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Gotham Ghost

Ch 3: The Fire Within

Nightwing and Red Hood

The pair had pulled into the warehouse on Founders Island in search of Adam Stone and John Nicholas. Nightwing was able to pick the lock to the door. Nightwing went in first and Jason followed in after. The warehouse was completely dark except for the flickering ghost light in the middle of the room. Nightwing started to try and turn the power on. "What are you doing? There's no one..." Jason trailed off. "There's someone over there." Jason said as he pointed off down a small hallway. "How do you know?" Nightwing said a little skeptical. "Remember I added Batman's detective mode to the helmet way back when." Jason said tapping on the red helmet. Jason ran off before Nightwing could say any more. He threw open the closet door to find John Nicholas sitting in in the small confines of the closet. John's face filled with horror as he seen who was speaking to him. "R-red Hood y-you. How." John stuttered. "What happened." Jason said sternly. "Ghost came, got Adam. Think maybe, heck I don't know. Mentioned something 'bout Bristol or something. Please Red Hood don't hurt me. " John pleaded. "Nightwing, this is your job. I'll tell Batman." Jason called. Nightwing handcuffed John while Jason contacted Batman. "Hey Batman you might want to head down to Bristol, we got a lead."

Bruce and Damian

"OK thanks Jason." Batman said. "Why Bristol? Wait where in Bristol?" Damian asked. "That's for us to figure out." Batman said. Batman parked the batmobile in a dark alley and turned off the headlights. "What are you doing?"Damian asked puzzled. " Before we search Bristol we need to know where to search." Batman said. "I think we should check the abandoned dock." Damian said. "No I don't think that's where we need to look. After analyzing what we know, I believe that downtown Bristol is our best bet." Batman commented. "Let's go then." Damian grumbled. "Who ever this Ghost is they perfer to be hidden in plain sight. Unnoticed." Batman said. They were driving down a small section of apartment complexes when Damian demanded they halt. "That apartment there, you can see a person but it looks way off." Damian said pointing up at an apartment near the top. "And look at his arms, they look pinned or tied back" "I agree. You stay here while I go listen in." Batman said opening the door. "No I'm coming too. I'm the one who seen it." Damian argued. "Not yet." Batman stated harshly. "Now stay in the car." Damian flopped back in his seat. "Fine." Batman climbed up onto the balcony of the complex. It wasn't too hard for him to hear through the thin plexiglass windows. "Adam's your name right? Well Adam what can you tell me about Falcone? Where is he?" A very electronically distorted voice said. "Oh my God you CAN talk! Wait I thought ghosts couldn't talk." Adam said mockingly. "You know for a man that is easy to break you sure are brave. Or just stupid. " Ghost said. Ghosts silhouette could be seen walking towards Adam's silhouette. "Now where is Falcone!" Ghosts voice boomed. Ghost punched Adam in the face and a subtle crack was heard. Adam let out a wail of pain. "Like I said, brave for a man easy to break." Ghost said. "Your crazy!" Adam screeched. "Your fine its just a fractured nose. You'll live." Ghost said. "How would you know?" Adam groaned. "I mean can't a girl just know things?" Ghost asked. "Huh you're a girl. Explains a lot. Ha." Adam laughed. Just as Ghost was about to say something Damian crashed through the window as Batman was about to grab him. "Damian!" He yelled. Damian tried to tackle Ghost but she grabbed his arm and pinned him in an arm lock. Damian shifted his weight throwing Ghost forward. Ghost crashed into Adam knocking over the chair he was tied to. Batman grabbed Adam and put him on the balcony. The pair had found their way into the kitchen by the time Batman went to stop them. Daimian had Ghost pinned against the stove and was about to bring a batarang down on her. "Wait the stove is propane!" Ghost yelled at him but it was too late because he was already in motion, but Ghost was out of the way. Damian crashed down on the stove instead and caused it to explode. Ghost tackled him, shielding him the best she could. She mentally prepared herself for the excruciating pain of the heat, but it never came. Instead where the flames should have been was a dark figure shielding them. "Omg God you idiot, there's a family downstairs!" Ghost said as she ran towards the balcony. Each apartment had a small balcony attached to it. Ghost attempted to climb down but slipped and fell onto the railing of the balcony below hearing a rib or two crack. "Ugh" she grunted pulling herself up. She managed to climb into the window to find a decent sized hole in the ceiling where the stove had exploded above them. Below the hole was a woman passed out on the floor and a man in a GCPD uniform cradling her. The woman was still breathing from what Ghost could tell. As she was walking over to the pair she heard the ting of a bat and the crunch of metal. "Burn in the underworld you freaking demon!" A voice said behind her. In an instant the world was spinning.

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Gotham Ghost

Ch 2 : Shine Some Light

In one night the subject of "The Gotham Ghost" was all anyone could talk about. Throughout the night the Ghost would be spotted here and there and yet nobody had come up with anything about them.

In the Batcave

The sun was starting to set while the batfamily was hard at work training. At least most of the batfamily. Tim Drake was out with his new found girlfriend Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl. Dick Greyson aka Nightwing was sparring with Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne's son. Jason Todd kept to himself in the corner while doing some target practice with some batarangs. He threw them over and over again as the images began to flood his mind. He could still feel their pain, his pain. He may have been brought back to life via the Laserous Pit but a part of him was still dead inside. As he kept throwing, the world around him seemed misty, everything sounded like it was under water. He could make out something muffled, a misty figure imerging into his view. He felt something rest on his shoulder. Jason whiped around to attack to come face to face with his older adopted brother. "Hey Jason you ok?" Dick asked. " I'm fine." Jason said knocking Dick's hand off of his shoulder. "Listen Jay if you wanna talk you know we are here for you. I know it's not easy coming back from what you went through." Dick said almost apologetically. Jason was about to speak but was cut off when Damian can rushing in. "Father's coming back and he's not too pleased." Damian said. The trio of boys rushed across the cave and within moments the batmobile had come screeching to a halt. "Bruce what's wrong?" Dick asked. Damian flashed Dick a warning glare. "There was a shoot out at the Mr. Freeze Refrigerator warehouse on Bleake Island. Turns out Falcone was trying to take it from Penguin when the Ghost can in to take them down." Bruce said in a monotone voice. "And the problem is?" Damian said haphazardly despite the obvious tension. "And the problem is" Bruce said brushing past the trio to the batcomputer "that out of 17 men" he continued, pulling files "only 5 came out with cuts and bruises, 7 where shot by one another, Ghost shot 3 in the leg, and 2 are missing." As he was talking Bruce had pulled up a folder that contained the mens' hospital files put into categories. "So what now? Do we go after the Ghost or the 2 men?" Jason asked. "Well since Tim and Barbara are preoccupied I say that we split up into pairs. Jason and Dick, me and Daimian. Jason and Dick you guys go after the 2 missing men, Adam Stone and John Nicholas. There was a car registered under Adam's name. They were Falcone's men so I suggest checking the warehouse on Founders Island." Bruce said and then he hopped into the batmobile. Damian followed. Dick and Jason suited up as Bruce drove out. The pair soom followed on their motorcycles.

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The Gotham Ghost

Ch 1: Meet the Ghost

It was a mediocre night in Gotham the with usual of Batman scraping at the scum of Gothams underbelly. There had been a week's worth of night's like this. Batman himself was becoming bored of the occasional alley way mugging. Two-Face, Penguin, Riddler and even Joker had almost disappeared of the face of Gothams crime network. With Batman's recent take down of Red Hood, aka his adopted son Jason Todd, most criminals have fled in fear of the man who had taken down one of the most ruthless rouges. At least that was until tonight.

Batman was about to quit patrolling when he heard faint gunshots. With the help of the detective scanners on the batmobile he quickly traced the noise to an alley way. However he wasn't fast enough because when he got there there was what he believed to be a mob at the alley way. He dropped in from a nearby rooftop to come face to face with Commissioner Jim Gordon. "What's going on here?" Batman said. "What do you mean Batman? This wasn't you?" Gordon said slightly puzzled. "No. What happened." Batman said. "Well evidence suggests that there was some sort of drug deal going on when these guys where caught." Gordon said. "Was anyone killed?" Batman asked. "No why?" Gordon asked.

"The gunshots where did they come from." Batman said. "The shots can from a teenage boy, we suspect that he was one of the drug runners, he claims he saw the whole scene and he fired his gun at the figure who had caught the deal." Gordon said as he pointed to the terrified boy in the back of the GCPD cruiser. "Let me talk to him." Batman said. "Sure thing." Gordon said as Batman started walking towards the cruiser. He opened the door to see a teenage boy, about 15 he thought, with a crazed expression.

"What did you see?" Batman said to the boy. "Batman. Batman th-they were fast. So quick. Who ever this person was used some sort of smoke. I don't even think I seen them even throw a single punch. They were l-like a ghost. A ghost I tell you! The next thing I know they looked at what I assumed was me and, and so I fired as it came towards me. I-i think I missed. Please you have to believe me." The boy pleaded. "Don't worry" Batman said " I think I can." Batman summoned the batmobile and headed for the batcave.

"Alfred." Batman commed in. "Yo" Tim Drake, aka the current Robin, responded. "Tim I think we have a new rouge in Gotham." Batman stated. "Yeah I seen the news report." Tim said. "News report?" Batman asked. "Yeah, they are calling them "The Gotham Ghost". Tim said. "I think we need to start searching Gotham. We don't want another Red Hood situation." Jason Todd said flinching. "Jason" Batman said a little surprised "how are you doing?"

"Fine now let's find the Ghost."