Silent Protector

Arrival (6)

Bruce's POV

I'm pacing back and forth in front of the door in a frenzy. I contacted Commissioner Gordon as soon as I could and he said he and Bullock would be here right away.

'It's been 15 minutes, were could he be?' I think to myself.

Just then I hear a knock at the door and I open it with such speed I could see the surprise on Gordon's face. I motion for them to come in and I quickly have them follow me to my study.

Bullock and Gordon took a seat on the couch I had on the side wall of the room while I sit on one of the chairs in front of the couch.

"Bruce, what happened?" Gordon asks me in a sympathetic voice.

I take a shaky breath trying to control myself before speaking, "I was in my study doing some work. Dick was outside playing on the swings. Thats when I heard him scream. He screamed for me to help him. I ran down and got outside. When I got there some man was tying Dick's hands behind his back. H-He was hurting him. I could see it in Dick's eyes, that man..." i pause feeling my anger building up inside of me. "...that man hurt my son. I tried to help him, but they held me at gun point. They took him away, through the woods. Jim when I got there Dick wasn't struggling, that man didn't have to tie his hands so tight. If they did that to him just to get him...I'm scared of what they'll do to him now that they have him." At this point my breath was shaky and my fists were closed tight in my lap.

Jim leaned forward on the couch, gave me a hopeful look, but spoke with a voice that showed he was scared, "Bruce, we'll find him. Whatever it takes...we'll find him."

I gave a slight nod, then I remembered something. "Ace. They also took Ace."

"Ace?" Bullock asked me in a confused tone of voice.

"Yes. About a month ago, me and Dick went to the animal shelter and got a dog. A black Great Dane. Ace had a black leather collar on. I can't figure out why they would take him too."

After about 10 more minutes of going over every single detail of that horrible event, Gordon and Bullock were the leaving the manor and me with the difficult task of telling Alfred what happened.

Normal POV

After about 15 minutes of driving, the van came to a sudden stop in front of an old warehouse. The men got out and went to the back of the van. Three stood in the back holding semi-automatics just in case he tried anything when they opened the door. The man in the front had his hand on the door and nodded to indicate that they were ready. With a swift pull the van door was open to reveal Richard scared and trembling.

Dick was pulled out of the van by his upper arm and he let out small cry of pain through the tape. They led him into the warehouse and down numerous hallways before they came to a stop in front of a door. The door had multiple locks on it and Dick knew that he wouldn't be able to open it from the inside.

One of the men unlocked the multiple locks and opened the door. The man holding onto Dick shoved him in making him fall to the ground, before the door was shut and locked behind them.

Normal POV

Two men walked down the hallway to where their so called 'boss' was. They didn't like the job they had, but they couldn't do anything about it. They both knew the consequences of not doing what they were told and neither was willing to risk their families lives like that.

They finally got to the right door and went in and stood in the center of the dark room.

At the far end of the room, there was a man. He was around 6ft tall and had dark brown hair. He was in his late 20s, but looked no older than 25. He wore a black suit with a crimson red tie, and black dress shoes. His eyes were grey and held a coldness in them.

The man got out of his chair and swiftly turned to the others, "You know what your jobs are, don't you?" he asked.

"Yes sir," they both said in unison.

The man gave a small sinister smile, "Good...and try not to get too attached this time."

With that they left, ready to officially meet the captive.