Batman: The Darkest of Days

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{Azrael}

In a blur of what looked like golden hair and dark wings, a figure landed beside Fox and Gemini. The figure straightened up, revealing a tall man in a silver and dark red costume. He eyed Gemini for a moment, looking ready to attack.

"Hold still, Fox." Azrael ordered, his voice deep and threatening.

He reached behind his back and pulled out a small pack of some sort. Opening it up, it was revealed to be a medkit.

"Can't have you bleeding all over the place."

 

{Black Bat}

A spinning batarang knocked Death Gun's weapon away from Lady Jester's head. The source, a dark figure crouching not far away, stared at the two combatants.

"No killing." A girl's voice said.

Black Bat stepped closer to Death Gun and Lady Jester.

"No death."

[Silvia Kuroi 1,480]

Something even more annoying than the Joker's henchman arrived. One of Batman's allies. True saints, they were. But they never solved anything. Crime ran rampant in Gotham because they were too weak in the gut to actually end a life.

Death Gun hissed and quickly kicked his first assailant away, giving himself time to snag his gun. He swiveled back around, took a few steps back, and fired three shots. Two at the Batgirl, and one at the assailant.

 

"Even you who works for light cannot interfere with my works. You do not understand anything, child who foolishly follows light." Death Gun said, taking another step back and falling off of the edge of the rooftop.

[TheWayToDawn 775]

Abigail looked at her wound as Mick spoke. She shrugged and was about to say something, but before she does. Azrael appears. She listened to his statement and did a low small chuckle. "Hey, Azrael. Don't worry, I'm okay. You really don't have to." She assures as she sees the medkit. "Batman can help with the wound later." She glances over at Mick. "Gemini, huh? That's pretty cool." She says with a smile. "Azrael, I need to take him home. I'll take care of the wound later. It's not bad." She looks at Azrael sincerely.

 

Meanwhile~~~

 

Lady Jester was surprised as the batarang hits the gun out of Death Gun's hand. She then feels the kick from Death Gun and falls back onto the ground. She shook it off, to only get shot in the shoulder. Lady Jester cried out in pain as the bullet hit her shoulder. Lady Jester watches Death Gun fallback off the buildings ledge. She quickly gets on her feet and runs to the fire-escape. Hoping to get away before anything gets worse. "Joker, I think it's time to assemble that plan of yours." She grumbled to herself.

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"Batman can help with the wound later."

 

"Batman."

Gemini's eyes widened at the sound of that name. He very well knew who this Batman was, and how he fought for justice. Actually, Batman is who inspired the crafting of his weapons. Despite this admiration, he feared Batman just as much. All that Gemini did was kill. Sure, even if the victims were criminals or people he felt who deserved it, it was still the claim of a life nonetheless. He feared of being caught. Especially someone like the Bat. He really liked this new girl he had just met, however if she was an ally of Batman there was no way he could be near her. It was like treading on thin water. He could only imagine what the Bat would do to him. He didn't want to be treated like a criminal, like the Joker. He didn't want to be beaten up, or incarcerated, or even killed. What made it even worse was the fact that this wasn't even his fault.

"H-Hey, I'm sorry, I really have to go." Without looking like a complete douche, he gently handed Abigail- or Fox or whatever over to the newcomer. His head was pounding, his whole body ached, he was still pretty spooked out, and over all he was pretty scared. The killings and episodes recently got worse, so now he didn't know who he killed or why. 

"Not Batman, not Batman, not him..." He quickly tried to run off, struggling to climb some trash barrels. Great. He had no idea where the hell he was.

"God no..." he just fell on his knees. Where the hell was he gonna go? He felt so disoriented. Like this entire scene was a dream.


 

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{Black Bat}

Reading Death Gun's actions like a book, Black Bat saw what he was intending in time to jump sideways, bullets whizzing through where she had been. She hit the ground with her shoulder and rolled back onto her feet. She then launched a volley of three batarangs at Death Gun. He had shot. He had a gun. Guns were bad. He was the primary target. She poked her head over the side of the building, making sure not to pop up where Death Gun would expect her.

 

{Azrael}

Azrael eyed Fox for a moment before he closed his medical kit and stored back behind him.

"Alright." He answered her. "Just don't push it."

The Agent of the Bat was about to leave when Gemini handed Fox over and left. He watched Gemini go, then looked at Fox.

"Friend of yours?" Azrael asked.

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(I'm just gonna say Night Fox for right now... )

 

Night Fox watched Gemini leave with a struggle, she wanted to run for him. But Azrael's words stopped her. "No." She says plainly. "But, he was here when I was investigating the murder. I have his identity, so I can check it out his criminal database later." She walks to the blood on the ground and put on the detective scan.

 

"Also... I put a tracker on him." She whispered loud enough for Azrael to hear.

 

"So what are you doing here, Azrael?" She asked curiously as she moved some boards over carefully. She glanced over at the dead body and frowned. He has a record in the criminal database. Whoever it killed him, either had a deal with him that's been broken, or a fight over drugs, or someone was targeting him for a reason.

 

Meanwhile~~~

 

Lady Jester made it down the fire-escapes and she backed up against a dumpster. She checks her wound from the bullet on the shoulder. It was bleeding pretty good. But nothing a little bandaging can't fix. "Who do I know that's good as medical?" Lady Jester asked herself. She thought through the people she has worked with in the past, but couldn't think of anyone. "Guess I'll just bandage my arm up back at Amusement Mile. Need to see what Joker's up to anyway." Lady Jester pushed off the dumpster and started making her way to Amusement Mile.

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{Azrael}

The Avenging Angel smilled slightly at Night Fox's admission that she used a tracker. You didn't last long as a protégée of the Bat without some paranoia and sneakiness.

"Just patrolling." Azrael answered Night Fox. "Helps blow off steam."

Technically, nether Azrael or his partner, Black Bat, had patrol duty. They usually worked on specific missions with a singular goal, such as find this person, stop this gang, etc. Still, both former trainee assassins felt more at ease doing what they had started out doing when working for Batman.

"Though, I heard some radio chatter about the Amusment Mile." He added, after a moment's thought.

[Aqua7KH 5,395]

Mick panted as he ran off. He managed to pick up his mask on the way to wherever the hell he was going. It conveniently had a lovely crack which he'll have to spend a little while repairing. Just some lovely things to add onto the huge list of things he'll probably never be able to do. Whatever. Right now he couldn't care less about petty things. He just wanted to get home and sleep. He needed some sleep to get his mind working again. After about what seemed forever trying to find someplace familiar (Which ended up being only a few minutes) He finally just came to the conclusion that'd he never be able to find his way home that night. Because of that, he just decided to improvise. He heard some weird voices nearby, something about a 'Amusement Mile' just around the corner of an alleyway, but he decided to just ignore it all together. He crouched behind a dumpster to check for any wounds. Nothing."That's good, at least..." Mick muttered underneath his breath. He looked around, making sure there was no one in view before he jumped right into the dumpster which made a bit of a ruckus. Very stupid idea, he knew very well. However he just didn't want to take another step. 

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Night Fox nodded at Azrael's statement about blowing off steam. She understands completely what he means. 

"Fox, are you okay? Batman's getting worried." Oracle asked with a concerned voice in the communicator. Before Night Fox responds, Azrael's words catch her attention.

 

"Amusement Mile?" She asked Azrael curiously as she looked up. Amusement Mile means... most likely the Joker is up to no good again. "What did you hear about it?" She asked standing up and dropping the broken plank of wood to the ground. She doesn't see the point of this investigation anymore. Only if Batman were here, he would've gotten this wrapped up before it was known about. "Joker again?" She asked Azrael as she stepped over the broken planks and blood.

[Silvia Kuroi 1,480]

Death Gun started running. That batgirl was probably waiting for him to appear, and he wasn't planning on staying around to see her. For a moment, he turned his head to check to see if she was coming after. Thankfully she wasn't, but he could see her peering at him. That wasn't good. If she saw where he was going, she'd easily be able to corner him.

"Stay away." Death Gun hissed, pointing his gun at her and firing. He fired a final shot for good measure, before stuffing the magnum back into his cloak.

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{Azrael}

"A police report of a 'disturbance' in that area." Azrael replied. "I also over heard Oracle passing on his orders to you about that area. Joker might be part of it. Of course, I've come to assume that the Joker is always up to something. It saves time."

The angel eyed Night Fox's wound again.

"I could cover for you, on this." He offered, sounding more like Jean Paul then Azrael here. "You could use some time to patch up."

 

{Black Bat}

Black Bat drew her head back before the bullet made it to her. Undeterred by the gun play, the former Batgirl silently darted across the roof tops, jumping and swinging over gaps to follow the shooter.

[TheWayToDawn 775]

Night Fox listened to what he had to say about Amusement Mile and nodded that Joker is always up to something. "Yeah, okay." She responded to his last statement. "Batman may be a little mad at me, but it's not like I haven't made him angry before." She said with a shrug. Night Fox sat on a nearby seat and looked at the wound. It looks more like it's a surface wound then anything. But it couldn't hurt to get it patched up. "Can I use a some of the stuff from that kit of yours?" She asked with a nod to Azrael.

 

Meanwhile~~~

 

Lady Jester went a pretty far distance to get to Amusement Mile. Her bleeding has slowed down a bit. But she's starting to feel a little tired. She makes it to the building where Joker's place is at and she taps on the door. A sliding spot on the door opened up to reveal a pair of eye, he nods and opens the door. Lady Jester walks calmly to where she last left Joker. "Hey, Joker, I need some - newer - equipment." She says automatically as she opened the door.

 

"What do you mean, Lady?" Joker asked as he looked over to Lady Jester.

 

"I mean, I need newer equipment. My stuff isn't up to date." Lady Jester said frustratingly. "You want me to stay in the team? Then get me new equipment." Lady Jester walks to a drawer and grabs medical wrappings she put there.

 

"Alright, alright, fine!" Joker responded. "I was saving these new toys for you, till after we finish the plans... BUT, you sound like you really want them now." He said walking to the door. Lady Jester quickly wrapped up her arm and followed Joker to her "new equipment."

Edited July 18, 2014 by TheWayToDawn

[Silvia Kuroi 1,480]

Now he was being hunted. The Batgirl was quickly running towards him--nimbly dashing from rooftop to rooftop with the greatest of ease. Death Gun, while nimble and fast on his own right, likely couldn't out pace someone who had gone through years of intense physical and mental training.

What Death Gun could do, however, was hide. As he rounded the corner of an alleyway he quickly ducked into a nearby doorway and quickly pulled off his mask. That alone would help him hide. Especially as he tore off his cloak and quietly stuffed it away. He sat the gun beneath a rock and nodded. If he were found, he would form some alibi.

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Mick quickly woke up from the sound of noise nearby. He stuck like hell, trying to sleep inside a dumpster in order to gain some sort of energy back. He had a terrible migraine, but hey, he'd dealt with worse in the past. Slowly, but surely, he opened the lid to the dumpster he was hiding it. He saw Death Gun right in front of him in some dark doorway. Despite the darkness, he saw Death's face.He didn't want to seem too threatening, but not weak either. He seen the murders of Death, and knew that each of them had a reason to die. Even though Mick wasn't okay with it, he still somewhat understood Death Gun's motives. "Hey..." He muttered, slowly climbing out of the dumpster. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you this time. I'm sorry for hurting you earlier."

[Arya Stark 1,337]

"Next time, work on losing pursuers before going civvie." A voice near Death Gun said. Nightwing stepped out from the alley. "I'm not an idiot. I know when BB is running that fast somethin's going down." The former protégée said. In one outstretched hand he held a taser. In the other, he held an escrima stick in a relaxed grip. Nightwing had been going around town, passing time on his own, flirting and drinking a tad. But when he had spotted Black Bat's movements, well, he knew it was go time.

 

The Joker held his mad grin as he escorted Lady Jester to the weapons closet reserved just for her. She was fun. And deadly. Which just made her even more fun! When they finally reached the door, Joker put an hand on the handle. "Alright, surprise time!" The Clown Prince said, putting his hand over her eyes. He then proceeded to throw open the door with a dramatic flourish. He uncovered his assistant's eyes, and gestured towards the contents of the closet. Frag grenades, knives, throwing axes, crow bars, canisters and grenades full of his specialty laughing gas, knuckles, a rocket launcher, and several pounds of precision explosives. The Joker let out a quick laugh. "Ha! Now is this just the biggest goody bag you've ever gotten or what?"

Edited July 20, 2014 by Yuffie Kisaragi

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Lady Jester followed Joker with a few skips here and there. When Joker covered her eyes, she folded her arms and tapped her foot impatiently. The hand lifted away from her eyes, she saw all the weapons, she already started brewing plans for what she is going to do with them next. She grinned devilishly and quickly walked in. "This IS exactly what I need, plus more!" Lady Jester said with a hint of excitement in her voice. "This is better then Christmas!" She grabbed a special curved knife from the stash, some of the grenades, the special laughing gas grenades, a crowbar, and two throwing axes. Lady Jester shoved the grenades in a special pouch that's latched onto her belt, the throwing axes in her back sheaths, she slid the crowbar in a belt latch on the back of her pants, and the special knife in the sheath in her boot. "Alright, let's get the party started." She said with a smile.

Edited July 20, 2014 by TheWayToDawn

[Silvia Kuroi 1,480]

Shit.

 

He had been caught. Barely a few steps from his gear, too. Behind him stood Nightwind--Vigilante and former ally to Batman. Well, former in the sense they don't work as closely anymore. Death Gun grimaced. At least his face hadn't been seen, yet.

Nightwing was several steps behind him, and rapidly walking closer. Death Gun only had a few mere seconds to dive to his left. He did so, diving back into where his gear had been stowed before rapdily shoving the mask onto his face and pulling the Magnum from underneath the cloth.

 

"Do not get in my way." Death Gun hissed, the mask automatically distorting his voice, "I am a necessary force here. Nothing can get done so as long as fools like you run the scene. There is corruption amongst the higher-ups, and I seek to deal out proper judgement."

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{I think something weird happened earlier, like I posted before Yuffie, but the time says she posted after. Did you guys see the post? I don't think it showed up for you guys. Or maybe I'm just going crazy. x-X}Mick watched from underneath the dumpster. He saw Death Gun's face. Luckily, from this scene playing before him he actually considered Death Gun a sort of ally, or at least someone he could relate with. Sure, he killed people unwillingly, but those people he killed were all criminals, which was similar to Death Gun's targets of politicians and the corrupt. He decided not to interfere for now, especially now that he was still disoriented. When he wasn't going through his episode, he lacked any sort of combat skills, unfortunately. When he was himself, he was a zero. When he's Gemini, this dark killer, he was a hero... somewhat."Maybe I'll approach him later..." he whispered to himself.

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{Azrael}

Azrael nodded and pulled out his med pack again, handing it over to Night Fox.

"I'm still waiting to see him happy." He added.

He looked up, thinking through his route to the Amusement Mile.

"If you feel up to it, catch me up. It might make Batman's anger a little less. Up to you. You can drop the med kit off at Oracle's tower. I'll pick it up there."

The Avenging Angel pulled out a grapple gun and fired at a perch, where it latched on. Hitting the reverse switch, Azrael went soaring into the sky and on his way to the Amusement Mile.

 

{Black Bat}

Black Bat slowed as she saw Nightwing enter the situation. She settled down to watch when Death Gun moved. She moved and dropped on the opposite side of him from Nightwing.

"Not justice." She hissed. "Just a killer."

[TheWayToDawn 775]

Night Fox takes the med kit and begins to apply some stuff to it as Azrael speaks. When he says his last words to her, she nods and says. "Okay, see you soon." She puts on bandages and closes of the med kit. "Oracle, I'm heading to your tower to drop something off." Night Fox jumps out of the window and fires the grapple gun on to a flagpole to lighten her landing.

 

"Alright." Oracle sighs. Night Fox lands on the ground and runs to her motorcycle. She mounts it and begins to head to the tower. "What happened?"

 

"I'll tell you later." Night Fox said as she begins to pick up speed. She looked at the specialize GPS on the motorcycle, it's only going to take a few minutes to get to the tower. Then she can head her way to Amusement Mile.

[Arya Stark 1,337]

Joker laughed long and hard. "You gave that punch line a little late. I have my thugs on the move already. All I gotta do, is touch this little button." The Joker said, mad grin perfectly intact, as he pulled a detonator out of his coat. It would set off a firework from the highest point here in Amusement Mile, and that would signal for the plan to start. Ha! Now was that fantastic or what? Not only did he get to see a firework, but Gotham would be his by dawn! Absolutely flawless planning on his part of course. "Ready?" The Joker asked Lady Jester.

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Nightwing raised an eyebrow as he heard Black Bat's response. "BB has a point. You have no right to enact your judgement upon others, specifically when you are ending their life." Nightwing said, explaining Black Bat's point a bit further. Sure, the girl was straight to the point, but some people require more in depth definitions of wrong. Nightwing was happy to provide such a service for now.

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Mick frowned. From watching in the dumpster he felt a nervous pit in his stomach. He was unsure on how this was going to end. He didn't know if Death Gun was going to attack them, or vice versa. Letting out a quiet sign, he decided now was the time to interfere. All of a sudden a loud bang was heard as Mick threw the dumpster open and threw a smoke bomb on the floor which exploded in contact. It spurt out black thick smoke everywhere, making it impossible to see as if it was a blackout. Mick suddenly grabbed Death Gun's hand, and began to run out of the alleyway. "We have to go!"

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Lady Jester giggled as Joker asked if she was ready. She can't wait to see the fireworks and help cause chaos through Gotham, the most corrupted city in her books. "When am I not ready?" Lady Jester asked with an excited smile. She takes out a little box with a string that was in her pouch, she pulled on the string and the box made a pop sound as confetti flew out. "Let's go!"

 

Meanwhile~~~~

 

Night Fox's ride has been taking her a lot longer then intended. The streets are dead tonight, barely any cars. Which somehow surprised her. She hears a motorcycle running in the distance, she doesn't know if it's Tim or Selina Kyle or some other person riding a motorcycle. But she does not care. After a two minutes, the sound of the motorcycle gets louder and louder. As she crossed an intersection, she looks to her right. Hearing the motorcycle really loud. A bright light of the oncoming motorcycle blinds her and she feels an arm close-line her in her mid-section of her torso. Night Fox falls off her motorcycle and lands hard on the ground. She hears a crunch of something under her and thought of the med kit. Not caring to much at the moment now, she grunted in pain as the pain surges through her back.

 

The on-comer's motorcycle stops not ten feet away from her. The person dismounts the motorcycle and begins to slowly walk over. She hears the sound of a knife being pulled out of a sheath. Night Fox begins to panic, but can't really get up without hurting her back more, since the med kit was jabbing the middle of her spine. Someone with a Red... Mask(?) is standing above her, tapping the knife on his hand. Making the metal tap noise. He moves down to her, stepping one leg over her, he bends down, practically sitting on her, with each leg on each side of her. He takes the knife a pushes it close to her neck. "Hello... Abigail..." He says with a delighted sigh. "Don't you remember me?" Night Fox's eyes widened.

 

Red Hood!

 

(Sorry this turned out longer then I meant it to be)

Edited July 21, 2014 by TheWayToDawn

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{Azrael}

Azrael landed on a smoke a handy catwalk that over looked the Amusement Mile. He had encountered Joker a few times, and they hadn't been his best moments. He remembered a time he was sent to deal with the Clown Prince of Crime instead of Batman. He and a hostage had nearly died. Luckily, the Joker had lost interest when it was evident that Batman wasn't coming. He had looked so...disappointed.

"I wonder if he'll feel that way this time." Azrael thought.

He could see thugs moving about, but they weren't start anything yet. Jean Paul was one of those people who would actually ask directions when he was lost. Azrael did too. He just asked a little more forcefully then Jean Paul. The Avenging Angel dropped down to ground level to ask a thug for directions.

 

{Black Bat}

Even with only a split second to see Gemini, Black Bat whirled around as the smoke clouded the area and threw a batarang that missed Gemini by inches. She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, moving stealthily, using the sounds of Death Gun and Gemini to guide her.

[TheWayToDawn 775]

(Woah this went dead lol)

[Night Fox]

Night Fox tried to grip something on the road, but her glove-covered fingers scrapes against the road. Her arms are tucked on her side, since his legs are pressing her arms against her body. She can't move her arms, which frightens her. Red Hood presses his arm on her shoulders to keep her pinned. He moves his blade and rubs it against her cheek. Night Fox close her eyes in fear, her eyes watering, feeling the cool metal on her skin. Her body trembles with fear, she won't stop shaking. "What's wrong, Abigail?" Red Hood asked mockingly. "Hahahah, c'mon, answer me." He chuckled. Night Fox keeps her lips pressed together, scared to say a word.

 

[Lady Jester]

Lady Jester skips around the Joker as they walk down the halls. Humming happily as she does. "Fun, fun, fun! La, la, la! Gonna blow some fireworks and make the Bat fall to his knees. Hee, hee, hee. We're gonna make the - BAT - fall on his knees!" Lady Jester sings quietly.