Gotham emergency

The new guy

     Duke stood nervously outside the entrance of the Gotham police station, gathering up the courage to walk inside. The uneasiness of Gotham's morning sky did little to calm the young officers' nerves.h

    'Come on man you can do this, you were top in your class for goodness sake' Duke stared dare the doorknob as though it had been a loaded gun. He had heard many lengthy stories about the GCPD and their, let's just say rather unorthodox methods 'I'm sure those were just exaggerations'

     "You going open it or stand there tile it opens itself" He looked back over his shoulder to see a girl with white hair and Icy blue eyes standing behind him impatiently.

     "Sorry," Duke quickly apologized before jerking the door open and hurrying inside only to be almost run over by a guy in skates.

     "Watch out!" He yelled out hurling towards him. Duke scooted out of the way as the guy passed by just barely missing him. He skitted to a stop looking down at the timer in his hand before looking back up at the other side of the station where serval officers stood in a group watch "Forty-five seconds!"

     "Knew it" one of the guys called out as the rest of the group broke out in a mix of upset huffs and grunts. Many of them started pulling out money and handing it over to him "Thank you very much" he grinned taking a bow. Not even five minutes on the job and gambling.

     "..." Duke stood there quietly as the guy who nearly ran him down turned around, and casually skated back toward him.

     "You must be the new guy" the man smiled holding out his hand.

     "That obvious huh?" Duke rubbed the back of his neck as he reached over and shook the guy's hand. He had a pretty strong grip even for a cop.

     "Nah I'm just good reading people," he replied still smiling "Dick Grayson nice to meet you"

     "Duke Thomas" He smiled feeling a little more relaxed "So what was that all about?"

     "Case research," Dick answered as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

     "Oh" Duke muttered 'I knew I should have stayed in Bludhaven'

     Duke was originally from Gotham, though that was so long ago he hardly had any memories of the place. He had been taken to Bludhaven shortly after his parent's death. There he grew up and became an officer and a highly respected member of the Bludhaven police department even though he was very young. Part of him would always be in Bludhaven but when the chance at this transfer came up he had to take it. There were so many questions surrounding his parent's death and this was the only way to get the answers he so needed.

     "If you're looking for the chief office it's two doors down on the left" Dick pointed down the left hallway "He should be in there"

     "Thanks" Duke gave a nod of thanks before walking down the hallway. The door was left slightly open "Sir," Duck said quietly pushing the door open. Inside was an older man sitting down at his desk holding a stack of papers, muttering something along the lines of stupid kids before looking up and noticing Duke standing there.

     "Ah you must be my transfer from Buldhaven," he said putting the papers down.

     "Yes sir," Duke said standing at attention.

     "Calm down son, this ain't the military" Commissioner Gordan mused holding out his hand "I'm Jim Gordan"

     "Nice to meet you Commissioner," Duke said returning his smile.

     "Sorry about the grumbling one of our younger officers decided to use his squad car as an Uber" he huffed in annoyance "Anyway I was very impressed by your file"

     "Thank you, sir" Duke responded feeling a little embarrassed.

     "Glad to have you aboard pick up your bag and uniform at the front desk over there and you'll be riding along with Officer Grayson" Duke nodded before walking out of the office.

     "Thank you, Commissioner" Duke nodded before walking out 'He seemed pretty normal"

Timeskip
     Duke felt a lot more relaxed now that he was in uniform like he was back in Bludhaven. As he walked back into the bullpen he noticed that Dick was already sitting at the desk across from his with a red-haired girl.

     "Oh hey, new guy!" Dick called waving him over. Duke walked over to join them "This is Barbara"

    "Hey, I'm-"

     "Duke Thomas, top of your class one of Buldhaven's top cadets ever, and a highly praised officer" Barbara smiled holding out her hand "I read your resume pretty impressive"

     "Thanks" Duke smiled nervously shaking her hand.

     "That's pretty big praise, Babs here isn't impressed easily" Dick grinned "So you ready for your first ride"

    "Yeah," Duke said more confidently, he was in fact nowhere near ready...