Chasing Wolverine.

Wolverine slashed my armor open with his claws. If I hadn't have rolled with it he would have killed me . Almost did any way. He left looking to kill the so called "Shredder". I follow him in the bat mobile, doing a quick bandage job on my self after he parks his motorcycle.

After pushing through the pain I sneak in to find that animal slaughtering ninjas The Shredder was attacking him. " You are the last person I expected to see here Logan!"


" Yeah life's jest full O' funny surprises ain't it Sakai? Ya won' be worrying about that much longer though since ya ain't gonna have a life no more."

" Your threats are meaning less when I am a much better fighter than you are Mutant!" The shredder slashes through Logan's chest with uncanny speed.


The short canuck smiles. " Yeah but I'll heal from my wounds bub probably in a few minutes. While you'll just keep losin' blood from this!" Wolverine starts to maul. Shredder.

I throw an exploding Batarang at his head. It knocks him back so Shredder tries to go for Logan's heart I stop him with a Batarang attached to a rope. " There will be no more killing!" I demand.

" From the looks of it your in no position to give orders. " Shredder cuts the rope and tries to hit me with a flying kick. I dodge it and throw and catch him with some strikes in the wounds Logan inflicted on him.

He clutches his chest I'm about to knock the clan leader out when Wolverine tackles me sending us both hurtling out the the building's window.

" Ya know Bats, I wouldn't have went so easy on ya back at Gotham Square. "

I start with the whole plan I used last time anesthesia gas, and exploding batrangs along with some pepper spray. When he starts going bezerker again, I shock him with a tazer.


He's wobbly now I just have to put him down before his healing factor kicks in. I'm interrupted by screams from the inside . I slam Logan with an uppercut wearing the adamntuim glove. Then go investigate.

I catch the Shredder. with some kind of device in his hand I get a closer look and notice it's a teleporter damn! Wolverine( I wasn't expecting Logan to heal so quickly.)
runs up behind me and leaps at the ninja who disappears. yelling. " You and your gallery of freaks keep this city. For now! When I rebuild my clan I will burn it to the ground!"


I look around while me and Wolverine were fighting someone murdered the ninjas. Logan curses and leaves saying something like " There ain't no reason ta stay here if Sakai's gone I'll get 'im when he resurfaces. "

The adrenaline of the fight wears off and I'm reminded how much Logan's and Shredder's blades hurt. The pain is replaced with a cold chill when take off a ninja's mask, and find a garish smile staring back at me. The Joker's back.

Out of town Visitors.

A couple of snitches told me something was going down, at Gotham Square during Midnight. The square was oddly quiet , too quiet. A harsh Voice Announces itself. " So Your the great Batman huh? Not very impressive. "

I turn on this person.

" This is simple Batman, leave my business alone keep chasing your lunatics and you get to live. Challenge me , and you die."I didn't come back here from hell just to be stymied by an idiot in a bat costume. "

So he's saying that he was dead once? Does every one comeback? I'm beginning to get sick of this. " So what is that you want...?" I ask.

" Call me the Shredder. What I want is simple power, and respect."

" There are other ways besides crime." I state.

" What are you my guidance councilor?" He laughs. " I don't want to waste time you see I'm a very busy man. Tell me will you accept my terms? Or will I tear you apart with my bare hands? "

" Many have tried to threaten me before." I say. " And they didn't have a name that sounded like they were making cheese for a pizza."

" Die Fool!" He leaps from one building to another I try to land a punch in his solar plexus. He leaps over it and hits me from behind. Hnh. Lucky. His Blades come for my face I block the strike And use his momentum against him tossing him into a chimney shattering it.

" So ! Your not just all show. Good I find it far more satisfying to kill real warriors." He boasts. Throwing two shuriken, I deflect those with Batarangs.

I feint, and pay for it with a slash across my leg, My armor deflected most of it. I elbow him in the chin and follow up with several blows in the chest, He goes for a straight kick that I stop with a foot sweep.

On the ground he takes out a gun. A flash bang grenade stuns him. I'm about to go for a knock out blow when he yells "Foot Cyber Soldiers Attack!" Cybernetic Ninjas burst from their hiding place. " Farewell Batman." Shredder. coldly spits.

One grabs my cape and tosses across to another building. A bunch of kids stare at me as I recover. " Get out of here now!" I shout.

I hear the whirr of the cyborgs' hydraulics. I take some weapons out from my belt, and formulate a plan to defeat all of them when I hear a very familiar "Snikt!" Too late I run into the corridor and can only watch as that savage Wolverine slays the ninja.


He grins. " Look like ya needed help bub. No need ta thank me."

I glare." I'll warn you once Logan. Get out of my city."

" Tch. Some gratitude Bats." He starts growling. " Look I gotta blood debt that needs settled ,and I ain't leavin' till I do."


" Don't make me ship you back to Xavier in chains ." I warn him.

" Looks like we're at an impasse bub. " I'm surprised he knows that word. " But when we get down to it yer just some nutso Billionaire in a cape an' mask And I'm the best there is at what I do. I beat ya once . I can do it again. "

" I wasn't ready for you then. " I enlighten him . " I am now."


" We'll see Bats ." He shouts charging at me. I guess he'll just have to learn the hard way.

Prankster kids!

Robin is back from rehab. He seems much better now. He was telling me about How he was going to train the Titans. I must say I am a little disappointed that the two teams didn't do battle, but eh, I'll just review footage of any battles they have in the future.

I'm still working on the ninja case. Although I did decide to go to tonight's Justice League meeting. I'm going to bring up my concerns about The Question mentoring no wait that's not the right word . I believe the right word is warping young minds.

I ask Robin if he wants to be teleported to Titans' Tower from the Watchtower. " Sure just let me load up on Batarangs."

He goes down the corridor of the cave when I hear the unmistakable sound of a Batarang flying past me. Then a "thunk!" sound. And the sound of shattering glass. The voice of Spoiler yelling " Bonus Points! you knocked him into the Jason Todd Memorial Cass!"

I ran towards it to find this scene.


" Cassandra! Stephanie! This is immature behavior is why I didn't want you going out on your own! This isn't our way! retaliation is the saiyan way!"

The voice of a young man with a slight Californian accent comes from behind me. " What would you know of saiyans?"

I turn on the kid who looks like a taller skinnier version of Vegeta. Especially since he's now wearing the armor.

" I don't know Vincent." I smile, You see while fighting in the saiyan War I learned they have a weakness. With a fluid motion I grab his tail. When I did this to the invading saiyans they passed out from pain, But Vincent keeps staring at me with that damned smirk.

" And what exactly are you trying to do? For what it's worth I tried to talk these two out of this. I have have no problem with Tim, In fact I owe him, but hey you try to change the minds of two women once they set them on something."

His tail slips out of my hand, and it wraps around his waist. Damn it! I bet the grabbing the tail strategy wouldn't work on Vegeta either. The kid smiles at me then disappears when I blink I feel something happen to my cape and mask then the wind rushes out of the cave.


He must have taken Cassandra and Stephanie with him. I must admit, I am a little impressed they were able to get in to the cave without the sensors detecting them.

I look down at Tim. " Are you ok?"

" Yes." He stares at me rubs his eyes then looks at me again." Then again maybe not. I'll have myself checked over the Tower. "

Robin's reaction to me wasn't the only strange reaction I received. Some of the JLA support staff were looking at me strangely. When I go into the main meeting room, the flash spits coffee all over the place. " So Bats? Do you feel pretty oh so Pretty?"


" What are you talking about Flash?" I ask, as Wonder Woman Walks past me. " Merciful Minerva!" She exclaims before laughing.

Superman grins. " And I thought my blue energy phase was bad. "

" What?!" I yell. Green Lantern creates a mirror while snickering, I'm actually surprised Hal went five minutes without hitting his head on something long enough to do that. I look in it and see.....

Damn it! Vincent's parents are definitely going to hear about this!

Family Feud

More ninja Have appeared in Gotham, and their rackets are even worse than the Hand, Drugs, sex slaves, and Meta human Enhancement . And pretty much whatever else one can think of. I had defeated a group of them and taken one of their headbands before They were taken to prison.


I Put the symbol in the Bat computer, and after about fifteen minutes, and answer came up. " Foot Clan."

" Computer give me a rundown of Vigilantes superheroes Etc. Who have ran into this "Foot Clan."

Processing.... James "Logan" Howlett Wolverine, Matt Murdock Daredevil, Peter Parker Spider-Man.

Hnh. Spider-Man I've met twice, we fought Both Carnage and the Joker, and later The Kingpin, and Ra's Al Ghul, Seems he's the most likely candidate for me to get information from, Since I've never met Daredevil, and me and Wolverine don't really get along.

The computer beeps an It's an incoming from Oracle. " Batman here." I answer.

" Bruce um it's Cassandra, and she's mad. "

" Put her through Oracle. "

Cassandra's face comes on screen, when she's upset she has to search harder for words. " Why?"

" Why what?" I ask.

" Why .... did you... send Robin... here? "

What? he's still supposed to be in rehab. I notice Spoiler rubbing the back of her head. Oh great. Robin's response to everything that annoys him toss a batarang at it.

" I had nothing to do with that." I answer.

" You lying...." Vincent starts.

" He's not lying..." Cassandra stops the young saiyan. " His body language says so. Tell Robin, If he wants to fight someone... to fight me."

" Oh he'll be back a mysterious voice comes from a cloud of smoke. This just gets better and better as the Question emerges. " He'll come back with the entire roster of the Teen Titans As many puppet masters do when the puppet wants to break the strings. He gets angry. "


Once again the Question thinks of the harshest possibility. I doubt Robin is a "puppet master." Unless Victor is working on their insecurities.

" Than we'll beat the fools into the ground!" Vincent proudly declares.

" Yeah!" his sister chimes in.

The man in the faceless mask studies them. " Yes you two are used to working together, as is Cassandra., and against greater odds than the Titans, Unfortunately Daddy And the brothers and sister aren't going to be here to bail you out if it goes wrong children. There are several weaknesses we have to address. Like you." he points to Spoiler.


" What me? But I have this new suit an all these gadgets that Bulma made me.."

" Gadgets are well and good." Question remarks. " But your fighting skills are sorely lacking. Not your fault , it's his." Question accuses me. " Isn't that right Bruce? "


" Hnh." I remark.

" That's all the answer I need. Another weakness is magic , and speed, we have no one that can beat Raven and Zatarra for magic, but we have someone that can match Kid Flash for speed. You can come out now Inertia. "

" Hey! He isn't part of this team!" Vincent protests.

" Too bad little prince, you need him." Question remarks.

" Yeah let's bust some Titan heads!" Inertia Shouts. he looks over at Vincent's strangely named sister." I'll watch your back if you watch mine baby. growr!"

" Save that for after the battle Reverse Flash Junior." Question orders. " In the next few hours I'm going to get you kids used to fighting along with one another, you have a training facility right?"

" Just built it this morning!" The bluish haired girl shouts proudly.

" Good. As for you Spoiler," Question continues "We're going to take a crash course in fighting, beginning with dirty fighting. "

He turns off the transmission. " What do you think Bruce?" Oracle asks.

" I think this is the perfect time to see if how well we've trained the children. I know how Vegeta trains his kids, but the Titans have been a mess lately. and with Cassandra to offset Robin, And the wild card of Inertia thrown in, hnh. " I'm going to call Diana, Wally and Clark, we should Watch how this unfolds. "


" Don't you think we should stop it instead?"

Batgirl wanted to prove she wouldn't jeopardize he mission, or become less determined By becoming emotionally attached to an Anti heroes' son. let's see her prove it."

" And if she does?"

" Then she and Spoiler will have my blessing. I'll even sponsor them."

I hear clapping from behind me. " Well well looks like an old dog can learn new tricks!"

I turn. " Jason!"

" In the formerly dead flesh Bats! And I have a message to give you from Tony Stark." He throws a punch that I easily block, I knee him in the gut. When he clenches his stomach an uppercut puts him on the floor.

He takes out a gun, A Batarang takes that out easily. " Your Stark's errand boy now Red Hood?"

" I'm a registered hero now Brucie. Oh don't worry Iron Man Doesn't know your secret Id. That'll be our little secret."

" What's the message?"

" He wants you and your bat kids to register."

" Forget it!"

" Stubborn as always. " He snorts. " So now what you beat me. But I'm the legal hero here, and you well your status is still up in the air. SHIELD could decide to round you all up tomorrow."

I shake my head. " I failed you Jason."

" Yeah, and you look like your doing real well with the girls there. "

" Neither one of them are as bad as you were." I respond. " Leave now Jason! Before I kick you out!"

After throwing Red Hood out. I'm in a pretty bad mood I think I'll go out and punch some ninjas.

The dead walk.

Ever since the whole saiyan mess I've been throwing myself into my work, in both Wayne Enterprises, and as Batman. I hardly stayed more than three minutes at home until I was to exhausted to go on.

Lucky for me Elektra had pulled the Hand out of Gotham, or I'd be still fighting them. When I returned Alfred. Said " Master Bruce it's a miracle!"

" What are you talking about Alfred?

" See for your self sir." He lead me to this.

" That's impossible. I saw her blown up." I gasp.

" That's not all sir, Mistress Stephanie his with came in with her. "

Cassandra woke up and hugged me.

" How did this happen?" I ask her.

" I was told.... not to tell... By Vincent's dad."

Vegeta! How the hell did that little punk do this? He always claims to hate magic. It could be Bulma cloned her, but Stephanie?

" It's ok you can tell me." I Say.

" No... You were the one.. I wasn't supposed to tell. "

Ok never mind that. " Is Vincent alive again too?"

She gets this weird dreamy look in her eyes. I have to wonder if Deathstroke's drug did some permanent brain damage. "Yes. He's alive."

" Your not allowed to see him anymore."

" What?" She actually yells.

" He's gotten you killed once he could do so again." I explain.

" He didn't kill me.. that saiyan did. " She protests.

" No. But his life is way to dangerous. This is way I never wanted you around Metahumans in the first place."

" Your around them!" She protests.

" I'm more experienced than you are, and I've never died."

She glares at me. " You did... have your back broke."

" This isn't about me. " I shoot back." This is about the fact that the sooner you are away from that little idiot the better. "

" You.. Never had any problem with.. who Nightwing dates... or Robin."

" Not true I never approved of Starfire. For the same reason I 'm not letting you see that saiyan kid."


" You can't .. Tell me what to do!"

" Yes I can. And I have if you want to keep patrolling the streets of Gotham you'll do as I say."

She punches the glass case where costume is encased. "I am not a ...weapon. That's all you see .. me as .. isn't it? Everyone else ... get's to have a life.. but not me! I've done everything.. you asked. And now people.. think I'm evil. "

" Cassandra this is for your own good..."

" No It's not.. It's just because you don't have someone. "

" That has nothing to do with anything. If you can't follow orders then your finished as Batgirl."

Her eyes narrow. " I don't need you... I've earned this! " She holds up the costume. She storms out of the cave with Stephanie close behind her.

Spoiler glares." I don't like Monkey boy, but you didn't have to be such a dick About the whole thing."

" If you don't want to follow orders you can leave too." I state.

" You'll just fire me for a 50th time. Hey Cass Wait up! " The listening devices outside the cave pick up. " Hey we can make our team or something Cass, We don't even need to stay in Gotham. Maybe we can get the Destructo Twins to join up ?"

" They have names ...Steph."

" Yes I know but you have to admit Destructo Twins is pretty accurate."

Damn it this is the exact opposite of what I wanted to happen they are going to die again, like lemmings. I suppose they made their own choice though.