Hero's Fall

Chapter II: Rose

A young girl sat upon a rooftop overlooking the city of Gotham. For once there weren't any sirens or helicopters to disrupt her. She took off her mask and ran her finger along the socket that once held her left eye. "Rose ol' girl...what have u done to yourself?" She whispered softly. "Raveger..." It was then that Rose heard a man yell in terror followed by a gun shot. Without hesitation, she put her mask on and jumped from the building, landing on the railing of the fire escape. "The next one goes in your head unless you give up the cash!" The attacker yelled. Rose tapped the man on the shoulder giggling as she said, "that's not how you get a loan sir." The attacker pulled his gun in attempts to shoot the white haired girl but was immediately disarmed and decapitated. Blood covered her face and sword as she turned around. The man on the ground held his leg tight trying to stop the bleeding. "You didn't have to kill him" he said trying not to look at the twitching corpse. Rose simply glared at the man and with a swift punch to the face, knocked the man unconscious. Out of the darkness Batman glided down and tackled Rose to the ground. Frustrated, The Raveger flipped the caped crusader onto a nearby car. This didn't do much however, for the bat sent his fist straight into the girls face then her stomach. Rose groaned trying to get up but he kicked her to the ground and put cuffs on her wrists soon shoving her into his car. "You can't just cuff me like this, I'm not Talia!" She said sarcastically. "Take a nap, I'm tired of you already." Batman said knocking her unconscious. A bright light woke her up. She found herself in an interrogation room in Arkham Asylum. Her armor and mask were gone along with all of her weapons. "Can I at least have a patch?" She said softly. A doctor took her vitals saying, "no". Rose sighed and muttered, "Alright I guess you can be an asshole instead." She flipped her hair over her missing eye as bet she could. The doctor left the room and in stepped Batman. "Busy night?" He said standing behind her. "I only need to know one thing and you're going to tell me unless you like the way your face looks now... Where is your father?" Rose kept her head down not saying a word. She was calm, not nervous or scared at all. Batman then pounded his fist onto the table in front of her. "I am not going to be here all damn night. Tell me, where is Deathstroke!" He shouted. "I'm not telling you shit, he's done a better job cleaning up criminals than you have." She said softly. The bat punched the girl straight in the mouth, then again in the nose. She put her head back down as the blood dripped from her face into her orange jumpsuit. "If you don't tell me, I'm going to have to start breaking things..." He said sternly. Rose looked with a bloody smile saying, "I've been through worse, I had to train with your son!" Batman grew very impatient and through the girl across the room yelling, "Where is Deathstroke?" She didn't say a word, only got up and stared at the bat. He pulled her arm behind her back and twisted until it broke. Hearing the crack, Rose widened her eye and winced in pain. "I suggest you start talking!" Batman yelled. "Alright! He has a meeting with a client on second and thirty-first Street at 11:20PM!" She said shaking. Batman through her to the floor. "If you're lying to me, you'll have to eat from a tube." He said walking out. Three hours past and batman walked back into the room. "I assume you didn't find him." She said brushing a hair from her cast. Without a word he picked her up by the throat and slammed her to the stone floor. "You lied to me!" He shouted as he stomped on her cast shattering the plaster and bone. She screamed and kicked the bat in the chin trying to leave the room. Her efforts were in vain however, as Batman dragged her by the hair and plowed her face through the one way glass. Her face bled more and more as Batman continued to beat her. As he left, his gloves and mask dripped with the blood of the girl. Four doctors rushed in putting her on a stretcher. She had a broken arm, shattered facial bones, extreme concussion, fractured ribs, internal bleeding, tears in several organs and comatosed. It wasn't an hour before Rose flat-lined on the operating table. News spread fast in the asylum. It wasn't long until the word reached the outside world. Deathstroke was sitting on his couch sharpening his sword when the news station caught his attention. "In latest news, the Batman has claimed another life. This time a young girl known as The Raveger." It said. That was all the assassin needed to hear for nothing else to matter. He looked to the nightstand at a picture of him and his daughter. He was teaching her to shoot a bow. A tear fell from his face before his heart began to race. It felt like everything was burning red around him. Slade sheathed his weapon and put his armor on saying, "Alright Batman. No more games...I hope you said goodbye to your boy..." He kicked down the door heading down the street twords Gotham. "This time, the son of Batman will die, Nightwing will die...Dick Grayson will die!" He thought to himself.