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Chpt.1

Nightmares

Autumn's P.O.V

"Little girl." I heard a voice echo eerily.

"Hello?" I questioned in a whisper. All around me was a foggy swamp.

"Little girl." the voice repeated in a smooth yet taunting voice.

"Hello? Yes?" I questioned wearily.

"Come here."

"Where?" I inquired.

"Here." a dark tunnel that bore deep into the earth appeared before my eyes. I knew that I shouldn't of gone in. It screamed Bad News. But I did anyway. It was like my body was possessed. As I kept walking through the damp dark tunnel I kept questioning,

"Hello? Is anyone there? Hello?"

"I'm right here child." there stood a gorgeous woman who was entirely white. She looked almost ghostly.

"Here. Come closer." she said smoothly, her voice like honey. I knew that I shouldn't, but I did. "Closer." I stepped slowly up to her. "Closer." I was only inches away from her, and she went from her smooth motions, to a sharp jerk, her hand reached down and she lifted me up by my hair. Her ghost like appearance disappeared and she became a black cat with bright yellow eyes.

"I finally found you!" her voice was still smooth, but clearly evil.

"Lemme go!" I exclaimed.

"Silly child. Not even the Justice League can save you now." she hissed.

"Help! Somebody help! I need help!" I screamed, tears streaking my eyes.

I sat up in my bed, beads of sweat dripping down my forehead. I was terrified, and my dark room wasn't helping. I felt wet and looked at the mattress. There was a puddle. Wonder Woman was good with Nightmares, and so was Hawk girl. Hopefully they were in the watch tower. I ran out but nobody was there. Absolutely no one.

"Hello. Wonder Woman? Hawk Girl? Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, anyone?" my lower lipped trembled. I was a six year old girl who just woke up from a nightmare and there was no one around.

"Anyone? … Anyone?" I curled up in front of the computers and sat on the cold metal ground, watching the earth slowly rotate. I was terrified. "what if the lady in my dream was real? What if she comes to hurt me?" I whimpered. I shivered and started crying. I felt helpless, and vulnerable. But mostly scared. I heard the transporter beam, and I looked up. I prayed that it was Wonder Woman, or Hawk Girl, or anyone on the league. Even Green Lantern liked me. The only one who I didn't seem to mesh well with was Batman. He honestly frightened me, and he wasn't around often for me to get to know him. So of course, who came through the teleporter? Yup. Batman. The moment I realized it was him, I looked back down, trying to hold back my tears. He'd probably put me in some sort of boot camp for being scared and crying about it and wetting the bed. He almost instantly noticed my presence.

"Autumn, why aren't you in your room?" he questioned in is dark voice. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't lie to him, and even if I did, he would hear from my voice that I was still crying even though I was trying not to. Unfortunately I knew that I couldn't just stay quiet. I tried to get my voice under control, and whispered,

"couldn't sleep." that was true. I heard his footsteps coming closer to me, and tried to keep my face buried in my knees. I couldn't let him see me cry. He placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Autumn, what's wrong?" he questioned. I was surprised when I heard him speak. It wasn't dark or intimidating. It sounded… soothing. Almost like he was trying to comfort me. I slowly looked up, knowing he was going to figure out that I was crying sooner or later.

"I had a bad dream." I answered, instantly feeling ashamed. I hid my face again. "Please don't send me to boot camp for crying, and wetting the bed and being scared." I cried. I was once again, surprised at what he did. He put his arm around my shoulder and gave me a small hug. Batman, HUGGING! It wasn't a full out hug, but the fact that it was even a small one shocked me. I opened my eyes and saw a shadow in one of the corners and immediately threw my arms around his torso and hugged him tightly, burying my head in his chest.

"a lady kept telling me to come to her, and when I got close enough, she turned into a cat, and started hurting me. She was scary. Really scary." I sobbed.

"Shhh. Autumn, it was just a dream." Batman whispered, rubbing my back trying to calm me down.

"It just felt so real, and every time I look into a shadow, I think I can see her. She waiting for me to be alone so she could hurt me again. She said the Justice League can't even save me." I explained quickly still crying.

"Autumn, she's just a dream. She has no power over you and can't hurt you." Batman stated, but I kept crying.

I could feel myself being lifted up by Batman, and moved to a chair on the observation deck.

"I'm going to change the sheets on your bed. Will you be okay sitting here while I do that?" he questioned. I looked around uneasily, but nodded my head.

"Alright. I'll be back when I'm done." he stated, and walked off. I sat in the chair, hugging my knees looking around the tower. Suddenly I heard it. The womans voice from my dream.

"I know you're scared. Do you think he will save you? He can't. you're trying to stay strong, but you can't keep that up. Cave into your fears. Stop resisting." I couldn't take the voice. I closed my eyes and poofed to my room where I saw Batman putting on the new sheets.

"Autumn. What's wro…"

"She's here! She told me to be scared and that you can't help me! She's gonna get me!" I exclaimed, once again, tears coming to my eyes.

"You just dozed off a little." Batman stated.

"No, I didn't! she's here!" I exclaimed. Batman sighed, but then said,

"I'll have J'onn look into it when he gets back. In the meantime, you need your rest." I climbed into my bed with its new sheets.

"Good night Autumn." Batman stated, walking out of the room.

"Good night." I whispered, watching as he left my room. A moment passed, and then I heard the voice again.

"He's gone." she said in a taunting voice. I immediately poofed out of the bed to the computers, where Batman was.

"She's in my room!" I exclaimed, on the verge of tears. Batman sighed, and followed me to my room.

"Where is she?" he inquired, turning on my room light.

"I can't see her. But I heard her." I whimpered.

"Get into bed." Batman stated, grabbing a chair. I did so, and Batman sat in my room, taking out a small device out of his utility belt. it was like a mini computer. "She can't get you if I'm here." he informed ], and I smiled, snuggling into bed as Batman typed on his device. I slowly drifted to sleep.