When Bruce was alone in his office, he paced a moment, before finally sighing. He sat in his chair, and dailed Dick's number, ,waiting for him to picck up. As the phone rang, Bruce contemplated how he was going to tell him that he had allowed Kyle to be kidnapped. He stared at his computer, watcching the screen constatnly change as it searched for the plane that had somehow got through their defenses and kidnapped five students.
Right now, the task force was mostly likely speaking with Charles. Perhaps for the time being, there should be telepathy management classes. He leaned back in the chair, sighing heavily and listening to the phone ring.
Dick was in his home, working out by doing flips middair, when his phone rang. Dick hoisted himself up and flipped once more then flew forward. He landed on his face and gave a small chuckle. If Kyle was here........Dick mentally slapped himself. He missed his son, but he had to learn. He had to grow. He and Babs could not train him all by themselves. Dick walked forward and answered his phone, picking it up off the end table.
"Hey Bruce. So who messed up this time? Jason or Damian?"Dick's voice was both cheering and saddening to Bruce right then. He sighed and said "Me, it seems. Jones got through the secutirty. Some students were taken. Kyle...She's taken him, and Phoebe" The fact that two of the students were connected to him, hadn't escaped Bruce's notice. But that wasn't the point here.
Dick was at a loss for words. Well he had quite a few choice words but they could wait until they were face to face.
"Bruce,"Dick said strained
," Its....I dont blame you. But we need to take care of this. I can suit up and be at the batcave in 20."Bruce set the phone on the desk, putting it on loud speaker, he shook his head, knowing Dick wouldn't know he was. "You know we can't, Dick. Do you think i want to be sitting around, and doing nothing? The students can do this. They are doing it. And we avoid breaking the contract." He rose, pacing again, "Although I will, if the students can't find the plane"
Dick had nearly walked out of the room when he stopped midstep. Damn that contract.
"Bruce, signing that contract was a horrible decision ive said time and again. We were vigilantes, and we broke the law every day. The Gcpd were friendly with us, but that didnt exuse what we were."Dick said, and leaned against the wall. But then a thought occured to him.
"Wait. You said Jones......you arent talking about "that" Jones are you?""You don't think I know that dick? It was the best choice at the time, and it enabled us to bring about control before the world was destroyed. If we break it, we enable those villians we don't have friendly relationships with now to go back to their old ways. Do you really wish Harley to try and break the joker out again?"
Bruce leaned agaisnt the wall, wanting to be doing something other then this. He wanted to be out there. "Penelope Jones, Augurery, yes. We did everything to try and block her, but she seemed to be one step ahead of Stark's security"
"Yea thats not suprising. Stark sucks as choosing security. Remeber when he offered Scott Lang the job of head of his security?"Dick scratched his head.
"Listen you know as well as I do, Jones is dangerous to those who are sane. Her mental abilities are astounishing. Do you have Wade Wilsons number. I know he still runs as a mercenary or bodyguard or whatever he calls himself now adays so that he can still rough people up?" "He may suck at choosing security, but his security is damn good. Aside from that, it wasn't his, it was his sons" Bruce said, returning to the computer, but there was still no sign of the plane. He pressed a few keys, changing the view, starting to review the schools security.
"We are having the students have a quick crash course with Xavier. They will go in prepared for her telepathy, and a majority of them have already show adeptness at dispelling her illusions. They are prepared as they are going to be. Stark Industries jet will be here shortly to give them a ride." Bruce glanced at the time, before looking back to the screen.
"Wade...He's just crazy enough to be of use, I suppose. But he signed the contract too, as you well know"
Dick swore silently. Dick put his phone on speaker and thumbed through a few files in his phone.
"What about....his son Clyde? Brought in for multiple attempts of vigilanteism, then breaking out of wherever they held him. I am sure Wade still keeps in touch with him. Think we could bring him in? Plus if we do we might be able to get him to enroll in the school.""Clyde should have come to the acadmey a while ago, but he didn't. Why would he enrol now, unless Wade didn't pass along the invitation? Still, its worth a shot. Yet the task force will be living in less then 15 minutes. Will be a bit hard to get him on the jet" Bruce said, "I'll patch Wade into the call"
Bruce took a moment to recall the number, and dailed it, making the call three way.
The moment the call was patched through loud music could be heard. It was definetley club music, the sort of club a gentlemen would go to. A gentlemens club, if you will (wink wink). When wade spoke it was hard to hear him Bruce and Dick could make out what Wade was saying/
"Yea hold on," Wade said. There then was grunting noises and glass breaking sounds.
"Now I.......say again......TOUCHING MEANS NO........" Wade shrieked slightly.
"Ive never........so big........."Suddenly there was a shrill sound from the other end. Then the music suddenly stopped and wade could be heard normally.
"Yea hi brucey! Been awhile since you called! I mean you never call, but its ok! Hey last time we never talked I asked about Harley Quinn. Is she still single?"There were many reasons why Bruce maintained minimal contact with Wade. This was perhaps one of them. You could never know if he was talking about a real situation or an imagined one. Bruce allowed Wade to do whatever it was, only because he couldn't stop him, sadly reaching through a phone to throttle someone wasn't an ability yet.
"No, she still harbours hope that the Joker will come around and turn good. But we aren't talking about that, we have a need fo Clyde. Penelope Jones has kidnapped a few of our students, and since we can't go ourselves...the students are forming a team."
Wade laughed maniacly.
"Oh boy oh boy! Your making the super friends! Well you and your merry boy band group can run around and save all the little school girls and sell their girl scout cookies, but you ****** ******* ******* have been trying to get Clyde to join you guys for years. He has always said no, Ha!"Wade went silent for a few moments, and a sprinkling sound like water hitting the pavement could be heard. After a few seconds it stopped and Wade grunted once again.
"Although......Jones and Clyde have a score to settle. I dont know if you knew that or not. Ill text you his number so you can call him. Tell him I said "Oh shit waddup boi"."Wade hung up and texted Bruce Clydes number, along with several.......eerie photo's of.......something nasty belonging to Wade.
Once more Bruce was reminded of how frustrating dealing with Wade was. How the man hadn't been killed half a dozen times, Bruce didn't know. Wade always managed to come out of things alive. He dailed the number, patching it through to the call.
When there was an answer, Bruce said "Clyde? Its Bruce Wayne. Your father gave us your number"
Clyde answered the phone with a nice long burp sound.
"Good ol dad. Wish he would stop doing that, although...he may still be unhappy I pretended to be a client who fake hired him to beat up a cheating husband, when he fact he was just beating up and old guy at a strip club.....wait did you just talk to him? Was he there? Hahahahahahahah!"Clyde laughed loudly.
"Priceless. So what up Batman?"After dealing with one Wilson, Bruce wasn't in any partiular mood to deal with another. "I imagine so. We have a need for insanity, and since we can't have your father break the contract, we're going to use you. You can try and say no, but I will not be accepting it.
Five students were kidnapped from the academy. My daughter and Dick's son being two, so neither of us are in the mood for your games"
Dick grunted to let Clyde know he was here.
"Listen we are willing to pay you to be added to the mission. I will pay whatever price you want. And we wanted to make you an offer to join the academy."Clyde was silent for a few moments. When he spoke he sounded intrigued.
"Well well.......ok I have a proposal. I will join your mission, and waive my usual fee in exhange for one thing. Jason Todd owes me like five hundred bucks. Make him pony up the dough and we will be square. If you want me to join your academy well thats gonna cost extra, plus im getting bored with the solo vigilante act. I want Bruce Wayne to make me a new costume. Or at least pay for it. And I want it by the time the mission is over and every one is back. I want it decked out and proofed against everything." Bruce was well aware Clyde was simply trying to see how far he could push them-or rather, that would be the logical thing. "You will get what you ask for once you prove your worth. As for having a costume ready for when the mission is over, well, that can be done but you won't receive it-that will be Mimic's call, when you are ready for it. And that is all you will get. Or since you so handly revealed your part in the abuse of a citizen, well, that's cause to bring you in and have a little fun. I still have friends in the GCPD, Clyde. Would you like to share a cell with the Joker?"
Bruce sat back down, glancing to the phone.
Clyde thought on this. He had his fathers healing factor, meaning the joker wouldnt be able to kill him. But the joker........he is even more crazy than he was or his father. Thats saying something.
"Eh you arrest me and I will break out, like I always do. Plus my mom is the personification of death itself. Pretty sure she wouldnt like it is I was arrested. But ok fine. I will play along. Get Todd to give me what he owes me, and whenever Ribbit says Im good I get a bruce wayne model custom made super suit. Sound fairs. Suddenly there was a knock outside Bruce Waynes window. There, against all odds, was Clyde. He was attached to the wall using some kind of tech on his hands and boots. He was wearing a dead pool colored and themed long sleeve shirt, with ripped black jeans, and black boots. He was wearing black gloves. He had on a mask to hid his face (mask looks like the one in cs pic). He had a gun strapped to each leg, both sides of his belt, and a katana sheathed against his back.
Bruce sighed, and closed the call, saying to Dick "If you wish to be fully updated, you best get here." He rose, and opened the window. "Well, looks like you are here in time for the jet. Go to Xavier, and he will help prevent Jones from manipulating your mind. She's not afraid of crazy. And You will obey any orders given to you. Screw this up, and you won't have the joker to fear"
His tone, and expression were clearly don't mess with me.
Clyde grinned and swung himself inside. He landed on his feet and walked around so he was standing in front of the desk.
"You a breaka my hearta Batmana. We are all friends here yes?"Clyde said in an italian accent.
Clyde tapped his nose then turned away.
"I might already know where that is, not because I was staking the joint out when you called me because I was thinking of robbing the place."Clyde walked out of the office and towards the room where Xavier was working.
Connor wondered just what he was getting into. New students, some new to their powers, this would be their first chance, well and truly, to try out their abilities. Someone was goingn to have to keep them together, and keep them in control.
and why does that someone feel like it will be me?Connor sighed to himself, walking out to the large quadrangle, glancing up, he spied the jet. Controlled at the moment by Jarvis, He glanced about at footsteps, and smiled at his father.
"Don't break the jet, Con"
Connor laughed softly, "I won't. If I get into trouble, I can have Ignot control it. Don't worry, Dad. It's not my first mission. I'm not seeking to get on Wayne's bad side by screwing up the mission to save his daughter. We'll get them back, and try and bring Jones in. It will be okay"
"I know. You're my son, after all"
"but you wish you were going"
Tony patted him on the shoulder, and then hugged him. Connor returned it. "Go see to the security, Dad."
Connor slipped onto the jet when it landed, going to the controls. smoothly taking over as Jarvis left. This wasn't the first time Connor had flown the jet, the last few months especiallyhe had flown it quite regularly. As the other students came aboard, Connor would upload them to the jets database, Ignot smoothly adjusting other controls to account for the different abilities, and hopefully keep a controlled environment.
"Everyone ready?"
Kalinda nodded, more then ready to take to the skies. "Okay. Lets go. Don't worry about not telling anyone. No doubt Wayne already knows, and he hasn't stopped us yet" She took to the air, hovering quite smoothly, she had never quite figured out how her flight worked. It just did. She waited for Griffin to take to the air as well, so she could follow him.
"Kitty!" Penelope said, patting Jasper again, a little perplexed at the voice in her head, "Thats right, you're a kitty!" She didn't seem phased at his threat, she looked over to Tsura. "You're little tricks to try and baffled me won't work if i Know the answer to it. I'm not stupid, foolish girl"
She looked to light, amused. "You aren't tied up. Oooh, are you suseptable to my mind control? Yay" She clapped her hands, and jumped up and down. "As for whyyou are here, why, I want to make an army. What better way then to kidnapped Batsy's students?"
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