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..........The little girl shook her head slowly. ”No... I'll just... go back to the room...” she replied slowly. Then she turned away from him and began wobbly walking back to the room she had slipped out of to begin with. Her head down, and her arms hanging limp by her sides. She didn't feel like trying to sneak into anyone's rooms now. She didn't feel like doing much of anything but worry about what she was going to do now. If the medicine had worn off... and that happened to her when she got wet... then were they going to kill her if they found her? If she didn't have control of the experimental powers anymore, then was she just going to be another failed experiment to them? Was she going to be put down like all of the others now? Was there any use in trying to look for the way back to the lab? What was she going to do now then? She'd have to hide, she wouldn't be able to stay here for long, and she couldn't go to heroes to help her or anything. She was all on her own now.

With a clear mind Edmond dawned his costume to go out and find this Henry Sturgess. With mask and hood on he strapped his quiver to the back and exited out the window locking the door behind him. He moved along the rooftops from building to building until he found what he was looking for. The gotham City bank. He had run a simulation and it seemed that every three years the Ripper robbed a bank. He had a pattern that the police could not see because it shifted so much. Playing his hunch Edmond sat on the roof top across from the bank waiting.
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Henry Sturgess sat in the back of his limo along with three other men. Today they were going to wear guy fawkes masks. It had been the classic ski masks last time and he liked the change though to be fair he always got to choose. Along with the masks they wore nice suits. He was loading a tommy gun. One of his organization had claimed he was like an old time mobster and then been gunned down in a robbery gone wrong a week later. This was him paying homage to that bold man who said it like it was. The limo pulled up and he nodded.

The three men in the car with him shuffled out into his bank. He remained in the car waiting. The men took control of the area and then he joined them. he walked in to see people on the ground with their hands on their heads and security guards lying on the ground with bullet holes. He moved to the vault and set up the drill. Sure he knew the codes but that would sorta give away who he really was. It was when the drill had opened the vault half way that everything went wrong. Before he knew it his men sprouted arrows from their knees and elbows. The men fell over and the hostages began to escape. He raised his gun to shoot but an arrow buried in the barrel and the gun blew up. Henry was thrown backward over the counter by the explosion and by the time he rose a hooded man with a bow and arrows had entered the bank. The drill had reached 75% but by now it was not about the money.

"Look what you did to my boys. It's a shame we have to do this, you would have made a great criminal."

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"No, but you will make a great inmate." The Count notched another arrow and raised his bow but when he loosed it the arrow was shot from the air. He notched and loosed another only to get the same result, then another and another. Though the last time it happened, he used a smoke screen arrow and upon shooting it the smoke deployed. He used the screen to charge at The Ripper and when he got close enough he swung his bow down like a bat. When it hit Henry, the man did not move. It was as if the strike had done nothing at all. Before he knew it his bow had been pried from his hands and used against him, but when it hit him, he was thrown back slightly. Henry followed up by leaping over the counter and striking The Count once more. Then again and again until the wooden bow broke at which point he used the bow string as fiber wire to strangle Edmond from behind. Gasping for air Edmond shot an arrow out of his wrist gantlet into the foot of the Ripper, who was suddenly forced to let go. With sirens growing closer Edmond knew he had to end this fast but he was still regaining his breath. He had not recovered by the time the Ripper swung at him so he ducked under it. when eh swung again the count tried to block but the strength was far to great and he took the full force. Never had he been in a fight where he was beaten so greatly to the point he had little chance of victory. Never had he lost this badly. Dazed, Edmond would not come to remember the following events. It was a blur to him.

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Having beaten this vigilante, Henry set about to end the fight. He delivered two more hard punches to the man's stomach and then, seizing him by the throat, he lifted him into the air and threw him through the banks glass door. Then Henry returned to the robbery. The drill had opened the vault and he went inside. He took nothing but he stacked the money into a pyramid before leaving. On the way out he shot his goons in the head, leaving them was to much of a risk. He walked out of the bank and got into the limo. As the engine started he rolled down his window and shouted to The Count. "Your not cut out for this line of work. Get used to losing." Then he was gone. Having done what he does best more or less successfully.

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Edmond was barely able to rise after Henry left but he used everything he had to do so. He moved into the bank and grabbed the remains of his bow before he left. Such a defeat did not sit well with him but he could not stop it now. His bones were healing but still damaged as he made his way back to his apartment. once inside he shut the door, took off his mask and plopped down on the bed slowly to avoid pain. Before he knew it though, his minor healing factor had removed the pain and damage for him. Now he knew who Henry Sturgess was, and if sturgess could place cases in front of him like this, clearly he knew who Edmond was. But he still did not know how he would beat him. But then as he thought himself finally free from thoughts of the ink girl from earlier she was pulled back into his mind. He felt he could help her, mostly because he wanted to prove to himself he still could help the world. Being beaten like that had... unsettled him. So putting his mask back on he walked over to the room she was in a knocked on the door.

Edmond heard the thump and curiosity overtook him. He knelt down to look at the lock and took out a paper clip. After bending the paper clip several different ways he inserted it into the lock. The he fidgeted with it for a few moments until he heard a click at which point he pushed the door open and stepped in side. [b"Hello? You still in hear? Hello?"]

"All I did was knock. Look are you sure you don't need help?" Edmond asked as he shut the door behind himself. "I really have nothing better to do I am honestly just sitting around waiting for crime at this point."

Edmond smiled under his mask at what she had said. "Honestly in all that you did not see how I can help? Look we could put you in front of the cameras, they will come for you and take you back to wherever this started and I will follow. Trust me I will free you before they can harm you. Hey, even if they try to kill you on the spot I can stop them and use them to get you answers." at this point Edmond just really wanted to help. Sooner or later they would catch the girl, he would rather be there when they did.

"Exactly, they will take you back to the lab. I will follow them and before they can put you down I will stop them. I am sure we can find whatever answers you are looking for there." The Count explained.

Edmond looked around thinking about what she had said. If the had improved security it would make things a bit more difficult for him when it comes to sneaking around but he should still be able to. "You will have to trust me, I will get to you before they can. You have my word. Sooner or later they will find you, would you not rather I give you the chance to be free when they do?" The Count asked. From what she had described he would need to do a bit extra for this. Octopus guys and a chameleon guy, and a guy who can create illusions. It would not be easy for him but with a bit of work he could get past most of them.