Chapter One .
The street looked deserted, just like any other gotham street at night . and he knew that , just like any other street in gotham, this could be infested with humans of the undesirable kind . And although if any such individual did cross his way, hed be in for a nasty surprise , he preferred things to be quiet tonight . he used his infra red visors to do sweep of the area . yes , for once it WAS clean . he moved a bit into the shadows and waited .
However , if he thought that he was undetected, he was wrong , very wrong . because from the gotham rooftops a pair of eyes were watching him intentely making sure his contact was truly who he had guessed he was . commisioner gordon had just said that an officer from the delta city police force would be waiting for him . but he knew enough about the delta city police force to know that they wouldnt send any ordinary officer to meet him . and he was right . and he did want to know why the chief of the delta city police force would want to meet a certain vigilante in gotham .
he heard a faint rustle behind him and turned around . there was no mistaking the cowl , the cape and the costume . but he needed a voiceprint to be sure .
"alex.j.murphy..........a.k.a robocop . you wanted to see me ?"
"batman...........a.k.a bruce wayne . yes i wanted to see you."
bruce wasnt surprised "voiceprint analysis . i trust you can keep a secret ? "
"thats part of my job . but to business . what do you know about ocp ?"
"formed in 1998 .controlling company of the city of detroit and other overses operation . in an effort to increase their flagging profits built a supercomputer called saint which failed killing the then ceo and driving them to bankruptcy . "
"what do you know of sarah cable"
"last ceo of ocp . suspected of taking more than 10 million dollars from the ocp coffers .currently missing ."
"until now . we have found a trail leading to gotham city ."
"and you want me to find her ? but im sure that the gotham police force is capable of a large scale manhunt ."
"i trust you know killer croc ....... and bane?"
a sardonic smile appeared on the corner of the bat's mouth "we have met"
"we have received almost certain that sarah cable has hired these two criminals . and we want to stop them before she does what we suspect she wants to do . "
"which is .......?"
"take over the prime directives corporation"
"the current controlling company of delta city . ceo james murphy , your son i believe"
"yes "
"well if what you say is true then the gotham force might need some help "
"wait . sarah cable has hired these two simply as goons . but we believe someone else is also helping her . we dont know who, but were sure he too is from gotham "
"that covers a pretty wide range ."
"i know ."
"well ill see what i can do "
"thank you ."
in a moment he was gone . alex looked at his receding figure , and then was alerted by a a muffled scream from the next alley . he walked in purposefully . the time for secrecy was over . the man bending over his victim was so intent in ripping her clothes off he didnt hear the heavy footsteps , until a hand fell on his shoulder . with a startled "what the...." he whirled around and hit out involuntarily . his fisted hand bounced off the titanium chestplate and he went down with a painful "aargh !!!!" then looked up and saw the 6 foot 1000 kilogram steel monster for the first time . alex took him by the neck and lifted him up in the air . then slammed him down . this was gotham , not delta city and he didnt have any legal power here . but he didnt need any legal power to instil the terror that he just had . he looked at the woman , her eyes reflecting the same emotion he had seen too many times on the beat .
she just said "youre not batman "
"Im a friend "