CHAPTER 4
THE WHITE SMOKE
“No one must _know_____ that I am _Batmn________”, thought Bruce.
“Everyone must ___think____ that I am just __rich____ and _laysy_____.”
So one __________, Bruce went to have _______ at Gotham’s most __________ hotel
__restaurant_. He _____ two __________ women with him, one on each _arm_____. After dinner,
the __women______ wanted to _swim_ in the hotel __swiming_ pool.
“It’s ___close_____,” said the _________.
“Then I will _buy_ this hotel and _open_ the swimming pool,” said Bruce. He jumped__into______
into the pool with the two women.
_Later_, when Bruce was __leaved_ the hotel with the two women, he suddenly saw Rachel. She
wore a _fantastic dress and looked _Beautiful_. She was just going into the restaurant.
“You haven’t __changed_ much, have you, Bruce?” she said, “It’s all _fun_ and no ______ for you,
isn’t it?”
“Hey, Rachel. This isn’t the real me”.
“The things you do are __important_, Bruce, not the things you say”. And she _walked_ away.
Batman _want_ to see Sergeant Gordon.
“There was someone in Falcone’s office with him that __night__,” he said. “He was _teasting_ the
__drugs____. Do you know who it was?
“No, I don’t,” _and said_ Gordon. “Dr. Crane from Arkham Asylum often ________ Falcone. Perhaps
it was him.”
“Yes, perhaps it was,” said Batman. “I think I’ll _go_ to the Arkham Asylum.”
“It’s not _safe_,” said Gordon. “It’s in the Narrows, a _very dangerous _ part of Gotham.”
“Not for me,” said Batman.
Batman _soon__ arrived at the Narrows. __Beside_ Arkham Asylum was a _dark building_. Batman
went inside and _found_______ a very _big____ ship’s _biox____. It was ___dificult______ to open.
At last he was able to pus open the top. _Inside___ there was a __Machine________- it was the
__sice____ of a big car. Batman ____ the ________ on the box: “WAYNE ENTERPRISES 471-ME”.
Two __people______ came into the building. One was a __sheap___ worker. The _other_ was a
_man_____ in a dark _suit_. They didn’t see batman.
“What are the boss’s __orders_____?”Asked the man in the dark suit.
“We keep the machine here _and tell_ he’s ready”, said the ship _walker______.
“___fine___,” ___said____the man in the dark suit. It _was____ Dr. Crane.
Batman suddenly ______ from the box to the _floor______.
“No, it isn’t fine,” he said. He hit the ship worker in the _face_____ and he __felt____ to the floor.
Crane __quitkly put on his _mask_, and then he waved his arm at Batman.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH
A ____cloud___ of ___white____ ___smoke____ came out of his coat.
Batman’s ______ and _______ were suddenly on ______. He __start_______ to __decide___ all the
_______ things from his ______ in front of his __eyes_____.
“I’ve felt this way ___before_____,” he thought. “But _where_?”
Then he __remmerber__________- Ra’s al Ghul, the wooden box, the __bats____, the
____buildin______ on fire…
He got to the _window_ on his hands_and _feet_.
Crane ________ him. “You’re going to die Batman”, he said.
Batman climbed __slowly______ through the window, up the wall_ and onto the __roof_____.
He pulled out his mobile _phone______.
“Alfred”, he said. “Alfred, I-I _need_____ you. _Please_come quickly. I’m ill. And I need a __blood_
test”.
_Terrible_thoughts were now in Bruce’s _head_____. He was at the show_______… the
__bats____… his __parents_______… a _____… blood in the _street________…
And then – __nothing_______. He _oped_______ his eyes. He was home, in his _bathroom.
Alfred came in.
“How _long have I been asleep?” Bruce _asked_.
“Two ____days__, sir,” answered Alfred. “It’s your _birthday_ today”.
“It was the white smoke”, said Bruce. “_look it________ there wasn’t ______ much of it. But I’ve felt
that ______ before in my _life____. On the _mountain_ in Bhutan. But this ______ it seemed much
_stronger_”.
“I’ve got the __________ of the blood test”, said Alfred. He gave Bruce a piece of paper_.
“It’s a very __dangerous drug”, he said. “It can _kill_ people. But I know _someone_ who can
“_made_ an antidote.
The _next_ day, Bruce ________ the results to Lucius Fox.
“This was in your blood?! He said. “You’re _lucky_ you didn’t _die_!”
“Yes, I’ve been very lucky”, said Bruce. “Can you make an antidote?”
“I think so”, said Fox, “but it won’t be _easy_”.
“One _more_thing”, said Bruce. “Do you _know_____ what Wayne Enterprise 47B1-ME is?”
“No I don’t”, said Fox. “But I can probably _found_ out”.
Sergeant Gordon went to _want to say_ Rachel.
“Will Falcone go to _prision__ this time? He asked her.
“I think so”, said Rachel. “It’s in all the _newspapers_”
“Batman __came_ to see me, Miss Dawes”, said Gordon. “He asked for my _help_”
“Yes, I know”, said Rachel. “He _came_ to see me too. We’re __walking_ with a _man_ in a mask,
Sergeant Gordon. Perhaps he’s dangerous.”
“I don’t think so”, said Gordon. “He’s _done_____ lots of good things _already_”.
The _door_ opened and Bruce Wayne _came_ in.
“Oh sorry_”, he said. “I’ll come _back_ later”
Gordon ______ Bruce Wayne from the newspapers.
“It’s Ok, Mr. Wayne”, he said. “I just was leaving”. He __wanted_ out.
“What _are___ you __wanted____ Bruce?” Rachel asked angrily.
“I want to ________ you to a _______ _________”, he said. And to _say_ I’m sorry”.
Rachel smiled. She could never be really _______ with him.
“Where’s the party?”
“It’s at _home_ – at Wayne Manor”, he said.
An ___officer_____ opened the door.
“They’ve ________ Falcone from the ________ ________to Arkham Asylum”, he said.
“Who decided that?” asked Rachel.
“The _boss_there, Dr. Crane”
Rachel quickly _put___ some things into a _bag____.
“I’ve _have_ to go”, she said to Bruce. “And I don’t _think_ I can _come_ to your party _tonight_. I’m
_sorry_.
She opened the __door_ and _say_ to Bruce.
“_Happy birthday_, Bruce!” she said.
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