Seto Kaiba, The Dark Knight

Summary: Batman, Lt. Mutou, and DA Marik Ishtar form an alliance in an effort to rid Domino of crime. The trio's progress, however, is strained by the arrival of a new criminal who calls himself the Joker. A canonized sequel of Batman Begins: Enter Seto Kaiba.


Chapter 9: Skyhook

A couple of days have passed since the events from the previous chapter. A KC helicopter is seen hovering over a landing bay on top of a building in Hong Kong. Its occupant (other than the pilot) makes his way out of the aircraft, and is greeted by his host's concierge.

"Welcome to Hong Kong, Mr. Nesbitt. I'm afraid to inform you that my superior, Mr. Lau, is unable to meet you in person today."

"I understand."

"If you follow me, I shall lead you to your suite."

The following day, almost at noon, the KC CEO arranges a brunch/meeting with the head of Lau Security Investments, Mr. Lau himself. Roland, accompanied by a concierge, enter the latter's superior's HQ. As they are about to pass by the security station before the escalators, the concierge informed Nesbitt, "For security purposes, I'm going to have to ask you to check in your mobile."

"Of course," said Roland as he yielded his mobile to a security guard who was at the his desk.

Several minutes later, Nesbitt and Lau have their brunch/meeting outside on one of the latter's building's tallest floors.

"I must apologize for leaving Domino abruptly during the middle of our deal. You see, there's been a misunderstanding with the Domino Police Department. I could not let such an obstacle threaten my company's standing."

"Of course," replied Roland.

"Hopefully, a businessman of your stature will understand, and with you here now, Mr. Nesbitt, we can continue."

"Well, I do appreciate you bringing my person out here in such style, Mr. Lau, but, I realize-." Roland was cut off by the ringing of his own cell phone. When he began to reach for it, Lau informed his peer, "We do not allow cell phones here."

As he turned his mobile off, Nesbitt answered, "Sorry, I must have forgot that I had it. You know, I really came here to tell you that our business deal has to be put on hold. You see, my company and I can't be seen doing business with... whatever it is that you're accused of being. I'm sure that a businessman of your stature will understand."

A bit perturbed, the Chinese economist stood up, and after he regained his composure, replied, "I think Mr. Nesbitt, a simple phone call would have been sufficient."

"My employer, Mr. Kaiba, didn't want you to think that he was deliberately wasting your time."

"No. Just accidentally wasting it."

Roland chuckled and said, "Certainly, Mr. Lau. Accidentally. I shall be taking my leave then."

Another several minutes later, the KC president finds himself exiting the building. As he passed by the security desk, the guard inquired, "Page, sir?" The company CEO simply presented the man with his phone. Realizing this, the guard placed the mobile back into the bin.

Within a few moments after exiting LSI, Nesbitt quickly notices Kaiba as one of the many tourists walking around. He then walks up to his superior who casually takes pictures of the surrounding area.

"A better view from the feet tram?"

"How's the view from LSI Holdings?" asked Seto.

"Restricted," replied Roland, who produced his cell phone, "Lau is holed up in there; his security's especially tight even in broad daylight."

"What's this?"

"I had R&D work it up. This device sends out a high frequency pulse; records a response time for mapping an environment." The phone's touch screen depicts a bluish, whitish coloured mix 'spy-esque' view of an office room.

"Sonar? Just like a..."

"Submarine, Mr. Kaiba. Like a submarine."

"Any other device?"

"Semtex."

The young billionaire then turns to make preparations for the evening, but not before his ally told him, "Mr. Kaiba, good luck."


It is now around midnight in Hong Kong. A familiar dark figure stands near the peak of one of the city's tallest and elaborate architectures. It is Seto Kaiba, now in his new armor, sans his iconic mask and cape. Kneeling near the edge of the same building, Kaiba then places his mask and takes out his hand-size grapple gun, attaching it to a much larger launching 'gun'. Once assembled, he sets the gadget's timer dial to 2 minutes, 30 seconds.

After he pumped his gun-like mechanism, he aimed it towards his target: a couple of windows on Lau's building. The masked vigilante fires five projectiles; they are mini-bombs attached to some adhesive substance. In Lau's office, he is talking on his phone, presumably having another business deal with some unknown client.

Meanwhile in the security station, Nesbitt's mobile apparently doubles as a EMP device as well, since it shuts down the electronic equipment in the entire building. Once most of the power is out (except for a few lighting stands), Lau orders one of his gunmen to be on the lookout for the disturbance. Several others under Lau's employ follow suit. Because of the lack lighting fixtures, the Chinese men wield flashlights, not just handguns.


The Batman waits. And waits. Tensing only briefly, he realizes that the moment has arrived. Taking in a deep breath, the armoured figure then leaps forward, and falls... his free-fall descent halted only by the deployment of his black, flowing cape (which folded outward from his 'backpack'). The fabric automatically makes its transition from its 'backpack' mode to its glider function; the shadowy figure continues to 'fly' towards his destination.


Not wanting to take chances, Lau pulls out his own handgun and seeks the safety of his people; he gets his person near his underlings.

"Where are the police?" asked Lau in his native language.

One of his suits replied, "They're already on their way."

"What the hell am I paying them for? To be here late?"


After a few moments have passed, the Bat crashes into a window, and subsequently, rapidly gets on his feet. Whilst holding onto a nearby gunman, the black 'phantom' shoves him across the room, shattering a glass cubicle along the way.

Lau and company aim their weapons carefully as to not accidentally shoot one of their own. Once he knocks out his first opponent with a few blows to the head, the vigilante dispatches off another gunslinger with a fierce jab to the face.

The trio of Chinese men (including Lau) left fire several shots against their black-clad target, only to miss, as the Batman easily evades the shootout due to his lighter costume. Much to the trio's surprise, the dark figure has disappeared from their line of fire; they ended up having shattered the glass cubicles in vain.


In the midst of this disturbance, a couple of Chinese police force vans arrive at LSI on per Lau's request. In response to this, the security guards unlock the doors for SWAT teams to enter without delay.


Back to where Lau's offices are located, two suits lie unconscious face-down. The trio of gunslingers observe around their surroundings cautiously on the lookout for the Batman. Back on ground level, the police commissioner and his unit(s) begin to make their way to the upper floors.


Suddenly, one of the gunmen trio has his weapon wrenched away from his person by the masked vigilante. As he swung his foe around to another thug, the dark knight removed the firearm and threw a backfist, knocking out the first goon in the process. The second contender, who wielded a shotgun, is disposed of with a swift uppercut to the jaw. Lau, now desperate, rushed in forward, but ended up headbutted by the shotgun's stock. Having no use for the weapon, the caped crusader tosses it aside.

Moments later, Lau (still conscious) is dragged by his legs by his mysterious captor. Apparently, one of Lau's people regained his senses, but only to return to unconsciousness once the masked menace elbowed him. All the while, Lau uttered several pleas and cries in his home country's language.

It wasn't long until the police reached to where Batman was holding Lau as 'hostage'; he attached some contraption onto his captive's torso. As a dozen or so officers aim their firearms at the foreign intruder, Lau, afraid of getting shot, convinces them to hold their fire; they reluctantly follow the man's order.

Five mini bombs that were specifically placed on certain windows earlier finally explode shortly after. Taking advantage of the police's confusion, the vigilante launches a parachute line towards the sky (it was from the device on Lau's person). Around the same time, an unmarked plane is seen flying over Hong Kong's tallest skyscrapers...

Turning his captive around, the Batman prepares for both of them to be uplifted into the air. A brief second later, the parachute immediately finds purpose on the plane's exterior... and the two men are immediately pulled up towards the sky high above the city.

As for the Chinese police? They could only stare in shock as they are left speechless in their efforts to prevent Lau's kidnapping.

TO BE CONTINUED...


Next chapter Chapter 10: Batman Dead?

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