The Dark Knight

I came too on the side of my capsule. My small body had been protected by the capsule I had been in. The glass or whatever it was, had a large crack running down the middle of it where the liquid was oozing out. I felt a large gash on my forehead where I hit the side of the capsule. Looking around I saw a hole large enough for my small body to fit through on the side of the capsule maybe shrapnel from the explosion or something else had made the hole. Whatever was the case I needed to escape. So using the energy that was left over I crawled my way out of the capsule for the first time. When crawling out I earned some scrapes from the jagged edges from the metal.

Huh, if I was a normal human then those cuts would have gone to the bone. Placing my hands down I pushed my body up and crawled from the hollow space provided by the metal part of the chamber I had been in. I was now naked, crawling and surrounded by flames.

'Awesome.'

Turning toward where I thought the entrance to the lab was I saw two doors mostly blown off their hinges. Stairs could be seen from here. I began to crawl to my freedom. As I passed the wreckage of the command station all I saw was blood. Seems as if the good doctors might have survived the blast.

Whatever. I began my crawl to freedom on shaky chubby legs and arms. Once I reached the entrance to the chamber I looked and found a large steel door down the hallway I saw that I had a long way to go so I started to crawl.

Fires were now raging behind me.

It seems as if the paint might be flammable.

They should look into that. I giggle to myself.

I have finally reached the end of the hallway and I'm breathing like the bellows.

'A five month old should not have to work this hard.' I bellowed in my head.

The door to freedom was in front of me but there was a problem.

It had no handle.

Who the hell designs a door without a handle? It makes no sense.

Well its not like I could reach it anyway.

Not like I could do anything with this body of a baby. Not seeing anyway out of my situation I sit on my naked butt as I wait for the explosions and fires to take my new body and new life from me.

'Well, ain't this some shit.'

A few moments roll on by and I see something that gets my little heart racing. The middle of where the doors are locked together is turning orange.

Hmm, I wonder who would be cutting into a door like that. A few figures popped into my mind. I excitedly await my savior.

Oh wait, I'm in the line of fire, shit!

Quickly I roll my pudgy body away from my original position. Just in time too as a beam of red light flashes right at the spot where my head would have been a second ago. The beam goes up then down and finally dies.

Holy crap, that could have ended badly.

The doors screech as they are wrenched apart and I see the man, the myth, the legend.

Batman.

I'm in awe of this man he stands probably close to 6'5" and is buff like a professional weight lifter. Imagine Arnold in his hey day just taller and more stretched out. With the iconic batman cowl and cape with the ever useful utility belt. The serrated armguards, similar styled boots with composite body armor that has the ability to withstand anything the military can throw at it, save for super powered beings.

He stops where he is and looks at me.

Oh wow, that is an intimidating stare.

He is looking right at me! And now he is walking closer wrapping me in his cloak.

Oh, now I know why everyone feels so safe with him around.

I have faced off against some truly evil people and beings and have always been hardly affected. While many enemies I faced scared some of the people I served with shitless, I only felt slight discomfort. I don't know what it is but I seem to be an extremely hard headed person and many people before had called me an idiot for that and other reasons.

But there are just some people that have an air of safety around them that helps those the surround them to keep calm and feel safe. I had only really felt that aura around a singular person who I looked up to and tried to emulate. A certain Master Chief. Batman has this aura as well but his also has a slightly frightening aura. That I am sure he uses to great affect.

"You'll be alright little one. Now lets see if we can't find anyone else." Batman sends out little drones from his utility belt. These tiny drones go flying out into the destruction of the CADMIS underground compound. Now that he is inside I'm sure he can examine everything. "Alfred get a medical checkup ready. It seems CADMIS succeeded on one of their experiments. I will explain more shortly. No more survivors." After he is done communicating with Alfred he turns to look at me and says in a softer voice, "Time to go little guy." We turn and leave the first place I found myself in the DC universe.

Batman carries me out of the burning building fast. After a few strides the drones come back and reattach to his utility belt. Outside I see the armored transport that was the dream of billions of people in my past life. Opening one of the doors Batman sits in his seat and says to the car, "Child seat protocol." Upon his words the passenger seat transforms into the safest child seat that has ever been created. At least in this universe. A metal structure was the outline while a form of gel was where I was placed. A set of straps was automatically placed over my body still wrapped up in his cloak holding me in place.

"Alfred I'm going to cut today short. There is something much more important that I have to deal with. Thanks I appreciate it. Be there shortly." Batman said as he started driving like a NASCAR driver. Surprisingly or more like unsurprisingly there is no police cars coming after us. It seems they know their limits.

After a few minutes we are driving upon a dark path that lead into a cliff face. I only know this due to the back window showing me a great view of the plume of dust and leaves we pick up as we pass by.

I open my eyes and find myself in the Batcave the home of the dark knight. As of this moment there aren't any significant prizes from his exploits. I'm sure that will change in the coming years. But I first need to know what time line this is and what earth I found myself on. Once I know this I will be able to plan for the future and maybe even affect future events as long as Batman doesn't decide to get rid of me for being too much of a threat. Well I'm sure I will find out shortly.

In the time of my musings Batman has already parked and pulled me out of my car seat. He walks toward a huge machine that has all kinds of scanners and medical implements. It reminds me of the medical capsules used on the ships of the fleet during the wars. They were everything a person needed to survive near death, save the human touch. When I see this I remember my rebirth at the hands of the military. I start to shake at the sight and memory.

Standing beside the machine is the epitome of butlery Alfred Pennyworth. The most badass butler there ever was, closely followed by a certain Irish geniuses'.

Alfred seeing me is slightly shocked but keeps his form only widening his eyes. As any good butler will do he comes towards Batman and asks, "I assume the reason you cut tonight short was this little guy?" As he asks this Alfred has reached us and picks me up out of Batman's arms.

Ah, much more comfortable. Those bracers can be a pain when you are being held and that suit is pretty hard on the outside.

"Yes. I found a CADMIS underground facility after I went to search for the epicenter of the energy fluctuations I had been searching for. When I cut though the door I found this baby behind the doorway at the bottom of the shaft. He seemed like he was trying to escape. I don't know if he just has good instincts or is a lot smarter than a normal baby." Batman explains the situation to his butler.

"So what do you plan to do sir?" Alfred asked.

"First I need to know what CADMIS did to him then I will decide." Batman said as he took off his face mask.

'Damn, now I know why he always has such luck with the ladies. He is the combination of dark and brooding with rough and elegant features making him surpass a super model. Black hair with piercing blue eyes. This face must give him enough confidence to talk to women and make them swoon. I almost want to hate him for it. Grrr.'

"He seems to be afraid of the medical machine sir. I recommend we put him under before we test him so he doesn't feel any discomfort?" Alfred asked as he inspected my furry tail that wrapped around his arm subconsciously.

"Agreed. I need to set some stuff up before the tests so get him prepared and on the table. I will be back shortly." Batman/Bruce Wayne says.

"Yes sir, I will get it done. Come on young man you should get some sleep I'm sure today has been a very trying day." Alfred says as he turns and places an injector in my leg before I could have a serious freak out. I didn't move throughout this whole process and begin to fall into sleep once again.

POV Change

Batman had just reached his supercomputer and places his drones on a small tabletop that begins to scan them. On one of the many screens the words DOWNLOADING IN PROGRESS appeared and a bar with percentages right under the words. A couple of seconds go by and 0.001% appeared on the screen.

"Hoo, seems like I was able to get a whole lot of information from the CADMIS base even with almost everything being destroyed. Now lets wait and see what comes up about that child." Bruce said to himself as he got out of his suit and placed everything in its place. Calling out to Alfred, Bruce asked, "Hey Alfred where is Dick? Did he finish his studies I gave him yet? How about Jason?"

"Yes Master Bruce. Dick finished quiet a while ago and began his martial arts training. After he finished that he went to his room and began to design his own suit to join you on your nightly escapades. He seemed to be very excited of this fact. He has almost reached the point you will be able to take him out with you. Master Jason has gone out on a hunt for the Riddler and has not contacted me since he started the investigation." Alfred said with a slight smile as he turned away from clothing and settling the child down on the exam table.

"Hmm, after tonight I am not as sure about that. There are more and more powered people coming into the light and many of them are not easy to deal with. I will have to increase the situational awareness training. Once they master that I will take them both out to help me." Batman said.

"As you say sir, but I believe that you will need to explain it to Dick so he is not too discouraged. Jason will be a handful once you tell him this though." Alfred explained as he knew the importance of the situational awareness that Bruce spoke of. He just hoped that Dick would be able to understand it as well.

"Right. That will be a pain. Hopefully he can be calm enough to understand the need for it. I will do that in the morning. Hopefully he finds the Riddler without problems. For now it seems the files have downloaded now lets see what this CADMIS base was up to." Bruce said as he turned back to his supercomputer and began to examine the files. Alfred checking to make sure the boy hadn't awakened and he then started the machine and walked over to the computer and Bruce.

After a few minutes Alfred decided to ask, "Have you found anything sir?"

"Yes. From the scans I am getting and the files from CADMIS the boy is more terrifying than I imagined." Bruce said to his father figure.

Alfred who had helped Bruce to deal with a lot of villains and had hardly heard utter the words terrifying before asked with slight trepidation as he looked toward the sleeping child, "What did you find sir?"

"It seems that CADMIS was in the possession of cells from a large number of powered people. They were doing their normal shtick of trying to fuse cells of different types to make a super soldier that would only be loyal to them. What happened here though was a break through. From what I can see at a glance they were able to combine different cell types by using something called an Alpha subject. This subject along with Dr. Ivo's newly created cells were combined to make a catalyst for other cells to be added. Effectively giving the subject the ability to absorb certain aspects of other cells. There seems to only be one catalyst as all of the others were too unstable." Bruce up to this point had really been shocked but as he read further his heart started to accelerate.

"Sir, what happened to the catalyst? If there was only one there shouldn't be a problem right? Dr. Ivo hates just about everyone and would never give way his work without tearing those people a new one." Alfred said.

"That boy on the exam table is the last surviving catalyst. It is true that Dr. Ivo would never give his research away willingly. It seems in their many tests they used up the last of both the Alpha and Dr. Ivo's cells." Examining a few more folders Bruce found the source of the Alpha cells. He just couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Alfred seeing Bruce's consternation asked, "What did you find Master Bruce?"

"I found the source of the Alpha cells. I just can't believe that CADMIS was able to find him. I thought he had been lost like the stories said…" Bruce said almost to himself.

"Who is the subject?" Alfred asked.

"The Alpha cells are from the oldest Lycanthrope in the world. I only know this since I have one of his decedents blood on file. I don't think they knew who or what they had found. They were able to take some of his blood from a crime scene. CADMIS was able to over write his cells by combining other cells. It seems that this was where all the other cells connected."

Alfred raised his eyebrows and asked, "So what was the combination of cells they chose?"

Sighing Bruce began the description of the cell combination, "The human they chose, which just happens to be the werewolf, Ivo's cells which bonded with the werewolf cells almost perfectly but became unstable after a short time, followed by ape cells from four different types; gorilla, monkey, baboon, and orangutan, these were used to settle the Ivo and werewolf cells. Plus…" Bruce froze when he got to the last two cell types used in the experiment.

Alfred seeing the hesitation and fear written all over his charges face broke out into a sweat as he asked with great trepidation, "Sir, what other cell types did they use?"

"Alfred I am not sure if we can keep this child. It could become one of the greatest threats to humanity it has ever known. If I am right in assuming their experiment succeeded then this child now holds some of the strongest DNA ever recorded."

Alfred already shocked by Bruce's reaction became even more afraid as he looked over at the sleeping baby. "What do you mean sir? He is just a baby how can he be such a threat to humanity?"

Hesitating for a second after looking at the sleeping baby Bruce told Alfred, "The last two donors of the child's DNA are Kryptonian and Divine human DNA. Alfred the last two donors are a Kryptonian's cells from the battle between Superman and Zod; they are unsure of whose they have. And from deep storage the brought out the last of the Wonder Woman's blood from WWI."

There was complete and utter silence in the Batcave. Alfred who had met the two in question knew the power they kept hidden. Power unlike any the world had seen. Now, those two had been unwilling and unknown donors to this baby. He was going to be a real force to be reckoned with. The only real question he had now was, "How did they get access to their DNA? Kryptonian DNA can't be worked on without Kryptonite and I don't even know about the divine human DNA from Mrs. Dianna."

Bruce breathed out as he pulled up two different reports from the combat that happened at the beginning of his own counter. The Justice League. "During the fight with Zod and his subordinates there was plenty of blood if you knew where to look. They all were beaten and even bleeding during that fight. At that time the government had the army backing us. It seems like CADMIS had one person in the squad who went and bagged the blood before it dried up. It does not say whether or not they used up all of his DNA samples. As for Wonder Woman there was a military operative who was there during the war and bagged some of her blood when she fought Aries. Her blood cells had been on ice of the last sixty years. Luckily, or not, they seem to have used all of her cells. From my own analysis it seems all of the primate cells merged with the wolf aspects of the werewolf cells. They tried to add more powered cells from others but they all failed. They gave the child the designation. BROLY. Which stands for BETA, RHO, OMEGA, LAMDA, Y-Chrome."

Alfred knowing quiet a bit about all of these well-known people shivered, as he understood his master's trepidation. But the worst came in the next second.

"They seemed to think this wasn't enough, so they even added Venom to his cells. Weirdly enough it took to his combination of cells well. Good God. He may be the most dangerous being on the planet." Bruce frowned and turned to look at the sleeping Broly not sure what to do.

"If that is the case what did they plan to do with the baby? It seems to me that having such a powerful weapon would lead to even worse consequences than just letting the heroes go about their business. How did they think they were going to control someone this dangerous?" Alfred asked.

"It seems they planned on putting a microchip into his head to control him from the get go. But from what I am reading they didn't do it yet because the DNA had not properly connected. It seems they were running an experiment to combine the DNA strands. That was the reason for the power surge I went to investigate." Bruce explained.

"If that is the case then he should have still been in the testing room but from what I saw he was at the door. What do you think happened to the CADMIS base?" Alfred asked.

"If it was me then I would say that the lead scientist on this project, upon the completion of the test and the complete fusion of the DNA strands, turned on CADMIS." Bruce said with some trepidation.

"But why?" Alfred asked.

"My best guess would be the fact the experiment succeeded and she finally realized that she had succeeded in bringing a new life into this world. One that wouldn't die due to incompatible DNA combinations. So like any mother would she protected her child by destroying the base in such a way that it would be brought to my attention. I know this only because CADMIS's data banks were still full when I downloaded everything. The only thing missing was the doctor's information. I can't tell if she got out alive without being caught but from what I saw I believe she succeeded." Bruce said.

"But why leave the child with you and not some other person?" Alfred asked.

"Probably because she knew I could find out everything about the child and because I could contact his biological donors. Plus I am able to protect this child from CADMIS and provide for him. While anyone else would have an extremely hard time doing so. But what I am worried about is how she has so much information on me when I don't know anything about her." Bruce explained his reasoning.

"Ah, that does make sense. But what you said about not knowing who she is and her knowing who and what you are, are far more troubling in the short term." Alfred said to Bruce.

"Agreed. I will have to set up more firewall protections as well as change up the schedules. I wonder if Superman will let me borrow one of his robot helpers to help with my secret identity. Secondly I will have to go to the watchtower to implement the cleaner bot program. That way none of our DNA will end up in the hands of other organizations like this." Bruce said as he sighed as he looked over at the baby sleeping peacefully in the medical bay. He was going to have a long few days ahead of him.

Plus he would have to call a meeting to explain what happened. If he didn't and hid the baby away he feared what would happen should he grow up and end up facing the others of the league without fore knowledge.

This was a proper shit show. One he had never expected to face. Now he had to plan out ways to counter it should it happen again. As he knew this would not be the end.