CH1: Waking up on the other side (prt 1)

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It seemed like a night like any other in Gotham City. A certain armored vehicle raced down the streets and at the steering wheel was a man who was recognizable in the grey body suit and black cape with a cowl that had pointy ears. It was currently the Batman's fourth year of being Gotham's protector and a lot had happened since then, the fall of the Falcone and Maroni families, The League of Assassins and of course his haunting encounter with the Joker. He had seen and dealt with a lot of strange things since leaving Gotham at the tender age of nine and even stranger things when he returned ten years later but tonight, things were about to take a turn for the strangest.

One of the monitors inside the Batmobile, showcasing a map of the city, sounded off with incessant beeps and a red dot on the map began to blink at a certain location.

One of the monitors inside the Batmobile, showcasing a map of the city, sounded off with incessant beeps and a red dot on the map began to blink at a certain location

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"Break in at the Gotham Museum of Antiquities." Batman murmured.

As the Batmobile accelerated towards its destination, Batman wondered if Selina Kyle was back in town, a museum heist being something up her alley. He hadn't heard from her since they parted ways a year ago and unfortunately it wasn't on the best of terms. His thoughts about the possibility of meeting her again was dismissed when he heard the APB the Batmobile radio was tuned into.

"...Officer down! Requesting backup at 401 Kesel. Suspect involved in an aggravated robbery at the Museum has assaulted seven security personnel and an Officer with some kind of deadly weapon. I repeat, Officer dow-GAH!!.."

His eyes narrowed as he slammed of the accelerator. It definitely wasn't Selina, her style was more 'sneak in and out as quietly as possible', not cause so much noise and attack so many people as this person did. Nearing his destination, he heard the police dispatcher sound off on the Batmobile's radio.

"...in pursuit of suspect riding a stolen red Ducati heading west at Hall road. Suspect is female wearing a white motorcycle jacket and helmet and should be considered armed and dangerous..."

It was as the dispatcher said: Not far from the scene of the robbery, a girl on a red motorcycle was zooming down the road. She avoided and swerved from whatever obstacles that was in her way while being tailed by two police cars, the light and sounds from their sirens piercing the night. She knew once she got back to her superiors, she was going get an earful. This was suppose to be a quiet job and if that security guard hadn't spotted her, it would've stayed that way. Still, she'd be lying if she said that she didn't enjoy the thrill of being chased.

The two squad cars behind her gained speed and tried to cut her off from both sides but she smirked and outstretched one of her palms where a weapon materialized out of thin air, It was her "device" which she called Kiriniji, it was in the form of a Kusarigama. With two simple swings of the chain to the left and right, the sickle end of the weapon accurately slashed the front tires of the police cars, forcing them to loose speed. The training she had gone through growing up was arduous but it allowed her to control the chain-weapon so accurately as if it was another limb.

She snorted to herself after seeing her pursuers swerve to a halt, it was almost hilarious how these Non-Blazers kept trying their luck against her. At that moment, an almost beastly roar of an engine caught her attention and so she looked back and her eyes widened from behind her helmet at the sight of the black armored vehicle chasing her, a kind of vehicle she had never seen before.

"What kind of car is THAT!?!" she thought as she twisted the throttle in an effort to out-speed her pursuer.

The Batmobile had no problem keeping up with her. A small compartment in front of the vehicle opened and a muzzle emerged and then fired a small projectile at her. The girl became a little nervous from being fired at from behind. The vehicle tried positioning behind her again and fired two more shots, the girl swerved to the sides to avoid them and saw an opportunity when she noticed a lamppost at the street corner ahead of her to her right.

She first swung the chain part of Kiriniji towards the lamppost, the weighted end of the chain wrapped and snagged on to the pole, she then used the momentum to make a sharp turn to the right. The Batmobile followed suit by firing a cable to that same lamppost and making a sharp turn but now both pursuer and pursued found themselves heading towards oncoming traffic.

In front of them, a truck driver becomes startled seeing the two oncoming vehicles and braked hard while swerving out of the way, the semi-trailer attached to his tractor swung forward and blocked the path in the process. The girl smiled behind her helmet and then slid with the bike under the semi-trailer between the wheels.

The Batmobile screeched to a halt and inside and Batman exhaled with irritation, begrudgingly acknowledging that his pursuit was halted. It didn't matter too much, he sort of predicted an outcome like this; That's why the projectiles he fired were actually an adhesive gel with a tracker inside and luckily one the shots he made found its mark on the back of the bike. With the chase still afoot, he reversed the Batmobile followed the tracker's signal.

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