Descending in Desire of Darkness

####chapter 01 - Descend of the Darkness

During their marriage, which lasted 6 months ...

It was a period when he faced the dark world, and saw something that only the other versions would see, it changed his pragmatic mind into something more interesting to see and do ...

Bruce realized that he had trouble relating, his connection with CatWoman, he realized that it was more ... Sexual, not emotional, he had difficulties connecting, so he went to make a plan to end this situation between them .. .

Some time later...

Bruce had to save the world, sometimes he hoped that Selina was relatively well in the mansion, or looking at the cave, but that's not what he found ...

When he arrested those villains, tied towards the police station, arriving at the cave with the batmobile...

Alfred was waiting for him.

- There's a problem, sir. - Said his faithful butler, he had barely arrived from a mission to rescue Kara from Apokolips, he felt guilty, and wanted to talk to the butler, but the air of question made him stop and stop his thoughts and guilt.

- What there was? - He questioned.

- Selina was arrested. - Said Alfred, he realized that by the air of the word.

- Why was Selina arrested ...? - Bruce asked walking towards his old friend.

- She was stealing. - Said Alfred.

- What? - That was the worst ...

Bruce was at the police station a few hours later, he asked to enter the interrogation room, hours after she was released.

Being able to say that what the police did not do, Bruce did, without being guilty of domestic violence of aggression against women, much less feminicide, he had Amasteus by his side, making it clear that nothing he did would come out of there.

Being able to say again, that she cried with pain and he with rage.

- You don't pay attention to me. - Selina shouted.

- Women don't go out there to steal because their husbands don't pay attention. - Bruce said.

- You lost our son. He shouted.

- My body my Rules. - Said Selina.

- Not when you have a baby inside. - Bruce said.

- Since we are talking about my body my rules. - Bruce said, when he got spit, after being slapped in the face.

- You want attention. - Bruce said roared.

- Then, I'll pay attention. - Bruce said.

Then Bruce was turning her on his knee to spank her, he just didn't do it anymore because when he took his belt off his pants to hit her, which was not the drop, in the middle of Selina kicking, and trying to escape to getting punched in the face, so that, in itself , was the last straw.

In the end, she came out crying from there, at that moment, there was no evidence, bribing police and the justice to cover up her lack of control.

At that time, when she was caught red-handed, and he didn't even think about taking her out of there, the anger and betrayal were greater, in fact, he talked to Amasteus, an old lawyer from his parents' time , he helped him to cover up the beating.

In the end, no one believed her, when she shouted that she was beaten by her husband, they put it in the crime exam that the injuries were all due to falling through the roofs in the middle of the escape.

The divorce papers arrived when Selina was still awaiting trial in jail, this time, he would make sure she stayed there for at least a year ...

Reports said that Selina had a fit and almost ate the divorce papers.

He had his escapades, but he didn't get caught, Bruce should have known that nothing between them would work, which even what Selina did, helped and gave an excuse to break up.

It was six months of an unhappy marriage in general opinion, not that it was bad in fact, but there were rumors, that the divorce was quick and fell in the mouth of the people, the media fell on them, all because Lois leaked in some way that he never came to understand.

There were those who appeared there in the middle of the trial, claiming that she was Selina's lover, from villains to pickpockets, who had occasional deals , which in the end became a circus, he was the horn, all of that, all the secrets of what she was supposed did on your back.

All her secrets she was supposed to have been unearthed, for him and Amasteus, thankfully that Alfred traveled, practically drugged and put on a plane with a security guard to prevent him from returning before two years.

It was in general opinion, a quick marriage, unlike Selina, who was caught in the middle of a robbery, along with two more villains, was the Cat man and the calendar man .

In addition to Nocturne, who managed to escape, but were caught by Batman in his escape , which he did on the way back, when he arrived from Apokolips, when he least expected it to happen so soon.

Selina, in turn, fell between alleys, when a policeman, shot in his direction.

Without knowing it, he could have caught her, halfway to Gotham, on his way back.

Incredible as it seemed, they will testify against her, all for a witch hunt, of hooded thieves.

Decreasing their sentence, using it as if they knew the creator of the largest diamond in the world, and the jewels in the British crown, that she was the mastermind of the crime.

According to her, she shouldn't be caught, which at that time, she wore a panther outfit, to differentiate herself from the Catwoman, as if another cat outfit with electric weapons was a big change, which did not prevent her from being unmasked in the Final.

Which was a good thing, it would be a problem if they remained married , he had new plans, and he could not stay married so long with Selina if he continued like that, which he didn't count on, when he stopped paying attention to the woman and continued with the vigilantism.

Bruce had said, by hiding his identity better than she, that somehow Selina was taken to the hospital, that's when she lost their baby.

Crime exams were done, what hurt most was the fall, it was what the exams said, to be a miscarriage, due to the fall, even though he said she should have stayed at home or expected the child born to be able to return to the supposed fight against crime, in the end ...

Selina had her secret escapes, while he faced Darkseid and returned to pick up thieves from a museum, Selina stole, all in the spirit of escapes.

At that time, Bruce made Alfred go.

- I need a year alone. - Bruce said. – Or more than two. - He said towards Alfred.

The concerned butler did not agree, he offered a coffee towards the butler, when they drank, the butler fell into his arms.

He paid the extended holiday Alfred that would be a year, not to stay there, so he could put his plans into action , actually .

On second thought, Bruce thought it best, two years, away from him , putting Alfred drugged in the direction of a private plane, in short, the old man woke up in a luxury hotel.

Seeing that beside the bed, a personal friend of Bruce's who would keep an eye on Alfred and not let him back so soon, so Bruce could proceed with his plans.

The poor butler called him angrily about rights and kidnappings, but Bruce was literally adamant.

What that didn't coincide with his return, doing that kind of thing to a man who had treated him like a son and was a supposed father to him, Bruce laughed and said, that life wasn't always how they wanted it.

Forcing the old butler, for a trip around the world, with everything paid for, to get to know every part of the planet earth, he would have a guide who would keep an eye on him, to leave him in peace, and with that, not stop him from doing what he had in mind ....

- Like you, you can do this to me, I did everything for you . - Said the butler on the phone.

- I don't understand, what's going on? Shouted Alfred.

- Alfred, you won't be able to return before a year, there's no use in that, I need you to stay out of Gotham. - Bruce said.

- I don't need any of that. - Said his butler.

- By the way. - Bruce said. - The cards would be blocked and monitored, for withdrawals and certain amounts, they would have to call me directly , and you can not come back, before the established time.

- Damn it, boss, this is kidnapping. - Said Alfred.

Bruce needed to plan, and those plans did not include Alfred, nor his prior knowledge of what he intended to do.

- No, it's not kidnapping, I didn't put you in private jail, nor did I arrest you somewhere, I'm sending you towards various parts of the world, you can very well enjoy your time. - Bruce said.

In Selina's case, that year, he wouldn't have to worry about her for a long time, unless she ran away.

She would be one year stuck in Black Gate, not run away, and if it did, it would be a fugitive, at that time, would have time to plan what to do as he would have neither Alfred nor Selina to disrupt.

Dick keeping away, and any of the boys, and also a plan to keep away members of the Justice League.

He would have a few weeks to plan...

4 weeks later ...

Bruce got involved in gambling, and it was a bookmaker that no hero would enter, but with demons who would , that was just an invitation, which he accepted, it was interesting to say, that he was inspired.

Initially, he shouldn't have, but he did, it wasn't against the rules, but neither did anyone stop him from doing it.

4 weeks after the demons bet ...

Bruce was falling towards some ruins, there was an earthquake, he fell from the crater, falling towards cracks and with a part of his trunk being drilled, vertically.

He had a pointed rock, which had a vertical perforation on it, its thin point, with a thick extension, pierced from his shoulder towards a lung.

As he broke his spine with the fall, at that time, Bruce didn't know if he was going to die from the hemorrhage, or his punctured lung , or if they stayed alive on a bed .

There were several pointed rocks, close to his column, the fall itself that made him break his column, he did not move, above him, he had seen, not counting the fact of that pointed rock.

That was Superman who was on his side, a part of the tip of the pointed rock, had pierced Superman's shoulder that was on top of him.

- Bruce... - Superman tried.

- I know you're a good person, but I don't think, I'll last. - Bruce said.

- They will arrive. - Said Superman.

- Do not speak. - Bruce tried. - Stay quiet. - Bruce said.

- It's so beautiful. - Bruce said.

Superman felt the hot blood splash and spread on that floor, his body in Bruce's, feeling the blood, there was debris around them.

- I do not know. - Bruce said. - I had faith in you, that you would not do anything wrong. - Said.

- Shut up Bruce. - He requested. - I hear your heart.

- You're heavy, Kal. - Bruce said.

The vision of the man beneath him, blurred, he saw a light, he was a beautiful person, he did not know if it was a man or a woman, what mattered was that he, he was beautiful, and held out his hand,

- Come with me. - Said the voice.

- Yes, I will go with you. - Bruce said, he raised his hand from the arm that was not pierced, whose blood spread on the floor, he took the hands of this beautiful red-haired man.

- It's so beautiful. - Bruce said, you're calling me, he held out the hand that took it.

Bruce Wayne fell into unconsciousness when, he heard a scream, followed by a light.

Three weeks earlier.

There was a particularly loud earthquake and it was not destructive because of Superman and some Kryptonians.

Occurring on the busy streets of Metropolis, it fractured in some properties of Luthor, which in the meantime was an old building, or even what was Luthor's property, were working directly for him.

In the experts and scholars, and scientists to do studies they were sending, scholars and archaeologists, that they had in the course of research.

They discovered ruins, an ancient city with temples relatively intact underneath the sewers of Metropolises the whole city, had other constructions that they were researching, among these were an ancient civilization, mummifications, and old ones, prior to the year 1300.

There were tunnels that collapsed, that for more than a month or more were doing the research.

Among them was organized by Luthor, who were financing it out of pure interest, besides that there were many relics and monuments, besides what would be an image, statues of what would be an immense bat man.

These were three images that were interspersed with a reptile man like that of a demon or dragon, there was the shape of a man in the center and at the end a hybrid form between the three shapes, there were inscriptions, I would give money with excursions and tourism.

It all started a few weeks before ...

Many archaeologists were hired and he was directly engaged in

It was not easy to be poor, and neither was aging ...

Because of Joker, he couldn't keep Batman's persona for long, spent his afternoon with a headache, and headed towards the cave, he was what he thought, going out for a drink, thinking about his retirement.

The man did not speak, if a miracle arose and he changed his mind, yes.

He needed some time, the headache really increased to the point of seeing a doctor.

It was at the end of that week, he had some tests done, the diagnosis came.

Terminal brain tumor, stage 4, there was no stage 5... which would be unnecessary and all a cheap thrill.

There were some investigations that would prevent that if he told anyone caused a stir, which he didn't need.

It wouldn't last long as a crime fighter if he, in turn, didn't come up with a miracle beyond the lazarus pits, or if he earned some money that would prolong his life, but let's be honest .

Bruce didn't want to prolong his life for long ... unless he could do it in a way that would have less consequences, Poços de Lazaro was out of the question.

Now, he found out that it wouldn't really last, he needed some time away, he wouldn't even live, his life gave what it had to give, it did its best.

Lately, he thought about sending a letter, to avoid complications, everyone there, needed a break, a sabbatical year on the cover, which wouldn't really be a year.

It would be an extra life, but he changed his mind, and simply said, when he had an urgent meeting in the watchtower gathering all the heroes there around the big table and meeting.

- I'll take a gap year for myself; at the end of the month, I'll travel. - Said. - And if all goes well, I will come back. - Bruce said.

- Today is going to be my last day in the justice league. - Bruce said. - At least for a while. - Bruce said.

- What are you going to do, bat? - He Green Arrow.

- I go on a journey of self-discovery, and train again. - Said Batman.

- Will you come back later? - It was Hal.

- Not for now, I won't be going back. - Bruce said.

- I'm getting too old to fight. - Bruce said.

- Many people are appearing stronger than me. - Bruce said.

- I also do not want to go back for now, I have to enjoy a little.

- Take a gap year. - Bruce said.

- I have to keep the bones that I still have. - Bruce said.

- I want to enjoy my old age that is coming. - Bruce said.

- I don't want to fight anymore, at least for now. - Bruce said.

- I will leave the new generation. - Bruce said.

- So, a year without you, bat. - Said Hal.

- One year. - Bruce said. - I will travel at the end of the month. - Bruce said.

As far as he knew they were projected, like holograms, and was seen on all televisions, just the back of their bodies as seen.

The Presence appeared above them, accompanied by others, like Lucifer and Neron and the others who appeared beside him at the bar, which Bruce drank, he looked around.

His images appeared like water mirrors, above the clouds and buildings of Gotham City, Metropolis, Central City, Star City and all the other super heroic cities.

Superman appeared above the skies and the Metropolis buildings and tried unsuccessfully to punch the faces of The Presence, but passed right by him.

- We didn't come here to fight. - Said Lucifer. - But to propose a deal. - Said the morning angel.

- We are here to announce to all heroes a way to earn money. that will be worth gold. - Said The Presence

- We propose to all heroes, they are not obliged to do if they do not want to. - Said Trigon.

- What do you think we would do that? - Asked Superman. - Do you think we will do something for you? - Asked the man of steel.

- They will not be obliged, but if they do. - Said Trigon. - You will receive 700 billion dollars and 30 gold bars.

Two heroes' innocents of sin from each of the cities, without being obliged to do so, must, if they want to kill, in two weeks, 7 innocent people. - Said Trigon.

- The villains are not worth it, you may or may not kill by spontaneous will. - Said Trigon. - Without being forced. - Said Trigon.

A sky of gold appeared above the clouds, and an immense pointed tower floating at its end a box of dollars, opening them, and revealing to everyone appearing in front of all the heroes the gold bars and dollars, and then returning to box.

- You kill if you want. - Said Trigon. - They are not obliged. - Said the demon.

- Within two weeks, you must decide whether to kill or not. - Said Trigon.

- The tower is protected, and you will not be able to leave it in less than two weeks, those who try will regret it. - Said another creature.

It was announced in the news, and the internet was broadcast, broadcast on all television channel networks, and nothing else was said, moreover during the two days in a row until the end of the week.

Everyone saw and heard the story, everyone there, felt the pressure and the power ...

Yes, they said only the heroes they could kill.

Superman looked towards the sky, and seeing there around him the black tower with the gold on its tip at the top of it.

- It can not be. - Said Superman.

- Who would kill for money, a hero would not do that.

Superman called a meeting in the watchtower later that afternoon.

The heroes gathered in the watchtower, if that was enough, Luthor set up a demonstration and a press conference, about the danger of Superman, that even the Boy Scout would not be able to ignore a sum of money with this.

Superman saw Bruce's chair being occupied by another Batman.

- What would he gain to give money for us to kill.

- See how much we lower ourselves? - Ravena made an attempt.

- He could see us corrupt and with that, he would have innocent souls being taken to the abyss of fear. - Raven said.

Batman looked at everyone and spoke. - Corrupt. - Said. - At best.

- Why didn't he choose a villain? - Questioned Zatana.

- Do you really think we will make money if we kill an innocent? Asked Constantine. - If they said that anyone could kill, then in the first hour they had already killed. - Said Zatana.

- It is much better to see a hero corrupting and keeping than a villain, he has already been corrupted, and they kill for money, anyone would see, that there would be no fun in not having rules. - Said Batman.

- Then. - Said Green Arrow. - The cool thing is to see who's first. - He said.

Superman flew towards the bat cave, Bruce had already returned to the mansion, he was feeling weak, the drink and the pressure didn't go down well, if he had problems to contain Superman at his best, falling on the weak cave floor, it didn't seem like a good situation.

Bruce ignored the calls from the league, he turned off the computers, the cell phones, everything, stayed in the dark, thinking of a backup plan, in case they would literally want to kill, but he was thinking about Superman.

He alternated with bugging and tracking on each of his allies, Bruce supposedly spent the time drinking, he actually took a laptop and followed in the footsteps with cameras dotted around towns, following in the footsteps of every hero of every town.

Bruce ran towards the bathroom, not holding on, it was there that he heard Superman flying towards the cave, he couldn't stop vomiting, he heard more than one step, it was someone else ...

- Bruce. – It was Dick, who had his hands on her shoulders.

Bruce when he finished throwing up on the toilet, he turned.

- You drank. - Said Superman. - All week.

- Still thinking about traveling? - It was a strange question asked by the man of steel.

- We're not at the end of the month yet. - Bruce said. - But I'm not well. - Said. - Something in the drink. - Bruce said.

- Hangover at best is not good. - Said Superman. - But that's no reason for that.

- Do you intend to kill yourself from drinking so much? - Questioned Diana appearing beside them.

- What do you want here? - He asked wiping his mouth with toilet paper, and getting up, he was wearing only brown pajamas.

- I left the league, go away. - Bruce said staggering.

- I'm no longer useful to the justice league. - Bruce said. - I am out.

- We thought you knew. - Said Superman accompanying him around the cave.

- That was shown in all cities. - Bruce said.

Some lights were off, and the computer was drizzling with the screen, there was little lighting, the cave and the mansion were in darkness.

Bruce fell towards the chair away from the computer on a table in the corner, his head hurt, he was in a rag, there was a large travel backpack in the corner, his temple was aching.

- God ... - Bruce said. - Crap.

- I would say yes, Bruce. - Diana said.

Bruce found himself in the mirror, dark circles under his eyes, thankfully Alfred traveled , he wouldn't see him, with a beard to do, and tousled hair.

If anyone tried to get Batman out of his cave, Jocker had the party in Gotham, but apparently, there was no one to get him out of his grave.

- I'm tired. - Bruce said.

- We are having problems. - Diana said.

- You can have any problem whatsoever, but I left the league. - Bruce said.

- I trained, you Dick, enough to succeed me. - Bruce said.

- I will not help. - Bruce said.

- There's another Batman doing the job. - Bruce said.

- But not even a piece of advice? - Asked Superman.

Bruce looked towards Superman.

"No," he said.

- I want to be left alone. - Bruce said.

- There are so many heroes and watchmen in Gotham. - Bruce said.

- I trained most, if not all. - Bruce said. - One hour you find out what to do. - Bruce said.

They looked at each other and left the cave.

Bruce looked towards a computer, he waited a few minutes and turned on a computer, he was then on, turning on several screens and showing each of the heroes of the cities.

- Idiots. - Bruce said.

- Fools. - He said.

Within the first week that followed, almost at the end of Friday, all the heroes are included, two heroes from each super heroic city, will be able to kill seven innocents, from the first to the last, the one who kills, must be an innocent without sin.

Everyone there with nervous nerves, they were constantly irritated, there was a clock clocking the time.

Heroes, gods, villains and everyone there, saw and heard what the gods said.

- Interesting. - Said Luthor. - I couldn't have done it better.

In a villain bar ...

Luthor was sitting at a table with poker cards and smoking a cigar.

Luthor watches around, he realized that they wanted heroes to kill, who was he not to help, to make Superman a villain.

- I bet Superman will succumb. - He said.

Joker, and some villains gathered at a round table a round of conversation and playing poker, around them, among smokers and underworld villains.

- I bet I can make Batman kill. - The crime clown said.

- Whoever gains something from this, is the hero, not us. - Said Senhor Frio, besides killing for money. - Said Cold.

- I don't see, Batman killing around, not even for money. - Said Mr Frio.

- Actually, I only see a Batman, but I don't know if this is the original. - Said Penguin.

- Even if he needed to. - Said Penguin.

- But did you notice anything, Joker? Asked Poison Ivy.

- What, dear? - Questioned the clown.

- We haven't seen him in weeks. - Said the green woman.

- You, like all of us, know that what we have here is not the original. - Said Poison.

- And you know he doesn't kill. - Said Crocodile.

- But we don't know about this new one. - Said Riddler.

- He had thousands of opportunities to kill you and he didn't, and it was free. - Said Penguin. - Because he would kill an innocent, even now for money.

- Power corrupts, doesn't it? Asked The Riddler. - And greed makes you do crazy things.

- We can play a little, make them angry, enough to cause a complication and go crazy to the point of killing and discounting an innocent. - Said Riddler.

- Does murder by mistake committed count? - Riddled questioned.

- Come on, see the biggest madman who caused chaos to the point of driving him crazy, would be you. - Said Riddler.

- Since we're not doing anything. - Said Riddler. - Why not? - Nygma asked.

- Wouldn't you do it for money? - Said. - Did you see that amount? - Two Face asked. - It is 700 billion dollars and 30 gold bars. - Said. - That leaves anyone with greed. - He said.

- What would we gain from killing him? - Asked Joker. – Besides of course seeing him kill an innocent. - Said. - Come on people, watch the circus catch on fire.

- He could share the money with us, if we found the victim. - Nygma proposed.

- Since when, would any hero share money with us? - Questioned Crocodile.

- Why not? - Nygma asked.

- Because if a person kills an innocent, since when, he would care not to kill us? - Questioned Harlequin appearing.

- What if we kidnapped a hero's ally. - Nygma proposed. - If we have any hostages. - Tried Riddler.

- He wouldn't mind a villain. - Said Harlequin. - And it would kill everyone in front of you.

- How about we have fun at least, forget that part. - Said Joker. – How about chaos by chaos. - Said Joker.

- Yes. - They said around. – Making glasses clink.

They would try to get the gold.

While the most idiotic, in every way, all to a lesser and greater degree were transformed into animals, in addition to being electrocuted, a mountain of pigs walking back while trying to get the money boxes from that pointed tower.

Among the villains began to occur bets on who would kill first.

Lois Lane was looking for a story, ignoring most hero screams and craziness.

During that week, reporters were addressing the heroes on those issues.

The heights were the crime in each of the cities, they took several hostages throughout the week, in themselves, each time they appeared and a hero appeared, the villains used children as a shield.

There were several cases of kidnappings throughout the week.

Lois Lane was covering the story of super heroes on murder innocent.

- Lois. - Perry said ahead of him in the newsroom of the daily planet.

- You are excused for the rest of the month. - Said.

- What...? - Said Lois.

- No ... - Said Lois. - No ... - He said again. - It's not right.

- It is the source of all Superman's problems; some stupid villain can use you to force him to kill an innocent. - Said.

- Don't come back here before the end of the month. - Perry said.

- Who said Superman kills? Cried Lois.

- Street informants. - Perry said. - They stole a shipment of kryptonite, and fear gas. - Perry said.

- Who said that? Asked Lois.

- Me, - said Jimmy. - I discovered a leaked informant that they stole coming to Metropolises

- Men hallucinating have done the worst. - Perry said.

- While drugged aliens, they hallucinate and kill, even if they don't want to. - Said.

- He may think you are the Apocalypse. - Perry said.

- In addition to me doing a story of his death, I will do a story supporting Luthor. - Perry said.

- The rules are clear, Perry, he can only willingly kill an innocent. - Said Lois. - And no thanks. - Said Lois.

- That's not what I heard. - Perry said. - If you stay, I will call the police and you will be escorted off the daily planet. - Said. - I will claim national security. - Perry said.

- Chief, please. - You tried Lois.

- If you prove it to me. - Perry said. - That she will not be killed by Superman. - Perry said. – Thinking you're a super villain. - Perry proposed. - I allows. - Said your boss.

Steaming Lois went to his table, picked up his things, and headed down the street by the elevator.

Bruce, followed Lois, with his sunglasses, he bumped into her even coughing and feeling sick, almost falling, the woman almost got angry, but turned around in time when she realized that the man was feeling sick , it was a good leper disguise that , being unrecognizable.

- My God. - Said Lois. - You are well? - She asked.

- I'll get better . - Said, sitting on the bench, a little wobbly and unstable.

She released him, when he got up, without realizing that he put a tracker on her, watching her, and then following her the next day monitoring her, and watching Diana's actions, throughout the day, and throughout the week.

Some of them bet on Batman, even if they had not seen him for a long period of time, since the previous month , they would manage to induce him to kill.

There were several press conferences that Luthor made by arguing that Superman was as fallible as anyone who would be a danger to the world, and should be jailed throughout the week until the test period is over.

A Wonder Woman was about to break a villain's neck and her sword nearly pierced the shoulder of an innocent caught in an ambush and used as a shield.

Each of the heroes at some point, were caught in crossfire between villains who looked like an assault group, they appeared, took Superman, Wonder Woman seriously, they made an attack, came and went the moment they acted.

That week , Wonder Woman was restrained by Superman who was trying to prevent her from killing one of the criminals who used a hostage as a shield, in addition to bombs attached to him.

After they calmed down, Superman also lost control of the ensuing revenge and assault group.

- Do you think they would really give us money if an innocent person dies? Barry asked.

- Even if they drop money, I wouldn't do that. - Said Superman.

- Even if it is, it is a lot of money, in addition to losing my soul, I would become rich, but my soul is very important to me, Barry. - Said Superman.

- Yes. - Barry said. - For me too. - Barry said. - But what if it were by other means, like winning the lottery, what would you do with 700 billion dollars, in addition to 30 gold bars.

- What a dream, Barry. - Diana was laughing. - It's a lot of money, really. - Diana said.

- I have no idea. - Said Superman sitting in the leisure room of the tower.

– I, at least, would distribute a part. - Said. - There are a lot of hungry and broke people around the world. - Said Superman.

- Scout as always. - Diana said. - It's a good idea. - Diana said.

- You wouldn't do that, with that money. - Said Superman. - If there was another way.

There was the attraction and seduction of sin itself, once, it was almost tempted, there was temptation.

All heroes almost killed an innocent, even if it's almost, they were attracted to a chase.

Investigating and following heroes, he demanded his part in his body, everyone thought he was drinking, or feeling sick in the corners, but really, he didn't sleep, it had been four days.

They had constant fights, Superman, Wonder Woman, several sprinters.

His lack of sleep, he was going to five, he was taking energy and eating a lot, which he saw several heroes being cornered, and villains that were surrounding Diana.

Those bastards were doing double work for some heroes, in the matter of the sixth day, Luthor, made an appearance, and invited Bruce to go out together, the man managed to reschedule three times, four, until he could not find an excuse to avoid that find it.

Meanwhile, as they were watched by prying eyes and spies, at that time when Bruce and the gamblers were watching them ...

The heroes were in the watch Tower, while the silence was heavy .

After a while in silence, they started talking, exchanging reports of a tiring day of humanitarian aid, they almost killed or let children die who were kidnapped by a villain, Superman almost dropped a child towards a cliff.

- I can't continue to fight. - Said Superman.

- What there was? Diana asked.

- I need to go to the fortress. - Said Superman.

- What's going on, Kal ? - A hero arriving there questioned.

- I'm not as steel as I imagine. - Said Superman.

Between their missions, unaware of the spies and gamblers.

Meanwhile, in which Bruce Wayne, was the following , while Superman, Diana and various heroes, greater or lesser extent, were being tried and tested.

There was a fight at the end of helping some girls, they were angry, and they went to fight.

For hours, they didn't even speak.

Bruce started making excuses enough to avoid even his children, some reporters, even avoiding contact with Clark, former colleagues in the justice league.

He had deep dark circles and he didn't look well, thin, he couldn't hide, even with makeup, he was pale and bent, he had white streaks on his head .

It was strange even for him, he looked with constant expression of pain on his face, that moment, Bruce was shaking.

Well, he went to Luthor's tower, panting, in a dark suit.

- What do you want, Luthor? - He said.

- Apparently, I scare him. – Entering your room.

- The situation of the finite. - Bruce said.

His sight left Lex unresponsive, he looked worse, deciding it wouldn't do to wear his makeup or whatever.

- You are sick. - Luthor said looking.

- A little bit. - He said, taking a glass of wine offered, his lips were dry and bluish, looking at himself in the mirror after what he felt, it was not scary.

- So, your trip is for that. - Said Luthor.

- Yes, I have a trip to resolve this at the end of the month. - Bruce said.

- Do you intend to return? Asked Luthor.

- I intend to come back better. - Bruce said. - It's just bad days. - He said.

- I understands. - They were heading towards Luthor's dinosaur museum, taking the elevator down with it.

- You had something to share with me, before you saw me. - Bruce spoke.

- That Kryptonian, and the league know? Asked Luthor.

- They just know that I'm taking a gap year. - Bruce said.

- If why, I did not say, and they did not notice.

They are coming here. - Said Luthor. - I have something to share with you. - Said Luthor.

#### chapter 02 –

They are strange ruins, discovered in a construction of one of my laboratories. - He said, leading him towards the underground floor.

- I intend to show it to others. - Said Luthor.

Luthor said with interest. - It will be a great tourist development, a historical mystery.

- Why for me? Bruce asked.

- Wall something, like something you've seen. - Said Luthor.

- I intended to choose you as my partner, I would like to know what you discovered in some caves. - Said Luthor.

They walked down a narrow corridor, in its center there was a circular stone staircase, and in the center a long hole, which he saw a side entrance of corridors, and what would be a stalactite and stalagmite tip.

There was on his right, a huge image, it was that of a dragon, or bat...

Inscriptions carved everywhere, drawings made in rock and stones.

There was a large dragon, with scaly wings, and several other sculptures, depicting a battle of monsters on a rock.

What was in its center, there was a man, and around there were several monsters, and the human image looked like ...

- With you ... - Luthor said.

Showing a transformation into carved stone, the various monster shapes around.

- They worship a dragon. - Bruce said.

A man who transforms into a dragon, besides black smoke coming out of the center of the dark black hole looked like an abyss.

"Well," said Bruce. - Familiar.

- I heard about some ancient religions. - Said Luthor.

- Some old ones, venerated bats and dragons. - Said Luthor. – The resemblance is striking. - Said Luthor.

- You know, I heard that you've been getting involved with some people not human and not even mortal. - said Luthor.

- You found out? Bruce asked.

- I also have some circles of inhuman friendships. - Said Luthor.

- What do you want, Luthor? Bruce asked.

- I would like you to introduce me, and be my contact. - Said Luthor.

- If you introduce me to your friends ...? Bruce asked.

- All my pleasure. - Said Luthor. - I present mine, you present yours. - They said.

Then they both shook hands.

- He looks like you. - Said Luthor.

- This looks like an ancient religion, more precisely a cult. - Bruce said.

- Let's go. - Luthor said pulling the man with him.

They went up again .

After a few conversations, negotiations and phone exchanges ...

Some time later.

About that...

Elsewhere on the streets of Metropolises.

- I found an informant. - Said Lois, who received a message from one of the informants on the streets, with her came between the quays and the alleys of Gotham, to be kidnapped.

Bruce was following Lois, with cameras hidden between the streets, he picked up a camera in question, he was beeping.

A few minutes before.

As always, Lois was ignoring the fact that she was in danger, she was following an informant, at the Metropolis docks, when she entered an abandoned warehouse, being surprised and surrounded by Joker.

He cornered her, while the woman was surrounded by others of his henchmen.

- What do you think you're doing? Cried Lois.

- Causing chaos throughout the city. - One of the ones I caught. - Said Joker kidnapping Lois Lane, she was knocked out.

The woman woke up realizing that she was in a room, knowing that it was possibly an abandoned factory, tied with leather ropes , on a bed beside her was Iris West and Lucius Fox, Steve Trevor.

- You woke up. - Said Joker beside him, he wore a mask, and Punchline was beside him.

- You can not do that. - Said Lois.

- Sure I can. - Said Joker.

- Imagine what Superman will do. - Said Joker. - The Wonder Woman and the copy of Batman and Flash running drugged and killing one enemy after another, are all innocent, with each of them imagining that they are killing their enemies. - Said Joker.

– Just imagine what they will do to the world until the drug wears off.

- All of this is your fault. - Said Joker. – Because you couldn't stay home. - Said.

- You know the rules. - Lois said, trying unsuccessfully to loosen the leather rope.

- Yes. - Said Joker with a smile. - But I don't care. - Said. - Besides I made him kill you. - Said.

– He will become a killing machine, and everything around him will come with him.

- I left clues for them to come and kill each one of you. - Said Joker. - Thinking it's me. - Said the clown smiling, until he laughed.

"No." said Lois. - You can not. - He cried.

- Curse. - Said Steve. - Imagine. - That I put a bomb on your breasts. - Said Joker.

- When they arrived. - Said the clown.

- They will kill him and the cities will be destroyed one by one. - Said Joker.

- And we will have many innocent people killed. - Said Joker.

- When he kills each of you. - Said Joker. - I made it not just him, kill. - Said Joker

- How are you going to get them to kill us one by one? Asked Steve Trevor.

- Hallucinogens, and red kryptonite. - Said Joker. - In addition to fear gas. - Said Joker. – All in a prepared gas.

They received a message sent to all the newspapers; they saw that Lois was kidnapped.

There was a message from Joker on the screen.

- I'm counting the time, heroes. - Said Joker. - You have 2 hours to find me, and save your loves. - Said Joker, sending a kiss.

- If not, cities, there are bombs with a timer where I am, if they don't arrive on time, I'll blow up Metropolises, Star City, Central City and Gotham ...

- Curse. - They saw the footage showing Steve Trevor, Lois Lane, Lucius Fox and Superman flew skyward, stood still for several minutes listening to Lois' heart.

Wonder Woman was right behind Superman, almost in his direction.

- I got. - Said Superman, he activated the communicator in his ear. – I'm on the way, follow my coordinates. - Said.

- I'm almost on your heels, Superman. - Said Wonder Woman. - Wait for me. - She asked.

- There is no time. - Said Superman.

With super speed, he left a trail of blue and red, Wonder Woman was in his direction.

Superman came to a factory, he broke into the entrance.

- Damn you, Joker. - You are not going to kill her. - Shouted, he was ready to flee, seeing the man of steel being followed by Diana and Flash following shortly after,

Lois was desperate, as soon as she entered, he was knocked out by kryptonite, weakening, a gas appeared in front of him.

- No ... - No ... - Lois cried. - Kal, get out of here.

As it was late, Superman saw the Apocalypse in front of him.

- What did you do with Lois. - growled Superman.

Revelation ... - He was enraged. - I'm going to kill you, if you hurt Lois.

- Bombs will explode in all five cities. - Said Joker leaving the side of the wall, he was behind Superman with an oxygen mask.

Lois was crying.

Gases appeared and a red and green liquid dispersed through the air.

Diana arrived right behind, Damn Joker, she unsheathed her sword, and headed towards everyone there, ready to deliver a sword blow towards Steve, right behind was Flash who was hit by the hallucinogen, all ready to catch, or kill your executioners.

- What did you do with Iris, Twayne? - Asked Barry, and just behind came Batman.

- No son. - Said Lucius, they were all prepared, and Superman, ready to fly skyward.

- Who cares about rules. - Said Joker. – May the world explode.

It all happened at once, amid tears, crying, and then the man threw it, a green gas toward the ground, and then water and a wave of electroshock .

All of this, towards the ground, knocking everyone out there, including Superman, a blast of green kryptonite, towards Superman throwing them across the factory wall, all falling to the floor, unconscious.

- I care. - Bruce said, he was there around them, with a syringe.

- Like? – Tried Joker, immobilized, Bruce took an electroshock gun and hit the clown's chest, throwing him to the ground.

Bruce went to Lois, and untied it, then he took a pair of tweezers.

- He's in ... - She gasped.

- Silence, Lois, I know. - He said, using a scalpel, and piercing his chest, where there was a poorly contained tape, he used anesthesia, on the woman, taking the pump out, and then .

He went to a computer on the side and deactivated the bomb and the countdown, and the bomb.

Then he went towards each one, who was conscious and deactivated the timer, and took them out of them.

- Good. - Bruce said.

- How did you find me? Asked Lois, being untied.

- I put a tracker and a bug on you. - Bruce said.

- But....

- You haven't changed your blouse in a week, dear. - Bruce said. - Not even a bra. - Said.

- And how did you know he was doing this specific drug.

- I put a tracker on Joker too, he didn't change his shirt. - Bruce said.

– He didn't change the recipe and raw material or the formula of his drugs. - Well, that I listened to his whole plan. - Bruce said.

- Why did you let them get here? Asked Lois.

- I wanted to catch them at the same time, knock them out with my new weapon. - Bruce said.

They were leaving, hearing police sirens.

- When was that? Asked Lucius.

- I called the Metropolis police. - Bruce said.

- When did you call the police? - Steve asked.

- Coming here, I calculated the time, when they would come. - Bruce said.

They were walking, towards the street, when Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash and Batman appeared.

Well. - Superman said, he was stunned, Joker, not moving, but the clown got up unexpectedly, and threw a red gas at Superman, stunned staggering backwards.

He took Lois hostage and ran, with everyone there in pursuit, but in the middle of the street towards his car, he drove, but was stopped in the middle of the highway, they ended up a few meters towards the ruins discovered by Luthor.

Superman punched the car's engine, sinking in front of the fissure, in the middle of the street, when he stopped, throwing the car .

While the clown did not surrender, he left using Lois as a shield, a weapon towards the woman's back.

- Come on, there Superman.

Everyone went towards Joker, he was surrounded, laughing with blood, and a broken nose, around them, was Superman, Wonder Woman, and Flash.

- You know. - Said the clown, - I know in a way that would be much better. - Said taking a bomb out of his pants. - Come on heroes. - He said. - I let Lois live and you kill Bruce, baby. - He said.

- Imagine. - Said Joker. - He sacrifices himself for Lois. - And while you kill him. - Laughing at breaking up.

Superman at that point had no restrictions, even Wonder Woman would miss his inhibitors, he still felt the effects of hallucinogens, but he remained standing.

- Come on heroes ... - But what he had done, it was stuffy, Superman didn't care about anything, there were no restrictions, he pushed Lois, throwing her, he took the clown in his hands, almost crushing them.

Lois trying to get up, she went towards Superman.

- Don't do this, you will regret it. - You tried Lois.

- Get out of here, Lois. - growled Superman, without waiting for Bruce at the last moment.

He had a stick in his hand, he threw a kryptonite powder or gas, Superman sucked it in, turning towards the gas, but he wasn't prepared for the stick, which electrocuted him and bent him to the ground, increasing the voltage with a light blinding him, making Superman bend and kneel.

Wonder Woman, they turned around. - She takes so much work. - Diana said, a little dizzy.

The other heroes arose around him, Green Arrow, J'onn the Martian, and Hal the Green Lantern.

They were making preparations, with a construct, he took the bomb towards the ground.

- Bruce, how long... - But he stopped in the middle of what he was going to say.

- You look so bad... - He fell stunned, kneeling on the floor, he saw the star sapphire arrive.

- You are well? - He asked with his hands on his shoulders.

He turned in his direction.

- You are a lot of work, and with a fist construct he unexpectedly threw a punch towards Sapphire, she fell to the floor.

- I will get rid of you, and I will earn a buck. - He said. Starting a fight of constructs.

Superman was stunned, half hallucinating there was still a trace of drugs in his system.

- Let's kill her, Kal. - Diana said. - She wouldn't be so much of a problem if she died. - Diana said.

They all take so much work. - Said Flash arriving right now. - They were trapping them, there was still a vapor in the air, everyone was stunned, Bruce decided to put on the mask, he saw that there were vapors coming out of the Joker's car, he apparently was a drug that influenced, it arose from the engine.

While the vapors took everyone around him, starting to fight and fight. - There would be a carnage, if they did not stop it, the two Martians fighting while they changed form, Black Canary was fighting with the arrows of green Arrow.

- Let's kill them all. - Said Batman, that son of Lucius was strange.

The heroes brought all the policemen and their loves, placed around there, fighting, and promising to kill them.

- Kal. - Said Lois. - Don't do that, you have to get back to normal. - You are no use, Lois. - Said Superman. - In addition to bringing problems.

- He slapped her in the face, one after the other, not hurting her too much with the back of his hand. - I just stay with you, to avoid problems. - Said Superman.

That gas must take away all their sanity and inhibitions, Bruce thought.

He threw her on the floor, the woman crawled backwards. - Superman's eyes went red, ready to incinerate.

- I don't need you Steve. - Diana said. - I need a man, any one will do. - Diana said, she was ready to strike a blow from her sword towards Steve's head.

He tried to defend himself by pushing her, but getting punched, and with a sword close to his neck, close to decapitating him.

- I am the fastest man, alive, I can find any woman for me, Iris. - Barry said.

He headed over to Joker who was laughing on the floor with his throat almost dented.

- What did you damn you.

- I took their inhibitions. - Said Joker. - They will do what they always wanted. - Said the clown. - I just gave a push. - Said the clown.

They were close to killing them, piercing their heads, with their fists, almost vibrating, Bruce ran towards a microphone, from the police, he took a baton and scratched it on the floor, calling everyone's attention, the sound of scratching was deafening, he had another weapon a bomb ready.

They stopped in a daze, he started to say.

- Bruce, friend. - Said Superman with a drugged expression. - What you want? - He asked.

- Do you know what you're doing? Bruce asked.

- You know what will happen if they kill. - Bruce said.

- I'm about to be a widower. - Said Superman.

- And then? Bruce asked.

- We'll keep the money. - Said Superman vulgarly shaking, looking drunk.

- I'll stay, rich. - Barry said.

- I will be a very rich princess. - Diana said.

- We'll split the money. - Said Hal.

- Once on earth, I will be happy. - Said J'onn.

- Really, do you think, that? Bruce asked.

- Their souls will be condemned. - Bruce said.

- You will remember this until the end of your lives. - Said.

- They'll give us money. - Diana said.

- As long as I stayed with Steve, it will be enough. - Diana said.

- Think, with me. - Bruce said. – Trigon feeds on souls, his mission is to corrupt the souls around him. - Bruce said.

- That's the same thing as a politician's word, in an election campaign. - Bruce said.

- They can promise. - Said Superman.

- They promise, yes, but they don't deliver. - Bruce said.

- They want to corrupt them. - Bruce said.

- You will not give anything to any of you. - Bruce said.

- Each of them, they are liars. - Bruce said.

- Lucifer is the prince of lies. - Bruce said.

- Who guarantees that they will comply with your words. - Bruce said.

"You will kill him, and you will have nothing but your blood and death in your hands." - Bruce said.

- In addition to condemning themselves, they are condemning everyone who will be sacrificed to them. - Bruce said.

- You are not and will never be free after that. - Bruce said.

- They will never forget those days ahead, and this day will be the real day, where they will never forget. - Bruce said.

- You are ignorant to think otherwise. - Bruce said.

Superman released Lois, and punched the floor.

- Damn, be those demons . - R snorted.

Right. - Said each of the heroes stopping, and releasing their opponents.

- Right. - Bruce said.

They stood still, and there was a crack in the floor, following Bruce, the man dropped a smoke kryptonite bomb and an antidote towards everyone there, who coughed and composed themselves after a few minutes.

- Aren't you going to kill anyone else? - Bruce questioned.

They looked embarrassed, and looked towards Joker, who was tied up and restrained and led towards a waiting ambulance.

When the earth shook more, a crack appeared, which increased with a crater that sank with everything, and with them, the first to fall, was Bruce.

Kal. - Bruce shouted. Falling over the precipice.

They all screamed afterwards, but tried to retreat, when vehicles were taken towards the craters that were forming and spreading, taking everything with him towards the precipice.

- Bruce. – Superman shouted, his hands, but being raised towards his, but being taken away, Superman flew towards him to catch him, but there was a green glow.

- No. - Said the man of steel, who lost his powers, every time they fall on top of Bruce.

- Kryptonite. - Bruce said, the first to drill, from the shoulder to the stomach, Bruce gasped, to which he hit his head towards several ends, and a sharp rock at the end of the crack, and from the ends, he fell towards the ground, with a bone-breaking thud.

God, all the weight of Superman next to two rocks, which pierced him horizontally, of a crooked perfection, entering the stomach between the vertebrae and the spine, and another, almost tearing his lung out and piercing him towards his shoulder almost ripped from his arm.

It was bleeding, some part piercing Superman's shoulder, just the top part piercing, it wasn't a puncture and a wound as extensive as Bruce's, both pierced his vertebrae and spine.

Bruce had a blackout, he found himself in a light, and then gasping for another blackout, he saw himself in a river of blood, spitting and watching someone pull him .

At that hour, he was naked, there were flashes of light, which took him towards that red river and his company, a beautiful androgen man with white hair, who came out and pulled him from the river.

Bruce came back to reality and found himself in a sea of pain, he tried to speak, but blood came out.

- Bruce, are you with me? - Asked Superman.

- I saw such a beautiful light. - Bruce said.

- I trust you will do the right thing.

- Bruce, stay with me. - Said.

- You are good. - Bruce said

- She's calling me. - Bruce said.

- Bruce. - Said Superman, he was attached to Bruce, would not have strength.

- Do not go. - Said Superman, he heard a gurgle of blood, and the heart gave a thump, he raised his hand that was not pierced and moved, he saw a person pulling him, by the hand.

- Come with me ... - It was everything Bruce heard before his heart stopped.

- I love you. - Said Superman, but it was too late, his heart was no longer beating.

It was late, but the rescue came, Wonder Woman arrived, helped by other paramedics and heroes, who had to use a chainsaw to pull the man off the other.

Then start it without needing another job to disconnect the man from Superman.

Conventional technology could not save the man already dead, both heroes did not give up.

The heart had been stopped just over twenty minutes after the end of the rescue process.

They revived him in the direction of the defibrillator.

- I do not know what to do. - Said a paramedic. - They looked towards the dead man.

- Diana. - Said Superman. - You help me? - Asked the man of steel.

- Anything. - Diana said.

- A copy of the purple ray. - Said Superman.

- We can bring him back. - Said Superman.

Technology, and traditional science, couldn't do it, nothing was beyond salvation, it needed to be sewn, but if he came back, he would be a vegetable.

They flew towards the Fortress of Solitude, and placed it in a suspended resuscitation tank.

The computer and the robots have done their job.

- He might not wake up. – Your computer said.

- No. - Superman said, they took him to a Kryptonian resuscitation tank.

- He'll wake up. - Said Superman.

They took the man in a Krypton cryogenic tank, in the fortress of solitude, there would be no salvation, but Diana took that inert body towards the purple rays, after reconnecting all the wires and rebuilding the damaged tissues, and connected the machines of the fortress. of loneliness.

There was an emergency message an alien attack, just at that time, forcing them to go out into the fight.

Exactly a week passed, until the end of the two-week cycle, Superman volunteered to be with Diana in the fortress of solitude, they were monitoring Bruce.

The man who was in a Kryptonian tank, with an oxygen hose, with a life support, with much of his body still being rebuilt and reconnected.

Bruce actually died, several times, which made him have an encounter with each of them, in another place outside the realms of death and life.

He found himself at a round table, sitting around them.

- I died? Bruce asked.

- Yes, - said Trigon. - But you did well. - Said Trigon.

- The serum you used helps to prolong life. - Said Trigon. - You just spent a life. - Said Trigon.

- It went up in my concept. - Said Trigon.

- Cool, but what's the use ? - questioned Bruce.

- You won. - Said Miguel.

- I didn't kill anyone. - Bruce said.

- Yes, you prevented them from killing and their souls were not condemned to the abyss. - Said Neron.

- That made him a champion, someone who without any other way, did it because he believed that nothing good would come out of there. – Neron said.

- He won. - Said Trigon.

- Do we agree? Asked Lucifer.

- We are. - They all said.

- So he managed to keep them from killing. - Said Azazel.

- I would say that he is the great warrior who prevented them from killing. - Said Mamon.

- Congratulations. - Said Lucifer.

- You will now have a new chance. - Said Azazel.

In the fortress of solitude exactly twenty minutes after Superman and Wonder Woman left.

Unbeknownst to him, he would be in a mystical meeting.

They left and it was exactly twenty minutes later and all the demons of the bet appeared in front of him, with the unconscious man, inside the tank.

Trigon appeared in front of the tank and with the touch of his demonic power he opened the tank's hatch and placed it on that bed, each of them touched his body.

Bruce gasped and screamed, waking up then, fully recovering, jumping to his feet in a defensive position, but looking toward each of them.

- So ... - Bruce said.

- And now ? - Bruce asked.

- You know. - Trigon said there is more to the bet than we actually said. - Said Trigon.

- Come with us. - Said Trigon.

- Why...? - He questioned.

- Come on, come with us, we have a surprise. - Said Nekron.

Bruce accompanied them, he didn't seem to be there to argue.

Before the bets.

A few days ago in a bar ...

He spent that night at the bar, he simply wanted to forget, in a hidden corner of the night bar, with a huge cover, and hiding from view, he thought that a cover would cover who he was, foolishly, in the middle of his fourth bottle, someone sat down your front.

When at last, touching the table, he raised his face from the bottle, and it was ...

- Trigon ...?

- How?

- Well... well... - Said the devil...

- What you want? - He asked.

In the end, the bar darkened, and people did not go out, they observed, but not before he was oppressed by the presence of the demon.

- I want to bet with you. - He said.

- Why...? - He thought of escape routes, but there were more around him, they were Trigon, Lucifer, Mamon, Michael, Rafael, Azazel, Neron, Spectro , Nekron and Phantom Stranger, all sat around the table.

- What do you all do here ...?

- We came to bet. - Said Trigon as his spokesman.

- Bet what? Bruce asked.

- Wouldn't you be interested? - Questioned Spectro.

- So what are you going to bet? Bruce asked, apparently without a way out.

- The bet is as follows. - Said Lucifer.

- At least 2 heroes from each city in America will kill. - Said. – An innocent. - Said Lucifer.

- And who said that a hero will kill for each one of you? Bruce asked.

- Let's just stick to the question. – Neron said.

- For money. - Said Lucifer.

- What? Bruce asked.

- And what do you want with that? - Bruce asked, he felt a headache, anger and resentment, besides that he knew it was not a hangover.

- For money. - Said Azazel.

- A lot of money. - Said Neron.

- Apparently I would be rich only in killing. - Bruce said.

- That, in addition to greed. - Said Azazel.

- Prove that even the most brave of heroes succumb to the sins of gluttony and ambition. - Said Neron.

- They won't. - Bruce said.

- So if you believe that so much, Bruce, bet with us. - Said Azazel.

- And what would I take with that? Bruce asked.

- The fact that you saved innocents and that you prevented people from dying. - Said Spectro.

- You are perfect for us. - Said Spectro.

- You will be the judge and the mediator of the bets. - Said Trigon. – What are we doing? - Said Trigon.

- And why do you think I would help you in anything, or just participate in your schemes? - Bruce disputed.

- Because if you don't accept. - Said Azazel.

- We will go after another after another until we succeed, and he or she will be part of our bet. - Said Trigon .

– And they won't have a choice in the end. – Said the fallen angel Michael.

- Do you think it will be easy, like this? Bruce asked.

- In the absence of your opinion, others will emerge. - Said Nekron.

- It will happen whether you want to or not. - Said Trigon.

- You are just one of the chosen ones. - Said Neron.

- So, what are the bets? Bruce asked.

- You will bet, or you can prevent. – Neron said.

- What's the bet on you? Bruce asked.

- The bet is as follows. - Said Rafael.

- The rules of the bet. - Said Trigon.

- Two heroes from each city after two weeks. - Said Trigon.

- Two sinless heroes from each city, he being pure and innocent, if he kills a person of his own free will he should kill an innocent person without sin, after two weeks if they kill, they will receive 700 billion dollars. - Said Azazel.

- They may or may not kill. - Said Trigon. - They are free to do it or not. - Said Trigon.

- They will each receive 700 billion dollars and 30 gold bars, for the first hero, if they kill seven innocents after three days. - Said Trigon.

- What if they don't kill? Bruce asked.

- They won't get anything. - Said Azazel.

- That simple? Bruce asked.

- That simple. - Said Azazel.

- What if I prevent it? Bruce asked. - What do I get out of it? Bruce asked.

- Besides the fact that you prevented someone from being killed? Asked Trigon.

- Will you save souls that may or may not go to my realms? Asked Trigon. - The glory of saving innocents.

- Three days? Bruce asked.

- Yes, that's enough to bring it to the fore.

- All right. - Bruce said. - Anything else I need to do? Bruce asked.

- Observe each of the heroes who may come to kill. - Said Trigon. - You will be the judge. - Said Trigon.

- When are you going to do that? Bruce asked.

- Now. - They said.

- What...? - But there was a smoke and everyone disappeared.

In the next second, he heard a crash, and all the televisions began to drizzle, the ground shook, the weather was overtaken by a red haze, all around him, voices were heard.

Bruce left everything there, and when accompanied by all the people who left and heard and saw Nekron himself and other heroes and across all heroic cities, above the city skies.

In those two weeks later, he was taken towards his mansion, he was there in that cave.

They sat down, Bruce realized he was naked, but it didn't matter.

- I was included in this bet. - Bruce said. - And now? - He questioned.

- You know we have a story to tell. - Said Mamon.

We've been betting for ages. - Said. - And we will tell you what it is. - Said Mamon.

There were ancient stories among the oldest, the demons and the gods, ancient entities.

To what they knew about a deity who was a great gambler.

They knew he was a mediator and witness to big bets, and it was about a long-forgotten deity.

This divinity that self-exiled from these worlds to other unknown worlds, and the old stories told that she was the biggest gambler, but that her betting wheel, were made in an old castle on the waters and the mirrors of the dimensions.

From time to time, during major upheavals and events that she sent invitations between each of the kingdoms of each demon that, when accepting the invitations, they should go to the place of the mythical waters that was between the borders, the rules should be adhered to...

Yes, there were rules, but it was established by the mirrors that sent for a long time, an acceptance among the red mists and the mirror, there was the rule that could not be broken.

Ages who did not see their hostess, who gave bets from time to time.

She was famous for showing each of the mirrors that showed possible futures and worlds for each solution, among these worlds, they chose an avatar or mediator, would be their judge or judge.

The exact reasons for her self-exile was to be the guardian of the spiritual world at the back door, so to speak, but even that did not prevent betting among the oldest, demons were her greatest betting colleagues.

There were the biggest bet since ancient times.

Obviously Gotham City and Metropolis was the devil's gambling den, they had fun at the expense of other humans.

There when he saw Trigon, Lucifer, Mamon, Miguel, Rafael, Azazel, Neron, Spectro Nekron and Phantom Stranger who were seated in what would be a room circulating between fog, white marble, pillars and white wells, that in the center of that table there was a white puddle with a reflection of a person, between several mirrors.

They are gathered here because they accepted my invitation. - Said the crystalline voice in the middle of a river of several streams and waterfalls around what would be a foggy world.

- So, what's the bet? - He asked.

- First, let's stick to the rules ...

I will choose a mediator, who will be my representative, you will oblige him to follow the established rules.

He will be a mortal man who lost everything, and was only a few months or years from his death, he must be a warrior the strongest among mortals and he cannot have powers.

We will choose two or more cities, we will send our avatars, and we will choose a representative, who will act on behalf of each one of us. - Said the voice.

- In my case I choose the human, who lost everything, and with that, lost the faith in humanity, the one who fought for it a long time ago, and will have his life lost for her.

- I will use it and you will use it. - Said.

The rule is to induce betting. - Said. - Summon him to a place that is neutral and stick to the rules.

- And if he wins to prevent what we did, the souls of all of them, will be mine, and I will choose him as mine.

- You will be able to choose whoever you want and influence everyone there, you will be able to use her tricks, but she will not be able to use mine, only her own resources without powers.

You will bet with me the following, under the rules ...

One or more blessed souls, being pure and without sin, in a final period of seven calendar days, without rest, they will be able to kill one or more blessed souls.

Being them, they will be free from any fear and sin, and being pure, without being induced to practice, being of spontaneous free initiative. - Said. - Only by your own will and initiative.

- The man in question must not know the exact question of his winnings from the bet.

- If sinners kill innocent people it won't be worth it. - Said. - Because sinners will always kill, since they sin.

A sinner can influence an innocent person to kill. - Said. - And he will win part of that innocent person's wishes.

- Both will be taken to their kingdoms, both the person who was sacrificed and those who sacrificed them. - Said.

- Why would a blessed soul practice sin? Asked Lucifer.

- For the greatest and oldest of sins. - Said the voice.

- Greed, pride, greed, greed and pride, as well as lies. - Said the voice.

Greed will be used. - We will give a wealth equivalent to the greed of the world. - Said. - If you win.

- And what would that be? Asked Mammon.

The fairest of men would do anything for money. - Said Trigon.

- The riches. - Said the voice. - I will give a value equivalent to the greed of four European countries the richest together.

- A value that would make you a multimillionaire and not get poorer.

- Give a value... - Said his hostess.

Everyone there thought and started calling until ...

- How about ... - Trigon said ... - That would be my contribution. - Said the red demon. – 550 billion dollars in solid gold. - Said Trigon.

- 330 billion euros. - Said a Lucifer.

- 700 billion dollars. - Said Azazel.

- The gift of abundance and prosperity. - Said Mamon.

– Forever a millionaire. - Said Neron.

- Luck. - Said Gabriel.

- A vacation package to travel to any part of the multiverse for one year round trip. - Said the Presence. – Without anyone or danger finding it.

- Eternal youth. - Said Phantom Stranger. - For as long as you need.

- Lest he miss anything. - Said. Rafael. - Do not miss drink or food. - Said.

- So, in case he loses, there will be no version of the multiverse in his life, he will be taken to me, and he will cease to exist completely. - Said the entity.

If he fails to prevent death from arising by these means , he will be taken away and will no longer be able to reincarnate or return to any reality, any reality in which he lives, his every soul.

If, within seven days, the chosen cities, give in to the most intimate sins and kill, during that time, all the inhabitants of those cities, they will be condemned to the hell of each one of you.

Then they will be taken to hell and divided equally. – Said the entity.

- Which cities will be chosen? - They questioned.

- Gotham, Metropolis, Central, Keystone, Gateway City, Coast City, Keystone City, Star City and lastly Fawcett City.

Current time, after two weeks.

- Then. - Bruce said. - Besides that, I won a bet. - Bruce said.

- A trip. - Bruce said.

- Do you want the money? Asked Phantom Stranger.

Bruce looked enraged.

- Of course, I do. - Said.

- I'm going to take my gap year. - Bruce said.

The mountain of gold and money and many other things appeared in front of him in the cave ...

#### chapter 03

- Now, I want to find a way to hide all that money. - Bruce said.

- Anyway. - Bruce said.

- What are you going to do with all that money? - Asked Azazel .

- I'll buy my company back. - Bruce said. - And save that money. - Bruce said. - And hide in a way that Joker and no one else can find. - Bruce said.

- Come on. - Said Trigon. - You have a good eighteen hours to find out where to hide that money.

- You caused this. - Bruce said.

- With pleasure. - Said Neron.

- Let's get back to betting together. - Bruce said.

- So, are you going to travel? Asked Nekron .

- It's in the package, isn't it? Bruce asked.

- I was killed and went to meet the host of the bet. - Bruce said. - Of course I do.

- Am I going to bet again with you? Asked Nekron .

- I intend to. - Bruce said.

- Better. - Said Trigon. - You took a step to meet with the host of the bet. - Said Trigon.

After hours of organization, and help from treacherous demons, Bruce took out his cell phone, called in some negotiators, and set up a meeting with shareholders, investors, all within sixteen hours, he bought his company back, and promised to fire Lucius.

He took a notebook and wrote some messages, he asked Phantom Stranger to deliver it to each of them, he took his backpack, he went on a trip, being taken by each of his betting colleagues, promising to come back after a year.

He had plans, and so he was going to do it after they got back.

- Where do you want to go first? - Asked Neron.

- For a journey to the 1000th century, and back later during the time, when I will discover the secrets of the universe. - Bruce said.

- Then go backwards. - Bruce said.

Bruce discovered some closely guarded secrets.

Love pain desperate and lost lands

It was thousands of years

Before the wars between planets ... And before the birth of Krypton ...

Ages ago

An ancient planet long destroyed by wars and the devastation of nature for some, who adored their planet.

Knowing that in their destroyed and bitter ancestors of an immense devastated plain of destruction and a war field of gods of ancient Ragnarok,

Among these war camps is a red silhouette of a slender and powerful cosmic entity, long denied by barbarians on a planet that has fallen in monstrous wars.

Whose name on this planet was, Astron was lost because of successive wars to progressive devastation, there was no time to save many peoples, it was in its majority the majority.

As for the few that were left, they were from an ancient religion, they venerated the primate goddess, gradually regressing, they prayed every day to ancient millennial gods.

These were forgotten times and long wars of eternal proportions.

While wars took place in distant moments, in an immense and ancient constellation, old worlds when they still existed.

Those who governed solar systems existed in their dark and malodorous civilization destroyed in the midst of chaos.

In Krypton's past ages when they were just babies crawling through their birth in their pre-industrial civilization.

There were ages ago before the fall of the ancient gods, there was a civilization, but it was much older, it venerated ancient and just gods who received rewards when they were venerated.

The ancient scientists of this world were nothing more than priests lost in the midst of desolation and thus swearing in the midst of ancient prayers invoking ancient names rivaling their beliefs.

Even if in the course of what happened, in which then before their own destruction and cataclysm, minutes before the real collapse in the middle of the light that appeared in the middle of a flood of lava that was rising, and when they were isolated in the subsoil.

While the remnants of skeletal life spread over the surface a barren white dwarf land, and putrefied remnants of existing life, of your planet praying and the despair among the most adults.

What happened, in the last moments of life at that very moment, the grief of those who abdicated their beliefs and the end of a life, and their gods they in this moment of the time of destruction.

Happening to what they were in moments of time when everything changed in the impending catastrophe than moments and remnants of civilization destroyed seconds before their imminent deaths and lava covered their bodies from the implosion of the solar system and what was left of it ...

While all of that changed, deaths lurked and the final seconds before destruction destroyed layers and rising flames and those remnants of rocks, parts of asteroid rocks and constellations.

It was in their investigations that it was in those following seconds in the midst of destruction when everyone lost their hopes the cosmos dying out of rocks and comets and asteroids approaching the destroyed orbit a whirlwind and destruction enveloped in flames of lava and lights.

All this was what when what was left of frozen seas breaking and rising evaporating with the lava that rose the lava the center of the earth moments before bodies evaporating and self-destructing together with the center of gravity that the stars were fading and with lights and in that solar system.

The one that was becoming something different, when the white dwarf that was once a sun and now the black hole that sucked the nearest stars and sucking like a star never existed and rising poisonous clouds of gas.

When they were in these cosmic substances and at that time when the children were enveloped in flames and their planet destroyed, all embraced.

In imminent seconds of their deaths and the flames eroding everything around them spreading along with the destruction when ..., when seconds before, when everything was about to end ...

There were tears on the faces of children shrouded in lava flames and destruction when in an instant of time with their imminent death everything stopped a loud and deafening broken glass noise was heard ...

All those who turned around even embraced tears of pain among them and saw a rounded barrier wrapped around their companions around them ...

Above their heads like flames long red hair an incandescent light and long legs strong and whose thighs were thick.

Her naked silhouette with only a fabric in ribbons just a veil covering her arms and her slim body long arms and rounded breasts her equally red eyes

With her eyes and lifting her hands, she pointed ahead and wrapped in energy capsules were teleported and thus saw around her.

When they saw the legendary and immense ship called the ship of the beginning, it was if not the first ship created with the power of the first goddess among the brother's king's gods outside the system.

Thank you, you heard one of the children say while being carried by sentient beings of energy and electricity and the red queen was omniscient.

Its powers were cosmic and its energy was the union between the alpha and omega power and its structure between corporeal and non-physical physical form totally spiritual and energy...

More than 1 million years ago before Krypton's birth, the legendary mothership called the early spaceship had the great warlike power of immense proportions that was 10 times the size of the earth's sun.

Discovering that this was the ship born of the stars and the cosmos that generated its own energy and had its own nucleus, it was the home of the gods capable of creating its own dimension and taking it to other worlds.

The ship was inhabited by beings of incredible intelligence coming from the cosmos and without a physical body and being able to connect to any form of life and the collective consciousness of the ship, energy.

As for the higher forms and made of immaterial and psychic energy, exclusively mental powers.

It was they who were sent from them and sexless angels procreating by parthenogenesis, and flames their bodies could crystallize and harden.

They did not own shape or physical bodies, but created the cybernetic technology through psychic and supernatural power, and it all those that operated the ship were children of the queen and their descendants traveled the cosmos.

Their forms looked humanoid and bluish whitish in color and their hair could alternate between blue at present and red in combat, their eyes were red when their hair was blue and orange.

All of this, when they were red, and had crystals at the ends of their bodies, which connected with their skin and could communicate with other beings, but were not entirely immortal.

In their transformation, when their physical bodies had a time limit they were not degradable and so they could connect and restructure themselves as if by connecting and recreating their body through bodies of hosts the ancient bodies did not deteriorate.

Immediately, when they crystallized and returned to a form of royal blue crystals, their essences by themselves chose a new host, being able to share with another sentient and conscious being and another to alter a technological hybrid form, causing and inducing an evolution.

Even with that, it was causing a fusion of consciousnesses and the more using the host body the more the old one losing consciousness and being absorbed by them and thus becoming a complete being.

All this, while, when he thinks his time is over, he abandoned that body that in turn crystallized and occupied a technological form.

That was a kind of mineral crystal with electrical properties that could be used as technology and was part of the ship as a mechanical part.

It was a precursor technology to that of Krypton prior to its destruction, they were alive and their technology was aware that once they were living beings, the technological part turned off and disconnected from the mental.

Those who could separate weapons and non-weapons were the same things and were aware that they were once flesh beings.

First, they were born of flesh then little by little they would lose their physical form little by little they evolved, joined the technology and lost their physical form and thus divided forming two forms of life and sometimes they lost and used other hosts...

Among them were the most intelligent chief scientist and daughter of Zariel - The red queen, whose name was, well the studies did not say much, but as soon as he obtained more data, he would know ...

For millennia the ship of the beginning had the purpose of taking technology and knowledge wisdom and saving those who needed to be saved it had in its structure black and white crystals and long and pointed and long wings.

All of this, in which his coming could be heralded as the omen of the beginning of so much destruction, but still his interior bigger than the outside was a world inside a ship, formed by crystals of energy.

As for this energy, it comes from the gas stars of the entropy universe, only energy that flows from within it, and for generations it has been its commander.

The one that was called the crimson queen from another world, a goddess who used the form of red energy queen of the energy fields of the red rivers.

One of the daughters born of the energy by parthenogenesis this creature was called Za-ol .

To what was among the apparent female of blue hair and short even though at this time more than twenty thousand years old it had the form of a child with long hair as if spiked and scientist's clothes.

When it was at that moment that it started that it took these children to a distant planet together with a scientist and an ancient race that hitchhiked from another solar system.

And he also saw that was destroyed and these were the VOSH this with your own scientist named, Bertron , same the at that moment was his assistant and girl are in charge of teaching the art of science.

They didn't know any more when they left so much Zaol and the children and the scientists on this little planet and would come back later they would be doomed ...

Current days

Present ground zero moment.

Somewhere else...

It was very interesting to know about the future, as much as it was interesting to know about the past, travel with cosmic beings is learned more when you have great teachers.

Now, he had been back for a while, by the time of the trip he had not gotten past Gotham's gift, at least more than six months, but in reality, Bruce traveled for ages through the multiverse.

During the travels, Bruce learned about the plans that came to fruition, so the man planned, took countermeasures, and that included even Darkseid and each of the villains and heroes.

About that.

It was one of Gotham City's suspicious villain bars, in which some villains got together to plot, among them, the common plans of each one of them, to end Batman.

That was possibly the annual plot meeting against Batman, do you know why?

Because they had nothing better to do, after all, Batman seemed the only one they could challenge with intelligence.

Otherwise, the other heroes were just wall breakers, and ways of punching others in the face.

To what should be commonplace, the plots of each of them, against Batman.

There were catalogs, charts and spreadsheets on the walls of who it was the time, at that time, it was indicating ...

Joker ...

- So, what's your plan today, Joker ? - Riddled questioned.

They were gathered playing cards around a table with countless villains around, tables filled with villains, some drunk and others smoking.

Among those tables that were drinking , while others were playing pool, and in their case, playing cards, smoking and drinking.

- I had a plan. - Said the clown around the table. - But it failed. - Said.

Hands on either side of Joker's shoulders, bending down and looking at him, with a smile full of pointed teeth, hands with thick fingers, and pointed nails.

Everyone gasped as they saw the man appear.

- I propose a deal between us, gentlemen. - Said a man with the face of a red lion, he was tall, goatee sideburns and eyes as red as blood.

He had leonine hair like fiery red lion's manes on top of his head, which were loose and bulky, with undulations and looked like a huge blanket of red hair.

- I have a plan, would you like to know ...? - He asked.

All but Joker have moved away, perhaps fear or apprehension.

Seeing that he had vertical pupils, and a third eye on his forehead, if they suspected he was not human, they were sure, everyone watched.

The one who was a man in a red suit, and goat horns, twisted on either side, a satin suit, shiny shoes.

It was obvious that in no time a normal, normal man, who knows, would do any business with someone like him, that only a madman would accept to propose a business with.

- Say what you propose. - Said Joker .

This was the madman who accepted the deal. - Say I want to hear. - The clown spoke.

- I propose to attract and corner to use Bruce Wayne as a bait, and to surround them, it can be in the Wayne tower, and to insert my serum. - He said. "That would attract every member of the Justice League, and it would neutralize every one of them, with the serum. - He said.

- What does this serum do? - Questioned the clown with all confidence in the man more than suspicious.

- He would make them go crazy, have hallucinations, and you could do whatever you want with him, the man would be immobile, docile and would be a little lamb. - He said.

- I attack the Wayne tower, you surround Bruce Wayne, the man accuses you, you use him and his shareholders, and each of them would be used as bait, in addition to getting rid of Bruce Wayne for a few hours.

Then, you can beat and neutralize the justice league that would be surrounded and drugged, you would be neutralized by a good two weeks of hallucinations.

Good idea. - Said Joker , that without realizing it, everyone there was moving away in fear, the man had a demonic syrup from a demon, and that syringe had a shiny silver material, and it looked like something that shouldn't be a simple hallucinogen.

- Do you want to participate...? - Questioned the clown.

- No. - They said each one, they moved away as if the devil runs away from the cross.

In those two days in a row, Joker gathered a large number of henchmen and gun, sent a warning letter towards the Gotham police station threatening to attack Batman.

They did not listen, because after all, he always did that, as was usual and customary, the bat always got away, solved the problem, and none of them had their plan in place.

Acid paint, paralyzing daisies and bursts of hallucinogenic confetti, these were his new weapons, bombs of light that were machine guns with piercing pins, in addition to the normal bullets, Joker , prepared a party.

It was rare that kind of thing, nobody paid much attention, after all, nor did they care about the other warning that would attack Bruce Wayne, they thought that somehow, Bruce Wayne was well protected .

If you want something wrong, repeat the same thing, because you know that nobody would pay attention.

Anyway, Bruce received a letter, ignoring with all his might, he was leaving his cooking class, and heading towards Wayne Tower.

He had a meeting, he himself did nothing at first, when at last he took it upon himself to ignore what would happen.

Anyway...

That same week, Wayne Tower was attacked by Joker , the clown prince of crime stormed Wayne Tower in the middle of a meeting, climbing each floor which in turn used the gas to kill anyone who got in his way .

They were not alone, there over a thousand employees were taken hostage, they went in with everything destroying everything around them, their hooded henchmen dressed in black with black protections and shirts.

They were bulletproof clothes, wearing vests and masks and makeup with clothes lined with protection while toggle, machine guns, which they used to invade Wayne Tower, shooting everyone who tried to stop him.

At the end of that hour, when the henchmen in colorful clown clothes, who killed around 10 security guards, before invading the 15 floors of that building, and proceed to the presidential meeting, with Joker taking everyone hostage.

Joker burst in with his manic beast smile, he looked full of confetti with an entrance throwing bombs of acid paint, his new batch of jokes, not funny.

Before they managed to climb up to the top floor, where the meeting was taking place, the sound of machine guns firing was enough, in Bruce's opinion, to call, not only security, but the police, and break the justice system. .

The henchmen arrived first, on each of the floors, many died throwing acid paint, stunning light bombs and Bruce made his cue to run in the direction that other shareholders ran, Bruce ran through the corridors, being chased and going in the direction the staircase, by the fire exit.

The man was chased, and while he was using his communicator, at that hour, he made a more than urgent call towards Superman.

- If any time, it was now. - Bruce said. - That was the right time. - Bruce said.

- If that was the cue for you, come, there is no better time, this is the time, that I need you most. - Bruce said.

- Kal. Bruce shouted. - At that hour, anyone would serve, as long as he arrived.

Apparently, the other heroes did not arrive on time.

At that time, between descending flights of stairs, and being chased by henchmen clowns, he was cornered and chased, falling with a shot and a stunning daisy in his back, and being caught and then taken, towards the elevator and being thrown in direction to

- Hello, ladies and gentleman. - Said the clown. - I came to bring the grace of my presence and beautiful company. - Said. - Now, let's see how long the justice league gets here.

There were just over 15 survivors who were led towards a corner of the 15th floor, then tied up and made of bait, it seemed.

- You don't have to die, unless I change my mind. - Said the manic clown.

- You don't have to have them here. - Bruce said putting himself forward, stunned, when he put himself as the voluntary bait.

- Oh, Mr. Wayne, I have a special gift selected for you, I will give you, a new drug that will make you more susceptible to my dreams, we will be equal in kind, I will have a little brother. - He said.

What he said, in reality separates himself from reality, totally, as to what happened next, Bruce knew that nothing good would come out of suspicious drugs, that was a big long and thick syringe.

To the one who had a pearlescent and shiny liquid, it was too strange to think, that something good would come out of there, none of that would come out less than suspicious of the substances created by Joker , and being the crazy brother of a clown was out of the question.

When do you need the league, when do you not have it at the right time?

Bruce tried to resist, he fought the best he could with those henchmen, that he was disarmed and subdued by ten men, such was his fight.

As promised to what he realized that it was all a lie, everyone there was deceived by promises, and happiness did not come as they said it would, pressed when Joker came in front of him and stuck her to his horror, in his chest directly into your heart.

What should happen, was totally what happened, he was ..., the clown and the campaigns released him, hugged by Joker , Bruce was stunned, seconds and in the middle of two minutes of stun, which followed if it was too late , too much or not, happened one after the other.

Joker lost his smile, Bruce gasped turned his face towards the ceiling and spat blood, choked would be the least, he spat, regurgitated and towards the clown who had his face covered in blood, Bruce staggered back, it was at that moment between the near loss of consciousness.

- That's not what he promised. – Bruce started to spit more blood, his eyes, ears and nose filled with blood when his pants got wet, it was hemorrhaging anyway, when Bruce stumbled backwards, his legs lost strength, weakened and fell backwards.

It was too late anyway, being late, that was when Superman, breaking a wall, Bruce fell back, feeling his heart stop, one of the other heroes that Bruce saw was Flash.

Everything disappeared, the sounds disappeared and everything around him darkened, before consciousness caught him, he was caught by the arms of the steel man, distant echoes were heard, but the darkness finally caught him.

In the end, Bruce had fifteen cardiac arrests, as fast as Superman can, took him towards Gotham hospital and took the syringe towards the hospital to study.

They were committed to finding out what the substance was, Joker was taken to the police station, and interrogated.

The clown was relatively docile, unbeknownst to the justice league, he had already surrendered the joker henchmen , but there were over a hundred people inside the building, all of whom were employees.

What among his historical laughs, in which he himself could not say, who made the substance, since he himself had not produced it, simply as he said towards a policeman.

Between interrogation, the substance was unknown, no substance or raw material known to man, at least currently, which was promised a crazy cheap towards his victim, wanted to attract Batman and the justice league.

The doctors had to intubate the man, clean his genetic material, Bruce was intubated, he did not breathe and he did not regain consciousness for the last week in a row.

He was called specialists, in addition to a biochemical doctor and geneticist who was spending a few seasons in Gotham, Bruce Wayne was intubated, his lung, heart were compromised, 89% of his kidneys were collapsing, his bronchioles were compromised.

His lungs and compromised heart, needing to connect to devices in order to be kept alive, looked like the substance was attaching itself to each cell.

The bladder stopped functioning, compromising the functioning of his organism, several organs were having massive hemorrhage, which needed to be kept connected to machines, needed to clear the lungs, and the windpipe that closed.

Superman, Flash, every member of the justice league who heard the distress call but arrived late, failed to prevent this from happening.

There was a community burial of more than one hundred people, including shareholders, businessmen and employees who were inside the twenty security guards' building, fifteen were killed in the attack.

Ebraim Heinrich , was one of the best specialists in biochemistry, who were one of the best specialists in biology, organic chemistry and happened to be there, then.

At that time, they were getting ready for the job to do tests and research about the substance that would be in some way compromising and poisoning Bruce Wayne's body.

Alfred did not know about this, through Amasteus , his travel buddy kept him busy, away from any international news, so he didn't, in the meantime.

At that time, Amasteus who kept control of Wayne companies and had a way of controlling Bruce's finances also kept Bruce's children away, at that point, they were estranged.

There were tests and experiments to study the substance, which were somehow adapting and linking the cells and the deterioration of the organism, Amasteus and Ebraim kept it a secret from justice and kept it

secret from the whole setting.

Bruce Wayne really died, around 12 times, his heart stopped for five minutes each time, to be restarted, Ebraim, was overloaded, each time, connected to respirators.

In addition to oxygen probes, catheters and hoses, intubated and with food and nutrient probes, which kept him alive.

At that time, Ebraim was studying and researching the substance and he had barely figured out what it would do, its effects were unknown, considering that it did not seem known at all.

What made it difficult to discover a countermeasure or a vaccine or a serum, which left him hooked up to devices, without breathing and with hemorrhage that all of his main organs were compromised.

Ebraim remembered a similar substance a long time ago, when he was still in concentration camps, he was one of the few survivors of the Nazi camps, he was one of the Holocaust Jews, who survived in the camps.

At least until the second order, in which he was now, he was dealing with the same substance, but due to the implications, he could not say what they were.

As for what he discovered, there were too many questions, which would lead to the situation where he could not say how much he knew, and where they would take them.

The substance was taken to his laboratory by Amasteus , who chose him to supervise and stay in charge of the treatment, just like him, the man seemed to know the origin of the substance and that of volatile chemistry.

In terms of how his idea came about, and who had taken it towards Joker , there were only two people alive, who knew its real effects , and what would be its results if they knew, Ebraim, found some excuse to isolate him in a place further away.

As everything that he said was contagious, then, he took him in a remote wing directly under his supervision that it would not be good for the substance to act alone.

Those were the two most worrying weeks of his life, because everything depended on the organism.

When trying to fight against a substance that could kill him, and that strange chemical, that foreign body that, in case, Bruce would not be able to connect in his cells and his organism could not resist, he could die, if he did not adapt.

In the midst of this, each member of the justice league, entered secretly, without being aware that they were being monitored and recorded .

So he visited them, Ebraim and Amasteus saw each of them, weeping on top of a body on top of a bed,

Knowing that there was a stabilization time, whoever did it, would leave everything prepared, for the right moment and due to their knowledge that it would be kept under lock and key.

He was committed that anyone would be frightened by the effects that would last a certain time, everything so that until the substance was bound to the organism.

When everything happened until the body stabilized, until then, it seemed that it would actually die, due to the organism's struggle in its attempt to resist.

Now, thinking about it, it had been over a hundred years that he had not seen its symptoms, results and effects, yes, it could go wrong, but it could work, if it could not bring the true meaning to the moon of the day.

He was studying the effects of the substance under the microscope, until someone, a smart paparazzi, knew that he entered the room, apparently with the help of an intern, or an employee, taking pictures of a man on a respirator, unconscious and connected to devices. .

Those were his most worrying weeks, if the body didn't adapt or fight, Bruce would die ...

Leaked to several newspapers around the world for a while, Wayne's stock plummeted, which the American stock market was down there with.

Bruce Wayne's children tried to enter, for which they were expelled, and were not allowed to stay there.

Joker , broke into the site, to see a man on the machine, as he realized was used to kill or make an experience with a home m in the end, was in a bed, the dying, if one day he returned to world of the living.

What he saw, almost at the end of the week he told, he saw progress, slow, but it was what he was waiting for, when the compromised organs were adapting and recovering, returning to their full strength, and their full biological capacity.

Those were the three longest weeks of his life, until when all the organs returned to normal, and he took off his breathing hose, so he stayed by his side, waiting for the man to wake up.

- Then. - Said the man beside him, sitting in the chair, his name is Bruce Wayne, or Edward Parks? - He asked, with his legs crossed, when he saw the man wake up.

For a man in a bed, his smile was very skewed, and happy.

- For a Nazi who stole the body of a Jew, do you think you could hide this secret forever? Bruce asked.

- Will you deliver it to me? Asked Ebraim.

"No." said Bruce. - If you don't give me up, that I used a fake ID to hypnotize you? Bruce asked.

- So, you have nothing against Nazi experiments? - Questioned the man.

- Neither of us can deliver the other. - Bruce said. - Certain things have to be forgotten and buried. - Bruce said.

- Did you discover the Führer's hiding place? Asked Ebraim.

- In a way or another. - Bruce said.

- Could you tell me where your Führer hid the Nazi gold. - Bruce said. - I find a way to take it and share it with you, without anyone being able to claim it. - Bruce said.

- So, have we forgotten this? - Questioned the man.

- I could do better. - Bruce said. - I know a way, place and where you could keep your experiments hidden and how to continue doing without getting caught, or having a limit. - Bruce said.

- What is your interest in that? - Questioned the man.

- I could use your inventions and your skills. - Bruce said. - We can be partners. - Bruce said.

– I'm interested in your capabilities. - Bruce said.

- Your experiments could keep you secret. - Bruce said.

- So helping me by keeping it secret that you spy on other Arkham interns, in addition to internal contact. - Said the man.

- Okay, I accept. - Said the Nazi who pretended to be a Jew. - Let's make a drink for the beginning of a great new alliance and friendship. - Said the man, handing a plastic cup of water.

They both had dirty secrets that should be kept hidden and neither of them wanted it to come out .

Bruce recovered, and left the next day, when he was not approached, and kept hidden from the justice league, the next day, leaving in tabloids, and news, paparazzi, newspapers and social media.

Sometime after vacation...

Bruce in turn, at that point, was returning to work, which he was just abusing and using the weakness of each of the heroes in not appearing, or having the courage to see him.

He had a new secret employee, some hidden documents, and secret locations that by other means would have been other people's, but now, were his.

Four weeks before ...

Bruce was going towards some investigations, it was said that some villains like Joker were plotting against him, which he decided to investigate, but there were other things more important than a Gotham villain to get his attention , he had his contact , which was Ellis.

In the end, he convinced one of his allies that they lost a bet to deliver the serum of the souls of the Jewish philosopher's stone.

Bruce was kind of pushed in that direction when he was told about schemes he should follow.

At that time, Bruce had some clues given by demons that sent him to the other side of the world, more precisely in Europe, he was walking through some hidden places, others of difficult access, between hidden places that if they did not know where they were and where to look , would never find them.

All of this for what he discovered to be an old concentration camp, one of his Arkham asylum allies, had said about a session with a man called Ebraim.

Knowing that he was a Jew who had a crisis, and needs special treatment, because of an outbreak he had, he was a doctor of years, who in turn had secrets that he did not want to discover.

When he baked for torture and was there when his family was murdered, having a 69-year-old wife and a 33-year-old daughter.

Anyway, he didn't know, but even though he received a letter, of an alleged attack on Batman over a trap that was referred to the Gotham police station that week.

3 weeks before ...

In your investigations.

That was a city that few knew about was off the radar of Nazi hunters, if the history of Auschwitz and other camps, under the direction of Dr. Eduard Wirths , detainees were subjected to various experiments.

These experiences that were supposed to help in the war, but few knew about ghost towns far off the radar, in the interior of Germany, which few knew from records.

Again, from a Nazi camp that does not exist and whose doctors involved did not exist .

The ones that were hidden from the projects that were hidden that they said, should be hidden and burned.

One of the inmates at Arkham Sanatorium, a doctor who cared for a patient, who had a conversation, which at first believed to be a delirium of a surviving patient.

Knowing that one of the doctors, he told Bruce a treatment for a 79-year-old man, who suffered from stress that survived Hitler's pressure, and what one day was one of the scientists who worked for the Führer.

Among his investigations, which he discovered in records that were kept secret from justice, this traumatized man was part of the Paper Clips project during a period of the cold war.

Bruce researched about him, knowing that he was one of the Jews who were forced to work for Hitler, in that period from 1940 to 1945, he was sent.

There were documents and records which, according to him, were found to be from a Jew and a German who, according to records, to various places for experiments, one of which was Auschwitz and other fields, would be another doctor.

His name was Ebraim Heinrich Dannenberg Dupelgunger Fiodorentch , son of German Jewish parents, in his youth he was blond.

By Hitler's German standards, he was an anomaly, out of all anomalies, which came in at one in a million.

- You won the lottery, Ebraim. - Said Hitler, who was there in front of him.

They were surrounded by his soldiers who brought him there in front of the Führer.

When Bruce learned that he was one of the scientists, and that he did not do it because he wanted to, he learned that he was the youngest of 18 siblings, a large family of more than 30 people .

Those men were rich, but their riches were not able to save them from extermination, concentration camps and holocaust.

On the contrary, his rich money was confiscated, Ebraim's fiancée was killed according to reports on the operating table, he was obliged, like others, like him, to make those who loved him, to make her the personal mouse of experiments.

At first, Ebraim tried to escape, to protect the family, tried to save them, but in a trap, in his escape, in the middle of one of his relatives, who handed them over and betrayed them to the Führer.

When Hitler handed them over, he said with a spy, the good thing was that the Führer, too, did not like traitors, in the middle of handing over his relatives, Batchenko was taken directly to the concentration camps and never left there, at least alive.

Professor of Ebraim, Wernhen Duremberg Von Dostoivsky Petroviano , was one of the best scientists, some said, that he was the favourite scientist.

Discovering in the records that he was a personal friend of Hitler, he was the professor of anthropology of Adolf, and of Ebraim, it is known, that Ebraim was a colleague of Hitler in college, before his paths changed.

But in his investigations, what he said, not everything was true, he was left with the wealth of his whole family, with the end of it all, when the allied armies.

When armies cornered them and many committed suicide, which made it impossible, due to the experiment by Ebraim and Wernhen , which made them indirectly immortal, they would not be able to go back, seeing

To what Ebraim did everything to try to save, Ebraim that Wernhen tried to convince him to ally with Hitler, and thus to save the remaining ones, between the beginning of the madness, he allied with Dostoivksy .

While both were forced to work with the other doctors, which during the time, and the request for exile and the help of the Americans, they never managed to save a single relative, served as a guinea pig in the concentration camps.

He called it life-span absorption, which had an effect, when they couldn't go back, and watching their entire family die in front of them .

There were more than 30 people, and his fiancée made him susceptible to suicide, that's what Wernhen used to take Ebraim's life.

To what he had grandparents and great-grandparents, who would be alive, if it were not for the intervention of the Nazis, and the constant threats, second records, they had to flee, and that they, in fact, they were chased, between escapes.

In the middle of his request for help from the North American government, almost at the end of the first world war, like him, others joined the Paperclip program .

He was one of the Reich's allied doctors who was forced to work or die, managed to resist, until his family was killed one by one in front of him.

In exchange for not killing his family, he worked directly so that they knew about it reported some data regarding secrets that were left behind.

It was in developing new weapons, helping to recover the military that had been wounded, and for the advancement of racial ideology supported by the Third Reich, it was a concentration camp in a Nazi camp.

Starting to build in Austria, and going through each of the abandoned coal tunnels, they were supposed to be tunnels that would be abandoned by the constant landslides.

Taking advantage of the fame of haunted and ghost towns, they propagated that the place was inhabited by ghosts, cursed old tourist fields and Viking cemeteries, with the imminent threat that they would not be able to cross the place.

All of this, due to the earthquakes and earthquakes, that place was kept away from the curious, due to the fragile structure that was not meant to be visited, and there would be no people who could observe and enter that place.

Whereupon they were sent and he forced many to work in secret fields, whereupon he had secret services and reinforced by Nazi engineers and builders.

The ones that were used as labor, were just what they called disposables, which were entire Jewish wealthy families who could have their money confiscated.

It was in that place that it was called Vergessene Stadt , there were documents and papers, to which these cities, which were hidden, among frozen rivers .

To what stood between snowy forests, mining camp, abandoned caves of ores and coal, and underground tunnels and aqueducts.

In one of three cities that were formed before all this, hidden and financed for the creation of an experimental serum, which he found to serve a specific purpose.

As he focused off the radar in an old building next to abandoned coal mines, unlike the others, those hidden fields and underground labs.

What was built underground, and those closest to Hitler was there, never to report, was called Nimmerland

All this was done by the third Reich, they were old excavations, which simply, when he discovered, that this place was not just a simple abandoned mine, a network of underground tunnels.

It was not just on paper, which he discovered were tunnels that travelled between Denmark and Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Yugoslavia and Greece.

All of them were made, with constructions, which were during occupations, they were not only simple caves, but were coal and diamond mines .

When they were deactivated, with the excuse of collapses and tremors, their entrance was in Belgium, between a cave among the mountains.

He can see that they were kilometers long, running through the place, he can see that those places were so hidden that they supposedly could not be discovered, between the forests and Austria was one of the places where Hitler invaded.

Walking through his tunnels looking at that place was hidden, where he can only go towards Vienna, when the Führer hid them, his biggest plans, there were cameras.

Between the cameras and tunnels there were photos and documents hidden between rooms and more filing rooms, there were tunnels of underground and old tracks that were there in that place, not only documents and test reports and experiments kept, but the gold stolen from the Nazis.

That was wealth, the treasure known to all Nazi prisoners, money was the wealth of all Jews who died in the holocaust.

Where he knew now, it was that place, where he had hidden all the wealth of all the Jews who died in the concentration camps.

The reason that was not found until that moment, was that about a hypnosis session where, Bruce disguised himself as a doctor, he went to the doctor's country house .

As for his mind, after the hypnosis session, where Bruce reminded him of the secrets he didn't want to remember so much.

Now, the engravings were his, what he would do with all those riches, the gold in wagons, he would have to see how far the train tracks would take him.

Everything to know where it ended there, as well as going underground and caves among abandoned coal mines between the mountains of Austria, which went beyond and after that country, going through the forests that were once used for the invasions, and that their undergrounds were dug .

If he ever spoke about it, it would raise complicated questions from a man who did not want to remember his traumas, and how unethical he would be.