"Hell is empty and all the devils are here"
-William Shakespeare
What if there were no heroes? What if there were no law, no order? What if everyone was alone in this cold cruel world? What then? What if the world came down around you? What if everyone abandoned you? What if no one loved you? What then? What if someone killed you? What if no one cared? What if the world ended? What if no one was there to save it? What then?
The world is cold. It is cruel and sick. Even more so with the people living in this messed up world. And when they are lucky enough to have someone who cares enough to try and help, they show up in an alley way somewhere…dead. This happened so often people just gave up. No one is left to care enough to do anything, not that it would change anything.
The hearts of the people, like the sky, are black. There was no more warm, sunny, summer days, only dark, cold nights. No one seemed to notice or care anymore that the sun was gone. The people were even abandoned by the moon and stars, which no longer shone in the night sky. Just like the sky, the hearts of people were empty.
A small boy walked down the streets with his hands shoved deep in his pockets. He wore a dark navy blue sweatshirt and dark jeans. His hood was up so it covered his features in shadow. He walked down the dirty sidewalks of what used to be Gotham City.
There are no more 'cities' just crumbling buildings and fallen bridges. Not many people still remember what the cities used to be like, what the sun felt like on your skin. Most people don't even come out of their hideouts or what was left of their houses.
The boy just kept walking briskly past drug dealers, muggings, and anything else you can think of. His blue eyes covered by his jet, black hair that stuck out from his hood. His eyes were constantly scanning around of any sign of a threat. He made it to an alleyway and crawled under a dumpster and moved aside a manhole cover. He stood on the latter long enough to replace the manhole cover then jumped down.
He ran down the sewer taking the twists and turns perfectly, showing he knew exactly where he was going. He went down deeper in the tunnels until he stopped at a wall to push in a block. This caused a door to open and he slipped inside without a second thought. The door closing behind him.
AN: so this idea came from a dream i had so i don't know where exactly this will go or how long it will be. warning now: dark themes ahead... not overly so but there will be some darkness. but if you don't mind or like that kind of stuff enjoy ;) let me know what you think so far :)