CHAPTER 1 ALL ABOARD VRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM The Batmobile roared through the last moments of the night As the sun rose over Gotham City Batman drove through the secret entrance of the Batcave and came to a screeching stop Batman took off his mask revealing the weary face of Bruce Wayne underneath Bruce was exhausted after a long night of fighting crime All he wanted was to drag himself into bed for a full day of sleep So Bruce was very disappointed to find himself thirty minutes later in the back of a limousine His loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth was at the wheel I don’t know how you talked me into doing
this complained Bruce He looked down at the flowery Hawaiian shirt shorts and flip-flops he was wearing And why did you insist I wear these ridiculous clothes You are wearing the proper costume for the circumstances replied the butler If it were the middle of the night and you were about to face the Joker then I would have laid out the Batsuit for you Alfred turned the steering wheel and pulled the limo into a parking space at the Gotham City Docks Right now however it is daytime Alfred continued and we are about to board a cruise ship Bruce rubbed the corners of his eyes with his fingers Explain to me again why I’m going on this charity cruise he asked The fifty richest people in Gotham are going to be aboard this ship the butler replied If Bruce Wayne doesn’t do the things a typical billionaire does people might start asking questions The kind of questions someone who has a secret Batcave
under his house doesn’t need Bruce sighed He knew Alfred was right When it came to being Batman Bruce always knew what to do But when it came to being billionaire Bruce Wayne he would have been lost without Alfred’s guidance Bruce also knew the cruise was raising money for a charity Just as important the ship would only be at sea for the day Bruce would be back at Gotham Harbor by nightfall just in time for him to go to work as Batman The only thing he was going to miss was a good day’s sleep As he walked up the gangplank to the ship Bruce saw that the outside of the hull was a smoothly polished white The captain was there pointing out the vines that decorated the boat’s banisters and railings That’s a depiction of the endangered plant that this charity cruise is trying to save he explained Alfred led Bruce up the gangplank wheeling the four huge suitcases he had packed for his employer
