Chapter 13

"Batwoman, do you copy? Did your plan to tail Ryan work?" Luke asked Batwoman as she stood in the shadows near the location Ryan had arranged the meeting with her contact.

"Yeah, but tip off the Crows that there's an associate of Alice waiting at this location." Batwoman said.

"Why?" Luke asked.

"Because Ryan's contact just tipped Alice off that Ryan's coming for her." Batwoman said.

"Copy that. I'll keep tabs on Ryan, you quickly string that asshole up real quickly and then get to that sugar factory before Ryan gets herself and Mary killed." Luke said as Batwoman fired her grappling hook to zip down to Blair.

"Whoa, who are you?" Blair asked.

"Someone who can't be hurt by that gun we both know your packing and is more likely to hurt you if you don't talk." Batwoman said.

"What do you want?" Blair asked.

"I want to know why you just sent that woman to her death. She came to you for help and paid you a hell of a lot more than you deserve and you still sold her out to Alice. Give me a reason now." Batwoman said.

"You really think I'm scared of you? You're not Batman." Blair said.

"You're right, he'd let you live. I make no such promise." Batwoman said as she punched the bastard straight in the face before using her grappling hook to string him upside down from a rafter.

"You really think that'll scare me? Whatever you do to me, Alice will do ten times worse if I squeal on her." Blair said, only to wince as Batwoman twisted his wrist in a way it definitely was not supposed to go.

"Well Alice isn't here right now, but I am." Batwoman growled.

"Look, that Wilder chick was gonna die because of Alice sooner or later. At least this way she gets a chance to say goodbye to her little girlfriend first." Blair said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Batwoman demanded.

"Wilder's been out for Alice's blood for nearly a year now, since Alice is responsible for her adoptive mother's death. I'm just helping her see her mommy again." Blair said with a chuckle, only to shut up when Batwoman punched him again.

"Batwoman, the Crows are en route to your location. Should I give the location of the sugar factory?" Luke asked.

"No, they'd just get in the way and depending who's on the op, they could end up getting any hostages killed too." Batwoman said.

"Understood." Luke said.

"I better get going before Ryan gets herself killed. Make sure all the information you recorded me getting from this SOB to Agent Moore." Batwoman said.

"Copy that. And also, I'm sending you something I think you'll really like." Luke said.

"What are you talking about?" Batwoman asked.

"You should find out in 3, 2, 1." Luke said as Batwoman heard wheels screeching and saw headlights headed her way and grinned when she saw what it was.

"So, you finally found it." Batwoman said as the Batmobile pulled up next to her.

"Yep. Helps that Bruce was still here and told me exactly how to find it. Turns out he hid in the Batcave this whole time behind a fake wall." Luke said.

"Of course he did. Remind me to give this thing a paint job when I get back." Batwoman said.

"Will do, but for now, you should probably get going." Luke said.

"Right." Batwoman said, very happy that she now had the location of where both her sisters were and now she could cruise there in style as she got in the batmobile and drove off towards the location she'd overheard Blair tell Ryan before he sold her out to Alice.

When Ryan arrived at the sugar factory Blair had told her about, she had to admit, she was nervous. Considering the fact that she knew that Blair was a coward, he'd likely sold her out to Alice who knew she was coming. But in the end, she decided that she didn't care. She'd already lost one person she loved to Alice and she'd be damned if she was going to lose another one to her. Especially Mary.

"Well Momma, I hope when I see you again, you're proud of what I did here today." Ryan said as she took a deep breath before getting out of her car and walking towards the sugar factory, knowing that there was a good chance that she wouldn't be walking out. But if it meant she'd be able to take the bitch who killed her mom and most likely planned to do the same to Mary with her, then it would be worth it.

So, with that in mind, she walked into the sugar factory, only to immediately be jumped by Alice's cats and rabbits.

"Who are you?" one of the cats asked.

"I'm looking for Alice." Ryan said as she struggled against her captors and even managed to shake a few of them off, but there were too many and she found herself being dragged further into the sugar factory to where the blonde bitch herself was standing.

"Well, well, it looks like Blair was spot on. And for that he gets to live. But he still squealed on me, so why don't you find him and perform some kind of amputation, I don't care what, as long as he gets the message to never squeal on me again." Alice said and one of her other rabbits nodded in agreement before walking off.

"Too scared to fight me yourself Alice? You need to rely on your wonderland creeps?" Ryan spat as she was punched in the gut and spat up some blood.

"Oh, you should be happy I'm not fighting you myself. You're not important enough for me to fight." Alice said.

"Too scared to get your ass whooped then?" Ryan asked as Alice turned to face her.

"Wow, I guess both of my sisters have similar taste. Girls with big mouths who seem eager to die." Alice said.

"What, your sister?" Ryan asked.

"Oh you mean you don't know? I wasn't always like this. Once upon a time, I was a regular who went by the name Beth Kane." Alice said.

"Wait, you're Mary's other sister and you still abducted her?" Ryan asked.

"Why should I care about her? After all, the only member of my family who gave a damn about me is Kate and even so, she gave up." Alice said, only to have Ryan spit in her face.

"Like I said, eager to die. You want to fight me so badly, then I guess I can oblige you." Alice said with a grin as she gestured to her minions to let Ryan go and they dropped her.

"Okay, here are the rules, you win, I'll let you and your little girlfriend go and leave Gotham forever, but if I win, not only do you die, but so does Mary." Alice said.

"I've been waiting for a chance to kill you for over a year now. Ever since your little crew killed my mom." Ryan said as got to her feet.

"Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you. Hope you said your goodbyes." Alice said as Ryan ran towards her and threw the first punch, which Alice expertly dodged as the two began fighting and while Ryan managed to get in a few good hits, Alice was the one doing a majority of the damage. Ryan had never known pain like this before in her life and considering the life she'd led before Cora took her in, that was saying something as she tried to punch Alice again, only to get knocked on her ass by the villain and knocked on the floor, causing her to scream in pain as her already sore back.

"Now, before I put you out of your misery, I think I'll give you a little reminder not to poke your nose into other people's business. Not that it will matter of course, but still." Alice said as she pulled out her butterfly knife and before Ryan even knew what was happening, she was screaming in pain as she felt Alice's knife connect with her right now and she felt her literally cut her arm off, leaving nothing behind but a bloody stump.

"There, now you should make the news as more than just another random black woman showing up dead in the slums. But now." Alice said as she moved to bring her knife down to finish the job, it was knocked out of her hand by a batarang as Batwoman barged in and single handedly took out all of her goons.

"Well, now this is a surprise. I guess Batman got a bit too old for this didn't he?" Alice asked.

"Shut up. You just gave up any chance of me letting you escape." Batwoman said angrily.

"Oh please, you really think that you can beat me newbie?" Alice asked.

"Well let's find out." Batwoman said as they charged at each other and to Alice's surprise, their moves were perfectly timed as they fought against each other. They were evenly matched, neither of them could get a solid blow in on the other.

"You trained in Coryana." Alice said.

"How do you know about that?" Batwoman asked.

"Because you're not the only one who was trained there. Kate." Alice said.

"Who's Kate?" Batwoman asked and Alice chuckled.

"Oh please, you made the mistake of getting in close enough for me to see your eyes. Even after all this time, I still recognize you sis. Now what are you doing running around trying to be Batman?" Alice asked.

"Says the girl who's a wannabe Joker. Beth." Batwoman said.

"Okay good, we've cleared that up. And now, here's what's going to happen. I'll let you take both this poor girl and the dying prisoner I have locked up upstairs and you will let me go so I can make sure that nothing bad happens to mommy dearest." Alice said.

"What did you do to Mary?" Batwoman asked.

"See for yourself. I'll tell mom you said hi. And before you think about attacking me, you've already wasted a lot of time. Time that Ms. Wilder here doesn't have. So, what's it gonna be? Chase me or save her?" Alice asked as Batwoman sighed and glared at her.

"This isn't over." Batwoman said as she rushed over to Ryan's side.

"Oh believe me I know. We've only just started and this is going to be even more fun than I thought it would be. Ciao for now." Alice said as she walked away while Batwoman tried to save Ryan's life while telling Luke to get an ambulance there now.

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