BATMAN BEYOND

"OLD FRIENDS"

Chapter one: Arrivals
By: Luna09

Terry McGinnis wakes up in his room. Last night was a riot. Chasing bad guys and kicking their butts. He yawned as he looked at the clock.

"Aw crap! I slept in again!" Terry yelled as he shot up in his bed. Terry got up quickly and dressed in his normal black shirt with jeans. He grabbed his coat and ran into the kitchen.

"Hi Mom! Bye Mom!" Terry said grabbing a piece of toast that was lying on the table.

"Hold it right there young man! I have some exciting news to tell you!" Terry's mom, Mary McGinnis, said with her eyes beaming. Terry rolled his eyes.

"Can't it wait till I get home?" Terry said impatiently. Mrs. McGinnis sighed and folded her arms.
"I suppose, but you better hurry or you'll be late for school again!"
"I know mom! Bye!" Terry says quickly as he runs out the door with the piece of toast in his mouth.

Rebecca Drake ran her fingers to her long black hair as she waited on the train. She wasn't to thrilled of coming back to Gotham, but her dad already made her. Rebecca sighed as she leaned back on the bench. A kid not far away played happily with the birds as his mom read a newspaper. Rebecca smiled seeing the little boy chase the flapping creatures around and around. Suddenly, the train came whirling in. The boy didn't notice and was looking over the railing. Quickly, Rebecca shot up and grabbed the boy before the train came, which missed them by centimeters. Rebecca sighed as she walked towards the boy's mother. The boy's mother screamed from fright. Rebecca handed the scared mother her child. She hugged him tightly.
"Thank you! Thank God for you, Miss!" The boy's mother said between her weeps of crying.
"Anytime," Rebecca said with a smile. She looked behind her as the train's doors opened up. The engineer smiled at her. With a smile back, Rebecca grabbed her things and walked onto the train.

Terry slept soundly on the desk in the science room. Though he slept in this morning, he was still tired. Bruce was making him run late, not with all the crime fighting, but groceries too.

"Mr. McGinnis! Wake up!" Mrs. Wet said slamming a textbook on Terry's desk. In other words, it was Terry's wake up call. The rest of the people in the room roared with laughter as Terry shot up from his catnap, "I would advise you to keep yourself awake, Terry! This is the fourth time this week. Next time I catch you sleeping in my class, you'll be seeing yourself in detention. Do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal..." Terry said glaring up at the teacher.

"Good, now get out of my sight. Class dismissed," Mrs. Wet said sneering back at her student.

"Couldn't say it better myself, sir," Terry smirked as he got up and walked out of the science room. His cell phone rang. It was Bruce.

"What's up?" Terry said into his cell phone.

"Burglary, at JNK's diamond store," Bruce Wayne said from the receiver of Terry's cell phone.

"On it," Terry said ending Bruce's conversation. He opened his locker and grabbed his book bag.

Terry, AKA Batman, flew in the day light to the tall crystal building. He entered the hole that was drawn on the side of the building. Papers and parts of were once a desk was scattered around the floor of the room.

"Someone took the advantage of the clearance sale..." Batman joked to himself as he took a better look around the room. Batman stepped around the pieces of wood, not trying to make a sound. He slid the door open and crept down the hallway. There he could hear voices in a room.

"What are we gonna do now boss?" A high pitched voice said from no where.

"What do ya think were doing, ya big dope! We're gonna steal the rest of the jewels and try not to get caught by the cops again!" Said a dark voice. Batman the heard a slap that sounded like a slap on the back of someone's head.

"That's a good plan, a good plan!" The high pitched voice said. The two burglars ran out in the hallway where Batman stood. They stopped dead in their tracks as they saw the pointed ear hero.

"May I help you, ladies?" Batman joked as he smiled at the two black faced robbers. The big robber on the right pulled out a five inch riffle. Batman brought out a batrang and threw it at the burglar's hand. Batman ran in and kick the other burglar in the face, knocking him out.

"Why you little bat brat!" The robber with the deep voice said. The big man ran towards Batman, but the dark knight just smirked. He bent down and threw a batrang at the burglar's feet, causing the burglar to smack to the ground.

"Thanks for shopping at JNK's diamond store! Hope to see you two again soon!" Batman said smiling over the knocked out criminals. Batman then jumped out the nearest window and flew off in the daylight.

Terry walked into the Batcave. Bruce sat at his computer looking over old documents.

"What ya lookin' at?" Terry asked as he stood next to the old dark knight.

"Old files on villains, the Joker, the Riddler, Ivy, Slade,"Bruce said clicking through the files on the old villains.

"Slade? Never heard of him..." Terry said as he took of his Batman mask.

"He was Nightwing's enemy, like I was with the Joker. Caused a lot damage in the world," Bruce said clicking on Slade's file, bringing up a profile and a picture of the eye patched lunatic.

"What happened to him?" Terry asked as he looked at the old villain.

"Last time we ever heard of him he changed his name to Deathstroke and was no where to be seen," Bruce said with a sigh.

"Did he die?" Terry asked looking down at Bruce.

"I don't know. Dick's been searching for years..." Bruce said as he folded his hands together.

"Weird..." Terry finished as he looked at the picture again. Then out of no where, Terry's cell phone rang.

"Hello?" Terry said into the black cell phone.

"Terry, it's your mother. Can you ask Mr. Wayne if he can let you off early. We have a guest over," Mrs. McGinnis said excitedly.

"Um, mom, I'm kinda-"

"Go," Bruce said without hesitating to look up.

"What?" Terry was confused. Bruce never let him off early before.

"Do what I say and go," Bruce said, yet again not looking up.

"Ok, whatever. I'll be there in a few mom..." Terry said shutting off his cell phone and grabbing his back pack.

Terry knocked the apartment door. His mom answered it with a smile.

"Terry! You made it!" Mrs. McGinnis said giving her son a hug. Terry was shocked to see her mother in such a happy mood.

"Mom? Are you ok?" Terry joked as he looked at his mother strangely.

"Don't be so silly Terry. Remember who I was trying to talk about this morning?"

"Yes, and?"

"Well, she's here!"

"She? Who?"

"Don't tell me you didn't tell him, Mrs. McGinnis!" Said a girl's voice behind Mrs. McGinnis. A girl with long black hair stood in the doorway. Terry was shocked to see who it was.

"Becca?!" Terry said, his eyes widening.

"The one and only," Rebecca said walking forward by Terry's mom.

"I haven't seen you since you moved to Smallville!" Terry said giving his long time friend a hug.

"How short ago was that for you to remember?" Rebecca said with a laugh. Terry looked at her as she laughed. The family friend's daughter smiled from her joke. Rebecca walked back into the family room and sat down, Terry sitting in a chair across from her.

"Um... Why are you here?" Terry asked as stared at Rebecca playing with her hair.

"Terry!" Mrs. McGinnis barked as she laid down a plate of chocolate chip cookies.

"That's ok Mrs. McGinnis. Dad made me come... said I needed to spend time with the family friends... So I heaved myself out of my town and ended up here," Rebecca said taking a cookie and biting into the treat.

"Well, since Matt is away at camp, Terry, do you mind helping Rebecca move her things?" Mrs. McGinnis said with a smile. Terry looked up at her like she was crazy.

"No, no. I'll stay on the couch. I'm sure Terry Jr. doesn't want a teenaged girl sleeping in his bed," Rebecca said with a smile. Rebecca winked at the two and got up. She walked into the bathroom.

"Now, Ter, I want you to make Rebecca as comfortable as possible! Would it be a problem to bring her to school tomorrow? Considering she's probably gonna stay here for a while..." Terry's mom asked as she walked into the kitchen.

"What make's you so sure?" Terry asked as he looked over at her.

"Did you see her suitcase?" Mrs. McGinnis said pointing to the huge suitcase in the corner of the room. Terry went wide eyed for a second.

"Oh... well... at least someone will be watching over me if I fall asleep in class..."