14 Chapter 14: The Owls part 1

A/N: I'm sorry for the late update and short chapter. I have been sick recently and couldn't get in the mood to write.

I wanted to talk about the direction I'm taking the story in. I have read so many fanfics where the mc starts off with the heroes or something and goes on from there but I wanted to make my mc someone who is somehow connected with the heroes we all know and love. That's why I started off in the past then going forward. Even though there isn't going to be much of the hero meetups, for now, I think it's worth building up to.

○●○●○ Krius and Diana ○●○●○

Hi, how have ya been? Yeah, we are just gonna pick up from the last chapter if you don't mind.

Diana and I are on the roof of an industrial Building at the moment. Pretty sure you read the title so guess the city we are in, 'GOTHAM!!!!'

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'Uh....the readers?'

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Right now we are at Gotham and it's not how anyone would expect it to be. Apparently, the crime and corruption take over begins around 1930, the beginning of the Great Depression.

( A/N: Some of you might be unfamiliar with the Great Depression so I suggest some google history lessons, I had to learn this in 8th grade. )

I didn't really want to bring Diana to this city at this time but I got some business to take care of with the Owls.

Unlike the League of Assassins, The Court of Owls are fairly new in comics so let me explain, they are an ancient conspiracy that's been controlling Gotham for centuries. They are a violent cabal of some of Gotham City's oldest and wealthiest families who use murder and money to wield political influence throughout history. The leaders wear owl masks when meeting up and they have their own army that looks like an owl and human hybrids.

They even have their own breed of Assassins called the Talons.are a breed of deadly assassins absolutely loyal to the Court. They remain sleeping deep within their inner sanctum until they need to be used. They are experts at murder so they are called in when the Court needs someone out of the picture. The worst part about them is that they are hard to kill normally, There are many Talons for different time periods but I don't know if they have one active at the moment.

I don't want to control the entirety of the Court of Owls at this time but I will be able to control one or two of their wealthiest families. I just need some of their money as most of it to come from illegal businesses and they won't be able to do anything about it when it disappears.

Right now we are standing on the roof of the tallest building in Gotham, though it's not really that tall. My clones were running around Gotham's sewage system frantically to find the main base of the Owls. With Byakugan and Super speed, it didn't take long. I wasn't going to raid their base like the League's, I only wanted to leave a teleportation mark their in case I need to go there in the future.

The families I'm going after are the Crowne Family and the Powers Family. Both families aren't well known but the Crowne Family is connected to Dick Grayson, the first Robin aka Nightwing and the Powers family is pretty secluded so no one really pays attention to them.

I don't want to severely influence the future so I have to be careful with how I affect the people from this time. Even with the League of Assassins I will move away from them after some time and let them do what they want until they come in contact with Batman.

I will probably try to get involved in Batman's training as well or maybe even train him myself if I could. Of course, I wouldn't reveal who I am. I want to leave that for later.

"Alright Diana, it's time to move." I wasn't talking for a while and just stared at the city and she didn't say anything either, it seemed like she had something on her mind.

"Listen Krius.....we need to talk." I knew it. Her face turned grim as she said it.

"Uh yeah sure. What's wrong?" I asked her politely with a smile.

"How did you make that man in the castle do what you want? It didn't seem like he knew you at first but then he suddenly started treating you like he would give his life for you. I want to know what you did." I knew this was coming. This is actually a good chance for me.

"Oh that. I used one of my powers to alter his mind." I say pointing one finger at my head.

"You can do that? All you did was talk to him right?" She was shocked to hear that and was speaking like she didn't fully believe me.

"Yeah, I can influence people's mind like that." I spin the finger pointed at my head.

"Then....then did you use that power on my people as well? Tell me who else did you use that power on? Tell me did you use on me??" Her expression turned somewhat sad and worrisome. It's like she really wants to believe I'm not a horrible person.

"Diana.....I don't like to use this power on the ones I like." This was the truth. I realized this after I used it on Hippolyta but I will tell her later.

"The ones you like..." She turns a little red but I don't give her any time to process it.

"Now come on!! We gotta get a move on."

I say and jump off the building while pulling Diana's hand. Then I landed halfway through the building on a reishi platform with holding Diana in a princess carry. I started running using superspeed and simultaneously creating reishi platforms. I should get a flying skill but running with super speed is really fun.

Diana buried her face into my chest throughout the whole way. In a few minutes, I was standing close to the Crowne Family mansion.