Chapter 1
Two years have passed from the time when Terry McGuiness became Batman. The boy still remembered how he ran into Wayne's house and took the suit, after which he became next Batman. He thought his major victory so far was when he defeated Blight about a year ago, who before then became a nuisance, creating a number of villains who fought Batman. Now however, his arc nemesis was gone and his son Paxton Powers was a CEO of Wayne Powers. Terry did not like the man but still he seemed less evil than his predecessor and so far this Powers did not act too hostile towards the Batman.
Terry flew above the harbor and saw a group of robbers taking money and jewels from the wealthy people on the cruise ship. He descended carefully from his altitude and with the use of his leg boosters hit a big bulky man dressed in all white with an ace painted on the chest. The man did not speak but proceeded in attacking Terry.
The man was tougher than he looked an all the punched and kicks Batman did to him seemed to have no effect upon the man. The two men continued fighting before the tall man hit Batman really hard and the forces of the push threw the boy away and upon the impact Terry hit the wall wit a lot of force, which really hurt the boy. However as the brute attacked Batman again, the boy used some of the martial arts techniques he learned from his mentor and Damian Wayne, as well as his wife Cassandra Cain who occasionally visited them and his son Bruce Wayne II, now the leader of League of Assassins, who was still a good guy but used his influence to control the assassins so that they would not be running loose and killing others too much.
The "Ace" as Terry names the guy dropped on the ground and Batman run towards the other members of the gang. They were all dressed in white clothing with different letters or numbers on their costumes Terry attacked the younger man and the two briefly fought while exchanging fists and the man soon dropped on the floor as even though he seemed good, Terry was trained by the best of the best- his mentor Damian Wayne, and Cassandra Cain as well as some of their students.
Now, Batman saw only three people standing- two women and a man with one of the women being much younger than the other one. He flew and started fighting them but he had a disadvantage of being outnumbered. Still he though the three of them on par and no side had a clear advantage on who would win it.
Suddenly Batman saw that the younger man took one of the traveler's and put a knife to his neck. "If you continue to fight us, he will die" Terry dropped his Batarangs and before he could do anything a powerful man, whom he had defeated a few moments ago hit him hard, Batman then flew to a side of the ship in the process loosing his mask, which fell on the floor next to him as the boy hit one girl and knocked her off her feet.
As Terry looked around terrified on what had occurred, he realized that the gang had left and he was now lying on the floor without his mask next to a girl. He tried to look away but the person seemed to recognize him.
"Terry? What the hell was that? Why did you lie to me all that time?" Terry's brain just comprehended exactly who the person was and looked horrified
"Dana, I can explain!" He tried to reason with his girlfriend, who did not seem to care.
"Forget it Ter, we are a history. Don't worry I will not tell who you are but we are no longer dating" with that the girl left unmasked Batman, who quickly put his mask on and flew away to think about his loss and to try to move on. He decided to go to a bar and spend time there where he usually spent time with Dana.
As Terry walked in the bar, he remembered the places where he used to sit and dance with Dana. Most of his memories of that bar were that of Dana and he did not want to think about that right now. After he saw his former girlfriend dancing with another guy, that was the final spark for Terry's young brain and the man exited the bar to get fresh air as well as away from painful memories.
As Terry stood at the bridge and thought about different things, a girl dressed in black and purple came to him. "Hello my name is Melanie Walker. I saw you exited the bar and decided to talk to you"
"Do you have anybody else to talk to? Any friends?"
"No, I am new here and my family just moved in to here. I don't know anybody and decided to talk to you." The two young people continued talking and Terry and ended their conversation with a kiss.
"Where shall I see you next?" asked Terry
"Why don't we meet here tomorrow as well at midnight." Terry agreed and the young couple went into separate directions.
A/N
This is set in "Cannon" Universe or "New Earth: Comics" Universe where Terry is mentored by Damian. Besides that there are no changes in Batman Beyond timeline except Damian is not Terry's father. this Fanfiction deals strongly with Royal Flash Gang arc but the three episodes from the Batman Beyond Cartoon will not be 100% followed, plus therewill be changes as well.
