Metropolis

Arriving at the warehouses, Nightwing shut his bike off and coasted to a shaded spot behind the warehouse.


"We'll enter from here. Try to keep the noise to a minimum while i record everything going on in there." Nightwing said as he grabbed out a grappling gun.


Aiming it at the top of the warehouse, he pulled the trigger and sent it flying all the way till it pierced under the window.
 
Scarlett to her seat in the jet and watched as Superman spoke to her. Alex, huh? Well, if he wasn't Superboy then she supposed she would have to remember his real name. So she repeated it in her head a few times and hoped it would stick. She did this while Superman spoke to Talon, only half listening. She did hear enough to know that he was claiming he had been testing Alex and not trying to kill him. Somehow she believed it. It had been surprising to see Superman trying to kill someone and possibly harming bystanders... bystanders that had ended up right in the middle of the battlefield somehow.


It seemed like things like that were happening to Scarlett a lot lately. Not only had she gotten herself between Superman and Superboy while they were duking it out, trying to help Alex of course, but before that she'd been involved in a robbery where she'd wound up with a gun to her head because she'd wanted to help the poor guy that was about to get shot. She did like the adrenaline rush of cliff jumping, but after all of the excitement she'd had the last few weeks she was afraid that wouldn't even get her heart going even a little faster.


When Superman looked down at the map, so did Scarlett but then looked up to Wonder Woman when she started to speak. "So you guys never found him? Is that what we're doing?" She asked, never having got any sort of confirmation the first time she asked. "I was going after him that night but Green Arrow said the Justice League would handle it." Maybe if they'd let her follow him they wouldn't be looking for him now, but it was too late for that now.
 
Superman had answered Talon when they were all situated in the jet, and she nodded her head reluctantly. At the time, she was scared to be in the middle of the two, but even now she did not regret trying to save Superboy. Or Alex, as he was called; this time, it seemed, they would have to find him first. Everyone except the pilot was looking at a map,


"I know it may not seem like it, but this the reason that we needed you two for this mission.”


The redhead did not get what she was trying to say, but luckily Scarlett was there to ask her question in coherency. Then she told him how the two had tried to follow after Alex, and she remembered the day in full detail. The first time she had ever known anything about her powers or exobytes; it would be a while until she could go back to her normal job.


Talon studied the map while the two were talking, trying to figure out which way it faced and following paths until she met dead ends.
 
Breaking through the sound barrier, they soared across the pacific ocean and headed towards japan.


"We are about 3 minutes from our destination." Wonderwoman said from the cockpit.


"Good. Now it is time to tell you that you are going in on this mission in deep stealth. We are hoping that you are the ones that can get in and get Alex." Superman said as he pointed towards the two girls.


Pointing to the map, it centered off to the side of Tokyo. A small diamond lit up the map as it moved down the map.


"We have eyes in there now, but every time that we try to get in close enough, there is something blocking us from doing so." Superman said as he looked down at the map.
 
"Yeah, no problem." Gear said, looking towards the warehouse before sighing. Kicking out the stand to the bike, she swung off and leaned against the building. Her eyes glanced at Nightwing for a moment, before back at the warehouse.
 
Nightwing nodded at Gear as he started to climb the rope.


"Once i am up, i want you to follow and get as much info as you can. If they are going to start a war, then we will head them off and take them down now." Nightwing said as he continued up the rope.


~~~~


As Alex pounded on the glass, it started to crack. Falling to his knees, Alex sighed in relief. He has been down in that pit for over three weeks now and his power has faded from his body.


"I need to get outside." He said aloud to himself.


Forcing himself to his feet again, Alex managed to get one more hit in and the glass shattered. Stumbling on his feet, Alex grabbed the frame of the window and started to climb out. As he passed through the open window, he looked around the room.


Gear, i need to find some gear. Alex thought to himself as he headed over to a locker.


Reaching over to the locker and opening it up, Alex found a nice clean outfit. It was not his, but he did know whom it belonged to. Smiling at what he found, Alex stripped his ripped and bloody clothes from body and proceeded to put on the outfit.


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Deep stealth? That sounded like it could be exciting. But Scarlett's appearance sort of stood out with her bright, red wings and whatnot. She supposed Superman and Wonder Woman had a plan though. They weren't stupid, at least not as far as she was aware.


"Something blocking you? Like a forcefield or something?" It was hard to imagine something that even Superman couldn't get through. "How are we supposed to get through if you guys can't? And who's in there already?" Full of questions, as always. Questions that were probably going to be answered anyway, but she wasn't afraid to ask before they could be. She was ready to go, she just had to know the plan, what to do and how to go about it. She could always figure it out on her own, but there was probably already some plan ready to go and the League probably wouldn't be too happy if she just went about it her own way.


If they had eyes inside already, Scarlett assumed it was another member of the Justice League that had managed to get in and was still communicating with the outside. Knowing who it was could be useful if they ran into trouble too. They would know who to trust. Hopefully they wouldn't need any help, or to trust anyone, though.
 
"Good guess, but that is not entirely correct. It is not a force field, but darn near close to it." Superman replied to Scarlett.


As the plane slowed down to a cruising speed, it went into auto pilot and Wonder Woman joined the three around the map. Pointing to a large triangle on the map, it was right above a medium sized airfield.


"This is the Tokyo airfield and were we are not able to infiltrate. This is where you guys are going to enter." Wonder Woman said as she pointed to the map.


As she pointed, the map zoomed in and revealed it was facing the tip of the mountain.


"This mountain is the perfect double edged sword. This makes for the best cover but also the best for someone whom can fly, or in your case, at least glide." Wonder Woman continued as she drew upon the map.


Superman then looked over at Talon and placed his hand upon her shoulder.


"Even with my x-ray vision, there are two things that i am not able to see in this base. This warehouse here, and everything that sits underneath it." Superman said as he pointed to a hangar.


The hangar he pointed to seemed like it would hold a small plane.


"This is where your skills come in greatly. Scarlett and Talon, We chose you two for the great team work you will be able to show us here." Superman said as he glanced between the two girls.


~~~~~~


Climbing in through the window, Nightwing started his stealth mission and climbed through the rafters and looked for a good place to start his information gathering.


This should be a good place. Nightwing said as he reached into his belt and grabbed out a small camera. Sticking the camera on the metal i beam, he positioned it to look at the ground while at an angle.


~~~~~~


After Alex put the suit on, he moved over to the door and proceeded to open it. Poking his head out a little and looking from side to side, he slowly exited the door and quietly shut it. Making his way down a long hallway, he came to a 't' and looked down both sides.


"Which way should i go?" He said just above his breath.


Taking a right turn, Alex proceeded to walk down what seemed like another long hallway. After walking for a few minutes and not seeing anything that looked like an exit, Alex heard some commotion up ahead of him. It was a couple people talking. Quickly jumping to the door on his right, he opened it and hurried up inside the room. Breathing heavily, he awaited by the door and listened for the people to pass by and leave his area.


As the voices got louder, his breathing became quieter, and he moved back from the door a little. Glancing around the room, Alex's eyes grew wide at what he seen.


"What the hell! I was just here!" he yelled out in anger.


What he seen was the exact training room he just left. With the large window shattered and the blood drenched walls and a chain hanging from the ceiling. Everything matched the room he left but it did not make sense to Alex. How could this be? Just as he was about to turn back to the door, Alex seen a faint light off in the distance in the room. It did not flicker like the last light he saw, but it was constant. Walking over to the window, Alex looked curiously at the light and climbed through the window back into the room. As Alex got closer, the light got brighter. His curiosity got the better of him, and just as he stooped walking, the light burst out with a blinding white light.


Opening his eyes, Alex was peering at the slightly spinning ground. Glancing up at his feet, he seen that he was in chains once again and in the same bloody clothes as before.


"What.....is going on?" Alex said with what little voice and power he had left.


As he slowly spun he was able to see the room and the window that led to the control room. The glass was untouched and nothing seemed to be how it was.


Was it all just a dream? Or is this a real nightmare? Alex thought to himself as his vision started to blacken.
 
Gear nodded her head to Nightwing's instructions. As he was up the rope, she silently followed, though she didn't go into the window, instead, she had shimmed herself up to the roof and as luck would have it. Sky lights, three of them to be exact. Creeping over towards the one in the middle, she lowered herself, making note of the door to the roof on the right of her, looking down in the window, she could see a majority of center warehouse.
 
Stealth hadn’t been one of Talon’s strong points in the past, as her powers often made things lift and drop at an unconscious whim. With her new control over the numbers, she could only hope that she would be able to work around the possible. *The map changed into the area surrounding Tokyo and Talon felt lost all over again, deciding to follow conversation instead.


At the mention of something blocking them from going any closer, she was a little confused, wondering what could hold off two of the strongest. Scarlett guessed a force field and the same question came to mind, the brunette being the one to ask. As always though, it wasn’t her last question as she continued to wonder who was on the inside.


It wasn’t a force field though, by how Wonder Woman was talking it sounded more like an invisible barrier, like a countries borders. The amazon continued on to describe a mountain that she expected them to fly, or glide behind. Talon immediately looked at Scarlett, a worried look etching her features on whether she could carry them both. At least, that’s how the plan sounded…


Superman placed his hand on her shoulder and Talon met his eyes as he explained that he couldn’t see the warehouse or what was underneath it. With no idea on how to respond, she didn’t, opting instead to follow where he was pointing. With a last boost of confidence, Talon nodded her head, ready for whatever Superman was going to ask of her.
 
Nightwing glanced over at the window that he entered to see that gear was nowhere to be found.


Now where can that girl be? he thought to himself.


Getting back to business, Nightwing looked back at the warehouse floor to see a couple people walking to a table in the middle of the open floor.


"Hey, where is bobby? The boss told all of us to be here." One of the men asked.


"He said he was going to smoke. He should be here soon though." The other man replied.


Walking up the stairs, the man opened the door. The door made a eerie cricking sound as it swung open. Lifting the cigarette up to his mouth the man looked around the roof before taking a little stroll. Placing his gun to his side, the man looked off the edge of the building out towards the ocean.


"This is going to suck. I hate talking to the boss." The man said as he kept staring at the ocean.
 
At the sound of the door opening, Gear and quickly rolled back, having the few seconds extra of the door frame going in her direction as she pressed against the little out-cove stairwell. Moving as silently as she could, she watched him carefully, while creeping onto the edge of the roof, so she could hide behind the thing for when he turned back around.


Biting her lip, one hand rested firmly over the knife she had hidden, just in case, as she peaked around the edge, eyes locked on his back.
 
"So we're flying in?" She'd never tried flying, or gliding, and was a little excited to try it. She had made other objects fly but had never tried to make herself fly. It would be good practice, maybe a little nerve wracking, but probably the best way to get used to it. She wasn't worried about falling out of the sky. And if all else failed, Talon would be there to make her lighter than air or something.


Her question hadn't been answered, but was distracted by the new information she was learning. Superman couldn't see the warehouse or whatever was underneath it. It must have been lined with lead. Was it specially to keep Superman from seeing? It also had something that kept Superman out. It brought a question to her mind but she held her tongue for the moment. And watched the map and Superman explained.


Teamwork. That was something Scarlett hadn't really had much practice with, but it seemed simple enough. Hopefully it would be just as easy said and done. It wasn't like she was stuck with someone that was really stubborn or that she didn't like, after all.
 
Wonder Woman glanced over at Scarlett.


"You think that your wings will be able to handle the both of you?" She asked Scarlett with a serious face.


Superman proceeded to walk around the map and he placed his hands behind himself. Taking a few deep breaths before talking, Superman stopped near wonder woman.


"The thing is, Every time i get close to that building, i get weak, so i believe that there must be kryptonite in there." Superman said.


"And they have experimental weapons that keep me from getting close. They have our signatures on file and are constantly on guard for us." Wonder Woman said as she looked down at the map.


In the back of the plane, they heard a rustling coming from behind a sheet of metal. What or whom could it be? A friendly stow away or was it a hostile awaiting to surprise them?
 
"So we're flying in?" Scarlett asked,


Talon smiled, it was like the two had the same brain sometimes. Wonder woman began to question her friend’s abilities and although she had done the same near moments ago; she felt the need to defend her.


“I trust her” she assured,


As a double confirmation, she nodded her head and awkwardly patted Scarlett’s back. Superman had taken the lead on talking, saying that the warehouse must’ve stored kryptonite. Wonder woman’s reasons for inability to approach had to do with experimental weapons and Talon felt a little scared. If they were experimental…they might be able to do a lot more than average weaponry…like easily lock on.


A weird sound made her turn towards the back of the plane though, and she slowly turned back,


“Did you hear that?” she whispered, cautious.
 
The smoking henchman that stood on top of the roof finished his cigarette and flicked it over the edge of the building. Making his rounds around the perimeter of the building, he glanced down to see a rope leading into a window.


"What the?" The henchman said aloud as he turned back towards the rooftop access door. He was all the way across the roof from the door and he knew that whoever was doing this must have some incredible skills, but was too dumb to figure it out. Taking up a nice sprinting pace, he ran for the door.
 
Watching the man closely, Gear's eyes widened a little as he spoke. She had a feeling there was only one thing that would make him do it, and that was brought by them. As he wheeled around and ran towards the door, she slipped off the edge, and with a well placed kick, knocked the door shut. Giving a sheepish smile, she chuckled a little, rubbing the side of her face like it was sore.


"God, I'm really sorry. I was doing some parkour tricks up through here for a shoot, and I ran into your door...I really didn't mean to do that, I'm sorry....." As she spoke she moved out farther, before bowing as she finished her sentence, like a good little honest person would. "I can get the director and stuff, and explain what happened, and I'm sure we can work out a payment for this if anything got broken, god though, I really am sorry...good deal though?" She held out her hand, like she wanted to shake on it or something.
 
The man was a little shocked at what he just seen. This girl just came out of nowhere and shut the rooftop door. Everyone knows that once the door is shut, you can't open it from the outside.


"What the hell are you doing up here!" The man yelled out as he drew his fully automatic submachine gun and pointed it at her.


As his hands shook a little, the gun followed in its pattern. The man started to sweat a little and kept the gun pointed in her direction.


"No one is allowed in this district without direct confirmation from us, and if they do so without permission, it is taken as a sign of hostility." The man said as he brought the gun up to his shoulder and aimed down the sight at Gear.


Nightwing was only a about 10 feet below them but with his senses was able to make out a few words.


Damn, got herself in trouble already? Nightwing thought as he reached into his belt and grabbed out 10 small round marbles. He kept them in his hand just in case things above got to heated.
 
At the gun, Gear took a step back, very easily mocking the fear of an innocent person. "Hey, hey, hey....don't get too hasty here...Director told me I was good to go and everything was taken care of, I had no idea if he skirted around your guys protocols or not...." Gulping, she held her hands up, trying to make herself seem harmless. "Look, I'm really sorry for all of this, but I didn't know any different and I was told we had the go ahead, i'll give you everything I have on me right now too, I swear...."


Slowly, she lowered a hand, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a wallet, tossing it towards him carefully, after showing him what it was. She reached into her other pocket, pulling out a little roll of money and tossed that to him as well. But what she didn't throw, was tucked nicely away in her sleeve by then ready to be used at any moment.
 
"Well, No one is allowed anywhere near this building and i do not care to listen to your stories!" The man yelled out as he tightened his grip on his gun.


Aiming the barrel at Gear's head, The man took in a deep breath.


Inside the warehouse, 10 men gathered around a large white table and each of them placed briefcases in front of them.


"So, is everyone ready?" One of them asked.


"Yes." Another replied.


"You know that we are here to invest in an idea, correct? This idea is a plan of action. There is a person out there right now that has foiled all of our plans and we are all fed up with it." A man said as he approached the table from the far right side.


Nightwing's eyes widened as he seen the man.


Kingpin, why is he here? Nightwing thought to himself.


"This idea that you are putting assets towards is the eradication of the batman and his crew. Those menacing freaks keep foiling our plans of ruling this city like it should be." Kingpin said as he placed his hands upon the table.


Taking in a deep breath, Kingpin looked around at all the men.


"You know the worst part." Kingpin asked the men standing around the table.


"What?" One of them asked.


"They are here right now!" Kingpin yelled out as he pointed up towards Nightwing.


"CRAP!" Nightwing said as he threw the small marbles down at the men.


About halfway down, the marbles exploded in a thick smoke cloud. As the smoke drifted down towards the ground, them men's eyes started to tear up.


"AH! It's tear gas!" One of the men yelled out as all the other men started to gag and cough.
 
"Yeah, I'm getting sick of them too." Gear growled, removing a glove from her hand. Stretching her fingers, she looked at the glove, then at the man with a demented smirk playing across her face. Suddenly, her hand lit on fire, grabbed it, and threw the now flaming article of clothing at him. Moving her other hand, she threw something else at him, one of the small blades she had hidden on her.
 
The man freaked out and stepped backwards as the fiery glove came at him. Pulling the trigger, 30 rounds came out and pierced the glove all the bullets missing gear.


Nightwing leaped from i beam to i beam as he tried to lose the attention of the men. He heard gunshots coming from the roof top and this worried him.


Was gear alright? What the hell was she even doing up there? Nightwing thought as he reached the window. Leaning out a little, he reached up to the roof and jumped. Grabbing a hold of the edge, he hung there slightly before starting to pull himself up.
 
Instinctively, Gear had put her arms up as the sound of gun shots. When she felt no pain, she realized none had hit her, and she grinned. Flipping forward, she clenched her hand into a fist as the fire stayed constant on it. Twisting her cane on the ground, a sword slid out of it and as she held it out, it was about an inch from the man's chest. Setting her hand over the blade, it light on fire. "I suggest you don't do that again."
 
The man was scared at the reaction of the girl. He stopped all movements that he made and just looked at her, with his gun empty of rounds and held into the air. As Nightwing made it to the roof, his reaction was that not of fear, but surprise.


"You are not dead." Nightwing said as he started to take his stealth armor off.


Looking towards the door that led to the roof top, Nightwing took out two more marbles and proceeded to walk over to the door.
 
Staring at the man, nodded her head towards Nightwing's statement, as her attention stayed on her prey. "Your going to tell us everything you know, and your going to do it fast. And if you even think about calling for help, this.." She moved the sword a little closer to his chest, "Is going through your heart."
 
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