Investigations
"We are ten minutes away from the Commissioner's press conferences on the fight from three night's ago at the police station, now our correspondent Michael Mays is on the scene about what to expect from today's meeting, Michael?"
The camera cuts to a 37-year-old blond woman with a deep tan and green eyes.
"Well I am standing here right now with a few citizens who have a few ideas as to what to expect to add to what we should already expect the commissioner to talk about, one talking point that everyone agrees is the condition of the officers and the clean up process of the station, another point is what of the "Man in the hat" or "Harry" as he has been called, what happened to him after the fight, did they ever id him, do they have any ideas as to why he fought like hell to protect the police here, and another one we might expect to see is, has the missing person from the attack force been found? These are questions that can be expected to be addressed here in about… 7 minutes now, until than back you James."
The camera cut back to the same man that was there earlier.
James Turner was 43-year-old news anchor for the local Gotham channel 13, with graying hair and blue eyes, he had seen his fair share of hell on earth.
"Alright thank you for letting us know what to expect Michael, we will be looking forward to it."
Snow shed
Jack sat on the chair in front of the tv with all of the firearms he brought with him. Cleaning them and polishing them.
Jack had the tv on to watch the meeting. He was pissed, he had heard at least one of the cops that had been on duty that night almost didn't make it, granted he didn't see it in the news paper but they lie as well!
The 686+ was in his hands right now, he had already worked on the M&P and Mossberg 590A1, and he still had the AR-15 and bolt-action .308 to clean.
"If you keep you gear clean, you shouldn't have to worry about anything going wrong with it…"
"Come on Jack we're going to the range!"
"Good shooting kid, you'd make a fine police officer someday!"
"The plus side of cleaning your gun's frequently is you get to point were you can take them apart and put them back together without looking at them."
"That trigger isn't going to pull itself son…"
"Safety is between your ears, while you do want to be mindful of where you point, it mostly matters at where your finger is…"
"Let the recoil surprise you, you won't hit anything if you flinch before the bang!"
His father taught him how to shoot, he taught his wife how to as well, though not quite to the same level.
His didn't know what the autobots would be thinking about him right now, a vigilante with 12 (15 counting the ones in the Jasper PD shootout) kills to his name, Optimus was sure to not approve, but had killed as well in the heat of the moment.
Bulkhead would be impressed of no doubt, and Ratchet would be troubled for his mental health.
Arcee would probably be horrified in learning of his violent actions.
And Bumblebee… he wasn't sure about him…
Jack reached over to pick up the bullets he had pulled out of the revolver to clean it.
And buy the time he had finished loading; the police commissioner had stepped to the podium.
"Good morning Citizens of Gotham City, if you don't already know who I am, I am Commissioner James Timothy Gordon, I have been the commissioner for the last six years, and I here to talk about the incident that happened on Thursday October, 21 of the year 2018."
"At 6:43 PM a group of armor plated vans screech into the streets of the police departments main office with personal in the vehicles having the intention cutting down the population of standing police officers to small fraction of what it is today, while only succeeding in harming an handful of officers, seven to be precise, they however did not succeed in killing any of them."
"Every officer injured is on leave right now, but they should all be expected to return within the next few weeks, months for one officer but other than that there were no other injuries to the police force to be recorded."
"The man that is in the video clips that at this point has a confirmed kill count of 12 was also there."
"At 6:44 it was recorded that the man whom many have started to call "Harry" was seen on camera to have taken down seven men beside one of the van's in a matter of seconds, from what my CSI's have told me, there was no substantial evidence as to who the man is, and even if that weren't the case, we would not be unveiling who the man is under the hat."
"All that I know is the man is a defender, just like the Batman, and his team."
"The man who was recorded as missing after Thursday's attack has been turned in, claiming he was under the mind control of The Joker and led the men to the attack. The Batman will be handling the investigation on that subject."
"We will now proceed with questions…"
Several hands went up instantly.
"Michael?!" Gordan pointed.
"You never stated if "Harry" was a danger to the city. Is he to be a concern with citizens of Gotham?"
"I don't believe so, because he has only killed criminals in defense of others, so near as I can tell, he shouldn't be feared from the populace. Next question?!"
Another hand went up.
"Channel 5! Shawn what's your question?"
"Don't you find it odd that "Harry" was already at the police station before the attack, just like he was at the gas station before he came to town?"
"I would be willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt and say that some people have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and besides even if he had planed that attack to make him look good, I don't think he would have Killed a fifth of the attackers by himself. Although I do see where the question comes from, I am going to have say, Harry is not the bad guy here."
Another hand went up.
"Channel 2! Bryan, what's your question?"
"You said the injured officer are all recovering with a return date ranging anywhere between a few weeks to a few months. Would that number have been worse had Harry and the bats not been there as reinforcements?"
"While I don't doubt it, it was surly a blessing to have the three show up, because the only thing we can do at this point is speculate."
Another hand went up
"Channel 7! Henry what's your question?"
"Did you buy the story about Joker hypnotizing the attackers?"
"Not for a second! While I wouldn't put it past him (the joker that is) to do such a thing, I smelt nothing but BS on that story."
No other hands went up.
The commissioner nodded, "That does it for the press conference today, thank you all for coming!"
Jack turned off the TV.
'At least I am not a threat to the Gotham according to the police, lets keep it that way.' He thought to himself.
And then, he thought about the name of the Commissioner.
'Gordan' the name sounded familiar, he thought back to the girl he met a few nights ago
"Barbara Lee Gordan? I wonder if they are related?" Jack said aloud.
Meanwhile, at the Gordon residents.
"Barbara! I'm home!" came the call of the middle-aged man.
"Hey Dad!" Barbara said from the stove.
He looked at her smile, clearly her telling him about her "extra-curricular activities" has helped her out a lot.
"Bruce will be joining us tonight as well, just a heads up!" Barbara called over her shoulder.
The man raised an eyebrow, "Bruce…?"
"Wayne! Who else do you know that is named Bruce?"
"Sorry Kiddo long day…" James sat on the couch and removed his shoes.
Later
James could not believe his eyes, here eating supper with his daughter and him is the batman, (Demasked by his own will) who was also none other than Bruce Wayne!
"I still don't follow, how do you do it?"
"I am a business man, and I make a lot of "Unexpected meeting's" happen!" he said with a smile.
Jim nodded.
A few seconds went by.
"So, what do we know about this kid in debt?" Jim asked. Referring to Jack.
"Only as much as Barbara can tell you so far, before he came here, he lived in the middle of nowhere living as a no one with only his mother keep him company."
Barbara followed along. "And when his mother died, he drained all bank accounts in the Darby name ending up with a little more than a hundred grand, than he packed up the car and "Blew the coup", leaving no one who would recognize his absence."
"And that was all she wrote?" Jim asked his only child.
"Almost…" Barbara said
"Agent Fowler of the US Government was someone who admired Jack, looking at him as if though he were Jack at his age." Bruce said
"Is there a way to contact this 'Agent Fowler'?" Jim asked.
"There is, but we have a way to at the bat cave that would be much easier!" Bruce answered.
Pentagon
Fowler looked at the daily feed on the tv in his office, but there was still nothing on Jack.
The middle-aged man sighed, things haven't been the same without the young man, the base was quiet, somber, even Miko calmed down with mission stowaway nonsense.
Jack leaving must have drilled the point home for her…
Stress had been getting to him, he hadn't eaten much in the last few weeks, and his waist line was showing it.
He had lost a lot of weight after Nurse Darby passed away.
And Jack slipping off to who knows where only made it worse.
Not that he could really blame him.
Suddenly the phone on his desk rung.
"Special Agent William Fowler?!" He answered.
Good evening Agent Fowler My name is Commissioner James Timothy Gordan of the Gotham Police Department, I was wondering if you had time to talk about a mutual friend?
"Mutual friend? Who would that be?" The agent asked.
A 16 almost 17-year-old boy by the name of 'Jackson Darby'!
Fowler about fell out of his chair at the name.
"YOU KNOW WHERE JACK IS?!"
The voice on the other side of the line took a second to answer.
Err… not precisely, but I do know where he is relatively speaking.
"Relatively?!" he asked with a warning tone.
I need you to come to Gotham City and talk with me and a couple of colleges of mine, and if the plan I am devising works, Jack will be at the table too!
"You say that as if though he will take the bait!" The Agent Growled.
He will if he genuinely believes innocents are in danger.
This caught his attention, "What do you mean, "If he believes innocents are in danger."?!"
He is a protector, a defender, a guardian, and an Ark angel if there ever was one!
"Jack Darby? That doesn't sound right, he isn't the violent type…"
Are you sure about that? He has 15 kills to his name, and a number of others wounded by him!
The Agent was in silence, were they talking about the SAME Jack Darby?
"Gotham PD commissioner Gordan, I will meet you in your office in one week and I might be bringing a friend of mine as well!" the agent declared.
See you than!
The line disconnected. And the agent didn't move.
He was silent, with the only sound being him exhaling and inhaling.
"I have to talk to the bots!" he said as he picked up the phone and dialed the number to the Outpost Omega One!
"PRIME! I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!"
Boy, I am cranking these out like a factory in war time, wooh-wee!
So, The Bot's will be making an appearance in the next chapter, and the Commissioner has to make a plan to get Jack to talk to him.
Also, Barbara will be Talking to Jack soon as well, although not as Barbara.
But any way, thank you guy's so much for reading this chapter, if you liked it, Fav, Follow and comment, and I will see y'all later!