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EDIT: 06/13/2023 just updating typos and fixing things
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The duo had made their way up the old structure, Gus being the last to reach the top. He huffed and panted once he was over the balcony.
"That was... quite... the climb."
Sariel placed her hands on her hips as Robin watched the two. "At least you didn't fall."
"Yea, you would of gone splat." Robin added. Sariel laughed. "Might be an improvement."
"Shut... up.. guys. Did you find.. a door?"
Robin shrugged. "Yes."
The trio walked to the small and narrow entrance Robin had found in his little trip around the walkway. It seemed to go right around the roof of the old church. There were a few doors, but they too were locked. It seemed this one should have been as well, but as luck would have it, it was left open. Although, Robin hardly thought it was luck. He knew she wanted them to find a way in, and it led right to an old stone spiral staircase. The entire area was close quarters, and they all had to bend down a bit while going down.
"Man, this thing feels old."
"I think they use it quite a bit themselves, so it should be fine." Robin reassured Gus.
"Probably" he shrugged. The staircase led them down to a narrow hallway that seemed to twist and turn until it gave them another spiral metal staircase. It too, was small and inconvenient. But at least it was sturdy. Robin didn't worry about it as much as Gus. This was probably open to tourists, so it would be sturdy enough to hold quite a few people each day.
When they finally came across another hallway, then a set of regular stairs, the trio knew they were getting somewhere.
Once they were out of the narrow and stone halls they arrived into a much grander location. The floors were pristine, there were large and tall Candelabras, and opened doors that seemingly led the to upper balconies of the church.
Gus peaked out to look for any guards or security. "Talk about grandeur and corruption."
Sariel nodded. "Yea..."
"There doesn't seem to be anyone here." Robin grew a little concerned. "Are we sure she actually stopped here." Gus looked to his watch, and it relayed the same map his laptop did. "Yep."
Sariel shrugged. "This place is an 'old school' church, it's got layers. For all we know she could be below this whole thing."
The two boys nodded.
"Let's just be careful, she might have someone waiting for us."
Sariel made a face. "The last thing we need to do is fight Geist... in a church, with a mausoleum right under it."
The two nodded at her in agreement, indeed that was the very last thing they needed.
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"He's there."
"Will... are you sure?"
"He dropped off the damn radar hours ago, now suddenly he's in Berlin. He's cloaked himself well. I just know he's in the city, as to where in the city, I have no clue."
Slade stood outside of the van, his gaze fell onto the church. Asif was inside, keeping an eye on what his apprentice and companions were doing in the church. There wasn't a security feed he could tap into. Well, none that he could find. Although, he was certain there would be security cameras inside such a historical site. But hacking into them seemed, at the moment, unavailable. So without camera accessibility the only connection they had to the team inside was via earbuds.
The mastermind took in a deep breath before he continued. "Damn. Will, try to find out where he is in the city, I can't pull Robin out now. If anything does happen we'll have to deal with it as we go along."
"Shall I send some troops?"
"No."
"No?"
"I want to see for myself. What will Robin do if he encounters his former mentor?"
"I understand, but do you at least want me to send a chopper? I can have one sent out from the Berlin base."
"I'll put the idea on standby. Have them ready, just in case."
"Understood, I'll make the call."
"Good." Slade pressed the end button, and let out that deep breath he had been keeping in since Will called. Having the Bat around will definitely complicate things.
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Batman leaped out of the Batwing and with a press of a button it seemingly vanished and a shield popped up around it. With his vehicle secured, Batman turned towards the open city. First thing was first, he was going to have to get up to a higher point to get his bearings. Taking out a grappling gun, Batman achieved just that. And soon enough he found himself toppling over the city.
The sensors in his cowl gave him instant schematics of the city. Everywhere he looked, a bubble popped up beside various buildings giving him the history of each one and the overall use and reason for them as well. His cowl also searched for heat signatures within the area. But his search didn't find much, the area was rather large, perhaps he just had to delve further in.
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"Shit." she muttered under her breath. "Security Guards?" The trio hadn't even made it downstairs yet and already they had found themselves faced with some problems.
They took cover in a darkened area surrounded by pillars. "Maybe we just sneak around them?" Robin suggested.
"Seems like the best plan, makes you wonder how good their security is however?" she smirked. "Regardless these guys got nothing to do with any of this, I doubt they're hers. Best to avoid them altogether." Sariel explained. They all agreed that they didn't want to start a fight to early on and perhaps ruin their best chance at encountering their target. There was an end game to this and they had to make sure it happened tonight. Although all knew that their plan may likely come to ruin, the chances right now at this moment were to high to just let it go. Yet Sariel thought to herself that this was all most likely her plan. These security guards were either legit or she had some of her men parading around with the security companies uniform on. She like to think not however.
Gus sighed. He didn't do so well at the whole sneaking thing. "Let's just go."
"If we can make it to a balcony, maybe we can climb down from there. Although, for all we know she could be waiting for us by the damn alter." Robin offered
The cringe entered Gus's eyes "Let's hope not."
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Slade looked to his companion. "Get ready, we may have some unexpected company."
Asif could tell Slade was not pleased, which was different for him since Asif could never really tell what the mercenary was thinking or feeling usually. The man was a closed book most of the time, so to see him a bit on edge sort of had the young man worried.
"Company?"
"The type we don't want. The superhero quality."
Asif sighed. "Fuck."
Slade agreed, "Indeed."
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Quiet, still, and stealthy. It was all they could hope to be. Getting into any kind of fight could alert their target that they were within the vicinity, not that she probably didn't expect them to show up. If anything, Robin already knew that she was waiting for them in the bowels of this holy place. But alerting her to their presence now would very well work against them.
And it seems the rest of his little team understood that as well. Sariel seemed all too professional at this, while Gus seemed less so. But he was normally used to being behind a computer screen. His work on the field was few and far between.
But it made more sense to have someone like Asif, who had combat experience, come in for back up if truly needed. Although, Robin doubted they would need it. He had the confidence that he and his little unit could take care of the job. Which brought about the thought of what would happen afterwards? He knew now his fate was sealed; his place was at Slade's side. As to where he would end up next would be up to the Mastermind. Robin vaguely wondered about the next mission, the next location, the next job. He had to admit he was more than curious about the man, perhaps he would find out more about him once this mess had all settled. He could only hope at least some of his questions would be answered.
He had always wondered how much power Slade truly had. How big of an influence did this man have across the entire world? There was a lot he wanted to know and he knew in time it would come to him. He just had to wait.
Robin shook his thoughts away. The answers would come in time. Right now, he had to think on the present.
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He had found them, or at least he found Deathstroke.
"Where is Dick?" he would have thought Richard would be at least close by, but he wasn't. In fact, it seemed Deathstroke was somewhat alone, with only one companion at his beck and call. And the young man that had jumped out of the van was definitely not Richard.
Did Dick get away? "No." Bruce muttered to himself. "He would have informed me by now." Or so he hoped. If Richard was laying low, then he may not have reached out quite yet. Trying to contact Batman may alert Deathstroke to his whereabouts. But then again, wasn't that a risk Richard would have been willing to take?
Something didn't seem to fit here. Unless Richard was here and Slade had him out on a job? Theft? From a museum? That really wasn't Slade's style. Batman sighed, nothing seemed to click. He was going to have to hack into the computer system down there. The van had to have some sort of systems within it, since it seemed, at the moment, Slade and his friend there, were on standby. Which was another thing that seemed out of place. When was Deathstroke ever on standby?
Unless... he had Richard doing a job?
Which could be feasible. But an on-site support center was something different indeed. Bruce frowned. None of what he had seen seemed to make any sense. But he would find out exactly what the hell was going on. One way or another.
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The trio had made their way to the main floor. They were able to silence any guards that had been posted along the way, nothing too conspicuous. But once they got to the main hallway, they started to see something a bit more disturbing.
"Their dead."
"There's blood everywhere." Sariel's eyes darted along the walls. The entrance was silent. "She's here."
Robin nodded. "Yea, she's waiting for us all right."
Sariel sighed. "Let's go."
"Yea."
"We shouldn't keep her waiting."
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Soon enough, Batman had found what he was looking for. A way to tap into Slade's systems. Which he identified were actually not part of Deathstroke's own database. They belonged to someone else, another thing that confused him. Regardless he found some information on Richard. More like he heard it.
For the first time in what seemed like a millennium, Bruce was able to hear Richard's voice. "He's alive." Thank god. And for a moment Bruce just simply listened in. It seemed Robin was not alone, however, he had two others with him.
"Why would she do this?" It was Richard that asked the question.
"Who the hell knows? But I say we go have a chat." a female this time.
"We end this, now." Robin again.
Batman frowned. What the hell was going on? Maybe he should have a more in-depth look. He traced the signals and found them to be located within the Church just ahead of him.
"Why is he in a church?"
Nothing added up, but he would find out soon enough. In the meantime, he would have to make sure Slade didn't know he was around. Sneaking in to find his son, without Deathstroke spotting him would be difficult, especially when he had his eyes on every aspect of the area. And Knowing Slade, the villain had everything secured.
Nothing was ever simple with the mercenary.
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