It was a beautiful spring morning in Gotham City. The city's largest business, Wayne Enterprises, was already wide awake. A gleaming Rolls Royce pulled to the curb in front of the building. A teenage girl stepped out of the car. Alexis Wayne was not your usual heiress. Yes, she had the looks, smarts, and money, but most heiresses didn't have mutant powers or a second job (Or a job for that matter.). Her uncle and surrogate father, Bruce Wayne, stepped out of the car after Alexis. Bruce seemed like your usual billionaire playboy, but just like his niece, nothing about him was as it seemed.
By day, they worked at their namesake company. By night, they roamed the dark Gotham streets as Batman and Batgirl. Recently, Batman and Batgirl had been shunned by Gotham. They'd been blamed for a murder they did not commit. Just by looking at them, you would not have been able to tell that just a few, short hours ago, Alexis had been in the back of an armored police van with about 8 SWAT team members.
Those SWAT team members will remember that drive for a very long time.
Bruce and Alexis walked through the lobby of Wayne Enterprise. They waves to everybody, as they always did. They walked into the elevator. The second the elevator doors closed, Alexis sighed and leaned up against the wall.
"How much sleep did you get last night?" Bruce asked. Alexis glanced at her watch and quickly did the math.
"Less than two." She groaned.
"Do you know the rules?"
"Do YOU know the rules? You're the one who keeps falling asleep in meetings, not me." She retorted. As much as Bruce an Alexis loved and cared for each other, they had a small tendency to argue. Usually, it was Alexis yelling at her uncle. Bruce laughed and opened his arms.
"Come here." Alexis immediately collapsed into Bruce's arms.
"I need more sleep." She said quietly.
"No, you need to run faster." Bruce replied. Alexis gave him what was known as her "trainer-stare.". She used it on her newbies all the time. It had a way of haunting them for years. I've been living with him for year. He should know not to mess with me, Alexis thought. Bruce looked in Alexis' eyes.
"We only have this one meeting. Then we'll go home and you can sleep all you want."
"Promise?"
"I promise. And yes, I should know not to mess with you. But you're too much damn fun."
Yes, I am alive!
Alexis is my new character, and her story will be coming a few (hopefully) hours. This conversation I wrote for my school's writers club, and takes place after Alexis' main story (Walk on Water Or Drown).