Son Of Gotham (Editing)

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I woke up when I heard the elevator ding. I got so bored waiting in the batcave, I must have fallen asleep. I looked at my wrist watch and saw it was 12:21 am. I stood up and looked at the elevator and was expecting to see Dick, but I saw something else.

A man started walking to me, his black hair fell into his eyes which where covered by a black mask. He wore a suit of black and blue armor. I stammered back, trying to figure out who it was. Once he got closer, he took off his black mask and I was shocked to see who it was.

"Dick?" I asked, stepping forward.

"Correct, but I prefer to go by Nightwing when wearing this."

"Wait.. you're Nightwing?"

He nodded and plopped down in a chair, "yep, now enough about me, I heard what happened the other night. Hell I was the one who located you and probably saved your life. Anyway, i know Bruce made you stop being Robin so I want you to join me."

"Join you?"

"Are your ears plugged or something? Yeah, do you want to join me?"

"Of course, but what am I going to wear? The Robin suit is shredded and I don't think there is anything here that fits me."

"Just wear a hoodie, but make sure to cover up your face. Can't leak your identity or the news will go crazy."

"Okay, let me go grab some things and I'll meet you back here."

He nodded and i ran to the elevator. I quickly pressed the up button and the elevator took me up to the gigantic main room of the Wayne Mansion. I ran out of the elevator and went straight to my room. I grabbed a dark grey hoodie and put on a pair of black jeans. I put on some black shoes and looked at myself in the mirror.

I looked good, but not threatening. I looked like a normal street kid. I rolled up my sleeves on my hoodie and I put my hood up. It covered up my face, but you could still see it was me. I looked around for something to help with coving up my face. Maybe a ski mask or a bandana, but then I saw it.

I walked over to the Robin mask that was lying on my floor. It must have dropped out of my back pocket when I changed. I picked it up and walked back over to the mirror. I put on the mask and it made me look at least 5x more threatening. I grinned and shot out my bedroom door.

I reached the giant main room and stopped in my tracks when I saw Alfred looking right at me. I took off my hoodie and the mask and began to walk to him,

"Warner, sir, what are you doing..?"

"I'm, uh, going out with some friends.. No, I'm not. Alfred I can't lie to you. I'm going out with Dick, please don't tell Bruce. Just act like you didn't see me, please? I won't get hurt this time, I promise."

He looked at me and sighed, "You're lucky Master Bruce is sleeping, go now before I change my mind."

I dashed to the elevator and thanked Alfred as I ran by him. I got into the elevator and basically punched the down button. The elevator door opened and I walked over to Dick, who was in the same place as I left him. I put my hood up and my mask on and grinned,

"I'm ready." I said

He jumped up, "not yet, you need some gear first. Follow me." He started running and I followed.

He was running to a side of the batcave I've never been before. He opened a door and we where greeted with an armory type room. Suits of armor lined the walls along with a bunch of bat-gear. He went over to a suit of armor and handed me the utility belt from the suit.

"Light armor is the best way to go, light and good for stealth. You don't want a ton of weight on your back while your kicking ass. A buddy and I will help you out make a legitimate suit but until then, try not to get shot."

I put on the utility belt and Dick lead me over to a table full of odd gadgets. Dick started handing me things such as a grappling hook, some smoke pellets, and some rope. I put the things on my belt and grinned.

"Also," Dick said and pulled down my hood, "leave your hood down, it can really mess you up when your trying to fight. I'll teach you more about fighting later, but for now, leave it down. Alright, any questions?"

I nodded, "Are we just going to walk around and find someone to fight or do you have a car or something?"

"Good question, I don't have a car so we are going to have to walk.. or take the fun way around."

"What's the fun way?"

"Grapple from building to building until you get to where you wanted to go."

"Sounds dangerous, sure let's do it."

He nodded and we both ran out to the elevator. Kinda stupid just leaving through the front door so we didn't do that, we left through the back door. Dick took out his grappling hook and shot towards a building. I followed his lead and shot towards the same building. He shot towards the building but I had to mentally prepare myself befor I shot rapidly towards the building.

It only took a few minutes to find someone getting mugged in a dark alleyway. Dick and I perched up on the edge of a building and started planing on the attack.

"You jump down there and deal with it, I want to see your fighting skills so I know what to teach you." Dick said and I nodded.

I jumped down and landed on my feet. It wasn't a big drop, just a few feet but it did startle the muggers. Once they looked at me, they laughed,

"Look, it's another Batman wannabe. Good job kid, get outta here before I kick your ass." The one said and pulled out a switchblade. He and his buddy started walking towards me, one had a switch blade and the other had a baseball bat. I planned my attack in my head, knowing Dick was watching over my every move.

I reached into my belt and grabbed a smoke bomb and threw it onto the floor. I grabbed up to a street lamp and then to a building. I planed to try to disarm them and then take them out from the back. I dropped down behind them and grabbed the one that had a switchblade. I grabbed his arm, forcing him to drop the blade. I threw him up against the wall and he was down.

Right when I turned around, I got hit in the stomach with a baseball bat. It knocked the wind out of me and I punched the guy in the face as I tired to get my air back. The guy stammered back but tired to attack again. I blocked his punch and broke his arm. I heard Dick laughing before he jumped down,

"Alright let's tie these guys up." He said and we tied up both of the guys. There was a siren in the distance and it was getting closer, "let's get out of here before the cops show up."

"Yeah, that's a good idea." I said and we both grappled away from the crime scene.