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Gotham Gazette Headlines

Grave Diggers Hit Gotham	36.4%	[ 4 ]
Necormancy?	18.2%	[ 2 ]
The End is Near	45.5%	[ 5 ]
Total Votes:			[ 11 ]

This poll closed on August 28, 2012.
No longer accepting new votes.

[Barbara Gordon_Batgirl]

"I don't know about you.. But I'm ready to end this stupid game once and for all." Barbara said as she stared at the wire. Not like she could cut it or do anything much to it without the tools in her belt all she could really hope for was that the team back in the cave had a trace on her whereabouts. "I guess we sit back and relax.." She said sarcasticly.



"So how much longer are we going to sit in here?" Lois grumbled as she felt the last of the caffine fade from her system.

"Till they deem it so." Selina hissed as she leaned against the wall.

"Humm.. That sounds promising." Lois added beginning to get antsy.

"Lois.. Quit talking."

"But.. I need something to take my mind off things."

"How about I give you an exclusive.."

"I'm listening."

"If we get out.. You have first claims to it.."

[Eric Coldfire]

A loud buzzer went off and the locks over the ankles of the contestants clicked open and fell away. The lightbulbs in the rooms shut off as a section of the padded wall slowly swung open, revealing other steel doors that had opened, allowing their guests to step out of their rooms.

An all too familiar voice to some, spoke through an overhead speaker "Greetings and welcome. I trust you are all wondering where you are. While I can't tell you where you are, I can tell you where you might be. You might be in the place where you will all die."

[NuSith]

d**k charged into the cave still holding his head. "Question are you there?" d**k barked. He didn't have the cowel pulled over but his voice was deep and comanding. "Match, Supergirl, online now!" He pulled up another screen. "Gerard, you better answer me now too. I need you!" He comanded. "Robin, whatever you were working on put it on hold." He demanded. "Speedy, I want you to stop crying and get on that computer over there. I know you know how to look up phone nombers."

Lian stopped crying and nodded her head. She walked to the computer and sat down.

"Helena? I need you to answer!" He barked. "Speedy I need you to contact any other league help you can."

Lian began to go through the list and attempt to get ahold of anyone she could.


Robin looked up at d**k as he began to pull up all the previous information and then began to to eliminate some of it. "What are we missing?" He growled. "I need all hands on deck here." he snapped.

Gerard got the cominucation. He had to fight the whispering in his head but he managed.
'I'm here Nightwing." He answered.
"It's Batman now."
"Oh.." Gerard remembered that something was up since he saw a lack of Bruce wayne and the Batman he knew in the city.
"Gerard I'll need you as an emotinal detector. i know you can hone in on emotinal signiatures that are unique to a single person. Thats how you figured out my secret identity right?"
"Yes sir it is." Gerard was holding his head and still fighting the whispering voice in it.

"Who do I have here?" d**k demanded as he pulled up all open comunications to get a head count,

[Barbara Gordon_Batgirl]

Lois froze as she watched the chains unlock. "He sounds like a charmer." She groaned as she walked to Selina. "Come on kitty." She added as she was the first to exit their shared cell.

Selina had gotten up and followed behind Lois not sure what could possibly be worse. "Being tied to that cat food convator belt was easier than this." She mumbled as her stomach growled angrily. "I don't feel all that great.."

Barbara looked down her green eyes narrowed as she looked at Parker. "Let the games begin.."

[Eric Coldfire]

Question brought up a video link from the Clock Tower "I'm here, trying to isolate their signals but I'm getting interference from Barbara and Roy's trackers."

Helena rolled off her medical bed, having been woken up from her morphine induced nap, her hand clutching her ribs "what's going on d**k?"

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Location: Unknown
Time: 7:00pm
Harvey Dent weakly lifted his head as the drugs finally wore off, he knew he was in an isolation room, he had been in plenty. This was the first time of being in isolation with others, a young man with red hair, and an older man with a comb over, either he was either an actor or a politician. He heard the buzzer sound and felt something fall off his ankle, they were in a hospital of some kind. He watched as the section of the wall opened up, revealing an circular room with other opening doors, the one across from his room had Lois Lane and Catwoman. Harvey looked up at the sound of the voice, he heard it just before he passed out "sonova..."

Edward groaned as he sat up and his shackle fell off "oh don't tell me..." he looked across from his to the man that was wearing scrubs, then noticed he was wearing the same thing "yep, he did." Rubbing his eyes, Edward watched as him room opened, then heard the voice "you better hope your plan kills, Arnold, when I find you.."

Time: 7:03pm
Virginia watched as the door opened and stepped out of the room, she looked around in the rooms, taking note of the other guests "lets meet the other players."

[Barbara Gordon_Batgirl]

Barbara walked out of the room her arms crossed defensively as she padded out barefooted. "From the second list it was Lane, Kyle, Harper, you, myself, Dent, Wilson, and another GCPD alumni." She offered with a sigh as she noticed the others.

Lois was leaning against the wall as she raised her brow. "What the?! How did you get caught?" Lois asked as she noticed the red head. "Seriously, of all the people they brought in I wasn't really expecting you and Selina."

Selina narrowed her eyes on the doorway she exited with Lois. Her hands on her hips as she tapped her foot on the ground. It was a nervous tick she had developed whenever Bruce would take too long to explain things.

Kara had sighed as the Batmans voice came over. "We should be on our way back to base? Oracle umm.. Batgirl did you get your friend?" She asked not having been able to receive most of the communication. "Match, have you ever been to the cave?" She asked as she waited for the order.

[Stray_Dog]

Match was really hoping that 'Batman' had something they could use. Running into all these dead ends was very frustrating. "Cave? The Batcave? No, never visited," he replied to Kara. "I've never been invited."

[Barbara Gordon_Batgirl]

"I'll take you.. But don't tell Robin." Kara offered as she kicked off the ground taking flight. It was a familiar pose she took similar to Kal's when he choose to fly. The fist first and the knee bent as she soared into the sky. "I hereby invite you.."

[NuSith]

((Not sure if they would leave Roy his fake arm or not))


Roy had manabred to get up and make his way to Barbra and Selina. "Sooo.. This is the kitchen, and over there is impending doom." He attempted to joke and lighten the mood some.
"I take it this is where one of us states the obvious, Toto, we're not in Gotham any more?" He sighed.



d**k looked at Helena. "They got Roy and Barbra and Virginia." he said stiffly. "Use whatever means nessisery to get as vclose to a location as you can Question. We have 2 Kryptonians and an empath to use as bloodhounds. We just need to get close." He said.

Lian growled at the computer. "No one in answering. They are all out on assignments." she glared at the computer angrily.

"Keep trying." d**k knew it might be a waste of time but at least it kept Lian buisy and her mind off her dad, or keeping anyone from having to comfort her.

Damian walked over and set down all the heat vision goggles he could find and listening devices and a few other toys.
"I plan on suiting up for war." Damian said. 'this is war." he hissed.

"Kara your on your way with Match?" Dicka asked.

Gerard's motocycle was on it's way to the manor. He could still hear that word whispering over and over again, even over the roar of the classic Harley.

[Eric Coldfire]

Jigsaw's voice spoke out of the speakers again, addressing all of his 'guests' "you have all been gathered because you are thieves, murderers, lairs, deceivers, obsessives. Tonight we will see if you are worthy of the lives you have been given, the hallway to your left will lead you to your first test. If you all wish for a chance to live beyond tonight, head for the light at the end of the tunnel, if not then this chamber will be your tomb. What will it be? Fight to survive and return to your daughters, fathers, and friends? Or will you be defiant of your destiny? Live or Die, make your choice."

[Barbara Gordon_Batgirl]

Kara raised her hand to her communicator as she sighed. Someone was in a very touchy mood. "We are on our way. We left the nasty covered clothing at the site." She offered as she motioned for Match to catch up.

"Its not time to joke Harper." Barbara said with a sigh only managing to raise a brow at the arm still attached to him.

"Light at the end of the tunnel?!" Lois grumbled as she walked forward first. "Come on. I doubt any of us want to be dead."

[NuSith]

Roy said nothing about still having the arm. He knew they were being watched and if he began to mess with it now, it would only put himself and others at risk.
"Well. I guess we go that way then." He began to walk toward the hall following Louis. He attempted to stay close to Selina and Barbra though. He knew d**k and Damian would never let him live it down if they got hurt or worse.

[Stray_Dog]

Fitzpatrick only woke after they had been released from their restraints. He stumbled out into the circular room after the others, looking around. He rubbed his neck where he'd been stuck with the needle. It kind of felt like a bee sting. The last thing he remembered was helping a woman and her father. From the looks of things he had been captured by the Jigsaw killer. He recognized many of the others in the circular room.
Saying nothing, he followed behind the others.

[Psychoholic Slag]

Prescott had been woken up by the voice on the television screen. He saw that he was in a room with so many people, but the only one he really recognized was Two-Face. He was afraid to be in the room with such a violent felon, but he didn't like the sound of dying in this room, either, so he followed the procession.

[Eric Coldfire]

Virginia walked ahead of the group, she felt obligated since she believed that she was the only one qualified to deal with the present situation, even if she was in the company of an international mercenary, a bat vigilante, a federal agent, another cop, and even a wanted felon. She was SWAT dammit, she dealt with Gotham's worst on a daily basis... at least she used to. "Hold it... look."

Come Heat or Hellfire

Behind a large pane of glass in front of the group, a large black hallway lay ahead with a small white box at the far end. Eight high powered sun lamps hung from above were suddenly turned on, revealing that the long black floor was actually a thing black beam over a pit. The heat was already beginning to built into the other room as steam rose off the walls and beam.

Virginia turned her head away from the sudden burst of light and even stepped back from heat that she was even beginning to feel through the glass. Then she saw the tape recording sitting on a stool, labeled Lois Lane. The SWAT cop looked over at Lois, picked up the recorder and pressed Play...

"Hello Lois. For years you have put your life on the line to find the truth from the darkest places of the world and bring it to light. All you cared for was your next Pulitzer with no regard for the lives your ruined, no shame felt for the skeletons and demons you brought out that were not yours to reveal. Tonight you will be watched as your secrets are brought out into the light. The room in front of you is steadily heating up due to the sun lamps, you will have five minutes to cross it on the beam to reach the pressure plate to turn off the lights and close the floor. But be careful, after five minutes, the heat with suffocate you and you will fall, succumbing to the darkness that you sought to 'save' the truth from. The truth often causes pain when brought to light, Lois, how many times can you be burned by it before it loses its value?"

Virginia looked up from the recorder, looking Lois in the eye "you don't need to go in there, you'll be cooked alive. Let me go, I'm better trained to handle situations like this."

Edward rolled his eyes as he waited in the back of the group "I don't care which one of you goes, I didn't climb to the top of Interpol's Most Wanted to die at the hands of some punk from Arkham. No offense of course, Harvey."

Two-Face glared, rubbing his fingers and thumb together, a habit he picked up whenever he was without his coin "F*ck you." He glared at Lane with his good side while keeping his scarred side away from the increasing heat "get in there Lane, I planned on dying at the hands of a lot of people in Gotham, Arnold Wesker, isn't one of those people."