Deja-vu #42

Author's note: you come across a dark room as you explore the dark, dingy cave known as Webnovel. You spot a disheveled man, his eyes visibly glinting with a hint of madness as he turns you.

He is holding a body pillow with a picture of your favorite Waifu.

"Gimme all them power stones now or the bitch dies..." The disheveled man threateningly exclaims, pressing a knife to the pillow's neck.

What will you do?

1-Do as he says

2-Let the waifu die

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On a side note, I came across a first-class dumb-ass in the comments section yesterday and got a good chuckle out of it, so I thought I'd share the joy (check the comments at the end of the chapter if interested).

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Lower Gotham

'What's with gangs and occupying abandoned buildings in this world...' I mused, shrugging as I activated the night vision function on my helmet to peek at the abandoned hospital before me.

Selina had agreed to my proposal despite seeming doubtful and hesitant, and we decided that she'd call me in three hours or so and give me the address of our first target.

'Still, this place has no sign of human presence...' I frowned under my mask as I inspected the area and found no traces of activity in the abandoned hospital or anywhere nearby, for that matter.

'Cloaking technology...?' I mused, tilting my head, but I didn't get to think about it too much as I noticed Selina, in her Catwoman costume, approaching through my pigeon drone.

"I like the new look— a bit too menacing for my taste, though," Selina remarked, gesturing towards my new riot headgear as she landed on the roof next to me, folding her whip and putting it away.

"I don't wear it for the looks," I replied, shrugging my shoulders. "So, what's up with the hospital? There's no sign of anyone occupying the place..." I added as I turned to the abandoned building, crossing my arms in front of my chest.

"Alien cloaking technology," Selina casually replied, as if those simple three words were enough to explain the situation, and I despised the fact they actually did.

"Makes sense," I replied with a sigh. "So, what's the plan? I'm not going in there blind," I firmly added, gesturing with my hand to the side as I let out a snort. Intergang had access to advanced weapons that could shred even my bulletproof into pieces, and I refused to walk into their base without knowing what I'd be dealing with first.

"And you won't have to. I'll sneak into the hospital and do something about the cloaking device," Selina casually replied. She regarded me with a confident smirk that I might have described as overconfident had it been anyone else.

"And how do you plan to do that, exactly? Who's to say they don't have alien movement sensors or something?" I mockingly asked, making air quotes with my fingers. Though I spoke jokingly, I wouldn't be surprised if they really had something like that.

"I wouldn't be surprised if they did. That's why I'm not going in there without a distraction..." Selina replied, smiling as she trailed off, and I heard the sound of gunshots echo in the distance before I could tell her to forget about it.

I turned to my pigeon drone's video feed and saw Harley Quinn giggling like a maniac as she sat behind the steering wheel of a convertible chevy, several cars chasing after her.

The cars were all black, their windows open with gangsters leaning out of them and firing at Harley's car as they chased behind her.

"Come and get me, losers!" the crazy blonde exclaimed as she made a sharp turn and crashed into the hospital's gate, disappearing as she entered the range of the clocking device.

"Really?" I said as I turned to Selina, who already had her whip out, preparing to swing her way into the hospital, to which she grinned without bothering to reply.

"You said you wanted to help. Here's where you can start," Selina said as she brandished her whip and jumped off the building, leaving me to sigh as I weighed my options.

I sighed after some hesitation as I watched Harley's pursuers head straight into the hospital right behind her, brandishing my steel wire as I made my way to the hospital.

I couldn't avoid this fight since I already fucked over Black Mask and the Intergang, and even though they're after Harley and Selina right now, it won't be long before they turn their sights to me, one way or the other.

They'd either get to the two women, which was highly unlikely, or get tired of wild goose and decide to go for another target to vent their frustration, which would be me, by the way.

I'd clash with them either way, so I might as well do it now and get it over with while I have people on the same boat (Selina and Harley) before they fully turn their attention to me.

'I'm getting used to this shit too quickly for my taste...' I mused as I loosened the steel wire flying over the hospital's gate, frowning as I saw the interior of the building's front yard after stepping into the range of the cloaking device.

And the first thing I saw was the fifteen-something gangsters taking cover behind their cars as they fired their guns at Harley, who was similarly taking cover behind her the convertible car and returning fire.

I landed in the middle of the gangsters, clustered behind the cars, a good number of them immediately turning to me. Not being the type to ask questions before shooting, they quickly raised their guns.

However, I was within swinging distance, and I didn't think twice before sending the nearest thug flying with a kick to the abdomen as I charged toward another.

I slapped his hand to the side as he tried to shoot me, making him hit one of his friends in the ankle by pure chance as I head-butted him, without sparing the thug another glance when he fell to the ground.

"Hey! Stop hoggin' up all the fun!"

Not one to be outdone, Harley scowled as she saw me kicking the gangster's asses, taking a massive chunk of their attention. She ran out from behind the car, somersaulting and cartwheeling her way from cover to cover toward the action while dodging bullets.

I rolled my eyes under my mask as I noticed the crazy blonde's actions in the corner of my vision, but I didn't pay her any attention as I gripped the head of the Black Mask Goon nearest to me, who was swinging at me with the butt of his gun.

I smashed his head into the car's window and threw him at another one of his buddies aiming at me, my display of superhuman strength causing even more gangsters to focus on me.

Several gangsters began firing at me, and I started sprinting to the side, my speed making it difficult for the thugs to aim as their bullets hit everything in the vicinity other than me.

Although I wasn't yet able to pull a Neo and dodge bullets while standing in place, my swift movement made it very difficult for anyone but the best sharpshooters to hit me if I moved at top speed unless I was running towards them in a straight line of course.

I took out Ivory and returned fire while running, feeling the urge to slap myself as all my shots missed except for one that hit one of the thugs in the forehead, causing him to grunt, his eyes rolling back as he collapsed on the ground, very much unconscious.

"I'm right here, ya punch of incompetent cheese-farts!" Harley exclaimed as she finally reached the chaotic melee that was the cluster of cars, gangsters, and me kicking their asses.

She jumped, doing a flip in the air as she landed on the shoulder of the nearest thug, proceeding to thrash him with her fist until he fell to the ground, causing her to cackle as she jumped at the next thug.

I sighed in exasperation at her rowdiness as I kept dodging bullets, thrashing everyone in my way, and it took no more than five minutes for me and the crazy blonde to take everyone out.

"Kitty wasn't sure ya were gonna help, but I knew ya would," Harley said, grinning as she approached me after snapping the last thug's neck with a broad grin splitting her face. "Sure took yer sweet time, though," she added with a slight chuckle, shrugging her shoulders.

"Yeah? Well, I'm regretting it already," I said, sighing and catching Harley's wrist as she walked to my side and tried to wrap her arm around my neck in a gesture of friendliness that I wanted no part in, causing her to pout.

"Awe! And here I thought we were finally startin' to get along," Harley said, rolling her eyes at me with an exasperated expression. "Love the new look, by the by," she added as she stopped in front of me, gazing at my helmet.

"My old one wasn't doing it for me anymore," I remarked, my body going tense as I heard a loud click reverberated across the hospital, prompting me to look around to an electric field materialize around the building and immediately dissipate.

"Relax, that was probably kitty takin' care of the alien mumbo jumbo device hidin' the place," Harley said, leisurely smiling as she looked around in amusement.

I didn't reply, finding myself having a familiar sense of deja vu as I noticed something lurking on the hospital's walls.

"Look out!" I exclaimed, wrapping my steel wire around Harley and yanking her away just in time to avoid the furry, 6.4-foot-tall creature that lunged at her from the walls.

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