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[{Boots clicked and clacked as I walked through the gloomy and grimy street. Crime Alley had always been the hot spot for villains and their goons. I heard the groans of annoyance as I walked past goons wearing penguin’s markings. I ignored them as I walked past, twirling my bat as I passed them. “ᴡʜᴀᴛ’ʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴇ?” I stopped when there was a voice that broke my focus.}] 𝐹𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓈𝓀… 𝐼’𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓃. [{ “ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴏᴡɴ.” The man nudges elbows with his little crew, laughing as if he made an actual joke. I rolled my eyes before laughing, louder as I slid in beside him, forcing myself into their half-circle. When only I was left laughing I jammed the end of the bat into the left hand guy, forward to strike the right hand. The last one I brought the bat to crack against his forehead. I kicked one of the two trying to get up, sending him into the side of the dumpster. The other I raised the bat to bring it down in the same way I would if I had my hammer, stopping just short of the man’s head. “ᴡᴀɪᴛ.. ɴᴏ.. ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ..” The man cowers with his hands up, shaking. The fresh smell of piss starts to fill the small space between us. I grin. This was nice, seeing someone actually scared for once of ME. I tap the bat to his temple.}] 𝒩𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝓎𝒶 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃’𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓂. [{I swing the bat back to rest on my shoulder again. I turn to step away leaving the three rolling in the alley. “ʏᴇᴀʜ.. ᴛʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ..ʙɪᴛᴄʜ.” I spun around. No thought or pause as I sent the bat hurling into the man’s head. I walked back to grab my bat and brought it back down as I had attempted earlier, this time there was no stopping. Blood dripped down the metal of the bat and spilled into the street. Silence returned to the alleyway. I returned on my path to the Black Mask Club. I heard a swoosh behind me and stopped in my steps again.}] “𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂, 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎.” [{“𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖, ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕪.” I turned around to see Batgirl kneeled, checking the pulses of the trio. I gestured my hand as she seemed relieve to find a pulse.}] 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎'𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝒹, 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝒶𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓊𝓅 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒫𝑒𝓃𝑔𝓊𝒾𝓃 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝓀. [{Batgirl stood, cape swirled around her as she turned to look at me. “𝕊𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕁𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕣, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠.” I let out a maniacal laugh. Ridiculous that she thought I could just find Joker without wreaking havoc along the way.}] 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝒹𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂? 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼’𝓂 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒷𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒’𝓈 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝓂𝑒. 𝒟𝓊𝒽.. 𝐼’𝓂 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒽𝒾𝓂, 𝐼’𝓂 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒. 𝒮𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝓂𝑒, 𝑜𝓇 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝑜𝒻𝒻. [{Batgirl looked stunned as she stared blankly at me. I snorted. That’s all it takes to throw her off? Easy. I turned and skipped down the alley, whistling along my way to the Black Mask Club, leaving Batgirl behind, silent. I could feel her eyes burn into my back as I disappeared into the night.}]