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Happy Halloween!!

Spooky Greetings to all.

I hope you all have a crackling night that doesn't end up in a boo.

Have great fun with your movies, sweetie eating and haunting season. 

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HOPE YOU HAVE A SPOOKTACULAR READ.

PLEASE BE A KIND GHOUL WHO GIVES OUT TREATS BY SLASHING THAT VOTE BUTTON.

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Halloween was one of the safest nights in Gotham, for most at least. 

October 31st was a night where civilians could safely trick or treat in their neighbours. A night where those poorer would wake up to the treat of a food hamper left by the inside of their front door or underneath windows, food, blankets and clothes added to the hamper.

It was a night where the smartest goons and criminals stayed in, waking to the treat to an $100 was left in an untraceable envelope for merely staying home and not doing crime the night before.  

Because everyone knew that it was best to get a treat instead of a trick. 

No one knew if the rumours were true or not, no one dared to try and find out the truth. 

But the Batclan liked to freely hunt on Halloween. 

As soon as Pumpkins are lit and children are dressed in their costumes, the bats and birds of Gotham come out to hunt. 

A beast, a monster, something within their hearts, deeply buried, is finally released on Halloween night. 

Leaving all criminals, big or small, being targeted for tricks all night. 

Depending on their crime, on their behaviour all year round, depends on the form of trick they're given. 

It could merely be pranking them, leaving them scared out of their wits or dressed up embarrassingly and left to be collected by the cops in the morning.

It could be a broken bone or two or more. 

And last of all, it just might be their life taken by the ruthless batclan out on their hunt. 

No rules. 

No line drawn in the sand. 

No expectations over right or wrong. 

No punishments waiting for them at the cave once the night becomes morning. 

The bats and birds all leave the cave with their inner beasts and monsters released. 

An curse. 

But no one dared to find proof, out of fear that they'd always been capable of such monstrous acts. 

That their dark knights were truly always dark in the pits of hell. 

Trick or Treat? 

It was a silent question asked in Gotham on Halloween. 

Keep the peace or have your own peace clawed and ripped away. 

No one listened to the silent question at first, thought the rumours were only wild animals attacks. But as time passed, with each passing Halloween, they finally grew to listen. 

The treat was you got to live with an extra prize left in your own. 

The trick was painful or even the lost of your life. 

All of Gotham had learnt to accept their treats.

Only fools risked a trick on Halloween. 

So, as you got out this Halloween, planning to do pranks or evil deeds, listen out to the voice within the winds of grappling hooks. 

Listen out for their question..

"Trick or Treat?" 

And once you hear such a question, make sure you don't chose the wrong one. 

Otherwise you might find yourselves tricked for the very last time.