The bat in Bayville´s sky
Character 3
The X-impulse
Illinois
Kitty Pryde rolled in her bed, she had tried to block away the nightmares, but the always came. It was the same nightmare that she had yesterday, and the entire week. She was flying very high above the ground, she couldn't see anything but the clouds and some skyscrapers, suddenly she started falling, she could see the ground and before she could hit it she wakes up. But this time around she did hit the ground but phased trough it. She could feel the ground moving around her; she felt like a shadow like if there was nothing to stop her from falling to hell.
She woke up screaming and crying. "Kitty, what´s wrong!" She heard her mother call with a worried voice from upstairs, "why the heck I'm like at the bottom of the stairs!" Kitty tough worried, still scared about her dream "What happened mom, where am I, what happened?" her mother hugged her, her dad in the other hand, stared at the ceiling his eyes wide in disbelief "it´s okay sweetheart, you were only sleep walking"-"I don't think that´s what happened, look!" her pillow and blanket were in the middle of the floor, like if they were always there.
"What it´s happening to me, what am I?" She started sobbing.
Why did this have to happen to her? Like if her life wasn't bad enough.
Bayville
The sky was dark in Bayville, something new to the citizens of the small town, they were used to nights with shining stars, this time the clouds covered all the sky, the stars and the moon were blocked by them; no soul was in the empty streets of Bayville, not with the rumors of a gang causing trouble. "Alright guys let's see loot" the leader smirked when he saw all the goods they have stolen, plus all the chemicals that the guy who hired them asked them for "The guy who lives in that house will find a nasty surprise when he returns home"-"Why the hell does the boss wants all this chemicals anyway"-"look guys, the man will pay us, we just need to do what he says" He smirked "and the other stuff that we stole was a bonus"-"alright guys, we will split in parts of twelve so that everybody gets a part" all of them nodded "hey where the hell is Frank?" they all looked around the abandoned warehouse, no sign of their missing comrade "do you think the cops got him?"-"he was right with us, he said he was going to the bathroom" they heard a knock in the door, one of them thought it was Frank and went to open it, when he opened the door he saw nothing but he heard a groan, he looked at his feet and gasped. There it laid Frank, bruised and with black eye. The bulbs exploded one by one, it turned pitch black inside, cold sweat ran trough everyone's foreheads. One of the gang members took out a flashlight and started looking for the problem; he turned around and found himself staring into white, cold eyes. He let out a yell and tried to shoot him but he was grabbed by the throat and hit in the head, knocking him out. The leader heard another scream at his left, one of his most trusted guys was down. He turned and shot, but the bullet just hit the wall, they were just six of the left. A black metallic object hit the only gun that they had, Jack Napier shivered and tough of the most reasonable idea: run. "I´m out of here!" he yelled. He tried to make a run to the door but someone smashed him into the ground. The shadow had the shape of a bat. His white eyes stared at them "Bob, what the hell it´s that?" Bob turned towards his subordinates "like if it matters, he will pay for messing with us, let´s attack him all at once; he can't beat us that way" one tried to kick him but his feet was grabbed and he felt a powerful punch in the crotch, he groaned in pain and fell to the ground. Two attacked at the same time, the bat jumped and grabbed both from behind and smashed their heads against each other. The other attacked quickly and managed to stab him in the left shoulder, the bat groaned in pain but turned and hit him in the face and then kicked him in the stomach. Bob smirked seeing that the bat was hurt "not so tough now, huh" he gestured his only man left, shaking in fear he took a step closer. Suddenly the bat throw something, Bob´s friend fell to the ground screaming in pain, he appeared to be electrified by a black thingy "That´s it, you are going down freak" he grabbed a near pipe and smashed it against the bat. He managed to hit him in the ribs, but the bat grabbed him by the neck "Who are you working for" the bat said in a voice that send shivers down Bob´s spine "We are not working for anybody" the bat blinked and throw him to the ground and kicked him in the ribs "We can do this the easy way, or the way I break all your ribs, you decide" Bob hesitated, the bat kicked him in the stomach, breaking a rib "TELL ME"-"ok, just please don't hurt me!... his name is Jonathan Crane, he lives in Illinois, I don't know why does he want this, just please don't hurt me!" Batman punched him in the face. He heard the sirens of the police cars in the distance; he grabbed his grappling hook and moved to the other building. "let´s see no ribs broken and a aching arm, not bad for the first night patrolling Bayville" Bruce quickly changed and put his suit in the backpack that he brought with him, he took a look at the place where he was stabbed, it was bruised but nothing important, his armor had protected him. Bruce jumped into the streets and headed towards the institute. He used his keys, to open the main gate; he walked slowly trying his best not to activate the new security system, he opened the door slowly, trying to be sneaky as possible (which was no problem for him). "Where have you been bub?" Logan asked from behind him, in the short weekend that they have spend together Logan had learned that when Bruce got out at night it was never to hang out or have fun, he went out to fight crime, with his new costume that his butler had sent him:
Flashback:
"Well master Bruce here is all your clothes and most importantly the suit that you requested" Kurt transported closer "Zhat type of suit?" Bruce looked at his friend "something like the "costumes" that you guys have, but let´s just say that mine is a little more" he smirked and opened the bag "scarier" and indeed it was, it was an armor in all the ways, just that this armor had ears like a bat and a big black bat symbol in the chest. Jean looked at the suit and then back at Bruce, she had been in his mind, but still this guy was so complicated "Why a bat?"-"When I was a kid I was terrified of bats, they live in a cave close to my house, so I want to share my fear with the criminals" Kurt grabbed one of the black metallic bats "zhat is this?"-"A baterang" Scott snorted "a what?" Bruce grabbed one "It´s for dangerous situation" Charles looked at Bruce "Bruce what do you plan to do with all this"-"Protect the innocent people" Xavier smiled and nodded. Kurt throw a baterang at the wall "hey why is it doing that noise" Bruce turned and grabbed Kurt throwing the baterang outside. The baterang exploded "Oh, so that´s what it does" Kurt rubbed the back of his neck meanwhile Logan, Scott and Jean glared at him.
End of flashback
Bruce grabbed an apple and took a bite of it "Out, I stopped a gang and found out something interesting" -"Want to share?"-"No, why are you up anyways?"-"Cerebro detected a new mutant" Bruce stopped eating and tuned around "And?"-"Her name is Katherine Pryde, she lives somewhere in Illinois" Bruce turned serious for a second before smiling at Logan "Do you think that the professor would mind if I tag along in his recruitment trip"-"I don't think he would mind" Logan sniffed the air, he smelled blood, he grabbed Bruce´s left arm, Bruce grunted in pain "You were stabbed"-"he got a lucky shot"-"You were lucky, if it wasn't for you suit this will have turned different"-"look thanks for your concern, but I´m fine" Logan sighted "Please don't tell the others, I don't want to worry anybody"-"Ok kid but if you come next time with a broken rib or something like that, I won't stop Xavier, Jean and Scott" he chuckled " now they will give you a long lesson about this" Bruce nodded "Thanks Logan, go get some sleep, I have to check something before I go to bed"-"Night kid".
Bruce searched for Jonathan Crane in the criminal database, nothing appeared; he frowned and looked deeper, he tried everything but found nothing, finally he searched for him some schools, maybe he was a student. Bruce smiled when he found what he was looking for:
Jonathan Crane graduated as a chemist, he was very interested in fear, he had and insane amount of work in the subject, apparently he had wanted to do a fear formula but his boss didn't agree and he was fired the next morning for his ideas. He now worked at Deerfield high as a teacher of chemistry. He looked at the file of students that Crane had in his class. He had Katherine Pryde in his class. Bruce smiled; he could go with the professor to recruit Katherine and at the same time look for Crane.
Kitty´s house:
Kitty grabbed her backpack and tried to exit the door without anyone notice, but was to slow "Kitty where are you going?" Kitty groaned "to school mom, like, you guys don't want to talk about it and I have and chemistry exam, please mom" Kitty´s mother sighted, she heard her husband call for her daughter, she turned back to Kitty who had a pleading look in her eyes, she knew that Kitty didn't have friends, she wanted very hard to fit in, she was bullied by many girls at school that's why she wanted to have good grades, maybe she thought that they will like her that way. Her mother sighted and shook her head "Alright, but please come back quickly" she kissed her mother in the cheek and left to catch the bus. "Get in girl, I don't have all day" the driver said annoyed "like, sorry" she mumbled and found a seat, she sighted as she heard a couple of girls giggling and whispering something about her.
"Here are your exams please do them quietly I hate noise" Professor Crane stated, Kitty nodded at her professor. She had studied yesterday for this test and she was done in a couple of minutes "here is the exam professor" Crane looked up and then at her exam "thank you Pryde, I wish to have a quick word with you if you don't mind" Kitty frowned, she knew by gossip that if Crane got you doing something bad, he would make regret it, "like, I'm in trouble?" Crane didn't speak but handed her a piece of paper, she read it, it was physiologic test "what it is this for?"-"You are very clever Katherine; this is just a test that will help me see if I'm correct"-"Correct?"-"If I'm not wrong you will be just perfect for a project that I want to do, you and another special people will help" Kitty blushed at being called special "sure just, like, give me a second please" she read the test, many of them were easy, but there were a lot dedicated to fear, she bit her lip, she really hated those type of questions, but was she expecting of the creepiest teacher in the school?. She finished and handed it to Crane "thank you Katherine, you are about to be part of something very important" she smiled and noticed how two cheerleaders glared at her; no cheerleader had ever got the attention of Crane. Unknown to Kitty, Crane smirked and the alter ego in his mind was screaming in joy "yes this one has a lot that I can work with!, her fears are so interesting, I mean phasing who is afraid of that, I wonder what trauma she has?, it doesn't matter that the cargo from Bayville disappeared, I can still make it"
Blackbird
Jean sighted in boredom, why did she always had to go with the professor to missions, why didn't he asked Scott for this stuff. She looked around the jet: Bruce was in a chair checking something in his computer and the professor was piloting the blackbird, she turned to Bruce "What are you doing" Bruce stopped tipping and looked at her "just some research of the school"-"Really, what did you find?"-"Not much, but apparently Kitty was been bullied in school, there are reports of it." –"That was in the school page?"-"No, I hacked it" Jean gasped "It´s no big deal I have hacked the GCPD a lot of times" Jean looked at her friend with a disapproving way. Bruce changed the subject "Didn't you have exam today Jean?"-"Yes" she turned to the professor "Why did I have to come professor"-"Because you are very important, we want people to trust us and you are a prime example of what we do" –"Alright, so… why did Bruce come anyways ,how does he helps?" Bruce looked up from his computer again "Hey"- "Bruce actually asked to come with us".
Kitty´s house:
"Look there´s nothing wrong with my daughter" Kitty´s father said "Really, so you don't want to talk about last night" the professor asked knowing very well what had happened last night "What happened last night it´s not of your concern, please leave or I will call the police" Kitty´s father slammed the door shot "well so much for that approach" Jean mumbled. The professor thought of the situation for a second "Jean you will have to go and speak to Kitty directly at her school" Jean stared at him "That´s how people get arrested professor" Bruce spoke up "I will go too professor" Xavier nodded at both "let´s waste no time". Jean walked to the school with Bruce at his side "Bruce you´re hiding something" Bruce sighted "how did you know?"-"you don't have to be telepath to know that you are hiding something, so why did you come?" "I´m looking for someone, he paid some people in Bayville to steal a drug" Jean raised an eyebrow "What does it do?"-"It attacks the brain" Bruce stated simply.
Deerfield high
Kitty started putting all her stuff in her locker, two cheerleaders looked at her, the blonde one whispered "look it´s Kitty Pryde" the other one nodded and mocked loud enough for Kitty to hear "oh look at me, I´m Kitty Pryde and I´m good at everything, I´m even in a special project that Crane is doing" they started giggling "The only thing that she is not good at is sports class, let´s help her to skip it" Kitty was pushed into her locker and felt how it was slammed in her back "Hey let me out!" she heard those two giggling like crazy, oh how much she hated them "Hey this is not funny, let me out" she didn't hear anything "like, why is everybody so mean with me?" her eyes started to water until she heard the sound of someone whistling "hey let me out!" Suddenly she felt weird and when she knew it, she was in the hallway again "wow" said a voice from behind her, it was Lance Alvers. He was one of the bad boys of the school "You just phased through that locker"-"no, it just opened" Kitty tried to defend herself. Lance shook his head "no, you don't get it, I'm the only one who sees the beauty of it" he stepped back "here, watch this". He raised both of his hands and at his order the ground started shaking, the ground started to crack and the lockers opened one by one, he stopped, panting "You see?" Kitty looked at him in horror "no, you are not like me, you are just some sort of freak" she ran away. Lance smiled "you will see that we are not that different, I´m going to rock your world pretty Kitty"
X-men Mansion:
Logan was washing his motorcycle; he sniffed the air, trying to see if something had changed in the surroundings area, he picked a sent that he knew very well. He sniffed harder trying to see if his fears were true. "Saber-tooth!" he growled and went to put on his suit. His claws were ready to slice through the flesh of his arch-nemesis if necessary. He accelerated and drove as fast as he could to get away from the institute to protect the children; it was time to face the ghost of his past. He nearly run over Scott and Kurt "Jeez, what´s the matter with him" Kurt looked at his friend with a mischievous smile "Do we follow him" Scott smirked and ran to the garage, Kurt looked at the black ban and smiled, Scot saw this "no, no, if we are going we are going with style" he jumped into a red convertible and drove towards the exit "are you coming Kurt?" Kurt smirked and transported to his seat "Let's go".
Deerfield high, underground facility:
Crane walked rapidly grabbing all sorts of chemicals "I have to finish, then go to were that kid is and gas her" scarecrow chuckled "oh I can all ready feel her scream and twist in fear" Crane smirked "we will go right after I finish the fear formula" Scarecrow smiled "after all this years we will finally finish it" Crane looked at the cameras "she is right now in the yard, what the heck is she doing"-"long jump, duh"-"she is terrible at that"-"like if you were any good" Crane grimaced, he remembered all those years of bulling that he had suffered, he even created "the Scarecrow" to have a friend to escape all his problems at school and home. " No time for the nostalgia trip, finish the formula!" Jonathan looked at the screen again, he spotted a read head and a guy dressed in black "I haven't seen them before" –"I don't like the guy in black" Scarecrow hissed "I´m done"-"Good, let me take control" Jonathan blinked, what did he mean? "Yo know what I mean just close your eyes and let me take control" Jonathan looked at his work, he knew that he could trust himself, but he hoped that he didn't go overboard "ok".
Soon the Scarecrow, grabbed his mask and weird costume that give a terrifying look. "Let´s begin"
A/N:
Next episode: Batman vs the Scarecrow, Lance vs Kitty, and a lot more. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, it means the world to me.
I don't like how this episode turned out, what do you think? Anyways review and see you soon.