I let out a yawn as the speaker, William Timothy, went on about how donating to the Gotham Library will help the city be safer. My parents, even though they are the second richest people in Gotham, never donate to any cause. Bruce Wayne on the other hand is the richest man in gotham and he just donates to any and every cause. He had already donated 900,000 dollars.
Normally I would beg my parents to donate at least 100,000 but they always say something like "If we save up our money, and Bruce spends all of his then we will be the richest people in Gotham." After getting that answer so many times I finally just gave up. William ended his speech with " Thank you for coming and thank you for donating. There will be a box in the cocktail area for anyone else who wants to donate." Everyone clapped then got up and started socializing. My family got up and ready to leave. My dad sent a quick text to the butler then we headed for the back door. My parents never stayed after the major donating because they knew Bruce had already donated his maximum. We walked down the long hall that lead to the back door, in the middle was Bruce.
He was just looking at some random book, but as soon as he saw us he put it down and asked " Why are you leaving so soon?"
"Little one's getting tired" he replied. Little one? I'm fifteen, how is that little? I just shrugged and went along with it. He elbowed me in the back, which was the queue. I let out a fake yawn.
We said our good byes then headed towards our butler waiting by the door.
The butler pushed open the heavy medal door that lead to the alley. Apparently the limo was at the end of it. The butler went down the concrete steps first. I was in between my Mom and Dad. They would kill me if I called them that though, they always wanted me to call them Mother, Father, Miss, Mister, or sometimes even Master when they were trying to impress their friends.
At the bottom of the stairs I saw a huge puddle, without thinking I ran for it and jumped in. Normally the splash would've gone four feet at the most just barely missing my parents, but nothing about me is normal. I felt a tugging in my stomach as soon as my feet touched the water. I have had this feeling many times before and normally it results in being grounded. The water surged up in the air making a funnel around me. I looked at my parents disapproving faces, then at the butlers terrified face.
"There goes another butler" I muttered under my breath.
Just like that the water fell soaking my parents and the now trembling butler. I fell to my hands and knees exhausted from my performance. My parents just looked at me shocked and disappointed because someone might have seen. I was about to start crying. Why couldn't I be like normal kids, why couldn't I have just been a perfect kid for one night? All of my self pity stopped when I heard footsteps, then the click of a gun being shot. Everything around me slowed down. I stood up and looked around when all of a sudden the butler fell to the ground. I ran over to him but it was a perfect shot right through his heart. My parents ran over to me. They looked at me even more shocked than before.
"How could you do this?" My father asked looking straight at me.
"What? You think that I have a hidden gun? How could you think I did this?"
" Look at your poor mother she will never forget this it will haunt her dreams forever." I looked at my Moms face. She gave me that fake "I'm terrified" look, then right on queue she put her head into my fathers chest and started sobbing.
"But I didn't…" There was another "click" then "boom". I tried to find out where the sound came from, but I just couldn't see anything through the newly formed fog. I turned to my parents to see if their thick minds had registered that I wasn't the killer but it was too late. The next bullet had hit both of them. My dad was still barely breathing and I went over to his side.
"I'm sorry" I said. All of the emotions welled up inside me finally came out and I started crying.
"You should be" he coughed out. Those were the last words he said to me. I stood up not sure if I should be mad or sad. I turned straight toward the killer. I got that tugging feeling again. My whole body was instantly surrounded by a blue flame. My feet no longer were touching the ground as I lunged for the killer. His body was squashed like a bug against the side of the building from the impact. I stepped back letting my tears extinguish my flames. The killers lifeless body fell to the ground. Even more exhausted then before, I went back to my parents side and sat down on the steps. It was starting to rain, kind of like it does in the movies when someone dies.
I looked up at the sky letting the rain fall into my eyes. Then I saw it. Up in the sky was the iconic Bat symbol. I heard police sirens getting closer. I heard something up above my head in the fire escape. I looked up but didn't see anything, just like when I couldn't see the killer. If I would have seen him the first time everyone would still be alive. Just the thought of that sent me into tears again. The blue and red flashing of the police cars showed the silhouette of the limo. One of the cops came around the corner with a flashlight in one hand and a gun in the other. Right behind him came another guy with a camera. I looked at myself, hair falling out of my bun, white dress stained in blood and mud, and my shoes were burned from my flames. My mother would have had a heart attack if she wasn't already dead. I looked up at the fire escape this time I saw a man dressed in all black wearing a cape and a mask with ears. I jumped because he came out of no where and I fell off the step, ruining my dress even more. He hopped down from the fire escape with such grace and beauty. Then I looked at his face and stood up in terror ready to run. Slowly I turned around with my eyes still on the man. As my vision became clearer I started to see that there were creeps in Halloween costumes all around me. One of the guys appeared younger, he didn't have the cape or creepy ears on his mask.
Then it hit me this must be Batman and his sidekicks. All their information came to me, Batman: Bruce Wayne, Nightwing: Richard Grayson, Robin: Tim Drake, Batgirl: Barbra Gordon. Then the world went dark and I passed out.
