28 Time To Go

After talking with Harley, Ethan finally made his way to Crime Alley and reached Wizard's hideout. It took longer than expected because he wasn't used to the area as unfortunately, he hasn't even explored three-fourths of the city.

It's was quarter till 11 and Wizard started to wonder if Ethan was ever going to show up. He was currently peaking out from the front door until a shadow dropped down from above.

"SHIT!" Wizard shrieked as he jumped back. He'd quickly grab the gun from underneath his jacket and aimed it at the door entrance, ready to shoot anything that moved.

Wizard could feel his heart pounding in his chest he thought ninjas were trying to kill him.

'It wouldn't be the weirdest thing to happen.' He thought.

"Trying to shoot invited guest now?" Ethan smirked as he slowly walked in.

"Oh, come ooon." Wizard groaned hearing the familiar voice. "Jesus Bossman..." He sighed, letting all the tension go as he puts his gun away.

"I ran a bit late as I had some trouble...Where is it?" Ethan asked.

Wizard scratched his head," It's sitting in my garage. I call it that, but really it's just a car workshop that's been abandoned like everything else in these parts."

"Just follow me." He added as he walked out of the building and locked his door with several locks after Ethan followed him out.

Once he was done they would take a short walk down the block, and sure enough, there was a small building with a large chain-linked gate in front with two rough-looking people standing guard.

"Ah, boss!" One of them waved. "Is this da kid?" He asked, looking at Ethan from head to toe.

"He don't look like he got money?" The other one said as he felt a bit skeptical.

Ethan simply glared at the two and they immediately tensed up as they witnessed his menacing glowing red eyes.

"Oh! Yeah, definitely the guy!" The first guard furiously nodded.

"Yup! I agree! I agree!...oh shit.." The 2nd guard whispered the last part.

The two then quickly opened the gate to let them pass and soon as they disappeared one of the guards had to excuse himself.

"Hey, where you going?" The first guard gazed at his retreating partner.

"To change my pants..." The guard muttered, walking away awkwardly.

"What?"

"TO CHANGE MY PANTS!"

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"Sorry about them. A lot of people that work with me are my long time friends." Wizard apologized as they walked through the car workshop.

The place certainly looked abandoned with bits of rubbish thrown around, peeling walls, and a few flickering lights. It didn't smell as bad as Ethan thought it would which was a plus for him.

"I don't care as long as they don't go too far." He answered.

Wizard awkwardly laughed at this and kept on leading the way.

Seconds later, Ethan noticed near the back of the workshop he could see a few people working on something under a giant tarp.

To combat the light issue, the workers had to use tall outdoor work lights that made the back of the workshop look like it was experiencing day time. There were a few sounds of tools being used, but the rest of the noise seemed to be from just people talking.

"Is he here yet?" A bearded man asked as he was working underneath the RV.

"He should be, Jerry out front radioed me." A woman with black hair answered.

"Fucking finally. I better get my pay. I worked my poor fingers to the bone. I think several hundred thousand will cover the hospital fees." A man with short brown hair said as he laughed.

"Shut up Rick." The woman snapped. " You only did the wiring and the electronics. WE did the heavy lifting and made sure this monstrosity could run. Hey Dan, you done with the finishing touches yet? They should-"

"Uhm...Z..." Wizard cleared his throat, startling the black-haired woman.

The woman wasn't a beauty, but she was definitely pleasant to look at if you forgot about the grime covering her face. She was tall and bit muscular as shown from her slightly revealing clothing that left her toned midsection exposed.

"Ah...hey cousin...is this him?" She said as her brown eyes lit up when she saw the man standing next to her cousin. The woman immediately grabbed a nearby rag and wiped her hands.

Ziesha gave the most genuine smile she could muster and stretched her hand towards Ethan, "My name is Ziesha, but people just call me Z or ZeZe. Whatever floats your boat Mr...?"

"Just call me Ethan." Ethan was still in a good mood so he decided to shake her hand.

"Alright, Bossman! I'll show ya around." Wizard pulled Ethan away from his cousin who sent him a glare, but he simply ignored it and started to explain what Ethan was looking at.

The RV looked more like a semi-truck with a trailer melded together reaching to almost 50ft in length 13ft in height. Its body was one of a sleek luxurious black design that left one thinking it was a truck from the future. It was a bit bulky in several parts but Ethan figured it was to have added space inside.

"Nice right?" Wizard said swiping a small car remote from a table and pressed a button, unlocking a sliding door as a flight of steps unfolded out onto the ground.

"Let's go in."

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The tour took quite a long time as Wizard was explaining every bit of detail from the heated floors and to the voice-activated computer that controls everything and it was even able to use auto pilot.

Ethan was thoroughly impressed as this moving behemoth looked nicer than Pamela's apartment and there was even a nice master bedroom in the back. The RV was even able to expand to have added space in the luxurious lounge area that had secret compartments for extra beds and that was only a fraction of what it could do.

Wizard told him that he used the best of the best parts for the project and being the man that he is, he added a few special features that will allow Ethan to travel wherever he wished by putting a cloaking device which was military tech.

"It's all street legal and I got the tags done, you'll never have to pay anything after this hehe. I'm not sure why you wanted to spend all this money on an RV, but we don't ask questions here," Wizard grinned

"How much?" Ethan bluntly asked.

"Eh...well factoring in all the work and trouble getting the parts...um-er..."

"Just tell me the price." Ethan started to feel a bit impatient.

"It's... s-six million..." Wizard stuttered, afraid that Ethan would lash out at him just like the night they were introduced.

"That's all?"

"What do you mean that's all? It's six million as in 7 figures! The only.way you had that kind of money is if you were some kind of mob boss or Bruce Wayne and that's just chump change to them."

"I said I would pay. Unless you don't want me to then I have to trouble myself and kill everyone here and take it for free." Ethan growled, scaring Wizard severely. It makes one wonder what happened to make him so scared of a boy younger than him

"Ok! Ok!... Ok, I believe you can pay!" Wizard shouted, alerting the workers outside.

"When was the last time Wizard sounded so scared?" The man known as Rick asked.

"When his wife found out he was cheating." Dan chuckled.

"Oh yeah! She chased him down with a pistol!Hahaha!"

Dan shook his head, "Dunno how she took him back, but apparently, it involved a lot of crying on his knees while saying Baby Baby Baby Nooooo~"

Hearing him sing the two would then erupt into a fit of laughter, causing them to tear up

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"Bro! You did not just do him like that!"

Dan put his hands up, "Hey, I'm just saying what I heard. Right Z?...Z?" He'd gaze at the girl who looked like she was in her own world while talking herself.

"He's single, right? He doesn't mind girls with rough hands does he?..." Ziesha muttered aa she sat down in a lawn chair.

"Earth to Z! Come in Z!"

"Hmm?"

"You seriously not gonna try to make a move on that guy are ya? He's got trouble written all over him otherwise Wizard would have never called you out to help." Rick mentioned while shaking her shoulders.

"Stop!" Ziesha yelled, pushing his hands away. "I'm not gonna do anything! It was just wishful thinking." She groaned.

"Keep it that way," Rick said.

Ziesha would roll her eyes until she heard someone stepping out of the RV and she shot up like a rocket, hoping she'd see Ethan again.

Unfortunately, it was just her cousin walking down the steps with a large brown bag in his hand and once he was out, the steps folded back in before the door closed.

*Vrrooom!* The black behemoth would roar to life soon after, indicating he was about to leave.

"So, did we get paid for it all?" Dan asked as he worked to move everything out of the way with Rick.

"Yeah...he did all 6 million, plus an added bonus...." Wizard plainly answered.

"Bonus...? What for? And about that guy? Who is he?" Ziesha curiously asked.

"No idea...he contacted me through Selina. I owed her a favor and even she didn't know who he was only that Batman has an eye out for him."

"Batman?!" They all shouted.

"He must be really dangerous." Rick gulped

Wizard sighed and nodded." So, just give up Ziesha. I know you were expecting a bit more from the guy. But we got paid and we'll never see him again hopefully. So, just keep our mouths shut like usual and there won't be any problems."

"Well, there goes my dreams of finding a man." Ziesha groaned, sitting back in her chair.

"Hey, I may be a white boy, but I like me some milk chocolate." Rick chuckled while wiggling his eyebrows.

"Rick shut up before I fry your ballsack off with this acetylene torch." Ziesha scowled.

"Ok.." He quickly answered, walking away.

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Ethan did not fully know how to drive, but fortunately, the onboard computer in the RV would help him which was greatly appreciated.

He'd give Pamela a call to tell everyone to meet him somewhere near Wizard's hideout as he goes back to the apartment and store everything in his ring.

Once that was done, they'll slip out of Gotham City tonight.

Pamela had also informed him that Raven had returned, and looked a bit disheartened.

'She probably was denied help by the Justice League...' Ethan thought. He wasn't upset that she went to ask as it only served as fuel for him to become stronger.

He now had a plan, and that was to get out of this city and let Raven direct him to places full of energy to help him cultivate.

Ethan felt a bit excited thinking about traveling around the continent. He was fully aware that he'll get into trouble along the way, but for once he actually wanted it to happen.

It may have been the encounter with Kara or the hope of bringing his parents back, but he was optimistic about the future.

An hour quickly passed, and everyone was on board the RV. Ethan relinquished the driver's seat to Harley even though he knew in the back of his head that it probably wasn't the best idea.

"So many buttons! What does this red one do?"

No, it really wasn't the best idea.

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In an unknown location, a tall rough-looking man with broad shoulders casually strolled into a dark room with his arms behind his back.

And soon several bright screens turned on, revealing a range of people with some of them being highly recognizable if the Justice League saw them.

"It's time we moved. The world of man will see the light once the Justice League is obliterated." The rough-looking man announced.

"In Gotham City, one of its villains was killed by an unknown." A voice said.

"Nothing but a drop in an ocean. He wasn't one we could count on anyways. Although I will miss his sense of humor. Poor...poor...Joker." Another voice sobbed which was obviously fake.

"BUT I'm more interested in this power I felt not too long ago. If I can locate it, perhaps I could do a few fun things with it. Isn't that right Teekl?" The voice asked just as a cat meowed in the background.

"As long as you do what you are told, I don't care what you do." The man replied with a scowl.

"Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way. But I would like some help. How about you Ghoulman? You don't seem too busy."

"It's Ra's al Ghul! Say it wrong again and I'll slit your throat and watch you slowly bleed until your putrid existence is no more."

"Ooo~ Scary! I was just asking for help...Ghoulman~"

"Do not test me, boy!"

"While you two bicker amongst yourself. I actually have something important to announce. And that is the start of Project Cadmus."

"Excellent.."