บท 7: Dark Night (1)

I have to witness this historic scene with my own eyes, that was the only thought in my mind after I heard that movie's name.

And soon it was Sept 19, the supposed day, I packed an extra set of clothes, a pair of shoes, some of my saved pocket money and a bottle of water in my school bag. I needed nothing but still I wanted to prepare at least something.

I lied to my parents saying I was going to Lana's house and would probably stay there for the night. Lana promised that she would help me out this time if my mom called but I will have to stay one night at her house next week for real, which I had no problem promising.

When asked what I was gonna do I replied I was going for a treasure hunt and would come back in the morning. Lame excuse but she was 8 and she still believed in santa so it wasn't hard at all.

Gotham was approximately 60 miles from here, so quite near if I say so. It would take me probably half an hour max if I go there leisurely. But the point is I can't fly yet and so I will have to make sure that no one sees me, which will increase travel time.

I know that it will happen between 10 and 11 so I have like 2.5 hrs to reach there. But I do not know the exact movie theatre nor the location of crime street which would be thus named and would become famous after tonight. I have x ray so I would probably manage.

I put my x-ray and speed to full use, to get to gotham while making sure no one sees me. I was wearing full black today to blend into night. Most people would maybe notice only a blur going through.

I was just following the main road from afar reducing chances of exposure. I did not bring any mask though, as I had that rare: I am Superman I do not wear masks disease. Strange maybe it's genetic. Still I was confident in myself and me being a kid would definitely help.

As I was nearing Gotham, I was getting excited to see it in flesh. The city who birthed a wave of villains and which would become a nightmare for them in the future.

I reached it in 45 minutes, it was 8:20 right now, I still had plenty of time. It looked fine, I expected it to have this weird dark feeling or I imagined it to have garbage everywhere. It wasn't clean nor did it have an inviting vibe which Kansas had, I would compare it to maybe those industrial cities from my old world.

When I was just admiring these old buildings, I heard a muffled scream. Looking in that direction with my x-ray I could see that a thin guy was lying on a woman in the middle of a dark alley. With one hand he was forcing her mouth shut and another hand in which he was holding a knife was about to tear her clothes.

I went into a dark alley, jumped upon a building and with an impressive parkour/jumping spree reached in about 20 seconds. I jumped down near that guy silently impressing myself how even after all this there was practically no sound created.

I chopped his neck as gently as possible but still very fast as I didn't want that woman to see me. He instantly lost consciousness but I could still listen to his heartbeat, that was good.

I had no idea what would happen when I strike someone there. I know that there is a network of nerves connecting the spine and brain and probably one of the easiest places to cause something permanent. I wasn't trained in martial arts but I am still Super man … boy .. kid, whatever it worked and that's all.

Still going with the momentum I went ahead in the alley and jumped up the roof of the building nearby. The woman did probably see some blur or a tiny body leaving fast. After a while I could still hear some crying, and I saw her kicking that guys nuts and then running away.

While I was still thinking of my first one sided fight, I could hear some woman shouting to stop the thief. I saw some man running away with a purse in one hand and a lady wearing some good looking jewelry shouting.

I found a small pebble nearby, went ahead of the thief on a roof and aimed at his legs and threw it controlling my strength as I don't wanna create a hole in it. He tripped and fell face down, some guy nearby apprehended him and brought him to the lady.

After these two incidents it did start to feel more like Gotham.