THE DARK KNIGHT CONTINUES
My name is John Blake, and when the masked man known as Bane held Gotham hostage, Bruce Wayne died to save this city, and he entrusted me to carry on his legacy, I am the Batman! When I first started the new crusade, I became my own symbol. I tried to strike fear into my enemies the way Batman never could, as the Nightwing! But I soon realized that I could never live up to Batman's potential unless I became him, but as for the Nightwing persona, it has a legacy of its own. An old friend took up that mantel, he now watches over Blüdhaven as their silent guardian, their watchful protector, the Nightwing. But this isn't about Nightwing, this is about Batman, and the story of the legacy that he will leave in Gotham city
*On the roof of the GCPD precinct*
"Any news commissioner?" "No, just that Scarecrow is on the loose, but nothing on Joker." "Well thanks anyway Jim, I'll keep in touch." "Batman, one last thing, I thought you died in the nuclear explosion" "Bruce Wayne died commissioner, but not what he stood for, Batman is a symbol and he'll live on forever." At that moment Commissioner Gordon turned around just in time to see Batman freefall off the roof and shoot his grappling hook into the night sky.
*Back at the Batcave*
"May I suggest some dinner Mr. Blake?" "Not now Alfred, I have to find the whereabouts of Joker and fast" "Gotham hasn't seen threat liker Joker in a long while sir." "If I remember correctly Alfred, it was nine years." "Well then where has he been all this time?" "Turns out he was in Blackgate when Bane broke out all the other criminals, but instead of fighting with Bane, he went into hiding and just resurfaced not to long ago." "Well I'll leave you to your work John." "Actually Alfred," John stopped typing, "Let's go get burgers." "Splendid idea sir, I'll drive."
*At Big Belly Burger*
"Why did you choose here, sir?" Asked Alfred. "A friend recommended it to me, thought I would try it." As John said this, he seemed awfully unfocused. "Is everything OK Mr. Blake?" "Yeah, Yeah, I'm fine, what are you getting Alfred?" "Would you like to tell me the real reason why you're here?" Alfred said, sensing something suspicious. "The truth is I tracked one of the Joker's associates, Victor Zsasz, to this restaurant and I was going to tag him with a new bat-tracker Lucius developed" "Mr. Fox always had a knack for building useful trinkets, that's how Master Bruce got a lot of his toys." A few minutes later a tall bald man, with abnormal scaring walked in. "That's him", Blake whispered. John walked near Zsasz and "accidentally" bumped into him, in doing so, Blake dropped a black, penny sized tracker and listener into Victor's jacket pocket. John then returned to his seat. "You are welcome to finish your meal Alfred but I'll meet you back at the cave." "Well, I'll be seeing you Mr. Blake, I'm staying to try the Everything Burger. Good luck on your findings, Robin" As he said this Alfred gave a slight chuckle and winked.
*At the Batcave*
"Now where are you, ya sneaky little rat." John Said, looking at his computer. Finally, a green sign saying LOCATION FOUND appeared on the screen John clicked on it and examined the location, but something was off, something wasn't right. He looked at it again and saw the tracker was right behind him. "Oh shh…" WHAM! A metal bar hit him in the head and knocked him out cold, and standing right behind him was Victor Zsasz.