Disclaimer: I do not own anything and I am sorry in advance if this plot has been done somewhere already (I haven't read anything similar so hopefully I'll be okay).
Chapter one: New Faces
It was a dark and stormy night; the clouds had swept in mercilessly and by late afternoon Gotham was blanketed with heavy rain. Batman stood atop his favourite gargoyle scrutinizing his city. He had already stopped one armed robbery and three muggings so all in all it was a fairly slow night. This suited him just fine because he was beginning to feel the lack of sleep catch up to him. It wasn't the first time he had gone without sleep but 4 days was certainly pushing it. He was contemplating his latest joust with the Joker; the sadistic bastard had kidnapped several orphans and was holding the city ransom for their "safe" return. He had found them in time of course and had returned them to their home and had the Joker back in Arkham within the hour. He was thinking of calling it a night when he heard the wail of an alarm.
"Great, so much for going home" he murmured sarcastically.
He reached for his grapple gun and shot the line to the nearest building, swung and landed neatly on top of the museum roof. He peered in through the skylight and saw a masked woman clutching a rare Egyptian artifact and hastily heading towards her makeshift exit. He silently entered through the skylight, in front of her exit, effectively blocking her means of escape.
"Get out of my way" she hissed threateningly
She was trying to intimidate him, he smiled inwardly at the attempt to scare him; she must be new in town he mused to himself I wonder if she really thinks that I am going to move. His train of thought was interrupted by a sharp kick to his abdomen. He doubled over and gasped for air. Before he had time to recover she delivered another sharp kick to his head and another and another until finally the dark knight fell to the floor breathing heavily and while everything slowly faded to dark he saw her standing over him, poised to remove his mask.
A/N: please review and let me know what you think. It's my first attempt at writing fanfiction (although I have read lots of stories) so criticism is welcome. I'm not sure of the direction just yet but the mystery woman is a character I made up (not from scratch, combinations of various people). If anyone has any suggestions about the direction then please let me know : )