Free from Arkham: Batman's destruction?
September 19, 2009
[[Disclaimer! I own none of this; I'm merely mentioning these for the fun of a fanfic, end of story! (So to speak) If you haven't played Arkham asylum you may not get some of this however generally it's understandable, other than that ENJOY!]]
After the incidents in Arkham asylum, Batman returns to Gotham to resume his everyday duties as Gotham's saviour…trouble is...Batman has no idea what's waiting for him at his dear ole "friendly" city
As darkness draws nearer and nearer in Gotham, hiding atop his favourite gargoyle shaped perch, Batman lurks as Gotham's unseen hero - loved by all, seen by none. "Oracle, what do we got out in the streets?" the Knight says into his barely visible earpiece as it replies almost immediately "nothing yet, Batman, I'll let you know when something shows up", "No problem" he replies as he soars down into the dark caverns of the church for a peaceful rest as he waits.
Whilst waiting alone, a feint squeaking noise is heard within the halls of the church as Batman begins scouring out the noise to see what it is. After around ten minutes or so, a rat crawls out from beneath the pew next to him. "I'd rather you didn't do that" he whispers softly to the lone rodent, before another appears from the same spot as they together in perfect alignment at batman's feet. As he stands still, watching, he thinks to himself "Something's not right" as third and of fourth appear and continue the perfect line in front of batman. He knew something was happening, and he made it his duty to find him and stop him before anything else!
"How was Arkham then, Mr Wayne?!" a man questioned from behind him said before sniggering, as Batman looks directly in front towards the wall, not bothering to turn round to face Flannegan, his deep, un voice echo through the church corridors "you never learn from much, do you?"
"Now what fun would that reveal then?"
"The fun of not being imprisoned"
"Correction, I wouldn't be imprisoned if you didn't 'rat' me out to the police like a little schoolboy telling a teacher"
As Batman turns round he subtly prepares himself without letting the irritable Ratcatcher know just yet "well, what can I say, you could say it's a living"
"For you maybe, for me, and many others, it's just another number of years behind bars for being caught by a scared man too worried to show his true figure to the city he supposedly cares for"
As the words "scared man" and "supposedly" come out of Otis's mouth, Batman decides to end playing around with him any longer. "You asked about Arkham, one more move and you may even visit it" As Flannegan stays where he is he responds "easy, tiger, I'm not here to fight you...not this time" he hesitates and turns around, heading for the door "I was just sent to let you know you're invited to a welcome home party, hosted by a certain somebody who missed you when you were gone in Arkham" he says as he leaves the church completely, and as Batman runs for the door he see's that the controller of vermin had already disappeared.
Contemplating the madman's words about an invitation, Batman slowly seats himself on the pew to the right nearest the altar as the moonlight shines bright through the stained glass window. It's only when the moonlight had shone through past the altar between the pews that he saw the biggest clue as to exactly who this party was for, as he gazed down at the glow in the dark paint across the floor, showing an immense green question mark – Batman could no longer resist the temptation, this must end once and for all!