章節 226: CHAPTER 223
I made myself passout by slowing my heart beat to the minimum, then cut a bit of oxygen from reaching my brain, so to the doctors I was in a genuine state of unconsciousness.
The next day I woke up to the sight of Rachel seated in a chair next to the commissioner in my hospital room, peeling an apple as she had a whole fruit basket next to her, which was odd. I didn't know Raven could be this caring when she wanted to.
This was perfect, I was unaware of the kind of conversation she might have had with the commissioner but I was glad she was present, it would help vouch for my good nature and also means I would probably have the commissioner backing me in the things I'd do as I've earned a large portion of his trust.
"Baby girl, I thought you were off world." The first words I muttered, groaning as I tried getting up to a seating position.
She turned to see my eyes wide opened as she dived upon me to give me a hug as tears gathered around her eyes. "You shouldn't try to move, lay back down and just relax."
"Don't tell me you rushed back to earth just because you heard I was shot." I added as I wrapped my arms around her, then she pulled back her head to give me a passionate kiss on my lips.
"Don't you ever scare me like that." She reprimanded with tears filled eyes. "I just returned last night, only to see on the news that you got shot."
"So it would seem." I replied, placing my hand on the gunshot wound. "Good morning commissioner." I greeted, acting like I just took note of his presence.
"Morning, Tom." He replied. "How do you feel?" He asked.
"Like I was shot." I replied with an air of sarcasm. "I'm sorry for that. As the commissioner of the of the Gotham City Police Department and on behalf of the force, I want to sincerely apologize to you. For you became a target under false charges and got shot right in front of the station. That was disgraceful on our end, we each swore an oat to protect the innocent but couldn't protect one kid in our own territory."
"I admit getting shot sucks, and it sucks even more that it took place in police premises. But there was nothing anyone could have done, so its alright." I waved the whole thing off.
"Thank you, Tom." He said with a sigh of relief. "I'll be leaving now, there's a lot to do." He said as he grabbed his hat from the small table.
"Okay, commissioner." I replied while opening my mouth for Rachel who was feeding me the apples she had diced. As he placed his hand on the doorknob, he turned around. "You should get as much rest as you can, the media are itching to chew you up the moment news of your discharge date gets out." He advised before opening the door and walking out.
"You actually got shot." Rachel said as took a small peep under my bandages. "How was that even possible?" She asked.
"I'll tell you, but first...Why don't you come in Leo. I know you're both at the window." I said as the two camping cats made their way into my room, Leo and Jason to be precise.
Rachel remained quiet upon seeing both Jason and Leo, then just proceeded to crawl into my hospital bed and continue to feed me fruits.
"How crazy does someone have to be to let themselves get shot, then go as far as getting themselves in a critical condition just to make it as real as it possible could for the doctors and the world?" Jason asked, while Rachel just gave me a judgy look for a second before switching into an angry mode of hers.
"You let yourself get shot?" She questioned with a furious look which I just found to be cute. That instant I nullified the sound inside the room so no one from the outside would be able to hear a thing being discussed inside.
"Not particularly." I replied with a slight smile. "Explain." She demanded, I owed her that much so I obliged.
"I saw the bullet coming, it seemed like it was made to graze my shoulder on purpose. But I changed its trajectory towards my chest, used my blood flow to manipulate my tissue to bore a hole which was the size of the bullet. Then took my other hand to my chest so I caught it in time before it got deflected off me and finds its way into someone else. So I simply placed the steaming hot bullet into the injury I had created, have it bore it's way to the other side and out my back. Then dropped to the floor like the bullet had taken me down." I explained.
"But there was so much blood, I thought you might bleed out before we got to the hospital." Leo said. "Yeah, I sealed the blood vessels around the wound to stop the actual bleeding, then just kept moving around the blood, making the small portion of blood I sacrificed look like a lot.
"It's official." Leo said out loud, earning himself glances from the three of us while he leaned against a wall before he continued. "You're officially the most insane person I know. Mick doesn't come close to your level of insanity."
"Am just glad you're one of the good guys and not some villain, this is Joker level of craziness and Lex Luthor's level of manipulation, all rolled up in one person." Jason said as he took a seat, grabbing himself a banana from the fruit basket.
"Just what is it you hope to accomplish from all this?" Rachel asked, her expression slowly changing. "You gave me quite the scare, I thought I might loose you." She added, tears swirling again but she held herself together while I ran my fingers backwards through her hair to calm her down. "It's okay sweetie, you aren't getting rid of me that easily." I said, when I suddenly heard a form of whistling from Leo as he awkwardly looked at the ceiling.
"Get a room, love birds." Jason remarked. "I have a room, and you're both in it right now." I replied.
"That's a good point." He replied. "So what do you intend on doing next, enough with taking us by surprise."
"Did you give the reporter the flash drive and specific information like I instructed?" I asked.
"Of course, you just happened to get shot the same day she was going to relay them to the commissioner."
"Hmm... She must have done so already, because I doubt she would be able to keep such info to herself for long, we just have to kick back and watch the pieces fall together for the commissioner and Batman." I said as a smirk made its way to the side of my lips.
Rachel acknowledged the fact that this was my business, and so long as I wasn't hurting the innocent she wouldn't interfere or say a word of objection because she believed I must have had everything all figured out.
"It seems your life as the least popular loner would be coming to an end. Rather, it has come to an end." She pointed out.
"I assure you there's nothing to worry about sweetie, I just have to handle it as it goes." I said to her, only to earn myself a disbelieving look from Leo who still found it weird I was dating a hero and discussing all yhis in her presence.
"What if Batman gets all up in your business, now that you're going public." Leo asked, maintaining his calm demeanor while Jason just averted his gaze when I turned to him, he was the reason Batman came to notice me in the first place.
"Relax, there's no way he would be able to put it together that I'm Ace, that I'm sure of." I said while considering the fact that Jason knew exactly what his thought process was like, so it was best to ask for his insight on this topic. While Leo tried using his eyes to alert me of Rachel's presence and I just admitted to being Ace the Tyrant who's currently the most wanted criminal.
I just waved it off to him, hinting she was aware of my identity as Ace the Tyrant. Earning myself an exasperated sigh from him.
"Or would that be a problem?" I asked as I fixed my gaze on him, he shook his head as he replied. "None that I can think off, but right now you're the main focus of everyone in Gotham City, the police, Batman, and criminals all alike. Including both of your attempted murders."
"Both of your....?" Rachel tried putting together the meaning behind that statement. "Wait, this wasn't the only attempt on your life? How could you keep that from me?" She asked, the lovey-dovey air around her slowly turned into anger and I for one knew not to anger a demon.
"It happened the night before you left for your off world mission, I didn't want to bother you with that sort of thing." I replied, attempting to ease her.
"Hey, should we be discussing these sort things with her around?" Leo asked, not masking his distrust in heroes types.
"Of course it is, I don't keep secrets concerning my personal life from her." I said to them, hinting that anything that was not Ghost related business was alright to share with her around.
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章節 227: CHAPTER 224
[TOM HENDRICKS POV]
"Now what's the update regarding both of my attempted murder cases? I believe you should have some information by now, especially considering who's handling the first one." I said to both Leo and Jason, asking for updates from the parties of Deathstroke and Deadshot.
"Concerning your recent shooting, turns out the establishment where the terrorism attack took place belonged to Feng Chonglin, the leader of Gotham City's triad." Leo informed.
"Oh, and being I was accused as an accomplice to the terrorism which destroyed his establishment, he sort to take vengeance on me by assassination. Hmm…My life as compensation for the business he lost." I broke down.
"That's how it would seem." Leo replied, while Rachel brought me some more fruits to chow on. "But I'm afraid he might make another attempt, being that you are still alive and kicking." He added, earning himself an hateful glare from Rachel, showing she was willing to bring down this so called triad boss if he ever made another attempt on my life.
"Relax darling, I will handle it." I said as I brushed my fingers through her hair when she got an emergency alert. "Seems like your team needs you, don't worry I'll be fine." I said, trying to get rid of her so I could speak more freely with the boys. "Are you sure?" She asked, hesitant to go and was fully adamant on staying with me at the hospital, but her heroe duties called.
"Of course I am, just tell the officers at the door that am taking a nap and do not need anyone disturbing me for next hour or so." I said to her and she gave me a passionate kiss on my lips before walking out the door to do as I had just instructed, rather than just create a portal and just teleport herself over.
"Now that she's gone. Gwen, switch the camera image from I and Rachel being all chummy, to one of me taking a nap." I instructed. "Done, Master Tom." She replied.
"I'll send a message to Feng Chonglin as Ghost, telling him that Tom Hendricks is under my protection and any more attempt on my life from his end would be the end of triad business in Gotham City. Also the end of his pathetic life."
"Noted." Leo answered, seems he was a bit worried as to how we were going to handle the triad without starting some kind of war in Gotham's underbelly.
"Any update from Deathstroke?" I asked Jason who was currently munching on a banana.
"Yeah, dude left your hostage under my care and she was in a pretty bad shape. He said he had some job he needed to take care of, just assumed it had something to so with his side job as a mercenary." He replied.
"So, what info was he able to drill out of her?"
"She belongs to a small and anonymous organization known as the Sparrows." He reported. "Never heard of them." Leo chipped in.
"Of course, that's why they are an anonymous group." Jason replied. "There's no record of them or their members, and she didn't reveal any names. She's willing to die than betray her comrades." He added.
"The Sparrows, huh." I mused, stroking my chin as I thought on it. "That's admirable. Since she's of no use to us anymore, dispose of her." I instructed.
"I had a feeling that would be your reply." He muttered with a sigh. "Cremate the body after eliminating her, we don't want to leave any sort of trace or residue behind." I instructed him.
"That's way better than just burying the body in some woods somewhere, or feeding her to the fishes." Leo chipped, swiping himself a mangoe from the fruit basket.
"You guys know these fruits are for me right." I reminded. "I already lack melanin, I need my fruits." I added.
"No wonder your skin is as pale as that of a ghost." Jason blurted out, grabbing himself an orange as he walked towards me, but I couldn't ignore the irony to what he said. "Here, you need this more than me." He said as he cut the orange in two and handed it over to me.
"It was mine to begin with." I sarcastic replied as our trio continued to chatter on.
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Later that night, I got a visit from a very much expected guest, Batman. I acted like I was ignorant of his presence and kept staring at the ceiling like I was lost in my thoughts because I was having difficulty sleeping.
"Thought you were staying out of trouble." He said with his gruffly voice, breaking the silence which was only occupied with the sounds from the machines in the hospital room. They kept reminding me of how getting my body to accept the needles and all was a real hassle, especially for someone who's very own brain is wired to protect the host from any sort of harm.
"Batman?" I asked, rubbing my eyes as I sat up. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be out watching over the city or something?"
"Checking on you. Do you know why anyone want you dead?" He asked, I didn't want the conversation with him to go on for long, so it was best I gave him something he'd need to look into asap.
"I don't know, maybe someone held a grudge when I got accused of being an accomplice to terrorism when I was clearly just a victim as well." I replied, it was better than just playing the ignorant kid card.
"That is possible." He responded. "What are you going to do now?" He asked, he must be wondering about my next move. But I wasn't some whimp who would pipe down after something like this.
"After what just happened, I found myself thinking a lot lately and have to come to the decision to help the people of Gotham City, no the world, in what little ways I can." I said with confidence laced in my tone and in my glare.
"I see, that's a good one kid. But Gotham isn't a place for playing the good Samaritan, you would eventually get targeted again."
"I know, after my accident which was the cause of my amnesia, I felt like I was given a second chance at life. I would like to use it in helping people in what little ways I can, rather than just shutting the world out and staying a loner forever. If I die because of this step I'm about taking, then at least this time I die doing what I felt was right." There it was, pulling up the good guy card on him like a reversed Uno.
"I'm sure your parents would be proud." He said with an extremely subtle hint of sentimentality, if only he knew the hardened criminal he had been searching for all these while, was just seating right in front of him.
"I think they will." I replied as my lips slowly spread into a sad smile, revealing the loneliness I felt from losing my loved ones all at once, something he could relate to.
"Jason's staying with you right? Are you aware of his late night activities?" I didn't know if he asked that as a trick question or not but it was best I admitted to it, the innocent kid act wouldn't match the steps I was going to take in the next couple of weeks.
"Of course am aware, he's protecting the city in the only way he knows how to. And I'm going to do the same, without the vigilante part." I replied.
"He might seem messed up in some ways, but he's a good kid. Take care of him." He said while remaining in the darkest corner of the room.
"It's not like I have a choice or anything, he's the only friend I have in this city." I said with an exasperated tone. "I should probably make more friends." I said as I seemed to muse on the thought.
"Mind the company you keep kid." He said before disappearing out my window, without any sort of goodbye. Just exiting the conversation midway, that really sucked.
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[The Sparrows hideout]
"Ehnn!!!" Arthur remarked. "That bastard was almost done-in by some bullet? What a lame way to die if you asked me, especially since we are yet to confirm what really happened to Stella.
"How about I go find out myself?" Fangs suggested, rolling a silver coin through his fingers. "You mean, go ask him yourself then kill him if he has nothing." Charlotte said, exuding an air of sexiness as she flipped back her hair, which was black in color with a reddish tinge.
"We were offered the job to kill him anyway and it's been too long. If Stella is dead then so be it, blame it on her own weakness." Jamie said, running his hand through his gold colored hair as he held on a serious look in his eyes. "Fangs you're up, go and hunt down our little prey, kill him in the most painful way you can as revenge for your sweetheart." He added before getting up to exit the room like his mood was suddenly spoilt.
While Fangs lips spread into a wide grin, finally given the opportunity he's even itching for.
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