Batman pow :
This is a cold night in the city of Gotham. The lights of skyscraper were blinding yet they could not take away the filth and darkness storming like a volcano from them. The whole city was chaos and destruction or this was the thoughts that normally brew when Gotham is mentioned by everyone. That would be the case 20 years ago. The person who is perched on the gargoyle at the top of the Saint Marie cathedral is the reason why that filthy reality was modified. The dark knight , looking silently over the city as the dark, cold and unapproachable guardian. This man was the reason why the the abyss that was Gotham begins to be compared to the most peaceful city such as Metropolis. The apparition of the guardian of Gotham put everybody on edge 20 years ago, everybody thought that another degenerate such as the joker came. That was where the went wrong. The new arrival took the city by storm, instilling the fear of a god of death in them. The fear of the batman put every lower class criminal and mobs in abandoning their jobs. The rule was simple, the batman gives one warning, if it isn't taken, the person faces justice, the batman's brand of justice. The rapist, child slavers, pedophiles, prostitutes sellers are castrated on sight and injured to an unhealable level. The muggers, bank robbers gets arms and legs beyond repairs and if the crime is committed a second time then the arm is amputated. The killers cases are never completely known but they are broken beyond repair mentally and generally will never do another crime in life while also having an instinctual fear to bats. The meta class humans are the same, one warning if not the batman takes them out for good. The batman has also a rule, he never kills but he won't save anyone who doesn't deserve it. The people who weren't saved and killed by their own failed plans are the joker, Ras hal Gul, Deathstroke, Vandal Savage, the Penguin, Black mask, Falcon and Prometheus. This series of death caused an uproar in the underworld and the city . The crime rate shot down to a level comparable to Metropolis, the corruption is destroyed bit by bit by Batman, due to the criminals surrendering to the fear of life and giving rivers of intel. Some criminals had the idea of a partnership with batman, proposing a sort of peace making. They will take care of the activities and problems of their parts of Gotham city and batman will be notified if anything problematic arise . The catch is that they have to have a certain leeway to some of the illegal dealings such as the new generic new medicines, stolen merchandise, and new technologies. The most prominent members of the working acolytes in the underworld with batman are Harvey Dent ( weapon dealings) , Bane (pharmaceutic dealings) , Catwoman( stolen merchandise seller and money lender) , Poison Ivy( technological merchandise) , Mister freeze( technological merchandise) , Scarecrow ( drugs and various generic gas) and Killer Croc ( security and protection) . These criminals keeps their illegal activities to the bare minimum and ensure the protection of the citizens in exchange for their safety against Batman. This system took out all of the corrupted roots in GCPD, politics, media and business mens. Some of the ex criminals also turned on a new leaf like Harley Quinn becoming a orphanage caretaker. Catwoman a honest barkeeper with some of the old stolen good selling habits but not harmful. Croc created a honest bodyguard agency ensuring civilian and government protection like an international level security . Freeze was rehabilitated and given a chief scientist post by the Wayne company. He could continue his research while also helping curing his wife's old physical condition since she is currently weak from the cryogenic process . Bane and Ivy have a good working relationship making new discoveries in medical and pharmaceutic fields doing a collaboration with Wayne enterprise. This resulting in the city becoming cleaner and cleaner. The role of batman is still present since the crimes exits. The problem of métas are mostly begone and fear of the monster, the batman is so deeply ingrained in the criminal minds that crimes is a last resort to any situation even for a criminal. The bat family still exist though but is a lot different. Bludhaven is taken care by Nightwing, Red Hood and Red Robin like Batman. The dark trinity makes the city so clean that no criminals are breeding making also Gotham safer . The Oracle program was put in place making Barbara Gordon the head of the Batfamily intelligence and coordinator . The latest Robin , Damian Wayne is in training but is a brighter kid since he was taken away by Bruce from Talia at a young age thus interrupting the Shadow Batman program. Now we are seeing batman contemplating silently the city.
Bateman sighs and inhales some cold air. These past twenty years have been long, strenuous and difficult for him. He faced a lot of hardships to attain what he has now. His city, the Gotham city, the city from hell isn't anymore. No it has become what his parents always wanted, the light of America. It isn't exactly devoid from any crime if not it will be paradise but, the situation now is so much better and peaceful than when he started. He smiles at this. He always thought that cleaning and restoring his city could be done alone but no, it takes people, a lot of people to do that. He needed help from everyone. He changed a lot of people. He made a difference in a lot of lives but there's still work to do. The non controlled drug dealings, prostitution, child labor, human experimentation etc… There is work, but he knows that with a bit of effort he can take this out also. His ex enemies changed and are doing good for this city. He doesn't need to be everywhere now, his reputation is enough to stop crime by the mention of his name alone. But he won't stop, he won't stop until every last criminals are punished and taken to justice. The police still views him as an enemy, a degenerate, a ghost, a monster. Then so be it, the more fear he generates, the more people will think before breaking the law. They will fear someone even superior to law, the one who personifies justice, the batman. The only people helping him in the right side of the law are commissioner his sons , Barbara, Harvey and Azrael. He missed his old friend Gordon, his humor was a relief when he started his quest, during the darkest times. . He would never pay them back for all they did for him, they weren't always ok with what he did, but they believed in him. They had faith in the vision he had for Gotham. He knew himself how disgusting he is, he knew his methods are extreme and downright morally wrong but without them, Gotham can't be saved. He needed to become the monster, demon, the guardian Gotham needed, if in exchange his humanity, his life is given away then so be it. Bruce Wayne died at the age of 8 , years ago. When he discovered one of his best friend's Ethan Bennett becoming Clayface, he was horrified but at the same time overjoyed, he knows he shouldn't but he this was the solution for his years of double identity problems. He proposed his friend a stable job at Wayne enterprise, a good education for his child and protection for his family and secret . In exchange he needed him to make all the public apparitions of Bruce Wayne so he could focus on the mission. Ethan accepted the deal as long it doesn't go in conflict with his family time. Thus that day his need for public apparitions and wasted time as Bruce Wayne the playboy died leaving only Batman. It was for the best.
Bruce contacts Oracle, his voice was like granite, steely and chilling like Death itself " Barbara, do you have any new lead on the location of Carson. I have a direct visual of his house and I don't see any movement inside. He was supposed to be here today to verify his accounting. He always finish at 10 pm. "
Barbara yawns at the speaker. Bruce smiles at this, being Oracle has become the full time job of Barbara, she also helps secretly the league from his direct orders. It is understandable that she has a heavy dose of exhaustion, not to his degree but it is still not healthy for her age. He should give a little vacation the next week to one of his private isles for a well deserved rest. " Sorry, a bit tired. You are correct B, he should be here in about 2 min. I checked earlier in his office camera footage, and it seems that his latest appointment took a bit of time. "
" Hmm, see who it was. Get a visual, name and voice and do a comparative research from our database. If not, search from all hacked database. Try a face recognition research from all hacked camera footage also. "
Barbara groaned " Man if this isn't child labor, I don't know what is. I'll look into it. "
Batman smiled, then he saw his target entering his house. He grinned feraly inside and launched his grapple gun.
Carson pow
Carson Blake is tired, yes tired. Today's deal with Roanapur Chang's associate was difficult. The original deal was a 20 percentage cut from the imported merchandises values before the sale in the imported city. Now he says a 16 percentage cut. He knows that it is like taking just a quarter of his gain out but he can't take foolish risks like that for little money . Chang is not a guy you want to mess with, but that bastard doesn't work in Gotham, in this madness. Here if the money is not up to the risk then it's go fuck yourself in your ass. They don't have a monster in Roanapur waiting to pounce on you. The batman is targeting and taking out all minor staffs and leeway of power in Gotham. The big and medium corrupted powers houses have been taken out by Batman. There is only the small ones who are the hardest to track but the bastard is taking us also. The info leak is impossible to pinpoint, so all law people who helps illegal imports and matters have to be extremely careful in their client choice. Chang is secretive and good at his work so no problem there. The money is also important, even a simple illegal import price is 15 times bigger than before. Why, simple, the monster tracks all of the most obvious and even the most secretive ones, only those who are not easily spotted on his radar have a chance to make a bit of money. It is a wonder, he was able to do it for the past 2 years without getting caught . He had to take a break because for a few months, but now, this China guy says, he wants to reduce his payment. Stupid chintoc.
He opens his door and toss his bag on the couch. He then takes of his tie, coat and shirt. He was waiting for his stripper. His wife and daughter aren't home so it's a bit of his ' Lucy Carson ' time. He grins a bit, the poor girl, she has no choice but to do this job to pay for her college. He also caught her doing it once with another client and since he knows her parents, it is a free stripper dance every free time for him. Carson just forgot his glasses and goes to his frigo to get it just then, all lights went off. He grumbles, he really needs to talk to the shitty electrician for his lousy job. He takes his ice cubes and he goes for his couch .A hand landed on his shoulder and just gripped it and launched him to the wall face first, breaking his nose. He didn't understand anything, he broken nose drips blood and his head hurts like a bitch. He looked up to see who did this to him, and make them pay. But as he looks at the responsible, he start gasping, his heart rate accelerates,his urinal system start going wild as he piss himself. He saw it, the creature.
It was 2 meter even more, it's face completely black and two pointy corns shouts at from each side of its head. It's wings are a mix of black and red, the bloody red changes and mixes in the black darkness of its long wings. The most horrifying thing was its eyes, they were bloody red, non human, radiating fury, rage, wrath of a god. It approached him with its wing fluttering as the open windows chills the room and him . He comes close and closer while his steps cracks and shatter the floor with the pressure and his mere presence. His eyes then bore to his. They were raw and unabridged. His throat dry, his members frozen, his body sweating.
It spoke with a voice, no a growl as a demon of hell. It was chillingly cold, rasp, like granite against your skin, making you feel as you are a mere insect and vermin to him. " Carson, we have a lot to talk about "