Renegade (Arkhamverse)

Chapter Three

(Batman)

"Alfred, I'm hardly the person to look after a kid!" I yell as I glided across Gotham city nearing the location Renegade had given me.

"Master Bruce please, I am not turning that boy away, he needs someone to love him, to take care of him!"

"A Foster family?" I suggested kicking a door down.

I could practically hear Alfred shake his head in disapproval. "when he was four he was left to Gothams orphanage by his parents, he hated it there and ran away! That's when slade managed to get a hold of him, he was tortured and had a bomb implanted into his neck, he was trained to kill against his will!"

I stood in silence taking in what Alfred had said. "Alright, we can take him in, adopt him."

Thank you master Bruce, although he seemed rather adament that he was going to help batman take out the assaisans."

"He isn't getting the chance to try, I don't doubt his combat abilities when he hasn't got several broken ribs but he needs to recover."  I said sternly as I walked through the warehouse there was no sign of anyone known as the joker but I had never met him before so the only one who'd recognise him for sure was Renegade.

I found his costume and his utility belt along with two ecrisma sticks.
The material the armor was made from was  likely identical to slades.

I scanned over his belt.

"No lethal weapons, strange."

"Alfred, how did Renegade say he escaped?"

"Through a vent sir."

I thanked him and searched the room.

A duffle bag filled with no doubt the jokers torture tools.

A sledgehammer and multiple branding Irons.

Alfred said the boy had been branded this only confirmed it.

I also spotted cuffs, They hadn't been lock picked suggesting that someone willingly let Renegade out.

I doubt the joker would do that nor would his henchmen if he had any.

Hired help? Perhaps slade was more aware what was going on then the joker realised?

No, i doubted that as well as slade couldn't have known, as this warehouse was on the other side of Gotham from were I had fought him.

Then who?!

I spotted the vent Renegade must have crawled into I grappled up and into it.

I neared the end of the vent and spotted an empty 50 caliber pistol.
Renegade was smart, the joker wouldn't persue an armed and highly trained Mercenery... not in person anyway.

I'm guessing he used the pistol to block the fan long enough for him to kick it loose and out of his way.

I had found all i needed to prove
I headed back through the vent and picked up Renegades suit.

Perhaps I could make use of him after all.

I respected the boy, even after brutal torture he still came out on top and escaped.

I made a promise to myself, no matter what if I saw any other boy suffer loss or from torture I'd try and help them.

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End, yes I know it's short but I wanted to get that batman chapter out of the way.