Chapter 125 - [AT] Beautiful BatCave...

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I worry for my safety when he points that remote device straight at me and I worry for a moment if he's about to shock me, erase my mind amen in Black style or harm me in any way whatsoever and i tense up when his thumb presses down on a button and i scrunch my eyes together to wait for whatever's about to happen and when I hear a cl.i.c.k.i.n.g sound I know whatever's gonna happen has just started and so I keep my eyes closed waiting but nothing ever comes and when I chance opening an eye I realise that Alfred is just staring at me amused my and when I look around nothing seems to have changed but as I do so I rotate my body and instead of being restricted in place by the restraints the restraints instead move with my movement and when I see that I start to fiddle with my roller coaster like restraints and to my surprise I easily lift it up above me freeing myself in the process and when I look at Alfred I can tell that he's begun to trust me which I'm thankful for but he's not yet trusting me enough to reveal any other identities, I stare at him for a moment before I gingerly get up out of my seat expecting for the restraints to immediately shuttle back down and entrap me again but when I get to my feet and feel my b.a.r.e soles against the cold metallic floor I realise that everything is fine except for the stiff breeze I can feel between my legs and I suddenly notice how cold it is in here. "Come along sir, follow me. I expect you don't want to stay nude for the entirety of your stay here and I would appreciate you taking a shower as well, we need to get you cleaned up and checked out before Master Batman comes back. Chop chop." He says amused my watching as well push my legs together after feeling the cold breeze and he promptly begins to walk off without looking back clearly expecting me to follow and so I do but I make sure not to go anything even the railings since I'm sure there are probably a ton of cameras recording my every move and I would rather not set off any defences by doing something I'm not supposed to, for right now I will just follow Alfred along and listen to his instructions which will also hopefully include me getting dressed and after that I can think about what to do next and how I'm gonna leave this Batcave without piquing anymore of the Batman's attention.

As I hurry to follow after Alfred I begin to quickly move around the platform that the Batmobile is currently upon and when I pass the vehicle and finally find myself on a walkway which I follow Alfred onto I begin to marvel at the sheer amount of memorabilia and tech displayed all around the cavern as suddenly lots of flood lights are activated giving me quite the sight of the legendary Batcave which if I recall was discovered and used long before by Bruce Wayne's ancestors as a storehouse as well as a means of transporting escaped slaves during the Civil War era and I think Bruce Wayne himself rediscovered this place when he fell through a dilapidated well on his estate (or was that just in the movie?) but much like Superman's Fortress of Solitude the Batcave serves as a place of privacy and tranquility where Batman can be himself and focus on all his cases and optimise his crime solving process, if I can recall the cave is accessible in several different ways such as through a secret door in Wayne Manor itself which is located in the main study behind a grandfather clock which is probably iconic to every Batman fan and the panel unlocks when the hands of the clock are set to the time that Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered which was 10:48 I think but I also wonder if there is another entrance like in the television show which has been shown to be behind a bookcase which slides to the side when a secret button is pushed revealing the "Bat-Poles" which allow Bruce Wayne and his ward to change into their Batman and Robin costumes en route as they slide down to the cave in the TV show and I amuse myself thinking about that but I also seem to remember a door disguised as part of a large display case and unlocked by pressing a sequence of keys on the nearby piano in some kind of Batman story, I wonder if like in the Adam West (R.I.P) TV show there is another secret entrance covered by a hologram or a camouflaged door which allows access to a service road for the Batmobile which may be how I got in here and I'll investigate it at a letter date.

The Batcave serves as Batman's personal command centre where he can monitor all crisis points in Gotham and the world at large and the cave's centerpiece is a supercomputer (The renowned Bat-Computer) whose specs are on par with any of those used by leading national security agencies (most likely even better) and it permits global surveillance and also connects to a massive information network as well as storing vast amounts of information both on Batman's foes and his allies (I have no doubt that there is a file in there already detailing Superman and his weakness Krptonite, hell Batman probably has a stash of Kryptonite somewhere in the Batcave) through a series of satellite link-ups which allow easy access to Batman's information network anywhere in the globe with the systems being protected against unauthorized access and any attempt to breach this security immediately sends an alert to the Batman as the Batcomputer is generally considered to be one of the world's most powerful supercomputer systems albeit unknown to everyone aside from Bruce Wayne, Alfred, and a few select others, the Batcave also has a collection of ancient armor throughout which includes outfits worn by European Knights, Desert nomads, and Samurai warriors throughout the centuries which is weird but I guess it fits due to Batman's study of military history and not only that but I can see that the cave houses Batman's vast array of specialized vehicles on a variety of platforms foremost being the famous Batmobile (including the one I just came in) in all its incarnations mostly for nostalgia probably as well as for contingencies as all are probably still serviceable and kept in excellent working condition and Batman keeps a fleet of regular cars of various models and utility vehicles such as an ambulance for some reason as well for when I guess the Batmobile would be too conspicuous for a mission and other vehicles I can see within the complex include various motorcycles, and various air and watercraft (which I can see when looking down over the railing as they are parked on the water down there) such as The Batplane which looks like a single occupant supersonic jet.

While looking down at the vehicles in the water I realise that the cave is being powered by a collection of hydro-electric generators in the water but my attention is soon taken by the sheer awesomeness of the displays set up ahead of me which include a bug green T-Rex Animatronic, a giant U.S. Lincoln-headed penny, A giant Joker playing card which likely came from the Joker but I seem to recall as story line where it was given to Batman or something, a display case of a rifle which seems to have been given quite a lot of importance as it's been placed in the centre for some reason, a red monk shroud, a Bat-Suit that looks like it was made for a kid by there mother and it looks more in line for a costume party than an actual functioning Batsuit, a singular gavel for some reason, a cool looking sword but whereas there are many different swords on racks around the place this one has been given importance by being placed in a display case (maybe it belongs to a mercenary or assassin like Ra's Al Ghul or something), an Egyptian mummy sarcophagus for some reason, a tooth which looks like it came from the mouth of some wild animal, a diary which I can see belongs to someone called Dana Drye with my enhanced vision, a small (compared to the T-Rex) robotic penguin which probably has something to do with the Penguin, a giant pair of dice, over sized ten pins, a human size chess board, a freeze ray which I bet once belonged to Mr. Freeze, a series of umbrellas, a double headed silver coin which is scarred on one side and oddly enough a display case for the hats of Batman's villains though I can only recognise two of them which belong to the Riddler and the Mad Hatter.

I'm distracted from my touring by a sudden bust of bats flying past me and I can tell that they are American brown bats and when I watch them land on the ceiling I realise that the place is lit up enough for me to make out that the rocks and walls of the cavern are made up of bedrock and limestone and for a moment I take in the sheet vastness of the cave and I realise just how huge it is as well as how much time and effort must've gone into this plus this probably isn't even all of it as there are probably a bunch or rooms built into the cave walls for different purposes and it looks like all the things in the display cases are locked away tightly and deactivated if they can be so I'm assuming that Batman is keeping the truly dangerous stuff locked away somewhere and he's probably keeping the important stuff locked away in a room somewhere as well because I can not for the idea of me see any display case containing any of the previous costumes for Batman, Robin or Batgril apart from the costume one in the display case but that is just made up of some grey spandex, a cape and so stick on bat ears so I'm not counting it, I'm shook out of my mesmerisation but Alfred clapping his hands together twice to gain my attention. "Through here you will find a shower for you to use and I will leave some clothes out for you while you use the facilities but don't take too long as we still need to give you a checkup. I will also prepare some food for you but I expect you to behave yourself while here, don't touch anything you are not supposed to and don't go exploring, understood?" He asks to which I nod and realise that we reached the end of the walkway while I was looking around and now he's waving me through a door which I guess leads to a bathroom of sorts, I go through not wanting to waste time and get through the checkup as fast as possible as I'd like to have it done before Batman gets back as he will likely be a lot more attentive then Alfred and I don't want that.

I step through the doorway which immediately closes behind me in a modern way as the door just slides out of the wall and shuts, I look towards the shower and make my way towards it. I sure hope Batman isn't paranoid enough to have any cameras in here...

[AN: Can anyone guess where the memorabilia I mentioned in this chapter came from, the story behind them or who it belonged to? Hint, some of them are quite obvious.]

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