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-X- Line Break -X-
*Click*
Reacting quickly, Naruto leaped to one side just as bullets burst through the door and parts of the wall. Keeping his chest close to the ground, Naruto waited patiently as his mind played over possible tactics. He briefly considered jumping out the window, but that's when his eyes picked up on the sight of a number of moving bodies on the roof of the next building.
'Whoever organised this is clearly good.' There was nowhere for Naruto to go and he doubted that jumping down would be any good. If the leader of this little attack had enough men to line the roof of the next building, it wasn't a stretch of the imagination that they would have more men waiting downstairs. 'Now the question is how they knew who I was and what they want?'
Before he could think more on this, the gunfire stopped and the door was kicked open. Moving quickly, Naruto rushed up and turned to see ten armoured men enter the room with guns raised, and more waiting outside.
Yet Naruto was already in motion and was upon them before they could start firing.
Smacking one gun to the side so that it fired harmless into the ground, Naruto kicked the man to the side with enough force to send him flying into the kitchen counter. Another man moved forwards and Naruto one grip on his bulletproof armour threw him across the room where he slammed into the wall of his bedroom.
A kick to the third man sent him into two more behind him dropping them to the ground and that was when he felt something pierce his side.
Looking down, Naruto noticed a dart of some kind sticking out. 'Capture then.' Naruto deduced but didn't even slow down and rushed the guy that shot him, who was flanked by four guys.
A few blows sent them all to the ground in groaning mess only for another two darts to pierce his back.
Growling, Naruto gripped the leg one soldier and swung him round into three others sending them to floor before reaching down and pulled the carpet out from underneath four more, each falling to the ground as their bullets hit the ceiling above them.
Another dart hit his back and with one hand holding the leg of his coffee table, Naruto spun round and launched it at the guy who fired. He, having moved around the corner of the room to move behind Naruto.
It worked, but Naruto was ignoring the drugs that were in the darts and continued to fight.
Six more guys dropped to the floor as more and more men piled into the room, some having repelled from the roof and bursting through the window.
'Damn it!' Naruto cursed as he stumbled slightly on his feet as he knocked one guy unconscious with a punch to the face. Only for two more guys to fire at him, he avoided one bullet only for the second to hit his leg. 'These guys are good.'
Back handing one man that attempted to sneak up on him, Naruto gripped his armoured suit and chucked him into the roof and as the man fell to the floor, Naruto kicked him with enough force to send him flying into two others where they collapsed to the ground in a heap.
Breathing heavily as the drugs started taking effect, Naruto felt his body moving sluggishly. His movements were still fast and strong, but nowhere near as crisp or as fast as they were at the start. And with more bullets managing to hit him, the effect of the drugs got stronger and stronger.
Whoever these guys were, they were well-trained and had experience with fighting enhanced individuals.
Grunting as something pierced his skin feeling like pincers, Naruto looked down to see two prongs poking out of his body. That moment of hesitation was all they needed for six more to pierce his body and Naruto only had a moment to realise what they were both electricity coursed down the length of the wire before he cried out in pain.
"Gah!" Dropping to his knees, Naruto braced his hands on the floor and breathed heavily as his body let off some smoke.
As one of the soldiers moved towards him, Naruto lashed out with a punch that whipped his head upwards and then threw him at one of the guys holding the modified tasers. As soon as he did another current of electricity coursed through Naruto's body as he dropped to the ground once more.
It was longer this time and it felt stronger as well, to the point it left Naruto paralysed for a few seconds. But just as feeling began to return to his body, one of the soldier's stood above him, gun raised into the air.
It slammed down onto Naruto with enough force that his nose burst open, blood pooling down his face. Yet Naruto registered none of that as his vision slowly blurred and became black.
-X- Line Break -X-
Wednesday 29th April, 20:10.
New Jersey,
Gotham City,
East End.
Narrowing her eyes, Barbara looked through the lenses of her Batgirl costume as it zoomed in on Naruto's apartment. As of a few minutes ago, a number of calls to the police had been sent in asking for help upon hearing gunfire in the apartment complex. Barbara upon hearing about gunfire in Naruto's apartment complex had rushed over as quickly as she could, sparing Bruce only a few words.
'He doesn't need my help anyway; the Joker's already been caught.' Barbara thought back to what she and Batman had been doing for the past two days. Ever since the news of Killer Croc's death at the hands of Naruto had sent those few criminals that had gotten a little too confident in Batman's short absence scurrying back into their holes.
As much as they would have liked Batman's absence to have gone unnoticed, it had not. Thankfully, Black Hood had sent a message to them that Gotham was still protected and Barbara was equal parts happy as it bought Bruce more time to recover, she was also saddened by how he had done it.
Either way, with the criminals hiding – anyone who could kill Killer Croc was certainly something to be feared in their books – Bruce had been able to recover without forcing himself to drastic measures. He wasn't at full health by any stretch of the meaning, but he was certainly fit enough to fight and they had not wasted a moment and began their hunt for the Joker.
It had been a little difficult in the beginning, but like always, the Joker couldn't help but leave a trail for them to follow. His little messages to Batman that taunted him, begged him to come as part of their game of cat and mouse.
As soon as the report had come in, she and Batman had already finished detaining the Joker and Batgirl had instantly rushed off.
Now here she was looking at the apartment complex in worry. Through her built-in lenses, Barbara had zoomed in on Naruto's apartment where her dad was currently studying the mess that her friends' room had become. The amount of bullet holes littering the walls and the dents from what was undoubtedly bodies hitting into them was immense and it would cost hundreds if not thousands to repair.
Yet one question plagued her mind. 'Naruto, where are you?' Barbara wondered; her mind clouded with worry.
-X- Line Break -X-
Thursday 30th April, 19:00.
Location Unknown.
Groaning, Naruto slowly opened his eyes and quickly closed them when the blinding light of the room was too painful for him. After a few seconds Naruto opened them once more and while it was certainly better, it wasn't great and so lifted one hand as to cover his eyes a little and looked around.
The first thing he took note of was that he was wearing his suit minus the face mask, hood as well as his weapons, including his gloves. Then he saw the number of individuals in the room as well.
Around him he could make out the sight of seven other people all slowly waking up. The first that caught his eye was the biggest of the lot, a large bulking beast that looked almost like a shark. Though with a muzzle on his face. 'If he's here and they fought him, then whoever captured me has a lot of experience and knowledge on enhanced people like me and how to beat them.'
His eyes then panned to the sight of a tanned, well-built man in an all-black-tactical combat gear that looked awfully familiar quickly rising to his feet. 'He's definitely being through this before.' Just by how quickly he got to his feet told Naruto more than words ever could. Just slightly in front of the man was a middle-aged man with brown hair and noticeable sideburns. He was dressed in black jeans, blue overcoat with a black shirt underneath and a scarf around his neck.
"Shit!" The man muttered with an audible Australian accent as he rubbed his eyes irritably. "I've got the hangover, but I don't remember the party."
That's when a very attractive blonde dressed in a jester outfit with her hair pulled into twin ponytails shot up into a seated position. "Oh crap, not this again." Then the woman dropped back into the floor with a thud to sleep or just lay there, he didn't know.
"You too." The Australian man rose to his feet arms crossed over his chest as he looked at the tanned figure who had already risen to his feet. "It's like a bloody recurring nightmare."
Despite the Australian man's annoyance, the other man just remained stoic as he leaned against the wall. "Looks like we got rookies." The man's eyes panned over the group taking note of a brown skinned man rising to his feet also clad in a black tactical gear, the humanoids-shark, his eyes however lingered on Naruto who was staring back at him with a calm gaze.
'Definitely not the first time for him.' Naruto concurred as he looked at the remaining members in the white room, they were confined in. There was a large bulky guy with a bald head, the hair from it obviously having moved to other parts of his body. Though the most stand out part was the hand that seemed to be missing and replaced with some sort a prosthetic that looked like it could be fitted with something on the end.
Then his eyes panned to final member and he would admit that his eyes lingered more than they should have on the attractive young woman. She had pale blue hair and pale skin with her curvaceous body barely hidden by the skin-tight blue leotard. Though while his eyes did linger on her womanly assets longer than was acceptable, his eyes did take in the fact her hands were bound in some strange handcuffs, which completely covered her hands.
Wherever he was, Naruto didn't like it.