Monday, January 9, 2012
Ozero Kiyeng-Kyuyel Lake,
Taymyrsky District,
Siberia, Russia
"That's quite a story," voices Vixen, "But are we not going to address the elephant in the room?" she asks, staring straight at Batman.
"And what would that be?" asks Batman, as he can tell by the two-women body language, they are pissed off at him.
"That you fucking lied to us," replies Hawkgirl, staring at Batman, with the same glare as Vixen, "You should have told us!"
"Why?" asks Batman, "What good would it do? Besides, you wouldn't have agreed since Hawkgirl is Pro-Galaxy. Vixen you're neutral at best but given your relationship with John..."
"You're a fucking asshole!" replies Vixen, "And don't you dare used my failed relationship to justify your misogynistic behavior!"
"Misogynistic behavior, really?" asks Batman, "I'm a misogynist because I'm not treating you any differently than I would anyone else, regardless of their gender?"
"You should have trusted us and told us the actual mission instead of lying," answers Hawkgirl, standing with Vixen on this issue, as Vixen says, "Sheira's right. You should have been upfront with us before we left the Watchtower."
"You're fucking with me, right?" asks Batman, wondering if the two women had ever met him before, but the expression on their faces reveal they are being serious as Batman continues, "I trust very few people and rarely tell anyone more than I think they need to know. Nightwing criticized this about me before. If you think I treated you differently then you're acting like some extremist, screaming at all of the negative comments or people who disagreed with but grouping anyone who voices a different opinion into that one group, 'the other.'"
"Superman's right, you're a fucking dick!" voices Vixen, who had always been a centrist regarding the whole Pro-Earth vs. Pro-Galaxy argument since she can see that both sides had valid points. She had the same discussion with two of her previous boyfriends, Mr. Terrific, a Pro-Earth, Batman loyalist and Steel, a Pro-Galaxy, Superman supporter. Batman just shrugs off the comment before explaining, "Superman is entitled to his opinion, but the reality is that we're very different people because of our life experiences. Whereas Superman relied on his strengths and powers, my greatest weapon is and will always be my mind, which you can't take away. Its only weakness is Father Time. Who was it that came up with a plan to trap Doomsday for all time? Who was it that came up with the plan to defeat the Imperium, Vandal Savage, Lex Luthor, among others? Who's it that had contingency plans for other threats to this planet?"
"We fucking get it!" yells Hawkgirl, "You're a master tactician, but if your ego gets any bigger there will not be room for Vixen and me inside this fucking tent!"
"It's too bad that your cock isn't as big as your ego," voices Vixen, laughing to herself, but Batman let out a small chuckle himself, as he hears the voice inside his head say, '
Teach that bitch a lesson
,' but Batman shakes his head clean of the voice.
"Back to the point about you not telling us the truth and lying to us," says Hawkgirl, but Batman interrupts by commenting, "Technically, I didn't lie. I just didn't tell you everything."
"As Wonder Woman is fond of saying, 'A lie of omission is still a lie,' and no matter how you slice it, you lied," replies Hawkgirl, whose mother, Hawkwoman and Wonder Woman are strong independent women and normally stand together on issues, but the Pro-Earth vs Pro-Galaxy debate found them on the opposite sides. However, they both agreed the Justice League could use more female members, along with Black Canary who supports the inclusion of more women into the league, since currently, the league and crime fighters in general are overwhelmingly male.
'
Tell the bitches how you showed Diana the error of her ways for questioning you
!' said the voice inside his head, which gets harder to ignore but Batman manages to stay calm and explains, "That's one perspective but it's not the only perspective nor is it my perspective. That's something that the Robins have never understood. My not telling them everything's my way of protecting them. After all I'm only human. Now, I will admit that I have made my share of mistakes, and there have been times when I should have told them more than I did but that's hindsight."
"Hindsight?" asks Vixen, "That's an interesting choice of words! In hindsight, we shouldn't have trusted a prick like you. A lesson I learned the hard way and not one I will repeat!"
Batman again seemingly shrug off Vixen's criticism, again, as Hawkgirl says, "You're really some type of asshole!"
"Everyone's entitled to their opinion," replies Batman, who himself had been called an asshole before, amongst other things, "Well, if you two are done throwing your temper tantrum I will explain more details about what happened," voices Batman, but neither woman looks convinced, when Vixen asks, "Why would we believe anything you say? You lied to us. Viewed us as nothing more than a pawn to be moved around at your whim or eye candy."
"You can think of me whatever you want but you are acting like it was my fault that the Javelin was shot down. The reality is much more complex than that. You don't like my recent behavior, then that's fine but that doesn't mean anything to me! Maybe your criticism of me is valid, maybe it's not, since again the Javelin was fucking shot down! However, there is much more going on here than you can imagine. I have never been one to consider other heroes' feelings. This is one of the key differences between Superman and me. At the end of the day, I'm more concerned with protecting Gotham's citizens, and the people of this world. I had such hope for you Vixen."
"What the fuck do you mean by that?" asks Vixen, as Hawkgirl feels like she is a spectator watching a boxing match, between two giants, or maybe a Goliath vs David is a much better example.
"I had thought about recruiting you but your behavior, right now isn't acceptable for even a Junior League members let alone someone who would be work closely with the Batman family and could possibly become a member," replies Batman, deciding he had had enough and moving to the computer station, leaving the two women to talk amongst themselves about the prick Batman's being.
"Do you still think he's up to more than he's telling?" asks Hawkgirl, whispering to Vixen, who look across the tent at Batman, before answering, "Absolutely. He wasn't just randomly bringing us along without a reason, would he? No, I think he's up to something and we should figure out what he is planning."
"How do you suggest we do that?" asks Hawkgirl, curious as to what Vixen's thinking. Vixen quietly thinks for several moments before whispering something into Hawkgirl's ear. While the two women are cooking up a scheme, as gentle snow starts falling as the temperature outside continue to drop and it's getting colder and colder, but while Batman's nice and warm inside of his suit...