Batman: First Knight (by Comiccow6)

Hello everybody! So, I've decided to repost my first Batman fan fic to tie in with my DCCU. So, here you go! Enjoy!

THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN AQUAMAN AND NIGHTWING, AND SHORTLY BEFORE FLASH.

Gotham City. This place is hell on Earth. Crime comes here to stay. A corrupt police force makes everything worse. Some people leave. It doesn't help. Gotham needed a savior. And I answered the call for help. Gotham may be Hell. But it's my Hell.

WAYNE MANOR
Young Bruce Wayne is asleep. He has black hair, and blue eyes. His bedroom door opens, and his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne come in.

Martha: "Bruce. wake up. Today is a big day."
Bruce: "Huh?"
Thomas and Martha: "Happy Birthday Bruce!"
Bruce: "Oh! This is great! Is Harvey here yet? Is Selina?"
Thomas: "Bruce it's only 7:00. Your friends won't be here until after I show you Wayne Enterprises."
Bruce: "What! I'm going to go in the building?"
Martha: "Yes Bruce. Alfred is going to make you whatEVER you want."
Bruce: "Anything? This birthday is the best already!"
Thomas: "I'm glad you think so. Come on, get out of those pajamas and come down to the dining room."
Bruce: "Got it."
Bruce got dressed and raced down the halls of Wayne Manor to the dining room. When he got down he told Alfred, the Wayne's butler, exactly what he wanted.
Bruce: "...with eggs and toast with butter, oh, and a little bit of jam. Strawberry please."
Alfred:"Of course Master Bruce. I just hope you'll be able to get it all down. And that we have enough food."
Thomas: "Oh he'll need the energy to see the Tower."
Bruce: "Oh I can't wait!"
After Bruce had eaten his breakfast and gotten ready for the trip to Wayne Tower, he went with his father, mother, and Alfred to the car. Alfred rode them to the Gotham Monorail, where Alfred stayed behind, and the family got on. They rode the monorail to Wayne Tower, and went inside.

WAYNE INDUSTRIES
The Tower was shaped as a cylinder, shooting up from a massive dome. The family walked in, an expansive, domed room waiting. People were walking around, and there was a huge fountain in the center.

Bruce: "Wow!"
Thomas: "I know Bruce, it's quite a sight. But you need to be quiet. "
Bruce: "Oh, sorry dad."
Thomas: "No, it's fine Bruce, but oh! Mr. Strange is here. Hello Hugo."
Strange: "Hello Mr. Wayne. Mrs Wayne. Ah, and this must be Bruce. Your father has told me so much about you."
Bruce: "Hello Mr. Strange."
Thomas: "Bruce, this is my executive officer, Hugo Strange. He's my second in command, if you will."
Strange was balding, with graying hair and large, round glasses.
Strange: "Come now Bruce, there's much to see."
They followed Strange to an elevator. It had many buttons, labeled 1-68.
Strange: "Where shall we begin Mr. Wayne?"
Thomas: "Why not the prototype department?"
Strange: "Mmm. Bruce will love this."
Hugo pressed the button labeled 1. They went down 5 floors, and when the doors opened, there were boxes and drawers and tables with blueprints all over.
Strange: "Follow me, Mr. Fox will want to meet you before anything else."

They went through a large room, full of aisles, tables, and drawers. They walked until they saw a man holding a kind of gun.
Thomas: "Hello Lucius."
Lucius: "Oh Mr. Wayne. Mrs. Wayne. And little Bruce Wayne. How's your tour been?"
Martha: "Actually, we came to see you first."
Lucius: "Well I must admit I'm surprised. Might want to see the view from up top. I'll make sure that you won't soon forget me. You see this Bruce? What do you think it is?"
Lucius showed him the shotgun-like device.
Bruce: "Some kind of gun?"
Lucius: "Yes, in a way. It is a gun, but not for attacking. For escaping, confusion. You see this ball? It's a smoke ball. You press a button, throw it on the floor, and a layer of smoke will come out. Then..."
The smoke cleared, and Mr. Fox was gone. Bruce looked up, and saw him on top of one of the aisles.
Lucius: "Pretty neat, huh?"

Hugo led them through the buildings many floors. Finally, they reached the top of the Tower, Thomas Wayne's office.
Strange: "This is your father's office Bruce. Look out at Gotham. It's much better from up here than from down there, for sure. Well, that concludes our tour. I'll see you later Bruce. Good-bye Mr. Wayne, Mrs. Wayne. I give you a fond farewell. Take care."
They went down to the domed room, and onto the monorail. When Alfred picked them up, and brought them back to Wayne Manor, Bruce was extremely exited. He walked in with his parents, to a room filled with children and their families.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE!!!"
The guests yelled out. The Elliot family was there. As was the Sionis family. But Bruce was looking for...
Bruce: "Selina!"
A short/black-haired, thin, green-eyed girl walked over. It was Selina Kyle.
Selina: "Happy Birthday Bruce! I got you a great present. Really great. Here's a clue. Thanks again for the kitten on my birthday. I love her."
Bruce: "Thanks Selina. I'm not getting a cat am I? I am. Is Harvey here yet?"
Selina: "No, I heard my aunt on the phone with Harvey's mom. I think he might be having one of his...you know...mood swings."
Bruce: "Oh. Big Bad Harv."
Selina: "Don't worry, it was 20 minutes ago, so we just have to wait about...10 minutes for it to pass. How was the Tower?"
Bruce: "It was great! There was one man, Mr. Fox, who had a...um...a grappling gun and a smoke ball. But Mr. Strange was well, just that. Strange."
Selina: "I heard from a 7th grader that he goes over to the asylum sometimes and...and takes some inmates lobotomy. He even puts them in other people."
Bruce: "Gross. Well, Harvey should be here soon. I hope he doesn't have a mood swing again."
Selina: "I don't think he's ever answered, or gives three choices. It's either one or the other."
Ding-Dong-Ding!!!
Bruce: "That must be Harvey!"
They opened the door, and Harvey, a brown-haired, pale kid walks in.
Bruce: "Hi Harvey!"
Harvey: "Hi guys, I'm happy to be here... arg... who needs you... no! I'm sorry. Bruce, I'll go if you want."
Bruce: "No, no it's fine."
Harvey: "Well happy birthday. I hope that Tommy or Roman don't ruin it for everyone else."
Selina: "Ugh. Don't even mention that...that lunatic."
Harvey: "Who? Roman? He isn't that-"
Bruce: "Okay, okay. It's too bad that John didn't get here. Oh, John Grayson. He was my friend a while ago. He moved when his father formed the Flying Grayson's act in The Abramvomci Circus. We've kept in touch and he was going to come to Gotham a little while before today. I guess something came up."
Martha: "Well I'm sure you'll still have a fine birthday."
Bruce: "Yeah Mom."
Martha: "You should go thank Alfred. He decorated this place, and is making your cake right now, so it'll be out of the oven only an hour and a half."
Bruce: "Okay Mom. I'll go do that now. See ya."
Bruce went to the kitchen to thank Alfred. He was mixing the ingredients to the cake together, and saw Bruce.
Alfred: "Hello Master Bruce. How was your tour of Wayne Tower?"
Bruce: "It was great! I met Mr. Strange, and a man named Mr. Fox. The rest was um..."
Alfred: "Ah Lucius. We were friends a long time ago. We still are. And I believe the word you are looking for is boring."
Bruce: "Well, Alfred, you're right. I just wanted to say thanks."
Alfred: "It was nothing."

After Bruce had eaten his cake with everyone, he went to open his gifts. From Selina, he got a puppy, which he named Ace.
Bruce: "Thank you Selina. For not getting me a cat."
From Harvey, he got two things. One Bruce loved, and one that was okay, but still good. After everything was finished, and the guests left, Bruce was ready to go to sleep. As he was about to fall asleep, his father told him that he could go see a movie that Bruce really wanted to see.
Bruce: "Thanks dad."

THE MONARCH THEATER
Thomas, Martha and Bruce went in and found a seat. The movie was about a costumed man who avenged his parent's deaths by capturing the man who did it and his team of henchmen. Bruce loved the movie, and his parents liked it. For a superhero movie.

Martha: "Alfred should be here by now."
Thomas: "He could be in the back. Let's cut through here."
Martha: "I don't now Tom, maybe we should just wait."
Thomas: "Lets just go check."
Martha: "Okay, but I don't like it."
They went through the ally, and were behind the building, near the other side when...
"Put your hands in the air! Give me your money!"
A mugger was holding a gun, aimed at Thomas' forehead.
Thomas: "Okay, no one needs to be hurt."
Mugger: "And you, the pearls! I said I want your money!"
Martha: "Here, take it-"
BANG!!!
Martha: "TOM!!!"
Mugger: "Quiet lady!!!"
Bruce: "Dad!!!"
Martha: "Oh Tom!!!"
BANG!!!
Bruce: "MOM!!!"
Mugger: "Now you kid."
-click- -click click-
Mugger: "God...out of shots. Thorne's gonna be pissed."
The mugger ran out of the ally leaving Bruce crying over his parent's bodies. The police came in, and so did Alfred. A cop came over to Bruce, and led him into a police car.

THE GCPD BUILDING
Bruce is being asked about the mugger in a room with an officer, an artist, and a second cop eating a hot dog.

Officer: "Bruce, I'm sorry about what happened in that ally. Bruce. Bruce I know you don't want to talk to me, but we need to catch who did this."
Bruce: "He... he had blond hair. And blue eyes. I don't know anything else. Light skin and a raspy voice. A crooked nose. Why? Why did he do it?"
Officer: "I don't know. This city...it does something to people. Makes them do things like this. Your parent's were some of the good ones. Remember that. Did he look like this?"
An artist gave the cop a drawing of the mugger.
Bruce: "Yes. He looked like that."
Cop: "I don' know why e's so sad. E's RICH! E's got a butler, a mansion! E's got everything!"
Officer: "Shut up! He's 9 and all alone. Nothing will fix that. Bruce, I think your friend is here."
Bruce; "Bye officer."
He began to leave the room.
Officer: "Hey son, call me Jim."

Alfred brought Bruce to Wayne Manor, and he started walking through the gardens. He walked over to a well, looked down it, heard a crack, and started to fall. He landed with a thump. At first nothing happened. Then-
"SCREECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hundreds of bats flew around him. He couldn't see anything. He was surrounded by a million screeching animals! He saw Alfred appear in the well's entrance as the animals flew away, and blacked out.

Two Days Later
WAYNE MANOR
Bruce is asleep, and Alfred walks into his room.

Alfred: "Master Bruce? Master Bruce are you awake?"
Bruce: "What is it Alfred? And just call me Bruce."
Alfred: "I just wanted to let you know that I invited some friends over to... mourn your parent's passing. I thought that Mr. Dent and Miss Kyle would cheer you up."
Bruce: "Okay Alfred. I guess it would help. Thanks."
He dropped his head back into his pillow.
Alfred: "Get ready, they're coming in an hour. I hope that you didn't have the nightmare tonight."
Bruce: "No Alfred. No bats."
Alfred: "Good, now start getting ready."
Bruce slowly got up. Alfred went down to the main hall, and heard someone at the door. He opened it, and Hugo Strange was waiting.
Strange: "Hello Mr. Pennyworth. Is Bruce here? I need to tell him something."
Alfred: "Ah. Bruce has just woken up. He'll be down in a minute."
Strange: "Good. Good, it is about Wayne Enterprises. How I will take over until he is ready for the responsibility."
Alfred: "That may not be until late. I heard him one night. He said that he had 'swore to avenge his parent's death'. Something like that. And now he is saying that he wants to learn different fighting techniques and detective skills."
Strange: "Well, these things happen to people. It will pass. It happened to me. I did train myself, when my parents were taken from me, but realized that I couldn't throw my life away fighting crime in the streets of Gotham. Heh heh."
Alfred: "Hopefully you are right. Master Bruce could do much more good from Wayne Tower than from in allies and the streets."
At that time, Bruce came down the staircase and saw Mr. Strange. He walked to the door and looked up at him.
Bruce: "Hello Mr. Strange."
Strange: "Yes, hello Bruce. At your father's... passing, I was appointed as the substitute CEO of Wayne Enterprises. I will run the company the best I can until you are ready to step up."
Bruce: "Okay Mr. Strange. Oh, is that Harvey? And Selina! Hey!"
He ran over to the door, where Alfred was letting his friends in.
Strange: "So innocent. He hides his feelings from even his best friends, I suppose. How... interesting."

Selina: "And I heard that you fell down the well in the gardens. Is that true?"
Bruce: "It is Selina. Geez, where do you learn this stuff? -sigh- Harvey, I...I heard something the mugger said. He said that some guy named Thorne was going to be angry because...he didn't kill me."
Harvey: "Thorne? You mean Rupert Thorne, head of Thorne Industries? That's a lot of Thornes. Huh. He's the third richest businessman in the USA, right under Wayne Enterprises and LexCorp. Bruce, you shouldn't talk about it."
A greasy, black-haired, brown-eyed kid walked over. It was Roman Sionis.
Roman: "Hi everyone, can I join the fun? What, you don't like me? Come on! It's ME Roman. Aw Selina, you have that look in your eye, you find me attractive. Well, too bad you can't have me-Selina will you be my girl?"
Selina: "Roman. Get. Away. From. Me. NOW!!!"
Roman: "Geez, I'm just trying to be nice here."
Selina: "LEAVE."
Roman left and the mourning continued. Everyone left, and Bruce went to bed.

20 Years Later

Bruce looks up at the newly renovated Wayne Tower. He walks inside and goes to the receptionist's desk, and asks to take a tour of the building. An employee comes and leads him to the elevator.
Employee: "Where shall we begin?"
Bruce: "How about floor one?"
Bruce walked out of the elevator and went through the desks, aisles, and tables. Then, he saw Mr. Fox.
Bruce: "Hello."
Lucius: "Ah, and what brings you here?"
Bruce: "Oh, I'm taking a tour of the building and thought I'd start with you."
Lucius: "Bruce? Bruce Wayne? Wow! I thought that you moved to Metropolis or Central City."
Bruce: "Too abnormal. No, I just went out to see the world. Say, do you still have that grappling gun?"
Lucius: "And everything else that was down here when you first came. Strange has forgotten about me. Why, you want to give it a try?"
Bruce: "Maybe a little more than that."

Bruce was going up in the elevator, grapple gun in hand. He was going to the top floor, to see Hugo Strange. He was now completely bald, with a short, grey beard. He still had his glasses, and enlarged facial features.

Strange: "And this new highly reenforced body-suit can-"
Bruce: "Hello. Oh, am I interrupting something? I'll just go then..."
Strange: "Mr. Wayne? You look just like your father. Please, come in. I suppose you're ready to assume responsibility for Wayne Enterprises considering you came?
Bruce: "Oh, yes. But, I may need to learn how exactly how to run the company first."
Strange: "No matter. Visit 5 floors a day, learn what happens there, and you could be ready in less than 2 weeks."
Bruce: "Okay then. Good-bye, Mr. Strange."
Strange: "Good-bye to you, Mr. Wayne."

Bruce drove away from the Tower, ready to go to Wayne Manor. He got out his phone and called Alfred.
Bruce: "Did you finish construction of the Cave yet?"
Alfred: "Sadly I have. It is not too late to turn back Master Bruce."
Bruce: "I'm afraid it is Alfred."
Alfred: "Pity. Well, I'll open the entrance now."
Bruce was driving toward the side of a cliff. He sped up, and was about to hit when he entered a tunnel. Bats flew in front of him but he kept driving. Finally he stopped in the middle of a cave with platforms hanging from the top. There were computers and bats hung from the top.
Alfred: "Honestly Master Bruce, I thought you were dead."
Bruce: "That's exactly why I snuck into your room the night I came back. Alfred. Thanks though, I know you didn't want to do it."
Alfred: "It was nothing."
Bruce: "Say, how's Harvey?"
Alfred: "Mr. Dent is now Gotham's District Attorney."
Bruce: "He always did like the law. And two choices. How's Selina?"
Alfred: "Miss Kyle? She has started a charity that helps animals on the streets and in pounds find good homes. She has adopted one or two cats of her own."
Bruce: "Hmm. I think I'll go see Harvey right now, where is he?"
Alfred: "Right now? Putting Sal Maroni on trial."

GOTHAM COURTHOUSE
Harvey, still pale, is standing before a jury, Sal Maroni, a mob boss, being held on trial.

Harvey: "And did you think that selling these toxins illegally for profit was a good idea?"
Maroni: "No. I thought it was a great idea."
Harvey: "This thing drives people insane. I have an eyewitness right here! Tell the good people of the jury."
Witness: "Well, at first nothing was going on, but then some sort of gas poured into the room. People started screaming. They said, get them off of me, and no, no please no! But there wasn't any thing in the room besides the victims."
Harvey: "And, how, exactly, did you make this toxin?"
Maroni: "I didn't make it, I bought it off some guy. Really wanted it gone. His name was Crane, but he kept calling himself Scarecrow. Don' know why."
Harvey: "Crane? As in Jonathan Crane?"
Maroni: "Yep, that's the one."
Harvey: "He's a well respected doctor! He wouldn't do that! How dare you lie during trial!"
Judge: "Order! Jury, how do you find this man?"
Jury: "Guilty!"

After the trial, Harvey left the court and went to his house. Bruce was waiting for him, with his wife and kids.
Bruce: "And there was this one time when Harvey took the frog he was supposed to be dissecting, and just took out the stomach and other vital organs. He hid them in his shirt pocket after class. The next day, he snuck into the cafeteria and-"
Harvey: "I see your sharing a happy memory with my family. Lunch was very fun for me though."
Bruce: "I know it was. Of course, when half the 6th grade got food poisoning..."
Harvey: "Okay, okay. I thought you left Gotham, Bruce. I guess not. Why are you here?"
Bruce: "What? Is there a law against seeing your childhood friend as an adult?"
Harvey: "I guess not. Well, did you come just to embarrass me in front of my wife and son, or is that all?"
Bruce: "No, no. I came to congratulate you on being D.A of Gotham City."
Harvey: "It was easy after studying the law for 10 years."
Bruce: "Well, that would make it easier. Can you tell me where Selina is?"
Harvey: "Oh, Selina? She can be found uptown, um...the apartment complex. Right next to the court."
Bruce: "Okay, thanks. See you Harv."

UPTOWN, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
Selina is on the phone with someone.

Selina: "Yes, Mr. Blake. Yes. Yes, yes I see. Okay no. You can't just take cats and dogs and use them in dumb circus stunts! I've seen your act, yes. You pretend to feed helpless animals to bears and lions! It's NOT funny! Oh my..."
-BZZZ-
Selina: "Who is it?"
She opened the door, chain attached to the wall.
Bruce: "Hi Selina."
Selina: "And you are? Wait... Bruce? Bruce I thought you left! Wow Bruce! Wait you are Bruce Wayne right?"
Bruce: "Yes. I am Bruce Wayne. And I have come back to Gotham."
Selina: "But...but why would you come back? I mean it's Hell!"
Bruce: "Well, I just missed some things that Gotham had to offer."
"Oh, well come in."
"Thanks."
Selina: "I thought you left Gotham and went to go fight with ninjas or something.
Bruce: "Why would you think that?"
Selina: "Oh, nothing much, just, I always saw you bating up a dummy made of pillows.
Bruce: "I was completely alone when I did that."
Selina: "Oh, you were? I was never with you?"
Bruce: "You little stalker."
Selina: "Oh your leaving? Okay, bye Bruce."
Bruce: I wasn't-oh. Okay, bye Selina."

Bruce rode back to Wayne Tower, wanting to see Lucius Fox. He thought that he would have some things he needed for his plan. He went in to the building and went down the elevator. Bruce went through the room and saw Fox.
Bruce: "Hi Mr. Fox."
Lucius: "Ah, your back. Decided to start at floor 1 again?"
Bruce: "I guess so. Say, do you have two of each prototype here?"
Lucius: "Yes. Why do you ask?"
Bruce: "Well, I need a few things."
Lucius: "Ah I see. Here, this is all your stuff to me anyways. Oh, you have a list. Okay then. This is a skintight, lightly bulletproof armor. it has entirely bulletproof
padding on the feet, ankles, chest, back, and hands. It also comes with a bulletproof cowl. Here are the smoke pellets. You'd need multiple. Um, ah, a light weight miniature throwable projectile. Used for distraction and disarming. You already have the gun. Oh and a disruptor. It will jam any firearm and detonate any mine. Then there's the utility belt. Holds a lot more than you think. This cape has a shock feature and can expand so you can glide. I think that's all."
Bruce: "Thanks. I'll take them."
Lucius: "What? Oh, um..."
Bruce: "Here, it's enough money to get two more of all these."
Lucius: "Well, thanks. Here, take them."
Bruce: "Thank you. Very much."

GOTHAM STREETS
Bruce is calling Alfred.

Bruce: "Alfred I'm ready."
Alfred: "For Thorne?"
Bruce; "Exactly. I break in, interrogate him, and get out. Easy. Is the car ready?"
Alfred: "Yes, I have finished making the car. It goes up to 450 mph on boost."
Bruce: "Nice. Thanks Alfred."
Alfred: "It was nothing."
Bruce went into the cave, and got out of his car. He put on the armor and utility belt. He packed his tools and was ready to go.
Bruce:"So this is the car? Thought it would look... better."
Alfred: "I'll make some changes to the design."

Bruce got in, and drove off. He talked to himself.
Bruce: "What should I call this thing? The Crime-mobile, the Gotham-mobile, the, the Batmobile! And I'll be Batman. Yep, nothing like using my childhood horrors to name my car."
He arrived at Thorne Industries and grappled to the top of the building. He looked in at Thorne's office and saw him at his desk, smoking. Bruce crashed through the roof window, and grabbed the back of his neck.
Batman: "Thorne! 30 years ago a mugger killed Thomas and Martha Wayne! He said some thing about you! WHO WAS IT?!?!"
Thorne: "Who the hell are you? Whatever, it was Joe. Joe Chill"
Batman: "Where is he?!?"
Thorne: "Hell. Now let go of my neck."
CRASH!!!!!!
Thorne was being held 50 stories above the ground.
Batman: "WHERE IS HE?!!!?"
Thorne: "He didn't kill the little one! I threw him out and sent someone after him!"
Batman: "Fine."
Bruce threw him back in and flew out.
Thorne ran to the elevator and went down to another office. He entered and yelled at the man sitting there.
Thorne: "Get to the jet! Someone almost killed me! Wore a black bodysuit and cape! GET HIM!!!"
The man turned around revealing a leather jacket with pistols in holsters and knives in pockets, with a red, metal mask covering his head.
Man: "I'll go, you assemble the team. Tell them the Red Hood will be there soon."

GOTHAM STREETS
The Batmobile is driving through the unusually empty streets.

Batman: "Alfred, get the cave ready, I'm coming back."
Alfred: "Did you learn the location of your parent's killer?"
Batman: "Yes. He's in hell."
Alfred: "I see. That raises the question. If you had found him, would you have killed him?"
Batman: "I don't know Alfred. I just don't know. And you know I hate it when you ask those questions."
Alfred: "I do know Master Bruce. Oh, and you have a meeting with Oswald Cobblepot tomorrow. Vicki Vale and Jack Ryder will be covering the story."
Batman: "Okay then. I'll be at the Batcave in 30 minutes. Batman out."
Alfred: "Batman sir?"
Batman; "Why not? I think I'll add a logo to the armor."
Alfred; "This is full-time now?"
Batman: "It always was Alfred. I'm surprised you didn't know. I mean, you did build a whole high-tech secret base in a cave, and get that car."
Alfred: "I suppose your right."
BANG BANG BANG!!!
Batman: "Alfred, I think I'll be a little late!"
Bruce swerved away from the bullets coming down on him. The Red Hood laughed from inside the fighter jet, right behind the Batmobile. Two bullets wounded Batman's forearm, and the bullets kept coming. He put the Bat-mobile into turbo and didn't look back.

THE GCPD BUILDING
Commissioner Jim Gordon is interrogating a prisoner called Basil Carlo.

Gordon: "Why did you murder those people? They were remaking your movie. That's a good thing. It was popular enough to be remade."
Carlo: "Terror. Terror. I am the TERROR!!!!!!!!!! I AM CLAYFACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Gordon: "It's hopeless. Get him to the asylum. Now."
Cop: "Hey Jim! You might want to look at this. High speed chase. A jet locked onto a... a weird car. Should we go after them?"
Gordon: "Fine. Blake, you take Carlo to Arkham. I'll go after those guys."
He got inside a police car and took out his phone as he pulled out of the GCPD building.
Gordon: "Hi, Barbra. I'm going to be a little late. Just an hour and a half more. Love you, bye."
He drove off towards Grayson Ave.

THORNE ENTERPRISES
Thorne was on the phone with someone. He was gathering the Red Hood's gang.

Thorne: "Hello, hello, oh Roman. Hi, how are you? Oh. To your face? Burned on, wow. Say, um, The Hood needs the gang. Why? Oh I was attacked. I don't know! A vigilante. No it was NOT because of my online photos! Those are NOT CRIMES!!!!! Oh my... STOP LAUGHING!!!!!" -click- "Hello, Arnold? I need Scarface. Hello Scarface. Hood's getting the gang together. Some guy attacked me. Another call? Fine...... wait, wait are you LAUGHING!!! ROMAN!!!!!" -click- "Hi Floyd. Hood's getting the, wait you know? And the man? And the photos. -click- Now I need Carlo."

GOTHAM STREETS
The Batmobile is still being fired at, and Batman has called Alfred.

Batman: "Alfred, I'm being attacked by someone in a jet! I can't go to the Cave, he'll find out our base of operations! What do I do?!?!"
Alfred: "Just keep him busy. He'll run out of fuel, bullets, or patience. I'll contact you if I think of anything else."
Gordon pulled into the street, and screamed into a megaphone.
Gordon: "BOTH OF YOU!!! STOP YOUR VEHICLES AND SURRENDER!!!! DO NOT FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS AND I WILL USE EXTREME FORCE!!!!!"

The Red Hood got a call. It was Thorne.
Hood: "What is it?"
Thorne: "Carlo's being taken to Arkham. Go get him."
He hung up.

Batman stopped the Bat-mobile and got out of the car. The Red Hood just flew by, knowing that he needed to get Carlo free.
Gordon: "You, hands up!"
He had a gun pointed at Batman.
Batman: "I don't want a fight. I'm not the bad guy."
A smoke pellet came out of his gauntlet, and into his hand.
Gordon: "That's what they all say. You don't look like any other criminal I've ever seen. Who are you?"
Batman: "I'm Batman."
He threw down the smoke pellet and grappled away. The Batmobile roared to life and drove off in auto-pilot.
Gordon: "Damn it!"

GOTHAM STREETS
The cop is driving Carlo, in handcuffs, to Arkham.

Carlo: "Terror. Terror. Arg!!!!!!!"
Cop: "Shut up back there!"
The Red Hood approached. He had the cop in his sights. He went for the kill.
BANG!
The bullet went straight through the car's roof, and into the head of the cop. He dropped dead as the car swerved out of control. It fell over the side of Gotham Bridge, and the Hood jumped out of the jet. He slammed into the water. Carlo had gotten to the door, banging against it, and the Hood opened it. He carried Basil above the water, and pulled him to shore.
Carlo: "Thanks. I hated having to be insane."

THORNE INDUSTRIES
The gang, made up of Floyd Lawton, Arnold Wesker, Scarface, and Roman Sionis. They were talking.

Roman: "Hey Arnold. How you doing? What, are you shy? Oh that's right, you're mute. Dumb. May I speak to your puppet?"
Scarface: "I'm not a freaking PUPPET!!!"
Roman: "Sorry Scarface. It's just, you're so... wooden."
Floyd: "Shut up both of you. The Hood will be here any minute."
Roman: "Oh, Floyd you shut up. And speaking of the Hood, who is he anyway?"
Floyd: "Roman-"
Roman: "I said shut up. I heard his name is Jason Todd."
Scarface: "I heard that his name is Jack White."
Floyd: -sigh- "I heard that too Scarface. But I think he has no name, and every name."
Roman: "What?"
Floyd: "He hacks into government files. Changes his name every three days. Sometimes he even gets rid of his name. So he could be anyone. Jason Todd and Jack White included."
Scarface: "Well, it IS the Red Hood. Anything's possible with him."
The Hood and Carlo walk in.
Roman: "Except a sense of humor."
Hood: "My wife married me for my sense of humor."
Scarface: "Hood! Wait, you have a wife?"
Hood: "Where do you think I go to every night?"
Carlo: "A coffin?"
Floyd: "Why would anyone even marry you? You're a criminal!"
Hood: "She thinks I sell furniture."
Floyd: "How can she believe that!?!"
Hood: "It's me, remember?"

THE BATCAVE
Bruce is sitting down, in front of a large computer.

Bruce: "Thanks for the patch up Alfred."
Alfred: "It was nothing."
Bruce: "So who's this Oswald guy?"
Alfred: "A fat, disgusting midget with no sense of decency to anything or anyone besides himself."
Bruce: "Seriously Alfred. Who is he?"
Alfred: "I AM being serious Master Bruce. He would rather kill you than speak to you."
Bruce:"How do you know this?"
Alfred: "I used to be his parent's butler. Spoke nasty things about your family. They said they would like to put your head in a bear-trap when you were a baby. I believe they had a little party when they heard about your parents."
Bruce: "Okay then. Sounds like a fun guy. Who's Jack Ryder? And Viki Vale?"
Alfred: "Mr. Jack Ryder is a reporter who is, might I say, very determined to beat Miss Vale in any story. If they were both reporting on the strange ongoings at Blackgate prison, Ryder would have himself arrested."
Bruce: "Huh. And Vale?"
Alfred: "She was a reporter in Metropolis. Worked on their newspaper, The Daily Planet. She had an affair with a Mister Clark Kent. But, reporting on TV soon won her over. She's been replaced by Lois Lane. Moved to Gotham, and will not go as far as Ryder for a story, but always comes out with the best one."
Bruce: "Okay then Alfred. I've got a long, hard hell of a day ahead after a long, hard hell of a night."
Alfred: "Oh, and Mister Bob Kane wants to talk to you on his show next week. About your return to Gotham. Good night, Master Bruce."
Bruce: "Okay Alfred."

2 Months Later

THORNE INDUSTRIES
The gang is together, The Hood in front of them.

Hood: "Okay men. We are here to kill the Batman. There have been sightings of him all over Gotham. Many say he is just an urban legend. We have studied him. Learned his tactics. His strategies. And tonight, we will kill him!"
Roman; "Sounds good to me Hood. Say, didn't Thorne give us some nicknames or something?"
Hood: "Yes, Roman, he did. So Batman doesn't know who we are, or something like that."
Scarface: "Well what are they?"
Hood: "Calm down Scarface! Okay, Roman, you're the Black Mask. Arnold, you're the Ventriloquist. Floyd, you're Deadshot."
Mask: "Black Mask, Ventriloquist, Deadshot! How did he come up with these?"
Hood: "Shut it Mask, Clayface-



-is causing a distraction for the Bat. The Commissioner is being held hostage, as well as multiple cops. The Bat swoops in, saves the day, and we-"
Scarface: "Slaughter him. And after what he did to us last month, things have gotten personal."
The Hood got out a phone, and called Carlo.
Hood: "Carlo, you there?"
Carlo: "I hear you loud and clear boss. I think that Gordon's crying here. It's really funny, you guys should see."
Hood: "It'll be funny when him and Batman are in a pool of blood. And don't say loud and clear. This is a phone, not a walkie talkie.

THE GOTHAM THEATER
Selina is hosting an event for her charity. A device monitoring criminal activity starts vibrating, and Bruce calls Alfred.

Bruce: "Alfred, Bat-wave is going crazy here. Gordon's in danger."
Alfred: "Ah, well you can't just leave a whole charity event. Especially when Miss Kyle is in it."
Bruce: "Damn it Alfred, you should be helping!"
Alfred: "Well with a company, friends, and risking your life every night!!! That is it Bruce!!! I'm out of this stupid game!!!"
Bruce: "Alfred, Alfred!!! Alfred, I'm sorry. Please Alfred, help. I'm sorry."
Alfred: "-sigh- Okay Master Bruce. It's a two hour long event, 10 minute commercial breaks... start in 1 minute. Go, save Gordon, get back. Now!"
Bruce: "Thanks Alfred. For everything."
Alfred: "It was nothing."
Bruce ran out of the building and called the Batmobile. He put it on auto-pilot and changed into the Bat-suit.

GOTHAM ROOFTOPS
The gang, minus Carlo and Deadshot, are standing on top of rooftops near the GCPD building. They have binoculars, and guns. The Hood has called Carlo.

Carlo: "Batman hasn't shown up yet. Should I just off the old man?"
Hood: "No Basil. Wait. He'll show up... there! Don't kill them. Let him take you out. We'll come in and kill them all."
Carlo: "Okay boss. Wait WHAT!?!"
Batman sped past the GCPD building.
Hood: "What? He left? That isn't right. Arg!!!!"
Batman had snuck up on the Red Hood, and was choking him. He threw him to the other side of the
rooftop. He lept over to the others and did the same with Ventriloquist. But Hood had warned Black Mask, and they both started shooting at him. Batman threw down a smoke pellet and jumped off the building. Mask looked down at the street below, searching for Batman.
Mask: "Where did he go?!? Where is he!?!"
Batman: "Right here."
BAM!
Hood started firing at Batman with a shotgun, but he was already gone. He looked everywhere, and when he looked up, Batman was right on top of him. He dropped on top of Hood, and glided into the Batmobile, swerving it around. He put it into turbo and crashed through the GCPD building, knocking down Carlo. He got out.
Batman: "You're safe now. Jim, do you still think I'm the bad guy?"
Gordon: "No. Not at all. I'm sorry about what happened the last time we met. Oh, can you get these handcuffs off?"
Batman: "Your own 'cuffs on you huh? And don't worry. I had someone take out the bullet."

THE BATCAVE
Batman is at the now called Bat-computer, Alfred with him. He was searching for blood matches. He had cut the Red Hood, and was searching for a blood match. He had made sure that the GCPD put Carlo in custody.

Bruce: "Well, it's official Alfred."
Alfred: "What sir?"
Bruce: "Selina hates me."
Alfred: "What?"
Bruce: "Well, rescuing the Commissioner took longer than I thought and..."
Alfred: "I see. Well I'm sure that she will forgive you. Give it time."
Bruce: "Well at least one good thing came out of this."
Alfred: "And what would that be?"
Bruce: "Gordon is now my unofficial partner."
Alfred: "He is? Well, he isn't going to dress up as a bat. Or will you make him?"
Bruce: "No Alfred. He can give me information about some of the criminals I fight. Like that Black Mask guy."
Alfred: "Yes?"
Bruce: "He's Roman Sionis."
Alfred: "Oh. Well then. Always expected that would happen. I hope that Selina forgives you sooner or later."
Bruce: "Damn it! That was everyone in Gotham!"

Hood: "Deadshot, are you in the cave yet?"
Deadshot: "Yeah Hood, I'm in here. Still can't believe how stupid the Bat was. It's not like him. I can't hear anything though. But I think some old guy is with the Bat.
Hood: "I don't care! And take him out now if he's so stupid!"
Deadshot: "Well, I don't know boss. He's made me miss before."
Hood: "I don't care! Just get RID OF HIM!!!"
Deadshot: "Okay, okay. Here we go. line up, line up! No, don't move!"
Batman: "Deadshot. Didn't expect to see you here."
Deadshot: "AHH!!! Where'd you come from?!?"
Batman: "Down there."
Batman threw down a smoke pellet. Deadshot freaked out. He didn't know where he was, he couldn't see! Suddenly, he was being picked up, and hung from the ceiling. His head crashed against the ceiling, and his world became black. He woke up in a prison cell.

THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
Selina is on her couch, lying down, looking up at the ceiling.

Selina: "Oh, Bruce. What came up that was more important than my event? What am I saying, he's a damn businessman! And considering he came back two months ago!-"
Bam, bam, bam!!!
Selina: "-sigh- Coming!"
She got up, and opened the door, the chain unfastened.
Mask: "Hi Selina."
Selina: "Hi the- Who the HELL are you!?!"
Mask: "You don't remember me? You just made me feel bad. It's me, Roman. Still like me?"
Selina: "Roman? What the hell happened to you?!?"
Mask: "Oh, the usual. My mask was burnt to my face in my own steel mill. Then I turned to crime. Because Bruce Wayne ruined my company."
Selina: "Why would you think that?"
Mask: "Wayne Industries pulled me out of bankruptcy. I really hated him for that."
Selina: "Why? I mean, it wasn't him? Oh my-can you just leave?"
Mask: "Can't. I'm going to kill you. It'll attract the Batman, and devastate Wayne. And when I die, we'll be together in hell."
Selina: "Roman, just think about this-"
CRASH!!!
Batman dived through the window in Selina's apartment. Roman let go of Selina and ran towards Batman. He stabbed him with a knife. Batman backed up. Roman ran towards Batman again, with another knife. Batman turned around quickly, and his cape hit Roman.
Mask: "Did you just hit me with your-"
Batman tossed Roman out of the window, and a small rope kept him from falling.

Batman: "Call the police."
Selina: "What? Oh, okay. Hello, hello, this is Selina Kyle, I live at the apartment building down by the court. Yes, yes. I was just attacked by Roman Sionis. Yes, yes, okay." -click- "They're on their way."
Batman: "Good. It's not safe here. His boss will be here soon. Hold on."
Batman jumped out of the window with Selina. He grappled onto the nearest building, and went down to the ground. Selina got off.
Batman: "This is the safest place to be right now. I''m going after Mask's boss."
Selina: "Good. I always hated Roman."
Batman: "Good-bye Miss Kyle."
He grappled to the top of the building.

THORNE ENTERPRISES
The Hood is pacing back and forth, talking to himself as the Ventriloquist and Scarface look on.

Hood: "Roman, why aren't you back yet!?!"
Scarface: "Relax Hood. I'm still here."
Hood: "Yes you are still here Scarface. But no one else is!!! Batman is making us look like children!!! How long have I been doing this job? 15 years!!! And Batman has only been doing it for 2 and a half MONTHS!!!"
Scarface: "Boss, maybe you should calm down?"
Hood: "No Scarface, NO!!! I won't calm down. That's it. We know where his HQ is. We are going to hack into his little Bat-computer and challenge him. And Dent. With Harvey Dent held hostage."
Scarface: "Um, boss? Where's it going to be at?"
Hood; "The Ace Chemicals building. Kill everyone in there. We'll dunk Dent in acid if he doesn't show."
Scarface: "Well, it's a plan."

WAYNE MANOR
Selina is at the door, knocking.

Selina: "Hello, hello Alfred? It's me Selina. Bruce? Alfred?"
The door opened, and Alfred greeted Selina.
Alfred: "Ah, Miss Kyle. Please come in. Can I get you anything?"
Selina: "Is Bruce here? I wanted to apologize."
Alfred: "Master Bruce isn't here right now. I'm sure he will be here soon."
A phone started to ring.
Alfred: Please excuse me Miss Kyle."
Alfred got up and walked to his room, where the phone was ringing.
Alfred: "Master Bruce, what is it?"
Batman: "Tell her."
Alfred: "What, Master Bruce? Tell her what?"
Batman: "Alfred don't stall. Just tell her. Everything."
Alfred: "If you insist Master Bruce. But once it is said it cannot be taken back."
Batman: "Just tell her Alfred. She deserves to know."
Alfred: "Does Mr. Dent do too? Does Mr. Strange? Mr. Fox? No, wait, he already knows. Mr. Gordon? All of Gotham?"
Batman: "Fine Alfred, don't tell her. I'll do it myself. I'm in the cave."
Bruce hung up on Alfred.

THE BATCAVE
Bruce got up from the computer when-

Hood: "Hello Dark Knight. It is I, the Red Hood. Me and Scarface have a Mister Harvey Dent with us. We're at the Ace Chemicals building. Show up, or he is dunked in a tank of acid. Be here in two hours. Or he dies. Painfully."
Batman: "Oh no. Harvey."
Bruce ran up to the main hall and saw Selina. He went up behind her.
Batman: "Hi"
Selina: "What the-Batman?"
Batman: "Actually, it's Bruce Wayne."
Selina: "What? Bruce, you dress up as Batman?"
Batman: "No Selina, I am Batman. That's why I've been so strange lately. Why I missed your benefit. Why everything."
Selina: "Man you do a good Batman impression."
Batman; "Just follow me. Come on."
Bruce brought Selina down to the cave.
Selina: "Oh. Now I see."

THE ACE CHEMICALS BUILDING
Harvey is being held sideways over a vat of acid.

Scarface: "It's been 2 hours. Should we dunk him?"
Hood: "Yeah Scarface. Arnold! Pull the lever!"
Harvey: "No, no PLEASE!!! I have a wife! A kid! Please! No!"
Hood: "I'm sorry Dent, but you knew the risks."
Dent's flesh hit the acid.
Harvey: "No! NO! ARG!!! AHHH! OH MY GOD!!!! STOP IT PLEASE!!!!!!"
Half of Dent was engulfed in acid. The chemical was seeping into his mouth.
Harvey:"NO, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY, WHY!?!?!?!?!? OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Batman: "Stop it NOW!"
Hood: "Pull him up Arnold. Wow Mr. Dent. That is a lovely shade of purple."
Half of Harvey's body was a sickening purple, the hair singed off the scarred side.
Harvey:"I HATE YOU!!!!"
Hood: "I'm sure you do Harvey. Now then Scarface, would you do the honer of killing the Bat?"
Scarface: "Of course I would."
Scarface took out a tiny pistol and fired at the Bat. But there were no more bullets. Out of ammo.
Scarface: "Arnold, you kill him!"
He shook his head.
Scarface: "Do it."
He shook his head.
Scarface: "Do it NOW!!!"
He took out his gun-
Scarface: "Now THAT'S more like it!"
-and shot himself. Wesker dropped to the floor, Scarface's head shattering against the steel platform.

Hood: "Scarface! Arnold! You. You did this Batman! I'm all out of men. But I can still murder you myself!"
Red Hood threw a punch at Batman. He missed. He did it again. Blocked. Again! Countered. AGAIN! Dodged. AGAIN!!! He was hit before his punch got close.
"I'll kill you!!!"
He pulled out a gun and shot at Batman like there was no tomorrow. Not single bullet hit the target. But he had Batman in his sights, and a smoke pellet came down, a batarang coming forwards.
Hood: "WHERE DID YOU GO!?!?!"
Batman: "Behind you."
BAM!
Red Hood was knocked into a railing, and he started laughing.
Hood; "Ha ha ha. HA HA HA!!! It's hilarious how, I, can't even kill you. I'm the best of the best. The king of kings. But you deny me your death. I'll be a laughing stock! I have no more men! I have nothing to live for!"
And with that, Red Hood flung himself into a vat of experimental chemicals.

THE BATCAVE
Selina and Alfred are with Bruce.
Selina: "Bruce, I'm sorry that I was so upset. it was a little thing and..."
Bruce: "I was Batman the whole time. Yes, I forgive you. But you can't tell anyone."
Selina: "Well that won't be easy."
Bruce: "Is it ever?"
Selina: "No, I guess it isn't ever easy. You know what? I could be your partner."
Bruce: "You mean sidekick?"
Selina: "No, no I do not."
Bruce: "Well, I work better alone."
Selina: "Is Harvey okay? I heard he was-"
Bruce: "Yes, he's fine. He was scarred, and it probably won't heal, but if he wears the bandages, he probably won't be affected."
Selina: "Well that's good to hear. Bye, Bruce."
Alfred: "Master Bruce, Batman been called to the GCPD building."
Bruce: "What?"
Alfred: "Oh, Commissioner Gordon has built something to call you in times of distress. A Bat-signal of some sort."
Bruce: "Well, I better go then."
Alfred: "I think it has something to do with Basil Carlo and an experiment gone wrong. I'm not sure."
Bruce: "Then let's put the Bat-mobile into turbo."

At the Ace Chemicals building, a demonic laughter fills the air, and a hand pops out of a vat of chemicals.

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