Chapter Two: DICK GRAYSON
I lost my parents today. We were performing, just like any other performance, but something went wrong with the platforms Mom and Dad were standing on. My parents fell to their deaths. It's hard to stay calm and not cry, but I'm my own man now. I need to be independent. Mom and Dad always told me I should prepare myself for the future, prepare myself for the moment which they die, as they say to me, "Dick Grayson needs to leap up in the air without his Mommy and Daddy someday, whether we like it or not."
Bruce Wayne decided to take me in, he said I'd better stay in his mansion than in the streets of Gotham, full of criminals and thugs. I'd say he's a guardian angel in disguise, if you ask me. So, it's pretty much "Accept my offer or end up in child care services." Okay, good enough for me.
Wayne Manor is HUGE! There are over a baziliion rooms in there, not to mention the 68-inch widescreen TV he has lounging around. 68-inch? Yeah, not making it up. He's a freaking billionaire, for crying out loud!
Dinner.
"Excuse me, Dick. I've got some very important business to take care of." "Can I come?" "No, you can't. Sorry. Very important business." Bruce doesn't really know I left no mystery unsolved.
I sneak up on him and I end up on his basement. Hmm, looks like I must have lost him. "Hello? Anyone here? HELLO! ECHO! ECHO!" I start to shout. I find the light switch, and turn it on. What I saw was phenomenal….
It was a cave. In the basement? But, not just that, it was a high-tech cave. There's a giant computer! I figured I shouldn't press any buttons, the place might self-destruct or something. There's gotta be a one-button self-destruct option on that keyboard, I've seen it in movies.
Woah, there's a giant T-Rex, a giant penny, and tons of Bat-shaped boomerangs. What's next? Then I see, a Batman costume in glass. "NO WAY!" I scream. Echoes all over the place. BRUCE WAYNE IS BATMAN!