"Bruce, you up yet? Breakfast is ready, kid.", came a voice from outside my room. It was probably from downstairs. I shouted back, "Yep, I'm up. I'll be there in a few minutes. " I had a guess who it was. I washed my face, and brushed my teeth. After that I picked up clothes from my wardrobe, which was a small closet filled with black clothes, surprisingly. I couldn't help but wonder, how depressed the me in this world was previously, to have such selection. I mean even his inner garments were black. With a sigh, I wore my clothes and walked out of my room, and walked downstairs.
"Morning sis. ", I said, while half hugging a red head beauty, who was sitting at the dining table already. "Morning kid. ", sis replied with a beaming smile. I sat down on the table and started eating the pancakes that my sister, Natalia Wayne or Natasha Romanoff made. I raised my head, when I felt her eyes on me. I saw her looking at me weirdly, so I asked, "What?" Shaking her head she asked, "Since when did you start liking pancakes?" That's when I understood that I had fucked up. 'Shit... ', I thought, 'I had to play my role. Bruce doesn't like pancakes made by Natasha, since she makes it everyday. And even Natasha just makes it to make fun of Bruce, she does have other things for Bruce to eat. '
I tried acting as naturally as I could, while replying, "When I woke up today, I did have a chance to think of changing myself for better. " This caused Nat to look at me, trying to find if I was lying. I mean, even a minor change in my facial expression could tell her if I was lying. Benefits of being a spy, I guess in the MCU.
She slowly nodded, as if accepting my reply. But she said, "If you don't want it, I had made Bacon and Eggs too. " My eyes twinkled in delight. Actually that was the character Bruce in me, that loved Bacon and Eggs. I said, "Love you sis. " As I kissed Nat on her cheek, while rushing to the kitchen to grab my favourite food, even though it was common throughout the States. Nat simply smiled, while shaking her head at my antics. Meanwhile, I was already at the kitchen, and on my hand was a plate, which had my favourite breakfast.
I started gobbling it up, but that's when I heard Nat's voice from behind me, "Slow down kid. If you continue doing that, I think you would choke on your own food. Now both of us don't want that, right?" I nodded and slowed down. Natasha just smiled at my antics. I had to say that the childishness this body had, was too much. I couldn't believe that Bruce Wayne was quite childish when he was twenty one years old. I started thinking about what all I had got about Bruce Wayne from the Snyder verse. Looking at the condition of the house, I was sure that it was all bought by Natasha, not by me. And after careful thinking, I found that I had nothing on me. Like, I had no Alfred, I had no money, and obviously I wasn't in Gotham. There was a Gotham in this world, also Star City and Central City. 'So what was this? Some kind of Marvel- DC crossover world?' I thought.
I had a phone thankfully, so I searched Batman. Since this world has Gotham, there should be Batman, right? But I was wrong, there was no Batman. But there was a Wayne family in the Gotham around ten years ago. I had some doubts about my identity. Then I checked my IQ. The Batman from the Snyder verse could be compared to the Playboy, Tony Stark in terms of intelligence. A person who could make an AI as strong as Jarvis in his world and make an armour capable of going toe to toe with the righteous Kryptonian, Superman, was not an easy feat. It turned out that I was smart. Now how come I know that I am smart? First I took an online IQ test. It doesn't look quite trustworthy, but for me it was enough. Then I tried checking my memory power, and weirdly enough, if I read something in a book, like a page or a chapter, I memorised it easily from the first read itself. "Photographic memory.. ", I muttered in recognition.
Then I checked in my mind, what all I had, including the educational qualifications. But before I could, I heard Natasha's voice, "Bruce, I'm going to work. Love you. " I shouted back, "Love you too, sis. " But this brought me to another thought, "So has she gone to Shield or to the Stark tower?" The reason was because the world has no Avengers, at least for now.
There were local supes available at many places. Daredevil being one of them. And there also seemed to be a Kingpin. The eternal enemy duo. I couldn't help but chuckle at this. But then I stopped. If the Kingpin and Daredevil are here, doesn't it mean that there would be a joker too. The eternal enemy of Batman. But a determined look formed on my face, while I said, "If someone tried to hurt me or my family, I won't care who it is, hero or villain, I would kill them. I am not the Bruce Wayne from those movies, stupid enough to leave enemies alive, only to endanger his family and team by them.
There was no signs of Superman in this world, atleast for now. But there was a place called Smallsville. And I had thought of giving visit to the DC version of Captain America, Clark Kent, better known as Superman in the DC universe. So does Themiscyra also exist in this world. From searching the internet I had found that this world was probably an Alternate Universe which had both MCU and DC Universe in it. Thankfully it is the MCU not the comics version. I mean, could I face the Quicksilver, who had some incest relationship with his sister, Scarlett Witch. It does sound exciting, but I am no Quicksilver, nor was I strong enough to defeat him. He was like hundred times better than the Quicksilver of the MCU. So that was my goal, to become stronger in this fucked up world. So I might have to talk to Natasha about it, after she returns from work.