All characters and concepts are the property of their respective creators. No copyright infringement is intended, or profit made, from this work of fiction.

'Behind you,' Spoiler yelled, kicking out to bury her foot in the stomach of a wiry man that was running towards her, doubling him over with a grunt of pain.

'I know,' Black Bat said, her fist striking the nose of the man behind her, sending him stumbling backwards with a howl of pain. Spoiler blocked the punch from a sallow-faced man, breaking his arm with an arm bar. As he collapsed, she turned to see Black Bat deliver a knife-hand chop to the neck of the last man, who collapsed to ground with a sigh.

'You've got to teach me that,' Spoiler said, turning to the heavyset man who was standing at the back of the room with his arms folded across his chest. 'Your boys here didn't put up much of a fight, Eddie. We want to know about the drugs...whoa...!'

She ducked as he swung a punch at her head, slamming her fist into his kidney and kneeing him in the groin, dropping him to his knees with a grunt of pain. Before he could recover, she wrapped her arm around his neck.

'The drugs,' she said, tightening her grip.

'Alright, alright...' He began, just as the door to the gym was kicked open.

'GCPD. Freeze!'

'Move,' Black Bat said, flicking a smoke pellets towards the two Police Officers and pulling out her grapple gun, aiming it towards the skylight...

################

'How did GCPD know that we were there?' Spoiler asked as the raced across the rooftops.

'No idea. Perhaps one of the neighbours heard the disturbance and called 911...'

'Perhaps,' Spoiler said as the landed on the roof of their safe house. 'At least we've got another link in the chain. Let's see what we can dig up...'

Heading down the stairs into the apartment, Spoiler took a seat at the computer, Black Bat hovering at her shoulder.

'Here we go. Eddie Richardson. Small time criminal...previous for illegal gambling and extortions...wait...'

'What?'

'Look at his known associates...'

'...Nathaniel Mason...'

'Exactly...'

################

Spoiler's lock-pick clicked and she eased open the balcony window, slipping inside with Black Bat right behind her. Just visible in the light from the window, a figure was lying asleep on her side. Putting her finger to her lips, Spoiler slid the door closed and turned back to see Reese sitting up in the bed. Wordlessly, she slipped out from under the covers, grabbing a silk robe from where it had been discarded on the floor. There was a rustle of silk sheets as the woman who had been lying next to her shifted position. Leaning down to kiss her on her cheek, Reese crossed the room and held open the door to her study. Exchanging a glance, Spoiler and Black Bat proceeded inside, Reese closing the door behind them.

'I already told you that I have nothing to do with the drugs,' she said, folding her arms across her chest. 'Now, get out...'

'You don't,' Spoiler said. 'But Nathaniel Mason does...'

'That bastard,' Reese said, turning away for a second. 'You're sure...?

'He's been working with one of the people responsible for distributing the drugs. And who would be better placed to run such an operation...?'

'...dammit,' she said, clenching her fist. '...alright. Mason runs a warehouse out the East Side Docks...'

'Why are you telling us?' Black Bat asked.

'I can deal with Mason,' Reese said. 'He's betrayed me. And you can destroy his operation and stop the drugs. I don't want them on the streets anymore than you do...'

################

'There's the warehouse,' Spoiler said, lowering her binoculars and passing them to Spoiler.

'There's a lot of activity,' Black Bat added. 'This is definitely the place...'

'We need to call GCPD and let them know,' Spoiler said. 'If we can convince them to raid the place, we can shut them down without needing to expose ourselves...'

'...alright. You make the call and I'll continue surveillance...'

Patching in to the computer back at the apartment, Spoiler put a call through to Detective Mann's phone.

'Yes...'

'Detective Mann, this is Spoiler. I have information about the drugs...'

'I already told you, GCPD does not co-operate with vigilantes...'

'Fine. Hang up the phone. But, if you do, you'll lose your chance to take these drugs off the street permanently.

'I'm listening...'

'There's a warehouse on the East Side Docks. If you raid it now, you'll find all the evidence you need...'

'I'll see what I can do,' Mann said and the line went dead, Spoiler turning to Black Bat.

'We'd better hope this works...'

################

'They're not coming,' Spoiler said. 'It's been over an hour. If they don't come soon, we'll have to go in ourselves...

'Wait,' Black Bat said, handing the binoculars to her. 'Look. On the south side of the warehouse...'

Pressing the binoculars to her eyes, Spoiler saw the flashing of blue lights as four SWAT armoured vans pulled up and armed officers got out, storming into the building.

'Look like Detective Mann came through,' Spoiler said. 'This should be over soon...wait...'

'What is it?'

'There's someone coming out of the back of the warehouse...it's Dr Reynolds...'

'We need to get down there, now...'

################

Dr Reynolds was running towards the road when Black Bat's kick struck him in the back, sending him stumbling to his knees.

'There's nowhere to run,' Black Bat said as Spoiler landed beside her.

'You're right,' Reynolds said, coming to his feet, drawing a pistol from under his jacket and leaving it at her. A shot rang out and he staggered backwards, the pistol falling from his hand as Detective Mann stepped forward, holstering his own weapon.

'You need to leave,' he said. 'Now...'

Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it. Any reviews, comments or constructive criticisms are very welcome.