"Horse Stance Punch!"
"Horse Stance Punch!"
"Horse Stance Punch!"
Batman charged forward—
With what looked like a ridiculous move…
But wasn't.
No mutations.
No superpowers.
Just—
Peak human perfection.
From age 11—
Relentless training.
Body.
Mind.
Discipline.
Strength beyond Olympic champions.
Speed rivaling elite sprinters.
Reflexes fast enough to catch arrows.
Endurance of decathletes.
Breath-hold: over 5 minutes.
And—
Mastery of 127 martial arts.
This wasn't a normal human.
This was—
The limit of humanity.
"Hey! Punch all you want—WHY ARE YOU KICKING TOO?!"
BAM—!
A controlled punch—
Landed on Catwoman's face.
Not enough to knock her out.
Just enough—
To leave a mark.
"BZZZZ—!"
A helicopter circled above.
Umbrella Corporation's extraction team.
Catwoman didn't hesitate.
"…Yeah, I'm out."
She ran.
"Not happening."
Batman lunged—
Wrapped her waist—
And slammed her down.
"Ugh—!"
"Give me the disk."
"Spare your life."
"Nope."
She slipped free—
And dashed toward the helicopter.
Too far now.
Too fast.
"…Then—"
Batman reached his utility belt.
"Take this."
Batarang.
Thrown.
Precise.
Calculated.
It struck—
At the exact moment she jumped.
Electric current—
Surged.
Her body—
Locked.
And—
She fell.
"…Shit."
Batman's eyes widened.
Wrong timing.
Very wrong timing.
From 20 floors up—
Death.
Certain.
Without hesitation—
He jumped.
"THWIP—!"
Grapple fired.
Hook latched.
Mid-fall—
He caught her.
Now—
Both suspended.
Ten floors above death.
Wind howling.
Cold.
One mistake—
And they were done.
"…Why save me?"
"…Because I felt like it."
"Now give me the disk."
"…Can't."
"…You're still doing this?"
"…Because…"
She smiled.
"…The real disk isn't with me."
Silence.
"…What?"
"I had two."
"One real."
"One fake."
"I swapped them."
"You chased the wrong one."
"…You're kidding."
"Nope."
Batman looked up.
The helicopter—
Already leaving.
With a man onboard.
With—
The real data.
"…You clever little—"
"Thank you."
"…Do you realize what you've done?"
"…Relax. It's just a disk."
"…No."
His voice turned cold.
"I've been tracking Umbrella."
"They're developing biotech."
"To achieve immortality."
"…And?"
"They failed."
"Everyone infected—"
"Becomes…"
"…A corpse that moves."
"…What?"
"…Like zombies."
Silence.
"…That's not funny."
"I'm not joking."
"They were missing one key piece."
"And now—"
"They have it."
Catwoman froze.
"…So I just…"
"…Helped start a global disaster?"
"…Yes."
"…Oh."
"…That's bad."
"…Very."
Batman tightened his grip.
"Where's their testing ground?"
"…Raccoon City."
"…Then we move."
"…I'm not going."
"They have private armies."
"…You caused this."
"…You don't get to walk away."
"…Ugh… fine."
"…Raccoon City?"
Batman paused.
Then—
Said something unexpected.
"…No."
"…We're going to—"
The Hero Alliance.
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