Chapter 119 - [AT] Pulling Out...

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Being pulled out of the debris I don't even look at what pulled me out because I am so mesmerised and stunned by the sight of the bright blue sky with the blazing yellow sun shining down on me for the first time in who knows how long and I'm so preoccupied with the feeling of the shining sun on my skin that I don't even react to anything or try to see who pulled me out of my makeshift tomb even with the perpetrator still holding onto my arm but I can't ignore them when another hand clasps onto my shoulders presumably to steady me even though I don't need it and paying closer attention to the hats going on I realise that it is the hands of a man that are currently holding onto me though they seem to have quite a good grip, broken out of my daze by the contact I look down from the sun to see just who pulled me out and is currently holding onto me but I am dumbfounded when I see a black armoured gauntlet with small three blunted blades coming out of the side of it holding onto my shoulder and arm and I follow along the arms with increasing dread but I can no longer deny it when I see The black bat symbol emblazoned on the figures broad grey c.h.e.s.t and when I look up from the torso I come face-to-face with the stoic expression of the Batman whose bright white eyes are currently narrowed at me.

I'm momentarily dumbfounded and don't know what to say but I don't have to say anything as Batgirl Suddenly runs around the corner towards us in a panic, though what she's panicking about I have no idea. "Batman! I heard that large crash, what... happened..." she say but peters off at the end there when she suddenly notices me and we lock eyes from across the distance, I guess I'm a bit off my game since I couldn't even surmise that she was panicking because of the large crash I just caused. "The debris in this area seems to have collapsed and luckily I managed to spot Mr James' arms sticking out of the debris but once I got him out of there he seems to be just fine. Almost as if he hadn't spent two weeks trapped underneath a building that collapsed on him while being consumed by flames, he doesn't even have a single burn.." Batman says to Batgirl clearly pointing outs some discrepancies and mysteries that worry me but I ignore them in favour of the fact that he said that I've spent two weeks underneath there and I'm surprised that it was in actuality such a short time when it felt like so much longer, now what am I gonna do in this situation with Batman clearly wanting answers for why there's not a scratch on me and I'm afraid I'm in short supply of possible reasons except for the truth though if there is one silver lining to this situation it's that from inferring how Batman explained the situation to Barbara that he didn't see what happens aside from seeing the aftermath of the collapsed debris so there might be a chance that I'll end today without revealing any of my other powers except a select few maybe even just one if I can get away with it. "Yeah, he looks fine. Just.. fine..." Barbara says while still staring at me before her eyes trail down my body and her face or at least the parts of it that I can see go bright flushed red before she quickly spins around on the spot to avert her eyes, I'm confused why she did so before I follow along where her eyeline used to be directed and I realised that I was completely stark (is it called stark because Tony is found n.a.k.e.d in a lot of places often in scandalous situations or is it just a happy coincidence?) n.a.k.e.d with my silly waving in the wind so I guess the fire did effect me since it burnt off all my clothes which I liked.

Batman taking notice of my situation let's go of me realising that I can stand on my own two feet without assistance and presses a button on his left gauntlet and I wonder what he did for a second before I hear the low rumble of something in the distance and I'm awestruck when an absolute beast of a car/tank bursts into view chucking up debris behind it before it skids around to a stop with its back end faced towards us and Batman promptly takes hold of my arm with his right hand before practically shuffling me along towards the back of the Batmobile and I notice the back of the Batmobile open up to show two seats facing outwards that also looked to have restraints built into them as well and I got a dangerous suspicion that that's where I was going to be deposited by Batman while he takes me somewhere unknown and the only reason I'm letting him push me along is because I know that he probably doesn't want to capture or imprison me and Barbara definitely won't let anything bad happen to me plus by the way he's currently manhandling me he must not suspect me to have any powers other than a healing factor so if I break away now and run away I'd be revealing myself to have super strength and possibly other powers so it best to just go with the flow for now since I'm nearly a hundred percent sure he's not gonna do anything bad plus I notice that his suit is mostly grey so according to my 'Batmen of the Multiverse' theory he should be a nicer Batman than most but there's always the exceptions like the Thomas Wayne Batman who kills and others so my theory is pretty much useless, I look worriedly at Barbara as I'm pushed past her and though she shows a conscious effort to not look below my neck she shows me a reassuring smile and a nod to assure me that I'll be fine and it does help but I can no longer appreciate her smile when we arrive at the back of the Batmobile and Batman pushes me towards it. "Get in. You're gonna get checked out even if you do seem perfectly fine plus we will get you some clothes and some food but for now you can have some water and fruit." Batman states and presses another button on his gauntlet and suddenly a compartment next to the back two seats opens up and out comes some bottle water and fruit which I find quite weird honestly, I show this by looking at the Batman weirdly while sitting into one of the seats at the back of the Batmobile though I do manage to notice that just before my a.s.s touches the cushion some kinda film spreads across the street and I'm a bit amused to see that Batman doesn't want me to sit in his car n.a.k.e.d though I can understand the reasoning.

Batman notices me looking at him weirdly because of the fruit not because of the film over his seat because that would need superhuman senses to see that as it was so cats so he comes to the conclusion that it's because of the fruit, he walks up to where I'm sat before fiddling with some of the things inside of the Batmobile while answering my unasked question. "Crime doesn't rest and neither do I. But I still need to eat and drink which is why I have some provisions in the Batmobile in case of emergency or general needs, can't fight on an empty stomach." I guess that makes sense since you can't expect him to only eat during the four hours that he's Bruce Wayne and then starve himself for the other 17 hours he's Batman (apparently he only needs 3 hours sleep and can go 4 days without sleep as well, I think he sometimes get in some naps (micro naps I think they are called?) whenever he can) but I've never questioned when and how much he eats so I guess I can see him keeping food in the Batmobile, Batman suddenly grabs the restraints that are reminiscent of the safety guard on a rollercoaster and pulls it down locking me into the seat which alerts me some since I know that this seat is usually used for the criminals he captures. "Hey ah, I'm not in trouble or anything am I? Because you've locked me up in the back of your car." I ask him jokingly but with some genuine concern to which he looks at me stoically, it seems to pretty much be his default face aside from the little glimpses of emotion on his face that you can miss pretty easily if you're not careful. "If you were in trouble you'd be in handcuffs and I certainly wouldn't be providing you with sustenance, these restraints would also be a lot tighter then they are now. These restraints are multipurpose as they can act as restraints but also as a seatbelt, the Batmobile goes at very high speeds so these are for your protection." He states out blandly before he steps away from the and presses another button on his gauntlet and the doors begin to shut enclosing me in darkness apart from the dim lights in the compartment that are meant to provide minimal light so people in here don't have an easy time trying to escape, the last thing I can see before the doors close and the seam seals close was Barbara smiling and waving at me that did a lot to reassure me.

In the total darkness I had a moment to contemplate what's currently happening before I ultimately came to terms with the fact the I will be revealing my regeneration to the Batman in the near future plus he'll be taking a few blood and DNA samples as well, I can rest assured though since my blood will be irradiated so he won't be able to get much from that with just an analysis and with my DNA samples hell be looking for regeneration not spider powers so he won't discover my other powers without at least some experimentation on animals but just to be sure I'll be modifying my blood and DNA samples to self destruct after a while since that is something my DC self worked out how to do while committing crimes since he didn't want to leave evidence behind. I'm shook out of my thoughts by the Batmobile suddenly thrusting forward and I hold onto my restraints for dear life as my surrounding begin to rumble like crazy, I guess these roller coaster like restraints really are needed...

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