Chapter One
It was a normal day in Gotham City. Smog was blazing above busy factories and traffic was backed for miles along the main streets. It was rush hour and Cate only had 10 minutes to get to work.
"Man, if I don't get this in by 10, I'm toast." she said as she gripped the wheel tighter.
Cate was a journalist, a new one at that. She was 22 and had just graduated from college. She had her first big story due by 10 am before they added it to the Gotham Globe.
She only had this job for two weeks and she didn't want her first paper to be late. She said a little prayer to herself and soon after, traffic was moving.
She raced through the parking lot as she searched for a parking spot. She saw one and sped up to get to it before someone else did. That was useless. A guy on a motorcycle got to it first.
Cate sighed with anger as she looked at him. But her facial expression immediately changed from frustration to amazement. He was the most gorgeous guy she'd ever seen. Cate never went for the bad boy biker type. But this one pulled it off just fine, she thought. He had one silver earring and a black denim jacket with different embroideries on it. He sported perfectly fitted black jeans that were a little roughed up but they suited him perfectly.
He turned around after taking off his helmet and met Cate's gaze. She gasped when she saw his breath-taking blue eyes. He gave her a playful wink and walked on.
Cate didn't realize but she had been sitting in the middle of the street with people behind her honking their horns. She shook her head to focus back on getting a parking spot.
Cate finally sat at her desk after turning in her paper and sighed with relief. While waiting for her next assignment, she checked her e-mail.
About 15 minutes later Mr. Lansing, her boss, approached her. He slapped down a manila folder on her desk, slightly startling her.
"Your next story is in there. That's all the info you will need." he stated and walked away.
"Thanks." She said.
This is how Cate's job worked. She is given a folder every Monday. Inside that folder contains all the information she'll need to write a report on that story. The places she needs to go, suspects, or whatever the case may be. If she had any questions or needed anything else she was to ask one of the executives.
Cate opened the folder, not knowing that she had been promoted to a front cover story. Her boss was always very blunt. Turns out, that her story from last week had gotten such great reviews and comments that the editors insisted she be put on the staff for the top story.
An even more important detail was what Cate would be doing for her assignment. She had no idea what she would be getting herself into.