PsykoReaper: This maybe a little early, but I will do it anyway, it leads to the birth of Two-Face and Robin. This is chapter 6 of Batman: Day and Night!
Later that morning, a boat was in a foggy lake, on the boat was Harvey Dent, Batman, and Jim Gordon on the front of the boat, an officer driving the boat, and the Mad Hatter, wearing a prison uniform, sitting near a part of the boat, looking at the ground in fear.
"How far is it?" asked Harvey.
"Not too far, Dent," said Gordon.
"He will just escape again," said Batman in annoyance.
"I know, but we can't kill him, because of his mania, he will always be put back here," said Gordon.
"I know, someone...or something is letting him out for some reason," said Batman.
"Well, we did find chemicals in his motel, but he isn't a chemist, so it's possible he is giving the chemicals to someone in Arkham," said Gordon.
"An official?" asked Harvey.
"Possibly," said Batman.
They finally came to their destination; a forsaken island with a huge castle puncturing it like a spear on a bleeding wound, the castle was a dark and depressing place, with dead vines on the lower grounds.
It had on a smaller, close island a large twenty story tower, connected via a bridge to the main building. That is where they kept the inmates, in a dark and depressing tower.
Through the door came Jonathan Crane and two orderlies. Batman, Gordon, and Harvey got out of the boat, Batman and Gordon escorting the Mad Hatter out of the boat, who still looked at the ground.
"Welcome back, Jervis," said Crane, the Mad Hatter flinched when he said this, Batman noticed this.
"I heard Roman Sionis escaped again," said Harvey.
"He was released today, Mayor's orders," said Crane.
"I'm sure," said Harvey with distrust.
"Anyway, you have brought Jervis back, you may leave," said Crane.
"Not yet, Roman, Basil, and Jervis both said something that may mean that something is happening to them," said Batman.
"Well, we will look into that," said Crane, he then turned around, followed by the orderlies escorting the Mad Hatter into Arkham.
"How did a weasel like him get to be head psychologist of Arkham?" asked Harvey. "Who knows," said Gordon.
Batman then turned around and headed to the boat. "Anyway, I heard you are going on a date with your wife," said Gordon to Harvey.
"A double-date, we're on a double date with Bruce Wayne and his girlfriend," said Harvey.
"Really? Where?" asked Gordon. "The Haley Circus," said Harvey.
"Really, my daughter and I are going their as well," said Gordon. "Well, maybe we will see you there," said Harvey.
Batman sat at a chair on the boat, Gordon walked up to him. "So, who do you think the person doing this is?" asked Gordon.
"I think it is the Scarecrow, I think he has connections to this place, but that is a hunch, and nothing more," said Batman. "Hm, well, we better get going," said Gordon.
Black Mask sat at his desk in his office, smoking a cigarette, he then saw someone come in, he wore a black suit, like Black Mask, he had black hair with grey tips and a scar over his left eye, that eye was blind.
"How's it feel to be free from Arkham, bro?" asked the man.
"Fine, but don't call me bro, Tony Zucco, just because we have the same father, does not mean that we are truly brothers," growled Black Mask.
"Yeah, but who else is going to take over the family business?" asked Tony.
"Not you, if I ever have a son, that guy will be the heir of my empire," said Black Mask. "Aw, come on, what if you don't get a kid?" asked Tony.
"Then, I will have my top man take over it, and for the information, you are not my top man," said Black Mask.
"But-" stammered Tony.
"But, if you want to be, I do have a job that a worm like you could do," said Black Mask.
"What do you want me to do?" asked Tony.
"I want you to put a circus under my employ," said Black Mask.
"That's it?" asked Tony.
"Yeah...oh, if they refuse, do something to em'," said Black Mask.
"Isn't this a little...thuggish?" asked Tony.
"You ARE a thug, but if you can't handle it..." said Black Mask.
"Hey, I didn't say I wouldn't do it, I mean, what is family for?" asked Tony.
"I wouldn't know, you aren't part of my family, and the ones from MY family are all dead," said Black Mask.
"Fine, I'll do your job, but will you consider me ruling your empire if I succeed?" asked Tony. "I'll think about it," said Black Mask.
"I heard this is the best circus in town," said Vicki as Alfred drove Bruce and her through the city to the circus.
"Yeah, my parents used to take me their every year," said Bruce.
"Whatever happened to your parents?" asked Vicki.
"It's...best not to talk about," said Bruce.
"I'm sorry," said Vicki.
"Anyway, why did you ask me about Mayor Cobblepot when we had that interview?" asked Bruce.
"Well, I been thinking he is allied with a crime boss, it's a hunch, but a pretty good hunch," said Vicki.
"My bet is the Joker," said Bruce, with his own suspicions as Batman. "You think?" asked Vicki.
"It's a hunch," said Bruce.
"The Joker has been getting insanity all the time, he could be pulling strings," said Vicki.
"Really?" asked Bruce.
"And Roman Sionis was released today by the mayor's orders, and the Joker wants him dead," said Vicki.
"I didn't even know that mayors had that kind of power," said Bruce.
"I guess he is friends with the head psychologist or something," said Vicki.
"You are a very good reporter, Vicki, you should work for the news channel," said Bruce.
"Yeah, well they keep on giving me small stuff," said Vicki.
"Well, I think that is a crying shame," said Bruce with a smile.
The limo then stopped
"Well, we are here, you call me when you are done, alright Bruce?" asked Alfred. "Alright, Alfred," said Bruce, they both got out of the limo.
A young boy, about fourteen years of age walked across the circus grounds. He had spiky black hair, wore a green and red jumpsuit.
He went to the coaches, he heard some noises, he leaned up next to the window of it to hear...
"For the last time, I am not interested!"
"You don't know who you are dealin' with, do ya?"
"I know your kind of people, pushing little people around to make you look big, but you know you are small worms!"
"My bro is the Black Mask himself, he is gonna get you for this!"
"I don't care if your boss is the Joker; I want you out of my circus!"
Tony Zucco stormed out of the coach and walked away in rage. The boy watched as he walked away.
"Dick?" asked a voice behind him and saw a man, who looked like the boy, but was around his late thirties. "Oh, I'm alright, dad, it's nothing," said Dick.
Bruce and Vicki waited in the front of the circus. "When will they be here?" asked Vicki.
"Soon, I just called Harvey to tell him where we were," said Bruce.
They then saw Harvey and a blonde-haired woman with an air of sensitivity. "Bruce, nice to see you again," laughed Harvey.
"Harvey, Gilda, it's nice you came!" greeted Bruce.
"Hello, Bruce, how is Alfred," greeted Gilda with a smile.
"Fine, he had a sprain a week ago, but it's fine now," said Bruce.
"How do you know them?" asked Vicki.
"Oh, we were friends since elementary school," said Bruce.
"Well, any friend of Bruce is a friend of mine," said Vicki, shaking each of their hands.
"Anyway, how about we go see the show, I heard the Flying Graysons are amazing," said Gilda.
"So, dad, what do you know of Batman?" asked Barbara as she and Gordon walked across the circus grounds, both holding a cone of cotton candy.
"Why so interested in Batman all of a sudden?" asked Gordon humorously.
"Well, he seems like a nice guy, risking his a-...butt to save people's life every day," said Barbara.
"Well, he is an enigma, a shadow without a body, so to speak, but that is all we know, anyway, let's not talk about him tonight, Starshine, let's see the circus," said Gordon with a smile.
"Sure dad, whatever you say," said Barbara with a smile. They walked to the circus tent.
Dick Grayson walked in the worker's area of the circus tent, he saw someone he did not notice inspecting the ropes.
He stopped investigating when he saw his parents, in the clearing, he rushed to them. "Hey, can I join you in the acrobats tonight?" asked Dick.
"Sorry, son, we are going to do a dangerous trick tonight, it's not safe," said his mother.
Dick looked down in sadness; his father knelt to eye level and put his hand on his shoulders.
"Listen, you can join us next time, alright son?" cheered up his father.
Dick looked at him and smiled. "Thanks dad," said Dick.
The man who was inspecting the ropes then took out a knife while no one was looking and cut the ropes slightly, the man then left in a hurry, that man was Tony Zucco.
Harvey, Bruce, Gilda, and Vicki then took their seats in the audience. "Wow, it sure is packed," laughed Vicki.
"Haley Circus is extremely popular in the first three days," said Bruce.
"Yeah, I remember the Flying Graysons even when I was a kid," said Harvey.
At first, the clowns showed up, everyone was laughing at their behavior; Bruce just smiled, hiding his true feelings of clowns, since he deals with one most of the time.
Then, after an hour of circus merriment, the spotlight paid attention to two people on the trapeze balcony, they swung across the balconies many time.
Dick watched the whole thing in amaze and wonderment, but, it all changed.
The crowd gasped, everyone stood up from their seats, a few women screamed, and the Flying Graysons...have fallen to the ground.
"MOM!! DAD!!" yelled Dick as he rushed to his parents lifeless bodies, he fell to his knees, then fell to his elbows, his hands touching his face, he sobbed on their bodies.
Bruce saw this, it reminded him of something all too similar, he did not see Dick and his parents for a moment, but saw a young boy, kneeling on a pool of blood where a couple lay in the pool of blood.
Bruce put his hand in his face, holding in his tears. Dick saw someone in the entrance of the circus tent, he was wearing a black trench coat and was smoking a cigarette, he smiled, and he then rushed out of there.
Robin stared at the entrance, he then got up and rushed out of the tent. "Let's get out of here," said Harvey, trying to remain calm.
"Bruce?" asked Vicki, noticing Bruce's sadness.
"It's best not to talk to him, Vicki, it's nothing to worry, let's just go," said Harvey.
Bruce then got up and ran out of the circus. "Bruce!" yelled out Harvey. As Bruce ran out, he saw Gordon and Barbara, shocked as the rest of the crowd.
An hour later, two paramedics came and took the dead bodies out of there. Harvey Bullock, Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon stood in the middle of the circus.
"What happened?" asked Harvey Bullock.
"Well, I think it is fowl play," said Harvey Dent.
"What do you mean?" asked Harvey Bullock.
"Well, the circus owner said a man named Tony Zucco, a low-level thug who happens to be working for and is the half-brother of crime boss, Roman Sionis AKA Black Mask, tried to make him in the mob payroll by smuggling drugs in their trucks, but he refused," said Gordon.
"And the rope did not suffer from high-amount of weight, plus it was brand new," said Harvey.
"Harvey," said Gilda behind him.
"Yes?" asked Harvey.
"I want to go home," said Gilda with a tear in her eye.
Harvey looked at her. "Alright, guys, you are going to have to figure this out on your own," said Harvey.
He then left, with his wife in his arms. Batman then appeared from the entrance and joined Harvey Bullock and Jim Gordon.
"Don't bother telling me the whole thing, I was there," said Batman.
"Where?" asked Harvey Bullock. "Can't say," said Batman.
"Yeah, well, they had one son, Dick Grayson, but he is MIA," said Harvey Bullock. "I'll find him," said Batman.
In an Italian Restaurant, Black Mask and Tony Zucco sat at a table. "So, how did it go?" asked Black Mask.
"Well, I didn't get them to join us," said Tony.
"And?" growled Black Mask, preparing for more bad news.
"Well, I cut the rope for the trapeze act and the two fucks fell to their doom, crushin' them like bugs!" laughed Tony.
"Hm, pretty ruthless," said Black Mask, still not impressed.
"So, am I your number one guy?" asked Tony.
"You are...number three," said Black Mask.
"What!?" exclaimed Tony.
"At least you aren't number fifty-two, that was where you were," said Black Mask.
"YOU!!!" yelled someone, they looked to see Dick Grayson with a lead pipe, and he rushed at Tony, but was quickly subdued by two men in black, members of Black Mask's mob.
"Who is this kid, any of yours?" asked Black Mask.
"Nah, too girly," laughed Tony.
"You bastard! You killed my parents!" yelled Dick.
"Oh, know I now, he is the kid of those acrobats I killed, well, the sole credit is not mine, my brother issued the order," said Tony smugly.
"Yeah, if you are to be mad at anyone, it ought to be me," hissed Black Mask.
"I hate you both, you can both burn in hell!!!" yelled Dick.
"You are making a fuss about nothing, and you are embarrassing me in my own restaurant," said Black Mask, he then pulled out a gun and put it to Dick's head.
"Yeah, bro, blast his brains against the fuckin' carpet!" laughed Tony.
Black Mask then put the gun to Tony, scaring him.
"Don't...call...me...your fucking...brother, GOT IT!!!" yelled Black Mask.
"S-s-sure boss, whatever you say," said Tony nervously.
He then put the gun back at Dick's head. "Sorry, kid, you got the worst luck today, just like me, one day I was the most handsome schmoe in Gotham, then I get caught by some mob fucks and they put a mask with hot iron on it and put it on my face, fusing the skin with the metal," said Black Mask.
Then, someone grabbed his arm and threw him at a table. He got up to see Batman right next to where he was. "BATMAN!!!" yelled Black Mask.
"You are going to pay, both of you," said Batman, talking to Tony as well.
"SHOOT HIM!!!" yelled Tony.
Batman threw a batarang at the lights, blinding everyone. Black Mask hurried outside and ran to his limo, it drove away fast, saving Black Mask from incarceration. Batman was able to see thanks to special lenses in his batsuit that can see in dark places.
He knocked the two men in black out by bashing their heads together, he then threw Tony Zucco out the window.
Dick rushed outside, he grabbed Black Mask's gun before he ran out.
He rushed at Zucco, kicking him in the face. He then started to beat him with the lead pipe over, until he was unconscious.
He then pulled out the gun, he didn't care what happened to him, for the only family he ever had was gone, gone forever.
He was about to pull the trigger, but Batman grabbed the gun away from him.
Dick looked at Batman, he looked at him. Dick's eyes started to water, he fell to his knees and cried, just when it started to rain. Batman then turned away and walked away, cold as it may seem.
A few minutes later, the police came to the scene, getting a 9-1-1 call from Batman. They arrested the two men and Tony Zucco. "Well, Zucco, prepare to spend a loooong time in jail, punk," said Harvey as he escorted Zucco to the car.
Dick was sitting in a chair, a blanket on him, looking at the ground. "What do we do with the kid?" asked Renee to Gordon.
"I don't know, he could go into the orphanage," said Gordon.
"It's sad, a kid like that was living the good life, now he has to be sent to an orphanage?" asked Renee.
"Yeah, hopefully, he finds someone who will look after him," said Gordon.
Bruce sat at his chair in his lobby, still wearing the Batman suit, with his head low and in his hands. "Master Wayne?" asked Alfred as he walked towards him.
"I saw...them...dead," said Bruce.
"It's not your fault that the Graysons died, who could you have known?" asked Alfred.
"No, I saw them...I saw my father and my mother, in there, dead," said Bruce.
"Bruce?" asked Alfred.
"And...now, that boy will grow up like me, sad, brooding, fighting an impossible war, but can't give up because if he lets his guard down for a second, someone will die," said Bruce.
"Master Wayne, how do you know it will happen like that?" asked Alfred.
"I can see it in his eyes, he wanted revenge when he pulled up the gun, he wanted his blood, the blood of his parent's killer, like I wanted mine," said Bruce with tears in his eyes.
"Master Wayne," said Alfred in sadness.
"I have to do something, Alfred, before he becomes like me," said Bruce.
"But, what can you do?" asked Alfred.
...TWO DAYS LATER...
Dick lay on his bed, in a room packed with orphans and beds, he looked at the ceiling, remembering the times he had with his parents, the good times, the bad times, all times.
All he wanted to do is remember his parents, except for that night, when that bastard took their lives.
"Dick Grayson," said a nun next to his bed. "Yeah?" asked Dick. "You have been adopted," said the nun.
Dick came outside of the orphanage to see Bruce Wayne on the sidewalk with Alfred next to him and a limo behind them.
Dick Grayson walked behind the limo and put his bags in the trunk, he did not talk to any of them as he went inside the limo. Alfred went to the driver's side and Bruce entered the limo opposite of Dick.
"I know this is all hard for you, Dick, but I am not trying to replace your father, that is why you are my ward," said Bruce.
"Why did you adopt me?" asked Dick.
"Because I lost my parents too, and I wanted you to have a person looking out for you, like I did," said Bruce.
"He got away because I lost," whispered Dick to himself.
"Excuse me?" asked Bruce. "Nothing, it's nothing..." said Dick.
He knew what he said, he lost, he lost the chance to kill the men who killed his parents because he lost, and he then knew...he must not lose again...ever...
Harvey Dent walked in city hall, he passed by the mayor's office, he heard talking.
He listened through the door to see what the two people were saying. "Where is Black Mask?" asked a voice.
"I-I don't know, he must have broken out of the armored car we were going to send to you," said Oswald.
"Dammit, what good are you if you can't get a fuckin' thing right, Penguin?" growled the voice.
"Please, for the last time, don't call me that, Joker," said Oswald. Harvey knew, finally, that the mayor had connections to the Joker...
PsykoReaper: Don't flame me, but here's a little truth, this universe of Batman is the same universe (not claiming, not claiming) as the Teen Titans show universe!
(Dodges many bullets)
PsykoReaper: What? They never shown any Batman characters, save Robin and Killer Moth, on the show, so I thought my story would connect! Sure the Teen Titans show is a little kiddy, but that doesn't mean Gotham is! Besides, I am someday going to make a Teen Titans fanfic with the same tone as my Batman story! Saw the little end? Well, it will mark the birth of TWO-FACE!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!! (I know I do that a lot, it's a problem, I think I have torretes...I think that's how it's spelled...)