece of paper. "James Ishmel Olsen. Born October 3rd, 2000, Yonkers, New York, to Jake and Sarah Olsen. Father vanished, April 30th 2000 when he went on a mission in the Southeast Asian seas, mere months before he was born. Graduated from Siegel College in Smallville, Kansas with high honours. Occupation: Daily Planet journalist and founder of Flamebird…."
As Bane continued to explain things about Jimmy, the man himself looked to be sweating buckets and looked fearful of what Bane had planned.
Clark placed a hand on his shoulder to help him calm down. "Don't worry, you're going to be okay."
"Clark, he's after me!" Jimmy whispered aggressively.
"Jimmy, you're going to get out." Lois assured him. "We just gotta think of a plan."
As this went on, Bruce looked like he was staring at Bane with suspicion. For some strange reason, he felt that there was something off about this hostage situation. He had to find out why.
Thankfully though, Clark had a plan. "Lois, I'm going to be a willing hostage." Clark whispered to her. "When the time comes, I'll incapacitate them and run out to turn into Superman."
Lois gave her boyfriend a concerned look. "Clark, will this work?"
Clark smiled. "I can't see it going wrong."
Lois took his hand. "Be safe."
"You know, I will." Clark kissed her on the lips to give her reassurance that he will be fine. "Jimmy."
"Yeah?" Jimmy responded.
"I'm going to make sure you're okay. You'll be safe, I promise."
Just before he stands up, he inhaled through his nose to prepare himself. "Take me!" Clark and some other person yelled out at the same time.
He looked to where the other voice came from and saw Bruce Wayne standing up as well. This act surprised him. Was he doing this for attention? Was he protecting Jimmy? Or was he just mad?
Bane looked at the sight of Clark and Bruce Wayne with an amused expression. "Well, two willing hostages. Bring them over."
Two of his crew shoved Bruce and Clark towards Bane, whom began to analyse them. First, he looked at Clark while narrowing his eyes.
"Hey, you punks better let go of Mr Wayne or else I'll come over and-" Then, Harvey Bullock was knocked to the ground by Carla with powerful punch.
"What a pig." Carla remarked.
"Brave of you, hombre joven." Bane remarked as Clark was forced to stand in front of him. "Sacrificing yourself to protect your best friend?"
Clark looked surprised. "You know me?"
"Course I do." Bane replied before laughing. "I took the time to study you." Instead of feeling threatened, Clark looked baffled. If he knew what he looked like, then shouldn't he know what Jimmy looked like?
Bane then narrowed his eyes at Bruce Wayne. "And you, Bruce Wayne? Even after your generous donations under your alias of Mockingbird?" Bruce narrowed her eyes at Bane as a response which made him interested. "So, you're not Mockingbird?"
"Why don't you execute me and find out?" Bruce suggested while narrowing his eyes at him.
Bane laughed. "Bold action to take, chico rico. Take them out to the corridor. Make sure it's loud enough for everyone to hear."
Two of his crew used the tips of their assault rifles to force them out of the room and into the corridor to execute them.
As they watched the two be forced into the corridor, Jimmy and Lois looked worried. "Oh dear, how's Clark going to get out of this one?" Lois asked.
"Uh…He lets Bruce Wayne die?" Jimmy's suggestion got Lois to narrow her eyes at him with disapproval. "I know Clark, he wouldn't do that."
"Mr Olsen, the more you delay your inevitable appointment with me, the more hostages will be executed." Bane said.
"You won't get away with this, Bane!" Gordon shouted. "You're going to be locked in Arkham Penitentiary without a trial."
"And I will break out." Bane assured the Commissioner. "Or, to prevent such a waste of time, how about I execute you?"
Harvey Bullock stood up and raised his fists. "If you wish to execute the Commissioner, you go through me!"
Bane nodded his head. "Very well. The fat one and the Commissioner are next!"
"Alright!" Jimmy said while standing up. "I am Jimmy Olsen."
Lois looked at Jimmy with terror on her face, worried for what Bane had for her friend. Even every guest in attendance was mumbling with both confusion and worry.
Bane on the other hand, looked pleased. "Couldn't save the life of your best friend, yet you saved the life of some cops. I don't know what your personality is Olsen, but it's intriguing."
Jimmy marched towards Bane with determination. "You can have me and anyone else you want. Just, let everyone else go and make sure no one else is killed."
As soon as Jimmy got close to him, Bane placed his hand on Jimmy's shoulder. "Wise decision."
Lois looked on with fear, worry and desperation. She pleaded to herself that Clark was thinking of a plan right now to save their friend.
Outside of the room, two of Bane's henchman dressed in heavily armoured vests were forcing Bruce and Clark down the corridor.
"Muévete, chico rico y periodista." One of the henchman said while tapping the back of Bruce's neck with the tip of his gun.
"Don't worry, I'm moving." Bruce assured them.
Clark was a little annoyed by what had transpired. He had planned to be a willing hostage in order to escape and change into Superman. But for whatever reason, Bruce had tagged along and was getting ready to be executed. Or perhaps, make a poor escape.
"Mr Wayne, this is ridiculous." Clark whispered to him angrily. "Are you really risking your life for this?"
Bruce gave a smug stare at Clark. "Would make for an enticing headline."
Clark narrowed his eyes at the billionaire. "Still thinking about yourself? Okay, Mr Wayne, as much as I'd like for you to not be around me, just watch out for me."
"Don't worry, I am." Bruce said to himself.
The goons forced Clark and Bruce on their knees by shoving them to the ground by grabbing them by their shoulders.
"Watch the glasses!" Clark exclaimed.
"¡Silencio tú!" He raised his hand high, ready to smack Clark.
Clark narrowed his eyes at the goon. "No me golpearía si fuera también." (I wouldn't smack me if it were too.)
The henchmen looked baffled by Clark's broken Spanish. "What?" The other henchman said.
Bruce groaned in disappointment. "So that's how it is."
"Quiet!" The henchman smacked Bruce on the back of his head. "That threat was terrible, hombre joven." He looked at Clark and the henchman that was pointing the rifle to his head. "Kill him first."
"Di adiós, tonto analfabeto." The henchman said before cocking his weapon.
In the few short seconds, Clark inhaled deeply through his nose just as he heard the henchman close to pulling the trigger that would end his life. Not Clark, the henchman.
While Bruce, took a brief glance at Clark before facing forward with a determined look, as if he was waiting for something. Like a chance to strike back.
Then, in one swift motion, Clark moved from the tip of the rifle and then grabbed it before, grabbing the crook by the collar of their shirt and shoving them against the wall.
During that moment, the other henchman was briefly distracted which gave Bruce Wayne the perfect opportunity to grab the tip of the rifle and then disarm him of his weapon.
"What?!" The henchman screamed in shock.
Then, he tried to punch Bruce Wayne, but he just grabbed him by the wrist and tossed him over his shoulder and onto the floor.
After the men had defeated their respective opponents, they each gave each other some baffled and confused stares. As Clark stared at Bruce in confusion, the goon he slammed against the wall, slid down onto the floor.
"Uh….Where did you learn those moves?" Clark asked.
"Private self defence classes." Bruce replied as he adjusted his tie. "I can't be oblivious to the dangers of being rich all the time. I thought you said you weren't a quarterback." He slowly approached Clark with a bit of a hard stare.
Clark shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, ya know, working out. Plus, my girlfriend's dad was in the military and taught her some moves she-"
"I get it, Mr Kent." Bruce assured him. "I need you to listen to me and listen to me good, leave everything to me. Dash down to the station and get help." He began walking to a red telephone on a table and turned the dial a few times to open a secret hatch in the wall.
"Where are you going?!" Clark asked in shock.
"My panic room." Bruce replied as he entered the hatch and quickly closed it so he wouldn't get a lecture from Clark.
Clark was gobsmacked from what he was seeing. He wanted to tear down the door to give Bruce Wayne a piece of his mind. But he knew that his best friend needed saving.
He super dashed down the corridor, down the multiples flight of stairs, through the reception area and out of the penthouse. As he dashed, he quickly changed into his Superman costume until he was fully dressed once he was outside.
He looked up at the building he came out of. Inside, Bane was in there about to take his best friend to who knows where.
He began to fly up towards the top floor, but just as he got close, he was suddenly tackled out of the sky by a bolt of electricity.
The bolt of electricity had just came out of nowhere, almost like a bolt of lightning. They crashed onto the ground where Superman was thankfully free from its grasp.
He quickly stood up and held on to his head to get himself together after that disorienting experience. As soon as the smoke cleared, he saw whom had tackled him out of the air.
It was none other than the Electrokinesis wielding crook, Leslie Willis AKA Livewire. She cracked her neck as the electricity traveled through her body and armour.
"Should have stayed in Metropolis, Superman." She said as she began circling him. "You and I have unfinished business."
"I don't have time for this." Superman tried flying back to the penthouse, but Livewire began following behind.
As she flew up after Superman, she used her electric powers to control a car from below her and tossed it towards Superman.
He quickly turned around and caught it with his hands before Livewire fired a bolt of electricity that caused the car to blow up. The power of the blast made Superman crash on to the street with a massive thud.
As he pulled himself up, he saw that Livewire was about to perform a powerful electric slam. But before she could have the chance, Superman used his heat vision to try and stop her, but somehow, her powers got her to deflect it at a neon sign, causing it to explode into sparks of electricity.
Before she slammed down, Superman quickly dashed out of the way so she could land on the ground, and releasing a surge of electricity that caused all the power in street to flicker.
Back up in the penthouse, the lights in the whole building began to flicker. Which meant of course, everyone whom was being held hostage on the top floor could see that the lights were flickering on and off.
"What is happening out there?" Harvey Dent asked as he, Oliver and Jimmy were being forced into grey metal boxes.
"That shouldn't concern you, Mr Attorney." Bane replied. "Right now, you're our prisoner." Then, he was shoved into the box and had the lid closed on him.
Instead of being afraid, Oliver Queen was just chuckling. "I should be afraid, but I've been in tighter situations than this."
"Be afraid, Mr Queen, be very afraid." Bane retorted just as he slammed the lid shut on him.
As Lois watched helplessly at her friend being forced into the box, she began to get worried about Clark and his whereabouts.
Jimmy tried to struggle to escape, but unfortunately, Bane's crew were far too strong for his lean body. "You can't get away with this!" Jimmy cried. "SUPERMAN!"
Bane laughed. "Yes, cry for him. But make sure he can hear you." He shoved Jimmy into the grey box and slammed the lid shut. "Take them to the truck once the lights stop flickering. They're putting me off." He saw Carla looking out of the window and raised a brow. "Carla? Can you see what's causing this?"
"I can hardly see anything, Jefe." Carla replied. "I can barely make out anything from up here. I think I see….Bolts of electricity?"
"Let it play out." Bane replied. "It doesn't concern us."
Then, for some reason, the lights stopped flickering. "Finally!" Carla exclaimed as she began to step away from the window. "I swear I was going to get a seizure. Shall we wheel them out?"
"Give it five minutes." Bane replied. "I want to see if Superman will come."
"He's a little late, don't you think?" Carla remarked.
"He'll come." Bane assured his second-in-command. "Just give it some time. Believe me, he'll make his presence known."
Then, someone from the party screamed a high pitch scream and pointed to whatever was behind Bane.
Bane and every one of his crew turned around to face whatever they were screaming at and didn't see Superman, but Batman instead.
He stood by the balcony, wind blowing on his cape. There were murmurs of either fear or relief as Batman stood before the crowd of guests.
Vicki on the other hand, was recording everything with her phone and giving a small grin at the story she was about to publish for her followers.
Bane looked disappointed that this wasn't Superman, but he did look forward to what this could lead to. "Saca el murciélago!"
His crew began charging toward the Batman with their fists raised. They tried to punch Batman, but he managed to dodge the punches and then he blocked both of the punches. He kicked their kneecaps before one of them tried to hit him in the face but the Bat just blocked it and punched the goon in the face.
The other goon punched Batman in the chest, but he just fumbled backwards and punched the goon, in the face, knocking him to the ground. Another goon, pulled out a knife from her holster and spun it in her hand.
She began running up towards Batman just as he finished incapacitating the other goon and stabbed him in the gut. But for whatever reason, he didn't budge or feel any kind of pain.
That's when she got a look at what his armour had done to her knife and saw that it was bent. Batman tilted his neck before grabbing her by the wrist and tossing her into the wall.
Some of Bane's goons pulled out a pair of rifles that they loaded and cocked their weapons. The , they tried to shoot Batman, but he just dived out of the way and tipped over a table so he could protect himself.
Just as they were going to reload, Batman popped back out and threw a pair of two boomerang like objects at their hands, causing them to drop the weapons from their hands.
Then, he jumped from over the table and tackled the goon to the floor before jumping back up and getting into a fist fight with the other goon.
They tried to punch Batman, but he just dodged every punch before punching him with a powerful uppercut to their face.
Bane saw how incompetent his crew was doing to take out Batman and cracked his knuckles. He looked to Carla and the boxes. "Carla, llévalos a los camiones." (Carla, take them to the trucks.)
"¿Qué pasa contigo?" (What about you?)
"Necesito romper este bate." (I need to break this bat.)
Carla nodded at her boss and snapped her fingers to get her crew to wheel the boxes out of the room which they complied in. As they wheeled them out, Lois saw what was going on and became worried.
Clark would tend to be here by now, but for whatever reason, he was taking his time. Something must be holding him and she needs to take things into her own hands.
Without letting anyone see her, she began to shimmy through the crowd all while still taking small glances at what was going on.
Bane began to approach Batman while cracking his neck. "You want these rich scumbags? You fight me, first."
"Why are you here, Bane?" Batman asked.
"They shouldn't matter to you." Bane replied. "But rest assured, you were never my target until now." They stood their ground for a moment, just staring at each other with their fists raised, waiting for their opponent to strike.
Batman clenched his fists tight and squinted his eyes with Bane doing the same thing. After a few more seconds, Batman threw the first punch that Bane managed to deflect.
Batman managed to get a few punches to Bane's face but didn't get far as he just stumbled backwards a few steps. Before Batman could land another punch, Bane grabbed him by the wrist.
"Tacky costume." He managed to kick Batman in his chest, causing him to stumble a bit.
Then, the two got back to exchanging random punches and kicks with each other. Both of them either blocked or managed to get a punch in, but unfortunately for both of them, they wouldn't get knocked down.
Batman tried to perform a crescent kick but the criminal mastermind just jumped backwards and tackled Batman to the floor. Just as he was about to punch him, the Bat raised his wrist and fired a bunch of spikes from his gauntlets, causing Bane to stumble off of him which have Batman the opportunity to kick him in the abdomen.
Meanwhile, Lois was close to exiting the room and was just close to leaving. But she couldn't keep her eyes off of the fight between Batman and Bane.
She had heard of Batman, but seeing him this close and in action was just something that needed to be seen to be believed.
Just as she was this close to escaping, she accidentally bumped into something. And that something, was Carla.
She grinned smugly. "Going somewhere, pequeña dama?"
Lois grinned. "Yeah!" She raised her fist high and punched Carla right in the jaw. But unfortunately, Carla didn't react to the punch, not even a flinch.
Carla smiled while Lois gave a nervous chuckle. "Could you be a pal and let me pass?"
Outside, there were five similar looking white trucks with five drivers and five passengers awaiting outside of the vehicles.
From out of the building entrance, came the subordinates carrying the three prisoners in box carriers. "Superman!" Jimmy cried. "Superman!"
"Keep screaming!" The criminal laughed. "I don't think he can hear you." He looked up, to see Superman still fighting with Livewire, not high above the ground. "He's a little preoccupied."
Above from the ground, Superman and Livewire exchanging projectiles with each other. Superman was busy blasting his heat vision while Livewire just blocked every one of his hits.
She then, shot some electricity from her fingers and that tried to hit Superman. But he just blocked the bolts of lighting by raising his arms. Despite the fact that they hurt like heck, he managed to block them for long enough to see a car coming towards him.
He caught it before dashing back down to the ground and placing it next to a parking meter where the parking had just expired.
He dashed back up to get back to fighting Livewire, who just laughed at the poor owner's misfortune. "Wow, that was super evil. He wasn't even parked near a parking meter."
Superman cringed at his mistake before being tackled by Livewire. As she held Superman in a bear hug, she released a surge of electricity that caused Superman to scream. He pushed her off however, causing her to crash into a building and destroying a window.
Back in the penthouse, Batman and Bane were still in a fistfight that all the hostages have been watching for the last few minutes.
Batman tried to punch Bane in the chest, but he just deflected it. Then, Bane tried grabbing Batman by his shoulder, but the bat just kicked him in the chest, causing him to stumble backwards.
Bane grabbed him with both of his hands by the shoulders but Batman freed himself by head butting him repeatedly until he let him go.
He tried to do a spin kick, but Bane caught him by the ankle and slammed him on the floor. In that moment, Bane tried to stomp on him, but he just rolled to the right and kicked him on the leg, causing him to drop to his knee.
Then, Batman punched him in the face. Just as he was about to perform another hit, Bane grabbed him by the wrist and tried to twist it in an effort to break it but Batman responded with a kick to his face.
Bane smiled under his mask and shook his wrist. "You're putting up a good fight, camarada. I expected this from you."
"Why are you here in Gotham, Bane?" Batman asked. "Why are you kidnapping people like Oliver Queen, Harvey Dent and James Olsen? What use do they have for you?"
"Understand, I came here for business." Bane replied. "But then that business became something I needed to do. Now, a caped demonio that I have dreamt of fighting is here."
Batman narrowed his eyes at Bane as a response. "Well, I hope it lived up to your fantasies."
Bane however just laughed. "Who said it was you, Batman?"
"Hey boss!" Carla interjected as she entered the room while holding a struggling Lois by her wrist. "This one was trying to get away."
"Keep her here, she could be important for later." Bane responded.
"If you're not after me, who are you after?" Batman asked.
"Hey, it's Superman!" Someone shouted out.
"What?"
"Where?"
"Who is he fighting?"
"Is that Silver Banshee?"
"No, she screams!"
From out of the window, everyone could see that Superman was in a fight with Livewire. She was currently shooting sparks of electricity from her hands that he kept avoiding.
Bane narrowed his eyes angrily at Livewire fighting Superman while Batman was looking on in astonishment among the other Gotham residents.
"First she steals my weapons and now she steals my target." Bane whispered to himself in anger.
Batman turned around to get back into the fight with Bane. There were a few punches that Batman deflected until Batman punched him so hard, he caused a tear in his mask.
Bane touched the small little cut on his mask, realising a bit of his cheek was exposed. "You left me no choice, Batman."
Bane took off his coat to reveal he was wearing some sort of rubber suit that covered his whole body and had tubes sticking in his arms, back and neck. He pushed a button on his wrist, causing him to cringe in pain, his eyes to glow green and to let out a mighty scream that made Batman's eyes widened in surprise.
Batman had his fists raised, ready to fight Bane again but then, unexpectedly, he punched Batman so hard in the chest, he flew into the wall, causing him to be rendered unconscious and for debris from the wall to collapse on top of him.
Everyone looked on in shock and terror at how easily incapacitated Bane had just rendered Batman incapacitated.
Bane marched up towards Carla whom was still holding Lois by her wrist in her arm while the journalist looked at Bane in fear. She had heard plenty of stories about Bane, but seeing him in person was absolutely terrifying for her.
"Give her to me and get to the trucks." Bane commanded.
Carla handed the journalist to Bane who held her by the wrist with an aggressive hold. Lois tried punching her way out of his grasp but Bane just gripped her wrist a little harder, causing her to seethe in pain as she felt like the bones in her body were turning to dust.
Back outside, Superman and Livewire were busy in their fight. She was currently firing more bolts of lightning at Superman that he just kept dodging.
Then, she tried grabbing Superman by his shoulder but he grabbed her wrists and began to push them away from him so he wouldn't get electrocuted.
He was so focused on making sure he wasn't electrocuted, that he didn't hear the sound of a window shattering.
"Superman!" He heard the sound of someone crying out for him. "Superman!"
The familiar voice caused Livewire to freeze in fear. She turned to face where the voice was coming from and stared at what looked to be Bane dangling Lois Lane from the shattered window of the penthouse.
Superman froze in fear to see his girlfriend in this situation that he immediately grabbed Livewire by her collar, tossed her aside and blowing her backwards onto the roof of a nearby building and crashing into a chimney.
Superman narrowed his eyes at Bane. "Let her go!"
Bane looked at Superman with a mocking stare. "Muy mala elección de palabras." Then, he let go of Lois, causing her to begin falling to her supposed demise.
In an instant, Superman dashed down and caught her in his arms. He quickly hovered down and placed her on the streets.
"You okay?" Superman asked his girlfriend, whom was holding her wrist due to the tough grip left to her by Bane. She looked at her wrist and saw that there was a massive mark.
"Little bruised by the works but I'll be fine." Lois replied.
"I'm sorry I was taking forever." Superman said. "Livewire came out of nowhere and amb-"
"They got Jimmy." Lois interjected.
"What?" Superman reacted.
"They took Jimmy." Lois explained. "They put him, Harvey Dent and Oliver Queen in grey boxes and I think Bane said something about putting them in trucks."
"What trucks?" Superman asked before Bane landed on the ground just right behind him. But instead of Bane being hurt by the ginormous fall, he was standing like he barley had any kind of scratch on him.
He moved his shoulders round and then patted himself down. "That barely gave me a scratch."
Superman stared down at his new rival with a narrow glare. "Go find Mr Kent, Miss Lane." Superman commanded to Lois. "I'll handle him." Lois nodded her head and began running to find some safety while Superman went to handle Bane.
Bane cracked his neck while Superman just hovered off the ground. "Understand Superman, I consider it an honour to fight you."
"Honour or not, I'm taking you in!" Superman assured him.
Bane laughed. "That remains to be seen." Bane screamed and began charging towards Superman. But before he could he could get a hit, Superman just jumped upwards before landing back down again.
Bane tried to punch Superman, but he was a lot faster than he had anticipated as he just dodged every punch. That was until, he finally got a punch in by punching him right where his logo was, causing him to skid backwards.
Superman coughed as he did not expect a powerful punch coming from his foe. But before he had time to dodge, he was hit with a barrage of punches from Bane.
But before Bane could land another one, Superman managed to grab him by the wrist and shoved him into a streetlight.
Bane just laughed. "What's wrong Superman? Can't punch me?"
"You think I wish to do that?" Superman asked.
"I think you should!" Bane cracked his neck. "Because the last regret you will have before I end you, is you should have fought back."
Bane charged for Superman who just grabbed him by the collar of his suit and tossed him over his shoulder. Then, Bane kicked Superman's ankle, causing him to fall to the ground.
Before Superman could get up, Bane stomped on his stomach, causing the Man of Steel to gag. Then, Bane placed his foot on Superman's neck, ready to crush it.
"Funny, I thought you would have put up more of a fight."
But before Bane could deliver a killing blow, he was suddenly tackled to the ground by Livewire. Before she could get an electric shock in him, he managed to kick her off and got back off his feet. But before he could have a chance to finish Superman, Livewire used her powers to toss a ginormous dumpster, causing him to get knocked over but still managing to land on his feet.
Bane growled at his new opponent coming towards him, hair blowing in the wind and sparks flying around her.
"Leave, Bane." Livewire warned him. "You might be strong enough to take down Superman, but I'm another story."
Bane laughed. "Don't be so naive, Willis."
Livewire grinned. "Alright, I'll believe you."
Bane took one quick glance to where Superman was standing and saw that he was gone from his peripheral vision.
Livewire began charging towards him with her fists raised. She tried punching him, but he kept avoiding every punch for some reason. That was until, Livewire grabbed him by the shoulder and began to release a surge of electricity out of her body.
Bane squirmed in what looked like agonising pain until Livewire stopped. She grinned, feeling proud for taking out the legend himself. That was until, his head shot back up and his green eyes shined right in her face.
Livewire was surprised and terrified by the sudden awakening that she didn't have time to see the punch to the gut that Bane had gave her, sending her flying backwards into a trash can.
Bane began to walk up to her while cracking his neck and shuffling his shoulders. "How?!" Livewire asked as she got back up.
"My suit is made from an alloy designed to protect me from electrical attacks just like yours." Bane explained. "I knew I would have to fight you, so I came prepared."
Livewire snarled in anger and began charging towards Bane. They began to exchange punches with each other with every gigawatt of electricity rendering him unaffected.
Bane smacked his hands against Livewire's ears, causing her to be affected with temporary tinnitus before being hit with a pummel of punches in the stomach, face, leg, arm and chest. Before shoving her against the wall.
Livewire narrowed her eyes at Bane as she wiped away some blood dripping from her mouth. "Alright, it's going to take a lot of my energy to beat you."
Bane laughed. "Surprise me, bruja."
Meanwhile, Superman was flying around Gotham in an attempt to find a truck that had Jimmy. He began hovering over the city to see if he can see the distinct truck. As he looked around the city all he saw were cop cars, civilian cars, oil trucks and vans.
Until, he finally found a distinct white truck just turning past the Iceberg Lounge. He used his X-Ray vision to look at what was in the background which was a distinct grey box made from lead. He couldn't see what was inside the box but he could hear someone banging against the box, meaning someone was inside.
He quickly flew towards the truck and landed in front of it so he could grab it by the head lights, crushing so hard that it caused a few dents.
The driver and the passenger jumped out of the vehicle with their rifles at the ready and aimed them at their target. Superman disarmed the first one and shoved them to the road.
While the other punched him in the back of his shoulder, causing his knuckles to crack. The Man of Steal turned to face them and threw him toward a nearby cop car that had just parked up.
A couple of police officers jumped out of the vehicle and began to apprehend the unconscious goons that Superman had knocked to the ground before they had the chance to escape.
"Superman, what's going on?" One of the cops asked.
Superman, in desperation, tore through the door of the ginormous crate and pulled the box out. He tore it open with a brief smile on his face that quickly vanished when he realised it wasn't Jimmy he rescued, but Harvey Dent.
Harvey, dazed and confused popped out of the box while holding on to his head. "Thank you, Superman." He said. "I was getting a little worried."
"Mr Dent, I need you to tell me, where were they taking you?" Superman asked.
"I have no idea." Harvey replied. "Did you beat Bane?"
"Working on that." Superman replied as he began to desperately look around the city for any sign of the truck that might have Jimmy inside.
"Hey, you probably didn't get the message from your pal Clark Kent." Harvey said as he adjusted his tie and not acknowledging his saviour's desperation on his face. "I appreciate the work you do to help save your city and I'm glad you've taken the time to give some assistance to Batman. Whom, between you and me, is indeed real." Superman looked back at Dent and realised there was a red dot pointed on the right side of his cheek.
"Mr Dent!" Superman quickly grabbed a hold of Harvey and used his back as a shield to protect the DA from a bullet.
He looked to where the bullet came from which was down an ally. But the way the bullet flew towards him, made it look like it was coming from an upwards angle.
He used his X-Ray vision to look far ahead where he saw what looked to be a familiar someone. It was a member of Task Force X. Specifically, the one with the orange mask and high tech body armour.
He was lying on his stomach wielding a sniper in his hands and cocking it. He gave a wave towards Superman and motioned him to come toward him.
Superman narrowed his eyes at Slade. He knew he should go after his best friend, but the DA was almost killed and he had to stop this assailant.
He quickly flew to where Slade was which was on top of some old decrepit building known as The Kane & Finger.
Superman narrowed his eyes at the mercenary whom had just got his swords out and pointing one of them at the Man of Steel.
"Thought that would get your attention." Slade remarked.
"Risking the life of Gotham's DA just to get my attention?" Superman remarked. "I don't have time to deal with your nonsense and accusations."
"After that incident on some farm on Smallville, you're worth my own." Slade retorted before wrapping Superman in a grapple around his waist.
Superman tried to break out of the tight bondage, but then an electric shock ran through his entire system, causing him to scream in pain.
Slade tried to hit Superman with his red sun charged swords but thankfully, Superman managed to get out of the rope just in time and quickly dodged the incoming attack by dashing to the side.
Slade tried to hit Superman with some of his swords but Superman just dodged every hit by either dashing, ducking or just jumping over him.
The mercenary then tried slicing him lengthways, but then the Man of Steel got on his knees and performed a crescent kick that Slade somehow jumped over and kicked him in the face.
He tried to stab Superman, but then, the hero grabbed the blade with his hands and then kicked the mercenary backwards into a chimney.
Slade stood up and cracked his neck. "Impressive, your fighting's gotten better. But it doesn't hold a candle to mine."
Slade put away his swords and began doing small jumps while his fists were raised, ready to take down his opponent.
Superman narrowed his eyes at Slade before dashing forward towards him and tried to grab the mercenary. But then, Slade grabbed his wrist and tossed him over his shoulder.
Before the mercenary stomped on his face, Superman knocked his knee, causing him to fall to the floor. That was until, Superman jumped up and manhandled him.
He began flying upwards still carrying his opponent, until he felt a shock on the back of his shoulder. That was because, Slade had placed the palm of his hand on the back of his shoulder and was currently electrocuting him.
Then, the Man of Steel tossed Slade on a nearby roof of an apartment complex. Slade looked at his armour and noticed that there were some sparks sparking on his arm.
Slade jumped back and saw Superman was attempting to fly away. "Oh no you don't!"
Slade fired his grappling hook and attached it around Superman's ankle. He tried pulling himself off of the rope but then he felt another surge of electricity pass through him, causing him to scream in pain.
Then, the mercenary began spinning him over his head, causing the Man of Steel to get very dizzy from the wind and blurry images passing around him. Then, Slade slammed him on the roof, causing a small crater to appear around him.
Back outside the tower, Livewire wasn't doing so well. She was being pummelled to high heavens by Bane. He punched her, kneed her, elbowed her, slammed her head against the wall and tossed her against the trash can.
Livewire coughed and spat out some saliva as the heavy beating from Bane finally took a toll on her. She felt bruised, cut and broken from all the hits she had taken.
"Look at you, all that power and yet all you got out of me was a scratch." Bane remarked as Livewire tried to stand up but couldn't do so for how weak she was. "Don't you have any kind of fight in you?"
She growled before firing a voltage of electricity straight at him, but due to the suit, it did absolutely nothing to slow him down.
"Come on, you can do better than that." Bane said as she stood up.
She tried to punch him, but then he grabbed her wrist and dislocated it, causing her to scream in pain. "You have to be powerful if you want to beat me. I will let what you did to me slide." Livewire dropped on her knees and coughed.
"Why?" Livewire asked.
"I need something from you." Bane replied. "I need you to be a test subject."
Livewire scoffed. "Just snap my neck."
"I wasn't asking." He retorted before he heard the sound of sirens coming toward him and her. "Oh, the Calvary." He looked up to the night sky and cracked his neck. "Nos vemos pronto, Superman." Before opening up a nearby sewer grate, picking up Livewire, tossing her in and climbing down the ladder.
Before he closed it, he looked at the night sky for the last time. "Nos vemos pronto." He closed the lid so he could avoid the police.
Back inside the tower, Gordon was taking the lead in making sure everyone was safe. "Nobody leaves the penthouse until we are sure that it's safe to leave." Bullock then approached Gordon. "Detective Bullock, I wanted you to search the tower for any sign of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent."
Then, from out the rubble Batman burst out, covered in dust. He coughed just as the crowd stared at him in awe and horror all except for Gordon, Bullock, Alfred and Lucius.
"Don't worry Jim. Mr Wayne and Kent are safe." Batman assured the commissioner. "Mr Wayne's hiding in his panic room while Mr Kent should have been dashing to the station."
Gordon noted the crowd of people whom were all staring at Batman, as they realised that this urban myth was in fact real and in front of their very eyes.
Gordon saw what was going on and looked worried while Batman looked absolutely calm. Bullock on the other hand, was doing his best.
"Alright, nothing to see here!" Bullock exclaimed. "No man in a bat suit. It's just a stunt performer not the actual Batman!"
Gordon pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. "I don't believe it."
"What happened?" Batman asked. "What of Bane?"
"Well, according to eyewitness reports, he was fighting Leslie Willis and somehow beating her to a pulp." Gordon replied. "Earlier, he was somehow kicking the snot out of Superman before he flew off."
"Where is he now?" Batman asked.
"Who?"
"Both." Batman replied.
"Bane disappeared into a sewer grate while Superman-" Before he was about to inform the vigilante, Gordon heard some chatter on his radio com attached to his chest.
"All units, Superman has been sighted on top of Dark Hill Apartments fighting a masked assailant in a tech suit. Do you have any responders close by?"
"This is Gordon, sending someone over now." Gordon replied. "Hey, think you could-" But before he could finish asking, Gordon realised that Batman was gone. He looked around the penthouse for any sign, but none whatsoever. He sighed in annoyance. "Every time."
Back at the apartment complex, Superman was still busy fighting Slade. He slid across the across the roof while Slade just did small jumps on the spot since he felt pumped.
"Have to say Superman, you still disappoint me." He remarked. "For a man from another world, you sure are good at losing to mere mortals like us."
"I don't have time for this." Superman tried to hit Slade with his heat vision, but he quickly summoned a shield gauntlet and managed to deflect it back at Superman, causing him to be hit in the stomach.
He got knocked to the floor just as Slade jumped in the air, preparing to slice him with his sword. The Man of Steel dashed out of the way and shoved Slade off of the roof.
He was about to save his life, until he saw a grappling hook attach to the ledge and Slade jumped back up.
Slade narrowed his eyes at Superman before pulling his dual wield swords out and charging towards his target.
He tried to dodge the blades, but unfortunately they managed to hit him around his body causing some distinct slashes on his stomach and face.
Superman quickly managed to deflect the next him, before the mercenary kicked Superman in the face, knocking him to the floor.
He tried to get back up, but Slade just used the handle of his sword to knock him down to the floor. Slade laughed as he placed the tip of his sword on Superman's neck.
"Ah, I finally got you at last." Slade remarked. "How about we make this painful enough so you know what it's like to be one of us?"
Superman, narrowed his eyes at Slade while using his hand to grab a nearby fuse box he was about to use as a weapon to knock him to the ground. But he looked it as he heard something coming close towards them.
"Any last words, Superman?"
Before Superman could respond, a black shadow tackled Slade to the ground. The mercenary managed to kick him off and jumped back up with his swords still in hand as he looked at his assailant.
In front of him was none other than Batman in all his glory. Superman, quickly sat up to stare at his saviour with shock on his face. Seeing him in person really was something unbelievable to him.
Slade cracked his neck as he narrowed his eyes at Batman. "Do you mind? I'm trying to save the planet."
"Your fight belongs in Metropolis, not here." Batman retorted. "Or simply put…" Batman cracked his knuckles. "…Get out of my city, or I will make you."
"I can take it from here." Superman said.
"Stand aside." Batman demanded. "He's mine."
Superman grabbed his shoulder in an effort to stop him. "No. I cannot have a vigilante interfere."
Batman grinned. "I thought you'd say that." He then tossed a smoke grenade to Superman's face, causing him to be blinded. He groaned as he held his hands to his face due to the intense blinding flash.
Slade aimed his sword at Batman. "He is mine, Batman."
"I wasn't here for him." Batman retorted before charging towards his opponent.
Slade tried to hit Batman with his swords, but the masked vigilante just raised his gauntlets and snapped the blades in two.
Slade was in shock by what had transpired and tossed his broken blades aside. "Very well. You might have disarmed me, but you don't know what I am capable of."
"Give me your best shot." Batman said.
Slade charged towards Batman to try and punch Batman. But the Caped Crusader managed to block every one of his punches, kicks without even trying.
Slade did punch him a few times, but the Batman just parried his hits back to him. The mercenary tried to hit him with his wrist mounted blaster, but the vigilante just threw one of his Batarangs at the tip, causing it to blow up in his face.
Slade was shocked by how quickly Batman was beating him in their first fight. But he quickly jumped back up and performed a drop kick, causing the Batman to fall to the ground.
Before Slade could beat him up, the Batman kicked him in the stomach and then kicked him in the ankle, causing him to fall on the ground.
The mercenary quickly bounced back up and pulled out his bo-staff and tried to hit Batman with it. However, Batman managed to deflect every one of the hits. Then, he disarmed the mercenary of his weapon and snapped it in two with his knee.
Slade quickly pulled out what looked to be a gun, before Batman snatched it out of his hand and disassembled it.
Slade punched Batman in the face before trying another one which Batman stopped by grabbing his wrist and using it to hit him in the face. Then, Batman jumped in the air and kicked him in the mask before going at him with a barrage of punches to his face.
Slade tried to punch Batman, but the Caped Crusader just jumped over him and kicked him in his back, causing him to crash on to the ledge, causing a loud shatter.
Slade stood up to reveal that the right side of his mask had shattered, revealing his working eye. Slade stared at Batman with an intrigued and terrified look on his face. He was impressed at how a man, he had somehow met managed to somehow best him in their first fight. It was almost like, they had fought before.
"How?" Slade asked. "How did you best me? It's almost like, you know me. Have we met before? Your combat seems familiar. I haven't seen something like this since…." He froze with realisation as he realised who Batman was. "…Tibet. No. It can't be."
"Good to see you again, Slade." Batman retorted.
Slade narrowed his eyes in anger at Batman and gave a vengeful growl at him. The stare he gave the Bat was one of vengeance and a grudge that had yet to be rid of.
Once Superman got his vision back, he saw Batman and Slade just staring at each other. Slade looked between Batman and Slade just as he stood up.
"Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse." Slade narrowed his eyes at Batman. "I will take what you took from me." He then stared at Superman, who looked like he was about to attack. "And don't think you're off the hook. You're a priority. See you soon." He tossed a smoke grenade to the roof, causing a large burst of smoke to surround him.
Superman quickly used his super breath to blow the smoke away in an effort to stop him. But once he cleared the smoke, the mercenary was gone.
Superman looked frustrated whilst Batman seemed to be giving off a deadpan look. "He got away!"
"He'll be back." Batman retorted just as he began walking to the ledge. But he stopped once Superman dashed in front of him, blocking his path.
"I've had many fails tonight, but you're coming with me." Superman protested.
"Go back to Metropolis." Batman commanded. "This isn't your playground." The Caped Crusader just casually walked past Batman like he wasn't a threat, surprising Superman.
Before he could jump off, Superman grabbed him by the shoulder in an attempt to stop him. "You're a vigilante! I'm taking you in!"
"Go ahead." Batman quickly flashed his cape to Superman's face, causing the superhero to become disoriented.
Then Batman did a roll before tossing a couple of batarangs at Superman, that just shattered upon impact with his body.
Superman dashed towards Batman and grabbed him by the arm. But somehow, Batman managed to free himself from his grasp and placed a small device on Superman's chest.
That device, happened to be a bat shaped thruster that sent Superman skidding backwards toward the ledge before he was able to fall off.
Superman stood back up and narrowed his eyes at Batman. "Who are you?!"
"Why don't you find out?" Batman asked.
Superman used his x-ray vision to look at Batman and his mask. He looked through what was under Batman's mask and was in for a shock of his life. Under that mask was none other than Bruce Wayne.
Superman gasped and took a few step backs. "Bruce Wayne?"
"You shouldn't have peaked." Batman said. "Believe me, that was your biggest mistake. I shall see you later…" He began walking backwards towards the ledge. "….Superman. Or, would you prefer, Clark Kent?"
Superman gasped in horror and disbelief as he felt his heart race. He found out who Batman was and vice versa.
He had always worried what would happen if people thought about his identity. But his last few minutes with Batman have taught him not to underestimate him.
Just as Superman was close to getting answers out of him, Batman jumped off the ledge. He ran towards the ledge and looked down to catch a sign of him. But unfortunately, Batman was not anywhere to be seen. He was gone.
Superman wanted to come after Batman, but he knew he had an important matter that needed attending to. "Jimmy!" He jumped up into the air and began to hover up in the city.
He looked at the dark, dimly lit city that he looked at with desperation and worry. He had a lot of problems right now. Bane, Livewire, Slade and now Batman. But there was one issue that he wanted to sort out first, and that was to find Jimmy.
He flew out into the night sky to find his best friend, no matter how long it would take.