“Birds of Prey” fanfiction!
Dinah Lance (a.k.a. Black Canary) and her friend Detective Sonya Blade survived the poisoning at the criminal Kano’s hand — but now they have to find him.
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Sonya Blade splashed water onto her face. Looking at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. She admitted she looked better than she had a week ago but still felt like shit.
That happens when a ninja poisons you.
A damned ninja.
China White was serious in her efforts to get rid of Sonya and, by extension, her ally Black Canary, a.k.a. Dinah Lance.
White had lured the Canary out of her civilian identity with a bomb in Belltown. She then sent Kano and some damned ninjas after her.
Sonya was lucky enough to come along when she did but fell prey to the ninjas’ poison, too.
Both she and Dinah ended up in a hospital thanks to Detective Cliff LoDolce, Sonya’s ex-partner from the vice division. But the detective knew the women weren’t safe there. With the antidote in hand, LoDolce stashed both women in an off-the-books safe house lest White try again.
That’d been two weeks ago.
No one would find them at this safe house because no one would be brave enough to come to this neighborhood. The harsh level of living here forged a people whom even ninjas would fear.
It was LoDolce’s hometown, which explained all one needed to know about how tough a man he was.
Both women were forced to put their lives on hold while recuperating in the safe house. Meanwhile, White was out there moving her plan forward.
Worse, Kano, the bastard who killed Sonya’s homicide partner, Detective Dequinn Stevens, was still out there.
And how the hell did China White get ninjas?
Sonya dried her face with a towel and left the bathroom.
The safe house was a studio apartment. It was so beat up it wouldn’t even qualify as Section Eight housing. But the two twin mattresses without frames, running water that didn’t taste too bad, a few beat-up lamps, Wi-Fi, and electricity made the place livable.
More importantly, China White didn’t know where the women were.
Dinah sat on the floor in the main room. Sonya’s laptop rested on the vigilante’s lap. Dinah looked at it as if she were a cavewoman astounded by the magical device in front of her.
“What are you trying to do?” Sonya asked as she approached Dinah.
“I want your magic box to show me news about China White and her asshole Aussie asshole,” Dinah replied.
Sonya sat down next to her friend. Both women finally felt fit enough to fight back. Their problem was not knowing where to throw their punches.
The women had no damaging evidence against White. You couldn’t arrest someone and keep them locked up because they implied they were going to kill you. Otherwise, law enforcement would have to lock up eighty percent of social media users.
LoDolce told them the investigation into the bomb went nowhere. The ninja ash gave no clues, and Kano was in the wind.
If they found Kano, they could use his and the ninjas’ attacks on Dinah to arrest Kano. But that would require explaining why he targeted her.
That could require revealing her identity as Black Canary. Sonya wouldn’t ask that of her friend.
All they could do now was wait for Kano to move, catch him in the act, and hope he got less corrupt judges the next time.
Sonya moved the laptop in front of her. Logging into the Seattle Police Department network, she started a search through the recent crimes database for any sightings of Kano or the ninjas in other incidents.
As she typed, Sonya said, “You are aware this is the twenty-first century, and computer use is essential to existence, right?”
Dinah huffed. “I’m still alive. Who needs a Goggle?”
Sonya stifled a laugh. “Google.”
Dinah threw up her hands in a “whatever” gesture.
Sonya frowned. The SPD hadn’t logged Kano’s attack in the database. What else was the department hiding? How deep did China White’s corruption go?
“Here’s a thought,” Dinah said.
“From you?”
Dinah hit Sonya’s arm a little harder than she needed to. “I can sing, punch, and occasionally come up with a good tactic,” Dinah said. “Now listen. Kano said White gave him a second chance, but he had to kill me. He messed that up.”
“He poisoned you. Since he can’t find a body, he’ll assume he succeeded.”
“Do you think that’ll be enough for China White? Not having the bodies?”
Sonya’s expression showed sympathy for Dinah’s reasoning. The vigilante continued.
“If China was gonna let him live, it’d be best for Kano to get the hell outta Dodge while things cooled down. Especially since he and China know those damned vigilantes could come back at any time and with a vengeance.”
Sonya nodded. “Reasonable.”
Sonya thought for a moment, then typed on the computer. “Kano worked in Thailand, China, and Japan before coming stateside for White. I’ll start the search there.”
Dinah shook her head. Sonya looked at her with a question on her face.
“It’s just that I knew another Chinese-based crime lord who worked those areas,” Dinah said.
“You think Kano worked for them and White stole him away?”
Dinah bit her lip. “She wouldn’t have had to steal Kano.”
“Why not?”
Dinah hesitated, not entirely wanting to answer. Turning from her friend, she eventually said, “He fell off a rooftop. I may or may not have kicked him just before that.”
Sonya flinched but quickly withheld her judgment. Her eyes narrowed. “Thought you didn’t do crime lords.”
Looking back at Sonya, Dinah said, “He’s the reason I don’t do crime lords anymore.”
Sonya took a breath to let Dinah’s statement sit for a moment. She eventually asked, “Any reason that particular crime lord?”
Dinah rubbed her face, then stood up. “If White picked up Kano from my crime lord, the trail ends in Gotham City.”
“Why there?”
“Because that’s where the crime lord fell of the roof.”
Sonya leaned back on her elbows. “Kano needs to get out of town. White wants more territory, knows Gotham is open.”
The Seattle detective looked at her vigilante partner and noticed her rubbing her hands together. “What really happened in Gotham, Dinah?”
Dinah stopped rubbing her hands. She looked at Sonya. “Doesn’t matter. As long as we get Kano. How do we find out if he’s there?”
What secret is Dinah hiding? Did Kano flee to Gotham City? Come back for the next chapter and find out!
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!
