Author's Note: please remember this is Dick Grayson, he is someone who loves to joke around with the scum and villainy he fights. I am trying a darker tone for this Nightwing story it deals with a lot of brutality and mature themes but still Dick is the Bright Knight so I have to add some humor.

"My name is Richard Grayson, all I wanted was a normal life. Then the woman I love was shot, my hand has been forced and her shooter will regret his decision to pull that trigger ."

Nightwing Season 0 Chapter 1: Declaration

Flashback: Blüdhaven, New Jersey: First day of the second month in the new nest apartment complex

"Hey Babs!" Dick shouted from downstairs, "Can you come down for a second?" He asked.

"Sure." She replied walking down the stairs, "What's up?" She asked when she saw the Nightwing suit laid out on the coffee table in the den.

"I've been thinking…" Dick said walking to the suit holding the V shaped mask in his hand, "I've never had a normal life, first I was an acrobat, then an orphan ward of a billionaire who in secret was a vigilante, then I was that vigilante's first sidekick, then I was my own vigilante who has done more for Blüdhaven in one month than Batman has done in eleven years for Gotham." He said putting the mask on the table and turning to her, "I want a chance to have a normal life, let's let Batgirl and Robin die in Gotham. We have a chance to be normal why don't we take it?" He said excitedly.

"Dick" Babs sighed, "it's adorable that you think we can have a normal life but you have an alien as an ex-girlfriend and a speedster as a best friend. I'm the daughter of the Police Commissioner of the GCPD by day and Batgirl by night, I don't think we can have a normal life but we can try." She started before placing a soft sweet kiss on his lips.

Present Day: Blüdhaven General Hospital

Dick stood next to Barbara's hospital bed replaying those words in his head, "I don't think we can have a normal life but we can try."

As a tear rolled down his face he heard a familiar voice with a British accent, "Master Dick." The man struggled to say as he was almost in tears. Dick turned around to see Alfred Pennyworth.

"Alfie." Dick said quietly after collapsing into a hug crying.

"I-I came as soon as I could but I-I can't stay long, Master Bruce knows and he is also upset, despite your split and his tactics of finding criminals by using you two as bait he loves both of you." Alfred said starting to cry.

"If he truly loved us then he shouldn't have sent us away" Dick stated angrily as the embrace ended, "if he hadn't kicked us out of Gotham, this" he snapped and pointed at Barbara, "THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!" He shouted.

"You don't know that." Alfred fired back defensively , "It could've been much worse, it could've been Joker who did it and she could be dead or both of you could been shot by this mystery man." Alfred then sighed, "Look I have to go but alert me when she wakes up Master Dick." Alfred said sympathetically and put a hand on Dick's shoulder, "I'm here for you sir."

Dick for the first time since he found her smirked, "Thank you Alfred, that means a lot." Alfred nodded and left, Dick walked up to Barbara's unconscious body and took her limp hand he stood there for a few minuets a few of the words started playing in his head, "I don't think we can haves a normal life."

"Sir." A red headed nurse said startling Dick, "Sorry for startling you but you should go home, we'll inform you if anything happens." She said with a smile trying to cheer him up.

Dick nodded, "Thank you nurse." He said sadly before kissing Bab's forehead and walking out of the hospital.

Blüdhaven: New Nest apartments #1940

Dick walked into his closet and grabbed the box containing his Nightwing gear and threw it on the sofa he then proceeded to open his laptop and hack the Bat-Computer and the security system at his complex the then paused the video when the shooter was in view and used the Bat-Computer's facial recognition software to identify the culprit as Carmine Falcone, the head of the Falcone crime family, "Time for some fresh air." He opened the box and suited up Nightwing opened the window the cool air flooded the room and it felt good on his face... well the parts that were exposed on his face, he shot his grapple and flew into the night he saw how during his month long hiatus the city had gone back to shit, he saw a man in a nice dressed suit with a white rose in his suit pocket trying to mug a woman, Nightwing jumped down and slammed the thug into a brick wall, "RUN!" He growled at the woman after she ran the thug started to stir as the man reached for his gun Nightwing threw a Wing-Ding through his hand then grabbed the man by his jacket, "My turn." He growled again and tied the thug upside down from a nearby lamp post.

The man opened his eyes, his vision was blurry, "What the hell?" When his vision cleared up and he saw Nightwing he shouted.

Nightwing paced back and forth, "We need to talk. Where is your boss Carmine Falcone?" His low growl and anger showed he wasn't playing around.

"I-I ain't telling you jack shit." The thug said scared shitless, Nightwing cracked him in the ribs with enough force to break 3 ribs, "Wrong answer" Nightwing shouted, "Where is Boss Falcone?!"

"Fuck off!" The thug shouted then Nightwing cracked him on the head with an Escrima Stick, "Ow! You're a fuckin animal!" The thug screamed.

"Spill it and I'll stop." Nightwing growled pulling out a taser.

"Okay, okay I-I'll tell you, he left yesterday, but he'll be back in 2 days." The thug spilled the beans, "Please don't taze me I have a family."the thug pleaded tears rolling down his face.

Nightwing then walked up to him and whispered, "if you're lying I'll dislocate the other one."

"The other wha-" the thug didn't get to finish as in 2 swift motions the thug's arm was dislocated and broken by Nightwing who threw a Wing-Ding cutting the rope causing the thug to fall in the top of his head knocking him out.

Blüdhaven Police Department: The Next Day

Sargent Amy Rohrbach arrived at the BPD Precinct to a crowd of boys in blue standing outside the front door talking about something, she made her way to the front to see a brutalized thug with a sticky note on him stating:

"At least 3 broken ribs, dislocated and broken arm, and a concussion

DON'T MAKE ME DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU!

-Nightwing" There was a bird logo on the stick note

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" Amy shouted angrily.

Later that day Dick Grayson returned home and walked to a giant white board taped to the white board was a picture of every member of the Falcone Crime Family he looked at one of the members, "First up, it'sah you… Mario." He sneered.

Blüdhaven, New Jersey 10:00pm

Nightwing jumped out of his window and shot a grappler line to a nearby water tower and scoffed, "Is this a joke? Because I know it's a trap." Shining in the sky was a light blue bird, a Nightwing signal if you will, "Either way I'm going to answer."

BPD Precinct 10:25pm

Amy Rohrbach was standing next to the signal, she was the only one there everyone else had gone home and there is no Anti-Vigilante Taskforce. Nightwing silently jumped down behind her and cautiously approached her and shut off the spotlight, "You rang?" He said making her jump and pull her gun on him, he quickly in a elbow to the gut and a steal of the gun disarmed her.

"I just wanted to talk!" She shouted, "Look Nightwing I don't know who the hell you think you are but we aren't Gotham we don't trust vigilantes in tights going around beating up innocent-" from there she was cut off

"Innocent?" He questioned arching an eyebrow, "Sargent do you know who that man works for?" He asked, "That man works for the Falcone Crime Family, he works for the man that shot the Commissioner of the GCPD's baby girl, I vowed to protect her and I failed, so now I'm out for blood and vengeance like my mentor was." He stated coldly.

"Who's your mentor?" Amy asked frightened backing away from Nightwing.

Nightwing spoke as he started walking towards her, "He is vengeance, he is the night, he…Is… BATMAN." He stated when he was right in her face before catching her when she started to fall and threw her back to the roof.

With fear in her eyes all she could ask was, "B-Batman trained you?"

"He didn't just train me" Nightwing growled, "I fought beside him" he stated his hair blowing in the wind he was visible thanks to Rohrbach's flashlight, "As one of his sideki-partners, as his friend, as the man that will succeed him. I fought along side him as Robin." He walked past a frightened Rohrbach.

"We may hunt you." Amy said starting to get up, Nightwing turned to her, "Just a heads up." She said with a shrug.

"Let me give you a warning." Nightwing said turning to the city and pulling out his grapple gun aiming it where he wanted to fire, "Don't get in my way." He fired the gun and grappled away.

Blüdhaven Streets 11:00pm

What most would see as a regular Joe Shmoe going for a jog during the day, was a low ranking thug for Mario Falcone running from Nightwing, "I didn't do nothin'!" The man shouted. Nightwing then threw a bola around the man's ankles and walked closer he knelt down on one knee he carefully rolled the man over, the thug went for a punch and got a broken arm for that, Nightwing grabbed him by the suit jacket and lifted the man up, "I have a message for your boss's family and your going to deliver it to "Jump-man Mario" got it." Nightwing threatened.

"Yeah." The man said pissing his pants, "What is the message?" He asked.

"Nightwing is on the hunt. He will go places the BPD can't, he can't be bought or bribed, you poked a sleeping dragon and he will burn down your criminal empire until only "The Roman" left and then he will let the Falcone empire fall starting with Mario." He then untied the thug and the man ran away.

Author's Note: Hey guys Nightwing0126 here how did you like the first chapter of what i affectionately like to call, "Brutalwing" and it takes place before Blüdhaven's Dark Knight and will have three archs

1. Taking Down Falcone

2. Gaining Rohrbach's trust

3. Gaining the city's faith

I am doing this as a writter's block but it shouldn't effect my uploads and I think I should've done this before Nightwing Season 1 Part 1 so feel free to call out continuity errors and I hope you enjoy the ride