Here is the second part of Batman Escalation.
After the show Bruce notices a woman getting raped.
Rapist: Hay Lady, I like what your wearing, how about a little one on one action.
Selina Kyle: I am not interested bozo, why don’t you go get a life instead of bothering people.
Rapist: Nobody ever talks to me like that.
Suddenly he takes a hand gun from his pocket and grabs Selina. He points the gun at her head. Then Bruce Wayne approaches from behind the rapist.
Bruce Wayne: I suggest you leave that woman alone.
Rapist: What are you are going to do if I don’t then?
Bruce Wayne: This….
Suddenly he kicks the rapist in the back, with the impact of the kick the gun falls out of his hand. Bruce picks it up and points it at the rapist.
Bruce Wayne: Now get out of here or by God I would not afraid to shoot you here right now.
The mugger goes off into the cold night after that.
Selina Kyle: Thank you for saving me.
Bruce Wayne: It was nothing Miss.
Selina Kyle: So what is the name of my knight in shining armour?
Bruce Wayne: Bruce Wayne, and who might I have the pleasure of saving.
Selina Kyle: Selina Kyle; Mr Wayne you are quite different from what I hear of you in the papers.
Bruce Wayne: Call me Bruce; yes the papers do have quite an image of me.
Selina Kyle: Call me Selina; is it true you were engaged to a Hollywood actress and were dating two other women at the same time.
Bruce Wayne: No that’s the tabloids talking; they always link me in with Hollywood for some reason.
Selina Kyle: Well what do I owe you for saving my life Bruce?
Bruce Wayne: Well I would very much like to take you out for dinner one evening.
Selina Kyle: Are you asking me out Bruce?
Bruce Wayne: Yes it would appear so.
Selina Kyle: How does Tuesday sound to you, about 8 no 9pm?
Bruce Wayne: Its sounds fine Selina, so it’s a date.
Selina Kyle: So it is. Oh would you look at the time, I have to go home a feed my Cat.
Bruce Wayne: Your cat?
Selina Kyle: She eats so much; well it was nice meeting you Bruce.
Selina gives Bruce pact on the cheek and then goes of into the night. Suddenly Harvey Dent comes towards Bruce.
Harvey Dent: How do you do it Bruce?
Bruce Wayne: Do what Harvey.
Harvey Dent: You seem to be able to ask a woman out with absolute ease.
Bruce Wayne: Well Harvey to tell you the truth it comes with experience.
Harvey Dent: Well you sure know how to pick them. I mean that girl you just saved, she is stunning.
Bruce Wayne: She is quite the heart beater.
Harvey Dent: Also where did you learn to fight like that, that rapist was twice your size?
Bruce Wayne: Well Harvey I did pick it up from here and there.
Harvey Dent: Which women do you prefer I always have loved Asians?
Bruce Wayne: I have always had a soft spot for blondes.
Harvey Dent: Blondes, in my experience all the blondes I have dated are either really stuck up or just generally ***** about their ex boyfriends.
Bruce Wayne: I have never gotten that.
Harvey Dent: Let me tell you one thing that your blonds don’t have, inner beauty.
Bruce Wayne: Well as William Shakespeare said and I quote “Beauty ness is in the eye of the beholder.”
Harvey Dent: I have never been an admirer of Shakespeare work. I can’t believe in Princeton they actually ran a whole class on his work.
Bruce Wayne: Well I have been a casual reader of his work.
Harvey Dent: You were more the Chemistry person I thought Bruce.
Bruce Wayne: Yes I was. The professors offered me a chance to lecture a few classes before I dropped out.
Harvey Dent: I think that you could have become a lot more then what you are now.
Bruce Wayne: Well to tell you the truth I never wanted to follow in my father footsteps and become a surgeon or even the owner of Wayne Industries. I always wanted to go into politics.
Harvey Dent: Well we do need a new mayor; he is not doing anything about the crime in this city. I mean everyday more and more teenage boys are turning towards crime. Also more and more teenage girls are selling their bodies for money. I mean what has happened to Gotham; it used to be a city of elegance and opportunity. Now look at what it has become, a city of crime where the good do nothing and the corrupt rule.
Bruce Wayne: It’s good we have the Batman then.
Harvey Dent: You know what Bruce, normally I am against vigilantes but the Batman he has been a huge help for this city.
Bruce Wayne: He is indeed. Did you enjoy the show opera show Harvey?
Harvey Dent: Opera has never been one of my passions but I like to think of myself as a casual observer of it. The show was okay, I did not get the ending of it though.
Bruce Wayne: Me neither, the lovers just split up with each other even though they loved each other.
Harvey Dent: Well Bruce if you look at it from the character’s point of view (Boris) then you can see what he did felt was nessory. He felt that his duty was far more important then his love for Serena. I mean he had a huge responsibly.
Bruce Wayne: Plus it seemed that he would always be destined to be alone because of his stubbiness.
Harvey Dent: That’s you got it.
Bruce Wayne: My parents were huge opera lover, every year on their anniversy they would come and watch “The Phantom of the Opera.” By the way Harvey have you seen Leslie recently?
Harvey Dent: Yes I have, you should really go and see her. She is really lonely; her husband Bob passed away a couple of weeks ago. She will be very happy to see you.
Bruce Wayne: I have not seen her since I left Princeton.
Harvey Dent: She is still running the hospital near crime alley.
Bruce Wayne: I thought that closed down years ago.
Harvey Dent: No it’s still going. Would you look at the time, I have to go, well see you soon Bruce.
Bruce Wayne: See you soon.
Suddenly Bruce Wayne takes out a phone of his pocket.
Bruce Wayne: Hay Alfred would you come and pick us up.
Alfred: Okay Master Bruce I will be there in two minutes.
Two minutes later Alfred comes with a big limo.
Alfred: Did you have fun Master Bruce?
Bruce Wayne: It was okay I met Harvey Dent.
Alfred: How is the old boy?
Bruce Wayne: He is fine. He doing what he always wanted to, he is upholding the law.
Alfred: I heard he is the youngest junior DA being prompted to senior DA. So sir did you meet anyone else.
Bruce Wayne: I did, but unfourtunilly she ran of when I asked her about her job.
Alfred: Did she leave without stating her name?
Bruce Wayne: No, her name is Selina Kyle. I saved her from being mugged. I have a date with her next Tuesday.
Alfred: I hope you did not use any native form of fighting.
Bruce Wayne: No I did not I just gave him a little punch in the back and he seemed to get the message.
Bruce Wayne: Alfred: Sure thing Master Bruce.
Meanwhile in a small flat in the runned down part of Gotham City, two friends are arguing over a moral descion
Holly: You can’t be serious Selina this is just wrong.
Selina Kyle: Come on Holly do you really want to remain a hooker all your life, stealing is better then that.
Holly: Well I prefer this to stealing
Selina Kyle: Oh I see you prefer being men’s fantasies. You know men are just useless. They can’t live without us.
Holly: What is wrong with you Selina?
Selina Kyle: Nothing, I guess I have been always so bitter. Maybe through my experiences I have seen the world for what it really is. I was left to fend for my self at the age of ten. My Mum killed her self, it still haunts me, and I was there when she stabbed herself with that huge knife. As for my father he was such an arse, he would always abuse my mother, no wonder she took her own life. My father died by the drink. From then on I was of to the junville hall, they were so abuse. That place was devised as a private school for girls but nobody relised the truth. Who ever entered that place never came out alive, girls used to be shot and killed off one by one. They made kids do hard labour and even tortured those who not fit for work. One night I escaped and I took my chances on the mean streets of Gotham. Then I learned to fight and with my trained reflexes I used to steal for a leaving. Holly you have been the closest thing to a friend and sister to me.
Holly: By the way how was the opera thingy?
Selina Kyle: It was fine, guess who I bumped into.
Holly: Who Selina?
Selina Kyle: Old rich bachelor himself Bruce Wayne.
Holly: How did you bump into him then?
Selina Kyle: I was getting mugged, he came and saved me. I have a date with him next Tuesday.
Holly: Oh lucky you. I thought you did you not go for rich shots such as Bruce Wayne.
Selina Kyle: He is different Holly; somehow when I was speaking to him I could a see beyond all his wealth and see a nice misunderstood man inside who is always
Holly: Hay Selina instead robbing museums by night maybe you could just marry Bruce Wayne and then divorce him then you will get most of the money. You would be loaded for life if you do that.
Selina Kyle: I may be despite and poor Holly but I would not marry a guy for money. I would marry a guy if I truly loved him and was willing to spend the rest of my life with him.
Holly: Oh look who has become choosy.
Selina Kyle: Well I have got to go there is a diamond museum nearby that I want to go robb.
Holly: I still think this is a bad idea and that costume looks dorky.
Selina Kyle: This costume fits like a glove and makes me feel sexy.