Batman Reborn

"You. Get out of my chair." Bruce commanded as he pointed to a middle age man in an expensive looking suit, sitting at the head of a long table.

"Who the hell do you think you- Bruce Wayne?!" The man flared, angered by what Bruce said but clamped up when he saw who it was.

Bruce walked into the conference room confidant with a straight back and his normal cold look in his eyes, "Did I stutter? Move before I move you." Bruce threatened the man.

The man looked like he was about to protest but when he saw the look Bruce was giveing him he backed down and just tried to get as far away from Bruce as he could, he couldn't take the cold chill that he felt when Bruce stared down at him.

Once the chair was free Bruce took the seat and leaned back and became comfy, Alfred had followed him into the room and stood at ease behind him to the side, acting as his bodyguard if you like.

Everyone else in the room didn't look as relaxed as Bruce did, "What can we do for you Mr. Wayne?" A younger man down the table asked Bruce sarcastically, an arrogant grin on his face, probably thinking he would soon get to see a show of Bruce making a fool of himself in front of the board.

"What's your name?" Bruce asked him as he leaned his head on his hand, as if he was in his own home not in a lion's den.

Bruce's indifference shocked him a bit but he thought that Bruce was just too naive to realise what was actually happening, "Crawley." He smirked.

"Shut the f*ck up." Bruce glared at him, raining down on him with his killer intent, shutting down all his resistance and making him crawl back into his chair and trying to not catch attention.

Everyone else was also surprised by Bruce's forwardness, they were used to playing the hidden game, hitting others where it hurt without anyone knowing it was you holding the bloody dagger, but Bruce ignored all of this and went straight for the throat.

He had gotten 'their' attention.

"I'll get straight to the point, I know the court of owls is behind my parents murder... I don't really care about that." Bruce revealed to the board making some look confused and others visibly react and twitch.

"I just care that you think you can insult me like this and get away with it, if your smart you'll run while you can, clean your neck's for me." Bruce glared at them before walking out of the conference room, Alfred followed behind him.

They walked for couple more minutes in silence until they reach a door to someone's office, Bruce knocked on the door before walking in, not bothering to wait for a response, "Mr. Fox, it's good to see you, do you have some time?

...

"Hey Butch, let us down, I'm getting a headache!" Bullock screamed as he and Jim were hanging from a meat hook.

"I'll get to you in a bit!" Butch shouted behind his shoulder as he messed around with a camera, "Alright, keep it at this angle." Butch directed the man behind the camera, "It's show time!" He shouted.

After his shout a very large man wearing a bloody hood with eye holes cut out and a chainmail apron came marching out from behind half a cut up cow carcass that was hanged up beside Jim and Bullock, menacingly sharpening a butches knife as he walked up to them.

But then suddenly gun shots were heard from further in the slaughter house, everyone quickly pulled out their guns and ran to see what it was, but before they could even get a shot off they were gunned down mercilessly.

Jim and Bullock looked at each other worried and confused, but they then heard a steady pace of foot sets coming towards them, "Don Falcone!" Bullock exclaimed, surprised.

Falcone took one look at the upside down Detective's and then turned towards Butch who was looked like he was trying to hide amongst the hanging meat around him, with his hands up and guns pointed in his face.

"What's your name?" Don Falcone asked Butch.

"Gilzean Sir." Butch managed to spit out while he was still terrified of getting his head blown off.

"Tell Fish that just can't go around killing Cop's, there are rules." He said before walking off, making Butch relieved and release a breath he was holding.

"That's right, there are rules!" Bullock shouted out happily.

...

"Well how did it go?" Selina asked Bruce after he got into the back seat beside her, Alfred was in the front driving them back to the Wayne manor.

"I would say it went well, they now know I'm after them and will try and send someone to kill me soon, so that they can get full control of my company." Bruce grinned, excited for what was to come, he was finally going to do some 'pushing', to people who actually deserve it.

"I can't wait." Bruce smiled, showing off his shark like teeth and making Selina recoil back in fear, she hadn't forgotten what she saw when Bruce displayed just how strong he actually was and what would happen to her if she betrayed his trust.

When she saw Bruce turn into that... thing, she came to a realisation about the world she was living in, nothing is really as it's made out to be, there is actually a hidden ruling cult controlling everything in Gotham, there are super-powered individuals walking the stress and no one knows it, but now she did and she did like that she could be played around with by people who haven't even had to struggle for what they have.

"Bruce... " Selina said as she looked towards Bruce who was still lost in his own delusions, "What can I do to become as strong as you?" she asked him, her face showing some seriousness for once.

Hearing her tone Bruce came back to reality and turned to her, "Why do you want to get stronger? You could live your life quite freely and now be that strong." Bruce questioned her.

"I don't want to be a victim. That's not me." Selina told Bruce seriously.

He watched her for a couple seconds to see if she was just joking around, "Alright I can see your serious about this and I can help you if you want but I need to know your willing to do anything for power." Bruce asked her as he held up his hand to show just what he meant when he said 'willing to do anything'; he meant to show her the heavy scars on his hand, the ones he got from training his Hardening Quirk.

Selina looked at Bruce's hand and you could clearly hear her gulp from nervousness, she had seen up close just how dedicated he was to doing his 'training', "I don't want to be weak... but I don't think I could ever be as... 'motivated' on improving my strength as you are... will you still help me?" She asked him quietly with her head down, not brave enough to look him in the eyes directly.

Bruce turned back to look out the window, watching the buildings pass by and thinking about just what he wanted to do about this, he knew that she was destined to become a great thief and fighter in the future even if he left her alone, but if he intervened and helped her early on...

"Alright, I'll help you, you'll stay at the manor from now on and train alongside me, it will be good to have a sparring partner the same height as me. Alfred can you sort out a room for her?" Bruce told Selina and then asked Alfred.

"Are you sure Master Bruce?" Alfred asked Bruce as he looked back at in the rearview mirror.

"Yeah, what?! Why do I have to live with you?!" Selina suddenly yelled at Bruce, she didn't want to be controlled and that's exactly why she ran from all her previous homes.

"So that you can't be used against me, I wasn't joking when I said the court of owls control Gotham, the crime families, the police, and the largest companies in Gotham are all under there control and now so is my company. I only revealed that I know of them so that they will slip up when they come after me and so I can get my company back. But I can't do that if your a weak link in my plan's so you'll have to stay close to me from now on... there's also that added benefit of your training." Bruce explained matter-of-factly.

Selina was gob smacked, she didn't know what to say to that explanation, so she just huffed and sat back down with her arms crossed, angry that Bruce was getting his way and she wasn't, a lot of things had been happening recently and only a few of them she liked like the food Alfred made but that was it, when ever Bruce got his way or won an argument that they had she would get angry and irritated. She needed a win and soon, I just might know how I'll get it. Selina thought to herself sneakily whilst she kept her same outward appearance, there was no way she was going to let Bruce know of her plans.

...

"Alright were here." Bullock said to Jim beside him as he stopped the car and got out, Jim soon followed him after him.

They walked around to the back of the car and Bullock opened the boot to reveal a shivering man, "Cobblepot?! What's he doing here?!" Jim shouted as soon as he saw then man, Oswald Cobblepot later to be know as the Penguin, super villain of Gotham but only someone who could see the future could know that or at least someone like Bruce who actually watched this worlds future as a TV show.

"Detective! Please you have to let me go! I can be of-" Oswald started to plead.

"Shut up!" Bullock shouted at him, making him jump and stop talking.

"He snitched to Montoya, so he has to go if you know what I mean and your going to do it, they want to know that your with the program, if your not... I'll have to kill him, you and then your girl after messing her up a bit otherwise they kill me and you, you get where I'm going with this... you just need to kill this worthless piece of sh!t, no one will care!" Bullock tried to convince his new do good partner.

Jim looked from Oswald and Bullock, deciding what to do, he ultimately chose life, he reached into the boot and grabbed Oswald by his ruffed up jacket and then dragged him out of the car and forced him to walk down the pier, "Move!" He commanded Oswald as he poked him in the back with his gun.

"Your doing the right thing Partner." Bullock patted Jim on the shoulder as he passed by him.

Jim continued to force Oswald down the pier, his gun aimed at his back.

As Oswald hobbled along he turned around to face Jim and started pleading with him, "Please, I can be of use to you! I can be your servant!"

"Shut it! Keep moving!" Jim shouted at him as he pushed him to keep moving, but Oswald continued, "There's a war coming, I can see it, I'm smart like that." Oswald told Jim and what he said actually attached Jim's interest but he looked back at Bullock and remembered what he said so he ignored it and pushed Oswald again.

They were now at the very edge of the pier, Gordon turned him around and pointed hit gun at the back of his head, " Never come back to Gotham." He said quietly before he shot beside Oswald's head, pushing him into the water as he did.

Back at the car Bullock exclaimed, "Attaboy." He said proud of Jim but unknown to him Oswald was actually still alive and was currently swimming away.

...

"I thought you wanted my help? Are you giving up now? And we just started." Bruce taunted Selina as she breathed heavily on the ground and he was standing over the top of her triumphant from their recent bout.

"Don't look down on me!" She screamed as she up leapt at again, trying to punch him in the face.

"Hahaha, let's go!" Bruce grinned with uncontameable excitement.