Meeting with a Bat and a Cap'n

Steve found himself in the Living Room of the Mansion still feeling slightly overwhelmed from what happened that morning. Chloe had left him earlier claiming to feel a little under the weather, he studied some of the books that were on the shelves and sighed. Even though he had been in the 21st century for awhile he still was trying to adjust and now he was in a alternate universe.....life was full of surprises.

Bruce walked into the complex, after speaking with Dick. He felt the need to just breathe. There was a lot to take in from what the man had said. He noticed a man, another person he didn't knew (by why was that any different than any one else here?). He moved forward, looking at the man. Studying him. Wondering if he was someone he knew.

Steve felt someone's eyes on him and turned around to see a man he didn't recognize, "Hi I don't think we've been introduced yet, Steve Rogers also known as Captain America." He said and held out his hand for him to shake.

[[ OOC: Setting up Zatanna, SORRY! ]]

Bruce raised an eyebrow, seriously truly an American name. It suited him. Bruce grabbed the hand shaking it, making the same observations, the man seemed like he was ripped out of a 1940s magazine, "Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman." he said in his normal, monotone voice.

Steve nodded and noted that Bruce's hand shake was firm, not unlike his own. So this was Bruce? Well he wasn't going to judge him until he felt like he knew him, he dropped his hand and then folded his arms. "So you're Dick's adoptive father right? He seems like a nice kid." He commented

"Yes and I assume you've met him?" He said flatly, his voice giving a hint of a rise to make that statement a question. He blinked and removedhis hand and placed it in his pant's pocket

Steve gave a whisper of a smile, "More like he fell on top of me when he arrived, but yes." He said with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"That would be Dick." Bruce almost said an an amused tone, but kept his voice clean and crisp, "I actually just came from talking to him." finding the conversation almost a continuation of what he was just talking about.

Steve raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Anything I can help with?" He asked, more out of habit then anything else.

Bruce shook his head, "I assume by the lack of knowledge of who I am that you're from the alter-verse. Whom are you in your world, in detail." He stated, wanting to know more about the almost too American-man.

Steve nodded in understanding, "Well I'm a lot older then I look, I was born March 14th 1927 in Brooklyn New York. When I was in my early twenties I wanted to join the army but I couldn't as I was too scrawny until one day I was met by a doctor. He had designed a serum that could make someone into a super soldier and so he chose me to be the first one. After I was given the serum, I changed I became faster, stronger, and twice as agile as a normal human. After that I was given private lessons in all sorts of martial arts until they thought I was ready to fight for the U.S. so I went into Germany. I helped defeat Red Skull who was one of Hitler's top generals but in order to save New York I had to send the plane that we had been on into the Arctic. I woke up and found out that I had been asleep for over seventy years and I was needed to join a superhero group known as the Avengers." He said quietly.
[Ooc I really hope I didn't mess up the age thingie...I kinda made up a year of birth and went with it. XD]

Bruce dissected the story, it sounded about right of the US government, "I'm guessing culture shock was the least of your worries."

Steve nodded, "There was someone I really cared about....she was gone though by the time I woke up. Cruel irony was I never got to say good-bye....same thing with my family. Of course I found a few descendents but that was it." He said quietly as he remembered the awful feeling of no longer having a mother or father who would be waiting to hear how he was doing.

Bruce understood what it was like to lose your entire family at once, he could relate, "By descendants do you mean children? Or nieces and nephews." Bruce asked, suddenly curious into the man's life.

Steve sighed, "I was an only child so just some cousins, I do stay in touch with them though." He admitted as he rubbed the back of his neck. It was odd but he felt like Bruce could relate with him and that made him feel more at ease then he would admit openly.

"You're lucky." He stated. He had no one to turn to after that night, that god awful night. Alfred raised him, but he could never be the father like Thomas was. Suddenly he wanted to move the conversation away from the topic, not wanting to let slip anything that could be used against him. "It is good you stay in touch."

Steve nodded absently, "Yeah it is, so what about you? Of course you don't have to tell me if you don't feel comfortable." He added.

Bruce thought about it for a moment, trust issues would arise if he held back information, "I was eight years of age when on my birthday my parents took me to a theater, we left early because the bats freaked me out." It was almost ironic really when he thought about it, "I come from above upper-class, my parents were part of the 1% in wealth. Meaning we had almost all of it. Our family's butler was coming to get us, my father... wanted to take a short cut down an alley. We entered while a man named Joe Chill came from the shadows and shot my mother and father right in front of me. I watched them die." He stopped talking for a moment taking a breath, it felt weird to tell someone his life story, most already knew it if they knew he was Batman and Bruce Wayne.

"I swore vengeance on the man that night, ever since I've been training to become the world's greatest detective so men like Joe Chill couldn't escape the law. Of course, things started with Gotham but suddenly the world had bigger threats than little Joe Chill. I started with my first few super-villains, gaining me a rank in the world of superheroes. Honestly, I'm known as one of the best, without even a single power. My Universe's superheroes joined together to make an organization, The Justice League. It's main goal is to protect the world from harm and danger. Unfortunately we cannot stop what is happening now. Almost all of the original members are here." He finished off, he'd left out a bit of mundane information, like his lack of wanting to do it. He shut his mouth, making it known he hated talking unless he was explaining something.

Steve wasn't exactly sure how to respond to this, all he knew was that Bruce probably never told anyone that story. He was confused as to why he had told him though but he kept his questions to himself. "I wouldn't know what that's like....its one thing to just be told your parents died." He said quietly and it was a whole other thing to witness their deaths....."This Justice League sounds a lot like the Avengers, who started it up?" He asked with interest as he tried to change the subject.

Bruce had the startling memory for the Police Officer that told him he'd be happy without his parents because he was beyond rich he also heard what the man had said and dismissed it. It wasn't for his ears, "Superman, myself, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter started up the Justice League."

Steve nodded as he heard that, "I wish I could meet all the members." He said honestly, he always found it fascinating when he heard about other superhero groups besides The Avengers.

"Superman is dead, you've met myself, Wonder Woman is here, still shaken over Superman's demise. I have less than a clue of where Green Lantern, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter are, and Flash has been dead for years." Bruce stated, keeping his face completely calm even though his heart tightened when saying Superman, the man never stayed dead for long... but it had been weeks. Bruce thought... this time he might not come back.

Steve winced he heard that, "I'm sorry to hear that." He said honestly, he knew what it was like having a team member die.

Bruce nodded, knowing he meant well though it honestly didn't help his situation, "Who was in the Avengers?"

"Well there was our main leader Nick Fury, but I would advise against meeting him....he's someone I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of. Main reason because he knows everybody's weakness and he's not above exploiting them to his advantage." He said rather darkly, he did respect the man but after what he had done to him he had kept his distance. "After that's there's Tony Stark, he's a billionaire genuis who in order to save his own life became a hero known as Ironman. Then there's Thor, he's a god from this place called Asgard and he's very powerful. Next there's Dr. Bruce Banner, an expierement went wrong on him and now he turns into a huge green man whenever he gets upset, we call him the Hulk when he gets into rage mode. Last but not least there's Clint also known as Hawkeye, he's an archer and a really good one." He said and then frowned, "There was another member of the team, her name was Natasha Romanov also known as Black Widow. She was a former KGB agent and an amazing spy, she died here though." He said quietly.