Chapter 21:
How did this happen? Jim Gordon thought angrily to himself. He was Batman. Yes, he had been hurt before but never that bad. The Justice League had called and said that they would be arriving soon to take care of the body. It wasn't technically legal but screw legal. His friend had just died. I better go and wait for them to get here, he thought and walked away from the body of the Dark Knight Detective.
Chapter 22:
The League landed the Javelin just outside of Gotham and set off for GCPD. When they arrived Commissioner Gordon met them. He looks genuinely upset, thought Superman. Maybe Batman worked with him? "Justice League." He greeted them gruffly. "Follow me." They followed him inside to the mortuary. In the center of the room there stood a steel table. Next to the steel table was a tray of instruments, instruments commonly used in an autopsy. They appeared to be unused. Gordon caught Superman looking at them and said, "I cancelled the post-mortem. Wasn't really necessary. The cause of death was obvious." On the steel table lay the body of Batman, Gotham City's Dark Knight. His cowl was still firmly in place, Superman noticed. "Got one of the morticians up in medical because of him." Gordon said with a small grin. "Why?" Wonder Woman asked confused. "He has some sort of defense set up in the cowl. The mortician tried to see under and some type of gas shot out and knocked him out cold. He's still unconscious and it was about four hours ago. They all laughed. That was definitely Batman. "Wait," Green Lantern said suddenly. "Didn't he say that if anything happened to him to say something into a communicator in his belt?" Superman nodded and reached for the correct compartment. He was immensely surprised when an electrical current shot out and even more surprised when it threw him across the room. "What the hell?" He muttered. Green Lantern scanned the belt with his ring and said, "From what limited scans I can pick up it looks like the current was run through a small piece of kryptonite. Looks like he planned for you." Flash asked, "Why were the scans limited? I thought your ring was one of the most powerful things in the universe." Green Lantern said, "It is but his belt is yellow, the colour of fear and the enemy of will. It makes it harder to scan. He probably planned for that as well." He finished his sentence with a wry smile. "Probably." They all agreed. "I can help you get in," said a voice at the window. They all turned around and saw a young man in a black suit with a blue bird across the chest and with a small domino mask on his face. "And you are?" Superman asked warily. Batman didn't like other heroes in his city. The figure stood and bowed before saying, "Nightwing, at your service. I used to work with Batman." Superman was extremely wary now, Batman didn't really work with anyone and he had never mentioned a 'Nightwing.' "Prove it." He said. The young man looked at him for a moment before saying, "How? You don't anything about him that couldn't be found out on the street. But, I suppose I can prove by doing this." He walked up the body and clicked twice on the compartment. It clicked open without even a spark. He then reached and threw the communicator to Superman. "You might want to wait until around midnight before you activate the Emergency Protocol. Oracle should be online by then." And before they could say anything else he leaped sideways through the window. They all just stared after him.