The Dark Knight by Scott Sonneborn

Author:Scott Sonneborn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 9781434240927, 9781434263704, Fiction, The Dark Knight, Action & Adventure/General, Comics & Graphic Novels/Superheroes, Law & Crime
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2013-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

COLD HEARTS

Dripping wet, Batman quickly ducked down and hid on the balcony. Beyond the crewmember in his cabin, Batman could see that the door to the hallway was open. Bruce saw several more crewmembers standing out in the hall. All of them wore walkie-talkies.

“There may be more crewmembers I can’t see,” worried Batman. “If I take these down, the others might sound an alarm or call Ivy.”

Batman ducked lower on the balcony so the crewmember couldn’t see him through the glass door. As he tried to figure out what to do next, he saw Alfred step out of the cabin’s bathroom.

“I say!” Alfred said to the crewmember in the cabin. “What are you doing in my cabin?”

“We’re checking all the cabins to make sure everyone’s where they’re supposed to be,” said the mesmerized crewmember. He held up a clipboard. It listed the passengers’ names and their cabin numbers on it.

“It says here that this is supposed to be Bruce Wayne’s cabin,” the crewmember said. He jabbed his thumb at Alfred. “You had better explain why you’re in it.”

“There must be some mistake,” replied Alfred. “This is my cabin. I am Mr. Bruce Wayne’s manservant. My employer is next door.”

“We’ll see about that,” said the crewmember. He signaled to another crewmember in the hallway to check the cabin next door.

Out on the balcony, Batman leaped up from where he was hiding and jumped over to the balcony next door. As he slid into the empty cabin, he looked at the door to the hallway. CREAK! The knob on the door started to turn.

THUMP! A crewmember threw open the door. He looked around the cabin and found Bruce Wayne in the bed underneath the covers.

“Any trouble?” Bruce asked the crewmember.

The crewmember just grunted and went back into the hallway. “Bruce Wayne is in this cabin,” he shouted to the other mesmerized crewmembers. “That butler was telling the truth.”

As soon as the crewmember shut the door behind him, Bruce flung off the sheets. He was still wearing his soaked Batman costume underneath. He had only had time to take off his mask before the crewmember had entered.

Batman put his mask back on and slipped back over to the other balcony. He saw that Alfred was alone and that the door to the hallway was closed.

Batman slipped into the cabin.

“Good to see you again, sir,” said Alfred. “I am very glad that worked.”

“Me too,” Bruce told his butler. “How did you get here from your cabin with all those crewmembers in the hallway?”

“The same way you did,” replied Alfred. “Over the balcony.”

Bruce’s eyes went wide. “You jumped?” he asked in surprise.

The butler sighed. He gingerly rubbed his sore knees and elbows. “Indeed,” he said. “I know that the situation is dire with Poison Ivy on board, but you’ll forgive me if I say that I’m in no hurry to do that again.”

“It’s not just Ivy,” said Batman. “Mr. Freeze is here now, too. We’ve got to get all the passengers off this ship.”

Bruce saw a worried look cross Alfred’s face.

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