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[Gotham City - Batcave]

As I.M.P was getting ready to capture Bruce Wayne with the intention of torturing him until he admitted he was Batman, the Dark Knight in question was busy at work with other stuff as he had no idea that beings from hell were planning to assassinate him.

Currently in front of his that computer was the Dark Knight himself, dressed head to toe in a Kevlar/titanium weave armor that kept him safe from most conventional weapons. His armor would be described as intimidating as it made him look like some kind of bat demon from the bottom depths of hell. But what he was wearing right now was the last thing on his mind as he was currently typing away at his back computer, seemingly in a trance as he continued typing away.

As this was going on, a middle aged man dressed like a butler approached the Dark Knight from behind while carrying a serving tray with a cup of coffee.

"Your coffee, Master Bruce."said the old man as he handed Batman a cup of coffee.

"Thank you, Alfred."said Batman to his loyal Butler / Foster Father, Alfred Pennyworth.

It was in that moment that's a Batman removed his mask to reveal that he was a handsome man who appeared to be in his late 20s. He had slicked back black hair, a well chiseled chin, flawless skin, and everything else one would expect a handsome bachelor to have.

What neither Blitz, Millie, and Loona knew was that Moxxie was correct with his theory that Batman and Bruce Wayne were one in the same person. Ever since he saw his parents get murdered in front of him when he was only a child, Bruce has dedicated his life to fighting crime by having spent years learning one hundred and twenty seven martial arts, detective skills, escape artistry, etc.

It also helps that he is majority shareholder of Wayne Enterprises, owning more than fifty one percent of the company. This allows him to use Wayne Enterprises latest tech, with him keeping the most high tech cutting edge technology for himself. It helps that is also close friends with Lucius Fox, head of the science division of Wayne Enterprises, and one of the few people who knew his secret identity.

"Master Bruce, do not forget that you have to go to that charity event later this evening."said Alfred, who has made it a habit to remind his employer of his obligations, because being Batman can sometimes take up a lot of his time.

"Thank you for reminding me, Alfred. I will just have my coffee, do a bit of investigating, and head upstairs to get my Italian suit ready."said Bruce, knowing he had to put on his Rich Playboy persona at the charity event in order for people to never suspect that he is Batman.

"Are you still investigating that mysterious Mastermind idea?"inquired Alfred, who knows that Bruce has had a theory that there's some kind of criminal mastermind trying to take over the criminal empire all throughout Gotham.

"It's more than a theory as lately Carmine Falcone and all the other Gotham crime bosses have been experiencing tremendous setbacks."pointed out Bruce, before he turned to face the computer while drinking his coffee.

"Isn't that because of you."suggested Alfred, who knows that Carmine and the other Gotham crime bosses have been hurting ever since Batman came to the picture all those years ago.

"Whoever is trying to take over is using more violent methods. Just last week Carmine's conciliary was blown up in a carbomb. Several of his captains have gone missing and are presumed dead. Rupert Thorne has also been experiencing trouble with his underboss having had his throat cut yesterday. One of his captains was also assassinated while having dinner with his wife."said Bruce while showing Alfred several news articles on his batcomputer.

"My goodness. Whoever is doing this certainly knows what they're doing. They're trying to isolate Rupert, Carmine, and the other crime bosses by eliminating the leadership of each organization."said Alfred, knowing that the only way to truly take down an organization was to take down the leadership.

"Camine barely survived the assassination attempt that was made on him last week. And it's not just a crime bosses that are being hunted down."said Bruce, before he pulled up several other news articles.

"Several inmates at Blackgate prison attempted to shank Bane in the prison cafeteria, only it didn't end well for them."said Bruce, revealing images that show that Bane ended up killing his would-be assassins with his lunch tray.

"My goodness. It appears that someone is trying to eliminate any competition for Gotham's criminal empire. I must say they must be rather brave or rather stupid too attempt such a obvious grab for power."said Alfred, who felt like whoever was behind us must have believed that they are untouchable or something as he was sure that he or she's would be victims are probably looking for him or her as he and Bruce speak.

"Carmine has placed a ten million dollar reward on the identity of who is trying to take over his empire. Bane has also made calls through his contacts at black gate to find out who is attempting to take over Gotham, but so far they're not having any luck."said Bruce, while Alfred noticed that he had a look on his face.

"You know something, don't you."said Alfred, who knew Bruce well enough to know that he had an idea, or at least a theory.

"Whoever is trying to take over Gotham sure is confident that they'll never face retribution. These attacks were carried out by sociopaths who feel like they have nothing to lose. It's like he or she knows that these people have the stones to take on people like Bane and Carmine. Even after they fail then they were tortured, the would-be assassins didn't talk. But it wasn't out of loyalty or anything like that, they genuinely did not know who their employer was."said Bruce, causing Alfred to look at him with a raised eyebrow.

"How can you be so sure of that?"questions the butler.

"When Bane interrogated his assassins in the cafeteria, the micro expressions on their faces show that they had no idea who hired them. People can lie through their teeth but they cannot hide their expressions."said Bruce, who knew how to read people.

"So do you think the Mastermind is hiding in some kind of place that they know they will never be touched. I don't think there's any place on Earth where they can hide, so why do they have so much confidence?"wondered Alfred, wondering who the Mastermind was and why they were so sure they would never face retribution for their multiple attacks against Gotham's top criminals.

"That's the one question I've been asking myself all day."admitted Bruce, feeling like this Mastermind was probably mocking him right now as they speak.

As even the world's greatest detective couldn't figure out why someone would hire a bunch of criminals to commit multiple attacks throughout the city in such a short amount of time. Even he didn't do that when he waits war against Gotham's crime bosses. He focused on taking down an organization one by one, but this criminal mastermind is targeting multiple organizations at once. It's like they're not scared of how many enemies they make. But why us that?

"For now I suggest you get ready for the charity event. After all, we don't want the citizens of Gotham to get suspicious on what famous billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne does at night."said Alfred, causing proves to get up and make his way towards the elevator that would take him to Wayne Manor.

"Try to be on your best behavior, Master Bruce. And if you meet someone beautiful, be sure to see if their heart is in the right place. After all, the last thing I want is for you to die alone."said Alfred, causing Bruce to roll his eyes as he made his way into the elevator.

"I'll try."said Bruce, but Alfred wasn't convinced for even a second as he just rolled his eyes well pulling out a cloth so he can begin cleaning Batman's work station.

Bruce on the other hand arrived in his room and quickly allowed several mechanical hands to remove the Batman armor from his body. As soon as the mechanical hands can completely removed his armor did Bruce went over to his closet and nothing but his underwear and pull out a special made Italian tuxedo that he had made by a famous designer that lived in Italy. Bruce always wore this tuxedo for a special occasions and this time was no exception as the charity he would be supporting tonight was especially important to him.

It was a charity that supported families that lost loved ones to violent crimes. A charity that tried to reach out to him after he lost his parents, but a charity he ignored because he went around the world to learn how to become Batman! But when he returned to Gotham, Bruce made sure to support the charity anyway he could as he knew it was a legit charity that truly wanted to help people and make a difference in the world.

"I would normally use the white tuxedo, but this specially made black tuxedo is lined with Kevlar and metal plates. With the attempted assassination of Carmine and Bane, everyone's on edge as they're sure to be retribution. The only problem is no one knows who is behind this, not Bane, not Carmine, not even me. The only thing I know is I have to be careful was even a charity event is not safe from Gotham's cesspool criminals."said Bruce while he was putting on his special bulletproof tuxedo.

He need to be extra careful as he was sure that Carmine and the others would try to take out their anger on whoever they could. Even a rumor with no standing could set them off and cause them to attack anyone who they believe was responsible for the attempted assassination of Gotham's top criminals.

So even though he was not on duty, Bruce Wayne / Batman needed to be on high alert as he never knew when some kind of attack was coming his way.

What he didn't know was that there was an attack coming his way. Only how on Earth would he ever think that creatures from hell are planning to kidnap him from the charity event, torture him, make him admit he's Batman, and then finally kill him.

That is when Bruce thought of something.

'Oh yeah...The store where I ordered this suit from got robbed yesterday. But the only thing taken was a black dress and all the cash in the register. Why did the thief not go for the safe or steal any of the more expensive dresses and suits.' wondered Bruce, who figured he would investigate later as for now he had a charity event to attend, and a city to protect as everyone was on edge.

Meanwhile, back in hell, Loona was trying on the dresser adopted father had stolen for her from a high cost boutique that was located in Gotham. Blitz knew that he needed to steal only the most expensive dress he could find, as Loona needed to look the part if she wanted to lure Bruce Wayne away from the other rich assholes that were going to be attending the charity event.

"Man, I look good in this dress."said Loona, who was admiring herself in front of a full body mirror.

"Lukcy for use will use the book to infiltrate you from the inside as security is tight at the charity event."said Millie, causing the hellhound to look at her.

"Why the f* is a charity event so well guarded?"questions Loona, noticing that the event even had snipers located in several buildings around the main hall, where the charity event was going to be held.

"Well besides the fact that the Gotham elite will be attending the event. Over the last several weeks, someone has been trying to take out all of Gotham's crime bosses and super villains. So it's easy to see why the city is on edge as I'm sure one wrong move will set off a powder cake of destruction."said Moxxie, who knew this as he had done his research.

"I must say, I'm impressed with your research, Moxx."said Blitz, as for once his least reliable employee actually did something smart.

"Well like I said, this is in your run-of-the-mill assassination as we're dealing with a bigger fish, so to speak."said Moxxie, as not only was this the first time they were going after a billionaire, but they were possibly going after a vigilante as well.

"Moxxie, I've been looking over your research and I noticed you forgot to mention that Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered in front of him when he was only a little boy."said Millie, wondering why her husband forgot to mention that at the earlier meeting.

"Well I didn't think it was relevant at the time, as his behavior doesn't indicate that he's someone who's properly grieving. I mean, all he does is stay in his house, go to charity events, or go on dates with supermodels."said Moxxie, who felt like the part about Bruce Wayne's parents getting killed in front of him wasn't relevant.

"Moxxie, you dumb f*! We still don't know he's the target. But you thought that the guy who we're going after his parents getting murdered wasn't relevant. Of course it's relevant. I mean, it could be the reason he's doing all of this vigilante s* in the first place."said Blitz, feeling like Moxxie should have mentioned that information earlier.

"Well...We still don't know if he's Batman and based on the way he acts he's nothing more than a pig."said Moxxie in his own defense.

"That's why Loony will try to get close to him. If he's a pig, then he'll definitely go after her. All she has to do is lower him somewhere more secluded and we jump his ass! Then we do what we need to do to get him to admit he's Batman. We have a lot of money riding on this so we can't afford to f* up."said Blitz, as this was the biggest client they had today and then they couldn't afford to mess up.

"Now how exactly I'm going to get his attention?"questions Loona, wondering how she was going to get Bruce's attention.

"Just walk up to him and say you want to go somewhere more quietly for 'a talk.' Knowing humans, he'll follow you without a second thought as his dick will do all the talking. Now remember Loony, I don't want you going somewhere else other than the designated ambush spot. We don't want him taking advantage of you."said Blitz, once again being overprotective of his adopted daughter.

"Well that should be simple enough. Just let me have some fun with him. After that s* with Vortex, I need some outlet for all pent up anger I have."said Loona, who is still upset about the party she went to the other day.

"Of course, Loony."said Blitz, figuring letting his adoptive daughter have some fun with the target wouldn't do any harm.

Moxxie meanwhile was getting a bad feeling about this as Millie just giggled.

Back on Earth Bruce was getting ready for the charity event, unaware of the imps and hellhound planning to take his life.