Mr.HamCustoms
EWSG Batman Vol 1. #10
“What do you want?”
Shiva says, strictly.
“A simple request. A man in Gotham is threatening to poison the city with a bioengineered virus he's created.”
“Why should the league care?”
“Because I know about my son. I know that Talia never had a miscarriage, and I know you're training him without Ra’s knowledge.”
“How do you know?”
“You seem to forget, I'm the world’s greatest detective. I'll tell you the whole story another day. I can also tell Ra's my sons existence. I believe Talia named him Damian, and he's 10 years old. Am I correct?”
“What do you need Bruce.”
“Lazarus.”
Duke and I made it back to gotham with a vial of Lazarus, and brought it back to the bunker to analyze. I pour a drop on a slide, and place it under the microscope.
“I think I can concentrate this into an antidote, if I get a sample of the original strain of the virus.”
“How are we supposed to get that?”
“I guess we'll have to steal it from the man who made it.”
“Great.”
Duke and I head up the Wayne Tower elevator, and make our way to Krill's lab. I see a disheveled mess, boxes stacked upon each other. There are papers spread throughout the lab, and a shattered computer screen shows signs of intentional sabotage. He knew I'd be here.
Duke and I scavenge until he calls out.
“I think I found something, boss.”
He hands me a ruined flash drive.
“We may be able to salvage the files on this device. Let's keep looking though, to see if there's any more evidence.”
I flip his desk, to see a tiny black button hidden on the leg of the table. I press it, and a projector begins to play on the blank left wall. It displays flashes of krill injecting people, subjects, with the virus. Laughing in their pain. Duke and I give each other disgusted looks, and I begin to play the tape back.
I spot a logo in imprinted on the wall, Karlo cosmetics. Looks like I'll have to pay a certain retired actor a visit.
3:45 AM
I grapple onto the balcony of the high end apartment, and pull myself up the railing. I begin to survey the apartment. I step through the balcony doors to see Basil Karlo, fast asleep. I pick up him unconscious body, and bring it to the railing to hold over.
Karlo wakes up.
“Tell me everything you know about Abner Krill. Now!”
He begins a panicked frenzy of screaming and crying while pleading for his life.
“He he wanted money, so I gave him a loan. That's all I know!”
“I doubt it. Now tell me more. I know you have ties to the Falcones, so having you in prison would be a piece of cake.”
“Okay, okay. I supplied him with mercs, and an underground bunker, but that's all!” He cries.
“Why! Why give him all of that?”
“He said he had a machine, and a virus. All I had to do was give him those things and he'd make me powerful!”
“Look at all the ‘Power’ he's given you.”
I say sarcastically.
I throw him back onto the balcony by his ankle. I turn to him.
“Where is he hiding?”
“On, on the corner of Cutrer and Ward. That's all I know!” He says, tears still running down his face.
“Thank you.”
I leap off the balcony and begin my glide back home.
EWSG Batman Vol 1. #10
“What do you want?”
Shiva says, strictly.
“A simple request. A man in Gotham is threatening to poison the city with a bioengineered virus he's created.”
“Why should the league care?”
“Because I know about my son. I know that Talia never had a miscarriage, and I know you're training him without Ra’s knowledge.”
“How do you know?”
“You seem to forget, I'm the world’s greatest detective. I'll tell you the whole story another day. I can also tell Ra's my sons existence. I believe Talia named him Damian, and he's 10 years old. Am I correct?”
“What do you need Bruce.”
“Lazarus.”
Duke and I made it back to gotham with a vial of Lazarus, and brought it back to the bunker to analyze. I pour a drop on a slide, and place it under the microscope.
“I think I can concentrate this into an antidote, if I get a sample of the original strain of the virus.”
“How are we supposed to get that?”
“I guess we'll have to steal it from the man who made it.”
“Great.”
Duke and I head up the Wayne Tower elevator, and make our way to Krill's lab. I see a disheveled mess, boxes stacked upon each other. There are papers spread throughout the lab, and a shattered computer screen shows signs of intentional sabotage. He knew I'd be here.
Duke and I scavenge until he calls out.
“I think I found something, boss.”
He hands me a ruined flash drive.
“We may be able to salvage the files on this device. Let's keep looking though, to see if there's any more evidence.”
I flip his desk, to see a tiny black button hidden on the leg of the table. I press it, and a projector begins to play on the blank left wall. It displays flashes of krill injecting people, subjects, with the virus. Laughing in their pain. Duke and I give each other disgusted looks, and I begin to play the tape back.
I spot a logo in imprinted on the wall, Karlo cosmetics. Looks like I'll have to pay a certain retired actor a visit.
3:45 AM
I grapple onto the balcony of the high end apartment, and pull myself up the railing. I begin to survey the apartment. I step through the balcony doors to see Basil Karlo, fast asleep. I pick up him unconscious body, and bring it to the railing to hold over.
Karlo wakes up.
“Tell me everything you know about Abner Krill. Now!”
He begins a panicked frenzy of screaming and crying while pleading for his life.
“He he wanted money, so I gave him a loan. That's all I know!”
“I doubt it. Now tell me more. I know you have ties to the Falcones, so having you in prison would be a piece of cake.”
“Okay, okay. I supplied him with mercs, and an underground bunker, but that's all!” He cries.
“Why! Why give him all of that?”
“He said he had a machine, and a virus. All I had to do was give him those things and he'd make me powerful!”
“Look at all the ‘Power’ he's given you.”
I say sarcastically.
I throw him back onto the balcony by his ankle. I turn to him.
“Where is he hiding?”
“On, on the corner of Cutrer and Ward. That's all I know!” He says, tears still running down his face.
“Thank you.”
I leap off the balcony and begin my glide back home.