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The Dark Knight: Knight of Gotham #28
As I return to confront Standler I find him trying to chew his way out of the handcuffs I placed on him. What an idiot. It's a first though. Never seen someone try to bite their way out a pair of handcuffs. You truly are a remarkable specimen Standler. But that doesn't get you out of this.
It doesn't take long for him to spot me and as you'd imagine, he panics. Desperately trying to scramble to his feet and run he ends up tripping over himself planting his face into the concrete. You really couldn't make this stuff up if you tried. He briefly manages to lift his face up off the ground to look straight at me only to beg that I leave him alone.
"Please! Not again!"
"That all depends on what you say next Standler."
With that I grab hold of his outfit and lift him up above my head. Displays of physical strength often scare people, especially when people know they stand no chance of matching that strength. Probably explains why Clark lets Diana do the questioning. Then again he does love his boy scout image and nothing is quite as scary as angry Amazon.
"What were you doing here?!"
"I needed a way to get your attention!"
"My attention?"
"That sword swinging psycho of yours strapped a flaming bomb on me! I didn't have any idea how to defuse it so I needed someone who could!"
"Why not simply hand yourself into the GCPD? They have a bomb disposal unit for goodness sake."
"The bomb has a tracker! If I went inside the GCPD he said he'd trigger it!"
"Where's the Crimson Knight?"
"The Crimson what?"
Before he has a chance to process what he just said he receives a punch straight to his right side of his face.
"Wrong answer. Now I'm going to ask again. Where's the Crimson Knight!?"
"He's.....collecting something....."
"Collecting what?"
He pauses. I can't be certain if it's an attempt to avoid answering my question or he's trying to remember whatever he was told by the Knight. Either way he's giving me the answers one way or another.
"WHERE!"
"He....he said something.....about the docks!"
"Which docks?
"I.....I don't know....."
"What was he collecting?"
"I don't know he said something about....reinforcements or something."
Reinforcements? If that's what I fear it is then I need to find where he is immediately. I throw Standler aside and activate the remote link to the bat computer signalling it to reposition Wayne Enterprise's satellites to so I can inspect every dock in Gotham.
It all makes sense now. The Crimson Knight didn't have any need for Standler beyond acting as a scapegoat, all to draw my attention away from the docks. The bomb was just insurance to stop Standler from handing himself in to the authorities and stopping him from being a distraction. The fact that Standler ended up at the refinery has nothing to do with the Knight's plans, it was Standler's attempt to grab my attention and he deliberately placed himself next to the main pipeline to ensure I'd disarm the bomb and thus save his life.
Perhaps he's not as foolish as I believed. It only takes a minute for the bat computer to give a hit on the Crimson Knight at one of Gotham's docks. He's at the docks that used to belong to Cobblepot's family before they went bankrupt. Poor Oswald, but that's what happens when the global fish price collapses due to over saturation. From the satellite feed I see the Crimson Knight letting people out of a shipping container and they're armed to the teeth. Worryingly though he starts to move on to other containers clearly signalling he has more to come. Fortunately though this means it's still possible for me to intervene.
I drag Standler out of the refinery and leave him handcuffed to a rail at the entrance to the refinery. As I dispatch the bat mobile to make it's way to the old Cobblepot docks the batwing lands in front of me. The batwing will get me there in under three minutes but if the Knight has more men as I fear I'm going to need the added firepower of the bat mobile. Either way he's not getting away this time.
With that the batwing launches into the air as I race towards the docks. You're gonna pay for what you did to Jim and for targeting my son.....
The Dark Knight: Knight of Gotham #28
As I return to confront Standler I find him trying to chew his way out of the handcuffs I placed on him. What an idiot. It's a first though. Never seen someone try to bite their way out a pair of handcuffs. You truly are a remarkable specimen Standler. But that doesn't get you out of this.
It doesn't take long for him to spot me and as you'd imagine, he panics. Desperately trying to scramble to his feet and run he ends up tripping over himself planting his face into the concrete. You really couldn't make this stuff up if you tried. He briefly manages to lift his face up off the ground to look straight at me only to beg that I leave him alone.
"Please! Not again!"
"That all depends on what you say next Standler."
With that I grab hold of his outfit and lift him up above my head. Displays of physical strength often scare people, especially when people know they stand no chance of matching that strength. Probably explains why Clark lets Diana do the questioning. Then again he does love his boy scout image and nothing is quite as scary as angry Amazon.
"What were you doing here?!"
"I needed a way to get your attention!"
"My attention?"
"That sword swinging psycho of yours strapped a flaming bomb on me! I didn't have any idea how to defuse it so I needed someone who could!"
"Why not simply hand yourself into the GCPD? They have a bomb disposal unit for goodness sake."
"The bomb has a tracker! If I went inside the GCPD he said he'd trigger it!"
"Where's the Crimson Knight?"
"The Crimson what?"
Before he has a chance to process what he just said he receives a punch straight to his right side of his face.
"Wrong answer. Now I'm going to ask again. Where's the Crimson Knight!?"
"He's.....collecting something....."
"Collecting what?"
He pauses. I can't be certain if it's an attempt to avoid answering my question or he's trying to remember whatever he was told by the Knight. Either way he's giving me the answers one way or another.
"WHERE!"
"He....he said something.....about the docks!"
"Which docks?
"I.....I don't know....."
"What was he collecting?"
"I don't know he said something about....reinforcements or something."
Reinforcements? If that's what I fear it is then I need to find where he is immediately. I throw Standler aside and activate the remote link to the bat computer signalling it to reposition Wayne Enterprise's satellites to so I can inspect every dock in Gotham.
It all makes sense now. The Crimson Knight didn't have any need for Standler beyond acting as a scapegoat, all to draw my attention away from the docks. The bomb was just insurance to stop Standler from handing himself in to the authorities and stopping him from being a distraction. The fact that Standler ended up at the refinery has nothing to do with the Knight's plans, it was Standler's attempt to grab my attention and he deliberately placed himself next to the main pipeline to ensure I'd disarm the bomb and thus save his life.
Perhaps he's not as foolish as I believed. It only takes a minute for the bat computer to give a hit on the Crimson Knight at one of Gotham's docks. He's at the docks that used to belong to Cobblepot's family before they went bankrupt. Poor Oswald, but that's what happens when the global fish price collapses due to over saturation. From the satellite feed I see the Crimson Knight letting people out of a shipping container and they're armed to the teeth. Worryingly though he starts to move on to other containers clearly signalling he has more to come. Fortunately though this means it's still possible for me to intervene.
I drag Standler out of the refinery and leave him handcuffed to a rail at the entrance to the refinery. As I dispatch the bat mobile to make it's way to the old Cobblepot docks the batwing lands in front of me. The batwing will get me there in under three minutes but if the Knight has more men as I fear I'm going to need the added firepower of the bat mobile. Either way he's not getting away this time.
With that the batwing launches into the air as I race towards the docks. You're gonna pay for what you did to Jim and for targeting my son.....