HBWnovel Chapter 194 Killing a big bad
Chapter 194 Killing a big bad
Chapter 194 Killing a big bad
Barbara Gordon’s Point of View
I got him! I fucking got him! I finally found out where the Joker was hiding, weeks of work and viewing thousands of hours of possible matches that even sped up would take me several more hours to scan completely. I finally got a verified match... Now the real question. Did I call Batman... Or did I finish my deal with Danny? That was the question. I thought about it for ten minutes knowing the difference it would make.
On the one hand, Batman would most likely capture him, he’d be sent to Arkham or another high-security prison and then break out... On the other hand, if I called Danny I knew I wouldn’t have to worry about the Joker ever again... I wanted to say his crippling me didn’t leave a permanent scar on my emotions, but it did. I still have nightmares about that night... About what he did to me after he paralyzed me.
No, he wasn’t a human anymore. He hadn’t been for a long time, ever since he killed his first victims and Batman didn’t snap his neck, he just kept upping the number every single time. Bombing a hospital, blowing up a building Wilson Fisk was in, finally, he attempted to set off a nuke in Metropolis which would have wiped out the entire population, hundreds of thousands dead and millions dead in the near future from the nuclear fallout.
He had to die. I made my choice and called him. Two rings before he picked it up. “Hello, Danny Storm speaking.” I gulped as I thought about hanging up again before I spoke. “I found where the Joker is hiding.” It was quiet on the line before I heard the telltale sounds of people fucking before he answered. “Is this time sensitive? You think he’s going to leave the spot anytime soon?”
I thought about it before answering. “It should be fine for another hour but if you take longer than that who knows if he’ll abandon that spot.” I heard a girl squeal in orgasm as he spoke casually. “Alrighty, I’ll be by in fifteen minutes after I get things settled with the new X-men over here. I’ll see you in a bit.”
He stared at me almost mad I had said so little, hoping to die in a truly spectacular way as I explained further. “Once you die. I’ll completely destroy your body and then systematically fix every single problem you’ve ever caused. Every person you left in the hospital I’ll personally go heal, every bit of long-term damage you’ve done on this world will be wiped away. You’ll be nothing but a memory to people. And I’ll do my best to smear your memory and make you seem less important.”
Now he was mad. “You!” I didn’t let him speak his final words. Shooting him in the throat I watched him slowly bleed out, I could have killed him in a spectacular way but dying a pathetic dog's death is all someone as evil as him deserves. If I could have tortured him for a bit I would have but I knew the moment I did one of the Justice League members would find out somehow. As I planned on joining the Justice League, I had to keep my murderous tendencies under wraps.
I watched as his life faded from his eyes before I flash-fried this entire setup here and wiped out the gang above who planned to ally with the Joker. I loved him as a villain but that didn’t mean I wouldn’t kill him for being a great villain. He should have been put down long ago but he was just too popular to take out. I was pretty much done with all the stuff I wanted to do before joining the Justice League... I felt like I already won in life, now it was the last bit before I started to slow down and just live like a normal person.
Sure, I might kill other demons like Mephisto or gods like Knull, but that was far off. Cleaning up the real big bads was just par for the course. Ultron, Brainiac, Thanos, and whatever dregs of Darkseid were left were the big ones. There were still dozens of other smaller villains. I could still gain more powers, and growing stronger was always a goal.
I had enough money to do anything I wanted... Perhaps I would take humanity to the stars and make us a space-fairing race. I plan to explore the cosmos in the future; it might be nice to bring other people. I stored that gun; it would be an interesting gift for Harley or Barbara. I took the rest of the day off; that was one of my big goals.
I hoped Batman would never find out about it. He... Seemed almost obsessive about keeping the Joker alive. The Joker was not only a mass murderer, but clearly got off on killing people and having Batman chase him. The Joker probably got more sexual satisfaction about having his boyfriend chase him than he ever got looking at Harley. As I stopped at a place in Japan I saved from an organized crime boss from closing down I ate my fill of the delicious tempura and yakitori they served here. Today was a good day.