The Rise

Chapter Nine: The Hunt

June 25 2016

Iron Heights Penitentiary is a mobile prison found inside an airship. It was reputed to be among the worst prisons in the world. The ship also imprisoned Killer Croc who hasn't been seen since he escaped during the Arkham Island takeover. Croc managed to escape from his cell and went on a rampage, killing some guards before he went inside the engine room and destroyed the engine causing the airship to crash into Gotham Bay.

Anne, Benjamin and Alex made it to the ship and rescue some of the guards. However Warden Ranken was captured by Croc and went deeper into the airship as the team was following him.

The trio made it to the yard as they saw a large door in front of them as it was locked and they tried to break the door open but nothing was working.

Anne: Taking the warden, why not just kill him and escape?

Benjamin: Maybe he likes a long lunch?

Alex: Maybe. I still don't get why Ironheights kept Croc's imprisonment a secret.

Benjamin: Right now. Let's focus on getting that door opened.

Anne: Maybe we could get our answers when we move further into the ship.

The team noticed a control room on the upper floor as they began walking up the stairs and opened the door. They saw a guard who was unconscious. The team checked on the guard as he opened his eyes and slowly got up as they spoke to him.

Guard: Urgh. . . . My head. . . . .I'm glad your all here.

Alex: We need access to that door.

Guard: Good luck with that. It uses keycard, two man-rule. As soon as this ship took a nose dive out of the sky. They bailed.

Benjamin: We'll find them.

Anne: Come on, let's get all of you out of this ship.

The guard nodded as the team were gonna leave the airship until they saw something in the security cameras. The cameras showed Croc destroying a control room as the prisons cells were opened and the inmates began running away as the team looked at each other.

Benjamin: That's not good.

Alex: For some reason, the inmates are not escaping the ship. They're following Croc.

Anne: We need to stop them. Let's go find the keycards.

The team eventually found all the survivors and managed to get all of them out of the ship and back to the main land. The team grappled to a rooftop as Alex contacted Joel and spoke to him.

Alex: Joel, Two guards escaped from the airship when it was gonna crash. Can you pinpoint their locations?

Joel: [On Radio] Already done it. Here are the locations.

The team nodded as they went to the construction site where the first guard was at. They made it to the rooftop of the construction and saw a guard who was dead as they checked on him and saw he was shot multiple times and died of blood loss.

The team felt bad for the guard as they saw the keycard on the ground and picked it up. They notified the police about what happened as they left the construction site.

The team went to the second location which was located on a rooftop in Bleake Island. They saw the guard who was sitting on the rooftop as the guard saw them and began speaking to them.

Anne: Are you okay?

Guard: Shaken up but I'll be fine.

Alex: We need your keycard.