It was a cool fall day. The wind was blowing fiercely at the leaves, of which didn't want to fall. The birds were chirping excitedly, though the wind made it hard to hear their melodies. Every now and then a leaf would fall to the ground, in its golden color. But as though the leaves should've been the most seen of things in this city, they weren't. They were shadows. Now they shadows weren't all bad, most of them concealed a certain masked man. A black silhouette could be seen atop one of the many rooftops. He had a muscular build, though he wore a cape that let him disappear in the shadows. His mask had pointed ears on their sides. His suit was ash grey with a bat symbol that smart people feared. Below his symbol, was his utility belt which was very useful for catching villains. But that wasn't the case at the moment. His cold stare was fixed on a black-haired boy who seemed to be really lost.

He wore a red T-Shirt and jeans. His backpack was slung over his shoulder and over his arms to connect at what seemed to be a button. His piercing blue eyes were franticly studying the surroundings of the city. A second later, he took out his phone from his pocket and almost dropped it when it said, "Fifty new messages from Pepper Potts and James Rhodes." It looked as though he was checking them and then put it away. He walked until he found a newspaper stand and bought the latest edition. It read:

Dark Knight Saves Lives

Dark Knight saves people from stray train headed toward Wayne Enterprise. Gotham PD still believes the vigilante should turn himself in. from our recent polls, many people believe they should stop trying to capture him and start trying to help him.

Break-In at Wayne Enterprise

Last night, a mysterious figure broke into the building. The police have not released any more information, but we also have word the Batman himself was there. Of course, the police believe he had been involved. Our guess is that Mr. Wayne's new prototype inter-dimensional wormwhole generator was stolen.

The Batman could see the paper through his binoculars. The boy's face had paled once he read about the break-in at his company. He remembered that night.

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The Flashback

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The air was still, the wolves didn't howl, and the bat didn't fear.

The vigilante skillfully jumped down the rooftop to his own company's doors. All he had to do to get in was push his key and he was in. The silent alarm had been triggered from the third floor, so he made his way to there. What the Dark Knight saw was something he hadn't expected to. Across the room, he saw a woman in a gold mask and black jumpsuit. Her hair was the color of ebony, but it seemed unnatural. On her back was a machine that seemed damaged because some of the wires were either sticking out or sparking. She still hadn't noticed Batman in the shadowy corner. She started to approach his generator when a blue blast came out of nowhere.

"I thought you were through with this, Whitney." said a mysterious voice.

"Iron Man!" she growled.

"I also thought you could manage to keep at least one prototype generator working. And you had to drag me to another dimension, too! I am so turning you in this time." said the still secret voice.

"Show yourself!" she said.

"I would. It's just that that little trip gave me a renewable energy source so I don't have to charge my suit. Boy, are you in for it. Ah, what the heck. I'll come back. Oh, and you in the corner I know you're there." said Iron Man as he appeared in front of Whitney, his arms crossed.

The Batman came out of the corner, knowing it would be pointless staying hidden. He threw a batarang at Whitney. She dodged it, much to his surprise. She tried to reach the machine, but was stopped by Iron Man who had grabbed her arm. She wriggled free and fled the scene through the skylight, but not before receiving an exclusive tracking device from Batman. Iron Man turned around hoping to see the machine, but it wasn't there. Obviously confused, he went into stealth mode and left.

The Batman lugged the machine into the Bat Mobile, and left for his mansion.