Reborn as Batman

[Third Person POV]

Fate of the Falcons

Hey guys, sorry for the huge delay in chapters; I've just been dealing with some life stuff. Anyway, from here on out, I'll be cutting back on showing the system in the story. It's still there, but I won't mention it unless it's necessary. Please enjoy the final chapter in this arc! After this, I'll be refocusing on my Ultimate Hybrid fic for a while. Also Merry Christmas 🎄!

Love,

Author-San

[Third Person POV]

Months had passed, and Gotham's criminals had known terror like never before. A mysterious being unlike any other had been waging a war on crime. At first, many believed that only the Falcone family was being targeted by this enigmatic protector. But it soon became clear that robbers, thugs, drug dealers, murderers, rapists, serial killers, and all other depraved individuals in Gotham were being judged by this unknown entity. Little did they know that this dark creature of the night was actually an eight-year-old boy. The same boy who had just finished participating in multiple men's competitions.

[Location: Seoul, South Korea]

[Date: September 22nd, 1988]

Now the youngest gold medalist Olympic champion of all time, he was expected to give a speech. It was iconic, of course a quote for the history books but it meant little to Bruce. He needed to return to Gotham. The break was appreciated, but his mission awaited him. Over the year, Bruce had not only cultivated technology and business but also enhanced the myth he had created. No official sighting or recording of him existed. His presence was known only through eyewitness accounts from civilians he had saved and criminals he had captured. Now, it was time to finish what he had started with the Falcone family. They had suffered blow after blow from both Bruce and rival gangs. But now, it was time for the coup de grâce. His vengeance would rain down upon the entire crime syndicate. He had studied them extensively and knew exactly how he would dismantle them. First off Johnny Viti would need to die. Milos Grapa could rot in Arkham or Blackgate. Luca Falcone would also have to die, as would any other adult male with a claim to the family throne.The real question was whether to kill Alberto and Sofia Falcone. Right now, the two were still innocent children. However, Alberto might grow up to replace his father. Sofia, though destined to be a regular socialite, could later walk the path of a ruthless criminal. Bruce caught himself. He was contemplating the murder of children who had yet to commit any crimes. That was not justice. That was not what Batman stood for. Old habits died hard, he supposed. He would try not to dive back into the cold, calculated ruthlessness of his former self. Still, one of his greatest strengths in his past life had been his ability to think faster than the average human. Coupled with his enhanced reaction speed, it had made him nearly untouchable in combat. A feat he intended to replicate and amplify in this life. But for now, that plan would have to wait.

[System Update Available]

During his flight, a screen had unexpectedly popped up.

[System Update Available: Do you wish to update?]

[Yes/No]

Bruce sat in a cream-colored chair, contemplating. The rain pattered against the jet's exterior, and the engines hummed softly in the background. He wanted to say yes, but the uncertainty of what might happen gave him pause. Still, updates were generally good… right?

"System, what will change during the update?" He questioned.

[The user will retain access to all current system skills and abilities. However, purchases from the system store will be temporarily disabled.]

Reassured, the young boy reached out and pressed Yes.

[System Update in Progress: 1 Day Remaining]

[1% Complete]

Bruce sighed. He had hoped the update would be instantaneous, though he knew better. For now, he could only wait and plan. Tomorrow, he would bring the Falcones to their knees. Tomorrow, his revenge might finally be complete. Then again, there was another nest of birds in Gotham that weren't falcons. But getting rid of those pests could wait for now.

[Location: Gotham City, New Jersey]

[Date/Time: September 22nd, 1988, 11:50 PM]

Bruce walked through the Batcave. He had divided it into multiple major sections. Though not fully furnished, he had designed it to resemble the original Batcave—sans trophies. He had yet to earn them. Only one item occupied the trophy case: the gun and bullets that had killed his parents. If the Wayne family's murder truly ended here, this would be the last time Bruce will use it. He had no intention of becoming the Grim Knight. He did however find it funny how the GCPD was probably panicking over a gun they lost two whole times. His goals were far greater than shooting a few criminals through. He would bring true peace to Earth and turn it into a force to be reckoned with. Still, those ambitions would have to wait. Using the main elevator, Bruce descended to one of the lower levels and entered his forge. He gathered the tools from his latest system purchases, placing each into his utility belt. Finally, he turned to the wall housing his most prized acquisition: a replicator, straight out of Star Trek. It had taken him a month of missions and savings to acquire it, but he didn't regret the effort. Pressing a few buttons, he produced an apple and began eating it as he headed back up to the Batcomputer. Then the system progress bar caught his attention.

[99% Complete]

He glanced at the clock: 11:59 PM. Right on schedule. Alfred descended via the central elevator, carrying a silver tray. He approached Bruce, setting the tray on the counter beside the Batcomputer.

"So, Master Bruce, it seems your revenge will soon be complete," Alfred said, gazing at the young boy he considered a son.

"This isn't the end, Alfred," Bruce replied coldly. "It's just the beginning." Bruce folds his hands together still waiting for the last tick of the system. 

"I see, in that case what happens next if I may ask?" Bruce can almost feel the worry in Alfred's voice. The real question is what has got his conviction rattled?

"Like I told you Alfred this isn't just revenge. This is the beginning of my crusade. I am going to change this world. That starts with purging the city of its most rotten filth." Bruce's cold neutral expression changed into a slight frown. 

"And what of the children? Sophia and Alberto? They are just kids master Bruce." Alfred says his tone is filled with concern and a tiny hint of regret. The guilt he feels has only been growing since that day. Bruce was aware of it but he took advantage of it. The night his parents died Alfred failed him. So Bruce no longer the depressed boy he was took advantage of that. He used Alfred's guilt to jump start not just his own business and vigilantly activities. He also has been using him to slowly probe Wayne enterprises. 

"They'll live along with their mother. The three of them are innocent but the mother's testimony will be vital. I doubt she'll talk in court but if I interrogate her and record it I'll be able to get it to Gordon." Bruce pulled up her file on the bat computer. 

"Isabella Gigante will talk if we threaten her or her children but she'll never incriminate Johnny Viti. The bonds of family are strong but not that strong so I doubt she'll mind what I'll do to her abusive husband. Thank you for the food you can go now Alfred. I'll be heading out soon." 

"Very well I'll be on communication standby." Alfred sighed a bit of relief from my response to his question. Then he becomes solemn. He the cover of the plater to reveal a cup of tea and some small sandwiches. Bruce reaches over and starts eating one of them. Finally the update was finished. Bruce skimmed the text. The item store now sells items from fiction. That includes books, games, shows, and movies. No matter the genre of the content. The original items that it used to sell are still there. The skills now only come from fiction rather than being original. Next is that skills can now level up by being used. Lastly there is now a stat page with stat points along with levels. The level of the average human is 5 and having 5 in all stats. They can be naturally increased by training as well. Checking his new stats he sees that he is a level 10. He has above average in all of them except for strength and defense. He is still a child but it's not unexpected. He also sees that he has 10 stat points to use. 

[ Level: 10 ]

[ ATTACK: 20 ]

[ STR: 4 ]

[ DEFENSE: 6 ]

[ SPEED: 20 ]

[ AGILITY: 25 ]

[ APPEARANCE: 10 ]

Using his new points he increases his strength and defense to ten. If he's twice as strong as a regular grown man at 8 years old well, who knows what he could achieve later. After that he spins his dark chair around and stands up. Stalking over to the elevator he goes down another level. Within it lies multiple different vehicles all custom made but he simple went with his usual Robin bike. Hoping on it as dramatically as possible Arkham Knight style Bruce turned it on and rode back over to the elevator. Taking it up to the exit tunnel level he drove out and activated his comms. 

"Penny 01 are you there?" Rice called out while pulling in front of the exit tunnel.

"Hearing loud and clear Bat 00." The response from Alfred was quick and clear. Erving his bike once more and pressing a button on his belt. The dark metal door opens and he pulls out full speed into it. Driving through eventually he reaches the outskirts of Gotham. He weaves in and out of the midnight traffic which isn't much. Still Batman doesn't obey traffic laws so he makes a point of it. After a few minutes of driving at high speed never stopping or slowing he makes near the Falcone family estate. The lights were still on throughout the house and guard detail was just as expected. Of course as soon as he started heading towards the house he got a new quest but he only looked to see what the requirements were. Just taking down the guards in one night. It was a simple task nothing to worry about. This would all be over tonight anyway. 

Turning off road and into the woods he gets off the bike and starts towards the house. Pulling out a modern phone from his utility belt he opens it and goes to a map of the mansion. At first he had his issues getting more modern WiFi reliant tech to work but he solved the issue relatively quickly. Not only was the phone far more advanced than any tech around in the 80's but he had also installed a location changing VPN just in case. Eventually he made his way over to the house's breaker box. Where he quickly cut the wiring and waited for someone to come check. 

As anticipated a small group of guards with flashlights came. Quickly Bruce opened up his bo staff threw down a smoke bomb which now released black smoke instead of grey and attacked. Each of the guards went down quickly and Bruce tied them up. 

After that he went to all the doors except the front and locked or blocked them from the outside. He also dispatched any other guards that came outside looking for previous ones or who were guarding doors. 

Robin then made his way into the house through the vents. While in the vents he started to release a mix of the new black, white, and grey smoke. As it filled the house he started systematically taking out all of the guards. Some he ambushed with more smoke others he pulled into vents in front of their fellow goons. But more importantly he let the sound of shots being fired be heard. He also made sure his victims had time to scream before being knocked out or killed if he had to kill them. He did all this to cultivate fear inside the house.

Then the first important kill happened Johnny Viti. He was yelling expletives and ordering goons around. Of course the fear ridden mobsters had no idea Bruce was above them in the rafters. First a grapple to the roof followed by a quick drop take down and two batarangs and all of them were down except Johnny. He left him alone in the dark for a while to run around. He really let the terror of his inevitable demise seep in. He even purposely missed a few batarang throws by his head as Johnny ran away. Then Robin hit his ear with a batarang taking the appendage clean off. Bruce kept going after his ear it was his left calf, right thigh, left arm twice and then his back four times. He kept up this proves making sure that Johnny eventually ended up by Isabella's door. He banged on her door a bloody mess screaming for help. At this point Isabella and her children who had locked the door were huddled together in fear. She did have one guard in the room with her but not even he dared to open it. Finally Bruce slowly revealed himself through the smoke. 

To Johnny he looked like some two horned demon slowly moving towards him. Hyperventilating Johnny fired the last of his bullets at Bruce which failed. Eventually he ran out witch he realized when the gun started to click while he kept pulling the trigger. He then started screaming for Bruce to stop. He promised him wealth, drugs, anything he wanted. But Bruce simply kept walking towards him. First Robin threw a few more batarangs witch pined Johnny to the door. Then as Johnny slumped to the wooden door covered in his own blood. Bruce unsheathed his grandfather's sword from his back, charged, and pierced Vito's heart while slamming through the door. 

The guard in the room tried to shoot at Bruce. He simply dived backwards and threw a batarang into the gun barrel causing it to backfire. The man screamed as his hand exploded in blood. The man growled with rage and tried to charge Bruce his fist raised high. However one more batarang to skull made him die a quick unimpressive death. Bruce then turned his head towards Isabella Falcone and her kids. Seeing this she stood in front of her kids clearly afraid but still protecting them. 

In that moment Bruce came to a decision. He threw down a new kind of smoke bomb this time purple. Isabella turned grabbing her children trying to shield them from danger. A danger she soon realized never came. But as she was doing so she became woozy and her children collapsed into her arms. She fell to her knees and then to the ground before quickly falling asleep. The new has a dyed purple mainly for clarity. It was actually system bought pheromones from poison Ivy. 

After the family fell asleep he simply tied them up. He would need her to testify against the family later so he didn't need her wondering off. While he was doing this more guards came but he was already back on the ceiling. Throwing a quick flash bang disoriented them where he made quick work of them with his blade. 

After that he began the hunt again taking down any stray guard he could find and studying the larger groups. He made his way around the mansion. Plenty of them tried to leave only to find the doors locked and get knocked out and tied up by Bruce. He marked name after name off his list. Milos Grapa was captured and Luca Falcone was cut down by Robin. All he needed now was to get rid of the big man himself. But when he finally fully cut and fought his way through everyone. When he had dodged every bullet and disabled every gun. When he finally, FINALLY! Made his way to that criminal serial killing piece of scum. The true hangman of Gotham City who had murdered countless women and only a fraction of them had ever been found. The big boss himself of the entire family Carmine Falcone wasn't alone. Next to him was another woman and next to her was just a little girl. 

Bruce stood before them darkening their door way with seeping black smoke. The three were turned towards him from inside the gaudy dressing room. Candles that clearly weren't ment to be there lit the room up. Plenty of the others in the mansion had been using similar ones if they didn't have flashlights. He studied the three closely first the girl and then the woman both had a striking resemblance to each other. But the he didn't have time to focus on them. Why because Carmine Falcone was currently pointing a shot gun at him. 

"DIE YOU SON OF A!" But before he could finish the sentence Bruce rushed forward. He dodged three shots one to the left the other to the right. The last he jumped over and kicked the gun out of Falcones hand. The two women ran out the door screaming in fear. Carmine tried to fight back hand to hand but Bruce simply dodged all his blows. Then he tried throwing objects in the room while trying to go for the door. Bruce simply threw some batarangs into his legs. The now literally fallen crime lord tried to crawl away.

"YOUR DEAD cough* YOU HEAR ME ILL HAVE HUNTED DOWN! ILL cough* I'll KILL EVERYONE YOU EVER FUCKING MET YOU BASTARD!" He scream quite patheticly might I add as he continues to crawl for his life. It's when Bruce then brakes the man's legs with his bo staff he started cursing in Italian. 

"It's funny you want to have me killed. That is concerning you did the exact same thing to my father and mother." At that Carmine froze then he started begging and apologizing saying he could make it right. It was at this point the rage and hatred that had accumulated in the original Bruce started to explode. 

" You had my father killed! My father who saved your life! MY FATHER WHO WAS YOUR PARTNER! MY FATHER THOMAS WAYNE! YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM!? I AM VENGEANCE! I AM THE KNIGHT! I AM BRUCE WAYNE !YOU HAD MY PARENTS KILLED! PREPARE TO DIE!" At that moment Bruce removed his hood and mask. Carmine lied there speechless and horrified. Then Bruce rushed forward Carmine tried to block but Bruce just broke his arms with the staff. The he grabbed him by the neck and pulled out a bat brand. He got the idea from the Batman V Superman movie. He however did change the shape to be like his current bat symbol. Bruce slammed the brand into Falcone's forehead. He screamed and struggled but Bruce held him still until it was done. Then he repeated the process in the middle of Falcone's chest. At that point he was a mess of pain and blood.

When he was done Bruce took a deep breath. Pulled out the gun looked Carmine Falcone in the eyes and pulled the trigger. One to the head one to the chest. After that he dug out the bullets and put them back in his utility belt. 

After that it was just a matter of collecting Isabella and her children, taking down any remaining security, knocking the innocent family members out, taking the unconscious bodies out of the house, gathering as much evidence as possible, lastly tracking down the woman and her daughter and asking them to testify to what happened tonight. Then he had Alfred bring the all black car to move Isabella and the kids. He simply brought her to a dark wear house. Woke her up threatened her so that if she didn't testify against the family and all their crimes she and her kids would pay the price. Finally he called Gordon told him the family was taken care of. Went home, showered, ate while writing in the bat computer mission log, and went to bed. All in a days work for Gotham's newest Vigilante. 

A/N Merry Christmas everyone this is the end of the first Arc. I've decided that after this all be Focusing on my other fic Ultimate Hybrid in DC and Marvel. I'll do that until the first major story Arc is done and thin I'll come back to this fic. There will be a longer time skip but we will get some stories from the time skip occasionally. Anyway Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.🎄

Author-san 😁👍