"Master Bruce. Master Bruce are you awake?"
"What is it 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."
"Okay Alfred. I guess it would help. Thanks."
"Get ready, they are coming in an hour. I hope that you didn't have the nightmare tonight."
"No Alfred. No bats."
"Good, no start getting ready."
Alfred went down to the main hall, and heard someone at the door. He opened it, and Hugo Strange was waiting.
"Hello Mr. Pennyworth. Is Bruce here? I need to tell him something."
"Ah. Bruce is just getting ready. He will be down in a minute."
"Good. Good, it is about Wayne Enterprises. How I will take over until he is ready for the responsibility."
"That may not be until late. I heard him one night. He said that he had swore to avenge his parent's death. And now he is saying that he wants to learn different fighting techniques and detective skills."
"Well, these things happen to people. It will pass. It happened to me. I did train myself, but realized that I couldn't throw my life away fighting crime in the streets of Gotham."
"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.
"Hello Mr. 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."
"Okay Mr. Strange. Oh, is that Harvey? And Selina! Hey!"
"So innocent. Yet so grown up. How... interesting."
"And I heard that you fell down the well in the gardens. Is that true?"
"It is Selina. Harvey, I... I heard something the mugger said. He said that Thorne was going to be angry because... he didn't kill me."
"Thorne? You mean Rupert Thorne, head of Thorne Industries? He's the third richest businessman in the USA, right under Wayne Enterprises and LexCorp. Bruce, you shouldn't talk about it."
"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?"
"Roman. Get. Away. From. Me. NOW!!!"
"Geez, I'm just trying to be nice here."
"LEAVE."
Roman left and the mourning continued. Everyone left, and Bruce went to bed.
(Montage)
We see Bruce as a teenager training his mind to it's limit, and exercising regularly. As an adult he trains in martial arts, kung fu, and other fighting styles. He keeps training, and returns to Gotham.
(End Montage)
Bruce looks up at the new 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.
"Where shall we begin?"
"How about floor one."
Bruce walked out of the elevator and went through the desks, aisles, and tables. Then, he saw Mr. Fox.
"Hello."
"Ah, and what brings you here?"
"Oh, I'm taking a tour of the building and thought I'd start with you."
"Bruce? Bruce Wayne? Wow! I thought that you moved to Metropolis or Central City."
"Too abnormal. No, I just went out to see the world. Say, do you still have that grappling gun?"
"And everything else that was down here when you first came. Strange has forgotten about me. Why, you want to give it a try?"
"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.
"And this new highly reenforced body-suit can..."
"Hello. Oh, am I interrupting something? I'll just go then..."
"Mr. Wayne? You look just like your father. Please, come in. I suppose you're ready to assume responsibility for Wayne Enterprises?"
"Oh, yes. But, I may need to learn how exactly how to run the company first."
"No matter. Learn 5 floors a day, and you could be ready in less than 2 weeks."
"Okay then!"
Bruce drove away from the Tower, ready to go to Wayne Manor. Bruce got out his phone and called Alfred.
"Did you finish construction of the Cave yet?"
"Sadly I have. It is not too late to turn back Master Bruce."
"I'm afraid it is 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.
"Honestly Master Bruce, I thought you were dead."
"Very funny Alfred. Thanks though, I know you didn't want to do it."
"It was nothing."
"Say, how's Harvey?"
"Mr. Dent is now Gotham's District Attorney."
"He always did like the law. And two choices. How's Selina?"
"Miss Kyle? She has started a charity that helps animals on the streets and in pounds find good homes. She has adopted a number of cats."
"Hmm. I think I'll go see Harvey right now, where is he?"
"Right now? Putting Sal Maroni on trial."
"And did you think that selling these toxins illegally for profit was a good idea?"
"No. I thought it was a great idea."
"This thing drives people insane. I have an eyewitness right here! Tell the good people of the jury."
"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."
"How did you make this toxin?"
"I didn't make it, I bought it off some guy. His name was Crane, but he kept calling himself Scarecrow. Don' know why."
"Crane? As in Jonathan Crane?"
"Yep, that's the one."
"He's a well respected doctor! He wouldn't do that! How dare you lie during trial!"
"Order! Jury, how do you find this man?"
"Guilty!"
After the trial, Harvey left the court and went to his house. Bruce was waiting for him, with his wife and kids.
"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..."
"I see your sharing a happy memory with my family. Lunch was very fun for me though."
"I know it was. Of course, when half the 6th grade got food poisoning..."
"Okay, okay. I thought you left Gotham, Bruce. I guess not. Why are you here?"
"What? Is there a law against seeing your childhood friend as an adult?"
"I guess not. Well, did you come just to embarrass me, or is that all?"
"No, no. I came to congratulate you on being D.A of Gotham City."
"It was easy after studying the law for 10 years."
"Well, that would make it easier. Can you tell me where Selina is?"
"Oh, Selina? She can be found in Park Row, um... The Amazon Hotel. Right next to the Court."
"Okay, thanks. See you Harv."
"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-
"Who is it?"
"Hi Selina."
"And you are? Wait... Bruce? Bruce I thought you left! Wow Bruce! Wait you are Bruce Wayne right?"
"Yes. I am Bruce Wayne. And I have come back to Gotham."
"But... but why would you come back? I mean it's Hell!"
"Well, I just missed some things that Gotham had to offer."
"Oh, well come in, have a seat!"
"Thanks."
They talked and told each other stories about when they were kids. They laughed and had fun, remembering all the good times. Then Bruce started to get up.
"Oh your leaving? Okay, bye Bruce."
"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.
"Hi Mr. Fox."
"Ah, your back. Decided to start at floor 1 again?"
"I guess so. Say, do you have two of each prototype here?"
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
"Well, I need a few things."
"Ah I have just the thing. 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. 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."
"Thanks. I'll take them."
"What? Oh, um..."
"Here, it's enough money to get two more of all these."
"Well, thanks. Here, take them."
"Thank you. Very much."
"Alfred I'm ready."
"For Thorne?"
"Exactly. I break in, interrogate him, and get out. Easy. Is the car ready?"
"Yes, I have finished making the car. It goes up to 450 mph on boost."
"Good. Thanks 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 ad was ready to go.
"So this is the car? Thought it would look... better."
"I'll make some changes to the design."
Bruce got in the car and drove off. He thought to himself, "What should I call this thing? The Crime-mobile, the Gotham-mobile, the, the Bat-mobile!"
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.
"Thorne! 30 years ago a mugger killed Thomas and Martha Wayne! He said some thing about you! WHO WAS IT?!?!"
"It... it was Joe! Joe Chill!!!"
"Where is he?!?"
"Hell!"
CRASH!!!!!!
Thorne was being held 50 stories above the ground.
"WHERE IS HE?!!!?"
"He didn't kill the little one! I threw him out and sent someone after him!"
"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.
"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.
"I'll go, you assemble the team. Tell them the Red Hood will be there soon."
Part 3 coming Soon!