Aiden Pearce

Aiden Pearce is the antagonist of Project Batman 6 and a protagonist in Project Robin 2 and The End of Aiden Pearce. He has appeared in 3 Project movies.
== Personality ==
Aiden comes off to most people as a cold and sometimes smug/cocky person who is always 2 steps ahead of you. Intimidation is his primary way of communication with people he's opposed with, but he drops this persona when faced with people who he fears such as Akechi or The Trickster in which he is very straightforward and takes his encounters with them seriously. Aiden also puts a lot of effort into his work, scheming complex plans and doing a lot of preparing before taking action as seen in Project Batman 6, where he is seen taking documents from the Dicksonberg Estate Hospital and kidnapping a Wayne Enterprises employee to get information on Batman's true identity before exacting revenge on him for the death of Aiden's children. Aiden has a sense of vigilantism in him as before he knew about the truth behind his children's deaths, he helped fight against The Shadow and the terrorists invading Wayne Enterprises. It can be assumed he fought with a moral compass before being focused on revenge and views killing criminals as a moral thing to do as stated by him to Robin during the Wayne Enterprises attack. In Project Robin 2, Aiden feels satisfied and a bit regretful in succeeding in his revenge scheme against Batman and vows to give up his line of work since he feels he did his duty for better or worse and didn't want to cause more damage to people's lives and Gotham City as a whole. As a result of this revelation, his boss, Goro Akechi threatened him to continue working for him and when Aiden rebelled, he was targeted by Akechi and also Robin, who sought to avenge Batman. Throughout the movie, Aiden felt very tired of everything and begrudgingly did what he had to save his skin no matter how many people stood in his way. Giving it his all, he did his best to fight Robin while wounded but ultimately was defeated and while lost in thought, admitted that he regretted letting vengeance consume him and wanted to set things right and when let out, went out to kill Akechi as a final act of rebellion against him but was fatally shot and disappeared after that.
== Backstory ==
Before the events of the movies, Aiden Pearce was a young man with a healthy marriage and family of 3. Although having a rough patch as a young adult due to his toxic relationship with Damien Brenks, he was able to break off of it until Damien tried to blow up his house and send the Arkham Asylum patient Dave after his wife. Aiden manages to shoot down Dave before he reaches his wife, but in doing so brought him back into the criminal world he tried so hard to get away from. Aiden gets caught up with hitmen to the point of his wife almost leaving him. Eventually, Aiden would get so enraged after a mission that he would hit his wife. Nicky would go on to leave Aiden and take his children. Aiden would soon be told do kill a crime boss with connections to the Joker, and after the job is done Joker tracks down Nicky and kidnaps the children. Aiden would then go on to try and save his family, and fail, causing him to become the vigilante.
== Project Batman 5: The Shadow of Evil ==
Aiden Pearce first appears in Project Batman 5, when Batman is almost killed by the Shadow. Aiden uses his phone to play a noise the Shadow is sensitive to, then runs away. Aiden is later seen entering Peanuts Eat Irish Street, or P.E.N.I.S, during the evacuation. He later leaves and is sitting down until a dedsec employee approaches him with a phone that has encrypted code on it. He is asked to decrypt it, and accepts. Aiden is seen shooting a man in the head with a prototype custom gun with untraceable bullets. 
In the post credits scene, Aiden is seen with the encrypted phone, now decrypted, and reads it. He learns that Batman is responsible for the death of his family and swears vengeance. This scene takes place at least a week before the events of Project Batman 6, as he investigates the Dicksonberg hospital after receiving Alfred's information. 
== Project Batman 6 ==
Aiden steals documents from the Dicksonberg Estate in hopes of finding information on his family's murder. While he breaks into the Dicksonberg Estate, he kills 2 men while knocking one out. Not soon later, Batman hunts Aiden for the files. Aiden comes out of his office and confronts Batman until throwing a knife at him, then escaping. 
On his way home he gets a call from one of his employees telling him that their base has been broken into. Aiden rushes outside and searches for the intruder. The intruder, named The Trickster, fights Aiden, until eventually defeating him. Aiden goes back to his base, humiliated, and sits down. Aiden falls asleep until he notices that some of the documents have been stolen. 
From the documents he has read, he deduces that Batman gets help from Bruce Wayne. Because of this, he kidnaps a Wayne Enterprises employee and interrogates them, before killing them. Aiden then goes on to stalk another one until crashing his car into theirs. Aiden flees the scene until Robin arrives. Aiden tackles Robin before engaging in combat. Aiden eventually gets the upper hand on Robin and demands he tells him where Batman is and that he knows he works for wayne. Robin responds to this by grabbing Aiden's gun and shooting his leg. Robin runs away.
Aiden is in his house, waiting for Batman. When he arrives, Batman demands to be told about the other half of documents on Alfred that Aiden has. Aiden accepts and tells him the full story until being held at gunpoint by the trickster, who snuck up behind Aiden. Instead of killing Aiden, The Trickster shoots Batman. Aiden is let go and runs out the door out of fear of Batman. Aiden runs all the way to the school, then realizes Batman is pursuing him. Aiden picks up his gun Robin dropped, and continues the chase. Aiden runs all over the structures, eventually shaking Batman. Aiden doesn't realize he has lost Batman and keeps running to his base until nightfall.
At his base, he speaks to the Trickster. The Trickster offers Aiden information on Batman that would help beat him at the cost of Aiden paying back the favor. Aiden accepts.
Aiden with new found confidence, attacks Bruce Wayne. He explains that he knows all of Bruce's information, family, friends, and weaknesses. Bruce, now Batman, engages in combat with Aiden. Eventually, Aiden gets knocked to the ground and Batman puts a brick on the Batmobile's petal. Aiden screams "NO" in fear and dodges the raging car. Aiden, who has escaped batman, says that he'll be back.
Aiden enters Bruce's home, where Batman is waiting. Depending on which cut you're watching, Batman talks to Aiden in the director's cut about his visions of Freddy Krueger. Aiden says he has been having the same dream. The two then have a fight different from the theatrical cut, where Aiden gets beaten a lot more than the theatrical cut. In the theatrical cut, Aiden starts fighting Batman immediately. In both cuts, Aiden is on the ground, being beat on by Batman. Before Batman beats Aiden to death, Aiden manages to build up enough strength to grab his gun and shoot Batman. Aiden would then go on to put on his hat again, and run off, hurt, and broken.
== Project Robin 2 ==
== The End of Aiden Pearce ==
 Note: This section contains information on unreleased content which is subject to change and not to be taken as 100% canon material.
Aiden gets up from the spot he was in at the end of Project Robin 2 and drags himself into his children's room. Aiden tears off his shirt and stops his bleeding as he crawls to his chair. Aiden calls his wife on his flip phone, or "The last phone number Nicky hasn't blocked yet." and talks to his wife. Aiden speaks to his wife and starts crying after promising to make things right, then remembers his history with her. (Go to backstory for more information). One day later, Aiden stares out the window at the batsignal spot and puts his hand on the window as he stares at Robin. He whispers to himself "I'm so sorry." and leaves. That night, he is writing a letter to his wife expressing his love, until he gets a letter from Pennywise, explaining what Dave has been doing in the movie so far and warns him of Dave's return to the Pearce family. Aiden gets sick and silently screams "NO" because he realizes he has been roped back into what caused his breakup. He then speaks to Pennywise in person, begging him to leave him alone. When declined, Aiden walks home mad, until he sees the letter to his wife. Aiden puts a photo in the letter. In the early morning, Aiden takes off his mask and kisses the letter and leaves it in his mailbox as he watches the sun rise during a long scene with his theme until a man opens the door to his house and asks him what he is doing. Aiden is next seen smoking a bong while screaming the name dave. Aiden eventually makes it into the bathroom where he pees in a water bottle. When he is done he goes outside in a first person shot pouring the urine in his neighbor's yard. Eventually Dave busts into Aiden's house and sets it on fire. Aiden punches Dave in the balls but breaks his hand. Eventually, he passes out from exaustion. Aiden picks up a gun when he wakes up and shoots dave, who is now butt ass naked, in the balls while telling Dave he will never be like him because he will never have kids. dave then goes to the bathroom and shits while aiden watches until Aiden sits down on Dave's knife, stabbing his balls. Dave then runs at Aiden until being shot. Aiden then gets up and opens his window to get light to observe his wounds, then tells the camera "The End" 
== Project Watchmen ==
 Note: This section contains information on unreleased content which is subject to change and not to be taken as 100% canon material.
An alternate reality version of Aiden exists in the Project Watchmen universe as a background character named Aiden Chesnut Pearce. He is seen living a happy and peaceful life with his family in one scene and works with his friend Dave at the bar that Jack frequents.
== Legacy ==
Presumed dead after the events of Project Robin 2, if you're not counting The End of Aiden Pearce, Aiden's death was unknown to the general public and only known by Goro Akechi, Robin, and the criminal community. Robin feels guilt for not helping Aiden stopping Akechi and feels like it was his fault. While Robin accepts this due to his ease with dealing with loss, he never forgets about it. The criminal community, mainly the underground part, was able to finally breathe again without the ruthless vigilante stopping them. But with Robin being back, they're easily dealt with. In the end of Aiden Pearce, Pennywise sends a hit on Chicago's new vigilante who is inspired by Aiden Pearce's vigilantism, who dons a mask just like Aiden, but without the hat or trench coat.
== Family ==
Aiden has a family with his ex-wife Nicky Pearce, that consists of three children named Jackson Pearce, Lina Pearce, and one unnamed one Aiden called a "Wild card" due to him apparently not knowing much about them. Aiden showed great care for his family in The End of Aiden Pearce, but in the scrapped film "Pearce" Aiden puts the conflict in hand in front of his only son, Jackson. Aiden loved his wife greatly until their relationship's downfall, where Aiden would hit his wife. Aiden describes Jackson as being "Calm and quiet" when he confronts Pennywise. Aiden also describes his wife as the greatest thing that has ever happened to him, but in the climax of The End of Aiden Pearce he says his wife is a "fucking bitch"
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