Two chapters in a week? Nice! Let's be real: I got a lot of time on my hands at the moment, so expect to see the rest of this story coming up as time goes on. Also, stay safe, stay healthy.

Okay enough sappy stuff. Let's go.


I lose track of time as I climb down this damned ladder. This entrance was probably a backup, in case the first one got destroyed or demolished or something along those lines. Granted, this was the first option, but it's the most cleverly hidden. Which is good, because I need to remain out of sight until the time is right. Bruce Wayne won't know what's hit him until after it's hit him.

As I climb, I trigger a motion detector, and next thing I know, the lights are popping on. I pause on the ladder to survey my surroundings.

I'm at the edge of a massive, MASSIVE cavern. At one end is one of the biggest computers I've ever seen, along with racks and racks of suits and gadgets. At the other end is a hangar with a bat-shaped plane and a bat-shaped helicopter. Below that is a dock with a - and I wish I were making this up, I say to myself - a bat-shaped motorcycle and a bat-shaped car. There's also a giant tank-like vehicle which I don't know what it's called; the prisoners never talked about it. Probably for good reason, since it's a tank of all things.

I jump from my position on the ladder, do a nice little flip in the air and land on my feet at the base of it all. It's here that I notice the dock. Yes, this man's got a f***ing DOCK, of all things, with a bat-shaped boat, leading straight out to the Gotham river! Oh my gods, I'm a kid in a candy store!

"Looks like I'm the official man," I mutter to myself, remembering the prisoner's words.

I go to look around the cave, but the place is so massive I just have to stop dead-center to take it all in. This was hiding beneath Wayne Manor the whole time and I, a fool supposed to have no memory of the place, found it first f***ing try. I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. I've gotten into Bruce Wayne's little cave and without raising any suspicions at all.

The first thing I do is I go have a look at all the bat-like suits. There's one for space. There's one for underwater. There's one for everyday wear. There's a quick-change one for emergencies. There's one for - I'm assuming a disco since it looks so garish, and next to it is one for a black-tie event. There's so many batsuits that I stop counting them. I'm just so astonished I can't believe it. This man's got a suit for every single occasion! Damn, he must be rolling!

So he won't miss anything if I take one.

After browsing for a few minutes, I select a suit that has a taste of neon in the pants (some form of red-gray-black camouflage) and put it on. I rip off the bat-mask and keep my own. I pause to look in a mirror.

Man I look sweet. I'm a boss looking like this. Let's go.

I turn to the gadgets next. They're all lined up against a wall. I notice that there aren't any guns; but of course there wouldn't be. His motives are just to incapacitate and leave us to the wolves at Belle Reve, not to kill. There's a grappling hook, a bolas (that's a device that wraps around people's legs when fired), a computer-like gadget, a tranquilizer gun, those bat-shaped boomerangs (they're all over the bloody rack), a taser, numerous gels, grenades, mines... I could go on and on. As I said, gazing around at all of this makes me feel like a kid in a candy store.

Let's take some of these nice little goodies. He won't miss them. He can easily make more.

Now what's the most precious? What little curiosities can I claim?

Well, hang on, let's be real: how am I going to carry all of this?

I grab a black utility belt and wrap it snugly around my waist. Now it's time to decide what I'll take. I immediately grab the grappling hook; that'll be nice, and I eyeball the bolas but don't grab it. I take the computer-like gadget and the tranquilizer gun (I can easily modify this so it shoots real bullets instead of those pansy little darts), some of those bat-shaped boomerangs because why the hell not...

"Explosive gel," I murmur, examining one of the gel containers. "Could come in handy." I stuff it into a pouch.

There's an EMP gun - I overheard the prisoners talking about this one with a venomous passion - so I bag that too. I also bag a disruptor, some smoke grenades, a laser, a few extra-strength lockpicks, and... some device used to breathe underwater or in low oxygen environments (or at least that's what it says on the explainer card). Then I grab the bolas and look at it. It looks normal, but then I spot the electric panels and realize this is going to deliver a very bad shock to anybody who gets wrapped up in it. Perfect for the attack I'm planning, so I take them too.

I pack a couple of anesthetic darts into the tranq gun and lock and load it. My plan is coming together very well.

Then I turn my attention to the computer. I've got to check if he's got anything on me. If he does, then it won't take him long to come after me, and that I can't have happening. I've also got to find the keys to all of his beloved vehicles so I can take one and then get rid of the others, delay him even more.

I tap into the computer and when it asks for a password, I take a quick look around. It's only three characters, so I guess 'Bat' and it works like a charm. Good, that was the easy part. I find the search bar and type 'Heathen', the codename they use for me. My file comes up immediately, as do several others.

I locate the trash bin, click on the file and drain it of information, drag it over to the bin and let go. The file's dumped. I search for any more evidence of me, and quickly wipe those and move them to the trash bin too. Then I go to the trash can and open it; seeing all the wiped files in there, I hit delete, and when it asks me if I want to delete them permanently, I click 'yes' and watch as the bin empties itself. Good, I'm out of sight, out of mind.

Then I check out his security systems and grin. Because I used one of his entrances, it assumed I was him or Alfred and didn't bother checking further. Kinda stupid, but when you use someone's own shit against them, you've got to be ready for anything... which, assuming the system didn't alert him to my presence, means I'm in the clear as he's still - if you'll pardon a terrible pun - blind as a bat (author's note: yes, I know bats aren't blind. It's an expression from the old days that nobody uses anymore.) I still clear it of anybody entering and exiting within the past few minutes, just in case it did somehow trigger it.

With all trace of my identity erased, I quickly look around for the keys to the vehicles. They're all stored in a single compartment at the computer desk, so I consider myself lucky and take all of them, hiding them within a pouch on the belt. Now which vehicle do I want to take?

If I take the bat-car, he'll probably track me with it. If I take the helicopter or the plane, I'll attract unwanted attention. If I take the boat, it means I can head out to open sea and far away from here. If I take the motorcycle, he might end up following me in the car or something (even though I have the key).

Looks like I'm taking the boat. Much as I hate the sea and much as I'm a terrible swimmer, this is probably my best option.

I can easily dump it at another dock anyway.

I hear flapping noises and look up to see a colony of bats flying around up on the ceiling. I remember that on the gadget rack there was a device used to call bats to him, so I quickly go back and take that. I hide that in a place where I know he'll step and call the bats to him on 'accident'. I walk over to the boat, pop it open, search for some trackers; finding them, I rip them out of the system and lock it back up. I look around for a place to hide, and notice one right behind the computer with a sweet little view of the cavern, including all of the entry and exit points. My plan has come together.

From my hiding place, I'll wait for him as he triggers his own device. Then I'll ensnare him with the bolas while he's distracted, send him to the floor with the electroshock function, and then shoot him with the anesthesia darts and knock him cold. Then I'll tie him up and confront him, and lock him completely off from any signs of help for a certain amount of time; that part I'll do while he's out, and I'll confront him once he's awake. When it's time for me to leave, I'll knock him out again (by that I mean I'll finish his life) and take off.

I consider more ways on how to hurt him, and finally settle on trashing the computer, trashing the suits, and trashing his remaining gadgets; this I'll do after the confrontation. I won't bother with his vehicles because oh boy will he want those to come after me... until he realizes I've got all the keys to them.

I snicker to myself.

And now I play the waiting game.

It won't be long now, Bruce Wayne. I'm waiting for you.

And I'm going to kill you.