A/N:Hello to whoever is reading this story
(bold of me to assume that anyone is reading this) and welcome to the the first story! It's most likely going to be bad so don't be shy, write a review about how bad is. Okey let's start this trainwreck...
chapter 1: Something new...
Gotham, #1 crime city of America! There is one big rule: never be out after sunset! Okey, the city is not very safe at daytime too, but it's much more dangerous at night. If that's the case then why is there a man in an animal costume sitting on a rooftop?!
That's because he is Gotham's protector and one of the greatest heroes on Earth- Batman ( A.K.A Bruce Wayne) and right now he was on a patrol. The city was quiet for once, though the vigilante doubt it will stay like that for much longer.
Batman wasn't alone though. He had his "family" with him. He called his Oracle (A.K.A Barbara Gordon), his hacker and top researcher.
"Oracle, any signs of criminal activity?" Batman asked through his communicator.
"This is Gotham! There is always a crime." Barbara said while she eating pizza on her desk. She was no longer crippled (thanks to the same technology used for Cyborg) but she still preferred staying behind the screen. "But your "friends" apparently are not out tonight."
"That's good." Batman simply responded.
"However there are a couple of small fishes out tonigh." Oracle said as she looked at one of her screens " Like thise two fellows running with their most recent "payment" to their hideout on "Alan Wayne 36" in Narrows."
"Hum, I won't be able to get there soon." The dark knight responded "Anyone near to the location?"
"I am!" the voice of Black bat (A.K.A Cassandra Cain) came to Batman's ear.
Bruce was not very open to the idea of letting one of his "children" fighting alone, but the situation was calling for it. Plus he knew Cassandra was a pretty formidable fighter and the situation didn't look that dangerous.
"Okey, Black bat, take them out!" Batman finally ordered, but his voice soon took a worrisome tone "Just be careful!
"Don't worry, Batman," Cassandra responded "I will!"
Black bat finished the call and started jumping on the rooftops to the thugs' location.
Very soon she saw them, standing in front of one of Narrows' many shitty apartment buildings.
"This shop didn't even have enough money to buy ourselves a box of trash!" One of the criminals commented angrily.
"Maybe so, Sid" the other criminal said as he and Sid were climbing the stairs to their hideout on the second floor "but it probably worked as a bait and prey is on the way."
"Yeah, those owl freaks better pay us good!"
Sid said as he entered the hideout.
Shortly after the two men entered the apartment, Black bat silently landed on the fire exit in front of the window. After the criminals left their guns aside ,Cassandra decided to attack.
As she broke through the window Sid shouted "Oh shit, Batman!" and as on clue three gunshots fired at Black bat.
One bullet scratched her right side, another one ent through her left bicep and the third one scratched her left calf .
"Aaah" Cassandra yelled in pain and fell on the floor. It was a trap! How could she not see it?!
Three more criminals came out. One of them took a look at Black bat. " That's not Batman! THAT'S ONE OF HIS PUPS!"
"Fuck!" another one exclaimed " Is luring the bat so hard?!"
"How was I supposed to know!" Sid said, than an idea came to his mind "You know what, maybe it's a blessing! We can use her to get the big bad bat! Randall, tie her up!"
Upon hearing that, Black bat punched Randall in the nose as he got closer to her. It was in vain though. The other thugs started kicking and punching her. Cassandra managed to get a few good hits, but she was soon overpowered.
Randall got himself up, his nose bleeding."FUCKING BITCH!" He than took out his gun and pointed it at Black bat "THE OWLS CAN GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE! I AM KILLING HER!"
"Wait," Sid tried to stop him "we can still use her!"
"Easy for you to say!" Randall pointed the gun at his partner "your nose is not broken!"
As the criminals continued to argue, Cassandra was thinking about her options. Even she couldn't beat five men with guns, while hurt. She carefully pressed a button on her belt and sent an "S.O.S" signal to all the other members of the bat family.
Just then an object was thrawn through the window Black bat had come through earlier. It was a small glass-looking flask.
"The fuck?" one of the criminals exclaimed. Just then a "fuzzzz" escaped the flask and the room was filled with smoke.
"IT'S BATMAN!" Sid yelled "KILL HIM!"
But it wasn't Batman. It was someone else.
Fast as a lightning, the figure of a man enterd through the window. The criminals opened fire. The mysterious man dogged some of them, but some hit him. The man didn't seem to be bothered though.
The new fighter took out a weapon that looked like (and most likely was) a scythe.
He then ran to one of the thugs and sliced him with the scythe. Within seconds a blue fire overtook the poor basterd's body. He soon vanished, leaving only clothes behind.
"JERRY!" Sid yelled in horror, but he quickly become angry "YOU SON OF A MOTHERF-" he couldn't finish that sentence, because he got sliced by the new vigilante as well. Just like Jerry , Sid disappeared within seconds.
The man with scythe didn't waste his time. He quickly took down two other of the criminals, until only Randall remained. He took Black bat off the ground and pointed the gun at her head.
"Stay back!" he shouted "or I will fucking kill her!"
The mysterious man let out a quiet chuckle "Then what are you going to use as a shield?"
Randall didn't have time to respond as Cassandra elbowed him in the gut. Randall shrank in pain and Black bat used to opportunity to to get out of the way of the scythe wielder who was already running towards them. With one swift move he sliced Randall through the neck and he soon vanished.
Once this was done the man looked at Black bat , who was feeling dizzy from the blood loss.
"You okay, kid?" the vigilante asked.
"Do I look okey?" Cassandra answered sarcastically.
Cassandra could now take a better look at the man. She couldn't tell how tall he was, but he definitely was tall. He had a well-built physical structure. His face was hidden in the shadow of his blue hood, that was part of his blue jacket. She could also see that he wore fingerless gloves as he tore some of Randall's clothes and wrapped it around her bicep.
"At least you still have a sense of humor." the man said, then started whispering something to himself "Fuck, I should have listened more carefully when Plague was showing me how to treat wounds!"
After he was done bandaging Cassandra wounds he told her "Listen, kid, that's the best I can do and you are quickly losing blood! Should I take you to a hospital, or do you have somewhere safe to go nearby?"
Cassandra started thinking with the little consciousness she still had. There weren't any hospitals nearby and she couldn't wait for Batman or anyone else from the family to come. She could think of only one safe (or rather safe enough) place nearby. But could she trust this guy? True, he saved her, but he also killed five men in front of her.
Finally Black bat decided she had no other choice. She whispered some address to the man.
"Okey," the man noted and took Cassandra in his hands "we will be there in a moment!"
He than went out of the apartment and disappeared into the night.
(twenty minutes later)
Red Robin (A.K.A Tim Drake) nd the Spoiler (A.K.A Stephanie Brown) were the onces who were the nearest to the apartment so they were the first to answer Black bat's S.O.S call. But when they arrived on the scene there was no trace of Black bat or the criminals. Only clothes with slash marks on them.
"Come on, Robin" the Spoiler said to her partner "you are the smart one! What the hell happened here?"
"Looks like somebody (most likely Black bat) entered through the window." Red Robin explained "but what happened next is still a mystery. That blood on the floor isn't a good sign through."
"You don't think she was kidnapped, right?" Stephanie asked, starting to get worried for her "sister".
"I don't think anything yet!" Tim answered and then turned to his partner " Call Batman and tell him what we found."
"Okey." the Spoilers richard to the communicator into her ear "Batman, you there?"
"Yes I am! " the Dark knight's harsh voice said through his own communicator "What's going on there?! Is Black bat okey? "
"We don't know yet!" the young heroine answered " There is no one here. We find some blood, but we don't know if it's Black bat's."
Batman was starting to get worried, the thought of losing another child horrifying him. If Cassandra was kidnapped she was probably going to be tortured and then killed. Batman got angry. He was not going to let Cassandra end up like Stephanie or Jason.
"I am on my way!" Batman said while driving the Batmobil "Don't go anywhere! Batman out!" Bruce ended the conversation and then concentrated on the road.
Just then Bruce's ordinary phone rang. Who the hell was calling him now?! He looked at it and saw the name "Selina" written on the screen.
Batman was surprised. Selina most likely knew he was on patrol. It was unusual for her to call him during a patrol. This was an urgent call.
Bruce picked up "Selina, I know it must be important, but I don't really have time now!" he said, trying to sound as calm as possible.
"Normally I would be mad that you are talking to me like that, handsome" Salina's voice said with its usual seductive tone "but considering the situation I can't blame you. Let me guess, Black bat is missing."
Okey, Bruce expected anything but this.
"How do you know?!" Batman asked urgently .
"Because she's in my apartment, bruised and wounded ." the cat burglar answered "Don't worry though, I stitched her up and cleaned her already."
"Why is she in your apartment?" Bruce asked a little relieved.
"Some hooded guy with a scythe brought her." the woman on the other end of the line answered "Said that she got beaten up by some crime gang and he saved her. But I don't know if that's true since Black bat was unconscious when he brought her and still is."
"Okey, I am coming to get her!" Batman said urgently "Take care of her!"
"Don't worry, handsome, I will! " with that Selina hung up.
Batman quickly informed the rest of the bat family about the situation and ordered them to go back to the cave since the morning was coming.
He continued driving to Salina's apartment, while thinking about what she has just told him. Hooded guy with a scythe?! Who was he?! What was he doing in Gotham?! Could he be trusted?! So many questions- almost no answers.
(To be continued...)
( All the characters (except for the OCs) are property to DC and Warner Brothers)