Chapter 43: Awaken, God Of The Omniverse Part 4 (The Consequences)

"Are you screwing with me?! It says the transfer was triggered in this room."

An angry Roulette stood up from her seat in anger and stared down the representative from Lexcorp.

"I assure you I'm not. Perhaps your account fell victim to a hacking or your details were leaked, whatever the case we fulfilled our end of the bargain and expect the deal to be carried out, or do you prefer having a legal battle over this?" She threatened.

Roulette garnished her teeth before slamming her hand into the table. "Fine, but if find out you or lex played me for a fool, they will be retribution." She also warned, just as the representative was standing up.

She didn't reply to Roulette and just outright walked out with a stoic expression on her face.

Gregor on the other hand was sweating bullets because Roulette's attention turned to him.

"I-I didn't do it! I swear!"

Roulette just clicked her tongue at him in annoyance before picking up her phone to make a call.

"I know, you don't have the nerve to cross me."

An awkward silence then followed before Roulette finally got through to the bank. However, the longer she spoke the more she showed a look of anger on her face.

When the call finally ended, she through her phone to the ground while Gregor still showed a look of worry, afraid he may become the object through which she vents her anger.

"They're saying the transfer was legit and that I should ask the account owner. If I dig any deeper it will become suspicious when they finally label him missing. Fuck! Did he have someone else with access to the accounts?"

Roulette couldn't pursue the matter any further because in the end the account wasn't hers, this left her both frustrated and confused. At that point Gregor thought of something.

"Maybe my son, they had fled together and were very close but no word has come from him in ages."

"If that's the closest lead then even if he is dead, I will find him. I'm not about to let a billion dollars slip away."

…

While Roulette continued to rack her brains, Barbara was shut in her room seated in front of her desk when her phone buzzed.

"Finally, what the hell took you so long Dick. Whatever, what's Batman said?"

[ Sorry Barbara, an audio file isn't where Luthor's voice isn't even present won't be enough to get him arrested. Shade and Roulette practically confessed but again, with only voices it will be hard. Major lawyers won't let their clients fall under such sloppy evidence so Batman says we leak the evidence to the police and leave it at that.]

"Are you kidding me? An investigation will take ages and they might get away by then!"

[I know but Bat's is focusing on the parademon issue, he doesn't see the point I chasing them down when the outcome will be the same. Plus, don't forget the new law about vigilante work, a law that Markovic likely played a hand in and now it's come back to bite him in the ass. Our hands are tied Barbara.]

"No, you just choose to ignore it, using this new law as an excuse. He was no saint but he definitely wasn't as bad as you're making him sound. He did nothing but good and you treat him like the other criminals off suspicion alone while ignoring true criminals because the outcome is the same?"

[ Just let it go Barbara, whether we were wrong or not, what's happened has happened. You have no reason to get involved more.]

And with those words, Robin cut the call, leaving an angry Barbara to slam her phone onto the table.

"He fricking hung up on me!"

Before she could vent her anger any more, Barbara received another call, however when she saw the caller I.D read Mr. Markovic, she hesitated.

"Hello…" she answered cautiously.

[ I know you were there, hold on to whatever information you have regarding me, I'll deal with this myself.]

"Wait is this really you? But you're…"

[ Supposed to be dead? Along with the secret regarding your identity? Well sorry to disappoint you. But like I've said, leak the information and I leak your identity.]

"It's not like that, I didn't even think about the whole identity thing, okay?! How do you even know that I- Whatever, where are you? Are you hurt? I can- "

The call was cut, leaving Barbara angrier than she was before.

…

Later that day, Roulette returned to the Iceberg Lounge so she could keep up her act until Lex sent his people to seize the property.

Upon arrival, she met with Shade and then proceeded to look for Giganta and Harley but only found the former.

"Where's the clown?"

Anyone could see Roulette's mood was off from her body language alone so Giganta answered immediately.

"Uhm she was called by the boss to meet him somewhere; she didn't say where though."

"What?!"

…

At around the same time, a happy Gregor arrived at his home but found something amiss.

"Huh, these guards are slacking where is everyone?"

Gregor proceeded to ask the gatemen to find his answer.

"Oh, the mrs asked to patrol the outside, said she wanted the inner yard clear; I think she's having some guests, a car arrived not long ago." One of the two answered Gregor before he sighed.

"Tch, must be another one of her get togethers, well I suppose there's no need to worry now haha."

Gregor laughed it off and drove in before parking right in front of his home, right next to an exotic dark coupe.

"Damn, now she'll nag me to buy whatever luxury gifts her friends got from their lovers." He grumbled while walking towards the door.

"Honey, I'm home." He called out charmingly, wanting to impress whatever guests came.

"I-In here dear." A feminine voice replied.

"Hmm, why do you sound so stiff? Have you been drinking the-!!"

As Gregor walked into the living room, not far from the entrance, he was greeted by a sight that caused him to freeze.

Seated comfortably on his couch with drink in hand, was the man Gregor thought was dead.

His body began to tremble as he looked at Arias's feet. He had them rested upon the back Gregor's mistress who was naked on all fours, acting like a table.

"You-arck!!"

Before Gregor could utter a word, he felt something heavy hit the back of his legs, causing him to fall to his knees.

"Here's Harley!" A chirpy Harley appeared from the back, twirling her bat in enjoyment as fear began to overwhelm Gregor.

Arias looked down at Gregor and reached for the ice-cold liquor also resting on Cynthia's back before taking a casual sip.

"Tell me Gregor, what warning did I give you last time?"

Tears began to flood Gregor's eyes as his entire body trembled. "Please, I'll do anything-Arck!!"

Before he could finish his pleas, Arias gave Harley a nod and she struck Gregor in the back hard, causing him to fall while his body ached in pain.

"I asked you a question Gregor, what warning did I give you last time?"