Author Notes: Its a Batman story, It involves almost every major Batman villain and has a lot of kick ass moments.

Parents should note, This story has several passages that may be offensive to children or the squeamish. It contains Child Abuse, Slavery and Graphic violence. I take no responsibility if your child gets freaked out reading this.

Here we go.

Batman. A child's innocence

He hasent moved in over 6 hours, waiting for his prey to return to the nest. He waits ever vigilant, rain dripping off of him, Ever Vigilant, Ever so silent. He kneels on a rooftop keeping his eyes locked on a warehouse across the road, his patience pays off as a van pulls into the driveway.

Several men exit the van using all doors, seven in all two move to the back of the van as the others go inside the warehouse. They open the twin doors and begin unloading several lumpy sacks dropping them to the floor carelessly.

The batman moves ingulfing the two men in a shroud of black, seconds later he opens the sacs placed on the floor, Revealing several pairs of children sharing the same sac. 3 in each bag, the children run as they see him, no matter they will be picked up by his associates.

Batman reached up and placed his index finger on his earlobe, initiating a contact. ''Oracle''

She answered immediately, her true voice masked by several programs running on her computer. ''I read you Batman.''

''The suspects have arrived at the warehouse at Gotham pier, Call Gordon and get him to send his forces. Im taking action'' He said coldly.

''Understood, im standing by''

He had already turned of his Com link, he was also on the roof of the warehouse itself. A large window war layed out in the center of the roof in question allowing him to see inside, He peered in, The window was already cracked and broken in several areas, allowing him to hear the men below.

Five visible men, one was armed with a powerful sawed off shotgun, one of the only weapons powerful enough to pierce the Batman's armor. The others had several fighting weapons, Bats, crowbars and such, the man with the rifle held a briefcase in his free hand.

''We got the ransom'' He said coolly, taping the case with his gun.

A large man wielding a baseball bat spoke up. Scratching his head as he spoke. ''What do we do with the girl''

''Rifle'' Smiled. ''Kill and dump the bitch, no point in us getting caught while returning the goods''

Batman had already jumped threw the window several pieces of glass following his decent, holding the ends of his cape to make a makeshift parachute. The men looked up. Terror struck them instantaneously.

''Oh shit'' one said, starting to back away

''Let's get out of here, He's going to kill us.''

The Dark Knights feet hit the floor, his entire figure was black, like a shadow. He leaped at ''Rifle'' kicking him in the face with a drop kick and knocking out several of the mans teeth, he knocked him down with a quick fist to the solar plexus. The large man with the bat kicked into gear taking a swing at the vigilante. The Batman caught the bat in one hand, The large man stared for a minute and took a swing at him.

Batman allowed the punch letting the mans momentum carry him, and when the moment was right Batman himself threw a punch this one connecting and knocking the man to the ground. The Bat loomed over him and hit him with a quick kick stomp to the knee breaking it with a sickening crackle.

''Three left'' he thought as he pulled out two batarangs, they left his hands and connected with two different targets, both of which would need months of physical therapy just to use their arms again.

The fifth man backed away like a coward, he dropped his crowbar as the batman advanced toward him, He struggled to get a gun out of his holster. Still the dark knight showed no fear as he continued his advance. As the thug finally got his gun free the batman was upon him, slapping the weapon out of his hand. He grabbed him by the shirt and backed him up against the wall. The thugs feet not even touching the ground. The Batman's question was simple.

''Where is she.'' He growled.

The fifth man looked away, The Dark Knight placed his hand around the mans neck squeezing it tightly. ''So help me god, I'll kill you, Now I ask you again, Where is she'' Once again he did not speak.

The Bats eyes narrowed as he pulled out a batarang, He held it like a knife and stabbed it into the mans shoulder. Far enough so it stuck there on its own. The man began to scream in pain. The batarang itself began to beep, each interval between them becoming slightly shorter than the last.

Batman spoke in his unique cold tone ''In one minute that batarang is going to explode, the power of the explosive is enough that it whould knock superman himself down.''

The man began to fidget, The batman tightened his grip on his neck. ''Forty five secounds'' he said coldly.

The man began to sweat, Batman's face was still clear of any human emotion or compassion.

''Thirty secounds''

The fifth man had enough, ''Allright shes in the freezer man. It's in the back room of storage''

Batman removed the batarang from the mans shoulder and deactivated it. He then punched the fifth thug in the mouth breaking his jaw, Before he hit the ground batman was gone.

He entered the storage room, scanning the area, One big man, wielding one big gun. At the back of the room there was one industrial sized freezer with a combination padlock on its door handle.

The sixth man let loose with his assault rifle and Batman hit the ground dodging several bullets, He reached into his utility belt and removed a small vial which he proceeded to throw on the ground, The combination of chemicals hitting the air created a thick cloud of smoke which blanketed the entire room. However in the mans blind aim he struck a gas line with one of his stray bullets causing a gas leak. The batman knew he only had seconds to act a single fired bullet could cause a explosion. He ran toward the man head on, actually leaping over him grabbing him with a handful of hair and ramming his face into the freezer the man was paid to protect.

He pulled the mans head back, The man was bleeding excessively and several facial muscles where broken. ''Combination'' Batman asked, The thug answered in a combination of blood and teeth. With the info required Batman hit the thug with a cross chop sending him to the ground, unconscious and still gripping his gun.

The bat entered the code and pulled open the freezer. His eyes went open with surprise. .....

End of chapter 1.

So you like it... Chapter 2 is up tommorow.

Sneak Preview: Batman finds more than he expected in the freezer, And The Joker receives a full pardon for his crimes in exchange for his testimonial against a gotham city mob boss.