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Batman
Batman
Summary
A new masked caped crusader prowls the city of Gotham. And it is up to Sansa Stark, the
fresh ambitious and fierce reporter from Gotham Herald to get to know the man behind the
mask.
One night, she discovers that she may know exactly who he is after all.
Notes
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Was this story worth sacrificing her career and perhaps even jeopardizing her life over?
Now all she needed to do was wait. Wait for the time to pass. Wait for the city to sleep. And
wait for him to show up. If he’ll ever show up. Sansa had made her interest strongly known.
She had asked the right people, spoken to the right sources, she had even interviewed the
right criminals - just to get the right amount of details and to study patterns, with hope that
she’d generate enough buzz for a one on one exclusive. With the mysterious caped vigilante
the city calls Batman.
As usual it was a chilly night and the rain had just stopped as Sansa stepped out from her
small shelter and approached the ledge.
Sansa inched a little closer to have a better view of how high she was. It was an old building,
one she predicted was a favourite perch of his. Maybe she was right, or maybe not. Whatever
it was, she had left a note - a cryptic one no less, one she was certain would grab his
attention.
Sansa took a deep breath as she took in the view of the city. It will always be beautiful to me.
The city was quite the sight under the bask of moonlight.
I should come up here more often, she mused. Closing her eyes, Sansa imagined a different
Gotham. One with clean streets and even cleaner politics, where the homeless and needy had
a voice and the scumbag criminals didn’t; one where she needn’t sleep with one eye open or
look over her shoulder every time she got a new lead on a story. It was a wonderful vision
that formed in her mind’s eye that moved her and made her smile. The chilly wind got
stronger and Sansa, in her reverie, felt swept up in her dream.
A scream froze in her throat and Sansa tried to grasp frantically at something as her foot
slipped.
Sansa finally found her voice and her shrill sscream filled the cool night air. But stopped
when a gloved hand reached out and strongly grasped her arm. And pulled. Gasping, Sansa
finally opened her eyes and released her grip. Firm chiselled shoulders glided past her fingers
as she struggled to regain composure.
“I.. I wasn’t jumping. I swear I wasn’t. My foot just slipped that’s all. I… You’re.. real,”
Sansa said, teeth chattering and body trembling from shock.
He stood in the shadows but Sansa could make out the slight scruff from the unmasked bit of
his face. He had stepped nearer to where she was, perhaps out of concern but she was placed
far away from the ledge now. Sansa wondered who this crazy man might be, risking his life
in the name of justice.
But as far as masked vigilantes were concerned, they usually do not wish to be recognized.
That’s what the masks were for. Sansa couldn’t help but stare again, but this time she dared to
move a little closer. She had to ask him questions, it was an interview after all. To get to
know the man everyone in Gotham couldn’t stop talking about. What a glorious headline it
would make.
Sansa paused as she caught him flinch. The light flickered as if it too was afraid. Unfazed
now, Sansa continued to close the gap between them, slowly but surely. He stood perfectly
still as if waiting for her to arrive.
Wait, she thought. I know that scar, she realised as the dim light shone on the spot where he
stood.
“I got your note, Miss Stark. And what can I do for you and the Gotham Herald?”
Sansa gulped. Her throat had suddenly become dry and all words left her.
That damn scar. She had seen it before. She had even touched it. Kissed it. She knew how
that scar felt between her fingertips, its grooves and indentations. No.. it couldn’t be.