Batman: Darkness fall.
Chapter one: A strange night
New York City 2:59 a.m.
"That psychopath carved a trail of destruction all the way from Gotham to here to New York, his twisted reason behind it was that it was time to spicing things up, his version of what was to go on a rampage that made half the state burn to the ground, for weeks I have been searching for him in this city"
Batman thought to himself as he glided through the night of New York following the signal of the tracer he put on the joker, his mind was exhausted from the various tricks joker laid for him, his body near breaking point from physical exertion.
"I am at my breaking point, but I will not stop, I will continue forward , I do not have time to stop or even slow down, no rest for the wicked, so no rest for me!" Batman thought to himself as he arrived at jokers position.
He landed down in the shadows a few feet away from the alley were joker should be, he got out his batarang and gluing his body to the wall, he peaked and was immediately shocked at what he saw.
"You can come out Batman, I am no threat to you"
"A voice which could belong to a monster or a man says to me, I could try to categorize it…." Batman thought to himself as he walked around the corner were the Jokers dead body lay, above it was his executioner.
"Justice has been dealt with this night" Spawn said to him.
"But how do you categorize something that is neither one nor the other"
Batman walks toward the center of the alley, he knows Spawn, of his reputation and of his acts, he may slaughter the wicked, but he takes lives none the less, the one thin line which batman never crosses he did, batman knows he needs to be brought down, but he doesn't know how… at least not yet.
"Justice? How can you say this is justice Spawn when it's nothing short of murder?"
"This monster did so much destruction that if the tears of the ones he hurt were gathered in one place an ocean would not be enough to contain them" Spawn responded to the dark knight.
"And is that your justification for this, I know firsthand of what that freak did, but he should have been brought to justice, not to revenge and murder, this was not what was right" Batman said to him as he took several steps closer to Spawn.
"And how many times has your 'justice' failed, how many times he escaped from Arckham, if someone would have done this the first time he appeared your city would have been spared great suffering, don't you agree" Spawn challenged him as he also stepped forward towards Batman.
"I agree on that, but I refuse to acknowledge it, because if I did what you just did tonight Spawn, then there wouldn't be any difference between me and the monster in place in Gotham" Batman replied, their faces now inches from one another.
"You speak as if there is a difference between you and them, but would a sane and good man dress as a demon and stalk the shadows, how long will you keep your false hope than one day you can leave the shadows and return to the light?" Spawn said to him.
"And what about you Spawn, I've studied you and from my studies I found that you don't like taking human life, how long will you keep your false hope that you are a demon and one day you can leave the light entirely?" Batman replied they're faces now mere inches from one another, neither one budging to the others arguments, both mentally and physically.
Just then sirens were heard in the distance, the sound of that signalized that those who dwell in the light were approaching, so both Hellspawn and Dark knight retreated to the shadows, neither taking they're eyes of the other.
….Several hours latter…..
A great rain now hit New York, such responses from other nature often happened when great events took place, and although this event was witnessed by no one, the encounter between the Avatar of Order and the avatar of Vengeance was indeed a great event.
Now on opposite corners of the city both the Caped Crusader and the Unholy guardian of earth sat atop of building, both of them played what the other had said through their minds.
"I always thought that there was a line between me and the criminals I hunt, a line which despite the fact that I am constantly temped to break keeps me human" Batman thought to himself.
"I have always considered my heart, my humanity to be gone, and that whatever I do is both justified and necessary for a monster does not remorse for lives took, even if they were for a right cause" Spawn thought to himself.
"You speak as if there is a difference between you and them, but would a sane and good man dress as a demon and stalk the shadows, how long will you keep your false hope than one day you can leave the shadows and return to the light?"
Spawns words echoed throughout Batman's head.
"And what about you Spawn, I've studied you and from my studies I found that you don't like taking human life, how long will you keep your false hope that you are a demon and one day you can leave the light entirely?"
And Batman's words did the same to the former Al Simons.
"But even so…could he had been right, was what that 'person' said to me the truth? And if it was, were do I go from here?"
"But even so…could he had been right, was what that 'person' said to me the truth? And if it was, were do I go from here?"
The question thought echoed trough the heads of the Caped Crusader and Hell Renegade's and only the cold wind of the night was their only answer.
Gotham city, 19:00 P.M
"My time in Gotham in New York had taken me away from Gotham city. Fortunately nothing major happened during my absence, I would like nothing more than to get some rest for a few hours before going on patrol again, so why did I answered the phone?"
Bruce thought to himself as he listened to what the person on the other line had to say.
"So as you can see Bruce we require you're presence since the ambassadors have specifically requested you to attend"
"Harvey, I supported you when you were the DA, I supported you when you ran for Judge, and even now I support you, I'd do what you'd ask me, but do I really have to go, can't I just make some excuse and you know…" Bruce replied.
"Bruce!" Harvey replied in a playful tone to his longtime friend and ally.
"Alright, alright, but still you can't blame a guy for trying to get out of a boring business dinner"
"Amen to that brother!" Harvey replied and they shared a chuckle, Bruce then hung up the phone and went to prepare himself for the meeting.
Xxxxxxxxxx LA Luna restaurant, central Gotham xxxxxxxxx.
Bruce and Harvey were seated on one side of a four person table, on the other side was their respective business associates, namely Queen Hyppolyta and Princess Dianna.
"I am very flattered that you are interested in becoming allies with our Country your Majesty and business partners with my company" Bruce asked as he took a sip of his drink.
"Man's world has many pains which we must heal and our mission would be easier if we had an ally in our efforts, that is why we wish to secure and alliance with one of the great houses of man's world both through ink and blood" Hyppolyta said to them.
"trough blood?" Harvey said as his mind went into Judge mode and Bruce's mind automatically went into Batman mode.
"A marriage between myself and one noble of man's world, you in this case mister Wayne" Dianna replied nonchalantly.
And then both modes crashed.
"Well..i am flattered that you'd consider me for that, but may I ask why?" Bruce said as he went into playboy mode as he took a sip of his drink.
"If I have to give only one reason I'd say you're a man in whom a woman can trust to be faithful" Dianna replied which caused Bruce to choke on his drink and Harvey to do the same with his.
Cough*cough* Take that back! Cough* cough" Bruce replied as he struggled to regain air in his lungs.
"What makes you say that your highness, I mean you know the kind of men mother warn their daughters about, Bruce here is the man which those kinds of man that those kinds of men warn women about, no offence Bruce" Harvey said to him.
"None taken" Bruce replied with a wave of the hand.
"Do you remember the various charity events which we hosted for period of a few months this year?" Hyppolyta asked.
Both men gave a nod.
"During that time I scouted potential suitors, and I found that despite the fact that many of them seamed what was desirable in a husband, they had one great sin" Dianna said to them.
"Which is?" Harvey asked.
"They lied to me, they behaved differently than they normally would have behaved, they acted differently than they normally would have acted and they said things which were to suite me and not their honest opinion, they acted differently than from what our scouts to man's world reported them to truly be, I am a Champion of truth, to lie to me is the greatest sin of all"
"But you Mister Wayne, you never lied to me, you never behaved differently, you never tried to be something you're not, In that regards you are a man which a woman can place her faith in you" Dianna replied.
Bruce moved his mouth to say something, but no words came out.
"Who knew! You want an Amazon, act like a playboy, I can't believe it, and I am witnessing it!" Harvey thought to himself as he watched the scene unfold.
"I think it's best if we left the two of them alone mister Dent, the conversation from here on should be between the two of them" Hyppolyta replied as she grabbed Harvey's arm and took him to the bar.
Bruce knew that he had to get out of this, he couldn't let her near him the Batman's secret must be kept at all costs.
"It's generally polite to give a woman an answer when she asked you to marry her" Dianna replied as that brought Bruce out of his stupor, this sight brought a small chuckle from Dianna.
"Uhm, well in regards to this marriage, I do understand the logic considering the political and economical implications of the partnership between our two countries, but couldn't we do without it, it seems unfair for both you and myself to marry a complete stranger" Bruce replied in honesty.
"A treaty between two powers is as worthless as the paper it is signed upon, your history is full of examples of this, ink must be enforced with blood or it is worthless" Dianna replied to him.
"Yes, that's true unfortunately, so will this marriage be without…..relations?" Bruce said with great nervousness in his voice.
A slight blush crept on Dianna's face she looked at him and remarked that his body was well toned, like a warriors should be, his face was handsome and his voice was appealing, she did find him 'desirable' and she said the following to him.
"In regards to that I think it's best if we 'cross that bridge when we get there' as you Americans might say it" Dianna replied.
Bruce was at this point mentally panicking.
"Stay calm, there is one more card you can play which might get you out of this and not start an international incident"
"You do realize that I….i may not be able to remain faithful to you if we do become married" he said to her.
"Yes, you're reputation encourages that notion, so I will not ask you for fidelity, only discretion on your part and in exchange I ask the same from you for myself" Dianna replied and this was trumped his card.
He had lost plain and simple, a woman just offered to be the wife a Bruce Wayne, a wife who is beautiful, powerful, desired by other men and one who would not be concerned with him sleeping with others, the perfect match for Bruce the playboy.
He could not reject this without breaking his playboy persona, so he did the only thing that was Wayne worthy….
"Were have you been all my life" he said to her with a smile on his lips.
…he surrendered…..
Xxxxxxxxx Batcave 23: 59 P.M xxxxxxxxxxx
"Batman to all available personal respond" Bruce said in his communicator.
Batgirl, Nightwing, Robin responded.
"What's up Bruce?" Tim asked him.
"I am getting married to Wonder woman and I would like to invite you to the wedding" Bruce replied and an eerie silence was heard from the other side of the communicators.
"Bruce I knew that the joker's death affected you, but I never thought you would start hallucinating!" Dick replied.
"I am perfectly sane, thank you very much" Bruce said to him and he then explained what had transpired only a few hours ago.
"Well, there's just one thing I can say to all this Bruce"
"And what's that? Barbara?"
"This has been one hell of a day"
At that statement Bruce looked at the clock an noticed that it was now past midnight, and from finding the joker dead, to confronting Spawn and getting engaged to Wonder woman it was really on hell of a day.
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