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Posted by Batman
on 9/25/2008, 9:12 pm
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__Gotham City__Downtown__11:00 PM__
The rain was pouring out of the sky in buckets. Gotham City had been blanketed in a torrential downpour for hours. The caped crusader, Gotham’s dark knight Batman crouched on the edge of the Gotham City courthouse with his eyes glued to a pair of night vision binoculars. He reached a gauntleted hand up and wiped the water off of his lens. He then put his fingers to a small dial on the side, zoomed his vision into the alleyway he was over looking and waited.
A two bit mobster named Jason Sporano was huddled against the brick wall trying to stay out of the rain. Batman focused his gaze on Sporano and mentally checked off what he already knew.
Sporano works for the Maroni Family. The Maroni’s have been using semi automatic pistols recently. He is left handed so ill have to use a quick strike with my right to disarm him. He is supposed to be picking up money from the Chinese Cartel. They always travel in groups of four.
Batman reached down to his utility belt and fingered four batarangs. He watched as headlights flashed in the alley, both Sporano’s signal to act and Batman’s symbol to move. He dropped silently from his perch and landed softly on the pavement below. His years of training and rigorous exercise routine prepared him for what he was about to do. Effortlessly he sprinted towards the alley and pressed himself into the shadow of a dumpster just as he heard the car doors opening.
“Do you have the goods?”
Jason Sporano opened a briefcase and held it out for the four men in front of him. The shortest one, shielded by an umbrella reached a hand into the case and raised it. He opened his fingers and diamonds sprinkled back down.
“Excellent. Tell your boss I will pay one and third for another shipment.”
Sporano nodded and closed the case. He handed it to the largest man in front of him and was given a similar case base one on the other side.
“I trust everything is in order?”
Sporano opened the case and smiled.
“Thank you Mr. Zan. Mr. Maroni will be very pleased.”
It happened so fast none of the mobsters were able to react. Batman did a side flip out from behind the dumpster and slung his batarangs with sufficient force to cause them to whistle through the sound of the rain. All four of them impossibly dipped and bounced off of the alleyway, finding their marks. the four Chinese gangsters tried to raise their weapons, but the quicker batarangs hit them squarely in the chest driving the wind from them and forcing them to their knees. Batman raced into the crowd and lashed out with his right palm. He caught Sporano’s pistol and turned it forcing the bullet that was fired to ricochet off of the wall harmlessly. He raised his left knee into Sporano’s chest and slung him over his own back by his arm. He tossed him at the two closest Chinese gangsters knocking them back down. Batman lunged forward and caught a rising gangster in the jaw knocking him out with one punch. He grabbed Zan by the collar and lifted him up and into a dumpster. He slammed the lid down on top of Zan knocking him out.
The two enforcers were up now with guns raised. Batman kicked the closest one in the face sending him flying into the wall and knocking him out. He then dropped down into a yoga position with his legs crossed to duck the next bullet. He rose with an uppercut that rattled the man so hard he spat blood on his way to the ground.
Batman stood now with only Sporano standing. Sporano panted heavily and his eyes grew wide as he heard sirens. He gave Batman the finger and then tried to run. Batman reached down and grabbed his grapnel. He aimed carefully and fired. The hook careened through the rain and shot past Sporano sticking to a metal structure about 15 yards in front of him. Sporano glanced back.
“You missed Bat.”
He picked up his pace and ran faster. Batman pulled on his grapnel cord and the fire escape he had hit fell loose. Sporano slammed into it and it lifted him bodily off the ground. He hit with a thud and rolled around slowly. Batman recalled his grapnel and started towards Sporano when he heard the sirens turn the corner. He aimed his grapnel into the air and fired. He held onto the hilt and it lifted him up into the air and away from the scene as the first Gotham City Police Officer trudged through the puddles and knelt at the closest unconscious gangster.
__Gotham City__Harbor__12:15 AM__
The rain continued to pour and lighting riddled the sky over the harbor. Amidst the downpour a flock of crows flapped their black wings and approached the city. There were hundreds of them, all dark as night and difficult to see in the rainstorm. At the head of the flock a massive crow, as big as a horse cawed and changed direction. The others followed in suit.
__Gotham City__Unknown__2:00 AM__
Mark Austin burst into the door of his apartment and slammed it behind him. He fell to the ground and panted from exhaustion. He reached into the bag in his hand and pulled out a white hood. He smiled as he turned it over and saw a large read heart in the center.
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