Batman vs. Daredevil/ Black and Red: Chapter One- "A Bird in The Hand"
Damian Wayne. The son of Batman and Talia al Ghul. Heir to the world's greatest crime fighter and the world's most dangerous villain, Ra's al Ghul. At a young age, Damian was trained to be a master assassin by Talia and the League of Assassins. Indeed, Damian became nothing short of a living weapon. Coupled with his innate talent and his lineage, Damian was primed to rise to the highest ranks of the League and to one day become its leader. His life changed drastically however, after meeting his father-The Batman. Although Batman was surprised to learn about his secret son, he took on the responsibility of taking the boy in. Despite his intense training to be a remorseless assassin, Damian was sympathetic to his father's vigilantism in Gotham and volunteered to become the next Robin. Although Batman has taught Damian to control his impulses and the ways of the assassin, there are still parts of himself that Damian has buried deep inside….and still other parts in the darkest corners of his soul that he doesn't even know exist. Even the League of Assassins had no idea what Damian really was….or what he could become. What if someone else out there that was even more in touch with the dark ways knew how to tap into something inside of Damian that has yet to be unleashed?
At this very moment Damian is on patrol in Gotham. It is a dark and stormy night. Damian is crouched down at the top of a building with his hood covering most of his face. Lightening is flashing behind him as he gradually looks up enough to reveal the eyes of his mask from under his hood. A menacing scowl on his face. Just then Damian hears the piercing scream of a woman. The scream is so loud it even pierces through the sound of the rain and thunder. It cuts through to his ears like a hot knife cutting through butter. Damian instantly turns his head in the direction of the scream. He knows it sounds close. Maybe a block away. Damian runs across the building he was perched on with his dark cape waving behind him. He runs with a speed and agility that makes him look more like a dark shadow moving across the building and suddenly bounding to the next, rather than an actual human. Another scream. Now even closer than before. Damian looks down to see a woman being attacked by four men.
"Hmmph. Only four." Damian thinks. "This won't even be a challenge." Damian then cracks his knuckles and a grin comes across his face. "Time to bring the pain!"
Suddenly Damian is bounding down the building to the alley below with ferocious speed. He lands with a kick directly on one of the thugs, bounces off him with a direct punch to the next thug. He then does a summersault flip and lands with a sweeping kick to the third thug which brings him crashing down. Damian karate chops him in the throat. The last thug starts to run away and Damian picks up a trash can lid that was on the ground. He aims and throws it like a frisbee from Hell which hits the last thug on the head and knocks him out.
"Losers." Damian says to himself. "Always willing to get tough with women but can't handle a real fight. That was even easier than I thought it would be. Oh well."
Damian then realizes that he still had not checked on the woman. She was still crouched down in the corner of the alley. Still whimpering. Despite the fact that she is crying, Damian can't help but notice the woman is very beautiful. There is something quite exotic about her appearance.
"Ma'am. Ma'am are you ok? Don't worry….you're safe now." Damian says as he reaches for the woman's shoulder underneath her dark hair.
"I am…..but YOU WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY!" The woman says as she turns around with a kick so fast Damian is seeing spots and flying backwards before he even realizes what happened.
Damian hits the ground and then touches his hand to his nose and mouth.
"Ouch! What the Hell!? I saved you!" He says as he then looks at his green glove noticing it is now speckled with red blood spots.
"Who is this lady?" Damian asks himself. "How did she move so fast?"
Just then, the men that Damian had taken out a few minutes before all start to stand back up. They let the baggy coats and shabby clothes they were wearing fall off of them to reveal black robes underneath. They pull masks up to their faces revealing that these were no ordinary thugs. No, not at all. These were…."Ninjas!" Damian declares.
"How could I have been so careless!?" Damian asks himself. "I knew I took those guys out too easily. This is all some sort of trap and I walked right into it!"
As the four ninjas gather into their fighting stances, this time revealing swords, ninja stars and other types of weaponry, the woman turns to them and orders….
"Get the little bird. Strike!"
"You want me, come and get me!" Damian replies.
Damian dodges a punch and answers with a kick directly to the knee cap. He hears and feels the knee turn to mush under the pressure of his kick. From the corner of his vision, Damian notices one of the ninjas coming up behind him. He also notices the third ninja preparing to throw three ninja stars directly at him. As the stars are released Damian's lightning fast reflexes allow him to flip up in the air and land directly behind the second ninja that was coming up behind him. Damian uses the second ninja as a shield and all three ninja stars are direct hits. One hitting the ninja's eye and one to the chest and torso. Damian then comes from behind releasing his own mini Batarang throwing blades hitting the third ninja in exactly the same places.
"You know what they say, an eye for an eye." Damian says with a smirk.
Damian then sees the fourth ninja, who has not made a move yet begin to raise his sword. But then, instead of attacking Damian, he ducks into a doorway leading into a building.
"You're not getting away that easily!" Damian declares as he dashes for the door as well.
As Damian enters he finds himself in complete darkness. No problem, Damian activates the night vision feature on his mask and begins to make his way through the building. The building is an old, abandoned warehouse and it smells of mold and mildew. Damian hears a rat screech and feels it scurry across his foot. Then a whole group of rats runs over his feet and past him. "Wait, what are these rats running from?" Damian thinks.
BAM! PHOOSH!
Suddenly there is a loud sound and a brilliant flash of light! The light is so bright (especially with the night vision feature activated that it is completely blinding). In fact, there must be more to it than just being a bright light because the lenses inside Damian's mask seem to have gone completely haywire. Damian tears the mask off of his face and tries to focus his eyes. In between the spots and darkness, he seems to see the blurry image of figures. He can't really make out who they are but really, he already knows. Ninjas. More ninjas. Lots of ninjas. Damian then feels a blow to his face, then another and then another. He never even saw any of them coming. His head is pounding and he can barely focus. Damian is the last person that would ever admit defeat…..but even he admits to himself that he's done for. Only one chance. Damian flips a switch on his utility belt which begins to automatically send a signal with his exact GPS location coordinates back to the Batcave and back to…..
"Bruce…..father. I know you'll find me. I know you'll"…POW! Another sudden blow to the face. Damian falls to his knees.
"Ahhh little bird…..it will all be over soon. You are about to fulfill your true destiny," a female voice says. Damian feels a hand pulling his head up by his hair and a blade scratching across his cheek causing blood to drip down his face.
"Wait, that's the voice of the lady from earlier in the alleyway," Damian thinks to himself.
"Who…who are you?" Damian asks.
"My name, little bird…is ELEKTRA!"