Batman scanned the surroundings using his binoculars. The scene before him was grim but satisfying at the same time. The joker was here but this time with an accomplice. An accomplice that he could not identity yet despite several days sweeping the underworld of Gotham. This mysterious person was the reason he was perched on top of the warehouse of Quay B. He recently got a tip from jokers ex-henchman that the latter was supposed to rendezvous with his accomplice.
Too bad though, he had been caught up with a kidnapping case involving killer croc and the Riddler. It has taken him precious hours to crack down the Riddler's riddle and organize the intelligence to devise a suitable plan to infiltrate their hideout. However, the operation has been successful with both villain under custody and mayor's nephew under psychiatric evaluation. He prayed that the kid will be alright, there was no way to tell what they had done or showed to the 10 year old.
He had rushed to the quay at supersonic speed in his batplane but the destruction greeting him had assured him that all person involved still alive had long ago fled from the scene and those that did not lay in their own blood, some with limbs grotesquely askew or outright ripped from their sockets. A brief count revealed of around 20 people dead. He was too late. However, a slaughtering of this magnitude will almost always leave a trace, a clue that he could use to pinpoint him to what was going on.
With this hope in mind he glided to the ground and proceeded to inspect the bodies. They seemed to have put up a fight ; jokers men from the look of it. Whatever they were fighting overpowered them despite the lack of their own firepower. He was now sure he was dealing with a meta, a meta with superpowers perhaps not on Superman level but quite potent nevertheless. He needed more data, the crate surrounding the victims will hopefully provide him with some more. Smashing one with a well placed kick was easy enough for him. The content of the crate spilled on the ground revealing several AK-47 and MK-9 including ammunition. Whatever attacked those man did not gave them the time to use them judging from the automatic pistols found next to the bodies.
The case was getting cold from the minutes, the MO was inconsistent with the few meta in Gotham city. This could only mean that a new meta entered the power play between the rogues in his city and intent on passing a message from the looks of it. It was now a matter of cat and mice game, the meta will unquestionably reveal himself sooner or later and he will be ready to deal with him. But that might prove to long if the casualty count increases. He could have to deal with him earlier and be prepared to take him heads on if the situation warrants it. It's time for a field test for the new batman suit he thoughts smiling mirthlessly.
The Batsuit MK1 was designed to resist high temperature, was fire retardant and could confer the user ten times the strength of a normal man. The suit was made of a special fiber and capable of self repairing using nanobots .With its capability for flight and invisibility it was the absolute armor in the Batman arsenal and he was rather proud of his invention though to be honest he had some help from alien tech he scourge from their numerous attacks on earth. Luthor would die for this technology, he couldn't help but think.