Prepare for War. The Endtimes are coming

When Bruce awakened he could see some of the wolves of his pack moving in the cave. He slowly straightened up and looked around. He knew immediately where he was and what remembered the attack of Freeze. He tried to get up, but failed to do so as a stabbing pain pulled through his chest. As he looked down at himself he could see a violent wound in his chest. Amazingly, he was no longer in his werewolf's form, but in his human form again.

As he looked around he could see Harley and Ivy coming upon him. While Ivy was in her wolf shape Harley whirled in her old form towards him.

"Mister B! Awake again? Well" she cheered as she saw her beloved Bruce sitting there. Bruce could only see the red whirlwind jumping at her. But then she stopped in the middle of the air. Around her neck the paw of Ivy had laid down and stopped her in the air.

"Hadn't we talked about it Harley? He needs rest," she hissed severely and shook little Harley a little until she was quiet. "Your wounds heal well, my love, but your body doesn't seem to be able to maintain its new shape. That is why you are now in this form again. Do you remember anything?" she asked while still holding Harley by the neck.

"More than I want. I have never experienced him so determined. Dracula must have offered him something extremely important.

"You think the two works together" asks Jason who also seemed human.

"Of course." Said Bruce when he leaned back again. "Probably he offered him to save his wife. We know exactly how far he would go to save his wife."

"Then it's time for me to pay him a visit. He's really crossed a line here," Jason said.

"And you think you can compete with Freeze?" Bruce asked quietly and closed his eyes. "That doesn't mean I underestimate you, Jason, but think. Have you ever experienced Freeze like this?

Jason didn't answer that question and looked at Ivy looking for help. But she just stood there and towered over the people around her many times over. Slowly she shook her head and slowly wiggled her tail.

"I see it the way he does Jason. Even with your new powers you are no match for Freeze. Not when he's like that. And then there's Dracula himself."

"Don't forget his new bitch" Harley laughed and kicked her legs as if she was hanging from a gym machine. "They're all stupid!"

" I' ll handle them" said Jason self-confidently and pulled a caliber .50 sniper rifle from the shoulder.

"Don't be ridiculous, Jason. I have a job for you which is much more important than revenge." Said Bruce calmly and his gentle calm voice calmed everyone around him. Without appreciating one of them with his gaze, the dark knight continued. "Talia, Zatanna and Vicky Vale. Three brides. As it is written in the old stories. Each of them is under his control and has developed powers we can hardly imagine. We have to get the family to safety. Jason. You have to find them before Zatanna comes up with the idea to find them."

"The rest of the family? asked Ivy.

"Understood boss! I find them," Jason said and pulled his red mask over his face. Then he went to one of the motorcycles standing in the cave and ignited the rocket engines. With an ear-splitting scream the bat-bike shot out of the cave while some of the other werewolves ran happily growling after him.

"Hey.... IVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! "Harley screamed so shrill that it rang not only in the ears of the werewolf but also in Bruce. "Will you let me down again?"

"Wow. If you scream like that again I'll throw you down there," Ivy growled angrily just to realize that Harley wasn't impressed. Instead, she just licked her friend's nose cheekily and then whirled around to free herself from her grip.

"Do you think Zatanna will attack your friends?" Ivy asked uncertainly.

"I saw what happened to Vicky Vale. Her personality has been completely changed. That means they're in a similar state to us. If you didn't... help us many of us would still be wild animals. We must assume that Zatanna is no longer the woman she was. I only know one thing. Dracula made his move. It will not have been his last. The war has begun and we are not ready yet."

"What's that supposed to mean, Mr. B?" Harley asked curiously just to hit a few buttons that triggered a dozen rockets from one of the jets. After the smoke and the noise had faded away she was the only one in a good mood cheering about this prank. The rockets had blown some holes in the rocks and almost tore some of the others to pieces. Miraculously, there had been no losses.

"This means that we are too few Harley. And if you continue to shoot with the rockets here then we will be much less, so fingers off the buttons!"

"What do you suggest?" Ivy asked and pulled a splinter out of her arm.

"Karen has to go back to town and find all the wolves that are still there."

"That won't be possible. She can hardly move anymore. Apparently she's too pregnant to be able to move."

"I understand. Apparently the kryptonian physiology is different from ours. Good. Then the others have to get out! Harley. Ivy. You have to lead them. Find as many of us as possible. We'll need every one of them!"

"You realize we can just make new ones? I mean we bite around a bit and there we are," Harley laughed but Ivy shook his head and then nodded to Bruce.

"We won't change anybody lover. You have my word!

Meanwhile in Gotham

"Are you insane Zatanna?" Talia yelled angrily at the sorceress.

"Calm down Talia. I have the situation completely under control," Zatanna replies calmly as the disembodied joker flew around her and made faces.

"We're talking about the Joker!" Vicky said and for the first time since her transformation she seemed insecure. The Joker flew towards her and grabbed her heart and just pulled it out of her chest.

"Oh my love! I give you my heart... or was that from one of the victims?" He laughed shrill but they mostly ignored him.

"Don't get upset Vicky. Unlike you, I've fought him before. I know exactly what I'm doing here," Zatanna laughed.

That was too much for Talia. She saw herself unable to control herself. Like a bolt of lightning, she jumped for Zatanna. Even though she was an extremely powerful sorceress, she couldn't counter Talia's superior speed. At the last moment however Talias fist was stopped in front of Zatanna´s face by Dracula who had braked the stroke of Talia without any problems.

"Enough! Show yourselves off according to your stand! Talia! I said she'd have to deal with him and that's it!"

"You see Talia! He trusts me" Zatanna hissed furiously but the look Dracula threw at her at this word intimidated the otherwise so self-confident sorceress.

"Who said that I trusted you?" he asked from above. "I had warned you but you didn't want to hear. Now you will have to endure the consequences.

"Don't you trust me, my love?" Zatanna asked shaken only to see Dracula shake her head.

"It's not about trust my love. It's about a lesson. Power has a price. Knowledge has a price. You have acquired this knowledge, this power, and now you are on the path of learning. And none of my wives will stand in your way on this path. However, none of my wives will move a finger to help you on this path either."

The three women now looked at each other for a long time and then all nodded.

"You are my chosen women and you will stay by my side until your existence ends in this world. You will always be a part of me as long as I exist. That means that you three have to get along for a very long time. So solve your problems while I look at the city as long as it still exists in its present state".

With these words the King of the Undead left the building to walk through the city.

In the warehouse of the Wer-Cats

"I don't care! I have to look after Bruce," Selina whispered at the rest of them. While most of the 7 sins were kept out there, Bastet also hissed back.

"What are you thinking? That we let you go out there all alone? With all those enemies out there?"

"I've always been alone out there! I can take care of myself! I don't need any help!

"Let her go, Bastet! She can take care of herself. And we won't argue" Umbra finally determined and then let her go. But as soon as she left the building he smiled at Bastet.

"Everything is going according to plan. What do you see?

"I see death on her path. He won't find her after all. The dice have been cast. We can no longer change their fate from now on. Even if we wanted to. But everything is in danger by this witch!