Chapter 3:
Bruce was in the middle of a meeting when the TV's screen went fuzzy and returned to show a badly beaten child, Bruce (along with other people in the room) jumped up and immediately recognized him, it was Dick. Bruce's heart was leaping around in his chest as he stared at his bloodied and unconcious son tied to a chair (which was upright again). A man walked into the camera view and help Dick's head up while holding a gun to it. Bruce recognized him and many others in the room did too.
["Hello Gotham" Deadshot said in a dark voice
"This here is Richard Grayson, Bruce billionaires son, and if you have any intention for him to continue breathing, Bruce, you will hand me a million dollars, preferably in a nice briefcase by 8:00pm tomorrow, I will find a way to contact you to tell you where, see ya" he finsihed then kicked Dick over. Dick groaned a little but didn't appear to wake, then the camera turned off and the screen changed back to the documentary that had been on.]
Bruce was frozen in his spot and no-one knew what to do. Then Emily (Bruce's assistant/secretary) came in with a panicked expression
" , Commisioner Gordan is on the phone"
Bruce snapped out of his trance and rushed to the phone,
"Jim?" he asked clearly worried
"Bruce, I saw the tape"
"You did?"
"Yeah the whole of Gotham saw it"
"I'm on my way home now Jim"
"Okay I'll meet you there"
Bruce hung up and ran off to his car, driving as fast as he could and taking all the shortcuts he knew. When he arrived he entered the manor to find a worried Alfred in the living room staring at the TV which was now a blank screen. When he heard Bruce walk in, Alfred jumped up,
"Sir, I saw on the Television" he started but Bruce cut him off
"Yeah everyone in Gotham saw it" it wasn't hard to tell that Bruce was scared, at least for Alfred, most people would think he was handling it well but Alfred could tell how close to tears he really was. Then someone knocked on the door and Alfred went to let them in.