Prologue: A Whole New War
The roof was assaulted with rain, just like the men that had challenged the beast before them. A man appeared from the small group of trigger junkies and smiled slyly at the beast. "I do believe there's a reward for your head, Mr. Hood..." The beast took a step back, discovering the edge of the Wayne Tech building. Its plan had a small flaw now.
"You see... Every bounty hunter is looking for you, and we all know of your condition... So let's just end this quickly shall we?" The eyes of the beast met the ringleader's quickly. The rain seemed to slow down and a deathly silence choked the air around them. The beast could almost hear the racing hearts of the men in front of it. They pounced, but the beast was quick.
The beast took two pistols as its weapon of choice, and shot off two strange bullets. Each one pierced a grunt man non fattily, but hard enough to knock them out of the fight. As the men charged forward, the beast attacked with the second part of the plan.
It leaped backwards off the ledge, flipping back enough to be upright once more. Each pistol was aimed for the men, before setting off deadly gun fire. A few bullets claimed the brains of the men while others claimed the hearts. The quick shots rang out, but faded as the beast began to plummet to the street below.
A glider attached to its suit provided a smoother landing, but when it hit the roof of a taxi it quickly rolled onto the hood to prevent any more damage. The driver yelled out in surprise before looking through his busted windshield. His eyes widened in terror as he recognized the beast in front of him.
"T-The Red Hood?" The driver stuttered with the name that haunted Gotham and its crusaders... But as the beast turned to face the driver he noticed something very much different about this character. "Wait, the Hood isn't a-" the beast took off quickly, allowing the shadows to engulf it before anyone else saw it.
The driver swallowed past a lump in his throat before speaking. "This is a whole new war..." A few hours later a man in a suit stood on the roof. He looked at the dead and saw that the survivors were speaking the truth. He walked over to the ledge and saw police arrive to the scene just before the symbol appeared in the sky. He snarled as he turned to his best men, now laying dead at his feet. "This is a whole new Red Hood..."