The announcement

18 years later...

 

The confrence room was buzzing with conversations. There wasn't one person in that room who wasn't important in Gotham. Lawyers, policemen, doctors.

Suddenly the big double doors at the back of the hall opened. Everyone went quiet as a smartly dressed man walked into the room.

Bruce Wayne.

He was wearing a well-made black suit that looked very expensive. He had black hair neatley brushed into a comb-over. He got up to the front, greeted with applause from the audience. He stepped up onto the podium at the front of the room, and everything went quiet.

"Well," he said "what a greeting! I didn't realise I was that special!"

The crowed quietly laughed.

"I'm here today on a more serious note, though." He said solemnly. "I'm here about the crime issues in Gotham. This city has never been so engulfed in crime. Nearly every alley you go down has syringes in it. Slums are littered with murderers, arsonists, drug dealers, need I go on?"

The crowed were deathly silent.

"It looks like there is no way out of this mess that we're in. It looks like we are beyond saving. Well, I'm here to tell you that we're not. That there is hope. You may wonder who will save us from this terrible fate? Do you?"

The crowed nodded in unison.

"This man!" Bruce bellowed as another well-dressed man walked in.

"Harvey Dent!"

The crowed clapped louder this time as Dent stood in Bruce's place.

"Hello, ladies and gentlemen!" He said. "I'm not going to lie to you Gothamites, we need help. The crime problems have got worse. The Maroni's, the Falcones, everyone who is involved must be brought to justice."

The crowd did not stir.

"Just watch this, ladies and gentlemen." He pointed to a t.v screen in the corner of the room. It buzzed into life.

"Hello, Gotham. This is Harvey Dent showing you what a miserable place Gotham has become-"

Bruce wandered out. Alfred, his butler, was stood waiting for him.

"Did it go well, Master Bruce?" He asked.

"No, I couldn't take any more of it."

Alfred nodded.

"Lets just go home." Said Bruce as they walked out into the busy street.

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