Bruce had always instilled in his teenage sidekicks that training was arguably the most important thing about being a vigilante. Being prepared for every eventuality. Fine tuning your mind and your body into a weapon. Bruce’s training methods had never changed in the many years he had been the Dark Knight but his protégé’s had all adopted their own little personalised training regimes that focused on their strengths and their weaknesses. For Dick, his agility and dexterity has always been his greatest strength. No one could move like Grayson could, not even Bruce. Much of Dick’s training was based around movement and speed. He was up the earliest out of the family, even earlier than Bruce. It wasn’t difficult for Dick to remember his old route through the forests behind Wayne Manor. Bounce off that rock, double backflip over the oak tree’s highest branch, slide across the downed sycamore and into the ravine for a few swift yoga stretches and martial arts drills (Jeet Kune Do was Dick’s preference) . Back up the cliff for a little parkour training and soon enough in his own mind Dick was back at the manor and trying to creep into his room as quietly as possible so as to not wake Barb.

A short time later, Dick was best and a slim fit black suit with a white shirt and Nightwing blue tie; typical Bruce. The not so subtle attempt at rebuilding a long gone bridge it was a trademark of the one Mr Wayne. Dick and Barb soon joined the group of partygoers and it was an interesting mixture of socialites, money grabbers and reporters. It was clever of Bruce not to invite any of his Justice League cohorts in their civilian guises. With the joys of social media, it had become way too easy for people to put into a motion a chain wherein they can uncover a network of lies that a hero must weave. Dick was pretty quiet at the party, sticking to the age old adage of “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all”

[url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/The_Wire_Freamon.jpg]Lucius Fox[/url] had been part of the furniture in the Wayne household for most of his life. Born just south of Crime Alley, Lucius initially started as a rookie beat cop for the GCPD which even back when was corrupt. He met Thomas Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth the night of December 22nd 1977 when he was the first responding officer to the murder of Martha Wayne. It was Lucius who investigated the crime and eventually brought Joe Chill to justice. Through this act, Fox essentially became the first extended member of the Bat family. In spite of being an officer of the law, Lucius real desire was science. So when Thomas Wayne created applied sciences, Fox immediately jumped to Wayne Enterprises as an engineer. Eventually becoming you Bruce Wayne’s guardian after the death of his father and butler, Lucius took Bruce on a trip around the world. Whilst Bruce stayed in the middle of nowhere to begin his journey, Fox returned to Gotham and started a family of his own. Eventually Bruce returned and was aided by his guardian in becoming the hero that Gotham deserved. “Ladies and gentlemen” Lucius began. “If you’ll please make your way inside, the service is about to begin”

Outside the compound, three murky shadows lingers in the woods. The glowing red eyes of a man of ice aimed directly into the Solomon Wayne wing.

“Go”