Ellen looked at Bruce skeptically, surely there wasn't that much about him she hadn't already figured out.
"Come with me, there is something you need to see." Bruce told her, his blue eyes seemed so serious to her.
They went to Wayne Manor and to the study.
"Where are we going?" she asked
"The one place in this mansion no outside person has ever seen…" he said as he pulled on something inside the old grandfather clock. "The Bat cave"
"Bat cave… You're interested in the Batman?" she asked in surprise
"I am the Batman" he countered
"WHAT?" she demanded then took a good look at him "You aren't kidding, you are the Batman."
"Yes Detective," he said
"I guess I… well, you're secret is safe… I just wonder if this is some sort of joke."
"No jokes detective." He showed her the batwave system and that clinched his identity.
After Ellen left that evening Bruce made a private phone call.
"I've come up with a plan, but I can't talk about it over the phone"
"I'll be there in a few minutes" was the reply
Christmas was coming soon and all the stores were getting ready, but Ellen didn't really feel the Christmas spirit, it was supposed to be 'the most wonderful time of the year' but right now she felt like finding whoever coined that line and shaking them till their teeth rattled.
Diana gave Bruce a stern once over.
"You do know I don't like the way you're handling this situation" she said sternly
"Duly noted" Bruce said in his usual Batman monotone
She turned to the other person in the room
"Do you think you're up to all of this?" she asked
"I have to be, Diana" he replied
Ellen arrived at Gotham PD only to be greeted by Commissioner Gordon.
"Yin, there is someone you need to meet, she's a transfer from Star City, Detective Shayera Hol" (A/N: Shayera had some help getting this job, she also has a special pendant created by Dr. Fate that helps her blend with normal people by magically removing her wings until she chooses to remove the necklace.) "She's already in your office"
"Please tell me she isn't like Cash Tankenson" Ellen said
"I am pleased to inform you that she is nothing like Tankenson"
Ellen went into the office to see a red head sitting at the desk going through one of the recent case files.
"You must be Ellen Yin" she stood to reveal that she was about as tall as Ellen, maybe an inch shorter, but Ellen could tell there was more to this woman than met the eye. "I'm Shayera Hol."
"Yes, I hear you transferred here, welcome to Gotham City" Ellen smiled, and then took her chair.
"I've heard about the local vigilante slash urban legend, the Batman"
"Vigilante he is, legend he is not… the Batman exists, and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about"
"Do you have any ideas who this Batman could be?" Shayera asked cutting to the chase.
"No, I don't, at one point I became too focused on the Batman and well, in a way that cost me my partner. Joker took advantage of the divided attention to grab Ethan," Ellen sighed
"I'm sorry, that had to be a difficult time for you." Shayera looked like she knew exactly what Ellen was going through. "If you need to talk, I'm willing to listen"
"Thank you Shayera." Ellen said then she saw a red headed teen girl run down the hall towards the commissioner's office
"Barbra Gordon!" she yelled "No running inside!"
"Okay, sorry" Barbra replied, but kept running down the hall as if she hadn't heard a word Ellen said
"That did a lot of good" Shayera said
"I know, she never listens to me, what makes me think she'd listen now?" Ellen replied slightly frustrated
A week had passed and Ellen and Shayera had boded as friends and it was obvious that they thought similarly about a lot of things.
That Monday two weeks after Ellen and Shayera met, a case came to light that made Gordon's blood run cold.
To Be Continued…