The True Fear of Bruce Wayne

Chapter 5: The Boy Wonder

Tim figured out why he couldn't get into the cave. Bruce had locked it down, from anyone. He wanted Tim to change locations. If Scarecrow had found where Bruce's home was, he was bound to find the Batcave and attack Robin.

Robin entered the Batcave with both  the feeling of regret, and sadness. But he knew what Bruce was feeling, to an extent. He missed Alfred too. Alfred had always been so supporting of Tim, no matter the circumstances. But all he had to focus on now was keeping Gotham safe.

He walked through the long corridor that ran from the entrance to the center of the Batcave. He looked around and thought to himself, "Man, I thought Bruce cleaned this place up." He had been attacked there once by Bane, and he never really completely cleaned it up. As Robin sat down to access the Batcomputer, he looked around at the legacy Bruce had left behind.

He accessed the Batcomputer and got onto the GCPD sever, to see of the latest crimes. At the top of the list read, "Citizens in Diamond District running rampant. Yellow gas seeping from manhole covers."

Robin knew that it meant Scarecrow was active. And he would have to stop him in Bruce's absence. But not as Robin, but as something else. Someone else. Tim got up from his chair and walked over the Batsuit chambers, each containing a different suit. There were five containers in front of him and Robin had a choice of suits.

Tim saw a suit he used during  Christmas attack by Black Mask at the beginning of his career when he had assassins after his head. He looked at one suit, with blue horns on the shoulders, tall blue ears on the cowl. The Nightfall armor. It was the definite choice. As he retreived the suit, he felt a sense of pride. The suit felt heavier than his original Robin outfit, and he could carry more in his utility belt than his old persona. He grabbed a canister of explosive gel, a disruptor, and Bruce's cryptographic desequencer. And with the suit in his posession he accessed the Batcomputer to call the Batmobile to Arkham Asylum.

When the Batmobile arrived, Robin just stared at it. It had a sleek black color, with a retro car design. It wasn't as complex to Bruce, who knew every aspect of it's machinery; Tim had never driven it before. Robin entered the Batmobile via the top roof opening, and when he entered, the door slid to close above him. He had always thought that was the coolest thing. He pushed a button on his newly dawned Batsuit to calibrate the Batmobile to his suit. The Batmobile made a couple beeps, and it calibrated to the Nightfall armor. And with that, he sped out of Arkham.

And when he reached the Diamond District of Gotham City, it was empty. The streets had no one, and it was too quiet. He parked the Batmobile by a building in an alley, and he exited the vehicle. His Knightfall armor blended in to the darkness, all but the glowing yellow of his eyes. Tim looked around for Scarecrow, but he was no where to be found. The street was empty. But tired skid marks remained on the road. They headed north, and Tim knew exactly where they led to.He starting walking towards the Ace Chemicals building. He knew Scarecrow would be hiding there. And Batman was going to come stop him.