Hey guys
Alright, a new story and probably a short few chapters for now. This is one I've been working on for some time and ultimately got this to where I'm ready to start posting it.
I'll do my explaining in the bottom A/N.
On with the story
Falcone's mansion in Gotham
Selina sitting on a couch is listening to Tabitha, Barbara and Sofia some feet away talking about what to do now about their upcoming war.
Only Selina can't help but keep going over Martin dying along with her role in it. Selina bitterly wonders, is this what she has been reduced to? When did selling guns and kidnapping kids become who she is anymore?
Especially after she got kidnapped herself years ago. Selina realizes if this what moving up in the criminal underworld by working with Barbara and Tabitha, she's done. Because Selina knows even, she has her lines she won't cross and hurting kids is one of them, until now. Just willing skipped over that line Selina notes in disgust.
Making a decision Selina climbs to her feet with heading for a door across the room, leave the Sirens and every one of them behind when a voice stops her.
"Where are you going?" Tabitha asks.
"Leaving" Selina replies without turning around.
"Are you returning soon because we've got plans to discuss?" Tabitha asks.
"No, I'm not coming back. Ever" Selina replies firmly.
"Why?" Tabitha asks.
Turning around to face the three of them "That kid was killed because of us and kidnapping kids? Selling guns illegally? You three are monsters who have murdered and hurt innocent people without remorse. I'm not becoming one of you. I'm a thief" Selina replies heatedly, pain and guilt filled "And that's all I am. I've already gone too far."
"If you want out then you die Ms. Kyle. One of you please kill the street trash" Sofia says flatly.
"Not a problem, if you're not going to be one of us, we don't need you" Barbara replies pulling out her handgun.
"As much as I like you, I could tell our partnership would never last since you always were too weak to be in this life anyway" Tabitha says.
Tabitha unlatching her whip sends it towards Selina who rolls out of the way only for Tabitha to attack again causing the whip to wrap around Selina's legs and pull her to the ground, hard. Selina glares at her three attackers while hurriedly undoing the whip around her ankles. Barbara walks over with pressing the gun barrel to Selina's head, gleefully smiling just as Selina frees herself.
"You three can go to hell" Selina growls.
"Blowing your brains out is going to be so much more fun since you're a girl with some fight in her and I like that" Barbara replies grinning.
From the corner of the room a male, deep and angry growl "Then you're going to love me."
Startled Sofia, Tabitha and Barbara all turn to see a man standing in the corner by a door and having heard the reports fear creeps into all three of them upon realizing who it is.
Batman's in a black bodysuit that has armor plates in a broken layout in the upper body and a dark cape extending down from his shoulders to his feet. A black cowl with short ears covering Batman's head. A black bat symbol is on his chest and a dark, colored utility belt is around the dark knight's waist containing an assortment of capsules and pouches.
This momentary distraction is all Selina needs to move upwards knocking the gun from Barbara's hand before kicking the woman into the couch.
Meanwhile, Batman rapidly throws two small batarangs through the air at Sofia. One of the pieces of metal goes directly into Sofia Falcone's left eye, just not deep enough to kill her, and the other one in her left arm.
As Falcone goes down onto the ground screaming in agony Tabitha sending her whip sailing through the air towards the vigilante. Only for Batman to catch it in midair before pulling the whip out of Tabitha's hands, and tossing it across the room.
"That's not going to work" Batman says walking towards Tabitha, who takes a step back afraid.
Regaining her composure Tabitha quickly attacks Batman with a variety of punches, only Bruce is no longer the teenager she kidnapped years ago for her brother. The Dark Knight's now able to block nearly every single one of her blows without struggle and make successful hits of his own. All these past few years of grueling training with Alfred and briefly from the League of Shadows has indeed not been for nothing.
Barbara climbs to her feet just as Selina removes her own whip and sends the leather strip right into Barbara's face cutting into her flesh leaving a nasty, bloody gash.
Reeling back Kean goes to pull out a knife only too late since Selina has already walked over with slashing the insane woman across her face with her clawed gloves, then punches Barbara in the stomach sending Kean to the floor. Not even hesitating Selina brings her foot down onto Barbara's head knocking the insane woman out.
Meanwhile throws a punch only Batman grabbing her arm twists until breaking it before then kicking her into a nearby wooden table hard enough to break the table. Sofia grabbing ahold of the bloodied batarang in her eye painfully pulls it out with a yell and removing a revolver from her coat gets to her feet.
As Tabitha gets up Bruce grabbing her throat angrily punches Tabitha in her face rendering the woman unconscious. Hearing movement Batman turns around to see Sofia pointing her weapon at the Dark Knight. Sofia goes to shoot when Selina cracks her whip right into Sofia's hand knocking the gun from it.
Realizing he's got an opportunity the Dark Knight rushes forward and as Sofia comes looking up from the gun on the floor Bruce kicks her in the face resulting in Falcone falling to the floor unconscious.
Batman turns to Selina with taking a step forward only Kyle raising up her whip gives it a quick crack against the wooden floor in warning.
Looking at her "I'm not here to hurt you" Bruce says.
"Really? I've heard the rumors about you bat and the people you take down are like me. A criminal and you want me to believe I'm the exception?" Selina asks skeptically.
"Yes, you are cat, and I'd rather you not stay here to get caught by the GCPD" Bruce replies in concern.
"B?" Selina asks in realization upon the use of her nickname, and the only person who really calls her that.
"Yeah it's me" Bruce replies.
Selina rolls her eyes upon hearing that come from Wayne using a voice modulator to make himself sound some years older and terrifying. Obviously, she knows for other people that are not used to him in his normal voice or knowing Bruce when he was an adorable kid, it is effective. Plus, the suit helps the scary factor.
"Of course. You're the only person I would see being stupid enough to be the Batman" Selina says with a scoff.
"We need to get going because I sent a tip to Captain Gordon with dropping off a flash drive containing enough evidence to put the three of them away for life. Plus, the evidence I've gathered on Penguin's operations" Bruce replies.
"Guessing you've got a way out of here?" Selina asks.
Selina walks over as Batman throws capsule at the window which explodes upon impact creating a decent size hole allowing them to make their way through, onto the manicured lawn.
Only to come upon Penguin and Victor Zsasz who has both his guns drawn while Penguin is using his umbrella as a cane.
Hope you all enjoyed this and let me know what you think in a review if you want.
To start off I disliked Selina's time with the Sirens for two reasons.
First story-wise, it totally sucked because Selina became a background character when she was Barbara's helper and really nothing else. I saw far more dimensions to Selina as a character when she's hanging around Bruce, not just some thug for Kean.
Now in season 4 with Selina being involved with the kidnapping of Martin, and how she kept hanging out with Barbra and Tabitha following this seemingly without issue.
I don't buy she would be perfectly fine with that, why? Selina in 1x02 got kidnapped herself and in season 2 helped free Bruce from getting kidnapped then nearly killed by the St. Order of Dumas.
So clearly Selina would have issues kidnapping either herself or another person. Making the Martin thing to me, an out of character moment.
I see Selina Kyle as a person with a code despite her lifestyle and lines she won't cross.
Which speaking of Bruce in this story I debated having Bruce be in his early prototype vigilante gear, with eventually just going ah screw it, I'm going to make Bruce full-on Batman.
And yes, Bruce despite having already killed Ras al Ghul did not go on his drinking playboy thing which I found to be as annoying as Laurel Lance's drug/alcohol addiction story in Arrow season 2.
So a bit of trivia is with Selina being called Cat in Gotham is a reference her name of The Cat in her earliest appearances starting from Batman issue #1, April 25, 1940.
It was not until three years later in Batman issue #15, March 1943 when Selina finally got the Catwoman name and seven years later in Batman issue #62, October 11, 1950 is when she finally got her real name of Selina Kyle.
Just for those who may not know that info.
For this, it was fun writing Bruce and Selina fighting together in a very similar Batman and Catwoman type sequence. Which more of that coming in the next chapter given Penguin and Zsasz just showed up.
Until next time
