i ran silently through the darkness, the one thing that i feared. That all I've done all my life, run. i ran from my last parents, i ran from my past, now i'm running from batman Why am i running from him, well being me decided to help this lady that was being robbed only to have batman show up just as i was handing the purse back to her and he mistaked me for the robber. even if he does catch me batman doesn't kill, so the worse im going to get is jail time.
i ran into the forest and stopped to catch my breath, big mistake. he jumped in front of me and attempted to kick my feet out from under me. i grabbed the branch above me, just as his leg would have made contact with mine, and pulled myself up. ijumped over batman to the next tree's branch then to the ground and continued to run. i could ear him a few steps behind me. i ran for what seemed like forever before i came to a cliff.
"damn it." i cursed under my breath as i spun around to face him, he stop a few feet away.
"just give up, theres no where left to run." he said in his deep monotone voice. i couldn't help but laugh at.
"mind telling me whats so funny.' he said in a slightly annoyed tone.
"just the irony in your words." i replied.
"irony." he said in a demanding tone with a hint of question in it.
"no matter how big a problem i face, i've always found somewhere to run." i said
"well. where you going to run now."he said in a smug tone while smirking at me.i just smirked right back at him and took a half step backwards. he looked confused for a minute, but then he caught on, a second to late. within that moment of confusion, i turned to face the cliff and just as he was yelling at me not to i did a swan dive into the ocean below. i stayed underwater for a good 5 minutes and when i swam to the surface my lungs were begining to burn. as i swam to the cliff i had just jumped off of i pulled out the 2 *kunai out of the holster they were in that was tied around my upper thigh. i stuck one into the wall of rock and then the other above it and began to climb.
it took 5 minutes to get back to the top. when i got to solid ground i sat on a rock and began to wring out my long dark brown hair. once i was finished i tied it up in a high ponytail. as i begun to walk home i decided to go home in the morning instead of explaining why im dripping wet. as i walked the lonely streets of gotham, i remember that i left my backpack back where i saved the lady. i turned and went back to that alley where i left my stuff hoping batman wasnt there and that he didnt find my stuff. when i peeked around the corner i didnt see batman so i walk towards the dumpster and jumped up on it i turned to the building directly in across from the dumpster, the building had used to be apartments but now they were abandoned. i jumped on to the fire escape with surpisingly little noise.
i walked up the 5 or so flights of stairs to the roof. i walked acrossed the roof, passed the door that lead inside to the shaded corner of the roof where i hid my stuff. i pulled out my back up clothes and put them on. i layed out my wet clothes which just so happen to be my parts of my school uniform. they were destroyed, the white collared shirt was stained and the black pleated skirt wasnt to bad when it was wet, i knew when it dried it would be stiff and horribly wrinkled.
"well im not going to school tomorrow." i said to myself. since my clothes were destroyed if i did go to school then i would have to buy another uniform before i could go,to replace the one i ruined since i need to have one for everyone of the 5 school days . i pulled out my phone and checked the time it was 9:30 pm. i called my legal guardian, which was my foster mother, i told her i would be staying at a friends house.
"okay but do you have one of your uniforms with you?" she asked
"yes, i do." i told her. technically it wasnt a lie i did have one i just couldnt wear it.
"bye, see you tomorrow." she told me.
"bye, see you later." i said hanging up. i yawned and made sure that i was well hidden before i went to sleep on the roof. i had a restless sleep i kept dreaming that i was being chased by darkness, pure evil darkness. i know it sounds like a 7year olds dream but ive been afraid of darkness ever since i got out of the hell my last adoptive parents put me through, ive left it all behind me but the wounds of my past not only creep in to my mind at the worse times, but they refuse to heal. just as the darkness was about to get me i was awoken suddenly.
i looked around i saw my now dry clothes. i grabbed the shirt and i stuffed it in my backpack. i grabbed the skirt next and found that i was right the skirt was not only was it stiff and horribly wrinkled it was faded, so if i wore it i would get in trouble. i shoved it in my backpack with the shirt. i listened to the sounds around me and i heard voices. i grabbed my backpack and ran across the rooftop. i had just gotten past the door that lead into the building when it swung open and i froze in midstep as 2 boys started to walk in.
