Betrayal

(Part 2)

New York City

June 14, 23:09 EST

batman placed a firm kick on the door and it fell in. superman and Flash quickly scoured the penthouse while batman walked into the living room. He bent down on the floor and rubbed his fingers.

"Superman! Flash!"

The two sped into the room and looked at Batman.

"This way." The Dark Knight said, standing up and following the trail of blood down the stairs. It led to a storage closet and just ended. batman threw open the door and looked inside. Nothing but a mop and broom.

"Damn it!" he exclaimed.

"Nightwing to Batman. I've found Revenge."

"Where?!"

"In a warehouse beating the crap out of someone."

batman looked at Superman. "This is going to be awkward, but we need to get there fast."

"Agreed," The Man of Steel said, picking up batman and speeding off, Flash right behind him. The three heroes arrived selanjutnya to Nightwing in no time at all.

"Where?!" batman demanded.

"Warehouse." Nightwing said, pointing at a building across the street. Smoke was pouring from it.

"This ought to be fun."

Revenge placed another meninju, pukulan and lebih explosives. Anyone who tried to come near him was thrown back. Somewhere through the building, the dinding exploded inward and Revenge could hear Batman's voice yelling.

Revenge turned invisible and grabbed Holly. She screamed, trying to stab and meninju, pukulan him. She was slammed into the dinding face first.

"This is for betraying me." Sam said. He grabbed both sides of Holly's head and jerked.

She fell to the ground lifeless, her neck broken. Nightwing ran up and looked at Holly's dead body in horror. Revenge turned around and then disappeared through the roof. batman ran up behind Nightwing.

"Superman and Flash are pursuing—oh my God."

"Recognized: Batman, 02. superman 01. Nightwing, B-01. Flash, 06."

"So do we tell them?" Flash asked.

"No," batman said. "They don't need to know and it's Justice League business."

"Well what do we do?!" Flash exclaimed. "He just killed his own partner!"

"We hunt him down and take the truth from him." batman said. "Even if it requires force."

Manhattan

June 16, 12:09 EST

"Your birthday is tomorrow and anda may not even survive!" Alexa yelled. "Eat the damn cake!"

"Not hungry." Sam replied, downcast.

Alexa shoved the cake so close to him, some got on his nose and face. "Eat."

"Give him a break, Alexa." Another voice berkata from the doorway. "If he wants to starve to death, let him starve to death."

"What did anda do? Walk?" Sam asked, sitting up and wiping the cake off of his face.

"Nope, flew through the air."

"Shut up, Holly. It's bad enough anda "murdered" me, now you're giving me smart comments?!"

"Whoah, whoah, whoah." Alexa said. "What?"

"It's a long story." Sam said.

"Too long." holly replied.

"We need to get ready." Sam said, trying to stand up. The blonde forced him back into his chair. "Eat."

Sam sighed and took a large bite of cake. It was gone so fast, holly thought he'd inhaled it. She grinned and sat down selanjutnya to him. "Can I have a slice?"

"Wow, and here I thought my cooking was bad." Alexa said.

Paris, France

June 16, 20:00 SGT +1

The screens flicked on one oleh one and holly knelt.

"Masters."

"Holly," Ra's Al Ghul responded. "Out of all of the superheroes anyone was supposed to kill, only anda succeeded."

-Flashback—

holly bent down and pretended to lick Sam's earlobe.

"I wish I could've told anda earlier, but the Light thinks I'm on their side and they want me to kill you. Just play dead so I can get closer inside. Ravager was in danger of being uncovered. This was the only way to save the mission. Stay safe."

holly stepped off of Sam and grabbed her jacket, pulling it back on. She left the pisau in his stomach and walked off. After about five minutes, Sam stood up and pulled the half inch of metal out of is stomach. He was bleeding, but would live. He stumbled out the door and down the ruang tempat tangga, tangga to a closet where he left emergency supplies. He wrapped a bandage around himself and slipped a kemeja on before heading towards his car.

-Flashback-

"I am merely serving my role in the larger plan." holly said, kneeling some more.

"You are humble." Ra's smiled. "We appreciate loyalty, the humbleness to accept your piece of the puzzle, and family ties."

"Welcome to the Light, my girl." Vandal said.

The screens flicked off one oleh one and holly stood up. Sam walked in behind her. "You berkata your father was dead."

"He is." holly said, narrowing her eyes. "I have absolutely no clue what he is talking about."

New York City

June 16, 23:56 EST

The teleportation pad hummed. Revenge and zamrud, emerald stepped off of it to see batman and Nightwing along with superman waiting for him with stern, and surprised, looks on their faces.

"Explain, fast." batman demanded.

"It's part of a rouse." Sam said. "I faked my death to allow the Light to think they're getting the upper hand. They'll attack the Justice League and we can wipe them out."

"Wrong." batman said. "We can arrest them. There will be absolutely NO killing."

"Then you're crazy." Sam said. "Get out."

batman obliged, closely followed oleh Nightwing, who shot a glare at the Black Hero, and superman who had an interested look on his face.

"Recognized: Batman, 02. Nightwing, B-01. Superman, 01."

holly looked at Sam in concern. "Now what?"

"Now," Sam said. "We contact my partner and tell her to secure her end of the deal."

holly nodded and tapped a few buttons on the computer.

The grandfather clock Sam kept around out of nostalgia rang. Midnight of June 17.

"Happy Birthday." holly said, ciuman him on the lips.

"Thanks, Holly." Sam replied, hugging the girl tight.

"The final battle is approaching." Sam said. "I fear we won't have time for much celebration."

"You're turning 25." holly said. "I think we can afford one night of celebration."

Sam grinned. "When anda 'killed' me, anda left me hanging. For two whole days."

holly replied with a grin of her own. "Let's go halaman awal and see what I can do about that."

TO BE CONTINUED…