28 – Batman’s Second Visit

28 – Batman’s Second Visit

It's almost as if he didn't believe in my words, so...it was to be expected of him.

"Why...are those three here?" Batman asked.

"Ah, do you mean those lovely women over there? Specifically, Dr. Pamela Isley, Selina Kyle, and Dr. Harleen Quinzel?" I asked, showing I knew their true names, the same as him.

His glare hardened.

"So, Br̷̊̐͐̈́̇̓͋̿̄̓̿̈́̓̃͐͠ư̸̇̀͋̔͋̏̒͌̃́͆c̸̛̛̺̘̮̹̝̙̼̮̙̼̪̣̪̠̤̖̓̑̓̋̆̑̀̎̄̑̿̒̈́̇̔͒̒̊̈́͌͘͜ě̴͍͍̈́̀͐͛͗̑͑͑̂̇̓̾̑̆̃̊̃́́̐͛͘̕͠͠...are we going to just sit here in silence? Or would you like to see what I have to offer?" I asked, putting an emphasis on his true name.

A creepy grin formed on my 'face' as I watched the Bat tense, ready to fight.

"How?" He growled.

"How do you think? Don't tell me you already forgot, such a thing is not in your nature," I commented, a creepy smile forming on my 'face.'

"There exist...more of me?" He asked.

"Of course, there exist countless variants of yourself on a myriad of worlds, hell, there are even worlds in which you don't exist or you are a villain," I commented.

"Heh, I just remembered Batmetal, I wonder if that version of you exists somewhere out there," I chuckled thinking about the Batmetal series of songs.

"Bat...metal?" Bruce asked, confused.

"Just think of it as a version of you who is quite ridiculous and a musician," I told him the gist, shrugging my shoulders.

"What all do you know?" Bruce asked, getting straight to the point.Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)

"More than you can fathom, Bruce. If I were to tell you just a bit about what I knew, it would shatter your views on reality and existence."

Silence...

We both stared at one another for what felt like a few minutes before I decided to just break the silence.

"You want to check out the new stock of the Credit Store, or not?"

He continued to stand there in silence.

Shrugging, I opened the credit store and flipped the computer screen towards him so that he could see the new store items.

While Bruce didn't say anything, I did catch his eyes glancing over the new products, freezing on the items at the very top of the list.

"What...?" He muttered.

"Ah, are you wondering about the G.E.C.K? Or possibly the Conduit Gene Awakening Serum? If so, don't worry."

"Worry? You are offering items that could very well be turned into weapons for sale!" Batman growled.

"First off, if that's the excuse you are going to use, then you should realize everything can be a weapon, and that whether its a tool for good or bad, is dependent on the user, secondly, no one is even near rich enough to afford the items, so quit your worrying," I explained, not wanting to get into an entire debate over the relatively simple items compared to what sort of bullshit the DC and Marvel universe comes up with on a regular basis.

"The store is closing, if you wish to continue, then you'll need to come back tomorrow," I informed them, easily noticing their disappointment as well as surprise when they finally noticed the Bat hiding away in the corner.

"Heya, Bats! What are you doing here?" Harley asked, before trying to tackle Bruce with a hug, only for her to run into the wall when he moved out of the way.

"You know why I am here, Harley," Bats replied, stoic.

"Oh come on! We haven't even done anything!" Harley whined.

"It's not you three that I am here for," Batman informed them, staring straight at me.

I smiled and waved.

"Now that you are all awake, its time you leave, 'S̵̨̠̞̩̳͖̜̪̭̦͈̯̺͛͐ͅè̴̛̍͑̓͑r̶̡̛̙͖̟̹̯̥̜̭̟̩̮̭͚̫̫͈̍̀̆̓́́̉̾͘͜͜v̶́̂̃͘͝a̷͊̍͛̈́n̴̡̧̡̩͚̯͖̦̜͉̠͈͔̦͚̤̮̼͓͚̤̺̻͕͓̜̼͔͊̽̈́̋̊͛̃̂t̷̓͑̓s ̴̄̓͐̂̑͠͝o̴̢̨̨̢̖͙̯̰͓̻̪̠͈͉͎̔̓͋͗̽̐̊̓̿̈́̾́́͌͋͊̀̔̔͌̎͗͆̕̚̚͘f̷̆̀͘ Tḣ̷̟̙̲̌̌̐̒̔̄̒̈́͂̎̓̓ͅe̶ V̴̯͕̰̣͈̪͍̜̮̳͍̹̺̝̥̲͖̱̟̐͗͒̌͛̑̉̽̐͜͜͠͝oi̴d̷̙̬̺̭͔͙͍̰̦͉̠̙̤̭͇̮̬͈̭͊̇̏͐̓̓'," I cast.

With a wave of my hands, the very air cracked and once again revealed the void.

However, this time it was different.

Ropes of pure black 'ink' flowed into the room, and a clawed pitch-black hand reached through.

Then another, and another.

Countless hands and tentacles reached through the portal, and whatever was hidden on the other side, slowly pulled itself into our reality.

Constantly shifting masses of inky flesh crawled through the portal, forming indescribable shapes and forms as they screeched and roared from finally entering reality.

Maws, eyes, teeth, spikes, their forms were ever-shifting, even making me dizzy just looking at them.

"Escort my guests out of the building, would you?" I kindly asked the Servants, who did as they were told.

"As much as I was enjoying our conversations Bats, It's time for me to close the store, and for you all to leave, feel free to come back tomorrow during store hours, have a wonderful night!" I told them, wishing them farewell.

With Kyle long gone, it left just the trio and Batman, who the Servants immediately grabbed onto with their limbs, tentacles, and whatever other body parts they formed and slowly dragged them out.

They each reacted differently to their...escorts.

Batman, fought tooth and nail to try to escape from the Servant's grasp, but his mortal strength was futile to its Eldritch physique.

Posion Ivy seemed to freeze, like a deer caught in headlights, and was easily removed from the store.

Selina was screaming and kicking, clearly not liking her particular escort.

And...then there was, of course, Harley, who somehow ended up with the most...'tentically' of all of the Servants, and was moaning in pleasure as the Servant's tentacles wrapped around her body and squeezed.

Getting that particular thought out of my head, I had a feeling I'd be seeing Harley around closing time again in the future...

Well, at least that show of power should hopefully be spread out among their acquaintances, probably saving me some trouble from their more...rowdy acquaintances who'd likely try to steal from me, bully me, or straight-up kill me.

Either way, I'd say it was an eventful day.