The "World Of Heroes" DC RPG Season V

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The new Blackrock lay stunned, buried in his shallow crater after the Skull had smashed him into the pavement. He shook his head, trying to rid himself of the ringing in his ears. "Wait, aren't you supposed to be on my side?"

Floating above the kid, Joe's contempt-filled gaze came across, even through the purple and blue flames. "Guess again, Sport."

In a sudden burst of rage, the new Blackrock roared in anger and lunged out of his hole, rocketing into Joe's surprised face. Aw crap. I should'a taken another pill.

Each punch was like thunder clapping in the middle of the street. People nearby were covering their ears and wincing as even they felt the force of the blows.

Dammit, I gotta take this yahoo down hard and fast! With the stone fueling the kid, the two opponents should've been on nearly equal footing, but luckily the Atomic Skull had the advantage of experience.

As Blackrock threw all of his weight into a wide left hook, Joe stepped inside the arc of the punch and elbowed the young pup in the face. "Heh." Extensive combat training during his employ at LexCorp definitely helped as well. Following up with a massive uppercut, the Skull sent Blackrock reeling head over heels for the rooftops. Can't let the little jackass get away, he thought as he watched the pathetic rainbow arc of Blackrock careening through the air. Besides, I still got a few questions for the kid.

**********​

On a rooftop a block away, Sam Benjamin, the newest wielder of the black rock, hit the shingles and rolled to a stop. "Ugh," he groaned as he braced himself against a brick chimney and got to his feet. "Anyone get the number of the truck that hit me?" he asked no one in particular. Then the sound of boots touching down onto the roof made him look up to see the flaming features of the Atomic Skull once again.

"Now," Joe began with only the smallest hint of frustration in his voice, "are you ready to tell me where you got that stone, kid? 'Cause frankly, I don't think that you wandered all the way out into the wasteland that was once Suicide Slums on a whim and just so happened to come across that little relic." As he walked closer to Blackrock, Joe could see the panic beginning to build in Sam's eyes. "No, I think that you got it from someone else."

"Stay back, freakshow!" shouted Blackrock in fearful rage.

Ignoring him, the Skull walked closer. "So what? Did you steal it? Did you buy it from some supervillain weapons dealer or something?"

Blackrock's eye was twitching. He'd been pushed too far. "I said," his hands glowed with an intense aura as he charged up and began focusing his energy into one stream, "STAY BACK!!"

If his face were visable, one would've seen Joe's eyes widen in surprise once more as he instinctively met Blackrock's blast with an energy beam of his own. I'm beginning to hate this kid.

 

[twylight]

Faye sighed and leaned back in the chair, the large book laid face down on her lap as she stared outside.

“Honey, why the long face?”

She looked up as Ma came in with a tray of scones, a glass of milk and a cup of tea. Faye leaned forward as Ma put it on the ottoman and then settled herself in a chair across from Faye before picking up the tea and stirring it. Faye sighed,
“I have nothing to do.”

Ma raised her eyebrow, as if she almost expected this.
She opened her mouth before Red came in, her face smudged with dirt and her costume torn.

“Oh my! Darling are you alright?”

Red smiled, “I’m fine, just need a shower and a change of clothes. What’s this about Faye being bored?”

Ma sighed, “She just has so little to do around here.”

Red smiled and slipped her quiver off.
‘”Well, that’s not gonna be an issue any longer.”

Faye leaned forward and looked at Red with wide eyes.
“Why?”

Red arched her eyebrow under her hood.
“Why? Honey, after the display in the Gym, you’re slated to be put in the training program.”

“Training?”

“Yep, starts bright and early tomorrow morning. You’re going to learn from Cowboy, Splendor and myself.” She left out MidKnight as Faye’s medical teacher knowing her fear of him.

Faye smiled broadly and leaned back, content as Red patted her shoulder on the way by.

“Cowboy get’s you first so take your translator.” She said with a wink.

---

Faye looked around the room and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear guns hung on all the walls, their colors went from sparkly polished silver to dull matte black.

"You made all these?"

Cowboy nodded as he continued to polish his guns.

"Yep, sure did." she gazed about in wonder, her mouth an 'o' and her eyes wide. She turned around slowly taking in the room before looking at Cowboy, her wonder turning to curiosity.
"I thought guns were bad. MidKnight hates to use them."

Cowboy stood up unfolding his lanky form and looked at her as he set the gun and clothe down.
"Ah reck'n lotsa things are 'bad' but like anythin' it's all about how ya use them." he pulled out his other gun and twirled the barrel before flipping it open and letting the bullets slide out. He held them out in his hand to her and she looked into it. But what was in his hands were not bullets, rather tiny little darts. They were the size and shape of bullets except they tapered into a sharp point and the ends of them had little tufts of fabric.

"See there." he said shaking his hand slightly causing them to roll about.
"Thems darts, tipped with poison, non lethal, just give the person a nice lil' nap and a splittin' headache when they wake up."

Faye looked up from the bullets at the man, his eyes smiling over his mask.
He looked back down and quickly reloaded his gun. She noticed something else, the guns on the walls all had smooth clean lines, yet the ones he used were old barrel type with mother of pearl handles.

"Why do you use those old ones?" she asked as he walked back to finish polishing his gun. She followed and perched herself on the other side of the table across from him.

He smiled a sideways smile and shook his head a little.
"'Cause, these here were mah first. Ah poured all mah heart a' soul inta them. Made alotta modifications over the years." he held it up the light reflecting off of the shiny silver finish and he glanced over it before bringing it back down and loading it.
"Thems and me are good, old friends. Never failed me once." He stood up and smoothly twirled it into his holster.

“Wanna learn how ta make ‘em/”

Faye nodded.
“I want to learn everything.”

Cowboy chuckled, “Ah reck’n you do. An’ ya will.” She smiled broadly.
“After Red get’s ya learned up.”

Faye’s smile dropped.
“Why do I have to learn how to shoot arrows? It’s pointless.”

Cowboy tipped his hat at her and gave her a roguish smile, making Faye wonder how red was able to resist it.
“Don’t let her hear ya talk like that. She’ll skin ya alive.”

"I’m headin' for the shootin' range, care ta come an watch?"

She nodded enthusiastically and he walked around the table and held his hand out to balance her as jumped off the stool, releasing it on the way.

He opened the door into the hallway and she stepped through waiting for him to show her the way.

 

[Keyser Soze]

The crowd of shoppers stop, frozen in a state of fear. Scarecrow calmly walks through the crowd and heads towards a fountain. He leaps onto the edge staring over the crowd.

"A bomb had just detonated in this city, and what do you people do? Continue with your mundane lives shopping for worthless items. Something is missing from your lives. You may be sad over these events maybe even mad but there is something missing from the equation, fear. You must remember fear and we will help you. We will help this entire city."

"Boss, the bombs are all in place. How much money are we askin'...." Scarecrow threw his radio to the ground. He took out a detonator and held it into the air.

"Remember the hospital Joker? What do you think sets them off? What do you think sets them all off?" Scarecrow pushes the button.

"Soon clouds of toxin will slip through the major parts of Gotham. Let it begin...." Gas start to come out of the doll that walked in.

"lEt ThE reIgN oF TErRoR beGIn!"

The Joker observed the chaos around him, unphased by the Fear Gas itself - Scarecrow had already learned the hard way that it had no effect on him - but amused by the effects it was having on everyone else. Nothing like carnage to bring a smile to a man's face...

"This is splendid, Scary. But - and I never thought I'd hear myself of all people saying this - what's the point? Unleashing this gas on the city...are you going to take advantage of this situation you've created, or is the widespread terror an end in of itself?"

 

[wiegeabo]

They stand around me, smiling. Well, I assume the ugly one is smiling. "So, when did it happen?"

"When we joined forces?"

"No. When did you completely lose your minds?"

Amon's face changes color with fury as he takes a step towards me. Major Force just chuckles and puts an arm out to stop Amon. Fatality looks at me angrily, and the ugly one...just looks ugly.

"About a month after our last fight," MF says.

"I finally escaped from that damned Earth prison. Major Force was sent to capture me."

"And he did."

"No. When I heard why she was in prison, I figured she could help me kill Rayner."

"And I convinced him to help me destroy all the Lanterns, saving Rayner and Stewart for last. Driving them mad with failure."

"And I liked the way she thinks."

"Lovely. But I didn't ask-"

"Meeting Amon was just good fortune."

"Enough of this!"

"No, let him know who his new teammates are."

"Teammates?"

"Amon is the head of a crime syndicate. He hired Arkillo as an enforcer because he was actually able to escape from, and kill, a dozen Lanterns. All without any powers."

"Impressive. But I don't really care-"

"Amon had brought Arkillo to Earth to kill Hal Jordan and take the ring that rightfully should have been his."

"Which gave us the idea. We don't need Jordan's ring. It wouldn't be as effective as, say-"

"My ring."

Fatality extends her hand and opens her palm. And sitting in it is my ring. "You are going to help us duplicate this, and together, we'll bring the Corps down."

"And what if I won't, or can't, duplicate my ring?"

"Then we will travel to Qward. And the weaponers will make us rings. Arkillo will ensure it."

I shake my head, trying to make sense of it. "Why didn't you just go to Qward in the first place?"

"Because we wanted you to join us in our cause."

"Enough of this!" Amon shouts. He backhands me across the face. "I don't give a damn if you join or not. But we can't get to Qward without your ring. If we could, do you think we would have wasted our time with you?"

I lift my head up and smile. "That's all I needed to know." At my command, my ring flies out of Fatality's hand and places itself back on my finger.

"NOOO!!!" Major Force yells as he leaps at me. But it's too late.

I free myself in a giant explosion of yellow. The fools are blown back by the force of my blast. When they can see through the smoke, they see me floating there, arms crossed, a shimmering forcefield of gold protecting me. "My answer...is no."

Fatality is up in a second, lance at the ready. Amon pulls out a pair of blasters of some type, Major Force's hands glow with energy while his face fills with anger. And Arkillo...the damn thing gets uglier. They all launch themselves at me.

"Frak..."

 

[twylight]

"Here." Mia looked at the sleek gas mask Zinda held out.

"You're gonna need it."

Babs leaned forward as she flipped through the displays, putting a gas mask on herself. She spoke into the comm, and Mia strained to hear, to no avail.

"Speedy, Gypsy, You're going here." Babs pointed to the screen.

Gypsy smiled.
"I get the feeling it's not because Speedy could do with a new outfit." She commented seeing the location was the mall.

Mia smiled behind her mask.
"Ms. Bojangles, giving fashion advice?"

"You two will focus on Scarecrow, Blue Beetle and Lady Blackhawk will take Two-Face."

"And the Joker?"

Babs typed across the screen and frown at the block she found.
"I'm going to try to get Batman."

"And clean up?"
Ted's voice came muffled by the mask.

Babs smiled behind her mask.
"Already got that covered."

Ted gave her a thumbs up.
"Let's hit it then." He said turning to leave.

Mia watched him walk away and Gypsy shook her head.
"He needs a new costume."

Mia swiped at Gypsy's bangle braclet's creating a jingle.
"Look who's talking" She said before racing off.

 

[Supergirl]

In a few seconds, I'm skimming over the water on the bay in San Francisco. Titans Tower looms in the distance as I zip onto dry land and into the Tower, the fridge is the first thing I find.

"Ohh! What have we here? A half empty box of Pizza? Score!"

I take a big peice and speed through the rooms, looking to see if anyone's still here.

"Hello? Anyone here? It's everyone's favorite pubescent speedster with a heart of gold."

I zip into one room, Cassie's sitting on the edge of the bed in her room. I take a bite out the pizza and smile.

"Hey, Cass. What's...."

That's when I notice someone else in the room....someone I haven't seen for awhile. The pizza falls out my mouth as I cough in surprise.

"Ka-Kara?"

"That's my name, don't wear it out."

Not really bothering to say hi, Kara turned her attention back to Cassie.
"...so yeah. My excuse worked, I did get back into Stanford. Makes me wonder how Clark does it though..."

Cassie leaned over and whispered into Kara's ear.

"There's someone here who's happier to see you then me..."

"Oh, I know. But I'm gonna make him sweat."

Cassie just giggled. Just then Kara heard a voice in her ear.

"This is Oracle. I'm transmitting on a frequency that only Kryptonian's can hear right now. Supergirl, if you're listening, we need your assistance in Gotham to clean up a fear toxin mess. Thank you."

"Well, Cassie... *Bart* I have an errand to run. I'll be back." She made her voice sound cold as she said Bart's name, just to let him know that he'd have to win her back.

Kara took off, through the open rooftop, and minutes later was in Gotham. She saw the gas swirling through the streets, she knew she had her work cut out for her. She swooped down and as she flew through the streets, she inhaled deeply, her superstrong lungs able to compress the gas and allow her to breathe even more of it in. As she did that, even more of the gas just mysteriously dissipated. With lungs full of fear toxin, she flew upwards out of the atmosphere and exhaled the noxious fumes into space. Then she had a pain spike behind her eyeballs, as the fear gas started to have its effect. Her feelings and fears of isolation jumped at her and as the images and sounds of Krypton and Argo exploding filled her head, she lost consciousness, and began to fall, back towards Titans Tower and San Francisco Bay.

 

[twylight]

Babs took her gas mask off and inhaled deeply, the fresh clean air was sweet compared to the mask's filtered air.

Her hand paused breifly as she remembered the last time she'd worn a gas mask, it had been the Dark Alliance and Dinah had 'died.'

She smiled up at the woman next to her.
"Thanks Zee."

Zatanna smiled back.
"Not a problem, Do you want me to heal the ones effected?"

Babs nodded absently intent on her networking.

"If you can."

Zatanna focused on the words.

--

"I &^%$ing hate those things."

Gypsy raised her eye at Mia as the teen tossed the mask away.
"I was under the impression you didn't swear."

Mia winked.
"I do. Just, not around Dinah, she's not a fan."

"And Ollie so is." Gypsy said as Ted set the beetle down on the roof.

"Speedy and Gypsy loop around to the west, Zinda, Beetle you take the East entry. Try to stay clear of the civilians, they're still under the effect of the Toxin. I'll try to get a speedster in there to clear them out."

Zinda stood up from her chair, a large gun filling both of her hands.
"You heard the SKipper, let's go."

Ted looked at her, his eyes looking wider through his goggles.
"Whoah Nellie...after you." he said as she stalked off the plane. Gypsy watching his eyes follw Zinda's short skirt, she smacked his arm on her way out.

"Hey..ouch!"

 

[wiegeabo]

"Sir, you shouldn't be in here."

I ignore the nurse as I stand next to Dinah's bed. "Dinah...Dinah, if you can hear me, I really need you to wake up. Just open your eyes and let me no you're going to be ok. The city's in trouble, but I can't leave you like this. Not again."

Alarms start going off in the hallways, and yellow lights flash. Medical personnel start running around, shouting orders. I stop one of the nurses. "What's happening?"

"Emergency lock-down. Something's going on outside and the automated systems kicked in. We're on generators and recycled air."

"What hospital has that kind of protection?"

"A Gotham hospital used to this sort of thing, with special emergency funding from Wayne Enterprises."

"Well, I'll have to thank Mr. Wayne next time I see him." I turn back to Dinah. The threat just became real. People out there are getting hurt, and if it wasn't for these emergency procedures, Dinah could be one of them.

"I've got to go out there and help everyone." I put my hand on hers. "But I'll be here when you need me." With a last pat of her hand, I dash off to the front of the hospital.

"Wait, you can't go out there!"

"I have to," I say to the doctor that tries to stop me.

"You can't. It's some kind of gas attack."

There's a red blur and I'm standing there in an emergency fire mask with an oxygen tank strapped to my back. "Uh, ok. But you can't get out. The doors are sealed. And if you break the seal, the gas will..."

"Don't worry about that." I walk up to the door, and right through it. Not knowing what I'll find outside...

 

[In2Minds]

Robin had finally finshed his sweep of the city but wasn't quite ready to turn in yet, so he resvolved to look for Batman and find Joker in the process, Speeding through Gotham on his Bat Cycle, he suddenly heard an alarm go offf in a nearby bank, he knew it would definately mean trouble, so with that he mad a reckless yet speddy turn and shot toward the bank.

 

[MST3K 4ever]

Luthor watches the Ambassador dial the phone and leaves the room.

Vice President Evans approaches Lex and says, "Berringer says the silo crews are ready to go. I will give them the order to stand down once the Ambassador gets a hold of his Government."

Lex says, "No we will not stand down Mr. Vice President. These monsters only understand one type of language and that is brute force."

Evans asks, "So even if the Kaznians turn over the Black-Thorn to us we will still launch?"

Lex replies, "There's a better chance of Jimmy Hoffa walking through the front door right now then there is of the Black-Thorn being found and brought to us. They are counting on us backing down. I will not back down to these monsters. Not a chance in hell. If they want a war we will give them one no one will ever forget.."

He lights a cigar and leaves the Vice President alone with his thoughts.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

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I stand in the shadows outside of the Hilton-Madley building, watching as the paramedics put the woman in the bodybag.

Another soul lost to The Joker.

Suddenly I hear explosions. Greenish gas moves throughout the city. I quickly grab my rebreather in my ultility belt and strap it onto the opening of the cowl.

I run towards the paramedics. I don't have any antidotes for the fear-toxin on me, so I give them sedatives and they fall asleep. Unless we're dealing with Freddy Kruger, they should be fine. I put them into the ambulance and get on the communicator.

"Oracle, it's Batman, just had some paramedics get hit with fear gas. What have we got?​

 

[Byrd Man]

"That's my name, don't wear it out."

Not really bothering to say hi, Kara turned her attention back to Cassie.
"...so yeah. My excuse worked, I did get back into Stanford. Makes me wonder how Clark does it though..."

Cassie leaned over and whispered into Kara's ear.

"There's someone here who's happier to see you then me..."

"Oh, I know. But I'm gonna make him sweat."

Cassie just giggled. Just then Kara heard a voice in her ear.

"This is Oracle. I'm transmitting on a frequency that only Kryptonian's can hear right now. Supergirl, if you're listening, we need your assistance in Gotham to clean up a fear toxin mess. Thank you."

"Well, Cassie... *Bart* I have an errand to run. I'll be back." She made her voice sound cold as she said Bart's name, just to let him know that he'd have to win her back.

"Wow...That was pretty cold, Bart."

I shrug my shoulders.

"Well, I deserve it. I kinda hurt her when I broke it off."

"Pssh. That's an understatement if I ever heard one."

"Don't remind me..the last thing we need is a PO'd Kryptonian..."

Kara took off, through the open rooftop, and minutes later was in Gotham. She saw the gas swirling through the streets, she knew she had her work cut out for her. She swooped down and as she flew through the streets, she inhaled deeply, her superstrong lungs able to compress the gas and allow her to breathe even more of it in. As she did that, even more of the gas just mysteriously dissipated. With lungs full of fear toxin, she flew upwards out of the atmosphere and exhaled the noxious fumes into space. Then she had a pain spike behind her eyeballs, as the fear gas started to have its effect. Her feelings and fears of isolation jumped at her and as the images and sounds of Krypton and Argo exploding filled her head, she lost consciousness, and began to fall, back towards Titans Tower and San Francisco Bay.

It's been a few minutes since Kara left, that's when the Tower's alarms go off.

Warning! Titan ID # 2385 "Supergirl" falling towards Tower, Estimated time of arrival 30 seconds.

"Uh oh."

"Let's go."

Cassie and I rush out the Tower, she flys up just in time to catch Kara. I look on as she floats in the air with Kara in her arms.

"C'mon, let's get her to the medical bay."

 

[wiegeabo]

"Sir, you shouldn't be in here."

I ignore the nurse as I stand next to Dinah's bed. "Dinah...Dinah, if you can hear me, I really need you to wake up. Just open your eyes and let me no you're going to be ok. The city's in trouble, but I can't leave you like this. Not again."

Alarms start going off in the hallways, and yellow lights flash. Medical personnel start running around, shouting orders. I stop one of the nurses. "What's happening?"

"Emergency lock-down. Something's going on outside and the automated systems kicked in. We're on generators and recycled air."

"What hospital has that kind of protection?"

"A Gotham hospital used to this sort of thing, with special emergency funding from Wayne Enterprises."

"Well, I'll have to thank Mr. Wayne next time I see him." I turn back to Dinah. The threat just became real. People out there are getting hurt, and if it wasn't for these emergency procedures, Dinah could be one of them.

"I've got to go out there and help everyone." I put my hand on hers. "But I'll be here when you need me." With a last pat of her hand, I dash off to the front of the hospital.

"Wait, you can't go out there!"

"I have to," I say to the doctor that tries to stop me.

"You can't. It's some kind of gas attack."

There's a red blur and I'm standing there in an emergency fire mask with an oxygen tank strapped to my back. "Uh, ok. But you can't get out. The doors are sealed. And if you break the seal, the gas will..."

"Don't worry about that." I walk up to the door, and right through it. Not knowing what I'll find outside...

I step out into chaos. People are running around the street, screaming in terror at absolutely nothing. I duck at the sound of gunfire. A policeman runs down the street, firing his gun at whatever he is seeing. I have to rush to pull a man out of the way before a stray bullet hits him.

"STAY AWAY!!!! GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!!!!" the man shouts as he scratches at his head.

"Sorry, but this is for your own good." I punch him in the face, sending him into blissful slumber.

"AAAAGHGHGHGH!!!! The Joker!!!" The cop shouts, looking at me. He aims his gun, but it disappears from his hand. Standing behind him, I put my hand on his head and drain the speed from his brain until he passes out. I unload his gun, then put him and the other man in a safe place.

Putting the screams out of my mind, I focus on the situation. The street is thick with gas, and the hospital is shrouded in the fog. I tilt my head from side to side, cracking my neck. Time to get back to work.

I run around the hospital, faster and faster. Soon, the gas starts swirling around, following me in my wake. I pour on the speed and a vortex begins to form. More and more gas from surrounding neighborhoods is drawn in.

I bump up my speed another notch, then run up and around the sides of the hospital. When I reach the roof, I run in a tight circle, the tornado of gas is suspended in the air above me. Instantly, I stop running and start spinning my arms. The massive gust of air launches the gas thousands of feet into the air where it can dissipate harmlessly.

I take my mask off and breath the now fresh air. Looking out over the parts of the Gotham that I can see, clouds of gas are visible all across the city. Some is already beginning to spread back towards the hospital.

I look at the communicator in my hand. Before I put the mask back on I put the device in my ear. "Bar-Oracle. It's Flash. Where do you need me?"

 

[Watchman]

The Joker observed the chaos around him, unphased by the Fear Gas itself - Scarecrow had already learned the hard way that it had no effect on him - but amused by the effects it was having on everyone else. Nothing like carnage to bring a smile to a man's face...

"This is splendid, Scary. But - and I never thought I'd hear myself of all people saying this - what's the point? Unleashing this gas on the city...are you going to take advantage of this situation you've created, or is the widespread terror an end in of itself?"

"A point? My dear Joker this is it. The largest experiment I have ever conducted, it's a work of art." The doors of the mall burst open. Men in gas mask holding machine guns come in, hired help.

"Sir, we have all the supplies that you have requested."

"I will be taking advantage of this situation but that is my little secret. If this is a bore for you are free to leave." His men started to bring more and more scarecrow costumes.

"Dress all these people up and let's get out of here"

 

[batnkevlar]

[BLACKOUT]"Hmm. Your best bet is the Library. I figure they would have a book on the Flash....I hope it's cool if I leave you two alone, I'm gonna patrol around the cites and check out what's happening in the world...."[/BLACKOUT]

With that, I dissapear from Jenni and Wally in a blur, heading West towards the Pacific....

I watch as Bart hightails it outta there, and I think back to the days where Bart and Jenni were inseperable, at least whenever Jenni would come and visit.

"Where's he heading off to?"

"I don't know, but I have an idea." In a flash, I'm gone. "Try and keep up."

By the time I get to the Garrick's, Jenni's waiting there for me.

"How'd you get here so fast?"

"Flight ring," she says, closing her fist and raising it to the sky. "We are Legion."

"Yeah, ok, good for you. But another thing you might wanna be..." My old Titan communicator appears in my hand in a blur "I got this from my chest of heirlooms I managed to save when my house blew up."

"A Titans communicator?"

"Yeah, maybe, if you'd like to spend more time with Bart."

"Where's Titans Tower? Azarath?"

"Uh no..."

"New York?"

"Err..."

"Gotham?"

"Not really..."

"Is there someplace I've forgotten? I don't know where Titans Tower is in this time period. Is this before or after the Titans Satellite?"

"Too much information Jenni. The Tower's in San Fran."

"Oh, ok. That makes sense. Pre-Destinox."

"What?"

"Nothing. Not trying to change the subject, but it seems like you're trying to get rid of me."

"Me? No, I just have a lot on my mind."

"So you are."

"Yeah pretty much."

"Awrite then, Titans Tower, here I come. But don't worry, I'll be back in an..."

In a blur of blue and white, she's gone.

"Xs."

I chuckle to myself as I turn back around and go inside the house.

"Not quite as good a catchphrase as mine."

 

[Keyser Soze]

"A point? My dear Joker this is it. The largest experiment I have ever conducted, it's a work of art." The doors of the mall burst open. Men in gas mask holding machine guns come in, hired help.

"Sir, we have all the supplies that you have requested."

"I will be taking advantage of this situation but that is my little secret. If this is a bore for you are free to leave." His men started to bring more and more scarecrow costumes.

"Dress all these people up and let's get out of here"

"Ah....this isn't boring at all. Quite hilarious, actually! If I had time, I'd stick around and enjoy the party a little longer, but I've got places to go, people to kill. I need to take a backseat for now, get some affairs in order. Feel free to take centre-stage, Scarecrow. You too, Face. HA HA! Do you see what I did there?"

The Joker extended his hand.

"Always a pleasure, Dr. Crane."

He gave his fellow criminal genius a conspiratory wink.

"No hand-buzzer today, I assure you..."

 

[Karem-Knight]

"Ah....this isn't boring at all. Quite hilarious, actually! If I had time, I'd stick around and enjoy the party a little longer, but I've got places to go, people to kill. I need to take a backseat for now, get some affairs in order. Feel free to take centre-stage, Scarecrow. You too, Face. HA HA! Do you see what I did there?"

The Joker extended his hand.

"Always a pleasure, Dr. Crane."

He gave his fellow criminal genius a conspiratory wink.

"No hand-buzzer today, I assure you..."

Gotham City:

Two-Face sat in the van looking behind him to see bags full of money.

We can’t stay with those two maniacs anymore, The Joker I don’t even need to explain and Crane? Look at him there both maniacs.

What do you suggest?

We go NOW!

With the money?, You never stole anything did you!?

SHUT UP!

If you leave it here then it’ll go to them if you take it think of what you can have!

Leave me alone we’re going now!

What makes you think that?

Harvey looked at the coin.

You forgot about a lot of things haven’t you Apollo?

He flipped it if it was scarred they would take the money and leave Joker and Scarecrow there non scarred they would call the police and hand them selves in.

It was scarred.

Harvey started the engine.

I have to do something first.


Gotham national hospital:

René Montoya was in hospital she had been violently attacked round the head and fell down the stairs by Harvey Dent/ Two-Face.

She had been in a coma for 2 weeks now, Harvey still had feelings for her, He walked into her room making sure no one saw him,

He left flowers on the table of her room right next to her bed side, they were rose one half fresh the other half decaying.

In the note it said:

Dear Renne,

I’m sorry for what I did, I know you and me are in opposite sides of the law but please, forgive me, I am only half a man now so please do understand.

-Harvey-

He then left the hospital.

 

[In2Minds]

"Wow...That was pretty cold, Bart."

I shrug my shoulders.

"Well, I deserve it. I kinda hurt her when I broke it off."

"Pssh. That's an understatement if I ever heard one."

"Don't remind me..the last thing we need is a PO'd Kryptonian..."




It's been a few minutes since Kara left, that's when the Tower's alarms go off.

Warning! Titan ID # 2385 "Supergirl" falling towards Tower, Estimated time of arrival 30 seconds.

"Uh oh."

"Let's go."

Cassie and I rush out the Tower, she flys up just in time to catch Kara. I look on as she floats in the air with Kara in her arms.

"C'mon, let's get her to the medical bay."

Tim's Titans communicator blazed and blared loudly, looking at the display red letters flashed up spelling out Emergency, Tim's blood ran cold and his finger intsintively jammed the call button.

"Titans this is Robin, My communicators gone nuts, is everything ok in there guys?

he sped toward the bank to avvert the robbery but all the while his mind was preoccupied with thoughts of the worst case situation.

 

[trustyside-kick]

What feels like years has alone been a matter of weeks actually for Man O'War. He obeyed Vulko's orders to find Orin, were he alive, and even managed to do that. But he failed to get his message out. He was to tell Orin about what has transpired in Atlantis. An outcast of Orm's new, refined, kingdom of Atlantis Man O'War finds himself alone. He resides in a nearby cave, watching the great dome from a distance.

He watches it everyday, hoping to one day find Orin swimming back to his kingdom, with a battallion of sea creatures to take back his throne; but that hasn't come to pass. Everyday it is the same old routine. A few sea creatures swim by, sets of guards patrol the perimeter of the great dome, and the cycle continues. But today is different. While Man O'War may not be aware, today is the day King Orm has called all of the great city of Poseidonis to witness a day he claims to be historical.

But that isn't all that is different about this day. There are no guards patrolling the great dome's outer perimeter for they too are all making appearances for the great ceremony. Maintaining his grip on the kingdom for all these weeks, Orm finds himself safe enough to do so. But Man O'War sees something today, that he has never seen before.

It is not the shark swimming by, or at least what looks like a shark. It's ships. Or rather...cruisers. Aquatic battle cruisers of some sort. But Man O'War's past memories are enough to convince him that they are not Atlantean. A vast army heads for the domed city, and they are not aware of a thing.

As Man O'War heads out of his cave, swimming in the direction of Poseidonis, a cable grabs him, and pulls him backward like a great giant squid. He hears the sound of a door sliding open as the cable pulls Man O'War into the docking bay of one of the battle cruisers. He emerges, unable to breathe, and is quickly surrounded by man in black scuba suits, clad with some body armor and wielding artillery. One walks up, dressed unlike any of the others. He wears a black and blue suit, clad with silver padding body armor. But what Man O'War finds most bizzare, not recognizing this foe, is his helmet. It resembles that of a great manta ray.

"What is it."

"We don't know, sir. We saw it swimming towards Atlantis, and from a distance it looked like it could've been a guard or sentry of some sort. Shall I dispose of it?"

Black Manta moves in closer to Man O'War.

"What is your name?"

Man O'War doesn't utter a word. Not like he would, though. He couldn't even if he wanted to. Black Manta realizes that to be the case, or that he simply doesn't want to answer him.

"No. If he is a member of the royal army, he will know the weak points in the great dome. Put him in one of the water tanks."

"Sir?"

"He's a 'fish out of water'. He won't be of any use or be able to talk without a quick refreshment."

Black Manta removes his helmet, and the men take Man O'War to the chamber containing the water tanks as instructed. He walks over to the control center of the cockpit as one of his men call out to him.

"Sir! Sir, we--yes the video feed has confirmed another target swimming towards Atlantis. The feed isn't exactly clear, but he resembles the creature we just brought onboard somewhat. What are our orders."

"Leave it be."

Black Manta leans in closely at the screen, watching the video feed. He sees a shark-like creature swimming towards Atlantis, just as the man said. He then stands back up and starts heading towards the direction where his men took Man O'War.

"We already have one we can question. But if that one gets in our way, dispose of it."

"But sir, you aren't worried it will alarm the--"

"It doesn't matter. Whether we have the element of surprise or not, today Atlantis falls."

"Aye, sir."

 

[twylight]

The grate hit the floor with a clang as Zinda slipped through the vent, hitting the ground in a crouch, her gun ready.

"We're in Skipper" She said as Ted rappelled down behind her.

"We're in too."

"Good"

"Looks like we've got a runner." Mia said peeking out from behind a column as she watched Two-Face back out of the Mall undetected.

"Let him go, I'll get someone on him." Babs diverted some traffic camera's to follow Harvey, watching him as he drove through town.

Mia furrowed her brow as she watched them gather the civilians and make an assembly line of dressing them.

"This does not look good." Gypsy whispered as Mia heard Zinda explain the situation to Babs.

Babs fingers dashed across the displays, they'd lost Supergirl for the time.

"Zee, you almost done?" The magician nodded as she issued another spell.

"Okay, Gypsy you in position?"

"In a moment." she murmured as she invisibly made her way to the bottom of the stairs.

"Okay, Speedy, Lady Blackhawk, focus on Scarecrow."

'I'm countin' quite a bit of interference with the hired hands."

"I know, but we can't do anything with them while they're in the crowd of civilians. Blue Beetle, back them up."

"Gotcha."
Mia pulled her arrow back and aimed down the shaft.

Babs tapped a button in the Clock Tower.
"Come on Bruce..where are you?" She whispered.

Mia let her arrow loose without a noise, headed for Scarecrows right leg.

 

[Byrd Man]

Tim's Titans communicator blazed and blared loudly, looking at the display red letters flashed up spelling out Emergency, Tim's blood ran cold and his finger intsintively jammed the call button.

"Titans this is Robin, My communicators gone nuts, is everything ok in there guys?

he sped toward the bank to avvert the robbery but all the while his mind was preoccupied with thoughts of the worst case situation.

I press my communicator and call him back.

"Tim, it's Bart. Cassie and I got it under control. Kara's goning to be okay, Kid Flash out."


I flick off the comm-link as Cassie takes Kara inside the tower and down stairs to the medical bay.

"Lay her on the slab."

Cassie places her on the table while I rig up the equipment to run a diagnostic on her.

"How do you set this thing on Kryptonian?."

"....Move."

Cassie brushes me aside and presses a few buttons, the machine's scanner starts to work and scan Kara.

"There, it's not that hard."

Even though we're both worried about Kara...I...can't...resist.

"That's what she said."

 

[Johnny Blaze]

ROGUE WAR: The Enemy Revealed ~ Part 5

The Top spins around Captain Cold, continuing his merciless beating on his hated rival. Suddenly Tops rampage is stopped as Replicant reaches out and grabs his arm.

As Cold collapses to the ground breathing raggedly, the Top glares menacingly at Replicant.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, Gambi!?"

"He's beaten, Dillon. Any further and you would've killed him."

"That's the general idea", replies the Top tersely as he yanks his arm free of Replicant's grip.

"That wasn't part of the plan", argues Gambi, "we were only supposed to rough 'em up and make them see that you should be leading the Rogues. We were just supposed to force 'em to surrender."

The Top laughs at Replicant's comments as he shakes his head, "Oh you poor, naive fool. You actually thought Cold and his gang would surrender?"

"You should know this vermin as well as anyone", continues the Top as he turns and kicks Cold in the jaw, "they rather die before giving up. And that is something I'll be happy the help them with."

"But...you gave your word", stammered Gambi to the Top, a look of confusion on his face.

"Word...don't mean...much...ta...slime...like Dillon", spoke Cold, his voice barely a whisper as he straddled the edge of unconsciousness, drawing the attention of both men.

"Jus...look 'round you...Gambi...", continued the Captain, "look at what...you're...team is...urrggh...doin' to your family."

"I know ya...had your...reasons for joinin'...Dillon, Gambi", Cold went on speaking between haggard breaths, "and I don't...blame ya...for it. And...despite it all...arrggh...you're...still a...part of...the family. You're still a...Rogue."

"I think we've heard about enough out of you, O'Captian, My Captain", stated the Top as he lifted Cold up with one hand and punched him hard with the other, finally knocking the Captain out.

Replicant though didn't notice it. Gambi's eyes were focused instead out on the battlefield, watching his team tear the Rogues, the family he grew up with, apart...

 

[Green Lantern]

Damn, stupid old man. Should've thought he would have know to do that. Hell, I taught him that.

"Good one, kid. You win this one. We need to move onto something else. With the way you been acting all uppity, I think I need to knock you down a couple pegs."

That's about the time I throw my elbow into Roy's nose and spin around, tackling him.

"Let's see if your hand to hand combat is worth a damn."

As Ollie tackled him, Roy resorted to the methods that Dinah had taught him. A black belt in Judo, she had taught him to always allow your opponent's momentum to work against him. As Ollie dived, Roy rolled backward, forcing the older man onto his back with Roy's knees in his sides, and Roy's bow across his neck.

"Got too aggressive there, Ollie. You realize this is gonna keep going back and forth with neither of us gaining much though, right? We need outside competition."

Roy winked at Ollie's muddy face.

 

[In2Minds]

I press my communicator and call him back.

"Tim, it's Bart. Cassie and I got it under control. Kara's goning to be okay, Kid Flash out."


I flick off the comm-link as Cassie takes Kara inside the tower and down stairs to the medical bay.

"Lay her on the slab."

Cassie places her on the table while I rig up the equipment to run a diagnostic on her.

"How do you set this thing on Kryptonian?."

"....Move."

Cassie brushes me aside and presses a few buttons, the machine's scanner starts to work and scan Kara.

"There, it's not that hard."

Even though we're both worried about Kara...I...can't...resist.

"That's what she said."

Tim flicked off his communicator and placed it back in his utility belt, he smiled "Bart will have everything under control" he thought. Speeding down the gotham streets the back wheel of the Bat cycle snagged something sticky on the road, it flew back and hurled Tim into a set of dustbins.

After getting up grogily he examined the Bat cycle's back tire, some strange substance was all over the wheel, after taking a sample he stared at it again and thought it looked almost clay like, then it hit him...

Clicking his commuinator back on he said "guys....I think we have a problem".