>>5891913>Pencils & Inks: Marcus To. Colors: Chris Sotomayor>Alt-text: Orca, a humanoid killer whale woman, holds an unconscious Nightwing by his shirt. Flames and smoke are behind them.>Sound Effect Sample: Larry Hama>Content Warning: Gun ViolenceIVY: Nightwing!
You turn around and rush for him.
The cultists were blocking the exit, so you have a clean shot towards your ally and the whale woman about to crush him.
ORCA: What are you-
SFX: <span class="mu-i">SPSSSSS!</span>
ORCA: AHHHH!!
Concentrated pepper spray burns Orca’s eyes as you reach Nightwing’s side.
IVY: We need to get out of here.
He winces as you pick him up.
NIGHTWING: I think I broke a rib. Ah- Maybe two.
The floorboard creeks. You turn to see Orca rising above you.
ORCA: A little-known fact about dolphins is they have quite the capsaicin tolerance.
You make a desperate stand, blocking her way to your injured comrade.
ORCA: Give up. No one has to get hurt here.
BLACK MASK: Buzz! Wrong answer!
SFX: BANG!
Pain blooms through your body like a kudzu. It feels like your soul is pushed from your back.
You collapse on the ground. The last thing you see before your eyes close is Nightwing rising from the ground.
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NIGHTWING: IVY!
Your chest is full of knives. Every breath is a stab wound. None of that matters.
You backflip behind Black Mask and smack him so hard his face cracks.
BLACK MASK: Ah!!! Help!
Orca barrels at you. Adrenaline might be keeping you standing for now, but if she hits you again, you’re not getting up
SFX: CRASH!
The podium shatters under her fist. A well-timed, and painful, salto over her arm keeps you in one piece.
BLACK MASK: Get me out of here!
NIGHTWING: You’re not getting away with this!
You aim your cahchaba and a tazer bolt fires from its tip. Then Orca catches it.
She yanks hard and your bruised core muscles finally give out. You’re pulled into her grip.
ORCA: It’s over.
BATMAN: Yes. It is.
