(Eight years earlier)
Rinnngg-Rinnngg
"Wyane Manor"
"..."
"I... See..."
"..."
"Yes, of course..."
"..."
"Mr. Wayne will be there as soon as... possible..."
Batcave
"Master Bruce?"
He cocked a eyebrow at the ...uncertain tone in his life-long friend and confident, "Yes, Alfred?"
"How much do you know about your ...mother's side of the family, Master Bruce?"
"The Kanes? Not much, Mother never enjoyed dealing with her family except for a few cousins... Why?"
"I see... Today you received a call from the Middleton Medical Center to inform you that... your aunt and her family was in a car accident and your mother was listed as a contact."
"My Aunt? I don't HAVE a aunt..."
Alfred cleared his throat and tugged at his gloves, "Actually... Master Bruce... you do..."
Bruce turned from the computer he was sitting at, the details of a string of plant thefts behind him, "I do? Then why don't I remember her?"
He tugged at his gloves again, "You were quite young last time you saw her and her family, Six I believe..."
Bruce leaned back in what Master Dick always called his 'Brooding Thinker' pose, feet flat, elbows on the armrests, fingertips barely touching, "Then what can you tell me about Mrs...?"
Alfred straightened his bow-tie "Possible, Master Bruce, Mrs. Ann Possible"
"...Mrs. Possible, Alfred? Like why she never came to see me, even after my parents died?"
Middleton Medical Center
"Mr. Wayne?" A female doctor hurried up to him as he entered the floor his niece(Niece!) was laying "My name is Dr. Sanig, I'm the doctor in charge of your niece."
Bruce gave a convincing jot of surprise, "N-niece? I didn't even know I had a Aunt until this morning..."
Dr. Sanig gave him a strange look as they walked down the hall, "Well, Kim's very lucky she survived..."
He interrupted the doctor, "What happened?" as he gazed into the hospital room.
"Well, from what the police told us. A car hit them in the driver's side and a fuel truck then ignited after it hit the car that had hit the Possible's car."
She laid a hand on the glass separating them from from the injured girl, "She was being pulled from the car when the fuel truck hit..."
Bruce winced, 'Good GOD, how is she still alive?' "H-how did she...?"
"...Survive? Who knows..." She sadly laughed, "...Maybe anything IS possible for a Possible..."
Bruce gave her a questioning look, Dr. Sanig explained, "The family's saying, 'Anything's possible for a Possible.'. Ann always... always said..." She broke down into tears.
Bruce glided her to to a chair and offered her a handkerchief, "So you knew my aunt?"
She nodded after she blew her nose, "Ye-Yes, She... she was Chief of Neurology and she was my mentor here..." She wiped her eyes, "The Drs. Possibles were well known in the area."
"Doctors Possibles?"
She nodded again, "Yes, her husband, James. He was a genius when it came to chemicals, we called him 'The Alchemist' sometimes..." She gave Bruce a sad smile "Actually a few of his concoctions helped save his daughter..."
Beep...
What's that noise?
Beep-beep...
Kim leaned forward, "So where are we going, dad?"
Beep-beep...
James looked back, "It's a surprise, Kimmie-cub!"
Beep-beep...
Kim flushed red, "Da-ad! Please, don't call me that!"
Beep-beep...
Kim turned to look out the window.
Beep-beep...
"What the!"
Sreeee- Crunch!
Beep-beep...
Hurts...
"Don't worry, miss I've got you..."
"LOOK OUT!"
Beep-beep...
FHOP!
Beep-beep...
Momma... it hurts...
Beep-beep...
(Present)
Beep-beep B-beep!
Kim jerked awake, a line of drool running down the side of her face. "Wha-?"
On the computer screen she had falling asleep in front of, the tone beeped again with the message 'One hour 'til first board meeting!" displayed
"Oh shit!"
Kim took a deep breath, 'Calm down, you've fought some of the worst scum of Gotham. You can handle these guys...'
Kim opened the doors, revealing... a boardroom with the president (Soon to be EX-president) of Rockwaller Industries, David Rockwaller, his second wife, Amanda, and the heads of Rockwaller Industries.
He stands, hand extended, "Good morning, ...Miss... Wayne..." He stumbled slightly when the person he was expecting failed to appear.
Kim firmly shook his hand, "Good morning, Mr. Rockwaller." She offered her hand to Mrs. Rockwaller, "Mrs. Rockwaller"
Amanda sniffed and ignored the offered hand.
Kim sat at the head of the table, where the final papers signing total control of Rockwaller Industries over to Wayne Enterprises laid and started reviewing them, 'Hmm, already signed? Well, that will save me some time...'
David coughed, "...Um, Miss Wayne..."
"Possible."
David tugged at his tie, "Um, excuse me?"
"My last name is Possible, not Wayne. I'm his cousin, not his sister." Kim laid the papers back down and pulled out a pen, "...And yes?"
David tugged at his tie again, 'Nasty nervous tic, no wonder he'd lost so many negotiations to Bruce...' "May I ask... When is your ...cousin... going to join us?"
Kim started signing the paperwork in front of her, "I'm afraid he's not going to, Mr. Rockwaller. When I woke up this morning he was already gone," Kim sighed, "...God knows where."
He swallowed and glanced at his wife, "...I see... So... May I ask who you're going to place in charge Rockwaller Industries?" He gestures to the various heads of departments, "Like Mr. Fugal of our financial department, he..."
"He's the only reason Rockwaller Industries has made any money the last three quarters." Kim interrupted, "But I've already choose the new head of Rockwaller Industries. That would be..."
With a final signature, "...Myself."
Amanda, who had been quietly stewing until now, leaped up from her chair and slammed her hands onto the table, "NO! This is a GOD-FEARING COMPANY, YOU-YOU..."
Kim leaned back, "You what, Mrs. Rockwaller?"
Amanda pointed a finger at Kim, "YOU DAMNED SOUL! You will burn in hell for what you are!" She turned to her husband, "Take those papers from that, that Jezebel and we shall find someone..." She spat at Kim, "...God-FEARING to buy this company."
Kim smiled, "I'm afraid not, Mrs. Rockwaller." She held up the paperwork, "With both mine and your husband's signature on these, Wayne Enterprises now owns Rockwaller Industries."
Kim tapped the paperwork into a neat pile, "Now..." She turns to the heads of her 'Eeeee, HER!' company, "There are some questions I would like to ask each of..."
"NO!"
Amanda stormed to the head of the table, filled with her 'Righteous' wrath, "You will give me those papers, you Whore of Babylon or I swear..."
Kim held the papers in one hand and held out the other, "Mrs. Rockwaller, I'm warning you. I will call security and have you escorted from the building..."
Amanda slapped her, "GIVE ME THE PAPERS, SUCCUBUS!'
Wam!
The next Amanda knew, she was face-planted on the table, her arm pinned behind her back.
Kim hissed in her ear, "And if you want to call me demeaning names, 'Incubus' would be the correct term, NOT Succubus..."
Two security officers rush in, having heard the sound of Mrs. Rockwaller's forehead bouncing off of the table.
Kim smiled."Ah, Good."
Kim pushed her to the two security officers, "Could you escort Mrs. Rockwaller to the security office and call the police, please and thank you?"
The two officers looked at each other, one shrugged and they started dragging her out, cursing and struggling.
Mr. Rockwaller looked at her, a pained look on his face, "Was that really needed Miss Possible?" He turns to Kim, "And why are you calling the police?"
Kim dabbed at her split lip 'Those damn rings...' "Well, I'm pressing an assault charge on your wife..."
David went white, "There's no need for that, Mrs. Possible..."
Kim shrugged, a handkerchief pressed to her lip, "Well... Tough shit..."
He hurried out, calling for someone to hold the elevator.
Kim returned to the head of the table and sat, handkerchief still pressed to her lip, '"Now, as I was saying before we were rudely interrupted, there are some questions I would like to ask each of you..."
Well, that's the last of what I can post here. For those who wish to keep reading this, head to ma Bio and copy & paste from there... I will repost this chapter whenever I post a new chapter on AO3.