This is my first Batman, Dark Knight fiction, so please take it easy on me. I would love to hear from you and see what you think. The first chapter is sucky, so please bare with me. And this isn't going to be a pairing. Well, that's what it looks like so far.lol.

A Better Class of Criminals

Chapter 1

"Come on, only a few minutes left." Natasha muttered as she watched the sky. Soon, the

sky was illuminated with the "Batman" signal.

"Right on time." She said as a smile crept on to her face. She slid her hand into the left pocket of her trench coat and pulled out a walkie-talkie, pressed the button, and said, "Get into places."

"We're on it." A male voice responded from the other end. Natasha then began to weave in and out of the shadows of the city to the bank, but to her dismay nobody was there.

"Trent, Bobby, Reid, Vince, Cody!" Where are you?!" she called to the goons. She got no response.

"Where are those idiots?" She asked herself as she walked over to their van. She slid open the side door and was surprised to find the five guys tied and gagged inside. She jumped into the van and quickly began to untie them.

"What the hell happened here?" she asked after they were all untied.

"We waited for Batman to come like you instructed and as soon as you told us to take our places he snuck up on us." Trent answered.

"So you didn't get him?" she asked.

"No." He responded.

Natasha began to rub her temples in irritation, trying not to lose her temper.
"Did you at least get the money?" She asked, hoping they did at least one thing right.

"Yeah, it's right here." Cody said as he grabbed a bag out from under the van and tossed it on the ground.

"That's it, one bag?" She asked, disappointed at what she was seeing.

"Yeah, it's the only bag we brought." Vince said.

"You've got to be kidding me! Who brings only one duffle bag when they are robbing a BANK!? You guys are morons." Natasha fussed as she grabbed the bag off of the ground.

"Hey, what about our pay?" Reid asked.

"Our deal was that you get paid to catch the bat, and you didn't. So you don't get paid." She said as she turned on her heel to walk off.

"We robbed the bank to get that money, so you are going to pay us!" Trent said as he pulled out his gun and pointed it at her. Natasha just shook her head and grinned.

"Stupid boys." She said before whipping her gun out, spinning around towards Trent and pulling the trigger without even blinking all in one smooth motion. The bullet sailed through the air before hitting Trent square in the forehead. Everyone was silent as they watched his body crumble to the floor.

"Anyone else want to question me?" She asked as she looked at their scared faces. "Didn't think so, and you better hurry up and get out of here before the police get here." She said before walking off down an alley.