Streets of Arkham Finale- Triumvirate

====Falcone Yacht Club====

 

Alfred- Master Bruce?

 

Batman- Penny One?

 

Alfred- You wanted me to be keep you informed about Sionis' meeting.

 

Batman- Yes, of course. What happened?

 

Alfred- Someone tried to kill him. A sniper. They failed, but from the sounds of it, they did kill the Monarch.

 

*The Monarch of Menace. The first supervillain to have successfully escaped from me. Coming back to Gotham was his one mistake- it landed him in Blackgate and later Arkham City. And now it's cost him his life*

 

Batman- Any one of them could be in on it. Once I've dealt with the drug trafficking, I'll try and re-enter Arkham, see if I can identify the sniper. Alfred, I'm putting through an image of a man in a white mask, haven't seen him before.

 

*There's the sound of tapping on a computer, then Alfred answers*

 

Alfred- Ah, that's the aptly named White Mask sir, real name David Franco, an old lieutenant of Richard Sionis.

 

Batman- Roman's father. Makes sense he'd want to keep him around.

 

Alfred- Not just that sir, it appears he's an old aquaintence of Ms Kyle. They were partners, thieves... It's how he got into the False Face Society.

 

*Selina...*

 

Franco- Yeah, it's White Mask. No I haven't heard anything... Tell White... No, Warren White. The Shark. No... the Great White Shark... I'll tell him myself then, the shipment's late.

 

===Five Minutes Later===

 

*For months, almost every present or former Gotham based Supervillain has been taken down by the Arkham City Strike Force, and tossed into a hellscape of gang violence, death and destruction. But some have escaped, these are the ones Gotham has forgotten about. And, as proven with Julian Day, it's often those who are forgotten that cause the most pain. Men like David Franco, or Lloyd Ventrix, or The Terrible Trio- Shark, Fox and Vulture. Together, with Ventrix' cloaking tech, the Trio's smuggling expertise, and The White Mask's warehouses, they have been distributing all the worst drugs across Gotham, on the orders of Black Mask.*

 

Vulture- It's Batman-!

 

Fox- Hardwick! Put your helmet back on!

 

Shark- But-

 

Fox- Put it on you idiot, do you want to ruin-

 

*When the smoke clears the Trio are gone, they've reactivated their suits. I'll have to rely on my other senses to find them, I'll have to- Uhn. Vulture. Must be airborne somehow. Firefly gear maybe? I throw a batarang, and as I hoped, it hits the invisible wings, causing black smoke to erupt from an otherwise unseen figure. Now I've got them.*

 

Vulture- Oh get off you bothersome Bat! Fox, he's got me!

 

*I fire the Claw, mooring Vulture to the ground, who consequently slams against the wall, breaking her suit. Another figure strikes, this must be Shark. He fires a harpoon, which I catch and pull on. Throwing a glue grenade covers him in resin, and that's all I need to take him down, now for-*

 

Batman- Argh-!

 

*I pull a knife out of my leg*

 

Fox- You're not the only predator Batman. You may have made short work of them, but I assure you- What?

 

*Fox yelps as I send a stream of water at him, creating a soggy outline around him. And finally, I punch him, hard, in the face. With them dispatched, I look around. Explosive gel will make short work of the narcotics, but I also need to look at the suits. Strange. The shipping manifest specifically mentions five suits. If one's for Ventrix, then where's-*

 

Ventrix- You're a dead man!

 

*He's been practising. This might be more difficult than I thought*

 

Batman- Five suits. You made five suits. For the Trio, for yourself. Where's the fifth? Who has it Ventrix?

 

*Blam. Blam. He's also armed*

 

Ventrix- I'm not telling you anything- you took my Kimberly!

 

Batman- It's just you and me. Give yourself up. Talk.

 

Ventrix- Not after what you did! You see Batman, Mr Sionis has means, ways of reaching people... Of course he payed me, but he's giving me something better, giving me-

 

Batman- Your daughter.

 

Ventrix- My Kimberly. They moved her into Witness Protection! Her and her damn mother! Changed her name to Ruth! Ruth! Where's the music in Ruth?!

 

Batman- Your daughter is much safer without you in her life. If you were any kind of a father, you'd know that.

 

Ventrix- Safe?! You took her away from me! She lost her mojo... But Mr Sionis is going to get it back for her

 

*Ventrix may have practice, but he's as unstable as always. He tears off his mask in anger, and I throw an electrified batarang, shocking him*

 

Batman- Not so long as I'm around.

 

====Sionis Industries===

 

Sionis- Wake up Freeker. I've had a very long day, maybe you could help me out... Stoned out of his mind... This is the day that keeps on giving, huh Li?

 

Li- I could gather some men to-

 

Sionis- Don't bother, the Bat's probably beaten them by now. Urgh. Now, White Mask isn't a loss... My old man was grooming the guy to be his successor way back when... I ever talk about pops Li?

 

Li- I couldn't possibly comment sir.

 

Sionis- Heh. So he got White Mask... You know what? I can get over that. The drugs? Not so much. Right now though, we've got bigger things to worry about. Show me.

 

*Li opens a case, and takes out several photos. Joker. Calendar Man. Deadshot. Among others*

 

Li- Now, sir?

 

Sionis- We find that sniper.

 

 

Done