The Filmgmr
Red Hood Volume 10 #110
After parting ways with the Greenes, and leaving the mercenaries for them to incarcerate, Jason and the Outlaws found themselves sitting in one of Jay Greenes’ convoy trucks heading straight for Gotham. The first leg of their drive was in silence. Not the uncomfortable kind, but the happy and anxious kind. Roy sat in the back of the vehicle, tinkering with Jason’s remaining taser gun, while Jason drove and Scarlet rested on his shoulder in the passenger seat. She had not taken her eyes off of the ring Jason had proposed to her with since he had, and Jason focused on driving while Roy focused on his work. Jason was clad in one of Jay Greene’s militia’s jackets, of which Scarlet quietly rested her head on. It took a loud, uncontrollable cough from Jason to stir the group into conversing once more.
“Are you ok?” Scarlet asked as she finally sat up straight and stretched out. Clearing his throat several times, Jason answered in a somewhat raspy voice,
“Yeah…sorry. Don’t know what that was. Sorry for the interruption Mrs. Todd.” Scarlet beamed with happiness as Roy placed the finished taser gun on the divider between the driver and passenger seats, saying,
“Boom. I finished. Batman cranked the dial on those things pretty low so I just turned it all the way back up. Now it’ll only take one shot from this to completely incapacitate someone. On top of being able to load any type of bullet into it.”
“How about water bullet?” Jason asked sarcastically.
“Pfft…I don’t see why not.” Roy answered, unsure.
“Ok…ok…hear me out here…” Scarlet said, talking with exaggerated hand motions, “Ice cream bullet.”
“No way.” Jason said as Roy answered,
“I mean…I guess if it didn’t melt…Has Freeze ever done something like that? I know he’s got the ice but…”
“I don’t think so. Could’ve with Dick or Tim but that’s beyond me. All I know is that’s the way I want to go.” The Outlaws laughed, followed by a moment of silence which was interrupted by Scarlet,
“What do you expect in Gotham?” Sighing, Jason shrugged,
“No idea, really. I’d heard rumors, you know, this and that. The mayor did this, some guy in a red ninja costume did that. Usual Gotham headlines.”
“Do you think Ra’s is really the guy behind all this?” Roy asked, examining the anti-Lazarus formula he had in his pocket.
“I really hope not,” Jason said, turning to Scarlet and Roy quickly in between looking at the road as he continued, “What scares me is that Batman needs us. Batman. Of all people. This guy has contingencies for his contingencies. He’s got a Robin lined up five minutes after the current one drops dead. But he needs our help to fight whatever’s coming. That can only mean one thing: Endgame.”
“Endgame?” Roy asked.
“Endgame. Knightfall. Whatever you want to call it. It’s basically the self-destruct button on Batman’s holdings in Gotham, to make sure no one can get to them. But it also works as a distress call, to any and all who are strong and willing to fight a common enemy. An ultimate enemy. Endgame’s an end of days precautionary scenario. It’s…it’s the last contingency. The one last ace up Batman’s sleeve in the face of total annihilation.”
“So we were the first wave of this Endgame? Because we were summoned first?” Scarlet asked. Grimacing, Jason replied,
“There’s only one way to tell.”
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A short while later, just as the sun began to set over the Gotham harbor, Jason and the Outlaws arrived on the outskirts of the great city.
“Wait…does anyone else smell smoke?” Scarlet asked. This prompted Jason to pull over next to the bridge leading into Gotham just as he noticed something: the traffic leaving Gotham was extensive. By the looks of it, there seemed to be a full-scale evacuation. Grabbing his upgraded taser gun and mask, Jason stepped out of the car and looked across the waterway into Gotham. His mouth dropped slightly out of disbelief as Roy and Scarlet joined him outside.
“What is-wait…is that what I think it is?” Roy asked as he noticed what Jason was staring at: Wayne Manor, engulfed in flames and crumbling apart. While he could not see if the Batcave was decimated beneath the wreckage, this was enough to confirm Jason’s suspicions,
“It’s…Endgame.”
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End of Volume 10
Red Hood Volume 10 #110
After parting ways with the Greenes, and leaving the mercenaries for them to incarcerate, Jason and the Outlaws found themselves sitting in one of Jay Greenes’ convoy trucks heading straight for Gotham. The first leg of their drive was in silence. Not the uncomfortable kind, but the happy and anxious kind. Roy sat in the back of the vehicle, tinkering with Jason’s remaining taser gun, while Jason drove and Scarlet rested on his shoulder in the passenger seat. She had not taken her eyes off of the ring Jason had proposed to her with since he had, and Jason focused on driving while Roy focused on his work. Jason was clad in one of Jay Greene’s militia’s jackets, of which Scarlet quietly rested her head on. It took a loud, uncontrollable cough from Jason to stir the group into conversing once more.
“Are you ok?” Scarlet asked as she finally sat up straight and stretched out. Clearing his throat several times, Jason answered in a somewhat raspy voice,
“Yeah…sorry. Don’t know what that was. Sorry for the interruption Mrs. Todd.” Scarlet beamed with happiness as Roy placed the finished taser gun on the divider between the driver and passenger seats, saying,
“Boom. I finished. Batman cranked the dial on those things pretty low so I just turned it all the way back up. Now it’ll only take one shot from this to completely incapacitate someone. On top of being able to load any type of bullet into it.”
“How about water bullet?” Jason asked sarcastically.
“Pfft…I don’t see why not.” Roy answered, unsure.
“Ok…ok…hear me out here…” Scarlet said, talking with exaggerated hand motions, “Ice cream bullet.”
“No way.” Jason said as Roy answered,
“I mean…I guess if it didn’t melt…Has Freeze ever done something like that? I know he’s got the ice but…”
“I don’t think so. Could’ve with Dick or Tim but that’s beyond me. All I know is that’s the way I want to go.” The Outlaws laughed, followed by a moment of silence which was interrupted by Scarlet,
“What do you expect in Gotham?” Sighing, Jason shrugged,
“No idea, really. I’d heard rumors, you know, this and that. The mayor did this, some guy in a red ninja costume did that. Usual Gotham headlines.”
“Do you think Ra’s is really the guy behind all this?” Roy asked, examining the anti-Lazarus formula he had in his pocket.
“I really hope not,” Jason said, turning to Scarlet and Roy quickly in between looking at the road as he continued, “What scares me is that Batman needs us. Batman. Of all people. This guy has contingencies for his contingencies. He’s got a Robin lined up five minutes after the current one drops dead. But he needs our help to fight whatever’s coming. That can only mean one thing: Endgame.”
“Endgame?” Roy asked.
“Endgame. Knightfall. Whatever you want to call it. It’s basically the self-destruct button on Batman’s holdings in Gotham, to make sure no one can get to them. But it also works as a distress call, to any and all who are strong and willing to fight a common enemy. An ultimate enemy. Endgame’s an end of days precautionary scenario. It’s…it’s the last contingency. The one last ace up Batman’s sleeve in the face of total annihilation.”
“So we were the first wave of this Endgame? Because we were summoned first?” Scarlet asked. Grimacing, Jason replied,
“There’s only one way to tell.”
————————————————————————————————
A short while later, just as the sun began to set over the Gotham harbor, Jason and the Outlaws arrived on the outskirts of the great city.
“Wait…does anyone else smell smoke?” Scarlet asked. This prompted Jason to pull over next to the bridge leading into Gotham just as he noticed something: the traffic leaving Gotham was extensive. By the looks of it, there seemed to be a full-scale evacuation. Grabbing his upgraded taser gun and mask, Jason stepped out of the car and looked across the waterway into Gotham. His mouth dropped slightly out of disbelief as Roy and Scarlet joined him outside.
“What is-wait…is that what I think it is?” Roy asked as he noticed what Jason was staring at: Wayne Manor, engulfed in flames and crumbling apart. While he could not see if the Batcave was decimated beneath the wreckage, this was enough to confirm Jason’s suspicions,
“It’s…Endgame.”
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End of Volume 10