Batman (Nextwave)/Secret

Secret is the third issue of DC Nextwave's Batman.
==Transcript==
A beaten and bruised Bruce is seen being carried into the Batcave by Alfred. Alfred takes Bruce's mask off and lays him down on the ground. Bruce slowly realizes where he is.
*Bruce: ...What... happened?
*Alfred: I found you beaten to a pulp with scratch wounds on your back! you've strained your muscles, you have a puncture wound in your leg, you're lucky whatever did it didn't hit any bones!
*Bruce: I... I can get over it.
*Alfred: I have no doubt, sir, but after this, you'll need time to recuperate.
*Bruce: I have to get up... I have to get him.
*Alfred: Don't strain yourself any more than you already have, Master Bruce, going after him and his "Natural Predators" or whatever he's calling them would be--
*Bruce: Alfred... Hawk... he knows who I am. And he's going... he's going to tell everyone. I need to stop him.
*Alfred: Wha... well, you're still injured!
*Bruce: I'll get help.
*Alfred: From who?
On top of a building, Catwoman is seen drinking a slushie and staring off into the night sky as if waiting for someone. She gets bored and begins singing.
*Catwoman: ...Starry, starry night... paint your palette blue and grey... look out on a Summer's day... with eyes that know the darkness in my soul...
*Batman: You're a very good singer.
Catwoman turns and sees Batman.
*Catwoman: If you're here to arrest me, I haven't done anything wrong.
*Batman: No, I--
Bruce suddenly falls on one knee and Catwoman rushes over to him.
*Catwoman: Are you alright!?
She notices the wound on Bruce's leg.
*Catwoman: ...What in the hell?
*Batman: That's why I'm here. Selina, believe it or not... but I need your help.
*Catwoman: Since when do you need anyone's help? you're Batman!
*Batman: Despite the order of my name, I'm more of a man than a bat. I can be cut. Shot. Killed. I need your help stopping the man who did this to me.
*Catwoman: And how exactly can I help?
*Batman: Whenever we fight together or with each other, I feel something. Something I only feel while brawling with other members of the League. I feel like I'm sparring with an equal. Plus you'll come in handy considering my enemy is a hawk.
*Catwoman: ...What?
*Batman: Hawks hunt bats. But cats hunt birds.
Category:Comics