Batman apocalypse au where no hero was able to stop the spread of some virus and it had infected most if not the whole world
The justice league is working in space trying to find a cure and figure out what the fuck is going on. The watchtower is a safe space for every hero as well but obviously everyone’s trying to not use it excessively
Remaining survivors have created groups and organizations and while there are many good groups of people, there are many bad ones too
I think it’s go something like this in the beginning:
The World Health Organization is trying to contain patient zero(s). This fails.
The justice league is involved as the spreading of the virus doubles within just a few hours. The virus spreads quick and they can’t figure out how or why. People change within the first 24 hours. Those are no longer your loved ones, those are just the shells of once was
The media has turned on the hero’s. They expected to be saved but what the hell dan a bunch of hero’s do about something that isn’t even a physical threat?
Chaos has already erupted and there’s mass panic. Stores are empty and doors are locked. Everyone is staying inside now
All hell has broken loose. Most of the world’s citizens are just shells of who they were. Their only goal now is to infect and kill
Batfam and how they’re existing now:
• He’s working hard with Bruce trying to find the cure. He’s working on land though
• I feel like he (along with the rest of the bats) would be more resistant to sicknesses. Plot armor? Probably. Some niche weird bat training? Also possible
• He’s barely eating or sleeping
• If he’s not finding a cure, he’s patrolling Gotham trying to save those he can
• Tries to not hurt the infected people at first but after four months, he stops trying to be gentle
• He’s in blüdhaven and patrolling to see who he can save
• Every person he can’t save adds more guilt that weighs him down
• He tries to not hurt any infected person. He believes that the hero’s will find a cure soon and they can save these souls
• He’s been leading children into safe house after safe house. Every living and not infected person in crime alley has been thrown in a safe house full of food
• Spends most of his time out protecting crime alley from the infected
• He strikes to kill. Nothing, not even Crime Alleys old citizens, will hurt the living ones
• He’s been told to stay inside. As the youngest, everyone feels a need to of course watch over Damian
• He hates this arrangement until he realizes he has to watch over Alfred the cat, Titus, Batcow and his other pets
• He still sneaks out sometimes. Every member of the family is busy and thus, escaping is easy
• He tries to not kill any infected people as he’s pretty sure Father would be mad at him for breaking the no kill rule. He still kills then sometimes when it calls for it
• Steph has been holed up in the clock tower with Cass and Babs. She goes out with Cass to gather supplies, patrol, and protect the perimeter of the clock tower
• She sometimes comes to the manor although it’s only when something has gone wrong. Seeing Steph at the manor has become an omen of bad news
• She’s actually avoiding the manor since there’s been more arguments. Everyone’s tired and refuses to sleep when they need to which is causing high tensions. Thus, she only shows up when she must
• She aims to incapacitate, not kill
• Same thing as Steph. The Bats(except for Duke, Babs, and Steph) have not seen Cass since month two(let’s say it’s been about a year since this has happened)
• She aims to incapacitate, not kill
• He switches between safe houses, the manor, and the clock tower
• Duke is the one who’s the best suited to get samples of infected. His immune system is better than the rest(meta human[canon? Idk]), he has the shadows to hide and protect him, and his stealth is the top of the game(you don’t become a dayseeing bat without having insane stealth)
• Updates the bats about the three girls since they barely come to the manor
• He aims to avoid confrontation totally to minimize his chance of being infected. He’s aware that he’s very likely to be infected but had made peace with it
• Runs coms and is their Birds Eye View™️
• Stays in the clock tower because of her wheelchair. While she does have a Battle Wheelchair(is that what it’s called? Is that even canon? Idk guys😭), she opts to use it as minimally as possible
• She goes out to get more supplies but she’d rather stay inside. She can’t risk getting infected when she’s the only one available to run comms and search cameras n stuff
• Alfred is doing what he’s been doing for decades
• His guns sit in easier to access areas
• He will kill upon suspicion of infected(unless, of course, your one of his wards or lice in the manor. His old soul can’t handle killing another comrade)
• He’s been working day and night with zero rest or sleep. He only sleeps when it’ll kill him or he passes out
• He’s been in space longer than he’s been on earth
• The few times he’s at the manor is because he was forced to go home. That’s when arguments are the most heated. Bruce is annoyed he’s forced to rest, the bats are worried and it’s just not a good combo
• Bruce has the weight of YEARS of guilt on his shoulders. He’s spiraling and finding a cure is the only way he thinks he’ll crawl out of this spiral of guilt and grief
What do we think of this au? I’d love your guys’ thoughts!!
(Inspired by these pins: one, two)
