Chapter 160 - [AT] Hurried Hostage Rescue..

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On my way back to the main hall I go to all the exits on the ground floor and break the chains off of them leaving them open before heading back towards the main hall but instead of going inside I used my alternative mode to pinpoint everybody's heat signatures in reference to the building schematics and when I confirmed which corner of the room the hostages were being squashed and held hostage in I made my way to the room behind that wall making sure to leave the door open behind me and I went directly to one of the corners of the room which was also specifically behind the wall where the hostages were and after making sure that none of the goons were paying attention since they weren't really open electing company given the fact that the Batman is busy with his sidekicks dealing with the Scarecrow across town which means they aren't expecting me or anyone else to have the balls to come in and take them on let alone free the hostages, reaching into my utility belt I pulled out an explosive gel gun which was a gun that had cartridges of explosive gel in it and shot them out and could be activated by a small detonator left in the gel but instead of using it straight away I reach back into my utility belt and pull out a small contraption that I made myself and affix it to the end of the explosive gel gun which would allow the gel to come out in smaller and thinner quantities which along with the modifications I made to the gel gun should help me free the hostages.

The modification I made to the explosive gel is that I made it a lot more quieter when detonated in exchange for some of its bang which obviously doesn't really affect things if you use it in large quantities but when applied precisely with a small amount the most noise generated will be a light buzzing that's almost insignificant and so I go about applying the explosive gel with the gun in small lines along the wall behind the hostages making a nearly perfect square that reached the floor before igniting it which resulted in a light buzzing as the entirety of the gel detonated leaving an indented burnt square in the wall about a centimetre deep and while its not a lot the wall isn't that thick here and so I go about applying this process several more times before finally I've gotten through most of the wall and with the final application and detonation of my modified explosive gel the square section of wall gives way almost toppling to the ground but I catch it before it can and then gently lift it out of the wall and place it gently onto the ground beside me before I peak my head through to the other side of the wall to find myself subject to the startled gazes of the many hostages who are half terrified out of their minds because of my actions, watching them closely I move a finger to my mouth in a shushing gesture which they all seem to get and it seems like all of the visibly calmed when they got a good look at me or most likely my visage which was similar to a bat but I didn't mind since it made it easier for me to get an ȧssessment of the current state of the hostages who were all ȧduŀts so no worries there but hand I looked closely it seems that there were two security guards among them with one being perfectly healthy and the other being a bit beat up but both of them were at the back of the wall surrounded by the rest of the hostages who thankfully didn't take notice of my arrival and my guess is that these guards were squished into the corner to prevent them from doing anything funny but this works to my advantages.

Thankfully my removal of the wall was quiet which meant even most of he hostages were unaware of my appearance behind them and only those who were close to the wall noticed my presence which made this much easier for me to do since I was working with a smaller crowd which should make things progress smoothly, looking at them both I pull them both close so that they can hear me but I can tell which is the better one to trust with an important job and so I pull out a Batarang and cut the zip tie holding the beaten up security guards arms behind his back it when he immediately raises his arms towards his mouth to ungag himself I shoot my hand forward grabbing onto his and shoving them back behind his back which he glared at me for but I just glare back which seems to cower him and seeing that he's aware of the situation I begin to whisper to him to explain to him his role going forward. "Keep your hands behind your back for now and don't ungag yourself, the only reason this hole in the wall isn't being discovered is because it's so low that all of the hostages bodies are keeping it hidden but if you start waving your hands and ungag yourself than those goons are gonna noticed and the only reason that they haven't already is that they are distracted right now and don't care to much about you guys to keep an eye on you. Now listen to me, because you two are gonna have some important roles here and if you don't do your jobs like I tell you to and think it better to run off then just know that I'll find you and when I do I won't be happy, understood?"

They both rapidly nod their heads at my words but while I can tell that the beat up security guards nod is filled with dedication I can tell that the untouched security guards nod is filled with fear towards me and my retribution if he deserts the post I give him, ȧssured that they are both listening intently with the will to act ,no matter where they might have gotten the motivation, I begin to whisper again to tell them what parts they'll be playing in my plan and I turn to the beat up security guard and address him first. "What you are gonna do is grab ahold of some of these hostages one at a time every five to ten seconds and push them through this hole to the other side of the wall without properly freeing them where this other security guard will be after I free him and drag him through and he'll cut them free before directing them towards an exit before pulling through the next hostage, your gonna have to be slow and careful here since any mistake and these thugs are gonna realise something fishy is going on so be as subtle as you can and don't ungag any of them even after you've dragged them though to the other side of the wall since silence is golden in this situation and I'd rather not have them screaming and drawing attention. So remember to be subtle and not alert anyone even the other hostages apart from the ones your dragging through since they'll notice and their behaviour will inform the thugs in the room so do your best and stay calm, I'll be waiting up above in the rafters keeping an eye on things and if it looks like things are about to go bad I'll jump down and start fighting them giving you time to escape in which case you'll need to take this and starting cutting the zip ties off of them since stealth won't matter at that point in time, okay? Good."

Reaching out I shove a Batarang into one of the hands behind the beat up security guards back before I then reach out and grab the other security guard before I pull him through with me last the wall to the other side where I immediately stand him up and cut off his zip tie before I make another shushing gesture at him which I make sure he understands before I pull out his gag from his mouth and allow him back the ability of speech, he then immediately goes to speak I place my hand over his mouth and shake my head no at him and instead start to whisper to him to make sure he knows what he's doing. "Alright listen, your gonna pull the people though the wall to this side and cut open their zip ties with this Batarang I'm gonna give you but don't ungag them and tell them where to go but make sure they know to go quietly or if that impossible hang a few back releasing them one at a time just to make sure they don't stampede and alert the rest of the thugs to what's really going. All the rest of the guards in the building have been knocked out and all the doors have been opened so just direct them to the closest exit and they should do just fine, you focus on this stuff while I hang out above the main hall and keep an eye out incase I need to involve myself with this before the hostages can escape."

I reach back into my utility belt for the umpteenth time today and pull out another Batarang which I hand to this guy before I immediately run off out of the room without another glance already ensured that he'll follow my orders and I'm not too bothered about leaving these Batarangs behind since Bruce is a billionaire and he can just make millions of these so it doesn't matter if I misplace a few of these since Batman has left thousands of these things laying around Gotham City and while admittedly they are usually found and cleaned up by either the police, an organisation or a proxy for Bruce there are still quite a few that have been missed and found by others who probably sell it for a pretty penny with it being a rare item from a famous superhero, making my way back to the second floor again I keep on the alternative mode and I can see the heat signatures moving from which I can tell that both security guards are doing their jobs perfectly and the hostage rescue is going as planned but that won't last and so I quickly reach my destination on the second floor which is a large hall that's connected to the main hall on the first floor from which I can see the entirety of the floor where the thugs are going about their own business with Two Face shouting at them completely oblivious to the fact that their hostages are escaping from right under their noses which I find pretty hilarious but nows no time for humour which is why I'm not laughing.

Using my grapple I pull myself up to ones of the many gargoyle ornament/statue things that's attached to the upper wall and I land on top of it for the perfect spot to watch and keep an eye on the proceedings and wait for when it's gonna go off the rail which shouldn't be too long now, it's only a matter of time before they notice the number of hostages dwindling…

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