Chapter 01
Robin stood on the corner of a building in Star City, he was peering through a pair of binoculars at the dilapidated hotel across the street, he counted 3 guards patrolling the perimeter of the building, and another 1 on the 3rd floor would step out onto the balcony of 1 of the rooms every couple of minutes, Dick checked the clock on the binoculars hud, almost time, he dropped them into his belt.
He attached the cord from his belt to the zipline he'd set up 30 minutes earlier, the other end was attached above the 3rd story balcony of the hotel, he ran towards the edge of the building and leaped off, he was carried forward across the street, the guard stepped out, Dick unclipped the cord, he rolled in the air, extended his leg, his foot connected with the mans face, his other foot caught the mans chest, they went down louder than he intended.
"Shit" Dick muttered under his breath, he hoped none of the other guards heard, but the sound of footsteps moving down the hall told him he wasn't so lucky, he hadn't even considered there was more than 1 guard on the floor, the barrel of an assault rifle poked into the door, scanning the room, the 2nd guard crept cautiously forward, he turned to peek around the door, a metal escrima stick stabbed at the mans temple, shock barely registered before his eyes rolled back and he collapsed to the floor.
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The 3 guards moved toward the elevator as the numbers counted down, they had already radioed the 2 men on the 3rd floor and had received no response, now they stood in a semi-circle around the metal doors awaiting the metal box, finally, the number reached 1, the doors slid open, grey smoke poured out, the guard opposite the doors open fired straight into them, Dick flew through the air toward the man to the right of the doors, his feet struck the man's stomach sending him into the wall, he kicked off into a roll, bouncing his escrima stick off the floor, the man on the opposite side of the room was struck in the chin, knocking him backward, before the stick bounced off the floor Dick had sprung back into the air, his right knee collided with the last man's temple.
With all 3 men down Dick collected his escrima stick and pulled a key card off 1 of the men and walked to the elevator, he stepped inside and pressed the card to a magnetic panel on the wall, it slid back to reveal a single button,
"Secret floor here we come" He mashed the button and the doors slid shut.
20 seconds later the box jerked to a stop, the panel lit up and Dick pressed the card to it again, the doors slid open revealing a man wearing a white lab coat, he was pointing a handgun at Dick's chest, the man fired 2 rounds, the first hit the left side of Dick's chest, the second hit a panel by a door in the corridor, the door buzzed open, Dick tried sitting up but the bullet had penetrated his armor, he caught a glimpse of a large beast tearing at the mans flesh and then he was unconscious.