The 'World of Heroes: DC Style" RPG Season II

[Spike_x1]

In the dead silence of the night, a police man walked up the stairs to Barbara Gordon's apartment in the Gotham Clocktower. He knocked on the door twice and held his badge up to the peep-hole.

 

[Twitch]

OCC: Just can't wait to beat Boomerang ass with a sexy vixen.
I'll post tomorrow if yo want me to come in now.

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

I swing across Gotham City in search of The Joker. So far he hasn't made much noise, so I decide to take a detour in my search and go towards Crime Alley, to Leslie's clinic.

I arrive there and go inside Leslie's office, where she sits in her desk doing paperwork.

"Hello, Bruce. I take it you're here to see Mr. Gordon?"

"Hello, Leslie. Yes, I am. How is he?"

"The gas has mostly left his system," she says, "you can see him. He's in room 3."

I go inside and I see Jim laying in the hospital bed, asleep. I turn to leave so I don't disturb him when--

"Batman?" I hear his voice from the dark room. "Don't even think about doing that disapearing trick on me this time." I stop, close the door, and sit down at the chair near to the bed.

"How are you holding up?" I ask.

"I feel like s**t, but I would probably be feeling a hell of a lot worse if it weren't for you and Nightwing." He pauses for a moment, as though trying to think of the next words to say. "He's after my daughter. The Joker, I mean. He wants to hurt her again."

"I know."

"Promise something for me."

"Sure. Anything."

"Make sure that he doesn't harm my daughter."

"Of cource--"

"No. I'm serious, Batman. I don't think either of us could live if that bastard got a hold of her and hurt her like that again."

I wouldn't be able to either.

"Please, Batman. Promese me that, don't let him hurt my daugher again...by any means nessesary. I can't let him take another part of my family again."

"...I promise, Jim."

In the police scanner inside my cowl, I hear about The Joker taking off on a stolen police car.

"Jim, the scanner is picking up--"

"Go, Batman. I'll be fine here. Just leave an old man to his sleep."

At that, I walk away, and like he asked earlier, there was no disapearing trick.

I swing out into the sky, one half paying attention to the world around me and the other paying attention to the scanner. I listen to where he's been picked up at being at and...

Oh my God.

With speed that could rival Wally I go even faster to the Clocktower. I won't let Jim or Barbra down. I will stop the Joker from hurting Barbra--no matter what it takes.

 

[Twitch]

I swing across Gotham City in search of The Joker. So far he hasn't made much noise, so I decide to take a detour in my search and go towards Crime Alley, to Leslie's clinic.

I arrive there and go inside Leslie's office, where she sits in her desk doing paperwork.

"Hello, Bruce. I take it you're here to see Mr. Gordon?"

"Hello, Leslie. Yes, I am. How is he?"

"The gas has mostly left his system," she says, "you can see him. He's in room 3."

I go inside and I see Jim laying in the hospital bed, asleep. I turn to leave so I don't disturb him when--

"Batman?" I hear his voice from the dark room. "Don't even think about doing that disapearing trick on me this time." I stop, close the door, and sit down at the chair near to the bed.

"How are you holding up?" I ask.

"I feel like s**t, but I would probably be feeling a hell of a lot worse if it weren't for you and Nightwing." He pauses for a moment, as though trying to think of the next words to say. "He's after my daughter. The Joker, I mean. He wants to hurt her again."

"I know."

"Promise something for me."

"Sure. Anything."

"Make sure that he doesn't harm my daughter."

"Of cource--"

"No. I'm serious, Batman. I don't think either of us could live if that bastard got a hold of her and hurt her like that again."

I wouldn't be able to either.

"Please, Batman. Promese me that, don't let him hurt my daugher again...by any means nessesary. I can't let him take another part of my family again."

"...I promise, Jim."

In the police scanner inside my cowl, I hear about The Joker taking off on a stolen police car.

"Jim, the scanner is picking up--"

"Go, Batman. I'll be fine here. Just leave an old man to his sleep."

At that, I walk away, and like he asked earlier, there was no disapearing trick.

I swing out into the sky, one half paying attention to the world around me and the other paying attention to the scanner. I listen to where he's been picked up at being at and...

Oh my God.

With speed that could rival Wally I go even faster to the Clocktower. I won't let Jim or Barbra down. I will stop the Joker from hurting Barbra--no matter what it takes.

OCC: Man you are a god!

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

OCC: Man you are a god!

OOC: Nah, just a lot of prep-time, which preety much means the same thing!

 

[Phantasm]

OOC:Master Bruce, a post now would help the story move along immensely.

IC:Barb Gordon

Someone raps at the door and both our heads turn towards the it. I glance at my watch and notice this isn't the usual visiting hour...Dick's gloved hand rests on his utility belt as he stands up.

 

[Spike_x1]

OOC:Master Bruce, a post now would help the story move along immensely.

OOC: Indeed.

 

[Dwarf lord]

"Ho hum... You seriously know it's a slow day when the Fiddler is your biggest threat." The Flash said as he rearranged the sock drawyer. "It's days like these when I'd rather live in Gotham with all the crazies." He turns on the TV again and sees the recent Batman escaped. He flips and sees the recent Black Canary mission. And then he flips to the next channel and sees Captain Cold escaping from Iron Heights. "NOW WE'RE COOKIN'!" He gets in his costume and runs out the door.

 

[Spike_x1]

OOC: Sweet pic!

 

[Batman]

This isnt good.

Nightwing kept telling himself that.

The Jokers on the loose,Batman isnt responding,and this isnt the usual visiting hour.

Could it be The Joker?

He didnt want to think about it......but he did anyway.

"Barbara....Stay behind me."

He took out two Batarangs,and threw a third to Barbara.

"If it IS him........Do whatever you NEED to."

He couldnt believe what he was saying."whatever you NEED to"......Does that include killing?

He had been tought,countless times,to never take a life.Bruce went by this code,since he vowed it on his parents grave,and taught the rest of the squad to make the same vow.

But then He thought of the pain The Joker put her through.Never able to walk again.Not only that,but the bastard stripped of her dignity....and clothes....for some sick joke that didnt work.

Nightwing gritted his teeth,tightened his fist,and made sure he was fully prepared....even though he was still uncertain.

Only one thing was certain.....He wasnt going to let anything happen to her.Even if it meant going against the code....or even sacrificing himself.

Just then....the door began to be broke down.

It all came down to this.



OOC:Sorry for the delay,I was out....

 

[Spike_x1]

The peephole in the door darkened as someone was looking out at Joker in his uniform, he knew that that was his cue. He jumped backwards as he triggered the low yield explosive attached to the doorway.

The door exploded inward.

Before the dust could settle, Joker walked in, swinging an axe that was decorated to look somewhat like a jester's sceptor.

"Heeeeere's Johnny!"

 

[Batman]

Ignoring the bits off wood that came from the explosion,Nightwing threw a batarang,disarming The Joker.

"Partys over."

With one batarang is his hand,Nightwing sends a kick to The Jokers face.

OOC:This is my first fight with another member,so if I used The Joker in a way Spike doesnt like,I apologise.

But the kick shouldnt really do that much to Joker,since it was only one kick.

 

[SuperFerret]

Superman left the bank robbers to be hauled off by the police. He flew up and settled on the roof of a nearby building.

He felt weak, he probably hadn't regained all his strength after his final encounter with Parasite. He wiped the blood that trickled down his cheek. He looked out over Metropolis. This city had suffered a lot recently. Buildings were toppled during the fight with Parasite, the Riddler's poison still hadn't been completely eradicated yet, and rumor had it that a Green Lantern had been fighting a monster sometime during the Parasite incident.

Maybe, Superman thought, maybe it's time I leave Metropolis.

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

I swung from the line right to the Clocktower. When I saw what was happening my blood froze in my veins. HE'S in the Clocktower, right where he could get his hands on her...

With the speed that can only be compared to an Act of God, I swing into the Clocktower, breaking a window and started to punch my way into The Joker. Right cross. Left hook. Left uppercut. Right haymaker. And to top things off, I kick right into the kidneys.

I made a promise to protect Barbra. I will take him down whatever way is nessesary to keep her safe.

 

[Phantasm]

IC:Barb Gordon

Just as Batman crashes into the apartment, I quickly snap into my senses, wheel myself next to the Computer Desk and retrive my Escrima sticks from behind the wooden desk. I had leanred the art just in case... I turn to face the chaos occuring in the place and force myself to not be intimidated by the ghastly face of the man who had haunted my dreams for so long...I will not let him break me...again.

 

[Batman]

Nightwing was ready.

Not only that,but he never got a chance to express his "graditude" to The Joker for injuring Barbara the first time,so naturally,Batman bursting in and interrupting HIS fight and HIS chance to beat The Joker didnt sit well with him.

No matter what kind of quarrel,or quarrels Bruce had with The Joker,He had NUMEROUS times to settle them.Nightwing never had that chance.

Nightwing paused.He was coming to his senses.

What was he thinking?!?!?

He was being selfish,THATS what he was thinking.

Not only is this NOT a popularity contest,but It didnt matter how The Joker was taken down.....As long as Barbara was safe.

As Batman And The Joker battled it out,Nightwing rushed to Barbara,who had gotten out her Escrima Sticks.

SHE WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO FACE HIM.

"What're you doing?!?!?!"

 

[Batman]

EDIT

 

[Spike_x1]

As the batarang sent his axe flying across the room, joker yelled after it.

"Not Bessy! Noooo!"

Then that Nightime...or Nighty-night, or whatever his name is kicked him, sending Joker to the floor. Then, to make matters even sillier, Batman came in and began hitting Joker. The clown spit blood and a couple teeth in Batman's face.

"You're not supposed to hit a righteous upholder of the law!"

The Joker aimed his fists at Nightwing and Batman and fired the compressed air container inside of his sleeve. The purple gloved hands shot the two of them, hitting them both in the face.

 

[Spike_x1]

OOC: I know this is a really bad time, but something has come up and I'm being forced away from my computer . We'll continue this when I get back.

 

[Phantasm]

IC:Barb Gordon

Batman and Nightwing collapse sideways on to the floor, leaving room for my eyes to rest on the Joker who stands there in front of the door shaking with malicious laughter...laughter that taunted and terrified all together...

The evil green of his eyes meet my narrowed ones as his chalky face streches into a horrifying grin. I tighten my grip on the wooden sticks, my heart beating erratically in my chest...

 

[Batman]

As the batarang sent his axe flying across the room, joker yelled after it.

"Not Bessy! Noooo!"

Then that Nightime...or Nighty-night, or whatever his name is kicked him, sending Joker to the floor. Then, to make matters even sillier, Batman came in and began hitting Joker. The clown spit blood and a couple teeth in Batman's face.

"You're not supposed to hit a righteous upholder of the law!"

The Joker aimed his fists at Nightwing and Batman and fired the compressed air container inside of his sleeve. The purple gloved hands shot the two of them, hitting them both in the face.

Both Batman and Nightwing were hit hard.Not only that,but They were hit too hard to get up.

As Nightwing attempted to struggle to his feet,He began to move his fingers.As he did,he reached for his billy clubs,which were hooked to the back of his costume.

Batman was still injured,and suffered much more to the blow than Nightwing did,since he was closer.

Nightwing realised that He was the only one that could protect Barbara now.

To make matters worse,Barbara was actually going to face him.

Struggling,He managed to pick himself up,only to fall again.

At that moment,it sank in:

He failed.

He failed Dinah,He failed Bruce,He failed Jim......and even worse,He failed Barbara.

It was over.

The Joker had won,and Nightwing couldnt do anything about it.

Or,so it seemed....

OOC:Barbara is going to win this.......right?

 

[Phantasm]

OOC: Can't really be deteremined now can it?We'll see how this goes...

 

[Batman]

OOC:Ah,Okay.

I havent witnessed too many RPG fights,so forgive my newbie questions......

 

[Phantasm]

OOC: No prob!

 

[DarkKnightJRK]

I hate The Joker with more vigilance then I ever have before. I hate him with every fiber of my being. He is not a man, or even a monster, he is a force of nature, a horrendous storm that destroyed all the innocents it laid its hands upon.

What makes this worse, what makes the hate and anger and fury run deeper in my veins is that...I can almost sympathize with the bastard. My mental breakdown caused me to cross the already fine line I was balancing on into the bowels of insanity. I can almost feel The Joker's insanity and the pain that caused it to exude from him like an expensive colongue.

And as he punched into my face with his...whatever the hell that was...and my head became lighter than air, I saw the look he gave to Barbra. The evil look, the one...I had gave her when I was in my breakdown.

I failed her before, I can't let it happen again.

I push all the pain and all the angst out of my brain. I'm running purely on adredeline and hate. I rush the grinning bastard and tackle him to the ground. There, on that ground, I gave him the most savage beating I have ever given a man.

In his face, I saw all the pain and suffering he has brought to the world and I beat into it. In his face, I saw all the possible evil and mental capacity of me and I beat into it.

I'm so blind in my bloodlust that I don't see Joker pulling out his daisy. He pressed into it and acid poured out. It hits my cowl and I quickly jump off of him and pull the cowl off to let the acid work it's course. I can't let him see my face. If he sees my face and knows who I am, who knows how dangerous he could be to everyone I know?

I'm done in this match. I can't do any more. I've failed, all because I let my anger blind me of the obvious. I just prey that my failure doesn't create more tragity. If Barbra is hurt, I don't know what I would do...