I felt my body crash on something hard. Cheers erupted from all around me, and that was when I knew where I was.
"Ladies and gentlemen," announced the Joker's voice from the top, boven of the bridge. "The Nightfury!"
I saw my reflection on a car window. My costume was all ripped up, my face bloody from the crowbar. I was in handcuffs, probably Kryptonite-encrusted like the crowbar hooked to my belt.
Joker's cackling laugh ran through the bullhorn and into the sky. "Now who would be a good sport and tell me who she really is?"
"Tell us!" screamed a blonde woman.
Joker smiled. "Jeannette, why don't u introduce yourself to the crowd?"
I groaned in pain. I wondered about what kept my body stuck to the car. I felt around with my hand, feeling a line tied around my waist. I struggled to get my eyes open, then gasped.
I was strapped to a car bomb.
Joker laughed. "Ah, so you've realized my plan, Thomas? In two minutes, if u can't get that car bomb out of here, everyone withing a two mile radius will explode!"
"And you?" I shouted up at him. The buzzing of a helicopter's propellers answered my question. A ladder flew out of the heli, and Joker climbed it, laughing.
I wriggled around, trying to make the line rip, but instead I gave my skin a cut.
"Shit!" I cursed, ignoring the fact that children were here, too.
"She's gonna kill us all!" a man yelled. "We have to get out of here!"
"But we can't run two miles in two minutes!" squealed a rather plump woman. "Only the Flash can do that!"
meer arguments sprouted, making me wish I had no ears.
Finally, when I couldn't take it anymore, I banged the car with my leg. "HEY!"
Everybody stopped shouting and looked at me with horrified eyes.
"I know u guys are mad at me for what I did," I zei loudly. "And I'm sorry, even though it wasn't entirely my fault. Now if u WANT to get out of here ALIVE, you'll help me cut this damn line!"
They seemed to consider my statement, and a few people tried pulling it off of me.
"It won't budge!" zei one man.
"Give me that metal rod over there," I told him. "Rub it against the line; it'll burn."
He did what I said, and the line loosened once it burned.
"Thanks," I thanked him, throwing the crowbar into the sea.
"We only have fifty seconden left!" exclaimed a woman. "How are u going to get it out of here?"
I poked around the car, finding a stack of Kryptonite under the seat. If I didn't get this out of here in time, I would die, too.
I looked at the sky. There was only one way. I lifted the car, and flew toward the atmosphere. I knew I was going to die, but at least the people would be safe.
A few months ago, I would've chickened out and just let the bomb kill the people. But now, I realize the truth.
I could see a light approaching. I remembered how some people say "Don't look into the light!"
To hell with that, I told myself.
I closed my eyes and whispered a prayer.
"Ladies and gentlemen," announced the Joker's voice from the top, boven of the bridge. "The Nightfury!"
I saw my reflection on a car window. My costume was all ripped up, my face bloody from the crowbar. I was in handcuffs, probably Kryptonite-encrusted like the crowbar hooked to my belt.
Joker's cackling laugh ran through the bullhorn and into the sky. "Now who would be a good sport and tell me who she really is?"
"Tell us!" screamed a blonde woman.
Joker smiled. "Jeannette, why don't u introduce yourself to the crowd?"
I groaned in pain. I wondered about what kept my body stuck to the car. I felt around with my hand, feeling a line tied around my waist. I struggled to get my eyes open, then gasped.
I was strapped to a car bomb.
Joker laughed. "Ah, so you've realized my plan, Thomas? In two minutes, if u can't get that car bomb out of here, everyone withing a two mile radius will explode!"
"And you?" I shouted up at him. The buzzing of a helicopter's propellers answered my question. A ladder flew out of the heli, and Joker climbed it, laughing.
I wriggled around, trying to make the line rip, but instead I gave my skin a cut.
"Shit!" I cursed, ignoring the fact that children were here, too.
"She's gonna kill us all!" a man yelled. "We have to get out of here!"
"But we can't run two miles in two minutes!" squealed a rather plump woman. "Only the Flash can do that!"
meer arguments sprouted, making me wish I had no ears.
Finally, when I couldn't take it anymore, I banged the car with my leg. "HEY!"
Everybody stopped shouting and looked at me with horrified eyes.
"I know u guys are mad at me for what I did," I zei loudly. "And I'm sorry, even though it wasn't entirely my fault. Now if u WANT to get out of here ALIVE, you'll help me cut this damn line!"
They seemed to consider my statement, and a few people tried pulling it off of me.
"It won't budge!" zei one man.
"Give me that metal rod over there," I told him. "Rub it against the line; it'll burn."
He did what I said, and the line loosened once it burned.
"Thanks," I thanked him, throwing the crowbar into the sea.
"We only have fifty seconden left!" exclaimed a woman. "How are u going to get it out of here?"
I poked around the car, finding a stack of Kryptonite under the seat. If I didn't get this out of here in time, I would die, too.
I looked at the sky. There was only one way. I lifted the car, and flew toward the atmosphere. I knew I was going to die, but at least the people would be safe.
A few months ago, I would've chickened out and just let the bomb kill the people. But now, I realize the truth.
I could see a light approaching. I remembered how some people say "Don't look into the light!"
To hell with that, I told myself.
I closed my eyes and whispered a prayer.