Issue #10: Assault On Arkham Part 2: Arkham Origins Part 2
Batgirl POV
24 Hours Ago
"Bruce, my dad found this at the police station. He told me it's for you and to give it to you." I said as I ran into the bat cave. I handed him an envelope with a green question mark on it. He opened it and read it.
"What's the biggest letter in the alphabet?" He said.
"That's it? Can that even be a riddle?" I asked.
"It's obviously some sort of trick question to throw us off." Damian said.
"C." Bruce simply said.
"What?"
"C. Or the Sea to be exact. Because it's large enough to hold most of Earth's water. He knew the full riddle would be too easy so he took out part of it. He's at Gotham Harbor, he's getting sloppy. I'll be going alone." Bruce said. He put on his cowl and went out for the night.
"Unbelievable."
"Damian, it's not because he thinks you're useless. But it's The Riddler. Do you really think backup for that is necessary?"
"I suppose not." He muttered. After he did a call came through on the batcomputer.
"Bruce are y- oh, Barbara. Is Bruce there, this is urgent!" Superman said.
"No, he just went to catch The Riddler before he went on a crime spree. Why, what's wrong?"
"I just caught Lex and he told me some important information about The Joker..."
. . .
Bruce drove back into the bat cave and Damian and I rushed over to him.
"Father!"
"Bruce!"
He was in his usual scowl, which meant he was thinking about something.
"Master Bruce, what's troubling you?" Alfred asked.
"Riddler wasn't sloppy, he wanted to get captured. Specifically by me. When I showed up he was on the phone with Amanda Waller and was surrounded by multiple Tyger Guards. They tried to shoot me down. They failed. Riddler tried to get away with some sort of hard drive but I caught him. It's in the evidence room now and Nigma's in Arkham, but now the question is why did he want to be sent to Arkham?"
"Bruce we have a bigger problem than that. And it's about The Joker..."
Your POV
"Squad, listen up." Waller said. "Last night, we were about to arrest Edward Nigma, aka The Riddler. Unfortunately there was an unwanted guest. Batman."
"GOD DAMMIT!" Deadshot, Harley, Croc, Boomerang and I said. We looked at Boomerang.
"Why are you upset?" Deadshot asked him.
"ARE YA BLOODY KIDDING, MATE!? THAT'S THE GOD DAMNED BATMAN! I DON'T WANNA FIGHT BATMAN!"
"You aren't going to fight Batman. In fact, you'll be staying far away from him." Waller said. "As I was saying, we were hunting down Nigma because he had a hard drive on his computer. On it: Everything there is to know about the Suicide Squad. Members past and present, and potentials in the future, and their personal information and weaknesses. It's formation. It's past missions. All of it. That is currently in Riddler's crate in the evidence room in Arkham Asylum. I need Deadshot, Frost, (L,N), Quinn, Dent, Croc, and Boomerang to retrieve it."
"What about us?" Diablo asked.
"I need you four to stay here just in case." Waller said.
"Wait... us four? That's including me and Katana! You're sending the Squad on another mission without me!?" Flag said.
"Awwwww, someone wants to be invited." I said.
"If they fail, I need someone to command Tyger and complete the mission after I blow their heads off." Waller said. "Quinn is the most vital part of this whole operation. She knows Arkham Asylum inside out and without her, there's an 80% chance of failure. I don't usually make deals with criminals-"
"Except for all of us." Caitlyn coughed. I laughed before Waller pulled out her tablet.
"What was that, Snow? Something funny, (L,N)?" She asked us. We stayed silent. "I don't usually make deals with criminals, but in this emergency I had no choice. I'm going to need you to go to Oswald Cobblepot's Ice Lounge and tell him I sent you. He'll give you supplies for your mission." Waller said. "On the way you'll be given you're roles and what to do on the mission. Now hurry up and go. There's no time to waste." She said. We walked to the jet she had ready for us. Strangely there were exactly seven chairs that were spaced out between each other. Caitlyn was pulled aside by Waller, leaving Harley to sit on my left and Duela to sit on my right. It was strange seeing how much satisfaction and comfort they got out of it, being the seats were 5 feet away from each other. Deadshot took the chair in front of me and Croc took the chair to his left. Caitlyn got onto the plane looking sad, sitting on Deadshot's right. There was definitely something wrong with her.
"Ey! Where am I supposed to sit!?" Boomerang asked.
"There's another seat over there. By itself. Away from the rest of us." Deadshot said.
"I hate this thing so much." Boomerang said taking a swig of his flask before walking over to the chair.
"Who the hell gave him alcohol?" I asked.
"I don't care as long as he doesn't start singing again." Deadshot said.
"Seconded." Harley said.
"Thirded." I added.
"See? This is why missions not involving all of us sucks! This feels like an inside joke I'm not getting!" Duela said.
"I don't care as long as I don't hear Boomerang singing. If I do, someone is going to die." Killer Croc said.
"There's a joke somewhere about Killer Frost and Killer Croc sitting next to each other but I can't think of it." Harley said.
"Deadshot is in between us, dumbass." Caitlyn said.
"Jeez, Frosty, Lighten Up." Harley said.
"Cait... is everything alright?" I asked her concerned.
"Everything's fine." She said unconvincingly. The jet got extremely cold.
"'Don't bring Diablo' she said. 'Bring Boomerang so he could totally help the team' she said. 'You don't need Diablo's fire to stop your dick from freezing off' she said." Deadshot said.
Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top