[ Bruce Batman ]

It had been interesting two months getting to know the way things were done on the ark, the usual rules applied now, stealing would get a person sent to the military and it was there they would do their time.

Killing someone would make them go to the worst parts of the ark or worse be sent down with the slaves and serve under the exiled leader.

There were jails, but they were mostly for minor offenses, things that people needed to be punished for but didn't require such brutality.

A while ago I had searched for those that caused trouble in the past, some were dead, others were being punished, and some were simply living their new lives.

Being married to different versions of the same woman was interesting, to say the least, but I need some alone time.

The entity that rules over the ark has given a new order, every time someone formed a new family, someone from the planet would exchange places with those living on the ark.

This was a rule for the future, not something meant, for now, it had even given a reason for its order.

Eventually, as time passed a division would form, those that live on the planet and those that lived inside the ark, this exchange was created to prevent the division between the people.

While true the rule was useful it was flawed, in oneway, there was no one preventing people from simply moving back into the ark or the planet.

I stopped my train of thought as I understood, it wasn't meant to work, it was only to show people that they always had a place to go, and people waiting for them.

So what if the rule didn't work, some would prefer to live on the ark other on the planet, but there was always the option, something most people would miss if it wasn't so blatantly shown to them.

I look at Ruby as she plays with the children, four days ago she had found her sister and the two had an emotional reunion, her sister was surprised that the innocent looking Ruby had become something with Terry.

Right now her elder sister was off traveling the ark inspecting the grounds looking for anything that shouldn't be there.

I didn't bother saying goodbye, not tot any of my wives, not to my elder self and not to Terry.

I wish I had gotten to know him when he was younger, perhaps one day I will, our resemblance is there. The fact that he's living in Wayne manor is proof of my suspicions.

It's better that I don't say goodbye to any of them, even if Terry is my son from another reality if I die it will be just that more painful to all of them.

"Send me to the edge of the barrier" I said to the entity and I find that there was no feeling of the world-changing, I have been teleported and walked into interdimensional gateways, and this it's the first time I never noticed the change until I was already on the other side.

"Well if it isn't Batman" I heard the voice of Killer Crock.

I prepared myself to fight him off, but I noticed he was holding an ax on his left hand and he had his right hand stretched out to me, I hesitated for a moment and before taking it and giving a firm shake.

"Finally got cought, well your going to like it down here. No one cares how you dress, as long as you help keep everyone alive"

"Your free crock, your sentence ended a week ago" I said to him

"So what if it has, I like it here, no one care how you look and there is always something to do" he stopped before looking at me.

"You're not here for breaking the law, so why are you here?"

"Exploring and getting to know the lands outside the barrier"

"Hahahaha! Hey, he thinks he can just go into the field and not die!" crock said to everyone nearby and the other inmates began to laugh.

"Look, we go way back, we may not be friends, but for your own good don't be stupid."

"The plants themselves will kill you, the flowers are explosives and the grass will grave you and pull you into the ground"

"Animals and everyone here are nothing but fertilizer for them" he explained to me before several of the inmates threw the bodies of the creatures near my feet.

I watched them as they shook, none of them were dead, no they were just weak from not being rooted into the ground.

"Those are just the plants, the animals are just as dangerous, it's like all of the dinosaurs decided to stay here, while everything else left"

"They have to be dangerous to live here, plus creatures made of lava, rocks, wind, and water are running around fighting the plants. If you still want to go off and explore ask the boss for some help" he said to me as he pointed at a teenager no older than Ruby, he had short blond hair, silver armor covered his body and a sword hung from his side.

"Before you do that, let me tell you a few things, things are done differently down here. There are groups, tribes if you want to call them that, careful who you choose to go with you"

"Pick people from every group, so no one thinks you favor one group over the other"

I look at him and for a moment, I try to understand why he's helping me.

"Why are you helping me crock?"

"We're both from Gotham, and like it or not your one of us" he said to me before he walked up to a table, I can see several people I know eating before they haded Crock a bow of food.