I will be changing POV's in the story now I usually used a first person perspective in the last chapters but since Batman will start now.
Disclaimer: I don't own stuff.
Gotham, If you were to ask an outsider who never lived there they would tell you that it's tall skyscrapers in the dark look beautiful, but it's far from the truth. Gotham hides an even darker truth, It is a place where crime is rampant, it is a place where even the most honest man can be branded as a liar.
It is a place where crime is most prominent a place that you should not go to where nearly every law enforcement is held by the mafia. People are always harrassed sometimes the GCPD doesn't respond fast enough.
Many believe the city is hopeless too late to be saved, but tonight that would change.
Gotham Pier, 2:31Am
3rd Person POV
In the Gotham pier, the area where the weapons, drugs all arrive, it is where a group of thugs unload cargo from their latest shipment, unknown to them they would experience the rise of a legend.
"Hey Joe ever wonder why we're here?" A man named Zach asked. As he and his partner walked patrolling the pier, preventing anyone from getting from sneaking behind the warehouse.
"I think-" Joe was cut off. As he was dragged away from his partner in to the shadows.
Zach snaps his head towards the sound and sees his partner is gone.
"Joe?" Zach questions holding his rifle trying to find his buddy,
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!" Zach said scared.
Unknown to him, someone was above him looking down at him.
Then he is taken up by something that grabbed his leg dropping his gun. He screams but it was drowned out as he was dragged into a container.
He was slammed into the back of he container, as he looks up he sees a buff tall man covered in the shadows , with the height of 6'3 he was dressed in an armor with a large bat symbol highlighted by yellow(Rebirth Batsuit), a cowl with pointy ears and white glowing eyes. Needless to say he was scared shitless.
"WHERE ARE YOU HOLDING THEM!?." Questioned the man in black, as he grabbed Zach's shirt and lifts him to face him.
"R-red warehouse left side of the pier 2-2nd floor p-please don't hurt me." Zach responded, scared. "W-wwwho? are you?."
"Who Am? I'm Batman" The Batman growled. Zach pissed his pants scared at the white eyes.
"And thank you for your cooperation." The man in black all but growled to him, sending a punch to his face knocking him out.
Batman POV
As I finished interrogating the man. I left the container and grappled to the red warehouse. I land on the roof, I then grabbed something out of my utility belt it was a mini blow torch, and a sticky spray. I applied the the spray on the small window I then used the blowtorch to create a circular cut big enough for me fit in. I managed to catch it before it fell and put it on the roof.
I went down the hole and landed on the top platform.
"Penny-1 this is Batman, I need you to shut off the power for warehouse-2146 on the Gotham Pier" I said to my communicator.
"Ofcourse sir I'll get it ready." Penny-1 or Alfred said.
I decided it would be best to not use his name while communicating with him on missions. I mean come on why does Batman use Alfred's name on the Arkham games what if someone heard him?.
I began eavesdrop on the thug's conversation.
"You think they're gonna really they're give us come here?" One thug asks.
'Who will come?' I think to myself. 'That doesn't matter now I have to save them first'
"No doubt, because if they he will say goodbye to his friends and family". Another responds, poking a femal hostage in the face. "Isn't that right sweetheart?"
The hostage whimpers, I growled in anger.
Scanning the area, I saw a total of 9 men in the warehouse. 3 watching high up below me, 6 hostages, 3 female, 2 children, one male and 6 unarmed thugs guarding the hostages. I began planning after a few moments I set in motion.
"Penny-one now" I say to Alfred in my communicator as the lights went off. They panicked as they couldn't see
"What the hell?""Henri! Fix the lights!""What?" were their collective reponse.
I then takedown the watcher below me choking him to unconsiousness. I move below the platform going to the other one, I then go up suddenly and slam him knocking him out. I grapple behind the last one and knock him out.
As the men below try to turn on the lights I glide down behind one going for the door and grab him by his back, my hand to his throat and punching in the face knocking him out.
I moved in the shadows, I notice them opening a crate full of weapons each of them loading it. Moving to the hostages and pointing their weapons.
'Well looks like we do this the hard way' I thought, grabbing Batarangs from my belt. I threw 5 of them and hit the guns in pin point precision, they were beeping then created a small blast destroying the weapons. But one fails and he was about to shoot a hostage.
I moved tackling the hostage out of the way but I was hit in the back, I threw another at the one who shot it hit his hand. He clutches his hand crawls back with a hurry back to his group. I grunt in pain from the gunshot but they all look at me in fear, as I glared at them white eyes highlightedin the dark in the dark.
One of them manages to turn on the lights but it was flickering, making me hard to see.
"Who the hell are you suppose to be?" One asks, his voice shaking. "I ain't scared you punk!." He grabs a knife from his pocket he moves to stab me. I grab his arm punching him repeatedly in the face, I break his arm he screams but I cut him off by punching him again, knocking him down punching his face repeatedly. Thoughts full of anger filling my thoughts but I focused that anger to my punches.
I looked at the remaining ones left they all charge at me. One sent a punch to my face, the other sent one to my side, I jump ducked behind both of them I grabbed the back of their clothes and slam them to the ground hard preventing them from getting up. One was moving towards me and he grabbed a pipe swinging it at me, I grabbed it pulling it to me and using it to bash his head with, as I did that one was behind me I move to intercept, grabbing the knife he was going to stab me with I strike his arm with my elbow break it, I sent a hard jab to his face making him fall down to the ground. Looking at the hostages I moved towards them.
I remove the restraints on the hostages, the children hugged me crying their thanks to me the women thanking me also, along with the man who I saved.
"Get out of here, call the GCPD" I said coldy, but it held a hint of softness. I grabbed the rope used in keeping them restrained. I glared at the thugs and I use it to tie them together.
"I remember your faces, I remember what you look like, If i ever see you in the streets again I'll make sure you wish you were dead you hear me?."
I growled. They nod in fear, and god I could tell someone pissed it was disgusting. I then noticed one of them dropped something I picked it up and it was a card, and noticed the words on it, 'Falcone Shipping , so they're connected Carmine Falcone? Why would he do this what's his motive, anyway so begins his move eh? well he'll be in a suprise at what's coming to him' I think to myself.
Shooting a grappling hook to the roof and I disappeared into the night.
3rd Person POV
A man sits infront of a big screen looking at connections which the criminals he caught might be connected to, and at the side of the screen is various news outlets reporting the sightings of the Batman. He does that while finishing sewing his would putting bandages on it.
"-Criminals apprehended after long search by unknown vigilante"
"-Criminals say it was a man dressed as a Bat that caught them"
"-After more criminals are apprehended the GCPD has announced that they will search for this so called Batman"
"Commissioner Loeb had this to say-"
"This man works outside the law he must be brought in like all other criminals that plague this city-"
"So what if this so called Batman takes it out on criminals? This is a sign for us to fight back, this is our city it doesn't belong to gangbangers and mobsters it's ours" An old lady's voice said.
"-Master Wayne." A voice calls out to Bruce as he was interrupted from his taughts. He look behind him and sees Alfred hold a suit.
"Yes Alfred?" Bruce asks.
"Sir you must get dressed you must attend this charity ball not just because you are rich, it's because we are the host, now you are not Batman," Alfred says."Today you are Bruce Wayne Billionaire, Playboy, Philantropist. Today you must mingle with other socialites in order for you to separate both of you're lives."
"Yeah, yeah Alfred I get it" Bruce responds. Moving to grab the suit Alfred was holding. "Which car should bring Alfred?"
"Might i suggest the the Lamborgini Diablo sir, if you want to break the speed limit you might as well look good doing it. " Alfred dryly said.
Bruce looks at him replying with. "I'll be taking it then." He then goes to the outside to the door. Then goes to the Manor's garage, he picks up the keys and drives it out.
"Goodbye Alfred!" Bruce gives Alfred a wave goodbye as he speeds out with his car.
Bruce POV
As I drive through the traffic to go to the charity ball, I began to plan against the corrupted politicians and mob bosses that might be on the ball. Eventually I arrived in front of the building getting out of my car I gave the keys to the valet parker.
Flashing lights of camera's go off, people began to swarm me asking questions, I flashed them only a smile and nod ignoring the questions directed at me, heading inside.
Entering I saw many familiar faces some not, I greet them one by one. "And now a speech from out host tonight, Mister Bruce Wayne" A loud feminine evoice shook me from my thoughts. Going forward in front of the others I take the microphone from the speaker.
"Ladies and Gentlemen especially ladies," I said, winking.
" I'd like to thank you for coming to this year's charity ball, it means so much to me that you all came here, and helping this charity to help those in need, as we strive to make this Gotham City a better place like my late parents did. " I continued, they all had grim faces at the mention of my parents.
"Now this isn't a funeral so everyone don't lose your smiles and keep drinking" I joked, they all laughed "So as usual I of the host of this ball would like a toast, For Gotham!"
Everyone raises their glasses and repeated after me. 'For Gotham'
"Now everyone party hard" I yelled laughing, keeping my façade. After that I moved away and began to greet everyone who was here.
"Ah Jennifer, a sight to see for sore eyes!." My jaded smile penetrated the people around them, fake but nonetheless a smile. My coarse hand met many acquaintances, I didn't possess the soft bristled hands that most of the rich did, I used my hands quite often.
My cherry like gaze froze upon a new woman, a pleasant surprise there were few females he was unaware of and this one fascinated him the most. My gaze only stopped for a few slow seconds yet it was all but unnoticeable, her lipstick and quite frankly every bit of her mystique intrigued me.
"Bruce Wayne, I'm sure you've heard of me..." My champagne glass twinkles under the natural lights of the lanterns above my head, attached to the ceiling. She turns to look at me it was as if time froze just for the two of us, in my mind at the very least. Her green eyes locked my ocean blue eyes, her skin was smooth and pale, unlike Talia's tanned smooth skin, her luscious red lips facing me.
I opened up with a casual networking phrase yet my tone carried a much more interested and invested tune, I stretched out my hand silently eager to shake her hand. "Hi there miss...?"
"Kyle, Selina Kyle," She says to me with a smirk, her eyes sparkling. 'Selina Kyle? so this is what she looks like in this universe' I thought to myself.
"I take it you're a fellow entreprenour?"
"And to answer your question, no no I'm not."
I curiously asked. "What do you do then?" Even though I know what she does at night
She responds. "I'm an Insurance investigator" Her lips curve into a smirk. "I Assess claims, cases and checks-"
Chuckling I cut her off "For possible fraudulent or criminal activity. I know what an Insurance Investigator is Ms Kyle"
She looks at me with surprise "So you do know your stuff, I like a man who does that. Well enough of that, is this the part where you ask for a dance handsome?" Her lips curving into a smirk
Smiling I respond to her, "Yes, yes it is" She grabs my hand pulling me to the dance floor, her hands were soft like porcelain, her forest green yes gazing deep my eyes locking into it.
As we dance it felt like forever, my hand on her waist her's on my neck as we dance away the night. My light blue eyes staring at back at her gazing into her soul. Other eyes were upon us they gaze upon us like something out of a romance movie.
Our movement was synced, no mistakes, everything movement was perfect. It was a night to be remembered.
Sorry for the long update I was busy. Please tell any mistakes I made and review on what you think of it.
I will make a timeskip next chapter, and I will be somewhat adapting Batman Arkham Origins mixed with other Batman origins.