I get out of bed. I see that serum is being placed in my veins. I remove the needle and put my hand on my head. How did I get here?
I see that I am in a teenager's or child's room. There are dinosaur drawings on the old-looking walls next to the messy room.
I get up from the bed, which is actually a mattress on the wooden floor, I walk away from the room. I go straight to the kitchen, seeing a child filling the crossword of the newspaper with a pencil. And a boy. Black, I would kick that he is 11 to 13 years old. I look around looking for someone responsible for him but there is no one, only him.
-Where am I?—I ask.
-In my house —answer without turning around—you talk while you sleep. It makes a lot of noise even—complains.
-Who are you? —I arch the eyebrow.
-I'm Duke. A pleasure —he turn with the expression as if he was bored.
-Bruce Wayne.
-Oh, I know who you are. The billionaire playboy —turns his attention to the crossword puzzles.
-yeah... Everyone recognizes me for this title.
I walk on the wooden floor that makes pops, directing me to the table where he is sitting. I sit in a chair in front of him.
-How long did I sleep?—I ask.
-Since the new year, when I found you passed out.
-New year? It was summer as far as I can remember.
-Yes. But things have changed. A new calendar was placed for the city.
-Who put it?
-Mr. Nygma. He's the one in charge of the city now. Nothing, no leaf, moves without his permission and will.
-What?
I get up going to the window. I pull to the side the cloth used as a curtain. I see the city, completely taken over by the vegetation. Abandoned and cracked buildings, areas of the city transformed into flowing rivers. Probably the result of the floods. I see the big screens in the city center, connected with the purple question mark with a green background and weather balloons floating through the skies.
-Welcome to Year Zero, Mr. Wayne, welcome to the city of the Riddler.
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The Batman
אקשןGotham, a city ruled by crime and corruption, dark and gloomy, its citizens are afraid when the sun sets, for crime never sleeps. But a monster reigns over the night, a shadowy creature, a creature that will make anyone feel fear, for fear is this b...
