Chapter Ten:
The আগুন raged. Nightwing watched as a tower crumbled. He grabbed another girl and dragged her off the school yards. He turned back and got a kick to the face. Blue Beetle ran over and helped him stand again.
"Hello, Nightwing,darling." the woman said. "Remember me?"
"Too well." Nightwing said, wiping the blood from his mouth as the rain continued to pour down.
"You need help, hombre?" Beetle asked.
"I'm fine." Nightwing said. "Get the girl to the hospital with Mal. And raise a line to Revenge. Tell him to get out. Now!"
Beetle nodded and ran off. Nightwing turned back to his adversary. Formerly known as Catalina Flores, বিষাক্ত মাকড়সা had the same devilish smirk as everytime they met. Her outfit was similar to Artemis's. Instead of green and চুন green however, she was কমলা and black with a large মাকড়সা emblem on her chest. Her কমলা domino mask was similar to Nightwing's except it had a large black diamond in the middle of it. Her hair was wet and clung to her face in the midnight rain.
"Careful, darling." she said. "My bite's poisonous."
Before Nightwing could respond, the দুর্গ crumbled inward. Then, all the debris flew outward as the bombs detonated.
Nightwing grabbed বিষাক্ত মাকড়সা and tossed her to the ground, covering her body as the blast rocked the ground, pieces of দুর্গ flying everywhere.
Nightwing stood up, rubbing his head trying to clear the muddle caused দ্বারা a piece of debris that had smacked him in the back of the head. He looked around at he ruined former school.
"Revenge!" he yelled. "Emerald!" Batgirl and the rest of the Team ran up yelling the names of the Black Hero and his partner.
A বৃক্ষ limb cracked and Nightwing turned around. বিষাক্ত মাকড়সা was hanging from a tree, her mischievous grin gone. "I don't think they could've survived that." she said.
61 Hours Earlier...
"M'gann, Barbara, Holly, and Cassie have not raised a communication in two days. I'm beginning to worry." Nightwing said.
"See, that's your problem." Beast Boy said. "You worry too much." taking another bite out of his tofu burger, the green-skinned thirteen বছর old seemed without a care.
"I don't know, amigo." Jaimie said. "I'm starting to worry too."
"Ah, Nightwing's personality is rubbing off on you." গার্ফিল্ড said.
"And has anyone seen Red Revenge?"
"That partypooper? He can stay wherever--" গার্ফিল্ড was cut short as a black-gloved hand grabbed his ear.
"Yes, the partypooper." Revenge replied.
"Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!" গার্ফিল্ড exclaimed. "Leggo!"
Revenge complied.
"Any news for us?" Nightwing asked.
"Megan and Barbara are going after Karen. চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ and Cassie are holding position. They got a message from the Light yesterday."
"They got a message from who?!"
"They're going where?!"
"SHUT UP!!!"
"I also gave Mal a status update. I suggest আপনি let him out of that hotel room."
Nightwing sighed, letting everything sift through his brain before speaking.
"Very well. Revenge, আপনি and Mal--"
"Nice try bird-boy," Revenge said. "But I'm not a babysitter."
"You never want to do anything amigo!" Jaimie exclaimed. "Why did আপনি even যোগদান the Team?"
"The purpose is gone now." Revenge said, turning away. "If আপনি want me to leave, I will after this mission."
Jaimie stood shell-shocked. "Hombre, I didn't mean--"
"Save it, Jaimie." Revenge said. "Nightwing has a debriefing to do. I've got lives to protect."
The Black Hero jumped the building and was gone.
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"How did আপনি come দ্বারা the information?"
"Private communication with Holly."
"She's still serving our purposes?"
"Yes."
The আগুন raged. Nightwing watched as a tower crumbled. He grabbed another girl and dragged her off the school yards. He turned back and got a kick to the face. Blue Beetle ran over and helped him stand again.
"Hello, Nightwing,darling." the woman said. "Remember me?"
"Too well." Nightwing said, wiping the blood from his mouth as the rain continued to pour down.
"You need help, hombre?" Beetle asked.
"I'm fine." Nightwing said. "Get the girl to the hospital with Mal. And raise a line to Revenge. Tell him to get out. Now!"
Beetle nodded and ran off. Nightwing turned back to his adversary. Formerly known as Catalina Flores, বিষাক্ত মাকড়সা had the same devilish smirk as everytime they met. Her outfit was similar to Artemis's. Instead of green and চুন green however, she was কমলা and black with a large মাকড়সা emblem on her chest. Her কমলা domino mask was similar to Nightwing's except it had a large black diamond in the middle of it. Her hair was wet and clung to her face in the midnight rain.
"Careful, darling." she said. "My bite's poisonous."
Before Nightwing could respond, the দুর্গ crumbled inward. Then, all the debris flew outward as the bombs detonated.
Nightwing grabbed বিষাক্ত মাকড়সা and tossed her to the ground, covering her body as the blast rocked the ground, pieces of দুর্গ flying everywhere.
Nightwing stood up, rubbing his head trying to clear the muddle caused দ্বারা a piece of debris that had smacked him in the back of the head. He looked around at he ruined former school.
"Revenge!" he yelled. "Emerald!" Batgirl and the rest of the Team ran up yelling the names of the Black Hero and his partner.
A বৃক্ষ limb cracked and Nightwing turned around. বিষাক্ত মাকড়সা was hanging from a tree, her mischievous grin gone. "I don't think they could've survived that." she said.
61 Hours Earlier...
"M'gann, Barbara, Holly, and Cassie have not raised a communication in two days. I'm beginning to worry." Nightwing said.
"See, that's your problem." Beast Boy said. "You worry too much." taking another bite out of his tofu burger, the green-skinned thirteen বছর old seemed without a care.
"I don't know, amigo." Jaimie said. "I'm starting to worry too."
"Ah, Nightwing's personality is rubbing off on you." গার্ফিল্ড said.
"And has anyone seen Red Revenge?"
"That partypooper? He can stay wherever--" গার্ফিল্ড was cut short as a black-gloved hand grabbed his ear.
"Yes, the partypooper." Revenge replied.
"Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!Ow!" গার্ফিল্ড exclaimed. "Leggo!"
Revenge complied.
"Any news for us?" Nightwing asked.
"Megan and Barbara are going after Karen. চিরশ্যামল গুল্মবিশেষ and Cassie are holding position. They got a message from the Light yesterday."
"They got a message from who?!"
"They're going where?!"
"SHUT UP!!!"
"I also gave Mal a status update. I suggest আপনি let him out of that hotel room."
Nightwing sighed, letting everything sift through his brain before speaking.
"Very well. Revenge, আপনি and Mal--"
"Nice try bird-boy," Revenge said. "But I'm not a babysitter."
"You never want to do anything amigo!" Jaimie exclaimed. "Why did আপনি even যোগদান the Team?"
"The purpose is gone now." Revenge said, turning away. "If আপনি want me to leave, I will after this mission."
Jaimie stood shell-shocked. "Hombre, I didn't mean--"
"Save it, Jaimie." Revenge said. "Nightwing has a debriefing to do. I've got lives to protect."
The Black Hero jumped the building and was gone.
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"How did আপনি come দ্বারা the information?"
"Private communication with Holly."
"She's still serving our purposes?"
"Yes."
"Sir, the cloning failed. And now the girl is fully trusted দ্বারা the others. There is no possible way to-"
"That is false. The girl is mine, and she knows that. However, with the bat and bird protecting her, it will be difficult."
"Don't forget, she has begun dating the silver boy."
"Yes. But is it worth it to own her?"
"Sir?"
"I've seen her work at a small amount of power. I wonder how destructive she can be at full power. This girl can, no, will be, the end of the Justice League."
"Of course, sir."
"Leave me." The girl nodded, her red eyes glimmering in the dark. Then she exited without a sound.
The boy stepped out from the shadows, his yellow eyes darting around the screens. Each screen had a different picture of the same girl. He reached out and picked one.
"We've waited a long time for you, deary. It's time to come home."
"That is false. The girl is mine, and she knows that. However, with the bat and bird protecting her, it will be difficult."
"Don't forget, she has begun dating the silver boy."
"Yes. But is it worth it to own her?"
"Sir?"
"I've seen her work at a small amount of power. I wonder how destructive she can be at full power. This girl can, no, will be, the end of the Justice League."
"Of course, sir."
"Leave me." The girl nodded, her red eyes glimmering in the dark. Then she exited without a sound.
The boy stepped out from the shadows, his yellow eyes darting around the screens. Each screen had a different picture of the same girl. He reached out and picked one.
"We've waited a long time for you, deary. It's time to come home."