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Dark Heart, Jade Rose, and Genocide were flying in the Winged Phantom's plane, which was cloaked in the air. None of them revealed where they were getting the information from, or asked the others for where they were getting the information, mainly because they didn't have to as long as they did get it.
"Well, this is my stop," Genocide suddenly said as he looked out the window.
"I'll get closer to the ground," Dark Heart said as he slowed down to let the Demon slayer out.
"No need," the Unofficial Sin of Wrath replied as he got off his seat and was about to leave the cockpit.
"Genocide," the Demon slayer stopped upon hearing Dark Heart's voice. "I know it's not usually your thing, but try to be as less noticeable as possible. Knowing the Batman, he'll be able to spot us with any clue he can find," the Winged Phantom informed him.
Oscar rolled his eyes but still nodded. He wanted to comment that Dark Heart was being paranoid. However, he didn't do it because the last time he did it got them into this situation, so he just left the cockpit before saying something to jinx himself and his partners.
Walking into the hanger, Genocide pushed the button on the side, the door descended downwards to reveal that the plane was now over a large forest that was covered in the darkness of the night. Walking down the opened door, Genocide jumped off.
Oscar landed on the ground with a large 'thud', causing cracks to appear on the forest floor beneath him. He looked at the plane as it vanished again, heading towards its next destination.
This was the plan they had agreed on. Dark Heart would drop Genocide and Jade Rose in a place each of their choice before going to one he chose himself, and each of them would gather information their own way before the Winged Phantom picks them up again and takes them back to his base.
Realizing that he might as well get going, Genocide started venturing the forest, looking for a specific spot in it. There was no sound except for his armored feet stepping over the ground in the dark forest.
The red glow coming from the joints of his armor was giving him a rather demonic look to those around, which was rather ironic in his opinion. The Unofficial Sin of Wrath wasn't surprised that there were no animals or life around, considering where he was going.
After a few moments, Genocide reached his destination. In the middle of a forest lies an abandoned church. The interior was dark grey, long have lost its white color because of age. The walls were covered in moss and plants, while all the windows looked either broken or will be broken with a touch.
To anyone else, the place would look relatively harmless and abandoned, but Oscar knew better. So, walking towards the entrance, the Unofficial Sin of Wrath raised his foot and kicked the doors open to reveal an entirely surprising scene.
The inside looked far more lively than the outside. The former home for God's worshipers was now full of all kinds of demons. The place looked like a bar for creatures of the underworld. Tables were spread out with many demons from all shapes and sizes were sitting around, having a drink, dancing, or doing something far less sanitary.
This was a habit demons had. They would sometimes take abandoned churches as a place for them to party and have fun in. It was a way for them to mock God and his believers, that the place that used to belong to them is now their playing ground.
The Demon slayer had his eyes on this church for some time now and was planning to come here after he was done helping Dark Heart, but then the mess with the Avengers and the Justice League happened.
Every Demon in the room stopped whatever they were doing to see who dared interrupt their fun, only for their eyes to widen recognizing the bone armor and Crusher, the gauntlet of the sin of Wrath.
Summoning Rampage in his hand, Genocide smirked under his helmet. "I'm back, b*tches."
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Meanwhile, Dark Heart and Jade Rose were headed towards the next destination, which is the latter's choice of place. Like before, Dark Heart didn't ask any questions as long as his partner didn't.
"Well, I suppose this is where we part ways," the assassin stood up from his seat and turned around.
"Just do what you usually do," Dark Heart said, knowing that the gunslinger was good enough to get information and vanish without a trace. "And, for the love of God, do NOT act like your father," the Winged Phantom added. He knew about the assassin's family, and the last thing he needed now was for him to have Daddy issues.
"Oh come on," Jade Rose tried to sound hurt, although the amusement can easily be picked in his voice. "How can you not believe in me?"
"You make it sound like you gave me a reason to," was Dark Heart's replied dryly. "Now, get going," he practically ordered.
The assassin chuckled as he walked out of the cockpit and into the hanger where he opened the door. Like Genocide, he didn't wait for Dark Heart to lower the jet and simply opted to jump out.
Flipping a few times in the air, Jade Rose landed gracefully in a crouching position on a rooftop. "Ta'da," he said as if speaking to a crowd of people.
The jester masked man was on top of a building that was in the middle of New York. Despite the high population of the place and many chances of being spotted, the assassin looked relaxed.
Jade Rose walked towards one of the edges of the rooftop and overlooked the city. "I don't know why, but I have the urge to start brooding and saying 'I am Jade-man'," he joked with a chuckle. He then shook his head. "Let's stay focused. Dark Heart specifically said to not act like my father," the assassin mumbled to himself before looking into an alley on the other side of the road to see his target, which is a gang that has been terrorizing the entire neighborhood while the usual heroes of New York were busy somewhere else. "Well, I guess it's time," the assassin pulled out his Pistol, Hope. "To visit mother dearest."
…
Now that Dark Heart was alone, he had to go into his own destination. He needed someone who would definitely be involved in something big enough to include both the Justice League and the Avengers, and he knew just the person.
"You know, I love road trips," the Winged Phantom wasn't surprised that Paradox was suddenly in the passenger seat. "But, compared to moving around in the cosmos, Earth is rather… simple," she added looking outside the windows.
"If you truly don't like that, then you wouldn't bother to visit Earth in the first place," Aiden replied as he continued driving the jet, undisturbed by the woman's sudden appearance while he kept looking forward.
The cat-eared woman grinned. "True. Simple things have their moments after all," she said before looking back at the pilot. "But, seriously, how can you tell them who you are, Aiden?" the woman put a hand on her chest, where her heart is supposed to be. "I'm hurt. I thought that I was the only one you trusted with such a secret," what she said was not backed up by the grin that seemed to always be on her face.
The Winged Phantom raised two fingers. "One, I never told you who I was, you just know for some reason," the woman simply shrugged at what he said, showing that she wasn't sharing how she knew who he was. "Two, there's already someone who knew who I was other than you," he added.
"Ah, yes, the glutton, right?" it was at this moment that Dark Heart actually looked at her, his eyes narrowed behind his helmet. "Did you really think I wouldn't know about her?" Paradox chuckled ominously as she crossed her legs on her seat. "I guess you believed that, because of who she is, she would be able to hide from me, didn't you?"
"Paradox, if you hurt her, I'll-"
"Please, Aiden," the woman rolled her eyes, completely waving off the Winged Phantom's attempt at threatening her. "Why would I bother waste my time with her. She has potential, a lot of it, but her process of evolution is practically non-existent. She's not like you, always evolving, always adapting. So, don't worry, I won't hurt her."
Aiden took a deep breath and looked back towards his flight path. He knew that Paradox doesn't bother herself with things she deemed 'uninteresting', and would completely ignore them. At least, that's what she told him. During the time he knew her, he came to realize that the cat-eared woman can be more unpredictable than the Joker or Deadpool. She was just that mysterious.
"You really shouldn't worry that overpowered brain of yours with such details," Paradox added as she started swinging back and forth in her seat. "But, then again," her smile turned somewhat sadistic. "That's all you're able to do, isn't it? Always forced into noticing all the little details around you, and never given you a moment of rest," Aiden glared at her from behind his helmet. "But that's what I like about you!" Paradox laughed, throwing her arms in the air.
Aiden's hold on the steering wheel got tighter. "You seem to know a lot about me for someone who isn't willing to share anything about herself," he said. The fact that the woman seemed to know pretty much everything about him but he knew nothing about her never sat well with him.
Paradox put her hands in her cheeks and started trying to look flustered. "Oh, Aiden, I know we're close, but I don't think I'm ready to show you my naked body yet," Dark Heart wanted to smack his head on a wall, but he was too busy driving the jet. The cat-eared woman then looked out the window. "Oh, it looks like you're here."
Looking back to his flight path, the Winged Phantom found out that she was right. His jet was currently floating in an area filled with mountains. Most of them had snow covering their tops, and the area looked mostly empty, but he knew better.
When he looked back, Dark Heart wasn't surprised at all that Paradox was no longer there. Sometimes, he wondered if she times those disappearances just so she could show off, but you never know with her.
Focusing on his current task, the Winged Phantom slowly brought down his jet down on one of the mountains. Carefully, he landed without making a sound on one of the ledges there. Aiden checked on a few things on the jet and made sure that the cloaking system is fully functional before getting off the driver's seat.
Dark Heart walked down the hanger door and started looking for his target around the mountain peak. His suit protected him from the environment around, and his helmet made looking around much easier thanks to its scanners.
It didn't take long to get to his target. On one of the sides of the mountain was a large temple. The temple seemed to be held on the side by large pillars, keeping it balanced. The interior seemed to be Japanese in structural design and well protected.
Walking towards one of the sides of the temple, the Winged Phantom reached into his belt and pushed one of the buttons, causing the nanotechnology to create a grappling-hook. He aimed it upwards and shot it, causing the hook to latch on the wall near the top.
Dark Heart pulled himself upwards and held the edge but didn't go over, mainly because someone was coming close to the place he was. A man wearing a black ninja outfit, who happened to hear something, which is most likely Aiden's grappling-hook.
When the ninja looked over the edge to see what was the sound he heard was, the neck of his outfit was grabbed by Dark Heart and he was thrown over the edge. The ninja didn't even have time to yell before crashing onto the floor, out-cold but not dead.
Making sure the coast was clear, Aiden finally went over the edge to stand on the wall of the temple. Looking around, he pushed a button on his gauntlet and he started going invisible, activating the cloaking device on his suit.
The Winged Phantom knew he couldn't take chances. After all, this was the temple of the League of Assassins, and his target… was Ra's Al Ghoul.
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Meanwhile, back in the church, Genocide had almost finished killing all the demons there, with only three remaining. When they recognized him, some demons ran away, while some of the more stupid ones stayed.
One of the remaining demons, an anthro dog looking one, came in stabbing a spear forward. The Unofficial Sin of Wrath sidestepped the strike, grabbed the spear near the tip, broke the pole, and shoved the sharp tip in its owner's head.
Two demons remaining. Another one, a larger more common looking Demon, came in swinging a large Morningstar. The Demon brought down its weapon, intending to smash the Demon slayer, who jumped back from the hit that left a crack on the ground.
The creature of the underworld wanted to pull back its weapon, but couldn't because the Unofficial Sin of Wrath stepped on it. Summoning his shotgun, Genocide shoved the barrel in the Demon's mouth and pulled the trigger, creating a cloud of gore from its brain.
As the Demon's body fell on the ground, Oscar looked around the room of corpses with a raised eyebrow for the last Demon. He could have sworn that there were three of them just now.
Just as he thought that the last Demon, a chameleon looking one, jumped on him from the back. However, years of fighting in the underworld have prepared Genocide for such attempts.
The Unofficial Sin of Wrath swiftly turned around and swung a punch at the Demon using Crusher. The gauntlet smashed into the Demon's face and sent him crashing straight into the doors of the church, sending outside.
"Man, I missed killing demons," Genocide groaned out rotating his neck around, causing a few snaps to be heard.
Oscar walked outside to see that the Demon rolled on its back. Not wanting to give it a chance to run away, he stepped on its chest harshly, causing a few cracks to be heard, obviously from ribs being broken.
The Demon helplessly looked up at Genocide. "W-Why are you here? We didn't touch any humans!?" he cried out.
Truthfully, when Genocide appeared, the news of his return had spread in Hell like wildfire. Fewer demons started messing around with humans, believing that the Unofficial Sin of Wrath won't come for them should they not do anything wrong.
"Oh, I know," Genocide replied causing the Demon to be surprised. "I'm not here for you lot. I'm here for the one who was going to come for you," the Demon didn't even get to show his confusion before Genocide blew his head off with a blast from his shotgun. The Unofficial Sin of Wrath started looking around, hearing nothing but silence. "Wait for it."
Just as the Demon slayer predicted, something did come. The sound of a demonic roar can be heard throughout the entire area. A powerful engine can be heard from the distance, coming closer and closer.
Suddenly, something burst from the darkness of the forest. That thing revealed itself to be a motorcycle with fiery wheels and a demonic design. The motorcycle slid into a stop near the church, its wheels leaving a trail of fire as its rider got off.
What got off the motorcycle was a man wearing a spiky leather jacket, black jeans, black boots, and a chain wrapped across his chest. There was no sign of skin or flesh on the man, being made of nothing but a skeleton that seemed to be on fire, its eye sockets fixed on a glare.
That was the Spirit of Vengeance, the Ghost Rider. "Zarathos," the Unofficial Sin of Wrath said, using the Rider's original name.
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As for back in New York, Jade Rose had easily dealt with the gang and was just finishing off the last few members. To say that the fight was one-sided would be an understatement.
The assassin shot another thug in the head, while another one came in from the back trying to cut him with a knife, trying to catch Jade Rose off guard. However, the jester masked man swiftly reached into his coat and pulled a saber.
The saber's handle was emerald green in color while the blade was dark silver. The blade cape out of a rose-shaped cross guard with a bent metal to protect the fingers.
Jade Rose used that saber to turn around in great speed and slice off the head of the thug that attempted to literally backstab him, letting his body fall lifelessly on the ground while the head rolled away.
There were two remaining thugs, both of whom decided to do the smart thing and attempt to run away. However, the assassin wasn't going to give them a chance. Aiming Hope at the first one, he pulled the trigger and the bullet struck the thug right at the back of the head.
The second gangster managed to make it out of the alley and turn left, believing that he would be safe from the bullets now that he wasn't in the line of the assassin's sight, but that wasn't the case.
Seeing a 'Stop' sign on the other side of the street, Jade Rose aimed at it on the right angle and shot. The bullet struck the street sign, was repelled off it, and changed its direction to where the thug was running before it went through his head, killing him instantly.
The jester masked man brought the gun close to where his face is and took a whiff of the barrel. "There's nothing better than the smell of a bullet that was used to kill some scumbag," he said with a sadistic chuckle.
"You sound just like your father," a soft feminine voice said behind him.
Suddenly, an aura of dread and danger filled the entire alley. Light became weaker while the shadows grew darker. All sounds outside died out, either from people, cars, or anything else.
Jade Rose turned around to look at the end of the alleyway and saw a female figure obscured by the shadows. The only thing that is visibly clear from the figure is a pair of pure white eyes.
"That's no good," Jade Rose replied sounding amused while tilting his head. "I was told to not act like him."
"I honestly enjoy it when I see your father in you," the woman replied before her eyes softened. "It is good to see you again, my child."
"You as well, mother," the assassin replied, his tone also softening.
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As for Dark Heart, he managed to sneak around in the temple rather easily. He was honestly disappointed. True, he was using cloaking technology, but he still thought that a league of highly trained assassins should have noticed him.
He managed to make it to the highest level, where Ra's' room should be, and he was correct. On the highest level, overlooking the mountains was a large, opened balcony with a wooden floor.
Torches were lit on the walls, while the mountain wind came in through the opening. As for the leader of the League of Assassins, he was near the edge of the balcony, looking over the horizon wearing his usual green robes.
Behind him was his daughter, Talia Al Ghoul, overlooking what seems to be a training session. In the middle of the room, inside a white circle was two ninjas fighting. Both of them had a black outfit, but one was outlined blue while the other was red.
Dark Heart was near the entrance of the balcony, still unnoticed as the ninjas were fighting with swords. He didn't make a move as the assassins finished their fight when the Red one knocked the blue one's sword out of his hand and had the tip of the winner's on his neck.
"Enough," Talia's voice stopped the fight and both Ninjas turned towards her and Ra's before giving a bow. "As you can see, father, the new training plan has greatly improved the abilities of our assassins," she said, causing the Winged Phantom to realize that this was just a show that the daughter had made up to show off.
"It does seem rather fruitful," Ra's' voice came out as calm and collective, just like his posture. "However, I'm rather disappointed that none of you seem to have noticed our uninvited guest in the room," he added while turning around.
The two ninjas looked rather confused while Talia grabbed the handle of her trusty sword, looking around for any sign of any intruder. She knew her father would not make such a statement without a reason.
Aiden narrowed his eyes behind his helmet. He can tell that Ra's doesn't know where he exactly was by the way he's been moving his eyes around. But, staying cloaked would be just a waste of energy now that they know he's here.
So, reaching into his gauntlet, the Winged Phantom turned off his cloaking device, making himself visible to the occupants of the room. "Intruder!" Talia cried out.
The blue and red ninjas picked up their swords and attacked. The first one to strike was the blue ninja, who tried to cut Aiden's head off. Dark Heart knelt down, dodging the hit before delivering a punch straight to his attacker's stomach, making him hunch over. Aiden swiftly delivered a strike with his elbow straight at the back of the ninja's neck, with enough strength to knock him out.
The red ninja came in thrusting his sword to stab Dark Heart's chest. The Winged Phantom sidestepped before grabbing the ninja's arm that he was using to hold the sword and punching it behind the elbow, causing a sickening crack to be heard throughout the chamber as the assassin's arm was bent unnaturally.
The ninja screamed, but then Dark Heart grabbed his head and sent it downwards towards the Winged Phantom's knee, causing another crack to go through the room as the ninja's nose was also broken before he was knocked out.
Ra's looked at his out-cold ninjas with a neutral expression. "Impressive, that was rather quick and officiant, Phantom," he commented, uncaring about his hurt students. He had heard about Dark Heart's skills, but this was the first time witnessing them.
"I have questions, and you are going to answer them," Dark Heart replied, dismissing the praise.
Straight to the point. Ra's liked that and it was evident by his smile. However, before he can step forward, his daughter pulled out her sword. "You must be truly foolish to come here," Talia said getting into a battle stance.
"I'm not here for you, daddy's girl," the insult got an angry look from Talia. "Walk away, before I take your ability to walk."
"You can try," the daughter of the Head of the Demon replied.
She didn't see Aiden as a threat. She did hear about the things he did and able to do. But, in her eyes, Dark Heart was just a rip off of her beloved Bruce Wayne. She even joked to her father once that he might have dead parents and went through torturous training.
Meanwhile, Aiden sighed. He really didn't want to waste time fighting what he deemed as a 'mere grunt'. But, he supposed there was no choice. And so, picking up one of the swords that the ninjas dropped, he got into a battle stance and braced himself as Talia rushed towards him.
(A/N: Thank you for reading this.
First, more of Jade Rose's family is shown and his mother appeared. No, he has nothing to do with Batman.
Second, Genocide is meeting up with the Ghost Rider, that should be interesting. Also, it would make sense that a guy who literally went through Hell and killed all kinds of demons would know Zarathos.
Third, which is the most Important, Aiden is going for Ra's Al Ghoul, the guy who trained the Batman. I hope you're looking forward to this.
Lastly, you can notice that Aiden and Paradox were talking about a specific person. It is not an OC, this character already exists. I noticed that she doesn't get as much attention as she should, so I decided to include her in my story.
Again, thank you for reading this. Please comment, review, and give me your thoughts on my story.)
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