Chapter 8: A secret to stay Hidden
"Richard. Lets go." Bruce said as he stood in the doorway of The young boy's room.
Richard turned around in his computer chair and nodded. They walked out of his room and down the stairs. When they reached the main floor, they headed into Bruce's office. Bruce walked over to the massive book case and pulled out a gigantic red book about War. The bookcase slid open and two silver poles appeared leading down to an undercover base.
The two men slid down the poles and landed smoothly on the floor. Bruce walked over to a giant supercomputer as Richard walked over to a mannequin that held his alter ego.
"Looks like a robbery at the bank uptown." Bruce said while typing something up on the computer. He made a Batman signal light up in the sky to notify the police that he was coming. Then, he moved over to the mannequin that held his alter ego.
They suited up and Richard opened up a garage. In the garage, was a red motorcycle with an R on the side for when Richard turned sixteen. For now, they settled for the sleek black bat mobile.
Bruce looked at his ward and asked, "Ready?"
Richard nodded and replied,"Ready."
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Batman and Robin cruised down the road and headed for the Jump City bank. On their way there Robin said, "I took Kori to Titans tower today."
It was now midnight and just six hours ago the boy wonder had returned his best friend home safe and sound.
"Hm." Was all Batman said. His black gloves hands gripped the steering wheel and he pressed on the gas a but harder. "Did she like it."
Robin was a bit surprised at his question. "Yes, actually."
After Batman nodded, that was the end of that topic. The pulled up to JC bank and there were at least five police cars surrounding it. Batman and Robin got out of the car and walked over to the chief of police.
"Chief. What's going on?" Asked Batman.
"Batman! Thank god you're here. We don't know who it is but we can get inside. He's got some kind of device that won't let us in." The Chief sounded tired and a little desperate.
"Don't worry, we'll take care of this."
The chief nodded and greeted Robin with a nod. Robin nodded back and followed his mentor towards the bank.
"Robin, grappling hook." Robin an Batman both took out their grappling hooks and shot them upwards. The wires wrapped around one of the letters of the sign on top of the bank and soon, both heroes were on top if the roof. Batman headed over to a door and opened it. Locked. Then, he used hot boot covered foot and kicked it open.
"Lets go." He told Robin. They headed inside and quietly went down the stairs.
When they reached the bottom, they took a left which led to the lobby. The flashing lights of the police car shone through the windows. Batman walked over to the front door and before he could put his hand on the handle, a shock was sent through his body. He yelled out in pain and gripped his hand.
"What is it?!" Asked Robin, coming to his side.
"It seems this is one of our past villains." Batman said. He looked carefully at the windows, the door, and the floor. Then he noticed a small ball with a red x on it. It was a electrical shock weapon that was at up to trap anyone from getting in it out. It's electrical shock lasers were hidden and couldn't be seen. Then Batman quickly looked behind him, as did Robin.
"Took you kids long enough." Came the voice of the villain.
"Red X." Robin spat.
Red X was one of their past villains and often caused chaos in Jump City. He was a masked villain, like most of the others. His costume was all black with a black cape. He had on a red utility belt and his mask covered all of his face and was shaped like a skull with a giant red X going across it.
"I'd love to stay and chat but I've got somewhere to be." Red X had to money bags in his hands and before he got a chance to disappear, Robin had thrown a bat-a-rang at his right hand causing the villain to drop the money bag.
"You're not going any where." Robin's voice was full of venom and Batman knew he taught his apprentice well.
"Alright. Lets play."
Red X jumped high in the air and threw down a smoke bomb. Robin and Batman quickly jumped apart. Red smoke filled the air but both heroes kept their guards up. Out of the corner of his eye, Robin saw a black foot flying for his face and he quickly dodged it. Red X quickly threw a punch towards the masked hero's face. Robin dodged all of the villain's attacks and kicked him in the stomach. X was sent flying back and crashed into a table.
"Agh..alright enough games." He then held his hands up and a Red X shot out at Robin which plastered him to the wall. Robin struggled to get free but failed miserably. Red X grabbed his money bags and said, "See ya around kid."
Before he left, a flying kick was sent to his side. Batman appeared unexpectedly and had stopped the masked villain from leaving. Red X shot up and threw a few sharp X's towards Batman. He dodged all if them except for one which cut his shoulder. The hero winced and threw out another batarang which sliced the villain's hand. He dropped the money bags yet again and Batman ran towards him with a flying punch.
Red X fell to the ground and before anything else could happen, X pressed the middle of his utility belt and disappeared, leaving the money bags behind.
Batman breathed heavily and walked over to his apprentice. He took out a sharp item from his belt as cut Robin out.
"Thanks." Robin looked over at the money bags and said, "At least he didn't get those."
Batman nodded and walked over to the front door. Robin was close behind him. Batman smashed the red X ball that held up the trap and crushed it with his foot. He then opened the door and walked through.
"Why didn't you just do that before?" Asked Robin.
"Because, it hadn't occurred to me then." He replied.
The two heroes walked over to The chief and said, "He got away, but he left the money."
The chief sighed and nodded his head. "Thanks Batman, Robin."
They nodded their head in appreciation and headed for the bat mobile. Once inside the car, Batman turned to Robin and said, "Next time, we're not letting him get away."
Robin nodded his head in agreement and they sped off towards Wayne Manor.
so there you have it. Chapter 8! I decided to put batman and robin in due to the last chapter. I'm still debating whether to put the rest of the team in or not. What do you think? REVIEW PLEASE!
~Kisses! ItsRose xoxo
