The Riddler's Daughter

The Victory

Everything was set up, half of Gotham would be in shambles by the end of the night, courtesy of Batman. The Riddler had designed it perfectly, only the dynamic duo could stop the destruction. Nonetheless, The Riddler knew the duo would not be assisting him tonight, only Batman. The first two bombs went off as a calling to Dark Knight. The Museum of Fine Arts fell to the ground, taking down the a few of the apartments on either side of it. Riddler had his own contraption hooked up with a series of schemes he called Doomsday 101. His phone buzzed and he smirked slyly. He presumed this would be Kane. Riddler was amused to see he was right, pulling up the feed on his phone. Emily and Jason should be preoccupied for the rest of the night, considering the dosage of roofies he handed Jesse before he left. He was glad to see his daughter was the perfect distraction for Boy Wonder. Once Riddler found out Robin was the boy ward and only a few years older than his daughter, the way to pull him away from Batman seemed simple. What else could distracting a teenage boy then a girl? The Riddler found there was no reason he should care any longer what happened between the two of them, it was his night to prove he was smarter than the Batman.

Jason pressed Emily against the door of the guest room. There eyes both locked on one another. She smiled softly just staring at him. Both of them felt really hot, her eyes fell upon his lips and smirked. Jason gently pushed aside a piece of her hair before kissing her softly. His hands trailed down her back as Emily's lips softly kissed him back...

Alfred tapped Bruce on the shoulder, interrupting him from his conversation with some other elites. From his look, Bruce understood that there was trouble. "Pardon me, I have a call with our investors but please go ahead and enjoy the party."Bruce backed away from the board members. Lucas Fox took this as his cue to talk to them about a new technology developments for the Enterprise. Bruce disappeared into the study, reviewing the information Alfred found on the Riddler. They were already behind, "Where's Jason?" He said sternly, getting changed to his Batman gear.

"I imagine he's still at the party sir." Alfred spoke, trying to remain calm about the situation. He followed Master Bruce downstairs to the Batcave, he could tell Bruce was not pleased with being fooled by the Riddler.

Without hesitation Bruce went behind a wall, quickly changing into his bat gear. "Fine. " He grabbed his mask, "Get him and tell him it is going down tonight. He needs to lose Emily, change and meet me up there."

"Would it be simpler if I call him on his mobile?"Alfred inquired. 

"Yeah." Bruce nodded, getting into the Batmobile. The Dark Knight did not have time to wait on Jason tonight. Bruce calculated that the destruction would be critical, considering how long Riddler focused on putting this together. "Call Jason and tell him to meet me on the other side of Gotham asap." He reminded Alfred before taking off in the Batmobile.

Alfred called and called but Jason was not picking up his phone. It went straight to voicemail not once, twice but three times. Alfred frowned, he would wait a minute before calling his Robin emergency number.

The Riddler smirked as he felt the vibrations of the Batman shake the ground behind him. "Look who finally figured it out, no boy blunder yet again I see."

"You don't know that." Batman's deep voice growled back at him. This made Riddler overly amused. Had the Bats failed at his most simple riddle yet? Did he not realize that Robin was out of the picture. Oh the joy, Riddler thought turning to face the Batman.

"I think I do, seems that bird of yours has been....how should we say distracted lately." In his left gloved hand, the Riddler twirled a detonator. Batman was angry, furious when he left the ball, therefore, Riddler's taunting made about it made him snap, charging forward at the Riddler. His grin widen at the last second as the Batman passed through his holographic form. His image resurfaced behind him. "That was /fascinating/ maybe you should try another approach." His smug voice mocked the Batman. From beneath his cowl the Bats eyes scanned for the real man of riddles. No, Where to be scene...except heat signatures were picking up from beneath the building. The Batman wasted no time to trace them back. Each second that went by was dangerous.

"Riddle me this, with four hands it saves all, with two is Gotham's own fall?" The Riddler leaned back in his seat as every holographic image taunted the Batman. Bruce was getting ticked off, he followed the heat waves closer and closer to Riddler's prime location. "Can your simple mind not amount to mine, such a shame." His voice radiated with sarcasm. "For here you look for I, when I am playing a separate game."

Batman's hand was on the door when he heard this. The Riddler's riddle began to click into place for Bruce- or at least some of it. A small beeping noise alerted itself sensing Batman's presence near the door. Riddler is not in there. Batman eyes went wide, jumping back out the window. KA-BOOM! The Batman glided out as a series of bombs set off. Batman notice how it all was linked together, the whole East side of town would be extinct if he didn't do something yet, Riddler could be somewhere else, setting up- his Riddle.. He forced Bruce into this situation where he needed Robin to stop. He couldn't go after the Riddler and save everyone. There wasn't enough time. Normally, Robin would help save the civilians, allowing Bruce enough time to look for the source of the bomb or fire. It was splitting rapidly, the chemicals Echo and Query stole yesterday were enough fuel to move faster than Batman had time to think. Dammit Jason. Riddler knew about him being Robin, probably noticed how distracted he had been. What was he too do? Without thinking much longer Bruce began to act fast, taking as many people as he could away from the burning city. He raced to the next target of the fire, an orphanage. Batman hurriedly tried to help them all escape. Riddler's voice mocked him on the firetruck speakers. Of course the master mind had hacked them, "Imagine the headlines, Bat fails to stand alone against the notorious Riddler. Are the puzzle pieces all moving too fast for you?" He laughed making Bruce even more stern, he grumbled something under his breath. The scolding fire lashed out, burning a part of his mask away.

The phone vibrated and vibrated on the bed stand in the guest room. Each text, every call went unanswered despite the need for a Robin. The room was draped in numerous items of clothing from his tie, her heels, his tux and her dress. What may have caused the hormones of these teens to be altered? None other than a little powdery substance derived from Pamela Isley's garden. 

Batman threw his grappling hook across the street. Quickly, he attempted to get all the children awake and out without being harmed. "Hurry." His voice spoke sternly as he heard a whimpering coming from a caved in room. The Dark Knight hurried, using his cape to block the flames as he crashed in. In the very corner of the nursery a little boy was curled up into a ball, he was crying out for help while hugging what looked to be his little sister. The ash covered girl was already out from how black the smoke was, Bruce spared her his breathing mask and picked the two kids up. He knew the building would cave in any second. "Hold on." Batman ran to the window, gliding one last time with the kids in hand. The little boy held on to him and his sister tightly.

Riddler chuckled, watching in amusement as the Batman struggled to get everyone out of the orphanage, meanwhile, the fire raged on killing anything in its path. Buildings crumbled, fire stations attempted to contain the flames but the fuel made it too wild to take down. "I have won--I won." He chuckled in overjoy watching the bat fail to get back up to his feet.  The Riddler spun around, landing back in his chair, smugly grinning. "I the Riddler have finally won against him!"

Jason wrapped his arms around Emily as she snuggled in close by his body. They were both out of breath, panting softly. "Em?" His hand ran through her blonde hair. Emily smiled, looking into his glazed over blue eyes. "Yes?" Her voice faint and quiet for the girl was still attempting to catch her breath. Both were exhausted with the drug wearing off. His lips whispered three soft words in her ear, "I love you.." Emily's eyes closed,  resting her head against his shoulder. "I love you too."