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The alley was a deep cut in the city's flesh, slick with a recent rain and the sharp, coppery scent of blood. A solitary, faltering streetlamp threw long, distorted shadows over the wet pavement, its weak light catching the lingering emerald shimmer of Kryptonite dust suspended in the damp air like toxic pollen. The usual nocturnal murmur of Gotham felt distant, smothered by the harsh, wet sound of two men fighting for breath against a grimy brick wall. Bruce Wayne, his cowl ripped and a dark contusion spreading along his jawline, held Clark Kent's shuddering form close. The Kryptonian's legendary suit was marred by blood and the sickly green glow of radiation. Bruce's arm was an unyielding band of steel around Clark's waist, his other hand clamped firmly around you's forearm, dragging yo…