The Darkest of Knights

Eventually, the strange colored gas dispersed and Robert took a chance at stepping outside, his shirt still covering his mouth and nose. Whatever crazies had been around the bus was now unconscious on the ground. Braving the air, Robert pulled down his shirt and breathed in. "Whatever it is, its gone now." he heard laughing and turned to see Cyrah. "Hey!" he waved over to her.

Karmy passed out due to drug overdose.

(Really not sure to do with her :/)

Casisus climbed out of hsi car enxt to Batman as he started making orders. "You going batty? Eyeryone is ready to drop, Batgirl looks like Hamburger meat, I haven't checked on my family, and the city is still a piledrived wreck, Wayne enterprise must be ready to do a handstand, Slade just made off with so,e generator doohickey, and you wanna go right NOW?" Cassius asked in disbeleif. Oh he knew time was of the essence, but it could at LEAST wait for them to come up with some kind of plan before they left the city on its bum.

Cyrah leapt off the buss after Robert. "Yeah, what is it?" She asked curiously. "Invite me next time you drive crazy like that, heh heh heh!" She laughed to herself as she trotted over to him.

Karmy started to wake up again.

Robert shoved his hands in his pockets. "I just wanted to say, thanks for not trying to kill me for asking about your sister." he held a straight face. "Oh and please, give this to her." he held out Karmys headband to Cyrah. "I found it in a pool of blood and I... I was worried."

Ivy was carefully trying to do as Zero had told her, but was having some trouble. She turned to the door upon seeing Raven and Robin enter. "Hey guys." She greeted, locking her eyes on Raven. "Raven, do you think you could heal Barbara's hand? It's...nasty looking to say the least."

Cyrah nodded and accepted the band. "Thanks. You seem like an OK guy. And she's in good hands right now, she'll be fine." Cyrah re-assured him, tucking the headband into a compartment on her leg. "I never DID follow through with hooking you two up on that date." Cyrah joked nervously. But seeing as how the city was in shambles, that would most likeley have to wait yet.

"Heh yeah... Ah well, patience is a virtue." Robert grinned like and idiot. "Sure would be nice to see her though, but if I have to wait, so be it." he shrugged, holding out his hands. "Um.. Yeah.." he wasn't sure what to say.

"Its the world or Gotham, personally I can't stay in Gotham for morning to come by. The entire world knows my identity and we gotta move. There's an earthquake generator that has our name on it Cassius, and we have no time to wait." Batman said throwing off his cowl. "And I have to do double the work because Wintergreen is probably out from the antidote." Dick fumed, needing to brew up a mug of coffee. "On the contrary Master Richard." A voice came from behind. "Wintergreen!" Dick's face lit up in complete happiness. "I need you to prep up the Batship, set the table for a quick meeting and recap, and finally.. Make us a cup of coffee."
"Your word is my work."
"Glad to have you back buddy."
"As you Master Richard."

Raven was already healing Barbara's minor wounds and her head. She wanted to get to her hand last because she knew it was going to be a pain in the ass to treat. "Keep applying pressure to the hand Ivy, you're doing good. Can we get another healer here? How's Zero doing?" She asked waving Robin away so she wouldn't distract her from her extremely draining and demanding work. Maybe Robin could be useful elsewhere. Raven looked about. "Karmy needs assistance, is there another healer in the Batcave?" Raven asked through her comm-link.

Deadshot looked down, "Hey the smog cleared." He said looking down his sights once again. "Aww man everyone is down for some reason. Are they... Sleeping?" He asked. "Hell if I know.. He Deadshot look over there. Cops." The Riddler said looking through his binoculars. "Oh and look at that! Its Dent!" Riddler said excited. "Dent? Harvey Dent? What's he doing in a Batsuit? Can I pop one of them?" He asked his finger on the trigger. "Hey, I don't care. Shoot whoever you like." The Riddler said. "Long as it doesn't cost me."

Luis stepped out of the bus. "Damn! That was too close! Looks like that gas or whatever stopped em' all!" He smiled. "I'm aliiiive!" He cheered happily. Jason laughed at Luis's funny behavior. "I told you we're gonna make it through! What time is it anyone got a working watch? Mine broke." Jason said as a .50 caliber round blasted through Luis's head.

(Poor Luis :/)

Well, he didn't die first by zombies... Robert thought to himself as he pulled Cyrah out of the way, behind a parked car. He knew she could defiantly handle herself, but he still wanted to TRY and help her. He pulled out one of the guns and called out to Bard, still keeping his head down. "Sh*t man! Where the hell did that come from!?"

Karmy looked groggily up at Raven. "What. Happened.." she wanted to go back to sleep. At least there, everyone wasn't trying to kill her.

11/13/31
4:35 am
Colder

"I wouldn't venture out there fellas, the snipers got talent! He hit the ground before we heard the shot!" Jason said taking cover behind the bus. He armed his Chey Tech Intervention. "So many clicks... Left wind." Jason uttered looking down where he thought the shot came from. He looked at his scope and began twisting a knob on the scope.

"Why do you need to keep killing them?" The Riddler asked. "Well that's a riddle even you should figure out." Deadshot said looking at the group take cover. "Hmm let's see here.." Riddler said leaning back in his chair and tapping his fingers over his binoculars. "The economy is pretty sh*tty because President Huxtable spends money she doesn't have and raises taxes, making it harder to find a job. And because its hard to find a job no one wants to hire such an expensive gun as yourself; they'd rather do it themselves. So without a job you don't have any practice shooting live targets. Meaning you have to kill as many people tonight because chances are no one will remember what happened in the morning... Like when you get drunk!" The Riddler finished with a smile. Deadshot looked up from his scope. "You're a monster." He snapped at him. "Look who's talking." Riddler laughed pointing at his rifle. "Tell me you voted Cornwall." Deadshot said aiming down the streets again. "Didn't like his foreign policies." The Riddler sighed. "Then you voted in Huxtable?!" Deadshot asked bewildered. "I didn't say that!" The Riddler retorted. "I didn't vote."

"If I were sniping... That's where I would hide." Jason said to himself looking at a large clocktower. Jason himself was an accomplished marksman. He would have to pray that he could even compete with this sniper though.

Raven began healing Barbara's hands "When you get done with Karmy you need to get Damian." Raven said. "Is there anyone else who's injured?" Raven asked. Barbara was clearly knocked out, no way she's getting back up for a while.

"Don't mock me." Damian steamed. He was in a wheelchair making his way into the clinic.

The wounds closed up and the bruises faded, but the bullet wounds were far from healed. Yes, they were closed up, leaving large scars wherever they had hit, but infection was spreading through Karmy's legs. The two bullets that had lodged in her bones were still there, creating complications due to their metallic base. The muscles, neves and veins around the bullets were starting to deteriorate. Good thing Alice didn't hit any arteries. Karmy was starting to pass out again.

"Psssstttt!" Robert looked at Jason from under the car. "Hey man, you got a shot?"

"Dammit!" Cyrah hissed quickly as she ducked behind the car with Robert. She figured she might as well put that robotic mind to good use:

Calculate where the bullet hit that guy, judge the angle from how the bullethole looked to have entered, compensate where he was standing and probable directions his head was turned, judge the windspeed for drift......

Thinking she had a shot, she aimed in the sniper's general direction and shot a jade burst from her cannon. Batface caught this drift, and whipped out his remaining .45. It didn't have the range of a sniper, but he had a guess who it was. Proving that dual colored symbol on his chest proud, he slunk into the shadows and drifted in the general direction Cyrah had shot.

"Oh whatever." Cassius said waving Batman off. It was then that he saw ROse. "Hey, I don't mean to be a nudge, but...... why is Slade's spawn he-" he was interupted by Rose pitching a wrench for his head. "I've got a NAME, goddamit!" She said, sounding POed. "You know what I mean, I thought she was the bad guy or something?" He asked Batman, but calling Rose a guy got a screwdriver slung at him this time.

Zero's face gave a 'are you serious?' expression. It's not like he was going to extreme lengths to hide that he couldn't see anything. "Like I told Barbara, Rae, I can't heal if I can't see what I'm healing." Zero relayed.

"I got him, I got him! I can see him! Hold on!" Jason ducked back to cover. First rule in sniping: if you can see them, they can see you.

The .45 that was shot hit nowhere near Deadshot, it passed the clock tower they were hiding in and Cyrah's shot wasn't anymore accurate. He was able to see the action down there. "Wow they seem to be retaliating." The Riddler mused, somewhat impressed by their gall. "Yeah, aint no way someone can shoot so accurately with a pistol from this far away." Deadshot said not looking away from his scope. He looked around and scanned the area with the rifle and noticed a spark coming from the side of the bus. A bang. Deadshot grabbed Riddler and hit the deck. A large round smashed through the clock tower and rang through the ears of The Riddler and Deadshot. "Our site's been compromised, we gotta move!"

"I got em." Jason announced. "You killed them?" Alaska asked. "No, I've scared them off, but otherwise we're safe to move. Where to?" He asked. "Oh god... They killed Luis."

"Hey Rose, come over here." Alice called the elevator. "I'll show you a video of your dad, he was on T.V. He showed up by Robinson Park early in the morning." Alice scratched her head. Moments ago, they were at each other's necks. It meant a lot to trust Rose in the Batcave.

"What I mean is for you to worry about yourself Zero." Raven replied. "You can't do anything to cure yourself?" She asked trying to finish up Barbara's hands. "Luna, how is Karmy coming along?"

Dick sunk into a seat in front of the Batcomputer. He dialed up Cyborg. "Yo... Hey Nightwing?" Cyborg asked grogily. "Its Batman now.. How many times do I have to remind you?" Dick asked. "Robin, Nightwing, Batman, whatever. Why are you calling so late Grayson? Its almost two in the morning." Cyborg said looking at his watch. The three hour time zone difference had its effects. "We're going to head on over to Jump City in a bit. Before dawn breaks in Gotham I mean." Dick informed him. "Yeah? How long's the flight?" Cyborg asked rubbing his eye. "Should be four to five hours, plus the time it takes to prep here. Can you prepare for our arrival? We should be there around 8:00am your time." Dick said counting with his fingers to make sure. "Yeah, no problem B-man."
"Okay, thank you Cyborg. I've got things to take care of."
"Yo is Rae coming back?"
"Yeah she's coming with us."
"Okay, she enjoy her stay here with y'all?"
"I'm sure she did, by the way, Cyrah will also be joining us."
"Oh snap! Dawg I gotta prepare now! I gotta do a systems check with her. Hadn't done one in a while now." Cyborg subconsciously looked up at a calendar.
"Yeah, just letting you know. See you soon Cy."
"You too Robin. Later"
"Its Bat-!!" Cyborg already hung up. "Man....."

Robert gave a sigh of relief and stepped from out of the car. "So.. I guess I'll see you later?" he asked Cyrah.

"Lu..?" Karmy looked up at Luna. "Who.. Shot me?"

"Well keep her awake! We're going to have a meeting with everyone soon, so we have to all be there. Do we have another healer or is it just Lu and I?" Raven asked through the comm-link. "Barbara, Barb, wake up!" Raven said shaking her a bit. "Huh.. What?" Barbara asked. "I got rid of your fever and healed your wounds as best I could. How are you feeling?" Raven asked. "I'm doin' great. Thanks Raven" Barbara replied looking at her hand. "It feels better. What did you do to it?" She asked clenching her hand. "Basically fixed the bone and stopped the bleeding. You shouldn't use it for a week though. Give it some time." She advised. "Hey! Hot stuff! Fix my legs up!" Damian blabbed to Raven, who gave a stone cold face that showed she was clearly pissed off at how rude he was to her. "Fix your own damn legs!" Raven sneered. "Hey, we have a meeting soon don't we? So fix me up! Being in this wheelchair sucks." Damian demanded, and Raven growled back. Barbara gave the same look. She felt an offense from him seeing how she spent years in a wheelchair. "Nicole, get your damn boyfriend to shut up!" Raven ordered. "Whoa whoa whoa! I'm not her boyfriend!!" Damian remarked.

For all Karmy knew, it was Alice who had saved her. The truth would hurt... "Wait.." she shot up and grabbed Luna by the front of her cloak. "Wheres my bag!?" She ask, desperation and fear thick in her eyes.

"Oh nononono! I'm fixing him!" Raven said with an evil look on her face. "Uhh... Help?" He asked, Raven punched Damian in the face so hard he hell back in his chair. "Ow what was that for?!" He screamed holding his nose. "To get your legs up, now shut up!" Raven said using her powers to duct tape his mouth shut. Raven then began healing his legs where Slade shot. It was funny, most of the wounds here were inflicted by Slade. Someone that was supposed to be dead years ago.

Dick came into the medical bay. "Is everyone ready?" He asked. "Far from it, care to give us a hand?" Raven asked. "Sure thing, anything you want." He said happy to oblige.

Slade... Took her bag. Karmy remembered the last time that happened, and she wasn't going to let it happen again. "No!!" she shouted and jumped out of the bed. Her jeans were torn to her knees and her shirt was just as bad. Too much beatings in one night. "I got to get it back!" she was prepared to do something stupid, again.

Zero shuddered when he heard them say Slade had the bag. Across from it probably not being a great idea to tell Karmy that perhaps the most dangerous man around for miles had her most prized possesion, the thought of Slade with a bottomless arsenal was simply goddamn frightening.

And, of course, Cassius heard then when he clopped into the room. Crap, he had to think of something fast to keep Karmy from having a total mental breakdown. "So he has it, big wup. I can tear his metal head off and get it back, don't worry. Just rest and get better, I promise I'll get it back for you." He said, getting bending down to her height and putting and armored arm around Karmy to comfort her.

Cyrah nodded. "Yeah, I gotta check on everyone and all. But hey, don't worry, I'll make good my promise." She said, referencing the date she promised for Karmy and Robert. She waved bye, and trotted off down the road, knowing that either Batface was after the sniper or back to Wayne- god only knew it must be a circus by now.

Rose stood in the elevator for a few nervous moments with Alice before deciding to say something. "So..... how did YOU land a gig with GREYSON of all people?" She asked. It couldnt be for her outstanding personal record or ludicrous amounts of cash.

"You don't get it Cas, none of y'all do!" Karmy said, not in a mean way, just in a disapointed way. She already knew she wasn't gonna go anywhere, her legs would buckle any moment due to Cassius' weight and their injuries. "I cant let it go.." she wouldnt run.

"Nobody said to let it go. We know how much it means to you, we'll get it back." Cassius re-assured her. "But first, your ass needs to rest." He said, helping he rback to where she was laying. "Don't you wanna be your best when we kick Slade's butt?" He asked.

Alice brought Rose into the third floor, there files and recordings of news clippings and papers back to the 40's were stored. "Dick and I about six years ago were worst enemies and we were at each other's necks. We fought each other when he was still Robin, I fought him for thirteen years. Then about two years ago I died in his arms by the hands of your father." Alice stepped into the files room and turned on a television. "Black Lantern brought me back to life and we fought side by side for the first time. When it was all over my apartment had been thrashed and a gigantic angle jumped through my window... So yeah; Dick offered a place for me to stay while I find a new apartment. That never happened and I ended up living there. I got a job and Dick got me a car for my birthday... I didn't ask for it, but it got destroyed the day we met up with Slade. Ah here we go." Alice found the tape with the date 11/08/31. This was the day Slade showed up. She played the video showing the scene with the police surrounding Slade and Batman. Metallo had just been portaled out by Karmy. Alaska was reporting the situation.

"Okay everyone needs to calm down!" Raven said standing up after finishing healing Damian. "We're going to gather in the meeting room on the second floor guys." Dick said, "We'll have to worry about your baggie later." Raven said "There are more pressing matters at hand. As you all know I interrogated Mr. Lecter and he said that a devastating earthquake weapon." "That and we just need to get out of the city for a while; we'll come back. Slade isn't going anywhere. That generator has capabilities of leveling multiple cities at once, all over the world. We need to stop them." Dick said crossing his arms. "I'm sorry Karmy." He apologized. "Oh we have to contact..." Raven reminded, Barbara smiled. Its been a while. "Sh*t that's right. Clark." Dick muttered.

"So we just let her go? Where did Batface go?" Jason asked picking up Alaska and walking off. "Where to now Robert? We survived the night.. And yet we failed to save Luis."

Seriously not wanting to get into a fight with the Bats or Raven, Karmy stuck close to Cassius whenever the meeting started. She looked down at Casey's ring, the only thing she had left, she saw that a line of green light had formed on top, like a compass needle. It spun around a few times before pointing to the west. With a sigh, Karmy looked up at Cassius. "I hope so Cas.. I made a promise." she kept quiet for a little while.

"Ummm how about back to my place?" Robert suggested. "And yeah... Should we bury him?" he looked over to Levis, who was looking down at the body, shock and despair written all over his face.

Cassius ruffled Karmy's hair. "I know, just take it easy, we'll see what Batty McBatnuggets has to argue about before we make a jugement call." Cassius reassured her. He turned back to Greyson. "So what IS the plan, this Clark guy a buddy of yours or something?" Cassius asked.

Rose looked at the screen, her face unchanging. "You KNOW I'm going to complain about it somehow. How do I know this wasn't edited? You've known about me for a while, and to say the Bats couldn't pictureshop something like this would be a totall and utter lie." Rose was secretly convinced, but she honestly didn't want to beleive it........

Cyrah is en-route to the Batbox, Slade is still in Thorne's place waiting for the elevator to reach the top, Metallo is just kinda in limbo, and Zero is just listening to everyone talk at the Batbunker.

"This is an unedited document. Every file in here is. Plus, we'd need Motionpictureshop to do that with Motionpictureshop skills." Alice explained hoping that would make sense..

Deadshot hit the bottom floor. "Holy crud. They're using the same rounds as me!" He gasped. "He missed.." The Riddler observed. "He missed on purpose, he could have taken both of us out if he wanted." Deadshot thought. The bullet came so close he heard it whiz past his shoulder. "We should get on the move again..." Deadshot said. "Hey I have a question." The Riddler said getting up and walking out the building, Deadshot following. "Better not be a damned riddle." Deadshot sneered. "Oh, no I was wondering if you shot down the Batwing." The Riddler said apologetically. "Yeah I did. Night of November 5th, 2031, one of my better works." He chuckled. They walked down the streets of Gotham, everyone was asleep. "Who hired you?" Riddler asked. "S.T.E.A.M."

"Hey if you don't mind treating us to a breakfast explosion." Jason broadly smiled at Robert. "I could go for eggs and bacon." "With a dash of pepper." Alaska drooled, "and a glass of OJ." Jason dreamt. "What about pancakes?" Alaska asked. "A mountain of pancakes and waffles." Jason promised. "Hey we're going to eat you to debt Robert."

"Yeah... Clark is a buddy of my father's really. He's Superman." He smiled at Cassius. "Okay everyone, I'll meet you all on the second floor with coffee and apple pie, made by Wintergreen. Meet you when you're all ready." Dick said walking up with Barbara and Raven. Damian yawned and stretched and walked up a little while later. Dick spoke into the comm-link and sent the same message out to anyone who didn't know. Dick wanted to relax, he plugged in a CD and played "Hope" by Jack Johnson. Hope. That's all they had left.

"Uh oh, looks like we gotta head downstairs." Alice said to Rose unclipping her Comm-link. "Big meeting.." She explained heading to the doorway that lead to the stairs.

[My posts are getting long o-o]