What if F/N L/N never became evil? What if her never became Spider-Slayer/Alaric Valentino Blood-Night, and was transported to The DC Universe to become a hero known as Scatter-Spider? Well, that's what this is all about!
|GOTHAM CITY |2010 July 19, 23:32 EDT Third POV: Something wasn't right, Batman knew that for certain. His tabs on Bane's operation in Santa Prisca reported that they'd suddenly stopped all shipment, with no visible explanations as to why. His gut instinct warned him that something was up and so he'd decided to call in Spider-Man to investigate. There'd been no response. The younger hero's radio silence didn't sit well with The Dark Knight, not at all. He tried contacting John Strike's listed residence only to get an answering machine that hadn't even been personalized yet. He asked Harley to try and contact hum, just to see if Spider-Man was purposefully ignoring his calls, but The Clown Queen of The Night got the same results. It wasn't until he spotted The Bat Signal up in the sky two hours later that The Dark Knight felt something like unease grasp at his insides. He'd arrived at the precinct in record time with Robin trailing silently behind him. It was unnatural for his sidekick: Robin was proficient in stealth and knew when to be silent, but there was no reason for the boy to be so quiet at the moment. Robin loved to talk after all, always making teasing comments or voicing his idiosyncrasies in creating back-formations on certain words. His partner must've picked up on his mood. Something was wrong, but Batman didn't know what and it was setting him on edge, greeted by Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon.
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Commissioner Gordon: It's good to see you Batman, Robin.
(Voice)
Batman sent a nod towards The Commissioner before turning his attention to the two culprits sitting in the interrogation room.
Commissioner Gordon: We picked them up a few hours ago, out cold and left in some random alleyway. They were almost sent to the hospital when one of the on-duty officers recognized the man on the left from a bulletin sent out by Blüdhaven's police force.
He pointed towards the burly, red bearded man sporting a bruised jaw.
Commissioner Gordon: His name is Patrick O'Malley, thirty-eight years old and convicted of three armed robberies as well as the lead suspect to a murder case. When we started reading him his rights, O'Malley claimed that he had valuable information on a missing hero and that he wanted to make a deal. I thought it best to call you, just in case there was any truth to what O'Malley's been saying.
He held up the convict's file for The Dark Knight to look over. Batman took it without confirming or denying O'Malley's statement and sent a measuring stare over at the second perpetrator. He was young, probably around Speedy's age, with dirty blonde hair and a pock-marked face. His stained and wrinkled clothes hung off his thin frame, making the boy look even smaller to Gotham's caped crusader.
Batman: Do we have any information on the other one?"
Commissioner Gordon: (Sighs) That would be Michael Jacobson, a seventeen-year-old who ran away from his abusive father a couple months ago. We've been searching for him ever since he was reported missing. He's had a clean record; this would be his first offense. He's a brilliant kid really. He was already signed on to join Star City's Technology and Science College Center when he graduated from high school. It doesn't look like that'll happen now.
