The Knight

Two

Azrael was still in Gotham City after the explosion, but he had something else he needed to do.

He had been a member of the Order Of Saint Dumas for quite some time now, and he had just that night been proved to by Batman that the Order had brainwashed him, leaving him with feelings of dishonor, embarrassment, and rage.

Therefore he vowed to exact revenge on the Order, and he was doing exactly that.

The Order was on an island on the far outskirts of the gulf that surrounded Gotham. Azrael had traveled to the city by boat, but it had been destroyed by the militia's aerial drones, in fear that it may have been Batman.

Wayne had also sent coordinates on the back of the note that Azrael recieved. He traced them and it took him to an open abandoned lot in a part of town where not even thugs resided. It was completely barren, even when Gotham was populated before the evacuation.

A small hole opened up beneath him, and out of it came a thin shaft with some sort of scope at the end of it. His eyes followed the scope all the way until it got to his eye level. A bright green scan materialized and scanned Azrael's eyes.

"Optic scan complete." said the scanner in a female robotic tone.
"Welcome, Master Lane"

Azrael, under his metal faceplate, cracked a small smile.

"Never thought I would ever be called master." he thought to himself.

He was startled when all of the sudden, a green grid flashed all over the ground of the lot he was in, and it began to change. The surface of the ground began to change, de-pixelating at a fast pace, until the entire ground had been changed, revealing a large glass dome.

Another robotic female voice said "Object detected in some entrance zone. Please remove obstruction."

Azrael realized this was him, and removed himself from the dome, and watched as it opened slowly, revealing what seemed like some sort of terminal inside, containing a large black flying machine of some sorts, which Azrael recognized as the Batwing.

"Please enter the landing pad, master Lane. Your ride is waiting." said the voice.

He located a set of stairs and walked into the landing area, admiring the massive Batwing in silent awe.

  Azrael spotted a note on the side of the Batwing. He pulled it off of the window and examined it. It read:

Dear Michael,

  Figured you could use this on your little quest. It'll be hard to swim all the way over to your island. She's yours now.

Sincerely,

Wayne

The Batwing's side door then opened, and Azrael took the incentive and climbed in and sat down in the surprisingly comfortable chair.

A small screen then lowered from the ceiling, showing Bruce Wayne's face, which began to speak in a series of instructions.

"Hello. My name is Bruce Wayne. If you are viewing this video, it means that the public has discovered Batman's identity as myself, therefore forcing me to activate the Knightfall Protocol, and you are most likely my successor. Now, the Batwing, in which this video should be planted, is in the Batcave 2.0, which is a contingency plan for whenever the time came. I'm going to explain to you the instructions on how to use the Bat-gadgets." said Wayne.

He then proceeded to go on a ten minute long explanitory rant about everything that Azrael needed to know, including the Batmobile controls, being that there was an assortment of different Batmobiles parked in garages circling the Batwing.

After the explaining was over, Bruce left with this:

"You are Batman now. You are the heir to the cowl. Protect Gotham. Protect the world. It's people lie their lives in your hands. Batman forever."

The screen the shut off, leaving Azrael the finally, the official, new Batman.

He started up the Batwing, and slowly levitated it out. As he ascended, he noticed a capsule with a Batsuit in it. He disregarded it, as he had something waiting for him at the Hall of Saint Dumas.

He ascended out of the terminal, flying his way over to the island as the environment reset itself to its disguised form.