10 The Dark Night Begins

I fell into a river managing to escape the members of the Hand, I was hurt by Elektra's betrayal I knew it would happen but it didn't hurt any less. Seeing that everyone probably thought I was dead, I decided to not disappoint, so from today onwards Bruce Wayne was dead I spent a lot of years and I was no longer a teen but 20 years old and it was time I returned home.

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*Ding*Dong* Sebastian began to walk towards the door wondering who it could possibly be this late at night, he opened the door and couldn't believe who it was he had spent the last ten years ( The earlier chapters might have minor differences but the overall time should amount To ten years, I'll go back and probably fix them to match the timeline any way our Mc is 20 as of now)dreaming of this moment but he couldn't believe his eyes when it happened. Jeffrey King stood right before him with his ever so familiar mischievous smirk plastered on his face " What don't I get a hug?"

I missed Sebastian a lot he was family and It was exactly like the saying you don't know what you have until you lose it. We remained there hugging one another forgetting time as we stood after a few minutes " Come on in master Jeffrey I'll get you some tea." Sebastian headed in with my bags as I closed the door behind me.

I had a good look at the Manor, Sebastian had done as I asked and restored it to its former glory, standing there brought back so many memories. I was lost in my thought when Sebastian brought a cup of tea and with just a sip I was back in the river of memories I remembered having tea and listening to my Dad's exaggerated tales and my mom's sweet smile all those memories brought a tear to my eyes " Are you okay Master Jeffrey? " Sebastian asked his concern clear in his eyes" It's nothing Sebastian I'm just happy to be home."

The next day my name was all over the news with various news articles writing about my return and even more reporters stationed beyond the gate waiting to take a picture of Jeffrey King. The media was not the only one interested in me, I had also received calls from Tony Stark and from our conversations I kinda hoped his kidnapping was brought forward as the movies did not do him justice because Tony as of now was a bit too arrogant.

I had a press conference and using the cover story provided by Sebastian, I told the reporters I was studying in a private school in Britain it helped erasing the question of where I was for ten years. I payed a visit to the company and did the necessary legal process and any other thing that needed to be done.

I headed home and began my project after a whole month I was finally done with my project. "I am still not sure as to why you brought me here master Jeffrey." Sebastian spoke as we arrived in the study I moved towards the desk in the centre speaking as I did so, " Sebastian since I returned I did some research and do you know what I discovered the city is run by the mobs and the criminal elite and the people who are supposed to stop this are taking bribes and are in league with the people poisoning this city there are but a few people left fighting this war against crime, but they are not enough this city needs someone else, something else..." as I said that I placed my hand under the desk and into a Grove causing the huge clock to move aside a reveal a hidden elevator which earned me a raised brow from Sebastian.

"let me guess this someone is referring to you?" Sebastian asked as we entered the elevator " My parents dedicated their lives to helping others and I think it's time I did same". We walked out of the elevator into a cave, this was another reason why I wanted the Manor restored I mean where else would one find a house with a ready made cave.

" You did all this in a month.... "Sebastian spoke as we walked through the cave," I showed you all this because I hope you can help me". We arrived before a mannequin, Sebastian took a good look at it before asking me " I have just one question, why a bat?" I looked at the armour I had decided on after a month of deliberation and decided to borrow the words of the original, " I had a fear of bats and I think it's time my enemies shared my dread."

I looked at my armour and stretched out my hand to touch the bat symbol on the chest.