Birds of Prey fanfiction: Crime lord China White’s thugs corner Black Canary. Will Sonya Blade and her ex-partner Cliff LoDolce get to their ally in time?
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The two suited Chinese men Dinah Lance followed into the alley turned on her as if expecting her. She glanced over her shoulder.
Two more men entered the mouth of the alley, cutting off her exit. They matched the rough descriptions of the two who lured her into the alley.
Looking up, Dinah saw the two men with rifles on the roofs of either building forming the alley.
The four men on the ground slowly moved in, boxing Dinah.
They drew knives.
She thanked the heavens that none of them said anything stupid like, “We’re here to silence you, Black Canary.” That would piss her off in its banality. She gave half a thought to how they even knew to come after her.
Dinah would beat that information out of them.
Turning toward the man on the roof on the right, Dinah let out a Canary Cry. A wave of sonic force pummeled the man, sending him into the air and backward on the roof.
As the other sniper aimed, Dinah brought her cry around to him, getting the same results.
The men on the ground were within striking distance, too close for the Canary Cry. Physical combat would win the day now.
That’s why Dinah’s mother, the original Black Canary, sent fifteen-year-old Dinah to train for nearly a decade with one of the greatest martial artists in all the world.
Turning, Dinah lashed out with two martial arts maneuvers that quickly took down two of her opponents.
The other two men attacked. Dinah deflected one attacker’s blow with her arm. Then she felt a knife rip across her back.
The wound stung but was more annoying than damaging.
The real crime was the attack slashed one of Dinah’s favorite gig shirts.
Dinah answered the attack with a boot to the attacker’s face. She used the momentum of her kick to launch another one with her other boot.
The last man went down.
“If this really was an ambush,” Dinah said to her fallen enemies, “you really should have sent tougher enemies.”
“That was just a test,” a guttural Australian voice said from further into the alley.
Dinah recognized it as Kano.
“Thought we put you away,” she said.
Looking down the alley, Dinah saw Kano’s glowing red eye as he walked out of whatever establishment occupied the building to her right.
“You know jail’s a revolving door for people like me,” Kano said. He walked into the open and lit a cigar. “‘Specially when they’ve got China White behind ‘em.”
“Can’t imagine how long that’ll last, you keep losing her product.”
Kano spit. “She said I can make it up to her. By killin’ you.”
Dinah shook her head. “We’ve had that dance,” she said. “You have two left feet.”
“I brought more dance partners this time.”
The door of a building behind Dinah opened. Five ninjas emerged. Three of the five ninjas carried bows, and the other two wielded ninja-to swords.
Back with Kano, five more ninjas emerged from the same building he’d exited. They bore the same weaponry.
Dinah looked back at Kano.
The bastard was smiling.
“And when they’re done with you,” Kano said, “I’ll mop up what’s left.”
Rubbing her temples, Dinah said, “Does this ever get boring to you people? The random attacks, the getting your asses handed to you?”
“Ask me that after we’ve kicked your sweet lil’ ass,” Kano said.
LoDolce’s ability to maneuver through Downtown Seattle traffic on a Friday as afternoon turned to night impressed Sonya. She still worried that despite their efforts, they might still be too late.
She knew Dinah was playing with her band in Belltown tonight. Sonya also knew that the area of town was ripe with innocents, making the area ideal for an attack with casualties.
Then, a bomb went off.
If Dinah wasn’t already at the scene, she was on her way. Back at China’s place, Sonya had noticed Kano conspicuously absent from the beatdown she gave China’s men.
Reliable betting had him out finding Dinah to save face for his failure at the docks.
Sonya and LoDolce were close to Belltown, but the traffic had stopped moving. LoDolce gripped the wheel, but there was little he could do.
“Procedure is to close all roads leading into the incident area,” LoDolce said.
Sonya threw open her door and practically jumped out of the vehicle.
“You want backup?” LoDolce yelled out the open door.
Sonya hesitated long enough to shout back, “Keep your phone handy! I’ll call you when I know where we need it!”
How will Black Canary square off against ninjas? Will Somya reach her in time to help? There’s only one way to find out! Read on!
While writing this fanfiction, I used Green Ronin’s Mutants and Masterminds, 3rd Edition RPG, to leave some things to chance. Check it out!
Like this Birds of Prey fanfiction? Check out Mark’s original “Shadowdance” saga books!
