As Batman continued to investigate around the abandoned warehouse a light went on inside.<i>Good, finally time for some action.</i>He thought to himself as he took the grappling gun off of his utility belt and held it up pointed toward the rooftop. He pressed the trigger and the cable line jetted out until the metal prongs grasped onto something stable up high. The press of a button helped Batman suddenly propel into the sky until he landed on the rooftop with a thud. Quickly the line was retracted so that Batman could reattach the grappling gun to his utility belt as he traversed the rooftop to the giant skylight.<br/><br/>Peering down inside the giant bat dressed man peered down to witness a purple and green clad thug apparently in the middle of a drug exchange as he saw a large bag of white powder being given to a gaunt looking man in a white tank top and torn blue jeans. It might have been a smaller crime, but stopping a drug transaction would send a message to their boss. As Batman jumped through the skylight, shattering it, the first droplets of rain fell signaling the start of the thunderstorm. The two men were not directly below the window so they were safe from falling shards of glass, but the surprised look on both of their faces indicated they had not been expecting company.<br/><br/>A batarang sliced through the air and the blunt end hit the hand of the goon forcing him to drop the bag as Batman landed gracefully with help from his cape. "Bad timing?" He quipped as he marched forward with a scowl, each footstep landing with a thud and the first few crunching glass underneath them. The theme for the night was going to be pain, no death, but lots of pain. Both men charged him with the smaller man, who had buzzed red hair and stood maybe 5'6" tall, getting to Batman first. He ducked his head with precise timing, and with his left hand flipped the man over his head.<br/><br/>As he stood straight to complete the motion he took a hard punch to hos right ribs. Batman winced a bit, the protection was weaker there and his ribs felt the blow, still the thug shook his hand and winced as well. There was a sickening crunch behind him as the smaller man landed on his right arm and broke it. Screams of agony rang out as Batman backpeddaled, not out of retreat, but to stomp the man's head into the ground. He fell into unconciousness, leaving only the bigger brute. He had a black shirt and a purple and green jacket on.<br/><br/>This was not going to be a pleasant fight, but Batman was overconfident he would win. The man had already hurt his hand, but his left hand had no glove either, the right one did, and it was headed straight for his head. Batman parried the right hook and landed a counter left to the gut. He saw the man gasp for air as he put him in a Thai clinch and brough his right knee up into the man's sternum before he was pushed back with surprising strength. Batman was more skilled, but the thug had some endurance and thus earned some respect, a short uppercut from his right landed in Batman's stomach, the hard punch doubled him slightly as a left hook landed that staggered Batman a little bit.<br/><br/>Then, as if he had not been hit at all, Batman burst forward with a hard right boot to the chest that sent the thug reeling and a right hook square on the jaw put him down, but not out. "Who are you?" Came the cry from below. Batman smirked slightly, "I'm Batman, tell your boss I am coming for him."<br/><br/>"You mean her," the man said below, "coming for her, will do, but she will eat you alive."<br/><br/>"I doubt that very much," Batman retorted as he kicked the man in the right ribs for good measure. He left the men in the warehouse, his message had been delivered now he just had to wait for a response. He marched outside into the pouring rain, lightning flashed across the sky as water repelled off of his suit in beads. The night was young, only about 7 PM he had many hours to go as he made it to the Batmobile and drove toward downtown Gotham for more patrols.<br/><br/>The thug, Ortig, had noticed the way Batman winced from the side and called up The Joker to relay the message and the news.