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Chapter III: The Opening
" And now over to Bruce Wayne, as he inaugurates WayneTech, the
new branch of Wayne enterprises." Wayne went forward, and he cut
the ribbon declaring the company open, while the crowd cheered.
Unseen and undetected a man sat in a nearby-parked car. He seemed
to be dressed in some sort of suit.
Meanwhile, Batman kept a watch from the sky.
" So you think, he'll show up", Batman spoke on the comlink.
" Well he had better show up, it is getting kind of boring you know",
Max replied.
" The opening of WayneTech will bring much needed employment opportunities
to this city. It is my deepest desire, that this company work for
the ideals we so cherished and bring a smile back to the industries
in this fair city."
As Wayne spoke, the man in the car got out. He wore a weird helmet
on his head and approached the crowd. It was Shriek.
" And now let us work for a better future, one that seems so far
beyond the horizon." As Wayne finished the crowd stood up giving
a standing ovation. At the same time Shriek began to prepare his
suit to deliver a lethal blast of sound directly at Wayne.
" I see him. He's going to attack".
Just then an unseen hand hit Shriek square in the stomach. The sound
blast went harmlessly in the air. The crowd began to disperse.
" Who's that?" Shriek asked.
"Well it's the invisible man. Let's see how invisible you really
are". He quickly adjusted some controls on his hand and let out
some low frequency waves. The air began to shimmer in front of him
and gradually the outline of the Shadow became visible.
"You see I may be deaf but I am not blind." Shriek hit the Shadow
with a full blast sending him sprawling towards Wayne. Then he recalibrated
his instruments and got ready to deliver the deathblow to Wayne.
But before he could do anything Batman hit him on his back.
" You again, can't I ever get rid of you." Saying so he sent another
blast towards Batman who sidestepped the blast. The blast hit a
tree, tearing the pavement. Shriek sent another blast, which missed
Batman and hit Shriek's car. Screaming he said, "Now look what you
made me do," releasing two more sonic blasts both of which hit Batman
damaging his suit and sending him flying to the next building.
Shriek advanced slowly towards the fallen Batman. " Today is my
lucky day. First I get out of prison, next I get to eat grilled
bat for dinner. How nice! Goodbye Batman!"
Unseen, someone else was watching the scene with pleasure, through
the sights of his rifle. Soon his mission would be complete. Recruiting
Shriek to take care of Batman had been a stroke of genius, though
the Invisible man sent shivers down his spine. He reminded him of
someone, some one he had killed a long time ago. But that could
be dealt with later. He moved his sights towards Wayne who was trying
to help Batman out of situation he was in. The shadow in the meantime
was maneuvering himself to shoot down Shriek. Just then the Drone
bat plane caught sight of the sniper on the roof.
" Sniper at eleven", screamed Max on the comlink.
" Get Wayne down", Batman Shouted.
The shadow shot two probes into Shriek and jumped and took down
Wayne just as the sniper's bullet whizzed harmlessly. The probes
delivered a high voltage shock, which disrupted the electronics
of Shriek's suit and rendered him unconscious.
Seeing he had missed, the sniper ran into the waiting hover copter
and escaped.
" Don't bother giving chase, I got the drone on his tail. We'll
find his hideout", Max said on the comlink. Sirens approached the
site, as the Gotham Police found a trussed up and slightly unconscious
Shriek with a note:
" Compliments of Batman" |
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