Author's notes: For the sake of Batman: Arkham Origins being a prequel to two first games, I decided to make a prequel to my two first stories. This takes place during Batman Begins and before Rose, so this will be a Ninth Doctor story. Also, I believe you'll be happy/sad/furious/have mixed feelings on who his companion will be.

Flowers

It was almost dark in mountains of Himalayas. A great monastery that had once been a training facility for centuries old organization, the League of Shadows, had been burned and was now nothing but ruins of burnt wood and ashes. Some ninjas had escaped and a traitor who had set their home on fire. Only one who the traitor had saved was his teacher. The man, who had saved him from a cell and given him a path to follow, a path he had decided not to walk to its end.

In front of the ruins stood another man, not dressed for the coming coldness. He had followed his own path there. Not a path led to him, but a path he saw his responsibility to follow, not caring what he would find at the end for himself.

Reaching to the pocket of his black leather jacket, this man pulled out as small blue torch, which made whirring noise as he waved it across the ruins in front of him. Looking at his torch after words, he seemed at first content to the results,

''Good riddance,'' the man said, before seeing that there was only a small partition of what he was looking for. The trail he had followed to the ruins was still on going, and by now what he was looking for could have been anywhere.

''Fantastic,'' the man said in annoyed and sarcastic tone in his voice.

His work here was far from over. Bitter with his findings, the man turned away from the ruins and returned to his Police Box waiting for him few feet away. As he stepped inside and let the door close, the Police Box began to fade out of the scenery.

The TARDIS returned to existence at a small airport further away from the mountains. The Doctor stepped out and closed its doors, locking them. Then he walked to customs office and pressed bell desk, letting the workers know he needed service.

''Coming, coming,'' a young brunette girl wearing a TSA-jacket said coming to the desk behind a curtain, ''how can I help you?''

''I would like ask some questions,'' the Doctor said showing black leather bound wallet, or the psychic paper, with his credentials to the TSA girl. ''In the last few days, have you been letting any huge shipments come through your airport and out of the country?''

''What kind of shipments?'' the TSA girl asked.

''Big ones,'' the Doctor said pulling as small blue flower from his jacket, ''carrying these.''

The TSA girl took a look at the flower, but didn't seem to understand what it was.

''I don't actually know if there has been, I'm going to have to ask my supervisor,'' was the TSA girl's response.

''Fantastic,'' the Doctor said in a monotone voice as another man came out behind the curtain.

''I heard everything this man asked you and you really have to do better customer service,'' the other TSA agent said and pointed the TSA girl to get back behind the curtain.

''I wasn't complaining her service, so you don't need to rude to her,'' the Doctor said defending the TSA girl, before showing his credentials to the male TSA agent. ''Doctor John Smith, UNIT, I would like to know if there has been any shipments coming through your airport past these few weeks, carrying particularly any of these?''

The Doctor threw the blue flower to the reception desk and the TSA agent took it for examination.

''What exactly is this?''

''It is flower that has been growing on a ground in the mountains, that has been radiated with an unknown radiation from a solar storm not many but enough centuries ago that it has been evolved to stage that its fumes can cause a deadly reaction to human psyche if inhaled too big of dose.''

The TSA agent looked back to the Doctor with a blank face.

"What?''

The Doctor shook his head.

''Just tell me if there has been any shipments and it there has been, where had they gone to?''

''There has not been any,'' the TSA agent said calmly.

''Aren't you even going to look throw your manifests?''

''There has not been any shipments going through our airport.''

''But-''

''There has not-''

''Fine,'' the Doctor said taking the blue flower back and turned to the exit. ''Thank's for nothing.''

The Doctor had already walked out the doors and was heading back to the TARDIS when he heard a scream.

''LOOK OUT!''

He turned back and saw the TSA agent pointing a gun at him, but was surprised from behind by the TSA girl. She jumped on her supervisor and gave the Doctor a chance to repay her warning with a kick to the TSA agent's stomach and a knockout punch behind the back of the head.

''Thank you, for actually doing anything here,'' the Doctor said pulling the girl up on her feet and turned back to his TARDIS.

''Are you just gonna leave?'' the TSA girl asked.

''Yup.''

''Just like that?''

''Yup.''

''Can I come too?''

The Doctor turned back to the TSA girl, watching her with calm and sore eyes.

''You saved my life, I helped you out of it'' he said and resumed to walk away. ''We're even, so no.''

''I know where those flowers are going!'' the TSA girl said and the Doctor stopped. ''Take me with you and I'll tell you where.''

The Doctor walked back to the TSA girl and looked at her bitterly.

''Why would you want to come with me?''

''I just watched my boss, who didn't really like that much or this whole place, try to kill someone,'' the TSA girl said, almost laughing at the obvious reason. ''Anywhere else but here is fine to me.''

The Doctor was about to say something but as he saw the homicidal TSA agent regaining consciousness, he grabbed the TSA girl's arm and said: ''Run!''

And they ran, to the TARDIS.

''Why are you opening that box and where did it even come here?'' the TSA girl said as the Doctor put the key to the keyhole in the door.

''This is as much as a box as your boss was telling the truth,'' the Doctor said opening the doors and pulled the TSA girl in with him. ''Don't worry, even armies of Tsingis Khan can't open those doors. And believe me, they've tried.''

The TSA girl looked around the room inside the TARDIS, with her reaction being pretty much the same as other humans who had entered it.

''Yes, it is bigger on the inside, lets skip that part and focus on where those blue flowers are going!'' the Doctor said standing in front of the console, facing the TSA girl. ''Well?''

It took a few seconds for the TSA girl to regain her thoughts and answer.

''Gotham City. There was a man who came from the mountains with one of those flowers in his clothes and called a plane for himself from Gotham City.''

The Doctor stood silently thinking. One flower might have been a little sample, which when synthesized could have been manufactured to bigger amounts. Not maybe as powerful as the ones grown in the radiated ground, but enough to cause trouble.

''Gotham City,'' the Doctor said turning to the console and began to turn switches, pull levers and press buttons. ''That's a start.''

As the course had been set, the Doctor turned to the TSA girl.

''I'm the Doctor, by the way. What's your name?''

''Clarissa Oswin, or just Clara for short.''

Author's notes: And this is the part where I usually ask you to review. So basically, REVIEW.

Also, as you saw, the Doctor is a bit surly, bitter and not very happy. This is because he has just lived through the Time War and just recently regenerated from John Hurt to Christopher Eccleston. Rose has not yet met him and made him the better person Tenth Doctor credited her for doing.

I would also like to say that I am not sure how often I am going to update this. I just started an internship in an 8 hours per day job and I'm also trying to write that book I mentioned in my profile. But when ever I can, this story will go on forward.