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Gotham was in dire need. The darkness in it was festering, growing rampant among its citizens, along its streets and buildings nowhere was safe from Gothams night. It required a vessel, an outlet to pull its shadows from the people and into a weapon, a savior.
Few lights shined within the city, the Waynes were the most well known, if not the brightest. The last hope many had were through the gleaming family, ones seemingly incorruptible until the fatal night.
BANG
Burned into each bullet was Gotham herself,
BANG
but only one acting as a catalyst to her greatness.
BANG
A child destined to shine, cast in eternal darkness. He stared at the barrel of the gun, smoke seeping abnormally out of the wound left in his chest. His body plummeted to the floor as footsteps turned to run at the sound of sirens.
“Embrace the darkness my child,” a deep echoing voice surrounded his mind, “I will help you become the knight, the shadow among shadow to bring out the light throughout me once more.”
The smoke billowed around the child, seeping into his wound, his soul.
“I’m right here, my child. You are safe now, do not fear, this pain will not last forever.”
The child stood up on shaking feet and turned to see his parents, the bodies. Tears grew in his eyes blurring the unshakable image in front of him.
“My God.” A voice sounded behind him, then a click of the radio and rumblings of needing an ambulance, but they were gone, he knew like their heartbeat was his own. They were gone. He wasn’t sure what was left of him either.