Chapter 10
Dick's POV
"Scarecrow broke out of Arkham." Bruce says, getting out of the Batmobile. He looks at Babs on the couch fiddling with a batarang, and me by the batcomputer. "You knocked her out, didn't you?" He says to me.
"If I didn't, Babs would be in the hands of the Joker. Or worse." Babs throws the batarang at me, knowing I'll catch it.
"I'm right here!" She yells.
"Look at the footage from the breakout." Bruce uploads a USB into the computer, and starts playing the footage. Babs walks over and frowns.
"That initial hole was made using a high-density titanium fibre spike. It's stronger than diamond. Only three clients have ever purchased it." She pulls up a file. "Amanda Waller, Bruce Wayne, and Oswald Cobblepot. Cobblepot only buying about 10 grand's worth, in spike form."
"If Penguin, Joker and Scarecrow are working together, who knows what's next for Gotham. With Penguin's money, Joker and Scarecrow could create a gas that would be ten times worse than the fear or joker toxin." I pull up the results from the analysis of the joker toxin that was used on me, and another copy.
"Wait, computer, zoom in on that red cell there." Babs starts tapping the screen. "Compare chemical makeup with record 'fear gas'."
"The Joker toxin was made using a sample of fear gas." Bruce and Babs turn to me. "Dick, tell me exactly what it was like while you had the poison in your bloodstream."
"I can't remember everything, but I knew that I wasn't in control. A part of me did, anyway. I was also overly scared. Like I thought everything was going to hurt me. But it was possible to fight it."
"The alloy of Joker and Fear gas makes it stronger, but since it is possible to overcome the fear factor, that could potentially release certain victims." All three of us are in one of those times where our brains woke in perfect sync.
"And Joker must've worked that out, and added the poison."
"But that still doesn't explain why Cobblepot was smuggling kids." Bruce says. Babs and I stare at each other. "What?"
"Using the new toxin, they could easily build up and army of children. And no one wants to hurt children." I say. "Computer, show children reported missing in the last month, GCPD results." Babs commands.
"See any connections?" Bruce asks.
"They're all from working class families." I observe. "But why not target the children of the elite, then hold them for ransom too?"
"I've got to leave with the League in an hour. I'm leaving this investigation and leadership of the Team with you two."
"Wait-" Bruce zeta's out of the cave before I can finish.
"So...what do we do now?"
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