A/N: Here's the second chapter for the start of a lovely sequel!
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Chapter: 2
Nina was jerked awake by a hand on her shoulder, looking up she saw Alfred, remote in hand, staring down at her with a disappointed and concerned look,
"Third time I've caught you down here this week Miss Nina. I will have to tell your father if this continues,"
"He probably already knows," Katherine said, yawning as she came into the living room. Nina groaned,
"It's not my fault I swear," she said,
"So it's some monster? Are you secretly afraid of the dark?" Katherine asked, rolling her eyes,
"You seem to be insanely tired too," Nina pointed out,
"Don't turn this on me," Katherine growled,
"You're deflecting,"
"Am not,"
"Right,"
"That's it!" Katherine said marching over to Nina while Nina herself got to her feet from the couch,
"How about breakfast?" Alfred suggested from his spot behind the couch, turning the TV off with the remote, "Now," he said after they continued to growl at each other,
"Not hungry," they both said,
"It wasn't a suggestion. Master Bruce will be up shortly and we can't have blood stains on the couch...again," Nina and Katherine thought that over,
"Good point,"
"Yeah, makes sense," Katherine muttered as they both trudged after Alfred.
Bruce came down and went into his office with a mug of coffee in hand and Alfred following with a platter of breakfast. It was just after New Year's and Wayne Tech is back from the holidays and so was the paperwork. Nina and Katherine munched on their breakfast in silence,
"So what is keeping you up?" Katherine asked,
"I'll tell you on our birthday," Nina replied,
"Our birthday passed? Remember we're seventeen now,"
"Exactly,"
"Shut up," Katherine stated, "What's so bad that it keeps you up? Or...or is it not something bad at all?"
"What do you mean?" Nina asked, not liking the grin Katherine had on her face,
"Has Nick been here lately?" Katherine asked innocently,
"No he-oh God no Kat! That has not been happening and-you know what, I'm not even going to discuss anything like that with you," Nina said,
"Fine, so maybe you aren't being a little bad girl but I'll find out anyway. I always do," Katherine said biting into a piece of toast defiantly. The doorbell ringing allowed Nina not to answer that statement. Since Alfred was still trying to get their father to eat breakfast, Nina decided to get the door. She got up, expecting it to be a package or some old girlfriend or some fangirl who somehow found the Manor...not for there to be a little girl standing on the front step,
"Um...who the hell are you?" the girl asked,
"Who the hell am I, who the hell are you?" Nina asked, the girl looked around eight with wavy black hair and startling blue eyes,
"I'm here with a letter to some guy named Bruce Wayne,"
"You live in Gotham, Bruce Wayne isn't 'some guy' to anyone here," Katherine stated looking over Nina's shoulder at the girl,
"What gave that away?" the girl asked, referring to the fact that she lived in Gotham,
"The way you stand...plus the scar on your wrist," Nina responded,
"Humph, you noticed. Got it when someone tried to mug me,"
"What are you doing here and why do you need to see our father,"
"I dunno, I was told to give him this," the girl said, pulling out a letter,
"By who?"
"My mother," Katherine and Nina looked at each other,
"ALFRED!" they both yelled,
"I'm coming, no need to yell and why do you have the door open it's freezing out-oh my," the butler stated staring down at the little eight year-old girl, "Best you come inside and out of the cold,"
"But-" Katherine started only to be cut off with an elbow to the ribs by Nina. The twins moved out of the way and let the little girl in. Alfred took the letter and instructed her to sit in the living room. Katherine and Nina sat down as well. They all sat in silence until Damian came into the room,
"What are you two sitting in here for?"
"We already had breakfast,"
"You got up before me? The world must be ending-who the hell are you?" Damian growled looking at the girl for the first time,
"Well I'd gladly tell you but I don't have a clue myself," Katherine said, crossing her arms, "We don't even know her name,"
"Helena," the girl said evenly, not looking away from the hostile glares both Katherine and Damian were giving her,
"She came with a letter for father," Nina said,
"How would an eight year-old know him?"
"I don't, my mother did," Helena said, a small smirk on her face. The three Waynes tensed at the word mother, after all, their mother was a bitch,
"Who are you really?" Damian asked menacingly,
"I'm your half-sister," Helena said,
"That's a bold statement to make," he replied, although Helena did sound sure of herself,
"You've heard of Selina Kyle right?" they all nodded, "She's my mother. And Bruce Wayne is-"
"Your father," Bruce said, suddenly in the room,
"Oh my God you've got to be kidding me! What's next! A secret brother locked in the attic named Jimbo! A sister who's a secret agent?" Katherine exclaimed sinking back into the seat cushions angrily, "You are horrible at being a fake playboy billionaire since apparently you are so good at it you have not three, but four illegitimate children and you're not even married!" She threw her pillow at Bruce before stomping out of the room,
"She took that surprisingly well," Nina said as Katherine suddenly stomped back into the room,
"I Went the wrong way," she growled,
"Where are you going?" Bruce asked, picking up the pillow she threw,
"Down, where else?" she replied,
"Not when there are guests, well long lost siblings, in the house,"
"She grew up with Selina Kyle. Who knows what she knows," Katherine sneered before brushing past him,
"Father, how can you be sure she's not lying?" Damian asked, glaring at Helena,
"She looks like Selina,"
"Tt, that's not very scientific," Damian muttered,
"The letter explained it all," Bruce said, "Where is she?" he asked Helena,
"I dunno," Helena said, "She was out one night and then she never came back. She was gone for a week and a half before I got a call from an unknown number with her voice telling me to bring a letter to Wayne Manor,"
"Did she say what she was doing that night?" Nina asked, trying to see what the girl knew,
"No," the girl stated, but Nina felt that Helena was lying,
"Shall I prepare a room for the little Miss?" Alfred asked,
"Yes, she'll stay with us until her mother comes back for her,"
"Tt, if she comes back," Damian muttered,
"Damian. Knock it off, Now," Bruce said angrily,
"Tt, whatever. I'll be 'downstairs' with Katherine," Damian said before disappearing down the hall. Bruce sighed,
"I need to get back to work, I'm sorry...Helena...we'll talk later,"
"That's fine. I'd expected something like this to happen," Helena said, looking down,
"Wait. Father!" Nina called, "Could I borrow a car? If Helena will be here for a while, she'll need some new clothes,"
"Fine, be back soon though," Bruce said,
"Probably not going to happen, but we'll try," Nina said, taking Helena's hand in hers and walking out the door.
Once outside Helena tugged her hand out of Nina's,
"I don't need you to hold my hand, I'm no baby," Helena stated,
"Really? You're what, eight, and you've just found out that your father is Bruce Wayne," Nina said, as they walked down the road to where the cars were,
"Nine, and I knew he was my father far longer than anyone knew I existed," Helena said,
"And you never came until now?" Nina asked,
"There wasn't a need to,"
"I once thought that too,"
"Your mother probably loved you. Mine loved me but she was never around,"
"My mother was a bitch, an abusive bitch at that," Nina said, "I'm better off here than with her," the world is better off with me here than with her somewhere in it, Nina thought silently to herself,
"Guess even the princesses of Gotham have their sob stories," Helena snarked,
"Well your a princess now too, you might as well enjoy it," Nina said, holding up the credit card she pick-pocketed off Bruce,
"Won't he be mad?" Helena asked, forgetting her angst,
"He won't give the bill a second glance," Nina assured her. Helena smiled like only a Wayne could...with a smirk as they both got in the car.
A/N: Yay! Helena is in this story now! Hope you enjoyed! Next chapter is this coming Tuesday. Get excited again!
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