And now, as a break from the norm, I present to you... Batman and the Really Bad Day!
Batman was heading back to his car after saving everything super-heroic-bigtime, when he spotted a meter-maid writing out a ticket.
"Come on, man, I was only parked there for a minute," he wheedled.
The meter-maid turned to him after slapping the ticket on the hood of the BatMobile.
"Sorry, Mr. Bat, but you parked in the fire lane. What if there had been an emergency?"
"There WAS an emergency!" Batman said, frustrated. "The Joker was threatening to throw the Mayor from the roof of Wayne Towers!"
The meter-maid shook his head, jotting down notes in his notebook. "And what if the mayor had needed an ambulance, hmmm? Your car would have blocked one from saving him!"
"He didn't need an ambulance, because I saved him!" Batman was truly not having a good day. First the Riddler had ambushed him, then the Mayor had needed saving- again- and now this.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Bat, but the law applies to everyone." This was one brave meter-maid, standing up to The Batman.
"Look, kid, I'm a vigilante. I operate OUTSIDE the law. You don't give a masked man a parking ticket!" Batman stood with his arms crossed, giving the kid his most fearsome glare, the one that left most criminals running in fear. The kid didn't look fazed.
"Look, you can either pay the ticket, or show up in court. If you don't like that, talk to the Mayor."
"I JUST did! When I was SAVING his LIFE!"
The kid rolled his eyes. "Just pay the ticket. If I see your car in the fire lane again, I'll put a boot on it." He turned and walked away, muttering to himself about masked men who "think they run this town."
Batman leaned against the BatMobile and hid his face in his hands. This was really not his