Chapter 1: From the Afterlife to the Hero Life
Author's Note Part 1: Alright, so the first chapter of a story I only thought up less than a month ago… Which then evolved over time making this the first of two stories… The original plan was to have this just be a "The Batman" story, and leave it at that. Then, this changed over time and now it's gonna lead into a "Teen Titans" story… Which, based on my usual update speed… Will be out in a few years… You know, unless I decide to write the two at the "same time" at some point after getting tired of holding off on it.
Anyways, the beginning of this chapter is gonna be very different than originally planned. Mainly because I just read through the three current chapters of my friend Anime PJ's own "The Batman" story. And yes, I asked him permission to use this, before any of you get on my case about outright stealing it from him.
Anyways, all this being said, I guess I should get started on writing this. I'm starting it at a time in the show that's gonna make it so that I'll have to get through over 3 seasons of this show before I can actually get to the "Main Story" in Teen Titans. So, without further ado, here's the first chapter!
3rd Person POV:
Life after death certainly wasn't what Roy was expecting. No pearly gates, no endless limbo, not even the raging fire and brimstone. No, what waited for Roy after death was him sitting in an office that was devoid of any color but bleached white. Seriously, there weren't even any shadows that should have been caused by the light shining overhead. Just the white desk, white chair, white wall, white ceiling, white man, white teenager- Wait, white teenager?
Roy turned back to the teen that was sitting across from him with a blank look on his face, while the teen had something of a smirk on his own. "Hello there, the name's Yasuhide Kusuhara, and I'm here to guide you to your afterlife." The teen introduced himself, making Roy's blank expression change to one that would be described by others as a "Are you shitting me?" look.
"Seriously? You're fucking with me, right? You're actually doing this to me?" He asks, making Yasuhide raise an eyebrow, before he seems to think of something.
"Nope, no fucking going on here unfortunately. That being said, you read that story, huh?" He asks, getting an eyeroll from Roy in response.
"If you're referring to the story my friend wrote, then yes, I did. At least the three chapters that he wrote in the time before I died. I've also read about you… Though, only to just after you got on that team in school." Roy states, getting a smile out of Yasuhide.
"Being ambiguous, are we?" He asks, getting an eyeroll and a smirk from Roy in response.
"Oh please. Dying, then being sent here so that I can live in another world? Textbook storyline for a Fanfic. No spoilers here, though since this is me going through this, that doesn't mean I can't treat it like it's my actual life now does it?" He asks, getting a smile from Yasuhide in response.
"No, I suppose it doesn't. What is fiction in one world is real life in another… Or some shit like that. Anyways, chose a world, choose an ability, and let's get you to your new life." Yasuhide states, getting a nod from Roy as the white colored teen takes out a few pieces of paper.
"Eh, let's "Keep it simple, stupid". Same as Dan, I'll head to "The Batman". Although unlike what Dan said, I actually want it to definitely lead into Teen Titans. As for a power… You know, I've always wanted certain powers after watching anime and playthroughs of video games. Fire Dragonslaying magic like Natsu, the Blacklight Virus like Alex Mercer, Maybe even the Boosted Gear to use all the different ways it can be "broken" in order to power up a ton… But, considering the world I'm heading into… I think I'll stick with Electrokinesis." Roy states with a shrug, getting a nod from Yasuhide as he passes him the paperwork.
After receiving them, Roy did a thorough scan of the paperwork to see if anything was different… And he was very glad he did. "Huh… Suppose I shouldn't expect everything to be the same… Infinite universes and all that I guess… So, still no changing major events, but those are few and far between… And it seems like they're more "Earth Changing" events… Which actually seem to happen a bit in this universe now that I think about it… The butterfly affect is taken into account for any changes I might make, but the universe itself will attempt to correct any that seem like they're getting too out of hand?" He asks, looking up at Yasuhide with a raised eyebrow, making the white man shrug in response.
"Hey, in this universe, Dan just went to his own Batman universe a couple hours ago. So, you can imagine that I still don't know everything about what this job entails." He admits, making Roy shrug in acceptance as he goes back to looking over the paperwork.
"Huh… Well this is different…" Roy mutters, looking at one section in particular, and looking up at Yasuhide.
"Hm? Which part?" He asks, making Roy turn the paper to point out the section, making Yasuhide lean forwards a bit to get a better look, nodding when he sees what Roy is pointing out.
"Yeah, although to be fair, that part is "different" for the Dan that just left a few hours ago as well… You can imagine the differences that'll make for him in this new life of his, can't you?" Yasuhide asks, getting a nod from Roy as he goes back to looking over the papers in his hand.
"Yup… Both in the near future… As well as the far future." Roy states as he finishes looking over the paperwork, and signs it with the pen sitting on the desk in front of him, then hands them back to Yasuhide.
"Thanks for using this Afterlife Service, and we hope to see you again in the future… The far future at least. Don't go dying too early Roy. Last thing we need is for you to die a without a girlfriend a second time." Yasuhide says, getting a frown from Roy.
"Rub it in why don't you? I already know who you got with… How was that, by the way? Her grandmother still bugging you about that?" Roy asks him with a smirk, and for the first time, a different color than white appeared in that room. Right before a flash of light appeared, and Roy found himself standing in the darkened night time streets of what he could only assume was Gotham City thanks to the world he asked to be revived in. Looking around, Roy allowed himself a bit of a smile, before it was wiped off his face, and he looked around in shock.
A few seconds later, he quickly made his way over to a store window, and looked at his reflection that appeared. "…Oh you have got to be fucking with me right now… Seriously?" He asks with his "Are you shitting me?" face clear for all to see. He still had his unkempt black hair, Caucasian skin, and grey-blue eyes. However there was one major difference in his appearance that would be blatantly obvious to anyone who knew him in his past life.
"I asked to be reborn into a cartoon… When I asked to be reborn into a cartoon… I didn't expect to become a part of that fucking cartoon!" He hisses to himself so that he wouldn't seem like a lunatic to the other people around him, as few as there were. Sure enough, Roy's overall appearance of "Live Action Actor" had changed to that of "Cartoon Character". In response to this new development, Roy simply sighed. "Well, guess it's not all bad…" He thinks to himself with a bit of a smirk. "At least I know what to expect in terms of appearances now." He admits.
After thinking about it for a few more seconds, Roy then turns his attention to his current outfit. He was dressed the same as when he'd died. A simple red T-shirt with a black leather jacket over it, Blue jeans, and black shoes. After a few seconds however, Roy froze as something occurred to him. That being the main difference between what was happening to him, and what he read a short while back.
"…Time to go looking for a nice alleyway to sleep…" He mutters as he sags and makes his way past the different stores on the street, looking down alleyways for anything that might look like a comfortable place to sleep, while at the same time, trying to think about the info he could remember from the TV show, and how it might help him find an area like that easier. However, he was stopped from doing that when the TV's in a store's window suddenly started flickering all at once while playing a basketball game between two teams he couldn't quite remember.
Raising an eyebrow, Roy turned his attention from the alleyway he was just about to pass, and turned to face all the TV's. A few short seconds later, a familiar white face with a smile filled with uneven yellow teeth appeared on the screens. "Good Eveniiiing, Gotham!" The Joker exclaimed with just one of his patented smiles, making Roy's eyes widen as he looks at the small logo in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
"Ahhh, shit." He mutters as he listens to Joker continue to talk.
"It's me! You're most underrated entertainer! Oh, how I've tried to make you all laugh, but I'm not feeling the love people." He says with a fake pout as he hugs himself, before bouncing right back with another smile. "Every time I bring my brand of funny to Gotham, the only sound I hear is…" He trails off as he holds one hand up to the side of his ear, while the other holds a wind up cricket toy beside it, a slightly pissed off frown appearing on his face as he eyes said cricket toy while it lets off the cliché cricket chirps.
Then, he turns his eyes to the camera, and smashes the toy as a smile reappears on his face once again. "But who can blame you? You're all glued to your idiot boxes." The Joker continues "And since the media chooses to focus on the tragic side of my crime career…" The Joker trails off as a black and white video of him being forced into a cop car plays on the screens, before it changes to a news article of the same scene, right before it's ripped on camera by the actual Joker.
"It seems some hilarious counterprograming is in order. So stay tuned for my brand-new sitcom…" He trails off, before a cartoonish logo appears on screen, and banjo music plays in the background. "Me and the Mayor!" The joker continues, and as Roy watches, he can't help but smirk a bit at the cartoonish events playing out on screen. "What happens when you team the cray crime clown with Gotham's very own Mayor Grange?" He asks, as the cartoonish counterpart asks the same, before gesturing to the cartoonish mayor, who waves at the screen… Just before cartoonish Joker uses an oversized hammer to flatten him.
"Can't miss comedy, folks." A greyed picture of the mayor says with Joker's laugh a second later, before changing back to filming the Joker as he gives his wide grin at the screen. "And it premieres tonight on my very own private network, JTV! Just as soon as I abduct my co-star" He tells the camera, the stations signature laughter echoing through the speakers on the many TV's that Roy was looking at, before it fades out and the Joker himself laughs at the screen with a wide grin.
After that, the screen flickered once again, and it was changed back to the game, which had continued on as if nothing happened. Then again, there aren't really any TV's there for Joker to hack into… Roy thinks to himself, before shaking his head as he looks around to see that he wasn't actually the only one staring at the screens, and in fact, everyone that had been on the streets had moved over to stare at through the window as well, and were now muttering amongst themselves.
That being the case, Roy quickly decided to make himself scarce, and slipped his way through the crowd, and away from the store before turning down an alleyway. "Prooobably shouldn't get involved in this yet… Last thing I want at the moment is to end up getting involved, and drawing Batman's attention onto me, and away from the Joker even a bit… And I'd rather not get caught up by the Joker into this plan either. Cause as much as I can play the victim… I really don't want to have to." He mutters with a frown, before he walks to the end of the alleyway and onto another street, and starts to walk down that one in an attempt to find a different alleyway that might actually have something comfortable he could sleep on.
However, a few seconds later, he thought of something, and his eyes widened as his hand flew to the right pocket in his jeans. His eyes widen in both surprise and relief as he pulls out a couple different things. One was a small pile of folded bills, which he unfolded and counted to find that there was easily a hundred dollars in twenties. Hopefully Yasuhide was at least nice enough to use whatever afterlife mojo he had to change these so they'll be legal in this universe… Roy thinks to himself, before looking down at the other item in his hand.
My phone… Roy thinks, opening his phone and unlocking it. The first thing he noticed was that his phone was a lot more… empty. For one, there was only a couple "pages" as opposed to the many that he had before, and scrolling onto the second page, he found that the reason was for the lack of apps he usually had. "Huh… Guess it was brought back down to the basics." He mutters to himself, frowning at the fact that he essentially had a "brand new" iPhone. Shutting it down, he let off a sigh as he continued to walk down the street, looking down alleyways as he walked.
As he walked up a slight hill and got ready to look down yet another alleyway, he was distracted by the sound of a siren, and his attention was brought to where it was coming from. The sight that greeted him made his eyes widen, and he jumped towards the building to his left as he saw an undercover cop car come barreling over the top of the hill, getting some air time before it landed on the street just beside him, sending up a cloud of dust in the process as it continued to speed down the road, leaving Roy coughing at the dust surrounding him.
"God damn it Cash…" He mutters, before coughing again and waving at the dust in an attempt to clear it faster, before sending one last glare at the retreating undercover cop car, and then turning around to check more alleyways. Hoping to find something that would let him sleep at least semi-peacefully tonight.
Half an hour later, Roy was still looking, a frown clear on his face as he's failed to find even one alleyway with a mattress in it. "Come one, come one… This is Gotham. You'd think there'd be dozens of alleyways where mattresses have been left behind by homeless people for one another to use. But no… Guess that's what I get for asking to be in "The Batman" instead of a different version that's a bit darker… A city that has about 1% of it be people that are homeless, and even then, they probably have it better than roughing it in the streets…" Roy mutters to himself with a frown as he kicks a random can into an alleyway.
"Tch. Maybe if I follow it, it'll lead me to a mech of some kind. And I'll not only have Electrokinesis, I'll also be this universe's Chiro. With a team of robot monkeys…" Roy mutters to himself with an eyeroll, continuing to kick the can down the alleyway, until he reaches the other side, and exits onto a different street. What greets him is the sight of the broken half of a car crashing into the back of a truck, and none other than the mother fucking Batman landing on the street in front of him, making his eyes widen. "…Holy shit." He says with wide eyes, making said Batman turn to look at him.
"…Er, hi?" Roy asks with a slightly nervous smile, waving a hand in greeting. He didn't get a reaction, and instead watched as Batman simply turned and got ready to launch a grappling hook up at the top of a building to take off after Joker. However, he was stopped by the sound of a motorcycle coming from behind him, only for said motorcycle to jump over him and land in front of him, where Cash Tankinson removed his helmet, climbed off the bike and walked towards him.
"Say hello to Cash Tankinson… The detective who finally arrests The Batman." He says, aiming his pistol at Batman. In response, Batman points behind Cash in the direction the Joker and his goons went.
"Look, the mayor's in-" However, he's cut off by Cash.
"Hey, I didn't vote for him." He states with a shrug. After he says that, Roy hears Yin driving closer to them in a car, but he has his own things to say.
"Hey, that doesn't mean that you can just ignore what's happening to him." He says, walking towards the two, and making them turn in his direction. "You're a police officer, that means you help the city. And the mayor is a central part of the city." He says, walking closer to Cash. "And thinking about it, I think I recognize you… Yeah… You're the one who covered me in dust earlier!" Roy exclaims with a glare, making Cash look at him in surprise.
"You could've killed someone driving like that. You nearly killed me!" Roy continues, Cash now having his full attention on Roy, who uses this distraction to look towards Batman, and look from him to the roof a couple times.
"Look, kid. I've got no idea what it is that you're talking abo-" However, he's distracted by the sound of a grappling hook being launched, and he turns just in time to see Batman using it to pull himself up onto the rooftops. "Hey, hold it right there!" Cash exclaims, aiming his pistol up at where the Batman is, giving Roy time to look and give a quick thumbs up to Yin as she drives closer, before slipping away back into the shadows of the alleyway he'd come from, and making his way behind a large pile of trash bags.
"What the- Hey, where'd you go?!" He hears Cash exclaim, and he can only assume the policeman is yelling at him. Luckily, he hears a car door slam a few seconds later, and Yin starts to yell at him. Giving a smile at the sound, he listens until they drive away, before making his way out from behind the trash pile. He continues to smile for a few seconds, both at the fact that he'd gotten away from Cash, and the fact that he'd just helped The Batman slip away, Yin doing it anyways in canon be damned, before said smile slips off his face and he scowls.
"Now to try finding a mattress… Again… Joy." Roy mutters to himself, before sighing, and making his way back on the street to try and find a different alleyway to spend the night.
A couple hours, and yet another JTV broadcast watched through a different TV store window, later and Roy had finally found an alleyway with a mattress to sleep on. Getting as comfortable as he could on it, he attempted to fall asleep. It took a while, but eventually, Roy found himself waking up to the sounds of a busy city, and light streaming into the alleyway from the open air above it. Yawning, he pulled out his phone to check the time, and found it was just after noon time. Shrugging, he put it back into his pocket, before climbing to his feet, and stretching.
A few minutes later, he walked out of the alleyway, and started making his way down the street… That is, until he stopped and sat on one of the few random benches to think about something. "Please oh please let Yasuhide have been nice enough to do one thing to the phone…" He mutters as he pulls it out and opens it. Luckily, a few seconds later, he found that the Map app had indeed been updated to this world, and he could now look at Gotham City on his phone.
Sighing in relief, the first thing that Roy did was look in the "Food" tab at the bottom, and find a place to have lunch…
A few short hours later, and with a full stomach, Roy sat at a bench in Gotham Park, his earbuds, which he'd found in his other pocket, in his ears as he listens to one of the many songs that remained on his iPhone. Not as many as he'd had before, but that was probably just because those bands didn't exist in this universe. Not all that surprising really. There are bound to be differences… He thinks to himself. …other than the obvious ones. He adds with a smirk, tapping his foot onto the ground with the beat of the song playing.
Unfortunately, after looking through his phone earlier while waiting for his lunch to be brought to his table, he'd found a few other things that were different with his phone. For one, he didn't have any service, or cellular to use. Then again, I guess that makes sense in a different universe… I don't have a provider. And if I did, I definitely don't have enough money to pay for constant data, or calling and texting at the moment… If I had anyone to contact that is. He thinks to himself. Luckily, it seemed that many public places in Gotham allowed their customers to use free Wi-Fi, so he wouldn't have any problems searching stuff up online whenever he needed to as long as he was close to one while on the street.
By this point, Roy had well and truly accepted that he was now in the world of "The Batman", which would eventually lead into "Teen Titans". The only question that was left for him was… "What now?" Sure, he had the choice of joining Batman, but considering how he preferred to work alone, it would have been a question of "How" to work with the Batman. Another option was to simply be an "Ally" to good ole' Bats. But then came the harder task of getting a job o that he could get money so that he could find a place to live and eat. And even before that, was the fact of having no identification what-so-ever to give to a place that would hire him.
And there was no way in any circle of hell that he'd go the villain route. The last thing he wanted was to go stealing something, only to have Bats hunt him down, and send him off to jail. Cause not only would it weigh on his conscious, there was also the fact that he didn't really "exist" in this universe. Meaning that when it came to fingerprints and such, there would be no match, and he'd be questioned by authorities about that… Roy really didn't need that. So, as it always was for him, the first option was the only one that would work for him… But then came that same question from before.
"How?" How was Roy supposed to get onto the Batman's "Good side", in order to attempt to work with him. Dropping the fact that he was from an alternate universe right when they met for the second time probably wasn't his best bet, nor was it a very good "first impression". At the same time, despite knowing that Joker was gonna be taking Cash to one of the theaters in Gotham later tonight for his third broadcast, and attempting to arrive there before or after it wouldn't be a very good idea. It was possible it'd lead to Cash escaping before being gassed, and not only leaving Roy to be gassed in his place, but also Cash staying as Yin's partner for a time.
And knowing vaguely about what was coming, it would definitely be best if Cash went with that "desk job" he would be asking for… So, that left showing up later on that night to help out Batman. With that in mind, Roy stood up, and opened the Map app on his phone, looking for the abandoned radio tower. Unfortunately, the only ones that showed up were active ones. Meaning it was time to do some light shopping, and use the Wi-Fi provided at the store to search up the run down one…
Later that night, after watching Cash get gassed on JTV on the TV's in a store just under a mile away from the radio tower, Roy was sitting on one of the docks close by. A few minutes later, he hears the sound of the Batmobile pulling up nearby, and looks over his shoulder to see if he could figure out where it was. A few seconds later, his eyes widen at the Batmobile pulling up just a few feet away. "Alright… Didn't see this coming." He admits to himself as the top opens, and Batman jumps out in front of him.
"…Okay then. Figured you'd show up closer to the tower, but this works too…" Roy says with wide eyes, making Batman narrow his own at him. After staring at the Batman for a few seconds, Roy sags and pats himself over, before turning and looking in front of him with a slight frown. "Alright, where'd you toss it?" He asks, making batman step forwards and pull his tracking device out of the inside of a partially opened zipper pocket, making Roy sigh in response, before looking up at Batman, who was still staring at him.
"…Explanations after we stop the Joker?" Roy suggests, making Batman raise an eyebrow in response.
"We?" He asks Roy, making the teen, despite the situation, give a smirk.
"Yep, we. Sure I can't do much… But, I figure this has to count for something, right?" He asks, letting lightning spark in his hands. Batman doesn't do much in response to the electricity dancing in the teen's hands, and simply turns and starts walking in the direction of the radio tower. "…I'll take your lack of saying "stay here" to mean "come on"." Roy says with a small smile, following Batman towards the tower, and the waiting Joker.
A few minutes later, the two approached the area where the radio tower was, where there was also quite a few storage sheds, and… "Um, is that a boxing ring?" Roy asks in confusion, and he didn't really have to fake it. They hadn't shown it in the show until right before Batman was thrown into it, so he kinda figured that it was set up behind one of the sheds, and Batman was dragged to it. Otherwise, he felt that would've been the first thing Batman focused on in the show. He hadn't expected it to be right there.
At the question, Batman narrowed his eyes at the boxing ring in question, before bringing his attention away from the ring and looking around the area some more in hopes of finding the Joker, his goons, or the Mayor and Cash. Instead of finding one of the three, one of the three found them. "Now why would you want to pull the plug on JTV, when we've been such a rating smash?!" Joker exclaims, bringing the duo's attention to him. A few seconds later however, and Roy was quick to turn towards the sound of footsteps heading in their direction. Unfortunately, he was a bit late to do so, and received a bat to the head for his troubles.
And he wasn't Batman. So instead of the Joker's feet being what he saw seconds later, instead is was simply blackness…
Minutes later, Roy woke up with a groan, and looking around, he thanked his lucky stars that Joker hadn't decided to tie him up, and instead, he'd simply been propped against the side of the boxing ring. Guess he figured he wouldn't get much "entertainment" from the populace for putting a teen he knocked unconscious into the shot… He thinks, getting up while rubbing at the goose egg on his head. Probably gonna want to have that looked at…He continues, before looking around in an attempt to find out what's going on at the moment.
Police haven't shown up, so we haven't reached the end yet… He thinks to himself, before looking around some more. Then, his eyes are drawn to the still glowing light at the top of the tower. Guess I still have time to help out. Last thing I need is to be completely worthless after offering help. Roy thinks, before groaning to himself as he looks at the tower, trying to figure out exactly what's going on right now.
The sight that greets him is Punch and Judy being pushed over the side of the tower, before the rope tied to their legs causes the light up top to go out after the cables inside the metal pole are broken. "Right… Won't be able to help out much now." Roy mutters to himself with a frown, before looking towards the machine that lifted Joker up beside the tower. "But that doesn't mean I'm completely useless." He continues, running over to said machine, and getting inside. "Aaaand, locked." He says to himself, throwing the switch that'll stop the part Joker's inside of from lifting any higher.
After doing so, he was quick to climb on top of the hood, before he jumps onto the arm, and starts to climb up towards the Joker. Because knowing the clown, he wouldn't throw in the cards just because he couldn't get up the easy way. And sure enough, after arriving at the top a few seconds later, Roy found the Joker already walking along one of the sides towards the rope holding the Mayor and Cash above the ground. Thinking quick, Roy leapt onto a different metal rod, and quickly placed his hands on it. "Come on, at least let me have enough power to do this right now…" He mutters, before concentrating, and willing electricity to gather in his hands, before transferring it into the metal.
Luckily, it seemed that he'd generated just enough that it traveled along the structure, the charge of the electricity quickly making its way through the metal, before traveling into the ground to disperse. However, before it did that, it also traveled through the Joker, lighting him up a low blue due to the spread of the electricity, but enough so that the jaws he was going to use on the rope were instead dropped to the ground below, and he let out that cliché stuttering sound as he was zapped.
Roy sighed in relief, before he saw the Joker tipping over the side with a slight groan, and quickly reached out to grab a hold of him to stop him from going splat. He managed to, and grabbed onto the clown's wrist, stopping his decent as the teen held onto the metal rod, and just managing to pull the clown up next to him. However, a second later, Joker's eyes snapped open, and with a wide grin, he used his other hand and placed it on Roy's shoulder. "Thanks for the save. Wonder what could have caused that…" He wonders, before smiling at Roy. "Either way, thanks for the save, pal." He states, and a second later, Roy feels a of electricity jolt go through his body, making him raise an eyebrow at the hand.
In response to his look, Joker blinks in confusion, before pulling back his hand, and looking down at the buzzer attached to it. "Huh?" He wonders, before looking back up at Roy, who has his right hand lit up with electricity.
"Here's your cause right here." He states, before grabbing Joker's hand once again, and giving it a good shake while sending a few jolts through Joker's body, causing Joker to stutter, before he falls back onto the metal rod, just as Batman lands behind him, making the clown look up at him.
"Joker, you've been cancelled." He states, making Joker groan before he passes out. As this happens, Roy sees that above them, the mayor and Cash are being pulled up, and brings his attention to the metal rod above them, where he sees Yin standing, and using the rope to pull them up.
Guess having more rope to use and not worry about her weight being the only thing holding them up helped her actually get them up to untie them this time… He thinks to himself, before standing up and watching as the Batman slings the Joker over one shoulder, and then using his grappling hook on a metal rod a couple levels above them, looking down at Roy a second later. Roy stares at him, before realizing that he needs to grab onto him if he wants to go up. He does so, and a second later the three are on the level above them, where Batman cuffs Joker to a loop in the tower.
After that, the two walk over to where Yin is, making her turn to the two as Batman takes out a Batarang, and uses it on the rope the two are tied to, and then lying them down on the larger platform in the middle of the tower. After he does so, he turns around to face the policewoman, and the teen. "Thanks for the backup." He thanks them, getting a smile from Roy in response, while Yin looks down at the ground, where cops are pulling up.
"No problem. Though speaking of, it looks like I wasn't the only cop who following your Television exploits." She states, getting a nod from Batman as he hands her a vial of what Roy assumes is the antidote, before he turns and uses his grappling hook on a nearby building, before turning around to face Roy. The teen nods, before stepping forwards, allowing Batman to grab him before he uses the grappling hook and swings away from the tower.
A few minutes later, the two are driving away in the Batmobile, Roy looking around with a smile on his face that the fact that he is inside the mother fucking Batmobile. "So cool…" He mutters as he looks around, and in response, Roy sees Batman give his "Batman smile" that he'd seen so many times when he'd watched the show. However, it quickly changes back to his normal stoic look as he presses a button when he takes a turn, and Roy sees what looks like a garbage bin open in a way that allows the Batmobile to drive "through" it, and into a driveway with a low cave ceiling.
No way… Roy thinks with wide eyes as he realizes what's happening. And only a few seconds later, the Batmobile arrives in its resting place within the hidden layer of the Batman, none other than the Batcave. The top of the Batmobile opened, and Batman was quick to leap out, leaving Roy to attempt to stand up a bit and jump out without causing any scuffs or scratches. After getting out and seeing Batman's look, Roy gave him a raised eyebrow. "What? You've probably had years to practice that. I've never had to leap from a sitting position before." He argues, and in response Batman simply turns around and walks towards a blue pole.
Roy simply sighs at the look, before turning in a slow circle to take in the cave. Sure, he'd seen it on a 2D screen before, and sure it "looked" the same thanks to the fact that he'd been thrown into a cartoon world with actual cartoon looks… still slightly annoyed by that… But now even if it "looked" the same, it still looked different, seeing as everything was now 3D, and could be touched. After a few more seconds of looking around, Roy turned back to the pole to find Batman looking at him, that same "Batman smile" back on his face.
"…You're smug, aren't you? That's a smug smile at me being awestruck, isn't it?" Roy asks with a smile, and the only response he gets is Batman taking a hold of the pole, and being brought up a couple levels. "…That was totally a smug smile." Roy mutters as he walks over to the pole and follows what Batman did, arriving at the level where the Batcomputer was located, which Batman was walking over to, and Alfred Pennyworth was waiting by. The same Alfred Pennyworth who raised an eyebrow when he saw Roy appear.
"…I did not realize we were hosting a daycare, sir." He states, getting a good laugh out of Roy. He'd always enjoyed Alfred's witty sarcasm in the different versions of Batman he'd seen, and the "real life" version certainly didn't disappoint.
"We're not." Batman responds as he sits at the computer and starts to type on it, while Roy walks over near Alfred.
"Oh no, he's definitely not… He's hosting a super-powered club. Name's Roy. I'm 15." Roy states as he lets electricity dance in his palm, getting a raised eyebrow from Alfred.
"I see. Alfred Pennyworth, at your service." Alfred states with a slight bow, making Roy stare at him.
"I've known you for all of fifteen seconds, you made a joke at my expense after seeing me, you're sarcastic as heck, I don't know how you feel about certain swears, and now after I've introduced myself and shown my powers, you're polite…" Roy counts on his fingers as he lists this with a straight face, before a grin appears. "I like you already." Roy states, getting a small smile in response from Alfred.
"Quite." He responds, before Batman turns around in his seat, stands up, and walks over to stand in front of Roy.
"Who are you?" He asks, getting a raised eyebrow from Roy in response, before his eyes widen in realization, and he glances over at the Batcomputer to find multiple pages open on the screens, most of which seem to be attempted at searching for him. And most of which definitely wouldn't be available to be searched by ordinary people.
"Ah… Right, guess I should've expected this. World's greatest detective and all that…" Roy mutters to himself, before turning around and walking back a few feet with his hand to his chin as he tries to find a way to explain this without being thrown into Arkham Asylum by Batman. After a few seconds, he snaps his fingers.
"Alright, let's start with the way that Cross did it in "This Bites!", and lead on from there." He says, turning around and spreading his arms. "Have either of you two heard of the Multiverse Theory?" He asks with a wide smile.
Author's Note Part 1: Aaaand, I'm ending it there! Now, to re-read this and then write this Author's Note after going over everything one more time. Then to post it an immediately get started on the next chapter, since this is a helluva a cliffhanger to leave you guys on. Worse than most I've left hanging to this day…
Alright, so I've re-read it, and it looks like it's all ready to be uploaded. I'll get started on the second chapter in a little bit, and hopefully post it sometime either tomorrow, or Wednesday. Either way, this story will hopefully be my main focus for the time being. Mainly because this is probably the third longest series of stories that I'll be working on. (The first and second being my One Piece stories and Naruto story)
Not much else to say for this chapter right now, but I'm looking forwards to writing the next one! …Kinda. Seeing as the next one will mainly be original, and maybe lead into the next episode. But a good chunk of it will probably focus on the "rebirth" explanation, hero training (since knowing Batman, he'd probably prefer to have a trained sidekick as opposed to letting Roy go out and just run around with his powers and knowledge), and possibly a bit more original situations. After all, even if Batman takes him in as his sidekick… I've gotta figure out what the hell I do with Roy in regards to his living arrangements…
Anyways, that's it for this Author's Note, hope to see you all in the next chapter, and thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this one!