Gotham's Guardian's

Release.

"Get in," said a guard shoving A man into his cell. 

Stumbling onto the ground he catches himself watching the door close.

The cell is filled with damped water, a bed in the middle covered in mud and dirt. He gets off the ground walking over to the wall wiping his nose with his dirty sleeve. He slowly sits against the wall looking into the distance. A man from the darkness appears from it. He wore a grew tuxedo, freshly clean.

" Are you so desperate to fight criminals that you lock yourself away to take them one by one?" 

Confused. The man looks over to the stranger " Actually there were seven of them." He corrected the stranger. 

" I counted six Mr Wayne." 

Mr Wayne's eyes widen " how do you know my name?" he asks. 

The man slowly walks over " the world is too small for someone like Bruce Wayne to disappear...no matter how deep he chooses he chooses to sink" saying looking around his cell.

" Who are you?" Bruce demanded.

" My name is merely Henri Ducard, but I speak for Ras As Ghul... a man who is greatly feared by the criminal underworld. A man who can offer you a path. " He said stopping a few inches away from Bruce. 

Bruce scowls " What makes you think I need a path?" saying in a cocky tone. Taking off his soaked gloves throwing them onto the damped floor next to him. 

" Someone like you is only here by choice. You have been exploring the criminal fraternity... but whatever your original intentions were...you've become truly lost..." Bruce looks up at Henri " and what path can Ra's Al Ghul offer?" Bruce asks. 

" The path of a man who shares his hatred of evil...and wishes to serve true justice... The path of League Of Shadows." 

Bruce chuckles. 

" Your vigilantes" 

" No, no, no. Vigilantes is just a man who is lost in the scramble of his own gratification. He can be destroyed or locked up." He says kneeling down to his level. " But if you make yourself more than just a man...if you devote yourself to an ideal... and if they can't stop you... then you truly become something else entirely" 

" Which is?"

" Legend, Mr Wayne. You will be released. If you are bored of brawling with thieves and want to achieve something" he begins turning his heel and walks towards the cell door. " There is a rare blue flower that grows on the middle eastern slopes. Pick one of these flowers. If you can carry it up ontop the mountain, you may find what you were seeking in the first place." 

" And what was I looking for?" he asks. 

" Only you can know that." 

The next morning.

Bruce's thrown out of the truck rolling onto the road pushing himself up only to see the rare blue flowers that Henri Ducard mention the other day. Walking over to the them he bends down picking one of the flowers attaching it onto his coat. He started his long journey towards the mountain. 

Hours later he found himself climbing on the side of the mountain that Henri Ducard said to carry the flower. As he struggles climbing up the mountain he sees a small figure up ahead climbing with ease as he's not paying attention he grabs onto the wrong rock with his left hand and his right foot. Suddenly he grunts struggling to find a stable ledge of the spikey rocks.

Bruce began to struggle holding himself up until he felt someone grabbed the clothing of the sleeves. They locked eyes with each other. He wasn't able to see her entire face as her most of it was covered by the fur around her face only to reveal her brown eyes. She slowly pulled him up to a safer side of the rocks spiking out of the side of the mountain.  Bruce watched the girl climb towards the top with ease. 

" Hey!" he called out but she ignored only minutes she had reached to the top, pushing herself onto the ledge of the mountain crunching down she watches him make his way up. " HEY!" he yelled louder. Bruce looks down at his shoes making sure he wouldn't fall off the mountain. Looking back up she wasn't there. 

As he arrives at the doorsteps of the league of shadows Bruce looks around for the person that was with him, but, they are nowhere in sight. Weakly walking up at the front door tiredly knocking on the door. 

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.

Moments later the door slowly opens allowing him inside slipping through the large heavy door, two men closed the door behind him. Both of the hallways two men on both sides approach him with armed weapons.  

" Wait" 

Bruce looks over to the voice belonging to Henri Ducard. 

" What are you seeking?" Henri asks. 

Bruce exhales " I seek... the means to fight injustice to turn fear... against those who prey on the fearful." Everyone could tell he's out of breath. Henri slowly walks over to Bruce watching Bruce give him the blue flower he had requested. 

Henri turned around showing A man dressed in long red skill tunic, speaking in a foreign language. Henri translated for the man " To manipulate the fears on others, " he says turning around " you must first master your own " he said facing Bruce mainly referring the young girl behind Bruce. 

" Are you ready to begin?" Henri asks. 

( I hope you guys are having a great day, I know I'm posting all over these outros on the same exact day I'm writing this. Stay inside and save lives. If your going through a hard time this is a safe place for everyone. Write down in the comment which is your favourite DC villain or character! Right now I do have writer's block....)