Victor sat up momentarily thinking, just thinking about how he had treated his father, had he been too harsh on him. He just didn't know. He knew that he couldn't stay there forever, Victor wasn't like his father in that sense, stay at the lab too long and he will go mad. Good thing he has an built-in computer, therefore he could surf the internet in his free time- that's one bonus at least.

Victor kept on thinking - how would he escape and more importantly without his father knowing, and even if he did where would he go. Vic decided to do it one step at a time - this will make it just that wee bit easier than to think about it all at once. Vic knew how to leave - that was the easy part. The hard part was to not get spotted, but luckily he had an advantage, his father (or anyone) didn't have - he did not need to sleep. So he knew he had to leave during the night to avoid his father - it would just have to be about 2 in the morning. Victor's father was odd like that.

_That night_

Silas went into Victor's room to check on him before he left to go home. Victor was sitting on his bed surfing the internet through his hands. When Victor didn't look up at his father, Silas just left the room and when Victor was sure that his father was definitely at home he put his plan in motion.

Victor slowly got out of bed and walked over to his door, he looked back to his bed and debated if he should really do it. 'No, if you stay here then you will go mad and you won't stop being your dads lab rat. Go, go!' Victor said to himself. He ran into the hallway, looked both ways and then ran towards the exit. As soon as he ran out the door Victor saw security guards on patrol, as soon as they saw Victor standing there, they ran towards him.

"Victor Stone. Dr Silas Stone has ordered you to stay in STAR Labs. Go back to your room peacefully or we will use force." The biggest officer said

"I was just going out for a walk." Victor replied, smiling at them.

"At night don't think so. Go back to your room now."

"Or what? You already no you can't beat in anyway, shape or form so... yeah. I will just see myself off the grounds." Victor replied pointing past the guards. Before they knew it Victor was running past them and over the wall. They knew there was no point in trying to stop him - it just couldn't be done. So instead of trying to follow him they alerted Silas to what just happened. You could hear what Silas had to say - it was that loud! Silas was angry at them for letting him escape but he was not surprised - it was like he knew it was going to happen.

_Gotham_

It did not take Victor long to run to Gotham from Detroit - not with his new legs. He went into a dark abandoned alleyway in one of the darker streets of Gotham. He sat down on the ground and stared up at the sky. He wished he could get some peace and quiet but he knew that they were somethings he would never get again. He wanted to just go to sleep and never wake up but that was another thing he had to forget about.

_Time Skip_

Victor, after hours, spending time looking up at the stars and surfing the internet, finally showed signs of life in the death forsaken city - what he saw was not something he wanted to see - ever. It was Batman. For some reason he came down and sat facing Victor but did not say anything - had he noticed that he was there?

"Hmm... hello Batman. What are you doing here" Victor asked nervously

"What?" Batman replied

"In this alleyway? It's empty, it has been for the past four hours. More importantly why are you doing nothing"

"My parents were killed in this alleyway many moons ago. Now my turn. What are you doing in this alleyway."

"I do not have anywhere to go. Do you come here every night?"

"Most nights, yes, yes I do. How come you don't have anywhere to go?"

"That is a question that I would rather not answer. Can you just leave me alone, please. Or should I go.. I can go if you want to stay"

"No, I will go. Hope you find the right path."

"Thanks. Continue doing what you do best, fighting bad guys." Victor replied, turning over on his side. Batman left the alleyway and went onto the rooftop facing Victor. Vic told Dr D (his AI) to put his systems into standby mode and therefore Victor went to 'sleep'.

_On the roof_

Batman did not move from the ledge he was sitting on. He just stared at Victor's lifeless body lying on the ground. He hears a little bit of static followed by the voice of his butler, Alfred

"Al, what is it?"

"Batman, I got a call from a Dr Silas Stone, he is trying to find his son, Victor. He thinks he is in Gotham. Can you help find him please?"

"I will bring him to the manor."

"What?"

"I don't need to find him, I already have."