Chapter 2: Who

Gordon walks on the roof of GPD. he looks over the joint giant lamp with the Batman symbol

"Commissioner"

" Jesus, you have to stop doing that"

"You just have to get used to it"

"I am trying to get comfortable with the disappearing and vanishing act for the past 7 years"

Gordon turns around and looks at the man in the shadows. The Batman, the Dark Knight of Gotham City. For 7 years Gordon worked with the man fighting crime in the city. Still, he did not know who was behind the mask not that he was curious who the masked vigilante was, okay maybe a little bit.

"Charles Vestine now heir to the Vestine fortune. A 19-year-old boy. How is he?" asked Batman

"ohh why the sudden interest in the boy"

"The fact that he is heir to the second strongest family in Gotham City"

" I see as far as I can see he blames Victor Zsasz for his parent's death and blames the police for letting Zsasz escape. He needs time to grieve."

"Here I took the blood sample of the policemen who were with Zsasz when he escaped. The blood confirmed a neurotoxin that makes the brain thinks like they are doing something but in reality they are not it is just in their head. It is almost an expensive knockoff of Scarecrow's fear gas. Somebody gassed the police and let Zsasz escape. The toxin is almost impossible to trace. The same toxin was also used in those 15 murders as well"

"So the escape of Zsasz and the murders are connected"

"Most probably, I am going to find more about this toxin and will send you the antiserum"

"Alright then is there anything else....."

Gordon turns again only to find the man gone.

"Still not getting used to the vanishing act"

"Boss you there"

"What is it, Ross?"

"The kid's lawyer is here to gives his statement"

"I see, I will be right down there then"

Gordon goes down humming Phil Collins " it's is another day in paradise".

"Hi, baby Did you miss your mother?" asked the lady. She looked at Charles.

"Of course, he missed us hon, just look at him so excited to see us, right son"

Charles looked at then terrified and he calls out "Mom and Dad"

"Yes sweety it's us, the very woman who gave birth to you, the one who took care"

"and I am your father Charles don't tell me you don't recognise me. I took you to your school every day. I am the one who thought you how to ride a bike son."

"H-how are you alive" Charles shutters

"Oh dear we were alive my dear son," said Carrie

"But we died because of you, you could have stopped this with does power you have. You could have prevented all of this but you didn't do it.

WHY, WHY because we are not your real parents, you were born in that body because of us and you took our son's place, we gave you everything but you still didn't save us"

Suddenly, Both Carrie and Robert have their throats slit and the blood starts to gush out. They start to walk towards him

"You are responsible for this "

"You are responsible for this"

"No no no I am not stop coming towards me, just stop. I was late to save so I am sorry, please I am sorry, I loved and respected you both. You were my parents this world or not."

"But you still did not save us"

They started to come towards him and suddenly Charles started to shake

"Sir wake up sir "

Charles suddenly opens his and starts to gasp for air.

"Sir we have reached the station, Sir are you all right"

Charles started to look around frantically. Charles could barely bring the words out.

"I-its all R-right "

Charles immediately grabbed a bottle of cold water and started to drink. After some time he closed his eyes and opened them again. These dreams started to appear after the death of his parents, they taunted him on is the inability to save them. For the first time since 19 years did Charles started to miss his home. The world where he came from. where everything was so simple. Charles looked outside for some time. He then opens the car's door and walks towards the entrance of the police station.