GOTHAM'S HOPE
Chapter 1
Wayne Manor 8:07pm
Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle were sitting in his study while Alfred Pennyworth decided to go into the kitchen to make tea for the two of them after everything that's happened recently today. The room was quiet for a few moments, the two teenagers didn't speak, because Bruce was still shaken up from his experience in the warehouse where Jeremiah tried to mentally torture him with scarecrow's fear toxin. Even though he and Alfred were safe now Bruce had a bad feeling that it's not over just yet, because for some reason he kept thinking that Jeremiah had one more trick up his sleeve in order to drive Bruce insane. He tried his best to not think about it, but remained cautious the whole time, because all Bruce wanted to do now was to break the silence between him and Selina and just have a regular conversation. Bruce turned his attention towards Selina and without hesitation he finally, spoke to her.
"Thanks again for having my back Selina. I don't know what would've happened if you weren't there to help me save Alfred from Jeremiah." Bruce said
"You're welcome Bruce, I'll always be there for you no matter what." Selina said
The two of them looked at each other face to face and during that moment they shared a kiss that lasted a few seconds and then stopped. Ever since Bruce and Selina met as kids there has always been a spark between the two of them. Neither of them wanted to admit until Bruce built up the courage to tell Selina that he has feelings for her, which happened during the night they were both at a party event at The Sirens club that was being held by Oswald Cobblepot aka the Penguin. Since than their relationship as friends has change, because they're more closer now than ever and the two them look out for each other.
"Why is he so obsessed with you?" Selina asked curiously
"Jeremiah wanted me to become just like him. His brother said that all it took was one bad day….I wonder if my parents dying made me a little insane. Maybe he sensed that. Maybe he wanted me to bring it out." Bruce explained
"Well you proved him wrong." Selina replied
"To be fair….the day is not over yet." A familiar voice interrupted the two teenagers. Both Bruce and Selina stood up and turned around as they saw Jeremiah Valeska standing in front of them with a gun in his hand. Jeremiah smiled as he pointed his gun in Selina's direction, Bruce knew what Jeremiah was about to do at this very moment. He knew that something did not feel right and that Jeremiah had one last trick up his sleeve, which involved shooting Selina right in front of him. Bruce could not bare the thought of Selina getting shot so without any hesitation he quickly pushed Selina out of the way just before Jeremiah pulled the trigger. Selina couldn't believe her eyes when she saw what happened next, because Bruce got hit right in the stomach by the bullet that Jeremiah had just fired.
"NOOOO!" Selina screamed as she witnessed Bruce falling on to the ground and started bleeding from the gunshot wound. Selina used her whip to grab Jeremiah's gun out of his hand and then punch him in the face a couple of times with her right hand. Jeremiah finally fell unconscious on the floor and after that Selina quickly ran towards Bruce to help treat his wound. Alfred came into the study immediately when he heard the bang noise from the gun that was fired and saw Selina trying to help Bruce.
"Miss Kyle what in the bloody hell happened?" Alfred asked as he kneeled down next to Bruce to check his injuries.
"That monster Jeremiah tried to kill me, but Bruce saved me when he pushed me out of the way and got hit by the bullet. Selina said as fresh tears were starting to build up in her eyes. Alfred was both angry and sad, because Bruce was injured really badly and he had to help quickly before the boy bleeds to death. Alfred unzipped Bruce's jacket and lifted his shirt up to see where the bullet hit his stomach. He told Selina to grab some towels from the bathroom while he placed his hand on the bullet hole to put some pressure on it. Selina rushed to the bathroom and back with the towels and helped Alfred wrap it around Bruce's stomach tightly to stop the bleeding for awhile.
"Master Bruce listen to me it'll be alright, just stay with us okay." Alfred calmly said to the boy who was still feeling a lot of pain from the gun shot wound.
"Alfred….Selina….I'm so sorry." Bruce said as he started having a hard time speaking due to his injury.
"Don't apologize Bruce, you didn't do anything wrong. You saved my life that's all that matters." Selina said as she couldn't stop crying over the sight of her friend being hurt. Without any hesitation Alfred grabbed the phone and dialed 9-1-1 for help, Selina stayed with Bruce the whole time even after the bleeding stopped for awhile.
"Just stay with me Bruce, I'm not gonna leave you I promise." Selina said while holding Bruce in her arms to help comfort him as the three of them waited for the police to arrive with the ambulance. Within ten minutes or less captain Gordon and his men arrived at Wayne Manor along with the ambulance as well and during that time the police handcuffed Jeremiah and took him into custody. The medics carefully placed Bruce on a gurney while putting him in the back of the ambulance to be brought to the Gotham hospital. Selina stayed with Bruce the entire time as the medics tried placed an oxygen mask on him to help him keep breathing, Alfred told Selina he will meet her at the hospital soon after he goes to the GCPD to explain to Jim Gordon what happened at Wayne Manor. Before they reached the hospital Bruce tried to speak to Selina even though his bullet wound made it difficult for him to talk.
"Se..Selina..I….I feel cold." Bruce said
"Everything will be alright Bruce just try to stay calm." Selina said as she held on to Bruce's left hand tightly. Selina was able to stop crying for awhile, because she wanted to help comfort Bruce to stay calm before they reached the hospital so that way the doctors can treat his wound. As Selina looked at Bruce with a worried look on her face she started mentally thinking to herself about everything that has happened today and how it all led to this.
"Why did this have to happened to Bruce, he doesn't deserve to end up like this. It was bad enough that Jeremiah had to mentally torture him with Scarecrow's fear toxin in the warehouse, but this is even worse. I can't believe Bruce took a bullet for me, I mean Jeremiah was going to shoot me and Bruce immediately pushed me out of the way and risked his own life just to save mine. Even after everything we've been through together he still cares about me a lot. I can't lose Bruce, because he's the only real friend I have left in this world, plus I've lost too many important people in my life such as Bridget, my mom, and Ivy. Please don't die Bruce I care about you so much." Selina thought to herself as the ambulance finally, pulled into the Gotham hospital parking lot.
The medics carefully moved Bruce out of the ambulance while he was still on the gurney and brought him into the hospital where they quickly rushed him to the emergency room for operation. Selina followed them until she was stopped by some of the doctors and nurses who told her that she can't be allowed in the emergency room while they perform operation on Bruce's injury.
"I'm sorry miss, but you cannot go into the emergency room while we treat Mr. Wayne's wounds. You'll have to wait in the waiting room until we let you know when you can check on him." the male doctor said.
"You don't understand Bruce's my friend I can't just leave him in there all alone." Selina said
"Miss I can see you are upset about this, but you still can't be allowed to be in there while we perform the procedure. You'll just have to wait like everybody else until we let you know how Mr. Wayne is doing after the operation." the male doctor explained.
"Alright, but please do everything you can to help him." Selina asked politely
"We will I promise." the male doctor said before he entered into the emergency room to help the other doctors and nurses that were treating Bruce's injury.
Selina didn't know what else to do except sit in the waiting room until the doctors came back with news on Bruce's condition. As she sat down on one of the chairs trying to wait patiently a feeling of stress and anxiety took over Selina's mind, because every moment she waited in the hospital she kept thinking that the doctors will tell her that Bruce died from his gun shot wound. Selina tried her best to get that thought out of her head, but it only made it more difficult her while she waited to hear about Bruce's condition. During that same time Alfred finally, showed up at the hospital just like he said he would along with captain Gordon.
"Miss Kyle where is master Bruce?" Alfred asked
"He's in the emergency room with some doctors and nurses operating on him." Selina said
"Did they tell you anything on how he's doing or how bad his wounds are?" captain Gordon said
"No they wouldn't let me in there so I have to wait until they tell me the results of his condition." Selina explained
"Bloody hell this is ridiculous I'm going in there and find out if he is alright." Alfred as he was about to leave the waiting room.
"Alfred don't." captain Gordon said as stopped Alfred in his tracks by grabbing his left arm with his right hand.
"I'm his legal guardian it's my job to make sure that I take care of that boy and protect him." Alfred said
"I know you're angry and believe me I care about Bruce just like you and Selina do, but if we interfere with the operation he might not make it." Captain Gordon said
"You're right I'm sorry mate." Alfred said
"It's alright." Captain Gordon said
"So what's the news on Jeremiah." Selina asked curiously
"Jeremiah is still locked up in the GCPD interrogation room, Harvey Bullock is trying to find out any information from him, because Jeremiah claims that he's planted other bombs around the city." captain Gordon explained
"But the news reporter on TV said you guys already disabled all of his bombs recently." Selina said with a confused look on her face.
"We did, but we don't know how many more Jeremiah might have if he's telling truth about other bombs being planted in Gotham." captain Gordon said
"So what's the plan then." Selina asked
"I'll have to convince the mayor to continue the evacuation of the city, I can't risk any civilians getting hurt or killed in the process." captain Gordon explained
Just before captain Gordon could say anything else his cell phone started ringing in his left pocket. He picked it up and answered it, because he was hoping that Harvey Bullock might be calling him to report on how the interrogation is going.
"Hello." captain Gordon said
"Jim it's me listen we got a problem." Harvey said
"Harvey what's wrong?" captain Gordon asked
"Jeremiah is gone, somebody broke him out of the GCPD interrogation room." Harvey said
"What how did he escape just like that I thought you had him locked up tightly in the interrogation room with you." captain Gordon said.
"I did, but somehow he broke out when the lights randomly flickered on and off in the interrogation room and then disappeared with some mysterious guy dressed like a ninja who helped him escape." Harvey said out loud on the phone for both Selina and Alfred to hear.
"Wait a minute did he say some guy dressed like a ninja?" Selina asked curiously
"Ra's Al Ghul broke Jeremiah out of the GCPD, but why would we would want to work with that maniac?" Alfred said feeling surprised by this information.
"Ra's Al Ghul, I thought Bruce killed him." captain Gordon said confusingly as he put Harvey on hold so he could listen to what Alfred and Selina have to say.
"Yeah well some of his ninja friends decided to resurrect him after Barbara became the leader of his group, because apparently she's been secretly working for him." Selina said
"This is insane if those two are working together than we got to find them quickly before they cause more destruction to the city." captain Gordon said
"How do you expect us to find them mate, they could hiding anywhere in Gotham." Alfred said
"We should ask Barbara, she's the only one who knows where her boss might be hiding since she was his partner." Selina said to captain Gordon who nodded in agreement and immediately went back on his cell phone to talk to detective Bullock
"Harvey listen to me stay at the GCPD for now and get every available cop to help continue the evacuation of the city." captain Gordon said
"Alright, but what are you gonna do Jim I mean we got to find Jeremiah and this ninja guy before they detonate the bombs." Harvey asked
"I am gonna head over to the Sirens Club right now. Barbara might know where he and the ninja are hiding, but until then do not leave the GCPD." captain Gordon said
"You got it Jim and be careful." Harvey said
"I will and you to." Jim said before he hung up his cell phone.
"Selina you stay here and keep an eye on Bruce. Alfred and I will go to the Sirens club and find out from Barbara on where Ra's Al Ghul may be hiding with Jeremiah." captain Gordon explained
"You guys are gonna need my help if you are going to take down those two punks." Selina said
"We're not asking you to stay here miss Kyle we're telling you to." Alfred said
"Jeremiah shot my friend, I can't just stand by and let him get away with it." Selina said in an angry tone.
"Look Selina I understand you're upset and believe me I'm just as mad as you are, but Bruce needs you right now so please stay here and make sure he gets well." captain Gordon said calmly without starting an argument.
Even though Selina wanted to take revenge on Jeremiah for nearly killing Bruce she knew deep down captain Gordon was right. Bruce needed her now more than ever so Selina decided to stay in the hospital so she can keep an eye Bruce to make sure that he gets better from his injury while the doctors and nurses continue to operate on him in the emergency room. Selina nodded her to head to both Alfred and captain Gordon to let them know that she promises to stay in the hospital while they go looking for answers from Barbara on where Ra's Al Ghul might be hiding with Jeremiah.
"We will find them Selina, we promise." captain Gordon said
"We'll be back soon miss Kyle." Alfred said
"Thank you." Selina said as she watched the two of them leave the hospital in a rush and drive to the Sirens Club.
Hello everyone this new fanfiction is basically how I want the season 4 finale of Gotham to end. I am a big fan of the show and I really did enjoy the season finale from season 4, but I felt like there were things that should have been changed instead. So this is the first chapter of how I picture the season 4 finale to end. I am not going to make this a very long story, because I am only going to make 4 chapters so that way it doesn't expand too much. However, I will make sure that it is well put together and that it ends in a similar way just like in the show. Please let me know what you all think of it so far, because I would like to hear your thoughts and ideas on how I can make this story more interesting. The next chapter will be updated soon and I looked forward to see how it goes. Thanks again for reading this and have a good day.