Heavy lies the crown

Ch 23

Back in the rented section, Billy had just returned from the bathroom rubbing his stomach in relief. The minions were still lounging around the area but Dom was no where to be seen.

"Where'd he go?" He asked aloud for one to point and tell him to look in the fried. His friend was somewhere in the middle, grinding on a woman with a plastic cup in his hand." What the hell?"

Billy walked onto the dance floor and pushed past the crowd, apologizing as he stepped on the different people's shoes. When he finally made it he had to repeat himself, yelling over the music and commotion." I thought you were looking for Black Mask?"

"I got eyes on him as we speak." The teen yelled back lifting his mask a little to take a sip from his cup, and from the face he made, it was pretty strong. "We can't make a move until he's isolated again."

"So what do we do until then?" He asked dodging a dancing duo not paying attention to where they were going.

Dom handed his cup off to the younger boy as the woman grabbed his collar to lead him somewhere else in the lounge." We're gonna party!"

Billy stared at the clear liquid in the cup and swirled it a couple of times, debating on whether to drink it or not. He eventually thought 'why not' and tilted his head back downing it in one go.

His throat burned as it made its way down causing him to make a face. The teen shook his head to gain his hearing before looking around for something to do and setting off.

Upstairs in one of the private rooms The Penguin and Black Mask sat at a table with a map of Gotham laid out in front of them split up marking each of their respective districts. The meeting had already started and the current topic was the whereabouts of the other missing villains  

"So, Banes on an assignment and Two-Face is MIA?" Black Mask repeated just to confirm what he heard from their contacts at the Legion of Doom.

"Thats what Luthors saying anyway." Cobblepot nodded taking a drag from his cigar and blowing out smoke." But with that bastard they could be in a lab for all we know."

"Then it's business as usual?"

A smile formed on the penguins face, half of Gothams competition was currently out the game. Which meant he could send firearms into their districts without cutting them in, which meant more profits." Yeah, it's business as usual."

At the bar, Dom stood chugging the rest of his third bottle that night, next to him sat a very dazed Billy who had a glass of water in front of him. It was actually his first of the night, as it turns out the servers had no qualms against serving minors alcohol. " you having fun?"

The younger boy planted his head down and gave a sloppy thumbs up in response. He laughed and sipped his drink surveying the lounge for what seemed like the hundredth time that night before spotting something that really pissed him off.

Across the floor, some fucker was making a scene in Selina's section. It was already bad enough she looked like she didn't want his company, but what was really making him mad was the guest she had with her looked bothered too.

Not Ivy of course, but instead a stunning woman wearing clown make-up and a sparkling golden dress that flowed with her figure. Her hair was done in two ponytails one side dyed a faded electric blue and the other red.

Dom watched as the man drunkenly ranted on while his crew watched encouraging. Just who did the son of the bitch think he was to be bothering the likes of the Harley Quinn.

Clearly disgusted she said something that obviously offended him judging by his reaction of flipping the table separating the two groups. The teen tapped his friend's shoulder to get his attention and alert him of the scene.