Chương 16: Assault on Arkham (1)
The members of Task Force X woke up on a cargo container on the back of a truck driving through Gotham. Red Hood and Ravager pretended to do the same.
"Ugh. Waller needs to get that stick out her cunt. Who goes around drugging people like that?"
"Waller. Obviously."
"Wow. From the mad woman herself. How does it feel to be even dumber than Harley Quinn?" Frost asked
"Fuck off, bitch!"
"Watch it, Captain Kangaroo. I'll freeze off your little boomerang if you don't learn to keep your mouth shut."
"Tsk. This is why I hate criminals like yourselves," Black Spider complained
"Two things," Ravager said from her seat next to Black Spider. "The first: you're here with us. Doesn't give you a moral high ground. Second: you have the most basic martial artist name. A color slash mystical adjective and an animal. You are literally a basic bitch amongst basic bitches."
"Kid. I suggest you learn to respect your elders. I don't mind killing a young criminal like yourself."
"Try me."
Ravager stood from her seat, unsheathing her swords. The buzzing from the blades instantly filled the room. Black Spider stood up ready to attack Ravager when he felt the barrel of a gun touching the back of his head.
"Hmm. Seems like you forgot I'm not alone on this field trip. Give me a single reason to keep my friend here from blowing out your brains."
"Because of this!"
Black Spider swiped the gun at the back of his head away while ducking before he twirled around. Only to come face to face with Red Hood's other gun.
Black Spider backed up while raising his hands to the sky. He knew he had been beaten.
"Another three things. First: Assassins like us always carry two weapons. Second: Don't do that thing in movies where people announce they are about to make a move. Just makes the other party more prepared."
"What's the third?"
Black Spider's head went flying through the air before landing at Red Hood's feet. Hood looked at the decapitated head near his feet in indifference.
"Third: See? I didn't announce anything and now you're dead."
The rest of the criminals in the container looked at the pair in a different light. At first, they thought the pair just got there because of their relationships. Now they knew that the pair were actual problem children.
'What the fuck Waller? I thought the Girl Clown and Boomerang would be the hardest people to control. Hell, I have a literal cannibal that seems like he will be easier to control than these two!'
He had dealt with those under him killing each other before but it was usually during an intense moment in the operation or when they had an actual benefit. Not just because the other pissed them off.
Deadshot was thinking over everything he had done wrong in his life that led to karma sending him these two kids as divine punishment when he felt the truck stop.
"...Alright. Everyone, off the truck. We should be getting dropped off at our contact's location."
The group disembarked and saw that they were outside the Iceberg Lounge. Seeing where they had to go, Harley shivered. She wanted to say something but she saw that everyone else had already approached the front door. All she could do is bite her tongue and hope it went well.
Deadshot knocked on the door. The man behind it opened the eye slit.
"We're closed. Private party tonight."
"I know. We're the party."
Task Force X was let into the Lounge. Several men armed with guns led them through the various hallways and up several sets of stairs until they were brought to the main room. There, the group was greeted by a very disgusting sight.
A grown man who was eating fish. Raw. Bones and organs included. With his bare hands.
'Ugh! I rather do surgery on 10 people straight that see that nasty shit.'
Penguin smiled when he saw Deadshot leading the group.
"If it isn't my favorite mercenary. Waller said someone would be coming for these files but I didn't expect it to be you."
Deadshot smiled at Penguin. He had done his fair share of dirty work for the mob boss and they got along well. And by that, it means Deadshot got the job done and Penguin never tried to screw him over.
Penguin was about to hand over the envelope in his hands when he noticed Harley hiding behind Killer Croc.
"I've made arrangements to sneak you into the crazy farm. Follow them to... You. Clown!"
Harley waved shyly at Cobblepot
"You're not still mad about that truck, are you, Pengy?"
Penguin looked like he was about to blow a fuse. He pulled out his umbrella and aimed it at the woman while all of his goons also pulled out their guns.
"Guess that's a yes."
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't blow your brains out!"
"Cause you know what is bad for business, sir? Double-crossing your clients. And I would hate for folks to say Mr. Cobblepot takes your money and kills your operatives," Deadshot tried to play a narrative that was very unpleasant for Cobblepot's business.
"Not good enough. One more try!"
The henchmen pulled the hammer back on their various guns.
'Fuck, Harley! You gotta pull this when we still don't have our weapons yet?'
Just as Deadshot was thinking about how many he could take out unarmed, Red Hood walked forward.
"Order #OCP0001. 100 Militech M251s Ajax. 250 BudgetArms C-41. 5 Militech Hotshot L-ATGM. 5 Militech "Cowboy" U-55 Grenade Launcher."
This got everyone's attention. Task Force X because this was the first time they heard Red Hood speak. Penguin because this was the person that he had placed an order with. And those were the powerful weapons that he desperately needed for his upcoming war with Black Mask and Two-Face.
"Just like I made a deal with you and you don't expect me to pull any funny business. When we make a deal with you, we also don't expect funny business."
Penguin still looked frustrated but he signaled for his men to lower their weapons.
"Take the file. Your rooms are on the 4th floor. I want to see that shipment within a week."
Red Hood grabbed the file and walked toward the elevator with Ravager next to him. The other members of the team needed a minute to recover before they followed the pair. All of them got on the elevator together before the silence was finally broken.
"So you can talk, huh?" Harley asked
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