The Midnight Hour riddle

The Batwing zooms on flying above the train tracks 

Batman turns on his radar and scan for the train staring forward fallowing the tracks


Soon enough the radar buzzed it picked up the train heading his way and saw it coming 

Batman pulls up and the Batwing hovers up for the train to move under it the batwing flies turning around and fallows the train 


The Dark Knight knew if he was to find the riddle he would have to get on board the train 

But his radar went Static making him frown and who happen to come on.....was the Riddler 


Batman's expression raised in surprise seeing him on his screen 

Riddle me this. Riddle me that: Who's afraid of the big bad bat?


Batman: Riddler.


Me? Afraid of you? Hehe heh you can't scare someone smarter than you so easily. But this is an honor really.  In fact I been looking for you for a long time. To hear you been looking for me I was touched.


Batman: You corrupted the DA killed innocent people.  You made it hard to ignore you.


Still. I'm honored.


Batman: No more games. How did you get on this frequency?


There's a trophy on that train. It links to every nearby technology giving me access on radio or channel. How you think got on Harvey's TV at the hospital I have inside help everywhere in Gotham. You think one man can plant a hundred Riddles in one big city like Gotham?


Batman: You let the people on that train go. Or I'll  hunt you down.  


Empty threats from a man dressed up like a flying rat. They say you're the world's greatest detective but you can't detect me. I'm a needle in a hay stack. Solve my Riddle find my under cover to find the next or plenty of deaths of innocent bysepts will be on you. It's been a killer finally meeting you Dark Knight. I look forward om solving the riddle behind your mask.


The Riddler cuts out leaving Batman frustrated and looks out to the train 


He activates the autopilot on the Batwing opens the hatch and dives out raising his cape like wings 

And lands on the middle car


He takes a gadget from his belt a laser ray to cut a hole and leaps in 


Batman presses on the left side of his cowl a pare of goggles with detective vision attaches on the eye lids of his mask


He scanned everything to find a heat signature there was a man hiding in one the crates Bruce charges at it bursting it open scaring the man screaming bloody murder 


Batman grabs the man by the collar lifting him off his feet


Batman: THE BOMB! TELL ME WHERE IT IS!!!!!


In panic the man whimpered pointing behind him Batman turns throwing him aside using his vision scanner detecting another Riddler trophy

And the bomb 

The next thing Bruce hears is a recording of the Riddler's voice instructing how to disarm the bomb


*The code to defuse this bomb is the answer to this riddle: If you look at the numbers on my face you won't find 13 any place. What am I?*


Batman: A clock. 


Batman types it in and the bomb defused


Batman turns around seeing the man who planted the bomb trying to get away he takes his grapple shooting a line at him

Tying his legs together and falls feeling being pulled 

The man kept yelling like a bitch and Bruce grabs him grappling back up 


The Dark Knight holds Riddler's smuggler over the edge of the running train he screamed and pleaded for his life

Man: For the love of God Batman please don't drop me! 


Batman: Where is the Riddler?!


Man: I don't know! I swear! 


Batman loosens his grip the man yelps


Batman: WHERE IS HE?!


Man: I swear to God I don't know! He only calls us! He doesn't leave any info for us unless we solve his Riddles! 


Batman: Then you won't mind giving me his number!


Man: It's unknown number! He doesn't leave anything to trace him! He's too clever! 


Batman: Not for long! 


Batman took something off the man it was a retro cell phone in the early 90's


Bruce leaves the man tied up in wires in the cargo for the police waiting at the train station


Batman flies back to the Batcave on the batwing


(The Dark Knight takes the next step on the Riddler case in the next chapter......)

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