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Infinite DC - Birds of Prey: Dark	By : Xygrej Category: DC Verse Comics > Birds Of Prey Views: 5629 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Birds of Prey, nor any of the characters from it. Birds of Prey and all related characters belong to DC Comics as do all characters included in this story. I do not own any of them, nor do I profit from this story in any way.

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Batwoman's eyes narrowed as she stared at the computer screen. More demonic rats were approaching the location of the hidden elevator, and if they managed to find it and relay its hiding place to Trigon, her hideout would be compromised in the worst possible way. With that thought in mind, she hit a button that opened a panel in the wall, revealing a rack with a large array of gadgetry.
"I can't take them all on my own," the Dark Knightess admitted, switching out some of the gear in her utility belt. "Help yourselves."
"Advanced trick arrows?" Huntress asked, admiring the objects in question on the rack, her eyes wide and gleaming like a child on Christmas. "Oh, you shouldn't have!"
"You break it, you buy it," Batwoman reminded as all but Raven armed up.
"Bill me, I've got a LARGE inheritance to play with," Helena pointed out.
"I know," Batwoman replied, then turned to face Huntress with a smirk. "Mine's bigger."
"If you're done measuring dick-sizes," Dinah interjected, "can I just bring up that we need to use the elevator, the same elevator we want to keep hidden, in order to get down there?"
Raven pulled the hood of her cloak over her head. "I think I can offer a decent alternative, if you want."
The other three women finished arming themselves as they turned back to Rachel, Huntress' head tilted in confusion. "What do you mea-"
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven called out, her eyes glowing white.
Before they could ask, a large raven effigy of black energy formed from behind Rachel and enveloped the group in its wings. From within it, the four felt themselves in motion, but couldn't see where. Luckily, Raven could tell in her mind, as they eventually came to a halt, her familiar fading away as they found themselves in a chamber within the Platinum Flats sewer system, a fair distance away from the elevator.
"Ugh," Dinah groaned, feeling her stomach lurch, "you couldn't warn us?"
"First of all, technically, I did," Raven corrected her. "Second, behind you!"
Dinah turned. Sure enough, just a few feet away, was one of the demon rats, hissing at them. It lunged at her, fangs bared and black venomous drool pouring down its jaw, but Huntress was quick to grab Black Canary and pull her out of the way while shooting an arrow at the rat. The arrow hit its target, but instead of embedding into it and leaving a rotting, bloody corpse behind, the rat exploded into a puff of black smoke, like it had never been there at all.
"Thanks," Dinah panted to Helena. "Duck?"
The Violet Archer looked confused for a split second, but ducked as Black Canary pulled out her sansetsukon and swung it hard. Naturally, her aim wasn't for Hel, but for the rat crawling along the wall behind her, taking it out and leaving black smog in its wake. It was at this point that the four found themselves surrounded as more rats were coming out through nearby tunnels and holes in the walls, and quickly armed themselves.
"Well, looks like they've got their prey right where they want them, don't they?" Raven asked, preparing herself.
Batwoman shook her head, pulling a Batarang. "They have it horribly mixed, then."
"THEY'RE the prey," Huntress added while setting an arrow, "and we're the predators."
Black Canary nodded with a smirk, tightening her gloves. "We're not prey, we're the Birds of Prey!"
With that, the four went to work. Batwoman opened with a flurry of Batarangs that took down a trio of charging rats. Huntress fired a trick arrow that split off into two, hitting a pair of the demonic vermin. Black Canary let out the hooks of her weapon and slashed down any demon rats that got too close to the four. Finally, Raven was using telekinesis take hold of loose stone from the walls and fling it into their attackers. All this seemed to be working just fine, but with each one they took down, two more were waiting to take its place.
"Y'know, it's times like these that I REALLY wanna slap that guy from The Princess Bride!" Huntress joked.
"You have that whole movie memorised, don't you?" Dinah asked, taking down another rat.
"I blame your fiancé!" Helena declared, tripping up four rats with a net arrow.
"Ex-fiancé!" Black Canary corrected, stomping down on a demonic vermin. "...See, THIS is why I don't like going into sewers with you! It's ALWAYS either rats, or Killer Croc, or anything else that's gross and trying to kill us!"
"Are you two like this all the time?" Batwoman inquired, using an explosive Batarang to cause a small cave-in on a few rats several feet away.
"You're actually catching us on a VERY good day," Black Canary answered. "Ears!"
The group covered their ears as Dinah let loose a Canary Cry that tore up a passageway, taking the rats with it and caving it in so no more could come that way. Following up, once the shrieking ended, Raven reached out telekinetically to the stone rubble torn from the ground and walls and slammed it into anything furry that was still moving. Within moments, the area was clear, leaving Black Canary a moment to take a breath of relief.
"Think there's any left?" the blonde fighter asked.
Batwoman touched an invisible button near her lens, calling up information from her computer. "There's a lot less blips, but they seem to be backing off...Wait...One BIG red blip on its way."
Raven's looked to Batwoman's right, her eyes glowing. "I can feel him...It's Jared."
"Guess he wants us for himself," Helena suggested, loading her crossbow. "Think we can take him this time?"
Dinah gave her wrist a shake. "Yeah, sure. 4-on-1, and I think I got a grasp on his style after last time."
Huntress just nodded, the four getting ready as a loud stomping echoed throughout the halls, getting louder as the source got closer. After a few moments, the side of the LONG tunnel they were looking down was blown down, Jared stepping out from the other side. He stared the four down, dressed in his hoodie and shrunken down, yet still making out thuds as he took his steps. He smirked at the four heroines as he walked very slowly toward them.
"...So, not going to run this time?" Jared asked.
"You've got a fair bit of damage and mayhem to answer for, Jared," Batwoman declared, drawing a Batclaw from her belt. "We're not backing down until you do."
"For starters, you owe me a new bike!" Dinah joked, gripping her sansetsukon.
"You think you can just...ARREST me?!" Jared laughed. "A demon! One of the best and brightest Sons of Trigon! And you think you can just lock me away somewhere and throw away the key?!"
"I won't allow you to run amok anymore, brother," Raven threatened, readying herself to hurl a spell at a moment's notice. "You or our father."
"One way or another, ugly, we're taking you in," Huntress replied, aiming her crossbow. "Now, are you gonna make this easy, or hard?"
Jared stopped, a few feet away. He pulled his hood down, revealing his bald head and, more importantly, his four red eyes, seemingly staring a hole in each of them at once. His amused face vanished as he started to expand slightly, his teeth turning into jagged fangs as he snarled at the group. His gloves shredded apart as his fingernails turned to long, sharp claws.
"I think I'LL CHOOSE THE LATTER!" Jared roared, expanding to a size that dwarfed even his previous stature, nearly grinding his skull along the ceiling as he began to dash toward the four.
The heroines went to work right away, leaping to the left and right of the chamber. Huntress and Batwoman aimed and fired at Jared's legs, Huntress' arrow attached to a line, the two connecting to one another to hold him still. At that moment, Raven hurled the largest hunk of stone at Jared's face, while Black Canary drop-kicked him in the chest. The joint assault was enough to knock him onto his back...for a moment, as he simply kicked his feet back up, snapping the lines like twigs, and flipped back onto them. He immediately went for the hair of Black Canary, swinging her into Huntress and knocking them both into the wall.
"Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" Raven cried, eyes and hands glowing bright.
A moment later, Jared found himself coated in black energy and flung into the ceiling, then dragged across it for several feet before he broke free and landed on his feet once again, his bald head covered in bloody scrapes. He retaliated with a pair of eye blasts, but Raven held out a hand, her skin turning redder while seemingly gathering the energy into a dark purple, almost black, wisp of flame. Holding it in the palm of her hand, she blew on it, sending it in a column of fire that scorched her half-brother, as well as the walls around him, before expanding out and caving in the walls and ceiling on Jared. Once it was over, her skin began to pale again as her knees buckled, Batwoman catching her before she fell.
"What WAS that?" the Dark Knightess demanded.
"...Dark magic, compliments of my father's cruel teachings..." Rachel replied between pants.
"Thought you said you were done with all that," Batwoman questioned.
"It IS possible to use it for good," Raven noted. "Can be VERY draining, though..."
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jared roared, bursting free of the stone as blood-red flames of energy rose out from his murderous eyes, his skin covered in burns.
Jared rushed the group, just as Huntress and Black Canary were starting to get back up, but not in enough time to keep Jared from his target: Raven. Thankfully, Batwoman WAS able, pushing Raven out of the way as Jared stormed through, ramming himself and the Dark Knightess through a stone wall, albeit a highly weakened one. Batwoman groaned in pain, only slightly lessened by her suit, but still managed to wiggle herself just enough to get on Jared's back, just as he busted through another, much harder wall. Realising the half-demon was in some sort of unstoppable raging rush and still had a grip on her cape, Batwoman grabbed a pair of Batarangs and struck the sides of his head with them, trying to get him to stop. However, far too late as she and the others behind her could only watch as she and Jared soon found themselves going out the end of a large pipe that emptied out over the cliffs outside.
"Batwoman!" Raven screamed in horror, her and the others regaining their strength and running for the end of the pipe. The four could only stare down at what lay below: A cliffside being hit by waves from the ocean, pointed rocks jabbing up and out, and no sign of Jared or Batwoman.
"...No..." Rachel murmured, sinking to her knees, Dinah putting a hand on her shoulder.
"...If you three aren't doing anything!"
Helena's eyes narrowed as she looked to the source, letting out a sigh. "...Why did we look? We KNEW this was the result."
Sure enough, hanging from the cliffside on a line was Batwoman, her cape torn in half and gripping her Batclaw tightly. "Are you going to help me up or not?!"
"What happened to Jared?!" Black Canary called as Raven concentrated, pulling Batwoman up with telekinesis.
"His nails tore through my cape," Batwoman explained as she re-entered the pipe. "I didn't see what happened, but...I'm sorry, Raven. I don't think he-"
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN!" a loud roar interrupted, followed by a massive sploosh below.
The four stared below. Leering back up at them was Jared, standing on a slab of stone jutting out from the water, which was all being forced away by sheer will and rage. He had dark blood dripping down across his face, and he was glaring at the four with enough wrathful anger that it might have caused a lesser person to simply die from the sight of it.
"Are you kidding me?!" Huntress demanded. "What stops him?!"
As if in answer, Jared fired a giant blast from his upper eyes at the cliff, just under the pipe, sending it and the four inhabiting it tumbling, Raven trying desperately to grab hold of them telekinetically. He then leaped up, looking to end this in the skies. Deciding it was now all or nothing, Huntress managed to get an arrow out and fired, piercing Jared's upper-left eye. He roared in pain, but then roared even louder as this was followed up by a concussion Batarang stabbing into the upper-right. Peering through his only remaining eyes, he watched as Black Canary fell towards him, a fist curled tightly, and for the first time today, he felt something other than rage and amusement.
Jared, the wrath, felt fear.
Bringing her fist forward, Black Canary caught Jared HARD in the jaw, and while she was sure she wouldn't be able to write right for a few days from how hard the punch was, the instant gratification of seeing Jared's teeth and blood fly free was enough for her to ignore it. The half-demon fell back to the slab of earth below, cracking it across his back, while Raven managed to get ahold of them, allowing them to gently touch down around her fallen sibling. Jared groaned as he lifted his head to stare angrily at them, the four getting ready for it all to start again.
"...I...hate birds..." Jared grunted before letting his head fall back, losing consciousness.
The four women sighed, feeling it was finally over. However, the sigh was soon replaced by a gasp as a large red and violet vortex opened a couple of feet before them. Four red eyes glared through it, full of evil and malice, and immediately the heroines knew the one looking back at them.
"...Trigon...?" Huntress asked, her face paling slightly.
"Don't worry, he can't hurt you," Raven assured her. "He can open portals to Earth, but he can't cross through them."
"You disappoint me, Raven," Trigon spoke through the portal, a dark energy dragging Jared through it and healing his wounds, save for a nasty scar across his upper-right eye. "You have sided with the human race, you have defeated and humiliated your own brother...You have made an enemy out of me and the rest of your family."
"I made a choice," Rachel exclaimed. "I won't let you take this world over, father. I'll oppose you at every turn."
"You believe the human race will accept you and your aid?" Trigon shot back, a small burst of flame shooting up from his eyes. "A demon like me?"
Raven's eye twitched slightly, taking in his words, but Black Canary stood beside her. "...I've already accepted her. Others will, too."
Huntress smirked. "Beat me to it again, huh Di?"
"Already had to save her twice today," Batwoman remarked. "Can't say as it felt wrong either time."
"...Then let that be written on your graves when I am finished with each of you..." Trigon remarked as the portal shut defiantly in their faces, Trigon and his son disappearing from the world...for now.

Dinah groaned as she sat back on the couch in 'The Attic'. She had a pack of ice on her hand, the pain from its earlier encounter with the side of Jared's face catching up with her. Helena was likewise icing her ankle from landing on it the wrong way at some point. Still, considering what they were up against and how many times the four of them very nearly died, she and the others came out with pretty small scrapes by comparison.
"Y'know, there's a quicker way," Rachel offered, sitting between the two. She then waved her hands across their wounds, sending a warm white light into them that numbed them for a moment. As the numbness faded, so too did the pain.
"...Niiice!" Helena commented. "Healing magic, huh? Having you around will be awesome after all."
Batwoman sighed as she walked back out into the room, a new cape slung across her shoulders. "You realise that Trigon won't rest until each and every one of us is dead now, right?"
"Based on what Raven told us, he can't come through the portals, only his kids can," Dinah replied. "We'll deal with them if they ever decide to come back."
"...'We'?" Huntress asked. "Are we some kinda team now?"
Canary blinked, catching herself off-guard as she hadn't SERIOUSLY given it thought, their earlier team-up just sort of happening. "...I don't know. Are we?"
"I was under the impression we'd declared it down in the tunnels," Batwoman remarked. "In any event, we're all here, we're all targeted by Trigon, and we're all trying to deal with the increased crime waves here in Platinum Flats, so it would be in our best interest to stay together."
Dinah thought for a moment, arms folded. "...We'll need a name."
Raven smiled, holding a hand out. "Thought we already had one. Remember? We're not prey..."
Black Canary grinned, putting her hand over Rachel's, which was soon joined by Huntress' and Batwoman's. "...We're the Birds of Prey."
DING~!
The four turned to the elevator, Huntress blinking in surprise as it let out the ding to indicate it was on its way up. "...Um, did we order pizza?"
"Someone's in the elevator!" Batwoman exclaimed, touching a finger to her cowl as the four formed up. "...Dammit, the camera's been hacked. I can't see who's inside...!"
"I thought you said the controls were military-grade password protected!" Huntress accused, loading her crossbow.
The Birds of Prey readied their weapons, preparing themselves as the elevator reached their floor. It dinged once more just before the doors opened, Huntress aiming her crossbow into the face of the occupant...Or rather, that was the idea, as the occupant was below her aim, being seated in a wheelchair. The young red-haired woman looked around at the four from behind her glasses, clutching a laptop on her lap.
Dinah gasped as she immediately recognized the woman. "...Babs?!"
"...Hey, Di," Barbara replied. "Heard you relocated...Love your new friends..."

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Yeah, when I originally wrote this story, it was kind of a last-minute decision to bring Babs in. I just decided it would be impossible to do the Birds of Prey without Oracle, and was considering adding her to the group at some point anyway, so I decided to do so here, at the end of the initial arc. You can also expect to see a wide array of DC characters rotate in and out, in particular some superheroines that'll pop in from time to time, maybe even join the team. For now, though, the story will focus on Black Canary, Huntress, Raven, and Batwoman teaming up to fight criminals, demons, and other baddies in Platinum Flats, while Oracle co-ordinates the team from The Attic.
Regarding Black Canary's ex-fiancé, yes, they're talking about Green Arrow. For those that haven't been reading along with this story on FFN, this is part of a bigger angle involving Dinah, and the two having been engaged at one point only to break up serves a purpose. Trust me, all will be revealed in time as you come to know my grand plan.
Finally, I would just like to point out that, while writing the fight scene in this chapter (and a few others, actually), I was listening to the Metal Gear Rising soundtrack. In particular, the fight with Jared in this chapter was written while listening to Rules of Nature. Seriously, re-read the fight with Jared while listening to that song, and tell me they don't go together...Oh wait, I forgot, Rules of Nature Goes With Everything. XD
Anyway, check back in next time as the team starts to get organized, with a minor hiccup here and there, and we learn more about Barbara's deal in my continuity. Ja né!
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