Nightwing - Origins Pt. 5 - Making a Name for Myself.

Clark helped me a lot. He helped me realize that I need to continue to fight for justice. Luckily I had a knack for costume making and quickly made myself a new suit. I made myself a make-shift bo staff that could split in half and form two escrima sticks. I had kept a few of my wing dings to use to throw at criminals. It's time to test these out.

 

I had picked up a trail of thefts happening in a neighbor city of Gotham called Blüdhaven. Witnesses say the thief would magically appear with a cloud of purple smoke and disappear with his loot the same way.

 

This'll be the perfect way to prove myself as a hero to Bruce.

 

Thanks to the thief's theatrical entrances and exits, his hideout wasn't too hard to find. The purple smoke left a residue that was easily to identify where it was from. Only one place in Blüdhaven had recently received a shipment of oxidizer. A chemical used in creating smoke pellets. Alakazam Magic Shop. According to records the place has been shutdown for years, so the fact that it has recently received a package is evidence enough that someone is using it as a base.

 

I arrive at at the street that the shop was located on. I notice a man walking into the back exit of the shop. Looks like I found my man.

 

I jump from my vantage point and run to the door. I slowly open it, but the door still gave off a quiet creak. Hopefully no one heard that.

 

A man's voice can be heard in the next room. It sounds like he's on the phone, but I can barely hear what the conversation is about.

 

I open the door to the room and the man is staring right at me.

 

"Well well well, looks like a vigilante has come to stop me. Excuse my memory, but I don't quite know you're name."

 

"The name's Nightwing and you might be?"

 

"The name is Abra Kadabra, I am a trained magician. There is no way you can stop me."

 

He throws down a smoke pellet. It's a good this Haly's Circus had a magician. I know exactly how this trick works.

 

I run over to where the man was standing and search for a trapdoor. Ah ha! I found it. I quickly open it up and jump down into a dark hallway. The hallway is narrow but I see a light on the ground only a few feet away. I open the trapdoor and jump down into what looks to be a maintenance room.

 

"Figured out my trick, did you? Well you won't out smart this one."

 

He raises his hand and suddenly shoots out what looks like a purple lightning bolt. I do a cartwheel to dodge it and then a front flip to get closer to this maniacal magician.

 

"An acrobatic. Excellent."

 

He raises both hands and forms a sphere of purple lighting in his hand. Not going to give you this one man. I hurl myself into the air and swing my feet at him. He stops trying to hit me with the purple energy and he tries to grab my leg in midair. He does not succeed as I connect with his head. He gets pushed down to the ground from the force and wipes blood from his nose.

 

"You broke my freakin' nose man!"

 

He tries to get up, but I quickly hit him over the head with one of my escrima sticks. He falls to the ground and grabs his forehead that now has a minor cut on it.

 

I grab some chains that are around me and chain him up.

 

"Now, what was that about outsmarting you?"

 

He spits on my boot and grunts at me. Hehe, typical.

 

The cops arrive after I call them and before they can spot me I duck into an alleyway.

 

Y'see Bruce, I can handle things on my own.

Done