Grudge Match

Season 2 episode 1 of Nightwing & Batgirl
== Plot ==
The episode starts at Nightwing and Batgirl's headquarters one morning. They've just had their breakfast, when suddenly, their supercomputer alerted them of trouble. They went to the computer to check on it, and they were surprised to find that the trouble is inside their headquarters. The headquarters' securities have been breached by an unknown object. It was a flying saucer drone. Later, it made their way to their main hall. The drone shot lasers at them, which Nightwing and Batgirl evaded. The lasers destroyed a few objects in their large hall.
"No! You're gonna pay for that, drone.", Nightwing told it.
They dodged its lasers blasts, and after dodging, this time they threw Batarangs at Birdarangs at it. However, the drone is smart, dodging all their attacks as well. 
"Impossible! It's pretty smart for a drone.", Batgirl said.
"Whoever did this, we'll surely make them pay.", Nightwing said.
Later, the drone emitted a white light, which hit Nightwing.
"No way!", Nightwing said. "I feel dense. Feels like I'm being teleported away."
"Dick!", Batgirl said. 
Later, the white light hit her as well, and they were both teleported away. The scene moves to Roulette's hideout, in an underground arena.
"Since you don't want to be separated from your lover, Batgirl, I'll just send both of you away.", she said.
"The contestants are now complete, master.", Sonar told her.
"Very well. Then the tournament shall begin.", Roulette replied.
Nightwing and Batgirl were surprised to see they were teleported in a room, along with other heroes, namely, Batman, Wildcat, Black Canary, Huntress, Bronze Tiger, and Katana. 
"What the hell just happened?", Batgirl asked. 
"A drone came towards us and hit us with this white light and the next thing we know, we are now all stuck together in this room.", Katana explained. 
"Just when I thought this day can't get any worse.", Huntress said. 
"Batman's here too? Just great.", Nightwing said. 
"Seems like we are in an underground arena and we are dragged into a tournament.", 
"There's only one person I know who could be the culprit behind this.", Black Canary said. "Roulette." 
"You're right.", Batgirl agreed. 
"But she couldn't have possibly had all the budget to reconstruct this underground arena. Someone must've funded her.", Canary said. 
"Most probably.", Nightwing also agreed. 
"We could worry about that later. We must figure out a way to escape here while engaging in our own battles.", Wildcat said. 
"Before we worry about escaping, we should be worrying about who our opponents will be first.", Nightwing said. 
"We can deal with them once we're in the ring.", Batman replied. 
Meanwhile, in another room, their opponents are revealed: Deathstroke, Talia al Ghul, Lady Shiva, Bane, Cheshire, Constantine Drakon, Bronze Tiger, and Hellhound. 
"Why is it taking so long? I'm ready kick some superhero ass.", Bane said.
"We'll destroy with them without a doubt.", Constantine Drakon said.
"If I were you guys, I wouldn't be running my mouth a lot just yet.", Talia told them.
"Indeed, Ms. al Ghul.", Deathstroke agreed.
Later, the heroes and villains heard Roulette's announcement from the large speakers.
"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight you are about to witness the greatest martial arts tournament in history! Tonight, you'll see the world's greatest martial artists compete against each other in no-holds-barred matches. So, sit back, place your bets, relax, and enjoy the show!"
All the audience cheered and were hyped. The heroes and villains who will be facing off were pretty hyped as well.
"Finally, some butt-kicking!", Wildcat said, as he was filled with excitement.
"And for your first match, to put off an entertaining fight, we shall witness the Wildcat! Facing off against, Hellhound! These are two extremely skilled street-level fighters.", Roulette said.
Wildcat emerged from a platform and into the cage. Hellhound now also stepped into the platform.
"Goodluck, Hellhound. Thought I'm not expecting much from you.", Lady Shiva told him.
"We'll see about that.", Hellhound replied, as he now got into the cage. 
"Long time no see, dog.", Wildcat told him.
"May the best fighter win.", Hellhound replied.
They started fighting. Hellhound had a good start. He was gaining the upper hand at first and was able to come up with good strikes. The crowd cheered for him.
"Getting slow, aren't we, geezer?", he taunted Wildcat.
Little did he know, Wildcat was actually observing his fighting style. Later, he started dodging his leg attacks and punches. As the fight progressed, he was able to telegraph each and every one of Hellhound's attack. Later, he started making a series of counter attacks. Later, he landed a blow to Hellhound's gut, which knocked him down. That moment the match was already decided.
With her large megaphone, Roulette started counting to 10.
"No way.", Hellhound said. "How did you land that blow?"
"You know the most important thing in a fight?", Wildcat asked him. "It's not how you start the match. It's how you sustain your attack until the end. It ain't over till you deliver the finishing blow."
"Ugh.", Hellhound grunted, as he tried to stand, but he ultimately couldn't, as Roulette's count reached 10. 
A drone flashed its white light on Hellhound, teleporting him away.
"And the winner of your first match, is Wildcat!", Roulette announced. "Wildcat, you can now exit the ring.", she told him.
Now, Wildcat went down the platform he stood on, and it went down, returning him to the room where the other heroes were. 
"You're amazing, Wildcat!", Nightwing told him.
"You never grow old.", Canary told him as well.
"Of course.", Wildcat just responded.
Now, Roulette announced the next match. It was Huntress vs Cheshire. 
"Goodluck, Helena.", Batgirl told Huntress.
"Thanks. I won't come back here empty-handed.", she assured the others.
"I noticed something. Hellhound was teleported away after the fight. He must have been sent away to another place.", Batman told the others.
"Oh. You're right. Maybe that's what happens to whoever loses.", Batgirl said.
"Roulette. After we're done with this tournament, I'm gonna make you pay.", Black Canary said.
Meanwhile, at the villains' room...
"See, Hellhound? I was right to not expect much of you.", Lady Shiva told him.
"You people run your mouths a lot. You had it coming.", Cheshire told Hellhound and the others as well.
"You ladies are ones to talk. Let's see how you do against your opponents.", Hellhound replied.
Later, they heard Roulette announced the next match. 
"And for our next match, please step into the platform. Cheshire and Huntress!"
"It's my time.", Cheshire said.
"I definitely won't lose.", Huntress told the others.
Now, they both stepped into their respective platforms and emerged into the cage. Huntress and Cheshire faced each other.
"It's a shame one of us is going to get beat up badly.", Cheshire told her.
"Too bad, it won't be me.", Huntress replied.
"We'll see about that.", Cheshire replied, as she went to give her a kick, which Huntress blocks with her palm.
"Now, you're getting interesting.", Cheshire said.
"Absolutely. And you're in for a good beating.", Huntress told her.
Now, they stopped talking and focused on delivering blows against each other. Cheshire evaded all Huntress' punches, then went in to give her a knee to the stomach. 
Huntress yelled, then got up and said, "You're gonna pay for that!"
She protected her body well from her punches, then found an opening and hit her in the jaw. 
"You got me good right there", Cheshire told her, grabbing her own jaw.
Huntress tried sweeping her off her legs, but Cheshire dodged her by jumping. She tried to give her a knee to the jaw but Huntress once again blocked it. 
"You gotta do better than that.", she told Cheshire.
"I know.", Cheshire replied, as she tried throwing a punch, but was blocked again by Huntress' arm. Her arms were quite strong. However, Cheshire once again landed a blow on her body. Then, she strangled her and lifted her up.
"Can't believe you allowed yourself open on the same spot twice.", Cheshire told her, as she slammed her to the ground.
As Cheshire was ready to pummel her, Huntress quickly sneaked behind her, gave her an armbar, and gripped her body in scissors. She gave her a pretty tight lock. Cheshire was placed in an inescapable position. 
"If you struggle, it will get worse.", Huntress told her, as she twisted Cheshire's body in her grip, about to break her lower back.
The longer she's in that position, the worse it gets for Cheshire. Later, Cheshire taps out. The winner was decided. 
"And your winner by submission is, the Huntress!", Roulette announced. 
"You got me real good right there.", Cheshire said. 
"Yeah. You gave me a good one as well.", Huntress replied. 
"Oh, please. Don't give me that. You're clearly better this time.", Cheshire responded. 
"Thanks.", Huntress said. 
"Enjoy your win while it lasts.", Cheshire told her, as she fell down a trap door in the cage, back to her team's quarters. 
Huntress now returned to the platform and was brought back to her team's room. 
"Goodness. Another disappointment. Can't wait to see what's next.", Shiva said. 
"I had the upper hand.", Cheshire exclaimed. 
"And you lost it.", Shiva yelled back. 
"Well, I won't deny it. I, messed up a bit.", Cheshire admitted. 
"That happens. No need to stress about it.", Talia said. Now, she told the others, "Those about to fight next, expect the worst from our competition." 
"We got this.", Bronze Tiger said. 
Meanwhile, at the heroes' room... 
"Great job, Helena.", Batgirl told her. 
"Not so impressive, but good enough.", Batman said. 
"When have you been impressed, Batman?", Huntress replied. 
"Anyway, we still haven't figured out who's behind this grand scheme of Roulette's.", 
"We'll soon find out, as we fight our way through this tournament.", Black Canary said. 
"Makes sense for me. I mean, we have no means to uncover Roulette's benefactor when we're stuck in this room.", Batwoman agreed. 
"Right.", Batgirl agreed as well. 
The scene moves back to the cage, where Roulette announces the next two fighters. 
"And for our next match, make some noise, for Katana!", she announced, as the crowd made some noise. "Facing off against, Bronze Tiger!", the crowd then cheered even more. 
"Katana is known for wielding a blade which traps the souls of those she kills. Obviously, we don't allow killing in the ring. So let's see how she fair against the Bronze Tiger in pure combat!", Roulette continued. 
Katana and Bronze Tiger now squared up and without any words spoken, Bronze Tiger went on the offensive. He went to throw quick punches at Katana, who was agile and able to dodge all of those. 
"Your reflexes are quicker than I thought.", Bronze Tiger said. 
"You're right.", Katana replied, as she was able to land an uppercut on his jaw. 
"I underestimated you. Never thought you'd fair out just fine against me in combat.", Bronze Tiger said. 
"No swords. How boring.", Katana uttered. 
"From this point, I'll never lax. I won't commit the same mistake again.", Bronze Tiger said, as he started letting out a quick barrage of punches and kicks. 
Katana took some bad hits, but when she has recovered, she went for the offensive this time. However, Bronze Tiger had some quick reflexes and was able to deflect all her attacks with his arms. Later, he gave her a strong kick on the leg. He fell on her knees. After that, he strangled her with one arm and lifted her, then tossed her around. When he came charging at her, Katana did a backflip and landed a kick on his jaw. 
"Damn, you got me good.", Bronze Tiger said, holding his jaw, as he was once again hit, this time on the gut, by Katana's knee. 
Katana then tried to give him a flying knee, but Bronze Tiger rolled to the ground. When he saw Katana down, he now held her arms behind her back. He twisted it, and it snapped. 
"This has taken long enough.", Bronze Tiger whispered to her ear. 
Katana groaned in pain. The heroes, watching from the monitor screen in their quarters, were surprised. 
"Bronze Tiger was pretty formidable.", Batman said. 
"Though I did not expect that.", Huntress said. 
Meanwhile, the villains in their quarters, were delighted. 
"Finally, a win!", Bane exclaimed. 
Now, Roulette finally announced the winner. 
"We finally have a winner! And it is, the Bronze Tiger!", she spoke. 
Some parts of the crowd who bet on Katana regret their decision, while the others cheered for Bronze Tiger. 
Katana fell on a trap door, to an isolated room. 
"Ow! I broke an arm, then took a bad fall afterward. Just when I thought this day couldn't get any worse.", Katana said, as she stood up, then she noticed she was alone. 
"Hey, wait. The others. They're not here. Where am I?", she said. She noticed the door is locked. But there's a small window on the door, with iron bars in it. She was in a prison, and there were guards outside guarding her cell. 
"Hey, you! Let me out!", Katana asked them. 
"We're sorry we can't do that.", one of the guards said. 
"Who said so?", she asked again. 
"Sorry but under Roulette's orders we're not allowed to do that.", one of them answered. 
"So this is her scheme. Basically holding us heroes captive, while you earn money from your illegal underground cage tournament?", she said. 
"We know nothing about that. We're just doing what we're told.", the guard replied. 
"Oh, shut it! If your rules are fair, how am I alone in here and I'm not with the baddies who lost?", she asked. "I get it now. Roulette conspired with the villains to keep her business alive. But she couldn't have been able to do this on her own. Who funded her illegal wrestling business?", she asked them. 
"Sorry, we will no longer entertain you. We'll just wait for further orders from our boss.", the guards said. 
"Hey, wait! Come back here!", she told them, but they left her already. "Damn it!", she exclaimed. "Now, what am I gonna do? I don't have my katana, and I have a broken arm. Just great." 
Meanwhile, the heroes realized it took long enough for Katana to return. 
"What's taking Katana so long?", Nightwing wondered. 
"No way! She must have been held captive in one of the trap doors by now.", Batwoman said. 
"Damn it. We gotta figure out who backed Roulette's elaborate scheme as soon as possible.", Wildcat said. 
Now, Roulette announced the next match, "For our next match, we have the Black Canary, facing off against, Constantine Drakon!" 
"Don't worry. Leave it to me.", Black Canary told the heroes. "I'll take a look at the crowd. It's probably some guy in a suit and tie." 
"Obviously.", Batman replied. 
Now, Black Canary and Constantine Drakon emerged from the platforms into the cage. 
"You know the rules, Canary. No powers. Just pure combat.", Roulette reminded her. 
"I'm well aware of that, Roulette.", Black Canary replied, "And remember this. After we're done with this little game of yours, I'm coming after you.", pointing at Roulette. 
"That's if, you can make it to the end.", Roulette replied, accepting the challenge. 
"Enough the talk. Time for both of you to fight.", Roulette told her and Constantine Drakon. 
"The ring is no place for pretty girls.", Drakon told her, as he threw punches at her, which Canary evades. 
"How thoughtful of you. I'll leave the ring then.", Canary replied, "After I break your face.", she continued, as she tried to kick him in the face, which Drakon blocks using his arms. 
"If you can.", Drakon said, laughing. 
"I can.", Canary replied, as she hit him in the stomach with a few jabs. 
She then gave him a roundhouse kick in the head, followed by a barrage of punches. An uppercut to his jaw knocked down Constantine Drakon. She then glanced at the crowd. Then she saw a room covered by glass, where a man in a suit and tie is seated. She might have found the man responsible for funding Roulette's underground ring. It is-Roman Sionis, better known as the Black Mask. 
"The Black Mask? I can't believe it!", Canary said, surprised. She was also surprised by an attack by Drakon from behind, just when everyone thought the winner was decided. He pulled her hair and tossed her away. He went to throw punches but Canary was able to deflect all of those with her arms. 
"Really? Hair-pulling? How cheap.", Canary told him. She jumped back, removed her leather jacket, tossed it aside and said, "Let's finish this." 
"I like that.", Constantine Drakon replied, as she shocks Canary with a quick knee to her gut, followed by an elbow to the back as she fell down. 
Canary groaned in pain. 
"You're gonna pay for that!", Canary exclaimed, as she rolled away when Drakon tried to hit her while on the ground. She then takes a hold of his arm and twisted it. 
Drakon also groaned loudly. Canary was unable to stand straight after getting hit badly on the back, but she still had enough gas left in the tank to finish of Drakon, with a flurry of kicks and punches. Drakon got banged up so hard, he collapsed. 
"Damn, that's brutal.", Nightwing said, as he saw the spectacle. 
"What do you expect from my student?", Wildcat said. 
"And the winner has now been decided. And it's the blonde woman in black, the Black Canary.", Roulette announced. 
"What a lame way to announce the winner.", Canary replied. 
"If you want something more grand, do better the next round.", 
"Sorry, there won't be a next round.", 
"How can you say so?", Roulette asked. 
"Because I'll", Canary replied, as she let out a large Canary Cry, but to her surprised the glass cage ring did not break. 
"No way!", Canary said. "Why won't the glass break?" 
"Look who's talking about being lame. When she thought she could easily break my precious underground cage with her loud scream.", Roulette said. "It's made of diamond, you silly. It's pretty durable.", she explained, while smirking. 
"What a sight. Everything's going well. Everyone's getting paid. Everyone's entertained.", Black Mask said, as he watches from his seat. 
"Damn it. So the cage won't break easily. They came in prepared.", Batgirl said. 
"Dinah said she'll find out the person behind funding Roulette.", Batman said. "Let's just hope he did find out." 
"I believe she won't come back here empty.", Huntress said. 
Now, Canary and Drakon fell down the trap doors toward their respective quarters. 
"Great win there, my student.", Wildcat told her. 
"You got him real good right there.", Batwoman added. 
"So, have you found any leads?", Nightwing asked. 
"I have, and you won't believe it.", Canary answered. 
"You found out who's the man behind the funding?", Batgirl asked. 
"Yes, and it is, Black Mask.", Canary said. 
"Really? That's impossible!", Nightwing exclaimed. 
"Yes, it is. I saw it with my own eyes. He's got a VIP seat in a glass room. I had a good quick glance at him. Trust me it's him.", Canary exclaimed. 
"It's not really that farfetched, actually. Black Mask runs the largest criminal empire in Gotham after the Falcone and Maronis were brought down.", Batman said. 
"Makes sense to me.", Batgirl said. 
Now, Roulette announced the next match and they were surprised. 
"Without further ado, I call on the next match. Batwoman against Lady Shiva!", she announced. 
"You work on figuring out how to stop this bullcrap of a tournament while I deal with the bitch.", Batwoman told the others. 
"We got this.", Nightwing replied. 
Now, both fighters proceeded to the platforms and emerged into the cage. 
"Not the matchup I expected, but it's good enough.", Shiva told Batwoman. 
"You seem to underestimate me, girl.", Batwoman replied. 
"Why wouldn't I? I am leagues beyond you.", Shiva boasted. 
Shiva managed to take her down in a matter of seconds, sweeping her off her feet. 
"Okay. You caught me off guard, but that won't happen again.", Batwoman said, but it happened again. She was taken down, this time with a right hook and a kick. 
"This doesn't look good.", Batgirl said. 
"It's tough luck she had to face such tough competition early.", Huntress said. 
"What about you?", Nightwing asked her. 
"I mean, I beaten Cheshire. Technically that means I'm yet to face tough competition.", Huntress said. 
"So, Canary. You can't break the cage with your Canary Cry. They came prepared. This is going to be tough.", Batman said. 
"Obviously.", Canary replied. 
"Plus, Katana's been sent off somewhere. Just great. Our problems just keep on piling.", Huntress said. 
Back at the cage, Batwoman now went on the offensive against Lady Shiva, but all her efforts were in vain, as Shiva was able to deflect all her attacks. Shiva had such quick reflexes. Batwoman was clearly outmatched. Shiva then finished her off with a punch to her gut, uppercut to her jaw, and then a kick in the face. Batwoman tried getting up, but she couldn't. Roulette now announced the winner. It is Lady Shiva. 
"Oh, crap. Another loss.", Huntress uttered. 
Batwoman fell down a trap door, and found herself on the same prison cell as Katana was. 
"Great. Looks like I'm not the only one who lost a match.", Katana said. 
"Instead of insulting me, don't you have any idea how both of us could escape here?", Batwoman replied. 
"But it's the truth. And besides, if I have any means of escaping here I would've been outside this cell by now.", Katana answered. 
"Just great.", Batwoman said. "We'll be stuck here for long." 
"Let's just hope the others find themselves here as well, bringing weapons and gadgets along with them.", Katana told her. 
"Does everyone enjoy the tournament?", Roulette asked the crowd. They all cheered in agreement. 
"Keep it going. The best is yet to come.", Roulette said. 
Meanwhile, the heroes at their room had a conversation. 
"I suspect Roulette, I mean, Black Mask, conspired with the villains and paid them for Roulette's business to attract a large audience.", Batman said. 
"However, what I don't get is why would Black Mask even agree with Roulette on such deal.", Nightwing thought. 
"They might be partners. They might be splitting the income her business gets.", Batman replied. 
"That's one heck of a deal.", Batgirl said. 
"Roulette was pretty smart. She made it a rule to not use weapons or gadgets so that if we lose and fall into the basement, we won't have any means of escaping.", Black Canary said. 
"And we're stupid enough to follow the rule she set.", Huntress added. 
"But despite the odds being against us, we're in the lead against the villains so far.", Wildcat replied. 
"Too early to say that. Who knows who we will face next. Bane? Deathstroke? Talia?", Batgirl said. 
"That's not far off. We've already seen Lady Shiva.", Huntress agreed. 
"If ever we break the odds and we're able to eliminate most of them, there's a great chance some of us might face each other in the next round.", Batman told them. 
"I'm fine with that.", Huntress replied. 
"Or, from the three of us, two have to sneak in our weapons into the cage and intentionally lose the match to save the others from the basement.", Batgirl said. 
"That way, the remaining ones who'll advance to the next round won't have to face each other.", Nightwing continued. 
"That's lame. But not bad either.", Huntress agreed. 
"That said, Barbara and I would intentionally lose.", Nightwing now announced. 
"Not like you have a chance winning if ever you face the guys you mentioned.", Huntress said. 
"I'm good with that plan. But still, try your best. I don't want the two of you to lose embarrassingly.", Batman reminded Nightwing and Batgirl. 
"Of course we will.", Batgirl replied. 
Now, Roulette announced the next match. It was Batman against Bane. 
"Called it.", Nightwing said. 
Now, Bane and Batman proceeded to the cage. With no words, they now went at each other and fought. Bane was aggressive, giving Batman hard blows and tossing him around the cage. 
"Oh no. This ain't good.", Nightwing said. 
"If he loses, we'll have a change of plan.", Batgirl told him. 
"Look who's talking about sloppy fighting.", Huntress said. 
"He's the Goddamn Batman. He won't lose.", Nightwing replied. 
"He won't. Look. He has his utility belt.", Canary pointed out. 
"See? Always prepared.", Nightwing said. 
== Characters ==
=== Heroes: ===
* Nightwing
* Batgirl
* Wildcat
* Black Canary
* Batman
* Huntress
* Batwoman
* Katana
==== Other: ====
* Audiences
=== Main Villains: ===
* Roulette
* Sonar
* Roulette's Henchmen
=== Tournament Contestants: ===
* Deathstroke
*Talia al Ghul
* Lady Shiva
* Bane
* Cheshire
* Constantine Drakon
*Bronze Tiger
* Hellhound
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