A FanFiction about Batman Begins. Actually, it was supposed to get a Jonathan Crane based FanFiction and it still is although there are some parts without him to explain the story and the characters. Because there wasn't any nice girl/ man (well, Joker would have fitted...) in the movie to pair him with, I had to invent a new character who also plays an important role and that's why the story line is a bit different from the movie.

I do not own anything.

Unfortunately, I only could watch the movie in German so some passages are freely translated and I don't know how they're in the English original. Certain scenes I could watch on youtube so I had them in English. I already apologize when my English is too bad at some points.

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Although it doesn't look like that on the first glance, Crane is actually the main character and will get an even more important focus in the later chapters.

Chapter 1

'Ra's Al Ghul?' Bruce asked.

The door behind him closed. Ninjas were gathering around him.

'Wait' Ducard appeared suddenly. He walked over to Bruce. 'What are you looking for?' he asked.

'A way to fight unfairness. To teach those scare who are taking the weak as victims.' He gave him the blue flower. He looked around. Ra's Al Ghul sat in his chair, a ninja stood next to him, the face covered. The suit was tight and it looked as if it was a woman, Bruce estimated her to be a young girl.

Ducard said something to Ra's Al Ghul who turned to the Ninja girl next to him. They exchanged a few words and he turned back.

Ducard translated for Bruce. 'To manipulate the fear of the others, you have to tackle your own first. Are you ready to begin?'

Bruce woke up. He hated the nightmares. Dreaming of the death of his parents was worth, this was third worth. The second place was remembering the moment when he first time had fought against that Ninja girl. He had never seen her face, it had always been covered.

The night they had fought outside he had received so many wounds that he had lost counting. He had broken in the ice three times and each time she had helped him out. He had been training for five years there, being exactly seven years away from Gotham.

After one year training he had fought the girl. She had been extraordinary strong. After the fight they had slept outside because they didn't want to go back through the mountains to the mountain palace during night.

They had sat together at the campfire.

'What's your name?' he asked when they both stared at the fire burning.

'Names do not define a being' she just answered. She still wore the black mask, part of her tight ninja costume.

'When will I be allowed to see your face?'

'Soon enough.'

'Why are you here? You're not older than sixteen.'

'I'm fourteen. Ducard found me in the mountains when I was a little baby. He brought me to the mountain palace and they raised me there.'

'You have no idea of your parents?'

'No, they didn't want me. They just set me out in the mountains. Therefore I don't know my real name if I ever got one.'

'Ducard raised you speaking English?'

'Yes, and Tibetan. He also taught me French and Spanish. He's fluent in both.'

Bruce was impressed. She laid her head on his shoulder. They both continued staring into the bonfire without saying a word.

He remembered that scene when he entered the Wayne tower. Another day at work down in the cellar, department practical science. Only Lucius Fox and Valentina Riddle worked there. Valentina was a young chemist with about nineteen years. Although this department wasn't one of the most fascinating ones in the Wayne Tower, she loved working there. Bruce has both gotten to know when he started to work down there about two weeks ago. He liked them already very well.

He exited the elevator. Lucius already was at work and he saw Valentina at the end of the big hall in her usual white lab coat wearing plastic gloves and safety glasses. She looks beautiful, he thought and went over to Lucius.

'I found it' he said when Bruce looked over his shoulder on the computer he was sitting in front of. They walked over to one of the cupboards and Lucius opened the draw.

'Multi-functional belts…endure 300 pounds' he explained.

Bruce was astonished. It looked good for what he planned. Lucius showed him the suit. Not black enough, Bruce thought when Lucius explained its function.

'Bulletproof?' he asked.

'Except for an additional shot.'

Bruce turned around. He hadn't heard Valentina coming. She carried test tube racks with several colorless liquids in it.

'She's controlling the last production of testing liquids for our new microwave weapon' Lucius explained when he looked at Bruce examining the test tubes.

'It shall be tested if the microwaves also vaporize other liquids than water and how soon' she said.

'Sounds interesting' he smiled and watched her walking to the chemical lab desk.

'You should ask her out' Lucius murmured.

'Oh no' Bruce answered. 'I'm twenty-nine and she's nineteen.'

'But you're rich and she's just a young chemist' he said ironically.

He sighed.

'I don't think she's interested in money' Lucius added.

'Why that?' Bruce asked.

'She was offered a job in the chemistry lab three floors above us. She would have earned three times as much but she wanted to go here. She graduated from University with an A.'

Bruce was surprised. He had always been astonished by her, she was nineteen and already had a doctor title. Actually, this was impossible but she had had special allowance to skip most of the courses and only did the end exams. She must really be a genius, he thought.

'Somebody is sleuthing around.'

'One hand is washing another, doc. At last, I am the one who cares about the safety of your deliveries.'

'This is what we pay you for.'

'Perhaps money isn't as interesting as favors.'

Crane took his glasses into his hands. His light blue eyes directly looked at Falconi. 'That someone like me can't scare you, is absolutely understandable for me, Mr. Falconi. But…you know who I am working for' he said in a nice but scaring voice. 'When he'll come here-'

'What, he'll come here? Here to Gotham?'

'Yeah, that's right.'

Falconi didn't notice Crane's typical Irish accent. He perfectly hid it.

'And when he's here, he doesn't want to hear that you endangered our operation because you didn't want your rowdies to go to prison.'

Falconi began to think about what Crane said. 'Who's making problems?' he asked.

'A young lawyer.'

'Okay, we buy her.'

'Not this one.'

'Oh, an idealist. For that we also do have solutions.'

'I don't wanna know' Crane said with his typical emotionless, stone-poker face.

'Yes, you want' Falconi said in a deep voice.

Crane looked at him for a while and thought. No, it would be too early to kill him. 'Do something' he said and walked out of the office.

It was already late night and he decided to go home. There was no business left for today.

He didn't know why he decided otherwise but he stayed in downtown and went to the nearest disco. Johnny still hadn't paid the last delivery of drugs. He needed to remind him that there was no playing around with him. He walked into the loud disco, far too loud for him (I imagined the disco like this one in that certain scene in Breakfast on Pluto…). The crowd danced and screamed.

Jonathan searched his way through the crowd to the bar. 'Hey, is Johnny here?' he asked the barkeeper he knew.

'Haven't you heard? He's found death about an hour ago. Someone slit open his throat.' Jonathan sighed. Typical. With that he got away another time

He walked out of the loud disco again. Outside there stood a girl at his car. He sighed. Another girl who just wanted sex and nothing more. On the other side she was really pretty and he hasn't been out with a girl for such a long time.

Perhaps he should give her a try.

They both lay naked in his bed. It has been such a long time since he last time had so much fun. It had been wonderful and she had remembered him that there was more than to work and to betray.

'What's your name?' he asked. She was tall, he estimated her to be around twenty-one, she had long, black, curly hair and her skin was really pale.

'Valentina' she answered. (Well, her voice can be imagined as the voice of the Borg Queen in Star Trek). She looked at him with her deep black eyes, so raven-hued black that he couldn't see the pupils. He took the strand of hair out of her face.

'And you're Dr. Jonathan Crane' she said smilingly.

He froze. How did she know his name?

'You're better than I expected.'

'What did you expect?' he asked unsurely.

She shortly laughed. 'Well, you're a psychiatrist, a doctor and you run Arkham Asylum. I thought you would be more that kind of…evil and mad man who only minds his business.'

'I actually do' he sat up. Who the hell was this girl? And what did she know. 'Who are you?' he asked.

She just smiled. 'How far is your work?'

He looked at her. 'What do you mean?'

'He will come soon…your client.'

'You work for him?' Crane asked getting scared. 'He sent you?'

'I've been here already for quite a while. My task was to examine the situation. Gotham, your work, people who could endanger this operation…'

Jonathan didn't say anything. He had great respect toward his boss and if she told him that they had slept together he didn't want to think about the consequences.

'You won't tell him about this, will you?'

'No, of course not. You really like your work for him, don't you?' she asked and sat up too.

'It's a big deal' he admitted.

She touched his cheek. Her hands were so warm. 'He lied to you' she said softly.

Jonathan didn't understand.

'What do you think he is going to do with the poisoned water supply and the microwave weapon?' Her look was so deep and Jonathan didn't doubt that she could read his mind. She was so beautiful and when they had had sex he had really thought that he would love her. But now she was only controlling him in order from their boss.

'I don't…Blackmail the government' he answered. That was what he was told.

'I know that it is wrong to tell you but I have to. Because I do really like you. I have observed you the last weeks and-'

'You did what?' he asked surprised. Shit, she really knew everything about him.

'I was really astonished when you agreed to come here. It has been such a beautiful night and I am sorry that I must have lied to you.'

'What is Ra's Al Ghul planning?' Jonathan asked divining the worst.

'He wants to destroy Gotham City. There are so many criminals and corrupt people here that Gotham as a town cannot exist any further. Corrupt people like you although you're a real exception' she said smilingly and came closer to him.

'He…wants to destroy Gotham with the microwave weapon? He really wants to pursue the plan to…' Jonathan couldn't imagine what would happen if…

'Yes. He wants to vaporize the water and spread out the poison. All people in Gotham will be delirious and kill each other.'

'Why do you tell me? You have no reason for that' he asked suspiciously.

'I started to like you. You know, when you observe someone, you really get to know him. That's why I am here. Well, and second, I shall ask you how far the preparations are.' (Observations like in Red Eye...^^)

'Nearly finished. When he's here he can start…destroying Gotham.' Jonathan didn't like the consequences at all. This was a mass murder that was planned. He couldn't imagine what would happen if the poison would be spread in the air. He looked scared.

'When it comes that far, count on me' she smiled and bent forward to kiss him.

It felt so good to finally have found a girl. Jonathan couldn't even remember the last time he has got a kiss.

It had been so long ago.

Officer Gordon was back in his office. He sat down at his desk and dialed the number. But the phone suddenly went off. The lights went out all of sudden. Jim Gordon looked up. He had heard a noise. Someone was pointing a gun at him. He recognized the sound even miles away.

'Don't turn around' a voice said. Gordon got panic. Another crazy man with a gun?

'You're a good cop' the man behind him said. 'One of the few.'

'What do you want?' Gordon asked with all his courage.

'Every week Falconi brings in new drugs to the city. Nobody stops him. Why not?'

'Because he bought over the right people.'

'What would you need to get him?'

'An attorney who is courageous enough to accuse him.'

'Rachel Dawes.'

'Who are you?' Gordon asked surprised.

'Pay attention to my sign.'

The thing, Gordon has thought to be a gun, was taken away from his neck. 'Are you alone?' he asked.

'Now we're two' the man said.

'We?' Gordon asked and turned around. But there was nobody there. He ran to the window to see someone climbing up the roof. He took the inner stairway immediately. Other police officers followed him. The man who wore black clothes and a mask jumped down from the roof and landed at the fire ladder of the house opposite to the Police Department.

'Shit' Bruce cursed when he had finally found hold. He looked around. Nobody saw him. At least that was what he thought. He didn't notice the woman in the Ninja costume about two houses away.

Of course not, it was over a year ago since he had last time seen him in the mountain palace which he had destroyed. He didn't even know that she had survived. She turned around and put off her mask. She ordered her black curly hair and pulled out her cell phone.

Batman hasn't had a mask yet but he was already born.

And Valentina was absolutely sure that he was going to dress up as a bat. Not only because he had ordered about 10,000 masks from a Chinese company.

She dialed the number under which she could reach Ducard.

She was one of the few people who knew that he was the true Ra's Al Ghul.

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