《The Memorial Day Murders》Chapter 4 : Foreboding
Advertisement
Helping Bruce out of the Batmobile it took me an effort to set him down on the bed in the living quarters before bringing the medical kit. "I'm still connected to the comms network Bruce." I said after untying the makeshift tourniquet on his injured arm. "They'll inform me when they're ready." He still have to peel off his armor before the wound can be properly treated, exposing the condition of the wound in full display. He growled as I dabbed an antiseptic cotton on his wound, disinfecting the region. "That hurt?" I asked.
"A lot." he replied as I wrapped bandage around the wound after putting some medicine on it. "I want to keep an eye on them." he told me.
"Your wound..."
"I'm fine Isa." he said, getting out of bed. Shaking my head I returned to the top floor and as I checked the screens Bruce emerged, wearing a navy blue shirt and black pants. "What's the situation?" he asked.
"Luke is nearing Riddler's position." I said, not turning to face him. "Nigma doesn't like outside intervention when he duels it out with Gotham's finest."
"He always have been." Bruce said as he accessed Luke's comms. "Status update Luke."
"You're done with Deathstroke already Bruce?" he asked upon landing on the rooftop where Riddler's last known location is at.
"He was ambushed, lured into a trap." I explained. "Luke, this is the last known location of the Riddler."
"Okay." he said. "Anything I should be careful of?"
"Don't let your guard down." Bruce cuts me off before I could reply. "You know exactly who Nigma is."
"I thought I was talking to one of the most top commanders in Burqa." I didn't reply, and neither did Bruce. I didn't because I don't like to talk about Burqa ever since my CO passed away but I'm not sure why Bruce isn't replying. "Right, what are we looking at?"
Advertisement
"Two storey building, a basement level." Bruce replied, noting the grim expression on my face. "Apparently you forgot why Isa doesn't feel like to hear the name."
"Got it, anything else?"
"The hostages were kept at the basement level." then my phone rang. "Something wrong?" Bruce asked when I frowned at the number.
"Unicorn and Lion. King wants to talk to me."
"Go ahead."
"He wants it to be alone." I said.
"I can handle it." he told me. "Go ahead." Nodding I exited the room and took the elevator down to the living quarters.
"Yes sir." I said into the phone before it reached voice mail.
"Isa? Are you alright back there?" came the worrying voice of Roland Churchill, the chief of MI6.
"I'm fine uncle." I said. "You sound worried."
"It's because I am Isabella." when Uncle Roland addressed my first name I know that something is seriously wrong. "Do you have a computer nearby?" Lucky that I left my laptop backpack here and I propped it up on the study table. My uncle appeared into view on screen but another man flanked his side. "Isabella, have you met-"
"Harold Manchester. It's nice to see you again commander."
"It is nice to see you again lieutenant." the retired commander said. "However the circumstances of our reunion isn't all that pleasant."
"Memorial Day is coming soon." I said.
"Which this is most ghastly of all." the commander replied. "Someone has been out killing soldiers who came back from Afghanistan."
"How?" I asked.
"We don't know, but we suspected it to be a terrorist group at large."
"Commander, The Rising Jihad is dead and gone." I said stoically. "I've seen it myself."
Advertisement
"But groups like ISIS is still at large."
"You have a point commander." I said.
"We lost some of our Afghan veterans here in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. We were worried that the Germans could be next."
"Anything from the BND?" I asked the chief of MI6.
"The BND smelled the threat but nobody was able to confirm that they will be next."
"Should I ring up Benjamin?" I asked.
"Hold that thought first, if I am right, they could be hunting Elite Alpha."
"When you mention Afghan I bet on my MI6 instincts that something is very wrong."
"I only remember that you went to work for the Americans upon leaving the dreadful battlefield in Syria."
"I've got to inform the old gang. Pray that they won't take us out before I can pass on the message."
"I have a feeling that they would strike at Memorial Day Isabella." the chief said. "You have to be careful and always on your guard."
"Always. Thank you both for the heads up." I said before signing off.
Advertisement
- In Serial20 Chapters
In Another World with my Daughter
Everyone is summoned to another world sometime between the ages of 13 and 17, where they learn martial arts, magic, and eventually fight hoards of evil creatures on their way to destroy the Demon King. Everyone, that is, except Samuel Carter.Sam was somehow overlooked. All of his friends, his family, everyone in the whole world had been summoned to another world, fought the Demon King, and returned with incredible stories of magic and heroism. Now Sam is on the wrong side of 40, raising a teenage daughter as a single father, and dealing with bureaucracy as a member of the Other World Research Division -- until a summoning circle opens and transports them to another world.* * * * *Author's Note: You should expect In Another World with my Daughter to read as a first draft, unpolished, with some typos and occasional grammatical errors. I write rather methodically, so my first drafts are pretty solid. Time permitting, you may receive second draft quality.This is an Isekai style epic fantasy adventure, where the MC is summoned into another world full of swords, magic, and things with sharp teeth. Lip service will be paid to appropriate tropes. A personal goal of at least 1,000,000 words has been set.Readers should expect a total of 20-40k words per month.Input for story direction will be considered as appropriate.Royalty free image credit: Stefan Keller @ Pixabay
8 185 - In Serial7 Chapters
Titama
Titama's crew runs illegal clones on the streets of Neo Francisco, grown in vats with only brain stems intact. But with her boss, Muturangi, wanting to spread his tentacles of influence and greed, his latest venture takes things a step further. Over one bloody night, Titama will be forced to fight for her life, and for what she hopes is right.
8 175 - In Serial17 Chapters
The Empty Hourglass
Aleister is a scion of the noble House Belmont. Or, at least he was before a civil war broke out in the Vallonian Empire. As a child, he witnessed the destruction of his clan and was forced to chase safety. His stints, as a prisoner of war combined with the trauma, stressed his already weak heart. Seven years later, he lives comfortably as an adopted child in the village of Stillside. However, reading palms and tarot cards to glimpse into his future can only get him so far. Now, it's time for him to take fate into his own hands with the only way he knows how. A demonic ritual. Western progression fantasy. Release Schedule: [Daily] [12 pm ET] [~2000 words] [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
8 115 - In Serial12 Chapters
Strategy's Mistress
A young seven year old girl enters an academy for strategists where only one in a thousand students has a shot at becoming a rank ten strategist! The path to the top is hard, hellish and unforgiving. Blood will flow like rivers, she will have to walk over heads and she will have to prove time and time again that she is the wisest, the smarters, the most brutal, the most decisive, the most sly and the cruelest. Even though the odds are low, she must persist and grasp her one chance. If not for herself then she has to do it for her late parents. Link to my blog
8 52 - In Serial45 Chapters
The Lonely Wanderer
Shenzi walks this world cursed. On a fateful night that will forever change Shenzi's life, Shenzi enter's the "God's Game" Interrupting the god's game, Shenzi is branded as the damned. As a young disciple of the village's Temple Head. Shenzi learns about the beauty of the outside world, as well as the corrupt and foul play. As a young teenager with a wild imagination. Shenzi writes a story called "The Lonely Wanderer" Fate would twist in the way his book serves as the "Foundation" Shenzi's life will follow from this fateful night onward.
8 220 - In Serial19 Chapters
Brother of Wind {book 6: Skybound}
Welcome to book six of the Brother of Wind au! In this au, I rewrite Ninjago but a certain wind ninja has always been a part of the team.This book is based of Lego Ninjago season six, Skybound. I do not own any of the characters, but I did give a different personality to Morro.(art cover is mine)(started July 7th 2021)#2 - ninjagofanfic Aug 5 2021#6 - ninjagokai Aug 5 2021#6 - ninjagolloyd Aug 5 2021#7 - ninjagozane Aug 5 2021#7 - ninjagonya Aug 5 2021#8 - ninjagoau Aug 5 2021#5 - ninjagomorro Aug 5 2021
8 60

