The Crow's first crime stopped, and an appearance by Batman.

Chapter 3: First Day

I perched on top of a church steeple. The crow perched on my shoulder.

"I need to find a man with connections to the Joker clan." I said to the crow.

"HELP! YOU!" it said. It came to be that I could see through the eyes of the crow.

"This is trippy." I said.

My normal vision returned to my eyes.

My super-human hearing picked up a mugging. I jumped, I seemed to float on the way down.

"I'll take more than your purse." The mugger said chuckling evilly.

"Oh God," she said "please don't!"

"I'm going to keep your panties as a souvenir." He said.

"Someone," she pleaded "please help!"

I made contact with the ground, the sound of my shoes hitting the ground gave me away.

The mugger turned around and saw me, "What the hell?"

"Let her go." I said.

"No." He said. He pulled out a pistol and shot me in the heart. I stumbled backward, then I stood back up.

"You can't kill me," I said "I'm already dead."

He unloaded his entire clip into my chest, that's when I noticed that my clothes were healing as well.

"How is that possible?" I asked.

The crow flew overhead "CROW! BLESS!"

"Thanks." I said to the crow.

"You freak," he said running at me, "I'll kill you!"

As he got close to me, I kicked him in the stomach, making him loose his breath. I left him wheezing on the ground. I walked over to the woman, "Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yes I am," she stood up "you should kill him."

I looked back at the struggling man behind me, "That can be arranged." I said drawing the knife.

I walked slowly toward him and pinned him against the wall. I picked him up by his neck and put the knife on his throat.

"Do you know where the Joker is?" I asked.

"F*** the Joker, I work for the Penguin." He said.

"You work for a wimpy bird who can't fly?" I chuckled a bit.

"Please," he pleaded "don't kill me, I'm the victim here."

That was a lie, "Victims," I pressed the knife tighter against his throat "aren't we all?"

He whimpered, "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you. I want you to send a message to those that I want to kill: the Joker Clan. Tell them that the Crow is coming for them."

I heard running liquid, "And you might want to change your pants."

I released him and he ran off. "First crime in progress: completed." I said to myself.

A man in dark clothes and a cape appeared behind me: Batman.

I turned around quickly, "Oh."

"Who are you?" Batman asked.

"You can call me, the Crow." I said.

"I'm Batman." He said.

"I noticed." I said.

"You almost killed a man today." He said.

"Fear is the only thing these f***s understand," I said "I am going to find the Joker Clan members and slaughter them for what they did to me."

"You're just a kid," he said "what do you know about life and death."

"Quite a bit actually." I said.

"By law, I can't hurt a minor," he said "I won't stop you, but that doesn't mean that I won't keep an eye on you."

"I'd like to see you try." I said.

"HERE!" the crow said to Batman, but what he probably heard was "CAW!"

He looked up for a split second, and in that split second, I disappeared.

"Great," Batman said "another magician."

"Is he a friend or an enemy?" I asked looking down at Batman from the steeple.

The crow flew onto my shoulder, "BOTH!"

"I'll keep an eye out, nonetheless." I said.