I reached for the bell on my nightstand.
"Pennyworth! Can you get me another glass of water?" I yelled after ringing the bell.
I had been sick for four days and Grayson informed me that it would be wise to stay in bed until I felt better. I politely informed Grayson to stop his idiotic rambling before I threw my brains up. He worries too much and it makes me uncomfortable. Father retired from his roll as Batman and Grayson took over and So now he is extremely protective of me and my well being. So now I am not aloud to go on patrol.
"Of course master Damian. I live to keep you Wayne's alive." Alfred Pennyworth replied to my ring for water.
The thing was he did keep us alive. If not for Pennyworth I believe we would have never survived long enough to get where we are now.
"Appologies for the interruption Pennyworth" I said to him as he came into the room.
"No worries master Damian. It seems as though when you are sick you are very kind. Not that you normally aren't kind, but oh my," he said as he put a hand on my head. "You seem to have a higher temperature than when I left you. Are you feeling any worse master Damian?"
"I don't know Pennyworth, but the pain in my head is almost immeasurably painful. Do you think Grayson will let me go with him on patrol tomorrow? I asked him as he sat next to me on my bed.
"No master Damian. You seem to be getting worse. If you start to feel any better or worse give me a holler." He said as he put another cold cloth on my head.
"I do wish master Bruce would allow me to take you to the hospital." Pennyworth muttered as he left the room.
When I was sure he was down the stairs I jumped out of bed giving myself a massive headache. I walked to my closet and put on a pair of comfortable black jeans and a black long sleeve shirt. I put on my black and green combat boots. After I laced up the red laces, I peeked out of my window and opened it. "Tt" I said as I climbed out of the window.
I slid down the roof and climbed down the side of Father`s mansion. My head was still pounding into my skull as I made my way to the fence in the back. I snuck from shadow to shadow in an attempt to get out unseen.
I made it to the fence in about ten minutes. Sadly I used to be able to make it from my window to the fence in three minutes. I looked around to make sure I was alone then climbed the fence and dropped down on the other side.
It's a good thing that even in my current condition ten years of training to be an assassin kept me from falling to my knees in pain. Father and Grayson would not approve of me sneaking out in my sick state. And Pennyworth would be worried sick. But I had to make up for the days I was sick.
I made it to Gotham`s very own crime alley and saw exactly what I expected to find. A gang of criminals were attacking a couple for what I presumed to be fun. I could either call Grayson to stop these people or I could handle it myself. And I decided to choose the later.
I climbed the fire escape and jumped down taking the leader with me. He was in too much pain to get up and I took that as an opportunity to attack the largest of them. I jumped on his back and flipped him backwards. I took the knife the leader was carrying and sliced at one of the remaining two`s arm. He cried out in pain and the last one ran away. The first two were knocked out and the third was on his knees holding his cut arm. I ripped a piece of the biggest guys shirt and grabbed the cut one`s arm. He tried to object but the look I gave him made him shut up. I wrapped the peace of cloth around the wound and told him to go to the hospital when his buddies woke up and I disappeared into the alley.
I felt someone touch my shoulder and I jumped and spun around to see who it was. I was so surprised at who was there that I forgot about my head ache.