//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 New Life // Story: Gotham City Heroes (canceled version) // by Batfan98 //------------------------------// It's been a week since Scootaloo came to the human world and turned human. When she was turned human her name was changed to Ashlyn Phillips, because her real name was not a normal name on earth, so Bruce decided to give her a human name. She was then publicly adopted as Bruce Wayne's ward and the school she now went to was Gotham Elementary, there she was a popular kid because she was Bruce Wayne's ward. Now that she was human she could go outside without having to worry about anyone taking her away. The only people who, aside from Alfred and Bruce, who knew that she was a pony from another world were people that Bruce worked with, such as a team of superheroes that Bruce is apart of called The Justice League. Alfred and Bruce would take her to the city to show her around.Every night was the same, Bruce would always put on his bat-suit and go out on patrol, leaving Scootaloo and Alfred at home. Today Bruce was going to take her to Wayne Tower, the tallest tower in Gotham and the tower that was the source of Bruce's company, Wayne Enterprises. Wayne Enterprises was a company that made special technology, medicines, security defences, chemicals, and so much more. It works with other companies as well, such as Queen Industries, S.T.A.R. Labs and Gothcorp but they would always stay away from Lexcorp due to Bruce's knowledge that it's owner, Lex Luthor, is evil because of his battles against him alongside Superman and the Justice League. After about a 40 minute drive they arrived in a limo with Alfred as the driver. "Wow, this is your tower? It's amazing." Scootaloo said, amazed by the tall tower with a big W on it. "I'm glad your impressed, I'm anxious to show you the inside." Bruce said. He was in a grey business suit that he normally wears when he goes to the tower. Alfred parked the limo in the parking lot near the entrance to the tower and Scootaloo and Bruce walked to the entrance. Once they got inside they were noticed by a receptionist at a desk. "Welcome back Mr. Wayne. I'll tell Mr. Fox that you are here." "No need, he's expecting us." Bruce said politely in his normal voice than in the intimidating gruff voice he normally uses when he's Batman. The pair walked into an elevator and Bruce pushed the button to the top floor. After a few minutes the elevator doors opened to reveal the long hall of the top floor. Bruce and Scootaloo walked down the hall to dark brown double doors with a label above them, 'CEO's Office' it said. Bruce opened the doors to allow Scootaloo to walk in. The office had grey marble floors, grey marble walls, dark brown wood corridors, a chest set in the right corner, a book case in the right wall with a bust of Solomon Wayne, Bruce Wayne's Grandfather. There was also a wood desk with a computer on it, sitting at the desk was an African American man with a short beard and mustache, he wore glasses and he was in a grey business suit. On the desk was a label with his name, Lucius Fox. Lucius looked up from his computer and stood up from his desk. "Mr. Wayne, I see that you brought your new ward for the tour." He walked over to Scootaloo and held out his hand "I'm Lucius Fox, CEO of Wayne Enterprises." Scootaloo shook his hand "I'm Scoo-Ashley Phillips." "It's okay, I'm aware that you are a pony from another world." Lucius said, much to Scootaloo's surprise. "How did you know?" Scootaloo asked surprised. "Mr. Wayne told me, don't worry, your secret's safe with me." Scootaloo signed in relief then looked up at Lucius "How did you believe him by the way?" "I live in a world where there's a bat vigilante in Gotham, a superman flying in Metropolis, a king of Atlantis in the ocean, an Amazon princess in Washington D.C., and more, so what's not to believe?" Lucius explained. That made a lot of sense. "So, would you like to see our lab?" Bruce asked Scootaloo. "Sure." Scootaloo said, anxious to see what Wayne Tower had. Bruce then walked over to the chess set and moved a king figure to a black tile on the right side of the chess board and put a pawn in the black tile it was on, then the book case moved to the right like an elevator door to reveal a hidden elevator. The trio walked in and it took them down to a secret lab they had underneath the tower. The lab had a table with batarang's, a graple gun, a net gun, and a taser. "This is the lab we use to make the materials Bruce needs to be Batman." Lucius explained. "You know that Bruce is Batman?" asked Scootaloo Lucius nodded "I've known that Bruce was Batman since he started his career." "Lucius makes the materials I need, he made the Batmobile, the gadgets, the suit, everything." Bruce explained. "So, what do you do at Wayne Enterprises, aside from making the things Batman needs." Scootaloo asked. "Well, I'm the CEO, I run the company while Bruce is Batman, we make it look like Bruce is a lazy billionaire who leaves someone else in charge while he keeps spending his money, so that way no one would suspect that he's Batman." Lucius explained. They showed Scootaloo some more around the tower for the next hour, and they later walked to the entrance of the tower to leave. "I hope you enjoyed your time at Wayne Tower, Miss Phillips." Lucius said. "Thanks, you guys make a lot of cool stuff here." Scootaloo said as she and Bruce walked back to the limo where Alfred was waiting.