Justice
By
Peggie
The media circus outside Gotham courthouse thronged forward trying to get the best pictures of the dynamic duo as they left the court building. The appearance of the two crime fighters to hear the verdict had been a sensation. Normally Batman and Robin were creatures of the night. To get a chance to see them in the full light of day was every news hounds dream. Police security around them was tight, Gordon was taking no chances that the two men would be unmasked.
"Batman what do you think to the verdict?" Summer Gleeson called towards the Dark Knight.
"I feel justice has been served!" Batman answered. "A brave young man was killed trying to keep our Cities safe. It's only right that those who murdered such a fine young man should pay."
Batman still couldn't rid himself of the video image of the truck backing over Nightwing's body as he lay injured on the road. He had thought long and hard about seeing it, but finally knew he had to. He had pursued Gordon to let him view the tape in private. Batman had sat in the dark and wept for an hour afterwards. But now he was sure that what Tim, Alfred and he himself had done to bring about the conviction of Nightwing's killers had been right. As Alfred said sometimes justice needed a helping hand.
"Have they found Nightwing's body." A reporter shouted. Batman shook his head.
"What do you think to the defendants claims that they may have hit him but they never touched the body. Or the defence claim Nightwing could still be alive. My paper intends to follow up the claim!"
Robin grasped Batman's arm before he could let fly at the man. "Did you see the videotape showing Nightwing being deliberately run over?" Robin asked. The man shook his head. "I suggest you do, because as four expert medical witnesses have already stated, no one could survive that sort of trauma. View the tape and you'll see why they said it. As for the guilty verdict and the life sentences, all we have to say is justice has been done. Now it's time for his family to start to rebuild their shattered lives."
Batman turned to face the cameras, "Nightwing was like a son to me. I was very proud of his achievement as a crime fighter. Now my son can rest in peace!"
With that the dynamic duo left under police escort to police headquarters, to collect the Batmobile.
Before they left a few lucky photographers got the picture of the year, a tear rolling down the Dark Knights mask.
Bruce finally felt he had done the right thing for Dick, he had admitted to the world that he was proud of his son.
