Summary: Alternate Ending to 4X21. Instead of Selina being shot by Jeremiah being shot, Bruce takes the bullet. Read on to see what Selina does. I hope you enjoy this as I came up with the idea after I was rewatching Gotham and I thought "What if Selina didn't become Catwoman and decided to become a hero?"
I don't own Gotham, DC or any of its characters. But I do own this idea.
Wayne Manor:
After returning from saving Alfred, Bruce and Selina sat in the Study while Alfred went upstairs to take a shower. Bruce sat down next to Selina who placed her legs on his and she smiled.
"Thank you again," Bruce smiled as he held Selina's hand and looked into her eyes. "I don't know what would've happened if you weren't there." Bruce leant in towards Selina, Selina mirrored Bruce, the two kissed each other, Selina placed her right hand on the back of Bruce's head.
"You're welcome," The two glazed into each others' eyes and tried to smile, Selina was worried about Bruce being figure of obsession towards Jeremiah. "Why do you think he's so obsessed with you?" Bruce sat back on the couch, he was still holding Selina's hand which didn't bother her.
"Jeremiah said all it takes is one bad day to drive a person insane," Bruce looked at Selina, Selina was becoming more concerned about Jeremiah's obsession to the man she had fallen in love with. "I wonder if my parents dying made me a little insane. Maybe he sensed that, maybe he wanted to bring it out." Selina shook her as she leant closer towards Bruce, she placed her other hand on top of Bruce's hand.
"Well, you proved him wrong." Selina smiled as she looked at Bruce, the two were about to kiss when they heard footsteps, as they turned to look and thought it was Alfred; it turned out to be Jeremiah.
"To be fair, the day's not over yet" Jeremiah took out a gun and pointed at Selina, Selina stood up to block Bruce but Jeremiah never moved the direction of the gun: he was aiming it at Selina! Bruce looked at Selina and decided to either be heroic or stupid; Jeremiah was about to pull the trigger but Bruce pushed Selina out of the way and he took the bullet in the stomach, Selina fell down and watched as Bruce fell down on to the table. Alfred busted into the living room and tackled Jeremiah, he started to beat him while Selina ran over to Bruce.
"BRUCE! BRUCE!" Selina screamed as she put pressure on to Bruce's wound, Alfred called the GCPD as Jeremiah was unconscious then he called an ambulance.
Gotham General Hospital:
Alfred had went to the GCPD to inform Jim about what's happened, they hated Jeremiah for shooting Bruce even though he wasn't the target. Meanwhile, Selina was at the hospital as she wanted to be with Bruce if he woke up but there was something else on her mind: killing Jeremiah for what he did. A nurse walked over to Selina and looked at her then looked at her clipboard.
"Are you a relative of Mister Wayne?" The nurse asked and Selina shook her head then looked at Bruce.
"I'm his girlfriend," Selina told her and the nurse held a pen close to the paper, Selina knew what that meant. "My name is Selina Kyle, I'm currently living at Wayne Manor with my boyfriend who as you see is in a bloody coma!" Selina shouted as she punched a wall, the nurse sat her down then sat next to her.
"Keep calm, Miss Kyle," The nurse advised and Selina looked up at Bruce. "The bullet pierced his spinal cord, the doctors operated successfully but he hasn't woken yet." The nurse said as she looked at the information she had. "They even said that they aren't sure about the outcome." Selina felt like her heart was breaking so she stormed off so she could end the nightmare by ending Jeremiah.
GCPD:
Selina arrived at the precinct to that everyone was busying, she looked up and saw Alfred and Jim talking to each other. Selina ran up the staircase to talk to them about Bruce and the plan of attack.
"Miss Kyle, how's Master Bruce?" Alfred asked, Selina didn't answer but she sat down and looked at the ground. "How bad is it?" Alfred asked as he knelt down and looked at her.
"They don't know if he's going to wake up or if he's going to stay in a coma," Selina told them, Alfred hugged Selina to comfort her and Jim looked at her ground as he felt sorry for the pair. "Where is he?"Selina asked as she looked at Jim, her eyes were flooded with tears but Jim shook his head.
"I can't tell you that, Selina." Jim told her, Selina jumped out of the chair then grabbed the Captain by the collar, every officer looked at the situation then Harvey ran upstairs to stop it.
"If you won't tell me, I'll look for him myself." Selina told the Captain and she was about to walk past Harvey when he cuffed her which surprised Selina then he stuck her in a cell. "Get me out! He did this to Bruce!" Selina screamed, Jim looked at the young woman and noticed how much she had changed since she met Bruce. "It was meant to be me, not him." Selina fell on to the cell floor and hugged her legs, Jim and Harvey turned and looked at Alfred.
"What does she mean by that?" Harvey asked, Alfred sat down and looked at the detectives then Jim figured out what Selina meant.
"Jeremiah was there to shoot Selina to get to Bruce," Jim figured out and Alfred nodded. "And with Bruce caring for Selina like he does, he took the shot to project her." He added, the three started to figure out how to stop Jeremiah's bombs but they didn't see Lucius left Selina out and dragged her down the hall.
"Why did you help me?" Selina asked and Lucius handed her a briefcase. "What's in this?" Lucius saw some officers coming so he dragged her into the parking lot.
Parking lot:
The pair arrived at Lucius' car then he took the briefcase and showed all black outfit with a mask on the top. Selina took the mask out then remembered that she saw someone with the exact identical style.
"I made this for Bruce, he wanted to go out and make Gotham a better place," Lucius told her as Selina cared about Bruce. "I need you to keep this safe for him when he wakes up." But Selina had a different plan for the suit, she noticed the the mask had the style of a bat and there were numerous bit of technology and equipment inside. For now, she pretended to agree with Lucius and took it back to Wayne Manor but she didn't say she wasn't going to use it.
The Narrows:
Nygma and Lee had returned to their hideout to get some supplies before they left to get out of Gotham, it was all quiet until they looked up and saw the roof crash down near them. When the dust had cleared, a dark figure walked out but used a whip to hit Edward in the stomach then the whip smacked the gun in Lee's hand.
"Where is Jeremiah Valeska?" Shouted the figure as they walked out, their hair was now straight and the colour was dark red. The pair didn't answer so the figure ran towards Lee and kicked her then pinned Edward against the window, the pair thought it couldn't get any worse but it did when the figure took out a gun. "I won't ask again: where is Jeremiah!" She shouted, Edd didn't know then Lee got up off the floor.
"I don't know where he is but I heard he was meeting a partner," Lee told the assaulter, she then took out a gun and shot it at the roof which fired a grabbing hook then it pulled her up into the rain.
GCPD:
The figure returned to the rooftop of the GCPD but didn't count on seeing Alfred and Lucius chatting there, they looked at the suit and knew who it was.
"Miss Kyle?" Alfred asked, the figure removed the mask to reveal Selina's face: she was wearing black lipstick and dark eyeshadow to try and make herself hard to identity. "What have you been doing?" Alfred asked, Selina sat on the edge of the roof and looked over Gotham.
"I'm doing what Bruce set out to do: protect his home, our home," Selina answered, she looked at the mask then looked at the two. "I want to do this for Bruce, make it better for when wakes up." Selina told them then Lucius stepped forward and examined the suit on Selina then nodded.
"Then if you're going to do that, we need to get fitted up with a suit that suits you." Lucius suggested which made Alfred feel a bit happy that Bruce's vision for a better Gotham had got someone else's attention.
"What will we be calling ourselves then, Miss Kyle?" Alfred asked which made Selina look a bit puzzled. "You want to be a protector of the city, don't you?" Alfred asked her as he walked towards Selina.
"Yes!" Shouted Selina as she got up and looked at Alfred. "I want Bruce to be happy when he wakes up. I want him to a Gotham that is filled with happiness, not evil." Selina explained. "Gotham is his home so I'll do what I can for him." Selina spoke and the two men were impressed. "And as for a name," Selina paused as she looked at the mask. "How does Batwoman sound?" Selina asked as he turned around to face the city, Alfred and Lucius nodded then the three walked into the GCPD to get a better suit ready for Selina.
Chapter 1 finished but there's more to come for Selina and her transformation. How will her encounter with Jeremiah go? Will Bruce wake up? Will Gotham change or get worse?
Find out next time.