batman: tribulation and revelation

[Catwoman]

cause he's knox? he made it through the first one. lol.

[johnnygobbs]

cause he's knox? he made it through the first one. lol.

In the original script for Batman he died.  Plus, I'm sure I've read other fanfiction where he dies, or other people suggest that they would have killed him off in a sequel.  I like Knox a lot.  He's one of my favourite characters, but since he was entirely made-up by the filmmakers and did not originate from the comics, I can see how he might be seen as kind of disposable.

Anyway, I wasn't knocking your story.  I thought it made sense for him to be killed within the context of your fanfic.

[Catwoman]

ok.

[Catwoman]

chapter 10

"WHAT THE f*** WERE YOU THINKING?!" pierce bellowed, looking over the body of alex knox, still sitting in the chair, eyes still open wide. chip shreck said nothing, slumped down in his chair, his eyes cast downward on his desk.

"i asked you a question!" pierce snapped again, though this time at a lower volume. again shreck was quiet. pierce took the gun on the desk in his right hand, grabbed shreck's collar with his left, and jerked him up. "you better explain what the hell happened here or i'm gonna do the job for martini myself," he said, pressing the gun to shreck's chin.

"the son of a bitch was trying to blackmail me," shreck finally said. "they had these papers tying us to moran and they were going to go public with them." "they? they who?" pierce asked, releasing his grip on chip and setting the gun down.

"he said it was some photographer. bale? becky bale?" "that'd be vicki vale," pierce said. "she's here in gotham to cover your election, and i know where her apartment is. lets go."

meanwhile, at her apartment, vicki vale lay sprawled across the couch, a mystery novel in her hand. knox had told her nothing of his plan to visit chip, so she had no reason to worry for him at all, much less consider the possibility that he had been killed and that shreck and pierce were on their way to shut her up as well.

she was immersed in her book when the phone rang, startling her. she fumbled with the cordless reciever for a moment before getting it to her ear. "hello?" she asked.

"vicki, hi, its bruce." "oh hi bruce, how are you doing?"

bruce looked down at the ice pack he had applied to his chest and felt the one he had put on the back of his neck to take the sting off of the abuse selina had inflicted earlier and replied, "not so good."

they had only been talking for a couple minutes when vicki heard her doorbell ring. "hold on," she said to bruce as she walked over to door. before she could open it, it was kicked open. she was stunned to see chip shreck standing before her. without a word he punched her in the stomach, causing her to drop the phone. the thud as it hit the floor and her gasp for air after being hit alerted bruce that she was in trouble. he immediately slammed the phone down and rushed to the batcave to suit up.

"so, you thought you could play hardball with chip shreck, did you?" the mayor elect asked menacingly as vicki doubled over, clutching her stomach. he slouched and threw an uppercut that struck her in the chin, sending her backwards onto the floor. then he and pierce stepped inside, closing the door behind them. pierce slammed his foot down on the phone, shattering it, unaware that it had already had signaled a would-be savior for vicki.

as vicki tried to stand, chip walked over and roughly grabbed her by her hair, pulling her up and slamming her onto the couch. then he let loose a barage of punches that busted vicki's nose and lip. "its over, bitch," he said. "what do you want?" vicki cried out, her arms still wrapped around her abdomen. chip punched her across the face.

"you know exactly what i want. i want to know just what made that little nancy boy knox think he could barge right into my palace and try to take whats mine." "i don't know what you're talking about!" vicki screamed. shreck hit her once again. "i guess i'll just have to give you what i gave him then." he pulled out his gun and pointed it at her.

vicki looked at shreck, stunned. "you, you killed him?" shreck said nothing. anger crossed her face. she started to stand. shreck pulled her to him, putting the gun to her stomach, and fired.

vicki gasped and stumbled back. she looked at shreck, then at pierce. they each wore cold, emotionless expressions. she tried to cry out, but it was choked off by the blood that she coughed out. finally she collapsed. shreck looked at her for a moment. "lets get out of here," pierce said. they both exited, leaving her to die.

within moments, batman arrived. seeing that the door had been kicked in, he rushed into the apartment. as soon as he was inside, his attention was drawn to the streak of blood on the carpet.

"NO!" he thought as he followed its trail around the edge of the couch, where he found vicki, having tried to crawl to another phone in order to call for help. he knelt beside her and turned her over. when her vacant gaze reached his, he knew he was too late.

[Catwoman]

chapter 11

batman sat atop the building across from the one where vicki's apartment was. he watched as the cloth-draped stretcher carrying her body was wheeled out and placed into a coroner's van. as it drove into the distance, he knelt against the ledge, weeping silently for her and for the fact that he had not been able to save her. in his mind, he was certain that shreck was responsible, though he figured it to be the work of a hired hand, not the mayor himself.

as he wept and the anger within him grew, his sobs were joined by low pitched growls. a thirst for vengence he hadn't felt since the moment he realized it was jack napier who had killed his parents when he was only 8 years old filled him. his hands slowly clenched into fists, grasping some of the snow that had fallen on the ledge.

"let another woman die, did you?" he heard a voice say cruely from behind.

he turned around to see catwoman standing there. he was so overcome by anger and grief that all he could think to say to her was "shut up." catwoman drew out her whip and swung it, cracking it at his feet. "seems anytime a woman needs your help, this is how it turns out," she continued.

"i tried to save her. just like i tried to save you," he said, his voice and hands now shaking from all the emotion coursing through him. "i tried!"

"you tried," catwoman spat bitterly, "but you didn't. maybe this time you'll take my advice and take off that little mask of yours and quit playing dress up before you get someone else killed, you selfish old fool."

batman's eyes blazed with hatred as her words hit him. she swung her whip towards him one more time. he raised his arm, allowing it to wrap around his wrist, then jerked her towards him. he headbutted her, then did a spin kick into her stomach. before she could recover, he backhanded her, sending her to her knees. just when he was about to deliver a finishing blow, she swept his feet out from under him and leapt atop him. when she landed, she thrust her claws into his sides, causing him to howl.

"i should have killed you when i had the chance!" she cried. "but no, i had to be blinded by the morals of it all, and look what it got me!" she pulled her right hand claws out of him and backhanded him, scratching his face. "i had max right where i wanted him, and you had to f*** it all up, trying to play the great defender!" then she slashed the other side. "four, five, still alive! six, seven, all good girls go to heaven!" she screamed.

batman said nothing, just looking up at her. he sighed. catwoman looked down at him for a moment. her look of anger and bitterness softened into one of great sadness.

"oh bruce," she whimpered, collapsing onto him, placing her head onto his chest. he was taken aback by the sound of her crying softly, but then he brought his arms up and wrapped them around her. for several moments, they lay there, unmoving as the snow fell gently upon them.

the next day, word spread throughout gotham that vicki had been murdered and that knox was missing. no one knew that his body had been dumped by shreck and pierce into the gotham river just minutes before they headed to vicki's apartment, but most assumed that wherever he was, he was no longer among the living.

none aside from bruce wayne believed that mayor shreck could have been involved, and no one, thought of district attorney pierce much at all to begin with. without any evidence - yet - to bring against shreck, though he was as of yet unaware of pierce's invovlement, bruce felt it best to keep quiet. as he stood amongst a crowd of what seemed like hundreds outside the gotham police headquarters as acting commisioner harvey bulloch announced the investigation into the murder of vicki and knox's disappearance, however, his blood boiled.

[The Joker]

*Chapter 10*

Wow. And here I was thinking Vicki was going to get some sort of revenge on Chip for murdering her friend, Knox! Pretty shocking chapter, and one that was fairly distressing as well. Especially with Chip attacking Vicki in such a violent way.

*Chapter 11*

I enjoyed the interactions between Catwoman and Batman in this where she obviously still holds a grudge against him, and apparently knows just the words to say in order to hurt him in his time of sorrow following Vicki's death. Though it was nice to see her finally break down and admit her feelings for him as they embraced one another in the snow. Good stuff.

[Catwoman]

what can i say? i love throwing curveballs.

[johnnygobbs]

Soon you'll have no characters left...

[Catwoman]

sure i will

[Catwoman]

excited to announce that i have a new draft for this story i'm going to start on that is somewhat like this and a good bit not. it will definately have an homage to the first movie, not just returns. stay tuned