A Growing Problem
GCPD HQ...
Lieutenant James Gordon was at his desk doing paper work when his partner, Harvey Bullock, strolled toward him and threw a thick file on top of his desk.
"11 more bodies were found last night Jim." Harvey said as Gordon took a look at the file, "A local gang and a couple."
"Any witnesses?" Jim said, disgusted at the shots of victims.
"None that we know of, we have our detectives on it right now. But if I had to take a stab in the dark, I would say that the Bat had something to do with it." Harvey answered.
Jim closed the file and gave it back to Harvey.
"Now why would The Batman massacre these people?"
"I dunno Jimbo, maybe they made fun of his pointy ears." Harvey joked as a woman walks into Jim's office.
"Harvey, Jim, the Chief called for a mandatory meeting." The woman says.
Harvey let's out a disapproving sigh as Jim pats his shoulder, nudging him to com get this over with. The made their way to a room full of cops and stood behind the crowd as the Chief gave a speech.
"11 more bodies was found last night. We have no witnesses and no leads. This makes 23 bodies within the last week and it is still growing as we speak. Right now I want all hands on deck with this case, I will not tolerate anymore dead bodies in my city. You are dismissed." The Chief says, everyone leaving out the room.
Wayne Manor...
Alfred Pennyworth, the aging butler and Father-figure to Bruce Wayne, made his way down a set of spiral stairs of the giant mansion with a tray full of food. He made his way down a hallway that held giant bookshelves full of many different novels and literature.
He pulls back a dark red colored book and watches as the bookshelf slides open to reveal an elevator. Alfred steps in as the bookshelf slowly closes back. The elevator goes down a tunnel passing a series of lights before making its final stop. The elevator opens up to reveal a giant cave full of different vehicles and glass cases, almost like a museum.
Alfred makes his way around the corner with the tray of food and sits it on a table near a series of giant monitors and watches as Bruce and Dick Grayson were training with the staffs. Dick was taken under Bruce's wing a little over a year ago now, after the death of his parents at Haley's Circus.
Dick matched Bruce's blows with the staff hit-for-hit as Bruce lectured him.
"When your opponent is the mountain, you must be the sea." Bruce says as Dick ducks under his swing with the staff and starts matching Bruce's blows again.
"When he is the sea, you must be the mountain." Bruce continues, Dick pausing after he blocks Bruce's attack.
"What does that even mean?" Dick asked.
"It means switch your attacks, never do the same move more than twice-"
Bruce quickly spins to the floor and sweeps the staff under Dick's feet causing him to painfully crash to the floor.
"Or else your opponent will learn to read you." Bruce says as he held out his hand and picked Dick up from the ground.
"Dinner is ready sir." Alfred announced.
"I'm better with the Escrima sticks." Dick noted as he and Bruce made their way to the tray of food.
"You must be versatile when it comes to weaponry Richard." Bruce said.
"I, for one, think you are great with the staff sir." Alfred said positively.
"Thanks Al." Dick replied with a smile as he picked up an apple an bit into it.
Bruce sat in the chair in front of the giant monitors and turned the news on.
"This is Vicki Vale reporting live from a recent crime scene. 11 more bodies were found last night in this alleyway. It is reported that 9 of them were part of the street gang known as "The Street Demonz" while the other two appeared to be an innocent couple that were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Authorities say that this could be caused by the recently exposed Bat-Man while others are saying that this is someone new-"
Bruce mutes the rest of the news journalist's reports as he leans backward, placing a finger on his chin and thinking about the current events as Dick leans against Bruce's chair.
"Wow, that makes 25 this week?" Dick asks.
"23." Bruce corrects, "There hasn't been any connections between the recent killings, they all appear to be random."
"So someone is killing people for fun? That's not sadistic at all." Dick joked.
Bruce continues to go through the newspaper articles before quickly standing up.
"I'm going to pay a visit to the morgue." Bruce says.
"But sir, you have a meeting tonight at Wayne Enterprises." Alfred notes.
"Tell Lucius to handle that for me." Bruce says as he makes his way to a glass case rising from the floor holding his newly armored batsuit.
"I'm coming with." Dick says as he presses a button causing another glass case to rise from the ground holding his suit in which Bruce stops and sends back down.
"If memory serves, you have homework and chores to help Alfred with." Bruce says, standing firmly in front of Dick.
"Aw c'mon Bruce! I've been cooped up in this place all day!" Dick argues.
"You can come after you get done with your duties." Bruce replies, Dick mumbling under his breath as he walks away, making Bruce crack a smile.
Moments pass and Bruce is suited up in his gear and heads toward a vehicle in which Dick calls the Batmobile. He enters the vehicle and Dick and Alfred watches as the floor around the vehicle starts rotating and an opening to the cave opens to reveal a waterfall. They watch as The Batman speeds out of the cave and through the waterfall as the opening closes back.
Author's Note: The Batmobile I'm using will be the one from the Burton/Keaton Films with the one modification being that the vehicle has another set of wheels behind the front set, making a total of six wheels instead of 4. Similar to the batmobile from the Batman: The Return comic.