Searching For A Dead Man || A Batfamily and Sherlock Fanfic

Gotham just got darker.

The Batman has been missing for a week now. Police Commissioner Gordon knows this and has talked to the few trustworthy officers in the GCPD, including his daughter, Barbara. The crime rates have also risen by 52 percent, indicating that they too knew of Batman's disappearance.

Bruce Wayne had conveniently gone on a long trip, communicating through phone calls if his board needed his input. But each and every member of the family are mourning for the death of Batman in a massive explosion following a battle against the Court of Owls.

Dick Grayson knows he has to put on the cowl. He's the only one qualified enough for the job. He'd literally just gotten back from Spyral and gotten his Nightwing identity back when he needs to put on another new mask (to be fair, Agent 37 wore no physical mask). And yet he doesn't want to. He used to want to be the Batman. Now, he just wants to get away from the costume haunting the Batcave.

Jason Todd never agreed with Bruce's methods. "If a person kills a killer the number of killers in the world remains the same." But what if a person kills a hundred killers? The number of killers would go down by, like, 99! But Bruce Wayne was the closest person Jason ever had as a father. Jason needs to bring him back, but he can't admit it.

Tim Drake knew his father wasn't dead. Bruce Wayne wasn't dead. He just needed to find evidence. And also deal with not flinching every time the name "Wayne" is mentioned. Was he a Wayne? Or just Tim Drake?

Damian Wayne...well, he had anger issues. Even more so than Jason. He doesn't have anyone to help console the storm in his heart after his father died. He needed help and he didn't have it.

All the problems...can be solved with the return of the Batman. Tim knows who exactly to ask for help.

The world's only consulting detective.