Four Dooms that Never Came to Gotham: Bang / Whimper

[brown_betty]

I.  Water

It’s not hard to hitch a ride.  People wanting to help are driving there out of herd instinct.  As Tim approaches the coast, traffic comes to a standstill and he has to walk.  He walks until the sun sets and keeps on walking.  It’s dark.  There’s no light from distant windows.  When he comes to the fork, he takes the Wayne Manor turn-off

Comments

[jamjar]

*whimper*

In the best way, but...

And now I have to dig up whatever CD has YOu gotta survive on it.

[zing_och]

Ouch. You make me hurt in new and interesting ways. :)

I don't like most drabbles, but you manage to really tell a story, capture a specific atmosphere and even characters in these snips. Very well done.

[__marcelo]

*Oh* Those were *painful*. Beautiful. I love the way you suggested both the disasters and the bat-family's reactions in a few words (Water and Earth are my favorites in that sense; I confess I didn't get that well Air, although the images re-Dick and Tim were very wrenching, specially the part about the suit not fitting him).

*shares the pain... love, whatever*

[brown_betty]

Thanks, Water and Fire are my favourites, although of course I tell them I love them all equally.

My literary device had me going "Air? How do I get an air apocalypse?" So it was more of the spirit.

[__marcelo]

Ohohoh. I get it. Well, that's smart! An apocalypse of the spirit...

I actually like a lot how that sounds.

[marici]

I love Tim, that his family being gone is the worst apocalypse, and even dying is ok if it's with them. The last is so cruel, though, and so terrible for being the most likely.

[petronelle]

Yay for drabbles that tell good, scary stories. These are very well-crafted.

You make returning to the present, where Tim has lost everyone but the Batfamily, seem positively cheery.