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The exterior of the Gotham Museum of Art. It is night.
Ronin: *narrating* I like museums, love them in fact. Good art, nice artifacts, a fact or two....
We hear noises of explosions, a VROOOM or two, windows explode.
Ronin: *narrating* That's in the daytime.
With an explosion of glass in steel, Roxy Rocket vrooms out of a skylight on her rocket. A satchel of loot is attached to the saddle.
Roxy: YEEHAW!!
We see that a grapnel is attached to the rocket. Roxy turns and grins
Roxy: Well, you're not tall, dark, and handsome; but you'll do for now.
We see Ronin is the one on the other end of the grapnel. He does not look happy.
Ronin: *narrating* But because of situations like THIS, I HATE museums at night.
Ronin begins climbing up the rope.
Roxy: Frisky, aren't ya?
She accelerates the rocket, forcing Ronin to hold on for dear life.
Ronin: *narrating* Roxanne "Roxy Rocket" Sutton. Former stunt double turned daredevil thief. Batman's dealt with her a couple times, she's got a crush on him. He thinks she's crazy. I think he's right, but he's a bit of a daredevil too...though Dick could outdo all three of us in that category.
Ronin dodges a water tower, a church steeple, and a weather vane. Diners at a rooftop bistro flee as Roxy drives through the dining area. Ronin is dragged on the roof.
Ronin: Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.
She whips around the corner so hard that Ronin temporarily loses his grip and begins to fall toward the street below. Quick as a flash, he fires another grapnel, managing to connect to the rocket. He sees the light on his gauntlet is glowing green. He grins. He clambers up the rope with inhuman speed. Meanwhile Roxy looks behind her. She sees nothing.
Roxy: Aww....
Below her, Ronin is swinging on the rope
Roxy: *off panel* He could have been a lot of fun....
Ronin flips up onto the rocket, much to her shock. She then grins.
Roxy: ooo, you ARE fun!
Ronin smirks back
Ronin: Oh, I'm a bundle of laughs. But I'm still going to bring you in.
Roxy grins and kicks the throttle into high gear. She then tries to throw a punch at Ronin. He ducks, but she knocks his hat off his head and it falls below. Ronin frowns as he stops her punch.
Ronin: *narrating* Damn it.
He presses a button on his utility belt, we see the hat go up in flames.
Ronin: *narrating* Another hat gone, plus I had to put in a device to destroy lost hats so no one can get a DNA trace.
Ronin dodges another punch and flicks a jitterbug into the control panel of the rocket. The rocket loses control. Roxy actually turns pale.
Roxy: What are you doing?
Ronin: *smirking* You want a rush?
Ronin points.
Ronin: I'll give you a rush.
Roxy turns and stares as they are heading for a large LexCorp billboard.
Roxy: You'll kill us!
Ronin: You want off?
He fires a grapnel to trap her and then fires it again at another building.
Ronin: Wish granted!
Roxy screams as she goes flying off the rocket to hang from a balcony. Ronin in the meanwhile grabs the loot and jumps off the rocket. He plummets towards a rooftop
Ronin: *narrating* This might hurt...a lot.
He ducks and rolls as he hits the roof. He stands and watches the rocket hit the billboard and both explode. He looks at Roxy, who is struggling in her binds.
Ronin: *narrating* Crook caught.
He looks at the bag of loot
Ronin: *narrating* Items retrieved.
He does something to his shoulder, yelping in pain.
Ronin: OW! *narrating* Arm back in socket. And let my healing factor do the rest before the inhibitors kick in.
Batman: *on comm* Ronin, did you detain Roxy?
Ronin taps his comm
Ronin: Yeah, got her hanging from Robinson Park South and 52nd.
Batman: *on comm* Let the police know. I need you and Nightwing to meet me at STAR Labs' Gotham branch.
Ronin: On my way. And for the record, I need a car.
Batman: *on comm* What's wrong with the bike?
Ronin: Nothing, but a car could come in handy.
Batman: *on comm* Just get here....
Ronin leaves, Roxy still struggling. Later, Ronin shows up at STAR Labs; Nightwing is already there.
Nightwing: Took you long enough.
Ronin: Well I was on one end of Gotham and my bike was another!
Nightwing: Heard you took on Roxy?
Ronin: Yeah, so?
Nightwing: Did you enjoy it?
Ronin: What's to enjoy about a daredevil thief who wanted me to be street pizza?
Nightwing: C'mon, you both like a good innuendo....
Ronin: Drop it.
Nightwing: I'm just saying....
Ronin: You are the ladies' man, I'm the comic relief who is presently in a lot of pain!
Nightwing: Dislocated shoulder?
Ronin: Not so much the dislocation but the speedy healing....
The Batmobile roars towards them and Batman gets out of the car.
Batman: Follow me.
They do so.
Nightwing: What's going on?
Batman: Prisoner transfer to Arkham. I want you two to oversee it.
Nightwing: Prisoner transfer? Why do you need us? Ronin could do it by himself.
Ronin: I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult.
Nightwing: Bit of both.
Batman: This particular prisoner will need as many eyes on her as she can. Plus Ronin's tech knowledge could come in handy.
Batman opens a door, Ronin and Nightwing stare. Inside a glass tube, her hands tied, is Livewire.
Nightwing: Livewire....
As Ronin narrates, we see a quick flashback.
Ronin: *narrating* Leslie Willis. Formerly a Metropolis shock jock who called herself a "militant feminist libertarian anarchist", with the worst possible definitions of those words. I don't blame her for having a chip on her shoulder, breaking hard into media as a woman is tough enough; she got to the top of Metropolis' airwaves. However, she was nasty to everything she didn't like...which was almost everything. She HATED Superman, though to be fair she hated everyone. Fired from her job by her boss after her rating plummeted (and Superman saved her life), she climbed to the top of the radio station to sabotage it. Horrible idea any day of the week, particularly in a STORM. She got zapped by lightning, triggering her metahuman abilities and gave her that look. She attacked Superman a bunch of times since then. What's she doing here?
Batman: STAR Labs was tasked with containing her as leaving her in Stryker's would lead to her easy escape. However, a Metropolis court just deemed her insane after her last battle with Superman, and she's to be sent to Arkham. Ronin.
Ronin: Yes?
Batman hands him a folder
Batman: Here are the tech specs of her containment cell. Will it hold her?
Ronin looks through the folder.
Ronin: Looks kosher to me. Plus her containment unit in Arkham will have a food delivery system...not that she excretes or really needs to eat anything but electricity. As long as she's kept away from a power source, it should hold her. They should figure out a way to drain her when they need to perform maintenance and the like...
Batman: I'll tell Gordon and Arkham....
We see Nightwing and Ronin riding their bikes behind an armored truck.
Batman: *narrating* ...You make sure she gets there.
Nightwing: *narrating* You think someone will come after her?
Batman: *narrating* Someone who can stand up to Superman?
We see someone aiming a rocket launcher at the van
Batman: *narrating* They'd kill to let her run free.
The figure fires knocking the van over. Inside, the glass chamber shatters, sending Livewire to the floor. Ronin and Nightwing brake as the doors fly open and Livewire tumbles out. Her hand touches a lamppost which begins to flicker.
Ronin: Oh that's not good.
Livewire: *grinning* Hello, boys....
She breaks the plastic ties as energy courses through her. She then blasts electricity at the two young men, who dodge. Nightwing throws a wing-ding at her, but she knocks it out of the air. Ronin tries with a knife, only for her to deflect it. Ronin and Nightwing run for the trees.
Nightwing: Do you have anything else you can use?
Ronin: Let's see...jitterbugs, taser...nope, nothing that wouldn't strengthen her.
Nightwing: I'd kill for a regurgitant 'rang right now.
Ronin: We might actually have to close in.
Nightwing: I can take the shock, what about you?
Ronin: No, haven't added insulation yet.
Nightwing: I'll take her, you'll need to keep her off balance.
Ronin: Right.
Ronin throws a batarang. Livewire zaps it. Nightwing rushes out, and soon has to dodge a blast. Ronin throws another one.
Livewire: Men, so typical of them to hide from strong women.
Nightwing: Lady, you're not a strong woman, you're a psycho.
Livewire: No, psycho is trying to lock me up!
She blasts again, only this time it hits Ronin, who was about to throw another batarang, square in the chest. He goes flying back.
Nightwing: Ronin!
Livewire goes to zap Nightwing but suddenly stops. She then touches the lamppost and vanishes into the grid. Nightwing runs over to Ronin, who is lying very still.
Nightwing: Oh God....
He checks Ronin's pulse, he checks if he's breathing. He starts performing CPR. Elsewhere, Livewire emerges from a socket.
Livewire: It seems your plan worked, Mr. Cobblepott.
Penguin grins, she is in his office.
Penguin: Indeed my dear. Now, I got one more task for you for tonight before I can let you recharge for the night.
Livewire: Payment?
Penguin: Two million dollars to your account in the Caymans. It's interesting you now want to be a merce....
Livewire: Mercenary? Ha! I just want to bust heads and get paid.
Penguin: Well then...about that task....
In GCPD headquarters, Roxy yells through the bars at Harvey Bullock, Maggie Sawyer, and Renee Montoya
Roxy: You gotta let me out!
Bullock: What's got her all squirrely?
Sawyer: Beats me. Renee, what did she steal?
Renee: A solid gold ibis from the Egyptian collection, an owl from the Greco-Roman wing....
Sawyer: Oh, don't tell me she's...
The lights flicker.
Bullock: Damn wiring.
Renee: I thought they fixed it last---
Livewire emerges from the lights and shocks the cops into unconsciousness.
Livewire: Oh that felt nice...*turns to Roxy* Penguin sent me.
Roxy: Look, I can still get him his loot, it's in evidence.
Livewire: Oh, he has a better idea for you, sweetie.
Roxy looks terrified, but Livewire then smiles.
Livewire: He wants us as a team?
Roxy: Huh?
Livewire: I'll explain on the way. Let's grab Bird Boy's lucre and head out.
Soon, the pair of devious dames roar out of the GCPD in a jury rigged police car, laughing all the way. Meanwhile, in the Batcave, Joseph wakes up. He's hooked to monitors, and his torso armor has been removed.
Batman: Welcome back.
Joseph: What happened?
Nightwing: Livewire pretty much stopped your heart. I managed to get it working again with CPR but....
Joseph: Can I have some water.
Batman pours a glass.
Batman: It's no surprise that you're thirsty....
Joseph takes a sip...and spits it into Nightwing's face.
Nightwing: What was that for?!
Joseph: To rinse my mouth of you. Thanks for saving my life by the way.
Nightwing: You're welcome.
Batman: Alfred managed to get your heart back to normal with a defibrillator and oxygen, but you'll need rest.
Joseph: Livewire...she got away, didn't she?
Batman: Someone at STAR Labs must have tipped someone off.
Nightwing: She freed Roxy from GCPD lockup too.
Joseph: Oy....
Batman: Two days rest, no excuses.
Joseph: But...
Batman: I said....
Joseph: But would it stop you?
Batman is silent for a second.
Batman: Something like that would force me to rest for a day. In your case, you need more. But be on your guard, this isn't over.
TO BE CONTINUED
Ronin: *narrating* I like museums, love them in fact. Good art, nice artifacts, a fact or two....
We hear noises of explosions, a VROOOM or two, windows explode.
Ronin: *narrating* That's in the daytime.
With an explosion of glass in steel, Roxy Rocket vrooms out of a skylight on her rocket. A satchel of loot is attached to the saddle.
Roxy: YEEHAW!!
We see that a grapnel is attached to the rocket. Roxy turns and grins
Roxy: Well, you're not tall, dark, and handsome; but you'll do for now.
We see Ronin is the one on the other end of the grapnel. He does not look happy.
Ronin: *narrating* But because of situations like THIS, I HATE museums at night.
Ronin begins climbing up the rope.
Roxy: Frisky, aren't ya?
She accelerates the rocket, forcing Ronin to hold on for dear life.
Ronin: *narrating* Roxanne "Roxy Rocket" Sutton. Former stunt double turned daredevil thief. Batman's dealt with her a couple times, she's got a crush on him. He thinks she's crazy. I think he's right, but he's a bit of a daredevil too...though Dick could outdo all three of us in that category.
Ronin dodges a water tower, a church steeple, and a weather vane. Diners at a rooftop bistro flee as Roxy drives through the dining area. Ronin is dragged on the roof.
Ronin: Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.
She whips around the corner so hard that Ronin temporarily loses his grip and begins to fall toward the street below. Quick as a flash, he fires another grapnel, managing to connect to the rocket. He sees the light on his gauntlet is glowing green. He grins. He clambers up the rope with inhuman speed. Meanwhile Roxy looks behind her. She sees nothing.
Roxy: Aww....
Below her, Ronin is swinging on the rope
Roxy: *off panel* He could have been a lot of fun....
Ronin flips up onto the rocket, much to her shock. She then grins.
Roxy: ooo, you ARE fun!
Ronin smirks back
Ronin: Oh, I'm a bundle of laughs. But I'm still going to bring you in.
Roxy grins and kicks the throttle into high gear. She then tries to throw a punch at Ronin. He ducks, but she knocks his hat off his head and it falls below. Ronin frowns as he stops her punch.
Ronin: *narrating* Damn it.
He presses a button on his utility belt, we see the hat go up in flames.
Ronin: *narrating* Another hat gone, plus I had to put in a device to destroy lost hats so no one can get a DNA trace.
Ronin dodges another punch and flicks a jitterbug into the control panel of the rocket. The rocket loses control. Roxy actually turns pale.
Roxy: What are you doing?
Ronin: *smirking* You want a rush?
Ronin points.
Ronin: I'll give you a rush.
Roxy turns and stares as they are heading for a large LexCorp billboard.
Roxy: You'll kill us!
Ronin: You want off?
He fires a grapnel to trap her and then fires it again at another building.
Ronin: Wish granted!
Roxy screams as she goes flying off the rocket to hang from a balcony. Ronin in the meanwhile grabs the loot and jumps off the rocket. He plummets towards a rooftop
Ronin: *narrating* This might hurt...a lot.
He ducks and rolls as he hits the roof. He stands and watches the rocket hit the billboard and both explode. He looks at Roxy, who is struggling in her binds.
Ronin: *narrating* Crook caught.
He looks at the bag of loot
Ronin: *narrating* Items retrieved.
He does something to his shoulder, yelping in pain.
Ronin: OW! *narrating* Arm back in socket. And let my healing factor do the rest before the inhibitors kick in.
Batman: *on comm* Ronin, did you detain Roxy?
Ronin taps his comm
Ronin: Yeah, got her hanging from Robinson Park South and 52nd.
Batman: *on comm* Let the police know. I need you and Nightwing to meet me at STAR Labs' Gotham branch.
Ronin: On my way. And for the record, I need a car.
Batman: *on comm* What's wrong with the bike?
Ronin: Nothing, but a car could come in handy.
Batman: *on comm* Just get here....
Ronin leaves, Roxy still struggling. Later, Ronin shows up at STAR Labs; Nightwing is already there.
Nightwing: Took you long enough.
Ronin: Well I was on one end of Gotham and my bike was another!
Nightwing: Heard you took on Roxy?
Ronin: Yeah, so?
Nightwing: Did you enjoy it?
Ronin: What's to enjoy about a daredevil thief who wanted me to be street pizza?
Nightwing: C'mon, you both like a good innuendo....
Ronin: Drop it.
Nightwing: I'm just saying....
Ronin: You are the ladies' man, I'm the comic relief who is presently in a lot of pain!
Nightwing: Dislocated shoulder?
Ronin: Not so much the dislocation but the speedy healing....
The Batmobile roars towards them and Batman gets out of the car.
Batman: Follow me.
They do so.
Nightwing: What's going on?
Batman: Prisoner transfer to Arkham. I want you two to oversee it.
Nightwing: Prisoner transfer? Why do you need us? Ronin could do it by himself.
Ronin: I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult.
Nightwing: Bit of both.
Batman: This particular prisoner will need as many eyes on her as she can. Plus Ronin's tech knowledge could come in handy.
Batman opens a door, Ronin and Nightwing stare. Inside a glass tube, her hands tied, is Livewire.
Nightwing: Livewire....
As Ronin narrates, we see a quick flashback.
Ronin: *narrating* Leslie Willis. Formerly a Metropolis shock jock who called herself a "militant feminist libertarian anarchist", with the worst possible definitions of those words. I don't blame her for having a chip on her shoulder, breaking hard into media as a woman is tough enough; she got to the top of Metropolis' airwaves. However, she was nasty to everything she didn't like...which was almost everything. She HATED Superman, though to be fair she hated everyone. Fired from her job by her boss after her rating plummeted (and Superman saved her life), she climbed to the top of the radio station to sabotage it. Horrible idea any day of the week, particularly in a STORM. She got zapped by lightning, triggering her metahuman abilities and gave her that look. She attacked Superman a bunch of times since then. What's she doing here?
Batman: STAR Labs was tasked with containing her as leaving her in Stryker's would lead to her easy escape. However, a Metropolis court just deemed her insane after her last battle with Superman, and she's to be sent to Arkham. Ronin.
Ronin: Yes?
Batman hands him a folder
Batman: Here are the tech specs of her containment cell. Will it hold her?
Ronin looks through the folder.
Ronin: Looks kosher to me. Plus her containment unit in Arkham will have a food delivery system...not that she excretes or really needs to eat anything but electricity. As long as she's kept away from a power source, it should hold her. They should figure out a way to drain her when they need to perform maintenance and the like...
Batman: I'll tell Gordon and Arkham....
We see Nightwing and Ronin riding their bikes behind an armored truck.
Batman: *narrating* ...You make sure she gets there.
Nightwing: *narrating* You think someone will come after her?
Batman: *narrating* Someone who can stand up to Superman?
We see someone aiming a rocket launcher at the van
Batman: *narrating* They'd kill to let her run free.
The figure fires knocking the van over. Inside, the glass chamber shatters, sending Livewire to the floor. Ronin and Nightwing brake as the doors fly open and Livewire tumbles out. Her hand touches a lamppost which begins to flicker.
Ronin: Oh that's not good.
Livewire: *grinning* Hello, boys....
She breaks the plastic ties as energy courses through her. She then blasts electricity at the two young men, who dodge. Nightwing throws a wing-ding at her, but she knocks it out of the air. Ronin tries with a knife, only for her to deflect it. Ronin and Nightwing run for the trees.
Nightwing: Do you have anything else you can use?
Ronin: Let's see...jitterbugs, taser...nope, nothing that wouldn't strengthen her.
Nightwing: I'd kill for a regurgitant 'rang right now.
Ronin: We might actually have to close in.
Nightwing: I can take the shock, what about you?
Ronin: No, haven't added insulation yet.
Nightwing: I'll take her, you'll need to keep her off balance.
Ronin: Right.
Ronin throws a batarang. Livewire zaps it. Nightwing rushes out, and soon has to dodge a blast. Ronin throws another one.
Livewire: Men, so typical of them to hide from strong women.
Nightwing: Lady, you're not a strong woman, you're a psycho.
Livewire: No, psycho is trying to lock me up!
She blasts again, only this time it hits Ronin, who was about to throw another batarang, square in the chest. He goes flying back.
Nightwing: Ronin!
Livewire goes to zap Nightwing but suddenly stops. She then touches the lamppost and vanishes into the grid. Nightwing runs over to Ronin, who is lying very still.
Nightwing: Oh God....
He checks Ronin's pulse, he checks if he's breathing. He starts performing CPR. Elsewhere, Livewire emerges from a socket.
Livewire: It seems your plan worked, Mr. Cobblepott.
Penguin grins, she is in his office.
Penguin: Indeed my dear. Now, I got one more task for you for tonight before I can let you recharge for the night.
Livewire: Payment?
Penguin: Two million dollars to your account in the Caymans. It's interesting you now want to be a merce....
Livewire: Mercenary? Ha! I just want to bust heads and get paid.
Penguin: Well then...about that task....
In GCPD headquarters, Roxy yells through the bars at Harvey Bullock, Maggie Sawyer, and Renee Montoya
Roxy: You gotta let me out!
Bullock: What's got her all squirrely?
Sawyer: Beats me. Renee, what did she steal?
Renee: A solid gold ibis from the Egyptian collection, an owl from the Greco-Roman wing....
Sawyer: Oh, don't tell me she's...
The lights flicker.
Bullock: Damn wiring.
Renee: I thought they fixed it last---
Livewire emerges from the lights and shocks the cops into unconsciousness.
Livewire: Oh that felt nice...*turns to Roxy* Penguin sent me.
Roxy: Look, I can still get him his loot, it's in evidence.
Livewire: Oh, he has a better idea for you, sweetie.
Roxy looks terrified, but Livewire then smiles.
Livewire: He wants us as a team?
Roxy: Huh?
Livewire: I'll explain on the way. Let's grab Bird Boy's lucre and head out.
Soon, the pair of devious dames roar out of the GCPD in a jury rigged police car, laughing all the way. Meanwhile, in the Batcave, Joseph wakes up. He's hooked to monitors, and his torso armor has been removed.
Batman: Welcome back.
Joseph: What happened?
Nightwing: Livewire pretty much stopped your heart. I managed to get it working again with CPR but....
Joseph: Can I have some water.
Batman pours a glass.
Batman: It's no surprise that you're thirsty....
Joseph takes a sip...and spits it into Nightwing's face.
Nightwing: What was that for?!
Joseph: To rinse my mouth of you. Thanks for saving my life by the way.
Nightwing: You're welcome.
Batman: Alfred managed to get your heart back to normal with a defibrillator and oxygen, but you'll need rest.
Joseph: Livewire...she got away, didn't she?
Batman: Someone at STAR Labs must have tipped someone off.
Nightwing: She freed Roxy from GCPD lockup too.
Joseph: Oy....
Batman: Two days rest, no excuses.
Joseph: But...
Batman: I said....
Joseph: But would it stop you?
Batman is silent for a second.
Batman: Something like that would force me to rest for a day. In your case, you need more. But be on your guard, this isn't over.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Ronin deals with Roxy Rocket and is then called in to help transport Livewire. This won't end well...
Decided to go with the comic version of Livewire versus the DCAU version. Plus I decided to make her more unpalatable as a radio host before she was Livewire. This is going to be the set up for at least a three parter where Ronin will have to deal with those two femme fatales. Plus he gets to banter with Nightwing while doing so.
Ronin/Joseph Kane belongs to me.
Batman, Nightwing, etc belongs to DC Comics
Decided to go with the comic version of Livewire versus the DCAU version. Plus I decided to make her more unpalatable as a radio host before she was Livewire. This is going to be the set up for at least a three parter where Ronin will have to deal with those two femme fatales. Plus he gets to banter with Nightwing while doing so.
Ronin/Joseph Kane belongs to me.
Batman, Nightwing, etc belongs to DC Comics
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Originality Technique ImpactMouth to mouth resuscitation, I bet he wouldn't spit water if Batgirl did it thought he'd probably have a cheekier line. Livewire and Roxy Rocket, a combination which in a playzone like Gotham City equals a long night for even the best vigilantes. And Ronin is good but evidently this may be a little too much to handle on his own.
Loving the banter as always, I really need to make up my own gag about those fallen hats and as expected the Penguin having a hand in this is no surprise. We have the set up for the bigger story and I am keen to read more, you got me hook line and sinker old friend.