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Grodd assumed there was a traitor on the team and so he went for the obvious route. Scare the person so they reveal themselves. He boldly assumed it was one of his fellow rogues from Central, but he also widely assumed it was one of the bats' villains. And scarecrow was one of the bats main gallery, but he still requested it. He wants to make sure no one gives away that he set the attack on earth, to make sure no one goes rambling to the wrong people. He rounded up the members; Cheetah, Bane, Poison Ivy, Deadshot, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, Catwoman, and Reverse Flash. So many known faces to him and so many people who could possibly be traitors. Scarecrow was up on the stage with him, smiling at the fact that he could look down upon those who looked down upon him, his smile was masked by the awful mask he wears.
Cold nodded to him and smiled; “what’s ‘crow doing up there?” He asked, Grodd just huffed and clapped his hands together. Within an instant, the gorillas following his lead were suddenly surrounding them. All with spears and very sharp weapons in hand. Cheetah hissed and smacked Cold in the arm, “you just had to say something, Cold!,” Cold just muttered an ow and looked away from the pissed off cat. “It’s not like we did anything?'' Grodd. What’s this about?” Catwoman asked, stepping in front of the group and looking up at Grodd and Scarecrow. Scarecrow laughed, his little nerdy, stomach turning laugh. Catwoman knew it too well. He was asked to do something for Grodd and now he’s taking pleasure in it, Selina knows it. “Me fellow villain, Grodd has asked me to.. do something” Scarecrow replied, turning to look over at Grodd. Grodd nodded and stepped forward towards the edge of the stage, if Selina wanted to she could take her whip and wrap it around his ankle and pull him off the stage. Hopfully hurting the stupid Gorillia.
“I have gathered you all here to take a test, a test of trustworthiness” Grodd replied, putting his arms out. Scarecrow took his canister out and began spraying everyone before they could reply. Coughs echoed throughout, as well as struggling breaths. One by one each member went down and hit the ground hard. Saved for the Speedster he was a tough one. Looking around confused, the speedster attempts an escape just to be grabbed by the neck from Grodd. “I forgot about your metabolism, Reverse,” Grodd smiled wide. Before Reverse Flash could respond, the scarecrow shoved the spout in his face and hit him with an extra dose of fear toxin and he finally went out. Falling to the ground with a bone breaking hit.
Cheetah:
She woke up in a prison, an amazonian prison. Shuffling to get up and claw her way out she found herself bound by the ankle. She heard loud footsteps enter the hall and make their way towards her, using all her strength she stood up and grabbed onto the gold bars. Looking at the woman responsible for her being here, for her issues. “Diana,” Minerva seethed, baring her sharp teeth. Diana shook her head and smiled fondly. Giving the kindest eyes to her villain and it sent a shiver down Cheetah’s spine. “Stop smiling, Diana!” Cheetah yelled. Diana kept the fond smile and just replied with a simple “why?”. Barbra felt herself at a loss for words. Nothing around her felt real, infact all she felt was fear. “Would you wish to go?, Cheetah” Diana asked, catching the cat off guard. Minerva wavered her options, she could get out and kill the princess and run or she could stay here and rot away. She nodded; moving away from the bars. Diana entered the cell instead, making Cheetah move till her back hit the wall.
Fear of trust and lies
“Fear 1..,” And Everything went dark
Bane:
Everyone rushed around him, screaming, loud thuds. He panicked and tried to set off his venom just to find it missing, he didn’t have venom. He looked normal, like how he did before everything. But he didn’t take too much mind to that, instead he looked around frantically. Trying to catch any faces he knew from the society, but he was faced with the Bat. The bat just stared at him and tilted his head, taking small steps towards him and muttereing words Bane couldn’t hear over the loud screaming and frantic running. The bat got closer and closer, slowly blinking in and out of existence. Bane tried to run but his legs didn’t move, his whole body was frozen and pinned under the gaze of the Bat. Who seemed to be standing still now and just staring. Suddenly everything was dark and shadowy. Only the bats eyes were glowing in the dark and the eyes got closer and closer, but he heard no footsteps and no cape gliding. Just the eyes. Suddenly the face was right up to his and he saw every line on the mask and all the pain in the bats eyes.
Fear of uncertainty and darkness
“Fear 2..,” Everything went dark
Poison Ivy:
Her plants were freshly watered and the air around her smelled of sweet honey. The sun was bright and shining in her garden, making the beautiful flowers glow. Footsteps shuffled across the grass and she felt a small kiss on her cheek, then a soft hum. She was handed a nice warm cup of coffee and a lemon danish. “Harley,” Ivy hummed, giving her girlfriend a smile. Harley just nodded and made her way in front of Ivy and to her horror; Harley was wearing her outfit. The bat symbol across her back and Ivy felt a pang of Jealousy. She silently seethed then grabbed Harley by the waist and drew her in slowly, Harley just giggled. Her two coyotes made their way over and snuggled against Ivy’s ankles. Ivy saw her own outfit and it was no different than her usual Villain get up. Gasping, she looked over at Harley and frowned. Harley gave a small head tiled; “darling?, you know we have a meeting with Superman..” Harley replied, giving Pamela a smile. Ivy shoved her way out of Harley’s grip and backed up right into the house’s frame, she looked around and suddenly everything was different. She wasn’t in her gardan anymore, she was in Arkham. With Harley and Batman. Harley was talking to Batman about something that Ivy didn’t care enough to care about, Batman nodded and faded out of existence. Harley glided over and grabbed Ivy’s waist, snuggling her nose in Ivy’s neck.
Fear of commitment and returning
“Fear 3..,” and everything went dark.
Deadshot:
He had the Bat finally, he had the bat under him with a bullet in his head. He was dead. The Gotham knight was defeated by Deadshot; Floyd did everything others couldn’t do, and he felt relieved. But he heard a squeak and saw his daughter in front of him suddenly, looking horrified at the dead body. He looked at his hands and saw blood, as usual it shouldn’t scare him but he found himself beginning to feel scared, and wanting it all to end. He glanced below his legs and the bat was sliced open, guts n’all. He felt himself gag at the sight and rush to remove himself from the bat. He covered his mouth with his hands and just kept his eyes on his daughter and Batman. He would never depict himself as such a slaughter and yet here he is holding the knife that was used to slice the Batman open and in front of his own daughter.
Fear of overstepping and hatred
“Fear 5…,” Everything went dark.
Captain Cold:
He sat by his sister's bed and looked at the dead corpse that used to be so full of life, all that flashed through his mind was Wonder Woman slicing her heart out and laughing about it. He watched Flash and Green Lanterns horror filled faces slowly morph into a steel and steady face, he felt sick looking at the signs praising the Flash for a job well done. Snart sold out Mirror Master to protect himself and Lisa, yet here he is. Looking at the dead body of his sister and crying his heart out. A hand grabbed his shoulder and whipped him around, he sniffled and looked up. He knew that touch anywhere. Mick. He thought and as if Mick could read his mind Rory replied with a smile, drawing Snart in for a hug. Letting his best friend cry in his arms and let everything out. “I’m sorry, I am so sorry, Mick ” Snart cried, and Mick hummed in response. Looking down at his best friend and frowning.
Fearing of loss and loneliness
“Fear 6…,” Everything went dark.
Catwoman:
She failed, she didn’t get to Bruce in time and now she’s stuck at the hands of Grodd and the mysterious intruder. Selina felt empty and at a loss for what to do, while she still had a slim chance of escape, she also had no chance of getting away from the intruder. Grodd lifted her off her feet and threw her to the ground, she skidded across it and grunted. “Listen, Grodd, everyone’s going to leave once they find out what you’re doing..” She said, struggling to remain full sentences. The air in her lungs felt tighter and Grodd just laughed. His laugh hurt her ears and made her sink inwards; “It seems everyone left you..” He spat back, gesturing around at all the people suddenly around her. All people she knew; Dick, Jason, Damien, Bruce, Harley. They’re all leaving her alone. Her eyes were pricked with tears.
Fear of being left and late
“Fear 7…,” Everything went dark.
Reverse Flash:
His head was pounding and his heartbeat was beating fast enough for him to struggle for breath, he looked around. And tried to scream for someone, he wanted anyone to notice him. Save him. But he found himself outside an abandoned cinema. His stomach felt hollow and empty and that's when he noticed the blood gushing from it and his throat. He reached and clawed frantically at it; just to be stopped by a red gloved hand. He froze and looked up meeting the eyes of a man he’s hated his whole life, and he cried. Tears left his eyes faster than he could stop them and shivered inwards. The Flash, no, Barry Allen this time, reached for his cheek and rubbed it slowly. Caressing softly and shushing him. Trying to stop the crying, it felt fake. Barry would never care about Eobard, the way Thawne cared about Barry. He shuddered and looked away. Just to be pulled into a huge hug by the Flash, his hero. He broke down anyway and latched onto Flash’s suit. Hearing soft muttered of, It’s okay and it’ll all come back together.
Fear of being trusted and forgiven
“Fear 8…,” Everything went dark.
Everyone woke up with groans. Cold rubbed his eyes and looked up at the stage and saw Crane on the ground with a slice across his throat. Blood dripped off the stage and leaked onto the ground. Snart heard a gasp behind him and saw the man in yellow struggling for breath and clawing at his throat. Snart shuffled over and grabbed the man by his shoulders, unmasking him and rubbing his back slowly. The blond nodded and rubbed his face. Cheetah looked from the pair to where Catwoman was. Catwoman was no longer there, it seemed she made a dash for it. Grodd was looking at them all with amusement. Ivy was taken to infirmary, the stretcher present with her body in it made its way to a section of the area. Deadshot was sitting on the stage looking down at his hands and shaking. “Shh, shh,” Snart whispered to Thawne, then looked back over at Grodd.
“Sweet revenge, never double cross me again!,” Grodd shouted.