Chapter 5: Looking for answers

Later that night, Barbara is in her apartment, in a hidden room where a big computer is in. She looks at the computer when it shows camera videos of where Red Eye was at. She watches him fight off the thugs, and stopping the supervillains. She sees him taking them all down with fast reflexes. 


Barbara: Amazing. The way he moves, he fights almost like a soldier, and like Bruce. 


She also listens to the music calling cards he leaves. It's the Backstreet Boys' songs. She smiles at these songs, as she remembers Isaac singing these songs. But she wonders why he leaves these songs as his calling cards. She sighs as she leans back on her seat. She then looks to her left, and sees a picture of her and Isaac together. She smiles sadly at it. She sheds some tears as she looks at the picture. 


Barbara: (Sobs) Oh, Isaac...


Her heart breaks more as she remembers seeing his body next to her as she was bleeding out. Just then, a music comes out for her. It's the song she loves the most. Don't wanna lose you now. She listens to it, as she can hear his voice singing along with the song. Hearing his voice helps her keep calm and happy. 


Barbara: Isaac, why did you have to die? Our marriage would have been wonderful. 


She then looks at the monitors of Red Eye. She sees him watching the views of the city, and diving towards the situations of crime. She looks at the time, and sees it's almost midnight. She gets off the monitor to go to bed. She wheels her wheelchair to her bedroom. She changes clothes, and lays on her bed while having just a little trouble. She lays down on the pillow, and covers herself with the blanket. She turns off the lights and goes to sleep. As she falls asleep, Isaac is standing outside her apartment. He watches her going to sleep. He really wants to go in to tell her who he is, but he knows he can't yet. 


Isaac: (Thinks) Man, I really want to hold her in my arms. Sooner or later, I will tell her once I'm done with Joker and his gang. But I can leave something for her to help her think more of me.


He quietly sneaks into her room. He looks at her as she sleeps. He puts down a CD in her alarm clock. He smiles behind his helmet, knowing this song will help her think more of him. He leaves the room, to go outside. He walks off to find more crime to stop. Back in Barbara's room, she is sleeping peacefully. In her dream, she is walking through the city. She is walking on her legs in her dream. The city is in the daylight. As she walk, someone hugs her from behind. She turns around, and sees Isaac. He's smiling at her.


Isaac: Hey.


Barbara smiles back at him. She hugs him back. They both walk together while holding hands. Back in the real world, Barbara is smiling in her sleep. In the batcave, Batman is in his seat, looking at the monitor. He's watching the fights between the villains, and Red Eye. He sees that Red Eye is a very skilled fighter. 


Batman: This Red Eye is very good. And he's also not killing any of them. 


Just then, his loyal butler and close friend, Alfred comes into the cave. He walks up to him. 


Alfred: I'm surprise you're still watching that, sir. Why are you being caution about this man?


Batman: Because, he's new, and we still don't know anything about him yet. 


Alfred: But he's not a killer, sir. He even saved people too. I think when you find him, you should offer him a job for your team. 


Batman: (Sighs) We'll see.


Alfred: Anyway, how is miss Gordon, sir?


Batman: She's fine. I still think she's hurting over the loss of her lover. 


Alfred: Ah, yes. Isaac Bishop. I really liked that boy. He was always looking after people, including miss Gordon, and his family. It was terrible of what happened to him. 


Batman remembers what happened to Isaac. A few days after his death, his father was completely angry. He went to the police station after Joker was caught. He had a gun with him, and wanted to kill Joker for what he had done to his son. 


Flashback


In the Gotham police station, Mr. Bishop is walking through the halls, making his way to the interrogation room. He has an angry look on his face. He walks up to the door, and opens it. He sees the Joker on a chair, grinning. Batman is also in the room. As he walks in, Joker sees him. 


Joker: Ah, Bishop. Did you miss me? How is your family?


Mr. Bishop: SHUT UP, YOU DANG CLOWN!! You killed my son!


Joker: (Laughs) Tell me, did he enjoy the bullets?


Mr. Bishop: I said shut up! You think killing people is a joke to you?! 


Joker just keeps laughing. Mr. Bishop is really steaming up. 


Mr. Bishop: You're so full of it!


Joker: Oh, come on, Daniel. Can't you take a shot?


Daniel: Shut the heck up! I'll freaking kill you! You freaking crap! I'll freaking kill you! 


Batman: Bishop, calm down. 


Daniel: (Glares at him) You stay out of this, Batman! This doesn't concern you! 


Batman: I know you're angry, but you've got to calm down. I know Isaac was your son, and you loved him so much. 


Daniel continues glaring, and then, he pulls out his pistol, and aims it at the Joker. 


Daniel: I'm gonna kill you, Joker!


Joker laughs more as Batman grabs him to pull him away. Daniel continues shouting out threats to Joker. Daniel is pulled out of the room with Batman. Gordon closes the door. Daniel then pushes Batman off of him. Daniel goes to sit down. He remembers when he found his son's body in his girlfriend's apartment. In another flashback, Daniel is in Barbara's apartment. He got word about his son, and rushed there. He's pushing police officers out of the way. 


Daniel: Leave me alone! 


He pushes them out of the way, and his eyes widen as he looks at the scene. He's looking at his son's dead body, next to his injured girlfriend. His body is covered with bullet wounds, his right hand is gone, and he has a bullet hole in his throat. 


Daniel: No! 


Daniel cries his eyes out as he kneels down to his dead son, and holds his left hand. The flashback ends, and Daniel is still steaming. He wants to make Joker pay for what he did. Batman walks to him. 


Batman: What did you think you were doing, Bishop? 


Daniel: I was about to avenge my son! Why are you defending that murderer for?!


Batman: You can't kill him. He's unarmed, and it's out of your league. 


Daniel: My league? You're letting a family killer live. Why would you kill him already?! 


Batman: You already know I don't do killing. And you know cops can't kill either. Criminals need a chance to fix themselves. 


Daniel: Isaac was my only son. Joker doesn't deserve a chance. He's an animal. And don't say everybody deserves a chance! Killers don't deserve a chance! You didn't see the blood! You didn't see what he freaking did to him! 


Batman: I know what Joker did was horrible, but killing him won't ease the pain or bring your son back. It will only make the pain worse, and it will destroy your family even more. 


Daniel glares at him, and walks off. Gordon shakes his head with a sigh. 


Flashback ends


Batman frowns at that night. He still remembers how angry Isaac's father was. The loss of his son was really hard for him. 


Batman: (Thinks) Isaac would have been a good husband for Barbara. But it was taken away because of Joker. (Sighs) I'm so sorry, Barbara. 


He continues working on Red Eye's movement. The next morning, in Barbara's apartment, she is still sleeping. Just then, her alarm clock goes off. But it plays music. Barbara wakes up, and hears the music. It's a song, " I don't wanna miss a thing", from Aerosmith. She smiles at this. She remembers that Isaac always use his music songs to wake her up. She turns off the alarm after hearing to the music for a few minutes. She then frowns as she sees the CD in her clock. She takes it out, and looks at it. It's one of Isaac's CDs. She gasps in shock as she sees this. 


Barbara: But...how...?! Did I put this in here?!


She gets off the bed, and gets on her wheelchair. She puts the CD on her dresser as she wheels to the bathroom to take a shower. She feels like she's getting answers of finding out who Red Eye is. But will she find out before Batman does?  


Here's the 5th chapter of Batman: Super Soldier. Looks like Isaac is keeping an eye on Barbara sooner. And he'll be seeing her soon. Let me know what you all think of this chapter. Vote, review, and comment. Thank you.    



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