Dana Tan

"Thank you for joining us Ms. Tan."

"Call me Dana."

"Very well Dana, um I guess I should just jump right into it. You and Terry were close, yes?"

"We were engaged. Set to be married the morning he died." He voice quivered and she wiped a tear from her eye.

"I'm so sorry for your loss."

"Thank you."

"So did you know Terry was Batman?"

"Yes."

"How did you find out?"

Dana gave a sad laugh. "It wasn't too hard. I was yelling at him one day for ditching out on a date, again, and he came right out and told me. Showed me the suit and everything."

"That sounds remarkably similar to what Mrs. McGinnis told me, I have to ask; did you believe him?"

"Sort of. I know him very well and I knew he wasn't lying, he even had supporting evidence. But still, Batman?"

"So when did you know for sure?"

"He occasionally put the suit on right in front of me and went on his patrols, but what really knocked it into my head was after he'd gotten hurt fighting the Royal Flush gang. He came into school all bruised up and hobbling on a cane, told everyone that he was moving some boxes around for Mr. Wayne when he stumbled coming down the stairs."

"But you knew otherwise."

"Yeah, but what really cinched it for me was when we were walking down the hallway on our way back to Chem 30. He needed to go for some physio and the professor had be walk him down and then go get him when he was done. Anyway, we were on our way back and there was this explosion. Kids came pouring out of the lab, smoke was already billowing out. After a minute it became apparent that Dr. Graboski was still inside. Terry thrust his cane into my hands and hopped off before I could even try to stop him. A few moments later he came out dragging Dr. Graboski while sliding backwards on his butt. Firefighters said he saved his life."

"It must have been a sight to behold."

"My heart almost stopped. Terry's clothes were burned and smouldering, his hair was singed and his face was smudged with soot and smoke. Even as firefighters rushed in to take over he had this look on his face, I can't even describe it. He wasn't afraid at all, at least not for himself. One of the paramedics tried to assess his injuries and Terry told 'I'm fine. Help him.' when the paramedic tried to push the issue, Terry just glared at him."

"That's quite a story Dana, you mentioned Bruce Wayne. Do you think there was any possibility that he could be the original Batman? Perhaps the reason he hired Terry as his assistant was because Terry was his understudy, so to speak?"

"It's possible. But who knows? Does it even matter?"

Maxine 'Max' Gibson

"Ms. Gibson, Thank you for joining us. Now, I guess the big question is; Did you know Terry was Batman?"

"Yes."

"He told you?"

"I found out."

"You discovered Batman's identity?"

"Yeah. It all made sense to. Terry would always vanish just before Batman appeared. He had this innate sense of personal justice. It wasn't out of the ordinary to see Terry defend some kid from bullies or stand up to a pack of Jokerz to protect some random person."

"There seems to be a trend where people found out that Terry was Batman but didn't necessarily believe him until a later date. Do you follow this trend?"

"I guess. Have you ever seen a man's eyes turn cold as ice? Heard his voice harden like quick dry cement?"

"No, but please continue."

"Terry was having a bad day, getting shit from teachers, his mom was mad at him. Had him grounded, confined to the apartment except to go to work and school. He and Dana were on an 'off' phase, if you know what I mean. We were walking home from school, I tried convincing Terry to go halves on a taxi, cuz that used to be a pretty bad neighbourhood, he just said that was ok, because he was in a bad mood. We were walking down the street when some girls, maybe juniors, took a short cut down an alley. We saw at least a dozen Jokerz follow after them. Terry just made a Beeline for the alley, I called out to him and he looked back to me. His face had hardened and I just knew that 'Terry' wasn't at the controls right now, if you follow me."

"C'mon Terry. I know you're good, but there are over a dozen of those dregs."

"I'll give them the chance to call for back up. Make it a fair fight."

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Mathew 'Matt' McGinnis

"Mathew good of you to join us."

"Right."

"It must have been pretty cool being Batman's little brother?"

"Bite me."

"So did Terry tell you that he was Batman or..."

"I heard when he told mom but I didn't believe him. Terry was twip, no way he could be Batman."

"So how did you find out?"

"I was after Mr. Wayne died and gave most of his stuff to Terry. I got kidnapped cuz some dreg wanted to ransom me back to my family."

"That must have been scary."

"Meh," Matt shrugged, "Eventually Batman showed up at the warehouse I was being kept at and started beating down the thugs. I got away and hid when the fighting was going on. I was hiding behind some crates in the storage area when Batman came bouncing into my line of sight. He wasn't moving so I dragged him around the corner before anyone could see where he had gone. I tried waking him up for a minute or two but then curiosity got the best of me and I pulled his mask off. It was Terry under the suit."

"Then he woke up, kicked the bad guys butt and lead me to the exit. When I opened the door he was gone and then the limo pulled in and mom and Terry got out and came over to me."

"That sounds pretty intense." The interviewer says, "Tell me, do you plan to succeed your brother as Batman?"

"What, are you slow? That's a terrible idea. Not only would every criminal expect it. You know 'little brother getting revenge for big brother' kind of thing. But mom would have a heart attack. Don't get me wrong I still plan to help out. I'm already signed up for the GCFD, I go to training just after graduation in the spring."

"Well thank you for your time Mathew. Do you have anything else you'd like to add?"

"Yeah. Umm, Terry gave a lot to this city; Happiness, a future, relationships and friendships. His life. I just hope that all of that sacrifice wasn't in vain."

Max

"I just hope people don't take it for granted. There is so much that the average person can do to clean up the city, even without putting on a costume and fighting villains. You know I did some research and up until about the nineteen-sixties Gotham used to be a safe place; No one felt like they had to lock their doors, kids ran around outside and played from sunrise to sun-set. Because there was always someone at home, everyone in the neighbourhood knew everyone else and they all looked out for each other's kids.

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Dana

"I just hope people appreciate what he did; how hard it must have been to push himself to exhaustion time and again."

Mary

"I hope that people learn from Terry's life. Look how much he accomplished with just his good heart and a desire to help people."

A/N: Well there it was. The second last chapter. Hope you all enjoy, and thank you so much to my reviewers (DarkPrince;)

Peace,

-Kobez2.0- 01/18/2010