Gotham City. A metropolis drenched in blood and shrouded with crime. A place that had never suited even a teenager. Because that teenager would get snatched and turn into the city's next villain.

Gotham reeked so badly of crime it made you want to puke up last weeks dinner. Cops paved the streets day in and day out, and not a single person ever felt safe. Not even with The Batman patrolling through the night.

Gotham was a place where you could go missing and no one would realize it. It was both the worst and the best place to hide. The best place to keep secrets and the most daring place to spill the truth. Because if you did, the next thing to be spilled was your blood.

That's why I chose Gotham over Star City. Star City may also be drowning in crime, but it was never as bad as this place.

My origins don't matter. Not now, at least. My secrets were mine and mine alone, no one needed to know why I chose Gotham over the entire United States. Who the hell wanted to live in Gotham willingly?

I didn't, but it was the "safest" option. Air quotes. Sarcasm. I hate it here but it's the best I got.

I'd give you the whole "my name is" bullshit but does that really matter when you'll eventually figure out my name? Not to mention, you won't hear much of my inner dialogue so you'll see my name pop up one too many times.

I'm not some sophisticated character with kick ass superpowers or a vigilante that wears spandex and runs around with a pair of sticks, just a CSI running from her past.

That's all I am, that's all I will be. A CSI with a tragic backstory. And you sure want to know what that backstory is, don't you?

Too bad I'm not telling you yet. Get to know me first and maybe you'll figure it out.