5 floors, 20 guards, all armed. Ryder had stockpiled on supplies in case the police had found out about his plans. I stopped by the manor to reload and find out more about Ryder. He was a crook, has appeared before a court for multiple charges of financial reason, and still works there. He got promoted for his work on a kids show called Danny The Dinosaur. It sends a hypnotic message into their minds, telling them to steal-or worse-during the programming block. It was time to end his time at the studios.
A guard began to open the door for me. "Welcome to GNN studios". After nodding, I punched him in the throat, knocking him down to the floor. A laugh track played from the first floor, the audience from jack Ryder's late night talk show. "And your saying there maybe MORE experiments like this?" Jack asked, questioning doctor stone from star city. "Yes" he said, his deep voice rumbling across the speakers "my son he...he couldn't live without this tech. It's done him good, it can help others." Jack stood up "Dr. Stone everybody!" A clap track played, as the TV shut off. I began to do a thermal scan of the studios, watching as 4 guards rushed this way. They probably heard me kill their friend outside. I pulled out the shotgun, and switched the bullets to non lethal. Had to leave witness's for Jim. "Here! He's down-ACH" I shot him in the stomach, the rounds giving him a shock equivalent to a taser at maximum charge. His friends took cover and began to fire. I shouted as one grazed my shoulder, firing back with the shotgun. One crook fell. And another. And another. Only 2 were left. I threw in a flash bang grenade. Before they could call it out, it went off, bringing them to the floor. I leaped over and fired into their shoulders. "5 down" I told myself. I looked up the elevator shaft "15 more to go." I grappled up to the 3rd floor, walking around a cubicle farm. I checked thermal, seeing the 3 guards hiding in the squares. I pulled out a batarang victor fashioned for me, it'd latch on to someone and dispense a knockout gas. He said that it would keep them out for 4 hours. I'd only need 1. I threw it through the wood and watched as one of the guards gasped in horror, then fall to sleep. Then 2 other thuds. They were down. I headed up to the main studio, to a completely dark room. "Live from Gotham City, its Jack Ryder, with a special guest!" The intro played until I went to the corner of the studio. I put down proximity mines, this might take a while. "Hello batman" said a voice over the intercom "I'm afraid I can't have you on the show. You know too much. Plus, I can't very well be the head of GNN if YOU are running around, telling people of what I've done." The rest of the guards flooded the studio, I jumped up to a ledge to get a good view of the area. They still can't see. But I can. I turned on my night vision to see heavily armed guards. I pulled out my pistols and opened fire on 4, all of them falling with a shake and a scream. "Ya know batman, I'm not the real bad guy here" Ryder taunted from his desk "think of all the jobs I've saved by having the executives murdered. I can lead Gotham's journalism industry to a new age! Sure, I had some kids become murderers, I stole from Gotham bank, I even took someone off life support for my show to get to the masses but hey! At least I still made it out with 20 million." As he was monologging, I took down 8 more guards. 5 more were left. I threw out a grenade and blew them sky high. Ryder, shocked, moved to the back of his seat. "Now w-wait...want money? I can get ya money!" I grabbed him by his collar and slammed him on his desk. "2 kids. Dead, because of your stupid greed. I aim to make you suffer for it. You're going to jail. You're name removed from the air, your show dead. But I'm going to deal out special punishment." I pulled out a vial and a needle. "Know what this is?" I asked him, showing him the clear liquid. "I hope it's heroin, you need some che-" I pulled him up and broke his nose with my elbow, and slammed him back to the desk. "It's Langstrom formula" I told him, extracting some into a needle "it's meant to cure a man's blindness by giving him extreme, even super human hearing. Imagine what that kind of power can do for a crippled man. And the damage it can do to a normal one. When I inject this in you, you won't hear anything at first. Then, every noise from a 10 mile radius will flood your systems, making your ears bleed. Then, you'll shut down, brain over loaded. You won't be able to hear the police come for you. They'll be here in an hour. I plan to make you suffer for 50 minutes." I tied him to his chair, and began to plug the needle into his wrist. "No wait, please...GOD PLEASE! AAAAAH" Ryder shouted. He stopped making noises. Then he screamed, having every honk, every gunshot, every police siren pour into his ears. I saw the blood drip form his ears onto his blue suit and black tie. He began to foam at the mouth, then passed out. He began to try and speak, but I had tied up his mouth. My work here was done. I left a batarang on his desk, so they could know who I was. Batman had made his first appearance and stopped his first criminal. I gave my self a pat on the back,and headed home. I knew this wouldn't be the last time I'd have to do something like this.