Batman and Robin Reborn
Chapter 4
Truly Batman
"We should've gotten killed." The man who only knew himself as Batman sat in his chair, in front of the Batcomputer, thinking. He was born Timothy Drake less than two decades ago. Timothy Drake was legally dead. He had once called himself Alvin Draper. That was his only human name, and he would probably use it again.
Now... he was simply Batman. He was talking to Stephanie Brown. His ex-girlfriend. His new partner, the latest Robin.
They had just come back from their first successful mission. Word was spreading through Gotham about the return of Batman at that very moment. They had collared two high-powered criminals who had been prepared for their arrival.
Robin simply nodded her agreement to his previous statement. "The fifth member never showed. I wonder why?" No answer. "Maybe we scared him off... I mean, no one really expected BATMAN and ROBIN, y'know?"
Batman was silent.
"Tim..."
"I'm not Tim." He looked her dead in her eye.
She wrinkled her nose. "Alvin..."
He was completely silent and almost emotionless.
"We're carrying on this legacy, and we did an awesome job... we kicked their tails."
"A hitman. A lawyer. An entreprenuer and an actor." Was all 'Alvin' said. "What's the connection?"
Steph took off her mask, as Alvin had already done. "The connection is the fifth man, and why he didn't attack."
Alvin just got out of his chair and walked off. He stalked towards some unused crevice of the cave. Steph considered following him, but she didn't, she just worked the computer.
--
I was so upset. Bruce would've known what was happening. He would already know. I was already stumped. My brain ran circles. I had missed something. I had been out all night. The answer didn't pop up. It didn't appear before as it had when I was around Bruce. Nothing was clear, from the way we took down Two-Face to why Bane hadn't even tried to track us.
I walked up an incline. I stood on the edge of a rocky crevice. A cave. Perhaps where Bat's stayed.
I heard the noise, but it was so natural. They just surprised me. A bat flew by me into the cave. I turned around. There were hundreds. One flew directly at my face. I looked it in the eye. We understood each other somehow. I can't explain it. It just made sense all of a sudden. Everything I had been through instantly compartmentalized into portions I could handle. I stumbled out of the way and caught my balance. Bats flew at me. They flew by me. Brown bats engulfed me in a storm of beating wings and screeching sonar... I fell....
--
I screamed. Tim had just been attacked by bats!? He hadn't gotten out of the way, he had just stood there and stared like an idiot. I ran towards the ledge which he had been standing up, clambering up the slope I yelled.
"Tim!"
He appeared out of the pile of bats. I screamed and fell backwards. He leapt out, caught me in midair with a flip and landed safely on the main floor of the batcave. Needless to say I felt just a little bit embarassed, but it was Tim, so I was okay.
He set me down so gently, but I could feel the power in his arms anyway. I looked him in the eye. He looked back at me, he had a slight grin, but it was different. He looked like...
The only way to describe it was that he looked like Batman.
"I know who it is..." He straightened his face as he leapt into the bat-computer chair. He tapped up some buttons. I leaned over him like any good Robin would do.
"Who?" I asked.
"The common thread. Chemical alteration of the body. All for different reasons."
"There are a bunch of different cooks like that though..." I began thinking of Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Joker, even Harley Quinn.
He just nodded. "But only one man specializes in body-altering chemicals."
My mind raced. "A Chemist? What other clue do we have."
He gave a little smirk. Two-Face said "Get the Bat out of here." Bane didn't fight to incapacitate. He fought to kill.
It dawned on me, even as the screen lit up with the image of the man in question. "So our new big enemy is..."
He nodded as we looked up at the brown furred creature.
"Man-Bat" we said together. We looked at each other.
(This is in a way the end. I realize that the first chapter was the best, so unless you wanna read about Steph and Tim's relationship or a conflict with the new Man-Bat... this'll be it for a while.)
Chapter 4
Truly Batman
"We should've gotten killed." The man who only knew himself as Batman sat in his chair, in front of the Batcomputer, thinking. He was born Timothy Drake less than two decades ago. Timothy Drake was legally dead. He had once called himself Alvin Draper. That was his only human name, and he would probably use it again.
Now... he was simply Batman. He was talking to Stephanie Brown. His ex-girlfriend. His new partner, the latest Robin.
They had just come back from their first successful mission. Word was spreading through Gotham about the return of Batman at that very moment. They had collared two high-powered criminals who had been prepared for their arrival.
Robin simply nodded her agreement to his previous statement. "The fifth member never showed. I wonder why?" No answer. "Maybe we scared him off... I mean, no one really expected BATMAN and ROBIN, y'know?"
Batman was silent.
"Tim..."
"I'm not Tim." He looked her dead in her eye.
She wrinkled her nose. "Alvin..."
He was completely silent and almost emotionless.
"We're carrying on this legacy, and we did an awesome job... we kicked their tails."
"A hitman. A lawyer. An entreprenuer and an actor." Was all 'Alvin' said. "What's the connection?"
Steph took off her mask, as Alvin had already done. "The connection is the fifth man, and why he didn't attack."
Alvin just got out of his chair and walked off. He stalked towards some unused crevice of the cave. Steph considered following him, but she didn't, she just worked the computer.
--
I was so upset. Bruce would've known what was happening. He would already know. I was already stumped. My brain ran circles. I had missed something. I had been out all night. The answer didn't pop up. It didn't appear before as it had when I was around Bruce. Nothing was clear, from the way we took down Two-Face to why Bane hadn't even tried to track us.
I walked up an incline. I stood on the edge of a rocky crevice. A cave. Perhaps where Bat's stayed.
I heard the noise, but it was so natural. They just surprised me. A bat flew by me into the cave. I turned around. There were hundreds. One flew directly at my face. I looked it in the eye. We understood each other somehow. I can't explain it. It just made sense all of a sudden. Everything I had been through instantly compartmentalized into portions I could handle. I stumbled out of the way and caught my balance. Bats flew at me. They flew by me. Brown bats engulfed me in a storm of beating wings and screeching sonar... I fell....
--
I screamed. Tim had just been attacked by bats!? He hadn't gotten out of the way, he had just stood there and stared like an idiot. I ran towards the ledge which he had been standing up, clambering up the slope I yelled.
"Tim!"
He appeared out of the pile of bats. I screamed and fell backwards. He leapt out, caught me in midair with a flip and landed safely on the main floor of the batcave. Needless to say I felt just a little bit embarassed, but it was Tim, so I was okay.
He set me down so gently, but I could feel the power in his arms anyway. I looked him in the eye. He looked back at me, he had a slight grin, but it was different. He looked like...
The only way to describe it was that he looked like Batman.
"I know who it is..." He straightened his face as he leapt into the bat-computer chair. He tapped up some buttons. I leaned over him like any good Robin would do.
"Who?" I asked.
"The common thread. Chemical alteration of the body. All for different reasons."
"There are a bunch of different cooks like that though..." I began thinking of Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Joker, even Harley Quinn.
He just nodded. "But only one man specializes in body-altering chemicals."
My mind raced. "A Chemist? What other clue do we have."
He gave a little smirk. Two-Face said "Get the Bat out of here." Bane didn't fight to incapacitate. He fought to kill.
It dawned on me, even as the screen lit up with the image of the man in question. "So our new big enemy is..."
He nodded as we looked up at the brown furred creature.
"Man-Bat" we said together. We looked at each other.
(This is in a way the end. I realize that the first chapter was the best, so unless you wanna read about Steph and Tim's relationship or a conflict with the new Man-Bat... this'll be it for a while.)
