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The River Has Run Wild	By : SexyKitty0o Category: DC Verse Movies > The Dark Knight Views: 3284 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the batman universe i only own Kat, i am not making any profit on this story and it is purely a fictional story.

Chapter List
- 17
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Boxing Day came around bringing along with it two nights of snowfall that covered Gotham’s streets. Kat stood outside in the empty lot staring down at her newly made snow angel. Tilting her head to the side she studied the imprint before her.
“So? Is it your best work to date?” Jonathan asked as he stood next to her watching in amusement.
Kat giggled and nudged his shoulder with hers, “Don’t be such a smart ass, I’m just waiting patiently to go to my party”
“Soon my pet, we have to wait for the perfect moment” Jonathan walked over to the car again talking to another goon that just showed up.
Jonathan looked dashing in his black tuxedo, she didn’t think anything could beat his three piece work suits he often wore but she was defiantly mistaken on that account.
His swept back hair looked pitch black and glossy from the product holding it in place, he wasn’t wearing his silver glasses tonight instead he had put in contacts and was holding a black metal cane in his left hand. His bow tie was impeccably straight and the single breast pocket held a purple lily.
He did not look like the Dr. Crane police were looking for instead he looked like an older rich aristocrat; he would blend in perfectly.
Sighing she folded her arms across her chest tucking the handgun against her side and turned away from her admiration.
The cold night air blew steadily causing her loose curls to fly constantly around her face. Since October when she cut it into a bob it had grown out to almost touch her shoulders so she had cut in some layers using her thinning shears and trimmed her bangs to go straight across her brow.
Tonight she felt like a star and wanted to look like one, she kept her makeup simple, opting out foundation since she could never match her shade she instead put on some heavy black eyeliner, mascara on top and bottom and a pop of pink lipstick.
She kept her hair down but had to straighten her bangs with a straightener to get that slight curl our of them.
She wore a thin silk dress that came down to her ankles. It was the color of melted silver with lighter gray crystals sewn in a decorative pattern. It was a loose draped dress with thin spaghetti straps holding it all up; her back was bare and exposed all the way down to her waist. She wore no jewelry besides the bracelet Jonathan gave her and a pair of matching strap stiletto’s that tied around her ankles.
Jonathan’s voice broke her out of her thoughts and with a shiver of both cold and excitement Kat turned towards him. “Alright, let’s get this party started shall we?”
The group of men that were still left walked the opposite way of her and Jonathan.
Within a couple of blocks she could see the large entrance of the observatory; it was a dark building with massive carved beams on either side of the large wooden double doors. The top dome was open and from her position on the street she could see the end of the massive telescope that stuck out of the opening.
Kat’s heart fluttered at the site of it and her palms turned sweaty, gripping Jonathan’s arm she arched up to the tip of her toes to reach his ear while tugging on him lightly “I must see the stars through that, promise me” she demanded desperately.
Jonathan grinned at the pleading glare in her eyes, the sharp thrill of power shivered up his spine to the tips of his fingers. “Of course, my soon to be wife will have everything she wants” he cooed in response
Kat’s face lit up as she gripped his arm even tighter and placed her head on his shoulder as they continued to walk forward.
The sound of laughter and merry voices was first to hit her ears followed by the sound of a string band; the main entrance was empty now except for a few security and a front door man.
Stopping at the corner of the high stone fence Jonathan placed his hand on her bare shoulder and frowned; “Jesus Kat aren’t you freezing? You’re practically naked” he growled.
She let out a soft happy laugh with a shake of her head, “No I like it, we were only out here for less than 30 minutes I’m fine”
Kat may be fine but he was not liking the fact that her nipples were hard and straining against the flimsy fabric creating the same effect on his groin.
Snapping his attention back to the task at hand he looked back up at her eyes
“Remember stick to the plan until I release the toxin than you’re free to do you as you please”
He slid his hands up and down her arms for a second warming the flesh before he handed her a small matching handbag which Kat hid the handgun she was holding along with the disposable cellphone he gave her.
“Got it boss, see you soon” she responded softly as she snapped the bag closed.
Jonathan gripped her face and pressed his mouth hard against hers, just as quick he had moved back and brushed a strand behind her ear.
With a smile and a wink Kat left Jonathan’s side as he went around to the right; she made her way to the wide front steps.
She grabbed the fabric in front of her legs to avoid tripping on the stairs and when she reached the top she grinned up at the tall dark man in front of her.
“Good evening” she handed him her invite with her greeting and waited as he studied the card.
“Welcome Mrs. Buies coat check is to your left once you’re through the doors and your donation can be made to the large green table in the far east corner” The man spoke with a light Italian accent and handed her invite back as he gestured for her to walk in.
Giving a small curtsy bow she walked forward with a flirtatious smile and downcast eyes; she placed the card back into her small handbag quickly snapping it closed.
She was surprised there was no bags check or metal detector at this party, when she first heard that in the plans she was skeptic but it turned out to be true.
‘Rich folks really don’t have to worry about shit all in this City’ she seethed in her mind but grinned anyways, soon it would be their folly. 'Then again, they just have to cry Bat and their savior comes running'
The entrance was a small room with two hallways one on each side of her, she could see the coat check counter at the end of the left hall but she was not wearing one and obviously she was not letting go of her bag.
Kat walked forward and into the large open space of the observatory where the first thing you could see was the large telescope dominating a large portion of the north part of the room. A large amount of people were gathered around the leaned back chair that was attached to the bottom, they took turns sitting down and gazing through it making ooh’s and ah’s and laughing with glee.
The space was decorated with Christmas colors along with a lot of New Year’s gold’s and silvers strung in with the décor.
There was a ramp that led to an upstairs balcony where you could sit, relax and mingle with other guests. A few people looked at her as she entered the main area; a waiter quickly appeared and offered her a glass of champagne from a silver platter.
She took one with a thank you and took a quick sip. The bubbles tingled on her tongue before she swallowed the refreshing slightly sweet drink; she sipped again this time taking slightly more.
‘ok first step get your ass to the telescope’ was her first thought but she stopped mid-step as she quickly remembered the plan ‘he said stick to the plan first than when the toxin drops I can do what I want so that would include using the telescope’ with a few more minutes of consideration she sighed and took another sip of champagne before staying right where she was.
It shouldn’t be too long anyways.
“Hello”
Kat turned her head to see the man who spoke to her, he was handsome in a way that all women would be drooling over with light brown hair and almost matching eyes.
He had a very strong square jaw and a wide smile, with the whitest teeth she ever saw in person.
“I was in line to see the stars tonight up close but I got distracted by an even more beautiful star”
The cheesy line that was supposed to be sweet almost made her burst out laughing and she shook her head.
“I’m not interested. Thanks” she was direct and firm but still kept a friendly tone.
The man didn’t take the hint though and stepped closer to her, “Well I was...”
Kat cut the man off with a sharp slap to his left cheek. Hard enough that the sound echoed through the large dome and a few surrounding guests turned to see the commotion.
Kat started shouting and bullying the man back while more and more people gathered around the disturbance, no one paid attention to Jonathan who was now weaving in-between the crowd placing small metal canisters around.
It was her job to create a distraction and while she wasn’t suppose to do so for another 20 minutes the man just gave her an opportune moment and she felt like improvising.
At this time Bruce Wayne stepped forward and raised his hands addressing Kat,
“Now lets just calm down for a moment alright” he spoke softly while never leaving her eye contact.
Kat stood still and smiled “I am calm, if I wasn’t he would be dead by now”
It was a fleeting second but Kat saw the flutter of confusion then familiarity skitter across his face before he recovered “Have we met before?”
“Now that’s what got him in this trouble” Kat responded as she took in the crowd around her, almost everyone now had their eyes on her which was exactly what she was waiting for.
“Ladies and Gentlemen” pausing she turned to Bruce “and of course Bruce Wayne who is in a category all himself” with a wink and a smile she returned to front “Thank you for attending this gracious charity event and for your donations but as you can see this observatory is well off and in no need of assistance but I however am in desperate need and I’m forever gracious for your cooperation in this transition”
“What is this crazy woman talking about” someone demanded from the sea of faces.
“SO let me welcome you all to My engagement party… oh and please feel free to scream for your life”
She grinned wide while raising her glass in a toast and within the next two seconds a loud bang fizzle noise irrupted throughout the room; Followed closely by screams of surprise and next terror when thick dirty white gas filled the air and the entire dome.
Kat opened her bag and pulled out her gun, she tucked it under her arm and tucked her cellphone into her garter belt.
She found the epipen device next and quickly jabbed it into her upper thigh while letting go of the bag; she held the flute with her top fingers of the same hand. As much fun as his toxin was she wanted to be clear headed for her party.
With a wide smile on her face she wiped the tears from her eyes and let out a few coughs as the gas started to clear out, giving her a couple more feet of vision.
Kat gulped down the last bit of the champagne in the flute glass she was still holding through everything and then tossed it to her left hearing it shatter a second later.
“Would you care for another miss?”
Kat spun around to see Jonathan in a mock butler bow holding out a full flute of bubbly; with a giggle she took it and gulped the entire thing down, giving the empty glass the same treatment as the last one.
“Thank you, that was quite refreshing”
Jonathan held out his hand and twirled her around once causing another outburst of laughter from Kat.
“Now I do believe I promised someone they would be able to see the stars upclose”
She bounced up and down until they reached the chair and she was seated with her eye against the soft rubber hole.
Kat didn’t know how long she was literally lost in space but Jonathan leaned down and pressed his face against her throat.
“We have to finish up here Baby-Doll, Say good-bye to the planets and come join the party” He spoke in her ear.
Kat stood up feeling slightly disappointed, she could have sat in that chair for an entire night, she was almost about to demand Jonathan to steal the telescope if she didn’t take a second first to ponder and realize how stupid that would be.
She silently felt sorry for the person who crossed her path tonight for she felt a renewed pent up anger flow through her veins.
Standing next to him Kat looked at where they were at; there was a group of about 20 people standing together over by the donation table, there was two full tables’ mostly old people who were sitting the entire time and held no interest to her.
Along the far wall beside the telescope stood a little over 10 people this time mostly men and Kat could count roughly 15 dead bodies lying in various positions all over the floor.
No casualties on their side though and all their men were standing guard around the room all heavily armed.
The old people who sat at the tables started to die all of a sudden, it started with one man gasping then another followed, Jonathan muttered something about heart failure side effect and Kat shrugged, ‘if not today it was bound to happen to them shortly’ was her only thought.
This however caused a few of the people huddled in the large group to panic more and they started to either run for the door or scream and cry, either way the goons shot the ones who ran with their own macabre laughter of satisfaction.
Kat could tell the men along the wall were trying to hold it together in their minds but a couple had started to crack and were staring in odd places or picking their skin with looks of pure fear.
Jonathan took off his scarecrow mask and grinned down at her.
“You see, you don’t even have to do anything, you don’t have to be the smartest or the strongest, you just have to wait, patiently. And in time all things will work themselves out” he replied with a wider wild grin.
Kat smiled in response and nodded her head, “Well at least we agree about one thing Scarecrow, and I am a master of patience”
"You bunch of thugs are going to pay! Batman will be here at any moment!" It was a young gentleman who yelled as his hands pulled at his hair.
"well aren't we quite coherent" Kat smiled and stepped towards him.
She grabbed a stack of bills from one of their men and stood in front of the gentleman who cried out. The other people along the wall beside him stared at her with looks of fear and a bit of curiosity. She held up the stack of money in her hands and flipped through the bills in a quick second.
"In my hand are twenty dollar bills, guess how much money is here in total and the person who is closest to the correct answer I will personally let go, unarmed."
People did not wait even a second before answers were being shouted out randomly by people all across the room, Kat smiled wider and held up her other hand.
"Now, now one at a time, I know you're all just dying to play but there are rules to my game"
She came to stand in front a lady who was picking at her arms with tears running down her face, "Ladies first, whats your guess?"
A goon yelled and the sound of a gun hitting the ground caught both of their attention, Kat saw the shadow of the batman before he had time to fully move .
“Of course it’s the bat” Kat announced and pouted to her side at Jonathan.
“Well then we’ll just have to take care of him as well then” he replied to her pulling on his mask again.
“Yes and it seems he doesn't like your gift either. Batman has a cure for everything except his own demons” Kat cooed out-loud.
“You’re one to talk Katalina, you know this isn’t how people should live, and you know you need help” it sounded like the shadows were speaking to her since his voice bounced off of the walls.
“Its just Kat, or Baby-Doll or Pain or Angel of Death, I’m really just adding more as I progress. Cant seem to make up my mind” Kat was talking away while Jonathan moved off out of her range of vision. “Why don’t you just come out of the shadows and talk? Hmm?” Nothing but silence.
Kat laughed, “Okay, Can't blame me for asking. Find him and Kill him boys”
The men looked at the guests and then at her one spoke up “Ah boss you sure about that? What about the hostages?”
Kat raised her gun to aim at the mans head who just spoke to her, “Next time I’ll just pull the trigger and show you just how fast I want you to move when I give you a fucking command” she yelled in a rage.
The goon nodded furiously and backed out faster than she ever saw someone move, the others followed his lead just a fast and with that Kat sighed and smiled again.
Looking behind her she saw Jonathan had tied the remaining men left by the wall by their wrists and ankles and was now working on duct taping each of the people standing and pushing them onto the ground by the other men.
He was finished quickly seeing how he was not very careful and Kat helped him with the last two. Once she was done she put her hands on her hips and studied each single face she came across, Jonathan watched her for a few moments, listening to the sounds of sporadic shooting and shouts along with cries of surprise.
After a few moments of staring at Kat’s blank face as her eyes wondered, he felt a nerve throb behind his eyes and he pulled off his mask to rub at them.
Growing more annoyed every second he pulled out the contacts that were constantly bothering him and tossed them onto the ground.
“What is going on in your head Kat?”
Her blank face broke finally with a frown and she looked up at him with a puzzled expression.
“You do realize something right? That a certain someone is missing" She raised her gun in a flash to the woman's head who she asked for her guess
"I have come to a most brilliant conclusion and I’m afraid if you take one more step Batman I’ll blow this pretty little brunette’s head open” her eyes fluttered over Jonathan’s shoulder quickly before coming back to his.
Jonathan turned around and stepped back towards Kat a few steps but still stayed in front of her, “So all my goons that fast huh?” he asked
“Put the gun down and turn yourselves in” Batman demanded in his deep growling voice.
Kat laughed softly and shook her head “You sound ridiculous and you do realize every single one of these people have already signed their death certificate. The moment they stepped into this party they sealed their fate, just like the moment I took my sisters hand and walked into that living room.”
“I’ve called Gotham Police; they’ll have this place surrounded in mere moments. There’s nowhere for you two to go. No one else needs to die here”
Jonathan remained silent but during the exchange a few hostages made whimpers and soft screams and crying sobs as the drug worked its way through their system.
“But they know your secret Batman” Kat replied while stepping forward. “I much prefer calling you Bruce”
Jonathan’s head whipped back to meet Kat’s gaze, his look was of pure disbelief but Kat smiled and laughed.
“Oh come on, you couldn't figure that out after years of living here? Who else can afford all his gadgets and technology? Not to mention you recognized me tonight as Bruce Wayne. You wouldn't recognize my face from anywhere as the pictures on the news are all of me as a child and the very few from the institute are still shot's from video surveillance that are hardly that recognizable; but my voice. You’d recognize my accent if you heard me before and you did. Again, there's no voice recordings of me playing anywhere and you're not a doctor.
Then just now I look around and I don’t see Bruce anywhere. Yet you were right beside me when the shit hit the fan, then poof you’re gone and here’s batman and I know for a fact that not a single soul got out of this building. So in fact I’m doing you a favor, I’m taking care of witnesses. Unless you’re ready for Gotham to know the truth"
“I don’t know what medication you need to be on, but you’re more delusional than Joker himself”
“Oh thanks, I take that as a compliment” Kat answered with a fit of laughter and then pulled the trigger killing the brunette she said she would.
Batman took a step forward but stopped when Kat aimed at the man who had come up to hit on her.
“Why!" He yelled at her as Kat just continued to smile "I warned you batman, I said just one step now the bigger question you should ask is, What is our party favor?"
Jonathan spoke up with a raised hand, “I can answer that, there is enough explosive's to blow this whole city block we’re on and it will go off.”
“Question is when Batman, should we all just stand here and burn to a crisp? I don't find your ex-girlfriends way of going all too appealing.” Kat smiled sweetly but oh so venomously.
Batman’s hand curled into a ball, “you’re a very sick woman Katalina, You belong in the darkest isolated part of Arkham, right along side the Joker”
“Will everyone stop trying to pair up my fiancé with that green haired clown!” Jonathan shouted and shot at batman’s direction.
He took off up into the rafters while Kat and Jonathan made their way out the front doors they once blocked. Kat stopped him before they rushed outside; she looked down the hall at the coat check counter and glanced at the big white wall clock.
Kat could hear the faint sounds of batman releasing a hostage and then his footsteps, Jonathan threw another gas bomb into the room followed by a scatter bomb that released 10 tiny bullet canisters that flew in every direction.
While Batman dealt with that commotion, Kat glanced back at Jonathan and reloaded her handgun.
“Ok Cavalry should be here” She smiled and pushed open the heavy double doors.
They were greeted with two swat vans, a dozen cop cars and a crap load of armed officers who all shouted commands of lowering their weapon and getting on the ground with hands behind their heads.
All Kat kept thinking was ‘yeah right’, but she raised her hands in the air to avoid being shot just yet, it was only a moment of them waiting before a loud boom was heard right across the street.
The cops scattered in panic as another explosion quickly followed, this time even closer and ended up taking out two of the cop cars.
While everyone was trying to figure out where everything was coming from and what to focus on Kat and Jonathan moved swiftly to the waiting getaway car and hopped in the back.
The driver sped off and luckily not a single car followed them, the sound of explosions however continued until she was sure the entire block had been taken out.
“So a new home tonight I’m assuming?” Kat inquired."we did just murder what? 100 people maybe a little less"
“Are you positive of what you said back there?” Jonathan ignored her own question and turned to catch her stare.
“Am I sure? Well its 50/50, I came to that belief based on my own conclusions that I stated earlier, it all makes sense to me but then again I am crazy so who knows”
If she was giving a cryptic answer again on purpose Jonathan couldn't figure out but he’s own brain was reeling still with coming to his own conclusion that he couldn’t care enough to react to her.
Kat felt the hot streak of annoyance flash through her, ‘that fucking batman, all anyone gives a shit about is that fucking batman’ she cursed in her head while sulking into the seat cushion.
The car ride took longer than Kat had expected and by the time they had finally arrived she was feeling more tired and grumpy than the joyful excitement high she had at the party which caused her to slip even further into her bad mood.
Jonathan hadn’t said a word to her the entire time, he just sat there staring out the window lost in deep thought with his brow furrowing every once and awhile.
That didn’t change as the car stopped and Jonathan got out; holding the door and waiting for her to follow, which she did but did not accept the hand he held out for her.
Tonight they were not in the city, instead they were on the outskirts where it smelt of nothing but sewer and chemical plant waste.
She was sure she could see the lake dump from where she stood; it looked like a sea of tar and smelt worse.
Kat wasn’t a material type of girl but she was getting sick of smelling the air full of stench and just once she wanted a clean room that smelt of her comforting lavender and vanilla with her fluffy pillow and soft blankets.
"Is life on the run finally catching up to you?" Jonathan inquired as he walked behind her.
"Go fuck yourself" she snipped short and crisp.
He was about to grab her when he saw her body language and thought better of it, her spine was straight and stiff as a board and her face was stuck in a hard mean glare that was out of character for her.
So instead he waited until they reached the room they would be sleeping in and gripped her shoulders with his hands sternly but gently guiding her to sit at the small stool by the window.
Her back was to him so she couldn’t see his face or what he was doing but she was on guard and ready to bolt or react to whatever he was planning.
The entire place was dead silent, there was no goons or sounds of people in the house they were at, Kat never got a good look at the place they were occupying for now but the room they were in was a decent size and very nicely decorated for being where it was.
The bed was fully made with extra pillows and a wardrobe was stock full of clothes that she could see through the one open door. That was all she could see from her point of view besides the slight outline reflected in the window of her sitting and Jonathan standing behind her staring at her.
Kat was wary and on guard as she stared at him through the window, watching as he ran his hands through the loose silky strands.
"You looked beautiful tonight" he stated as he then picked up a brush from the desk in the right corner.
When Jonathan came back to her he started to run the brush through her hair softly and with more care than Kat ever took with herself.
The uncharacteristic actions he was displaying did not ease anything in her but rather hiked all her paranoia and kept her like a deer caught in a hunters stare; ready to bolt at any second.
Jonathan had noticed that his actions were having the opposite effect on Kat that he wanted, he had remembered reading that a good way to soothe a woman was to brush her hair but he had to remember Kat was not like most women and she did not have any good memories with care and attention.
Letting out a slightly frustrated sigh he stopped brushing and met her eyes in the reflection.
"Are you uncomfortable?"
"Why are you doing this?" was her response.
"Doing what?"
"What you're doing"
"Brushing your hair?"
"Yes"
They both stayed silent and continued to stare at each other for a bit until Jonathan raised an eyebrow and held his hands by his side, "Do you want me to stop?"
"I didn’t say I didn’t like it, I asked why you are acting differently"
He couldn't tell if she was pushing his buttons or genuinely confused and curious. Either way he decided not to react like usual and took a different approach; he instead went for the upper hand.
"Why are you in the mood you are in? Perhaps I decided to act with kindness to your rudeness earlier, I did put a lot of effort into that party just for you"
Kat's eye flickered down for a moment in shame before she met his again, "I'm sorry for my bad manners, I didn’t mean it" she genuinely apologized like a child would after being scolded.
Jonathan lifted up the brush and continued to brush through the rest of the tangles in her hair, "It is alright, I'm sorry you didn’t enjoy your party"
Kat scowled and made a Humph noise as she went back to staring outside at the dark night, "It was going great until the Bat showed up, did we even get any money?"
"Yes, Ben, Todd, and his boys had left in the car before the batman arrived as planned and got away with three of the five duffle bags of cash. I'll know the total tomorrow"
"Well at least he didn’t take out all of our guys" She muttered.
"I think you are right about Bruce being Batman" Jonathan announced as he placed the brush back and slipped off his jacket.
Kat stood up and turned to face him, her arms folded across her chest, "who cares about the bat, he's just a damaged man who likes to beat up 'bad guys' so he can feel better about being a useless child watching his parents die. There’s plenty of men like him doing the same thing and they’re called criminals"
"You are really jealous of Batman aren’t you?" Jonathan mused as he worked on removing the rest of his tuxedo.
"You know I could have turned out to be the next batman... or batwoman whatever, if fate chose that as my path instead of fucking my life up royally. I mean what if after what happened to me I ended up in a sweet loving home with my sweet caring nanny instead of tossed in an insane asylum like a dirty piece of garbage. You see society and the law made me who I am. We are all shaped by the world and then the world has the audacity to shake it's finger at us in disappointment and disgust at their own handy work."
"Agreeable" was all Jonathan responded with as he went into what she would guess was a bathroom since it was connected to the bedroom. “But then you wouldn’t be you"
"But we are also the bad villains waiting to be defeated by the hero batman. Gotham has now molded us into what it wanted and now they just wait for the big curtain call when we are put behind bars or shot dead Bonnie and Clyde style"
Jonathan came back into the bedroom wearing a loose gray t-shirt and baggy cotton pants.
"Well then lets change the act and create our own ending, one filled with fear and pain" He handed her an even larger t-shirt and turned her around with a firm hand on her waist.
As he guided the zipper down her side, Kat let out a sigh and shook her head, "There is no happy ending for us Jonathan, we will lose in the end, either end up dead or in Arkham but there is no get away; I see it all laid out before me"
"So you're a future teller now?"
"Common sense actually, we can’t run forever"
"No just until Batman is dead, Then the city will be ours"
A moment of silence was exchanged before Jonathan spoke again, this time more softly.
"I've heard some interesting things of late, things that might brighten your 'future ending' you're so worried about. That's why we needed this money, we need a buy-in with this gang"
Kat's dress fell to her feet in a pool of fabric as she stepped out of it and lifted her arms for the t-shirt, “OH?" Jonathan's cool hands touched the skin of her back causing her to jump slightly and then she immediately relaxed.
His hands dug into the sore muscles of her shoulder blades and Kat let out a soft moan at the sensation; her stress seem to melt away in mere seconds.
"Joker is no longer any help to us, he is locked up in Arkham with Harlequin."
Kat's head came up "and that’s supposed to brighten my day... I fail to see how that’s not a point on my end of the argument"
"Let me finish" he stated as he worked his hands lower down her back.
Kat put her head back down and remained silent.
"Joker was successful in his task as Black Mask is leaving town but it seems a new player has stepped up to Rhas Aghoul's vision for Gotham. Now I don’t know who this person is directly but I do know the muscle this person is bringing in to help and he may be our only hope of taking down the batman for good"
Kat's interest was peeked to a whole new high, she could feel the tingling sensation spread to her toes but she stayed quiet and waited for Jonathan to go on, he was tormenting her on purpose.
He was tip toeing around what he had to say trying to coax a reaction out of her but it failed to do so and Jonathan grinned at her when she turned around to take the shirt from him. She pulled it over her head and down her bare chest that Jonathan grabbed a quick glance at before the fabric covered her.
"He's name is Bane. A mercenary from a very dark place, even darker than your own past, he is the one to bring down the Batman and with your new found hunch it'll be even easier to do so"
Kat walked over to the bed and sat at the edge, "and why do you have so much faith in this Bane guy?"
Jonathan let out a chuckle that was slightly condescending but Kat didn’t take it that way, "Oh when you meet him, you'll see what I mean"
Pulling the blankets down Kat watched as he walked over to the empty side of the bed, "and when do I get to meet him?"
"Tomorrow, now lets get some rest shall we?" Jonathan slipped under the covers and pulled Kat up against him, it didn’t take long for Jonathan to pass out but Kat stayed awake staring at the far left window from her side.
Her mind was racing from everything that happened tonight and all the information she found out from Jonathan, right before she fell asleep she found her mind drifting to a very odd place and her dreams were of a loving home and beautiful flower gardens and her family happy and alive watching her walk up to get her diploma.
It was the most beautiful dream Kat ever had but when she woke up the next morning she was nauseous and wanted nothing more than to burn the images from her mind and replace them with screams and chaos.
The day went by slowly, all Kat could think of was meeting this Bane guy and hearing the plan to throw Gotham into a pit of hell, she was nervous and at the same time excited.
It caused her to let out small bursts of gleeful giggles and odd noises from her throat but Jonathan remained neutral until Kat started firing rapid questions ranging from how tall he was to who was working with him.
He answered her in short straight responses that only prompted her to ask another until he rubbed his forehead and took a deep breath which Kat knew was a sign to stop while she was ahead.
It wasn’t long however before they were walking out the door and down the empty dirt road towards the sewers, her and Jonathan were joined with 5 of their men who were all armed with weapons of all kinds.
When they stopped at a large sewer drainage gate he signaled for his men to open it, "Are we expected or is this a surprise visit?" Kat asked bemused.
"We are expected and if we weren’t we'd be dead by now, that house belongs to them" Jonathan stated as the gate opened with a loud rusty creak.
"Ah is there no end to your list of so called friends?" Kat jested as Jonathan handed her a flashlight and then turned on his.
He met her eyes and did his usual habit of tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear, "remember our...”
"Yes I am to stay by you at all times and don’t start nothing just follow your lead. Like always" She responded like a snotty teenager followed by a grin.
Two men went first, followed by her and Jonathan and then the two other men took the back.
The smell of the sewers was already filling her nose but she didn't let it bothered her; the sound of rushing water could be heard after a few moments of walking in the dark with nothing but their flashlights to guide them.
Rats ran by their feet once and a while making little scurry noises and squeaks.
Kat laughed as she saw one of the men side step them with a look of pure fear and disgust on his face; it was more humorous to Kat because of how menacing the thug looked only to act like a little school girl at the sight of a small furry rodent.
She could see some other lights at the end of the tunnel, followed by the faint sound of men talking and metal clanging against metal, Kat held her flashlight in one hand and in her other held her handgun.
Once they had reached the wide opening she turned off her flashlight and held it at her side while clicking the safety off of her handgun with her thumb.
The two thugs in front fell behind Jonathan slightly once they left the tunnel and entered what she would call the main area; it was a very large open space with different small streams of water flowing to the center where a large main river of water gushed down and out.
There were men of all ages and ethnics working away on different things ranging from guns to strange electric devices and chemicals.
They all kept walking until they reached a small area that was blocked off with hanging dirty plastic and old busted wooden shelves, Kat could see a couple of men standing there staring at them while holding their ak-47's anxiously.
"So this is the man who made the toxin for Ra's, I expected to find a more petulant man"
It was an odd voice that spoke and to Kat's ears it sounded like an aristocrat with a deep Mexican accent but much more dangerous. That was until she saw the man himself step out to greet them; he was defiantly tall, and she would guess 6'7 if not more and he was large enough with muscles to take down an elephant with his bare hands.
He wore nothing but cargo pants and a military bulletproof vest that had tubes of neon green liquid running through them and into his chest and back. He wore a black mask that left his mouth area and eyes uncovered and it was his eyes that held Kat's attention; they were dark, almost black and full of nothing but empty darkness and a glint of intelligence that most people she came across in this industry lacked.
His size was more than just intimidating it was beyond logic; she couldn't imagine him being able to move very fast with the size of him, his skin was nothing but bulging veins and the same neon color shimmered beneath the flesh in some spots.
Jonathan cleared his throat before blocking half of Kat's body, sure Jonathan wasn’t a moron he knew he had no chance in hell at taking out Bane if he did try to do something to Kat but it was now instinct to shield her from everything he didn’t like and he didn't like the way she stared at this freak of nature in complete fixation.
"Yes, I helped Ra's Aghoul in return he gave me access to the plant I needed to take my toxin to its maximum potential"
"Yes, something I fear you lack"
Jonathan's jaw clenched but he remained silent, Kat remembered what he said to her but Bane was constantly staring at her, gauging what he saw and it prompt Kat subliminally to respond.
"You're not so different from most men, you stare at me like all the others" she spoke softly but very firm while gripping her gun tighter and making sure Bane saw the movement.
"I don’t know who you are, no one mentioned you and yet here you stand. So why should I not hand you over to these men here? You wish to die no doubt"
"Try your threats on someone else, I am no little girl you see before you and we stand on equal ground as I have never heard of you either and I was here in Gotham for a year now, that’s before you came here so I think I'm in more of a position to question than you are"
Bane didn’t laugh; not out loud but there was amusement in his eyes that Kat saw and she went further by stepping forward and in front of Jonathan towards Bane.
The guards behind Bane lifted their rifles from there hanging position up to hold with both hands but Kat did not stop, not even when Jonathan hissed at her and went to grab her arm.
She instead stepped even closer until she stood right in front of Bane; only a foot from his form, Kat never once let her eyes leave his as she raised her spine to add as much height as she could but the top of her head still only came to Bane's neck. Bane himself did not move a muscle what so ever, he did not say a thing or make any sign to his men, he just stood there waiting.
"My name is Kat, Kat Crane and I know your soul, the very blackness it holds and all its glory. You may not have faith in Jonathan's work because of past... failures but you may have faith in me. For I will set a fire to this earth so great that only those truly worthy will rise like a phoenix from the ashes. We will rise."
She didn't know if what she said was taken as a threat or a truce but she saw the change in his eyes before his mouth opened to speak.
"You are more than meets the eye little bird, I will agree with that but you could be so much more"
Bane's eyes flickered to Jonathan and back and Kat understood the hidden innuendo instantly.
"I am what I am thanks to that man" she responded still never leaving his eye contact, letting him see just everything she knew was mimicked in his own eyes. "And we will not fail you"
"I will hold you to your word little bird and I will break every bone in your body while he watches if you do not live up to your promise's" Kat did not say anything about the annoying nickname Bane had taken upon himself to dub to her.
"And I will feed you to the bat in big chunky pieces if you fail us" Kat responded without a hint of humor even though a couple of Bane's men chuckled at her remark.
Bane let out a laugh this time, a short bark of a sound but laughter none the less, "Fail you in what?"
"In breaking the Batman, a little advice from one with experience on the subject, careful that what you break does not rise with re-found glory and strength, there are few who grow stronger from exposed weakness"
"I know more of rising than you could ever fathom"
Kat grinned wide like the cheshire cat "Yes well, I believe I know more of the Batman than you could ever fathom Muscle Head"
"And I believe you have done some research before coming here, more than you just being a mind reader"
"And you have not done enough, now are we gonna continue this lovely back and forth banter or do you want our information and help?" Kat placed a hand on her cocked hip and waited.
Bane never once looked away from her stare, he was silent for a moment and then another before he raised his hand out to her, "How about we continue this conversation in private?"
"Over my dead fucking body" Jonathan finally spoke up and took two steps towards Kat when Bane's men all held up their guns in a flash and aimed them at Jonathan causing him to stop mid-step.
Kat turned around to face Jonathan and with a stern face gave her head a quick shake no and held her hand up,
"Calm down, if he wanted us dead there isn’t really anything stopping that. Besides we both know that no one can say no to me" she soothed him with a smart-ass grin and blew a kiss "I'll be right back, keep our guys from having any itchy trigger fingers while I’m gone"
Her eyes pleaded with him that she knew what she was doing and this one time he could not be the leader and main voice, Kat knew now that Bane would not work with him at all.
By now Jonathan trusted her more than he ever thought was possible, so with a large lump in his throat he nodded once and stepped back to his men, his grip on his gun was so tight that his hand was turning pale white and was shaking slightly.
He was always the one who was the smooth talker, using the fear against the person to get what he wanted but with Joker and now it seems Bane as well, He was useless and Kat had managed to work her magic and get people to fall in line with her so how could he even try to demand something else.
They needed to be in with this crew, he knew what was going down and when all shit hit the fan he couldn’t protect them both from everyone but if you got in with the ring leader of it all it would lead to a much easier time.
He watched as Kat slipped her tiny hand into Bane's massive one and they walked away through a small opening behind the two men with the ak-47s.
The small innocent gesture of watching their hands connect sent a pure ice wave of jealousy and hatred through Jonathan that it almost made him vomit.
Kat did not like to be touched, it was no secret and in fact word spread so fast through the men that when Kat stood by one of them they would take a step back or sideways to make sure they were not within reaching distance, at first she thought it was because they were scared of her or hated her but she found there was a little more to that from her new favorite henchman and dirty work handler.
So holding off the urge to let go of Bane's very warm and large hand was very difficult for her but she managed to not let anything show.
The back of the man was no less intimidating than the front, she could see where the tubes connected to flesh and she wanted to ask a million questions but knew that now was not the time so she tried to quiet her mind.
They only walked a couple of steps before he let go of her hand and turned around to face her, "Alright then little bird what is it you want?"
Kat shrugged and tucked her handgun into the waistband of her jeans and stepped towards a weird contraption that was halfway through being built on a large table, "That’s something Jonathan would know but I do believe it’s along the lines of killing batman, destroying Gotham and bringing pain and chaos to this blind and dumb world"
She looked back at Bane who was standing there with his hands clasped behind his back watching her, "No, no I know what Jonathan wants but I asked what it is you want"
"I want what Jonathan wants"
"And what if there was no Jonathan"
"Then there would be no me"
"Funny, one so used to being alone shouldn’t be clinging to a weighted ball and chain"
"Perhaps I could be so much more on my own but what fun would that be? I love Jonathan and I love the world we will create to live in so you can just drop that now or kill me because I'm a package deal"
"I wonder what it would take to have Jonathan leave you, how would you react to that?"
Kat let out a hearty laugh at the empty threat, "Oh he wouldn’t give me up, not for anything and that’s not just a poor sap of a girl clinging to romantic ideals; that’s the truth. And even so, if he did choice to leave well than more power to him, I would not cry and demand why and that I can change, I would just kill any woman who he touched and then I would kill anyone who crossed my path. Or work for whoever pleased my fancies. To be honest I haven't ever had to give that much thought"
Bane walked a few steps to the left "Love...” it was all he said but it was a million questions all at once.
"Yes, Love, something even you feel... for a woman at that, but not the kind that I feel, no, something more fatherly" Kat squinted at first, calculating every spasm of muscle and change in his eyes.
No one could hide things from their eyes, they were the windows to the soul after all and Kat had a marvelous skill at reading them, if it’s truly not her being a mind reader and listening to the whispers in her head.
"Your skills are impressive, although they become a nauseous very quickly" Bane's voice held a little more gravel to it.
Kat let out another wild loud laugh with her head thrown back "Yes I am quite aware of that, I'm told on a daily basis but you need not fear for all secrets are safe with me except of course the main one that brings me here"
Bane sat down finally on a large chair that looked like it was built out of old metal and garbage, "Yes, how about we get back to business"
"Yes, lets" Kat stated and came to sit across from him by pulling a large empty pail over and flipping it. "How would you like to know who Batman is?"
Bane's eyes widen for a split second before he caught himself and sat upright while at the same time as leaning over with his elbow on his knee, "You have both my attention and agreement to work with you little bird"
Jonathan did not know how much longer he could stand there waiting, looking at his wrist watch for what felt like the millionth time he saw that 45 minutes had passed since Kat walked away with Bane.
While he did hear her laughter a few times during the wait, it did not help his increasing agitation and annoyance at both being left out and of having Kat with an unknown man in an unknown location doing what unknown things his mind kept creating.
Finally there was a creak of metal and then Kat emerged from the same entrance they left at and made contact with his eyes immediately, with a small smile and a wink all his feelings seeped back down and he felt at ease once again.
She came to stand beside him again while holding her fist up for him to 'pump' it as Kat like to make him do when something went her way or something good happened to them.
He did so to appease her but did not do the ridiculous explosion sound and movement that she followed it up with but she twirled with a smile and faced Bane who had come to stand in the same spot as before.
"You can have the men you need to gather more ingredients. Keep the money you bring to me in a pathetic attempt at a bribe. You may stay at the location I have given to your. Wife." Jonathan did not like the pause that came with that word but like the entire time he was here he bit his tongue and waited. "I hope you do not disappoint me Kat, as I have grown to like you. A rare thing on my part I can assure you"
Kat grinned wide like the Cheshire cat again and gave a curtsy bow with her arms flared out beside her in a grand gesture, "Yes oh great and magnificent one, your wish is our command and like all great men before, it will be the woman behind the man that keeps everything going smoothly so rest your big beefy head tonight in peace" With a flare spin Kat left the men standing there.
Jonathan stared at Bane for a extra moment, both daring each other to make a move or say something out of line until Jonathan turned around and followed Kat while motioning for his men to follow.
Kat was sitting in the car blowing a big blue bubble with her mouth and snapping the gum back with a pop, Jonathan sat in the drivers seat and awaited there with the engine idling staring at Kat.
"Would you care to tell me where we're going?" He growled with little patience.
Kat smiled, "Oh so this is what power feels like, Hmm it’s nice to be the one who knows what’s going on and not kept in the dark thrown scraps"
Jonathan took off his glasses and cleaned them with his usual handkerchief, "You do remember the thin line you're walking on hasn’t changed at all"
"We'd be dead right now if not for me" Kat stated it without any emotion or feeling, just a deadpan stating the fact voice.
"Hardly" he scoffed but did a double take when Kat just stared at him, "He would want my toxin..."
"He doesn’t care about your toxin or your work. He doesn’t care about money or fame and he doesn’t care about Gotham or Batman"
Jonathan put his glasses back on and gritting his teeth he responded "Then what does he care about?"
"A woman, like any other man"
Kat could feel the change in atmosphere almost instantly "Yes you seem to be taken with every man you meet, perhaps I should check in between your legs for ..."
A very loud slap echoed through the car and then the sound of Kat spitting her gum out and onto his lap, "Watch how you speak to me Jonathan, I don’t care about much but don’t ever say that shit to me agai..."
Jonathan returned the favor of cutting her off mid sentence but he did not slap her, he grabbed her throat with one hand and pulled a handful of her hair with the other; yanking her head back. "Power I think has gone straight to your head" he growled in her ear while Kat pushed at him with her hands and then started to slap at whatever she could in front of her causing him to fight off her hands and force his way on her lap pinning her hands between the seat and her back using his knees to secure them.
"ALRIGHT STOP!" he yelled in her face at her constant struggling
Kat stopped moving and glared in his eyes, after a moment he took a big gulp of air and let it out as a sigh, he brushed a strand of her hair that came lose behind her ear and sank into her body with his.
"I'm sorry alright, I did not mean what I said, I know no one touches you but me" he was placing small closed lip kisses down her neck and shoulder causing her to relax and melt into his body.
"It scares me to know what we could have walked into, well according to you would've walked into"
Kat sighed and pulled her hands from his hold to wrap them around his neck, "That’s the life of a criminal, but you were right in the end, it was worth it to go. Bane will stop Batman"
"Really? How do you know that?" Jonathan kissed her once on the mouth, quick and simple before returning to his seat and just like that everything was back to peace.
"I know" she responded in a voice that left no room for questions but stated trust me
He put the car in reverse and started to drive, "Alright, so everything is good then?"
Kat nodded and pulled her hair out of the loose ponytail, "Yes, we have everything you required thanks to Bane, and he requires nothing of us. Yet. Once the shit hits the fan though we might be put to work but I don’t trust Bane or any of them, just like they don’t trust us. We all know our loyalty is short and belongs to a certain someone and that’s all we care about so I don’t think we have to worry about putting on an act, there’s no pretend pals here like with the Joker"
Jonathan nodded and pulled forward, looking back to make sure his men were following him in the other car, "So you trust him enough to stay at his place though"
"No, but we aint got nowhere else to go and it's not his house, its a spare house with the owners out on Christmas vacation, according to the plan anyone not in Gotham at the time it all goes down wont be getting back in anyways." Kat grinned at him while giving him the directions and address.
"And what exactly is going down?"
With a wild laugh full of excitement, Kat turned around to face him and started explaining everything she was told.
Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed, please review if you did!
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