By Oliver Cann

Batman The bloody blade Chapter 1

My heart was pounding as I chased Catwoman across the rooftops she posses greater agility than me but that won't matter because I'm prepared unlike her, any moment now. Catwoman said in a voice of pure allure, "I know you like my behind bats but this is ridiculous I thought you would have caught me by now." I don't retort back at her because she's almost there. Just as Catwoman leaps over onto the roof of the next building she receives a punch from Robin.

Catwoman falls back stunned by the punch delivered by Robin. She stagger's back and turns back to bump into me. She says in a seductive tone, "Batman how about we forget about prison and go back to yours."

I stiffly move her hands down and handcuff both of her hands and say in a gruff voice, "Sorry you're going to be spending your night in a battered cell." She sighs and bows her head at me in clear disappoint at the lack of leniency I'm forcing on her.

Robin who seemed amused at the conversation said, "Oh I think I'm just going … do something over there." He walked off with a small grin etched on his face.

I looked back at Selina and relaxed around her and said, "Until you give up crime we will never have a future." Her hands touched my chest and our eyes met. I hate having to do this but I have no choice.

Selina said in sad voice, " I'm sorry but just as you have your mission I have mine."

Robin and me go down to Gordon who's waiting for us on the ground. I drop Catwoman off with Gordon but this arrest didn't give me any satisfaction. Gordon says to me, " Batman I need your help with a case someone killed a bunch of Gotham's richest at that big charity event." I sighed at this. No matter how much I try to enforce the law in Gotham the innocent are still tormented by the guilty.

Gordon notices my silence and just as he's about to say something I interrupt by saying, "All right I'll get on it."

Gordon turns to get into his car but just before he goes in I have to ask, "How many?"

This stops Gordon and he says, "Twenty including two children… If it means anything they didn't suffer." A Swell of anger burns inside of me at hearing this news, I need to find out who did this. I pull out my grappling hook, as does Robin who's remaining unusually quiet and I fire it at the closest building and let it propel me upwards.

When we get to the top Robin says, "Whoever this is clearly a professional to be able kill twenty people at a crowded charity event like that must have taken some skill." I agree this wasn't some lunatic with some gun it must've been someone with some training.

I say, "I agree it seems that way we'll need to go to the crime scene for more thou" Boom! I twist round to see the police car that Gordon and Selina had been in had blown up.

I scream "NO!" I quickly glide down to the burning car and as I reached the car I fall to the ground with the realization that both Gordon and Selina are gone. It wasn't supposed to be like this. They can't be gone. I just stared into the fire paralyzed by the loss of my friend and my lover. Robin was in shock looking at the chaos that has just been ensued. But none of that mattered because my heart returned to it's mad thumping and the heat from the car almost felt numb.

Over the radio I hear Alfred's voice ring in my ears when he says, "Master Bruce you need to leave the police are on their way and they won't like you being there."

I stood and looked round the rooftops and I saw nothing, whoever did this was prepared and was hiding from the shadows. I said to Robin in a shaky tone, "We need to go." Robin and me propel ourselves up to the rooftop with the grappling hook and start our trip back to the bat cave. To sort this mess out.