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Jasper and Kara got finished with taking down the thugs and walked into the elevator.

"So... do you do this often?" Kara asked as he pressed a button and the doors closed. Jasper thought about it for a second and nodded, he did do this often now that he thought about it.

"Pretty often, I'm being less brutal today though since it might hurt your beautiful eyes," Jasper said smirking as she took that as a challenge.

"I can be more brutal!" She said floating up, Jasper nodded as if he didn't believe her and pulled out his Ghoul knife, timing it perfectly as the doors opened a crack to fly into a man's leg.

"Then... what are you waiting for princess?"

"I'm not a princess!" Kara yelled alerting the thugs as the first one fell down screaming in pain.

Before they could do anything Kara flew forward causing a comic boom to appear and the gas of the windows broke, the thugs shot towards her hoping to hit her as they were all out of it.

Jasper smiled at the display and took the knife from the first Thugs leg, he didn't bother asking where Red Hood was, he knew he wasn't here, but there was someone who would know.

Red Hoods subordinate, appropriately named Black hood, he did all the public work as Red Hold planned in the background, this was as much as he'd gotten from the men he'd kicked the shit out of.

"Good job Kara, it's such a waste to be in the justice league, if you were my partner I'd like to have you along," Jasper said absentmindedly smiling at her. He didn't think much of it but to Kara, it changed her vision of the justice league in a different light.

"Kara... you ok?" Jasper asks putting a hand on her shoulder, she shrugs it off and nods before heading back to the elevator, all while Jasper looked on in confusion.

As they went through the building Kara continued to earn praise from Jasper, going farther and farther until she had even gone so far as to rip the arms off one thug and throw him accord the room then lazar beaming his stumps to keep him from dying.

She was disgusted with herself at first, but after a little praise from Jasper, it went away for some reason Secretly she enjoyed seeing them on the floor in pain, knowing they'd probably done terrible crimes.

Jasper saw this and nodded with a smile before kicking the last one away and walking toward the elevator, all while praising her. He knew what was going on now, and why she was acting so weird. It seemed that he'd turned her toward a path of brutality.

It didn't matter though, Batman did the same... maybe not branding his victim as Jasper did, but still breaking arms and legs weren't too much better. Jasper also was still mad over being taken off the team, and Kara was too easily pleased.

He wouldn't mind having her anyway, but he wouldn't ask again. "Come on Kara, we're almost to that Black hood guy... can't wait to kick his ass..."

Kara flashed forward and pressed the button for them to head to the floor where Black hood was. Kara was tapping her fingers to her sides excitedly, she liked doing this, little did she know it was more because of the person she was with that she enjoyed it...

*Ding*

Immediately Jasper put his back up against the right side of the elevator. Kara, however, was too distracted by her excitedness and was hit full force by the bullet that was specialized to take down Jasper, and they seemed to work on Kryptonians as well, but not as good...

Jasper grabbed the surprised Kara and held her close to his body as he peeked and saw a large Minigun along with several hundred men. These men were under the mini gunner who was standing there with a black helmet on his head, obviously, this was Black hood.

"You're boss is that much of a pussy that he got special bullets? Damn, he changed huh?" Jasper said analyzing the situation. He'd felt danger from those bullets, and wasn't willing to risk getting hit by one.

"The great and righteous ghoul!" Black hood said in a deep raspy voice. He said it in mockery and even chuckled hearing himself.

"That's me... you want to book a concert? I only take ladies... maybe your mother is free fo-" Jasper leaned back as the minimum came shooting again.

"Don't!... Talk about my mother... Aren't you supposed to be the king of Ghouls?... yet you abandoned them to take care of a bitch and her kid"

Jasper widened his eyes hearing Black Hoods Proclamation. It seemed like Black Hood was someone who knew him personally.

"Yeah?... call her a bitch and I'll rip your tongue out... what do you know about me?" Jasper said bringing his right hand to his left wrist and pressing a button on the high tech pad that he had there.

He had Wayne tech installed within the coat long ago, but who knew he'd ever use it. At first, it was just supposed to be a simple precaution, seemed like a certain hooded figure had pissed Jasper off...

"What do I know about you?... oh I see... you're trying to make me talk, that shit doesn't work my king!" All the men opened fire causing Jasper to not be able to hear the final part of Black hood's sentence.

"Shit Kara Wale up!" Jasper said slapping the Kryptonian hard enough to make her open her eyes. Hearing the gunshots her hero instincts kicked in and she shielded Jasper.

Jasper gritted his teeth and threw the Ghoul knife up through the roof and hit the tendril connecting them, causing the elevator to drop and Jasper snagged the knife by opening a portal and catching it.

"Haha... you think you're safe there? The boss has a few friends... enjoy the present..." Black hold said looking down inside the elevator box and shaking his head. He then turned to the men and ordered them to pack up, seems Jasper wouldn't be getting his information tonight.

...

"Fuck!" Jasper hit his first into the pillar cracking it as Kara lowered her head. Sighing he calmed down and turned toward her.

"You ok?... I'd be in deep shit if you were hurt," He asked and she smiled before nodding and looking around the basement.

"What now?... and why did that guy call you the King of Ghouls?... aren't you human?" Kara asked confusedly while Jasper ignored her and tapped away at the forearm pad on his coat.

"Damn it... seems the signals are blocked...he probably already left... guess we can just go home-" As Jasper was finished as a large boom sounded and the lights came on, revealing that they were in a large down shaped cage with electricity flowing through it.

This wasn't what worried The Ghoul and The Kryptonian, no, it was the tune that came shortly after...

~Solomon Grundy,

Born on a Monday,

Christened on Tuesday,

Married on Wednesday,

Fell ill on Thursday,

Grew worse on Friday,

Died on Saturday,

Buried on Sunday,

That was the end,

Of Solomon Grundy.~

Kara and Jasper jumped out of the way of the large electricity fist that was asked at them and looked over seeing the said main character of the tune... Solomon Grundy...

"Oh shit..."

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