Friday, halloween.
The next morning all was serene. The sun was gently rising over the horizon, the birds were chirping happily….before being eaten by a Beowulf. All was in pure bliss.
Except for team Rwby's dorm.
"I CAN'T DO IT!"
"YES YOU CAN! IT'S EITHER THIS OR YOU CAN'T GO!"
Currently Weiss is arguing with her partner who refuses to get out of bed. Yang and Blake were standing by the door, smiling at the event in front of them.
"NOW GET UP AND MARCH TO CLASS, YOUNG LADY!" Weiss screams at her, causing her to jump up and point at her.
"YOU CAN'T CALL ME THAT! I AM YOUR LEADER!" she yells, irritated.
"I CAN CALL YOU AS I SEE FIT, ROSE!" she yells back
'I wonder what Bruce is doing.' this thought runs through the minds of both Yang and Blake, as the pair continues to argue.
Batcave
TING
CLINK
SLASH
BOOM
Right now Bruce is running through a combat training with Peace and Harmony against Ozpin. He had a hard time sleeping the night before for obvious reasons, so he decided to ease his nerves by challenging Ozpin to a duel. The strength they were using against each other at huntsman speed could only be seen rarely. Even though Bruce is still working to control this level of combat, he is still giving him a run for his money.
(A/N: Huntsman speed is essentially the speed were the only moments the duelers are seen is when they have clashed. Examples of this are Qrow v Winter and Ozpin v Cinder.)
Bruce goes for an double overhead slash, but is parry'd as Ozpin goes behind him and kicks him with such a force. Bruce, with his feet on the ground, starts to skid to a stop. He starts to grunt in exert before he seems to teleport in a burst of speed, surprising Ozpin. (Imagine this from Goku vs Cell when Cell was almost knocked off the stadium.) He throws a left hook, which Bruce ducks under before thrusting harmony at him, which was covered in flames. Ozpin then grabs the gauntlet and starts for a kick to his chest. Bruce then uses a boost from his semblance to gain some distance. As soon as he lands in a crouch, he quickly turns around as Ozpin tries to grab his cape and knees him upward,(this as well) which he blocks with his right hand and uses his green energy to blast him into the ground. Bruce creates a fireball and clashes with his. They are at an interlock, but Ozpin won the clash. He smashed Bruce into the ground, knocking the wind out of him and making his eyes go back to normal.
He sits up and begins to cough. He notices a hand reach in front of his face and looks up to see Ozpin. He lets out a sigh and grabs his hand.
"You are doing better, but still lack strength with your new-found powers." Ozpin gives his critique on Bruce's skills, which he takes whole-heartedly.
"I m trying to expand my arsenal before becoming proficient at any skill." He responds. "I actually have a question. I recently begun trials of creating a clone completely out of fire, yet it doesn't burn anything. Can you help me develop that?" He asks of Ozpin.
"I don't see how something like that would help in a fight." He responds, skeptical of this technique.
"It's more so a distraction then a attack." He says back. "It's also to impress my team" He says, causing Ozpin to chuckle.
"My, oh my. That is quite bold of you Bruce. Seeking their approval. What would Glynda say if she heard this?" He says in a joking matter.
"What she doesn't know, wont kill her." He says before walking away, but is stopped as he continues to speak.
"You and I both know that that is never the case." As he says this, a face flashes in Bruce's mind before he continues to the elevator to his room.
'Someday, you will be ready for the truth. Someday…'
Team Rwby, Cafeteria
"So what are you guys going to wear to the halloween party tonight?" Prior to him saying this, there was a long awkward silence that was bestowed upon the table.
"I know my costume will turn some heads. Hopefully one in particular." She says with a smile on her face. Causing the others to frown.
"The only reason you can do that is because of...those." She says, red faced, as she points at the mounds on her chest.
"That's right. " She giggled as she shook her chest left and right, causing Jaune and Ren to go red as the females of each team start arguing.
"Do you want to just go to class?" Jaune asks Ren.
"Yeah, let's." He responds. Jaune leaves and is closely followed by Ren. Nora and Pyrrha notice this and say their goodbyes, leaving the team to argue amongst themselves.
Suddenly, Ruby's bat wave goes off, making the team stop and look at her as she reads the screen.
Dear, Team.
Please help me out of my room. I can't open the door.
Please!
Love,
Batman
"Alright team. Change of plan's. We are going to free Bruce!" She says enthusiastically, jumps up and starts to march towards Bruce's room. Her team just stared at her cloak as she walks away with a confused look on their faces.
"Pardon me." Yang says.
As they are walking, the bat wave goes off again, this time it is a video. They huddle up to see watch it.
The video is Bruce pushing the door as hard as he can. He then jumps back and rushes it with his semblance. This was completely ineffective. He gets up, obviously irritated as his eyes and hands were inflamed, and screams at the roof.
"WHY DID I MAKE THE DOOR SOLID METAL?!" This causes the quartet to giggle in response.
"Alright, let's hurry up and get there before he does something he will regret." Blake says, running ahead.
Once they got there, a look of mirth was placed on their faces as the look at what was blocking the door.
Tons of birthday presents.
Weiss walks up to them and reads who they are from.
"Other girls." She says to her team. This causes Blake to hiss at the pile.
"Girls. Is that you?" Bruce says from inside his dorm.
"Yeah, it's us." Ruby replies, seeing as she was the calmest out of the group.
"I am sorry for taking you away from you test, but do you see anything that would stop the door from opening?" He asks.
Before she could reply, she feels a wave of heat hit her face and turns around with a shocked face. ALL of the present have been burned to dust. Underneath the ashes lies one of Weiss's Glyphs.
Ruby decides to not answer him and just opens the door, letting him out.
"Oh, thank you girls. I thought I would have to stay in that dorm all day." Bruce says to them, but notices the angered looks on their faces. He wants to ask hem what is wrong, but decides to just remind them about their final.
"I don't know what happened, but you three have to go take your final." He notifies them.
"Don't you mean 'four'?" Yang asks him, but is answered by Blake.
"Actually, I am exempt." She states simply, making the rest of the team, minus Bruce, drop their chins in shock.
"Your joking." Weiss challenges, but receives a smirk back.
"Nope. in fact Bruce here has offered to spend the time with me." She says as she rests her head on his shoulder and closes her eyes. "Maybe I am at the final sprint." She grabs his arm, gently, making him redden briefly.
Testing room
10:01
10:02
10:03
The test has been passed out and Ruby can't even write her name because of her nerves.
'Maybe i'll just drop out and be a rogue huntress.' She looks at Weiss, Yang and JNR already writing down answers furiously. 'What are Blake and Bruce doing.' She wonders
The pair were sitting together underneath a tree outside, reading books. Blake had her head rested on his lap as he gently scratches her ears, a smile on her face as she listens to the sounds of nature.
10:35:28
10:35:29
10:35:30
'Okay. Focus. You are not the only one that will be affected by this test. Do it for your team.' She chants to herself and reaches for her pencil.
'Let's do it!'
10:37:07
10:37:08
10:37:09
'Let's just leave. I can't handle the shame. I can stay at one of the batcaves in patch and live my life off the land.' She thinks gripping her head. Suddenly, she feels her bat wave go off. She 'sneakily' takes it out and reads the message.
Dear ,
START THE TEST, NOW!
Sincerely,
Glynda Goodwitch.
This shocks Ruby. She look down to the front of the classroom , only to recoil back from the glare she got. Ruby quickly picks up her pencil and looks down at her paper. She then writes down her name.
11:00:01
'That was the single most easy test I have ever taken.' She thinks to herself as she walks down the steps to turn in her paper. Many eyes were on her, causing her to blush from embarrassment. Once she reaches the desk and gives Glynda her paper, She looks back to her team and gives them a double thumbs-up with a million Watt grin on her face.
Time skip
(Before the party, because I am lazy)
The quartet were in their dorm, putting on their costumes.
Friday, halloween.
The next morning all was serene. The sun was gently rising over the horizon, the birds were chirping happily….before being eaten by a Beowulf. All was in pure bliss.
Except for team Rwby's dorm.
"I CAN'T DO IT!"
"YES YOU CAN! IT'S EITHER THIS OR YOU CAN'T GO!"
Currently Weiss is arguing with her partner who refuses to get out of bed. Yang and Blake were standing by the door, smiling at the event in front of them.
"NOW GET UP AND MARCH TO CLASS, YOUNG LADY!" Weiss screams at her, causing her to jump up and point at her.
"YOU CAN'T CALL ME THAT! I AM YOUR LEADER!" she yells, irritated.
"I CAN CALL YOU AS I SEE FIT, ROSE!" she yells back
'I wonder what Bruce is doing.' this thought runs through the minds of both Yang and Blake, as the pair continues to argue.
Batcave
TING
CLINK
SLASH
BOOM
Right now Bruce is running through a combat training with Peace and Harmony against Ozpin. He had a hard time sleeping the night before for obvious reasons, so he decided to ease his nerves by challenging Ozpin to a duel. The strength they were using against each other at huntsman speed could only be seen rarely. Even though Bruce is still working to control this level of combat, he is still giving him a run for his money.
(A/N: Huntsman speed is essentially the speed were the only moments the duelers are seen is when they have clashed. Examples of this are Qrow v Winter and Ozpin v Cinder.)
Bruce goes for an double overhead slash, but is parry'd as Ozpin goes behind him and kicks him with such a force. Bruce, with his feet on the ground, starts to skid to a stop. He starts to grunt in exert before he seems to teleport in a burst of speed, surprising Ozpin. (Imagine this from Goku vs Cell when Cell was almost knocked off the stadium.) He throws a left hook, which Bruce ducks under before thrusting harmony at him, which was covered in flames. Ozpin then grabs the gauntlet and starts for a kick to his chest. Bruce then uses a boost from his semblance to gain some distance. As soon as he lands in a crouch, he quickly turns around as Ozpin tries to grab his cape and knees him upward,(this as well) which he blocks with his right hand and uses his green energy to blast him into the ground. Bruce creates a fireball and clashes with his. They are at an interlock, but Ozpin won the clash. He smashed Bruce into the ground, knocking the wind out of him and making his eyes go back to normal.
He sits up and begins to cough. He notices a hand reach in front of his face and looks up to see Ozpin. He lets out a sigh and grabs his hand.
"You are doing better, but still lack strength with your new-found powers." Ozpin gives his critique on Bruce's skills, which he takes whole-heartedly.
"I m trying to expand my arsenal before becoming proficient at any skill." He responds. "I actually have a question. I recently begun trials of creating a clone completely out of fire, yet it doesn't burn anything. Can you help me develop that?" He asks of Ozpin.
"I don't see how something like that would help in a fight." He responds, skeptical of this technique.
"It's more so a distraction then a attack." He says back. "It's also to impress my team" He says, causing Ozpin to chuckle.
"My, oh my. That is quite bold of you Bruce. Seeking their approval. What would Glynda say if she heard this?" He says in a joking matter.
"What she doesn't know, wont kill her." He says before walking away, but is stopped as he continues to speak.
"You and I both know that that is never the case." As he says this, a face flashes in Bruce's mind before he continues to the elevator to his room.
'Someday, you will be ready for the truth. Someday…'
Team Rwby, Cafeteria
"So what are you guys going to wear to the halloween party tonight?" Prior to him saying this, there was a long awkward silence that was bestowed upon the table.
"I know my costume will turn some heads. Hopefully one in particular." She says with a smile on her face. Causing the others to frown.
"The only reason you can do that is because of...those." She says, red faced, as she points at the mounds on her chest.
"That's right. " She giggled as she shook her chest left and right, causing Jaune and Ren to go red as the females of each team start arguing.
"Do you want to just go to class?" Jaune asks Ren.
"Yeah, let's." He responds. Jaune leaves and is closely followed by Ren. Nora and Pyrrha notice this and say their goodbyes, leaving the team to argue amongst themselves.
Suddenly, Ruby's bat wave goes off, making the team stop and look at her as she reads the screen.
Dear, Team.
Please help me out of my room. I can't open the door.
Please!
Love,
Batman
"Alright team. Change of plan's. We are going to free Bruce!" She says enthusiastically, jumps up and starts to march towards Bruce's room. Her team just stared at her cloak as she walks away with a confused look on their faces.
"Pardon me." Yang says.
As they are walking, the bat wave goes off again, this time it is a video. They huddle up to see watch it.
The video is Bruce pushing the door as hard as he can. He then jumps back and rushes it with his semblance. This was completely ineffective. He gets up, obviously irritated as his eyes and hands were inflamed, and screams at the roof.
"WHY DID I MAKE THE DOOR SOLID METAL?!" This causes the quartet to giggle in response.
"Alright, let's hurry up and get there before he does something he will regret." Blake says, running ahead.
Once they got there, a look of mirth was placed on their faces as the look at what was blocking the door.
Tons of birthday presents.
Weiss walks up to them and reads who they are from.
"Other girls." She says to her team. This causes Blake to hiss at the pile.
"Girls. Is that you?" Bruce says from inside his dorm.
"Yeah, it's us." Ruby replies, seeing as she was the calmest out of the group.
"I am sorry for taking you away from you test, but do you see anything that would stop the door from opening?" He asks.
Before she could reply, she feels a wave of heat hit her face and turns around with a shocked face. ALL of the present have been burned to dust. Underneath the ashes lies one of Weiss's Glyphs.
Ruby decides to not answer him and just opens the door, letting him out.
"Oh, thank you girls. I thought I would have to stay in that dorm all day." Bruce says to them, but notices the angered looks on their faces. He wants to ask hem what is wrong, but decides to just remind them about their final.
"I don't know what happened, but you three have to go take your final." He notifies them.
"Don't you mean 'four'?" Yang asks him, but is answered by Blake.
"Actually, I am exempt." She states simply, making the rest of the team, minus Bruce, drop their chins in shock.
"Your joking." Weiss challenges, but receives a smirk back.
"Nope. in fact Bruce here has offered to spend the time with me." She says as she rests her head on his shoulder and closes her eyes. "Maybe I am at the final sprint." She grabs his arm, gently, making him redden briefly.
Testing room
10:01
10:02
10:03
The test has been passed out and Ruby can't even write her name because of her nerves.
'Maybe i'll just drop out and be a rogue huntress.' She looks at Weiss, Yang and JNR already writing down answers furiously. 'What are Blake and Bruce doing.' She wonders
The pair were sitting together underneath a tree outside, reading books. Blake had her head rested on his lap as he gently scratches her ears, a smile on her face as she listens to the sounds of nature.
10:35:28
10:35:29
10:35:30
'Okay. Focus. You are not the only one that will be affected by this test. Do it for your team.' She chants to herself and reaches for her pencil.
'Let's do it!'
10:37:07
10:37:08
10:37:09
'Let's just leave. I can't handle the shame. I can stay at one of the batcaves in patch and live my life off the land.' She thinks gripping her head. Suddenly, she feels her bat wave go off. She 'sneakily' takes it out and reads the message.
Dear ,
START THE TEST, NOW!
Sincerely,
Glynda Goodwitch.
This shocks Ruby. She look down to the front of the classroom , only to recoil back from the glare she got. Ruby quickly picks up her pencil and looks down at her paper. She then writes down her name.
11:00:01
'That was the single most easy test I have ever taken.' She thinks to herself as she walks down the steps to turn in her paper. Many eyes were on her, causing her to blush from embarrassment. Once she reaches the desk and gives Glynda her paper, She looks back to her team and gives them a double thumbs-up with a million Watt grin on her face.
Time skip
(Before the party, because I am lazy)
The quartet were in their dorm, putting on their costumes.
The Three were staring at Blake's content smile that never left her face. Jealousy ever present on their faces.
"You know that you won't win, right?" Yang says, only for Blake to look over her shoulder and smirk.
The knock on the door brought them out of their moods. Weiss walks to the door and opens it, revealing nothing but the black corridor with the occasional spider web decoration. By this time, the others have come by the door and look down the corridor.
"Who are you?" Blake says, causing the others to look at her in confusion.
'Oh wait, Faunus.' Runs through all of their minds. They follow her eyes and stare at that direction. Suddenly red lights flow to life along the body of a figure, whose face is covered with a mask that appears to be one way.
(A/N: It Is Rinzler from Tron: Legacy)
The figure just stares at them, motionless and soundless. Weiss immediately covers her chest and starts to yell.
"You PERVERT! How dare you oogle at us! Do you have any Idea as to who I am?!" She accuses, but is met with nothing but silence.
The figure pulls something off of it's waist, a grenade, causing the four to recoil back. It pulls the pin and throws it on the floor, immediately blowing up. The girls are quick to notice that it was a sort of flash grenade as they cannot see anymore.
"ARGH!" "AHH!" "MRRM" "YOU SCOUNDREL!"
The party
As they enter the Amphitheater doors, the rush of music and sound hits all of their ears. They look astonished as they see the vast amounts of costumes, and people.
"All this for Halloween?" Weiss asked to herself, but is answered by the others.
"Um, YEAH!" "OF COURSE!" "It seems that way." They say.
"HEY GUYS! YOU LOOK GREAT!" The four turn to see Nora and Ren coming toward them, the former in a sloth costume and the former as a…...Tree?
"Umm, thanks. So do you?" Blake says, unsurely.
"Hey, where's Jaune and Pyrrha?" Yang asks.
"They are currently dancing together. Believe it or not, Jaune asked her." Ren answers as he points at the dance floor at the two dancers, having the time of their lives.
"Hopefully, he finally realized I wasn't interested." Weiss comments. "But nonetheless, good for them."
As Ren and Nora walk away, the question finally came up.
"Where's Bruce? " They all look towards Blake, who was as confused as they are.
"When we separated, he said he was going to visit Ozpin before putting on his costume." She replies, receiving an 'oh from her piers.
As they walk towards the party, with Yang shooting glares at whoever looked at Ruby, said girl felt someone playing with her tail.
"Weiss, the tail is fine. Can you stop messing with it?" She asks, and receives an answer from infront of her.
"I am not even behind you. How could I be the one fumbling with it?" This makes her look back in shock, only to see the man from the dorm. She is about to bring the attention of her team, but the figure brings it's finger to its lips, confusing her, before walking into the crowd and disappearing from her view. She decides to just forget about it and find her team, who of which didn't stop for her.
Time skip (I am incredibly lazy)
Results of the costume party.
"Okay students, settle down. Settle down. It is now time to unreveal the winner of the costume contest." Ozpin says with Glynda standing next to him. The attendees gather around the stage.
"This year's winner of the annual Costume Chaos Competition is…" Glynda says as she opens an envelope. Weiss was nearly shaking in excitement, as she put a lot of effort into her costume.
"This can't be right.." She whispers to herself as she read the results card, confusing everyone. Glynda then show it to Ozpin, who breaks character and does a spit-take, covering his face as he laughs.
"(Aheem) This year's winner is….. Jaune Arc." Jaune looks surprised, but slightly worried as he wonders what Ozpin was laughing for. "And you have won a solo dance with the birthday boy, Bruce Wayne.(Sigh) oh boy."
"What?!" A loud voice rings out from the crowd. They set their eyes on the figure that has been stalking the girls that evening. He presses a button on his forearm, causing the mask to fold into the suit, revealing Bruce.(Imagine it like Civil war.)
Suddenly, one person in the crowd starts to chant the words 'Do it, Do it'. This spread to two people, to eight, to fifteen. Eventually everyone in the crowd was chanting, Yang included. Begrudgingly, he walked towards the dance floor, where Jaune was with Pyrrha. While walking people were clapping and cheering. Once he got to the open floor he spotted a jack-in-the-box, which made him freeze. Everyone noticed it and began small talk about it. The worse was Ozpin, who stopped his laughter and had a stern look on his face as he scanned the room.
Suddenly the Jack-in-the-box began to play a demented version of its usual jingle. This made the audience look in confusion, but Bruce began to shake in fear.
'N-no. Not him!' he thinks, frantically.
Finally, the jingle stops and out pops a jester head, but to Bruce, the head is actually a real, bleeding head with a demented smile on its face.
'It's Show time!'
Suddenly, the lights in the lights dimmed and a chuckle began. Then said chuckle, turned into a full blown laughter. Many people groaned, as they recognized this voice as Cardin.
To Bruce, all of the lights except for one above him turned off. And that laughter.
That damned Smile
He begins to look around the darkness surround him. Until the sound of a door creaking resonates.
Bruce P.O.V
Out of that door, came the one man that I wished I would never have too see again. The Joker came through that door, laughing. His footsteps echoed throughout the room as he casually walked towards me. I tried to move, but I was frozen
Frozen with fear.
Before I knew it, he was caressing my face. That damned crowbar that was my enemy for eight and a half months ever present on his body.
"Aren't you happy to see me? Uncle J?" He asks me, taking joy in my actions. After seconds of me not talking, he just chuckled like the sick bastard he is.
"Relax yourself. Use that mind of yours...Well ours. HeHehehe. You know that I am Still at Atlas, under James's suction machine, losing my life. Slowly. Painfully. Dreadfully." Each time he emphasis a word, my scars on my back start to ache. BAD. "Aww, looks like my time is up. Oh, Before I Go.." He says turning around and whispers. As soon as he said this, the night would turn for the worst. "Go Bats."
Normal P.O.V
Everyone is shocked as Bruce breaks Cardin's nose in a single hit, knocking him onto the ground as he holds his nose in pain.
"ARGH, WHAT THE HELL! I WAS JOKING!"
Ironic
Bruce drops to his hands and knees. His hair covering his face as he begins to shake. Ozpin begins to push through the crowd of students towards him. JNPR and the girls notice this and follow his example, but are too slow.
"Hehehehehe" He reaches for his belt and presses down on a button, causing the lights in the hall to shut off momentarily. When they come back on, he is gone, without a trace.
"What just happened?" Nora asks, voicing everyone's confusion. Ozpin just stands with a somber look on his face.
"His influence was re-awakened." Her answers. Before they can further question him, all of their remotes go ecstatic in their pockets. Ozpin takes his out and frowns at the message.
INTRUDER ALERT
INTRUDER ALERT
INTRUDER ALERT
The screen changes to a live feed of the Batcomputer. Bruce is seen tearing a hole through the ground near it. Once done, a case similar to the other four containing his other suit raises up. But his one looks older compared to the others.
'Oh no!' "LIBRARY ENTRANCE, NOW!" He yells at the group, surprising them at his behavior, but listen nonetheless. Running away towards their set location.
Vale streets
Eleven PM
It was a dark night, lit up with lights from people partying. There was clutter on the streets that would have to be clean in the morning to come. The majority of stores had been closed, the only ones open were convenience and bars. For the most part, Everyone was having fun and enjoying company from others. However, some are not that lucky.
A woman is seen walking down the street side in a costume. She was a cream skinned brunette. Her eyes were a striking blue shade that showed her innocence. As attractive she looked, by the way she walked, you could see that she was a very timid girl.
As she walked past an ally, a hand reaches out of the dark and grabs her arm, causing her to scream.
"NO! PLEASE NO!" She tries to fight the pearson grabbing her into the alley, but is quickly overpowered. The figure, a man, pulls her body close. His heavy breathing on her neck, causing her hair to blow up and down, makes her whimper. He roughly grabs her inner thigh, making her yelp in pain and unresistable, slight pleasure.
"I need you, Mummy." He says. His raspy voice is like a nail on a chalkboard to her. The words he says cause her to struggle to get away even more, making the man smile in sick pleasure.
"Say nice things to make me feel good." He then begins to raise his hand towards her center spot. Right before he can touch there, a hand reaches out of the door window that they infront of. The hand has a bat-shaped shuriken in its hand. The hand rams it into the shoulder of the man, forcing him into a horrid scream. The lets go of the woman and she jumps as far as possible from him. The screams are quickly ended as the hand covers his mouth. Another arm reaches out and pulls the man into the door window.
The woman just stands in fear, disgust and curiosity. It is nearly three minutes before she finds her voice and calls out.
"H-hello? Is t-that you, Batman? Are you Back now?" She asks out, hoping her claims and hope for the crime rates to go down again so something like this would never happen again. Her answer was the man breaking through the door and falling onto the floor before her. As she screamed, she looked at the horrible state he was in. The one shuriken was just the beginning. In seemingly every joint visible, there was one impaling through or just barely. His face had been severely bloodied. His eyes looked as if they would not be opening any time soon, his nose was bent at an 90* angle and constantly streaming out blood. The most noticeable and cruel infliction was several bat-insignias aligned in as sort of demented smile.
On the rooftop, a dark figure looms over the edge, seemingly ready to pounce on its prey. The soulless holes that are its eyes were focused on the screaming woman. Before it could jump off, an alarm goes off, gaining its attention. Not long after, the alarm stops unannounced. The figure then pulls out a grapple gun and shoots into the dark sky.
Drunks and Dusts
"Move and you die." Roman tells the cashier. The usual job that he would have fun with was turned serious after Cinder had a 'talk' with him. He no longer played with his targets , but was blunt and brutal. The only difference in his appearance would be the glowing red 'C' on his forehead.
"Fill the containers then head back to the bullhead." He barked orders at the WF members that accompanied me. The only ones who didn't listen was Neo and Deadshot.
"Okay. I get the whole 'mind conditioning." He says, creating quotes with his fingers." But is this necessary."
"We must do anything necessary to meet my master's needs." Roman said, his voice, lost of all charm it held prior. His eyes wavered towards Neo, only to snap back immediately from seeing her smile, that damned smile.
"Yeah, I get that. But is EVERY store necessary. Some of my clients go to these stores, and if I am found out then i'll lose contacts." Deadshot pleaded, but was chanting to silent ears.
"Just take care of the hostages." Roman tells him with a grunt from annoyance. Deadshot sighs before cocking his wrist magnums and shooting a wall, causing the bullet to ricochet and blow a hole into a hostages head.
Once they finished with the store, they began walking towards the bullhead. Neo suddenly grabbed Romans arm and yanked it. He immediately got down onto his knees, bowing to her.
"What is it?" He asks. She points in the direction of their pilot hung upside-down. He suffers the same injuries as the man with the lady earlier.
"Stop! Somethings up." He announces towards the group. Everyone takes out a weapon and begins looking for any sign of who did that to their pilot. Their attention is brought to the sound of something hitting a wall. They all turned, with Deadshot being in the lead, to see a wire connected the wall to shadow. Suddenly the wire begins to shake. Out of the shadow, reveals Batman...playing hop….scotch. He had his hands parallel to the ground, and one leg lifted like a little girl. The most unsettling feature was the evil grin plastered on his face.
As he slowly made his way across the wire, Deadshot was not having any of this. He shot at him. In an impressive act, without looking, Batman raised his arm, causing the bullet to ricochet off his gauntlet back to Deadshot's wrist magnum, blowing it up, making him grasp it in pain . He then threw a bat-a-rang that impaled his left hand. The force of the throw threw him backwards onto the ground. Batman then leaped high into the sky, and landed right into his stomach. Deadshot lifted his head in pain, but is quickly met with a fist, knocking him out. As the rest were staring at him in shock, Batman jumped up and opened his hands towards the unconscious body in front of him.
"TADA! He's…...Ahh, he's gone." He then proceeds to bow while mutter a series of thank you's underneath his breath.
"Don't just stand there, GET HIM." Roman screams. Unlike the lakies he had before, the white fang was ready to fight at anytime.
They all pulled out individual melee weapons and charged at him, unprepared for what comes next. Batman(still bowing) reveals a trigger in his hand and presses the button. Hidden in the litter along the alley, was plastike charges with acid capsules littered along them. They blow up, relieving the WF of their legs. The capsules then burn all part of their bodies, the nubs included.
(A/N: Unless it is in either of their P.O.V., i will not write the sentences Neo says.) As the alley is filled the screams of bloody murder, Neo gains a sultry smile. She then saunters her way towards him with extra sway in her step.
"Ho, Ho, Ho. You run a hard bargain." Batman says, standing up right. Neo then stops in front of them and they stare at each other. The smiles that continued to grow on their faces were enough to stop Roman from interfering.
"Play your cards right, sweetheart, and that just might happen." Batman says, caressing her cheek lovingly. "But in the meantime, I am afraid dear Roman must be punished for his sins." He says. Before he can walk past her, she takes the blade out of her umbrella and puts it in his path. He looks at her for a few seconds then smile again.
"You're lucky you're hot." He grabs the arm holding the umbrella, pulls her close, bends her backwards and sucks face like no tomorrow. Roman just looks onto the scene with a stern face, the playful emotion he once had truly gone.
Once Batman finished with Neo, he let her fall onto the ground where she laid spread out, an open mouth smile on her face. She was breathing heavy and occasionally shook from ecstacy.
Batman then lick his lips.
"Mmm. Strawberry." He then turns around and stares at Roman. "Well, time to die." He says then pulls out a bat-a-rang and rushes him.
"HEY!" A voice calls out into the alley, causing both men to look up in curiosity. On the edge of the rooftop stands Ruby with a mask covering her eyes and her hood up.
"Forget about your partner, did you?" She says, trying to make her voice unrecognizable, but fails miserably.
"You know he works alone Red, right?" Roman says, breaking his new character. Both him and Batman have their shoulders slumped.
"Who is this Red you speak of. She sounds like a really nice girl who's super-duper awesome and would get all the friends she wants" She says, more-so towards herself than them. "I am...uhhh...I'm…." She begins to snap her fingers and looking to the side lost in thought.
"Do you need a minute?" Batman asks, somewhat interested in what she will say when she remembers.
"Yeah, NO! I remember. It's Batwoman." She says before leaping off the building and landing on the ground. As soon as she feels the impact on her knees, she lets out a squeal before her aura gets to work.
"And people call me crazy, whew." Batman says. "But nonetheless, if you truly want to be my partner, then help me hurt him." He points towards Roman with an extra sharp batarang.
"Actually, I am here for you. Along with the rest of our partners." Ruby stops growling and uses her real voice, making Batman look at her in shock.
"Why is that? THe whole part of being a partner is to help one-another in a time of need." He replies in a sort of teasing tone.
"I know, that why I am doing this. You are not yourself right now."
"But i've never felt better before. I feel free!" The sudden raise in tone makes her jump slightly. She recovers and grabs his arm gently.
"If you don't take this pill and continue to act the way you are right now, you will be in constant pain." She pleads, trying to appeal to his sense of humanity.
"Well, it's like Uncle J used to say. What doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger" After he utters these words, he immediately rushes Roman. He throws a overhead slash with the batarang, Which Roman block with extreme effort, while Batman has a smile on his face.
He is kick off of him by Rub...Batwoman. Surprising both men.
"(grunt)Three way fight. Got it." Batman says as he gets up.
Roman notices her guard down as she looks at the downed figure, and hits her, knocking her back, into the ground. 'Master needs all threats eliminat' "AGH" He is interrupted from his thoughts as he is punched in the stomach by Batman.
"Hurting her just made things worse for you." He says. The grin on his face replaced with an expression promising pain. He jumps back and circles the downed Roman with his semblance. Batwoman, finally up, uses hers to get to him. Once Roman looks up, he sees that he is within the heart of a red-and-black tornado. He does not act and only stands there with his eyes closed.
While running, Batman drops an ice dust crystal on the ground. Milliseconds later, batwomans foot is entrapped in a block of ice, making her trip and fall. As this happens, Batman charges at Roman with an bloodthirsty grin on his face. He thrusts the blade as hard as he can. As soon as makes impact, he shatters like glass. As soon as realization hits, he breaks through the tornado to see a bullhead flying away. Neo in the cockpit waves at him and winks. He looks down to see a note on the ground in front of his feet. Knowing this is her niche, he picks it up to read.
See you later.
The same lipstick stain at the bottom, taunting him. He begins to chuckle, before his hand engulfs in flames, burning the note.
"I'll kill you." he says. He begins to walk away, before his body stops moving. He is then slammed onto his knees. Looking down, he sees a black Glyph underneath him. With much effort, he looks up to see the rest of his 'partners.' Yang seemed to have taken one of his extra capes. The cowl not fitting on her head and a tear made to hold her hair. The remaining two did not put any extra effort into this. They all re-grouped and charged at him.
"WAIT!" They all stopped, Before anything else happens, I want to know the names of my partners."
The four look at him with an incredible look. Yang then looked at Weiss and Blake with pleading eyes, causing the two to sigh. Weiss put her fingers on the tip of her nose and tipped her head down. Blake just motioned her hand to sign 'go ahead'. Yang pumped her fists before shooting the ground in front of her for dramatic affect.
"I am the gal, who ends with a pow.(Collective groaning) I am Batwoman." She states.
"WHAT!" Ruby suddenly yells out, causing some crows to fly away. "We settled before we came here that I was Batwoman." She protests, stomping her foot down in anger and puffing her cheeks.
"WE SAID THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THE WOMAN AND YOU WERE THE GIRL!" She shouts in anger.
"To be fair, I am more womanly than you." Yang says plainly, causing the girl to seeth even more than possible.
"THAT IS IT!" Bat…...Female? Says before jumping at her sister. The two create a ball of dust, allowing noone to witness their altercation. The three remaining can only look at the fighting sisters and sigh. Batman suddenly appears next to Blake, shocking her, and takes the pill from her and swallows it. Weiss and blake only look at him as he begins to shake and hold his head in pain. He falls to his knees and smiles at the pain.
As his eyes begin to bleed, he collapses, making the two scream, and the four run to his side. The last sound he hears is a bullhead flying towards them.
Time skip.
Team RWBY Dorm.
The team was quiet. The events of the day had taken their toll. When they returned to beacon, bruce woke up and only asked what happened. After being told, he left them without a word. Right now, the team was wide awake on their own beds, thinking on their own accord. Suddenly a knock at the door pulls them out of their thoughts. Ruby jumped off of her bed and opened the door, revealing Bruce. He carried an emotionless expression, as if he died prior to arriving.
"May I come in?" He asked her. She did not answer and just moved out of the way giving him access.
As he walked to their window and stared at dusk, the four did not know how to remove the bitter silence that was eating them.
"Bru."
"I am here for three things.." Yang tried to start a conversation, but was cut off by Bruce speaking.
"Number one. I wish to apologize for what you witnessed. That was a side of me that I wanted to stay hidden from you." He says, somberly. "For the next day and forward, I will become very self kept. I will show near-to-no emotions what so ever." The four can only look and let him say what he is going to say, as they have no contribution to this.
"Which leads me to number two." He closes his eyes and takes a long sigh. "My past."
"All of this started when I was still an unnamed vigilante. The greatest adversary I ever had challenged me to a fight to settle it all." He states plainly.
"It was him, wasn't it?" Yang questions out of silence. "The one that threatened to blow up all of Vale. The Joker?" As she finishes her sentence, Bruce's head twitches violently, making the four jump back slightly. He looks over his shoulder at her.
"Please do not say his name." He says, it comes out more as an order than a request. She only nods in agreement.
"Thank you. Yes, it was…..him. Anyways, I went to his set location with nothing but pride in my head from stopping him constantly, but I was o-so wrong. I did not think that I was walking into a trap that would change my life forever. He gained a new follower, Harley Quinn, she was also his psychiatric doctor. I did not know about this. When I went there, I saw a woman who was distressed and went to help her. That woman was Harley. She managed to hit me with laughing gas, incapacitating me to the point of unconsciousness." At this point, Bruce was leaning on the window sill, trembling and crying.
"I woke up in a room tid to a chair with a blindfold on. She approached me and started to touch me. She would rub my shoulders and chest. When she realized that that wasn't working, she left and he walked in." He turns to face them, showing his soaked faces and silver eyes gleaming in sadness.
"I-I….." He unzips his jacket and removes his shirt. If this were any other time, the girls would be red faced, but they realize that this is not the situation. "No doubt, you all have seen my cover up, but you haven't seen my real body."
He reaches to his back and grabs something. His eyes then ignite, and smoke rises from his back.
"When I was unconscious, Ozpin resized my fake skin to my 'new body'." He then turned around, making the four gasp. Yang grasped the now trembling Ruby.
"My God." Blake says.
Littered on his back are lots of scars, burns and brands. The worst of all was the repeated 'HA', and in the very middle was 'I ALWAYS GET THE LAST LAUGH'.
"I know you all must be scared by this and want me to leave, but I have to get this off of my…" He is silenced by all four hugging him. His eyes go wide in surprise.
"Wha…." "Just stop talking you dolt." Weiss interrupts him, making him gasp, before smiling and letting the rest of his tears go.
After a minute of tears, he releases them. "And finally, I want you for to pack with winter clothes." Bruce says, the emotionless expression back on his face.
"Why?" Ruby asks him, curiosity present in her tearful eyes.
"Because I am taking you all somewhere."