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Arell lit his cigarette as he stumbled around. Gotham Suuuure looks a lot smaller from the air! he thought as he walked. Unaware of any trouble.

Meanwhile, in the shady part of town, a Mafioso Boss and his two goons were talking in the dim light of a small office building.

"Boss, I heard word that a certain young Arell L'amour followed us into town." Smitty, the smaller, weasel-like one said. The Don flashed an evil smirk and slowly put his face into the light.

"Den boys, we show him that Louis Razzolli is runnin' this town!" the Don said in a menacing New York accent.

Mr. Brooks successfully entered the building, closed the door and relocked it. Then, Chris tapped in his code to cancel the alarm on the formerly open door. He immediately spotted two thugs and held his index finger to his lips -- indicating that they should be quiet.

Then, he pointed directly over his head toward the roof, held up two fingers, and made a walking motion with his fingers. The thugs nodded who in turn repeated Chris hand motions for the others behind them. Brooks finds himself in direct command of five armed men.

Mr. Brooks uses further hand signals to direct where he wants everyone. After the other thugs go where directed, Chris takes a position hidden under a large piece of equipment and loaded a sniper's rifle with flashless ammo. He made a few final adjustments to his nightscope, waiting for the show to start.

The Ghost noticed the door opening. While the door may have been expertly lock-picked, the wired magnets on the inside of the top of the door trigger a silent alarm.

Russell watched his monitor, "Time for the show."


Nearby Catgirl, a monitor comes to life:



"Well, let’s have a big round of applause for our special guest."

The Ghost chuckled at her response and music, "Cute. Not exactly what I was expecting..." The villain phased the annoying music in a long decrescendo; however, he used the opportunity to begin hacking Catgirl's computer.

Smiling under his helmet, Russell ws attempting to distract the heroine switching around his image on different screens near Crystal, "Oh, I wouldn’t waste your firepower. It’s useless. Television allows me to be everywhere."

Russell gave a heavy sigh under the mask, "Young woman, I think you can drop the ditzy Marilyn Monroe act. And maybe your friend on the roof can join us."

The Ghost noticed the block on his intrusion and noted that his goons were beginning to close in around Catgirl. Russell also saw that Mr. Brooks sent some of his men onto the roof to go after the other one.


Chris knew the reputation of the Bat and those trained under him. The black man stayed still where he could easily cover where both Catgirl and where he just sent someof his guys. The experienced henchman was waiting...

The Ghost chuckled, "Well, that's rather presumptuous. Don't you think?"

That's when four goons opened fire on Catgirl.

On the roof, armed four goons approached where Robin was. Three were armed with pistols, while one of the goons held back brandishing an uzi.

Crystal could smell the gunpowder and heard the guns cocking but the reinforced Kevlar in her suit took 99% of the damage from the bullets. She just sat there as the goons shot at her.

Just for good measure she laughed out, "Please st-st-stop! It ti-tickles!"

(O yah talk about intimidation checks all around lol. Hey Skuld, you should roll a D-20 for all his men lol))