Seeing the arrow a moment too late the wolf tried to dodge to the right but she felt the head of the arrow pierce the skin of her chest, and heard the "Thump" of it nestling into her muscles as well as the slight crunch of the metal head embedding its self into a bone. Upon hearing the wolfs yelp of pain the man holding the bow laughed, they were in an ally way where the man had been counting money he had recently stolen from a bank around the corner. The wolf growled and stood, having fallen over from the force of impact, she lunged at the man knowing that bows and arrows were no good at close quarters, she clenched her jaws around his bow arm first as he fell from her jumping on him. Letting out a grunt of pain the man hit the wolf on top of her head with his fist several times, until finally she released him. Staggering backwards the wolf realized there was something wrong other then the arrow in her chest, her senses were dimming, and her vision swam, she staggered again as the man stood holding his shoulder but laughing,
" You can feel my poison taking affect can't you? Within an the hour you will be dead, and no one will have to worry about the "Gothem Wolf" again." The wolf shook her head to clear it and lunged again this time clamping her jaws around his leg, she let go when she heard a satisfying crack.
When she backed from the man she saw him holding his leg and trying to refrain from calling out in pain, then he looked up and he did call out, but it was out of fear
" The Bat!" he scrambled back and the wolf looked up to see what looked like a giant bat soaring towards them, she knew that she was no longer needed so she turned and headed out of the dark ally. Stopping in a neighboring ally the wolf collapsed near the wall of a tall building panting slightly. She decided it would be better to be in her human form if she was found so she changed, now lying in the place where the black wolf had been was a teenage girl, with waist-length black hair, green eyes, she was slim but not starving and she had an arrow shaft extending from her upper chest above her left breast. Fading fast Rain knew she didn't have much of a chance, and then she saw the swish of a black cape and heard the soft fall of feet. Raising her head slightly she saw the man dressed as a giant bat before she lost consciousness.
Batman broke the shaft of the arrow protruding from the young girls chest before picking her up and gently placing her in his car, which was narrow and covered in black armor, getting in beside her he pulled away from the ally and headed, quit fast, towards a forest on the outskirts of Gothem, soon they were headed straight for a large water fall, but instead of crashing they went right through and landed in a huge cave. Batman stopped the car in the middle of the cave and got out,
" Alfred!" he called up the stone steps as he gathered the girl up in his arms, when he looked up he saw an old British man coming down the stairs looking concerned,
" What's wrong master Bruce?" he asked but then stopped as he caught sight of the girl, " Oh my, what has happened to her?" he asked moving out of the way as Bruce headed up the stairs,
" She's been poisoned." Was his reply as he walked through the door at the top, Alfred following him. Bruce led the way to a bedroom on the second floor and gently laid her on the bed, " She was hit by a poisoned arrow, I need some tweezers, disinfectant, and bandages." Alfred hurried out of the room and was back a minuet later holding the things Bruce needed. Taking them he laid the bandages and disinfectant on a small table beside the bed before using the tweezers the work what was left of the arrow out of her chest, when he finally pulled it out he put in on one of the bandages and handed it to his butler, " I need you to analyze this and get an antidote for the poison." Alfred nodded and left Bruce to tend the wound.
When Alfred returned with a hypodermic needle and hour later the girl was under the blankets, and from what he could see she was no longer wearing a shirt, Bruce was sitting beside her with a cool rag on her forehead. Seeing Alfred, Bruce stood up and took the needle, which he then gently inserted into her neck, hoping it wasn't too late.
Over the next day and a half Alfred and Bruce took it in turns to check on her every hour.
" W-what happened?" she asked her self quietly feeling something warm and soft over her, opening her eyes she remembered seeing the Batman and everything going dark, now she looked at the room, it was an average sized room with light brown walls, against the far wall she spotted a large book case and to her left was a large window, directly across from her was a door like the one to her right, but other then that, the bed and a little table beside it, the room was empty. Pushing her self up so she could lean against the wall she let out a small gasp as pain shot through the left side of her chest. There was a metallic click and an old man dressed in a butler's uniform entered. Seeing her awake the man smiled warmly,
" I'm glad to see you awake young miss, gave us quite a fright you did." She returned the smile and recognized a British accent,
" Where am I? " she asked looking out the large window on her left,
" You are in the Wayne manor." He replied kindly and moved forward, she looked up at him,
" Wayne manor? But how-?"
" Did you get here? Batman brought you here after you were poisoned, he knew that Mr.Wayne had the means to make an antidote." He placed the tray he was holding on the table beside the bed, on it was a glass that appeared to contain water and beside it, two pills. She looked at the tray then back at him, " Master Bruce told me to give you these when you woke up." He held the pills and glass of water out to her, she reached out and took them, but gave the water a sniff before looking up at the man,
" What are they for?" she asked stiffly,
" They will help make sure the poison is gone from you're system." He answered confidently. Nodding she took the two pills and drank all the water, after a few seconds she felt a little dizzy and looked up at him again, " there is also a powerful sedative in the water," he saw her body slowly relax and her eyes flutter shut, " sleep well." And with that he swept from the room taking the glass and the tray.
Hours later Rain woke with a slight groan, when she opened her eyes she saw that it was night, and looking around she realized why she hadn't detected the drug in her water, her senses were dulled, ' probably from the poison.' She thought to her self. Pushing her self up gingerly, hearing movement on her right she looked 'round to see a young man of about 25 stirring in his sleep in a hard wooden chair. She froze and watched him as he lifted his chin from his chest and looked up at her, not yet realizing she was awake due to the darkness. She could barely make out his features but knew that he must be Bruce Wayne, relaxing slightly she watched him gaze out the window for a moment or two before speaking,
" Thank you, Mr.Wayne." he jumped slightly and looked at her,
" Oh, ah, you're welcome."
"My name's Rain," she hesitated before continuing but hopped he hadn't caught it, " Wolf." Bruce caught the hesitation but pretended he didn't,
" It's nice to meet you Ms.Wolf. " he smiled " how do you feel?"
" Drugged." She said truthfully with some bitterness in her voice. Her body had the lingering sensation you get after being sedated. He looked down,
" Sorry about that, but it was necessary." She scoffed and moved into a more comfy position, he didn't look up but stood,
" Well I should go to bed, and let you relax, good night Ms.Wolf." he headed for the door,
" Call me Rain, and good night Mr. Wayne." she told him as he stepped out of the room, he nodded to show her he had heard before closing the door.