This is a story that is set between chapter 13 and 14 of the cat's new to do list adventures. In case you didn't know, that one is updated, last week:D


Chapter 1: Skipping country

A few days ago, Sean was stabbed by this mysterious assassin because he was mistaken by someone else. The assassin thought he was Quacey K, (Loïc Kägi) the person he was looking and came to Gotham for.

It had been an easy mistake, because someone had tipped the assassin that two kids around the age of fourteen where looking for a person who worked with a certain type of knife. The both of them were wearing hoodies most of the time, but then another street girl approached them and attacked one of them, the girl.

Selina's hoodie was removed during the fight and that's why this person could describe her so well. A few nights later, Sean did some research on the knifes as well because he promised Loïc he would, and Selina came with him.

It did take a while, but then a boy came to them and took them to a far warehouse where he told them some info. Then, as Sean payed the kid for his troubles, knifes started to fly around. Sean and Selina barely escaped.

Afterwards, when they calmed down a little, the couple went to a night club. The same person who had tipped the assassin earlier, saw them and snitched again. The assassin entered the club, found Sean and Selina dancing and propelled himself through the crowd and toward them. When he walked past them, he stabbed Sean in his stomach.

Loïc, who was dancing with Annie nearby them, saw the flickering knife and warned Sean and attacked the assassin from behind. Because of Loïc's fast actions the stab wound wasn't deep enough to kill Sean. The assassin fought back and stabbed Loïc in his leg when the boy tried to kick him. Loïc fell to the floor and the assassin ran off.

Both boys were bleeding horribly and the two girls tried to stop their bleeding while hollering to some people to call an ambulance, and they found themselves in hospital later, alone and without the boys. The doctors had taken them away, because even though Sean's internal organs weren't harmed, he still lost a lot of blood.

The girls were trooping up and down into the waiting room, worriedly, when Alfred arrived with Jim Gordon. They told them everything, and hours later all the kids were gathered from the island by Bullock and send back to Wayne Manor.

"I can't believe that horrible cop forces us to stay here," Selina cries angrily as she stomps inside the boys bedroom with a plate of food for the two recently stabbed boys.

Alfred had forced the hospital to give them an early release when they were stable enough, in case this assassin might come back to finish his job. Alfred also increased the security at Wayne Manor, meaning Bullock and Jim had moved in as they assigned themselves as security guards.

The two boys look up, warily since they just woken up by Selina's stomps. "Sorry, I'm not angry at you, but at Jim Gordon. It turns out we aren't allowed to head back to KnightCat's Edge as long this assassin is still out there."

"What?!" Sean spits angrily and jolts up straight, almost knocking his plate with breakfast from Selina's hands as she wants to set it on his lap. "Sorry, Selina." The girl simply smiles to let him know it's fine and then heads over to Loïc to give him his breakfast. They can hear Alfred bellow angry as he makes food for the cops.

"YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND, MR. GORDON, IF YOU THINK I WILL TAKE THE LOT TO SWITZERLAND AGAIN!"

They can't hear the rest of the conversation because Jim asked him to tune down his voice, but seconds later they hear Alfred at the bottom of the stairs, indicating that he had lost another argument; "MISS KYLE, MISS ANNIE, MISS CHADWICK, MISTER MOONEY AND MASTER BRUCE, START PACKING YOUR SUITCASES AND DON'T FORGET TO PACK ONE FOR MASTER SEAN AND MISTER KÄGI AS WELL!"

"Wait, where are we heading too?" Bruce asks, strolling down the stairs. Also, what about the twins, Jack and Johnny?"

"To Gungellan, Master B!" Bruce frowns and Alfred rolls his eyes annoyed. And there he was, thinking he pays the school money in order to teach the kids something. "South Australia, Master Bruce."

Alfred also wanted to explain why the twins, Jack and Johnny didn't come as well, but it seems Bruce wasn't bothered with that fact anymore because he screams with glee; "Guys, we are going to Australia!"


A few hours later the gang arrive at the Australian airport and Alfred asked permission for landing the KnightBatCat-mobile. Alfred still wanted to use the term; 'Wayne's private airplane' but the crazy cat-girl demanded him to rename it, otherwise she would jump from the plane while having Bruce and Sean both dangling with her on one parachute.

Finally landed, they left the airport and took a bus. The kids frowned a little to that because where would they head to if they grabbed a bus? Soon the city disappeared behind them and all they saw was countryscapes, Selina whines; "Bruce, when you said; 'Australia', I thought we would stay at the Gold Coast or Sidney or whatever. But this looks far from any of those I had in mind!"

"Yeah," Sean pitches in, equally disappointed as Selina. "I even packed my swimming trunks for my days at the beach."

Alfred slaps his forehead and grumbles; "Master Sean, you've been recently stabbed, so I don't see why you thought you were allowed to swim in the first place!"

"Who said something about swimming?" Sean frowns. "There are lots of other things for me to do at the beach and need swimming trunk for."

Selina giggles and adds importantly; "Yeah, like frolicking with me in the sand. And we can make sandcastles, and once they are finished we can destroy them again by frolicking on top of them."

Some other passengers look weirdly at the two kids as Selina cuddles herself onto Sean's lap and starts nuzzling her secret boyfriend. Alfred still didn't know they were a couple. The poor butler still thinks it's one of Selina's daily antics.

"Get off Master Sean, will yah?!" Alfred roars a little too loud and makes all the passengers turn their heads at them, curiously. What they see is a British man who's struggling with a fourteen year old girl as he tries to drag her off a thirteen year old boy's lap by the shrubs of her neck. Selina starts whining like a cat in pain.

Alfred drops her onto his seat and plants his own butt on what was Selina's seat before she cuddled onto Sean's lap. It was the seat between Bruce and Sean. Selina scowls very angry at the butler who pays no attention to it. "Stay!"

"I'm a cat, butler! Not a dog!" Selina snarls as she throws an icy stare at the older man. Alfred grabs the newspaper and starts to read it while keeping a surreptitiously eye on Selina for as long the trip endures.

A few hours later they arrive in a small town, called; Gungellan. Alfred stands up which is a cue for the kids to follow him out the bus. Soon as they are out and Alfred waits for the chauffeur to take their suitcases from the bag area, the kids scope their eyes, shock-stricken.

There's nothing but dry sand, a few shops and a building that dares to call itself a hotel. Alfred must be freaking kidding if this is the place where exchanged for Gotham. Even though had lots of crime, it looks more like a city than this. There were even more shops than here. It doesn't even look like a town.

Selina folds her arms and says dully; "This place is a dump! I bet they won't even have cable television here! In Switzerland there was snow to entertain ourselves, but what does Alfred expect us to do here? Building sandcastles."

Alfred grumbles as he takes the suitcases; "Isn't that what you wanted to do at the beach as well? Just imagine it's a big beach with no ocean."

"Very funny….but not for real," Selina snarls angrily as she throws a stink-eye to the butler. Then, her lips curl up in a cheeky smirk and says; "But then again, if you allow me to frolic with Sean on a public road, then where are we waiting for?"

Alfred got some very fast and new responses skills over the past few months, and thanks to those skills the butler is in time to drop the suitcases and grab the two street kids that are about to skip off.

"Get your butts into that hotel over there," Alfred grumbles as he pushes the kids upon it, and Selina opens her mouth to make another witty comment, but Alfred is faster; "Don't you dare to say it, Miss Kyle, because I know what you're thinking! Inside, order a drink and wait for me! And that means; all of you!"

The three girls – Rikki is holding Richard - and the four boys run like a pack of wild and thirsty animals upon the hotel like it's the first drinking hole they found in days – which wasn't because Alfred had packed plenty bottles of water to drink on the plane and the bus.

Alfred called for a cab at the nearest payphone stand and then entered with the stack of suitcases into the hotel where – to his surprise – found all the children. A part of him had been scared Miss Kyle would have waved his words into the wind and rented a room for her, Sean and or Bruce.

Then, as Alfred approaches their table, his eyes almost drop out his head as he sees what Sean is drinking. With a tight gasp, the poor butler drops the stack of suitcases and sprints up to the table to stop Sean from taking a sip of his beer. "How did you manage to order this?"

Sean simply shrugs, "Easy. I just said I was small for my age and-

"And showed a fake-ID, didn't yah?!" Alfred fills in, suddenly getting it. The grin on the kids' faces says enough. "You will hand them to me, now! All of them!"

The kids grunt disappointedly as they hand their fake-ID to Alfred who takes them and puts them away in his wallet. Then the butler orders a drink for himself and pays for the ones the kids ordered at the same time. Then they wait for the cab to bring them to…well, at this point only Alfred knows where they will head to.

A few minutes later two cabs stops in front of the hotel and one of the drivers asks for a Mr. Pennyworth. The kids jump up excitedly and dash outside to make their own seat- arrangements as the two drivers help Alfred with the suitcases.

"I want to share my cab with my Kitty Toys," Selina cries with glee as she takes the boys hands and tries to cram them with her in the backseat. Alfred intervenes in time, dragging the two boys out and pushes them to the other cab while grumbling; "The boys take that one, and the girls sit with you, Miss Kyle while I take the passenger seat to keep a close eye on you."

Selina folds her arms angrily and stares out the window, moping; "Why does the snotty king of England always need to ruin my mood." Alfred ignores her and sits down beside the driver. For the next twenty minutes they drive on some dusty country road and all they can see are fields and kettle as far their eyes reach.

The young car-girl starts to bounce up and down in her seat, and then whines to Alfred; "I need to pee! Can we pull over?"

"You should have done that when we left, Miss Kyle," Alfred grumbles back as he stares out the front window to the cab driving in front of them. It sure looks like the boys aren't behaving either. They are playing 'tag' in the backseat of their cab. Alfred rubs his forehead tiredly and starts to wonder why exactly he said yes to take the most troublesome kids in Gotham city on a trip to another country? Right now, all Alfred wants is that he was an assassin and drop them far away from civilisation.

Selina's cries pulls him back from those thoughts; "But then I didn't have to pee, and now I do!" Alfred shakes his head to the driver as signal to keep driving, and tries to ignore Selina's bouncing's' for the next few minutes, but then she says with a wide grin; "Oops, I think I peed in my pants. I told you to stop!"

The cab driver opens his eyes wide in shock and stares at Alfred who rolls his eyes annoyed and says to the girl in the backseat; "You didn't pee you pants, Miss Kyle, so stop messing around!"

The cat-girl folds her arms even more angrier and mutters some insults she usually uses on Alfred when she's angry at him. Suddenly the cab in front of them stops and Alfred is pretty scared the reason for stopping are the boys, still playing tag in the back of the car. Their cab stops as well and Alfred quickly rushes out to ask the reason for stopping.

Once out of the car, Alfred sees it's not the boys who made the driver stop but a herd of sheep. They wait for the kettle to pass them and then continue their journey. A few minutes later they arrive the gate that says; Wilgul.

The children stare out the window as they drive up the long, sandy path that leads to the farmhouse. They have an amazing view on the house itself as on the properties around it. There are stables and fields as far as they can see. The house itself is not really big, but it looks really amazing on the outside.

The cars pull up near the fence outside the farmhouse and the children step out, all equally awe-stricken. Hours ago, when they arrived Gungellan and saw what it was like, they expected their 'vacation home' would be a dump as well. But this was far from being a dump.

A tall man with dark hair and a pair of blue, boyish sparkling eyes walks outside the house and down the garden path to meet them. Selina recognizes the big man immediately and grins; "I Told you Alfred would hold you on that 'babysit' offer you gave him years ago."

"Miss Kyle, behave!" Alfred grumbles with a warning tone in his voice. Alex, Alfred's buddy from the army, chuckles and says; "It's quite alright, Alfred." Alfred simply smiles politely and then helps the drivers with the suitcases as the children follow Alex to the house.

Alex shows them around and the house even looks bigger than on the outside. It has a big living room with a fireplace. Even though it has large windows and lots of sun gets through, it's surprisingly cool. The room is filled with a four persons, brown leather couch and two brown leather arm chairs. There is a large bookcase which is filled with veterinarian books. The children can read the covers of the books as they walk past it when they follow Alex to the next room.

Alex points at two doors and tells them one is for the boys and the other for the girls. Selina moans sadly. She thought she could share hers with her Sean-y. At the end of the hallways is the shared bathroom, which has a bath, a shower and a toilet. Alfred's room would be next to the boys room.

They all head into their rooms and start unpacking some of their stuff while Alfred catches up with Alex. The butler tells his friend they had to skip town for a while because some crazy assassin with an owls mask stabbed Sean and Loïc. Also, the Military Ninja Assassin Butler promised he would try his best to make the children behave. Especially Selina.

Alex chuckles to that and says he has no problem with loudly children, nor his housemates, Dave and Nick. Nick is his younger brother and helped him around the farm. Dave is the town's veterinarian and close friend to Alex and Nick.

Suddenly, a loud scream comes from the girls room, and Alfred expecting the worst thing ever jumps to his feet and instinctively grabs for his gun as he sprints to the girls room. What he finds is Selina perched on Sean's lap, nuzzling his chest wildly. That means she wasn't the one screaming.

Rikki stands in the corner of the room and near a drawer. Her eyes are big and filled with horror as she looks at the butler and then back to the drawer. Alex appears behind Alfred, and Rikki cries in fear; "There is a freaky animal in that drawer."

Alex chuckles and approaches the drawer while Alfred pulls his gun away with a tired eye roll. Alex opens the drawer and peers inside, smiling; "It's just a gecko. Don't worry, he will keep the mozzies out."

Selina frowns; "The what?"

"Mosquitoes, Miss Kyle!" Alfred grumbles. "I start to wonder what they teach you at Anderson Prep!"

"So, we are heading to Anderson Prep every morning to learn something? I thought you dropped us off so you had a break." Selina guffaws loudly. Alfred looks at her, very angry.


It's midnight and because of the jet-lag some of them can't sleep, especially Selina is pretty up and awake. The cat girl jumps out of her bed and sneaks quietly into the hallway and up to the boys room. Once in there, Selina quietly awakes Sean who stares at her warily.

"I can't sleep," Selina whispers. "I was wondering if you maybe like to take a little midnight walk with me?"

Sean looks at his alarm clock and says; "Selina, it's 2 am. Go back to bed." Sean turns around and flops back into his pillow, slowly drifting back to sleep. Selina pulls the pillow from under her boyfriend's head and starts swatting his entire body with it. Sean was already awake again the second his pillow disappeared and tries to protect himself from Selina's swatting.

"Fine, fine!" Sean says as he realizes he won't get any sleep as long he keeps refusing Selina's midnight idea. His cat-like girlfriend grins happily and dashes out the room to wait for him outside the house.

A few minutes later Sean joins her and they start walking around Wilgul, hand in hand. They hear midnight birds scream in the distance and feel the soft midnight breeze brushing their hair and faces. After a while they sit down on a paddock fence and Selina rests her head onto Sean's shoulder.

"This is far more different than Gotham, isn't it?" Selina asks with her eyes closed, dreamingly. "It feels strange to hear animals instead of wailing sirens, gun shots, breaking glass."

"Yeah," Sean says as he stares into the distance. Then his eyes go up, and a soft smile curls his lips; "Also the night sky is far from Gotham's night sky. I mean, I've never seen so many stars, at once."

Selina opens her eyes and looks up to the stars as well. The young girl is completely awe-stricken by it. Sean starts to steal glances at her face without her knowing it. The young boy starts to smile more. The surprised look on her face makes her look even more beautiful than she already is.

The young girl's eyes pull themselves from the stars and into Sean's eyes. The dreamy grin on Sean's face makes her tilt her head to one side, playfully; "What?"

"I was just thinking how beautiful you are and how much I love you," Sean thinks aloud with a cue dreamy sigh. Selina's face turns bright red, and Sean quickly drops his eyes to his lap. Those words were meant to stay in his head because now he might have spooked her. Maybe it was still too soon for her to hear the "L" word.

Selina pulls Sean's face gently around to face hers as she smiles; "I love you too, Sean Ornelas." They are about to kiss when they suddenly get interrupted by a car driving up the property.

Sean pushes Selina off the fence before sliding off as well and hiding behind it with Selina beside him. The pickup truck stops straight in front of them and two men come out from the front while two men sit in the back and move to the very end of the vehicle, opening the tailgate.

Carefully, the two street kids try to look through the fence and narrow their eyes. The four men start to unload drums and roll it over to a certain point. One of them bends down and starts to lift up something from the ground. A few minutes later they hear pouring liquid, like running water of something like that, but the two children know it can't be water because the air fills with a strange stench.

Sean tries to move up on his feet so he can peek over the fence and maybe the truck that's blocking most of the view. But soon Sean stands on both feet he still sees nothing, though that smell is somehow familiar.

A dragging sound indicates they are coming back and Sean quickly ducks back to the ground. While whispering orders to one and another, the four men start to lift up the drums and place them back on the tailgate.

Sean can finally place the stench and whispers to Selina; "Selina, I think those guys are stealing Alex's fuel," The girl's eyes turn big in shock. "We have to stop them." Before Selina could stop her boyfriend, Sean jumps back on his feet and shouts; "Stop! What do you think you are doing?!"

The four men look up, alarmed, and then two of them jump back on the tailgate and closes it while the other two run over to the front of the truck. Sean acts instinctively and hurls himself around the person that's the nearest and throws him to the ground, pinning him down.

Selina starts to scream for Alex, or whoever hears her screams, and runs up to the second man who's about to jump behind the wheel. The young girl's nails meet the man's eyes, and he howls in pain. Then he quickly gives her a punch in her face. Selina falls backwards to the ground.

As the others come running from the house, the man jumps behind the wheel and starts to car, speeding off. Sean is still fighting with the other man and then finally knocks him unconscious.

Alex rushes over to help Sean with tying the man's arms and legs while Dave called the police. What Alfred liked to know was what they were doing outside while they supposed to be in bed, sleeping. Sean and Selina didn't give the butler a straight reply.

An hour later the police arrives and takes the man with them, but Sean and Selina couldn't really tell them how the other three men looked like, though Selina could tell one of them should check into hospital soon, because of his eyes.


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