In the Sun's Hands

It looked like Gotham would see yet another cloud ridden, dreary day. Lewis Delie shivered though not for reasons one would think. The air in Gotham was actually quite warm and muggy but anyone would be tense with fear if they lived in Gotham City, it was a given.

Unfortunately, clenching the taser in his pocket won't do much good against the person about to attack Lewis but he doesn't know that.

Lewis' back stiffened immediately when he felt the all to common gun barrel pushed up against his back, taunting him.

"Empty your pockets, now!" The voice behind the gun said harshly. Lewis wanted to yell and scream but he was being held at gunpoint. The assailant was a type Lewis knew, everybody in Gotham knew that most muggers with guns tended to like shooting people, cooperation or not. It seemed Lewis wasn't responding fast enough for the horrible man as there was a click and Lewis swore up and down that the man was grinning like some sicko, if only he could see the guy.

"I- I'm going, I'm going!" Lewis' mind raced to keep himself alive but he could feel the cold steel of the gun now as it seemed to dig further and further into his back. Bad move Lewis, bad, bad move! Don't twitch! Lewis finally dug out his wallet from the impossible thing that was his pockets. He dropped it, Keep CALM Lewis, breath! In and out, in and out… Carefully, Lewis emptied his pockets and bent down to pick up the wallet when his attacker grabbed the back of his shirt!

"Don't move or I'll shoot you!" Lewis noticed for the first time that the man had a slight slur. He was… Drugged! This was worse, the man was probably hallucinating and crazy and, Lewis was going to die! This was it, he was going to never see his poor, poor sister and family and Jordy, his dog. He was going feel the bullet go through him and then everything would be dead. Maybe he could write out a will in the dust and dirt on the sidewalk or something. Lewis closed his eyes and breathed in, ready for it. But all he heard was a whump noise, a very strangled, muffled yell from his assailant, and the sound of a, zipline?

Lewis slowly turned around to see his attacker on the floor of the dank alleyway in which he was in front of, quivering and tied up. The man had a mask on and the gun was now right next to Lewis' foot. Lewis had to squint his eyes, the sun was coming up and the alleyway had a direct view of the rising star. Then finally Lewis saw his saviour, it wasn't Batman or Robin nor any other famous heroes. It was a young woman from what he could see. She wore a pinned up dress and an intricately painted mask. Her hair was long, dark, and cascaded like a waterfall down her back. Then suddenly, it was as if the sun's fiery arms had wrapped around her tall form and carried her off to places unknown. Lewis' savior was gone as quick as she'd been there.

Lewis shook himself from his daze, he was in an alleyway with a tied up and now unconscious mugger. 911 911 911 repeated in Lewis' head and he picked up his thankfully intact and OK phone and dialed for the police...

This incident would mark the first clear description of the snappy dressing vigilante who has yet to be named by the general populace. More sightings would come in but strangely enough they never really went city-wide.

I took an idea and ran with it though I'm not sure about adding this new hero. Also besides the whole "please review" thing could I get some superhero names? I'm having a bit of trouble making some up.

Basically I feel that while there is the Bat family AND all the villains there has to be some people who feel they need to either help protect Gotham or help cause absolute chaos for whatever reason. So there you have it! BUT, they aren't rich or anything like that so these people are confined to certain areas of the city due to the fact that they can't take time off to practice as some are struggling to hold down jobs and the like. Also, my hero deals with small crimes and maybe a few gangs. Her "suit" is rather mismatched in some places and she has to save up a lot of money for what she needs! HINT/Spoiler: She works at a restaurant and is an artist, that doesn't exactly spell "good money" all the time.

One more thing to end this uber long authors note! Abby from the first chapter is the main character so the story will focus on her more than others. But this is a story about the citizens and I don't just want Abby's thoughts about everything as you can see. She can't experience everything that happens.