There are few cities in America more dark and gloomy then Gotham city. Over the last few years, the city has faced a plague, earthquake and being all but abandoned by the United States, but had still managed to live on. It hasn’t been easy with the wide range of super villains running around. Most are locked up in Arkham asylum, but they could escape at any time. Gotham would crumble and everyone living there would fall into darkness if not for one man. To his enemies, he is no man, but a force for justice. He is the Batman and tonight he stands on the rooftop across from the first Gotham bank watching below, as a crime is about to take place.

“I can’t tell, is that the Calendar Man standing outside the bank?” Batman turned to his partner and adopted son Time Drake Wayne. Over the last few years, many things had happened to the young ward. He had lost his father, become leader of the latest incarnation of the Teen Titans and grown from an adventurous boy to a courageous man. If Batman were less of a stoic man, he would tell his adopted son how proud he was of him. Instead, he gazed down at the figure in front of the bank with a dark sneer.

“No, that isn’t the Calendar Man,” Batman said in a grainy sharp voice. “He goes by the name Sizer and is the latest super villain to arrive in Gotham. He’s been robbing banks all over Gotham by shrinking the whole building and walking away with it to loot later.”
“He shrinks the building, huh,” Robin muttered as he watched the seemingly weak man strut around the bank. Shrinking whole buildings was a new one for Robin.

“Apparently, he stole a shrink ray prototype from Ray Palmer lab and has been using it to commit his crimes. We need to get the shrink ray away from him before he can use it again. Are you ready?” Batman said as he prepared to leap down and confront the crook. Everything was simple to Batman, go down, take the shrink ray and defeat the villain with one blow. It was going to be a simple job that wouldn’t take very long.

“I’m always ready,” Robin smirked and readied his grappling hook. Batman didn’t return the smirk and just moved, leaping from the building he landed in a crouch with Robin right behind him. He must have made a sound because as he landed the Sizer spun around to face him.

“Oh no, oh no, oh no,” whimpered the Sizer as he saw the Batman for the first time. The Sizer was a rookie super villain, but even he knew to fear the Batman. Stories of the caped crusader were on the lips of anyone who broke the law in Gotham and they all ended the same, in jail or in traction. The size shakily pointed his shrink ray at Batman, sweating heavily as he tried to keep his arm still.

“Give up,” Batman growled, his batarange shimmering in his right hand. The Sizer shook his head slowly; he was terrified, but not so much that he was going to walk away peacefully. Batman snorted, if the Sizer wanted to play then lets play. He could try to knock the ray gun from his hand with his batarange, but the Sizer might still manage to get off a shot.

Out of the corner of his eye, Batman spotted Robin hiding in the shadows. He had gone around Batman when he jumped off the building to get a better possession to the side of the villain. Robin was now in perfect position to sideline the villain and grab the ray gun.

Everything would of worked perfectly, the Sizer would have been taken down and the shrink ray returned to Ray Palmer’s lab. If Batman had taken into consideration how fast and quietly the shrink ray fired. Robin was a few feet away from the Sizer when he fired. The Sizer hadn’t even seen Robin when he fired, he had gone off early out of panic. The gun fired out an erratic beam of light. His shaking caused the beam to go wide, accidentally striking….