BLUDHAVEN (Nightwing Fan Fic)

Chapter 32 (EDITED)

~~SCARLETT~~

I felt my body getting beaten and battered by Desmond's fists, I knew he had those powers a lot longer than I did but I knew I was stronger than he was. I had to pinpoint a weak spot on him before he would charge at me again I knew Dick must be on his way because all I had to pull the earpiece out since that metahuman damaged it. My mother was being held by a man wearing a horrendous clown makeup and purple suit to match. She squirmed in his grip even with the gun pointed at her lower back; I could feel the rage inside me boil inside me while I was trying to force it down.

"Ooo the anger is starting to boil isn't it?" Desmond snickered where I stood up feeling my damaged body preparing for another round. This time Desmond took a gun from one of his men aiming the gun at me where my mother began to scream when he gun went off three times into my chest. I could feel the three bullets go into my chest but only hitting the vest when I fell back to the floor acting like they hit me. I gasped where I saw at the corner of my eye Dick appearing into the shadows waiting to strike against them. I sat up where Desmond was shocked to see me still alive and kicking until he noticed the vest on my chest holding the bullets in place. "Come on little girl, get angry. Face it that is the only way you can beat me but you can't control it." He pointed the gun at my face this time aiming the gun and was about to pull the trigger when I saw a batarang knock the gun from his hand and Joker's. I threw a small smoke pellet blinding them from what was around where I flipped up snatching my mother into my arms as we took off running into the darkness. Dick grabbed my arm where we made it away so I could remove the two bullets from the vest and the other from my thigh.

"Scarlett? Are you okay?" Dick asked where my mother was wiping the smoke from her eyes where I nodded at him needing a moment. I could see the moonlight in the skylights where I leaned against the huge desk, we were in Desmond's office and we had to find a way to escape. I could see the city from the big windows of the office where Dick was scanning my mother for any trauma or injuries she could sustain from her long capture. I pulled out the syringe my mother handed me which was smashed into small pieces of glass because my back was soaked with what the liquid contained.

"The Antiserum has been destroyed. So Desmond is out of luck." I replied to the both of them where I heard with my new ears a gun click loudly. I turned to see Desmond was standing with the clown man behind him; his grin was huge that his green eyes were going to pop out of his head.

"Well that's too bad for me and for you. I guess I don't need the Doctor anymore." He smirked firing the gun I wasn't quick enough to get to my mother as the bullet hit her right into her chest. Dick caught her into his grip lowering her to the floor where I dropped to my knees near her pressing on the wound while Dick stood in front of me and blocked Desmond's advances. I looked deep into my mother's blue eyes while she began to cough up some blood, her one hand touched my face when I pulled up the goggles to look at her.

"Mom...I'm so sorry. I should've gotten you out of here when I had the chance." I exclaimed where she gave me a very weak smile where I pressed slightly harder onto the wound on her abdomen.

"You can control it....the rage within. You are...nothing like him. Use the rage....focus on it." She choked where I felt the rage inside me boil where I felt a slight tear pushed out of the corners of my eyes.

"I love you mom..." I whispered where she wiped the tear from my eye so no one would see the pain in my face.

"I'm proud of you my baby, be strong. I love you." She smiled before I could feel her body go limp in my arms where her eyes closed forever. I leaned my face down to her forehead slightly placing a kiss onto her head before I felt the rage burned in my body. I looked up seeing Desmond laughing slightly, my blue eyes began to pulsating like a heartbeat. Dick turned to see me where I firmly tightened my grip with him walking next to me preparing to fight.

"You take the clown...Desmond's mine." I hissed where Desmond dropped the gun as the blood lust in my face surged through me.

"Come on baby girl, let's see what you got to give." He snickered where Dick could see my bright blue of calmness switched to the bright gold of rage.

"You got it you son of a bitch." I replied charging at him with full strides while Dick charged at the clown. Desmond was going to pay for everything he had done to me and to my family that I was sure of.