Batman Beyond RPG: Part 2 (Continued in Part 3)

[Nightwing]

This thread is for the next coming chapter(s) of The Batman Beyond RPG. The previous thread is the first, which is now closed so RPGers can get a fresh start with their new story idea.

I believe there are some character casting mishaps since some players have gone missing, so I can't be sure of the current roster, but if everything is as it should be, carry on. If not, let me know of the current roster and problems so I can post them here. Otherwise, enjoy!

[Mr. Obsession]

Thanks Nightwing!

Right now we have the following players and characters:

Myself - Stalker, Barbara Gordon, and third character who won't be introduced until near the end of the Joker story line

Shriek - Batman/Terry

Bird_Boy - Bruce Wayne & Warhawk

Blight - Blight, the Joker

flhero311 - Dick Grayson, Max, & The Ninja (custom character)

Kitty Pryde - Batgirl

DanaTan (doesn’t know how much she'll be posting) - Dana Tan

There were also some other people, but they haven't been around for awhile.

[Trent Lane]

Though I still have the Ninja, he may only show up at the beginning of the story to wrap up the loose ends left by the last RPG. Unless there is some need for him down the road in the storyline after the Joker one (which you all are going to love, trust me...), he may jsut be retired. I may pick up a back ground character to add to DG and Max, but only if I can find a really good one and a good way to include them... I guess we wait for Blight (Joker) to make the first move(?)...

[Mr. Obsession]

I'm glad you've got faith in my story ideas flhero311, I'm just hoping that Shriek and Bird_Boy dig 'em once my plans are set in motion. Between the Joker story line and mine Bird_Boy should get a bunch of mileage out of Bruce.

And I was just posting which characters have been claimed, doesn't mean that you have to use 'em. I also know there were some other claimed characters but those posters haven't been around in a long time and I'm too lazy to go dig through the old thread to find out who they were.

I'm guessing that the best person to start off would be Blight. Or someone else can get us started off and Blight can jump in with the Joker whenever he feels ready.

So exactly how much time has passed between the end of chapter's 1 (Stalker vs. Batman) & 2 (Ra's story line) and the beginning of chapter 3 (Joker story line)?

[Kitty Pryde]

We need people playing Commisioner Gordon and dana and charaters like that as well as bad guys

[Bird Boy]

I say we have the new RPG start where the new Cave is settled in already, bruce is back from the radiation crap and all of that. So, lets start the RPG in September (we were still posting in july last time..lol).

I think this is the chapter thing:

Chapter 1 (batman vs. Willie Watt), Chapter 2 (batman vs. Stalker), Chapter 3 (The Ra's/London thing) and now Chapter 4 (Joker Returns again).

Well, KittyPryde, Mr. O is Comm. Gordon, and we sorta have a Dana..but she isn't posting much. So, we can voice her or whatever if we need to w/o asking permission. Unless sombody wants to pick up her character.... ?

-BB

[Blight]

OOC: Hey, i'm glad to see the new thread is up and running. Anyways, I guess i'd better start this baby off!

IC: I sit at my command center, watching. I quickly type a few commands and the camera zooms in on Batfake and Brucie, "Y'know, I still can't believe you never told me about this place" says Batfake. I laugh to myself at that, "There's alot of things that the old man hasn't told you, kid" I mutter to myself, "But he was kind enough to share these little details with me!".

That's when Ghoul barges in, "Hey, boss, guess what. I've got some news about Wayne's condition" he says. I whirl around in my chair to face Ghoul, "What have I told you about interupting my time with the computer!" I yell at him. "S-sorry boss, but I just thought that I should inform you..." He stutters. "I already know that Wayne's all better now you idiot!" I scream as I jump up from my chair. A knife slips out from my sleeve and I bring it down on Ghoul's face. He gasps as the knife stops centimeteres from his nose. I smile at him, "Y'know, in most cases i'd kill you right here and now, but you really are esential to my plan, so i'll let you live" I say as I slip the knife back up my sleeve, "Just don't let it happen again".

Ghoul sighs, "T-thanks Joker". He turns and starts to walk out of the room, "On second thought, goons like you are easy to replace" I say, grinning, as the knife appears in my hand. Ghoul turns to look at me as I shove the knife into his left eyeball and rip it out. Ghoul clutches his socket and screams. I flick the eyeball away and bring the knife down on Ghouls neck. He falls to the floor, dead. I lift up the body and look into his face, "Hmm, you don't look so good, I think you need an eye doctor! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!" I laugh insanely. Then I walk over to the garbage chute and throw Ghoul into it, "Make sure to feed the rats with your corpse!" I yell down at the falling body.

I walk over to the command center and shut in down, "I'll get back to you later, Batfake" I say to myself as I start to walk out of the room, "Right now, I've got places to go, people to kill".

OOC: I hope you liked my first Joker part! Wondering when i'll reveal how The Joker came back? Don't hold your breath! I won't be revealing that until the end of this story!

See ya!
Blight

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: Blight I love you're interpretation of the Joker, just as sick and twisted as the RotJ (uncut) version. And you're just starting off. Good job man.

I'll post something ic later.

[Blight]

Thanks Mr. O! I actually watched ROTJ twice last night just to refresh my memory about how sick The Joker is! True, it was the edited version (since I don't have the unedited) but just watching that reminded me of everthing he does in the unedited, so it probably helped out my writing a bit.

See ya!
Blight

[Kitty Pryde]

Ic: A new school and another new family.
As I walk down one of Gothams historical avenues I cant help but feel fear, i can almost smell it. I come to a cross roads in the more modern street of west Gotham one way will most likely get myself beaten and mugged by a gang of Jokerz and the other will get me on the front page of the papers for being the forth victum of any one of the numerous Killers stalking these streets. I silent my thoughts as i pick one, I pick the Jokerz.

I think about my new family as i walk the lonely ally way leading to my house. I see how Scot and Andy are similar to my parents, yet it is not the same no matter how hard I try and force myself to forget about my real parents, it never goes away....Never.

Suddenly I feel a hand touch my left shoulder I turn swiftly and get my fists ready to strike. Only to be disapointed and happy to see a large group of girls from my new school.

" your not around here are you " says one of the girls, she is probably their preppie ring leader or something.
" No Im not " I say to her in the similar aggresive tone she gave me. " so thats why you had no clue you were walking into Jokerz territory. " im not scared of a bunch of wannabes". Both her and I exchange evil glares. I think to myself what her deal maybe but it is way to late to have guessed.

I feel the cold body of a Jokerz Bike hit into my hips sending me to the floor. I look up to see the rider stop next to the girl i was trying to talk to. He and her must be an item as they start kissing as i feel the boots of 2 other Jokerz kick into my ribs. The pain is so immense I nearly puke up. Then suddenly with out thinking I leap for the Girl and the Joker laying a heavy punch into the Jokerz head. To his team mates surprise he falls to the floor. I notice that there is still a huge gang of Jokerz all around this area. All I wanted was to go home, Suddenly I find myself kicking another Joker onto the hard gravel as his Jokerz bike lands beside him.

By now i had got on the bike and was making a quick get away.
All I could hear to get the sound of their laughter out of my head was the sound of my own heart beating fear into my vains. My bike crashes and I awake strapped to the Gotham twin towers.

"Let me introduce myself" a shadow of a man can be seen, I must have had my back to the edge of the building and this guy is planning on pushing me off, my knuckles tighten.
He steps out into the lights of the neon lit sky "Im the Joker" he says in a completely serious manner. I lift my head up to check him out and notice that he is just a young kid like me in make up, Just a wannabe.
"So your the Joker, the mighty clown prince of crime" I start laughing in his face, I am so scared but he has no clue and im hurting his feelings, good people like him never showed feeling for the sorrow in their preys eyes.
"J - Man what if batman comes" says another one of the Jokerz. I look up in the sky hoping to see him, to actually meet him.

Then I see the fake Joker cut something and I start to fall

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

Standing in the shadows on the roof a building on west Gotham. I stretch and am still suprised at how well I've adapted to the prosthetics.

What kind of assignment is this? "Prowl the streets" Bennet said. "The sooner you're ready, the sooner you can complete my real assignment, and the sooner you'll be a free man."

To be free...

My thoughts are interrupted by the sounds of a struggle and laughter. Looking across the way I see a lone girl tied to one of the Gotham Towers surrounded by clowns. Clowns I taught a lesson to not long ago.

"Let me introduce myself" a man says as he walk out of the shadows, "I’m the Joker".

"Sure you are" I say quietly.

"So your the Joker, the mighty clown prince of crime" she says and starts laughing.

"J - Man what if Batman comes?"

"Oh, you have much more important things to worry about boy." I say to myself, mentally judging the space I'll have to leap to reach them.

Suddenly the leader pulls out a knife and cuts the rope letting the girl fall. I don't know why, I shouldn't care, but I take a running start and jump. The bionics propel me as I expected and I catch the girl. We land on a lower ledge of the towers. She's breathing hard and staring at me. What was she expecting? To fall to her death, or to be rescued by Batman. I shake off the thought.

"Stay here. I'll be back soon to let you down." I say to her as I start climbing the building. I must be going insane.

It takes a minute but I reach the top. Staying out of sight I can hear them joke about what they've done.

"And yet none of you had the guts to watch the fruits of your labors." I say as I pull myself up.

They freeze, the leader's eyes go wide. Perfect.

"If I remember correctly the last time I taught you a lesson I sent you to the hospital. Perhaps this time you'd like to see the morgue?" A small smile forms on my lips.

As I walk forward the others scatter, running for the lone exit. But the leader, their leader can't move, until the last second when I'm only a foot away. He tries to run but I grab his coat and pull his face close to mine. "I can smell your fear."

[Trent Lane]

OOC; Just an intro, nothing special...

ic: I sit in my car, it's dark and quiet outside. I've been thinking back to the days I used to constantly patorl the streets, at one time by Bruce's side, then on my own. After Tim's fall from the mantle of Robin, I went back to help in Gotham, but Bruce had become somewhat cold and isolated, even more so than ever before. I hadn't talked to him in years. Then just a few months ago the Joker reappeared in Tim. That pyschotic clown wouldn't ever stop tormenting Tim. Luckily, Bruce's "replacement" of sorts took care of him once and for all. I didn't go to visit any of them, Tim, Barb, Bruce, after the incident. Of course, they had never called me either. But now I had come back to Gotham after living the past few years on a round the world trip. I drove up the narrow road on the side of the hill to the gate with the big W on it. I got out and pressed the call button.

"Yes?" Bruce's voice sounded so old and tired.

"Just an old friend dropping by," I replied.

"Dick?"...

ooc: Again, nothing special, the past will be elaborated on more in time...

[Shriek]

I lay in bed. It has to be about 1 in the morning. The sun beats through my window and hits my eyes. I stretch my hands up as far as they go until I hear them crack.

I stand out of bed and look at my clock. 1:44 A.M. I open my blinds and look at the nightsky. I stare to the ground below and wonder if I should go patrol.

I am a bit tired. But the trip could be well worth it. But then again. I go back into my bed. I stretch the covers over my head and fall back asleep.

OOC: This was a sleep. I just want a notification of when people reply.

[Kitty Pryde]

IC: was that Batman?.
Who was it if not Batman I think to my self as I am stuck up in the roof tops of Gotham. All I feel is fear, I hate that feeling. It is that fear that keeps me going though, that fear that made me get down from that roof top.

I can still hear the screams of the Jokerz some of them laughter others in pure terror. Who is that man I could tell from his accent he did not come from here either.
This time I cant back out I have to know if that is Batman.

It is easy to follow where he is going by the trail of Jokerz screaming in fear. I follow the chorus until I see two shadows on the roof tops.

My heart starts to beat faster

OOC: Hey Guys sorry that i dont seem to be leading any where but trust me I am.

Luv Kitty

[Bird Boy]

OOC: Once again, I'll be posting soon, so don't worry...just got school to deal with first.then...I'll post away! :)

-BB

[Blight]

I walk up onto the small stage and stand in front of the microphone. I grin down at Chucko, Woof, Dee Dee, and Dee Dee. They are all that remains of my insolent little gang. I clear my throat very loudly, "Ladies and gentleJokers" I say into the microphone, "I am pleased that you could all join me tonight. And I am very pleased to say that my plan for Gotham's destruction is almost complete".

I pause as if to gather my thoughts, "Tonight we are going to pull off a couple of heists. Dee Dee and Woof will be stealing what we need from Foxtecha. And Dee Dee and Chucko will be stealing from Wayne Enterprises. I have already informed you about what we will be stealing, so i'm not going to go into details. I will be joining Dee Dee and Chucko to Wayne Enterprises, I have a few things to settle over there".

I step off the stage and walk over to the gang, "And remember, any and all Jokers who argue with my plan must except their future of hanging on my wall as a trophy. Now, to the hovercrafts!"

See ya!
Blight

[Bird Boy]

OOC: WooHoo..my first IC post on this RPG!! Yippers! :)

IC (Wayne):

September 11th, 2001
6:07am

The Bat-cave's repaired..somewhat. I was able to upload the bat-computer into a new, up-to-date machine. With a 900gigs of space left on the harddrive, it will be able to hold up to 10 more mantles of Batman...if he survives the second one tha tis.

The sensors pick up a car near the gates. The call button is pushed.

"Yes?" I say into the speaker.

"Just an old friend dropping by," the man replies

I know that voice...it's somewhat aged..but I know it.

"Dick..?" I reply in a low voice.

My mind wanders back to the day when we were Batman and Robin. Gliding along rooftops....

"So, you going to let me in or what?" a sarcastic voice comes over the speaker. I must've been thinking about the past too long.

I don't reply, but instead press the "Open" button on the gates. I watch on the monitor as a car pulls in through. A man gets out and steps inside. Ace perks up his ears and runs upstairs. I hear barking and a "DOWN MUTT!". I grin and whistle for Ace.

Ace runs down the steps and sits by my side, still growling. There is a new entrance to the cave since the last one was dimolished. Dick won't be able to find it.

I grab my cane and walk up the steps. The door opens and I walk out of the room. A room hidden behind the wall of the manor. I remembered it as a child...I never showed it to the others. It was loaded with dead spiders and cobwebs. After some pursuading, I got Terry to clean it out. I touch the wall and a thin panel slides away. I see Dick looking around the clock, pulling on it.

"That entrance doesn't work anymore." I say outloud.

He looks over at me. "Ah..I didn't even hear you. Which is unusual..." He grins.

I motion for him to follow me and we make our way back down into the cave.

He whistles.

"What happened to the old cave?"

"It was destroyed a few months ago. Ra's came back with more firepower than Terr-" I cut my words short, "Er, Batman could handle"

Dick nods and looks around somemore. The batmobile in the far corner spins around on it's turn-table and boosts it's engines and flys out of the cave.

"Where's that going to?" Dick asks

"To pick up Batman" I reply.

Dick raises an eyebrow.

"He'..doesn't live here?" he inquires

"No." I reply.

I make my way over ot the chair and sit down. I flip on all of the lights Terry and I installed. The one next to the case of suits flips on. Dick looks at the suits and gives a small sigh. "Seems like yesterday.." he says under his breath.

"so, what's the mutt's name?"

"Ace" I reply.

Dick nods and bends down. "Here..Ace" he says.

Ace looks up at me, I nod, but Ace decides to stay near me.

I let Dick look around for awhile, while I upload a few more remaining files into the computer. Our attention is drawn to the incoming Batmobile that lands with a jolt.

The cockpit opens and McGinnis jumps out. He's about to take off his mask when he sees Dick.

He makes his way over to me.

"Who's that?" he says, while looking at me.

Dick comes over and sticks out his hand "Dick Grayson. Former... 'employee' "

END.

OOC: All I can think of for now..just wanted to get things a-go...:)

-BB

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker


"...it was only a joke..." the pathetic bleeding gang leader wheezes as I toss him to the ground.

"She wasn't laughing. Neither was I."

My gaze turns to the remaining Jokerz on the rooftop, the one closest to door scrambles to get it open. Behind I hear the sound of someone struggling to climb over the ledge to reach the roof.

"It can't be." I say to no one. My curiosity gets the better of me and I walk to the ledge. To my suprise is the girl I rescued moments before, the one I told to stay put. Her eyes go wide as I reach down and pull her up over the ledge.

Taking advantage of my distraction two of the Jokerz rush forward to retrieve their beaten leader. "Go ahead and take him, but I recommend you leave as fast a possible" I say not even bothering to turn around.

As soon as I can no longer hear the sound of their escape I turn My attention back to the girl.

"Batman?"

I try not to laugh, but a smirk forms on my lips.

"What's so funny?" she says becoming defensive.

"It seems that this is your night for mistakes."

Her disappointment is apparent. "Do you at least know him?"

"You could say that."

"Then could you take me to him. Or at least point me in the right direction."

I ponder that. Why should I? I still don't know why I saved her in the first place. I need time to think.

"I could" I say, "but you're going to have to give me one good reason why I should."

[Blight]

The engines come to a stop as the Hovercraft lands on a balcony of the Wayne Enterprises building. This is the same balcony where Brucie made his returning speech. Chucko and Dee Dee jump out of the craft and run into the building. I step outside the craft and pull out my Yo Yo.

I play with it for a while, until a guard comes at me from behind and raises his weapon. I grab it from his hand and toss it off the balcony. The guard gasps as I turn to face him. He gasps again when he sees that my Yo Yo is actually Ghoul's eyeball with a string attached. "Like my new Yo Yo?" I grin at him. He starts to raise his walkie talkie and I knock it from his hand with my Yo Yo, "Naughty, naughty" I shake my finger at him. Then I pull my knife from my sleeve and start to cut into his face.

The guard screams for a while until he faints from the pain. I finish and step back to look at my work. I grin when I see the crudely cut smile that I carved into his face. That's when Chucko and Dee Dee appear and jump into the Hovercraft, "Come on boss, we've got what we need" Chucko says. I nod, "Keep smiling. Tootles!" I say to the smiling figure on the floor. Then I turn and jump into the Hovercraft.

"One more thing" I say as Chucko starts the engine. I pull out a detonator from my pocket and press it. The lab from which Chucko and Dee Dee just stole the items we need explodes and the building shakes a bit. "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!" I laugh as we fly off into the night sky.

See ya!
Blight

[Blight]

OOC: Hey, is it me, or is this place rather, um, empty? Come on people, post! Please tell me you don't all have writers block! I know it hasn't been THAT long since someone posted, but i've never seen such a long period of lull on this particular thread (well, except during the Stalker/Batman fight in the old RPG, but I was on vacation during that! :D ).

See ya!
Blight

[Bird Boy]

OOC: We need Shriek. He's Batman after all. If shriek doesn't show up in a few days, I'll post as Batman..I have before.. he said I did a good job too..so I'm sure he wouldn't mind me doing it..it's to get the RPG along anyway.

So, Shriek..you out there buddy? if you are...then start typing and POST! :)

-BB

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc:

Originally posted by Blight ...i've never seen such a
long period of lull on this particular thread (well, except during the Stalker/Batman fight in the old RPG...[/B]

Hey! Was that some kind of jab directed at me? :p

Anywho, I think recent events has gotten everyone down in the dumps but I expect posting to return to normal levels soon.

And I would post something character wise except I don't know what to do with BG yet and I'm stuck waiting for Kitty Pryde to post before I can do anything with Stalker.

[Shriek]

OOC: SORRY GUYS! I got a date to homecoming now!!! Yee Hoo!!! Blight nice job with the Joker.

IC:

The Dick Grayson! The former boywonder. I can't belive I am looking at Dick Grayson. The real Robin.

I shake the man's hand. "Nightwing," I say in my toughest deepest Batman voice.

"And you are the new errand boy I see?" Dick snarls back cockily.

Just like Bruce told me. A cocky man. I stare to Bruce but his eyes are fixated on Dick and wondering what he is doing here.

The batcomputer screams out, "Explosion detected. Wayne Enterprises. Lab area."

Bruce stares at me knowing that I know what to do.

"I'm on it boss." I head for the batmobile. I hop in the cockpit and strap in. I activate the thrusters and nothing happens. How embarassing I say to myself.

"The original Robin/Nightwing is in the batcave watching me. And I can't even get the stupid engine running." Without a care in the world I kick the car.

The engine ignites and I blast out of the cave like a maniac chipping some walls.

"Tim teach him how to drive?" Dick jokes.

A sad look comes on Bruce's face. He stares at the ground.


____________________________________


I soar above the sky heading towards Wayne Enterprises. The only odd thing besides the fire is a hovercraft that zooms by. "Damn drunk drivers."

I do a quick fly by only to find the fire department doing there job as always.

I leap from the cockpit. I extend my wings and glide to the ground landing next to the Fire Chief. I stand to my full height.

"What Happened?" I ask viciously.

"We honestly don't know yet. We don't know if its accidental or arson. We can't find out since the whole East Wing Is vaporized from all the chemical reactions." The Chief replies.

"Is everyone accounted for?" I ask.

"All but one security guard." He says.

I boost into the building rockets to full.

[DanaTan]

Hey everyone, I'm back. I kinda LIVE in NYC right now, so everything is a bit of a mess... almost lost my father.... But, anyway, I'm back. And my dad's okay... and... I miss the NY Skyline :( But I'm back with Dana. Are there any other characters I could also play? Dana doesn't have much... at all. But anyone can feel free to use Dana if I'm not here.

E'tienne

[Shriek]

I burst through the windows of the East Wing. The place is completely ignited in flames. Everything is being vaporized and badly burned.

I kick down a few doors. I activate my breather and the suit's metalloid function. Making me invulnerable from all the flames.

I play with my head until I find the right view. I have night vision equipped making me able to see any type of human life. I scurry around the lab as the walls begin to fall.

I quickly leap through the glass window into another room as the wall falls down on me.

As I rise to my feet I find a body. Disfigured immensly. And it almost seems to be a smile carved into its face.

The ground begins to shake and a huge geyser of hot acid sprays into the air and completely burns the mans face off.

I turn around and begin to vomit. I use my remaining strength to get off the ground and to find the exit.

I scurry through the burning building thanking god that everyone has gotten out alive. There were only 5 people in this wing at the time of the explosion.

I walk out of the collapsing building like nothing has happened.

"I couldn't find anything. No traces of foulplay involved." I tell the Chief. I coldly walk past the firefighters and into the batmobile.

I open the window and hop in the cockpit and take off back towards the batcave.

[Trent Lane]

ooc: Okay, I'm back, so here we go...

"Tim teach him how to drive?" I say jokingly, without thinking. Bruce's head sinks down. "Sorry, I didn't mean it-"

"Don't be," he shot back. "So, what brings you to Gotham now?"

"Well, i heard about the Joker returning a while back," I replied. "And I know what really happened the first go round, but have no idea of what happened this time. Care to fill me in?" Bruce almost hesitated, but proceeded to tell me of the events that took place. Tim was the Joker's "host body", and Joker tried to kill Bruce and his new "help". The Joker was eliminated as he tried to destory Gotham, and things have somewhat gone back to normal. I stood there in shock.

"Wow," was all I could muster up. "I wish I had known."

"There was nothing you could have done," he replied. "If it wasn't for T- uh, Batman, I'd be dead now and Tim would no longer exsist. Barbara wouldn't be much better off, either."

I look at Bruce. "So, does Barbara know who the new kid is?"

"Well, yes," he answered. "Why do you ask?"

"Why aren't you telling me who he is? I'm a part of this, all of it," I replied. "I deserve to know..."

[Blight]

I smile as a strange vehicle flies by my Hovercraft. It is obviously Batfake in his Batmobile. Hopefully, he will find the body that I left, and if he's smart, maybe he will figure out who is behind all this. It doesn't matter. Either way, I will have the last laugh.

I turn to Chucko, "So, what are you waiting for, a chance for me to chop off your head? Give me the data chip!" I yell at him.

Chucko hands me the chip and I examine it closely. I smile to myself. This will no doubt work perfectly for my plan. I put the chip in my pocket, "How are Dee Dee and Woof doing over at Foxtecha?" I ask Chucko, "They've already got the bomb Foxtecha was storing in their vault. It's all ready for you to do your stuff to it". Chucko responds.

"What exactly are you going to do with that bomb anyway?" Dee Dee asks.

I glare at her, "Ask me again and you'll suddenly find yourself falling from two hundred stories in the air" I say to her, "I will, however, tell you that i'm not going to use the bomb like most people do" I grin, "Oh no, I have something much worse planned for dear old Gotham".

That's when I notice that we're approaching my headquarters, "Now shut up" I say to Chucko and Dee Dee, "I've got some planning to do".

See ya!
Blight

[Kitty Pryde]

Sorry guys i have been away but i lost contact with my cousin who was staying in New York but it is ok he is alright so i can go back to feeling a little happier

Mr. Ob I will send something later tonight (I think that will be that afternoon for you guys in america im not sure)

Luv Shadow Cat

[DanaTan]

OC.....
Hmmm.. I'm reading the RPG, and I'm not exactly sure on how to add Dana. Can someone email me with what they sort of have planned? I really want to give Dana a bigger part in the RPG than she has in the series... But I don't want to turn her into Gotham's new superhero now. It's a bit ridiculous to use Dana in that way :) I was wondering if whether Joker wanted to kidnap her and use her against "Batfake" *cough* Terry *cough*. Now that I'm at school, I'm always online with a T1 connection (bad habit) hehehe so posting would be easier for me... Hurray for ethernet connections *sigh*... So if anyone could email me with what they have in mind so far for their character, that would be awesome :)

e-mail: et2010@barnard.edu

E'tienne

[Kitty Pryde]

Ic:
I wake up to hear the harsh buzzing of my Alarm, it feels really weird that for the first time in my life I actually feel at ease in Gotham City.

I Close my eyes when I try thinking back to last night "Who was that man" I remark to myself, I scratch my head to get the gritty dirt of Gothams not so clean rooftops and look at my door "definatly not Batman" I try to turn my head away from the door but cant because It is a Monday and on this particular Monday the 2nd week at my new School.

I make my way to the bathroom and rinse my face with water.
Then I look into the Bathroom miror and see myself alone in the world once again.
My heart feels cold when ever I mention his name "Dick where are you when i need you" I feel a tear run down my pale saddened face. I then tell myself that as far as I know Batman will give me the answers I need to find him.

As soon as I walk out of the bathroom I leave Nightwing behind along with my parents and my past. A New School, a New start.

Maybe....

It runs through my head all the time, what would things have been like if I had be able to stop Dick from going. I Know that it doesnt matter how much I think about it as I will never be able to change the past...my past.
I walk to the front of the School and sigh.
I dont see that Joker girl here today I wonder why, I feel my face gently give a smile.
As I walk to my locker I feel a hard thud and fall to the ground dropping my books.

"Hey Buddy why don...t" I stop with the assulting and see this guy wearing a brown tacky looking bikers jacket. "Hey sorry about the collision and all" he says with a sweetness to his voice as he starts to pick up my books "Uh.its...ok...I mean yeah..it was my fault" I tell myself to shut up before I get him thinking im a complete dork, he hands me my books as I get up from to my feet "So your new right" I nod my head in an atempt to make a reply "Well do I just call you New Girl or do you have a name" He looks at me, im not sure if he is joking or what so i laugh anyway "My name is.. Alisha Ford". I hold my books close to my self so he doesnt notice how much I am nervous and how much I dig him, "Terry" I turn to see a girl run up towards him, she grabs him by the arm and walks away chatting with him but before she goes she makes sure to give me an evil glare.

Funny how everything seems like last night still.
I shrug my shoulders and sigh deeply "Well Alish you sure made a good Job at screwing that one up....Well done girl" I say to myself as I slam my locker shut and then move on to class.

Oc: Hope this doesnt muck up the story to much ::bites nails in fear::

Luv Ms.Pryde

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

"And how did it go last night?" Bennet asks as I walk into the training center.

"It was... uneventful." I lie thinking back to last night and girl. I asked her to give me a good reason why I should take her to Batman and she ran towards the nearest exit. I don't even know why I care, but a part of me hopes she stays out of trouble. Another part of me knows that won't happen.

Bennet studies me for a moment, as if he wants to ask me a few questions, but instead says "why don't you get some rest, the training exercises can wait for a few hours."

He probably knows everything but he's not going to bring it up. He not going to push me either -- not as long as I stay in line.


ooc: no worries KP, around here we're flexible. :)

[Blight]

IC: I smile to myself as I snap the final piece into place. My device in now complete, and I can proceed to the next step of my plan.

I walk over to my command center and press a few buttons, tapping into the radio frequincy of the Batmobile.

I sit down in my chair and speak into the radio transmiter, "Attention! Attention all Batman imposters!" I say into the the speaker, "It's your old friend The Joker. I just wanted let you know Batfake, that i'm planning something much worse for you, Brucie and all of Gotham then you could possibly imagine. But right now, i'm warning you to not only look after your own back, but your family and friends backs as well, because if you think i'm not going to torture you before I kill you, then you don't know who your dealing with. And remember, don't blink!" I shut off the transmiter before Batfake can say anything.

I smile, "Let's see if Batfake can figure out what I mean by don't blink" I say to myself as my smile gets wider, "Cause if he can't, then he's deader than my old man. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!".

See ya!
Blight

[Batgirl_2005]

Hi everyone... OK I'm so sorry for being oh so rude and interupting. *ducks as people begin throwing things at her* I said I was sorry!!! JEEEEZZZ!!!

Anywayz... I would like to join this RPG. I have a charcter named Katharina Queen I would like to bring in as a superhero. If this is the worse idea anyone has ever heard, just slap me and I'll go back into my corner. But I would like you to at least know a little bit about her.

So here's some info on her.

Name - Katharina Queen

Age - 17

Physical Appearance - Waist length black hair, large light blue eyes, 5'6'', very muscular.

Special Powers - She really doesn't have any. The only thing you could call a "superpower' is the fact that she can't feel fear. She is also a natural fighter and naturally very strong.

Background - Lived in Gotham with her parents until they were murdered. (she was only four at the time) After that she began staying with Bruce Wayne since she has no other family members. (cheesy, yes i know. but PLEASE bare with me.) He found her beating up a bully at school (who probably weighed one hundred pounds more than her) very easily and decided to train her.
He trained her until she was seven. Then one night she disappeared, completely. SHe was kidnapped (but Brucey didn't realize this). She escaped within four years time and has been in hiding ever since.

If anyone thinks the idea is good let me know, it's just a suggestion. It doesn't have to be done or anything... Just let me know if i could join, okie?

*quote of the day*
Dear School: Please eckuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.

*batchik*

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: How DARE YOU!

heh heh just kidding
I like the idea of it but im not incharge here so I guess who ever is should decide if it is cool to have your Charater or not.

I think it would be a pretty neat idea so yeah please can we add her Charater please please pretty please

::Starts throwing things at Batchik again::

[Batgirl_2005]

ACK!!!! *ducks as Kitty Pryde starts throwing stuff at her again*

hehe..

well I would like to put her in there too, but I want to get full approval first so I'm not stepping on peeps's toes...

*ducks again as a chair is thrown at her* I SAID I WAS SORRY!!!!

[Bird Boy]

OOC: I think Shriek and I are considered the "leaders" as we're the two main characters....so..yeah, anyway..

I'm cool with the idea. I thought you were gonna still have her living with wayne..and that'd screw everything up....but..then I saw she was kidnapped..so this was all BEFORE the Beyond thing..so I'm cool with it.

anywho, we can always use new characters..just to not to make them all powerful and all of that cheesy crap.. :)

Maybe this girl..Katharina Queen...could ask the JLU to join, Wayne gets wind of the word, and asks Supes to fly her to Gotham..or Warhawk..yeah..Warhawk..cuz I'm warhawk..that'd work...

*looks up and sees everybody staring at him* oh.hehe..thinking outloud again. Anywho..

-BB

[Batgirl_2005]

Heh... Katharina is as far from being all powerful as you can get... She's just a good fighter and can't feel fear, the thing is after every fight she goes into sort of a daze... (i've been reading too many books i think)

so... should i start posting IC somehow? i don't know where she is right now though... must think about that...

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: Does she go to school where Terry and my charater Alisha goes?
If not she could maybe at least make friends with Dana or some one and thats how she can be introduced or something urgh I am losing my touch with ideas (like i ever had it lol)

http://picture20000097.homestead.com/files/evkit-4.jpg

[Batgirl_2005]

Where is JLU headquarters? or do they not have one? i wouldn't know.. I've only seen 5 eps of BB... grrrrr.... heh... but now i get to see mor!!! *gets down on her hands and knees and bows to the cartoon Network sign on her desktop* ALL HAIL THE GREAT CN!!!!
jk...
soo... i guess she's either wherever JLU is or already in GOtham.. although I must admit i like the idea of having the JLU... I read one of the comic books w/ them in it and loved it...
so... hmmm.. i don't know where to start!!!

[Batgirl_2005]

She doesn't go to school. she's in hiding because the persuns that kidnapped her are still after her.

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: Best thing to do is have a little intro like what im doing with my Charater.

Nothing has happened and no one to her yet except for getting saved by the Stalker which was soo cool :)
but at the moment i havent even got to the stage where she will go out and fight crime as I wanna build her charater up and make her like in-depth and stuff.

Just do a post about you Charaters past and her remembering maybe even escaping from her captors like they could have put her in a lab and done weird icky science test on her and made her unable to feel fear, like to maker her into the ultimate killer or something. She just has escaped now and is heading to Gotham on the run or something

[Bird Boy]

Originally posted by batchik
Where is JLU headquarters?

It's in Metropolis.

And I'd try to keep the OOC posts to a minimum...I think the "RPG Off Topic Discussion" is sorta what this is for...

Not trying to sound bossy or anything, just reccomending it, as we are already into the new story, and I don't think we really want alot of OOC posts in it..

Anyway..enough from me... *waits for the next post*

-BB

[Batgirl_2005]

ok.. soo... hmmm.... *has to think for a while now*

[Shriek]

Blight. I do think the night is over ever. Since everyone posted during the next day when it was day. So everyone hast o straighten this out.

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: *salutes BB* yes sir, mr. bird_boy, sir!!! No more OOC posts for me, SIR! ok.. sorry... couldn't resist!

ic:
My foot slides as I walk along the side of the street. The rain isn't making walking to JLU HQ any easier.

That's where I've been staying. Ever since I escaped from the government facility, with the help of Kai-ro, I'd been staying at the headquarters.

The government facility... Such an awful place. I'd been perfectly happy in Gotham. Then they'd kidnapped me to run some tests because of my... condition.

Everyone always called it a gift. I've always called it a curse. Who'd want to be fearless. It's an inane idea. All my life I've wanted to feel fear. To know what it feels like to scream in fear. But I can't.

Fear comes from the right side of your brain. I was born with the right side of my brain partially inactive, making it impossible for me to feel fear. It's the most horrible thing ever, and I wish it upon no one.

The government wanted to make me their assasin. To give me a liscence to kill. But I didn't want it. In all my fighting I've never killed a person. I've been fighting ever since...

'Ever since I lived with Bruce.' I told myself. Bruce... That's why I was going back to headquarters in such a hurry. Warhawk said it was time for me to go back. I had to face Wayne again.

I'm not looking forward to it.

Or maybe I am. I do miss the old man. Heh... I can't feel fear but it seems every other emotion has been intensified. Sorrow, hate, anger... Even love. I choose not to show that one, though. It's not my favourite. I try to stay withdrawn, stay away from everyone, I don't get hurt that way.

Someone is walking behind me. Something isn't right about it. He's in perfect step with me, and it's rather bothersome. I speed up, JLU HQ isn't that far. The man speeds up as well, in a moment his arm is around my neck and something is pressing into my back, I can feel it through my black leather jacket.

"Money now." A gruff voice says. An evil grin spreads slowly across my face. He doesn't know what he's messing with.

"I said now." He says, pressing harder into my back.

I bring my hands up quickly and wrap around his arm and throw him into the nearest wall. He shakes his head and stands up. He charges at me. He's sloppy, this shouldn't be hard.

As he runs toward me I jump up and slam my foot into his face. He falls to the ground and stays for a moment, then stands up. I roll my eyes as he tries to get a punch in and misses by about a mile. I grab his arm and throw him back into the wall. He's staggering now, but he's not giving up.

'One more hit should do it.' I tell myself. I do a roundhouse kick as he comes back and he cripples to the ground. Unconscious, as I predicted.

My right arm goes numb as the adreniline surge leaves my body. I run toward HQ, knowing I'll never make it. i turn into an alley and sit down behind a dumpster out of sight from everywhere else as the rest of my body goes numb.

My mind is still racing though. I keep thinking of how Wayne will react. If he'll let me stay with him. If he'll remember me. My mind searches every possibility.

It takes less than a minute for the catatonia to leave my body and new life to enter. I get up and walk the rest of the way to Headquarters.

OOC: so how much did that suck?

[Trent Lane]

"So, why don't you tell me who he is?" I repeat, wondering if Bruce is ignoring me or didn't hear me.

"For his- and your safety," he said. "The Joker knew who he was and tried to use it against him when he resurfaced, so I don't want anyone else to know who he is. Even you."

I got a little angry. "You're putting me in the same category as the Joker?! How dare you! I'm a part of this as much as anyone. I've been here from the start!"

"Dick, i didn't mean for it to sound that way," Bruce calmly replied. "Even if I told you who it was, you wouldn't know-" We were interupted by "Batman" coming through from the Batmobile.

"Just got a transmission," he said in a shakey voice. "You won't believe who it is."

"What is it?" Bruce replies.

Batman sends the message to us, and Bruce opens it up. "Attention! Attention all Batman imposters!" "It's your old friend The Joker." Bruce cut it off and fell back into his chair. My jaw dropped.

"No, it can't be," Bruce said, horrified...

[Kitty Pryde]

Ic: I watch the news in amazement the news reporter stated how a gang of youths have killed 7 people with a substance similar to the deadly laughing gas that The Joker would of used back in the old days.

I watch the news broadcast as I see their bodies still moving twitching as their muscles spasm. They seem so alive even if it is just their bodies that are moving because of the gas chemicles.
I choose not to watch anymore of the television as I start feeling sick.
I bet this was one of those Jokerz who killed those people, I mean come on its obvious they are copying all the trade marks of the original monster right down to the Hahaha's written in blood on the wall. I get angry at the way this city refuses to do anything about them by calling them a gang of youths gets me even more mad as it is so damn obvious that the Jokerz are more than just a gang.
I try to put my emotion back, Im starting to feel it again the anger the pain the justice braking through. It wont allow me to keep quite I havent realized that Im not upstairs and getting out the uniform I sweared I would never touch again.
I touch the bird pattern on the uniform and then think back to Dick Grayson and how he always tried to keep this a secret from me until that fateful night. I close my eyes to stop the tears as I put it on. When I feel it against my skin I know what I am, I feel the justice of revenge plow through my defences I am Nightwing, I am fear to all who threaten Gotham, to all who threaten Justice.

I think how much he'd hate to see me wearing his uniform but then I know if he was here I wouldnt need to take his place.
I look in the night sky as I climb to the rooftops of Gotham and start my search for the only man who can help me find Batman and help me find out if Dick is alive.

I go into the night looking for trouble, looking for the man who saved me......Looking for hope.

Oc: dont go mad at me ::holds head and curls up into a ball::

[Shriek]

"Joker!" I shout.

I turn the batmobile out of the direction I am heading and I head to the open sea. If he wants to kill me he won't injur people doing it.

I grip the accelerators and twist my wrists as far as they go until I reach Mach 3 flying over the city towards Gotham Harbor.

"What happens when I blink?" I ask.

"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!" Is all I hear in all of the speakers.

Every speaker in the batmobile is filled with the Joker's spine rattling laughter.

"What kind of joke is it if you don't explain the punchline!?" I ask getting annoyed.

I begin shaking all over my body. "The jokes on you Joker." I hit the eject button and I fly out of the batmobile into the ocean.

I crash into the ocean. I swim to the surface and grab a burst of air.

I watch the batmobile go flying into the darkness. I activate the self-destruct and the batmoble explodes.

"Wayne. I don't know what that was. But I destroyed the batmobile. I think I'm going to hang out in the water til you get back to me on this one."

[Mr. Obsession]

Barbara Gordon

I hate the morgue, always have. The only 'good' things that come out of here, besides the handful of people who work down here, would be the evidence that may convict someone of a crime. But that doesn’t always lead to a happy ending. And there are never happy endings down here.

I received the official report a hour ago, twelve people who died of something I never wanted to see again, a refined version of the Joker's trademark laughing gas.

But after pulling out each of the twelve slabs there was no mistake, a smile frozen for eternity on the face of each of the poor souls.

I need to talk to Bruce, to share information. And to decide what to do about Tim. If I'm right we should get him out of town right away, he doesn’t need to deal with this, not so soon at least.

-------------

After driving up the long path to the manor I notice a car I don't recognize. In my mind I try to think of the possibilities of who could even have a reason to visit Bruce. A quick search of the manor lets me know that who ever they are they're down in the cave, which reduces the list even further.

"Well since I haven't had a chance to see the new cave yet I might as well find out if Alfred’s decorating skills rubbed off on Bruce. And see who his visitor is."

[Bird Boy]

IC (Wayne):

"Wayne. I don't know what that was. But I destroyed the batmobile. I think I'm going to hang out in the water til you get back to me on this one." comes over the speaker.

Not The Joker..not again. He doesn't know the entrance to this Cave...and the old entrance is booby trapped. It'll trap the person inside of it.

I look over at Dick who has gone a bit white.

The computer flashes on and does a silent "Intruder alert".

It can't the Joker..not this soon...not now.

The entrance opens up and a person walks down.

Dick presses against the wall, hiding in the shadows.

I take a bat-a-rang and ready to throw it.

Out the shadows comes...

"Barbara.." I say outloud, lowering the bat-a-rang. Dick slinks out of the shadows.

"Hello Barbara" He says

Barbara looks at him then me. McGinnis jets into the bat-cave. I look over at him, and he sees all of us standing. He walks up to us.

"so..uh..I guess we should get reunited?" McGinnis said.

Reluctantly, I agree. I nod my approval and McGinnis takes off his mask.

I sit back down into the chair and look at them.

"So..." Dick Says, wondering where to go next..

END.

OOC: That's all I can post now..got homework and such to do..

-BB

[Trent Lane]

"So," i say, trying to break the silence. "Where's Tim?"

"That's what I came here about," Barbara said. "We need to get him into hiding, possibly out of the city. He doesn't need to go through this again."

"Yes, you're right." Bruce replied. "I'll get my limo ready and drive over to his home. But won't we need to move his family also? They could be in danger just as much as Tim."

"Yeah, they could," the unmasked Batman chimed in. We all turned to look at him. Bruce decided to introduce us.

"Terry, this is Dick Grayson," he said, pointing us to each other. I extend my hand and shake his. "A pleasure to meet you, Terry."

"The pleasure's all mine," he replied. "I've read all about you on the files Bruce has. I'd always wondered what happened to you."

Bruce broke in. "Let's put the greetings on hold. We've got to get Tim and his family out of trouble ASAP. Let's go."

ooc: Sorry I borrowed so many characters at once, I don't think we've ever had a scene that filled before. Now to get Tim...

[Batgirl_2005]

IC -

I step into headquarters and sigh. It's time to 'face the music' as they say.

"Warhawk? Kai-ro? I'm here! The amazingly BORED and VERY annoyed Katharina! Come on! You guys called me while I was in the middle of getting my chocolate and you'd BETTER have a better explanation than I have to go back to Gotham." I shout then wait for an answer. The only answer is silence.

I sigh and walk along the corridor. My mind plunges into the past, to the day I escaped from the government.

Every day they took me from my cell. My cell... an evil little bubble, literally. It was a cube made of four inches plastic. A small door was placed on one wall so they could put me in and take me out at will. When they took me out they would take me to a laboratory filled with medical instruments and syringes filled with substances with names longer than my arm.

In this lab they would perform experiment after experiment, most of which were EXTREMELY painful, to make me an even more effective weapon. Mostly they saw how high my threshold of pain was and to see how much pain after passing that point until I broke the machine, or made a hole in the wall. (thus the scar on my right hand)

One day after completing these experiments, I lay in my cell practically licking my wounds, and feeling sorry for my self. Suddenly in a blast of light two people, Green Lantern and Big Barda stepped through a portal out of nowhere. In a flash of green light we were walking down a corridor to where Warhawk stood, then disappeared in another flash of green light.

The JLU have been my mentors and trainers ever since.

My thoughts are broken as I hear someone walking toward me. I slink into the shadows and coil my legs and ready myself to pounce on whoever it is.

Closer… Closer… Closer… NOW!!!

I pounce on a man.

"KAT! GET OFF OF ME!" He yells. I jump off of him and stand there, still ready to fight, until I see who it is.

"Warhawk! I called your name SEVERAL times. Why didn’t you answer?!" I ask angrily.

"Perhaps I didn’t hear you, you twip." He growls.

OOC-

I’ve no idea what I’m doing, I don’t even know what the JLU are like… I’ve never seen that episode and I’ve only read one comic book… But Bird_boy thought it would be a good idea to bring them in… so I did.
Is there anyone playing the JLU characters? yes? no? perhaps?

*ducks as people throws stuff at her*

FINE! I’m going back to my corner now *sniff sniff sniff* *slinks into a dark corner*

[Bird Boy]

OOC: I'm warhawk...but..that's the only JLU person Taken...as far as I know anyway.

IC(Warhawk):

"Perhaps I didn’t hear you, you twip." I growl at her.

"We'll be going to Gotham in the morning...you better change your cloths too," I point at her shirt "your a mess". I walk out of the room and back into the training center.

END.

OOC: Quite possibly the shortest one I've ever done..just thought I'd get things semi-started..

-BB

[Blight]

I glance at my device. It is almost time to use it, but not yet. First I have to show McGinnis that I mean what I say.

I sit down at my command center and switch on the computer. I press a few buttons and the camera zeroes in on the McGinnis house. I have no idea whether or not Batfake's mom and brother are there, but I don't much care. To have his family there would only be iceing on the cake.

I press a button and a laser shoots at the house. The house glows for a few moments, and then it explodes. "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!" I laugh, "Oh, how fun these next few days are going to be! Maybe now Batfake will take my advice and watch his friends and family's backs even more than his own".

I grin and switch off the command center. With that done, it's time to really get to work.

See ya!
Blight

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

Standing on a roof top in the middle of Gotham a bright light catches my eye. Looking up in wonder I watch, since there is nothing else I can do, as laser lances down to decimate it's target. My curiosity peeked I head off in the direction of someone's hatred or devastation mistake.

The closer I get the more my horror grows not from the destruction, because there is non as the laser was very precise, but because I recognize the area. I'm getting closer to his lair. The only thought in my mind is someone may have taken his life before I had the opportunity. If someone did take the opportunity to kill Batman away from me I will track them down and when I find them they will beg for a quick death.

And I stop, for it was just as I feared, someone did target his home specifically. The damage was just enough to collapse the building with a few small fires, but the rest of the area is untouched. With nothing left to do I start to dig through the rubble.

Quickly I find a woman, coughing and sobbing. As I pull her out she screams in pain. In my carelessness I must have bumped a broken bone.

"Was anyone else in there with you?"

"Matt? MATT! HE'S IN THERE!" She's hysterical.

Resuming my search I quickly find the boy, out cold but breathing. I also notice a few broken bones. Carefully lifting the boy I bring him to his mother.

"Was anyone else in the building?"

"No." she starts sobbing again, but this time for a different reason. I on the other hand am quite relieved. If Batman is still alive than I still have the chance to kill him. I pull out and activate a small receiver.

"Bennet, track my location and bring an emergency response team with medics. I have a woman and a young boy in critical condition."

[Kitty Pryde]

Ic:
I place the dead Jokerz in a line making sure that I take a photo before I leave them for the police to deal with.
I find that looking in their wallets for contacts is a good way to send the photos to suspected Jokerz as a sign of warning.

I prefer them to be ready for me, thats the who part of the game so why not ask for them to retaliate it just gives me more a reason to hurt them.

I know Dick wouldnt agree with what im doing but i dont have a choice.

[Shriek]

I listen to everyone talk about the new plan. "Alright lets move out."

Everyone says, "No!" at the same time. Bruce says, "You find out some more leads on Joker."

"Fine." I'm not going to argue. I am going to swing by my house. Pick up my homework and give it to Dana to bring to school tomorrow.

I walk towards the Batmobile and Dick says, "Good luck, kid."

I look at him. "Don't call me kid." I say. And then I climb into the batmobile.

I grip my hands around the accelerator and boost off into the night sky. At least the batmobile started this time.

I twists my wrists far forward and cruise towards home. I see many flashing lights in the distance. "Hmm what's this? Better check it out."

As I get closer I realize I don't see my house in the distance. I look ahead to notice my house in a pile of rubble.

I slam the breaks and disengage from the cockpit. I swoop to the ground and run full sprint towards the house.

"What happened?!!" I cry.

"Batman. The McGinnis resident has been destroyed. We don't know the cause yet." The fire chief says.

"Is anyone hurt?" I ask softly.

"Mary McGinnis the mother, and Matt the son are in fine condition. But Terry-----"

"I'm sure he's alright. Do you have any leads on why anything would happen to this family."

"Possibly the Jokers. They did murder the husband a few months back."

A tear begins to form at my eye. I turn my back and walk away looking at the stars. "Dad," I mutter.

I notice a figure moving in the distance. I zoom in and I realize its the Stalker.

I boost my rockets and fly towards the Stalker. I land next to him. I look over to his leg. "So I rip your leg off and you blow up my home."

"You'll pay!" I say.

[Kitty Pryde]

Ic:
I take things slow as i move past the roof tops with cat like agility.
I see him with my night vision he is barely visably even with my movement and heat scanner "Where the hell did this guy come from straight out of the Jungle" I start thinking that this is the possibility.

I feel my body excel faster as I choose to take the windows of gotham in persuit of the man that once saved me. I smash through the first window on the block of gothams most dangerous streets or so they seem.
Crashing through I feel the glass dig into my hands not that it effects me as I am wearing the Nightwing suit that i well lets say borrowed before heading out to find Dick, besides the glass in my hands will come good as a weapon.

I rush past the two people who have awoken with my entrance they call me things and give threats but I am not scared if they try to take me on.... before I leave I make sure to frame the Jokerz with my braking and entering by placing smile gas along the halls.
These people are a sacrafice for Justice they should feel like proud heros besides I need the public to be aware of the Jokerz and if they are aware it needs to be bad publicity that will even my chances against them.

I get ready to make the Jump through the next window of the building as I do this I have a moment of regret for my actions as I notice the roof top is too far away for me to reach... Some how I reach it and climb up in time to see the shadow.
I dont know if he has noticed me yet but I know he is waiting for some one maybe Batman. I lean my body at the Edge of the Building and listen out for the Dark Knight.

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

So I rip your leg off and you blow up my home. You'll pay!"

I consider making a show of sighing, but think better of it.

"Think boy,” I say in a whisper, not wanting others to hear our conversation, “why would I rescue you’re family if I had just blown up your lair.”

He stairs unbelieving, I can see it in his eyes.

“If you don’t believe me, ask any of the emergency workers here, I pulled your family from the rubble and I made the call that brought them here.”

While he ponders that I add, “but don’t think for a minute that I’ve changed my mind about killing you myself. It’s just that now is not the proper time.”

“And for the record you did not ‘rip off’ my leg” I say and hold out my left arm for affect, “or my arm. You left that for the panthers as you have no stomach for such things.”

[Kitty Pryde]

Ic: I get real tired of hanging around and decide to make my entrance by now i pretty certain that Batman is here, I just cant hear what they both are saying.

I swing up and give them both a smile "Boys boys boys you and your little fueds" I turn to face Batman and laugh "Nice suit" then I walk slowly making each step and example of who I am.

The other man doesnt seem effected by my pressence it is as if he knows he saved me. Batman seems as if he is about to say something, but I turn and place my foot on his chest slowly pressing him down to the floor.

" I havent even began to play so, here some photos of my work, lets just say they are to keep you warm on those lonely winter nights hugged up in your little cave all alone "

I Place on him my favourite piece of work it is a picture of a child who must have been aged around 7 or 8 I made an example of him for joining the Jokerz.
Age is no excuse I think to myself as I do a back flip away from the Batman and land to blow him a gentle kiss as I fall in to the battlefield of Gotham.

Now he will know that Nightwing will never be brought down by him....Never.

Oc: hope thats cool???
luv kitty kat

[Shriek]

Nightwing? I look to the girl. And then to the picture. She doesn't stay to long. With that picture she takes off over the ledge.

"I guess I'll get her next time?" I ask myself outloud. Stalker smiles and begins walking away.

I stare to the ground. The Joker is back. My family has been hurt. But how does it all piece together. This sucks horribly.

I leap off the ledge of the building. As I free fall I extend my wings and soar above the city.

"Wayne?" I ask.

"Yes," He replies through the comlink.

"Any news?" I ask.

"We are on our way to Tim's house at the moment. He might have some answers. We're heading towards Bludhaven at the moment. He lives on the coastline so he is close to Gotham East Shorline."

"I've got no leads on the Joker at the moment."

"Good. We're approaching Tim's house now. Goodbye." He disconnects.

What a cranky bastard. I keep flying and notice a suspicious group of Jokerz on the ground. I decide to find out some informatoin.

I swoop down and crash into one. I flip around and notice that they are fleeing. "They're not important."

[Batgirl_2005]

IC:
"Your a mess." Warhawk says then leaves to the training room.

"Your a mess..." I mock. "Well look who's talking!" I mutter.

I walk off and into the room I stay in and change my clothes. I pack a few extra shirts and pants and then look at my leather jacket.

"Maye I should put it into the wash..." I wonder out loud. I shake my head. I just washed it like a couple days ago.

I curl up in bed and fall asleep, or at least try to... It doesn't work very well. Insomnia... How nice...

I sigh and decide to go talk to go workout before sleeping, I can always take a shower afterward. I go into the training room, Warhawk isn't there anymore, I go over to one of the dummies and start worling out.

"Katharina! I told you to go change clothes!" Warhawk screams from the doorway a while later. I don't even flinch.

"Calm down, Warhawk. I couldn't sleep... I needed..."

"I don't need excuses. Go take a shower, go to bed. We're leaving in a few hours." Warhawk growls.

'Jeeeezzzzz... I was just working out... Don't have to be all in my face about it!' I think as I brush past him and back into my room.

"And hurry up about it." He yells after me. I roll my eyes and stick my tongue out at the door.

At least SOMETHING good would come from going back to Gotham. I wouldn't be around Warhawk anymore.

But I wouldn't see any of the other members of JLU again either...

I take my shower then curl up in bed and actually fall asleep.


OOC: I think I'm writing too much for Warhawk, sorry Bird_Boy ^.^ (I probably suck at it too...)

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: Sorry.. I kinda fell into past tense there at the end of my last post... hope nobody's too angry... *ducks as things are thrown at her* sooooorrrrrryyy!!!

ic:



"How much longer do you think before she figures out how to escape from the facility?" One man in a lab coat says. He has short black hair.

"Not much longer. She's a bright girl. She'll figure it out soon enough. Come on. It's time for her tests." Another one, with a buzz cut says.

The two scientists open the door to my cell and drag me out. They take me to the laboratory and brgin performing tests again.

Todays test... it isn't much of a test. I'm in apitch black room, I can't see anything. There is a loud bussing noise that is extremely high pitched and annoying.

I understand the test. THey're trying to see how long I can withstand annoyance. Heh... FOr once I wish my patience was better. I can stop the noise rationally and calmly. i go along the walls until I find the place where the sound is the loudest. this is the source. One punch should make it stop.

I send my fist flying forward and through...


-------------------------

I wake up suddenly. I'm not drenched in sweat or scared at all like a normal person is after a nightmare, I'm just angry and annoyed that I'm still dreaming of what happened years ago. I touch the scar on my right hand gingerly. The pain that had come after that had been so intense, I can still remember it today.

I look at the digital clock on a nightstand nearby. It's not even four o'clock yet. Way too early to be awake. Although... lately I've been waking up earlier and earlier.

I sigh and lay back down. So annoying that I'm still dreaming about my "oh so terible" experience. I start to drift back off to sleep.

ooc: that was just to make up for that last part that really sucked.

[Blight]

"We're approaching Tim's house now" I can hear Brucie say. I grin and turn off the camera and sound transmiter, "It's time to take a little trip to Bludhaven" I say to myself as I walk to my personal hovercraft. I jump in and head off to Bludhaven.

Ten minutes later, I arrive at Tim's house. I can see Brucie's car parked in the driveway. I park my hovercraft on the roof of the house.

It is no problem for me to jump down to the sidewalk. I look through the window. Inside I can see Brucie and Dick talking to Tim. Tim has a horrified expression on face. I smile. Soon his expression will be even more horrified.

I grab the glass window and tear it off. "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!" I laugh loudly through the open space. Then I toss a gas grenade through the window and it explodes. I can hear coughing and choking noises inside.

I leap through the space I created and easily walk through the gas that is filling the room. I find Tim on the floor. He looks up at me in horror and I smile down at him, "Hi Timmy! As you can see, I no longer need you as a Timeshare, but I do need you now for something much more important". Tim tries to crawl away, but I put my foot on his back.

"Terry, get over to Tim's house now! It's The Joker!" I can hear Brucie say over the still hissing gas. I smile, "Oh goody!" I say to everyone in the room, "More playmates for me!"

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

The gas got me choking and my eyes teared up. The Joker's voice echoed in my head. I saw him put his foot down on Tim's back. Tim came down to the ground hard, and gasped for air. Though I was weakened by the gas, I had a burst of energy in me. I rushed the Joker as fast as I was able to and knocked him down, then landed a punch in his face. He quickly threw me off and kicked me in the gut. I bent over in pain, and looked up at the maniac. He shook his finger at me. "You're not Nightwing anymore, remeber? Dick!? Don't try to be the hero, you can't stop me."

[Blight]

IC: "Don't try to the hero, you can't stop me!" I yell down at Dick. "Speaking of heroes" I hear a voice say from behind me.

I turn around to where Batfake is standing in the doorway, "Ah, Batfake! Boy, you got here quick! And it's a good thing, too, because if you had gotten here any later, you would have found a few corpses!" I throw my head back and laugh.

"Shut up, clown. I don't how you came back, but I'm going to find out" Batfake snarls just before he leaps at me. I grab him in mid-leap and throw him into a wall, "Okay, Batfake" I say as he gets to his feet, "You wanna fight? You got it, kid!".

OOC: Your move, Shriek!

See ya!
Blight

[Bird Boy]

IC (Wayne):

The gas is clouding the room. I look up to see the Joker throw Terry into the wall. I may be old, but I hate this guy. I hate him with all of my heart..he made my life a living hell.

I pick myself up, while Joker is talking. Such a idiot...he talked too much.

I take my cane..my trusty metal cane.

I swing it around and let it hit the Jokers head. I swing it around the other side ..letting it hit again. He starts to bleed. He turns on his heel to face me.

"Why, Brucie! I haven't felt so much as a punch from you in such a long time!" He says, laughing.

"Go back to hell" I say as I slam my can into his nose, causing it to bleed.

Joker goes up to me and grabs me by the shoulders.

"Old man...I've worn out my welcome in hell" he says.

He slams his head into mine and punches me in the gut.

It's still a hazy green in the house when I fall back onto the sofa.

END.

OOC: I just had to do that..sorry if I ticked you off Blight... I had to have Bruce get in a few hits.. :)

-BB

[Shriek]

Into the wall I guy as I slam through the glass. I stand to my feet only to see Bruce bring thrown to a couch. The reamining, Barbara, Dick, and Tim are all out cold.

My breather is on full as I reach for my utility belt. I throw a batarang past Joker's air crashing through the window. The cold night air sweeps into the room.

"Let's go clown!" I jet towards him in a fit of rage and tackle him out the window. He falls to the ground with a thud.

The Joker rises to his feet. He whipes the the glass shards out of his hair. He looks me in the eyes.

As I look into his my knees go weak. I can see the cold rage and poor hope lost in that body. The numbness continues to reach through my body.

Joker turns away and bolts into a hovercraft waiting on the roof. He takes off into the night.

I turn around and begin to wake everyone up.

OOC: I'm still waiting to find out how Joker returned and his motive.

[Trent Lane]

I'm shaken awake by an unmasked Batman. I look around and see Tim, Barb, and Bruce slowly getting up, rubbing their heads in pain. Bruce looks like he's in some pain.

"You all right?" Terry addresses us all.

"I'll make it," I say, slowly getting up. "Now I remember why I left the crime fighting to other people."

"Other people?" Bruce asks. "What do you mean?"

"Well, you've got your replacement, and for a while, I had my own," I reply, brushing myself off.

"Really?" Terry asked. "What happened to them?"

"She," I start, "well, lacked the total discipline required to take up this kind of work. She has the skills, I trained her in all I know. She just couldn't contain her emotions very well. She did things that "tarnished" the overall good image I had made as Nightwing. So we went our separate ways, and I haven't seen her since." Bruce and Barbara stared at me, and Tim looked as if he felt a little awkward about the whole situation. Terry broke the silence.

"This girl, did she wear the Nightwing costume?" he asked.

"Well, a slightly more up-to-date versionof it," I answered. "Why do you ask?"

"Because she's here in Gotham."

ooc: Sorry, that was a long way to go for that. Someone else can come up with a plan of action for these guys next move(s)....

[Blight]

OOC: Don't worry Shriek, i'll be revealing my plan in the next few posts, but i'm not going to reveal how Mr. J returned until during his last fight with Batman. I'll also reveal what he means by don't blink at that time! ;)

IC: I drive the hovercraft away, but after a few miles, I turn back. I still need something from there. I lower the hovercraft to a few inches above the ground. Inside, Brucie and the others are chattering away. I press a button on my hovercraft and a cable launcher shoots out. It crashes through the window and wraps itself around Tim. Tim is pulled through the window into the hovercraft. "Hey, Timmy! It's nice to have some company in here" I say to him as the hovercraft jets off.

The craft jerks for a moment. I turn around. Batfake is clinging onto the back of my craft! Idiot. He claws his way over to my seat and I punch him in the jaw, causing him to fall from the craft, "Better fasten your seat belt, Timmy!" I say as I put the hovercraft into full speed, "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I laugh as we shoot off into the distance, leaving Batfake and the others behind.

See ya!
Blight

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: could anyone fill me in on about what time they think it is? that would be very helpful for me... thanks... Sorry I interupted.. AGAIN... :p ah well... Katharina will be in Gotham very soon... which should be interesting...
You may now return to your regularly scheduled RPG...

<3 always...
*batchik*

*quote of the day*
Jeez la-freeking-wheeze!!

[Bird Boy]

hmm...well..I posted on a not-so-good date..but this is what I think it is currently (in gotham):

September 11th
10:30am

Best I can do right now..

-BB

[Blight]

I arrive back at my hideout with the unconcious Tim next to me. I had knocked him out during our trip back here. Chucko, Dee Dee, Dee Dee and Woof are standing there waiting for me.

"Hey boss, what do you need him for?" Chucko asks when he sees Tim. I don't answer him. Instead I simply pull out my bang flag gun and pull the trigger twice. Chucko screams as the flag impales him and he is thrown backward. He lands on the floor and twitches for a few moments, then stops moving.

"Girls?" I say and the Deeds jump to my side, "Do me a favor and hang this dead guy on the wall. Maybe that will scare off any unwelcome visitors". "Yes sir!!!" The Deeds cry out in unusion as they grab Chucko and stick him on the wall using the end of the flag that is sticking out of his back.

"Now, I need you to take Woofy and go get someone for me. Here is the location of his hideout" I say as I hand the girls a paper showing the location. "Sure thing boss, but who are we gonna bring to you?" one of the girls asks as she takes the sheet.

I smile, "Someone who will make a valluable addition to our team, not to mention a good partner for me. I need you to recruit Blight".

See ya!
Blight

[Batgirl_2005]

Thanks Bird_boy!! *salutes him* I'm guessing there isn't TOO much of a time difference between Gotham and Metropolis... Correct? ah well... Even if there is TOO BAD!!! bwaha... sorry I'm not meaning to be cruel. and I'm really sorry for ad libing Warhawk... I'll try not to do it as much... :)

ic:

I wake up and glance at my clock. 10:40. I stretch and yawn wondering if Warhawk is awake yet.

'If he isn't I'll just wake him up.' I think, grinning. I sneak out of my room... And run right into Warhawk.

"You're awake. Get ready to go. We're leaving in ten minutes." He says then stalks away. He needs a MAJOR attitude adjustment.

I walk back in and change into something then slip my leather jacket on and grab my bag.

I go through the things on my desk and finally find a comb. I comb out my hair quickly and leave it down. It's still a mess, but I really don't care.

I stick the comb in my bag and wonder for a moment if maybe I should make myself a little more presentable. I shake my head. If he can't take me like this then TOO BAD!

I walk outside and into the training room. Warhawk is sitting there talking to Kai-ro, Aquagirl, and Barda.

"I'm ready." I state.

ooc: ok.. that was just because i want to get to gotham... :D
I also want to compliment everyone. you're all really good writers... I hope I can be as... like... good as the rest of ya'll...
(And Blight... I love the way you do the JOKER!!)

[Bird Boy]

OOC: Man Blight..I love those Joker posts...you kill off a person each time (basically)..keep it up!! :D

IC (Warhawk):

"I'm ready" she states as she walks in.

I get up and go over to her.

"lets go then" I say. I wanna get this over with. I've seen more of Batman the past year than I have in my entire life.

"How're getting there?" she asks. Honestly, she's been hanging around us long enough, you think she'd know.

I extend my wings. "Get on" I say. She gets on my back and I activate my jets. "Put your head down."

She does so then the jets kick in and I'm thrown forward. 15minutes later, we reach Gotham.

"You wanna go straight to the manor? or walk yourself?" I ask her.

END.

OOC: K, Batchik, it's up to you. Choose ,then adlib Warhawk all you want..it's the last you'll see of him for awhile...

-BB

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: Thanks again Bird_Boy.

ic:

"You want to go straight to the manor or walk yourself?" Warhawk asks me.

"I'll walk myself thank you VERY much Warhawk." I say.

"Fine. I guess this means we're never going to see you again." He says. He says it seriously, but I can hear a hint of sarcasm behind his voice.

"Don't pretend to be all mushy when I know you aren't." I growl. "I'll see you... sometime. Tell everyone bye for me." I say, then walk off. I hear him jet off behind me.


It's a long walk to the manor. In just over an hours time I get to the gates. I'm sure most people would be officially creeped out by how... well... creepy the manor looks. To me it looks like home.

I press the button on the intercom.

"Wayne? I'm sure you're home. This is Katharina Queen." I say.

ooc: well... that's as much as I can write because I'm not supposed to be brucey since that is BB's charcter... plus... I don't know how Brucey is going to respond to the... and besides that... I don'[t even know if Bruce is home yet.... hmmmm... and even beyond THAT..... I gotta finish my math homework!!! only two more problems!!! yay!... Heh... sorry...
byeeee!!!

*batchik*

*courage is the power to let go of the familiar*

[Blight]

OOC: Thanks for the compliments! And just in case you didn't read the title of this post, i'm Blight this time. My first post as Blight in the new RPG! Yay!!!

IC: I sit on the couch watching the TV. But I barely even notice the sounds coming from it. My mind is on Batman. Soon, my time for revenge will come, but not yet.

I glance around the little hotel room. I moved in here a few weeks ago. The place was abandoned, so it was no problem. The hardest part was finding a room whith a working television. This was the only room that had one.

My thoughts are interupted when the door to the room is blasted off its hinges. I quickly jump to my feet, radiation surging through my body. Standing in the doorway are twin girls dressed like clowns and a freaky mutant hyena man. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" I snarl at the newcomers. The twin girls only smile and the hyena man giggles.

"Answer me or i'll turn you into a piece of toast!" I yell at them "Sure, sure, don't need to get mad" one of the clown girls says, "Listen, our boss wants you to meet with him, and i'm sure you'll be more than happy do so".

I narrow my eyes, "And why would you think that?". The clown girls grin, "Because our boss is the one and only clown prince of crime!". I gasp. Can they really mean......... The Joker? If they are telling the truth, then they are right. I would be more than happy to meet with The Joker. Together we would no doubt be able to finally kill Batman.

After a while, I slowly nod, "Alright, I suppose it woulden't hurt. But know this, if you are lieing to me, then I swear, when you wake up in the morning you'll have the worst sun burn you could possibly imagine!".

The twin girls nod at the same time, "Oh, don't worry, we never lie! Now come on........ we don't want to keep the boss waiting".

See ya!
Blight

[Shriek]

We all stand in the living room of Tim Drake's house. I am now out of the batsuit in my normal clothes. We stand in the center of the living room clueless looking at eachother.

Bruce begins, "He's gone. Again." He stares to the ground.

Barbara begins fiddling with the cell phone. "Should I call for backup?"

Dick says, "No! We can handle it." He cracks his neck. He looks to Bruce.

"Your time. My Time. Barbara's time. It's all over. He is the only one left." Bruce says while pointing a finger at me.

I stand tall with strong pride as he says this. I begin to speak, "What should I do?"

"I'll tell you what you can do. You can start by staying out of this." Dick yells.

Barbara begins defending me, "Don't take that tone with him. He didn't do anything."

"Oh didn't he Barbara?? He didn't even put up a fight against the Joker. He let him get away with Tim!" Dick yells.

"He saved your life." Bruce says. "And that is more than enough. We will find Tim in do time. As for now we have some research to do."

"The Joker. Who is he? And how is he back again?" I say coldy.

"Yes and your new girlfriend Dick," Barbara smiles. "The New Nightwing."

OOC: Hopefully this will get us all posting.

[Trent Lane]

"Yes and your new girlfriend Dick," Barbara smiles. "The New Nightwing."

I glare at Barbara. "I have nothing to do with her now," I said coldly.

"Now?" Bruce asked. "Why not?"

"Like I said, she can't control her temper. She lets her emotions get the best of her," I said.

"Kinda like her teacher," Barbara cracked. I started to confront her, but Terry broke in between us.

"Okay, we're losing track here," he shouted. "Our present situation: We've got a resurected Joker, a seriously angry Nightwing, and our saftey and our family's safety to deal with. So stop your petty arguments and let's think of our next move!"

All was quiet for a second, then Bruce smiled. "You're begining to sound like me." Terry shot him a look, and spoke. "Don't start."

"Let's just get back to the cave," Bruce said. "We'll need to get a watch on Mary and Matt while they're in the hospiytal, and have Sam get out of town for a few days, maybe more. We'll have to play it by ear the rest of the way..."

OOC: Sorry if I messed anyone up. I figured we'd been in Tim's house long enough, so to the Batcave we go...

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: I know... I know... another ooc post... somebody's going to smack me soon... i just wanted to say... For the sake of continuity let's say that Katharina didn't get to the manor until you all were there? is that ok w/ everyone? yes... cool...
*batchik*
and just so everyone knows I HAVE MY FIRST A IN MATH!!!! YAY!!!! this means I get my own computer!!! YAY!!!!! sorry... just had to tell sombody
veni, vidi, vici

[Kylewayne]

Saphire Zanthos speaks...

IC:


My mother has been called many things: sister,

lover, priestess, sorceress and witch. She was one of the Ancient

Ones and guardian of a little island called Zakynthos somewhere

in the Ionian Sea. Now she is six feet under but before she took

her last breath, she gave me her blessing. Being her only flesh

and blood , I inherited her powers but since she hadn't

encouraged my training of mystical powers, I remained at the

mage level. *sigh*

From all the places in the world, I ended up in Gotham city this

summer :rolleyes: What the hell possessed me to do so I will

never know. Even in the fall this city looks dark and gloomy. the

building where I currently live is being demolished soon. I only

have a few days to find a new place to crash before I am evicted.

Just my luck, 21 years old and soon to be on the streets! The

only money I make working at the nightclub as a dancer isn't

even enough to pay rent for this hell hole. I make up the loss by

stealing and performing little magic tricks. If my mother where

alive to see me now, she would've died of a heartache. ever

since her death...things haven't been the same for me. I realize

that I am falling deeper and deeper into the shadows of my

sadened soul. I have no father, my mother never told me who he

was and I never bothered to look for him either. As far as I know

I HAVE NO FATHER!

Beep, beep,beep...Darn! I look at my watch. It's already time for

me to go to work. I grab my jacket and back-pack and out the

delapidated building I go.

OOC: I hope this intro was ok. I did my best to include everything you guys needed to know about my character. Now I only need help from you guys to insert her into the storyline. :D

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: kylewayne if you really want you're character to enter the story as Bruce Wayne's housekeeper, I'd recommend working out a story line with Bird_Boy.

While I'm at it I think this is as good a time as any to bring in my mystery character.

Oh, and KP PM me or something. I've got plans. :D


ic:

"What news?" I ask my trusted servant as he opens the door to my private study.

"It is as your sources indicated."

"And you confirmed this for yourself?"

"No... I would have been recognized. However two men who I trust with my life did."

"Excellent. My private jet?"

"Fueled and waiting. Accommodations in Gotham have also been arranged."

"You serve me well old friend, as you did my master. I can see why he chose you as my guardian. And rewarded you with the 'treatment'."

A simple nod of the head was the only response to my last comment from the only other man in whom I trust my life. The first, of course being myself.

[Blight]

IC: I smile widely as Blight enters the room with the Deeds and Woof at his side. I signal for my gang to go with a slight twitch of my hand. Once they are gone, I get up from my chair and step out of the shadows.

Blight does not move a muscle, but I can tell that he is pleasently surprised that I really am The Joker. "Ah, Blight, so nice of you to join me, i've heard alot about you" I say to him.

"Just cut to the chase clown, why am I here?" Blight demands.

"Because, I believe you and I would make a very formidable apponent against Batfake" I answer him.

"Why do you call him Batfake?" Blight asks.

"Because that is what he is! Now, as I was saying, together we could take down Batfake and Brucie without a doubt. Because, we have something in common, you and I. You see, you are the new Batman's greatest enemy, and I am the old Batman's. Plus, we both know his identity, so there are all the signs right there!"

"How do you know all this?" Blight asks suspiciously.

I laugh, "Oh, believe me, there are alot of things I know! Anyway, as I was saying, you are esential to my plan, a plan I just know you'll love!" I finish, "So, hot head, do we have a deal?" I hold out my hand.

Blight glares at me and pulls the hidden joy buzzer off my palm, "Don't attempt to ammuse yourself, clown, I know your tricks" He says as he crushes the joy buzzer in his hand.

"Hey, can't blame a guy for trying to have a little fun, right?" I ask him with a smile on my face.

Blight nods, "That's true" Then he grabs my hand and firmly shakes it, "We have a deal. But know this, clown, if you attempt to betray me I will be sure to blast you right down to hell!" he warns.

I laugh, "Oh, don't worry, you don't have to worry about anything like that! Now come, It's time for me to show you my plan".

OOC: Sit tight, everyone! It's almost time for me reveal The Joker's plan! In fact, i'm going to reveal it in my next post! You'll have to wait a wee bit longer for me to reveal how he came back though. I'm not going to reveal that until the veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry end! :D

See ya!
Blight

[Blight]

OOC: Hey guys, i'm afraid I can't post another part until someone else posts. I mean, this may sound a little weird, but I just don't like posting after myself! After all, I want everyone to have their fair share of posts before mine take up the whole thread! So anyways, if no one posts by tomorrow, i'll post my next part. In the mean time, lets get this RPG moving!

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

The ride back to Wayne Manor was quiet. I rode in the back of the limo with Bruce as Terry drove. Barbara went to get Sam out of the city and to place armed guards at the rooms of Mary and Matt McGinnis. I was feeling bad for the way I acted, towards everyone. My mind was also on my shadow, the new Nightwing. What was she doing back? And why is she apparently tarnishing the name I worked hard to keep good? My thoughts are broken when we pull to a stop. Terry points out the window.

"There she is!" he said. It was "Nightwing" alright, beating the hell out of some Jokerz in an alley. I got out and rushed her, knocking her down. She came back with a kick to my chest. It hurt, but I was too angry to let it sidetrack me. I backhanded her across the face and grabbed her arms behind her back.

"Care to explain yourself?" I grunted angerly at her.

ooc: Sorry, KP, I had to get this thing moving. You've finally met up with Nightwing, now let's see what you needed...

[Kitty Pryde]

Ic:
"Explain why you left me" I say thrusting an almighty swing to his head. Dick grabs my wrist and kicks me onto the floor yet again.
I Start to fake cry as I turn my back away from him, I feel his hand lovingly touch my shoulder "I can still help you Alisha", "Help your self" I say to him as i lay a hard punch into his stomach and then continue following through with a sweep, making the now old Dick Grayson fall to the ground.
"your nothing compared to me" i tell him as i feel a serge of sadness through my heart
"No Nightwing" I kick him in the chest with my boot, then i go for another kick but this time to the head.
He quickly leaps out the way as I suddenly feel hard knee come into my chest, it takes my breath away.

We exchange punches to each other , both of us seem to know what each other is going to do. I know that soon Dick wont be playing with me, I go for my blade that i keep for special deaths. He beats me to it and uses one of my own weapons against me by grabbing my sleep gas pellit from my suit. He sprays it into my face, I feel it stinging my eyes as the words slowly drift "Alisha let me help you" my head starts to slightly spin.
I then feel my self become Dizzy and fall to the floor

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: ok so like here is where the twist really becomes a twist

Ic: I just finish my bid for Two faces coin , i buy it via my mobile video phone. It will look good in my collection i think to myself.
Suddenly the phone rings again I answer it as I see a face I wasnt even sure exsisted. I work for him yet think this is the first time I and him have ever talked. He tells me that the target is with a man on the street of Gotham.
I tell my driver to put a foot down on the pedal.
The car speeds dramatically as I inform my workers where to meet me.

The Car slowly stops and i gently unwind my window enjoying the view as I see the target fall to her feet. I look at the man who was fighting her, he looks so similar yet i cant remeber where i have seen him from. I slowly poor myself some champeign as I watch my men storm in holding there guns so proud. The man runs away , my boys dont bother to chase him as we have already got what we need.

I open the door to let her in my car, before sealing the door I make sure i have some back up in here with me. Then as the car drives by I call him yet again.

He is pleased with my work, I assure him that quality service is all you get from me nothing less.
I then sit back and try not to think about Gordon and her Blues sniffing around my work places.
Its easy being a crime boss but not easy being a damn good one.

[Blight]

As The Joker leads me into another room, I decide to bring up something that I noticed, "When I came here I coulden't help but notice a corpse stuck to the wall. What's that about? Not that I mind" I say.

The Joker laughs, "Oh, it's just a little trophy I put up! Doesn't it look nice?" He grins. I nod, agreeing. Then we enter The Joker's private room.

He picks up a strange device that looks somewhat like a bomb, "This is my radiaoactive smiley bomb device" He begins.

"Coulden't come up with a better name?" I roll my eyes.

The Joker ignores me and continues, "When you power up this little thing with you radiation, I will have my gang put it somewhere in the sewers, where on my signal, it will send out bursts of radiation into the city, and because of the special poison inside of this baby, the same that I put inside by bang flag gun, when it mixes with your radiation it will leave evreyone dead with a smile on their face" The Joker laughs insanely, "And then, everyone will know that the clown prince of crime is back, and he will never die! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!"

See ya!
Blight

[Shriek]

I watch Nightwing face off with Dick in the street. Punch after punch and kick after kick.

He must of learned that from Bruce. Finally after the fight dies down Dick slips her a gas pill and knocks her out cold.

He stands to his feet. "Poor girl."

"Who is that? It's time you come clean with all this stuff Dick!" Bruce Orders.

"Yea you should." I say.



OOC: We really need to get this thing going.

[Mr. Obsession]

...an international man of mystery...

These new hyper fast private jets are incredibly fast I think to my self as we approach Gotham International for a landing. It's a pity that more people can't enjoy such luxury, but the truth is such things are almost cost prohibitive to build. There are probably no more than a dozen of private individuals who could even own one, and five people at the last count who own two or more. Grandfather will most defiantly be wanting this back, resting in it's rightful spot between the other two.

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"What is the nature of your stay in the country Mr... ah..." the customs agent looks at my passport. "I'm sorry sir, but how do you pronounce you name?"

I smile. "With style."

"Rrright. And the nature of your stay?"

"Personal, it... I have to take care of some family matters."

"Anything to declare?"

"No."

The customs agent looks at his screen. "Well, you've got some strange stuff here. Expensive too. Nothing illegal though. Enjoy your stay Mr... ah... sir."

"Thank you" I say as I head towards the exit, where a rented limo waits.


ooc: I hate to do this but I'm going to be giving up playing Barbara Gordon. I'm doing this because first I don't feel I've been playing her as well as I could and second I want to focus on my new character (who's identity you'll all find out just as soon as the Joker story line finishes up). But I'll still be playing as Stalker.

So basically until someone claims BG anyone can use her.

[Trent Lane]

"Who is that? It's time you come clean with all this stuff Dick!" Bruce Orders.

"Yea you should." Terry says. I pick up the girl and put her in the back seat.

"I've told you about her already," I responded, out of breath. "Just get her back to the Manor, I'll need to use the cave." Bruce and Terry look at each other, obviously doubting me. "Alright, Batman can accompany me down there." Just as I'm about to pick Alisha up, these men come rushing toward me. I don't know who they are, but they look pissed. I can't take any more hits, so I jet back to the car.

"What was that all about?" Terry asked. "I thought you were a fighter!" I look up at the kid.

"Try fighting your younger self when you're my age," I gasp. "I couldn't take another hit from anyone." I was totally out of energy and slumped down in my seat. Bruce pulled me up in the seat. He rolled down my window and pointed a gun-like device at the car. He fired a tracer onto the trunk.

"There. We'll be able to follow them later," Bruce said. "For now, let's get back to the Manor. Dick needs to rest and we need to get a lead on the Joker."

OOC: Okay, KP, I gotcha. This post should fit in better. Now back to it all...

[Blight]

I access the Batcave's frequency. Now that my radioactive smiley bomb has been planted in the sewers, it's time to really have some fun!

"Okay Batfake, the games are over, now it's time to get serious!" I speak into the transmitter. I can hear a few gasps on the other end, "I have just implanted my radioactive smiley bomb somewhere in the sewers, and unless you can you can find it in three hours, everyone is dead and smiling, thanks to me and your friend Blight!" I hear even more gasps on the other end, "And don't look to me for hints as to where the bomb is! I'm not that easy! If you find my device, which is doubtfull, then we'll get down to buisness! Tootles!" and I promptly shut off the conection.

I turn to Blight, who is still standing there, "It's all falling into place now my boy!" I smile and walk over to Blight. I put a hand around his shoulder, "And thanks again for lending your living toaster powers to my device!" then I walk back to my command center.

"Now try to be silent now, okay? I wan't to monitor everything that that goes on there" I say as I tap into the Batcave's frequency once more, "This should be absoulutley delightful! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

See ya!
Blight

[Bird Boy]

OOC: Errrr..where'd Ms. Thorn come from? I didn't know you introduced her yet. I'm not totally sure whats going on in this RPG (once again..hey..I read it everyday, it just seems to jump around an aweful lot). We should try to focus on everybody at one point. And let others know when new characters come in so we can work them into the plot..I don't know what happened to barbara, but I'll have her follow Bruce and Terry down into the cave.

Anywho, here's my post.

IC:

"For now, let's get back to the Manor. Dick needs to rest and we need to get a lead on the Joker." I say.

Dick and Terry nod in unison and we head back to the cave.

We arrive in back of the manor. Ace barks from behind the door and I let myself in.

I head back to the cave, while Terry follows me, Dick heads up to one of the rooms. I see him stop in front of his old room. Terry stops and stares at him.

I tap Terry lightly over the head with my cane.

"Hey!" he says, looking at me. "What'd ya do that for?"

"Quit gawking. Lets get down to work" I say.

I hear Terry mumble under his breath. It's barely audible, but I can hear the sarcasm in it.

We walk down the cave entrance. Barbara follows us down, but stops half way. She takes out her cell phone and flips it open.

"Yes?" she says into it.

"Commish, we have a call. We thought we'd tell you."

"Ok" she says back into the phone. "Got to go. Let me know if you find anything."

I nod and she walks back up through the cave entrance and I hear the door shut behind her.

A make my way down the rest of the steps and walk over to the bat-computer.

A crash comes from upstairs. I look at Terry and he runs up the steps.

I flip on the monitors around the house. I see Terry enter the living room. A person is in there.

I turn on the sound and flip the volume up a notch.

"Who are you?" Terry asks.

"Kasandra..." the girl replies.

Kasandra? I know that name.

"How'd you get in?" Terry asks her.

"Well, nobody responded at the gate. SO..I..uh, let myself in. But the old cave entrance was blocked.." she trails off.

I can tell Terry is a bit surprised when she says "cave entrance".

I know who she is now. I hit a silent button and the tiny earpiece near Terry's ear flips on.

"Terry..." I say..I stop for a moment and then respond. "Show her out the door. I don't need to deal with her now." I say. First Dick comes back...then the Joker....now Kasandra. Not exactly the reunion I was looking for.

I look up at the monitor and see Terry pushing her towards the entrance.

"I dunno what your talking about" he continues "But, you must have the wrong house. there isn't any 'cave' here."

Very nice. Didn't even sound like he was lying either.

"Oh, I get it" she says. "Wayne doesn't want me here"

"Wayne? I bought this mansion from Wayne. He died years ago" Terry says.

2nd time I've died in 3 months. I hope this isn't I sign he wants to kill me.

I grin at the thought. He wouldn't even dare. I shake my head and go back to the computer.

Terry comes back down into the cave "K, I got rid of her. Who was she anyway?"

"Long story..one for which I don't have time to tell." I motion to a back up computer. He nods and sits down in the chair.

"So what are we looking for?" he asks.

"Good question.." I reply

END.

OOC: all I can do for now..just thought I'd post to let you know I'm not dead! Oh, and sorry about kicking you out batchik..come back later..maybe I figure out somthing then. Lots of stuff happening now, and I can't really figure it all out in one post.. :)

-BB

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: it's okie Bird_Boy! but just so ya know... the name is Katharina. From Shakespeare? Not trying to sound rude or anything. (If you want anymore info on her PM me or e-mail me or IM me or whatever.) here's my ic post.. la di da...

ic:
I growl quietly as the black haired kid kicks me out. I restrain myself from punching him in the nose and trudge back out the gates.

Bruce is dead. Jeez... How is that possible? Didn't Warhawk think hard enough to look up and make sure the old man was still alive!

Now wait a minute...

If Bruce was dead they'd put it in the papers, right? I mean he's like this rich billionaire, if he died EVERYBODY would know.

Unless he died as Batman.

Wait... Bruce is like... ancient... He couldn't be Batman... He'd never make it.

Bruce can't be dead. It just isn't logical.

I almost turn around and walk back to the manor, but realize that if he wanted me there he'd let me stay. Maybe he doesn't want me there... Or he could just be busy... I'll go back later.

Besides... Who knows. Maybe there's some street trash around here to clean up. I could use a good fight to clear my head.

ooc: i know that didn't make much sense... sorry...

[Kitty Pryde]

OOC: Errrr..where'd Ms. Thorn come from? I didn't know you introduced her yet. I'm not totally sure whats going on in this RPG (once again..hey..I read it everyday, it just seems to jump around an aweful lot). We should try to focus on everybody at one point. And let others know when new characters come in so we can work them into the plot..I don't know what happened to barbara, but I'll have her follow Bruce and Terry down into the cave.

Actually i did introduce her
if you say you have read the posts then you should know already
remeber dont just look for the poster and expect them to be playing whatever charater they usually do.

When i change my charater i will be using the post subject Bar to tell you who i am, i hope this has cleared some confusion up.

[Blight]

OOC: Hey Bird_Boy, In my post I sent a message to the Batcave letting you all know that Joker put the device in the sewers, so shoulden't Batfake (I mean Batman, heh, heh;)) have gone looking for it? I mean, unless my post is supposed to be happening after the other posts (which is possible) then I don't know WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! HEAD HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're right Bird_Boy, this is confusing!!!:D

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

I stop at the door of my old room. I just stand there, looking at it. I decide to open it up and take a look inside. I flip on the light and see that everything is as I had left it so long ago. Either Bruce had some sentiments about it or he'd never gone through the rooms after we left. I look at the pictures on the dresser. Me and Barbara in college, me and Tim hanging out. My reminising is broken off by the faint sound of the maniac's cackle. He must've gotten through to the Batcave. I run down the stairs and down the enterance of the cave. Terry runs past me at the bottom of the stairs, placing the cowl over his head.

"Call Max, tell her to get somewhere safe," he shouts at Bruce. "And tell her to take Dana with her." He jumps in the Batmobile and jets out of the cave. I walk over to Bruce, whose got his hand over his forehead.

"What's the deal?" I asked. "And who's Max and Dana?"

"The Joker's about to wipe out a good portion of Gotham," he replied. "Max is... an acquaintance of our- I mean, Terry's. Dana's his girlfriend."

"Wow, and he's able to hide all this from her?" I ask. "The kid's better than I thought." Bruce shot a look at me.

"I've got some calls to make," he said, dialing up "Max"....

OOC: Okay, sorry to move people, but the Joker does have a bomb that needs to be located. Plus, it gives me a chance to get Dana and Max in the story a little...

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

"...it doesn't matter how I found out commissioner, all that matters is that some maniac, who may or may not me the original Joker is threatening to blow up half the city." Bennet said, as calmly as he could into the phone.

A pause and then he responded. "If you honestly think I care what you want right now we haven't spent enough time together. Now you are going to accept my help or I'm going to start pulling favors and get someone who has the authority to put you temporarily under my direct command."

Another pause. "Stalker."

From across the room I can hear the yelling on the line, Bennet winces.

"Listen very carefully, right now this city is under the threat of someone who may or may not be a madman. Who may or may not have the means to cause massive devastation. And right now no one even knows where he is. You need the skills of a hunter... a tracker."

A final pause. "Very well, he's on his way." Bennet disconnected the line and looked toward me.

"all right Stalker, the good commissioner has agreed to borrow your services. She's going to attempt to contact Batman and have him meet you on the roof of police head quarters. I expect you to cooperate fully with them on this -- at least until the bomb threat has been neutralized. Once that has been completed you are to take what ever steps you deem necessary to take this 'Joker' in to custody and bring him to me. I want him alive and in one piece. If he is the original Joker then several issues of national security come into question. If he is not then I don't want to leave the local authorities the opportunity to allow him to escape, as they so have a habit of doing. Are you ready?"

I nod.

"Then I suggest you get going."

With that I head to the balcony and leap into the night.

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc:Blowing up half of Gotham wheres the Joke in that?
is this a fake Jokers , im getting confused

[Trent Lane]

OOC: Recap: THE Joker and Blight have a radiation/Joker gas bomb they'll use to kill(?) a good number of Gotham's citizens. It's not a joke, it's typical Joker fashion, which Blight has got a really good handle on, BTW. I'll post later, most likely as Max...

[Shriek]

"Batman?" The Barbarara asks. "I have a parnter for you."

"I don't like partners," I say calmly. I contine heading out of the cave.

"Stalker is good at what he does. I'm sure he will come of some assistance." She states.

"Stalker? How many times do we fight? And then be friends? I can't take this." I shout into the receiver. I push the accelerators to full speed and the Batmobile takes off like a bat out of hell from the cave.

"Police Headquarters roof in 10 minutes. I will be waiting with Stalker." She says.

"Alright," I moan. She can hear the angriness in my voice.

"It's for the good of the city. Your family and friends. The ones you love." She states sadly.

I fly low below the city on the streets. "I'll be there soon." With that last remark I dodge through the city streets.

OOC: Well Stalker. Make this team up good.

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: ok... I'm going to head back to Wayne Manor now... I really don't my character dying so quickly... Sorry Bird_Boy.

ic:
I turn around and do a quick kick to the mugger's stomach. He doubles over but doesn't pass out. I do a jump kick and he flies into the wall.

"So easy..." I mutter then check my watch. I might as well try to talk to Bruce now.

I walk back to the manor and stop at the gates. Should I use the intercom or just break in again? Maybe I should be polite and use the intercom. Then again, I'm never polite, but there's a first time for everything.

I press the button hard.

"If you don't respond this time, Bruce, I'm breaking in again, and this time I won't leave so easily." I growl.

ooc: i shall wait to see if BB responds.

[Bird Boy]

OOC: geesh.I hate to do this..but, I'm gonna have to temporarily abandon Wayne. Mainly because my net time is being cut down by my mom (and for my own good...I need glasses, and when I strain my eyes for too long, I feel sick after awhile, so cutting down is good..). Maybe I'll be back in the future..dunno yet...so, Shriek? if you got time on your hands, I couldn't think of anyone better to fill in Wayne's shoes.....if not..then...whatever..

-BB

[Trent Lane]

OOC: Sorry about that, BB. Hate that happened to you. Hope all turns out for the best. I'll post later probably, if someone else gets this thing moving again.... BTW, post 600! Woohoo!!!

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: It isnt typical at all

of course blight is doing a good job with the joker but i just feel it isnt the same joker we all love. There must be more to the Joker than Bombs and radiation.
Also how does he know Blight can some one fill me in???

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: I am doing this to clear things up

Miss Sarah Thorn (A.k.a The Black Angel)

Her father used to be a crime syndicate leader just like she is presently in Gotham. He, like her has kept a very Low profile often not even being connected to the crimes she gets others to commit.

Recently she has shown her face in the public eye even Clearing and defending her family name (She is the Norman Osborn of Gotham City).
Her other money input is fasion wear and perfume. Recently her hugh stores have been effected money-wise by certain acts of terrorism or vanderlism by Jokerz. She has been needing to fine a good sorce of capital (which some say she has obtained from her new boss, but there is no evidence to support this and no one is quite clear about who she is working for now).

She has Three body guards that protect her from the outside troubles like Batman etc...

They are

Vetal: A half human and half cybernetic implant. She has the ability to use her vains inside her body as whips and knife shaped objects which can tear out of any area in her body. She can make her liquid metal vains as thin as string or as thick as she wants.

Deadsight: A highly skilled marks man and a trained killer. Deadsight uses a combination of military advanced weapons from fusion bombs to miniture nucular devices. He is a cold blooded killer with no remorce. Often seen by the other gangsters as their leader he makes sure that Ms.Thorns public image stays in tacked, No matter what the costs.

?????: No one knows if he or she truely exsists. But Batman will soon find out as the time comes.

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

Standing on the roof of police headquarters with the commissioner I watch as the Batmobile flies overhead and Batman drops out, landing gracefully on his feet. As he walks slowly toward us, the Batmobile automatically makes a U-turn and lands on the far side of the roof.

We size each other up as he approaches. When he stops right in front of me he is so close I can hear his breathing, so close I could easily reach out and grab him -- possibly even kill him.

Several minutes pass and no one says anything, no one moves. Another minute passes the commissioner decides to break the silence. "Look you two, if you're going to waste my time..."

"Tell me why should I even bother to work with you? And why we're at it yet why are you working as Bennet's lap dog?" Batman interrupts.

Being call Bennet's 'dog' stings but, for the time, it is true.

"You should work with me," I reply "because I can get you to the Joker and Blight. And once you face them do you honestly believe that you can defeat them both?" I pause to search his face, looking for something. Unfortunately the mask hides much of his expression. "And as for my association with Agent Bennet, it is none of you're concern."

"Oh no, it is very much my concern." He says ignoring my question. "You have a very nasty habit of changing who's side you're on. You may intend to work with me this time, but who knows about tomorrow. You threatened the to kill my family. How can I know that you won't do that once this is over?"

"You misread my threat, your family served only to insure that you would fight me. However, if you wish, I swear that your family will never be a target of my hand. That the next time we fight my only focus will be you."

Batman makes a grunting noise, not commenting on whether he believes me or not. "And Bennet."

I stop to think of what to say, and the truth is that I can think of nothing I want to say.

"Look Stalker either you're going to tell me the truth behind your working for Bennet, or I'm going to get back in my ride and start looking for the Joker and Blight on my own."

I suprise myself, and with no emotion respond the best way I can. "Since our last battle I have come to owe Bennet a debt so great that until he says it is repaid my life is his. Quite possibly my soul as well."

For a moment no one says a thing, then Batman speaks. "So what can you do?"

"Take me to the area of Gotham you believe the bomb is and I shall find it. Take me to the sector of the city you think Blight and this Joker are hiding and I shall hunt them down."



ooc: You're move Shriek. :)

[Shriek]

"I have no clue where to start. The Joker could be anywhere in this god for saken city." I shout.

Stalker still looks at me as I tell him not to. "Maybe you should think of where to look," he says as he smiles.

"Jolly Jack Candy Factory." I say.

Barbara says, "I'll leave you to alone." She then walks away towards the stairwell disappearing."

"Joker was hidden there last time. I doubt he is still there but, it is worth a shot."

"Then let's survey the area," Stalker says.

We both turn and begin running towards the building ledge. I leap off and activate my wings and soar above the buildings. Stalker leaps from building to building with no problem.

"Those prostethius pieces must be doing wonders." I say to myself.

After about 5 minutes we reach Jolly Jack. I bash through the barracaded window and look around. I see nothing at all. I look to every corner and every window from every crack in the wall.

"Nothing here," Stalker says.

"Geez, You think?" I ask sarcastically.

Stalker gets on all fours and begins sniffing the ground.

OOC: Blight your move man. Give us a hint. Mr. O. use the hint and find the bomb. we really have to find a new Bruce Wayne now.

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: agreed, we really need someone to take over Bruce temporarily until Bird_Boy can get back in full time.

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: Like who thinks they are up to playing Bruce Wayne (Bird_Boy??????)

[Blight]

OOC: Okay, i'll give you guys a hint. But, didn't the Jolly Jack factory explode? Maybe only a portion of it exploded or something. Anyways, here's my post:

IC: I walk over to Tim, who is just waking up, "Did you sleep well, Timmy?" I ask him.

He looks at me nervously, "What do you wan't me for?". I laugh, "Oh, it's really quite simple. You're going to be my audience".

I walk over to my command center and turn on an image of the inside of the Jolly Jack candy factory, "Here is my old hideout, the part that wasn't blown up anyway. As you can see, Batfake and indian boy have gone there over a hunch that it may be my current location. Stupid, true, but it'll give me something to do" I press a few buttons and start to speak into the transmitter, "Well Batfake, since you seem to be acting very stupid right now, searching an old hideout and all, I guess i'll have to give a little hint" I clear my throat dramaticly, "I'm somewhere with lots and lots of toys. And if you were expecting some sort of riddle, you're going to the wrong person! You wan't riddles, why don't you go give Edward Nygma a buzz. Now, hopefully you can do something with that hint I gave you, but before you do that, I'd suggest looking for the device I planted in the sewers, since your city only has one hour left. But first, get out of there, because I planted a bomb in there that is going off in five seconds! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!" I laugh.

I turn back to Tim, "Let's see if they can beat the clock! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

IC: If you need another hint, just let me know!

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

OOC: For the time being, I'll attempt to take over Bruce Wayne if there's not a problem. If you guys are alright with that, lemme know... Granted, it won't be perfect, but I'll stick to what BB has already done as closely as possible...

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: I have No problem with that whats so ever

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: sounds great to me flhero.

[Trent Lane]

I finish making a call to Max when the pager from the gate beeps. I press the button on the console to find out who it is.

"If you don't respond this time, Bruce, I'm breaking in again, and this time I won't leave so easily," the voice from the other side growls. It's Kathrina(sp?) again. I push the button to open the gate and let her come up. Dick looks at me.

"What, you're going to let her up?" he asks. "Who is she?"

"A former associate," I mumble back. "If you want the whole story, come up with me, I'm sure it'll come up in conversation." I motion towards Ace and he runs up the steps ahead of us. I open the front door via remote allowing her in. Ace has already made his way to the entry hall and is growling violently. He doesn't know who she is, she was here before I got Ace.

"Easy boy!" I yell to him. "Sit." I walk up to Kathrina, who has just walked in the door. Before she gets a word out of her mouth, I speak up.

"What are you doing here? More importantly, why are you here now?"

ooc: take it away, batchik(BTW, like the new avatar :D...)

[Bird Boy]

OOC (Not that I have one... :D): Hey, I just thought I'd chime in here and say:

FLhero...you have my full approval of you being Wayne..and that post you did..was perfect..keep it up...

-BB

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: thanks. btw it's katharina. just forgot one letter. (hope that didn't sound rude)

ic:

"What are you doing here? More importantly, why are you here now?" Bruce asks. I can't help but sigh.

"Don't those questions mean the same thing? I don't know why I'm here. I thought maybe I could come back and maybe have a home here for a while. At least... I think that's why Warhawk brought me back. I see you got a dog." I never liked dogs. Cats were always my fabourite. So sleek and mysterious,
"As for why I'm here NOW... well... Now is as good a time as any. Why? Is there something going on I should know about? And who kicked me out earlier. He was EXTREMELY rude. And a liar too. Saying you were dead. HA!"

I brush past Bruce and sit down in a chair.

"I take it you want my entire life story all over again now. Correct?" I ask.

[Shriek]

5 Seconds. RUN! I tell myself.

"Run for it!" I push Stalker out the broken window and quickly jump from behind him. The building explouds and I feel myself being launched forward with great speed.

I point my hand up and grapple onto a flagpole. I swing downwards and grab Stalker and we both swing into an empty lot on the ground.

"Toys!" I shout. "The Toy Store?"

"No to easy. He's probably somewhere else." Stalker says.



OOC: Hint. Sorry so short. I don't know what to do.

[Trent Lane]

ooc: Thanx, BB, I'm just filling in, you take him back whenever you want. Alright, here goes:

IC:"I take it you want my entire life story all over again now. Correct?" Katharina sits down in my tall arm chair and lets out a sigh. I look at her with narrowed eyes.

"Well, I think an explaination as to where you went off to would be nice," I reply sternly. She shoots me a look.

"Maybe hanging around Warhawk wasn't so bad," she mumbled, thinking I wouldn't hear.

"I may be old, by my senses are still pretty good," I say. She looks at me suprised, and Dick laughs. "You want to go? There's the door." I point with my cane.

"No, no, I uh, didn't mean it like that," she stuttered, motr embarassed than anything else. "I'm sorry."

"Apology accepted," I reply. "Now, you mind telling me what you've been up to?"

[Batgirl_2005]

I sigh again and take a deep breath.

"Ok. I lived with you until I was... what? Seven? After that the government kidnapped me," I see a look of what could almost be interpreted as shock on Bruce's face. "My father was a government agent... I guess... I never knew him that well... And the government knew about my.... er... condition, for lack of a better word. They wanted to run some tests and turn me into a perfected killer. One day the members of the JLU rescued me. I've been staying there ever since. Then yesterday Warhawk told me I had to come back, so here I am." I look at Bruce and his friend, "Is that enough of an explanation?"

[Trent Lane]

I look at the girl, still shocked at what she had told me. But I'm still a little puzzled.

"Warhawk didn't mention why he brought you here?" I ask. She shook her head. "Well, I guess you can stay here until it's all figured out. You can take a room upstairs. We've got to go back to work." I turn and leave the room, Dick behind me, and we go back down in the cave. I turn on the Vid Link in Terry's cowl to find out what he's doing. The screen lights up in a bright explosion. I try to locate him, and find that they are at the remains of the Jolly Jack Candy Factory. I yell over the link to Terry.

"McGinnis, report!"

"I'm alive, if that's what you wanted to know," he grunted back.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"We went after a lead, but it was a dead end. Joker contacted us and told us of some place with toys," Terry explained. "And he mentioned something about the Riddler."

"Riddler?" I say, thinking out loud. I wonder if he means the old Wacko Toy Warehouse that the Riddler used as a hideout once. I send the coordinates to Terry.

"Take a look here," I pass along. "Have you located the bomb?"

"Well, sorta," Terry replies. "We've got a good idea as to where it might be. We're checking on it now."

"Good," I say. "Once you've located and disarmed the bomb, check the warehouse, but be careful. This whole thing feels like a trap. He's got more than he's telling- but you've got to confront him." I pause for a second. This is like a game of chess, I'm not sure what's the right move. "Terry, you and Stalker, go to the Warehouse. You'll have to take him out- by whatever means necessary. Wayne out."

Dick looks at me, surprised by my call. "That's not really like you," he quietly says.

"I know," I say back. "But too many lives are at stake, and I'm tired of dealing with this maniac. It has to end."

ooc: Oaky, Shriek, you know what to do... hopefully:D

OOC2: editted to fit better:D

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: Hey Blight is your radioactive smiley bomb anywhere in the sewers, or are you going to make this harder on us? :p

Stalker

"Toys!" Batman shouts. "The Toy Store?"

"No to easy. He's probably somewhere else." I say. "Has this maniac given you any clues?"

"Look who's calling someone a maniac." Batman replies sarcastically. I ignore his verbal jab. "All he really said was that his radioactive smily bomb is in the sewers. But that maze runs for miles underneath Gotham, and in some places extends down five or six stories. It would take months to search. We've got less than an hour."

"Wait" I say, an chain of thought springing to my mind. "This bomb of his is radioactive?"

"Yes, I said that already."

"And the bomb uses his trademark gas?"

"Stalker would you mind telling me why you're asking me the same things I just told you?"

"You don't understand do you?" With those word Batman starts to tense up. "Think for a moment," I continue. "If this bomb uses a radioactive variant of his smile gas and he's placed it in the sewers and he plans to use it against most of Gotham..."

"...then it has to be in an area that will allow it to be vented throughout the city." Batman finishes.

"And is there such a structure beneath the city?"

"Yes, but there's about fifteen. Even if we split-up we'd never be able to search them all in time."

"Are they connected at all?"

"Yes" Batman says, and I smile.

"Then get me to the closest one, and I shall find your bomb."


ooc: your move Shriek. :)

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: Bagh! You got in before I did flhero311. Curse you! :p

Anywho, how about Batman and Stalker go to the Toy warehouse after we take care of the bomb.

[Trent Lane]

ooc: That's cool. I'll edit my post slightly to fit better...

[Batgirl_2005]

"Surely he knows me better thn that!" I mutter as Bruce and his friend go down through what must be a new cave entrance. "Like I'm going to go upstairs and be a good litle girl."

I follow Bruce down, hopefully without him noticing. He's talkig to some guy named "mcginnis" about a maniac. And a radioactive bomb in Gotham. Something serious is going on.

"What's going on Bruce?" I ask loudly. "I want to know what's going on. Maybe I can help."

[Trent Lane]

I turn to see Katharina on the steps. I'm not that surprised.

"You can start helping by getting out of the cave," I shoot at her. She stomps her foot and starts to get angry.

"Why can't I help?!" she yells. "With my condition I-"

"You wouldn't be afraid of the Joker at all," I cut her off. "When dealing with a pyscho like the Joker, fear can be a powrful ally. Without it, you're no good against him. He'd kill you without a second thought." She stops fuming and looks at me, as if she was sorry for raising a fuss. I felt bad for yelling at her.

"Well, we might be able to use a hand down here," I say. "Things could get bad."

OOC: As to what you're gonna do, batchik, I leave that to you;)

[Batgirl_2005]

I nod. I shouldn't have gotten angry. Bruce is right. He's ALWAYS right.

"I'll help down here. It'll keep me occupied." I say. I go over and stand next to Bruce's chair. "Would you mind updating me on what's going on? All I got is something about a bomb and The Joker."

[Trent Lane]

"Well, to be honest, that's about all there is to tell," I reply. "The Joker's got some radiation bomb rigged with smiley gas set to wipe out a countless number of people."

"Wait," she asks. "Where'd he come up with that much radiation?" I look at her and at Dick, all with questioning looks on our faces.

"Good point," I say. "Joker's got to have a large supply of radioactive material for a bomb this big. But most of that material has been shipped to the surface of the moon, back when a lot of it used for energy was banned on Earth. Now it takes an expensive lisence to even acquire those materials." What could the Joker have in his corner?

[Batgirl_2005]

I look down at the ground. Jeez... This is EXTREMELY not cool. I look back up at Bruce.

"What can I do form here? I'll do anything to help." I say.

Heh.... That sounds weird to even my own ears. I'm not exactly the type of person who jumps up to help anyone. I never have been.

ooc: that's all I can do for tonight. It's time to go to bed... I have to go to school tomorrow *sob sob*

[Blight]

OOC: I applaud you all! You figured out my little Riddler hint! Not to mention how to locate the bomb. Good job! But there are still a few more twists to pull.... I'll post again when Shriek and Mr. Obsession find the bomb.

[Kitty Pryde]

oc: good one riddle....rrrr i mean Joker

[Trent Lane]

"What can I do form here? I'll do anything to help," Katharina asks, and she's just trying to help all she can. I turn to her with some work.

"Alright, here's what you can do for me. I need you to go through the police and news data banks and find anything that has to do with radioactive energy supplies. Can you handle that?" I ask.

"Piece of cake," she replies. I nod at her, and then point to the old computer.

"You can use that computer for your search. Call me or Dick here if you need anything." She nods and heads over to the computer. Dick comes up to my side and begins to speak.

"Who is she- really?" he asks. "How does she know about all this?"

"About twelve years ago I took her in. She was on the streets, no family she knew of, just surviving by being a scavenger. She was an amazing fighter, she had many skills it took me years to acquire. So I decided to try and train her." Dick cut in.

"As a replacement?" he asked.

"Well, not exactly. Her "condition", not having any fear, would hold her back from taking my place. She knew who I really was, but thought nothing of it. Then, one day, it appeared that she just took off. No trace of her left in the house. I searched for a while but then it appeared as if I'd never see her again. And here we are now."

"So, are you going to let her stay here?" Dick asks. I hadn't really thought about it.

"First, I need to contact the JLU to find out why they brought her to me," I answer. "Then I can-" Katharina called to us.

"Hey, who's this walking meltdown?" she yells. "I keep coming across stories about him." I get up and walk over to the other computer. She has images and stories about Blight. Blight! This could be the Joker's back up and source of radiation.

"Katharina, you're a genius," I say, trying to hold back my thanks. I walk over to the main computer and page Terry.

"Terry, I think I've founs out who's helping the Joker..."

OOC: Yeah, I know, kind of an easy way to make the connection, but I had to get things moving...

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker


I stand with Batman in an air cycling center.

"Find anything?" He asks.

"Not yet." I reply, at the same time opening and shutting my right eye.

"Are you coming on to me?" Batman asks sarcastically.

"No, I'm cycling through several spectrums. It's an 'improvement' Bennet thought would be helpful... there we go."

"You find something?"

"I'm picking up some faint radiation" I say as I start heading towards the north corridor. The radiation traces grow stronger. "This way" I say as I start running.

"Whoa" Batman says, having just picked up on the trail.

It takes five minutes, but we reach the bomb.

"Think you can disarm it?" I ask.

[Shriek]

"Think you can disarm it?" Stalker asks.

"What do you think I am?" I ask. I doubt the original Batman could even disarm a bomb.

I look at the timebox. "We've got 10 minutes to disarm this thing."

"Then get started." Stalker stands up from the ground.

"We've got the bomb sir." I say into my comlink "Do you know how to disarm a bomb?"

"Get Bennet on the phone Stalker!" I order.

I keep talking into the comlink, but all I get is static. "This is just great." I kick open the fusebox on the bomb.

"Let's get to work!" I say.

[Batgirl_2005]

"Who is he? Why would he have a bunch of radiation?" I ask. I hate being left in the dark... about ANYTHING. "Can I know? And who is it you are talking to on the comm link?"

[Trent Lane]

"I'm trying to contact Batman," I say to her. "I'm getting nothing but static, though. They must be in the ventilation shafts."

"Who is they?" Katharina asks. "Who is Batman?"

"The boy you met upstairs, Terry, and a hunter named Stalker is 'they'," I reply. "And to answer your other question, Blight is trouble if he's paired up with the Joker." I keep trying to get through to Terry, and finally get a faint signal.

"Bruce*shhhzkk* are you there? Hello?!"Terry yells.

"We're here, go ahead. What have you got?" I ask.

"We've located the bomb. but don't know how to disarm it," he yells. Perfect. I told him to hold it up so I could try to get a visual on it via his cowl. It was simple in design, but then again pretty complex.

"Open up the back of it," I say, and Terry does. I look at the wire configuration. Purple and green, typical Joker style. "Alright, one of those wires is going to set this thing off. You've got to decide which one and cut it." I pause. "Put on your rebreather, just in case."

"But which wire, Bruce?" Terry says, in almost a panic.

I'm not 100% sure, but I take a shot in the dark. "The green one. Good luck, God help us all." I cut off communications and just watch, with Dick and Katharina at my side. Terry takes out a pair of wire cutters and clips the green wire. It stops. Thank God. Then a voice breaks the silence.

"I figured you'd do that, Bat-fake, so I made a back up plan. Just a good old fashioned pipe bomb. Thanks for playing! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" The Joker's voice was coming from a speaker in the vent. A clown doll came around the corner, with a bomb in hand.

"Terry, get out of there now!!!" I yell over the comm link.

"Stalker, grab the smiley bomb and let's go!" Terry shouts. The two run throught the shaft as fst as the can. I hear an explosion from behind them. The shaft gets brighter and brighter until I hear see Terry toss Stalker ahead of him and both of them jump. Then the connection broke off.

"TERRY?!"

OOC: Sorry if that messed thing up, also borrowed a lot of characters. Hopefully it'll work out for you all. I think the toy doll bomb was a nice touch, sticking with the whole toy warehouse thing...

[Shriek]

BOOM! I feel the force of the small pipebomb slam me into the brick wall. CRACK! I hit the wall and bounce back landing on my back.

"Ow. That thing packs a punch!" I shout as I climb to my feet. Dizziness is all I feel as I raise to my feet.

Stalker leaps to his feet with no problem at all. "Nothing like a jumpstart to get me going."

"Shut up!" I say. "We need to head to that Toy House on the double."

We bolt out of the sewer system. We climb up a few ladders and burst out of the sewer cap. "Let's move!" I order.

The both of dash down Gotham's main street's heading towards the Toy House. "When," I breathe hard, "We pull a recon mission. We are just finding out how to get in and find out where the Joker is. No fighting at all until you make the move."

"Ok got it!" Stalker says. We are only a few blocks away from the target.

[Batgirl_2005]

"Is he alright?" I ask, almost worried about him. "If he's not shall I go after Joker?" I figure he'll say no, but it's worth a shot. "I can fight him!"

[Shriek]

batchik, you mind making your posts a tad bit longer? Thanks.

[Blight]

IC: I spit in disgust when I see Batfake and Stalker approaching the toy factory through one of the cameras on the outside of the building.

I turn to Blight, "They're here" I grin, "They may have disarmed my bomb, but it doesn't mean we can't have some fun! Besides, I made a backup bomb just in case" I stretch my arms and flop down in my chair, "Now, go meet Batfake and the hunter guy down at the entrance, maybe you can give them a little fireworks display" I say to Blight, pointing my finger at him.

He glares at me and snarls, "If you think i'm your delivery boy, then I think we need to straighten a few things out!" He says as he grabs me by the neck and slams me into the wall. I can feel the radiation running through his fingertips.

"Now, I may be working with you, but it doesn't it mean i'm going to listen to you, because you are not my boss, and don't make me tell you this again! So, do we understand each other?" Blight snarls.

I pull my bang flag gun out of my pocket and pull the trigger once. The flag pops out and I wave it in the air, "Alright, I understand you! Truce?!" I say, grinning. Blight snarls in disgust and drops me back onto my chair. Then he turns and walks out the door. I guess he's going to do what I said after all.

OOC: Thought I was gonna shoot him, didn't you?! :p

See ya!
Blight

[Batgirl_2005]

Originally posted by Shriek
batchik, you mind making your posts a tad bit longer? Thanks.

Yeah! I'm sorry they're not too long :( I shall try to make them longer. Thanks for tellin' me!
In fact. I'll even elaborate slightly on my last post...

ic:
"Is he alright?" I ask, almost worried about him. "If he's not shall I go after Joker?" I figure he'll say no, but it's worth a shot. "I can fight him!"

Bruce shoots me a look. I start to argue, my temper rising, and almost back off.

"I have been fighting since I could walk! I've been trained by you and the government and some by the JLU. I can beat him!"

"He'd kill you without a second thought, Katharina!" Bruce snaps.

"Be careful, Bruce. It almost sounds like you care about me." I growl. A look of shock registers on Bruce's face. "I figure that as soon as you figure out why the JLU sent me back, you're shipping me off. You don't want to give me a home! You couldn't care less WHERE I lived, as long as it wasn't here."

I start to say more, but realize I have done enough damage. I turn back to the computer, slightly ashamed I let so much slip out.

"Is there anything else I can do for you... Mr. Wayne?" I ask formally.

ooc: is that better? :)

[Trent Lane]

I ignore Katharina's last comment. Her attitude is going to have to change quickly if she wants to stick around. I watch the feed from Terry's cowl as they approach the toy factory. I swutch to the heat sensors and see something hot moving behind the walls, in the shape of a human. I call to Terry.

"Terry. You've got company dead ahead. Keep on your toes."

"Huh?" Terry asks. "I don't see a-" Blight shoots a blast through the wall at Terry and Stalker. They both roll out of the way, just missing being hit. Blight walks over the rubble with two balls of radiation cupped in his hands, and tosses them toward the two...

OOC: Over a day without a post, figured I get it moving again...

[Shriek]

"Head's Up!" I shout as I dodge Blight's second shot by backflipping twice in a row.

"Quit showing off," Stalker snaps back as he drop kicks Blight to the floor. He leaps in the air and extends his staff slamming it forward into Blight's chest.

"Arrg!!!!" He shouts as he grabs Stalker by the head. "I'll blast his face all over this wall! I swear to god I will!"

I slowly begin walking towards Blight. "Don't do that!"

"Don't Move!" He shouts as a piece of radiation flies at me. I easily move to the right to avoid the shot. Blight begins backing away with the Stalker.

I launch a Batarang at Blight's foot and it instantly makes contact causing him to release Stalker for a few moments.

Without a doubt in his mind Stalker turns around and karate chops Blight's throat sending him to the ground unconsious.

"Is.. Is he dead?" I ask boldly.

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

"Is.. Is he dead?" Batman asks.

"Not yet," I reply as I raise my staff above my head and start spinning it in a dramatic display, "but he will be shortly."

I start to bring it down swiftly.

"YOU CAN'T!" Batman shouts as he jets forward and catches my staff right before I can crack open Blight's skull. Seeing my suprise Batman take the opportunity to grab the staff from my hands and tosses it across the room.

He stands to face me. "What do you think you're d..." His question cut off as shoot out with my prosthetic arm and grab his throat. Batman brings up his hands and tries to pry my grip off.

"You're weak, did you know that? For some reason I cannot comprehend you allow your enemies to escape and grow stronger." I tighten my grip for effect and continue. "If Blight dies here and now he can never return to harm another. Can you, one who claims to protect this city live with yourself knowing that the next time Blight decides to return everyone he kills you will be indirectly responsible for? However, for the time being I need your cooperation, and to get that I suspect I will have to play by your rules."

Releasing my grip Batman falls to the ground and breaths hard. I reach into my pouch and grab a handful of gas pellets. "Remember these?" I ask Batman as I toss them at Blight, they explode on impact. "That should keep him out of the way for awhile."

Walking across the room I pickup my staff and retract it. "Now, let us put an end to this Jokers game."

[Blight]

The Joker

IC: I frown when I see how easily Blight is outnumbered by Batfake and his partner. No matter. Once my opponents walk into the building, I press a few buttons, and an electic beam shoots out from the wall and zaps Blight. The electricity shocks him awake.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!" I can hear Blight scream from outside. I grin. Now he's really mad!

Blight

I quickly jump to my feet, barely controling my rage. I charge toward the door and radiation shoots out of me, blasting the door down.

Inside, Batman and Stalker are clearly surprised by the expression on their faces. I leap on top of Batman and start pounding him into the floor. Behind me, Stalker raises his spear and I kick him in the gut and blast him into the wall. Batman leaps up and slams his fist into my chin.

"You will die, Batman!!!" I scream, blind fury seething through me. Batman's eyes widden, "Stalker, we have to get to The Joker! Blight's gonna blow!!!" Batman screams as he grabs Stalker and runs up the stairs with him.

I scream and radiation start bursting out of me, shooting throughout the whole building. Batman and Stalker run, heading farther and farther up the stairs, with me close behind. I smile to myself. They have no idea they are heading right up to The Joker's lair. There is no way they will be able to handle the both of us! My time of revenge is here!

OOC: Next up, The Joker and Blight vs. Batman and Stalker!!!

[Trent Lane]

Dick's face said it all- this wasn't good. Between Blight and the Joker, they had their hands full. I contacted Terry.

"Terry, you know this is a trap." I waited.

"Yeah, I do," he replied. "But what choice do I have? We've gotta put a stop to their madness once and for all." A smile cam across my face. He's got a good handle on things.

"All right, I'm going to cut off our communication so as not to sidetrack you. I'll keep the vid link on just in case.... you might need help. Wayne out." I turned off the speaker. "Good luck, kid." Dick just looked at me, amazec at what Terry had just committed himself to.

"Jeez, that's a brave man," Dick said. I looked at him.

"That's Batman."

OOC: This is going to be a great fight, can't wait to see how it unfolds...

[Shriek]

"Forget the stairs!" I shout and leap into the air and activate the rockets on my boots. I feel the air brush against the mask as I soar up the steps.

I fly into an open room and land on the balls of my feet. I stand to my full height and look around. I look to the left and then to the right.

"What is this is a joke?" I say outloud. One big room filled with hundreds of toys.

I hear a slight noise and look back to the stairs. Stalker is walking up the steps breathing hard.

He passes by a few boxes of toys and plastic figures. "What's next?"

"I have no idea. Joker is some kind of pranker. He should have some stupid plan to capture us. So keep your eyes open." I order.

"Very good Batfake! You almost know me as well as old Brucie did!" Joker emerges from a large purple box almost the size of 2 stories.

He is holding a small silver ball in his right hand and a tazer in the other hand.

"I'm not falling for this trick again!" I say quietly under my breath. I slowly put my left foot in front of me incase I have to attack.

"So African Man! Play any baseball yet?" Joker hurls the ball at Stalker's right arm and it instantly connects.

The ball bounes right off. "What was that for?" Stalker asks.

"McGinnis. Do you really think I use the same tricks twice?" Joker jokes.

"You should of. Maybe the real Batman would of been mistaken by one of them. And then you could of had him!" I say darkly and rudely. Then I give a smirk.

"Ha Ha Ha" Joker laughs and then says, "I'm not going to get mad at that last remark. You'll just be the first victim."

"What?" I ask dumbfoundedly while looking at the tazer. And that's when I realize I am an idiot.

I see Joker point the tazer at me and then all I can see is darkness.

OOC: He'll be up in a few. Joker just shocked him. in the mean time....... who knows what's next...

[Blight]

Batfake screams and falls to the floor as electricity runs through him. I laugh as I put the tazer away, "I just love a good shock in the morning! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!".

"It's not......the morning..........dope" Batfake groans from the floor. "Well, thank you for filling me in, it makes my day a whole lot brighter, and speaking of brighter!" I say as I pull out a small grey device, "Remember what I said about not blinking!" I call as I toss the device onto Batfakes' head. I pull out another one and throw it onto The Stalkers' head. They both blink in surprise and and surges of electricity start shooting through their heads.

Ten seconds later, the electricity stops surging and Batfake and Stalker fall to the floor, nearly dead. I laugh at their limp bodies, "I don't think you can survive another blink! Better find a way to get those things off before your eyes start watering! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!".

Once i've finished laughing, I notice that Blight has entered the room. I grin, "And if you do get those things off, then we can really have some fun!" and both me and Blight laugh in unison.

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

The Joker throws a second silver ball at Terry and the visual connection goes out. Must have been a heavy electrical surge. I'm really worried now. I had to act fast.

"Dick, Katharina. I need you to go there," I ask.

"What?" Dick asks in surprise. "There's no way we could-"

"I don't want you to confront them," I say. "I need Katharina to get close enough to give me a visual of what's going on. Here's the DigiCam and an ear peice for each of you." I hand them to Dick as Katharina moved toward us. Dick was somewhat worried, I could tell.

"Well, alright, we'll do it," he replied.

"Good," I returned. "You can take this to get there." I flipped on the light above the older Batmobile. "It's not as fast as the newer one, but it'll have to do since Terry's got it." They head off for the car and Dick peels out of the cave. I stand there alone, praying nothing will happen to those two- and that nothing has happened to Terry...

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

Laughter, all I hear is laughter. The laughter dies down as I struggle to my feet.

"What's wrong? My joke not funny enough for you?" Joker asks just as another surge of electricity enters my body from the device. I scream out as it does an instinctual reaction to pain, one I cannot control. In doing so only makes the Joker laugh harder.

I reach up with my hands, the device reacts by sending more electricity through my body. Less than a month ago this would have been enough to disable my prosthetic spine, but since then I’ve become “stronger”.

The Joker stops laughing as I rip the device off my face. Blood trickles down the sides where the skin ripped off with the device.

I look at the Joker and hold the device in my prosthetic hand. I effortlessly crush it saying, “ha ha.”

[Blight]

IC: I glare at Stalker as he crushes my device in his hand. Batfake grips the other device with his exteneded glove claws and tears it off.

I sigh, "Why do you people always have to spoil my fun? Oh well!" I say as I crack my knuckles, "Now it's time to get dirty!". As I prepare to fight Batfake, Blight jumps over to Stalker, "This is personnel!" I hear Blight snarl as he starts blasting Stalker.

As they duke it out, I turn to Batfake, "Think you can take care of me, boy?" I ask. "I took care of you last time, didn't I?" Batfake snarls. "Yes, but that was a differen't me! I'm not going to blow a chip if you start mocking me! So, you ready for a whoopin?".

Batfake smiles, "Starting to repeat ourselves, are we?" Then he leaps.

OOC: Take it away, Shriek!

[Batgirl_2005]

I growl quietly from my seat in the old Bat Mobile.

Can't these things go any faster?! I ask myself.

"Hurry up, Oldie!" I growl aloud, but not too loud. He glances at me with a very evil look in his eyes.

Too bad I wasn't given patience in place of fear.

"What is your problem anyway, Katharina?" Grayson asks.

I feel a surge of adrenaline rush through my veins. It comes with anger.

"I don't have a problem." I snarl. "It's called a CONDITION!"

"That's not what I meant." He says.

"I know. I am just choosing not to answer in the way you meant." I look out my window and we're both silent for several minutes. Suddenly he brings the car to a stop.

"We're here." He says simply. I jump out of the car and look up at the warehouse.

"So... How are we supposed to get close enough to see without confronting the freak?" I ask.

[Trent Lane]

I look over to Katharina, wondering the exact same thing. A blast of radiation shoots out from the wall, up closer to the top of the building. Until that, there was a stairway up the side of the building, but now it was a pile of rubble. I look through the compartments of the Batmobile. I find a grappling hook in with other older weapons Bruce, Tim, Barb, and I used. I through her the grappling hook and a couple of batarang grenades.

"Watch yourself with that grapple, it packs a punch," I say. "Be careful. All you need to do is get the camera set up and get back down here. If they come toward you, toss those batarangs at them, it'll hold them back a bit."

"I'll do my best," she says. She shoots the hook up toward the top of the warehouse, places the camera in her front pocket and the batarangs in her back pocket and starts ascending the building to get a look inside....

[Batgirl_2005]

I rise up in a few moments, but it seems to take hours. Rockets would be helpful at times like this. A suit would be helpful at times like this.

I finally reach the area where I can see donw to the fight. THe joker is fighting Batman, and the Blight guy from the police reports is fighting some indian looking.... person.

I set the camera up and watch the fight, envious that I can't be down there with them.

I start to go back, but decide that Grayson can wait a few moments. I want to watch.

The word rebel crosses my mind and I grin. That's me. The Rebel. Always looking for a fight. Sure, for the most part they seem to come to me, but most of the time it's because I'm in the worst alleys at midnight.

I turn my attention back to the fight and watch carefully.

[Blight]

OOC: Okay, I guess i'd better get this fight moving.

IC: I swing my fist at Batfake and knock him to the ground. Then I kick him into the wall. I leap on top of him and start pounding him with my fists.

Batfake presses his boots against my chest and fires his rockets, sending me flying off him. I hit the ground and look at my chest. There is a noticable burn mark there. I get to my feet, "Now you've made me mad, kid!" but before I can attack, a radiation ball shoots by my face, "Watch where you're throwing those things!" I scream at Blight.

That's when I notice a girl staring down at the battle from a window high up, "Oooooooooooooh!!!!!!" I say, "Looks like someone wants to join in on the fun!". I pull out my tazer and shoot an electric bolt at her, causing her to fall headfirst into the room.

She lands at my feet and I smile down at her, "Well, what do we have here?! A little spy perhaps? Tell me....... who are you?".

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

Bruce Wayne:

Katharina had the camera in place and I was able to get a view of the fight below. Whoever this Joker was, he's found a way to slightly increase his strength. Terry's taking some pretty hard hits but holding his own. Then the Joker looks toward the area Katharina is at. He pulls out something and shoots it toward her. I see her fall by the camera.

"Damnit!" I yell, openning a channel to both Terry and Dick. "Terry, get her up to that window. Dick, grab another hook and get her out of there!"

Dick Grayson:

Katharina's in for it now. She disobeyed orders and now will be face to face with a psychopath- and she won't be afraid of him. I tear off a piece of cloth from my shirt and cut two holes in it. I wrap it around my head, hoping it'll conceal my identity. I grab the last grappling hook, along with a handful of gas balls and a batarang and go for Katharina by way of the window...

OOC: I'm not planning on getting DG into the action, he's just on a rescue mission, okay?

[Shriek]

"What do we have hear?" The Joker asks.

I leap up from the ground and do a double front flip and kick Joker back to the ground.

"A Visitor. Say buh bye!" I grap the girl into my arms. I fire off the rockets in my boots and jet up to the window.

I notice a man with a mask on. I can easily tell its Grayson. "Here ya go!" I shout as I toss the girl into his arms.

Katharina flies into Dick tackling him to the ground. "My back!" Dick shouts.

I laugh to myself as I do a complete U-Turn and come flying back into the large room straight for the Joker.

As The Joker rises to his feet I jet into him at full speed. I pick up the Joker as I crash into him and let him go into the air. Joker stands from the ground wiping the blood from his chin. He begins his spine rattling laughter.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Is all that fills the room.

Blight launches a ball of radiation at Stalker, but he ducks. And the ball comes directly crashing into the Joker.

The ball makes a direct hit into Joker's back. He stares at the ceiling for about 30 seconds. His clothes have completely disengrated and his acid washed skin is completely burned.

The laughter grows faint and then stops. The first time Joker has ever stopped laughing in his all life.

The Joker drops to his knees and keep staring up. The rest of the fighting has stopped as we watch the Joker.

"In all my years with these powers I have never directly hit a person with radiation! Always walls!" Blight says.

"He's not a person. He is a freak." I manage to say.

Stalker stares at the Joker. And then to Blight. He does a front kick and knocks Blight to the ground. "Shut up!" Is all Stalker says.

Joker turns to look at us. Blood rushing from his mouth. And is breathing heavily. "Joke's on you," He manages to say softly.

He pulls out a small detonator. He pushes the button and two cages drop on me and Stalker. I kick the cage and I am instantly electricuted.

Joker collapses...........

OOC: Don't worry you aren't dead. But It's story time!

[Trent Lane]

Terry tosses the kid at me, and she knocks me over on the window ledge. I threw my back out. I grabbed Kathartina, recoiled the grapple and shot it to the opposite building. I swung down to the Batmobile and sat Katharina in the car. She was dazed, barely awake.

"What did you think you were doing?!" I yelled at her. "I told you specifcally to put the camera up there and get down right after that!" She looked up at me, and I thought I saw sorrow on her face.

"I kmew what I was doing," she grunted. "I could've handled it myself." She crosses her arms and looks forward in the car. I'm pretty angry, and the pain I'm in doesn't help the situation. I look down to her.

"Give me your hand," I demand. She looks at me like I'm crazy, but does as I ask. I take out some cuffs and cuff her to the shifter. "Stay put, I'll be back." I close the canopy and head back for the building where the maniacs laughter had turned to a scream...

[Blight]

OOC: Anxious to hear my story, aren't you Shriek? Heh, heh. Well, here you go!

IC: I open my eyes and blink. Blight is standing over me, "About time! You've been out for ten minutes!" he says as he helps me to my feet. I immediatley turn toward my captives and smile, "Ah, so nice of you to join me! Now, before you think of escaping...." I turn toward Blight and he walks into another room, getting the message. He comes out a few seconds later with an unconcious Tim in his arms.

Blight drops Tim onto the ground and I put my knife to his throat, "Any attempt to get out of your traps, and your friend here is dead. Now, since you're going to die soon anyway, I might as well tell you my story. If you remember, from the story Brucie obviously told you, my disobediant son JJ shot me with my own gun. But, I was prepared for such a thing, so before that happened, I took a special serum that, not only made me immune to the poison, but also gave me a vast amount of strength that inabled me to live longer than any normal human, that is why I don't look a day older than thirty. I suppose you're wondering how I put on such a convincing death performance? It's really quite simple. Shortly before I fought the true Batman, I took a pill that temporarily killed me, and that pill lasted a while, believe me. It finally wore off when I was in my coffin, and with my new found strength I was able to dig my way out. And ever since that fateful day, I have been waiting until the perfect time to strike" I pause to look at my captives reactions.

Batfake is wide-eyed and beyond speech. The african man, however, looks unimpressed. I clear my throat, "Well, with that done, it's now time for me to have the last laugh! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

OOC: I hope that was believable! It took me a while to come up with. Oh, and thanks for giving me the pill idea, Bird_Boy! I coulden't have come up with this without your indirect help!

See ya!
Blight

[Batgirl_2005]

I pull against the cuffs in vain. I'm extremely weak from the shot I took, and my head is pounding. I grunt as I pull against the cuffs again.

How dare he cuff me! It wasn't ENTIRELY my own fault! I was just watching, it's not my fault Joker saw me! And I could have handled myself.

I use my free hand to search through the compartments for anything to cut through the cuffs. Nothing.

'Keep looking!' I tell myself. I sit back and let a wave of dizziness pass, then continue looking.

I find something that looks to be a radio reciever. It connects to the cave directly. I wonder if it still works.

Just out of curiosity I turn it on.

"Hello? Can anybody hear me? Wayne?"

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

I stand in the middle of my cage. I hate cages, nothing should be in closed like this. It's better to be free. To die in the open. To at least have a chance to fight back.

Once the cages fell I was about to try to pry open the bars, but Batman beat me to it... and paid for it. Then after standing here for ten minutes, more or less, the Joker came around. And after all that I learned the truth, he is the original Joker. But his story for survival was not impressive.

I need to buy some time. "Your story only proves you fear death, enhancing yourself to survive. The strong need no backup plans! Face me coward and embrace death." I say, trying to bait the Joker.

"Look who's calling the kettle black." Blight retorts.

"Besides" Joker says, pausing his laughter, "it's not like I'm trying to be like 'ol Raz. That's old fuddy duddy had a worse sense of humor than Batsy. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa!!!"

While I try to think of a why out of the cage, Batman pulls out the device that had crippled us a short while ago. I have no idea where he was hiding it and for a moment regret destroying mine in anger. Batman throughs the device against the cage. The device in turn activates and reacts against the cages electrical security. Once that shorts out, the cages are dead. The Joker stops laughing and Blight tenses up as Batman and I lift aside our respective enclosures and free ourselves.

I start toward the Joker.

"I'd stop where you are, or Timmy here will get it." The Joker says holding the knife closely to Drakes throat.

"Kill him," I say "that will distract you long enough for me to get close enough to crush your skull with my bare hands."

"STALKER! STOP IT!" Batman shouts at me.

"You're so weak Batman, to let one life outweigh millions the Joker would kill if he could. All for a laugh." I say and continue to advance.

The Joker holds the knife so tightly against Drakes neck that it breaks the skin and a small trickle of blood comes out of the wound. "You better stop him Batfake or Drake dies. In fact if you don't beat Mr. Funny into the ground right here and right now I'll kill Timmy anyway. So what's it going to be Batfake?"

[Trent Lane]

I looked down as Joker held the knife to Tim's throat. No, this can't happen. I pulled out the exploding batarang and threw it towards the wall behind the Joker. It hit, and Joker drew back the knife, trying to find out what had just happened. This was the distraction Terry needed. He kneed Joker in the stomach and threw him across the room. Terry picked up Tim and got him out of harm's way. Everything looked as if it was going good- then Blight spotted me. He tossed two balls of radiation toward me. They hit the ledge I was standing on, and I was falling. I lost the grappling hook, so I figured this was it. All the events of my life went through my head- my parent's death, my first night as Robin, my three year trip around the world before I became Nightwing- all that leads up to my unreadiness in battle. I closed my eyes and was caught just as I thought I would hit the ground. I open my eyes.

"Katharina?!" I exclaim. "How'd-"

"I called up Bruce and he taught me a little trick to get out of those cuffs," she said. "Come on, we'll both sit the rest of this one out..."

[Batgirl_2005]

I swing back up onto the window ledge with Grayson.

"Are you alright?" I ask him.

"I'll be fine. Let's go back to the cave." He says. "And thanks."

"No problem..." I say quietly. We both get down and back into the batmobile.

"What about you? You fell from that window ledge, that must of hurt." He says as he starts up the car and peels away heading back to the cave.

"I'm ok... My head is throbbing but I'm ok." I tell him. My dizziness had passed earlier and I wasn't as weak anymore, just my head hurt.

We arrive back in the cave. Bruce is standing at the computer. He does NOT look happy.

"I'm sorry I didn't follow orders." I say it quietly as I get out of the batmobile. I'm not sure if either of them heard me or not.

[Trent Lane]

The Batmobile makes its way back into the cave. Dick looks beat, and Katharina looks guilty. I'm not happy with her, and I don't try to hide it, either.

"Why did you directly obey my orders, Katharina?" I asked in a low tone. "I told you what I wanted done, for YOUR safety and well being."

She looks at the ground and shrugs her shoulders. "I just wanted to help," she said. She may not feel fear, but she's feeling a whole lot of sorrow right now.

"Well, you did rescue Dick, so won't be so hard on you," I replied. "But this is it. The next screw up and your out of here." I hate being so soft on people.

"Thank you! I'll do better, I swear," she said. I went back to the computer. The camera was still picking up images, and the fight was on. Tim looks to have left the room, so I open up a channel to Terry.

"Terry, Tim's out of there. Do what you have to, but contain this problem now."

"You're the boss," he shoots back, landing a blow to Joker's chin...

[Blight]

IC: Batfake lands a blow to my chin before I can finish off Drake, dazing me and causing me to stumble backwards. Batfake starts punching me over and over agiain, never once letting up. I can tell he is enraged. I can tell i'm not going to win this fight.

I look down at Timmy sitting on the floor, blood dribbling from his neck and I realize, that even if I can't finish Batfake, I can at least have revenge in a small way. I quickly pull out a cable launcher and shoot it around Batfake, tying him up. I leap for Drake with my knife exteneded. "NO!" Batfake screams, but before he can do anything, the rope around him sends surges of electricity through him and he falls to the floor.

I'm about to reach Timmy, when out of the corner of my eye I see Batfake pull out a weird looking buzz-saw and uses the spinning blades to cut the rope off of him. However, he looks to weak to stop me. He turns to where Stalker and Blight are busy fighting, then he looks down at the buzz-saw in his hands.

I quickly swing the knife to just above Drakes' neck, when suddenly Batfake makes a cry of rage and throws the spinning buzz-saw right at me! I gasp and try to get out of the way, but the saw slices right through my neck. I gasp again and start choking as blood starts seeping out of my neck.

Weakly, I turn to Batfake and smile, "Well, kid, you got me. But one thing's for sure. You're no Batman, because Batman never killed. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!" I let out a final weak laugh, and then my laughs turn to wracking coughs and I start throwing up blood. Thn I fall to the floor, and as the world starts to fade away, I smile the most insane smile I can manage.

OOC: Well, that's it! The Joker is dead, and it's just me and Blight again! I hope you're not mad at me for making you a killer Shriek, I just thought it right that Batman kill The Joker. But you better get out of that toy warehouse fast, Shriek and Mr. O, because The Joker planted a hidden bomb in there! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem, please excuse me (I'm serious though, he really did plant a bomb in there).

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

I watched as the Joker lunged for Tim as he tried to get away. Then was horrified when I saw the saw blade cut into his neck. I looked away, then looked at Bruce, whose face remained unchanged.

"What do you think?" I asked him. "I mean, did he do the right thing?"

"Without a doubt," he replied. "It was either Tim or the Joker, Terry had a split second to decide what to do. He's not a killer, he saved Tim's life." I looked for Katharina, she was amazed by what had just happened. Bruce flipped a switch and started to talk.

"Terry, contain Blight and get out of there. I've got a feeling things aren't right there. When you're finished, get back to the cave. Some of the suit's sensors have been damaged during the fight."

I walk over to the cases with things from all the villains we've gone against- Scarface, Harley Quinn, Firefly, The Riddler- these guys where tame compared to the Joker, and he's pretty much the only one who had no second thoughts as to the consequences of his actions. It was all a game to him. And Terry took him out for good this time. I'm impressed. I decide to head up to the manor and get some rest. It's been a long day...

[Batgirl_2005]

I look down out the ground. The only word that comes to mind is... wow...

Batman had just... killed someone. I never thought I'd see that. I shake my head. It was the Joker. After what Bruce had told me what he had done, he deserved to die.

The government trained me to kill people. I was perfect for it. But I wouldn't do it. Just because I'm fearless, it doesn't give me the right to kill.

'It was the Joker. He deserved everything that came to him.' I tell myself. I look over at Bruce. He's staring at the villains of the past.

"Is there anything else I can do down here, Bruce?"

[Trent Lane]

I turned my chair to face Katharina. "No, why don't you just head up to the manor with Dick and get a good night's rest," I say. "It's been a pretty rough day."

"Alright, good night Bruce," she said, climbing the stairs behind Dick, who looked absolutely drained. I myself was exhausted, but decided to wait for Terry to get back. I sit at the screen and watch the vid link. They aren't in the room right now, they must have moved the fight to another location. The dead body of the Joker lies in the middle of the floor. Suddenly, I see Blight running across the room, looking like he'd seen a ghost. I flipped on the link to Terry.

"Terry! What's going on?"

"You won't believe it if I told you, Bruce..."

OOC: Is it the bomb, or something else? I'll let the Shriek, Blight, or Mr. O decide that...

[Shriek]

"It's an immense group of Jokers. About 17 of them. All armed and dangerous and pissed!" I shout into the comlink.

"You killed our founder. Our true original creator. You will die!" A Joker shouts as he charges me.

The Joker is equipped with a spear like joust and comes ramming at me full speed. I easily block by flipping him over my right shoulder sending him into the wall.

"And another thing is....... I don't see Stalker!" I calmly say.

"This can't be happening." Bruce yells into the comlink.

"Send the Batmobile here on the double!" I order. I turn around and begin running in the south direction, but I trip over Joker's corpse.

I slide a few feet and crash through a toy box. As my face looks to the ground all I hear is a bunch of numbers repeating and beeping.

I look up and to my astonishment I see a bomb. "A damn bomb? I don't have time for this cr-----" I am cut off by a bat cracking my head.

My body flies back to the ground. I leap to my feet and begin tossing, punching, and throwing Jokerz every which way they come.

"Tazers at full blast and charge!" J-Man shouts.

I look around and then hear the batmobile roar above. This isn't good. ZZZZSST! TSSSSTTT!

"AHHH!!!" I yell in pain as I begin getting shocked by the Jokerz. I point my right fist in the air and grapple through the ceiling.

"I'm coming home dad!" I shout in denial as I am struck in the spine with a baseball bat. My head is bashed repeatidly by electric brass knuckles.

Blood rushes from my mouth and my eyes begin to swell as I drop to my knees. The world goes black......

OOC: Oh somebody save me please.

[Trent Lane]

"TERRY!" I shout, it echos through the cave. No answer. Not good. Dick comes rushing down the stairs.

"What is it?" he yells. "What happened?"

"Terry's in troublr- BIG trouble," I say. "And Stalker's no where to be found. He's surrounded by Jokerz in the main room." I stop and walk over to the far side of the cave to something hidden by a cloth. "I said I'd never put it on again because of the strain it put on me." I uncover the Bat Exoskeleton. "But I can't let Terry die."

"Whoa, you're not going by yourself," Dick said. "That suit may be pretty strong, but how will it do against all those Jokerz?" I realize that he's right. I could only take a few hits before I'd be down.

"Then I'll go with you." Katharina walks down the stairs. "I've faced the Jokerz before. I know their moves, I can take them!"

I walk over to a case and take out a mask. "You're gonna need this," I say, tossing her the mask. I step into the exoskeleton and flip on all systems. I collapse it to where it will fit under my trench coat and put on my hat and glasses. "Get in the limo, Katharina." We walk over to my car and get in. Dick steps up beside us. "Be careful and keep in touch. I'll be right by the computer."

We take less than five minutes to get to the warehouse. We hide the car in an alley and get out. Katharina puts on the mask I gave her. We walk into the building and hear Jokerz cheering. This can't be good. "Ready?" I ask.

"You bet," Katharina replies.

We charge into the room, I don the Exoskeleton, and we start charging through the rushing Jokerz looking for any sign of Terry...

[Batgirl_2005]

One of the Jokerz swings a bat at me, I grab it, swing around, and send him flying into another of his friends. Another one throws a straight left punch toward my face.

Can we say amateurs?

I grab the Jokerz hand and twist it behind his back. I hold it there and press his head forward.

"Where's Batman?" I growl. He doesn't answer, "Do I have to hurt you worse?! Where's Batman?!"

"He’s in the room out the right exit with J-Man!" He screams in pain.

I throw him to the ground and look for Bruce. He’s fighting off a couple other Jokerz. There’s one coming at him from behind with electric brass knuckles.

I race over and do a quick drop kick and send him flying to the ground. He’s unconscious.

"You ok?" I ask him. He nods. "I know where Batman is. At least… I think I do."

[Mr. Obsession]

Stalker

During my fight with Blight I can see Batman fire a spinning blade at the Joker, and for a second time almost stands still. Our fight pauses as we watch the blade strike the Joker, slitting his throat. I would have never thought it possible, the Batman killing. Perhaps my words reached him. I'll have to discuss this with him at a later date.

Blight looks shaken and I use the opportunity to connect my fist with his face. A moment later he gets back up and to my suprise flees the room. I slink in to the shadows to plan my next move. From here I can see everything.

And suddenly the moment of calm is shattered as Blight runs back into the room terrified, something I never thought I'd see except for a few rare circumstances. To my further disbelief is a horde of Jokerz, heavily armed. They're attention shifts from Blight to Batman. As they swarm him I see the Joker's corpse. Racing forward, with everyone else distracted I scoop up the body and continue on into the shadows on the far side of the room.

"Survive this Batspirit, so that we may face each other another day" I say as I slink into the night, my mission accomplished.

ooc: So what I'm I going to do with the Joker's body? Well that's for Agent Bennet to decide (and maybe Blight will have some say). :p

As for my next post, expect it to be in that of my mystery character. :)

[Blight]

OOC: Hey, I thought I'd just remind you guys that The Deeds and Woof are still alive. Their probably among all those Jokers. Anyways.........

IC: The Jokers' goons swarm all around me. I notice Stalker leap out the window holding The Jokers' corpse. "Come back here you coward!" I scream after Stalker, but he is already gone.

I curse under my breath a few times, but my curses are quickly interupted by a bat smashing down on my head. "You idiot!" I scream at the Joker who just whacked me, "I was working with The Joker, not against him" he whacks me with the bat again in response. I scream in rage and blast him right out the window.

That's when I notice two people have entered the room. One of them is the girl who The Joker knocked into the room before, and the other one is......., "What the hell?!" I gasp in shock. It's another Batman! This one is wearing what looks like tons of heavy armor.

This new Batman is whacking Jokers away repeatedly, obviously trying to get to the real Batman whom The Jokers are bashing with bats and electric brass knuckles. Well, there's no way i'm going to let the new Batman save him.

I leap onto the new Batmans' back and start pounding him with my fists. He falls onto the floor and I start throwing radiation balls down at him. After a while, his mask retracts into his armor, revealing the face of Bruce Wayne! I gasp, and then smile, "Goodbye, old man. You are going to be the first victim of my vengeance against Batman!" I say as produce a ball of radiation in my hands and prepare to heave it at his now exposed face.

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

"Sure you will," I say, managing a smile. I grab his skull with both my hands and send an electrical shock directly through him. He screams in pain and drops to the floor, unconcious. I press a button on my wrist and my mask pops back on. There are only a few Jokerz left to deal with, all right around Terry's battered body. Katharina was holdong her own against two of them, so I took on the rest. A few simple punches and kicks where all it took. Which was good, because the suit was starting to remind me why I wasn't going to use it. I picked Terry up, he was awake but just barely.

"Can you get to the Batmobile?" I ask him.

"It's parked at police headquarters, but I can have it here in a few seconds," he replied, a little blood streaming down his mask.

"Alright, then get out ASAP," I said. "That bomb's only got a little time left before it goes. Come on, Katharina!" We start running out of the room. I pass by Blight, then stop. I can't leave him here, so I pick him up and toss him out the window to a dumpster down below. He falls in, still knocked out. I'll inform Barbara to get a toxic clean-up unit after him. We head down to the limo, and get out of the area, with Terry in the Batmobile above us. When we get two blocks away from the warehouse, it explodes. The last piece of the Joker and his nightmare. It's finally over...

OOC: Mr. O's story starts now, I guess. I'll PM you, I've got some questions...

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: What? questions for me? :) PM away!

ic:

The new man in town

"Master."

"Yes?" I ask, as my faithful servant enters my hotel room.

"The facilities have been set up."

"That quickly? I haven't been in Gotham quite two nights."

"It was quite simple to transfer the title to your name do to your relation to the... previous master. Legally it is in your holding. However while most everything has been setup to your specifications I should let you know that the fourth building does need some extensive repair work, before it will be usable."

"Good, I'll move in at once."

"There's one other thing."

"And that is?"

"My middle man has informed me that Ms. Thorne has secured your merchandise and is demanding both payment and that you take custody of the merchandise immediately."

I smile. "I bet she is. Have the middleman contact Ms. Thorne and pay her half the agreed fee along with an additional 50,000 to hold my merchandise until I'm good and ready to collect it, after which he will pay the remainder. And make sure to dispose of him one the business has been completed, I can't have this linked to me."

"It shall be as you say."

"One more thing. I wasn't planning on doing this quite so soon, but no time like the present. Contact the local press and set up a meeting. It's time I shook up this old town."

ooc (again): Well all dialog, and fairly ambiguous. But don't worry the real excitement will be starting very soon. ;)

[Batgirl_2005]

I race to the limo and just as I jump in I can feel the surge of adrenaline leave my body and I slump into the seat as my entire body goes numb.

It happens after big fights. Catatonia.

This was definitely a big fight. my cheek is cut and bleeding, I'm getting a black eye and that stupid Joker with the stupid electric Brass Knuckles probably left burn marks on my back. If he messed up my leather jacket, he's going to be in for it next time i meet up with him. That is if I ever do. It's a good thing my limbs are numb or I'd be in serious pain right now.

The Batmobile is directly above us headed in the same direction. Bruce looks awful. the suit he wore for the fight obviously drained him completely. I"m sure I don't look much better.

I was once told, by my only friend I ever had, that I looked like living death after a fight. Not that that makes much sense. But he was a rather perceptive person, so I'll take his word for it.

After several minutes my body seemingly wakes up, and I automatically wish it hadn't. Every limb aches. My back is stinging and my cheek is burning. There is an acute pain down the bone of my right arm.

We arrive back at the cave and see Batman stumble out of the batmobile. He's not doing well. I figure I'll let Bruce take care of him first, before complaining about my own injuries.

[Blight]

My eyes open and I groggily stare at my surroundings. I realize i'm in the worst place in the world. A trash dumpster. I groan in disgust and climb out of the dumpster. I glance at what used to be the Joker's warehouse. It is now a flaming heap. I figure I must have fallen through a window into that dumpster after Wayne knocked me out.

I'm about to turn around and leave, when I realize there are dozens of police surrounding me, holding radiation containment units, "Blight! Come over here with your hands up!" yells one of the cops. I sigh and shake my head, "Sorry boys, but i'm not in the mood. I will, however, put my hands up" I say as I raise my hands over my head and produce a radiation ball in them. I let out a cry of rage and throw it at the cop who spoke before. The blast slams him into the wall of a building.

Then I allow myself to get angry and power up. Radiation starts bursting out of me and it blasts all of the police boys away. Once they are all unconsious, I turn and walk away. I sigh when I think, yet again, another plan by someone else has failed. First Ra's, and then The Joker. I realize that relying on others is a mistake, and next time, it will be my plan that finally puts an end to Batman. And no one will deprive me of that victory!

See ya!
Blight

[Trent Lane]

We get down to the cave and Dick is helping Terry over to the table. He took quite a beating from those Jokerz, we underestimated their ability to fight this dirty. Terry manages to get off his mask, and his face is various shades of blue and black. He's in pain, but I try to raise his spirits a little.

"So, how do we explain this one to your mother?" I ask with a smile. Then I decide to be a little more serious. "Terry, you did a good job. You saved Tim, and countless others without worrying so much for yourself. I'm proud of you." He looked over to me.

"Where's... Drake?" he asked.

"Barbara took him home," I said. "He's a little shaken, but he's going to be alright."

"Good," Terry muttered before he passed out. He's wiped out. I'll need to get him upstairs for some rest. We'll get him checked out in the morning...

[Kitty Pryde]

Oc: sorry guys im leaving the rpg , have a cool time

luv kitty

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: Bye bye Kitty! We'll miss ya!!!

ic:

"Do you need some help getting him upstairs?" I ask Bruce.

Bruce shakes his head. "I think I'll be able to handle. Dick would you help Katharina clean up her cuts?" He asks. Dick nods.

I sit on the examination table after Bruce takes Terry upstairs.

Dick walks over with some antiseptic and bandages.

A few minutes later my cheek is cleaned and I've bandaged my burnt back, I wouldn't let Dick do it, for obvious reasons.

"Anything else hurt?" he asks.

"I think I may have sprained my wrist." I say. He nods and checks it out. It's a minor sprain and he badnages it quickly.

"Thanks." I say. "I'm sorry I disobeyed Bruce's orders, and your orders. I shouldn't have done so, it was wrong." Mostly I'm just trying toget on his good side, but I hope it works.

ooc: This is from the library at school, hopefully I'll write more at home on Sunday... I'm going out of town but will be back on Sunday. Bye all!!!

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: Well since no one's posting, and since the next story line is my idea I might as well kick start this thing. :)

And I have no idea what time it is in the RPG I'll just say that it's around 8:30 am, the morning after the final battle with the Joker.

ic:

"Good morning Gotham, as you know I'm Sarah Mathes and today it's my pleasure to bring you an exclusive interview with man who in a very short time has become the newest rising star in the local finical scene, despite being a newcomer to the country. And of course you're here today to for several reasons. But saying any more will just steal your thunder."

I laugh good naturally, "that's true."

"So why don't you start by telling us about yourself and why you're here."

"My name is Ibn al Xu'ffasch and my reason for coming to this country is simple. I am here to meet with my father."

The interviewer prompts me to continue. "And your father is?"

"My father is Bruce Wayne. And at the urging of my mother I have come. Though I regret that I must announce it in this manner, I have made several attempts to talk with him in person but all have been rejected. It is my sincere hope that by confronting him in such a way will open those doors."

"And what a way to do it. But let me ask you this, why now? You've had almost thirty years to do so."

"I'm doing this at the request of my mother, as she told me none of us know how long we have in this world. It is her wish that I have the chance to know him before I lose the opportunity."

"Your mother sounds like a wise woman."

"She is. This also brings me to my second reason for coming to Gotham. While many may not recognizes the my mother’s name, many will remember the name of my grandfather, her father.” I pause for a second. “My mother’s name is Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, the Demon. I know that the mention of his name will bring many to be suspicious of my coming to this city. But I must assure everyone that my grandfather was a madman, and that his legacy died with him nearly 30 years ago. Since that time my family has used the great wealth we have inherited to make restorations for the atrocities he committed. Up until recently my mother has carried out this task. However due to recent issues concerning her... health the duty has fallen on my shoulders.”

“Wow. What a remarkable story. But I must ask, why tell us all this?”

“Quite simply, my mother chose to act slightly because she feared a reaction or fear from the public. But I feel that the leadership of the world has shifted to a new generation it is time to move in the open. To show that there is no longer anything to fear from the name al Ghul. I feel that with a new generation the bias against my family name has dissipated to the point where our actions can again bring honor to the family.”

“Again I must say ‘wow’. All this has been amazing, but I’m afraid we’ve run out of time. Thank you for your time Ibn. May I call you Ibn?”

I nod and she smiles. “Back to you Mike.”



ooc: Well there you go. I’ll post some more once some character reactions get posted. :D

[Bird Boy]

OOC: Hey guys..I've got my net time back basically....and after some thinking, I think I'll come back to the RPG..but..only if you guys want me to...:) Let me know!

and :eek: to Mr. O's revealing! :eek: again!

-BB

[Blight]

OOC: WOW!! Already I can tell i'm gonna love this! This will change everything! I can't wait ti'll the story unfolds! Oh, and welcome back, Bird_Boy! Of course we want you back!

See ya!
Blight

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: Told you I'd give you a good reason to come back Bird_Boy. :D So of course I'd love to have you post as Bruce again, but I've already told you that.

As for my last post, well that's just the tip of the iceberg, the real fun's about to start.

[Shriek]

OOC: Welcome back chief!

I lay down in the bed recovering from my wounds. I watch the t.v. screen with my eyes bulging open.

"A son?" I pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

"When the hell did this happen?" I shout at the top of my lungs. "Hey someone come here quick! Now!"

With all the excitement I grab the side of the bed and stand to my feet. The pain is to much for me to bare, but I keep limping towards the kitchen looking for Bruce.

"Bruce! Bruce!" I shout.


OOC: A little short. But I wanna get this rolling.

[Bird Boy]

IC (Wayne...WOOHOO! :) ):

"Bruce! Bruce!" I hear Terry shout.

I put down the jar of prunes down on the counter and go towards the kitchen entrance.

"You're supposed to be in bed" I say to him before he realizes I'm standing there.

"Bruce...when the hell did you get a son?"

I stare at him.

"You really should get back in bed..you're becoming delusional" I say to him.

"Bruce, tell me why you never told me. I want to--"

Terry falls to the floor. I look behind him and see Katharina holding a can of spray.

"He...wouldn't listen to you?" She said.

I look at her, not grinning or anything. I nod and she picks him up and takes him back to bed.

I head back to the kitchen. My mind wanders to Talia...

END.

OOC: Sorry it was short guys..I'm not totally sure what move to make next. I sorta need to talk to Mr. O. :)

-BB

[Mr. Obsession]

Ibn

I walk out of the studio and towards my waiting limo. My faithful servant stands there waiting.

"What is it?" I ask.

"Wayne called, he want's a meeting. Now."

"He didn't recognize your voice did he?" I ask, some concern growing in the back of my mind, there are some supprises I want to save for the first meeting.

"I'm not quite sure."

"Oh well, what's done is done. We best be heading to the manor, can't keep the father I've never known waiting."

"One more thing, I've received a message: Carter coming. He still insists on being here when the next phase goes in to affect."

"Of course he does." I smile. "Just be sure to keep his interference to a minimum. If he finds out everything I have planned... He will become quite annoying."

"Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"Quite sure. Do you have doubts old friend?"

"It's just..." he pauses.

"I see, you're not sure where your loyalties will be once this is over."

"Yes."

"Once everything is set in to motion, I trust you'll do what ever you feel is best Ubu."

I get into the back seat and we take off towards the stately Wayne manor.

[Bird Boy]

IC (Wayne):

I go back down into the cave and sit at the bat-computer. I bring up a picture of Talia and look at it for several minutes before I hear someone behind me. I close the picture. I see the reflection of who's coming in the Bat-computer....

"Katharina, what do you want?" I say. I know it sounds bitter..but thats the mood I'm in.

"Is it true what Terry said..you..you have a son?"

"It's none of your concern. Now if you'll excuse me" I say, pointing towards the exit from the cave.

"You don't have to be so ru--"

"OUT!" I yell.

She looks at me with wide eyes and turns around and leaves.

I know I shouldn't be so hard on her.. But now isn't the best time to be around me...

A silent signal alerts me to the fact that someone is outside the gates. A voice comes over the speakers. No point in turning
him away..

"Ibn al Xu'ffasch would like to.."

Before he finishes the sentence I open the gate. The limo rolls up the drive-way.

I hear another person behind me. This time it's

"Terry..I thought you were gassed"

"Well I was, but I heard her behind me. I just held my breath. You taught me that, remember?"

I nod and turn around in the chair.

"My son is here now. Suit up. In case anything happens--" I pause slightly,"--since he is Ra's grandson, I'll need your protection. And stay down here, and monitor us."

Terry nods and heads over to suit up. He's still a bit worn out, but he's good enough to fight...with the suit on.

I make my way up the cave steps. Standing at the exit is Ibn. Great..he knows who I am, and the cave entrance.

"Ibn" I say.

"Father" he replies.

END.

OOC: Your move Mr. O.. :)

-BB

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: ACK! why does so much happen why I go out of town? Welcome back Bird_boy!!! and Mr. O. this is an shway story line!!!! I'll post ic later... sorry I just don't know what I canwrite IC at this point in time.

[Shriek]

I hear the kid start talking as I change into the bat suit. I'm hidden in the shadows so he won't see me.

Once I place the cowl over my head my heart goes dark. I love being Batman. The darkness that covers my body. Letting me know that I am important to society. I bring justice and strike fear in the hearts of all who disobey the law.

I clench my fists and crack my knuckles softly. I flip a switch on my belt and I disappear. Cloak mode. Gotta love it.

I lean against the wall and peer into the two of their conversations. Is it going to be this boring??

OOC: Sorry there is no dialouge. I don't know what's going on yet. But Mr. O seems to have a good plan coming.

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: I wouldn't exactly call Ibn a kid Shriek, he is right around thirty, as you'll soon find out. And no, he hasn't taken a dip in the pits -- yet. ;)

ic: Ibn al Xu'ffasch ((say it five times fast, I dare you :D ))

"Ibn" I hear him say.

I respond simply. "Father."

I descend the stairs in to the cave until I'm standing a dozen feet away from where he's seated. Neither of us saying a thing.

Nervously I decide to break the silence. "A lifetime apart and we don't know where to begin."

"How about starting with the lies." He says coldly.

"Any one in particular?"

"Let's start with my favorite, the one about your mother being alive, you referred to her in the present."

"Ahh, simply put Father most people don't know that she's dead, or has been for nearly thirty years. I'd just prefer to keep it that way."

"Right," he says "and the attempts to arrange a meeting?"

"That would be a legacy of my grandfather. He often told me you believed in manipulating others into doing things on your terms. I felt that in some ways it would be appropriate to do the same to you. Really, I believe it's one of the few traits you and grandfather shared."

We stare at each other for a little while longer.

"So what now," I sigh. "Do you actually believe I'm who I say I am, or are you going to prove yourself to be the skeptic I've heard so much about and use these marvelous devices that surround us and run a series of tests that will all show that I am who I say I am?"

ooc: your move Bird_Boy, just don't kick me out of the cave just yet, I've got a direction I'm taking this. ;)

[Trent Lane]

OOC: I'm back (sorta), been at a toy show for the weekend. I think I'll bring Max in a little now and Mr. Grayson isn't totally gone either, so I'll be here, probably when I get home tomorrow I'll post IC... and I'll PM you, Mr. O...

[Batgirl_2005]

Originally posted by Mr. Obsession
ic: Ibn al Xu'ffasch ((say it five times fast, I dare you :D ))
I'm not quite sure HOW to say it... much less five times fast!:p

Katharina

I make sure I'm hidden in the shadows as I stand at the top of the stairs to the cave of the Batcave listening to the conversation.

Is this guy really Bruce's son?

Envy washes over my emotions. I know it's pathetic but this guy is what I've always wanted to be considered... Bruce's kid.

I think that's why the JLU sent me back. Because they knew I considered Bruce to be my father.

"What are you doing here?" A voice growls behind me. I spin around and automatically get into a fighting stance. No one is standing there.

I raise an eyebrow and stand up straight. I know i heard something.

"I asked you a question. Bruce kicked you out of the cave a while ago." It's Batman. His suit must be cloaked.

"I'm listening. You got a problem with that?" I say quietly.

"No. I just think you should be more discreet." He says.

I roll my eyes and step back into the shadows.

end

ooc: that was mostly because I'm bored... now i have to go finish memorizing my lines for drama.

[Bird Boy]

ic (Wayne):

"So what now," Ibn sighs. "Do you actually believe I'm who I say I am, or are you going to prove yourself to be the skeptic I've heard so much about and use these marvelous devices that surround us and run a series of tests that will all show that I am who I say I am?"

"No. I believe you. None-the-less.." I trail off and look in Terry's direction "..lets get out of here. It's cold and damp. I would think the living room would be more suitable"

Ibn nods and allows me to pass him. He puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Need any help, Father?"

"No" I say, brushing his hand off and walking up the stairs. I make it to the top and hear a slight thrust which tells me Terry boosted up to the wall, and is hanging upside down.

"Who's this?" I hear Ibn ask from behind me.

I look over my shoulder and see Katharina.

"Thats Katharina" I say. "She was a...pupil of mine."

Katharina comes out of the darkness and stands by my side.

"Katharina..why don't you wait upstairs. Ibn and I need to talk..privately"

"But Terr-" she stops as she sees me looking at her with a stern look. "Uh...ok. I'll be upstairs if you need me..." she says, in a almost hurt way.

I follow her into the other room.

"I'll be right back Ibn...have a seat" I say, while pointing to the sofa. He nods and makes his way over and sits down.

"It's not fair! Terry gets to watch!" Katharina says immediatly when we get out of ear shot.

"Terry isn't just watching. He's going to protect me in case Ibn turns on me"

"I can do that too!" Katharina pleads.

"No Katharina. N--"I pause. "Go down into the cave .There is a invisibility belt down there. Put it on. You can watch from a distance..but, if I hear you make any noise..."

"Thanks Bruce!" she says, while giving me a hug, taking me off guard.

She disappears around the corner, taking a different entrance, so Ibn doesn't see her.

I make my way back into the living room, where Ibn is shuffling through Gotham Daily News.

"Ah Father!" he says, putting the paper down.

"What brings you to Gotham Ibn? Why now?...and what do you want from me?" I ask. I know the last line is rude, but I want to get it out of him now instead of waiting.

END.

OOC: Sorry it took me so long to reply Mr. O. I had school to do..such a tedious task.. :D

-BB

[Trent Lane]

I'm upstairs, packing my stuff for my trip back home, when I hear Bruce and Katharina outside my door, arguing over something. I press my ear to the door and here their conversation. Somebody was making a visit. I decided to take a look as to whom Bruce's visitor was. Bruce proceeded back down the stairs and sat with a man in the living room. Their speech was very quiet, almost as if they were trying to keep a secret. But why? Bruce and I know almost everything about the other, what does he have to hide? I decide to postpone my leave, hopefully Bruce can deal with that. This house sure is getting full for a shut-in...

OOC: Not much, just enough to let you know I'm alive:p

[Blight]

OOC: Hey, I like how this is coming, Mr. O! Keep it up! Anyways, I'm not quite sure what to do with Blight at this time, (since he can't exactly walk into Wayne Manor and start having a discussion with Bruce and Ibn! :D) but once I see an opening, I'll jump in.

See ya!
Blight

[Mr. Obsession]

Ibn

"What brings you to Gotham Ibn? Why now?...and what do you want from me?" Father asks.

"Like I did say in the interview, I wanted to meet you. That was never a lie. It's... it's just that Grandfather would never allow it... not while he was alive. That's why I've had to wait for the chance to." And with that said, I decide to tell as much as I dare, as I suspect with other's listing in.

"I don't know how much you actually know about me Father, or if you even knew I existed. From what I can piece together from second hand accounts, right around the time of the Near Apocalypse of '09 you and my Mother shared..." I start to become flustered. "...you shared some time of intimacy from which I am a product. A short while later you with the help of Mother battled Grandfather for the last time, or so you thought.

As you know that battle so left Grandfather's body so damaged that even the Pits could not restore him completely. So he conceived his plan to transfer his mind in to a host body. As you know at the time the process could only work on a close genetic match. As soon as they began the preparations for the transfer it was discovered that Mother was pregnant. I don't know quite how but she was able to convince Grandfather to wait until I was born before she would let him use her as a host body. From then until the moment I was born Grandfather lived with the aid of machines and almost daily immersions into pits. After I was born Grandfather transferred his mind into Mother's body.

After that Grandfather decided to race me like a son," I can't keep the bitterness out of my voice, "like every other son he's ever had. Molding me to be like himself, but doing it from a distance. And all the while keeping me under his thumb, so I could never truly be myself. He had a strange fascination with you Father. He tried to train me in every way you did. Grandfather wanted me to become your better." I sigh again, releasing my anger.

"That was my life for nearly thirty years, until recently when learned through his own information network that Grandfather died in the caves underneath this manor.

And that brings me here today. Free of Grandfather's control I came here for two reasons. First I truly do want to get to know you, and I sincerely hope we have a long time to do so. And second, you are probably one of the few people who can tell me about my Mother, a woman I have never known."



ooc: How do you like dem apples? :D Your move Bird_Boy.

[Bird Boy]

lol..."how do you like dem apples"..I love that line..lol. Anyway, Here's my post:

IC:

"And second, you are probably one of the few people who can tell me about my Mother, a woman I have never known." Ibn finishes.

I ponder over what he said. There's so much I could tell him..but....should I?

I get up and head for the kitchen.

"I'm getting some tea...do you want some?" I ask Ibn.

"Father..please..tell me about mother"

"Ibn...." I begin "...I can't...not now. Later."

Ibn looks at me.

"Yes...I'll have some" he says.

I return from the kitchen and hand him a cup.

"So..you said you wanted to get to know me....what do you want to know?"

END.

OOC: So sorry about that shortage of stuff guys, but, I need to think up alot of stuff about Talia...then I'll post it when I finish it.. :) I'll PM you or somthing Mr. O to tell you when you can ask about Talia again..heh.

-BB

[Mr. Obsession]

Ibn

I sit with the cup of tea in my hand.

Father's question still in my head. "So... you said you wanted to get to know me....what do you want to know?"

"Funny thing, I've waited so long to meet you and now I don't know what to ask."

We look at each other for awhile, Father sipping his tea, mine sitting on the table. I need to break the silence.

"I understand it that Mother's... you buried the body on the estate."

"Yes." He says.

"Can I see the grave?"


ooc: trust me you guys, I'm trying to pick up the pace here. Soon, so very soon you'll see my master plan in action. :)

[Batgirl_2005]

I sit in the shadows with the invisibility belt on. I can feel a tear roll down my cheek and almost growl in frustration, but remember Bruce's warning. I wipe the tear away quickly.

I need to get out of here. I can't stand watching Bruce and his....his... his son talk about old times... Not that they're doing much talking. Mostly just staring at each other.

Quietly, completely without being heard, I go upstairs. I can hear Dick shuffling around in his room. I knock quietly, and then without waiting for an answer I step inside and turn the invisibility belt off.

"What do you want, Katharina?" He asks. I glare at him.

"I just wanted to talk to somebody and Bruce... has... company." I say. He doesn't seem pacified by this. I sigh, "I just needed someone to talk to. Is that such a crime?!" I can feel another slide down my cheek, I don't bother to brush it away this time.

[Trent Lane]

"Sorry, this whole situation has come out of nowhere- for all of us," I say, trying to console Katharina a little. "I know I probably shouldn't feel this way, but it all seems a little fishy. Ra's dies a few months back and now this guy waltzes in here claiming to be Bruce's son? Please."

Katharina looked at me. "You always been this way. doubting everything that happens?"

I crack a smile. "Hey, what can I say? It's my nature." I leave the room, with Katharina in tow, and go to the balcony. Bruce is leading Ibn out of the house. I don't know what for, but I decide to find out. I go to my bags and grab a micromic out and toss it down onto Ibn's jacket. I put the earpiece in and begin to listen....

[Bird Boy]

IC (wayne):

"Can I see the grave?"

I nod slightly and get up, find my cane and walk to the door. Ibn walks by me the whole time. I leave the front door open for awhile until I feel a slight breeze above me. Ibn feels it too and looks up

"what was that?" he asks

"just a dark shadow that engulfs this house and it's secrets" I reply.

He looks at me w/ an odd expression.

"Dark..Shadow?" he asks

"Later" I reply.

We stop at a small headstone.

"Here she is" I say.

Ibn looks down and reads the epitaph.

"1954-????" he says aloud "Why is there no second date" he says, then looks at me.

"I do not know when she really died. Ra's occupied her for so long..it's hard to tell when she really died. " I trail off.

"Perhaps I could help in that field" Ibn says.

A loud beeping sound comes from the tree we are under. Terry un-cloaks and boosts out of the tree.

"Jokerz" he mutters

He flys out of sight.

"Dark Shadow?" Ibn asks while cocking his head slightly and raising an eyebrow.

I nod slightly

"Ah" he says.

A moment of awkwardness follows.

"Well..lets get back to the manor. It's cold out here" I say.

Ibn nods.

We walk back and he puts his arm around me. I'm not so sure if I like the idea of him calling me

"Father..tell me, how do you know Batman?"

"Long story..." I reply.

END.

OOC: Sorta weird I know..but I want this moving along. So, Mr. O, try to make some really interesting stuff happen in your next post.. :)

-BB

[Shriek]

"Shots fired at Gotham Park. Officer needs assistance!" A cop shouts into the line.

"Jokerz!" I say softly. I decloak and blast off from the tree. I should leave this to the cops, but I have a personal score with those Jokerz.

After about 5 minutes of flying high above the skies I see my targets. "Five of those boys loaded with blasters." I say to myself.

Should be easy enough I shout. I swoop down and rocket to the ground. I extend the wings further and fly straight through the Jokerz making them all fall to the ground.

I double back around and take off my wings. I drop to the ground unbalanced and tackle a Joker. As soon as we make contact I leap off of him and spink kick J_Man.

"Batman!" He shouts. "I thought we killed you!"

"Yeah. You better call pest control. I never die." I uppercut him into his friend.

"Get him!" A Joker shouts. She grabs my head and puts me in a full nelson.

"Nice move!" I joke as I flip her over my shoulder. On her way to the ground I kick her in the stomach.

I rocket my left foot and spin around crashing it into another Joker.

I back flip numerous times as they begin shooting at me. I jump behind the squad car as the officers return fire shooting every Joker to the ground.

"Yea we stunned them.!"

"Lock them up!" The seargent shouts.

"Piece of cake," I say to a cop. "Nice work." I extend my wings and blast into the sky.

[Mr. Obsession]

Ibn

"Long story..." Father says as we walk back to the house, but a ring from my cell phone interrupts us. Reaching into my jacket to pull it out, my hand brushes against the two small roses in concealed within. I pull out the phone along with the roses, one black, one white. Father looks at them, one eyebrow arching up.

"I completely forgot about them, one for Mother, one for..." I offer as an explanation. The ringing continues which tells me that it's important. I open it and place it to my ear.

"Yes." I listen to the other end.

"Damn it." I let the words slip out before I have the chance to censor myself. "Do what ever it take to keep him out of the country. I can't deal with Carter right now."

Father stiffens at the name of Grandfather's former assistant.

"Have the car ready Ubu, I'll be in front in less than two minutes."

At the name of Grandfather's former assistant, even more so, but now in my employ Father looks disturbed.

"What's going on Ibn?" He demands.

I briefly consider fabricating something but decide against it, partially. "I might as well let you know now, as you would have found out eventually. With Grandfathers death I inherited control over the Society of Shadows. Since then I haven't quite been able to figure what to do with it. In my indecision several of Grandfather's former lieutenants have been attempting to subvert control over the Society for themselves. Carter chief among them."

When Father says nothing I turn around, back to the grave I kneel down and place the two roses upon it. Standing up I return to Father.

"I'm sorry, I hope you can understand but I must go. We'll talk later." I walk back into the house toward the front door.

Once outside Ubu opens the car door for me. As I get in he stairs at me and then grabs my shoulder. When I look at him he puts a finger to his lips and proceeds to remove my jacket. Once it's off he shows me the back, it takes me a moment but I see the tiny device. I nod at Ubu and he tosses the jacket into the bushes.

"A pity, it was one of my favorites." I say, thinking of the of the ten thousand credits I spent between the imported silk and the specific tailoring required to craft the garment.

As we take off down the driveway I look at Ubu. "Use whatever resources you deem necessary to keep Carter out of my hair for the next few days." I smile. "But don't kill him, Grandfather would never forgive me."

"The middleman contacted me again. Thorne thanks you for the extra credits but still insists that you take position of the merchandise."

"Very well, once what I've paid for is in my possession dispose of the middleman at your discretion."

[Batgirl_2005]

I stand on the balcony with Dick for a few minutes after Bruce and Ibn come back inside.

I sigh and walk downstairs into the cave. I remove the invisibility belt from my waist and set it on one of the tables, then go back upstairs.

Dick stops me in the hall on the way to my room. He puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Are you alright? You seems as upset by this as I am... But for different reasons." He says.

I pull away from his hand. "I'm fine. If you need me, I'll be in my room, sleeping." I walk into my room and lie face down on the bed.

Warhawk once told me that I might be fearless but in no way am I immune to emotion. I can stilll feel every other emotion. sometimes it seems hate love and sorrow are amplified. Jealousy as well.

I know that now more than ever. When I watching Bruce and his... son walk It was almost more than I could bare. I didn't want to believe that I cared for Bruce. If I care about him it'll hurt worse when I leave. Which I know I will.

I sigh and roll over on my side as sleep over takes me.

ooc: just to let everybody know that I'mnot six feet under and pushing up daisies... gotta love the old cliches... anyway... I'm not sure that made much sense.... but ah well....

[Trent Lane]

Katharina turns away from me and walks back into her room. I'm only getting a static signal from the tracer, so they must have caught on to me. I walk down the stairs to Bruce, who has just shut the front door and is standing there, not moving.

"What's wrong?" I asked, walking toward him. He breaks out of what seems to be a trance.

"Wha- Oh, Dick. It's nothing," he said. "Nothing at all." He passed by me and headed up the stairs toward his room. That's not like him, he hardly ever goes up there. Something was bothering him, something was being hidden...

[Blight]

IC: I walk along the sidewalk, searching for a deli to rob. After all, even walking, radioactive biohazards need to eat! That's when I hear laughing sounds coming from Gotham Park.

I walk into the park and duck behind some bushes. I peek out and watch as Batman appears and starts to battle the Jokerz. I briefly consider jumping in to fight Batman, but I don't want to interupt the show.

After about a minute, Batman and the police take down the clowns. Now that the fun is over, I can have my vengeance against McGinnis. But before I so much as send a spark of radiation off my fingers, Batman is jetting off into the sky! "No!" I scream so loud the police turn in my direction. "Well, at least I can have some fun now" I grumble. Then I leap out from behind the bushes and tackle the nearest cop to the ground. I slam my fist into his face, knocking him out. The other cops pull their guns and I blast them all to the ground with a quick burst of radiation. All of cops are unconcious now, except for one who is struggling to get up.

I walk over to him and place my foot on his chest, preventing him from getting to his feet, "When you wake up, I want you to give the comissioner a message. Tell her, that I will stop at nothing until Batman is dead. I will destroy every building in Gotham if that's what it takes. So you can tell her that she might as well hand Batman over to me before things get ugly. Understand?" I say.

The cop nods nervously. "Good, now sleep well" I say as I kick him in the chin, knocking him out. I smile to myself and walk out of the park. I still have a deli to rob.

OOC: That was kind of useless, I know. I just needed to get Blight back into this. Hey, at least now that cop and the comissioner alike will have something to think about!:p Also, i'm thinking of bringing a second character into this, a good guy. After all, it's kind of hard to use a villian all the time. I'm just not sure who I want yet.

See ya!
Blight

[Shriek]

OOC: MOOOO!!!! MOOOOOOO!!!! MOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Where are we all? Back to the city. Stay off the farm!

[Trent Lane]

OOC: Hey, I'm waiting for a move to be made as well. I'm stuck with what I got right now... maybe I need to pick up a new character....

[Batgirl_2005]

To me it doesn't really seem like anything can be done until Mr. O. or Bird_Boy do something.

[Bird Boy]

OOC: I'll post later today guys..sorry for the delay, I myself was waiting for Mr. O to post again.. :)

-BB

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: What do you people want? I'm busy, my classes have a strangle hold on my life at the moment.

Oh well, I guess I better post something. It seems that you guys are helpless without me. ;)

ic:

Ibn

Sitting in the back, a phone by the drivers seat rings. Ubu, keeping his eyes on the road, picks it up.

"Understood" he says and puts the phone back down. Without turning around he say to me, "the merchandise has been acquired and is awaiting for you back at the towers. Thorne has been paid and I will personally take care of the middleman myself."

I look out at the street. "Good, I trust you'll be discreet."

We drive on for about ten minutes until we reach my new home, the towers. A recent acquisition of my, gained legal means of transferring it from Grandfathers estate. An area expanding 8 city blocks on the edge of the historical district and composed of 5 of the cities older skyscrapers which barely make a dent in the skyline, compared to the modern giants that surround the place.

"Home at last." I say as I walk through entrance to the north building, my personal residence. All 75 stories of it.

"Where is she?" I ask Ubu.

"In the private reception center."

We enter the elevator and head to the fifth floor. As I exit I can hear the shouts coming from down the hall. We hurry down and I open the doors. The noise increases ten fold.

In the center of the room an enraged girl stands yelling at my men who encircle her, but stand at a safe distance.

"Ah, Ms. Ford I presume."

She turns around and glares at me.

"You may leave." I say to the men. As they do Ford starts walking towards me. Ubu takes a defensive position in front of me, but I motion for him to stand aside.

"I want out of here! Now!" She bellows at me.

"I take it that Thorne didn't treat you well, that doesn't bode well for our future relationship...." I try to say more but am cut off by Ford's fist quickly approaching my face. I bring up my arm to block faster than she anticipated. With her temporary suprise I grab her arm and flip her onto the ground.

"As I was about to say," I look down at her an offer my hand, "I apologize as there has clearly been some miscommunication. You are of course free to leave at an time you wish, I merely wanted to talk to you first."

She takes my hand and I help her up. As soon as she's steady Ford starts toward the door.

"Before you go could you at least allow me to make up for your unfortunate mistreatment with hospitality."

She stops and sighs.

"Excellent, follow me."

We step into the elevator an head to the 21st floor.

When we step out a staff of twenty greets us. I turn to Ms. Ford, who's mouth is hanging open. "As long as you'll be staying here this shall be your guest quarters. On this floor you'll find the living area. On the floor below you'll find a personal gym. On the floor above you'll find an recreational center, small library, and study. And this staff will attend to your needs."

"This is all mine?"

"As long as you decide to except my hospitality, yes."

"And this business you had with me?"

"Join me for diner tonight and I'll tell you all about it." I say as I walk back into the elevator and head up to my personal suite.



ooc:

Originally posted by Shriek
OOC: MOOOO!!!! MOOOOOOO!!!! MOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Where are we all? Back to the city. Stay off the farm!

What the...!? That's it. No more medication for you Shriek.



And I love the new avatar Bird_Boy. :)

[Bird Boy]

OOC: thanks mr. o.. :)

IC(Wayne):

I go in my room and take a look at it. I look at the picture of Talia I have hidden in my dresser drawer. I put it away then head down to the cave.

Ibn's been gone for an hour, and according to the scanner Terry threw onto the car before he left to take care of the call he got, he's in Gotham Towers.

Terry jets in through the cave, landing next to the batmobile.

"What was the call for?" I ask

"Just some Jokerz.." he says, taking off his mask.

He comes over and stands next to me.

"So, the tracer work?"

"Yes" I reply. "Why'd you plant it anyway?"

"Well, I figured if he kidnapped you, he'd at least take his limo with him" He says with a grin.


END.

OOC: yeah, not much, but I'm alive.. :) I guess it's your move Shriek? Actually, I think it's anybodys move. And Mr. O in case you missed it, Kitty Pryde left the RPG...

-BB

[Batgirl_2005]

ooc: Since it's anybody's move, I might as well do something... (+ I'm bored)

ic:

I wake up and wander down to the cave. Maybe I can talk to Bruce for a while.

"What is it Katharina?" Bruce asks. He's talking to Terry.

"I just wanted to talk to somebody." I say quietly. Bruce looks at me suspiciously. Terry has an almost identical look on his face.

"Why is that so hard to believe?!" I say loudly, my temper raising a notch.

"Put simply, you've never been much of a talker." Bruce said. I roll my eyes.

"Well, forget it then. It was stupid anyway." I growl. Quietly, just so maybe Bruce can hear me I add, "I know why the JLU sent me back, but does any soul out there care, noooo."

I start toward the stairs.

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: I know KP left, we were chatting and since some of her characters were a part of my plans, she gave me control over them.

And Shriek, I'm serious. Lay off the medication man. :p

[Trent Lane]

I walk to the woman by the boarding area for the plane. Sh etakes my ticket and tells me to enjoy my flight. I get on the plane and take my seat by an older, rather large gentleman. I settle in for the long flight. I pull out my laptop and start going over the historic district of Gotham City- the major location of the remainder of Ra's al Ghul's fortune and operations, now being handled by a "mystery person". Whatever it is, it can't be good. The plane arrives in Gotham hours later, I get off and take a taxi to the hotel I had stayed at on my last visit. I put my things away and took out my new costume- it still was as effective as the older one, but kept little of the look the older one did. I put it on and headed out, hoping to find out exactly what was going on with Ra's al Ghul's organization- and hopefully find the Batman to help me in case all was not well here....

OOC: Yes, the return of the Ninja, now dubbed the Samuri, seeing as he's changed his ways. I was wanting to bring him back, and figured I might as well do it now since I hadn't really had anything to post about. I hope you all don't mind....

[Shriek]

OOC: I'm back from my retreat.

IC:

Family quarrals. How I do not miss those stupid fights.

"Bruce! Listen to me!" She shouts.

"What?" Bruce asks coldly.

I can't take much more of this fighting. I walk towards the back of the cave where there voices are drown out. Nothing like peace and quiet.

I hop into the batmobile and take off into the night. I feel like paying Ibn a short visit. Within five minutes I arrive where the tracer has left me.

I twist the accelerators and blast the engine to full as I push down to make the batmobile nose dive into the parking complex.

I quickly park into a spot and leap out of the batmobile. I walk over to Ibn's limosine. I peak through the windows looking around inside.

I extend my index finger over the lock and pop out a small lock picking mechanism. It connects with the lock and wiggles for a bit until the the door is unlocked.

I jump into the limosine and throw a voice bug under the seat. I read the diagnostics and the bug sound levels are fine.

I lock the door and shut it tightly. I walk to the ledge of the parking garage and stand still. I look up and extend my wings blasting off towards the sky suite to Ibn's room.

[Batgirl_2005]

Terry leaves in the bat mobile. I sit down in a chair and rest my face in my hands.

Bruce has never listened to anything I have ever said. I expected that when I was a little girl, but I expect more respect now.

"I want to help Batman." I growl again, "But I can't do that without a costume."

"Batman doesn't need help. He doesn't need a sidekick. Besides, you could never really amount to anything, because of what you are." Bruce says angrily, yet in a slightly calm voice. He thinks he'll win this argument.

Anger rises up inside of me.

"Because of what I am?! WHAT I am?! You make it sound like I'm some spliced freak!!!! What I am is a human being! I have never expected to be treated any differently because of my 'condition'!!!!!!!" I scream, jumping up from my chair. Bruce's eyes are wide and surprised. "If you won't LET me help, then I'll do it without your permission, AND a costume."

I storm upstairs and out into the night. Maybe I can find a couple Jokerz to deal with. Fights have always helped me calm down. It's when I think the calmest.

I finally arrive at an alley with some Jokerz trying to rob an old lady.

Time to have fun.

[Trent Lane]

As I make my way to the historic district, I see a group of clowns attempting to rob an elderly woman. I start to descend upon them when a girl steps out of the shadows and lands a blow to the face of the leader. Blood splaters down on his clothing as he falls to his knees. The other two jump back taken by surprise, then move in on the girl. She lands a kick to the short one's groin, and he cries out for pain. As she goes to take care of the other one, another clown comes into the alley, unseen by the girl. I swoop down and land an electrocution shot to his shoulder just as he was about to hit the girl with a baseball bat. He shakes for a few seconds, then falls into the heap with the rest of them. She turns and looks at me.

"Thanks," she said. I saluted her and jumped into the shadows, starting again for my main objective...

[Batgirl_2005]

I watch the man leave, still confused about who he is. I shake my head, and turn to the woman. She's cowering in the shadows. I walk over to her.

"Are you alright?" I ask. This trait is something I didn't learn from Bruce, the government, or the JLU. This I learned from my father. Kindness.

"Ma'am? Are you alright?" I ask again, louder this time. She nods. "Do you need help getting up, or getting home?"

She nods again. Her jaw is hanging open and her eyes are wide. I hold out my hand and help her up.

"Would you like me to help you home?" I ask. Once again, she simply nods. I help her as she leads me to her home. I walk her up the stairs and she goes inside.

I sigh and start back to the manor. I reach the manor and go on inside. Dick is still awake and is sitting in the front room, reading a newspaper.

"Hey, Mr. Grayson." I say quietly, walking over to him. He looks up.

"Bruce is downstairs waiting for you." He says simply. He seems to be trying to supress a grin. I sigh.

I go down into the cave.

"What is it Bruce? A lecture?" He looks at me.

He's not glaring or anything just looking. His face is completely void of emotion. I sigh again and decide to tell him about the guy whoe helped me out.

"I met another costumed freak tonight. He looked..." I realize I didn't get a good looke at him. "Well... I don't know exactly how he looked. He just came out of nowhere and helped me out."

I sigh, once again, I seem to be doing that a lot tonight.

"Does everybody have a costume, except me?"

[Trent Lane]

"Does everyone get a costume but me?"

"Yeah, it's a giant conspiracy we're pulling against you," I say jokingly, walking down the steps with the paper in hand. "What were you doing out anyway?"

"I... had to get some fresh air," she says, looking over at Bruce with a "look" on her face. "It was a little stuffy in here." I try to keep this from going any further.

"So, Bruce, what you think about this "Ibn" guy? Is he for real or do you think this is just some con?"

"I don't know." He never even looks up.

"Oooookay. So who's your friend you made tonight, Katharina?" I asked.

"Oh, that costumed guy?" She asked. "I don't know. He was like a ninja guy or something. All I know is he shocked this one guy just before he was about to bash my head. He was a good fighter, whoever he was." Bruce perked up a little.

"A 'ninja', hmmm?" He opened up a comm link to Terry. "Terry, keep an eye out for an old "friend". He'll probably be around your area any time now, if he isn't there already. Wayne out." I look at Bruce as does Katharina.

"Am I missimg something?" we ask at the same time....

[Shriek]

I place my two fingers against Ibn's window. I listen in on the conversations going on. I hear the name Thorne repeated numerous times.

"Bruce. I keep hearing the name Thorne being repeated."

The comlink is silent on the other end. Slaggit. I look around my back and I notice that a ninja is leaping the rooftops towards the otherside of the towers.

"My friend." I say to myself. I detach the magnet boots and fall backwards from the top tower. I extend my wings out and soar the the lower tower.

The Ninja peers up and notices me. "Batman!" He says as he smiles.

I do a flip and land on the balls of my feet extending my hand as I stand.

We both shake eachothers hands. "What brings you back to Gotham?" I ask.


OOC: 4 days without a post? I think this is some sort of record.

[Trent Lane]

"I'm here for this," I say as I point toward the building. "Things aren't as they seem, I believe. The timing is, well, a little too perfect, don't you think?"

"You mean 'Bruce's son' coming out of nowhere now? How would that make you sucspicious?" the Batman asked, with a smirk on his face.

"So you too have your doubts?" I ask. He nods in agreement. We both creep up to the window, Batman presses his fingers up to it, listening....

ooc: Short, but it lets you know I'm still alive;)

[Mr. Obsession]

"Thorn has taken too many liberties my friend." I say to Ubu. "There are too many complications already, we need to keep things moving as quickly as possible if I'm to pull it off soon..."

I pause as I feel a twitch along my back.

"What is it?"

"Nothing, just a feeling. Have the room swept for bugs, again. And oversee it personally. I can't leave anything to chance right now even if it proves I'm just being paranoid."

"I'll do it at once."

"Good. Now if you'll excuse me I have an appointment for dinner."

----------------------

I step off the elevator and walk down the hall. A servant opens the doors to the large dinning room. Seated on the far end of the table is Alisha Ford.

"I'm glad you decided to accept my hospitality."

"You said you had an offer for me."

"Enjoy your meal, I'll tell you all about it soon enough."

Time passes as we eat in silence. Alisha not saying a word, but eyeing me now and again. It doesn't bother me as I've spent a good portion of my life dinning alone.

"How was it?" I ask when she sets aside her plate.

"It was good."

"I'll let the chief know, but he'll probably be crushed. Most people declare his work to be excellent when he pours his heart and soul in to it."

"The offer" she reminds me again.

"Follow me" I say as I stand and leave the room.

We walk down another hall and stop at locked door. I key in a code and it opens, revealing access to a sky bridge that connects to the next building.

"This leads to one of my R&D centers. I'm sure you'll find some of what I'm about to show you to be most interesting."


ooc: Ok, times short, midterms suck, I've got to go to work for a few hours, and I'll finish this post later. Oh, and sorry I haven't been posting for the last few days. :)

[Shriek]

"He's going to check for bugs." I tell the Samurai. "better hide." I turn my back to find that he is hanging from the ledge.

I turn my belt and I turn invisible. "Nice trick," The Samuari says.

"One of my very best." I say. "I think I should let them know we are here."

One of the servants walks around the window of the building looking for intruders. I lightly tap on the glass until he comes running over gun in air.

He stares directly into my eyes seeing nothing but the night sky. I extend both of my arms to opposite sides until they are fully spread.

I bash both arms through the window grabbing the man by both sides of the head.

I viciously take his body and throw him out the window. "Catch him!" I say to the Samurai.

I decloack and storm into the suite looking in all directions. I run to the door of his room and leap into the air. I extend my right leg and plow the door down to the ground.

I kick down a fire exit and begin my assent up the stairs towards the skyway where both buildings meet.

I take off the batsuit and place it in my backpack. I cannot let Ibn know that I am Batman following him. Since no one has seen me I might as well change.

I throw on a black ski mask over the dark clothes I'm wearing. I clip on the old Robin belt and tuck it away under my shirt.

[Batgirl_2005]

When Bruce doesn't respond to Dick and I, I head toward the stairs.

"I'll be back later. I need to go for a walk." I growl quietly. I start up the stairs.

"Stay out of trouble, Katharina." Dick says. I roll my eyes and turn back.

"Always, Grayson." I say. I head out of the manor and toward one of the worse alleys of the city.

There's a gang of Jokerz beating up on a smaler kid, probably about thirteen. He's defenseless, as are most of the Jokerz victims.

"Lowering your standards, boys?" The girl Joker looks back at me, with a glare, "And girls, sorry."

One of them rushes toward me with a knife in his hand. I kick the knife out of his hand and do another round house kick sending him flying into a wall.

The girl rushes at me, in her hand she holds what looks like a rubber chicken with spikes.

I dodge her as she swings the chicken at me, then grab her wrist and throw her into a dumpster.

There are three more Jokerz left, all of whom look shaken. One runs past me and out of the alley, he's not worth chasing after. Another pulls out a gun.

"A coward's weapon, twip." I mutter kicking it out of his hand. I drop to one knee and kick his legs out from under him.

The last one is intriguing. He settles into a kung fu stance. I raise an eyebrow and do the same. Finally adrenaline kicks in instead of fear.

I size him up as he does the same to me.

He sends a kick flying toward me and I dodge it easily. The one time I may have gotten a challenge, he's slow.

I send a series of random punches at him and he's down in a few minutes. I walk out of the alley and into the doorway of an apartment building. My right arm goes completely numb.

Catatonia sets over my muscles. My eyes close and I let everything but my mind go dead.

My mind keeps asking the same questions over and over.

Doesn't Bruce trust me enough to let me help Batman? I would settle for being his little annoying, bratty, sidekick. Obviously he doesnt think I could do it.

What he said earlier rushes through my mind.

"Because of WHAT you are."

what I am. As if I'm some sideshow freak.

Heh... I can see it now... Come and see the amazing Fearless woman. Come 'oo' and 'ah' over her amazing feats of fighting.

The strength returns to my body. I look at my watch. I've been gone nearly an hour. I walk back to the manor. I go down into the cave.

"I'm back." I say, knowing that neither one of them care.

ooc: Yes. I know that was pointless, but I was bored and needed something to do, so sue me.

[Blight]

OOC: Heh, heh, you're not the only one who is bored! That's why i'm posting this! I assure you the post won't be THAT useless! :D

IC: I crash out the window of the deli, carrying bags of food in my hands. No one seems to have the courage to follow me out. I snicker and duck into an alley. I sit down on the ground and start to chow down on my sandwhich.

I quickly gobble up the sandwhich and start to bite into the next one, when I hear the shattering of glass. I look up to the tops of the buildings and see Batman throwing some guy out the window, and a familiar form catching him. I realize it's the Ninja! It looks like this is the perfect oppurtunity for revenge against both of them.

I quickly shove the food bags behind a dumpster and approach the door of the building. It's locked, so I quickly blast it down and step inside.

OOC: INTRUDER ALERT! RADIOACTIVE BIOHAZARD ENTERING THE COMPLEX! DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO LEAVE THE PERIMETERS! SHOOT TO KILL!!! (Sorry, I coulden't resist!) :D

See ya!
Blight

[Bird Boy]

OOC: Sorry I'm not posting much guys..I Just saw no need to...anyway, I'll post as wayne here:

IC:

Katharina comes down into the cave and says "I'm back."

I turn around in the chair and throw her a suit.

"Put it on" I say.

"What's this for?" She asks

"Nothing special. But, when you go out and fight the Jokerz or whatever it is you do, it would be a good idea to wear a suit. If ever we have to go out in public together, and they recognize you..well.." I trail off, hoping she gets the jist of what I was talking about.

"Right" she says. "So, does this mean I can work with Batman now?"

"No" I reply, turning back around in the chair.

"Terry, what's going on?"

"I'm following Ibn. I'm in my civilian cloths, and if sombody sees me---" Terry cuts off

"Terry?"

"Sorry, a guy passed me, didn't want him to see my lips moving. If sombody sees me talking to you, it'd be weird. So, I'm going to cut this transmission off. Oh..and by the way...the Ninja's back..but a Samurai now.." Terry finishes and I hear a snap, meaning he cut off the connection.

I turn on the tracer that I put in Terry's suit. I locate the building he's in and get into the video-camera system.

A glowing man passes by the camera.

"Great..not Blight again" I say to myself.

Kathrina comes running up.

"Blight? Oh please, bruce, let me go! PLEASE! I can handle him!"

I look at her with serious eyes.

"Fine" she growls, heading towards the steps.

"You growl too much" I say, with a slight smirk. "Put the suit on. But, you have to carry a tracer with you, and, a commlink has to be on at all times"

"Sure...but you act as if I'm some little kid..I can handle--" her words are cut off and Dick smacks her.

"Stop complaining and suit up. Honestly..all you ever do is whine whine whine" Dick trails off.

Kathrina looks at him and sticks her tongue out and goes upstairs.

"where are you going?" i ask her.

"To put on my suit..you don't honestly think I'm going to get undressed in front of you, do you?"

I turn around back in my chair. For once..she has a point.

I look up at Dick who's leaning over the chair, looking at the video cameras with me.

"Good call" I say
"Good call?" he asks
"Yeah..if you didn't smack her, I probably would've whapped her with my cane" I say with a slight smile.

Dick looks at me with a grin.

"OK, I'm ready" Kathrina says, as she decends into the cave.

"Good." I press a button and a motorocycle comes out of a compartment "Take this...I'll tell you your destination when you are on your way"

She nods and hops on.

I breath a slight sigh and turn back to the computer.

"All right. Get on the highway and get off exit 4. Let me know when you get there."

END.

OOC: Ok, I hope that was good.

And batchik..sorry I had Dick hit you, but your character really did whine alot.. :D

-BB

[Trent Lane]

Dick Grayson-

"What exactly are you going to have her do?" I ask.

"Something to keep her busy," Bruce replies. "And to get her off my back about the whole suiting up thing." I laugh slightly, but then get serious.

"Well, why don't you let her help Batman?" I ask. "A little training and she'd be capable of it."

"Absolutely not," he said. "One kid in a costume is about all I can handle." I pause, hoping this comes out right.

"All right, let me take her with me and train her."....

Samuri-

I catch the falling bodygaurd and throw him back through the window, he's knocked out. As I climb back, I hear an explosion down below. I pull out my binoculars and take a look. It's the glowing man. He looks in my direction, he sees me as well. I'm not here to fight him, though. I climb into the building and start searching for anything that could quench my suspisions. I come to a door with a keypad. I blow some powder onto it, enabling me to see which keys are the code. After only two tries, I get it right. It's a dining area. Great. As I turn, I'm thrown back by two guards.

"What're you doing here?!" they yell.

"Looking for a hand-out." I rush the two guards. An uppercut to the chin of one sends him collapsing. The other, just a simple kick to the ribs. A pity, they must just be for show. I walk on down the hall to another locked door. Instead of being clean about it, I draw my sword, make to cuts, and kick it in. It's a walkway to another building. I start along it, on my guard...

[Mr. Obsession]

ooc: ARGH!! My beautiful buildings. I swear, you people are going to pay for this. :D

ic: Ibn

"From this point on," I say to Alisha, "you'll want to stay close to me. Security is very tight."

We walk across the sky bridge and the door closes behind us. On the other side I tap in a code on a key pad and a panel lifts open. I lean my head forward to allow the retinal scan. As soon as the door opens I walk through the three guards on duty nod a me. One looks at Alisha, obviously wanting to question her presents, but wisely says noting.

"There's not much on this floor, just about three small rooms, including this security check point, and " I say as yet another door opens, revealing the rest of the floor. "...my personal collection."

Display case after display case line up in rows showing off weapons. The farther along we go the more modern and menacing the instruments of death become.

"Is this all you had to show me?"

"No, this is simply a hobby of mine. One I inherited. What I have to show you is below."

We reach yet another elevator, and another retinal scan is performed, following which the doors slide open. We step in and the elevator begins an automatic decent. When it reaches the bottom the doors open to reveal a huge underground complex.

An overly excited woman in her late 50's rushes over to us. "Ahh, Ibn so good of you to pay us a visit." She takes a look at Alisha and then turns back to me. "I take it that she's the young woman you were talking about?"

"Yes. Is it ready?"

"Of course, follow me." She leads the way to a side room.

"This" I say to Alisha "is what I wanted to show you."

Alisha, to say she is shocked, is an understatement. Displayed in front of us is a perfect replica of the original Nightwing costume, at least on the surface.

"I've done my homework Alisha. I believe you'll find that you and I are allot alike. We both believe in justice. No matter the cost. Am I right?"

"Can I try it on?"

Just as I planned. "Of course."

She takes the suit from it's stand and steps behind a curtain. I continue. "I think you'll find the suit quite amazing. Comparable to Batman's in almost every aspect. The suit has the capability for limited booster flight and then there are the glide wings, which I believe the original Nightwing designed. The suit will also amplify you're natural abilities quite nicely, about twentyfold I believe. However, if it ever became necessary to test it I'm afraid that Batman will be slightly stronger physically. Just the nature of things I guess."

Alisha draws back the curtain, revealing that the suit not only amplifies her natural abilities, but it amplifies her natural looks as well. Quite a sight to behold.

"As I was about to say, in the belt you'll also find several interesting and helpful devices including a variety of explosives, gas and smoke balls. The only downside to the suit is that we haven't been able to implement the stealth technology that Batman has.

"What were you saying about us being similar?" She asks.

"If you give me a chance I believe you'll find us quite similar. As I said before, we both believe in justice, and that sometimes sacrifices need to be made to reach the goal. Am I right?"

She nods.

"For me, the way things are going at the moment I can't completely make the public stand by beliefs cry out for. I need someone like you Alisha. The public needs another figure to depend on as well. Batman, well Batman often does a fine job in his own way. But it's just not enough. You know that. The public needs more. I need more. You are needed."

Ubu decides to choose that moment to enter the room. He comes over to me and whispers in my ear.

"Well well. It would seem that there are intruders on my private property. How would you like to give the suit a test run, Nightwing?"

Alisha smiles. "I think I might enjoy that." And heads out the door.

[Batgirl_2005]

I press the accelerator as I get off on exit four.

"Alright Bruce. I'm on exit four. Where to now?" I ask. Bruce gives me directions and within a few minutes I arrive at the building.

I stash the bike in a nearby alleyway and grab a grappling hook out of the utility belt on the suit. I shoot it up to one of the windows and ascended quickly.

"You could have just gone in the door." Bruce states.

"I suppose, but where's the fun in that?" I ask.

"This isn't SUPPOSED to be fun!" Bruce retorts. I ignore him and begin searching for Blight.

Within a few minutes I find him. Still outside I watch him as he fights a couple guards.

"Don't make any stupid moves. Your suit has the same type of cloaking device as Bat..."

"Thanks for the info Bruce. But, to tell the truth. I REALLY don't care." I jump through the window and knock Blight over in the process.

ooc: well... I'd write more but I have to go to ballet...

And Bird_boy it's ok! I've been kicked out of the manor, being smacked in the back of the head is nothing! (and besides.. she deserves it! She's a whiny lickle brat!) ^^ toodloo

[Bird Boy]

IC (Wayne):

"Thanks for the info Bruce. But, to tell the truth. I REALLY don't care." Kathrina says over the commlink.

This girl is in need of a serious attitude adjustment. I don't want to..but..

I press a button and a tiny electric shot runs through the system.

"I mean it Kathrina. Listen to me, or your as good as gone from ever coming back in the manor"

"Bruce, you're threats don't...well, they don't scare me" she says quickly, ducking underneath blights radiation ball.

"I sent you there to tell Terry about blight, so do it" I press another button, cloaking her..permanantly.

I look at the monitor and see Blight looking around in several directions.

"Where'd you go?" he says, throwing another ball of radiation. "SHOW YOURSELF!"

"Bruce, what the heck did you do??" Kathrina asks.

"Tell Terry, and I'll tell you."

"You just don't want me to get killed..that's it. You're afraid I'm imcompetant!"

"Right now Kathrina, I'm beginning to wish you were here so I could kill you"

Dick snickers over in the corner. "My my, aren't we getting testy" he says, mocking me.

"All right Bruce. We'll do it your way." Kathrina says over the commlink, in a sarcastic tone of voice.

She takes off down the corridor as I give her more directions to where Terry is.

I send another short electrical zap through the suit.

"ouch! what was that for?"

"for anything stupid you might do" I say.

She turns a corner and the Samurai stands there.

"You!" she says outloud.

The Ninja whirls around, looking for what said the voice

"Batman?" he asks.

I de-cloak kathrina.

"a friend of Batman" she says.

I cloak her again.

"I need to warn Batman of Blight"

"I'll warn him. You can go about your way" The Samurai replys.

Kathrina looks out the window, smashes it then jumps out.

"Kathrina, what are you doing?"

"Just having the fun you won't let me have" she says. She smashes the commlink and takes off into the night. The Vid-link cuts off as she jumps to the next building.

"that girl..." I say outloud

I look over at Dick who is smirking at me.

"You never were good with kids" he says.

END.

-BB

[Shriek]

OOC: Let's bring back the time..

Thursday. 9:30 P.M.

In my new costume, or so I shall call it, I dart across the skyway at full speed. I cannot let anyone know that Batman is in the building. Ibn would suspect Bruce of not believing him and a whole mess would start.

I reach a steel door with no handles. I look to my left and then to the right. I notice a retinal scanner attatched to a keypad.

"This is just great." I say outloud. I hear muffled voices from the otherside of the door.

I extend my foot left backwards and get ready to fight. The door opens quickly and 2 guards appear with electric bill clubs. They take a few swings, but miss each time.

I grab the guard's left arm and twist it around his back pulling his hand up over his opposite bicep until I hear a crack. While holding his arm I bash it against the glass window until his face bleeds.

My left leg extends to the other guard's nose breaking it instantly.

I tackle the guard to the ground and flip up.

"CLOSE THE DOOR!" The remaining guard shouts.

I make a nose dive straight under the door as it closes on my right foot. "Open the door!" I bark vicously.

"Ha Ha! It seems your trapped." The man laughs as he takes off my ski mask.

I squiggle and wiggle my foot, but it's no use. As the guard reaches for his gun... I grab his left foot and pull it hard towards me until he falls.

The gun fires and hits the door. The laser bounces off and strikes him in the head.

I grab the mask from his right hand and begin placing it over my head. As I put it on I notice out of my right eye a figure flying towards me. I yank the mask down and pull with all my might forward.

The door is knocked to the ground as the vigilante crashes through. I climb to my feet and run after the costumed fool.

The figure lands and turns around staring at me coldly.

NIGHTWING. I can't belive it. I look beneath the costume and notice it is a girl wearing the costume. "Katharina?" I ask her.

She shakes her head slowly and roundhouse kicks me with her left leg sending me to the ground.

[Trent Lane]

After walking onto the platform, I hear a blast down below. I pull out a grapple and fall down towards the area. A window had been smashed in, and Blight stood in the center of the room. I heard a voice and thought it was Batman. The person decloaked, and it was a girl who said she was "friends" with Batman, and she needed to warn him about Blight. Knowing his present location, I decided to take that upon myself. I climbed back up the side of the building to the platform. As I pulled myself up, a woman in costume stood above me. I slowly rised up.

"How many costumes are in this blasted city?" I asked. She didn't say a word. Instead, she laid a kick to my side. It was a hard hit, maybe a rib broken. I catch my breath, duck down, and sweep kick her to the ground. I stand back up, making sure I watch this one closely, also making sure to waych the side she already hit. She jumped back up and threw a punch. I blocked it, then asked who she was.

"In a second, it won't matter." She kicked me in the stomach, and I fell off the platform. I was in a free fall. I grabbed onto the chord still hanging from the platform and was able to stop myself long enough to get on a balcony. I looked up, but the girl was gone. I had to find the Batman and inform him...

OOC: Sorry, you guys had me in two places so I had to adjust to make things fit better. Now we're back on track...

[Trent Lane]

I run through the building, frantically searching for the Batman. I come across a kid in a ski mask confronted by the woman from the platform. He takes a kick from her and falls back. Whomever it is, I can't let this happen. I scoop him up as I throw a gas ball in her face. I run toward the window at the end of the hallway and jump through it. I shoot a grappling hook toward the opposite building and lower the both of us to the ground. I look into his eyes.

"Are you alright?" I ask.

"Yeah, Samuri, thanks for the save," he replies.

"Batman? Why are you out of costume?" I ask, recognizing his voice.

"Long story." He passes me a communicator. "We'll be in touch. I'll let you know about all I can find as soon as I piece it together. For now, I've got to get back." His vehicle passes over head and he is gone. I decide to call it a night and proceed back to my hotel room.

[Shriek]

As I pull away I nosedive the batmobile towards the main street and out of the corner of my eye I see a costumed figure leap from the first tower to the next tower.

I jerk the accelerators to the left and make a hard, sharp left turn.

I look to the command console and flip one switch. Once the grapple is armed I press the button to fire it.

The grapple shoots a harness out that captures the girl. "Katharina. Should of known."

I begin reeling her in like a fish on a fishing rod. I open the cockpit window and pull her in.

"Your not Batman!" She shouts.

"Who else would of have been dumb enough to try and take you home?" I say as I take off my mask. I close the cockpit hatch and blast away to the cave.

Ten minutes later we come flying into the cave at full speed. I quickly pull the rods back to stop the craft.

I jump out of the cockpit and run to Bruce and Dick. "NIGHTWING!" I shout at the top of my lungs.

"I just had a battle with Nightwing." I look to Dick. "It was a female. And she took me down with one kick to the head."

"Maybe if you had your suit on you wouldn't of been so vulnerable." Bruce adds slyly.

"That's just it. I could let Ibn know that Batman was in the building. That would make him suspicous of you. And the other thing is that, that the Nightwing suit was just like mine." I say fastly.

After staying silent for awhile Dick speaks, "What do you make of this Bruce?"

"I don't know. It's your suit."

I jump in and add. "You used to have a little worker like me. Do you think it's her?"

"No it couldn't be. She would of killed you!" He says with a smile.

How refreshing. "Do you think she might have sold the suit?" I ask..

[Trent Lane]

"Honestly, I took the suit from her," I said. "When I said she would've killed you, I wasn't joking. She was out for justice, but thought nothing of killing to get it done. Seeing this, I took it from her. You remember how hard she fought me a while back*. There's no love lost between us."

Bruce turned to Terry. "Where did you encounter "Nightwing"?" he asked.

"In Ibn's building, while I was seaching for him. If it wasn't for the Samuri, Ibn would probably know who I am now."

"Samuri?" I asked. "Who's he?"

"He's someone we've worked with in the past," Bruce answered. "So she was in Ibn's building, huh? Something's not right here."

"You're telling us. My namesake just tried to take out Terry," I added. "I'm not the least bit happy about that."

"We all need some rest," Bruce said. "Terry, you better be heading home if you want to make it to class tomorrow." Terry nodded and ran up the steps. I followed him, and went to get a good night's rest, if that's even poosible in thos line of work...

[Batgirl_2005]

I go upstairs while the others are talking. I change out of the suit and as I come back down I pass Dick and Terry going up.

"Good night Katharina." Dick says. I nod at him sadly. It seems strange, I should be angry right now, but instead, I'm sad.

"What is it Katharina?" Bruce asks as I reenter the cave.

"I'm just giving you your suit back." I say quietly. "I get the feeling I won't be needing it anymore."

I walk over to him and place it in his lap.

"Why did you disobey me... Again?" He asks coldly.

I look down at the ground and shrug my shoulders. I feel bad enough, does he HAVE to lecture me.

"Answer me Katharina." He says angrily.

"I don't know!" I say, more loudly than I intended. Then, in a quieter voice,"I don't know. I'm sorry Bruce."

And for once in my life, I mean it.

[Blight]

IC: I groan and pull myself to my feet. The bratty girl who was attacking me is gone. I guess I should resume my search for McGinnis and the Ninja.

I walk down an empty corridor. Where did everybody go? Suddenly, I feel something heavy conect with my head, knocking me to the ground. I look up to see another bratty girl wearing a costume. I knock her down with a jab from my elbow, "Who do you think you are, girly? You think you can defeat me?" I snarl. Instead of answering, she kicks me in the chin. Then she is all over me, kicking and punching, never allowing me an opening. I scream in rage and produce a radiation ball in my hand. I slam it into her and she crashes through the wall.

I pull myself through the hole and look around. A tiny black ball rolls in front me and gas starts seeping out. I start choking and fall to the floor. "I'll let Ibn deal with you" I hear the girl say. Who the hell is Ibn?

Before I can express my thoughts, the gas overtakes me and the world turns black.

OOC: Do with me as you will, Mr. O! I am at your mercy! Just don't kill me! :D

See ya!
Blight

[Blight]

Well this RPG is kind of, um, dead. I'm starting to get worried! Let's get this thing moving! Hey, I just realized something about myself. Whenever there is a lull of posts, i'm usually the one to brake the silence! I hate that about myself, it's kind of annoying! ;)

See ya!
Blight

[Bird Boy]

OOC: Hehe..I think it's cuz of the board re-arrangement, and the RPG is real down low..IT'S DOWN HERE PEOPLE! POST! :p

-BB

[Trent Lane]

I woke up in a cold sweat, a nightmare. I just dreamed I was beaten to a pulp by my pupil. This "new" Nightwing stuff was really bothering me. I walk down the hallway and down the steps. I went in the cave's entrsnce, and found Bruce sitting at the computer, hands folded together. No surprise.

"What're you doing up, Dick?" he asked, not looking back.

"Bad dreams," I replied. He turned towards me.

"Shouldn't you be used to those by now?" he asked.

"You'd think," I said. "But these were too real. I can't explain it, something isn't right." I wipe the sweat off my brow. "Any news on your "son", Bruce?" He shook his head no.

"I'll probably wait and send Terry over to those buildings-" Bruce was cut off by a beeping on screen. "Ibn's place just dramatically increased with radiation. In one isolated area. Looks like Terry'll be going now..."

OOC: Sorry, not too much here, but I gotta try to help get things moving again...

[Shriek]

"A hero's job is never finished!" I say boldly looking like a conceited fool.

Katharina puts her head down.

"Do we have any better weapons for Blight? Last time he tore my suit apart!" I say to Bruce.

"What do you think this is? A place to shop?" Bruce asks.

"Well...." Dick says while smiling.

I dash for the batmobile and dive into the cockpit. I place my hands on the accelerators and start the engine. The batmobile hovers a few feet before I make it move.

Within 10 minutes I am back at the towers. "Well Ibn doesn't know Batman was here before. Either does Nightwing. So I should just drop in."

I grab the handles above my head and grip them tightly as the batmobile crashes through the side of the glass.

I drop from cockpit of the batmobile with my legs extended. I land on the ground with ease and look around.

I look around the lobby area carefully. "Where is he?"

"No bother. Infared Scope Armed." I tell the suit. The whole room turns black.

Infared Scope Armed is all I see for a moment until I'm viewing the world in an all new way.

I make my way around the building scoping everything out. "Ah here we go." I notice a really big hot spot coming above.

I boost up through the ceiling and through 2 glass floors. I make a sharp left and upwards using the elevator shaft.

I deactivate the rockets and close my wings. I twist my belt and realize that my cloaker isn't working.

"Slag it!" I jump kick the door down only to see Blight unconcious lying down in a bed.

I look around to find a woman sitting in a chair. "Who are you?" I ask.

[Batgirl_2005]

After Batman leaves I storm upstairs. After the lecture from earlier I can be sure of one thing... It's time to leave.

Never stay in one place too long, was a fighting strategy from one of the trainers at the government. It seems to apply to real life as well.

I begin stuffing the things I brought with me in a bag. ANother rule of life, never have too many personal belongings.

"What are you doing?" A voice says behind me. It's Dick.

"Leaving." I growl.

"So soon?" He asks. I nod. "Bruce won't be happy."

"I beg to differ. I think he'll be quite happy when I'm gone." I say, trying, unsuccessfully, to keep the sadness from my voice.

Dick is sitting on the bed beside my bag.

"Why leave now?" He asks.

"Because Bruce doesn't, nor does anyone else, want me here." I state.

"Are you sure this isn't because Bruce took away you right to wear the suit, because ou delibrately diobeyed him?"

"You think you know everything don't you, Grayson." I growl. I zip my bag closed. "Well you don't."

I start out of the room.

"I know you don't want to leave, Katharina. And you'll regret it if you do." Dick says.

I turn back around and sit down next to him.

"You're right." I state, "I don't want to leave. But I can't stay with Bruce. He's too impossible."

[Trent Lane]

"Alright, then let me train you," I answered. She looked at me with one eyebrow raised.

"Are you serious, or are you pulling my chain?" she shoots back.

"I'm serious," I say. "You've got the basics, you just lack discipline. I think I know the proper way to train you to focus your ability for good. And I can't fail this time. This new "Nightwing" is spoiling the reputation I gave that name. I don't care what Bruce thinks, she gotta be stopped. Are you in?"

She pauses and looks as if she's thinking hard about it...

[Batgirl_2005]

I pause to think about Dick's proposal.

'Let's see here... Pros... I'd get to further my training... I could come back and see Bruce later on, after I furthered my training... I'd get a costume... I could fight crime with the consent of my trainer... And so forth and so on... Cons? Ummm.. none?'

I look back up at Dick.

"Alright. I'm in." I nod my head and stick my hand out for him to shake.

He takes my hand and shakes it firmly.

"When.. and.. umm... Where... Do we start?" I ask.

ooc: hmmm... that was rather short... sorry.

[Mr. Obsession]

Ibn

Rarely has there been a moment when I don't know what to do. Right now I have the goal, my main objective. That hasn't changed, but it's the little distractions that annoy me. Right now there are just to many unexpected variables popping up and I need to take care of as many of them as soon as I can or I may not be able to proceed.

As I make my way to Alis... Nightwing's position, a small radio in my ear activates and I hear "Who are you?"

Batman? I'm sure of it. "This is all I need." I pick up my pace.

As I walk down the hallway I can hear him asking more questions, frustration rising in his voice. Nightwing for her part says nothing.

Finally I can hear Batman's voice on my own. I enter the door way, the door lying on the ground. Nightwing stands when she hears me enter and walks over to me. When she's close enough I whisper in her ear. "Leave the building and circle around for about five minutes then go back to your quarters and make sure you're not followed. I'll be by soon, we have things to discuss."

Personally I don't care what Batman knows, or thinks he knows at the moment. For show I say out loud, "thank you for your assistance Nightwing but as you can see your presents isn't needed at the moment. I'm sure Batman can handle things from here. And you probably have other things to do."

When she leaves I step in front of the door way, just as a precaution to keep Batman from following her right away.

"And what can I do for you Batman?"

"What was she doing here Xu'ffasch?"

"My we're being forward aren't we. You know I could ask you the same question." He glares at me, I chose to ignore it. "The way I understand it Nightwing just happened to be on patrol in this part of the city when several would be burglars, or vandals, or what have you broke in. I don't know where they went. Maybe that's something you should look into."

"So she just happened to be in the right place at the right time to help you out. Sure Xu'ffasch."

For some reason hearing him say my name sounds particularly ironic. I wonder if he'll bother to look it up. I smile. "And you have a habit of doing the same thing don't you? At any rate Nightwing agreed to say until I could figure out who to contact to take care of Blight. You know, who has the proper equipment. But since you're here I'm sure you could think of someone."

Batman starts to say something and I put up my hand do interrupt him. "By my calculations Blight here will be waking up in about an hour, you'll probably want to drop him off somewhere before then."

"So now he's my problem." Batman says as he lifts blight up and carries him on his shoulder.

I step out of the way, mostly out of concern for Blight's radiation.

"Give my regards to Father." I say to Batman's suprise as he starts to leave.

[Bird Boy]

IC(wayne):

I watch Terry pick up Blight through the vid link. I switch on the sound as I see Ibn talking.

"Give my regards to Father." Ibn says

My fist slams down on the table.

"Terry, just take him to police headquarters...."

"No way..he could wake up" Terry comes over the speaker.

"Just throw one of the pills in your back left pouch..he'll be out for a good 2-3 hours."

"All right..but how'll gordon know?"

"Just flick a bat-a-rang outside of her window. The clinging ones..not the real ones"

"Right..don't wanna break the glass.."

I hear a bat-a-rang shoot out of Terry's suit, and then a shatter.

"McGinnis...tell me that wasn't just---"

"It was..sorry.."

I shake my head and allow myself to smile.

Terry jumps back in the bat-mobile and jets home.

I get up out of the chair and give Terry a last communication.

"If you need me, I'll be up in the manor." I say

"All right boss"

I walk up the steps and head towards the kitchen to get somthing to drink.

I pour myself a glass of juice. I head back into the living room and sit down.

I switch on the TV and listen to the news. Seems a break in occured at one of Gothams tallest buildings.

I put the news on mute..nothing I haven't heard before.

Terry pops out from behind the hidden wall. He yawns and slips on his jacket.

"How'd things go?"

"Same ol' same ol'. I 'spect the Commish ain't to happy bout that window though"

"She'll get over it"

"Well, I'm out. Time for some over-due time to spend with Dana. Mind if I take the rest of the --"

"Go ahead. I'll let you know if anything happens. "

"Thats the whole point of a night off...you don't let me know"

"You wanted the job..you follow the rules."

Terry shakes his head with a smirk on his face and shuts the door. He revs up his bike and speeds off down the driveway.

I turn my head back towards the news. I put the sound back on and eventually doze off.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I wake up a couple hours later and go down into the cave. A light is flashing on the batcomputer. I make my way over and click on the computer. A light flickers on.

"Reports of a man in a blue suit have began spreading around. Police are thinking it is no more than a Joker. One report states seeing a man frozen to the side of the building. Authorities are on the scene now."

When the report ends the private line flickers.

"Hello"

"Bruce. Barbara. I assume you've heard?"

"Just did"

"Then you know who it is?"

"Freeze"

"Right. If Terry finds anything. Let me know...oh..and tell him he owes me a window"

She cuts off the connection.

I dial up Terry's phone.

"What?" he picks up. Thumping noises are heard in the backround. He must be at a club

"Freeze has been found"

"excuse me dana..I'll be right back..I promise"

there is a moment of silence and I can tell Terry is in the mens restroom.

"Freeze? I thought he died"

"Guess not. Suit up, let me know if you find anything"

"This is going to be a pain explaining to dana"

He ends the connection.

I sit back and wait for him to put on the suit, so I can establish a vid link.

END Wayne:

OOC: Hope you guys don't mind, but I'm bringing Freeze into the story. I figure we could use a new Villian.. :)

IC (Freeze):

I walk through the parkways, avoiding to the cops. I need to find someplace cold.

My suit is damaged..and I doubt if I'll be able to repair it for some time.

I use the last of the ice I have to freeze my suit again. It only lasts around 10 minutes each time.

I run to the nearest corporate building. I run to the basement and crack open a pipe. The water is well below zero down here. I move around and find a comfortable place to sit. the water submerges me and I cool off.

END.

OOC: That's all for Freeze now...I'll post as him again in awhile...once the pace picks up..

-BB

[Trent Lane]

I wake from my rest and turn on the television. More incidents, this time someone's encased in a block of ice on a wall. Does it ever end in this city? I decide to take a look for myself. I suit up and take to the streets toward the many police cars. They were just removing the man from the ice. I went to get a closer look, but was spotted by an officer. He pointed his weapon at me and fired, yelling at his superior. I decide to get out while I can. I run down a service entrance to a building and lock the door behind me. I'm in a basement of some sort, very dark and cool. A voice comes from the other side of the room.

"What do you want?"...

OOC: Just something to let you guys know I'm alive...

[Batgirl_2005]

After Dick leaves I head into the cave and sit on a stair halfway down hidden in the shadows.

"Reports of a man in a blue suit have began spreading around. Police are thinking it is no more than a Joker. One report states seeing a man frozen to the side of the building. Authorities are on the scene now." I hear.

A Joker? And a man frozen to the side of a building. THat really doesn't add up.

Bruce is talking to Commissioner Gordon. "Freeze." I hear him say.

My interest peaks and I come closer. He's contacting Terry now.

"Freeze has been found." He tells Terry.

A few moments later he leans back. I walk down.

"Yes, Katharina?" He asks, sounding rather annoyed.

"Is there anythi-"

"No. Now go." He says. I go back upstairs and find Dick.

"How about we start now?" I ask, excitememnt rushing through my veins.