(((JOE)))
Batman :The crucifix 1/2
Gotham city police department
Jim Gordon’s sitting at his desk running his finger up and down some old Blackgate files and getting next to no work done. It may be pointless but it’s what Loeb’s got him doing so he might as well pass the time. He knows why he’s doing it. Loeb’s out in a month and his job’s going to Jim which means the sour bastard’s got him running pointless errands whilst he hangs on to what little power he has.
Harvey Dent knocks on the door and without hesitation enters
Harvey dent: Jim! I heard the good news! Came to celebrate! It’s not every day a man gets crowned commissioner of the most crooked police department known to man!
Jim Gordon: haha. Well that sure is one way to put it...uh..loebs got me on these old blackgate files for some lowlife criminal that ended a sentence a few years back. Reckons there’s some huge conspiracy going on. Loada bull
Harvey Dent: Who?
Jim Gordon: Uh...guy named Lenny...fiasco. He’s not exactly Count Dracula
Harvey Dent: Loeb gave you this case? sounds like he’s distracting you. Somethings going on. He wants you out of his way
Jim Gordon: No he’s just bitter I’m getting his job. He’s hated my guts since the day I First entered this god forsaken precinct and I’d be lying if I said the feeling wasn’t mutual
Harvey Dent: I guess that sounds about right ... but still it wouldn’t hurt to look into it. Would it
Jim Gordon: No I guess not
Harvey Bullock: Rams the sorry excuse for a door wide open with a slight hint of nialism and slumps into the age old armchair hidden away in the corner of the rundown office
Jim Gordon: Good evening to you too Harv
Harvey Dent: You heard about Jim’s promotion to commisioner then Harvey? I assume that’s why your here
Harvey Bullock: Yeah I heard. wouldn’t miss it for the world.
He then pulls out a large bottle of rum and three dirty glasses from an almost invisible wooden cabinet under Jim’s desk
Jim Gordon: Since when was that there
Harvey Bullock: Before you were here I’ll tell ya that much buddy.
He then pours the three glasses with a reckless yet exact precision and slides them across the desk to the other two
Harvey Dent: Smells about right anyway
Jim Gordon: Ah thanks Harv. I needed this
Harvey Bullock: To Jim Gordon. A hero, partner and friend. Yada yada yada.
Jim Gordon: Heh I’m moved
Harvey Dent: hey I have to ask. Have you guys seen the news stories on gothams latest nutcase. The bat. I mean I’ll be straight up. I couldn’t care less if he knocks a few heads together. as long as he gets the job done that is. Cos Yknow I’m a man of the law and all but if he wants to make my job a hell of a lot easier then he’s welcome to it
Jim Gordon: yeah I saw them. And I can’t help but agree. I’ll be honest I’ve got somewhat of a past of going outside the law myself and I’m not too proud of that but sometimes in Gotham,The law can’t help those who need it and that’s why he’s here
Harvey Bullock : couldn’t care less. Just means less work for me. Now if ya don’t mind, I’ve got a bottle of rum to drink
The three talk loudly from night into the morning as if to forget all the hell they put up with in this goddamn city of theirs
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The same night on the streets of Gotham
Several junkies gather round an archway surrounded by the stench of half used heroine needles and their own human waste. They sit there shaking in the cold and saying nothing but the odd mumble under their breath. Another emerges from the archway trying desperately to peek the interest of the other four.
He speaks in a heavily laboured tone:you all need to...come see. You need to see this....it’s a crazy thing. He’s a crazy thing...but great!...come now. You gotta see
Another speaks back:who?..who is it? Jon! Who is it?
Jon looks back half distracted by a small flame in the distance at the end of the street: you see ....that light?..the fire?
The other speaks back: yeah...I see it...what about it?
Jon: come now....You gotta see..it...you gotta
The response is one of reluctance and annoyance: yeah yeah. We coming...We coming. Give it time
The two of them get to their feet and stumble off into the distance towards the great flames leaving the rest to shiver helplessly on Gothams cruel streets
just 20 or 30 feet above the old archway,a bat is perched listening carefully to every word spoken. The bat speaks through a comme in his cowl
Batman: Alfred.
Alfred Pennyworth: yes master Bruce? What is it you have stumbled across this time?
Batman: nothing I’ve found. just the word of a few bums over by Newport street. I’m going to follow the two of them to whatever they’re headed for. I’ll send you my coordinates when I find something. Have the Rolls ready as a back up plan if this one goes sideways
Alfred Pennyworth: by this one you mean jumping into an unnecessary scrape with a group of dangerous hooligans on a street corner completely unprepared?
Batman: that’s one way of putting it
Alfred pennyworth: do just try to keep yourself in one piece this time will you. It Would be an absolute shame if you were to have this lovely new hobby of yours cut short after only a month or two
Batman:positive as always Alfred. I’ll contact you when I find something.
Batman :The crucifix 1/2
Gotham city police department
Jim Gordon’s sitting at his desk running his finger up and down some old Blackgate files and getting next to no work done. It may be pointless but it’s what Loeb’s got him doing so he might as well pass the time. He knows why he’s doing it. Loeb’s out in a month and his job’s going to Jim which means the sour bastard’s got him running pointless errands whilst he hangs on to what little power he has.
Harvey Dent knocks on the door and without hesitation enters
Harvey dent: Jim! I heard the good news! Came to celebrate! It’s not every day a man gets crowned commissioner of the most crooked police department known to man!
Jim Gordon: haha. Well that sure is one way to put it...uh..loebs got me on these old blackgate files for some lowlife criminal that ended a sentence a few years back. Reckons there’s some huge conspiracy going on. Loada bull
Harvey Dent: Who?
Jim Gordon: Uh...guy named Lenny...fiasco. He’s not exactly Count Dracula
Harvey Dent: Loeb gave you this case? sounds like he’s distracting you. Somethings going on. He wants you out of his way
Jim Gordon: No he’s just bitter I’m getting his job. He’s hated my guts since the day I First entered this god forsaken precinct and I’d be lying if I said the feeling wasn’t mutual
Harvey Dent: I guess that sounds about right ... but still it wouldn’t hurt to look into it. Would it
Jim Gordon: No I guess not
Harvey Bullock: Rams the sorry excuse for a door wide open with a slight hint of nialism and slumps into the age old armchair hidden away in the corner of the rundown office
Jim Gordon: Good evening to you too Harv
Harvey Dent: You heard about Jim’s promotion to commisioner then Harvey? I assume that’s why your here
Harvey Bullock: Yeah I heard. wouldn’t miss it for the world.
He then pulls out a large bottle of rum and three dirty glasses from an almost invisible wooden cabinet under Jim’s desk
Jim Gordon: Since when was that there
Harvey Bullock: Before you were here I’ll tell ya that much buddy.
He then pours the three glasses with a reckless yet exact precision and slides them across the desk to the other two
Harvey Dent: Smells about right anyway
Jim Gordon: Ah thanks Harv. I needed this
Harvey Bullock: To Jim Gordon. A hero, partner and friend. Yada yada yada.
Jim Gordon: Heh I’m moved
Harvey Dent: hey I have to ask. Have you guys seen the news stories on gothams latest nutcase. The bat. I mean I’ll be straight up. I couldn’t care less if he knocks a few heads together. as long as he gets the job done that is. Cos Yknow I’m a man of the law and all but if he wants to make my job a hell of a lot easier then he’s welcome to it
Jim Gordon: yeah I saw them. And I can’t help but agree. I’ll be honest I’ve got somewhat of a past of going outside the law myself and I’m not too proud of that but sometimes in Gotham,The law can’t help those who need it and that’s why he’s here
Harvey Bullock : couldn’t care less. Just means less work for me. Now if ya don’t mind, I’ve got a bottle of rum to drink
The three talk loudly from night into the morning as if to forget all the hell they put up with in this goddamn city of theirs
——————————————————
The same night on the streets of Gotham
Several junkies gather round an archway surrounded by the stench of half used heroine needles and their own human waste. They sit there shaking in the cold and saying nothing but the odd mumble under their breath. Another emerges from the archway trying desperately to peek the interest of the other four.
He speaks in a heavily laboured tone:you all need to...come see. You need to see this....it’s a crazy thing. He’s a crazy thing...but great!...come now. You gotta see
Another speaks back:who?..who is it? Jon! Who is it?
Jon looks back half distracted by a small flame in the distance at the end of the street: you see ....that light?..the fire?
The other speaks back: yeah...I see it...what about it?
Jon: come now....You gotta see..it...you gotta
The response is one of reluctance and annoyance: yeah yeah. We coming...We coming. Give it time
The two of them get to their feet and stumble off into the distance towards the great flames leaving the rest to shiver helplessly on Gothams cruel streets
just 20 or 30 feet above the old archway,a bat is perched listening carefully to every word spoken. The bat speaks through a comme in his cowl
Batman: Alfred.
Alfred Pennyworth: yes master Bruce? What is it you have stumbled across this time?
Batman: nothing I’ve found. just the word of a few bums over by Newport street. I’m going to follow the two of them to whatever they’re headed for. I’ll send you my coordinates when I find something. Have the Rolls ready as a back up plan if this one goes sideways
Alfred Pennyworth: by this one you mean jumping into an unnecessary scrape with a group of dangerous hooligans on a street corner completely unprepared?
Batman: that’s one way of putting it
Alfred pennyworth: do just try to keep yourself in one piece this time will you. It Would be an absolute shame if you were to have this lovely new hobby of yours cut short after only a month or two
Batman:positive as always Alfred. I’ll contact you when I find something.