This is based off the Batman Arkham Asylum game, just so ya know ^^. I hope you all enjoy! Please read and review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Batman...*Sad sigh*
Chapter 1: A Birthday Present
I had a little more excitement in me than usual, and I was guessing that was due to the fact it was my 16th birthday. I stood in front of my mirror, stroking my red hair with a brush like I had been for about 10 minutes straight. Brushing it for so long made it smooth now to feel. It was long, like, flow down some-what-close-to-my-butt long, parted to the side, and pin straight; though I did wish for curls sometimes. My eyes were a dark green, end of story. I was tall and had features like a 16 year old girl should. I wasn't overweight, yet I wasn't thin, I was in the middle, which was fine for me really. I wasn't all too curvy, somewhat but not really much enough to show off. I observed myself over in the mirror, setting the brush down finally on my dresser and gave a smile of satisfactory. I hated my smile, sure I liked the dark pink color of my lips, but I hated my teeth. When I smiled, I looked like a vampire because two of my teeth stuck out more than they should of, and they were sharp. I had always begged my mom for braces but she would always just tell me 'natural beauty is the best' as a reply. I frowned and stopped smiling as I glanced up at my clock, only 8:22 am. Guests wouldn't arrive for my party until 9:30. I know what you're thinking, oh you're gonna have 20+ friends there and throw this huge party! No. Not even close. My mom never believed in sweet sixteens, so I was going to have a quiet party with only my family there at the house, fun? Not really. But none the less, I was excited. I slipped off my PJ's and pulled open my drawer, digging through it to find something to wear. When I finally found one of my favorite shirts I yanked it out and pulled it over my head, avoiding messing up my hair. It was my Batman shirt, a simple black t-shirt with Batman's symbol, a black bat in a yellow oval. I pulled the shirt down and let it hug my body, as my gaze shifted back up to the mirror. I loved Batman, I didn't know a lot about it, but I still loved it. I used to watch it when I was a little kid and when I grew up it sorta just stuck with me. I pulled on my dark skinny jeans and buckled my black studded belt, when I heard my mom calling my name I quickly jammed on my black uggs and ran out the door. I found my mom in the kitchen pouring herself a cup of coffee as she glanced down at the newspaper sprawled out on the kitchen counter.
"Morning mom." I greeted, this caught her attention, she looked up and grinned happily before replying.
"Happy Birthday honey." She exclaimed cheerfully, I nodded in thanks at this and walked over to the cupboard as my mom went back to reading her paper. "Excited for today?" I heard her ask as I pulled out a box of cereal and shut the door. I raised an eyebrow briefly in thought before shrugging and pulling out a bowl from one of the top cabinets.
"Yeah, I guess." Was all I said back simply, she turned to me slightly at this and looked at me questionably. At first I wanted to add on something to save myself, but decided it would of been best just to leave the conversation at that. So I remained silent. Mom didn't say anything else and sensed what I was thinking, I could see a hint of disappointment in her face from the corner of my eye as she took another sip of coffee and went to the living room.
"Grandpa will be here soon." I heard her voice from the other room as I just finished pouring my milk into the bowl. Grandpa was always the earliest to arrive, which meant he was also always the first. I couldn't help but smile at this, I loved my grandpa, him and I have always had this special connection. I could sense my mom becoming impatient with me not giving her an immediate response, so she cleared her throat. I snapped out of my thoughts and looked up at her from the dinning room table, after taking in a few more moments of her stare I finally nodded.
"Okay, fine with me." I told her, taking another spoonful of coco puffs. The room fell silent. Not the good kind where it's sort of like, 'I like this, lets keep it this way' silence. No, it was more of a 'I can't take it anymore, someone say something!' silence. I scratched the back of my neck, glancing down at the few coco puffs left swirling around in the milk. My gaze shifted up to look at my mom again who had reached for the TV remote. Obviously, she had felt the strange feeling lingering in the air as well as she clicked on the flat screen. As soon as she had, a familiar music drifted through the air that once held silence. I recognized it immediately, the Batman theme song. I nearly fell out of my chair as I stumbled to the living room desperately, no way was I missing it. I plopped down on the couch and brought my legs up, hugging them tightly as my eyes became glued to the TV. Mom just laughed a bit at my action, taking another sip from her coffee mug. The title for the episode came up 'Joker's Millions'. I had seen the episode before but didn't really care, anything Batman was fine for me. Heck, one time I watched 'Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker' on DVD 12 times in one week. I laughed, I gasped, I giggled, I got angry, I had all those little kid emotions in watching just one episode. Just as I thought things couldn't get any better, another episode came on after. I squealed and clapped as the words 'Beware the Creeper' came across the screen. I saw mom smile out of the corner of her eye as I leaned in closer to the screen, mouthing along to what they were saying.
"Think Bats saw you putty tat?" I mouthed what Harley Quinn asked, I smiled when The Joker did on screen. "Oh he did, he did. He'd never miss a show about me. He's my biggest fan." I mouthed Joker's reply as he said it, I giggled a bit at the lame joke and leaned back in my spot, continuing to watch. The episode was about halfway through before I heard a knock on the door, making me jump slightly. I stood up from the couch and stretched while heading downstairs towards the front door. I opened it and immediatly my eyes widened as I hugged the figure in the doorway.
"Grandpa!" I exclaimed happily, he chuckled and hugged back whole heartily.
"Happy Birthday Amber." He told me, I released my grip on him and broke the hug, nodding. I gestured for him to come inside and he happily obliged. I shut the door after he had walked in and followed him up the stairs to the main floor.
"Batman huh?" He asked, taking notice of what was playing on the TV screen. I looked at the TV, then back at him before nodding.
"Well then it seems I made a good choice with your gift." He said, reaching into a plastic shopping bag and pulling out a wrapped gift, I couldn't help but squeal a bit in excitement.
"Now dad, maybe we should wait for the rest of the guests to get here." My mom suggested, now rising from her seat and looking at Grandpa. He waved a hand at her as a reply.
"Oh Sophia, let the girl have some pre-party fun." He told her, tossing me the present, which I reluctantly caught. I looked it over, wondering what it could be exactly. I rotated it in my hands observing it closely, I was building suspense.
"Come on kiddo, open it." Grandpa ordered, obviously, he didn't like my suspense building..ness. I smiled slightly and giggled silently, ripping off the wrapping paper. Once I could clearly see what was under it, I gaped. It really was it. Batman: Arkham Asylum, the video game. I squealed in pure delight and hugged the game tightly to my chest chanting 'thank you' over and over again. My Grandpa let a chuckle escaped and nodded in a way to say 'you're welcome'. I looked at the game one more time, a smile stretching across my face.
"Well, aren't you going to play it?" He asked, as soon as he had I straightened up and nodded rapidly. My mom frowned at this as I rushed down the stairs to the finished basement.
"Just come back upstairs when others arrive Amber!" I heard mom call after me, I stopped at the bottom of the steps.
"Sure thing mom." I replied as I rushed into the room and straight to my X-box. Due to my excitement it was kinda difficult to take off the plastic from the game and open the case itself. But once I finally had, I couldn't have been much faster with putting the game in the slot of the X-box. I grabbed one of my remotes and plopped down on the couch, ready to play. I got through the title screen, chose a new slot to play, chose the normal difficulty and started. I bounced up and down in my spot, the anticipation killing me. I had been wanting to play Arkham Asylum for the longest time, so that's why I couldn't have been happier to get it. Lightning struck and the Bat signal emerged from the clouds, I squealed. But all my excitement seized to an immediate stop as the screen froze. My face was expressionless for a few moments before I finally frowned.
"No!" I pouted, waving my controller around rapidly. I hastily got up from spot and rushed over to my X-box.
"Why isn't it working? It must be the X-box..." I tried to convince myself, gently tapping the X-box, then when that didn't work I smacked it angrily. I shivered a bit as a wind brushed against me and blew my hair slightly. I sighed and looked over my X-box, why di-...wind? I finally realized wind couldn't really be downstairs, it's not like there was a draft. I looked to my TV...was...was that where the wind was coming from? It couldn't be...But before any other thoughts could cross my mind the wind picked up and swirled around me with a few leaves here and there.
"What the?" I asked no one in particular, as the wind completely swirled around me. With that, I blacked out.
Well, chapter one. Hope ya'll enjoyed! Please read and Review.