Bab 13: A Bat and a Clown.
A few minutes after Victor and Yami stole the sword of Beowulf, he made his way to Gotham as planned. It was relatively close to New York and at the speeds he could move at these days he made it to the cursed city nearly instantly.
The moment he entered the city, he had to stop as he began to feel how cursed the city truly was. Being inside the city allowed him to sense how deep the curse ran. The air, the buildings even the soil were tainted beyond belief.
When he entered Gotham, he made sure to stay out of sight by running to the top of a skyscraper. He walked to the ledge of the building as he took in the aura radiating off the entire city. Even Yami squinted his eyes as the city was the spawning ground of evil in his eyes.
"Honestly, with a curse like this, no wonder so many tragedies happen by the day."
Yami whined to agree with him as to their magical senses the entire city seemed to release a constant miasma. It wasn't Darkness magic, or even Death Magic, it was something far worse. For all of their bad reputation, those two paths of magic were not evil.
They could be used for evil, yes, but inherently they could also be used for good. Whatever this aura was, it was evil without a shadow of a doubt. He shook his head to get rid of his thoughts as from his shadow, a large hoard of shadow Horrors began to emerge.
When he created them, he never got rid of them as they always made themselves at home in his ocean of darkness that was his shadow. These creatures of pure shadow had hazy appearances from humanoid shapes to monstrous appearances.
When he released them, he watched as the Horrors began to draw in the miasma of the shadow. Victor with caution absorbed what changes happened to his Horrors, but he was pleasantly surprised. The miasma was refined in his Divine Energy infused Mana.
Once it was refined, it was absorbed and used to strengthen the Horrors.
'That could be useful in the future.'
Victor turned around to address the small hoard of living shadows.
"Usually, I set you loose to feast on the pain and suffering of the wicked, but not this day."
When he said that he could just feel how disappointed his Horrors were. They didn't let it show, but they still were not happy. He shook his head these sentient Horrors lived to the carnage.
"Now, now, you will get another chance to feast. No, today we have a single target. A crazy clown who is going to be annoying in another year or so. We are killing him now, so get going. If anyone tries to stop you, eat them."
A cacophony of roars and the Horrors dispersed through Gotham in bursts of shadow. As they dispersed through the city, Victor crossed his armored arms across his chest and gazed out at the city.
"Now that I think about it, this curse is because of Barbatos and his hold over the city. In the comics, it was also that creepy Warlock, Doctor Gotham, but is that the case in Young Justice?"
Yami turned his head without needing to look up. At twice the size of a regular Grey Wolf, he was a large creature. Almost as tall as Victor so he stood out and he could even grow larger by enhancing his abilities with mana.
"Let's go."
Without hesitating they both lept off the skyscraper to reach the ground. When they made it down, they landed with ease. Though, since Gotham was a big city even with how dangerous it was there were still people out.
When they noticed Victor and Yami land they reacted with fear. They scattered to get away from him which was the smart thing to do.
"Run, this does not involve you."
He wasn't trying to sound threatening, but when he wore his helmet his voice was distorted and carried the weight of his strength. Regardless, once he and Yami were alone aside from the passing cars they began to walk the street.
As they did so, people in their cars were stuck staring at them in both awe and fear. He was a towering specimen and carried a weight that drew their respect, fear, and attention all at once.
However, this was also drawing the attention of Batman away from his Horrors so the pesky fool could not save Joker. Victor didn't care enough to land the final blow to the Joker, he just wanted him out of the picture for the future.
The next target was Poison Ivy because her actions with the 'Injustice League' were far too troublesome. Victor was not someone swayed by gender or beauty and he would slay anyone who got in his way.
As he walked through Gotham he was keeping an eye on his Horrors who were swarming through Arkham Asylum right this moment. They were being discreet about it and sticking to the shadows because Joker was in the House today.
Batman had just stopped one of his many schemes, not before Joker had flooded a Retirement Home with Joker Toxin. Even then, the Gotham Criminal System still did not give Joker the death penalty.
They sent him back to Arkham where he would be out after he recovered from his Batman-related injuries. With a smile, Victor watched through the eyes of a particularly bloodthirsty Horror.
Using its shadow travel it had reached the Joker's cell which was wrapped in many casts. Though, it had not gotten rid of his disgusting permanent grin. However, with the many chemicals flooding his body, the Joker would make a quicker recovery than his wounds might show.
Too bad for the Joker that he would not get to recover because his Horror slipped into his cell. The TV that had been on turned off and so did all the equipment hooked up to his body.
"HEY! I was watching that, NURSE! How do you expect anyone to recover l-"
Before he could finish complaining, the Horror materialized from the dark. Its shape was hard to make out in the darkness, but he could see a pair of multi-lensed eyes like that of an insect. Four clawed hands reached out for him and a large pair of ant-like mandibles.
"Oh f-"
Before he could finish, the Horror lunged forward and in a frenzy of claws, mandibles and ferocity began to tear the Joker apart. This was one soul that Victor considered acceptable to destroy.
With a smile on his face, Victor stopped looking through the eyes of his Shadow Construct as he saw what he needed to see.
Sadly, Poison Ivy was not in Arkham so she would live another day. However, just as Victor was going to leave, he felt three very small impacts on the back of his helmet. When he turned around, he saw three distinctive Batarangs on the ground.
"Honestly-"
He tilted slightly to the right as another six moved where he had been standing.
"Sad."
He lunged out into the air and with pure telekinetic might he gripped Bruce's neck tightly before smashing him against one of the buildings. With a groan, Batman glared up at Victor and Yami.
Victor knew that Batman would never have come without a plan. He either had already contacted the Justice League or he thought Victor would not kill him. He was right so Victor released his hold as he called back all his Horror toward him.
In a flood, hundreds of shadows began to flow into his own to return to their home.
"Bruce Wayne, the boy who never left the alleyway. The boy, who saw his parents gunned down, the boy who dresses like a Bat. The boy, collects others like him to fight his battles. The powerless one that even gods respect. A pleasure to meet you, Mr Wayne."
With each passing sentence, Batman felt further anger and shock. He had made it his mission to not allow anyone to know his identity who did not need to know it. So how did this new menace figure it out that quickly?
Sadly, Victor had no intention of sticking around. The last Horror had entered his Shadow so he stepped back with a smile behind his helmet.
"I have what I came for, the end of the Joker."
Without another word, Victor teleported away from Gotham back to New York. When he was gone, Batman rushed forward where Victor and Yami had been standing, but he saw nothing.
"Damn it."
He reached up to his Cowl.
"Batman to Justice League, I have been compromised and Knight has escaped."
Since there was no other distinguishing future of Victor aside from his Armor, the League had begun to refer to him as Knight. He had made massive movements in Dallas and Mexico and now in Gotham.
He also knew too much about Bruce and that scarred him more than anything. That an unknown had figured him out. He would also have to check up on Joker because as much as he wanted to break his neck, that was not his responsibility to deal with judgment.
The Gotham Legal System considered Joker insane and could not be tried. Other than stopping him, Batman could do nothing else or that is what he told himself. Now, he just had to wait for the rest of the League to show up to see if they could find a trace of Knight.
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As for 'Knight', Victor appeared on the New York coastline with Yami. When he did he walked toward the water. As he looked out at the water he took a deep breath as he made up his mind. He was going to continue his plan to escape America to Africa.
While he was there, he planned to master the Totality and begin to make fusions of his Shikigami. While he was there, he would master his new abilities and begin to make an effort to take Mahoraga.
Once he had the Divine General, he would be able to use his Adaptation Abilities to create new abilities and begin to adapt to the wide variety of powers in DC. By building a foundation here in Young Justice, he would be able to prepare for the more dangerous Earths like Injustice and Syndicate Earths.
By continuously adapting alongside Mahoraga, Victor would struggle far less with strange and powerful abilities.
"Let's go."
With firm determination, Victor and Yami without waiting began to run across the ocean. African was 5,854 miles away and by traveling at 72 Miles Per Second, he would reach it in 81 seconds. A good time in his mind because otherwise, it would be a much slower trip.
With his goal of killing the Joker achieved Victor made his grand getaway from America. Away from the Justice League to Africa where the League had far less leverage. There, he could hide in the wilderness and train his abilities in isolation.
By the time he returned, he would be so powerful that even Superman would not be able to get in his way. However, he rather not kill Superman because Clark had done more good for the world and would continue to do so for him to take him from Earth.
However, if they ever came to blows, Victor was not going to take it standing down. Though, currently in Gotha, once again Giovani had answered the call to try to use magic to track down Victor at Batman's request.
Sadly, just like before, Victor's unique mana signature made divination nearly impossible aside from beings like The Endless. He was a ghost when he did not want to be found. Batman, however, now made it his goal to track him down and 'bring him to Justice' for his murders.
The first thing first was finding him.
(Some good Totality Ideas, Garm+ Gram = Orkos, the brother of Cerberus with two heads. Balerion+Orion= A Wendigo. Great Serpant+Funeral Tiger+Piercing Ox= Chimera.)
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