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Post by lennyjava on May 19, 2012 5:20:21 GMT 1
Afternoon in Gotham City. Day 2 of The Kane Candy Company Annual Candy Convention
The general masses of Gotham joined the big wigs in the candy industries (as well as their spoiled kids) for the biggest day of the three-day Kane Candy Company Candy Convention; the day founder and CEO Clayton Kane revealed his company's latest creation, the Kane Ultimate Chocolate Bar, which would hit all stores later in the year. Standing beside his daughter, Candace Kane, Clayton stood behind a podium in the convention center's main hall and in front of a screen revealing the new candy bar. After the applause, he promised all that this bar would prove that Kane's candy was the candy of the future!
As he spoke, a quartet of what appeared to be people in gingerbread man costumes walked in holding gummi bear shaped balloons. Thinking they were just part of the convention to please the kiddies, Kane went on with his speech. Suddenly, multi-colored gas fired from the gummi bears, knocking out everyone who breathed the gas in, including Kane and his daughter. Once it cleared, a funny man in a green jacket, orange bow tie, red shirt, yellow gloves, red slacks, purple shoes, and a blue bowler leaped into the room and danced about with a cane with a top that was shaped like a gumdrop as the gingerbread men, who were actually androids, relieved the wealthy convention guests of their money and jewels. The man himself made his way over to Kane and slapped him around a bit.
"Clayton!" he said in a gleeful, rapid. "Wakey, wakey, time for school!" Kane woke up, woozy at first, but then his eyes widened at who he saw.
"Gulliver Swiss?" growled Kane.
"No! No! No! No! No!" chuckled the man in the funny suit. "You ended my life as Swiss a long, long, long time ago! I am now the criminal candy man, the sinister Sultan of Sweets... Sugar Rush! And have I got some treats in store for you! But for now, I'll simply take this!" Sugar Rush then reached into Kane's jacket and took a key card. "Thank you so much! Enjoy the rest of your little convention... because it's going to be your last! Bye bye now!" Sugar Rush then knocked Kane out with his cane before he danced out of the convention, his gingerbread men following him with their loot.
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Post by Derange on May 19, 2012 5:52:44 GMT 1
Of course he wouldn’t deny it, still a kid at heart and maybe still somewhere mentally as well. Daniel found himself in a line and seemed eager to get to the sights and samples. He was here for the candy convention and it seemed he wasn’t the only one who liked sugary sweets, the place was packed, mostly with screaming brats. The young man grinned happily and then turned to her and rolled his eyes. The girl beside him looked like a sour puss and he nudged her shoulder.
“Come on drop the grumpy look, we are in public.” Dan said as he looked over at Emily with face.
“I want to go home, this is dumb.” Emily said with a sigh.
“You wanted to get out of the house, out of the craziness, out with people, ok this is that.”
“But this is your thing.” She said mumbling.
He didn’t understand, nothing seemed to make Emily happy; she had become more emotional over the past few months and was rather snippy with him. He had his hands filled with her teenage dramas and lately had been leaving her out of the clown business. He hadn’t even introduced her to Killer Croc his new employee at the time, yet but that probably won’t go over well anyway.
Daniel looked at his watch as they stood in line to get into the convention, it was already starting. He could see over the people’s heads that the founder was speaking but that’s when something went wrong. The place started to fill with colorful gas and he suddenly assumed it was Joker gas. He looped his arm through Emily’s and pulled her out of the line suddenly, darting towards a stairwell before the panicked crowd. Derange explained on the way down, it was a good thing they found a place right outside to park in the VIP section and he packed the stuff.
It didn’t take long for the two to get dressed up and Derange and his henchgirl Duckie re-enter the building via the Elevator, since everyone who escaped would use the stairs. By then the gas had settled and the place was littered with sleeping people. Derange skipped around them and came to the area they once were and looked around.
He leaned against the wall as he heard someone coming and hid there, sucking in his gut. He motioned to Duckie but it was too late, she wasn’t paying attention and people came around the corner with her standing right in the middle of the way. Her confused eyes met some strange man dressed in colorful clothes and some giant walking cookies. She didn’t know what to do
“Uuummm...” The girl in the fuzzy yellow duck costume was at a loss of words.
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Post by lennyjava on May 19, 2012 6:06:22 GMT 1
Sugar Rush laughed at the girl in the duck costume as he drew close to the exit.
"You part of the show?" he asked, once again in a hyperactive tone. "Better bring in some entertainment right away! The people in there are so bored that they fell asleep! Hehehehehehehe!" Sugar Rush then grinned at the sight of approaching police cars. "Figures someone had to be close to an alarm!" Sugar Rush then pulled a handful of what looked like gumballs from his pocket. "They call the Gotham City Police Department a well-oiled machine. Well it's time to gum up the works!" Sugar Rush threw the gumballs at the squad cars. Upon impact, the gumballs exploded and the cars were almost completely covered in super sticky bubble gum. The cars couldn't move and the police couldn't exit.
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Post by Derange on May 20, 2012 0:54:35 GMT 1
Standing just around the corner, Derange listened to the man whom met Duckie head on. He didn’t recognize the voice as the clown son prince. There was a lack of the sadist atmosphere the clown son brought but it was replaced with someone else’s nectar like aura. The man speaking had excitement in his voice. Derange stood there a moment listening to their conversation as he hide. Duckie sure did know how to make an entrance, well at least she hadn’t messed things up, yet.
The girl in the Duck suit just looked at him and then glanced half way back wondering where her boss ran off too; leaving her to face the unknown menace. She listened to what he had to say and answered him.
“The show? No, I don’t think so. I’m umm..” She said and looked at the people on the ground and towards the convention center where the curious man dressed in colors just exited. Then he said someone pulled the alarm, they thought she did?
“I didn’t pull the alarm, honest.” She said and looked at the giant gingerbread men who were his henchmen.
As he moved out towards the exit there was a disturbance, a few squad cars pulled towards the hall, sirens blazing. The man then chucked some strange balls towards them and they exploded, covered the cars in some sort of gooy mess before the cops could get out to assess the issue at hand. With his back turned to the cops, Derange knew it was time to make an appearance to this interested villain. He slides up past Duckie, giving her a noogie and walked towards the man with a big grin on his face. He came up right a side him about 15 feet.
“Well , that sure will make a sticky situation for our boys in blue. Nice toys.”
The clown stood there leaning on a pillar with a half grin and his arms crossed. Even with his blue hair, black white and teal costume, the thing that probably would stick out most to SugerRush would be the two lollipops in his shirt pocket. One was round and colored light blue, the other was a large dark blue and white spiraled one. Along with candy, Derange also sported some weapons, some lethal, others just for fun; the two clearly had something in common. The clown just looked at the man all dressed in colors and grinned. He hadn’t found anyone as colorful as him around; everyone was so dark and serious.
“Well, you seem to be new in the city of Gotham, aren’t you going to introduce yourself? After all, we can’t have strange characters like you just running about tossing your bubble gum in the street, that’s littering pal.” He said with a brood face and then he cracked a smile. If Suger Rush watched the news or read the papers he would sure to know who Derange was.
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Post by lennyjava on May 20, 2012 2:04:24 GMT 1
"Who am I? I am the world's greatest candy maker, the Sinister Sultan of Sweets, the King of Criminal Confections! I am Sugar Rush!" Sugar Rush bowed to the too. "And I'm not exactly new. Ask Clayton Kane in there when wakes up. He knows me very well. However, I am a bit new to this crime game, though I must say that so far it's been quite tasty! I take it you are a professional at all this. What may I call you, Mr. Funny Man?" Sugar Rush then pulled out a box of chocolate covered peanuts, threw one in the air, and caught it in his mouth.
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Post by Derange on May 20, 2012 4:13:30 GMT 1
The world’s greatest candy maker? Well he wasn’t sure about that but the man sure seemed full up on himself and his profession. Derange took a bow as well to the man and the array of cookies beside him. He grinned as he listened to SugarRush explain himself. Derange laughed.
“Mr. Funny Man, that’s funny, funny that you would think I’m funny because I’m a clown.” He became really stern and serious but cracked up after a moment. He put his hand out to shake.
“‘You’ve got me there. The name is Derange, and I am not an amateur by far, a pro? well I wouldn’t go bragging. But I do enjoy my work. This here is Duckie, she’s a bit shy but don’t mind her. Say hello Duckie.”
“Um hello.” She said just standing there unsure about what to make the whole thing out to be.
“So, Interesting, who might Mr. Kane be to you? Apparently someone you’d go a great length for, in klunking out a couple hundred spectators. An enemy I take it?” He asked. And stepped aside and picked up a piece of strawberry candy on a sale table and unwrapped it.
“You know I’m kind of fond of this brand, I get a lot of candy from Mr. Kanes Company. Just what are you planning here; it smells bitter sweet to me.” He said and went to put it in his mouth.
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Post by lennyjava on May 20, 2012 4:37:19 GMT 1
"Yes, Mr. Kane's candy is the best..." Sugar Rush said as he shook Derange's hand. He then gritted his teeth as his face grew red, going from happy to enraged in a second. "AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT!!! EVERYTHING HE'S CREATED IS BASED OFF MY RECIPES!!! MINE! MINE! MINE! I'M THE ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT PODIUM, NOT THAT OLD SO-AND-SO!!!!" Sugar Rush then instantly calmed again and laughed. "But it's okay. Things were sour, but I'm going to make then sweet again, starting with this little old key card I stole." Sugar Rush flased the card he had taken from Kane's jacket. "You and Quackers or whatever her name is over there want in? Could be a lot of fun, a little murder and a lot of mayhem involved, and I can guarantee you all the candy you can eat!"
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Post by Derange on May 21, 2012 2:59:48 GMT 1
Shaking the man’s hand he noticed his face turning color, there was tension building in the man’s eyes and suddenly he exploded in anger. If he got any madder he might have started jumping up and down and blew steam out his ears. Apparently whatever Derange had said made Suger Rush very uneasy, he was slowly starting to put the pieces together on this new found ally. It seemed he was a victim, stabbed in the back by a former boss. And now he was about to try and take it back. He didn’t know if Suger Rush knew what he was doing but it seemed to be out of a fit of pure revenge.
“Doesn’t sound like a nice fellow. Let me guess, he took you under his wing and then stole everything you ever created. Killed the very passion of your life and you had no way to prove it. Hmm looks like you’re out for some sweet revenge, could be fun to tag along. What you say Duckie, up for a candy filled adventure??” He said.
“We better get moving, with the coppers all chewing on hubba bubba, we’ll be expecting some pesky caped fiends. So on to the tour Candy Man, I’ll lend you a hand. Who knows you might be in need of my expertise. You can tell me all the details on the way.” He grinned as he walked out with Suger Rush, his hand on Duckie’s shoulder.
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Post by lennyjava on May 21, 2012 3:14:42 GMT 1
Sugar Rush then pressed a button on his cane and a strange car drove up by itself. It was mutli-colored with headlights that looked like gumdrops, wheels that looked like peppermints, and chocolate brown stripes on the sides.
"I don't know if you brought transportation, pally, but you're free to join me in my Candy-Lac!" said Sugar Rush as he hopped in. "As for these costumed super-suckers, I could worry little about them. Once they tried to break into my candy factory, I'll treat them with a warm welcome of acidic hot fudge! Ha!"
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Post by Derange on May 21, 2012 4:02:55 GMT 1
“I am currently without transportation so sure, I’d like a ride, so….” He started.
Giving off an excited cackle, Derange was pleased with the car that suddenly pulled up before them, it was almost and stunning as his ride what was in the works. He nodded and he opened the door and pushed Duckie forward. Closing it, he skipped around the car.
"Great another crazy adventure with another crazy clo.." Duckie started to mutter before Derange smacked her over the head.
"Manners feather brain! Don't start." He whispered with a stern face.
“Sooo, Do we need to wear blind folds to your little hide out or we cool? Sounds like you have this all planned of Sug, I’d like to see what else you have hidden under the candy wrapper. Are we leaving an surprises for our caped friends?” Derange asked and hopped in the passager seat and laughed as they zoomed away. The Bats and Birds would soon show there anyways.
“Don’t forget your seat belts kids.” He said as they started toward the unknown factory.
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Post by lennyjava on May 21, 2012 4:11:43 GMT 1
"Not leaving one now, old boy, but I assure you they and old man Kane are in for a sweet surprise!" laughed Sugar Rush as they sped away.
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Later, Clayton Kane stood enraged as he looked over the mess the master criminals had made. His daughter Candace stood calm and quiet nearby. Several reporters and police officers tried to talk to Kane, and he tried his best to look professional.
Meanwhile, The Candy-Lac arrived at Candy World, a defunct chemical plant which Sugar Rush had turned into his criminal candy factory. If one looked inside, one could not tell that it was once a chemical plant. It had been transformed into something out of a Ronald Dahl novel.
"Welcome to my home, my boy!" smiled Sugar Rush. "If you'll make yourself cozy, I'll have us some peppermint tea prepared and we'll discuss phase two of my confectionery caper!"
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Post by jameswayne on May 21, 2012 9:58:20 GMT 1
James was flying over Gotham, happy to get out on his nightly patrol. The bat-suit always made him feel like he was a bird who could just fly into the air and lose himself. Flying forward, he landed on a roof, and he looked around. The city looked peaceful. A bit too peaceful for the young Waynes likening. Looking around once again, he cracked his neck and leapt off of the building, extending the extendible wings of his suit and flew forward.
Flying through the city, James saw a candy themed truck driving away, and he flew in the direction that the truck had come out of. Diving down into the alley way, he landed on his feet and his wings retracted. Walking forward, he switched the masks lenses to night vision mode, and he saw several police officers and reports talking to a man. Walking closer, he cleared his throat.
“Sir, I would like to talk to you about the events that have just happened. I wish to help, and I will do it anyway I can. But I need to know all of the details first.” Looking at the man, he kept acting calm and stoic. This was what his second personality, the black bat personality was for. To be stoic and calm in tough situations.
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Post by lennyjava on May 21, 2012 16:01:01 GMT 1
Clayton Kane had heard of the mysterious Black Bat, and heard he had helped people like the legendary Batman. As his fiery-haired daughter, Candace, eyed the Black Bat favorably, Clayton made his way over.
"Pretty darn simple really," he growled under his bushy mustache. "Ex-employee went nuts, and wants to get back at me for firing him, which I had to of course. He was getting out of line. Anyway, he stole something very valuable to me; a key card to my safe. In that safe, there's a good deal of money, but more importantly there's a memory chip containing all the recipes for this year's new products. I have full security on it, but considering what he did to the police today, I don't know if I can rely on them."
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Post by jameswayne on May 24, 2012 16:59:45 GMT 1
Black Bat was quite used to people going straight to business, and it was no different with this man. James remembered that his name was Clayton Kane, the CEO of the Kane Candy Company. So, someone was trying to steal his recipes. Which really didn't make sense, as a villain wouldn't try to steal recipes.
He listened intently to the man, and he realized that the car he had seen leaving was the one that must have been the getaway car for this robbery. Nodding, he said “Is there anyway to trace him? Does he have anything from the company, like a old Identity card. If you can give me the tracker for something like that, if he still has it I can track him. As well as this, I will return the memory chip with no damage to it.” After he said all this, Black Bat was ready to go after the guy who had committed the theft and bring him to justice, and he then rubbed his hands together.
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Post by lennyjava on May 24, 2012 17:09:48 GMT 1
"We might be able to do better than that," said Candace Kane. "His name's Gulliver Swiss, and after my father terminated his employment, he moved near a condemned chemical plant in downtown Gotham, Allied Chemicals I believe."
"How did you know that, Candace?" asked her father.
"It's my job to know these things," said Candace. "You know, should a disgruntled ex-employee seek revenge on you and all."
"Cute," smirked Clayton.
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