Chapter 5: Batman

Gordon's POV

As I followed Bruce, we went into a study and stopped in front of a grandfather clock. Bruce set the time to 10:48 and a passageway suddenly appeared. We continued walking through the passageway until we reached a giant cave. There were bats everywhere. I was very confused.

"I'll check the security footage to see where Joker is." Barbara said as she wheeled over to a large security system.

"I'll help you." Alfred decided as he walked to the computers.

"I brought my suit just in case, so I'll go change." Catwoman said.

Bruce, Dick, and Tim walked over to glass cases that had suits inside. The suits inside reminded me of Batman, Nightwing, and Robin. They each put on a suit. Bruce Wayne was Batman! Dick was Nightwing! And Tim was Robin!

"Let me properly introduce myself. I'm Dick Grayson, I used to be Robin, but now I'm Nightwing and Tim Drake replaced me as Robin. I'm also dating your daughter." Dick reintroduced himself.

"I'm a pretty good replacement." Tim smirked.

"Why did you think Batman and I were never in the same place at the same time?" Bruce asked.

Diana reappeared from somewhere and was dressed as Wonder Woman. Catwoman reappeared in her costume.

"Barbara...?" I wondered about her.

"I used to be Batgirl, but after Joker shot my spine, I became Oracle, Batman's researcher." Barbara explained.

"So I've been working with you all these years and didn't even know it?" I questioned.

"Pretty much. At least I'm not a complete stranger since you know me as Bruce and Batman." Bruce said. "And I only kept it from you as a cautionary procedure. As long as you can keep my secret under any curcumstance, I won't have to erase your memory."

"Erase my memory?" I asked.

"This isn't the first time someone's figured out our secret. When Dick, Tim, and Barbara found out in their own respective situations, I let them remember because they joined my team. When Lois Lane discovered who Superman was the first time, he erased her memory. The second time he let her remember." Bruce explained.

"Maybe we should leave his identity out of this." Diana suggested.

"That's why I didn't use Superman's real name. But you'd think it would be obvious because his disguise isn't that great..." Bruce muttered the last part.

"As long as it works." Catwoman shrugged.

"And you trust Catwoman with your identities?" I was confused.

"She likes Bruce too much to expose his secret, and she swore an oath on the River Styx for everyone else. And Diana takes that Greek stuff very seriously." Barbara elaborated.

"She threatened to kill me." Catwoman shrugged.

"Exactly." Diana smiled. "I'm one of the few heroes who's willing to do it."

"So what do we do now?" I asked.

"You go outside through a secret exit. When you get out front you'll help your cop friends and tell them that the hostages have been taken to a safe location by Batman. And that Batman helped you escape." Bruce directed. "The rest of us will do what we usually do to villains."

"Where's the exit?" I was ready to go.

Bruce walked me to an exit. "And remember to keep our secrets."

"Will do." I said.

I walked out and then walked all the way to the front of Wayne Manor.

"Commissioner, what's going on in their?" Vicki Vale questioned.

"What's happening?" Jack Ryder interrogated.

"How'd you get out Gordon?" Branden asked.

"Batman came to the rescue. He took the other hostages somewhere safe. He, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Robin, and Nightwing are still inside going after the Joker." I explained.

"Doesn't that seem like overkill to have that many vigilantes?" Branden raised his eyebrow.

"Not with the Joker." I stated.