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truth_and_justice) wrote2017-12-05 07:47 pm
truth_and_justice) wrote2017-12-05 07:47 pm
The Bat and Superspy (AU)
[ Clark is about three seconds from filing an inter-agency complaint. Three seconds, because the lengths to which the CIA spook on this assignment, sharing this assignment with him, has been avoiding him to such lengths that it’s gone beyond interdepartmental shenanigans. It’s skirting obstruction of justice now; just skirting it, unfortunately, which gives him a clue as to who it might be.
Wayne has pulled this nonsense before.
Today, however, he’s hoping that Wayne or whoever else it might be is going to actually check by the checkpoint to get the warning he left. Given his luck, they won’t. Which is why he’s keeping his ears open to listen for trouble in the definitely-not-abandoned warehouse. ]
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[ The problem with this case is it's the Joker -- someone Bruce has dealt with extensively in the past and is the kind of criminal that gets tetchy when people who he doesn't know pops up. Tetchy in the murder way. The Joker's a ghost, hundreds of counts of murder and the mastermind beyond a few terrorist plots too many. His MO is essentially what gives him a laugh and he's wiped all his DNA from every record possible so it's even harder to get a read on who he was before he slashes his face into an eerie smile and crawled out of whatever pit of hell he's from.
The FBI gave him Clark Kent, someone Bruce has... vaguely worked with before but never for long and always brief but who Bruce knows by reputation to be one of their best and the boy scoutiest boy scout to ever boy scout, really. That doesn't fly with Bruce's usual standard -- go dark, come back when he has something feasible. He's better alone and the Joker has an odd fixation on him, calls him the Bat (a reference to a joke within the Langley, that Bruce is one of the most terrifying agents and lurks in the shadows) and Bruce hasn't figured out how he found out about that nickname either. So, yeah, Bruce doesn't want Clark caught up in this.
Today, the "this" is something... not great. He found the Joker, in some ACME warehouse in the middle of downtown Gotham (does he know -- who Bruce's family is?) and after a pretty nasty fight on a catwalk, Joker got the upperhand. He's tied Bruce up and has him dangling over a pit of a acid which, well, admittedly this isn't great and is lounging above, knife in his hand, gloating.
So, yeah, Bruce didn't want Clark in this mess but he's feeling a little stuck. He could probably use some help? Oh boy, he definitely should have asked for help. ]
You know, I do actually have back up coming. Either drop me already or you're going to get arrested.
[ Who, the specs that left you a note earlier? It was in a bag, under a bench. Very subtle, Batsy.
-- A note? From the checkpoint? Shit, was it about this? ]
Yeah, the specs. He's worse than me, Joker. Remember that time in Spain? But worse.
[ Ooh, I'm looking forward to it.
Ugh. He's so fucked. At the very least, Joker can't hear how his heart's beating a thousand miles an hour. It wouldn't do to let him know how scared he is right now. Jesus, this is really, really bad. ]
Wayne has pulled this nonsense before.
Today, however, he’s hoping that Wayne or whoever else it might be is going to actually check by the checkpoint to get the warning he left. Given his luck, they won’t. Which is why he’s keeping his ears open to listen for trouble in the definitely-not-abandoned warehouse. ]
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[ The problem with this case is it's the Joker -- someone Bruce has dealt with extensively in the past and is the kind of criminal that gets tetchy when people who he doesn't know pops up. Tetchy in the murder way. The Joker's a ghost, hundreds of counts of murder and the mastermind beyond a few terrorist plots too many. His MO is essentially what gives him a laugh and he's wiped all his DNA from every record possible so it's even harder to get a read on who he was before he slashes his face into an eerie smile and crawled out of whatever pit of hell he's from.
The FBI gave him Clark Kent, someone Bruce has... vaguely worked with before but never for long and always brief but who Bruce knows by reputation to be one of their best and the boy scoutiest boy scout to ever boy scout, really. That doesn't fly with Bruce's usual standard -- go dark, come back when he has something feasible. He's better alone and the Joker has an odd fixation on him, calls him the Bat (a reference to a joke within the Langley, that Bruce is one of the most terrifying agents and lurks in the shadows) and Bruce hasn't figured out how he found out about that nickname either. So, yeah, Bruce doesn't want Clark caught up in this.
Today, the "this" is something... not great. He found the Joker, in some ACME warehouse in the middle of downtown Gotham (does he know -- who Bruce's family is?) and after a pretty nasty fight on a catwalk, Joker got the upperhand. He's tied Bruce up and has him dangling over a pit of a acid which, well, admittedly this isn't great and is lounging above, knife in his hand, gloating.
So, yeah, Bruce didn't want Clark in this mess but he's feeling a little stuck. He could probably use some help? Oh boy, he definitely should have asked for help. ]
You know, I do actually have back up coming. Either drop me already or you're going to get arrested.
[ Who, the specs that left you a note earlier? It was in a bag, under a bench. Very subtle, Batsy.
-- A note? From the checkpoint? Shit, was it about this? ]
Yeah, the specs. He's worse than me, Joker. Remember that time in Spain? But worse.
[ Ooh, I'm looking forward to it.
Ugh. He's so fucked. At the very least, Joker can't hear how his heart's beating a thousand miles an hour. It wouldn't do to let him know how scared he is right now. Jesus, this is really, really bad. ]