Author's Note: So here's a new Fan Fiction! It has a boy as a main character! From what I've read on here, you don't get a lot of original characters that are boys. It's always girls! Girls, girls, girls! It's annoying! Even I've done it! XP
So anyway enjoy! And don't forget to review! XD
I Will Find You
The Journey Begins
"GET DOWN HERE YOU BASTARD!" screamed that all-too-familiar voice.
"Hang on Mother! I'll be down in a second!" I yelled back whilst lazily gathering all my school books into my school bag. I walked down the stairs toward the hungover woman.
"You were ages!" she snapped, "We're running low on money, you need to get another job, your current one isn't paying enough!" she grumbled.
"Why don't you get a job? And fix your own damn money problems?" I said through gritted teeth. She always expected me to do the work, whilst she lays on her ass and drinks.
"You live here too right? So you have to pay money to live here?" She spat.
"I pay all of it!" I pointed out.
"No you don't! What about benefits huh? They're not from you, don't act so dramatic," she scoffed and walked passed me to go upstairs.
"I'm dramatic? Yeah, I throw wine bottles, drink at 8 in the morning, smoke 6 packs of cigarettes a day and yell at my own son... oh wait no, that's you!" I shouted.
"How dare you talk to me like that, I'm your mother!" she stamped her foot to the ground.
"Maybe you should start acting like one then," I snarled,"I bet Dad would get a job and solve the money problems," I mumbled as I pulled my school bag onto my shoulder.
"What did you say?" she furiously asked as she stood at the top of the stairs.
"Nothing..." I looked away from her and started to head toward the door in front of me, but then a glass wine bottle suddenly flew past my head and smashed against the wall that I was facing.
"DON'T YOU EVER MENTION HIM AGAIN!" she screamed, I instantly turned around to face this crazy woman.
"Why can't I! I never even knew him! I know he'd be a better parent then you will EVER be!" I yelled.
"Your father doesn't care about you, he left us for nothing! Everyday I see him in you... it sickens me." She snarled. I knew the story, she has said it a thousand times, this would just be a thousand and one. She hates him, and just because I'm his son, she punishes me everyday.
"Well you know what they always say. Like father like son..." she stated through gritted teeth.
"Maybe he left because you are impossible. I mean look at you, greasy hair, bags under your eyes, short tempered," I looked at the glass on the floor from the smashed bottle, "Really short tempered... Ever think it was you? Maybe you repulsed him, drove him away... because you disgust me..." I growled.
She screamed at me and grabbed another bottle laying by her feet. She threw it with such force that I almost didn't get out of the way in time.
"YOU BASTARD!" She screeched.
"YOU'RE CRAZY!" I yelled back, I left the house and slammed the front door.
...
"Wow, you're mum is known to go off on one but to go that far! She's crazy!" scoffed Sam, my friend. I've known him since primary school. He's lived in New York all of his life, I moved here when I was 3.
"I know, she is really starting to piss me off," I growled, as I took a bite out of my sandwich I had just bought from the school canteen.
"Dude, you should tell someone about how violent she can get," Sam exclaimed just before he dove into his packet of crisps. Sam was a tall skinny boy, he worked out a lot, I don't know where he found the time!
"Don't worry, I can handle it. I have a plan," I smirked.
"A plan?" he said with his mouth full, I looked at him with the most serious expression I could conjure up, so he would know that I wasn't joking.
"I'm going to find my dad," I grinned, I couldn't help but grin. Immediately after I said that, Lewis choked on his crisps.
"What?" he coughed.
"I have it all planned out..." I begun.
"But Lewis, you don't know where he is, you don't know what he's like... You don't even know his name," Sam stated.
"Actually, I know his name, it was on my birth certificate. His name is Jack Napier," I explained as I ran my hand through my dark blond hair.
"There are thousands of Jack Napier's in the world..." he sighed.
"Yes but there are only a few in Gotham City," I smiled.
"Gotham City? Why would he be there?" Sam leaned back on his chair.
"He might not be there but it's a start. When he ran out on us, we were living in Gotham. If he's moved then maybe some kind of record will tell me." I felt pretty confident that I could find him.
"Gotham is a pretty weird place... The crime is like 10 times worse than New York," Sam leaned in closer and spoke quietly, "And the actual criminals are even worse too, they are proper nut jobs! I heard there's a human crocodile that eats people there! Also there's a guy made out of clay! Then there's someone with half a face missing..." He looked shocked, so did I.
"How is that possible?" I asked.
"I don't know. But these people are crazy, they dress up as well like... who was she... Catwoman," How does Sam know more about Gotham than me, I lived there! I have never heard of any of these criminals.
"Catwoman? What does she do? Claw people to death?" I joked, Sam chuckled.
"I don't know, who else was there... oh yeah! There was this guy who dressed up as a clown... I can't remember his name, he named himself after one of the deck of cards... Ace? King?" he pondered.
"Queen? Sounds terrifying," I sarcastically said.
"That's not even the worse part! There's another guy who dresses up, but he's a hero! Well vigilante... What was his name... Rat Man? Cat Man? Bat Man?... Batman! That's the one!" Sam sounded rather excited about the crime ridden city. "Anyway... Alright, say there were records of this Jack Napier guy there. How do you expect to get there to get them? Your mum would never let you go! And don't forget about money..." Why was Sam being so negative about this?
"I'm 18, I can do what I like, she doesn't control me anymore," I grumbled then I suddenly smiled, "And money? I have a job that pays, I've been saving up for ages!" I cheered.
"You've got this all figured out haven't you?" Sam raised an eyebrow.
"Yes," I nodded.
"And I know you... once you want something, you're not going to let it go," Sam was acting so serious... it was strange.
"No I won't let it go," I smirked.
"Then I'm coming with you," he smiled.
"What?" my smirk was washed away.
"Well someone has to look out for you. You may keep your eye on the prize but you do stupid things to get to it," he laughed, "Plus I'm sick of school, I need an adventure!" he cheered.
"You can't just drop out of school!" I explained.
"You're doing it!" he pointed out.
"Yes but I'm failing all my lessons anyway, there's no point of me staying here," It's true, no matter how hard I tried I just kept getting low grades or even fail grades... it was rather humiliating.
"Well hello! I'm failing in all my lessons too! My Geography teacher said to not bother coming back to her lesson!" he laughed. He was rather laid back about failing school... it was rather odd, but that's Sam.
"What about your Dad?" I asked. Sam only had his dad since his mother passed away a few years back from cancer. And unfortunately his Dad took her death so hard, he began drinking which led to aimlessly beating Sam... I guess that's why Sam works out, so he can fight him off.
"He's... not going to miss me..." Sam mumbled, his tone had completely changed.
"We could be gone for ages. I don't know how long it will take to find my dad..." I explained.
"The longer the better," Sam smiled.
"Well that's it then... I guess we're doing this!" I couldn't believe it! My plan was set into motion, I was going to find my dad! I was going to find Jack Napier!
Yes I don't know what he's like, I don't really remember him, I was rather young. But he can't be as bad as my mum... I can't wait to get away from that crazy witch.
Maybe he's rich! Maybe he's got a huge house! I can't wait to find him!
Maybe I can finally have a happy, normal life...
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