Angel in Gotham

Prologue: Arrival

Chris had no idea where the hell he was. The last thing he remembered he was fighting a demon with the sisters. They had been fighting some demon named Latrop. The battle was going pretty well until the demon had thrown up his hands and had created a portal that had almost sucked in Paige. Chris had of course knocked her out of the way and had been sucked into the portal himself.

Knowing the sisters they were most likely not even looking for a way to get him back. This way he wasn't there to get on their nerves or cause trouble.

So now he was in some alternate dimension watching a man dressed up like a bat fight a guy dressed up like some kind of demented clown. A man in tights and a cape fight a giant woman. To top it all off a man in red was fighting a giant gorilla. He had been teleported into a comic. Just his luck. He looked around and saw that most of the people were running except for a reporter who was bravely taping the whole fight.

Chris watched as the bat dodged a pellet that the clown had thrown that released a green cloud of gas. The man dressed in red was moving so fast that he was just a blur causing the talking gorilla some trouble. Chris walked over to the reporters to see what was going on when he heard the reporters gasp. Chris turned to see that giant woman had picked up a car and had thrown it at the man with the cape. Who had of course dodged it and it was now coming straight at them.

What the hell was he supposed to do with a car? He could orb out of the way but there was no way he could reach the reporter before the car reached them. He could try to freeze it but that was risky and wouldn't last that long. His only choice was to try using his telekinesis. Chris jumped in front of the reporter and raised both hands. To his amazement the car stopped in the air. He had actually stopped it he had never been strong enough to lift something as heavy as a car.

Chris swallowed his shock and waved his hand and sent the car flying at the giant woman. The car smacked her straight in the head and she shrank to the size of a regular woman and fell to the floor. The man in a cape flew towards him to ask questions that Chris really didn't want to answer. Luck was on his side when the man in red was suddenly thrown straight into Mr. cape. Chris turned to run when he found the gorilla in front of him.

"You are going nowhere." The gorilla jumped at him. Chris quickly threw the ape with his telekinesis into a wall. The gorilla got up and threw a trash can at him. Chris raised his hand and held it in the air. Chris turned just in time to see the gorilla jumping towards him Chris quickly raised his second hand and the gorilla froze in the air.

Chris turned to find all three of the men staring at him. Chris waved his hand and the trashcan flew into the gorilla and both fell to the floor.

"Who are you?" asked the man in the cape.

"I'm nobody." Chris said not wanting to give them his name. Chris turned to leave and found that the man in red was in front of him with his hands raised in front of him.

"Hey we just want to know who the new hero is."

Chris laughed and said "I'm no hero."

"You sure looked like a hero back there." The man in the bat costume said in a brisk voice.

"Look I don't mind helping when I'm there. But I don't fight super powered freaks or normal criminals. My job is to kill demons and I'm good at it. So glad I could help but yeah I'm leaving now." Chris went to push by the man in red when the man in a cape grabbed his arm and wouldn't let go.

Chris glared at the man and said "Let go."

"Look we just want to talk to you for a little while." The man said. Chris shook his head and disappeared in orbs of white light.

Batman stared at the empty space that the young man had just disappeared from. It had been a normal assignment to stop a robbery. They had found the Joker, Giganta, and Grodd and in no time the fight had begun. Everything had been going fine until Superman let a car go flying at a reporter. Batman had thought that there was going to be casualties in this mission when the boy had appeared and seemed to stop the car. Batman had watched the boy and determined that he had the power of telekinesis; he could stop time around an object and apparently had some type of teleportation.

He could be a vital part of the Justice League if he was properly trained. The problem was who could train him. He didn't trust anyone but the original seven with someone this powerful. Wonder Woman was a good teacher but still had little patience when in her own words 'a man became to pig headed'. Seeing how the boy had acted so far their personalities would most likely clash. The same thing could be said about Superman. His self righteous attitude would quickly cause the young man to lose control. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern were off in space somewhere. The Flash did have some experience with metahumans but had little patience when it came to teaching. That left it to him. He had never taught a meta before but he was sure that he could pull it off.

"Let me handle this." Batman said to Superman and Flash. Batman looked at his tracking device and saw that the boy had teleported to San Francisco. Batman contacted the watchtower and told them to teleport him to the coordinates he was sending them.

Batman forced his face to remain still when he found himself on top of a beam at the very top of a bridge. He looked around and saw the young man watching the sune setting. The boy turned and gave him a look that for once Batman couldn't interpret.

"I kind of thought it was too easy to get away from you guys." Batman sat next to him and said " I know you don't want to be a hero but let me ask you, why do you fight demons?"

The boy sat there and thought it over for a moment and said " Well, at first it was because my whole family faught them. That changed I started to care about the people that I saved from the demons."

Batman let the worlds hang in the air and said "Well, I can tell that you can't just stand aside and let people get hurt. When you see someone in trouble you can't help but step in and help if you could. I can tell you from personal experience that this world is filled with supervillains that terrorize and kill innocent people and the sad truth is that there isn't always enough heroes to stop them all."

Batman stopped knowing that he had made a point and that the boy was seriously considering what he had told him. "Okay I'll give this hero thing a try if you let me try something to get home first."

Batman was in the batcave watching the boy, Chris, draw a symbol onto the wall. It was comprised of three interconnected half circle and a circle that went around it. Chris had told him that it was called a triquetra and that it was a strong symbol of good magic. Chris finally finished drawing it. He stood back and studied it making sure that it was exactly to his liking.

Chris smiled and said "Okay I think I'm ready if it works I'll be home soon." Chris closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He opened his eyes and said:

"Hear these words,

hear the rhyme.

Heed the hope within my mind.

Send me back to where I'll find,

what I wish in place and time."

When Chris had finished the chant the triquetra turned into a blue portal. Batman stared at it in wonder and figured that Chris was going home now when he heard Chris cuss and wave his hand. The portal flickered and disappeared.

"What happened?" Batman asked.

"It didn't work." Chris said running his hand through his hair. Batman stared at him until Chris sighed and said "Look there are different types of portals. That portal was the wrong color. A portal to a parallel universe is red in color. A portal through time is blue. A portal that does both tends to be purple. "

An awkward silience fell over them. He had no idea what to say to the young man. "Well, I know it's a poor consolation prize but you can stay here."

"Sure, I'll stay here until I can find a job and a place of my own." Chris said.

"That isn't necessary you can stay here." Batman said.

"No I don't want to be an inconvenience and besides I don't even know your real name." Chris said.

Batman knew if he wanted Chris to stay he would have to tell him his true identity. Bruce didn't trust people easily and he was not ready to tell this complete stranger his identity.