Regret (part II)

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Bruce looked down and drifted off into a deep thought state. About ten minutes passed and Bruce had an Alzheimer moment. He completely forgot he was holding the phone, and that it was Max on the other end of the line. Until the sound of her voice pulled him out of his trans state.

"Mr. Wayne...Mr. Wayne are you still there"

"oh, yes Maxine. I'm still here please forgive me I do apologize. Unfortunately with old age, there are moments to remind you of your old age"

"I understand Mr. Wayne"

"Are you sure this is what you wanna do. I mean have you really thought about it. Seems like a lot to go through just over a boy, even if the boy in question is my son"

"yes I'm sure"

"Then I will help you only on two conditions. And they are not negotiable, my help my terms understand"

"Yes Mr. Wayne"

"First condition is you must tell me the complete truth, even if you feel complete embarrassment."

"okay"

"Second condition is someone will be keeping you close at hand in your day to day activities. And he will protect you as well. He-"

"he?"

"Yes, He is a very good friend of mine. He and myself have worked together for many years. And when I say work I mean as Batman. He will help you in the city you will disappear to to live."

"Mr. Wayne no offense to you or your friend, but how do you know you can trust this old guy. He could be some kinda perv looking to get his jolly's off."

"Trust me that's precisely why I chose him, because I can trust him. Don't worry Maxine I would never put you in harm's way."

"But how do you even know he will do it?"

"He will it in his nature, and besides he owes me one for all these years. And I think now the time has come for him to pay up"

"okay Mr. Wayne what do I have to do"

"I am sending four bags of luggage, and some moving boxes over to you. Only pack in the luggage bags whatever clothing you wish to take with you. Then in the moving boxes pack all the clothing you don't. Make sure you leave no clothing. When your done call me back"

"okay, thank you Mr. Wayne"

Max took every piece of clothing out of her closet and draws and put everything she was taking on her bed. Everything else was in a pile on the floor. Ten minutes later a delivery guy who was well dressed knocked on Max's door. Max answered and he loaded her living room with four designer luggage bags. They were all black with her initial on them in the color pink. Then the moving boxes were brought in and also sat on the floor in her living room. Max tried to tip the man and he told her it was not necessary, her father had taking care of everything. Max packed her designer luggage and then the moving boxes within minutes. Doing as she was directed she called Mr. Wayne back.

"Wayne"

"I did everything like you said except I only needed one luggage bag"

"Your going to take them with you anyway"

"alright as you say...father"

"It's just the way I see you Maxine, I hope you don't mind. That's going to be your code name for me, when we speak on the phone."

"not at all"

"That means you have to stop calling me Mr. Wayne when you leave. If you really want to disappear, people can't know in your new city that you know me personally. And when we speak on the phone you have to call me dad"

"okay dad"

"Great, now put a hat on your head and your personal limousine will be there to pick you up in five. Lock the door behind you and give the key and your cell phone to the driver once your inside the limousine. Once you do that the driver will call me back"

"got it"

As Bruce said Max's limo came to pick her up and she did everything Bruce instructed. Once she gave her key and cell to the driver, he called Bruce and gave her the phone.

"I'm in the limo and I gave the driver the key and cell just like you said to do"

"Okay now do you see a legal sized brown envelope on the seat."

"yes"

"Pick it up and hold on to it. Take it with you on the plane. Do not look inside it until I tell you to, understand"

"yes sir, but I don't have a plane ticket."

"Yes you do it's waiting for you on the plane. That where my friend will meet you he's on the plane as we speak, he holding it for you. The next time we speak you will have officially vanished from Gotham"

Bruce hung up the phone and called his friend, who was on the plane waiting for Max. He is dressed in the best designer suite creds can buy. And is similarly wealthy like his friend because of their business endeavors together. But he wasn't always so well off. Thanks to Bruce he learned quite a bit of business matters, from the master mind billionaire he called his friend. So naturally when Bruce called and said he wanted to finally accept his offer. To repay his debt for saving his life he was happy to oblige. Specially when he learned it involved Terry and Max.

On The Plane

"I can't believe just now after all these years you finally want me to return the favor"

"Debt"

"Well what you consider a debt, I consider a favor."

"Still have some of those southern traits I see"

"And your still stubborn as a mule. I really hope your not rubbing off on Terry's personality traits. He has a chance to beat what you consider to be is genetic"

"I assure you he never had a chance, it's completely genetic"

"I highly doubt your parents were stubborn"

"And you would be very correct, They weren't stubborn at all"

"So how does that work exactly. Two non stubborn people make a very stubborn Bruce. Who makes a half stubborn Terry, and what about the girl"

"What about her"

"Why are you sending her away from Gotham. I thought you were crazy about her, like the daughter you never had"

"I am, but she's stubborn too. So much so I think she might have been my daughter in another life. If you believe in that sort of thing. Put it this way if her and Terry ever have a baby when they get married, my grandchild will be a mirror version me of stubbornness"

"And what makes you so sure they will even get together nonetheless get married. Isn't that the whole reason we're doing this in the first place. Cause she wants nothing to do with Terry anymore"

"Because I know Terry and Max. Terry is in love with Max but he just doesn't know it yet. And Max is in love with Terry, but she's just tired of Terry not seeing it. It's just that simple space boy"

"Great, so what your saying is the boy and the girl "in another life" take after you in a whole"

"Pretty much"

"Boy do I have my luck cut out for me. Who did I not save once upon a time to deserve this"

"Keep talking to me like that. I seem to remember you being highly allergic to something, glowing and green."

"Now, now Bruce be nice. Is that anyway to talk to your old friend."

"Old considering to who"

"Bruce, I'm three times as old as you if not four."

"Yeah well when you give me some of that youth juice you seem to genetically have. I might consider otherwise."

Giggles

"Bruce, it's nice to see your sense of humor hasn't changed."

"What sense of humor"

Giggles again. The door to the plane opens and Max is escorted to her seat. Next to Bruce's friend by her driver.

"Bruce she just arrived"

"Put me on speaker. Max"

"Yes dad"

"Very good Max, now listen to me. This is my friend he will properly introduce himself when I hang up. But he will be with you the entire time you are away from Gotham. He will take you to your new apartment, shopping, and show you around your new job. Which I own along side him. When he tells you to, open the envelope. We will speak again after you land and you are settled"

"okay later dad and thanks again"

Bruce then hangs up and his friend has time to explain everything to Max. She was in lost land as far as information would go. Everything Bruce told her was on a need to know basics. And right now she was about to get all of the blanks filled.

"Hello Maxine, I hope your blind Max, Simon says short journey here was comfortable."

"It was confusing but comfortable nonetheless, thank you"

"I would imagine you have questions. And I am happy to oblige you with answers"

"Yes I have a few"

"First I know Bruce may have had you under the impression that you would be getting on a plane at the airport. Instead I'm sure you know by now that this is a private jet. This jet is owned by Bruce, I own one too but it's back in the city. I flew in another way being that everything was so short notice."

"yes that Bruce"

"No, actually that's Batman, Bruce is a planner. Everything down to the last detail has to be on schedule. It's the business man in him. Now the city I'm going to be accompanying you to is mine. I've live and worked there for over 50 years, no wait, is it 50 or more. Wow I just had my first Alzheimer moment. Bruce was right it does just sneak up on you. Sorry about that Maxine. What I'm trying to say is even though I wasn't born and grew up there. I consider it my home base."

" I'm sorry, but I don't mean to be rude. Please don't take this the wrong way, but you don't look a day over 25 years old"

"Why thank you Maxine, I will take that as a compliment coming from you. My aging is very slow. Your generation is all about the youth. Bruce and I come from another time. In that envelope are your keys to your apartment, Id.'s to your job, and city citizen Id and things of that nature. Documents of that you would need. I'm gonna take you on a shopping spree. And show you around the city, and anything else you would like. Oh and we're gonna have dinner together tonight, to make you feel more at ease. And if Bruce lets me I can introduce you to Bruce and myself other friends."

"You mention that Bruce was Batman. How do you know that?"

"Because that's how I met Bruce, we fought crime together for years. Until he retired and I know Terry is the new Batman"

"So are you telling me that you were on the the Justice League or something"

"Yes I am"

"Wow shway, so what is your name and what city are we going to again "

"My apologies Max I don't believe I properly introduced myself. My name is Kent, Clark Kent. And we are on our way to Metropolis."

"Bruce never told me he had a friend named Clark Kent from Metropolis. But I can't figure out why it sounds so familiar."

"No, he wouldn't because then he would have to tell you who I am in the Justice League. But now under the circumstance you can be trusted with my secret identity. And who I am in the Justice League. You know who I am already"

"I do who"

"Superman"

"Your Superman, well that would pretty much explain why you look the way you do. OMG this is so swhay. I am on a private jet with none other than Superman. Screw Gotham Metropolis here I come!"

It was official Max had completely vanished from Gotham. On a private jet with Clark Kent on her way to Metropolis. Max left every thought and feeling she had for Terry behind. To her the hurt, pain, and feelings of being used were no more. Bruce had helped her escape to freedom. And she was forever grateful to her father figure. But what would await her in Metropolis when she got there. More pain or complete pleasure. Would she eventually come to miss Terry, the boy she was in love with. Or would she find bliss meeting the rest of the Justice League, and hanging with Clark Kent. Who the world had come to know as Superman. Only time would tell.

Back in Gotham City

2 weeks later...

While Max was on a private jet thanks to Bruce, Terry did patrol as usual but had a very hard time getting through it. Same thing happened as two weeks went by, Terry would return and say nothing. One night after patrol was done he reach back to the cave, quietly. Terry sat down next to Ace and started petting him. For what seemed like hours.

"Your quite tonight"

"huh, oh yeah. I don't really have much to say tonight."

"You don't have much to say any night."

"oh well, yeah I just don't feel like talking"

"So are you gonna say it."

"say what"

"What is so painful obvious."

"which would be"

"Regret, you made a choice and now you regret it."

"I don't know what your talking about"

"I don't like to dance McGinnis. I'm too old for it"

"Yeah I regret it. For two weeks now I realized I'm in love with Max. And now she's gone, just disappeared. I tried calling her phone but it's disconnected. I went to her apartment and someone else lives there now. I searched all over Gotham looking for her for the past two weeks, and nothing."

"Sounds like you learned quite a lesson."

"I did, I took her for granted and used her. Just like you said and now it's too late"

"I thought you had a new girlfriend you were crazy about. What happened to her."

"Chelsea, I broke up with her. When I was with her, I still felt like something was missing. And when Max up and left I realized what it was."

"You just made a mistake cause you couldn't see what was in front of you. You were looking so hard that you became completely blind. Regret, mistakes, and choices are all in the same family. The important thing is that you learn from them."

"I did dad, I really did. I would do anything to get her back. I'll spend the rest of my life trying to make it up, if I have to."

"Terry fate has a way of getting the best of us. Who knows she may come back one day. But do you love her enough to wait and see."

"I do dad I really do"

"It's really late and you don't have it in you to make it back to your place. Go upstairs and stay in your room here we're gonna spend the weekend together. I'm gonna take you on a trip to Metropolis, you need to get out of Gotham."

"okay night"

"Goodnight, I will be up in a few."

Terry went upstairs to his room and found Ace in his bed before he got there. Terry had become close to Ace in Max's absent. As soon as he touch the bed Terry was out cold. Meanwhile down in the cave, when Bruce was sure Terry was gone. He made a phone call.

"Kent"

"How is she doing?"

"The same every time we speak, just cry, clam down, eat and cry again. You know Bruce I don't think I'm so super anymore, you gotta do something man. I can't take seeing someone cry like this. I have never seen anyone cry this much in all the years I been active. This is worst than kryptonite."

"Think you could handle it just one more night. It appears Terry has learned his lesson and realizes he is in love with her. You should see him Kent, walking around not talking and babying Ace. Talk about a change in events. I'm gonna bring him tomorrow."

"Great, finally the love birds will be together. I gotta say Bruce you were right every step of the way."

"I told you this would work, didn't I."

"Yeah but even though I've known you all these years. I still can't figure out how you solve things the way you do. I mean I got super powers, and you still beat me to the punch. Come on your gonna finally once and for all tell me how you do it. What's your secret Wayne."

"I'm stubborn remember Kent."

Dial Tone.

With one last thought Clark said out loud to himself in a whisper.

"And your gonna go that way old friend."