Kapitel 4: Dark Heir Issue 4

Allstar Freight, New York August 21st, 2000

Woof Woof

"Someone shut the mutt down," a man with a ski mask called to his crew guy number 1

"I got it…" a man breaks off and goes off to towards the dog guy number 2

"Where are you, Scooby… come here, boy." guy number 2

[Clink Clink]

A guy pulls his gun out, walks towards the sound

Back towards The Crew

" This one is full, just like the guy said, boss." As the guy opened up the truck, guy number 3

"Good, pack this up, and let's go; where is Johnny? We need all hands on this," guy one said as numbers 3 and 4 started unloading the truck

Johnny screams in the distance

"Hey, you guys hear that," guy number three said

[SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]

[GUNSHOTS]

"There's a problem out here". Guy number three said

"You two check that out," Criminal One

"Aight," the boys reply as they cock their guns and head over there

[THUD]

"Johnny, where are you?!" Guy number 2

"Not Here," I call out behind him as I throw him over my shoulder, grabbing his head and hitting it on the gravel, knocking him out; as I start tying him up, I hear

"You freak" as he comes to help out

I rush towards him, dodging the barrel of the shotgun and aiming it away from me before I punch him in the chin.

[Clack Ugh]

Steps, coming closer [Click]

I roll over behind some crates and throw some knockout pellets before hitting one of the guys with a grappler and reeling him, leaving him to hang upside down on a light post. The other one starts running back to the van where they arrived. I toss two bearings to the tires so he can't escape. I break the window before I grab him, dragging him outside the car.

"Pant, pant, pant!" "Who the hell are you supposed to be?" Bad guy number one yelled

"Nightwing," I say before I knock him out with a chokehold. I start dragging the guy zip, tying him and the rest of the crew together near the big fence near the side entrance before I call the cops to the location

"Neo, send the info to Detective Fultz and connect me to 911," I speak into my ear

"911, what's your emergency." Police Dispatch

"I see a couple of guys breaking into Allstar Pack and Ship on 57th Street, and I hear some gunshots."

"Sir, you have to move away and stay safe. Cops are on their way," Police Dispatch

I disconnect the call as I cross the street and climb up the side of the building, trying to get a good vantage point

As I stood over, watching the cop cars approaching, I heard someone approaching

"So what do you think, lǎo shī?" I answer, still looking over the scene as the cops try to wake the guys up

"You did well for your first night, xué sheng. Now walk me through it again," Shang Chi calls out as he steps from around the corner, looking down at the scene

" I have been tracking this crew for the last week; they have been hitting trucks around the area and selling them to this pawn shop in Chinatown. I placed a mic in the owner's office, waiting for the next job.

Three days ago, I heard him talking to that guy Jamie as I pointed to the one getting pulled to the back of a police cruiser, his brother-in-law.

I checked the place out and returned early to get ready, waited till the guys got here, and decided to pick them off one at a time. I had the dog start barking to get one of them away. I was supposed to knock him out without alerting the rest of them, but the dog got off the leash, and the guy got spooked and started shooting. I grabbed the dog and kept him away. Thankfully, he didn't bite, but it ruined the stealth option, so I decided to go after them directly.

I sent the cops the evidence I gathered on the pawnshop to the guy in charge investigating the robberies, Detective Kurtz Alex Kurtz; with one of their confessions, he can shut the whole thing down." I turned around to look at him, trying to gauge his reaction

"When you came to asking to train, I felt your resolve and found you cause just. It's been a pleasure watching how both your chi and martial art training has been these past few months. You have moved from a mid-level to an advanced-level disciple, but now, as you approach this next wall in your training, you must journey it by yourself. From now on, you are no longer my student by my brother in arms; I'll be following your career with great interest." Shang Chi replied as he clasped his hands to meet his fist in his palm and bowed.

"Thank you for everything you have taught me. I won't disappoint you," I replied as I returned the bow with a deeper one to show my gratitude and sincerity.

"I know you won't." He said as he disappeared into the night.

'I have to get the disappearing trick down. I can't even sense Shang Chi anymore, even with the chi. I got to get out of here. The cops are almost done with the scene, ' I thought to myself

I grabbed my grappler and started swinging out of the scene, returning to where I stashed my motorcycle for the night. Thinking of ways to improve, I hear a girl screaming in Central Park across the street. As I head towards the sound, I see two drunk guys harassing a girl.

"Let me go!" She screams out, trying to get out of the grip of one of the guys

As I weigh my options, I toss a Batarang toward one of the guys, hitting him in the hand, and he lets her arm go as he yells in pain. As I jump down from the tree, kicking the other guy in the head, he falls unconscious. I move into the next guy, grabbing him by his injured hand, squeezing it kicking his leg out, and dropping him before punching him in the head knocking both of them out. I tie both of them up with the web fluid zip tips.

I turn back to her, and I look her over, making sure she's not injured, when I notice her bruised arm

She doesn't respond as she is still in the same spot, looking at where the other two are tied up

I walk over towards her with my hands up, approaching her slowly so as not to spook her

"You'll be sore for a few days, but you should be better soon; you'll be okay. I called the cops. They'll be here in a few minutes; I'll be here waiting with you till they get here," I say calmly, taking her to benches nearby.

"Yea, yea thank you," she says as she grabs herself, trying to support herself as she sits down further down the bench

"Who are you," she says as she looks over to me

"Nightwing, what about you?" I reply back

"Bishop, Kate Bishop… Why Nightwing?" She says, gesturing towards me

"Uh, I read it in a folk story, a bird of the night searching for his flock, and the name stuck." ' I can't say he's one of my favorite heroes from a different comic book series than the one I'm in right now

"No, why are you out dressed up as a vigilante," She says

"Well… sigh… when I was younger, I had a bad night. My parents were murdered when I was eight. I wished someone was there that night to save my parents, but no one was. I decided to be that for someone else." I stopped as I started to sense two guys approaching

"They're here. I have to head out, but word of advice: don't try to suffer alone speaking help."

"Thank you," she says

"My pleasure." I nod before turning around to walk away

I start jogging out of there before running up one of the trees, grabbing up on the branch, and crawling up, making sure they get the guys and wait till they escort her out before I head back to the manor on the motorcycle

'Huh, Kate Bishop, small world.'