Chapter 6: Best friend's suffering

Three days have passed. Isaac is sitting on his bed, looking out the window. He thinks about his loved ones. Including his love, Barbara. He really wants to see her so bad. He then remembers why he was killed in the first place. Joker and Harley Quinn. And Poe Slater. The murderer who killed over 149 people. He walks over to his laptop to check out the search on Slater. He sees that he has made ten more murders. Isaac sees familiar name on the search of him torturing a Marine. His heart drops as he sees the name. It's his best friend, William Cooper. He was captured by Slater and his men, along with his team. And they tortured them for a month. They found William in a crazed state. So they had to put him in the Asylum. He finds a video of one of William's interviews. He sighs, and clicks on it. It shows William sitting on a chair. And a nurse name Dr. Sarah Cassidy is sitting across him. Isaac knows who she is. She's his girlfriend. 


Sarah on video: Patient interview 3, patient name, William Cooper. William, how are you doing?


William on video: I don't know anymore, baby. My mind is all messed up now. 


Sarah on video: Just tell me about the incident. Why would you go on the mission? You knew Poe Slater was dangerous. 


William on video: I was only doing my job. And also finishing my best friend's work. 


Sarah on video: You mean your dead best friend, Isaac Bishop? 


William on video: Yes. 


Sarah on video: Tell me how it started.


William on video: (Sighs) It was supposed to be a quick mission for us. They weren't even supposed to know we were coming, but somehow, they knew. They ambushed us, and we were in a gunfight. Three of our guys got killed in the fight, and my brother, Marcus...he got hit and down. I was trying to revive him while the others continue the fight without me. I was shouting at Marcus, trying to see if he was okay. But before I knew it, the enemy was on me. They knocked me out. 


Sarah on video: What happened next?


William on video: When I woke up, they put me and my brother in some stinking hole, 30 feet below the ground. The rest of my team were gone. I didn't know where they were. Marcus was still alive, but he was in bad shape. I didn't know how long he was gonna hold out. It seem like forever I was screaming for someone to come and help him. Then, one day, we had a visitor. It was him, Poe Slater. He was smiling down at us, and I knew he had ideas, sick ideas. And he had his whole sick idea of torture, starvation. Marcus was on his last legs, and I wasn't far behind. Two days without any food will bring any men to the edge, and Slater said the only way I was gonna survive was to eat. He gave me a knife, and started laughing. He said if I wanted food, I need to use the knife of whatever I can find the hole.


Sarah on video: (Gasps) Oh gosh. You mean...


William on video: Yeah. I tried to block out of what was happening. I knew what he wanted me to do, but there was no way in heck I was gonna give him the pleasure of his sick game. (Sighs) Marcus died two days later. I couldn't look at him. I didn't even want to think about it. But the hunger got the better of me. It's amazing of the things you'd do to survive. I think Marcus would have understood...


Sarah on video: Oh, William...(Holds his hand)


William on video: (Holds her hand too) I had to eat my own dead brother. They say the mind bends and twist in order to deal with the horrors of life. I think my mind bend so much, it snapped into two. When a rescue team found and freed me one week later, they told me they found the rest of my team dead. Slater left their bodies rotting outside. After that, they brought me back to Gotham, and they had to put me in the Asylum to help me fix my mind. 


Sarah on video: And I'll be helping you. You know I will. 


William on video: (Smiles) Thanks, Sarah. 


The video ends. Isaac looks down, and frowns. His best friend lost his brother, because of Slater. He is now determined to find Slater, and bring him into justice. He looks at the laptop, and types in the search for Slater. He sees that Slater has disappeared, and has no leads of where he is. Not even the FBI know where he is yet. Isaac then suddenly remembers the last person he talked to before the night the Joker killed him. 


Flashback


In a warehouse office, Isaac and William are talking to a young man, who is sitting at a desk. They both have their guns on him, making sure he doesn't try anything. They just found that he and his boys stole military weapons from military trucks the other night, and their officer sent them to check it out. 


Isaac: You'd better tell us where you got those guns, Tony! You stole those from military trucks! You a cop?!


Tony: No, man! My boys and I are not cops, alright? We work for Poe Slater. 


William: Whoa, whoa, whoa! 


Isaac: What? What'd you say?


Tony: We work for Poe Slater. 


Flashback ends


Isaac smirks, realizing that he's got a lead on Slater. He walks to his suit, and puts it on. Later that day, Tony is walking out of his house. He walks over to his car, and gets in. But before he could start the car, someone slams into the window, and pulls him out. He screams as he lands on the street. He looks to see Isaac in his suit. 


Tony: My gosh! You're him, Red Eye!


Isaac: That's right, Tony. 


He steps on his hand, crushing it. Tony screams as he feels his hand breaking as his bones crack. 


Isaac: Where's your boss, Poe Slater? I know you know where he is. 


Tony: No, wait! Wait a minute. I can't tell you, man. If I tell you where Slater is, he'll kill my wife and kid, man. 


Isaac scans him, and on his visor, it shows him the records of Tony. He frowns as he just told him a lie. He has no children, and he is divorced. 


Isaac: Your wife left you last month after filing charges for domestic abuse. And you don't have a kid. 


He steps on his hand harder, and he screams loudly. 


Isaac: I'm not gonna ask you again! Tell me now!


Tony: Look, I don't know he is, ok? The only guy who talks to him the most is his own brother, Ryan. That's it, man. That's it, I swear!


Isaac looks at him, and steps off his hand. He walks off as Tony is on the road, clutching his broken hand while whimpering in pain. He watches Isaac walk off, and disappear out of sight. He knows for sure, that Red Eye is gonna find Slater, and bring him to justice. 


Here's the sixth chapter of Batman: Super Soldier. Isaac is now taking matters into his own hands once again. He just found out that his best friend has suffered a lot from the war criminal, Poe Slater. And now, he's out to find him and make him pay for what he has done to his best friend, and soon, he'll bring the war criminal to justice. Let me know what you all think of the chapter. Vote, review, and comment. Thank you.  



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