An Crisis Of Consciousness.

(The Hideout)

Alan stares at the wall the picture of his family with worried eyes before getting up and looking at his stuff, he then looked back at the picture focusing on his sister "What the hell am I doing... I don't know what to do, what do I do!" He punches the wall shaking the hideout before he pants quickly "Ha, what should... I do" he leaves the hideout and heads to the Gotham Cemetery.

(The Gotham Cemetery)

Alan kneels in front of his sisters and parents graves in silence, he kneels there for a few minutes before hearing a cape flapping behind him "You are persistent Bruce" he turns to face Batman who looks at him "Alan I know your pain" Alan cackles "Yeah, but you never had siblings, you never held your family in your arms as they died and heard their final words, just because you understand someone's pain doesn't mean you can come to an agreement... that's the truth" Batman nods "Maybe so but your sister would not want you to end up like this" Alan starts tearing up and breaks down "I-I-I don't know what do anymore, I-I just-want her back, I would trade all my powers for her but I can't have her back! I can't have anything back" Batman puts a hand in his shoulder "It's not too late, you could change, use your powers for good" Alan's frown gets worse "They would sooner lock me up and throw away the key then accept me as a hero, because no matter how hard you try, I will always be remembered as BloodStain" Batman shakes his head "A hero is not defined by how he lives but how he dies" Alan shoots up "Uhh, I-I" he shakes his head "Maybe your right, perhaps I've been an idiot, causing more pain to others and inflicting similar pain to my own when in reality I wanted to prevent people from suffering my pain... thank you Bruce... I mean that" Batman nods "I hope you do, now what will you do" Alan shrugs his shoulders, "I don't know maybe leave the villains, maybe try to help others, I don't know yet, I need time to decide" Batman nods "Take your time but be mindful of it, you will have to make a decision eventually" Alan nods and Batman leaves leaving Alan alone with a crisis going on in his mind.

(The Hideout)

Alan walks in and heads to his room, he sits on his bed and wonders about what Bruce said "Do I take that route or ignore it and continue-" he is brought out of his thoughts by someone knocking on his door, he gets up and opens it to reveal Punchline "Hey, Blood, Luther has another mission for us" Alan nods "Let's hear it" Punchline nods and tells him the mission "The mission is to acquire some tech from Wayne Tower" Alan nods and grabs his gear before they leave (the group consists of BloodStain, Punchline, Two Face and Riddler).

(Wayne Tower)

They break into the building and manage to grab the tech but before they can get away they are met by Batman, Robin (Damian) and Nightwing, A fight ensues with Alan fighting Batman while everyone else fights Nightwing and Robin, Alan clash's with Batman and cuts him across the chest several times before kicking him in the legs, which shatters his shins, Nightwing and Robin then rush him in response but are quickly taken out with a double choke slam into the ground. Alan pulls his sword and fake stabs Damian and Tim in the legs before moving over to Batman and fake stabbing him in the shoulder before leaving with the villains. Batman thinks "He's starting to come to his senses, if he wasn't we would be dead" they leave the area after re-locking the tower down.

(The Hideout)

Alan heads to his room unaware of Punchline following him close behind, he walks in and looks at his family picture again and the broken glass falls out to show him, his sister and their parents smiling in front of their house, he puts it down slowly "Hey Blood, you ok" Alan is startled and draws his sword but sheathes it after realising its only Punchline "Don't sneak up on me like that" Punchline apologises "Sorry... anyway are you feeling ok, you weren't yourself back there, Alan shuts the door to his room and sits in his desk chair gesturing for Punchline to sit down, she does and he starts explaining "What I'm about to tell you stays between us, I don't want anyone else knowing" Punchline nods "Of course" Alan continues "I've been having a crisis of conscious lately, but it's been amplified with reflecting on my past and I think I'm on the wrong side" Punchline's face turns to shock but she lets him continue "I'm going to tell you the events that lead up to me becoming BloodStain, the first incident was my court case against my parents for abusing me and my sister, we eventually won the case and we were able to file for separation, though she had to move back in with them after I went back to the military due to not being trusted with living alone, after that was my parents murder at the hands of a physco, he got let off on an insanity plea so I took matters into my own hands and killed him and left my now iconic symbol at the scene of the crime, then... their was the worst day of my life" Alan starts tearing up Punchline hugs him as he continues "I was driving me and my sister back home when a criminal evading police going at 70 mph crashed into my side of the car and sent us flying into the nearby wall, I was fine thanks to my Regeneration but my sister wasn't so lucky, she died from her injuries in the hospital... after that I was a wreck, I took pills and that's when my physco Pathic side rose to the surface along with my other powers, after I got discharged from the military due to my rapidly deteriorating health, I was sent to a mental institution but I lost my mind and broke out, before disappearing for a year and the rest... is history.

Punchline hugs him tighter in shock "Damn... you've had it rough for years... so are you going hero then" Alan shrugs "I don't know, what do you think I should do" Punchline thinks for a moment "Turn hero, I have regrets and you are only one who listens to me so I think I'll follow you" Alan nods and hugs her "Thanks Punch" she returns it "Anytime Blood".

(End)